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THE 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM, 
 
 E"EW HAMPSHIRE, 
 
 1752 TO 1887. 
 
 Rev. JOHN R NORTON, A.M. 
 
 GENEALOGICAL RECORD 
 
 OF MANY 
 
 FITZWILLIAM FAMILIES 
 
 ^ BY 
 
 JOEL WHITTEMORE. 
 
 " Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost." 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 BUER PRINTING HOUSE, 
 18 Jacob Street. 
 
 1888. 
 
Copyright. 1888, 
 Bt JOEL WHITTEMORE. 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 INTRODUCTION xiii 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING THE TOWN. 
 
 Location of the Town — Boundaries — Changes in these — Size — Face of the 
 Country — Its Rocks and Ledges — The Underlying Rock — Geological 
 Structure— Elevation — Soil — Wood and Timber — Climate — Frosts 
 — Healthiness — Productions of the Soil — Wild Small Fruits — The 
 Rhododendron — Forests — Common Fruits — Birds and Wild Animals 
 — Ponds — Streams — Drainage of the Town — Its Water-shed... 17-36 
 
 CHAPTER II. ^j- 
 
 THE INDIANS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 List of Authorities — Orthography of Indian Names — The Five Great 
 Tribes of New England — The Pautuckets — The Pennacook Division 
 — Tribes Subordinate to these — Mohawks — Grand Chief of the Peu- 
 nacooks, Passaconaway — Wonolanset — Numbers of New Hamp- 
 shire Indians — Character and Habits — Provocations to Cruelty — 
 Food — Implements — Domestic Life — Claims to the Land — Sales of 
 Land — Removal from Southern New Hamjishire — Indian Remains — 
 Confirmatory Statements — Court-Martial at Grotou, Mass., 1706 — 
 Letter of Gov. Saltenstall, of Conn. — Capt. John Lovewell. . .27-40 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 THE MONADNOCK REGION IN 17J:0 — ^THE OLD MILITARY ROAD. 
 
 The " Grand Monadnock " — Covered anciently by a Forest — " The Bald 
 Peaks " — Early Explorers Deceived — The Country around ajipar- 
 ently a great Plain^ Views of Monadnock from Fitzwilliam. 
 
 THE OLD MILITARY ROAD. 
 
 Forts on the Connecticut River — The Road from these to Lake Cham- 
 plain — The Connecting Link with this from Eastern Massachusetts— 
 
VI CONTENTS. 
 
 The Two Branches of the Latter — The Course of the More Important 
 Branch — How Used Anciently 41-46 
 
 CHAPTER lY. 
 
 GRANTS OF THE LANDS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Deficiency of Records — Early Explorers — Gold Fever — Ascent of the 
 White Mountains — Royal Claims — Grant of Plymouth (Eng.) Com- 
 pany — Ferdinando Gorges — Capt. John Mason — Their Grant — Di- 
 vision of it — Mason's Death and Estate — Robert Tufton Mason — The 
 Mason Family — Sale of Grant to the Masonian Proprietors — Their 
 Reservations — Monadnock Townships — First Grant of Monadnock 
 No. 4 — Forfeiture of the Same — Second Grant to Sampson Stoddard 
 and Others — Division of This — Ranges, Lots, etc. — Plan of Town- 
 ship — Drawing and Choice of Lots 47-69 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 
 ACTS OF THE PROPRIETORS, 1765-1815. 
 
 Call for the First Meeting — Officers Chosen — Other Meetings — " Tlic 
 Fifty Settlements " — Funds Raised — Provision for Roads — Provision 
 for Locating Meeting-House and Cemetery — Committees for this — 
 Difficulties Encountered — Meeting-House Raised — Mr. Benjamin 
 Brigham's Candidacy and Settlement — Sale of Pew Ground— Move- 
 ment for Incorporation — Support of the Pastor— Roads and Bridges 
 — Later and Last Acts of the Proprietors— Settlement with the 
 Treasurer 70-89 
 
 CHAPTER YI. 
 
 EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 1768-1800. 
 
 Provision for Religious Privileges — The Proprietors not settlers — Mr. 
 Nehemiah Parker's Ministry — Meeting-House Built — Its Appearance 
 — Interior Arrangements- ^Mr. Benjamin Brigham's Candidacy — His 
 call — His Acceptance — Council for His Ordination — Church Organ- 
 ized — The Covenant — Sketch of the Signers— Early Members — 
 " Half -Way Covenant'' — The Church in Councils— Expenses of it 
 met — Sabbath Congregations — Their habits— Church Music— Offi- 
 cers of the Church — Harmony in it — The First Pastor's Sickness, 
 Death and Character — His Sermons 90-105 
 
CONTENTS. VU 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 SETTLERS FROM 1762-1800. 
 
 General Observations. 
 
 Detached Families mostly— From Whence— Their Expectations— General 
 Character — Age — Intelligence— Families— Property— Dwellings- 
 Domestic Habits— Style of Living— Dress— Means of Communica- 
 tion—Social Qualities— Visiting— Amusements— Kegarcl for Re- 
 ligious Ordinances— Church-Going— Use of Intoxicating Drinks- 
 Farming — Manufactures. 
 
 Personal. 
 
 Sources of Information— Many Family Names now Extinct in the Town 
 —Benjamin Bigelow— James Reed— Jason Stone— The Mellen Fam- 
 ily and others, 204 names in all 106- 145 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 EARLY TOWN HISTORY. 1773-1800. 
 
 Movement for Incorporation — Opposition to this— Committee to ask it 
 of the Governor and Council— Charter Granted— The Charter— The 
 Name Fitzwilliam— First Town Meeting— Injury of the Book of 
 Records— The first Town Officers— Record of the Annual Meeting, 
 1774— Petition for Pew Ground in the Meeting-House— Records of 
 Pew Associations — Warning out of Town — Reasons for this — List of 
 persons warned out, 1775-1789— Appropriations and Arrangements 
 for Schools— Call for Beef for Continental Army— Instructing Rep- 
 resentatives — Paupers— Conventions— Petition to raise funds to 
 support "The Great Road "—Licenses— Tabular List of the Owners 
 of the Lands in Town, 1798, and Valuation of the Houses. .146-187 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM 1800 ONWARD. 
 
 Rev. Stephen Williams's Pastorate— Unusual Conditions of the Call given 
 to him— His Character and Dismission— Rev. John Sabin called— 
 Councils for his Ordination— Location of a new Meeting-House — 
 This Built and Consumed— Another Meeting-House erected— Cost 
 of it— Religious Differences among the People— The Division— Re- 
 
VIU CONTENTS. 
 
 organization of the 1st Congregational or Unitarian Society — Its 
 Ministers and History — The Unitarian Ladies' Benevolent Society— 
 The Orthodox Society formed — Its Church Edifice built— Settle- 
 ment of Rev. Horace Herrick as Colleague Pastor — Death of Rev. 
 John Sabin — The Ministry of Revs. Abraham Jenkins, John "Woods, 
 . William L. Gaylord, John F. Norton, and John Colby — Families of 
 these Pastors — Deacons — Church Membership — Parsonages — The 
 Sabin Home — Church Centennial — Female Benevolent Society — The 
 Baptist Church and Society — Its Acting Pastors and Pastors — Meet- 
 ing-House Erected and Repaired — Membership — Benevolent Society 
 — Methodist Episcopal Society — Its Houses of Worship — Its Minis- 
 ters—Sabbath-School—Benevolent Work 188-215 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 FITZWILLIAM IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 
 
 Opening of the Straggle — Congress at Philadelphia — Committee of In- 
 spection — Their Complaint against Breed Bachelor — Condition of 
 the Town, 1775 — Excitement — The Lexington Fight — Military Com- 
 pany Organized — Minute Men — Training Band — Citizens Inspected 
 — Census, 1773 and 1775 — Col. James Reed — His Regiment at Bun- 
 ker Hill — New Hampshire Troops in that Battle — Needham Maynard's 
 Statement — The Declaration of Loyalty — Appropriations to pay 
 Soldiers' Wages and Furnish Provisions — Fitzwilliam Soldiers in 
 the Continental Service — Difficulty in locating them — Where and 
 under Whom they served — Arnold's Expedition — Lists of Pension- 
 ers— Abigal Clay's Petition— The War of 1812-1814 216-250 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS, 1773-1886. FINANCIAL MATTERS. 
 
 (.'onstables — Town Treasurers — Moderators — Town Clerks — Representa- 
 tives — Selectmen — Auditors — Collectors — Candidates' Names and 
 Votes for the Chief Executive of New Hampshire, 1784-1886 — Ap- 
 propriations — Depreciation of the Currency — Authorized Scale of 
 this — Allowance for labor on Roads — Highest taxpayers in 1793, 
 1803, 1813, 1823, 1833— Taxes usually paid with promptness— Ex- 
 traordinary Expenses, 1801-1809 — High Credit of the Town — Fund- 
 ing of the Town Debt— Rate of Taxation, 1869-1880— List of the 
 Legal Voters, February 21st, 1820— Names on Check-Lists, 1830, 
 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1884,andNumberof Votes cast.. 251-273 
 
CONTENTS. IX 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 FITZWILLIAM IN THE REBELLION. 
 
 Autagouism between Freedom and Slavery— The Missouri Compromise 
 Attempt to set it aside — Action of the Town concerning it- 
 Election of Abraham Lincoln— Attack upon Fort Sumter— Blood 
 shed in Baltimore— Excitement in Fitzwilliam — Action of the 
 Town, May, 1861— Call for Soldiers— First enlistments— Aid for 
 Soldiers' Families— Bounties oflFered — The Selectmen authorized to 
 Hire men to fill Quotas— New offers of Bounties— Reports con- 
 cerning amounts paid out— The resident Clergymen appointed a 
 Committee to keep a record of Fitzwilliam in Suppressing the 
 Rebellion— They declining the Service, a new Committee appointed 
 —Incorporation of their Report in this History— Fitzwilliam men in 
 the several N. Hampshire Regiments— Tabular record of them— 
 The Men in the United States Regular Service— Those enlisted in 
 other States— Summary of numbers— General record of these Sol- 
 aiers— Summary of Bounties paid— Deaths in the Service— Incidents 
 —Experience of William Dunton and others— Miss Hannah A. 
 Adams's (Mrs. Morris Collins) Work at the West— The Soldiers' 
 Monument — Its Dedication 374-313 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL. 
 
 School Lands— Their Location— Lease of the same— Rent— Early Ap- 
 propriations for a School— Committees to provide Schools, and man- 
 age the same— Districts organized— Their number and location— 
 Redistricting the Town— The first School Houses— Early School 
 Teachers— Early School Discipline— Branches taught in the early 
 Schools— Supervision of the same— The earliest Superintending 
 School Committees— Rev. Mr. Sabin's criticism upon the prevailing 
 system — List of Superintending Committees, 1843-1887 — The 
 Printed School Reports— Tabular Statements respecting Attend- 
 ance, 1843-1887— High School— Literary Fund— Common School 
 Association— Its Meetings and Work- The Fitzwilliam Lyceum- 
 Farmers' and Mechanics' Club— Musical Talent and Culture— Tem- 
 perance Societies— Libraries— Volumes in the Town Library— Library 
 of District No. 1 313-349 
 
X CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Military Companies— The earliest— The Infantry Company— Its Captains 
 — Cavalry Company — Artillery Company — Its Captains— Town Hall 
 — The Edifice Itself — Changes in it — The Town in possession — 
 Rooms for Town Officers and Library — The Bell and Clock — Im- 
 provements about and upon the Common — Fire Department — De- 
 structive Fires — Savings Bank— Post Offices and Postmasters — Pop- 
 ulation — Census at Different times— Cemetery and Burials— Tabular 
 list of Deaths and Interments — Deaths of Professional Men — Deaths 
 of persons of Eighty years and upward — from Accidents — by sui- 
 cide — List of persons of over Eighty Years, living, January 1st, 
 1887 — Pauperism — Connection with the World — Cheshire Railroad — 
 Merchants and Traders — Their Names and Places of Business— Inns 
 and Hotels— Free Masons— Odd Fellows' Lodge— Wild Animals- 
 Destruction by and encounters with them — Hunting of them.. 350-411 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 riTZWILLIAM INDUSTRIES. 
 
 Agricultural Matters — Productions of the Soil — Mechanical Trades — 
 Domestic Manufactures — Tanneries — Sawmills — The Scott Mill — 
 Grist Mills — Taxation of Mill Property — Wooden Ware — Manufac- 
 ture and Peddlers of the Same— Other Manufactures — The Granite 
 Industry — The value of the Stone — The Beginning of this business 
 — The Individuals and Firms now engaged in it — Amount 
 shipped 413-422 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 PKOFESSIONAL. 
 
 Classes of these— Sketches of the Civilians, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergy- 
 men and Distinguished Educators who were born, or have resided, 
 in the Town, 57 in number — List of College Gradviates from Fitz- 
 william 423-447 
 
 Genealogical Register 448-803 
 
 Appendix — The name of the Town 805-810 
 
 Index of Families that arc arranged under other names in the 
 
 Genealogical Register 81 1-814 
 
 Historical Index 815-829 
 
ILLUSTRA^^IOIS'S. 
 
 PORTRAITS. 
 
 Jonathan Sabin Adams, 
 
 John J.irvis Allen, . 
 
 Reuben Angier, 
 
 Stephen liatchelloi-, . 
 
 Hyman and Levinah Johnson Bunt, 
 
 Charles Bigelow, 
 
 Amos Jewett Blake, Esq., 
 
 Joseph Blodgett, 
 
 Rev. John Stillman Brown, . 
 
 Josiali Everett Carter, 
 
 Rev. John Colby, . 
 
 Silas Cummings, M.D., . 
 
 Jonas Damon, 
 
 Joseph Wright Fassett, 
 
 Jesse Forristall, 
 
 Rev. William Luther Gaylord, 
 
 Aaron Rysing Gleason, M.D., 
 
 Rev. Horace Herrick, 
 
 Rev. Abraham Jenkins, Jr., . 
 
 Samuel Kendall, 
 
 John Kimball, 
 
 Rev. John Foote Norton, 
 
 Amos Andrew Parker, Esq., . 
 
 John McClary Parker, 
 
 William Fisher Perry, . 
 
 David Perry, 
 
 Charles Perry, 
 
 Calvin Brigham Perry, 
 
 Charles William Perry, 
 
 Phinehas Reed, 
 
 faces 
 
 page 453 
 . 456 
 
 401 
 . 464 
 
 468 
 . 473 
 
 477 
 . 480 
 
 800 
 . 500 
 
 204 
 . 536 
 
 802 
 . 560 
 
 572 
 . 204 
 
 683 
 . 204 
 
 204 
 . 620 
 
 622 
 . 204 
 
 653 
 . -399 
 
 663 
 . 662 
 
 665 
 
 . 402 
 
 664 
 
 . 691 
 
XU ILLUSTIIATIONS. 
 
 lion. Edward Cambridge lieod, . . . faces page 440 
 
 Rev. Joliii Sabin, 209 
 
 Mrs. Mary Sabin, 208 
 
 Daniel Spanlding, ........ 721 
 
 Whittemorcs. Eive G-enerations, . . ... . 779 
 
 Charles Wlnttemore, 777 
 
 Joel Whittemore, 400 
 
 Rev. John Woods, . . 795 
 
 VIEWS. 
 
 Park and Soldiers' Monument, ..... 304 
 
 Tlie Town Hall, 356 
 
 I. Village from the Pinnacle, 
 
 II. Village from the Jaffrey road 
 
 I. Congregational Church and Sabin Parsonage 
 
 II. A^illage from the West, 
 Whittemore Homestead, . . . . . . 772 
 
 337 
 
 706 
 
 MAPS AND PLANS. 
 
 Plan of the Town as originally allotted, ... 66 
 
 Map of the Town in 1807 ; original by Samuel Hemenway, 132 
 
 Map of the Town in 1887 ; drawn expressly for this work, 186 
 
 Three Villages, 360 
 
 Leaf from the burned Record Book — reduced facsimile, . 154 
 
 Fitzwilliam Family Portraits, 807 
 
 Wentworth-Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England, . . 809 
 
 The Fitzwilliam Coat-of-Arms, . . . Frontispiece. 
 
INTEODUOTIOK 
 
 EVERY community has its history, of more or less impor- 
 tance, and no people that is wise will leave this to be for- 
 gotten or rendered of little value by the uncertainties of 
 tradition. 
 
 From time to time, during a period of more than thirty 
 years, the attention of the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam has been 
 called to this subject, for at the close of one of his Historical 
 Lectures which the late Dr. Silas Cummings gave to the 
 people of this place before 18(30, he said : " My impression is 
 that we should resolve ourselves into a Committee of the 
 Whole on the matter of a Town History, each report the his- 
 tory of his own family, and choose a Committee to embody the 
 facts, and read them at meetings called expressly for this pur- 
 pose. This matter of a Town History is important ; ten 
 years ago we had many more materials than we have now, and 
 in ten years more all will be lost." 
 
 This project not being deemed feasible, the subject was 
 discussed at various times, both publicly and privately, by 
 persons interested in the work, till in March, 1871, it was 
 brought formally before the Town, when a Committee, con- 
 sisting of Dr. Silas Cummings and Messrs. Charles Bigelow 
 and Samuel Kendall, was appointed to collect materials for a 
 History. These were all busy men in their several spheres of 
 life, and it could hardly have been expected that they would 
 be able to pursue the matter systematically and reach definite 
 results. 
 
 Under such a vote, however encouraging it might be as a 
 beginning, it soon appeared that no substantial progress could 
 be made without a more definite plan and securing more re- 
 sponsibility for the work. Accordingly, at the Town Meeting 
 March, 1882, the Selectmen were instructed to appoint a 
 
XIV INTEODUCTION. 
 
 Committee of three to prepare a manuscript History of the 
 Town, similar in details to the Histories of Rindge, Peter- 
 borough, and Marlborough, and Five Hundred Dollars were 
 appropriated to pay this Committee for their services. Un- 
 avoidable difficulties prevented the choice and qualification of 
 sucli a Committee, and nothing was done till March, 1884, 
 when the subject was again brought before the Town. At 
 this meeting the Town voted to appoint a Committee of three 
 to carry into effect the former vote, and chose Joel Whitte- 
 more, of New York, as a member of said Committee, and 
 instructed the Selectmen to complete the number, which was 
 done by the appointment of John M. Parker and Calvin B. 
 Perry. The Committee thus constituted opened negotiations 
 wdtli Rev. John F. Norton, of Natick, Mass., whom they had 
 known while a Pastor in Fitzwilliam from 1868 to 1873, as 
 familiar, to some extent, with historical work, and engaged 
 him to write the History. Later Mr. Whittemore, one of the 
 Committee, assumed the responsibility of collecting and 
 arranging the Genealogical part of the work. 
 
 The result of these arrangements is now offered to the in- 
 habitants of Fitzwilliam and such others as from birth, resi- 
 dence, acquaintance, or for any other reason may be inter- 
 ested in the character, condition, or progress of this Town 
 since it began to be settled in 1752. 
 
 As to the sources of information open to the historian in 
 this case, what follows should be noted. 
 
 Rev. John Sabin, Pastor in Fitzwilliam for more than forty 
 years, gave to the people of this place four Historical Lec- 
 tures, the iirst in 1836 and the remaining three in 1842, and 
 these were devoted exclusively to the interests, condition," and 
 progress of this Town, civilly, socially, intellectually, morally, 
 and religiously, during the eighty years that had elapsed since 
 its settlement. These Lectures (in manuscript) have been 
 freely consulted in the progress of this work. 
 
 Dr. Silas Cummings left three Historical Lectures of the 
 same general character, two of which he appears to have 
 given to the Fitzwilliam people in 1859 and one in 1873. 
 Some portions of these were made up from extracts from the 
 
INTRODUCTIOir. XV 
 
 ancient records of the Proprietors, of the Town, and of the 
 Church, but in general they were filled with interesting facts 
 concerning the early settlers of the town, their privations, 
 their hardships, character, and progress. Besides these Dr. 
 Cuminings collected and noted upon slips of paper or in blank 
 books, in the hurry of liis professional life, many anecdotes 
 concerning the first settlers, and detached accounts of many of 
 their families, all of which he doubtless hoped to arrange at 
 his leisure, so that they would aid in the preparation of a Town 
 History. These have been of much use, though the connecting 
 links which kept them together in Dr. Cunnnings's mind, and 
 would have rendered them of greater service to him, have 
 been entirely lost. 
 
 Mr. Charles Bigelow collected a multitude of facts relating 
 to the location of the early settlers, mainly in tlie southern 
 and western portions of the Town, adding Genealogical records, 
 more or less complete, of the families located. 
 
 The Town owes not a little of the value of this History to 
 the industry, zeal, and public spirit of these men, but they 
 had not even commenced the preparation of anything for the 
 press. All the facts collected by them it has been necessary 
 to restate, rearrange, and complete from other sources, to pre- 
 serve the continuity and harmony of the History. Whenever 
 extracts have been made from the Lectures of Rev. Mr. Sabin 
 and Dr. Cummings, due credit has been given. 
 
 The early Pastors of the Church, Rev. Benjamin Brigham 
 and Rev. John Sabin, in addition to a careful entry upon 
 the Church Records of admissions and dismissions, baptisms 
 administered and marriages solemnized, appear to have made 
 a record of deaths not only in cases where they officiated at 
 funerals, but also of all others coming to their knowledge. 
 
 Belknap's History of New Hampshire, the great store-house 
 of facts respecting the early history of this State, and San- 
 born's, Whiton's, and Barstow's Histories of New Hampshire 
 have rendered not a little aid in this work. To make the 
 Chapter " Fitzwilliam in the Revolutionary War" as complete 
 as possible, much information has been obtained from the 
 ancient Military Rolls and other papers in the office of the 
 
XVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Secretary of State at Concord. Special aid has been received 
 from Volumes 14 and 15 of the New Hampshire Records, re- 
 cently printed by the State and sent to the several towns and 
 cities. 
 
 The old and later Records of the Proprietors, of 'the Town, 
 and of the Churches have yielded a great amount of informa- 
 tion, and the same is true of the Reports of the Selectmen, of 
 the Town Treasurers, the School Committees, and Library 
 Supervisors. The Records of the Military Companies, of the 
 Common School Association, of the Farmers' and Mechanics' 
 Chib, of the Temperance Associations, of the Savings Bank, 
 and other organizations have been freely consulted, while the 
 valuable Report of the Committee for preparing l^oll^* of the 
 Fitzwilliam Soldiers in the Rebellion has been mainly trans- 
 ferred to these pageS. 
 
 Much has also been obtained from the Massachusetts State 
 Library, the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
 the Boston Public Library, and the Natick (Mass.) Town Li- 
 brary, while a number of the people of Fitzwilliam have given 
 time and thought to the collection of important facts that have 
 been preserved only in the memories of the aged. 
 
 Sometliing has also been gathered from the published His- 
 tories of the neighboring towns. 
 
 Among those whose aid has been of special service in the 
 preparation of this volume are : The Hon. Secretary of State, 
 Mr. Thompson, at Concord, and Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, 
 who for a number of years has been the Editor of the New 
 Hampshire Records, volumes that reflect much honor upon 
 the State. 
 
 We have also been materially assisted by the Gentlemen in 
 charge of the Libraries named above, as well as by Rev. J. H. 
 Temple, Historian of Northfield and Framingham, Mass.; 
 Amos A. Parker, Esq., Capt. Jonathan S. Adams, Milton 
 Chaplin, Esq., Messrs. J. E. and C. C. Carter, Mrs. Selina 
 P. Damon, and Mrs. John Kimball. 
 
 Others wlio liave assisted materially will find due credit 
 given them for their aid in connection with the several items 
 they have furnished. 
 
FITZWILLIAM, 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 GENERAL DESCKIPTION, PRODUCTIONS, ETC. 
 
 Location— Boundaries— Size— Face of the Country— Ledges — Underlying 
 Rocks — Geological Structure — Elevation — Soil — Climate — Agricultural 
 Productions — Fruits — Rhododendrons— Forests — Birds and Wild Ani-. 
 mals — Lakes and Ponds — Streams. 
 
 OF the five towns in Cheshire County, N. H., that border 
 on Massachusetts, FitzwiUiam is the most eastern but 
 one, and is bounded on the north by Jaffrey and Troy, 
 on the east by Rindge and Jaffrey, on the south by Roy- 
 alston and Winchendon, in Worcester County, Mass., and on 
 the west by Richmond and Troy, chiefly by the former. On 
 the line that separates Massachusetts and New Hampshire 
 FitzwiUiam borders upon Royalston and Winchendon in the 
 proportion of about three to the former and one to the latter. 
 The nortliern boundary of FitzwiUiam is not a continuous, di- 
 rect line, and never has been, the north-east corner of the 
 rhomboid which would naturally have constituted this town 
 having, from the first, been a part of Jaffrey. As originally 
 laid out, about one fifteenth part of what otherwise would 
 have been FitzwiUiam belonged to her neighbor. 
 
 The remaining part of the northern boundary, or about three 
 fourths of the whole, was originally a straight line, separating 
 FitzwiUiam from Marlborough ; but when, in 1815, the new 
 town of Troy was incorporated, taking portions of its territory 
 from Marlborough, FitzwiUiam, Swanzey, and Richmond, but 
 largely from the two first mentioned, this line became like a 
 2 
 
18 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 series of steps gradually ascending from the north-west corner 
 toward the north-east. 
 
 As originally surveyed and granted, the territory may be 
 considered as designed to constitute a town of six miles square, 
 or thirty-six square miles, with some allowance for ponds and 
 waste lands. The measurements as given in the grant woTild 
 make the actual size of the town about forty square miles. 
 The early surveys often made generous allowances for ponds 
 and bad lands. In the original survey of Rowley Canada 
 (Eindge), the surveyor made an allowance of ten thousand 
 acres, which was reduced to five thousand acres by the Exec- 
 utive Council ; but even this would make the allowance nearly 
 eight square miles. The shape and boundaries of the township 
 as originally laid out, as well as at present constituted, will be 
 best understood by referring to the maps of the toAvn else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 Though lying near mountains of considerable height and 
 ■commanding a view of grand mountain scenery, Fitzwilliam 
 is not mountainous. But it is very hilly ; indeed, almost its 
 entire surface may be said to be made up of ranges of hills or 
 ■single elevations, with comparatively narrow intervals between 
 them. The sides of these hills have furnished for four gen- 
 erations good pasturage, while upon the tops of tliese ranges 
 some good farms may be found with a fair proportion of land 
 suitable for mowing and tillage. 
 
 The town is noted for the superabundance of its stones, 
 rocks, bowlders, and ledges. Respecting this feature of the 
 town. Rev. John Sabin gives this testimony in the historical 
 lectures delivered by him in 1836 and 1842, the three lectures 
 of 1842 having been rewritten and enlarged from the single 
 lecture of 1836 : 
 
 Besides what appears to be so near a solid rock below, the rock and 
 stone abound at the surface ; there is a heavy top-dressing of them. 
 Few travellers for the first time passing the town but will notice and 
 speak of this as the roughest place they have ever seen, and will almost 
 wonder where our stonewalls came from, because it must be ail are now 
 on the ground that ever could be made there. These are raliier fright- 
 ful to the stranger, but peaceable things let alone. And the fact is, as 
 
EOCKS, LEDGES, ETC. 19 
 
 we become acquainted with them they lose much of the frightful. It 
 is seldom you hear a piece of land spoken against here because it is 
 rocky. And really the land does not produce fewer or smaller trees or 
 less grass for the rocks. Much use is made of them, and not every man 
 will allow you to go on his farm and take them away, especially the best 
 of them. And young men who go out from this to look them a situa- 
 tion are very apt to name the want of stone as an objection. 
 
 There are many towns in New England that are popularly 
 regarded as having a great superabundance of rocks and stones, 
 and as chiefly remarkable for these, and Fitzwilliam is doubt- 
 less one of them ; but the present generation has learned to re- 
 gard its bowlders and ledges as anything but a nuisance, as 
 will be seen when the industries of the town shall be consid- 
 ered. There is a mine of wealth in these. 
 
 Over a large part of Fitzwilliam there is found, at no great 
 depth in digging wells, an almost solid rock. This is generally 
 of a somewhat finer grain, though of a similar character to the 
 rocks and bowlders on the surface of the ground. Nearly all 
 these rocks are granitic. Many of them are unfit for monu- 
 mental or ornamental work, while nearly all over the town 
 numerous ledges and bowlders are found which afford the best 
 material for such purposes. Generally the underlying rock is 
 reached at a greater depth in the valleys than on the tops and 
 sides of the hills, but it seems to extend under nearly the 
 whole territory and to present on its upper surface something 
 like the variations of hill and valley now^ visible. The water 
 obtained from wells sunk into this rock is generally hard rather 
 than soft, but is sweet and healthful for drink and all domestic 
 uses. 
 
 These statements will show the reason why the attempt to 
 obtain water by what are called "driven wells" (that have 
 been found so serviceable in many parts of the country) has 
 been unsuccessful in Fitzwilliam. Upon the sides of the hills 
 springs of the purest water are found in considerable number, 
 and this is conveyed to many of the dwellings, to the great 
 comfort and convenience of the people. 
 
 The geological structure of this entire region has been so 
 often described and is so well understood that it need not be 
 
20 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 enlarged upon in this connection. Rev. Mr. Sabin says of 
 Fitzwilliani that 
 
 it appears to be a spur of Monadnock, lower, but much of it of like 
 material. It looks as though at some time, either at that of tlie Flood 
 or by some volcanic eruption, there has been hereabout an awful convul- 
 sion and struggle of nature. Of this the mountain itself stands as the 
 more prominent witness. 
 
 This town is elevated above most of the adjoining territory, 
 as will be seen from the statistics that follow. The figures 
 give, in feet, the altitude above the level of the sea at mean 
 tide- water : 
 
 Fitzwilliam, at hotels (barometric) 1150. 
 
 Jaff rey Centre " 1057. 
 
 Richmond " 1080. 
 
 Winchester " 400. 
 
 Winchendon, Mass., measurement by levelling... 992. 
 EastJaffrey " " " ..1032. 
 
 Troy 3 " " " ..1002. 
 
 Marlborough " '' '' . . 789. 
 
 Keene " " " .. 479. 
 
 Altitude at points on the Cheshire Railroad, 
 
 State Line Station 898. 
 
 Collins Pond, water, 1062 ; track 1067. 
 
 Fitzwilliam Station 1063. 
 
 " Summit 1151. 
 
 Rockwood Pond (water) 1112. 
 
 The highest elevation in Fitzwilliam is "West Hill, some- 
 times called Little Monadnock, about sixteen hundred feet. 
 Then follows the Pinnacle, fourteen hundred feet. Gap 
 Mountain is about sixteen hundred feet in height, but both 
 summits are in Troy. 
 
 SOIL. 
 
 This cannot be said to be naturally rich, like the soil in large 
 portions of the valley of the Connecticut River, and yet it is 
 strong, as the heavy forests wliich covered this territory one 
 hundred and fifty years ago gave ample testimony. When 
 
SOIL AND CLIMATE. 21 
 
 the stones and rocks have been so far removed that the soil is 
 fairly open to cultivation, very good crops of grass, corn, and 
 potatoes are raised. Still, owing to the great labor and ex- 
 pense involved in clearing the land, agriculture is not carried 
 on as extensively or profitably as in some of the other towns 
 in the southern part of Cheshire County ; while it is very plain 
 that in considerable portions of the town the land is more 
 valuable for the growth of wood and timber than for any 
 other purpose. Trees here increase in size rapidly, and what 
 may be called the waste lands of the town will doubtless soon 
 have a value attached to them that the present generation can 
 hardly appreciate. 
 
 CLIMATE. 
 
 A town as elevated as Fitzwilliam and in as high a latitude 
 (this being about 42° 50' north) must have a climate of con- 
 siderable severity in the winter season. Throughout the en- 
 tire region about Mount Monadnock the snow usually falls to 
 a great depth, and is often driven into deep drifts by the 
 heavy winds that prevail. Fitzwilliam is like the adjoining 
 towns in this respect, as the large bills for breaking out the 
 roads after severe snow-storms attest. But though the winters 
 are far from mild, and often tax the patience and strength of 
 the aged and feeble, there is much that is commonly called 
 " steady cold weather," and this is not in any way detrimental 
 to health. The mercury often sinks low, but not as low as it 
 frequently does in the vicinity of Boston. Very cold days some- 
 times occur, but this is true all over Kew England, and more 
 notably still in the North-west States and Territories. The 
 compiler of these pages well remembers the cold day of the 
 winter of 1871-72. It was March 13th ; the sky was over- 
 cast, the wind from the north-west blew a hurricane, and 
 at the warmest hour of the day the glass indicated from 12° to 
 16° below zero. In Keene the high school dispensed with its 
 afternoon session, so dangerous was exposure to the blast. 
 But in nature, as in much else, disadvantages are not without 
 their compensations. Late frosts in the spring may occasion- 
 ally hinder planting and injure the springing crops in Fitz- 
 
22 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 William, but early frosts in the autumn, which are so destruc- 
 tive often in what are deemed the best localities in New 
 England, rarely check the growth of vegetation in this town. 
 Sometimes a heavy frost that will occasion much damage in 
 the lower towns, even as far south as the central portions of 
 Connecticut, will not injure the growing crops in Fitzwilliam. 
 In summer the climate is thoroughly enjoyable, for though 
 the heat at noon may be called oppressive, there is a cleanness 
 and clearness in the air that make breathing a luxury, while 
 the breezes of the morning and evening greatly refresh the 
 physical system. 
 
 Tiiat the climate of this town has been healthy from the 
 fii"st settlement of it the bills of mortality, which will be 
 noticed hereafter, give the most conclusive testimony. 
 
 PKODUCTIONS. 
 
 Formerly, as was true in the adjoining towns, flax was 
 raised in considerable quantities, all of which was used in the 
 mamifacture of clothing. Corn, rye, oats, barley, and pota- 
 toes are the crops chiefly raised at the present time, but these 
 are not produced as extensively as they were fifty years ago, 
 owing chiefly to the more pressing demand for labor in other 
 and more remunerative industries. 
 
 That the fertility of the soil has been largely exhausted 
 (which is a complaint that comes up to us from some of the 
 adjoining towns) would hardly be a truthful statement, for the 
 decrease in the agricultural products of Fitzwilliam is easily 
 accounted for by the increased demand for manual labor in 
 other and more inviting occupations. A Fitzwilliam farmer 
 once told the writer that every bushel of corn which he raised 
 cost him one dollar and a half at ordinary wages, when he 
 could purchase the same quantity for one half of the money ; 
 hut he plainly omitted some important elements in his calcula- 
 tions, such as the improvement of his field for a crop of grass, 
 the fodder for his cattle from the stalks of the corn, and the 
 loads of turnips and pumpkins that the corn land yielded. 
 Fitzwilliam, in common with the neighboring towns, has good 
 
PRODUCTIONS— THE RHODODENDRON. 23 
 
 pastures, in which cattle from Central Massachusetts fatten 
 during the summer and autumn. 
 
 The wild small fruits, such as the strawberry, the blueberry, 
 the blackberry, and the raspberry are nowhere more abundant, 
 and seldom elsewhere have as rich a flavor. 
 
 THE RHODODENDRON. {The Rose-tvee.) 
 
 This remarkable flowering shrub (which sometimes attains to 
 the height and size of a small tree) is cultivated very largely in 
 the vicinity of Boston, notably by Mr. H. H. Hunnewell in his 
 leautiful gardens in Wellesley, that are so conspicuous across 
 Waban Lake from Wellesley College. By careful cultivation 
 the rhododendron is there brought to wonderful perfection ; 
 and its blossoms, which are very large, rival the famous azaleas 
 of the same locality in the variety and exquisite delicacy of 
 their color. 
 
 About two miles north-west from the centre of Fitzwilliam, 
 on the old Patch Place, is a locality where the rhododendron 
 is found in its natural state. Once this tract must have em- 
 braced some acres, and even now, after not a little of the land 
 has been partially cleared up, the shrub is very abundant. As 
 it grows in the edge of the thick forest, its clusters of leaves 
 and beautiful blossoms may be seen among the branches of the 
 trees twenty or even thirty feet from the ground, suggesting 
 a vine rather than a shrub. 
 
 The blossoms, which are very large, are, in color, of a pearly 
 white, while the long; leaves of the shrub are noted for their 
 wonderful gloss. This locality is visited annually by many 
 tourists and summer residents that pass two or three months 
 of the year in Fitzwilliam and the towns adjoining. So far as 
 is known, the wild rhododendron is found at no other place 
 in New Hampshire, and in but two or three localities in New 
 England. 
 
 The mountain laurel attains great perfection in Fitzwilliam, 
 especially in the southern part of the town. When this shrub 
 is in full bloom, the scene is a gorgeous one in the vicinity of 
 the South Pond. 
 
24 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 FORESTS. 
 
 These were very heavy when tlie town was opened for set- 
 tlement, and the work of clearing the land for tillage was ex- 
 tremely exhausting. A hill in the township over which a lire 
 had spread twenty or thirty years before the first settlers 
 came, was seized upon by them for their earliest farming oper- 
 ations, becanse the trees on it were yonng and comparatively 
 small. The white pine was a noble tree in all this region one 
 hundred and fifty years ago, and all of sufficient size were ex- 
 pressly reserved " for His Majesty's navy," in the charter 
 stipulations of this town. Oaks, beeches, birches, ashes, and 
 especially maples, both the rock and the white, abound. Less 
 maple sugar is made than formerly, as the ancient maple 
 orchards have been largely removed for timber and fire-wood. 
 
 Of the common fruit trees, the apple is ialmost the only one 
 that secures general confidence for a long term of years. The 
 pear does tolerably well in some localities ; the peach is disap- 
 pointing. The earlier (and these are often the choicest) kinds 
 of grapes can doubtless be cultivated with success in Fitzwil- 
 liam. The season is too short for the Isabella and other late 
 varieties, but the Hartford prolific, and, better still, a number 
 of Rogers seedlings will doubtless ripen here nearly as well 
 as in the other lower towns of New Hampshire. 
 
 BIRDS AND WILD ANIMALS. 
 
 Throughout the entire Monadnock region the same varieties 
 of these are found, and, with the exception of some of the lat- 
 ter, the kinds have not changed during the last one hundred 
 and fifty years. Originally the deer, the bear, the wolf, and 
 the catamount were found here in considerable numbers. The 
 three last mentioned were a source of constant terror and of 
 considerable loss to the early settlers, as will be seen in the 
 sequel. These ferocious beasts found a safe retreat, for a long 
 time, among the rocks and clifts of Monadnock ; but as the 
 population increased and the forests were removed about the 
 base and upon the sides of the mountain, their retreats were 
 no longer secure, and they gradually disappeared. Probably 
 none now exist in this region. 
 
LAKES AND PONDS. 25 
 
 LAKES AND STREAMS. 
 
 Fitzwilliain lias, according to Farmer's New Hampshire 
 Gazetteer^ four natural ponds : 
 
 South Pond, which, as its name indicates, lies in the south- 
 ern part of the town, is a large and handsome sheet of water 
 nearly a mile in length and about one third of a mile in its 
 greatest breadth. Forests nearly encircle it, and it furnishes 
 at the outlet good water-power for the mills at Iloweville. 
 The view of the pond and its surroundings, taken from the 
 bridge at its outlet, showing the picturesque sheet of water 
 embowered among the hills, with the grand old Monadnock 
 towering over all in the distance, is one of surpassing beauty. 
 
 Farther east, and near the south-east corner of the town, lies 
 another large and attractive sheet of water called Sip Pond^ 
 a name given it early in the history of the town, from Scipio 
 Jawhaw. Sip was a negro who lived near the pond, and was 
 possibly a runaway or freed slave. His wife is said to have 
 been an Indian, and from her this sheet of water was sometimes 
 called Squaw Pond. This pond was famous early for its un- 
 common supply of large and fat pickerel. 
 
 Rockwood Po7idy called at first Foster Pond, lies in the 
 north-west part of the town, and its outlet furnishes the valu- 
 able water-power in the village of Troy. Various kinds of 
 fish abound in it, jjarticularly the horned pout, which when 
 skinned and fried furnishes a wholesome and welcome dish 
 for the table. 
 
 Collins Pond is the fourth of the natural ponds, and is 
 smaller than either of those already mentioned. To these may 
 be added as a natural pond the one in Troy village, which was 
 within the original limits of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 There are several artificial ponds or mill reservoirs of con- 
 siderable size, among which may be mentioned Bowker Pond, 
 Meadow Pond, and the Scott Reservoir. 
 
 It will be observed that Fitzwilliam has not as many lakes 
 or large ponds as some of the adjoining towns, notably Rindge 
 and Jaffrey, for Rindge has thirteen and Jaffrey more than 
 half as many. 
 
26 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 As the streams of Fitzwilliam generally rise in tlie town and 
 run out of it, it cannot be expected that any of them will be 
 large. As a matter of fact, all are small. The larger ones are 
 Scott or Priest Brook, in the eastern part of the town, and 
 Camp or Chaplin Brook, in the south-west part. The larger 
 ponds mentioned discharge a body of water of considerable 
 size, but in each case the course of these streams in Fitzwilliam 
 is short, and they soon reach the adjoining towns. 
 
 Nearly or quite all the brooks were originally well stocked 
 with fish, but these have largely disappeared, as the streams 
 have been improved for manufacturing purposes. 
 
 The drainage of the town is all into the Connecticut Kiver. 
 The three streams that flow into Massachusetts continue south- 
 ward and make three branches of Miller's River, entering the 
 Connecticut at Montague. These streams receive the water 
 of all the south and east parts of the town, comprising about 
 three fourths of the entire area of the original township. The 
 streams from the north and north-west parts of the town unite 
 with the south branch of the Ashuelot, and enter the Connecti- 
 cut in Hinsdale. 
 
 A semicircle drawn from West Hill through the Pinnacle 
 to Gap Mountain defines the water-shed of the town with 
 sufficient accuracy. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE INDIANS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
 
 Indian Names — The Five Great Tribes of New England — Numbers — Char- 
 acter and Habits — Sales of Laud — Removal — Remains — (Confirmatory 
 Statements. 
 
 rriHE authorities chiefly consulted in preparing this chapter 
 -^ are : 
 
 1. Penhallow (Samuel), The History of the Wars with the 
 Eastern Indians. Boston : Printed by T. Fleet for S. Ger- 
 rish, at the lower end of Cornhill, and D. Henchman, over 
 against the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill, 1726. The in- 
 valuable diary of this author was destroyed by the great fire 
 at Portsmouth, N. H., December, 1805. Mr. Penhallow was 
 born in England, but came to America in 1686. The " Soci- 
 ety for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians" offered 
 him twenty pounds sterling a year, for three years, if he 
 would acquire a knowledge of the Indian language, and sixty 
 pounds annually during life if he would become a preacher to 
 the Indians. The latter offer he declined, as he became a suc- 
 cessful Portsmouth merchant and official of New Hampshire, 
 dying December, 1T26. His history is very rare in its orig- 
 inal form, but has been wisely reprinted by private enterprise, 
 and also in its collections by the New Hampshire Historical 
 Society. 
 
 2. Belknap's History of New Hampshire, two volumes, 
 1784 and 1791. The great storehouse of knowledge upon the 
 early history of this State. The edition of Farmer, Secretary 
 of the New Hampshire Historical Society, has very valuable 
 notes. 
 
 3. New Hampshire Historical Collections, edited by Rev. 
 Dr. N, Bouton. 
 
 4. New Hampshire Provincial Papers. 
 
28 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 5. Plistories of New Hampshire, by Barstow, Sanborn, 
 and Whiton. 
 
 6. History of Northfield, Mass., by Eev. J. H. Temple 
 and Mr. George Sheldon, 1875. A work of great merit, and al- 
 most the only recent town history that throws light upon the 
 Indians of Southern New Hampshire. 
 
 Y. Groton (Mass.) During the Indian Wars, by Samuel 
 A. Green, M.D., Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society. 
 
 8. Massachusetts Records. 
 
 9. Old Indian Chronicles, published after the war with 
 King Philip. 
 
 10. Plymouth (Mass.) Records. 
 
 11. Drake's American Biography. 
 
 OKTHOGKAPHY OF INDIAN NAMES. 
 
 This seems to be mostly mechanical, and no uniformity has 
 been observed by different writers. Professor Sanborn says 
 that there are more than forty different modes of spelling the 
 name of the lake Winnepesaukee, which means " the beauti- 
 ful water in the high place." Hardly any two persons would 
 use the same letters in spelling a word pronounced by an 
 Indian. 
 
 Hawaii, the name of the largest of the Sandwich Islands, 
 was spelled Owyhee fifty years ago. On an ancient survey 
 (1774) of the Nipmnch or Nepent Indian country, Monadnock 
 is spelled Menadnock. See " Old Indian Chronicles." 
 
 To furnish a brief sketch of the Indians that roamed over 
 rather than inhabited the region about Mount Monadnock 
 from one hundred and fifty to two hundred years ago is all 
 that will be here attempted. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Temple, of Framingham, Mass., who ha^i studied 
 the Indian history most carefully, says, in a private letter to 
 the writer, that " in all the published works relative to the 
 history of the Indians of New England, you will find a gener- 
 ality and indefiniteness that is perplexing. The contemporary 
 writers say so much that yon know they could have said much 
 
INDIAN TEIBES. 29 
 
 more, and this miicli more is just what you want to find out." 
 This is the experience of all who undertake to investigate this 
 matter. 
 
 When the first white settlers arrived in New England it 
 was inhabited by five great tribes or divisions of Indians. 
 
 1. The Pequots, who dwelt in Connecticut. 
 
 2. TheNarragansetts, that had their abode in Rhode Island. 
 
 3. The Pawnannankitts, of Nantucket and the adjacent 
 islands. 
 
 4. The Massachusetts, that inhabited the State named for 
 them ; and 
 
 5. The Pautucketts, of New Hampshire and Maine. 
 
 We are chiefly concerned in this history with the div^ision last 
 mentioned. This was divided into various tribes, the most im- 
 portant of which was the Pennacooks, who had their home on 
 the Merrimac, in the vicinity of Concord. The Pennacook 
 Lake perpetuates their name. Many of the smaller tribes of this 
 region were subordinate to the Pennacooks, and among them, 
 according to Farmer, were the four tribes in the valley of the 
 Connecticut River, located north of Springfield, Mass., and 
 these were the tribes that appear to have been more or less 
 concerned in the destructive attacks upon the settlements in the 
 western part of Cheshire County. 
 
 Among the other subordinate tribes inhabiting Eastern New 
 Hampshire and South-western Maine were the Amoskeaks, 
 who, as tradition informs us, had their permanent quarters 
 where the village of Amoskeag now stands, just north of 
 Manchester above the Amoskeag Falls. These falls were the 
 favorite resort of the Indians of all the region, because the 
 salmon-fishery there was regarded as the best in the territory 
 of New Hampshire. 
 
 NOTE ON THE MOHAWKS. 
 
 This powerful tribe dwelt on the Mohawk River and upper Hudson in 
 New York, but was a terror to the Indians in the Connecticut Valley, 
 and even as far east as the Merrimac. The name of these Indians, 
 Mohogs, which signifies men-eaters, from moho, to eat, became at length 
 Mohawks. (Eliot's Key.) The following petition tells its own story. 
 Hogkins was one of the sachems of the Pennacooks. 
 
30 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Honor Governor my friend. May 15, 1685. 
 
 You my friend I desire your worship and your power, because I hope 
 you can do som great matters this one. I am poor and naked and I liave 
 no men at my place because I afraid allwayes Mohogs he will kill mc 
 every day and night. If your worship when please pray help me you 
 no let Mohogs kill me at my place in Malamake river called Panukkog 
 and Nattukkog, 1 will submit your worship and your power. And now 
 I want powder and such alminishon, shott and guns, because I have 
 forth at my hom and plant there. 
 
 This is all Indian hand, but pray do not consider your humble servant 
 
 John Hogkins. 
 
 Witnessed by fourteen Indians, all but one of whom signed by marks. 
 
 The great cliief of the Pennacooks was Passaconaway. 
 Belknap gives this account of him : 
 
 He excelled the other sachems in sagacity, duplicity, and moderation ; 
 but his principal qualification was his skill in some of the secret opera- 
 tions of nature, which gave him the reputation of a sorcerer and extended 
 his fame and influence among all the neighboring tribes. They believed 
 that it was in his power to make water burn and trees dance, and to 
 metamorphose himself into flame ; that in winter he could raise a green 
 leaf from the ashes of a dry one, and a living serpent from the skin of 
 one that was dead. 
 
 Passaconaway was raort friendly to the settlers than his 
 subordinate sachems generally ; and it is added that at a great 
 dance and feast, being an old man, he made 
 
 his farewell speech to his children and people ; in which, as a dying 
 man, he warned them to take heed how they quarrelled with their Eng- 
 lish neighbors ; for though they might do them some damage, yet it 
 would prove the means of their own destruction. He told them that he 
 had been a bitter enemy of the English, and by the arts of sorcery had 
 tried his utmost to hinder their settlements and increase, but could by 
 DO means succeed. 
 
 His son and successor, Wonolanset, seems to liave inherited 
 liis father's caution and sagacity, for later, when a general Ind- 
 ian war broke out, he led his people into a region quite re- 
 mote frojii the scene of action that they might not be involved 
 in the conflict. At a later period still Wonolanset is said to 
 have heard Eliot preach to the Indians, and to have professed 
 conversion to Christianity. 
 
NUMBERS, CHAEACTEE AND HABITS. 31 
 
 InF. G. Drake's " Biography of Distinguished Americans," 
 it is asserted that Passaeonaway invited Eliot to take up his 
 abode near the Pennacooks, that he and his people " might be 
 taught the Christian religion," as he had avowed his belief in 
 God. 
 
 Such was the great chief that for a long time held sway 
 about Monadnock.* 
 
 NUMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INDIANS. 
 
 It is impossible to arrive at any definite conclusions upon 
 this matter. They doubtless seemed to the whites vastly more 
 numerous than they actually were. In their attacks upon the 
 settlements they never appeared upon the open field in a body, 
 but would shoot down their victims from behind trees and 
 rocks ; and as the firing came from many quarters at the same 
 moment, a few dozen warriors would be magnified into thou- 
 sands in popular estimation. The four tribes in the Connecti- 
 cut Valley alluded to above did not probably exceed twelve 
 hundred all told, with two hundred braves, while the early 
 settlers were establishing themselves in Keene, Walpole, 
 Winchester, and Hinsdale. And it is nearly certain that the 
 entire Indian population of Central and Southern New Hamp- 
 shire in the year 1700 did not exceed four thousand, of whom 
 possibly six hundred were warriors. 
 
 CHARACTER AND HABITS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INDIANS. 
 
 "With regard to the Indian character in general, this must 
 be said : while the apostles to the Indians, Eliot and the May- 
 hews, found those with whom they dealt often tractable and, 
 to a considerable extent, kind, generous, and faithful, the gen- 
 eral verdict of the settlers was that they were naturally deceit- 
 ful, treacherous, and cruel to the last degree. Penhallow, 
 in his introduction to " The History of the Indian Wars," 
 speaks of the Indians " as implacable in their revenge as they 
 are terrible in the execution of it ; and will convey it down to 
 the third and fourth generation. No courtesy will ever oblige 
 
 • The Concord Railroad Company perpetuates the memory of these ancient Indian 
 chiefs by giving their names to some of their engines. 
 
32 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 them to gratitude ; for their greatest benefactors have fre- 
 quentlj fallen victims to their fury." 
 
 And almost every one of tlie one hundred and forty broad 
 pages of this old history is simply a harrowing record of Indian 
 atrocities. Of their treachery, the same author assures us that at 
 tlie conclusion of a treaty with them, in 1703, when volleys 
 were to be fired on both sides to ratify it, and the English 
 were asked (as they supposed by way of compliment) to fire 
 first, which they readily did, it was soon learned that the guns 
 of the Indians were charged with bullets as well as powder. 
 
 When, in 1759, the colonists suddenly attacked the Arosa- 
 guntacook or St. Francis Indians in Canada and defeated 
 them, among other things found in the settlement were six 
 or seven hundred English scalps suspended on poles, the 
 trophies of their barbarous warfare. And for forty years aftei^ 
 1703, wherever settlements were made in ]^ew Hampshire 
 the Indians, incited by the French, were ready to fall upon 
 them at the most unexpected moment, as when the people 
 were at church or attending a wedding. Penhallow's sicken- 
 ing record gives the names and particulars of the capture, 
 torture, and murder in cold blood of hundreds during this 
 period, as well as of the fearful siifferings that the prisoners 
 of both sexes experienced while wading through the deep 
 snows to Canada and during their captivity, before redemption 
 or death put an end to their miseries. War could be no sooner 
 proclaimed between France and England than the Indians 
 seemed to become acquainted with the fact, as it were, in- 
 stinctively, when the signal would be at once given to renew 
 the work of pillage, burning, and butchery. 
 
 But were the Indians never provoked by double-dealing, 
 perfidy, and cruelty on the part of the whites ? In 1703 we 
 find the Colonial Government offering a bounty of forty 
 pounds sterling for every Indian scalp that might be brought 
 in ; and Penhallow tells us that a Captain Tyng was the first 
 to avail himself of the privilege by securing two hundred 
 pounds for five scalps, which he easily obtained by a quiet at- 
 tack upon his victims in the depth of winter. From the ** Xew 
 Hampshire Provincial Papers" we leani that September 6th, 
 
CHARACTER A1<D HABITS. 38 
 
 lOTO, there was a sliani light with two hundred refugee Indians 
 at Dover, when the Indians were suddenly seized. Some of 
 them were soon set at liberty, but many of them were sent to 
 Boston, where five or six were hung for crimes which they had 
 previously committed, while others were sold as slaves. Tlie 
 spirit of kindness and conciliation is not apparent in sucli 
 transactions. 
 
 From the " Massachusetts Eecords'' of 1676-77 we learn that 
 a day was set apart for public thanksgiving because, among 
 other things of moment, "■ tliere noM' scarce remains a name or 
 fmnily of them (the Indians) but are either slayne, captivated, 
 or fled." Doubtless the wrong involved in the fearful con- 
 flicts and losses of those days is not to be wholly charged to 
 tlie Indians. 
 
 THKIR n A HITS. 
 
 When not engaged in war they cultivated to some extent 
 the soil, especially the rich lands upon the banks of the streams 
 and rivers, though it must be said that the squaws seem to 
 have done this work generally. Sometimes ten or flf teen acres 
 of maize could be found in one piece upon, the banks of the 
 Connecticut. To keep the surplus for winter use or for a time 
 of famine they built granaries or underground storehouses 
 from five to flfteen feet in diameter, and these they some- 
 times lined with clay. White visitors occasionally applied the 
 term " wigwams'" to these granaries, but usually this was the 
 name of their dwellings. These were huts, the best of wliicli 
 contained few if any of the conveniences and comforts of civ- 
 ilized life. After the coming of the white men the}' raised also 
 large quantities of beans and squashes, but always depended 
 largely for food upon hunting and fishing. Nuts also of vari- 
 ous kinds were collected by them and stored for food. Ket- 
 tles for boiling they made from soapstone. Except in ex- 
 treme cases they seem to have had a good supply of food. In 
 their domestic life they were like the wild Indians of tlie 
 Korth-west at the present time. The squaws were the slaves 
 of the braves, and all the degradation and hardships of savage 
 life were their portion. In war the bow and arrow, the club, 
 3 
 
34 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 the spear pointed with a sharp stone, and a hatchet or toma- 
 hawk made from the same material fm-nished their offensive 
 and defensive weapons, but early they manifested a purpose 
 to acquire fire arms if possible. Before 1688 Baron Castine, a 
 French nobleman, had gone among the Indians east of the 
 Penobscot and made a home with them, filling his house with 
 Indian women. This infamous man furnished muskets to the 
 Indians, and from that time forth they became doubly formid- 
 able in warfare. One or two other renegade whites were 
 proved guilty of the same crime against law and humanity, and 
 severely punished. As early as 1626 the settlers at Dover 
 found that the Indians had muskets, and upon investigation 
 it appeared that one Thomas Morton, the ringleader of a com- 
 pany of outlaws whose headquarters were at Braintree, Mass., 
 had sold guns and ammunition to the neighboring Indians. 
 He was at once seized and sent a prisoner to England. In 1631 
 tlie General Court ordered " Richard Hopkins to be severely 
 whipped and branded with a hot iron upon one of his cheeks 
 for selling guns, powder, and shot to the Indians." 
 
 THE INDIAN CLAIMS TO THE LAND OF THE NEW WORLD. 
 
 If a long and undisputed occupancy can give a valid title to 
 land, they certainly owned this territory. A foreign king, 
 three thousand miles away, who had never set foot upon these 
 lands had no just claim to them ; but he gave them away or 
 permitted the Council of Plymouth in England to dispose of 
 them just as if they had been inherited or obtained by fair 
 purchase. 
 
 It is to the credit of the settlers generally that they -svere not 
 satisfied with the principles and acts of their kings and coun- 
 cils in this respect. The Old Indian Chronicle asserts that 
 " any one will find, by an examination of all the public records 
 of New England, that in no instance was the land taken from 
 the Indians without their consent and without what was then 
 considered a fair compensation." " However small the com- 
 pensation, it was as a general thing all the land was worth." 
 And Professor Sanborn, in Lis " History of New Hamp- 
 shire," says, " The New England colonists did generally pur- 
 
INDIAN CLAIMS. 35 
 
 chase their lands from the Indians. They paid but small sums, 
 and in articles of but little value to themselves, yet the Indians 
 prized them highly ; and they alone had a right to judge of the 
 worth of their territory and of the price of the goods given in 
 exchange for it. They sold willingly, and received their pay 
 with joy." But the same author adds that " the settlers ©f 
 ISTew Hampshire were perhaps less careful than others to ex- 
 • tinguish the Indian claim, because chartered companies and 
 royal proprietors assumed the ownership of the soil." In 
 the same line of testimony, the Hon. Charles Bell said before 
 the New Hampshire Historical Society, a few years ago, 
 " There is abundant evidence still surviving to show that every 
 rood of land occupied by the white men foi* a century after 
 they sat down at Piscataqack was fairly purchased from the 
 Indian proprietors, and honestly paid for." 
 
 And in support of these and similar assertions, we have in 
 the apjDendix of Belknap, Vol. I., the copy of a deed given 
 in 1629 to John Wheelwright and others of Massachusetts 
 Bay, " to them, their heirs and assigns forever," of nearly 
 all the south-eastern part of New Hampshire, " twenty Eng- 
 lish miles into the woods," with various conditions and 
 provisos ; and " for a competent valuation in goods already 
 received, in coats, shirts, and kettles ;" the chief Sagamore 
 and his successors forever to receive, if lawfully demanded, 
 " one coat of trucking cloth a year" for each township laid 
 out within said tract of land, while the said Wheelwright is to 
 have from the grantors " two bushels of Indian corn each 
 year," etc. 
 
 "In witness whereof," etc. Signed by Passaconaway, 
 Ilunaawitt, Wahangnonawitt, and Rowls, each with his mark 
 and seal, in the presence of two Indians and two whites. 
 
 We are obviously unable to determine the real value of the 
 " shirts, coats, and kettles" " already received," but this con- 
 tract has the features of honest business rather than of robbery. 
 
 And yet it is very plain that Sir Ferdinando Gorges and 
 Captain John Mason (to whose great ambition and m^t per- 
 sistent efforts for securing wealth and renown out of the lands 
 in Southern New Hampshire, attention will be directed in 
 
86 IIISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Cliapter IV.) did not make the least effort to satisfy tlie claims 
 of the Indians to the large territory which they professed to 
 own. And the probability is that the Indian title to the lands 
 abont Monadnock was never extinguished in any way by those 
 who purchased and settled this territory between 1740 and 
 1775; for before this period the great chiefs of the Penna- 
 cooks had died, and the tribes subordinate to them had been 
 largely broken up and dispersed. 
 
 THE KEMOVAL OF THE INDIANS FROM THIS TERRITORY. 
 
 Their numbers and power as tribes seem to have waned 
 rapidly after the close of the sixteenth century. Contact with, 
 the whites had not generally improved their physical or moral 
 condition. Fewer children were born to them, and they lost, 
 in a great measure, their ambition. Many of their braves had 
 perished in the wars, and those that survived were discour- 
 aged. Gradually the young men and then whole families and 
 tribes withdrew from all contact with civilization. Some went 
 to the East and North-east, and cast in their lot with their old 
 enemies, the Tarrateens ; but the larger part appear to have 
 gone Kortli and joined the Indians on the St. Francis in 
 Canada, But wherever they went they soon lost all tribal 
 distinctions, and practically disappeared from the face of the 
 earth. A few came annually, for a number of years, to hunt 
 about the old mountain and fish in our lakes and streams, but 
 soon returned to Canada or Eastern Maine. 
 
 How late the Indians were found roaming over Fitzwilliam 
 it is impossible to say. In 1754, or nearly three years after 
 Monadnock ISTo. 4 M-as sold to Roland Cotton and others, it 
 was considered hazardous to commence building a meeting- 
 liouse in Monadnock No. 1 or Rindge, because Indian attacks 
 were feared (see " History of Kindge," p. 63) ; while later 
 than that murders were committed by the Indians in Walpole, 
 Xeene, and Hinsdale. 
 
 INDIAN REMAINS. 
 
 There is no evidence that what is now FitzNvilliam was ever 
 a favorite resort for the Indians, like Hinsdale and Kecne, but 
 
INDIAlSr EEMAINS. 37 
 
 we are assured tliat for a considerable time after its settlement 
 and incorporation as a town the remains of Indian wigwams 
 were found in the southern part of it, not far from the line 
 that separates New Hampshire from Massachusetts. 
 
 Rev. John Sahin is our authority for the following state- 
 ment, which is taken from one of his lectures : 
 
 When Mr. Wait dug his cellar, ia the south part of the town, a few 
 years ago, he found it thickly laid over, at not more than a suitable dis- 
 tance from each other, with what he supposed once graves, bodies de- 
 posited there. He was satisfied from the lightness of the earth, the 
 color, the smell, and I should think he found something like hair, that 
 human bodies had, at some remote period, been laid there and laid in an 
 orderly manner. It may be as hard to account for them, perhaps, as for 
 the mounds at the west. It may more seem than in any other way of 
 which we know, that the Aborigines, at some period, had their burying- 
 place there, and that makes it more probable that they inhabited not 
 very far distant. 
 
 Upon the banks of Camp Brook, near the Tiouse where John 
 Camp lived eighty or ninety years ago, the remains of at least 
 two Indian wigwams were found and some Indian utensils. 
 And the same was true of the Lot 1 of the tenth range, in 
 School District No. 11, where Joshua Twitchell built a log- 
 house and lived for a number of years. 
 
 A manuscript history of School District No. 11, written 
 many years since, and carefully preserved by Mr, D. Francis 
 White, of that district, informs us that the Indians who 
 visited that part of the town before its settlement were few in 
 number, and that these took up their abode near the large 
 brook which runs through the district, drawn hither plainly 
 by the good fishing which the brook afforded. " My grand- 
 father," says the writer, " told me that the remains of two of 
 their huts or wigwams were to be seen long after his remem- 
 brance, one on the side of the hill near where Benjamin Hay- 
 wood's house now stands, the other on the east side of the 
 brook, on land owned by Benjamin Fisk. The cellar that was 
 dug into the hillside many years ago by the Indians is now 
 plain to be seen." 
 
 In confirmation of the opinion expressed in this chapter that 
 
38 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 tlie region about Mount Monadnock was a favorite resort of 
 roving Indians and Indian families during a part of each sea- 
 son, the testimony is abundant. Of this two items only have 
 been selected, and the details of both are set forth in the vol- 
 ume, " Groton (Mass.) in the Indian Wars," by Samuel 
 A. Green, M.D. This book is a very valuable contribution to 
 our Indian history. Groton was one of the frontier towns of 
 Massachusetts for a considerable period near the close of the 
 seventeenth century, and every precaution against the sudden 
 and repeated incursions of the Indians was not only required 
 by law, but was found by the inhabitants to be an imperious 
 necessity. 
 
 February 16th, 1706, a court-martial was held in that 
 town, by the order of Governor Dudley, for the trial of 
 Lieutenant Setli Wyman, who was charged with the crime 
 of bringing a false report of " the discovery of the Indian 
 Enemy near Monadnock on the 6th instant, and for their re- 
 turn home in a mutinous, disorderly manner without endeavors 
 after a sufficient discovery." The proceedings of this court- 
 martial would, occupy too much space for insertion here, but 
 the facts in the case seem to have been as follows : Lieutenant 
 "Wyman commanded a small company of men, who were sent 
 out to watch the Indians about the base of Monadnock, that, 
 in case of danger, they might give the alarm to the exposed 
 inhabitants of the frontier towns of Massachusetts ; and hav- 
 ing, as he supposed, if his scouts were truthful, discovered the 
 presence of a large body of advancing savages, he ordered a 
 retreat toward their homes, which retreat, through fright, was 
 conducted in a disorderly manner. 
 
 The testimony of the accused officer was as follows : 
 
 On the 6th instant on our incatnping on Son about an hour high wee 
 sent out Two Scouts, of four men each ; one to march on the left wing ; 
 the other on the Right ; to march about a mile aud a half riglitout upon 
 discovery from the Noyse of our Hatchetts. 
 
 He farther saith that after they had bin upon the scout about an hour, 
 that he Saw both Scouts returning together, running toward our Camp 
 as men affrightened, and called to me at a distance to put out our fires for 
 tliey liad discover'd a Body of the Enemy. Then Corp' Tarbol coming 
 up to me told me that he had discover'd the Enemy ; the first of their 
 
HUNTING FOR INDIAN SCJALPS. 39 
 
 Camps that he discover'd, He said the Noyse of their Hatchetts, were 
 as bigg as our Company, and so reached halfe a mile. 
 , The other part of our Scout told me they had discover'd the Track of 
 Doggs which they Judg'd to be Twenty or Thirty. 
 
 Corporal Tarbol, who commanded one company of the scouts, 
 testified that they " saw a smoak," and upon approaching it 
 " heard a great discourse of men which I took to be Indians 
 and French," and upon retreating he said he met the other 
 scout, who reported having seen " a Track of twenty or Tiiirty 
 Doggs, which they Judg'd to be the Enemyes Doggs," etc. 
 The scouts seem to have been divided in opinion about the 
 presence of the dogs, some supposing the tracks were made by 
 a female wolf with her whelps ; but when they had compared 
 •notes the fright became general, and nothing "Wyman could do 
 could keep the men together. 
 
 This officer seems to have been brave enough, but he was in 
 a region where Indian surprises were to be expected, and his 
 men failed him.* 
 
 The second item alluded to is as follows : " Governor Sal- 
 tonstall, of Connecticut, writes from New London, under date 
 of July 23d, 1724, that the friendly Indians of that neighbor- 
 hood seem inclined to hunt for scalps around Monadnock, and 
 the farther side of Dunstable and Groton." (Massachusetts 
 Archives.) 
 
 " This was owing," says Dr. Green, "to an offer made 
 about this time (already alluded to in this chapter) by the 
 governments of Massachusetts and !New Hampshire, of a 
 bounty of forty pounds for every Indian's scalp that should be 
 taken and shown to the proper authorities. This expedient 
 stimulated volunteers to scour the wilderness for the purpose 
 of hunting Indians ; and Captain John Lovewell, of Dunstable, 
 organized a company, which soon became famous. " 
 
 This Captain Lovewell seems to have led at least two expedi- 
 tions against the Indians before he started out upon the one 
 which proved so disastrous to himself and nearly all his com- 
 mand on the borders of Lovewell's Pond, near Fryeburg, Me. 
 
 * According to the best information relative to this matter, the scene of this fright 
 was in the south-east part of Fitzwilliam, or in the neighboring town of Kindge. 
 
40 HISTORY OF FITZW ILLIAM. 
 
 After one of these forays he entered Dover, N. H,, in 
 triumph, bearinpj stretched on hoops ten Indian scalps. These 
 he took to Boston, and obtained tlie large bounties offered 
 by the Massachusetts government. 
 
 The region about Monadnock was plainly regarded as very 
 favorable for such expeditions because no large company of Ind- 
 ian warrioi's would there be encountered. A roaming sav- 
 age with his squaw could be shot down without great personal 
 peril. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 THE MOXADXOCK REGION IN 1740 — THE OLD MILITARY ROAD. 
 
 Appearance of the Country — Old Road. 
 
 n^HE towns that cluster around the base of this mountain, 
 -*- of which Fitzwilb"am is one, have in some respects a pe- 
 culiar history. The size and isolation of the mountain and its 
 distance from any other lofty elevations with which to com- 
 pare it make this entire region unlike any other in New Eng- 
 land, while, as we shall see in the next chapter of this history, 
 the early negotiations for the sale, purchase, and settlement of 
 these towns had many singular features. 
 
 As a matter of course, that which gives character to this en- 
 tire region of country is the grand old mountain itself. The 
 height of this is not so remarkable, as its loftiest peak is only 
 three thousand one hundred and eighty-six feet above the 
 level of the sea, and many of the peaks in Northern New 
 Hami3shire have a greater altitude. But it stands out alone, 
 the one great mountain of Southern New Hampshire and of 
 the north-eastern and northern central parts of Massachusetts, 
 while the beauty and grandeur of its outlines never fail to 
 rivet the attention and move the sensibilities of the beholder. 
 From an early period it was styled " the Grand Monadnock," 
 and this distinctive name is plainly of Indian origin. 
 
 When this part of New Hampshire was opened for settle- 
 ment the entire mountain, with the exception of one com- 
 paratively unimportant peak, is said to have been covered 
 with trees similar to those that now cover the lower portions 
 of it, though, of course, much smaller, and stunted to a much 
 greater degree as the top was approached. This forest seems 
 to have been largely prostrated by a heavy gale near the be- 
 ginning of the present century, and at a later period wholly 
 
42 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIA^r. 
 
 consumed by fire. Then the rains and melting snows carried 
 forward the process of denudation rapidly, while the winds 
 aided in the work, till from the upper portions of the moun- 
 tain nearly all the soil that had been accumulating for cen- 
 turies disappeared, leaving the great mass of coarse rock bare 
 as we see it to-day. 
 
 These statements come to us by tradition mostly, but there 
 is no reason to question their substantial trnth. 
 
 The "Bald Peaks" on the mountain (as the naked spot 
 before alluded to is said to have been called) doubtless presented 
 to the early explorers the only place from which an lininter^ 
 rupted view could have been obtained, and seen from this, the 
 entire region, with the exception of some small natural mead- 
 ows and the ponds, was one immense forest. From that ele- 
 vation the sharp and long hills, which are so prominent a fea- 
 ture in all these towns, disappeared and the beholder looked 
 out upon what seemed to be a level country, a plain extend- 
 ing as far as the eye could reach. The explorers and settlers 
 of some of the towns of N^orthern Massachusetts, thirty or 
 forty miles south of ns, were similarly deceived as they sur- 
 veyed the region from the summit of Wachusett, and fondly 
 supposed they were locating their farms and building their 
 log houses upon a great plain, with a soil as deej), I'ich, and 
 easily worked as is that which attracted the pioneers in the 
 valley of the Connecticut River. 
 
 Such was the appearance of these rugged towns about 
 Monadnock in 1740. The country seemed to be one great and 
 fertile plain, interspersed with the many shining lakes that are 
 now so prominent a feature of the landscape, with the little 
 threads of brooks and larger streams running in various direc- 
 tions. Then as now in all the surrounding country the grand 
 feature of the whole was the massive and majestic mountain. 
 This, though legally belonging to our neighbors, Dublin and 
 Jaft'rey, is in a large sense common property ; and these 
 neighbors are not jealous of their rights in this valuable in- 
 heritance. We are always welcome to feast our eyes upon the 
 inspiring scenery which makes the wliole region glad, and to 
 drink in the pure air which is so delicious and healthful a draft 
 
MONADNOCK— OLD MILITARY EOAD. 43 
 
 to multitudes of the weary workers that come up, year by year, 
 from our crowded cities. No views of the mountain are bet- 
 ter than many from the homes of Fitzwilliam, while a good 
 carriage-road of five miles' length from the centre of our town 
 brings us to the base of the mountain. 
 
 The following extracts from the historical lecture of Rev. 
 John Sabin, in 1842, may be of interest to sacli as are disposed 
 to complain of the roughness, the stones and rocks of this 
 region : 
 
 Some almost wonder that this town was ever built on, and that a com- 
 munity should settle here. But in early days it was a land of high 
 credit, and I am told by the old minister of Jaffrey, Mr. Ainsworth, that 
 the Monadnock region since his remembrance has been as much extolled 
 as now is any part of the West. Within two days I am told by a son of 
 an early settler in this part of Jaflrey that the fear at first was there would 
 not be stone for fencing. We can have no question but in its natural 
 state this town had its beauties, nor did its rocks appear as they have 
 since, 
 
 THE OLD MILITARY EOAD. 
 
 During the almost constant wars with the French and Ind- 
 ians from 1735 to 1760, it was a matter of the first impor- 
 tance to keep open some way of direct communication between 
 Eastern Massachusetts and the frontier toward Canada. In 
 the early part of this period Massachusetts claimed as a part 
 of her territory all that now constitutes the States of Maine, 
 Kew Hampshire, and Vermont, and for some time manned 
 and supported the forts on the Connecticut River at Great 
 Meadow (Westmoreland), at Upper Ashuelot (Keene), at No. 
 4 (Charlestown),* and Fort Dummer at Brattleborough, Vt. 
 But in order to transport tlie munitions of war with the 
 
 * In 1733 the government of Massachusetts granted to Josiah Willard and others a 
 township named Arlington, which embraced the main portion of the territory now 
 constituting the towns of Hinsdale and Winchester. At a little later date four town- 
 ships were granted extending northward along the east bank of the Connecticut River, 
 which were named Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and which were nearly identical with the present 
 towns of Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Walpole, and Charlestown. The settlement of 
 the boundary-line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1740 brought all 
 these towns within the limits of New Hampshire, of course invalidating all ttie Mas- 
 sachusetts grants ; but the designation of Charlestown as No. 4 being found convenient 
 to disfingui-ih it from Charlestown, Mass., it was retained for a long time, and is some- 
 times heard even at the present day. 
 
44 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 troops through the wilderness to the frontier forts, roads for 
 wheel vehicles became a necessity, and accordingly were con- 
 structed. The records of the times inform us that during 
 those wars such a road was made between No. 4 (Charlestown) 
 and Crown Point on Lake Champlain, and, without doubt, it 
 was built by the province of Massachusetts. To hold posses- 
 sion of the place last mentioned was a matter of the first im- 
 portance, as Crown Point, in a good measure, commanded Lake 
 Champlain, and the route through it was the one generally 
 taken by the French and Indians in their incursions upon the 
 British possessions and settlements. The military road just 
 named was, therefore, an important link in the route between 
 Eastern Massachusetts and Canada, especially since the passage 
 through the wilderness from Portland, Me., to the St. Law- 
 rence was attended by the greatest hardships and perils. 
 The Indians had trails through Northern Massachusetts and 
 Southern New Hampshire over which they passed with their 
 captives and booty, but these were of no value for the trans- 
 portation of provisions, guns, and ammunition for the forts 
 and offensive operations beyond. 
 
 It will be seen at a glance that another road of the same 
 kind (of which the one just mentioned should be an extension 
 or western division) was equally necessary in order to reach the 
 Connecticut River. That such a road was built about 1735 
 or perhaps a little later there can be no question, but its exact 
 location through the northern part of Worcester County, 
 Mass., and some of the New Hampshire towns is a matter 
 of uncertainty, for the reason that, in succeeding years, wher- 
 ever it did not meet the Avants of the people as a public high- 
 way it soon went out of use, and wherever it did it was main- 
 tained like the town roads in general, and as time went on its 
 particular history was lost. But while its exact location in 
 many places cannot be given, its general direction can be stated 
 without any doubt. It started in the vicinity of Fitchburg, 
 Mass., and passed through a part of Ashburnham into Win- 
 chendon, in the same State. In the latter town a branch is 
 believed to have left the main line, and proceeding in a west- 
 erly direction passed through the south-western corner of 
 
THE OLD MILITARY ROAD. 45 
 
 FitzwilHam into Riclimond, and was contimied to the Con- 
 necticut Ei^er to furnish supph'es to Fort Dummer, now Brat- 
 tleborongh, Yt. The other or more important branch (and 
 with this we are specially concerned), taking a north-westerly 
 direction from the point of junction in Winchendon, 2:)assed 
 through the entire length of Fitzvvilliam, and proceeded on- 
 ward to Charlestown No. 4. 
 
 In 1871 the writer traced this road easily, for a considerable 
 distance, through the section of the town north-west of the 
 central village. The road was located a short distance west of 
 the dwelling-house of Gilbert C, Bemis, recently burned, and 
 proceeding northerly passed east of the Rockwood Pond, but 
 west of the present travelled road. The track was grown up 
 with trees, some of them of very large size, but the sluices 
 made across the water-courses were standing as they were built 
 one hundred and forty or one hundred and fifty years ago, and 
 other marks remained showing the position of the road. The 
 first house erected by General James Reed was not far from 
 the site of Mr. Bemis's dwelling, and the cellar of the old 
 house is a notable object in that part of the town. This house 
 was kept as an inn for many years, first by General Reed and 
 later by his son. Colonel Sylvanus Reed. Near by, but on the 
 other side of the old road, is seen the cellar of the house built 
 by Daniel Mellen, Sr. A little farther south, on the Fay 
 Hill, as more recently called, Benjamin Bigelow, the first set- 
 tler in town, located. 
 , Whether this military road can be very definitely traced 
 through the toAvns north-Avest of FitzwilHam is not known ; 
 nor can it be very certainly located through the south part of 
 Fitzwilliam. Even among the persons best informed in the 
 case there is a difference of opinion. One supposition is that 
 the road entered the town near the south-east corner thereof, 
 and passing west of Sip Fond, ran near No. 4 scliool-house, 
 thence east of the Collins Pond, and then, passing near the spot 
 where the first meeting-house was afterward erected, proceeded 
 to the Fay Hill, and so on as before described. If this is cor- 
 rect, it seems very probable that the road leading from No. 4 
 school-house southerly to Amos McGee's is a part of the orig- 
 
46 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 inal road, and the only part now in nse within the limits of 
 Fitzwilliam. Another opinion is that the road entered Fitz- 
 williain farther west, coming in from Royalston, and proceed- 
 ing as nearly as practicable in a direct conrse, struck the pre- 
 viously described route perhaps near the locality of the old 
 meeting-house. 
 
 But it is not necessary to go back far in the last century to 
 find the besinning: of both these roads. In 1795 a road was 
 laid out over the first described route as far as from the south- 
 east corner of the town to the McGee place, then occupied by 
 Richard Gleason, Sr, And in 1T96 a road was laid out 
 substantially covering the second or west route. Though the 
 definite location of a great part of this road thus appears to be 
 entirely lost, the real existence of such a road is beyond a 
 doubt, and it is equally certain that by it the early settlers 
 came to their new homes in the town of Fitzwilliam. It is 
 also highly probable that the continuation of this road through 
 Yermont was used in the Revolutionary War for the passage 
 of troops and the transportation of supplies from JSTew Hamp- 
 shire, for the military operations in the country about Lake 
 Cham plain. 
 
CHAPTER lY. 
 
 GRANTS OF THE LANDS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Deficiency of Recoi-ds — Early Explorers — Royal Claims — Plymouth Company 
 — Ferdinando Gorges — Captain John Mason — His Heirs — Masonian 
 Proprietors — Monadnock Townships — First Grant of Monadnock No. 4 — 
 Division of Second Grant — Ranges, Lots, etc. 
 
 THE early settlers of Fitzwilliara, as is true of pioneers gener- 
 ally, did not deem it necessary to keep carefully prepared 
 records of their movements and business transactions. This 
 common fault of the age can hardly surprise us when we re- 
 member that the necessity was laid upon them to work, to give 
 all their time, thoughts, and strength to the foonding of homes 
 for themselves and tlieir families in the wilderness. As the 
 result of this, much of the early history of this town and of 
 each of the adjoining towns has been lost and can never be re- 
 covered, so meagre and unsatisfactory are the ancient records. 
 Still not a few of the motives and movements of the men who 
 took part in opening this section of ISTew Hampshire for settle- 
 ment are traced without ditKculty. 
 
 The first white men who explored this region were not in 
 quest of fame, good farms, or valuable sites for manufacturing 
 establisliments ; for since the precious metals had usually 
 been found in mountainous regions like Mexico and Peru, the 
 opinion was early entertained that they must be found about 
 the bas-e and upon the sides of Monadnock. 
 
 Accordingly, the first individuals and companies that ob- 
 tained grants of these lands from the British crown sent out 
 bands of men charged to explore the region carefully for gold 
 and silver. The gold fever then raged, as it has in later 
 times, and the men infected with it, both in Europe and in 
 this country, had great expectations, which, perhaps fortu- 
 nately for them and for us, were doomed to disappointment. 
 
48 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 That these explorers met with no success we all know, but 
 their faihire has not deterred some of the present generation 
 from repeating, upon a limited scale, the same fruitless ex- 
 periment. Probably no mines of either of the precious metals 
 will ever be discovered in Monadnock. And so far as can be 
 known certainly by the existing generation, the same is true 
 of the White Mountains. 
 
 Professor Sanborn, of Dartmouth College, in his " History 
 of New Hampshire,*'' makes the following statement, doubt- 
 less on good authoi'ity, as it has been given substantially by 
 other writers : 
 
 In June, 1642, Darby Field, with two Indian guides, first ascended 
 the White Mountains. In August of the same year another party, led by 
 Thomas Gorges and Richard Vines from Maine, set out, on foot, to ex- 
 plore the " delectable mountains." They penetrated the desert wilder- 
 ness, and climbed the rugged sides of the " White Hills" from the east. 
 They gave a very extravagant and incoherent description of what they 
 saw. Their imagination ran riot in marvellous inventions. They de- 
 scribed them (the mountains) as " extending a hundred leagues, on 
 which snow lieth all the year." On one of these mountains they found 
 a plain of a day's journey (it must have been a Sabbath-day's journey) 
 Avhereon nothing grew but moss ; and " at the farther end of this plain, 
 a nide heap of mossy stones, piled up on one another, a mile high, on 
 which one might ascend from stone to stone, like a jiair of winding 
 stairs, to the top, where was another level of about an acre, with a pond 
 of clear water. 
 
 The country beyond was said to be ''daunting terrible." They 
 named these mountains "the Crystal Hills." Their provisions failied 
 them before the beautiful lake was reached ; and though they were 
 within one day's journey of it, they were obliged to return home. So 
 the men of that age died without the sight. 
 
 Plainly those who sent out such exploring expeditions were 
 (►bliged to take their pay in romance ; the more improbable 
 the story the better. 
 
 Of the eight IVIonaclnock towns, Tlindge has a peculiar his- 
 tory, which is lucidly set forth by her historian, Ezra tS. Stearns, 
 Esq. 
 
 In 1690 Sir William I*hipps, who had been a sailor, led an 
 expedition against the French into Canada. This was a mis- 
 
THE "CANADA" TOWNS. 49 
 
 erable failure, and the troops tliat survived the fearful hard- 
 ships of the campaign could get no pay for their service. Some 
 of these were from Dorchester, Mass. ; others were from Row- 
 ley, Ipswich, and other towns in the eastern part of that State. 
 Forty years later these soldiers or their heirs obtained from the 
 General Court of Massachusetts, in the way of remuneration, 
 grants of wild lands, some of which are now in New Hamp- 
 shire, but were then claimed by Massachusetts ; and this claim 
 was generally allowed. The men from Dorchester thus ol)- 
 tained what was deemed a title to the town of Ashburnham, 
 which was then called Dorchester Canada. Winchendon be- 
 came in the same way Ipswich Canada, and Rindge, Rowley 
 Canada. The boundary-line between Massachusetts and New 
 Hampshire, which was for a long time in dispute, was finally 
 settled by George the Second in 17-iO ; and this left our neigh- 
 bor Rindge to share the fortunes of the other towns in South- 
 ern New Hampshire.* The whole difficulty respecting the 
 Massachusetts claims to this region arose from the mistake 
 (very early made) of supposing that the Merrimac River, in 
 the greater part of its course, runs east instead of south. 
 
 It does not appear that the heirs of the soldiers to whom 
 
 * The entire history of the establishment of this line is interesting, especially as the 
 old question is, in a certain sense, reopened at the present time, after the lapse of one 
 hundred and forty-six years. 
 
 The king determined that the northern boundary of the province of Massachusetts 
 be a similar curve-line, pursuing the course of the Merrimac River at three miles' dis- 
 tance on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point 
 due north of Patucket Falls, and a straight line drawn from thence due west till it 
 meets with His Majesty's other governments. 
 
 This decision was a surprise to both parties, for it gave to New Hampshire a strip of 
 territory nearly sixty miles long and fourteen broad above all that this province had 
 ever claimed, while it deprived Massachusetts of twenty-eight new towns between the 
 Merrimac and Connecticut rivers, and parts of six old towns on the north side of the 
 Merrimac toward its mouth, as well as a vast tract of land west of the Connecticut 
 River, for " His Majesty's other governments" in that direction were generally sup- 
 posed to be bounded on the east by a line twenty miles east of the Hudson River. 
 
 When orders were given to run out and mark these lines, the Assembly of Massachu- 
 setts virtually refused to appoint surveyors, and New Hampshire was authorized to 
 proceed with the work. The surveyors were to allow 10° for the westerly variation of 
 the needle, and the chief mistakes claimed to have been made in running the lines 
 seem to have had reference to this matter of the needle's variation. If these claims of 
 New Hamp.shire shall be allowed, it will give to this State a triangular strip of territory 
 coming to a point in Dracut, Mass., but of considerable width on the banks of the Con- 
 necticut River. The New Hampshire Commission for the settlement of this matter 
 consists of John J. Bell, of Exeter ; Charles H. Roberts, of Concord, and N. H. Clarke, 
 of Plaistow. 
 4 
 
50 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Rowley Canada was granted ever obtained any benefit from 
 M'hat was supposed to be a valuable property, for Rindge be- 
 ing declared to be in New Hampshire in 1740, its fortunes 
 ever after differed not materially from those of tlie Monad- 
 nock towns generally. 
 
 It appears from the ancient records that a large part of the 
 territory embraced in Southern New Hampsliire was repeatedly 
 given away and sold and resold by those who had no just title 
 to a foot of land in this region. 
 
 The following statement, which is condensed as far as it can 
 be if the continuity of the narrative shall be preserved, is be- 
 lieved to be truthful, for it is made on the anthority of the 
 Colonial Records and of the best early historians of New 
 .Hampshire, particularly Belknap, who published his history 
 in 1T85 and 1791. 
 
 Claiming it by right of discovery, James the Fii'st, in 1606, 
 set apart for colonization all the territory in North America 
 between the forty-first and forty-fifth degrees of north lati- 
 tude, and (for anything that appears to the contrary) from 
 ocean to ocean. This was named North Virginia. The grant 
 in question was made to a company of " Knights, Gentlemen, 
 and Merchants/ ' residing chiefly in the south-west part of 
 England, and was named, from the chief city of that section 
 of England, " The Plymouth Company.'' One fifth part of 
 the precious metals and one fifteenth part of the copper that 
 might be found in the country thus obtained the king re- 
 served for his treasury. 
 
 Fourteen years later, or about the year that became memo- 
 rable by tlie arrival of the Pilgrims on the coast of Massa- 
 chusetts, this " Council of Plymouth," as it was afterward 
 called, obtained a new charter that enlarged its possessions ; 
 for it granted to that company all the lands between the for- 
 tieth and forty-eighth degrees of north latitude, " from sea to 
 sea," which expression, if it meant anything, meant from the 
 Atlantic to the Pacific, or a territory about five hundred and 
 fifty miles wide and two thousand five hundred miles long. 
 This grant was called " New England in America." 
 
 Two of the most active and ambitious members of this 
 
GOEGES AND MASON. 51 
 
 " Council of Plymouth" that obtained the grant of this im- 
 mense territory were Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain 
 John Mason. The former, Gorges, who had been the com- 
 mander of the fort and Governor of Plymoutli, England, was 
 a bold, restless, impulsive man, who, in the reign of Queen 
 Elizabeth, appears to have been associated with Sir Walter 
 Raleigh in attempts to found colonies in Yirginia. He is said 
 to have been a scholar and statesman like his associate, llaleigh, 
 and it was his claim that his enterprises were undertaken 
 largely to advance religion and tlie cause of humanity in gen- 
 eral. Historians quote him as saying that 
 
 the planting of colonies in America was undertaken for the advancement 
 of religion, the enlargement of the bounds of our nation, and the employ- 
 ment of many thousands of all sorts of jjeople. 
 
 Many of his schemes having miscarried, he deemed himself 
 fortunate when he fell in with Captain John Mason, who was 
 a man of the same spirit. Formerly lie had been a merchant 
 in London, but at a later period he had been Governor of 
 Newfoundland, where he had succeeded in restoring to their 
 tribes some captive Indians. Being a man of ability. Mason 
 was appointed Secretary of the Plymouth Company, and soon 
 obtained from his associates a grant of 
 
 all the land from the river Naumkeag (Salem) round Cape Ann to 
 the river Merrimac and up each of these rivers to the farthest head 
 thereof ; then to cross over from the head of the one to the head of the 
 other, with all the islands lying within three miles of the coast. 
 
 This district was called " Mariana," doubtless from its hav- 
 ing the ocean for its eastern boundary. So little was known 
 of the length of the Naumkeag (which was supposed to be a 
 great river rising far to the west), and also respecting the gen- 
 eral course of the Merrimac River, that this was deemed to be 
 a very valuable grant, whereas it actually embraced but a com- 
 paratively small territory — viz., the triangular section of Massa- 
 chusetts included in lines drawn from Lowell to Newburyport 
 and Salem, with the sea-shore as its eastern boundary. Not a 
 foot of this grant lay in New Hampshire. Probably becoming 
 convinced that a mistake had been made. Gorges and Mason 
 
52 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 soon obtained another grant " of all the lands between the 
 rivers Merrimac and Sagadahock (the Kennebec), extending 
 back to the great lakes and river of Canada." This they held 
 jointly and called it Laconia, because of the great number of 
 lakes that it contained. Both of these men seem to have had 
 visions of great wealth and of nobility also through their 
 American possessions, and both were sorely disappointed. In 
 1629 Mason obtained from the Plymouth Council a new patent, 
 but covering no new territory, for the whole of it had been 
 granted seven years before to him and Gorges jointly. This 
 embraced the land 
 
 from the middle of Piscataqua River and up the same to the farthest 
 head thereof, and from thence north-westward until sixty miles from the 
 mouth of the harbor were finished ; also through Merrimac River to the 
 farthest head thereof, and so forward up into the land westward until 
 sixty miles were finished ; and from thence to cross overland to the end 
 of sixty miles accounted from Piscataqua River ; together with all the 
 islands within five leagues from the shore. 
 
 This territory Mason and Gorges named Xew Hampshire, 
 the former having been for '"a time Governor of Portsmouth, 
 in Hampshire County, England. 
 
 Kot long after thetw^o partners divided their American pos- 
 sessions. Gorges taking the eastern division, which became the 
 province of Maine, and Mason holding as his share what is 
 now Xew Hampshire. 
 
 From 1625 to 16-18 Charles the First was King of England, 
 and it was a time of great lawlessness in the l^ew England 
 colonies generally. The Plymouth Council was obliged to 
 surrender its charter to the crown, while Gorges and Mason 
 established no civil governments in the territories which they 
 claimed to own. In 1635 Captain Mason died suddenly, 
 leaving what had been regarded as his princely estate greatly 
 reduced by large outlays for supplies and wages paid to his 
 colonists. His widow, who was his executrix, sent over from 
 England one Captain Francis Norton to care for and manage 
 the property here ; ])ut he and those whom he employed 
 managed to divide nearly all the goods and cattle among them- 
 selves. 
 
THE MASON ESTATE, 53 
 
 One hundred of great cattle, valued at twenty-five jiounds each, very 
 large beasts of a yellow color, and said to have been brought by Cap- 
 tain Mason from Denmark, 
 
 are reported to have been driven to Boston and sold as a part 
 of the booty. 
 
 Captain Mason left a will, made a few days before his death, 
 by which he left to his grandson, Robert Tnfton, " liis manor 
 of Mason Hall," near Portsmouth, and to his grandson, John 
 Tnfton, the remainder of his estate in ITew Hampshire, on 
 condition that each should take the surname of Mason. John 
 Tufton Mason died when yonng, and liis share became the 
 property of his yonnger brother, Robert Tufton Mason. This 
 young man became of age in 1650, Litigation concerning the 
 title to the New Hampshire property succeeding, Massachu- 
 setts now had a survey made of what she deemed her territory, 
 and fixed her northern boundary as far north as the head-waters 
 of tlie Merrimac River. The Mason estate seemed now com- 
 pletely swallowed up, and during the Protectorate of Crom- 
 well no help could be hoped for from the British Government, 
 as the Masons were royalists. But after the restoration of 
 Charles the Second, in 1660, Robert Tufton Mason appealed 
 to the king for redress. The decision was that New Hamp- 
 shire belonged to the heir of Captain John Mason. 
 
 These grants did not remove the granted territory from 
 under the British Government. When the settlements in- 
 creased so as to require them, the usual colonial officers were 
 generally appointed by the King and Council ; but at this time 
 there being no recognized royal governor in the territory north 
 of Massachusetts, the government of that province claimed 
 the right to control the entire region, and this claim was ac- 
 quiesced in for nearly forty years, or until 1680. 
 
 Robert Tufton Mason died in 1688, while he was doing 
 everything possible to enforce his claim to New Hampshire. 
 Soon after his sons and heirs sold to Samuel Allen, of London, 
 their entire claim to the province for seven hundred and fifty 
 pounds. Allen was made Governor of New Hampshire, but 
 his claims were disregarded. A serious informality was found 
 in the deed to Allen, and his heirs practically relinquished 
 
54 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 their claim to the property, which reverted, as a matter of 
 course, to the heirs of Mason. ''^ 
 
 In 1744 John Tiifton Mason (who was a great-great-grand- 
 son of Captain John Mason, and the third of that name) 
 offered to release his interest in the territory to the province 
 of Xew Hampshire for one thousand pounds 'New England 
 currency. 
 
 So much of the genealogy of the Mason familj' as is needed 
 is here given : 
 
 1. Captain John Mason. Died 1635. 
 
 2. Anne Mason Tufton, his daughter. 
 
 3. John and Robert Tufton Mason. John died when a 
 child ; Kobert (succeeding to the estate) died in 1688, leaving 
 two sons, John and Eobert. John had no children, but 
 
 4. Robert, who died in 1718, left two sons, John and 
 Thomas. This 
 
 5. John Tufton Mason represented the Mason claim and 
 sold it, as will be seen below. 
 
 Benning Wentworth was now Governor of New Hampshire, 
 a man of energy and no mean capacity for business, but he 
 was busy with his schemes for including what is now Vermont 
 within the limits of New Hampshire, and granting charters 
 for and giving names to towns west of the Connecticut River. 
 The noted expedition for the capture of Louisburg, which 
 Mason joined, was also engrossing public attention to the ex- 
 clusion of almost everything else. 
 
 Two years passed, when the New Hampshire Assembly took 
 measures to complete the bargain with Mason ; but on the same 
 day when this was to have been done. Mason sold all his in- 
 terest in New Hampshire to a company of twelve men, whose 
 names follow : 
 
 Theodore Atkinson, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Richard 
 "Wihird, John Wentworth, Jr., John Moffat, Samuel Moore, 
 Jotham Odiorne, Jr., George Jaffrey, Jr., Joshua Pierce, and 
 Nathaniel Meserve, all of Portsmouth ; Thomas Wallingford, 
 
 ♦ III the conveyance to Alien the lands are described as beinp "In New Hamps-htre, 
 Main, Masonla, Laconla, Mason-hall and Mariana, in America, In the parUh of Green- 
 wich." 
 
THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS. 55 
 
 of Somers worth, and Thomas Packer, of Greenland. The first 
 of the twelve seems to have had three shares, tlie second two 
 shares, and the others one share each. 
 
 At a later date there were added to these nine new pro- 
 prietors — viz. , John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Pierce, 
 John Tufton Mason, John Thonilinson, Mathew Livermore, 
 William Packer, Samnel Sollej, and Clement March, making 
 the whole number twenty-one. These gentlemen it has been 
 customary to denominate, for the sake of convenience, " the 
 Masonian Proprietors."* 
 
 The character of Mason, in making this sale of his claims, 
 appears to have been above suspicion, for he had seasonably 
 notified the Assembly of the consequences that would follow 
 in case of delay. The price actually paid to Mason by the 
 new proprietors was fifteen hundred pounds. The settlers 
 generally seem to have been indignant at first, while the gov- 
 ernment of the province blustered ; but the proprietors re- 
 mained unmoved. To conciliate all parties, they granted char- 
 ters for new townships upon very liberal terms, demanding no 
 pay from actual settlers upon their lands. 
 
 In every township granted by them, one right was set apart 
 for a settled minister of the gospel, one for a parsonage, one 
 for a school, and fifteen must be reserved for themselves, and, 
 in some cases at least, two for their attorneys. In general also 
 they stipulated that the purchasers or grantees of the new 
 townships should, within a limited time, build meeting-houses, 
 clear and make suitable roads, erect mills, and settle ministers. 
 Of course they did not anticipate anything like rival religious 
 churches and societies while imposing these conditions upon 
 those who purchased their lands. 
 
 The liberality of the Masonian proprietors soon won popular 
 favor, and the settlements increased notwithstanding the great 
 draft of men and money occasioned by almost constant war 
 
 * These men were among the most respected and influential in the province, and 
 nine of the twenty-one held the ofBce of couDcillor under the royal government — viz. : 
 Jotham Odiorne, appointed in 1724 ; Theodore Atkinson, Secretary, 1784 and 1762 ; 
 Richard Wibird, appointed 1739 ; John Rindge, appointed 1740 ; Joseph Blanchard, ap- 
 pointed 1740 ; Samuel S )lley, appointed 1753 ; M. H. Wentworth, appointed 1759 ; Daniel 
 Pierce, appointed 1766 ; George Jaffrey, appointed 1766. 
 
56 IIISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 ■\vitli the French and Indians. Perplexing and expensiv^e law- 
 suits over conflicting claims were not uncommon, but the 
 Revolution soon came, which effectually di posed of all such 
 disputes. 
 
 Before this, and shortly after the Masonian proprietors had 
 completed their purchase, they caused townships to be sur- 
 veyed and held in readiness to meet any satisfactory appli- 
 cation for a grant. The region about the Monadnock was 
 inchided in these surveys, and the townsliips were called Monad- 
 nock townships and distinguished by numbers, some of them 
 also by local names, which they bore until they were severally 
 chartered and named by the provincial government. 
 
 These names were as follows : Monadnock No. 1, or South 
 Monadnock, included the greater part of the Massachusetts 
 grant called Rowley Canada, and is now the town of Rindge ; 
 Monadnock No. 2, or Middle Monadnock, is now Jaffrey ; 
 Monadnock No. 3, or North Monadnock, was incorporated as 
 Dublin, and included the present town of Dublin and n)ore 
 than half the town of Harrisville ; Monadnock No. 4, or 
 Stoddardtown, was named Fitzwilliam at its incorporation, 
 and included the present town of Fitzwilliam and fully half 
 the town of Troy ; Monadnock No. 5 was called New Marl- 
 l)orough and incorporated as Marlborough, and included the 
 present town of Marlborough, a part of Roxbury, and some less 
 than half of Troy ; Monadnock No. 6 was named Packersfield 
 at its incorporation, and changed to Nelson in ISli. It in- 
 cluded the present town of Nelson and a part of Harrisville. 
 Monadnock No. 7 was called Limerick till its incorporation, 
 when it was named Stoddard ; Monadnock No. 8 was called 
 Camden till December 13th, 1776, when it was incorporated 
 and named Washington. This was certainly one of the iirst 
 places named for " the Father of his Country," perhaps the 
 very first. Minor changes have been made in some of these 
 towns that are not referred to in the foregoing description. 
 The names Camden, Limerick, and New Marlborough were 
 so generally accepted as to be used in deeds and other formal 
 and legal documents. 
 
 It should be here oljserved that the norih-western boundary 
 
BOUNDAKY DISPUTE SETTLED. 57 
 
 of the Masunian g-rant was for some time in dispute. The 
 last grant to Mason, which gave the boundaries of the territory 
 ceded to him more definitely than those of an earlier date, de- 
 scribed the southern boundary as commencing at the sea, three 
 miles north of the mouth of the Merrimac, and running west 
 sixty miles. But on an appeal to the King and Council it was 
 decided, as we have already seen, that the eastern part of this 
 line should follow the general course of the Merrimac, three 
 miles north of it, to a point due north of Patucket Falls, 
 and that from thence the course should be due west. The 
 north-west line, connecting the west end of the south line with 
 the north end of the east line, the colonial authorities claimed 
 was a straight line, while the Masonian Proprietors contended 
 that it must be a curved line, as such a line only would give 
 them the sixty miles from the sea. The establishment of the 
 proprietors' claim it was supposed would bring all the Monad - 
 nock towns within the limits of their purchase, and so, assum- 
 ing that the sixty miles from the sea reached to the south- 
 west corner of Monadnock No. 4, they had issued grants 
 accordingly. Thus the matter stood at the opening of the 
 American Revolution. 
 
 lu 17S7 the State of Usew Hampshire settled this question 
 by measuring sixty miles west from the shore, on the Massa- 
 chusetts line, and making the north-west line of the Mason 
 grant straiii'ht, with no reference to the curves and indentations 
 of the shore. This survey left a part of Monadnock IN'o. 1, 
 most of No. 2, and all of the other Monadnock towns outside 
 of the Mason grant. The jDroprietors, however, came for- 
 ward at once and purchased of the State of New Hanapshire 
 all the disputed territory they had claimed, paying for the 
 same forty thousand dollars in public securities and eight hun- 
 dred dollars in cash. Thus the conveyances of the Masonian 
 Proprietors were rendered valid. 
 
 The John Rindge whose name appears above at the head 
 of the list of gentlemen added to the Masonian Proprietors 
 after their purchase was plainly a man of established character 
 and great ability ; for besides giving its name to our neigh- 
 bor on the east, he was employed in 1731 by the province of 
 
58 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 New Hampshire as its agent, and sent to London to petition 
 the king to decide between the conflicting claims of Massa- 
 chusetts and New Hampshire. Great interests were pending, 
 and Rindge and Thomlinson, who succeeded him in the agency, 
 did not a little to secure a decision in favor of our province. 
 
 The twenty-one Masonian Proprietors, through their agent, 
 Joseph Blanchard, on January 15th, 1Y52, granted to Roland 
 Cotton and forty-one others the entire territory known as 
 Monadnock No. 4, now Fitzwilliam. The names of six of 
 Roland Cotton's associates in this purchase were as follows : 
 Josiah Cotton, Matthew Thornton, Sampson Stoddard, Thomas 
 Read, William Lawrence, and John Stevens. 
 
 The exact conditions of this grant cannot here be given in 
 full, but it is known that they required of each of the grantees 
 the clearing of a certain number of acres upon one or more of 
 the lots drawn by him within a specified time, the building of 
 a house upon the same, with a family actually residing in it, 
 the opening of roads, the establishment of a school, and the 
 building of a meeting-house. 
 
 This grant of 1752 became void because its conditions were 
 not fulfilled. The reasons of this failure we can easily con- 
 jecture. All kinds of business had been disturbed by the war 
 between England and France, which ended in 1748. A new 
 struggle between the same nations was in the air, and this, 
 which proved to be " the Seven Years' War," or '' the French 
 and Indian War," as it was variously called, promised to be 
 the most costly and destructive for the American provinces. 
 It was no time for the settlement and improvement of a new 
 township like Monadnock No. 4. But though they failed to 
 comply with the conditions of their contract, Roland Cotton 
 and his associates seem not to have lost all their interest in the 
 township, for at a later date an amicable settlement was made. 
 As will be seen, a new grant was made in 1765, and many of 
 the grantees in 1752 became grantees under the new contract, 
 for in this their hardships are alluded to, and are treated with 
 due consideration. Sampson Stoddard, Matthew Thornton, 
 and John Slevens ^\cre grantees in both cases, and the second 
 list of grantees doubtless included all of the first who had done 
 
GRANT OF MONADNOCK NO, 4. 59 
 
 anything in the way of improvement, and wished to be in- 
 cluded in the new compan3\ 
 
 We have now readied a point in this history when tlie 
 records of all the parties concerned are comparatively full and 
 explicit. 
 
 What immediately follows is an exact copy of the oldest 
 record in the possession of the town. It readily explains it- 
 self, for it gives us the reasons for a new grant of the town- 
 ship, which was made in 17G5, with all the conditions attached 
 to it in plain language. The penmanship in which this record 
 appears in the ancient book is a model of plainness and beauty. 
 The orthography of business men one hundred and twenty 
 years ago has been carefully preserved, and it will be seen to 
 vary but little from what the best usage now requires. 
 
 The free use of capital letters will be noted. A few words 
 evidently omitted by mistake in the original are inserted in 
 brackets. 
 
 At a meeting of the Prop" of the Lands Purchased of 
 Province of f John Tufton Mason Esqr in New Hamp** held at Portsm"* 
 New Hamp" ^ in said Province on "Wednesday the first Day of May 
 
 Anno Domini 1765, by adjournment. 
 WHEREAS the said Prop''^ on the 6"> day of December 1751 author- 
 ized and Irapowered Joseph Blanchard, late of Dunstable in said Prov- 
 ince, Esqr. to Grant their Right, Title and Interest in and to the Lands 
 within their Claim, to such persons as would Engage to Settle and Im- 
 prove the same, under such Limitations and Conditions as Were Just 
 and Reasonable. Pursuant to Which Power, he, on the 15"' Day of Jan- 
 uary, Anno Domini 1752, granted to Roland Cotton, Josiah Cotton, Mat- 
 thew Thornton, Sampson Stoddard, Thomas Read, William Lawrence, 
 John Stevens & thirty five others, all the Right, Title, Interest, claim, 
 Property and Demand of said Proprietors of, in and unto that Tract of 
 Land Called Monadnock No. 4, bounded as follows, " Beginning at the 
 West Line of Masons' Patent so called where that crosses the Dividing 
 Line Between the Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Province of 
 New Hamp"* and runs from thence South Eighty degrees East by said 
 Line, Six Miles to the South West Corner of the South Monadnock 
 Township, from thence North by the Needle by said Township Five Miles 
 to the North West corner of South Monadnock aforesaid, from thence 
 North Eighty Degrees West by Middle Monadnock Township, one mile and 
 a Quarter to the South West Corner thereof, thence North by the Needle 
 two miles and forty rods and from thence North Eighty Degrees [West] 
 
60 HISTORY OF fitzwillia:m. 
 
 till [it] comes to the Patent West Line as Lately Marked and from thence 
 Southerly by that Line to the first Bounds mentioned." To have and 
 to hold, to them their heirs and assigns, on tlie Terms and Conditions in 
 Said Grant expressed with a Riorht of the Entry Reserved on the failure 
 or Default of Performing and fully complying with the Same as may 
 more fully appear by Reference to Said Grant. 
 
 And whereas the Said Grantees have Incured the forfeiture of 
 Said Grant by not fulfilling the Said Conditions within the Term Lim- 
 ited, and tho' by Sufferance and forbearance a Longer time has been al- 
 lowed, which yet has not availed, Whereupon the Grantors have Re- 
 entered and Resumed the Possession of Said Tract of Land, and the 
 Said Grantees acknowledging their Neglect and Default herein, and the 
 Right of Resumption, have peaceably surrendered the same, and have 
 petitioned the Said Proprietors to make a new grant thereof to the Pe- 
 titioners (principally the former Grantees) all which having been Duly 
 Considered, and also that many of them have Done Something in order 
 to Improvement and that it would be more Equitable they should have 
 the advantage thereof than strangers, Therefore 
 
 VOTED, That all the Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim & Demand 
 of the Said Proj^rietors be and hereby is Granted to Col 
 Sampson Stoddard Esqr. Edmund Grouard, Jacob Treadwell Jr. Jonathan 
 Lovewell and Nineteen others whose Names are mentioned in the 
 Schedule or List hereunto annexed Making twenty three in the Whole, iu 
 and to said Tract of Land above Described on the Terms Conditions and 
 Limitations hereafter Expressed, 
 
 To HAVE AND To HOLD to them and to their Several and Respective 
 
 heirs and assigns in Severalty as the same has 
 
 been Divided into Seperate lots and as the said Lots are Numbered and 
 
 Set to the Respective Names in Said Schedule on the following Terms 
 
 Conditions & Limitations — 
 
 First that twenty of the Shares as the same are Sever'd allotted and 
 Divided Numbered and fixed to the Several Names in Said 
 Schedule be and hereby is Reserved to the use of the Grantors their heirs 
 and assigns free and Exempted of and from all charges of settlement and 
 all Other charges untill Improved by them their heirs or assigns — and 
 also that two hundred acres Lay'd out for the Grantors at the North 
 Easterly part of Said Tract of land as appears by Said Schedule and a 
 plan thereof be in like manner Reserved to them their heirs & assigns. 
 
 Secondly that those of the Aforesaid Shares be and hereby are ap- 
 propriated one for the first Settled minister one for the use 
 of the Ministry and one for the use of a School on Said Tract of Land 
 when settled. 
 
 Thirdly that the Remaining Shares be and hereby are Granted and 
 appropriated to the Several Persons and Sever'd to them 
 
GRANT OF MONADNOCK NO. 4. 61 
 
 Respectively as is mentioned and Number'd in Said Schedule ; And Each 
 lot of Land in Said Tract shall be Subject to have Necessary high Ways 
 Lay'd out thro' them as there shall be Occasion hereafter free from the 
 charge of j^urchasing the Land that is the Owners of Said Lots shall not 
 be paid for that part thereof which shall be so Necessarily Lay'd out in 
 high Ways untill an Incorporation and then to come under the Rules of 
 Law in that Regard. 
 
 FouKTHLY that the Grantees aforesaid, (subject to the Duty of Settle- 
 ment) Build fifty houses on Said Tract of Land Such Shares to have one 
 house on One of the Lots belonging to it Respectively as the Grantees 
 shall determine by regular Votes according to their Interests within three 
 Years from the Date hereof Each House to be Built so as to have one 
 Room Sixteen feet Square or Equal thereto and also to have Twelve acres 
 Land cleared and fitted for Tillage Pasture and Mowing within the term 
 of three Years and to add an acre more annually till the Inhabitants there 
 shall be Incorporated, (on each Share), the said houses to be Well fitted 
 and made Comfortable habitations and the Said Laud to be cleared in a 
 good Husbandman like manner and every Particular Grantee aforesaid 
 shall pay his Due Proportion of all Taxes and Charges necessary to the 
 Making Said Settlement in the articles aforesaid and in what follows 
 on Pain of forfeiting his Right in Said Land or so much tliereof as shall 
 answer his proportion of such Taxes and Charges to be disposed of by a 
 Committee chosen by a major jiart of the Grantees (appointed for that 
 purpose). 
 
 Fifthly the said Grantees shall build a Convenient Meeting House for 
 Public Worship within five years from the Date hereof and 
 shall Maintain Constant preaching there from after the Term of six 
 Years from the Date hereof. 
 
 Sixthly all white pine Trees Growing on any part of said Land tho' 
 severd into Lots, are hereby Reserved, that are fit for his 
 Majesty's Use for that purpose to him his heirs and successors. 
 
 Seventhly if the Grantees shall fail and make default of Completing 
 the Settlement according to the Terms and Limitations 
 aforesaid it shall be lawful to and for the said Proprietors and their suc- 
 cessors to Re-enter into and uj^on the Said Tract of Land to Resume the 
 same and to become Re-seized thereof as in their former Estate and as 
 if this grant had not been made. 
 
 Copy of Record 
 
 Attest ; Geo. Jaffrey Prop. Cler. 
 
 Received and Recorded this 23'* Day of May 1765. 
 Exam. 
 
 Sampson Stoddard Jr. 
 
 Pros. Clerk. 
 
62 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 110 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 Col. Sampson Stoddard 
 
 9 
 
 Edmund Gronard 
 
 1?- 
 
 Jacob Treadwell Jun 
 
 8 
 
 Jonathan Lovewoll 
 
 8 
 
 Col Stoddard 
 
 9 
 
 Kenianiin Bellows 
 
 9 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 7 
 
 Matthew Thornton 
 
 9 
 
 IN ath' . Brooks 
 
 7 
 
 Thomas Spanldinff 
 
 9, 
 
 Matthew Thornton 
 
 5 
 
 M. Thornton 
 
 
 
 Grantor Meserve and others 
 
 9, 
 
 John Honey 
 
 4 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 4 
 
 Kath' . Treadwell 
 
 6 
 
 Abel Lawrence Esqr 
 
 6 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 7 
 
 Paul March 
 
 9 
 
 James Reed 
 
 6 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 9 
 
 Grantor John Wentworth 
 
 9 
 
 Grantor John Bind^e 
 
 11 
 
 Edmund Groaard ... 
 
 9 
 
 Matthew Tliornton 
 
 9 
 
 ( jrantor Sollj & March 
 
 9, 
 
 Grantor Col. AVallingford 
 
 5 
 
 Grantor M. II. J. Wentworth 
 
 6 
 
 Thomas Spaulding^ 
 
 The Heirs or Assigns of Geo. Libbey 
 
 I<athaniel Brooks 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 7 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 
 Matthew Thornton 
 
 James Reed 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 James Reed 
 
 6 
 
 Charles Treadwell 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 Grantor Geo: Jaffrey 
 
 Grantor Josh" Pierce 
 
 Abel Lawrence 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
DIVISION OF TOWNSHIP. 
 
 63 
 
 Names of the Grantees in Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 John Stcv^cns 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Grrantor Nath' Pierce 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Grantor Tho'. Packer , 
 
 Grantoi- Jon. Blancliard 
 
 Grantor W'" Packer 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 (^ol. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 John Stevens 
 
 W"' Earl Tread well 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 J ames Keed 
 
 Col. Stoddard . . 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Daniel Millen , 
 
 Matthew Tliornton 
 
 Grantor Col. Atkinson 
 
 James Reed 
 
 Grantor M. Livermore 
 
 Col. Stoddard , 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Grantor Noah Emory of Kittery. 
 
 Sampson Stoddard Jun 
 
 Jonathan Lovewell 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Jon" Willsun , 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 John Woods , 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
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 6 
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64 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Names of the Grantees in Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 Col. Stoddard 81 
 
 Col. Stoddard 82 
 
 Col. Stoddard 83 
 
 Grantor Thomliiison & Mason 84 
 
 Col. Stoddard 85 
 
 James Reed 86 
 
 Col. Stoddard 87 
 
 Col. Stoddard 88 
 
 Grantor Jotliam Odiorne 89 
 
 Col. Stoddard 90 
 
 Col. Stoddard 91 
 
 James Reed 92 
 
 Jonathan Blancliard 93 
 
 James Reed 94 
 
 Col. Stoddard 95 
 
 Sampson Stoddard Jun 96 
 
 Col. Stoddard 97 
 
 Matthew Thornton 98 
 
 Col. Stoddard 99 
 
 Jonathan Lovewell jlOO 
 
 Col. Stoddard '101 
 
 Capt. Benj" Edwards !l02 
 
 Capt. Ben'i'^ Edwards [103 
 
 Heirs or Assigns of Jere: Libbey 104 
 
 Abel Lawrence, Esqr 105 
 
 M. Thornton 106 
 
 Jon" Willson 107 
 
 Grantor Richard Wibird, Esqr 108 
 
 Col. Stoddard '. !l09 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Benjamin Bellows 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 James Reed 
 
 Grantor John Moiiatt . . . . 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Grantor Pierce and Moor. 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Daniel Millen 
 
 Col. Stoddard .^ 
 
 110 
 111 
 112 
 113 
 114 
 115 
 116 
 117 
 118 
 119 
 120 
 
 21 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 17 
 
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 19 
 
 19 
 
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DIVISION OF TOWNSHIP. 
 
 65 
 
 Names of the Grantees in Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 For the Ministry 
 
 For the first settled Minister 
 
 For a School 
 
 Two hundred acres Lay'd out for the Grantors 
 at the North Easterly part of the town, as 
 per plan Exhibited herewith. 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 Col. Stoddard 
 
 the Same 
 
 the Same 
 
 the Same 
 
 the Same 
 
 42 
 
 Hi 
 
 d 
 
 c 
 
 d 
 
 121 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 16 
 
 122 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
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 8 
 
 14 
 
 
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 6 
 
 14 
 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 May 1, 1765. This Schedule Exhibited 
 
 By Sampson Stoddard. 
 
 Jon" Blanchard. 
 Copy Exam" per Geo: Jaffrey Prop^ Cler. 
 Received and Recorded this 22'^ day of May 1765. 
 
 Exam*^ per Sampson Stoddard Jun. Prop* Clerk.* 
 
 A copy of the original plan of the town, but much reduced 
 in size, is here given. In the original plan the names of the 
 owners are inserted in the lots, but in this plan tliey are 
 designated by figures, referring to the accompanying index. 
 The number of lots owned by each person is also given, it 
 being understood that two lots constituted a share. This gave 
 about four fifths of the land to the settlers. The same was 
 
 * How the name of Noah Emory of Kittery, draft 70, appears amons the grantors 
 in the foregoing table of drawings is not known, as his name is not found in the list of 
 Masonian Proprietors. It will be noticed that Messrs. SoUey and March, Thomlinson 
 and Mason, and Pierce and Moore, grantors, were coupled together in the drawing, 
 which may indicate that changes had taken place among the proprietors between 
 174(3 and 1765, and this certainly is not improbable. The grantors had twenty shares. 
 
 5 
 
66 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 bue m the division of Marlborough, but in that of Dublin and 
 Kmdge, settled earlier, three lots constituted a share. Three 
 lots to a share retained three hundred acres to each Masonian 
 propnetor instead of two hundred acres, as in Fitzwilliam and 
 
 The heavy zigzag line across the north part op the towk 
 
 ™ THE LOTS THAT WERE SET OKK AS A PART O. THE ToVk O^ 
 
LOTS OF GRANTEES AND GRANTORS. 
 
 67 
 
 Num- 
 bered' 
 on the 
 Plan. 
 
 Grantees, the Town 
 Proprietors. 
 
 Number 
 of Lots 
 Owned. 
 
 1 . . . Sampsoa Stoddard 110 
 
 . James Reed 18 
 
 . Matthew Thornton 16 
 
 . Abel Lawrence 6 
 
 . Jona. Lovewell 6 
 
 . Benjamin Bellows 4 
 
 .Nathaniel Brooks 4 
 
 .Capt. Benj. Edwards.... 4 
 
 .Edmund Grouard 4 
 
 . Daniel Mellen 4 
 
 . John Stevens 4 
 
 .Thomas Spaulding 4 
 
 . S. Stoddard, Jr 4 
 
 . . Jona. Willson 4 
 
 .Jona. Blanchard 2 
 
 2.. 
 
 3.. 
 
 4.. 
 
 5. , 
 
 6.. 
 
 7.. 
 
 8., 
 
 9., 
 10., 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 
 .John Honey 2 
 
 .Heirs of George Libbey. . 2 
 
 . " " Jere. Libbey 2 
 
 . Paul March 2 
 
 .Chas. Tread well 2 
 
 .Jacob Treadwell, Jr 2 
 
 .Nath'l Treadwell 2 
 
 .Wm. E. Treadwell 2 
 
 . John Woods 2 
 
 Num- „ , 
 
 bered Grantors, the Masonian , f^^^ 
 on the Propiietors. r.;„„ I^ 
 
 Plan. Owned. 
 
 25. . .John Wentworth 2 
 
 36. , .John Rindge 2 
 
 27 . . . George Jafirey 2 
 
 28 . . . Nathaniel Pierce 2 
 
 29 ... M. Livermore 2 
 
 30 . . . Joshua Pierce 2 
 
 31 . . . Richard Wibird 2 
 
 32... William Parker 2 
 
 33. . .M. H. J. Wentworth 2 
 
 34 . . . Col. Wallingford 2 
 
 35 . . . Noah Emery 2 
 
 36 ... Thomas Packer 2 
 
 37... Col. Atkinson 2 
 
 38 . . . Jotham Odiorne 2 
 
 39...JohnMoffatt 2 
 
 40. . .Joseph Blanchard 2 
 
 41... Thomlinson & Mason .... 2 
 
 42...Solly& March 2 
 
 43. . .Pierce & Moore 2 
 
 44. . .Meserve & others 2 
 
 M . . . For the Ministry 2 
 
 FM. .For first Minister 2 
 
 S... For Schools 2 
 
 Total number of Lots 258 
 
 The lots were theoretically one hundred and sixty rods in 
 length from east to west and one hundred rods in width from 
 north to south, and each was supposed to contain one hundred 
 acres. But in reality there was considerable variation in their 
 size, and they exceeded one hundred acres on an average. 
 
 From some cause which it is now impossible to explain, the 
 twelfth tier of lots was much narrower than the average, hav- 
 ing been but seventy-five rods wide on the Richmond line and 
 not far from fifty rods wide on the border of Rindge. From 
 certain subsequent references to " the narrow tier," it would 
 seem that this defect was not known when the allotment was 
 made. 
 
 It was also ascertained, after the settlement of the town was 
 
68 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZAVILLIAM. 
 
 commenced, tliat the town of Jaffrey extended farther west 
 than was supposed at the time of tlie allotment, and that not 
 only the six half lots in the third range but also a portion of 
 the adjoining lots in the fourth range were included in the 
 limits of that town. Four of these half lots, or two hundred 
 acres, were assigned originally to the grantors, the Masonian 
 Proprietors, and the other two were drawn by Colonel Samp- 
 son Stoddard when the division was made. 
 
 In regard to the manner in which the drawing was conducted 
 we have no information, but from the irregularity in coupling 
 the two parts that constituted the same share, as well as in the 
 allotment generally, it seems probable that the arrangement 
 was made by lot. It will be noticed that in the boundaries of 
 'the towmship, as given in the grant, the length of tl)e north 
 line and the length and course of the west line are not stated. 
 If the west line of the Mason grant was a curved line, as the 
 ■owners claimed it should have been, Monadnock jSTo. 4 should 
 have been somewhat wider on the northern than on the south- 
 ern boundary, but such does not appear to have been the case. 
 
 Below is given, in rods, the length of the boundary-lines 
 (1) as stated in the grant, calling the lines on the north and 
 ■west the same as on the south and east ; (2) from a sur- 
 vey made by S. Hemingway in 180T, and (3) from peram- 
 bulations of the lines in 1847. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 West line on 
 Richmond 
 
 and 
 Swauzey. 
 
 North line 
 
 on 
 Marlbor- 
 ough. 
 
 East line 
 
 on 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 North line 
 
 on 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 East line 
 
 on 
 RindRC. 
 
 South line 
 
 on 
 
 Mass. 
 
 2280 
 2312 
 
 1520 
 1390 
 
 680 
 665 
 
 4C0 
 
 586 
 603 
 
 1600 
 1654 
 1732 
 
 1920 
 2005 
 
 The territory ceded by the Masonian Proprietors was designed 
 to constitute a township six miles square ; but as the early sur- 
 veys were far from being exact, it was in reality somewhat 
 larger. According to the plan of the township there were 
 two hundred and fifty-eight lots to dispose of. As will be 
 seen, Colonel Sampson Stoddard was by far the largest share- 
 holder. 
 
JOHN TUFTON MASON. 69 
 
 According to the terms of the grant bj the Masonian Pro- 
 prietors, each of them, twenty-one in number, had one share 
 or two lots, though some of tiiese men appear with partners at 
 the drawing and selection. Thus " Grantor Meserve and 
 others" are found upon the list as owners ; also " Grantor 
 Thomlinson and Mason." This Mason was, without doubt, 
 the John Tufton Mason who sold the entire Mason claim to 
 the twelve men of Portsmouth and vicinity, January 30th, 
 1746 ; and it is an interesting fact that the name of Captain 
 John Mason now reappears in the history of one of the Mo- 
 nadnock towns, in the person of his great-great-grandson, one 
 hundred and thirty years after the death of his distinguished 
 ancestor. 
 
CHAPTER Y. 
 
 ACTS OF THE PEOPKIETOES, 1765-1815. 
 
 Meetings— Officers — "The Fifty Settlements" — Provision for a Meeting- 
 House — Preacliing — Meeting-House Raised— Mr. Benjamin Brigham — 
 His Ordination — Pews— Pastor's Salary — Roads and Bridges — Move- 
 ment for Incorporation — Minister's Support Assumed by Town. 
 
 WITHIX twenty days after the Mason Proprietors had 
 transferred their rights in Monadnock No. 4 to the 
 new ownei"s, the latter took measures to perfect their organiza- 
 tion in a legal manner as a new company, and to open the way 
 for the settlement of the township. For this purpose the fol- 
 lowing notice was issued, signed by sixteen of the grantees, 
 who now took the name of proprietors : 
 
 Whereas the Proprietors of the Lands granted by John Tuf ton Mason 
 Esqr. commonly called Mason's Patent, have lately granted to us (with 
 some few others) a Tract of Land about six Miles Square as may appear 
 by the Grant, with conditions of settlement and in order to the Carrying 
 on the same with Effect it is Necessary some meathod should be pursued 
 by General Consent by the Grantees for which end it is proposed that 
 they shall meet at the Dwelling house of Thomas Harwood in Dunstable 
 on Monday the 20th Day of May Instant at Twelve O'clock at noon then 
 and there when met to Chuse a Clerk for the Grantees and to act on any 
 other matter or thing that shall then be projected being necessary for 
 Carrying forward and Compleating the Settlement aforesaid. 
 
 William Earl Treadwell, Benj" Edwards, Paul March, Jacob Tread- 
 well Jun, Charles Treadwell, Sampson Stoddard, Matthew Thornton, 
 Jacob Treadwell Jun. for Edmund Grouard, Nath' Treadwell, Jonathan 
 Blanchard, Thomas Spaulding, Sampson Stoddard Jun. Nath' Brooks, 
 Abel Lawrence, Daniel Millen, James Reed. 
 
 A True Copy of the Original. 
 
 Exam'' per Sampson Stoddard Jun. 
 
 "What follows will explain itself: 
 
 At a meeting of the Prop" the Grantees of that Tract of Land called 
 Monadnock No 4 in the Province of New Hampshire Granted by the 
 
MEETINGS OF PEOPRIETORS. 71 
 
 Purchasers of Mason's right so called held at the house of Thomas Har- 
 wood ia Dunstable on Monday the 20th day of May 1765 — 
 
 1st. Col. Sampson Stoddard unanimously chosen Moderator. 
 
 3. Chose Sampson Stoddard Jun. Clerk for the Grantees. 
 
 3. then the following meathod for Calling meetings for the future was 
 agreed upon and Voted that upon application of the Owners of Ten 
 Original Shares made in writing to the Clerk (for the Time Being) In- 
 serting therein the Several matters and things Desired to be acted upon 
 he shall and is hereby authorized and Impowered to Call such a Meet- 
 ing or meetings Posting proper Notifications at some place in Dunstable 
 in Nev/ Hamp""* and at some public place in Chelmsford at least fourteen 
 Days Before hand and all meetings so posted and held accordingly shall be 
 good and Valid. Then this meeting was dismiss"^. 
 
 May 20. 1765. Attest Sampson Stoddard 
 
 Mod^ 
 
 A true Copy of the Original Exam'' per Sampson Stoddard Jun. 
 
 Prop' Clerk. 
 
 The next meeting of the proprietors was called by Sampson 
 Stoddard, junior, clerk, for Monday, August 19th, 1765, at one 
 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Captain Oliver Bar- 
 ron, innholder in Chelmsford, 
 
 then and there when met to act on the following articles as they shall 
 judge proper — 
 
 Ist. To see who of the Grantees shall make the fifty Settlements en- 
 joined by grant and to act thereon as shall Be agreed on. 
 
 2d. To raise Money by a tax for any use for carrying forward and 
 compleating the settlement of said Township. 
 
 3dly. To see if the Grantees will give any Encouragement Towards 
 Building Mills in said Township and to Do and act as they shall deem 
 proper. 
 
 4th. To Chuse a Committee to Receive Examine and Allow all ac- 
 counts of any Person or Persons who have done Service for the Prop" or 
 paid money for Cutting or Clearing Rodes and to do and act in that re- 
 gard as they shall think proper. 
 
 5th. To Chuse a Treasurer and Collector. 
 
 6th. To Chuse a Committee to Lay out Rodes &c. 
 
 Dated at Chelmsford the 27th day of July 1765. 
 
 A true Copy of the Original Notification made Out by me in Conse- 
 quence of an ajiplication for that Purpose on file, and posted the time 
 Required. 
 
 Exam^ per Sampson Stoddard Jun 
 
 Prop'' Clerk. 
 
72 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The record of the important meeting thus called is as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 At a meeting of the Grantees of the Tract of Land Lying in the Prov- 
 ince of New Hamp'" called Monadnock No. four holden at the house of 
 Capt. Oliver Barron Innholder in Chelmsford on Monday the 19th day 
 of August 1705 
 
 Chose Col. Stoddard Mod^ 
 
 Whereas the Grantees are Injoyned by grant of said Township to build 
 fifty houses and make them comfortable habitations on said Tract of 
 Land such shares to build as the Grantees shall determine and also to 
 have twelve acres of Land Cleared and fitted for Tillage, Pasturing and 
 Mowing and to add an acre more annually (till an Incorporation) on each 
 subject to the Duty of Settlement, 
 
 Therefore Voted that the said settlements be done and performed by 
 the following Grantees and in the proportion hereinafter declared. 
 Namely Col. Stoddard eighteen, Edmund Grouard two, Jacob Tread- 
 well junior one, Jonathan Lovewell one, Benjamin Bellows two, Matthew 
 Thornton three, Nath' Brooks one, Thomas Spaulding one, John Honey 
 one, Nath' Treadwell one, Abel Lawrence three, Paul March one, James 
 Reed four, heirs of George Libbey one, Charles Treadwell one, John 
 Stevens one, Daniel Millen one, Jonathan Blanchard one, Jonathan Will- 
 son two, John Woods one, Sampson Stoddard Jun. one, Benjamin Ed- 
 wards one and the heirs of Jere'' Libbey one, by building and Clearing 
 in such way and manner as to fulfill the Grant. 
 
 2dly. Voted that the sum of five Dollars on each share, two lots to a 
 share, be assessed and Immediately Collected by the Treasurer of this 
 Propriety to answer and Pay the Necessary Charges and Expenses al- 
 ready arisen and arising in Bringing forward the settlement of said 
 Township. 
 
 3dly. And whereas the speedy settlement of said Township Depends 
 much upon having a Good saw Mill Built there as soon as may be. 
 
 Voted that in consideration of Col. Stoddard's conveying to Mr. Daniel 
 Millen two lots of Land then having a Mill plase on em for encourage- 
 ment of his undertaking the arduous Task of Building and Keeping a 
 saw Mill in repair to be fit to go, within fourteen months that said Stod- 
 dard be Intitled to Draw out of the Treasury Twenty pounds Lawful 
 money and that sum to be in full for the said two lots of Land. 
 
 4thly. Voted that Col. Stoddard and Mr. Sampson Stoddard Jr. be a 
 Committee to Receive, Examine and allow all accounts of any person or 
 Persons who have done service for the Propy and that upon their order 
 to the Treasurer he is Directed to pay the Same accordingly. 
 
 5thly. Voted that Jonathan Blanchard be Treasurer to this Propriety 
 and Collector of the several Rates and Taxes that is or shall be raised 
 untill the Prop'> order the contrary. 
 
THE FATHERS OF THE TOWN, 73 
 
 6. Voted that Mess'" Daniel MiUen, James Reed and Benjamin Bigelow 
 be a Committee, or the Major Part of them to Mark, Lay out and clere 
 all necessary Rodes in said Township rendering their accounts to accept- 
 ance untill the Prop" order the contrary. Then the Meeting was Dismiss''. 
 
 Attest Sampson Stoddard 
 A true copy Exam'' Mod : 
 
 per Sampson Stoddard Jun. 
 
 P. C. 
 
 ^ It will be noticed that in the last vote of the proprietors at 
 their meeting, August 19th, 1765, the name of Benjamin 
 Bigelow appears for the first time upon the records of Monad- 
 nock No. 4, associated with the names of Daniel Millen and 
 James Reed. From this time forward these three men are to 
 be I'egarded as " the fathers of the town," for no others prob- 
 ably were equally efficient in labor and sacrifice for promoting 
 its prosperity. 
 
 Daniel Millen (or Mellen, as the name was soon spelled) and 
 James Reed were owners of lots under the original allotment, 
 l>ut Benjamin Bigelow doubtless purchased his property of 
 some one of the grantees. It is believed that he removed to 
 Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1761 or 1762, as he was the 
 father of the first white child born in the township. This 
 child, Beulah Bigelow, was born May 10th, 1762. The prob- 
 ability is that Benjamin Bigelow negotiated for land here with 
 some one of the first company of grantees, and that when the 
 township passed into the hands of the second company and 
 was divided into lots, with separate owners, his rightful claims 
 for improvements were duly regarded. 
 
 Nearly two years elapsed after the meeting of the propri- 
 etors, August 19th, 1765, before they were called together 
 again for business. Important matters now required atten- 
 tion, as we learn from the notification of the clerk, which 
 called the proprietors to " assemble and meet at the house of 
 Captain Oliver Barron, innkeeper in Chelmsford, on Wednes- 
 day, the first day of July next, 1767," and as we learn from 
 the records of the meeting (but not from the notification 
 of the clerk) "at 10 o'clock before noon," to act upon a 
 
74 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 long list of articles, the most important of which were the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 To see if the Proprietors will elect a new Clerk, Treasurer & Collector. 
 
 To choose a Committee to fix a proper and convenient place for set- 
 ting a meeting house on and to lay out land for a Burying Yard. 
 
 To choose a Committee or Committees for Eodes and Bridges that 
 may then be thought proper. 
 
 To choose a Committee to sell the Delinquent Prop^ Lands for Taxes 
 due already or that may be raised. 
 
 To see what encouragement the Proprietors will give to any Person 
 who will undertake to build a good Corn Mill in said town. 
 
 The meeting called by the notification above, a part of 
 which is copied, was held at the house of Oliver Barron, inu- 
 holder in Chelmsford, July 1st, 1767. As usual. Colonel 
 Stoddard was chosen moderator, when it was 
 
 Voted that Jonathan Blanchard be Proprietor's Clerk. 
 
 Voted that Messrs Daniel Millen, James Reed and Benjamin Bigelow be 
 a Committee to fix a proper place for setting a Meeting house for Public 
 Worship and to lay out Land for a Burying Yard. 
 
 Voted, that Messrs Daniel Millen, James Reed and Benjamin Bigelow 
 be a Committee to sell the Delinquent Proprietor's Lands for non-Pay- 
 ment of Taxes. 
 
 The other articles pass'* over. 
 
 The committee above named to fix upon a site for a 
 meeting-house and to lay out a cemetery seem to have failed, 
 for some reason, to do the business assigned them, and so these 
 matters came up for action at the next meeting of the propri- 
 etors, which was holden more than a year later. 
 
 This meeting was legally called and held " at the house of 
 Captain Thomas Cowdin, innholder in Fitchburg, in the 
 county of Worcester, and in the province of Massachusetts 
 Bay," October 11th, 1768. 
 
 Colonel Stoddard was chosen moderator, James Reed, Esq., 
 was chosen treasurer, and Mr. Daniel Millen, collector. 
 
 Voted that Messrs Daniel Millen, John Farrer, James Reed, Benjamin 
 Bigelow and Silas Wetherbee or the Majority of them, be a Committee 
 to fix a proper place for setting a Meeting house and to lay out Land for 
 a Burying yard. 
 
SITE FOE THE MEETING-HOUSE. 75 
 
 Voted that Messrs Aaron Gearfield, John Millen, Benjamin Davidson, 
 Isaac Applin and James Reed be a Committee, or the Maj' part of them, 
 to mark, lay out and Clear and Bridge any Rodes wanted in said town. 
 
 Voted that five Dollars be Raised on each share of the Grantees, two 
 Lots to a share, and be immediately paid to the Collector. 
 
 Voted the sum of fourteen pounds L" M" (lawful money) out of the 
 said sum be appropriated to Pay for Preaching, and that the four Sab- 
 baths already preached by Mr. Parker be paid out of the said fourteen 
 pounds, and that Mr. Benj" Bigelow be a Committee man to provide a 
 suitable Gentleman to Preach so long as the said sum holds out. 
 
 Voted the sum of £20.0 L* M" be paid to Col. Stoddard In Considera- 
 tion of his Conveying to Mr. Tiffany two Lots of Land to Build a grist 
 Mill on, and that sum to be in full for the same. 
 
 Voted, that the Wages that shall be allowed to Each man for doing 
 Labor on the high Ways do not exceed three shillings per day. 
 
 Voted that the Rev. John ]\Iillen be earnestly desired at the cost and 
 Charge of this Proprietary, to repair to Portsmouth as soon as his pleas- 
 ure suits and make application to the General Court of New Hampshire 
 for a confirmation of the meetings of the Proprietors of this town, and 
 for a full power to be given to the Proprietors to sell Delinquents' Land 
 for the non Payment of Taxes. 
 
 Other matters of no general importance received attention at 
 this meeting. 
 
 From the fact that the committee appointed more than a 
 year before to select a site for a meeting-house and lay out a 
 burying-yard was reappointed and enlarged at the meeting 
 October 11th, 1768, we are to infer that there were obstacles 
 in the way of accomplishing these objects which it took time 
 and careful management to remove. No central village had 
 as yet sprung up to influence decisively the matter of location. 
 The settlers, still few in number, were spread over a large 
 territory, and for a considerable period it was doubtful where 
 they could best be accommodated in their public gatherings. 
 Rarely can a church be located even now without much 
 thought, long debates, and a compromise between conjflicting 
 interests ; and we cannot tax the committee first appointed 
 with inefficiency if, after the lapse of fifteen months, they 
 found themselves unable to report substantial progress. 
 
 From the record of the meeting of the proprietors, October 
 11th, 1768, just given, it also appears that the delinquent tax- 
 
76 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 payers in Monadnock No. 4 resisted the sale of their lands to 
 make good the claims of the collector. This they doubtless 
 did because they had discovered an illegality of some kind in 
 the action of the proprietors regarding this matter, and so an 
 agent was appointed and despatched to the General Court to 
 ask for a confirmation of the proceedings of the proprietors, 
 and such action as should leave no ground for dispute in the 
 future. This agent, the Rev. John Mellen, was a younger 
 brother of the Daniel Mellen who was so prominent in the 
 settlement of Fitzwilliam, and was at this time pastor of the 
 church in Sterling, Mass. The records give us no information 
 in regard to the result of his mission, but we may conclude 
 that it was successful, as we hear of no further trouble in 
 regard to selling delinquent lands. It appears, moreover, 
 from the record of the same meeting of the proprietors, that 
 public worship was maintained in Monadnock No. 4 certainly 
 as early as 176S, for Mr, Nehemiah Parker, a graduate of 
 Harvard College in 1763, served the people here in the min- 
 istry during the autumn of 1768, and a part at least of the 
 winter following. Mr. Parker was ordained as pastor at Hub- 
 bardston, Mass., June 13th, 1770. 
 
 The next meeting of the proprietors was regularly called by 
 Jonathan Blancliard, clerk, and was holden at the house of 
 James Reed, Esq., in Monadnock No. 4, November 14th, 
 1769. This was their first business meeting held within the 
 township, and it is plain from the proceedings that, from this 
 time forth, all parties expected the actual settlers to come to 
 the front and take largely the responsibility of conducting 
 public affairs. James Reed, Esq., was the moderator of the 
 meeting, and was chosen proprietors' clerk. 
 
 John Mellen was chosen treasurer, Daniel Mellen, collector, 
 and James Reed, John Fassett, and Isaac Applin, assessors. 
 
 The committee appointed to examine and allow accounts 
 against the proprietors consisted of James Reed, Edward 
 Kindal (Kendall), and Isaac Applin, while Aaron Garfield, 
 Daniel Mellen, and John Mellen were directed to look up 
 " the bounds at the north-east corner of the township and 
 make report at the next meeting." 
 
CENSUS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1767. 77 
 
 James Reed, John Mellen, and John Fassett were cliosen a 
 " committee to layout all necessary roads in said Monadnock. " 
 
 Voted that two Dollars be raised on each lot of the Grantees and to 
 be immediately paid to the Collector, to pay the charges already aiisen 
 and towards Building a meeting House in said township and to pay for 
 preaching Next Sunier. 
 
 Voted and chose James Reed, John Millen and Edward Kindal a 
 Committee to provide stuf and Build a Meeting House in said Township 
 so far as to inclose the outside and Lay the Lour floor. 
 
 Voted to Capt, Silas Wetherby £13.6.8 L. M. for his encorrigment for 
 building a saw mill in said Township. 
 
 After attending to other matters of less interest the meeting 
 " was dismissed.'' 
 
 At the same meeting, as appears by an additional record, 
 
 Joseph Swift, Thomas Tolman, John Gonldsberry, Edward 
 
 Kendall, and Caleb Winch were chosen" Highway Sorv^airs," 
 
 'and sworn, taking the Rules in law for their direction." 
 
 They took the oath December 4th, 1769. 
 
 It will be noticed that new names frequently appear, from 
 this time forth, in the records of the proprietors' meetings, 
 which proves that the population was gradually increasing, 
 though as late as 1770 it was far from being large. In 1767 
 the Legislature of the province made provision for taking a 
 census of the inhabitants and an inventory of the property 
 liable to taxation in each towm in New Hampshire, and fixed 
 the time for the same in December of that year. Neither the 
 value of the ratable estates nor the number of polls in Monad- 
 nock No. 4 seems to have been preserved, if it was ever ob- 
 tained ; but ninety-three is given as the sum total of the popu" 
 lation, while Rindge had at that time two hundred and ninety- 
 eight inhabitants and Richmond three hundred and thirty-eight. 
 
 It is not deemed necessary to give hereafter the legal notifi- 
 cation for the several meetings of the proprietors, as the 
 measures adopted will indicate the nature of all the important 
 business considered. 
 
 The proprietors met at the house of James Reed, Esq., on 
 Wednesday, April ISth, 1770, at one o'clock p.m., when 
 Major John Farrer was chosen moderator. 
 
78 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 As the report of the committee conceruiug the site for the 
 meeting-house and the location of a cemetery was to come be- 
 fore the meeting, it was adjourned for one hour and a half, 
 doubtless to give an opportunity for all to view the place or 
 places selected. After the adjournment the committee re- 
 ported as follows : 
 
 "We the subscribers being a Committee chosen by the Proprietors of 
 Monadnock No. 4 in the Province of New Hampshire to fix a proper 
 place for setting a meeting house and to lay out a burying yard, have 
 unanimously agreed that the meeting house be sett on the. Easterly part 
 of Lott No 13 in the 7 Rang of Lotts as they are marked and numbered 
 on the Plan of said Township, and Like "Wise that there be five acres of 
 Land laid out for Public use where Mr. Jason Stone's child is buiied. 
 
 Monadnock No. 4, 18th of April 1770. 
 
 John Farrar, James Reed, Benjamin Bigelow, Silas Witherby Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 It will be noticed that the chairman of this committee, Mr. 
 Daniel Mellen, did not sign this report ; and the reason of 
 this is doubtless to be found in the fact that he did not reside 
 in this township, though he had erected a dwelling-house here, 
 and aided liberally every public enterprise. 
 
 After considering the report given above the proprietors 
 
 Voted that the meeting house be sett on the Lott number 13 agreeable 
 to the report of the Committee, and James Reed Esqr gave five acres of 
 Land to the Propriety to set the Meeting house on and for other public 
 uses. Also 
 
 Voted and chose James Reed, Edward Kendall and John Milieu a 
 Committee to provide for the Rasing of the Meeting house. 
 
 Voted that fifty dollars be laid out to pay for preaching to the inhab" 
 itants this present year out of the money already assessed. 
 
 Voted that Daniel Mellen and Major John Farrer be a Committee to 
 provide a preacher and to see him provided for. 
 
 Voted that Daniel Mellen, Aaron Garfield and John Mellen be a Com- 
 mittee to Preambulate and Renew the Bounds of the Town. 
 
 Voted a tax of twelve shillings on each Lott in said Township Liable 
 to Taxis and the same to be Assessed accordingly. 
 
 Voted that there be a Lowed four shillings to each man for each day's 
 work Don on the Roads in said Township, from the 1. Day of May to 
 the last day of September next, and two shillings pr. day for each pair 
 of Oxen, and that no man work without the knowlidge__^of the Sorvair 
 
LOCATIOK OF THE MEETING-HOUSE. 79 
 
 and take his Reca^e for each day's work, cutting windfalls acrost the 
 Road only excepted, which is to be done without Notis from a Sorvair. 
 
 This meeting of the proprietors certainly indicates progress 
 in the most important matters appertaining to the welfare of 
 the town. By reference to the plan of the township and the 
 table showing the drawing and assignment of the lots, it 
 will be seen that Lot 13, Eange 7 belonged to Charles 
 Tread well ; but it seems quite certain that before the date of 
 this meeting Mr. Reed had bought both of Mr. Treadwell's lots. 
 A few months later (in November, 1770) Mr. Reed deeded 
 the west end of Lot 13, Range 7 — probably half the lot — 
 to Benjamin Bigelow, and in August, 1771, he deeded to Rev. 
 Benjamin Brigham a part of the east end of the lot, on which 
 Mr. Brigham erected a dwelling-house within a few years. 
 This house was located a short distance east of the burying- 
 groimd, the present house of Henry Handy occupying about 
 the same site. Mr. Reed did not make a formal transfer of 
 the five acres which he gave the town till some years later, 
 his deed of gift being dated May 23d, 1780. It is understood 
 that the north-east corner of the meeting-house that was at 
 length erected on this lot was about where the old hearse- 
 house stood for so many years. 
 
 It will be remembered that by the conditions of tlieir grant, 
 which was made May 1st, 1765, the grantees were required to 
 build a meeting-house within five years, and after six years 
 maintain constant preaching. That they made laudable efforts 
 to carry out their part of the contract to the letter is certain. 
 There was not a little delay about completing the house of 
 worship, which, under the circumstances, was doubtless un- 
 avoidable ; but before the six years had expired they had set- 
 tled a minister, as we shall presently see. Then, as often 
 since, it was found easier to obtain a pastor than to build a 
 church edifice and make it comfortable and convenient in the 
 wilderness. 
 
 The location of the meeting-house having been thus defi- 
 nitely fixed upon April 18th, 1770, it is evident that the build- 
 ing committee appointed about five months before proceeded 
 at once with their work. It is understood that the frame was 
 
80 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 raised in May, and consequently considerable preparation must 
 have been made before the exact location was determined. 
 From the general tenor of the records, it would seem that 
 while the house was brought into a condition to be used within 
 a reasonable time, after that the work proceeded very slowly, 
 for which perhaps the smallness of the appropriations may 
 partly account. 
 
 The next meeting of the proprietors was held at the house 
 of James Reed, innholder, on September 26th, 1770, with 
 John Farrar moderator, and after an adjournment of , an 
 hour and a half (probably to see what progress had been 
 made upon the meeting-house) proceeded to business. A re- 
 port of the committee upon the boundary-lines of the town- 
 ship was presented, and this was the result : they had " meas- 
 ured from the south-east corner of Middle Monadnock ( Jaff- 
 rey) and run west the whole length of that line, and they find 
 that it runs in upon Monadnock No. 4 the length of one 
 range of lots or thereabout" — in other words, that with the 
 dimensions claimed for it, our neighbor on the north-east 
 overlapped the territory supposed to belong to Monadnock 
 No. 4 about one hundred and sixty rods, taking from the latter 
 township not only the half lots in the third range, but a por- 
 tion of the adjacent lots in the fourth range. As Jatfrey was 
 the older town, it could rightfully claim its full size, and the 
 matter does not seem to have been called up again. 
 
 To resume the record of the meeting, September 26th, 1770 : 
 
 Voted that one dollar be raised on each lot of the Grantees in order 
 to be laid out in boarding and shingling the meeting house, and one 
 dollar nn)re to be worked out on the roads, at three shillings per day for 
 each man after the first day of October next. 
 
 On the 4th article that the Proprietors defer (prefer) to hear Mr. Ben- 
 jamin Biighara four Sabl)athsmore on probation, past in the afRrniative. 
 
 At the next meeting of the proprietors, which was held at 
 the house of James Keed, Esq., on "Wednesday, November 
 7th, 1770, it was 
 
 Voted to give Mr. Benjamin Brigham a call to settle in the work of 
 the Ministry in said Monadnock No 4. 
 
 Voted to give the said Brigham, for a settlement, in case he accept of 
 
MR. BRIGHAM'S call. 81 
 
 our Invitation and is actually settled in the work of the Ministry and 
 ordained a Pastor of a church and people in said Monadnock No 4, be- 
 sides the two lots of land granted for the first settled minister. Eighty 
 pounds Lawful Money, to be raised by a tax on each lot of land liable to 
 Taxis in said Monadnock No. 4, the one half of the said Eighty pounds 
 to be paid in one year from this day and the other half in two years from 
 this day. 
 
 Voted to pay to said Brigham in case he settle as aforesaid, a yearly 
 Salary by a Tax on each lot as is above mentioned, as follows, viz. from 
 the time he shall give his answer of acceptance, after the rate of fifty- 
 three pounds six shillings and eight pence per annum, to be paid in one 
 year from the time of the said answer of acceptance and so on yearly for 
 three years, then to ad forty shillings per year untill it comes to sixty 
 six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, to be paid yearly so long as 
 Mr. Brigham shall continue [to fulfill the work of] a Gospel Minister and 
 in relation of a Pastor to a church and people in said No. 4. 
 
 The words in brackets, " to fulfill the work of," it was voted 
 to erase at a subsequent meeting, and this the clerk did as he 
 was directed to do. 
 
 Voted that the sum of eight shillings and six pence Lawful Money, on 
 each lot be assessed and collected to pay for one half of the settlement 
 and first year's salary in case the said Mr. Brigham shall accept as above- 
 said. • 
 
 Voted that the sum of two shillings and six pence on each lot be as- 
 sessed and collected to pay for preaching for the time past and for what 
 time Mr. Brigham hath already ingaged. 
 
 Voted and chose Mr. Daniel Mellen, Joseph Hemingway, James Reed, 
 Jonathan Lock and Edward Kendall a Committee to Wate upon Mr. 
 Benjamin Brigham with the votes of the Propriety in regard of the 
 unameous (unanimous) vote in giving him a call to settle in the work of 
 the ministry in said Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 The next meeting was held January 29th, 1771, and Mr. 
 Brigham's letter of acceptance having been read, the propri- 
 etors voted 
 
 their universal acceptance of the answer and their thanks to Mr. Brig- 
 ham and likewise voted fifteen rods of the south end of the common 
 land by the meeting house for Mr. Brigham' s use. 
 
 Mr. Brigham's letter of acceptance, the confession of faith 
 adopted at the organization of the church, and the account of 
 the ordination are all found in the proprietors' records ; but in 
 6 
 
83 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 this work they will more properly be inserted in the chapter 
 on early ecclesiastical history. 
 
 On Wednesday, February 20th, 1771, the proprietors com- 
 pleted their arrangements for the ordination of Mr. Brighara 
 by voting that " the day for the ordination shall be "Wednes- 
 day, the 27th day of March next." 
 
 Also they " agreed with Mr. Brigham and Yoted that the 
 Proprietors and Mr. Brigham send to the following churches 
 to assist in the Council at the ordination, viz., Marlborough, 
 Westborough, Shrewsbury, Lancaster, Southborough, New 
 Ipswich, Swanzey, Royalston, Keene, and Winchendon." 
 
 Jonathan Lock, Benjamin Bigelow, and James Reed were 
 chosen as a committee to assist in sending out the letters mis- 
 sive, while Mr, John Mellen agreed to "provide for the 
 Council and other Gentlemen that shall attend the Ordination, 
 for twenty-five dollars." A committee was raised, composed 
 of Benjamin Bigelow, Joseph Hemingway, Jonathan Lock, 
 Edward Kendall, and James Reed, " to attend the Ordination 
 in behalf of the Proprietors." 
 
 It is to be remembered that up to this time no church or 
 religious society had been organized in Monadnock N o. 4. 
 
 Monadriock No 4 March 37. 1771. 
 
 This day Mr. Benjamin Brigham was ordained to the work of the min- 
 istry in this place, at the request of the Church and Proprietors, by the 
 assistance of the churches in Marlborough, Westborough, Royalston, 
 Winchendon, Keene and Swanzey. 
 
 The proprietors held what seems to have been their annual 
 meeting, June 19th, 1771, and in addition to appointing the 
 usual officers, accepting roads, etc.. 
 
 Voted that one dollar on each lot liable to Taxes in Monadnock No. 4 
 be assessed and collected immediately to help pay outstanding debts and 
 towards getting stuf and working on the Meeting house. 
 
 March 4th, 1772, the Proprietors 
 
 Voted the sum of one pound four shillings and tenpence to be assessed 
 on each lot in said Monadnock No. 4 to be collected immediately, 
 £0. 9. 10. to pay Mr. Brigham the 2' half of his settlement and two 
 years' salary, and one dollar to be worked out on the Roads and one 
 
SALE OF PEWS IN THE MEETING-HOUSE. 83 
 
 Dollar be paid towards finishing the Meeting house and three shillings 
 to pay outstanding debts. 
 
 Also 
 
 Voted to not Except (accept) of the Grist Mill built by Doctor GidcQn 
 Tiffany in Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 Also 
 "to put in execution a Bond given by Gideon Tiffany, to Build and 
 Keep in good Repair a water Grist Mill in Monadnock No. 4," on one 
 of certain lots named, " or come to some proper settlement with the 
 said Tiffany in regard of said mill, as it is not Excepted (accepted) by 
 the Proprietors." 
 
 October Ttli, 1772, the Proprietors 
 
 Voted and chose Mr. Joseph Hemingway, Edward Kendall and Samuel 
 Kendall a Committee to lay out the Pew ground in the meeting house 
 in Monadnock No 4. 
 
 Voted to sell the Pew ground in the meeting house at public vendue 
 amongst the Proprietors of Monadnock No 4, and likewise put it to vote 
 to see if those that bought the Pews should take it for their seats, and 
 Past in the Negative, Likewise Voted that the two hind seats in the 
 Body of seats should be made into pews. 
 
 Voted to paint the meeting house in Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 Voted that the Pulpit and Body of seats and Ministers Pue and Dea- 
 cons' seat be built as quick as may be, 
 
 and raised a committee " to see the work done," consisting of 
 Joseph Hemingway, Samuel Kendall, and Elijah Clays. 
 ' ' y oted that the money raised by the sale of the Pews be laid 
 out towards finishing the meeting house, ' ' the committee on 
 the sale to " collect the money that the same shall fetch" and 
 apply it accordingly. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting thirteen days later — viz., October 
 20th, 1772, the committee to sell the pew ground was directed 
 to " give a list of the Pews sold by them, the number of the 
 Pew, to whom sold, the price given for each pew, to the 
 Clerk," and his entry of the same in the proprietors' book 
 " shall be a sufficient title to the purchasers and their heirs." 
 
 The pew on the east side of the pulpit marked No, 2 was 
 set apart for the use of the minister. 
 
 Voted that the sides and ends of the Meeting House on the inside 
 shall be sealed up to the bottom of the windows and the windows cased 
 at the Proprietors' cost. 
 
84 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The committee to see this work of sealing and casing done 
 consisted of Joseph Hemingway, Samuel Kendall, and Elijah 
 Clays. They were to attend also to the painting of the meet- 
 ing-house. 
 
 The committee appointed to sell the pews made their report 
 to the clerk as directed. The result of the sale was as fojlows : 
 
 No. 
 
 1 James Reed and his heirs at 10. Dolls. 
 
 10 James Reed " 6. 
 
 18 James Reed " 4.75 
 
 15 Henry Willard " 6. 
 
 5 Edward Kendall " 10.25 
 
 13 John Mayhew " 6.25 
 
 4 Elijah Clays " 7. 
 
 6 Samuel Kendall " 8. 
 
 14 Nathan Platts " 6.50 
 
 16 Nathan Mixer " 6. 
 
 11 Thomas Wetherby " 5.25 
 
 12 JohnMellen " 4.50 
 
 8 Levi Brigham * " 6. 
 
 7 Joseph Hemingway " 5.50 
 
 17 John Lock " 4.00 
 
 9 James Reed Jun " 5. 
 
 3 Daniel Mellen '* 6.75 
 
 The number of pews was eighteen, and they brought at the 
 auction sale one hundred and seven dollars and seventy-five 
 cents. This list furnishes, without doubt, the names of the 
 most active business men in the township at the close of the 
 year 1772. Of the meeting-house itself some account will be 
 given hereafter. That it was far from being completed at the 
 date just given is plain, for at the meeting of the jiroprietors, 
 March 31st, 1773, a tax was laid " to finish the Meeting 
 House. " 
 
 At this meeting also the first legal action was taken regard- 
 ing the incorporation of Monadnock No. 4 as a town of New 
 Hampshire, for James Reed, John Mellen, and Joseph Hem- 
 ingway were appointed a committee 
 
 to Repair to the Govner and Council of this Province to have this Town- 
 ship incorporated into a Town and to have Town privledgs, as soon as 
 may be. 
 
DELAY IN COMPLETING THE MEETING-HOUSE. 85 
 
 -The circumstances attending the incorporation of the town 
 will be considered in the chapter on early town history. It is 
 not easy now to define in exact terms the relations existing 
 between the proprietors and the town after the incorporation. 
 Both organizations had rights and privileges which it is easy 
 to see might sometimes have seemed to clash, but as the parties 
 interested were so nearly identical, the general action of each 
 appears to have been in harmony with that of the other. The 
 proprietors continued to lay taxes to " finish the meeting- 
 house' ' and pay the salary of the minister, but about all the 
 other business appears to have been done by the town organi- 
 zation. 
 
 In February, 1776, the proprietors appointed a committee 
 consisting of Major Brigham, Deacon Lock, and Major Farrar 
 
 to enquire of the undertakers that was to finish the meeting house, and 
 why it is not done, and cause them to do it forthwith. 
 
 Again May 11th, 1777, a new committee consisting of Major 
 Asa Brigham, Stephen Harris, and Samuel Patrick was raised 
 
 to see that the work on the meeting house was finished, and to commence 
 un action against the undertakers in case the work is neglected. 
 
 And in June 28th, 1780, 
 
 Voted and Chose Mr. Nathaniel Muzzy, Abner Stone, and John "Whit- 
 ney a Committee to see that the undertakers finish the meeting house or 
 to sue them for the fullfiUment of the same. 
 
 As this is the last vote that is passed of this character, it is 
 evident that the " undertakers" proceeded to complete the job 
 in a satisfactory manner. A year earlier the " undertakers" 
 considered that they had fulfilled their contract. In the war- 
 rant for a meeting to be held June 9th, 1779, the following 
 article appears : 
 
 Sly. To see if the Proprietors will except (accept) of the Meeting House 
 and Discharge the undertakers and act thereon as they shall think proper. 
 
 As the article was passed over, it is plain that the propri- 
 etors did not consider that the job was properly completed. 
 
86 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 but it required the action of a year later to bring the " under- 
 takers" or contractors to do their duty. It does not state who 
 the contractors were anywhere in the records, but as the 
 meeting-house had been ten years in process of erection, it is 
 plain that they belonged to the town. 
 
 This meeting, June 9th, 1779, was the first proprietors' 
 meeting that was held in the meeting-house. 
 
 At the proprietors' meeting, December 8th, 1779, the arti- 
 cles of charter respecting their obligation to maintain constant 
 preaching, and also their original contract with Rev. Mr. 
 Brigham, were considered, and a vote was taken to fulfil the 
 latter. No definite action concerning the matter first men- 
 tioned appears to have been taken, as they probably thought 
 it wise to await the developments of time ; but the following 
 votes were passed : 
 
 Voted Mr. Anger and others to the number of fifteen, the vacant room 
 inside galleries of the meeting house Back of the hind seats, to Build 
 pews they building them upon their own cost and taking them for their 
 seats and maintaining the windows. 
 
 Voted that Mr. Samuel Osborn and others to the No. of five (have) 
 the vacant Room over the stairs in the meeting house, to build pews, 
 they building them upon their own cost and taking them for their 
 seats. 
 
 All this shows a curious contrast with the methods prevail- 
 ing a century later. The action just given respecting the 
 grant of pew ground to Mr. Anger and others to the number 
 of fifteen" was in consequence of a petition for the same signed 
 by John Whitney, Matthew Osborn, Joseph Stone, Benjamin 
 Byam, Joseph Foristall, Samuel Stone, Daniel Gould, Solo- 
 mon Badcock, David Emery Boynton, Ebenezer Boutwell, 
 Ebenezer Potter, Benjamin Harris, Asa Brigham, Joseph 
 Scott, and Benjamin Anger, Most of these were representa- 
 tives of famiHes intimately associated with the history of Fitz- 
 william. 
 
 June 29th, 1780, Rev. Mr. Brigham proposed to the pro- 
 prietors " to sink one fifth part of his salary for the present 
 year" if they would pay all arrears, a proposition which was 
 at once accepted. 
 
REV. MR. BRIGHAM'S SALARY. 87 
 
 At tlie same meeting the proprietors 
 
 Voted and chose Deacon John Lock, Samuel Patrick and Easing 
 Samuel Kendall a Committee to state the Rev* Mr. Brighams Sallerj by 
 the articles of Life 
 
 Voted the Above Committee have full power to state the articles of 
 Life above mentioned. 
 
 And this committee reported as follows : 
 
 To Lieut Ephraim Boyington (Boynton) Cleark & Treasurer for the 
 proprietors of Fitzwilliam We the subscribers a committee appointed 
 by the proprietors to state the Rev'd Mr. Brighams Salary for the preas- 
 ant year liave stated it at one hundred and thirty double and have di- 
 rected y* assessors to make their assessment accordingly You are de- 
 sired to make a record of this 
 
 Samuel Patrick 'I 
 John Locke J- Committee. 
 Samuel Kendall j 
 Fitzwilliam 5th of December 1780. 
 
 A few words are omitted by mistake. Mr. Brigham's 
 salary at this time was about sixty-five pounds, and the com- 
 mittee doubled it. This was on account of the depreciation 
 of the currency ; the next year the proprietors to " pay him 
 only the nominal sum of his stated salary, and pay it in hard 
 money." 
 
 September ^th, 1781, the proprietor heard the report of a 
 committee previously appointed to confer with Rev. Mr. 
 Brigham respecting the depreciation in the value of his salary, 
 as it had been collected and paid in continental bills, and it 
 was voted to pay him only the nominal salary, but to pay it in 
 hard money. 
 
 April 2d, 1Y82, the proprietors considered a difficulty with 
 Mr. Jonas Knight relative to his not serving as collector, as he 
 had engaged to do ; but the whole matter was settled by his 
 promise to pay Rev. Mr. Brigham '' twelve bushels of Rie in 
 six weeks." * 
 
 * Doubtless there were office-seekers in those days, but Jonas Knight did not relish 
 the coUectorship ; and it bordered on the ludicrous to compel such a modest man to 
 pay for his temerity in declining office by measuring out six bushels of his rye as a gift 
 to his minister. 
 
88 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 August 236?, 1T86, the proprietors ordered some changes 
 to be made " in the two hind seats in the side galleries" of 
 the meeting-house for the convenience of those occupying the 
 adjacent seats and pews, but that it should be done " at the 
 cost of the owners of said pews, and that fifteen persons to 
 each pew be added to sit in said pews and to take them for 
 their seats so long as they hold the right in them." 
 
 In September, 1791, the proprietors " Voted to put in the 
 two upper end windowes and the glass over the Pulpit in the 
 meeting house and to paint and putty them in well," and to 
 give the work to the lowest bidder. 
 
 So far as the proprietors^ records show, the care of the roads* 
 and bridges in the township passed from the proprietors to the 
 town itself soon after the act of incorporation ; but the support 
 of the minister, repairs and changes in the meeting-house, and 
 the care of the ministerial and school lands belonged to the 
 proprietors up to 1798. 
 
 During the year before — viz., November 17th, 1797, the 
 proprietors appointed " Deac. John Fassitt, Deac. John 
 Locke and Capt. John Bowker a Committee to propose to 
 Rev. Benjamin Brigham to dissolve the contract with regard 
 to paying him his salary in case the Town will contract with 
 him for that purpose." 
 
 After an hour's adjournment (evidently for consultation) 
 they 
 
 Voted that the Proprietors will relincfuish all their right to the Meiet- 
 ing House in said Town, if the Town will pay what salary is now due to 
 Rev. Benjamin Brigham from the Proprietors and contract to pay him 
 
 in future, 
 
 and then appointed a committee to present this ofier to the 
 town. Also 
 
 Voted to discharge the Rev. Benjamin Brigham from the contract he 
 made with the Proprietors on his discharging said Proprietors from the 
 contract they made with him to pay him his salary and the Town will 
 contract with him to pay his salary in future. 
 
 The committee to present this matter to the town accom- - 
 
LAST ACTS OF PEOPRIETOES. 89 
 
 plislied the object for which it was raised ; and January 29th, 
 1798, the proprietors 
 
 Voted to accept the release from Mr Benjamin Brigham as reported 
 by the Committee. 
 
 LATER AND LAST ACTS OF THE PKOPKIETORS. 
 
 October 17th, 1792, the proprietors chose as their clerk and 
 treasurer Mr. Nahuni Parker, who a few years before had 
 removed from Shrewsbury, Mass., to Fitzwilham. 
 
 Being a man of good business education and habits, all the 
 records and accounts of the proprietors from this date are 
 very full and easy of comprehension. Mr. Parker served the 
 proprietors as their clerk and treasurer for twenty- three years, 
 or until the winding up of the affairs of the proprietorship, 
 which took place in 1815. From 1798 the town had paid the 
 salary of the pastor and attended to all the repairs made upon 
 the meeting-house ; but the care of the ministerial and school 
 lots and the collection of the interest upon the leases of the same 
 still devolved upon the proprietors through their treasurer. 
 
 These rents were duly collected by Mr. Parker, and after 
 being scrupulously accounted for upon his records, were paid 
 over to the selectmen of the town, to be applied to the pay- 
 ment of the salary of the minister and the support of the 
 schools respectively. 
 
 Before the closing up of the business of the proj^rietors they 
 directed that the rents above mentioned should be paid di- 
 rectly to the selectmen of the town rather than to a treasurer 
 of their appointment. 
 
 December 18th, 1815, Joseph Brigham and Charles Bowker, 
 being a committee of the proprietors appointed for that pur- 
 pose, examined the accounts and vouchers of the treasurer, 
 and finding all correct, made a full and final settlement with 
 him. At that time the sum of four dollars and sixty-eight 
 cents remained in the hands of Mr. Parker, which was doubt- 
 less disposed of in accordance with some unrecorded provision 
 of the proprietors. 
 
 In 1797 federal money was first used, in keeping his ac- 
 counts, by Treasurer Parker. 
 
CHAPTER YI. 
 
 EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1768-1800.* 
 
 Reliffious Privileges — Meeting-House — Its Appearance and Arrangement — 
 Mr. Nehemiali Parker's Ministry — Mr. Benjamin Brigliam's Candidacy 
 and Settlement — Council — Church Organized — Its Members — Half- Way 
 Covenant — Habits of Congregation — Parsonage — Mr. Brigham's Sick- 
 ness and Death. 
 
 THE records of the past are very instruct! v'e ; and this is as 
 true of the history of our churches as it possibly can be 
 of the history of our towns, State and nation. 
 
 In tracing the events that led to the settlement of this town, 
 we have seen that the proprietors of it, whether they were 
 willing or unwilling, were under the necessity of furnishing 
 religious privileges as one of the conditions under which they 
 received their grant. It was not a matter discretionary with 
 the individual owners of this territory whether or not they 
 should have a house for public worship and a gospel minister, 
 as one after another they contracted for their lots, cleared their 
 land, built their log-houses, and established their homes in this 
 wilderness, for the men of whom they purchased were obliged, 
 by the fundamental conditions of their charter, to make pro- 
 vision for all this from the beginning. Two of the two hun- 
 dred and fifty-eight lots, or one share of the one hundred and 
 twenty-nine shares, must be reserved, as we have seen, for a 
 gift to the first settled minister, and of another share he was to 
 have the use, while within five years they must erect a house 
 for public worship and, after one year more, maintain con- 
 stant preaching. 
 
 The proprietors upon whom were imposed these conditions, 
 we are to remember, never became settlers on this territory 
 
 * In the preparation of this chapter It has been necessary to allude to a few of the 
 facts already set forth in bringing together the most interesting and Important of the 
 acts of the proprietors. 
 
MEETING-HOUSE RAISED. 91 
 
 with one exception, but resided in various towns in Eastern 
 Massachusetts and South-eastern New Hampshire ; and when 
 we reflect upon all the circumstances of the case, upon the fact 
 that their interests were mainly elsewhere, and the almost in- 
 surmountable difliculties encountered here by tlie actual set- 
 tlers, we are surprised that they ever erected a meeting-house 
 at all, rather than that so many years elapsed before it was 
 tinished. This house, as already noticed, stood upon the hill 
 near the school-house in District No. 8, the north-east corner 
 of the building being very near or upon the spot where " the 
 old hearse-house'' stood. 
 
 November 14th, 1769, the proprietors chose 
 
 James Reed, John Mellen and Edward Kendall a Committee to pro- 
 vide stuf and build a meeting house in said township so far as to inclose 
 the outside and Lay the Lour floor. 
 
 This was before the site for the house was fixed upon 
 through the recommendation of another committee, which was 
 done April 18th, 1770. At this last-mentioned meeting the 
 same men were appointed " a committee to provide for the 
 raising of the meeting-house." 
 
 It appears that the house was raised in the month of May, 
 1770. The tradition is that every man in town was present 
 and aided in the work. The timbers were of oak just taken 
 from the forest, and very heavy ; and when the men had 
 raised the first tier of the frame breast high, they found them- 
 selves unable to raise it any higher. At the same time they 
 dared not let it down, for some of them would doubtless have 
 been crushed by it, and either killed or maimed for life. In 
 this emergency two men arrived from Rindge, by whose timely 
 aid the danger was averted, and the frame went up. Dr. 
 Cummings has preserved the following, though he by no means 
 would have vouched for its truth — viz., that Rev. Mr. Brig- 
 ham afterward said that he never knew swearing do any good 
 but once, and that was while raising this first part of the meet- 
 ing-house. This reported saying of Mr. Brigham is of very 
 doubtful authenticity, for 
 
 1. It was not like him to say anything of the kind ; and 
 
92 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 2. He does not appear to have come to Monadnock No. 4 
 till after the meeting-house was raised, since more than four 
 months after the raising the proprietors voted that they would 
 prefer to hear him four Sabbaths more as a candidate for set- 
 tlement. There may have been profanity at the raising, for 
 it was a common vice in that day, and probably strong drink 
 was indulged in, according to the universal custom of the 
 times. 
 
 The meeting-house, though a number of years passed by be- 
 fore it was completed, was a substantial though plain building, 
 and for that day and region somewhat spacious and con- 
 venient. It fronted the south, though it had doors upon the 
 east and west sides also. The pulpit was upon the north end 
 or side toward the cemetery opposite the south door, and over 
 it was the sounding-board, a huge structure then universal in 
 all meeting-houses of any pretension, and ignorantly supposed 
 to aid the acoustic properties of the house. Just below the 
 pulpit, in front of it, was the deacons' seat, a place of honor, 
 where the two godly " fathers of the church'* sat on ordinary 
 as well as extraordinary occasions. 
 
 The house was furnished in the central or what we should 
 call the body part with long slips or seats, which seem to have 
 been free, while square pews were arranged next to the walls 
 both below and in the galleries. These pews were private 
 property, and some of them appear to have been built at 
 different times by their respective owners, and, for anything 
 we know to the contrary, according to their individual tastes 
 and with various kinds of lumber. It does not appear that 
 the house was ever painted within except about the pulpit and 
 the window-casings, and some time elapsed before a coat of 
 paint was put upon the outside. The luxury of window-blinds 
 upon a church or the best private houses was then unknown 
 in this region. For a number of years the interior of the edi- 
 fice must liave presented a singular ajipearance, with its vacant 
 places for pews, long seats, and various styles of workmanship. 
 
 On the front or south side of the meeting-house was an open 
 common, which was used especially for military drill. West 
 of the house, and at a suitable distance, was a long row of sheds 
 
PREACHING IN MONADNOCK NO. 4. 93 
 
 for the protection of the horses and sometimes of the oxen 
 that drew through the snow loads of worshippers. 
 
 The entire establishment would not be deemed as orna- 
 mental and reflecting credit upon the taste of the builders and 
 owners at the present day, but it was measurably convenient, 
 and for a part of the year at least comfortable, as this word 
 was then understood. Of course there was no heating appa- 
 ratus in it, but the pastor's house was near, with its great fires 
 for warming during the intermission, and at a little later date 
 foot-stoves were a part of the common household furniture. 
 This, with some occasional repairs and improvements, was the 
 religious home of the entire population of Fitzwilliam for 
 more than forty years, though we have no exact data respect- 
 ing the year when it was first occupied for public worship, and 
 no account of its dedication, if it was ever dedicated. For 
 some years before occupying the meeting-house the people 
 held their Sabbath services in private houses or at the inn of 
 Mr. Reed, as circumstances or necessity required. Religious 
 meetings during the week were then very uncommon. 
 
 As early as 1768 preaching was maintained in Monadnock 
 No. 4 certainly for a part of each year. During the autumn 
 of that year and a considerable part of the winter following 
 the preacher was Mr. ISTehemiah Parker, who had graduated at 
 Harvard College in 1763. Soon after leaving this place he 
 became pastor of the Congregational Church in Hubbardston, 
 Mass. , having been ordained under a great oak upon the com- 
 mon in that town before a church edifice had been erected. 
 
 Whether there was constant preaching in Monadnock No. 4 
 after Mr. Parker left and before the arrival of Mr. Benjamin 
 Brigham, about the middle of the year 1770, is uncertain. 
 Mr. Brigham was a native of Marlborough, Mass. , and had 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1764. No church or eccle- 
 siastical society had then been formed here, but the propri- 
 etors, as already noticed, after a candidacy of a number of 
 months, made out a formal call to Mr. Brigham to settle with 
 the people here in the gospel ministry. The call was unani- 
 mous. An affirmative answer was returned to this in the 
 January following. In the call ample provision seems to have 
 
94 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 been made for Mr. Brigliam's pecuniary support, as we have 
 seen in the preceding chapter ; for according to the funda- 
 mental conditions imposed by the Masonian proprietors, two 
 lots of land of one hundred acres each had been reserved, 
 which were to be given outright to the first settled minister ; 
 also two lots more had been reserved for the " use of the min- 
 istry," of which he would have the proper benefit.* 
 
 Moreover, a settlement was offered him of eighty pounds, 
 lawful money. This was no part of his salary, but gifts like 
 this were the rule rather than the exception a century ago, 
 when our churches and religious societies invited the men of 
 their choice to become their pastors. The settlement was of 
 the nature of an inducement to accept the call. In this case 
 the eighty pounds were estimated at a later period to have 
 been worth two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty- 
 seven cents. An annual salary was offered amounting to fifty- 
 three pounds, six shillings, and eight pence sterling, which 
 after three years was to be increased by two pounds annually 
 till it should amount to sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings, 
 and four pence sterling, or something more than tliree hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars. With a farm of more than two hun- 
 dred acres, the settlement and the annual payment, this was 
 certainly a generous support, especially as the purchasing 
 power of money at that time was much greater than it is at 
 the present day. The land was to be cleared indeed before it 
 could be made to aid in the support of a family, but progress 
 could be made in this work gradually. The proposals were 
 certainly sufficient to place a pastor above want with common 
 industry and economy. 
 
 All of the lands and improvements in the township, with 
 the exception, for a time, of the twenty shares (forty lots) re- 
 served by the Masonian Proprietors for their own benelit were 
 taxable to raise the amount for the settlement and the annual 
 salary, while all that purchased land understood the conditions 
 of the bargain in this respect, so there could have been no oc- 
 casion for hard feelings or disputes. 
 
 * The disposition made of the lots " for the use of the ministry" and the " school 
 lota" is explained in Chapter XIII. 
 
CHUECH COVENANT. 95 
 
 In January, 1771, Mr. Brigham accepted the call that had 
 been extended to him, and preparations were soon made for 
 that notable event, the ordination of the first pastor. 
 
 The inn of James Reed was upon the old military road 
 north-west of the village, and in sight of the house formerly 
 occupied by Gilbert C. Bemis, and recently destroyed by fire. 
 As the meeting-house was not in a condition to be used, the 
 ordination of Mr. Brigham took place at the inn. Mr. John 
 Mellen provided for the council and other clergymen that 
 might be in attendance for twenty-five dollars, this sum being 
 paid by the proprietors. 
 
 It seemed needful that a church should be regularly or- 
 ganized before the ordination of a pastor, and this was done 
 by the council before Mr. Brigham was set apart as the pastor 
 of Monadnock jS"o. 4. 
 
 He had previously drawn up a covenant, to be accepted and 
 signed by himself and others, for this purpose ; and as this 
 ancient document reveals not a little of the inner and outer 
 life of the Christian people that settled this town, it is here 
 given entire : 
 
 COVENANT. 
 
 " A. D. 1771, ) Monadnock No. 4, in y Province of New Hampshire. 
 
 March 37. \ "W"*" whose names are hereunto subscribed being inliabit- 
 anta of No. 4 aforesaid, knowing that we are very prone to offend and 
 provoke God y^ Most high, in Heart and life, thro' y prevailing of sin 
 that Dwelleth within Us ; and y* manifold temptations from without 
 Us ; and for which we have great reason to'be unfeignedly humbled be- 
 fore him from Day to Day, Do in y^ name of our Lord Jesus Christ, with 
 dependence upon his gracious assistance and influence of the holy ghost, 
 solemnly enter into Covenant with God, according to God as followeth : — 
 
 " (1.) That having Chosen and taken y" Lord Jehovah to be our God, 
 we will fear him and cleave to him in Love, and serve him in Truth with 
 all our hearts ; giving up ourselves to be his people ; in all things at his 
 Disposal and Sovereign Direction, That we may have, and hold Com- 
 munion with him as Members of Christ's Mystical Body according to his 
 revealed will, to our Lives End. 
 
 " (2.) We further Promise to keep Close to y* Truth of Christ, Endeav- 
 oring with lively affections towards it in our Hearts to Defend it against 
 all opposers thereof, as God shall at any time call us thereunto— which 
 that we may Do, we Resolve to Use y* holy Scriptures as our Platform, 
 whereby we may discern y* Mind of Christ, and not y" new found in- 
 ventions of men. 
 
 " (3.) We also Bind ourselves to Bring up our Children and Servants 
 
96 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 in y" knowledge and fear of God, by holy instruction from y« sacred 
 Scriptures, — (a Summary of which we have in y" Catechisms of y Ven- 
 erable assembly at Westminster,) that true Religion may Be maintained 
 in our Families while we live, and among such as live when we are 
 Dead and gone. 
 
 " (4.) We also Engage to have a Careful inspection over our own hearts, 
 so as to Endeavor by Virtue of y* Death of Christ, y* mortification of ail 
 our sinful worldly frames and Disorderly affections, whereby we may be 
 with Drawn from y' Living God. 
 
 " (5.) Moreover we Oblige our Selves to y« faithful improvement of 
 our abilities and opportunities to worship God, according to all y* par- 
 ticular institutions of Christ for his Church, under Gospel administra- 
 tion ; as, to give Reverent attention to y* word of God, to pray unto him, 
 to sing his praises, and to hold Communion with Bach other in y' use of 
 Both y" seals, viz : Baptism and y* Lord's Supper. 
 
 " (6.) We likewise promise that we will peaceably submit to y* holy 
 Discipline appointed by Christ in his Chh. for offenders, obeying them 
 that rule over us in the Lord. 
 
 " (7.) We Bind also ourselves to walk in Love toward one another, En- 
 deavoring our mutual Edification ; Visiting, Exhorting, Comforting as 
 occasion serveth ; Warning any Brother or Sister that offends ; not Di- 
 vulging any Private offences unnecessarily ; But heedfuUy following the 
 several precepts of Christ laid down for Chh. Dealing, Matt. XVIII : 15, 
 16, 17, willingly forgiving all that manifest to y* Judgment of Charity 
 that they truly Repent of all their miscarriages. 
 
 " Now y« God of Peace, that Brought again from y Dead, y* Lord 
 Jesus Christ, y" great Shepherd of y* Sheep, through y* Blood of y ever- 
 lasting Covenant, make us all perfect in every good work to Do his will, 
 working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, thro' Jesus Christ, 
 to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen. 
 
 •' BENJAMIN BRIGHAM, Pastor elect. 
 
 " BENJAMIN BIGELOW, 
 
 " JOHN FASSETT, 
 
 "NATHANIEL WILDER, 
 
 *' CALEB WINCH, 
 
 " JAMES REED. 
 
 *' N.B. As to Discipline, this Chh. is founded upon y« Cambridge 
 Platform, as it is commonly Received and Practised upon iu y New 
 England Churches." 
 
 This covenant, it will be observed, was signed by the pastor 
 elect and five other men. Of the proceedings at the organi- 
 zation of the church no other particulars have been preserved. 
 
 Of the five lay members who, with their pastor, constituted 
 the church thus organized March 27th, 1771, this brief notice 
 may here be given : 
 
 Benjamin Bigelow was the first white settler of the town, 
 and came from Lunenburg, Mass. He was not the ancestor 
 of those recently and now bearing his name in Fitzwilliain, 
 but belonged to the same family. Thirty-seven days after the 
 
MR. BRTGHAM'S acceptance OF HIS CALL. 97 
 
 organization of the church he was drowned in the Ashiielot 
 River at Winchester. 
 
 The next signer was John Fassett, from Bojlston, Mass., 
 who lived quite a distance west of the village, on the spot 
 where the house long occupied by the late Dana Davis now 
 stands. Mr. Fassett was chosen the first deacon of the church, 
 April 18th, 1771, and died January 12th, 1831:. 
 
 The next signature is that of Nathaniel Wilder, from Lan- 
 caster, Mass. 
 
 Caleb Winch came from Framingham, Mass., and lived in 
 the northern part of Monadnock Xo. 4. That section of the 
 township is now a part of Troy. 
 
 The last signer was James Reed, from Lunenburg (now 
 Fitchburg), Mass., who was a noted man in his day, and kept 
 the inn where the council assembled for the ordination. 
 
 The churches invited to compose, with their pastors, the 
 council were those in Marlborough, Westborough, Shrews- 
 bury, Lancaster, Southborough, Royalston, and Winchendon, 
 Mass., and New Ipswich, Keene, and Swanzey, N. H.; but 
 of these only Marlborough, Westborough, Royalston, Winch- 
 endon, Keene, and Swanzey appear to have been represented. 
 Of the organization of the council we have no record. 
 
 Mr. Brigham's answer to the call he had received (which 
 was deemed of sufficient importance to find a place in the 
 proprietors' records) is here given in full, as an essential part 
 of the proceedings and also as giving us some view of Mr. 
 Brigham. 
 
 Monadnock No. 4, January 29, 1771. 
 
 To the Proprietors and Congregating Society of Monadnock No. 4, in 
 the Province of New Hampsiiire, 
 
 Grace, Mercy, and Peace be multiplied from God our Father and the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Brethren and Friends. 
 
 The great God who is Sovereign of universal nature and orders all 
 things according to the Counsels of his own will, for his own honor and 
 glory and the best interests of all who love and fear and obey him, has, 
 in his all wise providence, brought me among you to preach the Gospel 
 of his Son Christ Jesus, and also inclined you to make choice of me, 
 who am very unworthy of the honor, to settle among you in the work of 
 the Gospel Ministry. You have laid before me your proposals, bearing 
 date Nov. the 7th 1770 and January the 29th 1771, which ofiers I 
 view as generous considering the infancy of the town and circumstances 
 
 7 
 
98 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 of this people ; and cannot forbear returning you my sincere and hearty 
 thanks for the great respect you have shown me thereby. 
 
 I have taken your invitation into serious and prayerful consideration, 
 and when I reflect how great and arduous the work of a Gospel Minister 
 is, how much grace and wisdom is necessary and how very unequal I 
 am to such an undertaking, it makes me to tremble and to say with the 
 blessed Apostle, " Who is sufficient for these things !'' 
 
 Nevertheless when I consider the sufficiency of God's grace he afEords 
 to all them that sincerely ask it of him and the promise of Christ that 
 lie will be with his Ministers always to the end of this world, and the 
 uncommon unanimity of the people in the choice of me for your Pastor, 
 it supports me and I take courage, 
 
 I do therefore, viewing it my duty, and having taken the advice of 
 my fathers and brethren in the Ministry, with dependence, upon grace 
 and strength derived from Christ, the Head of all influences, accept of 
 your invitation and offers, with this reserve that I have two Sabbaths 
 annually allowed me during the time of my ministry, that I may have 
 opportunity to visit my parents and friends. 
 
 I further entreat that you would remember me daily in your prayers 
 to God, though an unworthy, yet that I may be a faithful Servant and 
 watchman upon this part of Jerusalem's walls, instrumental of advanc- 
 ing the Redeemer's Kingdom in the world and of promoting religion, 
 piety, and true Godliness among you, that finally I, who sow and you 
 who reap, may rejoice together in the kingdom of glory forever and 
 ever. 
 
 Benjamin Brigham. 
 
 As it is uncertain whether the clerk of the proprietors, in 
 recording this document, followed the original paper with re- 
 gard to spelling, punctuation, and the use of capital letters, it 
 is deemed advisable, without changing a word, to give the 
 whole a modern form. 
 
 That Mr, Brigham was from Massachusetts and was prob- 
 ably but little acquainted with tlie pastors in Cheshire County 
 will doubtless account for the fact that our neighboring com- 
 monwealth famished so large a proportion of the ordaining 
 council. 
 
 Mr. Brigham was then twenty-nine years of age, and being 
 a man of industry, energy, and acknowledged capacity and 
 worth, he entered zealously upon his work as the religious 
 teacher and guide of this people. Two montlis after the or- 
 ganization of the church Stephen Harris and Mary, his wife, 
 joined it l)y letter from Framingham, Mass. These were the 
 grandparents of the late Deacon Joseph Harris and Mr. 
 Ebenezer Potter. The Septeml>er following the wives of all 
 the men who signed the covenant with the pastor also joined 
 
THE HALF-WAY COVENANT. 99 
 
 the church by letter, with Henry Willard and Phebe, his 
 wife. In 1772 five otliers became members, so that at the 
 time of the incorporation of the town of Fitzwilh'am there 
 were not far from twenty members in full communion. Three 
 weeks after the church was organized Mr. John Fassett was 
 chosen deacon, and long and faithfully he served the church- 
 in this office. For many years he was almost always chosen 
 one of its delegates, when the church was called in council to 
 install or dismiss pastors or to settle difficulties. Very early 
 in its history the church determined the time for observing 
 tlie sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as it has stood through 
 these many years — viz., on the second Sabbath of every other 
 month, beginning with January. Why this time was selected, 
 in deviation from the common custom of the churches, it is 
 difficult to imagine, as it virtually prevents the minister from 
 exchanging pulpits with the neighboring pastors nearly one 
 fourth of the time. 
 
 July 9tli, 1771, the church passed the following vote : 
 
 Persons shall have the privilege of taking the Covenant upon them and 
 having their children baptized, though they cannot see their way clear 
 to attend upon the Sacrament of the Supper. 
 
 The '• half-way covenant," as it was called, to which allu- 
 sion is made in this vote, had a measure of favor with most of 
 the Congregational churches at that time ; but it was the source 
 of almost innumerable trials and evils, and the action of the 
 clmrch given above was reconsidered and unanimously set aside 
 October 3d, 1800. Daring the twenty-nine years succeeding 
 the organization of the church, it appears that eighty-six in- 
 dividuals became members of it in this partial manner under 
 the vote of the church allowing them to do so, and many, 
 probably most of these who had young children had them 
 baptized, having taken the covenant chiefly for this purpose. 
 Like those admitted to full communion, such as came in under 
 the " half-way covenant" were propounded at least fourteen 
 days before their admission ; and from time to time quite a 
 number of these became regular members of the church. At 
 the time when this inconvenient and troublesome practice was 
 
100 JIISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 discontinued, the church by vote invited all who stood in this 
 relation to it to become members in full ; but it does not appear 
 that this invitation was accepted to any great extent. 
 
 July 8th, 1773, or a little after the town was incorporated, 
 Mr. John Locke was chosen the second deacon. He was a 
 man of discretion and well-earned influence. 
 
 The calls upon this church to sit in council for the ordina- 
 tion, installation, or dismission of pastors, but more especially 
 for the settlement of difficulties in churches of New Hamp- 
 shire and Massachusetts, have been, from the first, very nu- 
 merous, a fact which proves that it and its pastors have enjoyed 
 in an eminent degree the public confidence. For many years 
 it was customary for the church to send, on such occasions, its 
 pastor and two delegates. 
 
 September 7tli, 1775, the church voted to take up a collec- 
 tion at each communion for one year, in order to provide the 
 elements for the communion-table. This j^lan, which is so 
 easily carried into execution and saves much trouble, was soon 
 exchanged for occasional collections ; and this last-mentioned 
 custom prevailed till within a comparatively recent period. 
 In 1779 the church voted to purchase one table-cloth, two 
 pewter platters, and four pewter cups for the communion- 
 table, and that in making the contribution for the elements 
 for the table during the succeeding six months, each member 
 should write his or her name upon the paper containing the 
 money. This requirement was made doubtless because the 
 amount called for and expected from each member had not 
 been contributed, and it was desirable to know who were de- 
 linquent. A similar vote was passed at a later date for the 
 same purpose, the members being called upon to contribute 
 one shilling each, and the contribution to be in each case 
 " subscribed'' — i.e., enclosed in paper with the name of the 
 contributor. Probably some in those days were unwilling to 
 l)ay their proportion of the expense involved in the support 
 of civil and religious institutions, though we are to bear in 
 mind that the people in general had but very little money. 
 
 During the entire ministry of Rev, Mr. Brigham hardly any 
 other single matter occupied the attention of the church in its 
 
ATTENDANCE UPON RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. 101 
 
 business meetings so often as tlie supply of wine for the com- 
 munion-table. The lack of system in providing this will ac- 
 count in part for the numerous votes upon this subject ; but 
 another, and this the chief reason, may be found in the habits 
 of the times. It was customary then to more than taste of 
 the consecrated element, for many communicants all over the 
 country were in the habit of taking a considerable draft. 
 The carrying back of the cups to be refilled and the refilling 
 of the tankards during the solemnity are within the memory 
 of not a few now living ; and the existing generation may 
 certainly congratulate itself upon the extent and happy influ- 
 ence of the temperance reform in this particular. 
 
 It should be added also that the cost of wine in this coun- 
 try a century ago was very great, as all of it was imported, 
 and the policy of our government has favored heavy duties 
 upon it from an early day. 
 
 In those days the entire population of the town was inter- 
 ested in the support of the services at the single meeting-house, 
 and all seem to have regarded the industrious, discreet, and 
 faithful pastor in the light of a personal friend and temporal 
 as well as spiritual guide. All then who were able attended 
 public worsiiip, and the long row of sheds west and south-west 
 of the meeting-house upon the hill was filled from Sabbath to 
 Sabbath with the horses or oxen of the worshippers. As al- 
 ready noticed, large loads of men, women, and children came 
 in the winter upon ox-sleds from the most distant neighbor- 
 hoods of the town, and as the morning and afternoon services 
 were very long and the days short, many of these could not 
 hav^e reached their homes till nearly dark. 
 
 In the summer the younger portion of the audience came 
 with bare feet, and not a few of their fathers and mothers, who 
 walked from two to five miles, brought their shoes and stock- 
 ings in their hands till they approached the meeting-house, 
 when they would stop at some stream or spring and wash their 
 feet and make ready for God's worship. Upon returning 
 home after the services this process was reversed, and so the 
 carefully preserved shoes and hose would be good for such 
 service a number of j^ears. Upon a discontinued road south- 
 
102 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 west of the spot where the old churcli stood there is a spring 
 or little stream where these changes often took place, and the 
 remains of the old overturned pine-tree upon which the peo- 
 ple sat for this purpose and for rest were plainly to be seen 
 in 1871. 
 
 Though there was no way of warming the churcli, and not 
 more than two houses near, and the services very long (usually 
 two hours or more each), the congregations were large and 
 patient. The meeting-house was in that day the chief place 
 of resort to obtain information upon all subjects. The news 
 of the respective neighborhoods, of the town generally, and of 
 the country was freely canvassed by the people at those Sab- 
 bath gatherings, while many went to church doubtless to visit, 
 and some possibly to do business. 
 
 There were very few books in the families, and newspapers 
 were almost wholly unknown, so that the size of the congre- 
 gations in those days was hardly a true index of the real inter- 
 est in religious matters. Besides the property of all paid for the 
 preaching, for the pastor's salary was raised by general taxation. 
 
 These things should be borne in mind when tlie past and 
 the present are compared touching the attendance of the peo- 
 ple upon public worship. 
 
 In those days the tithing-men preserved order in the sanc- 
 tuary, and, if necessary, waked up the sleepers. Tlie boys 
 certainly stood in awe of these officers.* 
 
 No musical instruments were used to aid in the service of 
 song, and the chorister was appointed by the town and not by 
 the singers ; and tradition is in fault if the music did not 
 sometimes lack sweetness and harmony. That the Psalms and 
 hymns were heartily rendered and with strong voices, we can 
 well understand. 
 
 At the close of each service the entire congregation rose and 
 stood reverently with their eyes upon their pastor till he had 
 passed down the central aisle, and this custom, it is under- 
 stood, continued for many years during the ministry of Rev. 
 
 ♦ It wou'd seem tlmt the town continued to el ct tithing men anTiiialiy till about 
 1842 though for a considerable period before the ofHee had ceased to be of any prao- 
 tloal impjrtance. In 1813 the lown voted not to choose tliblng-meu. 
 
EEV. MR. BRIGHAM'S HOME. 103 
 
 John Sabin, or until the old church on the hill was abandoned 
 for the new one on the common. 
 
 The salary of Rev. Mr. Brigham was paid by the propri- 
 etors according to contract for the term of twenty- seven years, 
 or until 1798, when, by mutual agreement, it was assumed 
 by the town, Samuel Griffin and Oliver Damon were chosen 
 deacons in Aj)ril of that year. The number of members ad- 
 mitted to the church during the ministry of Mr. Brigham was 
 two hundred and eighty-five — males, one hundred and thirty- 
 one, and females, one hundred and fifty-four. Many of these 
 died or removed from the town during the same period. Of 
 the two hundred and eighty-five members, seventy-six are 
 recorded as coming from other churches with letters of dis- 
 mission and commendation. 
 
 From everything that can be gathered from the church rec- 
 ords, which seem to have been faithfully kept by Mr. Brig- 
 ham as clerk of the church, there were no dissensions to mar 
 its beauty and hinder its usefulness during the long service of 
 its first and honored pastor. 
 
 The house which he owned and occupied was tlie well- 
 known landmark, the old dwelling just east of the church and 
 cemetery at the foot of the hill, with the majestic elm in front 
 of it, both of which have been recently removed. This 
 house was built by Mr. Brigham, and was the parsonage dur- 
 ing most of his ministry. The elm, it is said, was brought by 
 his hired man from the flat toward the railroad station, and 
 set out under the pastor's direction. 
 
 In the early part of the year 1799 Mr. Brigham was feeble, 
 and the compiler of this history learned from an aged man 
 now deceased who attended upon his ministry while a lad, 
 that he preached a number of Sabbaths in the parsonage, after 
 he was unable to go up the hill to the church. On June 13tli, 
 1799, Mr. Brigliam died, aged fifty-eight, in the twenty-ninth 
 year of his ministry. His funeral, it appears, was attended 
 the day following his death, Rev. Mr. Lee, of Royalston, 
 preaching the funeral sermon. This sermon, with the one 
 preached by the same clergyman at the funeral of the first 
 Mrs. Brigham, was printed. 
 
104 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Eev, John Sabin, in one of his historical lectures, gives this 
 testimony respecting the character and work of the first pastor : 
 
 From what I can learn of this man in this town and out of it in this 
 vicinity, I should think he was beloved and as near without an enemy 
 as about ever falls to the lot of man. And there is this mark of his not 
 designing war upon a great scale, that when a Committee (was) ap- 
 pointed to inspect every man's preparation for war as duly equipped with 
 arms, ammunition, and all accoutrements (this was during the Revolu- 
 tionary War), Mr. Brigham was reported as not furnished. 
 
 Mr. Sabin adds : 
 
 It may scarcely be supposed that ever another Minister will get through 
 life to so extensive regret of Community as did the first Minister. 
 
 And the writer learned some years since from one of the 
 aged men then living, that when the news of Mr. Brigham's 
 death reached his father's house there was a depth of grief 
 that he, a little lad, was wholly unable to comprehend. The 
 following is from the church records : 
 
 He was a good Divine, an able and faithful Pastor, the friend of 
 peace, truth and righteousness. "While he lived he was greatly esteemed 
 and beloved by his people and all his acquaintances, and at his death 
 he was greatly lamented. 
 
 His remains repose by the side of those of his first wife, 
 Lucy Brigham (who died six years before him), in the central 
 part of the old portion of the cemetery. The sermons 
 preached at the funerals of this worthy couple were printed in 
 1800. Quite a number of the manuscript sermons of the first 
 pastor have been preserved, two of which were presented to the 
 writer by Mrs. Selina P. Damon. The size of the page is 
 about that of a duodecimo book, and the writing is very fine 
 and compact, requiring for reading a magnifying power of 
 considerable strength. The preacher must have held the 
 manuscript directly before his eyes at the time of deliveiy. 
 
 In 1809 the town appropriated " to procure Gravestones for 
 the Rev. Benjamin Brigliam's grave," the sum of twenty 
 dolhirs. 
 
 The maiden name of the first Mrs. Brigham was Lucy 
 
BAPTISMS BY ME. BRIGHAM. 105 
 
 Morse. His second wife was Puali, the M'idow of John Mel- 
 len, Esq. 
 
 During his ministry of about twenty-eight years Mr. Brig- 
 ham baptized six hundred and fifty children, the first having 
 been Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy Wilder. This 
 baptism took place April 2Sth, 1771. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 SETTLERS FKOM 1762-1800. 
 
 From what Places — Character — Apje — Property — Dwellings — Dress — Means 
 of Communication — Social Qualities — Amusements — Religious Habits — 
 Farming — Manufactures — Personal History — Benjamin Bigelow — James 
 Reed and Others. 
 
 ~^rOT a few towns in our "Western States and Territories 
 ■^^ are settled bj colonies from some particular locality in 
 the older portions of tlie countiy ; but the early settlers of 
 Fitzwilliam came from many places, and without anything like 
 a concerted plan of settlement. The older towns in Middle- 
 sex and Worcester counties, Mass., seem to have furnished 
 at least four fifths of the first settlers, particularly Fram- 
 ingham, Marlborough, Southborough, Sterling, Holliston, 
 Lunenburg, Templeton, Leominster, Medtield, and Shrews- 
 bury. Doubtless some acquaintance with or relationship to 
 the proprietors and previous settlers induced the majority to 
 remove to this place and take up these " wild lands," as they 
 called them. Thus Daniel Mellen, of Holliston, led many 
 relatives and friends from that town, from Framingham, 
 Southborough, and Sherborn, to remove to Monadnock I^o. 
 4, and James Reed did the same for settlers from Lunenburg 
 and other places in that vicinity ; but after 1800 more seem 
 to have come as strangers, and led by a common desire to bet- 
 ter their condition or to provide for increasing families. 
 
 In its earliest years the settlement appears to have had a 
 very slow growth, for it is related that the widow of Benjamin 
 Bigelow, the first settler, was accustomed to say in her old age 
 that for a long time she was the handsomest and smartest 
 woman in Fitzwilliam, because she was the only one. 
 
 As to the general character of the first settlers, it may be 
 said that they were industrious, energetic, frugal, kind, con- 
 siderate, and ready for hard labor and to make great sacrifices 
 
CHARACTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. 107 
 
 for the comfort and welfare of their families and of society at 
 large. That there were some worthlesss persons and some 
 shiftless families among them there can be no question, for 
 such will always find their way, as if by instinct, to a new set* 
 tlement ; but in the great majority of cases the men and 
 women that undertook to found homes and establish social, 
 civil, and religious institutions on these hills and along these 
 streams were persons of real, genuine worth, fit to be pioneers 
 in a great and important enterprise. They came expecting 
 hard work and toilsome lives, many privations, but, after all, 
 much comfort in laying good foundations and witnessing sub- 
 stantial progress. 
 
 That in general they were law-abiding and ready to frown 
 upon vice, whoever might be guilty of it, we have the fullest 
 evidence, for they brought with them not a few of the strong- 
 est and best elements of the Puritan character. The home 
 training and all the best moral and religious influences under 
 which they had passed their childhood and youth it was their 
 aim to transplant and cherish in this place of their adoption, 
 as their entire historj' conclusively proves. 
 
 As to the age of the first settlers when they came to Monad- 
 nock No. 4, it may be said that the majority of them were 
 young rather than old. A few came with gray heads and 
 somewhat worn with life's sti'uggles, with families already 
 established and children grown to maturity, prepared, physi- 
 cally and intellectually, to take an active part in maintaining 
 all the interests of their new home (witness the family of 
 General James Reed) ; but these were the exceptions rather 
 than the rule. The record of the deaths of the pioneers in this 
 settlement (which has been very carefully preserved, and by 
 more than one party) shows us that generally the first set- 
 tlers were from twenty-five to forty years of age, and of 
 course in the strength of manhood and womanhood, while the 
 fact that some were older tempered the energy of the settle- 
 ment with a large share of wisdom and discretion. 
 
 As to the education and general intelligence of the early 
 settlers, it may be said that they were fully equal to their 
 neighbors whom they left behind in the older settlements. 
 
108 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The culture of the laborious, hard-vvorkiag families of New 
 England at that day was not usually great, measured by mod- 
 ern standards, for the training of the schools was not the best, 
 while valuable books wei-e few, and the almost omnipresent 
 newspaper of the present day was hardly known. Some have 
 supposed that the early settlers of this region could have read 
 only with great difficulty, and that by no means all were able 
 to write, because in some important records of business that 
 have come down to us men in responsible positions occasion- 
 ally signed by a cross rather than M'rote their names ; but this 
 is plainly an erroneous and exaggerated view of their deficien- 
 cies. As children few of them had had our advantages for 
 culture, and paper, pens, and ink were in some households 
 luxuries ; but most could converse and compose well according 
 to the standards of that day, while some would be considered 
 refined and cultured in almost any modern society. In the 
 matters of spelling and the application of grammatical rules 
 their writing often appears to have been much in fault, but in 
 both respects they generally followed the prevailing customs of 
 the day, and did not exhibit as much ignorance as many sup- 
 pose. At all events, they seem to have made laudable efforts 
 to give their children the advantages of a good education, 
 which was no easy matter with so small a population spread 
 over thirty-six square miles of territory. 
 
 Most of the early settlers appear to have come to Monadnock 
 No. i with families. Nearly all had wives to assist them, and 
 often the children constituted a large part of the increasing 
 population ; for in those days the rich and the poor alike re- 
 garded a goodly company of little ones as a blessing rather 
 than an incumbrance. And from all that can be gathered 
 from their early history, it would seem that the wives and the 
 mothers who presided over the early homes of Fitzwilliam 
 were as industrious, frugal, energetic, and ambitious as their 
 husbands. That they generally worked in a very quiet man- 
 ner and made their influence felt indirectly rather than other- 
 wise is not tojheir discredit. 
 
 As to the property of the early settlers, it may be said that 
 most of them appear to have been in moderate circumstances, 
 
PEOPERTY AND DWELLINGS OF FIRST SETTLERS. 109 
 
 if we judge of them by modern views and feelings. Un- 
 donbtedlj a few of them were quite poor, and not more than 
 two or three of them could have been regarded even then as 
 wealthy. General James Reed had quite extensive landed 
 possessions, and the Mellen family had means beyond most of 
 their neighbors ; but nearly the entire company of immigrants 
 had all they could do to live in a very unpretending manner 
 and make limited improvements upon their farms annually. 
 They knew next to nothing about bank shares or deposits in 
 institutions for savings, and had no sound government securi- 
 ties laid up for the time of misfortune and old age. But 
 though they were far from being rich, they were perhaps as 
 well off, for the times, as Western emigrants of forty years 
 ago would average, and the Registry of Deeds proves that land 
 speculation was as common then as it is to-day. But one of 
 the original proprietors settled in Monadnock ]Mo. -i, so that 
 but little was done by these men of means to make the town 
 wealthy. IVIost of the settlers doubtless purchased their lands 
 in part certainly on credit, and years passed away before the 
 last payment was made, and they could call themselves inde- 
 pendent. 
 
 More means, in the beginning of their work here, would 
 have been to many of them a great convenience, especially as 
 the heavy demands and sacrifices of the Revolutionary War 
 were so soon to be encountered ; but their early struggles with 
 comparative want were not without many and large compen- 
 sations. 
 
 Of their dwellings it may be remarked that, in nearly all 
 cases, the first were built in the rudest manner. Almost of 
 necessity these houses were cold, uncomfortable, and what 
 we should deem but poorly fitted for the enjoyment of health, 
 especially in winter, in this rigorous climate. A large fire- 
 place, with the chimney sometimes upon the outside of the 
 structure and occasionally with no chimney at all, occupied 
 one end of the building, while generally there was a great lack 
 of most conveniences and comforts. During a large part of 
 the year different occupations, and these of great variety, 
 were of necessity carried on in the single living-room, which 
 
110 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 was at once kitchen, dining-room, sleeping- room, parlor, 
 nurserj, and shop. Men in those days were sometimes ingen- 
 ious in building their houses. Mr. John Fassett came to town 
 in the spring of 1769 and located some two miles or more west 
 of the present central village, building on the spot where the 
 late Mr. Dana Davis lived for many years and where Mr. 
 Thatcher Matthews now resides — Lot 13, Range f^. His house 
 he erected, chiefly with his own hands, in this manner : he 
 set posts made from split logs in the ground, with but a small 
 space between them, and then covered the sides as well as the 
 roof with hemlock bark, which after being removed from the 
 logs had been spread upon the ground and thoroughly dried, 
 with large stones upon it to prevent it from rolling. These 
 pieces of bark were fastened to the posts by means of green 
 withes which passed around 'the posts and through holes in 
 the bark made by a large gimlet which Mr. Fassett brought 
 with him from his old home in Massachusetts. Rafters were 
 erected for the roofs and ribs lashed across them, and upon 
 these double courses of bark were laid, and the whole carefully 
 secured by withes, like the bark upon the outside. The door 
 was made of bark, and had in like manner withes for its 
 hinges. In this house this honored father in the church and 
 town lived for six years and until he had six children ; and 
 these years, he was accustomed afterward to say, were the six 
 happiest years of his life. 
 
 Such exposure to cold and storms seems not to have been 
 detrimental to health and longevity in this case, for Deacon 
 Fassett when he died, January 12th, 1831, had reached the 
 age of ninety-four years. Very few of his neighbors had 
 dwellings showing such a variety and so much ingenuity of 
 workmanship. 
 
 Of the dwellings of the early settlers generally it may be 
 said that most of them were built of logs. The chimney was 
 of stone, and the fireplace was so large that logs and wood 
 from four to six feet long could be conveniently used. 
 Blocks of wood or sections of trees furnished the chairs and 
 tables in many a habitation. Ladders were used to reach the 
 chambers and cellars whenever luxuries of such a nature were 
 
DRESS AND FOOD OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. Ill 
 
 indulged in by the poorer families. No great variety was 
 found upon their tables, for Indian bread, johnny-cakes, bean 
 porridge, and turnips rather than potatoes were the staple arti- 
 cles of food. Pies and cakes were rarely tasted. 
 
 The work dresses of both sexes were made of tow and linen 
 cloth (home manufacture) for the warm season, while coarse 
 woolens, obti ined in the same way, were worn in the winter. 
 A skirt and short loose gown were the ordinary dress of fe- 
 males, and to appear in at church and on all special occasions 
 these were made of chintz, if possible, and, in a few cases, of 
 silk. The " long shorts," in quite general use, seem to have 
 reached half way from the knee to the ankle. The shoes of 
 both sexes were made of stout leather, and in the winter, when 
 cow-hide boots could not be obtained by them, the men wore 
 leggins. When the snow was deep snow-shoes were used, and 
 we are assured that it was not uncommon to see a woman 
 standing behind a man, both upon the same snow-shoes, and 
 keeping step perfectly. As there were no wagons for quite a 
 number of years, side-saddles and piUions were in common use. 
 ; While noticing the inconveniences under which the first set- 
 tlers did their work. Dr. Cummings remarks : 
 
 How should they be provided with writing materials, when they iiad 
 not even the common implements for eating ! I was informed a few 
 days since by one of the mothers in Israel that she worked in the family 
 of one of the proudest men in town in 1785, and lived on bean porridge, 
 and eat it out of a brown earthen mug, which served as a dish for the 
 whole family, it being the only one used in the kitchen. She also in- 
 formed me that she was treated to the best lodging the Palace afforded, 
 a cot bed on the floor with one sheet, there being but a single pair in the 
 house. Her employment was spinning cattle's hair, procured from the 
 tanner, to be made into bed-covers. 
 
 Statements like these show us that the early settlers in Fitz- 
 william had many hardships to encoimter. According to mod- 
 ern ideas of conveniences and helps they did everything at a 
 disadvantage, while of luxuries they knew nothing. But though 
 their dress was coarse and plain, and their food, with the 
 manner of serving it, far from tempting for such as were deli- 
 cate, a good degree of health and general thrift was maintained, 
 
112 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 and the settlement prospered. Always and everywliere the 
 first settlers in new countries have many hardships to encounter. 
 
 Regarding the social qualities of the early settlers, tradi- 
 tion informs us that the intercourse between the different 
 families was of that free-and-easy character that made calls 
 and visits very enjoyable. All met upon the same level, for 
 the distinctions of wealth were practically unknown, while 
 each family had an abiding interest in the prosperity of every 
 other. They had few books and no newspapers to furnish 
 matter for conversation, but they seem to have been good 
 talkers nevertheless. In fact, all their outward circumstances 
 combined to make them prince, in an eminent degree, their 
 social relations, while their sayings that have come down to us 
 prove that not a few of them had that shrewdness and wit 
 which never fail to enliven the gatherings of friends, neigh- 
 bors, and kindred. 
 
 Of their amusements it may be said that while they had no 
 clubs, in the modern acceptation of this term, to draw away 
 the men from their famihes, or parties for card-playing and 
 other games that are now so fashionable, they did not lack the 
 means of recreation when they had spare time upon their 
 hands. Wrestling at that day was very common and popu- 
 lar, vastly more so than it is at present, and the champion 
 wrestler was known far and near. 
 
 The game of quoits was often played in connection with 
 family or neighborhood gatherings. In the autumn huskings 
 were common, when all the men, women, and children of some 
 section of the town would strip all the corn of a neighbor in 
 an evening, and then do the same for others. When framed 
 houses began to take the place of log huts the raising of a 
 building was a great occasion, and was considered by most 
 persons as a time for relaxation and sport, to be enjoyed, rather 
 than of hard labor to be avoided. 
 
 Wliere the )nen were clearing their lands of the heavy 
 growth of wood log rollings were not uncommon, at wiiich a 
 great amount of work would be done in a single day, to be 
 followed by the best supper and a plentiful supply of strong 
 drink at tlie close. 
 
EARLY MODES OF TRAVEL. 113 
 
 Among the ladies quiltings afforded a pleasant recreation, 
 especially when prolonged till the evening, when the good 
 wives and mothers would be joined by their husbands, and the 
 inevitable treat was accompanied by a round of story -telling. 
 The children had their little games of "hunt the slipper," 
 " button, button," just as they now have a century later. 
 
 Early in the history of Fitzwilliam, as was true at that 
 period of nearly every otlier town in the country, military 
 trainings were a great attraction, and brought together a large 
 part of the people of all ages to enjoy a holiday. Even now 
 men, women, and children do not easily tire while watching 
 the maiioeuvres of a company of trained soldiers. 
 
 In their modes of travel the early settlers accommodated 
 themselves to their circumstances. At first their roads were 
 only narrow paths through the forests, barely sufficient for 
 the passage of ox-wagons, carts, and sleds, which appear to > 
 have been in common use from the first. After a few years 
 vehicles drawn by horses began to be in use. Stephen Harris • 
 brought his wife and household goods from Massachusetts to 
 this town on an ox-sled. Agabus Bishop, from Wrentham, 
 Mass., settled in the north-west part of the town about 1777 
 or 1778, and the historian of Troy says of him : 
 
 Here he commenced, as did nearly all the first settlers, by clearing a . 
 sjDot and building a log-house. And when he moved his family, instead 
 of coming with an ox team, as had nearly all who preceded him, he came 
 with a horse and wagon, and for some years this was the only horse in- 
 that part of the town. 
 
 In one of his lectures Dr. Cummings relates a pleasant in- 
 cident concerning Mrs. Reed, the widow of James Reed, Jr. 
 Mrs. Reed was a native of Lunenburg, Mass. Says the 
 doctor : 
 
 I very well remember hearing Mrs. Reed tell of a horseback ride she 
 and several other girls took with their beaux from that place to this 
 when she was quite young, and her name was Molly Dodge. I well 
 remember, too, that her countenance grew animated and her face shone 
 when she told over what they saw by the way, and what good times 
 they had. 
 
 This agreeable expedition of Molly Dodge must have taken 
 
114 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 place before or during 1768, as on December 11th of that year 
 she was married to Mr. Heed. 
 
 In their regard for religious institutions the pioneers in the 
 settlement of Fitzwilliam did not fall behind the best elements 
 of the New England people generally. Each family had a 
 right to and a part in the services of the meeting-house, and 
 nothing but severe storms or sickness prevented the entire 
 congregation from a regnlar attendance. Not a few of the 
 people lived from three to five miles from the place of gath- 
 ering, but the weather must have been very bad which would 
 keep them at home on the Sabbath. When we consider that 
 for years not a few of them walked so far to church with such 
 insufficient protection for their feet, with no umbrellas, and 
 often with but a poor supply of warm clothing, and then sat 
 in the unwarmed meeting-house through two long services, we 
 caanot fail to admire their courage and perseverance, even 
 when we cannot affirm that they were all actuated by religious 
 principle and devotion. 
 
 That the prevailing public sentiment called for this sacrifice 
 of comfort and exposure of health in the severest seasons of 
 the year even was doubtless true, while tlie almost universal 
 desire to learn what was going on in the settlement and in the 
 world generally had not a little to do with their church-going 
 habits ; still it will be hardly fair treatment to deny to them in 
 their religious observances a large share of the old Puritan 
 principle. 
 
 Of their habits touching the use of intoxicating drinks, this 
 much may be said in their favor. In a time when ardent 
 spirits were deemed necessary to give strength under hard and 
 protracted labor and protection under great exposure and 
 were, moreover, in general use, the wonder is that so few of 
 the early settlers became drunkards. In the record of deaths 
 in this town for fifty years after its incorporation no one is 
 said to hav'e died of drunkenness, if the examination made be 
 correct. Many cases may have occurred in which drinking 
 habits complicated and rendered fatal fevers and pulmonary 
 diseases, which were then very common ; but evidently death 
 could not often be traced among the early settlers in Fitzwil- 
 
USE OF INTOXICATING DEINKS. 115 
 
 liam directly to strong drink. For anything that appears to 
 the contrary, intoxicating liquors were kept and used in every 
 family and on all occasions ; but in all the written and tradi- 
 tional accounts that hav^e come down to us we find compara- 
 tively few allusions to anything like beastly intoxication. 
 Some years ago the writer was told by one of the oldest 
 men in town (now deceased) that at the funeral of the first 
 pastor, Rev. Benjamin Brigham, which he well remembered, 
 the custom of providing intoxicating drink was observed, as it 
 was on only extraordinary occasions. Usually only the officiat- 
 ing clergyman, the bearers, and the mourners were expected 
 and invited to drink, but at this funeral a strong sling made 
 of rum, sugar, and water was prepared in a tub in a large 
 quantity, from which all present were invited publicly to 
 help themselves — a scene which happily the present generation 
 will never witness. 
 
 With regard to the cultivation of the land and the crops 
 raised by the early settlers, it is sufficient to say that tlia im- 
 plements of husbandry used in those days were of the rudest 
 kind. The ploughs were made almost wholly of wood, the 
 hoes were heavy, as were also the forks and the shovels. Any 
 one who has examined a scythe, a hand-rake, or an axe of a 
 hundred years ago must perceive that they were clumsy in the 
 extreme, and could not have failed to make heavy drafts upon 
 the patience as well as strength of those who used them. We 
 may well be thankful for the mower, the horse-rake, the 
 reaper, etc. 
 
 The productions of the soil, which were relied upon chiefly 
 lor food, and to carry, in small quantities, at a later date, into 
 older and larger places for market, were not numerous. Rye 
 and Indian corn may be said to have been the staples, while 
 beans, turnips, and barley were considered important and 
 profitable crops, as was also flax for the home manufacture of 
 linen. This was before the days of cheap cottons, which now 
 enter so largely into the dress of both sexes. A century ago 
 a calico dress, the entire material for which can now be bought 
 for a dollar, was a luxury which but few could afford. A 
 native of Templeton who settled in Fitzwilliam at the time of 
 
116 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 her marriage used to say that her first calico dress was a pres- 
 ent from her father, and cost sixty-two and a half cents a yard. 
 The date of this must have been about 1788. At this time 
 very little cloth of any kind was used except what was of home 
 manufacture. For outside garments tow cloth for summer 
 and woolen for winter wear constituted the dress of all, while 
 for underclothing a coarse linen cloth was worn the year 
 round. So alm.ost every house had its great wheel for spin- 
 ning wool, its little wheel for flax, and its loom for weaving 
 the cloth. And not only was the cloth of home manufacture, 
 but to a very great extent the garments were made at home 
 also. 
 
 There was an early tradition here that before Monadnock 
 No. 4 was settled at all beavers had cleared the trees from quite 
 a meadow in the eastern part of the town upon Scott Brook, 
 where a fine crop of grass was annually produced ; and it was 
 added that a gentleman residing in Lunenburg, Mass., who 
 knew of this meadow sent up his farm help from that place, 
 who cut the grass and carried the hay to Massachusetts — a story 
 that plainly should be received with considerable allowance. 
 
 The opening alluded to was doubtless what was generally 
 called a natural meadow, and there are supposed to have been 
 a number of others in the township, though less in size. A 
 much higher value was placed upon the meadow than upon the 
 more elevated farming lands, as the meadow required no clear- 
 ing up. At a very early date " the Great Meadow" on Scott 
 Brook was divided among many owners. 
 
 In the following notice of the first settlers of Fitzwilliam no 
 pains have been spared to make the dates and all other particu-w 
 lars as accurate as possible. The early records of the propri- 
 etors, of the town, and of the church have been appealed to, 
 in every instance, for all the aid they could afford, while family 
 records have brought to light many facts not obtainable from 
 any other quarter. The memoranda of the late Dr. Cum- 
 mingfi, though of themselves of a very fragmentary nature, 
 have furnished a multitude of facts which, supplemented and 
 completed from other sources, have been of great value. The 
 fullest use has been made of his papers, as well as of those of 
 Mr. Charles Bigelow. 
 
DATE OF SETTLEMENT OF MONADNOCK NO. 4. 117 
 
 As will always happen in such collections of incidents, some 
 points are left obscure, and fuller explanations from the lips 
 of those who preserved them would have added greatly to the 
 interest and value of these narratives. The Urst settlers com- 
 mitted but very little to writing. 
 
 Dr. A. M. Caverly, in preparing his " History of Troy," 
 which was printed in 1859, was very laborious and remarkably 
 successful in obtaining and collating the history of the first 
 settlers in that town, and deserves high commendation for his 
 faithful work. After the lapse of nearly thirty years it would 
 be impossible to-day to make such a collection of facts as he 
 was able to present, for nearly all the aged, upon whom he 
 depended for information, have passed away. 
 
 As a considerable portion of Troy (something more than 
 four thousand acres) w'as until 1815 a part of Fitzwilliam, 
 Dr. Caverly 's chapters upon the early settlers embrace man}' 
 of the most important facts respecting the families that origi- 
 nally occupied the northern section of our town. 
 
 In many, perhaps in a majority of cases no descendants of 
 the first settlers are now inhabitants of Fitzwilliam ; in other 
 cases the descendants now living in the town are through tlie 
 female line of the families, and the family name is extinct, as 
 is true of the Townsend, Brigham, and Davidson names. 
 
 In setting forth what can now be learned of the history of 
 the early settlers it has been impossible in all cases to observe 
 the exact order of time in their coming, for very often the pre- 
 cise years of their arrival cannot be determined. Not infre- 
 quently a young man would come from Massachusetts and 
 begin the clearing of a piece of land, but return, after a few 
 months, to his home. Sometimes, in such cases, many months 
 would elapse before he would return and become an actual 
 settler, and occasionally he would not return at all. 
 
 The New Hampshire Gazetteer^ published in 1823, states that 
 
 the first settlement was made early in 1760 by James Reed, John Fassett 
 Benjamin Bigelow, and others, 
 
 which is plainly a mistake, as it is certain that no one of them 
 came as early as the date named. 
 
118 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Benjamin Bigeloav and Elizabetli, his wife, were from 
 Lunenburg, Mass., and tliey must liave come to Monadnock 
 No. i as early as 1762. Mr. Bigelow was, without doubt, the 
 first settler. Probably lie entered the territory by the old 
 military road from Winehendon, as he came bringing his wife 
 and goods in a cart doubtless drawn by oxen. This cart, 
 turned up against trees, was the shelter of his family till a log- 
 house could be built, and under it the first white child, native 
 of Fitzwilliam, was born, May 10th, 1762. Opinions vary 
 with regard to the exact locality of this event. One tradition 
 is that the child Beulah was born near the diyiding line be- 
 tween Massachusetts and New Hampshire, while another sup- 
 poses that the worthy couple had already arrived at the spot 
 west of the Pinnacle where their house was afterward erected. 
 That the birth of this child occurred as here stated is unques- 
 tionable. Beulah Bigelow was the only child of her parents 
 who lived to maturity, and she became the Avife of Ezekiel 
 Gates, of Stow, Mass., and had a family of eight children. A 
 letter from Artemas Gates, son of Ezekiel and Beulah, informs 
 us that one of the eight had nine children, another eight, an- 
 other seven, two five each, one six, and another four, while 
 tlie other died young ; and he adds that as to his " mother's 
 being born under a cart is more than I can vouch for ; but my 
 father used to plague her about it, but she denied it." Mrs. 
 Gates was hardly a competent witness in this case, and the 
 uniform tradition will not be set at naught by her testimony. 
 Mrs. Beulah Gates died at the age of seventy-two. 
 
 Benjamin Bigelow was one of the six members of the church 
 at its organization, March 27th, 1771. Three or four years 
 l)efore he had been the agent of the proprietors to hire the 
 first minister, Mr. Parker, and he was one of the comn>ittee 
 that obtained, as a candidate for settlement, the first pastor, 
 liev. Benjamin Brigham. He aided also in fixing upon a site 
 for the meeting-house and cemetery, while he was active in 
 clearing the first roads in the township. May 3d, 1771, Mr. 
 Bigelow was drowned at Winchester, in the Ashuelot River, 
 while attempting to cross it on the ice, as he was returning to 
 his home on foot with provisions for his family. His body 
 
GENERAL JAMES REED. 119 
 
 was not recovered till many days after, when it was found in 
 the Connecticut Kiver at or a littte below Northtield, Mass. 
 His death was a severe loss to the church and entire commu- 
 nity, as he was universally respected, confided in, and loved. 
 After the birth of Benlah Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow had two 
 other children — viz., Ruth, M^ho died June 24th, 1770, and 
 Sampson, who died five days later. After the death of her 
 husband Mrs. Bigelow removed to Stow, Mass., which is sup- 
 posed to have been the place of her birth, and died there. 
 
 James Reed was doubtless the second to settle in Monad- 
 nock IS 0. 4, and the only one of the original proprietors that 
 actually resided in this township. In the latter part of his life 
 he was usually styled General Reed, having been commissioned 
 as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War. He 
 was a native of Woburn, but removed to Fitzwilliam from 
 Lunenburg, Mass. In a deed executed March 4th, 1765, he 
 is called " James Reed of Lunenburg," doubtless for the good 
 reason that since the final grant to the proprietors of Monad- 
 nock No. 4 was not made till after the date given above, he 
 could not legally have been described as belonging in this 
 place. He built the second house (the first framed house) in 
 the township, and it stood on the old military road about half 
 a mile from the home of Benjamin Bigelow, and but a little 
 distance from that lately occupied by Mr. Grilbert C. Bemis. 
 It had two large square rooms, beside a kitchen and bedroom 
 on the lower floor. It was two stories high, and had several 
 lodging-rooms upon the second floor. This house was kept 
 by General Reed and others for several years as an inn. 
 
 Many of the proprietors' meetings were held in it, and it 
 seems to have been the place where most of the religious 
 services of the settlers were maintained during the years that 
 elapsed before the meeting-house was in a condition to be oc- 
 cupied. The ordination of the first minister. Rev. Benjamin 
 Brighani, took place Marcli 27th, 1771, under that roof, unless 
 the best traditionary evidence is in fault, though it should be 
 noted that a single report comes to us that the public services 
 on that occasion were held in the shop of Asa Johnson, which 
 
120 IIISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 was near General Eeed's, while tlie dinner for tlie council 
 was laid at the inn. 
 
 The military history of General Reed will more properly 
 have a place among the records of Fitzwilliam in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. 
 
 He was a man of ordinary height, well built, and very active, 
 care-taking, and energetic. 
 
 James Reed was moderator of the proprietors' meeting, 
 November 14th, 1769, which was the first meeting held in 
 Monadnock No. 4, and proprietors' clerk from that time till 
 1776. His name appears as a member of all the most impor- 
 tant committees that shaped the action of the people in estab- 
 lishing their civil and religious institutions. "While in the 
 army in 1776, during the prevalence among his troops of small- 
 pox, dysentery, and malignant fever. General Reed suffered 
 severely. He was then at Crown Point, and Dr. Cummings 
 suggests that through malpractice — of course not intentional — 
 his eyes were so seriously affected that his sight was practically 
 aud permanently destroyed. While sick he had orders from 
 General Washington to join him at headquarters, but it w^as 
 impossible for him to comply with the wishes of the com- 
 mander-in-chief, and he was soon obliged to retire from active 
 duty on half pay. The close of the war found him in Keene, 
 and it is thought that he was there for medical attendance. 
 " The Annals of Keene" say : 
 
 This Gen. Reed, whose ordinary place of residence was Fitzwilliam, is 
 remembered here as an aged blind man, and as almost daily seen after 
 the close of the War walking up and down Main Street, aiding and 
 guided by Mr. "Washburn, who was paralyzed on one side ; he received 
 a pension. 
 
 The description is pathetic, the blind man led by but sup- 
 porting a cripple. 
 
 After a few years' residence in Keene, General Reed re- 
 turned to his home in Fitzwilliam, where everything was so 
 familiar that he could walk in safety without a guide ; but later 
 he went to Fitchburg, where he died, lie was an officer in the 
 army toward the close of the French and Indian War, aud was 
 
GENERAL REED'S FAMILY. 121 
 
 about fifty years old when lie entered the service of his coun- 
 try in the war of the Revolution. 
 
 His first wife, a Miss Abigail Hinds, is represented as a 
 smart and capable woman, able to do anything, and keeping 
 her husband's financial matters in a good condition. His second 
 wife was a daughter of Major John Farrar, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 His sons, Sylvanus, James Jr., and Hinds were in the Con- 
 tinental Army, and the two eldest received pensions. 
 
 In his old age General Reed is reported as saying that his 
 children were spoiled by his being so long absent in the army 
 while they were young. (See the chapter upon the Revolu- 
 tionary^ War, and also the genealogical records which comprise 
 the latter part of this volume. These records may be consulted 
 in all similar cases.) 
 
 After Chapter X. of this work and the foregoing sketch of 
 the life of General Reed had been written, the committee in 
 charge of this history received from Amos J, Blake, Esq., of 
 Fitzwilliam, a biographical sketch of General Reed, from 
 which they have directed such extracts to be made both here 
 and in Chapter X. as give additional facts respecting him, and 
 are deemed by them appropriate for this volume. Mr. Blake's 
 sketch is understood to be the substance of a paper which he 
 prepared for the New Hampshire Historical Society and read 
 before that body. 
 
 James Reed " first settled in Brookfield, Mass., and afterward in that 
 part of Lunenburg now Fitchburg. His dwelling stood upon the site 
 of the present City Hall." 
 
 His military life commenced in 1755, when he served in the campaign 
 against the French and Indians, commanding a company of provincial 
 troops under Col. Browii. In the same capacity he served with Gen. 
 Abercrombie, in 1758, at Ticonderoga, and with Gen. Amherst, in 1759. 
 He was employed in various public services until the peace of 1763. In 
 the French and Indian War he received the Commission of Lieutenant- 
 Colonel. The lapse of time has hidden from view the detailed account 
 of his services in those campaigns, but his early selection by his country- 
 men for the command of a regiment at the beginning of the Revolution 
 indicates that his military career was creditable to himself and valuable 
 to his country. 
 
 Upon the tidings of the battle of Lexington, he raised a Company of 
 Volunteers, and marched at their head to Medford. His ardor in the 
 
122 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 cause did not permit him to remain idle. He continued to enlist volun- 
 teers, and soon had four companies enrolled under his standard, the 
 greater portion of whom were from Cheshire County. He was appointed 
 Colonel of a Regiment by the New Hampshire Provincial Assembly oil 
 the first of June, 1775. 
 
 He remained with the army in the vicinity of Boston after its com- 
 mand was assumed by General Washington, being posted upon Winter 
 Hill, and upon the reorganization of the forces on the first of January,- 
 1776, his regiment was ranked second in the Continental Army. 
 
 The evacuation of the British troops on the 17th of March concluded 
 the siege of Boston, and Colonel Reed accompanied the army in its 
 movements to New York in the following April. On the 24th of April 
 he was put into the 3d Brigade, under General Sullivan, and was soon 
 after ordered up the Hudson to relieve the force under Arnold. 
 
 The following receipt, given on his departure from New York, serves 
 to illustrate the confidence reposed in Colonel Reed : 
 
 New York, April 29, 1776. 
 Then, received from Gen. Washington three boxes, said to contain 
 three hundred thousand dollars, to be delivered to Gen. Schuyler at 
 Albany. 
 
 (Signed) James Reed. 
 
 The money above alluded to was doubtless for the payment of Schuy- 
 ler's army. 
 
 General Sullivan's command passed over the ground which was 
 familiar to Colonel Reed by his campaigns in the previous wars, as far 
 as the mouth of the river Sorel. 
 
 Here they met the retreating army, and Gen. Sullivan assumed the 
 command. The retreat reached Ticonderoga on the 1st of July, 1776. 
 A worse foe than the enemy at this time attacked the American army, 
 for disease, the unfailing attendant of hardship and exposure, now broke 
 out and prevailed to an alarming extent. Small-pox, dysentery, and 
 malignant fever rapidly thinned the ranks of the patriot army. Col. 
 Reed was attacked with fever at Crown Point, and, perhaps for want 
 of proper medical treatment, suffered the loss of his sight, which of 
 course retired him from the service. On the 9th of August, 1776, and 
 during this illness he was appointed by Congress a Brigadier-General, 
 on the recommendation of Gen. Washington. 
 
 He died at Fitchburg, Feb. 13th, 1807, aged eighty-three years, and 
 was buried with military honors. In the old burying-ground at Fitch- 
 burg stands his monument, quite elaborate for the times, which bears 
 the following inscription : In the various military scenes in which his 
 country was concerned from 1755 to the superior conflict distinguished 
 in our history as the Revolution, he sustained commissions. In that 
 
JASON" STONE AND FAMILY. 123 
 
 Revolution, at the important post of Lake George, he totally lost his 
 sight. From that period to liis death he received from his country the 
 reward allowed to pensioners of the rank of Brigadier-General. 
 
 Jason Stone came from Framingliam, Mass. , soon after the 
 arrival of General Reed, and was doubtless the tliird settler. 
 He was the son of Samuel Stone, and was born December 
 28tli, 1737. His wife was Deborah Goodnow.* The exact 
 time of the arrival of this family is uncertain, bat they had a 
 child born here as early as October 18th, 1765, and this was 
 the first birth entered upon the records. This family had a 
 son Thaddpus that died from being scalded, and was buried 
 April 30tli, 1769. This was the first burial in what has been 
 ever since the cemetery of Fitzwilliam ; and the grave was in 
 the south-west corner of the lot as afterward laid out and ac- 
 cepted by the proprietors for a burying-ground. Probably 
 the location of the cemetery had been substantially settled in 
 the minds of those most interested before this first grave was 
 opened. The burial of this child is the first that appears upon 
 the long record that covers the space of one hundred and 
 seventeen years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stone were peculiar people, and many anec- 
 dotes respecting them have come down to us by tradition, 
 most of which are not worth repeating. 
 
 Dogs were numerous in those days, considering the small 
 number of the families, and the sight of a dog vexed the soul 
 of Mr. Stone. After the meeting-house was so far completed 
 that it could be used for public worship, the dogs had a pro- 
 pensity to attend. Mr. Stone carried with him on all occa- 
 sions a stout whip or heavy cane, which he used effectually to 
 put a stop to this nuisance, so that the sleepers in the meeting- 
 house had no chance for rest while a dog remained in the sanc- 
 tuary. Mrs. Stone always rode on a pillion behind her hus- 
 band ; and if she was not always good-natured, he was not 
 uniformly very accommodating. Incompatability of temper 
 in the household is not wholly a modern evil. 
 
 * Mr. and Mrs. Stone " owned the covenant" in the Framingham Church, August 
 17th, 1T()6 and three of their children are recorded as having been baptized in Framing- 
 ham, probably after their removal to Fitzwilliam— viz., Deborah, Thaddeus, and Re- 
 becca. 
 
124 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 THE MELLEN FAMILY. 
 
 The father of this family, "which was closely identified with 
 the early history of Fitzwilliam, was 
 
 Daniel Mellen. who removed from Framinghara to Hol- 
 liston, Mass., in 1750. Of the original proprietors of Monad- 
 nock No. 4, no one did more to promote its settlement and 
 general prosperity. He was here very often, and took an active 
 part in all the affairs of the township, though he never resided 
 in the place permanently. He built and set in operation the 
 first saw-mill, which was located east of the house where Mr. 
 Nahum Hayden has since lived. This mill was built in the 
 spring of 1767, a?id Mr. Mellen was aided in building it by a 
 vote of the proprietors that they would pay Colonel Sampson 
 Stoddard from their treasury " twenty pounds, on condition 
 that he should deed to Daniel Mellen two lots of land to en- 
 courage him to build a saw-mill." Mr. Mellen built also a 
 house on the hill where Sylvester Drury now lives, on the old 
 Troy road. This house he designed for the home of his son, 
 John Mellen. Daniel Mellen was associated with James Reed 
 and Benjamin Bigelow on the earliest committee chosen by 
 the proprietors to lay out roads, and of this committee he was 
 the chairman. This appointment was the first made by the 
 proprietors of which we have any record. At the next meet- 
 ing of this body the same three men were chosen as a com- 
 mittee to locate a meeting-house and lay out a lot of land for 
 a burying-groiind, and of this committee Mr. Mellen was also 
 chairman. He held the same position on the enlarged com- 
 mittee of later date that actually fixed upon the site for the 
 church edifice and cemetery. He was also the first collector 
 of taxes in the township. Indeed, during the early history of 
 Fitzwilliam Daniel Mellen was called to fill almost every office 
 that required the best judgment and the greatest amount of 
 honesty and energy ; and he may well be styled " one of the 
 fathers of the town." 
 
 John Mellen, better known in the latter part of his life as 
 Esquire Mellen, was a son of the above-mentioned Daniel 
 Mellen, and removed to Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1767, 
 
THE MELLEN FAMILY. 125 
 
 and probably a little earlier. As already noticed, his father 
 had built a house for him in which he lived for a number of 
 years. This place being consumed by lire, he afterward lived 
 in a house which he owned, and that stood a little south of the 
 parsonage recently occupied by Rev. John Colby. This house 
 was where there is an old cellar and a clump of aged ap)3le- 
 trees before we descend the hill toward the Hayden place. In 
 the early years of the town he owned the land on which the 
 south part of the village now stands, while Colonel Sylvanus 
 Reed owned the north part. Esquire Mellen was a man of 
 great influence in laying the foundations of society, and, like 
 his father, was called upon to fill many important and responsi- 
 ble offices. It was with him that Rev. Benjamin Brigham 
 boarded while preaching as a candidate for settlement. 
 
 Outside of Fitzwilliam Mr. Mellen was called to transact a 
 large amount of public business, and was plainly regarded as 
 one of the most energetic and reliable men of Cheshire County. 
 In 1780 he was appointed collector of beef for the Continental 
 Army, and had the entire county for his field of operations. 
 At another time he was associated with Colonel David Web- 
 ster, by the appointment of the Committee of Safety, to visit 
 every town in the district and to look after all the deficiencies 
 in furnishing the full quota of beef cattle required by the 
 State government. This was at a time when it was very diffi- 
 cult to obtain anything like adequate supplies of food for the 
 Continental Army. 
 
 John Mellen was the representative from the district com- 
 posed of Fitzwilliam and Swanzey in 1777 and 1779. 
 
 He died of a nervous fever July 25th, 1784, aged forty years. 
 
 In the history of Framingham, Mass., we are informed that 
 John Mellen, Esq., married Sarah Fisher, of Med way ; but 
 the name of his widow, who became the wife of Rev. Benja- 
 min Brigham, was Puali, not Sarah. It is possible that this 
 lady, who survived Esquire Mellen, was a second wife ; but 
 this is not at all probable, as we have no record of such a mar- 
 riage, or of the death of a first wife. 
 
 In the autumn of 1770 a little daughter of Mr. Mellen 
 about three years old wandered away from home and was lost 
 
126 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 in the woods, which tlien covered nearly the entire territory 
 for miles in every direction. Missing her and not finding her 
 in the immediate neighborhood, the family became alarmed 
 and messengers were sent into every part of the settlement 
 for help. IS'ight came on while men, women, and children 
 were searching the forest. Pine torches were lighted, and 
 the search was still continued, but it was not till toward morning 
 that the child was found. She was discovered by David Perry 
 sitting under the body of an upturned tree, with the little dog 
 that had followed her by her side. The sound of the horn as 
 the signal of success soon relieved the almost distracted par- 
 ents, and being repeated through the forest, recalled the peo- 
 ple from the pursuit, and in a short time they were all gath- 
 ered at the house of Mr. Mellen. Mr. Brigham, who was 
 then preaching here as a candidate and who boarded at Mr. 
 Mellen's, led the devotions of the assembled people in a fer- 
 vent prayer of thanksgiving to God, which was followed by 
 songs of praise, and then all partook of the best refreshment 
 that the house afforded. This lost child carried the effects of 
 this fright all through her life. She died February 13th, 
 1861, aged ninety-five years. 
 
 Dakiel Mellen, Jk., was another son of the Daniel Mellen 
 already mentioned. Born in HoUiston, Mass., he came to 
 Monadnock No. -4 at the age of nineteen years. The early 
 records of the proprietors show that he too, like his father and 
 brother John, was a man of worth, and ready to do his part in 
 every public service and enterprise. He was comparatively a 
 quiet man, but with a fair capacity for business. Beginning 
 life in Fitzwilliam as a farmer, he continued such till the end 
 of his days, dying, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years, 
 January 7th, 1847. His home was on an old road to Troy, 
 the house standing upon the site of the late residence (recently 
 burned) of Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis. 
 
 Rev. John Mellen, a brother of Daniel Mellen, Sr., and 
 about seven years his junior, never resided in Monadnock No. 
 4, but in 170S was 
 
JOHN FASSETT— THE TOLMAN FAMILY. 127 
 
 Earnestly Desired at y' Cost & Charge of this prop^y to Repair to Portsm" 
 as soori as his pleasure suits & make application to the General Coatt 
 of New Hamp' for a Confirmation of the meetings of the Prop'* of this 
 Town & for a full power to be Given to the s'' Prop" to sell Delinquents 
 Lands for non Payment of Taxes. 
 
 John Fassett came to Monadnock No. 4 possibly in tlie fall 
 of 1768, but more probably in the spring of 1Y69. At a pro- 
 prietors' meeting held November lith, 1769, he was chosen 
 one of the Board of Assessors, and also one of a committee to 
 lay out roads in the township. The family came from Massa- 
 chusetts, but from what town is not certainly known. A 
 family account is that he came from Lexington, while another 
 account states that he came from Boylston. His wife Isabel 
 was admitted to the church in 1771 on a letter from Temple- 
 ton. Mr. Fassett was one of the six individuals that consti- 
 tuted the church of Monadnock No. 4 at its organization and 
 the settlement of its first pastor, and April 18th, 1771, was 
 elected its first deacon. From the beginning he took a deep 
 interest in all that concerned the welfare and ^jrosperity of 
 this people, and for a long course of years was relied upon 
 as a faithful and trustworthy representative of this church in 
 ecclesiastical councils. And he was equally confided in by the 
 proprietors and town in all their arrangements, filling every 
 oflice to which he was called to the satisfaction of all con- 
 cerned. Deacon Fassett built his house (covered on its sides 
 and roof with bark) upon his original Lot 13, Range 9. In 
 this he lived six years, the happiest, he was accustomed to say, 
 of his life ; and there six of his children were born. Later 
 he exchanged farms with Deacon Oliver Damon, and removed 
 to what is still known as the Fassett Farm, Lot 15, Range 8. 
 
 TOLMAN FAMILY. 
 
 Thomas Tolman was from Dorchester, Mass., and his an- 
 cestors are reported to have been among the first settlers of 
 Boston and vicinity. Mr. Tolman was a man of considerable 
 importance in the early times of Fitzwilliam, especially in that 
 part of the town where the village of Troy now stands. The 
 
128 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 forest there was very heavy, and he felled with his own hands 
 the first tree to make an opening for the log hut into which 
 his family was introduced as early as the year 1768. His was 
 the iirst house built and occupied in what is now the pleasant 
 and flourishing village of Troy. Being an active, energetic, 
 and vigorous man he made great improvements. Dr. Gideon 
 Tiffany had contracted with the proprietors to erect in the 
 town a good grist-mill, but failed of having it accepted, and 
 Mr. Thomas Tolman completed a mill in 1769 that answered 
 the purpose. This was known far and wide as the Harrington 
 Mill. Near it he erected, a little later, a good saw-mill, which 
 was close by the spot where the bridge in the village of Troy 
 now stands. AVith plenty of lumber at his command, Mr. 
 Tolman soon exchanged his log hut for a good substantial 
 framed house, which afterward was opened as an inn. Not 
 many years ago this house (with its location slightly changed) 
 was owmed and occupied by Mr. Joseph Haskell, it being the 
 oldest dw^elling in that part of Monadnock No. 4. 
 
 Benjamin Tolman was, like his brother Thomas, a man of 
 energy, but possibly not equally methodical and persistent in 
 his work. He had, it appears, resided for a season in Attle- 
 borough, Mass., before migrating in 1770 to Monadnock No. 
 4. Here he built a log-house in which he resided for ten 
 years with Hepzibeth, his wife, w^ho was the daughter of Jacob 
 Newell, also one of the early settlers. Mr. Tolman found it 
 necessary to have a road to reach his log hut and farm which 
 the proprietors were slow to furnish, and so he made it to suit 
 his convenience, without asking leave of the owners of the 
 intervening territory. He had fourteen children, born be- 
 tween 1782 and 1807, all but two of whom seem to have lived 
 to reach maturity. Of these seven were living in 1859, when 
 the history of Troy was printed. 
 
 FAKRAR FAMILY. 
 
 Major John Farrar was a native of Framingham, Mass., 
 in which place he was highly respected and honored before his 
 removal to Monadnock No. 4. His name first appears upon 
 
THE FA REAR FAMILY. 129 
 
 the reoords of the proprietors under date of October lltli, 
 1768, when he was chosen a member of a new committee 
 raised to locate a meeting-house and to lay out a burying- 
 groiind. That he removed his family to this place as early as 
 1768 is somewhat doubtful, for his youngest child, Hitty, is re- 
 corded as having been baptized in Framingham, October 14th, 
 1771. In 1769 Major Farrar appears to have held the office 
 of deputy sheriff in Middlesex County, Mass., and he held 
 other important offices in Framingham as late as 1774. It is 
 nearly or quite certain that for some years after 1768 he re- 
 tained his residence in Framingham while he was active in 
 promoting all the civil and religious interests of Monadnock 
 No. 4, going back and forth between the two places as cir- 
 cumstances seemed to require,* 
 
 He was twice married, his first wife having been a daughter 
 of Kev. John Swift, of Framingham, who left two children, 
 two others having died in infancy, while Deborah Winch, his 
 second wife, had nine children. His house here was in the 
 northern part of the town, and Lot No. 23, Range 7 (now 
 Troy), constituted his farm. In 1770 he was the moderator 
 of the proprietors' meeting, and as acting chairman of a com- 
 mittee chosen for that purpose, reported upon the matter of a 
 suitable site for the meeting-house and the place for the 
 cemetery. He was also upon a committee in 1770 to obtain 
 a minister, and was plainly a very active and influential man 
 in all the movements and projects of the early settlers. For 
 some time before his death, which was the result of a 
 violent fever and occurred January 7th, 1777, he was the 
 clerk of the proprietors. His death was a great loss to the 
 settlement. 
 
 His son, William Farrar, was sixteen years old in 1768, 
 and if the family of Major Farrar came to Fitzwilliam at that 
 time, he doubtless came with his mother and the other chil- 
 dren. His home was near that of his father, and he was gen- 
 
 * Probably the easiest way to harmonize the several matters respecting Major 
 Parrar's residence is to suppose that he was here a considerable part of the years 1768- 
 70, as he held three offices In Monadnock No. 4 during the year last mentioned, but 
 was in Framingham, Mass., much of the time 1771-75. In 1776 he held seven offices 
 here, but none during the five previous years. 
 
 9 
 
130 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 erally known as Colonel Bill Farrar, to distinguish him from 
 Colonel Daniel W. Farrar. 
 
 John Farkar, Jr. , son of Major John Farrar, was the eldest 
 of the nine children of Deborah Winch. He is remembered 
 as a ver}^ genial man and an agreeable, jovial companion. His 
 patriotism led him into the Continental Army during the Revo- 
 lutionary War, in which his peculiar characteristics rendered 
 him a great favorite among his fellow-soldiers. Some amus- 
 ing anecdotes are related of him, setting forth his ingenious 
 methods for obtaining fresh provisions for himself and his 
 comrades when supplies for the troops were scanty. After 
 the close of the war Mr. Farrar lived for some years in Fitz- 
 william, bat died in South Hadley, Mass., March 20th, 1809. 
 
 Silas Wetherbee was from Westborough, Mass., and must 
 have come to Moiiadnock No. 4 as early as 1766 or 1767. At 
 a meeting of the proprietors October 7th, 1767, they voted 
 " to Captain Silas Wetherbee £13 6s. Sd. for his encourage- 
 ment in building a saw-mill in said township." This mill was 
 what has since been known as the Scott Mill, on Scott Brook, 
 and derived its name from Benjamin and Barakiah Scott, 
 father and son, the father having bought out the improve- 
 ments made by Silas Wetherbee. The Scott family owned 
 the premises for a considerable period, and carried on the busi- 
 ness either alone or in connection with Esquire Kendall. 
 
 Mr. Wetherbee was a member of the committee of five that 
 selected the site for the meeting-house and cemetery. 
 
 THE KENDALL FAMILY. 
 
 Edward Kendall, a native of Leominster, Mass., came to 
 Monadnock No. 4 in 1768 or 1769, and made an opening on 
 what has since been known as the Davidson place, building 
 his house on the Rindge road, east of the present village, near 
 the dwelling of the late Mr. Luke Bowker. Judged by the 
 offices of trust which he lield here, Mr. Kendall must have 
 been a very capable and worthy man. His death occurred at 
 Leominster, where his only daughter lived, the wife of a Mr. 
 
THE KENDALL FAMILY— CALEB WINCH. 131 
 
 Lincoln. His only son, Edward, settled in Westminster, 
 Mass., and was a cabinet-maker. Deacon Edward Kendall, 
 now of Worcester, Mass., is a son of the second Edward men- 
 tioned above. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, a brother of the first Edward above men- 
 tioned, came from Leominster in 1769 and settled where Cap- 
 tain William F. Perry afterward lived, Lot 14, Range 2. He 
 was usually known as Esquire Kendall, for he was for many 
 years a justice of the peace. By trade he was a carpenter, and 
 was considered so capable in this line that he was employed as 
 the master workman in framing and erecting the meeting- 
 house. He was quite a farmer also, while for many years he 
 was called to do a large part of the most important public 
 business. 
 
 He and William Locke, who were near neighbors all their 
 lives, after they came to Monadnock No. 4, were married on 
 the same day. 
 
 Caleb Winch came from Framingham, Mass., as early as 
 1768, and was one of the six original members of the church 
 in this place. He built for himself a log-house in that part of 
 Monadnock l!^o. 4 which since 1815 has belonged to Troy, 
 owning Lots 20 and 21, Range 6. At once he became a man 
 of note in the township, for he was energetic, enterprising, and 
 deeply interested in every measure that concerned the common 
 welfare. His name appears upon the records both of the pro- 
 prietors and town in connection with important offices, while 
 he was among the first to respond to the call of his country 
 when the Revolutionary War broke out. Mr. Winch was in 
 the battle of Lexington, and followed the British troops in their 
 retreat to Boston. The circumstances of his family were such 
 that he could not long remain in the army, but there M'as not 
 in the region a truer and more devoted patriot. His wife's 
 name was Mehetable, and they had ten children, born between 
 1770 and 1788. Mr. Winch died in 1826. 
 
 The following account of his experience as a civil officer is 
 worth preserving. Being the collector of taxes, he had occa- 
 
132 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 S1011 to seize and drive off the only cow of an lionest bnt very 
 poor man with a large family, who was not able to satisfy the 
 demands of the law. The ronte of Mr. "Winch with the cow 
 took him past the door of Kev. Mr. Brigham, his minister. 
 The pastor learning the circumstances at once turned the cow 
 backward, and insisted upon her being driven home immedi- 
 ately, under the promise that he himself would see that the 
 tax bill should be settled. This act seems to have been char- 
 acteristic of Mr. Brigham. 
 
 THE HEMENWAY FAMILY. 
 
 Of those bearing this name in the early days of Fitzwilliam, 
 Joseph Hemenway was by far the most prominent in the 
 history of the township. He came from Framingham, Mass., 
 about 1769, and his home was on what is now called the Hoi- 
 man place, now or lately owned by Mrs. Stephen Perham. 
 Tradition asserts that his wife was a sister of Daniel Mellen, 
 Sr., but according to the history of Framingham she was Mary 
 Adams. A younger brother of Joseph, Joshua Hemenway, 
 married Zerviah, the youngest daughter of Daniel Mellen, Sr., 
 and hence probably the mistake. Joseph Hemenway was the 
 moderator of a number of proprietors' meetings, and filled ac- 
 ceptably various other offices in the early years of the town. 
 
 Of the others bearing this name who settled in Monadnock 
 Ko. 4 but little is knowa. The birth of only a single Hemen- 
 way child is recorded. 
 
 In 180T one S. (probably Sylvanus) Hemenway made a map 
 of Fitzwilliam from actual survey. At this time the liCgisla- 
 ture required the towns throughout the State to furnish town 
 maps made from actual survey, and from these town maps 
 Philip Carregain made a map of the State, which is known as 
 Carregain's map, and which was for a long time the founda- 
 tion of all the maps of the State wherever published. A copy 
 of Mr. Henienway's map has been very carefully made, and in 
 a soniewUat reduced form is here given. While this map evi- 
 dently does not give all the local roads leading from house to 
 himse, it is quite certain that it gives all the turnpike roads, 
 

 
 11 
 
 1^1 
 
THE BRIGHAM FAMILY. 133 
 
 all the county roads, and all the town roads that lead directly 
 to the adjoining towns. This man was a near relative of 
 Joseph Henienway, before noted, but it is impossible to state 
 the exact relationship, 
 
 BRIGHAM FAMILY. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Brigham is the prominent figure in the 
 chapter on early ecclesiastical history, and to this the reader 
 is referred. His life and work were closely identified with 
 all the secular, educational, and religious interests of the town, 
 and he was honored and beloved by all the people. 
 
 • 
 Elisha Brigham, son of the first pastor, kept what was 
 called the Crosby Store for about two years, the funds for the 
 same, it was understood, having been furnished by General 
 James Humjjhrey, of Athol, his brother-in-law. After this 
 Mr. Brigham removed to Boston and was a clerk for a j\Ir. 
 Williams, whose sister he married, at the south end of Wash- 
 ington Street. Later he removed to Cincinnati, O. 
 
 Lieutenant Levi Brigham and Tabitha, his wife, were 
 from Westborough, Mass. They came as early as 1771 or 
 1772, since the eldest of their children, Lydia, was baptized 
 here in August of the latter year. Lieutenant Brigham was 
 collector of taxes and constable during the first year after the 
 incorporation of the town, and one of the selectmen in the 
 year following. In 1775, when the militia of Fitzwilliam were 
 organized, Levi Brigham was chosen lieutenant ; indeed, from 
 time to time he seems to have held nearly every office in the 
 gift of the people. Mr. Brigham owned Lots 6 and 7, 
 Range 6. 
 
 Silas Angier and Elizabeth Drury, his wife, were from 
 Framingham, Mass., but resided for a few years after their 
 marriage in Temple, N, H. They came to Fitzwilliam iiv 
 1779. Mr. Angier owned Lot 8, Range 7, and Lot 6, Range 9. 
 He built his house by setting posts in the ground and cov- 
 ering the same with slabs brought through the woods by 
 
134 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 marked trees with great difficulty from Allen's mill in Royal- 
 ston. Mr. Angier cut tlie large maples and birches upon his 
 land, burned the brush, and put in his corn and potatoes with 
 a hoe without ploughing. 
 
 Duncan Cameron, a native of Scotland, was a soldier under 
 General Burgoyne, and in the battles of Bennington, Yt., and 
 Stillwater, N. Y., before the British army surrendered to the 
 x\merican General Gates. Unlike most of those who were 
 taken prisoners with him, Mr. Cameron was pleased with our 
 country, and upon being exchanged he came to Fitzwilliam and 
 settled down as a successful farmer, locating himself in the 
 northern part of the town. Near the close of the century he 
 removed to Yermont. 
 
 Abel Bakee, Lot 12, Range 12, came quite early from 
 Walpole, Mass. , and settled in the western part of Fitzwil- 
 liani, of which he was regarded as the first settler. He boarded 
 at a Mr. Jillson's in Richmond while he was building his log 
 hat. His wife was Harriet Smith, of Medtield, Mass. 
 
 Mr. Baker had remarkably large eyebrows, which were cov- 
 ered with very long hair, the whole giving him an ai:>pearance 
 that sometimes frightened strangers and children. Having no 
 children of her own to caress, Mrs. Baker is reported as hav- 
 ing conceived a great fondness for cats, and the great number 
 of these animals in and upon the bed (said to have been in 
 one instance twenty-eight) served to vex the soul of lier hus- 
 band. Notwithstanding this domestic trial, Mr. Baker lived 
 to accumulate considerable pro])erty. 
 
 Thomas Clark, Lot 18, Range 12, came from "Wrentham, 
 Mass., in 1779 and located in the north-west part of Fitzwil- 
 liam, where he built, like most of the first settlers, a log-honse 
 to be the home of himself and family. This location was 
 within the limits of the present town of Troy, and wo are in- 
 fonned, in the liistory of tliat town, that his hut had no chim- 
 ney, but was warmed from a stone fireplace in the centre of 
 it, the smoke escaping through a hole in the roof left uncov- 
 
THOMAS CLARK— STEPHEN HARRIS. 135 
 
 ered for this purpose. Mr. Clark, who was ingenious as well 
 as industrious, followed the example of Stephen Harris, who 
 lived three miles or more from him, and in addition to carry- 
 ing on his farm made various articles of \vood for household 
 use, as plates, trays, spoons, mortars, etc., either entirely by 
 liand or assisted by the rudely constructed lathe of those days. 
 At that time jjewter plates and cups were used to some extent 
 on the table, but crockery was too expensive and perishable, 
 so that in families of moderate means wooden dishes were gen- 
 erally regarded with favor. At a little later period brown earth- 
 enware was substituted for wooden platters aud other dishes. 
 
 Stephen Harris, Lot 11, Range 8, started on the morning 
 of March 3d, 1771, for Monadnock No. 4 with his wife and 
 children on a sled draw'n by oxen. They came from Fra- 
 minghara, Mass. He had a hard drive and they had a hard 
 ride of four days before reaching their destination, but finally 
 arrived at the house of Joseph Hemenway, who was probably 
 his old neighbor. 
 
 Mr. Harris had been here during the autumn of 1770, at 
 which time he had purchased land and built a log-house which 
 stood directly behind and within a few feet of the late dwell- 
 ing of x\bel Angier. 
 
 After clearing out the snow from his house and warming 
 it up, the family took possession of it on March 9th, 1771. 
 They brought with them neither bedstead, chair, nor table, 
 and for a time their beds were spread upon the split logs that 
 made the floor of their dwelling. Their first table was made 
 of a large slab brought from a saw-mill, with legs inserted in 
 auger-holes. Blocks of wood furnished them seats as they 
 met for their meals, which consisted of hasty-pudding, a little 
 venison, and bean porridge. On the 27tli day of the same 
 month Mrs. Harris attended the ordination of llev. Benjamin 
 Brigham, drawn through the snow upon a hand sled by her 
 husband and a hired helper. These were the grandparents of 
 the late Deacon Joseph Harris and Mr. Ebenezer Potter. 
 Their neighbors in their new home were Mr. Benjamin Bige- 
 low on Fay Hill, John Fassett, and John Chamberlain. 
 
136 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Stephen Harris was an industrious and enterprising man, and 
 lield many offices. He was a farmer, and besides had a shop 
 in which, during stormy weather, he manufacturered chairs 
 with seats made of elm bark procured from Gap Mountain. 
 He was also a turner, like Tliomas Clark already mentioned, 
 and with his lathe made similar articles for table use. 
 
 Captain Jonathan Locke, better known as Esquire Locke, 
 was a native of Holliston, Mass., but came to Monadnock .No. 
 4 from Framingliam.* He located upon wild lands. Lot 20, 
 Eange 11, and lived in a log-house. This was in 1770. Later 
 he built a framed house which is still standing, being the 
 premises so long known as the lieed House, and which is now 
 occupied l)y Mrs. Milne. This house has stood about one hun- 
 dred and fourteen years, and is doubtless the oldest house in 
 Fitzwilliam. In 1772, at the request of his father, Esquire 
 Locke removed to Ashby, Mass., to take the charge of his 
 father's farm, and there he resided till his death. He was one 
 of the committee, in 1770, to notify Mr. Brigham of his call 
 to the pastorate in this township, as he was also to attend the 
 ordination in behalf of the proprietors. A very warn) friend- 
 ship sprang up between Mr. Locke and his pastor, and it is 
 said that the latter walked the house in distress during the 
 whole night previous to the departure of Mr. Locke for Ash- 
 by. In that town he held various important offices, aud was a 
 member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress at Salem, 
 and of a convention called to frame a constitution for that 
 State. 
 
 Near the junction of the old and newer Royalston roads 
 were the houses of the brothers Abijah, Stephen, and Elipha- 
 let Richardson. Stephen owned Lot 1, Range 11, while Lot 
 ?> in the same range belonged to Eliphalet. This family came 
 from Royalston. Stephen married Rlioda Daniels. He was 
 a healthy, robust man, but while returning home from the vil- 
 
 • At. a little l(it»T date two of his brothers came to Kitzwllliam. Deacon John Locke 
 settled on Lot 10, Uiingc 4, wLure Samuel Kendall now reside:'. William Locke lived 
 on Lot 11, Kanxe '-l 
 
STEPlIElSr RICHARDSON — FORRISTALL. 137 
 
 lage during a cold night, December 31st, 1790, he missed the 
 road in the darkness and wandered into the field, about fifty 
 rods south of the cemetery, to an oak-tree. He was found the 
 next morning dead by John Osborn, one of the scholars of 
 District ^o. 8, while on his way to school. Among Dr. Cuni- 
 mings's papers these items are found : " Captain Richardson 
 was a stout man ; served as an ox-frame to have his oxen 
 shod." " Captain Richardson came to town and made a be- 
 ginning on his farm before the Revohition. He went to Miss 
 Daniels, of Keene (whom he afterward married), and offered 
 to deed to her his property if she would marry him ; but she 
 chose to remain single until the result of the war should decide 
 the fate of the country." 
 
 Captain Stephen Richardson was in the Continental Army 
 about three years. 
 
 Joseph Fokristall came from Holliston, Mass., when he 
 was twenty years of age. For a few months he had been in 
 the Continental Army, and was stationed at Tieonderoga. His 
 wife was Hannah Mellen. The one hundred and twenty acres 
 of land (Lot 19, Range 8) upon which this young couple set- 
 tled were purchased by the father of the bride, who came witli 
 Mr. Forristall and aided him in making a clearing and partially 
 building a framed house. This was in the autumn, and early 
 in the following spring the family took possession of their 
 dwelling, though the floor of the house was not laid till the 
 succeeding fall. The history of Troy states that the family 
 came to town in 1779, but the town records make it very cer- 
 tain that they did not come till 1781. 
 
 Jesse Forkistall, an older brother of Joseph, came about 
 the same time, and settled in the extreme south part of the town. 
 
 JosiAH Haskall lived on Lot 8, Range 11. For ten years 
 or more he carried the mail from Worcester to Boston, and was 
 distinguished for his politeness. He commenced with one 
 poor horse, but before he left the route he had a covered stage, 
 with four horses. 
 
138 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 He made a weekly trip, but his route was somewhat circuit- 
 ous, as it passed through Winchendon. 
 
 Mr. Haskall was a basket-maker, and once made on a bet a 
 bushel basket that, when filled with water, lost but two quarts 
 during a night. 
 
 Scipio Jawhaw, from whom Sip Pond was named, was a 
 negro, who lived with his squaw wife north-east of the north 
 end of the pond. He was an expert fisherman, and quite a 
 character in the early years of the settlement. Ilis wife, it is 
 said, pretended to be a witch, to the great annoyance of the 
 neighbors. 
 
 Samuel Bent and Mary, his wife, were from Sudbury, 
 Mass., and came to Fitzwilliam in 1Y80. Mr. Bent owned a 
 part of Lots 7 and 8, Range 1. He, with two of his neigh- 
 bors, killed a moose south of Sip Pond. It is related that Mr. 
 Bent, with his neighbors Mr. Clark, Mr. Goodnow, and Sip, 
 were out upon the pond for fish during the famous dark day, 
 May 19th, 17S0. For a considerable time, as the darkness 
 came on, the fish took the hook very quickly, but as the dark- 
 ness increased, till nothing scarcely could be discerned, they 
 ceased to take the bait, and the company were glad to leave 
 their sport for their homes. 
 
 Samuel Divol owned a part of Lot 6, Range 2, and either 
 he or William Divol built the first saw-mill in that part of the 
 town. At a more recent date Milton Chaplin had a mill on 
 or near the same location which was afterward owned by Elisha 
 Chaplin, and was consumed by fire a few years since. 
 
 The Divols left town about 179L 
 
 THE GODDING FAMILY, 
 
 consisting of the widow of John Godding and four sons and 
 four daughters, came from Attleborough, Mass., in 1779, and 
 settled upon Lot 21, Range 11. The eldest son, John, was 
 then a capable and energetic young man, and he made the 
 
THE BOWKER FAMILY. 139 
 
 purchase of the land and arranged all the matters of the re- 
 moval. This farm has since been owned by Albert Pratt. 
 The Godding family was much respected, and formed good 
 connections in this and some of the neighboring towns. 
 
 Philip Amadon came from Oxford, Mass., Avith Eunice 
 Shumway, his wife, in 1Y83, and settled upon Lot 10, Range 
 4. Soon after his arrival he built the second grist-mill, but 
 failing to get it in operation as easily as he had hoped, he re- 
 turned to Oxford in 1784, and worked in the hay field to' ob- 
 tain funds to complete it. On his return he came through 
 Xorthfield, Mass., where he bought four busliels of corn, and 
 brought the meal from the corn home on the back of his horse, 
 which he led. The family supplies had been reduced so low 
 before his arrival that the mouthfuls of food were counted. 
 
 THE BOWKER FAMILY. 
 
 Lots 19 and 20, Range 7. Baktlett and John Bowkek, 
 brothers, came from Scituate, Mass., in 1780, and purchased 
 two hundred acres of land where is now the village of Bow- 
 kerville. Boarding at first with Mr. Mellen, they cleared ten 
 acres, set up a house, and roughly covered it. In the spring 
 following Bartlett and John introduced their wives into tliis 
 dwelHng, wliich had no chimney till snow fell. These brothers 
 lived together for ten years, with their property in common, 
 and then made an amicable division in fifteen minutes. Bart- 
 lett had fourteen children and John fifteen. They built as 
 soon as convenient a blacksmith-shop, buying their iron in bars 
 and slitting it up for nails, which they used in large quantities 
 in shoeing horses and oxen. The first ox-frame in town was 
 set up by them, and twenty yokes of oxen were driven to their 
 shop at one time from Surry for shoeing. The farmers would 
 notify them in season, so that the shoes and nails might be 
 ready. Their father's family in Scituate lived in a small house 
 about four miles from the beach, and there were ten boys and 
 three girls in it, making fifteen in all ; and the whole family 
 ate bean porridge out of one large wooden bowl. 
 
140 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 At a little later date another brother, Charles, eaiiie to town, 
 and settled on Lot 17, Rano^e 6. 
 
 Jonas Robinson, or Robeson, as he spelled his name after he 
 came to ]^ew Hampshire, was born in Lexington, Mass., and 
 came to Fitzwilliam in 1T91 or 1792, opening a store in the 
 honse of Reuben Ward, who lived in Marlborough, About a 
 year later he erected a building near the Harrington Mills, 
 finishing the front part for a store and the rear part for a 
 dwelling-house. In 1805 he opened a store in the centre of 
 Fitzwilliam, and in 1813 he sold out his interest in the first- 
 named store to Daniel W. Farrar. From ISOo to the time of 
 his death, August 21tli, 1819, he lived and carried on his busi- 
 ness in Fitzwilliam village. Before his removal to this vil- 
 lage he superintended the building of the new road or turn- 
 pike from Fitzwilliam to Keene, as no one else who was 
 responsible could be found to do it, building log huts for the 
 men whom he employed. Later he was very active in the 
 erection of the fiirst meeting-house in Fitzwilliam village, and 
 was much affected when it was burned. When the flames 
 were bursting out from the doors and windows he took from 
 the pulpit the Bible, and before the fire had gone out was 
 arranging with Judge Parker and Rev. Mr, Sabin for rebuild- 
 ing at once. Mr. Robinson was captain of an independent 
 military company, then major, but declined the office of 
 colonel. In 1819 he represented this town in the Legislature. 
 
 It is impossible to state very definitely when the most of 
 the early settlers came to town. In some few instances the 
 descendants of the various individuals are able to aive the 
 date of settlement, but in the larger number of cases the date 
 where the name first appears in the records gives us the most 
 reliable information that is attainable. The following lists, 
 17t)5-85, have been prepared with much care, and are believed 
 to be as complete as it is practicable to make at the present 
 time. 
 
 The first list gives the dates when the persons named settled 
 in Fitzwilliam (Monadnock No. 4), the authority generally 
 being the descendants of the several persons. 
 
LISTS OF EAKLY SETTLERS. 141 
 
 The second list gives the dates when the names first appear 
 .n the proprietary, church, or town records ; and while some 
 of the persons may not have settled here much if any earlier 
 than the date under which they are here placed, it is certain 
 that others were in town some years before the date at which 
 they first appear in the records. 
 
 In both lists the names of the towns from whence the per- 
 sons came are given so far as has been ascertained. The titles 
 attached to some of the names are those by which the persons 
 are best known, though in nearly every case they belong 
 properly to a much later period in the life of the individual. 
 It is believed that very nearly all the persons named were 
 heads of families, or became such soon after their settlement in 
 Fitz William. 
 
 List No. 1. 
 
 1767 John Mellen, Esq Holliston, Mass. 
 
 1708 Reuben Pratt Westboro, " 
 
 1771 Stephen Harris Framingham, Mass. 
 
 1777 Samuel Stone " " 
 
 1778 Silas Angier " " 
 
 1780 Bartlett Bowker Scituate, Mass. 
 
 John Bowker '' " 
 
 1781 Jesse Forristall Holliston, " 
 
 1782 Joiin Fay Marlborough, Mass. 
 
 Allen Grant Cumberland, R. I. 
 
 Asa Waite Sutton, Mass. 
 
 1784 Philip Amadon Oxford, " 
 
 List No. 2. 
 
 1765 Benjamin Bigelow Lunenbnrg, Mass. 
 
 General James Reed " " 
 
 Jason Stone Framingham, " 
 
 1767 (laptain Silas Wetherbee Shrewsbury, *' 
 
 1768 Isaac Aplin 
 
 Benjamin Davidson or Davison. . . 
 
 Major John Farrar Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Aaron Garfield 
 
 Daniel Mellen, Jr Holliston, Mass. 
 
 1769 Deacon John Fassett Templeton (?), Mass. 
 
 John Goldsbury 
 
142 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1769 Edward Kendall Leominster, Mass. 
 
 Thomas Tolnian Dorchester, '* 
 
 Joseph Twist 
 
 Caleb Winch Framingham, Mass. 
 
 1770 Kev. Benjamin Brigham. Marlborough, " 
 
 Joseph Ilemenwaj Framingham, " 
 
 Jonathan Locke Ashby, " 
 
 Benjamin Tolman Attleboro, " 
 
 Thomas Wetherbee Westboro, " 
 
 William Withington Ashby, " 
 
 1771 John Angier Framingham, " 
 
 Captain Elijah Clays " *' 
 
 Stephen Cool (Cole) Pomfret, Conn. 
 
 David Denison 
 
 Moses Drnry Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Samuel Graves 
 
 Samuel Kendall, Esq Leominster, Mass. 
 
 Amos Knight Lancaster, " 
 
 Henry Poor 
 
 Nathaniel Wilder Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 Llenry Willard Pepperell, " 
 
 1772 Levi Brigham Westboro, " 
 
 Moses Cutting Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Joseph (Irow Pomfret, Conn. 
 
 Deacon John Locke 
 
 John Mayhew 
 
 Xathan !5[ixer Framingham, Mass, 
 
 Nathan Platts 
 
 Thomas Trowbridge Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Jonathan Whitney Dunstable, " 
 
 1773 Rev. David Goodale 
 
 Robert Ware 
 
 Jacob Wilson 
 
 1774 Amos Boynton 
 
 Job Boynton 
 
 Alpheus Brigham 
 
 Joseph Brown Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 Peter Burbee Attleboro, " 
 
 James Butler 
 
 Ebeuezer Camp 
 
 Francis FuUam Leominster, Maes. 
 
 Jolm Harrington Framingham, " 
 
 Joshua Harrington *' " 
 
 Joshua Harrington, Jr '' " 
 
 John llemeuway 
 
SETTLERS, 1774-1779. 143 
 
 1774 Samuel Kilpatrick Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Joseph Kiieeland 
 
 Jonas Knight 
 
 William Locke 
 
 John Maynard Framinghaiii, Mass. 
 
 Ezekiel Mixer "' " 
 
 David Perry, Jr Sherborn, " 
 
 Joseph Potter 
 
 James Tiffany. . , Chelmsford (?), Mass. 
 
 1775 Abner J3all 
 
 Major Asa P>righam Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Gcrshom Brigham 
 
 Leonard Brigham Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 
 John Chamberlain 
 
 Joseph Dun 
 
 Aaron Morse 
 
 Benjamin Potter 
 
 Ebenezer Potter Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 Jonas liice Brooktield, " 
 
 Ichabod Smith 
 
 Daniel Stjuires 
 
 1776 John ( ^amp 
 
 Silas Farnsworth 
 
 Daniel Farrar Lincoln, Mass. 
 
 Phinehas Hutchins Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Joseph N^iirse Framingham, " 
 
 Abraham Bice " " 
 
 1777 Solomon Badcock 
 
 Amos Bucknam 
 
 Calvin Clark Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 Daniel Joslin 
 
 Edward Platts Lunenburg (?), Mass. 
 
 Benjann'n Scott Sturbridge, " 
 
 1778 Dan'iel Adams 
 
 Joseph Farwell Groton, Mass. 
 
 Jonathan Gibson 
 
 Josiah Goodale 
 
 Daniel Gould 
 
 Jesse Hayden 
 
 Isaac Jackson 
 
 Job Pratt Southboro, Mass. 
 
 Joshua Willard Grafton, " 
 
 1779 Benjamin Angier Framingham," 
 
 Benjamin Bennett 
 
 y Ebenezer Boutwell 
 
144 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1779 Epliraim Boynton Sterling, Mass. 
 
 Benjamin Byani 
 
 Joseph Fassett 
 
 Theophihis Plardy 
 
 Josiali Ilartwell Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Abner Haskell Lancaster, " 
 
 Joseph Muzzey 
 
 Samuel Osborn Hopkinton, Mass, 
 
 Matthew Osborn " " 
 
 Joseph Scott , 
 
 Joseph Stone Sonthboro, Mass. 
 
 Kathan Townsend Westboro, " 
 
 Joseph Whitmore Lancaster, " 
 
 John Whitney Dunstable, " 
 
 IS^athaniel Wilson Westminster, " 
 
 1780 Samuel Bent Sudbury, '* 
 
 Stephen Brigham 
 
 Thomas Clark Wrentham, Mass. 
 
 Matthias Felton 
 
 Joseph Forristall Holliston, Mass. 
 
 Samuel Harris 
 
 Isaac Jackson 
 
 Asa Johnson Holliston, Mass. 
 
 Joseph Knight 
 
 Kathaniel Muzzey ;' . 
 
 Joseph Smith 
 
 Abner Stone Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Samuel Wilson 
 
 1781 Silas Colburn Pelliam, Mass. 
 
 xlbel Estabrook 
 
 Joseph Morse 
 
 Joseph Nichols Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Joseph Nichols, Jr " " 
 
 David Saunders Billerica, " 
 
 Burakiah Scott Sturbridge, " 
 
 Hezekiah Stone Framingiiam, " 
 
 Abijah Warner 
 
 Jolm WJiitney, Jr 
 
 Samuel Winch Framingham, Mass. 
 
 1782 Daniel Bigelow " " 
 
 AVilliam Bruce Sudbury, " 
 
 Jesse Cheney 
 
 Joseph Foster 
 
 Eleazer Mason 
 
 Needham Maynard Framingham, Mass. 
 
SETTLERS, 1782-1785. 145 
 
 1782 Edward Payson 
 
 Jacob Sargent 
 
 James Stone South boro, Mass. 
 
 /^zekiel White 
 
 1783 Agabas Bishop "Wrentham, Mass. 
 
 Daniel Foster 
 
 John Godding Attleboro, Mass, 
 
 William Hartwell 
 
 John Stimson 
 
 Luther Stone Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Michael Sweetser Reading, " 
 
 1784 Elijah Allen 
 
 John Allen 
 
 William Crane Stoughton, Mass. 
 
 Jotham Haven Framingham, " 
 
 Isaac Knight 
 
 Samuel Rockwood ..Holliston, Mass. 
 
 Benoni Shurtleff 
 
 John Sweetland Attleboro, Mass. 
 
 Jonathan Whitcomb 
 
 Azariah Wilson Westboro (?), Mass. 
 
 Jonas Woods Southboro, " 
 
 1785 Samuel Barnard 
 
 Asa Bennett Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 
 Deacon Oliver Damon Sudbury, " 
 
 Isaac Goodenough " " 
 
 William Nurse 
 
 Simeon Perry 
 
 Captain Stephen Richardson Royalston, Mass. 
 
 Joel Wright Templeton, " 
 
 10 
 
CHAPTEE VIII. 
 
 EAKLY TOWN HISTOKY, 1773-1800. 
 
 Movement for Incorporation — Opposition to it — Petition for it — Charter 
 Granted — Tlie Name Fitzwilliam — First Town Meeting — Injury of 
 Records — Early Town Officers — Pew Associations — Warninof out of 
 Town — Provision for Soldiers — Depreciation of Currency — Tlie Great 
 Road — List of Land-Owners. 
 
 A FTER. 1769 the meetings of tlie proprietors were held 
 -*--^ within the township, and evidently were not attended by 
 many of the non-resident proprietors. Daniel Mellen con- 
 tinued to be chosen to various offices for a few years, but witii 
 this exception all of the officers of the proprietorship were 
 chosen from residents, and they originated all the important 
 measures that were adopted. 
 
 How early the matter of incorporating Monadnock No. 4 
 as a town was agitated it is impossible to tell, but from the 
 petition which follows it would appear that in 1768 the settlers 
 were becoming somewhat restive under the proprietors' move- 
 ments, and were, at least, considering the advantages and dis- 
 advantages of an act of incorporation. There was opposition 
 to any movement of this nature, and possibly it extended to 
 many if not most of the non-resident proprietors. Certainly 
 Sampson Stoddard, by far the largest of these, was not ready 
 to sanction any proceedings that favored a plan of incorpora- 
 tion, as will appear from the following : 
 
 To His Excellency John Wentworth Esqr. Captain General. Gov- 
 ernor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of 
 New Hamp., the lion'''" Ilis Majesty's Council for Said Province — 
 
 Tlie Memorial of Sampson Stoddard of Chelmsford in the County of 
 Middlesex in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Shews — 
 
 That there is a Tract of Land in the Province of New Hampshire of 
 the contents of about Six Miles Square Granted by the Purchasers of 
 
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. 147 
 
 the Right of John Tufton Mason Esqr. to Your Memorialist and others 
 called the Township of Monadnock No 4 — that the Greater part thereof 
 is finally Vested in him, that he has at great Expense Settled a Very 
 Considerable Number of Inhabitants thereon. 
 
 Wherefore your Memorialist humbly prays that the Lands afores"* may 
 not be Incorporated into a Town and the Inhabitants there Infranchised 
 with all Town priveledges without their first Giving Notice to him of 
 their Design of applying to y"" Excell>' and honors and your Memorialist 
 Shall (as in duty bound) Ever pray — 
 
 Sampson Stoddard. 
 
 Portsm" July 11. 1768. 
 
 So far as can be learned from the early records, the move- 
 ment for incorporation took form at the annual meeting of 
 the proprietors, March 31st, 1773. Doubtless the majority, 
 if not all of those present and voting at that meeting were 
 settlers as well as proprietors. This meeting was held at the 
 house of James Reed, innholder, with John Mellen moderator. ' 
 James Reed, Esq., John Mellen, and Joseph Hemenway 
 were appointed a committee 
 
 to repair to the Govner and Council of this Province to have this town- 
 ship incorporated into a town and to have town privileges as soon as 
 may be. 
 
 No full record has been preserved of the proceedings of 
 this committee, but from the fact that the petition presented 
 to the governor was signed by James Reed alone, the prolja- 
 bility is that he was not accompanied by the other members 
 of the committee, though he acted under their authority. 
 
 The following is the petition : 
 
 To His Excellency John Wentworth Esquire Captain General and 
 Commander in Chief in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp- 
 shire and Vice Admiral of the Same in Council. 
 
 The Petition of James Reed, of Monadnock No. 4 in the County of 
 Cheshire in the Province aforesaid Esqr and Clerk of the Proprietors 
 of said Monadnock No. 4 unto your Excellency and Honors humbly 
 Shews. 
 
 That your Petitioner with Joseph Hemmenway and John Millens at a 
 legal meeting of s'^ Proprietors held in s"* Monadnock No. 4, on the 31st 
 of March last were chosen a committee to Petition this Honourable 
 
148 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Court to incorporate the said Monadnock No. 4 into a Township with 
 the usual Privileges and Franchises of other corporate Towns in said 
 Province, for the following Reasons, viz. 
 
 That the Inhabitants of said Monadnock No. 4 have settled a Minister 
 and built a Meeting House and have a large Number residing there, be- 
 sides others daily coming to settle there. That they humbly conceive 
 their Number Intitles them to the Indulgence of this Hon''''' Court as in 
 the present mode of Provincial Taxation they are subject to the Controul 
 of the Selectmen of Neighboring Towns, and they would humbly wish 
 to have the Previledge of chusing Selectmen and other Town Officers of 
 their own, which would quiet the Minds of the Inhabitants and promote 
 the Interests and good Government of s'' Monadnock No 4. 
 
 That being destitute of Town Priviledges the Petitioners cannot 
 legally warm out any vagrants that may come there, and many other In- 
 conveniences. 
 
 Wherefore, Your Petitioners, in behalf of the Proprietors humbly pray 
 that this Hon'''"' Court would grant their Petition and as in duty he and 
 they shall ever pray. 
 
 James Reed. 
 Committeeman and Proprietors' Clark. 
 
 The three points made prominent in this petition will be 
 seen to have been : 
 
 1. The matter of taxation, from vv^hich it is plain that in 
 some way the officers of the adjoining incorporated towns 
 had some oversight of the unincorporated towns as to their 
 taxation, evidently a case of " taxation without representation." 
 
 2. It was needful to quiet the minds of the people, as it was 
 
 3. To be able to warn off vagrants. 
 
 It is to be remembered that this movement was made before 
 the breaking out of the American Revolution, but while 
 the flame of patriotism which was soon to burst forth was 
 smouldering, and needed but some comparatively slight cause 
 to render it uncontrollable. This it found when the cargoes 
 of tea were thrown overboard in the harbor of Boston, an oc- 
 currence which rendered this same year, 1773, memorable. 
 During the great excitement which succeeded that event the 
 inhal>itant8 of Monadnock No. 4 received their charter from 
 their king, which must have been among the last of such 
 charters granted by the same authority to any of the towns in 
 Southern l^ew Hampshire. 
 
THE CHARTER OF FITZWILLIAM. 149 
 
 This charter is here given entire : 
 
 Province of New Hampshire. 
 Seal of ) 
 the Province. ) 
 
 George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and 
 Ireland, King-Defender of the Faith. 
 
 To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas our 
 Loyal Subjects and Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province 
 of New Hampshire aforesaid, commonly called and known by the name 
 of Manadnock No (4) containing by estimation about six miles square, 
 have Humbly Petitioned & requested us that they may be erected and 
 incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers 
 and Priveledges which other Towns within our said Province, by Law 
 have and enjoy, and it appearing unto us to be conducive to the General 
 Good of Our Said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in par- 
 ticular by maintaining good order & encouraging the Culture of the Land 
 that the same should be done : Know Ye that we, of our special grace 
 certain knowledge and for the Enouragement and Promotion of the 
 good Purposes and Ends aforesaid ; by and with the advice of our trusty 
 and well beloved Joh?i Wentwm'th Esqr, our Governor and Commander 
 in Chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same. Have 
 erected and ordained and by these Presents for us, our Heirs and Succes- 
 sors do will and ordain, that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land 
 and others who shall improve and Inhabit therein hereafter, the Same 
 being butted and bounded as follows (Viz.) Beginning at the "West line 
 of Mason's Patent so called, where that crosses the dividing Line be- 
 tween the Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Province of New 
 Hampshire, and runs from thence south Eighty degrees East by said 
 Line, six miles to the South West corner of the South Manadnock, from 
 thence North by the Needle, by said Township, five miles to the North 
 West Corner of y'' South Manadnock aforesaid, from thence North 
 Eighty Degrees west by Midle Manadnock Township, one mile & a 
 q arter to the South West corner thereof, thence North by the needle 
 two miles and forty rods, and from thence North Eighty [degrees West] 
 till it comes to the Patent West Line as lately marked, and from thence 
 Southerly by that Line to the first Bounds mentioned, Be and they are 
 hereby declared to be a Town corporate by the name of Fitzwilliam, 
 to have Continuence for ever, with all the Powers and Privileges, author- 
 ities, immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in our said 
 Province by Law hold and enjoy, to the said Inhabitants or those who 
 shall hereafter Inhabit these and to their Sucessors forever, allways 
 reserving to us our Heirs & Successors all White Pine Trees, that are or 
 shall be found, being and growing within & upon the Said Tract of Land 
 fit for the Use of our Royal Navy, reserving also to us, our Heirs and 
 
150 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 Successors the Power of dividing said Town when it shall be necessary 
 & Convenient for the Inhabitants thereof, Provided nevertheless & tis 
 hereby declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended and shall 
 not in any manner be construed to affect the Private Property of the 
 Soil within the Limits aforesaid, And as the Several Towns within our 
 said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled & authorized to assemble 
 & by the majority of the Voters Present to chuse all officers and transact 
 such affairs as in the said Laws are declared — And We do by these 
 Presents nominate & appoint James Reed E§qr. to call the first 
 meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the Said Town any Time 
 within Thirty Days from the Date hereof, giving Legal Notice of the 
 Time & design of Holding such Meeting, after which the annual Meet- 
 ing for said Town shall be held for the choice of such Officers and the 
 Purposes aforesaid on the tliird Thursday in llarch annually. 
 
 In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of Our Said Province 
 to be hereunto aiBxed. Witness Our aforesaid Governour and Com- 
 mander in Chief the Nineteenth Day of May, in the Thirteenth Year 
 of our reign, Annoq Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy- 
 Three. J. Wentworth. 
 
 By his Excellency's Comand. 
 With advice of Council. 
 Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
 
 Province of New Hampshire May 19, 1773. 
 
 Entered & recorded la the 4th Book of Charters Page 147 and 148. 
 
 Attest Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
 
 AVliy the name Fitzwilliam (tlie son of William) was given 
 to the town we know only through tradition. Rev. John 
 Sabin, in his lecture, makes this statement : 
 
 It was named after the Earl of Fitzwilliam I believe, an Irish Gentle- 
 man, then considered a very worthy man. Time has been after the 
 btirning of our Meeting House that I wished to remind him of the town 
 named for him and give him an opportunity for his substantial remem- 
 brance of this his child. It is supposed that he lives in name and title 
 in a descendant ; at least he did a few years since. 
 
 That the Earl of Fitzwilliam was a man of influence and 
 established reputation appears from the fact that Edmund 
 Burke addressed to him one of his important communications 
 relative to British interests, which may be found in Volume VI. 
 of his vvorks, Little tfe Brown's edition. 
 
 This town was doubtless named for this English and Irish 
 
EARLY RECORDS INJURED. 151 
 
 earl, and the strong probability is that he was an acquaintance 
 and friend of Governor John Wentworth, or a connection by 
 marriage. Tiiis governor was the second of that name, and 
 had recently been appointed to office by royal authority. For 
 many years the Wentworth family had furnished governors 
 for the province of j^ew Hampshire, and the predecessor of 
 this John Wentworth, Benning Wentworth, had been in the 
 habit of giving the names of his intimate friends and favorites 
 to not a few of the towns for which he obtained charters, and 
 to some counties also. The probability is that his nephew, 
 tiie last royal governor, followed his example in naming Fitz- 
 william. 
 
 James Reed called the first meeting of the town under its 
 charter, but no record of that important meeting appears to be 
 in existence. Early in the year 1785 the dwelling-house of 
 Samuel Patrick, then town clerk of Fitzwilliam, was burned. 
 The Town Book of Records was rescued from the fire in a badly 
 damaged condition, but all the loose papers appertaining to 
 the business of the town were entirely destroyed. The res- 
 cued book, originally eleven inches long and seven inches wide, 
 was burned upon the edges all around, but most upon the 
 front and ends, and more at the beginning of the book than 
 upon the other side. As a part of the front parchment cover 
 was preserved, it would seem that none of the leaves were en- 
 tirely consumed, though several leaves are now missing. By 
 counting the folds of the sheets, it is found that four leaves 
 are missing, probably three at the commencement of the book 
 and one at ten or fifteen pages later. All the records of 1773 
 are gone, the book now commencing with the warrant for the 
 annual meeting in 1774. 
 
 In consulting this damaged but still invaluable book, which 
 furnishes the only direct and positive information respecting 
 the business of the town for eleven years= — and those the years 
 of the American Revolution — often a word or two at the begiii- 
 ning and end of a line will be missing, but in general the por- 
 tions remaining uninjured aid us in determining substantially 
 both how much and what has been lost. In the records at the 
 top and bottom of the pages the condition is different, as three 
 
152 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 or four lines may be gone from the top of a page and one or 
 two lines from the bottom, which taking together the bottom 
 of one page and the top of the next might make a loss of five 
 or six entire lines and parts of several others. In some snch 
 cases, however, a careful comparison of the warrant for the 
 meeting with the action as recorded may show whether the 
 missing record is of much or little consequence. 
 
 At the annual town meeting in March, 1785, Caleb Winch, 
 Samuel Patrick, and Sylvanus Reed were chosen " a commit- 
 tee to copy off the records belonging to the town that was in 
 Samuel Patrick's house," but the work thus projected was 
 never accomplished. 
 
 Though we have no formal record of the business done in 
 
 1773, the call for the town meeting, which was held March 
 17th, 177-4, shows us who five of the oflicers of the town were 
 when it was first organized, for this call, which is dated March 
 2d, 177-1, was signed by John Mellen and Joseph Grow, se- 
 lectmen, and was served by Ed ward Kendall, constable, whose 
 return was made on the day of the meeting, March 17th, 1771:, 
 while we find that Edward Kendall, as one of the selectmen, 
 had been previously engaged in laying out a road in the town- 
 ship. The first town clerk was plainly James Reed, as all the 
 (earliest town records are in his handwriting. 
 
 We have, then, as town officers for 1773 : 
 
 Town clerk, James Reed. 
 
 Selectmen, John Mellen, Joseph Grow, and Edward Kendall. 
 
 Constable, Edward Kendall. 
 
 The record of the above-mentioned meeting, March 17tli, 
 
 1774, is here given in full : 
 
 Town being met and Voted and Choose James R[eed 
 
 Moderator]. 
 
 Voted and Choose said Reed [Town Clerk]. 
 
 [Voted and C]hoose said Reed first Select[man]. 
 
 Voted and Choose Mr. John Mellen 2 Sele[ctman], 
 
 Voted and Choose Lieut. Brigham 3 Selectman. 
 
 And also Voted the above said Reed, Mellen and Brigham assessors 
 for the present year. 
 
 Vuted and Choose Levi Brigham Constable and Collector. 
 
 Voted and Choose John Mellen Treasurer. 
 
TOWN MEETING, 1774. 153 
 
 Voted and Choose Joseph Grow and Caleb Winch Tidingmen for the 
 pp^esent year. 
 
 Voted and Choose Samuel Kill pat rick, John Anger, Francis Fullum, 
 David Parey and Stephen Harris High way sveurs. 
 
 Voted and Choose Nathaniel Wilder and John Fassett fence vewers. 
 
 Voted and Choose John Whitney, James Reed Jr DeerRefs. (Reeves). 
 
 Voted and Choose Samuel Killpatrick Lather Sealer. 
 
 Voted and Choose Jonas Knights, David Parey Hog Refs or Field 
 Drivers. 
 
 Voted and Choose Nathaniel Wilder Svauer of Lumber. 
 
 Voted and Choose Joseph Hemenway Clark of the Markett, Sealer of 
 Wats and masuers. 
 
 [Voted] the sum of seven pounds [for the] use of a scool for the pres- 
 ent year. 
 
 Voted that a pound be bult 25 feet square [and that the sides] be laid 
 up 7 feet High with a wooden gate with iron Hinges, all to be Com- 
 pleted by the first of June next to the exceptance of the Town, and John 
 Melleu is bondsman to see the work Don. 
 
 Voted the sum of £4. 10. 0. 0. to Defray nacasary Charges and building 
 the above mentioned pound, and to provide scales, Wats, Masuers, etc. 
 
 Voted £50. 0. 0. 0. L M to make and repair Roads the present year to 
 
 be worked out at said after the rate of four pence a nower for 
 
 each one, the work to be Don in June & September. 
 
 Voted that the oners of the 2 corner pews in the Body parte of the 
 Meeting House have Liberty to cut [windows] at the east and west end 
 of the Meeting House for the benifet of those Pews, they doing it and 
 keeping them in Repair at there one cost. 
 
 Voted That Town Meetings in this Town for the present be warned by 
 a notification being posted by wrighting on a poste at the Meeting House 
 to be provided for that purpos. 
 
 Voted and Excepted of a Road laid out by Edward Kendall and 
 Joseph Grow, 2 of the Selectmen of said Town for the year 1773. Said 
 Road Runs upon the north line of Lott — in the 8 rang Leading south by 
 
 the House of Joseph to Lott no 2 in 8 Rang and so on as it is marked 
 
 and Trod. 
 
 A true Entrey of all the Vots and Trans [actions] passed at said meeting. 
 pr James Reed 
 
 Moderator and Town Clark. 
 
 The words or passages enclosed in brackets are supplied to 
 fill vacancies in the burnt record. Blanks are left where the 
 proper words cannot be given. 
 
 The following entry appears upon the same page with the 
 record given above : 
 
154 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 " of July ITT-i then Mr. Stephen Harris took the Charge of 
 our Meeting House to see that the windows was shet and the 
 doors opened." 
 
 Upon this record it maybe remarked that this appropriation 
 for educational purposes, apparently small, being only seven 
 pounds, was in reality quite liberal, for money at that time 
 had a great purchasing power. Moreover, if the teacher of the 
 single school received as wages four shillings or four shillings 
 and sixpence per week (sixty -six and two thirds, or seven ty-iive 
 cents), which was considered in those days a good price, and 
 boarded around, as was the custom, the seven pounds must have 
 supported a school of considerable length. It appears also 
 from tliis record that the town entered at once upon the busi- 
 ness of making and repairing roads, a work previously done 
 at the expense of the proprietors, from which it would seem 
 evident that most of the responsibilities of the proprietorship 
 were immediately assumed by the town. But to this there 
 was one exception, for the proprietors were still bound to pay 
 the salary of the minister, and between the two parties there 
 was a sort of partnership in the meeting-house, for we find 
 both ordering changes and making repairs in that building, 
 and moreover receiving and acting upon petitions from indi- 
 viduals for the privilege of cutting windows, lengthening the 
 seats, or building new pews. As the two parties were made 
 up to a great extent of the same persons, there appears to have 
 been no particular clashing of interests, and they worked to- 
 gether harmoniously for the space of twenty five years, or 
 until 1798, when the proprietors voluntarily relinquished all 
 claims to the meeting-house, upon the town's becoming re- 
 sponsible for the salary of the minister. 
 
 A fac-simile of the first leaf of the burnt record book 
 that has been preserved is here given. Tlie original size 
 of the leaf, eleven by seven inches, here reduced in size 
 to five and a half by three and a half inches, is shown by 
 the shaded part upon which the burnt leaf is laid. The 
 margin shows the correct proportionate part of the leaf that 
 is gone. 
 
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PETITION FOR PKAT GROUND. 155 
 
 rant for the meeting held March 17th, 177-1, while upon the 
 seeond page is a part of the record of the meeting. 
 
 Another town meeting seems to have been held on August 
 Ist, 1774, at which a petition was presented and acted upon, 
 involving other changes in the meeting-house. This is given 
 entire : 
 
 We your humble Petitioners Do ask and Petition for all the Pew 
 ground in the east Gallary exclusive of three seats which we the Sub- 
 scribers or Proprietors Do Covenant and agree to and with each other to 
 build and Complete [on said] pew ground into one pew and coiBplete 
 the same decently, and your answer or Compliance will oblige your 
 Verey Humble Petitioners. Dated at Fitzwilliam July 4, 1774. Signed 
 Joseph Kneelaud, John Herrington, Joseph Potter, Luther Trowbridge, 
 Joshua Herrington Jr. Thomas Tolman, Benjamin Davidson, Ezeliiel 
 Mixer, David Perry, John Whitney, Daniel Mellen, John Mellen. 
 
 The action of the town upon this petition was as follows : 
 
 The votable Inhabitants of Fitzwilliam at a meeting of said Town on 
 the first day of August did take the above Petition under Consideration 
 and did vote that the Request of said Petition be granted to the Sub- 
 scribers on condition of there fulfilling there Perposalls in making a 
 Hansom Pew in said front Gallery by Rasing the front of the Pew no 
 hier than the Tops of the seat before said pew but the Length of the 
 Banesters and the Rale that the Banesters are set in, and keeping it in 
 Repair by them or there Suxecors, and the windos behind and that 
 they take in as maney Partners as [can be seated] comfortably in said 
 pew and keep it so (long as) they abide in this Town. 
 
 Other similar petitions and grants are found recorded upon 
 the proprietors' records. 
 
 This matter of obtaining pew ground in the meeting-house 
 that had remained unoccupied, building pews thereon, and oc- 
 cupying the same by companies of individitals, was one of 
 much interest in the early history of this town. 
 
 These associations were regularly and, it would seem, legally 
 organized ; they called their meetings (which appear to have 
 been frequently held) in a formal manner, and kept a partic- 
 ular record of all their proceedings. Two of these record 
 books came into the hands of and were preserved by the late 
 Captain William F. Perry. The oldest contains the records 
 
156 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 of one of these pew organizations, beginning with Deceniuer 
 8th, 1779. 
 
 The petitioners and grantees in all these cases were invari- 
 ably men, but they seem to have had no objection to the soci- 
 ety of women in their pews. 
 
 Voted Betsy Dodge set on said Lanes' Right. 
 Voted Lucretia Newton into said Pew. 
 
 Voted that Anna Harris, Drissilla Poor, Drissilla Platts to sit in said 
 Pew During Pleasure. 
 
 The second of these pew record books contains sixty or 
 eighty pages of the proceedings of anotlier pew association. 
 The date is August 1st, 1Y91 : 
 
 The Names of the Persons that own Rites in said Pew — 
 
 Lieut. Josiah Hartwell, Chistophir Osgood, Stephen Harris, Thomas 
 Bruce, John Whitney, John Amadon, Nathaniel Glezon, Nathaniel 
 Grover, Joseph Pratt, Moses Pratt, Josiah Drury, Joel Millen, Ward 
 Fassett, Abel Angier. A Meeting Warned and hild at time and place, 
 and 1st Chose a moderator to Governed said meeting. 
 
 2d. Voted and Choose Stephen Harris Jun. Clark for said Pew. 
 
 3d. Voted that Betsy Park shall sit in s^ Pew on Whallem Fassitt's 
 rite in s** Pew. 
 
 Voted that Rocksene Amadon shall Set in s*" Pew on John Osgood's 
 rite. 
 
 At a later meeting, among many other acts the following 
 appears : 
 
 Voted that if any Person or Porsons shall put into s'^ Pew any of the 
 Town's pepal more than tow Sunday bewins meeting shall forfet his rite 
 in said Pew. 
 
 This plainly has reference to the owners seating visitors or 
 other persons in the pew " bewins" or hetween the meetings 
 of the association. 
 
 Voted that if any Porsen or Porsens shall By a rite in said Pew shall 
 make Reeesquest (request) to the Clark of said Pew. 
 
 In 1808. " Voted susy Pennemon on Demons' rite." 
 The hist record in this curious book was made in 1809. 
 The rules of this pew association were very strict, for they 
 
TOWN MEETING, 1775. 157 
 
 voted that " if any person or persons shall behave himself out 
 of order on the Sunday shall quite his rite," while no one was 
 permitted to sell his right to any person " that the proprietors 
 shall not think proper." 
 
 It is hardly to be supposed that such an order of things pre- 
 vailed in the first meeting-houses of the neighboring towns. 
 
 177»l, The difficulties and disputes between the colonies 
 and Great Britain had now assumed large and alarming pro- 
 portions, and henceforward for the space of eight years in the 
 history of this town its acts will be found to have been influ- 
 enced greatly by the wants of the country at large, and the 
 calls for funds, provisions, and troops. These matters will 
 have their appropriate place in the chapter on the Revolution- 
 ary War. 
 
 March 16th, 1775, the annual town meeting was held which 
 had been called by James Reed and John Mellen, selectmen. 
 Joseph riemenway was moderator, and John Locke was chosen 
 town clerk. It was voted " that all the freeholders shall vote 
 in this meeting." John Mellen, Levi Brigham, and John 
 Locke were chosen selectmen and made assessors. John Mel- 
 len was chosen treasurer and constable, but Daniel Mellen was 
 accepted in his place for the latter office. After the choice of 
 the other town officers, it was voted to raise seven pounds for 
 the support of a school, five pounds to provide a town stock 
 and to defray town charges, and fifty pounds for the making 
 and repairing of roads to be worked out at f ourpence per hour. 
 
 Voted to accept the pound built by Nathaniel Wilder, Mr. John 
 Millen, ingaging in his behalf that the gate should be hung in a fort- 
 night. 
 
 Voted to allow Steven Harris ten shillings for service done in cleans- 
 ing the meeting house. 
 
 Voted to allow Levi Brigham for service done as Constable in warning 
 out Moses Whitney and family in 1774 the sum of two shillings. 
 
 Under the same date, March 16th, 1775, is the following 
 entry : 
 
 then Ichabod Smith undertook for one year to take care of y" meeting 
 house, to see the doors opened and shut at proper seasons thearefor, the 
 
158 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 windows properly shut and j' house properly swept for y"" sum of six 
 shillings, by order of the Selectmen. 
 
 The other matters acted upon at the annual meeting in 1775 
 were of secondary importance. 
 
 Of the " warning out" alhided to in the record above, this 
 may here be said : 
 
 Rindge was settled and incorporated earlier than Fitzwil- 
 liam, and we learn from the history of that town that " for 
 many years nearly all who removed hither without regard to 
 their social or financial standing were warned out." 
 
 As the adjoining towns of Jaffrey and Fitzwilliam pursued 
 substantially the same course, it was undoubtedly the common 
 custom of the times. It will be remembered that one of the 
 reasons assigned for seeking incorporation was to obtain power 
 to warn out vagrants. And so all were warned out. This 
 seems to have been done as a legal formality, rather than be- 
 cause families of character and means were not welcome as set- 
 tlers. Very early the towns had, by statute law, the authority 
 to free themselves from the presence of dangerous persons and 
 of individuals and families that might become a tax upon them 
 as paupers. Some of this class of persons resembled the tramps 
 of the present day in that they believed that the community 
 owed them a living, and that if this could not be easily gained 
 by rnaiiual labor it must come in the way of charity. But 
 there were others who differed from the tramps of our day, in 
 that they were not single men, but had families that they took 
 with them wherever they went. Sometimes these families 
 were large, and it did not require a very long residence in any 
 place to obtain a legal settlement, and so be able to claim sup- 
 port from the town in case of sickness or extreme poverty. 
 
 To provide against this liability, the selectmen had author- 
 ity to order the constable to warn such pereons and families 
 out of town, and to remove them by force if they did not 
 obey the command. Occasionally the orders were enforced, 
 but generally they seem to have been wholly disregarded, and 
 it was expected that they would be. Some of these persons 
 afterward became the most respectable and responsible citizens 
 in the town, like Deacon Griffin, who was town treasurer for 
 
WARNING OUT OF TOWN. 169 
 
 thirty years in succession. In some cases the warrant was very 
 brief, while in others it was made out with considerable 
 formality. A copy of one of the latter class is given in full : 
 
 In His Majesty's Name, we require You to repair to the residence of 
 Abner Ball now resicling in Fiizwilliam and Mary Ball and Elizabeth 
 Ball and Jerome Ball, the offspring of the said Abner Ball and Mary 
 his wife with all their effects, to warn and bid depart out of the Town of 
 Fitzwilliam to the place from whence they came within the space of 
 — days, no more to return upon their peril. Heareof fail not and make 
 due return of this warrant to one or more of the Selectmen with the day 
 of the date of said warning as you would avoid the penalty of the law 
 made and provided in that case. 
 
 Given under our hands and seal this 23d day of March 1775 and in 
 
 ye fifteenth year of his majesties' Reign, George ye third. 
 
 Ye 7th of April 1775 John Mellen ) „ , , ,, 
 
 ^ T 1 x , ^ Select Men. 
 
 John Locke \ 
 
 Warning given and ye warrant returned to the selectmen by Daniel 
 
 Mellen Constable. A true entry. John Locke Town Clerk. 
 
 It might be inferred that Mr. Ball did not hkethe command 
 which was given to him " in his Majesty's name," as he was 
 in the Revolutionary army fighting against " his Majesty" be- 
 fore the year was out. 
 
 The following list is compiled from the records and is given 
 as approximately fixing the date when the persons named came 
 into the town. The list given is not complete, as it is known 
 that many persons were warned out whose names do not ap- 
 pear in the records. The recording of the warrants seems to 
 have been in some measure optional. 
 
 LIST OP PERSONS RECORDED AS WARNED OUT OF TOWN. 
 
 1775 Abner and Mary Ball and their children Mary and Jerome and 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 1776 Samuel and Hannah White and their child Diadamia. Reuben and 
 Sarah Parmenter and ch. Joel. 
 
 1778 Jedediah and Deborah Smith — Eleazer and Mary Pratt — Mary 
 Buckman — Nathaniel and Hannah Rugg and ch. Reuben and Rue. 
 
 1780 Daniel and Martha Biglow and ch. Amos — Rachel and Thankful 
 Bf)utwell — Susanna and Mary or Molly and Lucy and Peter Adams. 
 
 1782 Robert Homer and his wife and ch. John and William and Moosha 
 (?) and James and Benjamin and David. 
 
 1783 Mary Rice, so-called, and '• Salla Haggity." 
 
 1785 Samuel and Lydia Taylor — Sarah Taylor — Dolly Whitney — Mar- 
 
160 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 garet Walls— John Walls — Joshua and Sarah Tvvitchell and ch. 
 Polly and Joshua — Ichabod Hay ward or Howard. 
 
 1787 Zaccheus and Susanna Hall and ch. Zaccheus— Ebenezer and 
 Meribah Robbins and ch. Ebenezer and ISToah and William — Hack- 
 aliah and Nelly Bridges and ch. William — Eli and Thankful 
 Smith — Benjamin Elwell — Benjamin Puffer— Thomas and Ruth 
 Couant and ch. Polly — Phineas Reed — Ebenezer Col burn— Ebene- 
 zer May — Samuel Griffin — James and Elizabeth Stone and ch. 
 James and Jonathan and Jerusha and Betty — Solomon and Mary 
 Miller and ch. Daniel and Persis and Submit and Lydia — Jonas 
 and Mary Gary and ch. Polly — Asa and Tamasin Goodale and ch. 
 Eluathan — Micah and Elizabeth Perry and ch. Rhoda— Samuel and 
 Rhoda Rockwood and ch. Martin — Edward and Eunice Payson 
 and ch. David — Ruth Jackson. 
 
 1789 Jonathan and Elizabeth Broadstreet — Allen and Hannah Stone — 
 Levi and Azubah Stockwell— Hiram and Phebe Prescott — Aaron 
 Gary — Samuel and Lydia Patch and cli. Oliver and Samuel and 
 Abraham and Lydia and Susanna — James and Betsey Morse and ch. 
 Elizabeth and Ede and Joseph and Silas and Asa and Mitte — Caleb 
 and Abigail Deeth and ch. Polly— Jonathan Pierce and wife and 
 ch. Huldah and Polly and Esther and Rhoda and Anna. 
 
 The following will explain itself : 
 
 At a meeting of ye Inhabitants of the Town of Fitzwilliam held on 
 ye 10th day of May 1775. Voted and chose ye Rev"^ Mr. Benjamin Brig- 
 ham to Represent ye Town in ye Provintial Congress to be held at 
 Exeter on ye — day of may instant, with power to act in behalf of him- 
 self and his Constituents in all things for the public good in Conjunction 
 with the Representatives of the several Towns in this province, for the 
 space of six months or untill another be chosen in his place. 
 
 John Mellen, Moderator. 
 
 Entry John Locke, Town Clerk. 
 
 Thus the honored pastor was chosen the first representative 
 from this town to what soon became the General Court of 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 It will be remembered that a few days before this appoint- 
 ment the straggle with Great Britain had assumed the form of 
 open hostility and actual war, in the fierce attack upon the 
 royal troops at Lexington and Concord, Mass. Weighty re- 
 sponsibilities, therefore, rested upon the Provincial Congress 
 about to meet at Exeter. From all that can be learned, the 
 choice of Mr. Brigham was eminently wise, as he was, without 
 doubt, a man of excellent judgment and a firm and devoted 
 patriot. 
 
 The Provincial Congress (doubtless the one that met in 
 
OPPOSITION TO UNION WITH SWANZEY. l61 
 
 Exeter in May, 1775), having passed a' resolve that Swanzey 
 and Fitzwilliam should unite in sending a representative to 
 that body, the town held a meeting, probably near the close 
 of 1775, to consider the matter, when it was 
 
 Voted that it is the opinion of ye Town that by being cupled with 
 Swanzey they have not a free and full representation, agreeable to the 
 advice of the Continental Congress. 
 
 Voted not to meet with Swanzey to Elect a Representative to Repre- 
 sent them in Congress. 
 
 Voted to send a Committee to Swanzey at their meeting to signify the 
 Reason of their not meeting with them for the above purpose. 
 
 Voted that Majo Brigham, Majo Farrar, Lieut. Hutchings consist of 
 the above Committee, 
 
 John Farrar, Moderator. 
 
 A true Entry John Locke, Town Clerk. 
 
 Swanzey had a larger population at that time than Fitz- 
 william, and the people of this town perceived that their can- 
 didate would probably fail of an election. At a later date the 
 plan of the Provincial Congress seems to have been adopted, 
 and these two towns constituted a single representative district. 
 
 1776. A part of the record of the annual town meeting 
 held March 21st, 1776, it is impossible to make out, but what 
 follows is legible : 
 
 After the appointment of the necessary town officers, the 
 town 
 
 Voted to Deacon John Locke for service done as a committee to wait" 
 upon the Superior Court at Keen in October last in order to lay before 
 the Court some greavences and for service done as one of the Committee 
 of Correspondence and Saifty for the last year, the sum of £0. 19. 0. 0. 
 for expenses only. 
 
 Also allowed Joseph Hemenway "for service done as a 
 committeeman to attend a County Congress for expenses and 
 horse the sum of £0, 19, 0. Q." To Icliabod Smith was voted 
 six shillings " for taking care and sweeping the meeting 
 [house] one year," 
 
 " Also allowed Lieut. Levi Brigham for supporting John 
 Camp and family, by order of the selectmen, the sum of ten 
 11 
 
162 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM, 
 
 shillings." This John Camp appears to have settled in the 
 township before its incorporation, and for this reason could not 
 be legally compelled to leave it. 
 
 A road laid ont bj the selectmen having been accepted, ami 
 a recess of half an hour having been taken, the town 
 
 Voted that no cattle bo suffered to run at large in the Town Ijelong- 
 ing to Non. Residence, and that the field Drivers upon complaint coming 
 to them shall drive all such Non-Resident cattle out of the bounds of 
 the Town taking witness that they went no farther and apply to the 
 Town for reasonable cost. 
 
 Voted that the Selectmen make inquirery Concerning the maintainance 
 of those paupers who came into Town before it was incorporated. 
 
 At this meeting no money was raised for the school, as, for 
 some reason not named, the amonnt raised in 1775, for this 
 purpose, had not been expended. Three pounds were raised to 
 meet town charges. 
 
 1777, On March 20th, ]777, the annual town meeting 
 appears to have been held, at which the usual town business 
 was transacted, but the dates are so often lackingin the records 
 that it seems next to impossible to harmonize the different en- 
 tries. Ten pounds were raised "for the use of a school," 
 forty shillings to meet town charges, and thirty pounds for re- 
 pairing highways " to be worked out at fourpence per hour." 
 " Voted to pay for travel three miles per hour." ]chabod 
 Smith was again paid six shillings " for keeping the Meeting 
 House." " Voted and chose Maj. Asa Brigham to meet the 
 Town of Walpole and consult affairs." 
 
 This last action doubtless had reference to Kevolutionary 
 matters. 
 
 1778. Annual meeting. The town " voted to give up a 
 note that the Rev. Mr. Brigham gave to the Town," the value 
 of which is not stated. This was probably done on account 
 of the depreciation of the currency in which his salary had 
 been paid. With the same intent, doubtless, the town voted at 
 this meeting " and raised thirty pounds to addition of Rev. 
 Mr. Brigham's salary for this present year. " 
 
 Also it was voted that " the school money should be spent 
 in either squadron as they shall think proper," from which 
 
DEPRECIATION OF CURRENCY. 163 
 
 it would appear that the town had now been divided into some- 
 thing like school districts, which were called squadrons. 
 
 Having given the names of the officers of the town, the 
 amount of the several appropriations, etc., for the earliest 
 years after the incorporation, it is deemed best to tabulate the 
 same for the years that followed in a separate chapter, unless, 
 as sometimes happened, there seems to be some special reason 
 for giving them here. 
 
 1779. Annual meeting. The town " Voted three hun- 
 dred pounds in addition to Rev. Mr. Brigham's Salary for tliis 
 present year." Amos Knight, constable, is allowed four 
 jjounds " for earning of a family to Winchendon in the j^ear 
 1778." Ten shillings was the allowance made " for the cair 
 of the meeting-house" this year. 
 
 How much the paper currency had depreciated at this time 
 has not been accurately ascertained — indeed, the depreciation 
 was greater or less in different localities ; but not long after 
 tlie date of this meeting one dollar in silver was allowed in 
 paying taxes to be equal to seventy-five dollars in paper money. 
 The depreciation of the currency caused so much trouble 
 that in 1781 the Legislature made an authorized scale of de- 
 preciation, by which contracts made at different times might 
 ba legally adjusted. This scale is given in Chapter XI. 
 
 The schools not being in a satisfactory condition, the town 
 met the second Wednesday in June, 1779, to consider the mat- 
 ter, when it was 
 
 Voted to choose a Commity of Five men to provide Schools in Eictch 
 Squadron and also to provide houses for to Ceept the Schools in and also 
 to see the money Laid out in the proper season — and this Commity is as 
 Below, Mr. Caleb Winch, Mr. Levi Brigham, Mr. Joseph Nurse Mr. 
 Juhn Locke Mr. Samuel Kendall. 
 
 It is supposed there were five squadrons at this time, and 
 that one member of the committee was chosen from each 
 squadron. 
 
 A Convention sitting at Concord on June 5th, 1779, pro- 
 posed among other things a plan of government for the State 
 of New Hampsln're, and the town assembled July 13th, 1779, 
 to express approbation or disapprobation of the same ; but its 
 
164 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 action (which was recorded on the bottom lines of one paofe, 
 and the upper lines of the next page of the record book) it is 
 impossible to ascertain. 
 
 x^Lt this meeting the subject of a new valuation of the town 
 was considered, and a committee of five was raised to report 
 upon this subject at the next March meeting. 
 
 December Yth, 1779. The town met " to joyne with the 
 town of Swanzey to act upon the following articles," one of 
 which appears to have had reference to the choice by the united 
 towns of a representative in the General Court, when the 
 town " Voted, and chose John Mellen, Esq.,, for their Repre- 
 sentative to sarve in the General Court at Exeter." 
 
 1780. June 28th. The town " Voted and excepted (ac- 
 cepted) the Cariage made by the Committee chosen for that 
 purpose, "and also raised " £2500 for the pay of the sholders 
 in the Continental Army," 
 
 And July 26th, 1780, the town raised £5000 for the same 
 purpose, and " £6000 to purchase 51:67 weight of beef " for 
 the army. 
 
 Also the town ordered the horse-sheds near the church " to 
 be move oft the grown they now stand on." 
 
 Also it was voted that " the Inhabitants mit build horse 
 stables on the Common, if they should think fit," only that 
 " the Selectmen should mark out the grown on the Common 
 M'here the stables should be made." 
 
 Other requisitions were made by the Council and House of 
 Eepresentatives of JSTew Hampshire for beef tp support the 
 Continental army, and the printed copy of one of these has 
 been found among the ancient papers in the town clerk's oftice 
 of Fitzwilliam. This is a call " for raising 1,400,000 weight 
 of Beef," and it was done by requiring the several towns, 
 parishes, and districts in the State to furnish tlieir proportion. 
 The act for this purpose was adopted by the House of Hepre- 
 sentatives, January 26th, 1781, and enacted by the Council 
 on the day following. One third of the quantity was to be 
 ready " by the last day of March next, in Order to be salted, 
 erne fourth part by the fifteenth day of July next, one other 
 fourth part by the first day of Sept. next, and the Residue of 
 
COLLECTION OF BEEF FOR THE AKMY. 165 
 
 said Beef, being one sixth part thereof," by the first day of 
 December following. All the arrangements necessary for 
 carrying this requisition into effect were made, and the propor- 
 tion for each town to raise definitely stated. Fitzwilliam was 
 to provide six thousand eight hundred and thirty-four pounds, 
 Jaffrey nine thousand one hundred and fifty-eight, Rindge 
 thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty, Ilichmond twelve 
 thousand five hundred and eighty-eight, Keene fourteen thou- 
 sand one hundred and thirty-six. The beef was all to be 
 " good, well salted and packed in Barrels, each barrel to con- 
 tain 240 weight, net," but good pork would " be received of 
 any Town and allowed after the Rate and Proportion of eleven 
 pounds of pork for fifteen pounds of Beef." The penalty for 
 failure to meet this requisition was a fine equal to " double 
 the value of the beef required of them, for the use of the 
 State," " and the same shall be added to their next State and 
 Continental Tax, without any other proof or Evidence than 
 the want of a Certificate that the same has been delivered." 
 
 The large amounts raised by the town for the pay of tlie 
 soldi(M's, and to purchase beef as given above, it is to be remem- 
 bered, were to be collected from the taxpayers in the depre- 
 ciated currency of the times, when it took seventy-five dollars 
 or more in paper money to make one dollar in silver. And 
 the same fact is to be borne in mind when we find the town 
 allowing twenty shillings per hour for work upon the high- 
 ways. 
 
 As was stated in the sketch of John Mellen, Esq., given in 
 the chapter concerning the early settlers of Fitzwilliam, he was 
 appointed an assistant collector to carry into effect the requisi- 
 tion of the Council and House of Representatives respecting 
 the above-mentioned supply of beef for the army, and Cheshire 
 Comity was assigned to him for this purpose. It was a re- 
 sponsible and delicate oflice for any one to hold because of the 
 poverty of the people generally, and the urgency of the call 
 for immediate supplies ; and notwithstanding all the efforts of 
 the collector, and in the very face of the threatened fine, some 
 of the towns were slow to respond to the call or furnished 
 only a part of their quota. This failure led the Committee of 
 
160 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Safety to associate John Mellon and Colonel David Webster as 
 special officers to visit the delinquent towns and to do every- 
 thing possible that the needed supply might be forthcoming. 
 
 1781. The town "Voted to pay the Remainder of the 
 Beef and the hier of the Sholders which is two thousand fonr 
 hundred and thirtj-fonr pounds." This was done at a meet- 
 ing January 15th ; and February 14th, 1781, the toM^, among 
 other acts for raising the quota of soldiers for the Continental 
 army, voted " Twelve thousand dollars for to pay our Con- 
 tenentles at their passing muster." 
 
 March 15th, 1781 , at the annual meeting after the choice of 
 the usual town officers, fifteen hundred pounds were appro- 
 priated for the schools, and three thousand pounds for the 
 highways, *' to be worked out at eighteen shillings per ouer. " 
 Also that the assessors should " make a new Valuation this 
 present year." The town allowed "Stephen Harris four 
 bushels of Ingun corn or the value of in money for taking car 
 of the meeting house in 1780." 
 
 Fitzwilliam March 15, 1781. The Town of Fitzwilliam Dr. to fifteen 
 Dayes of making Rates at 3 shillings and eight pence per day Lawful 
 Money old way equal to rie at Four shillings i>er bushel, £3. 0. 0. 
 
 Daniel Mellen. 
 
 Fitzwilliam March 9, 1781. The Town of Fitzwilliam Dr. to me for 
 two days' service to attend a Convention at Temple on the seventh Day 
 of March £45. Daniel Mellen. 
 
 The use of liorse and expenses of travel were doubtless in- 
 cluded in this charge, which at seventy-five for one, would be 
 in silver, six shillings (one dollar) per day, or at ninety for 
 one, five shillings per day. 
 
 July 25th, 1781, the town " voted to raise our Cotto (Quota) 
 of beef, for the army which is 0831: pounds," already al- 
 luded to. 
 
 Voted to give Sixth Dollars in hard money per hundred for said 
 Beef. 
 
 Voted to raise 4 hundred and Ten hard Dollars for pay for said 
 Beef. 
 
 Voted that our Continental Shoulders shall have Dollars in the 
 
OTHEE SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY. 167 
 
 Rume of one thousand paper Dollars. (This bh\nk cannot be 
 tilled.) 
 
 Voted that the Sessexsors (assessors) shall tax the non-residents. 
 
 Voted to give five shillings per bushel for rye. 
 
 Voted to raise £126 to pay the Continental Shoulders their first 
 year's pay. 
 
 The selectmen were appointed a committee to petition the 
 General Conrt to " grant us liberty to have a recorder of deeds 
 in paid town." 
 
 September 26th, 1781, an article being in the warrant to 
 pay certain soldiers, the town 
 
 Voted to pass over the article till the Selectmen shall see how they 
 can agree with mr. muzzey and Mr. harris and Samuel winch in hard 
 money. 
 
 At a meeting October 5th, 1781, the town " Voted to pay 
 Forty nine Gallons of West India Rum." This was for the 
 army. November 5tii, 1781, the town " voted to pay the 
 three months' men their hier," and to raise " Forty nine Dol- 
 lars to pay for the Ithom." 
 
 Voted twenty pounds for the Chools in the Town in lue of the fifteen 
 hundred pounds old Emission which was granted last March for that 
 purp[ose]. 
 
 Voted and chose Joseph Nichols, Deacon John Locke, Samuel Patrick 
 a Committee to give our Representative instructions, and that this Com- 
 mittee should make Report of their proseinds (proceedings) at the juin- 
 ment of the meeting. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting in November the town met and 
 received the report of the committee named above, and " then 
 the Instructions was given of Mr. Abner Stone." Mr. Stone 
 was the Representative elect. In the warrant for this meeting, 
 article fifth was. 
 
 To know the minds of the Town if they dont think necessary to give 
 their Representative Instruction and to Enquire [if] Reasons can be 
 given that we have such Burthens laid when their is such a Scarciety of 
 Cash among us by [reason] of the Old Emission being called in and the 
 silver not [being ready] for circulation, and that new Emission Bills is 
 ns nothing — and act thereon, etc. 
 
168 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The exact words of this article cannot be determined, nor 
 is there any other record of the election of Abncr Stone as 
 Hepresentative, That lie was cliosen and instructed is plain. 
 but the copy of tlie instructions given was probably consunieJ 
 with the town clerk's office atiout three or fonr years later. 
 A copy of the instructions given Major Elishu Whitcomh 
 about two years later has been preserved aiid is inserted in 
 the proper place. ^ 
 
 1782. March 21st, the usual town officers were chosen, 
 and at an adjourned meeting in May of the same year a com- 
 mittee consisting of Lieutenant Levi Brigbam, Stephen Har- 
 ris, and Lieutenant Caleb Winch was raised " to provide the 
 Beef, if needed, for the Continental Army.'' A vote was also 
 taken which seems to refer to a return to specie payments 
 in paying the State tax. A largo committee was raised to 
 divide the school money and " provid Choolmasters in eictli 
 Squadron," 
 
 Also the town voted to send Joseph Kichols to attend a 
 (joiivention at Concord. 
 
 1783, At the annual meeting no special business of im-^ 
 portancc was transacted, but considerable attention was paid 
 to the matter of roads, and one hundred and forty pounds were 
 raised "to pay the last three years' men their second years* 
 
 pay. ^ ' 
 
 July 29th, 17S3. A , committee was appointed to prepare 
 instructions to be given to Major Elisha Whitcouib, Repre- 
 sentative elect for the district comprising the towns of Fitzwili-^ 
 iam and Swanzey and report at an adjourned meeting. 
 
 Also " voted not to pay the obligation which the selectmen 
 have given to Joseph Fassett." From the warrant for the 
 meeting it appears that this has reference to a note given to 
 Mr. Fassett for one year's service in the Contineiital army, 
 but we have no means of judging correctly respecting the 
 n)erits of the question upon Avliieh the town acted. 
 
 August 14th, 1783. The eonmiittee to prepare instructions 
 made their report. A ciopy of the instructions is here given. 
 
 Instrtictions to their Representative in the General Court, 
 1T83 : 
 
IXSTRUCTIXG REPRESEXTATrVE. 169 
 
 At a Legal jNEefeting of the Inhiibitants of the Town of Fitzwiiliam, 
 held upon iidjournmcnt August 14th, 1783 ; Voted to give their Repre- 
 sentative for the ensuing year, the following Instructions : . , 
 
 To Major Elisha Whitcombe Sr. You being chosen to represent the 
 Towns of Swanscy and Fitz William for the present year in the General 
 Assembly of the State of New Hampshire ;— The Town of Fitzwilliam| 
 a part of your Constituents, in Complyance with the request of said 
 assembly, and from a Sense of Duty at this Critical period, do now 
 openly, candidly, and Sincerely Speak and instruct you, not only with 
 respect to the Article recomended, but other things we conceive neces- 
 sary to the well being of the Community, We shall begin with tlie 
 Riccommendation of the Honorable Congress, relative to an alteration 
 proposed in the Eighth Article of the Confederation and perpetual union 
 between the thirteen united states of America. 
 
 Congress, we find. View it Expedient and even Necessary, that such 
 an alteration, as they have reccommended be made ; and the General 
 Assembly 'of this state appear to be of the same mind; for they say 
 '• they are fully convinced of the Expediency and utility of the Measure" 
 — with all Due Defference to the collected Wisdom of the Continent and 
 of this State ; as we are called upon to shew our minds, we would say, 
 that we have taken this matter into deliberate arid mature consider- 
 ation ; and are of opinion that the proposed alteration is neither Expedi- 
 ent or necessary. We conceive that it cannot be so just and equitable a 
 Mode of proportioning Taxes, by the number of Inhabitants, of every 
 age. Sex and condition as by the Value of Land, etc., which each State 
 is possessed of & which en;ibles each State to pay the proportion — we 
 apprehend, that, according to the present proposed method of Propor- 
 tioning Taxes, there is a door opened for Some States to be eased an4 
 others burdened, but Reason, Justice, and Revelation Demand an 
 Equality, that each State p^y in proportion to what it is worth ; and no 
 more — And as the number of Inhabitants according to the proposed 
 alteration, is to be taken triennially— and as it is found necessaiy for 
 proportioning taxes within each State to take the valuation of all Lands, 
 etc., we conceive that by the proposed alteration much needless Cost 
 must arise to the good people of these States, already Loaded wit)] 
 Taxes ; and know not whjth way to discharge them— nor can we think 
 that the numbering of Souls is a justifiable method; witness the con- 
 duct of David and dismal consequences thereof — left no doubt upoii 
 Sacred Record for national admonition. 
 
 We thinji it advisable, that one mode of Valuation, both as to poles 
 and possessiori, should be adopted throughout the united States; and 
 as this appears to us the most Rational and equitable plan that can be 
 devised ; altho we are Sensible there can be no mode fixed upon, but 
 that'soirie objections may be raised against it. 
 
170 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 We do therefore recommend it to you, Sir, to use your influence to 
 prevent any alteration being made in tbe above-mentioned Eighth 
 Article of the Confederation. 
 
 We shall now take the liberty to address you upon some other sub- 
 jects, which we conceive important and necessary, in our present Situa- 
 tion of Affairs. 
 
 By a Resolution of Congress of the 21 of October, 1780, we find they 
 have promised the officers of the american array, half pay during life — 
 and by a resolve of said Congress, bearing date March 22, 1783, they 
 have engaged them five years full pay instead of the half pay promised 
 before— upon which we would observe that we have ever been and still 
 are ready to Exert ourselves in Supporting our army, and to Reward 
 those who have jeoparded their lives for us in the High places of the 
 field, fought our battles, Bled in our Cause, and under God, have been 
 our defence — we are willing, we say, amply to reward them — " none 
 deserve more highly than our brave army — none shall have our money 
 more freely, so far as is Justly Due ; and if there has been ^ny failure 
 on the part of the government in fulfilling their contracts, let the injury 
 and all their just Demands be made up to them as soon as may be" — 
 Yea, so ready and cheerful are we to have them fully compensated for 
 their services, that we are willing, if it cannot otherwise be effected. To 
 allow Both officers and Soldiers, over and above their Stipulated wages, 
 one years full pay — far be it from us to wrong our Soldiers; — we are 
 desirous to settle honorably with them ; and seasonably and fully dis- 
 charge ail our public & foreign Debts. 
 
 But we cannot See the Reasonableness and Justice of giving the 
 officers half pay during life or full pay for the term of five years, after 
 they are Discharged from the Service — we think that the soldiers who 
 have born the burden and heat of the day as well as the officers, have 
 an equal Right to claim a share ; in proportion to their pay. 
 
 We doubt not but that Both officers and Soldiers have suffered much 
 in their Countries Cauge and the temporal interests of many have hereby 
 been diminished — and has not this been the case with thousands tliat 
 have generally been at Home — they have many a time been called off 
 from their employments, been obliged to gird on the harness and take 
 the field for a time in the common defence ; & why ought they not to 
 be rewarded over and above their Stipulated pay, in proportion to tlie 
 time they were gone and Services which they performed ? — it appe.irs 
 to be as reasonable as that the officers of our army should thus be re- 
 warded. 
 
 Besides do not the officers of our army hope & expect to share in tlie 
 Blessings of Peace and independence ? We are willing they sliould ; 
 why tlien are they not willing to Suffer with us, to lend a helping hnnd 
 to support us under our Burdens ? — We think they ought to be — and not 
 
INSTRUCTING REPRESENTATIVE. 171 
 
 make governraent instead of Being a Blessing, an insupportable Burden 
 to the people. 
 
 We cannot see if they have a reasonable reconapense for their servire?, 
 why they do not stand upon an equal footing with their Brethren. Wc 
 therefore request you. Sir, to use your influence to prevent this pay being 
 given to the officers of our army, as we cannot consent to it or anything 
 that is so subversive of the Principles of the american Revolution. 
 
 Further, we must Depend upon your Exertions, and if need be, tliat 
 you Strain every nerve to prevent the return of those persons called 
 Tories, or absentees, who have withdrawn themselves from us, gone over 
 to the Enemy, and either virtually or actually taken up arms against us. 
 And many of them Shed the Blood of their Brethren — in the judgment 
 of charity we cant but view them in an odious light — they deserve cen- 
 sure — yea, many of them have long since, forfeited their heads as well 
 as their estates to their countries Justice — we doubt not but their situa- 
 tion is disagreeable, and that things have turned out quite contrary to 
 their wish and Expectation ; but are we to blame for that? had they 
 chose it they might have continued with us & enjoyed their estates 
 which we view they have now forfeited and all the priveledges and im- 
 munities of free citizens ; and Shared in the Blessings of independence, 
 but they have chosen their side and we desire they would abide tiieir 
 choice, and not Presume to trouble us any more — Friendship to them 
 and Safety to ourselves and dear Country forbid them to be any more 
 incorporated with us — We have sufficiently proved them and under- 
 stand their tempers and disposition by their inhuman and savage conduct 
 toward us. We are convinced that we cannot put any confidence in 
 them, they have proved themselves traitors to their country — Can we 
 then receive you into our Bosoms again ? by no means, let them there- 
 fore depart and repair to the frozen Regions of Acadia, the j^lace destined 
 for them by their Royal Master, and spend the rest of their days in deep 
 Repentance for their Past follies. 
 
 And as Religion is much Decayed in our Land, the Lord's Day shame- 
 fully profaned, the holy name of God abused and all manners of vice 
 prevalent and Barefaced, we expect that you will use your Best endeav- 
 ors to have such Laws enacted and put in Execution, as shall tend to 
 suppress Vice, Secure the honor of God's holy name and the Sauctifica- 
 tion of the Sabbath, and to promote Religion and useful Literature 
 among us. 
 
 And that you give your constant and seasonable attendance at Court, 
 in the time of its Sessions that neither your Constituents nor the Public 
 may become Sufferers by your neglect, but a word to the wise is suffi- 
 cient. 
 
 At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Fitzwilliam on 
 the 14th day of this instant, August. Voted That These Instructions 
 
172 iiistoi:y of fitzwilliam. 
 
 Should be Deliver to yon, Sir, by the hand of Eiis" Siimuel Kendall, at 
 your house in Svvansey. 
 
 December 8tli, 1783. Tlie town " voted to reconsider a 
 former vot tliut had been past in a former Town meetini>; for 
 a Lottery in said Town/' As a close examination fails to 
 bring to light anything further about this lottery, the record 
 of the vote authorizing it nnist have been made in that part of 
 the record book that was burned. Of course it is impossible to 
 state the object of the lottery. 
 
 At another meeting held soon after December 8th, the 
 town '' Chose Ensign Samuel Kendall as a member to and in 
 the General Court of this State until the first Wednesday of 
 June next." 
 
 " Voted and empower said member to vote in House of 
 Delegates for the Continental Congress." 
 
 " Voted that the Clerk should nut send the votes for Coun- 
 sellor to the Cort Committee who are to sent." The last-men- 
 tioned vote is not easily explained, but the vote immediately 
 before it would indicate that the General Court elected mem- 
 bers of the Continental Congress. 
 
 1784. The town "chose Mr. Josiali Hart well a member 
 to send to the County Convention to be convened at Peter- 
 borough by adjounmient on the last Tuesday of February next." 
 - "Voted that the wife and child of Abraham Rice, Jr., 
 should be set up at a public Vaudu at the lowest Bider." 
 
 Of course this action refers to the support of these persons 
 as paupers, and they were bid off by Lieutenant Ben jamin 
 Boyom (Byam) at ten shillings per week. 
 . " Voted to choose a committee to send to Mr. Abraham 
 Rice to hear (if) Mr. Rice wont du Sumting to support his 
 sunes wife." And Deacon John Fassett, Ensign Samuel 
 Kendall, and Mr. Josiah Hartwell were chosen to attend to 
 this business. 
 
 March 15th, 1784. A meeting was held " pursuant to a 
 precept From the General Court" for the choice of " a presi- 
 dent for said State of New Hampshire." Mesheck Wearewas 
 elected, but enfeebled by age and long and laborious service 
 for the State, he resigned his pflice before the close of the year. 
 
ACTS OF TOWN, 1784-1786. 173 
 
 At tlie same meeting the town voted for two senators for 
 the county of Clieshire, and cast twenty votes for Benjamin 
 Bellows, Esq., and twenty votes for Thomas Aplin, Esq. 
 
 This was the first election of President of New Hampshire 
 and senators, of which we have any account, and it took place 
 very soon after the adoption of the State Constitution in 1784. 
 
 March 18th, 1784. The oflice of collector was put up to 
 he given to the lowest bidder, and Stephen Harris' bid for 
 twenty-two silver dollars was the lowest. Moses Drury and 
 Reuben Pratt were Mr. Harris' bondsmen. A committee of 
 seven was raised to divide the school money " and to provide 
 school Masters and Misters." A committee was raised "to 
 say where the school houses should stand in Ech Squadron," 
 and to build them, consisting of Abner Haskell, Jonathan 
 Whitney, Joseph Haskell, Josiah Hartwell, Abner Stone, and 
 John Sweetland, and one hundred and fifty pounds were raised 
 to build the same. 
 
 The record of this meeting, March 18th, 1784, is the last 
 which was entered in the record book that was saved from the 
 burning of the town clerk's house. 
 
 1785. The town was no longer united with any other for 
 the choice of a Representative. 
 
 September QOth. The town " voted to Except (accept) 
 Rev. Mr. Brigham's orders for part or all his sallery for the 
 year Eighty five." 
 
 This was many years before the town assumed the support 
 of the pastor. 
 
 " the town voted to have the Selectmen distress Joshua Wil- 
 lard for his collection if not recovered without." Joshua 
 Willard was collector of taxes in 1780. 
 
 1780. " Voted to give Abraham Rice, Jr., two months 
 to com and settle with the town for the cost his wife has been 
 to the Town." 
 
 The town voted to Abner Stone among other services and 
 expenses incurred " for a horse to Walpole and himself and 
 horse to Hubbardston to settle with Mr. Willard" 2 pounds 
 10 shillings. Mr. Willard, collector in 1780, had removed 
 to Hubbardston, Mass. 
 
174 IIISTOUY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 The town also voted to pay Elislia Whitcoiub (of Swaiizey) 
 its part of his expenses while " in the house." 
 
 What appears in the above vote respecting Mr. Abner 
 Stone's journey to Walpole may, very probably, be exphiined 
 in this manner. 
 
 Under the administration of the royal Governor, Bennino- 
 Wentworth, New Hampshire claimed that its territory in- 
 cluded all that now constitutes the State of Vermont. At the 
 same time New York claimed that its eastern boundary was 
 the Connecticut River in the region north of Massachusetts, 
 while the last-mentioned State regarded itself as the owner of 
 at least a part of the disputed territory. Governor Went- 
 worth went so far as to give charters to one hundred and 
 thirty-eight towns west of the Connecticut River, but New 
 York treated all his acts in this direction as null and void. 
 In 1777 the people of what is now the State of Vermont took 
 measures to become an independent State under* the name of 
 the State of Vermont. Sixteen towns on the east side of the 
 Connecticut River asked to be admitted and become a part of 
 this new State. So far as Vermont was concerned, there was no 
 serious objection to this proposal, but New Hampshire made a 
 vigorous opposition to snch an inroad upon her territory. 
 
 The controversy was long, and maintained with much spirit. 
 Different views prevailed in all the towns most interested, and 
 this fact led to a convention of delegates from the people upon 
 both sides of the Connecticut River, and this convention. met 
 at Walpole (as a central point for the gathering), Noveniber 
 loth, 1780, to consider the situation. 
 
 It is not certainly known iipon which side in this contro- 
 versy the people of Fitzwilliam ranged themselves, but as 
 many of the towns in Cheshire County, such as Hinsdale, 
 Richmond, Chesteriield, Walpole, and others, favored the 
 plan of uniting with the towns in Eastei'u Vermont, there 
 could have been here nothing like indifference concerning the 
 result. The probability is that Mr. Abner Stone, who was a 
 prominent man in Fitzwilliam, was a delegate from this town 
 in that convention, and that Fitzwilliam was loyal to New 
 IIam])shire. Tbat the entire scheme collapsed in about two 
 
POUND PROVIDED FOR. 175 
 
 yenrs, and that the western boundary of New Jlanipsliire in 
 the western bank of tlie Connecticut Tliver, all the parties ci>n- 
 cerned have had abundant reason to be thankful. 
 
 1787. "Voted to warn out all such persous as shall 
 come into the town as Inhabitants." 
 
 " Voted to fence the Burying Yard." 
 
 '•■ Voted to build a pound in said Town." Aud to bnild it 
 with stone, twenty-five feet square within the walls, and to 
 set the same by the house of Joseph Farwell. Likewise 
 
 *' Voted to build said pound 4 feet thick at bottom and 1^ 
 feet thick at top and 6 feet high" — jneaning the walls of it. 
 
 And then provision was made for " a good timl)er frame 
 on the top" of the wall, and " a Gate lock." At this meet- 
 ing the tinancial condition of the town received due attention, 
 and a committee previonslj' appointed jnade their report, from 
 which the following brief extract is made : 
 
 • " Fitzwilliam March the 12th 1787. 
 
 in the old Wriconing (reckoning) there remaned for SamuOl 
 patick to collect for the year 1781 and their Remains in Sam- 
 uel Patick's hands £2. 8. 2. 1 — 
 
 as Treasurer of in old paper money and to allow seventy live 
 for one it amounts to in silver money." 
 
 The report above-named was long, and, in all its parts, not 
 easy of comprehension, as is evident from the single item just 
 quoted. 
 
 It covered the space of about six years, and had pai'ticular 
 reference to uncollected tax bills. Receipts and payments 
 were presented in this report in the same connection, and the 
 blanks, which were somewhat numerous, were doubtless tilled 
 to the satisfaction of the voters, by verbal statements and ex- 
 planations. The amount due the town for taxes at that time 
 appears to have been about two hundred and eight pounds. 
 
 The collections seem to have been made about as promptly 
 as at the present day. 
 
 The sul)ject of repairing and straightening what was called 
 " the Great Road " through Fitzwilliam was considered by 
 the town April 4th, 1787, when tlie owners thereof offered to 
 give the new land that would be needed and accept as remu- 
 
176 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 neration the land tlirougli which the old road was laid. This' 
 offer was accepted. 
 
 1788. January 3d. The town chose Caleb Winch as a 
 delegate to the convention called to meet at Exeter on the 
 second Wednesday of February, 1788, " for the purpose of 
 Excepting or Rejecting the new form of Goverment." 
 
 The committee to prepare instructions for Mr. Winch con- 
 sisted of Rev. Mr. Benjamin Brigham, Mr. Benjamin Wil- 
 son, Mr. Josiah Ilartwell, Deacon John Locke, and Mr. 
 Abner Stone, and January 17th the town accepted the form 
 of instructions prepared. 
 
 "Voted to allow Lieut. Levi Brigham £7. 1 — 6—0 for 
 orders which he lost." 
 
 The first meeting of the town to vote for representatives in 
 tlie Federal Congress, and for electors to choose a President 
 and Vice-President, was called for December 15th, 1788. 
 Votes were given for three representatives and five electors. 
 For the former Nicholas Gilman had twenty-two ; " Pain 
 Wingate," seventeen ; Peter Green, twelve. For presiden- 
 tial electors Benjamin Bellows had twenty ; Ebenezer Freeman, 
 thirteen ; Timothy Farrar, sixteen ; Joseph Badger, fourteen, 
 and John Pickering had ten. Only a small vote was cast con- 
 sidering the population of the town. 
 
 1789, At the annual meeting, March 19th, the vote 
 for president (of the State) fifty, was cast unanimously for 
 John Sullivan. 
 
 Abner Stone was chosen Representative. 
 
 Voted " that the Selectmen petition the General Court to 
 have one penny laid on every acre of land in said town to be 
 converted to jnaking and repairing highways." In accord- 
 ance with this vote, the selectmen presented the following pe- 
 tition : 
 
 To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
 State of New Hampshire in General Court to be assembled att Concord, 
 the third day of .rune Curent. 
 
 The Petition of the Town of Fitzwilliam Humbly Shewetli tliat your 
 Petitioners being Chosen by said Town for the purpose to Present to 
 your Honours and to Request that your Honours Would take into your 
 
PETITION IN BEHALF OF THE GREAT ROAD. 177 
 
 Wise Consideration and Grant Some Eelief. We your Petitioners 
 Humbly Shew the Situation we are in, and the DiiSculty we labor under 
 on account of our Roads, as we are situated in a Rough Part of the 
 State, and have the Great Road which leads to the upper part of the 
 State to take care of, which is eleven Miles in Length in said Town ; 
 Which is a Large Road and much Improved (supposed to mean, used) 
 and We are liable to fines, if it is not kept in Good Repair, and the 
 Town, of late, have widened the Great Road though a'^ Town and have 
 cut off a Great Number of Crooks or Turns in s'^ JJoad, to make it more 
 Comodious to the Public : Which makes considerable Cost and Charge 
 to s* Town ; and there is a number of other Road for the benefit of s"* 
 Town which are New and uncultivated, all which are to be attended 
 unto, and your petitioners humbly Shew that there is a Considerable 
 Quantity of unimproved Lands in said Town owned by Nonresidents 
 which are not obliged to Doe any thing toward making or repairing said 
 Roads some of Which leads through part of said Lands which must In- 
 crease the value thereof, if kept in good Repair, and your Petitioners 
 Humbly Beg that there may be a tax of one Penney, Layed on each 
 acre throughout s'^ Town except Public Lauds for the term of three 
 years and to be layed out for the Repairing said Roads. And your 
 Petitioners as in duty bound Shall ever Pray 
 
 Abner Stone ^ Selectmen 
 
 John Fassett > for 
 
 Stephen Brigham ) Fitzwilliam. 
 Fitz William, 
 May 27, 1789. 
 
 The Legislature granted this petition, and at a town meet- 
 ing, held on September 7th following, Caj^tain Stephen Brig- 
 ham was chosen to collect the. tax for the first year. Captain 
 Brigham did not accept the office and Simon Crosby was ap- 
 pointed to take his place. It is understood that Mr. Crosby 
 collected the tax for the three years it was levied. 
 
 1790. The town allowed " 2 pounds and 8 shillings for the 
 purpose of getting Rev. Mr. Brigham a Cashing" for the pulpit. 
 
 1791. August 8th. The town "chose ]^ahum Parker 
 to represent them at Concord at a Convention appointed there 
 by an act of the General Court." 
 
 " Sold old Mr. Camp to Lieut. Byam and to give two shil- 
 lings and ten pence per week for Keeping him with the Beniit 
 of one Cow." "Sold Thankful Camp to Joseph Stone to 
 have 3s. 1iOd. per week with the use of one bed." 
 13 
 
178 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 In this manner tlie paupers were provided for from year to 
 year ; and in the votes of the town upon this matter very par- 
 ticuhir provisions were made for keeping them properly 
 clothed and to " pay for any Extrodenery Doctring and Naris- 
 ing." 
 
 1793. August 2Yth. The town cast all the votes given, 
 thirty-seven in number, against a proposed amendment of the 
 Constitution of the-State. 
 
 1793. In this year the first record was made of licenses 
 "to keep a Public tavern" and "to sell Speritus Liquors." 
 The innkeepers licensed in February and March of this year 
 were Sylvanus Reed, Abner Stone, and Abijah Warner, while 
 Simon Crosby, Thomas Gouldsmith, and Joseph Fox were 
 authorized to deal in " Speritus Liquors." And Jonas Rob- 
 inson of the north village received a similar license " to sell 
 Speritus Liquors, subject to such regulations and restrictions 
 as the law of the State of 'New Hampshire imposes upon re- 
 talers." 
 
 Just previous to 1793 the Legislature had passed laws, mak- 
 ing material changes in the manner of doing town business and 
 keeping town records, and in the duties and requirements of 
 town officers generally. There are no regular town valuation 
 and tax-lists in existence of an earlier date than 1793, but from 
 this time onward the series is complete. At this time the se- 
 lectmen began to keep a more formal record of their business 
 transactions, and the records of the town clerk take a wider 
 range. 
 
 It is not practicable to furnish from the town records 
 anything like an accurate list of the successive owners, or even 
 occupants of the various lots and pieces of land in town. Com- 
 mencing with 1793 the yearly valuation and tax-lists state the 
 amount for which real estate is assessed to each individual 
 owner, but do not give the location of the land except in the 
 case of non-resident owners. Among the old records of tlie 
 town, two books are found that give a more complete account 
 of the location of the various owners of real estate in the town 
 than can be obtained from any other source. One of these 
 books gives " A List of all the Houses (above the value of 
 
LOCATION OF DWELLING-HOUSES, 1798. 179 
 
 One Hundred Dollars) with the Out-Hoiises appurtenant 
 thereto, and the Lots on which the same are erected, not ex- 
 ceeding Two Acres" in the town '' on the 1st day Oct. 1798." 
 The particulars given are : the owner of the house ; the occu- 
 pant thereof ; the number of houses and out-houses ; quantity 
 of land in the lot ; the situation of the house ; its dimensions ; 
 number of stories ; number and size of the windows ; material 
 of which the buildings were constructed, and the valuation by 
 the assistant assessor of the property as described. The situa- 
 tion of the houses is not described by lot and range, but by 
 stating in what part of the town, or how far from the meet- 
 ing-house, or in other similar ways. The house of Nahum 
 Parker was " On the great road to Boston, east part of the 
 town." Phinehas Peed lived "in the center of business on 
 the main road. " Thomas Stratton's house w" as situated "in 
 the south part of the town, west of the pond." The houses 
 of Samuel Griffin and Jonas Knight were in the " North part 
 of the Town on a Handsome Hill nigh the School House." 
 John Pratt's house was in the " S. East Part of the town : not 
 on any road nor ever will be." William Farrar lived in the 
 " North part of y® Town, 3 Miles from the, Center ; head of 
 Hemlock Poe." Samuel Pockwood was located " N from 
 the center ; west side of Fosters Pond.'' This is now called 
 Pockwood Pond. 
 
 The other book gives " A List of all the Dwelling Houses 
 not above the value of 100$, and of all the Lands in the Town 
 of Fitzwilliam and their owners on the first Day of Oct. 1798."" 
 The particulars given are names of owners ; number of acres 
 owned ; description of lands ; adjunct proprietors ; location 
 of land by lot anl range ; number and dimension of buildings ; 
 valuation of hcu.es not over one hundred dollars, and valua- 
 tion of the land. 
 
 The assistant assessor was Simon Crosby, and both books 
 appear to have been made out by him, though his signature is 
 attached only to the one first described. 
 
 The following tables have been carefully compiled from 
 these two books with a few items added from other rehable 
 sources. While not entirely free from errors, the books maj' 
 
180 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 be accepted as substantially accurate. The first table gives a 
 list of all residents owning land or buildings and non-residents 
 owning land and buildings. JSTon-residents are marked f . 
 The houses that are described as two stories high have their 
 valuation marked % ; all the other houses are one story higli. 
 All the houses are constructed of wood. The second table 
 gives a list of non-residents owning land only. JSTearly all the 
 land in this table is described as unimproved. A cipher (0) in- 
 serted in an otherwise blank space means none. The mark ? 
 inserted in a blank space signifies that the correct figures can- 
 not be given. If inserted after figures, it implies doubt or 
 uncertainty. 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 C Names of owners and 
 
 OCCUPANTS. 
 
 tArunah Allen 
 
 Richard Gleason occ 
 
 Philip Araadon 
 
 Benj. Angier 
 
 Silas Angier jr 
 
 Abel Baker 
 
 Samuel Bent 
 
 Daniel Bigelow 
 
 Joseph Bigelow 
 
 Widow Wm Bishop. 
 
 fOliver Blood 
 
 Bartlet Bowker 
 
 Charles Bowker 
 
 John Bowker 
 
 Asa Brewer 
 
 .James Brewer 
 
 Rev Benj. Brigham . 
 
 Levi Brigham 
 
 William Bruce 
 
 Abel Bj'am 
 
 Duncan Cameron . . . 
 Jonatlian Capron . . . 
 Thomas Clark 
 
 Total 
 No. of 
 
 acres 
 owned. 
 
 100 
 
 131 
 
 15 
 
 110 
 
 180 
 
 90 
 
 18 
 100 
 
 40 
 150 
 180 
 
 100 ? 
 165 
 
 100 
 120 
 140 
 
 133 
 100 
 
 63 
 
 40 
 
 38 
 
 27 
 
 Lot- on which 
 
 Valuation 
 
 located. 
 
 of house. 
 
 L 8 in R 4 
 
 $150. 
 
 L 10 in R4 
 
 60. 
 
 7 in 11 
 
 70. 
 
 11 & 13 in 6 
 
 70. 
 
 & 13 in 5 ? 
 
 
 13 in 13 
 
 300. 
 
 7 in 1 
 
 ? 
 
 4 ia 6 
 
 10. 
 
 5 in 11 
 
 135. 
 
 18 in 13 
 
 80. 
 
 1 in 5 (?) 
 
 80. 
 
 19 in 7 
 
 300. 
 
 17 in 6 
 
 400. t 
 
 19 in 7 
 
 200. 
 
 33 in 10 
 
 60. 
 
 32 & 33 in 8 ? 
 
 40. 
 
 13 in 7 
 
 400. \ 
 
 13 in 6 
 
 100. 
 
 G in C 
 
 85. 
 
 20 in 10 & 11? 
 
 40. 
 
 Sin 9 
 
 70. 
 
 33 in 9 
 
 20. 
 
 31 in 8 
 
 50. 
 
 18 in 13 
 
 ? 
 
 other land 
 owned. 
 
 4 in 4 
 
 18 in 11 
 
 1 in 6 (?) 
 18 in 7 & 16 in 
 11 
 
 30 in 7 & 16 in 
 11 
 
 11 & 12 in 7 
 3 in 5 & 5 in 6 
 
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF HOUSES, 1798. 181 
 
 TABLE I. {Continued.) 
 
 Names of owners add 
 occupant8. 
 
 John Cobleigh 
 
 Ezekiel Collins 
 
 William Crane 
 
 Simon Crosby 
 
 Ebenezer Cutler 
 
 Jonathan Cutler 
 
 Moses Cutting , 
 
 Oliver Damon 
 
 Samuel Davis 
 
 Benjamin Davison 
 
 Pearley Deeth 
 
 Moses Drury 
 
 Abraham Eddy ........ 
 
 Benjamin Eddy 
 
 Abel Estabrook 
 
 Daniel Farrar ... » . . \ 
 
 Nathan Platts occ f 
 
 William Farrar 
 
 John Fassett 
 
 Jedediah Fay 
 
 John Fay 
 
 William Fay 
 
 Matthias Felton 
 
 Jesse Forristall. 
 
 Joseph Forristall 
 
 Luna Foster 
 
 Richard Foster 
 
 Francis FuUam 
 
 David & John Gary. . . 
 
 Jonas Gary , 
 
 Richard Gleason. ...... 
 
 John Godding 
 
 Timothy Godding 
 
 Asa Goodale . 
 
 Isaac Goodenow , 
 
 Thomas Goldsmith. 
 
 Jesse Hayden occ 
 
 Allen Grant 
 
 Samuel Griffin 
 
 Nath'l & Nath'l Grover 
 Jr 
 
 Total 
 
 No. of 
 
 acres 
 
 owned. 
 
 160 
 170 
 109 
 163 
 
 100 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 130 
 
 100 
 
 184 
 
 100 
 
 55 
 
 36 
 
 202 
 
 97 
 200 
 100 
 
 200 
 50 
 
 120 
 50 
 
 173 
 
 150 
 147 
 
 83 
 50 
 
 282 
 
 130 
 
 137 
 
 126 
 
 65 
 
 85 
 
 100 
 
 70 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 153 
 
 100 
 
 Lot on which 
 house is 
 located. 
 
 13 in 12 
 
 11 in 6 
 
 9 in 2 
 
 15 in 6 
 
 4 in 6 & 7 ? 
 
 4 
 
 in 6 
 
 22 
 
 in 9 
 
 13 
 
 in 9 
 
 19 
 
 in 5 
 
 15 
 
 in 5 
 
 8 
 
 in 10 
 
 18 
 
 in 6 
 
 3 
 
 in 12 
 
 2 
 
 in 12 
 
 17 
 
 in 8 
 
 12 
 
 in 2 
 
 21 in 
 
 8&9? 
 
 22 in 6 & 23 
 
 in 7 ? 
 
 15 in 8 
 
 7 in 10 
 
 14 in 8 
 9 in 10 
 
 15 in 6 
 4 in 8 
 1 in 7 
 
 19 in 8 
 13 & 14 in 12? 
 
 8 in 3 
 13 in 2 
 
 21 in 
 
 7 
 10 
 18 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 15 
 13 
 
 7 
 20 
 
 6«&7 
 n 10 
 n 5 
 n 12 
 n 10 
 n 11 
 n 10 
 n 6 
 n 6 
 n 12 
 n 6 
 
 3 in 7 
 
 Valuation 
 of house. 
 
 80. 
 
 70. 
 
 40. 
 600. X 
 150. 
 105. 
 
 10. 
 
 15. 
 125. 
 200. 
 
 80. 
 300. 
 175. 
 
 65. 
 
 40. 
 
 60. 
 
 40. 
 110. 
 150. 
 110. 
 200. 
 
 60. 
 80. 
 80. 
 40. 
 700. X 
 ? 
 
 50. 
 
 80. 
 
 130. 
 
 0. 
 
 200. 
 
 150. t 
 
 60. 
 
 75. 
 
 70. 
 
 70. 
 
 70. 
 
 20. 
 
 500. X 
 
 250. 
 
 1. 
 
 300. 
 
 80. 
 
 other land 
 owned. 
 
 14 in 11 
 12 in 5 & 6 
 
 ? 
 
 2 t& 14 in 5 & 
 15 in 4 
 
 14 in 9 
 14 in 4 «fcl3in3 
 
 Sin 12 
 I3in4&16in7 
 
 13 in 1 
 18 in 6 
 
 5 in 4 
 14 in 7 
 14 in 3 
 
 18 in 10 
 
 12 & 17 in 3 »& 
 a »& 14 in 7 
 
 3 in 10 & 9 in 8 
 8 & 11 in 5 
 
 ; 15 in 4 & 7 
 21 in 5 
 
182 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 TABLE I. {Continued.) 
 
 KaMKS of 0-WNER9 AND 
 OCCUPANaS. 
 
 Joshua Harrington 
 
 Stephen Harris i 
 
 Asael Hartweli 
 
 Abner & Jos Haskell. . . 
 
 Joseph Haskell 
 
 Levi Haskell 
 
 Joel Hayden 
 
 Sylvaniis Hemenway. . . 
 
 Daniel Howe \ 
 
 Xahum Howe i 
 
 t James Hubbard 
 
 tPeter Hunt. | 
 
 Isaac Jackson 
 
 John Jackson. 1 
 
 Bezaleel Kendall . i 
 
 Samuel Kendall • 
 
 John Knight 
 
 Jonas Knight 
 
 +Stephen Knowlton. ... 
 
 Luke Lincoln 
 
 John Locke 
 
 William Locke 
 
 Eleazer Mason 
 
 Elihu Mellen 
 
 Joel Mellen 
 
 John Mellen's heirs .... 
 
 Daniel Mellen 
 
 Joel Miles 
 
 P. Gleason Miller 
 
 Daniel Morse 
 
 James Morse 
 
 fNehemiah Munroe. . . ) 
 Benj'n Sampson occ. . ) 
 
 Ebenezer Nurse 
 
 ]^Iatthew Osborn 
 
 Ephraim Parker 
 
 Xahum Parker 
 
 Samuel Patch 
 
 Samuel Patrick 
 
 Micah Perry 
 
 Simeon Perry 
 
 Total 
 No. of 
 
 I Lot on which 
 house is 1 
 located. 1 
 
 Valuation 
 
 other land 
 
 acres 
 owned. 
 
 of house. 
 
 owned. 
 
 55 
 
 23 in 8 
 
 175. 
 
 23 in 9 
 
 150 
 
 11 in 8 
 
 180. 
 
 8 in 9 
 
 150 
 
 12 in 8 
 
 120. 
 
 10 in 9 
 
 100 
 
 22 in 5 
 
 200. 
 
 
 20 
 
 15 in 5 
 
 70. 
 
 14 & 15 in 4 
 
 163 
 
 23 in 6 
 
 150. 
 
 9 in 3 & ? 
 
 75 
 
 10 in 6 
 
 80. 
 
 9 in 6 
 
 130 
 
 18 in 8 
 
 80. 
 
 18 in 7 
 
 ISO 
 
 17 & 18 in 11 
 
 20- 
 
 
 66 
 
 11 in 12 
 
 150. 
 
 
 70 
 
 4 in 5 
 
 40. 
 
 
 71 
 
 3 in 2 
 
 71. 
 
 4 in 1 
 
 90 
 
 19 & 20 in 10? 
 
 10. 
 
 
 50 
 
 23 in 10 
 
 10. 
 
 
 50 
 
 3 in 3 
 
 10. 
 
 
 483 
 
 14 in 3 
 
 400. 
 
 14&15inl&15 
 &19in3&13& 
 14 in 3 & 16 in 
 4 & 13 in 11 
 
 50 
 
 16 in 5 
 
 30. 
 
 
 150 
 
 20 in 5 
 
 300. 
 
 21 in 5 
 
 190 
 
 17 in 1 & 2 ? 
 
 70. 
 
 
 21 
 
 14 in 6 
 
 250. 
 
 13 in 4 
 
 50 
 
 16 in 4 
 
 40. 
 
 
 100 
 
 11 in 3 
 
 ? 
 
 
 100 
 
 17 in 12 
 
 125. 
 
 
 95 
 
 4 in 4 & 14 in 
 
 5 
 
 16 in 9 
 
 0. 
 
 
 
 150.1 
 
 
 200 
 
 16 in 10 
 
 70. 
 
 
 44 
 
 14 in 5 
 
 ? 
 
 
 100 
 
 17 in 7 
 
 200. t 
 
 16 in 7 
 
 85 
 
 7 in 11 
 
 15. 
 
 
 53 
 
 9 in 3 
 
 0. 
 
 
 1 ? 
 
 15 in 6 
 
 120. 
 
 
 100 
 
 7 in 9 
 
 65. 
 
 3 «& 8 in 10 «& 1 
 
 ; 634 
 
 1 in 10 
 
 250. 
 
 & 2 in 9 & 1 & 
 
 3 in 8 
 
 100 
 
 20 in 9 & 10 ? 
 
 80. 
 
 
 90 
 
 9 in 6 
 
 80. 
 
 10 in 5 
 
 150 
 
 15 in 13 
 
 110. 
 
 
 i ^4 
 
 13 in 1 
 
 300. 
 
 14 in 1 
 
 1 100 
 
 14 in 10 
 
 120. 
 
 
 200 
 
 17 in 5 
 
 300. 
 
 15 in 10 (?) 
 
 1 00 
 
 3 «S: 4 in 13? 
 
 40. 
 
 
 100 
 
 6 in 10 
 
 . 40. 
 
 
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF HOUSES, 1798, 
 
 183 
 
 TABLE I. (Continued.) 
 
 Names of ownbrs and 
 
 Total 
 No. of 
 
 Lot on which 
 hou^e is 
 located. 
 
 Valuation 
 
 Other land 
 
 OCCUPAMTS. 
 
 acres 
 owned. 
 
 of house. 
 
 owned. 
 
 Ebenezer Phillips 
 
 100 
 
 15 in 9 
 
 20. 
 
 
 Elijah Phillips. 
 
 40 
 
 5 in 7 
 
 110. 
 
 
 Edward Platts 
 
 100 
 
 18 in 5 
 
 120. 
 
 
 Ebenezer Potter 
 
 100 
 
 6 in 7 
 
 15. 
 
 
 Job Pratt 
 
 55 
 1 ? 
 156 
 
 6 in 1 
 
 ? 
 
 12 in 1 
 
 60. 
 120. 
 200. 
 
 6 in 3 
 
 John Pratt* 
 
 
 Joseph Pratt 
 
 10 in 2 & 16 & 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 in 3 
 
 Levi & Silas Pratt 
 
 160 
 
 1 & 2 in 2 ? 
 
 75. 
 
 • 
 
 Moses Pratt 
 
 200 
 264 
 
 6 & 7 in 2 ^ 
 10 in 1 
 
 60. 
 
 80. 
 
 6 in 8 
 
 Reuben Pratt 
 
 11 & 13 in 1 & 
 
 
 10. 11 & 13 in 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 & 17 in 8 
 
 Hiram Prescott 
 
 130 
 
 5 in 10 
 
 40. 
 
 6 in 11 
 
 Peter Prescott 
 
 100 
 
 Sin 11 
 
 50. 
 
 
 David Pushee .... 
 
 27 
 
 10 in 2 
 
 45. 
 
 
 James Reed 
 
 266 
 
 16 in 9 
 12 & 13 in 7 ? 
 
 60. 
 
 80. 
 
 12 in 6 
 
 Hinds Reed occ 
 
 
 16 in 8 
 
 200. 
 
 
 Phinehas Reed 
 
 99 
 
 15 in 5 
 
 800. t 
 
 15 in 4 & 6 
 
 David Rice 
 
 70 
 150 
 
 11 in 9 
 6 in 8 
 
 60. 
 200. 
 
 
 Abijah Richardson 
 
 6 in 9 
 
 Rhoda Richardson 
 
 150 
 
 3&4in 11 ? 
 
 70. 
 
 
 Timothy Richardson . . . 
 
 170 
 
 2 & 3 in 11 ? 
 
 .50. 
 
 
 Jonas Robeson 
 
 3 
 
 33 in 8 
 
 800. 
 
 
 "Walter Capron occ ... . 
 
 
 
 125. 
 
 
 Samuel Rockwood 
 
 180 
 
 17 in 9 
 
 120. 
 
 17 & 18 in 10 
 
 tEphraim Root } 
 
 Obil Fassett occ : j 
 
 209 
 
 14 in 7 
 
 120. I 
 
 23 in 11 & 13 
 
 Jacob Sar<.>eant 
 
 100 
 
 1 in 12 
 
 175. 
 
 
 David Saunders , 
 
 87 
 50 
 
 23 in 5 
 19 in 11 
 
 120. 
 
 40. 
 
 
 Ebenezer Saunders 
 
 
 Selectmen of Fitzwilliam 
 
 35 
 
 4 in 10 
 
 0. 
 
 
 Barakiah Scott 
 
 166 
 
 16 in 3 
 
 80. 
 
 15 in 3 
 
 Benjamin Scott 
 
 25 
 
 15 in 3 
 
 40. 
 
 
 Benoni Shurtleff 
 
 135 
 
 15 in 6 
 
 700. J 
 
 14 in 6 & 15 in 7 
 
 Calvin Smith 
 
 140 
 120 
 
 10 in 13 
 13 in 11 
 
 140. 
 5. 
 
 9 in 13 
 
 Daniel Smith 
 
 14 in 11 
 
 Peter Starkev 
 
 20 
 
 20 in 11 & 30 
 
 150. 
 
 
 Otis Starkey occ 
 
 
 & 31 in 12 ? 
 
 150. 
 
 
 William Starkey 
 
 200 
 
 21 in 11 & 19 
 & 20 in 12 ? 
 
 160. 
 
 
 Abner Stone 
 
 100 
 
 9 in 1 
 
 300. t 
 
 
 * Lot and range not given. Mr. Crosby's description is " S. east part of the town 
 not on any road, nor ever will be." 
 
184 
 
 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 TABLE I. {Continued.) 
 
 NaMBS op OWNBB8 AND 
 
 OCCUPANTS. 
 
 Hezekiah Stone 
 
 James Si one 
 
 Jason & Samuel Stone. , 
 
 Joseph Stone , . . . . 
 
 Samuel Stone 
 
 Abijah Stowell 
 
 Tliomas Stratton 
 
 t Swan* ) 
 
 Nathan Wheeler occ . J 
 
 JtJhn Sweetland 
 
 John Sweetland 
 
 Michael Sweetser 
 
 James Taylor. 
 
 Thomas Tolman 
 
 Samuel Tower 
 
 •Jacob Townsend 
 
 Nathan Townsend 
 
 Nathan Townseud Jr. . . 
 Reuben Underwood. . . . 
 
 Asa Waite 
 
 Kobert Ware 
 
 Abijah Warner 
 
 Nathaniel Warner 
 
 Silas Warner 
 
 Silas Wheeler 
 
 Francis Whitcomb 
 
 Oliver AYhitcomb 
 
 Stephen White 
 
 flsaac Whitmore 
 
 Joel Whitney , 
 
 John ct Jona. Whitney, 
 
 John Whittemore , 
 
 Artenias Wilson 
 
 Nathaniel Wilson , 
 
 Caleb Winch 
 
 Joseph Winch . 
 
 Mathew Withington . . , 
 
 Jonas Woods 
 
 Aaron Wriyhl 
 
 Ebenezer Wright 
 
 Joel AVright.. , 
 
 Total 
 
 No. of 
 
 acres 
 
 owned. 
 
 180 
 
 68 
 100 
 100 
 153 
 
 80 
 125 
 
 1 ? 
 
 78 
 50 
 65 
 70 
 63 
 303 
 
 75 
 140 
 
 30 
 
 60 
 100 
 
 65 
 190 
 
 50 
 100 
 
 80 
 
 76 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 100 
 100 
 200 
 
 16 
 160 
 154 
 
 230 
 
 77 
 100 
 
 97 
 190 
 140 
 
 80 
 
 ^"hoSsIis"^ 'valuation 
 fed! "f»^»"«« 
 
 9 in 4- 
 
 Sin 6 
 
 18 in 4 
 
 7 in 7 
 
 13 in 6 
 
 20 in 4 
 
 Sin 8 
 
 23inll&12? 
 
 23 in 10 
 
 4 in 10 
 
 4 in 1 
 23 in 9 
 
 13 in 8 
 
 10 in 10 
 
 10 in 8 
 
 11 in 10 
 
 5 in 9 
 
 3 in 
 
 14 in 
 
 5 in 
 
 4 in 
 2 in 
 
 10 in 12 
 
 2 & 3 in 8 ? 
 10«fellinl2? 
 
 13 in 12 
 
 3 in 1 «& 2 ? 
 
 6 in 12 
 20 in 8 & 19 
 
 in 9? 
 
 13 in 6 
 
 7in 8 
 
 3 & 4 in 9 ? 
 
 22 in 6 
 
 21 in 
 
 17 in 
 13 in 
 
 18 in 
 16 in 
 
 15 ia 11 
 
 Oiher land 
 owned. 
 
 75. 9 in 5 
 
 15. 
 
 50; 
 
 80. G in 7 & 9 in 8 
 300. 13 in 5 
 
 60. 
 200. 4 in 
 
 300. 
 
 60. 
 
 10. 
 
 125. 
 
 5. 
 
 300. t 
 
 180. 
 
 45. 
 175. 
 0. 
 ■ ? 
 
 60. 
 
 40. 
 
 300. X 
 
 0. 
 
 10. 
 •40. 
 
 30; 
 
 I 
 
 60. 
 
 60. 
 
 40. 
 
 350; t 
 
 15. 
 120. 
 200. 
 
 40. 
 180. 
 
 80. 
 
 ? ■ 
 
 120. 
 
 225. 
 
 180. 
 
 60. 
 
 one is jr. 
 
 22 in 10 
 
 9 in 9 & 13 in 6 
 
 & 10 
 
 10 in 7 
 
 6 in 1 & 5 in a 
 
 6 in 8 & 4 iu 9 
 
 22 in 7 & 23 in 
 
 5 & 6 
 
 23 in 5 
 
 11 in 4 
 
 18 in 10 
 10 in 5 
 
 * Lot aiul raiiKu not Kl^en. Mr. Crosby's description is "on the north end of the 
 
 town on the Kceut road." 
 
NON-KESIDENT OWNERS OF LAND, 1798. 
 
 185 
 
 TABLE II. 
 
 Owners. 
 
 Col. Atkinson 
 
 Stephen Bailey 
 
 Ja' Bellows . . 
 
 Jo* Bigelow 
 
 David Brigham 
 
 Nath' Brooks 
 
 James Bowdoin , 
 
 Dr. Jolm Chamberlain 
 John Clapp 
 
 Colton . 
 
 John Crosby. . .- 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 Ebenezer Fry 
 
 James Goddard 
 
 Daniel Golding 
 
 Josiah Hartwell 
 
 Howe 
 
 Asa Huntington 
 
 George Jafifrey 
 
 Peter Joslin 
 
 Heirs of Geo. Libbey. . 
 
 Esq. Phillips 
 
 Levi Randall 
 
 Eliphalet Richardson. 
 
 Jona. Rice 
 
 Col, Stoddard 
 
 Sampson Stoddard Jr. 
 
 Luther Stone 
 
 Phillips Sweetser 
 
 Jonas Thompson 
 
 Col. Wallingford 
 
 Town of Westborough 
 
 Ephraim Whitney 
 
 Salmon Whitney 
 
 William Whitney 
 
 Benj. Wilson's heirs. . 
 William Worcester. . . . 
 
 Acres 
 owned. 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 
 64 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 15 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 70 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 80 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 200 
 
 Location of land. 
 
 14 in 10 
 2 in 5 & G 
 4 tt 5 in 3 
 
 2 in 1 
 ? 
 
 11 in 11 
 
 8 in 12 
 10 & U in 3 
 
 2 in G 
 
 15 in 1 
 
 1 in 4 
 7 in 4 
 
 2 in 11 • 
 
 2 & 3 in 12 
 
 ? 
 12 & 13 in 9 
 
 9 in 11 
 
 12 in 3 
 6 in 11 
 
 1 in 1 
 10 in 11 
 23 in 4 
 19 in 11 
 
 2 in 11 
 
 3 in 4 
 12 in 11 
 
 Sin 5 
 2 in 4 
 14 in 12 
 2 in 8 
 5 in 5 
 
 3 & 4 in 5 
 
 5 in 12 
 17 in 3 
 14 in 7 
 
 4 in 9 
 21 & 22 in 4 
 
 In the ]j>receding tables and elsewhere in tliis book, so many 
 locations are described bj giving the number of lot and range, 
 that for convenience of reference, the lot and range lines are 
 shown on the accompanying map of the town. It was stated 
 in the fourth chapter that there is considerable variation in 
 
186 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 the size of the lots. It would be impracticable to show these 
 variations with exactness without making a correct survey of 
 the entire town, but the lines in the map are given with suffi- 
 cient accuracy to answer the purpose intended. The minutes 
 of the perambulation of the line between Troy and Fitzwill- 
 iam, November 8th, 1847, are here given to Illustrate the ir- 
 regularity referred to. Beginning at the northwest corner of 
 Fitzwilliam, being the southwest corner of Troy, tlie courses 
 and distances were as follows : 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 
 Course. 
 
 Distances as measured. 
 
 The distances properly 
 
 should be. j 
 
 S 81° 26' E 
 
 N 3° ^y 
 
 S 81° 30' E 
 
 S 79° 52' E 
 N 2° 6' E 
 S 80° E. 
 
 375 Rods. 
 
 85 " 
 167 " 
 147 " 
 344 " 
 218 " 
 589 " 
 
 320 Rods. 
 100 " 
 160 " 
 100 " 
 320 " 
 200 " 
 about 560 " 
 
 to the west line of Jaffrey. 
 
 The three northerly courses should agree in direction ; it 
 will be seen that they vary over five degrees, and in like man- 
 ner the four easterly courses vary over a degree and a half ; 
 while a comparison of the two columns of distances will show 
 the variation in that direction. 
 
 The dividing line between Fitzwilliam and Rindge as given 
 in the charters of both towns is " north by the needle five 
 miles" (sixteen hundred rods), but the line as lield by the ad- 
 joining landholders in the two towns varied considerably from 
 a straight line. Tlie Legislature of 1847 legalized the local line 
 as giving more substantial justice than would be obtained by 
 straightening the line. The line as established is described 
 thus : Beginning at the southeast corner of Fitzwilliam, being 
 the southwest corner of Rindge thence, (1) N. 1° 27' E, 117/j5^ 
 rods ; (2) N. 3° E. 'Si\\%- rods ; (3) N". 3° 20' E. 149^V rods ; 
 (4) N. 2° 28' E. 356^^ rods ; (5) N. 4° E. 13^-^ rods ; (6) N. 
 4° 5' E. 163-iV rods ; (7) N. 2° E. 117-jVV rods ; (8) N. 0° 30' 
 
T 
 
 X 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 'MM. 
 
 Troy. 
 
 9 ^^ g^ 
 
 ftp S.EBoxrin:''- 
 
 SCHOOL r^?9. 
 
 
 Riiuj-e^ 
 
 1 \\ 12 _ 11 ^ 
 
 1 20 
 
 MAP OF 
 
 i^FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 J.Blodffelt. 
 
 18 
 
 ,/.Per/uufV . ♦^ 
 
 
 Kanges 
 2 /f^^'i^.^-^ 
 
 '^XJj.Bogi/il 
 
 \\1 
 
 3 weS^HILL 
 
 . » 
 
 15 
 
 i4; '%i^^^^'' 
 
 
 S. o>^ 
 
 
 
 -^..w^"" 
 
 % 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 %i!*^'J 
 
 r.JtllUt'" 
 
 ,j/»«'< ■ 
 
 3.t1v^^- 
 
 t 
 
 jI.^7S/77«i^-i'*i' 
 
 '*«» 
 
 
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 ■ v,'^' "- SCHC0L^i»2 OA 
 
 13 
 
 
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 \Jetiii^S UfU'ktteSS. 
 
 
 
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 A.S.WilsonA 
 GeoWWClsoiv. 
 
 
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 g^"^'. 
 
 \fi!.Drui , \c.Cox. 
 
 m 
 
 Wl2 f^ 
 
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 Bloilgeft^^ j^.JBi-yojif. 
 
 M-s.lhvtwlZ. 
 
 •h //°^*^"°°'-"''°-'i,ff4^^i/f ' T.Pefry.//* 
 
 D. T.Moore -^ 
 
 
 
 E GMpWiAX. _ 
 
 .s.":r" 
 
 10 
 
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 p. Daley. 
 
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 iSayde)^ 
 
 S.Ettyethi.*JI 
 
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 (school N97. o ^ /^ 
 
 -A w'Jm\ 
 
 Tlym-L. , ~ 
 
 ■-^AntosMMee. 
 
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 ^K n„,„„,- 
 
 5#" 
 
 '%/iisr/cl#* 
 
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 ]\IcLSSctchiisetts 
 
' BOUNDARY BETWEEN FITZWILLTAM AND RINDGE. 187 
 
 W. 91^\ rods ; (9) N. 0° 36' E. lOQ/^V rods ; (10) isT. 1° 54' 
 E. 6Sj\ rods ; (11) K 1° W. 96/^ rods ; (12) N. 0° 15' W. • 
 893-V rods ; (13) N. 1° E. 90^-^1 rods ; (14) N. 0" 5' E. 
 106yV rods ; (15) K 45^^ rods ; (16) N. 0^ 12' E. 106^^ rods 
 to the south h"ne of Jattrey. Total length of line 1732^^ rods. 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FKOM 1800 ONWARD. 
 
 Rev. Stephen Williams Pastorate — Mr. John Sabin called — His Ordination 
 — Location and Erection of a New Meeting-House — Divisions Among 
 the People — Organization of the Unitarian Society — Its Ministers and 
 History — The Orthodox Society Formed — Its Pastors and their Families 
 — The Parsonages — Tlie Centennial Anniversary — The Baptist Church 
 and Society — Its Meetiug-House and Ministers — The Methodist Episco- 
 pal Houses of Worship and Ministers. 
 
 AFTER the death of the first pastor, and before the close 
 of the year 1Y99, Mr. Timothy WiUiams, of Wood- 
 stock, Conn., supplied the pulpit for some months and deliv- 
 ered here a funeral oration at the solemn service which was 
 observed throughout the country, when the people mourned 
 for George Washington. The death of Washington took 
 place December 14th, 1799. The corpse appears to have been 
 deposited in the family vault with funeral solemnities, four 
 days after his death, or December 18th, but the day set apart 
 by Congress for the general service was February 22d, 1800. 
 The oration of Mr. Williams was doubtless delivered at the 
 time of the general observance. 
 
 From " an Accoumpt of Money Expended for preaching" 
 from December 31st, 1799, to February Ist. 1801 (which in- 
 cludes expenses " for board of Candidates"), it would appear 
 that Mr. Timothy WilHams preached fourteen Sabbatlis, at six 
 dollars per Sabbath, liis board bill being paid by the town. 
 He or some one else was paid '^ $1.50 for Fast." 
 
 A Mr. Marcy preached two Sabbaths and may have been a 
 candidate for settlement, while Mr. Timothy Williams was 
 probably only a supply. 
 
 An elder brother of this Mr. W^illiams, viz., Mr. Stephen 
 Williams, also from Woodstock, Conn., appears to have 
 preached here as a candidate for settlement, early in the year 
 1800, and on June 25th of that year the church extended a 
 
EEV. STEPHEN WILLIAMS* OEDINATION. 189 
 
 call to liim to become tlieir pastor, and officially notified the 
 town of its action, and requested its concurrence. The town 
 voted to comply with this reqnest, and offered Mr. Williams 
 a settlement of three hundred and thirty -four dollars and an 
 annual salary of three hundred dollars, M'ithout the use of the 
 ministerial lot. But it would seem tliat unfavorable reports 
 respecting the character or habits of the candidate began to 
 be circulated about that time, for the town took the precaution 
 to vote that if Mr. Williams should become their pastor upon 
 the terms proposed, and within six years should be dismissed 
 because of charges affecting his morals, he should bind himself 
 to restore to the town three fourths of the amount of his set- 
 tlement, or two hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents, and 
 a less proportion, or one half of the same, if, for the same rea- 
 son, his ministry should close in tweh^e years, and one fourth 
 of the same, if within eighteen years. These conditions prov- 
 ing unsatisfactory, a compromise was made by Mr. Williams' 
 relinquishing his settlement of three hundred and thirty-four 
 dollars, and the town adding one hundred dollars to the amount 
 of his stipulated salary, making it four hundred dollars annually. 
 The ordination of Mr. Williams took place November 4th, 
 1800, and the following churches were represented in the or- 
 daining council by pastors or delegates, or by both, v\z.^ the 
 churches of Royalston, Longmeadow, and Athol, Mass., of 
 Woodstock in Connecticut, and of Rindge, Keene, Jaffrey, 
 and Marlborough, N. H. The record of the result of the 
 council contains the following : 
 
 In the examination, particular attention was paid to the moral char- 
 acter of the Candidate, and we are happy to find Mr. Williams possessed 
 of an unusually amiable moral character, continued from his early youth 
 to the present time, and which we consider not in the least blemished 
 by some injurious reports which Mr. Williams himself candidly came 
 forward and informed the Council of ; but which upon full, satisfying 
 evidence appear to have been originated and industriously propagated 
 with a wicked, malicious design to injure Mr. Williams, and to disturb 
 the happy unanimity of this people. 
 
 The vote to proceed to the ordination was unanimous, and 
 in that service Rev. Mr. Ainsworth, of Jaffrey, offered the 
 
190 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM.- 
 
 introductory prayer, "Rev. Ricliard S. Storrs, of Longmeadow 
 (grandfatlier of Rev. Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, N. Y.), 
 preached the sermon, Eev. Mr. Hall, of Keene, offered the 
 ordaining prayer, Rev. Mr. Lee, of Royalston (who had been 
 moderator of the church from the death of its first pastor), gave 
 the charge. Rev. Setli Payson, of Rindge (father of Dr. Ed- 
 ward Payson, who was a distinguished pastor in Portland, Me.), 
 gave the right hand of fellowship, and the concluding prayer 
 was offered by Rev. Mr. Fish, of Marlborough. 
 
 The town voted fifty-five dollars to meet the expenses of 
 the ordination. 
 
 Mr. AVilliams is represented to have been a man of educa- 
 tion, of sound doctrinal belief, according to the standards of 
 the times, and a fluent, pleasing speaker ; but, unhappily'', he 
 was very penurious, and so fond of intoxicating drinks that he 
 would drink to excess when others stood ready to pay the 
 bill.* These habits soon produced disaffection, and in less 
 than two years the church, the town, and Mr. AVilliams him- 
 self, united in calling a council for his dismission, all parties, 
 it would seem, proposing to ask for this, without setting forth 
 the reasons for this request. 
 
 The council, which met September 28th, 1802, declined to 
 comply with the wishes of the parties calling it, unless the 
 reasons for the dismission should be presented, and advised 
 the calling of another council, to which the whole matter 
 should be submitted. This was agreed to, and the church 
 named the third Tuesday of J^ovember, 1802, as the day for 
 the meeting of the second or new council. The records of 
 the church from August 20th, 1802, to August 17th, 1804, 
 are entirely blank. The committee of the church for the call- 
 ing of this council consisted of Deacons Fassett and Da non, 
 and Esquire Parker. 
 
 The town records supply the following information : For 
 some reasons, probably the occurrence of the annual Thanks- 
 
 * " Mr. Williams was carried (drunk) from Goldsmith'a (Tavern) to Mr. Felton's. Mrs. 
 Deeth said we old women sat In the bodyseats and cried and felt very IndlRuant at 
 Dr. Wright for laughiiiK, and enquired what he was launhlng at ? he replied to think 
 how soon you would have it all to do over again." At Mr. Williams' public confession- 
 Related by Mrs. John Sabln. 
 
CALL OF MR. JOHN SABIlSr. 191 
 
 giving, the council did not assemble till November 19th, 1802, 
 at which time Mr. Williams was dismissed (doubtless without 
 the usual or any credentials), and the town voted on the same 
 day its " thanks" 
 
 to the venerable ecclesiastical Council now in session in this town, for 
 their patience, candor, and impartial attention to the business laid 
 before them, and for the result they have reached ; and that the town 
 accept with gratitude the proposal of the Hon. Gentlemen of the Clergy 
 belonging to the Council to supply the desk in this town a certain time.* 
 
 Apparently this was a happy termination of a most serious 
 difficulty, but, as is often true when pastors are dismissed, 
 some of the people, who were the special friends of Mr. Will- 
 iams, were aggrieved, and not ready to welcome his successor. 
 
 It is supposed that a number of candidates for settlement 
 were heard, after the dismission of Mr. Williams, before the 
 people generally were satisfied, but August 20tli, 1804, the 
 church called Mr. John Sabin, of Pomfret, Conn., to the 
 pastorate by twenty-nine votes in the affirmative and twenty- 
 one in the negative ; the opposition, it is understood, coming 
 chiefly from the warm personal friends of the late pastor, Mr. 
 Williams. The town concurring in the call, and offering Mr. 
 Sabin one hundred and fifty dollars as a settlement, and an 
 annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars, and he ac- 
 cepting the call, a council was selected for his ordination, to 
 take place January 8tli, 1805. The following churches were 
 represented : Templeton, Royalston, and Winchendon, Mass., 
 and Rindge, Jaffrey, and Marlborough in this State. 
 
 Rev. Ebenezer Sparhawk, of Templeton, was chosen mod- 
 erator, and Rev. Seth Payson, of Rindge, scribe. 
 
 Before the council assembled, a protest against his accept- 
 ance of the call, and ordination as pastor, was presented to Mr. 
 Sabin, signed by twenty-one male members of the church. 
 
 This document, which has been preserved, bears evidence of 
 
 * Stephen and Timothy Williams were the sons of Rev. Stephen Williams, pastor at 
 Woodstock, Conn., and grandsons of Rev. Stephen Williams, D.D., of Lone;meadow, 
 Mass. In a sketch of the Woodstock pastor, published in 1861, this is said of his sons : 
 Stephen was ordained pastor at Fitzwilliam, N. H., but became deranged soon. Timo- 
 thy was licensed but never ordained. If the temperance reformation had come earlier, 
 the elder brother's malady might have been prevented. 
 
192 HISTORY OF FITZVVILLIAM. 
 
 having been drawn up by Mr. Thomas Stratton, one of the 
 protestants, and is a plain, temperate, and respectful appeal. 
 
 U]>on the opcninc; of the council a protest against the or- 
 dination and installation of the candidate, signed, we are told, 
 " by a large number of the church, and some of the inliabitants 
 of the town," was presented, while other testimony Avas offered, 
 all of which, we are assured by the record, was patiently at- 
 tended to and examined. The result arrived at was that the 
 interests of religion, the peace of the town, and the usefulness 
 of jVlr. Sabin would not be promoted by his settlement. 
 
 The formal result of council is found in full upon the records 
 of the town and of the church. It was very carefully drawn, 
 and the spirit of it is good in the main, but it took strong 
 ground against proceeding to the ordination of Mr. Sabin, 
 partly because of the watit of harmony in the church and town 
 respecting him, and partly because the candidate had, it was 
 thought, as charged by those opposed to him, given occasion 
 for dissatisfaction by being somewhat non-committal in his 
 probationary preaching, touching some of the generally re- 
 ceived doctrines of religion. 
 
 Eight days later a request for a church meeting, to consider 
 and act upon this result, was signed by thirty male members of 
 the church, and at a meeting of the church, February 14th, 
 1805, the call given to Mr. Sabin was declared to remain 
 good, and provision was made for another council, while a long 
 and particular answer to the action of the former council, was 
 adopted. This reply was sharp, as such replies usually are, 
 but it did little or nothing toward silencing the opposition. 
 
 The town joined in calling a second council, and in it the 
 following churches were represented : viz., Lancaster, Leomin- 
 ster, Gardner, Gerry (now Phillipston), Barrc, NTew Brain- 
 tree, and Petervsham in Massachusetts, and from Now Hamp- 
 shire the single church of Peterborough. This council 
 assenddcd ^[arch ath, 1805. Rev. Mv. (lardner, of Leomin- 
 ster, was jnoderator, and Rev. Mr. Piske, of New Praintree, 
 was scribe. All the proceedings of the former council were 
 carefully considered by this, as well as a new and very care- 
 fully pre[)ared protest of twenty-one members of the church, 
 
OKDINATION OF MK. SABIIV. 193 
 
 and some others, when a committee of the council was raised 
 to confer with botli parties and Imiiii; about a reconcihation, if 
 possible. The interview was h)ng, and conducted on all sides 
 in a friendly spirit. Some of the objections to proceeding 
 with the ordination were doubtless removed, for the final vote 
 of the council was unanimous. Mr. Sabin was ordained as a 
 Gospel minister and installed as pastor in Fitzwilliam, March 
 Oth, ISOf). 
 
 The introductory prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Fiske, of 
 New Braintree ; Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, of Lancaster, preached 
 the sermon ; the consecratiii<^ and installin<^ ]U'ayer was offered 
 by Rev. Mr. Osgood, of Gardner ; the charge to the [)astor was 
 by Rev, Mr. Gardner, of Leominster ; the right hand of fel- 
 lowship was by Rev. Mr. Dunbar, of Peterborough, and the 
 concluding prayer was by Rev. Mr. Bascom, of Gerry (now 
 Phillipston). It will be noticed tliat there was no fornud 
 address to the people in the early installations of pastors in 
 Southern New Hampshire. 
 
 The' circumstances of Mr. Sabin's settlement, as a matter 
 of course, affected unpleasantly his relations to the neigh- 
 boring pastors for a season, but in the course of two or 
 three years they freely exchanged pulpits with him, and al- 
 ways deemed him a conscientious and faithful Gospel minister. 
 As the}' became accpiaintcd with him they found him to be 
 thoroughly sound in doctrine, though somewhat original in 
 the manner of expressing his belief, and in time came to re- 
 gard him as a wise and safe counsellor. His own good sense, 
 urbanity, and devotion to his work did much toward the estab- 
 lishment of a good name in this region, while the noble traits 
 of Mrs. Sabin's character and her clear views upon all subjects 
 of general interest nuide a most favorable impression upon the 
 public generally. 
 
 Rev. John Sabin was born in Pomfret, Gonn., April 17th, 
 1710, or nearly one year before the church in Fitzwilliam was 
 organized. lie graduated from Brown University in 1797, at 
 the age of twenty-seven years, and was nearly thirty-five years 
 old at the time of his ordination, lie was admitted to the 
 church in Fitzwilliam, July 1-lth, 1805, on letter from the 
 13 
 
194 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Nortli Cliurch in Salem, Mass. He studied theology in that 
 place, probably under the direction of the pastor of the North 
 Church, lie died in Fitzwilliam, October 11th, 1845, at the 
 age of seventy-five years and six months, and in the forty-lirst 
 year of his ministry. Governor Bullock, in his Centennial ad- 
 dress in Eoyalstou, said : 
 
 If each generation of men in New England could have forty such men 
 as Lee in Royalston, Estabrook in Athol, and Sabin in Fitzwilliam, the 
 towns and churches would live in perpetual peace. 
 
 The pastorate of Mr. Sabin here covered a very important, 
 and, at times, exceedingly exciting period of this town's his- 
 tory. The meeting-house was too small, and, in most other 
 respects, poorly fitted for the convenience and comfort of his 
 congregation. As early as 1796 the matter of erecting a new 
 church edifice was brought before the town, but the project 
 was voted down, and though it was called up again and again 
 in the succeeding years, for a long time it met with the same 
 result. At times it seemed almost certain that something 
 would be done, for in September of 1803, Thomas Stratton 
 was paid three dollaris and thirty-three cents for assisting to 
 draft a plan for the meeting-house. The location of a new 
 meeting-house, as is often the case, was found to be a ditficult 
 point to settle. Various places were proposed, each of which 
 had its own points of advantage. The localities which received 
 the most consideration were, the old place near the cemetery, 
 the spot where the Town Hall now stands, and a lot owned by 
 John Whittemore, which, from the description thereof, must 
 have been near, or identical with, the place where Daniel H. 
 Heed now lives. In a short time all the other localities were 
 given up, and the question was between the two places first 
 mentioned. 
 , The dispute upon this point was warm and protracted. The 
 people in the north part of the town were agitating the (pies- 
 tion of a new and separate township to be organized out of the 
 south part of Marlborough, the north part of Fitzwilliam, and 
 portions of Swanzey and Ilichmond, and were already adopt- 
 ing; measures for the erection of a new church edifice where 
 
BUILDING AND BURNING OF A NEW MEETING-HOUSE. 195 
 
 tlie village of Troy now stands. The assent of Fitzwilliam to 
 the formation of the new town, which it was desirable to ob- 
 tain, and the location of the new meeting-house, were at length 
 effected by a compromise, for those who were in favor of 
 locating the meeting-house where the Town Hall now stands, 
 and the inhabitants of the north end of the town, uniting their 
 forces at the polls, carried both measures by a large majority. 
 But this action disaffected a large and influential party that 
 stood aloof from the enterprise of erecting the new house of 
 worship. 
 
 But in the summer of 1816 a new and commodious meeting- 
 house was erected where the Town Hall now stands, at an ex- 
 pense of about seven thousand dollars, which was a large sum 
 for the people to raise at that time for such a purpose. The 
 town voted four hundred dollars toward this object, which ap- 
 pears to have been all it ever paid for that house, in its cor- 
 porate capacity.* 
 
 On March 12th, 1816, the town voted 
 
 to exempt those persons belonging to the Baptis Society, who signed 
 protest given to the Selectmen, from paying their tax of the 400 dollars, 
 granted for the Meeting Hous. 
 
 We have no means for determining what disposal was made 
 of the pews in this house of worship, but it is clear that there 
 was a debt upon it, which, a year later, amounted to two thou- 
 sand dollars or more. This church, which was in every way a 
 noble structure, like churches built about the same time in 
 Athol, Templeton, and Petersham, in Massachusetts, was 
 dedicated ]SI"ovember 6th, 1816. The probability is that the 
 pastor, Rev, Mr. Sabin, preached the sermon on that occasion, 
 but as his sermons were burned by his direction, this matter 
 cannot be determined with certainty. 
 
 The church had been occupied for worship nine, or, at most, 
 ten Sabbaths, when, during a thunder-storm, on the night of 
 January 17th, 1817, it was struck by lightning, fired and 
 totally consumed. Nothing of importance seems to have been 
 
 ♦ When this meeting-house was about to be raised, Mr. Windsor Fay, of Boston, a 
 native of Fitzwilliam, wishing to help forward the enterprise, sent up as his contri- 
 bution a barrel of New England rum and fifty pounds of loaf sugar. 
 
196 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 saved, except the pulpit Bible, which Mr. Jonas Robeson re- 
 moved while the flames were bursting forth from the doors 
 and windows. The congregation was obliged to return to the 
 old meeting-house for worship. The loss to the people was 
 great, but it served the good purpose of uniting them as they 
 had not been united for many years ; and even before the fire 
 had gone out, the matter of rebuilding had been entered upon 
 in earnest. During the same year the house now standing was 
 erected. It occupies the same spot at the former house, 
 though there were slight changes in the foundations. This 
 church cost about six thousand dollars. About one thousand 
 dollars of this came from sympathizing friends living in other 
 places, while the remaining five thousand dollars were raised 
 by the sale of the pews, which sold for about seven thousand 
 dollars, or enough to pay for the new house and liquidate the 
 debt that remained upon the one that was burned. " These 
 things," said Rev. Mr. Sabin, in one of his lectures, "may 
 give a little idea of the strength of a united, willing people, 
 for they were built in the two unproductive years, 1816 and 
 1817, cold seasons, snow or frost every month in the year, and 
 yet the people did not suffer but got along comfortably." 
 
 The corner-stone of this new church (the nortliwest corner) 
 was laid May 28th, 1817, and in it is a cavity containing a 
 plate with an inscription. This inscription is in Latin, and was 
 written by Rev. Mr. Sabin. The half sheet of paper upon 
 which he prepared it has been preserved and is a curiosity. 
 The sentence is written out nine times with more or less varia- 
 tion. The ninth effort seems to have been satisfactory. 
 
 It reads : " Haec fundamenta ^dis Sacrae pro conventu Ec- 
 clesiae Congregationalis agi incipiuntur Die Mali 28. Anno 
 Domini Christi 1817." And translated is : " These foundations 
 of a sacred house for the meeting of the Congregational 
 Church began to be laid on the 28tli day of May, in the year 
 of our Lord Christ 1817." 
 
 Mr. Sabin counted and set down upon the paper the ninety- 
 nine letters of this inscription, which leads to the belief that it 
 was the one of the nine which was finally adopted, engraved, 
 and placed in the corner-stone. 
 
DissEisrsioisrs in the church. ]97 
 
 This edifice, which is an ornament to the town, was dedi- 
 cated November 26fch, 1817, one year and twenty days after 
 the dedication of its predecessor. Of the two houses, the one 
 now standing is said to be a little longer than the other. The 
 town appropriated fifteen hundred dollars toward the building 
 of the latter house, but the appropriation was not probably 
 used, as the amount received from the sale of the pews was 
 sufticient to pay for the new house and to cancel the debt of 
 two thousand dollars upon the edifice that was burned. 
 
 In 1815, Troy, having been incorporated as a separate town, 
 twelve or thirteen of the members of this clmrch were dis- 
 missed to aid in the formation of the Congregational Church 
 in that place. 
 
 The church in Fitzwilliam seems to have increased and pros- 
 pered under the ministry of Mr. Sabin till about the year 
 1827, when dissensions of considerable importance arose. Cer- 
 tain differences in doctrinal belief were the ground of these, 
 and they led, as is well known, to a division among the sup- 
 porters of religious institutions here, and the organization of 
 a new ecclesiastical society, which was called " The Orthodox 
 Society in Fitzwilliam." The pastor, with the church organi- 
 zation and records, went with the new society. 
 
 Upon the merits of that unhapisy controversy, which many 
 now living remember, the historian of the town will not be 
 expected to dwell. Time has done much to heal the wounds 
 then made, and the people of but few towns in New England 
 will be found more harmonious in their business and social re- 
 lations. 
 
 * For a better understanding, however, of the religious con- 
 dition of the town for twenty years after 1827, it may be 
 deemed important to state that a portion of the people claimed 
 that the pastor was too exclusive in regard to making minis- 
 terial exchanges, that the council that ordained him was one 
 of liberal sentiments, that the church was established, and had 
 always been maintained, upon a liberal covenantjf and that the 
 
 * The facts that follow respecting the Unitarian Society have been kindly furnished 
 by Miss Viola L. Spaulding. 
 t A copy of this " Covenant" will be found in Chapter VI. of this volume, page 95. 
 
198 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 majority of the people liad always been opposed to what was 
 called at that day rigid Calvinism. 
 
 At a town meeting during the whiter of 1827-28 these mat- 
 ters were freely discussed, but the subject of the exchanges of 
 the pastor with other clergymen (which, it had been supposed, 
 ■was settled at that meeting in favor of a greater liberality) 
 still divided the people, and rendered fruitless all efforts at 
 reconciliation. 
 
 On January 12tli, 1831, a meeting was held by the friends 
 of liberal Christianity to consult on the common good, and an 
 association was formed of which the following persons were 
 members : Elijah Bowker, Asa Brewer, Joseph Fawsett, 
 second, John Fay, Benjamin Fay, Nahum Parker, Jr., Sam- 
 uel Felch, Robinson Perkins, Daniel Spaulding, John Foster, 
 Ephraim Parker, Charles Howe, Jabez Stearns, Daniel Mel- 
 len, Sumner .Keith, Edward Holman, Sylvanus Holman, 
 Joseph Brigham, Jubal E. Allen, Obil Fassett, Solomon Alex- 
 ander, John J. Allen, Phineas R-eed, Josiah Ingalls, Moses 
 Stockwell, Peletiah M. Everett, Samuel Knight, Josiah Car- 
 ter, John Whitcomb, Jacob Felton. 
 
 Hon. Nalmm Parker j)resided at the meeting, and measures 
 were taken to obtain the use of the meeting-house a propor- 
 tion of the time, if the pastor would not exchange with Uni- 
 tarian ministers. A committee, consisting of Phineas Reed, 
 Hon. Nalium Parker, and Robinson Perkins, was raised to 
 wait upon Rev. Mr. Sabin and learn his decision, but he was 
 Tin willing to give the pledge that was asked. 
 
 At the annual town meeting in March, 1831, the question, 
 By whom shall the meeting-house be Occupied ? was discussed, 
 and decided in favor of those who sustained the course of the 
 pastor, but this vote was set aside at another meeting a few 
 days later, and the following was adopted : 
 
 That the Selectmen of this town, for the present year, be requested to 
 assign to the Liberal party (so-called) the use of the Meeting House 
 eight Sundays and the Baptists two Sundays, at such times as the Select- 
 men shall judge projjer. 
 
 Accordingly they appointed the last Sabbaths in April, May, 
 July, August, October, November, December, and January 
 
FIEST CONGREGATIONAL (UNITARrAN) SOCIETY. 199 
 
 for the liberal party, and tlie last Sabbath in September and 
 the first Sabbath in January for the Baptists. 
 
 Soon after this, at an adjourned meeting of those who- felt 
 aggrieved at the coarse of Mr. Saliin and his friends, a paper 
 drawn up by Phineas Reed, John J. Allen, Josiah Carter, and 
 Josiah Ingalls, committee, appears to have been adopted, in 
 which the pastor's amiable qualities, kind offices, and sympa- 
 thies with the people are set forth, as well as the hold lie had 
 gained upon the affections of the congregation in general, 
 while at the same time those who constituted the majority of 
 the church were censured for the course they had pursued in 
 withdrawing fellowship'"' from their former associates in the 
 church. 
 
 In such an excitement many things are often said and done, 
 even by the wisest, that leave room for regret, and nearly sixty 
 years ago this may have been the case with some of the good 
 people of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 First Congregational (ITnitarian) Society. 
 
 Of the events affecting this since the division, the following 
 summary may be given : 
 
 Rev. Seth Winslow occupied the pulpit during a large part 
 of the year 1833, and Rev. J. K. Waite during 1831 and 1835, 
 except nine Sabbaths, when it was occupied by Mr. Robert F, 
 Wallcut, to whom the people gave a call to become their pas- 
 tor. Mr. Wallcut was installed in December, 1835. 
 
 In 1834 it was deemed " necessary for the comfort of the 
 inhabitants of Fitzwilliam, who usually assemble in tlieir town 
 meeting-house for public worship, that there should be a stove 
 in said house to warm it in cold weather." Accordingly a 
 stove was procured and placed in the house, it being under- 
 stood that the ownership thereof should remain with the per- 
 sons who paid for it. 
 
 At a meeting of the members of the First Congregational 
 (Unitarian) Society in Fitzwilliam, March 17th, 1837, for a 
 more complete organization, it was voted to choose a commit- 
 tee of three to prepare a constitution and by-laws for said soci- 
 
 * From the Church Records it appears that the first vote of the church withdrawing 
 fellowship from certaia of its disaffected members, was passed in July, 1833. 
 
200 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 etv, and Amos A. Parker, Esq., John J, Allen, Esq., and 
 Josiali Ingalls, Esq., were chosen. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Farmer preached eight months in 1837, and Rev. 
 Ezekiel L. Bascom from July, 1838, till October, 1839, when 
 he was obliged to go South for his health. He returned in 
 the spring of 184:0, and continued his ministry till a 'short time 
 before his death, which occurred April 2d, 1811. In 1811 
 Mr. Bridge preached nine Sabbaths, and Mr. John K. Wright 
 two. A call to the pastorate was given to Rev. Mr. Shaw in 
 1812, which was declined, and the pulpit was occupied by Rev. 
 C. "Wellington and Rev. James H. Sayward. The ministry 
 of the latter was during the great Millerite excitement (so- 
 called), and, on one occasion, after preaching with much zeal 
 and earnestness in opposition to what he believed to be erro- 
 neous doctrines, he remained through some other exercises in 
 the nnwarmed house and took a severe cold, from which he 
 never recovered, but died January 13th, 1811. In the same 
 year a call was given to Mr. John S. Brown to become pastor, 
 and he was ordained and remained with the peoj^le about ten 
 years, a useful minister among his own people and an excel- 
 lent citizen. Mr. Brown was earnest and successful in main- 
 taining the interests of the common schools, in establishing the 
 library, and promoting temperance and morality among the 
 people of Fitzwilliam. At a meeting to consider his resigna- 
 tion October 16th, 1854, it was voted 
 
 that we accede to his desire for the dissolving a union which'ihas har- 
 moniously and satisfactorily existed for more than ten years, and which 
 on our part we could have wished to still continue. 
 
 Soon after leaving Fitzwilliam, Rev. Mr. Brown settled in 
 Lawrence, Kan., and in 1881, at the age of seventy-eight, he 
 visited his many friends in this ])lace, apparently as intellect- 
 ually vigorous and as much interested in the welfare of the 
 town as he was thirty years before. 
 
 After the Baptist Society had erected a house of worship, 
 the question of changing the church edifice, built in 1817, into 
 a town hall, and other rooms for town purposes was agitated ; 
 and since these changes were made, the First Congregational 
 Society has hired the Town Hall for its religious services. 
 
UNITARIAN MINISTERS. 201 
 
 During the ten years succeeding 1854, the pulpit was sup- 
 plied by Rev, Messrs. W. M. Fernald, S. Lincoln, W. B. 
 Thayer, George L. Piper, W. O. Willard, E. W. Cotiin, J. 
 H. Wiggan, Addison Brown, J. Orrell, J. E. Berry, and D. 
 A. Bussell, the latter serving a large part of the time, from 
 1861 to 1863 inclusive. 
 
 October 5th, 1863, Rev. B. S. Fanton became pastor, and 
 under his ministry several united with the church, but his 
 health failing, he closed his labors here March 6th, 1861. 
 
 After the pulpit had been supplied by a number of candi- 
 dates. Rev. Eugene De Normandie was called to the pastorate 
 November 8th, 1864. A little before this event a union was 
 formed between the church in Fitzwilliam and the liberal 
 Christians in Troy which was continued a year or more, during 
 Mr. De Normandie's ministry, and was acceptable to both 
 parties. This pastor removed to Marlborough, Mass., in 1865, 
 and was succeeded in 1866 by Rev, Ira Bailey, formerly of 
 Athol, Mass., who was installed in 1866, and remained pastor 
 till September, 1868. 
 
 From that time till the present (1886), this society has had 
 no settled minister, as inany of the most prominent members 
 have died, and others have removed from town in considerable 
 numbers. Among the latter was Asa S. Kendall, Esq., who 
 was one of the most active workers in the denomination. At 
 different times, and for different periods, during these years, 
 the pulpit has been supplied by Rev. Messrs. John H. Hey- 
 wood, Grindall Reynolds, George C. Wright, James K. Ap- 
 plebee, and W. K. Brown, and at such seasons of the year as 
 the people have thought most conducive to the interests of re- 
 ligion and the cause of liberal Christianity, holding their ser- 
 vices during three or four months or more annually. 
 
 It maj'^ here be stated that, for many years, a very efficient 
 ladies' organization has existed in connection with the First 
 Congregational or Unitarian Society, which, by the industry 
 and self-denial of its members, has furnished, from time to 
 time, a considerable part of the funds used for the support of 
 preaching in that denomination. 
 
 Mrs. Abba Batcheller. the secretary, has kindly furnished 
 
232 HISTORY OF riTZWILLTA:\r. 
 
 -the substance of what follows concerning it. The Unitarian 
 Ladies' Society was organized June 29th, 1833. The consti- 
 tution was prepared by Rev. J. K. Waite, and tlie name given 
 to the organization was '* Tlie Fitzwilh'am Mutual Improve- 
 ment and Charitable Society," the object of which was de- 
 clared to be " to improve its members and benefit others." 
 Xone under twelve years of age could become members. The 
 lirst board of ofKcers chosen was as follows : Mrs. J. K. "Waite, 
 President ; Miss Seliua Parker, Vice-President ; Miss M. 
 E. Felton, Secretary and Treasurer ; Directors, Mrs. Felton, 
 Miss Cooledge, Mrs. Cooledge, Mrs. Perkins, and Mrs. Fair- 
 banks. 
 
 The meetings have been holden on the first Thursday after- 
 noon and evening of each month. The funds raised have been 
 used for denominational purposes, and for charitable objects, 
 as needed. The fund at the present time amounts to three 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Mrs. Selina Parker Damon, the first vice-president, was 
 chosen president in 1855, and resigned this office in 1884. 
 Mrs. Caroline Chaphn served as vice-president from 1860 
 to 1884. Mrs. Isabin.da Carter -was secretary and treasurer 
 from 1848 to the time of her death in 1863, when Mrs. Abba 
 Batcheller took her place. Nearly two hundred names have 
 .been affixed to the constitution. Officers 1884 : Mrs. S. A. 
 Carter, President ; Mrs. Maria Perry, Vice-President ; Mrs. 
 Abba Batcheller, Secretary and Treasurer ; Directors, Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Gage, Mrs. Julia Perry, Mrs. Amanda Ilaskeli, 
 Mrs. Alicia Newton, and Mrs. Susa Platts. 
 
 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND ORTHODOX SOCIETY. 
 
 On March 12th, 1833, the town 
 
 voted that the contract between the town and the Rev. John Sabin 
 ceased on the 5th of March, 18:32, and that he is no h)nger the Minister 
 of the church and congregation of this town ; and that the Selectmen 
 notify him accordingly. 
 
 In 1832 a meeting-house was erected upon the spot where 
 the church of the Orthodox Society now stands, Jiev. Mr. 
 Sabin giving the land used for this imrpose. This was dedi- 
 
KEY, MR. SABIN's DEATH. 203 
 
 cated October 31st, 1832. F(»r a year or more Mr. Sabiii's 
 congregation worshipped in various places while the work of 
 building was in progress. That house took fire, and M'as con- 
 sumed on Thursday, January 15th, 1857. The next season 
 the present church was erected, and was dedicated December 
 31st, 1857; Rev. A. P. Marvin, of Winchendon, Mass., 
 preaching the sermon. Rev. Mr. Sabin Avas sole pastor from 
 March 6th, 1805, till September 4th, 1844, when Mr. Horace, 
 Herrick, of Peacham, Yt., was ordained and installed as his 
 colleague. About one year later, viz., October 14th, 1845, 
 Mr. Sabin died. Rev. E. Rockwood, of Swanzey, preached 
 the funeral sermon, which was printed, and from which the fol- 
 lowing extract is made : 
 
 He was uncommonly mild and even in his temper, social in his ftel- 
 ings, sincere in his friendships, hospitable to strangers, and courteous to 
 all. He was interesting as a preacher. His sermons were generally 
 well digested, discovering a good knowledge of the Scriptures and of 
 human nature, with no small share of originality ; evangelical in doc- 
 trine and highly practical. As a pastor in whom his people might 
 repose full confidence, who was alive to all their spiritual wants, ready 
 to sympathize with them in all their sorrows, consoling them under their 
 varied trials, guiding their serious inquiries, and teaching them how to 
 conflict with the king of terrors, his own peoj^le best knew his worth. 
 
 Probably no resident of this town, with the possible excep- 
 tion of the first pastor, Rev. Mr. Brigham, ever was able to 
 do as much as Mr. Sabin in shaping the intellectual and moral 
 character of the people of Fitzwilliam. During a considerable 
 part of his long ministry, he was the trusted pastor of almost 
 every family in town, and the young and the old looked up to 
 him as a father. Five hundred of them he appears to have 
 baptized, and seven hundred he had joined in marriage. 
 
 Mr. Horace Herrick was ordained and installed as colleague 
 pastor with Mr. Sabin, a little more than one year before the 
 death of the latter. After a pastorate of about three years he 
 was dismissed at his own request. 
 
 Mr. Abraham Jenkins, Jr., a native of Barre, Mass., and a 
 graduate of Amherst College, after supplying the pulpit for 
 the space of four months, was called by the church and society 
 to the pastorate, and ordained and installed as the fifth pastor, 
 
204 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 February IGtli, 184S, Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D.D., Presi- 
 dent of Amherst College, preaching the sermon. Mr. Jen- 
 kins's ministry continued about six years, when, with failing 
 health, he asked and obtained his dismission. 
 
 Rev. John Woods, a native of this town, then became act- 
 ing pastor, and served the church and congregation faithfully 
 for about six years, Nvhen Mr. "William L. Gay lord was called 
 and ordained pastor, which event took place September 14:tli, 
 1800, Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D.D., of Boston, preaching the 
 sermon. Mr. Gaylord's ministry here covered a period of 
 about seven years, when he was dismissed at his own request 
 by a council, December 20th, 1807. He was afterward pastor 
 in Nashua, N. H., Meriden, Conn., and Chicopee, Mass., 
 where he died. 
 
 Rev. John F. Norton, a native of Goshen, Conn., who had 
 been a pastor in Athol, Mass., between fifteen and sixteen 
 years, was installed as pastor here, September 23d, 1808, after 
 he had supplied the pulpit for six months. Rev. Dr. A. C. 
 Thompson, of Roxbury, Mass., preached the sermon on that 
 occasion. After a ministry of iive years, Mr. Norton Avas dis- 
 missed at his own request, March 31st, 1873, and removed to 
 Natick, Mass., where he now resides. 
 
 Rev. John Colby, of Southborough, Mass., was at once in- 
 vited to supply the pulpit and was acting pastor for about 
 thirteen years, when he removed to South Natick, Mass. 
 
 In the genealogical record which tills the latter part of this 
 volume, tlie families of Rev. Benjamin Brigham, Rev. Abra- 
 ham Jenkins, ,Tr., and Rev. John Woods will be found in their 
 proper phiee. 
 
 Rev. John Sabin had no children. His wife was Mary 
 Damon, of Woodstock, Yt., and to her reference will be made 
 in the account of the Sabin parsonage. 
 
 Tiie wife of Rev. Horace Herrick was MJss Aurelia Town- 
 send, and they had no children. 
 
 Rev. William L. Gaylord was born at Woodstock, Conn., 
 October 14th, 1881. His parents were Horace and Mary A. 
 Gaylord. He graduated at Union Theological Seminary, New 
 York City, in 1801. His wife was Miss J uHette Foster Hyde. 
 
HORACE HERRICK. ABRAHAM JENKINS. JR. 
 
 WILLIAM LUTHER GAYLORD. 
 
 JOHN FOOTE NORTON. JOHN COLBY. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS. 
 
MIinSTERS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH. 205 
 
 of N"orwich, Conn., who died March ITth, 1875. Mr. Gay- 
 lord was pastor at Fitzwilliam about six years, at jSTashua, N. H. , 
 three years, at Meriden, Conn., six years, and while pastor 
 at Chicopee, Mass., died, March 26th, 1882, leaving three 
 children, viz., Mary Foster, Josephine and William. 
 
 Rev. John F. l^orton, of Katick, Mass. , has a wife, Ann 
 Maria Mann, daughter of Rev. Cyrus Mann, for many years 
 pastor in Westminster, Mass. Lewis M. Korton, their only 
 child, is Professor of Organic and Industrial Chemistry in the 
 Massachusetts Institute of Teclmology in Boston. Mr. Norton 
 is a native of Goshen, Conn., and the son of Lewis M. and 
 Lauia (Foote) Norton. He was educated at Yale College, and 
 in the Theological Institute of Connecticut, now Hartford 
 Tlieological Seminary. 
 
 Rev. John Colby has a wife and two daughters, viz. , Annie 
 Lavinia, a graduate of Wellesley College, 1880, and Helen 
 King. Mr. Colby is a native of York, Me. He fitted for 
 college at Gilmanton Academy, New Hampshire, graduated 
 at Dartmouth College in 1852, and from Andover Theological 
 Seminary in 1855. Before his removal to this town he had 
 been pastor at Hampton, N. H., and Southborough, Mass. In 
 1884 he was elected a member of the New Hampshire Legisla- 
 ture and served in it in 1885. 
 
 The several pastors were the clerks of this church for about 
 one hundred years. Deacon Timothj'^ Blodgett is the clerk at 
 the present time. 
 
 DEACONS. 
 
 There is no record of the choice of Benjamin Bigelow as 
 the first deacon in 1771, and the tradition that he was chosen 
 to fill this office at the organization of the church may be in 
 fault. 
 
 John Fassett was elected April 18, 1771. 
 
 John Locke '' July 8, 1773. 
 
 Samuel Griffin " April 25, 1798. 
 
 Oliver Damon " April 25, 1798. 
 
 Calvin Coolidge " May 10, 1827. 
 
 Rufus B. Phillips '' May 10, 1827. 
 
206 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Deacon Fassett died January 12th, 1834. Deacon Locke 
 removed to Sullivan, N. II., and died February 16th, 1823, 
 at the age of ninety. Deacons Griffin and Damon resigned 
 May loth, 1827, when their successors. Deacons Coolidge and 
 Phillips, were elected. Deacon Coolidge served as Deacon 
 thirty-two years, and died April 6th, 1859. Deacon Joseph 
 Harris, who had held tliis office in Saugus, Mass., was chosen 
 to succeed Deacon Coolidge, but did not formally accept the 
 office, tliongh for a considerable time he discharged its duties ; 
 and both Deacons Phillips and Harris received the thanks of 
 the church for their faithful service, November 1st, 1859. 
 Messrs. Horace Coolidge and Joel Whittemore were then 
 chosen deacons, and after having served about nine years, both 
 resigned in 1868, when Timothy Blodgett and Dexter Collins 
 were chosen to succeed them. Deacon Collins having removed 
 to Winchendon, Mr. Leonard Byam was chosen in his place. 
 May 4th, 1882. 
 
 Counting Deacon Harris, this church has therefore had the 
 services of twelve deacons since ITTl, and all have been men 
 highly respected and beloved. The first six served eighty- 
 eight years. 
 
 Of the membership of this church the following statements 
 may be made. Before the settlement of the fourth pastor, 
 Rev. Mr. Herrick, in 1844, there had been received six hundred 
 and thirty-seven members, two hundred and forty-two males, 
 and three hundred and ninety-five females. In 1871 the 
 number received had reached eight hundred and four, of whom 
 two hundred and ninety-four were males, and five hundred 
 and ten females. During the last thirteen years fifty-two have 
 been received, viz., fourteen males and thirty-eight females, 
 making the whole number eight hundred and fifty-six, of whom 
 three hundred and eight have been males and five hundred 
 and forty-eight females. Of course a large part of this num- 
 ber have died or gone elsewhere, and for the last twenty years 
 the actual membership has varied between one hundred and 
 twenty-five and one hundred and fifty. 
 
 Nearly seventy years ago, the first Sabbath-school in Fitz- 
 william was opened in the. study of the pastor. Rev. Mr. 
 
PAESOTSTAGES OF ORTHODOX SOCIETl, 207 
 
 Sabin, with about twenty pupils. It was tauglit by Miss 
 Sarah Knight and Miss Loisa Dutton. This was in 1817, and 
 the next season more teachers were employed, and the sessions 
 of the school were held in the village school-house. In 1819 
 the school was much larger and removed to the meeting-house, 
 where it was regularly established as one of the important re- 
 ligious institutions of the place. As the other religious soci- 
 eties were formed and went into operation the Sabbath- school 
 was adopted by them also, and thus has become general. 
 
 PARSONAGES. 
 
 The first pastor. Rev. Mr, Brigham, built for himself, 
 owned, and occupied till his death, the house, recently re- 
 moved, that stood under the shadow of the great elm-tree, a 
 little east of the cemetery. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Williams boarded at the house of Mr. Matthias 
 Felton, and had no family. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Sabin owned the house which he occupied, a little 
 south of the Orthodox church, wliich is now the summer resi- 
 dence of Mrs. Laura Simonds Estabrook, of Boston. The 
 pastors that followed found homes in different parts of the 
 village till, during the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Gaylord, the 
 Orthodox Society purchased for a parsonage the house after- 
 ward owned and occupied by the late Mr. John Forristall, 
 and in wliich his widow now resides. In the year 1873 the 
 society, having sold their parsonage to Mr. Forristall, erected 
 a new one, at an expense of about four thousand dollars, a 
 little south of the home of Captain J. S. Adams. 
 
 As everything connected with the pastorate and home of 
 Rev. John Sabin has an abiding interest with the i^eople of 
 this place, Mrs. Laura Simonds Estabrook, of Boston, who 
 now owns the Sabin parsonage, has kindly furnished, by 
 request, most of the facts that follow. 
 
 Before he received a call to settle as pastor in this place, 
 Mr. Sabin (then a licentiate) had passed through it, on horse- 
 back, on his way from Connecticut to Woodstock, Vt. About 
 a year after his ordination, in 1806, he brought his bride to 
 this place. They came on horseback from Vermont to Keene, 
 
208 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 where they were met by a delegation of twenty of then* par- 
 ishioners, also on horseback, who escorted their pastor and 
 liis bride to their home in FitzwilHam. For six weeks they 
 boarded with Matthias Felton, and then purchased and re- 
 moved to the Sabin liouse. The pnrcliase was made of Mr. 
 Snmnel Kilburn, who, it would seem, had agreed to go on 
 Avith the work upon the house, which at the time of the pur- 
 chase and occupancy by Mr. and Mrs. Sabin was in an un- 
 finished state. 
 
 The house then was only one story and a half high, and the 
 clapboards had not been laid. 
 
 The sitting-room and bedroom had been nearly finished, 
 but Mrs. Kilburn had slept in that bedroom an entire summer 
 with nothing but a blanket to protect the outer door. As he 
 «^as able Mr. Sabin added the second story, the kitchen, and 
 other convenient and comfortable rooms. His study was a 
 room leading off from the kitchen, and it was in this that the 
 first Sabbath-school was organized by Misses Loisa Dutton 
 and Sarah Knight. 
 
 At different times Mr. Sabin had with him young men who 
 were fitting for college, and among the many names of those 
 who are remembered occur those of Samuel Dinsmore, George 
 Dunbar, and Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, About 1839 
 or 1840 Koswell D. Hitchcock, D.D., LL.D., was in Fitz- 
 william as a teacher, and after the close of his school he re- 
 mained some time to study with Mr. Sabin. Rev. Cyrus 
 Stone also was often at the parsonage. Miss Dorothy Dix 
 was among the many visitors that were entertained under 
 that roof, and it may interest some to know that the Hon. 
 George P. Marsh, w^ho did so much by his learning and noble 
 character to honor his country among the crowned heads of 
 Southern Europe as the Minister of the United States, was 
 taught his letters by Mrs. Sabin while a teacher in Vermont. 
 
 This lady, l)()th as the wife of the pastor during his long 
 and eventful ministry and as his widow in their old home for 
 twenty years, was noted for her unvarying sweetness of dispo- 
 sition, her wit, her bright fancies, her culture and charity, so 
 far as her limited means would allow. 
 

MRS. MARY ( DAMON ) SABIN. 
 
CHURCH CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. 209 
 
 Mrs. Mary Sabin died Marcli 29th, 1865, aged eighty-six 
 years. 
 
 Tlie portrait of Rev, Mr. Sabin liere given is from an nn- 
 finished picture painted under very peculiar circumstances. 
 It was the last, work of the artist, Ezra Woolson, a young man 
 of much promise in his profession. There was to be (January 
 1st, 1845) a social gathering at the parsonage of more than 
 usual interest. It was not professedly a " donation party,'' 
 but some of Mr. Sabin's friends quietly planned to give it 
 that character, and Mr. Woolson proposed to paint a portrait 
 of Mr. Sabin as his donation. The picture, was drawn and 
 hastily painted the same day the party was to take place, so 
 that it might be shown at the assemblage in the evening, and 
 was afterward to be finished and completed in a proper 
 manner. But the artist was taken sick the next day and died 
 within two weeks, aged twenty-one years. Mr, Sabin died 
 the succeeding autumn. 
 
 The centennial anniversary of the organization of the church 
 in Fitzwilliam was observed with appropriate services March 
 26th and 27th, 1871. Rev. John F. Norton, at that time 
 pastor of the church, prepared and preached on the Sabbath, 
 March 26th, two historical and commemorative discourses, 
 which were deposited (in manuscript) with the records of the 
 church. It was proposed at that time to print these discourses, 
 but this project was not favored by the author, because of his 
 conviction that the facts contained and arranged in them 
 would soon be needed in the preparation of a town history. 
 On the Sabbath when they were delivered very large audi- 
 ences assembled, the other religious congregations in the town 
 dispensing with their services and uniting in the commemora- 
 tion. 
 
 During the evening of the following day, March 27th, just 
 one hundred years from the organization of the church and 
 the ordination of the first pastor, a large company assembled 
 in the Town Hall for a social meeting, and listened to a recital 
 of a multitude of interesting facts concerning the early settlers 
 of the town and the j)rogress of events during the century 
 then closing. 
 14 
 
210 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Among the speakers, Dr. Silas Cummings, Mr, Charles 
 Bigelow, and John "\71iittemore, Esq., all of whom have since 
 died, and Captain Jonathan S. Adams, among those now 
 living, were listened to by a deeply-interested audience. 
 
 The Fitzwilliatn Female Benevolent Society is connected 
 with this chnrch, and has been in operation since the year 
 1S45, holding meetings monthly, or more frequently, accord- 
 ing to circumstances. 
 
 Its object has been to raise funds for benevolent work at 
 home and elsewhere. From time to time it has sent boxes of 
 clothing to the families of destitute home missionaries at the 
 West, and aided in the support of the pastor, in repairing and 
 furnishing the meeting-house, in purchasing an organ, in re- 
 pairing the old parsonage, in building the new parsonage, in 
 procuring hymn-books for the church, and in helping forward 
 other objects of a similar nature. 
 
 From the record of payments for those objects since 1854, 
 it would appear that this society has raised and used for the 
 purposes named above the sum of three thousand three hun- 
 dred and three dollars and ninety-seven cents, or an average 
 of about one hundred and three dollars each year. 
 
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 
 
 From the History of Troy and from other sources, it ap- 
 pears that in November, 1789, a Baptist church was organized 
 at the house of Agabus Bishop, in the south-western part of 
 what is now the town of Troy, with twenty-five meml)ers. 
 This church was known for about twenty-five years as " the 
 Baptist Church of Fitzwilliam." For twelve year^ it de- 
 pended for preaching chiefly upon the Baptist pastors in the 
 vicinity, and school and dwelling-houses furnished the places 
 for its meetings. Among those named as pastors of that 
 church, after 1791, are Rafus Freeman, Arunah Allen, and 
 Darius Fisher, the last- mentioned of whom is said to have been 
 pastor for sixteen j^ears. 
 
 In 1815, al)Out the time when Troy was incorporated, this 
 cliurch was divided to form what are now the Fitzwilliam and 
 Troy Baptist churches. Some twelve or fourteen of its mem- 
 
BAPTIST CHURCH AISTD SOCIETY. 211 
 
 bers became the nucleus of the FitzwilHam church, and this 
 was called " the First Baptist Church of Fitzwilliam." * 
 
 Several circumstances operated to impede its early growth, 
 especially the fact that it had no meeting-house from the time 
 of its organization until 18-il, a period of twenty-six years. 
 And having no church edifice, it could not support a regular 
 ministry and enjoy the labors of a settled pastor. 
 
 Rev. Arunah Allen appears to have been the first Baptist 
 preacher belonging to this town, and mention is made of him 
 in the records of the Baptist church at different times for 
 several years, though he may not have been formally recog- 
 nized as its pastor. 
 
 Tradition asserts that Rev. Mr. Allen, who resided for a 
 considerable period in School District No. 4, and whose name 
 appears in the list of school-teachers near the close of the 
 last and the opening of the present century, preached, more 
 or less regularly, to congregations gathered in the school- 
 houses in the south and west parts of Fitzwilliam, drawing 
 liis audiences to some extent from the adjoining towns in 
 Massachusetts, as well as in Xew Hampshire. That he was 
 regarded with favor as a man of good judgment and business 
 capacity appears from the fact that he served the town as one 
 of its selectmen in 1803-05, being chairman of the board in 
 1805. Mr. Allen came to this town in 1799, began to preach 
 in 1807 or 1808, and was ordained in 1810 or 1811 as an elder 
 of the old Baptist church, whose members at that time resided 
 largely on West Hill and in Richmond. He continued to 
 preach in Fitzwilliam till 1823, when he removed to Stock- 
 bridge, Yt. * 
 
 Elder Fisher and several other ministers served this church 
 as occasional supplies, but no labors by a pastor are mentioned 
 for a quarter of a century after it was organized ; and certainly 
 the circumstances of the case confirm the opinion of the pres- 
 ent 23astor, that the church that had passed through hard 
 struggles, and doubtless often met with sad reverses in main- 
 taining its existence for so many years with small pecuniary 
 
 * If this church regarded Itself as the continuation of the one organized in the house 
 of Agabus Bishop, and dated from 1789 instead of 1815, few would dispute its claims. 
 
212 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 means and few members, must liave liad something of the 
 spirit of Eoger Williams. 
 
 But in 1840 the church seemed to obtain a new lease of life, 
 for in Maj of that year Rev. J ohn Teacock commenced 
 evangelistic labors in Fitzwilliam, and found a church of 
 twenty-two members ready to enter heartily into his work. 
 He commenced at once a series of meetings, which were held 
 partly in the old meeting-house and partly in a school-house, 
 and continued fifteen days. More than forty persons were 
 supposed to have been converted, of whom thirty-six united 
 with the church by baptism, and several others by letter. 
 
 These additions gave the Baptist church new strength and 
 courage. 
 
 August 17th of the same year, the members of the church 
 formed themselves into an ecclesiastical society, to be called 
 the Fitzwilliam Baptist Society, and this was incorporated by 
 an act of the Legislature of 'New Hampshire, August 22d> 
 1840. 
 
 During the same year the church and society began to build 
 a house of worship, to be fifty feet long and forty feet broad, 
 and eighteen hundred dollars having been expended in its 
 erection, it was dedicated in August, 1841. Soon after this a 
 call was extended to Mr. Joseph Storer to become pastor. 
 This being accepted, Mr. Storer was ordained November 
 17th, 1841, and was the first minister to occupy the pulpit of 
 the new meeting-house. He was pastor till June, 1843, when 
 Rev. Warren Cooper was called to the pastorate. Mr. Cooper 
 filled this ofiice about one year. 
 
 He was succ^ded, June 10th, 1844, by Rev. John Peacock, 
 whose pastorate continued till 1847. August 5th of that year 
 Rev. C- M. Willard was installed pastor, and continued his 
 labors more than three years. 
 
 April 3d, 1851, Rev. W. H. Dalrymple became pastor, 
 and remained such till 1854, when Rev. A. W. Goodnow 
 succeeded to the office. For about three years after February 
 10th, 1855, Rev. A. B. Eggleston was pastor, while for two 
 years after August 22d, 1858, Rev. N. B. Jones served the 
 church in that capacity. In 1861, Rev. J. K. Chase became 
 
PASTOES OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 218 
 
 pastor, and continued such till his death, September 1st, 1862. 
 Rev. George W. Cutting became pastor December 4:th, 1862, 
 and remained with the people till November 5th, 1868. Mr. 
 Cutting represented Fitzwilliam in the State Legislature in 
 1865, and again in 1866, and was a member of the Super- 
 intending School Committee. 
 
 Rev. E. II. Watrous was called to the pastorate April 23d, 
 1869, and closed his labors here July 1st, 1872. August 25th 
 of that year Rev. H. W. Day became pastor, and remained 
 such till June 28th, 1874. 
 
 Mr. W. H. Dean, of the N'ewton Theological Institute, 
 was ordained pastor July 4th, 1875, and remained one year. 
 
 The present officiating deacons of the church, Mr. H. A. 
 Firmin and Mr. S. S. Stone, were elected September 5tli, 
 1875. 
 
 The next pastor was Rev. Sumner Latham, who closed his 
 labors, after about two years' service, in 1878. He was suc- 
 ceeded July 7th, 1878, by Rev. WiUiam Reed, who served 
 the people till November 9th, 1879. From this time till 
 August 7th, 1881, the church was without a pastor, when 
 Rev. A. Dunn, the present incumbent, was called to the 
 pastorate. 
 
 The church now numbers sixty-six members, and the con- 
 gregations upon the Sabbath range from sixty-five to one 
 hundred. The system of having two regular sermons on the 
 Sabbath is still adhered to, but does not give universal satis- 
 faction. 
 
 In 1873 and 1874 the meeting-house was extensively re- 
 paired and made substantially new within and without, at the 
 cost of about three thousand dollars, and it was rededicated 
 February 3d, 1874. There are three convenient rooms in the 
 basement of the church that are well furnished for social meet- 
 ings, the Sabbath-school, ladies' circles, and social entertain- 
 ments. No debt rests upon the church or society. For sev- 
 eral years a Ladies' Benevolent Society has been in successful 
 operation, and most of its hard-earned funds have been ex- 
 pended in renovating and furnishing the meeting-house and 
 the vestries, while something has been done for other objects. 
 
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214 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 There is also a Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society, 
 whose object is to raise funds to spread the Gospel in this and 
 other lands. 
 
 In connection with the church there is a flourishing Sabbath- 
 school, with ten oflBcers and teachers and one hundred and 
 twentj-one pupils. The average attendance is about fifty ^ 
 five. Most of the facts given above were furnished by the 
 pastor. Rev. A. Dunn. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY. 
 
 About 1866 Rev. "William Merrill, a member of the !N"ew 
 England Conference, but with health insufiicient to take a 
 regular appointment, opened a Sabbath-school in District 
 Xo. 3, which was not far from his residence. The school in- 
 creased till it numbered one hundred and twenty-five mem- 
 bers, when Mr. Joel Howe, one of the leading mannfacturers 
 of Howeville, and others, favored the erection of a chapel for 
 public worship in that village. Mr, Howe offered the neces- 
 sary land, but his death led to the abandonment of this part 
 of the project and to the purchase and fitting up of the Howe 
 grocery store as a chapel. The cost of this was met by " the 
 Ladies' Aid Society" and individual friends of the enterprise. 
 The pulpit was supplied by Rev. Messrs, William Merrill, 
 Joseph Merrill, Henry A. Merrill, and George A, Tyrril, for 
 about ten years, when it was deemed best for the interests of 
 Methodism in this town to have a place of worship at the 
 depot village. The [New Hampshire Conference sent Rev. 
 S. S. Dudley to labor for this end, and as the result of his 
 faithful work a small chapel, costing about one thousand 
 dollars, was erected. The site, purchased of Mr, D, H. 
 Reed, cost one hundred dollars, while the materials for the 
 building and most of the labor were donated by friends of the 
 undertaking. 
 
 The chapel was dedicated jS'ovember, 1877, Dr. Bradford 
 K. Pierce preaching the sermon. 
 
 An audience of from forty to fifty is in attendance in this 
 chapel on the Sabbath, while the Sabbath-school numbers 
 twenty-one, and that at Howeville twenty-five. Since 1876 
 
MINISTERS OF METHODIST CHURCH. 2l5 
 
 the two pulpits have been supplied hy Rev. Messrs. S. S. 
 Dudley, J. A. Parker, William Merrill, A. W. L. Nelson, 
 and William Twombly. 
 
 The facts for this sketch have been kindly furnished by 
 Mrs. M. E. Spaulding. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 rrrzwiLLiAM ik the eevoltjtionaet wae. 
 
 Town Meetings to Provide Soldiers — Colonel James Reed at Lexington and 
 Bunker Hill — New Hampshire Troops at Bunker Hill — Committee of 
 Inspection — The Tory, Breed Bachelor — Patriotism of the Town — List 
 of Fitzwilliam Soldiers — Provisions for the Army — Pensioners. 
 
 The War of 1812-14. 
 
 THE earlj town meetings of Fitzwilliam were held imder 
 the intense excitement prevailing throughout the country 
 that foreshadowed the American Revolution. 
 
 In 1774 the famous Boston Port bill and the bill for re- 
 moving those charged with capital offences to Great Britain 
 for trial, with other oppressive acts, had gone into effect, and 
 the whole country was aroused to resistance. 
 
 Deputies from eleven of the American provinces had been 
 in session at Philadelphia to protest against the encroachments 
 of the mother countiy, and had adjourned, to meet again in 
 May, 17Y5. Early in that year, or late in the year 1774, the 
 proceedings of this Congress seem to have been laid before 
 the people of each town, certainly in the province of New 
 Hampshire, and they had been requested to vote upon the 
 question whether or not they would abide by the declarations 
 made at Philadelphia. 
 
 The peoj)le of Fitzwilliam were called together for this 
 purpose February 23d, 1775, and the call for the meeting pre- 
 sented to the selectmen was signed by Robert Ware, Jacob 
 Wilson, William Locke, William Withington, John Locke, 
 Gersham Brigham, Amos Knight, Aaron Morse, Nathan 
 Platts, John Chamberlain, Thomas Weatherbee, Reuben 
 Pratt, and Ebenezer Potter. 
 
 Deacon John Locke was moderator of this meeting, and it 
 was 
 
 ' ' Yoted to abide by the proceedings of the Continental 
 Congress." 
 
COMMITTEE OF INSPECTIOIS". 217 
 
 It was also voted to raise a Committee of Correspondence 
 to consist of three members, and John Mellen, John Locke, 
 and John Fassett were chosen. It was also 
 
 " Yoted that this Committee be a Committee of Inspection 
 likewise." It was 
 
 Voted that the Towq Treasurer pay one pound and seven shillings to 
 John Giddeness (Giddings ?) Esqr., of Exeter, on or before the 29th 
 day of March next, agreeable to a desire of John Wentvvorth, Esqr. 
 (not Governor John Wentworth), to defray our part of the charges of 
 the Delegates chosen to represent this Province in the next Continental 
 Congress and to pay the balance due the former delegates. 
 
 These " former delegates" were Nathaniel Folsom and John 
 Snllivan, who had been chosen by a convention at Exeter in 
 17Y4. To this convention every town in the province had been 
 invited by written letters to send deputies, and every town 
 had been requested to pay its quota of a fund of two hundred 
 pounds to defray the expenses of the convention. It was also 
 recommended to the several towns to observe a day of fasting 
 and prayer in the several congregations, " on account of the 
 gloomy appearance of public affairs." The money was col- 
 lected and " the fast was observed," says Belknap, " with 
 religious solemnity." 
 
 The Fitz William " Committee of Inspection" provided for 
 at the meeting, February 23d, 1TT5, attended at once to the 
 business for which it was created. Its duties were not defi- 
 nitely set forth in the vote by which such a committee was 
 raised, but it is easy to conjecture what these three men were 
 expected to look after, for in the very opening of the struggle 
 with Great Britain there were those in all our towns who 
 secretly, if not openly, favored the cause of the oppressors, 
 and stood ready to betray all the precious interests of freedom 
 and justice. Some of these had grudges against their patriotic 
 neighbors that they were waiting to gratify, while others were 
 jealous of the popularity of some of the leading men of the 
 town or province, who were outspoken in the cause of liberty. 
 Others still were determined to make money from the sale of 
 forbidden articles. 
 
218 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 For these and other reasons there were some who needed to 
 be watched or " inspected." 
 
 At a later date we shall find the selectmen looking after the 
 equipments of all the men in town capable of bearing arms, 
 but this was not the business of this Committee of Inspection. 
 
 That this " Committee of Correspondence and Inspection" 
 understood that thej had duties to perform and were ready 
 for any emergency that might arise is evident from the com- 
 munication that they soon made to the General Assembly of 
 the Colony of New Hampshire, which follows. 
 
 The original paper, of which this is an exact copy, is care- 
 fully presers^ed in the office of the Secretary of State at 
 Concord. 
 
 To the Hon. the General Assembly of the Colony of New Hampshire. 
 Most Honorable Gentlemen. 
 
 Whereas the late Congress for ye above said Colony past a vote on the 
 16th day of Nov. 1775 that the Committees of Corispondence or Saifty 
 for ye several Towns in this Colony [should furnish] the names of one 
 person or persons vrhoom theay should know or suspect to be enemical 
 to this country. 
 
 These humbly sheweth to the Hon. Assembly that the Committee of 
 Inspection of the Town of Fitzwilliam are of opinion that Breed 
 Bachelor, of peckersfield (Packersfield), has conducted in an enemical 
 maner, viz in openly violating the Assotiation of the Continental Con- 
 gress by buying a large quantity of India tea and freely offering it for 
 sale as he was passing though this town and did dispose of some of it to 
 one or more persons in town, as we are able to prove from the confestion 
 of Frederic Reed who has declared before one of this Committee and 
 before other persons that he bought tea of the said Bachelor, and that 
 he had retailed the most of it out again, and that he would by more if 
 he could get it. and gave out some very threatening words in case any 
 Committee or any persons should come to examine or disturb him about 
 It whoom we think has conducted in an Enemecal maner likwise. 
 
 We would give Your honors a short specemin of the conduct of the 
 above said Bachelor's conduct as he past through the Town viz that 
 the said Bachelor came to Town and taried over night at the above said 
 Reeds'— the Committee of No 5 (Marlborough) understood that he was 
 past though their town with a quantity of tea, they sent one of their 
 Committee to persue him, who came to the house of Capt. John Mellen, 
 inholder in Fitzwilliam, some time in the night and put theare. Capt. 
 
COMPLAINT AGAINST BKEED BACHELOK. 219 
 
 Mellen being one of our Committee tlie next morning the said Bachelor 
 came along mounted on horseback with 3 bags of tea under him. Mr. 
 Abijah Tucker, the Committee man from No. 5, went out and desiied 
 the said Bachelor to stop and come in to the house, but lie refused. 
 Mr. Tucker insisted something upon his stopping, the said Bachelor 
 struck Mr. Tucker with a club he had in his hand and wounded him on 
 the hand, and rode of as fast as he could. Capt. Mellen then took his 
 horse and persued after him, and overtook him about a mile and a half. 
 And persuaded him to turn back and settle the matter, he consented 
 and came back to ye house of Capt. Mellen and agreed to leave it out 
 to Major Farrah and Major Brigham what should be done with the 
 tea who gave their judgment that the tea should be stored with Capt. 
 Mellen till theare was some order of Congress concerning it, and upon 
 their going out to his horse to bring in the tea they found but one bag. 
 The Said Bachelor said he had two bags of tea, and that Mr. Tucker had 
 stole one bag and that he should pay for it, but mistrusting that the 
 said Bachelor had hid it some persons went in search of it and found it 
 cast into the brush a little out of the Roade and brtjught it in — and upon 
 farther investigation it appeared that the said Bachelor had three bags 
 when he past the house next to Capt. Mellen's, seach being made the 
 third bag was found in the brush not far from where the other was 
 found, which bag he would not own untill the next morning and then 
 he owned it and began woriniug at Capt. Mellen to let him have this 
 bag untill the next evening when Major Brigham came to Capt. Mellen's 
 house and Capt. Mellen desired Major Brigham to take that bag of tea 
 and carry it home, and store it so that he might get rid of Bachelor, 
 and upon the whole the Major received the bag at the hand of Capt. 
 Mellen, one of this Committee in the presence of several persons. "When 
 Bachelor who was out of the room come to understand that Capt. 
 Mellen had sent away that bag, he appeared to be very angry, and the 
 next morning he went of and has since reported that Major Brigham 
 stole that bag, which is a very fals report. 
 
 The whole of which affair we submit to your wise consideration and 
 determination. 
 
 Fitzwilliam ye 
 6th of March, 1776. 
 
 John Fassett '] Com. of Corispondence and 
 John Mellen ^ Inspection for the Town of 
 John Locke j Fitzwilliam. 
 
 The reputation of this Tory, Breed Bachelor, was very bad, 
 and the loyal people rejoiced when he was out of the way. 
 
220 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 When the town voted to abide bj the proceedings of the 
 Continental Congress, it committed itself without any reserva- 
 tion to the cause of the colonies against the unlawful and cruel 
 usurpations of Great Britain, How much was mvolved in 
 that act the voters did not comprehend, but they were shrewd 
 enough to perceive that the most important interests were at 
 stake, and that they were taking a stand from which it might 
 be next to impossible to retreat. 
 
 In judging of their act a number of facts merit considera- 
 tion. In 1773 the people of Fitzwilliam were few in number 
 — only two hundred and fourteen, and in 1775 two hundred 
 and fifty — and they were scattered over a comparatively large 
 territory. They were, moreover, mostly poor or in very 
 moderate circumstances, as they had exhausted nearly all the 
 means they possessed in the purchase of their farms and im- 
 provements. But little of the land had been cleared, and all 
 they had done in this direction had been done at great disad- 
 vantage. Their dwellings were mostly poor log-huts with 
 very few of the conveniences of life. To improve their con- 
 dition a little, year by year, demanded great economy, untiring 
 industry, and the severest toil, so that if there was a town in 
 Southern New Hampshire that seemed to require all its re- 
 sources within itself to render life more comfortable within its 
 borders, and to make better provision for the education of its 
 children, that town was Fitzwilliam. 
 
 And then for our poor and unprotected colonies to defy the 
 power and wealth of Great Britain must hare seemed to the 
 wise a hazardous experiment. And yet there appears to have 
 been no hesitation about sustaining the acts of the Continental 
 Congress. The royal Governor of New Hampshire stood 
 ready to do and was doing all in his power to keep the prov- 
 ince from joining the patriots in other sections of the land, 
 but the men of Fitzwilliam were ready and even eager to cast 
 in their lot with their self-sacrificing countrymen. 
 
 For the space of seven years after 1775 we find the acts of 
 this town in all their business meetings largely influenced by 
 the wants of the country at large, and the calls for funds. 
 
MILITARY COMPANY ORGANIZED. 221 
 
 provisions, and troops to free the land from the armies of 
 Great Britain. 
 
 These were the absorbing matters that confronted the people 
 here, just as they had succeeded in establishing their town 
 government, and for these long and anxious years it is not 
 surprising if everything else was treated as of only secondary 
 importance in their town meetings. 
 
 In 1775, and very soon after American and British blood 
 had been shed at Lexington and Concord, Mass., Governor 
 John Wentvvorth determined, as he expressed his purpose, 
 " to plant the root of peace in l^ew Hampshire,'' and " bring 
 about an affectionate reconciliation with the mother country." 
 A new Assembly was called by him in May of that year, but 
 the members asked for time to consult their constituents, and 
 while their reasonable request called for delay a convention 
 was doing its work at Exeter in which the province was 
 largely represented. The Fitzwilliam pastor, Rev. Benjamin 
 Brigham, was a member of that convention. This body 
 sanctioned, in the plainest manner, all that the patriots had 
 done to prevent the British troops from keeping Kew Hamp- 
 shire in subjection by means of a powerful battery at Great 
 Island, and, moreover, instructed the members of the Gov- 
 ernor's Assembly how to act when they should again meet 
 for business. The anticipated result soon followed, and in 
 August, 1775, the Governor issued a proclamation adjourning 
 his Assembly till April, 1776, which was the last act of his 
 administration, and the end of the British Government in New 
 Hampshire. This had been maintained in one form or 
 another for ninety-five years. 
 
 Some time during the year 1775, and possibly at the meet- 
 ing held on May 10th of that year, the town arranged for the 
 formation of a military company. The record follows. 
 
 At a meeting called by the selectmen 
 
 Voted and chose Capt. Asa Brigham, Moderator. Chose John Meller, 
 Captain of the Militia of Fitzwilliam. Chose Levi Brigham, Lieutenant, 
 Samuel Kendall, Ensign, and Daniel Mellen, Clerk. 
 
 Voted and Chose Messrs. Caleb Winch, Reuben Pratt, Nathan Mixer, 
 
HISTOET OF riTZWILLIAIM. 
 
 and Benjamin Davidson, Sergeants. Chose Leonard Brigham, Jonas 
 Knight, David Perry, and Ezekiel Mixer, Corporals. 
 
 And also the Selectmen, agreeable to the directions of the Warrant 
 for said Meeting, examined the Inhabitants in relation to what firearms 
 were wanting, agreeable to the directions of the Provincial Congress, 
 in order to make return thereof to said Congress, and found the follow- 
 ing persons destitute — Viz. Ichabod Smith, Joseph Dunn, Daniel Squirs, 
 Joseph Brown, Joseph Grow, James Eice, Capt. Brigham, James Butler, 
 Sip Jawhar, Rev. Brigham, Doctor Brigham, Stephen Harris and Son, 
 Deac. Fassett, Leonard Brigham, Nathan Mixer, John Chamberlain, 
 Robert Ware. , 
 
 To "understand this action on the part of the town it should 
 be mentioned that the convention at Exeter, in adopting 
 measures for a new forni of government to take the place of 
 that which had been administered by the Wentworths under 
 royal authorit}'^, reorganized the militia of the province. 
 Negroes, Indians, and a few of the highest civil and judicial 
 officers were not included, but with these exceptions the entire 
 male population of the province between the ages of sixteen 
 and sixty-five were to be enrolled as belonging to the Training 
 Band, or the Minute Men, The former of these, the Train- 
 ing Band, included all the males between sixteen and fifty 
 years of age, with the exceptions named above ; and each of 
 these men was required to furnish himself with the following 
 articles, and to keep the same at all times ready for use — viz. : 
 
 A good fire arm, good ramrod, a worm, priming wire and brush, 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 will hold fifteen rounds of cartridges at least, a hundred buck shot, 
 a jack knife and tow for wadding, six flints, one pound of powder, forty 
 leaden bullets fitted to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a canteen or 
 wooden bottle sufficient to hold one quart. 
 
 The Minute Men comprised all the males between sixteen 
 and sixty-five years of age not belonging to the Training 
 Band, with the exceptions stated above. What equipments 
 they were required to possess and keep in order we are not 
 informed. 
 
 In 1773 a census of the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam was taken 
 by the selectmen, who were chosen at the first town meeting 
 
TEAINING BATSTD— MII^UTE MEN". 223 
 
 — viz., John Mellen, Edward Kendall, and Joseph Grow. 
 Tlie result was as follows : 
 
 Unmarried men between sixteen and sixty 18 
 
 Married " " " " " 44 
 
 Males under sixteen 55 
 
 Total males 117 
 
 Females, married 44 
 
 " unmarried 53 
 
 Total females 97 97 
 
 Total population 214 
 
 There was not a man in town ov^er sixty years of age, and 
 there was not a widow in Fitzwilliam ; nor was there a 
 slave, though ten were found in Cheshire County. 
 
 The proportionate number belonging to the Training Band 
 and the Minute Men of this town in 1775, when the popula- 
 tion had reached the number of two hundred and fifty, it is 
 impossible to state. The former were, however, largely in 
 the majority, and to this class thoFC found "destitute," or 
 deficient in the matter of equipments, as named above, must 
 have chiefly belonged. 
 
 In every town in ISTew Hampshire a Training Band was or- 
 ganized, so that efiicient regiments might be ready for service 
 on an}'- emergency ; and thus it was that this State was so 
 fully and ably represented by two regiments at the battle of 
 Bunker Hill, June 17th, 1775. 
 
 The Fitzwilliam Militia Company, whose organization has 
 been already noted, was plainly its training band, and such 
 companies were required to meet eight times each year for 
 drill. 
 
 The battle of Bunker Hill proved that the 'New Hampshire 
 patriots did not wait to be summoned to the defence of the 
 country when its liberty was in peril. 
 
 General Stark, a veteran of the French and Indian War, 
 was at his saw- mill when he was informed of the fight at Lex- 
 ington. Going to his house, he changed his dress, mounted 
 
224 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 his horse, and starting at once for Boston called his country- 
 men to arras throughout the entire journey. 
 
 Medford was designated as the place of rendezvous, and in 
 the hall of an old tavern there (called for a long time l^ew 
 Hampshire Hall) Stark was chosen colonel by a hand vote. 
 T our days after the fight at Lexington, two thousand soldiers, 
 from nearly every town in ISTew Hampshire, had reported 
 themselves for duty, and, we are assured, they did not wish to 
 return to their homes "till the work was done," In May, 
 1775, the Provincial Congress of this State voted to raise two 
 thousand men, to comprise three regiments. John Stark, 
 James Reed, and Enoch Poor were placed at the head of these 
 regiments, and they were the first from beyond Massachusetts 
 that were placed under the command of Major-General Ar- 
 temas Ward, the commander-in-chief of the forces assembled 
 in the vicinity of Boston. 
 
 Through Colonel James Reed, who commanded the Second 
 (afterward called the Third) Regiment of these 'New Hamp- 
 shire soldiers, Fitzwilliam was brought at once into promi- 
 nence at the battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
 Some account of this brave and patriotic man (who was 
 one of the fathers of this town) has been already given in 
 Chapter Yll. 
 
 It may here be remarked, however, that James Reed, a na- 
 tive of Woburn, Mass., and born in 1724, had served in the 
 French and Indian War at the head of a company of provincial 
 troops, and that he did excellent service in that capacity till 
 peace was restored. Upon the breaking out of hostilities with 
 Great Britain, he was among the first to hasten to the front, 
 and was appointed, as we have seen, to the command of the 
 Second l^ew Hampshire Regiment, which was posted in the 
 vicinity of Boston. June 13th, 1775, he took the station as- 
 signed him on Charlestown Neck, and it is asserted that he 
 was the first ofiicer of his rank on the field, and his the only 
 New Hampshire regiment actually on the ground and ready 
 for action on the morning of the Bunker Hill battle. He was 
 stationed with Colonel Stark on the left wing, at a rail fence 
 about forty rods in the rear of the redoubt, toward the Mystic 
 
CASUALTIES AT BUNKEE HILL. 225 
 
 River, a position that they reached *' under a shower of iron 
 hail that was falling aronnd them." J^ewly mown hay that 
 they found upon the ground, stuffed between the rails of the 
 fence, formed for the troops a breastwork that was better than 
 nothing. Opposed to these New Hampshire troops was a 
 Welsh regiment, that had gained great renown in the European 
 wars, seven hundred strong. The next day only eighty-three 
 of its men were fit for duty. " On the ground where the 
 mowers had swung their scythes in peace the day before," said 
 Colonel Stark, in his report, " the dead lay as thick as sheep 
 in a fold." Twice during the action the New Hampshire 
 troops drove back the foe in their front, and kept them in 
 check, while their fellow-patriots from Massachusetts and Con- 
 necticut escaped from their exposed position. Colonel Stark's 
 regiment lost fifteen killed and missing, while sixty were 
 wounded. Of Colonel Reed's regiment three were killed, one 
 was missing, and twenty -three were wounded. 
 
 The historians of the battle of Bunker Hill award the high- 
 est praise to the New Hampshire troops and their leaders, for 
 their cool courage and genuine bravery in that memorable 
 conflict. 
 
 Before the battle, June 17th, Colonel Reed wrote to the 
 Committee of Safety as follows : 
 
 I repaired to Med ford and their I met with Capt. Hinds, Whitcumbe, 
 Town. Hutchins, Man, Marcy and Thomas. Whitcombe and Thomas I 
 took out of Coll. Stark's Regiment for the 3 Companys that was assigned 
 me — then I was informed by Coll. Stark that Medford was so full of sol- 
 diers that it was necessary for some to take some other quarters — then I 
 aplayed myself to Gen. Ward and there received orders in these words. 
 
 Head Quarters June the 13. 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. 
 
 J. "Ward Sectary. 
 
 Then Sirs on the 13th 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 
 15 
 
336 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 raised my gard consistiiig of 1 Capt. 2 Luts. 4 Sergeants 4 corporals 
 and 40 privates. 
 I am, Gentelmen your obliged servant 
 
 J. Keed. 
 
 Other documents of great interest regarding the battle of 
 Bunker Hill and the preparations for it should here be intro- 
 duced, eapeciallj as such a prominent place in it was assigned 
 to Fitzwilliam and New Hampshire generally. 
 
 Here is a copy of " Col. Keed's Keturn June ye 14, 1TT5," 
 three days before the battle : 
 
 Col. James Reed. 
 
 Lieutenant Col. Gilman. 
 
 Major Hale. 
 
 Ttt for service. Unfit. 
 
 Capt. Jacob Hinds' Co 54 10 
 
 " Josiah Crosley's Co 44 15 
 
 " Philip Thomas' Co 46 5 
 
 " Jonathan Whitcombs' Co. ... 59 11 
 
 " Benjamin Mann's Co 49 16 
 
 " William Walker's Co 46 19 
 
 '^' Levi Spauldings' Co 44 14 
 
 " Ezra Tovsrn's Co 52 9 
 
 " John Marcy's Co 48 28 
 
 " Hezekiah Hut chins' Co 44 21 
 
 Adjutant Stephen Peabody. 
 
 Quarter Master Isaac Frye, rank of Captain. 
 
 Quite a number of those reported above as unfit for service 
 were probably able to enter the fight three days later, as 
 Colonel Reed led into the battle on June 17th five hundred 
 and thirty-nine men.* 
 
 Of the " about one thousand men" who erected the forti- 
 fications on Bunker Hill, one hundred and ten or more men 
 were said to belong to New Hampshire. Prescott com- 
 manded these men. 
 
 On June 17th, the day of the battle, Colonel Keed's regi- 
 ment was moved to the front soon after noon, and at two 
 o'clock orders came for all to move, when Colonel Reed's 
 regiment joined Colonel Stark's. 
 
 * For many of the facts and calcnlations that immediately follow, the writer of this 
 history is indebted to the Rolls of the New Hampshire Soldiers in the Revolutionary 
 War, compiled by Hon. Isaac W. Hammond and published by the State. 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS AT BUNKER HILL. 227 
 
 Before they liad reached the positions assigned them, they 
 encountered two regiments (supposed to have been from Massa- 
 chusetts or Connecticut, or from both) that had halted before 
 the raking fire from the British fleet, when Major McClary, 
 from Epsom, who was killed on the retreat, rode forward 
 and said to the commanders of those regiments, that if they 
 did not intend to move on he desired them to open their ranks 
 and let the New Hampshire regiments pass. This was done, 
 and Colonels Stark and Reed marched their men deliberately 
 to the Hill. Colonel Reed's regiment seems to have been on 
 the right of the other New Hampshire troops, and these troops, 
 with Captain Knowlton's company of Connecticut men on the 
 right of them all, appear to have made a continuous line from 
 the redoubt to the river. The New Hampshire men held their 
 position till the redoubt was taken, when they retired in good 
 order without having been defeated. The historian Bancroft 
 asserts that '' Prescott's troops would have been cut off but 
 for the unfaltering courage of these provincials." 
 
 Drake says, " The weight of the first and second attacks" of 
 the British troops " was borne by the defenders of the rail 
 fence, where General Howe in person attacked with the very 
 flower of his array, supported by artillery." 
 
 The computation has been made that the American troops 
 actually engaged in the fight numbered but nineteen hundred 
 and eighty five men, and that of these twelve hundred and 
 thirty were from New Hampshire. Mr, Hammond's enumer- 
 ation of these twelve hundred and thirty is as follows : 
 
 Colonel Stark's Regiment 593 
 
 Colonel Reed's " 539 
 
 Dow's Company under Prescott 59 
 
 Other New Hampshire men in Prescott's Regiment.. 50 
 From Plaistow in Colonel Frye's Regiment 4 
 
 1245 
 Deduct deserters and some sick 15 
 
 and it will leave of New Hampshire men 1230 
 
 or considerably more than half of the entire force of the pa- 
 
228 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 triots that were actually engaged in the conflict. The num- 
 bers of the killed and wounded have been already given, but 
 the name of no Fitzwilliam soldier is found in these lists. 
 
 The staff roll of Colonel Reed's regiment shows that the pay 
 of Colonel Keed commenced April 23d, lYYS, or four days 
 after the fight at Lexington, and that he received twelve 
 pounds per montli for his service, with the allowance of one 
 penny per mile for travel. 
 
 Colonel James Reed's return, June 21st, 1Y75, or four days 
 after the Bunker Hill battle. 
 
 Col. James Reed. 
 Lieutenant Col. Gilman. 
 Major Hale. 
 
 Capt. Whitcomb's Co 52 fit for duty. 
 
 " Thomas' Co 37 " " 
 
 " Town's Co 53" " 
 
 <' Hinds' Co 39 " " 
 
 «• Crosby's Co 41 " " 
 
 " Mann's Co 49 " " 
 
 *' Walker's Co 51 " " 
 
 " Spaulding's Co 86" " 
 
 " Marcy'sCo ..43" " 
 
 " Hutchins' Co 54 " " 
 
 Adjutent Stephen Peabody. 
 Quarter Master Isaac Frye, Captain. 
 
 These returns show considerable changes in Colonel Reed's 
 regiment in the space of seven days, proving that recruits had 
 joined some of the companies, while others had lost more or 
 less by the casualties of the Bunker Hill battle. 
 
 Colonel Reed's " return of losses" was as follows : 
 1 Corporal and 3 privates killed, 3 Sergeants and 36 privates wounded. 
 
 He returned also under the head of 
 
 Clothing and Implements lost in retreat 
 
 14 unfit. 
 
 17 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 34 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 36 
 
 
 103 Blankets 
 133 Coats 
 
 36 Waistcoats 
 
 63 pair Breeches 
 189 pair Stockings 
 
 47 pair Shoes 
 318 Shirts 
 
 46 pair Trowses 
 4 Hatts 
 
 36 Gunns 
 
 1 Bagonet 
 
 5 Swords 
 
 4 Cartridge Boxes 
 99 Haversacks 
 
 3 Pistols 
 
 1 Fife 
 
 3 Drumms. 
 
NEEDHAM MAYNARD'S STATEMENT. 229 
 
 To these statements and copies of documents respecting the 
 part assigned to the 'New Hampshire troops in general, and 
 to the men from FitzwiUiam in particular, in the battle of 
 Bunker Hill, the following may here be added, which was 
 taken in substance from the lips of Needham Maynard and 
 committed at once to writing, some years after the close of the 
 Revolutionary War. Mr. Maynard was from Framingham, 
 Mass., but soon after the return of peace he became a resident 
 of FitzwiUiam, and for a number of years was somewhat active 
 in the affairs of this town.* 
 
 On the morning of June 17th, 1775, the colonels in command of the 
 regiments about to move upon Bunker Hill were in anxious consulta- 
 tion regarding the movement of their troops, and especially in respect to 
 a Commander-in-Chief to lead them in the conflict, when General barren 
 rode up, unattended.! The regimental commanders at once said to 
 him, in substance, that they were only colonels, that there was not a 
 general among them, and proposed that he, General Warren, should take 
 command over them, and lead them in the approaching battle. 
 
 He declined the proposition, saying that he was not prepared for such 
 a position, that he had no staff officers, not even an aid, when one of 
 the colonels, turning to a young soldier standing by, said, here is Need- 
 ham Maynard, of Framingham, Mass., and he is just the man for your 
 aid. General Warren at once offered Maynard the position, and upon his 
 acceptance of the same, he was immediately appointed, and entered 
 upon his duties. In the fight that followed, Mr. Maynard carried General 
 Warren's commands to the colonels and received messages from tliem 
 to their Commander-in-Chief, going back and forth along the line of the 
 rail fence till General Warren was shot. With the help of others Mr. 
 Maynard took up the dying general, and removed him to the spot where 
 he breathed his last. J 
 
 * Captain Needham Maynard's name first appeal's upon the records of FitzwiUiam 
 under date of Marcli 15th, 1787, when he bid oflf the contract for building a pound in 
 this town for fourteen pounds sterling. He was admitted to the church here, Septem- 
 ber, 1786. 
 
 t Joseph Warren, M.D., an ardent patriot, was appointed a Ma.ior-Generalfour days 
 before the Bunker Hill battle, but had not been assigned to any command. To en- 
 courage the soldiers within the lines he appeared upon the field, June 17th, as a volun- 
 teer, and for this reason was able to accept the offer of leadership made to him by the 
 colonels in command. His age was thirty-five years. 
 
 X This statement of Mr. Maynard, which is deemed perfectly reliable, has, it is under- 
 stood, first appeared in print in the new History of Framingham, Mass., by Rev. J. H. 
 Temple. This valuable and, as far as possible, exhaustive work has just been given to 
 the public. We are indebted to Mr. Temple for the privilege of inserting in this history 
 a portion of Mr. Maynard's testimony concerning the arrangements of the Bunker Hill 
 battle. 
 
230 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 In Congress March 14, 1776. 
 
 Resolved, That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, Con- 
 ventions, and Councils or Committees of Safety of the United States, 
 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 and refuse to associate to defend by ^rms the 
 United Colonies against the hostile attempts of the British Fleet and 
 Armies. 
 Extract from the minutes. 
 
 Charles Thompson Secretary. 
 Colony of New Hampshire. 
 Committee of Safety. 
 April 12. 1776. 
 
 To the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam 
 
 In order to carry the Resolve of the Continental Congress (just given) 
 into execution. You are requested to desire all males above twenty one 
 years of age (lunatics, idiots and negroes excepted) to sign the decla- 
 ration on this paper, and when so done to make return thereof 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. 
 
 M. Weare Chairman. 
 
 The declaration alluded to above, a copy of whieli was sent 
 to the selectmen of every town in JSTew Hampshire, was as 
 follows : 
 
 In consequence of the above Resolution of the Continental Congress, 
 and to show our determination in joining our brethren, in defending the 
 lives, liberties, and properties 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 risk of our lives and fortunes, 
 with Arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and 
 Armies against the United American Colonies. 
 
 All of the men in the neighboring town of Rindge signed 
 this declaration, while in Marlborough live were found who 
 were reported as unwilling to sign. Throughout the State of 
 ^N'ew Hampshire the great mass of the men were both willing 
 and glad to give their names to this declaration, and this com- 
 mon pledge did much to strengthen the hands and encourage 
 the hearts of the patriotic people throughout the thirteen 
 colonies. This declaration was doubtless signed, nearly or 
 quite universally, in Fitzwilliam, but the paper was lost, as it 
 
ACTS OF THE TOWN, 1776 AND 1777. 231 
 
 cannot be found among similar documents in the office of the 
 Secretary of State at Concord. 
 
 The Declaration of American Independence, July 4th, 
 1776, soon followed, and the long and expensive war to secure 
 our liberty was entered upon and prosecuted with new ear- 
 nestness. 
 
 Owing to the damaged condition of the Town Record Book 
 it is often difficult to determine with certainty the precise 
 time when the town adopted certain measures of great public 
 importance during the progress of the Revolutionary War. 
 
 1 776, At the annual meeting, Major Asa Brigham, Major 
 John Farrar, and Deacon John Locke were chosen a " Com- 
 mittee of Safety' ' for the year, and it was voted to pay to 
 Joseph Hemenway eighteen shillings for expenses and horse 
 while attending the Provincial Congress. The town took no 
 other action at this meeting respecting national affairs, which 
 is not remarkable, since the Declaration of Independence was 
 not made till nearly four months later, though, as it has been 
 well observed, "in the beginning of 1776 the colonists were 
 farmers, merchants, and mechanics, at its close soldiers." 
 
 1777, March 15th, the town 
 
 Voted and Chos a Comette of five men to agrea with and hire Eight 
 men for three year or dureing the war with grate Britton to enter emedi- 
 ately into the Contenental Sarvice this Comitty to Proportion the ser- 
 vice don by thos that have heartofore sarved. in this ware acording to 
 time and place whare they Performed thare sarvice, and to proportion 
 the mony that they agrea with the men for by a tax upon the town 
 alowing Each mans poll to pay Eaquail alike and tliar estats acording to 
 what each man posesses. 
 
 Voted to Rase Mony to pay those that shall go into the Continental 
 service, '^ the Cometey" " to make return of thare doings." 
 
 This committee appears to have reported at an adjourned 
 meeting held in April. The eight men raised at this time are 
 marked "F" in the list of revolutionary soldiers hereafter 
 given. The Committee of Safety for this year consisted of 
 Phinehas Hutchins, Asa Brigham, and John Mellen. The 
 town chose Asa Brigham to represent this committee at a con- 
 vention of the committees of safety of Cheshire County, to be 
 held at Walpole in August. 
 
232 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1778, Deacon John Locke, Lieutenant John Angier, and. 
 Lieutenant Levi Brigham were the Committee of Safetj. 
 From the imperfect condition of the records it is impracti- 
 cable to state particularly what action was taken by the town 
 upon national affairs this year. 
 
 In 17Y9 the Committee of Safety consisted of Francis Ful- 
 1am, Joseph Hemenway, and Thomas Tolman, and it was 
 
 Yoted to raise men to go into the war for the future upon an Everage 
 that is for every man to pay in Proportion to what he possesses. Voted 
 and alowed Stephen Harris Twenty Two pounds for his service Last 
 Summer in Rhode island. 
 
 In June, 1Y80, the town voted to raise twenty-five hun- 
 dred pounds to defray town charges and to pay the soldiers 
 in the Continental Army, and a month later five thousand 
 pounds were raised to pay soldiers, and six thousand pounds 
 to purchase the town's share of beef that the State was called 
 upon to furnish for the Continental Army. 
 
 In January, 1T81, another appropriation, for the same pur- 
 poses, was made, amounting to two thousand four hundred and 
 thirty-four pounds. The Committee of Safety consisted of 
 Joseph Hemenway, Samuel Patrick, and Ensign (Calvin ?) 
 Clark. 
 
 February 14th, 1781, the town appointed a committee of 
 five men — viz., John Mellen, Joseph Nichols, Caleb Winch, 
 Thomas Tolman, and (Calvin ?) Clark — " to agree with and hier 
 our Cooto of Continentle shoulders for the term of three 
 years." 
 
 February 19th the town " Yoted and Excepted of what the 
 Committee had dun in the hier of the Contenentle shoulders." 
 
 Also raised " twelve thousand Dollars for to pay our Con- 
 tenentles at theair passing muster.'' 
 
 July 25th, 1781, the town " Voted to raise our Cotto of 
 Beef for the army, which is 6834 pounds," and to give six 
 dollars in hard money per hundred for said beef. 
 
 It was then voted to raise " 410 hard dollars to pav for said 
 beef." 
 
 Also " Voted that our Continental shoulders should have 
 — Dollars in Rume of one thousand paper doUarSs" 
 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMY. 233 
 
 Also " Voted to raise one hundred and twenty-six pounds 
 to pay the Continental Shoulders their first year's pay." 
 
 November 5th, 1781, the town appropriated sixty dollars to 
 pay the three months' men their hire. 
 
 Also appropriated forty-nine dollars to pay for nine gallons 
 West India rum required by the army. 
 
 During the years 1782 and 1783 the town voted different 
 amounts for the pay of its soldiers, but no record of the appro- 
 priation of large sums during these years can be found. 
 
 In 1781 New Hampshire undertook to raise thirteen hun- 
 dred and fifty-four able-bodied, effective men, to serve in the 
 Continental Army for three years, or during the war, but in 
 most of the towns their quota was very imperfectly filled. In 
 the notification respecting these deficiencies which was sent to 
 all the towns concerned, in March, 1782, Fitzwilliam appears 
 to have lacked two men. 
 
 In Volume XIII. of the Early Town Papers of New 
 Hampshire, under the head "Richmond," the following ap- 
 pears : 
 
 " Stephen Harris was allowed £20 — 9 — 4 for Doctors' bills 
 &c for his son Joseph, a soldier in Captain Jones Company, 
 Col. James Reeds' Regiment, who was left sick or wounded 
 in the march from Ticonderoga to the Jerseys." 
 
 Joseph Harris was a son of Stephen Harris and belonged in 
 this town, but as the Harris family resided near the Richmond 
 line, it is probable that he was counted for a time upon the 
 quota of Richmond rather than of Fitzwilliam. Such instances 
 of enlistment in and military service for an adjoining town 
 were not uncommon during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 In the same volume under the head " Surry" the following 
 appears : 
 
 Mr Speeker Sir Whereas Col. Gideon of Exetor "Was appointed a 
 Collector of Beef (for the Continental Army) for 1780 and under him 
 John Mellen Esqr for the County of Cheshire s'^ Mellen did in the year 
 1780 collect 739"'^ of Beef more than he Recepted for to Col. Gideons 
 and because s^ returns do not agree with the Return on the Book of the 
 Treasurer cant credit the town of Surry for any part of the Beef which 
 was delivered to s"* Mellen, therefore it is motioned that the House give 
 
234 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 orders that the Treasurer receive said Recepts and Credit the town of 
 Surry for the same, which the Treasurer is ready to do upon receiving 
 the order. 
 
 Portsmouth, Feb ye 22, 1786. Lemuel Holmes. 
 
 Surry, Capt. Giddings returned 2600 lbs of Beef. 
 
 There was a discrepancy between the beef accounts of the 
 State Treasurer and the Collector in regard to the amount fur- 
 nished by Surry, on account of which disagreement Surry had 
 received no credit for beef furnished in 1781, and the object 
 of this motion was to enable the accounts to be properly set- 
 tled. Mr. Mellen was a man of large business capacity, but 
 in 1780 the whole of the county of Cheshire was assigned to 
 him as the Collector of nearly or quite two hundred thousand 
 pounds of beef from thirty-two towns, as the county was then 
 constituted. In discharging the duties of such an office, it is 
 not surprising that he occasionally made a mistake. A little 
 later Colonel Daniel Webster was associated with Mr. Mellen 
 to visit every town in the county that was deficient in this 
 matter of beef supply. In the next call for beef for the. army, 
 which was made in 1781, Cheshire County was required to 
 furnish the amount of two hundred and thirty-seven thousand 
 five hundred and forty-eight pounds. 'New Hampshire was 
 called upon to furnish at this time one million, four hundred 
 thousand pounds. 
 
 Much effort has been made, by consulting the town records, 
 the rolls of the men from New Hampshire who were in the 
 Revolutionary War, and the recorded and traditionary history 
 of families and individuals, to give a complete list of the 
 soldiers from Fitzwilliam who were in the Continental ser- 
 vice, and, as far as possible, of the companies and regiments 
 to which they belonged. 
 
 The attempt has been a difficult one, and probably not 
 wholly successful, for the following reasons : 
 
 1. During all the earlier years of the war the regiments 
 were designated, not by numbers as now, but by the names 
 of their colonels ; and the companies were known in like man- 
 ner by the names of their captains, so that, with a change of 
 the higher officers for any reason, it became extremely difficult 
 
FITZWILLIAM MEN IN REVOLUTIONAKY WAR. 235 
 
 to learn the position or follow the" fortunes of anj individual 
 soldier. 
 
 2. The men were frequently transferred from one company 
 or regiment to another, and companies were often detached 
 from their regiments for some special service, and, thus scat- 
 tered, were never reunited. 
 
 'S. The rolls were often kept on detached sheets of paper 
 rather than in books, and these papers were easily mislaid or 
 lost. In some cases names are spelled so differently as to 
 make the identification difiicult, 
 
 MEN FKOM FITZWILLIAM WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY 
 
 WAR. 
 
 Explanations. 
 
 The names that appear upon the Revolutionary rolls, pub- 
 lished by the State, are printed in Roman type ; those ob- 
 tained from other sources are in italics. The other sources 
 are stated in the proper places. In a few cases where the 
 other sources make the identification more satisfactory names 
 are given in italics, though found upon the Revolutionary 
 rolls. These rolls, in most cases, do not give the soldier's 
 place of residence, but where they do, the names are printed 
 in LARGE CAPITALS. The names of those who are well 
 known as belonging to Fitzwilliam are given in small capi- 
 tals. The names of such as have been recognized as belong- 
 ing to this town by identity of name and other concurring 
 evidence are given in This Type. 
 
 References. 
 
 A. In the battle of Bunker Hill. Of these Zadock Dodge 
 was in Captain Marcy's company, Hinds Reed was in Cap- 
 tain Hinds's company, the others were in Captain "Whit- 
 comb's company, all in the regiment of Colonel James Reed. 
 Twenty-three in number. 
 
 B. In Captain Joseph Parker's company ; joined the northern 
 army at Ticonderoga. Mustered in July 18th, 1776. Five 
 in number. 
 
236 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 C. In Captain Abijah Smith's company, for l^ew York. 
 Mustered, September 21st, 1776. Four in number. 
 
 D. In Massachusetts regiments as stated, in 1775 and 1776. 
 Five in number. 
 
 E. In expedition against Canada under Colonel Benedict 
 Arnold. All but Joseph Potter were in Captain Ward's 
 company. Seven in number. 
 
 F. In 1777 Fitzwilliam returned eight men for three years, or 
 the war. James Keed, Jr., was returned as from JaflErey, 
 but belonged in Fitzwilliam. Nine men in all. 
 
 Boynton, Squire, and the two Dodges were in Captain 
 Clayes' company, and the Burbees in Captain Blodgett's 
 company, all in Colonel Hale's regiment. Boynton and the 
 Dodges continued in the company and regiment when Colonel 
 Eeid was in command. The Burbees were transferred to 
 the southern army. 
 
 G. In Captain Josiah Brown's company for Ticonderoga, 
 K T. Marched, May 6th, 1777. Three men. John 
 Chamberlain was second lieutenant in Captain Scott's com- 
 pany. Four men in all ; service forty-two days. 
 
 H. To reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm of 
 June, 1777. In Captain John Mellen's company, which 
 marched from Fitzwilliam and towns adjacent, twenty- four 
 men. Silas Angier went in Captain Drury's company. 
 Twenty-five men in all. Little or no actual service fell to 
 their lot. 
 
 I. In Colonel ISTichols's regiment at the battles of Benning- 
 ton and Stillwater. Of the eight men in the list, Foster 
 was in Captain Parker's company. Stark ey and Wilson in 
 Captain Wright's company, and the others in Captain Sal- 
 mon Stone's compan3\ Captain Stone belonged to Rindge, 
 and his company marched, July 21st, 1777. Their time of 
 service was two months and five days. Ebenezer Potter 
 was a corporal in Captain Stone's company, and it was at 
 this time that his famous capture of the Hessians was made. 
 In the battle of Bennington the American forces numbered 
 about seventeen hundred and fifty, and of these l^ew Hamp- 
 shire furnished not far from one thousand, Yermont about 
 
EXPLANATION OF TABLES. 237 
 
 five hundred, and Western Massaclmsetts two hundred and 
 fifty ; and it was just before this battle that General Stark 
 made the harangue to his troops which has become historical. 
 
 Now, my men, yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven 
 pounds tenpence a man. Are you worth more ? Prove it. To-night 
 the American flag floats over yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow. 
 
 J. In Colonel Moore's regiment to join the army at Saratoga 
 Captain Lewis's company marched from Marlborough in 
 September, 1777. Samuel Kendall held the office of en- 
 sign. Time of service twenty-seven days ; three men. Silas 
 Angier went in Captain Drury's company. Time of ser- 
 vice twenty-eight days ; total, four men. 
 
 K. In Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment, August, 1778, for ser- 
 vice in Rhode Island. John Mellen was quartermaster on 
 Colonel Hale's staff. Nine men went in Captain James 
 Lewis's company, John Angier serving as lieutenant. 
 Time of service twenty-three days. Daniel Gould went in 
 another company and served twenty-four days ; total, eleven 
 men. 
 
 L. Other soldiers in Rhode Island service in 1778 and 1779. 
 Sylvanus Reed was adjutant on Colonel Peabody's staff. 
 Four men ; service as stated in the list. 
 
 M. Enlisted for the war, July 15th, 1779. Two men. 
 
 N. Enlisted, July, 1780, as by memorandum in the town 
 records. Winch, Harris, and Rice enlisted for six months 
 and served five months and a half. Winch received fifteen 
 pounds bounty, and Harris and Rice each twelve pounds. 
 The others enlisted for three months and served three 
 months and a half. Brigham received nine pounds bounty, 
 and the others eight pounds. Ten men in all. 
 
 O. Enlisted in 1781 and 1782. Rice and Hadley enlisted in 
 1781 for three months. Rice received six j)ounds bounty 
 
 , and Hadley probably the same. Patrick enlisted in 1782, 
 and it does not appear what bounty he had. All the others 
 enhsted in 1781 for three years, or the war, and each received 
 twenty pounds bounty. In a letter to the selectmen of 
 Fitzwilliam in 1832, Rice states the bounty he received at 
 
238 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 this time at twenty dollars. All these bounties were paid 
 in specie. Nine men in all. 
 
 P. Other items from the published Revolutionary rolls. Ser- 
 vice as entered to each man. Five men. 
 
 Q. Died in the service. From Rev. Mr. Brigham's list of 
 deaths in the church records : Nine men. At least two 
 others died in the service, Joseph Fassett and Captain Elijah 
 Clays. 
 
 Summary of men as stated, one hundred and forty-four. 
 As several enlisted and served more than once, the number 
 
 of different persons in the list is eighty-eight. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Service. 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 John Angier ... 
 
 B H K. was Serg't in Capt. 
 Parker's Co and Lieut, in 
 Capt. Lewis' Co 
 
 
 Silas Angier 
 
 GH J 
 
 
 EDWARD ARNOLD 
 
 AE 
 
 
 Solomon Badcock 
 
 H 
 
 
 ABNER BALL 
 
 D I In Capt Oliver Capron's Co. 
 Col. Doolittle's (Mass) Reg. at 
 Winter Hill Mass Oct 1775 
 
 
 JOHN BARKER 
 
 A E F The last service was in 
 
 
 
 Col. Alden's (Mass) Reg. 
 
 Serg't 
 
 AMOS BOYNTON 
 
 A E F Serg't in both Capt Whit- 
 
 
 comb's and Capt Clays' Cos. 
 
 
 Job Boynton 
 
 H 
 
 
 Alpheus Brigham .... 
 
 C 
 
 
 Asa Bkigham 
 
 H J 
 
 
 Leonard Brigham 
 
 B 
 
 
 Lyman Brigham 
 
 N 
 
 
 Stephen Brigham 
 
 A 
 
 
 PETER BURBEE 
 
 F Q. Died June 1778 at Phila- 
 
 
 
 delphia age 49 ? yrs 
 
 
 PETER BURBEE JR 
 
 FQ d Aug 1778 at Philadel- 
 
 
 "~ 
 
 phte age 17 ? yrs 
 
 Lieut 
 
 JOHN CHzVMBERLAIN 
 
 D G In Capt W" Warner's Co 
 Col J Whitney's (Mass) Reg. 
 Dec 1776 
 
 / 1st. Lieut in Capt Wbit- 
 / comb's Co at Bunker Hill, 
 Y prom. Capt. Nov 17. 1776 
 \ when Col Nathan Hale 
 
 Capt 
 
 ELIJAH CLAYES 
 
 ) commanded the Reg. 
 ■^ \ Was in command of the 
 
 
 
 
 J Reg. after Col. Hale was 
 
 
 
 / taken prisoner. Wounded 
 
 
 
 f in battle from which he d. 
 
 
 
 \ Nov 15. 1779 
 
FITZWILLIAM MEN IN REVOLrTIONAEY SERVICE. 239 
 
 Names. 
 
 Service. 
 
 Jesse Cheney 
 
 JOHN DODGE ... 
 ZADOCK DODGE . 
 
 Moses Drury 
 
 Abel Estabrook . . 
 Paul Fai'nsworth .... 
 JOHN FARRAR... 
 Joseph Farrar 
 
 William Farrar 
 
 JOSEPH FASSETT 
 
 Enoch Foster 
 
 JAMES FOSTER .... 
 Joseph Foster 
 
 Rufus Freeman 
 
 Francis Fuli,.\m 
 
 DANIEL GOULD.... 
 
 DANIEL GOULD JR 
 
 Samuel Graves 
 
 Peter Hadley 
 
 John Harrington 
 
 Joshua Harrington . . 
 BENJAMIN HARRIS 
 
 Joseph Harris . . 
 
 Stephen Harris ... . 
 
 Joseph Hemenway. 
 
 Phineas Hutchins 
 Ensign Samuel Kendall. 
 
 Joseph Kneeland. , 
 
 Amos Knight 
 
 Jonas Knight 
 
 John Lock 
 
 Daniel Mellen. . 
 Capt JOHN MELLEN. 
 
 Ezekiel Mixer. . . 
 Serg't Nathan, Mixer. .... 
 
 A 
 
 F 
 
 A F Serg't in Capt Clays' Co 
 
 H 
 
 ACGH 
 
 N 
 
 O Son of Maj John Farrar 
 
 G H J L Served 3 m 7 ds in 
 R. L in 1778 as Serg't 
 
 J 
 
 A E M Deserted at Battle of 
 Bunker Hill — Is said to have 
 died in the service — Is sup- 
 posed to have been a nephew 
 of Dea. John Fassett 
 
 N 
 
 10 
 
 D In Lt. Perkin's Co Col. Grid- 
 ley's (Mass) Reg. at Winter 
 Hill Sept 1775 
 
 N 
 
 B 
 
 KL Served 24 days in 1778 
 and 6 m 7 ds in 1779-80 
 
 O 
 
 Q Dec 20. 1776 found dead in 
 the woods between Charles- 
 town N H and Ticonderoga 
 N. Y. 
 
 O 
 
 HK 
 
 AHK 
 
 L N Served 6 m 26 ds in R. I. 
 
 P in Col Reid's Regt 3d Co 
 
 HP In service in Rhode 
 Island in 1778. In Capt 
 Ephraim Stone's Co. under 
 Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb in 
 1780 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 H J 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 K 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 HK 
 
 BH 
 
 H I Q promoted sergeant July 
 21. 1777 d Aug 16 1777 killed 
 in battle of Bennington 
 
240 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Nambs. 
 
 Service. 
 
 JOSEPH MUZZEY 
 
 M 
 
 William Nurse 
 
 H K 
 
 Joseph Nurse 
 
 H 
 
 Samuel Osborn 
 
 K 
 
 RUFUS PATRICK 
 
 Sam'u.el Patrick 
 
 mustered July 15, 1782 
 HN 
 
 David Perry 
 
 B Q d Sept 20. 1776 at Mt In- 
 dependence In Capt Daniel 
 Barnes' Co, Col Ward's Reg. 
 
 D Page ? (Mass) Reg. Sept 
 1775 
 
 Q d July 1776 at Crown Point 
 
 H I Corporal in Capt Stone's 
 Co : serg't in Capt. Mellen's 
 Co 
 
 A E later a Captain, com'd 2d 
 Lieut. Nov 7. 1776. promoted 
 quartermaster Aug 23. 1778 
 
 A 
 
 A 
 
 F 
 
 A L Serg't in Capt Whitcomb's 
 Co at battle of Bunker Hill. 
 Adjutant in Col. Peabody's 
 Reg. Jan. 6. 1778. 
 
 N Enlisted for 6 mo's in 
 1780 and 3 mo's in 1781— was 
 16 yrs old at first enlistment 
 
 Q d July 25. 1776 at Fort 
 George 
 
 P Enlisted Apr 1. 1777 for 3 
 years in Capt William Ellis' 
 Co: Col. Scammell's Reg. — 
 Enlisted July 5 1780 in, Capt 
 Joseph Kidder's Co. Col. 
 Nichols' Reg. for West Point 
 N. Y. Served 3 m 18 days 
 
 N 
 
 HENRY PIDGE 
 
 Nathan Platta 
 
 Serg't Ebenezer Potter 
 
 Capt. JOSEPH POTTER 
 
 Hinds Reed 
 
 Col JAMES REED 
 
 James Reed jr 
 
 SYLVANUS REED 
 
 ABRAHAM RICE 
 
 Ensign Jonas Mice 
 
 STEPHEN RICHARDSON... 
 Joseph Scott 
 
 DANIEL SQUIRE 
 
 F 
 
 Peter Starkev 
 
 I 
 
 Samuel Stone 
 
 Benjamin Tolman 
 
 P was in Capt Peter Page's 
 Co, Col Nichols' Reg. for West 
 Point N. Y. Service at this 
 time July 6. 1780 to Oct 4. 
 1780 
 
 AIK 
 
 EBENEZER TOLMAN 
 
 William Tolman 
 
 AE 
 A 
 
 Samuel Treadwell 
 
 A 
 
 Ed/mund Trowbridge 
 
 Q d Dec 26. 1776 in New Jer- 
 
 
 sey 
 
REVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHERS. 
 
 241 
 
 Names. 
 
 Service. 
 
 Corp.l 
 
 LUTHER TROWBRIDGE.... 
 Moses Ware , 
 
 AE 
 
 Q d. Oct 1. 1776 at Ticonderoga 
 N At first enlistement was 
 
 
 STEPHEN WHITE 
 
 
 JOHN WHITKEY 
 
 16 years old. 
 A C F H. Was for a time in 
 
 
 John Whitney 2d 
 
 Col. Bigelow's (Mass) Reg. 
 A 
 
 
 Samuel Wilson 
 
 Joseph Winch 
 
 AIP In CaptEphraim Stone's 
 Co. under Maj. Benjamin 
 Whitcomb in 1780 
 
 Enlisted Mar, 21. 1781 
 
 
 SAMUEL WINCH 
 
 I KN 
 
 Corp. 
 
 WILLIAM WITHINGTON. . . 
 
 D H K In Capt William War- 
 ner's Co. Col. J. Whitney's 
 (Mass) Reg Dec 1776 
 
 It is stated that Ebenezer Boiitelle, Hezekiali Scott, Hum- 
 plirey Silk and Caleb Winch served in the Revolutionary 
 Army from Fitzwilliam, but they have not yet been identified 
 in the Revolutionary Rolls, and the traditions concerning them 
 are not sufficiently definite to justify placing their names in 
 the foregoing list. 
 
 Few of the particular accounts and vouchers appertaining to 
 the expenses of Fitzwilliam in the Revolutionary War can now 
 be found, and probably most of them were destroyed by fire in 
 1785, but the originals of the following have been recovered 
 among a mass of miscellaneous papers at the State House. 
 
 State of New Hampshire 
 to the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam Dr. 
 
 1779, July 18. To cash paid Daniel Gould a soldier iulisted in Col. 
 Mooney's Regiment for the defence of Rhode Island, six months. 
 Bounty £30. Travel 90 miles to Providence £9. pr Rec* £39-0-0. 
 Received an order on the Treasurer for Thirty Nine pounds, 
 pr John Mellen one of the Selectmen. 
 
 State of New Hampshire 
 to the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam Dr. 
 
 1779, July. To cash paid Joseph Fassett & Joseph Muzzey, two sol- 
 diers inlisted in the Continental Army for one year. 
 State Bounty £60 each. £120. 
 
 Received an order on the Treasurer for One Hundred and 
 twenty pounds. 
 
 per John Mellen, one of the Selectmen. 
 16 
 
242 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 An account of Town Bounties paid by the Town of Fitzwilliam to tlie 
 following soldiers inlisted in the Continental Army for three years. Viz 
 1777 Feb. Amos Boynton Capt. Clayes Co. £24. 0. 0. 
 
 " Zadock Dodge 
 
 Do, 
 
 
 30. 
 
 '* John Dodge 
 
 (4 
 
 
 24. 
 
 " Peter Barbe [Burbee] 
 
 14. 8. 
 
 0. 
 
 
 1778 Do. 
 
 9. 13. 
 
 0. 
 
 24. 
 
 1777 Peter Barbe, Jan. 
 
 14. 8. 
 
 0. 
 
 
 1778 Do. 
 
 9. 12. 
 
 0. 
 
 24. 
 
 Daniel Squire Capt. Ch 
 
 lye's Co. 
 
 
 0-. 
 
 0- 0- 
 
 Fitzwilliam, Jan. 1780. The above soldiers inlisted for the Town of 
 Fitzwilliam, and were paid the several sums set against their names. 
 Attest John Mellen Selectman. 
 
 Sworn to at Exeter March 9, 1780 before James Belton. 
 
 To Mr. Thompson, Secretary for the Honorable Assembly of New 
 Hampshire, Greeting. Agreeable to the order of Court April 7. 1781 
 Requiring of us to make a return of our Soldiers in the Continental 
 Army by the 10th of June next, which soldiers' names are as follows 
 viz. John Barker and Joseph Fassett engaged during the War some 
 years ago. 
 
 The names of those ingaged last March for the term of three years 
 next ensuing the date are as follows viz. Stephen Richardson, John 
 Farrar, Stephen White, Daniel Gould jr. and James Foster which have 
 been mustered before the Superintendent at Keene soon after their 
 engagements, as will be made to appear to you by his returns. 
 
 Joseph Nichols, Levi Brigham, Josiah Hartwell, Selectmen For Fitz 
 William. 
 
 Fitzwilliam, May the 28. 1781. 
 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 
 1 John Barker never joined. 
 
 2 Joseph Fassett Deserted 1780. 
 
 3 Stephen Richardson Must. Feb. 23. 1781. 
 
 4 John Farrar " April 3 " 
 
 5 Stephen White " Feb. 27. " 
 
 6 Daniel Gould Jr. " " 23 " 
 
 7 James Foster " " " " 
 
 8 Rufus Patrick July 15. 1782 Must, by B. Ellis. 
 Certified Nov. 7. 1785. 
 
 From Town Accounts. Fitzwilliam. 
 Amos Boynton £21—16—10 
 
 Zadock Dodge 18—12 
 
 John Dodge 14 — 17 — 7 
 
 Peter Burbee 10 — 16 — 3 
 
 Peter Burbee Jr. io_16— 2 £76—18—9 
 
DEPEECIATIOlSr OF THE CUEEENCY. 243 
 
 July 16. 1782. Gave a certificate to James Reed per order from the 
 Selectmen. 
 
 Fitzwilliam Account. 
 Pay Roll to Cambridge in 1775 £32—19 
 
 Do to Royalton " 1780 5_11_6 
 
 £38—10—6. 
 
 As the Continental currency depreciated in value, the towns 
 to some extent attempted to compensate the soldiers for the re- 
 duction. After a period of service the depreciation in Amos 
 Boynton's pay amounted to two hundred and jfifty pounds, four 
 shillings and threepence ; in that of Zadok Dodge as private 
 and sergeant, two hundred and eight pounds ; in John Dodge's, 
 one hundred and seventy-nine pounds. 
 
 In Colonel Hale's regiment, at a later period, Benjamin Har- 
 ris, Samuel Winch, and Ahraham Rice are reported. These 
 three men appear to have enlisted in this regiment June 28th, 
 1780, and to have been discharged December 4th of the same 
 year. They were allowed nine days' travel " to come home." 
 Time of service about live and one half months each. Pay, 
 seven hundred and forty-one pounds nine shillings each. Al- 
 lowed for blankets, three hundred and thirty-five pounds each. 
 Travel out ninety-five miles, allowed for it fifty-seven pounds. 
 Advanced by the State fifty-seven pounds each. Due when 
 discharged about eleven hundred pounds each. (This was 
 when the currency was greatly depreciated.) 
 
 Marcli 10th, 1780, the State of INew Hampshire made pro- 
 vision to pay non-commissioned officers who served three years 
 five hundred dollars each " toward depreciation, " and privates 
 four hundred dollars each for the same term of service. 
 
 Account of Fitzwilliam for Bounties. 
 
 Jan. 5. Baldwin's Regiment 7 men in 1776 £22. 6s 
 
 Feb. 7. Continental soldiers 8 " " 1777 141.12 
 
 " 19. Stark's Brigade 3 " " " 10.5 
 
 July 10. Continental Soldiers 2 " "1779 24. 
 
 " 23. Nichols' Reg 7 " " 1780 57. 
 
 " 21. New Levies 3 " " " 39. 
 
 " 15. Continental service 5 " " 1781 506. 
 
 *' 17 " " 1 " " 1782 60. 
 
 For 36 men. Total £860—3— 
 
244 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 It is probable that this account includes onlj'^ those who en- 
 listed for three years or the war. From a comparison of the 
 dates, and other particulars, it would seem that some of these 
 soldiers cannot be identified with anj whose names are given in 
 the preceding list. The following identifications, however, are 
 doubtless correct. The eight under date February 7th, 1777, 
 are those marked F in the list, excepting James Keed, Jr. 
 The two of July 10th, 1779, are marked M. The six in 1781 
 and 1782 are included in those marked O in the list. These 
 bounties are all evidently stated on a specie basis. 
 
 " Quarter Master Isaac Frye's Return. Col. Reed's Reg. 
 account of rations issued each 3 or 4 days from July 1. to 
 Aug. 4. 1775. 
 549—545—559—558—559— 532—545—547—547— 537, ' ' 
 
 showing a remarkable uniformity in numbers. At the same 
 time in the colonel's mess ten were always present, in the 
 other messes fifteen once, sixteen on all the other days. 
 
 In the report of deserters, July 11th, 1776, there are given 
 their names, size, age, complexion, the Government to which 
 they belonged, and the names of the captains of the companies 
 from which they deserted. 
 
 Stephen Harris was in service in Rhode Island. In March, 
 1779, the town voted " to pay Stephen Harris for Continental 
 Service," and at the same meeting " allowed 22 pounds paid 
 to Stephen Harris last summer for his services in Rhode 
 Island." 
 
 Fitzwilliam April y« 20th 1781. 
 
 Mr. Treasurer Winch. Please to pay Nathaniel Muzzey Seventeen 
 Hundred and seventy pounds five shillings and Six pence which we 
 find due to him on accompt of his son's years' service (allowing him 
 Ninety for one). 
 
 I Dei 
 ^Fit 
 
 Josiah Hartwell f Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Upon the back of this order there are four receipts, for par- 
 tial payment, the last of which is as follows : 
 
 Fitzwilliam August the 10 ye 1783. Keceivd of the within order, 
 the sum of four pounds sixteen shillings of Silver Money. I say, re- 
 ceived By me. 
 
 Nathaniel Muzzey. 
 
Arnold's expedition into Canada. 245 
 
 Many of tlie old receipts observed this form, repeating the 
 receipt with the euiphatic " I say." 
 
 The order above shows iiow alarmingly great the deprecia- 
 tion of the currency was in 1781. 
 
 In the year 1775 General Arnold was dispatched from the 
 vicinity of Boston up the Kennebec River, and across what 
 is now the State of Maine, with the hope of taking Quelfec by 
 surprise. Among his soldiers was Ebenezer Potter, of Fitz- 
 william. The expedition was a miserable failure. Arnold's 
 troops suffered terribly from hunger and fatigue, and many of 
 them died from starvation and exposure. Mr. Potter endured 
 fifteen days' hard marching with no food but a part of a part- 
 ridge and a quarter of a red squirrel. An Englishman among 
 Arnold's soldiers deserted, and revealed the plans of the divi- 
 sion to which Mr. Potter belonged, and the result was that he 
 and his companions were captured, and remained prisoners, 
 under the hardest experience, till the spring following. Other 
 men from Fitzwilliam were in the same expedition, viz., 
 Luther Trowbridge, age twenty, Cordwainer ; Ebenezer Tol- 
 man, age twenty-seven, Carpenter ; Edward Arnold, age 
 twenty-four ; Amos Boynton, age thirty-three ; John Barker, 
 age nineteen, and Joseph Fassett, age nineteen. Of the ex- 
 perience of these we have no record. 
 
 A number of men who served in the Revolutionary War 
 from other towns and States became, soon after its close, resi- 
 dents of Fitzwilliam, and identified at once with all its inter- 
 ests, among whom were Judge Nalium Parker, from Shrews- 
 bury, Joseph Forristall, of Holliston, Samuel Patch, of Stow, 
 Captain Needham Maynard, of Framingham, each of Massa- 
 chusetts, Matthias Felton, and others. The names of such 
 persons appear in a number of cases upon the list of Fitzwill- 
 iam pensioners. 
 
 Rev. John Sabin in his historical lecture delivered in 1836, 
 said, 
 
 though the "War ended 54 years ago yet this town has now in it 18 pen- 
 sioners. 
 
 In 1842, he said, in a revised lecture. 
 
246 HTSTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 this band is much diminished now though four or five are left and show 
 how little strength can combat with time. 
 
 In a list of pensioners in 1840, found in the public library 
 of N^atick, Mass. , these ten names appear under the head 
 
 [ Fitzwilliam N. H. 
 
 For Revolutionary or Military Service. 
 
 Names of Pensioners. Age. Heads of Families. 
 
 Leonard Colburn 44 .Leonard Colburn. 
 
 Matthias Felton 84 Matthias Felton. 
 
 Joel Whitney 80 Benjamin B. Morse. 
 
 Joel Miles 84 Noah Miles. 
 
 Ebenezer Potter 91 Ebenezer Potter, Jr. 
 
 John Shirley . . , . 85 . . . Henry Shirley. 
 
 Nathan Smith 76 Nathan Smith. 
 
 Artemas Wilson 83 Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 Stephen White 78 Silas White. 
 
 Sarah Whitney 93 David Whitney. 
 
 The Urst on this list, Leonard Colburn, served in the War 
 of 1812-14. The otlier nine plainly received pensions for 
 service, either personally or by a husband, in the Revolution- 
 ary War. Six of the ten above-named appear to have served 
 upon the quotas of other towns, as their names do not appear 
 ujjon the lists of Fitzwilliam soldiers. Seven of the ten were, 
 in 1840, doubtless in the families of their children or other 
 relatives. 
 
 The following additional names are from other sources, 
 principally from a list of pensioners found with the papers of 
 Dr. Cummings : 
 
 Oliver Damon Nahum Parker 
 
 Benoni Foster Nathaniel Phillips 
 
 Luna Foster Samuel Stone 
 
 Benoni Foster probably served in the War of 1812, and the 
 others in the Revolutionary War. None of these were resi- 
 dents of Fitzwilliam when they performed the service for 
 which they received the pension. 
 
MRS. ABIGAL CLAYS' PETITION^. 247 
 
 Elijah Clays (or Cloyes), as appears in tliis record of service, 
 entered the army at a very early date, and was commissioned 
 as a captain November Tth, 1776. He is reported in the 
 Revolutionary Rolls as dead " of wounds" some time in No- 
 vember, 1779. After the close of the war his widow pre- 
 sented the following petition : 
 
 The Hon* Counsel and House of Representatives of the State of New 
 Hampshire in Geeneral Court Assembled. 
 
 The Humble petition of Abigail Clays, widow of the late Captain 
 Elijah Clays deceased of the 2* Regiment of the New Hampshire Line. 
 Urged by her distressed situation ; begs your attention : as she is left 
 with a family of small children without any other means of Subsistence 
 but her own Industry, for there support. Impelled by these Circum- 
 stances and the Horrid Idea of want, being fully impressed that the 
 Honorable Body before (whom) this her petition will be laid, supported 
 by there natural feelings as well as Justice and Humanity towards those 
 in distress ; will exert every nerve for so desirable an end ; as to soften 
 as far as in their power the distress incident to the widows and Father- 
 less : and Consequently extend their generosity towards her by a grant of 
 half pay agreeable to an Act of Congress of May 1778 in such cases 
 made and provided and renewed and extended the 24tli of August 
 1780 which will enable her to bring up her Children in some degree of 
 decency and live above contempt, resting assured of your strict atten- 
 tion to this her Petition. 
 
 Your Petitioner As in duty bound shall forever pray. 
 
 Abigal Clays. 
 
 It is plain that the State endeavored to make reasonable 
 compensation for the depreciation of the currency in which 
 the soldiers were paid. Samuel Kendall, who presented the 
 following petition in behalf of Mr. Reed, was representative 
 to the Legislature or " General Assembly" at the time. 
 
 To the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire now sitting at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
 Humbly Shews. Sylvanus Reed of Fitzwilliam in the s* State. 
 That he served ae adjutant of a Battalion of Troops raised in this 
 State for the defence of the New England states &c and Com- 
 manded by Lieut Col° Stephen Peabody Esqr as appears by the Com- 
 mission herewith presented. That your Petitioner is informed some 
 
248: HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 allowance has been mad those Officers on acc't of the Depreciating 
 of the money they were paid in. Your Petitioner therefore humbly 
 prays that your Honors will order such Depreciation to be paid to your 
 Petitioner as is Customary in Such Cases. And as in duty bound shall 
 ever pray &c 
 
 Dated Feb'y» 2* 1786 Samuel Kendall 
 
 in behalf of the Petitioner. 
 
 This petition was granted February 21st, 1Y86. 
 
 Mrs. Clays received a captain's half-pay for seven years, re- 
 ceiving at one time the pay for five years, and afterward for 
 the other two years. The half-pay was seventy-two pounds a 
 year, or two hundred and forty dollars, at six shillings to the 
 dollar. 
 
 General Reed was paid eleven hundred and sixty-two 
 pounds, ten shillings in 1Y86, but it cannot be stated whether 
 it was all on account of half -pay, or whether a part of the 
 payment was an allowance for depreciation. 
 
 THE WAB or 1812-14. 
 
 Early in the present century the great mass of our country- 
 men were far from being satisfied with the course of Great 
 Britain relative to many international matters, but in New 
 England, generally, the condition of affairs was not regarded as 
 sufficiently serious to justify the declaration of war on the part 
 of oar Government. For this reason what is called " the 
 War of 1812" was, throughout all this region, extremely un- 
 popular, and while the leading -men were disposed to avoid 
 most studiously everything approaching treasonable acts, the 
 determination was general to bring the struggle to an end as 
 soon as it could be done in a constitutional manner. 
 
 September 14th, 1812, the town chose Elder Arunah Allen, 
 Thomas Stratton, and Phinehas Reed, Esq., as delegates to a 
 county convention, the object of which was to consult and de- 
 vise measures proper to be pursued under the existing circum- 
 stances. All the votes of the town when these delegates were 
 appointed were most carefully worded, and give no indication 
 of a rebellious spirit. 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-1814, 249 
 
 At a town meeting held July 20tli, 1812, the principal 
 article in the warrant was 
 
 To see what additional wages the town will give to the soldiers who 
 are detached from said town provided they are called into actual ser- 
 vice, and to act thereon as they shall think proper ; 
 
 and it was 
 
 Voted to makeujj to each drafted Soldier ten dollars per month if called 
 info actual service, including what each man shall receive from the gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 At that time volunteers were numerous, and it does not ap- 
 pear that any formal call for troops had been issued. 
 
 More than two years later, viz., October 3d, 1814, the town 
 
 Voted and granted that (to) each soldier detached from the militia of 
 this town, or that may be detached before the next annual meeting shall 
 be made up the sum of fifteen dollars, including what they may receive 
 from the State. 
 
 This meeting followed a c ill for troops for the defence of 
 Portsmouth, but the records do not mention the number re- 
 quired from Fitzwilliam or how they were raised. Receipts 
 on tile give us the names of the Fitzwilliam men who were in 
 the service of the Government as follows : 
 
 Daniel Forristall, Jotham Wood, J. Taylor, Levi Sti'eeter, 
 John Stone, Second, Richard Kimball, Jr., William Farrar, 
 Samuel Graves, David Graves, John Twitchell, S. Redfield, 
 Alvah Godding, Calvin Chase, John Bennett, Elisha Drurey, 
 Jonas Pushee. Sixteen men. And it is believed this is the full 
 number that went from this town. Kimball and Pushee re- 
 ceived six dollars each, advanced pay, the others each four 
 dollars. Six of the receipts are dated September 15th, 1814, 
 while the date of ten others is September 30th, 1814. The 
 soldiers from this part of the State were under the command 
 of Captain Marsh, of Chesterfield, and Daniel Forristall of 
 this town was a lieutenant in the company. A copy of Mr. 
 Forristall's receipt is given. 
 
 Fitzwilliam Sept. 30. 1814. 
 Reed of the Town of Fitzwilliam four dollars as advanced pay for my 
 service as a detached Officer by the Governor of the State of New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Daniel Forristall. 
 
250 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Mr. Redfield receipted not only for his advanced pay, but 
 also for his accoutrements, as follows : 
 
 Fitzwilliam Sept the 15. 1814. 
 This day received one gun and Banent cartrage Box, Scabbord and 
 Belt of the Town of Fitzwilliam which I promis to return to said town 
 in three months if I return if not as soon as I do return if not deprived 
 of them before I can return received by me 
 
 S. Eedfield. 
 
CHAPTER XL 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS— APPROPRIATIONS— VOTERS. 
 
 Town Officers, 1773-1886— Votes for state Executive, 1781-1883— Town Ap- 
 propriations — Financial Summary — Funding the Town Debt— Check 
 Lists — For Listof Superintending School Committees see Chapter XIII., 
 Educational. 
 
 "TN the last century, as well as in the early part of the pres- 
 -*- ent, the constable was an officer of considerable importance, 
 filling, perhaps, a more prominent position than the deputy 
 sheriff of the present day, except that his powers did not ex- 
 tend beyond the limits of the town. Two or three constables 
 were generally chosen at each annual meeting, but as the 
 records do not show who qualified and who did not, no list of 
 them is here given. The collector was usually one of the per- 
 sons chosen, and doubtless he always qualified. 
 
 
 TKEASUKEES. 
 
 
 1773. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 1841^2 
 
 .Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1774-76. 
 
 John Mellen. 
 
 1843^7 
 
 .John Kimball. 
 
 1777. 
 
 Asa Brigham. 
 
 1848-49 
 
 .John Wood. 
 
 1778-80. 
 
 Samuel Patrick. 
 
 1850-51 
 
 .Milton Chaplin. 
 
 /^81. 
 
 Caleb Winch. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Nelson Howe. 
 
 1782-83. 
 
 Samuel Patrick. 
 
 1853. 
 
 Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1784. 
 
 Sylvanus Reed. 
 
 1854. 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams. 
 
 1785. 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 
 1855. 
 
 Thomas W. Whittemore 
 
 1786-89. 
 
 Sylvanus Reed. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Charles C. Carter. 
 
 1790. 
 
 Nathan Townsend. 
 
 1857. 
 
 Aaron N. Townsend. 
 
 1791-94. 
 
 John Fassett. 
 
 1858-59 
 
 . Josiah E. Carter. 
 
 1795-1824 
 
 . Samuel Griffin. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Curtis R. Crowell. 
 
 1825. 
 
 John J. Allen. 
 
 1861-62 
 
 .Charles C. Carter. 
 
 1826. 
 
 Dexter Whittemore. 
 
 1863-65 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 1827-35. 
 
 Robinson Perkins. 
 
 1866-86 
 
 John M. Parker. 
 
 1836-38. 
 
 Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1887. 
 
 D. W. Fiimin. 
 
 1839-40. 
 
 Dexter Whittemore. 
 
 
 
252 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 
 MODERATORS. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 1773 
 
 
 James Reed. 
 
 
 1774 
 
 James Reed. 
 
 u 
 
 
 1775 
 
 Joseph Hemenway. 
 
 John Locke. 
 
 Rev. Beni. Brierham. 
 
 1776 
 
 Maj. John Farrar. 
 
 Maj. John Farrar. 
 
 X 
 
 1777 
 
 Maj. Asa Brigham. 
 
 John Mellen. 
 
 t 
 
 1778 
 
 Capt. John Mellen. 
 
 Samuel Patrick. 
 
 Capt. John Mellen. 
 
 1779 
 
 
 (1 
 
 John Mellen, Esq. 
 
 1780 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 1781 
 
 
 (C 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 
 1783 
 
 
 u 
 
 Joseph Nichols. 
 
 1783 
 
 
 u 
 
 Elisha Whitcomb. 
 
 ^784 
 
 Lieut. Caleb Winch. 
 
 u 
 
 Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1785 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 
 Sylvanus Reed. 
 
 u 
 
 1786 
 
 Sam. Kendall, Esq. 
 
 a 
 
 (( 
 
 1787 
 
 ii 
 
 Isaac Moors Farwell. 
 
 Lieut. Caleb Winch. 
 
 1788 
 
 Dea. John Locke. 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1789 
 
 Col. Sylvanus Reed. 
 
 =1: U 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 
 1790 
 
 '• 
 
 Sylvanus Reed. 
 
 (( 
 
 1791 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1793 
 
 Samuel Kendall. 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 1793 
 
 " 
 
 u 
 
 Nahum Parker. 
 
 1794 
 
 u 
 
 p. C. Grrosvener. 
 
 (( 
 
 1795 
 
 IS ahum Parker. 
 
 Thomas Goldsmith, 
 
 (1 
 
 1796 
 
 a 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 1797 
 
 u 
 
 <( 
 
 u 
 
 1798 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 1799 
 
 t( 
 
 Dr. Luke Lincoln. 
 
 it 
 
 1800 
 
 u 
 
 Thomas Goldsmith. 
 
 n 
 
 1801 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 •' 
 
 1803 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1803 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1804 
 
 Dea. Oliver Damon. 
 
 (( 
 
 Phinehas Reed: 
 
 1805 
 
 Nahum Parker. 
 
 «t 
 
 (( 
 
 1806 
 
 " 
 
 u 
 
 Nahum Parker. 
 
 1807 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 Erasmus Butterfield. 
 
 1808 
 
 Jonas Robeson. 
 
 (( 
 
 Thomas Stratton. 
 
 1809 
 
 Dea. Oliver Damon. 
 
 Moses Van Doom. 
 
 u 
 
 1810 
 
 i( 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 1811 
 
 (1 
 
 <( 
 
 (( 
 
 1813 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 Samuel Griffin. 
 
 1813 
 
 (1 
 
 << 
 
 (( 
 
 1814 
 
 Lt. Charles Bowker, 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 1815 
 
 L. Chapman, Esq. 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1816 
 
 ( 1 
 
 (( 
 
 L. Chapman, Esq. 
 
 1817 
 
 Hon. Nahum Parker. 
 
 John Whittemore. 
 
 u 
 
 1818 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Samuel Griffin. 
 
 1819 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 Jonas Robeson. 
 
 1830 
 
 i; 
 
 (( 
 
 Dr. T. Richardson. 
 
 1831 
 
 (( 
 
 Luke B, Richardson. 
 
 Levi Chamberlain. 
 
SELECTMElSr, 1773-1821. 
 
 253 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 SELECTMEN. 
 
 John Mellen, Edward Kendall, Joseph Grow. 
 -James Reed, John Mellen, Levi Brigham. 
 John Mellen, Levi Brigham, John Locke. 
 John Mellen, Asa Brigham, Levi Brigham. 
 John Mellen, John Locke, Samuel Patrick. 
 John Mellen, Levi Brigham, John Fassett. 
 John Mellen, Caleb Winch, Joseph Brown. 
 * Caleb Winch, Ephraim Boyntou, Nathan Townsend. 
 Joseph Nichols, Levi Brigham, Josiah Hartwell. 
 Josiah Hartwell, Samuel Kendall, Sjlvanus Reed. 
 Caleb Winch, Calvin Clark, Ephraim Boynton. 
 Caleb Winch, Calvin Clark, Josiah Hartwell. 
 John Fassett, Abner Stone, Abner Haskell. 
 John Fassett, Abner Stone, Caleb Winch. 
 Ephraim Boynton, James Brewer, Isaac Moors Farwell. 
 Sylvanus Reed, Caleb Winch, Benjamin Wilson. 
 Abner Stone, .John Fassett, Stephen Brigham. 
 Abner Stone, Nahum Parker, Abijah Richardson. 
 Abner Stone, Nahum Park'jr, Matthias Felton. 
 Abner Stone, Nahum Parker, Matthias Felton. 
 Nahum Parker, Matthias Felton, Daniel Farrar. 
 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 
 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 
 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 
 James Brewer, William Farrar, Thomas Goldsmith. 
 James Brewer, Thomas Goldsmith, William Farrar. 
 Caleb Winch, Oliver Damon, Abijah Richardson. 
 Oliver Damon, James Brewer, Matthias Felton. 
 Oliver Damon, James Brewer, Matthias Felton. 
 Oliver Damon, Thomas Stratton, Nahum Howe. 
 Oliver Damon, Nahum Howe, Arunah Allen. 
 Oliver Damon, Arunah Allen, John White.. 
 Arunah Allen, John White, Joseph Brigham. 
 Nahum Howe, Joseph Brigham, Charles Bowker. 
 Nahum Howe, Joseph Brigham, Benjamin Eddy. 
 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, John Whittemore. 
 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, .John Whittemore. 
 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, John Whittemore. 
 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, Joseph Brigham. 
 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, Joseph Brigham. 
 Charles Bowker, Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore. 
 Charles Bowker, Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore. 
 Joseph Brigham, Matthias Felton, John J. Allen. 
 Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore, John J. Allen. 
 Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore, John J. Allen. 
 Joseph Brigham, John J. Allen, David Stone. 
 Joseph Brigham, John J. Allen, David Stone. 
 John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden. 
 John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden. 
 
254 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 TOWN OFFICEnS—iContmued). 
 
 
 MODEKATOKS. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 REPKESENTATIVES. 
 
 1822 
 
 Hon. Nahum Parker. 
 
 Luke B. Richardson. 
 
 Levi Chamberlain. 
 
 1823 
 
 u 
 
 (1 
 
 a 
 
 1824 
 
 (( 
 
 t( 
 
 it 
 
 1825 
 
 Levi Chamberlain. 
 
 it 
 
 u 
 
 1826 
 
 li 
 
 11 
 
 (( 
 
 1827 
 
 u 
 
 Curtis Coolidge. 
 
 (I 
 
 1828 
 
 (( 
 
 a 
 
 << 
 
 1829 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 David Stone. 
 
 1830 
 
 11 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 1831 
 
 Nahum Parker. 
 
 <( 
 
 Joseph Brigham. 
 
 1832 
 
 Levi Chamberlain. 
 
 (( 
 
 11 
 
 1833 
 
 John Foster. 
 
 (< 
 
 John J. Allen. 
 
 1834 
 
 (1 
 
 (< 
 
 " 
 
 1835 
 
 Ephraim Parker. 
 
 (( 
 
 Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1836 
 
 Daniel T. Hayden. 
 
 (< 
 
 (1 
 
 1837 
 
 a 
 
 u 
 
 Curtis Coolidge. 
 
 1838 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 (< 
 
 (1 
 
 1839 
 
 a 
 
 Jos. A. Penniman. 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 1840 
 
 (( 
 
 n 
 
 (( 
 
 1841 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 it 
 
 1842 
 
 (( 
 
 Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 ti 
 
 1843 
 
 (t 
 
 u 
 
 <( 
 
 1844 
 
 Calvin J. Parker. 
 
 John P. Sabin. 
 
 (( 
 
 1845 
 
 a 
 
 4: U 
 
 Rev. John Sabin. 
 
 1846 
 
 u 
 
 *Joel Hayden, Jr. 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 1847 
 
 A. A. Parker. 
 
 John J. Allen, Jr. •< 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams 
 Rufus B. Phillips. 
 
 1848 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 1849 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams. 
 
 11 
 
 John J. Allen, Jr. 
 
 1850 
 
 n 
 
 (( 
 
 1 ( 
 
 1851 
 
 a 
 
 (( 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams 
 
 1852 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 u 
 
 n 
 
 1853 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams. 
 
 n 
 
 Rufus B. Phillips. 
 
 1854 
 
 u 
 
 ^ u 
 
 Asa S. Kendall. 
 
 1855 
 
 Amos A. Parker. 
 
 Aaron N. Townsend. 
 
 John Kimball. 
 
 1856 
 
 J. S. Adams. 
 
 ii 
 
 u 
 
 1857 
 
 (( 
 
 P. S. Batcheller. 
 
 John J. Allen, Jr. 
 
 1858 
 
 a 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 1859 
 
 Silas Cumminsrs. 
 
 *John J. Allen, Jr. 
 
 P. S. Batcheller. 
 
 1860 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 1861 
 
 J. S. Adams. 
 
 (( 
 
 Josiah E. Carter. 
 
 1862 
 
 u 
 
 ^f: (( 
 
 (1 
 
 1863 
 
 (( 
 
 Joel Whittemore. 
 
 Daniel Whitcomb. 
 
 1864 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 1865 
 
 Silas Cummings. 
 
 (( 
 
 George W. Cutting 
 
 1866 
 
 John M. Parker. 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 1867 
 
 <( 
 
 Ira Bailey. 
 
 William L. Gaylord 
 
 1868 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 John N. Richardson 
 
 1869 
 
 (( 
 
 * (( 
 
 tt 
 
SELECTMEN, 1822-1869. 255 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS— (Cotitinued.) 
 
 John J. Allen, Eobiuson Perkins, Joel Hayden. 
 John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden, 
 David Stone, William F. Perry, Samuel Felch. 
 David Stone, William F. Perry, Samuel Felch. 
 David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. 
 David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. 
 David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. 
 John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham, Daniel Spaulding. 
 Joseph Brigham, Daniel Spaulding, Samuel Felch. 
 Darnel Spaulding, Samuel Felch, Hyman Bent. 
 Daniel Spaulding, John J. Allen, Hyman Bent. 
 Daniel Spaulding, Thaddeus Cummings, Rufus B. Phillips. 
 Daniel Spaulding, Thaddeus Cummings, Rufus B. Phillips. 
 Thaddeus Cummings, John J. Allen, John Cobleigh. 
 Thaddeus Cummings, John J. Allen, John Cobleigh. 
 John Cobleigh, Daniel T. Hayden, Jonathan S. Adams. 
 Daniel T. Hayden, Jonathan S Adams, Levi Harris. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Reuben Pratt. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Reuben Pratt. 
 Dexter Whittemore, George W. Bryant, Henry Shirley. 
 t Dexter Whittemore, Henry Shirley, Charles Bigelow. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Joseph A. Penniman. 
 Joseph A. Penniman, Henry Shirley, Nelson Hovpe. 
 Amos A. Parker, Henry Shirley, George W. Bryant, 
 xlmos A. Parker, Henry Shirley, Milton Cliaplin. 
 
 Dexter Whittemore, Milton Chaplin, Levi Harris. 
 
 Dexter Whittemore, Milton Chaplin, Amos A. Parker, 
 Amos A. Parker, Elijah Bowker, Reuben B. Pratt. 
 Amos A. Parker, Levi Harris, Henry Shirley. 
 David Stowell, Reuben Angler, Elijah Bovpker. 
 David Stowell, Reuben Angier, Elijah Bowker, 
 David Stowell, Reuben Angier, Elijah Bowker, 
 Reuben Angier, Amos A. Parker, Samuel Kendall. 
 Reuben Angier, Samuel Kendall, John Whittemore, Jr. 
 Amos A. Parker, David Perry, Artemas Stone, Jr. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, Joel Howe, Daniel Whitcomb. 
 Daniel Whitcomb, Reuben Angier, William Bent. 
 Daniel AVhitcomb, Reuben Angier, William Bent. 
 Daniel Whitcomb, William Bent, Abner Gage. 
 Daniel Whitcomb, George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley. 
 Daniel Whitcomb, George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley. 
 George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Milton Chaplin, 
 George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Milton Chaplin, 
 George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Joel Whittemore. 
 George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Joel Whittemore. 
 Daniel Whitcomb, John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill. 
 John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill, Daniel H. Reed. 
 Norman U. Cahill, Daniel H. Reed, William H. Shirley. 
 
256 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 TOWN OFFICERS— (Continued). 
 
 * Tn these cases the Clerk chosen by the town did not hold the oflBce the entire year, 
 and appointments to fill the vacancies were made as follows: in 1789, Dea. John 
 Fassett ; in 1845, Joel Hayden, Jr.; in 1846, Nelson Morse ; in 1854, Aaron N. Town=end ; 
 in 1859, Stephen Batcheller ; in 1863, Joel Whittemore ; in 1869 and 1881, Stephen Batch- 
 eller. 
 
 t From 1776 to 1783 Fitzwilliam and Swanzey appear to have been united for the 
 choice of representative. In 1776 and 1777, Fitzwilliam refused to join in the election, 
 and consequently lost its representation. For the succeeding six years, the repre- 
 sentatives chosen in 1780 and 1783 were residents of Swanzey. This gave, for the entire 
 eight years, four representatives to each town. 
 
 AUDITORS. 
 
 1851-3. John J. Allen, Jonathan S. Adams. 
 
 1853. Amos A. Parker, J. S. Adams. 
 
 1854. David Stowell, John J. Allen. 
 
 1855. J. S. Adams, J. J. Allen. 
 
 1856. J. S. Adams, J. J. Allen. 
 
 1857. Amos A. Parker, John J. Allen, Jr. 
 1858-9. John J. Allen, A. A. Parker. 
 1860. Samuel Kendall, P. S. Batcheller. 
 1861-2. John J. Allen, Joel Whittemore. 
 1863-4. Joel Whittemore, Asa S. Kendall. 
 
 1865. Anson Streeter. 
 
 1866. Anson Streeter, Amos J. Blake. 
 1867-8. Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1869. Stephen Batcheller, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1870. .John Whittemore, Samuel Kendall. 
 1871-3. Samuel Kendall, Amos J. Blake. 
 
 1873. Jonathan S. Adams, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1874. J. S. Adams, Amos J. Blake. 
 
SELECTMEN, 1870-1887— COLLECTORS. 
 
 257 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS— {Co?dinued.) 
 
 1870 
 1871 
 
 1873 
 1873 
 1874 
 1875 
 1876 
 1877 
 1S78 
 1879 
 1880 
 1881 
 1882 
 1883 
 1884 
 1885 
 1886 
 1887 
 
 Daniel H. Reed, William H. Shirley, Moses Chaplin. 
 William H. Shirley, John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill. 
 John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill, Levi G. Smith. 
 Norman U. Cahill, Milton Chaplin, Wyman S. White. 
 Milton Chaplin, Wyman S. White, Reuben L. Angier. 
 Wyman S. White, Daniel H. Reed, Charles Byam. 
 Daniel H. Reed, Charles Byam, Samuel S. Stone. 
 Charles Byam, Samuel S. Stone, Charles D. Bigelow. 
 Samuel S. Stone, Charles D. Bigelow, Charles Byam. 
 Charles D. Bigelow, Charles Byam, Reuben L. Angier. 
 Charles Byam, Reuben L. Angier, Charles D. Bigelow. 
 William H. Shirley, Elisha M. Bent, Thomas B. Burns, 
 Elisha M. Bent, Thomas B. Burns, William H. Shirley. 
 Thomas B. Burns, William H. Shirley, Amos J. Blake. 
 William H. Shirley, Amos J. Blake, Josiah K. Rand. 
 Amos J. Blake, Josiah K. Rand, Frank B. Frye. 
 Josiah K. Rand, Frank B. Frye, Timothy Blodgett. 
 William H. Shirley, Thomas B. Burns, Edwin N. Bowen. 
 
 * In 1780 five selectmen were chosen, the others being Abner Stone and Daniel 
 
 Mellen. 
 
 t In 1843, two additional, Daniel Spaulding and Reuben Pratt, were chosen, at a special 
 town meeting in July. 
 
 1875. 
 
 Stephen Batcheller. 
 
 
 
 
 1876. 
 
 J. S. Adams, A. 
 
 A. 
 
 Parker, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1877. 
 
 Norman U. Cahill, 
 
 R. L. Angier, A 
 
 . R. Gleason. 
 
 1878. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, 
 
 George A, Whittemore. 
 
 1879. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, 
 
 Norman U. Cahill 
 
 
 1880. 
 
 Stephen Batcheller. 
 
 
 
 1881. 
 
 Charles D. Bigelow 
 
 
 
 1882. 
 
 Charles D. Bigelow 
 
 , Calvin B. Perry. 
 
 1883-5. 
 
 Calvin B. Perry, 
 
 Charles D. Bigelow. 
 
 1886-7. 
 
 Charles D. Bigelow, 
 
 Stephen Batcheller. 
 
 
 
 
 COLLECTORS. 
 
 
 1773. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 
 
 1785. 
 
 Benoni Shurtleff. 
 
 1774. 
 
 Levi Brigham. 
 
 
 
 1786. 
 
 Levi Brigham. 
 
 1775. 
 
 John Mellen. 
 
 
 
 1787. 
 
 Daniel Farrar. 
 
 1776. 
 
 Stephen Harris. 
 
 
 
 1788. 
 
 Barakiah Scott. 
 
 1777-9. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 
 
 1789. 
 
 Edward Payson. 
 
 1780. 
 
 Joshua Willard. 
 
 
 
 1790. 
 
 Barakiah Scott. 
 
 1781. 
 
 Samuel Patrick. 
 
 
 
 1791-3. 
 
 William Crane. 
 
 1782. 
 
 John Fassett. 
 
 
 
 1704. 
 
 Dr. Eben'r Wrigl 
 
 1783. 
 
 Amos Knight. 
 
 
 
 1795-6. 
 
 Thomas Bruce. 
 
 1784. 
 
 Stephen Harris. 
 
 
 
 1796-7. 
 
 David White. 
 
258 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1798. Joseph Winch. .. 
 
 1799. Benj'n F. Brigham. 
 
 1800. Thomas Goldsmith. 
 1801-2. Benoni Shurtlefl. 
 
 s/1803. Caleb Winch. 
 1805-9. John Whittemore. 
 1810-14.David White. 
 1815. Artemas Wilson, Jr. 
 18l6-19.John Whittemore. 
 1820-1. Luke B. Richardson. 
 1822-3. Daniel Reed. 
 
 1824. Dexter Whittemore. 
 
 1825. Ephraim Parker. 
 1826-7. Dexter Whittemore. 
 
 1828. Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1829. John Foster. 
 
 1830. Ephraim Parker. 
 
 1831. John Foster. 
 
 1832. Jesse Forristall. 
 1833-7. Dexter Whittemore. 
 1838-9. Joseph A. Wilson. 
 
 1840. Calvin J. Parker. 
 
 1841. [ Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1842. Levi Harris. 
 1843-7. Charles Bigelow. 
 
 Thomas Bruce, collector for 1796, absconded, and David White was 
 appointed to complete the collection of taxes for that year. 
 
 TOWN OFFICEES CHOSEN IN NOVEMBER. 
 
 1878. Moderator, Amos J. Blake ; Supervisors, Daniel Whitcomb, Les- 
 ter K. Stiles, John Forristall ; Representative, Elbridge Cum- 
 min gs. 
 
 1880. Moderator, Amos J. Blake ; Supervisors, Daniel Whitcomb, 
 Samuel Kendall, John Forristall* ; Representative, Aaron R. 
 Gleason. 
 
 1882. Moderator, Amos J. Blake ; Supervisors, Daniel Whitcomb, 
 
 Charles D. BigelovF, Daniel H. Reed ; Representative, Orville ^ 
 L. Brock. I 
 
 1884. Moderator, Amos J. Blake ; Supervisors, Daniel H. Reed, Charles ' 
 D. Bigelow, Charles F. Mitchell ; Representative, John Colby. 
 
 1848. 
 
 Charles Sabin. 
 
 1849- 
 
 50.Nelson Morse. 
 
 1851- 
 
 -2. John Whittemore, Jr. 
 
 1853. 
 
 Phinehas Whitcomb. 
 
 1854. 
 
 John Whittemore, Jr. 
 
 1855. 
 
 George A. Whittemore 
 
 1856. 
 
 Franklin Kendall. 
 
 1857. 
 
 John Whittemore. 
 
 1858. 
 
 William Pratt. 
 
 1859- 
 
 -60. George L. Stearns. 
 
 1861- 
 
 -2. Oliver Hawkins. 
 
 1863- 
 
 -4, George A. Whittemore 
 
 1865. 
 
 Leander Richardson. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Oliver Hawkins. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Ira Bailey. 
 
 1868. 
 
 *^ Aaron R. Gleason. 
 
 1869- 
 
 -72. Orville L. Brock. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Melvin Wilson. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Orville L. Brock. 
 
 1875- 
 
 -9. John Forristall. 
 
 1880- 
 
 -3. Orville L. Brock. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Frank B. Frye. 
 
 1885- 
 
 6. Elliot K. Wheelock. 
 
 1887. 
 
 B. F. Cummings. 
 
 * John Forristall died Janua^-y 5th, 1881, and Leander Richardson was appointed to 
 fill the vacancy. 
 
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, 1784-1811. 
 
 259 
 
 1886. Moderator, Amos J. Blake ; Supervisors, Charles D. Bigelow, 
 Charles F. Mitchell, John A. Platts ; Rejjresentative, Jonas 
 Damon. 
 
 ASSESSORS. 
 
 In 1843 the town chose Daniel Spaulding, John Damon and Henry 
 Shirley for assessors. In all other years the selectmen have acted as 
 assessors. 
 
 CONVENTIONS TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Delegate in 1850 John S. Brown. 
 
 Delegate in 1877 John M. Parker. 
 
 VOTES FOE GOVERNOR. 
 
 The cliief magistrate of New IIamj)shire was styled Presi- 
 dent under tlie Constitution of 1783, and Governor by the 
 Constitution of 1793. In 1880 and after, he was elected for 
 two years. The name of the person elected is placed first 
 under each year, 
 
 John T. Gilman 75 
 
 John T. Gilman 83 
 
 Timothy Walker 7 
 
 John T. Gilman 57 
 
 John T. Gilman 82 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 John T. Gilman 103 
 
 John Langdon 9 
 
 JTohnT. Gilman 142 
 
 John Langdon 11 
 
 John Langdon 50 
 
 John T. Gilman 92 
 
 John Langdon 66 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 63 
 
 John Langdon 68 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 46 
 
 John Langdon 43 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 50 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 134 
 
 John Langdon ....... 53 
 
 John Langdon 72 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 132 
 
 John Langdon 61 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 119 
 
 1784. 
 
 Meshech Weare 
 
 
 1799. 
 
 
 Josiah Bartlett 
 
 11 
 
 1800. 
 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 
 
 1785. 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 1 
 
 1801. 
 
 
 George Atkinson 
 
 36 
 
 1802. 
 
 1786. 
 
 Theodore Atkinson . . 
 
 23 
 
 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 6 
 
 1803. 
 
 1787. 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 43 
 
 
 
 John Sullivan 
 
 7 
 
 1804. 
 
 1788. 
 
 John Langdon 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 John Sullivan 
 
 29 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 1805. 
 
 1789 
 
 John Sullivan 
 
 
 1790. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 Joshua Wentworth . . . 
 
 30 
 
 
 1791. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett 
 
 7 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 John Taylor Gilman . . 
 
 34 
 
 
 1792. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett 
 
 43 
 
 1808. 
 
 1793. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett 
 
 50 
 
 
 1794. 
 
 John Taylor Gilman. . 
 
 28 
 
 1809. 
 
 
 Daniel Range 
 
 3 
 . 43 
 
 
 1795. 
 
 John Taylor Gilman. . 
 
 1810. 
 
 1796. 
 
 John T. Gilman 
 
 54 
 
 
 1797. 
 
 John T. Gilman 
 
 40 
 
 1811. 
 
 1798. 
 
 John T. Gilman 
 
 61 
 
 
260 
 
 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1813. William Plumer 73 
 
 John T. Gilman 139 
 
 1813. John T. Gilman 133 
 
 William Plumor 64 
 
 1814. John T. Gilman 170 
 
 William Plumer 73 
 
 1815. John T. Gilman 163 
 
 William Plumer 81 
 
 1816. William Plumer 57 
 
 James Sheafe 133 
 
 1817. William Plumer 54 
 
 Jeremiah Mason 130 
 
 1818. William Plumer 65 
 
 Jeremiah Mason Ill 
 
 1819. Samuel Bell 73 
 
 William Hale 46 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 1830. Samuel Bell 70 
 
 1831. Samuel Bell 149 
 
 1833. Samuel Bell 147 
 
 1833. Levi Woodbury 10 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor 131 
 
 1834. David L. Morrill 31 
 
 Jeremiah Smith 101 
 
 Levi Woodbury 6 
 
 Scattering .... 1 
 
 1835. David L. Morrill 136 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1836. David L. Morrill 58 
 
 Benjamin Pierce 56 
 
 1837. Benjamin Pierce 117 
 
 David L. Morrill 13 
 
 1838. John Bell 314 
 
 Benjamin Pierce 7 
 
 1839. Benjamin Pierce 15 
 
 John Bell 304 
 
 1830. Matthew Harvey 31 
 
 Timothy Upham 175 
 
 Nahum Parker 3 
 
 1831. Saniuel Dinsmoor 49 
 
 Ichabod Bartlett 183 
 
 1833. Samuel Dinsmoor 60 
 
 Ichabod Bartlett 158 
 
 1833. Samuel Dinsmoor 115 
 
 Luther Chapman 6 
 
 1833. Scattering 1 
 
 1834. William Badger 74 
 
 Moses Stockwell 5 
 
 1835. William Badger 67 
 
 Joseph Healy 159 
 
 1836. Isaac Hill 60 
 
 George Sullivan 133 
 
 Scattering 8 
 
 1837. Isaac Hill 47 
 
 1838. Isaac Hill 57 
 
 James Wilson, Jr 369 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 1839. John Page 67 
 
 James Wilson, Jr 353 
 
 1840. John Page. 73 
 
 Enos Stevens 196 
 
 George Kent 8 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1841. John Page 48 
 
 Enos Stevens 173 
 
 Daniel Hoit 31 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1843. Henry Hubbard 53 
 
 Enos Stevens ..... 90 
 
 John H. White 74 
 
 Daniel Hoit 36 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1843. Henry Hubbard 47 
 
 Anthony Colby 113 
 
 Daniel Hoit 39 
 
 John H. White 35 
 
 1844. John H. Steele 37 
 
 Anthony Colby 150 
 
 Daniel Hoit 57 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1845. John H. Steele 43 
 
 Anthony Colby 117 
 
 Daniel Hoit 50 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1846. Jared W. Williams 59 
 
 Anthony Colby 137 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry .... 48 
 
 1847. Jared W. Williams 70 
 
 Anthony Colby 155 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry 44 
 
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, 1848-1882. 
 
 261 
 
 Jared W. Williams 69 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry 185 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor 58 
 
 Levi Chamberlain 131 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry .... 55 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor 54 
 
 Levi Chamberlain 123 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry. ... 49 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor 67 
 
 Thomas E. Sawyer .... 158 
 
 John Atwood 30 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 Noah Martin 63 
 
 Thomas E. Sawyer 140 
 
 John Atwood 44 
 
 Noah Martin 56 
 
 James Bell 98 
 
 John H. White 72 
 
 Nathaniel B. Baker 56 
 
 Jared Perkins 134 
 
 James Bell 74 
 
 Ralph Metcalf 201 
 
 Nathaniel B. Baker 54 
 
 Asa Fowler 21 
 
 James Bell 17 
 
 Ralph Metcalf 175 
 
 John S. Wells 83 
 
 Ichabod Goodwin 21 
 
 William Haile 211 
 
 John S. Wells 65 
 
 Charles B. Haddock. . . 2 
 
 William Haile 201 
 
 Asa P. Cate 60 
 
 Ichabod Goodwin 189 
 
 Asa P. Cate 69 
 
 Ichabod Goodwin 219 
 
 Asa P. Cate 88 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry 200 
 
 George Stark 65 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry 186 
 
 George Stark 75 
 
 Joseph A. Gilmore 177 
 
 Ira A. Eastman 81 
 
 Walter Harriman 7 
 
 1864. Joseph A. Gilmore 210 
 
 Edward W. Harrington 86 
 
 1865. Frederick Smyth 186 
 
 Edward W. Harrington 77 
 
 1866. Frederick Smyth 188 
 
 John G. Sinclair 56 
 
 1867. Walter Harriman 192 
 
 Jolm G. Sinclair 64 
 
 1808. Walter Harriman 223 
 
 John G. Sinclair 76 
 
 1869. Onslow Stearns 193 
 
 John Bedel 50 
 
 1870. Onslow Stearns 200 
 
 John Bedel 46 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1871. James Pike 181 
 
 James A. Weston 45 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1872. Ezekiel A. Straw 221 
 
 James A. Weston, 67 
 
 1873. Ezekiel A. Straw 184 
 
 James A. Weston 54 
 
 Samuel K. Mason 5 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1874. James A. Weston 96 
 
 Luther McCutchins. . . . 155 
 
 John Blackmer 6 
 
 1875. Person C. Cheney 203 
 
 Hiram R. Roberts 96 
 
 1876. Person C. Cheney 194 
 
 Daniel Marcy 89 
 
 Scattering 2 
 
 1877. Benjamin F. Prescott.. 206 
 
 Daniel Marcy 59 
 
 Frank A. McKean 17 
 
 Asa S. Kendall 5 
 
 1878. Benjamin F. Prescott. . 186 
 
 Frank A. McKean 81 
 
 Asa S. Kendall 4 
 
 1879. Nat. Head 184 
 
 Frank A. McKean 70 
 
 Warren G. Brown 21 
 
 1880. Charles H. Bell 196 
 
 Frank Jones 84 
 
 1882. Samuel W. Hale 101 
 
262 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1882. Martin V. B. Edgerly. . Ill 
 
 Scattering 1 
 
 1884. Moody Currier 156 
 
 John M. Hill 79 
 
 L. P. Mason 28 
 
 1884. Scattering 2 
 
 1886. Charles H. Sawyer. .... 130 
 
 Thomas Cogswell 71 
 
 Joseph Wentworth. . . . 17 
 
 APPEOPKIATIONS. 
 
 The table tliat follows will give a general idea of the regu- 
 lar expenses of the town from the time of its incorporation, 
 but a brief explanation of some particular points seems needful. 
 
 The blanks in the first twelve years may be referred to the 
 damaged condition of the records by the fire, elsewhere de- 
 scribed, and the same may be said of the most of the blanks 
 for the same period in the lists of town officers. 
 
 The appropriations for town purposes in 1782, and afterward, 
 were on a specie basis, but the State and county taxes appear 
 to have been made for a short time, at least, on a paper basis, 
 though evidently not in the depreciated Continental currency, 
 which at this time was comparatively worthless. In an abate- 
 ment of taxes about this time, there was a money tax and a 
 paper tax. 
 
 This depreciation of the currency was referred to in Chap- 
 ter YIII. on early town history, but it is necessary to notice it 
 here also in explaining the appropriations. Perhaps the two 
 following accounts will set the matter before the reader in a 
 more practical light : 
 
 The Town of Fitzwilliam Dr. 
 to fifteen days of making rates at two Shillings and eight pence per day, 
 lawful money, old way, equal to Rie at four Shillings per bushel. 
 
 Abner Stone. 
 An accomjDt f or carrying Eleazer Pratt and family out of Town. £50. 
 
 Joshua Willard. 
 
 Abner Stone was one of the selectmen, and made up his ac- 
 count for service on a specie basis. While Constable "Willard's 
 fifty pounds in currency, allowing seventy five for one, which 
 may be called tlie rate at that time, really amounted to only 
 thirteen shillings fourpence in silver, or expressed in dollars, 
 at six shillings to a dollar, it would be two dollars and twenty- 
 
AUTHORIZED SCALE OF CURRENCY DEPRECIATION. 263 
 
 two cents. The value of the pound at that time was three 
 dollars and thirty-three and one third cents. 
 
 In the Revolutionary War and in the War of the Rebellion 
 the town raised very large amounts for war purposes which do 
 not appear in the table. In Chapter XII. of this history, which 
 treats of the last-mentioned struggle, a summary of the cost 
 of that war to Fitzwilliam will be found, but what was raised 
 during the Revolutionary War for the common defence can- 
 not be accurately stated. In about eight months the town ap- 
 propriated twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-four 
 pounds for soldiers' wages, and to pay for jjrovisions for the 
 Continental Army. 
 
 The rapid depreciation in the actual value of the currency 
 caused so much trouble in the settlement of debts and con- 
 tracts, that an authorized scale of depreciation was issued by 
 the Legislature in 1Y81, by which contracts made at different 
 times might be adjusted. This scale, which is here given, in- 
 dicates the number of pounds of the paper currency which 
 should be equivalent to one hundred jjounds in specie at the 
 different dates. 
 
 January. . . 
 February. . 
 March. . . . 
 
 April 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 July 
 
 August.. . . 
 September, 
 October.. . 
 November. 
 December. 
 
 1777. 
 
 1778. 
 
 100 
 
 325 
 
 104 
 
 350 
 
 106 
 
 375 
 
 110 
 
 400 
 
 114 
 
 400 
 
 120 
 
 400 
 
 125 
 
 425 
 
 150 
 
 450 
 
 175 
 
 475 
 
 275 
 
 500 
 
 310 
 
 545 
 
 310 
 
 634 
 
 1779. 
 
 742 
 868 
 1,000 
 1,104 
 1,215 
 1,342 
 1,477 
 1,630 
 1,800 
 2,030 
 2,308 
 2,393 
 
 1780. 
 
 2.934 
 3,322 
 3,736 
 4,000 
 4,800 
 5,700 
 6,000 
 6,300 
 6,500 
 6,700 
 7,000 
 7,300 
 
 1781. 
 
 7,500 
 7,500 
 7,500 
 7,500 
 7,500 
 12,000 
 
 It is impossible to tell whether the appropriations for high- 
 ways in the early years of the town were for repairs alone or 
 included the cost of new roads, but since the present century 
 came in special appropriations have always been made for the 
 
264 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLlAM. 
 
 building of new roads, unless the projected road was very- 
 short, and sometimes even then. The amounts in the table 
 were expended entirely for repairs, with these small exceptions, 
 and were usually paid in labor. Previous to 1815, as far as 
 has been ascertained, six cents per hour was allowed : 1815-1 Y, 
 eight cents ; 1818-20, six cents ; 1821-35, eight cents ; 
 1836-39, ten cents ; 1810-47, eight cents ; 1848-63, ten 
 cents ; 1864-72, sixteen and two third cents ; 1873-75, twenty 
 cents ; 1876-78, sixteen and two third cents ; 1879, twelve 
 cents ; 1880, sixteen and two third cents ; 1881-82, fifteen 
 cents. 
 
 In 1789 the town M^as authorized by special act of the Leg- 
 islature to levy a tax of a penny per acre on all the Lind in 
 town subject to taxation for three years, for the benefit of the 
 highways. This w^as in addition to the regular appropriation. 
 The collector of this tax was Simon Crosby for the three 
 years. Partial lists of this tax and a complete list of the pro- 
 prietors tax for 1788 have been preserved and are valuable as 
 giving the ownership of the land at the time. The earliest 
 regular town tax list that has been preserved is for the year 
 1793, and from that date the series is complete to the present 
 time. It is not known what has become of the earlier lists 
 or whj they were not preserved. As not a single list is found, 
 it is possible that they were purposely destroyed when all the 
 taxes had been accounted for. Fitzwilliam is not alone in 
 this, as several of the neighboring towns have no lists of an 
 earlier date than 1793. 
 
 In 1794 and before, the appropriations and taxes are stated 
 in pounds, shillings and pence ; in 1795 and after, in dollars 
 and cents. 
 
APPROrRIATIONS, 1773-1811. 
 APPROPRIATIONS, 
 
 265 
 
 Date. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 £7 
 
 10 
 15 
 
 180 
 
 400 
 
 1,500 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 90 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 130 
 
 $400 
 
 50(> 
 
 600 
 
 400 
 
 400 
 
 300 
 
 450 
 
 450 
 
 450 
 
 450 
 
 400 
 
 400 
 
 400 
 
 400 
 
 450 
 
 450 
 
 500 
 
 Town 
 Cliargdc. 
 
 £4i 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 50 
 
 High- 
 ways. 
 
 £50 
 
 50 
 
 "30 
 
 90 
 350 
 
 300 
 
 1,800 
 
 700 
 
 3,000 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 100 
 
 15 
 
 150 
 
 20 
 
 150 
 
 20 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 
 6 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 150 
 
 75 
 
 150 
 
 3(J 
 
 150 
 
 $200 
 
 $500 
 
 170 
 
 500 
 
 150 
 
 600 
 
 150 
 
 500 
 
 250 
 
 400 
 
 200 
 
 400 
 
 250 
 
 450 
 
 150 
 
 700 
 
 200 
 
 450 
 
 200 
 
 800 
 
 420 
 
 800 
 
 200 
 
 800 
 
 350 
 
 800 
 
 400 
 
 800 
 
 350 
 
 800 
 
 300 
 
 800 
 
 350 
 
 800 
 
 Date. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Town 
 Charges. 
 
 1831.. 
 
 $420 
 
 $400 
 
 1832.. 
 
 420 
 
 400 
 
 1833.. 
 
 425 
 
 400 
 
 1834.. 
 
 450 
 
 800 
 
 1835.. 
 
 450 
 
 700 
 
 1836.. 
 
 500 
 
 1,300 
 
 1837.. 
 
 500 
 
 1,200 
 
 1838.. 
 
 800 
 
 1,000 
 
 1839.. 
 
 800 
 
 1,500 
 
 1840.. 
 
 800 
 
 2,000 
 
 1841 . . 
 
 800 
 
 4,000 
 
 1842.. 
 
 800 
 
 2,500 
 
 il843.. 
 
 800 
 
 2,500 
 
 1844.. 
 
 800 
 
 2,500 
 
 1845 . . 
 
 800 
 
 2,000 
 
 1846.. 
 
 900 
 
 1,500 
 
 1847.. 
 
 900 
 
 1,200 
 
 |1848..- 
 
 900 
 
 3,000 
 
 11849.. 
 
 900 
 
 500 
 
 il850.. 
 
 900 
 
 600 
 
 1S51.. 
 
 900 
 
 800 
 
 1852.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 700 
 
 1853.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 1854.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 |1855.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 {1856.. 
 
 1,200 
 
 1,500 
 
 il857.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 |1858.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 1859.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 I860.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 1861.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 1862.. 
 
 800 
 
 1,500 
 
 1863.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 2,000 
 
 1864.. 
 
 1,000 
 
 3,000 
 
 1865.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 3,000 
 
 ;i866.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 4,000 
 
 1867.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 3,500 
 
 1868.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 3,500 
 
 ,1869.. 
 
 1,600 
 
 5,000 
 
 High- 
 ways. 
 
 $800 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 500 
 
 500 
 
 ,000 
 
 ,200 
 
 ,200 
 
 ,200 
 
 ,200 
 
 ,200 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,000 
 
 ,000 
 
 ,400 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
 ,500 
 
266 
 
 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 APPROPRIATIONS. — ( Continued.) 
 
 Date. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Town 
 Charges. 
 
 1 
 
 High 1 
 ways, j 
 
 Date. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Town 
 Charges. 
 
 Hlgh- 
 wajs. 
 
 1812. . . 
 
 $500 
 
 $300 
 
 $400 
 
 1870.. 
 
 $1,500 
 
 $6,000 
 
 $1,500 
 
 1813. . . 
 
 500 
 
 450 
 
 600 
 
 1871.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 5,000 
 
 1,200 
 
 1811... 
 
 500 
 
 650 
 
 650 
 
 1872.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 3,500 
 
 1,200 
 
 1815... 
 
 500 
 
 450 
 
 1,000 
 
 1873.. 
 
 1,600 
 
 3,500 
 
 1,600 
 
 1816... 
 
 400 
 
 500 
 
 800 
 
 1874.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,600 
 
 1817. . . 
 
 100 
 
 450 
 
 800 
 
 1875.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,600 
 
 1818. . . 
 
 410 
 
 600 
 
 410 
 
 1876.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,600 
 
 1819... 
 
 
 900 
 
 410 
 
 1877.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 1,500 
 
 1820. . . 
 
 500 
 
 700 
 
 400 
 
 1878.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,500 
 
 1,600 
 
 1821. . . 
 
 500 
 
 400 
 
 800, 
 
 1879.. 
 
 1,600 
 
 500 
 
 1,300 
 
 1822. . . 
 
 500 
 
 200 
 
 800 
 
 1880.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 200 
 
 2,000 
 
 1823. . . 
 
 500 
 
 400 
 
 1.000. 
 
 1881.. 
 
 1,800 
 
 100 
 
 2,000 
 
 1821... 
 
 500 
 
 350 
 
 800 
 
 1882.. 
 
 1,800 
 
 500 
 
 2,000 
 
 1825. . . 
 
 5C0 
 
 200 
 
 800 
 
 1883 . . 
 
 2,000 
 
 500 
 
 1,600 
 
 1826. . . 
 
 500 
 
 275 
 
 800 
 
 1884.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 500 
 
 1,600 
 
 1827. . . 
 
 500 
 
 300 
 
 800 
 
 1885 . . 
 
 2,000 
 
 100 
 
 1,600 
 
 1828. . . 
 
 600 
 
 200 
 
 800 
 
 1886.. 
 
 2,000 
 
 none 
 
 l,3u0 
 
 1829. . . 
 
 600 
 
 400 
 
 1,000 
 
 1887.. 
 
 1,500 
 
 
 1,300 
 
 1830... 
 
 425 
 
 400 
 
 600: 
 
 
 
 
 
 The number of resident tax-pajers in 1793 was two hun- 
 dred and twenty-one ; in 1803, two hnndred and thirty-five ; 
 in 1813, two hnndred and fifty-eight ; in 1823, two hundred 
 and thirty-nine, and in 1833, three hundred. 
 
 The ten highest tax-payers were as follows : 
 
 1793. 
 Samuel Kendall, 
 Sylvanus Reed, 
 Matthias Felton, 
 Reuben Pratt, 
 Francis Fnllam, 
 Jonas Knight, 
 Nathaniel Wilson, 
 Joshna Harrington, 
 Levi Brigham, 
 Uenjamin Davison. 
 
 1803. 
 Phinehas Reed, 
 Sainuel Kendall, 
 Jesse Forri stall, 
 William Farrar, 
 Jonas Robeson, 
 Thomas Goldsmith, 
 Matthias Felton, 
 Francis FuUam, 
 Amos Pratt, 
 Artemas Wilson. 
 
 1813. 
 Phinehas Reed, 
 Thos. Richardson, 
 Jonas Robeson, 
 Samuel Tower, 
 SamueT Griffin, 
 Amos Pratt, 
 ISTahum Parker, 
 Abel Baker, 
 William Farrar, 
 Matthias Felton. 
 
PROMPT PAYMENT OF TAXES. 
 
 267 
 
 1823. 
 
 Town, State, County, Minister, Highway 
 and School Taxes. 
 
 Daniel Reed 
 
 ..$42.17 
 
 Samuel Griffin 
 
 .. 33.92 
 
 Josiali Fullam 
 
 .. 31.51 
 
 John Whittemore . . 
 
 .. 30.02 
 
 Levi Tower 
 
 .. 28.90 
 
 David Stone 
 
 .. 28.53 
 
 Phinehas Wright. . . 
 
 . . 27.60 
 
 Susan Robeson 
 
 .. 27.29 
 
 William F. Perry . . 
 
 .. 26.78 
 
 Theophilus May 
 
 .. 26.65 
 
 1833. 
 
 Town, State, County, Highway and 
 School Taxes. 
 
 Phinehas Reed $44.65 
 
 Samuel Knight 33.39 
 
 John Burbanlc, Jr 33.12 
 
 John Sabin 31.32 
 
 Jacob Felton 30.14 
 
 Dexter Whittemore. . . 3C.06 
 
 Daniel Spaulding 29.19 
 
 Thomas Richardson. . . 27 22 
 
 Daniel Forristall 26.97 
 
 David Stone 26.37 
 
 With regard to the financial condition of Fitzwilliam since 
 its incorporation in 1773, this may be said : 
 
 In the earlier years of the town it would seem from the 
 records that the taxes were not always paid as promptly as 
 was desirable, owing, no doubt, in most cases to the scarcity of 
 money, but since the commencement of the present century 
 there has been very little cause for complaint regarding this 
 matter. 
 
 In 1858, the selectmen, in making their annual report to the 
 town, were able to say that 
 
 notwithstanding the embarrassed condition of all moneyed institutions 
 through the length and breadth of our country and the world, the tiix- 
 payers of Fitzwilliam, with the exception only of the abatements, stated 
 in the above report, have paid every dollar of their taxes so promptly 
 that the Treasury has ever been able to redeem our orders at sight, and 
 on settlement with the Treasurer, we found the Collector had the receipts 
 in full of State, County and Town Treasurers and of the School District 
 Agents. 
 
 This is certainly a favorable exhibit in financial matters. 
 
 In ordinary times the chief expenditures must always be for 
 the support of schools and the making and maintaining the 
 highways ; for schools because a new generation is always de- 
 manding the means of education, and for the highways be- 
 cause the face of the country is so irregular that the earth 
 upon the hills is constantly finding its way to the valleys. 
 
268 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Before the breaking out of the Rebellion, when extraordinary 
 expenses became at once necessary, it was the settled policy 
 of the town to carry no debt along from year to year, but as 
 far as was practicable to raise each year such amount as would 
 be needed to cover the expenditures for the year. From 1861 
 onward for the space of five years a large amount of money 
 was needed to pay bounties to the men enlisting in the service 
 of the country, to support soldiers' families, and to meet other 
 extraordinary expenses, but probably few towns had less difii-- 
 culty in keeping their treasuries supplied. During this time, 
 as is well known, many towns paid a considerable bonus for 
 money, but even when the United States Government was 
 paying 1-^-^ per cent interest, this town borrowed all it needed 
 at the rate of six per cent. The details of these war expenses 
 will be shown in the chapter upon the suppression of the Re- 
 bellion, but the following summary may here be given : 
 
 In March, 1862, the extra expenses had amounted to two 
 hundred and four dollars and nine cents, while the indebted- 
 ness of the town was thirteen hundred and seventy-four dol- 
 lars and forty-eight cents. 
 
 In March, 1863, extra expenses reported amounted to forty- 
 nine hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents, while the 
 town's indebtedness was forty-one hundred and eighty dollars 
 and fifty- four cents. 
 
 March, 1861, the extra expenses occasioned by the war 
 amounted to twelve thousand five hundred and two dollars, 
 and the indebtedness of the town was nine thousand eighty- 
 two dollars and sixty-seven cents. 
 
 March, 1865, the report showed that twelve thousand two 
 hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty cents had been ex- 
 pended for soldiers' bounties, etc., during the year, and that 
 the town's indebtedness had reached the sum of nineteen 
 thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty-eight 
 cents. 
 
 March, 1866, the report showed that the extra expenses had 
 been forty-two hundred and fifty dollars and nineteen cents, 
 and that the town then owed twenty-one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-seven cents (its maxi- 
 
FUNDING THE TOWN DEBT. 269 
 
 mum debt). The uncollected taxes for the year amounted to 
 thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents. 
 
 At the March meeting, 186Y, the report showed that the 
 rate of taxation had been one dollar and ninety-one cents on 
 one hundred dollars, and that the town's indebtedness was 
 twenty thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars and 
 fortj'^-six cents. 
 
 In 1868 the rate had been one dollar and sixty-seven cents 
 on every one hundred dollars, while the indebtedness had been 
 reduced to nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-live 
 dollars and fifty-three cents. 
 
 The subject of funding the town debt having been j)roperly 
 brouglit before the town at the annual meeting in March, 
 1867, it was voted that an amount not exceeding twenty thou- 
 sand dollars of the debt should be funded by coupon bonds 
 payable in from three to fifteen years, with interest at the rate 
 of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. None of 
 the bonds were to be sold under par, and they were to be issued 
 only for funding the debt of the town. The committee ap- 
 pointed to carry this vote into effect consisted of Amos A. 
 Parker, Joel Whittemore, and Amos J. Blake. At the next 
 annual meeting, March, 1868, this committee made the fol- 
 lowing report : 
 
 The Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to fund 
 the town debt, not exceeding $20,000 in amount, promptly attended to 
 the duty assigned them. As soon as practicable they procured a Town 
 Seal and printed blank Bonds with coupons annexed ; and then 
 proceeded to issue them as fast as people could be found to take 
 them. 
 
 This, es])ecially at first, was no easy task, although repudiation by 
 towns is impossible and the security most ample ; yet, as the Govern- 
 ment were, all the time, paying a larger interest, not a few preferred the 
 Government Bonds. The work, however, has been done, the whole 
 amount of $20,000 has been funded in Bonds running not less than three 
 nor more than fifteen years from their date. 
 
 We would report our transactions in detail as follows : 
 
 We have receiv^ed accrued interest on Bonds issued after their date 
 $28.74, and have allowed interest on moneys received for Bonds issued 
 before their date $73.16, which makes the amount of money received by 
 us $19,955.58. 
 
270 
 
 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 After gis^ing a list of notes paid amounting with the interest 
 on them to eighteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 
 dollars &,nd ninety-eight cents, which, with eleven himdred and 
 twenty-two dollars and sixty cents paid into the town treasury, 
 made the total amount nineteen thousand nine hundred and 
 hfty-five dollars and fifty-eight cents, same as received, the re- 
 port proceeded : 
 
 The Bonds issued fall due as follows 
 
 July 1, 1870 $1,000 
 
 January 1, 1871 3,500 
 
 July 1, 1871 300 
 
 January 1, 1872 1,600 
 
 July 1, 1873 3,100 
 
 January 1, 1873 . 300 
 
 July 1, 1873 3,300 
 
 January 1, 1874 3,500 
 
 January 1, 1875 700 
 
 January 1, 1876 $1,000 
 
 January 1, 1877 800 
 
 July 1, 1877 1,400 
 
 January 1, 1878 400 
 
 January 1, 1880 200 
 
 July 1, 1882 1,900 
 
 Total $30,000 
 
 The Committee, considering that they have completed the work as- 
 signed them, have passed over to the Selectmen the Notes they have 
 paid. Have paid to the town Treasurer the cash remaining in their 
 hands, and are prepared to deliver over the Town Seal and the unused 
 blank Bonds. 
 
 A. A. Parker, -j Committee 
 Joel Whittemore, > for funding the 
 Amos J. Blake, ) Town Debt. 
 Fitzwilliam, Feb. 29, 1868. 
 
 The subscriber having examined the above report of the Committee 
 for funding the Town Debt finds it accurately cast and properly vouched. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, 
 Fitzwilliam, Feb. 29, 1868. Auditor. 
 
 Though the bonds were not so readily taken at the very 
 first, yet afterward the committee could easily have disposed 
 of a much larger amount. 
 
 The following table shows the rate of taxation on a hundred 
 dollars, and the amount of the town's indebtedness as reported 
 by the selectmen at the annual meetings from 1869 to 1880 
 inclusive. In 1873 the assets included five thousand dollars 
 of State bonds, which reduced the indebtedness by that amount. 
 
LEGAL VOTEES IN 1820. 
 
 271 
 
 Year. 
 
 Rate. 
 
 Debt. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Rate. 
 
 Debr. 
 
 1869.... 
 
 $1.96 
 
 $19,139.40 
 
 1875.... 
 
 $1.38 
 
 $1,947.88 
 
 1870.... 
 
 2.20 
 
 18,943.79! 
 
 1876.... 
 
 1.30 
 
 1,130.17 
 
 1871.... 
 
 2.46 
 
 15,644.5.5 
 
 1877.... 
 
 1.28 
 
 2,022.74 
 
 1872.... 
 
 2.60 
 
 13,761.86 
 
 1878.... 
 
 1.30 
 
 856.51 
 
 1873.... 
 
 2.00 
 
 5,322.38 
 
 1879.... 
 
 1.42 
 
 80.43 
 
 1874.... 
 
 1.85 
 
 3,097.55, 
 
 1880.... 
 
 .95 
 
 surplus 576.76 
 
 In 1880 the assets exceeded the habihties by five hundred 
 and seventy-six dollars and seventy-six cents. 
 
 It is proposed to insert here a copy of the list of legal voters 
 in the town, as prepared by the selectmen, Joseph Brighann, 
 John J. Allen, and David Stone, February 21st, 1820, for the 
 annual meetino; in March. 
 
 A. 
 
 Aiunah Allen. 
 John J. Allen. 
 Jubal Allen. 
 Philip Amadon. 
 Solomon Alexander. 
 Abel Angler. 
 Abel Angier, Jr. 
 
 B. 
 
 Hyman Bent. 
 Wm. H. Bent. 
 Elisha Bent. 
 Art. Beard. 
 Charles Bowker. 
 Joseph Blodget. 
 Abel Baker. 
 Bartlett Bowker, 
 Melvin Brown. 
 John Bosworth. 
 Levi Brigham. 
 Joseph Brigham. 
 Timothy Blodget. 
 Joseph Bigelow. 
 John Burbank. 
 John Burbank, Jr. 
 
 C. 
 
 Ablsha Collins. 
 Jonathan Cass. 
 Silas Chase. 
 
 Thaddeus Ciimmings. 
 Ezekiel Collins. 
 Luther Chapman. 
 Calvin Coolidge. 
 John Cobleigh. 
 Amos Cobleigh. 
 Curtis Coolidge. 
 Moses Chai^lin. 
 Josiah Carter. 
 Levi Chamberlain. 
 
 D. 
 
 Benjamin Davidson. 
 Benjamin Davidson. 
 Samuel Davis. 
 Amos Davis. 
 Moses Drury, Jr. 
 Abel Duntou. 
 Sylvanus Dana. 
 Elisha Drury. 
 Luther Damon. 
 Jude Damon. 
 Nathan Drury. 
 Oliver Damon. 
 Oliver Damon, Jr. 
 George Damon. 
 
 E. 
 
 Benjamin Eddy. 
 Samuel Ellis. 
 Pelatiah M. Everett. 
 
 F. 
 
 William Flagg. 
 Jesse Forri stall. 
 Jesse Forristall, Jr. 
 Daniel Forristall. 
 Philemon Fairbanks 
 Amos Freeman. 
 Samuel Felch. 
 Elisha Fassett. 
 Levi Fassett. 
 John Fassett. 
 Joseph Fassett. 
 Obil Fassitt. 
 Luna Foster. 
 Rufus Foster. 
 Darius Fisher. 
 Herman Fisher. 
 John Fay. 
 Francis Fullum.' 
 Josiah Fullum. 
 Matthias Felton. 
 Artemas Felton. 
 Joseph Fassett, 2d, 
 
 G. 
 
 Edward Goodwin. 
 Samuel Griffin. 
 Richard Gleason, Jr. 
 James Godfrey. 
 James Gibson. 
 David Grant. 
 
272 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Allen Grant. 
 Micah Graves, Jr. 
 David Graves. 
 Jonas Gary. 
 
 H. 
 
 Joel Hayden. 
 E/ra Hayden. 
 
 Asahel Hartwell. 
 Joel Hunt. 
 Nahum Howe. 
 Edward Holman. 
 Sylvanns Holman. 
 Moses Hayden. 
 Samuel Hayden. 
 Phineas Howe. 
 Amos Hale. 
 Royal Howard. 
 
 I and J. 
 
 Josiah Ingalls. 
 Eliphalet Johnson. 
 
 K. 
 
 John Knight. 
 Luke Kendall, 
 William Knight. 
 Samuel Kilburn. 
 Jonas Knight. 
 
 William Locke. 
 Edward Loud. 
 William Locke, Jr. 
 Joseph Locke. 
 Asa H. Locke. 
 Elijah Lyon. 
 
 M. 
 
 Jabez Morse. 
 John Moody. 
 Daniel Mellen. 
 Cyrus Mul liken. 
 John Mellen. 
 Thomas Moore. 
 Josiah Moore. 
 Noah Miles. 
 John Miles. 
 John McCurdy. 
 Joel Miles. 
 
 0. 
 
 Matthew Osborn. 
 John Osborn. 
 
 Jonah Osborn. 
 Benjamin Osborn. 
 Matthew Osborn, Jr. 
 
 P. 
 
 Robinson Perkins. 
 Jared Perkins. 
 Shubel Plympton. 
 Samuel Patch. 
 Elihu Penniman, Jr. 
 Elihu Penniman. 
 John Petts. 
 Nahum Parker. 
 Nahum Parker, Jr. 
 Wm. F. Perry. 
 Amos Pratt. 
 Joseph Pratt. 
 Reuben Pratt. 
 Edward Platts. 
 Jedediah Putney. 
 Levi Pratt. 
 Ebenezer Potter. 
 Ebenezer Potter, Jr. 
 Peter Prescott. 
 Peter Prescott, Jr. 
 Ebenezer Prescott. 
 Elijah Phillips. 
 Nathaniel Phillips. 
 Phineas Parks, Jr. 
 
 R. 
 
 David Rice. 
 David Rice, Jr. 
 Luke B. Richardson. 
 Thomas Richardson. 
 Phineas Reed. 
 Daniel Reed. 
 Samuel Randall. 
 Samuel Rockwood. 
 Thos. Richardson, Jr. 
 
 John Srtbin. 
 Hezekiah Stone. 
 Artemas Stone. 
 Samuel Stone. 
 Nathaniel S. Stone. 
 Daniel Simonds. 
 Ebenezer Saunders. 
 Amasa Scott. 
 Calvin Smith. 
 John Stone. 
 James Stone. 
 John Sargent. 
 Abner Stone. 
 David Stone. 
 
 John Shirley. 
 Jonathan Stone. 
 Elijah T. Smith. 
 James Stone, Jr. 
 Joseph Stone. 
 Joseph Stone, 2d. 
 John Stone, 2d. 
 Moses Stone. 
 Nathan Smith. 
 Royal Smith. 
 Caleb Sweetser. 
 Daniel Streeter. 
 
 Levi Tower. 
 Samuel Tower. 
 Nathan Townsend. 
 Otis Taft. 
 Aaron Townsend. 
 James Taylor, Jr. 
 
 V. 
 
 John W. Van Doom. 
 
 W. 
 
 Ebenezer Wright. 
 Phineas Wright. 
 Aaxon Wright. 
 John Whitcomb. 
 Oliver Whitcomb. 
 Oliver Whitcomb, Jr. 
 Joshua Worcester. 
 Joel Wright. 
 Stephen White. 
 Thomas Wilson. 
 Gardner Wright. 
 Jonas Woods. 
 Silas Woods. 
 John Whittemore. 
 Dexter Whittemore. 
 Silas Warner. 
 William AVhittemore, 
 Asa Wait. 
 Asa Wait, Jr. 
 Joel Whitney. 
 Artemas Wilson. 
 Artemas Wilson, Jr. 
 Benjamin Wilson. 
 David Whitney. 
 Josiah Wilson. 
 Noah White. 
 Daniel \7hite. 
 
 Total number, 219. 
 
 Checked on the list as 
 voting, 105. 
 
CHECK LISTS, 1830-1884. 273 
 
 The clieck-list for the March meeting, 1830, contains two 
 Inindred and forty-seven names, and of these two hundred and 
 seven voted for Governor. Only forty did not vote. 
 
 At the Presidential election, November 2d, 1840, the check- 
 list contained three hundred and seventy-two names ; of these 
 three hundred and thirty-four voted. Thirty-eight did not 
 vote. 
 
 In 1850 the check-list prepared September lOtli contained 
 three hundred and twenty-six names. 
 
 The check-list for the annual town meeting in March, 1860, 
 contained three hundred and fifty-eight names, and of these 
 three liundrcd and twelve voted tlie State ticket. Forty-six 
 did not vote. 
 
 For the ainiual meeting, March, 1870, the list contained the 
 names of three hundred and four voters. 
 
 In 1880 the list contained the names of three hundred and 
 eight voters, and in November two hundred and eighty voted. 
 
 At the Presidential election in 1881: the check-list contained 
 three hundred and twelve names, and of these two hundred 
 and sixty-tive voted as follows for electors : 
 
 Greenback or Butler Ticket 2 
 
 Prohibition or St. John '/ 27 
 
 Democratic or Cleveland " 80 
 
 Republican or Blaine " 15G. 
 
 18 
 
CHAPTER Xll. 
 
 FITZ WILLIAM IN THE REBELLION, 
 
 Antagonism Between Freedom and Slavery — Election of Abraham Lincoln 
 — Excitement at the Breaking Oat of the War — Action cf the Town for 
 Enlisting Soldiers — These in Their Several Regiments — Summary of 
 Expenses and Losses — Soldiers' Monument — Incidents of the War. 
 
 THE Listorj of the world proves conclusively that there is 
 a deadly antagonism between freedom and slavery. In 
 the early years of onr republic, the two systems began the con- 
 test, and it grew hotter and hotter till the great Rebellion was 
 inangnrated. Bat long before the outbreak of hostilities be- 
 tween the North and the South the design of the slave power 
 to extend, if possible, but most certainly to perpetuate itself, 
 was painfully manifest. When Missouri was admitted as one 
 of the States of the Union, in 1821, and slavery was allowed 
 there, the friends of liberty throughout the land were alarmed, 
 and the pressure brought by them to bear upon Congress was 
 so great that the measure "called the Missouri Compromise 
 was reluctantly passed. The South had demanded 
 
 the right to extend slavery over all the Territories of the LTuited States, 
 the right to hold their slaves in all the States of the Union temporarily, 
 that speaking or writing against slavery in any State of the Union should 
 be a penal offence, that the North should catch the fugitive slaves and 
 send them back to bondage, and that the administration of the General 
 Government should be placed in the hands of those only Avhom the South 
 could trust, as the pledged enemies of republican equality and the friends 
 of slavery. 
 
 To meet this demand, so far as the extension of slavery was 
 concerned, the Missouri Compromise was framed, and it was 
 recognized certainly at the North as a solemn compact never 
 to be broken. But the great mass of the Southern people 
 always regarded its terms with disfavor, and seemed ready to 
 set it aside if possible, when the iirst hopeful opportunity 
 should offer. Such an occasion appeared to present itself when 
 
RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING SLAVERY EXTENSION. 275 
 
 the people of the Territory of Nebraska adopted a Constitution, 
 and asked to be admitted to tlie Union, for, if slavery could be 
 legalized there, its friends were confident that nothing conld 
 prevent its spreading over all the newer Territories that might 
 soon be organized farther West. 
 
 The liberty- loving people of the country had not forgotten 
 the scenes that had been witnessed in Kansas, when the most in- 
 human means were resorted to for the purpose of giv'ing 
 slavery a permanent foothold there ; and the indignation of the 
 North was thoroughly aroused by this new effort to override the 
 Compromise and make slavery possible in Nebraska. 
 
 This statement will sufficiently explain the action of tlie 
 voters of Fitzwilliam which is given below. 
 
 At the annual meeting of the town, March 14th, 1854, Asa 
 S. Kendall offered the following resolutions : 
 
 1. Resolved, That we, the legal voters of Fitzwilliam in Town Meeting 
 assembled, most earnestly and solemnly Protest against the passage by 
 Congress of any Bill calculated to impair, annul or render inoperative, 
 or declaring that any legislation has superseded, annulled or rendered 
 inoperative, the provisions known as the Missouri Compromise embraced 
 in the eighth section of the Act admitting Missouri into the Union, which 
 is as follows : 
 
 " That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United State 
 under the name of Louisiana which lies north of the thirty-sixth degree 
 and thirty minutes of North Latitude, not included within the limits of 
 the State contemplated by this Act, Slavery and involuntary servitude, 
 otherwise than as the punishment of crimes, shall be and hereby is for- 
 ever prohibited." 
 
 2. Resolved, That we fully coincide in the views expressed in a Re- 
 solve passed by the House of Representatives of our State in 1850, as 
 follows : " That the people of this State are bound by no compact, ex- 
 press or implied, to suffer the introduction of Slavery into territory now^ 
 free ; and that they are imalterably ojjposed to the erection of any Tei- 
 ritory without its prohibition, by positive law." 
 
 3. Resolved, That our State Legislature be requested to instruct our 
 Senators and Representatives in Congress, upon no consideration or con- 
 dition whatever, not even the preservation of the Union, to give their 
 assent to any Bill, permitting, allowing, or even tolerating Slavery in 
 tliat territory which was declared to be forever consecrated to Freedom 
 by the Missouri Compromise Act of 1830. 
 
 4. Resolved, That these Resolutions be entered upon the Town Records 
 
276 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 and that a copy of the same be sent to our State Legislature and to each 
 member of our delegation in the Congress of the United States. 
 
 These resolutions, after an address by Ephraim Parker, a 
 native of Fitzwilliam, and recently from Missouri, were 
 adopted by a vote of one hundred and twenty to seven. 
 
 That this bold and determined oj^position to the repeal, in 
 any manner or degree, of the Compromise in question, caused 
 the defeat of the measures proposed for that purpose there 
 can be no question. ISTebraska was made a free State, and the 
 friends of human freedom breathed more freely. 
 
 But the old antagonism, favored by the condition of the 
 great political parties of the country, continued, and com- 
 promises could do nothing effectual to allay it. The fire was 
 only smouldering — it was by no means extinguished. 
 
 The election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, in 
 1860, and his inauguration, March 4th, 1861, hastened on the 
 struggle. 
 
 The outbreak of the Rebellion, which to most appeared so 
 sudden and unexpected, was, after all, only the natural order 
 of events, when we consider the strength and violence of 
 human passion. The time comes when the underground fires 
 that have been burning for generations must burst forth. 
 But the explosion in this case was none the less fearful for this 
 reason. 
 
 The bombardment of Fort Sumter, a fortress of the United 
 States in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, carried 
 consternation to the hearts of all our loyal countrymen. The 
 attack upon this fort, which was made April 12th, 1861, was 
 the signal of war ; and when, thirty-six hours later, the heroic 
 Colonel (afterward General) Anderson surrendered his little 
 garrison to the rebel hosts that confronted him, the great 
 struggle had commenced in earnest. Pouring into Virginia, 
 an army of rebels at once threatened Washington, and soon 
 troops from Massachusetts, dispatched in haste for the rescue 
 of our national Capital, were assailed and shot down in the 
 streets of Baltimore. All was commotion in the insurgent 
 States, and soon the rebel cause seemed to have gained the 
 most fearful proportions. These events, that followed one 
 
THE PATRIOTISM OF THE TOWN, 1861. 277 
 
 anotlier in quick succession, aroused the patriotism of the 
 Korth, and in every toM'n there was a determination to sup- 
 port, at all hazards, our Government against the mighty com- 
 bination thatM^as threatening its destruction. Fitzwilham was 
 not lacking in this hour of trial, for the men, women, and 
 children in every part of the town hastened to raise and honor 
 the glorious flag of our Union, and to determine upon the 
 course of action that duty and safety demanded. 
 
 At a town meeting legally called and held May 9th, 1861, 
 J. J. Allen, Jr., offered the following preamble and resolutions : 
 
 Whereas several States of the Union have wickedly joined in a rebel- 
 lion against the rightful authorities thereof, with the avowed intention, 
 by armed resistance to the laws, to subvert the government and estab- 
 lish for themselves a Confederacy based upon the central idea of human 
 slavery, and 
 
 Whereas the Governor of New Hampshire has, in obedience to a req- 
 uisition from the President, called out a portion of the Militia of this 
 State to aid in suppressing the insurrection and in the support of the gov- 
 ernment, and 
 
 Whereas it becomes all legal persons and constituencies to properly 
 show their devotion to the glorious institutions of our country, which 
 have made it prosper as country never prospered before. 
 
 Therefore 
 
 Resolved, That this town views, with approbation and yjride, the pa- 
 triotism and spirit of those citizens who have volunteered to enlist from 
 this town ; and that any expenditures which may have been made by 
 individuals for the comfortable outfit of such volunteers be reimbursed 
 to said contributors from the treasury of the Town. 
 
 Resolved, That any such soldier from this town who has already en- 
 listed and has a family dependent upon him for support, shall receive, 
 either personally or by his said family, from the treasury of the town, a 
 sum which, together with what may be paid him by the government, 
 shall be equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, exclusive of 
 rations, for the time he may honorably discharge his duties in the service. 
 
 Resolved, That the Selectmen be, and they are hereby authorized and 
 instructed to purchase twenty-two Revolvers for the use of the soldiers 
 now, or hereafter to be enlisted from this town, the intent being that 
 upon the expiration of the term of enlistment of said soldiers, such 
 weapons shall pass to their successors, if any such there be, if not, they 
 shall revert to the town. 
 
 These resolutions appear to have been adopted. 
 
 It was then voted that the town make the pay of each and 
 
278 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 every soldier who lias enlisted and has not a family dependent 
 upon him, equal to the sum of twenty dollars per month, ex- 
 clusive of rations. 
 
 It was voted also " That the town furnish suitable India- 
 rubber blankets for the soldiers who have enlisted," but this 
 action was so amended that the cost of the blankets was to be 
 deducted from the amount to be paid to the soldiers. 
 
 The selectmen were then directed to carry out these provi- 
 sions, and for this purpose empowered to hire a sum of money 
 not exceeding one thousand dollars. 
 
 Before the date of the town meeting at which the resolutions 
 given above were adopted, viz., May 9th, 1861, the President 
 of the United States had issued a call for seventy-five thousand 
 soldiers to enlist for the space of three months, it being the 
 opinion of those in authority and of the loyal people generally, 
 that this time would be amply sifficient for putting an end to 
 the Rebellion. 
 
 The first enlistments in Fitzwilliam were made under this 
 call and were eighteen in number. 
 
 The names of these men will be given under the head " First 
 Regiment of New Hampshire Yolunteers," but it may be 
 stated in this place that Willard A. Newton has the honor to 
 be the first man who enlisted as a volunteer from Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Of the eighteen men who enlisted under the first call for 
 volunteers as mentioned above, seventeen were mustered into 
 the service. 
 
 According to the vote of the (own each of these men was 
 furnished with a revolver, the whole costing three hundred 
 and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 
 
 All of these men, with the exception of Mr. Wheeler (who 
 served in a Vermont regiment), received from the town as 
 bounties sums varying from twenty-five dollars and seventy- 
 five cents to twenty-seven dollars each, the whole amounting 
 to four hundred and forty-six dollars. 
 
 At a meeting of the town, November 9th, 1861, on motion 
 of A. A. Parker, Esq. , it was 
 
 Resolved, That the sum of three hundred Dollars be, and the same is, 
 hereby appropriated to the aid of the wife and the children under six- 
 
ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE EARLY VOLUNTEERS. 279 
 
 teen years of age, of any inhabitant of the town of Fitzwilliam, who as 
 a member of the volunteer or enrolled militia of this State, may have 
 been mastered or enlisted into the service of the United States, and for 
 each parent or child, who, at the time of his enlistment, was dependent 
 on him for support ; provided that such persons are indigent and stand 
 in need of such relief. And the Selectmen are authorized to horrow on 
 the credit of the town a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars and 
 apply so much thereof as may be needed for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 At an adjourned town meeting a week later, a statement of 
 expenditures having been made by the selectmen, A. A. 
 Parker, Esq., offered the following resolution, which was 
 adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and 
 thirty-eight cents be raised to defray the expense already incurred in the 
 purchase of Revolvers and Blankets for the soldiers of Fitzwilliam en- 
 listed into the service of the United States, and the Selectmen be author- 
 ized to hire said sum on the credit of the town. 
 
 Subscriptions made in aid of the volunteei'S who enlisted in 
 the service of the United States at the breaking out of the 
 war, the town voted at tlie annual meeting in March, 1862, to 
 refund. 
 
 In the selectmen's report to the town at the annual meeting, 
 March 11th, 1862, the only account of expenses occasioned by 
 the war is as follows. Paid soldiers' families. 
 
 Paul Martin $13.00 
 
 Lucius Whitcomb 28.00 
 
 Total $204.09 
 
 Mrs. Nathan Morse $33.50 
 
 Elihu Morse 46.59 
 
 Mrs. Asa B. Fiske 31.00 
 
 Frederic Lawrence 38.00 
 
 Sarah Cass 14.00 
 
 May 17th, 1862, the town appropriated four hundred dollars 
 in aid of the families of volunteers, under provisions precisely 
 similar to those adopted for the same purpose at the town 
 meeting, November 9th, 1861, and which are recorded above. 
 
 August 22d, 1862, the town adopted the following : 
 
 Resolved, That a Bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid to 
 each volunteer from this town who shall hereafter be enlisted and mus- 
 tered into the service of the United States in any regiment of volunteers 
 heretofore raised in this State during the present rebellion ; that a 
 Bounty of one hundred dollars be paid to every such volunteer so enlisted 
 and mustered in anv regiment of volunteers now being raised in this 
 
280 HISTOET OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 State, and that a Bounty of fifty dollars be paid to each volunteer from' 
 this town under the recent call for 300,000 troops to serve nine months 
 unless sooner discharged. 
 
 Provided however that said bounties shall not be paid unless such 
 volunteers shall have enlisted or made known their readiness to enlist 
 before any draft for the description of force they propose to join shall 
 be actually made and they shall be accepted and mustered in as a part of 
 the quota of the town. 
 
 It was tlien voted to adopt the following preamble and reso- 
 lutions : 
 
 Whereas an act was passed at the last session of the General Court 
 entitled " An Act in addition to and Amendment of the Act Authorizing 
 cities and towns to aid the families of Volunteers and for other pur- 
 poses," passed June Session, 1861, which act restricts the provisions of 
 the previous act in some particulars and extends them in others, therefore 
 
 Resolved, That the resolution adopted at the town meeting held May 
 17, 1863, appropriating four hundred dollars in aid of the families of 
 Volunteers be, and the same is hereby rescinded. 
 
 Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is 
 hereby appropriated for the purposes authorized by said act of the last 
 session of the General Court, to be applied by the Selectmen as the same 
 shall in their judgment be needed. 
 
 The selectmen were then authorized to borrow the money 
 needed to pay the bounties specified in the above-mentioned 
 resolution, to pay the bounties and to procure volunteers. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held August 29th, 1862, the se- 
 lectmen having made a statement of their action in procuring 
 volunteers, it was 
 
 Resolved, That the volunteers for the new three years' Regiments be 
 paid twenty-five dollars each, and the volunteers for nine months be 
 paid Fifty dollars each in addition to the amoimt already voted. 
 
 Resolved, That the Selectmen be, and they are hereby authorized and 
 instructed to pay the wife and the children under twelve years of age 
 of all volunteers in the regiments formed, under the recent requisitions 
 for 300,000 men for three years and 300,000 men for nine months, four 
 dollars per month, each, in addition to the bounties heretofore voted ; 
 the whole amount so paid not to exceed twelve dollars per month for any 
 one family ; and this payment to continue so long as the volunteer re- 
 mains in the service. 
 
 Voted, That the Bounties, exclusive of the aid to their families, be 
 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES. 281 
 
 paid to the Volunteers on being mustered into the service of the United 
 States. 
 
 At the annual meeting, Marcli lOtli, 18G3, the sum of eighteen 
 liundred dollars was appropriated, or so much of it as should 
 be needed to aid soldiers' families. 
 
 At the same meeting, March lOtli, 18G3, the selectmen's re- 
 port showed disbursements, on account of the war, as follows : 
 
 Charles H. Woods, enlisting volunteers. . . . $25 
 
 Bounties to three years' men 1800 
 
 " " nine months' " 2100 
 
 Paid to soldiers' families 1043.. 50 
 
 Total, $4968.50 
 
 As the soldiers' names to whom these bounties were paid, and 
 the amount which each soldier received will appear in the 
 tables annexed, where the names of all the men who enlisted 
 will be presented in their regiments and companies, no more 
 particulars respecting these soldiers are here required. 
 
 The families aided during the year closing March 10th, 18G3, 
 were as follows : ^ 
 
 Elihu Morse $134.04 
 
 Lucius Whitcomb 106.46 
 
 Nathan Morse 110..50 
 
 AsaB. Fiske 94.00 
 
 Paul Martin 28.00 
 
 John L. Church 45.00 
 
 Asaph Whitcomb 48.00 
 
 John B. Fiske 40.00 
 
 Frederick Lawrence 24.00 
 
 Daniel P. Osborn 42.00 
 
 Joseph H. Rarasdell 40.00 
 
 Stillman S. Stone |40.00 
 
 George A. Smiley 60.00 
 
 Jefferson Richardson 48.00 
 
 Loarami B. Underwood. .. . 9. .50 
 
 Charles R. Monroe .... 32.00 
 
 Amos T. Town 48.00 
 
 James M. Ingalls 32.00 
 
 Elisha Harkness 48.00 
 
 Leander Richardson 14.00 
 
 Total 11,043.50 
 
 September 13th, 1863, the town voted 
 
 to pay to the men now drafted of this town who have been or shall be 
 mustered into the United States service, or to the substitutes of the said 
 drafted men, who have been or shall be mustered into the United States 
 service, three hundred dollars, each, ten days after being mustered into 
 said service. 
 
 December 21st, 1863, the town adopted the following : 
 
 Resolved, That the Committee duly appointed for the purpose of fill- 
 ing the quota required of the town of Fitzwilliam, are authorized to pay 
 
282 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 each citizen who will enlist and be mustered into the service of the 
 United States the sum of three hundred dollars, in addition to the 
 bounties offered by the Grovernment of the United States and the State of 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 Resolved, That if the Committee fail of procuring citizens to fill the 
 quota as required of said town, then they are authorized to hire men to 
 fill up said quota, at a reasonable price, provided the sum of money le- 
 quired for each man does not exceed three hundred dollars in addition 
 to the bounties of the United States and the State of New Hampshire. 
 
 Resolved, That the Committee of the town are authorized to cash the 
 bounties offered by the Governments of the United States and the State 
 of New Hampshire, in the payment of their contract with all the volun- 
 teers that are mustered into the United States service to fill the quota of 
 Fitzwilliam, provided such bounties are legally transferred and assigned 
 to the town of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 The committee appointed by the town to carry into effect 
 the resolutions adopted at the meeting of December 21st, 1863, 
 consisted of George L. Stearns and Phillip S. Batcheller, and 
 they were authorized to appoint another member of their com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Amos J. Blake, Esq., was appointed upon this committee. 
 Provision was also made for borrowing a sum of money, not 
 exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), to carry into effect 
 the resolutions above-mentioned. 
 
 At the annual town meeting, March 8th, 1864, it was voted 
 
 That all veteran soldiers of Fitzwilliam who have re-enlisted for three 
 years or during the war, and can be allowed on the quota of this town 
 on any call of the President, be paid, as Bounty, the sum of Three Hun- 
 dred dollars each, provided they have not received any extra pay or 
 bounty from this or any other town or State. 
 
 At the same meeting, March 8th, 1834, the report of the 
 selectmen showed disbursements on account of the war, as 
 follows : 
 
 Bounties paid to three years' men $9,724 
 
 " " " drafted " 1,200 
 
 Paid balance due three months' men 265 
 
 " to aid soldiers' families 1,313 
 
 $12,502 
 
APPROPEIATIONS FOR SOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. 283 
 
 The soldiers' families aided during the year closino; March 
 8th, 1864, and the amounts received bj each were as follows : 
 
 George A. Smilie $149.00 
 
 Elihu Morse 140.00 
 
 Nathan Morse 127.75 
 
 Daniel P. Osborne 120.00 
 
 Asaph Whitcomb 98.67 
 
 JohnB.Fiske 88.00 
 
 Amos T. Town 72.00 
 
 Samuel S. Stone 90.25 
 
 James M. Ingalls 48.00 
 
 Charles R. Monroe 48. 00 
 
 Elisha Harkness 48.00 
 
 Jefferson Richardson $42.00 
 
 J. Lovell Church 47.38 
 
 Abraham H. Richards .... 48.00 
 
 Asa B. Fiske 24.00 
 
 Julius O. Stone 16.00 
 
 Paul Martin 16.00 
 
 Robert Nixon 12.00 
 
 Elisha Rugg 8.00 
 
 Lucius Whitcomb 6.00 
 
 Total $1,313.00 
 
 At the same date among the assets of the town the follow- 
 ing important items may be found : 
 
 Due from United States Government for 
 
 bounties advanced $4004 
 
 " from State for State aid 1136 
 
 Total, $5140 
 Jane 18th, 1864, the town adopted the following : 
 
 Resolved, That the Selectmen are authorized to pay to each soldier of 
 Fitzwilliam who has been drafted since May 1, 1804, to fill the quota of 
 the town, or who has furnished a substitute, the sum of three hundred 
 dollars as a bounty, to be paid in ten days after he has been accepted 
 and mustered into the service of the United States. 
 
 July 23d, 1864, the town adopted the following : 
 
 Resolved, That the Selectmen of the Town of Fitzwilliam be author- 
 ized and instructed in behalf of the town, to pay the sum of one hun- 
 dred dollars as a bounty, for each one year's man, two hundred dollars 
 for each two years' man, and three hundred dollars for each three years' 
 man, who shall be mustered into the service of the United Slates, as a 
 volunteer to fill the quota of this town, under the present call of the 
 President for five hundred thousand men. 
 
 The same bounties were offered for substitutes of enrolled 
 men, while at the same time the town voted to pay 
 
 to any drafted person of said town who may be held to service under the 
 present order for a draft, who shall serve in person, the sum of two hun- 
 dred dollars, or to his substitute the highest sum the law authorizes. 
 
284 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 September 5tli, 1864, the town adopted the following : 
 
 Resolved, That the Selectmen are authorized to pay four hundred 
 dollars as bounty to any person who has been an inhabitant of Fitzwill- 
 iam for three months, and has enlisted on the quota of said town under 
 the last call of the President and actually mustered into the service of 
 the United States. 
 
 Resolved, That the town does hereby appropriate as bounty to each 
 soldier, except to those enlisted from insurgent States, who shall be mus- 
 tered into the service of the United States, to fill the quota of Fitzwill- 
 iam, under the last call of the President, whether such soldier shall 
 have voluntarily enlisted, or volunteered as a substitute for a drafted or 
 enrolled man, the sum of one hundred dollars for each one year's man, 
 two hundred dollars for each two years' man, and three hundred dollars 
 for each three years' man, and in the same proportion for any term of 
 service, the above specified bounties of one hundred, two hundred, and 
 three hundred dollars are hereby declared to be in lieu of the bounties 
 voted by the town, July 23, 1864. 
 
 January 16th, 1865. The town voted 
 
 to pay the sum of two hundred dollars to each volunteer, the same being 
 a citizen of this town that has or may enlist and be mustered into the 
 service of the United States for the term of one year prior to the 2d 
 Tuesday of March, 1865. 
 
 At the annual meeting, March 14th, 1865, the action above 
 mentioned of January 16th, 1865, was restricted to such as 
 helped to fill the quota of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 At this meeting, March 14th, 1865, the town repeated its 
 offers of bounties to men serving one, two, and three years, of 
 one hundred, two hundred, and three hundred dollars, as it 
 had done July 23d, 1864, but the offer was under a new call 
 of the President for three hundred thousand men. 
 
 A bounty of two hundred dollars was pledged to each drafted 
 man when mustered into service, and also a bounty of one 
 hundred dollars for each year's service was offered to any per- 
 son who should be mustered in under the same call, as a part 
 of the quota of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 April 10th, 1865, the town voted 
 
 to pay the sum of two hundred dollars additional bounty to the sum al- 
 ready voted, to the seven men who last enlisted in the service of the 
 United States to till the quota of Fitzwilliam under the last call of the 
 President, provided that no one of the seven men shall receive in all, as 
 bounty, a sum exceeding five liundred dollars. 
 
EEPOETS OF THE SELECTMEN, 1865 AND 1866. 285 
 
 At the annual meeting, March 14th, 1865, it appeared from 
 the report of the selectmen that disbursements on account of 
 the war had been made during the year covered by the re- 
 port, as follows : 
 
 Paid bounties $2400 
 
 " balance due three months' men 155.25 
 
 " for furnishing substitutes 8100 
 
 To aid soldiers' families 1562.05 
 
 Total, $12,217.30 
 
 Soldiers' families were aided during the year closing March 
 14th, 1865, as follows : 
 
 Robert Nixon $144.00 
 
 George A. Smilies 144.00 
 
 Daniel P. Osborn 144.00 
 
 Nathan Morse 120.00 
 
 Elisha Rugg 96.00 
 
 J. Orlando Stone 100.00 
 
 Abraham H. Richards 144.00 
 
 Darius H. Whitcorab 96.00 
 
 Lewis K. Ward 96.00 
 
 Paul Martin 68.00 
 
 Daniel H. Reed 70.00 
 
 John A. Platts |34.00 
 
 LeviN. Lillie 36.00 
 
 Joseph E. Harkness 34.00 
 
 11. H. Boyce 24.00 
 
 Elisha Harkness 40.00 
 
 JohnB. Fiske 40.00 
 
 Samuel S. Stone 96.00 
 
 John H. Streeter 34.00 
 
 Elisha Morse 2.05 
 
 Total $1,562.05 
 
 In the same report, among the assets of the town, these 
 items appear : 
 
 Due from United States Government $3118 
 
 " " State for State aid 1244.05 
 
 $4362.05 
 
 It would appear from the appropriations of the town during 
 these long years of painful suspense and immense sacrifices at 
 home, in the army, and in the hospitals, that a liberal policy 
 toward the soldiers and their families was pursued from the be- 
 ginning. 
 
 At the annual meeting, March 13th, 1866, the report of 
 the selectmen shows the following disbursements on account 
 of the war, which happily had been brought to a close the 
 previous year. 
 
 Bounties paid $3500 
 
286 
 
 IIISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The soldiers' families aided during the year closing Marcli 
 13th, 1866, were as follows : 
 
 George A. Smilie $64.00 
 
 Nathan Morse 40.00 
 
 Robert Nixon 72.00 
 
 Stillman S. Stone 27.73 
 
 Julius O.Stone 65.30 
 
 Darius H. AVhitcomb 54.00 
 
 Henry H. Boyce 18.00 
 
 Joseph E. Harkness 24.00 
 
 Lewis K. Ward 47.20 
 
 Abraham H. Richards 57.00 
 
 Elisha Rugg |47.73 
 
 Nathan C. Carter 47.57 
 
 Orvis Fisher 47.14 
 
 Daniel P. Osborn 33.00 
 
 Sylvester Boutwell 31.48 
 
 Ora Holman 47.14 
 
 Robert McDonald 15.00 
 
 John A. Platts 12.00 
 
 Total $750.49 
 
 The United States Government owed the town at the date 
 given above three thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars, 
 and the State four hundred and forty-six dollars and nineteen 
 cents. 
 
 In 1865 the town had appointed the three resident clergy- 
 men of the place a committee to keep a record of Fitzwilliam 
 in suppressing the Rebellion, but they had declined the ser- 
 vice. Accordingly, March 8th, 1870, the town voted : 
 
 That a Committee of three be chosen to collect facts in regard to the 
 enlistment, service and death of Soldiers in the late War, of or from 
 this Town, and make report of the same, which report shall be recorded 
 in the Records of the town. 
 
 The committee chosen for this purpose consisted of Captain 
 Jonatlian S. Adams, George A. Whittemore, and John M. 
 Parker. The chairman, Captain Adams, it is understood, did 
 a large part of the work involved in collecting and arranging 
 the materials of this important report, and appears to have been 
 thorough and painstaking from the beginning to the end of 
 his labor. 
 
 Messrs. Whittemore and Parker were in the service of the 
 country, the former as assistant quartermaster, with the rank 
 of captain for a period, while the latter served nearly three 
 years in the field and was first lieutenant of his company when 
 mustered out of the service. In a voluminous report of this 
 nature, there isalwaysaliabihty to mistakes, but this is deemed 
 to be as reliable as the circumstances would admit of. 
 
 All the most important facts set forth in this report are here 
 given, and the order observed in arranging them has been gen- 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND REGIMENTS. 287 
 
 erally followed, while a few corrections have been made and 
 some additional facts incorporated. 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 SOLDIERS FOR THREE MONTHS WHO RECEIVED BOUNTIES. 
 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 Daniel S. Brooks .... 
 
 $25.75 
 
 John G. Felch 
 
 $27.00 
 
 Calvin A. Blodsjett. . . 
 
 25.75 
 
 Silas L. Ileywood 
 
 25.75 
 
 Charles S. Blodgett. . 
 
 25.75 
 25.75 
 
 'Dan vers Miles 
 
 25.75 
 
 John H. Burrell 
 
 George W. Miles 
 
 27.00 
 
 Daniel E. Burbank. . . 
 
 27.00 
 
 Michael McManus 
 
 27.00 
 
 Thaddeiis Cummings. 
 
 27.00 
 
 Willard A. Newton 
 
 25.75 
 
 George Coolidge 
 
 25.75 
 
 jTliomas J. Richardson. . 
 
 26.50 
 
 William Dunton 
 
 27.00 
 
 Albert G. Stone 
 
 25.75 
 
 Jonas Forristall 
 
 25.75 
 
 Luther D, Wheeler .... 
 
 None. 
 
 These eighteen men were the first to enlist from Fitzwilliam 
 for the defence of the country, and, as before stated, the town 
 futnished each of them with a revolver at the cost of $19.38 
 each, Messrs. Newton, Stone, and Wheeler were mustered 
 into the service May 3d, 1861, and mustered out of it soon after 
 the expiration of three months, viz., August 9th, 1861. 
 
 Fourteen of the above were afterward mustered into the 
 Second Regiment and two into the Sixteenth. One, Mr. 
 Wheeler, was mustered into a Vermont regiment, while the 
 remaining one, Mr. Felch, does not appear to have been mus- 
 tered in at all. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 SOLDIERS FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTIES. 
 
 Daniel S. Brooks. 
 
 Calvin A. Blodgett. 
 Charles S. Blodgett. 
 
 John H. Burrell . . . 
 
 Co. 
 
 A. 
 A. 
 
 Mustered In. 
 
 May 31, 1861. Captured at Bull Run, July 21, 
 1861 ; died, Oct. 19, 1861, a 
 prisoner at Richmond, Va. 
 
 Mustered out, June 21, 1864. 
 
 Discharged for disability, 
 Sept. 13, 1862. 
 
 Mustered out, June 21, 1864. 
 
288 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT N. H. Y OLVNTEEBS— (Gonfhiuecl). 
 
 Co. 
 
 Mustered in. 
 
 Alfred K. Bowen ... 
 
 Daniel E. Burbank. . 
 Thadcleus Cummings 
 
 George Coolidge. . . . 
 
 Williara Dunton 
 
 Jonas Forristall 
 
 Henry M. Gilson 
 
 Silas L. Heywood . . . . 
 
 Danvers Miles.. . . 
 
 George "W. Miles. 
 Michael McManus 
 
 Albert G. Stone . . 
 
 Charles A. Stone. 
 John M. Stearns.. 
 
 JosiahO. Taft.... 
 
 A. 
 A. 
 
 A. 
 
 A. 
 
 A. 
 
 K. 
 A. 
 
 May 31, 1861. Promoted corporal, Dec. 1, 
 
 1863 ; mustered out, June 
 
 21, 1864. 
 Discharged, May 22, 1862. 
 Discharged for disability, 
 
 Sept. 12, 1862. 
 Discharged for disability, 
 
 Aug. 19, 1861. 
 Promoted corporal; wounded, 
 
 Aug. 29, 1862 ; discharged 
 
 because of wounds, Nov. 6, 
 
 1862. 
 Died, Oct. 25, 1862, of disease, 
 
 at Bladensburg, Md. 
 June 8, 1861, Date of discharge not learned. 
 May 31, 1861. Promoted sergeant, Nov. 1, 
 
 1861 ; 2d Lieut., Sept. 1, 
 
 1862 ; 1st Lieut., July 3, 
 
 1863 ; mustered out, Jan. 
 21, 1864. 
 
 Wounded, May 5, 1862 ; dis- 
 charged, July 30, 1862, on 
 account of wounds. 
 
 Killed at Fair Oaks, Va., June 
 25, 1862. 
 
 Wounded, July 2, 1863 ; pro- 
 moted corporal, Dec. 1, 1863 ; 
 mustered out, June 21, 1864. 
 Sept. 17, 1861 Wounded, Aug. 29, 1862; died, 
 Nov. 2, 1862, from wounds. 
 
 Mustered out, Sept. 14, 1864. 
 June 1, 1861. Discharged for disability, 
 
 Dec, 1862. 
 
 May 31, 1861. Died, June 30, 1862, of disease, 
 on the retreat near Rich- 
 mond, Va. 
 
 lu the Second Regiment were the following who received 
 bountj, $150 each : 
 
 
 Co. 
 A. 
 
 Mustered in. 
 
 
 John B. Piske 
 
 Sept. 18, 1862. 
 
 Slightly wounded and missing. 
 
 
 
 
 July 2, 1863, but returned ; 
 
 
 
 
 discharged, Dec. 30, 1863. 
 
 James Walsh 
 
 A. 
 
 u 
 
 Wounded slightly, Aug. 18, 
 1864 ; mustered out, June 
 14, 1865. 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE THIRD REGIMENT, 
 
 289 
 
 James O. Amadon was reported as enlisted from Fitzwilliam 
 in the Second Regiment, but his name is not found in the 
 Adjiitant-General's Reports. He went in 1861 and served 
 through the war without receiving any injury, but was not 
 legally mustered into service or mustered out. 
 
 THIRD REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTY. 
 
 
 Co. 
 I. 
 
 Mustered in. 
 
 
 George W. Felch 
 
 Aug. 24, 1861. 
 
 Discharged for disability, 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 16, 1861. 
 
 Marstall P. Hawkins. 
 
 I. 
 
 a 
 
 Promoted corporal; 1st Sergt., 
 April 11, 1862 ; 2d Lieut., 
 Aug. 28, 1862 ; resigned, 
 Nov. 28, 1863. 
 
 Joseph E. Harkness... 
 
 I. 
 
 (I 
 
 Wounded slightly, July 13, 
 1863 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 22, 
 1864. 
 
 John M. Parker 
 
 I. 
 
 a 
 
 Promoted 1st Sergt., Oct. 15, 
 
 1862 ; 2d Lieut., June 14, 
 
 1863 ; 1st Lieut., Jan. 6, 
 1864; mustered out, Oct. 31, 
 1864. 
 
 Soldiers in Third Regiment with bounties 
 
 Joseph E. Harkness ; 
 re-enlisted. Bounty, 
 $300. 
 
 Christopher Healy. 
 Bounty, $700. 
 
 Robert Nixon. Boun- 
 ty, $702. 
 
 Co. Mustered in. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1864. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1864. 
 Jan. 5, 1864. 
 
 Wounded severely. May l3, 
 1864 ; mustered out, July 
 20, 1865 ; whole term of 
 service, 46 mos. 26 days. 
 
 Mustered out, July 20, 1865. 
 
 Slightly wounded. May 13, 
 1864 ; accidentally wounded, 
 June 16, 1864 ; died, July, 
 1865, at sea, on homeward 
 passage. 
 
 19 
 
290 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 FIFTH N. H. EEGIMENT. 
 
 Enrolled soldiers of JFitzwilliam who were drafted, 
 following were exempted for disability : 
 
 The 
 
 Phillip S. Batcheller, 
 Amos O. Blanchard, 
 Daniel F. Bowker, 
 James B. Bowker, 
 Zephaniah A. Boyce, 
 John H. Brooks, 
 John F. Cummings, 
 Lyman Davis, 
 George 0. Dunton, 
 Charles E. Emerson, 
 
 Loannmi B. 
 
 George J, Fullam, 
 Levi A. Fuller, 
 Isaac A. Handy, 
 Peter Hoose, 
 Charles F. Ingalls, 
 Daniel Matheson, 
 Frederic E. Pierce, 
 Joshua E. Pierce, 
 Lorenzo Pierce, 
 Osborn H. Platts, 
 Underwood. 
 
 Edwin Sykes was exempted as an alien ; Eobert Brooks, Jr., 
 did not report to the provost-marshal. 
 
 The following rendered personal service and received $300 
 bounty each : 
 
 
 Co. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 
 Henry H. Boyce 
 
 F. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1863. 
 
 Promoted corporal, Oct. ' 23, 
 
 1864 ; captured, Mar. 25, 
 
 1865 ; paroled, Mar. 30, 
 1865 ; mustered out, June 
 24,- 1865. 
 
 Alpheus Handy 
 
 E. 
 
 u 
 
 Missing at Cold Harbor, Va., 
 June 3, 1864, but returned ; 
 discharged by order, June 
 
 
 
 li 
 
 16, 1865 ; lost an arm. 
 
 Philander Martin 
 
 C. 
 
 li 
 
 Wounded, June 5, 1864 ; dis- 
 charged by order, June 3, 
 1865, 
 
 Abraham H. Richards, 
 
 E. 
 
 li 
 
 Captured, Aug. 16, 1864, at 
 Flussell's Mills, Va. ; paroled, 
 Sept. 1, 1864 ; discharged, 
 June 8, 1865. 
 
SUBSTITUTES FOR DRAFTED AND ENROLLED MEN. 291 
 
 The following drafted men furnislied substitutes, for which 
 each received bounty, $300 : 
 
 
 
 Co. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 
 Martin S. Deeth 
 
 Supposed 
 
 Oct. 2, 1863. 
 
 Killed, June 22, 
 
 
 substitute, 
 
 
 
 1864, near Peters- 
 
 
 Pat. Morris. 
 
 B. 
 
 
 burg, Va. 
 
 Dexter Richardson. . 
 
 Supposed 
 substitute, 
 
 
 
 Deserted near Pe- 
 tersburg, Va., Oct. 
 
 
 John Mud- 
 
 F. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1864 
 
 28, 1864 ; recov- 
 
 
 gett. 
 
 
 
 ered from deser- 
 tion ; wounded. 
 Mar. 6, 1865 ; ab- 
 sent sick, since 
 Mar. 6, 1865 ; no 
 discharge. 
 
 Theophilus W. May. 
 
 J. Trimble. 
 
 G. 
 
 Aug. 19, 1864 
 
 Deserted, Sept. 15, 
 1864, near Peters- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to 
 fill the quota of Fitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty 
 
 of $300 : 
 
 Timothy Blodgett... 
 Lyman W. Bowker . 
 
 Charles Byam 
 
 Moses Chaplin 
 
 Jonas Damon 
 
 Marshall P. Damon. 
 Ira W. Ellis 
 
 Gilbert A. Petts 
 
 George W. Parker. . 
 Nelson E. Pratt 
 
 Substitutes. 
 
 Co. 
 
 F'k. McKee 
 
 F. 
 
 J. P. Haden 
 
 B. 
 
 John Cole.. 
 
 
 J. Baggott. 
 
 
 H. J. Smith 
 
 G. 
 
 J. Barrigan. 
 
 
 Wm. Waters 
 
 C. 
 
 John Brown 
 
 
 Aug. Adams 
 
 B, 
 
 Levi Morris 
 
 F. 
 
 Date of Mus- 
 ter, 1864. 
 
 Sept. 2. 
 Aug. 31. 
 Aug. 25. 
 Aug. 11. 
 Aug. 31. 
 
 Aug. 30. 
 
 Aug. 22. 
 Sept. 2. 
 
 Mustered out, June 
 28, 1865. 
 
 Mustered out, June 
 28, 1865. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Mustered out, June 
 28, 1865. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Deserted, Oct. 11, 
 1864, near Peters- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Mustered out, June 
 12, 1865. 
 
 Deserted, Dec. 30, 
 1864, while on fur- 
 lough from hos- 
 
 _ jiital. 
 
292 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 
 Substitutes. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Date of Mus- 
 ter 1864. 
 
 
 John N. Kicliardson 
 
 E. Fazack- 
 
 
 
 Mustered out, June 
 
 
 erly 
 
 A. 
 
 Aug. 23. 
 
 15, 1865. 
 
 William H. Shirley. 
 
 Th. Brown. 
 
 K. 
 
 Aug. 23. 
 
 Transferred to Co. 
 H. ; deserted to 
 enemy, Dec. 1, 
 1864. 
 
 Edmund Spaulding. 
 
 A. Gorham. 
 
 C. 
 
 Aug. 24. 
 
 Missing, April 7, 
 1865,but returned; 
 mustered out, 
 June 38. 1865. 
 
 Joseph H. Streeter.. 
 
 James Buss. 
 
 
 Aug. 9. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 A. J. Streeter 
 
 Lawr. Tully 
 
 a. 
 
 (< 
 
 Captured, April 7, 
 re-captured, April 
 9, 1865 ; mustered 
 out, June 38,1865. 
 
 Phinehas Whitcomb 
 
 G. Blinville 
 
 B. 
 
 Sept. 2. 
 
 Deserted, Oct. 11, 
 1864, near Peters- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 Josiah Wilder, Jr.... 
 
 Chas. Myers 
 
 r. 
 
 Sept. 1. 
 
 Absent sick, June 28, 
 1865 ; no dis- 
 charge. 
 
 The following rendered personal service 
 
 Paul Martin. 
 
 Voluntoer'd 
 bounty. 
 
 Co. 
 
 D. 
 
 Date of Muster, 
 1864. 
 
 Jan. 1. 
 
 Wounded, June 3, 
 1864; discharged, 
 Nov. 19, 1864, at 
 De Camp Hospi- 
 tal, New York. 
 
 The following men in this regiment received no bounty : 
 
 Almond G. Lowell... 
 
 Co. 
 
 E. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Oct. 19, 1861. 
 
 Mustered out, Oct. 39, 1864. 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 
 293 
 
 In the Adjutant-General's Keports the following are credited 
 to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them : 
 
 Nelson C. Haskell. 
 William Haley. . . . 
 
 Co. 
 
 F. 
 I. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Oct. 23, 1861. 
 Aug. 31, 1864. 
 
 Discharged, Dec. 27, 1862, for 
 
 disability. 
 Discharged, July 10, 1865. 
 
 Transferred from Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, 
 January 30th, 1865 : 
 
 Nathan Morse .... 
 Wymau S. White 
 
 Co. 
 
 Mustered out, June 28, 1865. 
 Discharged, Mar. 6, 1865. 
 
 SIXTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 MEN FOR THKEE YEARS OR THE WAR, WHO RECEIVED NO BOUNTY, 
 
 
 Co. 
 F. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 
 Henry J. Amadon. . . . 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Wounded, May 13, 1864; mus- 
 
 
 
 
 tered out, Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 John L. Church 
 
 u 
 
 a 
 
 Died, Sept. 30, 1863, at Nich- 
 olasville, Kv. 
 
 Asa B. Fiske 
 
 u 
 
 n 
 
 Discharged, Nov. 6, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va., on account 
 of wounds. 
 
 Daniel M. Fiske 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Killed, Sept. 16, 1862, at An- 
 tietam, Md. 
 
 Theodore Haskell .... 
 
 
 Dec. 3, 1861. 
 
 Wounded, May 12, 1864; dis- 
 charged, Dec. 3, 1864. 
 
 Fred. C.Lawrence. . . . 
 
 u 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Died, Jan. 20, 1863, at Troy, 
 N. H. 
 
 Paul Martin 
 
 G. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1861. 
 
 Discharged, Oct. 18, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Elihu L. Morse 
 
 F. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Died, Sept. 9, 1863, of disease, 
 at Nicholasville, Ky. 
 
 John A. Platts 
 
 K. 
 
 u 
 
 Re-enlisted (Jan., 1864?). See 
 after. 
 
 Elijah T. Platts 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 Re-enlisted, Jan. 4, 1864. See 
 after. 
 
294 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 SIXTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS— (Cwi^mMetZ). 
 
 Daniel H. Reed . 
 
 Levi W. Rice . 
 
 John H. Streeter. 
 
 Sylvanus C. Waters 
 Lucius WMtcomb . . 
 
 George H. Wilson . . 
 Charles W.Wilson . . 
 
 Co. Date of Muster. 
 
 H. 
 
 Dec. 3, 1861. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Jan. 14, 1863. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1861. 
 
 Transferred to Co. E, 4th Reg. 
 U.S. Regular Artillery ; mus- 
 tered out, Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 Discharged, Aug. 33, 1862, at 
 Newport News, Va., for dis- 
 ability. 
 
 Promoted corporal; wounded. 
 May 6, 1864 ; mustered out, 
 Jan. 13, 1865. 
 
 Killed, Sept. 17, 1862, at An- 
 tietam, Md. 
 
 Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 
 1861 ; killed, Aug. 39, 1862, 
 at Bull Run. 
 
 Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 
 1861 ; discharged at New- 
 berne, N. C. ; re-enlisted, 
 Dec. 25, 1863. See after. 
 
 Deserted Jan. 26, 1863, at Fifth 
 Street Hospital, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa. 
 
 In the Adjutant-General's Reports the following are credited 
 to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them : 
 
 James L. Demary, Jr. 
 Morris Howard 
 
 Co. Date of Muster. 
 
 H. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1861. 
 June 2, 1864. 
 
 Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 
 1861 ; discharged for disa- 
 bility at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Supposed to have deserted en 
 route to ree'iment. 
 
 FOK THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WHO IIeCEIVED BOUNTIES. 
 
 Charles Brown. 
 Abram Corey. . 
 
 Co. Date of Muster. Bounty 
 
 F. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1863. 
 Dec. 30, 1863. 
 
 700 
 
 Deserted en route to regi- 
 ment. 
 
 Absent sick, since April 
 28,1864; no discharge 
 furnished . 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE SIXTH AND NINTH REGIMENTS. 295 
 
 
 Co. 
 G. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 
 John Conner 
 
 Dec. 31, 1863. 
 
 $580 
 
 Deserted, Feb. 3, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 
 at Camp Nelson, Ky. 
 
 Louis Hanson 
 
 
 Dec. 30, 1863. 
 
 580 
 
 Deserted en route to regi- 
 ment. 
 
 John Johnson 
 
 G. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1863. 
 
 580 
 
 Pi'omoted corporal, July 
 1, 1865; mustered out, 
 July 17, 1865. 
 
 Charles B. Perkins.. 
 
 F. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1863. 
 
 700 
 
 Transferred to Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, Jan. 
 20, 1865 ; discharged, 
 June 7, 1865. 
 
 Elisha llugg 
 
 F. 
 
 u 
 
 700 
 
 Wounded, June 17, 1864; 
 mustered out, July 17, 
 1865. 
 
 Re-enlisted men 
 
 
 Co. 
 K. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 
 Elijah T. Platts 
 
 Jan. 4, 1864. 
 
 $300 
 
 Promoted serg't ; quar- 
 
 
 
 
 
 termaster-serg't, July 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,1864; mustered out, 
 
 
 
 
 
 July 17, 1865. 
 
 JohnA. Platts 
 
 K. 
 
 
 300 
 
 Promoted sergeant, July 
 1, 1864; 1st lieut., June 
 1, 1865; nuLstered out, 
 July 17, 1865. 
 
 George H. Wilson... 
 
 F. 
 
 Dec. 25, 1863. 
 
 300 
 
 Killed in battle. May 4, 
 1864. 
 
 NINTH N. H. REGIMENT. 
 
 FOR TURKE YEARS OR THE WAR ; RECEIVED NO BOUNTY. 
 
 George A. Smilie, 
 
 Co. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Aug. 19, 1862. 
 
 Reported deserted, Sept. 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md., but 
 was recovered; discharged, 
 June 10, 1865. 
 
296 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Drafted man ; received bounty, $300. 
 
 Lewis K. Ward. 
 
 Co. Date of Muster. 
 
 B. 
 
 June 6, 1804. 
 
 Transferred to Co. B, 6tli N.H. 
 Reg. June 1, 1865; mustered 
 out, July 17, 1865. 
 
 Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to 
 fill the quota of Fitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty 
 
 of $300. 
 
 L. R. Augier , 
 
 E. Cummings... 
 Dustin A. Gee... 
 
 N. Heath... 
 
 Jolin Garvin 
 Jas.Woolsey 
 
 L. Richardson. 
 JohnW. Shirley 
 
 H. B. Streeter., 
 Caleb Sweetser 
 Anson Streeter.. 
 
 J.Furgurson 
 G. Mendon 
 
 E. Rochette. 
 
 Geo. Tenry. 
 
 J. Thomas, 
 colored. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Aug. 35, 1864. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Auff. 34. 1864. 
 
 Aug. 35, 1864. 
 Aug. 34, 1864, 
 
 June 14, 1864. 
 Aug. 35, 1864, 
 
 Transferred to Co. A, 
 Sixth N. H. Reg., 
 June 1, 1865 ; mus- 
 tered out, July 17, 
 1865. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Missing, Sept. 30, 1864, 
 at Poplar Grove 
 Church, Va., but was 
 recovered ; trans- 
 ferred to Co. A, Sixth 
 N. H., June 1, 1865; 
 mustered out, July 
 17, 1865. 
 
 Same as Woolsey. 
 
 Transferred to Co. K, 
 Sixth N. H., June 1, 
 1865; promoted cor- 
 poral, June 10, 1865; 
 mustered out, July 
 17, 1865. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Deserted en route to 
 regiment. 
 
 Transferred to Nine- 
 teenth U. S. Colored 
 Reffiment. 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 297 
 
 FOURTEENTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 MEN FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITH BOUNTIES AS STATED. 
 
 L. K. Wheeler was in Co. A, all the others in Co. C. 
 
 Benjamin W. Byara.. 
 Amos W. Brooks .... 
 George W. Fclch . . . . 
 
 Thomas D. Hayden. 
 Thomas F. Holman. 
 
 Daniel Harris.. 
 Levi N. Lillie. 
 
 Daniel P. Osborn. . . 
 Joseph H. Ramsdell. 
 
 Samuel S. Stone 
 
 Julius O. Stone 
 
 Wright Whitcomb..., 
 
 Darius H. Whitcomb. 
 
 Joseph Whipple . 
 Robert Walton . . . 
 
 Lyman K. Wheeler. 
 
 Date of Muster. 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 Sept. 32, 1862. 
 
 
 <( 
 
 1135 
 
 <( 
 
 125 
 
 Sept. 23, 1863. 
 
 125 
 125 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Dec. 15, 1863. 
 
 700 
 
 Sept. 22, 1862. 
 
 135 
 125 
 
 Sept. 23, 1863. 
 
 135 
 
 Dec. 15, 1863. 
 Sept. 33, 1863. 
 
 703 
 135 
 
 (( 
 
 135 
 
 Dec. 33, 1864. 
 Sept. 33, 1863. 
 
 300 
 135 
 
 «( 
 
 135 
 
 Discharged for disability at 
 Washington, Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 Died at Annapolis Junction, 
 Md., Jan. 14, 1865. 
 
 Promoted corporal, .Ian. 37, 
 1864; 1st serg't, June 13, 
 1864; killed at Winchester, 
 Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 
 
 Mustered out, July 8, 1865. 
 
 Promoted corporal, Oct. 1, 
 1864: discharged, July 8, 
 1865; died, July 39, 1865. 
 
 Wounded, Oct. ^19, 1864 ; 
 mustered out, July 8, 1865. 
 
 Died of disease at David's 
 Island, N. Y., Sept. 15, 
 1864. 
 
 Discharged, May 23, 1865. 
 
 Discharged for disability at 
 Washington, Oct. 8, 1863. 
 
 Wounded severely, Oct. 19, 
 1864; discharged at Man- 
 chester, N. II., on account 
 of wounds, July 4, 1865. 
 
 Mustered out, July 8, 1865. 
 
 Promoted corporal, Jan. 8, 
 1864; wounded severely, 
 Oct. 19, 1864; transferred 
 to Veteran Reserve Corps, 
 Jan. 28, 1865; mustered 
 out, Sept. 31, 1865. 
 
 Wounded, Sept. 19, 1864 ; 
 discharged for disability. 
 May 37, 1865. 
 
 Mustered out, July 8, 1865. 
 
 Died of disease, at Savannah, 
 Ga., July 3, 1865. 
 
 Wounded slightly, Sept. 19, 
 1864; mustered out, Julv 
 8, 1865. 
 
 Lorenzo A. Putnam received $300 for furnishing a substi- 
 tute, viz. : 
 
 Edward F. Fuller, mustered in, Sept. 13, 1864; mustered out, July 8, 
 1865. 
 
HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 SIXTEENTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 MEN FOK NINE MONTHS, WITH BOUNTIES OF $100 EACH. 
 
 _ AH served in Co. F, and were mustered into service, Oct. 
 
 23,1862. 
 
 John S. Adams Left sick at Cairo, 111., Aug. 9, 1863, en route 
 
 for home ; died at Mound City Hospital, Aug. 
 
 16, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 Charles S. Blodgett* .... Wagoner ; mustere.d out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 Elliot F. Ellis Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 9, 
 
 1863. 
 Levi A. Forristall Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 17, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Charles T. Heywood Died at Port Hudson, La., July 31, 1863. 
 
 Frederic H. Haskell Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Ransom Handy. ....... Died at Port Hudson, La., Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 Elisha Harkness Died at Brashear City, La., May 31, 1863. 
 
 James M. Ingalls Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Charles R. Monroe Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Charles Newton Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Willard A. Newton Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Edward P. Phillips. . . . Promoted sergeant; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 Charles H. Parker Promoted corporal ; died at Butte La Rose, La., 
 
 May 16, 1863. 
 Thomas J. Richardson.. Promoted sergeant; discharged at New Orleans, 
 
 La., June 6, 1863; died at sea, coming home. 
 Leander Richardson .... Discharged at New York before the regiment 
 
 embarked for the South. 
 
 D. Henry Reed Promoted corjDoral; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Joseph E. Stone Died of disease at Brashear City, La., June 5, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Amos T. Towns Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Loammi B. Underwood. Sick at Boston ; did not join the regiment; 
 
 mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 Charles H. Woods Captain of Co. F; discharged, Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 FIRST N. H. HEAVY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR ; BOUNTY, $400. 
 
 Orrin Brewer, Co. H, mustered in, Sept. 3, 1864; mustered out, June 15, 
 1865. 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT N. H. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 FOR THREE YEARS ; BOUNTY, 
 
 Henry J. Richardson, Troop L, mustered in, Jan. 4, 1864; mustered out, 
 July 15, 1865. 
 
 * Substitute for Sylvender B. Forristall. 
 
SUMMARY OF SOLDIERS IN THE SERVICE. 299 
 
 For one year ; bouiitj, $500 : 
 Nathan C. Carter ^ All mustered in, Mar. 2 (32 ?), 1865, and served 
 
 Orvis Fisher. 
 
 Ora Holman 
 
 William H. Holman. 
 Robert McDonald . . . 
 George Putney 
 
 in Troop F. Adjutant-General's Report says 
 of Fisher : '• Supposed to have deserted en 
 route to regiment," but he died of disease at 
 Fortress Monroe. All the others mustered 
 out, July 15, 1865. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT U. S. SHARPSHOOTERS VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, "WITHOUT BOUNTY. 
 
 All mustered in, ISTov. 26, 1861, and served in Co. F. 
 
 Henry H. Boyce Discharged for disability, May 18, 1862. See 
 
 under Fifth N. H. Regiment. 
 
 Warren I. Boyce Discharged for disability, May 19, 1862. 
 
 Daniel Chase Discharged for disability, Mar. 15, 1862. 
 
 Charles H.Forristall Discharged, Nov. 26, 1864. 
 
 Nathan Morse Re-enlisted, Dec. 21, 1863; transferred to Co. I, 
 
 Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under Fifth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Wyman S. White Promoted corporal, Nov. 2, 1863; re-enlisted, 
 
 Dec. 21, 1863; promoted sergeant, Oct. 14, 
 
 1864; 1st sergeant, Jan. 25, 1865; transferred 
 
 to Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under 
 
 Fifth Regiment. 
 Charles B. Wilson Re-enlisted, Dec. 21, 1863; promoted 2d lieut. , 
 
 Nineteenth U. S. Colored Regiment, Aug. 11, 
 
 1864. 
 Wm. Albert Withington. Died of disease, at Washington, D. C, Jan. 4, 
 
 1862. 
 
 At re-enlistment Wilson received bounty $400, White re- 
 ceived $400, and Morse received $300. 
 
 The quota of soldiers required of Fitzwilliam from and after 
 Aug. 28, 1862, was QQ men for three years or the war, and 22 
 men for nine months, making total number required, 88. 
 
 The town furnished 68 men for three years or the war, and 
 21 for nine months, making the total number furnished 89, 
 being a surplus of one. 
 
 The foregoing list gives a larger number of three-years' men, 
 since it includes all those assigned to Fitzwilliam in the re- 
 jjorts of the Adjutant-General and a few Fitzwilliam men that 
 he assigns to other towns. 
 
300 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 FITZWILLIAM MEN IN THE UNITED STATES REGULAR 
 
 SERVICE. 
 
 George A. Whittemore. . Commissioned assistant quartermaster, May 18, 
 1864, with rank of captain; mustered out, 
 Dec. 8, 1865. 
 
 Charles B. Wilson Commissioned 2d lieutenant of Nineteenth Regi- 
 ment of Colored Soldiers, Aug. 11, 1864. 
 
 Daniel H. Reed Wagoner, Co. F, Sixth Regiment N. H. ; trans- 
 ferred to Horse Artillery, Co. E, Fourth Regi- 
 ment U. S. Regular Artillery ; mustered out, 
 Oct. 11, 1864. 
 
 John Thomas Colored substitute for Anson Streeter; trans- 
 ferred to a colored regiment in the U. S. ser- 
 vice. 
 
 FITZWILLIAM MEN WHO ENLISTED IN OTHER STATES. 
 
 Ethan Blodgett, Twenty-first Mass., 
 
 Co. A. 
 Walter A. Brooks, Mass. 
 Daniel W. Chase, Thirty-fifth Mass. 
 Edward B. Ellis, Mass. 
 George H. Ellis, Mass. 
 Warren I. Ellis, Fifteenth Mass. 
 Andrew Fisher, Fifteenth Mass. 
 Luther W. Gowen, Mass. 
 Charles W. Hayden, Thirty-fifth 
 
 Mass. 
 
 John McManus, Mass. 
 
 Henry C. Perkins, Twenty-first 
 
 Mass. 
 George A. Platts, N. Y. 
 Wm. W. Stone, First Mass. 
 Luther D. Wheeler, Vt. 
 Benjamin Whitcomb, Fifteenth 
 
 Mass. 
 Francis L. Whitney, Thirty-sixth 
 
 Mass., Co. D. 
 Nelson G. Woods, Mass. 
 
 ^ SUMMARY. 
 Excluding the three-montlis' men, the number named in the 
 foregoing tables is 172, apportioned as follows : 
 
 Second New Hampshire Regiment, Infantry 22 
 
 " " 7 
 
 Third 
 
 Fifth 
 
 Sixth 
 
 Ninth 
 
 Fourteenth 
 
 Sixteenth 
 
 First 
 
 First 
 
 Ca,yalry 
 Artillery 
 
 31 
 29 
 10 
 17 
 
 21 
 
 Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters 8 
 
 In Massachusetts regiments 15 
 
 In Vermont " 1 
 
 In New York " 1 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster U. S. Service 1 
 
 172 
 Deduct those who are counted twice from serving in 
 
 two regiments 11 
 
 Making the whole number of different persons to be. . 161 
 
EECOED OF FITZWILLIAM SOLDIERS. 301 
 
 GENERAL RECORD OF THE FITZWILLIAM SOLDIERS : 
 
 Second Regiment : In Co. A 19 men won a good record ; 1 
 deserted from Co. K ; 2 only received bounties from the 
 town. 
 
 Third Regiment : The record of the 7 men from Fitzwilliam 
 was not tarnished. To 3 of these the town paid bounties. 
 
 Fifth Regiment : Four drafted men served ; 2 drafted sent 
 substitutes, and 17 enrolled men furnished substitutes. Of the 
 19 substitutes 10 deserted, and 7 served more or less.* 
 
 Sixth Regiment : Ten received bounties ; 3 deserted, but 5 
 served to good purpose. 
 
 Ninth Regiment : Had 9 substitutes, of whom 3 deserted ; 
 4 had a fair record, and 1, a colored man, was transferred to a 
 U. S. colored regiment. 
 
 Fourteenth Regiment : Most of the 17 credited to Fitzwill- 
 iam belonged here. None deserted ; 12 lived to reach their 
 homes, and 5 died, including T. F. Holman, who was dis- 
 charged a few days before his death. 
 
 Sixteenth Regiment : The 21 enlisting from Fitzwilliam be- 
 longed here ; 2 of these failed of embarking M'ith the regi- 
 ment for Louisiana ; 10 barely lived to reach their homes, 
 while 9 died. 
 
 FULL SUMMARY OF BOUNTIES I 
 
 First Regiment, bounties and extra expenses $765.25 
 
 Second " " " " " 300.00 
 
 Third " " " " " 1,702.00 
 
 Fifth " " " " " 8,800.00 
 
 Sixth " " " " " 5,320.00 
 
 Ninth " " " " " 2,700.00 
 
 Fourteenth" " " " " 3,277.00 
 
 Sixteenth " " " " " 2,100.00 
 
 N. H. Artillery, " " " " 400.00 
 
 First N. H. Cavalry, " " " " 4,100.00 
 
 Total $29,464.25 
 
 This amount does not include other expenses occasioned by 
 the war, as follows : Extra services by the selectmen, and 
 
 ♦After the close of tbe war, John P. Hayden, substitute for Lyman W. Bowker, came 
 to Fitzwilliam for the sole purpose of seeing the man for whom he had seiyed in the 
 confl'ct. 
 
302 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 travelling expenses while making enlistments, etc., as appears 
 bj the selectmen's report to the town at the close of the war, 
 $469.12. 
 
 This will make the total expense of the town $29,933.37 
 
 Of this sum, bounties reimbursed by 
 
 State $1,500.00 
 
 Bounties reimbursed by IJ. S 886.00 2,386.00 
 
 Total expenditure by the town $27,547.37 
 
 The $1500 noted above as refunded by the State is under- 
 stood to have been for bounties advanced by the town. 
 
 About ten years later, under a scheme of equalization, ]^[ew 
 Hampshire paid the town of FitzwiUiam $7900 in State bonds, 
 which were used in paying off an equal amount of town bonds. 
 
 In general, the amount paid out to aid soldiers' families was 
 refunded by the State year by year, though this could hardly 
 have been the case at first, since the town appears to have pledged 
 the aid in question before the State moved in the matter. 
 
 During the Eebellion, large supplies were sent by the Ladies' 
 Association, by families, and by individuals, for the comfort 
 and general welfare of the soldiers, regarding which no record 
 was made. These supplies consisted of clothing, food, medi- 
 cines, delicacies for the sick, etc., while in many cases large 
 expenses were incurred because of the sickness and mortality 
 among the soldiers. 
 
 It should be added, also, that the sums paid by individuals for 
 substitutes in the army often, if not always, largely exceeded 
 the bounties received from the town. 
 
 The following are the names of those who died in service 
 while suppressing the Rebellion : 
 
 Jolin S. Adams, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Daniel S. Brooks, Co. A, Second 
 Regiment. 
 
 Amos W. Brooks, Co. C, Fourteentli 
 Regiment. 
 
 Walter A. Brooks, Massacliusetts 
 Volunteers. 
 
 John L. Church, Co. F, Sixth Regi- 
 ment, 
 
 George W. Felch, Co. C, Four- 
 teenth Regiment. 
 
 Orvis Fisher, Troop F, First Cav- 
 alry. 
 
 Thomas F. Holman, Co. C, Four- 
 teenth Regiment. 
 
 Elisha Harkness, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Charles T. Heywood, Co. F, Six- 
 teenth Regiment. 
 
THE soldiers' MON^UMENT. 
 
 303 
 
 Ransom Handy, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Levi N. Lillie, Co. C, Fourteentli 
 Regiment. 
 
 Fred. C. Lawrence, Co. F, Sixth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Elihu L. Morse, Co. F, Sixth Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 George W. Miles, Co. A, Second 
 Regiment. 
 
 John McManus, Massachusetts Vol- 
 unteers. 
 
 Patrick Morris, Co. B, Fifth Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 Robert Nixon, Co. I, Third Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 Charles H. Parker, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 George H. Ellis, Massachusetts 
 Vokxnteers. 
 
 Elliot F. Ellis, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Jonas Forristall, Co. A, Second 
 Regiment. 
 
 Levi A. Forristall, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Regiment. 
 
 Daniel M. Fiske, Co. F, Sixth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Thomas J. Richardson, Co. F, Six- 
 teenth Regiment. 
 Levi W. Rice, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Albert G. Stone, Co. A, Second 
 
 Regiment. 
 Joseph E. Stone, Co. F, Sixteenth 
 
 Regiment. 
 William W. Stone, Massachusetts 
 
 Vokinteers. 
 Josiah O. Taft, Co. A, Second 
 
 Regiment. 
 Sylvanus C. Waters, Co. F, Sixth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Lucius Whitcomb, Co. H, Sixth 
 
 Regiment. 
 George H. Wilson, Co. H, Sixth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Robert Walton, Co. C, Fourteenth 
 
 Regiment. 
 Francis L. Whitney, Massachusetts 
 
 Volunteers. 
 Albert W. Withington, Co. F, 
 
 u. s. s. 
 
 Total, 3G. 
 
 THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This was organized February 2d, 1866, and its name indi- 
 cates its object. The first officers were : President, Rev. W. 
 L. Gaylord ; Vice-President, Rev. G. W. Cutting ; Secre- 
 tary, Stephen Batcheller ; Treasurer, Joel Whittemore ; Di- 
 rectors, George W. Simonds, Samuel Kendall, Amos J. Blake, 
 John M. Parker, and IS^orman U. Gahill. A co-operating 
 committee, consisting of one gentleman and one lady for each 
 school district, was appointed, and the association entered at 
 once upon the work of raising funds for the erection of a suit- 
 able soldiers' monument. For this purpose, and to awaken, 
 if possible, a deeper and more general interest in the matter, 
 a lecture was given in the Town Hall, November 25th, 1869, 
 by Colonel Carroll D. Wright, of Boston, formerly of the 
 Fourteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers. The 
 subject was " The Shenandoah Campaign." Colonel Wright 
 declined any compensation for his services. 
 
 In April, 18Y0, the funds in the treasury of the association 
 
304 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 amounted to five hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety-one 
 cents, and the town having appropriated one thousand dollars 
 in aid of the object, a contract for making and erecting a 
 monument was made with a returned soldier. Bj a vote of 
 the town, the monument stands in the village park. It is 
 composed of four pieces of granite, viz., the base, which is 
 plain, the plinth with a mould upon the top containing the in- 
 scription in raised letters, " Soldiers who Died for their Coun- 
 try in the Kebellion of 1861," the die, upon which are cut in 
 raised letters, within sunken panels, the names of thirty-three 
 soldiers to whose memory the monument was erected, and the 
 shaft, upon one side of which are two swords crossed in raised 
 work, and on the opposite side the inscription in raised letters, 
 " 1871. What we do for them may be forgotten. What 
 they did for us, never." 
 
 As a committee to act in conjunction with the committee of 
 the town, to arrange for the dedication of the monument, 
 Messrs. George W, Davis and ISTorman U. Cahill were ap- 
 pointed on the part of the association. 
 
 It was dedicated, with appropriate services, July 4th, 1871. 
 At 10 A. M a procession was formed upon the Common under 
 the direction of John M. Parker, Chief Marshal, as follows : 
 
 1. The Swanzey brass band. 
 
 2, A company of twenty-five returned soldiers. 
 
 8. Thirty-seven young ladies, dressed in white, representing 
 the States of the Union. 
 
 4. Citizens generally. 
 
 The exercises took place in the park, under the direction of 
 Dr. A. R. Gleason, President of the day. Amos J. Blake, 
 Esq., was Toast Master. After music the Chairman of the 
 Town Monument Committee, O. L. Brock, in an appropriate 
 address, presented the monument to the town. It was ac- 
 cepted on the part of the town by Il^orman IT. Cahill, Chair- 
 man of the Selectmen, who made an address. Selections from 
 the Scriptures were then read by Rev. E. H. Watrous. Prayer 
 was offered by Rev. John F. Norton. The Declaration of 
 Independence was read by Lewis M. Norton. 
 
 United States Senator, Hon. J. W. Patterson, who had been 
 
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 engaged to speak on the occasion, having been delayed on his 
 way to Fitzwilliam, addresses were made by Rev. J. F. Nor- 
 ton, J. J. Allen, Esq., Rev. E. H. Watrous, Charles Bigelow, 
 Ezra S. Stearns, Amos A. Parker, John K. Richardson, 
 J. S. Adams, Esqs., Dr. Silas Cummings, and others. A 
 pleasing feature of the dedication was the presence of the 
 youth and children, in large numbers, from each of the schools 
 in the town. At noon a bountiful collation was served, and 
 this was followed in the afternoon by the toasts and addresses. 
 
 This record of " Fitzwilliam in suppressing the great Rebel- 
 lion' ' is necessarily incomplete after the lapse of twenty-two- 
 years since the close of the war, but the incidents that follow 
 will give a more vivid impression of the stern nature of the^ 
 conflict and of the self-denial and suffering involved in sustain- 
 ing it, than can be gained from the preceding statements and' 
 tables. 
 
 What immediately follows has been furnished in substance 
 by O. L. Brock, Esq. 
 
 In the Fourteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers 
 were fifteen men from Fitzwilliam. Embarking March 20th, 
 1864, for New Orleans, they encountered a terrible storm of 
 fifty-six hours' duration, which disabled their steamer, the 
 Daniel Webster, and left them at the mercy of the winds and 
 waves. They were finally rescued, however, and after being 
 for a short time in the Department of the Gulf, they were 
 transferred to Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Yalley. By 
 a mistake the division in which the Fourteenth Regiment had 
 been placed was unexpectedly exposed to a most fearful fire 
 of shot and shell, when one hundred and sixty men were killed 
 in thirty minutes, George W. Felch, of Fitzwilliam, being of 
 the number. Stillman S. Stone captured a prisoner and took 
 him with him when retreating. Darius H. Whitcomb did the 
 same, but was obliged to shoot his prisoner, while he, the 
 prisoner, was trj'ing to escape. Later, when the Confederate 
 Army had caj)tured eighteen pieces of artillery and thousands 
 of prisoners, and thought their victory sure, came Sheridan's 
 famous movements, when the guns were recaptured and as 
 many more taken, with many prisoners. In that fight Stillman 
 20 
 
306 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 S. Stone received a ball in his arm and right side and was 
 taken prisoner, but later was recaptured. His shattered arm 
 was saved without amputation. Wright Whitcomb was 
 wounded in the hand, a piece of a shell carried away his can- 
 teen, and he had three bullet-holes through his clothes. 
 
 The celebrated poem, " Sheridan's Ride, " commemorates 
 this remarkable exploit. 
 
 Among the first to enter the army from Fitzwilliam in 1861 
 was William Dunton. He was in the first Bull Eun battle, 
 and in all the encounters on the Virginia Peninsula, from Will- 
 iamsburg to Harrison's Landing, Later, in the second Bull 
 Run fight, he was struck by a ball on the right cheek, which, 
 passing through his mouth so as to break up the bone and 
 teeth of the entire upper jaw, came out just below the eye on 
 the left cheek, Mr, Dunton fell, and was left by his comrades 
 as dead, when, shortly after, they were obliged to retreat. Be- 
 ing now a prisoner, he was stripped of nearly all his clothes 
 and of almost everything he had by the enemy, and left to die. 
 Finding his mouth and throat fast filling up from the swelling 
 of the mangled flesh, he succeeded in getting his knife from 
 his pocket and deliberately cut away the torn flesh, and so 
 cleared his mouth as far as possible. 
 
 Hours now passed, and so did nights and days, and no relief 
 was at hand. He could not cry out or even speak aloud, and 
 could not have swallowed a morsel of food or a drop of water 
 if he had had either. 
 
 For six days and nights he endured what must have been 
 agony, but on the morning of the seventh day he was discov- 
 ered by a party of our own men who were burying the dead. 
 He was still alive, but so weak that the men at first despaired 
 of his living till he could be removed to a hospital. Faint and 
 exhausted he was at length placed in the hands of the surgeons 
 at Washington, five of whom decided that no human skill 
 could save him. Still, desiring to give him a chance for re- 
 covery, they dressed his wounds, inserted a small tube in his 
 throat, and finally succeeded in having him swallow a few drops 
 of brandy, which revived him. Mr. Dunton was fed in this 
 way for more than a month, and still lives, after more than 
 
INCIDENTS IN THE AEMY. 307 
 
 twenty years, to tell the story of his suft'erings, and to remind 
 all who meet him of the enormous cost involved in saving our 
 country. 
 
 Second ISTew Hampshire Regiment. As the Sixth Massa- 
 chusetts Regiment was the first from that State to engage in 
 deadly encounter with the Rebellion, so the Second New 
 Hampshire Regiment was the first from this State to meet the 
 foe in the terrible strife, and it was engaged in nearly all the 
 battles in Virginia, from the first at Bull Run to the fall of 
 Richmond. Fitzwilliam was largely represented in this regi- 
 ment, and nearly one half of those who went from this town 
 and belonged to it, were either killed, wounded, or died in 
 prison. Daniel S. Brooks died in Libby Prison, at Richmond, 
 Va., while others died of wounds or disease. The record of 
 all the men from Fitzwilliam in this regiment is very honor- 
 able. 
 
 The Third New Hampshire Regiment had its first experi- 
 ence in the war when ordered to attack a strong battery near 
 Secessionville, in South Carolina, from which the attacking 
 forces had been three times repulsed, and lost one hundred 
 and four men in the conflict. 
 
 Later it was one of the regiments that made the famous 
 sunrise attack upon Morris Island, when eleven siege guns and 
 two hundred prisoners were captured. In the siege of Fort 
 Wagner that immediately followed, Lieutenant John M. Par- 
 ker, of Fitzwilliam, commanded Company I, and the Third New 
 Hampshire Regiment was given the post of danger and honor. 
 A most desperate resistance was anticipated, but when the 
 regiment advanced the next morning to charge upon the fort, 
 it was found deserted, and the victory gained was bloodless. 
 
 In Florida many of the recruits that had been sent to this 
 regiment deserted to the enemy, and one of these, taken while 
 attempting to desert the second time, was tried and shot, Lieu- 
 tenant Parker as acting adjutant reading to him his death-war- 
 rant. There were no more desertions. 
 
 The regiment at a later period did effective service in Vir- 
 ginia, and lost in the terrible encounter at Drury's Bluff 
 many of its brave men. 
 
308 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The Sixth Regiment was organized at Keene and first met 
 the enemy at Camden, S, C. Later it took part in nearly all 
 the battles in Virginia (in one encounter capturing seven ofiicers 
 and one hundred and six men), and suffered severely through 
 the unfortunate explosion at Petersburg. In one of the at- 
 tacks upon the works in that city, one hundred and fifty men 
 started but only fifty entered the works. 
 
 This regiment left Keene with one thousand and forty-six 
 men, and four hundred and eight more were added as recruits, 
 but it returned with only four hundred and eighty-three men, 
 and of these but ninety-eight belonged to the regiment orig- 
 inally. It participated in twenty-two battles. At Antietam 
 this with a Maryland regiment carried a bridge by storm that 
 had resisted manj'- attacks, and General Griftin was the first 
 man to cross it. 
 
 While in Virginia a negro servant was stooping over to stir 
 his coffee, when a spent cannon-ball came rolling along and 
 struck the negro on the back of the head, but after tumbling 
 about for a time he jumped up, scratched his head, and fin- 
 ished his preparation of his coffee. 
 
 The Sixteenth I^ew Hampshire Regiment had one captain 
 and nineteen men from Fitzwilliam, and was sent to New Or- 
 leans, and after having been encamped at various places was 
 ordered into the lowlands, that were full of malaria, where 
 nearly all were sick and many died. Eleven only reached 
 home, and of these two died at a later period. The history 
 of these men is a sad one, but they were loyal, and did their 
 duty under the most trying circumstances. See the Roll 
 Record. 
 
 Three men are now living in Fitzwilliam who served in the 
 Fifteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, viz., An- 
 drew Fisher, Benjamin Whitcomb, and Charles F. Pope. 
 Mr. Pope is not a native of Fitzwilliam, but settled in town 
 soon after the close of the war. Mr. Fisher is a native of the 
 town. Mr. Whitcomb is not a native of the town, but resided 
 here before the war. Mr. Whitcomb was wounded in the hip 
 at Fair Oaks. Mr. Fisher was promoted to sergeant and from 
 sergeant to captain. He was highly recommended by his su- 
 
INCIDENTS — W. I. ELLIS — ETHAN BLODGETT. 309 
 
 perior officers to Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, for pro- 
 motion, and in the battle at Ball's Bluff was one of the last to 
 retreat, and this he did, taking off his coat, jumping into the 
 river and swimming to the opposite' shore. His hat was rid- 
 dled with bullets. At Antietam he was wounded in the 
 shoulder, and at Gettysburg he was captured, and was in Libby 
 Prison for months. Mr. Fisher participated in forty-seven 
 battles and skirmishes. 
 
 Warren I. Ellis, son of George W. Ellis, was one of four 
 brothers who enlisted, two of whom died in the service, and 
 the other two have since died of disease contracted while fight- 
 ing for their country. Warren I. Ellis served in the Fifteenth 
 Massachusetts Regiment, and when the Union forces were com- 
 pelled to retreat after the battle of Ball's Bluff he, with hun- 
 dreds of others, plunged into the Potomac and swam to an 
 island in the stream. Mr. Ellis lost all his clothing and 
 money, and slept under a haystack during the night that 
 followed the battle. He was severely wounded in the shoul- 
 der at the battle of Antietam, and, after recovery, was trans- 
 ferred to the signal service, in which he remained till his dis- 
 charge. 
 
 Ethan Blodgett enlisted July 19th, 1861, from Phillipston, 
 Mass., and served in Company A, Captain George P. Hawkes, 
 of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment, Colonel A. Maggi. 
 This regiment was in the second Burnside expedition, and par- 
 ticipated in the engagements at Annapolis Junction and 
 Roanoke Island. In the assault upon the rebel intrenchments 
 at Roanoke Island, the Twenty-first Massachusetts and the 
 Fifty-first Isew York were the first within the works, the first 
 Union flag planted being the State flag of the Twenty-first 
 Massachusetts. The Massachusetts official reports say that 
 " the gallant Ethan Blodgett bore the flag, and planted it first 
 on the rebel breastworks." 
 
 The National Trihuns^ a newspaper published at Washing- 
 ton, D. C, has for some time given considerable prominence 
 to reminiscences of the war. In a recent number, Colonel 
 Hawkins, of the Ninth New York Regiment (Hawkins's 
 Zouaves), claimed for his regiment so prominent a position in 
 
310 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 this engagement as to call out several communications in re- 
 ply. One correspondent says : 
 
 The Ninth New York Zouaves did not charge the fort until the works 
 had been carried by the Twenty-first Massachusetts and part of the 
 Fifty-first New York. The State flag of the Twenty-first Massachusetts 
 was the first to be planted on the works. 
 
 Another correspondent adds : 
 
 Captain Ethan Blodgett was the man who carried it. 
 
 In the spring of 1862 Mr. Blodgett was taken sick, and was 
 sent North to the hospital at Boston, lie did not recover his 
 health, and as there seemed to be no prospect that he would 
 be able to return to the army, he was discharged, September 
 29th, 1862. 
 
 Benjamin F. Potter came to Fitzwilliam a short time before 
 the commencement of the war. He served fourteen months 
 in the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Yolunteers, 
 and has lived in town since his discharge. 
 
 But if Fitzwilliam furnished a large company of men, not a 
 few of whom proved themselves to be heroes in the great Ci vil 
 War, the patriotic devotion and suffering of those trying years 
 were not confined to them ; for, among the mothers, sisters, 
 and daughters who remained at home and prayed and labored 
 for the success of right, there were as patient and self-denying 
 souls as ever lived, while among the sick, wounded, and dying 
 in the field, this town had a heroine. 
 
 The facts that follow regarding Miss Hannah A. Adams, of 
 this town, daughter of Captain J. S. Adams, were first given 
 to the public some years since, in a volume entitled " Woman's 
 Work in the Civ^il War," a book that has had far less circula- 
 tion than it deserves. The whole of that interesting narrative, 
 which is too long for insertion here, will well repay perusal. 
 
 Miss Adams, who became a school teacher at an early age, 
 went West in 1856, hoping by the change of climate to check 
 a predisposition to a pulmonary difiiculty that had threatened 
 her health and, possibly, her life. 
 
 The breaking out of the Rebellion found her a teacher in 
 one of the public schools of St. Louis, Mo., in which capacity 
 she was eminently successful, but, in common with all the 
 
MISS HANNAH A. ADAMS' SERVICE. 311 
 
 teachers from New England in that city, she lost her situation 
 soon after hostilities commenced, most of the members of the 
 Board of Education and others controlling the school funds 
 being strong secessionists. 
 
 This cruel treatment only made Miss Adams more intensely 
 loyal, and when the Ladies' Union Aid Society of St. Louis 
 was formed in August, 1861, she not only assisted in the or- 
 ganization, but was chosen its first secretary, an office which 
 demanded untiring industry and patience as well as great exec- 
 utive ability. This oflice she filled for more than three years. 
 In the autumn of 1863, her only brother, a soldier from 
 Fitzwilliam, died in the service.* Hastening to the hospital 
 at Mound City, 111., where she knew he had been under surgi- 
 cal treatment, and full of hope that he might recover under 
 her tender care, she found that he was already dead and buried. 
 From this time forth her interest in the wounded and sick of 
 the Union forces became, if possible, more intense, and noth- 
 ing was too hard for her to undertake that promised the suffer- 
 ers any measure of relief. 
 
 The stores of the Ladies' Union Aid Society and of the 
 Western Sanitary Commission, to which she had access, were 
 then large, and their rooms were open every day. Hundreds 
 of the most patriotic and efficient women of St. Louis and 
 vicinity were ready to aid in all possible ways, but, as a matter 
 of course, their ready and self-denying secretary had the heavi- 
 est part of the burden to bear. Hospital garments had to be 
 received or manufactured, and then arranged and given out 
 in the hosj)ital8, and to the sick and wounded in the regimental 
 camps, not only in and around the city, but in other parts of 
 the State and region. Advice must be given, applications for 
 aid answered, accounts kept, reports made, sanitary stores col- 
 lected, and a thousand other matters of great importance at- 
 tended to, all of which found Miss Adams ready for service 
 and competent to meet the incessant demands that were made 
 upon her patience and judgment. 
 
 * John S. Adams, of Fitzwilliam, Co. F, 16th Reg. N. H. Volunteers, enlisted for nine 
 months, served 9 months, 23 days. Left sick at Cairo, 111., Aug. 9, 1803, on his way 
 home, and died at Mound Ciiy Hospital, Aug. 16, ISaJ. 
 
312 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 What she did for soldiers' families and for the widows and 
 orphans, made by the war, in providing shelter, food, cloth- 
 ing, and employment, cannot here be recorded, but thousands 
 of these are now living to bless her memory. During the en- 
 tire war St. Louis was crowded with troops, and in 1862 there 
 were twenty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the hos- 
 pitals of that city and vicinity. In ministering to these in 
 all the various ways that only a woman's heart could devise, 
 Miss Adams found a field for the most self-denying eflfort. 
 In 1863 she went to Nashville, Tenn., to open a special diet 
 kitchen upon which requisitions could be made for the delicate 
 articles of food that the very feeble and dangerously sick and 
 wounded soldiers required ; and while in that city she secured 
 the opening of the hospitals there to female nurses who had 
 not previously been employed in them. The difficulties to be 
 surmounted in this effort were many and great, for the preju- 
 dices against such an innovation were strong, but all yielded 
 at length to her good common -sense, womanly instincts, and 
 persuasive manner. 
 
 Resuming her work in St. Louis early in 1864, she was con- 
 stantly at her post till the end of the year, when she resigned 
 her position, retaining the warmest affection of those witli 
 whom she had so long labored, and in the month of June, 
 1865, she became the wife of Morris Collins, Esq., of St. 
 Louis. 
 
CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL. 
 
 School Lands Leased — First Schools — Early Teachers— Discipline — Branches 
 Taugfht — Supervision — Committees — Reports — Common-School Associa- 
 tion—Lyceum — Farmers' and Mechanics' Club — Musical — Temperance 
 Societies — Libraries. 
 
 THE fathers planted the school-house by the side of the 
 church, knowing full well that ignorance and vice are 
 associated together the world over. 
 
 This fact was so well understood that the Masonian propri- 
 etors, in the disposal of their property, always stipulated in 
 their grants that provision should be made in the division of 
 the lands for the education of the children of the settlers. 
 As we have seen, in the grant to Sampson Stoddard and others 
 in 1765, of Monadnock No, 4, it was made a condition that 
 one share, viz., two lots of one hundred acres each, should be 
 set apart and reserved forever for school purposes. 
 
 The lots drawn for this purpose were No. 3 in Kange 1 and 
 No. 11 in Range 5. The former was located in the southeast 
 part of the town upon the boundary of Rindge, the third lot 
 from the line of Massachusetts. The latter was southeast of 
 the central village, the Templeton road passing through it 
 about half a mile below the house of Nahum Hayden. 
 
 The school lands, like the ministerial, could not be sold, but 
 could be leased for a long term of years. 
 
 At a proprietors' meeting held May 21st, 1777, Captain 
 John Mellen, Lieutenant Levi Brigham, and Joseph Grow 
 were chosen a committee " to Dispose of the Ministerial and 
 school lands and make returns at y® next Proprietors' meeting. " 
 
 It does not appear that this committee did anything ; and at 
 the next meeting, May 20th, 1778, Samuel Patrick, John 
 Mellen, and Levi Brigham were chosen a committee " to dis- 
 pose of the Ministerial and School Lands as they shall Think 
 
314 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Proper," Tins committee acted promptly, and within a month 
 
 had leased the two ministerial lots and the school lot No. II. 
 
 in Range 5. The lease first recorded in the Proprietors' Record 
 
 Book reads as follows : 
 
 This Indenture Witnesseth That we Samuel Patrick John Mellen and 
 Levi Brigham All of Fitzwllliam in the County of Cheshire and Stute of 
 New Hampshire Being Chosen a Committee for the Purpose of Dispos- 
 ing of the Ministerie? and School Land in Said Town at A Legral Meering 
 of the Proprietors of Said Township held the Twentieth Day of May 
 one Thousand Seven Hundred and. Seventy Eight : we the Said Commit- 
 tee Do therefore In the Name and Behalf of Said Proprietors Dispose of 
 the following Land agreeable to A Vote Passed at s'' meeting : Thfit is 
 we Do hereby Releas Remise and Quit claim unto Samuel Osborn of Said 
 Fitzwilliam Yeoman : one half of the Lot No Eleven in the fifth Range 
 in Said Town it Being the Southerly Part of the School Lot so Call'd : 
 He the Said Samuel Osborn his Heirs and Assigns To Have Hold and 
 Improve Said Land with the Appur</«ances and 'Preeiledges thereunto 
 Belonging : During the Term of Nine Hundred and Ninety nine Years 
 He or they Paying Annually To Said Proprietors Treasurer and his Soc- 
 cessors the Interest of Forty two Pounds Ten Shillings L. M. at the Rate 
 of Six per cent : Said Interest to be Improved for the Benefit of the 
 School in Said Town And in Case the Said Samuel Osborn his Heirs or 
 assigns Should Neglect or Refuse to pay Said Interest within Foity Dmj'.-; 
 after it becomes Due : Then Said Treasurer or his Successors shall have 
 Power to re-Enter upon the Premises and sell at Publick Vandue as 
 much of Said Land as will pay Said Interest and Charges : he or they 
 giving publick Notice thereof fourteen Days Preceeding Such Sale : and 
 the overplus if any such there Be Shall be return'd to the owner wiiiiin 
 Twelve Days after the Sale ; and if it Shall So hapen that the Said S. 
 Osborn liis Heirs or assigns Shall at any time or times hereafter Pay the 
 Principle Sum herein Specified Then he or they Shall be acquited from 
 paying Said Interest to the End of Said Term : 
 
 In Witness whereof we have hereunto Set our Hands and Seals This 
 fourth Day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Seventy Eight : it being the Second year of Indej^endauce 
 Signed Sealed and Delivered 
 
 in Presance of Sam'l Patrick O 
 
 Benjamin Willis John Mellen O 
 
 Nathan Rugg Levi Brigham O 
 
 The north half of this Lot, ISTo. 11 in Range 5, was leased to 
 Ichabod Smith, cooper, for the same rent. The ministerial 
 Lot No. 12 in Range 5 was also leased to Ichabod Smith for 
 the interest on sixty-five pounds ; and the other ministerial 
 Lot No. 16 in Range 1 was leased to Samnel Kendall, gentle- 
 man, for the interest on eighty-three ponnds and eight shil- 
 lings. The terms and conditions were the same in all the leases. 
 The lease to Esquire Kendall was dated June 20th, 1778 ; the 
 other three were dated June 4th. As the country returned to 
 
RENT OF MINISTEUIAL AND SCHOOL LOTS. 815 
 
 specie payments there was evidently some qnestion as to wliat 
 rent tliese lessees should pay in specie, and at a proprietors' 
 meeting held June 18th, 1773, it was 
 
 Voted to choose a Committee to consolodate by the Scale the princi- 
 pal sums of what the Ministerial and School Land was Leased out fpr 
 and assertain the anual interest on the same and make Return to the 
 Treasurer and the Clark who is to enter the same on the propriitois 
 Book, the committee chosen for y" above purpose is messrs Josi:ili 
 Hartwell Joseph Hemingway & Stephen Brigham 
 
 The report of this committee is entered in the proprietors' 
 records as follows : 
 
 The Report of the Committee chosen to Consolodate by the Scale the 
 sums that y* ministerial and school Land was Leas'd out for and assertane 
 tlie anual interest, is as folows : 
 
 June 30. 1783. To Deacon John Locke Treasurer. We find by the 
 scale of consolodation that the anual interest of the following Lots of 
 Ministerial and School Lands which is Leas'd out is as folows, viz. To 
 Mr, Samuel Osborn Half School Lot No 11 in 5 principal £42-10, inter- 
 est is 12. 9. 
 
 To Mr. Ichabod Smith Half School Lot No 11 in 5. principal £42-10 
 interest is 12. 9. 
 
 To Mr. Ichabod Smith Ministerial Lot No 12 in 5 principal £0.'). in- 
 terest is 19. 0. 
 
 To Ensign Samuel Kendall, Ministerial Lot 10 in 1 principal £83-8. 
 interest is £1-5-1-2. 
 
 the above is according to the scale Entred. 
 
 Joseph Heminway ^ 
 
 Josiah Hartwell > Committee 
 
 Stephen Brigham ; 
 
 The interest was sealed down to one for four. " The Scale 
 of Consolidation,"' as it is here called, may be found in Chap- 
 ter XI. The interest or rent at this rednced rate was pnid by 
 these lessees and their successors to the proprietors' treasiiiur 
 till 1815, when the proprietors closed up their affairs, transfer- 
 ring all their outstanding business over to the jurisdiction of 
 the town. It is apparent that about all the business done in 
 the name of the proprietors for many years was the collection 
 of the rent of these lands, and paying it over to the town, in 
 1815, the town having assumed the jurisdiction, by a commit- 
 tee appointed for the purpose, leased the lands to the parties 
 
316 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIATVT. 
 
 holding the titles under the old leases. The leases now given 
 were for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years at 
 the nominal rent of three cents a year on each lot, the lessees 
 advancing and paying the rent in full, except this nominal sum 
 of three cents a year, and in some of the leases at least, this 
 sum was payable only when called for. The persons taking 
 the several leases at this time and the amounts paid were as 
 follows : 
 
 L. 16, E. 1, Thomas How, of Eindge paid $115.00 
 
 L. 12, E. 5, Josiah Osborn, of F " 66.78 
 
 L. 11, E. 5, Eichard Gleason, Jr., of F " 86.00 
 
 It is not practicable to give a complete account of what was 
 done with the other school lot, Lot 3 in Eange 1. In 1798 
 all that part of the lot that is " west of the county road," 
 containing forty acres by estimation, was leased to Isaac Whitte- 
 more for nine hundred years at three cents a year rent. The 
 amount paid on taking the lease is not stated, though as no 
 further reference is made to the land it is evident that it was 
 practically sold and paid for at this time. 
 
 In 1816 a committee w^as appointed to lease that part of the 
 lot situated east of the county road, which is further described 
 as the land formerly leased to jSlathaniel Warner, but there is 
 no record of any action taken by the committee. In March, 
 1823, the selectmen were authorized to dispose of the land 
 which is now described as the land formerly leased to Nathan 
 Pratt and Nathaniel Warner. Under this vote the land was 
 leased, February 26th, 1824, to Daniel Streeter at three cents 
 a year, a condition of the lease being that he should manage 
 the land well. Nothing appears in the records to show when 
 the land was leased to Pratt and Warner, or why they did not 
 continue to hold possession of it. 
 
 Whether a school was maintained in Monadnock No. 4 be- 
 fore the incorporation of the town of Fitzwilliam in 1773, we 
 have no means of determining, the proprietors' records being 
 silent respecting the matter ; but as the population at that date 
 was two hundred and fourteen, it is nearly certain that some- 
 thing was done for the education of the children. And, as the 
 
EAELY PROVISION FOR SCHOOLS. 317 
 
 records of the town meeting or meetings held in 1773 are miss- 
 ing, it cannot be stated whether the town raised any money 
 for schooling in that year or not, hut at the meeting held 
 March 17th, 1774, an appropriation of seven pounds was made 
 " for the use of a scool for the present year," and a similar 
 amount was raised in 1775 for the same purpose. In both 
 cases, the sum appropriated was for the use of a school, which 
 shows us that to this date but a single school was maintained. 
 In 1776 no new appropriation was made for this purpose, for 
 the reason that " the money raised last year for a school had 
 not been expended." 
 
 In 1777 ten pounds were raised " for the nse of a school," 
 and in 1778 fifteen pounds, while the town voted respecting 
 this latter appropriation that " the school money should be spent 
 in Eith Squarn (each squadron) as they shall think proper." 
 From the tenor of this vote it is plain that there was to be 
 more than one school now, and each squadron was to have 
 the privilege of spending its money in such manner as should 
 be for its own best accommodation. 
 
 In 1779, the currency in which taxes were paid having 
 greatly depreciated, one hundred and eighty pounds were 
 raised for schools, and the town chose Caleb Winch, John 
 Locke, Samuel Kendall, Levi Brigham, and Joseph Nurse a 
 committee '' to provide schools in eistch Squarn, and also to 
 provide houses for to ceept (keep) the schools in and also to 
 see the money laid out in its proper season." As this com- 
 mittee was composed of five men, located in different parts of 
 the town, the inference is that there were five squadrons or 
 districts in 1779. As early as anything can be definitely as- 
 certained about it, it is evident that while the School Com- 
 mittee was chosen by the town at the annual town meeting, 
 one member of the committee was chosen from each district, 
 and that each member of the committee had the direction and 
 management of the school in his own district. The School 
 Committee was chosen in this manner till 1823, when the 
 town " Voted that each School District have liberty to choose 
 their own School Agent and lay out their own School Money." 
 
 The currency having still further depreciated, four hundred 
 
318 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 pounds were raised for the support of the schools in 1780, and 
 in 1781 this sum was increased to fifteen hundred pounds. In 
 this last-named year, at a meeting held later in the year, the 
 town voted to raise twenty pounds in silver in lieu of the fif- 
 teen hundred pounds in paper currency voted at the earlier 
 meeting. 
 
 The divisions of the town for school purposes were not called 
 districts till early in the present century. In 1802 the word 
 districts first appears upon the records, and these were first 
 designated by numbers in 1803. From the best information 
 obtainable it appears that there were five squadrons in 1779-80, 
 seven in 1781-88, eight in 1789-91, and nine in 1792-96. 
 
 In 1803 the number had increased to thirteen, and this con- 
 tinned to be the number of the districts till Troy was incor- 
 porated in 1815. The new town took from Fitzwilliam two 
 whole districts, viz., Nos. 10 and 13, and two half districts, 
 viz., halves of l^os. 6 and 9. About the same time a new 
 district was formed in Fitzwilliam from the adjoining parts of 
 Xos. 11 and 12, and this was numbered 10. 
 
 The nine squadrons of 1792-96 answered to the districts ex- 
 isting at the time that Troy was formed about as follows : 
 
 Squadrons. 
 
 Districts. 
 
 Squadrons. 
 
 Districts. 
 
 East 
 
 ...Nos. 1 &2 
 
 Southwest 
 
 ..No. 11 
 
 Northeast . . . 
 
 . .. " 6 
 
 Centre 
 
 .. " 4&8 
 
 North 
 
 . .. " 9 & 10 
 
 North Centre . . 
 South 
 
 .. " 5 
 
 Northwest. . . 
 
 ... "13 
 
 .. '' 3&7 
 
 West 
 
 ... " 12 
 
 
 
 Since 1815 the town has been formally redistricted, and 
 various alterations have been made at other times, yet the 
 boundaries have remained substantially as they were seventy 
 years ago, and there has been no change at all in the number- 
 ing of the districts. For a time No. 4 was classed with No. 
 8, but for more than fifty years this district has had its sepa- 
 rate school. 
 
 In 1885 the Legislature abolished the district system, but the 
 new plan devised to take its place is understood to meet with 
 much opposition, and it is deemed altogether too early to de- 
 cide upon its relative value. 
 
ERECTION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSES. 319 
 
 THE FIRST SCHOOL- HOUSES. 
 
 For a number of years after the settlement of the town the 
 schools were kept in private houses, and in localities as nearly 
 central as circumstances would admit. It was with the schools 
 as it was with the religious services on the Sabbath, a room 
 was obtained in some dwelling-house where the largest num- 
 ber could be accommodated. In 1779, as we have seen, the 
 town toolv measures for the erection of the first school-houses, 
 but as the warrant for a town meeting to be held January 
 15th, 1781, contained the following article, viz., 
 
 to see if the town will grant money to build School houses and say how 
 many, and where they shall be sott and how much money they will give 
 for building them or act thereon as the town think proper 
 
 it would seem that the committee appointed for this purpose 
 nearly two years before had failed to act, probably for the good 
 reason that no appropriation had been made for this purpose. 
 Tiie houses were, however, built at a later period, but when, 
 where, or how many, the old records do not inform us. 
 
 It is learned from other sources that the first one was built 
 for the East Squadron, which comprised all the east part of the 
 town. This was located on Lot 10 in Range 1, and was built 
 in 1779. In 1795 this squadron was divided, the north part 
 retaining the original name and the old school-house. This 
 was removed to the spot now occupied by No. 2 school-house, 
 and in its two locations was used for about sixty years. The 
 south part was named the Southeast Squadron, and for its ac- 
 commodation a new school-house was built between the dwell- 
 ing-houses of Calvin Clark (on Lot 6 in Range 1) and Abijah 
 Warner (on Lot 5 in Range 1). This was a framed house, 
 rough boarded, and with a large stone chimney. The fire- 
 place was so large that logs were rolled into it, and on cold 
 mornings the boys were accustomed to take their books and 
 sit upon the forestick to keep comfortable while they pursued 
 their studies. Six long seats were placed upon each side of 
 the aisle. This school-house was burned not far from the year 
 1808, and nothing was saved, as most of the people were absent 
 from their homes. After this loss this school was maintained 
 
320 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 for a Dumber of years in dwelling-houses, and it was not till 
 the year 1814 that another school-house was erected. This, 
 which stood about fifteen rods north of the old house, was 
 much better than its predecessor, but would not compare fa- 
 vorably with the neat and convenient house that the important 
 school in District No. 1 now occupies. 
 
 The first school-house in District No. 5, or the North Centre 
 Squadron, as it was called at the commencement of the pres- 
 erjt century, was built of logs and was located on the Common 
 near where the soldiers' monument now stands. 
 
 EARLY SCHOOL-TEACHERS. 
 
 We have but little information concerning the school-teach- 
 ers of Fitzwilliam before the year 1800. Referring to the 
 districts by their numbers, as afterward designated, it is stated 
 that Dr. Grosvenor taught in 1786 in No. 8 and later in No. 
 3. Mrs. Simeon Perry also taught in No. 3 at an early date. 
 The first school-hoase in No. 11 was built in 1Y88. The 
 first female teacher who taught in this school-house was Alice 
 Graves, and the first male teacher was Israel Whitney. Jonas 
 Gary taught in this district before the school-house was built. 
 In the earlier years of the present century Arunah Allen and 
 Ezekiel Rand taught in several districts in town. Mr. Allen 
 was afterward a Baptist minister. Mr. Rand was a native of 
 Rindge, and married a daughter of Abner Stone, of Fitzwilliam. 
 Hannah Brigham, afterward Mrs. William F. Perry, and her 
 sister Anna, afterward Mrs. Timothy Kendall, were both pop- 
 ular teachers. Anna taught in No. 8 in 1801 and 1803, in 
 No. 13 in 1802 and 1803 and in No. 2 in 1803. Mary Chap- 
 lin, afterward Mrs. Artemas Beard, taught in No. 5 in the 
 summer of 1803. Phinehas Reed was school agent in that 
 year. Sally Kendall, of Templeton, taught in No. 5 in the 
 summers of 1804 and 1805. Other popular teachers, mostly of 
 a little later date, were Amos Jones, Benjamin Eddy, John 
 Fletcher, John J. Allen, Phinehas Howe, Lucy Whitney, 
 Lucy Stone, Betsey Wright, Betsey Bowker, Ohve Hancock, 
 and Sarah Knight. Some further information about many of 
 these teachers may be found in the Genealogical Records in 
 this book. 
 
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AI^D INSTRUCTION. 321 
 
 EARLY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. 
 
 This was often somewhat sterner than generally prevails at 
 the present day, though not a few of the school-teachers one 
 hundred years ago governed largely by kindness and love 
 rather than by the rod. 
 
 Benjamin Eddy had some roguish boys among his pupils, 
 for one day John Miles appeared in " Old Hivers's'' * ragged 
 clothes, and Eli Prescott was dressed in garments that had been 
 worn by some one while picking geese. Master Eddy ordered 
 them out of the house, but, as the school was completely de- 
 moralized by the ludicrous appearance of the culprits, they 
 seem to have remained, and " John walked with the teacher to 
 dinner, with his fox-skin muff for a hat." One girl received 
 a severe punishment for shaking her clenched list in the face 
 of another teacher, and he seems to have been one of the best 
 schoolmasters of the time. She must have been exceptionally 
 passionate and impudent. As a general thing good order was- 
 maintained in the early schools. 
 
 BRANCHES TAUGHT IN THE EARLY SCHOOLS. 
 
 The instruction was plainly confined to what we denominate 
 the rudiments of a school education. Considerable attention 
 was paid to reading, spelling, and penmanship. Spelling- 
 matches are not a modern invention, for '' Lucy Bigelow and 
 Tamar Grant spelt for the scissors, and both missing, lost 
 them." The word upon which the trial terminated is given, 
 but cannot be deciphered. Not much was attempted in the 
 way of geography, and still less in grammar. Arithmetic was 
 a popular study one hundred years ago, especially with the 
 older boys, but in this branch much less proficiency was gen- 
 erally made than is common now under our improved systems 
 of teaching. No geography or maps adapted to common 
 school instruction were to be found eighty years ago in this 
 country or in Europe, No instruction was given in algebra, 
 geometry, philosophy, physiology, drawing, or music, even to 
 
 * This was in District No. 11. George Hivers, Hivus, or Hibrus, a colored man, died 
 
 December Slst, 1807, aged 78 yeai"s. 
 
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322 HISTOKY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 the most advanced classes in tlie schools. Nevertheless, those 
 schools were practically sufficient to enable the pupils to trans- 
 act all the common business of life correctly and to maintain 
 honorable and useful positions in society. 
 
 SUPtEVISION OF THE EAELT SCHOOLS. 
 
 For many years after the incorporation of the town, there 
 was no official board legally charged with the duty of exam- 
 ining school-teachers in regard to their qualifications, or of 
 taking cognizance of the condition and progress of the schools. 
 Year by year the town raised and appropriated such sums of 
 money for the support of schools as was considered necessary, 
 and chose a school committee to expend the money in a proper 
 manner. This committee evidently consisted of one person 
 from each squadron or district, and each committeeman seems 
 to have taken the entire charge of the schools in his own dis- 
 trict. Very early public sentiment required that the clergy- 
 men of the several towns should, as far as possible, visit each 
 school at its closing examination, remark upon the behavior 
 and progress of the scholars and oifer prayer. 
 
 The town of Fitzwilliam seems to have taken measures for 
 some general supervision of the schools before any State laws 
 were passed making such supervision obligatory. 
 
 In 1795 the town voted that E-ev. Benjamin Brigham, 
 Lieutenant Caleb Winch, and jNahum Parker, Esq., be a com- 
 mittee to inspect the schools in town the year ensuing. 
 
 In 1Y97 Rev. Mr. Brigham and the selectmen were ap- 
 pointed for the same purpose. 
 
 In 1808 the town chose Rev. John Sabin, Thomas Stratton, 
 and Charles Bowker a committee to inspect schools, while in 
 1809 and 1810 Mr. Sabin and the selectmen discharged this 
 duty. In 1811 a committee of eleven was raised for this pur- 
 pose, and it was requested that " Rev. John Sabin should at- 
 tend as often as convenient." 
 
 In 1812 and 1813 the town " chose a committee of twelve 
 to insjDect the schools," but no reference is made in the vote 
 to Rev. Mr. Sabin. 
 
 In 1814 Rev. Mr. Sabin and the several district committees 
 
SCHOOL COMMITTEES — 1815-1841. 323 
 
 inspected the schools, and in 1815 there were associated with 
 the pastor the selectmen, Elder Arunah Allen, and Lnther 
 Chapman, Esq. 
 
 In 1816 the town " chose Rev. John Sabin to visit the 
 schools in this town with each Committee man," and the same 
 vote was passed in 1817. 
 
 From 1818 to 1820 inclusive no action of the town upon this 
 subject is recorded ; in 1821 and 1822, the committee to inspect 
 schools consisted of Rev. John Sabin, Levi Chamberlain, and 
 Jared Perkins, but in 1823 Alvah Godding took the place of 
 Mr. Sabin. At this date the town voted that each district 
 shall choose its own committee, and this vote was re]3eated in 
 1824. This officer doubtless answered to the Prudential Com- 
 mittee of recent days, and even since 1823 he has been chosen 
 by the districts respectively and not by the town, as was the 
 former custom. 
 
 In 1825 the town chose Rev. John Sabin, J. S. Adams, and 
 John J. Allen to inspect the schools, but authorized Mr. Sabin 
 to name six other persons in addition to serve with these, and 
 he nominated Rufus Foster, Newell Bent, Silas Cummings, 
 John Perkins, Dexter Whittemore, and Lysander Tower. 
 
 In 1826 a committee of ten was chosen to visit schools and 
 recommend books, viz., Luther Chapman, Levi Chamberlain, 
 John J. Allen, Dexter Whittemore, Lysander Tower, Dan vers 
 Whittemore, Luke B. Richardson, John Perkins, J. S. 
 Adams, and Curtis Coolidge. 
 
 In 1827 Rev. John Sabin, Levi Chamberlain, John J. 
 Allen, J. S. Adams, Newell Bent, and Silas Cummings con- 
 stituted the committee. 
 
 From 1828 to 1832 inclusive there is no record of the ap- 
 pointment of any Superintending School Committee by the 
 town, but such a committee may have been appointed by the 
 selectmen. 
 
 That such a committee served during those years seems 
 nearly certain from the fact that in 1833 the town 
 voted to dispense with the services of the Superintending School Com- 
 mittee so far as relates to the inspection or examination of Schools. 
 
 From this date to 1841 the records are very meagre on this 
 
324 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 point, thoiigh in some of the later years it is shown that a re- 
 port was made and accepted. 
 
 In an historical lecture delivered in the town in 1836, Mr. 
 Sabin took an advanced position relative to school matters ; 
 and among the errors which he labored to correct were 
 these : 
 
 1. The schools were too short because the appropriations 
 were too small. 
 
 2. The standard of education having been raised, the prog- 
 ress of the schools had not kept pace with it. 
 
 3. Some of the children had been crowded forward too early 
 and rapidly in their studies, and had been injured thereby. 
 
 " Parents and even teachers are in haste everywhere to 
 have their children become men. How sad a mistake !" This 
 Mr. Sabin quotes approvingly from The Moral Reformer. 
 
 4. Some of the popular amusements of the time and town 
 were interfering greatly with the substantial education of the 
 children and youth, and the statement of this evil was followed 
 with the suggestion that if they had met jast as often to study 
 Colburn's arithmetic or Euclid, they would have received 
 greater and more lasting benefit, with less expense and less ex- 
 posure of life and health. A man of Mr. Sabin 's age and ex- 
 perience, and with views like these, must have done much for 
 the intellectual as well as moral education of the young. 
 
 Not long after this period the town increased its appropria- 
 tions for school purposes and provided for a more efficient 
 supervision of its schools. In 1840 Rev. John Sabin, Amos 
 A. Parker, Daniel Spaulding, Dexter Whittemore, and Cal- 
 vin J. Parker were chosen by the town as a School Commit- 
 tee, and they did the work assigned them so well that a year 
 later the town passed a vote of thanks for their service, and 
 seems to have continued them in office another year by general 
 consent. A list of the committees for the succeeding years is 
 here given. The date prefixed is the year of appointment. The 
 report of each commictee will, of course, be dated the follow- 
 ing year. The committees of 1842 and 1843 were appointed 
 by the selectmen, and that of 1844 was chosen by the town. 
 Since 1844 the committees have been perhaps more usually 
 
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 325 
 
 chosen by the town, though very frequently the appDintinent 
 has been referred to the selectmen. 
 
 SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES, 
 
 1842. Jonathan S. Adams, Daniel Spaulding;, Silas Cummings. 
 
 1843. Daniel Spaulding, Silas Cummings, Calvin J. Parker, 
 
 1844. Calvin J. Parker, Dexter "Whittemore, John J. Allen, 
 
 Jr. 
 This was the first committee that qualified by taking the 
 official oath. 
 
 1845. Calvin J. Parker, Dexter Whittemore, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1846. Silas Cummings, Daniel Spaulding, Jonathans. Adams. 
 
 1847. John S. Brown, Charles M. Willard. 
 
 1848. Charles M. Willard, John S. Brown, William D. Locke. 
 
 1849. John S. Brown, Charles M. Willard, Abraham Jen- 
 
 kins, Jr. 
 
 1850. Abraham Jenkins, Jr., John S. Brown. 
 
 1851. Silas Cummings, John J. Allen, Jr., Thomas W. 
 
 Whittemore, 
 
 1852. Silas Cummings, John J. Allen, Jr., Daniel Spaulding. 
 
 1853. John J. Allen, Jr., Augustus W. Goodnow, Milton 
 
 Chaplin, Silas Cummings. 
 
 1854. John Woods, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1855. John Woods. 
 
 1856. John Woods. 
 
 1857. Silas Cummings. 
 
 1858. John J. Allen, Jr. 
 
 1859. Joel Whittemore. 
 
 1860. Samuel Kendall, William L. Gayiord, C. R. Crowell. 
 
 1861. James j^. Chase, William L. Gayiord, Curtis R. Cro- 
 
 well. 
 
 1862. William L. Gayiord. 
 
 1863. John J. Allen, Jr. 
 
 1864. Amos J. Blake. 
 
 1865. William L. Gayiord, George W. Cutting, Eugene de 
 
 Normandie. 
 
 1866. William L. Gayiord, George W. Cutting, Ira Bailey. 
 
326 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 186T. William L. Gaylord, George W. Cutting, Ira Bailey. 
 Mr. Gay lord removed from town before the close of 
 the year, and the report was made by Messrs. Cutting 
 and Bailey. 
 
 1868 to 1872 inclusive, Dr. A. E. Gleason. 
 
 1873. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, 11. W. Day. 
 
 1874. Amos J. Blake. 
 
 1875. Amos J. Blake, John Colby. 
 
 1876. Amos J. Blake, John Colby, A. E. Gleason. 
 
 1877. John Colby, A. E. Gleason. 
 
 1878. John Colby, A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake. 
 
 1879. Silas Cummings, Samuel Kendall, Calvin B. Ferry. 
 
 1880. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, Samuel Kendall. 
 
 1881. Amos J. Blake, Samuel Kendall, A. E. Gleason. 
 
 1882. Samuel Kendall, A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake. 
 
 1883. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, Elliot K. Wheelock. 
 
 1884. Amos J. Blake, Elliot K. Wheelock, John M. Parker. 
 
 1885. Elliot K. Wheelock, John M. Parker, Harriet W. 
 
 Stearns. 
 
 1886. A. E. Gleason, Jonas Damon, Harriet W. Stearns. 
 
 1887. Jonas Damon, Harriet W. Stearns, Samuel Kendall. 
 In 1880 the town adopted the plan of electing a single mem- 
 ber of the School Committee each year, to hold office for three 
 years, a system which has many advantages, as it keeps upon 
 the committee constantly two members who have become well 
 acquainted with the qualifications of the teachers and the con- 
 dition of the schools. 
 
 The town commenced the printing of the School Eeports 
 in 1844. The report made in 1845 covers thirty-one pages, and 
 is very elaborate, as it sets forth the examination of the teach- 
 ers and of the schools, the condition of the latter in detail, 
 with the matter of the classification of the pupils, and considers 
 at length the subjects of reading, writing, qualifications of 
 teachers, vocal music, physical education, and visits of parents 
 and others. 
 
 Since 1850 the reports of the selectmen and other town 
 officers have generally been printed with the School Eeports. 
 No reports were printed in 1854, 1855, and 1856. 
 
SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1843-1876. 
 
 827 
 
 In the following tables, Table I. giv^es the number of schol- 
 ars attending school, and the aggregate length of the schools ; 
 Table II. gives a more extended report for four representative 
 years : 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 
 Summer Schools. 
 
 Winter Schools. 
 
 Total Number of 
 Different Scholars 
 in the Year. 
 
 
 
 ID M 
 
 3 O 
 
 o 
 
 en 
 
 o 
 
 
 oo 
 
 Eh 
 
 !0 
 
 o 
 
 OQ 
 
 5 
 
 
 1843-4. . . . 
 
 320 
 
 
 
 431 
 
 
 
 
 218 
 
 1844-5. . . . 
 
 361 
 
 161 
 
 200 
 
 452 
 
 239 
 
 213 
 
 488 
 
 222 
 
 1845-6. . . . 
 
 332 
 
 139 
 
 193 
 
 469 
 
 253 
 
 216 
 
 
 220 
 
 1846-7. . . . 
 
 345 
 
 148 
 
 397 
 
 428 
 
 219 
 
 209 
 
 
 231 
 
 1847-8. . . . 
 
 385 
 
 157 
 
 228 
 
 410 
 
 220 
 
 190 
 
 
 244 
 
 1848-9. . . . 
 
 370 
 
 163 
 
 207 
 
 447 
 
 238 
 
 209 
 
 
 212 
 
 1849-50. . . 
 
 332 
 
 140 
 
 192 
 
 443 
 
 229 
 
 214 
 
 
 219 
 
 1850-1 .... 
 
 335 
 
 143 
 
 192 
 
 400 
 
 206 
 
 194 
 
 
 217 
 
 1851-2. . . . 
 
 261 
 
 113 
 
 148 
 
 386 
 
 203 
 
 183 
 
 419 
 
 204 
 
 1852-3 .... 
 
 284 
 
 115 
 
 169 
 
 396 
 
 210 
 
 186 
 
 422 
 
 232 
 
 1855-6. . . . 
 
 283 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 432 
 
 205 
 
 1856-7. . . . 
 
 268 
 
 109 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
 200 
 
 166 
 
 441 
 
 220 
 
 1857-8. . . . 
 
 275 
 
 
 
 356 
 
 
 
 394 
 
 200 
 
 1858-9. . . . 
 
 256 
 
 
 
 343 
 
 
 
 373 
 
 211 
 
 1859-60. . . 
 
 267 
 
 
 
 354 
 
 
 
 405 
 
 198 
 
 1860-1. . . . 
 
 256 
 
 
 
 314 
 
 
 
 325 
 
 193 
 
 1861-2. . . . 
 
 246 
 
 
 
 333 
 
 
 
 366 
 
 208 
 
 1862-3 .... 
 
 253 
 
 
 
 327 
 
 
 
 371 
 
 202 
 
 1863-4. . . . 
 
 250 
 
 
 
 377 
 
 
 
 406 
 
 203 
 
 1864-5. . . . 
 
 255 
 
 
 
 353 
 
 
 
 398 
 
 206 
 
 1865-6.... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 377 
 
 235 
 
 1866-7. . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 380 
 
 220 
 
 1867-8. . . . 
 
 290 
 
 
 
 357 
 
 
 
 383 
 
 225 
 
 1868-9. . . . 
 
 256 
 
 
 
 325 
 
 
 
 336 
 
 205 
 
 1869-70. . . 
 
 247 
 
 
 
 304 
 
 
 
 317 
 
 227 
 
 1870-1 .... 
 
 246 
 
 
 
 290 
 
 
 
 327 
 
 225 
 
 1871-2. . . . 
 
 216 
 
 
 
 266 
 
 
 
 297 
 
 196 
 
 1872-3. . . . 
 
 222 
 
 
 
 261 
 
 
 
 282 
 
 201 
 
 1873-4 . . . 
 
 208 
 
 
 
 298 
 
 
 
 331 
 
 204 
 
 1874-5. . . . 
 
 235 
 
 
 
 281 
 
 
 
 319 
 
 242 
 
 1875-6. . . . 
 
 225 
 
 
 
 269 
 
 
 
 
 241 
 
328 
 
 HISTOEY OF nXZWILLIAM, 
 TABLE 1.— (Continued.) 
 
 
 Summer Schools. 
 
 Winter Schools. 
 
 ^2 
 
 
 ■"5 
 
 
 II 
 
 1' 
 
 CO 
 
 P3 
 
 "3 
 
 5 
 
 11 m 
 
 1' 
 
 o 
 
 CO 
 
 
 (-05 
 
 ■50.S 
 
 ^.3 
 
 o a 
 
 IZi 
 
 1876-Y. . . . 
 
 228 
 
 
 
 277 
 
 
 
 
 244 
 
 18TY-8. . . . 
 
 218 
 
 
 
 259 
 
 
 
 
 266 
 
 1878-9. . . . 
 
 219 
 
 
 
 235 
 
 
 
 
 275 
 
 1879-80... 
 
 215 
 
 
 
 251 
 
 
 
 277 
 
 265 
 
 1880-1. . . . 
 
 199 
 
 
 
 228 
 
 
 
 
 299 
 
 1881-2.... 
 
 209 
 
 
 
 221 
 
 
 
 
 260 
 
 1882-3. . . . 
 
 200 
 
 89 
 
 111 
 
 236 
 
 129 
 
 107 
 
 
 251 
 
 1883-4. . . . 
 
 214 
 
 98 
 
 116 
 
 269 
 
 142 
 
 127 
 
 
 262 
 
 1884-5. . . . 
 
 236 
 
 117 
 
 119 
 
 273 
 
 143 
 
 130 
 
 269 
 
 264 
 
 1885-6. . . . 
 
 234 
 
 114 
 
 120 
 
 262 
 
 135 
 
 127 
 
 
 250 
 
 1886-7. . . . 
 
 238 
 
 117 
 
 121 
 
 247 
 
 129 
 
 118 
 
 
 240 
 
 
 TABL 
 
 E II. 
 
 
 
 
 1844-5. 
 
 1852-3 
 
 186^ 
 
 t-5. 
 
 1884-5, 
 
 Number of different scl 
 
 lOl- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ars attei 
 
 the year . 
 
 Of which "w 
 
 iding school 
 
 in 
 
 
 488 
 260 
 228 
 
 42 
 22 
 20 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 
 398 
 212 
 186 
 
 269 
 
 ^ere bo\ 
 
 rS 
 
 
 141 
 
 "Whole number att< 
 
 Is 
 
 
 128 
 
 3nding 
 
 in 
 
 
 summer 
 Average at1 
 
 
 
 
 361 
 
 28 
 
 4 
 
 255 
 
 236 
 
 tendance in su 
 
 m- 
 
 
 mer 
 
 
 
 312 
 
 23 
 
 5 
 
 230 
 
 216 
 
 "Whole number attending 
 
 in 
 
 
 winter 
 
 
 $5C 
 80 
 
 452 
 366 
 
 4.00^ 
 O.OOj] 
 
 39 
 34 
 
 ^577.2 
 L,000.0 
 
 6 353 
 1 297 
 
 
 
 $1,000 
 
 273 
 
 Average attendance in w 
 ter 
 
 in- 
 
 250 
 
 Amount required by law 
 be raised for support 
 schools 
 
 to 
 of 
 
 
 Amount aci 
 
 ually ra 
 
 lised . . 
 
 
 $2,000 
 
SCHOOL STATISTICS CONTINUED. 329 
 
 TABLE II.— {Continued.) 
 
 Amount of Literary Fund . 
 
 Amount for each scliolar. . . 
 
 Terms taught by male teach- 
 ers 
 
 Terras tauglit by female 
 teacliers 
 
 Average wages per month, 
 including board, male 
 teachers 
 
 Average wages per month, 
 including board, female 
 teachers 
 
 Number of visits by citizens 
 before final examinations 
 at summer schools, . . 
 
 At winter schools 
 
 1844-5, 
 
 1852-3. 
 
 1864-5. 
 
 $50.19 
 1.76 
 
 $66.72 
 
 2.52 
 
 $99 . 96 
 
 2.76 
 
 U 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 23 
 
 $25 . 20 
 
 $28.50 
 
 $50.00 
 
 11 . 10 
 
 14.00 
 
 19.68 
 
 275 
 177 
 
 402 
 476 
 
 
 1884-5, 
 
 Sl;l30.05 
 
 8.17 
 
 6 
 21 
 
 $37.67 
 
 29.14 
 
 257 
 262 
 
 It will be seen that while the number of scholars belonging 
 in the town and attending school lias considerably diminished, 
 the amount of money expended upon the schools has greatly 
 increased. The result of the larger appropriations has been to 
 command the services of more efficient and better educated 
 teachers, and to add considerably to the length of the schools. 
 It will be particularly noticed that much the larger advance 
 has been made in the wages paid to female teachers. 
 
 In a few cases a high school has been maintained in the 
 autumn, with varying success, and nearly every year some of 
 the vouth of the town have attended academies and lii^h 
 schools in other places. During these years a large amount 
 of private instruction has been given by those well qualified 
 to teach ; but ever since the settlement of the town, the chief 
 reliance has been placed upon the common schools in the in- 
 tellectual training of the children and youth. 
 
 The printed annual School Reports for the last forty years 
 contain a great amount of valuable information respecting the 
 
330 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 school education of children, and youth in general, and the 
 condition of each district school in particular. The sugges- 
 tions found in them relative to the increased efficiency of the 
 schools are mostly of much practical importance, and show 
 that, as the years have been coming and going, the intellectual 
 training of the young of Fitzwilliam has not been overlooked. 
 
 LITEEART FUND. 
 
 The Literary Fund, to which allusion has been made, is de- 
 rived from an annual tax of one half of one per cent on the 
 amount of the actual capital stock of banking corporations in 
 this State, also from a tax of one per cent on deposits in sav- 
 ings-banks by non-resident depositors, or depositors whose resi- 
 dence is unknown, and also from the proceeds of the sale of 
 the State lands in the northern portion of the State, 
 
 The Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer for 
 the time being, constitute a Board of Commissioners to man- 
 age said Literary Fund. 
 
 The law provides that the State Treasurer shall assign and 
 distribute, annually in June, the Literary Fund among the 
 several towns and places, according to the number of scholars 
 of such towns and places, not less than five years of age, who 
 shall, by tlie last Report of the School Committee of the sev- 
 eral towns and places returned to the Superintendent of Pub- 
 lic Instruction, appear to have attended the district common 
 schools in such towns and places for a term not less than two 
 weeks within that year. 
 
 The money so received by any town or place shall be ap- 
 plied to the maintenance of common schools or to other pur- 
 poses of education, in addition to the sums requii*ed to be raised 
 by law, and in such manner as the town shall direct ; but no 
 district in which no school shall be kept during the year shall 
 receive any part of said money. See Chapter XCIY., Gen- 
 eral Laws of Kew Hampshire. 
 
 All money arising from the taxation of dogs remaining in 
 the treasury of any town or city of this State on the first day 
 of April, which has not been ordered to be paid for damages 
 done by dogs to domestic animals, shall be applied to the sup- 
 
FITZWILLIAM COMMON-SCHOOL ASSOCIATIOIS"^. 331 
 
 port of schools. Section IS, Chapter CXY,, General Laws of 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 THE FrrZ WILLIAM COMMON-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 From a printed circular issued by A. S. Kendall, President, 
 and Stephen Batcheller, Secretary, and addressed to the in- 
 habitants of this town we learn that for some years the county 
 of Cheshire among the counties, and the town of FitzwilJiam 
 among its towns, were regarded " as the banner connty and 
 town in New Hampshire in matters pertaining to common 
 schools." It should be known, however, that this high posi- 
 tion had not been gained solely, perhaps not chiefly, by large 
 appropriations for educational purposes, or by the employment 
 of the most competent teachers, or, again, because the schools 
 of this town had been favored with a wiser and more energetic 
 superintendence than most of its neighbors enjoyed. Tliese 
 had all done much to raise the standard of education here, 
 but, after all, the secret of the success was plainly to be found 
 in the prevailing sentiment of the people generally, their in- 
 terest in their schools and determination to make them as effi- 
 cient as possible. 
 
 As early as October 25th, 1842, measures were adopted for 
 the organization of what was known, for many years, as '' The 
 Fitzwilliam Common School Association," and on November 
 8th of that year the organization of this society was perfected. 
 Rev. J. H. Say ward. Dr. S. Cummings, and Daniel Spauld- 
 ing, Esq., reporting the form of a constitution for that pur- 
 pose. 
 
 The object aimed at is stated to have been " to increase the 
 interest in and to improve and perfect our common schools."" 
 The original constitution as slightly amended from time to time 
 was signed by one hundred and eighty-eight persons of both 
 sexes, with the naine of Rev. John Sabin at the head of the 
 list, and these names embrace those of the most active and 
 energetic of the people of Fitzwilliam at that period. The 
 plan proposed and successfully as well as generally carried out 
 during the years that followed, was to hold, each year, a series 
 of evening meetings in the several school districts, at which 
 
332 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 papers sliould be read, lectures given, and discussions engaged 
 in relative to all the matters appertaining to the common 
 schools. The meeting was usually held while the school in 
 the district was in session. 
 
 The officers of the organization were a president, a vice- 
 president, a secretary and treasurer, three councillors, and in 
 each district two coadjutors — one of each sex. At the first 
 election, the persons whose names follow were chosen : Daniel 
 Spaulding, President ; Joseph A. Penniman, Vice-President ; 
 John P. Sabin, Secretary and Treasurer ; Rev. Messrs. John 
 Sabin, James H. Sayward, and Joseph Storer, Councillors. 
 
 District. Coadjutors. 
 
 1. John Damon, Mrs. Lurena Gregory. 
 
 2. Joshua T. Collins, Mrs. David Fullam. 
 
 3. j^elson Howe, Miss Zerviah Waite. 
 
 4. George IS". Olmsted, Mrs. George W. Simonds. 
 
 5. Silas Cummings, Miss M. E. Spaulding. 
 Calvin J. Parker, Miss Sarah B. Kichardson. 
 
 6. James Corey, Mrs. Jonathan Whittemore. 
 1. Levi Harris, Mrs. William D. Locke. 
 
 8. Lewis Taft, Miss Olive R. Felch. 
 
 9. Henry H. Wheeler, Miss Tryphena Collins. 
 
 10. Thomas Sweetser, Miss Maria Blodgett. 
 
 11. Benjamin Heywood, Mrs. Daniel White. 
 
 12. Riifus Foster, Miss Emeline Worcester. 
 
 The duties of these oflicers will be easily understood with 
 the exception of the last-named, the coadjutors. These persons 
 were appointed to arrange in each district for a full attendance 
 at the meetings as they should occur, to see that the school- 
 houses should be properly warmed and lighted for the same, 
 and to do everything possible to make each meeting successful, 
 while, later, it was made a part of their duty to inquire into 
 the condition of poor families within the bounds of their re- 
 spective districts, and to report the facts to the Association, 
 that assistance might be rendered, if deemed necessary and 
 expedient. The list of coadjutors often, perhaps always, in- 
 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE C. S. ASSOCIATION, 333 
 
 eluded the names of the Prudential Committees of the several 
 districts. 
 
 This Fitzwilliam Common School Association soon became 
 an important member of the Cheshire County Common School 
 Association, which was in active service for many years. The 
 Fitzwilliam Association was the iirst town association foi'med in 
 the State, and it is believed that no other town association in 
 the State or country had so long an active and continuous ex- 
 istence. The lectures and discussions took a wide range at the 
 meetings, but all were made to bear either directly or indi- 
 rectly upon common-school education, with a view to correct 
 the prevailing evils in the system and to raise the standard as 
 high as possible. Sacli men as Kevs. Messrs. Sabin, Brown, 
 and Herrick, Amos A. Parker, Esq., J. S. Adams, John J. 
 Allen, Jr., Dexter Whittemore, Samuel Kendall, Dr. Silas 
 Cummings, Daniel Spaulding, and others equally interested 
 took an active part in all these proceedings. 
 
 At the opening of the Association year, September 28t]i, 
 1846, the following appointment of lecturers was made, and 
 the lectures thus provided for seem to have been given regu- 
 larly and promptly : 
 
 Rev. D. Stowell, Parental Duties. 
 Daniel Spaulding, Esq., Power of Attention. 
 Henry Cummings, Reading and Spelling. 
 Samuel Kendall, Studies in School. 
 John J. Allen, Jr., Music in Schools. 
 
 " " 7. Charles Cummings, Compositions. 
 
 " " 8, Amos A. Parker, Esq., Punctuality and Con- 
 stant Attendance. 
 
 " " 9. Rev. Horace Herrick, Moral Culture. 
 
 " "10. Dr. Silas Cummings, Physical Culture. 
 
 " "11. Rev. John S. Brown, Intellectual Culture. 
 
 " "12. Jonathan S. Adams, School Discipline. 
 
 The directors or councillors in making the appointments 
 for each year, as a matter of course introduced new lecturers 
 and subjects for discussion, and October 25th, ISiT, provision 
 was made to have papers upon common-school education pre- 
 
 District No. 
 
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 ii 
 
 2, 
 
 (( 
 
 a 
 
 3 
 
 n 
 
 a 
 
 4. 
 
 n 
 
 a 
 
 5. 
 
334 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 sented at eacli district meeting by two ladies. The first ap- 
 pointment of these was as follows : 
 
 JS^o. 1. Mrs. S. Kendall, Miss Ellen M. Allen. 
 
 " 2. Miss M. B. Alexander, Miss Nancy S. Carter. 
 
 " 3. Miss Lucy Newton, Miss Miranda S. Parker. 
 
 " 4. Miss Jane E. Reed, Miss Nancy A. Harris. 
 
 " 5. Mrs. C. C. Carter, Miss Esther E. Buckminster. 
 
 " 7. Miss M. B. Wilder, Miss Eliza J. Newton. 
 
 " 8. Miss J. A. Spaulding, Miss Ellen Hill. 
 
 " 9. Miss O. R. Felch, Mrs. C. M. Willard. 
 
 " 10. Miss Eliza Whittemore, Mrs. J. S. Brown. 
 
 " 11. Mrs. Joel Whittemore, Miss S. A. Thompson. 
 
 " 12. Mrs. F. Kendall, Mrs. D. Stowell. 
 
 The records from this time forward show that the scholars 
 ot the several districts were active in preparing for the district 
 meetings, in the way of furnishing agreeable nmsic for the 
 same and school papers to be read by teacher or scholars. The 
 essays by the ladies introduced a new and attractive feature, 
 and the meetings were sustained through the season with great 
 interest. And this plan of operations, an outline of which has 
 here been given, was adopted substantially and carried out 
 from year to year. New names appear from time to time 
 upon the lists of writers and speakers. In nearly or quite 
 every district, a school paper, with a significant name, as. The 
 Youth's Friend^ The Evening Star^ was carefully prepared 
 by the scholars and read by the teacher or by one or more of 
 the pupils, and much was done in this way to maintain the 
 interest of the meetings. The paper presented in District 
 No. 5, January 6th, 1853, was read by three of the pupils, viz., 
 Hannah A. Adams, Abbie H, Kimball, and Cynthia Whitte- 
 more. It was entitled The School Gleaner, and consisted of 
 thirty-one articles from the higher and twelve from the primary 
 department, but the whole was read in forty-eight minutes. 
 
 Commencing with the autumn of 1853 the work of the Fitz- 
 william Common School Association was continued, but under 
 the name of " The Association for Educational Purposes in 
 Fitzwilliam." A new constitution was adopted, but its fea- 
 
ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. 335 
 
 tiires were not unlike those of its predecessor, tliougli in its 
 range it maj have been possibly a little wider. More and 
 more the pupils in the several schools contributed to the in- 
 terest and value of the district meetings by their papers and 
 music, while the older members of the Association, both male 
 and female, furnished their lectures and essays upon a great 
 variety of practical matters appertaining to culture and train- 
 ing in the home and the school. 
 
 The officers for the year 1858-59 were John Forristall, 
 President ; Charles Reed, Vice-president ; Joel Whittemore, 
 Secretary ; Charles H. Woods, Editor ; Dr. S. Cummings, 
 Philip D. Angier and Chancy Davis, Jr., Directors. The 
 meetings (often weekly), seem to have been maintained with a 
 good degree of interest through the entire period of the Civil 
 War, fifty, seventy,' seventy-five, one hundred and six, and two 
 hundred and ten being present on different occasions. In this 
 connection it will be remembered that only a few of the school- 
 houses in town have proper accommodations for over fifty 
 scholars. November 6th, 1865, a printed schedule for the 
 season was distributed, signed by Joel Whittemore, President, 
 and Amos J. Blake, Secretary, giving the time and place of 
 the meetings, the names of the speakers, etc. 
 
 During all the earlier years of this Association's active 
 work, the lectures were given by the appointees in person, 
 and all the appointments were made in town, but after the 
 change of its name and constitution in 1853, substitute lecturers 
 were accepted, and occasionally a lecturer was obtained from 
 out of town. 
 
 The last meeting of the Association of which record was 
 made, was held February 8th, 1867, at the close of which it 
 was voted to discontinue the meetings of the Association for 
 the winter. No reason is given why they were not re- 
 sumed. 
 
 So many and such large gatherings in all parts of the town, 
 sustained through the period of twenty-tive years by the best 
 educated and most prominent people of the place, must have 
 done for the cause of common school education what could not 
 have been effected by any other means whatever. 
 
336 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 THE FITZWILLIAM LYCEUM. 
 
 Forty or fifty years ago this Lyceum had a prominent place 
 in the affairs of this town, wliich it never obtained in most of 
 the New England communities. 
 
 In his historical lecture, given in 1836, Rev. John Sabin 
 speaks of its operations and influence approvingly : 
 
 It was formed, he says, a number of years ago, and has proceeded ac- 
 cording to its design, not, however, exciting all the interest that was 
 hoped. A little mor^than a_ year ago (it was) reformed and organized 
 as at present. Its object, improvement, mental and moral ; and it may 
 have done more good than for which it has credit in disciplining mind 
 and turning attention to subjects of importance in particular. There 
 are people enough with us and of a suitable age to make the Lyceum 
 prosperous and useful. It is to be regretted that not more of our youth 
 come in, this season, take an active part and with interest, by written 
 pieces, if they do not like to talk. 
 
 Every school-teacher should be found here, and all that have any idea 
 of cultivating their own minds, and the minds of others. 
 
 This Association held weekly meetings in the village school- 
 house during the colder season of the year. The audiences 
 attending were usually large, often tilling the house to its 
 fullest capacity, and it was noticeable that the interest in the 
 meetings continued unabated year after year. Aside from the 
 great amount of valuable information gained through this in- 
 stitution, it obviously quickened the intellects of all concerned, 
 and did much to train the debaters to think upon their feet. 
 The Lyceum continued in active existence for some years after 
 the formation of the Common School Association, when from 
 the increasing popularity of the latter society, the meetings of 
 the former were discontinued. 
 
 Some years before the formation of the Lyceum, an associa- 
 tion called " The Minervan Society" was organized here, with 
 the object of promoting a literary taste and general culture 
 among its members, but the amount of success achieved by it 
 cannot be stated, nor is it known when or for what reason it 
 was suspended. 
 
 THE farmers' and MECHANICS' CLUB, 
 
 This organization was formed late in the year 1869, and has 
 had a more or less active existence to the present time. By 
 
farmers' and mechai^ics' club. 337 
 
 its original constitution tlie subjects for investigation at its 
 meetings were required to be such as had a bearing on agri- 
 culture, horticulture, or mechanics, but this rule was afterward 
 changed so as to allow the consideration of any subject of 
 general interest. Under the wider range of subjects, the con- 
 dition of the schools was discussed ; intellectual, physical, and 
 moral culture, and cognate topics were urged upon the atten- 
 tion of the people ; electricity, the telegraph, and kindred sub- 
 jects of a scientific nature were considered, while protection 
 and free trade, village improvements and other matters of a 
 practical nature were not neglected. Occasionally the services 
 of a lecturer from out of town have been obtained, but gener- 
 ally the club has relied npon its own members to render its 
 gatherings interesting and instructive. 
 
 Besides these associations, to which particular reference has 
 been made, others of a somewhat similar character have from 
 time to time been formed, sometimes to fill a vacancy, some- 
 times to furnish entertainment of a greater variety or of a 
 more social character, and sometimes, perhaps, by way of oppo- 
 sition. Some of these may have continued for two or three 
 seasons, but generally the interest in them was brief. 
 
 It will be noticed that, with the exception of a few brief in- 
 terruptions, the town has had some kind of a literary society 
 for over sixty years. It may well be doubted whether there 
 is another town in New England of the size of Fitzwilliam 
 that has supported a society of this character for so many 
 years, with so little interruption, and with such continued in- 
 terest during the entire period. 
 
 MUSICAL TALENT AND CULTUEE. 
 
 An account of the educational resources and progress of 
 Fitzwilliam can hardly be faithful and satisfactory without a 
 brief reference to these matters. 
 
 It is not claiming too much for this jjlace to say that few 
 of the country towns of New England have been more distin- 
 guished during the last fifty years for the cultivation of music, 
 both vocal and instrumental. No one will pretend that the 
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338 I^IIISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 singing in the old meeting-liouse on the hill near the cemetery 
 was anything to boast of, when the chorister was not always 
 selected because of his superior musical taste and acquirements. 
 If tradition is not greatly in fault, some of the scenes enacted 
 there, professedly to praise Jehovah in sacred song, partook 
 more of the ludicrous than of the devotional. Choirs would 
 not join in sustaining the music of the sanctuary under an in- 
 competent or even an unpopular leader a hundred years ago 
 any more readily than they will to-day, as some of the ancient 
 choristers learned to their sorrow,* while but little can be said 
 in favor of the general style and execution of church music in 
 those days except that it was hearty. It was no worse here 
 than elsewhere. 
 
 But within the last fifty years a great change for the better 
 has taken place, and this has been especially marked in Fitz- 
 william. The people of this town might be divided and sub- 
 divided ecclesiastically and politically, but when they came to 
 the matter of music all their diiferences vanished, and they 
 were ready to act as a unit. In all the later years musical 
 concerts have been a favorite recreation and entertainment. 
 Especially was this the case some fifteen years ago, when a 
 series of annual musical conventions in this place greatly in- 
 terested all the lovers of music, and, it may be added, the peo- 
 ple generally. In some of these conventions much valuable 
 assistance was rendered by musicians from abroad, but in gen- 
 eral the chief reliance for success was placed upon home talent. 
 During the sessions of the conventions many popular concerts 
 were given before large and interested audiences, and not a lit- 
 tle was accomplished in the way of forming and correcting the 
 musical taste of the community. 
 
 A good organ or pianoforte was on all these occasions a 
 positive necessity, and it seemed to all most concerned vastly 
 better to own such an instrument than to continue to borrow. 
 This conviction led to the choice of a committee consisting of 
 Messrs. P. S. Batcheller, John Whittemore, and A. R. Gleason, 
 
 * For a long time choristers were chosen by the town, and party spirit was not 
 unknown in the early days. Some appointments were made in this line which the 
 choir would not accept, when the leader sometimes attempted "the service of song " 
 with no following. 
 
FTTZWILLIAM MUSICAL ASSOCIATIOlSr. 339 
 
 to consider the whole subject and act upon it as circumstances 
 might seem to dictate. 
 
 Their report, presented Jnne 8th, 1870, from which extracts 
 will here be given, will furnish all the information needed re- 
 specting the success of this enterprise. 
 
 To the Fitzwilliam MusicaJ Association, 
 
 Your Committee, chosen to select and purchase a Piano Forte for the 
 Town Hull in Fitzwilliam, have, according to their best judgment, at- 
 tended to the duty assigned tiiem, and would resjDectfully ask leave at 
 this time to submit the following Report : 
 
 You will pardon the Committee if they advert to some circumstances 
 connected with the purchase of the Piano not legitimately belonging to a 
 report of this kind. It may not be generally known that, a few years since, 
 the ladies of our village feeling the need of a Piano for the Town Hall 
 held a series of entertainments consisting of Charades, Tableaux, etc. By 
 this and other means they collected some $45. This money was placed 
 at interest, and amounts now to $55, and may properly be considered 
 the first money raised for the Piano, the nucleus around which, after 
 these years of patient waiting, have been gathered funds sufficient to 
 nearly complete what they so nobly commenced. 
 
 Since this first eflFort, nothing in aid of the enterprise was done until 
 Jan. 1870, when at the suggestion of our citizens interested in Music an 
 " Old Folks'' GoncerV' was given, the avails of wdiich were given to the 
 purchase of a Piano. The Concert was, in every respect, a decided suc- 
 cess. The music was well rendered and the audience the largest ever 
 convened on any similar occasion in town. 
 
 Following the Concert, two Dramatic entertainments were given at our 
 own Hall and one at East Jaffrey. The expense attending the getting 
 up of these last entertainments was so heavy that the net proceeds were 
 not so remunerative as could have been desired, still by them an addi- 
 tion of over $50 was made to the Piano fund. 
 
 That the instrument might be owned by some responsible body, it 
 was deemed best to organize a permanent Musical Association, under the 
 laws of New Hampshire provided for such cases. 
 
 In the selection of a suitable instrument tlie Committee were early im- 
 pressed with the superiority of " the School Piano" manufactured by 
 Messrs. Steinway & Son, of New York City, and were unanimous in 
 favor of accepting the oflfer which came from those celebrated manu- 
 facturers. 
 
 The Committee agreed to pay for the Instrument delivered at the Fitz- 
 william depot $365.00 including Stool and Cover. This amount was re- 
 duced $10,00 on account of a slight defect in the finish of the instrument. 
 
 At the close of their report, w4iich is here condensed, the 
 committee say, we " cannot allow this opportunity to pass 
 without congratulating the Association upon being the owners 
 of this beautiful piano, and also the town for the privilege they 
 will have from time to time of hearing it." 
 
 " The Fitzwilliam Musical Association," to which allusion 
 
340 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 is made in tlie report wliicli is given in part above, was duly 
 organized April Yth, 18Y0, agreeable to the provisions of the 
 General Statutes of Nevsr Hampshire in such cases made and 
 provided. Its object is stated to be " to legally establish the 
 ownership of the Piano Forte to be placed in the Town Hall of 
 Fi tz William. " In Article 3 provision is made for the usual 
 officers of such an association, while Article 4 declares that " all 
 persons who assisted as singers or players at the ' Old Folks' 
 Concert,' given at the Town Hall in Fitzwilliam in Jan. 1870, 
 and also the actors and orchestra who assisted in the Dramatic 
 Entertainments may become members of this Association by 
 signing these Articles." 
 
 Provision is also made for calling meetings of the Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 It is understood that the Musical Association keeps the in- 
 strument insured. In real value the piano proves to be all 
 that was anticipated respecting it when it was purchased over 
 fifteen years ago. As this hall is the place for holding more 
 or fewer literary or social entertainments annually, and as music 
 must, most deservedly, enter largely into the ^proceedings on 
 such occasions, the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam are certainly to 
 be congratulated upon the possession of so pleasant and con- 
 venient a place for their gatherings, and the means within 
 their reach of cultivating and enjoying together one of the 
 most elevating and ennobling of the arts of civih'zed life. May 
 fifty years to come witness an equally great improvement in 
 musical taste and attainments ! 
 
 TEMPEEANCB SOCIETIES. 
 
 In his historical lecture, delivered in 1836, Rev. Mr. Sabin 
 refers to the temperance society " as a very safe thing," that 
 " does harm to none." It was called forth by the exigencies 
 of the times, and "if it had not begun in one way, it surely 
 would in another. " The earliest active and prominent advo- 
 cate of temperance principles was Dr. Preston Pond, who was 
 a practising physician in town for several years about 1825-28. 
 The doctor was ardent, and said a good deal, and from this circum- 
 stance became very obnoxious to not a few of our people and I should 
 
EARLIEST TEMPERATTCE SOCIETIES. 341 
 
 think from this cause lost no small part of his practice. At the first 
 ■what there was to it, was some half a dozen pledged to each other in a 
 still way to total abstinence from ardent spirits, and they were not to 
 help others to it, more than drink themselves. 
 
 But the agitation of the subject did not cease, even though 
 Dr. Pond was compelled to leave town. The first formal or- 
 ganization was effected in the winter of 1829-30, The society 
 was styled " The Fitzwilliam Friendly Association for the 
 Promotion of Temperance," and the first board of officers 
 were : Captain Dexter "Whittemore, President ; Aaron Town- 
 send, Vice-President ; Deacon Calvin Coolidge, Deacon P. 
 B, Phillips, Dr, Warren Partridge, Benjamin Davison, Ben- 
 jamin Wilson, Directors, and Silas Cummings, M,D,, Secre- 
 tary. A paper dated January 1st, 1S30, setting forth the 
 necessity, the objects, and the aim of the Association, and signed 
 by the officers and the members (thirty-eight in number) was 
 printed for general circulation. Five years later the society 
 numbered three hundred and thirty-four members, though 
 none joined it under twelve years of age, and none under 
 twenty-one years, except with the consent of parents or 
 guardians. 
 
 In 1812 a new organization, originating in what was known 
 as the Washington movement, and named for " the Father of 
 his country," took the place of the earlier society, and appears 
 to have embraced within a few years a very large part of the 
 population. The pledge adopted was as follows : 
 
 We the Subscribers pledge ourselves each to the others that we will 
 not use auy intoxicating drinks as a beverage, that we will not furnish 
 them for others, that we will, in all suitable ways, discountenance their 
 use and use our endeavors to redeem the intemperate. 
 
 The constitution of this society, based upon this pledge, was 
 drawn up by Amos A. Parker, Esq., and it was signed in the 
 space of three and one half years by six hundred and sixty- 
 three of the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam, viz., by three hundred 
 and fifty-three males and three hundred and ten females. In 
 process of time against three of these names the word " broken" 
 was written. 
 
 At the meeting for organization. March 2d, 1842, officers 
 
342 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 were elected as follows : Amos A. Parker, Esq., President ; 
 Dexter Wliittemore, David Pierson, and John Reed, Vice- 
 Presidents ; Jolm P. Sabin, Secretary, and Benjamin J. 
 Hawkes, Treasurer. 
 
 The first meetings were held in the village hall or in some 
 one of the churches, but soon the gatherings often took place 
 in the school-houses in all parts of the town. 
 
 The meetings were well attended, and nearly all the more 
 prominent men and women of the town gave the society their 
 cordial support. At these meetings all the phases of the tem- 
 perance reformation were brought before the people by many 
 earnest speakers, while measures for the suppression of the 
 illegal traffic in intoxicating drinks received a large share of 
 attention. From tirne to time Sunday-evening meetings were 
 held at which the moral and religious aspects of the cause were 
 particularly considered. At the meeting, January 7th, 1846, 
 a resolution in these words called forth an earnest discussion : 
 
 Resolved, That the sickness which frequently occurs in the case of 
 Temperance men on going out of town, requiring the aid of strong drink, 
 is peculiar in its character, and in the judgment of charity may be omitted. 
 
 This singularly worded, but very suggestive resolve was 
 earnestly discussed by at least eleven speakers, and laid over 
 for further consideration. At the next meeting it was 
 adopted. 
 
 This society appears to have been in active operation about 
 twelve years, when, as was true in most of our JSIew England 
 towns, it gave place to other organizations of more or less effi- 
 ciency.. 
 
 That the "Washington Temperance Society in Fitzwilliam 
 accomplished a great amount of good between the years 18-42 
 and 1854 there can he no question. 
 
 For several years (date about 1850-55) there was an active 
 and efficient Lodge of Sons of Temperance, and at a more re- 
 cent date (about 1867) a Lodge of Good Templars. 
 
 LIBRAEIES. 
 
 Early in the history of Fitzwilliam the subject of providing 
 a library seems to have been agitated, but nothing effectual 
 
EAELIEST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 343 
 
 was done till 1707, when, forliimself and others, Nahiim Par- 
 ker, Esq., presented the following petition to the General 
 Court of l!^ew Hampshire : 
 Petition for Incorporation of Library. 
 
 To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire now conveu'd 
 at Portsmouth humbly Sheweth Nahum Parker, that he with a number 
 of others Inhabitants of Fitzwilliam purchased a Collection of Books 
 for a Social Library, but find it necessary to be incorporated in order to 
 realize the advantages Contemplated. Therefore pray that they may be 
 incorporated with such privileges as are usually Granted in such Cases, 
 and as in duty bound will pray 
 
 Nahum Parker, for the purchasers 
 
 Nov. 27'\ 1797. 
 
 This petition appears to have been granted jSIovember 29th, 
 1797. 
 
 It is understood that this Association had a good degree of 
 prosperity for twenty or thirty years, though, as it was dis- 
 banded and the books sold at auction over forty years ago, but 
 very few particulars concerning it can now l)e given. During 
 the later years of its existence Dexter Whitteniore was libra- 
 rian, and the library was kept at his store. The books were 
 well selected and of a high character, but generally were more 
 solid and valuable than popular and attractive. Works of lic- 
 tion were conspicuous by their absence. From the best attain- 
 able information the library contained over two hundred and 
 fifty volumes, though many of them were old and well worn. 
 
 But the people were not long satisfied without a library, and 
 measures were taken early in 1851 to form a new association 
 for this purpose. The subscription paper which was circulated 
 to obtain funds for this object is dated March 31st, 1851, and 
 the money subscribed was to be paid by the 22d day of May 
 following, and to be used " for the establishment of a town 
 library." The first subscriptions upon the list were made by 
 Nelson Howe and Dr. Silas Cummings for twenty-five dollars 
 each, and these were followed by many others ranging from 
 ten dollars to two dollars and fifty cents each, the whole 
 amount raised before the meeting for organization having 
 been two hundred and fifty-five dollars from forty-nine sub- 
 scribers. 
 
344 HISTORY OF riTZ WILLIAM. 
 
 " The Fitzwilliam Library Association" was regularly or. 
 ganized May 31st, 1851. 
 
 The by-laws adopted provide that " the members of the As- 
 sociation shall consist of the representatives of shares in the 
 property thereof, each share being valned at two and a half 
 dolhirs actually paid in." 
 
 The officers were to be a Board of Supervisors, consisting of 
 seven, a librarian, secretary, and treasurer. The supervisors 
 were to recommend the books that should be purchased, but 
 the Association must pass upon the list before the purchase 
 could be made. The supervisors first chosen were Dr. Silas 
 Cnnimings, Rev. Abraham Jenkins, Rev. J. S. Brown, J. J. 
 Allen, Jr., Esq., WilHam D. Locke, Rev. David Stowell, and 
 Thomas W. Whittemore. Daniel Spaulding, Esq., was chosen 
 Librarian and Secretary, and Dr. S. Cnnimings, Treasurer. 
 In October, 1852, the librarian reported the number of books 
 in the library to be four hundred and eighty-eight, and that 
 there had been drawn out and returned during tlie year four- 
 teen hundred and fifty-seven volumes. A year later there 
 were four hundred and ninety volumes belonging to the li- 
 brary. 
 
 For a number of years the size of the library remained about 
 the same, though the number of the books drawn out rather 
 diminished. In 1859 the librarian was authorized to furnish 
 books to non -shareholders at the rate of fifty cents a year, 
 which sum was changed in 1863 to twenty-five cents, the in- 
 tention being to furnish the privileges of the library to the in- 
 habitants of the town generally at a merely nominal cost. In 
 18G3 Joel Whittemore was chosen Librarian, Secretary, and 
 Treasurer. In 1869 Mr. Whittemore resigned these offices 
 and Dr. Silas Canmiino-s was chosen to fill them. During 
 this year the subject of uisposing of the library was considered, 
 but no definite action was taken. At a little later date, by 
 permission of the selectmen, the library was removed to a room 
 under the Town Hall 
 
 At a meeting held January 21st, 1871, Daniel Spaulding, 
 Librarian, reported that there were four hundred and seventy- 
 five books in the library. At the same meeting Norman U. 
 
LIBRAEY OFFERED TO THE TOWN. 345 
 
 Caliill iiitrodnoed the following rosolutiou, wliicli after a full 
 discussion was unanimously adopted : 
 
 Resolved, that we the shareholders of the Fitzwilliam Library Associ- 
 ation do hereby donate and turn over to the Town of Fitzwilliam all our 
 books and cases contained in our Library at this date ; Provided that 
 each family in town may have a right in said Library by paying to the 
 Librarian appointed by the town a sum not less than one dollar, and 
 thereby constitute tliemselves and their families life members thereof, 
 reserving, however, to ourselves and to our families a life membership 
 with the right to take out books from said Library without pay- 
 ment of any additional sum therefor, subject to rules hereafter pre- 
 scribed. 
 
 And that the Society known as the Fitzwilliam Library Association is 
 hereby dissolved. 
 
 This proposal was accepted by the town at the annual meet- 
 ing, held March 14th, 1871, when the following action was 
 taken : 
 
 Resolved, that the Town of Fitzwilliam does hereby receive, accept 
 and approve of the generous donation of the Fitzwilliam Library Associ- 
 ation of the books and cases contained in their late Library on the terms 
 expressed in their resolutions adopted Jan. 21, 1871, and that the name 
 of said Library shall be "the Fitzwilliam Town Library," and there 
 shall be chosen annually, at the annual town meeting, a Librarian who 
 shall have the charge of said Library and act as Treasurer and also act as 
 Supervisor of said Town Library, and two Supervisors who shall have 
 the general supervision of said Library and of the Library room and 
 shall annually make a report to the town of the condition and standing 
 of said Library. 
 
 And that the Librarian and Supervisors are hereby authorized and 
 empowered to make such rules and regulations for the government and 
 management of said Library, from time to time as they may deem ex- 
 pedient, which said rules and regulations shall be recorded by the Clerk 
 on the records of the Town, and that the centre room on the north side 
 of the lower floor of the town house shall be assigned for the use of said 
 Library and for such other literary and scientific meetings and exercises 
 as the Board of Supervisors shall direct. 
 
 Tiiis arrangement developed a wider interest in the library ; 
 several entertainments were given, the proceeds of which 
 were used in purchasing new books, and the number of 
 readers, which had materially fallen off, began at once to in- 
 crease. 
 
346 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 At the annual town meeting, Marcli 13th, 1883, the town 
 passed the following vote in relation to the library : 
 
 Voted that the supervisors take measures to make the town Library' a 
 free Library to all the citizens of the town under proper restrictions for 
 the safe keeping of books. 
 
 In accordance with this vote, the supervisors called a meet- 
 ing of the life members of the library'-, whicli was held at the 
 library room, March 31st, 1883, when Dr. A. R. Gleason was 
 appointed chairmaii of the meeting and Amos J. Blake, Esq., 
 clerk. The records of the last meeting of the Fitzwilliam 
 Library Association, held January 21st, 18Y1, were read, as 
 was also the portion of the Cxeneral Laws of JSIew Hampshire 
 applicable to the matters before the meeting. So also were 
 the vote of the town accepting the bequest of the Library As- 
 sociation and the rules of the FitzwilJiam Town Library adopted 
 by the supervisors, April 21th, 1873. Amos J, Blake, Esq., 
 then moved the following resolution, which, after a full dis- 
 cussion, was unanimously adopted : 
 
 Be it resolved, that agreeably to a vote passed at the Annual Town 
 Meeting March 13, 1883 and the provisions of Chapter 50 of the General 
 Laws of New Hampshire the Fitzwilliam Town Library shall hereafter 
 be open to the free use of every inhabitant of the town, under proper 
 rules and regulations to be made by the Librarian and Supervisors for 
 the care, preservation and return of the books. 
 
 The action thus described making this a free puhlio library 
 has greatly increased the demand for books, and a wide and 
 promising field of usefulness is now open before it, as one of 
 the important institutions of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 It should be generally known that this library contains a 
 much larger proportion of very valuable books than can be 
 found in most town libraries. Many standard works in his- 
 tory, biography, and science have a prominent place upon its 
 shelves. 
 
 What proportion of the volumes drawn out and read may be 
 classed as biographical, historical, scientific, or works of fic- 
 tion, the reports of the supervisors do not give, but in most of 
 our towns and cities, the latter exceed in number all the 
 former. We are, however, informed that in Fitzwilliam there 
 
IJSrCREASE OF THE LIBRARY. 
 
 347 
 
 is evidently a growing interest among tlie younger readers in 
 works of the more valuable character. 
 
 The growth of the library and the increase in the number 
 of readers is well shown by the following table, which is made 
 up mainly from the reports of the supervisors. The table 
 gives the number of volumes in tlie library, and the number 
 of volumes issued during the twelve months ending March 1st 
 of the year stated : 
 
 Year. 
 
 1S71 
 
 1873 
 1874 
 1875 
 1876 
 
 1877 
 1878 
 1879 
 
 Volumes 
 
 ia 
 Library. 
 
 Volumes 
 
 Issued, 
 about 
 
 475 
 
 1 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 840 
 
 1,550 
 
 943 
 
 1,059 
 
 1,575 
 1,600 
 
 1,123 
 1,177 
 1,237 
 
 2,500 
 2,600 
 3,000 
 
 Year. 
 
 1880 
 1881 
 1882 
 1883 
 1884 
 1885 
 1886 
 1887 
 
 Volumes 
 
 in 
 Library. 
 
 1,346 
 1,431 
 1,532 
 1,574 
 1,690 
 1,741 
 1,864 
 1,882 
 
 Volumes 
 Issued. 
 
 3,000 
 3,000 
 3,400 
 3,700 
 
 6,000 
 8,000 
 8,000 
 
 The first printed catalogue of the books w^as given to the 
 public in the Town Reports of March, 1875. A complete cata- 
 logue was also printed in 1882, and lists of the additions made 
 from time to time have been printed as convenience re- 
 quired. 
 
 In 1877 the ]il)rary of the Unitarian Society, containing over 
 fonr hundred volumes, was loaned to the town library, with 
 which it still remains. The books of this library go into 
 practical use as a part of the town library, but they are not in- 
 cluded in the number of volumes as given in the preceding 
 table. 
 
 At some future period (may the time be far distant, how- 
 ever) the town library is to receive a large and choice addition 
 to its shelves. The late John J. Allen, Jr., a native of Fitz- 
 william, but resident in Keene for many years as liegister of 
 Deeds of Cheshire County, be(|ueathed his valuable private 
 library to the town of Fitzwilliam, to be delivered to the town 
 
348 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 after the decease of his wife. This library is an exceptionally 
 well-selected one, and contains a larger proportion of books 
 in extra bindings than is usual in private libraries in the conn- 
 try. This addition will make our library one of the largest 
 and best town libraries in the State. When this is received, and 
 probably before, the library should have a better and more 
 convenient room than it now occupies. Who will give the 
 town a suitable library building ? 
 
 THE LIBEAET OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. 
 
 The facts respecting this library have been kindly furnished 
 by Mr. Elisha Chaplin. 
 
 On March 20th, 1858, there was a meeting of the people of 
 this district to see if the district, as such, would accept of the 
 gift of one hundred dollars left by Mr. l^ewell Bent for the 
 purpose of establishing a district library. It was voted to ac- 
 cept this money, and a committee of three persons was raised 
 to select and purchase books, viz., George Damon, John N. 
 Richardson, and Winslow Phillips. At the same time the 
 sum of twenty-five dollars was raised to meet expenses and to 
 purchase a suitable bookcase. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, held August 31st, 1858, Samuel 
 S. Willard, Levi G. Smith, and Stillman Taylor were chosen 
 as a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws. 
 
 The report which they made was accepted and adopted, and 
 officers were chosen as follows : President, William Bent ; 
 Yice-President, Moses Chaplin ; Librarian, Elisha Chaplin ; 
 Secretary, John N. Kichardson ; Treasurer, Charles Damon ; 
 Directors, William H. Shirley, Winslow Phillips, and George 
 Damon. 
 
 In 1861 Levi G. Smith was chosen Yice-President, and in 
 1876 his place was taken by Jonas Damon. In 1882 Winslow 
 Phillips was chosen Librarian. In 18T6 Arthur L. Phillips 
 was chosen Secretary, and he was succeeded in 1880 by AVilliam 
 H. Shirley. John IST. Pichardson was the second Treasurer 
 chosen in 1861, and he was succeeded in 1876 by Arthur L. 
 Phillips, while in 1880 this office was filled by William H. 
 Shirley. 
 
LIBRA KY OF DISTRICT NO. 1. 349 
 
 In 1864- Levi G. Smith became one of the Directors, and in 
 1876 Elisha M. Bent became one likewise. 
 
 In 1868 the Sabbath-school of District l^o. 1 offered its 
 library to the Bent Library Association, and it was accepted. 
 
 For twenty-five years this library has been maintained with 
 a good degree of interest, and has been of great value to the 
 people in the south-east part of the town. At the j^resent 
 time the number of volumes belonging to it is two hundred 
 and seventy-three. 
 
CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Military Companies — Town Hall — Fire Department — Fitzwilliam Savings- 
 Bank — Post-OfEces — Population — Pauperism— Mortuary Record — Con- 
 nection witli tlie World — Mercnants and Traders — Inns and Hotels — ■ 
 Free-Masons — Odd Fellows — Wtld Animals. 
 
 A LL over N^ew England, as was true in many otlier parts 
 -^-J^ of our country, the defence of the colonies against the 
 incursions of hostile Indians rendered from the first the estab- 
 lishment of some military organization of tlie utmost impor- 
 tance, while later the French and Indian wars increased the 
 urgency of this demand. Hence, a very large proportion of 
 the people on the frontiers were always armed and equipped 
 with the instruments of war, and in this fact we find the chief 
 reason why the American colonies were in a better condition 
 to meet the armies of the mother country at the opening of 
 the Kevolution than they would have been if the early set- 
 tlements had been made in a time of peace. 
 
 As is true in nearly all the towns of New England, the in- 
 terest in the military affairs of Fitzwilliam centres largely in 
 the measures ado|)ted to secure the independence of our coun- 
 try from Great Britain, and to rescue the same from the hands 
 of its enemies in the great Rebellion. In both these instances 
 the loyalty to right of the people of this town awakened and 
 kept alive the martial spirit till the great ends of freedom and 
 justice were gained. 
 
 The war with Great Britain in 1812 had few to favor it 
 among the inhabitants of this town, and it is not known that 
 it fnrnished any soldiers for the regular army in that conflict. 
 
 What the town did in the Revolutionary War and also to 
 suppress the Rebellion has been set forth in the two chapters 
 devoted to those subjects. Previous to the Revolutionary 
 War, as the difficulties between the colonies and the mother 
 
EARLIEST MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS. 351 
 
 country became more defined, a resort to arms seemed more 
 certain, and measures of preparation for the coming strugule 
 were taken by the various State and provincial legislative 
 bodies, or by popular conventions called to consider the situa- 
 tion of affairs. 
 
 The men of Fitzwilliam voted February 23d, 1775, ''to 
 abide by the proceedings of the Continental Congress," and at 
 a meeting held March 16th, 1775, a formal military organiza- 
 tion was effected. At this meeting the town 
 
 Voted and Chose Mr John Melleu, Capt. of y^ Militia of y^ Town of 
 Fitzwilliam 
 
 Voted and chose Mr Levi Brigham, Lieut. 
 
 Voted and chose Mr Samuel Kendall, Ensign. 
 
 Voted and chose Mr Daniel Mellen, Clark. 
 
 Voted and chose Messrs Caleb Winch, Reuben Pratt, Nathan Mixer, 
 Benj. Davidson, Sarjants. 
 
 Voted and chose Messrs Leonard Brigham, Jonas Knight, David 
 Perry, Ezekiel Mixer, Corporals. 
 
 Tills organization continued during the Revolutionary War, 
 the company embracing all the men in town liable to do mili- 
 tary duty, probably all the able-bodied men between the ages 
 of sixteen and sixty. 
 
 As the population of the town increased, after the close of 
 the Revolutionary War, another company was organized, and 
 the town had two militia companies till the incorporation of 
 Troy in 1815. The north company was the Third Company, 
 and the south company was the Eighth Company of the 
 Twelfth ]^ew Hampshire Regiment. Among the early cap- 
 tains of the north comj^any may be named John Bowker, 
 Daniel Farrar, David Gary, John Clary, and Aaron Wright, 
 and of the south company Jesse Ilayden, Ebene^er Cutler, 
 John Fay, Moses Chaplin, Luke Kendall, Timothy Kendall, 
 William Locke, and Josiali Osborne. The dividing line be- 
 tween the two companies was what is now called " the old 
 road ' ' from Richmond through Fitzwilliam village to Rindge. 
 After the incorporation of Troy in 1815, there was only one 
 company (of militia) in Fitzwilliam, the south company en- 
 larging its borders and taking in that part of the north com- 
 pany that remained in the town. 
 
352 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 From time to time the laws of the State were modified with 
 regard to the age when men became exempt from military 
 duty, the number of days' service required of the enrolled men 
 annually, the imposition of fines for the lack of arms and equip- 
 ment, or for non-attendance at meetings for military drill, etc., 
 but for a long course of years provision was always made for 
 a large and effective body of citizen soldiery, to be held in 
 readiness to repel foreign invasion or put down civil insurrec- 
 tion. 
 
 As the records of the Fitzwilliam companies for these early 
 years have not been preserved, it is impossible to give any his- 
 tory of the companies even so far as to give a correct list of 
 the captains. In 1825 a complete reorganization of the mili- 
 tary system of New Hampshire was effected, and in 1826 the 
 Adjutant-General of the State issued new orders respecting 
 military service within the State, from which it appears that 
 
 every free, able-bodied, white, male citizen, resident within the limits 
 of any standing Company in the State who is of the age of 18 years and 
 under the age of 45 years, (except such as are absolutely exempted from 
 doing military duty, or hold a military commission in some other corps, 
 or belong to some Independent Company raised at large) must, severally 
 and respectively, be enrolled therein by the Captain or commanding 
 Officer of such Company. 
 
 From 1827 the records of the Fitzwilliam Infantry Com- 
 pany (which was the Second Company in the Twelfth Regi- 
 ment, Fifth Brigade, and Third Division of the New Hamp- 
 shire Militia) are full, and contain much valuable information. 
 This company included all the men of Fitzwilliam liable to 
 military duty, except the members of the Artillery Company 
 and the Fire-Engine Men, who were, while members of the 
 Engine Company, exempt. 
 
 Persons between forty and forty-five years of age, by com- 
 plying with certain conditions, became "Conditional Exempts," 
 and physicians came under the same rule ; but the names of all 
 of both these classes were, by law, borne upon the Roll of the 
 Infantry Company. 
 
 As a matter of course, the Infantry Company in any town 
 with the population of Fitzwilliam at that period would be 
 
CAVALRY — THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. 353 
 
 large, l^atnrallj it varied considerably during different years, 
 running from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty, of whom 
 ten to twenty were " Conditional Exempts." At a later date 
 the age limit of such exera|)t8 was lowered to thirty-five years. 
 In 1827 the captain of the Infantry Company was Ephraim 
 Parker, while Nahum Howe was lieutenant, and Levi Harris, 
 ensign. 
 
 It is believed that the following is a complete list of the 
 captains of this company from and after 1827 : 
 
 Ephraim Parker, 1827-8. 
 Nahum Howe, 1829-30. 
 Levi Harris, 1831. 
 Nathan Whipple, 1832-3. 
 Thomas Sweetser, 1834-5. 
 Morrill Gilnian, 1836-9. 
 John Forristall, 1840. 
 
 Lewis Moore, 1841-3. 
 Charles C. Carter, 1844-5. 
 Sanmel Kendall, 1846. 
 Thos. W. Whittemore, 1847. 
 Daniel Forristall, Jr., 1848-9. 
 Wilham Brooks, 1850-5. 
 
 CAVALKY. 
 
 In addition to the infantry companies, the Twelfth Kew 
 Hampshire Regiment had for perhaps twenty years or more 
 two companies of cavalry. Tlie First Company was made up' 
 from Rindge, Jaffrey, and Fitzwilliara, and the Second Com- 
 pany from Dublin, Nelson, and Marlborough. It is not cer- 
 tainly known when these companies were formed, but it was 
 probably several years before the close of the last century. 
 The First Company, in which Fitzwilliam was included, was 
 disbanded about 1820. So far as known no records of this 
 company have been preserved, and the traditions concerning 
 it are very meagre ; but among its commanding officers who re- 
 sided in Fitzwilliam were Thomas Goldsmith, Joseph Winch, 
 Charles Bowker, and Phinehas Reed. 
 
 THE AETILLEKY COMPANY. 
 
 That this section of the State was particularly interested in 
 military affairs is shown hj the fact that nearly every town in 
 the Twelfth Regiment had a uniformed or independent com- 
 pany, in addition to the militia company or companies which 
 paraded in citizens' dress. The older inhabitants of Fitzwill- 
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354 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 iam will remember tlie Jaffrey Rifle Company, the Dublin 
 Grenadiers, Rindge Light Infantry, J^elson Riflemen, and 
 Marlborough Light Infantry. The friendly rivalry between 
 these companies as to which should make the best appearance 
 in drill and uniform continued through successive years, and 
 resulted in making the regiment one of the very best in the 
 State. 
 
 In 1807 both Fitzwilliam and Dublin made very active efforts 
 to obtain a charter for an artillery company. In this compe- 
 tition Fitzwilliam was the successful town, owing mainly to 
 the skilful management of the case by Major Jonas Robeson, 
 who took a great interest in the measure, though he was not 
 the representative to the Legislature from Fitzwilliam that 
 year. Dublin, not obtaining the artillery charter, organized 
 at this time the Company of Grenadiers to which reference 
 has been made. The formal organization of the Artillery 
 Company in Fitzwilliam was effected October 1st, 1807, and 
 the record of the proceedings is as follows : 
 
 At a meeting of a number of the Inhabitants, assembled at Captain 
 Thomas Goldsmiths', Thursday Evening the 1'* day of Oct. 1807 for the 
 purpose of chosing officers and (making) other arrangements to obtain 
 an Artillery Company in this town — transacted the following business, viz. 
 
 1. Chose Major Wiliam Farrar, Moderator. 
 
 2. Chose Joseph Carter, Clerk. 
 
 3. Chose Major Jonas Robeson for Captain. 
 
 4. Chose Lieut. Wm. F. Perry, 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 5. Chose Dr. Benjamin Bemis 3d " 
 
 6. Chose a Committee of three to draft an obligation for individuals 
 to assist in the Equipping of said Company. Chose Jonas Roberson, 
 Esqr. Dr. Benjamin Bemis and Phineas Reed Esqr — for said Committee. 
 
 7. Voted to choose a Committee of five to obtain signors for the Equip- 
 ping of said Company, according to the report of the above-mentioned 
 Committee ; and chose Major William Farrar, Samuel Patch, Amos 
 Pratt, Thomas Stratton, and Captain Thomas Goldsmith for said Com. 
 
 William Farrer Moderator. 
 A true copy. Attest Joseph Carter, Clerk. 
 Oct. 1. 1807. 
 
 It is said that Dr. Bemis received a regimental appointment, 
 in consequence of which Joseph Brigham was commissioned 
 second lieutenant in the Artillery. William F. Perry was 
 
CAPTAINS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. 
 
 355 
 
 lieutenant in the Cavalry Company, from which he was trans- 
 ferred to the Artillery Company. Such was the commence- 
 ment of this company, which was so long noted for its excellent 
 discipline and general good appearance. In 1837 the company 
 obtained a new charter and was entirely reorganized. From 
 1807 to 1838 the full company consisted of three commissioned 
 officers, four musicians, and thirty-two privates. In 1839 the 
 number of privates was increased to sixty-four, of whom thirty- 
 two bore swords and were the proper artillery men, and 
 thirty-two bore muskets. At the same time the company ]*e- 
 ceived a new cannon, a six-pounder, taking the place of the 
 four-pounder they had previously held. 
 
 CAPTAINS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. 
 
 Jonas Robeson, 1807. 
 William F. Perry. 
 Joseph Brigham. 
 Daniel W. Farrar. 
 Artemas Felton. 
 Calvin Coolidge. 
 Nathaniel S. Stone, 1820-1. 
 Curtis Coolidge, 1822-3. 
 Dexter Whittemore, 1824-6. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, 1827-9. 
 Asa Brewer, 1830-2. 
 Martin Streeter, 1833. 
 Elijah Bowker, 1834. 
 
 Levi Haskell, 1835. 
 Reuben B. Pratt, 1836-8. 
 Jonathan S. Adams, 1839. 
 Erastus Brown, 1840. 
 :N"elson Howe, 1841. 
 William Lebourveau, 1842. 
 Matthias B. Felton, 1843. 
 Almond Phillips, 1844. 
 David Perry, 1845-6. 
 Daniel C. Bissell, 1847. 
 Jared D. Perkins, 1848. 
 Andrew Parker, 1849-50. 
 Moses Chaplin, Jr., 1851-3. 
 
 The last entry in the record book of the company is as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Fitzwilliam Artillery 
 Enrolled according to law on the third Tuesday of May 1853 
 
 Moses Chaplin jr Capt 
 Attest William Pratt Clerk 
 
 About 1850 the laws of the State were so changed that only 
 a formal enrollment of the j)ersons liable to do military duty 
 was required, and a few years later even this ceased to be 
 obligatory. 
 
356 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 TOW]Sr HALL. 
 
 The history of this edifice is so peculiar that it deserves a 
 notice in this record. 
 
 ]N early all of the present generation know, and future gen- 
 erations ought to know, that this building was erected not for 
 town purposes, but as a house for divine worship. As has 
 been already stated in this history, it was built in 1817, and 
 stands upon the spot occupied by its predecessor that was 
 erected in 1816, and after being dedicated and used for public 
 religious services nine Sabbaths, was fired by lightning, Janu- 
 ary 17th, 1817, and burned to tlie ground with all its contents. 
 
 A glance at the Town Hall will show that this building was 
 erected before the jDresent style of church architecture had be- 
 come popular, but it is none the worse for that. For nearly 
 seventy years strangers have admired its pleasant and conven- 
 ient location and its harmonious proportions, which are in 
 striking contrast with many church edifices of the present day. 
 
 The house that was burned cost about seven thousand dol- 
 lars, the town in its corporate capacity appropriating for its 
 erection the sum of four hundred dollars. After the settle- 
 ment of the bills for building, etc., there remained a debt upon 
 the house amounting to about two thousand dollars. ■ One year 
 and twenty days after the dedication of its predecessor, the 
 house now standing was dedicated and used at once for the 
 usual religious services. Its cost was six thousand and sixty- 
 four dollars, but about one thousand of this was generously 
 contributed by natives of Fitzwilliam and other friends resid- 
 ing elsewhere. At the sale of the pews the large sum of seven 
 thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-four 
 cents was realized, which was sufficient to meet all the bills 
 incurred by the erection of the new house, and to liquidate 
 the debt contracted in the building of its predecessor. Early 
 in 1817, and soon after the destruction of the first house, the 
 town had voted to build another and had appropriated fifteen 
 hundred dollars for this purpose, but how this appropriation 
 was used, if used at all, the records do not show, possibly in 
 part to pay for the land upon which the churches had been 
 
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THE MEETING-HOUSE OF 1817. 357 
 
 erected, altliough Pliinehas Reed, Esq., of whom most of the 
 land had been purchased, appears to have taken his pay largely 
 in the pews of the second house. In 1815 Mr. Reed had 
 deeded his lot of land to the town for the purpose of erecting 
 a church upon it, and the price which the town was to pay for 
 it was five hundred dollars. About the same time Solonmn 
 Alexander conveyed to the town for one hundred dollars some 
 additional land adjoining the lot purchased of Mr. Reed, and 
 Rev. John Sabin gave to the town a part of the land which 
 was afterward used for horse-sheds or stables. Samuel Griffin, 
 David Stone, and Joseph Brigham, being a committee a])- 
 pointed for this purpose, seem to have prepared the ground, 
 erected the sheds, and sold the same to individuals, so that 
 the town acquired no rights in the sheds themselves. 
 
 The committee appointed to build the meeting-house now 
 standing, to sell the pews, and to give titles to them consisted' 
 of Jonas Robinson, Charles Eowker, Thaddeus Cummings, 
 Luther Chapman, and John Whittemore, and these gentlemen 
 w^ere aided by a " Consulting Committee" consisting of 
 Pliinehas Reed, JS^ahum Parker, Abel Baker, Thomas Richard- 
 son, Samuel Griffin, Joseph Brigham, and, John J. Allen. 
 Pew No. 1 was set apart for the minister, and three pews were 
 reserved in the galleries. 
 
 For fifteen years after its erection this was the only church 
 edifice in the town, and the town as such paid the salary of 
 its minister. Rev. John Sabin, up to March 5th, 1832. For 
 five years or more before this date (as has been already stated 
 in the chapter upon later ecclesiastical history), an increasing 
 divergence in the religious views of the people had been man- 
 ifesting itself, and this led to the erection of a new meeting- 
 house by the Orthodox Society in 1832. Public worship wa*^ 
 now maintained in tw^o places, in addition to which occasional 
 services were held by the Baptist Society. The pulpit and 
 pews remained in what is now the town house as when they 
 were first built till 1860. Many of those who had withdrawn 
 and formed a new society still owned pews in the building, 
 and the condition of things relating to it was unsatisfactory 
 and embarrassing to all the parties concerned. 
 
B58 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 In 1854 the subject of altering tlie meeting-liouse and using 
 a part or parts of it for other than religious purposes was dis- 
 cussed in town meeting, and a committee to consider and re- 
 port upon the matter was raised, consisting of Amos A. Par- 
 ker, Jonathan S. Adams, Charles C. Carter, Asa Brewer, and 
 Samuel Kendall. ]^o plan proposed proving acceptable to the 
 town, in 1857 the town offered to sell the church edifice to 
 the Orthodox Society, this society having recently lost its house 
 of worship by fire. The committee appointed to negotiate 
 with that Society for this purpose consisted of Amos A. Parker, 
 David Perry, and A. Stone, Jr. Captain J. S. Adams, in 
 behalf of the Orthodox Society, offered to pay five hundred 
 dollars for the upper part of the church, and to meet one half 
 of the expenses of outside repairs, after the repairs then going 
 on should have been completed. This plan was discussed in 
 town meeting and laid upon the table. Later, the town gave 
 to the Orthodox Society the use of the building and pulpit for 
 one year. 
 
 In 1858 the town voted to sell such portions of the lower 
 part of the building as were not needed for town purposes, and 
 to fit up the upper part for a town hall, and appointed as a 
 committee to make a plan for this purpose, estimate expenses, 
 learn how a title to the pews could be obtained, and what 
 amount such a portion of the building as was offered for sale 
 would bring. This committee consisted of Amos A. Parker, 
 Esq., Elijah Bowker, and Josiah E. Carter. No definite re- 
 sults having been reached, the town, in 1858, considered a 
 motion to sell the whole lot, with the building upon it, at auc- 
 tion, but legal difficulties having been suggested, because of 
 the rights of the pew-owners, the matter was indefinitely post- 
 poned, the vote standing fifty-four to eighty-six. In 1858 the 
 town expended for repairs upon the building three hundred 
 and fifty-four dollars and forty-two cents, and a year later 
 paid A. A. Parker, as " a Committee on the Meeting House," 
 the sum of eleven dollars and ninety-two cents. 
 
 In the same year, viz., 1858, the Legislature of New Hamp- 
 shire passed an act authorizing towns with meeting-houses in 
 which they had certain rights, and pew-holders had others, to 
 
DIVISION OF THE PROCEEDS OF SALE. 359 
 
 sell such houses at auction, the proceeds to be di vided among 
 the pi'oprietors, owners, and pew-holders, according to their 
 respective interests in the same, which interests were to be 
 determined by the County Commissioners. The passage of this ■ 
 a(;t removed the legal restraint to the sale of the house, and 
 the town voted one hundred and one to twenty-seven, to sell 
 it at auction, and appointed an agent to bid it off at the sale. 
 This was done, the town taking it at the bid of one thousand 
 dollars. Previous to this the selectmen of Jaffrey had been 
 selected by the town and the Orthodox Society to appraise the 
 pews in the house. Those in the lower part were appraised 
 by them at from three to fifteen dollars each, six of them 
 only at the highest price. The thirty- eight pews in the gal- 
 lery were deemed worth two dollars each, and the whole amount 
 of the appraisal was six hundred and forty-eight dollars, 
 
 April 12th, 1859, the County Commissioners John A. Pres- 
 cott, Lawson Robertson, and Willard Adams met in Fitzwill- 
 iam and made the division of the one thousand dollars which 
 the town paid for the house, as follows : viz., the town to re- 
 ceive six hundred and fifty-one dollars and the pew-owners 
 the remainder, or three hundred and forty-nine dollars. The 
 pews upon the lower floor thus brought to their owners from 
 one dollar to nine dollars each, and those in the galleries 
 from seventy-five cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents 
 each. 
 
 The town had already voted that when a clear title to the 
 pews should be secured it would sell a portion of the house to 
 School District 'No. 5 or any other School District, and this 
 offer was repeated by a vote of the town. May 7th, 1859, the 
 division of the voters present showing forty-four in favor of 
 this plan and seventeen against it. The selectmen were made 
 a committee to effect the sale. 
 
 As this plan also miscarried, the town voted in 18G0 to ap- 
 propriate the upper part of the house for a town hall, and ap- 
 pointed as a committee to carry this vote into effect Dr. Silas 
 Cummings, Joshua T. Collins, and Asa S. Kendall. Five 
 hundred dollars were appropriated for this object, which sum 
 must have been largely increased after the changes contem- 
 
360 ' HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 plated were entered upon, since the report of the selectmen 
 made March 12th, 1861, shows that there had been paid for 
 the Town Hall repairs and changes during the year closing at 
 that time fourteen hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty- 
 one cents. 
 
 Later, commencing with 1868, various improvements were 
 made in the lower story, which now furnishes an office for the 
 town clerk, a room for the selectmen, spacious .quarters for 
 the town library, and a convenient hall for the smaller gath- 
 erings of the people, all very complete and satisfactory. 
 
 The bell upon the Town House has been recently recast and 
 replaced at a cost to the town of three hundred and one dol- 
 lars and five cents. This new bell weighs fifteen hundred and 
 twenty-four pounds. It should be observed in this place 
 that both the original bell and the town clock were purchased 
 and put in position by private subscriptions, the town by vote 
 granting to the individuals specially interested liberty to make 
 these improvements.* 
 
 Reference may here be appropriately made to the improve- 
 ments that have taken place upon and around the Common 
 within the last fifty or sixty years. Within the memory of 
 j)ersons hardly threescore years old no house was standing be- 
 tween the dwelling of Miss Dyer and the Richmond Road, 
 but the lots upon which are the houses of Messrs. Blake, 
 Fisher, and Gleason constituted the dooryard of the small 
 house just back of the home of Amos J. Blake, Esq. The 
 east fence of this yard at that date was about where the stone 
 curbing was recently put down in front of the three houses 
 just named, while farther south the front fence of the garden 
 of Dexter Whittemore, Esq., was about in the middle of the 
 street as it is now used for travel. The ground toward the 
 south-east part of the Common, as it now is, was low, and there 
 a small pond was made by every considerable rain or heavy 
 shower. 
 
 In front of an old wood-colored house, north of the Common, 
 
 * It is understood that for the clock the town is largely indebted to the public spirit 
 and energy of Miss Ellea Fullam, since the project of procuring it, andtheself-deuyiug 
 labor involved in obtaining subscriptions for it, were chiefly her work. 
 
DEPOT 
 •VILLAGE, 
 
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FITZWILLTAM FIRE DEPARTMENT. 361 
 
 where the brick house now stands, were three or four tall Loni- 
 barclj poplars, w^hich were the only trees designed for orna- 
 ment in that part of the village, while two similar trees stood 
 on the side of the road below the other end of the Common, 
 and near the residence of the late Dr. Cummings. 
 
 But more than forty years ago a Society for Village Im- 
 provement had been organized, for in JSTovember, 1844, 
 the town " Yoted that 'the Tree Society' make such im- 
 provements on the Common as the Selectmen may con- 
 sent to." 
 
 Under this vote trees were set out on the Common and the 
 land was somewhat im^jroved to give them a better chance for 
 life and growth. 
 
 And in March, 1S60, the town " Voted that leave be 
 granted to ' the Fitzwilliam Association to improve the Public 
 Grounds,' to enclose a portion of the Common with a suitable 
 fence and otherwise improve it under the direction of the 
 Selectmen." Accordingly, in the same year, the fence was 
 built and the land still further imjjroved. 
 
 FIEE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Ever since its settlement F'itzwilliam has siiifered more by 
 fires than most towns of its size and population. A full list of 
 the buildings and property consumed in this place M'ithin one 
 hundred and twenty years it is impossible to give, but that 
 which is presented in this connection, and is made up from 
 tradition and the memory of some of the older natives and in- 
 habitants of the town, is a long one, and embraces the loss of 
 many valuable buildings. 
 
 This sad experience has had a good effect in two particulars, 
 for it has made the owners of property liable to destruction 
 by fire more and more careful abont the amounts and safety 
 of their insurance, and it has kept before the minds of the 
 people the necessity of maintaining an efficient fire depart- 
 ment. 
 
 The Fitzwilliam Engine Company was incorporated in 
 1825, and since that date the town has had a better fire 
 
362 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 department and better engines than three fourths of the 
 New England towns of the same size, wealth, and popula- 
 tion. 
 
 Fire wardens were first chosen by the town in 1825, and 
 have been annually elected ever since. In general they have 
 had such an organization as they have deemed necessary, and 
 have made such regulations to guard against and extinguish 
 fires as the law has allowed and the public safety required. 
 For a considerable period they do not appear to have made 
 formal reports to the town, but this has been done, as required 
 by law, since 1876. 
 
 Fitzwilliam has had three fire-engines, and each of these, 
 when purchased, was considered a very efficient machine for 
 the times. But everything of this kind will grow old and 
 wear out, and so when the wardens reported in 1876 that the 
 engine company was composed of men " who could be relied 
 on for promptness, and (with proper tools and equipments) 
 efficient," they were compelled to add that the " engine and 
 hose were entirely inadequate for the extinguishment of any 
 considerable fire." The force of this statement being appre- 
 ciated, a committee was appointed for the purchase of a new 
 fire-engine, consisting of John E. Fisher, C. L, Taft, Chauncy 
 Davis, Melvin Wilson, and George A. Whittemore, and they 
 reported, a year later, that they had bought a new engine, 
 hose-carriage, hose and other equipments costing the town 
 (exclusive of a donation of freight bills by the Cheshire Rail- 
 road) five hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents. The 
 freight donation amounted to forty-nine dollars and twenty- 
 five cents. The department was now in a good condition for 
 service. 
 
 In 1879 three hundred feet of new hose were purchased. 
 
 As no record of the fires in Fitzwilliam has ever been kept, 
 the list that follows is imperfect : 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 Town Meetiug-House . Jan. 17, 1817; erected, 1816; cost, 
 
 $7000. 
 Orthodox " Jan. 15, 1856 ; erected in 1832. 
 
RAVAGES OF FIRE IN FITZWILLIAM. 363 
 
 DWELLINGS "WITH OUT-HOUSES, BAENS, ETC. 
 
 Samuel Patrick On east road to Troy ; rebuilt, 1Y85. 
 
 John Mellen, Esq. . . . Date unknown. 
 
 Joel Mellen A special list of all the houses in town 
 
 in 1798 above one hundred dollars in 
 value gives the situation of this 
 house as " N. west from the center 
 under the great hill," and states that 
 "this house was burnt the last of 
 Dec'r, 1798." In a list of all the 
 lands in town made at the same time 
 the location is given as on Lot 16 in 
 Range 9. 
 
 Jesse Forristall Dec. 19, 1808. Where H. N. Fair- 
 
 ^ banks now lives. 
 
 Caleb AVinch May, 1809 ; grandson burned in it ; age 
 
 7 years. 
 
 Josiah Iniralls 1829. Where Wm. Lebourveau now 
 
 lives. 
 
 Wm. S. Whittemore. About 1833. Where Bartlett Hayden 
 
 lives. 
 
 Jacob Felton About 1839. Where Eev. A. Dunn 
 
 resides. 
 
 Dr. Silas Cummings. . About 1813. Where Mrs. Cummings 
 
 resides, 
 
 Xoah Sabin 1863. In the village. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Fisher . . N. W. corner of town. 
 
 Joel Whittemore Feb. 4, 1872, In the village, opposite 
 
 the school-house. 
 
 Wm. O. Carkin March 3, 1876. 
 
 Anson G. Beebe. . . ) . ia iot/? 
 T . 1 Tir r Aug. 10, 1876. 
 
 Josiah Moore ) 
 
 Philip Boyce May 19, 1878. 
 
 AmosMcGee 1879 ; rebuilt on same spot. 
 
 Geo. N. Olmstead . . . 1879, in S, E, part of town. 
 
 Frederick Redwood . . March 28, 1881, with barn, etc; ins,, 
 
 $7500. 
 
 Gilbert C. Bemis .... Dec. 27, 1881. 
 
 Z. A. Boyce Oct. 27, 1885. 
 
86 i HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 MANUFACTOIIIES AND SHOPS. 
 
 Howe & Sweetser .... Two at BLoweville. 
 
 Jacob Simonds At Lower Howeville. 
 
 Elijah Bowker At Bowkerville. 
 
 Geo. W. Simonds Scott Mill. 
 
 Elislia Chaplin June 18, 1883, where the first saw-mill 
 
 in District 'No. 1 was built by Sam- 
 uel Divol. 
 
 John Kimball Blacksmith shop. 
 
 Asa S. Kendall Tannery, on old Troy Road. 
 
 Moses A. Allen Store-house, formerly the dwelling- 
 house of Nahuni Howe^ Sr. ; was 
 built by him. 
 
 barns, etc., consumedt 
 On Fay Place. 
 
 W. D. Locke 
 
 J. S. Adams Aug. 20, 1878. 
 
 D. T. Moore 
 
 Nathan Whipple 
 
 School-house, in District No. 1, 1808 ? 
 " " " "11,1845? 
 
 FlTZWir-LIAM SAVINGS-BANK. 
 
 This history would be incomplete without a brief notice of 
 this important institution. 
 
 It was not organized to bring riches or influence to its pro- 
 jectors and officers, for all engaged in conducting its affairs, 
 with the single exception of the treasurer, serve the public in 
 this capacity without compensation ; but its design, as set forth 
 upon the last page of each depositor's book, 
 
 is to enable the industrious of all classes to iavest such part of their in- 
 come as they can conveniently spare in a safe and profitable manner. It 
 is intended to encourage the industrious and prudent, and to induce 
 those who have not been such to lessen their unnecessary expenses, and 
 lay up something for a period of life when they will be less able to pro- 
 vide for themselves. Every clerk, apprentice, domestic and child should 
 have an account with some bank of this kind 
 
FITZWILLIAM SAVINGS-BAKK. 865 
 
 Two facts led to the establishment of the Fitzwilliam Sav- 
 ings- Bank. 
 
 1. The inconvenience that the people of this town mnst al- 
 ways encounter in making deposits in and drawing their funds 
 from other savings-banks, because they are located at such a 
 distance from Fitzwilliam. 
 
 2. Because of the nature of some of our industrial pursuits, 
 notably the granite business, there is, and for many years to 
 come will be, a large number of persons in this town who 
 should enjoy the benefits of such an institution. 
 
 These considerations led a number of the business men of 
 this place to apply for a charter of a savings-bank to be located 
 in Fitzwilliam, v^'hicl^ was granted in the usual form July 
 13th, 1871, wnth Stephen Batcheller, Amos A. Parker, Phillip 
 S. Batcheller, Josiah E, Carter, John Whittemore, George 
 W. Simonds, Charles C. Carter, Silas Cummings, JS^orman IT. 
 Cahill, Anson G. Beebe, Amos J. Blake, and George A. 
 Whittemore as corporators. 
 
 A constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the first board 
 of officers chosen as follows : 
 
 President, Stephen Batcheller, 
 
 Vice-Presidents, Josiah E. Carter, Daniel R. Spaulding. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Milton Chaplin. 
 
 Trustees : Silas Cummings, Amos J. Blake, Edw^ard P. 
 Kimball, John Whittemore, John M. Parker, Samuel Kendall, 
 Abner Gage, Norman U. Cahill, Reuben Angier, George W. 
 Simonds, Aaron P. Gleason, William Wright, Ambrus W. 
 Spaulding. 
 
 Financial Committee : Daniel P. Spaulding, Amos J, 
 Blake, John M. Parker. 
 
 The institution has been satisfactorily successful, fully meet- 
 ing the expectations of its friends and projectors. 
 
 The amount due to depositors January 1st, 1887, was one 
 hundred and fifty thousand, nine hundred and eighty-nine dol- 
 lars and thirty-six cents, with a surplus and guarantee fund of 
 eight thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety- 
 six cents, making a total amount, as standing in the books, of 
 one hundred and fifty-nine thousand, five hundred and thirty- 
 
366 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 three dollars and thirty-two cents, but with an actual market 
 value of one hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred 
 and ninety-eight dollars and fifteen cents. 
 
 The officers for 1887 are : 
 
 President, Amos J. Blake, 
 
 Yice-President, Josiah E. Carter. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Stephen Batcheller. 
 
 Trustees : John M. Parker, Kimball D. Webster, Aaron 
 P. Gleason, Samu.el Kendall, Elbridge Cnmmings, Wright 
 Whitcomb, Charles Byam, Edwin IST. Bowen, Chauncy Davis, 
 Melvin Wilson, Edmund Bemis, Herbert E. Wetherbee, 
 Peuben L. Angier. 
 
 Board of Investment : John M. Parker, Charles Byam, 
 Peuben L. Angier, Amos J. Blake, Stephen Batcheller. 
 
 POST-OFFICES. 
 
 So far as the Pecords of the Post-Office Department show, 
 the Fitzwilliam Post-Office was established in 1805, and Jonas 
 Pobeson was appointed postmaster. 
 
 The following is a list of the persons who have held the 
 office of postmaster to the present time, with the date of their 
 commissions : 
 
 Jonas Robeson August 23, 1805. 
 
 Curtis Coolidge December 25, 1819. 
 
 Gideon 0. l^oble March 28, 1837. 
 
 Jared D. Perkins May 23, 1812. 
 
 Philhp S. Batcheller October 16, 1819. 
 
 Silas Cummings March 27, 1855. 
 
 Philhp S. Batcheller May 1, 1861. 
 
 George A. Whittemore Nov^ember 2, 1866. 
 
 Phillip S. Batcheller December 10, 1866. 
 
 Elliot K. Wheelock July 14, 1885. 
 
 Thomas B. Burns October 22, 1885. 
 
 John J. Allen, Jr., was appointed in 1849, but as he did not 
 quahfy, he never received his commission. 
 
Ml 
 
LOCATION OF THE POST-OFFICE. 367 
 
 This office was made a money- order office in 1881, and as 
 such it is a great convenience to many. 
 
 In 1806 a post-office was established at Fitzwilliam Depot. 
 Postmasters as follows : 
 
 Elbridge Cummings March 27, 1866. 
 
 Calvin B. Perry August 24, 1885. 
 
 This office is kept in the store of Mr. Perry. 
 
 As Mr. Robeson had a store in the village when he became 
 postmaster, the office was doubtless kept in it, at first in the 
 house known afterward as the Everett House, and later in tlie 
 two-story wing of his dwelling, when the store was removed to 
 that place. Mr. Coolidge kept the office in the same 
 place. 
 
 When Dr. G. C. Noble became postmaster he removed the 
 office to the building now owned and occupied by Messrs. P. 
 S. & S. Batcheller, and it remained in the same place for 
 about forty-eight years, with the exception of about five years, 
 when Dr. Cummings, as postmaster, kept it in the Robeson 
 store and a few weeks while George A. Whittemore was post- 
 master, when it was kept in the store of D. Whittemore. 
 
 At present the office is located in the store so long occupied 
 by John Whittemore, Jr. 
 
 W^hen the Fitzwilliam Post-Office was established in 1805, 
 and for some years after, there do not appear to have been 
 post-offices in some of the neighboring towns, particularly in 
 Richmond and Rindge, and the mail for the people of those 
 towns came chiefly through the Fitzwilliam office. The 
 Rindge office was established in 1815, Richmond in 1812.'^" 
 
 That this town had good postal facilities so early is accounted 
 for by the fact that the " Great Road " from Boston and 
 vicinity tolveene and the Northwest passed through this town, 
 thus inviting the establishment, very early, of a regular line 
 of stages. 
 
 * From the History of Jaffrey : 
 
 Owing to the fire which burned the Department Building at Washington, Dec. 15, 
 1836, in which the earliest books of the office were destroyed, the exict time of the 
 establishment of the Post-Office in Jaffrey cannot be ascertained. The first quarterly 
 accounts began April 1, 1801. The Fitzwilliam office may have been established before 
 1805. 
 
368 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 In the New Hampshire Sentinel, bearing elate April 23d, 
 1808, the following advertisement appeared : 
 
 " List of Letters remaining in the Post Office Fitzwilliam 
 K H. April 1. 1808 :— 
 
 Fitzwilliam. Capt. John Bowker. ' 
 Miss Rizpah Whipple. 
 Richmond. Capt. Benjamin Crooker. 
 Eindge. Doctor Stephen Jewett, 3. 
 
 " Talman Jennings 3, John F. Munro, Daniel 
 
 Lake, John Bancroft, Asa Rand, Daniel Page, Doctor Josiah 
 Whitney. 
 
 Jonas Robinson P. M." 
 
 A similar advertisement, dated Jnly 6th, 1810, is signed 
 " Jonas Robeson P M " 
 
 At a little earlier date some of the post-offices served a mnch 
 wider extent of country. The office in Worcester, Mass., sub- 
 stantially served nearly the whole of Worcester County. In 
 the Massachusetts Sjpy, 1801, the Postmaster of Worcester ad- 
 vertised letters for nearly all the towns in the county, and for 
 some of the towns in the adjoining counties. 
 
 The location of the Fitzwilliam post-offices is such that the 
 people generally are well served by them, with the exception 
 of some of the inhabitants of School District No. 1, who are 
 better accommodated through the office of Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 A brief statement relative to the population of New Hamp- 
 shire, while it was one of the American provinces of Great 
 Britain, will not be inappropriate in this connection. 
 
 The settlement of this province commenced early, but its 
 growth was slow when compared with the States and Terri- 
 tories of our Union that have been organized within the last 
 sixty years. 
 
 No general census of the United States was taken before 
 1790, so that for nearly one hundred and iifty years the fig- 
 ures representing the population of New Hampshire were 
 mostly a matter of computation. The calculations of differ- 
 
POPULATIOlSr AT VARIOUS PERIODS. 
 
 369 
 
 eut persons equally well qualified to judge were not the same, 
 but in general it may be supposed that there were in the prov- 
 ince in 1640 a little less than one thousand inhabitants. In 
 1690 there may have been five thousand, and forty years later 
 ten thousand. 
 
 The first counties were organized in lYTl, when the prov- 
 ince contained less than seventy thousand inhabitants. In 
 17Y5 the number had increased to eighty-two thousand two 
 hundred. During the Revolutionary War l^ew Hampshire 
 furnished twelve thousand four hundred and ninety-seven 
 men, and a rapid increase of population could not have been 
 expected in that period, l^evertheless, in 1790, according to 
 the United States Census, New Hampshire had not far from 
 one hundred and forty-two thousand inhabitants. 
 
 Fitzwilliam was one of the last towns settled in Southern 
 New Hampshire, and in 1762 the single family of Benjamin 
 Bigelow contained the entire white population. 
 
 . It is proposed to present here, at a single view, the popula- 
 tion of this and the adjoining towns at the various periods 
 when a reliable enumeration has been made. 
 
 Date. 
 
 1767 
 
 1773 
 
 1775 
 
 1786 
 
 1790 ...... 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 1850 
 
 1860 
 
 1870 
 
 1880 
 
 93 
 214 
 
 250 
 870 
 1,038 
 1,240 
 1,301 
 1,167 
 1,229 
 1,366 
 1,482 
 1,292 
 1,140 
 1,187 
 
 
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 6 
 
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 2 
 
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 £ 
 
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 93 
 
 298 
 
 
 
 275 
 
 604 
 
 303 
 
 Incor- 
 
 322 
 
 542 
 
 351 
 
 porat- 
 
 618 
 
 759 
 
 * • • • 
 
 ed in 
 
 786 
 
 1,143 
 
 1,235 
 
 1815. 
 
 1,185 
 
 1,196 
 
 1,340 
 
 
 1,142 
 
 1,226 
 
 1,336 
 
 676 
 
 766 
 
 1,298 
 
 1,339 
 
 676 
 
 822 
 
 1,269 
 
 1,354 
 
 683 
 
 831 
 
 1,161 
 
 1,411 
 
 759 
 
 887 
 
 1,274 
 
 1,497 
 
 761 
 
 915 
 
 1,230 
 
 1,453 
 
 767 
 
 1,017 
 
 1,107 
 
 1,256 
 
 796 
 
 1,286 
 
 934 
 
 1,267 
 
 338 
 
 745 
 
 864 
 
 1,250 
 
 1,386 
 
 1,390 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,391 
 
 1,301 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,128 
 
 1,014 
 
 868 
 
 669 
 
370 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 In June, 1877, Everard Whittemore, a native of Fitzwill- 
 iam, took a complete census of the town, and this was printed 
 for circulation by his father, George A. Whittemore. This 
 gives the name of each inhabitant of the town, with the date 
 and place of birtli, and is arranged alphabetically. The total 
 population was found to be thirteen hundred and fourteen, 
 which exceeds the United States enumeration of 1870 by one 
 hundred and seventy-four, and that of 1880 by one hundred 
 and twenty-seven. This difference is probably to be accounted 
 for by supposing a more careful and nearly perfect enumera- 
 tion of the inhabitants on the part of Mr. Whittemore, rather 
 than by concluding that there had been such a change in the 
 population of the town as these figures would indicate. 
 
 The statement of ages given is as follows : 
 
 Under 10 years .... 
 
 Urom 10 to 20 years 
 " 20 to 30 ' " 
 '' 30 to 40 " 
 " 40 to 50 " 
 
 268 
 241 
 208 
 186 
 140 
 
 From 50 to 60 years . . 
 
 .. 112 
 
 " 60 to 70 " . . 
 
 .. 78 
 
 " 70 to 80 " .. 
 
 .. 60 
 
 " 80 to 90 " .. 
 
 .. 19 
 
 " 90 to 100 " .. 
 
 2 
 
 The enterprise of all the parties concerned in taking and 
 printing this census of 1877 was highly creditable. 
 
 The census of 1773, taken about the time of the incorpora- 
 tion of the town and preparatory to it, showed of unmarried 
 men eighteen, married men forty -four, persons under sixteen 
 years of age, fifty-five, females married forty -four, females 
 unmarried fifty-three, total two hundred and fourteen. 
 
 The population in 177^, as given in the table, was not re- 
 turned by the town officers, but was estimated and filled in by 
 the officials, probably at Exeter, acting under the authority of 
 the Convention which met in that place. The population was 
 probably a little less than the round number given — two hun- 
 dred and fifty. The census of 1773 was taken by John Mellen 
 and Edward Kendall, selectmen. That of 1786 was taken 
 April 20th by John Fassett, Abner Stone, and Caleb Winch. 
 The entire population at that time was white. 
 
 When Troy was incorporated in 1815 Fitzwilliam lost about 
 forty-five hundred acres of land, or about one sixth part of its 
 
CEMETERY AND BURIALS. 371 
 
 territory, and not far from two liundred and ten of its inhab- 
 itants, perhaps two hundred and twenty. The loss of the 
 neio-hborino; town of Richmond at the same time and for the 
 same reason was small, perhaps one ninth or one tenth as lara^e 
 as that of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 A glance at the table of population given on page 369 will 
 show that, considering all the circumstances of the case, and 
 especially the diminution in the nnmber of its inhabitants by 
 the incorporation of Troy, Fitzwilliam has well maintained 
 its population, while the loss experienced by some of its 
 neighbors, notably Rindge and Richmond, has been very 
 considerable. 
 
 CEMETEKY AND DEATHS. 
 
 In the early years of Fitzwilliam the remains of eight or ten 
 persons were buried in a lot belonging to a Mr. Warner, in 
 School District No. 1, and tradition asserts that there were 
 two other burials in private ground in that part of the town. 
 Twelve or fifteen persons were buried on Lot 20 in Range 11, 
 now within the limits of Troy. This place was originally 
 enclosed by a stone wall, except at the place of entrance, but 
 the wall is now very much broken down, and the lot is over- 
 grown with trees. A number were buried also in what is now 
 tlie old cemetery of Troy, before the incorporation of that 
 town, but how many it is impossible to say, though it is not 
 supposed that such cases were numerous. 
 
 Occasionally, in the case of persons dying from small-pox, 
 there are supposed to have been burials in unknown places, as 
 the safety of the community might demand. And in later 
 years there have been a few burials in Winchendon from the 
 southeast part of the town. 
 
 With these exceptions, the old cemetery on the hill (with 
 the additions made to it in later years) has been the single 
 burying-place of the dead of Fitzwilliam from the beginning. 
 
 The history of the laying out of this burying-ground has 
 been already given in Chapter Y., but it may be remarked in 
 this place that a committee of five, apjjointed by the propi'i- 
 etors in 1768, after a careful examination, reported in 1770, in 
 
372 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 favor of placing the meeting-house and locating the cemetery 
 on the easterly part of Lot No. 13, in Range T, and that " five 
 acres of land be laid out for public use where Jason Stone - 
 child is buried." 
 
 Thaddeus, son of Jason Stone, died, April 30th, 1Y69, from 
 being scalded, and was the first recorded death in Monadnock 
 No. 4 ; and the burial of this child in that place was doubtless 
 in anticipation of the act of the proprietors in locating as they 
 did the cemetery. 
 
 That there was a great lack of regularity and convenience 
 of access in the arrangements of the ancient lot is not a matter 
 for surprise, when we recall the circumstances under which 
 the earlier interments were made. 
 
 In 1846 it was deemed necessary to provide additional land 
 for the cemetery, as the ground originally laid out was nearly 
 all occupied. The land required was purchased of Mr. John 
 Kimball, and it gave an opportunity for extensive and much- 
 needed improvements. 
 
 This cemetery was doubtless located where it is chiefly be- 
 cause of its central position, and this will always be a most 
 weighty reason for enlarging those grounds rather than seek- 
 ing a new locality, if more space shall be needed. On every 
 account it is very desirable that the interests and associations 
 connected with the burial of the dead in a town like Fitzwill- 
 iam shall be gathered around a single place. In many towns 
 in New England nearly every school district had originally its 
 cemetery, with the result that many of these present to-day a 
 most unsightly appearance. Not a few towns could be named 
 with ten or twelve burial-grounds, besides several family yards, 
 and in nearly all such cases the stranger who looks for neat- 
 ness, care, and refined taste in a burying-ground, too often 
 will discover evidence of culpable neglect, if not of positive 
 and unchecked dilapidation. 
 
 No pains have been spared to make the table that follows 
 accurate, but that it is perfectly so cannot be supposed. All 
 the early pastors, especially Kevs. Messrs. Brigham and Sabin 
 (whose ministry covered nearly seventy years), appear to have 
 made full and faithful records of the deaths that occurred diir- 
 
EXPLANATIONS OF THE TABLE OF DEATHS. 373 
 
 ing their respective pastorates, while in later times a number 
 of individuals have preserved lists of the mortality of the 
 place, all of which have been used to a greater or less extent 
 in preparing and correcting this table. 
 
 It is confidently believed that few towns, if any, in Kew 
 England have the means of making up so full and so nearly a 
 correct list of deaths, covering a period of one hundred and 
 eighteen years, as is here presented. 
 
 The first column in the table gives the total number of 
 deaths in each decade. The last period, however, includes 
 but eight years. 
 
 The second column gives the years. 
 
 The third column gives the whole number of deaths in town 
 during the year. 
 
 The columns four to fifteen classify deaths according to 
 ages, so far as ages are known. 
 
 The columns sixteen and seventeen give the number of 
 deaths with no ages recorded, the column sixteen giving the 
 number designated as, or supposed to have been, children, and 
 the column seventeen giving the number known or supposed 
 to have been adults. 
 
 The column eighteen includes all those who, dying else- 
 where, are known to have been buried in Fitzwilliam. The 
 number of these, especially in later years, has been large, but 
 such cases are not included in the sum total. 
 
374 
 
 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 20 
 
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 13 
 
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TABLE OF DEATHS. 
 
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 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 
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 20 
 
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 The table includes a period of 118 years, and the total num- 
 ber of deaths recorded is 2114. 
 
 Under 5 years. . . . 649 
 
 5 to 10 Ill 
 
 10 to 20 138 
 
 20 to 30 160 
 
 30 to 40 116 
 
 40 to 50 110 
 
 50 to 60 125 
 
 60 to YO 139 
 
 YO to 80 182 
 
 80 to 90 160 
 
 90 to 100 44 
 
 over 100 4 
 
 Children — age not stated 104 
 
 Adults — age not stated 72 
 
 Died elsewhere, but interred in Fitzwilliam .... 300 
 
DEATHS OF AGED PEESONS. 377 
 
 Died in Fitzwilliam and inclnded in the foregoing table, bnt 
 were interred elsewhere, about 160. Of this number, over 
 30 were Roman Catholics, who were taken away to be interred 
 in consecrated ground. 
 
 PEOFESSIONAL MEN WHO HAVE DIED IN FITZWILLIAM : 
 
 Clergymen : Benjamin Brigham, June 5th, 1799, se. 57 ; 
 Darius Fisher, September 2d, 1834, se. 63 ; Ezekiel L, Bas- 
 com, April 2d, 1841, se. 64 ; James H, Sayward, January 
 13th, 1844, se. 35 ; John Sabin, October 14th, 1845, «. 75 ; 
 John "Woods, May 4th, 1861, 8e. 76 ; Abraham Jenkins, Jr., 
 August 4th, 1861, 88. 50 ; Luther Townsend, a native of Fitz- 
 william, d. at Troy, February 9th, 1862, se. 48 ; was buried 
 here. 
 
 Physicians : Peter Clark Grosvener, December 14th, 1794 ; 
 Amasa Scott, May 16th, 1821, ge. 38 ; Jared Perkins, October 
 7th, 1824, ge. 31 ; Ebenezer Wright, March 16th, 1829, ee. 
 67 ; Thomas Richardson, August 8th, 1852, ae. 86 ; James 
 Batcheller, April 14th, 1866, ae. 74 ; Silas Cummings, June 
 30th, 1882, se. 78. 
 
 Lawyer: Luther Chapman, August 15tli, 1856, ge. 77. 
 
 LIST OF DEATHS IN FITZWILLIAM OF PERSONS AGED 80 YEAES 
 AND UPWARD : 
 
 1778 Dec. 30. Mrs. (Mary [?]) Buckman 81 
 
 1794 Mar. 30. Mrs. Kendall, widow of 89 
 
 1802 July 24. Mrs. Ruhama Pratt, mother of 
 
 Job(?) 93 
 
 Sept. 19. Joseph Hemingway 83 
 
 1805 Mar. 10. John Camp " 95 
 
 Dec. 17. Mrs. Elizabeth Davison, mother of 
 
 Benjamin, Sr. (?) 85 
 
 1807 April 15. Abraham Rice 82 
 
 1808 Sept. 27. Mrs. Sampson, mother of Capt. 
 
 Benjamin 96 
 
 1809 April 12. Zechariah Davis 95 
 
 1812 Feb. 8. Joseph Nurse 89 
 
 Mar. 25. Sylvanus Hemingway 85 
 
378 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1814 Mar. 8. Eobert Ware 81 
 
 1815 Feb. 11. Mrs. Lydia Paine 84 
 
 1816 April 20. . Abigail Deeth, widow of Caleb. . 85 
 
 1817 Feb. 15. Capt. Samuel Patch 87 
 
 1818 July 18. Henry Eice 84 
 
 1819 April 27. Kelief Patrick, widow of Samuel (?) 84 
 
 July 22. Micbael Sweetser 81 
 
 Xov. 4. Stephen Harris 94 
 
 1820 Jan. 16. Mary Sweetser, widow of Michael 80 
 
 April 15. Mr. Moody 85 
 
 July 6. Susanna (Wilder) Pice, widow of 
 
 Abraham 90 
 
 Aug. 18. Eichard Gleason 82 
 
 Nov. 20. Susanna Wallace, widow of 80 
 
 1821 Mar. 14. Sarah Fisher, mother of Mrs. 
 
 Francis Fullam 94 
 
 Sept. 7. Benjamin Batchelder 86 
 
 1826 A.pril 8. Anna (Miles) Knowlton, widow of 
 
 Ezekiel 85 
 
 Dec. 3. Abner Stone 90 
 
 1827 May 5. Molly Hemingway, widow of Syl- 
 
 vanus 85 
 
 1828 Sept. 29. Elizabeth Stiles, mother of Mrs. 
 
 Timothy Blodgett 88 
 
 1829 Jan. 26. Mary (Angier) Harris, widow of 
 
 Stephen 97 
 
 William Locke 80 
 
 Mrs. Susanna Chase 81 
 
 Eebecca (Barrett) Locke, widow of 
 
 William 87 
 
 James Gibson 82 
 
 Anna (Stacy) Stone, wife of 
 
 Samuel 82 
 
 Dea. John Fassett 94 
 
 Philip Amidon 85 
 
 Jonas Woods 82 
 
 Anna (Smith) Carter, widow of 
 
 Joseph ... 84 
 
 
 Mar. 30. 
 
 1831 
 
 Jan. 16. 
 
 
 Dec. 15. 
 
 1833 
 
 April 21. 
 
 1834 
 
 Jan. 1. 
 
 
 Jan. 12. 
 
 
 Feb. 2. 
 
 
 Aug. 14. 
 
 
 Nov. 30. 
 
Dec. 
 
 16. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 17, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 20. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1. 
 
 DEATHS OF AGED PEESONS. 379 
 
 1884 Dec. 16. Paitli Penniman, wife of Elihu. . . 84 
 
 Ebenezer Saunders 81 
 
 1835 Nov. 1. Elilm Penniman 84 
 
 Allen Grant 89 
 
 1836 Feb. 20. Marj (Dodge) Eeed, widow of 
 James, Jr 90 
 
 Moses Drnry 93 
 
 Anna Batchelder, widow of Ben- 100 jrs., 
 jamin 6 m. 
 
 1837 Feb. 5. Ljdia [(Burbank) Lyon] Potter, 
 
 wife of Ebenezer 81 
 
 Aug. 25. Eunice (Shumwaj) Amidon, wid- 
 ow of Philip 90 
 
 1838 Mar. 10. Elizabeth Stone, wife of James .. . 83 
 
 June 5. Solomon Spaulding. 96 
 
 Oct. 8. Mary (Hunt) Bent, widow of 
 
 Samuel 84 
 
 Nov. 24. Kuth (Wilder) Waite, widow of 
 
 Asa 88 
 
 1839 June 14. Capt. John Fay 83 
 
 July 21. Charles Bowker . . 81 
 
 1840 Feb. 13. Abigail (Baker) Fay, widow of 
 
 Jonas and (1) of Ephraim Parker 82 
 April 1. Lovina (Brigham) Fay, widow of 
 
 Capt. John 80 
 
 Ehzabeth Pettes 99 
 
 Mary Grant, widow of Allen .... 80 
 
 Betsey Deeth, widow of Parley ... 87 
 
 1841 Jan. 5. James Stone 87 
 
 Matthew Osborn 87 
 
 Stephen White 80 
 
 Lois Capron, widow of Jonathan, 81 
 Phebe (Wetherbee) Platts, widow 101 yrs., 
 
 of Abel 4m., 24 d. 
 
 Samuel Stone, died at Swanzey. . 91 
 
 1842 July 28. Hannah Griffin, dau. of Dea. 
 Samuel ; died at Troy 86 
 
 Dec. 28. Matthias Felton 87 
 
 May 
 
 11. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5. 
 
 May 
 
 12. 
 
 June 12. 
 
 July 
 
 10. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12. 
 
 July 
 
 28. 
 
380 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1843 Sept. 6. Elizabeth (Parks) Fassett, widow 
 
 of Willard 85 
 
 Dec. 25. Joel Miles, d. at Royalston 87 
 
 1844 Feb. 11. Eunice (Hawes) Foster, widow of 
 
 Alexander 80 
 
 Mar. 4. Martha (Gibson) Forristall, widow 
 
 of Jesse 91 
 
 Aug. 18. Oliver Whitcomb 81 
 
 Sept. 6. Mary Phillips, widow of I^a- 
 
 thaniel 85 
 
 1845 Feb. 13. Lois (Pierce) White, widow of 
 
 Daniel 84 
 
 April 2Y. Ebenezer Potter 96 
 
 May 27. Joseph Stone 93 
 
 1846 Feb. 10. Betsey (Nichols), widow of Phil- 
 
 lips Sweetser ; (1) of Dr. Ebe- 
 nezer Wright 82 
 
 July 11. Mary (Wilson) Prescott, wife of 
 
 Peter 84 
 
 1847 Jan. 2. Lieut. Da.niel Mellen 97 
 
 Feb. 19. Pobinson Perkins 80 
 
 April 30, Artemas Wilson 90 
 
 Aug. 4. Sarah (?) Whitney, widow of John 
 
 (Jr.(?)) ' 99 
 
 1848 Mar. 9. Hephzibah Johnson, widow of 
 
 Eliphalet 89 
 
 ]^ov. 23. John Shirley 94 
 
 Dec. 14. John Damon, died at Pindge .... 81 
 
 1849 April 10. Sarah Grover, widow of Antipas. 80 
 Aug. 5. Sarah (Fisher) Fullam, widow of ' 
 
 Francis 91 
 
 1850 Feb. 8. Mary (Harris) Stone, widow of 
 
 Joseph 92 
 
 May 15. Elizabeth (Stiles) Blodgett, of 
 
 Timothy. 82 
 
 July 29. Mary (Taylor) Howe, widow of 
 
 Kahum 83 
 
 1851 Jan. 14. Rebecca Johnson, widow of James 87 
 
DEATHS OF AGED PEESONS. 381 
 
 1851 Mar. 22. Cata (Drurj) Wilson, widow of 
 
 Arteraas 88 
 
 April 2. Lydia (Richardson) Reed, widow 
 
 of Phineas 80 
 
 Nov. 29. Mrs. Hannah Spaulding, mother 
 
 of James 81 
 
 1852 Jan. 7. Calvin Smith 81 
 
 Feb. 2. Lydia Knights, widow of William, 
 
 died at Marlboro 84 
 
 April 30. Phinehas Reed 80 
 
 April 30. Sally (Carter) Marshall, widow of 
 
 William, (1) of Isaac Kimball. . 85 
 
 July 14. Peter Prescott 94 
 
 Aug. 8. Dr. Thomas Richardson 86 
 
 1853 Jime 22. Eunice (Brigham) Cobleigh, wid- 
 
 ow of John 87 
 
 Oct. 29. Martha (Stickney) Saunders, wid- 
 
 of Ebenezer 90 
 
 Dec. 20. Molly White, widow of Stephen.. 87 
 
 1854 Feb. 2. Lydia (Parks) Townsend, widow 
 
 of IS^athan, Jr 87 
 
 Feb. 6. Orra Ripley, widow of 85 
 
 Aug. 22. Otis Whipple 86 
 
 1855 June 11. Polly Felch 80 
 
 Jime 14. Capt. Nathan Smith 91 
 
 Sept. 13. Zalmon Howe 80 
 
 Nov. 29. Timothy Blodgett 89 
 
 Dec. 26. John Whittemore 80 
 
 1856 Feb. 14. Elizabeth (Woodbury) Burbank, 
 
 widow of John 90 
 
 June 15. Catherine McLeer, widow of . . . . 83 
 
 July 28. Mary White, wife of Noah 88 
 
 1857 April 26. Hannah (Woods) Fassett, widow 
 
 of Joseph 83 
 
 May 13. Anna (Harris) Byam, widow of 
 
 Abel 90 
 
 May 18. Mary Gee, widow of 89 
 
 July 5. Joseph Pratt 87 
 
382 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1858 Jan. 30. Hannah (Frost) Worcester, widow 
 
 of William 98 
 
 Aug. 22. Roxana (Amidon) Angier, wife of 
 
 Abel. 83 
 
 1859 Jan. 13. Silas Morse 82 
 
 Oct. .3, Polly Kilbourne, widow of 82 
 
 Oct. 13. (Pratt) Taft, widow of David... 81 
 
 Nov. 21. Moses Chaplin 82 
 
 1860 July 23. Elizabeth Hayden, widow of Ezra 82 
 
 1861 Feb. 13. Lucretia Mellen 95 
 
 Feb. 21. Jedediah Putney, died at Marl- 
 boro 85 
 
 Feb. 27. Abel Angier 86 
 
 May 10. Elizabeth (Goss) Carter, widow of 
 
 Joseph 83 
 
 Aug. 27. Isabel (Manning) Stone, wife of 
 
 Dea. Artemas 82 
 
 Asa Waite 85 
 
 Lydia AVhipple, widow of Otis . . 88 
 
 1862 Mar. 9. Elijah T. Smith, died at Winchen- . 
 don 83 
 
 Charles F. Cameron 84 
 
 Dea. Artemas Stone 85 
 
 William Perry 82 
 
 1863 June 27. Pamelia Whipple, widow of Na- 101 yrs., 
 hum 1 m., 4 d. 
 
 Is^oah White ' 86 
 
 Samuel Carroll 83 
 
 1864 May 1. Polly (Locke) Whittemore, widow 
 of Wilham S 88 
 
 Mary (Bent) Pratt, widow of 
 
 Amos ; died at Rindge 84 
 
 1865 Jan. 9. Anna Grant, daughter of Allen . . 84 
 Mary (Damon) Sabin, widow of 
 
 Rev. John 86 
 
 Jesse Forristall 84 
 
 Lucy (Patch) Whitcomb, widow 101 yrs., 
 
 of OHver 11 m., 1 d. 
 
 Oct. 
 Dec. 
 Mar. 
 
 12. 
 16. 
 
 9. 
 
 April 8. 
 April 10. 
 Oct. 27. 
 June 27. 
 
 Aug. 
 Dec. 
 May 
 
 , 21. 
 22. 
 1. 
 
 June 16. 
 
 Jan. 
 Mar. 
 
 9. 
 19. 
 
 June 
 Oct. 
 
 ; 7. 
 
 27. 
 
DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. B83 
 
 1865 'Nov. 18. Lovicy(Mellen)Whitcomb, widow 
 
 of John 83 
 
 1866 Feb. 19. Elizabeth Reed, widow of Benja- 
 
 min ; died at Jaffrey 83 
 
 Feb. 26. Josiah Wilder '. 80 
 
 April 1. Betsey Hale, widow of Jacob. ... 81 
 July 22. WiUiam H. Bent, died at Ash- 
 
 burnham 81 
 
 , Oct. 25. Polly Wilder, widow of Josiah . . 80 
 
 1867 April 10. Mrs. Pheve Howe 87 
 
 Oct. 12. David Grant 82 
 
 Nov. 11. Martha (Bent) Chaplin, widow of 
 
 Moses 85 
 
 1868 Mar. 13. Jonathan Gage 86 
 
 May 6. Susanna (Phillips) Morse, widow 
 
 of Silas 82 
 
 Sept. 22. Annis (Whitney) Carroll, widow 
 
 of Samuel 85 
 
 Nov. 3. Aznbah Locke, daughter of Joseph 91 
 
 1869 May 20. Polly [ (Blanding) Kendall ] 
 
 Wright, widow of Capt. Aaron. 89 
 Aug. 1, Sally (King) Chapman, widow of 
 
 Luther. . . , 87 
 
 Oct. 7. Ruth (Carroll) Whitney, wife of 
 
 David 84 
 
 Nov. 8. Levi Tower 87 
 
 Nov. 9. Simeon Merrifield, died at New 
 
 Salem, Mass 86 
 
 1870 Feb. 7. John Cobleigh 80 
 
 Mar. 8. Sally (Dadmun) Kendall, widow 
 
 of Luke 90 
 
 May 16. Cynthia (Randall) Ellis, widow of 
 
 Samuel 91 
 
 Sept. 18, Mary (Chaplin) Beard, widow of 
 
 Artemas 88 
 
 1871 Jan. 27. Abel Marshall 81 
 
 Mar. 18. William Fisher Perry 95 
 
 April 1. Philemon Fairbanks 89 
 
384 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1871 April 28. Lovina Leatlie, widow of Elisha 
 
 Drurj by previous m, ; died at 
 
 Royalston 80 
 
 Aug. 9. Nancy (Sweetser) Mann, widow 
 
 of Rev. Cyrus 80 
 
 1872 April 12. Emory Taft 93 
 
 Aug. 26. Benoni Peck 89 
 
 Nov. 14. Anstis (Stratton) Tower, widow of 
 
 Levi 87 
 
 Nov. 14. Jude Damon, died at Keene 87 
 
 Dec. 9. Ruth (Pratt) Bent, widow of 
 
 Samuel, Jr.; died in Vermont. 90 
 
 Dec. 21. Hyman Bent 84 
 
 1873 April 5. Polly (Davis) Wilson, widow of 
 
 Artemas, Jr 82 
 
 April 26. Sarah S. Poland, wife of Samuel. 87 
 May 4. Polly (Stone) Osborn, widow of 
 
 Matthew 85 
 
 May 21. David Porbush 86 
 
 1874 Mar. 23. Nancy (Colburn) Davison, widow 
 
 of Benjamin ; died at Winchen- 
 
 don 81 
 
 April 2. Samuel Poland, died at Keene. . . 84 
 
 A prill 5. Dorcas (Amidon) Rice, widow of 104 yrs., 
 
 David ; died in Jaffrey 4 m., 5 d. 
 
 Oct. 21. Sally (Locke) Drury, wife of 
 
 Moses 83 
 
 1875 May 1. Ebenezer Potter 81 
 
 1876 April 3. Mary (McOlary) Parker, wife of 
 
 Amos A 81 
 
 April 21. Capt. Silas Chase, died at AVin- 
 
 chendon 8l 
 
 Aug. 18. Benjamin Byam 83 
 
 1877 Mar. 14. Sylvanus Holman 81 
 
 May 29. David Thompson 89 
 
 Sept. 11. Sukey (Penniman) Damon, widow 
 
 of Jude 88 
 
 Sept. 18. Huldah (Collins) Osborn, widow 
 
 of Capt. Josiah 91 
 

 Nov. 7. 
 
 
 Nov. 18. 
 
 
 Nov. 29. 
 
 1878 
 
 Dec. 5. 
 
 1879 
 
 Jan. 21. 
 
 DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. 385 
 
 1877 Sept. 18. Sibel (Fiske) Damon, widow of 
 
 Luther ; died at Dana, Mass. . . 81 
 
 Oct. 2. Lucy Whitcomb, daughter of 
 
 Ohver 87 
 
 Samuel Sawyer Willard 8-1 
 
 Catherine (Bigelow) Prescott, 
 
 widow of Peter, Jr 88 
 
 Sarah (Hayden) Bailey, widow of 
 
 Edward ; (1) of Jared Perkins. 82 
 
 Betsey (Grant) Handy, wife of 
 
 Paul 81 
 
 EHza (Fay) Stone, widow of 
 
 Moses 90 
 
 June 5. Hephzibah (Stone) rorbush,widow 
 
 of David ; died at Winchendon 87 
 
 Aug. 28. Lucy (Fassett) Byam, wife of 
 
 Benjamin 8f) 
 
 Oct. 8. Ezra Alexander, died at Keene . . 85 
 
 1880 Feb. 17. Dea. Joseph Harris, died at Bald- 
 
 winville 83 
 
 Mar. 22. Asaph Whitcomb 85 
 
 May 20. John Jarvis Allen 9() 
 
 Sept. 16. Hannah (Woodward) Putney, 
 widow of Jedediah ; (1) of 
 Martin Rockwood ; died at 
 
 Troy 85 
 
 Oct. 25. Anna (Bowker) Collins, widow of 
 
 Ezekiel 90 
 
 David Whitney 98 
 
 Caroline Smith, daughter of Dan- 
 iel 80 
 
 Ruth (ColHns) Kulm, wife of 
 
 William; (1) of Nathan Drury. 87 
 
 Tamar (Grant) Hayden, wife of 
 
 Samuel 86 
 
 Samuel Hayden 88 
 
 Hannah Lovering, widow of 
 
 Henry 89 
 
 25 
 
 
 Dec. 6. 
 
 1881 
 
 Mar. 13. 
 
 
 May 20. 
 
 1882 
 
 Jan. 4. 
 
 
 Jan. 17. 
 
 
 Jan. 29. 
 
386 HrSTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1882 Feb. 19. Clarissa (Holden) Fay, widow of 
 
 Stephen 86 
 
 Mar. 16. Lucy (Gates) Thompson, widow of 
 
 David.. 89 
 
 Mar. 17. Sylvia (Green) Taft, wife of 
 
 Lewis 80 
 
 April 21. AbelDunton 89 
 
 May. Alexander Matheson 85 
 
 July IT. Daniel Spaulding 93 
 
 ISTov. 17. Lucy Carpenter 86 
 
 1883 ISTov. 13. Levinah J. (Allen) Bent, widow 
 
 of William H 86 
 
 1884 Jan. 19. Francis Stone 81 
 
 April 16. Moses Drury 95 
 
 April 28. Josiah Moore 88 
 
 Oct. 6. Oren Grant, died in Royalston ... 89 
 
 1885 Feb. 1. Harriet B. (Tylor) Dyar, widow 
 
 of Joseph 81 
 
 April 5. Paul Handy 84 
 
 April 30. Nancy (Robbins) Bent, w. of 
 
 Elisha 84 
 
 June 12. Leonard Pierce 83 
 
 1886 Mar. 1. Phineas Parks 90 
 
 The foregoing list contains 233 names. Of this number, 25 
 persons died elsewhere, but were brought here for interment, 
 and are inserted in the list as properly belonging here. Of the 
 208 who died in town, 87 were between 80 and 85 years of 
 age ; 73 were between 85 and 90 ; 32 were between 90 and 
 95 ; 12 were between 95 and 100, and 4 were over 100 years 
 of age. 
 
 LIST OF PERSONS OVEE 80 TEARS OF AGE RESIDING IN FrTZ- 
 WILLIAM JAN, 1, 1887. 
 
 Jonathan Sabin Adams . Sept. 22, 1802. Plainfield, Conn. 
 
 Joseph Blodgett ... Oct. 28, 1796. Northiield, Mass. 
 
 Simon Bosworth Mar. 22, 1803. Winchendon. 
 
 Luke Bowker Oct. 28, 1800. Fitzwilliam. 
 
LIST OF AGED PEESONS, JAW. 1, 1887. 387 
 
 Betsey (Knight) Brewer, 
 
 wid. of Asa May 4, 1804. Sudbury, Mass. 
 
 Milton Chaplin April 7, 1805. Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Selina (Parker) Damon, 
 
 wid. of John July 5, 1799. " 
 
 Tamar (Thompson) Da- 
 vis, wid. of Chancy. . Kov. 4, 1804. Holden, Mass. 
 
 George W. Drury Jan. 11, 1800. Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Samuel S. Dudley June 26, 1806. Sudbury, Mass. 
 
 Ruth (Phillips) Dunton, 
 
 wid. of Abel Aug. 21, 1799. Athol, Mass. 
 
 Benjamin M. Fiske July 18, 1803. Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Louisa (Storrow) Forris- 
 
 tall, wid. of Jesse. . . . April 7, 1804. Boston, Mass. 
 Eunice (Parks) Holman, 
 
 . wid. of Seth Oct. 19, 1801. Royalston. 
 
 Lucy (Fullam) Holman, 
 
 wid. of Sylvanus June 27, 1797. Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Jane S. (Richardson) 
 
 Kimball, wid. of John Nov. 21, 1802. Royalston. 
 
 William Kuhn 1800. Montague, Mass. 
 
 Harriet (Stone) Miles, 
 
 wid. of John June 6, 1801. Sullivan, N. H. 
 
 Mary R. (Felch) Milne, 
 
 wid. of John Aug. 29, 1805. Boston, Mass. 
 
 Charlotte (Pratt) Petts, 
 
 wid. of Abel Jan. 13, 1805. Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Polly (Woods) Potter, 
 
 wid. of Ebenezer Aug. 30, 1803. " 
 
 Fanny W. Saunders, dau. 
 
 of Ebenezer Sept. 15, 1805. 
 
 Isaac W. Stone Dec. 2, 1806. '' 
 
 Daniel Smith Oct. 30, 1804. " 
 
 Lewis Taft Mar. 4, 1803. Uxbridge, Mass. 
 
 Tabitha (Wright) Whee- 
 ler, wid. of Henry H. Oct. 3, 1805. Fitzwilliam. 
 Rebecca Whitcomb, dau. 
 
 of Ohver Sept. 24, 1801. '' 
 
388 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 DEATHS FKOM ACCIDENT. 
 
 AGE. 
 
 1769, April 30. 1 Thaddeus Stone, s. of Jason. . . .scalded. 
 1771, May 3. Benjamin Bigelow, 
 
 drowned at Winchester. 
 
 1778, June 12. Henry Poor fall from horse. 
 
 1779, Mar. 16. Susan Bennett, w. of Benjamin, 
 
 fall from horse in Rojalston. 
 
 June 3. 50 John Bruce from fall at saw-mill. 
 
 1782, July 26. 28 Thomas Platts, 
 
 crushed between cart and tree. 
 1790, June 19. Joseph Johnson, instantly, by falling tree. 
 
 Dec. 31. Capt. Stephen Richardson frozen. 
 
 1793, Mar. 25. 3 Sylvester Bo wker, s. of Charles, drowned. 
 1795, Mar. 22. 20 Abel Ware, s. of Robert, fall in saw-mill. 
 Sept. 24. 13 Rufus Pratt, s. of Job, 
 
 timber fell on him at a raising. 
 
 1800, April 8. 1 Mary Perry, d. of Simeon scalded. 
 
 1802, Mar. 18. 3 Harding Morse, s. of Daniel, 
 
 by fall of wood-pile. 
 
 1804, Sept. 9. 5 Joseph Reed, s. of Phineas. . ..drowned. 
 
 1805, Sept. 21. 15 Joel Dunton blown up in a well. 
 
 1809, May 10. 7 Caleb Winch, s. of Joseph, 
 
 burned in his grandfather's (?) house. 
 
 1811, Mar. 13. 50 William Bruce, 
 
 from boards falling on him. 
 
 1812, Sept. 4. 28 Abner Stone, Jr., 
 
 fell from frame at a raising. 
 1814, Jan. 21. 5 Child of Josiah Wilson, 
 
 from "wound in head. 
 1818, Oct. 16. 60 Thomas Stratton, 
 
 instantly, by falling tree. 
 1821, Aug. 13. 2 William Perkins, s. of Dr. Jared, 
 
 scalded. 
 
 1824, Oct. 12. 68 Jesse Forristall fall from wagon. 
 
 1825, Oct. ^ Chandler May, s. of Theophilus, 
 
 overturning of a chaise. 
 
DEATHS FROM ACCIDET^TS. 389 
 
 AGE. 
 
 1832, June 6. 18 Calvin Chase, 
 
 accidental discharge of his gun. 
 
 1833, April 1. 22 Benjamin Bowker, 
 
 hurt in mill, sawing hoe-handles. 
 Sept. 80. 3 Henry Stone, s. of Francis, 
 
 drowned in tan-vat. 
 
 1834, July 13. 15 Elizabeth Goodspeed, 
 
 thrown from wagon. 
 
 1837, July 9. 16 James Follett. .drowned at Bowkerville. 
 
 1838, Aug. IS. 30 Daniel T. Hayden, 
 
 accidental discharge of his rifle. 
 
 1839, Oct. 30. 24 Hyman C. Pratt, 
 
 accidental discharge of his gun. 
 ]S"ov. 28. 2 Child of Timothy S. Keed scalded. 
 
 1840, Sept. 10. 50 Stillraan Collins. ..drowned in Sip pond. 
 Kov. 12. 19 Sarah E. May, 
 
 burned by clothes taking fire. 
 1842, Jan. 13. 4 Levi A. Taft, s. of Lewis, 
 
 burned by clothes taking fire. 
 Sept. 1. 20 Daphne Allen, d. of Jubal E., 
 
 burned by clothes taking fire. 
 1845, June 14. 18 Daniel C. S. Parker, s. of Amos A., 
 
 drowned at Troy. 
 Dec. 15. 50 Michael Higgins, 
 
 on PR. by a falling bank. 
 
 1847, May 18. 50 Peter Sliossiny on PR. by a stone. 
 
 1848, Feb. 22. Dennis Daly run over by the cars. 
 
 1853, Dec. 30. 30 Nathaniel Allen, 
 
 on PR. at Collins' bridge. 
 
 1854, Mar. 28. 52 Patrick McManus drowned at Troy. 
 
 1861, Feb. 1. 40 Mrs. Damon, w. of Alonzo, of Hubbards- 
 
 ton, Mass., 
 
 on RR. at Templeton crossing. 
 Feb. 1. 3 George Damon, s. of Alonzo, of Hub- 
 bardston, Mass. 
 
 on PR. at Templeton crossing. 
 \ 1864, Mar. 8. 1 Stillman A. Dunton, s. of George O., 
 
 scalded. 
 
1865, 
 
 Oct. 26. 
 
 57 
 
 1867, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4 
 
 1868, 
 
 July 12. 
 
 18 
 
 1870, 
 
 Aug. 24. 
 
 51 
 
 
 Aug. 25. 
 
 22 
 
 1872, 
 
 Nov. 6. 
 
 52 
 
 
 Dec. 10. 
 
 23 
 
 
 Dec. 23. 
 
 
 1877, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 3. 
 
 8 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7. 
 
 84 
 
 1879, 
 
 Yeh. 
 
 8. 
 
 22 
 
 390 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 AGE. 
 
 57 Paul Martin, from injury by falling tree. 
 
 Johnny Marvin drowned. 
 
 George A. Worcester, 
 
 drowned at Richmond. 
 Dr. Horace B. Day, of Utica, N. Y. , 
 
 by the cars at depot. 
 Charles Scott. . .fell under cars at depot. 
 
 Abi jah Ellis murdered at Boston. 
 
 Balph Trumbull .... on E,E.. , brakeman. 
 Prentiss, 
 
 on RE,, at Colh'ns' bridge. 
 ElHs, s. of Timothy, 
 
 in mill in Rindge. 
 Carrie Lizzie Beebe, adopted dau. of An- 
 son G drowned. 
 
 Samuel S. Willard. .by cars at State line. 
 Nathan El win Stone, s. of Nathan, • 
 
 by cars, at Worcester. 
 Oct. 22. 24 Charles W. Perry, s. of Charles, 
 
 from kick of a horse. 
 
 1880, Feb. 12. 17 Artemas S. Campbell, s. of Dugald, 
 
 killed in the mill. 
 
 1881, Feb. 5. J. L. Davis, RR. engineer (?) 
 
 killed on the railroad. 
 
 The list includes a few who were killed elsewhere, but who 
 may be considered as belonging to Fitzwilliam, and the most 
 of whom were brought here for burial. 
 
 DEATHS BY SUICmE. 
 
 1793, July 10. Azariah "Wilson By hanging. 
 
 1800, July 27. Hannah Richardson . , .Age, 19. Drowning. 
 
 1810, Dec. 1. Ephraim Parker " 54. Hanging. 
 
 1817, Aug. 33. Jacob Townsend " 50. " 
 
 1824, Oct. 11. Samuel Davis " 66. " 
 
 1828, July 28. David Rice " 60. " 
 
 1829, Feb. 15. David Graves " 35. Cutting. 
 
 1829, Mar. 6. Luther Holman " 25. Poison, at Keene. 
 
 1830, Aug. 3. Lydia Moody " 47. Hanging. 
 
DEATHS BY SUICIDE. 391 
 
 1850, May 24. Parkman Kendall. . . .Age, 31. Hanging. 
 
 1861, Jan. 20. Elislia Drury " 39. Cutting. 
 
 1863, Aug. 16. Timothy N. Carroll.. " 42. " 
 
 1864, Sept. 13. Daniel G. Carter " 49. Hanging. 
 
 1866, May 1. Mrs. William Flagg. . " 40. " 
 
 1872, June 7. Daniel Harris " 25. Poison, at Winchendon. 
 
 1877, April 7. Reuben B. Pratt " 68. Hanging. 
 
 1877, Xov. 19. Reuben Pratt '' 47. Poison, at Winchendon. 
 
 Joseph Lee Hay ward, son of Benjamin Hay ward, was born 
 in Fitzwilliam, August 12tli, 1837. At the age of twenty- 
 three he went West, and for two years found employment in 
 New Baltimore, Mich., and Moline, 111. In August, 1862, 
 he enlisted as a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty- 
 seventh Kegiment Illinois Volunteers, but his health giving 
 way he was detailed to serve as a druggist in a dispensary at 
 Nashville, Tenn., and continued in this service till the close 
 of the war. In 1866 he was in Faribault, Minn., and later 
 in Minneapolis, but in 1867 became a resident of Northfield, 
 Minn., and engaged in business as a book-keeper. In this 
 capacity he was employed in 1872 by the First National Bank 
 of Northfield. In September of that year, the cashier being 
 absent, Mr. Hayward was in charge as acting cashier, the 
 teller, Mr. Bunker, and assistant book-keeper being also on 
 duty. On the 7th of that month eight mounted bank robbers, 
 understood to be the so-called Jesse James band, entered the 
 place, and while three of the number attacked the bank the 
 other five made the utmost possible commotion upon the out- 
 side, to intimidate the people that might come to the rescue. 
 But the citizens rallied so quickly and in such numbers that 
 the attempted robbery was frustrated, and two of the robbers 
 were killed, but as the last one was leaving the bank he turned 
 and fired a fatal shot at Mr. Hayward. 
 
 Elijah Phillips, son of Elijah Phillips, was born in Fitzwill- 
 iam, and in 1830, when he was a young man, went "West and 
 settled in Illinois. He made his journey partly on foot and 
 partly by the Erie Canal, and by steamboat on Lake Erie, and 
 joining his old friends, James G. Forristall and Sylvester Brig- 
 ham, they built a log cabin for themselves in what is now the 
 town of Dover. Nearly two years later Mr. Phillips, with 
 
392 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 seven others, left Fort Hennepin to look after tlieir cattle, and 
 rain coming on they remained overnight in the hut of one 
 John L. Ament, who was not on friendly terms with the 
 neighboring Indians. In some way Mr. Phillips had become 
 somewhat involved in the quarrel. The men barricaded the" 
 hut and each slept with his loaded gun by his side. The Ind- 
 ians who were watching the cabin during the night were 
 prevented by the rain from burning it, but early in the morn- 
 ing as Mr. Phillips started for his own cabin, which was not 
 far distant, a number of guns were fired at him and he fell 
 dead, two bullets having entered his body. 
 
 PAUPEEISM. 
 
 The custom which prevailed in this region, a century ago, 
 of warning nearly every new family out of town as soon as 
 possible after its arrival, doubtless prevented pauperism in this 
 place to some extent, still, Fitzwilliam, like all other towns, had 
 its poor to care for at an early date. In 1Y76 the town paid 
 Levi Brigham ten shillings for supporting John Camp and 
 family, which appears to have been the first appropriation for 
 this purpose. Previously the poor had been aided by private 
 charity. 
 
 In 1779 an appropriation of fifty pounds was made " for the 
 use of the poor." At that date the currency in which the 
 taxes were paid had greatly depreciated. In 1785 the sick- 
 ness of the wife of Abraham Rice, Jr., called for appropriations 
 amounting to about fifteen pounds ten shillings. In 1787 the 
 town voted " to put out Mr. Butler's family to such persons 
 as should take the care of them at the lowest," and at the 
 vendue that followed they were taken at from six to eight 
 pounds each for one year. In 1792 entries like the following 
 appear in the Records : " Lieut. Daniel Mellen bought old 
 Mr. Camp, for one year, he is to have two pounds and seven 
 shillings per weeke and the said Mellen is to keep his cloath- 
 ing as good as when he receives him," 
 
 This method of caring for the poor was common in the 
 country towns of JSTew England for many years, and had its 
 advantages as well as disadvantages. 
 
PAUPERISM — HIGHWAYS. 393 
 
 It should be borne in mind that in the early days the pauper 
 went into the family as one of its members, and was expected 
 to do such work as he or she was able, the compensation re- 
 ceived from the town depending largely upon the pauper's 
 ability to labor. It is believed that such persons were seldom 
 overworked or misused in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 In 1794 the town made choice of Benjamin Davidson, John 
 Fassett, and John Locke as Overseers of the Poor, but in gen- 
 eral the duties of such officers have here devolved upon the 
 selectmen. 
 
 The expense of supporting the poor of a town like this must 
 always be considerable, but an examination of the reports of 
 the selectmen will show that, for the last twenty years, the tax 
 upon the people of Fitzwilliam for the support of paupers has 
 not been increasing, but rather diminishing. 
 
 CONNECTION WITH THE WOKLD. 
 
 The laying out, making and repairing of roads presented a 
 problem to the proprietors and first settlers of Fitzwilliam that 
 demanded good judgment, not a little patience, and large ap- 
 propriations. It is probable that all the earliest settlers en- 
 tered the township by the old military road, and settled on 
 it or as near it as was convenient. As the settlement in- 
 creased roads were laid out by the proprietors from neighbor- 
 hood to neighborhood, but in very many cases as the log hut 
 gave place to the framed house, the location of the highways 
 was changed as convenience or preference seemed to require. 
 
 Keferring to matters of this nature, Rev. John Sabin, in his 
 historical lecture of February, 1842, said : " It has rarely been 
 with a people that they calculate just as they would were it 
 to begin again ;" and to illustrate this truth he added that in 
 early times " roads were laid to accommodate individuals and 
 80 might not be permanent. Vast proportions of former roads 
 liave been discontinued and much of the labor done on them 
 lost to later time." 
 
 The evil complained of by this sensible man is probably, to 
 some extent, inseparable from the conditions of a new settle- 
 ment, but certainly it was great in Fitzwilliam, for the roads 
 
394 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 constructed in this township, and discontinued during the first 
 fifty years after it was purchased by Sampson Stoddard and 
 others, seem to have extended over nearly every part of it, and 
 in all directions, with very little regard to the future wants of 
 the incoming population. From the very nature of the coun- 
 try and soil roads have always been an expensive necessity in 
 ritzwilliam. 
 
 As the population increased in the adjoining towns, county 
 roads were constructed, and at a little later period as the exi- 
 gencies of public travel seemed to require better accommoda- 
 tions than the towns were willing to furnish, various turnpike 
 companies were incorporated that built roads leading into or 
 through Fitzwilliam. One by one all of these were given up 
 many years ago, and the care of the roads thus made was as- 
 sumed by the town. 
 
 The first settler, Benjamin Bigelow, found in 1Y62 compar- 
 atively easy access to his new home by the old military road, 
 that for three or four years at least aiforded the only connec- 
 tion with the outside world. 
 
 At proprietors' meetings held April 19th, 1Y65, and Octo- 
 ber 11th, 1768, committees were chosen to lay out roads, and 
 the committees undoubtedly attended to the duties of their 
 appointment, though there are no records thereof. But at a 
 meeting held June 19th, 1T71, eleven roads, aggregating about 
 thirty-five miles in length, were accepted, and descriptions of 
 the same entered in the records of the meeting. As nearly all 
 of these roads are described " as now trod," " as now marked 
 and travelled," or " as already laid out," it is plain that they 
 were then in use, and the acceptance was only a formality 
 whereby they became legally public highways. The first and 
 longest of the roads is thus described : 
 
 Beginen at the Province Line by Royalston Lag where it is now Trod 
 Leeding to Swanzey up by where mr David Deneson now Livs and so on 
 where it is now Traviled to the north east Cornor of Lott No. 16 in 8 
 Rang then north on the Line between Lott No. 17 in 8 Rang and 
 Lott No. 17 in 7 Rang to the Line of Lott No 18 in 8 Rang then to 
 Continue where it is now Traviled to the Line of mouadnock No. 5. 
 
 Koyalston Leg, the north part of Winchendon as now con- 
 stituted, but then belonging to Royalston. 
 
THE GEEAT EOAD — STAGES. 395 
 
 David Deneson (Dennison ?) lived on Lot 9 in Kange 1, 
 where Henry T. Hall now lives. From Fitzwilliam village to 
 the State line this road substantially followed the route of the 
 present east road to Winchendon. In the other direction it 
 took a northwesterly course and struck the line between Monad- 
 nock No. 4 and Monadnock No. 5, about a mile west of the 
 saw and grist-mills of Thomas Tolman, now Troy village. A 
 few years later a branch road was made, leaving the original 
 road about three-quarters of a mile northwest of where Bow- 
 kerville is now located, and proceeding nearly due north to 
 the Tolman mills. This branch, and the remainder of the orig- 
 inal road southerly, soon became the main thoroughfare from 
 Keene and beyond to Boston, and for thirty years it is repeat- 
 edly referred to in the records as '" The Great Road." Soon 
 after 1787 this road was straightened in many places, and made 
 wider throughout its entire length, but since then no material 
 change has been made in its location, except that which took 
 it away from the Mellen place, last occupied by Gilbert C. 
 Bemis. Some additional reference is made to this road in 
 Chapter YIII. 
 
 Tradition asserts that the first line of stages in this town was 
 established by Simon Crosby, to run to and from Worcester, 
 Mass., and connecting there with a line to and from Boston, 
 but as he was taxed for three horses only his business could 
 not have been large. About 1809 Simon Piper (said to have 
 been engaged in the same business) was taxed for three or four 
 horses only. So far as can be known the stage horses taxed 
 in 1826 numbered three ; in 1827, eight ; in 1828, twelve, 
 and from that date till 1839 the average was from fourteen to 
 eighteen. Early in this century there was a line of stages from 
 Boston through Fitzwilliam, to Keene and beyond, and some 
 time later there were lines running to or through the town 
 from Worcester, Lowell, and Brattleborougli, Yt., and some- 
 times a second and competing line to and from Boston. 
 
 The meeting of so many different stage-lines here made this 
 town in those times a place of considerable importance, and 
 few towns of its size had direct communication with the out- 
 side world in so many directions. 
 
 In his lecture of 1842, Rev. Mr. Sabin said : " A little esti- 
 
396 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 mate has been made this winter past, how much is carried on 
 the road between this and Boston, and been reckoned at two 
 hundred and fifty tons, both ways — say fifty tons carried from 
 this and brought here two hundred tons. What carried from 
 us consists in small part of the produce of the soil, but nearly 
 all of palm-leaf hats, tubs, some chairs, etc. These do not in- 
 clude common lumber from the saw-mills nor the almost un- 
 told loads that go by the general name of wooden- ware." 
 
 As Mr. Sabin was a very careful and conservative man, this 
 estimate was probably under rather than above the actual 
 amount of transportation over this thoroughfare. 
 
 CHESHIRE EA.ILE0AD. 
 
 This road was opened through this town in May, 1848, and, 
 in consequence, there has been an enormous increase in the pas- 
 senger and freight traffic of the place. The number of pas- 
 sengers leaving Fitzwilliam annually by this road is more than 
 six thousand, while each year nearly five thousand enter it on 
 tickets sold in other places. The road brings into the town 
 about two thousand tons of freight annually, and carries away 
 each year more than ten thousand tons. 
 
 The elevation of the road at the highest point in Fitzwilliam 
 (which is understood to be the highest over which it passes) is 
 eleven hundred and fifty-one feet. Its length in the town is 
 about nine miles, but the distance in a straight line between 
 the points of its entering and leaving our territory is about 
 seven and a half miles. 
 
 George W. Parker was the Fitzwilliam station agent at the 
 opening of the road, but for very many years this office has 
 been filled by Mr. Elbridge Cummings. 
 
 The location of this important railroad through nearly the 
 centre of the town, and in close proximity to the most exten- 
 sive quarries of granite, makes it of inestimable value to the 
 people of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 
 
 An ancient tradition, which is considered reliable, states that 
 o]:)posite the inn of General James Reed, on the old military 
 
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 397 
 
 road, stood a small building about fifteen feet square in which 
 the first goods were offered for sale in Monadnock No. 4. These 
 consisted of rum, molasses, salt, and a few other common gro- 
 ceries, with the addition of a few needles, pins, and other neces- 
 sary articles that could not be supplied by home manufacture. 
 
 Who opened and stocked the first store in what is now Fitz- 
 william village, it seems impossible to determine with any de- 
 gree of certainty. The earliest town tax-list that has been 
 preserved is for the year 1793. In this list Simon Crosby is 
 taxed on fifty pounds stock in trade, Joseph Fox on two hun- 
 dred pounds, Jonas Robeson on one hundred and seventy-five 
 pounds, and Phineas Reed on one hundred and thirty pounds. 
 The tax of Mr. Reed was on his tannery, but all the other 
 persons named are understood to have been traders. Robeson 
 was in business at the north village, now Troy, while Crosby 
 and Fox were at the south village, now Fitzwilliam village. 
 The larger tax paid by Mr. Fox seems to show that he kept 
 the larger stock of goods, and may justify the inference that 
 his was the older store, though tradition asserts that the first 
 store here was kept by Mr. Crosby. 
 
 Dr. Cummings states, apparently on the authority of Mrs. 
 Dorcas (Amadon) Rice, that Mr. Crosby commenced business 
 on the Townsend place, and removed to where the Everett 
 House stood, and another account locates him at a later date 
 on the northeast corner of the Common where the post-office 
 is at the present time. Mr. Crosby continued in business till 
 1798, and removed to Vermont a year or two later. The 
 Townsend House was situated near the place where Edward 
 A. Nutting now lives, and the brick house at the north end 
 of the Common occupies the site of the Everett House. 
 
 Joseph Fox was succeeded by Jonathan Fox — perhaps a 
 younger brother — and Thomas Groldsmith under the firm name 
 of Goldsmith & Fox. They were taxed four ^'•ears, 1794-97, 
 when Mr. Fox removed to Jaffrey and Mr. Goldsmith took 
 the entire business, which he continued till about 1806. Mr. 
 Goldsmith's store was located on the site now occupied by the 
 Cheshire Hotel, and it is supposed that Goldsmith & Fox and 
 Joseph Fox were located at the same place. 
 
398 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Jonas Warren was taxed on a potash manufactory in 1793 
 and on stock in trade two hundred pounds in 1794, and on 
 three hundred and thirty-four dollars in 1795. Daniel Gould, 
 Jr. , was taxed on three hundred dollars stock in trade in 1796. 
 Ezra Saunders was in trade from 1798 to 1803 at the Town- 
 send place before referred to, and perhaps Warren and Gould 
 were located at the same place, following Crosby and preceding 
 Saunders. 
 
 Elisha Brigham, the youngest son of Rev. Benjamin Brig- 
 ham, succeeded Mr. Crosby at his last place of business, and 
 continued in trade about two years, his capital being furnished 
 by his brother-in-law, General Humphrey, of Athol. 
 
 Jonas Robinson or Robeson commenced business in Marl- 
 borough about 1791, occupying for over a year a part of the 
 house of Reuben Ward in the south part of the town. Pie 
 then bought a small piece of land of Joshua Harrington near 
 said Harrington's grist-mill, in the north part of Fitzwilliam, 
 on which he built a store. This was about half a mile west- 
 erly from his former location and is the site now occupied by 
 the store of Charles W. Whitney. About 1805 Robeson and 
 his brother-in-law, Reuben Ward, Jr., opened a store in the 
 Carter House at the south village. This is the same place 
 previously referred to as the Everett House. A year or two 
 later he built the three-story building now known as the Fitz- 
 william Hotel, into which he moved when completed. The 
 store business was taxed to Ward and Robeson & Ward in 1805 
 and 1806, but after Robeson's re noval he assumed the entire 
 business, and Ward soon returned to Marlborough, his native 
 place, where he died in 1808. A little later Mr. Robeson 
 built a two-story extension on the west side of his house to 
 which he removed his store, and where he continued in trade 
 till 1816, when he retired from business. When Mr. Robeson 
 moved to the south village, the business in the north or border 
 village (which became Troy village in 1815), was left in charge 
 of Daniel W. Farrar, first as clerk, then as partner, and in 
 1813 he bought out Mr. Robeson's share in the business. At 
 or about this time Curtis Coolidge became a partner with Mr. 
 Farrar, the partnership continuing about three years, when Mr. 
 
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MEECHAISTTS AJ?"© TRADEES. 399 
 
 Farrar took the entire business, which he conducted till 
 about 1837, when he was succeeded by his son, David W. Far- 
 rar, and John Whittemore, Jr., from Fitzwilliam, under the 
 firm name of Whittemore & Farrar. About 1842 Mr. Whitte- 
 more returned to Fitzwilliam, Mr. Farrar (David W.) contin- 
 uing the business alone. 
 
 When Farrar & Coolidge dissolved partnership in Troy, 
 Mr. Coolidge came to Fitzwilliam, and, forming a partnership 
 with Luke B. Richardson, succeeded to the business at the 
 Robeson store. As near as can be ascertained from the tax- 
 lists and other sources, the succession of occupants at this store 
 seems to have been as follows : 
 
 Coolidge & Richardson, in 1817-20 ; L. B. Richardson, 
 1821 ; Richardson & Robeson (Jonas Robeson, Jr.), 1822 ; 
 Coolidge & Robeson, 1823-24 ; Coolidge alone, 1825-34 ; 
 Coolidge & Potter (John Potter), 1835-36 ; Hayden & Potter 
 (Daniel T. Hayden), 1837 ; D. T. Hayden & Co. (Joel Hay- 
 den, Jr.), 1838 ; Jesse Stone, draper and tailor, 1842-44 ; Joel 
 Hayden, Jr., general store, 1845-46 ; Charles Sabin, apothe- 
 cary and drug-store, 1847-48 ; Protective Union Division, No. 
 317, general store, 1852-57 ; A. A. Parker & Co. (Asa S. 
 Kendall), 1857-65 ; A. A. Parker alone, 1865 ; John M. 
 Parker & Co. (P. S. & S. Batcheller), 1865-87 ; D. W. 
 Firmin & Co. (P. S. & S. Batcheller), 1887. 
 
 About 1859 Messrs. Parker & Co. erected a new store build- 
 ing, to which they removed, and in which the business still re- 
 mains. The premises vacated were finished off as an addition 
 to the hotel. 
 
 Drs. Benjamin Bemis and Amasa Scott built the store op- 
 posite the town meeting-house, now Town Hall, on land of 
 Dr. Bemis, probably in 1809. The store was taxed with the 
 land to Dr. Bemis and the stock to Dr. Scott, till Dr. Bemis 
 left town in 1812 or 1813, after which both store and stock 
 were taxed to Dr. Scott. He was taxed on stock six years, 
 1811-16, but the business may have been commenced some- 
 what earher, as Bemis & Scott were licensed to sell spirituous 
 liquors in 1809, and B. Bemis & Co. in 1808. 
 
 Quite early in the century John Whittemore, Sr., com- 
 
400 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 menced trade in a small way in his dwelling-house, situated on 
 the road to Rojalston about a third of a mile from the village, 
 being the premises now owned by J. C. Baldwin. 
 . The exact date when he commenced business is not known, 
 but he was licensed to sell spirituous liquors as early as 1804, 
 though he was not taxed on stock in trade till 1808. In 1820 
 he took his son Dexter as partner, with the firm name of 
 J. Whittemore & Son. In 1821 Dexter bought the Scott & 
 Bemis store and the business was removed to the village, where 
 it was conducted under different styles as follows : John Whit- 
 temore & Son, 1821-25 ; D. Whittemore alone, 1826-2Y ; 
 D. & D. Whittemore (Danvers), 1828 ; Dexter Whittemore 
 alone again, 1829-50 ; D. Whittemore & Son or Sons (Thomas 
 W. and Charles), 1851-56 ; Joel Whittemore, 1858-68. Since 
 the last-named date the store has been unoccupied. 
 
 It may be added that Daniel W. Farrar, of Troy, to whom 
 reference has been made in this chapter, and Dexter Whitte- 
 more, of Fitzwilliam, were the first traders in this vicinity to 
 abandon the sale of ardent spirits. 
 
 James Stone, Jr., was in trade long enough to obtain the 
 title of " marchant Stone," but not long enough to be taxed 
 at any time on stock in trade. He Hved in the "market 
 house," the estate now owned by Wright Whitcomb. The 
 early traders were accustomed to exchange goods very largely 
 for farmers' produce, and it is related of Mr. Stone that on ac- 
 count of lack of capital he was not able in all cases to settle for 
 produce when he received it, in which case he would promise 
 to deliver the goods on his return from Boston. He usually 
 went to the city with a single horse, and his customers were so 
 anxious for their pay that they were generally at his store when 
 the goods arrived, though these were not always in sufficient 
 quantities to meet all the demands. Mr. Stone was licensed to 
 sell spirituous liquors from 1812-18. His sales of these goods 
 must have been of considerable amount, as in 1816 and 1817 
 (the only years for which returns are at hand) he paid the 
 same United States revenue taxes as were paid by the ot ;>t 
 dealers in town. 
 
 In 1822 or 1823 Luke B. Richardson, having withdrawn from 
 

 
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MERCHANTS AND TKADEES. 401 
 
 tlie Robeson store, erected a new building and commenced busi- 
 ness on the Crosby site. From this time the successive occu- 
 pants at this place have been as follows : Luke B. Richardson, 
 1823-26 ; Spaulding & Perkins (Daniel Spanlding, John Per- 
 kins), 1827-32 ; D. Spaulding alone, 1833 ; Spaulding & 
 Noble (Gideon C. Noble), 1834-35 ; D. Spaulding alone 
 again, 1830-40 ; Wales & Morse (Jacob Wales, Royal T. 
 Morse), 1841-42 ; Whittemore & Damon (John Whittemore, 
 Jr., Luke R. Damon), 1843-45 ; John Whittemore, Jr., alone 
 and with his son-in-law, William Pratt, and son George A. 
 Whittemore, 1846-73 ; Whittemore & Co. (George A.), 
 1874-78, Harry J. Pratt & Co., 1879-81. 
 
 When Dr. G. C. Noble dissolved partnership with Daniel 
 Spaulding, he opened a drug-store in a part of the shop of his 
 father-in-law, Robinson Perkins. He continued in business 
 from 1836-42, when he was succeeded by Jared D. Perkins, 
 1843-49, and he in turn was followed by Phillip S. Batcheller, 
 who is in business on this site at the present time. With the 
 exception of a few years his brother Stephen has been with 
 him, the lirm name being P. S. & S. Batcheller. The build- 
 ing they occupy has passed through more changes by way of 
 alterations and enlargements than any other place in the village. 
 
 About 1833 Milton Chaplin opened a store in District No. 1 
 in a building standing between the houses of Hyman Bent and 
 Moses Chaplin, where he traded about seven years. In 1839, 
 having purchased the house in the village where he now lives, 
 he built a store near it, where he did business till 1847, when 
 he purchased the place now owned and occupied by Amos J. 
 Blake, Esq. Here he did business till 1851, the last three years 
 with Anson Streeter as partner, under the name of Chaplin «fe 
 Streeter. Mr. Chaplin then went into business in Boston, and 
 later removed to Adrian, Mich. 
 
 The building last referred to was erected by Levi Haskell, 
 and the lower stor}'- having been fitted for a store had been 
 previously occupied by Joseph A. Wilson, 1838-42, and 
 J. A. Wilson & Co. (John G. Wilson), 1843-47. 
 
 About 1845 Luke R. Damon, having dissolved partnership 
 with John Whittemore, Jr., commenced business in the three- 
 26 
 
402 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 storj building at the head of the Common, The business was 
 continued bj L, R. Damon, 1846-47 ; Howe & Damon (Nel- 
 son Howe), 1848-49 ; Damon & Farrar (James Farrar), 
 1850-52 ; Samuel Smith & Co. (Anson B. Smith), 1853. 
 Damon & Farrar removed to Adrian, Mich., and Smiths Co. 
 to Winchendon. 
 
 A store was opened in Howeville in 1853 by N. & J. 
 Howe, wlio continued in trade till they closed their manufac- 
 turing business in 1867. 
 
 In 1868 Daniel R. Spaulding, who had been in trade several 
 years in Richmond, formed a partnership with Calvin B. 
 Perry (Spaulding & Perry). They bought the storehouse at 
 the depot village built by ISi. & J. Howe & Co., and com- 
 menced business therein. In 1874 the partnership was dis- 
 sol^^ed, Mr. Perry taking the business, which he still continues. 
 
 At the State line a store has been kept by John N. Richard- 
 son, 1855-73 ; Martin L. Bartlett, 1874-78, and Joel L. Gil- 
 son, 1879 to the j)resent time. 
 
 Frank B. Frye has had a store at the depot village from 
 1876 to the present time. 
 
 Abner Gage had a store for several years at the village, and 
 Melvin Wilson was in trade for some time at the depot. 
 
 INNS AND HOTELS. 
 
 The disproportion between the number of these and the 
 population of the township for a number of years after its set- 
 tlement and incorporation appears quite remarkable, for before 
 the close of the last century there must have been as many as 
 six inns open at the same time in Fitzwilliam, and how many 
 more it is impossible to determine, as no licenses for keeping 
 them were recorded before 1793. 
 
 The first public-house that was opened in Monadnock ISTo. 4 
 was kept by General James Reed, in the first framed house 
 erected in the place. This house stood on the old military 
 road not far from the late residence of Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis. 
 At this inn the proprietors of the township held their meet- 
 ings for a number of years, and there, or in the shop of Mr. 
 Johnson nearly across the road, the first pastor, Rev. Benja- 
 
CALVIN BRIGHAM PERRY, 
 
 FHOTO ORAVUnn CO. N. Y 
 
INNS AND HOTELS. 403 
 
 min Brigham was ordained. Later, this inn was kept by 
 Colonel Sylvanus Reed, son of General Reed, till about 1Y95. 
 
 Jolin Mellen kept an inn for a number of years in the house 
 built for him by his father, Daniel Mellen, which stood upon 
 the spot where Mr. Sylvester Drury now lives. This house of 
 Mr. Mellen was kept as an inn late in the last century by 
 Benoni Shurtliff. 
 
 Thomas Goldsmith and Jonathan Fox were licensed to keep 
 a tavern in 1793, and this partnership continued for three or 
 four years, when Goldsmith alone kept the inn till 1808. 
 Timothy Johnson succeeded Mr. Goldsmith in the tavern, and 
 his successor in the same business was Dr. Thomas Richard- 
 son. Matthias Felton was licensed as an innkeeper in 1795. 
 His tavern, which he kept about fifteen years, was on the spot 
 where George W. Simonds resided, but Mr. Felton' s house 
 was burned forty or forty-five years ago. 
 
 Colonel Levi Brigham kept a tavern on what is called Brig- 
 ham Hill, in District No. 3. In the east part of the town, at 
 the place where Henry T. Hall now lives, Abner Stone kept a 
 tavern for many years, while about a mile and a quarter 
 south, on the same road, was the tavern of.Abijah Warner. 
 Both of these men were in this business before 1793. On the 
 same road, still farther south, and a short distance beyond the 
 State line, was another tavern, kept by one Kidder. These 
 three men were popularly known as Honest Stone, Cheating 
 Warner, and Lying Kidder. 
 
 All of the storekeepers in the town for a long course of 
 years were licensed to sell spirituous liquors as well as the inn- 
 keepers. In addition to these quite a number of persons were 
 licensed for one or two years, near the close of the last and 
 early in the present century, who do not appear to have been 
 either traders or innkeepers. 
 
 At a later date, perhaps thirty-five or forty years ago, there 
 were four hotels in Fitzwilliam, viz., the Spaulding Tavern, in 
 the southeast part of the town, Bowker's, in the north part 
 (which was kept as a public-house for a short time only), and 
 two in the village. The inn of Messrs. Goldsmith, Johnson, 
 & Richardson stood where the Cheshire Hotel now stands, 
 
404 HISTGEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 and since tlie house was rebailt it has been kept as a public- 
 iiouse by Pratt & Perry for a short time, then by David Perry 
 alone for about twenty years, and later and at present by O. 
 K. Wheelock. The Fitzwilliam Hotel has been kept by John 
 Foster, John Reed, Abner Grage, J. L. Perry, and others 
 whose names cannot be given. 
 
 The list of innkeepers is very incomplete. 
 
 FEEE MASONS. 
 
 Charity Lodge JSTo. 18 F- and A. M. was chartered July 
 23d, 1806, and at the institution of the lodge the following 
 officers were installed : 
 
 Joshua Harrington, Worshipful Master. 
 
 Joseph Winch, Senior Warden. 
 
 David (Daniel, probably) Farrar, Junior Warden. 
 
 Benjamin Bemis, Jr., Treasurer. 
 
 Joseph Carter, Secretary. 
 
 Benoni Shurtleff, Senior Deacon. 
 
 Edward Perkins, Junior Deacon. 
 
 Alexander Foster, Steward. 
 
 Josiah Goldsmith, Tyler. 
 
 Benjamin Bemis, Rep. to Grand Lodge. 
 
 Joseph Carter, Proxy. 
 
 SUCCEEDING MASTERS OF THE LODGE. 
 
 Benjamin Bemis, Jr., 1807 ; Joshua Harrington, 1808. 
 
 Joseph Carter, 1809 ; Robinson Perkins, 1810-11. 
 
 Joshua Harrington, 1812-13 ; Joseph Carter, 1814. 
 
 Abel Wilder, 1815 ; Edward Bayley, 1826-27. 
 
 Silas Jillson, 1829-39 inclusive ; Edward Bayley, 1840-42. 
 
 John J. Allen, 1843-45 ; Edward Bayley, 1846-47. 
 
 The lodge was located in Swanzey in 1817-18, and in Troy, 
 1819-26, when it returned to Fitzwilliam, where it remained 
 until 1847, when it removed to Jaffrey. It is now located at 
 East Jaffrey. 
 
 The first Masons made in Charity Lodge were William 
 Barnard and Amasa Scott, of Fitzwilliam, and Robinson Per- 
 kins, then of Jaflfrey. In the succeeding years members were 
 
ODD fellows' lodge— wild AH'IMALS. 405 
 
 admitted from Marlborough, Richmond, Keene, Sullivan, 
 Swanzey, and Kew Ipswich, N. II., and "Winchendon, Rojal- 
 ston, Greenfield, and Townsend, Mass. Largest number of 
 members, about sixty. 
 
 The members of the order now residing in town generally 
 belong to the lodge in Troy. 
 
 ODD fellows' lodge. 
 
 On the petition of Nelson Howe and four others, this was 
 instituted July 19th, 1849, by Grand Master Lyford, and Nel- 
 son Howe was appointed District Deputy Grand Master. The 
 number of the lodge was 29, and it had in 1849 thirteen mem- 
 bers and funds amounting to one hundred and ninety-two dol- 
 lars. In 1851 there were twenty-three members, and a year 
 later, when Artemas Stone was ajDpointed District Deputy, 
 there were twenty-two members, and funds amounting to 
 forty-eight dollars. In 1854 the Grand Master reported No. 
 29 as virtually extinct, because of the loss of business and busi- 
 ness men from Fitzwilliarn, and recommended that the char- 
 ter be withdrawn, and the property, after a debt of fifty dol- 
 lars should have been paid, returned. This course seems to 
 have been pursued. 
 
 WILD ANIMALS. 
 
 These were numerous one hundred and twenty-five years 
 ago in portions of Southern New Hampshire, and especially 
 in the towns around tlie base of Mount Mouadnock. As 
 beasts of this nature retire before the approach of civilized 
 man their numbers were the greatest, and they remained the 
 longest where the white population, for any reason, was the 
 least, and the latest in commencing their settlements. These 
 conditions met in Fitzwilliam, for the township had a slow 
 growth and, moreover, was settled later than most of its neigh- 
 bors. Long after the wolves and the bears had been driven 
 from the territory north, south, east and west, they found a 
 comparatively safe retreat on the almost ina,ccessible sides and 
 in the deep ravines of Monadnock, and here they maintained 
 themselves with great boldness and vigor. 
 
406 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 As wolves rarely attack men, except when nearly starved, 
 they were chiefly dreaded because of the depredations made 
 by them upon the calves and sheep of the settlers. The bear 
 was a more dangerous animal to encounter, while the thought 
 of the catamount caused trembling in many a log hut of this 
 region toward the close of the last century. Casual encounters 
 with these beasts and the hunting of them (sometimes by large 
 companies of armed men) served to break up the monotony 
 of the life of the early settlers of this town, as the statements 
 that follow will show conclusively. 
 
 The accounts here given have been condensed chiefly from 
 the papers of Dr. Silas Cummings, and especially from a lec- 
 ture prepared by him from materials that he had been collect- 
 ing for many years, and which he appears to have delivered 
 before his fellow-townsmen in 18Y3 : 
 
 In the early times wild cats were among the destructive ani- 
 mals, though they do not appear to have been very numerous. 
 So far as known none were killed in this town till 1811, when 
 Deacon Angier found the remains of several sheep) that a wild 
 cat had killed, and started in pursuit. Captain Chace followed 
 him with his dogs, and Deacon Angier shot the animal in the 
 west part of the town. Its weight was twenty-three pounds, 
 
 James Stone lost a sheep and found three wild cats feasting 
 upon its carcase. Mr. Stone mounted his horse and rode near 
 enough to shoot one of the animals, and afterward had the 
 satisfaction of taking both the others in a trap. 
 
 Another was followed by several hunters who failed to shoot 
 it before it reached its den, not far east of the house of Benja- 
 min Byam. 
 
 In the early times two little boys, seven and nine years of 
 age, were sent by their father from the extreme southern part 
 of the town with a yoke of oxen, to borrow a cart. They had 
 several miles to travel after the cart was obtained, and night 
 came upon them before they could reach their home. They 
 were near where the Fitzwilliam railroad station now is when 
 a pack of wolves came upon their track, and by their barking 
 and yelping frightened the poor boys terribly. One of them, 
 more than twenty years after, told Dr. Cummings that his 
 
ENCOUNTEKS WITH WILD ANIMALS. 407 
 
 liair stood erect and liis flesh crawled as he expected the wolves 
 would spring upon them every moment, while tlie affrighted 
 oxen seemed to flj over stumps, rocks, mudholes, and pole- 
 bridges as if possessed. All escaped unharmed. 
 
 A Mrs. Kelley seems to have had an evening school two 
 miles or so west of the village, and Levi Tower and Oliver 
 Damon, when little boys, were her pupils. Late one night as 
 they were returning home they were followed and terribly 
 frightened by a pack of wolves. But their outcries, as they 
 approached the home of one of them, brought them help. 
 The tracks of the hungry animals were found around the barn 
 of Mr. Tower the following morning. 
 
 Mrs. Withington, living east of the village, went out to pick 
 blueberries with her babe in her arms, when she found that a 
 bear was her only companion in the field, a sight that sent her 
 home with such rajDidity that she had no time or courage to 
 look behind her. 
 
 A Mrs. Bryant, living near the line of Richmond, when re- 
 turning home from a neighbor's one afternoon found that she 
 was followed by a bear very closely. She was carrying a part 
 of a cheese, and from this she instantly broke a piece and threw 
 it back toward the bear, while she quickened her pace that she 
 might gain as much as possible in her flight while the bear 
 was eating it. This process she repeated, till just as she drop- 
 ped the last piece of the cheese her cry reached her home and 
 brought her a speedy rescue. 
 
 Oliver Fullam was at work for Esquire Kendall on the hill 
 east of the village where Mr. Charles Perry now lives, when 
 he discovered a bear tearing in pieces one of Mr. Keadall's 
 hogs. The bear at once left its repast and pursued Mr. Ful- 
 lam, who ran for his life. As the race brought both the fright- 
 ened man and the furious beast near the dwelling-house, Mrs. 
 Kendall interfered by shaking her checked apron at the bear 
 that retreated hastily and ignominously. A little after that 
 bear or another destroyed three of Mr. Kendall's calves, and 
 he had no success in the way of revenge. 
 
 Mr. Boutelle, whose home was south of the depot, on Lot 7 
 in Range 8, to save his corn set a gun in his field with which 
 
408 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 tlie intruder wounded himself so severely that he could not 
 retreat, and Mr. Boutelle had the good fortune to secure a 
 huge bear and save his crop from further depredations. 
 
 On Lot 7 in Range 11 in the southwest part of the town 
 lived for a time a Mr. Pierce, who came unexpectedly upon 
 a bear with two cubs. Upon his raising a cry the cubs suc- 
 ceeded in ascending a hemlock tree, while a shot from the gun 
 of Mr. James Morse induced the old bear to retreat as fast as 
 possible. The cubs were captured, Mr. Pierce taking one 
 and giving the other to Mr. Benjamin Bjam. 
 
 The account, of which the following is an outline, Dr. Cum- 
 mings received from his friend and neighbor, Mr. Daniel 
 Spaulding : 
 
 Deacon Lovejoy, of Rindge, found a bear held fast by one 
 of its hind feet in a powerful steel trap which he had set and 
 fastened by a draft chain to a log. He had his loaded gun 
 with him, but as powder was dear and he did not wish to waste 
 it, he went home and exchanged his gun for an axe. A little 
 boy six or seven years old accompanied him as he went back 
 to his trap. The bear dodged the first blow, and not only 
 caught the axe from the hands of its assailant, but seized the 
 arm of Mr. Lovejoy and drew him down under him. The 
 boy attempting to aid his father was at once drawn down also. 
 Under these desperate circumstances Mr, Lovejoy ran his hand 
 and arm into the bear's mouth, and held them there till the 
 bear was choked to death. His arm was injured for life, but 
 he and his boy were saved. 
 
 Near the close of the last century the bears seem to have 
 left the town mostly or to have been destroyed, but they were 
 succeeded by wolves in greater numbers and, if possible, more 
 destructive than ever before, and wolf hunts were for some 
 years a necessity, if not a pastime. 
 
 The elder Mr, Forristall, Mr. Silas Angier, and Deacon 
 GriflBn lost sheep and lambs in considerable numbers, while in 
 a single night sixteen of the flock of Mr. Spaulding, of Jaffrey, 
 were destroyed. The whole community was now aroused, 
 every gun was put in order, and every able-bodied man and 
 boy enlisted to fight the common enemy. 
 
HUNTING OF WOLVES. 409 
 
 Knowing that Monadnockwas the stronghold of the wolves, 
 a company of men from this and the adjoining towns chose 
 Phineas Reed, Esq., as their leader, and surrounding the 
 mountain a few rods apart tliey simultaneously worked their 
 way to the top, only to find that the game secured consisted 
 of an old bear with her two cubs, and four foxes. All except 
 one of the cubs were shot, but the one saved repaid the kind- 
 ness of the young man who was carrying it home by biting off 
 one of his thumbs. 
 
 After descending the mountain Captain Reed's men heard 
 the barking of a wolf in the woods not far off, and so they sur- 
 rounded the woods and stood at their posts all night, deter- 
 mined that their foe should not escape. In the morning the 
 wolf was driven out into a piece of cleared land. At least fifty 
 bullets were now fired at him, but he broke the ring and made 
 his way east into a meadow belonging to Rev. Mr. Ainswortli, 
 where he was shot by a young man named Nathaniel Stanley. 
 His weapon was one of the old "Queen's Arms," and he 
 fired two balls and a slug before he finished his work. 
 
 As usual on such occasions, the bounty of twenty dollars 
 which was to be received was spent at the nearest tavern. 
 
 Soon after this three wolves were killed in Swanzeyand two 
 in Marlborough. Meanwhile there were three successful wolf- 
 hunts in what is now Troy. In the former of these Andrew 
 Sherman was the hero, and the bounty was expended at the 
 Warren store for liquor and crackers, but the company assem- 
 bled was so large that the supply furnished to each man was 
 only a single glass of rum and two crackers. Two years later, 
 viz., in 1797, after the wolves had destroyed in one night ten 
 sheep from the flock of Elijah Alexander, and a little later 
 twenty owned by Levi Randall, two hundred or more men as- 
 sembled, and succeeded in kilhng one wolf and fatally wound- 
 ing another. On this occasion Jonas Robinson, whose store 
 at that time was in the part of Fitzwilliam now belonging to 
 Troy, met the returning hunters with a wagon-load of crackers, 
 rum, and sugar. 
 
 But a " three-legged wolf " was still left to prey upon the 
 sheep. A still larger party of huntsmen was organized, and 
 
410 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Jonathan Oapron succeeded in wounding and partially dis- 
 abling the animal. The wolf had still life enough to seize and 
 shatter the stock of the musket which was raised to despatch 
 it, and yielded only to a leaden ball in the head. The Com- 
 mon in Troy was the place of rendezvous, and again Jonas 
 Rolunson famished the refreshments. 
 
 A single wolf was still left that alternated between Monad - 
 nock and "Watatic, and committed great depredations among 
 the flocks wherever it went. In the winter of 1819-20 a num- 
 ber of hunters with their hounds started in pursuit, but day 
 after day the crafty beast rendered all their efforts fruitless. 
 They followed the wolf through Jaffrey, Fitzwilliam, Winchen- 
 don, and Rindge, and even into the towns of Templeton and 
 Gardner. Meanwhile storms came on, the snow became deep, 
 and two of the original hunters becoming discouraged retired, 
 though their places were at once supplied by more courageous 
 and persev^ering men. At no time did the wolf neglect his 
 nightly repast, but while the hunters were resting he took his 
 meal in the nearest barnyard. Phineas Whitney entertained 
 the wearied men one night, but while they were sleeping the 
 wolf killed several of Mr. Whitney's sheep, drinking the blood 
 as it flowed from the opened veins and taking a little of the 
 most delicate meat, apparently not because it was hungry, but 
 for the purpose of a pleasant entertainment. Then it lay down 
 under some bushes and rested till it was time to start in the 
 morning. For nine or ten days this warfare was kept up, and 
 the wolf, though often seen and fired at, seemed as fresh as at 
 the beginning. Colonel Jewett's bloodhounds were now put 
 upon the track, and followed in close pursuit, but night came 
 on and the wolf was safe. On the morning of the next day 
 (the Sabbath), the people in Fitzwilliam village, having learned 
 that the wolf was approaching Monadnock, turned out and 
 formed lines of men along the roads to Rindge and Jaffrey. 
 The hounds drove the wolf into the Scott meadow, where it 
 was shot first by Shubael Plympton and then by Lewis Rob- 
 bins, two or three bullets passing through its body and leav- 
 ing it dead. 
 
 The prey was at once brought to Fitzwilliam Common amid 
 
DESTRUCTION OF THE LAST CATAMOUNT. 411 
 
 the cheers of the people. There was no religious service in 
 the meetiiig-honse on the niorning of that Sabbath. 
 
 This is said to have been the last wolf-hnnt in the region 
 about Monadnock. 
 
 The catamount, which one hundred years ago was occasionally 
 found in Southern New Hampshire, was a very formidable 
 and dangerous beast to encounter. It is not known that any 
 of this class of animals were ever killed within the limits of 
 this town, but in the history of Troy we have an account of 
 the slaughter of one of enormous proportions. 
 
 Knowing that some monster had killed a deer in the vicin- 
 ity of their home, Deacon Fife and his son borrowed the pow- 
 erful steel trap already spoken of as belonging to Mr. Lovejoy, 
 of Rindge, and were successful in capturing the animal. A 
 ball from the musket of young Fife soon brought the defiant 
 beast to terms, for it appeared upon examination to have 
 pierced its heart. From the nose to the end of the tail the 
 catamount measured thirteen feet and four inches. For its 
 stuffed skin the proprietors of the Boston Museum are said to 
 have paid forty-live dollars. 
 
CHAPTER XY. 
 
 FITZWILLIAM INDUSTEIES. 
 
 Agricultural Matters — Lumber — Mechanical Trades — Domestic Manufac- 
 tures — Tanneries— Saw-Mills— The Scott Mill— Grist-Mills— Taxation 
 of Mill Property — Wooden Ware— Other Manufactures — The Granite 
 Industry — The Granite Itself — The Beginning and Progress of Ithe Busi- 
 ness — The Firms and Individuals Engaged in it. 
 
 FOR nearly three-quarters of a century after the settlement 
 of tliis town the facilities of communication with the 
 world at large were small, and the same may be said of the 
 manufacturing business of the country when we compare it 
 with what it is at the present day. As a result of this state of 
 things the early settlers of Fitzwilliam were obliged to depend 
 for food and clothing chiefly upon what could be raised or 
 manufactured at home. 
 
 That the land was ever well adapted to the raising of large 
 and largely remunerative crops, as is true in the vallej's of our 
 large rivers, we can hardly suppose, still it yielded a fair sup- 
 port to the families of the early settlers, and, under a good sys- 
 tem of husbandry, is still productive. Corn, rye, beans, potatoes, 
 and turnips for food, and flax and wool for clothing, were the 
 chief productions, and nearly all that was raised was for home 
 consumption. Some of the butter, cheese, pork, and beef soon 
 began to find its way to other markets in exchange for family 
 supplies that could not be readily obtained in any other man- 
 ner, but from the beginning the home demand for these arti- 
 cles has been nearly equal to the production. 
 
 As a whole the agricultural interests of Fitzwilliam have 
 made but little if any advance during the last half century, 
 but this has not been due so much to the lack of enterprise or 
 the actual wearing out of the land, as to the more inviting 
 openings for remunerative employment in other pursuits. 
 Still, the annual products of the soil of Fitzwilliam at the pres- 
 
FITZWILLIAM MANUFACTUEEES. 413 
 
 ent day are by no means inconsiderable. Probably, however, 
 the time will never come when a farmer will become wealthy 
 by raising wheat and corn in Fitzwilliarn, such are the ease, 
 rapidity, and cheapness of transportation from the vast agri- 
 cultural regions of the West. 
 
 From the earliest settlement of the town the various mechan- 
 ical trades have been well represented, sufficiently so certainly 
 to meet the wants of the j)eople. The names of the early car- 
 penters, shoemakers, tailors, and other mechanics cannot be 
 reasonably looked for in this volume, yet reference may well 
 be made to two families of blacksmiths. 
 
 The Bowker Brothers — Bartlett, John, and Charles — were 
 all blacksmiths, and had an established reputation in all the re- 
 gion. The Davis family has followed in the same line. Chancy, 
 senior and junior, and Ezekiel, with his sons Van Ness and 
 Isaac, all blacksmiths, though Fitzwilliam could never claim 
 them all as resident mechanics. 
 
 Richard Foster, who lived in the east part of the town near 
 the residence of Mr. A. W. Gowen, made spinning-wheels. 
 Jason Babcock, who lived on Lot 3 in Range 12, made linen 
 wheels. Thomas Clark and Stephen Harris, as already men- 
 tioned, manufactured various articles of wood for table use, 
 such as boM'ls, cups, plates, etc., and this was the beginning 
 of an important industry. 
 
 For about fifty years nearly all the cloth for clothing and 
 other household uses was of home manufacture. The garments 
 for summer were mostly made of tow or tow and linen cloth, 
 and the woollen for winter wear was of dornestic manufacture. 
 Nearly every dwelling had its spinning-wheels, great and 
 small, its implements to prepare wool and flax, and its loom 
 for weaving. About 1790 a clothing mill was built in the 
 north village and in it the cloth -dressing business was carried 
 on by various persons, particularly by Salmon Whittemore. 
 For ten or twelve years, commencing in 1816, Thomas Wilson 
 w^as in the same business in the south part of the town. For 
 many years a carding machine was in operation at the Har- 
 rington Mill, and for a shorter period another was run by 
 Joel Hunt in the south portion of the town. 
 
414 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 For more than twenty-five years, commencing near tlie close 
 of the last century, Pliineas Reed conducted a large tannery, 
 and was succeeded in this business by his sons, Daniel and 
 Charles. Heavy shoes were manufactured for several years 
 by Charles Reed, but this business was long since given up to 
 the large manufacturers in other towns. 
 
 Joel Hayden had a tannery for many years and was succeeded 
 by A. M. & J. Wood, who in turn were followed by Asa S. 
 Kendall. After the destruction of this tannery by fire Mr. 
 Kendall removed to Swanzey. 
 
 About 1830 the manufacture of palm-leaf hats was intro- 
 duced, and this for many years furnished a very profitable oc- 
 cupation for women and children. This business has continued 
 till the present time, but at greatly reduced prices. 
 
 In the spring of 1836 Seth Whiting, a brushmaker, came to 
 Fitz William from Eindge. His chief business here was the 
 preparation of palm-leaf for the hat-braiders and the manufac- 
 ture of brooms from the waste material of the palm-leaf. 
 Later he removed to Boston and resumed the manufacture of 
 brushes. At present his son, John L. Whiting, is one of the 
 largest manufacturers of this article in the country. 
 
 As there are no large and constant streams of water 
 in Fitzwilham, no large and extensive manufacturing busi- 
 ness has ever been prosecuted here, still such water-power 
 as the town affords has been improved from the earliest settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The proprietors of the township gave, as we have seen, sub- 
 stantial aid toward building the first mills. In August, 1765, 
 they voted to pay Colonel Sampson Stoddard twenty pounds 
 on condition that he should deed to Daniel Mellen two lots of 
 land to encourage Mr. Mellen to build a saw-mill. This was 
 the first mill in town and was built probably in 1767. It was 
 located at the foot of the little meadow, about one fourth of a 
 mile easterly from the house of Nahum Hayden, and upon the 
 two lots of land deeded for this purpose to Mr. Mellen. At 
 the present time no one would think of locating a mill at that 
 place, so many better localities could be found, though it is 
 possible that the supply of water in that stream has greatly 
 
MANUFACTURERS CONTIlSrUED. 415 
 
 diminished in one hundred and twenty years. The proprietors 
 voted, October Yth, lYfiT, to Captain Silas Witherby thirteen 
 pounds six shilling and eightpence for his encouragement in 
 building a saw-mill. This was located on Lot 16 in Range 3, 
 and was the second mill in the township. Mr. Wetherbee 
 sold his interest in the lot and mill to Benjamin Scott, and 
 from him and his son Barakiah the mill and the brook upon 
 M'hich it stands received the name which they retain to this 
 day. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, Esq., was interested in this mill at an early 
 date, but whether as early or earlier than the Scotts cannot be 
 stated. 
 
 The following list of the occupants of this mill has been 
 made up from the tax-lists and other sources, and is believed 
 to be substantially correct : 
 
 Barakiah Scott, 1T93 to 1810 inclusive. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, Esq., 1793 to 1809. 
 
 Timothy & Luke Kendall, 1806 to 1815. 
 
 Luke Kendall and Abel Marshall, 1816 to 1823. 
 
 Luke Kendall alone, 1821 to 1836. 
 
 Howe & Rand, 1837 to 1839. 
 
 David Taft, 1840 to 1842. 
 
 Jonathan S. Adams and Raymond Stratton^ 1844. 
 
 J. S. Adams alone, 1845 to 1847. 
 
 Elijah Bowker (1848 to 1850 ?). 
 
 George W. Wilson and Seth R. Fisher, 1851. 
 
 George W. Wilson and Wilham H. Kinsman, 1852 to 1854. 
 
 Hosea Platts, 1855 to 1859. 
 
 William H. Kinsman alone, 1860 to 1871. 
 
 George W. Simonds, 1872 to 1877. 
 
 Elijah Wilder, 1879 to 1880. 
 
 Edward A. Kendall, 1881 to 1883. 
 
 George A. Stone, 1884 — 
 
 The mill on Lot 9 in Range 4 was built near the close of 
 the last century, and has been owned and occupied by four 
 successive generations of Stones : Hezekiah, Artemas, Artemas, 
 Jr., and Samuel S. 
 
416 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 At a meeting of the proprietors held October 11th, 1768, at 
 the inn of Captain Thomas Cowdin, in Fitchburg, it was 
 
 Voted the sum of £20 L» M" (LawfaT Money) be paid to Colo. Stod- 
 dard in Consideration of his Conveying to Mr Tiffany two Lots of Land 
 to Build a Grist mill on & that sum to be In full for the same. 
 
 Mr. Tiffany did not make a satisfactory mill, and March 
 ■Ith, 1772, the proprietors passed the following votes : 
 
 Voted to not except of the Gristmill Bultin Monadnock No 4 by Doc- 
 tor G;.deon Tiflfany. 
 
 Voted and choose James Reed Esqr Mr Edward Kindal and Mr Elijah 
 Clays a Committee in Behalf of this Propriety to put in Execution a 
 Bond Given by Gideon Tiffany to Buld and Keep in Good Repair a 
 water Grist mill in Monadnock No 4 on Either Lott No 33 or No 33 in 
 the 8 Rang of Lotts or come to some proper settelment with the said 
 Tiffany in Regard of Said mill as it is not Excepted by the Proprietors, 
 and said Committee to Lay their Proseedings with Said Tiffany before 
 this Propriety at their next meeting. 
 
 The mill was completed and put in running order by Thomas 
 Tolman, the History of Troy says, in 1769, which is certainly 
 two, and, possibly, three years too early. ■ Benjamin Bigelow, 
 the first settler in town, went to Hinsdale in May, 1771, to 
 have some grain ground, and was drowned in the Ashuelot 
 River in Winchester on his return. It is evident that the mill 
 was not in worsting order at this time, as no one would go 
 twenty miles for what he could get done within three miles. 
 It is probable that Mr. Tolman had bought the property, and 
 that this change of ownership was the caust. of the action taken 
 against Dr. Tiffany, A few years later Mr. Tolman built a 
 saw-mill on the same stream and very near the grist-mill. 
 About 1780 the property was bought by Joshua Harrington. 
 The saw-mill was not long used, but the grist-mill was kept in 
 operation by Mr. Harrington and his sons for over fifty 
 years. The location is now occupied by the Troy Blanket 
 Factory. 
 
 The second grist-mill was built by Philip Amadon about 
 1784, and was located at or near the spot now occupied by the 
 saw-mill of Anson G, Beebe. The power at this place is now 
 
GRIST-MILLS — SAW-MILLS. 417 
 
 entirely given to wood-M^orking machinery, no grain having 
 been ground for a long time. 
 
 In 1825 Bartlet Bowker built a grist-mill which he and his 
 sons Luke and Elijah kept in operation for many years. The 
 Bowkers resided in Fitzwilliam, but the grist-mill was located 
 just over the line in Troy, though within the original limits of 
 this town. 
 
 In later years Benjamin M. Fiske had a grist-mill at the 
 south part of the town, and some few others have operated 
 such mills for brief periods of time. 
 
 The only grain- mill now in town is located at the old Stone 
 mill. 
 
 The records of Fitzwilliam contain no general town tax-lists 
 of an earlier date than 1Y93. In that year Joshua Harrington, 
 Samuel Kendall, Esq., and Barakiah Scott were taxed on mill 
 property. As there were certainly more mills in the town at 
 that time the others were doubtless included in real estate. 
 From the date given above to 1800 all the mills were treated 
 as real estate, but commencing with 1801 some of them were 
 taxed separately, while after 1810 the separation of mills from 
 other property seems to have been general. Before 1833 the 
 tax on mills appears to have been laid on an estimated rental 
 depending probably somewhat upon the amount of business, 
 but after 1833 mills, like other property, were taxed according 
 to their valuation. 
 
 The number of persons in town who have been taxed on 
 mill property from 1801 to 1886 is about one hundred and 
 seventy-five, the length of time running from one to thirty- 
 six years. In many of the shorter periods the occupants of 
 the mills rather than the owners paid the tax. 
 
 Aside from common saw-mill work the quantity of wood 
 worked w]) by machinery was very small till about 1825, when 
 the manufacture of wooden ware increased rapidly, till it be- 
 came at length one of the chief industries of the town. 
 
 The following list gives the names of all who appear to have 
 been taxed on mills for ten years or more since 1801, includ- 
 ing also such as were taxed on similar property in 1793. In 
 27 
 
418 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM, 
 
 the list the first and last years of taxation are given, and, in 
 brackets, the number of years each person named has been 
 taxed : 
 
 Philip Amadon [16] 1801-1821. 
 
 Anson G. Beebe [19] 1868-1886. 
 
 Levi B. Bent [13] 1841-1854. 
 
 Joseph Blodgett [12] 1840-1866. 
 
 Luke & Elijah Bowker [14] 1834-1853 succeeded by 
 
 Elijah Bowker [19] 1854-1877. 
 
 Milton Chaplin [13] 1827-1839 succeeded by 
 
 Elisha Chaplin [25] 1840-1881. 
 
 Joshua T. Collins [30] 1834-1867 succeeded by A G. Beebe above. 
 
 Horace Coolidge [34] 1846-86. 
 
 Jonas Damon [21] 1866-1886. 
 
 Bela W. Felch [21] 1837-1859. 
 
 Joshua Harrington 1793 & 1801-1815. 
 
 Albert Hayden [11] 1876-1886. 
 
 Seth K Holman [19] 1868-1886. 
 
 Nelson Howe & Joel Howe & Co. (M. P. Damon) [34] 1834-1867. 
 
 Nahum Howe [11] 1842-1854.. 
 
 Nahum Howe jr. [31] 1843-1873 succeeded by his son 
 
 Henry P. Howe [13] 1874-1886. 
 
 Samuel Kendall Esqr. 1793 & 1802-1809. 
 
 Luke Kendall [27] 1806-18-36 son of Samuel. 
 
 William H. Kinsman [15] 1852-1871. 
 
 Dea. Nehemiah Monroe [14] 1814-1829 non-resident. 
 
 J. C. Ptichmond [19] 1868-1886. 
 
 Barakiah and Elijah S. Scott 1793 & 1801-1810. 
 
 George W. Simonds [25] 1840-1877. 
 
 Jacob Simonds [16] 1831-47. 
 
 Edmund Spaulding [10] 1860-1869. 
 
 Hezekiah Stone [16] 1801-1820. 
 
 Artemas Stone [36] 1803-1838 son of Hezekiah. 
 
 Artemas Stone Jr. [11] 1833-1859, son of Artemas. 
 
 Samuel S. Stone [18] 1869-1886, son of Artemas jr. 
 
 Moses Stone [21] 1808-1848, son of Hezekiah. 
 
 Thomas J. Streeter [28] 1825-1860. 
 
 Emery Taft [16] 1824-1843. 
 
 Charles L. Taft [12] 1867-1878. 
 
 Lyman K. Wheeler [27] 1860-1886. 
 
 Since 1832 the following persons have been taxed on mills on $1000.00 
 or over for 10 years or more : 
 
 Anson G. Beebe, Jonas Damon, Seth N. Holman, N. & J. Howe & 
 Co., Samuel S. Stone — 
 
 On $1000.00 or over for 5 years or over and less than 10 years. 
 
 William Brooks, Elisha Chaplin, Warner Clifford, Coolidge & 
 Whittemore, Jacob Simonds, Thomas J. Streeter, Emery Taft. — 
 
 On $500.00 or over for 10 years or more, and not included in preced- 
 ing lists, 
 
 Elijah Bowker, J. T. Collins, Horace Coolidge, Bela W. Felch, 
 Nahum Howe Jr., Henry P. Howe, George W. Simonds, Charles L. 
 Taft, Lyman K. Wheeler. 
 
WOODEN" WARE— THE GRANITE INDUSTRY. 419 
 
 As wooden ware constituted a class of goods not known 
 during the early part of this century in the regular mercantile 
 trade, it became necessary to seek for it a market, and within 
 a few years after its manufacture was entered upon in earnest 
 the wooden-ware peddlers of Milton Chaplin and Norris Col- 
 burn were distributing their wares not only in Southern I^ew 
 Hampshire, but also in the other States of New England, and 
 in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Some time 
 after the Cheshire Railroad was opened, two gentlemen be- 
 longing in the northern part of New York, who were on their 
 way to Boston, stopped over at Fitzwilliam that they might 
 see the place whose name had become so familiar to them by 
 the passage to and fro in their neighborhood of the wooden- 
 ware carts. Supposing that they should find here a large town 
 or city of ten or fifteen thousand inhabitants, they were aston- 
 ished beyond measure to discover that the central part of the 
 famous Fitzwilliam was only a small hamlet of some seventy- 
 five houses. 
 
 It may be added that at the present time substantially all the 
 wooden ware manufactured in the country is disposed of 
 through the regular channels of trade. 
 
 About fifty years ago Jacob Felton manufactured chairs in 
 this town, but it was found difficult to compete in this indus- 
 try with such places as Ashburnham and Gardner, Mass., 
 with their vastly better water-power. In recent years George 
 W. Simonds manufactured picture-frames in considerable 
 quantities in this place, but like many others who made similar 
 experiments in endeavoring to establish lines of profitable 
 manufactures here, he found that the superior advantages of 
 other places resulting from better water-power or more favor- 
 able locations made it next to impossible for him to compete 
 successfully in the markets of the country. 
 
 THE FITZWILLIAM GRANITE INDUSTRY. 
 
 As was stated in the opening chapter of this history, Fitz- 
 william is noted both for its extensive ledges of granite under- 
 lying the soil and its bowlders of the same material upon the 
 surface. In this respect no other town in this part of New^ 
 
420 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 England is more highly favored. The stone has a uniformity 
 of color, an evenness and firmness of texture, and a freedom 
 from seams of a lighter or darker shade — characteristics that 
 render it very valuable for building or monumental purposes, 
 and this value is greatly enhanced by its being free in general 
 from the oxide of iron which destroys the beauty of so much 
 granite after a few years' exposure. This last-mentioned defect 
 in not a little of the granite of New England has made, as is 
 well known, many costly stone buildings and monuments, that 
 were beautiful at first, so disagreeable and unsightly that noth- 
 ing would tempt their owners to repeat their experiment, so 
 that the one thing most sought after in granite construction is 
 a stone that will not become stained after any amount of ex- 
 posure to air and moisture. And the Fitzwilliam dealers in 
 granite have this advantage also that the ledges most highly 
 valued and extensively wrought are so favorably located, that 
 the heaviest blocks of stone are loaded for removal by railroad 
 at comparatively little expense. 
 
 Fitzwilliam furnishes granite of two colors, the light and the 
 dark, the former greatly exceeding the latter in quantity and 
 vastly more popular for general use. The two kinds may be 
 seen in contrast in the immense and massive walls, arches, and 
 towers of the Union Eailroad Depot at Worcester, Mass. A 
 large part of the material used in this structure was furnished 
 by Daniel H. Reed, of Fitzwilliam, the stone of both colors 
 coming from different parts of his quarries. 
 
 All the fine granite of this town is capable of receiving a 
 beautiful polish, resembling in this particular more nearly the 
 red granite of Scotland than does most of the granite obtained 
 in other parts of New England. 
 
 Thirty or forty years ago no granite quarries had been opened 
 in this town, but large quantities of stone at that time were 
 obtained from the huge bowlders scattered over the township. 
 For a long time flat stones of large dimensions have been 
 taken from the surface of the hill, south of the depot, now 
 owned by Daniel H. Reed. In places on this hill the stone 
 lies in sheets and requires no splitting for its removal except 
 to free the sides and ends. The steps of the Town Hall were 
 
GEOWTH OF THE GEANITE INDUSTEY. 421 
 
 ol)tained in this manner from that locality, and so were the 
 large and beautiful stones that are found at the entrance of 
 many of the Fitzwilliam dwellings. Sixty or seventy years 
 ago persons came from towns in Massachusetts twenty or thirty 
 miles distant, to obtain from this hill the large, flat stones 
 which could not be found in their immediate neighborhoods. 
 The transportation of granite from Fitzwilliam began to in- 
 crease rapidly as soon as the building of the Cheshire Railroad 
 was completed. 
 
 This industry of Fitzwilliam may be said to be at the pres- 
 ent time largely in the hands of the second generation of 
 workers, 
 
 David Forbush, Jude Damon, and Calvin Dutton sent con- 
 siderable quantites of granite out of town before the present 
 means for transportation had been furnished. Melvin Wilson 
 was also early in the field as a dealer in granite, but the first 
 individual to engage largely and systematically in this work 
 was Charles Reed. Mr. Reed was a man of enterprise, and 
 could not be satisfied without opening a larger and wider 
 market for this important production of his native town. 
 
 Others soon after engaged in the same business, and from 
 that day to this the granite interest has increased in amount 
 and value of production, till in Fitzwilliam it overshadows any 
 other special industry. The stone and manufactured work 
 from these quarries are now sent into all parts of Southern 
 'N"ew England, into 'New York, and all the States lying West 
 as far as the Valley of the Mississippi, and it is found in some 
 of the largest and best business blocks in nearly all our I^orthern 
 cities, in statues, in soldiers' monuments, and in the best ceme- 
 tery work generally, in very many of our towns, cities, and 
 villages, its characteristics already noticed commending it to 
 the taste of the critical. 
 
 Of the men and firms now engaged in this business, Mr, 
 Melvin Wilson (the firm at the present time is Melvin Wilson 
 & Son) has furnished and manufactured granite the longest, 
 having engaged in the granite business about 1845. This firm 
 gives more attention to manufactured work than to furnishing 
 rough stock, and their productions may be found in the town 
 
422 HISTOKY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 houses of "WincliendoTi, Mass., and Springfield, Yt., also on 
 the Whiteomb tomb at the latter place, on the town tomb of 
 Fitzvvilliam, and on the Cheshire County Court House. 
 
 Daniel H. Reed is the son of Charles Reed, to whom 
 reference has already been made, and is his successor in the 
 granite business. His quarries have been worked longer than 
 any others in town and are also the most extensive. The 
 statue on the Horticultural Hall in Boston was cut from a 
 block furnished by Mr. Reed. 
 
 Fisher & Kewton is comparatively a new firm in the granite 
 business, though Mr. Fisher has been engaged in it for a long 
 time. They furnish granite for all kinds of building purposes, 
 for monuments and cemetery work generally, and make polish- 
 ing a specialty. This firm is working a new quarry a little 
 east of the central village and is having a good and satisfactory 
 business. 
 
 The Ethan Blodgett Quarry, situated nearly one mile south- 
 west of the railroad station, is now worked by "William E, 
 Blodgett. For a number of years the amount of stone taken 
 from this quarry was very large, and found its way over a wide 
 extent of country. The granite in the beautiful library build- 
 ing at Natick, Mass., was furnished by Mr. Ethan Blodgett, 
 and a considerable quantity was furnished for the State Capitol 
 at Albany, N". Y. 
 
 The George D. "Webb Granite Company has recently pur- 
 chased the quarry formerly worked by the Angier family,, and 
 is now doing a large and widespread business. The Cheshire 
 Railroad runs directly through this quarry, giving the very 
 best facilities for handling and shipping the stone. This com- 
 pany furnishes both rough and manufactured work of every 
 practicable size and shape, and in any desired quantity. In 
 addition to their Eastern trade, which is extensive, this com- 
 pany has filled large orders from Western cities, Cincinnati, 
 Cleveland, Chicago, and St. Louis, 
 
 From the accounts kept at the Fitzwilliam Railroad Station 
 it appears that the amount of granite shipped in 1885 was 5750 
 tons, and in 1886, 7080 tons. Probably about nine tenths of 
 these amounts consisted of granite in the rough state. 
 
CHAPTER XYI. 
 
 PROFESSIONAL. 
 
 Classification — Civilians — Lawyers — Physicians — Clergymen — Distinguished 
 Educators — List of College Graduates. 
 
 UNDER this head four classes of individuals are in- 
 cluded : 
 
 1. Those who were known as civilians or were enofaaced in 
 professional life here but were born elsewhere. 
 
 2. Those who, though not born in Fitzwilliam, resided for 
 some time here, and have been known in professional life else- 
 where, 
 
 3. Those who were born and practised their professions in 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 
 4. Those who were born in Fitzwilliam, but were chiefly 
 known in their professions elsewhere. 
 
 Class I. 
 
 CIVILIANS. 
 
 Hon. Nahum Pakker was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., March 
 4th, 1760, and removed from that place to Fitzwilliam in 
 February, 1Y86. At the age of fifteen years he, with five of his 
 brothers, was a soldier in the Continental Army, and was pres- 
 ent and took part in the battles that resulted in the capture of 
 Burgoyne's forces near Saratoga, N. Y., in 1777.* The 
 ability and fidelity of Mr. Parker were at once recognized by 
 the people of Fitzwilliam, and he was soon called to fill offices 
 of trust, -r October 17th, 1792, the proprietors of this town- 
 
 * A daughter of Judge Parker, Mrs. Selina Damon, has in her possession, and will 
 show to those interested in such things, a relic which her father brought off from the 
 field of battle after the defeat of Burgoyne's army. It is a bottle of dark glass, with 
 a very short neck, holding about a quart. This was doubtless lost in the fight by some 
 British soldier, or, possibly, by one of the Hessian troops, which served at that time as 
 mercenaries, in considerable numbers, in the British armies. 
 
424 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 ship elected him as their clerk and treasurer, and he held these 
 offices till the closing up of the business of the proprietors in 
 1815. Though not educated as a lawyer, he was well ac- 
 quainted with the forms and merits of civil proceedings, and 
 brought to all his public duties a well-trained mind, a habit of 
 exactness in all the calls issued by him for legal meetings, and 
 in the record of the same, and the utmost fidelity in accounting 
 for the funds in his possession. To all these qualifications for 
 a public servant he added an almost faultless penmanship, so 
 that from the date of his election as clerk of the proprietors, 
 their record books become easy of comprehension. 
 
 In 1T90 Mr. Parker's name first appears upon the records 
 of Fitzwilliam as one of the selectmen, and he held this office 
 for four successive years. Beginning with 1792 he was often 
 moderator of the town meetings. In. 1794 he was chosen to 
 represent this town in the State Legislature, and was re-(^ected 
 annually till 1804, or for the period of ten years. In 1806 he 
 was again chosen representative. In all the civil, social, and 
 religious affairs of this town Mr. Parker was prominent for a 
 long course of years, his ability, honesty, and fidelity being 
 universally acknowledged. Of his kindness to the poor and 
 afflicted many instances are related by aged persons, and his 
 influence was invariably in favor of the culture and good 
 morals of the people. 
 
 His commissions as Justice of the Peace (the last one dated 
 in 1836) were twelve in number. He was also a member of 
 the Governor's Council and of the State Senate. 
 
 In 1807 he became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 
 for Cheshire County, in which Sullivan County was then in- 
 cluded. In 1813, when the Western Circuit Court, including 
 the counties of Cheshire, Grafton, and Coos, was established, 
 Mr. Parker was an associate judge, as he was three years later 
 when the County Court of Common Pleas was restored. 
 
 In 1806 he was elected a senator from New Hampshire in 
 the United States Congress for the full term of six years, but 
 finding his duties as judge and senator too onerous, and, more- 
 over, sometimes conflicting in point of time, he resigned his 
 office as senator after a service of three years and continued to 
 
PROFESSIONAL — LAWYERS. 425 
 
 hold the office of judge. He died ITovember 12th, 1839, aged 
 eighty years. 
 
 His disease was paralysis of the brain. He was a pensioner. 
 During his service in the Continental Army Mr. Parker kept 
 a diary, making daily entries in a little book which has been 
 carefully preserved by Mrs. Damon. In after years, when he 
 applied for a pension, this book was deemed amply sufficient 
 to establish his claim, when all the other evidence offered 
 proved insufficient. 
 
 LAWYERS. 
 
 For twenty-five years or more after the incorporation of the 
 town the law business of the people of Fitzwilliam was not 
 sufficient to support a local practitioner. Samuel Kendall was 
 early a Justice of the Peace and competent to draw up legal 
 documents, while a little later Judge IS! ahum Parker was so 
 well acquainted with the forms and provisions of law that, in 
 all ordinary cases, he was a safe legal adviser. The more 
 difficult and comj)licated law business of the town was placed 
 in the hands of the lawyers at-Keene. 
 
 Erasmus Bctterfield had a law office here in the early years 
 of this century, but little is known of him by the present gen- 
 eration. He was taxed here from 1804 to 1808 inclusive, and 
 is said to have maintained the dignity of his profession on all 
 occasions, and to have been hardly popular with the laboring 
 classes, that always furnish the bone and sinew of society in a 
 town like Fitzwilliam. He, however, secured an election as 
 the representative of this town in the Legislature of 1807. 
 He commenced the erection of the house where the late Daniel 
 Spaulding resided, now the home of his daughter, Miss Yiola 
 L. Spaulding. 
 
 Luther Chapman* is said to have come to this town as a 
 lawyer from Swanzey. He was taxed in this place from 1809 
 to 1835 inclusive, which period covered his active professional 
 life in Fitzwilliam. In 1816 and 181Y he represented this 
 town in the Legislature. 
 
 * This name is often spelled Chatman in the early records of the town, but the spell- 
 ing Chapman is undoubtedly correct, and originally designated the occupation of the 
 person— chapman, one who buys and sells goods. 
 
426 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 The facts that follow concerning Mr. Chapman have been 
 kindly famished by a niece of Mrs. Chapman, the wife of Mr. 
 Charles C. Carter. 
 
 He was born in Keene in 17Y8, and was the son of Samuel 
 Chapman, a farmer of that place. His preparation for college 
 was made at Chesterfield Academy, then one of the best 
 schools in New England. Mr. Chapman graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 1803, and after studying law with the Hon. 
 J. C. Chamberlain, of Charlestown, he commenced practice 
 in Swanzey in 1806. February 9tli, 1808, he married Sally, 
 daughter of Colonel Samuel King, of Chesterfield. As he 
 was regarded as one of the " best read " lawyers in the State 
 his practice for many years was very large. He resided in 
 Troy from 1836 till 1855, when he returned to Fitzwilliam, 
 where he died, August 15th, 1856, aged seventy-seven. Mrs. 
 Chapman died, August 1st, 1869, aged eighty-seven. 
 
 Heney Thoendike came to this town as a lawyer from 
 Jaffrey. He finished the Spaulding house, but remained only a 
 short time in Fitzwilliam, for he soon went to Ohio, which was 
 then considered the " Far West." Keturning to Fitzwilliam 
 he gave glowing accounts of the fair country which he had 
 visited, and soon removed to the State of his adoption. He 
 was taxed here from 1813 to 1815 inclusive. 
 
 Levi Chambeelain was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam contemporary 
 with Mr. Chapman, though a little later in his arrival. He is 
 said to have come here from Keene, though he was a native of 
 Worcester, Mass. That he was a man of ability, influence, 
 and distinction appears from the fact that he represented this 
 town in the State Legislature from 1821 to 1828 inclu- 
 sive. He was a member of the State Senate in 1829 and 
 1830, and in 1849 and 1850 was the Whig candidate for Gov- 
 ernor of the State. In 1832 he removed to Keene, M^here he 
 resided till his death. He was taxed here thirteen years, 
 1820 to 1832. 
 
 CuAELEs C. Webstee was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam for some 
 years, but removed to Chesterfield about 1810, and at a later 
 period to Keene, where he died, August, 1881. Mr. Webster 
 was taxed in Fitzwilliam from 1834 to 1839 inclusive. 
 
LAWYERS CONTINUED. 427 
 
 Amos Jewett Blake, now and for a number of years past 
 the only lawyer in Fitzwilliam, was born in Rindge, N. H., 
 October 20th, 1836. His grandfather, Deacon Eleazer Blake, 
 was in the Continental service daring the entire period of the 
 Revolutionary War, and participated in many of the most 
 important battles, holding the rank of sergeant. liemoving 
 from Wrentham, Mass., his native place, to Rindge, he lived 
 and died there greatly respected and beloved. Ebenezer and 
 Hepsibeth (Jewett) Blake were the parents of the subject of 
 this sketch, who is the eighth child and seventh son in the 
 family. Ebenezer Blake held many public offices in Rindge, 
 and died in 1883. Amos Jewett Blake, Esq. . prepared for 
 college in various classical institutions in this State and Ver- 
 mont, but chiefly in Appleton Academy in New Ipswich. In 
 1859, abandoning the plan of a college course, he commenced 
 the study of law with F. F. Lane, Esq., of Keene. Two years 
 later he entered the law office of Don. H. Woodward, Esq., 
 also of Iveene, where he remained till he was admitted to the 
 bar in 1862. In July, 1863, he conmienced practice in Fitz- 
 william. In 1862 he was appointed Assistant Assessor of In- 
 ternal Revenue, and held this office till 1871. In 1872 and in 
 1873 he represented this town in the State Legislature, and 
 was a member of the Judiciary Committee during both ses- 
 sions. 
 
 For four years after 1876, deemed the most trying years 
 ever experienced by the New Hampshire savings-banks, he 
 held the office of Bank Commissioner. The United States 
 census of Fitzwilliam for 1880 was taken by Mr. Blake. He 
 served for ten years upon the Board of Suj^erintending School 
 Committee, was many times the moderator of town meetings, 
 for years was one of the supervisors of the Fitzwilliam 
 Free Library, and 1883-85 was a member of the Board 
 of Selectmen, and is President of the Fitzwilliam Savings- 
 Bank. 
 
 October 1st, 1867, he was admitted to practice in the 
 United States District Court, and was a member of the 
 Committee of Three appointed by the town to fund the war 
 debt. 
 
428 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 From Rev. John Sabin's historical lecture, delivered in 1836, 
 we learn that this town had had up to that date eighteen phy- 
 sicians who had practised their profession among this people, 
 and that there were two other physicians in town at that time 
 that declined to do business " though some use (is) made of 
 them." Four had died and been buried in this place, one 
 after a successful practice here of more than forty years. This 
 was doubtless Dr. Ebenezer Wright. One of the two who 
 declined to do business in 1836 was Dr. JSToble, as Mr. Sabin 
 speaks of him as keeping " an apothecary shop." The other 
 alluded to was Dr. Thomas Richardson. The names even of 
 all the early physicians here possibly cannot now be recovered, 
 much less can full particulars be given respecting their profes- 
 sional life. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Sabin's testimony in their behalf is certainly worth 
 preserving : 
 
 The physicians of the town have always been ready to attend to the 
 cases that required them, and most promptly ; at least I think 1 know 
 this for the last thirty-three or thirty-four years. Such skill and faith- 
 fulness may be supposed to be with them that there has never been a 
 life saved by going out of town for medical assistance. To me it is next 
 to certain that those who have recovered from sickness by help from 
 abroad would have recovered through the skill at home. Anyhow the 
 town has always been favored with a sufficient number, and of compe- 
 tent attainment, in the healing art. 
 
 The following table probably names the eighteen physicians 
 referred to by Mr. Sabin. The dates may not all be precisely 
 accurate, but certainly approximate accuracy : 
 
 17Y5-80. Gersham Brigham. Children baptized 17 Y6 and 
 1778. 
 
 1783-90. Isaac Moors Farwell. Mar. December, 1785. 
 
 1785-1829. Ebenezer Wright. 
 
 1790-94. Peter Clark Grosvenor. Mar. May, 1793. 
 
 1796-99. Luke Lincoln. Taxed 1797-99. 
 
 1799-1802. Zephaniah Jennings. Taxed 1800-02. 
 
 1806-12. Benjamin Bemis. Taxed 1807-12. 
 
 1808-14. Samuel Lane. Taxed 1809-14. 
 
EARLY FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIANS. 429 
 
 1810-21. Amasa Scott. Taxed 1804-21. 
 
 1814-15. Abel Wilder. Taxed 1815. 
 
 1817-18. Thomas Wells. Taxed 1818. 
 
 1819-24. Jared Perkins. 
 
 1824-27. Preston Pond. Taxed 1825-27. 
 
 1827-28. larkin Baker Cole. Taxed 1827-28. 
 
 1827-82. Silas Ciimraings. 
 
 1828-32. Warren Partridge. 
 
 1834. Abraham H. Jaquith. Taxed 1834. 
 
 1835-37. Thomas H. Marshall. 
 
 Dr. Gersham Brigham was doubtless the first physician of 
 Fitzwilliam. He came from Marlborough, Mass., about 1775. 
 It has been generally supposed, but erroneously, that he was 
 a brother of the first pastor. Rev. Benjamin Brigham. The 
 pastor had a brother of this name born June 27th, 1750, but 
 he was not a physician and lived in Korthboroiigh, Mass. The 
 name Gersham was common in the Brigham family, and long 
 before this town was settled there was a physician bearing it in 
 Marlborough, Mass. 
 
 The Dr. Gersham Brigham of Fitzwilliam appears to have 
 been a cousin of the first pastor, and to have been the only 
 physician in this place for a number of years. Of his profes- 
 sional reputation we know nothing. Occasionally he held 
 some minor town office. 
 
 Dr. Isaac Moors Farwell married in this place in Decem- 
 ber, 1785, and probably commenced medical practice here 
 about that time. He held the office of selectman in 1787, 
 and served for two years or more as town clerk. In 1790 the 
 town was called together " to chuse a Town Clark in the place 
 of Dr. Farwell, which is going to leave town." Little is 
 known regarding his practice in this place. 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Wright was, so far as is known, the third 
 physician of Fitzwilliam. He was born in Templeton, Mass., 
 November 3d, 1761, and studied medicine in Kutland, Vt. 
 At the age of twenty-four years he settled in Fitzwilliam, and 
 soon gained the confidence of the community. In 1811 he 
 removed to the north village, now Troy, but returned to the 
 centre of Fitzwilliam three years later. lie took an active 
 
430 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 part in the measures that resulted in the incorporation of Troy, 
 and as early as 1Y93 he was a member of the G-eneral School 
 Committee. Dr. Wright died here, March 16th, 1829, leav- 
 ing two children. He was married here, November 22d, 
 1Y90, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bates. 
 
 Dr. Peter Claek Geosvenoe was a physician in this town 
 for two or three years, and in 1Y94 was chosen town clerk, but 
 died before his term of service expired, viz., December 14th, 
 1794. 
 
 Dr. Luke Lincoln was a physician here for a short time and 
 served as town clerk for one year, having been elected in 
 1T99. He is said to have died of severe burns, bat how re- 
 ceived is unknown. Another memorandum (perhaps more 
 reliable) states that it was Dr. Lincoln's daughter, Sarah, that 
 died of burns, but in either case this must have occurred after 
 the family removed from Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Dr. Benjamest Bemis, Jr., came from Brookfield, Mass., 
 about 1806, and was in Fitzwilliam six or seven years. How 
 much he did in his profession is unknown, but soon after his 
 arrival he formed a partnership with Dr. Amasa Scott for 
 mercantile purposes, and the Urm — Bemis & Scott — built the 
 store afterward occupied by Dexter Whittemore, Esq. This 
 firm was dissolved December 2Tth, 1810. 
 
 Dr. Samuel Lane came from Swanzey about 1808 and re- 
 turned to that town about 1814, where he had a long and suc- 
 cessful practice. He married a daughter of Hon. Nahum 
 Parker. In the History of Troy an account is given of a savage 
 encounter between Dr. Lane and a robber named Ryan, in the 
 woods between Troy and Fitzwilliam in 1811. The doctor 
 was attempting to arrest the robber, who had snapped a pistol 
 at him, which fortunately missed fire. Doctor Lane was on 
 horseback, and attempting to dismount his foot was caught in 
 the stirrup and he was dragged two or three rods before it was 
 released, when he saw Ryan rushing toward him with a dirk 
 in one hand and a pistol in the other. In the struggle that 
 followed Dr. Lane was stabbed in the shoulder, but finally 
 threw the robber, and though he was soon turned under the 
 desperate man he succeeded in holding him down by his hair 
 
FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIANS. 431 
 
 till his cries brought help and Ryan was secured. Dr. Lane's 
 wounds were not very severe, but his escape from death was 
 remarkable. The robber was doubtless crazy from strong drink, 
 and w'as acquitted because his reason Avas deemed shattered. 
 
 Dr. Jared Perkins was born in Jaflfrey, February 12th, 1793, 
 and came to Fitzwilliam with his father's family in 1810. He 
 died October Tth, 1824. Dr. Perkins studied medicine with 
 Dr. Luke Howe, of Jaffrey, and Dr. Stephen Batcheller, of 
 Royalston, Mass., and was a classmate of Dr. James Batchel- 
 ler. He receiv^ed his degree of M.D. at Dartmouth College 
 in August, 1819, and commenced the practice of medicine in 
 Fitzwilliam the same month. Was married in 1819 to Sarah 
 Hayden, of Fitzwilliam. On returning from visiting a pa- 
 tient during a very dark night, his horse sunk into a deep hole 
 by the side of the road, and as it was raining and cold Dr. 
 Perkins contracted a fever from which he never recovered. 
 LEis age was thirty-one years. His general ability and line 
 scholarship had promised great success in his profession. 
 
 Dr. Thomas Richardson was born in Leominster, Mass., 
 February 1st, 1766. Studied medicine with Dr. Carter, of 
 Lancaster, and Dr. Shattuck, of Templeton, and practised 
 several years in Royalston, Mass. He came to Fitzwilliam 
 in 1812, but did not do a large business here, as his object in 
 leaving Royalston was to avoid pra,ctice on account of his 
 health, which suffered from irregular hours. Dr. Richardson 
 died in Fitzwilliam, August 8th, 1852, aged eighty-six and one 
 half years. 
 
 Dr. Preston Pond came to this place from Keene about 
 1824. He was very active in efforts to promote the temper- 
 ance reformation, and laid the foundations for a strong tem- 
 perance society which was formed in 1830. His practice is 
 said to have suffered from his boldness in the temperance 
 cause, and after three or four years he removed to Mississippi, 
 where he died a few years ago. 
 
 Dr. Warren Partridge came from Templeton, Mass., in 
 1828. His wife was Amoret Potter. About 1832 Dr. Part- 
 ridge removed to Princeton, Mass. , where he died many years 
 since. 
 
432 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Dr. Thomas Hastings Marshall, a native of JafPrey, com- 
 menced medical practice in Fitzwilliam in 1835. He had been 
 educated in tlie common schools of Jaffrej, and in Appleton 
 Academy at j^ew Ipswich, and commenced the study of medi- 
 cine with Dr. Luke Howe, of his native town. Later he at- 
 tended medical lectures at Bowdoin College and at Harvard 
 University, and graduated from the medical department of 
 Dartmouth College in 1835. 
 
 In 1837 he removed to Mason Tillage, now Greenville, 
 N. H., and was a successful practitioner there till the time of 
 his death, December 16th, 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. 
 Dr. Marshall was a member of both branches of the State Leg- 
 islature. He was born December 2d, 1806, and his wife was 
 Abigail S. Hawkes, of Templeton, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Gideon C. Koble was born June 6tli, 1803, and received 
 the degree of M.D. in 1829. In 1830 he was in practice in 
 Yarmouth, Mass. In 1831 he married Nancy S. Perkins, of 
 Fitzwilliam, and removed to Chester, Warren County, N. Y. 
 Coming to Fitzwilliam in 1832 he formed a partnership with 
 Mr. Daniel Spaulding in conducting a store, and a little later, 
 retiring from the mercantile business, he opened a druggist's 
 store where now is the business establishment of Messrs. 
 P. S. & S. Batcheller. For five years, from 1837, he was post- 
 master, and at the time of his appointment removed the post- 
 office to his drug-store, where it has been kept ever since, with 
 the exception of about five years. In 1842 Dr. Koble re- 
 moved to Fitchburg, Mass., where he was both druggist and 
 physician. In 1844 he went to Harvard, Mass., and in 1868 
 to Hudson, Mass., and again in 1871 to Waltham in the same 
 State. The confinement of his business and professional life 
 affected his health so seriously that after 1844 he devoted 
 himself chiefly to agriculture, and died September 6th, 
 1879. 
 
 Dr. Luke Milleb, a native of Peterborough, and student in 
 the office of Dr. Albert Smith of that town, was in practice 
 for a time in Ashby, Mass., then in Troy, and later in Wiu- 
 chendon, Mass., from which place he came to Fitzwilliam in 
 1854, when he entered into a partnership with Dr. Silas Cum- 
 
FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIANS. 433 
 
 mings. In 1857 lie removed to Chatfield, Minn. His wife 
 was Abbey Ann Lovell. 
 
 Dr. James Batcheller was a native of Royalston, and estab- 
 lished himself as a physician in the neighboring town of Marl- 
 borough in 1818. His practice in that place covered a period 
 of thirty-seven years, and during those years he gained an en- 
 viable reputation both in his j^rofession and as a citizen of 
 strong impulses in favor of human liberty, the temperance 
 cause, and general good order and uprightness. As a physician 
 he ranked high in all the region, and was for some time the 
 President of the ISTew HamjDshire Medical Society, Dr- 
 Batcheller was also a representative and senator in the General 
 Court, a councillor, and a delegate to the Convention to Ke- 
 vise the State Constitution in 1850-51. In 1855 he removed 
 to Fitzwilliam, where his abilities were well known, and though 
 he did not seek practice in this town his business was large 
 for a number of years, or till failing health led to his retire- 
 ment. He died here, April 14th, 1866, aged eighty- three. 
 
 Dr. Edward Aiken came to Fitzwilliam and commenced 
 practice February 1st, 1861. He is the son of Silas Aiken, 
 D.D., and Mary (Osgood) Aiken, and was born in Amherst, 
 N. H., April 10th, 1830. His father becoming pastor of 
 Park Street Church, Boston, he was in the Adams grammar 
 and public Latin schools, and graduated from each with a 
 Franklin medal. In 1851 he graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, and from And over Theological Seminary in 1855, having 
 been previously appointed a missionary of the American Board 
 of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He sailed for the 
 East soon after and landed at Beirut. His wife, Susan 
 Dougherty Cole, of Rutland, Vt., died, in 1856, at Homs. 
 Later, he married, July, 1857, Miss Sarah Cheney, formerly 
 of Phillipston, Mass., but at that time at the head of the Mis- 
 sion Female Seminary at Abeih, Syria. Rev. Mr. Aiken's 
 health failing he returned to America in 1858 and commenced 
 the study of medicine with Dr. Stephen Tracy, of Andover, 
 Mass. He attended medical lectures at Harvard and Yale 
 colleges, and graduated at the latter in 1861. Dr. Aiken was 
 in Fitzwilliam during the Civil War, and returned to his native 
 
434 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 place, Amherst, in 1865. While here, at the request of the 
 Syrian Mission, he edited the first complete Arabic atlas ever 
 issued for the use of the large population speaking that language. 
 
 In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Materia Medica and 
 Therapeutics in the New England Female Medical College, a 
 position which he held for eight years, till this college was 
 absorbed by the Boston University. 
 
 Dr. Aaeok E.. Gleason was born at Warren, Yt., June 1st, 
 1835, and is the son of Windsor and Sophia (Clark) Gleason, 
 both born in Langdon, N. H. Dr. Gleason commenced teach- 
 ing at the age of nineteen years, but in 1857 he engaged in the 
 study of medicine with Dr. K. D. Webster, of Gilsom, and 
 then was a student in the ofiice of Dr. George B. Twitchell, 
 of Keene, for two years. Later he attended medical lectures 
 in Burlington, Vt., in Washington, D. C. , and at the College 
 of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, graduating in 
 1864. September 9th, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Regi- 
 ment New Hampshire Yolunteers, and served with it two 
 years as hospital attendant, was then transferred to Campbell 
 General Hospital in Washington, D. C, as medical cadet. 
 Receiving soon a commission as assistant surgeon he was on 
 duty in that hospital till the close of the war. Dr. Gleason 
 was also commissioned as assistant surgeon of the Fourteenth 
 Regiment New Hampshire Yolunteers, but did not accept that 
 office. Was in the service four years. 
 
 He came to Fitzwilliam January 13th, 1866, and after a suc- 
 cessful practice of over twenty years removed to Keene in the 
 fall of 1886. He married, January 19th, 1869, Miss Etta E. 
 Webster, only child of the Dr. Webster with whom he com- 
 menced his medical studies. Soon after he came to Fitzwill- 
 iam he was elected a member of the School Committee, and 
 was either superintendent or an active member of the 
 Superintending Board more than fifteen years. In 1881 he 
 represented this town in the State Legislature, and since the 
 changes which resulted in the establishment of the Fitzwilliam 
 Free Town Library, he was one of its supervisors. Dur- 
 ing the winter of 1885-86 Dr. Gleason attended a post-gradu- 
 ate course of lectures in New York. 
 
CLASS II.— LAWYERS. 435 
 
 Several other physicians have practised in town for longer 
 or shorter periods of time, among whom may be named E. C. 
 Fomeroy, E. Proctor Pierce, E. E. Jocelyn, and Edwin G. 
 Annable. 
 
 The clergymen belonging in this class are noticed in the 
 ecclesiastical history of the town. 
 
 Class IL 
 
 William Penniman, who resided in Fitzwilliam during a 
 part of his early life, was a native of Peterborough, j^. li. 
 Soon after attaining his majority he removed to Ontario 
 County, ]^. Y., where he was a farmer. For many years he 
 was a distinguished school-teacher, and held tlie offices of School 
 Commissioner and Inspector and Superintendent of Schools 
 where he resided. lie was also Judge of the Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas for Orleans County, N. Y., and represented that 
 county in the Convention to Revise the State Constitution. 
 In his official, social, and business life he was highly respected. 
 
 Geokge Edwin Bryant was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam for a lit- 
 tle time, but removed to Wisconsin, where he became a judge. 
 He was a native of Templeton, Mass., and had hardly entered 
 upon the duties of his profession here before he left for the 
 West. 
 
 William L. Foster was born in Westminster, Yt., June 1st, 
 1823. His grandfather was Rev. Edmund Foster, a promi- 
 nent clergyman residing in Littleton, Mass., and a State sena- 
 tor. His grandmother was Phebe Lawrence, of the John 
 Lawrence family, of Charlestown, Mass. John Foster, the 
 ninth of thirteen children of this family, lived in Westminster, 
 Yt. , before removing to Fitzwilliam in 1825 or 1826. His wife 
 was Sophia Willard. In 1834 John Foster removed to Keene, 
 where he died in 1854. While residing there he was Sheriff' 
 of Cheshire County for several years. The boyhood of Judge 
 Foster was therefore passed in Fitzwilliam, and from its com- 
 mon schools he went to academies in Hancock, Keene, and 
 Walpole. After a year at Cambridge Law School he entered 
 the office of Levi Chamberlain in Keene, and was admitted to 
 the bar in 1844. In 1847 he was appointed one of Governor 
 
436 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Dinsmore's aides with the rank of colonel. From 1850 to 
 1854 he was Official Eeporter of the Decisions of the State 
 Courts. 
 
 Removing from Keene to Concord, March, 1853, he was 
 appointed United States Commissioner, but after nine years' 
 service he resigned to enter the State Legislature, in which 
 he served for two years. In 1869 lie was appointed one of 
 the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, which office he held 
 for five years, when he became Chief Justice of the Circuit 
 Court. This last-mentioned court liaving been abolished in 
 1876 Judge Foster was appointed a Judge of the Supreme 
 Court, which office he resigned in 1881 and resumed the 
 practice of law, in which he is now engaged. In 1883 he was 
 reappointed United States Commissioner. 
 
 January 13th, 1853, Judge Foster was married to Miss Har- 
 riett M. Perkins, of Hopkinton, N. H. His four children 
 living are Ehzabeth B., born May 23d, 185 Y, Mary B., born 
 November 27th, 1859, married in 1881 to Lieutenant William 
 A. Marshall, U. S. N., William H., born August 27th, 1862, 
 a teacher in St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Eoger 
 E., born September 13th, 1868. 
 
 William R. Brown resided in Fitzwilliam a number of years, 
 and is a son of Rev. J. S. Brown, who was the minister of 
 the Unitarian congregation of this place from 1844 to 1854. 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 
 16th, 1840, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, ]^. ,Y., 
 in 1862, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864. 
 Removing to Kansas he was elected Judge of the !Ninth 
 Judicial District of that State in 1867, and re-elected in 1872. 
 Later he was chosen a member of the Forty-fourth Congress 
 from Kansas, receiving nearly five thousand majority votes 
 over his competitor. 
 
 Chakles H. Woods, son of Rev. John Woods, was born iu 
 Newport, IST. H. , October 8tli, 1836, and was educated at 
 Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and Williams Col- 
 lege. He studied law in Lowell, Mass., and Newport, N. II., 
 and resided in Fitzwilliam from 1854 to 1865. Was in the 
 army as Captain of Company F, Sixteenth Regiment New 
 
CLASS II. CONTINUED — CLASS III. 437 
 
 Hampshire Volunteers, from September, 1802, to September, 
 1863, ami held a Government clerkship at Washington, D. C, 
 in 18(54 and 1805. In 1806 Mr. Woods removed to Minne- 
 apolis, Minn., and has been in snccessful practice as a lawyer 
 there till the present time, being a member of the law firm 
 Woods & Ilahn, the junior partner being the Attorney-Gen- 
 eral of Minnesota. 
 
 Mr, Woods was married, September 22d, 1802, to Miss 
 Carrie C. Rice, of Brooktield, Vt. 
 
 Lewis M. Norton, who passed not a little of his youth in 
 Fitzwilliam, was born at Athol, Mass., December 20th, 1855. 
 He is the son and only child of Rev. John F. and Ann Maria 
 (Mann) Norton, and received his early education at home, in 
 the public schools of Athol and Fitzwilliam, and in the High 
 School of Keene. From the latter he entered the Massachu- 
 setts Institute of Technology at Boston, and in 1876 and 1877 
 was an Assistant-Instructor in the Department of Analytical 
 Chemistry in that institution. In 1878 and 1879 he pursued 
 the study of chemistry in the universities of Berlin and 
 Gottingen, Germany, and was honored by the latter with the 
 degree of Doctor of Philosophy, obtained through examina- 
 tions. Later he pursued his favorite studies in Paris, and 
 after his return to America became, January 1st, 1880, the 
 chemist of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., Manchester, 
 N. 11. Two years and a half later he returned to the Massa- 
 chusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds the position 
 of Professor of Organic and Industrial Chemistry. 
 
 June 0th, 1883, he was married to Mary Alice Peloubet, a 
 graduate of Smith College, and daughter of Rev. F. N. 
 Peloubet, D.D., of Natick, Mass. They have a daughter 
 Margaret, born June 18th, 1881, and a son, John F., born 
 June 23d, 1885. Professor Norton resides at Auburndale, 
 Mass. 
 
 Class III. 
 
 Amos Andrew Parker is a native of Fitzwilliam, and son 
 of Judge Nahum Parker. Until fifteen years of age he at- 
 tended the schools of his native town and worked upon his 
 father's farm. Then, fitting for college, he graduated at the 
 
438 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 University of Yermont in 1813, standing No. 2 in his class. 
 A year later we find him a tutor in the family of a planter in 
 Fredericksburg, Va., where he remained for three years. 
 Mr. Parker then commenced the study of law with James 
 Wilson, Sr., Esq., of Keene, and completing his course in the 
 office of Levi Chamberlain, Esq., then of Fitzwilham, he was 
 admitted to the bar in 1821. Soon after he commenced the 
 practice of his profession in Epping, N. H., from which place, 
 after about two years, he removed to Concord as editor of the 
 New Hampshire Statesman. Later he was a lawyer in Exeter 
 and Kingston, N. H., and returned from the latter place to 
 his native town about 1837. While residing in Concord he 
 went to Boston as one of the aides of Governor Morrill, to in- 
 vite Lafayette to visit New Hampshire. This was in 1825, 
 and a year later he took the same journey to escort that distin- 
 iruished French soldier and statesman to this State. 
 
 The equipage consisted of a barouche, an elegant stage- 
 coach, each drawn by four horses, and a two-horse carriage for 
 baggage. 
 
 While residing in Exeter Mr. Parker made a long excursion 
 Westward, and published on his return a valuable book (which 
 was one of the first of its kind) entitled " A Trip to the West 
 and Texas." Herein his native town after 1837 he held 
 nearly every office in the gift of the people, and took a very 
 active part in the measures adopted to suppress the Rebellion 
 and to purchase and fit up the Town Hall, and the rooms for 
 town purposes. He was also a member of the committee of 
 three that funded the town debt. 
 
 After his retirement from active professional life he pub- 
 lished a work entitled " Eecollections of Lafayette," and 
 one or more volumes of poems. 
 
 Since his third marriage he has resided in Glastenbury, and 
 in Parkville, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Dr. Amasa Scott was a native of Fitzwilliam, and practised 
 medicine in this place for a number of years, but seems to 
 liave been more generally known as a trader, first as a partner 
 of Dr. Benjamin Bemis, under the firm Bern is & Scott, and 
 later as Amasa Scott & Co. 
 
DR. SILAS CUMMINGS. 439 
 
 Dr. Scott died of consumption, May IGtli, 1821, aged 
 thirty-eight years. 
 
 Dr. Silas Cummings, of wliose interest in and labor for tliis 
 *history a particuhir account is given in the preface of this 
 volume, was born in Fitzwilliam, October 7th, 1803, and died 
 in this place, June 30th, 1882, at the age of seventy-nine years. 
 He was the son of Thaddeus and Anna (Collins) Cummings, 
 and from the brief and incidental allusions to his early life, 
 found in various notes and statements relative to other families 
 and individuals which he put upon paper in the hurry of his 
 profession, we infer that during his youth he cultivated the 
 soil and performed all the other kinds of hard work incident 
 to a farmer's business. In his early manhood he appears to 
 have been remarkably strong and athletic, for he alludes to the 
 fact of doing nearly two days' work in one during the haying 
 and harvest seasons. In his childhood and youth Dr. Cum- 
 mings thirsted for knowledge, and improved every opportu- 
 nity that offered to fit himself for his chosen profession. 
 
 In 1827 he graduated from the medical department of Dart- 
 mouth College, and appears to have entered at once upon the 
 practice in his native town, which he never relinquished till 
 his death, and which covered the long period of fifty-fiv^e 
 years. Dr. Cummings is said to have visited, in his profes- 
 sional duties in Fitzwilliam, not only the third and fourth 
 generations of his patrons, but in some instances the fifth 
 also, while at times his business in some of the adjoining towns 
 was quite large. Plis health was remarkable, and for a long 
 course of years he would read while riding, or listen to the 
 reading of some one who accompanied him, that he might 
 keep abreast of the times and be familiar especially with all 
 new discoveries in the healing art. 
 
 The schools of his native town had a warm and earnest 
 friend and advocate in Dr. Cummings, and for many years he 
 either superintended them or was an active member of the 
 superintending board. All the valuable public enterprises of 
 Fitzwilliam had in him a hearty supporter, and whether he 
 was participating in the work of the Fitzwilliam Common 
 School Association, in movements to promote temperance and 
 
440 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 pjood morals, or in the debates of the Farmers' and Mechanics' 
 Club, he was always fonnd at the front, ready to do his part 
 and much more if need be. For more than six years, from 
 March 27th, 1855, he held the office of postmaster, and in* 
 1874 represented Fitzwilliam in the State Legislature. 
 
 The funeral of Dr. Cummings took place in the Town Hall, 
 July 2d, 1882, in the presence of one of the largest assemblies 
 ever convened in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Class IV. 
 
 Luther Watte was a native of Fitzwilliam, and a brother of 
 Asa Waite, who built the house lately owned by Deacon Dex- 
 ter Collins. Mr. Waite graduated at the University of Ver- 
 mont in 1811, studied law and removed to Sandy Hill, K. T., 
 where he was a lawyer of considerable note, and rose to the 
 position of a judge. Mr. Waite is not living, but is repre- 
 sented as a man of good education and of fine abilities. Rev. 
 Mr. Sabin described him in 1842 as one that " has been or is 
 a Judge of a Court in the State of !New York, and from the 
 same State has been a member of the House of Representa- 
 tives in Congress of the United States. ' ' 
 
 Hon. Edwaed C. Reed, a native of Fitzwilliam, was born 
 March 8th, 1793. He was a son of Phineas Reed, and uncle 
 of our townsman, Daniel H. Reed. A graduate of Dart- 
 mouth College in 1812, he studied law in Troy, ]^. Y., and 
 later served for a few months in the army under Governor 
 Marcy, during the War of 1812-14, and his regiment was en- 
 camped for a time on the ground just back of the Astor 
 House, New York, when that crowded and busy part of the 
 city was nothing but a pasture. 
 
 Mr. Reed settled as a lawyer in the flourishing village of 
 Homer, 'N. Y., where he resided for more than half a cen- 
 tury, closely identified with all its interests. A fiourishing 
 academy (the Cortland Academy) was founded in that place 
 in 1819, and Mr, Reed was one of its twenty-four trustees, and 
 their secretary till 1870. In 1820 he married Miss Amanda 
 Weller, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., and bought the place in 
 Homer which was the homestead of the family for fifty years. 
 
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HON. EDWARD C. EEED. 441 
 
 His fis^e children were born in that home. In 1830 Mr. Reed 
 was admitted to the Court of Chancery, and during the same 
 year was elected to the Twenty-second Congress, serving under 
 General Jackson's administration. He also lilled the office of 
 district attorney for a number of years. As a lawyer he 
 avoided litigation as far as possible, and in this way saved his 
 clients often from heavy expenses. 
 
 A stanch Democrat always, he was, during the Rebellion, a 
 War Democrat, but cast his last Presidential vote for General 
 Garfield. Courtly in his manners, patient and faithful in his 
 profession, active from 1833 in the Christian Church, and the 
 beloved teacher of a large class of young men in the Sabbath- 
 school, few men in the region had more influence. The last 
 ten years of his life were spent with his children in Ithaca, 
 IN. Y., where he died, May 1st, 1883. His remains were in- 
 terred in Homer. For many years Mr. Reed made tri-daily 
 observations of the weather for the Smithsonian Institution at 
 Washington. 
 
 It should be added that the title of " Judge," by which 
 Mr. Reed was often if not generally known, came from the 
 fact that he was one of the associate judges of the Court 
 of Common Pleas, of Cortland Comity, "N. Y., from 1836 
 to 1840. 
 
 The Court of Chancery, to which he was admitted as a 
 practitioner, was a court of general equity jurisdiction which 
 ceased to exist in 1846, when the cases of which it had taken 
 cognizance were transferred to the Supreme Court. Solicitors 
 in the Court of Chancery were required to pass a special ex- 
 amination. Mr. Reed was solicitor and attorney as well as 
 counsellor in both the Chancery and Supreme Courts. Few 
 acquired a better reputation for fidelity and efficiency, while in 
 the court-room, as everywhere else, he was a model of courteous 
 deportment. 
 
 C. Frederic Webster, a lawyer in Keene, is a native of Fitz- 
 william, but removed from this place not far from 1840. 
 During the Civil War he was for a time in the army and held 
 the office of Quartermaster Fourteenth Regiment, New Hamp- 
 shire Volunteers. 
 
442 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 CLERGYMEN. 
 
 Sketches of the pastors and ministers of the churches in this 
 town, who were born elsewhere, will be found in the chapter 
 entitled Ecclesiastical History. 
 
 Calyin Waite, a Congregationalist, and son of Asa and Zer- 
 viali (Smith) Waite, was born January 4th, 1785. Graduated 
 at Dartmouth College in 1811, and studied theology with Dr. 
 Asa Burton, of Thetford, Vt. He preached for a time in 
 Connecticut and Maine, and was ordained pastor in Auburn, 
 ]^. y. Later he preached in Sheldon, N. Y., in 1829, and 
 two years later in Middlebury, N. Y. He died in Western 
 New York. In 1816 Yale College conferred upon him the 
 degree of A.M. He married, but nothing has been learned 
 respecting his family. 
 
 John Woods was a Congregationalist and was born in Fitz- 
 william, September 29th, 1Y85. After graduating at Williams 
 College in 1812 he studied theology with Dr. Seth Payson, of 
 Eindge. His first pastorate was in Warner, N, H., where he 
 was ordained, June 22d, 1814. After nine years' service at 
 Warner he became pastor in Newport, N. H., where he re- 
 mained thirty years, the last two years without pastoral 
 charge.* In 1854 he returned to his native town, Fitzwilliam, 
 where he was acting pastor of the orthodox church for six 
 years. He died here, March 4th, 18G1, at the age of seventy- 
 five years. He was thrice married. His widow, who survived 
 him, w^as Mrs. Joanna Stevens, of Nashua, N. H,, who now 
 resides with his son, Charles H. Woods, Esq. , of Minneapolis, 
 Minn. 
 
 Luther Townsend, a Congregationalist, was the son of 
 Aaron and Sylvene (Davidson) Townsend, and was born in 
 Fitzwilliam, August 12th, 1813. He graduated at Dartmouth 
 College in 1839, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 
 1842. Mr. Townsend was ordained as pastor at Troy, N. H., 
 March 5th, 1845, where he remained for fifteen years. After 
 this he resided a little more than a year in Fitzwilliam in fee- 
 
 * A sermon preached at the organization of a Moral Society by Mr. Woods, at 
 Warner, N. H., was published in 1815. Also a sermon preached by him at the funeral 
 of Phineas Chapin in 1851. 
 
NATIVES OF FTTZWILLIAM — CLEEGYMEN. 443 
 
 ble health, and died here of consumption. February 9th, 1862, 
 aged forty-nine years. 
 
 S. Mellen Stone, a native of Fitzwilliain, graduated at 
 Dartmouth in 1839, and was a pastor in Chester, Yt., in 1846. 
 
 James Weight Stone, A.M., was the son of James and 
 Sally (Woods) Stone, and was born December 29th, 1815. 
 He graduated at Dartmouth in 1845 and at Andover Theologi- 
 cal Seminary in 1852. He was not ordained, but was a teacher 
 at Nashua and Milford, N. H., and at Pepperell, Mass. 
 
 Asa Prescott is a native of this town and son of Ebenezer 
 Prescott. Fitting for college in New Ipswich Academy he 
 entered Yale College in 1839, but his health failing he en- 
 gaged, in 1841, in the service of the American Tract Society 
 of New York as a colporteur, and was the first person com- 
 missioned by that society with that title. 
 
 Mr. Prescott taught a number of schools between 1836 and 
 1853. His wife was Tryphena F. Collins, of Fitzwilliam. 
 With some aid from their native town, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott 
 opened the first Protestant schools in Davenport, la. 
 
 Licensed to preach as a Congregationalist, his first pastorate 
 was in Annawan, Henry County, 111. In 1858 he united with 
 the Baptist denomination, and since that date has liad charge 
 of five Baptist churches. He has labored also among the 
 Freedmen of Yirginia and North Carolina. At the present 
 time Mr. Prescott has no pastoral charge. 
 
 Rev. AsAEL Woods was a native of Fitzwilliam, a son of 
 Jonas Woods, and a brother of Rev. John Woods, a sketch of 
 whom has already been given. 
 
 Where he was educated or when he entered the ministry is 
 unknown. Mr. Woods belonged to the Baptist denomination 
 and preached for a time in Sutton, N. H., and probably else- 
 where before he settled in Putney, Yt. He died at Putney, 
 November iTth, 1824, aged forty-five years. Mrs. Woods 
 was Miss Jerusha Stone, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Rev. Phineas Howe, a Baptist clergyman, a son of Nahum 
 Howe, Sr., was born in Fitzwilliam, May 16th, 1792, and mar- 
 ried Mary Hayden, of Fitzwilliam, November 6th, 1816. He 
 studied with Elder Graves, of Royalston, and in June, 1824, 
 
444 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 was called to tlie pastorate of tlie churcli of Marlborough and 
 Newfane, Vt., where lie remained seven years. After preach- 
 ing two years in Heath and one year in Conway, Mass., he 
 was recalled to the church in Marlborough and Kewfane, 
 where he remained for seven years, and then was pastor at 
 Hinsdale, K H., two years. At Troy, IN". H., in 1846, his 
 health failed and he ceased to preach regularly. Returning to 
 the place of his birth for one year and then living for a time 
 on a farm in Winchester, N. H., he passed the closing years 
 of his life with his friends in Yermont, dying, January 16th, 
 1869, at the age of seventy-seven years. 
 
 Charles Edward Milliken, a son of Cyrus and Mary 
 (Smith) Milliken, of Fitzwilliam, was born February 5th, 1830. 
 He fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy in 1851-53. 
 Graduated at Dartmouth in 1857 and at Andover Theological 
 Seminary in 1860. "Was ordained pastor at Littleton, N. H., 
 September 23d, 1860, and remained in that place eighteen 
 years. Mr. MilHken removed to Maynard, Mass., as acting 
 pastor in 1879. He married (1) Sarah F. Duncklee, of 
 Francestown, N. H., and (2) Mary Frances Redington, of 
 Littleton, IT. H. He is now preaching in Penacook, N". H. 
 
 Lysander T. Burbank was born November 24th, 1828, and 
 is the son of John and Hannah (Lyon) Burbank, who lived at 
 the Burbank place in Fitzwilliam. He prepared for college at 
 the Kimball Union Academy in 1852-53. Graduated at Will- 
 iams College in 1857 and at Union Theological Seminary, New 
 York City, in 1860. Having been licensed to preach by the 
 Fourth Presbytery, New York, he was ordained as an evan- 
 gelist at Fitzwilliam, June 15th, 1860. Sailed as a missionary 
 of the American Board, for Bitlis, Asia Minor, July 3d, 1860, 
 where he remained in that capacity for ten years. Returning 
 to the United States in 1870 he was pastor of a Congregational 
 church in Herndoh, Fairfax County, Ya., for seven years. 
 
 Stephen Harris was born at Fitzwilliam, January 7th, 1834, 
 and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy in 1852- 
 54. He graduated at Amherst College in 1858, and after spend- 
 ing one year in the Theological Institute of Connecticut and 
 two years at tlie Andover Theological Seminary he graduated 
 
NATIVES OF FITZWILLIAM — CLERGYMEN. 445 
 
 from the latter in 1861. Mr. Harris was ordained pastor at 
 Windham, Yt., October 24th, 1861, and dismissed March 4th, 
 1869. He then preached for nearly two years at West Suffield, 
 Conn., and for about the same time in Indian Orchard, Mass. 
 Called to Phillipston, Mass., he was installed there, November 
 20th, 1873, but about seven months later was killed while 
 crossing the railroad track in Athol, Mass. 
 
 Rev. William Edwin Locke, formerly of Fitzwilliam, is a 
 son of William Dana Locke, who died recently in New Ips- 
 wich, N. H. He graduated at Amherst College in 1864, and 
 from Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1867. March 
 19th, 1868, he was married to Zoe A. M. Noyes, of West- 
 moreland, N. H., and having been appointed a missionary of 
 the American Board, sailed from New York for Turkey, April 
 25th, 1868. He reached his station, Philippopolis, in Turkey 
 in Europe, June 11th of the same year, but removed a little 
 later to Samokov, which has since been his home. In 1879 he 
 visited the United States with his family. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Newton Locke, brother of William E., was born 
 in Fitzwilliam. He began a course of study with the ministry in 
 view, but was forced to abandon it because of a disease of the 
 eyes. For three years he was a teacher in an educational in- 
 stitution at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and October 21st, 1872, 
 he married the preceptress of that institution, Miss Mary A. 
 Wilson, of Salisbury, N. H. Mr. Locke was licensed to 
 preach in October, 1877, and two years later ordained. As a 
 devoted home missionary, he preached in Peru, Gould, West- 
 ern Park, Howard and other places in Kansas. He died, Feb- 
 ruary 2d, 1882, of small-pox, that was raging in the vicinity 
 of his home, but from which he supposed himself protected 
 by vaccination. 
 
 Among the physicians who were born in Fitzwilliam a 
 prominent place should be assigned to Dr. Alvah Godding. 
 
 The Godding family, consisting of a widow and eight chil- 
 dren, four sons and four daughters, came to this place from 
 Attleborough, Mass., not far from 1780. Anjong these 
 children was Timothy, who in 1790 married Ruth Robbins, of 
 Warwick, Mass., and was a farmer in the part of Fitzwilliam 
 
446 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 whicli is now Troy. The third child of this family was 
 Alvah, who was born ]S"ovember 5th, 1796. He settled in 
 Winchendon, Mass., as a physician, and there secnred, and re- 
 tained till his death, an enviable reputation, not only in his 
 professional life, but in all the relations he sustained to the 
 community. Through his skill, kindness, and devotion to his 
 patients he earned the title of " the beloved physician." 
 
 Dr. Godding gave his life to save that of an Irishwoman, whose 
 case had been pronounced hopeless, and to whom he was called 
 at midnight in the dead of winter, when the cold was excessive. 
 Going on foot, and repeating his visit a few hours later, he 
 came home in such an exhausted state that death soon ensued. 
 His age was seventy- eight, and he died January 11th, 1874. 
 
 Ebenezer Clark Gkosveis^or, a native of Fitzwilliam, was a 
 son of Dr. Peter Clark Grosvenor. He was the only physician 
 among the early college graduates of Fitzwilliam. With great 
 industry and the aid of his pastor he prepared for college and 
 graduated at the University of Yermont in 1813, and later 
 from the medical school in Boston. Rev. Mr. Sabin loaning 
 him money for his expenses, he established himself in his pro- 
 fession in Darien, Ga., of which city he was at one time the 
 Mayor. After visiting Europe for study he continued his prac- 
 tice successfully in Darien, but while still young was drowned 
 in the Altamaha River while engaged in professional duty. 
 
 Dr. Leslie Almon Phillips, son of Almon and Keziah (Al- 
 len) Phillips, was born in Fitzwilliam, August 19th, 1847. He 
 was educated in the public schools and such private schools as 
 his native town afforded till he was seventeen years of age, 
 when, while working during the day and studying in the night, 
 he commenced reciting to his pastor. Later he was a student 
 in a boys' English and classical school and a teacher in the 
 same. In 1874 he began the study of medicine with Dr. 
 Moore, of Quincy, 111., and in 1877 graduated from the Bos- 
 ton University School of Medicine. Dr. Phillips began prac- 
 tice in Boston as assistant of Dr. J. H. "Woodbury, then passed 
 nearly a year in AYatertown, Mass., but at the expiration of 
 this period returned to Boston at Dr. Woodbury's request, to 
 whose practice he succeeded in 1879. 
 
LIST OF COLLEGE GRADUATES. 447 
 
 Dr. Phillips's address is 165 Boylston Street, Boston. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah D. (Locke) Stow, a native of Fitzwilliam, is a 
 daughter of Mr. William Dana Locke, formerly of this place. 
 In her youth her home for a number of years was in the fam- 
 ily of Rev. John P. Humphrey, then pastor in Winchester, 
 N. H., but lately holding the same office in Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 Mrs. Stow is a graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Sem- 
 inary at South Hadley, Mass., and for a number of years be- 
 fore her marriage was a teacher in that institution. Rev. John 
 M. Stow, her husband, was a pastor in Sullivan, N. H., but 
 about 1870 removed to his native town, Hubbardston, Mass., 
 and was pastor there at the time of his death, which occurred 
 in 1877. Mr. Stow had been for some years engaged in pre- 
 paring a history of his native town, and this, left by him in an 
 unfinished state, Mrs. Stow completed and carried through 
 the press. 
 
 She now resides in Hubbardston, but for a number of years 
 has been engaged in official duties for a large part of tlie time 
 at Mount Holyoke Seminary. 
 
 LIST OF COLLEGE GKADUATES FKOM FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Notices of most of these will be found in the sketches al- 
 ready given. 
 
 Calvin Waite, graduated at Dartmouth, 1811. 
 
 Luther Waite, graduated at University of "Vermont, 1811. 
 
 John Woods, graduated at Williams College, 1812. 
 
 Amos A. Parker, graduated at University of Yermont, 1813, 
 
 Ebenezer Clark Grosvenor, graduated at University of Ver- 
 mont, 1813. 
 
 Edward C. Reed, graduated at Dartmouth, 1812. 
 
 Luther Townsend, graduated at Dartmouth, 1839. 
 
 Samuel Mellen Stone, graduated at Dartmouth, 1839. 
 
 James Wright Stone, graduated at Dartmouth, 184.5. 
 
 Charles E. Milliken, graduated at Dartmouth, 1857. 
 ' Lysander T. Burbank, graduated at Williams College, 1857. 
 
 Stephen Harris, graduated at Amherst College, 1858. 
 ] William R. Brown, graduated at Union College, 1862. 
 
 William Edwin Locke, graduated at Amherst College, 1864. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FAMILIES OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 EXPLANATIONS. 
 
 In the arrangement of the following genealogies the j^lan 
 used in the Histories of Rindge, Marlboro, and Ashburnham 
 has been generally followed, and is so plain that no particular 
 explanation is needed. The following variations may, however, 
 be noted : The account of a family stock previous to settlement 
 in Fit^william is given by generations, each generation being 
 numbered with a heav3'-faced figure in the margin, this num- 
 bering running into the consecutive numbering of individuals 
 as the more detailed records are introduced. Whenever the 
 information is at hand, a brief sketch of the line back to the 
 emigrant ancestor has been given. In these cases the usual 
 method of notation by raised figures (John', John% John^ etc.), 
 has been introduced sufficiently to distinguish the successive 
 generations. 
 
 The Lists of Town Officers in the first part of this work are 
 so full and complete, and the Records of the Soldiers in the 
 Revolutionary War and the War of the Rebellion are so broad 
 in their scope, and so particular in their details, that it is not 
 considered necessary to refer to these services in the family 
 records. 
 
 In referring to towns in the immediate vicinity the name of 
 
452 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 the State has been purposely omitted, unless required to distin- 
 guish from a town elsewhere of same name. When the name of a 
 town has once been given in full, further reference to it in the 
 same connection may be made by using only the initial letter. 
 
 The earliest town tax-list that has been preserved is that for 
 1793. When this date is referred to thus, 1793*, the infor- 
 mation given is based on this tax-list. The Proprietors' Tax- 
 list for 1788, and partial lists of the penny or road taxes for 
 1789, 1790, and 1791 are also preserved, but none of these dis- 
 tinguish between resident and non-resident owners. In the 
 town valuation and tax-lists all persons pajdng poll-taxes of 
 course are residents. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 a., aged. 
 
 ab., about. 
 
 b., born. 
 
 bapt., baptized. 
 
 bro., brother. 
 
 ch., child, children. 
 
 chh., church. 
 
 d., died, death. 
 
 dau., daughter. 
 
 dis., dismissed. 
 
 F., Fitzwilliam. 
 
 hus., husband. 
 
 L., lot. 
 
 m., married, marriage. 
 
 prob., probable, probably. 
 q.v., which see ; see the register 
 
 of that family. 
 E., range. 
 
 rec, records, recorded, 
 rec'd, received, 
 rem., removed, 
 res., resides, resided. 
 s., son. 
 
 s. p., without offspring, 
 unm., unmarried, 
 w., wife, 
 wid., widow, 
 y., years, young. 
 
Jh^ArV' .Qy^-f^^n-'^ 
 
 PHOTO-ORAVURB 00., K. Y. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 I Mr. John Adams, son of Edward, of Medway, Mass., d. 1781 (?) ; 
 m. Abigail Cleveland, who d. Dec. 15, 1783. They had ch. i. Lois, 
 II. Mary; iii. John, b. Feb. 12, 1744, 2; iv. Lydia ; v. Cornelius; 
 VI. Ebenezer ; vii. Abigail ; viii. Samuel ; ix. Ruth. 
 
 2 Capt. John, b. Feb. 12, 1744, d. Dec. 20, 1818 ; m. Mary Parker, 
 who d. Oct. 11, 1798 ; res. Canterbury, Ct. They had ch. i. John ; 
 II. Joshua, b. Dec. 4, 1775, 3 ; in. Mary ; iv. Parker ; v. Abigail ; vi. 
 Anna ; vii. Moses ; viii. Luceba ; ix. Aurelia ; x. Charles. 
 
 3 Joshua, b. Dec. 4, 1775, d. Aug. 3, 1813 ; m. July 12, 1801, Abi- 
 gail, b. Apr. 27, 1780, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Sabin, of Porafret, Ct. 
 After the d. of Mr. Adams she m. (2) July, 1814, John Parkhurst, by 
 whom she had one ch., John F. ParMurst, b. Nov. 4, 1815. Ch. of 
 Mr. and Mrs. A. b. at Plainfield, Ct. : i. Jonathan Sabin, b. Sept. 22, 
 1802, 4; II. Mary M., b. Apr. 4. 1804 ; iii. Catherine P., b. July 9, 
 1806, m. Curtis Coolidge, q.v. 
 
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 10 
 11 
 
 Jonathan Sabin Adams, b. Sept. 22, 1802 ; came to 
 F. when 12 v. old and lived with his uncle. Rev. Mr. 
 Sabin ; m. Feb. 6, 1833, Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dan. 
 of Levi and Anstris (Stratton) Tower, of F. 
 
 I. Mari/ Abhj, b. Nov. 22, 1833 ; m. Norman TJ. 
 
 Caiiill, q.v. 
 II. Lysander Toiver, b. Apr. 16, 1836 ; d. May 25, 
 1836. 
 
 III. Hmmah Aurilla, b. June 2, 1837 ; m. Morris 
 
 Collins, a merchant of St. Louis, Mo. ; rem. to 
 Jacksonville, 111., where Mr. C. died. See 
 Chap. XIL 
 
 IV. Catherine Ambra, b. June 25, 1840 ; m. John 
 
 M. Parker, q.v. 
 V. JoJm SaUn, b. Apr. 29, 1842 ; d. Aug. 26, 1863, 
 
 in the War of the Rebellion ; unm. 
 VI. Rebecca Anstis, b. Sept. 30, 1844 ; d. Apr. 27, 
 1850. 
 VII. Martha Amelia, b. Mar. 17, 1847 ; d. Jan. 7, 
 1856. 
 
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 26 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Daniel Adams first appears ia F. Eec. in 1778. 
 He was taxed on L 22 R 10 in 1788 and 1790 and left 
 town before 1793*. By w. Sarah he had ch. b. in P. 
 
 I. Stepheji, b. Oct. 29, 1779. 
 II. Daniel, b. Mar. 22, 1781. 
 
 III. William, b. Mar. 10, 1783. 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. Mar. 9, 1785. 
 V. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1787. 
 
 VI. Lydia, b. Jan. 13, 1789. 
 VII. Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1791. 
 
 George Adams settled on L 7 R 2, for which he was 
 taxed in Prop. Lists of 1788 and 1790, and he was taxed 
 in Town Lists, 1793 to 1797 ; by w. Mary he had ch. b. 
 in P. 
 
 I. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1789. 
 II. Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1791. 
 III. Marij, b. Sept. 1, 1792. 
 IV. Becca, b. Mar. 22, 1794. 
 
 V. George, bapt. July 17, 1796. 
 VI. Da7iiel, bapt. Feb. 11, 1798. 
 
 Mary Adams, probably w. of George : was adm. to 
 thechh., Sept. 4, 1791. 
 
 Solomon Alexander, b, Aug. 8, 1783 ; came to P. 
 from Winchester, K IL, in 1810, and bought the house 
 now occupied by William Kuhn, in which he res. till 
 his d. Nov. 29, 1849. He was a blacksmith and occu- 
 pied the shop now of J. E. Bemis. His w. Gratia, b. 
 Apr. 19, 1788 ; d. Apr. 19, 1837. 
 
 I. Nelson, b. Apr. 26, 1807 ; res. Parmersville, 
 
 N. Y. 
 Bradley, b. Apr. 4, 1809 ; d. Mar. 13, 1812. 
 Martha Dexter, b. May 22, 1811 ; d. Dec. 31, 
 
 1882 ; m. Edward E. Allen, q.v. 
 Joel, b. Peb. 25, 1814 ; res. Black Creek, N. Y. 
 Mary Bond, b. May 12, 1816 ; res. Pranklin, 
 
 Pa. 
 Abigail Rochioood, b. Dec. 3, 1818 ; m. David 
 
 N. Putney, q.v. 
 Asa, b. Dec. 3, 1818 (twin) ; d. Oct. 4, 1819. 
 Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1821 ; res. Nunica, Mich. 
 Susan, b. Aug. 6, 1823 ; res. Somerville, Mass. 
 Sophia, res. Boston, Mass. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 455 
 
 ALLEN. 
 
 Walter' Allen, b. in England in 1610 ; m. and came to this 
 country in 1635, settling in Newbury, Mass. ; in 1652 rem. to Water- 
 town, and later to Charlestown, where he d. July 8, 1681. His w. d. 
 and he m. (3d) Nov. 9, 1678, Abigail Parsons. His s., 
 
 2 Daniel^, b. 1635 ; lived ia Lancaster, Watertown, and Sudbury, 
 Mass. ; d. in Sudbury. His s., 
 
 3 Davis', b. 1659 ; d. 1711 ; served in one of the expeditions against 
 Canada. ; res. in WatertowMi. His s., 
 
 4 Obadiah', b. 1695 in Watertown. His s., 
 
 5 ELNATHAN^ b. 1738 ; d. 1805 ; m. May 31, 1753, Thankful Hast- 
 ings, of Waltham, Mass. ; res. in Shrewsbury, Mass. ; ch. i. Elnathan ; 
 ir. Israel ; iir. Silas ; iv, Arunah", who rem. to F. ; v. Luther ; vi. 
 Wilks ; vir. Liberty, who m. Apr. 5, 1801, Polly, dau. of Philip and 
 Eunice (Shumway) Amadon, of F. 
 
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 10 
 
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 13 
 
 Rev. Arunah' Allen, b. Aug. 18, 1767, in Shrews- 
 bury, Mass ; d. Dec. 15, 1853, in Stockbridge, Vfc. ; m. 
 Dec. 16, 1788, Mary, b. Mar. 31, 1775, dau. of Peter 
 and Mary (Rice) Richardson. She was the sixth gener- 
 ation from Samuel Richardson, the emigrant, the line 
 of descent being Samuel', SamueP, Thomas', Thomas', 
 Peter^ Mary\ Mr. and Mrs. Allen united with the 
 Baptist chh. soon after m., it is believed, in Leicester, 
 as there was no Baptist chh. in Shrewsbury. They 
 lived on the farm with his father in S. till Feb., 1799, 
 when they rem. to F., settling on L 7 R 4. He taught 
 school several winters, was selectman 3 y., and filled 
 other town offices. In 1807 or 1808 he began to preach ; 
 was ordained 1810 or 1811 as Elder of the Baptist chh. 
 Except during some intervals of sickness, he continued 
 to preach in F. till 1823, when he rem. to Stockbridge, 
 Vt. He preached in S. and the neighboring towns as 
 his health would allow until he was 80 y. of a. His w. 
 d. ab. 1830, after which he res. with his s. Arunah. 
 
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 John Jarvis\ b. Oct. 24, 1789. + 
 
 RJioda, b. Apr. 14, 1791 ; m. Jan. 10, 1813, 
 
 Louis Long, of Rutland, Vt., where they 
 
 res. 
 Juhal Eldridge, b. Mar. 20, 1793. -f- 
 Levinah Johnson, b. July 15, 1797 ; m. Hyman 
 
 Bent, q.v. 
 Polly Richardson, b. Sept. 14, 1799 ; res. in 
 
 Rutland, Vt., where she d. 
 Arunah, b. July 3, 1805 ; res. Pittsfield, Vt. 
 
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 John Jarvis' Allen, b. Oct. 24, 1789 ; d. May 20, 
 1880 ; m. Ang. 20, 1809, Cynthia, d. Dee. 24, 1865, a. 
 77 y., dan. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon. 
 
 I. Edivard Ervin\ b. Dec. 17, 1809 ; d. Jan. 27, 
 1841 ; m. Oct. 21, 1834, Martha, b. May 23, 
 1811, dau. of Solomon and Gratia Alexander. 
 II. Caroline, b. Dec. 17, 1811 ; m. Milton Chaplin, 
 
 q.v. 
 III. Infayit, d. Nov. 30, 1813. 
 
 IV. Eeziali A., b. Jan. 21, 1815 ; m. Almond Phil- 
 lips, q.v. 
 V. John Jarvis, b. Mar. 12, 1818 ; d. June 22, 
 1884 ; m. Sarah E. Horton, who d. Oct. 22, 
 1859, a. 26 y., and he m. (2d) Susan E., dau. 
 of Nathan Wood, of Keene. 
 1. Agnes^ b. Dec. 13, 1857 ; d. Oct. 20. 
 1858. 
 VI. GyntUa, b. Aug. 1, 1820 ; d. Sept. 22, 1832. 
 VII. Gyntliia, b. Mar. 3, 1823 ; m. Lorenzo C. 
 
 Everett, q.v. 
 VIII. Henry W., b. 1828 ; d. June 15, 1828. 
 IX. Ellen Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1830 ; m. John W. 
 
 Shirley, q.v. 
 X. Charles H., b. 1832 : d. July 27, 1833. 
 
 JuBAL E.' Allen, b. Mar. 20, 1793 ; d. in Troy, Feb. 
 7, 1872 ; m. Nov. 20, 1816, Keziah, b. 1793 (?) ; d. 
 Oct. 19, 1833, dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) 
 Amadon : m. (2d) Mar. 29, 1838, Paulina, b. Feb. 20, 
 1815 ; d. July 15, 1885, dau. of Zimri and Parna 
 (Howe) Ingalls, of Eichmond. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Mary\ d. Oct. 9, 1822, a. 5 y. 
 
 IL An7i, d. Sept. 25, 1818. 
 
 III. Julia, d. Sept. 14, 1822, a. 3 y. 
 
 IV. Daphne, d. Sept. 1, 1842, a. 20 y. 
 
 V. Mary Ann Julia, b. Aug. 18, 1823 ; d. Feb. 16, 
 
 1866. 
 
 VI. Jubal Eldridge, b. Oct. 1, 1837. 
 VII. Henry^ Clay, b. Nov. 12, 1829. 
 
 VIII. Harriet A., b. Dec. 15, 1839 ; m. Marshall 
 Smith, of Worcester, Mass. ; now res. in 
 Cleveland, 0. 
 IX. Emily Josephine, b. Aug. 27, 1841 ; m. (1st) 
 Aaron Kelton, of Winchester, who d. 1878 ; 
 and she m. (3d) Martin Baker, of Winchester, 
 where they still res. 
 X. Paulina Maria, b. May 36, 1843 ; m. Martin J. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 457 
 
 Buss, of Marlboro, N. H. He served 3 y, in 
 
 the War of the Rebellion ; was sergeant in 
 
 Co. — , 3d N. H. Vols. ; res. Walpole, N.H. 
 XI. Edward Ervin, b. July 8, 1845 ; d. Sept. 3, 
 
 1847. 
 XII. Caroline L., b. July 15, 1847; m. Murray 
 
 Fitch, of Marlboro, N. H., and they res. 
 
 there. 
 XIII. Edward E., b. Aug. 27, 1849 ; m. Ellen Howe, 
 
 of Marlboro, Mass. , and there res. 
 XIV. Ellen J., b. Sept. 19, 1854; m. Orange Smith, 
 
 of Fitchburg, Mass. He served 3 y. in the 
 
 War of the Rebellion in a Mass. Reg. ; res. , 
 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Elijah Allen and w. Ruth had oh. 
 I. Sally, d. Oct. 18, 1784. 
 
 Elijah Allen and w. Elizabeth. The family left 
 town before 1793*. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Relief, b. Apr. 11, 1784. 
 II. James Phillijys, b. Dec. 27, 1785, 
 III. Luther, b. Apr. 3, 1789. 
 
 John Allen, d. July 15, 1790. 
 
 Elizabeth, w. of John, d. Apr. 5, 1790. 
 
 The Elizabeth Allen admitted to chh. Oct. 29, 1786, 
 was more prob. the w. of John, as there is no rec. of the 
 bapt. of the ch. of Elijah and Elizabeth. 
 
 Joseph Allen m. Anna Steel, July 7, 1772. 
 
 Philip Amadon came to F. from Oxford, Mass., in 
 1784. He d. Feb. 2, 1834, a. 85 y. His w. was Eunice 
 Shumway, who d. Aug. 25, 1837, a. 90 y. He settled 
 on L 10 R 4, and built the second grain-mill in town in 
 1784-85. 
 
 I. Dorcas, b. Dec. 10, 1769 ; m, David Rice, q.v. 
 II. Polly, m. Apr. 5, 1801, Liberty Allen, of 
 Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 
 III. Eunice, m. Jan. 15, 1804, Benjamin Sampson, 
 
 Jr., then of F. They rem. to Roxbury, Vt. 
 
 IV. Roxana, b. Feb. 3, 1774 ; m. (1st) Levi Haskell, 
 
 q.v., (2d) Abel Angier, q.v. 
 V. Lovina, b. 1776 ; m. Abel Angier, q.v. 
 VI. John, m. Roxy Leach, of Chesterfield, N. H., 
 and rem. to Canada. Of their ch. 
 
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 1. Aliial, d. in F., Aug. 10, 1874, a. 73 y. 
 
 2. Hortensia, m. Enoch W. Gardner and 
 
 lived in Hingham, Mass. 
 
 3. Roxana, m. Thomas Newman and rem. 
 
 to New York State. 
 VII. Lifcmf, d. Mar. 22, 1785. 
 VIII. Josiah, b. Aug. 9, 1787. + 
 IX. Cynthia, b. 1789(.?) ; m. John J. Allen, q.v. 
 X. Keziah, b. 1793(?) ; m. Jubal E. Allen, q.v. 
 
 Josiah Amadok, b. Aug. 9, 1787 ; d, July 6, 1847 ; m 
 April 1, 1810, Lydia, b. May 8, 1788 ; d. Jan. 15, 1827, 
 dau. of David and Esther (Bruce) White. He m. (2d) 
 May 29, 1838, Mary White, b. Oct. 12, 1794, a sister of 
 his first w. 
 
 Ch. all by first w., and all b. in F. north village — 
 Troy after 1815 : rem. to F. village ab. 1827. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1810 ; m. Oct. 14, 1832, 
 Grideon Bemis, of Westminster, Vt., s. of 
 David and Lydia (Stiles). Ch. b. at W. 
 
 1. Lydia Bemis, b. Aug. 4, 1833. 
 
 2. Ruth " b. Mar. 5, 1836. 
 
 i'S " |b.^T„,.n,i84,. 
 
 5. Mary " b. Nov. 3, 1843. 
 ''. John, b. Nov. 12, 1812 ; d. at Hatteras Inlet, 
 Jan. 15, 1862 ; m. Betsey Putney, of Chester- 
 field, b. July 3, 1814 ; res. in F., Richmond, 
 Marlboro, and Troy. 
 
 1. Sarah E., b. Jnly 1, 1841 ; m. J. Foster 
 Capron. 
 
 2. James 0., b. Sept. 10, 1842 ; m. Susie 
 Bryant. 
 
 3. Henry J., b. Mar. 18, 1845. 
 
 4. Frank E., b. July 30, 1847 ; m. Sarah A. 
 Wright. 
 
 5. Charles H., b. Nov. 3, 1849. 
 
 6. Ella Meade, b. Oct. 2, 1855 ; m. Jan. 1, 
 1874, Julius Elwin Bemis, q.v. 
 
 7. George F., b. May 11, 1857. 
 III. Leander, b. Aug. 9, 1814 ; d. Dec. 12, 1878 : 
 
 m. May 14, 1847, Sarah H. Randall, b. Mar. 
 18, 1822, dau. of Eleazer and Clarissa 
 (Wheeler), of Chesterfield. Ch. b. at Bellows 
 Falls, Vt. 
 
 1. Clara, b. Feb. 18, 1850. 
 
 2. Frederick, b. Feb. 25, 1852. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 459 
 
 3. Alice, b. Sept. 25, 1856. 
 
 4. Henry, b. July 31, 1858. 
 
 lY. Josiali, b. Feb. 20, 1816 ; d. July 18, 1849 : unm. 
 
 V. Sarah A., h. Sept. 7, 1821 ; m. J. D. Per- 
 kins, q.v. 
 
 Yi. Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; m. Aug. 8, 1844, El- 
 bridge Aldrich, b. May 18, 1817 ; d. Dec. 4, 
 1879, at Worcester, Mass. He was s. of Luke 
 and Mary (Martin), of Eichmond. 
 Yii. Hannah b. Aug. 26, 1825 ; m. David Damon, 
 q.v. 
 
 ANGIER. 
 
 Joseph Angier, d. Nov. 30, 1718 ; m. Elizabeth 
 
 , who d. Jan. 24, 1732 ; both in Framingham, 
 
 Mass. They had previously res. at Dorchester, Mass. 
 Oh. b. i.-iY. at D., Y. at Fram. ; i. Elizabeth ; ii. Mar- 
 garet ; III. Joseph ; iy. (5) Benjamin, b. June 22, 1704 ; 
 V. Mary. 
 
 Benjamin, b. June 22, 1704 ; m. Sarah . Ch. 
 
 b, in Marlboro, Mass., and Frarn. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1729. 
 
 II. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1731 ; m. Stephen Harris, q.v. 
 
 III. Benjamin, b. 1735. 
 
 IV. Silas, b. 1737. + 
 
 Y. Timothy, b. Feb. 28, 1740 ;'m. 176^. Mercy, b. 
 Nov. 3, 1746, dau. of Joshua and iViur ilc.ven, 
 of Hopkinton, Mass., by Avhom he had several 
 ch. The family settled in Ashburnham. 
 Mass., ab. 1780. Mrs. A. d. there, Oct. 3. 
 1805, and he m. (2d) Apr. 16, 1807, Molly 
 (Ames) Clark, wid. of Daniel. 
 YI. John, bapt. June 29, 1746. + 
 VII. Sarah, b. July 24, 1747. 
 
 Silas Angier, b. 1737 ; d. Oct. 6, 1808 ; m. Elizabeth, 
 b. Aug. 5, 1741 ; d. Aug. 15, 1811, dau. of Caleb and 
 Mehetabel (Maynard) Drury, of I'ram. The family 
 prob. came to F. ab. 1778, as the births of only the 
 3 youngest ch. are rec. in F. The older ch. prob. b., 
 I. -v. in Fram., vi.-viii. in Temple, N. H. 
 L Benjamin, b. May 27, 1762. + 
 II. Sibyl, b. May 14, 1764; m. James Dunton, q.v. 
 III. Silas, b. Apr. 19, 1766. + 
 
 IY. Betsey, bapt. Oct. 1, 1769 ; m. Waldo ; 
 
 res. Alstead and Langdon. 
 v. Joel, bapt. Nov. 4, 1770 ; m. Olive Turner ; res. 
 Acworth. 
 
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 VI. Sally, m. Nov. 22, 1796, Charles Saunders, q.v. 
 
 VII. AM, b. Aug. 17, 1775. + 
 
 viiT. Ruth, d. July 24, 1780, a. 3 y. 
 
 IX. Reulen, b. Mar. 21, 1779 ; d. Jan. 11, 1797. 
 
 X. Nedom (Needham), b. Apr. 8, 1781 ; m. 
 
 Foster ; res. Langdon. 
 
 XI. John, b. Dec. 20, 1784 ; res. Wetliersfield, Vfc. 
 
 John Angier, bapt. June 29, 1746. His w. was 
 
 Mary . The family was in F. as early as 1771, and 
 
 left town before 1793*, prob. before 1788. Ch. i.-ii. b. 
 and rec. in Framingham, iii.-iv. b. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, b. July 15, 1766. . 
 
 II. John, b. Jan. 10, 1769. 
 
 III. 3fatthew, bapt. May 14, 1775. 
 
 IV. Olive, bapt. May 14, 1775. 
 
 Benjamin Angier, b. May 27, 1762 ; m. Tirzah , 
 
 who d. May 4, 1795, and he m. (2d) Dec. 27, 1795, Eunice 
 Johnson ; rem. to Walpole, N. H., ab. 1805, and from 
 thence to the State of New York. Ch. i.-vii. at F., 
 VIII. at W. 
 
 I. Elijah, b. June 29, 1787. 
 
 II. Calvin, b. July 13, 1789. 
 
 III. Aheh b. Aug. 25, 1791 ; d. Dec. 26, 1792. 
 
 IV. lAtther, b. Aug. 8, 1794. 
 V. Tirzah, b. Nov. 4, 1796. 
 
 VI. Eunice, b. Nov. 3, 1799. 
 VII. Elis (Alice ?), b. Aug. 23, 1803. 
 VIII. Aaron, b. Sept. 17, 1807. 
 
 Silas Angier, b. Apr. 19, 1766 ; m. Apr. 23, 1789, 
 Priscilla (Platts) Harris, wid. of Benjamin Harris. The 
 family rem. to Walpole, N. H., ab. 1800, and from thence 
 to State of New York. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Elisha, b. Dec. 6,1789. 
 
 II. Relief, bapt. June, 1, 1794. 
 
 III, Lncy, bapt. June 1, 1794. 
 
 IV. Sally, bapt. Nov. 2, 1794 ; d. Sept. 18, 1796. 
 V. Sally, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799. 
 
 Abel Angier, b. Aug. 17, 1775 ; d. Feb. 27, 1861 ; m. 
 Dec. 29, 1795, Lovina, b. 1776 ; d. July 11, 1844, dan. of 
 Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadou ; m. (2d) Apr. 
 16, 1845, Roxana, b. Feb. 3, 1774 ; d. Aug. 22, 1858, 
 wid. of Levi Haskell, q.v., and a sister of his first w. 
 
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 REUBEN ANGIER. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 461 
 
 42 ' I. Ahel, b. Feb. 11, 1797 ; d. Apr. 27, 1837 ; m. 
 I Jan. 15, 1832, Laura Holmes, and res. in 
 
 Keene. Their s. 
 
 43 I 1. Thomas Stratton, m. Oct. 7, 1839, Fan- 
 
 ny, b. Apr. 15, 1821, dan. of Benjamin 
 ! B. and Grata (Whitney) Morse, of F. 
 
 44 j Ti. Lovina, b. Aug. 19, 1798 ; m. Elisha Fassett, 
 ! q.v. 
 
 45 Hi. 3ibyl, b. Oct. 6, 1800 ; m. Josiah Stone, q.v. 
 
 46 IV. Elvira, b. Oct. 26, 1802 ; m. Apr. 24, 1826, 
 
 Thomas E. Sears, of K. ; res. in Boston (?). 
 
 47 V. Eliza, b. May iLi, 1804 ; m. Moses A. Bowen, 
 b. Nov. 16, 1800, s. of Zephaniah and Martha 
 (Allen), of Richmond ; rem. to Illinois. 
 
 48 VI. Eunice, b. Feb. 24, 1806 ; d. Apr. 28, 1838 ; 
 m. Luther Lakin. 
 
 49 VII. Reuben, b. June 28, 1807. + 
 
 50 VIII. Anna, b. July 20, 1809 ; m. (1st) Lewis Mon- 
 roe, q.v. ; (2d) Melvin Wilson, q.v. 
 
 51 IX. PMlij} Doddridge, b. Mar. 25, 1811. + 
 
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 REUBEisr Angier, b. June 28, 1807 ; d. Apr. 24, 
 1881 ; m. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1810 ; d. Apr. 21, 1840, 
 dau. of Zephaniah and Martha (Allen) Bowen, of Rich- 
 mond ; m. (2d) Eliza A. M., b. Jan., 1814 ; d. Jan. 14, 
 1870, a sister of his first w. 
 
 I. Reuben Leander, b. Feb. 22, 1842 ; m. May 30, 
 1863, Maria M. Bolles, of Swanzey, b. Mar. 
 11, 1841. 
 II. Lydia, b. May 20, 1847 ; d. Mar. 2, 1863 ; 
 unm. 
 
 Philip D. Angieb, b. Mar. 25, 1811 ; m. Sept. 28, 
 1834, Nancy D., b. Dec. 19, 1814; d. Dec. 27, 1841, 
 dau. of John and Nancy (Knights) Sargent, q.v.; m. 
 (2d) Jan. 1, 1844, Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1820 ; d. July -8, 
 1856, dau. of Samuel and Tamar (Grant) Hayden, q.v.; 
 m. (3d) July 2, 1858, Arrabella S., b. Dec. 4, 1832, 
 dau. of Merril and Sally (Townsley) Reed, of Newfane, 
 Vt. ; rem. to Swanzey, N. II., in 1865. 
 
 I. Mosamiah Lovina, b. Mar. 4, 1837 ; m. Nov. 
 
 29, 1856, Samuel Francis Bowker, q.v. 
 II. Abbie Frances, b. Dec. 8, 1840 ; m. Daniel H. 
 
 Reed, q.v. 
 III. Mary Eliza, b. July 31, 1848 ; d. Dec. 8, 1871 ; 
 m. Nov. 12, 1866, George A. White, s. of 
 Benson. 
 
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 IV. Fannie Belle, b. Oct. 9, 1860 ; m. 
 
 stock ; res. Swanzey. 
 V. Walter Eugene, b. May 18, 1863. 
 Yi. PMU2J Cozzens, b. Oct. 17, 1867. 
 
 Bever- 
 
 Jason Badcock was an early settler on L .3 E 12. He 
 was a Tory in principle, but does not appear to have 
 taKen any active part against his cpnr.ti'y. H^* was a 
 lineri-wheelrmaker by trade. He d. July 2, 1781, 
 a. 67 y. 
 
 Sept. 13, 1778, Josiah Goodell m. Persis Badcock, 
 perhaps dau. of Jason. 
 
 SoLOMOisr Badcock res. on L 3 R 12, and was prob. 
 of Jason. By w. Euth he had, ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Molly, bapt. Sept. 21, 1777 ; d. Sept. 5, 1778. 
 II. Ruth, bapt. Apr. 30, 1780 ; d. Dec. 5, 1783. 
 The family left town about 1790. 
 
 Samuel Barnard and w. Susanna lived in what is 
 now F. villag'e. When the " great road " was straight- 
 ened and widened in 1787 he was located between Mat- 
 thias Felton and Simon Crosby. Left town ab. 1789. 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Joel, b. Jan. 22, 1785. 
 II. Susanna, b. Sept. 8, 1787. 
 
 William Barnard and w. Bathsheba came from 
 Lancaster, Mass., in 1802 or 1803, and settled in the 
 north part of the town. He was first taxed in 1803. 
 They were adm. to chh. July 13, 1806, and were dism. 
 Sept. 3, 1815, to form chh. in Troy. Hist. Troy says 
 in 1816 rem. to Cavendish, Vt. Ch. bapt. rec. in F. 
 
 I. James Goodwin, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. 
 TL Eliza Ann, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. 
 
 III. William, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. 
 
 IV. Milton, bapt. Dec. 14, 1806. 
 V. John, Toapt. June 25, 1809. 
 
 VI. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 7, 1813. 
 VII. Henry, bapt. Aug. 15, 1819. 
 
 John Barnes was in town as early as 1787 ; settled 
 about 1790 on L 8 E 8, and is not taxed in town after 
 1794. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. He7iry, bapt. May 6, 1787. 
 II. Lovisa, bapt. May 10, 1789. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 463 
 
 iiL Lydia, bapt. Nov, 6, 1791. 
 IV. John, bajit. June 1, 1794. 
 V. Sally, bapt. Dec. 20, 1795. 
 
 William Baknes, b. May 22, 1831, in Norfolk, 
 N. Y. ; d. June, 1885, in Athol ; m. in F. Sept. 25, 
 1862, Harriet M., b. June 22, 1842, dau. of Almond 
 and Sarah D. (Williams) Brewer, then of P. He served 
 3 y. in the War of the Rebellion ; res., Athol ; ch. b. i. 
 and III. in F., ii. and iv. in Royalston. 
 
 I. Etta Maria, b. July 13, 1863. 
 
 II. Cora Louise, b. July 18, 1868. 
 
 III. Sarah E><tella, b. Oct. 27, 1870. 
 
 IV. Walter Ellis, b. Aug. 28, 1884. 
 
 Harriso^st Barrus, s. of Samuel and Silence (Hol- 
 man), b. June 9, 1818, in Eichmond ; d, Aug. 17, 1861, 
 in Athol ; m. Apr. 6, 1845, Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 15, 
 1826, dau. of John and Harriet (Stone) Miles, q.v. 
 Ch. b. James A., in Swanzey, others in F. 
 
 I. John Harrison, b. Apr. 26, 1846. 
 II. James Alanson, b. July 31, 1848. 
 
 III. Henry Alfonzo, b. Nov. 18, 1850. 
 
 IV. William Elisha, b. Aug. 28, 1853. 
 
 V. A son, b. Aug.(?), 1856 ; d. June 11, 1857. 
 VI. Hattie EUzaleth, b. June 28, 1859. 
 VII. Freddie L, d. July 25, 1867, a. 5 y. 6 m. 
 
 Dr. James Batcheller, s. of Dr. Stephen Batcheller, 
 was b. in Royalston, June 5, 1791 ; located in Marlboro 
 in 1818, where he had a long and successful medical 
 practice ; came to F. in 1855, and d. Apr. 14, 1866 ; m. 
 Dec. 31, 1821, Persis, b. Sept. 16, 1799 ; d. Aug. 14, 
 1851, dau. of Phillips and Persis (Joslin) Sweetser of 
 M. 
 
 I. James, b. Aug. 7, 1822 ; d. Dec. 24, 1831. 
 II. Charles, b. June 15, 1825, came to F. with his 
 
 father in 1855, and d. Mar. 12, 1860, unm. 
 III. Philli2) S., b. Sept. 2, 1828; came to F. in 
 1846, entering the employ of J. D. Perkins. 
 In 1849 he formed a partnership with his 
 bro. Stephen and bought out the drug and 
 jewelry business of Mr. Perkins, v/hicli they 
 still continue (1887), in the same location. 
 M. Feb. 11, 1852, Frances Ade, b. Sept. 30, 
 1836 ; d. Dec. 28, 1871, dau. of Milton and 
 Caroline (Allen) Chaplin, q.v. 
 
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 1. Ida Louise, b. Apr. 1, 1859 ; m. Mar. 
 22, 1883, Isaac F. Paul, b. Nov. 26, 
 1856, s. of Ebenezer and Susan (Dres- 
 ser) Paul, of Dedham, Mass. ; res. Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 1. Phillip Batctieller Pmd, b. Dec. 
 18, 1883. 
 IV. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1830 ; came to F. in 1848. 
 In 1849, in connection with his bro. Phillip, 
 succeeded to the business of J. D. Perkins. 
 Has since res. in F. except ab. 4 y., when he 
 was in the dry-goods business in Adrian, 
 Mich. M. Sept. 13, 1859, Abba, b. Apr. 10, 
 1841, dau. of Joseph Gr. and Abigail (Woods) 
 Briggs, of Claremont, N". H. 
 
 1. Fannie, b. June 25, 1867. 
 
 2. James, b. Mar. 17, 1872 ; d. Aug. 17, 
 
 1872. 
 
 3. James, b. June 29, 1873 ; d. Aug. 26, 
 
 1873. 
 
 Peleg Battles, said to have been from Kennebec, 
 Me., settled in the southeast part of the town. His 
 name does not appear in any Tax-List of residents, but 
 he is taxed as non-resident on L 1 E 3 in 1798. By w. 
 Lydia he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Peleg, b. June 24, 1788. 
 
 Aetemas Beard, from Gardner, Mass., settled in F. 
 
 in 1809 ; d. June 4, 1853, a. 79 y.; m. (1st) Lydia . 
 
 who d. in Gardner ; m. (2d) May 2, 1809, Polly, b. 
 Nov., 1782 ; d. Sept. 19, 1870, dau. of Micah and 
 Betsey (Philbrick) Chaplin ; ch. b., i. in Gardner, 
 others in F. 
 
 I. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1801 ; m. Dec. 1, 1825, John 
 Colburn, b. Mar. 15, 1799 ; d. at Eichmond 
 Mar. 10, 1870, s. of Ebenezer and Hannah 
 ( Jewett) Colburn, of Eindge ; res. Eindge, 
 F., Eichmond. 
 
 1. John W. Colhurn, b. Mar. 11, 1827. 
 
 2. Ann E. 
 
 3. Fanny 
 
 4. Charles 0. 
 
 5. Henry 
 
 6. Artemas B. 
 
 b. July 6, 1829. 
 b. Mar. 16, 1831. 
 b. Feb. 26, 1833. 
 b. June 10, 1835. 
 b. July 26, 1838. 
 
 II. Mary Fatima, b. Feb. 7, 1810 ; m. Oct. 10, 
 1846, John P. Symonds, of Eindge (his 2d w.). 
 
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 He was b. Jan. 30, 1799 ; d. Dec. 27, 1863, s. 
 of Thomas and Lydia (Pratt). He had 10 
 ch. by 1st m., and by 2d m. : 
 
 1. Sydney S. Symonds, b. Aug. 15, 1848 ; 
 
 d. Sept. 5, 1849. 
 
 2. Sydney C. Symonds, b. July 6, 1850 : 
 
 d. May 16. 1851. 
 
 III. Eiisina, b. Apr. 18, 1812 ; m. Nov. 30, 1837, 
 
 Elisha H. Tolman, b. June 17, 1811, s. of 
 Henry and Polly (Harris), of Troy ; res. T. 
 
 1. Ellen R. Tolman, b. Sept. 14, 1838. 
 
 2. Sidney E. " b. Nov. 14, 1844. 
 
 3. Sarah Ann " b. Mar. 4, 1847. 
 
 4. Mary A. " b. Feb. 10, 1849. 
 
 5. Minnie P. " b. Nov. 25, 1852. 
 
 6. Charles H. " b. July 10, 1855. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth Buniap, b. Dec. 20, 1814 ; d. Apr. 
 
 29, 1877 ; m. Apr. 7, 1835, William Bemis, 
 b. Jan. 2, 1808 ; d. Mar. 23, 1881, s. of 
 William and Hannah (Derby) ; res. in Ash- 
 burnham, Mass., but in rec. of m. he is called 
 of Gardner. 
 
 1. Sarah E. Bemis, b. Oct. 20, 1837 : m. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1856, George 0. Foster, b. 
 Jan. 21, 1835, s. of Jerome W. and 
 Mary (Colson) ; had 2 ch. ; res. Ash- 
 burnham. 
 
 2. Francis W. Bemis, b. Apr. 3, 1844 ; m. 
 
 Mar. 26, 1875, Emily, dan. of Nathan 
 and Mary (Colcord) Stoddard, of Tem- 
 pleton. 2 ch. 
 
 V. Bethiah Emeline, b. Sept. 27, 1817 ; m. Curtis 
 
 Drury, q.v. 
 VI. Sarali Nichols, b. Mar. 23, 1820 ; m. George 
 
 Whitcomb, q.v. 
 VII. Susan Caroline, b. Nov. 22, 1822 ; m. Warren 
 
 Pratt, q.v. 
 VIII. Laura Emerson, b. Feb, 19, 1826 ; m. Dec. 28, 
 1852, John Clifford Alexander, b. Mar. 17, 
 1822, s. of Easman and Lucy (Garfield), of 
 Troy ; res. T. 
 
 Gilbert 0. Bemis, b. Jan. 22, 1831, s. of Elijah and 
 Lucy (Butler), of Troy ; m. Oct. 19, 1854, Ellen Sarah, 
 b. Feb. 18, 1836, dan. of Timothy and Mary (Pratt) 
 Metcalf, of Rindge. Elijah is No. 104, Bemis Register, 
 Hist. Marl. 
 
 I. Charles Gilbert, b. Sept. 23, 1864, in Jaffrey. 
 30 
 
466 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 
 WiLLEY A. Bemis, b. June 7, 1858, in Rindge ; m. 
 Dec. 25, 1878, Alice Florence, b. Jan. 29, 1859, dan. of 
 Elijah and Susan (Howe) Wilder, q.v. 
 I. Lorin Clifton, b. Sept. 27, 1880. 
 II. Norman Jay, b. Nov. 20, 1882. 
 
 Julius Elwin" Bemis, a native of Royalston, m. Jan. 
 1, 1874, Ella M., b. Oct. 2, 1855, dan. of John and 
 Betsey (Putney) Amadon, q.v. He is a blacksmith, 
 occupying the old Alexander stand. 
 
 I. 8on, b. Dec. 20, 1875 ; d. y. 
 II. Henry Wliitcomh, b. Feb. 2, 1885. 
 III. Chester Luke, b. Aug. 14, 1886. 
 
 GrEORGE L. Bemis, b. Jan. 14, 1850, s. of Jonathan 
 and Lois (Collins), of Marlboro ; m. Jan. 10, 1871, 
 Nettie H., b. Oct. 19, 1854 ; d. Mar. 9, 1884, dan. of 
 Amasa S. and Sally D. (Stone) Wilson, of F. ; m. (2d) 
 Oct. 29, 1885, Sadie, b. May 25, 1860, dan. of Thomas 
 J. and Sarah E. (Adams) Spinney, of Portsmouth, 
 ]Sr. H. He is No. 71 of Bemis Register in Hist. Marl. 
 Ch. b. I. in M., ii. in F. 
 
 I. Eclivin E., b. Oct. 22, 1872. 
 II. Nellie M., b. July 4, 1879. 
 
 Akdrew Bexjamin had cb. bapt. 
 
 I. Amos Pierce, bapt. Oct. 15, 1780. 
 II. Betsey, bapt. Sept. 9, 1781. 
 From Hist, of Winchendon it is learned that his w. 
 was Mary Pierce ; that they had 9 ch. b., i. and ii. in 
 Ashby, Mass., in. in F., v.-ix. in Winch. The two 
 bapt. in F. were ii. and in. 
 
 Asa Ben^nett and w. Sibyl were from Shrewsbury, 
 Mass. He was adm. to chh. Sept. 18, 1785, on letter 
 from 2d chh. in Shrewsbury. He was taxed in the 
 penny list of 1788 on L 7 R 11, and prob. left town 
 soon after, as he is not taxed in the List of 1789. Ch. 
 bapt. in F. 
 
 I. Hepzihah, bapt. Oct. 2, 1785. 
 II. Josiali, bapt. Aug. 26, 1787. 
 
 Benjamin Bennett and w. Elizabeth settled on L 2 
 R 12. She was adm. to chh. July 26, 1782. He was 
 prob. a bro. of Asa, above, and it is understood that 
 both families rem. to Winchendon ab. the same time. 
 They had ch. bapt. rec. in F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 467 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 L Benjamin, bapt. Sept. 1, 1783. 
 II. Elizabeth, bapt. May 30, 1784. 
 
 III. Molly, bapt. Sept. 18, 1790. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, bapt. Aug. 7, 1797. 
 
 V. John, b. Feb. 28, 1795 ; bapt. Aug. 7, 1797. 
 VI. Josiah, bapt. June 26, 1800. 
 
 Joseph Bennett, of Kichmond, m. June 23, 1802, 
 Betsey, b. Oct. 28, 1778, dan. of Asa and Zerviah 
 (Smith) Waite ; res. but a short time in F., and rem. 
 to Waterford, Vt., where she d. Jan. 19, 1854. Ch. b. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Zerviah, b. Dec. 23, 1802. 
 
 BENT. 
 
 John Bent, from Penton, England, came over in the ship Confidence 
 in 1(538, then a. 35 y., with w. Martha and 5 ch. In 1639 settled in 
 Sudbury, Mass., where he d. Sept. 27, 1772 ; his w. d. May 15, 1679. 
 He was one of the original proprietors of Marlboro when it was granted 
 in 1656. He had 7 ch., 5 sons and 2 daughters. Samuel Bent, 
 who settled in F., came from Sudbury, and was doubtless descended 
 from him, though the line of descent cannot now be stated. The 
 Drurys, and some of the Hemenways and Mellens who settled in F. were 
 descended from John Bent, the emigrant, through his granddaughter, 
 Hannah Bent, who m. John Adams, of Framingham, Mass. 
 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Samuel Bent d. Apr. 22, 1833, a. 78 y. Mary 
 Hunt, his w., d. Oct. 8, 1838, a. 84 y. Came from 
 Sudbury, Mass., in 1780, and settled on L 7 K 1. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. 1778 (?) ; d. Mar. 20, 1854 ; m. Oct. 
 9, 1804, Ruth, b. Sept. 9, 1782 ; d. Dec. 9, 
 1872, dau. of Reuben and Ruth (Williams) 
 Pratt, q.v.; rem. from F. ab. 1810 to Stock- 
 bridge, Vt., where he d. ; his wid. d. at F., 
 having outlived all her descendants. Ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 1. Adeline, b. Aug. 23, 1805. 
 
 2. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 13, 1808. 
 
 IL Mary, b. Apr. 24, 1780 ; m. Amos Pratt, q.v. 
 iiL Martha, b. Sept. 26, 1782 ; m. Moses Chaplin, 
 
 q.v. 
 IV. William Hunt, b. July 14, 1785+. 
 V. Hyman, b. Sept. 17, 1788+. 
 VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1791 ; m. Jonathan Locke, q.v. 
 VII. Elisha, b. Dec. 10, 1793+. 
 VIII, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; m. Henry Shirley, 
 q.v. 
 IX. Newell, b. Dec. 14, 1801 ; d. May 14, 1857, unm. 
 
468 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 (7) William Huis^t Bent, b. July 14, 1785 ; d. July 22, 
 1866 ; m. Dec. 3, 1815, Margaret Brooks, d. July 10, 
 lb25, a. 35 y.; m. (2d) Betsey, b. May 5, 1798 ; d. May 
 13, 1860, dau. of Isaac and Betsey W. Taylor, of Win- 
 chendon. 
 
 13 I. Levi Brooks, b. Sept. 12, 1817 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 1884 ; m. Sarah Lawrence. 
 
 14 1. Abbie A., m. May 2, 1868, John D. 
 Finegan, s. of Burney and Mary (Tur- 
 ney) ; res. Lynn, Mass. 
 
 15 II. Eliza, b. July 14, 1824 ; d. Sept. 13, 1824. 
 
 16 III. WiUiam, b. Jan. 18, 1828 ; m. Lucy , d. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1856, a. 24 y.; m. (2d) Jan. 18, 1859, 
 Caroline H., b. May 22, 1840, dau. of Leonard 
 and Caroline (Goodspeed) Pierce, q.v. 
 
 17 " 1. Irving Pierce, b. Nov. 26, 1862 ; d. Dec. 
 11, 1876. 
 
 18 2. George Souther, b. Jan. 9, 1871. 
 
 19 3. Florence Lyle, b. Nov. 1, 1880. 
 
 20 IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 27, 1831 ; d. May 14, 1871 ; m. 
 Woodbury, of Townsend, Mass. 
 
 21 Y. Harriet, b. Feb. 13, 1838 ; d. Apr. 7, 1855. 
 
 22 VI. Laura Ahhy, b. Nov. 1, 1841 ; m. Dec. 31, 
 1868, Charles W. Hildreth, s. of Levi and 
 Adaline Hildreth, of Townsend ; res. T. 
 
 (8) Htuan Bent, b. Sept. 17, 1788 ; d. Dec. 21, 1872 ; 
 m. Aug. 27, 1817, Levinah J., b. July 15, 1797 ; d. 
 Nov. 13, 1883, dau. of Eev. Aruuah and Polly (Rich- 
 ardson) Allen, q.v. 
 
 23 I. Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1817 : d. Aug. 10, 1883 ; 
 m. Sept. 28, 1847, Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 15, 
 1824, dau, of Samuel and Mary (Bailey) 
 Emery, of JaSrey ; res. (South) Gardner, 
 Mass. 
 
 24 1. Lizzie, m. Franklin Eaton, of G. 
 
 25 2. Leslie. 
 
 26 3. Addie Mabel. 
 
 27 II. Eliza, b. Oct. 25, 1819 ; m. Nov. 3, 1840, John 
 Sawin ; res. (So.) G. 
 
 28 1. Mary Levina Saivin, d. 
 
 29 2. Hamilton Heywood Sawin, m. Janette 
 Brown. 
 
 30 3. Ida May Saioin, d. 
 
 31 III. Lurene, b. Oct. 2, 1841 ; m. Matthias B. Felton, 
 q.v. 
 
 32 IV. Arunah Allen, b. Jan. 29, 1823 ; m. Nov. 1, 
 
HYMAN BENT. 
 LEVINAH J. (ALLEN) BENT. 
 
GEISTEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 469 
 
 1848, Sarah Brick ; res. Boston, Mass. 
 
 1. Alice, d. 
 
 2. Allen Herbert. 
 
 V. Susan, b. Dec. 30, 1825 ; m. Winslow Phillips, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. Maria, b. Oct. 13, 1828 : m. Oct. 12, 1853, 
 Marcus Wright ; res. (So.) Gr. 
 
 1. Lois Maria Wright. 
 
 2. Lewis Ashley Wright. 
 
 VTi. Ehnina, b. June 16, 1830 ; m, Nov. 15, 1859, 
 Joseph Green, of Hubbardston, Mass.; res. 
 (West) Ct. 
 
 1. Willie Hyman Green. 
 
 2. Arunah Allen Green. 
 
 3. Lester Newell Green. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1832. 
 
 IX. Charles Orra, b. June 4, 1835 ; m. Sept. 18, 
 1864, in Santa Cruz, Cal., Emeline Barnhill, 
 a native of Nova Scotia ; res. (So.) Gr. 
 
 1. Alice. 
 
 2. George. 
 
 X. Frances Flora, b. Oct. 27, 1838 ; m. Nov. 27, 
 1862, Charles 0. Whitney, b. May 4, 1838, s. 
 of Luke and Lovina (White) Whitney, of 
 Troy ; res. Marlboro. Ch. b. 1 in G., 2 and 
 3 in M. 
 
 1. Frank Russell Whitney,, b. Aug. 29, 1866. 
 
 2. Charles Winfred Whitney, b. Aug. 4, 
 
 1877. 
 
 3. Eobert Lynmore Whitney, b. Sept. 10, 
 
 1880. 
 XI. Roderic Leslie, b. Mar. 22, 1843 ; m. July 10, 
 1866, Mary Louisa, dau. of Silas Adams, of 
 G.; res. (So.) G. 
 1. Roland Adams. 
 
 Elisha Bent, b. Dec. 10, 1793 ; d. Nov. 13, 1865 ; 
 m. June 23, 1831, Nancy, b. Nov. 11, 1800 ; d. Apr. 
 30, 1885, dau. of William and Eunice (Ware) Robbins, 
 of Wincbendon. CSee Robert Ware.) 
 
 I. Neivell, b. Aug. 30, 1832 : d. Dec. 22, 1837. 
 II. Mary Anna, b. Jan. 8, 1834. 
 
 III. Eunice R, b. May 10, 1835 ; d. Dec. 24, 1837. 
 
 IV. Jarie E., b. Jan. 13, 1837 ; m. Martin S. Deeth, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Ehnina, b. Aug. 6, 1838 ; d. Oct. 24, 1841. 
 VI. Lois, b. Sept. 30, 1839 : d. Oct. 10, 1841, 
 VII. Nancy M., b. June 2, 1842 ; m. Caleb G. Cox. 
 
470 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 60 VIII. EUsha Melzo, b. Aug. 6, 1845 ; m. Jan. l"; 
 1878, Julia R., b. Apr. 26, 1856, dau. of Mosc 
 and Abby (Marshall) Chaplin, q.v. 
 
 61 1. Agnes, b. Sept. 27, 1878. 
 
 62 2. Josie F., b. June 20, 1881. 
 
 63 3. Waldo H., b. Mar. 25, 1883. 
 
 BIGELOW. 
 
 I JoHisr' BiGELOw, the emigrant ancestor, was s. of Randall Baguley 
 of Wrentham, Suffolk Co., England. He canie to this country and 
 settled in Watertown, Mass., where he took the oath of fidelity in 1636« 
 He d. in W., July 14, 1703 ; m. Ofct. 30, 1642, Mary Warren, and (3d) 
 Oct. 2, 1794, Sarah Bemis ; ch. all by 1st m. i. John ; ii. Jonathan ; 
 III. Daniel, b. Dec. 1, 1650, 2 ; iv. Mary ; v. Samuel, b. Oct. 28. 1753, 
 3 ; VI. Joshua ; tii. James ; viii. Elizabeth ; ix. Sary ; x. Martha ; 
 XI. Abigail ; xii. Hannah ; xiii. Infant son. 
 
 2 Daniel^, b. Dec. 1, 1650 ; settled in Framingham, Mass., where 
 he d. ab. 1715 ; m. Abial, dau. of Thomas and Susannah Pratt, by 
 whom he had ch. i. Abigail ; ii. Daniel, b. Nov. 24, 1691, 4 i m- 
 Abial ; iv. Susannah ; v. Ephraim ; yi, Lydia. 
 
 4 Daniel'', b. Nov. 24, 1691 ; d. ab. 1752 ; m. June 37, 1723, 
 Rebeckah, b. July 25, 1697, dau. of Nathaniel and Anne Eames ; she 
 d. July 7, 1738, and he m. (3d) July 7, 1746, Prudence Stone ; ch. all 
 by 1st m. I. Rebeckah ; ii. Daniel, d. y. ; in. Joseph ; iv. Daniel, b. 
 .July 16, 1733, 5 ; y. Rebeckah ; vi. Ann. 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 
 Daniel* BiGELOW, b. July 16, 1732 ; m. Mar. 20, 1754, 
 Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1728, dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Rice) 
 Pratt. The family came from Eram. to E. in 1782 or 
 before, and rem. from F. ab. 1800. 
 
 Daniel and Martha Bigelow admitted to chh. in E. 
 Mar. 31, 1782. Daniel taxed in E. to and including 
 1799. Thomas was the only one of his ch. who settled 
 in F., though it is supposed that Amos lived in town 
 for a few years. Ch. all b. in Eram. 
 
 I. A7nos\ b. Sept. 15, 1755 ; m. Feb., 1784, Anne 
 
 Brown. 
 II. Daniel, b. June 14, 1758 ; m. Mar., 1783, EHza- 
 beth, b. June 24, 1762, dau. of Peter and 
 Lydia (Pratt) (xallot or Gallop, of Eram., and 
 rem. to Keene, N. H., ab. 1800. 
 
 III. Reheckah, b. Oct. 14, 1760 ; m. Jan. 20, 1791, 
 
 Nathaniel Kingsbury, of K. 
 
 IV. Mitty, b. Dec. 6, 1762. 
 
 V. Martha, b. Aug. 27. 1765. 
 VI. Thomas', b. Apr. 20, 1768 + . 
 VII. Anna, b. June 26, 1771. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 471 
 
 (11) 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 (17) 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 Thomas^ Bigelow, b. Apr. 20, 1768 ; m. Hannah 
 Lewis, of Fram.; rem. ab. 1803 from F. to Keene, and 
 a few years later to Vt., where he res. in Pittsford, 
 Hubbardton, and Castleton, where both d. ab. 1826. 
 Ch. i.-v. b. in F. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. 1794 ; d. a. ab. 60. 
 
 II. Daniel, b. Oct. 6, 1795 ; d. in Mich., a. 84. 
 
 III. Polly, b. Aug. 3, 1797 ; m. Joel Saunders, q.v. 
 
 IV. Rufus, b. Mar. 21, 1799 ; d. a. 82. 
 V. Levi, b. Mar. 9, 1801 + . 
 
 VI, Thomas, d. in Mich., a. ab. 50. 
 
 VII. Roxana, d. in Benson, Vt., a. ab. 50. 
 
 VIII. Sarah was living in Wisconsin in 1884. 
 
 IX. Lucy, d. in Castleton, Vt., a. 51. 
 
 X. Samuel, d. in infancy. 
 
 Levi* Bigelow, b. Mar. 9, 1801 ; d. Feb. 5, 1885 ; 
 m. May 20, 1824, Polly, b. Mar. 2, 1803 ; d. Mar. 31, 
 1874, dau. of David and Polly (Spofford) Cutter, of 
 Jalirey ; m. (2d) Sept. 10, 1876, Cordelia Wilson, of 
 Otisville, la. She d. Apr. 3, 1880. The family res. in 
 F. from 1824 to 1858, when they rem. to Iowa ; res. 
 Oakland Valley, la. 
 
 I, Levi Spofford, b. May 31, 1825 ; m, Apr, 25, 
 1849, Ann Elizabeth Purington ; res. Wor- 
 
 II. Horace, 'b. Oct. 8, 1837 ; d. Sept. 22, 1828. 
 
 III. Horace, b. July 15, 1830 ; d. June 18, 1848. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1831 ; m. Eli Adams Smith, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Marij, b. Oct. 31, 1836 ; d. Oct. 14, 1875 ; m. 
 
 Mar. 19, 1855, S. Willard Hartwell, q.v. 
 VI. Elliot S., b. Apr. 22, 1878. 
 
 (3) Samuel' Bigelow, s. of John^ b. Oct. 28, 1653 ; d. 1733 (?) ; m. 
 1673, Mary Fla.cg, of Watertown, Mass.; ch. b. iu W. i. John, b. May 9, 
 1675, 29 ; II. Mary ; iii. Samuel ; iv. Sarah ; v. Thomas ; vi. Marcy ; 
 VII. Abigail ; viii. Deliverance. 
 
 29 John', b. May 9, 1675 ; d. Sept. 8, 1769 ; m. .June 12, 1696, 
 Jerusha Garfield, and settled iu Marlboro, Mass. ; she d. Jan. 16, 1758 ; 
 cii. b. in M. I. Jerusha ; ii. Tiiankful ; iil Joseph, b. Jan. 1, 1703, 
 30 ; IV- John ; V. Comfort ; yi. Freedom ; vii. Anna, and A'lii. 
 Gershom, twins ; ix. Jotham ; s. Benjamin ; xi. Sarah. 
 
 30 Joseph*, b. Jan. 1, 1703 ; m, 1735, Martha Brigham, and lived 
 in Shrewsbury, Mass.; his s., 
 
 31 Charles*, lived iu S. ; his s., 
 
472 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 40 
 41 
 
 (33) 
 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 44 
 45 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Joseph^ Bigelow, b. in S., Apr. 15, 1766 ; d. May 
 17, 1845 ; m. Lncy, b. Mar. 23, 1769 ; d. Oct. 30, 1845, 
 dau. of Timothy and Katherine Whitney, of S. They 
 rem. to Boylston, Mass., and from thence to F. Settled 
 on L 5 E n. Ch. b. i. in B., ii.-ix. in P. 
 
 I. Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1787+ . 
 II. Catharine, b. Aug. 26, 1789 ; m. Peter Prescott, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Asahel, b. Oct. 15, 1791. 
 
 IV. Levi, b. Sept. 13, 1794 ; m. Jan., 1821, Esther 
 
 French and settled in Eandolph, Vt., where 
 he d. July 8, 1874. 
 V. Lucy, b. Aug. 20, 1797 ; d. Aug. 28, 1822, 
 
 unm. 
 VI. Lyman, b. Dec. 8, 1799 ; d. July 18, 1840, at 
 
 Charleston, S. 0. 
 VII. Charles, b. Feb. 7, 1802+. 
 VIII. Zehina, b. July 27, 1804 : d. Nov. 10, 1810. 
 IX. Mary Whitney, b. Mar. 10, 1808 ; d. May 21, 
 1831, unm. 
 
 Joseph' Bigelow, b. Sept. 22, 1787 ; d. Aug, 15, 
 1834; m. Eunice, dau. of Barnabas Doty, of Mont-" 
 pelier, Yt. She m. (2d), 1841, Eobert Thompson, of 
 Eoyalston — his second wife. She d. Aug. 27, 1848. 
 Ch. b. I. and vi. in M., ii. in Charleston, IST. H., iii. 
 and IV. in F., v. in E. 
 
 I. William Fordice, b. Dec. 14, 1 817 ; m. Mar. 
 
 25, 1844, Susan Maria, b. July 8, 1823 ; d. 
 Aug. 17, 1873, dau. of Hervey and Fidelia 
 Taft, of E.; m. (2d) Dulcena, dau. of Cyrus 
 Davis, of E., and wid. of William Eeed. Ch. 
 all b. in E., where he still res. 
 
 1. Delia Maria, b. Jan. 1, 1848 ; m. John 
 
 Lowe, of Worcester, Mass., where they 
 
 2. Joseph Hervey, b. May 17, 1849; m. 
 
 ; res. Springfield, Mass. 
 
 3. Lyman Edward, b. June 18, 1851 ; m. 
 
 ; res. Orange, Mass. 
 
 4. Ellen Hazen, b. Sept. 27, 1854 ; d. Jan. 
 
 10, 1885. 
 
 II. Sardine Sparrow, b. Nov. 9, 1819 ; d. June 9, 
 
 1848 ; m. Oct. 30, 1845, Sarah M., b. Oct. 1, 
 1827 ; d. Nov. 6, 1875, dau. of Samuel and 
 Nancv (Locke) Hill, s.ip. 
 III. Lucretia Doty, b. Jan. 3, 1822 ; d. Nov. 2, 1876 ; 
 
^/lot^ S^H^<^^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 473 
 
 m. Dec. 24, 1845, John Worcester, b. Dec. 
 15, 1818 ; d. Dec. 13, 1879, s. of John and 
 Sally (Kimball), of Jaffrey ; res. Medina, 
 Mich. Ch. b. 1 in Jaffrey, 2 and 3 in M. 
 
 1. Helen Maria Worcester, b. Sept. 17, 
 
 1847 ; d. May 6, 1849. 
 
 2. Charles Fremont Worcester, b. Mar. 27, 
 
 1862 ; res. Sheldon, la. 
 
 3. George Edward JVorcester, b. Nov. 15, 
 
 1866 ; res. Sheldon, la. 
 
 IV. Chartes Prescott, b. Dec. 13, 1824 ; d. Oct. 14, 
 
 1883 ; m. Aug. 6, 1856, at Clinton, Mich., 
 
 Cornelia S., b. Mar. 12, 1829, dau. of William 
 
 and Sarah (Holbrook) Hubbard, of Cum- 
 
 mington, Mass., and wid. of 
 
 Mitchell. 
 
 Ch. b. 1 in Palmyra, Mich., 2 in Menasha, 
 Wis.; res. Pontiac, Mich. 
 
 1. Helen Louisa, b. May 1, 1857 ; m. Jan. 
 
 9, 1883, Ludovic E.' Cole, of P. 
 
 1. Ivy C. Cole, b. Nov. 7, 1884. 
 
 2. Charles Edmond, b. Nov, 24, 1870 ; res. 
 
 P. 
 Y. Lucy Ann, b. June 29, 1828; unm.; res. Shel- 
 don, la. 
 VI. Albert StiUman, b. Sept. 10, 1831 ; m. May 14, 
 1855, Lydia Maria, b. May 3, 1834 ; d. Sept. 
 24, 1872, dau. of John and Lovisa (Converse) 
 Buss, of Marlboro, N. H.; m. (2d) Apr. 10, 
 1873, Alice L., b. Dec. 26, 1854, dau. of 
 Thaddeus and Eliza H. (Buss) Metcalf, of 
 M.; res. M. 
 
 1. Arthur Fremont, b. Mar. 21, 1856 ; m. 
 
 May 28, 1877, Anna M., dau. of George 
 W. "Ellis, of Swanzev. 
 
 2. Edith Maria, b. Mar^ 7, 1860 ; d. Aug. 
 
 23, 1861. 
 
 3. Arlie Wilson, b. Aug. 15, 1862. 
 
 4. Lester Lyman, b. June 6, 1869 ; d. Feb. 
 
 10, 1871. 
 
 Charles- Bigelow, b. Feb. 7, 1802 ; d. Feb. 2, 
 1880 ; m. Sept. 15, 1831, Elizabeth ; d. July 25, 1841, 
 
 a. 37, dau. of Nichols, of Eoyalston ; m. (2d) July 
 
 3, 1842, Lucy, b. Jan. 11, 1811, dau. of John and Han- 
 nah (Stone) Whittemore. 
 
 I. Isaac Lyman, b. Oct. 27, 1833 ; m. Aug. 7, 
 1879, "Delia J., b. Sept. 19, 1853, dau. of 
 
474 
 
 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 62 
 63 
 64 
 
 65 
 
 66 
 
 67 
 
 68 
 69 
 70 
 
 71 
 
 70. 
 
 73 
 
 74 
 
 75 
 76 
 77 
 
 78 
 
 Thomas and Elizabetli Anderson, of St. 
 Mary's, Ont. ; res. Bay City, Mich. 
 
 1. Charles Lyman, b. June 1, 1881. 
 
 2. Ella May, b. July 14, 1882. 
 
 II. Mary Elizabeth, b. Ang. 30, 1836 ; m. Jan. 30, 
 1856, Abner S. Barden, b. Oct. 19, 1831, s. 
 of Abner and Nancy (Scott) ; res. Richmond. 
 
 1. Hattie E. Barden, b. Dec. 6, 1856 ; m. 
 
 July 6, 1875, Silas 0. Martin, b. Nov. 
 2, 1849, s. of Danvers and Olive 
 (Whipple). 
 
 1. Percy K. Martin, b. Eeb. 12, 
 
 1876. 
 
 2. Stella E. Martin, b. Apr. 13, 
 
 1878. 
 
 2. Charles A. Barden, b. Sept. 17, 1859. 
 
 3. Mary I. Barden, b. July 21, 1862. 
 
 III. Harriet Netoell, b. July 4, 1838 ; d, Jan. 29, 
 
 1840. 
 
 IV. Lucy Charlotte, b. Aug. 3, 1843. 
 
 V. Hannah, b. Mar. 28, 1845 ; m. Apr. 1, 1867, 
 William H. Blauchard, b. May 3, 1840, s. of 
 Rosel and Paulina (Ingalls), of Parishville, 
 N. Y. 
 
 1. Alice May Blanchard, b. July 12, 1879 ; 
 
 d. Nov. "29, 1884. 
 
 VI. Charles Danvers, b. Oct. 12, 1846 ; m. June 12, 
 
 1870, Frances M., b. Dec. 11, 1847, dau. of 
 
 George W. and Sophia M. (Cliapin) Waters, 
 
 of Jaffrey. 
 
 1. Frederick Sylvanus, b. Apr. 29, 1874. 
 
 2. Annie Maria, b. June 2, 1877. 
 
 Yii. John Herbert, b. Feb. 14, 1852 ; m. June 19, 
 
 1877, Mary Abby, b. Nov. 27, 1850, dau. of 
 
 David N. and Abigail R. (Alexander) Putney. 
 
 1. Charles Irwin, b. Aug. 20, 1879 ; res. 
 
 Troy. • 
 
 Agabus Bishop and w. Rebecca are said to have 
 come from Wrentham, Mass. Instead of coming with 
 an ox- team, as was the asual manner, he came with a 
 horse and wagon, and for some years this was the only 
 horse in that part of the town. He settled ab. 1778 on 
 L 18 R 12. He d. Dec. 26, 1795. His wid. was taxed 
 to 1802. They had 10 ch., all b. before the family came 
 to F. 
 
 I. Rebecca, m. William Clark (s. of Thomas ?). 
 
4 
 
 III. 
 
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 IV, 
 
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 Y. 
 
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 After living in town a few years they went 
 West. 
 II, Dolly, m. Nathaniel Buckland, Jr. L 19 E 12 
 was taxed to Rufiis Buckland in 1788, and to 
 Nathaniel Buckland in 1790. Eufus prob. 
 never lived in town. Nath. and Nath., Jr., 
 rem. ab. 1797. 
 Hannali, m. Robert Bowditch ; lived in Vt.(r) 
 Abigail, m. Ezekiel Miles ; res. Wallingford, Vt. 
 Betsey, m. Aaron Parks ; res. Springfield, Vt. 
 Lucy, m. Aaron Spofford ; res. Peru (Vt. or 
 
 N. Y, V). 
 Polly, m. James C. Allen ; res. Vv'allinoford, Vt. 
 
 Jesse, m. Godding, a sister of Timothy and 
 
 John. Jesse d. Oct. 3, 1790. His w. d. Sept. 
 6, 1790. 
 IX. Ayabus, m. Rebecca Sweetland, prob. dau. of 
 John Sweetland, who settled on L 22 R 11. 
 John S. was taxed to 1799, and John S., Jr., 
 1797 to 1801. The Sweetlands rem. to Vt. 
 1. Jesse, b. Jnly 4, 1800 ; d, ab. 1860 ; m, 
 Lncinda, b, 1799; d, 1837, dan. of 
 Jesse and Rose (Swift) Ballon, of Rich- 
 mond ; res. R. 
 
 1. Smith, b. Nov. 12, 1814. 
 
 2. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1818. 
 
 3. Lois. b. Apr. 22, 1823 ; m. Har- 
 
 rison Taft, of R. 
 X. William, d. Feb. 6, 1831, a. 57 y. He m. Betsey 
 Jessup, of Warwick, Mass. She d. Aug. 21, 
 1830, a. 57 y. 
 
 1. Hosea, b. July 3, 1803. 
 
 2. George, b. Feb. 27, 1806 ; d. Julv 10, 
 
 1828. 
 
 18 SiMEO]!f Bishop was taxed 1795-96. 
 
 19 Bethuel Bishop m. another sister of T. and J. 
 Godding and rem. to Shrewsbury, Vt. 
 
 20 ! Laviista Bishop m. Cadish Boyce, of Richmond. 
 
 Daniel Chandler Bissell, s. of Chauncey and 
 Philena (Cune) Bissell, was b. Oct. 9, 1814, in Marlboro, 
 Vt., and came to F. ab. 1834 ; m. Feb. 10, 1841, Lydia, 
 b. in Keene, N. H., May 27, 1823, dau. of George and 
 Betsey (Kneeland) Lebourveau, and sister of William, 
 q.v. Ch. b. George W. in Marlboro, N. IL, others in F. 
 
 I. Frances J., b. Dec. 19, 1841 ; m. June 10, 1862, 
 
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 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 lY 
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 George' Coolidge, b. Feb. 6, 1833 : d. Jan. 8, 
 1880, s. of Asher' (who was s. of Abrabjim'^) 
 and Olive (Starkey) Coolidge, of Troy. See 
 Coolidge (6) ; res. Akron, 0. 
 
 1. Minnie A. Coolidge, b. in Fitcliburg, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 2. Oscar IT. Coolidge, b. Sontlibridge, Mass. 
 
 3. Nellie E. Coolidge, b. Akron, 0. 
 
 4. Lizzie A. Coolidge, b. Akron, 0.; d. Oct. 
 
 11, 1872. 
 Geon/e W., b. June 24, 1852 ; m. Luella V. 
 Lvnn. and res. in Akron, 0. 
 'l. Eva L. 
 Addie M., b. Mav 6, 1854; m. Charles S. Siif- 
 
 ford. See Smith, No. 27. 
 Alice M., b. Mav 7. 185G ; d. Apr. 26, 1857. 
 Willie, b. Mar. 24, 1858. 
 
 George Bissell, a bro. of Daniel C, d. Dec. 28, 
 1852, a. 36 v.; m. Nov. 5, 1845, Mary S., b. Avig. 20, 
 1824, dan. 'of Ilenrv and Betsey (Bent) Shirley, q.v. 
 (She m. [2d] Levi Phillips, q.v.) 
 
 Luella F., b. 1853(?) ; d. Sept. 20(?), 1875, at 
 
 Manchester, Vt., imm. 
 
 Emerson" E. Bissell, another bro. of D. C, m. Sept. 
 17, 1850, Sarah S., dan. of Simeon and Lois (Stone) 
 Merri field, q.v. 
 
 James W. Bissell, another bro. of D. C, m. June 4, 
 1851, Elizabeth M., b. 1829, dan. of Caleb and Louisa 
 (Bowen) Boyee, q.v. 
 
 BLAKE. 
 
 I William' Bi.akk, the cniigrant ancestor of the Blakes of Xew Eng- 
 hnul, was tlie s. of Giles and "Dorothy (Twedy) Blake, and ^vas b. in 
 1504 in Little Badclow, county of Essex, England, where several geueni- 
 tions of the family had resided. He, with his family, came to this 
 country in lOoO, and settled in Dorchester, 3[ass., where he d. Aug. 35, 
 1GG3. His wid., Agnes, d. July 33, 167S. His s., 
 
 2 Edward*, b. ab. 1635 ; m. Patience Pope, of D., and settled in 
 ;Milton, 3Iass. His s., 
 
 3 ,ToNATiiAN% b. July 5. 1073 ; m. Mar. 16, 1699, Elizabeth Candage, 
 of I'ambridge, and res. in Boston. His s., 
 
 4 Ebenkzei!\ b. 1709 ; d. Mar. 14, 1794 ; m. Dec. 11, 1739, Patrou- 
 nella Peck, of Rehoboth ; she d. Sept. 11, 1757, a. 50 y., and he m. 
 (3d) Elizabetii Partridge ; res. Wrentham. His s., 
 
 5 EcENEZEU^ b. Sept. 38, 1730; d. Sept. 11, 1819; m. Oct. 11, 
 
^^4^,-,,-^-^^ /^ M£^i^ 
 
 PHOTO-GRAVUBB CO.. N. T- 
 
GEISTEALOGTCAL REGISTER. 
 
 477 
 
 1756, Tamar Thompson, who d. Nov. 13, 1775, and he m. (23) Feb. 8, 
 1777, Anna Hodges. She d. June 9, 1783, and he m. (3d) Jan. 28, 1784, 
 Rachel Ealcom, d. Aug. 24, 1833 ; res. W. His s., 
 
 Q Eleazer", b. Apr. 1, 1757 ; rem. to Rindge in 1792, and d. Sept. 
 27, 1858 ; m. Nov. 29, 1785, Jerusha, dau. of Gamaliel and Jerusha 
 (Mann) Gerould, of W. She d. May 20, 1849, a. 89 y. His s.. 
 
 Ebenezer' Blake, b. Nov. 16, 1800 ; m. July 13, 
 1824, Hepsibeth, b. Dec. 3, 1802 ; d. Nov. 10, 1874, dau. 
 of Amos and Lydia (Jewett) Jewett, of Eindge ; res. R. 
 
 I. Bela S7iedd\ b. June 25, 1825 ; m. Dec. 25, 
 1857, Sarah Howard, of New York City ; res. 
 Cincinnati, 0. 
 II. Henri/, b. Sept. 17, 1826, iinm.; res. Keene. 
 
 III. Fliny Fishc, b. Oct. 14, 1827 ; d. Aug. i, 1858, 
 
 11 nm. 
 
 IV, Milton, b. May 22, 1829 ; m. Sept. 14, 1857, 
 
 Augusta N. Pan], of Hartland, Vt. ; res. K. 
 V. Charles Loche, b, Jan. 17, 1831 ; d. Oct. 3, 
 
 1864, unm. 
 
 VI. Arvilla, b. Dec. 22, 1832 ; d. Mar. 30, 1870 ; 
 
 m. Nov. 1, 1853, Eliphaz H. Allen. 
 VII. John 3farshall, b. May 14, 1835 ; d. Oct. 18, 
 
 1857, in Iowa, unm. 
 VIII. Amos Jeiuett, h. Oct. 20, 1836; m. Dec. 26, 
 
 1865, Lizzie A., b. June 23, 1840 ; d. Juno 
 22, 1867, dau. of Dennis and Lucv (Ball) 
 Howe, of R.; ni. (2d) Jan. 2, 1883, Flora E., 
 b. Sept. 1, 1845, dau. of Nathan and Mary L. 
 (Miles) Stone, q.v.; res. in F. since 1863. 
 
 1. Howard^ b. Feb. 23, 1867 ; d. Sept. 8, 
 
 1867. 
 
 2. Leroy Stanley, b. Nov. 5, 1883. On his 
 
 mother's side he is also the ninth gen- 
 eration from the emigrant ancestor of 
 the Stone family. 
 IX. Hiram, b. Feb. 9, 1838 ; res. in K. 
 X. Maria Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1839 ; m. Jan. 22, 
 1872, Eliphaz H. Allen— his 2d m. See No. 
 13 above. Res. Bradford, Vt. 
 
 Eben^ezer Blanding was a native of Rehoboth, Mass. 
 Came to Royalston, From thence rem. to Richmond, 
 and from thence to Richfield, N. Y., where he d. a. ab. 
 90 y. He had 17 ch. His s., 
 
 Otis, lived in R. and F.; rem. to Michigan, where 
 he d. He m. Dec. 1, 1808, Abigail, dau. of Jeremiah 
 Barrus, of R.; m. (2d) Jan. 20, 1825, Sarah, b. Aug. 
 
478 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 20, 1797, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Sweet) Cass, of E. 
 She d. and he m. (3d) Mary Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1803 ; d. 
 Aug. 6, 1832, at Adrian, Mich., dan. of Alexander and 
 
 Eunice (Hawes) Foster, of F. ; m. (4th) Wheeler, 
 
 of , Mich. Ch. b. i., ii., iv., v., in E.; in. in 
 
 Hamilton, N. Y.; vi. in F., vii. in Adrian ; 5 ch. by 
 1st m., 1 each by 2d and 3d m. 
 
 I. Harvey, b. May 1, 1809 ; d. Mar. 23, 1859 ; m. 
 Dec. 3, 1835, Mary, dau. of Zalmon and 
 Phebe (Holt) Howe. He was a pail manu- 
 facturer in Troy. 
 
 1. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 3, 1837 ; m. Apr. 
 
 20, 1853, James Eobb. 
 
 2. Oscar Joel, b. Feb. 26, 1842. 
 
 3. Janette Adeline, b. Nov. 11, 1846. 
 II. Jason, b. Aug. 21, 1811 ; d. June 12, 1840. 
 
 III. Prudence, b. Jan. 24, 1813 ; m. Dennis Bowen, 
 
 s. of Zephaniah and Martha (Allen), of E. 
 
 IV. Oscar F., b. Nov. 4, 1819+. 
 
 V. Mansel M., b. Apr. 17, 1822 ; m. Dec. 24, 
 1845, Persis M., dau. of Zimri and Parna 
 (Howe) Ingalls, of E. 
 VI. William Ebenezer, b. Sept. 9, 1826 ; d. Jan. 3, 
 1861, at F.; m. Aug. 10, 1855, Hannah E., 
 b. Aug. 5, 1830 ; d. June 9, 1860, dau. of 
 Daniel and Lucy (Sweetser) White, of F. 
 VII. Caroline Sabra, m. David B. Day. He served 
 in the War of the Eebelliou, and d. Aug., 
 1864, at Andersonville. 
 
 1. Walter Edmund Day, b. Aug. 8, 1854, 
 
 in F. 
 
 2. Edwin Harvey Day, b. Nov. 12, 1858, in 
 
 Templeton, Mass. 
 
 OscAK F., b. Nov. 4, 1819 ; m. June 5, 1844, Lydia, 
 b. Mar. 24, 1821 ; d. Aug. 21, 1845, dau. of Thomas 
 and Lydia (Cook) Goddard, of Eichmond ; m. (2d) May 
 18, 1846, Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1820, dau. of Henry and 
 Polly (Smith) Whipple, of Warwick ; res. E. and F. 
 Ch. b. in E. 
 
 I. Oscar 0., b. July 24, 1845 ; m. Laura M. 
 
 Peeler, and res. at Athol, Mass. 
 II. Aurora Jane, b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; m. Charles H. 
 Leathe, and res. at Otter Eiver, Mass. 
 
 III. Laura Ami, b. Sept 27, 1849 ; m. George N. 
 
 Dyer, and res. at Gardner, Mass. 
 
 IV. Henry W., h. Jan. 10, 1852 ; m. Nellie Eugg, 
 
 and res. at G. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 20 
 
 V. Hattie P., b. Jan. 28, 1854; m. C. C. Dyer, 
 
 and res. at Otter R. 
 VI. L'ljman H., b. Jan. 24, 1858. 
 
 BLODGETT. 
 
 1 Thomas' Blodgett (originally spelled Blogget), a. 30 y., and 
 Susanna, his w. a. 37 y., came to this country from London, England, 
 in the ship Increase, in the year 1635. They brought with them 2 ch., 
 Daniel and Samuel, and had 2 ch., Susan and Thomas, b. in this country. 
 They settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he had a grant of land, and 
 where he d. 1642. His s., 
 
 2 SamueIv'*, settled in Woburn, Mass., where he was a prominent and 
 influential citizen. His s.. 
 
 3 Thomas^, b. Feb. 26, 1661 ; d. Sept. 29, 1740 ; 
 Rebecca Tidd, of Woburn. His s., 
 
 4 Samuel^ bapt. in Lexington, Mass., June 17, 
 1773 ; m. June 26, 1726, Mary Russell. His s., 
 
 5 Timothy^ b. Aug. 7. 1740 ; d. Jan. 13, 1831 ; 
 and had 13 ch., one of whom was Timothy", b. Sept. 
 
 m. Nov. 11, 1685, 
 
 1702 ; d. Jan. 23, 
 
 m. Millicent Perry, 
 24, 1766. 
 
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 11 
 12 
 
 TiMOTHT* Blodgett, b. Sept. 24, 1766 ; d. Nov. 29, 
 1855 ; m. Apr. 20, 1786, Elizabeth Stiles*, b. Sept. 4, 
 1765 ; d. May 15, 1850, dau. of Edmond and Elizabeth 
 (Preston) Stiles, of Wendell, Mass. Came from jSTorth- 
 lield, Mass., in the spring of 1797, and settled first on 
 L 4 R 8, which had been previously owned by Thomas 
 Stratton. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Wendell (?) ; iv. in Xorth- 
 field, Mass. ; v.-ix. in E. 
 
 I. Parna', b. May 4, 1790 ; m. Feb. 15, 1814, 
 Samuel Parker, of Montpelier, Vt. She d. 
 Sept. 22, 1873, at Bolton, Vt. 
 II. Ashley, b. Mar. 24, 1792 ; res. Norwich, Vt. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. June 21, 1794 ; m. Jan. 24, 1817, 
 
 Warren Kendall, of Dover, Vt. She d. Feb. 
 22, 1827, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Joseph, b. Oct. 28, 1796+. 
 
 V. Malta, b. July 14, 1799 ; d. Jan. 14, 1828, unm. 
 VI. lloxana, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; m. Mar. 19, 1822, 
 
 * In the year 1638 a company of emigrants under the spiritual lead of Rev. Ezekiel 
 Rogers came from Yorlishire, Euglana, and settled in Rowley, Mass. One of this 
 company was 
 
 1. RoBKRT Stiles, who m. Oct. 4, ICGO, Elizabeth Frye, of Andover, Mass. He d. 
 July 30, 1690. Their s., 
 
 2. John, b. June 30, 1661, m. Deliverance Towne, of Topsfleld, Mass. Their s., 
 
 3. John, bapt. Dec. 16, 1688, atTopsfield, m. Eleanor Pearl, of Boxford, Mass. Their s., 
 
 4. BEN.JAMIN, b. Nov. 4, 1716 ; d. July 25, 1T63; m. Jan. 11, 1737, Elizabeth Foster, of 
 Andover, Mass. Their s., 
 
 5. Edmond, b. Nov. 22, 1740 ; d. at Wendell, Mass , July 23. 1815 ; m. Oct. 11, 1763, Eliza- 
 beth Preston, who d. an F., Sept. 29, 1828, a. 88 y. They bad 2 ch., botb b. in Shrewsbury, 
 Mass., Pnineas and Elizabeth". Elizabeth* m. Timothy Blodgett, as stated above. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 William Chase, Jr., of Royalston, where she 
 d. Feb. 24, 1837. 
 VII. Timothy, b. Apr. 17, 1804 ; d. Oct. 15, 1856, at 
 
 Bolton, P. Q., Canada. 
 Yiii. Nancy, b. Oct. 30, 1806 ; d. Sept. 15, 1857 ; 
 m. Jan. 16, 1827, Ethan Cutter, of Jaffrey, s. 
 of John and Rebecca (Demary). 
 IX. Lovisa, b. Oct. 7, 1809 ; m. Barrett Whitte- 
 raore, q.v. 
 
 Joseph' Blodgett, b. Oct. 28, 1796 ; m. June 23, 
 1822, Hannah, b. June 23, 1800 ; d. Sept. 29, 1876, 
 dau. of Charles and Hannah (Stewart) Chase, of Jaffrey. 
 Mr. B. was in his 91st y. when the portrait of him 
 which is here given was taken, and the oldest person res. 
 in F. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Maria\ b. Mar. 29, 1823 ; m. May 13, 1845, 
 Michael Cloney, b. Oct. 15, 1815 ; d. Dec. 11, 
 1874. He was a native of Ireland ; came to 
 F. ab. 1841, and rem. to Vermont ab. 1847. 
 Mrs. C. res. in Manchester, Vt. 
 
 1. Andrew Bailey'' Cloney, b. May 18, 1846, 
 
 at F. ; m. (1st) Celia Barnard, of Man- 
 chester, Vt. She d. and he m. (2d) 
 Ada Stevens, of Dorset, Vt. ; res. Win- 
 chendon. Ch. by 1st m. 
 1. Mary Emma'° Cloney, b. Xov. 1, 
 1868, at Manchester. 
 
 2. Mary Lovisa'' Cloney, b. Dec. 2, 1849, at 
 
 Rutland, Vt. ; m. Alfred H. Bowman, 
 of Manchester, where they res. 
 
 1. Alfred Guy" Bowman, b. July 20, 
 
 1870. 
 
 2. Winfred A. Boiuman, b. May 18, 
 
 1872. 
 
 3. Earl Cloney Bowman, b. Aug. 26, 
 
 1875. 
 
 4. D wight A. Boioman, b. June 8, 
 
 1880 ; d. Sept. 2, 1881. 
 
 3. Emma Maria Cloney, b. Apr., 1853 : d. 
 
 Apr., 1856. 
 
 4. Joseph Herbert Cloney, b. Dec. 9, 1859 ; 
 
 d. Feb., 1860. 
 II. Eliza, b. Sept. 7, 1824 ; d. Apr. 11, 1826. 
 III. Eliza Ann, b. July 1, 1826 ; m. Franklin Ken- 
 dall, q.v.; m. (2d) Jan. 3, 1860, Elisha Hark- 
 ness, who d. in the army. May 31, 1863 ; m. 
 (3d) Apr. 28, 1873, Lewis D. Pease. 
 
JOSEPH BLODGETT. 
 
 PHOTO-GRAVURE 00,. N. Y 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 
 
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 IV. Joseph, b. July 13, 1828 ; m. Emily Potter. 
 
 1. Joseph Eller^^ d. July 25, 1876, a. 23 y. 
 
 2. Effie Stiles, b. Dec. 4, 1854 ; m. Dec. 8, 
 1875, Walter Israel Peck, b. Aug. 8, 
 1853, at Waterville, Vt.; d. Jan. 24, 
 1880, at Marlboro, K H., s. of Aliial 
 and Maria (Jeudevine). 
 
 V. Phehe, b. Sept. 3, 1830 ; m. Horace Coolidge, q.v. 
 VI. Ethan, b. Oct. 17, 1832+. 
 VII. Timothy, b. May 31, 1835 ; m. Mar. 13, 1861, 
 Jane H., b. Mar. 13, 1836, dau. of Dea. Calvin 
 and Patty (Hyde) Coolidge, q.v. 
 VIII. Hannah Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1838 ; d. Jan. 13, 
 1885 ; m. Mar. 9, 1865, Jerome H. Towsley, 
 s. of William and Electa, of Eupert, Vt. ; re's. 
 Wincliendon. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Abbie Maria" Towsley, b. Mar. 18, 1869. 
 
 2. William Joseph Towsley, b. Oct. 16, 
 
 1870. 
 
 3. Jennie Etta Towsley, b, Apr. 9, 1874. 
 IX. Charles Simeon, b. Dec. 9, 1842 ; m. Feb. 17, 
 
 1876, Sarah Flint, of Bowen's Prairie, la. 
 She was b. Nov. 9, 1848, in Winchester, N^. H., 
 and was dau. of Ezekiel and Sarah (Willard) 
 Flint ; res. Kimball, Dak. Ch. b. in AVater- 
 loo, la. 
 
 1. Hattie L., b. June 6, 1877. 
 
 2. Arthur B., b. Aug. 27, 1882. 
 
 Ethax^ Blodgett, b. Oct. 17, 1832 ; m. Mar. 23, 
 1854, Mary Mayhew, b. Apr. 6, 1833, dau. of William 
 Howland and Martha (Whittemore) Manchester, of New 
 Bedford, Mass. Ch. b. i. and v.-viii. at F, ; ii. at 
 Hopkinton, la. ; iii. and iv. at Templeton, Mass. 
 
 I. William Ethan', b. Mar. 27, 1855 ; m. Aug. 31, 
 1878, Nellie Eldora, b. Sept. 11, 1856, in 
 Quincy, Mass., dau. of Henry and Mary E. 
 Hayden. 
 
 1. William Henry'", b. Mar. 25, 1880. 
 
 2. Hattie Howland. b. Aug. 6, 1881. 
 II. Mary Martha, b. Dec. 25, 1856. 
 
 III. Zenas Arthur, b. Dec. 29, 1858. 
 
 IV. Susan Hannah, b. Sept, 1, 1860. 
 
 V.' Jlinnie Lincoln, b. Mar. 24, 1866 ; d. Dec. 13, 
 
 1870. 
 VI. Grace Gertrude, b. Mar. 4, 1868. 
 VII. Thomas Mayheto, b. Dec. 25, 1869. 
 VIII. Joseph Bertice, b. June 28, 1873. 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Joseph" Blodgett, a bro. of Timothy", came to 
 F. ab. 1799, and d. here, Sept. 16, 1822 (a. 45 y.), 
 though it is not certain that he lived in town all the 
 intervening years. His w. was Thankful Hawkes, of 
 Deerfield, Mass. Five ch. (i.-v.) of "late Joseph 
 Blodgett and his now widow. Thankful," were bapt. 
 July 16, 1823. Three more are added from rec. of 
 deaths. This prob. makes the full number of ch., but 
 the correct order cannot be given. 
 I. Thanhful Trypliosa. 
 
 II. Edmund Stiles, b. at Deerfield, Mass. ; d. Apr. 1, 
 1886 ; m. May 15, 1834, Rebecca, b. May 27, 
 1811, dau. of William S. and Polly (Locke) 
 Whittemore, q.v.; res. Bowen's Prairie, la. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. William Barrett, b. July 19, 1835 ; d. 
 
 Apr. 19, 1861, unm. 
 
 2. Joseph Timothy, b. Apr. 5, 1837; d. 
 
 May 1, 1851. 
 
 3. Frederick Herbert, b. Aug. 22, 1840 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 26, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn., 
 in the army. 
 
 III. Susanna Fidelia. 
 
 IV. Lucy Angeline. 
 v. Selah Haiohes. 
 
 VI. Child, d. Feb. 13, 1804. 
 VII. Adaline, d. Oct. 29, 1817, a. 14 mos. 
 VIII. Levi, a twin, d. Oct. 18, 1822, a. 4 y. 
 
 Prescott Blodgett, perhaps a nephew of Joseph 49, 
 lived in town ab. 4 y. ; was taxed 1832-35 ; his w. 
 Belinda, d. Sept. 3, 1834, a. 23 y. ; his dau., 
 
 I. Susan R., d. Sept. 15, 1834, a. 8 weeks. ■ 
 
 Levi Blodgett, taxed in F. 1804-1806. 
 
 Simeon" Blodgett, of Deerfield, Mass., d. in F, Sept. 
 
 2, 1842, a. 56 y. 
 
 Jedidiah Fat m. Jerusha Blodgett, June 16, 1800, 
 Isaac Lyon- m. Sally Blodgett, Feb. 5, 1822. 
 
 William Blood was taxed 3 y., 1807-1809. By w. 
 Betsey he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Apr. 26, 1808. 
 II. Loring, b. Oct. 13, 1809. 
 
 Joseph Nelson Bosworth, s. of Joseph and Abigail, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 483 
 
 was b. in Royalston, May 11, 1820 ; ra. Nov. 2, 1843, 
 Ljdia F., b. *in R., June 16, 1817, dau. of David and 
 Joanna (Prescott) Moore, q.v.; res. in P. Ch. b. i. in 
 Kindge, others in Royalston. 
 
 I. Sarali Jane, b. Nov. 3, 1844 ; m. Henry M. 
 
 Gilson. 
 II. Abhie Joanna, b. Aug. G, 1846 ; m. D. Francis 
 White, q.v. 
 
 III. Ann Lydia, b. Dec. 15, 1848 ; m. Milton W. 
 
 Flagg, q.v. 
 
 IV. Myra Jerusha, b. Dec. 16, 1850. 
 
 V. Maria Ella, b. Ang. 10, 1852 ; m. Daniel Edgar 
 
 Gilson. 
 
 VI. Charles Prescott, b. Jan. 9, 1856 ; m. June 5, 
 
 1878, Emma E., b. Oct. 27, 1857, dan. of 
 Thomas and Susan (Whittemore) Perry, of 
 F.; res. Royalston. 
 
 1. George. 
 
 2. Winifred. 
 
 Ebenezer Boutwell and family were in F. before 
 1779, as in that year he was one of the petitioners for 
 leave to build pews in the meeting-house. He lived on 
 L 7 R 10, and sold to Jedidiah Fay. He rem. to 
 Leverett, Mass., ab. 1798. By w. Polly he had ch. rec. 
 inF. 
 
 I. Elijah, bapt. Sept. 28, 1793. 
 
 II. John, bapt. Sept. 28, 1793. 
 
 III. Lucinda, h. Dec. 16, 1787 ; d. Apr. 24, 1797. 
 
 IV. Calvin, b. Aug. 19, 1789. 
 V. Levi, b. Sept. 12, 1792. 
 
 VI. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1796. 
 VII. Charles, b. Jan. 31, 1797. 
 
 Thankful Boutwell, wid. of Franklin, d. Nov. 12, 
 
 1780. 
 
 BOWKER. 
 
 John and Anna (Wright) Bowker, of Scituate, 
 Mass., had 13 ch., of whom 6 came to N. H.. 5 lived in 
 F., and 1 in Walpole. Bartlet and John came to F, in 
 1780, and having commenced a settlement, brought up 
 their wives the next year. They bought L 19 and 20 
 R 7. In the Proprietors' Tax-list of 1788 and in the 
 penny lists of 1789-91, L 19 is set to John and L 20 to 
 Bartlet, but in their division of the land BarLlet had L 
 
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 19. Charles came a few y. later, but was in toAvn prob. 
 as early as 1785. 
 
 I. Rebecca, d. unm. 
 
 II. Bartlet, b. Feb. 2, 1749+. 
 
 III. Lucy, m. Simeon Damon. ( , ,, 
 
 IV. Anna, m. Samuel Damon, j "^rotners. 
 V. Jolin-\-. 
 
 VI. Hannah, m. Dea. Samuel Griffin, g.v. 
 
 VII. Charles-\-. 
 
 ^viii. Ruth, m. Peleg Curtis. 
 
 IX. Delight, d. at F. July 27, 1793, a. 33 y., unm. 
 
 X. Ste]}hen~\-. 
 
 XI. Elijah. 
 
 XII. Relief, m. Peres Jacobs. 
 
 XIII. Deziah, m. Joseph Cushing, bro. of Lucy. (See 
 Stephen, No. 11.) 
 
 BaetletBowker, b. Feb. 2, 1749 ; d. Jan. 16, 1829 ; 
 m. Christiana Holmes. She d. Dec. 11, 1793, and he 
 m. (2d) Sept. 7, 1794, Mrs. Susanna Wellington. She 
 d. Apr. 5, 1797, and he m. (3d) Feb. 1, 1798, Jemima, 
 b. Feb. 28, 1771 ; d. Apr. 4, 1847, dau. of Ezekiel and 
 Anna (Miles) Knowlton, of Templeton, and wid. of 
 Thomas Wright, of F., q.v. Ch. 6 by 1st m., 1 by 2d 
 m., 7 by 3d m. Christiana, perhaps b. in Scituate, 
 but all the others in F. 
 
 I. Christiana, b. Feb. 20 ; d. Feb. 21, 1781. 
 II. Rebecca, b. May 30, 1782 ; m. David Stowell, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Bartlet, b. Dec. 6, 1784. 
 
 IV. 8te2)hen, b. Dec. 8, 1788 ; m. Apr. 7, , 1814, 
 
 Sally, b. Jan. 31, 1790, dau. of John and 
 Sarah Whitney, q.v. Ch. rec. in F, 
 1. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1815. 
 V. Anna, b. Jan. 22, 1792 ; m. Ezekiel Collins, 
 q.v. 
 VI. Samuel, b. Jan. 22 ; d. Jan. 23, 1792 (twin). 
 VII. Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1795. 
 
 VIII. Wright, b. Nov. 18, 1798 ; d. Dec. 27, 1821, 
 unm. 
 IX. Lulce, b. Oct. 28, 1800+. 
 X. Elijah, b. Jan. 8, 1803 + - 
 
 XI. Lucy, b. Nov. 3, 1804 ; d. Oct. 13, 1827, unm. 
 XII. Cynthia, b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; m. Oct. 5, 1831, 
 Dexter B. Eollins, of Charlestown, Mass. 
 She m. (2d) Jesse Stone, q.v. 
 1. Dexter Whittemore Rollins. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 485 
 
 XIII, Boxana, b. July 28, 1809 ; m. Leander H. 
 
 Stovvell, q.v. 
 
 XIV. Hannah, b. Mar. 25, 1815 ; m. James Corey, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 Capt. John Bowker, m. Faith Holmes, sister of 
 Christiana, w. of his bro. Bartlet. Faith d. July 20, 
 1788, and he m. (2d) Annis Marshall, Dec. 10, 1789 ; 
 rem. to Potsdam, N. Y., ab. 1810. Ch. G by 1st m., 10 
 by 2d m. Lydiab. in Scituate, all the others in F, 
 I. Lydia, b. Oct. 11, 1779. 
 II. John, b. Aug. 1, 1781. 
 HI. Thomas, b. Mar. 17, 1783. 
 IV. Leafee (Relief), b. Feb. 14, d. Feb. 16, 1785. 
 V. Leafee, b. Feb. 13, 1786 ; d. Ang. 22, 1788. 
 VI. Hannah, b. Apr. 16, 1788 ; d. Sept. 2, 1788. 
 VII. Warren, b. Oct. 7, 1790 ; d. Apr. 7, 1791. 
 VIII. Warren, b. June 16, 1792. 
 IX. Leafee, b. Oct. 27, 1793 : m. Jan. 29, 1815, 
 
 William II. Wright, of Phillipston, Mass. 
 X. Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1795. 
 XI. Salome, b. Nov. 9, 1798. 
 XII. Infant, d. Oct. 7, 1800. 
 
 XIII. Lucinda, b. Jan. 8, 1803, 
 
 XIV. Rebecca, b. Aug. 27, 1805. 
 
 XV. Benjamin Marshall, b. Jan. 12, 1808. 
 XVI. Mary, bapt. Apr. 26, 1810. 
 
 Charles Bowker, d, July 21, 1839, a, 81 y. ; m. 
 Apr. 19, 1787, Beulah Stone, b. Feb, 22, 1767 ; d, Jan, 
 24, 1836, dau, of Abner and Lucy (Mellen), q.v. 
 I, Charles, b, July 24, 1787 ; res. Boston. 
 II. Sylvester, b. Nov. 3, 1789 ; d. Mar. 25, 1793. 
 
 III, Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1793 ; m, Lyman Wright, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV, Sylvender, b. May 17, 1798 ; m, Louisa Storrow, 
 
 of Boston, He d. 1828, and she m. (2d) Jesse 
 Forristall, q.v. 
 V, Leonard, b. May 13, 1801, 
 
 VI, Melancia, b. Sept, 7, 1803 ; m. July 27, 1831, 
 Dr. Oeorge Newell, of Petersham, Mass. He 
 d. and she m, (2d) Rev. John Storrs, 
 VII. Laura, b, Dec, 9, 1805 ; m, Dec, 19, 1826, 
 
 Ebenezer Roby, of Cambridge, Mass, 
 VIII, Chestina, b. Sept, 27, 1808 ; m. Feb, 16, 1831, 
 Asahel G. Allen, of Albany, Vt. 
 
 Stephen Bowker m. Lucy Cushing and settled in 
 
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 Walpole, 'N. H., wliere he d. (before 1806), and she m. 
 
 (2d) Carpenter. Stephen may have had more than 
 
 2 ch. The 2d one here given lived in F. from child- 
 hood. 
 
 I. Gushing, m. Feb. 13, 1817, Sarah, dau. of 
 Moses and Sarah Van Doom, q.v.; res. Par- 
 ishville, N. Y. 
 II. Samuel Griffin, d. Sept. 30, 1839, a. 37 v.; m. 
 Nov. 16, 1826, Orpha, b. Nov. 9, 1804 ; d. 
 Sept. 17, 1854, dau. of John and Lucy (Brig- 
 ham) Fay, q.v. 
 
 1. Charles, d. Mar. 24, 1832, a. 2 y. 
 
 2. Samuel Francis, b. 1833(?) ; m. Nov. 29, 
 
 1856, Eosanna L., b. Mar. 4, 1837 ; d. 
 July 24, 1861, dan. of Philip D. and 
 Nancy D. (Sargent) Angier, q.v.; m. 
 (2d) May (29?), 1862, Amanda M. 
 (Chase) Martin, b. June 12, 1838, dau. 
 of Daniel and Mary (Hale) Chase, q.v., 
 and wid. of Warren Martin, Had 2 
 ch. by 1st m. and 7 by 2d m., but no 
 record has been obtained ; res. Crystal 
 Lake, la. 
 
 3. Daughter, d. Jan. 23, 1838, a. 2 y. 
 
 Luke Bowker, b. Apr. 28, 1800 ; d. Mar, 23, 1887 ; 
 m. Apr., 1828, Ehoda Harwood, of Oxford, Mass. She 
 d. June 17, 1844, a. 37 y., and he m. (2d) Sarah Howe, 
 who d, Apr, 3, 1877, a. 68 y. ; m. (3d) May 28, 1878, 
 Rebecca (Ballard), wid, of Reuben P. Simonds. 
 
 I. Infant, b. Jan. 5, d. Jan. 8, 1829. 
 II. GliarUs, b. Nov. 16, 1831 ; m. Sept. 23, 1857, 
 Sarah E., b. Aug. 2, 1837, dau. of Sylvanus 
 and Lucy (Fullam) Holman, .(/,«;.; res. Wil- 
 mington, Del. Ch. b. in Pitchburg, Mass. 
 
 1. Alice E., b. Sept. 9, 1862 ; m. Mar. 5, 
 
 1883, John H. Dearborn, s. of John C. 
 and Harriet E., of Lawrence, Mass.; 
 res. Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 1. Arthur Leslie, b. Dec. 22, 1883, 
 in Boston, Mass. 
 
 2. Louise R., b. June 26, 1867. 
 
 III, Milton, b, Aug, 3, 1834 ; d, in Fitchburg, 
 
 Mass.; m, Maria M, Lamb, of Phillipston, 
 
 IV, Emeline S?, b, 1837 ; d. July 6, 1843. 
 
 v. Emma, b. Oct. 29, 1845 ; m. Mar. 2, 1874, 
 Hiland Hall Heselton, s. of Isaiah and Relief 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
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 (Walker), of Weston, Vt.; res, Gardner, Mass. 
 1. Harry HeseUon. 
 VI. Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1849 ; m. Samuel S. Stone, 
 q.v. 
 
 Elijah Bowker, b. Jan. 8, 1803 ; d. Feb. 12, 1878 ; 
 m. Nov. 18, 1830, Dorothy, b. June 9, 1807 ; d. Oct. 
 19, 1884, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Wright) Crombie, 
 of Kludge. 
 
 I. Lucy, b. Dec, 24, 1831 ; m. George Damon, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Lyman W., b. Oct. 23, 1833 ; m. May 7, 1857, 
 
 Clara Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1834 ; d. June 9, 1881, 
 
 dau. of Lockhart W. and Mary Ann (Whitte- 
 
 more) Brockway, of Hinsdale. 
 
 1. Mabel Dora, b. July 11, 1860 ; d. Sept. 
 
 23, 1883 ; m. Gove. 
 
 2. Susan Janette, b. May, 1865. 
 
 3. Oscar Curtice, b. Nov. 8, 1867 ; d. Dec. 
 
 24, 1871. 
 
 4. Dollie Bernice, b. May 24, 1873. 
 
 III. James B., b. Jan. 6, 1839. 
 
 IV. Daniel French, b. Aug. 31, 1841 ; m. Nov. 27, 
 
 1861, Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec, 27, 1844, dau. 
 of George C. and Maria F. (Thompson) 
 Everett ; res. Keene. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Leo Elijah, b. Apr. 9, 1863. 
 
 2. Arthur Everett, b. Nov. 15, 1864. 
 
 3. Edith Agnes, b. July 23, 1867. 
 
 4. George Daniel, b. Mar. 31, 1872. 
 
 V. Annie M., b. Aug, 2, 1851 ; m. Aug. 14, 1873, 
 Henry A. Davis, b. June 1, 1850, s. of John 
 M. and Maria L. (Wild), then of Marlboro. 
 
 I Paul Boyce came from Smithfield, R. I,, in 1773, and settled in 
 the soutlieast part of Richmond ; d. in 1817, a. 81 y. He m. Hannah 
 Staples, who d. 1803, and he m. (2d) Nov. 1, 1803, Phillis, dau. of Uriah 
 Jillson, of Cumberland, R. I., and wid. of Nicholas Cook, of R. She 
 d. Mar. 21, 1815 ; ch. all by 1st m., and all but Silas b. in S. i. Cadish, 
 b. 1758, 2 ; n. John ; iii. Nathan ; iv. Nicene ; v. Jacob, b. 1767 ; 
 VI. Stephen ; vir. Silas, b. Nov., 1779. 
 
 2 Cadish, b. 1758 ; d. 1835 ; m. Nov. 29, 1782, Lavina Bishop ; ch. 
 b. in R. I. William, b. Oct. 7, 1783 ; m. Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1786, dau. 
 of Jacob and Lydia Sargent, of F., q.v.; rem. to Fayston, Vt. ; ii. Paul ; 
 III. Lavina ; iv, Elizabeth ; v. Irene ; vi. Charlotte ; vii. David ; 
 viii. Robert ; ix. Caleb, b. June 17, 1802, 3 ; x. Silas ; xi. Phila. 
 
 Caleb Boyce, b. June 17, 1802 ; d. July 13, 1863 ; 
 m. 1827, Louisa, b. Aug. 3, 1807, dau. of Reuben and 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Richmond. Ch. b. i.-vi. 
 in R., VII. -XI. in F. 
 
 I. Willimn B., b. 1827. 
 
 II. EUzahetli M., b. 1829 ; m. James W. Bissell, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Betlmel Bisliop, b. Jan. 1, 1831 ; m. Oct. 18, 
 
 1860, Mary E., b. Oct. 19, 1837, dan. of Abel 
 and Rutli (Phillips) Dimton, q.v.; res, 
 Winchendon. Ch. b. 1-3 in F., 4-7 in W. 
 
 1. Stephen E. D., b. Oct. 1, 1861. 
 
 2. Charles E., b. June 5, 1863. 
 
 3. Winnie M., b. Mar. 20, 1866. 
 
 , 4. Ferrinetta E., b. Mar. 11, 1871. 
 
 5. ]^ellie C, b. Apr. 2C:,, 1874 ; d. y. 
 
 6. Nellie C, b. Dec. 20, 1876. 
 
 7. Lizzie A., b. July 8, 1879. 
 
 IV. Martha I., b. 1832 ; d. Aug. 8, 1879. 
 
 V. Sarah E., b. 1833 ; m. Silas A. Morse, q.v. 
 
 VI. Elvira M., b. 1835. 
 
 VII. Mary F., b. Feb. 5, 1838 ; d. 1878. 
 
 VIII. Henry H., b. June 19, 1840 ; d. Nov. 19, 1869. 
 
 IX. Warren I., b. Apr. 7, 1842. 
 
 X. Victoria, b. Sept. 13, 1846 ; d. Jan. 17, 1850. 
 
 XI. Alfaretta, b. May 31, 1848. 
 
 Zephakiah Ajrso]sr Boyce, s. of Robert 2 "^m., b. 
 Apr. 5, 1882 ; m. Sept. 16, 1857, Sarah S., b. Nov. 5, 
 1838, dau. of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple. 
 Oh. b. I. in Richmond, others in F. 
 
 I. Edwin N., b. Feb. 20, 1859 ; d. June 28, 1881. 
 II. Everett A., b. Oct. 2, 1860 ; d. July 31, 1863. 
 
 III. Everett A.,\). Oct. 10, 1865. 
 
 IV. Frederich R., b. Dec. 15, 1872. 
 
 V. Harry W., b. Oct. 22, 1879 : d. Apr. 3, 1881. 
 VI. Herbert W., b. Oct. 22, 1879 (twin). 
 
 Amos Botnton^ and w. Sarah had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Stuart, bapt. Sept. 11, 1774. 
 
 II. Moses, bapt. Sept. 11, 1774. 
 
 III. Stoddard, bapt. Apr. 9, 1775. 
 
 IV. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 31, 1777 ; d. Jan. 11, 1778. 
 V. Sally, bapt. July 12, 1779. 
 
 Job Boynton" and w. Mary were in town as early as 
 1774. He was highway surveyor in 1776. Ch. rec. 
 inF. 
 
 I. Jedediah, bapt. Feb. 13, 1775. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 489 
 
 II. Jol. bapt. Apr. 14, 1776. 
 III. Elijali, bapt. Feb. 28, 1779. 
 
 David Emery Boynton was one of the petitioners 
 for leave to build pews, Dec, 1779. 
 
 Ephraim Boynton, from Sterling, Mass., was in 
 town probably before 1778. Chosen proprietors' clerk 
 and treasurer in 1780 ; taxed in 1788 on L 5 E 8 ; left 
 town before 1793*. 
 
 BREWER. 
 
 James Beeaver was from East Sudbury, Mass., now 
 Wayland, and settled in Marlboro ab. 1768 or 1769. lie 
 was in the Revolutionary War, serving as Lieutenant in 
 Capt. Mann's Co. After the war he came to F. and 
 settled on L 22 R 8. Was selectman in M. in 1782, and 
 in F. in 1787. His wife was Mary Hoar. 
 
 I. Asa, b. July 24, 1767+ . 
 
 Ti. Per sis, b. July 22, 1771 ; m. Silas Wheeler, q.v. 
 
 III. James, b. June 10, 1779. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782. 
 
 Asa Brewer, b. July 24, 1767 ; d. Mar. 11, 1824 ; 
 m. Aug. 25, 1794, Deborah, b. Apr. 17, 1772, dau. of 
 Samuel and Deborah (Sylvester) Sargent, of Marlboro. 
 Was taxed as resident in F. 1799 to 1815, when the in- 
 corporation of Troy made him a resident of that town. 
 A few years later he rem. to Barton, Vt., where he d. 
 Ch. all rec. in F. 
 
 I. PoUij, b. Sept. 17, 1796 ; m. (1st) Jonathan 
 
 Clark, q.v.; (2d) Isaac Stowell, q.v. 
 II. Asa, b. May 9. 1798+. 
 
 III. Deborah, b. Apr. 10, 1800 ; m. Mar. 14, 1822, 
 Calvin Bemis, b. Jan. 27, 1798, s. of Jonathan 
 and Delila (Rhodes), of Marlboro. After m. 
 they res. 8 y. in Swauzey, 1 y. in Marlboro, 
 20 y. in Rindge ; rem. to Troy in 1851, where 
 he d. Aug. 9, 1872. She d. July 17, 1882, 
 in F. 
 
 1. Eliza Bemis, b. Oct. 10, 1823 ; m. May 
 
 8, 1845, Calvin Hastings, b. Nov. 25, 
 1817, s. of Calvin and Polly (Baker), 
 of Marlboro ; res. Keene. 
 
 2. Maria Bemis, b. Jan. 24, 1826 ; m. 
 
 Charles Perry, q.v. 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 3. Mary Jane Bemis, b. Jan. 24, 1826 ; m. 
 Leonard Wright, q.v. 
 IT. Silas, b. Apr. 10, 1802 ; m. Lovina Woodward, 
 
 of Swanzey, and moved West. 
 T. Betsey, b. Mar. 10, 180? ; m. " Benjamin Garry, 
 of Jaffrey," according to Hist. Troy. Per- 
 haps Benjamin Gary, s. of Jonas, of F. 
 Yi.-Yii. Twins, infants, d. N"ov. 14, 1808. 
 Yin. Persis, b. Feb. 23, 1810 ; m. Samuel Cross, of 
 Salem (Mass. [?]). 
 
 Asa Brewer, b. May 9, 1798 ; d. Sept. 4, 1863 ; m. 
 June 8, 1820, Eachel, b. Feb. 22, 1798, dau. of Joel 
 and Betsey (Gibbs) Kniglit, of Sudbury, Mass. She d. 
 J^ov. 28, 1828, and hem. (2d) Betsey "Knight, b. May 
 4, 1804, a sister of his first w. Returned to F. in 1853. 
 Ch. b. I., II. in Troy, iii.-yii, in F., yiii.-xi. in Rindge 
 — 4 by 1st m. , 7 by 2d m. 
 
 I. Joel K., b. Jan. 27, 1822 ; d. June, 1879 ; res. 
 Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 II. James, b. Jan. 25, 1825 ; m. Cynthia , who 
 
 d. in Maine, Nov. 29, 1855, a. 31 y. ; res. 
 Topeka, Kan. They had 
 
 1 child d. in F. Aug. 11, 1855, a. 1 y. 3 mos. 
 III. Harriet, b. Mar. 27, 1827 ; d. June 11, 1827. 
 lY. George S., b. Nov.' 18, 1828 ; m. Sept. 24, 1851, 
 Rusina, b. Xov. 4, 1827 ; d. Js^ov. 20, 1871, 
 dau. of Reuben and Beatrice (Beard) Tarbell, 
 of Rindge ; res. Boston, Mass. 
 Y. Gardner, b. Oct. 11, 1829; m. Mariuda C, 
 dau. of George W. Bryant. She d. Apr. 11, 
 1856, in Boston, a. 22 y. 9 mos. ; res. Charles- 
 town, Mass. 
 
 1. Minnie Ella, d. Oct. 26, 1863, a. 8 y. 
 Yi. RacM, b. Apr. 10, 1833 : d. Oct. 2, 1853, unm. 
 Yii. Harriet R., b. June 3, 1835 ; m. William H. 
 
 Wheeler, q.v. 
 Yin. Elizaieth A., b. June 21, 1837 ; m. Dec. 2, 
 1864, Edwin S. Chase, s. of William and 
 Roxaua (Blodgett), of Royalston (see Blodgett, 
 ISTo. 12) ; res. Boston, Mass. 
 IX. Henry H., b. Mar. 19, 1841 ; res. Philadelphia, 
 
 Pa. 
 X. Calvin B., b. Sept. 17, 1844 ; res. Topeka, Kan. 
 XI. Emerancy H., b. Dec. 29, 1846 ; m. Thaddeiis 
 Cummings, q.v. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
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 Brewer, of Eoyalston, was b. Dec. 9, 1810 ; m. Oct. 9, 
 1837, Sarah D., b. Au^. 21, 1814; d. June 16, 1870, 
 dau. of William and Bernice (Bellows) Williams, of 
 Sonthboro, Mass.; m. (2d) Dec. 19, 1871, Hannah A., 
 b. Sept. 11, 1830, dau. of Ira and Lydia (Allen) Day, 
 
 of Royalston, and wid. of Walker ; res. in F. ab. 
 
 13 y. ; res. Eoyalston. 
 
 I. Sarali Adelifie, b. Sept. 17, 1838, in Oakham, 
 Mass.; m. George N. Stone, of F., q.v.; m. 
 (2d) Nov. 24, 1864, Milton J. Scollay, and 
 res. in Temi:>letoii. 
 
 II. Algernon Almond, b. Mar. 20, 1840, in Peter- 
 sham, Mass.: m. Mar. 28, 1871, Carrie S. 
 Cole, of Wendell, Mass. She d. July 3, 1872, 
 and he m. (2d) Jan., 1874, Myra i3osworth, 
 of Eoyalston ; res. Eoyalston. 
 III. Harriet Maria, b. June 22, 1842, in Hardwick, 
 Mass.: m. William Barnes, q.v. 
 
 lY. Orrin Jonas, b. June 8, 1847, in Worcester, 
 Mass.; m. June 6, 1872, Julia A. Amadou, of 
 Eichmond ; res. Winchester, N. H. 
 
 Y. Ri/naldo Warner, b. July 8, 1859, in F. ; m. 
 Feb. 7, 1882, Hattie E. Allen, of Athol ; res. 
 Eoyalston. 
 
 Lewis Brewer, a bro. of Almond, m. Laura Harris, 
 q.v. 
 
 Horatio Brewer, another bro. of Almond, lived in 
 F. several y. No record of family. 
 
 BEIGHAM. 
 
 I TnoMAs' Brigham, the ancestor of the Brighams of New England, 
 embarked at London for America, Apr., 1635, being then 32 years of 
 age. He settled iu Watertown, Mass., on land afterward set to Cam- 
 bridge. He was admitted freeman in 1639, and was selectman several 
 years ; d. Dec. 18, 1653. He ra. ab. 1637, Mercy Hurd, b. in Engliind. 
 After Mr. Brigham's death she m. (2d) Mar. 1, 1655. Edmund Rice, then 
 of Sudbury, Mass., and afterward of Marlboro. After the death of Mr. 
 Rice she m. (3d), 1664, William Hunt, of Concord and M., Mass., who d. 
 1667, and she d. 1693. She had no issue by her second and third mar- 
 riages. Her ch. by Mr. Brigham were, i. Mary ; ii. Thomas, b. 1641, 
 2 ; III- John ; IV. Hannah ; v. Samuel. 
 
 2 THOMAS^ 8. of ThomasS b. 1641 ; d. Nov. 25, 1717 ; m. Mary, b. 
 Sept. 19, 1646, eldest dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice ; m. 
 (2d) Mrs. Susanna Rice, of W. ; res. iu M., Mass., and was prominent in 
 public affairs ; ch. all by 1st m. i. Thomas ; ii. Nathan ; in. David ; 
 IV. Jonathan ; v. David, b. Apr. 12, 1678, 3 ; vi. Gershom, b. Feb. 
 28. 1680 + ; vii. Elnathan ; viii. Mary. 
 
492 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 3 David% s. of Thomas-, b. Apr. 13, 1678 ; d. June 26, 1850 ; m. 
 
 Deborah , who d. Oct. 11, 1708, and he m. (2d) Mary Newton; 
 
 settled in Westborough, Mass.; ch. i. John ; ii. David : in. Silas ; iv. 
 Jemima ; v. Deborah ; vi. Levi, b. Aug. 21, 1716, 4 ; vii. Jonas ; 
 VIII. Asa, b. Dec. 2, 1721 + . 
 
 4 Col. LEVI^ s. of David^ b. Aug. 21, 1716 ; d. Feb. 1, 1787 ; m. 
 Susanna Grout, who d. Mar. 17, 1816 ; res. in Northboro, Mass.; ch, 
 I. Levi, b. Aug. 26, 1741, 5 ; ii. Joseph ; ni. Elijah ; iv. Elijah ; v. 
 Susanna ; vi. Winslow ; vii. Josiah ; viii. Mindwell ; ix. Anna. 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 II. 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 V. 
 
 Levi' Brigham, s. of Ool. Levi*, b. Aug. 26, 1746 ; 
 m. July 9, 1771, Tabitha Hardy ; came to F. soon after 
 m., and a few y. later settled on L 6 R 6 ; he d. Apr. 
 26, 1821 ; she d. Apr. 26, 1818, a. 73 y. 
 
 I. Lijdia", b. Aug. 24, 1772 ; m. Elijah Phillips, 
 q.v. 
 
 Joseph, b. June 2, 1774-]-. 
 
 Anna, b. Mar. 14, 1776 ; d. Mar. 16, 1776. 
 
 Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1777 ; m. Capt. William 
 F. Perry, q.v. 
 
 Levi, b. Dec. 19, 1778 ; m, Mary Ayer (she was 
 sister to the w. of Hon. Isaac Hill, ex-Gov. of 
 JSi. H.). He was assistant architect in the 
 building of the present State-House at Con- 
 cord, N. H.; also connected with the build- 
 ing of Quincy Market, at Boston, Mass. 
 
 1. Levi, b. May 2, 1822 ; ent. Dartmouth 
 College in 1841 ; grad. in 1843 ; Vi^ent 
 as a teacher to Port Tobacco, Md., 
 where he d. of congestive fever, Oct. 1, 
 1843, after an illness of ten days. 
 
 2. Ann S., m. Col. John H. George, of 
 Concord, N". H. 
 
 TaMiha, b. Sept. 30, 1780 ; m. Capt. Aaron 
 Wright, q.v. 
 
 Anna, b. Apr. 26, 1782 ; m. Capt. Timothy 
 Kendal], q.v. 
 
 Riifus, b. Nov. 22, 1783 ; d. May 27, 1802. 
 
 Mindwell, b. Apr. 11, 1785 ; m. Elijah Scott, 
 q.v. 
 
 Susannah, b. Apr. 3, 1790 ; m. Ebenezer Pot- 
 ter, Jr., q.v. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 VIII. 
 IX. 
 
 X. 
 
 Joseph^ Brigham, s. of Levi', b. June 2, 1774 ; d. 
 July 19, 1846 ; m. Apr. 28, 1803, Polly, b. Jan. 7, 
 1779 ; d. Sept. 29, 1861, ^dau. of Francis and Sarah 
 (Fisher [Perry]) Fullam, q.v. The family rem. to 
 Illinois; Silvester ab. 1829, and the remainder of the 
 family a fevr y. later. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
 493 
 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 24 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 I. Belinda' , b. Feb. 28, 1804 ; 
 
 II. Rufus, b. May 2, 1805 ; d. 
 
 III. Silvester', b. June 17, 1807 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1809 ; d. 
 V. Lucy, b. June 16, 1811 ; m 
 
 25, 1834 ; res. Dover, III. 
 
 VI. Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1813 ; res 
 
 VII. Nancy, b. June 6, 1816 ; d. 
 
 VIII. Eliza, b. Aug. 31, 1818 ; d. 
 
 IX. Joseph //., b. Jan. 31, 1823 
 
 d. July 11, 1812. 
 
 June 28, 1812. 
 
 ; d. Jan. 17, 1872. 
 
 July 8, 1812. 
 . David Chase, May 
 
 . Princeton, 111. 
 Oct., 1851. 
 Sept. 23, 1863. 
 ; res. Dover, 111. 
 
 (2 VI.) Dr. Gershom' Brigham, s. of Thomas^ b. Feb. 3, 1680 ; m. 
 
 Mehetabel ; res. Marlboro, Mass. ; eh. i. Martha ; ii. Joseph ; 
 
 III. Abigail ; iv. Gershom. b. Nov. 4, 1712, 27 ; v. Benjamin, b. Feb. 
 9, 1715 + . 
 
 27 Gersuom^ s. of Gershom', b. Nov. 4, 1712 ; m. Mary ; res. 
 
 Westboro, Mass.; ch. i. Hephzibah ; ii. Gershom, b. Oct. 15, 1747; 
 III. Seth ; IV. Silas ; v. Timothy ; vi. Joseph ; vii. Mary. 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 
 Dr. Gershom^ s. of Gersliom*, b. Oct. 15, 1747 ; m. 
 Esther Belknap. He practised in F. for several y. ab. 
 1776, and as far as known was the first physician who 
 res. in town ; rem. to Westboro, Mass. The " Brigham 
 Genealogical Eegister" gives his ch. i. Sally ; ii. 
 Patty ; iii. Jesse ; iv., v. Joseph and Benjamin (twins) ; 
 VI. Nathaniel ; vii. Josiah ; but gives no dates of birth. 
 If Jesse was placed before Patty in that rec, and Joseph 
 Warren of the F. rec. d. in infancy, the two rec. would 
 
 agree. 
 I. 
 II. 
 III. 
 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 Joseph Warren^, bapt. May 5, 1776. 
 Sarah, bapt. June 16, 1776. 
 Jesse, bapt. May 31, 1778. 
 
 (2 VI., V.) Benjamin* Brigham, s. of Gershom^ b. Feb. 19, 1715 ; m. 
 
 Hannah , and res. in Marlboro, Mass.; ch. i. Benjamin, b. Mar. 
 
 11, 1743, 32 ; II. Caleb ; iii. Benjah ; iv. Hannah ; v. Gershom ; vi. 
 Warren ; vii. Lydia ; viii. Levina. 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 Kev. Benjamin® Brigham, s. of Benjamin*, b. 
 Mar. 11, 1742 ; d. June 15, 1799 ; m. June 6, 1771, 
 Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 1740 ; d. Apr. 22, 1793, dan. of Jonas 
 and Lucy (Eager) Morse, of Shrewsbury, Mass.; m. 
 (2d) Feb. 11, 1795, Puah, wid. of John Mellen, Esq., 
 q.v. She d. Feb. 4, 1821, a. 76 y. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Brigham was the first pastor of the 
 chh. in F., and for an account of his life and work see 
 Chap. VI. 
 
 I. Luci«tda\ bapt. Mar. 22, 1772 ; m. May 5, 
 
494 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 37 
 
 38 
 39 
 40 
 
 41 
 
 42 
 43 
 44 
 45 
 
 (3 VIII.) 
 
 1793, Dr. Peter Clark Grosvener, who d. Dec. 
 14, 1794. She m. (2d) Dec. 10, 1795, Daniel 
 Morse, a native of Sturbridge, Mass., who d. 
 Oct. 1, 1812, a. 41 y. 
 
 1. Ebenezer Clark' Orosvener, b. Sept. 21, 
 
 1793. For some account of him and 
 his father see Chap. XVI. 
 
 2. Eliza' Morse, b. Sept. 13, 1796 ; m. Oct. 
 
 28, 1819, Ziba Baldwin, of Greenfield 
 (Mass. [?]). 
 
 3. Harding Morse, b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; d. 
 
 Mar. 18, 1802. 
 
 4. Loring Morse, b. Apr. 22, 1800. Left 
 
 F. in 1823, and after living 2 y. in 
 Hancock, N. H., settled permanently 
 iu Acworth, N. H.; m. and had a 
 large family of ch. 
 
 5. Lemuel Morse, b. Sept. 4, 1801 ; res. 
 
 Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. 
 
 6. Curtis Morse, b. Oct., 1803 ; d. 1855 at 
 
 Geneseo, 111. 
 
 II. Lucy, bapt. June 13, 1793 ; m. Nov. 27, 1793, 
 
 Capt., afterward Gen., James Humphrey ; 
 
 res. Athol, Mass. 
 
 III. Benjamin Franhlin^, bapt. Sept. 3, 1775 ; d. 
 
 Oct. 13, 1801 ; m. Nov. 8, 1796, Sally, dau. 
 
 of Abner and (Ward) Haskell, q.v. She 
 
 was, Mar. 12, 1804, dismissed to chh. in , 
 
 Penn. 
 
 1. Fanny', b. Dec. 22, 1796. 
 
 2. Benjamin Franklin, b. Jan. 24, 1799. 
 
 3. Adolphus, b. Sept. 5, 1801. 
 
 lY. Misha, bapt. Aug. 1, 1779. Was in trade ab. 
 .2 y. in the Crosby store on capital furnished 
 by his brother-in-law. Gen. Humphrey. 
 Went to Boston and was clerk for a Mr. 
 Williams, whose sister he m. ; afterward rem. 
 to Cincinnati, 0. 
 
 Maj. Asa* Brigham, s. of David^ b. Dec. 2, 1721 ; 
 d. Nov. 6, 1777 ; m. Mary Newton, who d. Dec. 17, 
 1795, a. 70 y. Mr. and Mrs. B. were rec'd by the chh. 
 in F., Sept.' 10, 1775, on letter from the 1st chh. in 
 Shrewsbury, Mass.; prob. came to town late in 1774 or 
 early in 1775, though he owned land here as early as 
 1766. Three of his s,, Alpheus, Leonard, and Stephen, 
 were out in the Eevolutionary War. Ch. prob. all b. 
 inS. • 
 
GEN^EALOGICAL EEGISTER. 495 
 
 I. Alpheus^, settled in Jaffrey as early as 1775 ; m. 
 Lydia . 
 
 1. Asaph^ b. June 2, 1765. 
 
 2. Wright, b. June 23, 1768. 
 
 3. Sylvanus, b. Feb. 10, 1771. 
 
 4. Abel, b. July 31, 1773. 
 
 5. Joseph, b. May 2, 1777 ; m. May 30, 
 
 1796, Polly, b. Aug. 18, 1779, clau. of 
 Thomas and Sarah (Bigelow) Dutton, 
 of J. 
 
 6. Lydia, b. Apr. 12, 1782 ; d. May 21, 
 
 1859 ; m. June 7, 1807, Jedediah 
 Foster, of J. 
 II. Molly, b. 1748(?) ; m. Benjamin Davison, q.v. 
 
 III. Leonard, rem. to Milton, Vb. 
 
 IV. Levina, m. Antijjas Harrington, and lived in 
 
 Troy. 
 V. Capt. Stephen^ b. May 13, 1754 ; d. Oct. 11, 
 1849 ; m. Feb. 1, 1781, Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 
 1754, dau. of Joshua and Betty (Bent) Har- 
 rington, q.v. The familv rem. from F. in 
 1790. Mr. and Mrs. B. were dis. to the chh. 
 in Whitesborough (AVhitestown), ]S[. Y., Jan, 
 8, 1792. Ch. 1-5 b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Dea. Sullivan^, b. Dec. 29, 1781 ; m. 
 
 Amanda Spaulding. 
 
 2. Capt. Stephen, b. Apr. 11, 1783 ; d. 
 
 July 24, 1850. 
 
 3. Arethusa, b. Mar. 19, 1785 ; d. Aug. 28, 
 
 1794. 
 
 4. Polly, b. Aug. 18, 1786 ; m. Barney 
 
 Spaulding and res. in Rutland, IST. Y. 
 
 5. Sally, b. Apr. 24, 1788 ; d. 1818 ; m. 
 
 Ebenezer Cheever. 
 
 6. Dea. John, b. Mar. 24, 1790 ; m. Susan 
 
 Moore and res. in Ogden, N. Y. 
 
 7. Lucinda, b. May 8, 179^ ; d. Aug. 26, 
 
 1794. 
 
 8. Electa, b. Mar. 3, 1794 ; m. Leon Moore 
 
 and res. in Utica, N. Y. 
 VI. Elizaleth, b. 1756 (?) ; m. Joshua Harrington, 
 Jr., q.v. He was bro. of Sarah, w. of Stephen 
 No. 56. 
 VII. Thankful, b. June 13, 1760 ; m. Dr. Isaac 
 
 Moors Farwel], q.v. 
 VIII. Lyman. 
 IX. Josiah Neivton\ b. ab. 1765 ; m. Feb. 14, 1793, 
 Sarah, b. May 16, 1774 ; d. May 3, 1803, dau. 
 
496 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 69 
 
 70 
 71 
 
 72 
 73 
 
 74 
 75 
 76 
 77 
 
 79 
 80 
 
 of David and Sarah (Fisher) Perry, q.v.; did 
 not res. in F. after m.; rem. to Hartwick, 
 
 N. Y. 
 1. 
 2. 
 3. 
 4. 
 5. 
 6. 
 7. 
 8. 
 9. 
 10. 
 
 Elijah 
 
 Josiah 
 
 Sally, 
 
 Mary. 
 
 Dea. David 
 
 Dea. Perry. 
 
 Phebe. 
 
 Eebecca. 
 
 Lucinda. 
 
 Electa. 
 
 twins. 
 
 JoHisr Beigham and w. Abigail had ch. 
 
 I. Nahly, bapt. Mar. 13, 1791. 
 Prob. of same family, but connection not traced. 
 
 Orville L. Brock, b. Oct. 5, 1838, at Buckfield, 
 Me., s. of Eobert M. and Catherine (Durgin) ; m. Apr. 
 29, 1863, Abbie L., b. May 18, 1842, dau. of Samuel 
 and Nancy (Locke) Hill, q.v. 
 
 I. EcUuard E., ' 
 II. EWert H., b. 
 
 ). June 1, 1864. 
 Dec. 29, 1865. 
 
 OnEiq- Brooks, b. Oct. 27, 1800, in Plymouth, Vt., 
 s. of Ebenezer and Tamar (Ross), came from Sterling, 
 Mass., to F. in 1848, and res. in town till his d.. Mar. 
 19, 1876 ; m. Mar. 12, 1828, Julia Ann Wright, b. 
 Dec. 17, 1809, in Boston, Mass.; d. Jan. 2, 1859; m. 
 (2d) May 13, 1865, Mrs. Elmina (Sawyer) Wheeler, d. 
 Mar. 15, 1869, a. 53 y. 4 mos., dau. of Joel and Susan 
 (Davis) Sawyer; m. (3d) Apr. 24, 1870, Abigail, b. 
 July 2, 1814 ; d. Sept. 16, 1882, dau. of Benjamin and 
 Abigail Davison, and wid. of Daniel C. Prescott. He 
 had 12 ch., of whom only 6 lived to maturity. The 
 following lived in F. 
 
 I. Sarepta, b. Jan. 4, 1829 ; m. Alvah S. Clark, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. George W. 
 
 III. Harriet L., m. Nov. 13, 1855, James Lawton. 
 
 IV. John H., b. Sept. 28, 1836 ; d. May 6, 1876 ; 
 
 m. July 10, 1862, Martha K., b. Sept. 14, 
 1838 ; d. Mar. 5, 1887, dau. of Benjamin M. 
 and Anna A. (Forristall) Fiske;- Ch. b. 4th 
 in Eindge, others in F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 497 
 
 1. Infant son, b. Apr. 19, 1863 ; d. Apr. 
 
 21, 1863. 
 
 2. Anna Lee, b. July 11, 1865. 
 
 3. Oren Benjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1868. 
 
 4. John Fisk, b. Sept. 6, 1870. 
 
 5. Wallace Clayton, b. Mar. 1, 1873 ; d. 
 
 Oct. 7, 1873. 
 V. Eliza P., m. June 6, 1860, Franklin Whit- 
 comb, of Troy. 
 Yi. Mary Augusta, d. Dec. 13, 1853, a. 12 y. 
 VII. Amos W., d. in the armv, Jan. (18 ?), 1865, a. 
 
 21 y. 
 VIII. Tamar, d. May 1, 1857, a. 10 y. 
 IX. Daughter, d. Apr. 1, 1856, a. 7 y. 
 
 KoBEKT Brooks and family, from Canada, settled in 
 F. ab. 1840, and rem. West ab. 1867. By w. Sarah had 
 ch. 
 
 I. William, b. ab. 1827. 
 II. Christie A.,'' 1830. 
 
 III. John, " 1832 ; m. Feb. 11, 1855, Sarah 
 
 A., dau. of Benjamin Heywood, of F. 
 
 IV. Mary A., b. ab. 1836. 
 V. llohert, " 1840. 
 
 VI. Daniel S., '' 1843. 
 
 VII. James H., " 1846. 
 
 VIII. Albert ^\, " 1848. 
 
 IX. Sarah, " 1853. 
 
 Joseph Brown and w. Annis were adm. to chh. Oct. 
 9, 1774, on letter from 1st chh. in Lancaster, Mass., 
 and were dis. May 27, 1781, to chh. in Walpole, N. H. 
 They had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Joh?i Prentice, bapt. Feb. 12, 1775. 
 II. Infant, d. Jan. 10, 1777. 
 
 Melvin Brown was taxed 6 y. 1816-21. He built 
 a part of the house so long occupied by Mrs. Dyer. By 
 w. Bathsheba he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Winsloio, b. Apr. 22, 1816. 
 II. Eliza, b. Sept. 7, 1817 ; d. Feb. 27, 1819. 
 
 Erastus Brown was s. of Asaph and Martha 
 (Wilder), and grandson of Samuel and Lovina (Bruce). 
 He was b. in Winchendon, May 2, 1808, and d. in Troy, 
 32 
 
498 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 10 
 
 n 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 8 
 
 (3) 
 
 Sept. 17, 1845, from injuries received in his mill. 
 Taxed in F. 1830 to 1840, and rem. to Troy in 1841 ; 
 m. Sept. 29, 1832, xilfreda, b. Sept. 4, 1808 ; d. Feb. 
 6, 1873, dau. of Ezekiel Thompson, of Swanzey. 
 
 I. Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1833 ; m. Sept. 6, 1853, 
 Chancy K Garfield, of Troy, b. 1828, s. of 
 Abel aad Martha (Fuller). 
 II. Martha J., b. Sept. 1, 1836 ; d. Nov. 4, 1837. 
 
 III. Henry J., \). Feb. 25, 1840. 
 
 IV. Helen J. (twin), b. Feb. 25, 1840. 
 V. Martha A.,h. Sept. 11, 1844. 
 
 JoH]sr Bruce, with w. Mary (Joslin) and 8 ch., came 
 from Sadbury, Mass., ab. 1775 and settled on L 21 R 8. 
 He d. Jnne 3, 1779, a. 50 y., " killed by logs at saw- 
 mill ; lived ab. 30 hoars." The town rec. give but 
 little information ab. his family or descendants. The 
 ch, may not be in proper order. 
 
 Lucy, m. Daniel Farrar, q.v. 
 
 Polly, m. John Moore, of Warwick, Mass. 
 
 Lydia, m. William Nurse, g. v. 
 
 Esther, m. David White, q.v. 
 
 William, m. Dec. 11, 1781, Abigail Gould. He 
 
 d. Mar. 13, 1811, a. 50 y., from boards falling 
 
 on him. 
 
 1. John, m. May 15, 1808, Johanna Ohilds. 
 
 2. Infant, d. Oct. 30, 1782. 
 
 3. Infant, d. Nov. 6, 1783. 
 John, d. y. 
 
 Thomas, m. a dau. of Ichabod Shaw. 
 Cyrus, m. Betsey Moore and settled in Ver- 
 mont. 
 
 2 
 
 I. 
 
 3 
 
 II. 
 
 4 
 
 III. 
 
 5 
 
 IV. 
 
 6 
 
 V. 
 
 7 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 10 
 
 VI. 
 
 11 
 
 VII. 
 
 12 
 
 YIII. 
 
 FROM CHURCH KECORDS. 
 
 Mary Bruce and Joseph Nurse {q.v.) m. Feb. 24. 
 
 1785. 
 
 John Burbajstk, a native of Sutton, Mass., after 
 living ab. 15 y. in Eoyalston came to F. in Apr., 1803. 
 He was b. Jan. 2, 1764 ; d. Mar. 25, 1835 ; m. June 11. 
 1788, in Athol, Mass., Elizabeth Woodbury, b. June 
 17, 1765 ; d. Feb. 14, 1856. 
 
 I. ^^a7icy, b. June 9, 1789 ; d. July 10, 1789. 
 II. Joh?i, b. July 29, 1793-f. 
 
 John Burbank, b. July 29, 1793 ; d. Feb. 18, 186G ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
 499 
 
 ni. Apr. 6, 1813, at Koyalston, bis cousin Hannah, b. 
 Nov. 3, 1789 ; d. Oct. 29, 1869, dan. of David and 
 Lydia (Burbank) Lyon. 
 
 4 I. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1814+. 
 
 5 II. David Lyon, b. Dec. 2, 1815 : d. Oct. 13, 1817. 
 
 6 III. Nanci/, b. July 31, 1817 ; d. July 13, 1818. 
 
 7 IV. Elizabeth Woodbury, b. Apr. 12,' 1819 ; d. Aug. 
 9, 1842. 
 
 V. Lydia, b. Dec. 3, 1821 ; m. Daniel Forristall, 
 q.v. 
 9 VI. Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1823 ; d. Oct. 31, 1843. 
 
 10 VII. John, b. July 18, 1825 ; m. June 8, 1870, at 
 Winchendon, Mary Jane Prichard, b. July 28, 
 1835, at New Ipswich, N. II. 
 
 11 1. John Sumner, b. Aug. 20, 1871. 
 
 12 2. Emma Adelia, b. Feb. 16, 1875. 
 
 13 I 3. Avis Eugenia, b. Sept. 24, 1877. 
 
 14 I VIII. Sally Lyon, b. Apr. 21, 1827 ; d. May 29, 1849. 
 
 15 I IX. Rev. Lysander Tower, b. Nov. 24, 1828 ; m. May 
 I 16, 1860, at New York, Sarah Susanna Van 
 I Vleck ; res. Georgetown, Neb. 
 
 16 X. David, b. July 4, d. July 7, 1830. 
 
 17 XI. Elijah, b. July 4, d. July 9, 1830. 
 
 18 I XII. Hannah Neivell, b. Jan. 11, 1832 ; m. William 
 
 L. Collins, q.v. 
 
 19 ! XIII. Mary Mehetabel, b. Feb. 19, 1834 ; d. Sept. 7, 
 
 i 1880 ; ni. Charles Francis Wilson. 
 
 I 
 
 (4) Daniel Burbank, b. Feb. 19, 1814; m. Dec. 1, 
 
 11840, Anna W.. b. Mar. 13, 1812 ; d. Nov. 30, 1880, 
 
 I dau. of Abishai and Sarah (Farrar) Collins, q.v.; m. 
 
 (2d) Nov. 28, 1883, Dene B. (Buel) Jackson, dau. of 
 
 Shalor and Tirzah C. (Lee) Buel, of Lyndon, Vt. 
 
 20 j I. Daniel Edwards, b. Sept. 8, 1841 ; is m. and 
 
 res. in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 21 , II. Son, b. Mar. 8, 1843 ; d. Mar. 13, 1843. 
 
 22 III. Isaac Harvey, b. Sept. 8, 1845 ; m. Nov. "1^, 
 1868, Harriet Ella, b. Mar. 1, 1848, dau. of. 
 Joseph S. Towns, of Eoyalston ; res. F. 
 
 23 1. Anna Correna, b. July 25, 1871. 
 
 24 2. Harriet Alice, b. Dec." 27, 1876. 
 
 25 3. Edith Frances, b. Sept. 8, 1884. 
 
 26 I 4. Ethel Florence, b. Sept. 8, 1884 (twins). 
 
 1 Thomas B. Burns, b. July 31, 1838, s. of John H. 
 
 ! and Frances H. (Greeley) Burns, of Gilmanton, N. H.; 
 Im. Nov. 8, 1861, Fannie J., b. May 29, 1840, dau. of 
 j Joseph and Mary M. (Moore) Morrill, of G. Oh. b, at 
 ' Gilmanton. 
 
500 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 I. Walter Scott, b. Dec. 10, 1862 
 1876, at New Hampton, IST. H. 
 II. Echvin Vincent, b. July 3, 1864. 
 III. Josie HeUne, b. May 28, 1870. 
 
 d. Mar. 5, 
 
 Peter Burbee and family were in F. before 1774. 
 His w. Margaret was adm. to chh. in F. Dec. 4, 1774, 
 on letter from the 2d regular chh. in Attleborough, 
 Mass. They had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Thomas, bapt. May 12. 1774. 
 II. Cliild, d. Oct. 25, 1777. 
 
 Peter, d. June, 1778, and Peter, Jr., d. Aug. 
 1778, both at Philadelphia, in the army. 
 
 James Walls, m. Margaret Burbee, Apr. 29, 1784. 
 She was prob. wid. of Peter. 
 
 Ichalod HovKird, m, Mary Burbee, Dec. 8, 1785. 
 The name does not appear after 1785. In 
 some places the name is spelled Burpee. 
 
 James Butler and w. Bijah (Abijah in rec. of bapt.) 
 were in town before 1774. He bought of Samuel Ken- 
 dall, Esq., 13 acres from east end of L 18 R 4, and was 
 prob. first settler on the lot. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 Levi, b. Jan. 21, 1775. 
 
 PlieU, b. Apr. 24, 1776.- 
 
 Pliinehas, b. Dec. 3, 1777. 
 
 Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1780. 
 
 Jocelyn, b. 1782. 
 
 2 
 
 I. 
 
 3 
 
 II 
 
 4 
 
 III 
 
 5 
 
 IV 
 
 6 
 
 V. 
 
 Erasmus Butterfield practised law in F. for some 
 y., for an account of which see Chap. XVI. He m. 
 July 17, 1803, Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1786, dau. of Phillips 
 and Persis (Joslin) Sweetser, of Marlboro. He d. in 
 Westmoreland, N. H., Dec. 31, 1828. Ch. b. ii.-iii. 
 at F., V. at Keene, othei-s at Marlboro. 
 
 I. Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1803. 
 
 II. Charles Siveetser, b. Jan. 6, 1806 ; d. Mar. 5, 
 1808. 
 
 III. Harriet, b. June 28, 1808 ; d. Apr. 12, 1865 ; 
 
 m. Samuel D. Allen, of Richmond, b. 1807 ; 
 d. 1870, s. of Moses and Mary (Dow). 
 
 IV. 8arah Sweetser, b. Aug. 20, 1810 ; m. William 
 
 Whittemore, q.v. 
 V. John, b. Sept. 6, 1812. 
 
 VI. George W.,h. Oct. 8, 1814; d. Apr. 29, 1867; 
 m. Pamelia King, June 4, 1848. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEK. 
 
 501 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 (i) 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 32 
 13 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 17 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 (lo) 
 
 VII. Charles, b. Mar. 27, 1816 ; d. Mar., 186' 
 VIII. Fannie, b. Feb. 11, 1820. 
 IX. Eveline, b. Mar. 30, 1825. 
 
 Abel Byam, d. Mar. 31. 1802, a. 39 v.; m. July 17 
 1788 Anna, b. Oct. 22, 17G6 ; d. May 13, 1857, dau. of 
 Stephen and Mary (Angler) Harris, >.«;. He lived on 
 L5 R 9, previously owned by Benjamin Byam, which 
 niay indicate that they were relatives. Benjamin was 
 jn town as early as 1779, and rem. ab. 1792. Ch. of 
 Abel and Anna all b. in F. 
 
 I. Arethusa, b. May 1, 1789 ; d. Jan. 12, 1854 • 
 m. Jnne 3, 1818, Otis Taft. He d. Mar. 22' 
 1858, a. 67 y., s.j). 
 II. Eunice, b. June 17, 1791 ; d. Jan. 6, 1851, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Benjamin, b. May 14, 1793+. 
 
 IV. John, d. May 19, 1795. a. 2 mos. 
 
 V. Nancg Ann, b. Mar. 23, 1796 ; m. Levi Harris, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. John, b. May 14, 1798+. 
 
 VII. Betseij, b. Dec. 29, 1799 ; m. Levi Harris, q.v. 
 VIII. Abel, b. June 17, 1802 ; res. Randolph, Vt 
 
 Benjamin- Byam, b. May 4, 1793 ; d, Aug. 18, 1876 • 
 m. Mar. 16, 1819, Lncy, b. Aug. 1, 1793 ; d. Aug. 28, 
 1879, dan. of Willard and Betsey (Parks) Fassett. 
 
 I. Clarissa, b. Oct. 27, 1819 ; m. Aug. 14, 1844, 
 Nehemiah Cole Merritt, who d., and she m.' 
 (2d) Otis Bemis, of Royalston ; res. R. 
 II. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1822 ; m. July 2, 1845, 
 Aaron Jones, of R. , where they res. 
 
 1. Leander. 
 
 2. Clara. 
 
 III. AM, b. Mar. 7, 1824 ; m. Irene Brown, of Erie, 
 
 111., and res. there. 
 
 IV. Benjamin Willard, b. Feb. 21, 1826+. * 
 V. Leonard, b. Aug-. 30, 1828. 
 
 VI. Elisha, b. July 26, 1831 ; d. Sept. 12, 1832. 
 VII. Nathan Townsend, b. Sept. 23, 1833+. 
 VIII. Charles FranUin, b. Nov. 19, 1836 ; m. and 
 res. in Fitcliburg, Mass. 
 
 Beis'jamin- Willard Byam, b. Feb. 21, 1826 • m 
 Mar. 17, 1853, Martha A., b. Aug. 28, 1832 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1887, dau. of Joel and Mary (Bigelow) Saunders, ''^.y.; 
 had 8 ch. who d. in infancy, and 3 now living • res 
 Swanzej. ' 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 I. Oscar Leroy, h. Jane 14, 1858, in F. 
 
 II. Madeila, b. Sept. 14, 1861, in Keene. 
 
 III. Willie Adelbert, b. May 12, 1870, in F. 
 
 Leoistard Btam, b. Aug. 30, 1828 ; m. Mar. 28, 
 1854, Mary E., b. Nov. 13, 1838 ; d. Apr. 2, 1857, dau. 
 of David and Marinda B. (Osborn) Taft, q.v.j m. (2d) 
 Sabra, b. Nov. 28, 1838 ; d. Nov. 30, 1864, dau. of 
 David and Joanna (Prescott) Moore, q.v.; m. (3d) Nov. 
 1, 1865, Eosette M., b. Dec. 14, 1840, dau. of Benjamin 
 and Miranda B. Frye, of Royalston. Ch. 1 by 1st m. 
 and 2 by 2d m. 
 
 I. Mary Elizaleth, b. Sept. 3, 1856 ; d. Oct. 28, 
 
 1864. 
 
 II. Lillie Etta, b. Apr. 20, 1860 ; d. Nov. 5, 1864. 
 III. Sylvia 8ahra. 
 
 Nathan- Townsend Byam, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; m. 
 Aug. 20 (?), 1859, Elizabeth N. V., b. June 28, 1837, 
 dau. of Joseph Church, of Winchendon. 
 
 I. Arthur Townsend, b. July 20, 1860 ; m. Apr. 
 12, 1882, Susie C, b. Nov. 17, 1861, dau. of 
 Benjamin F. and Cornelia (Chase) Potter, 
 q.v.; res. in F. 
 
 1. Guy Blodgett, b. Mar. 25, 1883, in W. 
 
 2. Arthur Waldo, b. Dec. 29, 1884, in W. 
 II. Frances Amelia, b. Jan. 13, 1864 ; d. Mar. 31, 
 
 1866. 
 
 III. Minnie Bertha, b. June 17, 1870. 
 
 John Byam, b. May 14, 1798 ; d. May 20, 1865 ; ra. 
 Polly Newton, of Southboro, Mass. She was b. Oct. (?), 
 1796, and d. Aug. 17, 1868. She was sister of Willard 
 
 Newton, q.v. 
 
 I. John Newton, b. Feb. 3, 1825 ; d. Nov. 8, 1855, 
 at Boston, Mass. 
 
 II. Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1827 ; m. 1848, Charlotte 
 
 Maryanna, b. Jan. 8, 1829, dau, of Ebenezer 
 and Miranda (Darling) Scott, of Chester, Vt. 
 
 1. Lizzie Ella, b. Feb. 16, 1850 ; d. Sept, 3, 
 
 1850. 
 
 2. Ida Emogene, b. Jan. 27, 1854 ; m. 
 
 Loring P. Olmstead, q.v. 
 
 3. Alice Lilian, b. Jan. 31, 1858. 
 
 4. Carrie Scott, b. Feb. 16, 1862 ; m. July 
 
 1, 1886, John A. Cross, of Enfield, N. 
 H., s. of John and Lucretia (Lovejoy). 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 503 
 
 HI. Milton, b. Jan. 26, 1832 ; d. Nov^. 5, 1852, at 
 Boston. 
 
 Benjamin Byam was in town before 1779, but left 
 before 1793*. In the Proprietors' tax-list of 1788 and in 
 the Penny tax-list of 1791, L 5 R 9 is set to him. By 
 w. Mary he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Esther, bapt. Jan. 31, 1779. 
 II. Solomon, b. Mar. 18, 1781. 
 Ill, Lucy, b. Mar. 25, 1783. 
 
 Zebediah Byam was in town before 1793*, and rem. 
 from town ab. 1803. 
 
 Norman Underwood Cahill, b. Jan. 20, 1830, in 
 Machias, Me., s. of John R. and Margaretta (Allen) ; 
 m. May 25, 1858, Mary Abbie, b. Nov. 22, 1833 ; d. 
 Mar. 6, 1875, dau. of Jonathan S. and Abigail (Tower) 
 Adams, q.v.; m. (2d) Oct. 17, 1876, Georgiana (Barden) 
 Hall, b. Sept. 21, 1831, at Boston, Mass., dau. of 
 Heman and Lavinia M. (Chesley) Barden, and wid. of 
 George K. Hall. Mr. 0. came to F. in Jnne, 1852. 
 
 I. Charles Adams, b. Dec. 6, 1861 ; m. Dec. 25, 
 1886, Dollie Hughes, a native of Wales, G. B. ; 
 res. Chamberlain, Dak. 
 II. Fannie Aurilla, b. Jan. 25, 1863 ; d. at Minne- 
 apolis, Minn., Dec. 16, 1884 ; m. Dec. 25, 
 1882, Dr. Edgar I. Hall, s. of George K. and 
 Georgiana (Barden) Hall. 
 III. Mary Agnes, b. Jan. 1, 1865. 
 
 John Camp or Kemp settled on the east part of L 4 
 R 10, and west of the brook which is called by his 
 name. He was in town quite early, perhaps before 
 1770, and was doubtless the first settler on the lot 
 named. The location of his house is still well marked, 
 and a few years since some rose-bushes also remained to 
 indicate the spot. In his old age he gave his property 
 to the town for the sujjport of himself and wife. He d. 
 Mar, 10, 1805, a. 95 y. ; his w. d. July 20, 1790. They 
 had one dau. and j^rob, other ch. though nothing is 
 known certainly about it. 
 
 I. Thanliful. 
 
 Ebenezer Camp, of F., bought L 2 R 4 of Joseph 
 Stone, of Southboro, Mass., by deed dated May 31, 
 1774, for £30. 
 
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 Abigail Kemp and Samuel Osborn, q.v., were m. 
 Nov. 22, 1781. 
 
 Joshua Capkon was first taxed in 1826 ; rem, 
 town ab. 1849. By w. Pliilena had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 from 
 
 I. Lurinda R., b. July 19, 1824; m. Martin P. 
 
 Stone, q.v. 
 
 II. Child, d. Oct. 1827, a.-2 y. 
 
 III. Pliilena, d. Jan. 3, 1833, a. 5 y. 
 
 IV. Horatio M., d. Jan. 2, 1833, a. 2 y. 6 mos. 
 -V. Mary Jane, d. Dec. 30, 1836, a. 3 y. 
 
 VI. Per sis B., b, Nov. 24, 1836. 
 
 VII. Emily G., b. July 24, 1839. 
 
 VIII. Lydia Ann, b. Peb. 17, 1842. 
 
 IX. Benjamin Franhlin, b. Aug. 11, 1846. 
 
 OARTEK. 
 
 I Eev. Thomas^ Carter, of Wobura, Mass., was the emigrant ances- 
 tor of the Carters of F. By w. Mary his oldest ch. was 
 
 2 Rev. Samuel^, b. Aug. 9, 1640 ; d. minister of the chh. in Groton, 
 Mass., in 1693. Hem., 1673, Eunice, dau. of John and Eunice (Monsall) 
 Brooks, of Woburn. They had nine ch., of whom the sixth was 
 
 3 THOMAS^ b. Apr. 3, 1682 ; d. Mar. 31, 1737, in Lancaster, Mass. 
 He m., 1707, Ruth, dau. of Edward and Ruth (Andrews) Phelps. They 
 had ten ch., of whom the third was 
 
 4 Col. JoHN^ b. Apr. 23, 1713 ; d. May 8, 1766 ; lived and d. in 
 Lancaster ; m. Mar. 10, 1737, Abigail Joslin, of L. They had nine ch., 
 of whom the fourth was Joseph", b. Nov. 17, 1745. 
 
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 Joseph^ Carter, b. Nov. 17, 1745 ; came to F. in 
 May, 1803, and bought the premises at the north end 
 of the Common, where the brick house now stands ; d. 
 June 17, 1804. He m. Feb. 22, 1769, Beulah, b. Oct. 
 14, 1747; d. Oct. 22,. 1769, dau. of Ephraim and 
 Abigail (Wilder) Carter, of Lancaster. She was de- 
 scended from the third ch. of Eev. SamueP ; m. (2d) 
 Nov. 22, 1774, Anna, b. Jan. 19, 1751 ; d. Nov. 30,_ 
 1834, dau. of Josiah and Hepzibah (Stearns) Smith, of 
 Weston, Mass. Ch. all b. at Lancaster. 
 
 I. Joef, b. Dec. 16, 1775 ; d. Mar. 12, 1776. 
 II. Joseph, b. Apr. 19, 1777+. 
 
 III. William, b. May 11, 1779 ; settled in Mason, 
 
 N. H., where he d. June 28, 1851. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1780 ; m. Abel White, of 
 
 Lancaster, where she d. May 7, 1857. 
 V. Anna, b. Aug. 1, 1782 ; m. John Whiting, of 
 L., and settled in Bath, N. Y., where she d. 
 May, 14, 1852. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 505 
 
 VI. Lucy, b. June 11, 1784 ; d. 
 
 Lancaster. 
 VII. Sophia, b. Nov. 19, 1785 ; m. 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Josiah, b. June 28, 1787 + . 
 IX. Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1790 ; 
 
 Everett, q.v. 
 X. Joer, b. Sept. 22, 1792 ; d. 
 Nashua, N. H.; m., 1820, 
 of William Lovering, of 
 Feb., 187G. Ch. b. 1-3 in 
 
 1. John Sab in". 
 
 2. William Lovering. 
 
 3. Anna Maria Lovering 
 
 1827, a. 2 y. 
 
 4. Edward. 
 
 5. Edward Eussell. 
 
 6. Anna Maria. 
 
 Sept. 2Q, 1803, at 
 Dr. Amasa Scott, 
 
 m. Pelatiah M. 
 
 Apr. 2, 1864, at 
 Anna Maria, dau. 
 
 Boston. She d. 
 B., 4-6 in N. 
 
 ; d. at F., Sept. 9, 
 
 Joseph" Cartek, b. Apr. 19, 1777 ; d. Sept. 14, 
 1822 ; m. Nov. 28, 1802, Elizabeth Goss, of Lancaster, 
 Mass., b. Oct. 8, 1778 ; d. May 10, 1861. Ch. b. at F. 
 I. Ebenezer, b. May 20, 1803+. 
 II. Anna,h. Apr. 16, 1805 ; d. May 26, 1807. 
 
 III. Josepli, b. Sept. 16, 1806 ; d. July 18, 1821. 
 
 IV. Infant, b. Feb. 15, d. Feb. 16, 1808. 
 
 v. William, b. May 31, 1809 ;.d. in Harrisville, 
 N. H., Jan. 31, 1885 ; m. Oct. 16, 1837, 
 Nancy Gay, of Nashua, N. IL, s.p. 
 VI. Martha Lincoln, b. July 20, 1811 ; m. Norris 
 
 Colburn, q.v. 
 VII. Daniel Goss', b. Sept. 6, 1814 ; d. Sept. 13, 
 1864 ; m. Aug. 26, 1844, Elizabeth Wright, 
 d. Feb., 1854; m. (2d) Hannah Lovina, wid. 
 of Jonathan Clark and dau. of Luna and 
 Hannah (White) Starkey, of Trov. Ch. all 
 b. in F. ■ ■' 
 
 1. Mary Frances', b. Apr. 30, 1845. 
 
 2. Margaret Florence, b. Oct. 26, 1846 ; m. 
 
 Frederic H. Haskell, q.v. 
 
 3. Daniel G., b. June 9, 1855. 
 
 4. Nettie L., b. July 24, 1858 ; d. Oct. 9, 
 
 1863. 
 
 5. Hattie M., b. June 8, 1860. 
 
 6. Minnie L., b. Aug. 23, 1862. 
 
 Ebenezer' Carter, b. May 20, 1803 ; d. Mar. 29, 
 1871 ; m. Jan. 31, 1833, Clarissa Jewett, b. Dec. 9, 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 1812 ; d. Aug. 31, 1881, dan. of Ebenezer and Hannah 
 (Jewett) Colburn, of Eindge. Oh. all b. at F. 
 
 I. Elizabeth Qoss\ b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; d. Oct. 1, 
 
 1847. 
 II. Ehen CoTburn, b. Dec. 2, 1835 ; d. Sept. 25, 
 
 1837. 
 II r. Margaret Florence, b. Feb. 22, 1838 ; d. Dec. 
 
 16, 1842. 
 lA^ Henrietta Clara', b. Oct. 9, 1840 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 1875, at Winchendon ; m. May 23, 1859, 
 Ebenezer W. Whitney, who d. Jnly 24, 1865, 
 a. 39 y. She m. (2d) Dec. 31, 1868, Bethael 
 Ellis, of W. He d. Apr. 9, 1881. Ch. by 1st 
 m. b. at F. 
 
 1. Florence Ella' IVhitnei/, b. Apr., 1864 : 
 
 d. Aug. 12, 1864. 
 By 2d m. , b. at AY. 
 
 2. Ebeu Betlmel Ellis, b. June 9, 1871. 
 
 V. Martha Florence, b. Mar. 12, 1843 ; m. John 
 
 M. Fiske, q.v. 
 Yi. Herbert Eben\ b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; m. Apr. 2-2, 
 
 1873, Nanuie A. Wheeler, of Ashby, Mass.; 
 res. West Swanzey. 
 
 1. Herbert Augustus', b. July 10, 1874. 
 Yii. JVorris Colburn\ b. Aug. 26, 1848 ; m. Feb. 
 23, 1871, Mary T. aree\ileaf ; res. W. S. 
 
 1. Florence Maude', b. Mar. 8, 1872. 
 
 2. Lillian Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1883. 
 
 Yiii. Anyia Adelaide, b. Mar. 14, 1851 ; d. Jan. 28, 
 1854. 
 IX. Sarah Tylor\ b. Feb. 16, 1854 : m. Kov. 10, 
 
 1874, Charles A. Whitcorab, b. Jan. 21, 1851, 
 s. of Henry and Fanny P. (Buttrick), of W. 
 
 1. Eubert Henry' Whitcoinb, b. Aug. 3, 
 1879 : res. \V. 
 
 JosiAH^ Caeter, b. June 28, 1787 : d. Sept. 17, 
 1857 ; m. Sept. 3, 1809, Betsey Everett, b. Sept. 26, 
 1787 ; d. Sept. 4, 1862, dan. of Alexander and Betsey 
 (EA-erett) Foster, q.v. Ch. b. at F. 
 
 I. Josiah Everetf, b. Apr. 6, 1811+. 
 II. Charles Clinton, b. Sept. 23, 1814+. 
 III. JVancy Smith, b. Oct. 24, 1818 ; m. Aaron N. 
 
 Town send, q.v. 
 lY. Sophia Scott, b. Dec. 3, 1820 ; res. in F. : nnin. 
 
 JosiAH E'. Carter, b. Apr. 6, 1811 ; m. Nov. 11, 
 1841, Isabinda Ingalls, b. Aug. 19, 1818; d. Nov. 14, 
 
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 PHOTO- GRAVUr.B CO, . N If 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 507 
 
 1863, dau. of Zimri and Parna (Howe), of Eichmond ; 
 m. (2d) June 7, 1865, Sarah Ann Fay, b. Feb. 22, 1834, 
 dau. of Stephen and Clarissa (Holden), of New Brain- 
 tree, Mass. For more than fifty y. Mr. C and his 
 brother have been in the carriage business in F. under 
 the firm of E. & C. Carter. Ch. by 1st m. b. at F. 
 
 I. Albert EvereW, b. Sept. 29, 1847 ; m. Nov. 1, 
 
 1870, Emogene Taggart, of Winchendon. 
 
 1. Leon Taggart', b. Apr. 25, 1881. 
 
 Charles C\ Carter, b. Sept. 23, 1814 : m. Nov. 
 26, 1846, Sarah Chapman Tylor, b. Oct. 22, 1821, dau. 
 of Jason A. and Thirza (King) Tylor, of Chesterfield, 
 N. H. Ch. b. at F. 
 
 I. Harry CKnton\ b. Jan. 23, 1853 ; d. Apr. 21. 
 
 1856. 
 II. Anna Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1857. 
 III. Harriett Tylor, b. May 17, 1859. 
 lY. Percy Augustine, b. Dec. 13, 1860. 
 V. Wallace Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1862. 
 
 JoHJsr Chamberlain bought a part of L 13 R 8 of 
 Jonathan Lock, by deed dated June 2, 1773. It is 
 stated that he lived for a time on L 11 R 1. By w. 
 Abigail he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, bapt. Feb. 23, 1772. ■ 
 II. XaUy, bapt. Feb. 5, 1775 ; d. Nov. 8, 1775. 
 III. Nadby, bapt. Feb. 2, 1777. 
 
 Levi Camp Chandler, b. Jan. 5, 1828, was s. of 
 Samuel and Sarah (Stebbins), of Springfield, Mass. He 
 m. Nov. 3, 1852, Mary Maria, b. June 11, 1834, dau. of 
 Foster and Salome (Needham) Pepper, of Wales, Mass. 
 Came to F. before 1874. Ch. b. in Monson, Mass. 
 
 I. Levi Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1853 ; d, Jan. 28, 
 
 1858. 
 II. Albert Francis, b. May 10, 1861. 
 III. Foster Pejjper, b. Nov. 21, 1866. 
 
 CHAPLIN. 
 
 Hugh Chaplin and w. Elizabeth were among the earliest settlers in 
 Rowley, Mass., being there previous to 1642. He was admitted freeman 
 in 1643 ; in 1643 his name occurs as owner of a house lot, and he d. 
 there in 1660. His descendant, 
 
 I Ebenezer, rem. from Rowley, and after a brief res. in Atkinson, 
 N. H., settled in Rindge ab. 1769. By first w. Rebecca he had ch. i. 
 Micah, b. 1744, 2 ; U- Samuel ; iii. Lucy, and probably iv. another. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 By second w. Mary he had v. Rebecca ; vi. Hezekiah ; vir. Jeremiali ; 
 viir. Polly ; ix. Hannah ; x. John, The ch. vii.-x. were b. in Rindge. 
 2 MicAH, b. 1744 in Rowley ; settled in Rindge after the close of the 
 Revolutionary War, in which he saw some years' service. He m. Betsey , 
 Philbrick, by whom he had ch. i. Hannah ; ir. Lucretia ; iir. Betsey ; 
 IV. Ruth ; V. Moses, b. Oct., 1777, 3 ; vi. Mary, b. 1782 ; m. Artemas 
 Beard, q.v. Mr, C, rem. to F. ab, 1804, and d. Dec. 29, 1820. His w. 
 d. Oct. 10, 1820, a. 75 y. 
 
 3 I Moses Chapliis-, b. Oct., 1777 ; d. Nov. 21, 1859 ; 
 m. Sept. 25, 1800, Martha, b. Sept. 26, 1782 ; d. J^oy. 
 11, 1867, dan. of Samuel and Mai-y (Hunt) Bent, q.v. 
 He res. in Rindge till his m., when he settled in F,' 
 
 I. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1801 ; m. Martin Streeter, 
 q.v. 
 
 5 II. Lurena, b. Jan. 22, 1803+. 
 
 6 III. Milton, b. Apr. 7, 1805+. 
 
 7 IV. Julia, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; m. Lyman Deeth, q.v. 
 
 8 V. Anson, d. Oct. 4, 1812, a. 2 y. 6 mos. 
 
 9 VI. Roxana, b. Oct. 18, 1812 ; m. Nov. 27, 1833,^ 
 Ephraim AY. Weston, of Winchendon, s. of 
 Stephen and Susan (Whitney). He d. Oct. 
 29, 1854, and she m. (2d) Oct. 16, 1861, 
 Edwin Parks, s. of Luke Parks, of W. ; res. 
 Keene. 
 
 10 1. Irving E. Weston, b. May 11, 1835 ; d. 
 
 May 10, 1880 ; m. Sept. 1, 1859, Har- 
 riet, b. Jan. 18, 1834, dan. of Rufus 
 and Prudence (Woods) Mason, of Sulli- 
 van, N. H. ; res. W. Oh. b. in AY. 
 
 1. Osgood Irving Weston, b. Nov. 7, 
 1861 ; d. Oct. 18, 1862. 
 
 2. Helen Mason Weston, b. July 11, 
 1864. 
 
 3. Edith Hattie Weston, b. May 12, 
 1866. 
 
 4. Elliot Irving Weston, b. Dec. 18, 
 1868, 
 
 5. Karl Ephraim Weston, b, Oct, 7, 
 1874, 
 
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 Infants (twins), d, Apr. 23, 1815, 
 
 IX. Elislia, b, Oct. 27, 1816-f . 
 X. William, d. July 18, 1822, a, 2 y, 6 mos. 
 
 XI. Martha, b, Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. Apr. 14, 1840. 
 
 XII. Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1828 ; d. Nov. 13, 1870 ; m. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1850, Abbie, b. Jan. 15, 1831, dan. 
 of Abel and Roxalana (Rice) Marshall, q.v. 
 Ch. b. 1 in Cavendish, \^t,, 2, 3 in F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 509 
 
 1. Emma Frances, b. Feb. 5, 1854 ; m. 
 
 Almancer J. Streeter, q.v. 
 
 2. Julia Eoxana, b. Apr. 36, 1856 ; m. 
 
 Elisha M. Bent, q.v. 
 
 3. Win field Marshall, b. June 8, 1868. 
 
 LuRENA Chaplin, b. Jan. 22, 1803 ; m. Dec. 30, 
 1824, Elisha Gregory, Jr., b. Aug. 21, 1798 ; d. Sept. 
 9, 1838, s. of Elisha and Mary (Sawyer), of Winchen- 
 don ; m. (2d) May 27, 1847, Jonas Brooks, b. Sept. 13, 
 1813 ; d. July, 1859. Ch. all b. in W. 
 
 I. Jo7m Milto?i Gregory, b. June 16, 1826 ; m. 
 Is'ov. 22, 1848, Betsey A., b. Oct. 11, 1829, 
 dau. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Shirley, of 
 F. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-7 in Sunderland, Vt.; 
 res. S. 
 
 1. Addis Leslie Gregory, b. Apr. 25, 1855 ; 
 
 m. Maj28, 1877, Zilpha Diana, b. Jan! 
 3, 1858, dan. of John and Diana 
 (Bacon) Bull, of S. Ch. b. in S. 
 
 1. Edna Ella Gregory, b. Mar. 28, 
 
 1878. 
 
 2. Alice Betsey Gregory, b. Dec. 22, 
 
 1879. 
 
 3. Lulu May Gregory, b. Dec. 28, 
 
 1884. 
 
 2. Clarence Edgar Gregory, b. Oct. 25, 
 
 1857 ; d. Mar. 23, 1881 ; m. Mar. 8, 
 1880, Edna Ann Bull, of S., s.j). 
 
 3. Ella Caroline Gregory, b. Oct. 29, 1859. 
 
 4. Emma Lurena " b. Jan. 12, 1863 ; 
 
 m. Sept. 29, 1884, John George Ben- 
 nett, of Cairo, N. Y. ; res. Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 5. William Henry Gregory, b. May 11, 
 
 1865. 
 
 6. Florence Edna Gregory, b. May 13, 1867. 
 
 7. Mary Effie " b. Jan. 11, 1871. 
 II. Martha Catherine Gregory, b. Dec. 9, 1827 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 30, 1831. 
 
 III. Mary Elizabeth Gregory, b. Sept. 24, 1830 ; d. 
 
 June 26, 1832. 
 
 IV. Eliza Caroline Gregory, b. Apr. 6, 1833 ; m. 
 
 Loammi B. Underwood, s. of Nathan and 
 Judith (Pierce), of Eindge. Mr. U. served 
 in the War of the Eebellion on the quota of 
 F.; res. W. 
 V. Adelaide Lurena Gregory, b. Aug. 16, 1848 ; 
 
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 m. Alpheus C. White, q.v.; m. (2d) Julius 
 Hale, of W. ; res. Ashburnham. 
 
 Milton CHAPLiif, b. Apr. 7, 1805 ; m, Nov. 30, 
 1830, Caroliue, b. Dec. 17, 1811, dau. of John J. and 
 Cj'nthia (Amadon) Allen. 
 
 I. Frances Ade, b. Sept. 30, 1831 ; m. Phillip S. 
 
 Batcheller, q.v. 
 II. Elliot Milton, b. June 8, 1834 ; m. Nov. 8, 
 1860, Jennie E., b. Feb. 24, 1840, dau. of 
 Daniel and Eliza F. Larzelere, of Dowagiac, 
 Mich.; res. Sand Spring, la. Ch. b. 1 at 
 Adrian, Mich.; 2, 3 at Bowen's Prairie, la.; 
 4-11 at Sand Spring, 
 
 1. Louis A., b. Feb. 26, 1862. 
 
 2. Addle, b. Dee. 13, 1864. 
 
 3. Claud S., b. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 4. Harry E., b. Oct. 20, 1867. 
 
 5. Leora C, b. Feb. 4, 1869. 
 
 6. Irving G., b. Dec. 1, 1870. 
 
 7. Lillian C, b. Oct. 16, 1872. 
 
 8. Florence A., b. Nov. 11, 1874 ; d. Sept. 
 
 7, 1877. 
 
 9. Jessie M., b. Aug. 11, 1878. 
 
 10. Eoy L., b. Mar. 5, 1880. 
 
 11. Amy B., b. Jan. 28, 1882. 
 
 III. Martha Alicia, b. Oct. 1, 1842 ; m. Charles 
 Newton, q.v. 
 
 Elisha Chaplin, b. Oct. 27, 1816 ; m. Jan. 31, 
 1844, Sarah R., b. Nov. 22, 1824 ; d. Dec. 19, 1875, 
 dau. of Abel and Roxalana (Rice) Marshall, of Jaffrey ; 
 m. (2d) Jan. 8, 1879, Abbie, b. Jan. 15, 1831, sister of 
 his first w. and wid. of his bro. Moses. 
 
 I. Martha Abbie, b. Jan. 4, 1854 ; m. May 29, 
 1878, Willis Albert Stiles, b. Ocd. 14, 1859 ; 
 d. Aug. 21, 1884, s. of Ambrose A. and Sarah 
 L. (Wells), of Wethersfield, Vt. 
 II. Marshall Elisha, b. Sept. 28, 1858 ; m. June 
 11, 1879, Mary M., b. Jan. 8, 1861, in Quebec, 
 Canada, dau. of John and Annie Bartlet, of 
 AVmchendon. 
 
 1. Ethel, b. May 9, 1880. 
 
 2. Marcus, b. Mar. 24, 1883. 
 
 Charles Chase, of Royalston, m. Hannah Stewart, 
 of Winchendon (prob. dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 61 L 
 
 Stewart, and b. Nov, 4, 1774). Lived in W. and 
 Jaffrey. List of cli. prob. not complete. 
 
 I. Capt. Silas, b. Nov. 27, 1794 ; d. Apr. 2. 1876 ; 
 
 m. Nancy , b. Oct. 8, 1795 ; d. May 24, 
 
 1873 ; both d. in AV. and were buried in F. 
 II. Lucy, b. May 12, 1798. 
 
 III. Hannah, b. June 23, 1800 ; m. Joseph Blodgett, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Charles, b. Jan. 11, 1806. 
 V. Mary, b. Mar. 26, 1809. 
 
 VI. Daniel, b. July 16, 1814+. 
 
 Daniel Chase, b. July 16, 1814, in Winchendon, 
 Mass.; m. July 16, 1837, Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1816, dan. 
 of Jacob and Betsey (Brown) Hale, of AV, The family 
 came to F. ab. 1856, and rem. to Iowa ab. 1867. Mr. 
 C. and his oldest s. were out in the AVar of the Eebel- 
 lioG. The s. lost an arm at the battle of Cold Harbor. 
 Ch. b. i.-vii. in AV., viii.-xi. in F. 
 
 I. Amanda 31., b. June 12, 1838 ; m. (1st) AA^arren 
 Martin, q.v.; m. (2d) Samuel Francis Bowker, 
 q.v.; res. in Crystal Lake, la. 
 II. Laura, b. Aug. 16, 1840 ; d. Aug. 20, 1853. 
 
 III. Da7iiel Webster, b. Apr. 22, 1843 ; is m. and 
 
 res. in C. L. 
 
 IV. William TV., b. June 18, 1845; d. Oct. 23, 
 
 1847. 
 V. Harriet Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1849 ; m. Apr. 
 5, 1866. Josiah J. Hardie, b. Aug. 12, 1835, 
 in Encsburg, Vt., s. of Lyman D. and Folly ; 
 res. F. 
 
 1. AA^allace Josiah Hardie, b. Apr. 6, 1869. 
 
 2. Flora Emma " b. Dec. 17, 1871. 
 VI. Andrew J., b. Nov. 24, 1851 ; m. and res. in 
 
 c r 
 
 VII. Flora A., b. Sept. 8, 1853 ; d. July 11, 1872. 
 VIII. Willie F., b. Mar. 16, 1856 ; is m. and res. in 
 Garfield, Ta. 
 IX. Morrill D., b. Mar. 8, 1857 ; is m. and res. in 
 
 C. L. 
 X. Emma A., b. Aug. 28, 1859 ; m. and res. in 
 
 Minnesota, where she d. Feb. 27, 1879. 
 XI. Warren E., b. June 10, 1863 ; d. Feb. 4, 1864. 
 
 Jesse Cheney, m. June 17, 1781, Anna, b. Nov. 30, 
 1757, dau. of Joseph and Judith (Mixer) Nichols, q.v. 
 Jesse and w. were adm. to chh. in F., Sept. 15, 1782. 
 
512 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 (4) 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 They lived in town but a short time, and rem. to East 
 Sudbury, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Joseph, bapt. Sept. 15, 1782. 
 
 Thomas Claek came from Wrentham, Mass., in 
 1779, and settled on L 18 R 12, which he bought of 
 Thomas Tolman, and where he d. in 1818. Ch. prob. 
 all b. in F. 
 
 I. William. Went West. 
 
 II. Martlia, m. Wing and lived in State of 
 
 New York. 
 TJiomas-^-. 
 
 Betsey, killed by lightning, Aug., 1795, a. 17 y. 
 
 III 
 
 IV 
 
 V. Polly. / ^_ 
 
 Yi. Sally, m. —jt^Saxgent and lived in Vermont 
 
 VII. Jonathan; h. June 3, 1788 ; d. Aug. 20, 1850 ; 
 
 m., 1812, Mary, dau. of Asa and Deborah 
 
 (Sargent) Brewer, q.v. They had 6 ch., of 
 
 whom the oldest, and the only one who lived 
 
 in F., was 
 
 1. Asa B., b. Sept. 4, 1814 ; m., 1837, 
 
 Martha, dau. of Zalmon and Phebe 
 
 (Holt) Howe, q.v.; res. in F., Troy, 
 
 and Swanzey, N. H., and Oregon City, 
 
 Ore. 
 
 Thomas Claek, s. of Thomas, m. 1801, Roena Phil- 
 lips, of Richmond. Lived for many years on the home 
 farm, and later on L 23 R 7. Both these lots are now 
 in Troy. Mr. C. d. Oct. 14, 1856. Mrs. C. d. June, 
 1857. 
 
 I. Hoivard, b. Jan. 14, 1803 ; d. Apr., 1874 ; m. 
 
 Dec. 23, 1827, Dolly, b. June 13, 1805, daa. 
 
 of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis, of 
 
 Marlboro ; res. Bethlehem, N. H., Swanzey, 
 
 K H., Troy, N. H. Ch. 1. Jonathan B. ; 2. 
 
 Betsey L. ; 3. Howard T.; 4. Harvey A., res. 
 
 in F. ; 5. Harriet A. : 6. Mary. 
 
 4. Harvey A., b. Aug. 7, 1838, in Swanzey ; 
 
 m. Feb. 4, 1862, Sophronia A., b. 
 
 Nov. 13, 1837. dau. of William and 
 
 Caroline (Alexander) Perham, q.v. 
 
 1. William Perham, b. Aug. 24, 
 
 1866. 
 
 2. Emily D., b. Aug. 13, 1871 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 26, 1871. 
 II. Fuller, b. Oct. 26, 1804 ; m. Feb., 1830, Adaline 
 Porter : res. Marlboro. • 
 
 St (ftCLx h^^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 513 
 
 III. Louisa, b. May 7, 1807 ; d. Dec. 2, 1832. 
 
 IV. LuTce a, b. Aug. 22, 1809+. 
 
 V. Lovina, b. Nov. 8, 1812 ; d. Aug. 2, 1816. 
 VI. Lyman T., b. Apr. 29, 1817 ; was burned to d. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1834. 
 VII. William, b. May 5, 1822 ; d. May 2, 1823. 
 VIII. Alvah S., b. Aug. 29, 1824 ; m. 'Mar. 19, 1850, 
 Sarepta A., b. Jan. 4, 1829, dau. of Dea. 
 Oren and Julia Ann (Wright) Brooks, q.v.; 
 res. Troy. 
 
 Luke C. Clark, b. Aug. 20, 1809 ; in. Feb. 21, 
 1839, Abigail S., b. July 20, 1814, dau. of David and 
 Betsey (Damon) Lowe, q.v.; res. Troy. 
 
 I. Lyman T., b. Oct. 22, 1839. 
 II. George W., b. Jan. 16,-184l. 
 
 III. Francis L., b. Apr. 16, 1843 ; m. Jan. 22, 
 
 1871, Susan, b. Jan. 22, 1844, dau. of Herman 
 and Bathsheba (Cobleigh) Fisher, q.v.; res. 
 F. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Martin Luke, b Mar. 6, 1873. 
 ^ 2. Grace Alice, b. Oct. 24, 1877. 
 
 IV. Charles David, b. Dec. 29, 1845 ; m. Oct. 6, 
 
 1869, Fanny Eozell, b. at Wendell, Mass., 
 May 26, 1844, dau. of Amos and Fanny 
 (Tenney) Baker, then of F.; res. F. Ch. b. 
 in F. 
 
 1. Edward Charles, b. Julv 20, 1872. 
 
 2. Winfoid Samuel, b. Nov. 25, 1876. 
 
 3. Lolie Rozell, b. Oct. 9, 1879. 
 
 4. Flovd Elmore, b. Nov. 26, 1886. 
 V. AhhieE., b. Aug. 8, 1851. 
 
 VI. Warren N., b. May 7, 1858. 
 
 Calvin Clark was from Marlboro, Mass. As his 
 oldest ch. was bapt. in F., but the birth is not recorded, 
 it is supposed that he came in 1778 or 1779. His farm 
 comprised part of Lots 6 and 7 in R 1, his house being 
 where Hyman Bent afterward lived. The family left 
 town between 1790 and 1793*. By w. Martha he had 
 ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Betsey, bapt. Oct. 3, 1779 ; d. Feb. 25, 1785. 
 
 II. Martha, b. May 6, 1781. 
 
 III. Dorothy, b. Feb. 13, 1784. 
 
 IV. Lewis, b. Feb. 19, 1788. 
 
 V. Nancy, bapt. Sept. 19, 1790. 
 33 
 
514 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 CLAYES. 
 
 I JoHN^ Clayes or Cloise settled in "Watertown, Mass., before 1637 ; 
 afterward res.- in Charlestown, Mass., and Falmouth, Me.; killed by 
 Indians in 1676 ; had 7 ch., of wliona the second was 
 
 2 PETER^ b. May 27, 1639 ; d. July 18, 1708 ; res. in Wells, Me., 
 Salem, and Framingham, Mass. Ilis will names 6 ch., of whom the 
 fifth was 
 
 3 James', who by w. Mary had in Fram. 6 ch., of whom the fourth 
 was 
 
 4 James*, b. June 10, 1710 ; d. Jan., 1798 : m. July 24, 1735, Lydia 
 Fames, who d., and he m. (2d) May 28, 1740, Abigail, b. Nov. 23, 
 1717 ; d. Apr., 1798, dau. of John and Abigail Gleason. By 1st m. 1 
 ch ; by 2d m. 6 ch., of whom the third was Elijah^, b. Sept. 5, 1744. 
 
 In F. rec. the name is quite uniformly spelled Clays. 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 
 Elija.h° Clays, b. Sept. 5, 1744 ; came to F., 1770, 
 and settled on L 22 E 9. His name appears in the Pro- 
 prietors' Eecords from June, 1771, to Apr., 1774, dur- 
 ing which time he was chosen to eleven official positions. 
 He was a captain in the Eevolutionary War, and d. at 
 White Plains, in 1776, in consequence of wounds. He 
 m. Abigail, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Pratt) Pep- 
 per, of Fram. See Ezekiel Mixer. Ch. b. i.-iv, in 
 
 v.-vii. in F. 
 
 « 
 
 Saralf, b. Jan. 8, 1763 ; m. Fortunatus Nichols, 
 
 q.v. 
 Elijah, b. Dec. 23, 1764 ; d. May 22, 1815 ; m. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1790, Levinah, b. Apr. 1, 1767, dau. 
 
 of Ebenezer and Bathsheba Hemenwaj, of 
 
 Fram. 
 Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1767 ; m. Larrabee, 
 
 and settled in Charlestown, N. H. 
 Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1769. 
 Joseph, b. Sepc. 20, 1771 
 
 Eunice, dau. of Grideon 
 
 Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 Mtthan, b. Oct. 17, 1773. 
 Betsey, b. Nov. 15, 1775 ; m. Phipps, of 
 
 Dudley, Mass. 
 
 COBLEIGH. 
 
 JOHJT CoBLEiGH, b. Dec. 18, 1762 ; d. Dec. 4, 1836 ; 
 was s, of John and Mary (Wilder), of Templeton. He 
 m. Dec. 11, 1787, Eunice, b. Mar. 20, 1766 ; d. June 
 21, 1853, dau. of John and Soviah (Eice) Brighara, of 
 Phillipston, Mass. Came to F. soon after m. and set- 
 tled on L 13 E 12. 
 
 I. John, b. Mar. 21, 1789+. 
 
 Fram. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 VII. 
 
 ; m. Sept. 24, 1797, 
 Howe, and settled in 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 515 
 
 II. Amos, b. Apr. 18, 1790 ; d. Feb. 19, 1824 ; ni. 
 Nancy and had ch., all b. in F. 
 
 1. Nancy, b. Feb. 5, 1814. 
 
 2. Joanna, b. Aug. 30, 1815. 
 
 3. Anson, b. Sept. 5, 1817. 
 
 4. Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1818. 
 
 5. Esther Cutler, b. May 4, 1820. 
 
 6. Merlin Colburn, b. Oct. 5, 1821. 
 
 7. Charlotte Culbnrn, b. Nov. 23, 1823 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1825. 
 
 III. David, b. July 20, 1791 ; d. in Marengo, Mich., 
 
 May 26, 1858 ; m. Hannah, b. Mar. 20. 1785, 
 dau. of Nathan and Eachel (Stoddard) Bowen, 
 of Richmond ; rem. from F. soon after m. 
 Only 2 of their ch. found in F. rec. 
 
 1. Cyrena, b. Nov. 2, 1811 ; d. in F., Nov. 
 
 14, 1839, unm. 
 
 2. David, d. Dec. 22, 1825, a. 9 y. 
 
 IV. Eimice Brigliam, b. Nov. 15, 1792 ; d. Sept. 
 
 13, 1835 ; m. Jan, 12, 1819, Joseph Baker, of 
 Templeton, Mass.: rem. to Bakersfield, Vt. 
 T. Chloe, b. Feb. 6, 1801 ; d. Apr. 27, 1831, in B. 
 VI. Bathslieba, b. Apr. 14, 1803 ; m. Herman 
 Fisher, q.v. 
 
 John Cobleigf, b. Mar. 21, 1789 ; m. May 12, 1818, 
 Mehetabel, b. Nov. 18, 1783, dau. of John and Sarah 
 Whitnev. Mr. C. d. Feb. 6, 1870, and Mrs. C. d. Nov. 
 26, 1801, both in F. Ch. b. i. in F., ii. in Princeton, 
 Mass., III. in Templeton, Mass., iv. in Chesterfield, 
 N. H. 
 
 I. John Rice, b. Feb. 0, 1819 ; d. July 16, 1863 : 
 m. Apr. 14, 1846, Nancy J., b. Aug. 3, 1823, 
 dau. of Abner and Lucy (Jennison) Allen, of 
 Princeton, Mass. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2 in Ash- 
 burnham, Mass., 3 in Westminster, Mass., 
 4-7 in Jaffrey. 
 
 1. John R.", b. Mar. 15, 1847 ; res. Preston, 
 
 Ct. 
 
 2. Mary J., b. May 20, 1849 ; res. Yv'or- 
 
 cester, Mass. 
 
 3. Charles J., b. Nov. 2, 1851 ; res. Leo- 
 
 minster, Mass. 
 
 4. Walter G., b. July 15, 1854. 
 
 5. Henry F., b. July 23, 1856. 
 
 6. Alice M., b. Dec. 13, 1858 ; res. W. 
 
 7. Harriet M., b. Jan. 10, 1801 ; res. AV. 
 
516 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 II. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1820 ; m. Jolm Forris" 
 
 tall, q.v. 
 III. Lyman, b. Feb. 6, 1825. 
 
 lY.. LuTce, b. Nov. 19, 1828 ; m. Jan. 3, 1860, Mary 
 S., b. June 6, 1837 ; d. Mar. 21, 1862, dau. 
 of Hiram and Louisa (Wright) Clarke, of 
 Princeton, Mass.; m. (2d) Jan. 10, 1865, 
 Lottie M., b. June 21, 1837, dau. of William 
 and Catherine C. (Maynard) Monroe, of P.; 
 res. Gardner, Mass., and ch. all b. there. 
 
 1. Mary Louisa, b. Mar. 11, 1862. 
 
 2. Kathrina Augusta, b. Sept. 18, 1868. 
 
 3. Myron Monroe, b. Apr. 8, 1873 ; d. May 
 
 26, 1880. 
 
 4. Maude Gertrude, b. May 20, 1876. 
 
 Ebenezer Colburn and family rem. from Natick, 
 Mass., and settled in Eindge in 1779. He d. Sept. 17, 
 1824, a. 86 y.; m. Mercy Everett, who d. Mar. 25, 
 1828, a. 87 y. Ch. i. Nancy ; ii. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 2, 
 1765 ; III. Jonathan ; iv. Isaac ; y. Mary. 
 
 Ebekezer, b. Apr. 2, 1765 ; d. May 1, 1822 ; m. 
 Oct. 17, 1790, Hannah, b. May 6, 1773 ; d. May 20, 
 1856, dau. of Ezekiel and Hannah (Platts) Jewett. 
 After d. of Mr. C. his wid. m. (2d) Mar. 9, 1826, 
 George BufEum, of Eichmond. The family came to F. 
 in 1794, and returned to Eindge a few y. later. Four 
 ch., iv.-vii., were b. in F. In the following list of ch. 
 no particulars beyond date of birth are given, except of 
 such as have had some further connection with F. 
 I. Nalmm, b. Mar. 20, 1791. 
 
 II. Nancy, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; m. Benjamin Davison, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. David, b. Mar. 2, 1794 ; came to F. ab. 1832, 
 
 and d. here, June 26, 1834 ; m. (1st) Lydia 
 Sears, (2d) Mary E. Foster, who d. July 7, 
 1878, in Jaffrey, a. 77 y., and was interred in 
 F. He had several ch., of whom the only 
 rec. in F. is 
 
 1. David Leonard, d. Dec. 26, 1833, a. 1 y. 
 10 mos. 4 
 
 IV. Lnfant, b. Mar. 2, 1795 ; d. Mar. 17, 1795. 
 
 V. Leonard, b. Feb. 29, 1796 ; m. Polly Corey ; 
 m. (2d) Mrs. Currency Wilder, wid. of Elijah. 
 Came to F. in 1836, and after res. in town 8 
 or 10 y. returned to Eindge, where he d. July 
 7, 1859. Had ch. d. in F.: Infant, d. Oct. 
 6; 1837 ; Clarissa, d. Dec. 24, 1839 ; Daughter, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEQISTER. 517 
 
 d. Aug. 17, 1842, a. 3 y. The Hist, of E. 
 gives 6 cli. by 3d m,, but the number may not 
 be complete, and the order may not be correct. 
 Some of the ch. were b. in F., but none are 
 on rec. here. 
 
 1. Samuel M. G., m. Martha A., dan. of 
 
 Lyman and Julia (Chaplin) Deeth, q.v. 
 
 2. CUirissa. 
 
 3. Hannah. 
 
 4. Maria M., m. Charles D. Kimball, of 
 
 Rindge, s. of Samuel M. and Melinda 
 (Pierce). 
 
 5. George. 
 
 6. Kstella. 
 
 VI. Infant, b. Mar., 1797 ; d. Mar. 30, 1797. 
 vir. Infant, b. Mar., 1798 ; d. Mar. 26, 1798. 
 VIII. John, b. Mar. 15, 1799 ; m. Lydia, dan. of 
 Artemas Beard, q.v. 
 IX. Ahram, b. Oct. 2, 1800. 
 X. Mercy, b. Feb. 9, 1802. 
 XI. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1804. 
 XII. Imac, b. Oct. 27, 1805. 
 
 XIII. Fanny, b. Mar. 20, 1807 ; d. Mar. 10, 1831 ; 
 
 m. Sept. 2, 1830, at, and called of F., Josiah 
 Lyman Wether bee, called of Ashburnham, b. 
 Sept. 5, 1806, s. of Josiah and Clarissa (Saw- 
 tell), of Rindge. 
 
 XIV. Norris, b. Apr. 17, 1809 ; d. Apr. 5, 1847, 
 
 killed by the Indians between St. Louis, Mo., 
 and Santa Fe, N. M. He m. Dec. 25, 1832, 
 Martha L., b. July 20, 1811 ; d. Mar. 8, 1841, 
 dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Goss) Carter. 
 Ch. b. 1, 2, at F., 3 at St. Louis. 
 
 1. George Norris, b. Apr. 19, 1834 ; d. 
 
 1886 ; res. St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 2. Martha Ann, b. Apr. 20, 1838 ; d. Mar. 
 
 29, 1867 ; m. Dec, 1801, George A. 
 Whitney, of Rindge, b. 1837, s. of John 
 and Sophia (Faulkner), s.2). 
 
 3. Nancy C, b. Sept. 5, 1840 ; d. Sept. 7, 
 
 184i. 
 XV. Clarissa, b. Dec. 9, 1812 ; m. Ebenezer Carter, 
 q.v. 
 
 Silas CoLBUR>r and w. Esther were adm. to the chh. 
 May 13, 1781, on letter from the chh. in Pelham, Mass., 
 and probably left town in 1793* or 1794. It is supposed 
 he settled on L 6 R 10, as he was taxed on that L in 
 
518 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 (5) 
 
 the Penny List of 1788. In some places the name is 
 Ooburn. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Rlioda, bapt. Oct. 21, 1781. 
 II. Jonas, bapt. Aug. 22, 1784. 
 III. Jesse, bapt. Sept. 10, 1786. 
 
 Stephen" Cole, from Pomfret, Ct., bought, May 17, 
 1771, L 2 E 8 of James Keed, for £24, and L 2 R 7 
 of Diminicus Dayison, for £40, and sold L 2 E 7 to 
 David Perry, June 1, 1772, for £56. He was chosen 
 highway surveyor, June 19, 1771. Prob. remained in 
 town but a short time, as tlie name appears no more in 
 the records. The name is spelled Cool in the Prop. 
 rec, but is Cole in the deeds, Diminicus Davison is 
 called, "of No. 4," but nothing further is known of 
 him. 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 EzEKiEL CoLLiKS, s. of William and Mary, was b. 
 May 1, 1749, in Southbdro, Mass., and d. in F., Feb. 8, 
 1808 ; m. (1st) Abigail Woods, sister of Jonas Woods, 
 
 q.v. She d. May 24, 1776, and he m. (2d) Anna . 
 
 After the d. of Mr. C. his wid. m. (2d) Jan. 27, 1813, 
 Nathan Bartlet, of Eoyalston. She d. in E., July 30, 
 1817. The Collins family came from Southboro, in 
 March, 1795, and settled on L 11 E 6 near the pond 
 which is still called by their family name. Ch. by 1st 
 m., Abigail, and perhaps others not named ; all the 
 others by 2d m. 
 
 I. Abigail, m. William W. Fay, q.v. 
 II. Silas, b. 1778(?) ; d. Mar. 2, 1803, a. 24 y., unm. 
 
 III. EUzaleth, b. July 13, 1780 ; m. Asael Hart- 
 
 well, q.v. 
 
 IV. Ezehiel, b. Apr. 13, 1782+. 
 
 V. Anna, b. 1784(?) ; m. Thadeus Cummings, q.v. 
 VI. Hiildah, b. 1786(?) ; m. Josiah Osborn, q.v. 
 VII. Abishai, b. 1788(?)+. 
 VIII. Stillman, b. 1790(?)+. 
 IX. Ruth, b. July 5, 1793, d. May 20, 1881 ; ra. (1st) 
 Nathan Drury, q.v.; m. (2d) William Kuhn. 
 X. Martha, b. Aug. 21, 1795 ; m. George Damon, 
 
 q.v. 
 XI. Polly, b. Mar. 18, 1798 ; d. Jan. 22, 1800. 
 
 EzEKiEL Collins, b. Apr. 13, 1782 ; d. Apr. 22, 
 1844 ; m. Apr. 17, 1805, Anna, b. Sept. 3, 1782 ; d. 
 July 9, 1836, dau. of Samuel and Ann (Stacy) Stone. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 
 
 519 
 
 This is the first m. rec. as solemnized by Eev. Mr. Sabin. 
 M. (2d) Aug. 3, 1838, Anna, b. Jan. 22, 1792 ; d. Oct. 25, 
 1880, dan. of Bartlet and Christiana (Holmes) Bowker. 
 
 I. Cldoe CaUsta, b. Sept. 2, 1805 ; m. Jnly 29, 
 1835, Franklin Streeter, of Templeton. He 
 d., and she m. (2d) Apr. 20, 1848, Asaph 
 Nelson Brown, b. May 18, 1813, s. of Asaph 
 and Martha (AVilder), of Eindge ; res. Winch- 
 endon. Ch. by 1st m. and b. in T. 
 
 1. Calista Ann Streeter, m. Nov. 17, 1859, 
 Orlando Mason, s. of Enfus and Pru- 
 dence (Woods), of Sullivan, N. H. ; 
 res. W. 
 
 1. Mabel Murdock Mason, b. Oct. 7, 
 
 1861 (twin). 
 
 2. Marcus Marvin Mason, b. Oct. 7, 
 
 18G1 ; m. Nov. 12, 1885, Edith 
 Hayward, dau. of Joseph G. and 
 Christine (Beach) Isham, of New- 
 York City ; res. Cheyenne, Wyo. 
 II. Joshua Troiuhridge, b. Mar. 27, 1807 ; d. Nov. 
 29, 1868 ; m. Elizabeth A., b. Feb. 5, 1810 ; 
 d. July 12, 1870, dau. of Eliphas and Anna 
 (Goss) Ballard, of Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1843 ; m. 
 
 Sept. 5, 1866, Anson G. Beebe, b. Sept. 
 5, 1841, at Highgate, Vt, s. of Mar- 
 shall and Eebecca (Ehicord), s.p. 
 
 2. Franklin Streeter, b. Nov. 24, 1845 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 7, 1846. 
 
 3. Frank Eliphas, b. Aug. 23, 1852 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1853. 
 
 III. Sylvanns, b. May 15, 1809 ; d. Apr. 10, 1857, 
 
 at Athol, Mass.; m. Nov. 20, 1836, Martha, 
 dau. of Luke and Betsey (Cole) Piper, of 
 Eoyalston. Ch. b. at E. 
 
 1. Martha Ann, b. July 8, 1837. 
 
 2. Harriet Mehetabel, b. Sept. 8, 1839 ; m. 
 
 Apr., I860, John E. Eobson, of New 
 Harmony, Ind. He d., and she m. 
 (2d) Sept., 1878, Lorenzo T. Phillips, 
 of N. H. 
 
 IV. Anna Louisa, b. Aug. 21, 1812 ; d. July 9, 
 
 1830, unm. 
 V. Clarissa, b. Aug. 10, 1814 ; d. Sept. 8, 1826. 
 VI. Ezekiel Baxter, b. Sept. 23, 1816 ; d. May 5, 
 1886 ; m. 
 
520 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34-5 
 
 36 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 (28) 
 
 39 
 40 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 (8) 
 
 43 
 
 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 1. Emma Frances, m. Mar. .31, 1875, Ed- 
 ward Lvman Stone, q.v. 
 VII. Dexter, b. Sept." 29, 1818+. 
 VIII. Edward, b. Sept. 4, 1820 ; d. Jan. 4, 1821. 
 IX. Harriet, b. Dec. 28, 1821 ; d. Oct. 27, 1838, 
 
 unm. 
 X. Julia, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; d. Dec. 14, 1838. 
 XI. Lyman Beeclier, b. July 19, 1828 : m. Sept. 12, 
 1855, Augusta A., b. Feb. 2, 1837 ; d. Nov. 
 26, 1862, dau. of Otis and Esther (Osgood) 
 Whitcomb, of Svvanzey ; m. (2d) June 29, 1873, 
 Marion E., b. Nov. 30, 1835, at Littleton, 
 Mass., dau. of Richard and Susan (Chandler) 
 Hall ; res. Wardsboro, Vt. Oh. b. 1-4 in E., 
 5 in Greenville, N. H., 6 in Wardsboro. 
 1. George Lyman, b. Jan. 4, 1856 ; d. May 
 7, 1877. 
 2, 3. (Twins), b. Aug., 1859 ; d. Sept. 11 and 
 18, 1859. 
 
 4. Arthur Beecher, b. Apr. 27, 1862. 
 
 5. Hattie Susan, b. July 23, 1876. 
 
 6. G-eorge Augustus, b. Jan. 29, 1879. 
 
 Dexter Colliks, b. Sept. 29, 1818 ; m. Mar. 23, 
 1841, Mehetabel, b. Nov., 1816 ; d. Feb. 16, 1848, dau. 
 of Asa and Elizabeth (Rogers) Waite ; m. (2d) Apr. 8, 
 1851, Martha, b. July 28, 1823 ; d. July 1, 1881, dau. 
 of Oliver and Azubah (Carruth) Powers, of Phillipston, 
 Mass.; res. Wiuchendon. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Julia MeMtalle, b. Oct. 3. 1853 ; m. Feb. 21, 
 
 1884, Angelo M. Royse,'b. May 10, 1853, s. 
 of Charles W. and Sybil (Wilson), of Sharon, 
 N. H.; res. W. 
 
 II. Dwiglit Oliver, b. June 29, 1857 ; m. Jan. 8, 
 
 1885, Susie A., b. Jan. 14, 1862, dau. of Levi 
 and Sarah Amanda (Thompson) Haskell, of 
 F. ; res. Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 III. Nellie Etta, b. June 4, 1858 ; m. Sept. 21, 1887, 
 
 Edmond Cooley Anderson, b. June 22, 1859, 
 in Chicopee, Mass., s. of Cooley E. and Ma- 
 rinda E. (Cleveland) ; res. Needham, Mass. 
 
 IV. Anna Louisa Powers, b. Jan. 26, 1863. 
 
 Abishai Collins, d. Oct. 13, 1843, a. 54 y;; m. Aug. 
 25, 1811, Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1792 ; d. Sept. 25, 1843, 
 dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, of Troy. 
 
 I. Levi, b. Mar. 13, 1812 (twin) ; d. y.(?) 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 521 
 
 44 
 
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 46 
 
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 52 
 
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 54 
 55 
 
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 57 
 
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 60 
 61 
 62 
 63 
 
 II. Anna Woods, b. Mar. 13, 1812 ; m. Daniel Bur- 
 
 bank, q.v. 
 
 III. Fzekiel, b. Mar. 9, 1814 ; d. Feb. 18, 1815. 
 
 IV. Daniel F., d. May 21, 1841, a. 25 y., unm. 
 
 V. Trypliena, b. Oct. 18, 1818 ; m. Eev. Asa Fres- 
 co tt, q.v. 
 VI. Levi C, b. 1822 ; d. Nov. 22, 1851. 
 VII. Maria, b. 1825. 
 VIII. Abishai, d. Oct. 31, 1843, a. 16 v. 
 IX. ffarvey B., 6. Sept. 20, 1843, a. 12 y. 
 K. William Li/sande?', h. Dec. 19, 1833 ; m. Mar. 
 23, 1853, Harinab N., b. Jan. 11, 1832, dau. 
 of Jobn and Hannah (Lyon) B urban k, q.v.; 
 res. Keene, N. H. 
 
 1. Addie Maria, b. Sept. 21, 1856, in F.; 
 
 d. May 3, 1884, in Herkimer, N. Y. 
 
 2. Arthur "Leslie, b. Apr. 13, 1859, in F. 
 
 3. Hattie Josephine, b. Aug. 15, 1860, in 
 
 Herkimer, IS'^. Y. 
 
 4. Willie L. B., b. Jan. 31, 1869, in Vernon, 
 
 K y. 
 
 5. Herbert Daniel, b. Apr. 3, 1871, in V. 
 
 Stillmax Collins, d. Sept. 10, 1840, a. 50 y. ; m. 
 July 26, 1813, Betsey, b. July 3, 1794 ; d. Apr. 10, 
 1824, dau. of Asa and Tamasin Goodell, of F. 
 
 I. Betsey, "b. Jan. 29, 1814. 
 
 II. Polhj a, b. Xov. 6, 1815. 
 
 III. Phebe A., h. Jan. 1, 1818. 
 
 IV. Jared, b. Jan. 29, 1820. 
 V. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1822. 
 
 VI. Roxana, b. Mar. 4, 1824 ; d. Nov. 10, 1869. 
 
 COOLIDOE. 
 
 I John' Coolidge and w. Mary came from Cambridgeshire, Eng., in 
 1680, and settled in Watertown, Mass., where he was admitted freeman, 
 May 25, 1636. His s., 
 
 2 John-, b. in Eng. ; m. Nov. 14, 1655, Hannah Livermore ; m. (2d) 
 Sept. 16, 1679, Mary Maddock, and res. in Watertown. His s., 
 
 3 John\ b. Feb. 19, 1662 ; m. Mary . Rem. between 1680 and 
 
 1685 from W. to Sherborn, Mass., where he was Selectman 10 y. and 
 Town Clerk 5 y. His s., 
 
 4 Maj. Isaac*, b. Apr. 21, 1685 ; m. Apr. 26, 1710, Hannah Morse 
 and res. in S., where he was Representative 5 y. and Selectman 3 y. 
 Two of his ch., John 5 and Joseph | 7? have been represented in F. 
 His oldest s., 
 
 5 JoiiN^ b. June 21, 1714 ; res. in Sherborn and Natick, Mass. His 
 w. Anne d. Jan. 18, 1782. His s., 
 
522 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 13 
 
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 16 
 
 Samuel' Coolidge, h. in Sherborn, Aug. 13, 1753 ; 
 rem. to Marlboro, N. H. His wid. Hannah d. in F. 
 May 28, 1831, a. 79 y. Ch. b. i., ii. in Sherborn, in.-v. 
 
 in ivr. 
 
 I. ReUcca', b. Mar. 1, 1779 ; d. Oct. 24, 1856 ; 
 m. (1st) Eeiiben Ward, Jr., q.v.; (2d) Capt. 
 John Stone, of Marl., s. of Dea. Eliphalet 
 and Lydia (Goddard). 
 II. Lcmson, b. Mar. 4, 1782 ; d. May 26, 1806. 
 
 III. Persis, d. unm. 
 
 IV. Curtis -\-. 
 
 V. Henry, res. in Keene, and d. there. 
 
 Curtis'^ Coolidge, b. 178- ; d. 187-, in La Orange, 
 Tenn.; m., 1825, Catharine P., b. July 9, 1806, dau. of 
 Joshua and Abigail (Sabin) Adams, of Plainfield, 
 Ct., q.v. Maj. Coolidge was in trade in F. for several 
 y., as related elsewhere ; rem. to St. Louis, Mo., in 1840. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Edward RusneW, b. Apr. 15, 1827 ; d. 
 II. Ellen Augusta, b. Oct. 8, 1829 ; d. June 24, 
 1832. 
 
 III. Ellen Augusta, b. May 12, 1832 ; d. May 6, 
 
 1839. 
 
 IV. Henry Curtis, b. Dec. 29, 1834 ; d. Jan. 8, 
 
 1S.38 
 V. John Adams, b. Apr. 19, 1837 ; m., 186-, Ella 
 Bell, of Memphis, Tenn. She d. Feb., 1887 ; 
 res. Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 I 7 Joseph^ Coolidge. another s. of Maj. Isaac, was b. Apr. 23, 
 1726 ; m. Jan. 26, 1746, Elizabeth Frost ; res. in Sherborn. They had 
 twelve ch., of whom the ninth, Abraham, and tenth, Hezekiah, settled 
 in Marlboro, N. H. Their fourth ch., 
 
 I 8 DANIEL^ b. Mar. 13, 1753 ; d. Sept. 10, 1840 ; m. May 11, 1780, 
 Beulah Smith, from Needham, Mass.; res. in S., where he was Select- 
 man 5 y. They had eleven ch., of whom the third was Calvin', b. Mar. 
 19, 1785. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 CALViif' Coolidge, b. Mar. 19, 1785 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 1859 ; m. Patty, b. Feb. 4, 1790 ; d. Sept. 7, 1856, dau. 
 of Daniel Hyde, of jSTewton, Mass. Eem. from Sher- 
 born and settled in F. in 1811. 
 
 I. DanieV, b. Nov. 17, 1810 ; d. Feb. 16, 1873 ; 
 m. Jan. 7, 1835, Sally, b. May 22, 1806, dau- 
 of Jesse and Hannah (Disper) Sawin, of 
 Princeton, Mass. Ch. b. 1, 2 in S., 3-5 in 
 Natick. 3d and 4th ch. d. v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 523 
 
 1. Francis, b. July 27, 1835. 
 
 2. Surah Jane, b. Apr. 21, 1837. 
 5. Miriam Broad, b. Oct. 5, 1844. 
 
 II. Curtis, b. Nov. 21, 1814 ; d. Oct. 15, 1868 ; m. 
 Jan. 5, 1842, Lydia, dan. of John and Ljdia 
 (Lybin) Eichardson, of Dedham, Mass.; res. 
 in D., and ch. all b. there. 
 
 1. Mary L., b. Dec. 15, 1842 ; d. Feb. 12, 
 
 1868. 
 
 2. Harriet J., b. xMay 4, 1845 ; d. Apr. 18, 
 
 1876. 
 
 3. Clara M., b. Sept. 2, 1847 ; m. Dec. 25, 
 
 1867, William M. Hamilton, of Ded- 
 ham ; d. Mar. 12, 1883, s. of Leonard 
 and Sarah (Morris) ; 5 ch., all b. in 
 D.; 1st, 2d, and 5th ch. d. y. 
 
 3. Leonard Curtis Hamilton, b. 
 
 Sept. 16, 1874. 
 
 4. Herbert Clifton Hamilton, b. . 
 
 Aug. 17, 1876. 
 
 4. Lucy J., b. Dec. 23, 1849 ; d. June 1, 
 
 1864. 
 
 III. Cyrus, b. Apr. 12, 1817 ; d. Mar. 2, 1869, unm. 
 
 IV. George, b. Aug. 6, 1821 ; d. Mar. 18, 1876, 
 
 unm. 
 V. Horace, b. Mar. 15, 1823 ; m. Mar. 13, 1862, 
 Phebe, b. Sept. 3, 1830, dau. of Joseph and 
 Hannah (Chase) Blodgett, q.v. 
 
 1. Horace Eugene, b. May 2, 1873. 
 VI. Jane Hyslop, b. Nov. 29, 1824 ; d. Mar. 23, 
 
 1828. 
 VII. Austin, b. July 5, 1829 ; d. June 8, 1830. 
 VIII. Jennie H., b. Mar. 13, 1836 ; m. Timothy 
 Blodgett, q.v. 
 
 Anthony Corey, from Wallingford, Vt., settled in 
 Richmond ab. 1797, and m. Lovisa, dau. of Capt. Amos 
 and Lovisa (Simmons) Boorn, of R. He d. May 24, 
 1835, a. 59 y.; she d. Nov. 9, 1853, a. 77 y. They had 
 a large family of ch., of whom may be noticed here : 
 
 I. Ahralam, b. May 10, 1798 ; m. June 1, 1824, 
 Hannah W., b. Nov. 26, 1806, dau. of Edward 
 and Ruth Perkins, of Jaffrey ; res. Marlboro. 
 
 1. Louisa A., b. Mar. 8, 1826, in F. 
 
 2. Piiebe E., b. Jan. 31, 1828, in J. 
 
 3. Mary Jane, b. June 21, 1830, in Troy. 
 
 4. Edward C, b. Dec. 8, 1831, in F. 
 
 5. Cynthia, b. Dec. 20, 1834, in J. 
 
524 
 
 HISTOKY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 6. Amos L., b. Aug. 1, 1837, in F. 
 
 7. Alfred a., b. Apr. 13, 1840, in F. 
 
 8. Francis A., b. Feb. 9, 1843, in T. 
 
 9. Clara A., b. Jnly 3, 1845, in T. 
 10. Henry C, b. May 22, 1848, in M. 
 
 II. Huldali. b. Sept. 20, 1799 ; d. in F., June 20, 
 1870, unm. 
 
 III, Ant1i07iy, lived in F. several years, commencing 
 
 ab. 1832. 
 
 IV. James, b. iSTov. 12, 1805+. 
 
 V. Nicene, b. Mar. 5, 1811 ; m. Edward Tolman, 
 (2d) Kendall Fisher, q.v. 
 
 James Coeey, b. JSTov. 12, 1805 ; m. Apr. 2, 1835, 
 Hannah, b. Mar. 25, 1815, dau. of Bartlet and Jemima 
 (Knowlton [Wright]) Bowker, q.v.; came to F. ab. 1833, 
 and rem. to Fitchburg, Mass., ab. 1870 ; res. Fitch- 
 burg. 
 
 I. Lucy Ann. b. May 5, 1836 ; m. David F. Hol- 
 
 man, q.v. 
 II. Antoinette, b. Aug. 1, 1837 ; d. Nov. 27, 1885 ; 
 m. ISTov. 30, 1854, Jeremiah Greenwood : res. 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 III. A son, h. Jan. 8, 1839 ; d. Feb. 9, 1839. 
 
 IV. Hellen Louisa, b. Mar. 2, 1840 ; m., 1876, 
 
 Albert Carlos Harris, b. Jan. 18, 1845, at 
 Haverhill, Mass., s. of Onias and Prudentia 
 (Wheeler) ; res, Fitchburg. 
 
 1. Hattie Louisa Harris, b. Mar. 8, 1877. 
 
 2. George Franklyn " b. Jan. 14, 1879. 
 
 3. Arthur Edward " b. June 17, 1881. 
 V. Mary Fra7ices, b. June 5, 1842 ; m. Jan. 31, 
 
 1861, Henry Peck, b. Aug. 2, 1829, in Ebyal- 
 ston, Mass., s. of Benoni and Eunice (Rogers) ; 
 res. W. 
 
 1. Henry Eddie PccTc, b. Mar. 5, 1862. 
 
 2. Freddie Benoni Pech, b. Oct. 6, 1876. 
 VI. James Warren, b. Nov. 11, 1848. 
 
 VII. Charles Austi?i, b. Sept. 7, 1851. 
 
 William Crane and w. Keziah came from Stoughton, 
 Mass., before 1785, and settled on L 9 R 2. She d. 
 Oct. 8, 1802, and he m. (2d), May 24, 1803, Eunice 
 Brown, who is called of F. in rec. of m. ; ab. 1817 the 
 family rem. to Greensboro, Vt. 
 
 I. Marij, b. Oct. 15, 1784 ; d. Feb. 25, 1800. 
 II. JoJm, b. June 7, 1786 ; m. Susan, b. Nov. 2, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 525 
 
 1788, dan. of William and Betsey (Brown) 
 Poland, q.v. 
 
 III. Emike, b. Feb. 20, 1788; m. William Poland, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 
 IV. Nathan, b. Dec. 20, 1789. 
 
 V. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1793 ; m. An^. 23, 1813, 
 Ephraim D. White, of Ludlow, Vt. 
 
 7 Patty Crane and Daniel White, both of F., m. 
 
 Apr. 23, 1795. 
 
 Simon Crosby was in town before 1786. He was 
 chosen highway surveyor in March, 1780. His w. was 
 Sally Howe, of Brookdcld, Mass. The family rem. to 
 Vermont ab. 17i)9. Mr. C. was a prominent business 
 man in F. for several y., but it is understood that he 
 met witli financial reverses, and it was mainly on 
 account of these reverses that he left town. Ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Sally, b. Dec. 23, 1789. 
 
 II. Otis, b. Oct. 17, 1792. 
 
 III. Aaron, b. Julv 8, 1795. 
 
 IV. Dolly Whitney, bapt. Aug. 19, 1798. 
 
 CUMMIKGS. 
 
 I Isaac' Cummings, who is reported to have come from Scotland, was 
 in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1G41, and d. there in I\Iay, 1677. His s., 
 
 2 Isaac", b. 1633 ; m. Mary Andrews, of Rowley Village (Boxt'ord, 
 Mass.), and lived iu Topsfield, Mass., where he d. Jan., 1731-22. 
 Their s., 
 
 3 Thomas', b. June 27, 1670 ; d. 1749 in Boxford ; m. Mehitabcl 
 Porter, b. 1682 ; d. 1738. Their s., 
 
 4 Samuei/, b. Apr. 3, 1706 ; m. Sarah Hastings(?) ; settled in Lunen- 
 burg, Mass. Their s., 
 
 5 TiiADDEUS^, b, June 16, 1746 ; prob. d. in Lunenburg, Mar. 10, 
 1815 ; m. Catherine Goodridge, b. Aug. 29, 1749 ; d. iu Royalston, Aug. 
 5, 1832. They had ch. i. Thomas, d. y. ; ii. Catherine, unm.; in. 
 Abigail, m. Israel Willard, of Bradford, Vt.; iv. Thadeus", b. Feb. 
 19, 1783 ; V. AVright, d. 1881 ; m. Mary Lawrence, and was a physician 
 iu Lancaster, Mass.; vi. Lydia, m. Calvin Russell, of Binghsini, Me.; 
 VII. Joshua, d. Aug., 1861, in Westminster, JMass. He m. (1st) Sally 
 Nichols, (2d) Hepzibah Hale ; res, iu Royalston. Dr. Charles and Rev. 
 Henry Cummings were bis ch. Dr. Charles was colonel of a Vermont 
 resrimcnt in the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 G 
 
 Thadeus" Cummings, b. Feb. 19, 1783 ; d. Sept. 15, 
 1855 ; prob. came to F. as early as 1802 ; m. Anna, b. 
 1784 ; d. Nov. IG, 1843, dau." of Ezekiel and Anna 
 Collins. 
 
526 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 11 
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 19 
 
 26 
 
 I. Silas\ b. Oct. 7, 1803 +. 
 
 II. Betseif, b. Apr. 13, 1806 ; d. May 10, 1850 ; 
 m. June 26, 1832, James Haines, of Chichester, 
 N. H.; d. Dec. 5, 1838, a. 33 y. Ch. b. 1 at 
 Lancaster, Mass., 3, 3 at F. 
 
 1. George' Haines, b. Feb. 3, 1833 ; m. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1854, Hannah Lucretia, b, 
 June 12, 1835, dan. of Morrill and 
 Laura (Whittemore) Gilman, of F., 
 s.p. ; res. Monticello, la. 
 
 2. Elizabeth Haines, b. Oct. (?), 1834 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 29, 1839. 
 
 3. Mary Haines, m. 
 
 Silas' Cummings, b. Oct. 7, 1803 ; d. June 30, 
 1882 ; m. May 2, 1827, Harriet Underwood, b. July 24, 
 1809 : d. July 30, 1863 : ni. (2d) Mar. 21, 1864, Eliza 
 (Poland) Simonds, b. Oct. 9, 1823, (iau. of Samuel and 
 Thankful (Smith) Poland. Sec Chap. XVI. 
 
 Danverse', b. Jan. 27, 1830 : d. Apr. 27, 1832. 
 II. Eunice Underwood, b. July 24, 1831 ; d. Mar. 
 9, 1834. 
 Anna Rosilla, d. May 27, 1836, a. 2 y. 5 mos. 
 Charles Justin, d. May 5, 1838, a. 2 y. 5 mos. 
 John Fredericlc, b. Dec. 10, 1837 ; m. Mar. 21, 
 1863, Clara Belle J., b. Sept. 19, 1846, dau. 
 of Azro and Eliza (Poland) Simonds. 
 1. Oscar Elmer, b. May 9, 1864. 
 Harriet Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1840 ; m. James 
 
 E. Squire (his 2d w.). ^He d. Oct., 1887. 
 Thaddeus% b. Sept. 27, 1842 ; m. Jan. 14, 1866, 
 Emerancy H., b. Dec. 29, 1847, dau. of Capt. 
 Asa and Betsey (Knight) Brewer ; res. Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. Ch. b. 1 at F., 2-5 at Fitch- 
 burg. 
 
 Edith Lillian", b. Nov. 18, 1866. 
 Grace Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1868. 
 Harry Underwood, b. Feb. 3, 1871. 
 Amy' Louise, b. Julv 19, 1879. 
 Charles Frederic, b.' Apr. 30, 1881. 
 Haines, b. July 27, 1847 : d. x\pr. 4, 
 
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 VI 
 
 VII. 
 
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 VIII. James 
 
 
 1848 
 
 Amos Oummings, perhaps s. of Isaac% b. Dec. 15, 
 1765, in Topsfield, Mass.; in 1782 rem. to Marlboro, 
 where he d. Aug. 8, 1843 ; m., 1785, Mercy Knowlton, 
 of Beverly, Mass., b. May 16, 1761 ; d. June 21, 1819. 
 Ch. I. Betsey, b. Oct. 4, 1785 ; m. Oct. 26, 1813, 
 
-^C^t^^c^ /^^/^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 527 
 
 Luther Ilemenway. Slie d. in Jaffrey, Aug. 28, 1850. 
 II. ximos, b. Nov. 1, 17U2. 
 
 Amos, b. Nov. 1, 1702 ; d. Aug. 28, 18G2 ; m. Jan. 
 21, 1817, Nancy, b. Aug. 15, 17'J3 ; d. July 2, 18(50, 
 dau. of Thaddeus and Ascnath (Rice) Hastings, of 
 Marlboro. 
 
 I. Eliza, b. Dec. 15, 1817 ; d. Aug. 5, 187(5 ; ni. 
 
 May 15, 1839, Charles Sturtcvant, of Keene. 
 II. Nancy, b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; m. July 13, 1847, 
 Frederick M. Ballou, and res. in Providence, 
 R. I. 
 
 III. Elbridge, b. Aug. G, 1827; m. Jan. 1, 1861, 
 
 Lydia Bassett, b. Mar. 5, 1828, dau. of Allen 
 and Hannah (Newcomb) Cliipp, of Marlboro. 
 Mr. C. came to F. in 18G0(?). 
 1. Grace May, b. Apr. IG, 18G3. 
 
 IV. E. Jennie, b. Aug. 28, 1831 : ni. Dec. 26, 1860, 
 
 J. R. Beal, of Keeue, where they res. 
 V. Maria, b. Feb. 3, 1834. 
 
 Ben-.tamin Franklin Cummings, b. May 4, 1828 ; s. 
 of Asahel and Roily (Ames) of Hancock, N. H., and 
 grands, of Capt. John, of Hollis, N. H. Mr. C. res. in 
 F. a few years at the time of his 1st m. and came here 
 again in 1881. He is probably of the same stock as the 
 foregoing, but the connection cannot be stated. He m. 
 May 17, 1848, Mary B., b. May 7, 1828, dau. of Dan- 
 iel and Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v. She d. Oct. 4, 
 1870, in Rutland, Vt., and he m. (2d) Feb. 13. 1871, 
 Delia F., b. Mar. 29, 1847, in Rutland, Vt., dau. of 
 Harry and xMary (Dunklec) Woods. She d. Dec. 18, 1886, 
 and he m. (3d) Mar. 27, 1887, Hattie E. (Davis) Ray- 
 mond, b. Aug. 8, 1854, dau. of Isaac Davis, q.v. Ch. b. 
 in Hancock. 
 
 I. Freddie Alonzo, b. 1852 ; d. 1852. 
 II. Ediuin Asahel, b. 1854, is m. and res. in Chester- 
 field, N. H. 
 
 Ebenezer Cutler settled on L 4 R 7, and was taxed 
 1795 to 1810. His w. Phebe d. May 27, 1810, a. 45 y. 
 They had ch, rec. in F. as b. i., ii. in Royalston, in. in 
 Atbol, Mass., others in F. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1787 ; m. Josiah Fullam, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 22, 1789. 
 III. Polly, b. Apr. 9, 1792. 
 
528 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 10 
 
 IV. Scmmel, b. Julv 20, 1794 : d. Mar. 12, 1795. ' 
 V. Danford, b. May 21, 1796. 
 VI. Infant, d. Aug. 10, 1798. 
 VII. Nancy, b. Jane 14, 1800. 
 
 JoisTATHAX Cutler settled on L 4 E 6 before 1793* 
 and rem. from town ab. 1798. 
 
 Jonas Cutler m. Becca Capron, Nov. 13, 1794. 
 
 CUTTING. 
 
 1 RiCHARu' Cutting, a. 11 y., came from Eiigland with his bro. 
 William in 1634. Richard settled in Watertown, Mass., where he d. 
 Mar. 21, 1695-6. His s., 
 
 2 JAMES^ b. Jan. 26, 1647-8 ; m. June 16, 1679, Hannah CoUer. 
 Their fourth s. was 
 
 3 JoNATHAN^ b. Jan. 12, 1687-8 ; d. May 29, 1754 ; m. Jan. 5, 
 1709-10, Sarah Flagg. Their s., 
 
 4 MosES% b. Feb. 14, 1711-2 ; m. May 25, 1736, Mercy Stratton, and 
 settled in Framingham. They had eight ch., of whom Daniel, Joseph, 
 and Moses settled in Marlboro, N. H., ab. 1770-75. Daniel returned to 
 Fram. in 1795, but his s. Daniel remained in Marl., and became a prom- 
 inent man in the new town of Troy. 
 
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 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 Moses* Cutting, s. of Moses and bro. of Daniel and 
 Joseph, rem. from Marl, to F. ab. 1788, and settled on 
 L 22 E, 9, now in Troy, and where he d. Dec. 3, 1834. 
 He m., 1770, Mary Whitcomb, who d. June 17, 1808. 
 Ch. all rec. in F. 
 
 I. Lucy^, b. July 4, 1772 ; m. Bailey ; lived 
 
 in Westmoreland. 
 II. Dorothy, b. Aug. 26, 1774 ; m., 1798, Jonathan 
 Lawrence, s. of Jonathan and Lucy (Moore) ; 
 res. Troy. 
 
 III. Moses, b. Sept. 11, 1777 ; d. Nov. 21, 1807. 
 
 IV. Deliverance, b. Sept. 28, 1780 ; m. Piper ; 
 
 d. in Maine. 
 V. Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1784; m. Nov. 17, 1808. 
 Samuel Farrar, b. Apr. 15, 1785, s. of Daniel 
 and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, of Marl. Settled 
 in Vermont. 
 VI. Mary, b. July 31, 1787 ; m. Jan. 1, 1810, 
 Artemas Bolster. Rem. to State of New 
 York ab. 1812. They had 
 
 1. Infant child, d. Mar. 22, 1811. 
 VII. Aaron, b. Apr. 9, 1790 : m. Fanny Harvey. 
 VIII. An7ia, b. Dec. 23, 1792 ; m. Eufus Eandall ; 
 rem. to N. Y. 
 IX. Asa, b. Jan. 28,' 1796 ; res. Troy. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 529 
 
 Patrick Daley is a native of County Cork, Ireland, 
 and s. of Patrick Daley and Mary (Kelly). He m. at 
 Manchester, N. H., Mary, dau. of Miles and Nelly 
 Warren, also of County Cork. Cli. b. i. in M., ii. in 
 Svvanzey, iii.-vl in ¥. 
 
 1. Mary K, b. Dec. 9, 1870. 
 
 II. Patrick J., b. Sept. 25, 1873. 
 
 in. John E., b. Oct. 1, 1875. 
 
 IV. Josie, b. Apr. 10, 1879. 
 
 V. Julia M., b. May 20, 1880. 
 
 VI. Michael J., b. Apr. 23, 1882. 
 
 DAMON. 
 
 Dea. Oliver Damon came to F. from Sudbury, 
 Mass., ab. 1784, and settled on L 13 R 9, on which lot 
 Dea. John Fassett had previously lived for several years. 
 His w., Lois Maynard, was prob. a near connection of 
 the Framingham Maynard family, of which several 
 members settled in F. ab. this time. He d. Nov. 7, 
 1837, a. 79 y. She d. Dec. 25, 1828, a. 69 y. He was 
 chosen dea. in 1798, and held the office till 1827. Ch. 
 b. I. in East Sudbury, ii.-iv. in F. 
 
 I. Oliver, b. May 2, 1783+. 
 IL Jude, b. Oct. 24, 1785+. 
 
 III. Luther, b. June 12, 1791+. . 
 
 IV. George, b. Sept. 20, 1796-|-. 
 
 Oliver Damon, b. May 2, 1783 ; m. Nov. 8, 1803, 
 Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1782, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah 
 (Harris) Potter, q.v. Mr. D. d. Aug. 21, 1872 ; Mrs. 
 D. d. Mar. 3, 1867, both in Wauwatosa, Wis. Ch. all 
 b. in F. 
 
 L Lois, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. Mav 26, 1837, unm. 
 II. Luther, b. Mar. 8, 1807 ; d. iFeb. 8, 1860. 
 
 III. Loivell, b. Jan. 6, 1809+. 
 
 IV. Lavinia, b. Apr. 20, 1812 ; m. Oct. 2, 1832, 
 
 Jonathan M. W"arren, of Grafton, Mass., 
 where she d. Aug. 8, 1872. He was bro. of 
 Joseph A. Warren, who m. her cousin, Sarah 
 H. Potter. 
 V. Eunice, b. Sept. 10, 1814 ; m. Jan. 13, 1836, 
 Charles A. Cutting, of Templeton, Mass., 
 where she d. Jan. 26, 1837. 
 VI. Nancy, b. Aug. 9, 1816; d. Feb. 26, 1845, 
 unm. 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 VII. Lyman, b. Aug. 18, 1818 ; d. Apr. 20, 1872 
 
 m. Dolly Day. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. July 30, 1821 ; d. Aug. 22, 1837. 
 
 Lowell Damoj^, b. Jan. 6, 1809 ; d. Mar. 12, 1878 ; 
 m. Oct. 6, 1831, Amy Howe, of Spencer, Mass., b. Feb. 
 3, 1808 ; res. AVanwatosa, Wis. Ch. b. i.-v. in F., vi. 
 in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 I. Cyrus Wesley, b. Apr. 29, 1834 ; m. June 16, 
 
 1859, Aurinda Marietta Hutchins, b. Feb. 16, 
 
 1835, at Walcott, Vt. Oh. b. in Wauvvatosa, 
 
 "where they res. 
 
 1. Willis Lemuel, b. Oct. 29, 1863 ; d. July 
 
 4, 1883, struck by lightning while out 
 
 riding ; m. Apr. 17, 1883, Joanna • 
 
 Caraelia , b. Jan. 22, 1858, at 
 
 Portage City, Wis. 
 II. Arabella Amanda, b. Apr. 29, 1836. 
 
 III. Sarah Josephine, b. Sept. 15, 1839. 
 
 IV. Ellen Frances, b. Nov. 11, 1841 ; d. Apr. 21, 
 1842. 
 
 V. Charles, b. Apr. 18, 1843 ; d. Aug. 5, 1844^ 
 VI. Herbert Gumniings, b. Jnly 8, 1846 ; m. July 
 4, 1874, Hattie Wood, b. Jnly 22, 1858, at 
 Milwaukee, Wis.; res. W. 
 
 JuDE Damon, b. Oct. 24, 1785 ; d. Nov. 14, 1872, at 
 Keene, N. H.; ra. May 23, 1810, Sukey, b. Mar. 4, 
 1789 ; d. Sept. 11, 1877, at F., dau. of Elihu and Euth 
 Penniman, q.v. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. William., b. Oct. 13, 1810. . 
 II. Sarah, b. July 24, 1812 ; d. Apr. 3, 1837 ; m. 
 Sept. 18, 1834, Asahel Sherman, of East Sud- 
 bury, Mass.; had 2 ch., both.d. in infancy. 
 III. Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1814 ; d. July 24, 1836 ; 
 m. Sept. 7, 1830, Dr. Luther W. Sherman, of 
 North Dennis, Mass. 
 
 1. Mary Frances Sherman, m. W. AY. 
 Glover. 
 
 2. Sherman, d. in infancy. 
 
 IV. Susan, b. Mar. 6, 1816 ; d. Apr. 5, 1838, unm. 
 
 V. David, b. Apr. 5, 1818 ; m. Apr. 13, 1847, 
 Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1825 ; d. Aug. 2, 1875, 
 dau. of Josiah and Lydia (AVhite) Amadon, 
 of F.; m. (2d) Sept. 21, 1881, Abbie M., b. 
 June 28, 1840, dau. of Abram and Euhamah 
 (Comee) Jaquith, of Fitchburg, Mass.; res. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 531 
 
 Fitch. Ch. b. i. in F., ii. in Worcester, Mass., 
 III. in Fitch. 
 
 1. Frederick David, b. Dec. 16, 1851 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1857. 
 
 2. Frank Arthur, b. Apr. 1, 1857 ; d. Sept. 
 
 26, 1859. 
 
 3. Willie, b. June 2, 1859. 
 VI. Jude, b. Feb. 18, 1822 ; d. 1887. 
 
 VII. Ann Gates, b. Mar. 4, 1824 ; res. in F.; unm. 
 
 Luther Damojt, b. June 12, 1791 ; d. Apr. 21, 1841 ; 
 m. Sept. 4, 1814, Sybil, b. Aug. 18, 1796 ; d. Sept. 18, 
 1877, at Dana, Mass., dau. of Asa and Kezia (Badger) 
 Fiske. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Betsey Ii., b. INov. 3, 1815 ; m. Sylvanus Per- 
 
 ham, q.v. 
 II. Rosilla, b. May 4, 1818 ; m. Dec. 4, 1837, David 
 Wheeler. 
 
 III. Maria, b. Aug. 9, 1820 ; m. Mason Wheeler ; 
 
 m. (2d) June 3, 1860, Elisha W. Fairbanks. 
 
 IV. Luke Richardson, b. Feb. 19, 1822+. 
 V. Edward, b. Aug. 22, 1825+. 
 
 XI. Silas Cumiiiings, b. Apr. 5, ]827 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1850, unm. 
 VII. Sibel Ann, b. July 10, 1830. 
 VIII. Marshall Perham, b. Oct. 31, 1832+. 
 IX. 3Iary Frances, d. Mar. 13, 1837, a. 3 y. 
 X. Laura, m. Amos T. Town. 
 
 Luke E. Damon, b. Feb. 19, 1822 ; m. Nov. 21, 1842, 
 Esther J., b. Dec. 13, 1821, at Winchendon, dau. of 
 Jacob and Sylvia A. Wales. Li March, 1853, rem. to 
 Adrian, Mich,, where the}» have since res. 
 
 I. John IL, b. July 24, 1843 ; d. Dec. 21, 1859. 
 II. Edwina E., b. Jan. 28, 1848; m. William F. 
 Ayers, of Adrian, Mich.; b. Aug. 28, 1844, s. 
 of Stephen and Lucy ; res. A. 
 1. George D. Ayers, b. Dec. 7, 1870. 
 
 III. William L., b. July 10, 1850; d. Oct. 28, 
 
 1885, at Detroit, Mich.; m. Apr. 6, 1872, Ida, 
 b. June 19, 1851, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy 
 Williams, of Huntington, Ind. 
 
 IV. Charles W., b. Jan. 3, 1857 ; d. Jan. 1, 1867. 
 
 Edward Damost, b. Aug. 22, 1825 ; d. Apr. 1, 1862, 
 at Adrian, Mich.; m. Jan. 1, 1846, Sophronia A., b. 
 May 21, 1827, dau. of Lewis and Sylvia (Green) Taft. 
 [She m. (2d) Sept. 9, 1885, Warren ]\IcClenathan, of 
 
532 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAM, 
 
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 Einclge, b. Aug. 9, 1825, s. of Rufus and Lucv (Pond).] 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Frank Edward, b. Dec. 9, 1849 : m. Jan. 6, 
 1870, Hannah J., b. May 11, 1849, dau. of 
 AVilliam and Jane (McCrellis) Wheeler, of 
 Millbury, Mass.; res. M. 
 
 1. Edith Anna, b. Apr. 28, 1872. 
 
 2. William Edward, b. July 17, 1874. 
 
 3. Florence May, b. Apr. 25, 1877. 
 
 Makshall Perham Damojst, b. Oct. 31, 1832 ; m. 
 Phebe Ellen, b. Jan. 18, 1836 ; d. Sept. 28, 1861, dau. 
 of Thomas and Sarah (Howe) Sweetser, q.v.; m. (2d) 
 May 17, 1862, Mary L., b. July 28, 1844 ; d. at Sara- 
 toga Springs, N. Y., June 22, 1871, dau. of Eufus and 
 Harriet (Metcalf) Simonds ; res. Pawlet, Vt. No rec. 
 of ch. One ch. 
 
 I. Edith L., d. in F., Apr. 13, 1861, a. 2 y. 
 
 George Damon, b. Sept. 20, 1796 ; d. Sept. 13, 
 1840 ; m. Jan. 22, 1816, Martha, d. Oct. 27, 1867, a. 
 72, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna Collins, q.v. Lived and 
 d. on the old family homestead. 
 
 I. Eliza, b. Jan. 23, 1817 ; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Moses 
 Maynard Rice, of Brighton, Mass. ; res. and 
 d. in Cambridge, Mass. 
 II. Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1819 ; res. in California. 
 
 III. George, b. Sept. 6, 1821+. 
 
 IV. Charles, b. May 12, 1823 ; d. Feb. 26, 1843, 
 untn. 
 
 V. Martha, d. Apr. 20, 1826, a. 11 mos. 
 
 George Damon, b. Sept. 6, 1821 ; m. Sept. 6, 1852, 
 Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1831, dau. of Elijah and Dorothy 
 (Crombie) Bowker, q.v.; rem. to Keene in 1880. Ch. 
 b. I. in F., il.-iii. in Troy. 
 
 I. Marcia Cleaves, b. Jan. 22, 1854 ; m. Albert D. 
 
 Marshall, q.v. 
 II. Marcus Victor, b. June 19, 1859 ; m. Sept. 19, 
 1879, Ella L., b. Sept. 19, 1860, dau. of 
 Frank D. and Helen Knapp, of Keene ; res. 
 Troy. Ch. b. in K. 
 
 1." George Franklin, b. May 6, 1880. 
 2. Maud Irene, b. Jan. 10, 1883. 
 III. Minnie Madrith, b. Feb. 14, 1867. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 533 
 
 Zachariah Davis and w. Lydia were admitted to 
 the chh. Oct. 14, 178T, on letter from chh. in Concord, 
 Mass. He d. Apr. 13, 1809, a. 95 y. ; she d. Dec. 18, 
 1800, a. 79 y. 
 
 Perhaps Elisha, Samuel, Anna, and Euth, hereafter 
 noticed, were their ch. 
 
 Elisha Davis and Samuel were taxed in 1788 on L 
 19 R 5. Elisha does not appear any further in the rec, 
 and in 1789, and after, the entire lot was taxed to Samuel. 
 
 Samuel Davis and w. Elizabeth res. on L 19 R 5 till 
 he d., Oct. 11, 1834, a. 66 y. Mrs. D. m. (3d) Nov. 
 25, 1830, Col. Jacob Wright, of Washington, N. H. 
 Ch. I. -VI. rec. in F.; prob. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Lovma, b. Mar. 32, 1786 ; m. Isaac Stowell, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Lucy, b. June 21, 1789 ; m. Luther Nurse, q.v. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Oct. 14, 1793 ; m. Isaac Stowell, q.v. 
 
 IV. A7n.os, b. Sept. 8, 1793 ; d. Mar. 8, 1853 ; m. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1826, Lucy, b. July 33, 1808 ; d. 
 Jan. 9, 1838, dau. of Jabez and Lucy (Fay) 
 Morse, q.v.; m. (2d) Angeline, d. July 10, 
 1859, a. 48 y., dau. of Asa and Sarah (Walker) 
 Emerson. 
 
 1. Emily, b. 1831 ; m. Oct. 23, 1826, 
 
 Emory Cass, s. of Daniel and Hannah 
 (Boyce), of Richmond : his 3d w.; she 
 had 6 ch.; res. R. and Kecne. 
 
 2. Sarah E., b. 1833 ; m. (1st) Benjamin 
 
 F. Wilson, s. of Josiah and Dorcas 
 (Carroll), q.v.; m. (2d) Noah Hardy, 
 of Nelson. 
 
 3. Henry, b. 1844 ; res. Athol, Mass. 
 
 4. A\^illiam Frederick, b. 1845 ; d. Aug. 5, 
 
 1863. 
 V. Joel, b. May 8, 1797. 
 VI. Polly, b. Sept. 8, 1800. 
 VII. Roxana, b. Nov. 28, 1804 ; m. Edwin Emerson. 
 
 Euth Davis m. John Farrar, Jr., May 8, 1776. 
 Anna Davis d. Nov. 11, 1808, a. 45 y. 
 
 Changy Davis came from Royalston and settled in 
 F. ab. 1821. He was b. May 1, 1796 ; d. Dec. 31, 
 1868; m. Eunice Knight, of Phillipston, Mass.; b. 
 June 12, 1796 ; d. Oct. 6, 1857 ; m. (2d) Oct. 5(?), 1859, 
 
534 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Mrs. Tamar Thompson. Ch. b. i.-ii. in P., iii.-iv. 
 in E., y.-xii. in F. 
 
 I. Chancy, b. IsTov. 18, 1813+. 
 II. Esther, b. Sept. 26, 1815 ; m. Mar. 7, 1843, 
 Isaac Giddings, of Temple, N". H. ; res. Wil- 
 ton, N. H. 
 
 III. Nancy Emmeline, b. Ang. 4, 1817 ; m. Apr. 
 
 19, 1838, Charles Bowker, of Ro^alston. 
 
 IV. Eunice, b. Sept. 14, 1819 ; m. Otis Hayden, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Ezehiel, b. Apr. 1, 1822 ; res. Fitchbnrg, Mass. 
 VI. Dorothy, b. Apr. 27, 1824 ; m. Nov. 18, 1847, 
 Amos B. Sawyer ; m. (2d) June 14, 1865, 
 Otis Hayden, q.v. 
 1. Albert Henry Saiuyer, m. Dec. 25, 1873, 
 Clara Emma, dau. of Joseph and Ade- 
 line (Chase) Hale, q.v. 
 VII. Joel Hapgood, b. July 15, 1827 ; res. Baldwins- 
 
 yille, Mass. 
 VIII. Stephen, b. Sept. 22, 1830 ; res. Fitchburg. 
 IX. Lydia, b. May 30, 1832 ; m. Dec. 5, 1849, 
 
 Frank A. Osborn ; res. Fitchburg. 
 X. Lyman, b, Feb. 1, 1834 ; res. Winchendon. 
 XI. Israel, b. Aug. 21, 1835 ; d. Sept. 12, 1835. 
 XII. Thomas, b. Apr. 26, 1837 ; d. Aug. 16, 1839. 
 
 Chancy Davis, b. Nov. 18, 1813 ; m. Nov. 20, 1838, 
 Eunice Ann, b. June 27, 1819 ; d. June 28, 1858, dau. 
 of John and Eunice (Jones) Eaton ; m. (2d) Apr. 11, 
 1867, Betsey W., b. May 10, 1815 ; d. Apr. 26, 1882, 
 dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Collins) Osborn and wid. 
 of Charles Eeed. 
 
 I. Mary Annette, b. Dec. 27, 1842. 
 
 II, Charles Warren, d. July 26, 1844. a. 3 mos. 
 
 III. John Satin, d. Dec. 15, 1845, a. 2 mos. 
 
 IV. Francis Herlert, b. Oct. 5, 1848 ; m. July 11, 
 
 1878, S. Ada Weston, of Mason, N. H. 
 1. Annie Mabel, b. June 19, 1879. 
 V. Walter Edward, d. Sept. 1, 1858, a. 4 mos. 
 
 Isaac Davis, b. Jan. 3, 1822, in Eoyalton, Vt., s. 
 of Ezekiel, who was bro. of Chancy, No. 17, of this 
 register ; m. Aug. 3, 1845, Jane E. B., b. Oct. 3, 1827, 
 dau. of John and Harriet (Stone) Miles, q.v. They 
 have had 7 ch., of whom 5 d. y. 
 
 I. Hattie Eldora, b. Aug. 8, 1854, in Westboro, 
 Mass.; m. (1st) Jan. 7, 1873, Christopher F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 
 
 535 
 
 Raymond, s. of ^Merrick D. and Eunice "W'. 
 (Wyman), of Wiucliendon ; m. (2d) Benjamin 
 F. Cumminojs, q.v. Ch. b. in AY. 
 
 1. Frederic D. Raymond, b. Sept. 29, 1873. 
 
 2. Carroll B(n/mo?i(l b. Oct. 11, 1875. 
 
 II. Ida Florence Night incjcde, b. Ang. 1. 1800 ; m. 
 Sept. 11, 1880, Homer Augustus Davis, b. 
 Oct. 31, 1858, s. of Henry D. and Eleanor J. 
 
 1. Harold Henry Davis, b. Apr. 18, 1881. 
 
 2. Homer Isaac " b. June 21, 1883. 
 
 Vax Ness Davis, a bro. of Isaac, No. 37, m. Dec. 
 3, 1845, Mary, b. May 19, 1824, dau. of Artemas and 
 Polly (Davis) Wilson, q.v. 
 
 Dan"A Davis, b. Dec. 17, 1804, in Templeton, Mass.; 
 d. Feb. 8, 1881, in F.; m. May 15, 1834, Mary, b. July 
 11, 1805 ; d. Nov. 14, 1865, dau. of Josi^ab and Hnldah 
 (Collins) Osborn, q.v ; m. (2d) April 5, 1866, Lavina, 
 b. June 13, 1818, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Wether- 
 bee) Sawtell, of Rindge. No. ch. by either m. Mr. D. 
 settled in t\ a few y. after his 1st m. 
 
 Both of the wives of Mr. D. were of Wethcrbee de- 
 scent. The emigrant ancestor, John Wetherbee, res. 
 in Marlboro and Stow, Mass. In the earlier rec. the 
 name is spelled Wilherby. 
 
 The emigrant, Jobn, m. Mary Howe, Sept. 18, 1672. 
 
 John m. Catherine. 
 
 I ! 
 
 Hezekiah m. Ilu'dah Marlyn. Thomas 
 
 m. Elizabeth. 
 
 I 
 
 Benjamin m. Kezia Mnnroe. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 m. Mary Gates. 
 
 Betsey m. Matthew Osborn. Mary 
 
 I 
 
 m. Jonathan Sawtell. 
 
 Mary Osborn m. Dana Davis. 
 
 Lavina Sawtell m. Dana Davis. 
 
 Bexjamik Davisox came to F. as earlv as 1767 or 
 1768. At a Proprietors' meeting, held Oct.' 11, 1768, at 
 the inn of Capt. Thomas Cowdin, in Fitchburg, he was 
 chosen on a committee to lay out roads in the town. 
 He d. Apr. 25. 1820, a. 76 v.'; m. June 5, 1778, Mary, 
 d. Nov. 23, 1822, a. 74 y., dan. of Maj. Asa and Mary 
 (Newton) Brigham, q.v. Soon after m. he settled on 
 L 15 R 5 — tlie Davison place, so called, where C. A. 
 Smytherman now lives. In the early rec. the name is 
 often spelled Davidson. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
536 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 16 
 
 I. Mindiuell, b. Mar. 1, 1778 ; m. Eichard Gleason, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 II. Jlolhj, b. June 6, 1780 ; m. Nathan Winch, q.v. 
 
 III. Sylvene, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; m. Aaron Town- 
 
 send, q.v. 
 
 IV. Asenath, b. Apr. 4, 1785 ; m. IsTathan "Winch, 
 
 q.v. 
 T. AretJmsa, b. Feb. 26, 1787 ; d. Apr. 12, 1811,, 
 
 nnm. 
 VI. Benja7nin, b. Mar. 5, 1789+- 
 
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 Benjamin Davison, b. Mar. 5, 1789 ; cl. Sept. 20, 
 1860 ; m. June 17, 1813, Abigail, b. July 30, 1787 ; d. 
 Feb. 8, 1820, dau. of William and Esther (Jaquith) 
 Marshall, of Jaffrev ; m. (2d) Dec. 28, 1820, Nancy, b. 
 Nov. 7, 1792 ; d. Mar. 20, 1874, dan. of Ebenezer, Jr., 
 and Hannah (Jewett) Colburn, of Rindge. Ch. all b. 
 in F., 2 by 1st m. and 5 by 2d m. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. July 2, 1814 ; d. Sept. 16, 1882, in 
 
 F.; m. Sept. 12, 1841. Daniel C. Prescott, b. 
 July 11. 1815 ; d. July 18, 1866, s. of Col. 
 Oliver and Mary (Clay), of Jaffrey ; m. (2d) 
 Apr. 24, 1870, Dea. Oren Brooks, q.v. Ch. 
 all by 1st m. and b. in J. 
 
 1. Oren D., b. Apr. 29, 1843 ; d. Dec. 31, 
 
 1875 ; m. Ella, dau. of William E. 
 Boynton, of Sharon ; res. J. 
 
 2. George 0., b. Feb. 24, 1845 ; m. Electa, 
 
 dau. of William and Lona Lenox, of 
 Elroy, N. Y. ; res. Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 3. Mary," b. Sept. 21, 1847 ; m. Mar. 2, 
 1871, John W. Poole, Jr., s. of John 
 ^Y. and Sybil (Cutter), of Jaffrey. 
 
 4. Susan L., b. July 25, 1850 ; m. May 2, 
 1875, Charles 'B. Robbins, b. Aug. 20, 
 1846, dau. of Jacob and Jane W. 
 (Baldwin), of Jaffrev. 
 
 5. Martha, b. Sept. 13, 1852. 
 
 6. Marshall D., b. Apr. 9, 1854 ; d. Jan., 
 1866. 
 
 7. Freddie H., b. Feb. 25, 1859 ; d. Jan. 
 29, 1860. 
 
 II. Benjamin Brigham, h. Sept. 22, 1818 ; d. Nov. 
 16, 1^.61 ; m. Dec. 7, 1843, Almira, b. June 
 3, 1823, dau. of Zebadiah and Phebe K. 
 (Tyler) Pierce, of Jaffrey. Ch. b. 1 in J., 
 2-3 in Rindge. 
 
GEISTEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 537 
 
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 21 
 22 
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 24 
 
 25 
 
 1. Mira M., b. Sept. 1, 1844 ; d. July 27, 
 
 1876, unm. 
 
 2. Luther D., b. Apr. 17, 1851 ; d. Sept. 
 
 17, 1852. 
 
 3. Arthur B., b. Mar. 9, 1855 ; m. Dec. 19, 
 
 18.81, Jennie M., b. Nov., 1855, dau. 
 of Simeon and Lovina (Ballou) Hol- 
 brook, of West Swanzey. 
 
 III. Dangliter, b. May 29, 1822 ; d. June 15, 1822. 
 
 IV. Nancy M., b. May 21, 1823 ; d. Sept. 18, 1826. 
 V. Areihnm, b. Jan. 19, 1826 ; d. Nov. 25, 1827. 
 
 VI. Nanci/ A , b. June 8, 1828 ; d. June 25, 1829. 
 VII. Lyman, b. Sept. 13, 1830 ; d. Oct. 16, 1830. 
 
 DiMiNiccs Davison conveyed L 2 E 7 to Stephen 
 Cole, of Pomfret, Ot., by deed dated May 17. 1771, 
 for the consideration of £40. He was called "of No. 
 4," which shows that he res. in the town, though his 
 name does not appear in any of the town rec. It is 
 suggested that he may have been father of Benjamin, 
 No. 1. 
 
 I Caleb Death (or Deeth), m. Apr. 17, 1697, Martha Fairbank, and 
 had ch. (on Sherboni rec), i. Oliver, b. Mar. 26, 1698, 2 ; (find on 
 Framingliain rec.) ii. Caleb, b. Jan. 7, 1700 ; in. John, b. May 30, 
 1702 ; IV. Martha, b. Apr., 1704. 
 
 2 Oliver, b. Mar. 26, 1698 ; res. Fram.; m. Abigail , and had 
 
 ch. Calel), b. Sept. 10, 1726, 3. Barry's Hist, of Framingham gives 
 only the form Death, but in the early F. rec. both forms were used in- 
 discriminately. Temi)le's Hist, of Framingham, just published, says, 
 " Later generations write Dearth." but the branch that settled in F. now 
 invariably write Deeth. The family is of Huguenot descent, and the 
 name was originally written DeEth. 
 
 Caleb Dketh, b. Sept. 10, 1726 ; d. Apr. 21, 1796 ; 
 
 m. Abigail , d. Apr. 20, 1816, a. 85 y. Caleb and 
 
 w. were recommended, Oct. 2, 1771, by chh. in Fram. to 
 chh. in Shcrborn, and were admitted to chh. in F., Sept. 
 27, 1789, on letter from chh. in S. Parley, Caleb, and 
 Polly were the only ch. who lived in F. 
 
 I. Oliver, b. Jan. 27, 1754 ; d. unm. 
 11. Farley (or Perlev), b. Sept. 16, 1755 ; d. Jan. 16, 
 
 1827 ; m. Susanna , who d. Sept. 18, 1791 ; 
 
 m. (2d) June 5, 1793, Betsey Swinerton, d. 
 Dec. 30, 1840, a. 87 v. No ch. bv either m. 
 Came to F. before 1788, and settled on L 8 R 
 10. He was insane the latter part of his life, 
 and was confined in a cage for several years. 
 
538 
 
 HISTOEY OF FtTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 III. Abigail, b. Mar. 22, 1757 ; m. Obadiah Morse, 
 
 of Sherborn. 
 
 IV. Elenezer Messenger, b. Dec. 2, 1762 ; d. Nov. 
 
 8, 1780. 
 V. Calel; b. May 6, 1767 + . 
 vr. Polly, b. Aug. 8, 1772 ; m. Calvin Smith, q.v. 
 
 Caleb Deeth, b. May 6, 1767 ; m. Sept. 12, 1794, 
 Patty, b. June 11, 1770 ; d. Jan. 22, 1842, in Eindge ; 
 interred in F. , dau. of James and Deborah (Williams) 
 Murdock, of Winchendon. There is no rec. that Mr. 
 D. d. or was interred in F. The family came to F. 
 ab. 1804, prob. from Grafton, Vt., as Mrs. D. was ad- 
 mitted to the chh. in F., July 13, 1806, on letter from 
 G., and rem. from town, ab. 1815, prob. to Royalston. 
 Oh. vi.-viii. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, b. June 26, 1796 ; d, in Royalston Feb. 
 
 13, 1831 ; interred in F. 
 II. Sylvanus George, b. Dec. 17, 1797 ; res. New 
 Brunswick, N. J. 
 
 III. Martlia, b. Nov. 11, 1799; d. in R., Nov. 27, 
 
 1827 ; interred in F. 
 
 IV. Cliloe, b. Apr. 20, 1802 ; res. Boston. 
 V. Lyman, b. Mar. 8, 1804+. 
 
 VI. Deborah Murdoch, b. Jan. 27, 1807 ; d. June 
 
 17, 1831. 
 VII. Dorcas Graves, b. Mar. 9, 1809 : res. Oakland, 
 
 Cal. 
 VIII. Hannah Darling, b. Sept. 26, 1810 ; d. Jan. 1, 
 1886 ; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
 
 Lyman Deeth, b. Mar. 8, 1804, in Grafton, Vt. ; d. 
 Feb., 1842. in Stockbridge, Vt.; m. Aug. 8, 1826, Julia, 
 b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; d. in F. Oct. 26, 1844, dau. of Moses 
 and Martha (Bent) Chaplin, q.v. Ch. b. i. and v.-vi. 
 in F., II. -IV. in Royalston. 
 
 I. Moses Sumner, b. May ^4, 1827 ; d. May 11, 
 1882 ; m. Oct. 24, 1848, Lois A., d. 1870, 
 dau. of James and Rebecca (Twiss) Ingalls, 
 of Rindge ; m. (2d) July 16," 1876, Mrs. El- 
 mi ra B. (Taggart) Farrar, of Marlboro ; 
 res. R. 
 II. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 2, 1828 ; m. George W. 
 Parker, q.v. 
 
 III. Martha A., h. May 25, 1830 ; d. June, 1866 ; 
 
 m. Samuel M. G. Colbarn, s. of Leonard, ^.'2;. 
 
 IV. Lyman C, b. Jan. 6, 1832 ; m. Feb. 13, 1856, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 539 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1837, dan. of 
 Dexter B. and Mary A, (Newell) Kuowltoii, 
 of Jaffrey. She d. July 24, 1865, and he m. 
 (2d) Hannah Jane Knowlton, b. Jnly 1, 1839, 
 a sister of his 1st w. ; res. Bindge. 
 V. Jane B., b. Oct. 24, 1833 ; d. Aug. 28, 1885 ; 
 m. William Newell, s. of Jacob and Keziah L. 
 (Powers), of Jaffrey ; served in the War of 
 the Rebellion ; pro. to captain ; res. Wood- 
 ford, Vt. 
 VI. Martin Streeter, b. Jan. 30, 1836 ; m. Apr. 7, 
 1857, Jane E., b. Jan. 13, 1837 : d. Nov. 30, 
 1868, dau. of Elisha and Nancy (Robbins) 
 Bent, q.v.; m. (2d) Feb. 2, 1870, Nancy A., 
 b. Dec. 1, 1844, in Moretown, Vt., dan. of 
 Orrin A. and Tryphena (Holt) Stiles ; res. 
 Winchendon. 
 1. Juliette, b. Jnly 21, 1875, in F. 
 
 David Denison" and family were in town before 1771. 
 He Avas chosen highway surveyor, June 19, 1771, and he 
 and w. Desire were admitted to the chh. Aug. 11, 1771. 
 They appear to have left the town late in 1771 or early 
 in 1772. At a meeting held Mar. 4, 1772, the Pro- 
 prietors " Voted and chose Mr. Henry Willard highway 
 surveyor in tlie room of one moved out of Monadnock, 
 No. 4." They lived on L 9 E, 1, afterward owned by 
 Abner Stone. It is not known to what place they rem. 
 Ch. bapt. Aug. 18, 1871. 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 David. 
 
 Samuel. 
 
 Edward. 
 
 Desire. 
 
 Anne. 
 
 Eunice. 
 
 DRURY. 
 
 I Hugh' Drury, ancestor of the Drurjs, of F., and prob. the emi- 
 grant, was in Sudbury, Mass., as early as 1641 ; rem. ab. 1652 to Boston, 
 where he d. 1689 ; m. (1st) Lydia, b. 1637 ; d. Apr. 5, 1675, dau. of 
 Edmund and Tamazine Rice, of S.; (2d) Oct., 1676, Mary, wid. of Rev. 
 Edward Fletcher. Ch. i. John, b. May 2, 1646, 2 ; H- Hugh, b. Julv 
 19, 1677 ; d. y. 
 
 2 JoHN% b. May 3,. 1646 ; d. 1678 ; res. Boston ; m. Mary . Ch. 
 
 I. Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1668, 3 ; ii. Mary ; iir. John. 
 
 3 Thomas^ b. Aug. 10, 1668 ; d. 1723. Settled in Framingham, 
 and took a leading part in the formation of the town and chh.; m. Dec. 
 15, 1687, Rachel, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. Ch. 
 
540 
 
 HISTORIC OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 I. Caleb, b. Oct. 5, 1688, 4 ; ii. Thomas ; iii. John ; iv. Rachel ; 
 V. Lydia ; vi. Mary ; vii. Elizabeth ; viii. Micah ; ix. Uriah. 
 
 4 Calebs b. Oct. 5, 1688 ; d. 1723 ; m. Oct. 10, 1706, Elizabeth, 
 dau. of John and Elizabeth Eames. Ch. i. Josiah, b. Sept. 17, 1707, 
 5 ; II. Daniel ; iiiP John ; ly. Caleb ; v. Aseaath ; vi. Seuill ; vii. 
 Zedekiah ; viii. Ebenezer ; ix. Joseph ; x. Elizabeth. 
 
 5 JosIAH^ b. Sept. 17, 1707 ; killed by an ox-team in Wayland ; m. 
 Oct. 9, 1733, Hannah, dau. of William Barron, of Sherborn. Ch. 
 I. Sarah ; ii. Elijah ; in. Josiah ; iv. Moses, b. Aug. 4, 1742, Q ; v. 
 Hannah ; vi. Nathan ; vii. Asa ; viii. Elisha ; ix. Elisha. 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 Moses' Deury, b. Aug. 4, 1742 ; d. Sept. 6, 1836 ; 
 
 i m. Cata, bapt. Apr. 13, 1746 ; d- Mar. 11, 1816, dau. 
 
 j of Joseph and Prudence (Pratt) Adams, It is not defi- 
 
 ! nitely known when the family came to F. The bapt. 
 
 of the first three ch. are rec. m Framingham, and the 
 
 name of Mr. D. first appears in F. rec. in 1771. 
 
 I. Cata\ b. May 29, 1762 ; m. Artemas Wilson, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Sally, b. Mar. 7, 1764 ; m. Mar. 7, 1787, Isaiah 
 Stoddard. 
 
 III. Josiah, b. Apr. 5, 1766 ; m. Margaret Myers ; 
 
 res. Kockingham, Vt. 
 
 IV. Lovina, bapt. Apr. 5, 1772 ; d. Jan. 19, 1793, 
 
 unm. 
 V. Hannah Barnes, bapt. Feb. 19, 1775 ; m. Feb. 
 4, 1799, John Newton, and rem. to Dummers- 
 ton, Vt. Ch. rec. in F. as b. in D. 
 1. Betsey Newton, b. Aug. 9, 1799. 
 VI. Joseph, b. Nov. 10, 1777 ; m. Jan. 30, 1799, 
 
 Martha Cameron, prob. dau. of Duncan. 
 VII. Betsey, b. Api-. 22, 1780. 
 
 VIII. Annis, b. Aug. 11, 1782 ; m. Alexander Gleason, 
 q.v. 
 IX. Elisha, b. July 2, 1785 ; d. Feb. 25, 1841, in 
 Winchendon, and was interred in F. ; m. Apr. 
 20, 1819, Levina, b. Aug. 23, 1789, dau. of 
 David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, and 
 wid. of Jesse Livingston. 
 X. Moses, b. July 7, 1788+. 
 
 XI. Nathan\ b. Sept. 3, 1791 ; m. June 5, 1811, 
 Ruth, b. July 4, 1793, dan. of Ezekiel and 
 Anna Collins, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Anna Maria, bapt. Sept. 27, 1818 ; m. 
 
 Calvin Newton. 
 
 2. Betsey, bapt. Sept. 27, 1818 ; m. William 
 
 Williams, and res. in Southboro, Mass., 
 where she d. Feb. 7, 1870, s.p. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
 541 
 
 3. Nathan Lovell, d. Feb. 14, 1818, n. 20 
 
 mos. 
 
 4. William, b. Sept. 3, 1820 ; d. July 14, 
 
 1822. 
 
 Moses' Druey, b. July 7, 1788 : d. Apr. 16, 1884 ; 
 m. July 3, 1810, Lucy, b. June 30, 1789 ; d. Apr. 2, 
 1827, dan. of Ebenezer and Priscilla (Poor) Nurse, q.v. 
 He m. (2d) June 5, 1828, Sally, b. Mar. 8, 1792 ; d. 
 Oct. 21, 1874, dan. of Joseph and Lucy (Piper) Locke, 
 q.v. 
 
 I. Infant, b. June 15 ; d. July 3, 1811. 
 II. Infant, b. Apr. 16 ; d. Apr. 18, 1812. 
 III. Sarah, b. Mar. 2, 1813 ; m. Dec. 19, 1844, David 
 Poland, q.v. 
 Curtis, b. June 12, 1814+. 
 Louisa, b. Mar. 31, 1816 ; d. Dec. 19, 1843, 
 
 unm. 
 Sijlvester, b. Apr. 28, 1818+ . 
 Lyman, b. Apr. 24, 1821 ; m. Martha Mason ; 
 res. Worcester, Mass. 
 VIII. Lucif, b. Feb. 13, 1824 ; m. Aug. 30, 1843, 
 Joseph E. Drury, b. Aug. 30, 1816, s. of 
 Josiah. See No. 9 of tliis rec. Res. Worcester, 
 
 IT. 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 VII. 
 
 
 Mass 
 
 . Ch. b. 1 in R 
 
 Dckiugham, Yt. 
 
 
 -4 in 
 
 
 AValpole, N. II. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 William A^, b. Dec. 6, 1848. 
 
 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Charles Solon, b. 
 11, 1856. 
 
 May 25, 1855 ; 
 
 d. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Ella Maria, b. Jj 
 
 m. 17, 1858. 
 
 
 
 
 4. 
 
 Fred. Lyman, b. 
 
 Sept. 30, 1865. 
 
 
 
 IX. 
 
 Moses 
 
 Sahin, b. Sept. 
 
 21, 1826 ; d. Mar 
 
 26, 
 
 
 1827 
 
 
 
 
 
 X. 
 
 Edward Payson, b. Feb 
 
 . 13, 1837. 
 
 
 
 CuiiTis Drury, b. June 12, 1814 ; d. Sept. 19, 1865 ; 
 m. May 5, 1841, Emeline B., b. Sept. 27, 1817, dau. of 
 Artemas and Mary (Chaplin) Beard, q.v. 
 
 I. Marion EUzaleth , b. July 5, 1842 ; m. Phinehas 
 Whitcomb, q.v. 
 
 Emma Riisina, b. July 9, 1844 ; m. June 1, 
 1868, John F. Marden, s. of James and Caro- 
 line (Follett) ; res. Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Austin Curtis, b. Dec. 27, 1846 ; m. (2d) Oct. 
 4, 1884, Amanda, dau. of James Chandler, of 
 New Ipswich, N. H., where they res. 
 
 Edson Augustus, b. Mar. 3, 1850 ; m. June 1, 
 1874, Elizabeth L. Barton ; res. Worcester. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
542 
 41 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 (28) 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 48 
 49 
 
 50 
 51 
 53 
 
 53 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 56 
 
 57 
 58 
 
 59 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 V. Joseph Elmer, b. Nov. 19, 1855 ; d. Dec. 3, 
 
 1870. 
 VI. Ablie Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1859 ; in. May 15, 
 1877, Elliot Servetns Cudworth. b. May 15, 
 1855, s. of Timothy and Ruth S. (Sawtell), 
 of Rindge. 
 VII. Martha Estella, b. July 7, 1862. 
 
 Sylvestek^ Drurt, b. Apr. 28, 1818 ; m. Apr. 12, 
 1849, Theodosia R. Edson, b. Nov. 21, 1818 ; d. June 
 16, 1853 ; m. (2d) Jan. 13, 1854, Roancy, b. Feb. 6, 
 1820, daa. of Levi and Polly (Blodgett) Whittemore, of 
 Troy. 
 
 I. George Warren, b. June 20, 1851 ; m. June 17, 
 1880, Duella P., b. Nov. 8, 1855, dau. of 
 Amos M. and Sabrina (Walker) Lamb, of 
 Royalston, Mass ; res. AVorcester, Mass. 
 1. Carl Augustus, b. Jan. 14, 1883. 
 
 II. Theodosia Annis, b. Apr. 14, 1853 ; d. Sept. 
 18, 1870. 
 
 III. Louisa Alice, b. Sept. 21, 1855. 
 
 IV. Lucy Maria, b. Feb. 19, 1857 ; d. May 1, 1858. 
 V, Charles ^Sylvester, b. May 31, 1858 ; m. Oct. 
 
 30, 1884, Luluona J. Smith, b. June 12, 1866. 
 1. Bernice Celinda, b. Dec. 15, 1885. . 
 VI. Sarah, b. Nov. 14, 1859 ; d. Dec. 2, 1859. 
 VII. Arthur William, b. May 7, 1861 ; m. July, 
 1883, Eda Josephine, b. June 15, 1867, dau. 
 of Elijah and Susan (Howe) Wilder, q.v. 
 1. Chester Arthur, b. Oct. 15, 1883. 
 
 George Wood Drury, b. June 11. 1800, in Fram- 
 ingham, Mass., s. of Thomas and Lois (Murdock). 
 This and the previous family are prob. from the same 
 stock, and the connection not very remote. M. Oct. 
 21, 1827, Mahala, b. Oct. 14, 1807 ; d. July 1, 1863, 
 dau, of Samuel and Sally Prentiss, of Grafton, Mass.; 
 m. (2d) Aug. 21, 1864, Ruth, b. May 26, 1817, dau. of 
 James and Lavinia Prouty, of Lyman, N. H. 
 
 I. Samuel StUlman, b. June 13, 1830. 
 
 II. Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1832 ; d. Oct. 13, 1833. 
 
 III. Emma L., b. Sept. 6, 1837 ; d. Sept. 20, 1841. 
 
 IV. John Henry, b. Nov. 12, 1844 : d. Jan. 18, 
 
 1883 : m. Nov. 12, 1873, Mary Williams, b. 
 June 27, 1849, dau. of Thomas and Susan 
 (Whittemore) Perry, q.v. 
 
 1. George Wood, b. Oct. 9, 1874. 
 
60 
 61 
 
 62 
 C3 
 
 64 
 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 543 
 
 2. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 17, 1876. 
 
 3. Emma, b. June 22, 1878. 
 
 4. AVilliam, b. Apr. 12, 1880. 
 
 V. George Alfred, b. Mar. 13, 1847 ; res. Graf ion, 
 
 Mass. 
 VI. Charles Alhert, b. Feb. 1, 1850 ; d. Apr. 18, 
 1851. 
 
 Joseph Dunx m. June 19, 1775, Jane Platts (perhaps 
 sister of Xathan Phitts), and settled on L 21 R 5. The 
 family left town ab. 1789. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Edward, b. Oct. 14, 1775. 
 
 II. John, b. Mar. 13, 1777. 
 
 III. Nathan, b. Apr. 20, 1779. 
 
 lY. Elizaheth, b. Sept. 13, 1781. 
 
 X, Anna, b. June 28, 1783. 
 
 A"i. Joseph, b. June 2, 1785. 
 
 VII. Thomas, b. Mar. 4, 1787. 
 
 John Dunn" came from Natick, Mass., ab. 1804, 
 and settled on L 6 II 10. The family left town, 1810 or 
 ]811. By w. Sally he had ch. i.-iii. b. in N., iv.-vi. 
 b. in F. 
 
 I. Arnold. 
 II, Amy. 
 
 III. Patty. 
 
 IV. Sally, b. Jan. 1, 1805. 
 
 V. Malinda, b. May 31, 1807. 
 VI. Asa Drury, b. Dec. 1, 1809. 
 
 James Duxton" m. Aug. 24, 1784, Sibyl, b. May 14, 
 1764 ; d. Jan. 22, 1797, dau. of Silas and Elizabeth 
 (Diury) Angier, q.v. The d. of Mr. D. is not found 
 in F. rec. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 2 I. Betsey, b. Feb. 15, 1785 ; m. Silas "Woods, q.v. 
 
 3 I II. LnTce, b. Oct. 26, 1787 ; d. Aug. 13, 1788. 
 
 4 III. Kancy, b. June 16, 1789 ; d. Jan. 24, 1808, 
 
 unm. 
 
 5 i IV. Joel, b. June 29, 1790 ; d. Sept. 21, 1805. 
 
 6 [ V. Abel, b. Aug. 19, 1792+. 
 
 7 i VI. Lovina, b. Nov. 29, 1794. 
 
 8 I VII. James, b. Nov. 19, 1796 ; d. Jan. 20, 1797. 
 
 (6) ! Abel Dunton, b. Aug. 19, 1792 ; d. Apr. 20, 1882 : 
 m. Nov. 3, 1816, Ruth, b. Aug. 20, 1798, dau. of 
 Nathaniel and Marv (Bailey) Phillips, q.v. Ch. all b. 
 in F. 
 
544 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 
 Mar. 21, 1843. 
 b. Sept. 16, 1865. 
 For un account of 
 
 I. Joel. b. June 4, 1817 ; d. 1838. 
 
 II. Jonas, b. Oct. 5, 1818 ; d. Feb. 6, 1819. 
 III. Ahel, b. Mar. 30, 1820 ; m. Apr. 9, 1843, 
 Semantha Ann Fowler. Had 4 cli. 
 
 lY. Lucy, b. Jan. 10, 1822 ; m. May 28, 1842, Levi 
 G. Collester, b. Nov. 4, 1820, s. of Charles 
 and Lucy (AVhite), of Marlboro. He d., and 
 ,she m. (2d) Aug. 2, 1852, Calvin Hewitt. He 
 d., and she m. (3d) Feb. 28, 1855, Arad 
 Derby. 
 
 1. Ellen 0. CoVester, b. 
 
 2. Calvin Edgar Derhy, 
 Y. William, b. May 19, 1824. 
 
 his experience in the War of the Eebellion, 
 see p. 306. 
 Yi. Asahel, b. Oct. 24, 1826 ; m. Sept., 1851, Mary 
 Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1832, dau. of Thomas and 
 Sarah (Howe) Sweetser, q.v. May be other 
 ch. 
 1. Herbert Leslie, b. June 9, 1852. 
 Yii. George Olmstead, b. June 18. 1832 ; m. Sept. 
 14, 1854, Emily Ann, b. May 22, 1836, dau. 
 of Artemas and Ann L. (Simonds) Stone, q.v. 
 Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 1. Arthur Eugene, b. Apr. 2, 1858 ; d. 
 
 Dec. 21, 1863. 
 
 2. George Albert, b. June 16, 1861 ; m. 
 
 June 25, 1887, Lillian E., dau. of 
 Luther N. and Harriet 0. AA^illoughby, 
 of Jaflrey. 
 
 3. Stillman Augustus, b. Aug. 24, 1862 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 8, 1864. 
 
 4. Emogene, b. Aug. 5, 1864 ; m. June 30, 
 
 1886, Orrin L. Dunn, of Peterboro, s. 
 of Stillman and Anna L. (Davis). 
 
 5. Frederick AVilliam, b. Aug. 4, 1866. 
 
 6. Walter Orlando, b. Jan. 24, 1867. 
 
 7. Cora Belle, "b. Apr. 4, 1872. 
 
 8. Delbert, b. June 18, 1874. 
 
 9. Charles Abel, b. Mar. 14, 1876. 
 Yiii. Sylvender, b. Julv 4, 1834 ; d. Mar. 7, 1859. 
 
 IX. Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1837 \ m. B. B. Boyce, q.v. 
 
 Joseph Durga-N" was taxed in 1818 and 1819. 
 Martha he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Susan, b. Nov. 21, 1813. 
 II. Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1818. 
 
 By w. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 545 
 
 John Eaton, s. of Nathaniel, was b. in Lancaster, 
 Mass., Oct. 21, 1784, and d. in F., Sept. 22, 1835 ; m. 
 June 20, 1808, Eunice, b. June 5, 1784 ; d. June 21, 
 1862, dau. of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) Jones, of 
 Ashburnham, Mass. Came to F. in 1823, and ^settled 
 on L 5 E 11. Mrs. E. was of Locke descent, thus : 
 Dea. William' Locke, the emigrant ancestor. 
 
 James^ Locke. 
 
 Sarah^ Locke, m. "William Jones. 
 
 Enos* Jones. 
 
 Eunice'^ Jones, m. John Eaton, as stated. 
 
 in Ashburnham, ii.-vi. in Eoyalston, vii.- 
 
 Ch. 
 
 VIII 
 
 b. I. 
 inF. 
 
 I. Albin Jones, b. June 19, 1809+. 
 II. Harriet Matilda, b. Oct. 6, 1811 ; m. Otis 
 
 Wliittemore, q.v. 
 John Harvey, b. June G, 1814, unm.; res. Mon- 
 
 ticello, la. 
 Nathaniel Laland, b. May 24, 1816 ; num.; 
 
 res. Ashburnham. 
 Eunice Ann, b. June 27, 1819 ; m. Chancy 
 
 Davis, Jr., q.v. 
 Charles Lincoln, b. Mar. 21, 1822 ; unm. ; res. 
 
 Idaho. 
 Lticy Aufjusta, b. Aug. 12, 1824; d. Feb. 13, 
 
 1829. 
 VIII. Francis Warren, b. Feb. 9, 1827 ; d. Dec. 20, 
 
 1837. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Dr. Albin J. Eaton, b. June 19, 1809 ; m. Mar. 27, 
 1838, Delight, b. July 16, 1813, dau. of David and 
 Euby (Hatch) Stone, of F. ; res. Worcester, Mass. Ch. 
 b. I. in Dublin, N. H., ii.-iii. in Pelliam, Mass., iv. 
 in Oakham, Mass. 
 
 I. A son, b. and d. June 2. 1839. 
 II. Frances Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1840 ; d. Aug. 10, 
 1842. 
 
 III. Henrietta Attossa, b. Apr. 23, 1843 ; d. Sept. 
 
 15, 1844. 
 
 IV. Maria Stojie, b. Mar. 2, 1846. She is Professor 
 
 of Chemistry and Mineralogy in Wellesley 
 College, Wellesley, Mass. 
 
 Abraham and Benjamin Eddy, bros., from Newton, 
 Mass., settled in F. ab. 1790. Abraham rem. to Eoyals- 
 ton ab. 1800, followed by Benjamin ab. 1822. Both 
 lived on L 2 E 12. 
 35 
 
546 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 G 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 (3) 
 
 I. A child of Abraham d. Apr., 1795. 
 
 BENJAMiif Eddy m. , who d. Oct., 1820. 
 
 Their ch. i.-iv. are rec. in E., the eldest b. in Newton, 
 the others in F. Benjamin seems to have been a family 
 name, as the s. is rec. as the fourth of the name. 
 
 I. Benjamin (the fourth), b. July 1, 1787. 
 ir. Zelida, b. May 7, 1791 ; m. Apr. 9, 1831, Luke 
 Hey wood, of Winchendon. 
 
 III. John, b. Feb. 11, 1793 ; d. May 13, 1817. 
 
 IV, Alexander Shephard, b. June 39, 1797 ; d. July 
 
 16, 1830. 
 V. Mary Ann. 
 
 Samuel Ellis came to F. from Stockbridge, Vt., 
 ab. 1813-14. He d. Oct. 18, 1836, a. 51 y. His w. 
 Cynthia, b. June 35, 1778 ; d. May 16, 1870, dau. of 
 Samuel and Mary Randall, q.v. Ch. b. i.-iv. in Keene, 
 y. in S., VI. in F. 
 
 I. Samuel G., b. Dec. 4, 1806 ; d. May 33, 1879, 
 
 in Alstead, N. H. ; interred in F. 
 II. George Washington, b. Mar. 4, 1808+. 
 
 III. Beulah P., d. Apr. 33, 1830, a. 10 y. 
 
 IV, Timothy, b. July 3, 1811 ; d. Apr. 13, 1885. 
 
 His. w. Cleora H. d. Apr. 33, 1883, a. 72 y, 3 
 mos. Both d. in Nashua, N. H., and were 
 interred in F. 
 V. Cynthia, b. June 30, 1813 ; m. Artemas W. 
 
 Growen, q.v. 
 VI. Rufus Randall, d. July 17, 1878, in Franklin, 
 
 Mass., a. 63 y. ; interred in F. 
 VII, AMjah, d. Nov. 6, 1873, in Boston, Mass., a. 
 
 55 y. ; murdered ; interred in F. 
 VIII, Elijah Wilds, m. Aug. 34, 1841, Luev A. Mans- 
 field. She d. Feb. 20, 1847, a. 26"'y., and he 
 m. (3d) Arvilla I). Flint. A s. by 3d m. 
 1. Frank Elias, b. Nov. 12, 1853, in 
 Alstead; m. Mar. 38, 1874, Nellie 
 Isabel, b. Jan. 9, 1854, dau. of Samuel 
 W. and Mary M. (Johnson) Carroll, 
 IX. Mary, b. Oct.(?). 1830 ; d. Aug. 18, 1831. 
 X. Beulah Pond, b. 1822 (;-) ; d. Feb. 33, 1837. 
 
 George W. Ellis, b. Mar. 4, 1808 ; d. Apr. 27, 
 1885 ; m. Aug. 24, 1837, Bethia Ellen, b. Mar. 6, 1818 ; 
 d. Sept. 13, 1870, dau. of Levi and Martha (Blake) 
 Pratt ; m. (3d) Dec. 10, 1873, Mrs, Harriet Alzina 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 547 
 
 French, b. July 18, 1819, dan. of Jesse and IS'aomi 
 
 (Winch) Raymond, of Mount Holly, Vt. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. George Henry, b. Aug. 24, 1838 ; d. Dec. 31, 
 
 1864, in the army ; m. Oct. 21 (?), 1861, Katie 
 
 L. Kenney, of Royalston, Mass. 
 
 II. Echvard Bailey, b. iS'^ov. 11, 1839 ; d. July 1, 
 
 1867. 
 
 III. Ivory Warren, b. Dec. 20, 1840 ; d. July 21, 
 
 1880 ; m. Dec. 6, 1866, Emeline Viola, b. 
 July 8, 1849, dan. of Timothy and Rebekah 
 (Towne) Metcalf, of Rindge. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 1. Son, b. Apr. 27, 1870 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 2. Effie Isabel, b. Nov. 5, 1871. 
 
 3. Bessie Maude, b. Mar. 17, 1875. 
 
 4. Lu]a Adelle, b. Apr. 26, 1880 ; d. Sept. 
 
 30, 1880. 
 
 IV. Ira Webster, b. Feb. 19, 1843 ; m. Apr. 29, 
 
 1869, Rose Ursula, b. Sept. 9, 1842, dan. of 
 Reuben and Melinda A. (Lane) Morse, of 
 Marlboro ; res. Ashland, Mass. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Leslie Edward, b. Sept. 24, 1872. 
 
 2. Edith Melinda, b. July 7, 1874. 
 
 V. Elliot FranMin, b. Nov. 28, 1844 ; d. June 9, 
 
 1863, at New Orleans, in the army. 
 Yi. Harriet Martlia, b. Oct. 6, 1846 ; d. Sept. 5, 
 
 1853. 
 VII. William Orry, b. Apr. 2, 1848 ; d. Sept. 19, 
 
 1849. 
 VIII. Charles Pratt, b. Nov. 13, 1849. 
 IX. Addie Maria, b. Mar. 8, 1851 ; d. Aug. 15, 
 
 1853. 
 X. Abbie Eliza, b. Mar. 8, 1851 (twin) ; d. Aug. 
 
 19, 1853. 
 XI. Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1853 ; m. Charles F. 
 
 Smytherman, q.v. 
 XII. Maria Ann, h.^oY. 26, 1857. 
 XIII. Freddie Ellsworth, b. Nov. 23, 1861 ; d. July 
 26, 1862. 
 
 Abel Estabrook and w. Ruth were in town as early 
 as 1781, as all the following ch. are rec. in F. They 
 settled on L 12 R 2, which had been previously owned 
 by William Withington and Henry Willard ; left town 
 ab. 1804. 
 
 I. Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1781. 
 
 II. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1783. 
 
 III. Nabby, b. Feb. 1, 1785. 
 
 IV. Arethusa, b. Apr. 8, 1787. 
 
548 
 
 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Y. mmcy, b. Apr. 25, 1789. 
 
 Yi. Ems, b. Mar. 2, 1791. 
 
 Yii. Z?«c?/, b. Feb. 9, 1793. 
 
 Yiii. Polhj, b. May 10, 1795. 
 
 IX. Ruth, b. June 10, 1797. 
 
 X. Caroline, b. Oct. 14, 1799. 
 
 XI. Lovina, b. Mar. 4, 1803. 
 
 I Pelatiah Everett, m. (1st) Mary Cutting, of Princeton, Mass.; 
 m. (2d) Dorcas Fessenden, of Westminster, Mass.; res. in W. Cb. 7 by 
 each m., i. David ; ii. Joel ; in. Mary ; iv. Melatiah ; v. John ; 
 vr. Pelatiah M., 2 ; vii. Asa ; vin. Hiram, d. y. ; ix. Sarah ; x. Hiram ; 
 XI. Leonard F. ; xii. Tryphena ; xiii. and xiv. Susan and George 
 (twins). 
 
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 Pelatiah Mann Eyerett came from Westminster 
 to F. ab. 1809 ; d. May 20, 1850, a. 65 v.; m. Feb. 24, 
 1812, Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1790 ; d. Feb. 2, 1859, dau. 
 of Josepb and Anna (Smith) Carter, q.v. 
 
 I. George Cutting, b. Apr. 17, 1813 4-. 
 
 II. Abigail Ann, b. Mar. 25, 1815 ; d. Feb. 10, 
 
 1817. 
 III. Lorenzo Carter, b. Mar. 23, 1818+ . 
 lY. Abigail Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1821 ; d. Feb. 11, 
 
 1878 ; m. Aug. 29, 1839, Isaac Aldrich, b. 
 
 Mar. 11, 1817 ; d. July 30, 1882, eighth ch. 
 
 of Isaac and Abigail (Aldrich), of Richmond ; 
 
 res. F., Troy, and Keene. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2 
 
 in T. 
 
 1. George Everett Aldrich, b. June 11, 
 
 1840 ; res. Boston. 
 
 2. Abbie Ma.ria Aldrich, b. Apr. 24, 1843 ; 
 
 d. Jan. 26, 1844. 
 Y. William Henry, b. Sept. 3, 1824+. 
 
 George C. Eyerett, b. Apr. 17, 1813 ; d. Sept, 28, 
 1860 ; m. May 15, 1838, Frances Maria, b. May 25, 
 1821, in Swanzey, dau. of Ezekiel and Paulina (Applin) 
 Thompson. [Mrs. E. ra. (2d) Jan. 16, 1873, Col. Nel- 
 son Converse, of Marlboro, b. Oct. 10, 1810, s. of John 
 and Polly (Wright).] 
 
 I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1844 ; m. Daniel 
 F. Bowker, q.v. 
 
 II. Abbie Sophia, b. June 4, 1848 ; m. Mar. 3, 1869, 
 
 Thomas S. Whitney, b. in Peru, Vt., Apr. 
 21, 1844, s. of Zachariah and Hepsibeth 
 (Smith), now of Rindge (R. Hist. Whitney 
 Register, No. 71) ; res. in R. 
 
GENEALOGTCAL REGISTER. 549 
 
 1. Fannie H. Whitney, b. June 17, 1870. 
 
 III. George Frank, b. Mav 20, 1850 ; d. Nov. 22, 
 
 1850. 
 
 IV. Edith Maria, b. Aug. 2, 1851 ; d. Jan. 19, 
 
 1852. 
 V. Frank Leslie, b. Apr. 30, 1855 ; d. July 17, 
 
 1857. 
 VI. Edward Lincoln, b. May 9, 1860 ; d. June 10, 
 1862. 
 
 Lorenzo C. Everett, b. Mar. 23, 1818 ; d. Nov. 16, 
 1870 ; m. Apr. 16, 1841, Cynthia, b. Mar. 3, 1823, dan. 
 of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon") Allen, q.v. [Mrs. 
 E. m. (2d) Oct. 24, 1882, Joseph Bowman, of Troy, 
 N. Y.] Ch. b. I. -II. in F., in. in T. 
 
 I. Edgar Herbert I^orenzo, b. Aug. 26, 1846 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1847. . 
 II. Edgar Lorenzo, b. Aug. 11, 1848 ; m. Sept. 27, 
 i870, Adelaide, b. Nov. 17, 1850, daa. of 
 Caleb and Sarah (Wood) AYilliamson, of T. 
 Mr. Everett is a dealer in Fine Art Goods in 
 T. 
 
 1. Frank Norton, b. Jan. 3, 1879. 
 III. Harry Allen Gilbert, b. Apr. 29, 1860. 
 
 AViLLiAM H. Everett, b. Sept. 3, 1824 ; m. May 11, 
 1847, Caroline Augusta, b. Aug. 7, 1825, dan. of Jacob 
 and Sylvia A. Wales, then of F. ; m. (2d) Caroline Euth, 
 d. Dec. 30, 1885, dau. of John and Jane (Harris) Sher- 
 wood, of Wilmington, Del. 
 
 I. William Henry, b. Dec. 4, 1849 ; m. Margaret 
 
 Gillen, of Wilmington. 
 II. Caroline Alfaratta, b. Apr. 14, 1855 ; m. 
 George Ricords, of Wilmington. 
 
 Philemon Fairbanks, s. of Philemon and Mary 
 (Smith), of Athol, Mass., was b. Mar. 26, 1782 ; came 
 in 1798 to F., where he d. Apr. 1, 1871 ; m. Mar. 5, 
 1807, Polly, b. May 20, 1787 ; d. Aug. 7, 1845, dau. of 
 Capt. Stephen and Rhoda (Daniels) Richardson. 
 
 I. Rhoda, b. May 3, 1808 ; d. Dec. 26, 1876. at 
 Winchester, N. H.; m. May 8, 1849, Elijah 
 Graves, of Royalston. He d. June, 1864. 
 II. Sarah, b. June 23, 1810 ; d. Aug. 6, 1851, 
 unm. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V Twins, b. and d. Jan. 5, 1817, 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Y. Philemon Richardson, b. Aug. 31^ 1818+. 
 VI. Infant son, b. and d. Juue 29, 1821. 
 
 Phiiemon^ E. Faikbanks, b. Aug. 31, 1818 ; d. 
 Jau. 27, 1870 ; m. June 29, 1845, Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 
 1825 ; d. Jan. 3, 1856, dau. of Abijah and Lucy (Whit- 
 ney) Richardson, of Eoyalston, q.v.; m. (2d) Apr. 27, 
 1856, Lucy Bowen, b. July 18, 1823, dau. of Nichols 
 and Penelope (Bowen) Hart, of Richmond. 
 
 I. Mary Georgiana, b. June 5, 1846 ; d. Aug. 8, 
 
 1867, unm. 
 II. Ella Miranda, b. Nov. 14, 1847 ; m. Charles F. 
 Mitchell, q.v. 
 
 III. Edioin Smith, b. Nov. 4, 1850 ; m. Nov. 8, 
 
 1871, Delia Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1850, dau. of 
 Rufus B. and Mary Ann (Eames) Potter, of 
 Fitchburg, Mass.; res. Fitch. 
 
 1. Minnie Maud, b. Aug. 27, 1876. 
 
 2. Mary M., b. Mar., 1880 ; d. May, 1880. 
 
 3. Martha M., b. Mar., 1880 (twin) ; d. 
 
 May, 1880. 
 
 4. Nellie Jewett, b. July, 1881. 
 
 IV. Henry Philemon, b. Apr. 28, 1853 ; m. Mary 
 
 Delia AVhitney, b. Mar. 12, 1853. 
 V. Penelove Nichols, h. Aug. 1, 1857 ; d. Oct. 5, 
 1863^ 
 
 Horatio Nelson Fairbanks, b. Mar. 11, 1832, in 
 Holden, Mass.; m. (1st) Lucy Ann Woodward, (2d) 
 Millie Pierce, Oh. b. i. in Princeton, Mass., ii.-iii. in 
 H. 
 
 I. Alfred Nelson, b. Apr. 7, 1852. 
 II. George Homer, b, Apr. 28, 1853 ; m. Mar, 5, 
 1879, Myra Ardell, b. Jan. 21, 1860, dau. of 
 George W. and Eliza A. (Swan) Wilson, q.v. 
 1, George Elwin, b, June 3, 1880. 
 III. William Herbert, b. Nov. 23, 1855. 
 
 Silas Farnsworth was in town before 1776, and 
 left before 1788. He was chosen Highway Surveyor by 
 the town in March, 1776, and Assessor by the proprie- 
 tors in 1779. His w. Lydia d. July 27, 1780, and he 
 m. (2d) Jan, 4, 1781, Keziah Poor. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Molly, bapt. May 12, 1776 ; d. Dec. 15, 1785. 
 II. Silas, bapt. Apr. 19, 1778. 
 III. Infant, d. June 29, 1780. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEK. 
 
 551 
 
 FARRAR. 
 
 I Jacob' Farrar and Viis bro. John were two of the original pro- 
 prietors of Lancaster, Mass.. and were there as early as 1G53. The 
 tradition, prob. correct, is that they came from Lancashire, England. 
 Jacob d. in Woburn, Mass., Aug. 14, 1677. His eldest s., 
 
 2 Jacob-, b. in England, prob. ab. 1642 ; m., 1668, Hannah, dau. of 
 George Flayward, He was killed by the Indians, Aug. 23, 1675. His 
 second s., 
 
 3 George', b. Aug. 16, 1670 ; m. Sept. 9, 1692, Mary Howe, and 
 settled in that part of Concord, Mass., now Lincoln. He d. May 15, 
 1760. His wid. d. Apr. 12, 1761. His second s., 
 
 4 Daniel"*, b. Nov. 30, 1696 ; m. Hannah Fletcher, and settled in 
 Sudbury, Mass., where he d. ab. 1755. Descendants of two of his ch., 
 I. Josiah, b. Sept., 1722 ; ii. Daniel, b. 17'^4, 22) have lived in F. 
 
 5 JosIAH^ b. Sept., 1722 ; eldest s. of Daniel' ; m., 1745, Hannah, 
 dau. of John Taylor, of Northboro, Mass.; res.in Sudbury. He d. Nov. 
 24, 1808. His wid. d. Feb. 10, 1810, both in Marlboro, N. H. His s., 
 
 Q Phineuas", b. Aug. 20, 1747 ; m. Lovina Warren, of Marlboro, 
 Mass.; settled in Marlboro, N. H., in 1768, where he d. Apr. 1, 1841. 
 She d. Feb. 17, 1845, a. 92 y. Ch. i. Phinehas ; ii. John ; in. Bet- 
 sey ; IV. Calvm. His dau. Caroline E. m. Levi Brown, of Waterford, 
 Me., and was the mother of Charles Farrar Brown, better known by his 
 7iom. de flume, Artemas Ward. v. Luther (twin to Calvin) ; vi. Josiah ; 
 VII. Bildad (took the name William) ; viii. Daniel W., b. Feb. 22, 
 1786-7 ; IX. David ; x. and xi. Nancy and James (twins). 
 
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 10 
 
 Col. Daniel Warren' Farrar, b. Feb. 22, 1786, 
 came from Marlboro to F. in 1800 as clerk in the store 
 of Jonas Robeson (see pp. 398 and 400) ; m. May 24, 
 1812, Eliza, b. Dec. 11, 1791, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer and 
 Betsey ( [Nichols] Bates) Wright, q.v. She d. Apr. 15, 
 1814, and he m. (2d) Aug. 17, 1815, Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 
 1794, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Hannah (Bowker) 
 Griffin, q.v. Col. Farrar was very active in the move- 
 ment which led to .the formation of the town of Troy, 
 and was one of the most enterprising and influential men 
 in the new town. He d. Mar. 7, 18G0. His w. d. Nov. 
 6, 1858. All hisch. were by his 2d m,, which is omitted 
 in the History of Marlboro. 
 
 I. David Warreif, b. Jan. 30, 1817 ; m. June 29, 
 1841, Hannah, b. Mar. 17, 1819, dau. of 
 Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wheeler ; rem. 
 to Britt, la., in 1880, to look after his ex- 
 tended Western land interests; d. in B., Oct. 
 7, 1882 ; Mrs. F. res. in Troy ; ch. b. in T. 
 
 1. Henry W., b. Apr. 21, 1842; d. Aug. 
 
 13, 1885 ; res. New York City, Britt. 
 
 2. Hannah M., b. Sept. 27, 1843 ; d. Oct, 
 
 10, 1843. 
 
552 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. 
 VI. 
 
 3. Charles D., b. Oct. 3, 1847 ; res. Troy. 
 
 4. Helen M., b. Aug. 13, 1854 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 
 1884; res. Fitchbnrg, Mass., Brad- 
 ford, Yt. 
 
 Eliza Wright, b. Sept. 26, 1818 ; d. Dec. 8, 
 1844 ; m. Aug. 11, 1844, Rev. Alfred Stevens, 
 of Westminster, Vt. 
 
 Helen Maria, b. June 15, 1820 ; d. May 22, 
 1851 ; m. June 7, 1848, Eev. Abraham Jen- 
 kins, Jr., q.v. 
 
 Echvard, b. Nov. 14, 1822 ; m. Aug. 23, 1858, 
 Caroline, dau. of Charles H. Brainard. of 
 Keene, where he res. He graduated at Har- 
 vard Law School in 1847 ; admitted to 
 Cheshire County Bar, Dec, 1847 ; is Clerk of 
 the Supreme Court for Ch. Co.; has held the 
 office of Clerk of the Courts from Dec, 1857 ; 
 has been Mayor of K. 
 
 1. Caroline Frances, b. Aug. 3, 1860. 
 
 2. Sarah Brainard, b. Aug. 13, 1869. 
 Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1824 ; d. Mar. 27, 1838. 
 Daniel, b. May 29, 1836 ; a physician : served 
 
 in the War of the Rebellion as assistant sur- 
 geon in the 3d N. H. Reg. for ab. a y., when 
 he resigned on account of ill health ; settled 
 in Leominster, Mass., where he d. June 3, 
 1875, having won a good reputation in his 
 profession, and an honorable place in the re- 
 gards of his townsmen ; m. JSTov. 24, 1863, 
 Caroline A., b. Jan. 6, 1836, dau. of Cyrus 
 and Betsey (Jackson) Fairbanks, of Troy, ch. 
 b. in L. 
 
 1. Edward Bird, b. Oct. 24, 1866. 
 
 2. Gertrude Eliza, b. Oct. 7, 1870. 
 
 «3|S Daniel^ Fabkar, s. of Daniel*, was b. 1724 ; m., 1748, Mary 
 (V^^^•«V. and res. in Lincoln, Mass. His s. George settled in Marlboro, 
 N. H., in 1783. Another s., Daniel, b. Mar. 25, 1755, settled in F. 
 
 Daniel^ Fakrar, b. Mar. 25, 1755; d. Nov. 13, 
 1837 ; m. Lucy, dau. of John and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, 
 perhaps then of Sudbury, Mass., but who soon settled 
 in F. She d. Aug. 20!i 1838. It seems quite certain 
 that Mr. F. came to F. soon after m., as all his ch. are 
 rec. here. He lived on L 21 R 9, which is set to him 
 in all the early tax-lists that locate the owners of the 
 land, and appears to have paid poll and property taxes 
 in F. till 1814. The accounts of him in the Histories 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 553 
 
 of Troy and Marlboro do not agree, and neither account 
 seems to harmonize with F. rec. 
 
 I. Elizabeth'', b. Jan. 23, 1776 ; m. (1st) Nathan 
 
 Platts, (2d) Samuel Rockwood, q.v. 
 II. Daniel, b. Mar. 24, 1778 ; d. Apr. 29, 1781. 
 
 III. Lricy, b. Oct. 31, 1780 ; m. Caleb Winch, q.v. 
 
 IV. Daniel, b. Nov. 10, 1782+. 
 
 V. Samuel, b. Apr. 15, 1785 ; m. Nov. 17, 1808, 
 Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1785, dau. of Moses and 
 Mary (Whitcomb) Cutting, q.v.; settled in 
 ' Vermont. 
 
 VI. John B., b. Dec. 17, 1787 ; d. Oct. 14, 1854; 
 m. Aug. 15, 1810, Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1786, 
 dau. of Timothy and Martha (Long) Harvey, 
 of Marlboro. Eight ch. Res. Hinsdale and 
 M. Mrs. F. d. Jan. 14, 1870, at Carthage, 
 N. Y. 
 VII. Mary, b. Apr 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Sally, b. Feb. 16, 1792 
 q.v. 
 
 IX. William, b. Feb. 18, 1794 ; d. Jan. 7, 1870 ; 
 m. Mar. 20, 1816, Betsey, b. Sept. 26, 1793 ; 
 d. Dec. 2, 1881, dau. of Josiah and Lucy 
 (Snow) AVhittemore, of Phillipston, Mass. 
 Rem. to Monroe Co., N. Y., and from thence, 
 in 1837, to Hadley, Lsipeer Co., Mich,, where 
 both d. They had 14 ch., of whom 12 lived 
 to maturity, and 11 m. 
 X. Nancy, b. Jan. 5, 1797 ; m. 
 to Vermont. 
 
 XI. Tryphena, b. Oct. 21, 1799 ; 
 New Ipswich, where she d 
 
 14, 1790 ; m. William Winch, 
 m. Abishai Collins, 
 
 A. Rawson : rem. 
 
 m. Robert Fitz, 
 , 1842. 
 
 of 
 
 1782 ; m. Dec. 30, 
 dau. of Daniel and 
 Lived on the home 
 
 Daniel' Farrar, b. Nov. 10, 
 1806, Lucena, b. Apr. 11, 1780, 
 Hannah (Goodrich) Mellen, q.v. 
 place. 
 
 I. Hannah Goodrich, b. Oct, 
 
 14, 1824. 
 II. Lucena, b. May 15, 1810 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1813. 
 
 IV. Daniel M.\ b. Nov. 7, 1815 ; d. Mar. 28, 1870 ; 
 
 m. Feb. 15, 1838, Sophronia Keith, b. Dec. 
 10, 1810 ; d. Apr. 3, 1872. Lived on the 
 Daniel Mellen place in F., and later the entire 
 family rem. to Troy, where Mr. and Mrs. F. 
 both d. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 . 11, 1807 : d. Sept. 
 d. Dec. 12, 1855. 
 
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 HISTOKY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 1. Daniel Warren% b. K"ov. 7, 1839 ; d. July 
 
 14, 1881 ; m. Nov. 7, 1860, Nancy A., 
 b. Apr. 9, 1842 ; dan. of Luther F. 
 and Harriet Piper ; ch. b. in ¥. 
 
 1. Lulu Estella^ b. Dec. 4, 1866. 
 
 2. Edith May, b. July 24, 1871. 
 
 3. Adelbert AVarren, b. May 29, 1876. 
 
 2. John Lyman, b. Oct. 6, 1841 ; d. Apr. 
 
 1, 1875 ; m. Ellen Josephine ; 
 
 b. May 10, 1845 ; ch. b. in T. 
 
 1. Walter Daniel, b. Apr. 20, 1867. 
 
 2. Stephen Mellen, b. Feb. 6, 1869. 
 
 3. James Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1871. 
 
 4. Frank Warren, b. Mav 4, 1873. 
 
 3. Charles Adelbert, b. Apr. 24, 1844 ; m. 
 
 Apr. (3?) 1865, Charlotte E. Bemis ; 
 res. Troy ; ch. b. in T. 
 
 1. Mary Abbie, b. Mar. 11, 1866. 
 
 2. Leonard Adelbert, b. Sept. 28, 
 
 1869. 
 
 3. Fred Jones, b. July 28, 1871. 
 
 4. Nellie Ida, b. Oct. 28, 1875. 
 
 5. Charlotte Bemis, b. June 10, 1877. 
 
 4. Abbie Lucena, b. Dec. 10, 1848 ; m. 
 
 Kimball ; res. Sanford, Me. ; ch. 
 
 b. in T. 
 
 1. Bessie Farrar Kitiiball, b. Aug. 3, 
 1872. 
 Y. Leonard, b. Sept. 20, 1817 ; d. June 1, 1876. 
 VI. James, b. June 29, 1820 : m. Clara Brown, of 
 
 Warwick, Mass.; res. Adrian, Mich, 
 vir. Hannah, b. Apr. 25, 1825 ; d. Jan. 30, 1826. 
 
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 Maj. John" Fakra.r (ancestry not traced) was a prom- 
 inent citizen of Framingham, and an early proprietor 
 of F., to which place he rem. prob. in 1775, and where 
 he d. Jan. 7, 1777. The History of Fram. states that 
 he was in town office there every year till 1774, but his 
 name appears on the F. proprietary records in 1768, 
 '69, and '70, and it is evident that during these three y. 
 he was at F. often enough to attend to the duties of the 
 various offices to which he had been chosen. He m. 
 Oct. 13, 1740, Martha, dan. of Rev. John and Sarah 
 (Tileston) Swift, of Fram. She d. 1749, and he m. 
 (2d) Oct. 4, 1750, Deborah, b. Jan. 27, 1728-9 ; d. 
 Nov. 2, 1793, dau. of Thomas and Deborah (Gleason) 
 Winch, of Pram. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1742 ; m. Gen. James Reed, q.v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 YI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 IT. Martlia, b. Dec. 15, 1744 ; d. Apr. 3, 1745. 
 
 III. John, b. and d. May 5, 1747. 
 
 IV. Martha, b. June 7, 1749. 
 
 V. John, b. Aug. 11, 1751 ; d. Mar. 20, 1809, at 
 South Hadley, Mass.; m. May 8, 1786, Euth 
 Davis. The family rem. from F. ab. 1794. 
 Ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. John, b. Mar. 25, 1787. 
 
 2. Deborah, b. Apr. 16, 1788. 
 
 3. MoJly, b. Nov. 7, 1789. 
 Deborah, b. Nov. 26, 1753 ; m. Sept. 12, 1776, 
 
 Caleb Leland ; res. Leominster, Mass. 
 Nelly, b. Nov. 4, 1755 ; m. Capt. John Brown, 
 of Fitch burg. 
 
 VIII. Joseph, b. Apr. 3, 1758 ; m. (1st) Hannah Kim- 
 ball, of Fitch.; (2d) Martha Nutting, of Pep- 
 perell ; (3d) Elizabeth Fletcher, of Dunstable ; 
 res. P. 
 IX. William, b. June 20, 1760 ; d. May 4, 1837 ; 
 m. July 6, 1780, Irena Boynton ; she d. May 
 15, 1835, a. 75 y. ; res. Troy. 
 X. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1763 ; d. Sept. 5, 1832, in 
 
 Troy, unm. 
 XI. Anne, b. Oct. 27, 1765 ; m. Benoni ShurtlefF, 
 
 q.v. 
 XII. Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1769 ; m. Mary Nutting, 
 
 of Pepperell. 
 XIII. Hetty, bapt. Oct. 14, 1771 ; m. Joseph Haskell, 
 q.v. 
 
 FAPtWELL. 
 
 I Henky' Farwell was one of the first settlers of Concord, Mass., 
 where he was admitted freeman, Mar., 1688-39. By w. Olive lie had ch. 
 r. John ; II. Mary ; in. Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1642, 2 ; iv. Olive ; v. 
 Elizabeth, prob. all b. at C. He and his w. both d. in Chelmsford, 
 Mass., he Aug. 1, 1670, and she Mar. 1, 1691-2. 
 
 2 Ensign .Joseph-, b. Feb. 20, 1642 ; d. Dec: 31, 1732, in Dunstable, 
 Mass.; m. Dec. 25, 1666, Hannah, b. Aug. 24, 1649, dau. of Isaac and 
 Mary (Stearns) Learned, of Woburn, Mass. Ch. b. in Chelmsford, i. 
 Hannah ; ii. Joseph, b. July 24, 1670, 3 ! m- Elizabeth ; iv. Henry ; 
 V, Isaac ; vi. Sarah ; vii. John ; viii. William ; ix. Oliver. 
 
 3 Joseph^, b. July 24, 1670 ; d. Aug. 21, 1740, at Groton, Mass.; m. 
 Jan. 23, 1695-96, Hannah Colburn. Ch. rec. in C. i. Joseph ; ii. 
 Thomas, rec. in , G. ; in. Hannah ; iv. Elizabeth ; v. Edward ; vi. 
 Mary ; vii. John ; viii. Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1714, 4 ; ix- Daniel ; x. 
 Sarah. 
 
 4 Gen. Samuels b. Jan. 14, 1714 ; d. 1756-57 ; m. June 23, 1735, 
 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1719 ; d. 1760 (?), dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth 
 (Gilson) Moors, of G. Ch. rec. in G. i. Samuel ; ii. Elizabeth ; in. 
 
556 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Eunice ; iv. Abraham ; v. Jolin ; vi. Sarah ; vii. Lydia ; viii. Susan- 
 na, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; m. Daniel Mellon, Jr., q.'c.; ix. Joseph, b. Mar. 
 27, 1754, 5 ; x. Isaac Moors, b. Apr. 12, 1757, 1 Q. 
 
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 Joseph' Farwell, b. Mar. 27, 1754, in Groton ; d. 
 Mar., 1813, hi Bridgewater, N. Y. ; m. Aug. 27, 1777, 
 Eunice Goodridge, of Fitcliburg, Mass., who d. Mar., 
 1811, in Manlius, IsT. Y. ; came to F. soon after m., and 
 prob. settled on L 11 E, 3 ; rem. from town ab. 1789. 
 Mr. F. served in the Revolutionary War, a part of the 
 time in the bodyguard of Gen. Washington. Oh. b. in 
 F. 
 
 I. Joseph^ bapt. Jan. 10, 1779. 
 II. Eunice, bapt. Oct. 15, 1780. 
 
 III. Susanna, bapt. Mar. 30, 1783. 
 
 IV. Trypliosa, bapt. Jan. 8, 1786. 
 
 Dr. Isaac Mooks^ Farwell, b. Apr. 12, 1757, in 
 Townsend, Mass.; d. Aug. 11, 1810, in Paris, IS". Y.; m. 
 Dec. 6, 1785, Thankful, b. June 13, 1760 ; d. July 28, 
 1849, dan. of Maj. Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, 
 then of F. Dr. Farwell was educated at Dartmouth 
 College ; studied medicine with Dr. Preston, of New 
 Ipswich ; rem. to what is now the city of Utica, N. Y., 
 when it contained but three houses, and those built of 
 logs ; thence rem. to Paris, where he practised his pro- 
 fession till near the time of his d. (See p. 429). Had 
 ch. one b. in F., and others after leaving town, of whom 
 the names cannot be given. 
 
 I. Lyman', bapt. Oct. 5, 1798. 
 
 FASSETT. 
 
 I Patrick' Fassett and his w. Sarah came from RockFassett Castle, 
 Ireland, and settled in Lexington, Mass. There is a tradition that the 
 ancestors of the family were refugees who fled from Scotland to escape 
 religious persecution, and that the name Fassett was assumed to conceal 
 their identity, the original family name being Macpherson. The proper 
 English proQunciation of the name Fassett gives the broad sound to the 
 a, and in England as w^ell as in this country, some branches of the 
 family spell the name Fawcett or Fossett, as being less liable to mispro- 
 nunciation. The final consonant is often written single. The oldest ch. 
 of Patrick and Sarah was, 
 
 2 JosEPH^ b. Oct. 2, 1672 ; d. June 16, 1754 ; res. in L. By w. 
 Mary had a s., 
 
 3 JosEPH^ b. Dec. 6, 1701 ; d. Aug. 14, 1755 ; m. Amitay Willard, 
 whose father was from Wales, G. B. Ch. all b. in L. i. Joseph ; ii. 
 Amitay ; in. Mary ; iv. John, b. Dec. 7, 1739, 4 ; v. Jonathan ; vi. 
 Sarah. The Joseph Fassett who served in the Revolutionary War as 
 from F. was prob. a grandson of Joseph^. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 567 
 
 Dea. John* Fassett was b. Dec. 7, 1739. After the 
 d. of his father he was bound out to a farmer in Brain- 
 tree, Mass. He m. Isabel Bogle, of Natick, Mass., 
 which may indicate that he lived in N. after attaining 
 his majority. Her father and mother were natives of 
 Scotland, G. B. The w. of John Shirley {q.v.). Submit 
 Bogle, was a niece of Mrs. F. After the formation of 
 the chh. in F. Mrs. I', was admitted on letter from the 
 chh. in Templeton, Mass., which makes it quite certain 
 that they lived in T. before settling in F. They came 
 to F. ab. 17G8, their third child, Joseph, being the tirst 
 white male ch. b. in F. Dea. F. d. Jan. 12, 1834. 
 Mrs. F. d. Mar. 31, 1807, a. 67 y., 8 mos. 
 
 I. Willard\ b. Dec. 19, 1765 ; d. Nov. 12, 1795 ; 
 
 m. Apr. 17, 1792, Betsey Parks, d. Sent. 6, 
 
 1843, a. 85 y. 
 
 1. Luc}',' b. Aug. 1, 1793 ; m. Benjamin 
 
 Bvam, q.v. 
 
 2. Elisha, b. Oct. 20, 1794 ; m. Dec. 25, 
 
 1817, Lovina, b. Aug. 19, 1798, dau. 
 of Abel and Lovina (Amadon) Angier. 
 II. John, b. May 31, 1767 ; d. Apr., 1816. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1769+. 
 
 IV. Obil, b. Aug. 25, 1771+. 
 
 V. Thomas, b. Aug. 31, 1773 ; d. Feb. 17, 1786. 
 VI. Isabel, b. July 25, 1775 ; d. Mar. 9, 1795. In 
 returning from a singing-school at Shurtleii's 
 tavern (where Sylvester Drury now lives) she 
 became bewildered, and was not able to find 
 her way home. To shelter herself as much 
 as possible she lay down behind a large rock, 
 where she was found the next morning. She 
 d. within two y., never recovering from the 
 effects of the exposure. 
 viT. Benjamm, b. Sept. 30, 1778 ; d. Feb. 20, 1786. 
 VIII. Lticy, b. Aug. 6, 1781 ; d. Feb. 21, 1786. 
 
 Joseph' Fassett, b. Aug. 5, 1769 ; d. Apr. 2, 1848 ; 
 m. Oct. 13, 1796, Hannah Ward, b. May 3, 1774 ; d. 
 Apr. 26, 1857, dau. of Jonas and Hannah (Ward) 
 Woods. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Levi% b. Apr. 10, 1797 ; d. June 1, 1862, unm. 
 II. Rebecca, b. Dec. 6, 1798 ; d. Apr. 23, 1854, 
 
 unm. 
 III. John, b. Aug. 9, 1800 ; d. Nov. 26, 1853 ; m, 
 Nov. 29, 1827, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 1803, dau. 
 of Silas and Betsey (Dunton) Woods, q.v. 
 He was known as John W. Fawcett. 
 
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 IV. Jude, b. June 17, 1802 ; d. Mar. 5, 1876, unm. 
 V. Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1804 ; d. June 20, 1844. 
 VI. Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1805 ; d. Sept. 27, 1808. 
 VII. Lydia Woods, b. Feb. 25, 1808 ; m. Isaac W. 
 
 Stone, q.v. 
 VIII. Edmund, b. Apr. 21, 1810 ; d. Dec. 28, 1855, 
 in F., but had res. in Ashburnham. The 
 sexton's rec. of d. in F. calls him Edmund 
 Fawcett. His dau., 
 1. Cynthia, d. Oct., 1856, a. 15 y., in Ash- 
 burnham ; interred in F. 
 IX. Emeline (twin), b. Apr. 21, 1810 ; m. Jonas 
 
 Haven, of Ashburnham, q.v. 
 X. Hannah Ward, b. July 2, 1812 ; m. Lewis K. 
 
 Ward, q.v. 
 XI. Roxana, b. Mar. 20, 1815 ; m. Joshua Merriam, 
 of Ashburnham, Mass. , where she d. Oct. 3, 
 1859. 
 
 Obil' Fassett, b. Aug. 25, 1771 ; d. Nov. 14, 1842 ; 
 m. Sept. 28, 1794, Lois, b. Apr. 5, 1768 ; d. Aug. 11, 
 1847, dau. of Levi and Ruth (Darling) Bixby, of Win- 
 chendou. Ch. all b. and rec. in F., but Joseph was the 
 only one who m. and settled in town. 
 
 I. Joseph', b. May 1, 1795+. 
 
 II. Benjamin (twin), b. May 1, 1795 : d. June 3, 
 1795. 
 
 III. John, b. Dec. 18, 1796 ; m. Margaret Burpee and 
 
 settled in Lorraine, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Francis Benjamin, b. July 22, 1798 ; d. Oct. 5, 
 
 1800. 
 V. Isabel, b. Apr. 28, 1800 ; m. Loammi Eice, of 
 
 AVestboro, Mass., and res. there. 
 VI. Stephen Franklin, b. Sept. 1, 1802 ; d. May 8, 
 1856 ; m. Elizabeth Thayer ; had several ch., 
 one of whom, 
 1. Frank'', wrote a History of Colorado. 
 Clarissa, b. Aug., 1804 ; d. July 24, 1819. 
 Obil William, b. Jan. 17, 1808 ; d. Sept. 13, 
 1855 ; m. Nancy Webb, s.p. 
 
 \ Tivo sons, b. May 6, 1809 ; d. Aug. 5, 1809. 
 
 XI. Eunice Bixhy, b. Feb. 21, 1811 ; m. Abraham 
 
 Pierce, q.v. 
 XII. Dr. Thomas^ Willard, b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; was a 
 noted physician of more than 50 y. practice ; 
 m. May 17, 1838, Rachel Blodgett, and had 
 ch. 
 
 VII. 
 VIII. 
 
 IX. 
 X. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 569 
 
 1. John". He is an extensiye farmer in the 
 
 West. 
 
 2. Sarah E,, m. Luther W. Fassett, No. 52 
 
 of this rec. He d., and she m. (2d) 
 Walter Scott : res, in Michio^an. 
 
 Joseph' Fassett, b. May 1, 1795 ; d. Sept. 17, 1858 ; 
 m. Mar. 3, 1820, Tabitha, b. Sept. 12, 1791 ; d. Sept. 6, 
 1871, dau. of Joel and Tabitha Wright, q.v.; was in 
 woodenware and lumber business in F. ; rem. Jan., 
 1836, to Jaffrey ; built the first half-way house on the 
 Monadnock. 
 
 I. Tahitlia B.\ b. Aug. 26, 1820 ; m. Edward B. 
 
 H. Stewart ; res. Boston. 
 II. Joseph Wright, b. June 7, 1822+, 
 HI. Lois Bixbif, b. Nov. 1, 1823 ; d. Oct. 7, 1846 ; 
 m. Abel Thompson, b. Dec. 13, 1815, s. of 
 Henry and Betsey (Jaquith) ; res. Jaffrey. 
 
 1. Elbridge J.** ThomjJson, b. Aug. 10, 
 
 1842 ; d, Sept. 27, 1842. 
 
 2. Alfred J. Thompson, b. Jan., 1844-; 
 
 d. y. 
 
 3. Henry A. Thompson (twin), b. Jan., 
 
 1844 ; lost an arm in the Battle of the 
 AVilderness ; res. Athol, Mass. 
 
 4. Loring J. Thompson, b. Aug., 1846 ; 
 
 res. A. 
 IV. John Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1825 ; was a ma- 
 chinist, and res. in Winchester, N. H., and 
 in Springfield, Mass., where he d. Oct. 24, 
 1886 ; m. Nov. 23, 1851, Lydia Ann Phelps, 
 of W., s.p. 
 V. Joel E., b. Aug. 8, 1827 ; went to Boston when 
 quite y., and lived there till the War of the 
 Kebellion, when he enlisted in Co. E., 2d 
 Eeg. N. H. v., where he saw much service. 
 After the war he returned to the old home- 
 stead in Jaffrey, where he d. May 11, 1864, 
 unm. 
 VI. Edward Gardner, b. Sept. 16, 1829 ; d. May 
 
 20, 1850. 
 VII. Luther W., b. Nov. 12, 1831 ; m. Sept. 24, 
 1856, Sarah E. Fassett, No. 41 of this rec. 
 He served in 2d Reg., and was killed at 
 Evansport (?), Va., Apr. 2, 1862. One ch. 
 1. Carrie. She is a popular school-teacher 
 in Michigan. 
 VIII. Danvers C.\ b. May 2, 1834 ; m. Hannah Ham- 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 IX. 
 
 mond ; served in the last war iu 1st N". H. 
 Eeg., Heavy Artillery. 
 
 1. Gardner W.* ; res. Troy. 
 
 2. Ellsworth L., m. July 4, 1882, Jessie 
 
 M., adopted dau. of Henry A. Spofford, 
 q.v. 
 Clarissa C, b. June 9, 1836 ; d. Dec. 26, 1856 ; 
 m. Sumner Wilbur. 
 
 1. Son, d. in infancv. 
 
 2. Myron F. Wilhur, b. Sept. 29, 1856. 
 
 Joseph AVeight' Fassett, b. June 7, 1822 ; m. 
 Nov. 16, 1847, Sarah A. Putney, who d. Dec. 13, 1873, 
 from injuries received by being thrown from a carriage. 
 He m. (2cl) Nov. 5, 1874, Mrs. Emily L. (White) Dunn, 
 of Sullivan. After his first m. Mr. F. lived for a few 
 y. in Troy, N. H., and Boston, Mass.; but in 1854 he 
 returned to Jaffrey and bought the old homestead farm, 
 on which he has since res.; and has been chosen and 
 appointed to offices of honor, responsibility and trust 
 too numerous to j)articularize here. Ch. b. i. and iii. 
 in T., II. in Boston. 
 
 I. Charles W.\ b. Dec. 3, 1848 ; m. Oct. 5, 1876, 
 Adelia P., b. Jan. 14, 1847, dau. of Thomxas 
 and Marietta (Cutter) Upton, of Jaffrey. 
 1. FredWnght". 
 II. Alhie Ann\ b. Jan. 14, 1851 ; d. Nov. 22, 
 1879 ; m. Oct. 10, 1878, Alvin H. Simonds, 
 of Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 1. Susan EtheP Simonds, b. Oct. 22, 1879. 
 
 III. Frank P., b. Mar. 2, 1853 ; d. Dec. 19, 1863. 
 
 IV. Henry J. (adopted), b. Dec. 19, 1863, in F. 
 
 FAY. 
 
 I JoHN^ Fat came to this country in 1656 by the ship Speedwell, 
 arriving at Boston, June 27. He was called 8 y. of a., and as there 
 were several other passengers of 20 y. and under, all apparently unac- 
 companied by parents or relatives, it is natural to suppose that they had 
 
 relatives already in the country. He m. Mary , and was an early 
 
 settler in Marlboro, Mass., where the b. of his ch. are rec. He d. Dec. 
 5, 1690. Ch. I. John ; ii. David ; iir. Samuel ; iv. Mary ; v. David, 
 b. Apr. 23, 1679, 2 i "^i- Gershom ; vii. Ruth ; viii. Deliverance. 
 
 2 David', b. Apr. 23, 1679 : m. May 1, 1699, Sarah Larkin. Ch. i. 
 John ; II. Joanna ; iii. Sarah ; iv. David ; v. Lois ; vi. John, b. Dec. 
 16, 1710, 3 ; VII. Moses ; viii. Robert ; ix. Edward ; x. Aaron ; xi. 
 Joanna ; xn. David. 
 
 3 JoHN^ b. Dec. 16, 1710 ; m. Thankful . His s., 
 
 4 Levi*, d. Oct. 10, 1805 : m. (1st) Lucretia Howe, (2d) Elizabeth 
 Hudson. His s. John settled in F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 561 
 
 John' Fay came to F. from Marlboro, Mass., in 
 1783, and settled on L 14 E 8. He d. June 14, 1839, 
 a. 83 y. He m. Lovina Brigham, who d. Apr. 1, 1840, 
 a. 80 y. Oh. b. i.-ii. in Marlboro, Mass., iii.-xiii. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Windsor, b. July 15, 1780 ; was a successful! 
 
 merchant in Boston, where he d. 
 II. Iaict/, b, Oct. 13, 1781 ; m. Jabez Morse, q.v. 
 
 III. Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; m. Samuel Locke, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Jolm, b. Oct. 18, 1785. 
 V. Joel b. Jan. 6, 1788. 
 
 VI. Lovina, b. Apr. 23, 1790 ; m. John W. Van 
 
 Doom, q.v. 
 VII. Levi, b. June 9, 1792. 
 
 VIII. Polly, b. May 30, 1794 ; m. Benjamin Frescott,. 
 q.v. 
 IX. Sally, b. June 18, 1796. 
 X. Rox'ana, b. Apr. 24, 1798 ; m. Mar. 20, 1820, 
 
 Abijah Seward, of Sullivan, N. H. 
 XI. Benjamin, b. May 13, 1800 ; d. Apr. 1, 1866 ; 
 m. Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1811, dau. of Jonas 
 and Abigail (Worcester) Ross, of Jaffrey. 
 She d. Dec. 7, 1839, and he m. (2d) Nov. 1, 
 1845, Harriet F., dau. of Joel and Rebecca. 
 (Tower) Hayden, and wid. of John Perkins, 
 q.v. She d. Jan. 8, 1853, and he m. (3d) 
 Caroline, dau. of Nathan aud Sarah (Whit- 
 comb) Hale, of Rindge, and wid. of George 
 F. Holman, of F., q.v.; ch. by 1st m. 
 1. Eliza Jane. 
 XII. Betsey, b. Oct. 12, 1802 ; d. Mar. 29, 1828, 
 
 nnm. 
 XIII. Orflia, b. Nov. 9, 1804 ; m. Samuel G. Bowker,. 
 q.v. 
 
 Jedediah Fat, from Southboro, Mass., came to F.' 
 before 1793*, and rem. from town ab. 1816 ; settled on 
 L 7 R 10, succeeding Ehenezer Boutwell. Sarah his w. 
 d. Jan. 26, 1799, and he m. Jan 16, 1800, Jerusha 
 Blodgett. Had several ch. b. in town, but none are 
 rec. ; one death. 
 
 I. Infant, d. Jan. 11, 1799. 
 
 William W. Fay was taxed in F. 7 y., 1800-1806. 
 He m. Abigail, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna (Woods) 
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 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 26 
 
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 28 
 
 Collins, q.v. The b. of cli. ii.-y. are rec. in F., and 
 also the bapt of i. and vi. 
 
 I. William, bapt. ab. Aug. 16, 1801. 
 II. Elot (Elliot), b. July 29, 1798 ; d. Apr. 26, 
 1799. 
 
 III. Elot, b. Sept. 26, 1800 ; d. Sept. 3, 1801. 
 
 IV. Ezehiel, b. Sept. 23, 1802. 
 V. Mary, b. May 18, 1806. 
 
 VI. Anna, bapt. Sept. 13, 1812. 
 
 FELCH. 
 
 I Henky* Felch, the emigrant ancestor, res. in Gloucester, Mass., ia 
 1641, afterward, jjerhaps, in Watertown, and then in Boston, where he 
 d. 1670 (?) ; will proved, Sept. 27, 1670. His w. Margaret d. June 33, 
 
 1655, in Boston (?) ; m. (2d) Elizabeth , who survived him some 
 
 years. He had three daughters and one s., Henry, all b. in England or 
 "Wales ; prob, the latter. 
 
 2 HENKY^ b. ab. 1610 ; d. Nov. 11, 1699 ; ra. Hannah , who d. 
 
 Dec. 15, 1717, a. " 100 years nearly ;" res. Reading, Mass. Ch. i. 
 Hannah ; ii. Mary ; iii. Elizabeth ; iv. Samuel ; v. John, b. Feb. 26, 
 1660, 3 ; VI. Samuel ; vii. Joseph ; viii. Elizabeth ; ix. Daniel ; x. 
 Hannah ; xi. Ruth. 
 
 3 JoHN^ b. Feb. 26, 1660 ; d. Apr. 9, 1746 ; m. May 25, 1685, Eliza- 
 beth Going or Gowing. Ch. b. in Reading, i. Elizabetli ; ii. John ; 
 III. Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1690, 4 ; iv. Hannah ; v. Mary ; vi. Daniel ; 
 VII. Nathaniel ; yiii. Ebenezer ; ix. Abigail. 
 
 4 Samuel*, b. Feb. 11, 1690 ; d. Nov., 1725 ; m. May 6, 1714, 
 Katherine, dan. of Francis and Ruth Smith, of Reading. Ch. b. i.-ii. 
 in Reading, in. in Cambridge, Mass. i. Catherine ; ii. Jemima ; in. 
 Samuel, b. ab. 1721, 5. • 
 
 5 Samuel', d. in Royalston, 1803, a. 82 y. ; m. Nov. 24, 1743, Eunice 
 Walton, who d., and he m. (2d), 1795, Elizabeth Walton, sister of first 
 w. Ch. I. Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1748, 6 ; n- Mary ; in. Ruth ; iv. 
 Caleb ; v. Nathan ; vi,. Daughter, name unknown ; vii. Catherine. 
 
 6 SAMUEL^ b. Feb. 22, 1748 ; d. Aug. 30, 1839, in Royalston : m. 
 May 7, 1772, Mary Richardson, who d. July 12, 1812, a. 69 y. ; m. (2d) 
 Mrs. Mary Farnsworth. Ch. i. Polly, b. Aug. 29, 1774 ; d. June 11, 
 1855, in F. ; ii. Samuel, b. May 15, 1778, 7 ; m- John ; iv. Edmund ; 
 V. William ; vi. Thomas. 
 
 Samuel Felch, b. May 15, 1778 ; d. Mar. 9, 1850 ; 
 m. Olive Whiton, of Hiugham, Mass., b. Dec. 3, 1777 ; 
 d. Jan. 13, 1849. Ch. b. i.-ii. at Boston, in. -v. at 
 Eoyalston, vl-vii. at F. 
 
 I. Mary Richardson, b. Aug. 29, 1805 ; m. Dec. 
 8, 1850, John Milne, a native of Aberdeen- 
 shire, Scotland, who d. Oct. 20, 1866, a. 57 y. 
 II. Moses Barloto, b. Aug. 15, 1807. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 563 
 
 III. Thomas Lincoln, b. Feb. 6, 1811+. 
 
 IV. Bela Whiton, b. Apr. 8, 1812 ; d. Sept. 28, 
 
 1881, in Lunenburg, Mass.; m. Sept. 21, 1851, 
 Jane, b. July 11, 1830 ; d. May 9, 1858, dau. 
 of Sylvanus and Lucy (Fullam) Holman ; m. 
 (2d) Oct. 5, 1859, Ellen Maria, b. July 12, 
 18o8, dau. of Dr. Putnam and Rosemer 
 (Puffer) Burton, of Ludlow, Vt. ; rem. to 
 Toms River, N. J., and from thence to 
 Lunenburg. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 1. Emma Jane, b. May 11, 1852. 
 
 2. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 10, 1854 ; d. Oct. 1, 
 
 1863. 
 
 3. Alice Burton, b. Aug. 31, 1864 ; d. Nov. 
 
 27 1873 
 
 4. Frederick Whiton, b. Mar. 5, 1867. 
 
 V. Samuel Chadwiclc, b. July 25, 1814 ; d. Sept. 
 4, 1872 ; m. Nov. 26, 1847, Mary Isabel, b. 
 Jan. 27, 1828, dau. of Francis and Mary 
 Adeline Stone, of F. 
 
 1. Preston, b. Mar. 17, 1850. 
 
 2. Charles Milton, b. Apr. 27, 1851. 
 
 3. Arthur, b. Nov. 4, 1855. 
 
 VI. Olive Roxana, b. Aug. 14, 1817 ; d. Sept. 19, 
 
 1864, unm. 
 VII. Lydia Ann Lincoln, b. Sept. 26, 1820 ; d. Aug. 
 19, 1852 ; m. Oct. 20, 1847, William Milne, 
 a native of Scotland, and cousin of John 
 Milne, who m. her sister Mary. 
 
 1. Bela Whiton Milne, b. Oct. 17, 1849 ; 
 
 d. Dec. 4, 1862. 
 
 2. Lydia Elizabeth Milne, b. Aug. 19, 
 
 1852 ; d. July 30, 1853. 
 
 Thomas Lincoln Felch, b. Feb. 6, 1811 ; d. Jan. 1, 
 1882, in Concord, Mass. ; m. Mar. 18, 1840, Nancy 
 Brooks, of Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 I. George Wallace, b. Jan. 9, 1841 ; d. Sept. 19, 
 
 1864, killed at battle of Winchester, Va. 
 II. John Gould, b. June 11, 1842 ; m. Lucretia. 
 
 III. Mary Chadiuich, b. Apr. 3, 1844. 
 
 IV. Helen Frances, b. June 19, 1846 ; m. Charles 
 
 L. Perham, q.v. 
 V. Ahby Ami, b. June 3, 1848 ; m. Dec. 25, 1872, 
 Lorenzo Poole, s. of Solomon S. and Eliza A. 
 (Johnson), of New Salem, Mass. 
 VI. Austin, b. Dec. 19, 1850. 
 VII. Hattie 3Iaria, b. Nov., 1853 ; d. Sept. 20, 1854. 
 
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 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 viii. Ch-arles, b. Feb. 26, 1856 ; d. Aug. 6, 1856. 
 IX. Franh, b. June 29, 1857. 
 X. Freddie, b. Aug., 1860 ; d. Sept. 16, 1860. 
 
 FELTON. 
 
 i Nathaniel^ Felton was in Salem, Mass., in 1633, and was called 
 17 y. old. He m., had a family of ch., and d. there in 1705, a. 91 y. 
 His s., 
 
 2 JoHN^ m., 1670, Mary Tompkins. His s., 
 
 3 Samuel', m., 1709, Sarah Goodale. They had 9 ch., of whom the 
 third was, 
 
 4 Jacob*, b. 1712. He rem. to Marlboro, Mass., ab. 1738, and soon 
 after m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Barrett. She d. 1743, a. 
 27 y., and he m. (2d) July 27, 1749, Hezadiah, dau. of Ephraim and 
 Elizabeth (Rice) Howe. She d. Feb. 25, 1819, a. 93 y. He d. Nov. 
 20, 1789. Ch. I. John, b. Nov. 9, 1741. He was an early settler in 
 Marlboro, N. H. ii. Sarah ; in. Stephen ; iv. Silas ; v. Matthias, b. 
 Mar. 28, 1756, 5. He rem. to F. ab. 1780 ; vi. Lucy ; vii. Joel. 
 
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 12 
 
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 Matthias' Felton, b. Mar. 28, 1756 ; d. Dec. 28, 
 1842 ; m. Oct. 18, 1781, Sarah, b. Mar. 28, 1757 ; d. 
 Oct. 16, 1783, dan. of Joseph and Martha (Wilder) 
 Maynard, of Framingham ; m. (2d) Relief, b. Jan. (?), 
 1755 ; d. Oct. 2, 1826, dau. of Thomas Kendall, of 
 Lancaster, Mass. (Mr. K. d. in F., Dec. 17, 1803) ; m. 
 (3d) Nov. 22, 1827, Mrs. Eunice Brigham. Ch. all b. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Hannah', b. July 13, 1782 ; d. Sept. 27, 1782. 
 II. Sally, b. June 17, 1783 ; d. June 1, 1785. 
 
 III. Relief, b. Dec. 9, 1785 ; d. Oct. 2, 1786. 
 
 IV. Jacol)\ b. July 16, 1787 ; m. Mar. 20, 1814, 
 
 Elizabeth Morse, of Exeter, N. H. ; rem. ab. 
 1840 to Quincy, 111., where he d. May 28, 
 1864, and she d. Aug. 28, 1848, a. 60 y. . 
 
 1. Mary Elizabeth', b. Jan. 1, 18i5 ; m. 
 
 John Potter, q.v. 
 
 2. Jacob Hewes, b. May 3, 1818 ; d. Oct. 
 
 17, 1826. 
 V. Artemas\ b. Apr. 2, 1789 ; d. in Boston, Xov. 
 17, 1860 ; m. Feb. 13, 1812, Elizabeth, d. 
 Nov. 23, 1817, a, 29 y., dau. of Moses and 
 Sally Van Doom, q.v.; m. (2d) Sally Clark, 
 of Boston, b. July 27, 1794 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 1866 ; rem. to Boston ab. 1819 ; res. "in F. 
 for some y. ab. 1840, and then returned to B. 
 2 ch. by 1st m. b. in F.; 2 by 2d m. b. in B. 
 1. Elizabeth Monroe', b. Apr. 30, 1813 : d. 
 
 Oct. 11, 1882 ; m. George C. Lord, 
 
 of B. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 565 
 
 2. Lydia Relief, b. May 21, 1816 ; m. Levi 
 
 Haskell, q.v. 
 
 3. Sarah Hewes, b. July 23, 1822 ; d. Feb., 
 
 1845 ; m. Sept. 30, 1841, Joseph B. 
 Whall, of B. 
 
 4. Louisa Clark, b. Apr. 30, 1833. 
 
 VI, Matthias, b. Mar. 12, 1792 ; res. Xevv Orleans, 
 vii. Lymaif, b. Feb. 8. 1794 ; m., 1814, Sally Scott, 
 of Winchester, JST. H., b. 1791 ; d. July 22, 
 1820 ; m. (2d) A. M. Bertram, of Saratoga 
 Springs, N. Y. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2 in W., 3-4 
 in S. S. 
 
 1. Lyman Scott', b. Jan., 1815 ; d. Nov., 
 
 1883, in West Boylston, Mass. ; m. 
 Clarissa, dau. of Eeuben Phillips, of 
 Richmond ; m. (2d) Sarah, dau, of 
 Dexter Bruce, of Winchendon. Ch. 
 all by 2d m. 
 
 1. Albert W.*, d. a. 5 y. 
 
 2. ElIaM. 
 
 3. Arthur M., b. Sept., 1864 ; d. 
 
 Oct, 1865. 
 
 2. Matthias Britt, b. Oct. 18, 1819+. 
 
 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct., 1824 ; d. Mav 
 
 28, 1841, in F. 
 
 4. Sarah R., b. Feb., 1829 : m. (1st) Henry 
 
 Case ; (2d) Thompson, of Swan- 
 
 zey, N. H. ; (3d) Stillman Holden, of 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Matthias Britt' Felton, b. Oct, 18, 1819; m. 
 Aug. 15, 1841, Lurene, b. Oct. 2, 1821, dau. of Hynian 
 and. Levinah J. (Allen) Bent, q.v.; res. Camden, N. J. 
 Ch. b. I. in F., ii.-iv, in Winchendon, v. in North- 
 field, Mass, 
 
 I. Clarence'' M., b. July 9, 1842 ; d. Dec. 26, 1842. 
 
 II. George Godfrey, b. May 21, 1845 ; m. June 6, 
 
 1871, Esther M., b. Mar. 28, 1844, dau. of 
 
 David T. Long, of Northfield ; res. Camden. 
 
 1. Willie Allen', b. Apr. 27, 1872 ; d. Mar. 
 
 28, 1882. 
 
 III. Alden Putnam, b. Sept, 5, 1849 ; d. Oct. 26, 
 
 1849. 
 
 IV. Charles Hudson^, b, Aug, 24, 1855 ; m, Sept. 
 
 4, 1879, Mary E., b. Dec. 23, 1852, dau. of 
 Alvin Sanderson, of Camden ; res. C. 
 1. Edith. Lurene% b. Mar. 28, 1882. 
 
566 
 
 HISTOEY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 32 2. Alvin Sanderson, b. Feb. 2, 1885. 
 
 33 3. Charles Hudson, b. Aug. 16, 1886. 
 
 34 V. Urnesf EcUuin, b. June 28, 1860 ; d. Oct. 30, 
 1881, in Gardner, Mass., unm. 
 
 I James' Fife, from Fifeshire, Scotland, was an early settler in 
 Bolton, Mass., where he m. Patience Butler. They had 12 ch., of whom 
 
 2 Dea. SiLAs^, b. Oct. 4, 1743, was one of the earliest settlers in 
 Marlboro, N. H., settlino- in that part of the town set oS to form Troy, 
 where he d. May 23, 1836. He m. Abigail Houghton, of Bolton, who 
 d. Mar. 25, 1823, a. 72 y. They had 10 ch., of whom the ninth was 
 
 3 Timothy', b. Apr. 24, 1792 ; d. Jan. 24, 1821 ; m. May 24, 1821, 
 Mary, b. June 3, 1796 ; d. Feb. 10, 1856, dau. of Daniel and Mary 
 (Dunn) .Jones, of Framingham. They had 5 ch., all b. in Troy, of 
 whom the oldest was Daniel J., b. Aug. 11, 1823. 
 
 Daniel Jones* Fife, b. Aug. 11, 1823 ; m. Sept. 
 23, 1851, Lony Alzina, b. July 8, 1833 ; d. Dec. 1, 
 1862, dau. of Enoch and Lucy (Hodgkius) Garfield, of 
 Troy; m. (2d) March 24, 1864, Lizzie H., b. Jan. 27, 
 1840, dau. of Jabez, Jr., and Mary Jane (Perkins) 
 Morse. Oh. b. in T., but the family has res. several y. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Arthur Frederick, b. Feb. 27, 1866. 
 II. Grace Frances, b. Apr. 24, 1872 ; d. Oct. 16, 
 1884. 
 
 Horace A. Firmin", b. Jan. 22, 1820, in Boston, 
 Mass.; m. Dec. 12, 1854, Eliza S. McLitire, b. Sept. 
 223, 183, in Fitchbnrg, Mass. 
 
 I. David Holly, b. Oct. 21, 1855, in Lincoln, 
 Mass. 
 
 II. Cornelius Aiigustine, b. Sept. 10, 1857 ; Acton, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 III. Daniel Wright, b. Jan. 3, 1860 ; Eindge. 
 
 IV. Julius Horace, b. Dec. 29, 1862 ; R. 
 V. Zella Jane, b. July 8, 1870, in F. 
 
 Jesse Fisher, from Attleboro, Mass., was taxed 6 y., 
 1793*-98. It is stated that he lived on L 8 R 11, which 
 he sold to Peter Prescott, and that be afterward lived 
 on L 16 R 12, which he bought of Silas Wheeler. By 
 w. Jerusha he had ch. rec. in F. 
 I. Joseph, b. Mar. 10, 1793. 
 II. Harmon, b. Nov. 1, 1794. 
 
 III. Ira, b. Apr. 12, 1797. 
 
 Israel Fisher was taxed 14 y., 1803-16. He owned 
 half the L 9 R 10, which lie bought of William AY. Fay ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 567 
 
 m. Aug. 5, 1804, Sally, b. June 0, 1783 ; d. Oct. G, 
 1806, dau. of Peter and Marv (Wilson) Prescott. q.v.; 
 m. (2d) July 16, 1807, Keziali Blood, of Eoyalston. 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. CijntMa, b. Sept. 15, 1804 ; m. Dec. 14, 1824, 
 
 Levi Brown, of Sterling, Mass. 
 IT. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1805. 
 
 III. William, b. May 18, 1808. 
 
 IV. Melinda, b. Mar. 21, 1810. 
 
 Y. Abigail, b. May 8, 1812 ; d. Aug. 4, 1815. 
 
 Elder Darius Fisher came from Mansfield, Mass., 
 to F. ab. 1801, and, with the exception of a few y. ab. 
 1825, res. in town till his d. A large proportion of the 
 members of the first F. Bajotist Chh. lived in that part 
 of the town that was set off to form Troy, and the 
 Baptist Chh. of T. is the direct continuation of the 
 original chh. Mr. Fisher was licensed to preach by 
 this chh. in 1818. The History of Troy says that he 
 " was licensed by the Church, ordained as her pastor, 
 and held that relation for sixteen years, or until his 
 death, which took place in 1834." His w. was Susanna 
 Wilkinson. She d. Jan. 11, 1835, a. 62 y. Elder 
 Fisher d. Sept. 2, 1834, a. 63 y. Both were buried in 
 what is now the old cemetery in T. village. 
 
 I. Nancy, b. Jan. 15, 1796 ; d. Oct. 19, 1796. 
 II. Herman, b. Jan. 7, 1798 ; d. July 19, 1876 ; 
 m. Mar. 31, 1820, Susanna, b. Sept. 10, 1796 ; 
 d. (Sept.?) 1822. dau. of Henry and Sally 
 Jackson, q.v.; m, (2d) Bathsheba, b. Apr. 
 14, 1803 ; d. Sept. 8, 1854, dau. of John and 
 Eunice (Brigham) Cobleigh, q.v. 
 
 1. Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1827 ; d. May 22, 
 
 1885 ; res. T. 
 
 2. Seth Rice, b. Feb. 6, 1828 ; d. Xov. 18, 
 
 1874 ; m. Mar. 17, 1852, Almira B. 
 Swan ; res. F. 
 
 3. Andrew, b. Nov. 21, 1829 ; res. F. 
 
 4. Mary Bathsheba, b. Mar. 24, 1842 ; res. 
 
 Grafton, Mass. 
 
 5. Susan, b. Jan. 22, 1844 ; m. Francis L. 
 
 Clark, q.v. 
 III. Kendall, d. Dec. 9, 1867, a. 68 y.; m. Apr. 7, 
 1825, Esther, dau. of Jacob and Joanna 
 (Aldrich) Martin, of Richmond. Shed., and 
 he m. (2d) Nicene, b. Mar. 5, 1811 ; d. 1887 
 (?), dau. of Anthony and Lovisa (Boorn) 
 Corey, q.v., and wid. of Edward Tolmaa. 
 
568 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 20 
 
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 21 
 
 2. 
 
 22 
 
 3. 
 
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 4. 
 
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 6. 
 
 26 
 
 IV. Ira, d 
 
 
 1825 
 
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 30 
 31 
 
 32 
 1 
 
 Mr. F. settled in Eichmond, and was for 
 many y. one of the leading men of the town. 
 
 Nancy Sophronia, m, Francis Boyce. 
 
 Gilbert. 
 
 Snsan Lorain, m. Samnel Pickering, Jr., 
 of "Winchester ; he d,, and she m. (2d) 
 Procter Eoberts. 
 
 George. 
 
 Alvina, m. Smith. 
 
 Charles. 
 Sept. 24, 1841, a. 38 y.; m. Mar. 17, 
 
 , Sally, b. Mar. 16, 1804, dan. of Eeuben 
 and Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Eichmond. 
 She d. May 7, 1838, and he m. (2d) Martha 
 Bowen, b. July 15, 1813, sister of his first w. ; 
 res. in F. on L 16 E 12. 
 
 1. Nathaniel Bliss, m. Oct. 20, 1846, Betsey 
 
 M., dau. of Clark B. Holbrook, of 
 
 Swanzey ; res. in Eichmond, where he 
 
 d. 1884 ; had 13 ch., of whom the first, 
 
 1. Ellen M., was b. in F., Oct. 17, 
 
 1847. 
 
 2. Almira. 
 
 3. Eeuben Darius. 
 
 4. Francis Sidney, m. ISTov. 1, 1861, Rosa 
 
 v., dau. of Eli and Caroline (AVilson) 
 Smith, of F. 
 V. Nathaniel Bliss, b. Nov. 22, 1814 ; d. Sept. 16. 
 1817. 
 
 Capt. Asa Fisk was b. 1766, and d. Aug. 12, 1818. 
 His w. was Keziah Badger. The family came to F. ab. 
 1793, and left town ab. 1812. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Stur- 
 bridge, Mass., iii.-xi. in F. 
 
 I. Dexter, b. Aug. 8, 1790 ; res. in Wallingford, 
 Vt., where he d. 1881. He served in the War 
 of 1812. 
 II. Augusta, b. Aug. 2, 1792 ; m. Aug. 6, 1811, 
 Silas Brooks, of Sterling, Mass.; rem. to 
 Cleveland, 0. 
 " III. Mary, b. March 30, 1794 ; res. in Keeseville, 
 where she d. 1884. 
 IV. Silel, b. Aug. 18, 1796 ; m. Luther Damon, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Bathsliela, b. May 1, 1798 ; rem. to Michigan. 
 VI. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1800 ; res. Ithaca, N. Y. 
 VII. Asa, b. Aug. 30, 1801 ; res. Willsboro, N. Y. 
 VIII. Beiijamin Marshall, b. July 18, 1803+. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 569 
 
 IX. Matilda, b. May, 1805 ; res. Brattleboro, Vt. 
 X. Dorothy, b. 1807. 
 XI. John, b. 1811. 
 
 BENJAMiiir M. FiSKE, b. July 18, 1803 ; m. Jan. 21, 
 1836, Anna Albee, b. Nov. 4, 1813; d. 1887, dau. of 
 Daniel and Jemima (Gibson) Forristall. 
 
 I. John 31., b. May 10, 1836 ; m. Oct. 6, 1863. 
 Martha Florence, b. Mar. 12, 1843, dau. of 
 Ebenezer and Clarissa J. (Colburn) Carter : 
 res. Winchendon. 
 
 1. Etta Gertrude, b. Mar. 30, 1870; d. 
 
 May 9, 1875. 
 
 2. Blanche Ethel, b. May 23, 1877. 
 
 II. Martha K., b. Sept. 14, 1838; m. John H. 
 Brooks, q.v. 
 
 William Flagg, s. of Asa and (Cheney) Flagg, 
 
 was b. Mar. 31, 1789 ; d. Oct. 16, 1835 ; m. Oct.'31, 1812, 
 Sophia, b. May 14, 1793 ; d. Apr. 17, 1867, dau. of 
 Jesse and Martha (Gibson) Forristall, q.v. Mr. F. was 
 from lloyalston, and settled in F. soon after m. Ch. 
 all b. in F. 
 
 I. Sarah Lovell Wait, b. Aug. 3, 1813 ; d. Nov. 
 
 20, 1879 ; m. June 1, 1834, Nelson Morse, b. 
 Feb. 18, 1810 ; d. Jan. 3, 1883, s. of Eussell 
 and Elizabeth (Wait) Morse, of Royalston. 
 Came from R. to F. in 1840, and removed to 
 Keene in 1854. 
 
 1. Julius Nelson Morse, b. Aug. 5, 1840. 
 
 II. Josiah Wait, b. Julv 13, 1815 ; d. Dec. 13, 
 
 1876 ; res. Springfield, Mass. 
 
 III. Nancy Birt, b. Dec. 4, 1816 ; d. Feb. 27, 1852 : 
 
 res. Sandstone, Mich. 
 
 IV. John Sahin, b. Jnly 8, 1818 ; d. June 16. 
 
 1887 ; res. Springfield. 
 V. Mary Damon, b. Feb. 29, 1820 ; d. Nov. 21, 
 
 1824. 
 Yi. Charles Wright, b. Dec. 25, 1821 ; res. S. 
 VII. Lucy Blandon, b. Nov. 26, 1823 ; res. S. 
 VIII. William Frederich, b. Jan. 1, 1826 ; res. S. 
 IX. Asa Cheney, b. Dec. 12, 1827 ; d. Sept. 14, 
 
 1852. 
 X. George Austin, b. Aug. 29, 1829 ; res. S. 
 XI. Harvey Preston, b. Jan. 12, 1832 ; d. July 7, 
 
 1832. 
 XII. Harriet Melinda, b. July 21, 1833 ; d. May 2, 
 1866 ; res. Hadley, Mass. 
 
570 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 15 
 
 XIII. Ellen Sophia, h. Mar. 6, 1837 ; d. Apr. 14, 
 1885 ; res. S. 
 
 16 William Plagg, b. Sept. 5, 1813, in Gardner, Mass. ; 
 m. Sept. 1, 1844, Charlotte Jane Nason, of Swanzey, 
 N. H. She d. May 1, 1866, a. 42 y. Not known to be 
 any connection of the preceding family. 
 
 17 I. Milton William, b. Feb. 16, 1847, in Rich- 
 mond ; m. May 13, 1869, Ann L., b. Dec. 
 15, 1848 _; d. July 3, 1886, dan. of Joseph N. 
 and Lydia F. (Moore) Bosworth, q.v. Ch. 
 all b. in F. 
 
 18 1. Clara Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1870. 
 
 19 2. Lester Eugene, b. Sept. 1, 1872. 
 
 20 3. Nellie Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1875. 
 
 21 4. Wallace M., b. Mar. 17, 1879. 
 
 22 5. Son, b. Sept. 8, 1881. 
 
 23 6. Charlotte May, b. July 22, 1883 ; d. 
 Aug. 7, 1883. 
 
 24 7. Florence Mabel, b. June 23, 1886 ; d. 
 Sept. 2, 1886. 
 
 25 n. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 12, 1858, in F. ; res. 
 Winchendon. 
 
 26 iiL Milo Blanchard, b. June 3, 1859, in F.; res. 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 FOREISTALL. 
 
 Jesse, | , and Joseph, 89> Forristall, sons of John and Thankful 
 (Jones) Forristall, of Holliston, Mass., came to F. in the spring of 1781. 
 Jfjsse settled on L 1 R 7, and a few years later he bought one half of 
 L 4 R 8. Joseph settled on L 19 R 8, which was one of the lots set off 
 to Troy when that town was formed. 
 
 Jesse Forristall, b.. June 25, 1756 ; d. Oct. 12, 
 1824; m. Martha Gribson, of Hopkinton, Mass.; b. 
 Mar. 29, 1753 ; d. Mar. 3, 1844. Ch. b. i. in Hollis- 
 ton, II. -VIII. in F. 
 
 2 I. Daniel, b. Nov. 19, 1779+. 
 
 3 II. Jesse, b. July 17, 1781 + . 
 
 4 ■ III. John, b. 1783 ; d. July 23, 1794. 
 
 5 IV. Sophia, b. Dec. 14, 1784 ; d. Mar. 3, 1791. 
 
 6 V. Polly, b. Apr. 11, 1786 ; m. Daniel Harrington, 
 q.v. 
 
 VI. Thanhful, b. June 21, 1788 ; m. Micah Graves, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 VII. Sophia, b. May 14, 1793 ; m. William Flagg, 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Martha, b. Aug. 2, 1795 ; m. Feb. 14, 1814^ 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 571 
 
 Josiali AVheeler, of Eoyalston. She d. in R, 
 Nov. 24, 1783. 
 
 Daniel Forrtstall, b. Nov. 19, 1779 ; d. Feb. 1, 
 1850 ; m. Feb. 21, 1809, Jemima, b. Apr. 19, 1783 : d. 
 Jan. 28, 1848, dau. of James and Anna (Albee) Gibson, 
 q.v. Lived on the home place, L 1 E 7. 
 
 I. Thomas, b. Jan. 20, 1810 ; m. Dec. 5, 1839, 
 Mary Lorinda, b. Jan. 7, 1811 ; d. Nov. 19, 
 1879, dan. of Silas and Susannah (Phillips) 
 Morse, q.v. 
 
 1. Charles Ilendrick, b. May 16, 1841 ; m. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1880. Josie B. Boehmer ; res. 
 Fitchburg, Mass. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Carl, b. Sept. 2, 1881. 
 
 2. Richard Fred., b. Apr. 25, 1883. 
 
 2. Sarah Jane, b. Jnne 9, 1843 ; m. Charles 
 
 F. Pope, q.v. 
 
 3. Levi A., b. 1845. 
 
 4. Susan J., b. Nov., 1849 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 
 18G4. 
 II. Levi, b. Nov. 23, 1811 ; d. Feb. 11, 1814. 
 
 III. Anna Albee, b. Nov. 4, 1813 ; m. Benjamin M. 
 
 Fiske, q.v. 
 
 IV. John, b. Nov. 16, 1815 : d. Jan. 5, 1881 ; m. 
 
 Apr. 28, 1842, Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1820, 
 dau. of John and Mehetabel (Whitney) Cob- 
 leigh, q.v. Lived on the home place, and 
 afterward in the village. 
 
 1. John Cobleigh, b. Jan. 30, 1844; d. 
 
 Sept. 18, 1847. 
 
 2. Lillie Annette, b. Oct. 15, 1848. 
 
 V. Martha, b. Oct. 30, 1817 ; d. Jan. 12, 1823. 
 VI. Luther, b. June 5, 1820 ; d. Jan. 17, 1824. 
 VII. Daniel, b. Apr. 1, 1823 ; d. Mar. 20, 1883, in 
 York, Neb.; m. Apr. 17, 1849, Lydia, b. 
 Dec. 3, 1821, dau. of John and Hannah (Lyon) 
 Burbank, q.v. Oh. b. in F. 
 
 1. Daniel Edgar, b. Jan. 28, 1853. He is 
 a physician in York, Neb, 
 VIII. Mary, b. May 6, 1827 ; m. Nov. 16, 1847, 
 William A, Brooks, of Winchendon, where 
 they res. 
 
 Jesse Forristall, b. July 17, 1781 ; d. June 7, 
 1865 ; m. Nov. 29, 1804, Rhoda, b. Nov. 30, 1785 ; d. 
 Sept. 14, 1835, dau. of Micali and Elizabeth Perry, q.v.; 
 m. (2d) Dec. 27, 1836, Louisa Storrow, b. Apr. 7, 1804, 
 
572 
 
 HISTORY OF riTZ WILLIAM. 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29-35 
 
 36 
 37 
 38 
 39 
 
 40-41 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 45-54 
 
 55 
 
 56 
 
 57 
 
 58-61 
 
 62 
 63 
 64 
 
 dau. of John and Elizabeth (Banks) Whitton, of 
 Boston, andwid. of Sylvender Bowker, q.v. Soon after 
 1st m. settled on L 3 E 5, buying of the selectmen of 
 Westboro, Mass., the half of the lot that had been 
 owned by Solomon Miller. 
 
 I. Lucinda, b. Mar. 24, 1805 ; m. Willard New- 
 ton, q.v. 
 ir. James Gibson, b. Mar. 27, 1806 ; d. July 30, 
 1881 ; res. Dover, 111. Ch. 1. Mary ; 2. 
 Thomas ; 3. Nancy ; 4. James ; 5. Elmira ; 
 6. Sarah ; 7. William. 
 
 III. Infant, not named ;. d. 1807. 
 
 IV. Jesse, b. Mar. 7, 1808 ; d. Apr. 7, 1808. 
 
 V. Rhoda, b. Mar. 13, 1809 ; d. Feb. 12, 1814. 
 vr. Eliza, b. Jan. 26, 1811 ; m. Jan. 10, 1833, Eden 
 Sawyer, of Templeton, Mass.; he d., and she 
 m. (2d) Mar. 24, 1842, Sewall Brooks, of 
 Princeton, Mass.; he d., and she m, (3d) 
 Aug. 10, 1845, Amasa Ballou, then of T., 
 b. Jan. 1, 1819, s. of Silas and Anna (Saun- 
 ders), of Richmond. (See Saunders Rec.) ; 
 res. Swanzey, where she d. ab. 1855 ; had ch. 
 1. Nancy Jane Brooks ; 2. Eden Sawyer Bal- 
 lou. 
 VII. Elmira, b. Aug. 30, 1812 ; d. Sept. 13, 1839 ; 
 m. Nov. 17, 1836, John D. Litch, of Ash- 
 burnham. 
 1. Charles Litch. 
 viit. Jesse, b. Mar. 15, 1815 ; m. Charlotte Wheeler, of 
 
 Royal ston, who d., and he m. (2d) ; 
 
 res. Colebrook. Ch. 1. James C ; 2. Rus- 
 sell J.; 3. Edwin J.; 4. Charlotte B. ; 5. 
 Franklin ; 6. Joseph ; 7. Orlando : 8. Ben- 
 jamin ; 9. Charles M.; 10. Llewellyn. 
 IX. Rlioda, b. Dec. 1, 1816 ; d. July 1, 1845 ; m. 
 Apr. 2, 1844, Theodore S. Rider, of Peter- 
 sham, Mass. 
 
 1. Mary Elizabeth Rider. 
 X. Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1818 ; m. Mar. 31, 1840, 
 Willard Ballou, b. Oct. 25, 1815 (bro. of 
 Amasa, who m. her sister Eliza) ; res. Swan- 
 zey. Ch. b. in Richmond. 1. Irving W. ; 2. 
 Joseph W.; 3. Francis E.; 4. Lunette M. 
 XI. Moses, b. Aug. 1, 1820. 
 XII. Jonas, b. Mar. 16, 1822 ; d. Feb. 3, 1839. 
 XIII. Joseph, b. June 5, 1823 ; m. (1st) Nancy Jewett ; 
 
 (2d) Sarah . No rec. of ch.; res. Boston, 
 
 Mass. 
 
JESSE FORRISTALL 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 573 
 
 XIV. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Levi, b. Jan. 22, 1826 ; d. ; m. Hannah 
 
 Dole ; res. Greenfield, Mass. Ch. 1. Abbie 
 Laura ; 2. Acelia. 
 
 Benjamin W., b, Jan. 16, 1830 ; d. ; m. 
 
 Mahala . Ch. 1. George, and 3 others ; 
 
 res. Maiden, 111. 
 XVI. Sijlvender B., b. Oct. 9, 1837 ; m., Nov. 25, 
 1863, Abbie E., b. Nov. 27, 1842, dau. of 
 William R. and Hannah R, Flint, of Svvan- 
 zey ; res. Royalston, Mass. Ch. b. 1-2 in F., 
 3 in Troy, 4-7 in R. 
 
 1. William C, b. Sept. 16, 1864. 
 
 2. Cora H., b. July 28, 1868 ; d. Mar. 28, 
 
 1887. 
 
 3. Ethel A., b. Aug. 15, 1871. 
 
 4. Infant, not named, b. Aug. 7, 1875 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 19, 1875. 
 
 5. Grace L., b. July 16, 1877. 
 
 6. Eddie S., b. Jan. 30, 1880 ; d. June 17, 
 
 1880. 
 
 7. Franiv S., b. July 24, 1882 : d. Mar. 13, 
 
 1883. 
 XVII. Jonas, b. Mar. 2, 1840 ; d. Oct. 25, 1862, in 
 
 the army ; unm. 
 xviii. Martha L., b. July 15, 1842 ; d. Sept. 20, 1860, 
 unm. 
 XIX. LUwelhj7i M., b. Feb. 20, 1845 ; m. Feb. 20, 
 1868, John H. Burrill, s. of. Jacob and Rachel 
 (Bennett) ; rem. to Hawley, Minn., where 
 she d. Sept. 29, 1874. Ist ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Gertrude L. Burrill, b. Aug. 3, 1869. 
 
 2. Mabel R. 
 
 3. Allan S. 
 
 XX. George Whitton, b. Dec. 10, 1847 ; m. Feb. 16, 
 1871, Elvira Augusta, b. May 12, 1850, dau. 
 of Ira and Zilpha Prentice. 
 
 1. Louisa Zilpha, b. Aug. 28, 1876. 
 
 2. George J., b. Sept. 10, 1881. 
 
 3. Alga L., b. Oct. 6, 1886. 
 XXI. Infant, not named, d. May, 1849. 
 
 Joseph Forristall, b. 1758 ; d. Apr. 12, 1848 ; m. 
 1778, Hannah, b. 1764 ; d. May 2, 1849, dau. of Joseph 
 and Mary (Parker) Mellen, of HolHston, Mass., q.v. 
 Ch. b. I. in H., all the others in F. i.-ix. rec. in P. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Dec. 31, 1780; m. Samuel Hemen- 
 way, q.v. 
 
574 
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 93 
 93 
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 95 
 
 96 
 
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 98 
 
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 100 
 
 101 
 
 102 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 II. KeziaJi, b. Sept. 17, 1782 ; d. May 11, 1844 ; 
 m. Feb. 2, 1809, Thomas Grould, of Swanzey. 
 
 III. John, b. Feb. 23, 1786 ; m. Mary Parker ; res. 
 
 Winchendon. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1789 ; m. Samuel Stone, 
 
 q.v. 
 Y. Polly, b. Mar. 6, 1792 ; m. Riifus Gould ; res. 
 
 Cavendish, Vt. 
 Yi. Joseph Mellen, b. Oct. 18, 1794 ; m. Mar. 9, 
 1818, Fanny, b. Dec. 22, 1797, dan. of Benja- 
 min F. and Sally (Haskell) Brigham, q.v.; 
 had 8 ch.; res. Troy. 
 Yii. Jonas, b. Oct. 18, 1794 (twin) ; m. Lncy Bland- 
 
 ing ; res. Sntton, Mass. 
 Yin. Dexter, b. Jnly 22, 1797. 
 IX. Ezra, b. Sept. 20, 1799 ; m. Apr. 12, 1825, 
 
 Betsey Starkey ; res. Boston, 
 X. Belinda, b. 1802 ; d. Jan. 7, 1808. 
 XI. Alexander, b. 1805 ; d. June 25, 1847 ; m. 
 
 Mary Starkey ; res. T. 
 XII. Thomas J., b. 1807 ; d. Feb. 4, 1850 ; m. Jane 
 
 Chamberlain ; res. T. 
 XIII. Sylvender, b. 1809 ; m. (1st) Hannah Knight ; 
 (2d) Harriet Grorham ; res. Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 James Fosket. His name is not found in the town 
 rec, but his w. Sarah was adm. to chh. Apr. 29, 1787. 
 They had ch. 
 
 IL j7n,' ] ^^P^- 0^^- 1^' l^S^- 
 
 FOSTER. 
 
 Joseph Fostee, s. of Benjamin, was b. in Lunen- 
 burg, Mass., Mar. 24, 1734 ; d. in Marlboro or Sullivan, 
 N. H., Dec. 11, 1804: m. Jan. 17, 1760, Sarah, b. 
 Mar. 25, 1735, dan. of William and Sarah (Locke) 
 Jones, of L. She d. July 22, 1787, and he m. (2d) 
 Eebecca Walker. As Mr. F. was in the Revolutionary 
 War nearly seven y., and his s. James for a shorter 
 period, and both counted as from F., it is presumed 
 that the family came to town before 1776. In 1788-89 
 he was taxed on L 16 R 9 ; rem. to Marlboro ab. 1793. 
 Ch. b. in L. 
 
 I. Reiecca, b. Sept. 16, 1760 ; m. Isaac Whitmore, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Enoch, b. Aug. 21, 1762 ; m. Rebecca, dau. of 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 675 
 
 John and Mary (Whitcomb) French, of 
 Dublin. Settled in Koxbnry, N. H. Had 
 10 ch. 
 
 III. James, b. Apr. 24, 1764 ; m. Hannah . 
 
 He was killed by falling from a horse ; res. 
 AVinchester. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Job, b. Aug. 9, 1786. 
 
 2. Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1788. 
 
 Richard Foster came to F. ab. 1789, and was prob. 
 first settler on L 8 R 3. He was adm. to chli. in F. 
 Not. 11, 1792, on letter from Ashby, Mass. He d. 
 May 8, 1813, a. 47 y., and the family left town ab. 
 1817. By w. Hannah he had ch. b. in F. 
 I, Samuel Edward, b. Nov. 9, 1792. 
 II. Richard, b. Feb. 17, 1795. 
 
 III. Hannali, b. Feb. 3, 1797 ; d. June 16, 1799. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. June 13, 1800. 
 V. Andrew, b. Aug. 25, 1802. 
 
 VI. Nancij, b. Mar'! 18, 1805. 
 VII. Polly, b. June 10, 1807. 
 VIII. Calvin Anson, b. Aug. 9, 1811. 
 
 Luna Foster came from Attleboro, Mass., in 1792. 
 He liverl for a few y. in the s. part of the town, and 
 then settled on L 14 R 12 ; m. Mrs. Sally Skinner, who 
 d. May 9, 1835, a. 70 y.; m. (2d) Jan. 23, 1836, Lydia, 
 dau. of Stephen and Polly White. He d. June, 1847, in 
 Marlboro. There is no rec. of the b. of his ch., and the 
 following list may not be complete. 
 
 I. Salhj, d. Dec. 30, 1798, a. 14 y. 
 
 II. Luna, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799 ; m. Feb. 27, 1810. 
 
 Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1784, dau. of Nahum 
 and Mary Parker, q.v.; res. Westmoreland. 
 
 III. Rufus, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799+. 
 
 IV. Nancy, bapt. Aug. 10, 1800. A ch. of Luna, 
 
 prob. Nancy, d. Sept. 17, 1803. 
 V. An adopted ch. of Luna d. Sept. 23, 1804. 
 
 Rufus Foster, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799 ; d. Mar. 17, 
 1867, a. 78 y. ; m. July 13, 1809, Sibyl Johnson.. She 
 d. in Troy. 
 
 I. Sarah Shinner, bapt. Aug. 14, 1814 ; m. Dec. 
 9, 1832, Samuel A. Whitney, called of Win- 
 chendon. 
 II. Nancy Brewer, bapt. Aug. 14, 1814. 
 
 III. Sibyl Roxana, bapt. Oct, 24, 1819 ; d. June 1, 
 
 1825. 
 
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 VII. 
 
 Setn Payson, bapt. May 27, 1821 ; d. Dec. 22, 
 1886, a. 65 y., 7 mos., 28 d.; m. Mary Ann 
 Cobb, who d. June 12, 1885, a. 64 y., 5 mos., 
 8 d. Their s., 
 1. Edward P., m. Minnie 0. Eobinson. 
 
 Mary Adams, bapt. Aug. 23, 1823 ; m. May 30, 
 1855, William is. "Watson, called of Ashland, 
 0. He d. in Troy, July 16, 1885, a. 63 y. 
 
 Rufus Johnson, bapt. Oct. 2, 1831 ; m. May 
 20, 1847, Sarah B., dau. of Xichols and 
 Penelope (Bo wen) Hart. 
 
 Sibyl Roxana, bapt. Oct. 2, 1831 ; m. May 17, 
 1858, Edwin Wright, of Templeton. 
 
 Capt. Alexander Foster came to E. from Attle- 
 boro, Mass., in Feb., 1806. He was s. of Alexander 
 and Esther (Pratt) Foster, of A., and wash. May 25, 
 1762 ; d. Feb. 23, 1808. He m. Betsey, dau. of Joseph 
 and Kezia (W.) Everett, of Foxboro, Mass., who d. Oct. 
 25, 1787, and he m. (2d) Eunice Hawes, of Wrentham, 
 Mass., b. Mar. 16, 1764 ; d. Feb. 11, 1844. 
 
 I. Betsey Everett, b. Sept. 26, 1787 ; m. Josiah 
 
 Carter, q.v. 
 II. AMgail Guild, b. May 2, 1791 ; m. Joel Potter, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Nathan Haiues, b. Mar. 22, 1793. 
 
 IV. Chandler, b. Oct. 27, 1797. 
 V. John, b. Apr. 15, 1800. 
 
 VI. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1803 ; m. Otis Bland- 
 
 ing, q.v. 
 VII. Nancy, b. July 13, 1807 ; d. June 30, 1852, 
 unm. 
 
 Abiel Foster, d. Jan. 23, 1833, a. 69 y. (?). By w. 
 Lydia had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Daniel Whitney, b. June 16, 1818 ; d. Mav 18, 
 
 1844. 
 II. Julia, b. Sept. 5, 1820 ; m. Oct. 11, 1842, 
 Jonas Brooks, of Dublin. 
 
 III. Zehudah, b. Dec. 12, 1822 : m. Oct. 11, 1858, 
 
 Samuel Whitney. 
 
 IV. Willard, b. Dec. 18, 1825. 
 
 Joseph Fox was in trade in 1793*. and paid a larger 
 tax on stock than any other trader in town. As his 
 name appears no further in the rec, he doubtless left 
 town during the y. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
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 Jonathan Fox, prob. bro. of Joseph, was in F, 
 1794-97. Joseph Fox was apparently succeeded in 
 business by Jonathan Fox and Thomas Goldsmith in 
 partnership. In 1797 or 1798 Goldsmith assumed the 
 entire business, and Fox rem. to Jaffrey, where he 
 became a permanent resident. Jonathan had in F. by 
 w. Sibyl, 
 
 I. Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1796. 
 
 FULLAM. 
 
 I Francis' Fulham, h. 1G69 at Fulham, a suburb of London, Eng- 
 land. He was a younger s., and after the death of his father, at the 
 age of fourteen was sent to New England with £100 to be educated at 
 Hurvard College. The person having charge of the money kept it, and 
 sold the boy intoWervice to pay for his passage, in accordance with a 
 custom of the times. He m. Feb. 33, 1689-90, Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1671- 
 73 ; d. Mar. 10, 1733-34, dau. of Lieut. John Livermore, of Weston, 
 Mass.; res. in Watertown and in Weston, where he d. Jan. 15, 1757. 
 They had ch. i. Jacob, b. Nov. 19, 1693, 2 ; h. Sarah ; iii. Hannah ; 
 IV. Mary. The later generations in this country generally spell the 
 name FuUam. 
 
 2 Jacob' Fullam, b. Nov. 19, 1693 ; d. May 8, 1735 ; m. Feb. 38, 
 1715-16, Tabitha Whitney, b. Aug. 83, 1696. He saw much service in 
 the Indian wars. In 1725 he was Sergeant in Capt. John Lovewell's 
 company, and was killed May 8, at Fryeburg, Me., in the encounter with 
 the Indians known as Lovewell's fight. Rev. Henry White, in his 
 " Early History of New England," gives an account of this fight, and^ 
 says " Mr. Jacob Fullam, who was an officer and an only son, distin- 
 guished himself with much bravery. One of the first that was killed 
 WMS by liis right hand, and when ready to encounter a second shot, it is 
 said that he and his adversary fell at the very instant by each other's 
 shot." An old song, describing this fight, had the following : 
 
 " Young Fullam, too, I'll mention, 
 Because he fought so well ; 
 Trying 10 save another man 
 A sacrifice he fell." 
 
 Ch. I. Francis, b. Mar. 30, 1716-17, 3; 11. Jacob; iii. Tabitha; iv. 
 Elisha. 
 
 3 FRANCIS^ b. Mar. 20, 1716-17 ; m. Dec. 4, 1740, Susannah Ham- 
 mond, b. .June 18, 1734. He d. Feb. 8, 1807, and she d. Dec. 1, 1807, 
 both at Fitchburg, Mass. Ch. b. first two at Weston, the others at 
 Fitch. I. Timothy ; 11. Francis, b. Oct. 35, 1744, 4 ; iii. Phineas ; 
 IV. Lydia ; v. Lucy ; vi. Jacob ; vii. Oliver ; viii. Eunice. 
 
 Feaxcis* Fullam, b. Oct. 25, 1744 ; d. Feb. 12, 
 1823 ; came to F. in 1774 or before ; m. Nov. 19, 1777, 
 Sarah (Fisher), wid. of David Perry, q.v. She was b. 
 Dec. 19, 1757 ; d. Aug. 5, 1849. They lived for several 
 y. on L 2 R 7, previously owned by Mr. Perry, and then 
 settled on L 13 R 2, now known as the Fullam home- 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Joseph Brigham 
 
 Aug. 4, 1838, at 
 1803, Sally Hale, 
 
 stead. While Hying at the south part of the towu Mrs. 
 Fullam was at one time riding up to the village on 
 horseback, when a bear and two cubs ran across the 
 road near where No. 8 school-house now stands. Mrs. 
 Eullam had the first chaise in F. [Mrs, Sarah Fisher, 
 mother of Mrs. Fullam, d. in F. Mar. 14, 1821, a. 93 y.] 
 I. Polly\ b. Jan. 9, 1779 ; m. 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Levi, b. Nov. 13, 1780 ; d. 
 Chelsea, Vt. ; m. Oct. 11, 
 b. Jan. 8, 1780, by whom he had 9 ch. 
 
 III. David, b. Sept. 24, 1782+. 
 
 IV. Infant, d. Jan. 3, 1785. 
 
 Y. Josiali^, b. May 24, 1786 ; d. Dec. 25, 1826 ; 
 m. Feb. 8, 1810, Hannah, b.^ept. 26, 1787, 
 dau. of Ebenezer and Phebe Cutler, q.v. 
 Lived on the homestead till after the d. of 
 Mr. F., when the family rem. to Vermont. 
 
 1. Betsey^ b. Feb. 8, 1816. 
 
 2. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1820. 
 
 VI. Luther, b. Feb. 13, 1789 ; d. Jan. 11, 1884, at 
 Milton, Vt.; m. May 24, 1814, Martha Car- 
 penter, b. May 7, 1791, by whom he had 3 ch, 
 VII. Betsey, b. Mar. 5, 1791 ; m. Feb. 2, 1812, 
 Charles Eggleston, of Plainfield (N. H.?). 
 They had 9 ch. 
 Calvin, b. July 7, 1793 ; m. Nov. 8, 1818, 
 Nancy M. Wallin, b, July 28, 1794, by whom 
 he had 6 ch, 
 Elislia, b. Nov. 21, 1795 ; d. May 15, 1783, at 
 Worcester, Mass. ; interred at F. ; m. Nov. 
 16, 1820, Martha Whitcher, of AVarren, N. 
 H.; h. July 18, 1798 ; d. Mar. 8, 1870. They 
 had 6 ch., and res. at Warren and Holder- 
 ness, N. H. 
 X. Lucy, b. June 27, 1797 ; m. Sylvanus Holman, 
 q.v. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 IX. 
 
 David' Fullam, b. Sept. 24, 1782 ; d. Mar. 11, 
 1862 ; m. (1st) Sophia Jonkins, who d. and ho m. (2d) 
 Nov. 7, 1832, Catherine L. Otis, b. Jan. 16, 1806. A 
 few y. after the d, of his bro, Josiah, he bought the 
 homestead, which is still owned in the family ; res. 
 Boston and F. 
 
 Caroline^, m. 
 
 Lamb. 
 
 II, James F., b. Sept. 27, 1811. 
 
 III, Charles L., b, June, 1816 ; d. Jan. 25, 1857. 
 
 IV. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 5, 1819. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 V. Ellen, b. Dec. 11, 1824. 
 
 VI. George, b. Nov. 10, 1826 ; m. Dec. 7, 1864, 
 Caroline Finney, b. Ang. 13, 1843, dau. of 
 Henry and Mary 0. Mills, of Plymouth, Mass. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. David', b. Oct. 17, 1865. 
 
 2. Emma Mills, b. Sept. 13, 1870. 
 
 yii. Catherine Otis, b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; m. John 
 Kimball, q.v. 
 
 I JoBTsr Gage settled aear Boston, Mass., in 1633. His descendant, 
 
 2 Thomas, was b, in Bradford, Mass., Mar. 10, 1700 ; m. Pliebe Fry, 
 of Andover, Mass. His s., 
 
 3 James, b. Aug. 21, 1736 ; d. Apr. 30, 1815 ; m. Sept. 29. 1761, 
 Saiah, d. Oct. 27, 1832, a. 1)3 y., dau. of Samuel and Abigail (Bryant) 
 Lamson, of Amherst, N. H. The family rem. from A. and settled 
 in Jaffrey ab. 1779. They had 10 ch., of whom the youngest was Jon- 
 athan, b. Jan. 22, 1782. 
 
 Jo]!f ATHAK Gage, b. Jan. 22, 1782 ; d. in F. Mar. 
 13, 1868 ; m. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; d. in F. 
 Sept. 15, 1855, dau. of AA^illiam and Hannah (Frost) 
 Worcester, of J. 
 
 I. James, b. 1807 ; settled in Charlestown, Mass. 
 II. Jonathan, d. June 14, 1813, a. 4 y. 
 III. William, d. Sept. 12, 1843, a. 30 v. ; m. Dec. 
 20, 1837, Abigail, b. Mar. -30, 1817, dau. of 
 Joshua and Abigail (Parker) Worcester, of F. 
 1. William Parker, bapt. Oct. 18, 1840 ; d. 
 Dec. 14, 1841, a. li y. 
 Nancy, ra. Ephraim P. Worcester, q.v. 
 V. Abner, b. Feb, 9, 1816 ; d. Sept. 30, 1881 ; m. 
 Nov. 11, 1845, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1816, 
 dau. of Oliver and Molly (Perkins) Bayley, 
 of J., and settled in F. 
 
 1. Julia Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1846 ; m. 
 Calvin B. Perry, q.v. 
 
 2. Henry Francis, b. Nov. 20, 1848 ; d. 
 Sept. 11, 1850. 
 
 3. Alice May, b. May 1, 1859. 
 Joseph, m. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1826, dau. of 
 
 Joshua and Lydia (Whipple) Worcester, q.v.; 
 
 res. Hartford, Ct. 
 Mary. 
 Jonathan Alonzo, m. Gilmore ; res. Canton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 Sarah. 
 Eliza H, 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
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 Aarox Garfield, called of Shrewsbury, Mass., 
 bought L 2 E 5 of Sampson Stoddard, Apr. 8, 1767, for 
 £17. He was appointed Oct. 11, 1768, a member of the 
 committee on roads and bridges, and doubtless moved 
 into the town between the two dates named. He also 
 owned L 8 R .2 and L 9 E 7. His name does not appear 
 in the rec. after 1770. 
 
 Daxiel Garfield, d. Aug. 18, 1790. 
 
 Dolly Garfield, wid., prob. of Daniel, was adm. 
 to the chh. Oct. 17, 1790, and same day had ch. 
 
 I. Elisha, bapt. 
 
 JoxAS Gary was in town before 1786, settling on L 
 7 E 10. The family rem. to Marlboro ab. 1808. His 
 w. was Mary Putnam, sister to Gen. Israel Putnam. 
 She was insane for some y. before they left town. The 
 town books rec. the b. of ch. i.-iy., while the chh. book 
 has the bapt. of i.-yi. 
 
 I. Polly, b. July 7, 1786 ; m. Asa Morse, q.v. 
 
 II. Benjamin, b. Mar. 25, 1791. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1794. 
 
 lY. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1797. 
 
 Y. Lois, bapt. Dec. 10, 1797. 
 
 Yi. William, bapt. July 25, 1802. 
 
 Aaron Gary m. Nov. 12, 1795, Polly, dau. of 
 Michael and Mary Sweetser, q.v. ; rem. from town ab. 
 1802. 
 
 I. Aaron, b. Mar. 3, 1796 ; d. May 9, 1796. 
 II. Polly, b. May 29, 1797. 
 III. Eunice, b. Feb. 15, 1800 ; d. Nov. 27, 1801. 
 
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 Dayid and Johx Gary, bros., came to F. from 
 Leominster, Mass., ab. 1796, and settled on L 21 E 7, 
 also owning a part of L 21 E 6. They returned to L. 
 ab. 1801. 
 
 John Gary m. Apr. 3, 1797, Betsey, b. Feb. 21, 
 1774, dau. of Caleb and Mehetabel (Maynard) AAlnch. 
 They came back to F. ab. 1807, and returned again to 
 Leominster ab. 1810. They had ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. John, b. Apr. 29. 1798. 
 II. Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1800. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 Alden Gee, b. Dec, 13, 1795 ; Ccame to F. ab. 1855 ; 
 d. May 3, 1872. His w. was Mary Brown. [His 
 mother, Mary Gee, d. in P. May 18, 1857, a. 89 y.] 
 
 I. Dustin Aaron, b. Mar. 2G, 1837, in Aeworth, 
 N. H.; m. Nov. 20, 1862, Hattie Elizabeth, 
 b. May 19, 1840, dau. of Eli and Caroline 
 (Wilson) Smith, q.v. 
 
 1, Herbert Dustin, b. Apr. 19, 1864. 
 
 James Gibson came from Hopkinton, Mass., ab. 
 1806. Some two y. later ho settled on L 7 K 10, suc- 
 ceeding Jonas Gary. He d. Apr. 21, 1833, a. 82 y. 
 He m. (1st) Anne Albee, who d., and he m. (2d) Phebe 
 , who d. May 9, 1848, a. 77 y. Oh. b. in Hopkin- 
 
 ton. 
 
 I. Samuel, d. Apr. 25, 1837, a. 55 y. 
 II. Jemima, b. Apr. 9, 1783 ; m. Daniel Forristall, 
 q.v. 
 
 Morrill Gilman, s. of John and Sally, was b. in 
 Vershire, Vt., May 2, 1805 ; came to F. ab. 1826 ; m. 
 Nov. 15, 1832, Laura, b. Nov. 8, 1814 ; d, Jan. 11, 
 1855, dau. of John and Hannah (Stone) Whittemore, 
 q.v.; rem. to Vt., and res. in Waterburv and North- 
 field ; m. (2d) May 15, 1855, Matilda Daniels, of W. 
 She d. in W. June 27, 1863, and he m. (3d) Harriet W. 
 Guyer, of Hard wick, Vt. She d. in N. Aug. 17, 1883-. 
 Ch. all by 1st m., and b. in F. 
 
 I, Henri/ Danvers, b. Sept. 13, 1833 ; m. Nov. 7, 
 1854, Mary Eliza, b. Nov. ^, 1833 ; d. June 
 29, 1864, dau, of Isaac AY. and Lydia W. 
 
 (Fassett) Stone, q.v.; m, (3) ; 
 
 m. (3d) Sept. 22, 1873, Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 
 1842, in Worcester, Mass., dau. of James and 
 Mary (Dunn) Hickey ; res. Leicester, Mass. 
 Ch. b. 1-5 in F., 6 in L. 
 
 1. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1855 ; m. 
 
 William R. Stone, q.v. 
 
 2. Carrie Rosa, b. Dec. 25, 1857 ; d. July 
 
 12, 1864. 
 
 3. George, b. Dec. 21, 1860 ; d. June 29, 
 
 1864. 
 
 4. Addie Josephine, b. Jan. 16, 1863 ; m. 
 
 Charles W. Stone, q.v. 
 
 5. Fannie Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1878. 
 
 6. May Whittemore, b, Nov, 19, 1884. 
 
 II. Hannah Lucretia, b. June 12, 1835 : m. George 
 Haines. See Cummings Register, No. 9. 
 
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 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 III. Warren Chandler, b. July 17, 1837 ; m. Jnlv 4, 
 
 1867, Cordelia C, b. May 10, 1850 ; d. Feb. 
 14, 1879, dau. of John and Mary Byers, of 
 Monticello, la.; res. Boston, Mass, 
 1. Edward, b. Apr. 25, 1868, in M. 
 
 IV. John Dexter, b. Dec. 5, 1839 ; m. Feb. 22, 
 
 1865, Mary Emma Tucker, b. May 31, 1845 ; 
 d. Apr. 25, 1885 ; m. (2d) Apr. 28, 1886, 
 Annie C. Rogers, b. in Boston, May 7, 1856 ; 
 res. Woburn, Mass. ; business is in B. 
 
 1. Arthur Morrill, b. Aug. 19, 1866, in 
 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 2. Herbert Dexter, b. Aug. 19, 1868, in B. 
 
 3. Freddy, b. July 7, 1872, in W.; d. Oct. 
 
 1, 1872. 
 
 4. John Z., b. Jan. 4, 1876, in W. 
 
 V. Mc2j Ann, b. July 19, 1842 ; m. Mar. 18, 1857, 
 Lucius Colby, of Waterbury, Vt. 
 
 1. Ida Ann Colh}/, b. July 1, 1861, in W. 
 Yi. ]Va7icy ElizaMh, b. JSTov. 4, 1844 ; m. Mar. 13, 
 1867, George Downer, b. Feb. 11, 1845, s. of 
 Thomas and Susan, of Waterbury. Ch. b. in 
 Stowe, Vt. 
 
 1. Frank T. Doivner, b. Mar. 5, 1868. 
 
 2. Susie W. " b. Jan. 16, 1870. 
 
 3. John M. " b. Oct. 15, 1876. 
 
 4. Harry H. " b. Jan. 28, 1884. 
 VII. Edward Fr'anTdin, b. Aug. 1, 1847 ; res. Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 VIII. Zenas Morrill, b. Dec. 28, 1849 ; res. Boston. 
 IX. Laura WMttemore, b. Dec. 9, 1854 ; d. Oct. 13, 
 1867. 
 
 Henry Gilson, b. Auo-. 16, 1817, in Oroton ; m. 
 Martha Ann Patch, b. Dec. 23, 1823, in Jaffrey, and 
 came to F. ab. 1840. Oh. b. in F. 
 
 I. Henrtj Ifarcus, b. Jan. 29, 1841 ; ni. Mar. 1, 
 
 1864, Sarah Jane, b. 'Nov. 3, 1844, dau. of 
 
 Joseph N. and LydiaF. (Moore) Bosworth.^.r. 
 
 1. Willie EdWin, b. Aug. 14, 1866, in F. 
 
 II. Martha Itterly, b. 1846 (?) ; m. Aug. 17, 1865, 
 
 George. B. Roberts, of Chelsea, Vt. 
 III. Da7iiel Edgar, b. Aug. 11, 1855 ; m. May 5, 
 1875, Ella Maria, b. Oct. 22, 1853, in Me- 
 nasha. Wis., dau. of George Boswortb. 
 
 1. George H., d. Jan. 6, 1876, a. 3 mos. 
 
 2. Herbert Hayes, b. Nov. 9, 1876, in Roy- 
 
 alston. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 583 
 
 Joel Leroy Gilson", p. of Hosea B. and Mary A. 
 (Wheeler), was b. in Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 27, 1844 ; ra. 
 Dec. 31, 18G4, Louisa A., b. Jan. 9, 1847, dau. of 
 Artemas and Ann L. (Simonds) Stone, q.v. 
 I. Leroy E., b. July 5, 1880. 
 
 I Thomas Gleason e;irly took the oath of fidelity in Watertown, 
 Mass.; is named 1657 on town ree. of Cambridge ; in March, 1602, was 
 in occupation of a tract of laud in Charlestown, and d. in Camb. ab. 
 1684. His descendants were nvmierous in Sudbury, Framingham, Marl- 
 boro, and the other borough towns. 
 
 2 
 
 EiCHARD Gleason" and w. Rachel were adm. to the 
 chh. in F. July 10, 1792, on letter from Northboro, 
 and they prob. came to town but little earlier than this 
 date. He d. Aug. 18, 1820, a. 82 y.; she d. Jan. 8, 
 1820, a. 77 y. She was dau. of Nathaniel and Rachel 
 (Lovell) Eames, of Framingham. The following names 
 are found in the various rec. in F. They were prob. 
 all ch. of Richard and Rachel, and there may have been 
 other ch. who remained in N. 
 
 I. Nathaniel, b. 1766 (?), d. Dec. 23, 1797, a. 31 y. 
 II. Anna,h. 1770 (?), d. Mar. 21, 1811, a. 40 y.; 
 
 adm. to chh. Nov. 11, 1798. 
 iiL Richard, b. 1773 (?), d. June 0, 1843, a. 70 y.; 
 m. Dec. 31, 1805, Mindwell, b. Mar. 1, 1778 ; 
 d. Oct. 18, 1849, dau. of Benjamin and Mary 
 (Brigham) Davison, q.v., s.p. 
 IV. Mary, adm. to chh. Nov. 11, 1798; m. Nov. 
 12, 1818, Peter Gleason, of Greenfield, N. Y. 
 V. Alexander, b. 1778 (?), d. Apr. 25, 1818, a. 40 
 y.; m. Sept. G, 1807, Annis, b. Aug. 11, 1782, 
 dau. of Moses and Cata (Adams) Drury, q.v. 
 
 Dr. Aaron Rysing Gleason, b. June 1, 1835, a.t 
 Warren, Vt., s. of Windsor and Sophia (Clark), both 
 natives of Langdon, N. H.; m. ' Jan. 19, 1869, Etta 
 Eliza, b. Mar. 15, 1842, only ch. of Dr. Kimball D. and 
 Eliza Ann (Hubbard) Webster, of Gilsum, N. H. For 
 a sketch of Dr. G.'s professional life, see page 434. 
 That he has enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens 
 is shown by the positions of responsibility and trust that 
 he has been called upon to fill. This family is doubtless 
 from the same stock as the preceding. 
 I. Maud Webster, b. June 2, 1873. 
 
 Mrs. GoDDiXG, wid. of John, Sr., and eight ch., four 
 s. and four dau., came from Attleboro, Mass., to F. ab. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 1 
 
 1779, and settled on L 21 R 11, the farm being pur- 
 chased by John, the oldest of the s. 
 
 I. John, m. Mary Bobbins, of Warwick, Mass. 
 Ab. 1805 the family rem. to Wallingford, 
 Yt., and later to the western part of New 
 York. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Hannah, b. May 5, 1783. 
 
 2. Mary, b. July 12, 1785. 
 
 3. John, b. June 3, 1788. ^ 
 
 4. Asenath, b. July 13, 1791. 
 
 5. Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1793. 
 
 6. Levi, b. Sept. 27, 1797. 
 
 II. Timothy, another s., m. 1790 Kuth Bobbins, 
 sister of his bro. John's wife. She d. in Troy 
 Nov. 7, 1854. He d. in Winchendon Mar. 7, 
 1856 ; res. T. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. William, b. Nov. 1, 1790 : res. Hector, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 2. Rebecca, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; d. Oct. 10, 
 
 1799. 
 
 3. Alvah, b. Nov. 5, 1796 ; settled in Win- 
 
 chendon ; was a physician of wide 
 reputation. 
 
 4. Rufus, b. Aug. 8, 1799 ; res. Burke, Vt. 
 
 5. Ira, b. Mar. 5, 1802 ; d. Dec. 10, 1849 ; 
 
 m. Dec. 5, 1833, Eliza White. She d. 
 Oct. 28, 1849. 
 
 6. Loney, b. Aug. 29, 1804 ; d. Feb. 24, 
 
 1833, unm. 
 
 7. Philinda, b. Feb. 18, 1807 ; d. y. (?) 
 
 Thomas Goldsmith was in town before 1793*, and 
 was taxed 1793-1813 ; m. Dec. 25, 1794, Sally Nichols, 
 of F. He was in trade several y., and held various 
 town offices, which are noticed at the proper places ; 
 rem. to Malone, N. Y. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. John Nichols, b. Mar. 28, 1795. 
 
 II. Theodocia, b. Feb. 15, 1798. 
 
 HI. Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1800. 
 
 ly. George, b. June 19, 1802 ; d. Oct. 16, 1803. 
 
 V. Sally, b. Nov. 21, 1804. 
 
 VI. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1806. 
 
 VII. Hai-'riot, b. Mar. 10, 1810. 
 
 Asa Goodale and w. " Timmerson" settled on L 1 
 B llin 1789 or 1790. Mr. Bigelow says that he bonght 
 of his bro. Ebenezer, but the lot named is taxed to 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 585 
 
 Josiah Goodale in 1788, and the name of Ebenezer does 
 not appear in the town rec. Sept. 13, 1778, Josiah 
 Goodoll m. Persis Badcock, and the same year his name 
 first appears in the town rec. Asa rem. to Jaffrey ab. 
 1817. Asa and w. had 7 eh. die in infancy between 
 teb. 12, 1789, and Mar. 11, 1797, with no names i^iven 
 in the rec. Named ch. as follows : 
 
 I. Asa Godding, d. Feb. 18, 1791. 
 II. Betsey, b. July 3, 1794 ; m. Stilman Collins, 
 I q.v. 
 
 4 I III. Lucy, b. May 26, 1798 ; d. in Jaffrey unm. 
 ^ I IV. James, b. Aug. 13, 1800. 
 V. Royal, b. Sept. 3, 1803. 
 
 VI. Sally, b. June 17, 1806 ; m. Mar. 10, 1825, Asa 
 Nichols, of Jaffrey ; rem. to Concord, Vt. 
 VII. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 6, 1812 ; d. in Jaffrey unm. 
 
 Isaac Goodnow, from Sudbury, Mass., was in F. as 
 early as 1785. He was taxed on L 2 K 1 in 1788 and 
 1789, and on L 6 R 1 in 1790. He res. on L 6 R 1 till 
 he rem. to Lincoln, Mass., ab. 1803. The name is also 
 spelled Goodenow and Goodenough. His w. Jane d 
 Nov. 21, 1786, "in the 52d year of her age." Their 
 dau., 
 
 I. Hannah, d. June 22, 1785. 
 Eunice Goodnow was adm. to the chh. Jan. 13, 
 
 Daniel Gould was in town as early as 1778. By w. 
 Rachel he had 
 
 n;S;!'[b«P'-A«g.30,mi. 
 
 Daniel Goulu, Jr., m. July 23, 1786, Sally Chad- 
 wick. 
 
 Artemas AVarren Gowen, b. Sept. 20, 1812, in 
 Franklin, Mass.; m. Cynthia, b. June 30, 1813, in 
 Stockbridge, Vt., dau. of Samuel and Cynthia (Ran- 
 dall) Ellis, q.v.; res. on L 8 R 2. No rec. of family 
 rec'd, but they had ch. 
 
 I. Liither W., b. ab. 1843. Served in a Mass. 
 
 Reg. in the War of the Rebellion. 
 II. Cynthia, J., b. ab. 1845 ; m. Dec. 28 (?), 1864, 
 
 Charles I. Flint, of Winchendon. 
 III. Mary S., b. ab. 1849. 
 
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 IV. Charles H., b. l^ov. 25, 1855 ; m. Nov. 1, 1884, 
 Cora M., dan. of Moses and Mury A. (Ken- 
 dall) Cud\vorth, of Kindge. 
 
 Allex Graxt and w. Mary came from Cumberland, 
 E. I., in 1782, and settled^on L 7 E 12, whicli was 
 given him by his father on condition that he would 
 settle upon it. He d. Dec. 31, 1835, a. 89 v.; shed. 
 Sept. 17, 1840, a. 80 y. 
 
 I. Allen, b. ab. 1776. 
 
 II. Alpheus, b. Feb. 25, 1778 ; d. ab. 1806 : m. 
 Jan. 17, 1802, Phillis, b. June 28, 1783, dan. 
 of Anthony and Elizabeth (Handy) Sweet, of 
 Eichmond. (Slie m. (2d) Jacob AVhitcomb, 
 q.v., and d. Nov. 23, 1866.) 
 
 1. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1802. 
 
 2. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1804 : m. Ephraim 
 
 Taft, s. of Brown and Urania (Al- 
 drich). 
 
 1. Ephraim Taff, b. 1830 ; d. Aug. 
 28, 1853. 
 ■ III. Aniia, b. Sept. 8, 1780 ; d. Jan. 0. 1865, unm. 
 
 IV. John, b. Sept. 5, 1782 ; m. Martha ; res. 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 V. David, b. Sept. 27, 1785 ; d. Oct. 12, 1867. 
 VI. Gilbert, b. Oct. 20, 1788. 
 VII. Thomas Waterman, b. ab. 1792 ; d. a. 3 y. 
 VIII. lamar, b. Aug. 31, 1795 ; m. Samuel Hayden, 
 q.v. 
 IX. Betseij, b. Oct. 20, 1797 ; m. Paul Handy, q.v. 
 X. Isaac, b. May, 1799. 
 
 Oruex Aldrich Gratvit. s. of Aaron, was b. in 
 Cumberland, E. I., Mar. 3, 1795 ; d. in Eoyalston Oct. 
 3, 1884 ; came to F. ab. 1833, and soon settled on L 1 
 
 E 12 ; rem. to E. several y. before his d. ; m. (1st) 
 
 Bailou ; (2d) Apr. 21, 1836, Cynthia G., b. 1812, dan. 
 of Moses Nichols, of E. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Cumberland 
 by 1st m., iv.-viii. in F. by 2d m. 
 I. Laura. 
 II. Barton, b. Aug. 4, 1817+. 
 
 III. Philip. 
 
 IV. Ahel Franhlin, b. ab. 1837 ; m. Olive E. , 
 
 b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; d. Dec. 3, 1875 ; res. E. 
 No rec. of family bnt a s. 
 
 1. Elwin A.,'b. May, 1872; d. Dec. 24, 
 1875. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 587 
 
 V. Lucy MeUtaUe, b. ab. 1839 ; d. 
 
 VI. Aaron, d. in infancy. 
 
 VII. Orren Edward, b. "July 6. 1842 ; m. Oct. 2 
 1865, Mary E., b. 1845'; d. Dec. 11, 1875^ 
 dau. of Moses and Olive Nichols, of K.; m. 
 
 (2d) . 
 
 VIII. Charles Henry, b. ab. 1851 ; m. June 22, 1878, 
 Julia Amandii, dau. of Nathan and Susan A. 
 (Bern is) Smith, of E. 
 
 Barton Grant, b. Aug. 4, 1817 ; m. Sarah Emeline, 
 b. Dec. 28, 1829 ; d. Apr. 20, 1861, dau. of Henry and 
 Sibyl (Briggs) Ballou, of Richmond ; m. (2d) Sept. 26, 
 1865, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1835, dau. of Levi and 
 Sophia (Stanford) Streeter, of Troy. 
 
 I. Sarah E., b. ab. 1850 ; m. Albert W. Wilson, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Belief, b. ab. 1852. 
 
 III. Barton, b. Nov., 1854 ; d. Sept. 29, 1875 ; m. 
 
 June 26 (?), 1873, Nettie E., b. Dec. 21, 1854, 
 dau. of David C. and Hannah M. (Wvman) 
 Stone. (She m. (2d) Nov. 6, 1877, Daniel 
 Lyman Streeter, s. of Levi and Sophia (Stan- 
 ford) of T.) 
 
 1. Addie, b. June 12, 1874. 
 
 2. Walter, b. Aj^r. 21, 1876. 
 
 IV. A daughter, b. Aug., 1856 ; d. Nov. 30, 1857. 
 V. Capifala, b. 3 859 ; d. July 8, 1867. 
 
 VI. Elizabeth, b. 1866 ; d. Aug. 18, 1867. 
 VII. Cora, b. Mar. 28, 1868. 
 
 Samuel Graves was chosen highway surveyor June 
 19, 1771 ; was out in the Revolutionarv AYar ; d. in the 
 woods between Charlestown, N. H., and Ticondero^a, 
 N. Y., Dec, 1776. ^ 
 
 Micah Graves and family came to F. in 1799. • He 
 d. Jan. 30, 1825, a. 79 y.; his w. d. Jan. 6, 1825, a. 71 
 y.; hiss., 
 
 I. Micah, b. Sept. 20, 1777 ; d. Mar. 24, 1832 : 
 m. Apr. 9, 1807, Thankful, b. June 21, 1788 ; 
 d. Sept. 9, 1867, dau. of Jesse and Martha 
 (Gibson) Forristall, q.v.; rem. from town in 
 1824 ; went to Canada ; settled in what is 
 now Prince Edward Co., Province of Ontario. 
 Ch. b. 1-9 in F., 10-11 in Canada. 
 1. Olive, b. Jan. 12, 1808: d. Jan. 25, 
 1882. 
 
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 HISTORY OF ilTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 2. Sophia, b. Oct. 1, 1809. 
 
 3. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 21, 1812. 
 
 4. Luke, b. May 9, 1814 ; d. July, 1883. 
 
 5. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 9, 1816 ; d. Feb., 
 
 1855. 
 
 6. Levi, b. May 30, 1818 ; d. May 1, 1858. 
 
 7. Reuben, b. July 4, 1820. 
 
 8. George, b. May 17, 1822 ; d. Mar. 12, 
 
 1842. 
 
 9. Aaron, b. Mar. 9, 1824. 
 
 10. Levina, b. June 7, 1827 ; d. Oct. 13, 
 
 1856. 
 
 11. Michael, b. Mar., 1830 ; d. June 28, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Some of the following were doubtless s. of Micah the 
 senior. 
 
 James Graves was taxed in 1806> 
 
 Daniel Geaves was taxed in 1811, 1812, and 1813. 
 
 Samuel Graves was taxed in 1813, 1814, 1816, and 
 1817. 
 
 Aaron Graves was taxed in 1824. 
 
 David Graves was taxed in 1815, and thenceforward 
 till he d., Feb. 15, 1829, a. 35 y. He m. Jan. 10, 1822, 
 Roxana Carroll. No rec. of b. of ch., but the following 
 d. are noted : 
 
 I. Infant, d. Feb., 1823, a. 4 weeks. 
 II. Roxana, d. Apr. 18, 1826, a. 4 mos. 
 
 Nahum GiiEEisr was b. Jan. 27, 1822, in Kennebunk- 
 
 port. Me.; m. (1st) Mary , who d., and he m. (2d) 
 
 Margaret , b. May" 23, 1835, in Ireland. The 
 
 family came to F. ab. 1860. The following rec. is as 
 correct as can be given. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Natick, 
 Mass. ; iv. in Needham, Mass. ; v.-ix. in F. 
 I. Edward C, b. ab. 1850. 
 
 II. Frank Osgood, b. May 29, 1854 ; m. Dec. 26, 
 1880, Ellen G., b, Feb. 28, 1861, dan. of 
 Adna L. and Mary E. (Henry) Monroe, q.v. 
 
 III. Cora May, b. Dec. 31, 1857. 
 
 IV. Willie Vernon, b. Aug. 5, 1859. 
 V. Flora Alice, b. Dec. 11, 1861. 
 
 VI. George Herbert, b. Sept. 14, 1863. 
 VII. Nalium, b. May 5, 1865. 
 VIII. Sarali Elizaleth, b. July 26, 1868. 
 IX. Kate Merriam, b. Oct. 21, 1871. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 589 
 
 Dea. Samuel Griffin" came to F, prob. before 1788*. 
 and settled on L 20 R 6, where he d. May 20, 1828, a. 
 68 y. He was, perhaps, from Scituate, Mass. His w. 
 Hannah was dan. of John and Anna (Wright) Bowker, 
 of S., and their m. is not rec. in F. She d. in Troy 
 July 28, 1842, a. 86^ y. (See Bowker Register.) 
 
 jj* Ihifants, twins, d. May 9 and 12, 1791. 
 
 "^" [ Infants, twins, d. Mar. 7, 1792. 
 
 v! Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1793 ; d. Aug. 27, 1861 ; m. 
 Nov. 10, 1818, Dr. Charles Whitman Whitney, 
 of Troy, b. Nov. 15, 1791 ; d. Oct. 31, 1861, 
 s. of Dr. Isaiah and Dorcas (AVhitman) Whit- 
 ney, of Rindge. Ch. b. in T. 
 
 1. Samuel Griffin Wliitney, b. Sept. 20, 
 
 1819 ; m. Abigail N. Whittemore, q.v. 
 
 2. Charles Whitney, b. July 27, 1824 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 10, 1827. 
 
 3. Henry N. Whitney, b. Oct. 8, 1825 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 17, 1827. 
 
 4. Charles Whitman Whitney, b. Nov. 26, 
 
 1827 ; m. Sept. 2, 1850, Sarah Frances, 
 b. Oct. 23, 1829, dau. of William and 
 Mary (Balch) Taylor, of Francestown, 
 N. H. Mr. W. is a merchant in T. at 
 the old Farrar and Robeson stand. Ch. 
 b., 1-2 in F.,3 in T. 
 
 1. Ella Frances Whitney, b. Sept. 26, 
 
 1854. 
 
 2. Cora Mabel Whitney, b. May 29. 
 
 1858. 
 
 3. Charles AY. Whitney, b. Mar. 14. 
 
 1861. 
 
 5. Marv Jane Wiitney, b. Aug. 13, 1830 ; 
 
 m.^Dec. 18, 1856, Dr. Samuel A. Rich- 
 ardson, of Marlboro, s. of Dea. Abijah 
 and Mary (Hayes), of Dublin. 
 
 6. Sarah Ann Whitney, b. Aug. 1, 1838 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 7, 1838. 
 VI. Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 1794 ; m. Col. Daniel W. 
 
 Farrar, q.v. 
 VII. Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1795 ; d. in T. Apr. 3, 
 1854, unm. 
 
 Nathaniel Grover and family came to F. ab. 1789, 
 and settled on L 3 R 7, which he bought of Simeon 
 Perry. In the descriptive list of 1798 this lot is set to 
 
590 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 him and his s. IN'athaiiiel, Jr. 
 town ab. 1802. 
 
 He seems to have left 
 
 Nathaniel Geovee, Jr., b. ab. 1779 ; prob. came to 
 F. w)th his father. His name first appears in the town 
 tax lists in 1800 ; left town ab. 1806 ; by w. Susanna 
 had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Luke, b. Oct. 25, 1797. 
 II. Lucy, b. July 9, 1799. 
 III. Laura, b. May 19, 1801 ; d. Sept. 28, 1805. , 
 
 Some of the following were doubtless ch. of Nathaniel 
 the senior : 
 
 HuLDAH Geovee, b. ab. 1770, and Oliver Hill, of 
 Eoyalston, m. Dec. 20, 1792. 
 
 Eunice Geovee and Lot Richardson, of E., m. June 
 3, 1802. 
 
 Antipas Geovee, b. in Lexington, Mass., ab. 1767 ; 
 d. in F. Dec. 17, 1830 ; m. Sarah Pierce, of Groton, 
 Mass., who d. in F. Apr. 10, 1849, a. 80 y. He is taxed 
 in F. first in 1825, and onward till his d. The follow- 
 ing list of his ch. may not be complete and the order 
 may not be correct. Benjamin appears to have been 
 the" only one of the ch. who res. in F. after becoming 
 of age. 
 
 I. Nalmm, m. Mar. 20, 1823, Almira, b. 1806, 
 
 dau. of Luke and Asenath (Cole) Harris, of 
 
 Richmond. Ch. b. in R. 
 
 1. Lorenzo H. 
 
 2. Delilah. 
 Samuel, d. in New Orleans, La. 
 Levi, d. Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
 
 IV. James, d. Cottage Grove, Wis. 
 Elijah, d. Highgate, Vt. 
 John, served in the U. S. regular army, and 
 
 was killed by the Indians in Florida. 
 Lucy, m. Aaron Grant, of Royalston. 
 Benjamin, b. May 7, 1816. 
 Hannah, m. Andrew Corbett, of Ware, Mass. 
 
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 Joseph Geow and w. Tirzah were adm. to chh. in F. 
 Dec. 17, 1772, on letter from chh. in Fomfret, Ct., and 
 were dism. to chh. in Hartford (Ct.?) June 13, 1779. 
 Ch. bapt. rec. in T. 
 
 I. Samuel, bapt. May 9, 1773. 
 II. Joseph, bapt. Dec. 4, 1774. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 ,^91 
 
 III. James Reed, bapt. Oct. 13, 1776. 
 ly. Lucretia, bapt. Sept. 27, 1778. 
 
 Jo>SEPii Hale, b. July 4, 1809, in Winchendon ; m. 
 Nov. 20, 1838, Aduline Chase, of KoyuLston, b. June 
 20, 1819 ; d. Nov. 10, 1865 ; m. (2d) Feb. 7, 1867, 
 Mary Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1815 ; d. Oct. 9, 1875, dau. of 
 Edward and Ruth Perkins, of Jaffrey, and wid. of 
 Jabez Morse, Jr., q.v. Settled in F. ab. 1864. Ch. all 
 b. in AV. 
 
 I. Sarah M., b. Sept. 13, 1840 ; d. Dec. 25, 1844. 
 II. Ozro Joseph, b. Aug. 20, 1842. 
 
 III. lAzzie Susan, b. Aug. 28, 1844. 
 
 IV. Addie, b. July 23, 1849 ; d. Aug. 28, 1849. 
 
 V. Clara E., b. Oct. 8, 1855 ; d. Apr. 13, 1883 ; 
 m. Dec. 25, 1873, Albert Henry Sawyer, b. 
 Feb. 27, 1849, s. of Amos B. and Dorothy 
 (Davis). (See Davis, No. 24.) 
 
 1. Gertrude Elmira Saivyer, b. Sept. 7, 
 1875. 
 
 Zaccheus Hall came from Braintree, Mass., ab. 
 1786 ; settled on L 8 Iv 2, where he res. a few y., and 
 left town ab. 1793*. By w. Susannah he had rec in F. : 
 
 I. Jonas, b. June 21, 1786. 
 
 Hexry Tasker Hall, b. in Rindge Jan. 28, 1833, 
 s. of Daniel C. and Mary T. Hall ; rn. Dec. 31, 1861, 
 at Greenville, N. H., Lucy Maria, b. in New Boston, 
 Ct., May 9, 1835, dau. of Arnasa and Lucy Howard ; 
 came to F. ab. 1866, and settled on the Abner Stone 
 place, L 9 II 1. Ch. b. i. in Winchendon, ii.-iv. in F. 
 I. Walter Henry, b. Jan. 9, 1864. 
 II. Carrie Mi/rtilla, b. July 16, 1867. 
 
 III. Carlton Howard, b. June 6, 1869. 
 
 IV. Watson Amasa, b. Feb. 24, 1876. 
 
 1 Paul Handy, from Smithfield, R. I., b. Apr. 1, 1737, was an early 
 settler in Riclimond ; by w. Anne he had seven ch., of whom the filth 
 was 
 
 2 Geokge, b. May 10, 177o ; d. Dec. 26, 1863 ; m. Sept. 28, 1797, 
 Ruth, davi. of Zacclieus Estes ; she d. .June 28, 1861, a. 84 y. They had 
 fourteen ch., of whom tiie second was Paul, b. Aug. 31, IbOO. 
 
 Paul Handy, b. Aug. 31, 1800 ; d. Apr. 5, 1885 ; 
 m. Sept. 18, 1829, Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1797 ; d. Dec. 5, 
 1878, dau. of Allen and Mary Grant, q.v.; settled in F. 
 ab. 1834. 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 I, Callephina (Calphurnia?), b. ab. 1830; m. 
 
 Amos S. Pratt, q.v. 
 
 II. Alplieus, b. ab. 1832 ; m. Mar. 18, 1868, Mrs. 
 
 Laura L. Demary, b. Dec. 27, 1833, dau. of 
 
 Timothy and Mary (Pratt) Metcalf, of Rindge. 
 
 Clarinda, b. ab. 1834 ; d. Dec. 15, 1863, unm. 
 
 Henry, b. Aug. 8, 1836 ; m. June 29, 1865, 
 
 Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1843, dau. of Bowman 
 
 and Hannah (Whitcomb) Howe, q.v, 
 
 1. Alberto Leroy, b. Mar, 20, 1867. 
 
 2. Nellie Mabel, b. :Nrov. 26, 1876. 
 
 3. Arthur Edison, b. Apr. 10, 1879. 
 Isaac A., b. ab. 1834; m. Oct. 23, 1865, Har- 
 riet M., dau. of Otis and Eunice (Davis) Hay- 
 den, q.v. 
 
 VI. Ransom, b. ab. 1831. 
 
 Theophilus Haedt was adm. to chh. Mar. 25, 1781. 
 By w. Lucy he had chh. rec. in F. 
 
 ^- ™^^'' [bapt. 
 
 II. Dudley, 
 
 Mar. 25, 1781. 
 
 I Robert^ Harrington, prob. the emigrant ancestor, was one of the 
 early proprietors of Watertown, Mass., where he d. May 17, 1807. Fie 
 ra. Oct. 1, 1649, Susannah George, b. 1G32 ; d. July 6, 1694. They 
 had 13 ch., of whom was 
 
 2 T^OMAs^ b. Apr. 23, 1665; m. Apr. 1, 1686, Rebecca, dau. of 
 John Bcmis and wid. of John White ; res. in W. They had 6 ch., of 
 whom the eldest was 
 
 3 EBENEZER^ b. June 37, 1687 ; d. 1753 ; settled in Waltham, 
 Mass., from whence he rem. to Framingham ab. 1709 ; m. Feb. 3, 1708, 
 Hepzibah, dau. of Peter Clayes, of Fram. Cli.: i. Sarah; ii. Rebecca; 
 III. Thomas ; iv. Ebenezer ; v. Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1718, 4 ;■ vi. 
 Susannah ; vir. Hepzibah ; viii. Elias ; ix. Pliinehas. 
 
 Joshua^ Harringtojst, b. Oct. 11, 1718 ; d. Nov. 
 
 24, 1784 ; m. Jan. 11, 1743, Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 1724- 
 
 25, dan. of John and Bathsheba (Rugg) Nurse, q.v. 
 She d. without issue, and he m. (2d) Oct. 3, 1751, Betty 
 (Reed), wid. of John Bent, of Fram. The family came 
 to F. ab. 1774. Mrs. H. was recommended by the chh. 
 in Pram. June 26, 1774, and adm. to chh. in F. Oct. 9, 
 1774. She d. Mar. 18, 1784. About 1780 Mr. H. bought 
 the Tiffany mill privilege and mills of Thomas Tolman, 
 and the property was owned and operated by himself, 
 his son Joshua and his grandsons Joshua and Elijah till 
 1840, when it was bought by Charles Coolidge. Ch. all 
 b. in Fram. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 593 
 
 I. John, b. Sept. 2, 1752. 
 
 II. Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1754 ; m. Stephen Brigham, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Joshua\ b. Sept. 13, 1755+. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1759. 
 
 Joshua* Harrington, b. Sept. 13, 1755 ; d. Sept. 
 20, 1834. The Proprietors' Tax List of 1788 locates 
 him on L 23 R 8, and it is prob. that his father lived 
 on the same lot ; m. Nov. 21, 1780, Elizabeth, dau. of 
 Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, q.v. She d. Feb. 15, 
 1823, a. 66 y. Oh. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Anna, b. June 29, 1781 ; d. 1857 ; m. William 
 
 Marshall ; res. in Troy. 
 II. Daniel, b. Dee. 15, 1782 ; m. Jan. 24, 1809. 
 Mary, b. Apr. 11, 1786, dau. of Jesse and 
 Martha Forristall, of F. ; rem. to Vermont, 
 Avherc he d., and the wid. returned to F.. 
 where she d. June 23, 1819. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Apr. 18, 1784 ; m. Jan. 10, 1805, 
 
 Asa Stowell, s. of Abijah ; rem. West. 
 
 IV. Joshua', b. Sept. 29, 1785 ; m. June 2, 1808, 
 
 Nelly Gates, of Dublin ; m. (2d) . 
 
 In 1820 rem. from Troy to Alstead, and in 
 1850 from thence to Pittsford, N. Y. Ch. 1-3 
 rec. in F. 
 
 1. Sally', b. May 6, 1809 ; d. unm. 
 
 2. Lyman, b. May 5, 1811 ; m. Marv 
 
 AVilbur. 
 
 3. Eleanor, b. May 23, 1813 ; m. Josiah 
 
 Bridge, of Lowell, Mass. 
 
 4. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1815 ; m. R. M. 
 
 Wright, of AVinchester. He d. in Cali- 
 fornia Sept. 4, 1849. 
 
 5. Leonard B., b. Mar. 7, 1818 ; m. Eunice 
 
 Grant, of Lyme, N. H. 
 
 6. Charles, b. May 9, 1820 ; m. Rachel 
 
 Evans. 
 
 7. Lucy Ann, b. July 22, 1822 ; m. 
 
 Nathaniel Adams, of Marlow. 
 
 8. George F., b. June 10, 1824 ; m. the 
 
 wid. of his bro. Joshua. 
 
 9. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1826 ; m. 
 
 Stephen Adams. 
 
 V. mijah", b. Apr. 23, 1787 ; m. Feb. 1, 1810, Pru- 
 
 dence Newell, of Marlboro ; she d. June 3, 
 1827, and he m. (2d) Mrs. Tabitha Tolman. 
 Ch. 1-2 rec. in F. 
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 1. Nelson" P., b. Jan. 4, 1811. " ' 
 
 2. John, b. Mar. 5, 1812 ; m. Emily 
 
 Capron, of Jaffrey. 
 3..Alonzo Brigham, b. Apr. 9, 1815; m. 
 Betsey Lawrence. 
 
 4. Daniel, b. Jan. 10, 1817. 
 
 5. Patty, b. Mar. 31, 1819. 
 
 6. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1823. 
 
 7. Jacob Newell, b. Jan. 4, 1827; m. 
 
 Betsey T. Fife. 
 
 8. Arbee JRead, d. Aug. 20, 1833, a. 3 y. 
 
 9. Frances E., d. June 22, 1837, a. 5 y. 
 VI. Salhj, b. June 17, 1789 ; d. Feb. 1, 1800. 
 
 VII. PoUij, bapt. June 12, 1791 ; d. May 7, 1833, 
 
 unm. 
 vriT. Lyman, bapt. Mar. 2, 1794 ; d. Feb. 1, 1800. 
 
 STEPHEisr Haeris and family came to F. from Fra- 
 mingham, Mass., in March, 1771, on an ox sled ; settled 
 on L 11 R 8 ; m. May 27, 1752, Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1731 ; 
 d. Jan. 26, 1829, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Angier, 
 of Fram. Mr. H. was one of the instituting members 
 of the clih. in F., and his w. was the first female mem- 
 ber adm. lie d. Nov. 4, 1819, a. 94 y. Ch. b. i.-viii. 
 in Fram., ix. in F. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1753 ; m. Ebenezer Potter, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Josepli, b. xMayl9, 1755 ; d. Feb. 9, 1777. 
 
 III. Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1757 ; m. Joseph Stone, q.v. 
 
 IV. Mitty, b. July 29, 1759 ; d. Dec. 14, 1789, 
 
 unm. 
 V. Benjamin, b. Feb. 14, 1762 ; d. Feb. 9, 1788 ; 
 
 ni. Oct. 31, 1785, Priscilla Platts. 
 VI. Anna, b. Mar. 28, 1764 ; d. in infancy. 
 VII. Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1766 ; m. Abel Bj^am, q.v. 
 VIII. Steplmi, b. Feb. 25, 1769+. 
 IX. Purchase, bapt. Dec. 15, 1771 ; d. Jan. 21, 
 1777. 
 
 Stephen Harris, b. Feb. 25, 1769 ; d. July 2, 1836, 
 in Volney, N. Y.; m. June 11, 1795, Hannah, b. Feb. 
 29, 1776"; d. Feb. 16, 1816, in Saratoga, N. Y., dau. of 
 Samuel and Rebecca (Nichols) Tower, q.v. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Joseph, b. Aug. 21, 1796 ; d. Feb. 17, 1880, in 
 Templeton, Mass. ; interred in F. ; m. Hannah 
 Fisher, who d., and he m. (2d) Mar. 5, 1857, 
 Sarah, b. July 14, 1803 ; d. May 3, 1872, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 695 
 
 dau. of Calvin and Polly (Deeth) Smith, q.v. 
 Lived in Saugiis, Mass., and was deacon in 
 the Congregational Clih. there for many y., 
 but returned to F. before his 3d m. Had 
 several ch. by 1st m., of whom no account 
 has been received, but 
 
 1. Benjamin F., b. ab. 183i» : m. Mar. ;]1, 
 
 1803, Abbie J., b. Sept. 5, 1841, dau. 
 
 of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple, 
 
 q.v.; res. Troy. 
 II. Levi, b. Sept. 15, 1707 + . 
 
 III. Rebecca, b. Apr. 27, 1799 ; d. Apr. 8, 1800. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, b. Dec. U, 1800; d. (1823?). 
 
 V. Rebecca, b. Feb.' 11, 1802 ; d. Apr. 14, 1803. 
 
 VI. Samuel, b, Feb. 11, 1804 ; d. in State of N. Y. 
 
 VII. Melinda, b. Nov. 29, 1805 ; d. y. 
 
 VIII. Bethiah Nichols, b. Mar. 1, 1808 ; rem. to 
 Michigan. 
 
 IX. Stephen, b. Jan. 21, 1810 ; d. in N. Y. 
 
 X. Daniel, b. Feb. 9, 1812 : d. in N. Y. 
 
 Lkvi Hakris, b. Sept. 15, 1797 ; d. Jan. 27, 1864, 
 in Troy ; m. Apr. 7, 1819, Nancy Ann, b. Mar. 23, 
 1796, dau. of Abel and Anna (Harris) Byam, q.v. She 
 d. Sept. 22, 1845, and he m. (2d) Sept. 11, 1845, Betsey 
 Byam, b. Dec. 29, 1799, sister of his first w. She dl 
 Oct. 10, 1858, and he m. (3d) Lucy, b. June 3, 1800, 
 dau. of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler, and wid, of 
 Elijah Bemis, of T. Oh. b. i.-iii. in Royalston, iv.- 
 VIII. in F. ; seven by first m. and one by second. 
 
 I. Levi, b. Mar. 0, 1820 ; m. Nov. 26, 1846, 
 Nancy A. Flagg, of Lunenburg, Mass.; res. 
 Galva, HI. 
 II. Laura, b. Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Oct. 25, 1854, 
 Lewis Brewer, of R., and res. there. 
 
 III. Abel, b. Apr. 13, 1823 ; d. July 4, 1850, num. 
 
 IV. Nancy Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1828 ; m. Feb. 27, 
 
 1854, James M. Ketch urn, of Ashburnham, 
 Mass. She m. (2d) Nahum Howe, q.v.; 
 res. A. 
 Y. Stephen, b. Jan. 27, 1830 ; d. June 27, 1854 ; 
 m. Sept, 4, 1861, Clarissa Barton, of Granby, 
 Mass. She d. Sept. 19, 1869, and he m. (2d) 
 Oct, 3, 1870, Jennie A, Stearns, of Wind- 
 ham, Vt. He was a Congregational minister. 
 See page 444, 
 Yi. Eunice, b, Oct. 29, 1831 ; m. Oliver W. Smith. 
 q.v. 
 
596 
 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 31 
 
 (2) 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 VII. Hannah, b, June 12, 1838 ; m. Oliver W. 
 
 Smith, q.v. 
 VIII. Daniel, b. Apr. 9, 1847 ; d. June 6, 1872, unni. 
 
 Samuel Harris and w. Susannah had ch. 
 I. Jolm, bapt. Mar. 7, 1780. 
 
 JosiAH Uartwell, b. Aug. 7, 1748 ; d. Nov. 19, 
 1822. His w. was Eebecca Walker, of Eeading, Mass. 
 She d. May 13, 1816. The family came to F. from 
 Lunenburg, Mass., in 1779 or before, and returned to 
 L. before 1793*, though Mr. H. continued to own 
 property in F., on which he was taxed till 1802. Ch. b. 
 I. -II. in L., iii.-v. in F. 
 
 I. Asael, b. Jan. 25, 1772+. 
 II. Josiah, b. Apr. 25, 1774 ; d. Feb. 3, 1786. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. July 10, 1780 ; d. Jan. 30, 1872. 
 
 Had several ch., all b. in L., but he d. in 
 Leominster. Of his ch., 
 
 1. Eebecca, m. Elbridge Wood, of Eindge. 
 
 2. Mary, m. Alpheus Eugg, of E. 
 
 IV. ReMcca, b. July 13, 1783 ; m. Ezekiel Johnson, 
 
 and res. in Sangerfield, N. Y., where she d. 
 Aug., 1816. 
 V. Luther, b. Apr. 3, 1788. 
 
 Asael Hartwell, b. Jan. 25, 1772 ; d. Mar. 5, 1840 ; 
 m. No^. 22, 1796, Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1780 ; d. Oct. 
 12, 1857, dan. of Ezekiel and Anna Collins. Ch. all b. 
 inF. 
 
 I. Josiah, b. Feb. 20, 1798 ; m. Feb. 20, 1840, 
 
 Eutli Xewbery. 
 II. Luther, b. Sept. 2, 1800 : d. Nov. 13, 1871 ; 
 m. June 29, 1830, Lucretia, d. May 21, 1883, 
 dau. of David and Eunice (Allen) Taft, q.v.; 
 rem. to Yernon, N. Y., where both d.; s.p. 
 
 III. Polly, b. Aug. 13, 1803 ; d. Sept. 22, 1821, 
 
 unm. 
 
 IV. Lovell, b. Sept. 8, 1806 ; res. Stockbridge, 
 
 N. Y. 
 V. Elizabeth P., b. Aug. 26, 1808 ; d. in F., June 
 15, 1887 ; m. July 1, 1846, Charles E. SchofP, 
 of Boston, Mass., b. Sept. 3, 1804 ; d. Jan. 
 26, 1858. Ch. b. in Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 1. Charles Hartwell Schoff, b. Mar. 20, 
 1849 ; m. Oct. 25, 1881, Grace A. Bell, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 597 
 
 of San Francisco, Cal.; res. in S. F., 
 and ch. b. there. 
 
 1. Walter Hartwell ScJioff, b. June 
 
 1, 1882. 
 
 2. Charles Edward ScJiof, b. Aug. 
 
 6, 1884. 
 VI. Sercqyh, b. May 7, 1811 ; d. Apr. 25, 1850 ; m. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1848, E. B. Hnngerford. 
 VII. Ezehiel Collins, b. Nov. 12, 1815 ; d. Mar. 16, 
 1821 ; d. from the effects of the kick of a 
 horse received in Dec, 1820. 
 VIII. Joseph, b. July 28, 1818 ; d. Aug. 17, 1843. 
 IX. Rehecca, b. Feb. 19, 1821 ; m. Dec. 23, 1841, 
 Clement Hooper. 
 
 Steadman" William Hartwell, b. Aug. 29, 1817 ; 
 d. Aug. 1, 18G5, s. of Simon and Roxa (Sargent) Hart- 
 well, of Hubbardston, Mass.; m. Jan. 1, 1844, Mai-y F., 
 b. Feb. 28, 1826 ; d. Sept. 20, 1886, dau. of Benjamin 
 and Polly (Fay) Prescott. 
 
 I. Harriet NeiveXl, b. July 16, 1845 ; d. Jan. 16, 
 
 1866, unm. 
 II. Florence Marietta, b. July 14, 1847 ; m. Reuben 
 B. White, q.v. 
 
 III. Faij Prescott, b. Apr. 12, 1853 ; d. Feb. 15, 
 
 1859. 
 
 IV. Mary Anna, b. Sept. 22, 1857 ; ra. Jan. 22, 
 
 1874, James Xelson Brewer, b. Aug. 6, 1852, 
 s. of Hiram and Henrietta (Clark) Brewer, of 
 Fredericton, N. B.; res. Boston, Mass. Ch. 
 b. 1-3 in F., 4 in Quincy, Mass. 
 
 1. Jennie Belle Brewer, b. Aug. 12, 1874 ; 
 
 d. July 6, 1882. 
 
 2. Clifton Hartwell Breiuer, b. June 21, 
 
 1876. 
 
 3. Hiram Tyler Breiuer, b. Jan. 6, 1880. 
 
 4. Blanche Inez Brewer, b. Aug. 20, 1881 ; 
 
 d. Oct. 21, 1881. 
 
 S. Willard Hartwell, a younger bro. of Stead man 
 AVilliam, m. Mar. 17, 1853, Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1836, 
 dau. of Levi and Mary (Cutter) Bigelow, q.v.; rem. to 
 Iowa, where she d. Oct. 14, 1875. 
 
 Ruth Hartwell and Joseph Kneeland m. Jan. 15. 
 1776. She was, perhaps, sister of Josiah, No. 1, of this 
 rec. 
 
598 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 4 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 13 
 
 13 
 14 
 
 ]5 
 16 
 17 
 
 Abjster Haskell, a native of Harvard, Mass., came 
 to F. in 1778, and settled on L 22 E 5 ; m. Feb. 21, 
 1759, Martha, b. Apr. 18, 1739 ; d. Feb. 8, 1817, dau. 
 of Phinehas and Mary Ward, of Marlboro, Mass., q.v. 
 The Haskell family doubtless came to F. from Lan- 
 caster, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. H. Avere adm. to the chh. 
 in F. on letter from the chh. in L. June 20, 1779. Mr. 
 H. d. Apr. 4, 1809, a. 73 y. 
 
 I. Martlia, m. Joseph Far well, of Lancaster, Mass. 
 II. Joseph, d. Jan. 7, 1825. a. 62 y. ; m. Mav 10, 
 1787. Mehitabel, bapt. Oct. 14, 1771 ; d.^Oct. 
 29, 1824, dan. of Maj. John and Deborah 
 (Winch) Farrar, q.v.; rem. to Marlboro, 
 N. H., ab. 1803. Ch. 1-6 b. and rec. in F., 
 7-10 b. in M. 
 
 1. Patty, b. Aug. 26, 1788 ; d. Jan. 5, 
 
 1840 ; m. William Lawrence, of Troy. 
 
 2. :N'ancy, b. Aug. 21, 1791 ; d. June 20, 
 
 1824 ; m. Josiah Wheeler, of T. 
 
 3. Joseph, b. Mar. 24, 1794 ; d. Apr. 18, 
 
 1865 ; m. Apr. 2, 1818, Eath, b. Oct. 
 28, 1796, dau. of David and Esther 
 (Bruce) White, q.v. 
 
 4. William, b. June 28, 1796 ; d. Jan. 26, 
 
 1841 ; m. Oct. 20, 1818, Sarah White, 
 sister of Euth, who m. his bro. Joseph. 
 
 5. Eleanor Brown, b. ISTov. 13, 1798 : d. 
 
 1877 ; m. Jan. 14, 1817, Peter Tarbell, 
 of Grafton, Vt. 
 
 6. Abner, b. Mar. 11, 1801 ; d. Sept. 1, 
 
 1847 ; m. May 3, 1823, Laura Law- 
 rence. 
 
 7. Alpheus, b. July 30, 1804 ; d. Oct. 21, 
 
 1805. 
 
 8. John, b. Mar. 19, 1807. . 
 
 9. Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1809 ; m. Alanson 
 
 Barber. 
 10. Henry, b. July 20, 1812 ; m. Feb. 14, 
 1838, Martha, dau. of George and. 
 Naomi (Starkev) Farrar. 
 III. Levi, b. July 20, 1769 -, d. Nov. 22, 1830 ; m. 
 Apr. 27, 1797, Eoxana, b. Feb. 3, 1774 ; d. 
 Aug. 22, 1858, dau. of Philip and Eunice 
 (Shumway) Amadon. She m. (2d) Abel 
 Angier, q.v. 
 
 1. Pattv, d. Apr. 22, 1806, a. 7 v. 
 
 2. Eunice, d. Apr. 20, 1806, a. 5 y. 
 
 3. Levi, d. Apr. 23, 1806, a. 3 y. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 599 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 (18) 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 4. Levi, b. Mar. 13, 1806+. 
 
 5. Martha Jane, b. July 12, 1808 ; m. 
 
 Josiah Moore, q.v. 
 
 6. Ann Maria, b. July 29, 1810 ; m. Reu- 
 
 ben B. Pratt, q.v. 
 IV. SaUy, m. Benjamin F. Brigham, q.v. 
 
 Levi Haskell, b. Mar. 13, 180G ; d. Aug. 4, 1865 ; 
 m. Oct. 11, 1838, Lydia Eelief, b. May 21, 1816 ; d. 
 June 21, 1847, dau. of Artemas and Elizabeth (Van 
 Doom) Felton ; m. (2d) Apr. 27, 1848, Sarah Amanda, 
 b. Oct. 20, 1827, dau. of David and Lucy (Gates) 
 Thompson, of Eichmond. 
 
 I. Frederic Homer, b. Feb. 27, 1842 ; m. Aug. 24, 
 1864, Margaret Florence, b. Oct. 26, 1846, 
 dau. of Daniel G. and Mary E. (Wright) 
 Carter, q.v. 
 
 Charles Gates, b. Sept. 29, 1854 ; d. Oct. 25, 
 1857. 
 
 Hattie Amelia, b. Feb. 6, 1858. 
 
 Susie Amanda, b. Jan. 14, 1862 ; m. Dwight 
 0. Collins, q.v. 
 V. Charles Levi, b. Mar. 20, 1866. 
 
 II, 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 JosiAH Haskell was taxed in 1788 on L 8 R 11. 
 He lived in town till ab. 1804, but does not appear to 
 have paid any taxes on real estate after ab. 1788. No 
 rec. of his family but an 
 
 I. Infant, d. Feb. 20, 1803. 
 
 Joseph Haskell and w. Hannah, of whom nothing 
 further is known, had an 
 
 I. Infant, d. Mar. 25, 1784. 
 
 I Richakd' Haven came from England and settled in Lynn, Mass.. 
 in 1645 ; by w. Susannah he had 12 ch., of whom the 11th was 
 
 2 Nathaniel-, b. June 30, 1664 ; d. July 20, 1746 ; settled in 
 Framingham ; by w. Elizabeth had 10 eh., of whom the 8th was 
 Nathaniel^, b. Sept. 8, 1704, 9 ; the 2d ch. of NathanieP was 
 
 3 MosES=, b. Mar. 1, 1692 ; d. ab. 1743 ; m. (1st) Apr. 14, 1720. 
 Sarah Bridges ; (2d) July 22, 1742, Susannah Claflin ; had 9 ch., all by 
 1st m., of whom the 7th was 
 
 4 Gideon^ b. Mar. 10, 1734 ; d. Dec, 1829 ; m. (1st) Dec. 29, 1757, 
 Comfort Pike ; (2d) Sept. 25, 1792, Wid. Deborah Twitchell, of Sher- 
 born ; had 9 ch., all by 1st m., of whom the oldest was Jotham", b. 
 Oct. 1, 1758. 
 
600 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 JOTHA.M'^ Haven", b. Oct. 1, 1758 ; m. Apr. 14, 1779, 
 Martha, b. Aug. 2, 1763, dau. of Jeremiah and Heph- 
 zibah (Stone) Belknap, of Fram.; came to F. in 1783, 
 and settled on L 19 E 4. Mr. and Mrs. H. were adm. 
 to chh. in F. Feb. 1, 1784, on letter from chh. in Fram. 
 The family returned to Fram. in 1790 or 1791. They 
 had 11 ch., of whom the 3d, 4th, and 5th were b. in F. 
 Their youngest ch., Franklin Haven, was President of 
 the Merchants' Bank, Boston, for many y. Ch. rec. 
 inF. 
 
 III. Jeremiah^, bapt. Jan. 9, 1785. 
 
 IV. Jothanf, bapt. July 15, 1787. His s., Erastus 
 
 0. Haven, was a Bishop of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Chh. The more widely known 
 Bishop Gilbert Haven, of the same chh., was 
 s. of Gilbert", who was the 6th ch. of Jotham\ 
 V. Moses, bapt. Feb. 20, 1790 ; d. Feb. 21, 1790. 
 
 9 Nathaniel' Haven, b. Sept. 8, 1704 ; m. June 10, 1724, Hephzibah 
 Ruag, and settled in Hopkinton, Mass.; m. (2d) Dec. 7, 1741, Abigail 
 Rice ; he d. July 20, 1746 ; he had 7 ch. by 1st. m., of whom the 3d 
 
 was 
 
 I O Jonathan*, b. Apr. 39, 1728; m. Aug. 34, 1749, Elizabeth 
 Haven ; rem. to Ashburnham, Mass., where he d. July 30, 1791. They 
 had 7 ch., all b. inH. i. Jerusha ; ii. Lois; iii. Hezekiah ; iv. Eliza- 
 beth, b. Sept. lo, 1757 ; m. 1778 James Stone, q.v.; rem. from South- 
 boro, Mass., to F. ab. 1781 ; v. Hephzibah ; vi. Jonathan'^, b. July 81, 
 1765, 1 I ; VII. John, b. Aug. 31, 1867, | 2- 
 
 I I Jonathan^, b. July 31, 1765 ; res. in Ashburnham ; ra. fist) 
 Zerviah Rice ; (3d) Nov. 13, 1833, Salome, b. Jan. 5, 1786 ; d. Feb.' 19, 
 1843, dau. of William and Martha (Locke) Withington, of F., q.v. 
 
 12 JoHN^ b. Aug. 31, 1767 ; d. Dec. 25, 1830 ; res. in A.; m. Sept. 
 
 23, 1804, Anna, b. ; d. June 3, 1831, dau. of Jonas and Hannah 
 
 (Ward) Woods, of F., q.v.; he m. (3d) Betsey Blodgett. No issue by 
 3d m. ; 4 ch. by 1st m., of whom the oldest was 
 
 13 JoNAS^ b. Sept., 1807 ; m. June 34, 1853, Emeline, b. Apr. 31, 
 1810, dau. of Joseph and Hannah W. (Woods) Fassett, q.^. 
 
 HAYDEN. 
 
 Jesse Hayden" came to F. prob. in 1778 or before ; 
 m, Joanna, b. May 18, 1755, dau. of ISTathaniel and 
 Mary (Witherby) Stacy, of Framingham, and sister of 
 Anna Stacy, who m. Samuel Stone, q.v. The family 
 left town ab. 1806. Ch. all rec. and prob. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Priscilla, b. Dec. 19, 1778 ; d. Mar. 30. 1798. 
 II. Anna, b. Aug. 3, 1780 ; d. Nov. 3, 1784. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. June 10, 1782. 
 
 IV. Lulce, b. Dec. 16, 1784. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 601 
 
 V. Nancy, b. Mar. 23, 1787. 
 
 VI. Josia'h, b. July 15, 1789, 
 
 VII. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 4, 1791. 
 
 VIII. Joel, b. July 22, 1793. 
 
 IX. George, b. Sept. 6, 1796 ; d. Mar. 15, 1798. 
 
 X. Henry, b. Mar. 10, 1799. 
 
 Joel HATDEjf, a bro. of Jesse (see preceding section), 
 came to F. ab. 1789, and settled on L 10 E 6 ; b. 1756, 
 in Sudbury, Mass.; d. Feb. 4, 1814 ; ni. Feb. 24, 1777, 
 prob. in Oakham, Mass., Lucv Flint, who d. Mar. 1, 
 1783, and be m. (2cl) Jan. 13, 1790, Sally Johnson, b. 
 1765, in Worcester, Mass.; d. July 6, 1822. Ch. b. i.- 
 II. and IV. in Oakham, iii. in Putney, Vt., v.-xi. in 
 
 I. Patty, b. May 28, 1777 ; d. July 11, 1778. 
 II. Joseph Craig, b. Jan. 16, 1779 ; d. in Jaffrey 
 Apr. 19, 1849. 
 
 III. Joel, b. Nov. 24, 1780+. 
 
 IV. Charlotte, b. June 12, 1782 ; m. Phillips. 
 
 V. Moses, b. Sept. 5, 1791 ; rem. to Troy ab. 1825, 
 
 where he d., Oct. 4, 1851 ; m. Dec. 26, 1833, 
 Eliza, dau. of Nathan Wheeler and wid. of 
 Elnathan Gorham. 
 VI. Samuel, b. June 19, 1793 ; d. Jan. 17, 1882 ; 
 m. Tamar Aug. 31, 1795 ; d. Jan. 4, 1882, dau. 
 of Allen and Mary Grant, 
 
 1. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1820 ; m. Philip D. 
 
 Angier, q.v. 
 
 2. Nahum, b. Apr. 4, 1822+. 
 
 3. Moses, b. June 23, 1830 ; m. twice ; one 
 
 ch. by each m.; res. Jefferson, Wis. 
 VII. Sally, b. June 13, 1795 ; d. Nov. 29, 1877 ; m. 
 Dr. Jared Perkins, q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 30, 
 1837, Capt. Edward Bailey, of Jaffrev, his 
 second wife. He was b. Sept. 23, 179*2 ; d. 
 Jan. 6, 1771, and was s. of Oliver and Pcllv 
 (Perkins) Bailey, of J. 
 
 1. Frederick W. Bailey, b. Aug. 15, 1838 ; 
 
 d. at Keene, Apr. 27, 1870 ; m. Mary, 
 b. May 21, 1840 ; d. Dec. 8,. 1867, dau. 
 of Moses S. and Cozby (Ooolidge) 
 Perkins. 
 
 1. Mary F. Bailey, b. Dec. 8, 1867. 
 
 2. Edward H. Bailey, m. July 23, 1865, 
 
 Abbie A., b. Feb. 27, 1841, dau, of 
 Nathaniel and Mary B. (Averill) 
 Cutter ; res. J. 
 
602 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 26 1. Henry Hayden Bailey, b, July 15, 
 
 1870. 
 
 27 2. Annie Laura Bailey, b. Oct. 1, 
 
 1871. 
 
 28 VIII. Polly, b. Aug. 27, 1797 ; m. Rev. Phineas 
 
 Howe, q.v. 
 
 29 IX. Jo]i7i, b. June 10, 1800 ; d. Sept. 16, 1802. 
 
 30 X. George, b. Nov. 18, 1802 ; res. Boston, Mass. 
 
 31 XI. Nahum, b. Mar. 18, 1809 ; went on a whaling 
 
 voyage and never returned. 
 
 (15) Joel Haydei^, b. Nov. 24, 1780 ; d. Dec. 2, 1856 ; 
 
 m. Nov., 1803, Rebecca, b. Oct. 11, 1780 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1855, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Nichols) Tower, q.v. 
 Lived on the place now owned by Sylvester Drury, and 
 carried on the tanning business, in which he was suc- 
 ceeded by A. M. & J. 'Wood and Asa S. Kendall. Ch. 
 b. I. in Winchendon, ii.-vi. in Templeton, vii. in F. 
 
 32 I. Harriet Flint, b. June 25, 1804 ; m. (1st) John 
 Perkins, q.v.; m. (2d) Benjamin Fay, q.v. 
 
 33 II. Rebecca Nicliols, b. Apr. 21, 1806 ; m. Charles 
 Richardson, q.v. 
 
 34 III. Daniel Toioer, b. Mar. 1, 1808 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1838, from accidental discharge of his rifle ; 
 m. Nov. 5, 3 833, Sarah, b. May 21, 1811, 
 dau. of Phineas and Lydia (Richardson) 
 Reed. 
 
 35 1. Rebecca Richardson, b. Nov. 7, 1836 ; 
 d. Feb. 14, 1837. 
 
 30 IV. John Milton, b. Oct. 18, 1812. 
 
 37 V. Elizaheth, b. Dec. 16, 1814 ; d. Nov. 30, 1879 ; 
 m. Apr. 2, 1836, Lucius Hamilton Briggs, b. 
 Nov. 4, 1811, s. of Eliphalet Briggs, of Keene ; 
 res. K. and Boston. 
 
 38 1. Frederick Milton Briggs, b. Mar. 18, 
 1837. 
 
 39 2. Ellen Elizabeth Briggs, b. Jan. 16, 
 1839 ; d. Feb. 24, 1840. 
 
 40 VI. Joel, b. Aug. 29, 1816 ; d. Nov. 28, 1817. 
 
 41 VII. Joel, b. Julv 21, 1818 ; d. at Boston, Jan. 23, 
 1849 ; m. "Aug. 10, 1841, Harriet, b. May 8, 
 1817 ; d. at B. Sept. 21, 1847, dau. of Benja- 
 min and Abigail (Perry) Wilson. 
 
 (20) Nahum Hayden, b. Apr. 4, 1822 ; m. Oct. 23, 
 
 1850, Lorenza Patch, of Springfield, Vt., b. Apr. 7, 
 1821 ; d. Nov. 9, 1879. Ch. b. Daniel F. at S., others 
 atF. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 603 
 
 I. Allert Nalmm, b. Aug. 17, 1851 ; m. Oct. 9, 
 1875, Hattie Matilda, b. Feb. 4, 1857, dan. 
 of George and Clarissa Chamberlain, of Barre, 
 Mass. 
 
 1. George Richard, b. Feb. 7, 1877. 
 
 2. Harrv Herbert, b. Nov. 28, 1884. 
 . 3. Robert Elmer, b. July 31, 1886. 
 
 II. Daniel Francis, b. Sept. 9, 1853 ; m. Sept. 1, 
 1873, Clara C, b. Mar. 2, 1857, dau. of Allen 
 and Amanda Davis, of Troy. 
 
 1. Frederic Daniel, b. Aug. 15, 1874. 
 
 2. Josephine Clara, b. Sept. 29, 1877 : d. 
 
 N"ov. 24, 1878. 
 
 3. Alice Josephine, b. July 19, 1880. 
 
 4. Inez Belle, b. May 21, 1882. 
 
 III. Harriet Louisa, b. Sept. 23, 1855. 
 
 IV. Arthur Eugene, b. May 23, 1857 ; m. Dec. 31, 
 
 1882, Josie E. dau. of James P. Matthews. 
 
 1. Carrie Etta, b. Apr. 18, 1884. 
 
 2. Clara Louisa, b. Mar. 8, 1886. 
 
 Y. BeJle Augusta, b. Apr. 2, 1859 ; d. Apr. 14, 
 
 1865. 
 Yi. Charles Hubbard, b. Sept. 13, 1861 ; d. Nov. 
 
 10, 1882, unm. 
 Yii. Mary Abby, b. May, 1864 ; d. June 30, 1871. 
 
 Ezra Haydejst came to F. ab. 1807 ; he d. May 26, 
 1843, a. 68 y.; his w. Elizabeth d. July 23, 1860, a. 
 82 y. Gh. all b. in F. ; i.-yii. are on rec. 
 
 I. Silas, b. Oct. 15, 1807; m. Betsey . No 
 
 rec. of b., but they had ch. d. 
 
 1. Mary Ann, d. May 11, 1854, a. 24 y. 
 
 2. Child, d. Aug. 17, 1832, a. 10 mos. 
 
 3. AVilliam Byron, d. Oct. 21, 1836, a. 3 y. 
 
 6 mos, 
 
 4. Daughter, d. Mar. 16, 1850, a. 3 y. 
 II. Caroline, b. May 1, 1810. 
 
 III. Israel, b. Dec. 15, 1811; m. . Nov. 21, 1834, 
 Mercy P. Perkins, of Dunstable, Mass. 
 
 lY. Otis, b. Dec. 4, 1813+. 
 Y. Ruth, b. Apr. 21, 1816 ; d. July 28, 1818. 
 
 \i. Hiram Prescott, b. Aug. 1, 1818 ; m. Sept. 4, 
 1843, Mary, dau. of Eli and Rhoda (Record) 
 Prescott, q.v. No rec. of b., but thev had 
 ch. d. 
 
 1. Myra, d. Feb. 7, 1850, a. 4 y. 
 
 2. Abby M., d. Jan. 31, 1850, a. 2 y. 
 
604 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 75 
 76 
 
 VII. Eliza, h. Apr. 15, 1820 ; d. June 15, 1832. 
 VIII. Daugliter, d. Aug. 5, 1832, a. 10 y. 
 
 Otis HATDEif, b. Dec. 4, 1813 ; m. Apr. 19, 1838, 
 Eunice, b. Sept. 14, 1819 ; d. May 29, 1861, dau. of 
 Chaucy and Eunice (Knight) Davis, q.v.; m. (2d) 
 Dorothy, b. Apr. 27, 1824, sister of his 1st w. and wid. 
 of Amos B. Sawyer. 
 
 I. Harriet Melissa, b. ab. 1840 ; ui. Isaac A. 
 
 Handy, q.v. 
 II. Thomas Davis, b. Mar. 16, 1844 ; m. Anna 
 
 Julia , b. Apr. 6, 1849 ; d. Feb. 1, 1881 ; 
 
 m. (2cl) Sept. 18, 1883, H. Amanda Towne. 
 
 III. Charles W., b. ab. 1846. 
 
 IV. Dennis Albert, b. Aug. 18, 1849 ; m. July 4, 
 1874, Effie E., b. Oct. 21, 1854, dau. of 
 Daniel Doyen. 
 
 I Ralph' Hemenway was of Roxbury, Mass., as early as 1633 ; took 
 the freeman's oath, Sept. 3, 1634 ; d. 1678 : m. July 5, 1634, Eliza- 
 beth Hewes, who d. Feb. 3, 1686, a. 83 y. they had 7 ch., of whom 
 the 5th was 
 
 2 JosHUA^ bapt. Apr. 9, 1643 ; d. Oct. 9, 1716 ; res. in R.; he was 
 m. 3 times, and had 8 ch. Elias, Ebenezer, and Samuel Hemenway, 
 three of his descendants througli his youngest ch., settled in Marlboro, 
 N. H. (Joshua^ his s. Ebenezer', his s. SamueP, his sous Elias^, Eben- 
 ezer*, and SamueP). His oldest ch. was 
 
 3 Joshua', b. Sept. 16, 1668 ; rem. to Framingham ; m. (1st) 
 
 Margaret , by whom he had 3 ch., and (3d) Rebecca , by 
 
 whom he had 8 ch. His oldest ch. by 3d m. was 
 
 4 Joshua*, b. Apr. 3, 1697 ; d. Jan. 30, 1754 ; m. (1st) Abigail 
 Morse ; (3d) Jemima Rutter, and had 8 ch., all by 1st m. His 1st ch., 
 Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1719, 5, and the 4th, Sylvanus, b. Aug. 3, 1736, 
 
 1 0) lived in F. 
 
 Joseph' Hemein^wat, b. Nov. 1, 1719 ; d. Sept. 19, 
 1802 ; m. July 4, 1743, Mary, b. Mar. 5, 1719 ; d. Mar. 
 1, 1804, dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth (Gfoddard) 
 Adams, of Framingham. The family came to F. before 
 1769 and settled on L 18 E 7. The name of Mr. H. 
 appears first in F. rec. Nov. 7, 1770, when he was 
 chosen moderator of a meeting of the Proprietors. For 
 several y., and apparently until he felt the weight of 
 increasing age, he was quite prominent in all the busi- 
 ness of the town. Ch. all b. in Fram. ; only the two 
 younger ones rem. to F. 
 
 I. John, b. Sept. 16, 1743. 
 II. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1745. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGI8TEE. 605 
 
 III. AUrjail, b. Apr. 26, 1749 ; m. Jonathan Whit- 
 ney, q.v. 
 IT. Betsey, b. May 24, 1753 ; d. Jan. 6, 1825. 
 
 Sylvanus Hemenavay, b. Aug. 3, 1726 ; m. 1750, 
 Hephzibah, b. Feb. 22, 1730, dan. of Thomas and Jane 
 (Wight) Frost, of Frara. She d. and he m. (2d) Molly 
 who d. May 5, 1827, a. 84 y.; he d. Mar. 25, 1812, 
 
 both in F. The family rem. from Fram. to Koyalston, 
 and from thence to F. The date of his coming to F. 
 is not known, bnt it was before 1793*. He lived on L 
 18 R 7. The lot was set to him in 1798. Ch. i-v. rec. 
 in Fram, and it is not known that any of them ever 
 lived in F.; vi.-vii. are from F. rec. 
 I. Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1751. 
 II. Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1753. 
 
 III. Joshua, b. Apr. 28, 1755. 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. Apr. 23, 1757. 
 V. Luther, b. Nov. 11, 1760. 
 
 VI. Sylvanus, Jr., was taxed in 1793 and 1794, and 
 
 then rem. 
 VII. Hephzibah, d. Apr. 5, 1812, a. 45 y. 
 
 Samuel Hemenway was first taxed in 1802 and rem. 
 ab. 1810 ; may have been s. of Sylvanus by 2d m.: m. 
 Jan. 10, 1803, Betsey, b. 1780, dan. of Joseph and 
 Hannah (Mellen) Forristall, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 
 I. Jose2)h, b. May 9, 1803. 
 
 Samuel Hill, b. at Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 25, 1801 ; 
 d. Apr. 28, 1879 ; s. of Samuel and Mary»(Stone) ; m. 
 Nov. 9, 1824, Nancy, b. June 22, 1806, dau. of William 
 and Polly (Walker) Locke. She d. Dec. 3, 1866, and 
 he m. (2d) Mar. 3, 1868, Louisa, b. Nov. 21, 1806, dau. 
 of Robert and Lydia (Jones) Thompson, of Royalston, 
 and wid. of Benjamin Wilson, of F., q.v. Mr. H. rem. 
 from Jaffrey to F. soon after his first m. and spent the 
 remainder of his life here, except a few years when he 
 res. in R. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1826 ; d. May 19, 1858, unm. 
 II. Sarah Marshall, b. Oct. 1, 1827 ; d. Nov. 6, 
 1875, at Lynn, Mass.; m. Oct. 30, 1845, Sar- 
 dine S. Bigelow, b. Nov. 9, 1819. He d. 
 June 9, 1848, and she m. (2d) June 13, 1850, 
 James Otis Mann, b. Jan. (?), 1820, at Natick, 
 Mass. He d. Mar., 1865, and she m. (3d) 
 James Berry, of Lynn, Mass. Ch. all by 2d 
 
606 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 16 
 
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 18 
 
 III. 
 
 IV 
 
 VI. 
 
 ra. , and b. 1, 4, and 5 at Natiek^ 2 and 3 at 
 Bolton, Mass. 
 
 1. James B\ge\o\v Mann, b. Mar. 28, 1852 ; 
 
 d. Nov. 5, 1862. 
 
 2. Mary Kingsbury Mann, b. Oct. 7, 1853 ; 
 
 d. Dec. 4, 1878, at Keene, unm. 
 
 3. Elbe Maria Mann, b. Sept. 15, 1855 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 25, 1856.' 
 
 4. Cbaiies Edward Mann, b. Feb. 8, 1857 ; 
 
 m. Mar. 4, 1886, Mary Milnor Law- 
 rence, of Grioucester, Mass., where they 
 res. 
 1. Dorothea Lawrence i¥f«iw, b. Jan. 
 26, 1887. 
 
 5. Frank Howard Mann, b. July 29, 1860 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 9, 1864. 
 Ellen, b. Mar. 9, 1831 ; m. Jan. 30, 1851, Marvin 
 Taft Tottingham, b. in Winchendon, Mar. 31, 
 1825, s. of Abrabam S. and Sarah M. (Taft). 
 Mr. T. lived in F. a few y., ab. 1848, and then 
 went to Keene, where he res. till his d., July 
 9, 1887. 
 
 1. Frank E. Tottingliam, b. Dec. 21, 1851 
 
 d. Feb. 13, 1854. 
 
 2. George F. TottingJiam, b. May 16, 1854 
 
 d. Mar. 23, 1863. 
 
 3. Nellie L. Toitincjliam, b. May 15, 1859 
 
 m. May 25, 1886, Edward A. Lyman 
 b. Mar. 24, 1859, in Winchester, N. H. 
 res. Keene. 
 
 4. Charles Totti-ngham, b. Aug. 22, 1861. 
 
 5. Fred. M. " b. June 10, 1864. 
 Charles Henry, b. Nov. 6, 1835 ; d. Nov. 17, 
 
 1836. 
 Charles Ediuin, b. Oct. 10, 1838 ; d. Aug. 22, 
 
 1853. 
 AMie Louisa, b. May 28, 1842 ; m. Orville L. 
 
 Brock, q.v. 
 
 I Joseph Hodge settled, before 1774, in Jaffrey, where he d. Aug. 
 26, 1831, a. 90 y.; by w. Elizabeth Alexander, of Leominster, Mass., he 
 had twelve ch., of whom the third was Agnes, who m. Elijah T. Smith, 
 q.v. The eleventh was 
 
 2 John, b. Feb. 13, 1799 ; by w. Polly Page, of Kindge, he had six 
 ch. all b. in JafCrey, of whom the fourth was Edwin L., b. Jan. 3, 1837. 
 
 I Edwiist Lemuel Hodge, b. Jan. 3, 1837 ; m. H. 
 I Augusta, b. Sept. 16, 1834, at Bennington, dau. of 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 607 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 VZ 
 13 
 
 Lyman and Jane (Gray) Knowlton, and wid. of his 
 older brc, George W. Ch. i.-iii. and viii.-x. in F., 
 IV. in Templeton, v.-yii. in Asliburnliam. 
 
 I. Georc/e E., b. May 6, 1859, 
 
 II. Charles L., b. Sept. 18, 1860. 
 
 III. Franz W., b. Apr. 13, 186^. 
 
 IV. Winfred C, b. June 12, 18G4 ; m. Aug. 15, 
 
 1886, Carrie M. Spaulding, of Jalfrev. 
 V. Herhert M., b. Nov. 23, 3 865; d. May 11, 
 
 1866. 
 VI. Adelhert M., b. Apr. 21, 1867 (twin). 
 Yii. Herbert M., b. Apr. 21, 1867 ; d. Dec. 11. 1867. 
 VIII. Bertis C, b. June 21, 1872. 
 IX. Norval W., b. Apr. 6, 1875. 
 X. PerMj G., b. Apr. 21, 1880. 
 
 HOLMAX. 
 
 I Solomon Holman came from Wales, Great Britain, and settled in 
 this country. One of his descendants, 
 
 2 Lieut. Edward Holman, came from Sutton, Mass., with 9 ch. and 
 settled in Ttoyalston. Tv.'o lines of his descendants have been repre- 
 sented in F, 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Edward Holman, prob. s. of Lt. Edward, settled in 
 Chesterfield, N". H., from whence he came to F. ab. 
 1806 ; res. here till he d., Feb. 28, 1837, a. 70 y.; he 
 m. Martha Hemenway, prob. dan. of Sylvanus ; she d. 
 Sept. 7, 1843, a. 74 y. The b. of none of their ch. are 
 found in F. rec, though several of the younger ones 
 must have been b. here. The following list of ch. is as 
 accurate as it is practicable to give : 
 
 I. Sally, m. Willard, of Sterling, Mass.; one 
 
 of their ch., 
 
 1. Charles L. Willard, d. in F. Dec. 10, 
 1822, a. 9 y. 
 II. Hephzihah, d. y. 
 
 III. Hannah, m. Feb. 15, 1816, Levi Starkey, of 
 
 Troy, s. of Enoch and Betsey ; rem. to Keene. 
 
 IV. Edward, is first taxed in 1815+. 
 
 V. Sylvanus, b. Julv 9, 1795 ; is first taxed in 
 
 1817+. 
 VI. Abigail, m. Apr. 23, 1820, Lucius Barnard, of 
 
 Springfield, Vt. 
 VII. Samuel, is first taxed in 1821 ; settled in Win- 
 
 chendon. 
 VIII. Fanny, m. Dec. 15, 1824, John Flint, of Tem- 
 pleton. 
 
608 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 (S) 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 IX. Lutlier, d. in K. Mar. 6, 1829, a. 25 y. : in- 
 terred in E. 
 X. Melietahel. 
 
 XI. David, is first taxed in 1830. 
 XII. Eliza, b. Oct. 23, 1810 ; d. Apr. 1, 1850 ; m. 
 Sept. 1, 1830, Leonard Osborne, of Marlboro, 
 N. H., b. July 6, 1809, s. of Jacob and Sibyl 
 (Farwell). (Far well Ancestral Memorial, 
 p. 107.) Ees. Troy, N. H., and Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 XIII. Lydia, d. June 23, 1811, a. 2 y. 
 
 XIV. John, lived in Fitch bnrg, Mass. 
 
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 I. 
 
 20 
 
 II. 
 
 21 
 
 III. 
 
 22 
 
 IV. 
 
 23 
 
 V. 
 
 24 
 
 VI. 
 
 25 
 
 VII. 
 
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 VIII. 
 
 27 
 
 IX. 
 
 28 
 
 X. 
 
 Edward Holmax, Jr., b. ab. 1793 ; m. Dec. 7, 
 1815, Lovina, b. June 2, 1792, dan. of Joseph and Mary 
 (Harris) Stone ; rem. to Keene. Ch. all rec. in F. 
 
 Edumrd Gardner, b. July 11, 1816. 
 
 Josejjh Willard, b. Dec. 16, 1817. 
 
 Lucinda, b. Mar. 6, 1820. 
 
 Mary Harris, b. Feb. 6, 1822. 
 
 Martha Heynemcay, bapt. Sept. 29, 1827. 
 
 Eliza, d. Sept. 8, 1827, a. 2 y. 
 
 David, bapt. Sept. 29, 1827. 
 
 Lovina, bapt. Aug. 16, 1829. 
 
 Ira Blanchard, bapt. July 17. 1831. 
 
 Sylvanns Hememcay, bapt. June 21, 1835. 
 
 (9) ' Sylvanus Holman", b. July 9, 1795 ; d. Mar. 14, 
 1877 ; m. Dec. 29, 1819, Lucy, b. June 27, 1798, dan. 
 of Francis and Sarah ( [Fisher] Perry) Fullam. Ch. 
 b. i.-ii. and VIII. -XI. in F., iii.-vii. in Keene, xii.-xiv. 
 in Chesterfield, N. H. 
 
 29 I. George Francis, b. Aug. 28, 1820 ; d. Oct. 31, 
 
 1847 ; ra. Apr. 28, 1842, Caroline, b. Dec. 
 27, 1820, dau. of Is^athan and Sarah (Whit- 
 comb) Hale, of Eindge ; she m. (2d) Benja- 
 min Fay, and (3d) William Lebourveau, 5-. r. 
 
 30 1. Infant, d. Sept. 9, 1843. 
 
 31 2. Mary Jane, b. July 22, 1844 ; m. Charles 
 
 B. Wilson, q.v. 
 
 32 3. Child, d. May 25, 1848, a. 2 v. 
 
 33 II. Ora, b. Jan. 5, 1822 ; d. May 2, 1827. 
 
 34 III. John, b. Sept. 2, 1824 ; d. Sept. 15, 1870, in 
 
 Edgecomb, Me. 
 
 35 IV. Tliomas F., b. Aug. 12, 1826 ; d. Nov. 15, 
 
 1826. 
 
 36 V. Sarali, b. Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Sept. 8, 1828. 
 
 37 VI. James, b. July 11, 1830+. 
 
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 46 
 
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 49 
 50 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 609 
 
 Yii. Jane, b. July 11, 1830 (twin) ; m. Bela W. 
 
 Felch, q.v. 
 VIII. Ora, b. Sept. 2, 1832 ; m. Harriet L ; 
 
 res. Boston. 
 IX. David Fnllam, b. Sept. 28, 1834 ; m. Sept. 23, 
 
 1857, Lucy Ann, b. May 5, 1836, dan. of 
 
 James and Hannah (Bowker) Corey, q.v.; 
 
 res. Fitchbiirg, Mass. 
 X. FUen Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1836 ; d. May 24, 
 
 1862 ; m. May 1, 1860, Lucius Whitcomb, s. 
 
 of Otis and Estlier (Osgood), of Swunzey. 
 
 1. Flora Augusta Whitcomb, b. Sept. 5, 
 
 1860. 
 
 2. George Francis Wiitcomb, b. Feb. 2, 
 
 1862. 
 XI. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1838 ; m. Charles 
 
 Bowker, q.v. 
 XII. Eliza, b. June 12, 1840 ; d. July 10, 1842. . 
 
 XIII. Thomas Franhlin, b. Nov. 22,' 1842 ; d. Julv 
 
 29, 1865. 
 
 XIV. William Henry, b. Nov. 14, 1845 ; m. Jan. ], 
 
 1868, Addie M., b. July 11, 1848, dan. of 
 George N. and Sarah (Phillips) Olmstead, 
 q.v.; res. Marshfield, Mass. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Elmer Thomas, b. Sept. 5, 1868. 
 
 2. Edward Francis, b. Mar. 25, 1873. 
 3. , b. June 11, 1877. 
 
 James Holman, b. July 11, 1830 ; m. Jan. 31, 1855, 
 Mary Jane, b. Aug. 24, 1837, dau. of William and Mary 
 G. (Putney) Lebourveau. 
 
 51 I. George F., b. July 2, 1856 ; m. Nov. 29, 1877, 
 Ella A., b. Nov. 30, 1859, at Plymouth, Vt., 
 dau. of Hosea B. and Mary A. Gilson ; res. 
 Gardner. Mass, 
 
 52 ! 1. Edith E., b Oct. 22, 1878. 
 
 53 I 2. Edna E. (twin), b. Oct. 22. 1878. 
 
 54 3. George E., b. Dec, 1881. 
 
 55 ! II. William E., b, Jan. 12, 1858 ; m. Mar. 30, 
 I 1877, Lizzie Anna, b. Dec. 14, 1858, dau. of 
 I David T. and Philinda (Martin) Moore. 
 
 56 I 1. Walter E., b. July 15, 1877. 
 
 57 III. Edna 31., b. Aug. 28, 1860 ; m. Jan. 13, 1880, 
 
 Herbert A. Marshall, q.v. 
 
 58 IV. Fred. E., b. Nov. 12, 1862 ; m. Jan. 11, 1884, 
 
 Mary Downey, of Boston, and res. there. 
 
 59 V. Frank D., b. Nov. 24, 1864. 
 GO VI. Edgar B., b. Apr. 13, 1867. 
 
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610 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 61 
 62 
 63 
 64 
 
 vii. Bertie L., b. Jan. 15, 1871 ; d. Jan. 31, 1871. 
 VIII. Carrie M., b. May 4, 1874. 
 IX. Herbert W., b. Feb. 22, 1876. 
 X. Harrie E., b. Oct. 13, 1880. 
 
 65 John Holman, a bro. of Edimrd No. 3, in. Sally Gale and res. in 
 
 Royalston. Theirs,, 
 
 66 Sbth Holman, m. Apr. 10, 1821, Eunice, b. Oct. 19, 1801, dau. 
 of Dana and Eunice (Thompson) Parks, of R. They had 5 ch., of whom 
 the 3d was Seth N., b. Jan. 5, 1828. 
 
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 68 
 69 
 
 Seth JSTewell HooiAiir, b. in E,. Jan. 5, 1828 ; m. 
 Eilla, b. May 22, 1843, in Westminster, Vt., dau. of 
 J. C. and Nancy (Gill) Eichardson. Mr. H. bought 
 the HowevilJe mills and rem. from E. to F. ab. 1868. 
 
 I. Setli Carhton, b. Dec. 22, 1867. 
 II. Grace Emeline Parks, b. Apr. 9, 1872. 
 
 HOWE. 
 
 1 John' How is first mentioned on Sudbury, Mass. rec. in 1639, 
 when he received grant of a house lot ; was a petitioner in 1656 for 
 grant of Marlboro, Mass., whither he rem. in 1657. He d. May 28, 
 1680, a. 78 y., and was doubtless the emigrant ancestor of the family ; 
 his w. Mary d. 1698. They had 11 ch., of whom the 2d was 
 
 2 Samuel% b. Oct. 20, 1642 ; d. Apr. 13, 1713 ; lived in S.; m. June 
 5, 1663, Martha, dau. of John and Martha Bent, of M. ; she d. Aug. 
 29, 1680, and he m. (2d) Sept. 18, 1685, wid. Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp ; 
 7 ch. by 1st m. ; 6 ch. by 2d m. ; his 3d ch. was 
 
 3 Samuel', b. May 19, 1668 ; settled in Framingham, where he m. 
 Nov. 23, 1715, Ruth, dau. of John and Mary (Peabody) Death. They 
 had 5 ch., of whom the 4tli was 
 
 4 Joseph^, b. Mar. 6, 1724 ; rem. from Fram. to Stow, Mass., ab. 
 1775 ; m. Nov. 1, 1750, Sarah Stone, and had ch. b. in Fram. i. Piu- 
 dence, bapt. July 12, 1752 ; ii. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1754 ; captain in the 
 Rev. War •, m. June 15, 1780, Huldah Stacy, sister of Anna, who m. 
 Samuel Stone, q.v.; rem. to Boxboro, Mass., in 1787 ; iii. Sarah, b. 
 Feb. 25, 1756 ; iv. Sampson, b. .Tan. 12, 1758 ; v. Miriam, b. Feb. 27, 
 1760 ; VI. Nahum, b. Mar. 14, 1762, 5 ; vii. Daniel, b. June 1, 1764, 
 
 I I; VIII. Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1766; ix. Nathan, b. Aug. 10, 1770; 
 X. Samuel, b. Oct. 19, 1773. Two of his ch., Nahum and Daniel, set- 
 tled in F., and it is stated that Joseph lived here for a short time, 
 though his name does not appear anywhere in the town rec. This 
 branch of the family now uniformly write the name Hoioe. 
 
 Nahum' Howe, b. Mar. 14, 1762 ; d. July 25, 1816 ; 
 m. at Boxboro, Mass., 1784 or 5, Mary Taylor, b. Oct. 
 13, 1767 ; d. July 29, 1850. Settled on L 11 E 12. Mr. 
 H, came in 1789 and commenced a clearing, and brought 
 up his family the next spring. Ch. b. i.-iii. in B., 
 ly.-v. in F. 
 
GEISTEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 611 
 
 I. Polhf, b. Dec. 17, 1785 ; m. John Saunders, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Ruth, b. 1787 (?) ; d. in Bennington, Vt., unm. 
 
 III. NaUum, b. July 1, 1789+. 
 
 IV. Phineas, b. May 16, 1792+. 
 
 V. Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1794 ; m. Elijah Lyon, q.v. 
 
 Daniel** Howe, b. June 1, 1764 ; m. Elizabeth Patch 
 (sister of Lucy Patch, who m. Oliver Whitcomb, q.v.). 
 It is supposed that he came to F. at ab. the same time 
 as his brother Nahum, though no land is set to liim in 
 the tax-lists of 1790 and 1791. A few years later hp 
 was located on West Hill, L 17 and 18 R 11. The 
 family rem. to Springfield, Vt., ab. 1800. Mr. H. was 
 taxed in F. in 1799, but not afterward. Ch. bapt. of 
 all rec. in F., but the youngest was prob. b. in S. 
 I. EUzaMli\ bapt. Jan. 2, 1791. 
 II. Eli, bapt. Oct. 21, 1792 ; d. July 12, 1793. 
 
 III. Hannah, bapt. Oct. 19, 1794. 
 
 IV. Eli, bapt. Nov. 13, 1796. 
 
 V. Daniel, bapt. Mar. 31, 1799. 
 VI. James, bapt, Feb. 1, 1801. 
 
 Xahum* Howe, b. July 1, 1789 ; d. Sept 9, 1859 ; 
 m. Dec. 13, 1813, Susanna, b. Sept. 5, 1796 ; d. Apr. 
 10, 1862, dau. of Jacob and Sally (Mellen) Townsend. 
 Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Boiuman', b. Aug. 30, 18144-. 
 II. Nahum, b. Nov. 4, 181 7+ . 
 
 III. Flint, b. Aug. 23, 1819 ; m. Oct., 1843, Sarah 
 
 A. Fulton, of Colerain, Mass. He d. Nov. 9, 
 1865, at Hardin, la. 
 
 IV. Sarah Toionsend, b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; m. Sept. 1, 
 
 1840, Nehemiah Upham, of Grafton, where 
 
 she d. Aug. 29, 1842. 
 
 V. Betsey, b. May 17, 1824 ; m. Joel Perham, q.v. 
 
 vr. Moses Taylor, b. Aug. .10, 1827 ; m. Sept. 16, 
 
 1852, Elvira, dau. of Amos and Mary Jane 
 
 (Gibson) AYellington, of Ashby, Mass. Res. la. 
 
 VII. Susan, b. Nov. 20, 1831 ; m. Elijah Wilder, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 Rev. Phineas^ Howe, b. May 16, 1792 ; d. Jan. 
 17, 1869 ; m. Nov, 6, 1816, Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1797 ; 
 d. at Marlboro, Vt., June 12, 1839, dau. of Joel and 
 Lucy (Flint) Hayden, of F.; m. (2d) Feb. 26, 1840, 
 Louisa Perry, of Worcester, Mass. She d. Sept. 3, 
 
612 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 26 
 
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 36 
 37 
 
 1848, at Winchester, N. H., and he m. (8d) Virtue B. 
 Stearns, of Wilmington, Vt. (See p. 443.) Ch. all b. 
 at F. and by 1st m. 
 
 I. Harriet Hayden\ b. Aug. 24, 1817 ; m. Jiiue 
 30, 1844, Moses Merritield, Jr., s. of Moses 
 and Susanna (Yeomands), of Marlboro, Vt. 
 Mr. M. was in business in Boston for nearly 
 40 y., and d. in Dorchester, Feb. 15, 1876. 
 3Iary Ann, b. July 3, 1819 ; m. Apr. 2, 1840, 
 Benjamin E. Morse, s. of Ebeuezer and Sally 
 (Goodnow), of ISTewfane, Vt. ; res. N. 
 John, b. June 16, 1822 ; d. Jan. 8, 1877, at 
 Somerville, Mass.; m., 1846, Sarah F., dau. 
 of Jacob and Ada (Kathern) Morse, of N, 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Bowman" Howe, b. Aug. 30, 1814 ; d. Jan. 20, 1877 ; 
 m. Jan. 1, 1838, Hannah, b. June 25, 1815, dau. of 
 Jacob and Phillis ( [Sweet] Grant) Whitcomb, q.v. She 
 d. Dec. 18, 1854, and he m. (2d) Oct. 2, 1855, Cynthia 
 WJiitcomb, b. Sept. 21, 1825, a sister of his 1st w.' Mr. 
 and Mrs. H. and both ch. were interred in F., though 
 only the ch. Isaac W. d. in F. Ch. b. i.-iii. in F., 
 TV. -VIII. in Richmond. 
 
 I. Charles', b. Sept. 14, 1838 ; m. Mar. 1, 1866, 
 Sarah J., dau. of Jason and Sally Knights, of 
 Phillipston. 
 Isaac Whitcomb, b. INFav 8, 1840 ; d. Julv 3, 
 
 1842. 
 Elizaleth, b. June 10, 1843 ; m. June 29, 1865, 
 
 Henry Handy, q.v. 
 Orri7i Bowman, b. Aug. 2, 1847 ; m. Mar. 17, 
 1872, Emma, b. July 16, 1852, dau. of Amos 
 A. and Catherine (Carter) Flint, of Eichmond. 
 Cora M., b. Apr. 20, 1859 ; d. Dec. 6, 1861. 
 Emilij S., b. Nov. 6, 1861. 
 Elbridge, b. Jan. 5, 1864. 
 Ephraim W., b. Sept. 13, 1867. 
 
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 IV. 
 
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 VIII 
 
 Nahum' Howe, b. Nov. 4, 1817 ; d. Aug. 16, 1873 ; 
 m. Nov. 18, 1840, Phebe Perley. Shed. Oct. 16, 1861, 
 a. 44 y., and he m. (2d) Apr. 6, 1865, Nancy A. ([Har- 
 ris] Ketchum), b. Feb. 10, 1828, dau. of Levi and 
 Nancy Ann (Byam) Harris, q.v. She res. in Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 I. Laura Ann, b. Nov. 22, 1841 ; d. Apr. 29, 
 
 1860. 
 II. Jane M., b. Oct. 1, 1843 ; m. Mar. 22, 1864, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 618 
 
 Joseph E. Harkness, s. of Elisha and Ann 
 (Burgess). 
 
 III. Ella Phebe, b. May 8, 1846. 
 
 IV. Henry Perley^h. Oct. 27, 1848; m. Sept. 14, 
 
 1871, Mariiinna, b. June 16, 1853, dau. of Ed- 
 mund and Mary M. (Kimball) Bemis, of Troy. 
 
 1. Alta Mav^ b. Mar. 14, 1873 ; d. Sept. 1, 
 
 1873. 
 
 2. Edmund Bemis, b. July 7, 1878. 
 
 3. Perley Clifton, b. Jan. 1, 1882. 
 v. Helen 31., b. Apr. 28, 1851. 
 
 VI. Flora M., b. Oct. 3, 1854. 
 VII. Walter Nahum, b. Feb. 13, 1866. 
 
 Zalmon Howe, from Holden, Mass., connection not. 
 traced, settled in Marlboro in 1803, in that part of the 
 town now within the limits of Troy ; came to F. ab. 
 1837, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1855, a. 80 y. He m. Phebe 
 Holt, of Holden, who d. Apr. 10, 1867. a. 87 v. 9 mos. 
 Ch. prob. all b. in Marlboro (Troy after 1815)." 
 
 I. Asenath, b ; m. John Simonds, of Brattle- 
 
 boro. 
 II. Nelson, b. May 7, 1807+. 
 
 III. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1810 ; m. Thomas Sweetser, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. ; m. Harvey Blanding, q.v. 
 
 V. Martha, b. ; m. Asa B, Clark, q.v. 
 
 VI. Harriet JV., b. ; m. June 5, 1839, Gideon 
 
 Willis, of Swanzey. 
 
 VII. Joel, b. ; m. Mar. 6, 1844, Nancy, b. in 
 
 Eoyalston, Jan. 23, 1829, dau. of George and 
 Sophronia (Nichols) Richardson, then of F. ; 
 rem. to Keene, where Mr. H. d. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Edgar M., b. ab. 1849. 
 
 2. Lilian F., b. ab. 1853. 
 
 Nelson Howe, b. May 7, 1807 ; m. Dec. 24, 1831, 
 Eliza, b. Mar. 14, 1815 ; d. June 3, 1850, dau. of Caleb 
 and Mary (Whittemore) Sweetser, q.v.j m. (2d) Dec. 
 5, 1850, Angeline, dau. of David Piatt, of Troy. For 
 many y. Mr. H. alone, or in connection with his bro. 
 Joel and others, did a large business in manufacturing 
 tubs, pails, etc., at the mills in Howeville, which was 
 named for him. This was the largest manufacturing 
 business in town for over 20 y. ; rem. to Boston, and 
 
 from thence to , Me. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Hannah Sophronia, b. Oct. 12, 1832 ; d. Nov. 
 12, 1857 ; m. Nov. 10, 1853, Bradford Sher- 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 man, b. Oct. 12, 1832, s. of Jonathan and 
 Mehetabel (Knowles). Ch. b. in Chelsea, 
 Mass. 
 
 1. Koger Sherman, b. Aug. 16, 1854. 
 
 2. ■ " b. Nov. 16, 1857 ; d. 
 
 Xov. 20, 1857. 
 II. Oscar Fitzland, b. Nov. 20, 1834 ; m. Oct. 26, 
 1864, Mary Ernilie, b. Aug. 1, 1834, dau. of 
 Daniel and Mary M. (Morris) Holder, of 
 Lynn, Mass.; res. Boston. 
 
 III. Martha Ann, b. Nov. 1, 1837 ; d. May 1, 1848. 
 
 IV. Maria Augusta, b. Feb. 9, 1840 ; d. Aug. 9, 
 
 1843. 
 V. Augusta Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1844. 
 VI. Charles Nelson, b. May 20, 1846 ; d. Sept. 10, 
 
 1847. 
 VII. Infant, b. Sept. 28, 1848 ; d. Sept. 29, 1848. 
 
 Lieut. Phinehas Hutchins was from Lunenburg, 
 Mass. His w. Abigail was the eldest dau. of Gen. 
 James and Abigail (Hinds) Reed, q.v. Gen. Eeed 
 deeded to him L 14 E 7, Nov. 15, 1774, and built a 
 house for him on the lot. This lot was previously 
 owned by Benjamin Bigelovv, and Dr. Cummings states 
 that this house built by Gen. Reed was located " on or 
 near the spot where Mr. Bigelow's house had stood." 
 Dr. C. also states that the house " was afterward in- 
 habited by several different families, among whom were 
 his s. Sylvaaus, Oapt. Patch, Esq. Root, Mr. Spinney, 
 and others." Lt. H. prob. came to F. in 1775, and rem. 
 to VValpole, N. H., in 1782 or '83. His name occurs very 
 frequently in both town and proprietary rec. during the 
 few y. that he res. in F. Mrs. H. was admitted to chh. 
 in F. Mar. 10, 1776, on letter from the chh. in L., and 
 was dis. to chh. in ^^. Sept. 14, 1783. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. John Sullivan, bapt. Aug. 10, 1776. 
 II, Prude, bapt. Jan. 30, 1779. 
 
 INGALLS. 
 
 I Edmund' Ingalls, from England, settled in Lynn, Mass., in 1629 ; 
 by w. Ann he had 6 ch. b. in England and 8 b. in Lynn. Their 3d s., 
 
 2 HENllT^ b. 1637 ; d. 1719 ; early settled in Andover, Mass., where 
 he m. twice ; by 1st w., Mary Osgood, he had 12 ch., of whom was 
 
 3 HENKY^ b. Dec. 8, 1656 ; d. Feb. 8, 1695 ; by w. Sarah Abbott 
 he had several ch., of whom was 
 
 4 JosiAH^, prob. b. in Andover, but b. not rec. in A. rec. His s., 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 '■ 5 JosTAH^ settled in Eindge ab. 1760 ; by w. Eunice he had 6 s., of 
 whom the 2d was 
 
 6 JosrAH«, b. Oct. 31, 1747 ; m. Aug. 31, 1771, Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 
 1750, dan. of Nehemiah and Sarah (Larrabee) Bowers, of R. The family 
 rem. to Jaffrey in 1787. Of their 11 ch. the 5th, Josiah 7, the 6th, 
 James 8, 'iid the 8th, Deborah f 5, were connected with F. 
 
 Josiah' Ingalls, b. Apr. 5, 1780 ; m. Dec. 29, 1808, 
 Lois, b. Nov. 17, 1784, dan. of Jonathan and liois 
 (Porter) Capron, of Marlboro. (See Plimpton Eec.) 
 Settled ab. 1814 in F., where he d. Mar. 19, 1855. She 
 d. Mar. 20, 1855. They were buried in one grave and 
 under one funeral service. They had no ch. Mrs. 
 Lois (Porter) Capron d. in F. July 10, 1841, a. 81 y. 
 
 James' Ingalls, b. Feb. 7, 1782 ; d. Apr. 7, 1830 ; 
 m. Eebecca, b. June 8, 1790 ; d. Apr. 9, 1868, dau. of 
 Daniel and Alice (Shedd) Twiss, of Jaffrey ; res. 
 Eindge. 
 
 I. Abigail, m. John Kendrick, of Dover, Mass. 
 II. Caroline, m. George Chesman ; res. Boston, 
 
 Mass. 
 in. James M.\ b. Titay 8, 1819+ 
 IV. Amos, d. 1864. 
 
 Y. Lucy, ni. James M. Small ; res. Jaffrey. 
 VI. Lois A., m. M. Sumner Deeth, q.v. 
 
 Deborah' Ingalls, b. Aug. 17, 1785 ; m. May 9, 
 1816, Eev. Charles Mavory, a Methodist minister ; m. 
 (2d) Eobinson Perkins, q.v. Ch. by 1st m. 
 
 I. Sarah Maria^ Mavory, b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; m. John 
 Smith, q.v. 
 
 James M'. Ingalls, b. May 8, 1819 ; m. Nov. 20, 
 1844, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1823, dau. of Eeuben and 
 Euth Howe (Stone) Pratt, of F. Ab. 1866 rem. to 
 Marlboro, Mass., where they still res. Ch. b. i. in 
 Brookline, Mass., 11. in F. 
 
 I. Sarah Elizahet¥, b. Aug. 1, 1848 ; m. Nov. 20, 
 1869, John Sawyer Fay, b. Jan. 15, 1840, in 
 Berlin, Mass., s. of Samuel Chandler and 
 Nancy (Warren) ; res. Marlboro, Mass. 
 1. Frederick Harold'" Fay, b. July 5, 1872. 
 II. Frederic James, b. Apr. 28, 1852 ; d. Dec. 14, 
 1865. 
 
616 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 20 Edmond Ingalls, from Cumberland, R. I., was an early settler 
 ia Richmond ; by w. Esther he had 6 ch., of whom the youngest was 
 
 2 1 ZiMRi, b. Mar. 21, 1784 ; d. May 3, 1852 ; m. Parna Howe, of 
 Brookfield, Mass.; she d. Oct. 28, 1852, a. 68 y. Ch. all b. in R. 
 I. Harriet, b. Mar. 30, 1808 ; ii. Seraphina, b. Dec. 13, 1810 ; in. Ran- 
 som, b. Oct. 9, 1811, 22 ; IV. Paulina, b. Feb. 20, 1815 ; m. Jubal E. 
 Allen, g.v.; v. Isabinda, b. Aug. 19, 1818 ; m. Josiah E. Carter, q.v.; 
 VI. Persis, b. July 25, 1820 ; m. Mansel M. Blanding, g.©.; vii. Oti?, 
 b. Dec. 31, 1822 ; viii. Jarvis, b. Mar. 31, 1824 ; ix. Amos H., b. Julv 
 31, 1827. 
 
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 Ransom Ingalls, b. Oct. 9, 1811 ; d. Dec. 2, 1882 ; 
 m. Sept. 20, 1837, Sylphina, b. Aug. 18, 1817 : d. 1844, 
 riau. of Timothy aud Nellie (Kelton) Pickerinsr, of 
 Richmond ; m. (2d) Eliza, b. Mar. 22, 1818 ; d. Aug., 
 1857, dan. of Cvrns and Betsey (Jackson) Fairbanks, 
 of Troy. Came to F. ab. 1836, and rem. to T. ab. 1841. 
 No rec. of ch. has been obtained, but 
 
 I. Gliarle8 F.. b. June 15, 1838 ; m. Jane 8, 1859, 
 Mary E., b. Mar. 21, 1838, dau. of Abijah and 
 Betsey (Sweetser) Spofford, of F.; res. Hills- 
 boro Bridge, N. H. Ch. b. 1st in T., 2d in 
 Marlboro. 
 
 1. George Elmer, b. Mar. 5, 1862 ; m. Oct. 
 
 6, 1883, Flora R., b. Aug. 23, 1861, in 
 Sullivan, N. H., dau. of John S. and 
 Jane E. (Jennings) Currier ; res. Hills- 
 boro Bridge, N. H. 
 1. Charles Oney, b. Mar. 5, 1885. 
 
 2. William Henry Spofford, b. Feb. 15, 
 
 1875. 
 II. AhUe Eliza, b. July 12, 1855 ; m. in F. June 
 15, 1881, Eugene E. A\^ood, s. of Emery J. 
 and Martha M.; res. Leominster, Mass. 
 
 Thomas Benton Ingell, b. Apr. 25, 1841, s. of 
 Cheney and Almira (Phelps), of Chester, Mass.; m. 
 May 25, 1870, Jane E., b. Jan. 11, 1847, dau. of Sidney 
 and Elvira (Poland) Carleton, of Winchester, N. H. 
 
 I. Eva Jane, b. Mar. 21, 1871, in W. 
 II. Ada Emily, b. Aug. 15, 1876, in F. 
 
 Isaac Jackson, with w. Ruth and 7(?) ch., came 
 from Attleboro, Mass., in 1778, or before, and settled on 
 L 23 R 10. He d. July 16,-1796. His wid. Ruth was 
 taxed in town till 1802.' The list of his ch. given below 
 is from the Hist, of Troy, but some of the items are 
 not quite correct. Two of his ch., the 8tli and 9th in 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 617 
 
 the list, were b. and rec. in F. viii. Bebe, b. Dec. 16, 
 1778 ; d. 1854 ; m. (1st) Joel Melleri, q.v.; (2d) Russell 
 Ballon, s. of James and Tamasin (Cook) Ballon, of Rich- 
 mond ; his 2d w.; he was b. July 11, 1703, in Cumber- 
 land, R. I.; d. Nov. 10, 1847, in Svvanzey. ix. Polly, 
 b. Jan. 16, 1781 ; m. Mar. 16, 1802, Laban Starkey, s. 
 of Peter, Also rec. in F. infant of Isaac Jackson, d. 
 June 29, 1789 ; dau. d. Oct. 16, 1793. A careful ex- 
 amination of the tax-lists, the rec. of m., b., and d. to 
 1820 fails to show any Fisher with w. Lucy living- in F. 
 I. Henry, m. Abby, dau. of William Bruce, ;ind 
 
 moved to Vt. 4-- 
 II. Isaac, m. Mary, dau. of Henry Tolman, and 
 
 moved to the AVest ; left town ab. 1799. 
 
 III. John, m. Lucrctia Millin, of Westminster, and 
 
 settled in Swanzey. 
 
 IV. Amos, moved to Vermont. 
 V. Samuel. 
 
 VI. Anna. 
 
 VII. Sarah. 
 
 VIII. Phebe, m. Joel Millin, of S. 
 
 IX. Polly, m. Laban Starkey. 
 
 X. Lucy, m. Fisher and settled in F. 
 
 Henry Jackson was taxed in F. from 1793* to 1815. 
 Lived in the north part of the town, which became a 
 part of Troy. In the rec. of the m. of his dan. 
 Susanna she is called of T, By w. Sally he had ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1793. 
 II. Silas WMtcomh, b. Aug. 22, 1795. 
 
 III. Susanna, b. Sept. 10, 1797 ; m. Herman Fisher, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Samuel, b. June 13, 1799. 
 V. Sally, b. Dec. 24, 1800. 
 
 Rev. Abraham Jenkins, b. Mar. 14, 1811, in Barre, 
 Mass.; d. in F. Aug. 4, 1861, s. of Abraham and Mary 
 (Lord) ; m. June 7, 1845, Helen Maria, b. Jan. 15, 
 1820 ; d. May. 22, 1851, dau. of Daniel W. and Betsey 
 (Grifidn) Farrar, of Troy, N. IL; m. (2d) Jan. 1, 1852, 
 Eliza, b. Jan. 25, 1830, dau. of Dexter and Betsey 
 (Wright) Whittemore, q.v. (See p. 203.) After Mr. J. 
 was dismissed from the pastorate of the chh. in F. he 
 preached in various places, as his health would allow, 
 till the spring of 1857, when he rem. to Wendell, Mass. 
 lie preached in W. till the fall of 1859, when he re- 
 turned to F., where he res. till his d. 
 
618 
 
 HISTOEY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 I. Echoard Hitchcoch, b. Oct. 12, 1853 ; d. July 8, 
 1855. 
 
 II. TJiomas Dexter, b. July 7, 1855 ; m. May 22, 
 
 1879, Cavrie Gertrude, b. Oct. 13, 1853, in 
 Worthington, Mass., dau. of Sydney D. and 
 Mari (Freeland) Brewster ; res. Pitcliburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 1. Helen Whittemore, b. Feb. 18, 1883. 
 
 III. William Lord, b. Apr. 16, 1858 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 
 1882. 
 lY. Helen Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1859 ; d. Dec. 23, 
 1860. 
 
 Hexry Jewbtt came to F, ab. 1794, and after living 
 bere four or five y., rem. to parts unknown. By w. 
 Patty he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Sally Howe, bapt. July 22, 1798. 
 
 Asa Johnson came to F. before 1780 from Holliston, 
 Mass., and settled on L 17 JR. 8 on the old military road 
 north of Gen. Keed. He m. Hannah, b. Mar. 5, 1751, 
 dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Adams) Mellen, q.v. Mr. 
 and Mrs. J. were adm. to chh. in F. Xov. 17, 1782, and 
 Dec. 23, 1799 were dis. to chh. in Hartland, 7t., 
 from whence they rem. to Attica, N. Y, The family 
 prob. left town in 1792 or 1793*. Oh. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Ithamer, b. Jan. 19, 1780. 
 II. Hannali, b. Sept. 1, 1781. 
 
 III. Ahifjail, b. Apr. 14, 1783. 
 
 IV. Daniel, b. June 15, 1784 ; d. May 1, 1787. 
 V. Asa, b. Apr. 14, 1786. 
 
 VI. Daniel, b. May 29, 1788. 
 VII. Joseph, bapt. July 11, 1790. 
 VIII. Luther, bapt. July 15, 1792. 
 
 Joseph Johnson, d, June 19, 1790, killed instantly 
 by fall of a tree. He was bro. of Asa. 
 
 Eebecca Johnson, Mnd. of James and mother of 
 Mrs. Rufus Foster, d. Jan. 14, 1851, a. 87 y. James 
 Johnson was a cousin of Joseph. 
 
 Eunice Johnson and Benjamin Angier m. Dec. 27, 
 
 1795. 
 
 Daniel Joslin and w. Mary were in town in 1778 or 
 earlier, and prob. settled on LIE 1. They were adm. 
 to chh. in F. Oct. 18, 1778, and dis. to chh. in Win- 
 chendou, Apr. 8, 1787. A part or all of the lot of land 
 
GEISTE A LOGICAL REGISTER. 619 
 
 described was taxed to Peter Joslin, of W., from 1788 
 to 1814 ; the whole lot in the earlier y. In some of the 
 early y. it is noted " or son," and it seems prob. that 
 Daniel was s. of Peter. The name is generally Joyslin 
 in the earlier rec. Ch, rec. in F. 
 
 I. Daniel, bapt. Oct. 28, 1778 ; d. July 2G, 1780. 
 II. Polly, bapt. Mar. 2G, 1780. 
 
 III. Levi, bapt. June 30. 1782 ; d. Dec. 27, 1783. 
 
 IV. Peter, bapt. Aug. 15, 1784. 
 V. Lucy, bapt. Sept. 17, 1786. 
 
 Edward Kelley was taxed on L 5 R 7 in Propri- 
 etors' tax-list of 1788, and in the Road or penny tax- 
 list of 1789. Also in Town tax-lists 1793-6. Rem. to 
 Windsor, Vt., prob. ab. 1797 ; m. July 28, 1791, Betsey, 
 b. Dec. 22, 1770, dau. of Samuel and Jerusha (Harris) 
 Patrick, or Kilpatrick. The name is spelled Kelley in 
 the rec. of m., but in the Town tax rec. and in the 
 Hist, of Jaffrey it is Calley. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1791. 
 
 KENDALL. 
 
 Timothy Kendall (prob. s. of Samuel), with w. 
 Esther, rem. from Woburn, Mass., and settled in Leo- 
 minster, Mass., in 1740. Ch. b. in L. 
 I. Timothy, b. 1741. 
 
 II. Edward, b. 1743 ; m. Prudence Hartwell and 
 
 settled in F., prob. early in 1769. His name 
 does not appear in the rec. of a Proprietors' 
 meeting held in Oct., 1768, but at a meeting 
 held in Nov., 1769, he was chosen to three 
 official positions. He settled on L 15 R 5, 
 which he bought of James Reed for £30 by 
 deed dated May 22, 1766 ; ret. to L. ab. 1774, 
 and d. there in 1776. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Joanna, bapt. Jan. 10, 1773. 
 
 2. Tabitha, bapt. Nov. 14, 1773. 
 
 III. Samuel, b. 1748+. 
 
 IV. Asa, b. 1753 ; m. Persis Fuller. They are said 
 
 to have lived in F., but it must have been at 
 an early date, and for a short time only, as his 
 name does not appear in any of the rec. ; rem. 
 to Westminster, Mass., where he d. 1821. 
 V. Luhe, b. 1756 : d. 1758. 
 
 Samuel Kendall, Esq., b. 1748 ; d. July 30, 1816 ; 
 m. Betsey Wetherbee, who d. Jan. 23, 1823, a69y.; 
 
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 IIISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 pvob. came to F. in 1772, as his name first appears in 
 tlie rec. of a Proprietors' meeting held Oct. 7, 1772. 
 At this meeting he was cliosen a member of three differ- 
 ent committees on the meeting-house. He was prob. 
 the third Justice of the Peace commissioned in town, 
 James Reed being the first and Jolm Mellen the second. 
 He settled on L 14 R 2, where Charles Perry now lives. 
 Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Betseij, b. Jan. 31, 1774 ; m. Dec. 28, 17'94, 
 Benjamin Elwell, and settled in Langdon, N. 
 H., where both d. the same day and were 
 buried in the same grave. They had cli. 
 
 1. Samuel Elwell. 
 
 2. Betsey " m. Sartwell. 
 
 3. Nancy " m. Glover. 
 
 4. Robert " res. in L. and was a prom- 
 
 inent man in the town and county. 
 II. Luke, b. Dec. 7, 1776+. 
 
 III. Samuel, b. July 12, 1780 ; d. Feb. 13, 1785. 
 
 IV. Timotliy, b. Aug. 25, 1782+. 
 V. Salome, b. Sept. 4, 1786. 
 
 VI. Mersylvia, b. Sept. 14, 1788 ; d. Jan. 6, 1838. 
 VII. Caroline, b. July 31, 1796 : d. Dec. 14, 1796. 
 VIII. Milton, b. Dec. "16, 1798 ; d. Sept. 23, 1799. 
 
 Luke Kendall, b. Dec. 7, 1776 ; d. July 27, 1845 ; 
 m. May 9, 1802, Sally Dadmun, d. Mar. 8, 1870, a. 90 
 y. Ch. all b. at F. 
 
 I. Milton, b. 1804 : d. Sept. 19, 1805. 
 II. Dorinda, b. Feb. 28, 1805; d. Mar. 9, ]847, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Luke Milton, b. Dec. 8, 1807. 
 
 IV. Jjeonard, b. Nov. 17, 1809. 
 
 V. Betsey Wetherbee, b. Nov. 21, 1811 ; d. Jan. 4, 
 
 1837, unm. 
 VI. William., b. Ausr. 30, 1814. 
 
 VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 25, 1816 ; m. June 16, 1847, 
 Mary Atherton, b. May 25, 1816, dau. of 
 Daniel and Fanny (Bowker), of Northboro, 
 Mass. Ch. b. at F. 
 
 1. Edward Atherton, b. Dec. 19, 1855 ; d. 
 Apr. 19, 1883. 
 VIII. Franklin, b. Mar. 16, 1822 ; d. Nov. 10, 1856 ; 
 m. Sept. 14, 1847, Eliza Ann Blodgett, b. 
 July 1, 1826, dau. of Joseph and Hannah 
 (Chase), q.v. Ch. b. 1 in Peterboro, 2 in 
 Jaffrey, 3 in F. 
 
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 SAMUEL KENDALL. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 621 
 
 1. Charles Lucius, b. Dec. 22, 1849 ; d. 
 
 June 5, 1850. 
 
 2. Ad die Frances, b. June 23, 1853 ; m. 
 
 Feb. 17, 1879, Waldo B. S.ykes, s. of 
 Ira and Amelia, of Dorset, Vt. ; res. D. 
 
 3. Annah Maria, b. Oct. 19, 1856. 
 
 Timothy Kendall, b. Aug. 25, 1782 ; d. Feb. 14, 
 1851 ; m. Sept. 20, 1804, Anna, b. Apr. 20, 1782 ; d. 
 Apr. 1, 1800, dau. of Levi and Tabitlia (Hardy) Brig- 
 ham, q.v. Rem. to Troy in 1815 and returned to F. in 
 1845. Ch. b. I. -IV. in F., vi.-ix. in T. 
 
 33 I. Lyman, b. July 9, 1805 ; d. May 5, 1828. 
 
 34 ir. Caroline, b. June 22, 1807 ; d. Nov. 11, 1812. 
 
 35 III. Clarissa, b. Sept. 29, 1809 ; d. Mar. 15, 1812. 
 
 36 IV. Timothy B., b. Dec. 14, 1811 ; d. Oct. 24, 1812. 
 
 37 V. Timothy, b. Oct. 9, 1813 ; d. Deo. 10, 1855 ; 
 m. May 10, 1839, Catherine, b. June 22, 181G, 
 dau. of Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wiieeler, 
 of T. 
 
 38 1. Charles B., b. Aug. 15, 1842. 
 
 39 2. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 17, 1844. 
 
 40 VI. Caroline, b. Jan. 30, 1810 ; d. Aug. 24, 1836. 
 
 41 i VII. Parkman, b. Sept. 13, 1818 ; d. Mar. 24, 1850. 
 
 42 j VIII. Charles, b. Jan. 10, 1821 ; d. Feb. 9, 1837. 
 
 43 IX. George, b. Oct. 24, 1824 ; d. Sept. 14, 1854. 
 
 44 Bezaleel Kendall and w. Elizabeth, said to have 
 been from Kennebec (Kennebunk), Me., settled on L 3 
 R 3. He was taxed 179.5-1803. His name is Barzela 
 or Barzillai in a few places. The Cheshire Railroad 
 passes over the site of his house. Not known to be any 
 
 '• connection of the preceding family. Ch. lec. in F. 
 
 45 I I. Jose2}h, b. May 15, 1795. 
 
 46 I II. Abigail, b. Feb. 15, 1798. 
 
 47 1 III. Child, d. July 22, 1795, prob. older than Joseph. 
 
 48 Joshua Kendall was taxed 1793 to 1797. Had ch. 
 
 ' rec. in F. 
 
 49 
 
 50 I II. Lucy, f 
 
 r- iZ\. [bapt. Nov. 7,1792. 
 
 51 Alpheus Kendall and w. Roxana had 1 ch. rec. 
 iin F. 
 
 52 ! I. Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1805. 
 
622 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Samuel Kilburn" came to F. prob. in 1799 ; m. Apr. 
 6, 1802, Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1780 ; d. June 30, 1835, dau. 
 of Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris) Potter, q.v. He d. in 
 Keene, Mar. 6, 1835, a. 60 y. He built the brick house 
 where Capt. J. S. Adams now lives ab. 1810, and occu- 
 pied it till within a y. or two of his d. 
 
 I. Harvey, b. June 11, 1805. 
 
 II. Milton, b. Jan. 17, 1811 ; d. Feb. 16, 1863 ; 
 m., 1835, Adaline, b. Sept. 15, 1815, dau. of 
 Asa and Fanny (Jewetfc) Parker, of Jaffrey ; 
 res. Kockford, 111. Ch. all b. there. 1. John 
 Wood ; 3. Sarah Frances ; 3. George ; 4. 
 Henry; 5. Adda; 6. Clara A.; 7. Charles: 
 8. Asa. 
 
 III. Samuel Baxter Cooh, b. Aug. 35, 1817 ; d. Apr. 
 
 3, 1818. 
 
 IV. Samuel Baxter Coolc, b. Feb. 6, 1830 ; d. June 
 
 30, 1831. 
 V. Sarah Potter, b. Sept. 3, 1833 ; d. June 7, 
 1838. 
 
 KiLPATRicK. (See Patrick.) 
 
 JoHisT Kimball, b. Dec. 17, 1798 ; d. May 7, 1866, 
 s. of Isaac and Sally (Cutter), of Temple, N. H. Set- 
 tled in F. ab. 1834 ; m. June 3, 1835, Abigail Jones, b. 
 Apr. 7, 1804 ; d. Sept. 9, 1839, dau. of Eev. Ebenezer 
 and Abigail ( [Jones] Stearns) Hill, of Mason, N. H. ; 
 m. (3d) Jan. 34, 1831, Jane Sophronia, b. i!^ov. 31, 
 1803, dau. of Dr. Thomas and Jane (Brown) Richard- 
 son, q.v. 
 
 I, Maria Frances, b. Aug. 39, 1836 ; m. Charles 
 
 Whittemore, q.v. 
 II. John Echuard, b. Jan. 9, 1839 ; d. Sept. 35, 
 
 1829. 
 III. Joh7i Richardson, b. ISTov. 34, 1831 ; m. Oct. 3, 
 1855, Catherine Otis, b. Nov. 11, 1833, dau. 
 of David and Catherine L. (Otis) Fullam, q.v. 
 
 Ch. 
 
 3. 
 
 b. 1-4 in F., 5 in Chicago, 111. 
 James Fullam, b. June 29, 1856 ; d. Aug. 
 
 19, 1856. 
 Alice Richardson, b. May 16, 1858 ; d. 
 
 June 2, 1860, at New York. 
 Frances Mellen, b. Mar. 3, 1863 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 37, 1865. 
 Kate Lyman, b. Apr. 17, 1866. 
 Maud Otis, b. Mar. 4, 1870. 
 
^^'^Al.-V--* ^C-t,^v-VV^^J<-^^ 
 
 I'BOTO-GHAVURE CO.. N 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 623 
 
 IV. Charles Echoard, b. Apr. 26, 1834 ; m. Oct. 9, 
 1867, Annie Dunn Lenox, of Plainfield, N. 
 J., b. Feb. 8, 1844, in P. Ch. b. 1-2 in New 
 York, 3-4 in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 1. Louise Maria, b. Aug. 7. 1869. 
 
 2. Edward Lenox, b. Nov. 11, 1871. 
 
 3. Florence, b. Dec. 17, 1880. 
 
 4. George Richardson, b. May 30, 1883. 
 
 V. Aligail Hill, b. Jan. 10, 1838 ; m. John M. 
 
 Parker, q.v. 
 VI. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 11, 1839. 
 
 Amos Knight came to F. from Lancaster, Mass., in 
 1771 or '72. He bought of Sampson Stoddard, July 
 1, 1767, L 19 R 5 for £16, and Jan. 1, 1771, L 17 R 4 
 for £30 ; left town before 1788 ; in the Proprietors' tax- 
 list of 1788 the L 19 R 5 is set to Elisha and Samuel 
 Davis, and L 17 R 4 is set to William Withington ; m. 
 Susanna, b. Oct. 22, 1748, dau. of Joseph and Abigail 
 (Jennings) Maynard, of Framingham. Ch. b. in F. 
 I. Son, d. June 7, 1772, a. 2 mos. 
 II. Joseph, bapt. July 30, 1775. In Jan. 26, 1801, 
 and then called of Shrewsbury, Yt., he m. 
 Sally, bapt. June 24, 1781, dau. of David and 
 Molly (Livingston) Saunders, q.v. 
 
 III. Thomas, bapt. Jan. 18, 1778. 
 
 IV. Needham, bapt. May 21, 1780. 
 V. Susa, bapt. Mar. 16, 1783. 
 
 Jonas Knight was prob. a bro. of Amos. He was 
 in town as early as 1773, and settled on L 20 R 5 ; d. 
 Oct. 6, 1821, a. 72 y.; m. Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1751 ; d. 
 Jan. 28, 1811, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) 
 Maynard, of Framingham. (See preceding rec.) Ch. b. 
 in F. 
 
 I. John, b. Nov. 10, 1774; d. Apr. 1, 1843, in 
 Templeton ; interred in F.; m. Oct. 23, 1798, 
 Lucy Pushee ; d. June 5, 1833, a. 59 y. She 
 was, perhaps, sister of David, q.v. Mr. K. 
 lived on L 16 R 5 ; left town ab. 1837. No 
 b. of ch. rec. to them, but the following may 
 have been their ch. 
 
 1. Rufns, first taxed in 1823. 
 
 2. Samuel, " " " 1830. 
 
 3. William, " " " 1831. 
 
 4. Wheeler," " " 1834. 
 
 II. Abigail, b. Aug. 26, 1776 ; m. Jedidiah Putney, 
 q.v. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 III. Jonas, b. Feb. 13, 1778 ; m. June 23, 1803, 
 
 Bridget, dau, of Joseph French, of Marlboro. 
 She d. Oct. 13, 1804 ; they had one ch. 
 1. Abigail Bridget. 
 
 IV. Sally, b. Oct. 6, 1779. 
 
 V. Sukey, b. Jan. 26, 1782 ; adm. to chh. Mar., 
 1817; d. July, 1818, in Cambridge, Mass.; 
 interred in F. 
 Yi. Josejjh Maynard, b. Feb. 22, 1784 ; d. Oct. 17, 
 
 1802. 
 VII. Po%, b. June 14, 1786 ; m. Martin Eockwood,^'.'?;. 
 VIII. Nancy, b. May 12, 1788 ; m. John Sargent, Jr., 
 q.v. 
 IX. Manasseh, b. Mar. 12, 1790 ; res. Boston. 
 X. Nathan, b. May 12, 1792 ; d. Nov. 25, 1819 ; 
 
 m. Mehetabel , who d. June 7, 1820, a. 
 
 42 y. 
 
 1. Sukey, b. Jan. 6, 1815. 
 
 2. Sylvester Nathan, d. Jan. 15, 1820, a. 
 
 XI. Melietabel, b. May 29, 1793 ; d. June 18, 1802. 
 XII. Infant, d. Sept. 11, 1795. 
 
 William Knight, b. May 10, 1761, in Stoneham, 
 Mass.; d. May 17, 1826, in F. ; m. Lydia, b. June 6, 
 1769 ; d. Jan. 31, 1852, in Marlboro, dau. of Dr. John 
 Cleverly, of Concord, Mass. The date that the family 
 came to F. is fixed by the rec. of the m, of the dau. 
 Hannah. The rec. says of the parties, " both of Win- 
 chendon when published, but she of Fitzwilliam when 
 married." Lived in the Gen. Eeed house on L 16 R 8. 
 This was the second house built in town, and the first 
 frame house. Ch. b. i.-viii. Harvard, Mass., ix. Leo- 
 minster, x.-xi. Winchendon, xii. F. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1786 ; m. Jan. 8, 1807, 
 Abel Jones, of ^N., where she d. Dec. 27, 1869. 
 II. Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1789 ; m. Dec. 23, 1810, 
 Daniel Buttrick, b. Jan. 23, 1783, s. of Daniel 
 and Eunice, of W. ; res. in W., Marlboro, and 
 Troy, where he d. Mar. 31, 1860. His wid. 
 d. Oct. 7, 1879. 
 
 III. Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1791 ; m. Thomas Richard- 
 
 son, Jr., q.v. 
 
 IV. Marcia, b. Aug. 4, 1793 ; d. Mar. 15, 1839, in 
 
 Med way, Mass. 
 V. Hulclah, 
 
 VI. Rachel, ^ b. 1795 ; d. in infancy. 
 VII. Nancy, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 625 
 
 Tin. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1799 ; d. 1858, at Keeseville, 
 IS[. Y. ; m. Jan. 31, 1821, Jesse Potter, of 
 Purishville, N. Y., b. Sept. 14, 1797, s. of 
 Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris), of F. 
 
 IX. Lydia, b. Apr. 20, 1802 ; m. Jan. 27, 1824, 
 Allen Woodward, of Marlboro, b. Nov. 9, 
 1796 ; d. Feb. 2, 18G2, s. of Daniel and Dinah 
 (Converse). 
 X, Eveline, b. Apr. 20, 1805 ; m. Mar. 13, 1825, 
 John H. Hastings, of Keene. She d. Jan. 
 17, 1867, at Delmar, Pa. 
 
 XI. Rachel (7., b. Oct. 13, 1806 ; d. Ang. 26, 1882, 
 
 in Fitehburg, Mass.; interred inF. ; iinm. 
 XII. Eliza R., b. Sept. 25, 1813 ; res. Norton 
 (Mass.?). 
 
 William Lebourveau, s. of George W. and Betsey 
 (Kneeland), was b. July 4, 1813. He m. Mary G. 
 Putney, of Keene, N. H., and in 1836 came to F. : 
 rem. to Jalfrey 1844 ; returned to F. in 1863 and has 
 since res. here. Mrs. L. d. Oct, 29, 1856, and he m. 
 
 (2d) Mar. 1857, Mary J . She d. Feb. 10, 1866, a. 37 
 
 V. 6 mos., and he m. (3d) Nov. 29. 1866, Caroline, b. 
 Dec. 27, 1820, dau. of Nathan and' Sarah (Whitcomb) 
 Hale, of Rindge, and wid. of George F. Holman and 
 Benjamin Fay, both q.v. The Lebourveau family is 
 of French Huguenot ancestry. Ch.b. i.-iii. in F. 
 iv.-Y. in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Mary J., b. Aug. 24, 1837 ; m. James Holman, 
 
 q.v. 
 II. Sarah J/., b. Jan. 15, 1839 ; d. Aug. 23, 1864 ;. 
 m. Henry Kidder. 
 
 III. Martha A., b. Dec. 31, 1841 ; m. June, 1862, 
 
 Liberty M., b. Nov. 9, 1836, s. of Dexter 
 and Marv (Mower) Jewell, of Rindge ; res. R. 
 
 IV. William, b. Aug. 8, 1847 ; m. Apr. 21, 1869, 
 
 Addie F., b. Jan. 16, 1846, dau. of Francis 
 and Mary A. (Farrington) Stone, q.v.; res. 
 Boston, Mass, Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-3 in B. 
 
 1. Anna. 
 
 2. Edith. 
 
 3. Mav. 
 
 V. Emma L.^h. Apr. 13, 1849 ; m. Mar, 7, 1871, 
 John G. Dunley, s, of Henry P, and Lovina ; 
 res, Fitehburg, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Luke Lincoljt, b. Aug. 11, 1771 ; practised medi- 
 cine in town nearly three y. ; was taxed in 1798 and 9 ; 
 40 
 
626 
 
 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 res. on the lot now owned by the heirs of Dexter Whitte- 
 more, the dwelling-honse occupied by him forming the 
 rear part of the present house ; m. Mary, b. Aug. 1, 
 1776, dan. of Joseph and Sarah Thorndike, of Jaffrey. 
 There is a tradition that his dau. was burned to 
 death, but all the evidence is against the occurrence of 
 any such accident in F. Ch. rtc. in F. 
 
 I. Mary TJiorndiJce, b. in Jaffrey, June 10, 1795. 
 
 LOCKE. 
 
 I Dea. AViJjLIAm' Locke, b. Dec. 13, 1628, in London, England ; 
 came to this country in 1634, in the family of his uncle, who settled in 
 that part of Charlestown, Mass., afterv/ard set off as Woburn. He m. 
 Dec. 27, 1655, Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1640, dau. of William and Margery 
 Clark. Mr. L. d. June 16, 1720 ; Mrs. L. d. July 18, 1715. They had 
 9 ch., of whom 
 
 2 James% b. Nov. 14, 1677 ; d. Dec. 11, 1745 ; m. Dec. 5, 1700, 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1673, dau. of Richard Cutter. Their s., 
 
 3 James', b. June 17, 1703 ; d. Sept. 1, 1782 ; m. Jan. 11, 1727, 
 Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1708 ; d. Nov. 25, 1785, dau. of Benjamin and 
 Elizabeth (Newhall) Burnap ; res. Hopkinton and Ashby, Mass. Ch. 
 all b. in H. i. Elizabeth ; ii. James ; in. Sarah ; iv. John, b. Dec. 
 16, 1733, 4 ; V. Eebecca ; vi. Jonathan, b. Dec. 7, 1737+ ; vii. 
 
 David ; viri. Ebenezer ; ix. Martha, b. ; m. William Withmgton, 
 
 q.v.; X. William, b. Apr. 12, 1748-}-. Four of the ch. were early settlers 
 in F., but only one res. here through life. 
 
 4 
 
 Dea. John* Locee, b. Dec. le, 1733 ; m. 1765, 
 Beulah Newton, of Southboro, Mass., b. Aug. 17, 1745. 
 In 1772 Mr. L. came to F., where he lived till ab. 
 1805 ; res. on L 16 R 4. He was chosen deacon of the 
 chh. in F. July 3, 1773, in which position he officiated 
 ab. 25 y., and also held many town and proprietary 
 offices ; rem. to Sullivan, N. H., ab. 1810, where Mr. 
 L. d. Feb. 16, 1823. Mrs. L. d. Aug. 13, 1813. Ch. 
 b. I. in Southboro, ii.-iv. Ashby, v.-x. F. 
 
 I. Bezaleel', b. Dec. 8, 1766 ; d. July 24, 1824 ; 
 m. Oct. 13, 1796, Catherine, dau. of Thomas 
 Learned, of West Cambridge, Mass. 
 II. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1768 ; d. Jan. 13, 1799 ; m. 
 July 13, 1794, Samuel Ward Bowker, b. Dec. 
 16, 1760 ; d. May 29, 1835, at Ashby, s. of 
 Silas, of Petersham, Mass. 
 
 III. Ward, b. Apr. 11, 1770. 
 
 IV. Charlotte, b. Dec. 17, 1771. After the d. of 
 
 her sister she m., 1803, Samuel Ward Bowker. 
 (See above.) John Bowker, of F. and Keene, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 627 
 
 who m. Selecta H. Stuart, is s. of Samuel 
 
 Ward Bowker. 
 V. John, b. Nov. 30, 1773 ; went to the West ab. 
 
 1800. 
 yi. Amos, b. Feb. 11, 1776 ; d. May 16, 1850 : m. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1799, Polly, dau. of David and Molly 
 
 (Livingstou) Saunders, of F. 
 VII. 3{oses, b. Nov. 23, 1777 ; d. Mar. 2, 1813, at 
 
 Parma, N. Y. ; m. Abigail H. Skinner, of 
 
 Rensselaerville, N. Y. 
 VIII. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 1, 1779 ; d. in Northern New 
 
 York ; supposed to have been murdered ; a. 
 
 ab. 22. 
 IX. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1782 ; d. Nov. 17, 1843 ; 
 
 m. Dec. 29, 1808, Daniel Howard, Jr., of 
 
 Ash by. 
 X. Saimiei, b. Sept. 20, 1785 ; m. Apr. 15, 1810, 
 
 Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; d. Aug. 25, 1830, 
 
 dau. of Capt. John and Lucy (Brigham) Fay, 
 
 of F.; m. (2d) Mrs. Judith (Taylor) Fifield, 
 
 dau. of Jonathan Taylor, of Danbury, N. H. ; 
 
 res. Sullivan. 
 
 Jonathan* Locke, b. Dec. 7, 1737 ; d. in Ashby, 
 Mass.; m. Oct. 2, 1761, Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1730; d. 
 Jan. 15, 1804, dau. of Joseph Haven, of Framingham, 
 and wid. of .lohn Nichols, of Upton, Mass.; m. (2d) 
 Feb., 1807, Betsey, dau. of Dr. John Frink, and wid. 
 of Dr. John Field, of Rutland, Mass. Mr. L., known 
 as " 'Squire Locke" all the latter part of his life, rem. 
 in 1769 from Hopkinton to Fram., and from thence, 
 in June, 1770, to F. The next y. he built the house 
 known as the Reed house, having been owned by three 
 generations of that name — Phineas, Charles, and Daniel 
 H. ; now occupied by Moses B. Felch and his sister, 
 Mrs. Milne. The family rem. to Ashby in 1772. Joseph 
 was the only ch. b. or rec. in F. 
 
 I. Samuer, b. July 11, 1762 ; d. unm., Nov. 1, 
 
 1784, in North Carolina. 
 II. John, b. Feb. 19, 1764 ; m. May 25, 1799, 
 Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Molly (Jack- 
 son) Goodwin, of Plymouth, Mass.; res. 
 Ashby ; was Rep. in Congress. 
 
 III. Salhj, b. Apr. 9, 1766 ; d. Oct. 26, 1836 ; m. 
 
 Dec, 1813, John Manning, of A. 
 
 IV. MeUtabel, b. June 3, 1768 ; d. Feb. 10, 1848 ; 
 
 m. Oct., 1793, Dr. John Crosby, then of New 
 
628 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 (25) 
 
 Ipswich. He d. Oct. 25, 1821, at Montpelier, 
 Vt., a. 54 y. 
 
 V. Betseij, b. Mar. 5, 1770 ; d. May, 1843, at New 
 Ipswich ; m. (1st) Thomas Heald ; (2d) Elijah 
 Newhall. 
 VI. Jose2Jli, b. Apr. 8, 1772 ; m. Nov. 15, 1803, 
 Lydia Goodwin, b. Aug. 1, 1779 ; d. Nov. 9, 
 1846, sister of Hannah above ; res. Billerica 
 and Lowell, Mass.; State Senator and Coun- 
 sellor, Police Judge of L., and Chief Justice 
 of the Court of Sessions. 
 VII, Ann (Nancy), b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. June 29, 
 1802, Imla Goodhue, of Westford, Mass. 
 
 William* Locke, b. Apr. 12, 1748 ; m. Feb. 2, 1773. 
 Eebecca Barrett, b. Dec. 26, 1744 ; d. Dec. 15, 1831, 
 sister of Jonathan Barrett, of Ashby. Mr. L. bought 
 a farm in F., L 11 R 2, Oct. 22, 1770, to which he 
 rem. soon after his m., and where he d.. Mar. 30, 1829. 
 
 I. Relecca\ b. Mar. 12, 1774 ; m. Jan. 18, 1798, 
 David Colburn, and rem. to Plainfleld, N. Y. 
 II. Molly, b. Feb. 2, 1776 ; m. William S. Whitte- 
 more, q.v. 
 
 III. William, b. Feb. 7, 1778+. 
 
 IV. Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1779 ; m. Feb. 2, 1802, Jonas 
 
 Thompson, Jr., a native of Royalston, but 
 who res. in F. from 1799 to 1804 ; rem. to Or- 
 well, N. Y., where he d., Oct. 16, 1815, and 
 she m. (2d) John Weed, of 0. 
 V. Patty, b. June 24, 1782 ; m. June 16, 1811, 
 Lebbeus Payne, of Greenwich, Mass. He d. 
 July 28, 1844, at Montague, Mass. 
 VI. Jonatiian 8., b. Nov. 15, 1784; m. Sept. 9, 
 1807, at F., Nancy, b. Aug. 25, 1785, at 
 Springfield, Vt., dau. of James and Betsey 
 (Nichols) Bates. (See Wright Eec.) Res. 
 Dublin, N. H. 
 VII. Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1787 ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Asa 
 Thompson, b. May 12, 1777, in Royalston ; 
 res. Eaton and Orwell, N. Y. He was bro. 
 of Jonas, who m. her sister Lucy. 
 
 William' Locke, b. Feb. 7, 1778 ; d. May 20, 1857 ; 
 m. Feb. 7, 1804, Polly, bapt. May 26, 1782 ; d. Sept. 
 14, 1851, a. 71 y., dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) 
 Walker, of Rindge ; lived on the home place with his 
 fatlier till ab. 1815. With the exception of six or eight 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 629 
 
 y. his life was spent iu F. ; all his ch. but the youngest 
 one were b. in F. 
 
 T. Mary Louisa', h. Nov. 8, 1804 ; cl. Apr. 30, 
 
 1840, unm. 
 
 II. JVancy, h. June 22, 1806 ; m. Samuel Hill, q.v. 
 
 III. William Dana, b. Oct. 5, 1807+ . 
 
 IV. Lucy Walker, b. Dec. 14, 1809 ; cl. Mar. 4, 
 
 1841, unm. 
 
 V. Catherine, b. Aug. 1, 1811 ; m. June 5, 1850, 
 Parley Burton, a native of Auburn. Mass., 
 but then of Port Jackson, N. Y.; he d., and 
 she m. (2d) Joseph McCloy, of Maquoketa, 
 la., where she d. Nov. 8, 1883. No ch. by 
 either in. 
 VI. Edwin, b. June 18, 1813 ; m. Sept., 1836, 
 Martha Laurens, b. Nov. 9, 1812, in Cornish, 
 N. H., dau. of Kev. Joseph and Hannah 
 Eowell. He was a missionary teacher at the 
 Sandwich Islands, where he d. 
 
 1. William H.', b. Aug. 5, 1837; d. 
 
 (drowned) Nov. 5, 1841. 
 
 2. LucvM., b. Dec, 1838. 
 
 3. Martha L., b. Mar. 23, 1840 ; m. George 
 
 M. Hubbard : res. New York City. 
 
 4. Mary S., b. July 23, 1841. 
 
 VII. James W., b. Oct. 30, 1815 ; d. Mar. 2, 1845, 
 at Batesville, Ark.; m. Nov. 5, 1840, Louisa 
 F. Bigelow, b. May 14, 1816, at Natick, Mass. 
 1. James F.', b. Sept. 1, 1841, at N. 
 
 William Daxa" Locke, b. Oct. 5, 1807 : m. Dec. 
 11, 1833, Miranda, b. Nov. 28, 1810, dau. of Dea. Isaac 
 Adams, of New Ipswich ; rem. to N. I. in 1855, where 
 Mrs. L. d. Jan. 19, 1879, and Mr. L. d. 1886. Ch. b. 
 I. in Ashburnham, ir.-iii. in N. I., iv.-viii. in F. 
 
 I. Sarah Dehorah'', b. May 23, 1836 ; grad. at Mount 
 Holyoke Seminary, 1859 ; afterward taught 
 there ; m. Apr. 7, 1868, Eev. John M. Stow, 
 who grad. at Bangor Theo. Sem. 1854; ordain- 
 ed at Walpole, N. H., Jan. 31, 1855; preached 
 at Walpole, 1854 to 1863 ; Sullivan, N. H., 
 1863 to 1870; Hubbardston, Mass., 1870, till 
 his d., May 9. 1877. (See page 447.) 
 II. Bev. William Edwin, b. Aug. 14, 1837 : m. 
 Mar. 19, 1868, Zoe A. M. Noyes, of West- 
 moreland, N. H. Thev are missionaries of 
 the A. B. C. F. M. in" Turkey, stationed at 
 Samokov. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
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 1. Addie Emogene', b. Mar. 4, 1869. 
 
 2. Marinda Adams, b. Jan. 1, 1871. 
 
 3. Mabel Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1874. 
 
 III. Warre7i Payson, b. Nov. 14, 1838 ; enlisted 
 
 Nov., 1861, in Co. B., 32d Eeg. Mass. Vols.; 
 wounded at battle of Grettysbiirg, July, 1863 ; 
 killed near Richmond, Va., Jane 3, 1864. 
 
 IV. Rev. Isaac Netoton, b. May 25, 1841 ; d. Feb. 2, 
 
 1882, in ScA'-ery, Kan. ; ordained, Oct. 29, 
 1879 ; preached at Peru, St. Charles, and 
 Severy, Kan.; m. Oct. 21, 1872, Mary A. 
 Wilson, of Salisbury, N. H. 
 
 Y. Elizaletli Adams, b. Oct. 8, 1843 ; m. Sept. 15, 
 1868, Perley Elijah Collins, b. Feb. 26, 1844, 
 s. of Hiram and Maria (Stone), of Marlboro ; 
 res. Great Bend and Burlington, Kan., 
 Albuquerque, N. M. 
 
 1. Laura Whittemore* Collins, b. Aug. 20, 
 1869. 
 VI. Mary Caroline, b. Aug. 10, 1846 ; m. June 11, 
 
 1883, Eev. Amos F. Shattuck, formerly of 
 Hollis, N. H. ; res. New Ipswich. 
 
 VII. Emma Augusta, b. Sept. 20, 1848, unm. ; res. 
 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 Yiii. Laura Whittemore, b. Aug. 15, 1854 ; d. Mar. 
 
 30, 1855. 
 
 Joseph Locke was from Acton, Mass. ; is first taxed 
 in F. in 1807. The Book of the Lockes says he moved 
 to F. ab. 1803, and gives his family rec, but his con- 
 nection with the rest of the line is not sJioivn. He lived 
 several y. in Eindge before becoming a permanent resi- 
 dent of F. He was b. Aug. 9, 1754 ; d. Nov. 11, 1829, 
 in F. ; m. May, 1776. Lucy Piper, b. in Acton, Mass., 
 June 27, 1754 ; d. Feb. 20^ 1826. 
 
 I. Azuhah, b. Sept. 5, 1777 ; d. Nov. 3, 1868, in 
 
 F., unm. 
 II. Liicy, b. Jan. 4, 1780 ; d. June 26, 1781. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. May 2, 1782 ; settled in Maine, where 
 
 he was twice m. and was of considerable dis- 
 tinction. 
 
 IV. Lucy, b. Aug. 16, 1784 ; d. Jan. 12, 1826, unm. 
 V. Jon'atJian, b. Apr. 4, 1787 ; d. Oct. 4, 1841 ; m. 
 
 May 24, 1812, Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1791 ; d. 
 Aug. 11, 1830, dan. of Samuel and Mary 
 (Hunt) Bent ; res. in Boston and elsewhere, 
 but returned to F, ab. 1835. They had 
 one s., 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 631 
 
 1. William, d. in Riiidae (1835 ?) a. ab. 20 y. 
 VI. Aimj, b. Aug. 20, 1789 f m. Mar. 19, 1809, 
 
 Joseph Stock well, of Eo^'alston. 
 VII. SaUy. h. Mar. 8, 1792 ; m.' Moses Drury, q.v. 
 VIII. Asa Hayward, b. Jan. 29, 179G ; res. in Boston i 
 
 and F., and d. in Maine. ' 
 
 Henry Lovering, called of F., m. July 10, 1811, 
 Annah Carroll, of Royalston. They lived in F. but a 
 short time, and rem. to R. She d. in F. Jan. 29, 1882, 
 a. 89 y. Their s., 
 
 Henrys., b. Mar. 26, 1825, in Pt.; d. Apr. 22, 1884, 
 in Marlboro ; m. Nov. 27, 1850, Mary S., b. Dec. 2, 
 1830, dau. of Curtis and Lydia Smith, of Westminster, 
 Vt. Ch. b. J.-ii. in Richmond, iii. in Royalston, iv. 
 in F. 
 
 I. William H., b. May 8, 1854. 
 II. Warren iS., b. Sept. 28, 1856 ; d. Oct. 10, 1880, 
 in Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 III. Lillie E., b. Sept. 10, 1858. 
 
 IV. Walter I)., b. Jan. 10, 1860. 
 
 David Lowe was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., July 17, 
 1785, and d. in Amberst, N. H., Jan. 9, 1867. His w., 
 Betsey Damon, b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 11, 1789 ; 
 d. Nov. 24, 1881, in A. Came to F. in 1821 and settled 
 on L 9 R 8, the place now owned by Ethan Blodgett, 
 where they res. till 1838, when they sold the place to 
 William Locke, and, excepting David P., rem.'' to A., 
 and he followed two y. later. Ch. b. i.-v. in Fitch- 
 burg, Mass., VI. -VII. in F, 
 
 I. George, b. Feb. 7, 1812 ; res. New Boston. 111. 
 II. Abigail Swectser, b. July 20, 1814 ; m. Luke C. 
 Clark, q.v. 
 
 III. David Perkins, b. Mar. 31, 1816 ; is m. and 
 
 has ch. ; res. Troy. 
 
 IV. Cyrus, b. Oct. 18, 1818 ; res. Keithsburg, 111. 
 V. Sumner, b. Apr. 21, 1821 ; d. June 15, 1821. 
 
 VI. Neicton, b. Aug. 21, 1823 ; res. A. 
 VII. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1826 ; res. A. 
 
 Elijah Lyon, b. Sept., 1793, s. of David and Lvdia 
 (Burbank) Lyon, of Royalston, came to F. ab. 1814 ; 
 m. Mar. 13, 1818, Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1794 ; d. Mar. 20, 
 1872, dau. of Nahum and Mary Howe, q.v. Mr. L. 
 was deacon of the Baptist Chh. for many y.: he d. Aug. 
 23, 1862. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
632 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 8 
 
 I. Mary Taylor, b. Feb. 17, 1819 ; m. Daniel 
 
 Whitcomb. q.v. 
 II. Sarah Howe, b. Oct. 13, 1820. 
 
 III. Franklin, b. Dec. 7, 1822. 
 
 IV. Thomas Johnson, b. Feb. 12, 1845. 
 
 V. AUey Melinda, b. Apr. 22, 1827 ; m. July 10, 
 1867, William Harvey Kinsman — his 2d. w. 
 Mr. K. was b, Nov. 22, 1816, in Fitehburg, 
 Mass., and came to F. ab. 1850. 
 
 IS.A.AC Lyox (bro. of Elijah?), m. Feb. 20, 1822, 
 Sally Blodgett, and had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mehetalel Prescott, bapt. July 13, 1823. 
 
 I William. Marshall, from Tewksbi)i'3', Mass., settled in Jaffrey 
 ab. 1780, and m. Esther, b. Sept. 22, 1762 ; d. -June 29, 1803, dau. of 
 Ebenezer and Esther (French) Jaquith, of J. He m. (2d) Sally, b. Jan. 
 31, 1767, dau. of John and Susannah (Hastings) Cutter, of New Ipswich, 
 and wid. of Isaac Kimball, of Temple, N. H. She d. in F. Apr. 80, 
 1852, at the house of her s., John Kimball, q.xi. Mr. M. d. Apr. 5, 
 1828, a. 71 y. Five ch. by 1st m. and two by 2d. i. William, b. Sept. 
 28, 1783 ; m. Anna, b. June 29, 1781, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth 
 (Brif,'liam) Harrington, q.v.; ii. Esther ; in. Abigail, b. July 30, 1787 ; 
 m. Benjamin Davison, q.v.; iv. Abel, b. Aug. 17, 1789, 2 ; "v. Betsey ; 
 VI. Thomas H., b. Dec. 2, 1806. (See p. 432.) A'-n. Susan. 
 
 (4) 
 
 10 
 
 Abel Marshall, b. Aug-. 17, 1789 ; d. Jan. 27, 
 1871 ; m. Feb. 5, 1818, Eoxalana, d. Nov. 5, 1841, a. 
 46 y., dau. of David and Dorcas (Amadon) Rice, of F. ; 
 in. '(2d) Laura A., b. Apr. 23, 1807, dau. of Amos and 
 Mary (Bent) Pratt, of F., and wid. of Gilman Eveleth. 
 I. Sarah R. , b. Nov. 22, 1824 ; m. Elisha Chap- 
 lin, q.v. 
 II. Addison AM, b. Mar. 2, 1827+. 
 III. Ahhie, b. Jan. 15, 1831 ; m. Moses Chaplin ; 
 
 (2d) Elisha Chaplin, both q.v. 
 lY. Betsey, m. Sept. 10, 1852, Alonzo Haskell, b. 
 Feb. 16, 1824, s. of William and Sarah 
 (White), of Troy. 
 Y. Lydia Ann E., b. 1841. 
 
 VI. George H., d. July 11, 1864, a. 19 y.; killed by 
 liglitning. 
 TIL Mary, b. 1848. 
 
 Addisost a. Makshall, b. Mar. 2, 1827 ; m. Oct. 
 23, 1850. Lvdia, b. May 6, 1833, dan. of William and 
 Sarah (White) Haskell, of Troy. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Jaf- 
 frey, iii. in F. 
 
 I. Albert David, b. Dec. 2, 1854; m. Nov. 15, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 633 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 1877, Marcia C, b. Jan. 22, 1854, dau. of 
 George and Lucv (Bowker) Damon, q.v. 
 
 1. Nellie Corein, b. May 16, 1879. 
 
 2. Albert Don, b. Apr. 4. 1881. 
 
 3. Gny Addison, b. July 21, 1885. 
 Herbert Addison, b. Mav 12, 185G ; m. Jan. 13, 
 
 1880, Edna M., b. Ang. 28, 1860, dan. of 
 James and Mary J. (Lebonrveau) Holnian. 
 Leon Forest, b. Oct. 18, 1872. 
 
 Eliezer Mason is taxed in 1789 on one half L 17 R 
 12, and a few y. later he became the owner of the whole 
 lot ; rem. from town ab. 1807. Ch. all rec. in F., bnt 
 the name of his w. is not given. ^Trcu- _, y,^ ^^^^, 
 I. Levi, b. Oct. 19, 1782. Z^,-^^^*-*^ C^^-r-^t^ 
 II. PheU, b. Aug. 24, 1784. 
 
 III. Lurana, b. Sept. 10, 1786. 
 
 IV. Hale, b. June 20, 1790. 
 V. Martin, b. July 15, 1792. 
 
 VI. Beckali (Eebecca), b. Aug. 5, 1794, 
 VII. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1796. 
 
 Theophilus Mat came to F. ab. 1820, and res. here 
 till he d.. Mar. 14, 1865, a. 69 y. His w. was Huldah 
 
 . Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 Sarali Elizaleth, b. Nov. 6, 1821 ; d. Nov. 12, 
 1840, unm. She was taking care of the sick 
 at the house of a neighbor, Benjamin B}=am, 
 when her clothes accidentally took fire, burn- 
 ing her so severelv that she died in 32 hours. 
 Caleb, b. Apr. 24, 1823 ; res. Cedar Falls, la. 
 Chandler, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; d. Oct., 1825 ; 
 killed by the overturning of a chaise. 
 IV. Isabel Chandler, b. Oct. 28, 1826 ; d. Sept. 1, 
 
 1859, unm. 
 V. Theophilus Wrifjht, b. July 26, 1829 ; m. Ellen 
 R. Chase, of Royalston ; rem. to Cedar Falls, 
 la., ab. 1866. 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 III. 
 
 MAYNARD. 
 
 I John' Maynard was of Cambrirlge, Mass., in 1634, and later of 
 Sudbury, where he d. Dec. 10, 1672 ; m. (his 2d m.) June 14, 1646. 
 Mary Axdell, by whom he had 5 ch. Tiieir 1st ch., 
 
 2 Zachaky-, b. June 7, 1647; d. 1724; res. S.; m. 16'? 8, Hannah 
 Goodrich. They had 9 ch., of whom the 4th was 
 
 3 JoNAT^AN^ b. Apr. 8, 1685 ; d. July, 1768 ; m. Dec. 10, 1714, 
 Melietabel Neadom (Needliam) and settled in Framingham. They had 
 6 ch., of whom the 5tli was 
 
634 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 4 Joseph*, b. Nov. 20, 1725 ; d. Aug. 3, 1769 ; res. Fram.; m. May 
 29, 1746, Abigail Gennings (Jennings), dau. of Stephen and Susannah 
 (Bigelow) Jennings, of Fram. Ch. i. Mehetabel, b. May. 28, 1747 ; in. 
 Caleb Winch, q.v.; ii. Susannah, b. Oct. 28, 1748 ; m. Amos Knight, 
 q.v.; III. Joseph ; rv. Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1751 ; m. Jonas Knight, q.v.; 
 V. John ; vi. Needham, b. Aug. 15, 1755, 5 ; vii. Sarah, b. Mar. 28, 
 1757 ; m. Matthias Felton, q.v. (Her mother's name is not given cor- 
 rectly in the Felton register.) viii. Hannah ; ix. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 21, 
 1761 ; m, Samuel Winch, q.v.; x. Anne ; xi. Martha. 
 
 Needham* Matjstard, b. Aug. 15, 1755 ; d. Oct. 20, 
 1844, in Wcaterloo, N. Y.; m. May 6, 1781, Mehetabel, 
 bapt. July 3, 1757, dau. of Joseph aud Susannah (Pike) 
 Eames, of Fram. ; came to F. soon after m. and settled 
 on L 20 R4; rem. to Whitestown, N. Y., ab. 1789; 
 became a prominent man there ; was appointed assist- 
 ant justice of County Court in 1794, and jndge in 1803 ; 
 was out in the Rev. War. (See p. 229.) Mr. and Mrs. 
 M. were adm. to the chh. in F. Sept. 17, 1786, and. dis. 
 to the chh. in W. Feb. 28, 1796. The History of 
 Framingham says that " they had not less than 9 ch." 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mittee, bapt. Sept. 17, 1786 ; d. Sept. 19, 1786. 
 
 II. Hittee, \ 
 
 III. Sally, f 
 
 IV. Nancy, 
 
 Oct. 15, 1786. 
 Mar. 31, 1787. 
 
 Amos McGee, b. Mar. 22, 1829, in Waterbury, Vt. ; 
 m. Lydia, b. Oct., 1829, in W.; d. Jan. 20, 1881, in F.; 
 m. (2d) Jan. 5, 1887, Nellie E. Wilcox. Ch. b. i.-iii. 
 in Royalston, Vt., iv. in F. 
 
 I. Fredericlc Lyman, b. Apr. 25, 1858. 
 II. George Cornelius, b. Aug. 2, 1859. 
 
 III. Hattie, b. Oct. 14, 1862 ; m. Perry W. 'Whit- 
 
 comb, q.v. 
 
 IV. Malel Ann, b. Feb. 29, 1872. 
 
 MELLE^sT. 
 
 I Simon Mellen settled in Framingham, Mass., in 1687, and d. there 
 Dec. 19, 1694. His w. Mary d. June 1, 1709, a. 70 y. They had 6 ch., 
 of whom the 2d was 
 
 2 Thomas, b. Aug. 1668 ; by w. Mary he had 7 ch., of whom the 1st 
 was 
 
 3 Henry, b. Aug. 12, 1691 ; d. May 13, 1767 ; m. Mar. 24, 1712, 
 Abigail, b. Oct. 11, 1692 ; d. July 30, 1781, dau. of Thomas and Lydia 
 (Parmenter) Pratt ; rem. to Hopkinton ab. 1724. They had 11 ch., of 
 whom the 1st was Tliomas, whose dau. Lucy m. Abner Stone, q.v.; the 
 2d was Daniel, b, Mar. 6, 1715. 
 
 4 Daniel, b. Mar. 6, 1715 ; d. Jan. 17, 1784 ; m. Feb. 3, 1736, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 635 
 
 Hannah, b. July 00, 1712 ; d. May 27, 1794, dan. of John and Elizabeth 
 (Goddurd) Adams, of Fram.; res. iu Fram. till ab. 1750, and then rem. 
 to Holliston, Mass. As far as known, Daniel Mellen and James Reed, 
 afterward Gen. Reed, were the only original proprietors wlio took an 
 active personal part iu the settlement of the new town of Monadnock, 
 No. 4. Mr. R. became one of the earliest residents, and Mr. M., though 
 never a permanent resident, must have spent considerable time in the 
 town for sevei'al years. After the proprietors' meetings were held in 
 the town, he appears to have been the only non-resident appointed to 
 ottice. Ch. I. Robert, b. Nov. 5, 17:5(5, 5 ; ii. Joseph, b. Mar. 17, 
 17;38. His dau. Hannah m. Joseph Forristall, q.v. ill. Zerviali ; iv. 
 Jolm. bapt. 1744+ ; v. Elizabetli ; vi. Daniel, bapt. Apr. 6, 1749-}- ; 
 VII. Hannah, b. Mar. 5, 1751 ; m. Asa Johnson, q.v.; viii. James. 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 (4 IV.) 
 
 Robert Mellek, b. Nov. 5, 173G ; d. June 17, 1803 ; 
 m. Siiriili Ilolbroolc, who d. I^ov. 10, 1799, a. G5 y. ; res. 
 Holliston. 
 
 m. 
 
 Polly 
 
 Joel, b. 17G4 
 
 1802, a. 30 y., and he m 
 Bebe, b. Dec. IG, 1778, 
 Ruth Jackson, q.v.; came to F 
 was taxed on land in 1788 : 
 
 — , who d. June 2, 
 (2d) Nov. 28, 1805, 
 dau. of Isaac and 
 before 1793* ; 
 seems to have 
 lived first on L IG R 10, and afterward on L 
 IG R 9 ; rem. to Swanzey ab. 1805. Ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 II. 
 III. 
 
 1. Nabby, b. 
 r 2. Robert, b. 
 John, b. 17GG. 
 Sarah, b. 17G8. 
 
 May 29, 1793. 
 July 10, 1795. 
 
 John Mellen, Esq., bapt. 1744 ; d. July 25, 1784, 
 
 a. 40 y. ; m. Puah ; prob. settled in town as early 
 
 as 17(i8. At a proprietors' meeting held Oct. 11, 1768, 
 he was appointed a member of the committee on roads 
 and bridges, which would seem to show that he res. in 
 the town at the time. As he immediately took a prom- 
 inent part in the business of the town, and was chosen 
 to the most responsible offices, it is evident that he was 
 looked upon as representing in some degree the interests 
 of his father in the new settlement. His services are 
 elsewhere referred to at length. His wid. m. (2d) Rev. 
 Benjamin Brigham, q.v., and d. in F. Feb. 4, 1821, a. 
 76 (73?) y. The old History of Framingham pub. by 
 Rev. William Barry, in 1847, and the recent work by 
 Rev. J. H. Temple, pub. in 1887, both state that he m. 
 Sarah Fisher, of Med way. It is possil)le that he was 
 m. twice, but it seems more likely that the rec. of the 
 m. is not correct, or is not read correctly. The b. of 
 none of his ch. are rec. in the town rec, but the bapt. 
 
6B6 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 11 
 U 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 IG 
 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 (4 VI.) 
 
 22 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 2G 
 
 27 
 
 II. 
 in. 
 
 IV. 
 
 in going to mill in Rinclge 
 
 of the ch. III. -IX. are in the chh. rec. ; none of the m. 
 of the ch., except that of Rath, are rec. in F. 
 
 I. Lucrefia, d. Feb. 13, 1861, a. 95 y., nnm. 
 
 Bufh, b. Ang. 21, 1770 ; m. David Stone, g.v. 
 
 Elihu, b. Mar. 9, 1772 ; bapt. Apr. 4, 1772 ; 
 rem. from town ab. 1806. 
 
 Joseph (twin), b. Mar. 9, 1772 ; bapt. Apr. 4, 
 1772 ; d. Feb. 25, 1783, in consequence of 
 exposure to cold 
 (the Tarbell mill) 
 
 Puah, bapt. Apr. 17, 1774 ; m. Samuel Stevens, 
 of Vt., and d. 1845. 
 
 Gapt. John, bapt. Feb. 4, 1776 ; m. (1st) 
 Ursula Cutter ; (2d) Olive Cbamberlain ; ap- 
 pears to have left town early and res, else- 
 where till after the d. of his 2d w. ; returned 
 to F. ab. 1813, and d. Nov. 5, 1837, a. 61 y.; 
 he had ch. 
 
 1. William. 
 
 2. John Fisher. 
 Lois, bapt. Dec. 14, 1777 ; m. Isaac Bullard, of 
 
 Med way, Mass. 
 VIII. Zerviali, bapt. Oct. 3, 1779 ; d. July 22, 1780. 
 IX. Julia, bapt. Mar. 3, 1782 ; m. Eben Pierce, of 
 N. Y. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Daniel Mellen, b. Apr. 6, 1749 -d. Jan. 2, 1847 ; 
 m. Susannah, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; d.' June 5, 1775, 'dau. 
 of G-en. Samuel and Elizabeth (Moors) i^arwelT, q.v. 
 She was tbe first adult white person who d. in town. 
 He m. (2d) Hannah Goodrich, who d. Mar. 6, 1831, a. 
 77 y.; came to F. in 1769, and soon settled on L 17 R 
 7, v/here he res. till his d. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. ; 3 
 by 1st m., 4 by 2d m. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1771 ; m. Jacob Townsend, 
 
 q.v. 
 11. Susannah, b. June 7, 1773 ; d. Jan. 18, 1793, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Hannah, b. May 27, 1775; d. Jiily 22, 1861; 
 
 m. Nov. 10, 1799, Levi Fisk, b. Feb. 16, 
 1775 : d. Aug. 17, 1857, s. of Thomas and 
 Sarah (Shipley), of Jaffrey. 
 res. J. 
 
 IV. Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1778 ; m. 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Sena (Lucena), b. Apr. 11, 11 
 
 Farrar (Farrar, No. 27), q.v. 
 VI. Lovisa, b. May 4, 1782 ; d. Nov. 18, 1865 ; m. 
 
 They had 8 ch. 
 Samuel Patch, 
 ^80 : m. Daniel 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEK. C)37 
 
 June 10, 1810, Jolni Wliitconil), who d. Fob. 
 2, 1831, a. 47 y., s.p. 
 VII. Lijc/ia, b. Feb. 8, 1784 : d. Jim. 0, 1701. 
 
 Simeon Merrifielt), from Newfano, \"t., settled in 
 F. ab. 1811. Ho was b. Aug. :;>1, 1783, and d. Nov. 9, 
 18C0, in New Salem, Mass., where lie was living with 
 his dau. : m. (1st) l\raria Conner, Avho d., and he ni. 
 (-Id) Lois, b. Sept. 2(5. 1787 ; d. Sept. 20, 18o0, dau. of 
 James and Elizabeth (Haven) Stone, q.v. Oh. i. by 1st 
 m., ir.-xiii. by :ld m.; all by :h\ m. b. in F.; b;ii)t. of 
 ii.-viii. rec. in F. 
 
 I. James Allen, d. in Jaffrey, Nov. 17, 188(i. 
 11. Maria F., bapt. May 24, 1812; m. (1st) Mar. 
 20, 1845, licnjamin F. Merrill : (2d) Lewis 
 Wyman. 
 in. Wilhird, bapt. Sept. 5, 1813. 
 IV. Elizaheth, bapt. Apr. 0, 1815 ; m. AVilliam 
 
 Parkhurst ; res. New Salem, ]\lass. 
 V. Snhmil, t)ai)t. Apr. 20, 1817; d. ab. 1870; m. 
 (1st) Solomon Tuppor ; (2d) V>. Quimby ; 
 (3d) Reuben Gibson. 
 VI. Mary Ann, bapt. Get. 11, 1818 ; m. Nov. 8, 
 1838, Oalvin Jjiiwrenee, b. Apr. 10, 1805, s. 
 of William and Patty (Haskell), of Troy. 
 VII. Ahiqail Stone, b. May 3, 1821 : bapt. July 10, 
 1823 ; d. Feb. 12, 1885 ; m. iMay 3, 1840, 
 Amos VVallingford, b. Mar. 23, 1815, in 
 Kochester (N. IL ?). No rec. of ch.,'but 
 they had the following, and perhaps others : 
 
 1. A. Francis WalUvgford, b. ab. 1855. 
 
 2. Isabella WaUingford, b. ab. 1858. 
 
 viiT. Lois Haven, b. Aug. 17, 1822 : bai)t. July IG, 
 1823 ; d. Aug. 2f, 1887 ; m. Erastus Tni)per ; 
 his 2d ■w.; res. Troy. 
 IX. Simeon, b. IMar. 29, 1825 ; m. Apr. 1, 1850, 
 Susannah, b. Mar. 30, 1832, dau. of Elijah 
 and Lucy (Hutler) IJemis, of Troy. She d. 
 Oct. 1, 1853, and hem. (2d) Apr. (4?), 1855, 
 Nancy M., d. May 17, 1882, a. 48 y. 3 mos., 
 dau. of Erastus and Mehitablo Tujjper ; res. 
 T. Ch. b. 1 in F. and by 1st m.; 2-10 in T. 
 and by 2d m. 
 
 1. Francis, b. Sept., 1851. 
 
 2. Susannah, d. Oct. 20, 187G. 
 
 3. AValter S., b. 1859 ; d. Mar. 20, 188L 
 
 4. Ella, d. Dec. 13, 1877. 
 
 5. Etta J., b. Jan. 18, 18G2. 
 
638 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 18 
 
 6. 
 
 19 
 
 7. 
 
 20 
 
 8. 
 
 21 
 
 9. 
 
 22 
 
 10. 
 
 23 
 
 X. Levi, 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 Ida, d. Oct. 27, 1877. 
 
 Eosa M. 
 
 Lula A., b. June 5, 1874. 
 
 Lena S. 
 
 Anna, d. Jan. 1, 1879. 
 
 b. Dec. 28, 1826 ; m. Oct. 10, 1848, 
 Sarah S., b. Oct. 4, 1825, daa. of Easmon 
 and Lucy (Garfield) Alexander. She d. Mar. 
 4, 1863, and he m. (2d) Feb. 3, 1864, Caro- 
 line L., b. May 26, 1840, dan. of Joseph and 
 Prudence (Bowen) Alexander ; res. Troy. 
 Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-6 in T. 
 
 1. Charlie C, b. June 19, 1852 ; d. Aug. 
 
 29, 1877. 
 
 2. Flora E., b. Apr. 6, 1858. 
 
 3. Elmer U., b. July 21, 1867. 
 
 4. Elwin D., b. Oct'. 6, 1868. 
 
 5. Katie E., b. Apr. 18, 1872. 
 
 6. Effie L., b. Sept. 28, 1874. 
 
 XI. Anstriss, b. Oct. 8, 1832 ; d. Mar. 2, 1886, 
 unm. 
 
 XII. Sarah S., b. Apr. 3, 1833 ; m. Sept. 17, 1850, 
 Emerson E. Bissell ; res. Keeue. 
 
 XIII. Sojylironia, b. Apr. 3, 1833 (twin) ; d. in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 MILES. 
 
 1 John Miles was in Concord, Mass., as earl^^ as 1637. He was 
 admitted freeman Dec. 14, 1088, and was one of the largest of the orig- 
 inal proprietors of land in the town ; m. (2d) Apr. 10, 1679, Susanna 
 Rediat, wid. of John Rediat, Jr., of Marlboro, Mass., by whom he had 
 3 ch. Their oldest ch. was 
 
 2 JofiN, b. May 20, 1680 ; m, Apr. 16, 1702, Mary Prescott,of C. 
 They had 6 ch., of whom tlie oldest was 
 
 3 John, b. Dec. 24, 1704. He m. ab. 1726, Elizabeth Brooks, of C, 
 by whom he had 8 ch. Their 2d ch. was 
 
 4 Noah, b. Apr. 29, 1730 ; d. Oct. 21, 1811 ; m. Hulda Hosmer, of 
 C.,<and rem. to Westminster, Mass., in 1752. They had 6 ch., of whom 
 the 2d was Joel, b. Nov. 29, 1756. 
 
 Joel Miles, b. Nov. 29, 1756 ; rem. to F. and settled 
 on L 7 R 11 ab. 1789. He d. Dec. 25, 1843. His w. 
 was Mary Estabrook, who d. Sept. 30, 1839, a. 79 y. 
 Ch. b. i.-iii. in W., iv.-ix. in F. 
 
 I. Polly, b. Apr. 18, 1781 ; m. Jan. 30, 1805, 
 
 Charles Chaphe (Chaffee ?). 
 II. Alner, b. Apr. 28, 1784 ; m. Jerusha, b. Oct. 
 8, 1787, dau. of Joseph Morse, q.v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 639 
 
 III. Salhj, b. Sept. 15, 1785. 
 
 IV. Per sis, b. July 28, 1790. 
 V. Joel, b. Aug. 9, 1792. 
 
 VI. John, b. June 28, 1795 ; d. Sept. 2, 1860 ; m. 
 Dec. IG, 1819, Hiiriiet, b. June 6, 1801, dau. 
 of Artemas and Isabel (Manning) Stone. 
 
 1. Infant, d. May 25, 1820. 
 
 2. Infant, d. Mar. 4, 1821. 
 
 3. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 12, 1822 ; m. 
 
 Nathan Stone, q.v. 
 
 4. Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 15, 1826 ; m. Har- 
 
 rison Barrus, q.v.; m. (2d) Apr. 3, 
 1872, Ivers Emerson, b. Jan. 7, "1820 ; 
 d. Apr. 6, 1885, s. of Asa. 
 
 5. Elizabeth Ballard, b. Oct. 3, 1827 ; m. 
 
 Isaac Davis, q.v. 
 VII. Noah, b. July 28, 1797 ; d. Apr. 6, 1857 ; m. 
 Sophia Nichols, of Royalston ; rem. to R. ab. 
 1840. 
 
 1. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1826 ; d. 
 
 May 1, 1832. 
 
 2. Henry Edward, b. July 26, 1828 ; res. 
 
 R. 
 
 3. Cynthia Louisa, b. Jan. 9, 1831 ; m. 
 
 Reuben Pratt, q.v. 
 
 4. Seraph E., b. Apr. 20, 1833 ; m. Warren 
 
 5. George, bapt. Aug. 28, 1836 ; killed 
 
 June 25, 1862, in the battle of Fair 
 Oaks, Va. 
 
 6. Daughter, bapt. May 19, 1839 ; d. Oct. 
 
 11, 1853, a. 15 y. 
 
 7. Dan vers, bapt. Feb. 14, 1842. 
 
 8. Harriet, bapt. Sept. 8, 1845 ; d. Jan. 5, 
 
 1875 ; ni. Oliver. 
 
 viir. Huldah, b. May 11, 1800. 
 IX. Louisa, b. Nov. 10, 1803. 
 
 Phixehas Gleason Miller came from Hubbards- 
 town, Mass., ab. 1795, and settled on L 9 R 3 ; rem. 
 from town in 1807 or 1808 ; is not taxed after 1807. His 
 w., Martha D., d. Apr. 1, 1799, and he m. (2d) Nov. 
 28, 1799, Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1773, dau. of William and 
 Martha (Locke) Withington, q.v. The bapt. of all the 
 ch. but Nancy are rec. in the chh. rec, and the b. of 
 the ch. iii.-vi. and viii.-x. are in the town rec. 
 
 I. Sophia, I bapt. Nov. 22, 1798 ; also Patty and 
 II. Hezekiah, \ Isabel. 
 
640 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 11 
 12 
 
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 14- 
 
 III. Patty, b. Aug. 3, 1793. 
 
 IV. Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1796 ; d. July 18, 1798. 
 V. Isaljel, b. Sept. 28, 1798. 
 
 VI. Aaron, b. June 12, 1800. 
 VII. William, bapt. Sept. 19, 1802; d. Sept. 27, 
 
 1802. 
 VIII. William Withington, b. Oct. 3, 1803. 
 IX. Jared, b. ISoy. 3, 1805. 
 X. Jesse, b. Apr. 19, 1808. 
 XI. Mvira, bapt. May 13, 1810. 
 
 Jacob Miller was taxed on L 4 E 5, and 
 Solomon" Miller on one half of L 3 E 5, m the Eoad 
 
 tax-lists of 1789 and 1790. Both were taxed in the 
 
 Town lists from 1793* to 1797. 
 
 Cyrus Milliken, b. 1796 ; d. Dec. 31, 1840, at 
 Keene : m. Jan. 30, 1821, Laura Lucena, b. June 5, 
 1805 ; d. Mar. 5, 1823, dau. of Jacob and Sally (Mellen) 
 Townsend ; m. (2d) Oct. 19, 1824, Mary, b. Dec. 21, 
 1805 ; d. Apr. 16, 1845, dau. of Luther and Sally 
 (Eveleth) Smith, of K.; lived on the Baker farm, L 12 
 E 12 ; rem. to K. ab. 1836. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Abel BaJcer, b. Aj)r. 15, 1821 ; m. Joanna Phil- 
 lips ; res. Brookline, Mass. 
 Laura ToiD7isend, b. Feb. 5, 1823 ; m. (1st) 
 John E. Lord ; (2d) Sylvanus Eice ; (3d) 
 James T. Plaister ; res. Dubuque, la. 
 Frances Amelia, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; m. Orville 
 
 C. Walker ; res. Algona, la. 
 Luther Smith, b. July 29, 1826 ; m. (let) 
 Fanny Brodhead ; (2d) Ann E. Hester ; res. 
 Franklinton, IST. C. 
 Harriet Abigail, b. Aug. 26, 1828 ; d. Mar. 3, 
 
 1867, unm. 
 Charles Ediuard, b. F'eb. 5, 1830 ; m. (1st) 
 Sarah W. Dunklee : (2d) Mary F. Eedington. 
 Mr. M. is a Congregational clergyman. (See 
 p. 444.) Ees. Penacook, N". 11. 
 VII. Lyman JBeecher, b. Apr. 30, 1834 ; m. Nancy 
 P. Twombly ; res. Saco, Me. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Charles Francis Mitchell, b. June 28, 1848, s. 
 of Isaac E. and Lucy W. (Firmin) Mitchell ; m. Apr. 
 28, 1870, Ella M., b. Nov. 14, 1847, dau. of Philemon 
 E. and Lucy (Eichardson) Fairbanks, q.v. Ch. b. in 
 F. 
 
 I. Lucy Willard, b. June 24, 1874. 
 II. Walter Hoiuard, b. Mar. 7, 1878. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 641 
 
 MIXER. 
 
 I IsAAC^ Mixer, with his w. Sarali and s. Isaac, came from England 
 in 1634 and settled in VVatertown, Mass., where he d. His will dated 
 Sept. 19, 1655. His s. 
 
 2 Isaac-, m. (1st) Sept. 19, 1755, Mary Coolidge, by whom he had 
 3 ch., and (2d) Jan. 10, 1660-1, Rebeckah Garfield, by whom he had VS 
 ch. His 11th ch., 
 
 3 Daniel^' b. Feb. 21, 1675-6, had in Framingham by w. Jude or 
 Juditli 4 ch., of whom the 3d was 
 
 ^4. Johns b. Nov. 4, 1711 ; ra. Dec. 25, 1739, Mary Lyscom, of South- 
 boro, and had ch. in Fram. r. Lydia, b. Nov. 7, 1741 ; ii. Ruth, b. 
 Nov. 37, 1742 ; d. y.; iir. Ruth, b. Apr. 2, 1744 ; iv. John, b. Nor. 10, 
 1745 ; v. Mary, b. May 27, 1747 ; vi. Nathan, b. Aug. 1, 1749, 5 ; vii. 
 Ezekiel, b. June 9, 1752, 6- 
 
 Nathan* Mixer, b. Aug. 1, 1749; settled in F.; 
 bought a pew in Oct., 1772 ; in 1775 was reported desti- 
 tute of firearms ; served in Rev. War, and was killed at 
 battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777. The Hist., of 
 Troy states that it was Ezekiel Mixer who was killed, 
 which is a mistake. 
 
 The name is spelled in F. rec. ]\[ixer, Mixter, and 
 Mexer. 
 
 EzEKiEi/ Mixer, b. June 9, 1752 ; m. Anne, bapt. 
 Mar. 17, 1754, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Pratt) 
 Pepper, of Fnim. Anne was sister of Abigail, who m. 
 Capt. Elijah Clays. Ezekiel and w. were adm. to chh. 
 Mar. 9, 1779. His name appears first in F. rec. in 
 July, 1774, when he was one of tiie petitioners for '' pew 
 groiind." The family left F. before 1788; rem. to 
 Chesterfield, IST. H., and from thence to St. Mary's 
 Miss., where he d. 1806. F. rec. give only Jacob and_ 
 Nathan. Hist, of Rindge names Charles, and gives his 
 family in full. And there may have been other ch. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 Charles, b. Mar. 8, 1785 ; d. in Rindge, Julv 17, 
 1841 ; m. Sept. 28, 1814, Mehitable, b. Feb. 
 19, 1795 ; d. July 22, 1853, dau. of Barak and 
 Abigail Smith, of Needham, Mass. 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Lewis Monroe, d. July 26, 1841, a. 36 y.; m. Ann, 
 b. July 20, 1809 ; d. July 17, 1875, dau. of Abel and 
 Lovina .(Amadon) Angier, q.v. She m. (2d) Melvin 
 Wilson, q.v. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Keene, iii. in F. 
 
 I. Julia Ann M., b. 1833 ; d. Apr. 9, 1S59 ; m. 
 Holhs B. Day. 
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 10 
 
 II. Adna Leiuis Lysander, b. Oct. 2, 1835,- m. 
 Dec. 31, 1859, Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 
 1839 : d. Aug. 10, 1881. daiu of Willard and 
 Mary Henry, of Chesterfield, N. H. Ch. ali 
 b. in F. 
 
 1. Ellen Gertrude, b, Feb, 28, 1861 ; m. 
 
 Frank 0. Green. 
 
 2. Willie Henry, b. Ang. 11, 1867. 
 
 3. Cora Belle, b, Dec. 30, 1869 ; d. Nov. 
 
 17, 1886. 
 
 4. Charles Adna, b. Oct. 27, 1872. 
 
 5. Maude M., b. June 10, 1877. 
 
 6. Son, b. Jan. 3, 1881. 
 
 III. Charles R., d. Feb. 17, 1865, a, 26 y.; m. Ann 
 L., b. Oct. 6, 1841 ', d. May 19, 1864. 
 
 Thomas Moore was from Marlboro, Mass., and was 
 first taxed in F. in 1795. He d. Dec. 13, 1837, a. 78 
 y,; m. Polly Gibson, who d. May 3 (?), 1843. Ch. 
 III. -IV. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. David, d. Oct. 3, 1866, a. 77 y.; m. Apr. 1, 
 1816, Joanna, d. Oct. 21, 1857, a. 62 y., dau. 
 of Peter and Mary (Wilson) Prescotfc, q.v.; 
 m. (2d) Apr. 4, 1859, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 1803, 
 dau. of Silas and Betsey (Dunton) \Voo-ds, and 
 wid. of John W. Fawcett, q.v. No rec. of 
 ch., and the list here given may not be com- 
 plete. 
 
 1. Lydia Fay, b. June 16, 1817 ; m. Joseph 
 
 N. Bosworth, q.v. 
 
 2. David Thomas, b. Sept. 1, 1835 : m. 
 
 Philinda, b. Mar. 27, 1834, dau. of 
 Panl and Lillis (Aldrich) Martin. 
 
 3. Sabra, d. Nov. 30, 1864, a. 26 y.; m. 
 
 Leonard Byam, q.v. 
 II. Rebecca, m. Jan. i5, 1821, David Heaton, of 
 Keene. 
 
 III. Josiah, b. Dec. 13, 1795 ; d. Apr. 28, 1884 ; m. 
 
 Apr. 14, 1830, Martha J., b. July 12, 1808, dau. 
 of Levi and Eoxana (Amadou) Haskell Ch. 
 1. Martha Adelia (adopted), b. Dec. 12, 
 1847 ; m. Wright Whitcomb, q.v. 
 
 IV. Pollij, b. July 38, 1799 ; m. Dec. 9, 1828, John 
 
 Leathe, of Royalston, Mass. 
 
 MORSE. 
 
 I Samuel^ Morse was b. in England in 1585, anel came to this country 
 in 1635. He lived in Dedham, Mass., and afterward in Medfield, Mass., 
 where he d. in 1654 ; m. Elizabeth . Their s.. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 643 
 
 2 Joseph'', was b. in 1615 in England, and came over with his parents ; 
 m. Hannah Phillips, and lived in M. Their s., 
 
 3 Capt. JosEPII^ b. Sept. 26, 1649 ; rem. to Sherborn, Mass., where 
 he d. Feb. 19, 1818 ; m. Oct. 17, 1671, Mehetabel, dau. of Nicholas 
 Wood. She d. Nov. 13, 1681, and he m. (2dj Apr. 11, 1683, Hannah 
 Badcock, of Milton, Mass. She d. Nov. 9, 1711, and he m. (Sd) May 
 17, 1718, Mrs. Hannah, wid. of Capt. Joseph Dyer, of Weymouth, Mass. 
 He was a member of the Mass. Legislature and a leading man in all the 
 affairs of the town. His s., 
 
 4 JamesS b. July 1, 1686 ; d. June 5, 1735 ; lived in S.; m. Ruth 
 Sawin. Theirs., 
 
 5 JAMES^ b. Dec. 31, 1730 ; d. in S. in 1813 ; m. Grace, b. Oct. 13, 
 1715 ; d. Jan. 39, 1796, dau. of Ephraim and Ruth (Morse) BuUen, of S. 
 He was a soldier in the French and Revolutionary Wars. His s., James, 
 b. Feb. 16, 1746, settled in F. 
 
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 James" Morse, b. Feb. 16, 1746 : came to F. ab. 
 1787, and soon settled on L 7 R 9, where he res. till he 
 d., Apr. 7, 1805 ; m., 1769, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1750, 
 dau. of Nathan and Ede (Partridge) Ballard, of Med- 
 field, Mass. Ch. all rec. in F., i.-iv. as b. in HoUiston, 
 Mass., v.-vi. in F. 
 
 I. Eade (Edith?), b. Jane 3, 1774; m. Caleb 
 
 Felch. (See Felch Register, No. 5, iv.) 
 II. Joseph, b. July 25, 1779. 
 
 III. Silas\ b. Aug. 13, 1783+. 
 
 IV. Mittee, b. May 8, 1785. 
 V. Asa, b. June 3, 1788. 
 
 VI. Nathan, b. Nov. 3, 1791. 
 
 Silas' Morse, b. Aug. 13, 1782 ; m. Dec. 30, 1807, 
 Susannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bailey) Phillips, 
 q.v.; res. in F. till ab. 1811 ; then rem. to Sullivan, 
 N. H., and at a later date returned to F., where he d. 
 Jan. 13, 1859, and she d. May 5, 1868, a. 82 y. Ch. 
 b. i.-ii in F., iii.-ix. in S. 
 
 James, b. Feb. 6, 1809. 
 
 Mary Lorinda, b. Jan. 7, 1811 ; m. Thomas 
 
 Forristall, q.v. 
 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 25, 1813. 
 Ira L., b. Aug. 19, 1815 ; m. Aug. 10, 1852, in 
 Gilsum, N. H., Sylvia Ann Cummings, b. 
 Aug. 19, 1828, at Athol, Mass., dau. of Will- 
 iam Frarv and Joanna (Davis) Cummings. 
 Ch. b. 1 at Gilsum, 2 at F. 
 
 1. Ira Alfred, b. June 2, 1853 ; d. Aug. 
 11, 1865. 
 
 2. William Ansil, b. Jan. 30, 1863 ; d. July 
 30, 1865. 
 
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 HISTOKY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Y. Susamia, b. Jan, 21, 1818 ; ni. David A. 
 
 Eoiindy, q.v. 
 Yi. Archibald, b. May 13, 1820. 
 Yii. Silas Abbot, b. Aug. 3, 1823 ; m. Sept. 12, 
 1855, Sarah E., b. 1833 ; d. July 20, 1877, 
 dau. of Caleb and Louisa (Boweu) Boyee, 
 q.v. J rem. to Eoyalston. No rec. of cL., but 
 they had d. in. F. 
 
 1. Etta Angeline, d. Dec. 15, 1863, a. 5 y. 
 11 mos. 
 Yin. Natlian, b. Apr. 15, 1825. 
 IX. Alexander, b. Nov. 8, 1828. 
 
 The members of this family have been noted for their 
 general adherence to the Democratic Party in politics. 
 
 Joseph Moese, prob. bro. of James, No. 6, was in 
 F. perhaps as early as 1781 ; settled on L 9 R 8 ; left 
 town ab. 1814 ; rem. to Brookfield, Vt. Ch. all rec. 
 in E.; the name of his w. is not given. 
 
 I. Jose^jh, b. Mar. 3, 1781 ; is taxed in F. 1805-08. 
 
 II. John, b. Nov. 11, 1784. 
 
 III. Ulihu, b. Jan. 19, 1786. 
 
 IV. Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1787 ; m, Abner Miles, q.v. 
 Y. Elijah, b. Oct. 2, 1789. 
 
 YI. Lovina, b. Aug. 28, 1791." 
 YII. Misha,h. Nov. 1, 1793. 
 VIII. Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1795. 
 IX. George JVashington, h. July 31, 1798; d. Jan. 
 
 27, 1815. 
 X. Betsey, b. Apr. 26, 1801. 
 XI. Po%, b. Apr. 14, 1804. 
 XII. Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1807. 
 
 Aaron Morse and w. Damaris were adm. to the chh. 
 Feb. 19, 1775, and left town before 1793*. Ch. rec. 
 inF. 
 
 I. Artemas, bapt. June 23, 1776. 
 
 II. Nathaniel, " 
 
 III. Eusebia, " 
 
 lY. Jonas, " 
 
 Y. Abigail, " 
 
 YI. Aaron, " 
 
 YII. Nathaniel, " 
 
 d. July 26, 1780. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1779. 
 Sept. 30, 1781. 
 Aug. 13, 1786. 
 Nov. 23, 1788. 
 
 JosiAH Morse, m. Sabary (Sabra ?) , of Rich- 
 mond. He was taxed in F. 1807-14. Ch. rec. in F, 
 as follows : 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 645 
 
 T. PUlinda, b. Feb. 21, 1795. 
 II. Lucy M., b. Apr. 27, 1797. 
 
 III. Vircjil, b. Aug. 10, 1800. 
 
 IV. Josiali, b. Dec. 30, 1803. 
 
 V. Milton M., b. Apr. 2, 1806. 
 VI. Rachel, b. June 28, 1806 (1808?). 
 
 Daniel Morse, a native of Sturbridge, came to F. 
 ab. 1797, and res. in town till he d., Oct. 1, 1812, a. 
 40 y. He m. Dec. 10, 1795, Lucinda, b. Mar. 22, 1772, 
 dan. of Eev. Benjamin and Lucy (Morse) Brigham and 
 wid, of Dr. Peter Clark Grosvener. 
 
 I. Eliza, b. Sept. 13, 179G ; m. Oct. 28, 1819, Ziba 
 
 Baldwin, of Greenfield (Mass.?). 
 II. Harding, b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; d. xMar. 18, 1802. 
 
 III. Lorimj, b. Apr. 22, 1800 ; res. Ac worth, ]Sr. H. 
 
 IV. Lemuel, b. Sept. 4. 1801. 
 V. Curtis, b. Oct., 1803. 
 
 Jabez Morse, d. Jan. 26, 1845, a. 66, y. ; m. Aug. 
 11, 1799, Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 1781, dau. of John and 
 Lucy (Brigham) Fay, q.v. 
 
 I. Benjamin Briqliam, b. Sept. 27, 1799 ; m. Sept. 
 21, 1817, Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801, dau. of 
 Joel and Lvdia Whitney, q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 
 25, 1847, Mary, b. Sept._ 8, 1800, dau. of 
 Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, q.v. 
 
 1. Eliza, b. Jan. 23, 1818. 
 
 2. Fanny, b. Apr. 15, 1821 ; m. Thomas 
 
 Stratton Angier, q.v. 
 
 3. Emily, b. Oct. 28, 1823 ; d. Sept. 16, 
 
 1824. 
 
 4. Benjamin Willard, b. Oct. 2, 1828. 
 
 5. Levi, b. Mar. 28, 1832. 
 
 II. Olive C, b. Mar. 2, 1802 ; m. Mar. 16, 1826, 
 John Field, of Jaffrey ; m. (2d) June 9, 
 1829, Washington Davis, of F. 
 
 III. Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1804 ; d. Oct. 8, 1804. 
 
 IV. Edioard F , b. Jan. 22, 1806. 
 
 V. Lucij, b. July 22, 1808 ; m. Amos Davis, q.v. 
 VI. John F., b. June 14, 1810 ; d. Oct. 9, 1830. 
 VII. JaMz, b. May 20, 1813 ; m. Mar. 14, 1838, 
 Mary Jane,"b. Nov. 20, 1815, dau. of Edward 
 and Kuth Perkins, of Jadrey. 
 
 1. John Frederick, b. Apr. 19, 1842. 
 VIII. Lovina, b. May 24, 1817. 
 IX. Thomas W., b. May 7, 1819 ; d. July 4, 1854, 
 unm. 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Windsor Fay, h. Sept. 4, 1821 ; m. Mar. 28, 
 1852, Martha B., b. Jan. 30, 1833 ; d. May 
 29, 1874, dau. of John Abbot and Xancy 
 (Wheelock) Cutter, of Jaffrey. 
 
 1. Ella M., b. June 25, 1852. 
 
 2. John A., b. Dec. 5, 1861. 
 
 3. Clara R., b. Sept. 20, 1863 : d. May 24, 
 
 1867. 
 
 4. Windsor E., b. Apr. 4, 1865. 
 
 WiLLARD Newton, of Southboro, Mass., m. Nov. 
 23, 1826, Lucinda, b. Mar. 24, 1805, dau. of Jesse and 
 Rhoda (Perry) Forristall, and settled in F. Lucinda 
 d. Mar. 6, 1834, and he m. (2d) May 13, 1835, So- 
 phronia, b. Aug. 12, 1801 ; d. Mar. 29, 1853, dau. of 
 William S. and Polly (Locke) Whittemore, q.v. He 
 was b. May 28, 1798 : d. Oct. 12, 1860, John Byam, 
 q.v., m. his sister. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Henry, bapt. Feb. 17, 1828 ; d. Oct. 28 (?), 
 
 1856, in Berlin, Mass. 
 II. Harriet, bapt. Mar. 18, 1830 ; d. Oct. 28, 1882 ; 
 m, Oct. 11, 1860, James Harkness, b. Dec. 
 23, 1818, in Richmond, s. of John and Han- 
 nah (Bowcn). Mr. H. came to F. ab. 1846, 
 and, excepting a few y., has res. in town 
 since ; lives on the Calvin Smith place, L 10 
 R 12, S.JO. 
 
 III. Charles, bapt. Apr. 1, 1834 ; m. Dec. 14, 1867, 
 
 Alicia M., b. Oct. 1, 1842, dau. of Milton and 
 Caroline (Allen) Chaplin, q.v. 
 
 1. Infant, b. Jan. 16, 1873 ; d. Jan. 28, 
 
 1873. 
 
 2. Fred Allen, b. Jan. 12, 1873 (adopted). 
 
 IV. Austin G., b. Aug. 11, 1836 ; d. May 25, 1837. 
 V. Barrett W., b. Sept. 29, 1838 ; m. Sept. 12, 
 
 1859, Mandana L., b. Dec. 5, 1844, dau. of 
 Elisha and Sarah Ann (Burgess) Harkness, 
 of Richmond ; res. Arborville, Neb. Ch. b. 
 1-2 in F., 3-4 in Iowa, 5-6 in Nebraska. 
 
 1. Alice E., b. Mar. 25, 1861 ; d. Sept. 9, 
 
 1863. 
 
 2. Charles Eugene, b. Sept. 7, 1862. 
 
 3. Fred E., b. Jan. 18, 1868. 
 
 4. Edmund B., b. Nov. 4, 1871. 
 
 5. Willard A., b. Aug. 10, 1873. 
 
 6. Ernest H., b. Nov., 1879. 
 VI. Emily S., b. Jan. 15, 1841. 
 
 VII. Willard A.,h. Feb. 8, 1842 ; m. June 11, 1868, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 647 
 
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 10 
 
 Nellie Olive, b. Oct. 24, 1843, dau. of Clem- 
 ent and Charlotte (Stover) Maxwell, of Ogun- 
 quit. Me. 
 
 1. George Austin, b. Aug. 6, 1876 
 (adopted), 
 
 Joseph Nichols, of Needham, Mass., m. Oct. 38, 
 1755, Judith, b. July 6, 1735, dau. of Isaac and Anne 
 Mixer, of Framingham ; adm. to chh. in F. June 34, 
 1781, on letter from Fram. ; rem., prob. before 1789, 
 to Westboro, Mass., where he d. Sept. 15, 1796, and w. 
 Judith d. Aug. 31, 1796. He was taxed in F. 1788, on 
 L 6 R 13, 
 
 I. Joseph, b, Dec. 19, 1755 ; m. Aug. 36, 1779, 
 
 Thankful, b. Apr. 19, 1760, dau. of Nathan 
 
 and Thankful (Gibbs) Winch, of Fram. 
 
 Joseph and w. were adm. to chh. in F., Sept. 
 
 23, 1783; rem. to Grafton, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Naucy, bapt. Sept. 33, 1783, 
 
 2. Gilbert, b. Sept. 13, 1781 ; bapt. Sept. 
 
 33, 1782. 
 
 II. Anne, b. Nov. 30, 1757 ; m. Jesse Cheney, q.v. 
 
 III. Forhinatus, b. Jan. 30, 1760 ; m. Sept., 1783, 
 
 Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1763, dau. of Elijah and 
 
 Abigail (Pepper) Clays, q.v.; res. Westboro, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Solomon Nichols was taxed 5 y., 1803-06. 
 Ruth he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, b. July 9, 1801. 
 II. Infant, d. Oct. 33, 1804. 
 III. Luke, b. Dec. 9, 1805. 
 
 By w. 
 
 I Francis Nurse lived in that part of Salem, Mass., which is now 
 Danvers, where he d. Nov. 22, 1695, a. 77 y. He m. Rebecca, dau. of 
 William Town. Though an honored member of the old chh. in S., 
 she was involved in the witchcraft delusion. At her trial the evidence 
 against her was so weak that the jury twice failed to convict, but on a 
 third return to court she was brought in guilty. She was hanged July 
 19, 1692. It was afterward shown that from deafness she had failed to 
 compreiiend the questions put to her. Their oldest ch., 
 
 2 John, lived in S.; m. (1st) Nov. 1, 1672, Elizabeth Smith; (2d) 
 Aug. 17, 1677, Elizabeth Verry. His oldest ch., 
 
 3 John, b. Oct. 12, 1673 ; m. Feb. 21, 1700, Elizabeth, b. June 1, 
 1678, dau. of John Gale ; settled in Framingham before m. Their oldest 
 ch., 
 
 4 John, b. Aug. 27, 1701 ; m. Bathsheba, dau. of John Rugg ; res. in 
 Fram.; late in life rem. to Waterford, Me. They had 9ch., of whom the 
 oldest was Joseph, b. Jan. 26, 1724. Their 2d ch., Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 
 1725, m. Joshua Harrington, g.». 
 
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 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Joseph Nurse, h. Jan. 26, 1724 ; m. Feb. 27, 1746, 
 Sarah Walkup. It is not known "very definitely when 
 the family came to ¥., but it was as early as 1776, and 
 perhaps earlier. Mr. and Mrs. N. were recommended 
 by the Fram. chh. Apr. 21, 1776, and received by the 
 ciih. in F. July 14, 1776. They d. in F., Mr. ]Sr.,Feb. 
 8, 1812, and Mrs. N., Aug. 27, 1784 ; res. in that part 
 of F. now in Troy ; L 20 R 9. Oh. i.-vi. rec. m 
 Hopkinton, Mass., vii.-is. bapt. in Fram., x. added 
 from History of Troy. Sarah, Molly, and Bathsheba 
 appear to have m. and settled in Mass. before the re- 
 mainder of the family came to F. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1747. 
 II. Holly, b. Sept. 15, 1749. 
 
 III. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9, 1751 ; m. Thankful . 
 
 Hist, of Troy says in one place " moved to 
 Ohio," in another, "settled in Putney." 
 He left town ab. 1790 ; lived on L 16 R 5. 
 Ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Nabby, b. July 15, 1782. 
 
 2. David, b. Nov. 16, 1784. 
 
 3. Jonathan, b. Mar. 10, 1787. 
 
 4. Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1789. 
 
 IV. Bathsheba, b. Nov. 9, 1752. 
 
 V. Joseph, b. June 13, 1755 ; m. Feb. 24, 1785, 
 Mary Bruce, and settled in Dummerston, 
 Vt. 
 VI. Hannah, b. Mar, 15, 1757 ; m. Dec. 19, 1782, 
 Colman Sanderson. Hist. Troy calls his 
 name Sanders, and states that they moved to 
 Leverett, Mass. 
 Yii. Reuben, bapt. June 7, 1761 ; m. Jerusha Bruce, 
 who d. Mar. 3, 1791. He was recommended 
 to the chh. in Leverett, Mass., Aug. 26, 1796, 
 but prob. left town before 1793*. Ch. rec. 
 in F. The 4th ch. was doubtless by a 2d m. 
 after he left F. 
 
 1. Sally, b. Oct. 6, 1786 ; d. Mar. 13, 1789. 
 
 2. William Bruce, b. Aug. 3, 1788 ; d. Mav 
 
 14, 1791. 
 
 3. Sally, bapt. Aug. 1, 1790 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 
 1791. 
 
 4. Jerusha Bruce, bapt. Oct. 5, 1794. 
 Yiii. Ebenezcr, bapt. June 19, 1763+. 
 
 IX. Katy, bapt. Dec. 28, 1766 ; m. Apr. 17, 1783, 
 in F., Reuben Graves. 
 
 X. Prudence, m. Moseman and moved to 
 
 Ohio. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 649 
 
 Ebenezkr Nurse, b. June 9, 17G3 ; bapt. June 19, 
 1763 ; d. Dec. 10, 1824 ; m. Priscilla Poor, of Royals- 
 ton, b. Jan. 29, 17G6 ; d. Apr. 26, 1844 ; lived on the 
 home place. Ch. i.-viii. rec. in F., ix.-xi. added 
 from Hist. Troy. The Hist. Troy states that " Eben- 
 ezer Nurse had eight children," and proceeds to give 
 the names, dates of birth, etc., of eleven. 
 
 I. Josiali, b. Oct. 18, 1785 ; m. Feb. 6, 1811, 
 Eboda. dau. of Samuel and Rhoda (Johnson) 
 Rockwood. q.v. 
 II. Lnther, b. July 16, 1787 ; m. Nov. 12, 1811, 
 Lucy. b. June 21, 1789, dau. of Samuel and 
 Elizabeth Davis, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Eliza, b. Aug. 13, 1812. 
 
 2. Josiah, b. Oct. 1, 1813. 
 
 III. Lkcij, b. June 30, 1789 ; m. Moses Drury, q.v. 
 
 IV. William, b. Julv 6, 1791 ; d. Dec, 14, 1791. 
 
 V. Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1792 ; m. May 9, 1821, Solo- 
 mon Groddard and res. in Troy. 
 
 Selecty, h. Mar. 25, 1795 (Electa in Hist. 
 Troy) ; m. Feb. 2, 1819, John Morse. 
 
 Joseph, b. Sept. 10, 1797 ; m. Mar. 11, 1825, 
 Nancy Starkey. 
 
 Am, b. May 9', 1801 ; m., 1835, Olive Cum- 
 mings. 
 
 Jerusha, b. Sept. 10, 1804 ; d. 1834. 
 William, b. June -3, 1807; m., 1827, Charlotte 
 Kimball. 
 
 3Iaria (twin), b. June 3, 1807 ; d. Feb. 10, 
 1832, unm. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 IX. 
 . X. 
 
 XI. 
 
 William Nurse was in F. as early as 1777, and left 
 town in 1798 or early in 1799. (See list of Rev. soldiers, 
 p. 240.) His name is in the town tax-lists 1793* to 
 1798, inclusive. In one place the Hist, of Troy names 
 him among the ch, of Jo&e])h, which evidently is not 
 correct. He m. Apr. 27, 1780, Lydia, dau. of John 
 and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, q.v. Ch. bapt. in F. 
 
 I. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 21, 1785. 
 II. Ruhamah, bapt. Aug. 21, 1785. 
 
 III. WiUiam. 
 
 IV. Polhj, ' " Sept. 16, 1787. 
 V. Infant, d. Mar. 11, 1793. 
 
 VI. Infant, d. Aug. 7, 1797. 
 
 VII. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 4, 1798. 
 
 VIII. Lucy, " " " 
 
 IX. Joel, 
 
650 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 GrEOEGE Newbury Olmsted, b. in East Hartford, 
 Ct., Aug. 27, 1805 ; d. Aug. 24, 1883 ; m. Sarah 
 M., b. Aug. 27, 1807 ; d. June 29, 1882, dau. of 
 Andrew and Nancy (May) Phillips, q.v.; settled in F. 
 ab. 1832. 
 
 I. George Andreiu, b. Aug. 12, 1828 : m. July 4, 
 1854, Ann G-., b. Sept. 9, 1835, dan. of 
 Thomas and Orinda (Whitcomb) Eugg, of 
 Eindge ; res. Winchendon. No rec. of ch. 
 but a dau. 
 1. Alice F., d. Sept. (5?), 1862, a. 7 y. 5 
 mos. 
 II. Mary Fererlean, b. Nov. 21, 1829 ; m. Edwin 
 Streeter, q.v. 
 
 III. Osmond Brunson, b. Sept. 28, 1831. 
 
 IV. AsUel Forles, b. Aug. 7, 1833 ; d. Apr. 10, 
 
 1838. 
 V. William Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1835 ; d. Mar. 18, 
 
 1838. 
 VI. Sarah Elizaleth, b. Sept. 4, 1837. 
 VII. Eveline Delia, b. Aug. 12, 1839 ; m. Aug. 29, 
 
 1866, James P. Williams. 
 VIII. Ashbel Forbes, b. Mar. 11, 1842 ; d. Jan. 29, 
 1843. 
 IX. Lucia Maria, b. Sept. 5, 1843. 
 X. Rosilla Oummings, b. Jan. 24, 1845 ; d. in 
 Boston, Mass., May 8, 1884 ; m. Apr. 7, 1864, 
 Edward A. Platts, of Fitchburg. 
 XI. Loring Pearl, b. Nov. 22, 1846 ; m. May 27, 
 1875, Ida Emogene, b. Jan. 27, 1854, dau. of 
 Charles and Charlotte M. (Scott) B^'am ; res. 
 Enfield, N. H. 
 
 1. Charles Byam, b. July 8, 1876. 
 
 2. Blanche May, b. Jan. 21, 1882. 
 XII. Emeline IMissa, b. July 11, 1848. 
 
 XIII. Adaline Melicent (twin), b. July 11, 1848 ; m. 
 William H. Holman, q.v. 
 
 Matthew Osborn, from Hopkinton, Mass., came to 
 F. as early as 1779 ; m. Jan. 2, 1781, Betsey, b. Jan. 
 5, 1756, dau. of Benjamin and Kezia (Munroe) 
 Wetherbee, of Eindge ; settled on L 10 E 5. Mr. 0. 
 d. May 12, 1841, a. 87 y. 6 mos. Mrs. 0. d. Sept. 30, 
 1818. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. John, b. Mar. 27, 1782 ; d. July 27, 1837. 
 II. Josiah, b. Mar. 30, 1784 ; d. Dec. 17, 1843 ; m. 
 Huldah, d. Sept. 18, 1877, a. 91 v. 4 mos.. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 
 dan. of Ezekiel and Anna Collins ; lived on 
 the home place. 
 
 1. Mary, b. Jnly 11, 1805 ; m. Dana Davis. 
 
 q.v. 
 
 2. Marinda, b. Nov. 11, 1807 : m. David 
 
 Taft, Jr., q.v. 
 
 3. Betsey, b. May 10. 1815 ; m. Charles 
 
 Reed, q.v.; (2d) Chancy J^avis, Jr., 
 q.v. 
 
 III. MaWieio, b. June 30. 1787 ; d. Nov. 26, 1833 ; 
 
 m. Apr. 6, 1809, Polly, b. June 9, 1788 ; d. 
 May 4, 1873, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Har- 
 ris) Stone. 
 
 IV. Betsey, b. Nov. 21, 1790 ; d. Nov. 2, 1835, 
 
 unm. 
 V. Benjamin, b. Aug. 26, 1794 ; d. Mar. 18, 1836 ; 
 m. Dec. 29, 1818, Naomi, d. Aug. 11, 1850, 
 a. 61 y., dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bailey) 
 Phillips, q.v. 
 
 Samuel Osborn was doubtless a bro. of Matthew, 
 and came to F. at ab. the same time ; m. Nov. 22, 
 1781, Abigail Kemp. He d. July 18, 1798, and the 
 family left town soon after. 
 
 I. Polhj, b. Sept. 18, 1782. 
 
 II. Samuel, b. May 7, 1784. 
 
 III. Jam.es, b. Sept. 26, 1786. 
 
 IV. Luther, b. Dec. 23, 1788. 
 V. Sally, b. Sept. 7. 1792. 
 
 VL Gilbert, d. Aug. 29, 1798. 
 
 Isaac C. Park was taxed in F. 1842-51, inclusive. 
 By w. Mary A. he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I, Lelemain, d. Aug. 21, 1842, a. 2 y. 
 II. MarceUa Lelemain, b. Dec. 21, 1843. 
 A dau. of Mrs. Park by pi-evious m. 
 III. Elizaheth Wright, m. Daniel G. Carter, q.v. 
 
 PARKER. 
 
 1 Thomas' Parker, a. 30 y. , came over from England in the ' ' Susan and 
 Ellen" in 1635 : settled first in Lynn, IMass., and rem. to Reading, where 
 he was one of the founders of the chh. and a dea. ; d. Aug. 11, 1683 ; 
 by w. Amy, wlio d. Jan. 15, 1690, he had 11 ch., of whom the 2d was 
 
 2 nANANiAH% b. 1638 ; d. Mar. 10, 1734 ; res. in R.; m. Sept. 30, 
 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Brown, who d. Feb. 27, 1698, and he 
 m. (2d) Dec. 12, 1700, Mary, dau. of Wm. Barsham and wid. of Dea. 
 John Bright. He had 8 ch., all by 1st m., of whom the 1st was 
 
652 
 
 HISTOEY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 3 .JoHN^ b. Aug. 3, 1664 ; res. in R. and rem. to Lexington, Mass., 
 
 where he d. Jan. 33, 1741 ; m. 1689, Deliverance , who d. Mar. 10, 
 
 1718. They had 6 ch., of whom the 3d was 
 
 4 ANDKEW^Jo. Feb. 14, 1693 ; d. Apr. 8, 1776 ; res. in L.; m. Aug. 
 3, 1730, Sarah Whitney. They had 13 (?) ch., of whom was 
 
 5 Amos^ b. July 37, 1733 ; d. Dec. 33, 1791 ; res. in L. and rem. to 
 Shrewsbury, Mass.; m. 1745, Anna Stone, d. Nov. 18, 1799, a. 72 y. 
 They had ch. b. in L. i. Anna ; ii. Amos ; iir. Isaac, b. in S. ; iv. 
 Hollis ; V. Elisha ; vi. Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1757, 6 ; vii. Nahum, b. 
 Mar. 4. 1760-|- ; viii. Frederick ; ix. Betsey. All of the s. were out in 
 the Revolutionary War except Frederick, the youngest. 
 
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 15 
 16 
 17 
 
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 Ephraim* Parker, b. Oct. 4, 1757 : d. Dec. 1, 1810. 
 After res. a few y. inRoyalston, came to F. in 1786, and 
 settled on L 15 E 12 ; m, Abigail Baker, cousin of Abel 
 Baker, who was one of the earliest settlers in the west 
 part of the town. (Mrs. P. ra. [2d] Mar. 24, 1814, 
 Jonas Fav, of Mason, N. H. She d. Feb. 13, 1840, a. 
 82 y.) 
 
 I. AUgaiV, b. Mar. 5, 1796 ; m. Joshua Worcester, 
 q.v. 
 
 JSTahum" Parker, b. Mar. 4, 1760 ; d. ^oy. 12, 
 1839 ; m. Aug. 11, 1783, Mary Deeth, of Gerry (Phil- 
 lipston), Mass. She d. June 4, 1837, a. 77 y. After 
 living a short time in G. and Shrewsbui-y, they came to 
 F. early in 1786, and settled on L 13 R 1, which had 
 been previously owned by Joshua Willard. Judge 
 Parker was one of the most prominent and influential 
 men in town. (See p. 421.) 
 
 I. Hannah', b. Dec. 26, 1784; d. in Westmore- 
 land ; m. Luna Foster, Jr., q.v. 
 II. Austin, b. Jan. 24, 1787 ; d. in Westmoreland. 
 
 III. Maria, b. July 6, 1789 ; m. June 1, 1814, Dr. 
 
 Samuel Lane, a native of Swanzey, N. H.; 
 rem. to S., where both d. 
 
 IV. Amos Andreiu, b. Oct. 8, 1791+. 
 
 V. Ephraim\ b. Aug. 18, 1793 ; d. in Orange, 
 Mass.; m. Dec. 7, 1816, Lucy. b. June 3, 
 1795, dau. of Capt. David and Ruth (Mellen) 
 Stone, q.v. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Julia Selina^ b. May 18, 1817. 
 
 2. Alfred, b. Mar. 29, 1819. 
 
 3. Infant, d. Dec. 9, 1820. 
 
 4. Edward Nelson, b. Apr. 7, 1822. 
 
 5. Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1825 ; d. Apr. 8, 
 
 1826. 
 VI. Nalium, b. Mar. 16, 1797. 
 

GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
 653 
 
 viT. Selina, b. July 5, 1799 : m. John Damon, q.v. 
 VIII. Elmon, b. Jan. 20, 1802 ; d. in California. 
 IX, Sidney, b. July 3, 180-4 ; d. Apr. 26, 1815. 
 
 Amos Andrew" Parker, Esq., b. Oct. 8, 1791 ; m. 
 Oct. 13, 1822, Miranda W., b. Apr. 10, 1796 ; d. Mar. 
 13, 1828, dau. of Daniel C. and Anna Sanders, of Med- 
 field, Mass.; m. (2d) Mary, d. Apr. 3, 1876, a. 81 y., 
 dau. of Gen. Michael McOhiry, of Epsom, N. H.; m. 
 (3d) Apr. 9, 1879, Julia E. Smith, of Glastonbury, 
 Ct., b. May 27, 1792 ; d. Mar. 6, 1886. She was one 
 of the Smith sisters of G. who ^were of considerable 
 notoriety 20 y. ago for refusing to pay taxes because 
 the}'' did not have the privilege of voting. Esq. Parker 
 is the oldest person now living who was b. in F. (See 
 p. 437.) Ees. Hartford, Ct. Oh. b. i. in Concord, 
 JST. H., II. in Med field, Mass., iii.-v. in New Market, 
 N. H., Yi. in Kingston, N. H., vii. in F. 
 
 I. George W., b. Aug. 14, 1824+. 
 II. Daniel Clarh Sanders, b. Sept. 2, 1826 ; d. June 
 15, 1845 ; drowned in Troy. 
 
 III. Andrew, b. Mar. 2, 1828 f m. Feb. 12, 1851, 
 
 Laura A., b. May 2, 1829, dau. of Isaac and 
 Frances (Stevens) Morse, of Winchendon ; 
 res. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Miranda S.,'h. ab. 1830 ; m. June (4?), 1855, 
 
 Anson B. Smith, s. of Samuel. Mr. S. is a 
 merchant in \V inchendon, where thev res. 
 V. Charles H., b. ab. 1833 ; d. May 16,''l863, in 
 the army ; m, Nov. (23?), 1859, Jane S., b. 
 June 17, 1836 ; d. Jan. 6, 1862, dau. of 
 James and Polly (Handy) Ballou, of Kich- 
 mond. 
 1. Ada. 
 VI. John McClarif, b. Sept. 17, 1836 ; m. Oct. 17, 
 1865, Catherine A., b. June 25, 1840 ; d. 
 Mar. 19, 1869, dau. of Capt. Jonathan S. and 
 Abigail (Tower) Adams, q.v.; m. (2d) Sept. 
 21, 1870, Abbie H., b. Jan. 10, 1838, dau. of 
 John and Jane S. (Richardson) Kimball, q.v. 
 
 1. Helen Adams*, b. Aug. 6, 1866. 
 
 2. Francis Eichardson, b. July 19, 1873. 
 VII. Mary Elizabeth, b. ab. 1839 ; d. July 17, 1870. 
 
 George W.' Parker, b. Aug. 14, 1824 ; m. Oct. 26, 
 1848, Julia A., b. Nov. 2, 1828, dau. of Lyman and 
 Julia (Chaplin) Deeth, q.v.; res. Halifax, Mass. Ch. 
 b. in F. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
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 45 
 
 I. Ellen Miranda, b. July 17, 1849 ; m. June 20, 
 1871, Herbert C. Keith, b. Oct. 18, 1848, s. 
 of Freedon and Minerva (Holmes), of East 
 Bridgevvater, Mass., s.p.; res. E. B. 
 II. Daniel Deetli, b. June 29, 1851 ; m. Mar. 20, 
 1877, Abbj S., dau. of Martin and Jane 
 (Standish) Holmes, of Halifax ; res. Gardner, 
 Mass. Ch. b. in G. 
 
 1. Laura Abby", b. Oct. 17, 1878. 
 
 2. Daniel Holmes, b. Jan. 5, 1883. 
 
 3. Miriam Holmes, b. Jan. 18, 1885. 
 
 4. Daughter, b. Sept. 8, 1887.' 
 
 III. George Amos\ b. Apr. 28, 1853 : m. Dec. 6. 
 
 1876, Jennie W., b. Oct. 12, 1851, dau. of 
 Andrew and Harriet N. (Waterman) Eich- 
 mond, of Halifax ; res. H. Ch. b. 1-2 in 
 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 3 in H. 
 
 1. Arthur Vassar", b. Sept. 6, 1877. 
 
 2. Andrew Richmond, b. June 12, 1881. 
 
 3. Robert Lyman, b. July 16, 1886. 
 
 IV. Caroline Sanders\ b. May 30, 1855 ; m. Oct. 
 
 26, 1880, Benjamin F. Thrasher, of Halifax ; 
 res. Gardner. Ch. b. in G. 
 
 1. Mertice Parker" Thrasher, b. N"ov. 29, 
 
 1881. 
 
 2. Francis Parker Thrasher, b. Aug. 10, 
 
 1884; 
 V. Julia Frances, b. Apr. 28, 1861. 
 
 46 Abraham' Paekek, the emigrant ancestor of another line, came 
 from England as early as 1644, prob. before that date, and lived in 
 Woburn and Chelmsford, Mass.; by w. Rose Whitlock he had 10 ch., of 
 whom the 6th was 
 
 47 MosES^ b. ab. 1657 ; d. Oct. 12, 1733 ; by w. Abigail Hildretb 
 he had 7 ch., of whom the 3d was 
 
 48 Aakon', b. Apr. 9, 1689; d. Dec. 19, 1775; m. twice, and had 
 10 ch.; by 1st w., Abigail Adams, his 2d ch. was 
 
 49 Samuel*, b. Jan. 1, 1717 ; d. Aug. 17, 1795 ; m. 3 times, and had 
 10 ch.; his 3d ch. by 2d w., Mary (Proctor) Robbins, was 
 
 50 ABEL^ b. Mar. 25, 1753 ; rem. to Jaffrey in 1780 and d. there 
 May 2, 1831 ; by w. Edith Jewett he had 9 ch., of whom the 5th was 
 
 51 AsA^ b. Mar. 12, 1786; d. Oct. 15, 1833; m. July 26, 1808, 
 Fanny, b. Mar. 6, 1788 ; d. Jan. 4, 1866, dau. of Dr. Stephen and Nancy 
 (Colburn) Jewett, of Rindge. Ch. i. Cahdn Jewett^ b. Jan. 18, 1809, 
 52; II. Clementine, m. Dr. Daniel B. Cutter, the Historian of Jaffrey ; 
 III. Adaline, m. Milton Kilburn, q.i>.; iv. George S.; v. Columbus C. 
 
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 Calvist J.' Pakker, b. Jan. 18, 1809 ; d. Apr. 4, 
 1859, in Boston ; m. Abigail, dau. of Joel Kendall, of 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 655 
 
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 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 Dublin ; came to F. ab. 1840, and rem. ab. 1846. Ch. 
 b. L in Jalfrey, ii. in Rindge, iii.-iv. in F. 
 
 I. Joel KendalV, b. Nov. 19, 1835 ; m. Clara C. 
 
 Willard. 
 II. Adaline Sophia, b. Mar. 18, 1839 ; m. Charles 
 F. Gibson, of E., b. Jan. 10, 1839, s. of John 
 A. and Mary Ann (Knowlton), of E. 
 
 III. Mary Louim, b. Apr. 17, 1841 : d. Sept. 23, 
 
 1866, m Worcester ; m. May, 1866, Joel 
 Billiard. 
 
 IV. Flora Etta, b. Oct. 33, 1843 : d. July 25, 1866 • 
 
 m. 1865, Worcester. 
 
 Eeuben Farm enter and vv. Sarah had ch. rec. 
 I. Amos, bapt. July 7, 1776. 
 II. Sarah, bapt. June 21, 1778. 
 
 in F. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Patch and w. Lydia were adm. to the 
 chh. in F. July 10, 1788, on letter from the chh. in 
 Stow, Mass. After living a few y. in the Spinney 
 house at the north village they settled on L 15 E 10 
 He d. Feb. 15 1817, a. 87 y. She d. Dec. 22, 1820, a^ 
 74 y. Capt. Patch commanded a company from Acton 
 in the Eev. War, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill 
 m 1775. The youngest ch., Jacob, is the only one rec 
 in P. It IS believed that Oliver was the oldest ch., but 
 the correct order of the others cannot be given. Samuel 
 was the only one who res. in F. 
 
 I. Oliver. 
 
 II. Ahraham. 
 
 III. John. 
 
 IV. Samuel, m. Jan. 30, 1805, Betsey, b. Sept. 7 
 
 1778, dan. of Daniel and Hannah Mellen, q.i'. 
 No b. of ch. rec, and the following list is 
 doubtless incomplete : 
 
 1. Maria, b. June 5, 1806 ; d. Feb. 10 
 
 1838 ; m. Apr. 20, 1837, Dea. Peter 
 Farwell, of Leominster, Mass.; his 2d 
 w. He was b. June 24, 1800, s. of 
 Si-meon and Hepzibah (Farwell), of 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 2. Eliza, d. Aug. 26, 1831, a. 22 y., unm. 
 
 3. Samuel, d. June 24, 1812, a. 5 mos 
 
 4. Charles, m. Sept. 17, 1811, Eliza Howe. 
 
 V. Lydia, m. Feb. 26, 1805, Joseph Church, of 
 
 Templeton, Mass. 
 
656 
 
 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 VI. Susanna, m. Sept, 17, 1811, John Anderson, 
 
 of T. 
 VII. Jacob, b. Feb. 25, 1789 ; m. Mar. 13, 1817. 
 Eliza, b. Apr. 28, 1797, dau. of John and 
 Elizabeth (Sweet) Harkness, of Richmond ; 
 lived in E., Templeton, Swanzey, and in 
 Fitchburg, where both d.; they had 9 ch. 
 
 PATEICK— KILPATRICK. 
 
 I Thomas Kilpatrick came from Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, 
 to Boston in 1718 ; rem. to Maine, finally settling in Biddeford, -where 
 he d. in 1763, a. 84 y. He had several ch., one of vs^hom, 
 
 g 2 Andrew, returned from Maine and settled in Dedham, Mass.; 
 prob. d. there. He had 5 oh. or more, of whom the oldest was Samuel, 
 b. 1733, 3. 
 
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 8 
 
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 SamtjEL Kilpatrick, or Patrick, as he called his 
 name in later life, res. in Stoiighton, Mass., afterward in 
 Fitchburg, and rem, ab. 1773 to F., settling on L 17 
 E 5 ; rem. in Dec, 1809, to Jaifrey, where he d. Aug. 
 6, 1817, a. 84 y.; m. (1st) Jerush a Harris, who d. Nov. 
 13, 1780; (2d) Mrs. Eelief Oakes, of Winchendon, 
 who d. Apr, 27, 1819, a. 83 y., prob. in F., as the 
 death is rec. in F. and not in J. The dwelling-house 
 of Mr. P. was consumed by fire in 1784, at which time 
 he was town clerk. The book of Town Meeting Eecords 
 was rescued in a badly damaged condition, but about 
 all the other town papers were destroyed. The name 
 is Kilpatrick in both town and chh. rec. till ab. 1777, 
 after which time it is Patrick. Ch, last 3 b. in F. and 
 bapt. rec. in chh. rec. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. Apr. 29, 1764 ; d. in JafErey, Jan.- 10, 
 1833 ; m. Dec. 27, 1792, Sarah Davison, of 
 Peterboro, who d. Jan. 25, 18:^4, a. 58 v., 
 and he ra. (2d) Ann, b. 1776 ; d. Oct. 24, 
 1853, dau. of Francis and Anna Wright, of J. 
 Bapt. of first 3 ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Joel Oakes, b. Nov. 8, 1793 ; m. Sally, 
 
 dau. of Eoger and Elizabeth (Eich) 
 Brigham ; res, in J. 
 
 2. Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1795. 
 
 3. William Wright, b. Dec. 2, 1797. 
 
 4. Sally, b. May 5, 1800 ; m. Jonathan 
 
 Jewett Bacon, of J. 
 5." Eelief, b. Dec. 6, 1803 ; m. Perkins 
 
 Bisrelow, of J. 
 6. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1809. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 657 
 
 II. Rufns, b. May 4, 1766 ; d. Sept. 13, 1797 ; m. 
 Aug. 24, 1788, Eaniee Badger ; settled on L 
 7 R 4 : rem. to J. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Dec. 22, 1770 ; m. Edward Kelley, 
 q.v. 
 
 TV. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1772 ; m. Susannah McLean ; 
 
 res. Hinesburg, Vt. 
 V. Sallij (twin), b. Nov. 6, 1772 ; d. July 30, 
 1865 ; m. Oct. 9, 1793, Whitcomb French, b. 
 Oct. 26, 1767, s. of John and Mary (Whit- 
 comb), of Dublin ; res. Dublin and Marl- 
 boro ; had 9 ch., of whom the oldest, AVhit- 
 comb French, Jr., kept a hotel in F. 
 
 Yi. Hannah, b. Feb. 12, 1774 ; d. Dec. 17, 1831 ; 
 m. Feb. 3, 1802, John McLean, of Lyme, 
 N. H., and res. there. 
 VII. Dolly, b. Aug. 23, 1776 ; d. Jan. 30, 1856 ; m. 
 (1st) David Goodell, of L.; (2d) Asaliel 
 Gilbert. 
 VIII. Abigail, b. Oct. 23, 1780 ; d. Dec. 18, 1780. 
 
 Edward Payson settled on L 4 R 8. He was an 
 
 early settler, but it is not known definitely when he 
 
 came to F. The family left town ab. 1797. ^ He is not 
 
 taxed after 1797. By w. Eunice he had ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. David, b. Aug. 30, 1782. 
 
 II. Luke, b. Mar. 9, 1784 ; d. Apr. 25, 1784. 
 
 III. Luke, b. Apr. 27, 1785 ; d. Aug. 16, 1786. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth, b. May 13, 1787. 
 
 V. Ediuard, b. Aug. 19, 1789 ; d. Mar. 19, 1790. 
 
 VI. Edward, b. Nov. 28, 1791. 
 
 VII. Harriet, b. Sept. 26, 1794. 
 
 VIII. Mary Cunningham., b. May 20, 1797. 
 
 Elihu Penisti MAN" came toF. from Peterboro, N. H., 
 ab. 1802. I'he History of P. gives no account of his 
 ancestry, and no information concerning it has been 
 obtained from anv other sources. He d. Nov. 1, 1835. 
 a. 84 y. His w. 'Ruth, d. Dec. 16, 1834, a. 84 y. Of 
 his ch. Adam settled in P., Elihu came to F. ab. 1815 ; 
 the daughters came in 1802. 
 
 I. Adam, b. 1779 ; m. Feb. 26, 1801, Phebe, dau, 
 of Kelso and Phebe Grav, of P. Mr. P. d. 
 Apr. 21, 1860, a. 81 y. Sirs. P. d. Jan. 21, 
 1863, a. 84 y. They had 3 ch., all of whom 
 d. in infancy. 
 II. Ruth, m. John Potter, q.v. 
 III. Sally, d. in Brattleboro, Vt., May 4, 1862. 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 (8) 
 
 IV. Betsey,d.mB., Jnned,18o2. Sally and Betsey 
 were interred in F. 
 
 6 V. Susan, m. Jude Damon, q.v. 
 
 7 VI. mUm, m. Mar. 10, 1808, Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 
 1779 ; d. Dec. 29, 1834, dau. of Dea. Chris- 
 topher and Bethiali (Hunt) Thayer, of P.; 
 may have had other ch. between the two 
 named here ; if so, they d. y. 
 
 1. Joseph Adams, b. in P", Dec. 28, 1808+. 
 
 2. Infant, b. in F. ; d. Nov. 4, 1818. 
 VII. William, b. Aug. 5, 1793 ; d. in New York 
 
 State, Dec, 1872. (See Chap. XVI.) 
 
 Joseph Adams Penniman, b. Dec. 28, 1808 ; d. 
 1871 ; m. Apr. 17, 1838, Catherine, b. Aug. 25, 1815, 
 dau. of Paul and Abigail (Dudley) Loker, of Wayland, 
 Mass. In the spring of 1846 all the family rem. to 
 Brattleboro, Vt., and a few y. later from thence to 
 Bowen's Prairie, la. Ch. b. i.-iii. in F,, iv. in B., 
 v.-vi. in B. P. 
 
 11 I. Sarah Thayer, b. Mar. 7, 1839 ; m. Mar. 14, 
 1866, Chauncy C. Perley, b. Oct. 16, 1841 ; 
 d. Mar. 16, 1879. s. of Moses and Louisa 
 (Childs), of B. P. Mrs. P. res. in Monti- 
 cello, la. Ch. all b. in B. P. 
 
 12 1. James Adams Perley, b. Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 13 2. Catherine Louisa Perley, b. Nov. 7, 
 1868. 
 
 14 3. Chauncy Burton Perley, b. July 31, 1871. 
 
 15 4. William Perley, b. July 13, 1874; d. 
 Dec. 20, 1876. 
 
 16 5. Sarah Perley, b. July 21, 1877 : d. July 
 17, 1878. 
 
 17 II. Charles Gilman, b. Oct. 16, 1840 ; m. Dec. 4, 
 1865, Ada M. Howard, of Scranton, (la. ?), 
 b. Apr. 27, 1842 ; res. S. 
 
 18 HI. Catherine, b. Aug. 30, 1845 ; d. July 24, 1846. 
 
 19 IV. Frederick Adams, b. May 25, 1854 ; m. Nov. 
 25, 1875, Ophelia, b. Apr. 1, 1855, dau. of T.. 
 M. and Frances L. Hicks, of B. P.; res. 
 Golden, Dak. Ch. b. 1-2 in B. P., 3 in G. 
 
 20 1. Charles H., b. Feb. 11, 1877. 
 
 21 2. Rae, b. Aug. 13, 1879. 
 
 22 3. Berneice, b. July 15, 1885. 
 
 23 V. Clara Elizabeth, b. Mar. 7, 1859 ; m. Mar. 7, 
 1882, M. M. Hitchcock, of Mitchell, Dak., b. 
 Mar. 7, 1856 ; res. M. 
 
 24 1. Louise Hitchcock, b. Apr. 13, 1883. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 
 
 659 
 
 VI. Carrie Louise (twin), b. Mar. 7, 1859 ; d. Mar., 
 1861. 
 
 I William Pekham, b. Oct. 13, 1777 ; m. Persis Sargent, b. Aug. 2, 
 1781, a.'id lived in Winchester, N. H., where he d. July 11, 1825, and 
 she d. July 11, 1829. Four of their ch., as hereafter noticed, settled in 
 F., and two otliers. Orange and Reuben, res. here for shorter periods of 
 time. Orange Perham d.'in F., Oct. 28, 1857, a. 48 y. 
 
 William Perham, s. of William and Persis, b. Dec. 
 19, 1804, in Spencer, Mass.; d. Apr. 24, 1878, in P.; 
 m. Nov. 14, 1835, in Winchester, Caroline, b. Apr, '22, 
 1800, in St, Johnsbury, Vt. ; d. Oct. 4, 1879, in F., dan, 
 of Reuben and Hannah (Pratt) Alexander ; settled in 
 F. on L 17 R 4, where Jabez Morse had previously lived, 
 Ch. b. in W. 
 
 I. Soplironia Alexander, b. Nov. 13, 1838 ; m. 
 Harvey A. Clark, q.v. 
 
 Stephen Pkrham, another s. of William and Persis, 
 d, Feb. 5, 1858, a. 52 v.; m. Lucretia Knapp, b. Sept. 
 26, 1809, in Dover, Vt.; settled on L 18 R 8, the 
 Holman or Hemenway place, Ch, b, in F, 
 
 I, Charles Henry, b. Aug. 23, 1842 ; d. Sept. 16, 
 1877 ; m. Jan. 21, 1864, Helen F., b. June 
 19, 1846 ; d. May 30, 1868, dan, of Thomaa 
 L. and Nancy (Brooks) Felch, q.v. 
 
 1. Alice Maud. b. Aug. 28, 1865. 
 II. Frank Leroy, b. Sept. 11, 184G ; m. Dec, 31, 
 1867, Ellen Louisa, b. Dec. 29, 1848 ; d. 
 Ang, 29, 1881, dau. of Asa and Louisa 
 (Stone) Wood, of Troy; m, (2d) June 18, 
 1885, Emma Jane, b. June 28, 1854, dan. of 
 David S, and Marinda M, (Creed) Derby, of 
 Marlboro, 
 
 1. Myrtie Emma, b. Aug. 24, 1881. 
 III. Rocena Palmer, b. Feb, 5, 1851 ; m. Oct, 
 (20?), 1866, Edward Alonzo Nntting,b. Mar, 
 30, 1844, s. of Charles and Nancy S. (Towns) 
 Nutting, of Jaffrey. 
 
 1, Etta Maud Nutting, b. Aug. 4, 1874. 
 
 2, Alta Nay " b. Mar, 11, 1877; 
 
 d. Aug. 7, 1880. 
 
 3, Myrtie L. Nutting, b. (1879 ?) 
 
 t g;:;,ghter[(t^'"^)'b- Sept. 10, 1882 ;d. 
 Sept. 23, 1882. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 21 
 
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 Stlvanus Perham, another s. of William and Persis. 
 d. Feb. 1, 1874, a. G6 y.; m. Betsey R, b. Nov. 3, 
 1815 ; d. Oct. 1, 1857, dan. of Luther and Sibel (Fiske) 
 Damon, q.v.; m. (2d) Dec. 31 (?), 1860, Mary, dan. of 
 Zalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe, and wid. of Harvey 
 Blanding, both q.v. Mr. P, was first taxed in F. in 
 1830, and rem. to Troy in 1857. No rec. of the family, 
 and the following list of ch. may not be complete : 
 
 I. Rosilla, b. ab. 1834 ; m. Oct. 31, 1854, Charles 
 
 B. Wright, of T. 
 II. Ellen R., b. ab. 1836. 
 
 III. Mary F., b. ab. 1838. 
 
 IV. Willard S., b. ab. 1840. 
 V. Clara M., b. ab. 1842. 
 
 VI. Betsey Grace, b. Apr. 16, 1845 ; m. (1st) D. 
 Henry Eeed ; m. (2d) Wyman S. White, both 
 q.v. 
 VII. Walter, b. June 16, 1855 ; d. Jan. 5, 1860. 
 
 Joel Perham, another s. of William and Persis, b. 
 June 2, 1817 ; m. Aug. 22, 1843, Betsey, b. May 17, 
 1824, dau. of iSTahum and Susanna (Townsend) Howe, 
 q.v. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 George, b. Jan. 26, 1846 ; d. Feb. 18, 1846. 
 
 Sarah Howe, b. Mar. 31, 1847 ; m. Albert F. 
 AVilson, q.v. 
 
 Alvin Joel, b. Mar. 24, 1858 ; m. Jan. 1, 1882, 
 Nellie M., b. July 21, 1861, dau. of Warren 
 and Elizabeth (Burnett) Svyan, of AVinchester. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 PERKINS. 
 
 I John' Perkins, with w. Judith and 5 ch., from England, arrived 
 at Boston, Feb. 5, 1631 ; settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1633 ; had 1 ch. b. 
 in this country. The family tradition is that they came from Newent, 
 in Gloucestershire. Their 2d ch., 
 
 2 Thomas-, settled in Topsfield, Mass., and m. Phebe Gould. They 
 had 6 ch., of whom tbe 3d was 
 
 3 Elisha^ b. ab. 1656 ; m. (1st) Catherine Towne ; (2d) wid. Eliza- 
 beth (Knight) Towne. He had 9 ch., of whom the youngest was 
 
 Z). JosEPu\ b. May 10, 1702 ; m. Nov. 20, 1727, Mercy Dorman ; m. 
 (2d) Mercy Robinson ; rem. from T. to Mfithuen, Mass., in 1753. He 
 had 8 ch., of whom the 7th was 
 
 5 Capt. Joseph^, b. July 16, 1744 ; rem. from M. in 1778 to Jaffrey, 
 where he d. Jan. 28, 1821 ; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Ruth Clark, of Salem, 
 Mass., who d. Oct. 23, 1815, a. 74 y. Ch. i. Robinson, b. Dec. 22, 
 1766, 6; II- Moses, b. Dec. 13, 1768; m. twice, and had 11 ch.; in. 
 Molly, b. Feb. 17, 1771 ; m. Obver Bayley, and had 8 ch.; iv. Edward, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 661 
 
 b. Aug. 21, 1774; m. Ruth Gordon, and had 10 ch. ; v. John; vi. 
 Joseph ; vii. Elizabeth ; viii. Ruth, b. Nov, 16, 1782 ; m. Capt. John 
 Stone, q.v. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 m. Daniel Spauld- 
 
 Sept. 6, 1832 ; m. 
 , b. June 25, 1804. 
 
 Robinson' Perkins, b. Deo. 22, 176G ; d. Feb. 20, 
 1847 ; m. Mar., 1792, Peddy, b. Nov. 35, 1771, dan. of 
 Stephen and Lncy (Fisher) Shepardson. of Guilford, 
 Vt. She d. Dec. 2, 1838, and he m. (2d) 1843, Deb- 
 orah, b. Auff. 27, 1785, dau. of Josiah and Sarah 
 (Bowers) Ingalls, q.v., and wid, of Rev. Charles Mavory. 
 She d. Feb. 16, 1872, in Rinclge, at the home of her 
 dau. Mr. P. rem. from Jaff rey to F. in 1810. He was 
 a clockmaker and silversmith, 
 
 Jared\ b. Feb. 12, 1793+. 
 
 Lucinda, b. June 14, 1796 ; 
 ing, q.v. 
 
 John, b. Sept. 16, 1801 ; d. 
 Dec. 21, 1830, Harriet F. 
 dau. of Joel and Rebecca (Tower) Hayden, 
 q.v. She m. (2d) Benjamin Fay, q.v., and d. 
 Feb. 8, 1853. Mr. p! was in trade with his 
 brother-in-law, Daniel, from 1826 or 1827 till 
 his d. 
 
 1. Helen Rebecca', b. Jan. 16, 1832.' 
 
 Nancif, b. Oct. 26, 1807 ; d. Oct. 19, 1875, in 
 VValtham, Mass.; m. July 21, 1831, Dr. 
 Gideon C. Noble, b. June 6," 1803, in Norfolk, 
 Ct.; d. Sept. 6, 1879, in W., s. of Matthew 
 Noble, of Willington, Ct., and Hadassah 
 Tucker, of Chesterfield, Mass. Ch. b. 1-3 in 
 F., 4 in Fitchburg, 5 in Harvard, Mass. 
 
 1. Isabella Gray NoUe, b. Nov. 1, 1834 ; 
 d. Sept. 16, 1836. 
 
 2. John P. Noble, b. July 27, 1837 ; m. 
 June 12, 1864, Eleanor Foster, oi 
 Shirley, Mass.; res. Waltham. 
 
 3. George H. Nodle, b. Jan. 24, 1841 ; m. 
 Jan. 10, 1866, Mary A. Rice, of Wor- 
 cester, Mass. ; res. Providence, R. I. 
 
 1. Edith M. NoUe, b. Feb. 1, 1876. 
 
 4. Emma C. Noble, b. Mar. 2, 1843 ; d. 
 May 15, 1863. 
 
 5. Charles F. Noble, b. Oct. 19, 1850 ; d. 
 July 17, 1851. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Dr. Jared' Perkins, b. Feb. 12, 1793 ; d. Oct. 7, 
 1824; m. Mar. 1, 1819, Sarah, b. June 13, 1795 ; d. 
 Nov. 29, 1877, dau. of Joel and Lucy (Flint) Hayden, 
 
662 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 q.v. She m. (2d) Edward Bailey, of Jaifrey, s. of 
 Oliv^er and Molly (Perkins). 
 
 I. William, d. Aug. 13, 1821, a. 2 y. 6 mos. 
 II. J ared Daniel, m. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1821, 
 dau. of Josiah and Lydia (White) Amadon, 
 q.v.; res. Bellows Falls, Vt. Ch. b. in F. 
 1. Sarah Adaliza, b. Mar. 25, 1844 ; m. 
 Dec. 13, 1876, Lavant M. Read, s. of 
 Charles D. and Olive (Willard) ; res. 
 B. F. 
 
 PERRY. 
 
 Among the early emigrants from England to Massachusetts there were 
 at least three by the name of Perry, apparently representing as many 
 dilferent families. One of the number, 
 
 I John' Perky, came over with the Rev. John Elliot, in 1681, and 
 settled in the town of Roxbury, where he became a member of the Chh. 
 of the Apostle to the Indians. His s., 
 
 2 John", b. in 1639 ; d. prior to 1715 ; res. in Sherborn, Mass.; m. 
 May 23, 1665, Bethiah, b. 1648 ; d. 1717, dau. of Daniel and Lydia 
 (Fisher) Morse, of S. Their s., 
 
 3 JosEPH=, b. Aug. 25, 1664 ; m. Apr. 26, 1698, Martha Lovet, and 
 res. in S. Their s., 
 
 4 DAVID^ b. Apr. 22, 1706 ; d. Sept. 27, 1793 ; m. Mary , d. 
 
 Jan. 29, 1791, a. 79 y.; res. Sherborn. They had 10 ch., of whom 2 
 sons, Pavid', b. Apr. 22, 1752, 5, and Simeon', b. Jan. 10, 1757, 6, set- 
 tled in F. A dau., Desire, m. John Cloise or Clays, a cousin of Capt. 
 Elijah Clays, who settled in F. 
 
 64 
 
 David** Perry, h. Apr. 22, 1752 ; d. Sept. 20, 1776, 
 in the Revolutionary W'ar, at Fort Independence, N". Y.. 
 of dysentery. It is the family account that he was 
 drafted into the service, but as no public rec. have been 
 found of any draft, it was probably a local arrangement, 
 agreed upon as being the most satisfactory way of de- 
 ciding who should go. He was of large and powerful 
 frame, tradition stating that he was the strongest man 
 in his regiment. He was m. Ang. 19, 1773, at Framing- 
 ham, Mass., by Rev. Elijah Brown, to Sarah Fisher, of 
 Fram. (After the d. of Mr. Perry the wid. m. Francis 
 Fnllam, q.v.) Mr. P. came to F. soon after his m. and 
 settled on L 2 R 7, which he bought of Stephen Cole. 
 As the deed is dated June 1, 1772, it is prob. that he 
 had been in F. before m., though in the rec. of the m. 
 in Fram. he is called of Sherborn. 
 
 I. Sarah\ b. May 16, 1774 ; m. Josiah Newton 
 Brigham, q.v. 
 
WILLIAM FISHER PERRY, 
 
 PHOTO -GRAVTJRB CO., K. T- 
 
DAVID PERRY. 
 
 PHOTO- QRAVTrH.B 00., M. Y. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 663 
 
 II. Capt. William Fisher^ b. Fob. 9, 1776 ; d. 
 Mar. 18, 1871 ; m. July 1, 1802, Hannali, b. 
 Mar. 12, 1777 ; d. Oct. 27, 1845, dan. of Levi 
 and Tabitha (Hardy) Brighain, of F. Capt. 
 P. was prominent in obtaining the Charter of 
 the Fitzvvilliain Artillery Company in 1807, 
 and at the organization of the Com[)any he 
 was commissioned first lieutenant. At a later 
 date he vvas captain of the Company. About 
 181G he settled on L 14 R 2, formerly owned 
 by Esq. Kendall, where he passed the re- 
 mainder of his life. The portrait of him 
 shown here was copied from a picture taken 
 when he was 92 y. old. 
 
 1. 
 
 Infant', d. Sept. 19, 1803. 
 
 2. 
 
 David, b. Oct. 14, 1804 ; d. Oct. 1, 
 
 
 183 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 A son, b. Nov. 27, d. Dec. 4, 1806. 
 
 4. 
 
 Sally, b. Oct. 30, 1807 ; d. Oct. 23, 
 
 
 1812. 
 
 5. 
 
 Tabitha, b. Dec. 6, 1809 ; d. Oct. 12, 
 
 
 1812. 
 
 6. 
 
 William, b. Jan. 9, 1812+. 
 
 7. 
 
 David, b. May 4, 1814+. 
 
 8. 
 
 Sarah, b. July 16, 1816. 
 
 9. 
 
 Charles, b. Nov. 22, 1818+. 
 
 William' Perry, b. Jan. 9, 1812 : d. May 25, 
 1863, at Boston, Mass.; interred at F. ; m. May 30, 
 1841, at Gardiner, Me., Harriet, b. July 16, 1816, dau. 
 of William and Elizabeth (Jewett) Springer, of (1. Oh. 
 b. I. at F., the others at Boston. 
 
 I. Edgar William', b. Mar. 30, 1842 ; d. Apr. 27, 
 1842. 
 
 II. Hannali EUzaheth, b. June 20, 1843 ; m. George 
 
 A. Smith. 
 
 1. Helen CampbelF Smith. 
 
 2. Ann Rockwell 
 
 III. Maria Marshall, b. Apr. 5, 1845 ; d. Apr. 11, 
 
 1845. 
 
 IV. William Henry, b. Oct. 11, 1847 ; served in the 
 
 War of the Rebellion in 42d Reg. Mass. 
 Vols.; d. in Boston, Nov. 17, 1864, of disease 
 contracted in the army ; interred in F. 
 V. Sarah Ellen, b. Nov. 11, 1853 ; m. Oct. 10, 
 
 1885, Warren S. Locke. 
 VI. Frederic Gardiner^, b. Jan. 13, 1858 ; gradu- 
 ated with honor at Harvard in the class of 
 
664 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM, 
 
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 1879 ; was elected on the Class Committee ; 
 m. Dec. 10, 1884, Annie E. Mosely ; res. 
 Weston, Mass. 
 1. Fred G.^ b. Dec. 7, 1885. 
 
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 (4-6) 
 
 David' Perry, b. May 4, 1814 ; m. May 4, 1847, 
 Sophia, b. Jnly 11, 1821 ; d. May 16, 1872, daa. of 
 Nathaniel and Eliza S. Kenniston, of Gardiner, Me. 
 From 1845 to 1865 he occupied the Cheshire Hotel, 
 which he made a popular and successful house ; was 
 captain of the Artillery Co. 1845-46. In 1866 rem. to 
 Weston, Mass., where he still res. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Daughter', b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; d. Feb. 29, 1848. 
 
 II. Franlc D., b. Apr. 24, 1849. 
 
 III. Hattie S., b. Jan. 23, 1852. 
 
 IV. George S., b. Nov. 14, 1855 ; m_. Oct. 9, 1883, 
 
 Charlotte Johnson. He is in business in 
 Boston — a dealer in school supplies. 
 V. Henry W., b. July 15, 1857. 
 
 Charles' Perry, b. Nov. 22, 1818 ; m. Mar. 31, 
 1847, Maria, b. Jan. 24, 1826, dau. of Calvin and Deb- 
 orah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer, No. 10.) Mr. 
 P. has always lived on the home place, and is a highly 
 prosperous and successful farmer. He has not found 
 it necessary to leave the hills of New Hampshire in 
 order to get a living. 
 
 I. Calvin Briglianf, b. Jan. 27. 1848 ; m. Nov. 
 
 10, 1870, Julia E., b. Nov. 27, 1847, dau. of 
 
 Abner and Elizabeth (Bailej) Gage, q.v. Mr. 
 
 P. is a merchant, and postmaster at Fitz- 
 ! william Depot ; commenced business in 1868 
 
 in partnership with Daniel R. Spaulding ; 
 I has continued alone since 1875. 
 
 1. William Fishel^ b. Dec. 5, 1872. 
 i 2. Walter Gage, b. Jnne 13. 1874. 
 
 I II. Charles William, b. Mar. 3, 1855 ; d. Oct. 22, 
 
 1879, from the kick of a horse. He was a 
 I young man of much promise. 
 
 I Simeon' Perry, b. Jan. 10, 1757 ; d. Dec. 22, 1831 ; 
 
 I m. Hannah Barnes, of Belchertown, Mass., b. July 17, 
 
 1763; d. Mar. 20, 1824; m. (2d) Comfort , who 
 
 d. July 3, 1831, a. 64 y.; came to F. before 1785, and 
 settled on L 3 R 7. Ab. 1790 he sold this lot to 
 Nathaniel Grover, and a little later bought L 6 R 10 
 
 lof Silas Cobum. The family left town ab. 1804, but 
 
CHARLES WILLIAM PERRY. 
 
 PHOTO GRA\'URE CO. , N T 
 
CHARLES PERRY. 
 
 PHOTO-GRAVURH CO., N. T. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 late in life Mr. P. and 2d w. retnrned, and both d, in F. 
 Mr. P. and w. Hannah were adm. to the chh. in F. 
 Sfpt. 14, 1788, and at his d. he left the balance of his 
 property, after paying his debts, to the chh. of which he 
 bad been for so long time a member. The amonnt re- 
 ceived was $400.28. Ch. all b. and rec. in F., but none 
 of them settled in town. 
 
 I. David\ b. Feb. 16, 1785 -, d. Apr. 24, 1785. 
 IL Siif^ea, b. Dec. 17, 1786 ; m. Jeremiah Jenks, 
 of Belchertown, Mass., where she d. Feb. 28, 
 1802. 
 
 III. Samuel, b. May 1, 1789 ; d. July 25, 1870 ; m. 
 
 Abigail Chase, of Sutton, Mass. 
 
 IV. Davicf,h. Aug. 10, 1791 ; d. Apr. 24, 1792. 
 V. Simeon, b. Apr. 4, 1793 ; d. Feb. 28, 1825. 
 
 VI. Eebpcca, b. Jan. 4, 1796 ; m. Morgan Bent, of 
 Palmer, Mass.; rem. to Jackson, 0., where 
 she d, 
 VII. Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1798 ; d. Apr. 18, 1800. 
 VIII. Daniel, b. Mar. 10, 1801 ; d. Oct. 14, 1861. 
 
 43 Thomas Peury lived in Royalston, and the Royalston Centennial 
 refers to his s. Miciih, Thiiddeus, and Asa as also living in that town. 
 Another s., Oliver, lived a few y. in F. and rem. to Concord, Vt. 
 
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 50 
 
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 MiCAH Pekry, s. of Thomas, was- in F. before 1790, 
 settling on L 4 E, 12. He res. in town till ab. 1818, 
 
 when he returned to Royalston. He m. Betsey . 
 
 Six ch. II. -IV. and vi.-viii. are rec. in F. 
 
 I. Rhocla, b. Nov. 30, 1785 ; m. Jesse Forristall, 
 
 Jr. q.v. 
 II. Lucinda, b. July 22, 1787 ; d. July 3, 1799. 
 
 III. Micah, b. Mar. 11, 1789 ; drowned in Svvanzey. 
 
 IV. Elisha, b. Nov. 25, 1790 : m. June 25, 1812, 
 
 Diana, dan. of Jacob and Rhoda (Bump) 
 Boyce, of Richmond ; res. in R. till ab. 
 1840, when he rem. to State of New York. 
 
 1. Louisa, m. Henry Handy, b. 1814, s. of 
 
 George and Ruth (Estes), of R. ; res. 
 N. Y. 
 
 2. Jacob B., m. Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1820 ; 
 
 d. 1878, dau. of Enoch and Rebecca 
 (Williams) Sprague, of R. 
 
 3. Diana. 
 
 4. Lvsander, m. Prudence A. Sprague, b. 
 
 Nov. 1, 1821 ; d. 1866, sister of Han- 
 nah, above. 
 V, Jonas, h. 1792 (?) ; prob. d. y. 
 
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 56 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 VT. Betsey, b. Feb. 12, 1794 ; m. June 6, 1815, 
 Hiinuiel Morse, of Hubbardston, Mass. 
 
 ■VII. Abigail, h. Oct. 19, 1?9G ; m, Benjamin Wilson, 
 q.v. 
 
 VIII. Polly, b. Nov. 25, 1799 ; m. Joseph Stone, q.v. 
 
 57 William Perry, a native of Dorchester, Mass., and family, settled 
 in F. ab. 1842. His w. was Tamar (Whiting), a native of Hingham, 
 Mass. He d. Dec. 27, 1862, a. 82 y.; she d. Nov. 8, 1847, a. 59 y. 
 Their dau., Mary Stone Perry, m. Samuel Williams, of D., Nov. 4, 1844. 
 Their s. Thomas, b. Sept. 27, 1822, settled i.i F. 
 
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 70 
 
 Thomas Perry, b. Sept. 27, 1822, in Burlington, 
 Vt.; m. Sept. 27, 1848, Susan, b. Sept. 27, 1824, dau. 
 of Levi and Mary (Blodgett) Whittemore, of Troy. 
 Ch. b. III. and iv. in Wethersfield, Vt., all the others 
 in F. 
 
 I. 3fary IF., b. June 27, 1849 ; m. John Henry 
 
 Drury, q.v. 
 II. Suscm A., b. Feb. 7, 1852 ; m. Nov. 3, 1875, 
 Emory Schuvler Haradon, s. of Eev. John S. 
 and Caroline H. (Merrill) Ilaradon, of Jaf- 
 frey ; res. Gardner, Mass. 
 
 1. Mary Alice Ilaradon. . 
 
 2. John Ilaradon. 
 
 3. Edith 
 
 III. Thomas F., b. Mar. 5, 1854 ; m. Nov. 25, 1879, 
 
 Emma I., dau. of Eli S. Richards, of Win- 
 chendon ; res. Waterville, Mass, 
 
 IV. JoJm F. (twin), b. Mar. 5, 1854. 
 V. William H., b. Feb. 15, 1856. 
 
 VI. Emma E., b. Oct. 27, 1857 ; m. Charles' P. 
 
 Bosworth, q.v. 
 VII. Sara T., b. Jan. 1, 1860. 
 VIII. Nellie J., b. Sept. 12, 1862. 
 IX. Charles E., b. Sept. 8, 1865. 
 
 JoHX Petts m. Relief Pollard, Nov. 22, 1794, in 
 Ashbnrnham, Mass. The familv came to this town ab. 
 1805, and res. htre till the d. of^Mr. P., July 12, 1820, 
 a. 51 y. After the d. of Mr. P. one s. remained in town, 
 and the rest of the family returned to A., where Mrs. 
 P. d. Feb. 17, 1843. The older ch. were doubtless b. 
 in A. and the younger in F., but no b. are rec. in F. 
 The d. of two ch. are rec. in F. 
 
 I. John, b. Mar. 19, 1795. He was a physician, 
 and had an extended practice for many y. in 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 667 
 
 Nichols, N. Y. ; m. Phebe, dau. of Rev. 
 Perley and Lemiah (Barnes) Howe, of Surry, 
 N. H., andliad 5 ch. 
 II. Relief, b. May 8, 1796 ; m. James Billings, and 
 res. in A. 
 
 III. Abel, b. Dec. 23, 1798+. 
 
 IV. Mary, m. Joshua Turner, and res. in Cambridge- 
 
 port, Mass. 
 V. Lucy, m. James Gibson, and res. in Leominster, 
 
 Mass. 
 VI. Isancy Maria, m. John A. Conn, and res. in A. 
 
 and Fitchburg. 
 VII. Harriet, m. Horace Blake. After res. a few y. 
 
 in A. rem. to Buchanan, Mich. 
 VIII. Horace. 
 IX. Jf)><ep]i. 
 
 X. Child, d. Nov. 28, 1811, a. 3 or 4 d. 
 XI. Child, d. Apr. 18, 1815. 
 
 Abel Petts, b. Dec. 22, 1798 ; d. Apr. 1, 1801 ; settled 
 on the home place, L 4 E 2 ; m. June 19, 1826, Ciiar- 
 lotte, b. Jan. 13, 1805 ; d. May 1, 1887, dau. of Levi 
 and Martha Pratt, cfv. 
 
 I. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1827 : m. May 31, 
 1846, Luke Chamberlain,- of Ashburnliam, 
 Mass.; res. Cleveland, 0. 
 II. Harriet' B., b. Nov. 23, 1828 ; d. Oct. 2, 1845, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Abel E., b. Sept. 25, 1830 ; d. Dec. 29, 1837. 
 
 IV. Charles A., b. Sept. 26, 1833 : res. Townsend, 
 
 Mass. 
 V. Gilbert Addison, b. Jan. 16, 1836 ; lives on the 
 
 home place. 
 VI. Martha Maria, b. Feb. 12, 1842 ; d. Sept. 16, 
 1847. 
 
 PHILLIPS. 
 
 Samuel Phillips lived in Athol, Mass., where he d. 
 in 1810. He had 13 ch., 12 s. and 1 dan. Two of his 
 s. settled in F., and perhaps another one lived here for a 
 short time. 
 
 Eli.jah Phillips, s. of Samuel, b. Jan. 23, 1764 ; 
 d. May 4, ]8-il ; came to F. ab. 1790 ; settled on L 5 
 R 7, previously owned by Edward Kelley or Calley ; ra. 
 Sept. 8, 1795^' Lydia, b. Aug. 24, 1772 ; d. Nov. 23, 
 
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 1833, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hard}?) Brigham, q.v. 
 Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Belinda, b. May 20, 1796 ; d. Aug. 13, 1798. 
 II. Lucii, b. Jan. 14, 1798 ; d. Oct. 4, 1805. 
 
 III. Elijali, b. Apr. 6, 1800 ; d. Sept. 26, 1805. 
 
 IV. Rufus Brigham, b. June 7, 1802+. 
 
 V. Maria, b. July 20, 1804 ; d. Oct. 30, 1821, 
 
 unm. 
 VI. Gardner, b. ISTov. 27, 1806 ; d. Dec. 23, 1869 ; 
 m. Fannie Whitman, of Walpole, JST. IL, who 
 d., s.p.; m. (2d) Pamelia Carpenter, of West- 
 minster, Vt., by whom he had ch. 1. Julia ; 
 2. Hattio ; 3. Fannie ; 4. Eliza ; 5. Lydia ; 
 6. John ; 7. Herbert. 
 VII. Elijah, b. Apr. 11, 1809 ; d. June 18, 1832, in 
 Bureau Count}-, 111.; killed by Indians. (See 
 p. 391.) 
 VIII. Almond, b. Oct. 9, 1811+. 
 IX. Levi, b. Jan. 30, 1814+. 
 X. Winsloio, b. Jan. 19, 1817+. 
 
 Den. Rupus B. Phillips, b. June 7, 1802 ; d. Feb. 
 5, 1882 ; m. Apr. 6, 1826, Mary, b. Mar. 8, 1799 ; d. 
 May 29, 1870, dau. of Dea. Jacob and Mercy (Totman) 
 W^oodward, of Marlboro. Lived on the home jDlace, 
 L 5 R 7, till ab. 1865. 
 
 I. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 24, 1832 ; m. Charles L. 
 
 Taft, q.v. 
 II. Edward Payson, b. June 23, 1837. 
 III. Mary, b. Mar. 28. 1840 ; m. Dec. 18, 1861, 
 Chester Marsh, of Windsor, Vt., s. of Joshua 
 and Mary (Hawley) ; his 2d w. 
 
 Almond Phillips, b. Oct. 9, 1811 ; d. Sept. 3, 1879 ; 
 rn. Oct. 6, 1839, Kezia Amadon, b. Jan. 21, 1815 ; d. 
 Sept. 10, 1877, dau. of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon) 
 Allen. Mr. and Mrs. P. d. in Marlboro, Mass., to 
 which place they rem. ab. 1869. 
 
 I. Ella Frances, b. Dec. 28, 1840 ; m. John F. 
 
 Potter, q.v. 
 II. Henrii Sayward, b. Mar. 20, 1844 ; d. Feb. 17, 
 1847. 
 
 III. Br. Leslie Almond, b. Aug. 19, 1847 ; m. Ella 
 
 A. Fisher, b. Jan. 21, 1848, in Milford, 
 N. H. : res. Boston. 
 
 1. Lillian Allen, b. May 19, 1882. 
 
 IV. Anna Maria, b. May 31, 1850 ; m. Sept. 1, 
 
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 1870, George Reuben Leland, h. June 23, 
 1844, s. of Reuben and Mary H. (Stockwell), 
 of Worcester, Mass. ; res. W. 
 
 1. May Allen Leland, b. Apr. 27, 1880, in 
 
 F'ramingbam, Mass. 
 
 2. Leslie Pliillips Leland, b. July 23, 1885, 
 
 in W. 
 
 Lkvi Phillips, b. Jan. 30, 1814 ; d. Mar. 18, 1865 ; 
 m. Oct. 26, 1835, Submit, b. 1812 ; d. Dec, 1860, dau. 
 of Emory and Sally (Cobb) Taft ; m. (2d) Mary S., b. 
 Aug. 20, 1824 ; d. ni Mancbester, Vt., Sept. 19, 1876, 
 dau. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Sbirley, and wid. of 
 George Bissetl, q.v. Cb. b. i.-iii. in F., iv.-vi. in 
 Winball, Vt. 
 
 I. Helen, b. 1837 (?) ; d, 1843 (?). 
 II. George Henry, b. Dec. 14, 1839 ; res. East 
 Arlington, Vt. 
 
 III. Elmer Elijah, b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; res. New York 
 
 City, is Principal of tlie Park Collegiate 
 Scbool for boys. 
 
 IV. Leivis Winslow, b. Dec. 5, 1845 ; d. Oct. 22, 
 
 1876. 
 V. Herbert, b. 1865 (?) ; d. in infancy. 
 VI. Harriet (twin), b. 1865 (?) ; d. 1873 (?). 
 
 Winslow Phillips, b. Jan. 19, 1817 ; m. Apr. 21, 
 1847, Susan, b. Dec. 30, 1825, dau. of Hyman and 
 Levinah J. (Allen) Bent. 
 
 I. Herbert Wendell, b. Mar. 18, 1851 ; d. Sept. 29, 
 
 1853. 
 II. Arthur Lynmore, b. Sept. 7, 1854 ; m. Oct. 7, 
 1878, Hattie Marie, b. July 9, 1858, dau. of 
 Henry and Eunice (Williams) Keitb, of Win- 
 cbendon ; res. W. 
 1. Goldie Augusta, b. Dec. 14, 1879. 
 HI. Wilbur Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1856 ; m. Aug. 6, 
 1884, Carrie Alfarata, dau. of Edwin and 
 Caroline (Perley) Rice, of Gardner, Mass.; 
 res. South Gardner. 
 IV. Chester Herbert, b. May 27, 1868. 
 
 Nathaniel Phillips, an older s. of Samuel, came 
 to F. ab. 1801 ; d. Sept. 23, 1838, a. 79 y. ; m. Mary 
 Bailey, who d. Sept. 6, 1844, a. 85 y. Ch. all b. before 
 the family came to F , prob. in Athol. 
 
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 I. Andrew, m, Nancy May, of Milton, Mass. Ch. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 1. Sally May, b. Aug. 27, 1807, in M. ; m. 
 
 George JST. Olmsted, q.v. 
 
 2. William Henry, b. Apr. 28, 1809, in F. 
 II. Susannah, b. ab. 1786 ; m. Silas Morse, q.v. 
 
 III. Naomi, b. ab. 1789 ; m. Benjamin Osborn, q.v. 
 
 IV. Jedidiali. 
 V. Daniel. 
 
 VI. Martha, m. Kov. 7, 1813, John Davis, of Gil- 
 sum, !N. H. 
 ■ VII. Ruth, b. Aug. 20, 1798 ; m. Abel Danton, q.v. 
 
 Isabel Manning, who m. Artemas Stone, q.v., was an 
 older ch. of Mary (Bailey) by Manning. ' 
 
 Ebexezer Phillips may have been another s. of 
 Samnel, but it cannot be stated so with certainty ; came 
 to F. ab, 1797, and settled on L 15 R 9, previously 
 owned by Curwin AVallace ; rem. from town ab. 1802. 
 No rec. of b., but his dau. 
 
 I. Hannah, d. Aug. 15, 1801, a. 15 y. 
 
 I Ephraim Pierce and w. Esther (Shedd) res. in Groton, Mass. 
 Their s., 
 
 2 Jonathan, m. Sarah (Dodge) and res. in Lunenburg, Mass. Their 
 s., Josiah, b. Oct. 28, 1761, rem. from L. to Riiidge. 
 
 JosiAH Pierce, b. Oct. 28, 1761 ; rem. to R. in 1784, 
 where he d. Oct. 10, 1834. He m. Nov. 14, 1782, 
 Susannah Howard, b. in Acton, Mass., Feb. 18, 1764 ; 
 d. in R. May 30, 1827, by whom he had 15 ch., two of 
 whom, the 12th, Leonard, and the 15th, Abraham, are 
 connected with F. 
 
 XII. Leonard, b. Apr. 12. 1802 ; d. June 12, 1885 ; 
 m. Dec. 31, 1829, Caroline, b. Apr. 9, 1809 ; 
 d. Jan. 7, 1878, dau. of Josiah R. and Esther 
 (Smith) Goodspeed, of Boston. Mr. P. be- 
 came a permanent resident of F. in 1831. 
 Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 5 1. Josiah Rivers, b. May 3, 1831 ; d. Sept. 
 22, 1866. 
 
 6 2. Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 3. 1833 ; d. Sept. 
 25, 1870 ; m. William Stone, s. of Sar- 
 dine and Mehitabel (Buswell), of R., 
 and res. in B. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
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 3. Eliziibetii Goodspeed, b. Jim. 11, 1835 ; 
 
 d. Jan. 16, 1875 ; m. Parks, and 
 
 res. in Winchendon. 
 
 4. Caroline Howard, b. May 22, 1840 ; m. 
 
 William Bent, q.v. 
 Abraham, b. Apr. 19, 1807 ; m. Feb. 16, 1831, 
 Eunice Bixby, b. Feb. 21, 1811, dan. of Obil 
 and Lois (Bixby) F\issett ; res. in F. 2 or 3 y. 
 after m., and then rem. to W. 
 
 PLATTS. 
 
 It is not practicable at this time to trace the pedigree of the Platts 
 fiimily back to tlie emigrant ancestor, but tlie mime is found upon the 
 records of Rowlej-, Mass., as early as 1654. Of a little later date was 
 
 I Lieut. Abel Platts, who was an oflicer in the expedition to Canada 
 in 1690. He m. in R. May 8, 1672, Lydia Holly. Their s., 
 
 2 Moses, b. 1673 ; m. Hannah , and had ch. i. Abel, of Rindge, 
 
 b. Feb. 6, 1704 ; ir. Moses, b. 1707 ; in. Nathan, of Lunenburg, father 
 of Nathan, of F., b. 1715, 42 ; iv. Jonathan, b. 1719. 
 
 3 Capt. Abel, b. Feb. 6, 1704 ; d. July 23, 1777 ; m. Apr. 21, 1725, 
 Mary Varnum. He rem. from R. to L., in 1738, and from that place to 
 Rindge, of which place he became a permanent resident ab. 1752, though 
 he commenced a clearing several y. earlier. He had 5 ch. b., 2 in Row- 
 ley and 3 in L. His 3d ch. was 
 
 4 Abel, b. Mar. 28, 1738; d. Mar. 6, 1819; m. Apr. 26, 1759, 
 Phelie, b. July 7, 1740 ; d. in F. Dec. 3, 1841, dau. of Hezekiah and 
 Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, of L. They had 11 ch., all b. in Rindge, 
 of whom the 4th was 
 
 5 Asa, b. May 28, 1766 ; d. Mar. 18, 1848 ; m. Jan.' 29, 1799, Re- 
 becca, b. June 15, 1772 ; d. Mar. 20, 1848, dau. of John and Rebecca 
 (Demary) Buswell. They had 8 ch. all b. in Rindge, of whom the 3d 
 was Hosea, b. Feb. 17, 1804. 
 
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 HosEA Platts, b. Feb. 17, 1804 ; d. Jan. 23, 1875 ; 
 m. Apr. 14, 1831, Nancy, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dau. of 
 Elijah T. and Agnes (Hodge) Smith, q.v. Ch. b. i.-iv. 
 in Kindge, v.-xi. in F. 
 
 Hosea Osburn, b. Mar. 8, 1832 + . 
 II. Nancy Ann, b. Mar. 11, 1833 ; d. Feb. 11, 
 
 1865 ; m. June 3, 1851, George Jewett Stick- 
 
 ney, of Marlboro, s.p. 
 Elijah Smith, b. Oct. 18, 1834 ; d. Mar. 27, 
 
 1837. 
 3iary Rebecca, b. July 12, 1836 ; m. George A. 
 
 AVhittemore, q.v. 
 John Austin, b. Sept. 16, 1838+. 
 Sarah 31aria, b. Sept. 28, 1840 ; m. Feb. 24, 
 
 1860, Sylvester Underwood, b. Jan. 11, 1834, 
 
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 s. of Levi and Zeruiali (Buswell), of Goshen, 
 N. H. Oh. b. 1 and 3-5 in Newport, N. H., 
 2 in G., 6 in Danville, Vt., 7 in St. Johns- 
 bnry, Vt. ; res. St. J. 
 
 1. Carrie F. UiidenvoocL b. Feb. 33, 1861 ; 
 
 d. Oct. 14, 18G3. 
 
 2. Henrietta M. Underivood, b. May 27, 
 
 1863. 
 
 3. Harriette A. Underwood, b. May 5, 1866. 
 
 4. Charles B\ '^ b. Feb. 20, 
 
 1868 ; d. June 21, 1875. 
 
 5. Lizzie May Underioood, b. May 25, 1870. 
 
 6. Frank E. " b. July 30, 1872. 
 
 7. Herbert L. " b. Dec. 5,1875. 
 VII. Elljali Thayer, b. Aug. 30, 1842 ; m. June 25, 
 
 1868, Ellen Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1843, dau. of 
 Lyman and Lucinda (Wellington) Bennett, 
 of Eindge ; res. Jaffrev. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-4 
 in K. 
 
 1. Hattie Mabel, b. June 9, 1870. 
 
 2. Mary Mertilla, b. July 21, 1872. 
 
 3. Bertha Lucinda, b. July 13, 1875. 
 
 4. Roy Bennett, b. June 29, 1877. 
 
 VIII. Henrieita Ellen, b. Oct. 13, 1844 ; m. Apr., 
 1875, Edward A. Sjiaulcling, of liochester, 
 N. Y., where she d. June 6, 1882, 6'.j!;. * 
 IX. Charles Frederic, b. Apr. 22, 1847 ; m. Nov. 
 27, 1867, Julia M., b. Mar. 22, 1849, dau. of 
 Ge(trge W. and Nancy P. (Brooks) Stearns, 
 of Rindge ; res. R. Ch. b. in R. 
 
 1. Julia E., b. Oct. 15, 1868. 
 
 2. Harry S., b. Sept. 18, 1876. 
 
 3. George W., b. Ang. 17, 1880. 
 
 X. Harriet Agnes, b. July 13, 1849 ; d. Nov. 5, 
 
 1867, unm. 
 XI. Francis Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1851 ; m. Oct. 1, 
 1874, Martha A., b. Jan. 3, 1851, dau. of 
 Samuel A. and Arabella L. (Camp) Emerson, 
 of Northtield, Vt. Cli. b. in Marlboro ; res. 
 Orange, Mass. 
 1. Cora E., b. Mar. 18, 1878. 
 
 Hose A Osborn Platts, b. Mar. 8, 1832 ; m. Jan. 1, 
 1856, Emily E., b. May 5, 1838, dan. of Simpson and 
 Elmira (Johnson) Hodae, of Jalfrey : res. A^inchendon. 
 Ch. b. inF. ^ ^' ^' 
 
 I. Alwin 0., b. Mar. 6, 1857. 
 II. George L., b. Jan. 12, 1860. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
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 HI. Nellie E., b. Jan. 26, 1863. 
 
 IV. Winnie /., b. May 4, 1865. 
 
 V. Annie G., b. Apr. 5, 1869. 
 
 ,7oim A. Platts, b. Snpt. 16, 1838; m. Feb. 14, 
 1864, Susan C, b. Nov. 26, 1841, dan, of Christopher 
 and Anna G. (Robinson) Crowell, of Westminster, Vt. 
 Ch. b. I. -II. in W., iii.-iv. in F. 
 
 I. Frank Crowell, b. Mayl, 1866. 
 
 II. Anna Eohinson, b. Sept. 23, 1867. 
 
 III. Mary Etta, b. July 21, 1874. 
 
 IV. Edith Sarah, b. Apr. 12, 1876. 
 
 Xatiian Platts, s. of Nathan, of Lunenburg, and 
 grandson of Moses 2, was in tlie Revolutionary Army 
 from F., and d. July, 1776, at Crown Point, N. Y., of 
 small-pox. llis wid.. Relief, d. Nov. 13, 1776, at F., 
 also of smallpox. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Daniel, bapt. Apr. 25, 1773. 
 II. Humphrey, bapt. Oct. 30, 1774. 
 iir. Thomas, bapt. Aug. 3, 1777. 
 
 Nathan Platts, prob. an older s. of the preceding 
 Nathan, m. July 16, 1793, F^lizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1776, 
 dau. of Daniel and i^ucy (liruce) Farrar, q.v. lie lived 
 in that part of F. now in Troy, and the Hist, of T. 
 says he " soon failed in business and loft the town." 
 He d. in a few y., and the wid., returning to F., m. 
 (2d) Samuel Rockwood, q.v. Mr. and Mrs. P. had ch. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 I. Lese (Lizzie?), b. Aug. 17, 1793. 
 II. Silas, b. Juno 10, 1797. 
 
 Edward Platts, a brother of Nathan, No. 42, was 
 an early settler on L 18 R 5. He d. Sept. 18, 1823, a. 
 74 y. His wid., Lucy, d. June 12, 1831, a. 72 y. 
 
 " Old Mrs. Platts" d. Jan. 11, 1805. 
 
 TflOMAS Platts d. July 26, 1782, a. 28 y, 
 
 Priscilla Platts m. (1st) Benjamin Harris ; (2d) 
 Silas Angier, Jr., both q.v. 
 
 Zattu Metcalf, s. of Lieut. George, of Rindge, m. 
 Sarah Platts, Oct. 15, 1788. 
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 Shubael Plimpton, s. of Benjamin, of Marlboro, 
 came to F. ab. 1816, and rem. ab. 1825. His w. was 
 Alice, dan, of Jonathan and Lois (Porter) Capron, of 
 M. (See Ingalls, No. 7.) They had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Infant, d. May 25, 1820, a. 7 w. 
 II. Jonatlian Franhlin, b. July 1, 1821. 
 
 A¥iLLiAM Poland, b. Apr. 6, 1757, in Hamilton, 
 Mass.; rem. to Winchendon in 1788; d. 1843; m. 
 Betsey Brown, of Ipswich, Mass., b. June 6, 1763 ; d. 
 1849. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1782 ; d. July 16, 1803. 
 II. William, b. Dec. 12, 1784 ; d. June 19, 1859 : 
 m. Eunice, b. Feb. 20, 1788, dau. of William 
 and Keziah Crane, q.v. 
 III. Nancy, b. Dec. 12, 1784 (twin) ; d. Sept. 12, 
 1859 ; m. Barzillai Martin. 
 David, b. Sept. 12, 1786 ; d. Mar. 15, 1846 ; 
 
 m. Lucy Marble, of Orange, Mass. 
 Susan, b. Nov. 2, 1788 ; m. John Crane, q.v. 
 Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1790+. 
 Sally, b. Nov. 29, 1790 (twin) ; d. 1868 ; m. 
 Smyrna Graton, of W., his 2d w. 
 VIII. L'ucy, b. Oct. 29, 1792 ; d. 1846 ; m. Smyrna 
 Oraton, of W. 
 IX. Polly, b. May 9, 1795 ; m. David Smith, q.v. 
 X. Olive, b. Feb. 25, 1797 ; m. Phinehas Bali. 
 XI. Simeon B., b. June 1, 1802 ; m. Betsey Wheeler. 
 
 IV. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Samuel Poland, b. Nov. 29, 1790 ; came to F. ab. 
 1832 ; settled on L 16 E 6 ; m. Thankful, b. Dec. 10, 
 1792 ; d. Aug. 9, 1845, dau. of Daniel and Freelove 
 (Poor) Smith ; m. (2d) Jan. 21, 1846, Mrs. Sarah 
 (Knights), wid. of Rev. Samuel Simonds, d. Apr. 26, 
 1874, a. 87 y. Mr. P. d. in Keene, Apr. 2, 1874 ; in- 
 terred in F. No rec. of ch. in F., though some of the 
 younger ones were b. here. He had 9 ch., all by 1st m.; 
 the order of them as given here may not be entirely 
 correct. 
 
 I. Stephen, b. ab. 1817 ; res. in Winchendon. 
 II. Elvira A., m. Mar. 9, 1837, Sidney Carlton, of 
 Winchester, N. H. 
 
 III. Mary, m. Apr. 4, 1839, Leander Leland, of AV. 
 
 IV. Eliza, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; m. (1st) Azro D. 
 
 Simonds ; (2d) Silas Cummings, both q.v. 
 V. George E., m. and res. in K. 
 VI. David E., m. Dec. 19, 1844, Sarah, dau. of 
 
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 Moses and Lucv (Nurse) Drnry, q.v.; m. (2c1) 
 Apr. 1, 1803, Hattie A., dan. of George W. 
 and Snsan (Adams) Blake. 
 VII. Sijlvamis, b. Oct. 10, 1831 ; m. Aur-. 19, 1858, 
 Martha Jane White, b. Dec. 9, 1842, in Whit- 
 inohain, Vt. 
 
 1. Bertha Lilian, b. July 13, 18G5, in Eoy- 
 
 alton, Vt. 
 
 2. Mabel Jennie, b. June 29, 1867, in 
 
 Orauffe, Mass. 
 
 3. Lettie Clara, b. Apr. 10, 1875, in Deer- 
 
 field, Mass. 
 
 4. Blanche Edith, b. Oct. 11, 1876, in F. 
 VIII. Abif/ail A., m. Apr. 23, 1857, Nelson II. Brock, 
 
 of Athol, Mass. 
 IX. Samuel W. 
 
 Dr. PRESTOiSr Pond was adm. to chh. May, 1825 ; 
 practised medicine in town for a few y. (See p. 431.) 
 Ch. rec. in F.; he had other ch. 
 
 I. Georf/e Dunbar, bapt. May 21, 1826. 
 
 Charles Frank Pope, s. of Lemuel and Hannah G. 
 (Prouty) Pope, b. Feb. 5, 1841, in Cookshire, P. Q.; 
 came to F. ab. 1864 ; m. Apr. 5, 1866, Sarah Jane, b. 
 Jan. 9, 1843, dau. of Thomas and Mary L. (Morse) 
 Forristall, q.v. 
 
 I. Flora Belle, b. June 25, 1868. 
 
 POTTER. 
 
 Ebeni:zer Potter, d. Apr. 27, 1845, a. 95 v.; m. 
 Feb. 19, 1778, Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1753 ; d. Feb. 4," 1818, 
 dau. of Stephen and Mary (Angier) Harris ; m. (2d) 
 July 15, 1819, Mrs. Lydia (Burbank) Lyon, wid. of 
 David Lyon, of Ruyalston, and sister of John Bnrbatik, 
 Sr. She d. Feb. 5, 1837, a. 81 y. Mr. P. was in F. 
 before 1775, and came from Marlboro, Mass., though 
 Hudson's History of M. gives no information of him. 
 He settled on L 13 R 4 ab. 1789, and a few y. later rem. 
 to L 6 R 7. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. John, b. Nov. 15, 1778+. 
 II. Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1780 ; m. Samuel Kilbnrn, q.v. 
 
 III. Polly, b. Dec. 22, 1782 ; m. Oliver Damon, Jr., 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1783 ; d. May 6, 1784. 
 
 V. Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1786 ; d. July 21, 1836 ; m. 
 Apr. 15, 1819, Matthew Angier, of Enno, 
 N. C. 
 
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 VI. Josiah, b. Mar. 7, 1788 ; res. Essex, Vt. 
 VII. Joel, b. May 29, 1790 ; m. Feb. 22, 1816, 
 Abigail auild, b. May 2, 1791 ; d. July 4, 
 1834, dan. of Alexander and Eunice (Hawes) 
 Foster, of F.; res. Parisbville, N". Y. 
 VIII. Elenezer, b. Mav 18, 1793+. 
 
 IX. Jesse, b. Sept. "14, 1797 ; m. Jan. 31, 1821, 
 Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1799; d. 1858, dau. of 
 William and Lydia (Cleverly) Knight, of F. ; 
 res. P. and Keeseville, N. Y. 
 
 John Potter, b. Nov. 15, 1778 ; d. Nov. 29, 1814 ; 
 m. 1805 (?), Euth, dau. of Eiihu and Euth Penniman, 
 q.v., and had ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Amoret, b. Oct. 2, 1807; ni. Dec. 4, 1831, Dr. 
 Warren Partridge, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 
 16, 1797 ; d. in Princeton, Mass., Dec. 24, 
 1852, s. of Otis and Hannah (Smith). Dr. 
 P. res. in F. 1828 (?) to 1832 (?), ab. 5 y. 
 Mrs. P. res. in New York City. Ch. b. 1-2 
 in Hold en, Mass., 3-6 in P. 
 
 1. Julia Maria Partridge, b. May 8, 1833 
 
 d. July 5, 1840. 
 
 2. George Dana Partridge, b. Jan. 3, 1835 
 
 d. June 27, 1840. 
 
 3. Mary Ellen Partridge, b. Jan. 27, 1840 
 
 ni.'Aug. 12, 1860, Henry T. Farrar, s 
 
 of Peter and (Chaffin), of P.; res 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 4. Amoretta Amelia Partridge, b. Mar. 8, 
 
 1842. 
 
 5. John Warren Partridge, b. Sept. 24, 
 
 1843 ; m. Feb. 14, 1871, Marv E., dau. 
 of Elbridge Partridge, of "W. She 
 d. July 19, 1879, and he m. (2d) 
 Sept. 18, 1883, Eleanor Barnard, of 
 Scranton, Pa. He is a clergyman, and 
 res. in Asbury Park, N. J. Ch. b. 1-2 
 in New Haven, Ct., 3 in S., 4 in Canon 
 City, Col. 
 
 1. Edith Davenport Partridge, b. 
 
 Nov. 6, 1871. 
 
 2. John Wilfred Partridge, b. May 
 
 31, 1873 ; d. May 6, 1875. 
 
 3. Leonard Partridge, b. Sept. 13, 
 
 1876 ; d. June 16, 1879. 
 
 4. Mary Partridge, b. Aug. 6, 1884. 
 
 6. James Birney Partridge, b. Dec. 31, 
 
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 184G ; m. Feb. 22, 1809, Millie Van 
 Giesen, of Puterson, N. J. She d. 
 Aug. 14, 1878, and he m. (2d) Mav 25, 
 1880, Sarah 0. Cullinane, of 'New- 
 York ; res. N. Y. Oh. b. 1 in New 
 Haven, Ct., 2 in Hoboken, N. J., 3-4 
 in N. Y. 
 
 1. Gertrude Partridge, b. Aug. 10, 
 
 1871 ; d. Aug. 16, 1871. 
 
 2. Gertrude Partridge, b. Oct. 1, 
 
 1873. 
 
 3. Madeleine Partridge, b. Apr. 16, 
 
 1881. 
 
 4. Anioret Partridge, b. Feb. 17, 
 
 1885. 
 
 II. Infant, d. Aug. 23. 1811, a. 10 d. 
 
 III. John, b. Aug. 17, 1813 ; d. Aug. 31, 1884 ; m. 
 Aug. 17, 1836, Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 
 1815, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Morse) 
 Felton ; rem. from F. to Quincv, 111., in 
 1840. 
 
 1. John Frederick, b. Oct. 12, 1838 ; m. 
 
 Mar. 6, 1867, Ella Frances, b. Dec. 28, 
 1840, dan. of Almond and Kezia A. 
 (Allen) Phillips, q.v. 
 
 2. Julia Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1844; d. 
 
 July 5, 1844. 
 
 3. George Warren, b. Nov. 12, 1845 ; d. 
 
 July 7, 1846. 
 
 4. George Almond, b. Jan. 4, 1848 ; d. 
 
 July 12, 1848. 
 
 5. Mary Alicia, b. Oct. 12, 1851. 
 
 Ebknezeu Potteu, b. May 18, 1793 ; d. May 1, 
 1875 ; m. Aug. 12, 1813, Susanna, b. Apr. 3, 1790 ; d. 
 Feb. 10, 1870, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brig- 
 ham ; m. (2d) Nov. 10 (?), 1870, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 
 1803, dau. of Silas and Betsey (Dunton) AVoods, q.v., 
 
 and wid. of John W. Fawcett, David Moore, and 
 
 Lamb. 
 
 I. Sarah Harris, b. Dec. 30, 1813 ; d. 1842 ; m. 
 Feb. 8, 1837, Joseph A. AVarrcn, of Grafton, 
 Mass. lie was bro. of Jonathan M. Warren, 
 Avho m. her cousin, Lavinia Damon. 
 II. Levi Briffham, b. 1815 ; d. 1883 ; m. ITittv, b. 
 July 26, 1820, dau. of John and Mehitable 
 (Haven) Wenzell, of Framingham, Mass.; res. 
 Wauwatosa, Wis. 
 
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 III. Lyclia Relief, b. Mar., 1818 ; d. May 17, 1818. 
 
 IV. Rufus Baxter, b. May 21, 1819+. 
 
 V. Tabitlia Hardy, b. Dec. 13, 1821 ; m. Jan. 19, 
 1848, Edwin B. Carpenter, b. June 13, 1819, 
 in Gnilford, Vt., s. of Cyrus and Betsey ; res. 
 Mendota, 111. Ch. b, 1 in G., 2-4 in Brattle- 
 boro, Vt., 5-7 in Lamoille, 111. 
 
 1. Charles E. Carpenter, b. May 16, 1849 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 23, 1850. 
 
 2. Edwin P. Carpenter, b. Jan. 28, 1851. 
 
 Is a manufacturer of reed organs at B. 
 
 3. Hattie G. Carpenter, b. Aug. 18, 1852. 
 
 4. Lena M. Carpenter, b. July 14, 1855 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 19, 1855. 
 
 5. Minnie M. Carpenter, b. July 4, 1859 ; 
 
 d. May 23, 1860. 
 
 6. Arthur E. Carpenter, b. Jan. 20, 1861. 
 
 7. Alice E. Carpenter (twin), b. Jan. 20, 
 
 1861 ; d. Aug. 20, 1864. 
 Yi, Hervey Kilburn, b. July 18, 1824 ; d, 
 m. Mrs. Mary Ann (Thayer) Aldrich, 
 res. Grafton, Mass. 
 VII. Lucy Ann, b. No^. 3, 1826 ; m. Oct. 4, 1843, 
 Lewis Moore, b. 1814, in Framingham, Mass.; 
 d. May 6, 1864, killed in the battle of the 
 Wilderness, Va., s. of Eliab and Sarah (Pot- 
 ter) Moore. (Eliab Moore was s. of Lawson 
 Moore, who lived in F. in 1801, 2 and 3. His 
 w. Sarah, was dau. of Joseph Potter, who was 
 in the Rev. War from F. ; was Lieat. in Capt. 
 Clay's Co.) K,es. Worcester, Mass. Ch. b. 
 1-2 in F., 3-4 in Grafton. 
 
 1. Sarah Elizabeth Moore, b. Jan. 20, 1845 ; 
 
 m. Charles A. Gleason ; res. Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 2. Etta Augusta Moore, b. 1849 ; m, L. 
 
 H. Wells ; res. W. 
 
 3. Charles Ervin Moore, b. 1852 ; res. 
 
 Montana. 
 
 4. John Potter Moore, b. and d. 1855. 
 VIII. Jolm Quincy Adams, b. 1830 ; d. July 1, 1850 ; 
 
 m. Nancy Bradish, s.p. 
 
 RuFUS Baxter Potter, b. May 21, 1819 ; m. Apr., 
 1841, Mary Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1819, in Upton, Mass., 
 dan. of Moses and Nancy Eanies. She d. Aug. 31, 
 1876, in Fitchburg ; interred in F. ; res. Fitch. Oh. b., 
 Susie N., in Wardsboro, Vt., others in Grafton, Mass. 
 
GENEALOGICAL UEGISTER. 679 
 
 I. Julia Ann, b. June 5, 1842 ; m. Leandyr 
 
 Eichardsou, q.v. 
 II. Delia Augusta, d. y. 
 
 III. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 11, 1846 ; d. Mar. G, 1875. 
 
 IV. Delia Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1850; m. Edwin S. 
 
 Fairbanks, q.v. 
 
 V. Marii Elizabetli, b. Julv 24, 1852 ; ni. Feb., 
 
 1873, Peter Russell, of Fitch., b. Jan. 22, 
 1850. Ch. b. in Fitch. 
 
 1. Blanche L. Russell, b. Aug. 2, 1875. 
 
 2. Lillian M. " b. Apr. 22, 1878. 
 
 3. Westley ■ " b. July, 1881 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 24, 1885. 
 
 4. XJhQvt Russell, b. Aug., 1883. 
 
 VI. Susie JSfancri, b. Apr. 30, 1857 ; m. Willie Pul- 
 sifer, of Fitch. Ch. b. in Fitch. 
 
 1. Archie B. Pulsifer, b. Jan. 9, 1878. 
 
 2. Inez E. " b. Apr. 30, 1882. 
 
 Benjamin Potter and w. Sarah were adm. to chh. 
 Oct. 15, 1775 ; had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Molly, bapt. Oct. 15, 1775. 
 
 Benjamin F. Potter, b. May 11, 1829, s. of Roswell 
 and Lucy (Fletcher). He m. June 4, 1853, Mary Ann, 
 b. Oct. 13, 1838 ; d. July 14, 1856, dau. of Silas and 
 Nancy (Pratt) Chase, of Winchendon, Mass.; ni. (2d) 
 Apr. 26, 1857, Cornelia, b. Aug. 12, 1835, dau. of 
 Aaron and Mary Ann (Whitcomb) Chase, of Brandon, 
 N. Y. (Vt. ?) Ch. b. I. at AY., ii. at B., others at F. 
 
 I. Clara Ann. b. June 1, 1854 ; m. Apr. 30, 1874. 
 George William Brown, s. of James and Mary 
 Ann (Harding). 
 II. Celia L., b. Xov. 21, 1858 ; d. May 14, 1881, 
 num. 
 
 III. Susie C, b. Nov. 17, 1861 ; m. Arthur T. Byam, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Frank C. b. Jan. 4, 1866. 
 V. Grace M., b. Aug. 10, 1871. 
 
 VI. Delia May, b. Aug. 4, 1873 ; d. Sept. 29. 1887. 
 
 VII. Etta L., b. Apr. 16, 1876. 
 
 VIII. Everett W., b. Apr. 12, 1879. 
 
 IX. Walter Homer, b. Nov. 21, 1883. 
 
 PRATT. 
 
 Reuben Pratt, from Westboro, Mass., came to F. in 
 1768, and settled on L 10 R 1. He was one of the earli- 
 
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 est settlers in the east part of the town, and ^Ae earliest 
 one who remained in town. He d. Jan. 21, 1807, a. 
 62 y., and was the first person carried on a hearse in F. 
 He'm. Ruth Williams, who d. Sept. 26, 1806, a. 61 y. 
 6 mos. It is related of Mr. P. tliat one Sabbath morn- 
 ing he looked, southwest of his house over his meadow 
 and saw what he supposed were three horses feeding. 
 The boys having been sent to drive them out of the 
 grass, discovered that instead of horses they were moose. 
 I. Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1769+. 
 II. Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1770 ; m. Jemima Wood- 
 ward : lived on L 7 R 2, according to the 
 House and Land Valuation List of 1798 ; left 
 town ab. 1814 ; rem. to Stoclvbridge, Vt. 
 
 1. Liberty, b. July 31, 1800. 
 
 2. Child '(John?), d. Feb. 16, 1809, of 
 
 lockjaw. 
 
 3. Abel,'d. May 9, 1808^ a. 14 mos. 
 
 III. Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1772 ; m. Dec. 25, 1798, Asa 
 
 Woodward, of AYestminster, Mass ; lived a 
 few y. on L 12 R 2 after Abel Es tab rook and 
 before Artemas Beard, and rem. to S. 
 
 IV. Amos, b. Jan. 11, 1775 4-- 
 
 V. Persis, b. Feb. 9, 1777 ; d. Aug. 15, 1864 ; m. 
 
 Apr. 26, 1798, Braddyi Smith, ofRindge, b. 
 
 Oct. 5, 1774 ; d. Jan. 10, 1862, s. of Henry 
 
 and Eunice (Pierce), 
 
 VI. Reuben, b. Sept. 20, 1779 ; d. Apr. 13, 1782. 
 
 VII. Ruth, b. Sept. 9, 1782 ; m. Samuel Bent, Jr., 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Charles, b. May 8, 1786. 
 IX. Charlotte, b. July 23, 1788 ; m. Apr. 10, 1808, 
 Elijah Lamb, of Gerry (Phillipston), Mass.; 
 res. S. 
 
 Joseph Pratt, b. Aug. 19, 1769 ; d. July 5, 1857 ; 
 
 m. Dec. 3, 1792, Sarah Hunt, of Sudbury, Mass., b. 
 
 July 20, 1769 : d. Nov. 30, 1835 ; settled on L 12 R 1. 
 
 I. Reuben, b. Sept. 22, 1793 ; d. Sept. 18, 1852 ; 
 
 m. Nov. 9, 1815, Ruth Howe, b. Jan. 25, 
 
 1793 ; d. Nov. 10, 1860, dan. of Hezekiah and 
 
 Elizabeth Gooch (Ballard) Stone, q.v. 
 
 1. Warren, b. Nov. 17, 1820+. 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1823 ; m. James 
 I M. Ingalls, q.v. 
 
 3. Sarah, ^b. Dec. 26, 1825 ; d. Nov. 3, 
 
 1840. 
 
 4. William, b. Apr. 21, 1828+. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 681 
 
 5. Eeiiben, b. No\'. 1, 1830+. 
 II. Nancy, b. Oct. 5, 1795 ; m. June 12, 1827, 
 Ciipt. Silas Chase, of Eoyalston, q.v.; res. 
 Winchendon, where she cl."Mav 21, 1873. 
 
 III. Dexter, b. June 25, 3 798 ; d. Sepfc. 10, 1802. 
 
 IV. Warren, b. Oct. 31, 1800 ; d. Oct. 8, 1812. 
 
 V. Ruhamah, b. May. 10, 1803 ; m. Apr. 5, 1821, 
 Nahmn T. Bemis, of E., where sJie d. June 
 7, 1839. 
 VI. Willimii Dexter, b. May 27, 1805+ . 
 VII. Walter, b. Jan. 27, 1807 ; d. Oct. 30, 1812. 
 
 i^MOs Pratt, b. Jan. 11, 1775 ; d. Nov. 12, 1839 ; 
 m. Nov. 28, 1798, Mary, b. Apr. 24, 1780 ; d. June 16, 
 1864, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hunt) Bent, q.v.; 
 settled on the home place. 
 
 I. Infant, b. July 29, 1799 ; d. Aug. 13, 1799. 
 II. Curtis, b. July 31, 1800 ; d. Apr. 21, 1812. 
 
 III. Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1802 ; m. Jan. 24, 1822, 
 
 Timothy Metcalf, Jr., of Eindge, where she 
 d. June" 27, 1839. 
 
 IV. Candis, b. Jan. 4, 1805 ; m. Dec. 1, 1825, 
 
 Oratio Putnam Allen, s. of Eliphaz and 
 Eunice (Putnam), of E. 
 V. Laura Ann, b. Apr. 23, 1807 ; m. Dec. 13, 
 1827, Oilman Evleth, b. July 1, 1799 ; d'. 
 Jan., 1841, s. of Joab and Lydia (Gowing), 
 of Dublin. She m. (2d) Abel Marshall, q.v. 
 VI. Reuben Banister, b. Apr. 21, 1809 ; d. Apr. 7, 
 1877 ; m. Oct. 14, 1833, Ann Maria, b. July 
 29, 1810, dau. of Levi and Eoxana (Amadon) 
 Haskell, q.v. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 1. Granville Eeuben, b. July 7, 1834 ; res. 
 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 
 2. Nelson Edwin, b. Dec. 2, 1835 ; res. 
 
 North Brooktield, Mass. 
 
 3. Eliot Almond, b. Jan. 18, 1839 ; res. 
 
 N. B. 
 
 4. Eliza Ann M., b. Jan. 5, 1841 ; m. Oct. 
 
 1, 1861, Lucius P. Kamant, of N. B., 
 s. of Horace and Mary (Stephens) ; res. 
 N. B. 
 
 5. Albert Henry, b. Oct., 1843 ; res. Paw- 
 
 tucket, E. L 
 VII. Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1812 ; m. Austin A. Brad- 
 ford ; res. E. 
 VIII. Hijman Curtis, b. Mar. 12, 1815 ; d. Oct. 13, 
 
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 1839, from accidental discharge of his gun ; 
 ra. Sally Bemis. 
 IX. Amos Sahin, b. Oct. 2, 1817 ; d. Nov. 27, 1863 ; 
 m. Aug. 23, 1848, Callephina, d. Dec. 2, 
 1863, a. 34 y., dau. of Paul and Betsey 
 (G-rant) Handy, q.v. 
 
 1. Edgar S., d. Not. 17, 1863, a. 9 y. 
 
 2. Walter, d. Dec. 2, 1863, a. 7 y. 
 
 3. Frank G., b. May 8, 1863. 
 
 X. Warren SylvencUr, b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; d. Dec. 
 
 21, 1824. 
 XI. Silvester, b. 1821 ; d. y. 
 XII. Caroline, d. Mar. 23, 1823, a. 2 y. 
 XIII. 8on, d. Mar. 11, 1827, a. 2 y. 3 mos. 
 
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 Warren Pratt, b. Nov. 17, 1820 ; m. Susan C, b. 
 Nov. 22, 1822 ; d. Aug. 16, 1853, dan. of Artemas and 
 Mary (Chaplin) Beard. He m. (2d) Aug. 17, 1854, 
 Seraph E., b. Apr. 20, 1833 ; d. Aug. 10, 1887, dau. of 
 Noah and Sophia (Nichols) Miles, q.v.; res. since 1854 
 in New Ipswich. Ch. all b. at F. and by 1st m. 
 
 I. Francis Warren, b. June 10, 1846 ; d. May 13, 
 
 1847. 
 II. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 30, 1848 ; d. Aug. 12, 
 1875 ; m. Fred. Eideout, who res. in Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. One ch., a s. 
 
 III, Al)Me Frances, b. Dec. 3, 1850 ; d. May 12, 
 
 1886 ; m. Thomas G. Hudson, who res. in 
 Fitch. Two ch., a s. and a dau. 
 
 IV. William Henry, b. June 27, 1853. 
 
 William Pratt, b. Apr. 21, 1828 ; d. Oct. 10, 1860 ; 
 m. Jan. 1, 1852, Abby T., b. Aug. 20, 1830 ; d. Dec. 
 14, 1870, dan. of John and Rebecca (Stowell) Whitte- 
 I more, q.v. Ch. b. at F. 
 
 I. Caroline Frances, b. Nov. 1, 1852 ; m. Jan. 21, 
 1880, Joseph Wayhxnd Davenport, b. July 4, 
 1852, at West Boylston, Mass., s. of Joseph 
 H. and Mary E. (Bartlett) Davenport ; res. 
 Winchendon. 
 
 II. Harry Jose])li, b. Dec. 10, 1857 ; m. Apr. 29, 
 1879, Agnes Anne, b. May 31, 1855, in Eng- 
 land, dau. of Frederick and Marianna (Hill) 
 Eedwood ; res. Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 1. Frederick William, b. Oct. 21, 1881, in 
 F. 
 
 2. Abbie Frances, b. Aug. 2, 1883, in L. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 683 
 
 Reuben Pratt, b. Nov. 1, 1830 ; cl. Nov. 19, 1877 ; 
 m. Nov. 1, 1861, Cynthia L., b. Jan. 9, 1831 ; d. Dec. 
 2, 1805, dan. of Noah and Sophia (Nichols) Miles, q.v.; 
 m. (2d) Mar. 24, 1870, Cynthia, dan. of John Bnrnham 
 and Tryphena (Ball) Mooney, of Derby, Vt. Ch. b. in 
 Winchendon. 
 
 I. JoJm Bsiihen, b. Apr. 17, 1877. 
 
 William Dexter Pratt, b. May 27, 1805 ; d. Feb. 
 19, 1873 ; m. Mar. 25, 1834, at Rindge, Mary A., b. 
 Feb. 24, 1819, dan. of Jacob and Martha (Clark) Priest, 
 of Gardner, Mass.; m. (2d) Sept. (1?), 1860, Louisa 
 Marshall, of Troy. She d. Mar. 26, 1883, a. 68 y. 8 
 mos. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Mary Jane, b. May 1, 1839 ; 8. Auff. 19, 1881, 
 at Sioux City, la.; m. Apr. 9, 1862, Lyman 
 Edward Richardson, b. July 19, 1835, s. of 
 Lnther and Lucy (Dunn J'), of Stoddard, 
 
 N. n. 
 
 II. Eliza Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1841 ; m. Sept. 3, 1865, 
 John Swift, b. Apr. 28, 1838. at Stow, Mass., 
 s. of William Pitt and Abigail (Shaw) ; res. 
 S. C. 
 
 1. Grace Ludena Eliza Stviff, b. Nov. 30, 
 1884. 
 III. Charles Dexter, b. Nov. 13, 1845 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 1850. 
 
 Job Pratt came to F. in 1777 or 8 and settled on L 6 
 R 1. He d. Oct. 13, 1806, a. 60 y.; by w. Marcv 
 (Mercy?) he had ch. i.-vi. bapt. Oct. 3, 1781 ; v.-ix. b. 
 and rec. in F. The order of i.-iv. may not be correct. 
 The wid. and younger ch. left town soon after the death 
 of Mr. P. 
 
 I. John, rem. ab. 1817 ; by w. Levonich (Levina?) 
 he had ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. John, b. Apr. 9, 1792. 
 
 2. Lnther, b. Sept. 9, 1793. 
 
 3. Lncinda, b. Oct. 6, 1795. 
 
 4. Charles, b. Nov. 14. 1797. 
 
 5. Calvin, b. May 20, 1799. 
 
 6. Loring, b. Feb. 27, 1801 ; d. Oct. 7, 
 
 1807. • 
 
 7. Levina. d. Feb. 19, 1809, a. 5 y. 
 
 8. Achsah, d. Apr. 2, 1808, a. 1 y. 
 II. Josiah, left town ab. 1798. 
 
 III. Levi, d. Apr. 4, 1824, a. 49 y. In 1798 160 
 
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 acres in L 1 and 2 R 2 were taxed to Levi and 
 his bro. Silas as tJieir home farm. Levi's 
 wid., Martha, m. (2d) David Taft, Sr., q.v. 
 The following list of ch. may not be complete. 
 
 1. Mary, b. June 14, 180i. 
 
 2. Charlotte, b. Jan. 13, 1805 ; m. Abel 
 
 3. Levi, b. Juiy22, 1811 ; d. Aug. 1, 1864. 
 
 4. William, d. Oct. 15, 1818, a. 5 y. 
 
 IV. 8ilas, left town ab. 1803 ; he was taxed 5 y., 
 
 1799-1803. 
 V. Joel, b. Aug. 5, 1778. 
 VI. Nathan, b. Aug. 24, 1780. 
 VII. Rvfus, b. Sept. 27, 1782 ; d. Sept. 24, 1795. 
 viii. ^arcy, b. Feb. 24, 1785. 
 IX. Abigail, b. July 27, 1787 ; d. Oct. 8, 1859 ; m. 
 Levi Clark, b. Feb. 15, 1792 ; d. Jan. 19, 
 1862, s. of David and Sarah (Davis). They 
 had 8 ch. ; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 Widow RuHAMAH Pratt, perhaps mother of Job, d. 
 July 24, 1802, a. 93 y., the oldest person in town. 
 
 Ira Prentece, s. of Daniel and Letitia (Rider) Pren- 
 tice, b. Mar. 19, 1818, in G-rafton, Mass.; m. Zilpha, b. 
 Feb. 24, 1821, in Lyman, JST. H., dau. of James and 
 Lavina (Wheeler) Prouty ; came to F. ab. 1864, and in 
 1865 settled on L 5 R 7, buying the farm of Dea. Rufiis 
 B. Phillips. Ch. b. in North bridge, Mass. 
 
 I. George Henry, b. Nov. 10, 1847. 
 II. Elvira Augusta, b. May 12, 1850 ; m. George 
 W. Forristall, q.v. 
 
 PRESCOTT. 
 
 The name Prescott is found in English annals previous to a.d. 1500, 
 but no direct line of ancestry reaching so far back has yet been found. 
 The Prescotts of F. trace their line back to 
 
 I James'' Prescott, of the parish of Standish, in Lancashire. He 
 and other honoriible gentlemen of Lancasliire were " required by an 
 order of queen Elizabeth dated August 1564 to keep in readiness horse- 
 men and armor." He m. a dau. of Koger Standish. Their 3d s., 
 
 2 HoGER^, m. Aug. 20, 1568, his second w., Ellen Shaw. As he had 
 two or three ch. by his tirst m., and was iiimself the second s. of his 
 father, it is very probable that his father, James, was b. before 1520. 
 The 4th ch. of Roger was 
 
 3 Ralph", bapt. 1571 ; m. Ellen . His will was dated Nov. 7, 
 
 1608, and was proved Jan. 4, 1609, which closely defines the time of his 
 death. The 5th ch. of Ralph was 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
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 4 John\ the emigrant, b. 1(504 ; d. 1683 ; m. Jan. 21, 1G29, Mary 
 Platts, of Wygan, in Lancashire. In 1638 he emigrated to Barbadoes, 
 in the West Indies. In 1640 lie came to Boston, Mass., and settled in 
 Watertown. In 1643, with others, he visited Sholan, sachem of the 
 NashaM'ay Indians at Chocksett, now Sterling, and purchased a town- 
 ship of land. In 1646 he settled in the purchased township, which re- 
 ceived the name of Lancaster. During all his active life he was one of 
 the most prominent and influential men in the place. He had 9 ch., of 
 whom the 3d was 
 
 5 JoHN^ bapt. Apr. 1, 1^35 ; m. Nov. 11, 1668, Sarah . They 
 
 had 4 ch., all b. in L., of whom the youngest was 
 
 6 Ebenezer', b. July 6, 1682 ; m. Ruth Hobart and settled in Ster- 
 ling, Mass., where they had 4 ch., of whom the 2d was 
 
 7 Jonathan*, b. 1722 ; d. 1801 ; m, 1746, Vashti Houghton, b. 
 1727 ; d. Feb. 10, 1805. They had 7 ch., all prob. b. in S., of whom 2 
 came to F. : Hiram"", b. 1753, Q, and Peter^ b. Apr. 27, 1757, 9- 
 
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 Hiram' Prescott, b. 1753 ; d. Mar. 24, ]816 ; ni. 
 Pliebe Bowker, of Nortbboro, Mass., who d. Aug. 30, 
 1824, a. 70 v.; came from Sterling, Mass., to F. before 
 1793*, and settled on L 5 R 10. The land was taxed to 
 him as early as 1790, s.p. 
 
 Peter' Prescott, b. Apr. 27, 1757 ; d. July 14, 
 1852 ; m. Mary, b. May 20, 1761 ; d. July 10, 1846, 
 dan. of Benjamin and Mehitable Wilson, g.v.j settled 
 first in Sterling, and rem. to F. ab. 1796 ; lived on L 8 
 R 11. Mr. and Mrs. P. were adm. to chh. in P. July 
 23, 1797, on letter from the chh. in S. Ch. b. i.-v. 
 prob. in S.. vl-vii. rec. in F. 
 
 Snliy^, b. June, 1783 ; m. Israel Fisher, q.v. 
 Ehenezer, b. Mar. 27, 1786+. 
 Peter, b. Feb., 1787 ; m. Mar. 29. 1813, Cathe- 
 rine, b. iVug. 26, 1789 ; d. Nov. 18, 1877, dau. 
 of Joseph and Lucy (Whitney) Bigelovv, q.v. 
 Benjamin', b. Aug. 4, 1792 ; d. Nov. 30, 1841 ; 
 m. Sept. 4, 1816, Polly, b. May 30, 1794 ; d. 
 Aug. 20, 1882, dau. of John and Lucy (Brig- 
 ham) Fay, q.v. In rec. of m. he is called of 
 Brattleboro, Vt., but they returned to F. ab. 
 1833, and settled on the home place. No rec. 
 of ch. but 
 
 1. George Washington', d. Mar. 13, 1834, 
 
 a. 15 y. 
 ^ Mary French, b. Feb. 28, 1826 ; m. 
 
 Steadman W. Hartwell, q.v. 
 3. Henry Clay, lived in Boston, Mass.; d. 
 Jan. (?), 1888. 
 
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 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 V. Joanna, b. Nov., 1794 ; m. David Moore, q.v. 
 VI. Eli, b. May 27, 1797 ; m. Mar. 1, 1820, Rhoda 
 Eecord, b. Jan., 1797, in Middlebury, Vt. 
 1. Annie. 
 3. Mary, m. Hiram P. Hayden, q.v. 
 
 3. Peter. 
 
 4. Hiram, d. June 37, 1844, a. 10 y. 
 VII. Asa, b. Sept. 35, 1799 ; (]. Aug. 7, 1801. 
 
 VIII. Infant, d. Dec. 17, 1^03. 
 IX. Naomi, d. Mar. 18, 1807, a. 6 w. 
 
 Eben-ezer" Prbscott, b. Mar. 37, 1786 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 18G0, in Cordova, 111.; m., 1812, Betsey, b. Feb. 8, 
 1781 ; d. at F. Sept. 1, 1854, dau. of Stephen and 
 Hannah Goss, of Sterling. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Ira', d. May 14, 1815, a. 6 mos. 
 
 II, Asa, b. Feb. 7, 1817+. 
 
 III. Licentia, b. Oct, 14, 1830. 
 
 IV. Osliea, b. Oct. 9, 1832. 
 
 V. Fidelia, b. Aug. 3, 1824 ; d. Sept. 1, 1848. 
 VI. Truenian A., b. Sept. 33, 1827 ; d. July 2, 
 1832. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Rev. Asa' Prescott, b. Feb. 7, 1817 ; m. Apr. 1, 
 1845, Tryphena F., b. Oct. 18, 1818, dau. of Abishai 
 and Sarah (Farrar) Collins. Mrs. P. d. Apr. 5, 1869, 
 at Galena, lU. Mr. P. is a Baptist clergyman. (See 
 p. 443.) Ch. b. i.-ii. in Davenport, la., in. in Albany, 
 in Annawan, v. in Cordova, all in 111. 
 
 John Satin, b. June 29, 1846 ; d. Aug. 1, 1846. 
 Sarah F., b. Jane 19, 1850 ; ra. John Stew.art, 
 Sept. 23, 1869 ; res. Anamosa, la. 
 1. jSTewton P. Stevutrt. 
 Daniel E.', b. May 31, 1852 ; m. Ella Manning, 
 Oct. 15, 1879 ; res. Detroit, Mich. 
 1. LeLV. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 2. Bessie. 
 Tryphena E., 
 
 1870. 
 Charles A.,\i. 
 
 b. Oct. 29, 1854 ; d. Jan. 17, 
 June 17, 1860 ; m. Hattie Lyons, 
 
 Oct. 15, 1883 ; res. Galveston, Tex. 
 
 David Pushee and w. Susanr,; 
 before 1788, and left town ab. 18TO. 
 
 I. Susanna, b. Jan. 24, 1789. 
 II. Abraham, b. Aug. 13, 1791. 
 
 settled on L 10 E 2 
 . Ch. b. in F. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 687 
 
 III. Lvcy, b. Mav 3, 1794. 
 
 IV. Jonas, b. Oct. 4, 1798. 
 
 Jedediah Putney, of Ashfield, Mass.; 1). 1777; 
 settled in F. ab. 1808 ; rem. to Troy ab. 1837 ; d. in 
 Marlboro (?) Feb. 31, 1861 ; m. June 3, 1801, Abigail, 
 b. Ang. 20, 1776 ; d. Sept. 8, 1832, dau. of Jonas and 
 Abigail (Maynard) Knigbts, q.v.; m. (2d) Jan. 24, 
 1833, Mrs. Hannah, b. July 2, 1795 ; d. Sept. 16, 1880, 
 wid. of Martin Rockwood, and dan. of Jacob and Mercy 
 (Totman) Woodward, of M. Ch. iv.-ix. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Jonas K., m. Phebe Flagg. 
 ; II. Joseph M., m. Ai)r. 23, 1829, Mary, b. Jan. 14, 
 1809, dau. of Nathan and Polly (Davison) 
 Winch, q.v. No rec. of ch. but a dau. 
 
 1. Susan M., d. in T. Feb. 24, 1851, a. 4 y. 
 
 III. Leonard, m. Woodworth. 
 
 IV. Manasseh, h. Jan. 30, 1808. 
 
 V. Nathan, b. Apr. 28, 1810 ; res. in F. ; nnm. 
 VI. Moses, b. May 12, 1812 ; m. Feb. 17, 1841, 
 Mary, b. May 25, 1808, dau. of Moses and 
 Patty (Banks) Pratt, of M.; res. M. 
 
 1. Mary L., b. Aug. 23, 1842 ; m. Henry 
 
 A. Atherton. She d., and he m. (2d/ 
 her sister, Elizabeth. (See below.) 
 
 2. Martha L., b. Aug. 23, 1842 (twin) ; d. 
 
 Sept. 2, 1842. 
 
 3. Elizabeth M., b. Sept. 18, 1845 ; m. H. 
 
 A. Atherton. (See above.) 
 
 4. Sarah A., b. Aug. 30, 1847 ; d. Jan. 9, 
 
 1865. 
 
 5. Susan M., b. Aug. 13, 1849. 
 
 VII. Kahum, b. June 3, 1815 ; d. in the army in the 
 AVar of the Rebellion ; m. Julia Chase ; res. 
 Richmond, 
 
 1. A¥illiam C, m. Dec. 24, 1867, Surussa 
 
 H,, dau. of Joseph N. Brown, of R. : 
 Tiiree ch. rec. in F. Res. R. 
 
 2. George AV. 
 
 3. Henry, b. Nov. 6, 1850. 
 
 4. Susan, b. May 19, 1853. 
 
 5. Edward, b. July 21, 1855 ; m. Jan. 11, 
 
 1880, Ilattie C. Carpenter ; res. R. 
 
 6. Harvey, b. Mar. 7, 1858. 
 7.. Nahum, b. Feb. 10, 1862. 
 
 VIII. Sewell, b. Feb. 1, 1817. 
 IX. Susan, d. June 14, 1820, a. 1 y. 6 mos. 
 X. Charles. 
 
688 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 David Nelson Putney, b. Dec. 13, 1816, in Town- 
 send, Vt., s. of Ezra and Sarah (Gates) ; came to F. 
 ab. 1837; m. May 18, 1842, Abigail K., b. Dec. 3, 
 1818 ; d. Apr. 8, 1887, dan. of Solomon and Gratia 
 Alexander. The \v. of John Amadon, and the 1st w. of 
 William Lebourvean, both q.v., were sisters of David N. 
 Pntney. 
 
 I. George, b. Aug. 22, 1845 ; m. Apr. 14, 1875, 
 Marianna R, dan. of John ]i. and Sarah 
 (Thorner) Rollins, of Salem, Mass.; res. S. 
 Ch. b. at South Boston, Muss. 
 
 1. George Waldo, b. June 3, 1878. 
 II. Charles, b. June 22, 1847 ; d. in F. July 3, 
 1876 ; m. Feb. 9, 1869, Mary Augusta, b. 
 1848 (?), dau. of Jacob J. and Rachel P. Bur- 
 rill. Ch. b. 1 in Swanzey, 2 in F., 3 in 
 Keene. 
 
 1. Herbert Burrill, b. Mar. 28, 1S71. 
 
 2. Harold David, b. Mar. 9, 1874. 
 
 3. Charles, b. Sept. 4, 1876. 
 
 III. Mary Abbie, b. Nov. 27, 1850 ; m. John H. 
 
 Bigelow, q.v. 
 
 IV. Warren, b. Nov. 27, 1854 ; m. Apr. 29, 1885, 
 
 Jennie E. Gray, of Holyoke, Mass.; res. Wor- 
 cester, Mass. 
 V. Walter Jay, b. Dec. 5, 1857. 
 VI. Grace Maria, b. June 6, 1860. 
 
 Samuel Randall, d. Mar. 8, 1824, a. 76 y. His w. , 
 Mary, d. Dec. 8, 1823, a. 69 y. Came to town ab. 
 1814, and res. here till their death. No account can be 
 given of their ch. except that their dau. 
 
 I. Cynthia, b. June 25, 1778 : m. Samuel Ellis, 
 q.v. 
 
 REED. 
 
 The author of the History of the Reed Family, Jacob Whittemore 
 Reed, says that " the Reeds" are descended from a clan or nation, and 
 not from an individual, and finds, as he thinks, traces of the clan before 
 the Christian era. In the early history of this countrj^ there are found 
 several emigrants bearing the name. Gen. .Jan)es Reed, of whose life a 
 sketch is given in Chapter YIL, and wlio is referred to in many other 
 places, was descended from William Reacle, of Woburn, Mass., who was 
 the earliest emigrant of the nam.e Reade or Reed. In the following 
 register no particular attempt will be made to give a uniformity in 
 spelling the name, but, as far as practicable, the form will be used that 
 is found in the records. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 689 
 
 I William' Reade, b. in 1587, is supposed to have been the s. of 
 Tliomas and Mary, of Brockett Hall, England. He arrived at Boston in 
 Oct., 1635, with w. Mabel Kendall and 8 ch., and later settled in 
 Woburn. His 3d ch., 
 
 2 Ralph-, b. 1630 ; m. Mary, dau. of Anthony Pierce, of Watertown; 
 res. in Woburn. They had 8 cli., of whom the 2d was 
 
 3 Joseph^, m. Phebe ; res. in W. They had 6 ch., of whom 
 
 the 2d was 
 
 4 JosEP^^ b. Jan. 23, 1698 ; d. Mar. 7, 1730 ; m. Nov. 26, 1723, 
 Sarah Rice, of Sudbury ; m. (2d) his cousin, Sarah Reed ; 3 ch. by Ist 
 m. and 3 by 2d m, ; res. S. and W. His oldest ch. was Gen. James Reed. 
 
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 If. 
 
 III. 
 
 Gen. James' Reed, b. 1724; cl..Feb. 13, 1807, in 
 Fitclil)urg ; m. Abigail Hinds, of New Salem, Mass. 
 She d. Aug. 27, 1791, in Keene, and he m. (2d) Molly^ 
 b. Jan. 8, 1742, dau. of Maj. John and Martha (Swift) 
 Farrar, q.v. 
 
 I. James" Reed, b. Aug. 25, 174G ; d. May 23, 
 1827 ; m. Dec. 11, 1768, in F., Mary Dodge, 
 of Lunenburg, Mass, She d. Feb. 20, 183G, 
 a. 90 y., a.p. 
 Abigail, b. Jan. 20, 1748 ; m. (1st) Pliinehas 
 
 Hutching, q.v.; m. (2d) Grout. 
 
 Priscilla, b. Aug. 10, 1749 ; d. in Leominster 
 1830 ; m. Feb. 13, 1765, Thomas' Carter, b. 
 May 4, 1741 ; d. in Leom. May 23, 1773, s. 
 of Thomas* and Betty (Sawyer), of Lun. 
 (Thomas* was s. of Thomas*, who was s. of 
 Rev. SamneP. See Carter rec.) She m. (2d), 
 Oct. 11, 1773, James Richardson. Ch.bylst 
 m.; 1st and prob, 4th b. in F., 2d and 3d b. 
 in Leom. 
 
 1. Lucinda Carter, b. Feb. 14, 1768. 
 2 Betty Carter, b. June 15, 1770 ; d. 
 2,1771. 
 
 3. Frederick Carter, b. Feb. 13, 1772 ; m. 
 Nos'. 26, 1789, Phebe Snow, of Lun. 
 
 4. Carter, infant, d. Sept. 29, 1773, 
 
 in F. 
 
 Frederick, b. Aug. 16, 1752. 
 
 Sylvanus, b. Jan. 7, 1755 -f-. 
 
 Barzillai, b. Jan. 23, 1756 ; d. June 12, 1776. 
 
 Hinds, b. Nov. 29, 1757 ; m. Dec. 9, 1779, 
 
 Benlah Muzzy, who d. Dec. 20, 1807 ; rem. 
 
 from F. ab. 1806. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Barzillai, b. May 25, 1780. 
 
 2. Salome, b. Dec. 30, 1781 ; m. Feb. 4, 
 1806, John Darling, of K. 
 
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 May 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VII, 
 
690 
 
 HISTOEY OF EITZ WILLIAM. 
 
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 3. James, b. July 30, 1784. 
 
 4. Caroline, b. Mar. 16, 1787. 
 
 5. Beulah, b. Oct. 17, 1789. 
 
 6. Abigail, b. June 4, 1792. 
 
 7. Hinds, b. Nov. 16. 1794. 
 
 8. Knsina, b. Apr. li, 1707. 
 
 9. Eliza, b. May 14, 1799. 
 
 10. Charles Pinckney, bapt. Sewt. 19, 1802 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 21, 1805. 
 
 viri. Joseph, b. Feb. 17, 1763 ; m. Lucy Osgood, of 
 
 K.; rem. from P. ab. 1800. No births of ch. 
 
 rec. in P., but they had 4 ch. d. in town, at 
 
 dates as follows — no names given : Mar. 23, 
 
 1795 ; Jan. 10, Jan. 14, and Peb. 10, all 1800. 
 
 IX. Salome, b. May 23, 1766 ; m. Lockhart Willard, 
 
 of K. 
 
 CoL Stltastus Reed', b. Jan. 7, 1755 ; m. Mar. 4, 
 1781, Caroline Taylor, of Sonthboro, Mass.; rem. from 
 P. ab. 1795. Ch. b. in P. 
 
 I. Caroline', b. Oct. 12, 1782 ; d. Mar. 28, 1786. 
 II. Sylvanns, b. Dec. 23, 1787 ; d. 1822. 
 III. Infant, d. Jan. 14, 1790. 
 
 17. Sylvester"', b. Sept. 19, 1791 ; m. 1817, Mary 
 Bach elder. 
 
 1. Caroline. 
 
 2. Mary Ann, m. Eobert Wade. 
 
 3. Rev. Sylvanus^ d. 1870 ; m. Caroline 
 
 Gallup. Mrs. Reed is Principal of a 
 Young Ladies' School of high grade in 
 New York City. 
 
 1. Mary G^ 
 
 2. S}'lvanns A. 
 
 3. Latham G. 
 
 4. Anna De Witt. 
 
 4. Lafavette, d. 1870. 
 
 4 I EsDRAS^ Keade lived iu Boston, Salem, Wenham, and Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., and returned to B. in 1661, and d. there in 1680. Ashe 
 was a prominent member of Rev. John Fiske's chh. in S., ab. 1637, 
 he must have been b. in England, but the date of his coming to this 
 country is unknown. His s., 
 
 42 Obediah^, m. .Tune 19, 1664, Anne Swift and res. in Boston. He 
 d. ab. 1718 ; she d. Sept. 13, 1680, They had 7 ch., of whom the 1st 
 was 
 
 43 Thomas^ b. July, 1665 ; m. twice ; name of 1st w. unknown ; 
 
 2d w. Hannah ; 5 ch. by 1st m. and 3 by 2d m.; res. Chelmsford. 
 
 His 1st ch., 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 691 
 
 44 Thomas*, b. 1687 ; d. Dec. 24, 1773 ; m. Mar. 14, 1709, Sarah 
 Fletcher. They had 6 ch., descendants from two of whom have lived 
 in F.— viz., Timotliy, b. Mar. 21, 1714, 45 ; Joseph, b. June 4, 1716, 
 53 
 
 45 Timothy', b. Mar. 21, 1714 ; m. Nov. 10, 1732, Mary Cummings ; 
 res. Dunstable, >[ass. Their s., 
 
 46 TIMOTHY^ b. Aug. 30, 1736 ; res. Dummerston, Vt. His s., 
 
 47 Isaac' had several ch., of whom John, 48^ settled in F. 
 
 48 John' Reed came to P. ab. 1832. He d. Jan. 83, 
 1875, a. 74 y.: m. Eliza Baker, who d. Mar. 13, 1847, 
 a. 42 y. 
 
 49 I. Sarah Jane Leonard^, d. Feb. 16, 1875, a. 44 y., 
 iinm. 
 
 50 i II. Charles Ratoson, b. Dec. 20, 183G ; d. Aug. 12, 
 1837. 
 
 51 III. Daniel Henri/, b. ISTov. 1, 1838 ; d. Jan. 7, 
 1867 ; m. Nov. 17, 1863, Betsey Grace, dan. 
 of Sylvanus and Betsey R. (Damon) Perham, 
 q.v. 
 
 52 IV. George Elliot, b. Feb. 28, 1841 ; d. Aug. 19, 
 1842. 
 
 53 .Joseph' Reed (s. of 44 Thomiis^), b. June 4, 1716 ; m. May 30, 
 1737, Ruth Underwood ; res. Westford, Mass. Their 1st ch., 
 
 54 JosHUA^ b. Dec. 1, 1737 ; m. Mary Spaulding; res. W. Ch. i. 
 Elnathan, b. Oct. 12, 1758 ; 11. Benjamin, b. Dec. 5, 1700 ; iii. Joshua, 
 b. Mar. 6, 1763 ; iv. Pliinehas, b. Oct. 18, 1765. 55 ; v. Amos. b. 
 Aug. 1, 1768; vi. Isaiah, b. Oct. 14, 1770; d. y.; vir. Zaccheus, b. 
 Mar. 8, 1773 ; viii. Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1778 ; ix. Isaiah, b. Mar. 17, 
 1778. 
 
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 58 
 
 Phixehas' PtEED, b. Oct. 18, 1765 ; d. Mar. 30, 
 1852 ; came to V. from Westford in 1787 ; m. Mar. 19, 
 1789, Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1767 ; d. Nov. 11, 1808, 
 dan. of John Day, of Winchendon ; m. (2d) Dec. 13, 
 1809, Mrs. Lj'dia (Richardson) Parker, of New Ipswich, 
 N. H. She d. Apr. 2, 1851, a. 80 y. In the house 
 ! list of 1798 his house is appraised higher than any other 
 ' one in town, and for many y. his taxes were usually the 
 largest in town. 
 
 I. EUza\ b. Oct. 21, 1790 ; m. Aug. 9, 1827, Oapt. 
 j James Godfrey. He came to F. ab. 1815 ; 
 
 rem. toNorthfield, Mass., ab. 1829 ; returned, 
 to F. ab. 1837, and d. here, Jan. 12, 1846, a. 
 65 y. Ch. b. in N. 
 
 1. Joseph Godfrey, b. Mar. 16, 1832. 
 
 2. James *" b. Dec. 24, 1833. 
 
692 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 59 I II. Edward Camiridge, h. Mar. 8, 1793 ; d. May 1, 
 
 1883 ; m. Feb, 16, 1820, Amanda Minerva 
 Weller, of Pitts field, Mass. (See pp. 440 and 
 447.) 
 
 60 1. Mariana, b. Jan. 16, 1821 ; m. June 10, 
 
 1847, Charles E. Washburn. 
 
 61 2. Edward P., b. May 14, 1822 ; m. Feb. 
 
 23, 1859, Clara M. Winegar. 
 
 62 3. Sarah E., b. July 20, 1824 ; m. Jan. 20, 
 
 1852, Henry B. Lord. He is cashier 
 of the First National Bank, Ithaca, 
 N". Y. 
 
 63 4. Elhot, b. Dec. 18, 1827 ; m. Dec. 2, 
 
 1852, liebeeca Grenell. 
 
 64 5. Ellen C.^ b. Sept. 11, 1838. 
 
 65 III. Polly, b. Jan. 24, 1795 ; d. Jan. 6, 1797. 
 
 66 IV. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1797+- 
 
 6? V. JosepJi, b. Nov. 29, 1798 ; d. Sept. 9, 1804, 
 
 drowned. 
 
 68 VI. Mary, b. July 8, 1800 ; m. Nov. 30, 1824, Eli 
 
 Sprague. 
 
 69 1. John Sprague. 
 
 70 2. Mary E. Sprague. 
 
 71 3. George Elliot Sprague. 
 
 72 VTi. John Milton, b. Sept. 18, 1802 ; d. Sept. 24, 
 1848, killed in the Mexican War ; m. Henri- 
 etta Taylor, s.p. 
 
 73 VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1804 ; d. Sept. 30, 1826, at 
 Charlestown, Mass., unm. 
 
 74 IX. Elliot, b. Apr. 21, 1806 ; d. June 15, 1838, at 
 Missionary Station, Ga. ; m. (1st) Elvira Lee ; 
 (2d) Biddy Lee, sistei's. 
 
 75 1. Georgie Ellietta. 
 
 76 2. Sarah Elizabeth. 
 
 77 X. Sarah, b. May 21, 1811 ; m. (1st) Daniel T. 
 Hayden ; (2d) Dexter Whittemore, both q.v. 
 
 78 XI. Charles, b. Mar. 17, 1813+. 
 
 79 XII. George, b. Sept. 3, 1814 ; m. Marie Antoinette 
 Pray, of Salem, Mass. 
 
 80 1. George. 
 
 81 2. Edward. 
 
 82 3. Charles. 
 
 (66) 
 
 Daniel* Reed, b. Jan. 2, 1797 ; m. Nov. 2, 1820, 
 Laura, b. June 3, 1800, dau. of Dr. Thomas and Jane 
 (Brown) Richardson, q.v.; rem. to Adrian, Mich., and 
 Lansing, Mich. Mr. R. d. Apr. 24, 1882. Mrs. R. d. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 693 
 
 Jan. 23, 1886, both in L. Oh. b. i.-iv. in Townsend, 
 Mass., v.-vi. in F. 
 
 I. Edward', b. Oct. 6, 1822 ; d. Jan. 12, 1828. 
 n. EUzahetn, b. May 7, 1824 ; d. June 17, 1826. 
 
 III. Charles, b. Sept. 14, 1827 ; d. Oct. 20, 1827. 
 
 IV. Jane Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1829 ; m. Anson 
 
 Streeter, q.v. 
 V. Ann Eliza", b. Feb. 26, 1834 ; m. June 1, 1851. 
 
 David Fisk Woodcock, b. June 4, 1829, s. of 
 
 Tisdale and Patty (Baker) ; res. L. Ch. b. in 
 
 Geneva, N. Y. 
 1. Edward Francis" Woodcock, b. May 18, 
 1858 ; m. Dec. 25, 1879, Ida B. liiger- 
 soll ; res. Niles, Mich. Mr. AVoodcock 
 is cashier of the Citizens' National 
 Bank of N". Ch. b. 1 and 3 in L., 2 in 
 N. 
 
 1. Bessie M. Woodcock, b. July 11, 
 
 1881. 
 
 2. David E. Woodcock, b. Jan. 1, 
 
 1886. 
 
 3. Anna Louise Woodcock, b. July 
 
 13, 1887. 
 VI. Edioard, b. Sept. 22, 1838 ; d. Oct. 15, 1853. 
 
 Charles' Eeed, b. Mar. 17, 1813 ; d. Mar. 27, 1866, 
 in Boston, where he had been in bnsiriess for some y. ; 
 m. Apr. 8, 1835, Betsey W., b. May 10, 1815 ; d. Apr. 
 26, 1882, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Collins) Osborn. 
 She m. (2d) Chancy Davis, Jr., q.v. 
 
 I. Charles^ Elliot, b. Feb. 6, 1837 ; d. May 4, 
 
 1842. 
 II. Daniel Hayden, b. Feb. 8, 1839 ; m. Nov. 25, 
 1858, Abbie F., b. Dec. 8, 1840 ; d. Mar. 24, 
 1865, dau. of Philip D. and Nancy (Sargent) 
 Angier ; m. (2d) Oct. 11, 1865, Mary Adeline, 
 b. Apr. 18, 1843, dau. of Sumner W. and 
 Susan (Hastings) Keith, of F. 
 
 1. Abbie Frances'", b. Apr. 24, 1869. 
 III. Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1841 ; d. xMay 22, 
 1842. 
 
 97 Supply Read, of Chelmsford, Mass., m., .June 7, 1781, Susannah 
 By am, and rem. to Acworth, N. H., where he lived to be 92 y. of a. 
 He was prob. a descendant of Esdras Reade (No. 41), as a large number 
 of that stock res. in C, but the connection cannot be traced. Of his 
 ch. was 
 
694 
 
 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 98 TiLLisoN, b. Aug. 11, 1787 ; m. Delia Byam, b. Dec. 4, 1784 ; 
 res. Acworth. Their s., Timothy S., b. Sept. 22, 1811, settled in F. 
 
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 Timothy S. Eeed, b. Sept. 22, 1811 ; d. Nov. 7, 
 
 1873 ; m. Lucy , who d. May 12, 1837, a. 36 y.; 
 
 m. (2d) Sarah M., b. Apr. 25, 1816, dau, of Daniel and 
 Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v. Mr. E. came to F. ab. 
 1835. 
 
 I. Charles Justin, b. May 30, 1838 ; d. Nov. 28, 
 
 1839. 
 II. Sumner Justin, b. Aug. 14, 1841 ; m. Aug. 11, 
 1863, Caroline J., b. June 2, 1845, dau. of 
 John E. and Cleora (Allen) Whitney, then of 
 Jaffrev. 
 
 1. Elwin Alonzo, b. Apr. 27. 1865. 
 
 2. Nellie Cleora, b. Dec. 30, 1868. 
 
 3. Perley Whitnev, .b. July 17, 1871. 
 
 III. Frederick Azro, b. May 26, 1849 ; d. Dec. 29, 
 1872, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., mini. 
 
 Bexjamin" Reed, whose genealogy is not traced, but 
 who in the rec. of m, is called of Asliby, Mass., m. Dec. 
 10, 1807, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 2, 1782, dau. of James and 
 Elizabeth (Haven) Stone, q.v. Moved into town ab. 
 1827, and lived here till Mr. E. d., Nov. 6,-1834, a. 51 
 y. Mrs. E. d. Feb. 19, 1866, in Jaffrey, and was in- 
 terred in F, The Hist, of J. gives her name as Mary, 
 which is not correct. No b. of ch. rec. but a dau. 
 
 I. Betsey, d. May 17, 1829, a. 21 y. 
 
 Mrs. Sakah T. Eeed, wid. of Merrill, and mother 
 of Mrs. Philip D. Angier, d. in Swanzey, Jan. 20,' 1872, 
 a. 79 y. 6 mos., and was interred in F. 
 
 EICE. 
 
 I Edmond' Rice was from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England. 
 He was living in Sudbury, Mass., early in 1639, and came over in 1638 
 or earlier. He was a petitioner for the town of Marlboro, Mass., and 
 rem. thither in 1660. By 1st w^ Thamazine, he had 10 ch., and by 2d 
 w. Mercy (Hurd), wid. of Tliomas Brigham, he had 2 ch. His 1st ch., 
 
 2 Henry=, b. 1616 ; d, Feb. 10, 1711 ; m, Feb. 1, 1644, Elizabeth 
 Moore ; rem. from Sudbury to Framingham and settled on land that had 
 been granted to his fatlier. They had 10 ch., of whom the 4th was 
 
 3 Jonathan', b. July 8, 1654 ; d. Apr. 13, 1725 ; m. (1st) Mar. 24, 
 1675 ; (2d) Nov. 1, 1677, Rebecca Watson ; (3d) Feb. 12, 1691, Eliza- 
 beth Wheeler ; res. S. and Fram. He had 14 ch., of whom was 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 695 
 
 4. ABRAHAM^ b. 1697 ; d. June 3, 1777, killed by lightning ; m. 
 Feb. 1, 1721, Putitnce, b. Feb. 7, 1702 ; fl. Jan. 2, 175X5, dan. of Samuel 
 and Mary (Death) Fames; res. Fram. They had 8 ch., of whom the 
 2d. Abraham, b. May 9, 1725, 5, settled in F. 
 
 Abraham' Rice, b. May 9, 1T25 ; m. Deo. IS, 1747, 
 in Bolton, Mass., Susannah Wilder, of B. The History 
 of the Rice Family says that " after having two children 
 in Bolton, they returned to Fram., had three b. there, and 
 then moved away." They had fonr children b. in Fram. 
 before moving away, but the youngest one was not rec. 
 there, which is doubtless the reason why his name does 
 not appear in either the Fram. History or the Family 
 History. There is no evidence that tlie two elder ch. 
 overlived in F., but the rest of the family came liere 
 ab. 1775, and settled on L 18 R 8. Mr. R. d. Apr. 15, 
 1807. Mrs. R. d. July 6, 1820, a. 90 y. 
 
 I. Silas\ b. Aug., 1749 ; m. Elizabeth , who 
 
 d. Sept. 4, 1797, a. 47 y. ; he d. May 31, 1835, 
 in Worcester, Mass. 
 II. NafJian, b. Nov., 1751 ; m. Lucy Barber, of 
 Berlin, Mass., by whom he liad. G ch ; res. in 
 B. and Northboro, Mass. He d. in N. Jan. 
 30, 1836 ; was a Revolutionary pensioner. 
 
 III. Sarah, b. May 5, 1754 ; m. "in F. Nov. 21, 
 
 1790, Joseph Sever. 
 
 IV. Ahraliarn, b. July, 1764. He was m., and his 
 
 w. and ch. were supported by the town in 
 1783 and 1784, but he paid the bills after- 
 ward ; his w. d. in 1784 ; he rem. from town 
 before 1793*. 
 V. Susannah, b. Aug. 3, 1766. 
 VI. David, b. Mar. 19, 1769+. 
 
 David' Rice, b. Mar. 19, 1769 ; d. in F. July 21, 
 1828 ; m. May 20, 1790, Dorcas, b. Dec. 10, 1769 ; d. 
 in Jaffrey, Apr. 15, 1874, a. 104 y. 4 mos. 5 d. ; interred 
 in F.; dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon 
 q.v.; soon after m. settled on L 11 R 9. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 Susannah\ b. Jan. 20, 1791 ; m. Benjamin 
 
 Richardson, q.v. 
 Ardlnisa, b. Dec. 10, 1792 ; m. Feb. 3, 1814, 
 
 Jared Hildreth, of Roxbury, Vt. 
 Roxalana, b, Jan. 26, 1795 ; m. Abel Marshall, 
 
 q.v. 
 IV. David, b. Feb. 8, 1797 ; m., 1823, Fidelia 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
696 
 
 HISTOET 0¥ riTZ WILLI AM. 
 
 
 
 Norton ; late in life rem. to Uindge, where 
 
 
 
 he d. Oct. 4, 1864. 
 
 16 
 
 V. 
 
 Betsey, b. May 5, 1799. 
 
 17 
 
 VI. 
 
 Lahan, b. Mar. 23, 1801 ; m. Oct. 14, 1827, 
 Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1801, dau. of John and 
 Abigail (Demary) (J utter, of J., by whom he 
 had 8 ch.; res. in J., where he d. Dec. 3, 
 1873. 
 
 ]8 
 
 vii; 
 
 Az^ihah. 
 
 19 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Madame. 
 
 20 
 
 IX. 
 
 Faxon, m. June 16, 1846, Rebecca, b. Oct. 9, 
 1816, dan. of Jacob and Rebecca (Sawyer) 
 Bacon, of J.; res. R. 
 
 2L 
 
 X. 
 
 Mary, d. Feb. 5, 1810. 
 
 22 Edwakd" Rice, a younger s. of Edmond", d. Aug. 15, 1712, a. 
 
 ab. 93 y.; m. (2d?) Anna , who d. June 4, 1713, a. 83 y.; res. 
 
 Sudbury and Marlboro, Mass. They had 10 or 11 ch., of whom 
 
 23 Benjamin', b. Dec. 22, 1666 ; d. Feb. 23, 1748-9 ; m. Apr. 1, 
 1691, Mary Graves, by whom he had 10 ch. ; res. S. and M. Their 
 oldest ch., 
 
 24 AzAEiAH'', b. Aug. 13, 1693: d. 1779; res. Brookfietd, Mass.; 
 
 by w. Hannah he had 9 ch., of whom the 4th was Jonas, b. June 30, 
 
 1731. 
 
 25 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 JojsTAS RioE, b. June 30, 1731; m. Deborah Force 
 (Vose?). They had 11 ch. in Brookfield, and came to 
 F. ab. 1774 ; were adm. to chh. in F. May 13, 1775, on 
 letter from the chh. in B. He was an ensign in the 
 Rev. War., and d. at Fort George, N. Y., July 25, 1776, 
 of small-pox. He had previously been in the French 
 and Indian War, in Caldwell's Company, Aug., 1757, 
 for Fort William Henry. After the d. of Mr. R., the 
 family returned to B. Ch. rec. in F, 
 I. Elias, bapt. July 9, 1775. 
 
 Solomon" Rice lived in town a few y. ab. the com- 
 mencement of the present century ; m. Rebecca, b. 
 Apr. 18, 1782, dau. of David and Rebecca (Hoar) 
 Wheeler, of Marlboro. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Solomon, h. Oct. 20. 1800. 
 II. David, b. Feb. 23, 1802. 
 
 John" Rice, b. June 7, 1811, in Stow, Mass., s. of 
 Buckminster and Abigail (Howe) Rice ; d. in F. Sept. 
 24, 1882 ; m. Caroline, b. May 1, 1810 ; d. Dec. 7, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 697 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 33 
 34 
 
 1880, dan. of Ezra and Elizabeth Hayden, q.v.; m. (2d) 
 Nov. 22, 1881, Mrs. Hannah M. Stone ; came to F. ab. 
 
 1834. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 No rec. of ch., but the following are inserted. 
 
 Dexter W., b. ab. 1839. 
 
 -Eliza A., h. ab. 1841 ; m. Phinehas Whitcomb, 
 
 q.v. 
 Levi W., h. ab. 1844. 
 Sarah K, b. ab. 1846. 
 
 RICIIAEDSON. 
 
 Three bros. Richardson, Ezekicl. Samuel, and Thomas, and four other 
 men were chosen, Nov. 5, 1640, by the clih. in Charlestown, Mass., to 
 commence a new settlement. The settlement was commenced the next 
 year, a chh. was formed Aug. 14, 1642, and in Sept.. 1642, the new town 
 was incorporated under tlie name of Woburn. Ezekicl came from Eng- 
 land in 1G80 and settled in C. The other bros. prob. came in 1636. C. 
 rec. give lists of men, inhabitants of the town, tlated Jan., 1634, and 
 Jan., 1636. Eztkiel appears in both these lists ; the other bros. in 
 neither, but both Samuel and Thomas ■were on a committee to lay out 
 lots for hay in July, 1636. Two of the bros., through their descendants, 
 have been represented in F. 
 
 I Samuef.' Richardson, d. Mar. 23, 1658 ; m. Joanna , who d. 
 
 ab. 1666 ; they had 8 ch., 2 b. in C. and 6 in W. The 6th ch. was 
 
 2 STEP^EN^ b. Aug. 15, 1649 ; d. Mar. 22, 1718 ; m. Jan. 2, 1675, 
 Abigail, d. Sept. 17, 1720, a. 60 y., dau. of Francis and Abigail (Read) 
 W^-man, of W. They had 13 ch. His will, dated Aug. 15, 1713, men- 
 tions 9 ch. as then living. Their 8th ch, was 
 
 3 Timothy^ b. Jan. 24, 1688 ; m. Susannah Holden. Settled in 
 Attleboro ab. 1614, and a little later rem. to Maiden. Had 1 ch. b. 
 in each town. Tiie eldest ch., 
 
 4 Timothy^ b. Oct. 18, 1715 : d. Dec. 15, 1801, in Royalston ; m. 
 Mar. 22, 1738, Alice, b. Nov. 12, 1717, dau. of Timothy Wyman, of W.; 
 rem. from Attleboro to Wrentham, and from thence to R. Ch. all rec. 
 in A. I. Alice, b. Mar. 24, 1739 ; ii. Timothy, b. Mar. 7, 1741 ; d. July 
 
 6, 1823 ; m. Sarah , who d. June 27, 1834. Had 8 ch. or more, all 
 
 b. in R., of whom Timothy, b. Dec. 3, 1768, settled in F. on L 3 R 11 ; 
 res. there a few y. ab. 1800, and then returned to R. Lot^ b. July 27, 
 1781 ; m. June 3, 1802, Eunice Grover, of F. in. Susannaii, b. Mar. 2, 
 1743 ; d. y.; iv. Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1745 ; v. Abiel, b. Mar. 29, 1747 ; 
 VI. Stephen, b. Mar. 3, 1749, 5 : vir. Abijah, b. Mar. 16, 1751+ ; viii. 
 Susannah, b. Mar. 13, 1753 ; ix, Eliphalet, b. Mar. 20, 1756 + . 
 
 Stephen'' Richardson, b. Mar. 3, 1749 ; m. Rhoda 
 Daniels, of Keene ; came to F. and made a beginning 
 on his farm, L 4 R 11, before the Revolutionary War, 
 and served in the war from F. It is stated that during 
 the war he offered to deed his property to Miss Daniels 
 if she would marry him then, but she preferred to re- 
 
698 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 (4 VII) 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 (4 IX) 
 
 main single until the result of the war had decided the 
 destiny of the country. He d. Dec. 31, 1790. The 
 wid. rem. from town, but the date cannot be given. In 
 the rec. of the m. of the dans, they are called " of F." 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Nov. 29, 1785 ; m. Perley Parker and 
 
 rem. to Wallingford, Vt. 
 II. Polly, b. May 20, 1787 ; m. Philemon Fair- 
 banks, q.v. 
 
 III. Stephen, b. Dec. 25, 1788. 
 
 IV. Rhnda, b. Dec. 12, 1790 ; m. Nov. 20, 1810, 
 
 John Reed, of Alstead, N. H. 
 
 Abijah^ RiCHARDSONT, b. Mar. 17, 1751 ; d. Dec. 10, 
 1830 ; m. Nov. 26, 1778, Flannah, b. 1753 ; d. Nov. 22, 
 1840, dan. of Benjamin Eddy, of Eoyalston ; came to 
 F. ab. 1787 and settled on L 3 R 11, where his bro., 
 Eliphalet, had previously lived. Abijah was concerned 
 in the demonstration known as Shays's Rebellion, and 
 desiring to get beyond the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 
 he exchanged farms with his bro. A few y. later, 
 ab. 1791, he returned to R. Ab. 1796 he again came 
 to F. and settled on L 6 R 9, where he lived till ab. 
 1814, when he again returned to R. Ch. b. i.-iv. and 
 VI. -VII. in R. ; v. and viii.-xii. in F. ; v., viii., and 
 XII. rec. in F. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 14 
 
 V 
 
 15 
 
 VI. 
 
 16 
 
 VII, 
 
 17 
 
 VIII 
 
 18 
 
 IX 
 
 19 
 
 X 
 
 20 
 
 XI 
 
 21 
 
 XII 
 
 Susannah', b. Dec. 16, 1779 ; d. Dec. 13, 1856. 
 
 Hannah, b. July 29, 1781 ; d. July 27, 1800, 
 num. 
 
 Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1783 : m. Lucy Harring- 
 ton.; res. in F. a few y. ab. 1806, and re- 
 turned to R. 
 
 Benjamin Eddy, b. Apr. 14, 1785 ; m. Dec. 31, 
 1809, Susannah, dau. of David and Dorcas 
 (Amadou) Rice, q.v. 
 
 Sally, b. Dec. 31, 1787. 
 
 Alice, b. Apr. 25, 1792 ; d. Aug. 27, 1808, 
 unm. 
 
 Abijah, b. Feb. 2. 1794+. 
 
 Cotumhus, b. Sept. 24. 1798. 
 
 Infant son, d. Sept. 26, 1801. 
 
 Betsey, d. Nov. 26, 1801, a. 2 mos. }• triplets. 
 
 Hannah, d. Jan. 16, 1802, a. 4 mos. 
 
 George, b. Dec. 22, 1802+. 
 
 Eliphale'T Richardson, b. Mar. 20, 1756 : d. 1818 : 
 ni. Elizabeth ; res. in F. for a few y., living on L 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 
 
 699 
 
 3 R 11, and retiinied to Eoyalatou tib. 1787. Of tlieir 
 7 ch. 2 were prob. b. in F. 
 
 I. Infant, d. Mav 17, 1786. 
 
 II. Eliplmlet Jl./h. Jan. 19, 1787; d. Oct. 26, 
 18U3. 
 
 Abijah" EiCHAunsoN-, b. Feb. 2, 1794; d. Apr. 24, 
 1840 ; m. (1st) Lucv Wbitnev, b. Apr. 8, 1792 ; d. 
 Sei)t. 18, 1833 ; (2d)''Apr. 2, 1834, Mclinda, b. Mar. 10, 
 1800 ; d. June, 1879, diin. of Tarrant and Lydia Cntler ; 
 res. lloyalston. Cb. all b. in R. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1822 ; d. Sept. 17, 1865. 
 II. EpUraim W., b. Feb. 28, 1824 ; d. May 6, 1852. 
 
 III. Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1825 ; m. Philemon R. Fair- 
 
 banks, q.v. 
 
 IV. Thomas Jefferson, b. Aug. 2, 1827 ; served in 
 
 the War of the Rebellion ; d. June, 1803, at 
 sea on the passage home from New Orleans ; 
 m. Lucy . 
 
 1. Lucy Emma, b. Nov. 9, 1857, in Truro, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 2. Anson Burlins'amo, b. Sept. 28, 1859, in 
 
 F. 
 V. Andrew J., b. May 8, 1829 ; d. Feb. 6, 1883. 
 VI. Alice, b. Dec. 18, 1830 ; d. Aug. 11, 1846. 
 VII. George ()., b. Nov. 16, 1830.; d. May 30, 1874, 
 
 in Jalfrev ; interred in F. 
 VIII. Leander, b. Nov. 21, 1838 ; m. May 14, 1801, 
 Julia A., b. June 5, 1842, dau. of Rufus B. 
 and Mary A. Potter, q.v.; res. in F. Ch. b. 
 inF. 
 
 1. Edwin R., b. Nov. 15. 1866. 
 
 2. Edith Gertrude, b. Sept. 1, 1872. 
 
 3. Grace Cutler, b. Dec. 22, 1875. 
 
 4. Harry Eugene, b. Sept. 5, 1880. 
 
 IX. Levi A., b. Oct. 29, 1839 ; d. Nov. 21, 1849. 
 
 George Richardson, b. Dec. 22, 1802 ; d. Jan. 7, 
 1872, in Ashby, Mass.; interred in F.; m. Apr. 27, 
 Sophronia, b. Nov. 5, 1806 ; d. Dec. 16, 1803, dau. of 
 Moses and Mehitable Nichols, of Eoyalston. Ch. b. 
 I. -II. in R., III. in F. 
 
 I. Nancy, b. Jan. 23, 1829 ; m. Joel Howe, q.v. 
 II. George Dexter, b. Aug. 25, 1839 ; m. May (17?), 
 1862, Etta, b. Apr. 7, 1842, dau. of Rufus 
 
700 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 and Harriet (Metcalf) Simonds, q.v.; res. 
 A. 
 41 HI. Albert Carlton, b. Aug. 21, 1842 ; m. ]\Iay 
 
 (16?), 1886, Laura M., b. Aug. 8, 1842, dau. 
 of Dan vers and Olive (Whipple) Martin, of 
 Richmond : res. A. 
 
 42 Thomas' Richardson was the youngest of the three Richardson 
 bros. who settled in W"obiirn. He d. in W. Aug. 28, 1651 ; m. Mary 
 
 , who survived him. (She m. [2d] Michael Bacon, being his 2d w. 
 
 Ilis only s., Michael Bacon, Jr., m. Sarah Richardson, a dau. of his 2d 
 w. by her 1st m. The distinguished Rov. Leonard Bacon, D.D., was a 
 descendant from this marriage.) Thomas and Mary Richardson had 7 
 ch., of whom 2 were b. in Charlestown and 5 in W. Their youngest eh., 
 
 43 Nathaniel", b. Jan. 2, 1651 ; d. Dec. 4, 1714 ; m. Mary , 
 
 Avho d. Dec. 22, 1719. They had 13 ch., of whom the 2d was 
 
 44 Capt. James', b. Feb. 26, 1675 ; d. Mar. 13, 1722 ; m., 1698, 
 Rebecca Eaton, who d. the following year, 1699, and he m. (2d), Dec. 
 22, 1699, Elizabeth Arnold, of Reading, Mass. He had 1 ch, by 1st m. 
 and 9 by 2d m. His 2d ch. by 2d m. was 
 
 45 James\ b. Mar. 14, 1704 ; d. 1748 (?) ; m. Sept. 24, 1728, Sarah, 
 b. July 29, 1703, dau. of Capt. James and Mary' (Richardson) Fowle. 
 (Mary' Richardson was dau. of. Joseph'^, who was s. of SamueP.) They 
 had 8 ch., of whom 3 were b. in W. and 5 in Leominster, to which place 
 they rem. ab. 1733. Their 4th ch., 
 
 46 LuKE^ b. Aug. 15, 1734 ; d. Mar. 27, 1812 ; m., 1758, Damaris, 
 dau. of Jonathan and Damaris (Whitcomb) Carter, of Lancaster, Mass. 
 She d. Sept. 18, 1812, a. 74 y. « mos. ; res. Leominster. They had 9 ch., 
 of whom the 4th was Thomas, b. Feb. 1, 1766, 47. 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 Dr. Thomas® Eichardson, b. Feb. 1, 1766 ; d. Aug. 
 8, 1852, He settled in Royalston, where he res. till 
 1812, when he rem. to F., where he spent the remainder 
 of his life ; m., 1790, Jane, b. Feb. 20, 1765 ; d. Oct, 
 17, 1828, dau, of Eev. Joseph Brown, of Winchendon, 
 minister there from 1769 to 1800, 
 
 I. TJiomas\ b. July 24, 1790 : d. Apr. 4, 1828 ; 
 m. (1st) Mar. 31, 1818, Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 
 1791, dan. of William and Ljdia (Cleverly) 
 Knight, q.v. She d. Apr. 23,' 1824, and he 
 m. (2d) Jan. 26, 1826, Lnny, b. Mar. 6, 1802 ; 
 d. May 12, 1875, dau, of Moses and Hannah 
 (Parker) Wright, of Templeton, Mass, Moses 
 Wright was a younger bro. of the Wrights, 
 Joel, Thomas, and Dr. Ebenezer, who settled 
 in F. Ch. of Thomas Richardson all b. in F. 
 1, Sarah Brown^ b, Apr. 17, 1819 ; d. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 701 
 
 Aug.. 1852, at Keeseville, N. Y. ; m. 
 William Cowlbeck, of K. 
 
 50 3. Thomas Augustus, b. Aug. 12, 1820 ; d. 
 June, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.; m. 
 Nancy, dau, of Jesse Potter, of K., q.v. 
 
 51 3. Charles, b. 1822 ; m. Sarah Wright, of 
 Winchester, N. H.; res. Plattsburg, 
 N. Y. 
 
 52 4. Jane, b. Mar., 1824 ; m. B. B. Boynton, 
 of K.; rem. to Chicago, 111. 
 
 53 5. Moses Wright, b. Jan. 1, 1827 ; m. June 
 5, 1855, Eliza W., dau. oi Dr. J. H. 
 Lane, of Boston. She d. Feb. 2, 1872, 
 and be m. (2d) the wid. of his cousin, 
 
 Richardson. He is a merchant in 
 
 B. 
 
 54 1. Arthur Kimball, b. Feb. 26, 1866. 
 
 55 ■ II. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1793 ; d. Nov., 1870, at Guil- 
 ford, Vt.; m. Jan. 18, 1820, William Kider, 
 b. June 17, 1783, s. of Moses and Mary 
 rTwitchell) Rider, of Dublin, his 2d w. 
 
 56 III. Luhe Broivn\ b. Apr. 14, 1795 ; d. Nov. 26, 
 1830, in Cabot, Vt. ; m. Mary Ann, dau. of 
 Judge Dunn, of C. Was in mercantile busi- 
 ness in F. 1817-26, and rem. to C. ab. 1827. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 57 1. Luke^ 
 
 58 2. Mary Ann. 
 
 59 3. Dana, b. June 15, 1826. 
 
 60 IV. Eliza, b. Apr. 12, 1797 ; d. Jan. 12, 1839, unm. 
 
 61 V. Laura, b. June 3, 1800 ; m. Daniel Reed, q.v. 
 
 62 VI. Ja7ie Sophronia, b. Nov. 21, 1802 ; m. John 
 Kimball, q.v. 
 
 63 VII. Charles, b. Apr. 21, 1805 ; d. July 13, 1835, at 
 Macon, Ga. ; m. Sept. 20, 1832, Rebecca N. , 
 b. Apr. 21, 1806 ; d. Feb. 12, 1834, in Char- 
 lotte, Ga., dau. of Joel and Rebecca (Tower) 
 Hay den, q.v. 
 
 64 VIII. Geoo-ge Carter', b. Apr. 27, 1808 ; d. 1885 ; m. 
 Feb. 2, 1832, Susan G., dau. of Abel Moore, 
 of B. She d. Nov. 18, 1845, a. 34 y., and he 
 m. (2d), Nov. 5, 1850, Ellen, dau. of Stephen 
 Gregory, of G. Mr. R. was in mercantile life 
 from his early youth, first in his native town 
 of R., and after 1835 at B., in the dry-goods 
 business, about 20 y. in the jobbing trade, 
 and about the same length of time in com- 
 mission business. 
 
702 
 65 
 66 
 
 67 
 
 68 
 69 
 70 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 1. George Elliot^ b. Mar. 17, 1833 ; d. Mar. 
 
 26, 1861. 
 
 2. Henry Angnstns, b. Nov. 24, 1835 ; d. 
 
 Jul}' 1, 1863, from disease induced by 
 exposure wliile serving as surgeon iu 
 
 the U. S. 'NaxY. 
 Charles Howard, b 
 
 Dec. 19, 1867. 
 Edward, b. June 3, 1844. 
 Arthur Gregory, b. Dec. 4 
 
 Feb. 3, 1839 : d. 
 
 IX. 
 
 4. 
 
 5. Arthur Gregory, b. Dec. 4. 1855. 
 John, b. Jan. 29, 1810 ; d. Oct. 1, 1829, 
 Forsvth, Ga. 
 
 at 
 
 Samuel Eider came from Shrewsbury, was taxed in 
 F. in 1794 5 and 6, and returned to S. His w. was Anna 
 Gibson, a sister of the w. of Jesse Forristall, Sr., q.v. 
 They bad several ch., but none rec. in F. 
 
 ELiTATHAisr Eider was taxed in 1800 and 1801. 
 
 Elton" Eider was taxed 1804 to 1815. 
 
 Ebenezer Eobbins left town before 1793*. 
 Meribah had rec. in F. 
 
 I. RosaUnda, b. Mar. 4, 1789. 
 
 By w. 
 
 Jonas Eobin^soi^ or Eobeson, as he wrote his name 
 after he settled in F., was a native of Lexington, Mass. 
 As he was in trade in F. as early as 1793*, and had pre- 
 viously been in business in Marlboro for a year or more, 
 it is very probable that he came to M. as early as 1791. 
 This is believed to be correct, though it does not quite 
 agree with the family account, which is that he came to 
 F. in 1794, having previously been in business in Jaifrey 
 with David Paige, a s. of his guardian, as clerk and 
 then as partner. In regard to this, it may be sufficient 
 to say that the History of J. gives the y. that Mr. Paige 
 or Page traded in J. as 1803-05. Some further account 
 of Mr. E. is given on pages 140 and 398. Mr. E. m. 
 Sept. 3, 1796, Betsey, b. July 10, 1777 ; d. Mar. 2, 1807, 
 dan. of Eeuben and Sarah (Kendall) Ward, q.v. At 
 the rec. of the interment of Mrs. E. the sexton notes 
 that " the ground was frozen 37 inches deep." Mr. R. 
 m. (2d), 1815, Susan Bellows, of Walpole, K H., who 
 survived him. He d. Aug. 24, 1819, a. 49 y. 
 
 I. Eliza Ann, b. Apr. 27, 1798 ; m. Dec. 7, 1820, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 
 
 703 
 
 Dr. Thomas Wells, of Columbia, S. C, and 
 she d. there. 
 II. Jonas, b. May 10, 1800 ; rem. from F. ab. 1824 ; 
 m. Miss Farrell, of Maine ; res. in Louisiana. 
 
 III. Maria, b. Nov. 23, 1802 ; m. D. P. CJaik, of 
 
 New York ; rem. to New Milford, Ct., where 
 she d. 
 
 IV. John Ward, b. Jan. 30, 1805 ; was a physician ; 
 
 d. in South Carolina, a. 22 y. 
 V. Mary Ann Louisa, b. Apr. 22, 1816 ; d. Mar. 
 
 28, 1822. 
 VI. Ahel BelUnvs, b. Apr. 10, 1817. He was a j)hy- 
 sician in New York City ; m. Susan Taylor, 
 of New Haven, Ct., he d. 1855 ; she d. 1857. 
 
 ROCK WOOD. 
 
 I Richard' Rockwood was a phmter in Dorchester, Mass., in 1686. 
 He was m. two, and, perhaps, tliree times. His s. by 1st m., 
 
 2 Nicholas-, b. as early as 1628, res. in Braintree, Mcclfiekl, and 
 Medway, Mass.; m. (1st) Jane (Adams?), d. Dec. 15, 16o4 ; (2d) Mar- 
 garet Holbrook, who d. Apr. 23, 1070 ; (8d) Silence , who d. Nov. 
 
 y, 1677. He d. .Jan. 26, 1680. Hiss., 
 
 3 .John', b. Feb. 12, 1662 ; d. Dec. 16, 1746 ; res. in Medway. He 
 is styled Rev. in the rec, but he seems never to have been ordained. 
 He m. Bethia, dau. of Benjamin Twitchell, from D. She d. Jan. 1, 
 1807, and he m. (2d) Sarah . His s., 
 
 4 Joseph\ b. Nov. 15, 1692 ; d. Oct., 1774 ; res. Oxford, Mass.; m. 
 Hannah . Their s., 
 
 5 JoII]s^ b. Nov. 7, 1735 ; m. .June 14, 1753, Hannah Frost ; res. O. 
 Thev had 10 ch., of whom the 3d, Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1759, settled in 
 F., 6. 
 
 6 
 
 Samuel® Rockwood, 
 
 9/ 
 
 b. Dec. 1, 1759 ; d. Jan. 
 
 5, 
 
 1839 ; m. July 27, 1782, Rhoda, b. June 10, 17G5 ; d. 
 Dec. 5, 1812, dau. of Joseph and Marcy (Cousins) John- 
 son, of Holliston. (Mrs. R. was sister of Asa Johnson, 
 q.v.) Mr. R. m. (2d), Dec. 23, 1813, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 
 23, 1776 ; d. Jan. 10, 183G, dau. of Daniel and Lucy 
 (Bruce) Farrar, and wid. of Nathan Platts, both q.v. 
 Came to F. ab. the time of 1st m. and settled on L 17 
 R 9. Rockwood Pond is mainly in this lot, and was 
 named fiom him. In the earlier rec. it is called Foster's 
 Pond, from Joseph Foster, who settled on L 16 R 9, 
 south of the pond. Ch. all but 1st, and perhaps all, b. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Martin\ b. Mar. 11, 1784-f . 
 II. Rlioda, b. 1786 (?) ; m. Feb. 6, 1811, Josiah 
 Nurse, q.v. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 15 
 
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 19 
 20 
 
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 23 
 24 
 
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 29 
 30 
 
 III. Lois, b. Sept. 2, 1789 ; d. May 22, 1804. 
 
 IV. John, b. July 15, 1791. 
 V. Lyman, b. Jan. 15, 1794, 
 
 VI. Ira, b. Apr. 2, 1796. 
 
 VII. Clarissa, b. Mar. 31, 1798 ; d. Mar. 18, 1822 ; 
 m, Dec. 29, 1819, Orlando Coolidge, b. Jan. 
 14, 1796, s. of Abraham and Sarah, of Troy. 
 
 He ra. (2d) Eaton, and rem. to Keene. 
 
 Ch. b. in T. 
 1. Sarah Coolidge, d. Mar. 28, 1822, a. 10 
 mos. 
 viir. Lovina, b. Apr. 20, 1800; m. Dec. 7, 1824, 
 Oscar Coolidge, b. Jnly 22, 1798, bro. of Or- 
 lando above ; res. Chesterfield, N. H. 
 IX. Hannah, b. May 15, 1802 ; d. Sept, 27, 1805, 
 X, Child, d. Oct. 2, 1805, a. 15 mos. 
 XI. Samuel Johnson, b. Nov. 25, 1814-|-. 
 xir. George Farrar, b. Jan. 26, 1817. 
 xiii. Lois, d. Feb. 8, 1820, a. 1 y. 
 
 Martin' Rockwood, d. Dec. 19, 1819, a. 35 y.; m. 
 June 8, 1809, Polly, b. June 14, 1786 ; d. June 10, 
 1815, dau. of Jonas and Abigail (Maynard) Knights ; 
 m. (2d), Apr. 25, 1816, Hannah, b. July 2, 1795 ; d. 
 1880, dau. of Jacob and Mercy (Totman) Woodward, of 
 Marlboro. 
 
 I. Abigail Maynard', b. Jan. 15, 1811. 
 II. Rhoda, b. Sept. 23, 1813. 
 \ III. Infant, d. June 8, 1815. 
 IV. Marij Martin, b. May 15, 1819 ; m. Levi 
 Whittemore, q.v. 
 
 Samuel J.' Rockwood, b. Nov. 25, 1814 ; m. 
 Malinda P., b. Aug. 11, 1814, dau. of Samuel and 
 Hannah (Forristall) Stone, of Swanzey ; res. S. Ch. 
 all b, in S, 
 
 I, Ella E:% b. Sept. 21, 1845. 
 II. Lovina A., b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; d. Aug. 14, 1879, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Charles H., b. Feb. 23, 1852 ; m. June 10, 1873, 
 
 Alma L., b. Apr. 17, 1853, adopted dau. of 
 Enoch and Mary A. (Lewis) Foster, of Marl- 
 boro ; res. S. 
 
 1. Claude Eugene, b. in Troy, Mar. 2, 1877. 
 
 IV. George H., b. July 23, 1854. 
 
 V. Hannah S., b. Feb. 19, 1857 ; d. Feb. 4, 1881. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 David Almond Round y, b. Sept. 13, 1820, s, of 
 Elijiili and Lyclia (Hale) Romidy, of Gilsum, N. H. ; m. 
 Susan, b. Jan. 21, 1818, dan. of Silas and Susanna 
 (Phillips) Morse, q.v.; res. in F. a few y. and. returned 
 to G. Ch. b. i.-ii. in F., iii.-vii. in G. 
 
 I. Edward Elisha, b. Oct. 17, 1844 ; m. Nov. 
 (3?), 1865, Harriet Maria, b. June 25, 1843, 
 dau. of Levi and. Sarah F. Mansfield, of G. 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. Nellie Maria, b. July 10, 18G7. 
 
 2. Flora Minerva, b. July 21, 1868 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1869. 
 
 3. George Edward, b. Mar. 24, 1872 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 14, 1876. 
 II. Edwin. Emerson (twin), b. Oct. 17, 1844 ; res. 
 Charlestovvu, Mass. 
 
 III. FranJdin W., b. Apr. 18, 1846 ; res. Keene, 
 
 N. H. 
 
 IV. Clark Pierce, b. Sept. 23, 1848 ; res. C. 
 
 V. David D., b. Oct. 1, 1851 ; res. Waltham, Mass. 
 VI. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 17, 1856 ; res, Walpole, 
 
 N. H. 
 VII. Fred Morse, b: July 25, 1859 ; res. G. 
 
 I Thomas Rugo m. (1st) Eunice Stickney, by whom he htid 2ch. ; 
 m. (2d) Mehitable Houghton, by whom he luxd 7 ch. He rem. from 
 Sterling, Mass., to Wincliendou in 17G6, and ab. 1790 to Rindge, where 
 he d. JJec. 29, 1811. His eldest ch. was 
 
 2 Thomas, b. May 28, 1765 ; d. Nov. 8, 1846 ; m. June 6, 1787, 
 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1770; d. Apr. 9, ISol, dau. of Lieut. Page and 
 Elizabeth (Bailey) Norcross ; res. R. They had 10 ch., of whom the 
 5th was 
 
 3 Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1798; d. June 28, 1846; m. Apr. 22, 1823, 
 Oiiuda Whitcomb. (She m. [2d] Asher Taylor, q.v.) Ch. all b. in 
 R. I. Augustus, b. July 10, 1823, 4 ; ii. Harriet O., b. Sept. 25, 
 1826 ; m. Sept. 14, 1854, Luther Nelson Willoughby ; res. Jatlrey. 
 (See Duntou, No. 20.) iii. Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; iv. Warren, b. 
 Jan. 6, 1883 ; v. Ann G.. b. Sept. 9, 1835 ; m. George A. Olmsted, 
 q.i\; VI. Ellen M., b. Mar! 9, 1838 ; vir. Cynthia J., b. Nov. 9, 1842. 
 
 Augustus RugCt, s. of Thomas, was b. Jnly 10, 1823 ; 
 nr. Feb. 1, 1849, Caroline A., b. Oct. 10, 1833 ; d. Apr. 
 11, 1853, dau. of Jasper and Sarah (Pierce) Rand, of 
 R. ; m. (2d) 1857, Angeline. dau. of John and Martha 
 Grant, of Jaffrey, q.v. She d. Dec. 10, 1863, and he 
 m. (3d) Martha J., b. Aug. 28, 1838, in New Ipswich, 
 dau. of Benjamin F. and EKJKa (Fisk) Stevens. Ch. i. 
 by 1st m., b. in R. ; ii.-iv. by 3cl m., b. in F. 
 
 I. Jasper A., b. June 25, 1850 ; d. Nov. 14, 1874. 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 II. Irving Grant, b. Sept. 29, 1868. 
 
 III. Leone Washburn, b. Jan. 7, 1872. 
 
 IV. Francis Everett, b. Apr. 10, 1876. 
 
 SABIN. 
 
 1 William' Sabin, the emigrant ancestor, first appears in Rehoboth, 
 Mass., at the organization of thiit town in 1643. He d. ab. 1687 ; m. 
 
 (1st) ; (2d) Martha, b. Dec. 11, 1641, dau. of James and Anna 
 
 Allen, of Medfield, Mass. Ch. 13 by 1st m. and 8 by 2d m.; place of 
 birth of first two not known ; others all b. in II. The 14th ch. was 
 
 2 JoHN^ b. Aug. 27, 1666 ; d. Oct. 25, 1742 ; m. Dec. 33, 1689, 
 Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1669 ; d. Oct. 1, 1738, dau. of Samuel Peck ; res. at 
 Rehoboth until 1691, when he rem. to Pomfiet, Ct. Ch. b. 1 in R. and 
 4 in P. The 4th ch., 
 
 3 ]S"oAH^ b. Jan. 27, 1697 ; d. Aug. 7, 1759 ; m. June 30, 1737, Mary 
 Williams ; res. P. They had 9 ch., of whom the 3d was 
 
 4 Jonathans b. July 38, 1743 ; d. May 23, 1815 ; m., 1768, Mary 
 May, b. Apr. 10, 1743; d. Mar. 14, 1839; res. P., and ch. all b. 
 there, i. John, b. Apr. 17, 1770, 5 ; ii. Noah, b. Sept. 14, 1771 ; d. 
 y.; m. Jedidiah, b. Aug. 37, 1773: d. y.; ly. Jedidiah, b. Oct. 36, 
 1.774 ; V. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 16, 1776 ; vi. Noah, b. Dec. 30, 1778, 6 ; 
 VII. Abigail, b. Apr. 27, 1780 ; m. Joshua Adams, qx.; viii. Jude, b. 
 Apr. 18, 1783 ; ix. Mary, b. Apr. 17, 1784. 
 
 Eev. JoHN^ Sabi.v, b. Apr. 17, 1770, in Pomfret, 
 Ct.; d. Oct. 14, 1845, in F.; m. 1806, Mary Damon, 
 of Woodstock, Vt.; d. Mar. 19, 1865, in F., a._86y. 
 A sketch of Eev. Mr. Sabin's life and work will be 
 found in Chapter IX, 
 
 Noah'^ Sabin, b. Dec. 30, 1778 ; m. 1806, Betsey, 
 b. 1787, dau. of Solomon and Hannah (Sharp) Cleve- 
 land, of Pomfret. Came to F. in 1830 and settled on 
 the Griffin place, L 20 E 6, wiiere he lived till 1835, 
 when he rem, to the village and bought the house built 
 by Jabez Stearns, Here, with the exception of a few 
 y. when he was in Newton, Mass., he lived until 
 1863, when the house was consumed by fire. Mr, and 
 Mrs, S. then rem. to Fitchburg, and lived with their s. 
 John until their decease. Mr. S, d, Sept. 11, 1867 ; 
 Mrs, S. d, Nov, 1, 1865, Ch. all b. in P. 
 
 I, John Palmer\ b. Mar, 31, 1807; d. May 14, 
 1865 ; m. Oct,. 26, 1842, Mary Leslie, b. Sept, 
 14, 1815 ; d. Dec. 30, 1858, dau. of Maj. 
 Thomas and Sarah (Clark) Tolman, of Marl- 
 boro ; m^ (2d) Azuba C. Pepper. Ch, b. 1 
 in F., 2-1 in Fitch. 
 
 1, Geora-e Frederick', b. Feb. 22, 1844. 
 
 2, Charles Thomas, b, Sept., 1846. 
 
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 3. Mary May, b. Jan., 1848; d. Aug., 
 
 1879. 
 
 4. Martha Elizabeth, b. Apr., 1849. 
 
 5. John, b. June, 1850. 
 
 G. Faitli Augusta, b. Jan., 1852. 
 
 7. Sarah, b. "Sept., 1854 ; d. Jan., 1859. 
 
 8. Ida May. 1). Apr., 185(5. 
 
 II. Faith Cleveland, b. June 27, 1811 ; d. Aug, 31, 
 1887 ; m. Rev. Elbridge Hosiner, who was b. 
 in Walpole, N. H., 1807 ; d. in Cievehind, 
 0., Sept. 14, 1852. Mr. H. was educated for 
 the ministry, but finding his vocation in 
 teaching, he made that the work of his life. 
 After his d. Mrs. H. still contirjned to teach, 
 and did not give up the occupation till two 
 or three y. before her d. She taught for 55 
 consecutive y. : d. in Ruckford. 111. 
 
 III. Jonathan, b. Feb. 28, 1819 ; d. Mar. 8, 1880. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth Hiide. b. Feb. 25, 1821. 
 
 V. Charles, b.'Feb. 12, 1823; m. Nov. 24,1846, 
 Abby, b. May 17, 1824, dau. of John and 
 Betsey (Crosby) Cutter, of Jaffrey. He is a 
 druggist at R. 
 
 1. Augusta Mav, b. Oct., 1850, in Spring- 
 field, Vt. ;d. 18G8. 
 VI. Henry, b. Oct. 23, 3 829 ; res. Clinton, la. 
 
 BENTJAMiiir Sampson was taxed 1793* to 1807, inclu- 
 sive. Lived at least a part of the time on L 1 R 9, 
 owned by Dea. Nehemiah Munroe, of Roxbury, Mass. 
 Were prob. from Lexington, Mass., as his w. Anna was 
 adm. to chh. in F. July 26, 1801, on letter from the 
 chh. in L. Ch. iii,-iv. b. and rec. in F.; prob. had 
 other older ch. 
 
 I. George, d. Aug. 27, 1800, a. 21 y. 
 II. Bevjamin, b. ab. 1782 ; was taxed 1803 to 1809 ; 
 m. Jan. 15, 1804, Eunice, dau. of Philip and 
 Eujiice (Shumway) Amadon, q.v. JSTo b. of 
 ch. rec, but d. are found as follows : 
 
 1. Child, d. Sept. 29, 1804. 
 
 2. George, d. Feb. 28, 1809, a. 7 mos. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Mar. 30, 1796 ; d. Julv 22, 1798. 
 
 IV. Dexter, b. Feb. 19, 1799 ; d. Apr. 24, 1800. 
 
 Old Mrs. Sampson d. Sept. 27, 1808 ; was prob. 
 mother of Benjamin, Sr. 
 
 Sanfokd Sanderson was taxed 4 y., 1810-13. By 
 w. Susannah, he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
708 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 2 I I. Lydia Jackson, b. June 19, 1812. 
 
 j 
 
 1 Jacob Sargent and w. Lydia were early, perhaps 
 : first settlers on L 1 E 12. He was taxed to 1804. 
 
 i Heirs of J. S. were taxed in 1805, and wid. Lydia was 
 taxed 1806-1810. Jacob doubtless d. ab. 1804,' and the 
 family prob. left town in 1810. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 2 I I. lAjdia, b. Mar. 20, 1782 ; m. May 29, 1810, 
 j Jonathan Oass, of Eichmond. 
 
 3 j ■ II. Dehorali, b. Dec. 8, 1784. 
 
 4 I III. Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1786 ; m. William Boyce, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 5 j IV. Rachel, b. Apr. 17, 1788 ; m. May 29, 1810, 
 John Haven, Jr., of Athol, Mass. 
 
 6 Y. Patty, b. Jan. 21, 1790. 
 
 7 VI. Nalium. b. Oct. 13, 1793. 
 
 8 VII. Jacol, b. Oct. 11, 1795. 
 
 9 VIII. Ezra, b. Aug. 27, 1798. 
 
 10 IX. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1800 ; m. Feb. 21, 1827, La 
 King, of Ascott, Lower Canada. 
 
 11 JoHisr Sargent, d. Dec. 25, 1836, a. 50 y.; m. Anr. 
 26, 1812. Nancy, b. May 12, 1788 ; d. Nov. 27, 1837, 
 dan. of Jonas and Abigail (Maynard) Knight. In rec. 
 of m. he is called John Sargent, Jr., of Lancaster, 
 Mass. Settled in F. ab. 1818. Ch. ir.-vi. rec. in F. 
 
 12 I. Nancy, b. Dec. 19, 1814 ; m. Phihp D. Angier, 
 q.v. 
 
 13 II. Jolui Harvey, bapt. Jan. 12, 1817. 
 
 14 III. Mary Ann, bapt. Apr. 25, 1819 ; m. Oct. 21, 
 1841, David Morrison, of Westford, Mass. 
 
 15 IV. Susan Knight, bapt. Nov. 1, 1824. 
 IG V. Eliza Ann, bapt. Oct. 1, 1826 ; d. Ang'. 10, 
 
 1841, nnm. 
 17 Yi. Abigail Putney, bapt. Aug. 31, 1828 ; d. Dec. 
 
 13, 1836. 
 
 David Saundees, from Billerica, Mass., came to F. 
 prob. in the fall of 1780 ; settled on L 23 E 5 ; d. Jnne 
 19, 1823, a. 77 y. He m. Mollv Livingston, who d. June 
 25, 1822, a. 7lV Mr. and Mrs. S. were adm. to chh. in 
 F. Jan. 28, 1781, on letter from the chh. in B., and 
 were dis. Sept. 3, 1815, to form chh. in Troy. Ch. 
 VI. -XII. b. in F.; v.-xii. bant. rec. in F. ; i.-v. prob. 
 b. in B. 
 
 I. Charles, m. Dec. 22, 1796, Sally, dan. of Silas 
 and Elizabeth Angier, q.v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 709 
 
 ir. Isaac. 
 
 III. Ezra, m. Polly, dau. of Abijali and Mary Stow- 
 
 ell, q.v. No rec. of b. of cli. but 
 
 1. Gilnian, d. May 11, 180G, a. 2 y. 6 mos. 
 
 IV. PoUrj, m. Feb. 24, 1799, Amos hoc.ke,'q.v. 
 
 V. ^arah, bapt. June 24, 1781 ; m. Jan. 26, 1801, 
 Luther Knight, bapt, July 30, 1775, s. of 
 Amos and Susanna (Maynard), q.v. Joseph 
 Knight, s. of Amos and Susanna,, was b. June 
 6, 1773. 
 Yi. Joshua, b. June 30, 1782 ; d. Mar. 4, 1790. 
 VII. Joh7i, b. Aug. 11, 1784 ; m. Jan. 26, 1807, 
 Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1785, dau. of Nahum and 
 Mary (Taylor) Howe, q.v. 
 VIII. Jesse, b. June 1, 1786. 
 IX. Levi, b, Aug. 23, 3 789. 
 
 X. Levina (twin), b. Aug. 23, 1789 ; m. Jan. 19, 
 1807, Jesse Livingston, of Unity, X. H., who 
 d., and she m. (2d) Elisha Drury, q.v. 
 XI. Joshua, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; d. Nov. 13, 1792. 
 XII. Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1794. 
 
 Ebentezkr Sauxders, a younger bro. of David, No. 
 1, was b. in Billerica, Jan. 11, 1754 ; d. in F. Dec. 7, 
 1834 ; m. Feb. 10, 1786, Martha, b. Apr. 9, 1763 ; d. 
 Oct. 29, 1853, dau. of Eleazer and Martha (Brown) 
 Stickney, of B. Came to F. in Sept., 1789. and settled 
 on L 19 R 11, where they lived till ab. 1813 ; afterward 
 lived at various phices in F.. and for a short time in 
 Richmond, N. H., and Dummerston, Yt. 
 
 L Ehenezer, b. Dec. 10, 1786. 
 II. Asa, b. July 4, 1788 ; d. Feb., 1854, in Marine, 
 
 111. 
 iir. Anna, b. May 23, 1790 ; m. Feb. 8, 1810, Silas 
 Ballon, b. Dec. 10, 1787, s. of Jesse and Rose 
 (Swift), of R.; res. in R. till 1844, when they 
 rem. to Swanzey, where she d. Feb. 4, 1853. 
 They had 11 ch., of whom the 3d and 5th 
 were 
 
 3. Willard Ballou, b. Oct. 25, 1815 ; m. 
 
 Abigail Forristall, q.v. 
 5. Amasa Ballou, b. Jan. 1, 1819 ; m. Eliza 
 Forristall, q.v. 
 IV. Rosea, b. Mar. 9, 1792 ; d. Aug., 1795. 
 V. Joshua Stickney, b. Mar. 9, 1794; d. 1799. 
 .VI. Boxana, b. 1796 ; d. 1799. 
 viT. Elisha, b. 1798 ; d. Nov. 10, 1800. 
 VIII. Joel, b. Mar. 14, 1801 ; d. Mar. 5, 1870 ; m. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 Mary, b. Ang. 3, 1797 ; d. Dec. 24, 1879, 
 clau, of Thomas and Hannah (Lewis) Bigelow, 
 q.v.; res. Keene. Ch. b. 1 in D., 2-4 in K. 
 
 1. Martha A., b. Aug. 28, 1832 : m, Ben- 
 
 jamin Wilhud Bvam, q.v. 
 
 2. Mary E., b. Angr 24, 1834 ; d. Oct. 3, 
 
 1880. 
 
 3. Sarah B., b. Sept. 30, 1837. 
 
 4. Nellie F., b. Dec. 25, 1839. 
 
 IX. Fanny, b. Sept. 15, 1803 ; res. in F., unm. 
 X. Jeremy SHchney, b. July 18, 1805 ; d. Ans'. 11, 
 
 1834. 
 XI. Arunah Allen, b. Sept. 9, 1809 ; d. in Camden, 
 N. J. 
 
 Benjamin Scott, from Sturbridge, Mass., settled in 
 F. ab. 1777, being then ab. 52 y. old. He was twice 
 m., and had 4 ch. by 1st w. and 6 ch. by 2d w. Only 
 one of the ch., Barakiah, settled in F. In the early tax 
 rec. the L 14 and 15 K 3 are set to Benjamin, and L 16 
 R 3 to Barakiah. The house of Benjamin was located 
 on L 15 R 3. The saw-mill on L 16 R 3, built by Capt. 
 Silas Wetherbee, was operated by the Scotts for many 
 y., and received from them the name which it carries 
 to the present day. Benjamin is taxed until 1806, when 
 ho was ab. 81 y. old, but there is no rec. of his d. in 
 town. The ch. were prob. all b. in S. 
 I. Prudence. 
 ir. Barakiah -\-. 
 
 III. Benjamin, res. in Putnam, Ct,, and rem. to 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 IV. Dr. Aniasa, res. and d. in Norwich, Vt. 
 
 V, Ool. Joseph was one of the first settlers in Crafts- 
 bury, Vt. 
 VI. Br. William, res. in C. 
 VII. Br. Perley, m. Lydia Day, Nov. 21, 1793, in 
 
 F. ; called both "of F.; settled in Cabot, Vt. 
 VIII. Abilena, d. in Fitchburg. 
 IX. Sarah, m. Thomas Thompson, Oct. 3, 1782, in 
 
 F.; res. in Keene. 
 X, , m. Eaton ; res. K. 
 
 Barakiah Scott prob. came to F. with his father. 
 He d. Dec. 8, 1810, a. 59 y.; m. Alice Shumway, of 
 Sturbridge. After the d. of Mr. S. she and her dau. 
 rem. to Craftsbury, Vt., where she d., 1816. Ch. b. 
 in F. ■ 
 
 I. Elijah, b. Apr. 21, 1781+. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Amasa, b. Feb. 3, 1783 ; d. May IG, 1821 ; m. 
 
 Mar. 11, 1813, Sophia Carter, b. Nov. 19, 
 
 1785 ; d. Feb. 18, 1854, dan. of Joseph and 
 
 Anna (Smith) Carter, of F., s.p. 
 Alice, b. Aug. 20, 1794 ; m. Onias Cros.sfield ; 
 
 rem. to Canada. 
 
 Elijah Scott, b. Apr. 21, 1781. In 1810 rem. to 
 Craftsbury, Vt., where he d. Oct. ll, 1840 ; m. July 
 25, 1805, "Mind well, dan. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardv) 
 Brigham. She was b. Apr. 11, 1785- d. in C. May 17, 
 18G3. Ch. b. r.-iTi. in F., iv.-x. in C. 
 
 I. Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1805. 
 
 II. Sabiii, b. Sept. IG, 1807. 
 
 III. Amasa, b. Sept. 19, 1809. 
 
 IV. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 19, 1811. 
 
 V. Snmn, b. July 15, 1813 ; d. Apr. 29, 1817. 
 Yi. Caroline, b. Aug. 15, 1815. 
 Yii. William, b. Aug. 19, 1817. 
 viii. Catherine, b. Aug. 28, 1819. 
 IX. Laura, b. Aug. 2, 1821. 
 X. Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1824. 
 
 Fknnehs' SiiiRLKY and w. Ann came to this country 
 from England in 1755, and settled in Sudbury, Mass. 
 Their s., 
 
 JoHN% was b. Jan. 1, 1755, on the vessel during the 
 voyage. He m. May 19, 1780, Submit, b. Feb. 15, 
 17G1, dau. of Roand and Elizabeth Bogle, of \Yater- 
 town. Roand Bogle was bro. of Dea. Jolin Fassett's 
 w., Suljmit Bogle. Mr. S. came to F. in 1799, and 
 settled on the east half of L 7 li 2, previously owned 
 by George Adams. Mr. S. d. Nov. 23, 1848. Mrs. 
 S. d. July 20, 1833. Ch. b. vir.-viii. in Sudbury, ix. 
 in F. , I. -VI. prob. in Watertovvn. 
 
 I. IIannah\ b. July 13, 1781 ; d. Mav 20, 1823. 
 II. William, b. Mar. 22, 1783 ; d. Oct. 2, 1809. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Feb. 16, 1786 ; m. Mar. 5, 1806, 
 
 Benjamin Thompson Holbrook, of Swanzey. 
 She d. Dec. 8, 18G9. 
 
 IV. I^^ancy, b..May 29, 1788 ; d. Sept. 20, 1874. 
 Y. Mary, b. Nov. 30, 1790 ; d. Dec. 28, 183G. 
 
 VI. Sophia, b. Oct. 31, 1793 ; d. Nov. 16, 1829. 
 YII. Llenry, b. Mar. 22, 1796+. 
 Yiii. Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 18, 1798. 
 
 IX. Warren, b. Aug. 14, 1801 ; d. Apr. 26, 1849. 
 
 Henry' Shirley, b. x\Iar. 22, 1796 ; d. Apr. 21, 
 
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 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 1869 ; m. Feb. 20, 1823, Betsey, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; d. 
 Jan. 23, 18-51, daii. of Samuel and Mary (Hunt) Bent, 
 q.v. 
 
 I. Mary Submif, b. Aug. 20, 1824 ; m. (1st) 
 
 George Bissell, and (2d) Levi Phillips, q.v. 
 II. John Warrejf, b. Dec. 2, 1825 ; m. Nov. 3, 
 1850, Ellen Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1880, dau. of 
 «Jolin J. and Cynthia (Amadou) Allen ; rem.. 
 1869, to Worcester, Mass., where they still 
 res, 
 
 1. George Elmer^ b. Jan. 7, 1855 ; d. June 
 
 11, 1870. 
 
 2. Edward Allen, b. Feb. 1, 1870 ; d. Dec. 
 
 8, 1876. 
 
 III. William Henry^, b. Oct. 1, 1827 ; m. Dec. 15, 
 
 1853, Caroline C, b. Mar. 6, 1837, dau. of 
 George and Betsey Williams, of Keeseville, 
 N. Y. ; res. on the place where his father and 
 grandfather lived. 
 
 1. Florence Y.% b. Sept. 8, 1855 ; d. Aug. 
 
 6,1856. 
 
 2. Flora A., b. Jan. 31, 1858 ; d. Mar. 22, 
 
 1876, num. 
 
 3. Harry A., b. Sept. 15, 1865. 
 
 IV. Betsey Ann*, b. Oct. 11, 1829 ; m. John M. 
 
 Gregory. (See Chaplin, No. 25.) 
 V. Nancy, b. Dec. 16, 1832 ; d. Dec. 16, 1837. 
 vr. Catherine, h. Jan. 26, 1835 ; d. Dec. 15, 1837. 
 VII. Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 30, 1837 ; d. May 29, 1837. 
 
 Be^stoni Shurtleff, who settled in F., was prob. s, 
 of Benoni, the twin. (See Hist, of Rindge, p. 695.) 
 M. Anne, b. Oct. 27, 1765, dau. of MaJ. John and 
 Deborah (Winch) Farrar, q.v.; came to F. as early as 
 1783 ; settled on L 16 R 6. A few y. later Dr. Eben- 
 ezer AVright settled on this L., and Mr. S. lived on L 
 15 R 6, in the house now occupied by Sylvester Drury. 
 A comparison of the rec. shows that he did not live in 
 F. from 1789 to 1795. For the 3 y. 1796, 7 and 8 he paid 
 the largest tax in town. Rem. ab. 1805 to Marlboro, 
 and a few y. later to Keene. Bapt. of all the ch. are 
 rec. in F.,'and the b. of i.-iii. and vii.-viii. 
 
 I. Wancy, b. Mar. 5, 1784 ; bapt. Oct. 10, 1784 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 27, 1801. 
 II. Lucinda, b. May 29, 1786 ; bapt. Aug. 6, 1786. 
 
 III. Caroline, b. Aug. 10, 1788 ; bapt. Oct. 12, 1788. 
 
 IV. Sophia, bapt. June 14, 1801. 
 V. Fanny, " " 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 718 
 
 VI. Mary, bapfc. June 14, 1801. 
 
 vir. Louisa, b". May 2, 1797 ; bapt. June 14, 1801. 
 
 viri. Harriet, b. Jan. 4, 1801 ; " " " 
 
 IX. John Farrar, bapt. Sept. 11, 1803. 
 
 X. Jonas, bapt Dec. 1, 1805. 
 
 XI. Georqe, b. in M., Dec. 7, 1806 ; bapt. Apr. 23, 
 1807. 
 
 Daxiel Simonds, called of Dublin, N. H.. m. Jnlv 
 4, 1809, ^^ancy, b. Oct. 10, 1791 ; d. Apr. 7, 1840, dau. 
 of Hezekiali and Elizabeth Gooch (Ballard) Stone, q.v., 
 and settled in F. soon after m. ; he d. Aug. 13, 1859, 
 a. 79 y. 
 
 I. Rufus, b. Aug. 15, 1810 ; m. Nov. 8, 1833, 
 Harriet, b. July 20, 1812, dau. of Timothy 
 and Ruth (Chaplin) Metcalf, of Rindge ; res. 
 Ludlow, Vt. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Leander T., b. Oct. 4, 1834. 
 
 2. Erastus M., b. Sept. 1, 1836. 
 
 3. Harriet R., b. Dec. 30, 1838. 
 
 4. Juliette, b. Apr. 7, 1842 ; m. May (17 ?), 
 
 1862, Dexter Richardson, q.v. 
 
 5. Marv L , b. July 28, 1844 ; m. May 
 
 (17 ?), 1862, Marshall P. Damon, q.v. 
 II. Moses, b. Dec. 8, 1812 : d. Mar. 25, 1835. 
 
 III. Laura Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1814 ; d. Mar. 7, 1837. 
 
 IV. Sally M., b. Apr. 25, 1816 ; m. Timothy S. 
 
 Reed, q.v. 
 V. Eiifh H., d. June 18, 1844, a. 26 y. 
 VI. Reuben P., d. June 3, 1872, a. 53 y., in Weston, 
 Vt. ; interred in F. ; m. Rebecca, dau. of 
 Eliphas Ballard, of Lancaster, Mass. (Shem. 
 [2d] Luke Bowker, q.v.) Xo rec. of ch. but 
 
 1. Anna. d. July 13, 1853, in W.; interred 
 
 in F. 
 
 2. Frank, d. Mar. 28, 1881, a. 22 y. 4 mos., 
 
 in F.; interred in W. 
 VII. Daniel Azro, m. Mar. 12, 1844, Eliza, dau. of 
 Samuel and Thankful Poland, q.v. 
 
 1. Clara Belle J., b. Sept. 19, 1846; m. 
 (1st) John F. Cumminos, q.v.: m. 
 (2d) Jan. 26, 1874, Josiah K. Rand, b. 
 Apr. 25, 1838, in Harvard, Mass., s. of 
 Josiah T. and Clarissa B. (Monroe). 
 VIII. Nancy Elizabeth, d. Apr. 15, 1825, a. 7 mos. 
 IX. Nancy J., b. Feb. 9, 1826 ; m. Alfred Whitney, 
 q.v. 
 
714 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 
 34 
 35 
 36 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZAVILLTAM. 
 
 X. Mary B., b. May 7, 1828; m. Benjamin F. 
 
 Curnmings, q.v. 
 
 XI. Alonzo A.,\). Oct., 1830. 
 
 xir. Harriet A., b. Oct., 1833. 
 
 George Washington Si.monds, s. of Eev. Samuel 
 and Sarah (Knights) Simnnds ; b. in Winchendoo, Apr. 
 21, 1816 : d. Oct. 31, 1883 : m. Nov. 13, 1839, Clarissa, 
 b. July 11, 1815 ; d. Oct. 25, 1853, dau. of Moses and 
 Eliza (Fay) Stone, q.v.; m. (2d) Jan., 1854, Eveline 
 B., b. Apr. 18, 1812 ; d. Jan. 3, 1875, dau. of Artemas 
 and Isabella (Manning) Stone, q.v., and wid. of Roswell 
 J. Phelps. Mr. S. settled in F. ab. 1839, living for 
 several y. on L 9 R 5, and later rem. to the village. 
 
 J. Samuel Ephraim, b. Nov. 30, 1840; m. 1862, 
 Emma, dau. of Stillman and Emily (Thorpe^ 
 Knowlton, of Athol, Mass. She d. 1870, and 
 he m. (2d) 1874, Elizabeth Sands, of Milton, 
 K. Y. j\[r. S. is in business in New York 
 City. Ch. 3 by each m. 
 
 1. Eva Laura, b. Aug. 28, 1865, in N. Y. C. 
 
 2. Grace Adele, b. Oct., 1867. in N. Y. C. 
 
 3. Samuel Stillman, b. Feb., 1870, in 
 
 Brooklvn, N. Y. 
 
 4. Mary Edith, b. in M. 
 
 5. George Lockwood, b. in Yonkers, N. Y"". 
 
 6. Clarissa, b. in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 II. Laura, b. Oct. 24, 1842 ; m. Nov, 29, 1862, 
 Fiancis William Perkins, b. May 25, 1840 ; 
 d. Mar. 6, 1871, in New Orleans, La., s. of 
 Henry Griswold and Louisa (Button) Perkins, 
 of Boston, Mass. (He was descended from 
 John% who was the oldest oh. of John'. 
 See Perkins Record.) She m. (2d) July 26, 
 1876, George William Estabrook, of B., b. 
 Mar. 31, 1840, s. of Joseph and Mary Anne 
 (Porter) ; res. B. 
 
 1. Henry (}\io\qv Perhins, b. July 16, 1865, 
 
 in F. 
 
 2. Edith PerJcins, b. July 22, 1867, in 
 
 N. 0. 
 
 3. Anna Laura Estahrooh, b. Sept. 4, 1877, 
 
 in B. 
 
 4. Robert Francis Estah'ooh, b*. June 18, 
 
 1880, in F. 
 
 5. Maro-aret Clarissa Estahrooh, b. May 9, 
 
 1882, in B. 
 III. Junietta, b. Aug 23, 1846. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 715 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 41 
 42 
 43 
 
 IV. Henrietta (twin), b. Aug. 23, 1846 ; d. Sept. 
 
 29, 1853. 
 V. Marion Orilla, b. Sept. 3, 1848. 
 VI. Georrje H., b. May 2(J, 1851 ; m. June, 1875, 
 
 Alice Elizabeth, dan. of and Sarah W. 
 
 (Wilson) Wilson, and granddan. of Thomas 
 
 Wilson, q.v.; res. Newark, N. J. Ch. b. 1-2 
 
 in P., 3 in N. 
 
 1. Clarence Elgin, b. Apr. 24, 187G ; d. 
 
 1880. 
 
 2. Ealph Wilson, b. Dec. 4, 1877. 
 
 3. Marion Alice, b. 1884. 
 
 VII. Etgin Angnstus, b. May 19, 1853 ; m. 1880, 
 Jennie B. George, of B. 
 
 to 168G 
 a. 60 y. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 I John' Smith came from England to this countiy previous 
 and settled iu Watertown, jM;i.ss., where he d. July 12, 1089, f 
 His w. Isabella, d. Oct. 13, 1089, a. 60 y. Their s., 
 
 2 Thomas", d. Mar. 10, 1698, a. 93 y. He m. M;iry, dau. of William 
 Knapp. Their s., 
 
 3 J<.SEPH^ b. -June 10, 1648 ; d. June, 1711 ; m. Dec. 1, 1674, Han- 
 nah, dau. of .John and Rebecca Tidd. Their s., 
 
 4 Daniei/, b. Sept. 36, 1681* d. Mar. 5, 1757 ; m. May 35, 1708, 
 Mary Burridge, of Newton ; res. Lexington, Mass. Their s., 
 
 5 .Jonathan", b. Oct. 15, 1713 ; d. Mar. 33, 1801 : res. in L., where 
 he was one of the s-electmen in 1771 ; was in tlie battles of L. and Bunker 
 Hill ; m. Aug. 30, 1738, Abigail Stratton, of Waltham, Mass. They had 
 10 ch., of whom the youngest was Nathan, b. Mar. 25, 1764. 
 
 G 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 in 
 
 Capt. Nathan" Smith, b. Mar. 35, 1764 ; d. June 
 14, 1855 ; m. Apr. 24, 1794, Katherine Bacon, who d. 
 Sept. 19, 1833, a. G4 y. They came from Lexington to 
 F. ab. 1814. Ch. all b. in L. 
 
 I. Martin\ b. May 8, 1793 + . 
 II. Royal T., b. 1795 + . 
 III. Rufiis, d. Oct. 1, 1855, a. 5' 
 
 y- 
 
 nnm. 
 
 Martin' Smith, b. May 8, 1793 ; d. Ang. 22, 1857 ; 
 m. Grace Child, of Temple, Mass., b. Mar. 25, 1791 ; 
 d. Dec. 6, 18GG. Cli. b. i. in Cambridge, Mass., ii. and 
 IV. in F., III. in Jaffrey, v,-vii. in Concord, Vt. 
 George\ b. 1820 (?) ; d. in infancy. 
 Mary B., b. Oct. 28, 1822; d. Mar., 1845, in 
 
 Landgrove, Vt. 
 NatJuui, b. 1824 (?) ; d. in infancy. 
 Nathan, b. Feb. 22, 1826 ; d. Jaii. 7, 1865, in 
 
 10 
 
 I. 
 
 11 
 
 II. 
 
 12 
 
 III. 
 
 13 
 
 IV. 
 
716 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 (8) 
 
 22 
 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 
 (31) 
 
 War of the Rebellion, in Salisbury prison ; m. 
 Oct. 22, 1849, Eosetta, dan. of Asa and Olive 
 (Bnzzell) Whitconib, of F. Ch. b. in Rnidge. 
 
 1. Willard W.^ b. Oct. 4, 1855. 
 
 2. Francis W., b. Dec. 22, 1857. 
 
 3. Nellie R., b. May 16, 1860. 
 
 4. Ada M., b. Jnly 21, 1862 ; m. Feb. 11, 
 
 1879, Leslie E. Smith, q.v. 
 V. Alhy M., b. Feb. 4, 1829 ; m. Aug. 9, 1849, 
 Nathaniel Chandler, of Hinsdale, where ho 
 d. May 12, 1882 ; res. H. 
 1. Fred. B. Chandler, b. Mar. 2, 1852. 
 VI. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 13, 1831 ; ni. Mary I. 
 
 Baker, of Templeton, Mass. ; res. Gardner. 
 VII. Catherine M., b. June 7, 1836 ; d. May 20, 
 1855. 
 
 Royal T.' Smith, d. May 26, 1838, a. 43 v.; m. Mar. 
 26, 1820, Ruharna. b. Nov. 8, 1798; d. Jan. 13, 1838, 
 dau. of Oliver and Lucy Whitcomb, of F. 
 
 I. EUza\ d. Sept. 6, 1835, a. 14 y. 
 ir. Lucy, b. Apr. 30, 1823 ; m. July 4, 1843, Still- 
 man Salford, b. Oct. 9, 1817 ; res. Winchen- 
 don. ^ 
 
 1. Eliza Jane' Safford, b. Aug. 18, 1845 ; 
 
 d. Sept. 5, 1845. 
 
 2. Ellen F. Safford, b. Sept. 12, 1847 ; m. 
 
 Sept. 19, "1866, Charles P. Hill, of 
 Winchester. Ch. Etta F., b. Feb. 21, 
 1868 ; Mabel", b. July 28, 1870 : d. 
 Oct. 2, 1870; Leon S., b. Dec. 27, 
 1874. 
 
 3. Ada F. Safford, b. Aug. 26, 1849. 
 
 4. Charles S! Saford, b. Oct. 27, 1851 ; 
 
 m. Oct. 18, 1875, Addie M., b. May 6, 
 1854, dau. of Daniel C. and Lydia 
 (Lebourveau) Bissell, of F.; res. 
 Akron, 0. 
 
 5. Freddie N. Safford, b. Nov. 5, 1853 ; d. 
 
 July 13, 1856. 
 
 6. Lizzie J. Safford, b. Jan. 28, 1855 ; m. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1878, Gilbert F. Stearns, of 
 W. 
 
 III. Benjamin F. 
 
 IV. Oliver W., b. Dec. 25, 1831+ . 
 
 V. Alvin G., d. Jan. 29, 1838, a. 5 mos. 
 
 Oliver W.' Smith, b. Dec. 25, 1831; m. July 13, 
 
36 
 
 30 
 40 
 41 
 43 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 717 
 
 1853, Eunice, b. Oct. 39, 1831 ; d. May 7, 18G1, dan. 
 of Levi and Kancy Ann (Byam) Harris ; m. (3d) Feb. 
 14, 1863, Hannah Harris, b. Jane 13, 1838, a sister of 
 his former w. 
 
 I. Ahel H.\ b. Aiiff. 11, 1854 ; rn. May 87, 1878, 
 Alice M., b. Feb. 3, 1859, dan. of Elisha and 
 Sarah (Richardson) Bolles, of Richmond. 
 
 34 II. Lei<Ue E., b. June 8, 1857: m. Feb. 11, 1879, 
 
 Ada M., b. July 31, 1803 ; d. June 4, 1884, 
 dau. of Nathan and Kosetta (Whitcomb) 
 i Smith, of Eindge, q.v. 
 
 35 III. Sidney E., b. Apr. 7, 1861 ; m. Xov. 3, 1885, 
 Etta E., b. Oct. 38. 1867, dau. of George B. 
 and Eliza Jane (Bolles) Handy, of Rich. 
 
 IV. Eunice H., b. Apr. 30, 1808. 
 
 37 V. Ida L., b. Dec. 17, 1809. 
 
 38 I VI. Herbert 0., b. June 5, 1871. 
 VII. Charles S., b. May 30, 1877. 
 
 viir. Elwiu, } ,^_ ^^^_ ^g^g^ 
 IX. Edwin, \ ' 
 
 X. Nellie, b. Apr. 10, 1883. 
 
 43 Eli Smith and family, from Medfield, Mass., came 
 to F. ab. 1790 and settled on L 14 R 11. His w. d. in 
 P. Apr. 11, 1791. Ho* returned to M., but the date of 
 
 j his return is not known. He was dis. from the chh. in 
 ' F. to the chh. in M. Nov. 14, 1803, but it seems prob. 
 that he returned to M. some y. earlier than this date. 
 
 44 I Daniel Smith, a younger bro. of Eli, perhaps ctime 
 
 to P. as early as Eli did ; m. Mar. 8, 1793, Freelove 
 Poor ; settled on L 14 R 11 prob. before his bro. re- 
 turned to Medfield. Mr. S. d. July 4, 1807, a. 44 y. 
 Mrs. S. d. Apr. 29, 1837, a. 50 y. 
 
 45 I. Thanhful, b. Dec. 10, 1793 ; m. Samuel Poland, 
 
 q.v. 
 40 II, Lucinda, b. July 33, 1794 ; m. Jotham Stod- 
 
 dard. 
 
 47 III. Freelove, b, Jan. 0, 1797 ; m. Levi Stoddard, 
 
 of Winchendon. 
 
 48 IV. Kezian, b. Dec. 1, 1798 ; d. Mar. 3, 1801. 
 
 49 V. Caroline, b. Oct. 30, 1800 ; d. Mar. 13, 1881, 
 
 num. 
 
 50 VI. David, b. Aug. 34, 1803 ; m. Polly, b. May 9, 
 
 1795 ; d. Dec. 35, 1849, dau. of William and 
 Betsev (Brown) Poland, q.v.; res. Unity, 
 N. H. 
 
718 
 51 
 52 
 (52) 
 
 53 
 
 54 
 55 
 56 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 59 
 
 60 
 61 
 
 62 
 
 63 
 64 
 65 
 
 66 
 
 67 
 68 
 
 HISTORY OJ^^ EITZWILLIAM. 
 
 VII. Daniel, b. Oct. 30, 1804; d. Mar. 18, 1887, 
 
 unni. 
 vin. Eli, b. Oct. 7, 1807+. 
 
 Eli Smith, b. Oct. 7, 1807 ; d. Mar. 16, 1888 ; m. 
 Mar. 12, 1833, Caroline, b. July 27, 1816, dan. of 
 Josiah and Dorcas (Carroll) Wilson, q.v. Cli. b. i. and 
 iii.-iv. in F., II. in Fletcher, Vt. 
 
 I. Eli Adams, b. Jan. 6, 1837 ; m. Elizabeth, b. 
 Oct. 4, 1831, dan. of Levi and Polly (Cutter) 
 Bigelow, q.v.; res. Oakland Valley, la. Ch. 
 b. there. 
 
 1. Minnie E. 
 
 2. Leslie E. 
 
 ir. Hattie E., b. May 19, 1840 ; m. Dustin A. Gee, 
 q. V. 
 
 III. Rose v., b. Apr. 19, 1844 ; m. Nov. 1, 1861, 
 
 Francis Sidney Fisher, s. of Ira, q.v.; res. 
 New Haven, Ct. 
 
 1. Winifred R. Fisher, b. Sept. 14, 1863, 
 in Swanzey, N. H. 
 
 IV. Jennie C, b. Apr.' 6, 1847 ; m. Dec. 27, 1866, 
 
 Edwin ]Sr. Bo wen, b. Nov. 14, 1843, s. of 
 Nathan and Alpha (Whipple) Bowen, of 
 Richmond. (See Whipple Register, No. 7.) 
 Res. Fitzwilliani Depot, N. H. 
 
 1. Elnora C. Boicen, b. May 9, 1870, in 
 Troy^ 
 
 Oalviiq" Smith was from Medfield, Mass., and was 
 doubtless a relative of Eli and Daniel, Nos. 43 and 44 
 of this Register. He came to F. before 1793, and at 
 the time of his m. settled on L 10 R 12, where he passed 
 the remainder of his life ; m. Feb. 11, 1796, Polly, b. 
 Aug. 8, 1782 : d. Dec. 27, 1848, dau. of Caleb and 
 Abigail Deeth,g.?j. Mr. S. d. Jan. 7, 1851, a. 83 y. 
 I. Patience, b. Nov. 25, 1796 ; d. Oct. 30, 1819, 
 
 nnm. 
 II. Polly, b. Mar. 22, 1799. 
 III. Moses, b. Apr. 13, 1801. 
 
 Sarah, b. July 14, 1803; m. 
 
 IV. 
 
 JoseiJh Harris, 
 
 q.v. 
 Calvin, b. Dec 
 m. Mary Ann 
 24 y. 
 
 11, 1805 ; d. Sept. 9, 1848 : 
 , who d. May 11, 1847, a. 
 
 VI. Marcus, b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; d. May 9, 1835. 
 
 Elijah Thateh Smith, s. of John and Jeruslia 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 719 
 
 Smith, was b. in Petersham, Mass., 1780 ; d. Mar. 9, 
 1862, at Winchenuon, Mass. He m. 1806, A^nes, d. 
 Nov. 13, 1815, a. 34 v., dan. of Joseph and Elizabetli 
 (Alexander) Hodge, of Jaffrey ; m. (2d) May 23, 1816, 
 Sarah, dan. of John Wilcott or Wolcott. of Asliburn- 
 ham, Mass. She d. at Marlboro, Jnne 25, 1S70, a. 74 
 y. Mr. S. settled on L 17 R 1, in the northeast corner 
 of the town adjoining Riiidge and J., and lived theie 
 many y. Ch. 4 by 1st ni., 9 by 2d m.; all b. in F. 
 
 69 I. Nancy, b. Aug. 11, 1807 ; in. Hosea Platts, q.v. 
 
 70 II. Mary, b. Oct., 1808 ; m. Apr. 30, 1835, Nahnm 
 AVitherbee, b. Apr. 12, 1811, s. of Caleb and 
 Hepzibah (Brigham), of Marlboro, Mass.; res. 
 M. 
 
 71 i III. Elinira, b. 1810 ; d. Oct. 29, 1813. 
 
 72 ! IV. Elijah, b. Jan. 9, 1812 : m. Rebecca Pierce ; 
 
 res. J. 
 
 73 V. John, b. July 25, 1814 ; m. Apr. 9, 1840, Sarah 
 Maria, b. [■'"'eb. 7, 1818. dan. of Rev. Charles 
 and Deborah (Ingalls) Mavory. Ch. 7 ; res. 
 R. 
 
 74 I VI. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1817 ; d. Sept., 1887 ; m. 
 I Austin Underwood, of Westboro, Mass. 
 
 75 VII. Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1821 ; m. Oct. 30, 1845, 
 Harriet, b. Aug. 29, 1827, dan. of Dea. Isaac 
 and Levina (Davis) Stowell, of Troy. In 
 1845 he settled in Worcester, Mass., where he 
 res. for twenty y. In the War of the Rebel- 
 lion he was in Co. A., 25th Reg. Mass. Vols. 
 At the close of the war he rem. to M., where 
 he h;is since res. 
 
 76 1. Henry C, b. Sept. 18, 1848 ; m. July 8, 
 1869, Clara A. Rollins. Ch. 1. Clar- 
 ence H., b. Doc. 28, 1871 ; 2. Charles 
 
 i W., b. Nov. 17, 1876. 
 
 77 I 2. Ada Maria, b. June 18, 1850; d. Aug., 
 
 1855. 
 
 78 3. Etta S., b. Mar. 28, 1852 ; m. Mar. 26, 
 
 ! 1871, Milton J. AVhite, s. of Thomas 
 
 I and Lucretia (Bemis), of M. 
 
 79 4. Amy Gertrude, b. Oct. 26, 1855 : m. 
 
 Nov. 24, 1880, Frank H. Peaslee. ' 
 
 80 5. Herbert Wolcott, b. Apr. 26, d. Oct. 11, 
 
 1860. 
 
 81 I 6. Carrie A., b. Apr. 26, 1864. 
 
 82 7. Nellie M., b. May 28, 1866 ; m. Aug. 
 j 29, 1883, Alvin S. Olmsted. 
 
 83 ; VIII. Lurana, b. Apr. 7, 1823 ; m. Isaiah AV. 
 
720 
 
 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 84 
 85 
 
 86 
 
 8? 
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 89 
 
 90 
 
 91 
 92 
 
 93 
 
 94 
 95 
 96 
 
 97 
 98 
 
 99 
 
 100 
 101 
 
 Tliombs, of K. ; rem. to Illinois. He is a 
 Methodist minister. 
 IX. Lydia Maria, b. Apr. 1, 1825 ; m. Joseph 11. 
 
 "D. Blake, of W. 
 X. Mercy Eugenia, b. July 18, 1828 ; m. Charles 
 A. Clapp, of M., b. Sept. 27, 1831, s. of 
 Franklin and Roxana (Tenuev). 
 
 1. George F. Clapj), b. Dec. 30, 1854 ; m. 
 Jan. 28, 1880, Sarah :N'ellie, b. Jan. 
 21, 1860, dan. of Alvin B. and Sarah 
 (Bnrnett) Chase, of M.: res. Orange, 
 
 XI. George Warren, b. Oct. 30, 1830 ; d. May 19, 
 
 1849. 
 xiT. Roxana Charlotte, b. Ang. 5, 1832 ; m. Gardner 
 
 Sturtevant, of JSTorridgewock, Me. 
 XIII. David Wesley, b. July 21, 1834 ; m. Jennie 
 
 Bishop, of Woodbury, Vt. 
 
 John Smith and w. Sarah had ch. 
 
 I. John, bapt. Nov. 1, 1789. 
 i[. Levi, bapt. Oct. 9, 1791. 
 
 IcHABOD Smith and vv. had ch. 
 
 I. Lemuel, bapt. Mar. 8, 1778. 
 II. Gideon, bapt, Aug. 6, 1780. 
 III. Elizabetli Perhins, bapt. Aug. 6, 1780. 
 
 Joseph Smith m. July 4, 1779, Jerusha Button. 
 I. Warren, bapt. Dec. 24, 1780. 
 
 John Smith d. Aug. l, 1808, a. 63 y. His w. Jeru- 
 sha d. Dec. 20, 1807, a. 61 y. 
 
 John Smith, Jr., was taxed 5 y., 1800-04. 
 
 Thaddeits Smith was taxed 5 y., 1793-97. 
 
 Charles x\lonzo Smytherman, b. Sept. 29, 1828, 
 in Birmingham, England ; m. Helen Marr, b. Mar. 2, 
 1830, in Sim-sbury, Ct., dan. of Roswell J. and Eveline 
 B. (Stone) Phelps. (See Stone Register.) 
 
 I. Cliarles Frederick, b. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 
 1852 ; m. Jan. 25, 1874, Jennie Sarah, b. 
 Nov. 26, 1853, dau. of George W. and Bethia 
 E. (Pratt) Ellis, q.v. 
 
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 ^i2--'Z'-2--2-<£-^ , 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 721 
 
 S PAULDING. 
 
 I Edward Spalding came to this country from Lincolnshire, Eng- 
 land, prob. between 1G30 ami 1G83. He settled early in Braintree, Mass., 
 from whence he rem. to Chelmsford, Mass. Some of his ch. spelled the 
 name Spaulding, and this became the common form for several genera- 
 tions, but at the present time many of the branches are resuming the 
 earlier form. He had 5 s., of whom the eldest was 
 
 2 Lieut. Edwakd", b. 16i]5 ; d. Jan., 1708; res. C; ra. July 6, 
 1668, Priscilia Underwood. Their s., 
 
 3 Edwakd% b. Aug. 18, 1674 ; d. 1762 ; m. Lydia . Their s., 
 
 4 PiiiNEAs\ b. Apr. 3, 1706 ; d. before 1748 ; rem. to Nottingham 
 West, now Hudson, N. H. ; m. Mary . Their s., 
 
 5 PiiiNEAS-', b. May 8, 1745 ; d. Jan. 14, 1805 ; m. 1772 (?), Eliza- 
 beth Bailev, of C; b. July 17, 1751 ; d. Sept. 29, 1819 ; rem. from N 
 W. ab. 1773 and settled in Jaflfrey on L 3 R 8. Ch. all b. in J. i 
 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. Moses Flint, of Lyme, N. H.; ii. Phine 
 as, b. Feb. 28, 1776 ; m. Sally Fisk, of J.; in. Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1778 
 m. Samuel Flint, of L., a bro. of Moses ; iv. Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1780 
 m. Abraham Spofford, s. of Dea. Eleazev, of J.; v. Edward, b. Oct 
 
 19, 1781 ; m. Nabby Newton, of Phillipston, Mass.; vr. Lydia. b. Sept 
 
 20, 1783 ; m. Benj. Moors Stanley, of J.; vii. Oliver, b. Aug. 10, 1785 
 drowned, July 29. 1807 ; a student of Dartmouth College ; viii. Dan 
 iel^ b. Dec. 26, 1788, 6 ; ix- Kev. Levi, b. Aug. 22, 1791 ; was a mis 
 sionavy of the A. B. C. F. M. in Ceylon, India ; m. Mary Christie, of 
 Antrim, N. H.; x. Rhoda, b. May 22, 1798; d. Dec. 11, 1856, unm. 
 XI. David, b. May 17, 1795 ; res„ in J., where he d. Feb. 11, 1869 ; m 
 Hannah, b. June 13, 1800 ; d. Jan. 8, 1865, dau. of Richard and Hannah 
 Foster, q.v. 
 
 Daniel'' Spaulding, b. Dec. 26, 1788 ; d. July 17, 
 1883 ; m. May 11, 1819, Lucindii, b. June 14, 1796 ; d. 
 May 5, 1875, dau. of Eobinson and Peddy (Shepardson) 
 Perkins, q.v. Mr. S. remained in his nativ^e tovvn for 
 a y. or two after attaining his majority, and then lived 
 for a short time in Newton, Mass., working on a farm 
 in the summer and teaching school in the winter. This 
 was during the War of 1^12, and he was one of the 
 number drafted as " minute men," but his service went 
 no further tlian working upon the forts at Dorchester 
 Heights. After this he worked for some y. in a store 
 in Templeton, Mass., for a Mr. French. He then went 
 into trade on his own account in Gardner, Mass., where 
 he remained 7 or 8 y. While living in G. he served 
 the town as School Committee and as Town Clerk, and 
 the History of G. speaks of him as " an active and 
 influential citizen." Ab. 1826 he came to F. and 
 bought the Eichardson store, where he continued in 
 business until 1840, when he was succeeded by Wales 
 & Morse. The earlier part of this time his brothers-in- 
 law, John Perkins and Gideon C. Noble, were in busi- 
 ness with him, but in the later y. he was alone. 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 Mr. S. took much interest in all educational matters, 
 served on the Superintending School Committee for 
 many y., was prominent in the Common School Asso- 
 ciation, and took an active part in the formation of the 
 Fitzwilliam Library Association, furnishing a library- 
 room and serving as Librarian for ab. 8 y. without 
 any compensation. Mr. S. held various town offices, 
 which will be found rec. in full in Chapter XL 
 
 I. Mary EUzaheth, b. Oct. 11, 1822 ; d. Oct. 9, 
 
 1848, unm. 
 II. Jared Perkins, b. July 29, 1825 ; d. Aug. 25, 
 1827. 
 
 III. Daniel Robinson, b. Aug. 8, 1828 ; d. Oct. 26, 
 
 1875 ; m. Oct. 3, 1860, Mary E., b. July 24, 
 1837, dau. of Noah Adams, of Winchester, 
 N. H. After working in a store for several 
 y. in Troy, N. R., and Lunenburg, Mass., 
 Mr. S. commenced business on his own ac- 
 count in Richmond in 1853. He continued 
 in trade in R. till ab. 1868, when he came to 
 F., and in connection with Calvin B. Perry 
 opened a store at the Depot village. In 1874, 
 his health failing, the partnership was dis- 
 solved, Mr. Perry continuing the business. 
 Mrs. S. res. at F. Depot. They had no ch. 
 but an adopted dau. 
 1. Hattie Maria, b. in W., July 21, 1863 ; 
 d. in F. Aug. 14, 1879. 
 
 IV. Julia Ann, b. Mar. 5, 1831 ; m. Nov. 29, 1853, 
 
 Oscar H. Bradley, M.D., b. in Vermont in 
 1826 ; res. in (East) Jaffrey, where he is a 
 popular phvsician and an influential man. 
 
 1. D. Edward Bradley, b. 1862. 
 
 2. Mark F. Bradley, ' b. 1868. 
 
 V. Lucinda Viola, b. Jan. 20, 1834 ; res. at the 
 homestead in F. villasfe. 
 
 Robert Spinney was taxed 1801 to 1807. He lived 
 a part, perhaps all of the time in the house that Gen. 
 Reed built for his son-in-law, Phinehas Hutchius, on 
 L 14 R 7. By w. Jane he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1802. 
 
 II. Elliot, b. June 12, 1804. 
 
 III. Frances, b. July 19, 1806. 
 
 Abijah Spofford, b. July 4, 1810 ; d. May 14, 1877, 
 s. of Amos and Mary (Taggart), of Sharon, N. H.; m. 
 Apr. 14, 1831, Betsey, b. June 23, 1812 ; d. Oct. 7, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 
 
 723 
 
 1876, dan. of Caleb and Mary (Wliittemore) Swoetser, 
 of F. In rec. of m. Mr. S. is called of Jnffrey, but in 
 1833 or 4 he rem. to F., where he spent the re- 
 mainder of his life, except a short period when ho res. 
 in Illinois (?). Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Ilenrij A., b. July 23, 1835 ; m. Sept. 17, 18G1, 
 Martha 11. Metcalf, of Royalston, b. Dec. 6, 
 1843 ; res. Keene. Ch. 
 1. Jessie M. (adopted), b. Sept. 7, 1864 ; 
 m. July 4, 1883, Ellswoith L. Fassett, 
 s. of Dan vers C. and Hannah (Ham- 
 mond), q.v. 
 Mary Eliza, b. Mar. 31, 1838 ; m. Charles F. 
 
 Ingalls, q.v. 
 Juliette Betsey, b. Feb. 3, 1845 ; m. William 
 Whipple, q.v. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Peter Starkey was from Attleboro, Mass.; settled 
 first in Marlboro, and a few y. later exchanged farms 
 with John Wright, of F., both locations being now 
 within the limits of Troy. In the Prop's Tax-List of 
 1788 L 31 R 10 was first set to John Wright, but his 
 name was marked off and Peter Starkey inserted. This 
 lot is not set to Mr. S. in any of the later lists tliat have 
 been preserved, and he may not have lived on the lot. 
 A few y. later he appears to have been located on L 31 
 R 13, where he res. till his d. in Feb., 1831. His oldest 
 ch. was b, in A.; all the others in N. H.; the younger 
 ones doubtless in F., though none are rec. 
 
 35, 1774; m. Desire Peters. Ch. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Otis, b. Feb. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 1. Otis, b. Nov. 37, 1797. 
 3. Lewis, h. July 38, 1801. 
 Peter, b. Sept. 35, 1777 ; m. Mary, b. Apr. 13, 
 1769, dau. of Jonathan and Amy (Brown) 
 Sweet, of Richmond. 
 Nathan, b. Mar. 13, 1779 ; m. Esther Briggs. 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Briggs, b. June 33, 1804. 
 Lahan, b. Jan. 30, 1783 ; m. Mar. 16, 1803, 
 Polly, b. Jan. 6, 1781, dau. of Isaac and Rath 
 Jackson, q.v. 
 Benjamin, h. June 14, 1785; m. Sally Smith, 
 Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Benjamin Proctor, b. July 31, 1807. 
 3. George Washington, b, Apr, 30, 1809. 
 Jolin, b. Apr. 3, 1788 ; m. Aug. 30, 1813. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 VII. 
 
 Tin. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Sarah, b. Jan. 6, 1789, dan. of John and 
 
 Lydia (Taft) Cass, of 11.; rem. to R. in 1823 ; 
 
 had 10 ch. 
 Calvin, b. Mar. 17, 1790 ; m. Mary, b. June 8, 
 
 1793, dan. of Asa and'Eiinice (Williams) 
 
 Porter, of Marlboro ; rem. to Townshend, Vt. 
 Lo7ia, b. Apr. 25, 1792 ; d. a. 2 y. 6 mos. 
 Luna, b. Sept. 11, 1794 : m. Hannah, b. May 
 
 1, 1793, dan. of Stephen and Polly White, 
 
 q.v.j res. Troy ; had 10 ch. 
 
 William Starkey was from Attleboro, Mass., and 
 was doubtless a relative of Peter of the preceding sec- 
 tion. He came to F. before 1793*, but his name does 
 not appear in the early land tax-lists. He settled on 
 
 L 21 R 11, where he d. ab. 1808 ; m. Naomi . 
 
 Seven ch. rec. in F. ; William is added from History of 
 Troy. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Sept. 5. 1794. 
 II. Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1795. 
 
 III. :Saomi, b. Sept. 29, 1796 ; d. Sept. 2, 1842 ; 
 
 m. George Farrar, b. Dec. 8, 1784, s. of 
 George and grands, of Daniel, No. 22, Farrar 
 Register ; res. T. 
 
 IV. William, d. in childhood, 
 V. Olive, b. Oct. 25, 1801 ; m. Asher Coolidge, b. 
 
 Aug. 8, 1791 ; d. Nov. 15, 1834, s. of Abra- 
 ham and grands, of Joseph, No. 17, Goolidge 
 Register ; res. T. 
 VI. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 20, 1803. 
 
 VII. Rlioda, b. Nov. 12, 1805. 
 
 VIII. Lydia, b. July 26, 1807 ; m. L. Martin (s. of 
 Jonathan and Lydia [Saben], of Richmond ?) ; 
 res. Keene. 
 
 Jabez Stearns, a cabinet-maker, came to F. ab. 
 1824. A few y. later he erected buildings a few rods 
 below the house now owned by Sylvester Drury, and on 
 the same side of the road. Hem.' 1829, Clarissa, b. Apr. 
 20, 1805, dau. of Samuel and Lucy (Emery) Buss, of 
 Jatfrey. They had ch. b. in F., but none are on rec. 
 Ab. 1835 Noah Sabin bought the place, and Mr. Stearns 
 rem. from town. He d. in Peterboro, Oct. 6, 1884, 
 a. 57 y. Mrs. S. d. in J., in 1887. 
 
 George Leonard Stearns, b. Nov. 1, 1824 ; d. 
 Mar. 4, 1869 ; was a native of Warwick, Mass., s. of 
 Simeon and Eunice (Leonard) ; m. July 5, 1856, Har- 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
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 riette, b. Dec. 30, 1832, dan. of Willard and Phebe 
 (Thurston) Walker, of Eoyalston. They lived in E. a 
 short time after m., but took np their permanent res. 
 in F. in 1858. 
 
 I. Nellie Etta, b. Aug. 5, 18G0. 
 II. Minnie Eunice Leonard, b. Sept. 30, 1867. 
 
 John Stimson or Stimpson was in town before 
 1783, and was last taxed in 1797. The name of his w. 
 is not certainly known. In the rec. of b. she is called 
 Betsey ; in the rec. of bapt. of Betsey she is called. 
 Elizabeth ; at the bapt. of all the younger cb, and at 
 the d. of some of the ch. she is called Lucy. The tax 
 rec. show only one John Stimson in town ; b. of 4 ch. 
 and bapt. of 5 ch. are rec. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Jan. 12, 1783 ; bapt. Mar. 30, 1783. 
 
 II. Jolin, bapt. Dec. 12, 1784 ; d. Apr. 4, 1790. 
 
 HI. Nancy, b. July 29, 1787 ; bapt. Sept. 9, 1787. 
 
 IV. Infant, d. July 4, 1790. 
 
 V. Sulcey, b. July 13, 1791 ; bapt. July 24, 1791. 
 
 VI. Infant, d. Mar. 15, 1794. 
 
 VII. Matilda, b. Mar. 20, 1796 ; bapt. Apr. 24, 1796. 
 
 Moses Stockwell came to F. ab. 1821, and rem. ab. 
 1836 to Grafton, Mass. By w. Relief had 5 ch. rec. in 
 F. I, -IV. b. in F., v. b. in G. 
 
 I. Ellen, b. Mar. 11, 1826. 
 
 II. Warren, b. Apr. 19. 1827. 
 
 III. John, b. Oct. 8, 1833. 
 
 IV. Seth, b. Feb. 23, 1836. 
 V. Sumner, b. Nov. 2, 1837. 
 
 STONE. 
 
 1 Rev. Timothy" Stone, a dissenting minister in the West of Eng- 
 hind, was the ancestor of the most, perhaps of all the families of this 
 name that have settled in F. and vicinity. Two of his s., Simon' and 
 Gregory', and perhaps a third, Samuel, came to this country. 
 
 2 Simon', a. 50 y., with w. Joan, a. 38 y., and ch. Frances, a. 16 y. ; 
 Ann, a. 11 y. ; Simon, a. 4y.; Mary, a. 3 y. ; .John, a. 5 weeks, and his bro. 
 
 3 Gregory', a. 45 y., with his w. and several ch., embarked for this 
 country in the ship Increase, at Ipswich, England, Apr. 15, 1(335. Simon 
 settled in Watertown, Mass., and Gregory in Cambridge, Mass. De- 
 scendants from both the brothers settled in Framingham and tiie adjoin- 
 ing towns, but so far as is known tiie line of Gregory furnished all tiie 
 Stones who settled in F. Gregory m. wid. Lydia Cooper. He d. Nov. 
 30. 1(572 ; she d. June 24, 1()74. They had G ch., b. prob o in England 
 and 1 in this country. Their eldest s., 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 4 John-, b. ab. 1619 ; d. May 5, 1G83 ; m. Anna, dau. of Elder 
 Edward How, of W. ; res. Sudbury and C. They had 10 ch., and de- 
 scendants of 4 of them came to F. i. TTnnnah, b. June 6, 1640, 5 ; H- 
 John ; nr. Daniel, b. Aug. 4, 1644, | 67 ; iv. David, b. Oct. 31, 1646. 
 Q ; V. jMarv ; VI. ElizMbeth ; vii. Margaret ; viii. Tabitha ; ix. Sarah ; 
 X. Nathaniel, b. May 11, 1660, 96- 
 
 5 Hannah', b. June 6, 1640 ; m. July 1, 1658, John Bent, b. 1635, 
 s. of John and Martha ; res. Fram. Their eldest ch., Hannah'' Bent, 
 b. May 6, 1661 ; m. John Adams, b. May 1, 1655. Their eldest 
 ch., JohTi^ Adiims, b. Mar. 12, 1684 ; m. June 27, 1706. Elizabeth, dau. 
 of Josepli Goddard, of Roxbury. Their 3d ch.. Hannah*^ Adams, b. 
 July 30, 1712 ; m. Dimiel Mellen, q.v. Their 8th ch., Joseph" Adams, m. 
 Prudence, dau. of David Pratt. Their 2d ch., Cata' Adams, m. Moses 
 Drury, q.v, 
 
 6 DAVID^ b. Oct. 31, 1646 ; d. 1737 ; m. Susannah ; res. Fram. 
 
 Ch. I. Susanna ; ii. Mary ; iii. Samuel, b. May 23, 1685, 7 ; iv. 
 Thomas, b. May 11, 1688, 50- 
 
 7 SAMUEL^ b. May 23, 1685 ; d. ab. 1750 ; m. Bathsheba . They 
 
 had 9 ch., of whom 
 
 8 Samuel\ b. ab. 1714 ; d. ab. 1787 ; m. June 14, 1737, Rebecca, b. 
 Sept. 30, 1716, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Stow) Clark ; res. Fram. Ch. 
 I. Jason, b. Dec. 28, 1737, 9; n- Bathsheba; iii. Susannah; iv. 
 Lucy ; v. Sarah ; ti. Mary ; Yii. Rebecca ; vni. Samuel, b. Nov, 13, 
 1750, 18; i^- Anne, m. Joshua Trowbridge, s. of John and Margaret 
 (Farrar). (See Luther Stone, No. 171.) x. Winsor. 
 
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 11 
 
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 14 
 
 Jason" Stone, h. Dec. 28, 1737 ; m. Deborah Good- 
 nnw, of Natiek, Mass.; came to F. in the spring of 
 1705 ; first settled on L 21 R 6, now within the limits 
 of Troy ; rem. a few y. Liter to L 18 R 4, where he res. 
 the rest of his life. Dr. Cummings says in his 2d His- 
 torical Lecture : " He settled in what was recently Mr. 
 Bryant's pasture, j^. W. of where Mr. Wm. Perham 
 now lives. If yon should any of yon have the curiosity 
 to go there, you will find the clump of decayed apple- 
 trees and cellar that distinctly mark the spot where he 
 lived." Mr. S. and w. covenanted in Framingham, 
 Aug. 17, 1766, and their 3 older ch. were bajit. and rec. 
 in Fram., doubtless because there was no chh. in F. ; 
 all the other ch. were bapt. in F. ; none of the ch. set- 
 tled in F. Mr. S. d. in F. Feb. 27, 1809. Mrs. S. d. 
 in Jaffrey, Oct. 15, 1813. 
 
 I. Dclorali', b. Oct. 18. 1765. 
 
 II. Thaddeus, b. Feb., 17G8 ; d. Apr. 30, 1769, the 
 first white person that d. in the town. 
 
 III. Belecca, b. Oct. 14, 1769 ; m. Feb. 19, 1801, 
 
 Isaac Abbott, of llolden, Mass. 
 
 IV. Susannah, b. June 29, 1771. 
 V. Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1772. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 727 
 
 VL Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1774. 
 
 vrr. Samuel, b. Oct. 4, 1775. 
 
 VIII. John, b. May 24, 1777 ; d. May 3, 1853 ; settled 
 in J. ab. 1798 : m. Ruth, b. Nov. 16, 1782 ; 
 d. Sept. 7, 18G3, dau. of Capt. Josepli and 
 Kuth (Clark) Perkins, of J., q.v., s.p. 
 
 Samuel" Stone (s. of 8 Samuer), b. Nov. 13, 1750 ; 
 d. Deo. 12, 1841 ; m. Anna, b. Dec. 27, 1751 ; d. Jan. 
 1, 1834, dan. of Nathaniel and Mary (Witherby) Stacy, 
 of Fram.; came to F. in 1777 and settled on L 13 R 5. 
 
 I. Hannah'', b. in Fram. Jan. 28, 1777 ; ni. John 
 
 Whittemore, q.v. 
 II. Martin, b. Oct. 10, 1778+. 
 
 III. Nathaniel Stacy, b. Aug. 23, 1780+- 
 
 IV. Anna, b. Sept. 3, 1782 ; m. Ezekiel Collins, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 V. Chloe, b. Sept. 23, 1784 ; d. June 28, 1803, 
 
 unm. 
 VI. Samuer, b. Aug. 31, 1786 ; m. May 3, 1814, 
 Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1789, dau. of Joseph and 
 Hannah (Mellen) Forristall, g.v.j rem. to 
 Svvanzey ab. 1819 Ch. b. in F. 
 
 1. MalindaF.*, b. Aug. 11, 1814 ; m. Sam- 
 uel J. Rockwood, q.v. 
 VII. Lucq, b. Jan. 9, 1789 ; d. June 15, 1859, unm. 
 viii. Windsor, b. Mar. 29, 1791 ; m. Huldah John- 
 son and settled in Leominster, Mass. 
 IX. John, b. Aug. 28, 1794 ; d. unm. 
 
 Martin' Stone, b. Oct. 19, 1778 ; d. Oct. 1, 1851 ; 
 m. Dec. 27, 1810, Betsey V., b. Jan. 18, 1789 ; d. Apr. 
 20, 1873, dau. of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Ballard) 
 Stone, q.v. Lived in F. till the spring of 1817, when 
 he settled in Swanzey. Ch. i.-iv. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Louisa\ b. Nov. 15, 1811 ; d. June 13, 1812. 
 II. Louisa, b. Mar. 19, 1813 ; m. Dec. 4, 1832, 
 Abiel Pevey, b. June 17, 1807 : d. Sept. 14, 
 1886, s. of Peter and Lucy, of Greenfield, 
 N. H. They had 6 ch., all of whom are liv- 
 ing, 1887. She res. in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 III. Edmund, b. Apr. 5, 1815 ; m. Feb. 11, 1841, 
 
 Lucy, b. Mar. 21, 1817, dau. of Davis and 
 Asenath (Hills) Healey, of S. Had 5 ch., of 
 whom 3 are living, 1887 ; res. S. 
 
 IV. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1817 ; m. June 3, 1841, 
 
 Merrill C. Pevey, b. Aug. 7, 1812 ; d. Aug. 
 
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 8, 1873, s. of Peter and Lucy. Had 3 cli., 
 only 1 living, 1887. Mrs. P. res. in L. 
 V. John, b. Feb. 28, 1819 ; m. Oct 26, 1841, 
 Hannah S., b. Nov. 17, 1819 ; d. Mar. 17, 
 1875, dau. of Davis and Asenatli (Hills) 
 Healev ; m. (2d) Jan. 22, 1876, Jane B. 
 Newell, of Milford, K H., b. Jan. 7, 1820, 
 dau. of Jacob and Keziali L. (Powers) Newell, 
 of Jaffrey ; res. in F. 1859-60 ; res. Peter- 
 boro, N. H. Oh. b. 1-2 Medina, Mich., 3-5 
 Dublin, N. H. 
 
 1. Ellen Maria^ b. Sept. 2, 1843 ; d. Apr. 
 
 9,1864. 
 
 2. N. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844 ; m. May 
 
 22, 1867, 0. Sylvester Dimklee, b. May 
 22, 1843 ; d. Apr. 11, 1871, s. of Syl- 
 vester J. and Mary A., of Hancock, 
 N. H. ; res. P. 
 
 3. Amelia Delora, b. Apr. 13, 1848 ; m. 
 
 June 8, 1872, John E. Styles, b. Mar. 
 13, 1842, in London, England, s. of 
 John and Emma (Elliott), now of 
 Manchester, N. H. Had 4 ch., of 
 whom 3 are living ; res. P. 
 
 4. Lucy Asenath, b. Oct. 28, 1849 ; d. 
 
 July 26, 1875. 
 
 5. Edmund Martin, b. Oct. 20, 1851 ; d. 
 
 June 6, 1872. 
 
 VI. Anna, b. Mar. 6, 1821 ; d. Feb. 10, 1869 ; m. 
 Nov. 9, 1843, Joseph L. Parker, b. Mar. 20, 
 1820 ; d. July 24, 1885, s. of Lyman. He 
 m. (2d) Nancy, dau. of Nathaniel S. and 
 Nancy (Priest) Stone, q.v., and wid. of Ed- 
 ward 0. Perkins. Had 3 ch. by 1st m., all 
 living ; res. S. 
 VII. Amhra, b. Mar. 6, 1821 (twin) ; m, June 24, 
 1841, Edwin F. Read, b. Mar. 5, 1819, s. of 
 Josiah and Mary (Forbes), of S. Had 2 ch., 
 1 living ; res. Somerville, Mass. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. Apr. 25, 1823 ; m. Oct. 14, 1845, 
 Luther S. Lane, of Swanzey, b. July 20, 
 1817 ; d. Sept. 13, 1883, s. of Elijah and 
 Fanny (Scott). Had 5 ch., 4 living. She 
 res. in L. 
 
 IX. Solon, b, Apr. 25, 1823 (twin) ; d. June 20, 
 
 1825. 
 X. Nancy, b. Aug. 6, 1825 ; d. July 17, 1843. 
 
 XI. Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1827 ; m. Apr. 30, 1847, 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 Paul F. Aldrich, Jr., b. Nov. 30, 1827, s. of 
 Paul F. and Luvanie (Cook), of Svvanzey. 
 Had 4 ch., 2 living ; res. Sonierville. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Stone, b. Aug. 23, 1780 ; d. Aug. 
 26, 1866 ; m. Dec. 13, 1808, Nancy Priest, of Harvard, 
 Mass.; d. Aug. 17, 1886. None of their ch. settled in 
 F. 
 
 I. Ndhunf, h. July 18, 1811 ; res. Jackson, Mich. 
 
 II. Charles, k. June 25, 1814 ; m. Sept. 11, 1837, 
 
 Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1816, dau. of John 
 
 and Sally (Kimball) Worcester, of Jaffrey ; 
 
 res. Olivet, Mich. 
 
 III. Gardner, b. Nov. 7, 1816 ; res. AYestboro, Mass. 
 
 IV. Nathaniel Stacy, b. July 12, 1819 ; d. Nov. 2, 
 
 1837. 
 V. Nancy, b. Mar. 7, 1825 ; m. Edward C. Perkins, 
 b. Mar. 11, 1818, s. of Edward and Ruth, of 
 J.; rem. to Michigan, where he d. She m. 
 (2d) Joseph L. Parker, of Swanzev, b. Mar. 
 20, 1820 ; d. July 24, 1885, s. of Lyman. 
 She res. in S. 
 
 50 Thomas* Stone (s. of 6 David'), b. May 11, 1688 ; m. (1st) Dec. 
 14, 1710, Mary Curtis, of Sudbury ; (2d) June 18, 1730, Elizabeth 
 Andrews, of Cambridge. Ch. i. Mary; ii. Thomas, d.y.; iir. Abigail; 
 IV. Beulah ; v. Sabiila ; vi. Thomas; vir. John ; viii. Abner, b. Apr. 
 8, 1736. 
 
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 Abner^ Stone, b. Apr. 8, 1736 ; d. Dec. 3, 1826 ; 
 m. 1763, Lucy, bapt. 1746 ; d. Jan. 18, 1824, a. 77 y. 
 6 nios., dau. of Tliomas and Elizabeth Mellen, of Hop- 
 kinton ; came from Fram. to F. before 1780 ; settled 
 on L 9 R 1. 
 
 I. Molly, b. Jan. 31, 1764 : d. y. 
 II. John, b. June 6, 1765 ; d. y. 
 
 III. Beulah, b. Feb. 22, 1767 ; m. Charles Bowker, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. David, b. Feb. 8, 1769 + . 
 
 V. Lucy, b. Apr. 17, 1771 ; m. June 15, 1796, 
 
 David Pelton, of Lyme, N. H. 
 VI. Sally, bapt. Aug. 1^ 1773; d. Mar. 18, 1843, 
 unm. 
 VII. Nabby, bapt. Sept. 17, 1775 ; m. May 6, 1794, 
 
 Nahum Pierce, of L. 
 VIII. Betty, bapt. Nov. 2, 1777 ; m. Jan. 14, 1801, 
 Tiiomas Durkee, of L. ; rem. to Alden, N. Y. 
 IX. Josiah, b. Apr. 5, 1780 ; d. at sea. 
 
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 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 X. Molly, b. Nov. 1, 1782 ; m. 1805, Ezekiel Rand, 
 h, Nov. 26, 1780, s. of Ezekiel and Anna 
 (Demary), of Rindge : rem. to Greensboro, 
 Vt., where he d. Aug. 28. 1849. His wid. d. 
 in Hyde Park, Vt,, at the res. of hsr dan., 
 Feb. 18, 1868. 
 SI. AMe?'^, b. Apr. 6, 1785 ; d. Sept. 4, 1812 ; fell 
 from the frame at the raising of a barn on 
 the " Judge Parker place," L 13 R 1, and d. 
 in consequence of injuries received ; m. Jan. 
 8, 1807, Sally Yulen, 'of Packerstield (Nelson). 
 She was prob. dau. of Jeremiah Yulen, who 
 lived in the southeast part of the town for 3 
 or 4 y. ab. 1800-03. Ch. b. in P.; the order 
 may not be correct. The wid. and ch. rem. 
 from town after the d. of Mr. S, 
 
 1. Abner'. 
 
 2. Calista. 
 
 3. Lucy. 
 
 XII. Anne, bapt. Sept. 6, 1789. 
 
 Capt. David* Stone, b. Feb. 8, 1769 ; m. Dec. 27, 
 1792, Ruth, b. Aug. 21. 1770, dau. of John and Puah 
 Mellen, of F. She d. Aug. 13, 1808, and he m. (2d) 
 Mar. 5, 1809, Polly Huntington, of Shaftsbury, Vt. 
 She d. Mar. 17, 1809, and he m. (3d) Mar. 5, 1811, 
 Ruby Hatch, of Norwich, Vt. In 1793 he settled in 
 Greensboro, Vt., where he res. till ab. 1814, when he 
 returned to F. In 1853 Mr. and Mrs. S. went to live 
 with their youngest s., Curtis, in Monticello, la., and 
 where both d., Capt. David ab. 1860, and Mrs. Ruby 
 June 23, 1855. 
 
 I. Augusta, b. Oct. 10, 1793 ; m. 1811 (?), Avery 
 Edwards, of G-. He d. in 1813, and she m. 
 (2d) Apr. 14, 1826, Dr. George H. Lee, by 
 whom she had several ch.; all d. y.; res. in 
 Royalston, Prescott, and Orange, Mass. She 
 d. in P. Oct. 5, 1854. Ch. by 1st m. 
 1. Avery Ediuards, Jr., b. ab. 1813. 
 II. Lucy, b. June 3, 1795 ; m. Ephraim Parker, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Apr. 4, 1799 ; d. Oct. 6, 1812. 
 
 IV. Lois, b. May 25, 1802 ; m. Dec. 20, 1827, 
 
 William B. Whitney, of Winchendon. 
 
 1. Elizabeth Whitney. 
 
 2. Louisa L. '' 
 
 V. Chestina, b. June 6, 1805 ; m. Aug. 22, 1826, 
 Capt. Oliver Adams, of W. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 731 
 
 1. Liiura Maria. 
 
 2. Helon. 
 VI. Aligail Adeline, b. May 22, 1808. 
 
 VII. Samuel Melleii, b. Feb. 2G, 1812 : d. Feb. 27, 
 1853 ; m. Sept. 25, 1843, Joan Allen, of 
 Lebanon, N. H. She d. in 1855 at L. Mr. 
 S. was a Congregational clergyman. He 
 fitted for college at New Ipswicl), N. H., and 
 Conway, Mass.; graduated at Dartmouth 
 College in 1838, and studied theology at 
 Bangor (?), Me., and Andover. Mass. He 
 preached in Nevvfieid, Me., and Chester, Vt., 
 and at the time of his d. he had a call to 
 settle in some place the name of which cannot 
 now be given. Ch. b. 1 in 1^., 2-3 in C. 
 
 1. Catherine Maria, b. July 2, 1843 ; d. 
 July 4, 1861. 
 
 2. Mellon David, b. June 7, 1848 ; gradu- 
 ated at New Haven, and had just com- 
 pleted his theological course when he 
 d., Jane 8, 1876, at Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 3. Harriet Dunlop, b. July 13, 1850 ; m. 
 Sept. 13, 1871, Andrew AYilkins, a 
 lawver at S. ; res., 1885, Favetteville, 
 N. Y. ' 
 
 VIII. Delight, b. July 16, 1813 ; m. Dr. Albin J. 
 Eaton, q.v. 
 IX. Harriet, b. May 13, 1815 ; m. Apr. 2, 1839, 
 Joseph A. Wilson. Mr. W. was in trade in 
 F. from 1838 to 1850, when he rem. to Lowell, 
 Mass., and from thence, in 1860, to Pensau- 
 kee, Wis. 
 
 1. Francis Rodney, b. Sept. 15, 1840 : ni. 
 and has 5 ch. 
 
 2. Henry William, b. Nov. 7, 1842 ; m. 
 Mrs. Mary Burk. Is a farmer in 
 Augusta, Kan. 
 
 3. Catherine Augusta, b. Feb. 3, 1847 ; m. 
 1878, David Tripp, of West. P., and 
 has 5 ch. 
 
 4. George M., b. Sept. 7, 1853 ; m. Alice 
 H. Houghton. 
 
 X. David Azro, b. May 8, 1816 ; d. Oct. 23, 1844 ; 
 m. 1842, Lucinda Frink, of Rutland, N. Y. 
 1. Fran eel ia. 
 XI. Maria, b. Mar. 16, 1818 ; d. Feb. 3, 1845, at 
 j Oakham, Mass., unm. 
 
 91 XII. Curtin, b. Oct. 26, 1819 ; m. Nov. 15, 1853, 
 
732 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. 
 
 Mar}^ Ann Burton, of ]S"orwich, Vt., and set- 
 tled in M., where he d. Oct. 11, 1879. Mrs. 
 S. d. in 1882. 
 93 1. Euby Maria, b. l^ov. 10, 1854 ; m. 
 
 William L. Ketchum. 
 
 93 2. Olara Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1857 ; m. 
 John K. Hale. 
 
 94 3. Henrietta Darwin, b. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. 
 Charles M. Brown. 
 
 95 XIII. Susan Lovina, h, Aug. 22, 1821 ; d. Aug. 3, 
 1822. 
 
 96 JN^ATHANiEL^ Stone (s. of 4 John=), b. Ma.y 11, 1660 ; d. 1732 ; 
 m. x\pr. 35, 1684, Saruh Wayt, of Maiden, Mass. They had 8 ch., of 
 whom the youngest was 
 
 97 Hezekiah^ b. Mar. 5, 1711 ; m. Ruth How, of Sudbury ; res. in 
 Framiugham, and late in life rem. to Oxford, Mass. They had 8 ch., of 
 whom tlie eldest was Dea. Eliphalet^ who m. Lydia Goddard, and 
 settled in Marlboro, K H. Dea. Eliphalet had 8 ch., of wliom the 4th 
 was ShubaeP, who m. Polly Rogers. Shubael d., and his wid. m. (2d) 
 Hezeldah Stone, of F. Shubael had 13 ch., of wdiom the 2d was Rev. 
 Cyrus'', who m. Atossa Frost, and was a missionary in India. Rev. 
 Cyrus had several ch., of whom was Atossa F.^. who m. Thomas W. 
 Whittemore, q.v. The youngest ch. of Hezekiah'* was Hezekiah^ b. 
 May 27, 1755, 98- 
 
 98 
 
 99 
 100 
 
 101 
 102 
 103 
 104 
 
 105 
 
 106 
 
 107 
 
 (99) 
 
 Hezekiah^^ .Stone, b. May 27, 1755 ; d. Jan. 15, 
 1834 ; m. Elizabeth G-ooch Ballard, who d. Mar. 29, 
 1825, a. 65 y., and he m. (2d) Polly, b. Jan. 31, 1770, 
 dau. of John and Esther (Ball) Rogers, and wid. of 
 ShubaeP Stone, q.v., under 97 Hezekiah'*. She d. 
 Mar. 18, 1850, in Leominster, Mass. Came from Fram- 
 ingham to F. ab. 1781, and settled on L 9 R 4. 
 
 I. Artemas', b. Apr. 10, 1778+. 
 II. Salli/, bapt. Oct. 21, 1781 ; m. Nathaniel Mason 
 and lived in Snllivan, N. H. 
 
 III. Jesse, b. Feb. 12, 1782. 
 
 IV. Moses, b. Dec. 28, 1783 ; d. Mar. 11, 1786. 
 V. Moses, b. Dec. 2, 1785 + . 
 
 VI. Betsey Valentine, b. Jan. 18, 1789 ; ra. Martin 
 
 Stone, q.v. 
 VII. JVancp, b. Apr. 10, 1791 ; m. Daniel Simonds, 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Eufh Howe, b. Jan. 30, 1793 ; m. Reuben Pratt, 
 q.v. 
 IX. Child, d. June 12, 1795. 
 
 Dea. Artemas" Stone, b. Apr. 10, 1778 ; d. Apr. 10, 
 1862; m. Aug., 1797, Isabella Manning, b. Nov. 25. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 733 
 
 
 1780; 
 
 
 N. H., 
 
 108 
 
 I. 
 
 J09 
 
 II. 
 
 ]10 
 
 III. 
 
 111 
 
 IV. 
 
 112 
 
 V. 
 
 113 
 
 120 
 
 121 
 122 
 123 
 
 (111) 
 
 124 
 125 
 126 
 127 
 
 128 
 
 VI. 
 
 114 
 
 
 115 
 
 
 116 
 
 
 117 
 
 VII. 
 
 118 
 
 VIII 
 
 119 
 
 IX 
 
 X. 
 
 XI. 
 XII. 
 
 d. Aug. 27, 1861 ; res. a few y. in Sullivan, 
 but returned to F. ab. 1803. 
 
 NatlianieV, b. Apr. 8, 1798 ; d. Aug., 1801. 
 Jeremy, b. Oct. 11, 1799 ; d. June 20, 1803. 
 Harriet, b. June 6, 1801 ; ni. John Miles, q.v. 
 Francis, b. Sept. 23, 1802+. 
 Marij B., b. Nov. 23, 1804 ; m. Jan. 4, 1832, 
 
 Thomas Noyes, called of Needham, Mass. 
 Jesse, b. Sept. 8, 1806 ; m. Cynthia, b. Feb. 12, 
 
 1807, wid. of Nathan B. Kollins and dau. of 
 
 Bartlet and Jemima (Knovvlton) Bowker, q.v.; 
 
 res. Topeka, Kan. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. William H.«, b. June 21, 1841. 
 
 2. Cynthia E., b. July 16, 1843. 
 
 3. Lvnds B., b. June 25, 1845. 
 Oren, b. July 12, 1808 ; d. Sept. 7, 1814. 
 Artemas, b. May 8, 181 0+. 
 
 Eveline B., b. Apr. 18, 1812 : d. Jan. 3, 1875 : 
 ra. May 2, 1830, Eoswell J. Phelps, of Sims- 
 bury, Ct. He d. and she m. (2d) 1854, George 
 W. Simonds. 
 
 1. Helen Marr Phelps, b. Mar. 2, 1831, in 
 S.; m. Charles A. Smytherman, q.v. 
 
 Oren, b. June 30, 1814 ; m. Lucy Gould. 
 
 Lynds, b. Sept., 1816 ; d. June 20, 1822. 
 
 Gardner W., b. Mar. 13, 1819 ; d. in Chicago 
 Dec, 1886 ; m. 3 times ; m. (1st) Mary 
 Osborn, of Templeton. 
 
 Francis' Stone, b. Sept. 23, 1802 ; d. Jan. 19, 
 1884 ; m. Feb. 20, 1827, Mary Adaline, b. Aug. 5, 
 1808 ; d. July 28, 1885, dau. of George and Rhoda 
 (Baker) Farrington, of Roxbury, Mass. ^First ch. b. in 
 R. : others in F. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 m. Samuel C. 
 May 4, 1830 ; d. Sept. 30, 
 Jan. 14, 1833 ; d. Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 Mary Isabella, b. Jan. 27, 1828 
 Felch, q.v. 
 
 Francis Henry, b 
 1833, drowned. 
 
 George Baker, b. 
 1833. 
 
 George Henry, b. Sept. 14, 1834 ; distinguished 
 himself in the War of the Rebellion, particu- 
 larly at the battle of Corinth, Miss.; was pro- 
 moted to Major of Artillery ; res. St. Louis, 
 Mo. 
 
 Sophia Louisa, b. May 29, 1837 ; m. Dove ; 
 
 res. Boston Highlands, Mass. 
 
734 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLTAjM. 
 
 139 
 
 130 
 131 
 
 133 
 (118) 
 
 13d 
 
 131 
 
 135 
 
 136 
 137 
 138 
 
 139 
 
 140 
 
 141 
 143 
 
 143 
 
 144 
 
 145 
 
 146 
 
 147 
 148 
 
 VI. WUliam Wallace, b. Apr. 11, 1841 ; d. May 5, 
 
 1863, killed at the battle of AVilliamsburg. 
 
 VII. Cliarleii Augustus, b. Oct. 16, 1843. 
 
 VIII. Frances Ada.line, b. Jau. 16, 1846 ; m. William 
 Lebourveau, Jr., q.v. 
 IX. Eugene Frank, b. Aug. 39, 1848 ; res. Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. 
 
 Artemas' Stone, Jr., b. Mav 8, 1810 ; d. Feb. 39, 
 1860 ; m. Dec. 36, 1830, Ann 'L., b. Sept. 33, 1810, 
 dau. of Eev. Samuel and Sarah (Knight) Simonds, of 
 Winchendon. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Samuel Nelson', b. July 10, 1833 ; d. Apr. 10, 
 
 1835. 
 II. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1834 ; m. Dugald 
 Campbell. 
 
 III. Emily" Ann, b. May 33, 1836; m. Geo. 0. 
 
 Duuton, q.v. 
 
 IV. Sarah Isabella, b. May 17, 1838. 
 V. Julius Orlando, b. Apr. 3, 1840. 
 
 VI. Samuel Stillmaif, b. Nov. 37, 1843 ; m. Aug. 
 31, 1861, Olive Maria, b. June 33, 1841 ; d. 
 Aug. 3, 1881, dan. of Geo. W. and Lovina S. 
 Jones ; m. (3d) Oct. 4, 1883, Sarah, b. Aug. 
 3, 1849, dau. of Luke and Sarah (Howe) 
 Bowker, q.v. 
 
 1. Frederick Stillman, b. June 33, 1863 ; 
 
 d. Feb. 33, 1865. 
 3. Lillian Lovina, b. June 34, 1871 : d. 
 
 Mar. 36, 1873. 
 3. Arthur, b. Oct. 30, 1886. 
 VII. George Artemas, b. Apr. 33, 1843 ; m. July 3, 
 1861, Emma E., dau. of Jason and Elizabeth 
 L. Whitney, of Ashburnham, Mass. No rec. 
 of ch. but a s., 
 
 1. Charles W., b. ab. 1863 ; m. Dec. 11, 
 1885, Addie J., b. Jan. 16, 1863, dau. 
 of Henry D. and Mary E. (Stone) Gil- 
 man, q.v. 
 
 VIII. Eveline Roxana, b. Aug. 3, 1845 ; d. Dec. 3, 
 
 1864, unm. 
 
 IX. Louisa Adeline, b. Jan. 9, 1847 ; m. Joel L. 
 
 Gilson, q.v. 
 X. Sandford Augustus, b. July 10, 1848 ; d. Sept. 
 
 14; 1849. 
 XT. Sandford Frederick, b. June 17, 1850. 
 XII. Clarence Albert, b. Jan. 7, 1855 ; m. May 13, 
 1874, Eva M., b Aug. 31, 1854, dau. of 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 735 
 
 149 
 150 
 
 (103) 
 
 151 
 
 152 
 153 
 
 154 
 
 155 
 
 150 
 
 157 
 158 
 159 
 
 160 
 
 IGl 
 
 163 
 1G3 
 104 
 
 165 
 
 Charles L. and Snsan M. (Phillips) Taft, q.v.j 
 res. W. Ch. b. in P. 
 
 1. Edward Stillman, b. Apr. 15, 1875. 
 
 2. Ehvin Brigliam, b. Ang. 14, 1887. 
 
 Moses Stone, b. Dec. 2, 1785 ; d. Jan. 25, 1854 ; 
 m. Eliza, b. Oct., 1799 ; d. Jan. 21, 1879, dan. of Peter 
 Fay, of Scnthboro, Mass. 
 
 I. Clarissa, h. Jnly 11, 1815 ; m. George W. 
 
 Simonds, q.v. 
 II. Moses F., b. May 21, 1817. 
 
 III. Nathan, b. Feb. 8, 1819 ; m. 1842, Mary L., b. 
 
 Ang. 12, 1822, dan. of John and Harriet 
 (Stone) jMiles, q.v. 
 
 1. Albert G., b. Oct. 22, 1842 ; d. Nov. 3, 
 
 1862, from wonnd received in battle. 
 
 2. John N., b. May 24, 1844 ; d. Sept. 29, 
 
 1844. 
 
 3. Flora Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1845 ; m. 
 
 Amos J. Blake, Esq., q.v. 
 
 4. Mary Lonise, b. Apr. 2, 1848. 
 
 5. Sarah Anna, b. Ang. 20, 1851. 
 
 6. Nathan Elhvyn, b. Jan. 4, 1854 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 17, 1854. 
 
 7. Nathan Ellwyn, b. Dec. 25, 1856; d. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1879. 
 
 8. Percy Temple, b. Jan. 25, 1865 ; d. Ang. 
 
 18, 1868. 
 
 IV. Eliza, b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; d. June 23, 1822. 
 V. Alonzo, b. Aug. 14, 1823. 
 
 Ti. Eliza A., b. Jan. 5, 1827 ; d. Jan. 11, 1854, 
 
 nnm. 
 VII. Peter 31., b. Apr., 1829. 
 VIII. Emih/ A., b. Nov. 5, 1832 ; d. Sept. 11, 1834. 
 
 i 67 Daniel^' Stone (s. of 4 John^), b. Aug. 4, 1644 ; d. 1719 ; ra. 
 3 times ; m. (Istj Mary (Moore) Ward ; their 1st cli., 
 
 I 68 Daniel^, b. Nov. 22, 1608 ; d. Dec. 22, 1702 ; res. Framingham ; 
 m. Patience, dan. of Maj. Thomas Brown ; their s., 
 
 169 MrCAH^ b. Mar., 1699; d. Oct. 13, 1738, of small-pox; res. 
 Way land and Fram. ; in. Abigail Stone, of Lexington ; their s., 
 
 I 70 JosIAH^ b. Dec. 23, 1724 ; d. Apr. 12, 1785 ; by w. Anne Haven 
 liad 7 ch., of whom the 4th was Luther, b. Apr. 11, 1753. 
 
 171 
 
 Luther Stone, b. Apr. 11, 1753 ; m. Mary, b. Jnly 
 10, 1758, dan. of John and Margaret (Farrar) Trow- 
 bridge. (John Trowbridge was bro. of Thomas, who 
 settled in F., q.v.) Mr. S. came to F. ab. 1782 ; set- 
 
736 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 172 
 173 
 174 
 
 tied on L 11 E 6, the Collins place ; lived'here a few 
 and returned to Fram. before 1793* ; rem. to North- 
 boro, and from thence to Fitchburg, where both d. 
 The b. of 1 ch. and bapt. of 3 ch. are rec. in F. 
 
 m. Patty, h. Sept. 39, 1783 ; bapt. Oct. 5, 1783. 
 
 m 
 
 The connection between the various lines of the descendants 
 of Gregory Stone, who settled in F., will be better understood 
 by an inspection of the following chart : The Stones are in 
 larger type ; those of other surnames in small type ; those who 
 settled in F. are in capitals. The numbers attached to the 
 names are the same as given to the same persons in the fore- 
 going pages. The Stones of Marlboro are descended from Dea. 
 Eliphalet, who was s. of Hezekiah, No. 97, q.v. 
 
 Gregory 3. 
 John 4. 
 
 Hannah 5. 
 
 in. John Bent. 
 
 I 
 Hannak Bent, 
 m. John Adiims. 
 
 John Adams. 
 
 I 
 
 I I 
 
 Hannah. JosepI: 
 
 m. Daniel Mellen. | 
 
 a ch. and 2 gr.- CatA Adams. 
 
 <-h. settled in F. ni. Moses Drury. 
 
 Daniel 167. 
 Daniel 168. 
 Micah 169. 
 Josiah 170. 
 Luther 171 
 
 David 6. 
 
 Nathaniel 96. 
 
 I 
 Hezekiah 97. 
 
 Samuel 7. Thomas 50._ I 
 
 I I Hezekiah I 
 
 Samuel 8. AbniiK 51. 
 
 I 
 
 I I 
 
 Jason 9. Samuel 18. 
 
 (See Me 
 ord.) 
 
 Rec- 
 
 I 75 Jonathan Stone, m. Sept. 31, 1737, Judith Newton ; res. ia 
 Southboro, Mass., where he d. ab. 1773. She d. in F. Nov. 33, 1803. 
 It is not known whether he whs descended from Gregory or Simon 
 Stone, though some circumstances seem to indicate that he may have 
 been of the line of Simon. Ch. i. James, d. y. ; ii. Judith, b. Dec. 7, 
 1740 ; III. Abigail, b. June 5, 1743 ; iv. Jonathan, b. May 3, 1746 ; v. 
 Rachel, b. Apr. 7, 1749 ; vi. Joseph, b. Mar. 38, 1753, | 76 ; vii. James, 
 b. Feb. 33, 1755, | OQ. 
 
 176 
 
 177 
 178 
 
 179 
 180 
 
 Joseph Stone, b. Mar. 28, 1752 ; came from S. to 
 F. before 1777 ; m. May 8, 1777, Mary, b. Apr. 25, 
 1757 ; d. Feb. 8, 1850, dau. of Stephen and Mary 
 (Angier) Harris, q.v. Settled on L 7 R 7. He d. May 
 
 27, 1845. 
 
 I. Infant, d. Feb. 10, 1778. 
 
 II. Abigail, b. June 27, 1779 ; m. William With- 
 ington, Jr., q.v. 
 
 III. Infant, d. Oct. 18, 1781. 
 
 IV. Infant, d. Apr. 28, 1783. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 r37 
 
 V. Eliza, h. Jan. 19, 1784 ; d. Feb. 3, 1788. 
 VI. Joseph, b. May 19, 1786 ; m. Oct. 15, 1817, 
 Polly, b. Nov. 25, 1799, dan. of Micah and 
 Elizabeth Perry. No rec. of ch. but a s., 
 1. ElishaP. wasadm. to Cong'l Chh. Mar., 
 1839. 
 VII. Polly, b. June 9, 1788 ; m. Matthew Osborn, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 VIII. Mehitable, b. Jan. 28, 1790 ; m. Nov. 27, 181 G, 
 Chancy Porbush, of Royalston. 
 IX. Lovina, b. June 2, 1792 ; m. Edward Holman, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 X. Lucinda, b. Feb. 11, 1795 ; d. June 1, 1818, 
 
 unm. 
 XI. Eliza, b. Jan. 30, 1797. 
 
 XII. Josiali, b. Jun'e 15, 1799 ; d. Jan. 14, 1875 ; 
 m. Mar. 2, 1820, Sibyl, b. Oct. 6, 1800 ; d. 
 June 28, 1875, dau. of Abel and Lovina 
 (Amadou) Angier, q.v.; rem. to Keene ab. 
 1835. Mr. and Mrs. S. both d. in K., but 
 were interred in F. 
 
 James Stone (s. of Jonathan | 75) » b. Feb. 23, 
 1755 ; d. Jan. 5, 1841 ; m. 1778, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 
 15, 1757 ; d. Mar. 10, 1838, dau. of Jonathan and 
 Elizabeth (Haven) Haven, q.v. Came from Southboro, 
 Mass., to F. ab. 1781 and settled on L 8 R 6. 
 
 I. Jeruslia, b. Sept. 7, 1780 ; m. Asael Woods, q.v. 
 II. Elizahetli, b. Sept. 2, 1782 ; m. Dec. 10, 1807, 
 Benjamin Reed, then of Ashby, Mass., q.v. 
 
 III. James, b. June 25, 1784-|-. 
 
 IV. JonatJum, b, Oct. 12, 1785. Had the following 
 
 ch. and others : 
 
 1. Milton, m. and res. in Royalston. 
 
 2. Lyman, m. Marilla ^Yest ; res. R. One 
 
 s. res. in F. 
 
 1. Edward Lyman, m. Mar. 31, 
 1875, Emma Frances, dau. of 
 Baxter Collins. 
 V. Lois, b. Sept. 2G, 1787 ;• m. Simeon Merrifield, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. Abigail, b. July 25, 1790 ; m. Jan. 11, 1810, 
 Calvin Chase, of R. Perhaps had more ch. 
 than here named. 
 1. Calvin Chase, d. June G, 1832, a. 17 y., 
 killed by accidental discharge of his 
 gun. 
 
 47 
 
738 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 201 
 
 202 
 203 
 
 204 
 205 
 206 
 
 207 
 208 
 209 
 
 •(193) 
 
 210 
 
 211 
 212 
 213- 
 
 214 
 215 
 216 
 217 
 
 218 
 
 2. Jernsha W- Chase, m. Sept. 27, 1838, 
 
 Wheaton Wilson, of R. 
 
 3. Elmira Chase, d. mini, 
 
 VII. Hepsiheth, b. ]Mar. 6, 1792 : m. Feb. 3, 1814, 
 David Forbush, Jr., of E. ; late in life rem. 
 from E. to F. Mr. Forbush d. here May 21, 
 1873. Mrs. F. d. in AYiaehendon, June 5, 
 1879. Their ch. as follows are noticed in F. 
 rec. 
 
 1. Hepsibeth Foriush, m. Sept. 16, 1847, 
 
 Arad Gilbert, of Walpole, N. H. 
 
 2. David Goodell Forbush, d. Feb. 21, 
 
 1872, a. 44 v. 
 
 3. Rosilla B. Forbush, m. Mar. 27, 1851, 
 
 Henry ^Y. AVyman, his 2d w. She d. 
 Oct. 6, 1852, a. 22 y. Wy man's 1st w. 
 was Abip^ail M., dau. of Lewis Taft, 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Infa7if, d. May 24, 1794. 
 IX. John, b. Aug. 28, 1795+. 
 X. Joseph, h. Oct. 25, 1798. 
 
 James Stone, Jr., b. June 25, 1784 : d. Aug. 28, 
 1825 ; m. Apr. 3, 180G, Sally, bapt. Mar.' 28, 1784 ; d. 
 July 14, 1851, a. 68 y., dau. of Jonas and Hannah 
 Woods, q.v. 
 
 I. Isaac Walter, b. Dec. 2, 1806 : m. Oct. 13. 
 1831, Lydia Woods, b. Feb. 25, 1808 ; d. Mar. 
 18, 1876, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Woods) 
 Fassett. 
 
 Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 
 
 D. Gilman, ^-.v. 
 Roxana, b. ]\[ay 
 
 1854, unm. 
 George Newton, 
 
 Au2. 27, 1803 : 
 
 5, 1833 
 14, 1837; 
 
 ; m. Henry 
 d. Feb. 2, 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 b. Jan. 4, 1839 ; d. 
 ^ m. Feb. 13 (?), 1863, 
 Sarah Adeline, b. Sept. 17, 1838, dau. 
 of Almond and Sarah D. (AA'illiams) 
 Brew-er, q.v. 
 
 4. Emeline, b. Jan. 20, 1841 ; d. Xov. 2, 
 
 1849. 
 
 5. Joseph Edmund, b. May 6, 1844 ; d. 
 
 June 4, 1803, in the army. 
 Salli/ Sophronia, b. Sept. 21, 1808 ; d. Jan. 5, 
 1877 ; m. May 9, 1833, Cutler Eice, of Trov. 
 1. Lucy Rice, b. Mar. 7, 1834 ; d. Nov. 13, 
 1 S'~7 
 David, b. Jan. 25, 1812 ; d. Oct. 12, 1812. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 739 
 
 IV. George Newton, b. Jan. 3, 1814 ; d. Jan. 3, 
 
 1839, unm. 
 V. James Wright, b. Dec. 29, 1815 ; d. Dec. 13, 
 
 1854, unm. 
 
 JoHX Stone, 2d, b. Aug. 28, 1795 ; d. Nov. 17, 
 1868 ; m. July 22, 1817, Olive Wyman, d. Aug. 29, 
 1871, a. 72 y, 
 
 I. 3fartin Perry, b. Oct. 14, 1818 ; m. Lurinda 
 R., b. July 19, 1824 ; d. July 25, 1848, dau. 
 of Joshua and Philena Oapron, q.v.; m. (2d) 
 Nov. 29, 1854, Harriet, b. Aug. 28, 182G, in 
 Charlestown, N. H., dau. of Hubbard and 
 Mary Mark. 
 
 1. Charles N.,b. Dec. 3, 1855, in Ashburn- 
 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 2. Ella Harriet, b. Aug. 1, 1859, in Lan- 
 
 caster, Mass. 
 
 3. Lizzie Eldora, b. July 6, 1861, in Town- 
 
 send, Mass. 
 
 4. Eddie Martin, b. July 7, 1869, in Win- 
 
 chendon, Mass. ; d. Mar. 6, 1883, in W. 
 II. Sally Dutton, b. June 19, 1821 ; m. Amasa S. 
 Wilson, q.v. 
 
 III. HezeJciali, d. Oct. 22, 1826, a. 2 y, 
 
 IV. Amos, d. June 13, 1840, a. 13 y. 
 
 V. David Colhurn, b. Mar. 7, 1827 ; ra. Hannah 
 M. AYyman. 
 
 1. William Riley, b. Aug. 5, 1852 ; m. 
 
 Dec, 1874, Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 30, 
 
 1855 ; d. Oct. 17, 1881, dau. of Henry 
 
 and Mary E. (Stone) Oilman, q.v. 
 
 VI. Nancy D.^ b. ab. 1830 ; m. ,Tune 10, 1848, John 
 
 Foskett, of Orange, Mass. 
 VII. Norris C\, b. ab. 1833. 
 VIII. Infant, d. Nov. 6, 1835. 
 IX. Sophronia, b. ab. 1836. 
 X. Jane A., b. ab. 1838. 
 
 Adams Stone, genealogy not traced, was in town 
 prob. before 1787. He and w. Judith were adm. to the 
 chh. in F. Nov. 11, 1787 ; settled on L 21 R 7 ; left 
 town ab. 1795. Oh. b. in F. 
 
 T. Lucy, bapt. Nov. 18, 1787. 
 
 II. Isaac, bapt. Aug. 26, 1789. 
 
 III. Polly, bapt. July 3, 1791. 
 
 IV. Infant, d. Aug. 17, 1794. 
 
740 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Abijah Stowell and w. Mary came to F. prob. late 
 in 1795 or early in 1796, as a poll tax is first set to him 
 in the latter y., though he had paid a property tax 
 here for several y. previous. In 1789 he was taxed on 
 L 20 R 4, which had been taxed in 1788 to Nedom 
 (JSTeedham) Maynard. It is supposed that he came here 
 from ISTatick, Mass., as in the town tax-list of 1793* he 
 is described as of N". He had previously lived in Fram- 
 ingham. The old Hist, of Fram. gives the dates of 6 
 ch. bapt. in Fram., and quotes from Dea. Buckminster's 
 Journal: "Mr. Stowell moved away Apr. 10,1786." 
 The late Hist, of Fram. adds : " though he remained 
 in town for two years." Mr. S. d. in F. Sept. 6, 1800, 
 but his age is not given. His " heirs" were taxed in 
 1801, 2 and 3 and his wid. in 1803 and 4. He had, per- 
 haps, more than one ch. younger than Isaac. 
 
 I. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Samuel, bapt. June, 1784, 
 Sally, bapt. June, 1784 ; m. — 
 David, bapt. June, 1784 ; m. 
 Rebecca, b. May 30, 1782, dau 
 
 - Pierce. 
 
 Apr. 14, 1803, 
 
 . of Bartlet and 
 
 (Jhristiana (Holmes) Bowker, q.v.; res. St. 
 
 Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
 1. David was a Congregational minister ; 
 
 settled in G-offstown, N". H., and 
 
 Townsend, Mass.; d. in F. Mar. 29, 
 
 1854, a. 49 y. ; m. Emily , who d., 
 
 and he m. (2d) Caroline A. Wing, who 
 d. in Andover, Mass., Nov. 23, 1871, 
 a. 49 y. 
 
 1. David Porter, b. ab. 1849 ; is a 
 physician. 
 Eebeoca, b. Oct. 19, 
 Whittemore, Jr., q.v. 
 Leander, m. Dec. 26, 
 Julv 28, 1809, dau 
 
 2 
 
 3. 
 
 1807 
 
 John 
 
 1831, Eoxana, b. 
 of Bartlet and 
 Jemima ( [Knowlton] Wright) Bowker, 
 q.v., s.p. She d., and he m. (2d) 
 
 4. Susannah. 
 
 IV. Polly, bapt. June, 1784 ; ra. Ezra Saunders, 
 q.v. 
 
 V. Asa, bapt. Apr., 1785 ; m. Jan. 10, 1805, Bet- 
 sey, b. Apr. 18, 1783, dau. of Joshua and 
 Elizabeth (Brigham) Harrington, q.v.j rem. 
 West. 
 
 VI. Isaac, bapt. Oct., 1787 ; m. Mar. 9, 1815, 
 Levina, b. Mar. 22, 1786 ; d. Apr. 27, 1852, 
 dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, q.v.; m. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 741 
 
 (2d) Betsey Dcavis, b. Oct. 14, 1792 ; d. Jan., 
 1856, a sister of his former w. ; m. (3d) Mary, 
 b. Sept. 17, 1797, uau, of Asa and Deborah 
 (Sargent) I3rewer, and wid. of Jonathan 
 Clark ; res. Troy. 
 
 1. George, res. in T. 
 
 3. Harvey T., d. Jnly 25, 1845, a. 25 y. 
 
 3. Eliza, m. James Comstock. 
 
 4. Mary, m. Ivers Emerson. 
 
 5. Sarah, m. William Pierce. 
 
 6. Harriet, m. Charles Smith, q.v. 
 
 VII. Rlioda, m. Harlow, a sea captain. Two 
 
 ch., perhaps more. 
 
 1. Mary. 
 
 2. Eeuiaen, is a Methodist minister. 
 
 James SxREETERwas in Rindge as early as 1769. He 
 had by w. Snsanna, 3 ch.b. and ree. in R., and prob. 
 had ch. b. j^i'eviously to settling in R. His wid. out- 
 lived a 2d husband, a Mr. AVallace, and d. in E. Nov. 
 20, 1820, a. 80 y. The ch. rec. in R. were : 
 
 I. Daniel, b. Aug. 29, 1769 + . 
 II. James, b. Jan. 29, 1773; m. Nov. 11, 1792, 
 Sarah, dau. of William and Eunice (Laws) 
 Carlton, of R. ; rem. to Jaffrey ab. 1800. 
 in. PheU, b. Aug. 21, 1780 ; m. Aug. 30, 1799, 
 Elipha Pierce, s. of Abraham and Phebe 
 (Towne) Pierce, of R. ; res. R. 
 
 Daniel Streeter, b. Aug. 29, 1769 ; m. Feb. 22, 
 1791, Susanna, d. Oct. 5, 1837, a. 70 y., dau. of Lieut. 
 George Metcalf, of Rindge. Came to F. ab. 1812 and 
 settled in the southeast part of the town. Ch. b. in R. 
 
 L Amity, b. July 19, 1792. 
 n. Martin, b. Mar. (?), 1801+. 
 III. Thomas Jefferso?i, b. Mar. 7, 1803 +. 
 
 Martin Streeter, b. Mar. (?), 1801 ; d. May 7, 
 1861 ; m. Sept. 15, 1825, Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1801, dau. 
 of Moses and Martha (Bent) Chaplin, q.v. No b. of ch. 
 rec, and the following list may not be complete ; all b. 
 in P. 
 
 I. Edwin, b. ab. 1828 ; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Mary E., 
 
 b. Nov. 1, 1829, dau. of George N. and Sarah 
 
 M. (Phillips) Olmstead, q.v. 
 
 IL A71S071, b. ab. 1830 ; m. Nov. 28, 1850, Jane E., 
 
 b. Jan. 12, 1829, in Townsend, Mass.; d. 
 
742 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 14 
 
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 16 
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 19 
 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 
 Nov. 7, 1885, in Boston, Mass., dau. of Dan- 
 iel and Laura (Richardson) Reed, q.v., s.p.j 
 res. B. 
 
 III. Elmon, b. ab, 1832. 
 
 IV. Alvin, b. ab. 1838. 
 
 V. Sopliia D., b. ab. 1846. 
 
 Thomas J. Steeeter, b. Mar. 7, 1803 ; d. Feb. 16, 
 1861 ; m. NoV. 18, 1832, Oliye, b. Dec. 24, 1810, dau. 
 of Joseph and Rhoda (Follett) Stone, of Winchendon. 
 Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Hammon J., b. Oct. 3, 1834 ; res. F. 
 II. Charles P., b. July 11, 1836 ; re^. Millbury, 
 Mass 
 
 III. Amro W., b. Aug. 22, 1838 ; res. W. 
 
 IV. Emerette L., b. Aug. 11, 1840 ; res. W. 
 
 V. Thomas M., b. Apr. 1, 1842 : d. Jan. 10, 1843. 
 VI. Almansor J., b. Dec. 29, 1843 ; m. Dec. 7, 
 1865, Emma F., dau. of John Lawrence, of 
 Marlboro ; m. (2d) 1880, Emma F., b. Feb. 
 5, 1854, dau. of Moses and Abby (Marshall) 
 Chaplin, q.v.j res. Gardner, Mass. 
 VII. Sophia Adelia, b. Dec. 20, 1845 ; m. Dec. 21 (?), 
 1868, Henry F. Carr, s. of Stephen H. and 
 Abbie (Fessenden) Carr, of W., and res. there. 
 VIII. Frederic, b. Oct. 5, 1847. 
 IX. FranMin E., b. Jan. 23, 1850. 
 X. Ann Maria, b. July 24, 1851 ; d. Sept. 7, 1853. 
 XI. Ella A., b. Jan. 9,'l854. 
 
 XII. Walter, b. Nov. 17, 1858 ; m. July 24, 1884, 
 Eda Clarissa, b. Sept. 28, 1863, dau. of Josiah 
 and Margaret Wilder, q.v.; res. G. 
 
 Michael Sweetser, a native of Reading, Mass., 
 came to F. in 1780 with his oldest s. and commenced a 
 clearing on L 4 R 10. The next y. ho brought up his 
 family and became a permanent res. His w. was Mary 
 Poole. She was adm. to the chh. in F. July 8, 1787, 
 on letter from the chb. in Maiden, Mass., which may 
 indicate that she was of M. or that the family lived in 
 M. before they came to F. He d. July 22, 1819, a. 80 
 y. She d. Jan. 16, 1820, a. 81 y. Ch. b. Caleb in F., 
 the others prob. in M. or R. Caleb was the only one 
 of the ch. who settled in F. Polly res. in town a few 
 y. after m. 
 
 I. Eunice, d. in R. in 1780, a. 16 y. 
 II. Michael, went to sea and never returned.. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 743 
 
 III. Tliomas, was murdered in E. 
 
 IV. Timothy, lost ati arm in AVar of 1812 at battle 
 
 of Plattsburg. 
 V. Polly, m. Aaron Gary, q.v. 
 VI. William, rem. to Ohio. 
 VII. Charles, rem. to 0. 
 VIII. Caleb, b. Sept. 14, 1782+. 
 
 Caleb Sweetser, b. Sept. 14, 1783 ; d. Sept. 7, 
 1858 ; m. Sept. 29, 1805, Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1780, dan. 
 of Josiali and Lucy (Snow) Whittemore, q.v. She d. 
 May 23, 1819, and he m. (2d) Dec. G, 1819, Polly, b. 
 Mar. 9, 1797 ; d. Oct. 7, 18G9, dau. of Daniel and Lois 
 (Pierce) White, 5'. V. 
 
 I. Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1806 ; m. Daniel White, q.v. 
 II. Thomas, b. Feb. 14, 1808 ; d. Dec. 23, 1850 ; 
 m. Apr. 14, 1831, Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1810, 
 dau. of Zalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe, q.v. 
 She d. June 19, 1847, and he m. (2d) Esther 
 Day> of Peterboro, N. H. 
 
 1. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1832 ; m. Asahel 
 
 Dnnton, q.v. 
 
 2. George Zalmon, b. July 15, 1834 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1836. 
 
 3. Phebe Ellen, b. Jan. 18, 1S36 ; m. Mar- 
 
 shall P. Damon, q.v. 
 
 4. George Washington, b. Jan. 10, 1838 ; 
 
 m. Minerva Holbroolc. 
 
 5. Sarah Abigail, b. May 6, 1839 : m. Cal- 
 
 vin Whitcomb. 
 
 6. Thomas Jefferson, b. Dec. 29, 1840 ; 
 
 went into the army in the War of the 
 Kebellion and never returned. 
 
 7. Lvman Barrett, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1849. 
 
 III. Hannah, h. Jan. 6, 1810, unm. 
 
 IV. Betsey, b. June 23, 1812 ; m. Abijah Spofford, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Eliza, b. Mar. 14, 1815 ; m. Nelson Howe, q.v. 
 VI. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1819 ; d. Aug. 17, 1878 ; m. 
 Mar. 13, 1851, Josej^h P. Bemis, his 2d w. 
 (See below.) 
 VII. Polly, b. Sept. 11, 1820 ; m. Jan. 9,. 1849, 
 Stephen Starkev, b. July 20, 1823 ; d. Mar. 
 27, 1853, s. of Luna and" Hannah (White), of 
 Troy. She res. in T. 
 
 1. Charles Stephen Starkey, b. June 13, 
 1853. 
 
744 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
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 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 (3) 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 IX. 
 X. 
 
 XI. 
 
 VIII. CaM, b. May 28, 1822 ; m. Dec. 27, 1883, Julia 
 
 (Whipple) Bolles, of Richmond. 
 Charles A.,h. Mar. 2, 1824 ; d. June 21, 1881. 
 Abilene, b. Jan. 6, 1826 ; m. July 29, 1845, 
 
 Joseph P. Bemis, b. Feb. 8, 1822, a native of 
 
 Royalstou. She d. Aug. 22, 1850, and he m. 
 
 (2d) her sister Mary. 
 William Byron, b. July 8, 1830 ; d. Aug. 26, 
 
 1832. 
 XII. Augusta B., b. May 30, 1833 ; m. Sept. 5, 1854, 
 
 Charles N. Chase, b. Aug. 23, 1832, s. of 
 
 David and Betsey ; res. Wincliendon. Ch. b. 
 
 in T. 
 
 1. Alson Eugene Chase, b. Aug. 16, 1856 ; 
 
 d. Apr. 18, 1884. 
 
 2. Arthur Hermon Chase, b. July 8, 1860. 
 Eunice A., b. May 7, 1835; m. Dec, 1857, 
 
 Hamilton Parker, b. Feb. 2, 1836, s. of 
 Kathaniel and Eliza (Whitcomb) ; res. T. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Emory Tapt, s. of Ephraim and Hannah (Wheelock), 
 was b. Apr. 8, 1779 ;d. Apr. 11, 1872; m. Dec. 5, 
 1801, Sally Cobb, b. June 19, 1777 ; d. Apr. 22, 1845 ; 
 came to F. ab. 1823 ; ran a sawmill in the south part of 
 the town for 15 or 20 y. ; afterward lived in Eindge, but 
 d. in F. Ch. all b. in IJxbridge, Mass. 
 Leiois, b. Mar. 4, 1803 +. 
 
 Marinda, b. June 14, 1804 ; d. Mar. 11, 1868 ; 
 m. July 26, 1832, Winthrop E. Muzzey, of 
 Royalstou, Mass. ; res. Hinsdale, N. H. 
 Almena, b. Mar. 10, 1806 ; m. June 25, 1835, 
 Elisha Todd, of Oakham, Mass.; res. Win- 
 cliendon, Mass. 
 IV.. Sophronia, b. Sept. 23, 1807 ; d. Apr. 18, 1808. 
 V. Suhnit, b. Aug. 19, 1812 ; m. Levi Phillips, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. Hannah, b. May 26, 1816 ; m. Nov. 10, 1835, 
 Gil man Wyman, of W. ; res. Petersham, Mass. 
 
 I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Lewis Taft, b. Mar. 4, 1803 ; m. Aug. 28, 1822, 
 Sylvia, b. Aug. 29, 1801 ; d. Mar. 17, 1882, dau. of 
 Benjamin Green, of Uxbridge, Mass. Ch. b. i. in 
 Royalston, ii.-v. in F. 
 
 I. Abigail Maria, b. Oct. 9, 1824; d. Aug. 9, 
 
 1847 ; m. Nov. 6, 1846, Henry W. Wyman, 
 
 of Wincliendon. 
 
 II. Sophronia Amanda, b. May 21, 1827 ; m. 
 
 Edward Damon, q.v.; m. (2d) Sept. 9, 1885, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 745 
 
 Warren P, McClenathan, of Kindge, b. Aug. 9, 
 1825, s. of Rufns and Lucy (Pond). 
 
 III. Charles Leivis, b. June 6, 1831 : d. June 30, 
 
 1878 ; m. May 18, 1853, Susan Maria, b. Oct. 
 24, 1832 ; d. Sept. 27, 1884, dan. of Eufus B, 
 and Mary (Woodward) Phillips, q. v. 
 
 1. Eva Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1854 ; m. Clar- 
 
 ence A. Stone, q.v. 
 
 2. Marietta, b. June 7, 1856 ; d. Sept. 17, 
 
 1862. 
 
 3. Herbert Othro, b. Jan. 30, 1858 ; m. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1883, Ida L., dan. of Warren 
 P. McClenathan. 
 
 4. Frank Roland, b. 1861 ; d. Sept. 10, 
 
 1862, a. ]5 mos. 
 
 5. Abbie Sophronia, b. Sept. 17, 1863. 
 
 IV. DaugJder, b. Sept. 6, 1836 ; d. Sept. 23, 1836. 
 V. Levi Augustus, b. Apr. 20, 1838 ; d. Jan. 13, 
 
 1842. 
 
 David Taft, of Royalston, m. Eunice, dau. of Lieut. 
 Jonas Allen, of R. She d., anci he m. (2d) Aug. 30, 
 1826, Martha, wid. of Levi Pratt, of F. She d. Oct. 
 13, 1859, a. 81 y. 6 mos. No report of ch. but, 
 
 I. Lucretia, m. Luther Hartvv^ell, q.v. 
 II. David, b. Feb. 23, 1805 ; d. Jan. 17, 1887 : m. 
 Apr. 17, 1833, Marinda B., b. Nov. 11, 1807 ; 
 d. Mar. 16. 1851, dau. of Josiah and Huldah 
 (Collins) Osborn ; m. (2d) Oct. 31, 1852, 
 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1818 ; d. Nov. 24, 
 1870, dau. of Isaac and Ruth (Smith) Bruce, 
 of Petersham, Mass. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 1. Greorge Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1834 ; d. Nov. 
 
 29, 1834. 
 
 2. Josiah Osborn, b. May 24, 1836 ; d. 
 
 June 30, 1862, in the armv. 
 
 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1838 ; m. 
 
 Leonard Byam, q.v. 
 
 4. Eunice Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1841 ; d. June 
 
 20, 1842. 
 
 5. Charles Elliot, b. Aug. 9, 1846. Served 
 
 in the War of the Rebellion in Co. A., 
 21st, Co. K., 26th, and Co. A., 56th 
 Mass. Regiments ; res. Athol, Mass. 
 
 6. Ella, b. Aug. 11, 1849 ; d. Sept. 2, 
 
 1849. 
 
 7. Emma (twin), b. Aug. 11, 1849 ; d. Sept. 
 
 4, 1849. 
 
746 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 (4) 
 
 Dr. James Taylor, b. Oct., 1751 ; was the s. of 
 Ebenezer Taylor, of Sterling, Mass. He m. Mar. 27^ 
 1786, Louisa, b. Jan. 4, 1765, dau. of Ebenezer Belknap, 
 of S. Mr. B. was a Captain in the Eevolutionary War. 
 Dr. T. came to F. ab. 1796, and settled on L 4 E 1. 
 He d. Mar. 10/1824, in F. Mrs. T. d. Sept. 7, 1840, 
 in Winchendon. Dr. T. practised medicine in S., but 
 not after he came to F. Cli. b. i.-v. in S., vi.-x. in F. 
 
 I. Louisa, b. Sept. 17, 1787 ; d. June 12, 1825, in 
 
 W. 
 II. Delorali, b. Mar. 31, 1789 ; m. Mar. 3, 1817, 
 Stephen Elliot, of S. ; res. in Stockholm, 
 N. Y., where she d. Aug. 13, 1849. 
 
 III. James, b. May 3, 1791+. 
 
 IV. Jonathan, b. Apr. 23, 1793 ; m. Jan. 4, 1818, 
 
 Betsey Bard, of Ferrisburg, Vt., b. July 30, 
 
 1793. She d., and he m. (2d) Anne Osborn ; 
 
 res. in S., where he d. 1874. 
 V. Ebenezer, b. May 7, 1796 ; m. Oct. 5, 1820, 
 
 Phebe Bard, of Ferrisburg, b. Jan. 21, 1800 ; 
 
 d. Feb. 12, 1842 ; res. in Hopkinton, :N". H., 
 
 where he d. Dec. 23, 1831. 
 VI. Aslier, b. Dec. 2, 1798 ; d. Dec. 4, 1871 ; m. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1822, Susan, b. Feb. 23, 1801 : d. 
 
 July 10, 1848, dau. of Paul and Hannah 
 
 Stuart, of W. ; m. (2d) Nov. 9, 1848, Orinda 
 
 (Whitcomb) Eugg, wid. of Thomas Eugg, of 
 
 Eindge. She d. Jan. 31, 1867, a. 63 y. Mr. 
 
 T. had no ch. by either m. 
 VII. Marh, b. July 7, 1801 ; m. June, 1825, Mary 
 
 F. Blood ; res. in Ferrisburg, where he d. Oct. 
 
 30, 1838. She d. Jan. 30, 1842. 
 VIII. Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1803 ; m. Mar. 27, 1824, 
 
 Leonard Willoby, b. Mar. 23, 1800 ; res. in 
 
 Hollis, N. H., where he d. Mar. 8, 1859. She 
 
 d. Mar. 14, 1877. 
 IX. Dorcas, b. Oct. 14, 1806; m. Aug. 25, 1829, 
 
 Luther Willoby, b. Jan. 24, 1804 ; d. Apr. 
 
 25, 1839 ; res. in W., where she d. Nov. 19, 
 
 1869. 
 X. Stillman, b. Nov. 7, 1811+. 
 
 James Taylor, b. Mav 3, 1791 ; d. Apr. 2, 1863 ; 
 m. Jan. 22, 1822, Kezia, b. July 2, 1794 ; d. Apr. 28, 
 1828, dau. of Paul and Hannah Stuart, of Winchendon ; 
 m. (2d) Oct. 26, 1829, Lucy, b. Feb. 20, 1797, in Ster- 
 ling, Mass.; d. Mar. 14, 1860, dau. of Eeuben and Lucy 
 
GENEitLOGICAL REGISTER. 747 
 
 Blood ; m. (od) Jan. 31, 1861, Laura Jane Parkill, of 
 Canton, N. Y. Ch. b. i. in ¥., ii.-v. in W. 
 
 I. James Hiram, b. Dec. 13, 1822 ; m. Louisa 
 Humplirev, of Stockholm, N. Y. He d. in 
 S. 1884. 
 II. Louisa Belhnap, b. July 23, 1824 ; d. Dec. 16, 
 1825. 
 
 III. ArviUa Louisa, b. Apr. 21, 1826 ; m. Nov. 28, 
 
 1848, Levi G. Smith, b. Oct. 20, 1821, s. of 
 Levi and Sarah (Gordon), of Meredith, N. H. ; 
 moved from W. to F. in 1855, and returned 
 to W. in 1874 ; res. in W. Ch. b. 1-4 in AV., 
 5-6 in F. 
 
 1. Mary Arvilla Smith, b. Sept, 18, 1849. 
 
 2. Levi Frank " b. Mar. 11, 1851. 
 
 3. James Fred " b, Sept. 9, 1852. 
 
 4. (reorge Stuart " b. Aug. 3, 1854 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 19, 1862. 
 
 5. Ida Victoria Smith, b. Nov. 2, 1856. 
 
 6. Ada Kezia " b. Apr. 3, 1858. 
 
 IV. Infant, b. and d. Apr. 28, 1828, 
 
 V, E'dson Parkill, b. Sept. 1, 1862 ; res. C, 
 
 Stillmak Taylor, b. Nov. 7, 1811 ; d. May 13, 
 1887 ; m, Jan. 26, 1841, Susan Adeline, b. Apr. 25, 
 1814 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858, dau, of Samuel and Fanny 
 Tenney, of Winchendon, Ch. b. i.-ii. in W., iii. in F. 
 
 I. James SamMel, b. Oct. 4, 1842 ; m. Aug. 15, 
 
 1872, Lucy A. Clark, of Roxbury, N. H.; res. 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 II. Warren Howard, b. Feb. 17, 1845 ; m. Sept. 7, 
 
 1869, Ida M. Tyler, at Keene, N. H.; res. 
 
 Stamford, Ct. ; has been with the Yale Lock 
 
 Co. ab. 20 y. 
 III. Martha Adoline, b. May 2, 1852 ; m. Apr. 18, 
 
 1876, Frank W. Aldrich ; res. Peterboro, 
 
 N. H. 
 
 Moses Taylor and w. Patty had ch, 
 I. Charles, bapt. Nov. 16, 1783. 
 
 Jonas Thompson", who had lived for some y. in Roy- 
 alston, came to F. ab. 1798, and returned to R. ab. 
 1803. He had ch. as follows, all b. before the family 
 came to F. The names cannot be given in correct 
 order. 
 
748 
 
 HISTOEY OF EITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 II 
 
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 III 
 
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 vii. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 IX. 
 X, 
 
 Betsey, ") 
 Margaret, j 
 
 Eunice. }>None of the daughters settled in F. 
 Sally. I 
 
 Polly. j 
 
 Robert, m. Lydia Jones and res. in E. Two of 
 their ch. res. in P. 
 
 1. Louisa, b. Nov. 21, 1806 ; m. (1st) Ben- 
 jamin Wilson ; (2d) Samuel Hill, both 
 q.v.; she res. in F. village. 
 2: Fanny, b. Oct. 31, 1808 ; m. Han- 
 cock, who d., and she now lives with 
 her sister, Mrs. Hill. 
 Jonas, m. Feb. 2, 1802, Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1779, 
 dau. of William and Eebecca (Barrett) Locke, 
 q.v.; rem. from F. ab. 1804 ; rem. to Orwell, 
 N. Y., where he d. Oct. 16, 1815. Ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 1. Evander, b. Nov. 29, 1802. 
 Asa, b. May 12, 1777 ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Sally 
 Locke, b. Aug. 30, 1787, dau. of William and 
 Eebecca (Barrett) Locke. (See above.) In 
 rec. of m. he is called of Hamilton, N. Y. , 
 but he afterward lived in Eaton, N. Y., and 
 0. 
 Rufus. 
 
 David, b. ab. 1788 ; d. May 29, 1877 ; m. Lucy 
 Gates, b. July 26, 1792 ; d. Mar. 16, 1882 ; 
 settled in Eichmond, and rem. from thence to 
 F. in 1866. Ch. all b. in E. 
 
 1. Sarah Amanda, b. Oct. 20, 1827 ; m. 
 
 Levi Haskell, q.v. 
 
 2. Ardelia, d. May 9, 1851, a. 23 y. 
 
 3. Jonas Trowbridge, b. ab. 1833 ; m. 
 
 Susan J., b. 1841 ; d. Dec. 4, 1859, 
 dau. of Jairus and Susan (Harris) 
 Perry, of E.; m. (2d) Dec. 30, 1869, 
 wjGU'zabeth L. M., dau. of Benjamin Ta- 
 bor, of Farnham, Province of Quebec. 
 
 4. Lucy. 
 
 5. Abbie. 
 
 Hugh Thompson", called of Marlboro, m. June 5, 
 1794, Mary, b. 1774, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth 
 (Graves) Lawrence, of F. ; res. in F. from ab. 1807 to 
 ab. 1812. He was s. of James Thompson, who was a 
 bro. of Jonas No. 1. 
 
 Thomas Thompson, of Marlboro, m. Oct. 3, 1782, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 749 
 
 Sarah Scott, of F. The Hist, of M. says that he was 
 from Royalston, and that this was his 2d m. 
 
 Elijah Thompson was taxed in 1804, and d. Nov. 
 28, 1804. 
 
 Luther Thompson came to F. ab. 179G, and rem. 
 from town a few y. hiter. His w. Melancia was adm. 
 to the chh. in F. May 31, 1801, on letter from the chh. 
 in Sturbridge, Mass. They had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Infant, d. Jan. 5, 1798. 
 11. Laura, b. May 16, 1800. 
 
 Samuel Tower came to F. ab. 1781, and settled on 
 L 13 R 8 ; d. Aug. 9, 182G, a. 73 y.; m. Rebecca Nichols, 
 who d. Feb. 24, 1835, a. 78 y. B. of ch. iv.-vii. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. Feb. 29, 1776 ; m. Stephen Harris, 
 
 Jr., q.v. 
 II. Samuel d. May 26, 1845, a. (j(j y. 
 
 III. Rebecca, b. Oct. 11, 1780 ; m. Joel Hayden, Jr., 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Levi, b. Mar. 14, 1782+. 
 V. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1784. 
 
 VI. Daniel, b. July 27, 1787. 
 VII. Sarah, b. Nov. 15, 1789 ; d. Dec. 18, 1789. 
 VIII. Bethia, d. Sept. 23, 1794. 
 
 Levi Tower, b. Mar. 14, 1782 ; d. Nov. 8, 1869 : 
 m. July 31, 1803, Anstris, d. Nov. 14, 1872, a. 87 y. 11 
 mo3., dan. of Thomas and Thankful Stratton. 
 
 I. Lysander, b. Aug. 20, 1804 ; d. Nov. 7, 1826, 
 
 unm. 
 II. Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1807 ; m. Jonathan S. 
 Adams, q.v. 
 
 III. Anstis, b. June 8, 1810 : d. Jan. 3, 1825. 
 
 IV. Amhra, b. May 26, ^3i3 ; m. Nov. 17, 1835, 
 
 Rev. Alvah Spaulding, b. Sept. 9, 1807 ; d. 
 
 May, 1868, s. of Dea. Abel and Lucy P. 
 « (Pierce), of Jaffrcy. Rev. Mr. Spaulding was 
 
 pastor of the Congregational Clih. in Cornish, 
 
 N. H., for ab. 25 y., and Wethersfield, Vt., 
 
 for a short time. 
 V. Rebecca Nichols, bapt. Aug. 23, 1823 ; d. July 
 
 27, 1844, a. 24 y.; m. Aug. 5, 1840, Franklin 
 
 G. Lufkin, called " of Winchendon" in rec. 
 
 of m. 
 
750 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWTLLIAM. 
 
 Webster M. Towns, b. Aug. 30, 1839, s. of Joseph 
 S. and Harriet (Wilber) Towns, of Eoyalston ; m. Sept. 
 1, 1862, Addie M., b. Apr. 3, 1841, dan. of Sumner and 
 Mary (Monroe) Prichard, of N"ew Ipswicb, N. H.; lives 
 in HoweTille. 
 
 I. Lillian A., b. Feb. 10, 1865, in Winchendon. 
 
 Joseph S. Towns d. in Eoyalston, July 23, 1885, a. 
 76 y. 2 mos. 24 d. ; interred in F. (See preceding sec- 
 tion.) 
 
 I Jacob Townsend and w. Sarah had ch. in Framingham. i. Sarah ; 
 II. Jacob ; iii. Mary ; iv. ISTathan, b, Sept. 2, 1743 ; j)rob. the Nathan 
 who settled in F. ; v. Samuel. 
 
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 7- 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 
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 12 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 Nathan Townsend came from Westboro, Mass., to 
 F. ab. 1778, and settled on L 10 K 8 ; was, perhaps, the 
 first settler on the lot ; d. Nov. 8, 1809, a. 67 y. ; m. 
 Sarah Putnam, who d. June 14, 1810, a. 65 y. 
 I. Jacob, b. Jan. 5, 1768+. 
 
 II. Nathan, d. Feb., 1824, a. 54 y.; m. Aug. 31, 
 1797, Lydia Parks, d, Feb. 2, 1854, a. 87 y.; 
 lived on the home place ; had no ch. but an 
 adopted dau. 
 
 1. Lydia W. Kendall, d. Oct. 15, 1826, a. 
 18 y., unm. 
 
 III. Aaroti, d. y. 
 
 IV. Jo7m, taxed 1796 and 1797. 
 V. Samuel, taxed 1798 and 1799. 
 
 VI. Aaron, b. Apr. 1, 1779+. 
 
 VII. Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; d. Apr. 27, 1799, unm. 
 VIII. Luther, b. Apr. 30, 1785. 
 
 Jacob Townsend, b. Jan. 5, 1768 ; d. Aug. 23, 
 1817 ; m. Oct. 3, 1793, Sally, b. Nov. 21, 1771 ; d. Mar. 
 22, 1815, dan. of Daniel and Susanna (Farwell) Mellen, 
 q.v.; settled on LIO E 10. 
 
 I. Daniel, b. Sept. 15, 1794. 
 
 II. Szisanna, b. Sept. 5, 1796 ; m. Nahum tlowe, 
 Jr., q.v. 
 
 III. Nathan Putnam, b. July 22, 1798. ; d, Aug. 5, 
 
 1801. 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. Mar. 13, 1800 ; d. July 19, 1822, 
 
 unm. (?) 
 V. Betsey, b. Aug. 21, 1802; d. Dec. 6, 1823, 
 
 unm. 
 VI. Laura Lucena, b. June 5, 1805 ; m. Cyrus 
 Milliken, q.v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 751 
 
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 19 
 20 
 
 (9) 
 
 21 
 
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 23 
 
 24 
 25 
 
 VII. Aimer ine, b. Mar. 25, 1807 ; d. Jan. 4, 1808. 
 Yin. Jacob Farwell, b. Apr. 27, 1809. 
 IX. Lijdia, b. Nov. 9, 1812 ; d. May 1, 1864, in 
 Willett, N. Y. 
 
 Aaron Townsend, b. Apr. 1, 1779 ; d. Mar. 26, 
 1854 ; m. Feb. 21, 1811, Sylvene, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; d. 
 Mar. 8, 1851, dan. of Benjamin and Mary (Brigham) 
 Davison, q.v. 
 
 I. Lutlier, b. Aug. 12, 1813 ; d. inF. Feb. 9, 1862 ; 
 m. Sept. 4, 1845, Laura Maria, b. Feb. 16, 
 1815 ; d. Aug. 3, 1872, in Keene, dau. of 
 Matthew and Lucy (Brown) Nims, of Eox- 
 bury, N. H. Mr. T. was a Congregational 
 minister, and preached 15 y. in Troy, N. H., 
 and 1 y. in Loudon, N. H. A brief sketch 
 of his life is given on p. 442. They had no 
 ch. but an adopted dau. 
 
 1. Marianna, b. Jan. 12, 1854. 
 II. Aaron Newton, b. July 5, 1817 ; m. Apr. 14, 
 1852, Nancy S., b. Oct. 24, 1818 ; d. Oct. 14, 
 1886, dau. of Josiah and Betsey E. (Foster) 
 Carter, q.v.; res. New Ipswich, N. 11. 
 Adopted dau. 
 
 1. Laura Rosilla, b. June 17, 1853 ; m. 
 Feb. 22, 1873, Samuel W. Sawyer ; res. 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 III. Alvan Putnam, b. Dec. 18, 1819 ; d. July 19, 
 1822. 
 
 Samuel Treadwell and w. Sarah were adm. to the 
 chh. in F. Nov. 10, 1771, and dis. to the clih. in Swan- 
 zey, Nov., 1772. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I Thomas' Trowbridge, from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, 
 came to America as early as 1G36 ; settled in Dorchester, Mass. ; rem. 
 to New Haven, Ct. His s., 
 
 2 JAMES^ b. 1636 ; d. May 33, 1717 ; res. in D. and Newton, Mass.; 
 ra. (1st) Margaret Atherton ; (3d) Margaret Jackson. His s., 
 
 3 THOMAs^ b. Dec. 9, 1677 ; d. 1734 ; settled in N.; rem. to New 
 London, Ct. Had 4 ch. in N. ; the eldest was 
 
 4 JounS b. ab. 1703 ; d. May 19, 1763 ; settled in Framingham as 
 early as 1735 ; m. Meliitable, b. Feb. 13, 1707 ; d. Mar., 1777, dau. of 
 Jonas and Mehitable (Gould) Eaton. Ch. i. Mehitable ; ii. Mary ; iir. 
 John ; IV. Lydia ; v. Thomas, b. Apr. 1, 1734, 5 ; vr. Ruth. 
 
752 
 
 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 Thomas^ Teowbridge, b. Apr. 1, 1734 ; d. Jan. 12, 
 1804 ; m. Hannah Perry, d. Dec. 2, 1809, a. 74 y.; set- 
 tled in F. ab. 1771 ; adm. to chh. in P. Dec. 20, 1772, 
 on letter from chh. in Pram.: rem. to Swanzey ; dis. 
 to chh. in S. Dec. 26, 1784. Ch. b. i.-vii. in Pram., 
 viii.-ix. in P.; bapt. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Luther, b. Jnne 3, 1756. 
 
 II. Hannah, b. Dec._ 19, 1759 ; m. Nov. 22, 1781, 
 Jonathan Whitin, Jr. 
 
 III. Edmund, b. Mar. 2, 1762. 
 
 IV. MehitaMe, b. Peb. 6, 1764 ; m. in P. July 1, 
 
 1781, Abijah Wetherbee. 
 V. Polhj, b. June 6, 1766. 
 Yi. Thomas, b. June 5, 1768. 
 Yii. Joseph, b. May 5, 1770. 
 
 Yin. -Peggy, b. Apr. 6, 1774 ; bapt. June 12, 1774. 
 IX. Martha, b. May 10, 1778 ; bapt. May 17, 1778. 
 
 TWITCHELL. 
 
 I Benjamin Tutchell, of Dorchester, Mass., rem. to Medfield as 
 early as 1663, and there spelled his name Twitchell. His s., 
 
 2 Benjamest settled in Sherborn as early as 1678. His s., 
 
 3 Ebenezer, b. Dec. 10, 1691 ; d. June 14, 1778, His s., 
 
 4 Ebenezek, b. Dec. 20, 1718 ; d. Aug. 18, 1800 ; m. Mercy Sawin, 
 who d. Jan. 29, 1774. They had 11 ch., some of whom settled in 
 Dublin, and two, the 5th, Josliua, 5, and the 11th, Sawin, | 9, settled 
 in F. The doctors Twitchell, of Keene, were from the D. branch. 
 
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 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 
 Joshua Twitchell, b. Mar. 4, 1753 ; m. Jan. 1, 
 1778, Sarah Cousens (Cozzens ?) ; came to P. before 
 1785. He and his family were warned out of town. Mar. 
 16, 1785, by Stephen Harris, Constable. Settled on L 
 1 E 10 ; appears to have rem. from P. before 1793* ; 
 lived in Dublin, perhaps, both before and after he lived 
 in P. ; rem. to Andover, Yt: 
 
 I. Abijah, b. Apr. 10, 1778. 
 
 II. Sally, b. Mar. 21, 1780. 
 
 III. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1782. 
 
 IV. Ebenezer, b. July 7, 1784. 
 V. Joseph, b. Sept. 6, 1786. 
 
 VI. Child, d. iD P. Sept. 17, 1790. 
 VII. Timothy, b. Mar. 23, 1789. 
 VIII. Patty, b. Mar. 28, 1791. 
 IX. Betsey, b. June 12, 1793. 
 X. Asa. ' 
 XI. Hannah, m. Jan. 20, 1825, James Crombie 
 
17 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 753 
 
 Chadwick, b. Aug. 1, 1792, s. of Joshua and 
 j\lary (Crombie), of Rindge. 
 XII. Mioses. 
 xiii. Aaron. 
 
 Sawijt Twitchell, s. of Ebenezer, No. 4, was bapt. 
 Oct. 7, 1769. Is said to have res. in F. and rem. to 
 Andover, Vt. ; m. Prudence Drury, of A. She d. in F. 
 June 13, 1798. 
 
 20 i John Twitchell came to F. ab. 1808, and rem. ab. 
 1 1813. lie was prob. a relative of the preceding, but the 
 connection cannot be stated ; m. Patty Eager. Ch. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 I. Olive, b. June 1, 1808. 
 
 II. JoJm Mason, b. Aug. 15, 1810. 
 III. Charles, b. Aug. 30, 1812. 
 
 WiLLARD Upham, s. of Wlllard and Ann (Eddy) 
 Upham, b. Jan. 29, 1807, in Eoyalston ; d. June 23, 
 1861, in F.; m. Apr. 21, 1840, Sophronia, b. Aug. 25 
 (1812 ?), dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Titus) Sherman, 
 of Lynn, Mass. Ch. b. i.-ii in E., iii.-iv. in F. 
 
 I. Lucretia Ann, b. Mar. 27, 1841 ; d. June 13, 
 1865 ; m. Oct. 18, 1864, Silas L. Hejwood, s. 
 of Benjamin. 
 II. Otis King, b. Sept. 16, 1844 ; m. Oct. 18, 1866, 
 Ellen M., dau. of Riifus and Susan Howe, of 
 Grafton, Vt. ; res. Berlin, Mass. 
 
 III. Alden Choate, b. Apr. 17, 1847 ; m. Feb. 22, 
 
 1868, Cyrena S., dau. of Charles and Cyrena 
 (Carroll) Johnson ; res. Le Eoy, N. Y. 
 1. Charles A,, d. Mar. 9, 1874, a. 4 mos. 
 
 IV. Stephen Willard, b. Jan. 7, 1850 ; m. Sept. 16, 
 
 1873, Lucia Anna, b. Dec. 16, 1841, dau. of 
 Alvin and Sarah (Wright) Savage, of Caven- 
 dish, Vt., and wid. of Sawyer. Adopted 
 
 ch. 
 
 1. Flora Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1871. 
 
 2. Burton Lewis, b. Feb. 17, 1874. 
 
 Moses Van Doorn prob. came to F. in 1804. He 
 and w. Sally were adm. to chh. in F. July 14, 1805, on 
 letter from the chh. in Bristol, E. 1. He was taxed in 
 F. 1805 to 1817. She d. Sept. 15, 1811, a. 41 y. The 
 family rem. to Brattleboro, Vt. 
 
 I. David, was taxed 1809 to 1811. He m. Relief 
 48 
 
HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Kendal], a niece of the 2d w. of Matthias 
 Felton. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Georcfe Washington, b. Apr. 30, 1809. 
 II. Elizabeth, d.'']S"ov. 23, 1817, a. 29 y.: m. Arte- 
 mas Feiton, q.v. 
 
 III. Jolm W., was taxed 1815 to 1822 ; m. Jan, 16, 
 
 1815, LoYina, b. Apr. 23, 1790 ; d. Oct. 10, 
 1821, dau. of Capt. John and Lncy (Brigham) 
 Fay. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1815. 
 
 2. Lovina Fay, b. Mar. 5, 1821 : d. Feb. 
 
 21, 1827. 
 
 IV. Sarali, m. Feb. 13, 1817, Gushing Bowker, of 
 
 Parishville, K. Y. See Bowker, No. 55. 
 V. Mary Christopher, b. Apr. 23, 1805 ; rec. in F. 
 
 Anthohy Van DooRif adm. to the chh. Oct., 1809 ; 
 dis. to chh. in Brattleboro. 
 
 Hai^tnah YANDooEi^adm. to tlie chh, June 3, 1810. 
 
 Hais^n-ah Vais" Dooris" adm. to the chh. Sept., 1812 : 
 dis. to chh. in Hartford, Ct, 
 
 Asa Wait, from Satton, Mass., 'settled on L 3 E (3, 
 He came to F. in the fall of 1781, cleared a piece of 
 land, sowed it with rye, and returned to S. for the 
 winter. In the spring of 1782 he came back, bringing 
 his family with him, and became a permanent resident 
 in the town. He was b. Mar. 6, 1748 ; d. Sept. 29, 
 1820 ; m. Oct. 11, 1770, Zerviah Smith, b. Mar. 31, 
 1749 ; d. Feb. 23, 1788 ; m. (2d) June 30, 1789, Ruth 
 W^ilder, of Lancaster, Mass. She was adm. to the chh. 
 ia F. May 13, 1792, on letter from the chh. in L. . She 
 d. Nov. 24, 1838, a. 88 y. Ch. b. i. in Braintree, 
 Mass., ii.-iv. in S., v.-vii. in F. 
 
 I. Artemas, b. June 18, 1771 ; d. in St. Albans. 
 
 Vt., ab. 1850. 
 II. EUzaheth, b. June 30, 1773 , d. Feb. 2, 1776. 
 III. Asa, b. Apr. 28, 1776 ; d. Oct. 12, 1861 ; lived 
 and d. on the home place ; m. July 12, 1803, 
 Elizabeth Eogers, b. Mar, 27, 1789 ; d. Nov. 
 9, 1857. It is said that she was a descendant 
 of John Rogers, the martyr, of the 10th gen- 
 eration from him. 
 
 1. Zerviah, b. Dec. 26, 1803, unm,; res. 
 
 Lowell, Mass, 
 
 2. Mary, b. May 5, 1806 ; d. Feb. 3, 1850, 
 
 unm. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 755 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 3. Emery, b. Mar. 31, 1809 ; d. Feb. 3, 
 
 1814. 
 
 4. Anna, b. June 12, 1811 ; d. Aug. 30, 
 
 1813. 
 
 5. Anna, b. Aug, 28, 1814 ; d, Jan. 30, 
 
 1830. 
 
 6. Mehetabel, b. Nov. 15, 1816 ; m. Dexter 
 
 Collins, q.v. 
 
 7. Infant, d. June 24, 1819. 
 
 8. Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1820 ; d. June 
 
 19, 1820. 
 
 9. Emily, b. June 21, 1821 ; d. July 6, 
 
 1821. 
 10. Sally, b. June 22, 1822 ; d. Oct. 5, 1822. 
 IV. Betsey, b. Oct. 28, 1778 ; m. Joseph Bennett, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Lucinda, b. July 4, 1782 ; d. Mar. 29, 1848 ; 
 m. Nov. 24, 1800, Jonas Allen, of Eichmond. 
 VI. Calvin, b. Jan. 4, 1785. (See p. 442.) 
 VII. Lutlier, b. Feb. 7, 1788 ; d. Apr. 20, 1859, in 
 Sandy Hill, N. Y. (See p. 440.) 
 
 Lieut. CoRwiisr or CuRwiisr Wallace was in town 
 before 1788, and settled on L 15 R 9 ; rem. ab. 1795. 
 Prob. the Cnrwin Wallace b. in Lunenburg, Apr. 21, 
 1759, s. of Benoiii and Rebecca (Brown), and who lived 
 in Ashburnham, Mass. He held several minor offices 
 in town, and had a dau. 
 
 I. Betsey, d. Mar. 12, 1791. 
 
 I William' Ward (emigrant ancestor) was in Sudbury, Mass., as 
 earlv as 1639, and rem. to Marlboro, Mass., ab. 1660. He d. Aug. 
 
 10, '1687, and his w. Elizabeth (prob. his 2d w.) d. Dec. 9, 1700, a. 
 87 y. He had 14 ch,, of whom several were b. in England. The 8th 
 ch., 
 
 2 Samuel", b. Sept. 2, 1641, in S. ; d. 1729, in Marl,; m. June 6, 
 1667, Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1644 ; d. Aug. 11, 1707, dau. of John and 
 Mary Howe, of Marl. He had a 2d w. who survived him. He had 7 
 ch., of whom 
 
 3 Joseph', b. 1670 (?) ; d. June 30, 1717 ; m. June 5, 1700, Abiah 
 Wheelock, by whom he had 7 ch., of whom the 3d, 
 
 4 PhinehasS b. Aug, 5, 1705 ; d, Oct. 19, 1750 ; m. Mary , who 
 
 survived him and settled his estate. They had ch. i. Martha, b. Apr. 
 18, 1739; m, Abner Haskell ($'.«.), of Harvard, Mass., and rem. to F. ; 
 
 11. Josiah ; in. Phinehas ; iv. Reuben, b. Dec. 28, 1746 ; m. Sarah 
 Kendall, and rem. from Marlboro, Mass., to Marlboro, N. H., in 1774 ; 
 V. Mary ; vi. Joseph. 
 
 5 RkubenS b. Dec. 28, 1746 ; d. Jan. 8, 1800 ; m. June 13, 1771, 
 
756 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Sarah Kendall ; res. Marlboro, N, H. Ch. i. Sally ; ii. Abigail ; Hi. 
 Reuben, b. Dec. 9, 1775, Q ; iv. Betsey, b. July 10, 1777 ; m. Jonas 
 Eobeson, q.v.; v. John ; vi. Daniel ; vii. Lucy ; viii. Levi ; ix. 
 Patty ; x. Nancy ; xi. Calvin. 
 
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 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 Reuben' Ward, b. Dec, 9, 1775 ; m. June 3, 1804, 
 Rebecca, b. Mar. 1, 1779, dau. of Samuel and Hannah 
 Coolidge, of Marl., N. H., g.v.j res. in P. 3 or 4 y., 
 1804-7 ; was in trade, at the south viBage, as clerk, 
 and then as partner, witli his brother-in-law, Jonas 
 Robeson ; returned to M., where he d. June 2, 1808. 
 Ch. b. i.-ii. in F. in. in M. 
 
 I. ElimheW, b. June 23, 1805 ; d. Apr. 23, 1813. 
 II. Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1807 ; m. Aaron Stone, of M. 
 III. Beuhen, b. Dec. 3, 1808 ; m. Maria L. Hunt, 
 of M. 
 
 Lewis Kimball Ward, s. of Jacob and Sally (Whit- 
 more — see AYhitmore Register), was b. Mar. 24, 1823, 
 in Ashburnbam ; m. Sept. 3, 1845, Sarah Holmes 
 Keyes, b. Oct. 19, 1824 ; d. June 15, 1854 ; m. (2d) 
 Feb. 21, 1855, Hannah Ward, b. July 2, 1812, dau. of 
 Joseph and Hannah (Woods) Fassett, q.v. Ch. b. i.-ii. 
 in Ashby, Mass., iii.-iv. in Ashburnham ; all by 1st m. 
 
 I. Harriet Lanrilla, b. 1847 (?) ; m. Oct. 8, 1868, 
 John Currier, of Wincbendon. 
 
 Albert Gilbert, b. 1850 (?) ; m. Nov. 25, 1872, 
 Mrs. Emma Asenath (Swan) Hale, of Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 Adelaide Louisa, b. May 27, 1852 ; d. June 6. 
 1864. 
 
 Ida Elmira, b. July 22, 1853 ; m. Alfred R. 
 Round V. 
 
 IL 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Robert Ware came to Monadnock No. 4 before 
 1772, and settled on L 14 R 1. He also owned L 14 R 
 2, the S. half of which he sold to James Richardson, of 
 Leominster, Mass., Jan. 27, 1772, for £9 Is. '"id., and 
 the N. half to Samuel Kendall, of L., Feb., 1773, for 
 £15. In both of the Deeds Mr. W. is called " of No. 
 4," showing that he was then a resident of the town. 
 Mr. Kendall settled upon the land at ab, the time he 
 bought it. Mr. W. d. Mar. 8, 1814, a. 80 y. There are 
 no b, of ch. rec, but the following items are found in 
 other rec. 
 
 I. Robert, Jr., d. July 12, 1809, a. 43 y. 
 II. Infant, d. Mar. 18, 1773. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 1 757 
 
 III. Eunice, bapt. Apr. 20, 1774 ; m. June 8, 11794, 
 William Eobbins, b. Apr. 26, 1770 ; d. Apr. 
 4, 1853, s. of William and Hannah (Paine) 
 Robbins, of Rindge ; res. in F. ab. 6 }'. , 1809- 
 14 ; rem. to Wincliendon. They had 8 ch. 
 or more, of whom 2 are named in F. rec. 
 
 1. Nancy Bobbins, b. Nov. 11, 1800 ; m. 
 
 Elisha Bent, q.v. 
 
 2. Robbins (daughter), d. Nov. (J, 
 
 1812, a. 4 y. 
 
 lY. Abel, d. Mar. 22, 1795, a. 20 y.; d. from in- 
 juries received by a fall in a sawmill. 
 
 Abijah Warner was in town as early as 1780, and 
 settled on L 5 R 1, where he kept a tavern for ab. 25 y. ; 
 rem. from town in 1803. By w. Aeilce (Alice or 
 Alcey?) had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Abijah, b. Feb. 2, 1781 ; m. Nov. 20, 1803, 
 Sally Smith. His name is found in a road 
 tax-list assessed June 28, 1803, and in the 
 rec. of his m. he is styled '' late of F.," show- 
 ing that he lefb town between the two dates 
 named, 
 ir. Samson, b. Oct. 18, 1783. 
 
 Silas Warner came to F. ab. 1793, and rem. from 
 town ab. 1820. In the special tax-list of 1798 he is 
 located on L 2 E 3, which is described as " poor land 
 enough." His w. Eleanor d. July 24, 1819. Ch. vi.- 
 VII. rec. in F. ; were prob. other cli. between Aaron and 
 Nancy. 
 
 I. Moses, d. in F. Apr. 15, 1856, a. 77 y. 
 II. Silas, m. Feb. 5, 1805, Phebe, b. Nov. 17, 1781, 
 dau. of Benjamin and Phebe (Willard) Pierce, 
 of Rindire ; rem. from town ab. 1806 ; rem. 
 to Mounl; Holly, Vt. 
 
 III. Aaron, m. Jan. 21, 1807, Esther, b. Mar. 2. 
 
 1789, dau. of Benjamin and Judith (Metcalf) 
 Pierce, of R, ; half-sister to Phebe, who m. his 
 bro. Silas : rem. to Mt. H. 
 
 IV. Infa7d, d. Nov. 18, 1794. 
 V. Child, d. July 16, 1795. 
 
 VI. Naricy, b. Jan. 1, 1795 ; d. in F. Feb. 15, 1857. 
 VII. Luke, b. Oct. 27, 1797. 
 
 Nathaniel Warner was taxed on one half of L 4 R 
 2 in the special list of 1798, and left town ab. 1805. 
 
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 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 He had a lease of the E. half of the school lot, L 3 E 1. 
 (See p. 316.) 
 
 JojSTAS Waerex was taxed in the town lists of 
 4 and 5. By w. Sarah he had eh. ree. in F. 
 
 I. Jonas, b. Jan. 3, 1791. 
 
 II. Wriglit, b. May 27, 1792. 
 
 III. Noali, b. July 27, 1793. 
 
 IV. Silas, b. Dec. 1, 1794. 
 
 1793,^ 
 
 Chaeles Wareen, from Brookfield, Mass., was taxed 
 in F. 9 y., 1807 to 1815. Lived in the southwest part 
 of the town. The following list of eh. is all the infor- 
 mation that can be given of his family : 
 
 I. Charles. 
 
 II. Mary. 
 
 III. Eunice. 
 
 IT. Phineas. 
 
 Y. Xatlianiel. 
 
 Ti. Harriet. 
 
 Yii. Eleanor. 
 
 Till. John. 
 
 IX. Samuel Barnes, bapt. 
 
 Dec. 3, 1815. 
 
 F. 
 
 Joiq^ATHAK" Washbuex by w. Hephzibah had rec. in 
 I. Relief, b. July 29, 1789. 
 
 JoxATHAN" Wessox res. in town a few y., but very 
 little is known of him. He lived in that part of the 
 town now in Troy. By w. Molly he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Jonathan, bapt. June 27, 1784. 
 II. Polly, bapt. July 4, 1784. 
 III. Josiah, bapt. Sept, 10, 1786. 
 
 Thomas Wetheebt and w. Belief, from Westboro, 
 Mass., were first settlers on L 17 R 1. They came to F. 
 prob. in 1770 or befoie, remained in town a few y., and 
 returned to TV., selling to Azariah "Wilson, whose w. 
 was Sally Wetherby, a sister of Thomas. Thomas aud 
 Belief were adm. to the chh. in F. June 9, 1776. Ch. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 I. Leiois, b. Dec. 2, 1770. 
 II. Jonathan, b. Mar. 3, 1772. 
 III. Tliomas, b. Feb. 13, 1774. 
 lY. Sally, b. Sept. 10, 1775. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 759 
 
 Capt. Silas WETHERJiEE, from Shrewsbury, Mass., 
 bought of James Reed, Dec. 30, 17GG, L 7 R 1 and L 7 
 R 2 for £36 13s. M., and prob. settled in town soon 
 afterward. Oct. 11, 1768, he was appointed on a com- 
 mittee "to fix a proper place for setting a meeting- 
 house on and to lay out land for a burying- yard." Nov. 
 14, 1769, the Proprietors voted him £13 6,9. Sd. Lm 
 (lawful money) for his encouragement in building a 
 sawmill. This sawmill was located at the place now 
 known as the " Scott Mill." It is not known when he 
 left town, but he was hero as late as 1788, as in the rec. 
 of a road laid out in that y., reference is made to 
 " Capt. Silas Witherby's sawmill." 
 
 Abijah Wetherbee, perhaps s. of Capt. Silas, m. 
 July 1, 1781, Mehetabel, dau. of Thomas Trowbridge, 
 q.v. 
 
 Silas Wheeler came from llolden, Mass., prob. as 
 early as 1788 ; m. Aug. 12, 1789, Persis, b. July 22, 
 1771, dau. of James and Mary (Hoar) Brewer, q.v., and 
 settled on L 16 R 12 ; rem. from F. ab. 1801 (was taxed 
 in 1801 and not in 1802), prob. to Marlboro, and from 
 thence, in 1832, to Swanzcy, where he d. The ch. were 
 bapt. in F. as noted. 
 
 I. Silas, h. Apr. 17, 1790 ; d. June 5, 1793. 
 
 II. Persis, b. Sept. 30, 1791 ; bapt. Oct. 14, 1798. 
 
 III. James, h. July 26, 1794 ; " " " 
 
 IV. Silas, b. Dec. 25, 1796 ; " " " 
 V. Infant, d. Dec. 1, 1799. 
 
 VI. Vashii, b. Mar. 29, 1802 ; bapt. Oct. 19, 1806. 
 VII. Asa, b. June 12, 1805 ; " " " 
 
 VIII. Aaron, b. Apr. 3, 1807 ; bapt. Nov. 13, 1814. 
 IX. Simon, b. Mar. 16, 1810 ; " " " 
 
 Henry Howard AVheeler was the youngest s. of 
 Asa and Sarah (Thom]ison) Wheeler, of Sudbury, Mass., 
 where he was b. Oct. 18, 1805. Came to F. in 1826, 
 and m. June 6, 1827, Tabitha, b. Oct. 3, 1805, dau. of 
 Capt. Aaron and Tabitha (Brigham) Wright, q.v. 
 They settled on the homestead, L 18 R 9, where he d 
 Oct. 5, 1885. 
 
 I. Lypian Kendall, b. May 1, 1828. 
 II. William Henry, b. Sept. 13, 1830 ; m. Sept. 16, 
 1856, Harriot R., b. June 3, 1835, dau. of 
 Asa and Betsey (Knight) Brewer, q.v.; res. 
 Springfield, Vt. 
 
 1. Grace Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1857. 
 
760 
 
 HISTOET OF JFITZWILLIAM, 
 
 15 
 
 
 2. Alice Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1860. 
 
 16 
 
 
 3. Harry Lyman, b. June 20, 1863 ; d. 
 Sept. 8, 1864. 
 
 17 
 
 
 4. Carrie Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1869 ; d. I^ov. 
 
 7, 1885. 
 
 18 
 
 
 5. Frederick William, b. Dec. 9, 1878. 
 
 19 
 
 III. 
 
 Mary Winship, b. Aug. 17, 1832. 
 
 20 
 
 TV. 
 
 Edmund Augustus, b. July 30, 1835 ; m. Jan. 
 15, 1873, at Williamsville (Newfane), Vt., 
 Carrie Adella, b. July 11, 1852, dau. of Wel- 
 come and Caroline Allen ; res. Springfield, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 21 
 
 V. 
 
 Maria Rand, b. Mar. 31, 1840. 
 
 22 
 
 VI. 
 
 Charles Wright, b. Dec. 25, 1845. 
 
 23 
 
 VII. 
 
 Clarence Howard, b. Aug. 24, 1847 ; d. Sept. 
 7, 1881. 
 
 24 
 
 Sarah S. Wheelee (a sister of Henry H.) and 
 
 
 Epliraini S. Spra^'ue, of Atliol^ Mass., were m. in F. 
 
 
 Oct. 20 
 
 , 1829. 
 
 I Pkeseryed Whipple, s. of Daniel, came from Cumberland, R. I.,, 
 and. settled in Richmond in 1794. He was doubtless a connection of 
 Nathaniel, No. 38 of this register, but the relationship cannot be stated. 
 He m. Olive, dan. of James and Tamasin (Cook) Ballon. James Ballou 
 came from C. to R. in 1773. Mr. W, d. May 25, 1813, a. 68 y.; Mrs. 
 W. d. Apr. 14, 1845, a. 94 y. They had 10 ch., all b. in C. The oldest 
 ch., and the only one of the family who res in F., was Otis, b. D^c. 28, 
 1767. 
 
 Otis Whipple, b. Dec. 28, 1767 ; m. Mar. 5, 1798, 
 Lydia, b. Mar. 12, 1773, dau. of Amos and Lovisa 
 (Simmons) Boorn, of Eichmond. Ab. 1819 settled in 
 F., wbere he d. Aug. 20, 1854 ; she d. Dec. 16, 1861. 
 Lived on L 8 E 12. 
 
 I. Otis, b. July 28, 1799+. 
 
 II. Lydia, b. Nov. 17, 1801 ; m. Joshua Worcester, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1804+ . 
 
 IV. Olive, b.Oct. 27, 1806 ; d. Aug. 13, 1810. 
 
 V. Alpha, b. Dec. 2, 1808 ; m. Nov. 19, 1829, 
 Nathan Bowen, b. May 7, 1807, s. of Nathan 
 and Lavina ( [Bump] Sweet) ; res. in E. 
 Two of their s. are in the chair business at F. 
 Depot under the name of Bowen Bros. 
 
 1. Frederick A. Boioen, b. July 3, 1835. 
 
 2. Edwin N. " b. Nov. 14, 1843 : 
 
 m. Jennie C, dau. of Eli and Caroline 
 (Wilson) Smith, q.v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 761 
 
 VI. Silas, h. Apr. 16, 1811 ; m. Diancy Naromore, 
 
 of R.; res. Brookfield, Mass. 
 VII. Elvira, b. Apr. 1, 1815 ; m. June 30, 1857, 
 Moses Ansel Allen, b. Aug. 3, 1821 ; d. Feb. 
 10, 1887, s. of Lilburn and Zilpah (Cass), of 
 E., 8-2) . 
 
 Otis Whipple, b. July 28, 1799 ; m. Oct. 3, 1819, 
 Amy, b. Oct. 23, 1800, dau. of John and Elizabeth 
 (Sweet) Harknoss, of Richmond. Lived in F. 4 or 5 y.' 
 after m., and then rem. to R. In 1838 returned to F., 
 where he d. Oct. 3, 1865. 
 
 I. Russell, b. Jan. 20, 1820 ; m. 1840, Mary, dau. 
 of Capt. Grover and Sally (Stowell) Scollay, 
 of Ashbnrnham, Mass.; res. in A. Served 
 in the War of the Rebellion in 53d Mass. 
 Regt., and was killed at Port Hudson, June 
 14, 1802. No rec. of ch. but their dau. 
 
 1. Ella J., m. (1st) Frost ; (2d) Perry 
 
 W. Whitcomb, q.v. 
 II. Olive, b. Apr. 7, 1821. 
 
 III. Otis M., b. Sept. 30, 1822. 
 
 IV. Harriet Nancy, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; m. Benjamin 
 
 W. Whitcomb, q.v. 
 V. Otis, b. Jan. 7, 1827. 
 VI. Lydia ^., b. June 25, 1828. 
 VII. Nathan, b. Nov. 28, 1829. 
 VIII. Fhilinda A., b. May 15, 1831. 
 IX. Moulton, b. July 29, 1832. 
 X. James E., b. Apr. 3, 1834 ; taught school in F. 
 
 5 terms in 1858-59-60. 
 XI. Stephen, b. Dec. 30, 1835. 
 XII. AlfrpA P., b. July 28, 1837. 
 
 XIII. Eunice 31., b. July 20, 1839. 
 
 XIV. William, b. Mar. 20, 1841. 
 XV. Joseph L., b. July 4, 1843. 
 
 NATHAif Whipple, b. Mar. 12, 1804 ; d. 1886 ; m. 
 May 18, 1828, Julia, b. May 27, 1804 : d. Oct. 31, 1881, 
 dau'. of Hendrick and Prudence (Handy) Martin, of 
 Richmond ; res. in F. till late in life, when they rem. 
 to Winchester, N. H. 
 
 I. Louisa S., b. Sept. 8, 1830 ; d. Feb. 4, 1848. 
 II. Ilartha J., h. May 22, 1834 ; m. Sept. 18, 1855, 
 
 James P. Putnam, of W., where they res. 
 III. Emily A., b. July 5, 1836 ; m. Sept. 18, 1855, 
 
762 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 Eussell W. Boyce, b. Jan. 8, 1831, s. of 
 
 Eobert and Hannah (Bowen) ; res, W. 
 IV. Sarah S., b. Nov. 5, 1838 ; m. Zephaniali A. 
 
 Boyce, q.v., bro. of Russell W. ; see above. 
 V. AbMe J., b. Sept. 5, 1841 ; m. Mar. 31, 1863, 
 
 Benjamin F. Jlarris, s. of Joseph and Hannah 
 
 (Fisher), q.v.; res. Troy. 
 
 33 Nathaniel Whipple, s. of Israel and Mary (Wilmarth), came 
 from Cumberland, R. I., and settled in Richmond in 1767; d. in R, 
 Sept., 1792 ; m. Apr. 22, 1736, Bethiali Slack, by whom he had 9 eh., 
 all b. in C, of whom the 2d w^as 
 
 34 IcHABOD, b. Apr. 2, 1738 ; m. (1st) Catherine Brown ; (2d) Lydia 
 Parker. One of his s. by 2d m. was 
 
 35 Henry, b. 1791 ; settled in Warwick, Mass., and m. Polly Smith, 
 of W. He d. Dec. 8, 1874 ; she d. Jan. 39, 1858. They had several 
 eh., of whom was William, b. July 15, 1832. 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 (3) 
 
 William Whipple, b. July 15, 1832. Settled in F. 
 and m. July 4, 1866, Juliette B., b. Feb. 3, 1845, dau. 
 of Abijah and Betsey (Svveetser) Spofford, q.v.; res. in 
 Howeville. 
 
 I. Willie H. S., b. July 30, 1878. 
 
 WHITCOMB. 
 
 Oliver Whitcomb, of Harvard, Mass., b. Feb. 1, 
 1763 ; m. Nov. 1, 1787, Lucy Patch, of Littleton, 
 Mass., b. Nov. 26, 1763 ; rem. from L. to F. in Mar., 
 1788 ; ab. 2 y. later settled on L 11 R 12, where he d. 
 Aug. 18, 1844 ; she d. Oct. 27, 1865, a. nearly 102 y. 
 (Lucy Patch was sister to the w. of Daniel Howe, q.v.) 
 I. Lucy, b. Nov. 13, 1789 ; d. Oct. 2, 1877. unm. 
 II. Jacob, b. Apr. 28, 1792+. 
 
 III. Jonathan, b. July 6, 1794 ; m. Betsey Perkins, 
 
 of Surry ; rem. to Marlboro, and from thence 
 to Manlius, N. Y., where both d. He d. 
 July 6, 1848. 
 
 1. Melinda. 
 
 2. Maria. 
 
 3. William. 
 
 IV. Oliver, b. Aug. 4, 1796+. 
 
 V. Ruhama, b. Nov. 8, 1798 ; m. Royal T. Smith, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. Rebecca, b. Sept. 24, 1801 ; res. on the home 
 place. 
 
 Jacob Whitcomb, b. Apr. 28, 1792 ; d. Feb. 13, 
 1870 ; m. Oct. 7, 1812, Phillis, b. June 28, 1783 ; d. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 763 
 
 Nov. 23, 1866, dau. of Anthony and Elizabeth (Handy) 
 Sweet, of Eichmond, and wid. of Alpheus Grant, q.v.; 
 res. E. 
 
 I. Jacoh, b. Apr. 23, 1813 ; d. Xov. 29, 1855 ; m. 
 Dec. 17, 1835, Semantha, dau. of William and 
 Esther (Ballon) Chase, of E. After d. of Mr. 
 W. the family rem. from E. to F. 
 
 1. Sarah E., b. June 10, 1837. 
 
 2. Jane E., b. Kwg. 29, 1839. 
 
 3. John A., b. Jan. 9, 1843 ; d. Apr. 8, 
 
 1844. 
 
 4. Judith A., b. Mar. 25, 1845. 
 
 5. Olive P., b. Xov. 10, 1847. 
 
 II. Hannah, b. June 26, 1815 ; m. Bowman Howe, 
 q.v. 
 
 III. Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1817 \ m, Jan. 16, 1840, Mary 
 
 T., b. Feb. 17, 1819, dau. of Dea. Elijah and 
 Sarah (Howe) Lyon, q.v. 
 
 IV. Anthony 8., b. Aug. 2, 1820 ; m. Oct. 23, 1870, 
 
 Abbie E., b. Aug. 5, 1849, dau. of Nathaniel 
 B. and Betsey M. (Holbrook) Fisher, q.v.; 
 rem. 1877, from E. to Swanzey. 
 
 1. Cora A., b. Feb. 27, 1871. 
 
 2. Minnie B., b. Sept. 15, 1872. 
 
 3. Arthur A., b. Sept. 5, 1874. 
 
 4. Grace E.,'b. Mar. 7, 1876. 
 
 5. Susie M., b. Nov. 1, 1878. 
 V. Isaac, b. Apr. 16, 1823 ; d. y. 
 
 VI. Cynthia, b. Sept. 21, 1825 ; m. Bowman Howe, 
 q.v. 
 
 Oliver Whitcomb, b. Aug. 4, 1796 ; d. Jan. 4, 
 1832 ; m. Esther, b. Dec. 22, 1796 : d. Aug. 3, 1865, 
 dau. of Wilderness and Dinah (Handy) Martin, of Eich- 
 mond. After d. of Mr. W. the wid. m. (2d) Lilburn 
 Allen, of E., s. of Jerahmeel and Mary (Thurber) Allen, 
 his 2d w., by whom she had two cli., Asa W. and Jerah- 
 meel, of whom Asa W. d. May 10, 1878, a. 42 y., and 
 was interred in F. Ch. of Oliver and Esther all b. in F. 
 
 I. George, b. Nov. ], 1819; m. June 15, 1843, 
 Sarah N., b. Mar. 23, 1820, dau. of Artemas 
 and Polly (Chaplin) Beard, q.v. 
 
 1. George N. j 
 
 2. Alfaretta L. \ 
 II. Asa, b. Dec. 12, 1822. 
 
 III. Phinehas, b. Jan. 8, 1826-|-. 
 
 IV. Esther Philinda, b. Mar. 3, 1830 ; d. July 2, 
 
764 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 40 
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 42 
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 44 
 
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 46 
 47 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 51 
 52 
 53 
 
 54 
 
 55| 
 
 5a 
 
 1865 ; m. Daniel P. Osborn, d. Kov. 29, 
 1871, s. of Benjamin and Naomi (Phillips). 
 
 d. Oct 15, 1864, a. 3 y. 
 
 1. 
 
 Esther Oshorn 
 
 2. 
 
 Janette " 
 
 3. 
 
 G-eorge ' ' 
 
 4. 
 
 Phinehas '' 
 
 5. 
 
 Benjamin " 
 
 6. 
 
 Anna " 
 
 Phinehas Whitcomb, b. Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. Jan. 2, 
 1857, Eliza A., d. June 24, 1872, a. 32 y., dan. of John 
 and Caroline (Hciyden) Eice, q.v.; m. (2d) June 15, 
 1873, Marion E., b. July 5, 1842, dau. of Curtis and 
 Bethiah E. (Beard) Drury, q.v. He lives on the home- 
 stead which has been owned by three generations of the 
 family. 
 
 I. Lizzie Ann, b. ISTov. 3, 1858 ; m. Nov. 26, 
 1879, Albert H. Hayden, b. in Quincy, Mass., 
 Feb. 15, 1859, s. of Henry and Mary E.; res. 
 in F. 
 II. Charles Elmer, b. June 15, 1863. 
 III. Fred Eugene, b. Oct. 30, 1867. 
 TV. Edith Louise, b. Aug. 7, 1876. 
 Y. Marshall Phinehas, b. May 5, 1879. 
 Ti. Emma Esther, b. Feb. 5, 1881. 
 
 JoxATHAN" Whitcomb was taxed in 1788* on L 3 R 
 8, and left town before 1793*. By w. Hannah he had 
 ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Luther, 
 
 II. Hannah, \ bapt. Jan. 18, 1789. 
 III. Calvin, 
 
 Francis Whitcomb was taxed in 1790* on L 3 E 8, 
 and in 1798 on part of L 2 and 3 E 8, and was in the 
 town tax-lists 1793* to 1800. Prob. v/as a relative of 
 Jonathan of the preceding section. By w. Alice had 
 ch. b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Julia, b. Feb. 28, 1787. 
 II. Melissent, b. Feb. 8, 1789. 
 
 III. Sally, b. May 11, 1791. 
 
 IV. Axcey (Achsah ?), b. June 30, 1793. The name 
 
 is Asenath in rec. of bapt. 
 V. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1795 ; d. Dec. 26, 1795. 
 TI. Elihit, b. June 21, 1799. 
 Yii. Eli (twin), b. June 21, 1799. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. I 765 
 
 07 Asaph Whitcomb, b. Feb. 12, 1795, in Bradford, 
 
 Vt. (?) ; d. Mar. 22, 1880, in F.; m. Olive Buz;?ell, who 
 d. Feb. 7, 1867, a. 70 y.; came to F. ab. 18ji0. The 
 following rec. of their ch. is not complete : 
 
 58 I. Benjamin Weymoidli, b. Oct. 21, 1823, in Marsh- 
 peld, Vt.; m. Harriet Nancv, b. Mar. 31, 
 1825 ; d. July 16, 1887, dau. of Otis and Amy 
 (Harkness) AVliipple, q.v. Ch. b. 1 in Eich- 
 mond, 2 in Winchendon, 3-4 in F. i 
 
 59 1. Perry Weymouth, b. May 5, 1858 ; m. 
 Nov. 14, "1878, Hattie, b. Oct. 14, 1862, 
 dau. of Amos and Lydia McG(ie, q.v.; 
 m. (2d) June 3, 1887, Ella J.,^wid. of 
 
 Frost and dau. of Russell and 
 
 Mary (Scollay) AYhij^ple, q.v. ' 
 
 60 2. William Philemon, b. Nov. 11, lB60. 
 
 61 3. Rosetta, b. Jan. 23, 1865. 
 
 62 i 4. Lillian, b. Feb. 19, 1867. 
 
 63 II. Asa Philemon, b. June 13, 1833, in Hyde Park, 
 
 Vt.; m. Susan Kezia, b. Oct. 6, 1838. \ 
 
 64 1. Arthur Wilmer, b. Nov. 10, l?-59, in 
 ' Winchendon. 
 
 65 III. Darius, b. ab. 1837. 
 
 66 I IV. Wright, b. Jan. 29, 1839, in H. P.; m. Oct. 16, 
 1866, Adelia M., b. Dec. 12, 1847, d;au. of 
 Elihu and Mary D. (Rice) Morse, and adopted 
 dau. of Josiah Moore, q.v. 
 
 67 i 1. Walter Josiah, b. Sept. 11, 1868. 
 
 68 2. Charlie Wright, b. Oct. 14, 1872 ; d. 
 I June 12, 1875. 
 
 69 i 3. Edna Adelia, b. Jan. 23, 1880. 
 
 I WHITE. 
 
 EzEKiEL White came from Douglass, Mass., quite 
 early, but the precise date is not known. His name 
 first appears in the rec. in 1782. Settled on L 20 R 
 12 ; d. Apr. 22, 1790 ; m. Ruth Cree, of D., who d. 
 Apr. 12, 1790. Ch. prob. all b. in D. The list here 
 given may not be complete. 
 
 2 I. Sarah, m. and d. in Keene. J 
 
 3 II. Stephen, b. ab. 1760+. 
 
 4 III. David, b. ab. 1763+. 
 
 5 IV. Ezelciel, m. in F. Sept. 28, 1791, Alice " Ams- 
 bee," of Richmond, prob. dau. of Oliver and 
 Alice (Cass) Ormsby, of R,; lived on L 21 R 
 10 ; rem. ab. 1796 to Marlboro, and from 
 
766 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 
 13 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 
 (3) 
 
 16 
 17 
 
 18, 
 
 i 
 19 i 
 
 20 
 21, 
 
 23, 
 23 
 2d 
 251 
 361 
 21( 
 
 (24:) 
 
 thence to Vermont. Ch. b. 1-3 in F., 4-6 in 
 M. 
 
 1. Ruth, b. Nov. 13, 1791. 
 
 3. Olive, b. Oct. 29, 1793. 
 
 3. Roxana, b. Nov. 14, 1795. 
 
 4. Oliver, b. Sept. 39, 1797. 
 
 5. Charlotte, b. Nov. 5, 1799. 
 
 6. Po]ly, b. Mar. 3, 1803. 
 
 Child of Ezekiel and Alice, who must 
 have been Ruth or Olive, d. Sept. 15, 
 1795. 
 V, Daniel, m. in F. Apr. 33, 1795, Patty Crane ; 
 
 left town ab. 1797 ; rem. to Vt. 
 VI. Hosea, left town ab. 1794 ; res. Mount Holly, 
 
 Vt. 
 VII. Lyclia, m. in F. June 14, 1791, Samuel Stick- 
 
 ney ; rem. to Vt. 
 VIII. Hannah, m. Tobey, and d. in Burlington, 
 
 Stephen White settled on L 13 R 13 ; d. June 13, 
 1841, a. 80 y.; m. Mollv , who d. Dec. 30, 1853, a. 
 
 88 y. 
 
 I. Sally, b. Aug. 20, 1787. 
 
 11. Polly, b. Apr. 18, 1789 ; m. Oct. 4, 1807, Phine- 
 has Alexander, of Marlboro. (Perhaps 1st m. 
 of Phinehas, b. Aug. 39, 1783, s. of Elijah 
 and Elizabeth [Taf t] Alexander. Hist. Marl. 
 Alexander, No. 10.) She d. Apr. 38, 1811, 
 and, according to the F. Sexton's Rec. was in- 
 terred in Richmond, which may indicate that 
 her mother was a native of R. 
 
 III. Prudy, b. Sept. 37, 1791 ; m. Reuben Phillips, 
 
 of JR. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. May 1, 1793 ; m. 1811, Luna Star- 
 
 key, s. of Peter, q.v. 
 V. EzeTciel, b. Jan. 37, 1795. 
 VI. Stephe7i, b. Dec. 4, 1796 ; m. June 5, 1816, 
 
 Mary P. Smith. 
 VII. Elisha, b. Mar. 8, 1799. 
 VIII. Daniel, b. Apr. 37, 1801. 
 IX. mas, b. Oct. 4, 1808+. 
 X. Willard. 
 
 XI. Lydia, m. Luna Foster, q.i). 
 XII. Lovina, m. (1st) Luke Whitney; (3d) Henry 
 Shirley, both g.tT. 
 
 Silas White, b. Oct. 4, 1808 ; d. Aug. 13, 1885 ; m. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 767 
 
 1835, Fostina, b. Dec. 7, 1818, dau. of Reuben and 
 Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Richmond. Oh. all b. in F. 
 I. Eliza Jane, b. 1836 ; d. in Winchendon, Auo- 
 29, 1867 ; m. Sept. 25, 1854, Ira M. B. 
 Butler, b. Dec. 5, 1829, s. of Simon arid Olive 
 (Butler) Butler, of Troy. 
 II. Lona Alzina, b. 1839 ; d. Jan. 12, :f'^7l ; m. 
 Francis R. Boyce, b. May 26, Vo'dx, s. of 
 Jacob and Olive (Ballon), grandrc. of Silas and 
 Comfort (Allen), great grand s. of Paul, q,v. 
 
 III. Wyman Silas, b. Aug. 11, ]S41 ; m. Sept. 26, 
 
 1867, Betsey Grace, b. Apr. 16, 1845, dau. of 
 Sylvanus and Betsey R. (Damon) Perham, 
 q.v., and wid. of Daniel Henry Reec], q.v.; 
 res. Worcester, Mass. 
 
 IV. Reuben Boiven, b. Aug. 4, 1844 ; m. Feb. 12, 
 
 1866, Florence M., b. July 14, 1847, clau. of 
 Steadman W. and Mary F. (Prescott) Hart- 
 well, q.v. 
 
 1. Hattie Hartvi^ell, b. Aug. 18, 18(56 • d. 
 Dec. 16, 1882. 
 V. Ann Haseltine, b, Feb. 22, 1848 ; m. Dec, 
 
 1864, Daniel E. Burbank, q.v. 
 VI. Henry Clay, b. Dec. 4, 1850 ; m. Jan. 20, 1877, 
 Ella Maiion Devereaux, b. July 26, 1850 • m. 
 (2d) Oct. 27, 1883, Harriet M.', dau. of John 
 Edwin and Anna G. Hoskine:. 
 
 David White, d. Jan. 3, 1844, a. 81 y. ; m. Aiag. 2, 
 1787, Esther, d. Sept. 27, 1839, a. 75 y.,' dau. of John 
 and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, q.v. Ch. all. b. and rec. 
 in P. 
 
 I. Lydia, b. May 8, 1788 ; m. Josiah Amadou ^ q,v. 
 II. David, b. June 25, 1790 ; d. Mar. 25, 1791.J 
 
 III. David, b. Dec. 25, 1792 ; d. Nov. 12, 1825, 
 
 IV. Polly, b. Oct. 12, 1794 ; m. Josiah Amadou i q_v. 
 V. Ruth, b. Oct. 28, 1796 ; m. Joseph Ha.4ke]l, 
 
 q.v. i 
 
 VI. Sally, b. Sept. 28, 1798 ; m. William Hasjkell, 
 
 q.v. , 
 
 VII. Jokn, b. Aug. 4, 1801 ; d. Jan. 1, 1804. 1 
 VIII. Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1804. 
 IX. EzeUel, b. July 25, 1808. ; 
 
 John White, a saddler and harness-maker, camU to 
 F. ab. 1798, and rem. from town ab. 1805. B^f w. 
 Polly he had ch. rec. in F. , 
 
 I. Roxana, b. Apr. 22, 1800. ', 
 
768 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 
 
 46 I Joel White lived in F. a few y. ab. 1800. 
 I Abigail he had ch. rec. in F. 
 
 47 f I. Louisa, b. Ang. 26, 1799. 
 
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 II. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 21, 1801. 
 
 Daniel White, b. Mar. 6, 1751, in Killingly, Ct; 
 -vl. Jan. 10, 1831, in F.; m, Huldah Albee, b. Feb. 27, 
 iV52. She d. Oct. 17, 1790, and he m. (2d) Lois Pierce, 
 who d. Feb. 13, 1845, a. 84 y. He settled in Upton, 
 Mass., \rhere his ch. were prob. all b., and rem. to F. 
 in 1810. 
 
 I. JS^oah, b. Jan. 2, 1778 ; d. Ang. 21, 1863 ; m. 
 
 Mary , who d. July 28, 1856, a. 88 y. 
 
 Adopted s. 
 
 1. Benson, b. Oct. 24, 1809+. 
 
 II. Anna, b. Apr. 8, 1780 ; d. May 19, 1796. 
 
 III. Molly, b. Apr. 9, 1784 ; d. Ma';y 21, 1796. 
 
 IV. Susannah, b. Aug. 11, 1790 ; d. May 27, 1796. 
 V. Huldah, b. Feb. 2. 1794 ; d. May 20, 1796. 
 
 Yi. Polly, b. Aug. 20, 1795 ; d. June 19, 1796. 
 
 VII. Folly, b. Mar. 9, 1797 ; m. Caleb Sweetser, q.v. 
 
 VIII. Huldah, b. Aug. 1, 1799 ; d. Jan. 5, 1858, unm. 
 
 IX. Daniel, b. Nov. 12, 1802+ . 
 
 DAi^iEL White, b. Nov. 12, 1802 ; d. Mar. 3, 1882 ; 
 m. June 7, 1826, Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1806 ; d. June 15, 
 1883, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Wbittemore) Sweetser, 
 q.v. 
 
 I. 3Iary WMttemore, b. Mar. 14, 1827 ; d. Apr. 
 
 11, 1856. unm. 
 II. Lucy Melvina, b. Sept. 7, 1828 ; m. Sept. 19, 
 1850, Denzel Boyce, b. June 2, 1825, s: of 
 Enoch and Olive (Bowen), of Eichmond ; 
 res. Winchendon. 
 
 1. Ernest Eugene Boyce, b, Aug. 6, 1868 : 
 d. Sept. 22, 1868. 
 
 III. Hannah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1830 ; d. June 9, 
 
 1860 ; m. William Ebenezer Blandiug, q.v. 
 
 IV. Reconcile Elmina, b. Dec. 4, 1832 ; unm. 
 
 V. Daniel Francis, b. Feb. 29, 1840 ; m. Doc. 14, 
 1867, Abby Julia, b. Aug. 6, 1846, dau. of 
 Joseph Nelson and Lydia (Moore) Bosworth, 
 q.v. 
 
 1. Charles Francis, b. Aug. 16, 1868. 
 
 2. Walter Burton, b. Sept. 21, 187L 
 
 3. Jessie Mabel, b. Feb. 13, 1874. 
 
 4. Nellie Nina, b. Apr. 27, 1876. 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 
 
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 Bensox White, b. Oct. 24, 1809 ; d. May 18, 1871 ; 
 m. Mar. 1, 1831, Mary Ann Bosworth, b. Sept. 12, 
 1811 ; d. Feb. 8, 1871. 
 
 Infant, d. Apr. 6, 1832. 
 Leander, b. ab. 1833. 
 John, b. ab. 1835. 
 
 AljjJieus C, b. ab. 1839 ; m. June 11, 1863, 
 Adelaide Lurena, b. Ang. 16, 1848, dan. of 
 Elisba and Lurena (Chaplin) Gregory. (See 
 Chaplin, No. 39.) 
 
 1. Willie. 
 
 2. Cora. 
 
 3. Oscar. 
 William A., b. Jan. 29, 1840 ; d. Oct. 18, 1841. 
 George A., b. ab. 1846 ; m. Nov. 12 (?), 1866, 
 
 Mary E., b. July 31, 1848 ; d. Dec. 8, 1871, 
 dan. of Philip D. and Mary (Hayden) Angier, 
 q.v. 
 Danverse Marshall, b. Jan. 16, 1849 ; d. Apr. 
 4, 1850. 
 
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 I Fra3S!CIS Whitmore, b. in England, 1625 ; was in Cambridge, Mass., 
 as early as 104'9. He m. (2d) Margaret Harty, and their youngest s., 
 
 2 Joseph, b. 1675 ; m. Feb. 13, 1699, Mary, dan. of Thomas and 
 Euth Kendall, of Woburn, and lived in Lexington and W. Their only s., 
 
 3 Joseph, b. Feb. 17, 1700 ; lived in W. and was m. twice ; by 1st 
 w., Mary Pierce, he had one s., 
 
 4 Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1719 ; m. Dec. 21, 1741, Mary Marion, of 
 Boston ; rem. from W. to Leominster ab. 1748, and from thence to 
 Ashburnham, Mass., ab. 1779, where he d. Apr. 18, 1805, and his wid. 
 d. July 10, 1805. They had ch. i. Mary ; ir. Hannah ; iir. Rebecca ; 
 IV. Joseph, b. June 6, 1749, 5 ; v. Benjamin ; vi. Isaac, b. IMar. 3, 
 1755, 7 ; VII. Persis (twin with Isaac) ; viii. Lucy ; ix. Elizabeth ; 
 X. Edward. The oldest ch., Mary, was mother of Mrs. John Eaton, q.v. 
 Two of the ch., Josei)h and Isaac, res. in F. 
 
 Joseph Whitmohe, b. June 6, 1749 ; m. Euth 
 Knight. They were adm. to chh. in F. Nov. 14, 1749, 
 on letter from chh. in Lancaster, Mass. ; were in town 
 but a few y., and afterward lived in Chester and Ira, 
 Vt. One ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Silvanus, bapt. Feb. 13, 1780. 
 
 Isaac Whitmoee, b. Mar. 3, 1755 ; d; May 2, 1847 ; 
 m. Feb. 4, 1782, Rebecca, b. Sept. 16, 1760 ; d. Aug. 
 30, 1840, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Jones) Foster, q.v. 
 Tiiey had 7 ch., all b. in Ashburnham. Their dau. 
 Sally was ^lotlier of Lewis K. Ward, q.v. The family 
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 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 
 
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 VI. 
 
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 VII. 
 
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 IV. 
 
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 VI. 
 
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 VII, 
 
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 1 
 
 VIIJ. 
 
 lived in F. several y. between 1804 and 1811, and re- 
 turned to A. The name is occasionally spelled Whitte- 
 more in the rec. 
 
 Thomas Whitmoee res. in town a short time ; was 
 taxed in 1810 and 1811. He may have been s. of 
 Joseph. 
 
 Jonathan Whitney, from Dunstable, came to F. in 
 1771 or before ; m. May 7, 1772, Abigail, b. Apr. 26, 
 1749, dan. of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Hemenway, 
 q.v. This is the 1st m. rec. in F. In the earliest tax- 
 lists L 19 R 9 is set to him. The family rem. to Hart- 
 land, Vt, ab. 1805. Oh. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 James, b. Nov. 3, 1772. 
 
 Josejjli, b. June 7, 1774. 
 
 Francis, b. Sept. 17, 1776. 
 
 Benjamin, b. Apr, 6, 1781. 
 
 Jonathan, b. Apr. 6, 1783. 
 
 Charles, b. June 17, 1786. 
 
 Calvin, b. May 25, 1788. 
 
 John Whitney was a bro. of Jonathan, No. 1, and 
 perhaps came to F. with his bro., though this cannot 
 be stated with certainty. He was in town, however, 
 before 1776, as he was out in the Eevolutionary War 
 from F. His name does not appear in F. rec. till near 
 the close of the war. In the earliest tax-lists L 20 R 8 
 is set to him. His w. was Mary Jones, a native of 
 Framingham. Mr. W. d. in Troy in 1829. Mrs. W. 
 d. in 1837. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 Nathan, b. June 18, 1781 ; d. 1811. 
 
 Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1783 ; m. Feb. 16, 1812, Luke 
 Harris, s. of Christopher. She d. Sept., 
 
 1816, and he m. (2d) 1817, her sister Betsey. 
 (See below.) 
 
 Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1785 ; d. 
 Sally, b. May 30, 1787 ; m. 
 
 2d w. 
 John, b. Dec. 10, 1789 ; m. 
 
 moved to the West. 
 Betsey, b. July 12, 1792 
 
 1817. (See above.) 
 Sofirah (Sophia ?), b. Jan. 20, 1795 ; m. 
 
 'Dexter, and moved to the West. 
 Luhe, b. Dec. 25, 1798 ; d. 1841, of small-pox ; 
 m. Lovina, dau. of Stephen and Molly White, 
 q.v. No account of their family, but a s. 
 
 Mar. 18, 1794. 
 George Farrar, his 
 
 Augusta Fisk, and 
 
 ; m. Luke Harris, 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 771 
 
 1. Charles 0., b. May 4, 1838, m. Frances 
 F. Bent, q.v. 
 
 Joel Whitney and w. Lydia were from Harvard, 
 Mass., and prob. came to F.'in 1786 or '87 ; ab. 1790 
 settled on L G R 12. He d. Feb. 1, 1842, a. 79 y. No 
 rec. is found of her d. Ch. all rec. in F. 
 
 I. Lydia, b. Oct. 21, 1787. 
 II. Lemuel, b. July 7, 1789. 
 
 III. Joel, b. Feb. 29, 1792. 
 
 IV. Jesse, b. Nov. 8, 1794. 
 V. Daniel, b. May 9, 1797. 
 
 Yi. Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801 ; m. Benjamin B. 
 
 Morse, q.v. 
 viL Willard, b. Feb. 13, 1804 ; d. Apr. 7, 1825. 
 
 Israel Whitney, a bro. of Joel, No. 19, came to F. 
 from Littleton, Mass., ab. 1791 ; settled on L 4 R 12 ; 
 rem. from town ab. 1807. By w. Susannah li.id th. 
 rec. in F. and b. i. in L., il-iii. in F. 
 
 L Lsrael, b. May 31, 1790. 
 II. Susannah, b. Sept. 24, 1792. 
 III. Betsey, b. July 26, 1794. 
 
 John Whitney, from Holliston, Mass., came to F. 
 before the Revolutionary War ; settled on L 3 R 5. In 
 the town tax-lists he is called Jr. and afterward 2d, to 
 distinguish him from No. 9 of this register. He d. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1825, a. 75 y. ; m. Sarah , who d. Aug. 4, 
 
 1847, a. 99 y. 
 
 I. Annis, b. Sept. 27, 1781 ; d. Sept. 22, 18G8 ; 
 m. Mar. 23, 1802, Samuel Carroll or Carrie!. 
 In all the earlier rec. the name is " Carriel," 
 later it is " Carroll." In the rec. of m. he is 
 called " of Royalston ;" res. in R. till ab. 
 1820, when he came to F. and settled on L 1 
 R 5. He d. Dec. 22,- 1863, a. 83 y. All the 
 following were prob. their ch., and there may 
 have been others. Perhaps 2 or 3 of the 
 younger ch. were b. in F. The correct order 
 of the ch. cannot be given. 
 
 1. Louisa Carriel, d. Sept. 14, 1805. 
 
 2. Roxana " m. Jan. 10, 1822, David 
 
 Graves, q.v. 
 
 3. Sarah Carriel, m. Sept. 22, 1831, Leon- 
 
 ard Walkei, of Winchendon. 
 
 4. Lyman Carriel, m. Feb. 20, 1833, Cath- 
 
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 5. 
 
 erine, dau. of Josiali and Dorcas (Car- 
 riel) Wilson^ q.v. 
 Euth Carriel, m. Dec, 2, 1834, Jolm Q. 
 A. Streeter. 
 
 6. Eliza Carriel, m. Sept. 29, 1835, Benja- 
 
 min 0. Barber. 
 
 7. Samuel Wliitney Carriel, b. Aug. 12, 
 
 1819 ; d. Sept. 13, 1880 ; m. Mary M. 
 Johnson. No rec. of b. but 
 1. Carroll, d. Dec. 1, 1853, a. 
 
 2. 
 
 3y. 
 
 Nellie Isabel Carroll, b. Jan. 9, 
 1854 ; m. Frank E. Ellis, q.v. 
 Timothy N. Carriel, d. Aug. 16, 1863, 
 
 a. 42 y. ; m. , who d. May 27, 
 
 18o7,'a. 27 y.; m. (2d) Nov. 21, 1860, 
 Margaret, dau. of Dugald Campbell, of 
 Canada, 
 b. Nov. 18, 1783 ; m. John Cobleigh, 
 
 II. Hitty 
 q.v. 
 
 III. David, b. Mar. 24, 1787 
 
 Ruth Carroll, d. Oct. 7 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1790 ; 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Eli, b. Feb. 18, 1793 ; d„ Oct. 15, 1800 
 VI. Cliild, d. Oct. 18, 1795. 
 VII. Child, d. Nov. 17, 1800. 
 
 d. Dec. 6, 1880 ; m. 
 1869, a. 84 y. 5 mos. 
 m. Stephen Bowker, 
 
 Alfred Whitney, b. Jan. 11, 1816 ; m. Oct. 7, 
 3 849, Nancy J., b. Feb. 9, 1826 ; d. Jan. 4, 1864, dau. 
 of Daniel and Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v.; m. (2d) 
 Aug. 25, 1864, Emily L., b. Sept. 14, 1831, dau. of 
 John and Electa (Kimball) Eggleston, of Eutland, Yt. 
 The only ch. that can be given is 
 
 I. Hirarti E. K., b. Jan. 16, 1873. 
 
 WHITTEMOEE. 
 
 I Thomas Whittemore, of Charlestown, Mass., is generally looked upon 
 as the emigrant ancestor of the entire Whittemore family in the United 
 States. While this has not been positively proved, and perhaps cannot 
 be, it is yet extremely probable. It is certain that no other emigrant 
 ancestor bearing the name has been discovered, though quite extended 
 investigations have been made by various persons in different branches 
 of the family for the express purpose of looking up the family pedigree. 
 Thomas, the emigrant, was from Hitchin, in the county of Hertford, 
 England, ab. thirty miles north of London. From the parish rec. of 
 the town it is understood that his grandfather was William Whittemore ; 
 his father Thomas, and his mother Mary. William^ was b. ab. 1540, 
 and m. in 1566. Thomas" and Mary were m. in 1591. She d. in Dec, 
 
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GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER, 773 
 
 1604, and he in Apr., 1617. By his will, dated May 5, 1613, he 
 " gave £20 to Trustees for the best sort of the poor people in Hitchin.'"' 
 Edward Stnwell Whittemore,* a lawyer of Sandwich, Mass., and s. of 
 Prescott Whittemore, formerly a resident of Rindge, N. H., obtained 
 copies from the parish rec. of Hitchin of items pertaining to the W. 
 family from 1560 to 1650, which were published in the N. E. Hist, and 
 Gen. Register, vol. 21, pp. 169-172, 
 
 Thomas' was one of the earliest settlers in Charlestown, and located in 
 that part which was subsequently in Maiden and is now in the town of 
 Everett. His s. John was bapt. in Hitchin, Feb. 11, 1639, and in 1645 
 he bought a piece of meadow adjoining his farm in C, which shows that 
 he came to this country between the dates given. It is prob. that he came 
 over in 1640 or 1641. He was m. 3 times, and had 1 cli. by his 1st w., 2 
 by the 2d, and 10 by the 3d. Of the ch. i. Sarah ; ii. Mary ; iii. Thomas : 
 IV. Daniel ; v. John, d. y. ; vi. Nathaniel, and vii. John, were b. in 
 H. ; and viir. Elizabeth ; ix. Benjamin ; x. Thomas ; xi. Samuel ; xii. 
 Pelatiah, and xiii. Abraham, in C. Thomas, the father, d. in C. (Mai- 
 den), May 25, 1661. We see in this family the uncommon circum- 
 stance of two persons bearing the same name and alive at the same time. 
 The terms of the father's witl showthat when the will was made, the 2 s. 
 named Thomas were both living, one in England and one in this country. 
 It will be noticed that the older Thomas was by the 2d w. and the younger 
 one by the 3d w. The homestead remained in possession of the family 
 until May 1, 1845, over 200 y. 
 
 2 JoHN^ s. of Thomas', bapt. in Hitchin, Feb. 11, 1689 ; d. in Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1694 ; m. (1st) Mary, dau. of Dea. John and 
 Elizabeth Upham, and had ch. i. John ; ii. Thomas ; in. Joseph ; iv. 
 Benjamin; v. Elizabeth; vi. Nathaniel, and vii. Joel, d. y. ; m. (2d) 
 Mary Miller, by whom he had ch. viii. Joel ; ix. Mary, d. y.; x. Pela- 
 tiah ; XI. Amos ; xii. Mary ; xiii. Daniel ; xiv. Rebecca ; xv. Hannah. 
 
 3 JoHN^ s. of John'', b. 1663 ; owned covenant Apr. 4, 1687 ; d. in 
 Cambridge, Apr. 16, 1702 ; m. (1st) Elizabeth Anabel, by whom he 
 had I. John ; she d. Oct. 27, 1686, and he m. (2d) Sarah Hall, by whom 
 he had ch. ii. Jonathan ; in. Richard ; iv. Josej)h ; v. Sarah ; vi. 
 Experience, d. y.; vii. Thomas ; viii. Experience ; ix. Jonathan ; x. 
 Abigail ; xi. Anna ; xii. Josiah. « 
 
 4 Johns s. of John', b. Feb. S3, 1685 ; d. Apr. 21, 1748, in Boston, 
 Mass.; a mariner ; m. Nov. 8, 1711, Elizabeth Lloyd, who d. Aug. 13, 
 1746, a. 57 y. Their ch. were i. John, bapt. May 16, 1714 ; ii. Eliza- 
 beth, b. June 9, 1716 ; in. Edward, b. Aug. 17, 1718 ; iv. Sarah, b. 
 Mar. 3, 1720. 
 
 5 JoHN^ s. of John^ bapt. in the 2d Chh., Boston, Mav 16, 1714 ; 
 m. June 3, 1742, Lydia Clough, who d. Jan. 15, 1750, a. 31 y. The 
 will of John*, made in 1747, refers to the 2 s. of his s. John, but does 
 not give their names. It is quite sure that their names were William and 
 John, and that a third ch., Josiah, was b. after the d. of the grand- 
 father. Gh. I. William", b. ab. 1744 ; res. in Lvnn, Mass., where he d. 
 June 5, 1782 ; m. Apr. 30, 1767, Bethia Collins, d. Mar. 29, 1809. Ch. 
 I. William', b. Feb. 16, 1768 ; m. Nov. 17, 1791, Anna Burrill. Ch. 
 
 * The line of descent of Edward S. Whittemore is William'', Thomai% Thomas', 
 Johu^, Benjamiu^, Nathaniel^, Nathaniel*, Prescott*, Edward S.' 
 
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 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 William^, b. June 26, 1792 ; Willinrii' was drowned, Dec. 14, 1793, by 
 the overturning of a boat near the mouth of Saugus River, ii. John'', 
 b. ab. 1746 ; d. unm.; in. Josiah, b. 1748 or 1749, 6- 
 
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 Josiah* Whittemore, s. of John^ b. 1748 or '49 in 
 Boston ; d. Apr. 11, 1814, in Phillipston, Mass., a. 65 
 
 y.; m. Aug. 9, 1773, Lucy, dau. of John and 
 
 (Clougli) Snow, of Lunenburg, Mass.; m. (2d) Martha 
 
 (Parkhurst) Eider. The w. of John Snow, Clough, 
 
 was from Boston, and was doubtless a relative of Lydia 
 Clough, the mother of JosialA Ch. b. i.-v. in L., 
 Yi.-x. in Leominster, Mass., xi.-xiv. in P. Ch. bylst 
 m. i.-x.; by 2d m. xi.-xiy. 
 
 I. William. Snoiu\ b. July 26, 1774+. 
 II. John, b. Oct. 17, 1775 +. 
 
 III. Salmon, b. July 17, 1778+. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1780 ; m. Caleb Sweetser, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Lucy, b. July 28, 1783 ; d. July 26, 1804, in F. 
 unm. 
 
 VI. Josiah, b. Oct. 28, 1784 ; d. May 17, 1870 ; m. 
 Betsey Poster, a native of Eowe, Mass., and 
 had ch. 1. Josiah ; 2. John Dexter ; 3. John 
 Foster ; 4. Elizabeth Mary ; 5. Martha ; res. 
 Hartford, N. Y. 
 VII. Levi, b. June 12, 1786+. 
 VIII. Cephas, b. Dec. 2, 1787 ; d. 1790. 
 
 IX. Otis, b. Aug. 8, 1789 ; d. 1828 ; m. Mary Ann 
 Smith, and had ch. 1, Lucy ; 2. Mary Ann ; 
 3. Otis ; res. Miramichi, New Brunswick. 
 X. Betsey, b. Sept. 26, 1793 ; d. Dec. 2, 1881 ; m. 
 Mar. 20, 1816, William Farrar, b. Feb. 18, 
 1794 ; d. Jan. 7, 1870, s. of Daniel and Lucy 
 (Bruce), q.v. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-9 in Chili, 
 N". Y., 10-14 in Eiga, N. Y. 1. William L.; 
 2. Lucy T. ; 3. Danvers W. ; 4. Lorenzo, d. 
 y.; 5. Hannah S. ; 6. JohnL. ; 7. Daniel J.; 
 8. George D.; 9. Charles A.; 10. Harriet 
 E.; 11. Ann Eliza; 12. Samuel J.; 13. Cal- 
 vin, d. y. ; 14. Thomas H. ; res. Hadley, Mich. 
 
 XI. Cephas, b. Apr. 26, 1797 ; m. Lydia Smith, and 
 had ch. 1. John C; 2. Lydia G-eorgiana ; 3. 
 Mary Jane McD.: 4. Lyman B.; res. Charles- 
 ton, S. C. 
 XII. Zenas, b. Sept. 15, 1798 ; d. Jan. 31, 1872 : m. 
 (1st) Sophia Penniman ; (2d) Louisa Phillips ; 
 (3d) Mary F. Tobey. Ch. 7 by 1st m., 1 by 
 2d m., and 3 by 3dm. 1. William Z.; 2. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 775 
 
 Martha S.; 3. Eliza F.; 4. Mary P.; 5. Zenas 
 B.; 6. Josiah C; 7. Zenas; 8. Charles D.; 
 9. Marthas.; 10. Mary L.; 11. Ella P. 
 
 XIII. 3Iartha, b. Mar. 1, 1800 ; d. Apr. 5, 1848 ; m. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1832, William H. Manchester, a 
 native of New Bedford, Mass. Ch. b. in N. 
 B. 1. Mary Mayhew, b. Apr. 6, 1833 ; m. 
 Ethan Blodgett, ^.v.; 2. Martha W.; 3. 
 Susan H., b. Oct. 10, 183G ; d. Oct. 13, 1864, 
 in F. unm.; 4. William Z.; 5. Thomas W. 
 Mr. M. m. again, and d. July 4, 1881, in 
 Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 XIV. Sylvanus, b. Aug. 19, 1803 ; lived ab. G w. 
 
 William S'. Whittemore, b. July 26, 1774 ; d. Aug. 
 3, 1848 ; m. Sept. 30, 1800, Polly, b. Feb. 2, 1776 ; d. 
 May 1, 1864, dau. of William and Eebecca (Barrett) 
 Locke, q.v. He settled in F. as early as 1793*. 
 
 I. Sophronia, b. Aug. 12, 1801 ; m. Willard New- 
 ton, q.v. 
 II. Harriet, b. Oct. 31, 1802 : d. May 7, 1872, in 
 Monticello, la., unm. 
 
 III. AWert, b. July 20, 1803 ; d. Nov. 20, 1804. 
 
 IV. William Locfce, b. May 16, 1804 ; d. Nov. 18, 
 
 1804. 
 V. Gilman, b. Mar. 13, 1805 ; d. y. 
 VI. Barrett, b. Feb. 26, 1806 : d. Mar. 12, 1880 ; 
 m. July 21, 1846, Lovisa, b. Oct. 7, 1809, 
 dau. of Timothy and Elizabeth (Stiles) Blod- 
 gett, q.v., s.p.j res. Bowen's Prairie, la. 
 VII. Mary, b. Apr. 12, 1808 ; res. Monticello, la. 
 vin. Eebecca, b. May 27, 1811 ; m. May 15, 1834, 
 Edmund S. Blodgett, q.v. 
 IX. William, b. Jan. 14, 1814+. 
 X. Otis, b. Mar. 5, 1816 ; d. Mar. 3, 1880 ; m. 
 Aug. 31, 1841, Harriet Matilda, b. Oct. 6, 
 1811, dau. of John and Eunice (Jones) Eaton, 
 q.v., s.p.j res. M. 
 
 William' Whittemore, b. Jan. 14, 1814 ; m. Dec. 
 27, 1838, Sarah S., b. Aug. 20, 1810 ; d. Feb. 14, 1883, 
 dau. of Erastus and Sarah (Sweetser) Butterfield, q.v.; 
 res. Bowen's Prairie, la. Ch. b. i. in F., ii.-iv. in 
 Eichmond, N. H. 
 
 I. Sarali Frances, b. Sept. 4, 1839 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 
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 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 1860 • m. Apr., 1856, John Cook, b. 1829 ; 
 d. Nov. 22, 1862, at Memphis, Tenn., in the 
 army, s. of Charles Cook, of Lester, la. Ch. 
 b. in L. 
 
 1. Otis Ambrose Cool, b. Sept. 28, 1857 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 2, 1859. 
 
 2. Charles William Cooh, b. June 27, 1859. 
 II. William Snow, b. July 10, 1843 ; d. July 30, 
 
 1865, unm. 
 III. Austin Ballou^, b. June 27, 1845 ; m. Sept. 27, 
 1870, Lucy A., b. Apr. 28, 1850, dan. of 
 Samuel aud Elizabeth (Kimball) Negus, of 
 Monticello, la.; res. Long Pine, Neb. Ch. 
 b. 1-2 in B. P., 3-5 in Otis, Neb. 
 
 1. William Albert", b. July 27, 1871. 
 
 2. Carrie, b. Nov. 14, 1872. 
 
 3. Daisy Dean, b. x\pr. 3, 1876. 
 
 4. Charles, b. Mar. 25, 1878. 
 
 5. Arthur, b. Apr. 30, 1880. 
 
 17. Henry Otis, b. Oct. 30, 1848 ; m. Oct. 20, 
 1875, Louisa Julia, b. Oct. 20, 1855 ; d. 
 (1885), dau. of Hiram S. and Harriet C. 
 (Crocker) Lee, of Sand Spring, la.; res. S. S= 
 Ch. b. 1 in Marion, la., 2 in S. S. 
 
 1. Edwin Eorrest, b. Aug. 30, 1876 ; d. 
 
 Aug. 20, 1877. 
 
 2. Erank, b. June 22, 1878. 
 
 John' Whittemore, b. Oct. 17, 1775 ; d. Dec. 26, 
 1855 ; m. Dec. 26, 1797, Hannah, b. Jan. 28, 1777 ; d. 
 Oct. 30, 1832, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Stacy) Stone ; 
 came to F. ab. 1796 ; soon after m. settled on L 13 K'6, 
 the place now owned by James C. Baldwin, where he 
 res. till his d. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Dexter, b. Oct. 9, 1798+. 
 II. Joel, b. May 18, 1801 ; d. Jan. 29, 1804. 
 
 III. Danvers, b. Sept. 23, 1804 ; d. July 31, 1828, 
 
 unm. 
 
 IV. John, b. Oct. 22, 1806+. 
 
 V. Lucy, b. Jan. 11, 1811 ; m. Charles Bigelow, 
 
 q.v. 
 Yi. Laura, b. Nov. 8, 1814 ; m. Morrill Oilman, 
 q.v. 
 
 Dexter^ Whitteiiore, b. Oct. 9, 1798 ; d. Apr. 5, 
 

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GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 
 
 777 
 
 18G5, in New York City ; m. Apr. 18, 1830, Betsey, b. 
 Dec. 28, 1795 ; d. Jan/28, 185G, in F., clau. of Thomas 
 
 and Jemi- 
 /7 ma(Kuo\vl- 
 
 uy.^ 
 
 q.v.; m.(2d) 
 Jan. 1,1857, 
 Sarah, b. May 31, 1811, dau. of Phinehas and Lydia 
 ([RiehairlsonJ Parker) Reed, and wid. of Daniel T. Hay- 
 den. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Jocr, b. Oct. 13, 1833 ; m. Oct. 13, 1847, Caro- 
 line Susan, b. Oct. 1, 1835 ; d. Oct. 5, 1857, 
 dan. of Ebcnezer and Mary ( [Thompson] 
 Chapin) Hathon, of Jaffrey ; m. (3d) Nov. 3, 
 1858, Martha S., b. Nov. 14, 1841, dan. of 
 George W. and Sophia M. (Chapin) Waters, 
 of J.; res. N. Y. C. Ch. b. 1 in F., 3-3 in 
 N. Y. 
 
 1. Alfred Hathon", b. Nov. G, 18G1 ; d. 
 
 Sept. 31, 18G3. 
 3. Henry Joel, b. Dec. 35, 1870. 
 3. Bertlia, b. Dec. 6, 1874. 
 II. Thomas Wriqht, b. Sept. 9, 1835+, 
 
 III. Charles, b. Feb. 15, 1838 ; m. Oct. 16, 1850, 
 
 Maria F., b. Aug. 39, 182G, dau. of John and 
 Abigail (Hill) Kimball, q.v.; res. N. Y. Gh. 
 b. 1 in F., 3-3 in N. Y. 
 
 1. Charles Erving, b. Ang. IS, 1856. 
 
 3. William John, b. Mar. 36, 1860. 
 
 3. Frances Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1863. 
 
 IV. Eliza, b. Jan. 35, 1830 ; m. Eev. Abraham 
 Jenkins, q.v. 
 
 V. Cynthia, b. May 30, 1832 ; d. Dec. 18, 1837. 
 VI. Son, not named, b. Jan. 30, 1834 ; d. Jan. 31, 
 
 1834. 
 VII. Laura, b. Jan. 18, 1835 ; d. Mar. 36, 1854, at 
 Mount Holyoke Seminary, South Iladley, 
 Mass. 
 Yiii. Cynthia, b. Dec. 11, 1837 ; d. July 8, 1855. 
 
 Thomas W' 
 33, 1885 ; m. 
 
 Stone : res. New York. 
 
 Whittemore, b. Sept. 9, 1835 ; d. July 
 Aug. 37, 1851, Atossa F., b. Apr. 19, 
 
 1839, in Bom- 
 bay,Hindostan, 
 dau. of Rev. 
 Cyrus and 
 Atossa (Frost) 
 
 Ch. b. in F. 
 
778 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Pedigrke 
 
 of Alfred H., Henry J., aud Bertha Whittemore. 
 
JOHN WHITTEMORE. DEXTER WHITTEMORE. 
 
 THOMAS WRIGHT WHITTEMORE. 
 
 ARTHUR DEXTER WHITTEMORE. ATOSSA WHITTEMORE. 
 
 FIVE GENERATIONS. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 779 
 
 I. Arthur Dexter^\ b. Aug. 11, 1852 ; m. Dec. 14, 
 1876, Maro-aret Ella, b. Feb. 28, 1854, dau. 
 of James P. and Rebecca (Griffith) Owen, of 
 Utica, N. Y.; res. U. Ch. b. 1 in N. Y., 2-3 
 in U. 
 
 1. Owen", b. Oct. 30, 1877 ; d. Dec. 2G, 
 
 1881. 
 
 2. Atossa, b. Jan. 24, 1882. 
 
 3. Margaret, b. May 30, 1883. 
 
 II. Laura, b. Sept. G, 1857 ; m. Oct. 3, 1882, Dr. 
 Jonas Rein Nilsen, b. Feb. 7, 1845, in Ber- 
 gen, Norway, s. of Nils and Laura Marie 
 (Rein) Nilsen ; res. N". Y., and ch. b. there. 
 
 1. Arthur JS^ilsen, b. July 17, 1883. 
 
 2. Lorna " b. Feb. 2, 1885. 
 
 3. Atossa " b. Apr. 8, 1887. 
 Arthur D. and Laura are of Stone descent through 
 
 both father and mother, as shown below. Stones are in 
 Roman, Whittemores in Italics. The numbers attached 
 are the same as the numbering in the Stone Registei*. It 
 will be noticed that there is one more generation in one 
 line than in the other. 
 
 4 John 
 96 Nathaniel 6 David 
 
 97 Hezekiah ^ Samuel 
 
 -p. -T^T T , . 8 Samuel 
 
 Dea. Ehphalet ^g g^^^^^^i 
 
 Slinbael 19 Hannah m. John Whittemore 
 
 Rev. Cyrus Dexter 
 
 Atossa F. m. Thomas W. 
 Arthur D. 
 
 JoHx' Whittemore, b. Oct. 22, 1806 ; d. Feb. 12, 
 1879, in Lansing, Mich,; m. Oct. 6, 1829, Rebecca, b. 
 Oct. 19, 1807 ; d. Dec. 11, 1878, in F., dau. of David 
 and Rebecca (Bovvker) Stowell, q.v. Ch. b. i.-iii. and 
 V. in F., IV. in Troy. 
 
 I. Abigail Toioer, b. Aug. 20, 1830 ; m. William 
 
 Pratt, q.v. 
 II. Son, not named, b. July, 1831 ; d. Aug. 1, 1831. 
 III. Georqe Albitf, b. Mar. 13, 1834 ; m. Sept. 24, 
 
 1855, Mary Rebecca, b. July 12, 1836 ; d. 
 
 Dec. 11, 1872, dau. of Hosea and Nancy 
 
 (Smith) Platts, q.v.; m. (2d) Mary Louisa, b. 
 
 July 17, 1847, in Groton, Mass., dau. of 
 
 Joseph D. and Laura (Merriam) Blood. Ch. 
 
 2 by each m.; all b. in F. 
 
780 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 79 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 82 
 83 
 
 (9) 
 
 84 
 
 85 
 
 86 
 
 87 
 
 89 
 
 90 
 
 91 
 
 92 
 
 1. EverarcP", b. May 17, 1858 ; m. ^STov. li, 
 
 1883, Grace M., b. Aug. 25, 1861, dan. 
 of George D. and Eutb. Ann (TVing) 
 Witt, of Hudson, Mass. 
 
 1. EnbyGertrnde'-, b. Feb. 11, 1885. 
 
 2. Edwin Cepbas, b. Dec. 17, 1859. 
 
 3. John Samuel, b. Mav 8, 1875. 
 
 4. George, b. Jan. 2, 1877. 
 
 IV. David Stoiudl, b. Jnne 11, 1837 ; d. Mar. 6, 
 
 1838. 
 T. Emma Maria, b. Mar. 30, 1843 ; m. Sept. 3, 
 
 1872, Frank Marion Howe, b. Sept. 23, 1842, 
 
 in Castile, jST. Y., s. of Ira and Sally R. 
 
 (Smith) ; res. L. Ch. b. in L. 
 
 1. Don Whittemore Howe, b. Dec. 11, 1876. 
 
 2. Harry Howard " b. Mar. 11, 1880. 
 
 Salmon" Whittemoee, b. July 17, 1778 ; d. May 6, 
 1826 ; m. Ang. 28, 1805, Lydia, b. Jane 18, 1784, dan. 
 of Hezekiah and Mary Wheeler, of Acton, Mass. Mr. 
 W. res. in Eoyalston ; in 1812 rem. to F., settling in 
 the N. part of the town, now in Troy. Ch. b. i.-iv. in 
 R., V. in F., Ti.-x. in T. after the formation of that 
 town. 
 
 I. Mary W.\ b. Oct. 11, 1806 ; d. Oct. 14, 1831, 
 
 unm. 
 II. Sarah S., b. Jnne 28, 1808 ; d. Jan. 21, 1832, 
 
 nnm. 
 III. Aiigail F., b. Oct. 3, 1809 ; d. Feb. 27, 1814. 
 lY. Lydia Louisa, b. Sept. 20, 1811 ; m. Dec. 20, 
 
 1832, William S. Hutchins, b. Dec. 16, 1809 ; 
 
 d. Kov. 1, 1856, in Keene, X. H., s. of Elisha 
 
 and Sarah, of Winchester, ]S". H. Mrs. H. 
 
 res. in Monticello, la. Ch, b. 1-3 in T., 4 in 
 
 K. 
 
 1. George William HutcJiins, b. July 9, 
 
 1838 : d. Feb. 18, 1842. 
 
 2. Marv Louisa HutcMns, b. July 27, 1840 ; 
 
 d. Mar. 4, 1859. 
 
 3. Helen Eliza Hutchins, b. Jan. 2, 1844 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 21, 1856. 
 
 4. Martha Sophia Hutchins, b. Jan. 8, 1847 ; 
 
 m. Apr. 14, 1870, Douglas H. Smith, 
 b. Feb. 17, 1843, s. of "Henry D. and 
 Harriet (Campbell), of Bowen's Prairie, 
 la. Fourch,; res. M. 
 Y. Cyrus, b. Mar. 9, 1813 ; m. Mar. 23, 1836, 
 Mary D., b. Apr. 21, 1817, dan. of Jacob and 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 781 
 
 Sarah (Lewis) Richardson, of Greenfield, 
 N. H.; res. Aurora, Neb. Ch, b. 1-4 in 
 Hillsboro, K H., 5 in Antrim, N. H., 6-7 in 
 B. P. 1. Francis Augustine ; 2. Julia Sarah ; 
 3. Mary Elizabeth ; 4. Walter Lewis ; 5. Ella 
 Eliza ; 6. Eflfie Georgianna ; 7. Elsie Julia. 
 
 93 VI. Son, b. and d. Mar. 13, 1816. 
 
 94 VII. Elijah N., b. Apr. 27, 1817 ; d. Mar. 6, 1820. 
 
 95 VIII. Abigail N., b. May 29, 1820 ; m. May 24, 1842, 
 Samuel Griffin Whitney, b. Sept. 20, 1819, s. 
 of Dr. Charles W. and Mary (Griffin). (See 
 Griffin Register, No. 7.) Res. M. Ch. b. 
 1-6 in Troy, 7 in B. P. 
 
 96 1. Sarah Antoinette Wliitney, b. Apr. 17, 
 1843 ; d. Apr. 11, 1858. 
 
 97 2. Charles Henry WUtneij. b. Sept. 30, 
 1845 ; d. June 21, 1803, at Jelferson 
 Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., in the AVar 
 of the Rebellion. 
 
 98 3. George Salmon Whitney, b. Oct. 10, 
 1847 ; m. Oct. 17, 1869, Celia C. Hines, 
 of B. P. One ch. 
 
 99 4. William Hutching Whitfieij, b. Jan. 9, 
 1850 ; d. July 8, 1877, in Farley, la. ; 
 m. Sept. 17, 1876, Lucy L. McAllister,' 
 of Chicago, 111. One ch. 
 
 100 5. Lemuel Page Whitneij,.h. Apr. 23, 1851 : 
 d. Oct. 29, 1872, 'at Turner's Falls, 
 Mass. 
 
 101 6. Edward Griffin Whitney, b. Aug. 17, 
 1856 ; d. Aug. 31, 1857. 
 
 102 7. Mary Abbie Whitney, b. Feb. 10, 1800 ; 
 d. Sept. 10, 1807. 
 
 103 IX. George, b. Aug. 13, 1822 ; m. June 18, 1844, 
 Emily, b. June 11, 1820, dan. of Benjamin 
 and Abigail (Babbitt) Barker, of Westmore- 
 land, N. H.; res. Milford, Mass. Ch. b. 1-4 
 in K., 5-8 in M. 
 
 104 1. Frederick Benjamin, b. July 20, 1845 ; 
 d. Apr. 20, 1850. 
 
 105 2. Sarah Eliza, b. Mar. 9, 1847 ; d. Apr. 
 17, 1883, in West Springfield, Mass.; 
 m. Nov. 22, 1876, Rev. Julius B. Robin- 
 son, a Baptist clergyman. 
 
 10« 3. Abby Ann, b. Apr. 5, 1849 ; d. May 30, 
 
 1852 
 107 4. Charles Frederick, b. May 2, 1851 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 21, 1853. 
 
782 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
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 109 
 
 110 
 
 111 
 112 
 
 (13) 
 
 113 
 
 114 
 115 
 
 116 
 117 
 
 118 
 119 
 
 120 
 121 
 
 5. George Harrison, b. Oct, 17, 1853. 
 
 6. Anna Mabel, b. Sept. 3, 1856 ; d. Feb. 
 
 13, 1858. 
 
 7. Jennie Carpenter, b. Dec. 15, 1858 ; d. 
 
 Jan. 11, 1860. 
 
 8. Arby Clifford, b. Mar. 31, 1861. 
 Salmon, b. June 29, 1826 ; d. Nov. 20, 1826. 
 
 Levi Whittemore, b. June 12, 1786 ; m. May 1, 
 1811, Polly, b. Nov. 1, 1790, dan. of Jonathan 'and 
 Susan (Tenney) Blodgett, then of Marlboro, N. H. In 
 1821 the family settled in Troy, where Mr. W. d. Feb. 
 8, 1847, and Mrs. W. d. Jan. 31, 1858. Ch. b. i. and 
 III. -IV. in Marlboro, ii. in Templeton, Mass., v. in 
 Jaffrey, vi.-xii. in Troy. 
 
 I. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1811 ; d. Apr. 7, 1846 ; 
 m. Apr. 10, 1832, Lockhart Willard Brock- 
 way, b. Mar. 24, 1805, s. of John and Clarissa. 
 They had 7 ch., of whom the second, Clara 
 Ann, m. Lyman W. Bowker, q.v.; res. Hins- 
 dale, N. H." 
 II. Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; d. Mar. 20, 1888. 
 
 III. Levi, b. Nov. 14, 1815 ; d. Feb. 7, 1864 ; m. 
 
 Apr. 15, 1841, Lucy Ann, b. Apr. 12, 1817 ; 
 d. Aug. 10, 1841, dan. of Easmon and Lucy 
 (Garfield) Alexander, of T.; m. (2d) Feb. 23, 
 1844, Mary M., b. May 15, 1819, dau. of Mar- 
 tin and Hannah (Woodward) Rockwood, q.v. 
 Ch. b. in T., where Mrs. W. still res. 
 
 1. Emma Maria, b. Dec. 11, 1845. 
 
 2. Henry Martin, b. May 30, 1849 ; m. 
 
 Nov. 6, 1877, Sarah" L., b. June 8, 
 1850 ; d. Sept. 11, 1878, dau. of Ho- 
 ratio and Sarah (Bemis) Lewis, of White- 
 field, N. n.; m. (2d) Oct. 25, 1882, 
 Jennie G., b. Oct. 16, 1856, in T., dau. 
 of Earl and Eliza W. (Gorham) Clark. 
 Of Coolidge & Whittemore, manufac- 
 turers of pails and buckets at Bowker- 
 ville. (See No. 124 of this Register.) 
 1. Casper Martin, b. May 26, 1885. 
 
 IV. Luther, b. Sept. 17, 1817 ; m. Dec. 31, 1846, 
 
 Abby G., b. Feb. 26, 1824, dau. of Easmon 
 and Lucy (Garfield) Alexander ; res. Troy. 
 V. Boancy, b. Feb. 6, 1820 ; m. Sylvester Drury, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. John, b. Nov. 13, 1822 ; m. Nov, 18, 1845, 
 Lucy R., b. June 22, 1827 ; d. Dec. 5, 1860, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 
 
 783 
 
 dau. of Simon and Lncy (Fitch) Grey ; m. 
 (2d) Dec. 13, 1864, Mary Ann, b. May 29, 
 1830, dan. of Anthony and Catherine (Hawks) 
 Phelps ; res. Templeton. 
 VII. Susan, b. Sept. 27, 1824 ; m. Thomas Perry, 
 
 q.v. 
 VIII. Martlia, b. Mar. 27, 1826 ; d. Dec. 8, 1832. 
 
 IX. Caroline Mcdilda, b. Feb. 2.5, 1828 ; m. Elbridge 
 Coolidge after the d. of her sister Sarah M., 
 his first w. ; res. Troy. He is a manufacturer 
 of pails and buckets at Bowkerville. Coolidge 
 & Whittemore. (See No. 117 of this Register.) 
 X. Sarah Malvina, b. IMay 30, 1830 ; d. Feb. 7, 
 1859 ; ra. May 25, 1854, Elbridge Coolidge, 
 b. May 15, 1826, s. of Asher and Olive (Stark- 
 ey) Coolidge, and grands, of Abraham. (See 
 Coolidge Record, Xo. 17.) 
 
 XI. Cyrus Snoiu, b. Aug. 20, 1832 ; m. Oct. 20, 
 1853, Eliza Ann ^y., b. Jan. 6, 1833, dau. of 
 William and Sarah E. (Hiscock) Lawrence, 
 of Marlboro ; res. Mansfield, ilass. 
 
 1. Addie Eliza, b. Feb. 26, 1858, in T. 
 
 2. Effie Lawrence, b. Jan. 12, 1870, in 
 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 XII. Lucy Ann, b. Mar. 30, 1835 ; d. Mar. 31, 1835. 
 
 Nathaniel Wilder and w. Lucy were from Lan- 
 caster, Mass. He was one of the original members of 
 the chh. in F., and she was adm. Sept. 22, 1771, on 
 letter from the chh. in L. They rem. to Winchester, 
 N. IL, and were dis. to chh. there, June 18, 1775. Ch. 
 rec. in F. 
 
 I. Rebecca, bapt. Apr. 28, 1771. This is the first 
 bapt. rec. in the Chh. Rec, and was doubtless 
 the first bapt. administered by Rev. Mr. Brig- 
 ham. 
 IL Stejjhen, bapt. July 18, 1773. 
 
 JosiAH Wilder, b. Mar. 5, 1786, at Ashburnham ; 
 came to F. ab. 1829, and res. in town till his d., Feb. 
 26, 1866. He was s. of Josiah and Joanna (Baker), of 
 A., and grands, of Josiah and Miriam, of Lancaster, 
 Mass. He m. Mary Wheeler, who d. Oct. 25, 1866, a. 
 80 y. No rec. or report of tlie family, but they had ch. 
 
 I. Josiah, b. Feb. 22, 1828 ; m. Margaret , b. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1842. Ch. b. in F. 
 1. Mary F., b. Feb. 28, 1862. 
 
784 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 2. Eda C, h. Sept. 28, 1863 ; m. Walter 
 
 Streeter, q.v. 
 
 3. Edwin A., b. Aug. 12, 1864. 
 
 Elijah Wilder was a native of Wilmington, Vt., 
 and was s. of Elijah Wilder, of W., and Currency Tracy, 
 a native of Deerfield, Mass. He was b. Nov. 2, 182U ; 
 m. Aug. 26, 1851, Susan, b. Nov. 20, 1831, dau. of 
 Nalium and Susanna (Townsend) Howe. Ch. b. i. in 
 F., II. and iii. in Troy. 
 
 I. Herbert Elijah, b. May 30, 1852 : m. Oct. 24, 
 
 1876, Lucy Eelief, b. Oct. 9, 1858, in W., 
 
 dau. of Franklin D. and. Helen A. (Crosby) 
 
 Knapp. Cb. b. in T. 
 
 1. Lona Estella, b. Dec. 31, 1882. 
 
 Alice Florence, b. Jan. 29, 1859 ; m. Willey A. 
 
 Bemis, q.v. 
 Eda Josephine, b. Jan. 15, 1867 ; m. Arthur 
 W. Drury, q.v. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Joshua Willaed and. w. Phebe were from Grafton, 
 Mass.; adm. to chh. in E. Aug. 29, 1779, and. dis. to 
 chh. in Hubbardston, Mass., Aug. 19, 1810, though 
 they apparently left town before 1788, as his name does 
 not appear in the tax-lists of that or later y. Lived on 
 L 13 E. 1, afterward owned by Judge Parker. Ch. rec. 
 in F. Phebe was b. in G., others in E. 
 
 I. PheU, b. Jan. 27, 1777. 
 II. George, b. June 1, 1778 ; d. Aug. 3, 1782. 
 
 III. Forhmatus, b. Feb. 24, 1780 ; d. Aug. 5, 1782. 
 
 IV. Porter, b. July 16, 1781 ; d. Jaly 27, 1782. 
 V. Joshua, b. Jan. 10, 1783. 
 
 Samuel Sawyer Willaed, b. in Sterling, Mass., 
 June 8, 1793, and was the oldest of the 12 ch. of Peter 
 and Esther (Brooks) Willard. He m. Nov., 1818, 
 Patty, b. Feb. 11, 1799 ; d. Mar. 19, 1866, dau. of 
 Daniel and Betsey (Willard) May, of Winchendon, and 
 after living in that town for a few y. he became a per- 
 manent resident of F. in Nov., 1823. He d, Nov. 7, 
 1877, killed by the cars at the State Line crossing. At 
 the age of 16 y. he commenced teaching school, which 
 he followed for over 40 y. Ch. b. i.-ii. in W., iii.-yi. 
 in F. 
 
 Oren Atherton, b. Dec. 15, 1821 ; m. Oct. 12, 
 
 1848, Abbie Whitney, of Londonderry, Vt.; 
 
 res. Cavendish, Vt. 
 
 I. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 785 
 
 1. Charles Milton, b. Aug., 1851. 
 II. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 16, 1823 ; m. Nov. 4, 1841, 
 Jonathan C. Peak, d. June 7, 1848, a. 26 y.; 
 m. (2d) Luke Beals, of \Y., b. Oct. 4, 1801, 
 s. of Jesse and Dorcas (Sibley), of Royalston. 
 In 1866 rem. to F., where he d. May 24, 1881. 
 Ch. 3 by 1st m. b. in F., and 1 by 2d m. b. 
 inW. 
 
 1. Leander F. Peah, b. Nov. 14, 1842 ; d. 
 
 May 27, 1861. 
 
 2. George Elson'Pm^, b. Mar. 6, 1846 ; m. 
 
 Abbie E. Williams, of W., where they 
 
 3. Cyrus Walter Peah, b. May 15, 1848 ; 
 
 m. Nellie H. Nason, of Windsor, Vt. ; 
 res. W. 
 
 4. Ida Isabel Beals, b. Dec. 27, 1858. 
 
 III. Susan 3faria, b. 1826 : d. Dec. 6, 1831. 
 
 IV. Selina Mizabetk, b. 1829 ; d. Sept. 18, 1837. 
 
 V. 3Iilton Augustus, b. Nov. 14, 1833 ; m. 1861, 
 Louisa Pox, of Marlow, N. H.; res. Minne- 
 apolis, Minn. 
 
 1. Leslie, b. 1862. 
 
 2. Fred. 
 
 VI. Martm Alonzo, b. Dec. 13, 1835 ; m. 1861, 
 Emma Tenney, of Marlow. She d., and he 
 m. (2d) Mrs. Mary A. Roberts, of Springfield, 
 Mass. ; res. S. Ch. 2 by 1st m. and 1 by 2d m. 
 
 1. Jennie Mabel, b. Feb. 11, 1862 ; m. H. 
 
 B. Marshall ; res. Hancock, N. H. 
 
 2. Alice May, b. Mar. 11 (1865?) d 
 
 3. Grace, b. Oct. 10, 1873. 
 
 Rev. Charles M. Willard, pastor of the Baptist 
 Chh., came to F. in 1846, aiid left town ab. 1850. Ch. 
 rec. in F, 
 
 I. Charles Erastus, b. July 12, 1845, in Ogdens- 
 
 burg, N. Y. 
 II. Henry Hoioard, b. Jan. 16, 1847, in F. 
 
 Henry Willard and w. Phebe were adm. to the 
 chh. in F. Sept. 22, 1771, on letter from chh. in Pep- 
 perell, Mass., and were dis. to chh. in Charlestown, N. 
 H., Sept. 5, 1773. Prob. came to town at least 2 or 3 
 y. before the first-named date. Is said to have lived on 
 L 12 R 2, which he sold to William Withington, Dec. 8, 
 1770. 
 50 
 
786 
 
 28 
 
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 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 
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 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 23 
 
 HI3T0EY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Phebe TVillakd and Benjamin Pierce m. Apr. 7. 
 1 1 »o. 
 
 WILSOX. 
 
 Jacob Wilsox and "w. Margaret were in town prob. 
 before IT To. He was chosen Highway Surveyor in 
 Mar.,. 1TT3. She was adm. to the chh. Oct. 1"2, ITTT. 
 It is supposed the family moved within a few y. to Win- 
 chendon. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 I. Jacob, ^ 
 II. David; I 
 
 III. Esther, )- bapt. ^.ot. 6, ITTT. 
 
 IV. Hejjsiletli, \ 
 T. Mary, J 
 
 Ti. Daugliter. d. Aug. 16, 1777, a. 16 mos. 
 
 Samuel Wilsox and w. Lovina res. in town but a 
 1 few y. He was chosen hog-reeve in Mar., ITSO. She 
 was adm. to the chh. Dec. S, 1TS2, and Feb. 1, ITSl, 
 was dis. to chh. in Spencer, Mass. Ch. rec in F. 
 
 I. Josejjh; 
 
 II. Loi 
 
 ¥'' I bapt. 
 
 Dec. S, 17S2. 
 
 AzAKiAH WiLSOX, prob. from AVestboro, Mass., 
 settled on L IT E 1 after Thomas Witherbee. His w. 
 was Sallv Witherbee, a sister of Thomas. Mr. W". d. 
 July 10,* 1793 ; Mrs. W. d. Xov. 4, 1T93. Ch. all b. 
 in F. 
 
 I. Polly, b. Aug. 31. 1TS4. 
 
 II. Silasy b. July 27, 1786 : d. Apr. 3, 1832. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. Mav 8. lT8o. 
 
 IV. Azariah. b. Mar. 2. 1T90. 
 
 V. Tliomas, b. May 20, 1T92 : m. Alice . He 
 
 was a cloth-dresser, and had a fulling-mill in 
 the south part of the town. Ch. b. and rec. 
 in F. 
 
 1. Nancv Bullard, b. Mar. 2(3. 1817. 
 
 2. Alice" Clarinda, b. Dec. 20, 1819. 
 
 3. Sarah Wetherbee. b. Mar. 9, 1822 ; m. 
 
 Wilson. Xo account of family. 
 
 but a dau. 
 
 1. Alice Elizabeth Tri7*o«, b. Dee. 2T, 
 1853 : m. George H. Simonds, q.v. 
 1. Sophia Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1821. 
 5. Thomas Azariah, b. Oct. 20, 1826. 
 
 VI. Sally Witherbee, b. Oct. 25, 1T93. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 787 
 
 24 Benjamin Wilson and w. Mehitable, from West- 
 minster, Mass., were first settlers on L 4 R 9. It is not 
 known when they came to F., bnt they were adm. to 
 the chh. July 8, 1787, on letter from the chh. in W. 
 He d. Oct. 31, 1790. As the d, of his wid. does not ap- 
 pear in F. rec, it is supposed that she returned to W. 
 Of their ch., the following settled in F. and vicinity : 
 
 25 I. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 15, 1755 ; d. Jan. 3, 1817 ; 
 
 m. Abigail , who d. in winter of 184:(!-7, 
 
 a. 84 y. ; were first settlers on L 3 E 9 ; he 
 bought the lot, Jan. 21, 1779, and prob. m. 
 and came to town ab, that time. The lot Avas 
 bought of Jonathan Blanchard, of Dunstable, 
 Mass., for £245, and is described as "here- 
 tofore of William Earl Tread well." The cur- 
 rency was much depreciated at this time, and 
 the specie value of the land was less than £40. 
 At a later date lived on L 4 R 9. He was 
 doubtless the first one of the family who set- 
 tled in F., s.p. 
 
 IT. Artemas, b. Feb. 14, 1757+. 
 III. Tabitha, b. 1759 ; d. Dec. 2, 1840 ; m. Apr. 
 20, 1787, Jonadab Baker, b. Aug. 31, 1759 : 
 d. Sept. 25, 1820, s. of Richard and Mary 
 (Sawyer), of W. ; settled in Marlboro, N. TL, 
 ab. 1787. Ch. all b. in M. 
 
 1. Persis Baker, b. June 19, 1790 : m. Nov. 
 11, 1813, Dr. Ephraim Kimball Frost, 
 b. Dec. 17, 1790 ; d. Nov. 23, 1870, s. 
 of Benjamin and Rachel (Kimball), of 
 Jaffrey. He commenced practice in 
 M., and afterward rem. to Swanzey. 
 In 1834 he rem. to McDonough, N. Y . : 
 in 1854 to Delaware Co., la., and in 
 18G7 to Lincoln, Neb., where he d. 
 Seven ch. 
 20 2. Pollv Baker, b. Feb. 3, 1792 ; d. Dec. 
 
 26, 1825 ; m. Jan. 4, 1814, Calvin 
 Hastings, of M., b. Oct. 20, 1785, s. of 
 Thaddeus and Asenath (Rice). One 
 of their ch. 
 
 30 1. Calvin Hastings, m. Eliza, dau. 
 
 of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) 
 Bemis. (See Brewer Register, 
 No. 9.) 
 
 31 3. Lucy Baker, b. Feb. 4, 1794 ; m. Dec. 
 2G, 1815, Carter Whitcomb, and res. in 
 Swanzey. 
 
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 52 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 4. Tabitha BaTcer, b. June 7, 1796 ; m. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1821, CalviD Teiinev, of M., b. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1792, s. of Willian/and Mehit- 
 
 able (Jones). 
 IV. Mary, b. May 20, 1761 ; m. Peter Prescott, q.v. 
 V. LuJce, d. Oct. 3, 1794. 
 
 Artemas Wilson-, b. Peb. 14, 1757 ; d. Apr. 30, 
 1847 ; m. Aug. 26, 1784, Cata, b. May 29, 1762 ; d. 
 Mar. 22, 1851, dau. of Moses and Cata (Adams) Drury, 
 q.v. Lived ab. 60 y. on L 7 R 8. 
 
 I. Nathan, b. Oct. 9, 1786 ; d. Jan. 29, 1792. 
 II. Artemas, b. Oct. 17, 1787 ; d. Sept. 30, 1864 ; 
 m. Polly Davis, of Koyalston, b. Dec. 10, 
 1790 ; d. Apr. 5, 1873. 
 
 1. Amasa Scott, b. Nov. 5, 1815+- 
 
 2. Infant, d. Aug. 18, 1817. 
 
 3. George Washington, b. Apr. 24, 1819+. 
 
 4. Melvin, b. Feb. 27, 1822+. 
 
 5. Mary, b. May 19, 1824 ; m. Van J\ress 
 
 Davis, q.v. 
 
 6. Elvira M., b. Feb. 17, 1827 ; m. Mar. 
 
 15, 1848, Seth M. Young, called of 
 Manlius, N. Y. 
 
 7. Levi Chamberlain, b. Feb. 21, 1831.; d. 
 
 July 13, 1833. 
 
 III. Josiah, b. June 27, 1790 ; m. June 20, 1810, 
 
 Dorcas Carroll, d. May 2, 1861, a. 72 v. 
 
 1. Cbild, d. Jan. 21, 1814. 
 
 2. Catherine, m. Feb. 20, 1833, Lyman 
 
 Carroll, s. of Samuel and Annis (Whit- 
 ney). (See Whitney Eegister, ISIo. 36.) 
 Res. Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 3. Benjamin F., m. Sarab Elizabeth, b. ab. 
 
 1830, dau. of Amos and Angelina 
 (Emerson) Davis, q.v. 
 
 4. Caroline, b. July 27, 1816 ; m. Eli 
 
 Smith, q.v. 
 
 5. Infant, d. Jan. 14, 1819. 
 
 6. Josiah Knovrlton, m. Hannah Carroll ; 
 
 rem. to W. No. b of ch. rec. in F. 
 but a dau. 
 
 1. Ellen, d. Aug. 21, 1849, a. 2 y. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, b. Mar. 21, 1793 ; d. May 24, 1865 ; 
 
 ni. May 31, 1814, Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1796 ; 
 d. Apr. 1, 1835, dau. of Micah and Betsey 
 Perry, q v.; m. (2d) June 11, 1840, Louisa, 
 b. Nov. 21, 1806, dau. of Robert and Lydia 
 
53 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 789 
 
 (Jones) Thompson, of R. (She m. [2d] Samuel 
 Hill, q.v.) 
 
 1. Maria, b. Oct. 7, 1815 ; m. Nov. 26, 
 
 1840, Rev. Adonijah Howe Cutter, b. 
 Aug. 29, 1808 : d. in Nelson, N. II., 
 July 1, 1860, s. of David and Polly 
 (Spofford) Cutter, of Jaffrey, s.j). 
 
 2. Harriet, b. May 8, 1817 ; m. Joel Hay- 
 
 den, Jr., q.v. 
 
 3. Abigail, b. May 1, 1820 ; m. Cyrus P. 
 
 Smith, b. Oct. 25, 1827, s. of" Asahei 
 and Anna (Owen) Smith, of Hanover. 
 N. H. ; res. H. 
 
 4. Charles Benjamin, b. Feb. 24, 1842 ; m. 
 
 June 14, 1866, Mary Jane, b. July 22, 
 1844, dau. of George F. and Caroline 
 (Hale) Holman, q.v.; res. Chicago, 111. 
 
 Amasa S. Wilson-, b. Nov. 5, 1815 ; m. Apr. 16, 
 1838, Sally D., b. June 19, 1821, dau. of John and 
 Olive (Wyman) Stone, q.v. 
 
 I. George H., d. 1864, in the army. 
 Ti. Charles W., m. Oct. 20, 1868, LuellaE., b. Julv 
 5, 1852, dau. of George W. and Eliza A. 
 (Swan) Wilson, q.v.; res. Keene. 
 
 III. Jennie Rosa, b. July 31, 1846 ; m. Sept. 2, 
 
 1867, James Clark Baldwin, b. Sept. 29, 1846, 
 at North Coventry, Ct., s. of Daniel D. and 
 Jerusha (Botham) Baldwin. 
 
 1. Lillie Augusta Balchuin, b. Feb. 21, 
 
 1873. 
 
 2. Hattie L. Baldioin, b. Nov. 16, 1874. 
 
 3. Walter D. " b. Aug. 13, 1876. 
 
 IV. Albert William, d. Sept. 18, 1872, a. 21 y.; m. 
 
 Aug. 28, 1868, Sarah E., b. Dec. 9, 1849, 
 dau. of Barton and Sarah E. (Ballon) Grant, 
 q.v. She m. (2d) Loring J. Pease. (See 
 p. 803.) 
 V. H. Janet te, b. ab. 1855. 
 VI. Laura Etta, b. May 16, 1860. 
 
 George W. Wilsox, b. Apr. 24, 1819 ; m. Feb. 15, 
 1844, Eliza Ann Swan, b. Oct. 30, 1821, in Benton, 
 Vt. (?) 
 
 I. Luella E., b. July 5, 1852 ; m. Charles W. 
 Wilson, q.v. 
 
790 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 67 
 68 
 
 (40) 
 69 
 
 70 
 71 
 
 72 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Myra Ardell, b. Jan. 21, 1860 ; m. George H. 
 
 Fairbanks, q.v. 
 Julia Emma, b. Apr. 9, 1862 ; m. June 1, 1887, 
 
 Charles H. Conway, b. Aug. 31, 1857, s. of 
 
 Charles W. and Sarah E. (Wentworfch), of 
 
 Eichmond. 
 
 Mblvin Wilson-, b. Feb. 27, 1822 ; m. June 19, 
 1845, Ann, b. July 22, 1809 ; d. July 17, 1875, dau. of 
 Abel and Lovina (Amadon) Angier. q.v., and wid. of 
 Lewis Monroe ;m. (2d) Jan. 25 (?j, 1876, Mrs. Mary 
 Jane (Estabrook) Bradley, b. Nov. 10, 1831, in Eutland, 
 Vt. 
 
 I. Albert Franhlin, b. Feb. 9, 1847 ; m. Feb. 9, 
 1868, Sarah H., b. Mar. 31, 1847, dau. of Joe 
 and Betsey (Howe) Perham, q.v. 
 1. Erwin Franklin, b. Jan. 3, 1881. 
 II. Infant (twin), b. Feb. 9, 1847 ; d. Apr. 29, 
 
 1847. 
 III. Julia Ann, b. June 4, 1861 ; m. Sept. 11, 1877, 
 Edwin Marshall Eead, s. of Daniel B. and 
 Isabella (Estabrook) Eead. 
 
 WINCH. 
 
 I Samuel Winch was in Sudbury, Mass., as earlj' as 1670, and a few 
 y. later settled in Framingham ; was an original member of the Fram. 
 chh. He d. 1718 ; was buried, Aug. 3 ; m. (1st) Feb. 11, 1673, Hannah, 
 dau. of Matthew Gibbs, and had ch. i. John, d. y. ; ii. Samuel ; iii. 
 .John ; IV. David ; v. Hannah ; vi Silence ; vii. Thomas, gt b. 1694 ; 
 m. (2d) .Tan. 11, 1699, Sarah, wid. of Benjamin Barnard, of Watertown, 
 and had ch. viii. Mary ; ix. Daniel. 
 
 2 Thomas, b. 1694 ; d. Sept. 33, 1761 ; m. Oct. 23, 1718, Deborah, 
 b. Apr. 37, 1703, dau. of Isaac and Deborah (Leland) Gleason, of Pram, 
 Ch. I. rianiel ; ii. Thomas, 3) b. June 35. 1723 ; in. Samuel ; iv. 
 Deborah, b. Jan. 37, 1738-9 ; m. Maj. John Farrar, q.ti.; v. Hannah ; 
 
 VI. j^oseph ; vii. Nathan. 
 
 3 Thomas, b. June 35, 1733 ; m. Dec. 30, 1743, EHzabeth, b. July 
 30, 1731, dau. of Caleb and Ehzabeth (Eames) Drury, of Fram., q.v. 
 Cli. all b. in Fram. i. Caleb, 4, b. Sept. 26, 1^44 ; ii. Catherine ; 
 III. Sybilla ; iv. Hannah; v. Jason, 5, bapt. Sept., 1751 ; vi. Joel; 
 
 VII. Samuel, d. y. ; viii. Reuben; ix. Samuel, ©, bapt. Feb. 3, 1760; 
 X. Thomas ; xi. EUick (Alexander ?), Three of the ch. came to F., but 
 only one of them remained permanently. 
 
 Caleb Winch, b. Sept. 26, 1744 ; d. 1826 ; m. 
 Mehetabel, b. May 28, 1747 ; d. May 6, 1806, dau. of 
 Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Framing- 
 ham, q.v.; came from Fram. to F. in 1768, and soon 
 settled on L 22 E 6. Mr. and Mrs. W., called " of 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 791 
 
 Monadnoc," were adin. to tlie chh. in Fram. July 28, 
 1770, doubtless because at that time there was no chh. 
 in F. In the following y. when a chh. was organized 
 in F., Mr. "W. was one of the instituting members. Id 
 Sept. of this y. (1771) Mrs. W. was adm. to the new 
 chh. on letter from the chh. in Fram. 
 
 I. Joseph, b. June 5, 1770 ; m. Sakey ; rem. 
 
 from F. ab. 1806 ; res. Keeue. Ch. rec. 
 in F. 
 
 1. Infant, d. Dec. 27, 1795. 
 
 2. Mary Fox, b. Oct. 9, 1797. 
 
 3. Joseph, b. July 31, 1799. 
 
 4. Calvin, b. Dec. 8, 1802 ; d. May 10, 
 
 1809, burned to death in the house of 
 his grandfather. 
 II. Abigail, b. Mar. 26, 1772 ; d. July 24, 1790, 
 unm. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. John Gary, q.v. 
 
 IV. nomas, b. Feb. 12, 1776 ; d. Sept. 19, 1777. 
 V. John, b. Mar. 10, 1778 ; m. Gary, prob. sister 
 
 of John, who m. Betsey Winch, (See above.) 
 VI. MehetaM, b. July 8, 1779 ; d. Jan. 8, 1792. 
 VII. Nathan, b. Mar. 1, 1781 ; d. Aug. 28, 1851 ; 
 m. May 8, 1806, Polly, b. June 6, 1780 ; d. 
 Jan. 1, 1834, dau. of Benjamin and Mary 
 (Brigham) Davison ; m. (2d) Asenath Davi- 
 son, b. Apr. 4, 1785 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858, sister 
 of his first w. Lived in that part of F. which 
 is now in Troy. The 3 ch. b. before T, was 
 incorporated are rec. in F. 
 
 1. Nathan, b. Apr. 2, 1807 ; has been m. 
 
 3 times : res. in Marlboro. 
 
 2. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1809 ; m. Joseph 
 
 Putney, q.v. 
 
 3. Arethusa D., b. June 13, 1814 ; d. Jan. 
 
 12, 1815. 
 
 4. Calvin, m. Flood and rem. West. 
 
 5. Arethusa, m. Bucklin and res. in 
 
 Swanzey. 
 VIII. Caleh, b. Apr. 24, 1783 ; m. Dec. 31, 1805. 
 Lucy, b, Oct. 31, 1780 ; d. 1848, dau. of 
 Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, q.v.\ res. 
 North field, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. 
 
 1. William, b. Oct. 11, 1806. 
 
 2. Eliza, b, Apr, 28, 1812, 
 
 IX, Ebeiiezer, b, Dec. 19, 1785 ; d. Sept. 15, 1807, 
 
 unm. 
 X, William, b, Aug. 14, 1788 ; m. Jan. 19, 1808, 
 
792 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 (5) 
 
 26 
 
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 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 Mary Farrar, b. Apr. 14, 1T90, sister of Lucy, 
 who m. his bro. Caleb. See above. 
 
 Jasox Wixch^ bapt. Sept., 1751 ; m. Abigail . 
 
 Both Histories of Framingham say that he m. Elizabeth 
 Maynard, which is not correct. She m. his bro. Samuel, 
 q.v. Jason rem. from F. before 1793*. The History 
 of Troy states that he came here in 178"2 or 83, as near 
 as can now be ascertained, and built a tannery in what 
 is now Troy Tillage. He carried on tanning and curry- 
 ing here a few y., but being unfortunate in his business, 
 he closed it up and left town. Ch. b. in F. 
 
 I. Nally, bapt. June 3, 1787 ; d. Dec. 27, 1787. 
 
 Samuel AVinch, bapt. Feb. 3, 1760 
 29, 1780, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 24, 1761, 
 and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Fram., 
 town before 1793* ; rem. to Sullivan, X. H 
 in F. 
 
 I. Infant, d. Apr. 2, 1781. 
 XL Patty, 
 
 III. Betsey, \ bapt. Jan. 4, 1789 
 
 IV. SuTcey, 
 
 m. in F. June 
 
 dan. of Joseph 
 
 g.v. Left 
 
 Ch. rec. 
 
 William Withixgtojst came to F. from Ashby, Mass., 
 in 1770 or 71. He was b. Jan. 16, 1744, s. of William 
 and Sarah (Locke), of AVest Cambridge, Mass., and d. 
 Sept., 1823, in or near Madison, X. Y. ; m. June 28, 
 1769, Martha, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Burnap) 
 Locke, q.v. Lived a few v. on L 12 E 2. and rem. to 
 L 17 E 4, where he lived ab. 30 y. On L 12, E 2 he 
 succeeded Henry Willard, and was succeeded by Abel 
 Estabrook. He' bought the lot of Mr. W. for £40, by 
 deed dated Dec. 8, 1770. Mr. E.'s w. was Mr. W.'s 
 sister. The family rem. to Orwell, IST. T., ab. 1818. 
 Ch. b. the 1st one in A., all the others b. and rec. in F. 
 
 I. Martha, b. Jan. 16, 1770 ; d. Aug., 1846 ; m. 
 
 Elisha Ware, of G-ilsum, K H., s.p. 
 11. Mather, b. Aug. 12, 1771 ; m. and lived in 
 
 Camden, where he d. July 23, 1849. 
 III. Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1773 ; m'. Phinehas Gleason 
 
 Miller, q.v. 
 IT. EUzaleth, b. Apr. 28, 1775 ; d. Aug. 16, 1842 ; 
 
 m. John Sawver and res. in Stockbridge, Yt. 
 T. WUUam, b. Mar. 2, 1777 ; m. Feb. 23, 1800, 
 
 Xabby, b. June 27, 1779, dau. of Josepb and 
 
 Mary (Angier) Stone, q.v. Lived on the 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 793 
 
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 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 home place and rem. to 0. with his father. 
 Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 
 
 1. Joseph, b. Mar. 30, 1800. 
 
 2. Myra, b. Jan. 23, 1802. 
 
 3. Albert, b. July 20, 1803. 
 
 4. Gilman, b. Mar. 13, 1805. 
 
 5. Elmer, d. Mar. 11, 1807, a. 6 vv. 
 
 6. Elmer, b. Feb. 22, 1808. 
 
 7. Lucas, b. Feb. 24, 1810. 
 
 8. Tryphena, b. Apr. 27, 1812. 
 
 9. Rhoda, b. Au2-. 11, 1814. 
 10. Abigail, b. Sept. 24, 1816. 
 
 VI. John, b. Mar. 7, 1779. 
 VII. Lucretia, b. Sept. 29, 1782 ; m. Charles Damon 
 
 Nov. 5, 1802. He is called of F. in the rec. 
 
 of m., but his name does not appear in any 
 
 tax-list, and nothing further is known of him. 
 VIII. Salome, b, Jan. 5, 1786 ; m. Jonathan Haven, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 Willi *VM Albert Withington, who served in the 
 War of the Rebellion on the quota of F., belonged to 
 the foregoing family. 
 
 WOODS. 
 
 I John' Woods, the emigrant ancestor, settled in Sudbury, Mass., 
 and was one of the petitioners for the town of Marlboro, Mass. His s.. 
 
 2 Dea. JoHN^ b. July 18, 1647 ; d. Apr. 5, 1716 ; res. in M. His s., 
 
 3 JoHN^ was b. Apr. 30, 1670 ; res. in M. His s., 
 
 4 Dea. David% b. June 5, 1696 ; d. 1774 ; m. Jan. 26, 1725, Ruth 
 Johnson ; res. in M. His s., 
 
 5 JoNAS^ settled in Southboro, Mass., where he d. June 28, 1758. 
 Ch. b. in S. i. Jonas, b. Jan. 21, 1752, 6 ; n- Elizabeth, m. Abner 
 Parker and res. in S. ; iii. Anna, b. 1758; m. Ezekiel Collins, q.v. 
 It was the second w. of Mr. C. who was sister to Jonas Woods ; not the 
 first w., as stated in the Collins Register. 
 
 6 
 
 Jonas® Woods, b. in Southboro, Mass., Jan. 21, 
 1752 ; d. in F. Aug. 14, 1834 , m. Hannah Ward, b. 
 Dec. 25, 1751 ; d. Oct. 10, 1823, dau. of Ephraim Ward, 
 of S. Mr, W. was out in the Rev. War under Gen. 
 Schuyler, serving mostly in "the region of Albany and 
 Saratoga, N. Y.; came to F. in 1784 and settled on the 
 W. half of L 13 R 7. His diary says : " Feb'y the 17th, 
 1784, moved with my family from Southboro and arrived 
 at my house in Fitzwilliam 19th of same month." 
 
794 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 The following additional items from his diary will be 
 of interest : 
 
 " On nights of 5th & 6th June, 1801, was frost that 
 cut down corn & beans to the ground." 
 
 " June 4, 1802, I planted corn, and 'twas so cold as 
 to work with coat and jacket, & fields very wet." 
 
 " Jan'y 19, 1810, Being Friday, was remarkable cold 
 and terrible windy." 
 
 " Aug. 28, 182(5, a great rain that carried off bridges 
 and gulled the roads very much." 
 
 Mr. W. performed the duties of sexton in F. for over 
 25 y. He noted in the sexton's rec. book : " April 27, 
 1799, this day I have counted the graves I have dug in 
 this town, and find them to be 138 graves." Ch. b. 
 I. -VI. in S., vii.-ix. in F. 
 
 I. HannaU\ b. May, 3, 1774 (not Hannah Ward) ; 
 
 ni. Joseph Fassett, q.v. 
 II. Anna, b. Sept, 24, 1775 ; ni. John Haven, q.v. 
 
 III. Jonas, b. June 18, 1777 ; d. July 25, 1801. 
 
 IV. Rev. Asael, b. Apr. 19, 1779 ; d. Nov. 17, 1824 ; 
 
 m. Sept. 8, 1803, Jerusha, b. Sept. 17, 1783, 
 dau. of James and Elizabeth (Ila^en) Stone, 
 q.v.; was a Baptist minister ; rem from F. ab. 
 1817. (See p. 443.) 
 V. Silas\ b. June 5, 1782 ; d. Apr. 9, 1827 ; m. 
 Mar.. 12, 1803, Betsey, b. Feb. 15, 1785, dau. 
 of James and Sibyl (Angier) Dunton, q.v. 
 (She m. [2d] Jacob Hale, of Koyalston, who 
 d., and she returned to F. and d. here, Apr. 
 1, 1866.) Mr. W. served as sexton in F. for 
 many y. No b. of ch. rec. in the town rec, 
 and the following list may not be complete ; 
 
 1. Polly^ b. Aug. 30, 1803 ; m. (1st) John 
 
 W. Fawcett. (See Fassett, No. 17.) 
 m. (2d) David Moore, q.v.; m. (3d) 
 Isaac Lamb ; m. (4th) Ebenezer Potter, 
 q.v. 
 
 2. Betsey, b. Aug. 30, 1803 (twin) ; m. 
 
 Nov. 20, 1823, Samuel Griffiths ; rem. 
 to Royalston, where she d. (1887). 
 
 3. Asael. 
 
 4. Willard, d. July 21, 1825, a. 18 y. 
 
 5. Harriet. 
 
 6. Gr^orge. 
 
 7. Joel. 
 
 8. Harvey. 
 
 VI. Sally, b. Dec. 11, 1783 ; m. James Stone, Jr., 
 q.v. 
 
^c^^i^ ^ri^T^^-^ 
 
t 
 
 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 795 
 
 Yii. John, b. Sept. 29, 1785+. 
 
 viir. Lydia, b. Apr. 10, 1788 ; rem, from town and 
 d. 1862. 
 IX. JernsJia, b. Apr. 11, 1792 ; d. July 21, 1817. 
 
 Eev. John' Woods, b. Sept. 29, 1785 ; d. Mav 4, 
 18G1 : m. Nov. 26, 1812, Eliza Hall, of Warwick, Mass., 
 b. Apr. 6, 1786 ; d. June 27, 1822 ; m. (2d) Apr. 14, 
 1824, Achsah Baker, of Concord, N. H., b. Aug. 31, 
 1796 ; d. Oct. 13, 1839 ; m. (3d) in Nashua, N. H., 
 Sept. 28, 1842, Mrs. Joanna (Hartshorn) Stevens, b. in 
 Amherst, K H., Aug. 18, 1800. Rev. Mr. W. was a 
 Congregationalist. After a pastorate of ab. 9 y. in 
 Warner, N. H., and ab. 30 y. in Newport, N. H., he 
 returned to his native town, and for ab. 6 y. was acting 
 pastor of the chh. with which he united in his youth. 
 (See p. 442.) His wid. res. in Minneapolis, Minn., with 
 her stepson Charles. Ch. i.-vi. by 1st m., b. in W. ; 
 VII. -X., by 2d m., b. in N. 
 
 I. Samuel Hair, b. Mar. 20, 1814 ; d. Apr. 6, 
 
 1814. 
 II. Mary Lerned, b. Feb. 6, 1815 ; d. Dec. 2, 1824. 
 
 III. John, b. Apr. 20, 1816 ; res. San Luis Obispo, 
 
 Cal. 
 
 IV. Jerusha, b. Aug. 10, 1817 ; d. Mar. 13, 1818. 
 Y. Samuel Hall, b. Apr. 20, 1819 ; d. Dec. 7, 1830. 
 
 VI. Francis Broivn, b. Mav 26, 1821 ; d. Apr. 25, 
 
 1822. 
 YII. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1825 ; d. Nov. 23, 
 
 1845. 
 Yiii. Edward Payson, b. Sept. 15, 1827 ; res. Lowell, 
 Mass. 
 IX. Lydia, b. Sept. 28, 1830 ; d. Apr. 3, 1841. 
 X. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1836 ; m. Sept. 22, 
 ' 1862. Carrie C. Eice, of Brookfield, Vt. Mr. 
 W. is an attorney-at-law of high standing in 
 M. (See p. 436.) 
 
 William Worcester, from Tewksbury, Mass., settled 
 in Jaffrey ab. 1776. He was a descendant of Rev. 
 William Worcester, who came from England and settled 
 in Salisbury, Mass., ab. 1734. He d. Nov. 5, 1828, a. 
 72 y. ; m. Hannah Frost, wh-^ d. Jan. 30, 1858, a. 98 y. ; 
 res. in J.; owned lands in F., L 21 and 22 R 4. 
 
 I. William, b. May 31, 1783 ; d. Oct. 10, 1835. 
 II. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; m. Jonathan Gage, 
 q.v. 
 
796 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZT7ILLIAM. 
 
 III. Anna, b. Xov. 16, 1787. 
 
 IV. yancy, b. 1789. 
 
 T. Joshua, b. Mar. 15, 1791-[-. 
 VI. Joel, b. June 1. 1793. 
 VII. Eldad. 
 
 Joshua Worcester, b. Mar. 15, 1791 ; d. Mar. 20, 
 1833 ; m. Mar. 31, 181-2, Abigail, b. Mar.' 5, 179G ; d. 
 Feb. 23, 1820, dan. of Ephraim and Abigail (Baker) 
 Parker, of F.; m. (2d) Mar. 26, 1822, Lvdia, b. Xov. 
 17, 1801 ; d. Sept. 2, 1870, dan. of Otis and Lydia 
 (Boorn) Whipple, ci.v. Ch. 3 by 1st m., 4 by 2d. "m. ; 
 all b. in F. 
 
 I. Epliraim Parker, b. Jnne 20, 1813 : m. !N"ancy, 
 dan. of Jonathan and. Hannah (Worcester) 
 Gage, q.v. 
 II. Emetine, b. July 4, 1815 ; d. Oct. 23, 1886. 
 
 III, Abigail, b. Mar. 30, 1817 ; m. William Gage, 
 
 q.v. 
 
 IV. Milton, b. Oct. 24, 1824 ; d. Oct. 18, 1856. 
 
 V. Hannah, b. Ang. 10, 1826 ; m. Joseph Gage, 
 
 q.v. 
 VI. George Albert, b. Ang. 2, 1828. 
 VII. CMld, d. May 6, 1833, a. 2 y. 
 VIII. Lydia, b. Aug. 15, 1833. 
 
 WEIGHT. 
 
 EBEifEZER Wright, b. Jan. 29, 1734 ; d. Oct. 2, 
 1811 ; m. Lucy Barrett, b. Apr. 17, 1732 ; d. Feb. 23, 
 1804. The family lived in Hnbbardston, Mass., and 
 later in Templeton, Mass., where both Mr. and Mrs. W. 
 d. Three of their ch. settled in F. 
 I. Joel, b. Xov. 4, 1759+. 
 II. Ebenezer, b. Xov. 2, 1761+. 
 
 III. David, b. Sept. 26, 1763 ; res. Bakersfield, Yt. 
 
 IV. Tliomas, b. Mav 17, 1766 ; d. June 18, 1796 : 
 
 m. Feb. 7, 17"'92, Jemima, b. Feb. 28, 1771 ; 
 d. Apr. 4, 1847, dan. of Ezekiel and Anna 
 (Miles) Knowlton, of T. Settled on L 14 E 
 12, which he bought of his bro. Joel. After 
 d. of ^Mr. W. the wid. m. (2d) Bartlet Bowker, 
 q.v. 
 
 1. Lyman, b. Mar. 8, 1793 +. 
 
 2. Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1795 ; m. Dexter 
 
 Whittemore, q.v. 
 V. Lucy, b. Xov. 12, 1768 ; d. May 30, 1837 ; m. 
 Eice ; res. T. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 797 
 
 Yi. Zacclieus, b. Dec. 19, 1770 ; d. 1846. 
 VII. Moses, b. Apr. G, 1774 ; d. Oct. 3, 1829 ; m. 
 1799, Hannah Parker, b. June 19, 1777, in 
 Andover, Mass.; d. June 2, 1851, in T. 
 
 1. Lucy, b. Mar. 6, 1802; m. Thomas 
 Richardson, q.v. 
 
 Joel Wright, b. Xov. 4, 1759; m. Tabitha ; 
 
 came from Templeton and settled on L 14 R 12 ; after- 
 ward lived on L 15 E 11 ; rem, to Jaffrcy, then to Troy, 
 where he d. Dec. 29, 1838, and his w. d. Auff. 13, 1838, 
 a. 70 y. Ch. all b. in F. 
 
 I. Lucy, b. Oct. 24, 1785 ; m. June 14, 1810, John 
 Work, called of F., but he is not taxed in 
 town after date of m. 
 II. Polhj, b. Jan. 30, 1788. 
 
 III. Joel, b. Apr. 6, 1790 ; d. Apr. 20, 1790. 
 
 IV. Tahitlid, b. Sept. 12, 1791 ; m. Joseph Fassett, 
 
 q.v. 
 V. Joel, b. July 7, 1793. 
 
 VI. Thomas, b." Aug. 28, 1796 ; m. Apr. 8, 1824, 
 Sarah Coan, of Wrentham, Mass. ; lived a few 
 y. in J. and then settled in Troy. 
 VII. Ediuard Gardner, b. Aug. 4, 1798. 
 VIII. Almon, b. Apr. 5, 1801 ; m. Sarah, b. 1810, 
 dau. of Hezekiah and Lydia (Cummings) 
 Hodgkins ; res. in T. 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Weight, b. Nov. 2, 1761 : d. Mar. 
 16, 1829 ; m. Nov. 22, 1790, Betsey (Nichols), wid. of 
 James Bates.* She m. (3d) Phillips Sweetser, of Marl- 
 boro, who d. Sept. 6, 1834. She d. in F. Feb. 10, 1846, 
 a. 82 y. Dr. W. settled on L 16 E 6 ab. the time of his 
 m., and lived there till 1811. A brief sketch of his life 
 is given on pp. 429-30. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1791 ; d. Apr. 15, 1814 ; m. 
 
 Col. Daniel W. Farrar, q.v. 
 II. Fhineas Gardner, b. Dec. 21, 1793 ; d. Dec. 8, 
 
 1795. 
 III. Pliineas, b. Dec. 24, 1796 ; d. Oct. 6, 1849 ; 
 m. Mar. 7, 1822, Sarah S. May, of Wood- 
 
 1 * James Bates, m. Betsey Nichols ; she m. (2d) Dr. Ebenezer Wright, as above. 
 She was sister of Sally Nichols, who m. Thomas Goldsmith, and a relative of 
 Rebecca Nicliols, vs'ho m. Samuel Tower. Ch. of James and Betsey rec. in F. 
 as b. i.-ii. in Springfield, Vt., iii. in Claremont, N. H. 
 
 2 I. Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, 1780. 
 
 3 II. Sally, b. June .5, 1V83 ; m. Nov. 4, 1803, Daniel Babcock, Jr., of Wtthers- 
 
 field, Vt. 
 
 4 III. Nancy., b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; m. Sept. 9, 180", Jonathan Locke, q.v. 
 
798 
 
 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 stock, Ct. ; rem. from F. to W. ab. 1830. Ch. 
 b. 1-3 at F., 4 at W. 
 
 23 1. Betsey May, b. May 26, 1823 ; m. Abner 
 
 Lee ; res. Putnam, Ct. 
 
 24 2. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 25, 1826 ; m. Lizzie 
 
 Simpson ; res. Niantic, Ct, 
 
 25 3. Phineas Gardner, b. Apr. 3, 1829 ; 
 
 res. P. 
 
 26 4. Sarah I., b. June 14, 1835 ; d. July 26, 
 
 1857, unm. 
 
 27 IV. Belinda, b. July 15, 1799 ; d. Kov. 29, 1799. 
 
 (6) Col. Lyman Weight, b. Mar. 8, 1793 ; d. Dec. 1, 
 
 1886 ; m. Apr. 16, 1817, Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1794 ; d. 
 
 June 21, 1880, dau. of Charles and Beulah (Stone) 
 Bowker, q.v.; res. Troy. 
 
 28 I- Harriet Mellen, b. June 8, 1821 ; d. Feb. 2, 
 1861 : m. Xov. 2, 1843, Edwin Hill ; res. 
 
 Gardner, Mass. 
 39 II. Faustina Miles, b. Feb. 12, 1823 ; m. Nov. 5, 
 
 1841, Leonard W. Gilmore. He d. May 30, 
 1844, a. 25 y., and she m. (2d) Lorenzo V. 
 Munroe ; res. G. 
 
 30 III. Melancia Bowlcer, b. Apr. 6, 1828 ; m. Feb. 17, 
 1855, Lemuel C. Pratt ; res Kalamazoo, 
 Mich. 
 
 31 IV. Leonard, b. June 28, 1832 ; m. Oct. 23, 1855, 
 Mary Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1835, dau. of Calvin 
 and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer, 
 No. 11.) Ptes. Keene, N. H. 
 
 32 1. Frank H., b. Oct. 10, 1858, in Troy ; 
 m. June 18, 1885, Mary E., b. Jan. 27, 
 1860, in Marlboro, dau. of Eli and 
 Caroline (Cummings) Dort ; res. K. 
 
 33 1- Bertha C, b. Aug. 1, 1886. 
 
 34 Capt. Aaron" Weight was b. Dec. 9, 17G6, in Ster- 
 ling, Mass.; d. Nov. 26, 1866 ; came to F. in 1787 and 
 bought L 18 E 9. A few y. later he built a house on the 
 lot, which is still standing and occupied by his descend- 
 ants. He m. Lucy Bigelow, of Princeton, Mass., who d, 
 Oct. 22, 1799. (She was sister of Joseph Bigelow. See 
 Bigelow Register, No. 32.) M. (2d) Jan. 15, 1801, 
 Tabitha, b. Sept. 3, 1780 ; d. Oct. 11, 1805, dau. of Levi 
 and Tabitha (Hardy) Brigham, q.v.; m. (3d) Dec. 29, 
 1807, Polly, b. June 30, 1779, in Eehoboth, Mass.; d. 
 May 21, 1869, in F., dau. of Shubael and Roxalana 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 799 
 
 (Sheldon) Blanding, then of Eoyalston, and wid. of 
 Seth Kendall, of Atliol. 
 
 I. Charles Bigeloiv, b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; d. Oct. 15, 
 
 1805. 
 II. Epliraim, b. Jan. 2, 1796 ; m. Charity Nourse, 
 of Keene. 
 
 III. Serapli, b. Sept. 12, 1797 ; d. Oct. 18, 1805. 
 
 IV. Lucij, b. Oct. 14, 1799 ; m. Perley Eveleth, 
 
 of K. 
 V. Marij Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1801 ; d. Sept. 28, 1805. 
 VI. TahWia Sophronia, b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; d. Oct. 2, 
 
 1805. 
 VII. TahWia, b. Oct. 3, 1805 ; ra. Henry H. Wheeler, 
 q.v. 
 
 Jeremiah Yulen came to F. ab. 1800, and after liv- 
 ing a few y. on L 2 R 1 rem. to Packersfield (Nelson), 
 N. H., ab. 1804. No b. rec. in town, but during his 
 res. here he had 2 ch. d., who were buried on the lot 
 east of the barn. The following weie j^erhaps his older 
 ch. 
 
 I. Andreiv was taxed in 1802. 
 
 II. Sally, m. Jan. 8, 1807, Abner Stone, Jr., q.v. 
 The m. was in F., but in the rec, she is called 
 "of Packersfield." 
 
 ADDITIONAL. 
 
 BURBANK, continued from p. 499. 
 
 Rev. Lysander Tower Burbaxk, b. Nov. 24, 1828 ; 
 m. May 16, 1860, Sarah Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1838, dau. 
 of Abraham Kipp and Catherine Frederica (Bartholo- 
 mew) Van Vleck, of New York City. For some ac- 
 count of Mr. B. see p. 444. Ch. b. i.-v. in Bitlis, 
 Turkey ; vi.-vii. in Herudon, Va. ; viii. in George- 
 town, Neb. Res. in G. 
 
 1. Frederick Lysander, b. Dec. 24, 1861. 
 II. John Henry, b. June 28, 1863 ; d. Jan., 1864. 
 
 III. Frank Van Vleck, b. Dec. 25, 1864. 
 
 IV. Mary Susanna, b. May 26, 1866. 
 
 V. Hannah Catherine, b. Ma}^ 15, 1869. 
 VI. Durhin, b. June 28, 1873 ; d. July, 1874. 
 VII. Abraham Julian, b. Sept. 26, 1876. 
 VIII. Agnes Josephine, b. Jan. 14, 1881. 
 
800 
 
 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 Rev. JoHJsr Stillman Brown was b. in New Ipswich, 
 N. H., April 26, 1806. He was the s. of Aaron Brown, 
 who was the s. of Josiah Brown, who was the s. of John 
 Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, who was the 
 s. of Boaz Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, 
 the emigrant ancestor, who came from England and 
 settled in Concord, Mass., ab. 1640. 
 
 Mr. B. obtained his early education in the public 
 schools of his native town, and worked on his father's 
 farm till the age of eighteen. In the fall of 1824 he 
 went to Boston, and was employed for some time as a 
 salesman m a dry-goods store. When he became of age 
 he entered Phillips's Exeter Academy, and pursued his 
 studies there for ab. two y. In 1829-30 he taught the 
 Grammar School in Haverhill, Mass., for one y. In 
 1830 he entered the Sophomore Class at Dartmouth 
 College. In 1831-2 he taught school a y. in C. In 1832 
 he entered the Junior Class at Union College, Schenec- 
 tady, iSI. Y., and graduated there in 1834 with the 
 highest honors of his class. After graduation he taught 
 for two y. the High School in Brattleboro, Yt. 
 
 He was. m. Aug, 16, 1836, to Mary Ripley, of Green- 
 field, Mass., and settled in Buffalo," N. Y., where for 
 six y. he was a popular and successful teacher, at first 
 in a private school for girls and afterward in the public 
 schools of the city. In 1842 he rem. with his family to 
 Brook Farm, Roxbury, Mass.; in 1844 he was appro- 
 bated by the Connecticut River Unitarian Association 
 as a preacher ; the same y. he came to F. and was 
 ordained as minister over the First Congregational 
 (Unitarian) Society. A brief reference to his labors 
 here is made at p. 200. In 1855 he rem. to Ashby, 
 Mass., and was installed pastor over the First Congre- 
 gational Church, where he remained about three y. In 
 the winter of 1857-8 he rem. to Kansas and settled in 
 Lawrence, where he still res. In the spring of 1860 he 
 commenced preaching in the Unitarian Church in Law- 
 rence, and for five y. regularly supplied the pulpit. 
 In 1865 he established the Kansas Farmer, which by 
 his tact and ability became a popular and influential 
 paper. After three years' connection with Ihe paper he 
 was induced by a good offer to sell out his interest in it. 
 
 Mr. B. served for three terms of two y. each as Super- 
 intendent of the Public Schools in Douglas County, 
 for one y. as Superintendent of the Public Schools in 
 L., and for two y. as City Clerk. Though now more 
 than fourscore years old, he enjoys good health, and is 
 earnestly engaged in the post-office mission work of the 
 
)j OU/W (D. Id 
 
 ro 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 801 
 
 Unitarian denomination. Mr. B. has had 4 ch., 3 b. in 
 B. and 1 b. in F. Mrs. B. and the younger s. d. some 
 y, since. 
 
 I. Sarah A. 
 
 II. William RijyJey is a lawyer by profession ; res. 
 in Larned, Kan. He has successively held 
 the offices of District Judge, Representative 
 in Congress, and Register of the United States 
 Land Office at L. Some further account is 
 given of him at p. 436. 
 
 II r. Charles E. 
 
 IV. Mary Whiton, m. Alfred Whitman ; has 5 ch. 
 
 DAMON, continued from p. 532. 
 
 Among the early settlers in New England were John Damon, who 
 settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1628 ; Dea. John Damon, of Lynn and 
 Reading, and Thomas Damon, who settled in Sudbury at a later date. 
 The family of this name, of which some account is given in pp. 539- 
 532, was descended from Thomas of S. The family here rec. was de- 
 scended from Dea. John Damon. It is believed that Thomas of S. was 
 a younger bro. of Dea. John. 
 
 62 Dea. John Damon' was a s. of John Damon, of Reading, the shiie 
 town of Berks County, England, and was bapt. in R. June 25, 1620, as 
 appears in the register of the parish chh. He came to this country at 
 aa early age and settled in Lynn, Mass. In 1644, when a part of L. 
 was set off to form another town, his homestead fell within the limits of 
 the new town, which received the name of R. in memory of the early 
 home of many of the inhabitants. He was a Selectman for several y. , and 
 a deacon of the chh. He m. Abigail, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth Sher- 
 man, of Boston. He d. Apr. 8, 1708, a. ab. 88 y.; she d. 1713. Theirs.. 
 
 63 Samuel-, b. July 23, 1656 ; res. in R. ; was a soldier in the Narra- 
 gansett AVar ; was one of the grantees of the township called Narragan- 
 sett, No. 2, which was afterward incorporated as Westminster, Mass.; m. 
 Mary Davis, who d. Nov. 29, 1727, a. 71 y. ; he was killed by a fall from 
 his horse, .lune 12, 1724 ; they had 9 ch., one of whom was 
 
 64 JoHN% b. 1697 ; d. 1755 ; res. in R.; ra. 1722, Rebecca, b. 1098, 
 dau. of John and Sarah (Batchelder) Pratt ; their s., 
 
 65 Timothy* was b. 1739 ; served in the French War, and subse- 
 tpiently settled in W. in 1762 or 1763 ; m. Abigail ; their s., 
 
 66 JoHN^ b. June 15, 1768, in W.; m. Apr. 19, 1791, Lucy, b. Sept. 
 3, 1772, dau. of Samuel and Martha (Miller) Sawin, of W. He was a 
 farmer in W., and late in life had a home witli his s. John in F., where 
 he d. Dec. 12, 1848 ; his wid. d. Sept. 22, 1851. They had 11 ch., 4 of 
 whom d. y. Of their other ch., 3 lived in F. i. John, b Nov. 22, 
 1802, 67; II. Lucy, b. Feb. 9, 1810; d. Apr 22, 1856, unm.; rii. 
 Charles, b. Oct. 9, 1814, 84- 
 
 67 I John" Damon, b. Nov. 22, 1802 ; d. Nov. 29, 1852 ; 
 |m. (1st) Ruth, b. Sept. 6, 1803 ; d. Nov. 11, 1839, dau. 
 
 51 
 
802 
 
 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 
 
 68 
 69 
 
 70 
 
 (69) 
 
 71 
 
 72 
 73 
 
 74 
 
 (70) 
 
 75 
 76 
 77 
 78 
 
 of Sullivan and Mar}^ (Hey wood) Sawin, of Grardaer ; 
 m. (2d) Sept. 20, 1840, Selina, b. July 5, 1799, dau. of 
 Hon. Nahum and Mary (Deeth) Parker, q.v. She lives 
 in P. village. Mr. D. engaged in the manufacture of 
 pails in Gr. until 1831, when, having bought 200 acres 
 of heavy timber lands in the S. W. part of Eindge, he 
 came to F. and rented the Jefferson Streeter mill for 
 5 y. During this time he built a dwelling-house in F. 
 and a new mill in R., both near the dividing line 
 between the two towns. For a few y. Reuben H. Sawin 
 was connected with him in the business, after which he 
 conducted it alone until his d. He was a good citizen 
 and much respected by his fellow-men. Ch. b. in G. 
 I. Oatherine', b. 'l822 ; d. July 2, 1842. 
 
 II. George, b. Aug. 23, 1827+ . 
 
 III. Jonas, b. Jan. 21, 1830+. 
 
 G-eorge'' Damon, b. Aug. 23, 1827 ; m. Rosanna 
 Proctor, of Sullivan, E". H. The two bro's succeeded 
 their father in business, the partnership continuing 
 until 1863, when George sold his interest to his bro. and 
 rem. to Fitchburg, Mass., where he now resides. 
 
 I. Franklin", b. July 5, 1853 ; m. Apr. 24, 1879, 
 
 Mary J. Wheeler, of Leominster, Mass. 
 II. Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1855. 
 
 III. Adaline, b. Jan. 5, 1857. 
 
 IV. John, b. Oct. 5, 1859 ; m. Jan. 1, 1885, Jean- 
 nette Bowker, of Ashby, Mass. 
 
 Jonas' Damon, b. Jan. 21, 1830 ; m. Jan. 24, 1862, 
 Ellen M., b. Dec. 15, 1839 ; d. Aug. 16, 1885, dau. of 
 Phineas and Eliza (Hapgood) Parks, of Winchendon. 
 (Mr. and Mrs. P. both d. in F. ; Mr. P. Mar. 1, 1886, 
 a. 90 y. 2 mos. 9 d., and Mrs. P. May 10, 1887, a. 84 
 y, 4 mos. 27 d.) Mr. D. res. on the homestead, and 
 is successfully engaged in the manufacture of pails and 
 wooden ware. A few y. after he bought his brother's 
 interest in their father's estate he bought the Streeter 
 mill in F., which he still occupies in connection with 
 the original mill in Rindge. The various town offices 
 which have been held by him are rec. in the proper 
 places. Oh. b. i. in W., ii.-ix. in F. 
 I. Walter Saivin\ b. Apr. 30, 1863. 
 II. Frederick lAncoln, b. Mar. 28, 1865. 
 
 III. Elmer Paries, b. July 14, 1867. 
 
 IV. Minnie M., b. Dec. 29, 1869 ; d. Apr. 13, 1870. 
 V. Lillian Luella, b. Apr. 9, 1872. 
 
HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 
 
 I of Sullivan and Mary (Hey wood) Sawin, of Gardner ; 
 
 ■'m. ($d) Sept. 20, 1840. Selina. b. July 5, 1790 ' - 
 
 ! Hon. Nalium and Mary (Deetb) Parker, g.v. 
 'in F. village. Mr. D. engaged in the n: 
 '■ •Kills in G-. nnfcil 1831. when, having bo\i 
 ■ " " ■ W. part 
 
 r> y. i)aiing this, time • 
 and ;■! new mill in R. 
 
 , .0 two towns. For a i( 
 ;l; . v ted with him in the I; 
 I conducted it alone until his d. d ciLize; 
 
 land much respt'c^-ii Uv i,;; fr-llo u, r; 
 
 68 ! I. OafJieri 
 
 G9 ■ II. " ,1, Aug. "-.■..'. 
 
 70 III. ,. Jan. 21, 1- 
 
 r;r--.HGE' Damon, b. Aug. 2" i*^*' • n^ T?r>c,n. 
 ., of Sullivan, X. H. Ti 
 ;i!t:. father in bu: ■ ' '■-" 
 until 18<>;3, when G^ 
 jrem. to Fit ' ' ?. 
 
 71 ' I. IV 'U. 187' 
 
 II. Mi 
 73 III. Adainie, b. Jan 
 
 *4 T\-. John, b. Oct. 5, _ - _-_ , --. 
 
 jette Bowker, of Ashbv, Mass. 
 
 (70) JovAS' Dam i. ]8;^0 ; m. Jaii 
 
 M., b. Dec. i.!», 
 
 ; ts and Elizn {Ti- 
 ; (Mr. and - 
 la. 90 y. 2 •• 
 
 y. 4 mos. 27 d.) Mr. D. res. on r 
 ! IS snccessfnlly engaged in the manu 
 
 wooden ware. A few y. after he b 
 ■ interest in '-'^-'" t*.,:i,..,.':r o.r.-,-,-.o i,.. 
 
 mill in F. 
 
 tlie Onginai muj n; iiinMue'. ii;u ,;i:-' i..- iu>>i: 
 
 which nave been held by him are rec. in the 
 
 places. 
 
 Ch. b. 
 
 I. 
 
 in TV 
 
 '., ii.-ix. in F. 
 
 
 I. 
 
 WnUr-r 
 
 .% 
 
 ?/■•>/*. 
 
 b. Apr. W. l^'ix 
 
 :0J. 
 
 IV. 
 
 3i 
 
 
 
 'ec. 29, 
 
 
 V. 
 
 T 
 
 
 
 >. Ai^r. 
 
 
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 /70-2y2^L^^^-7<^ 
 
 PHOTO- GRAVURB CO. . N Y 
 
80 
 81 
 82 
 83 
 
 84 
 
 85 
 86 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 803 
 
 VI. Isaac Morse Murdoch, b. Nov. 14, 1874. 
 
 VII. Clarence M., b. Apr. 17, 1877. 
 
 VIII. Justin J., b. Nov. 29, 1880. 
 
 IX. Harrison C, b. May 17, 1884. 
 
 Charles' Damon (s. of 66 John'), b. Oct. 9, 1814 ; 
 d. Jnly 25, 1860 ; m. Nov. 29, 1838, Cynthia, b. Aug. 
 8, 1820 ; d. Oct. 28, 1841, dan. of John and Irena 
 (Newell) Lawrence, of Troy ; m. (2d) July IG, 1845, 
 Chloe, d. Apr. 15, 1873, dau. of Harvey Taft, of Royals- 
 ton ; came to F. ab. 1835 and res. on L 1 E 1. 
 
 I. Theodore', b. Dec. 29, 1841 ; enlisted in Co. D., 
 36th Mass. Vols.; d. in hospital at Washing- 
 ton, D. C, Nov. 29, 1862. 
 II. Cynthia L., b. Mar. 15, 1847 ; d. Feb. 26, 1866. 
 
 LoRiNG Justin Pease, b. 1853, in Keene, N. H., s. 
 of Justin and Maria (Smith) Pease ; m. Jan. 31, 1874, 
 Sarah Emeline, b. Dec. 9, 1849, dau. of Barton and 
 Sarah E. (Ballou) Grant and wid. of Albert W. AVilson, 
 both q.v. 
 
 I. Lottie 3fai/, b. July 26, 1875. 
 II. Herbert, b. 1877. 
 
FEOM HON. CHARLES HUDSON'S HISTORY OF MARLBORO, MASS. 
 
 " While I have endeavored to be accurate, I have not the vanity to sup- 
 pose that I have escaped all errors. Every one who has had any experience 
 in such labors krfows that errors are unavoidable. The negligence of the 
 most careful parents in having the births, deaths, and marriages in their 
 respective families recorded renders it impossible from the town records 
 to give accurate lists of the families. A person of no experience in these 
 matters is not aware of the defects and omissions in the records. In all 
 such doubtful cases I have, as far as practicable, sought other evidence, and 
 in most cases have been enabled to arrive at reasonable certainty." 
 
 " I mention these embarrassments because it is the fate of every genealogist 
 to be censured and ijronounced unreliable, especially by those who know 
 little or nothing of the labor required and the difficulties to be encountered. 
 You may trace a family from the first emigrant down to the present day ; you 
 may give them a vast amount of information concerning their ancestors and 
 descent, of which they knew nothing before ; but if you happen to omit 
 one darling child, solely in consequence of the neglect of the jjarents in not 
 having the birth recorded, your labors will be condemned and your accuracy 
 called in question. Or j^ou may copy accurately from the public record, 
 and if the date does not correspond with the family record or the date on 
 the gravestone, you may expect to be held personally responsible for the 
 discrepancy. All that the genealogist can expect is to bo censured by the 
 many he has labored to serve, and to be made the scapegoat to bear away 
 the carelessness of the clerk and the neglect of the parents and friends." 
 
 " If, under the circumstances, I have made some forced or unnatural mar- 
 riages, the parties or their friends may console themselves with the reflec- 
 tion that they can separate without the trouble or delicacy of a divorce ; 
 and if I have prematurely consigned some to the shades, they are at liberty 
 to live on as though nothing had happened." 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 THE NAME OF THE TOWN. 
 
 Farmer'' s New Hampshire Gazetteer states that the town 
 " was named from the Earl of Fitzwilliam." 
 
 The Fitzwilliam Family may be traced up to Sir William 
 Fitz-Godric, a cousin to King Edward the Confessor. His 
 son, Sir William Fitz-William, being ambassador at the Court 
 of Normandy, attended the future Conqueror of England upon 
 his expedition against Saxon England in 1066, and so distin- 
 guished himself by his bravery at the battle of Hastings that 
 the Duke honored him with a scarf from his own arm. 
 
 The line of descent is as follows : 
 
 1. Sir William Fitz-Godric : his s., 
 
 2. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Emma. dau. and heir of a 
 Norman Knight named De Solabis : their s., 
 
 3. Sir William Fitzwilliam, Kt., m, Eleanor, dau. and heir 
 of Sir John Elmley : their s., 
 
 ■1. Sir William Fitzwilliam of Elmley and Sprotburg, was 
 living in HIT : his s., 
 
 5. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1148 ; m. Ella, dau. of Will- 
 iam de Warren, Earl of Surrey : their s., 
 
 6. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1184 ; m. Albreda, dau. of 
 Robert de Lisoures and wid. of Robert Fitz-Eustace : 
 their s. , 
 
 7. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Ella, dau. of Hameline Plan- 
 tagenet. Earl of Surrey : their s., 
 
 8. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, m. Agnes, dau. of Roger Ber- 
 tram : their s. , 
 
 9. Sir Wilham Fitzwilliam, m. Agnes, dau. of Richard, Lord 
 Grey : their s. , 
 
806 APPENDIX. 
 
 10. Sir William Fitzwilliam, lived in reign of Edward III., 
 m. Maud, dau. of Edward, Lord D'Eyncourt : their s., 
 
 11. Sir John Eitzwilliara, founded in 1372 the chantry of St. 
 Edward ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of WiUiam, Lord Clinton : 
 their s., 
 
 12. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m. Maud Cromwell : their s., 
 
 13. Sir John Fitzwilliam, m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir Henry 
 
 Green : their youngest and only surviving s., 
 
 14. John Fitzwilliam, Esq., d. 1534 ; m. Eleanor, dau. of 
 William Yillers, Esq. : their s., 
 
 15. Sir William Fitzwilliam, was Sheriff of London in 1506 ; 
 m. (1st) Anne, dau. of Sir John Hawes, Kt. ; (2d) Mil- 
 dred, dau. of Richard Sackville : his s., 
 
 16. Sir William Fitzwilliam, m, Anne, dau. of Sir Richard 
 Shapcote : their s., 
 
 IT. Sir William Fitzwilliam, was Lord Justice of Ireland 
 1560-1594, and d. 1599 ; m. Agnes, dau. of Sir William 
 Sidney : their s., 
 
 18. Sir William Fitzwilliam, d. 1618 ; m. Winifred, dau. of 
 Sir Walter Mildmay : their eldest s., 
 
 19. William Fitzwilliam, was elevated to the peerage of Ire- 
 land Dec. 1, 1620, with the title Lord Fitzwilliam of 
 Lifford ; m. Catherine, dau. of William Hyde, Esq. : 
 their s., 
 
 20. William Fitzwilliam (2d Lord), d. 1648 ; m. Jane, dau. 
 and co-heir of Hugh Perry, Esq. : their 2d s. and oldest 
 surviving, 
 
 21. William Fitzwilliam (3d Lord), made Earl Fitzwilliam of 
 Ireland July 21, 1716 ; d. 1719 ; m. Anne, dau. and sole 
 heir of Edward Cremor : their 3d and eldest surviving s., 
 
 22. John Fitzwilham (2d Earl), d. 1728 ; m. Anne, dau. and 
 sole heir of John Stringer, Esq. : their s., 
 
 23. William Fitzwilliam (3d Earl), raised to the peerage of 
 England Apr. 19, 1742, as Lord Fitzwilliam, and created 
 Earl Sept. 6, 1746 ; m. 1744 Lady Anne Watson-Went- 
 worth, eldest dau of Thomas, 1st Marquis of Rockingham, 
 and sister and co-heir of Charles, 2d Marquis, who, dying 
 without issue, the peerage became extinct : their s., 
 
tan FITZWILLIAM (4th. Ea 
 l-ADY ALICE FITZWILLIAM 
 
 Larl FITZ'.VI L i_ , .- :■/• ■ -- ■; , l; 
 THE COUNTESS FITZWILLIAM. 
 
APPENDIX. 807 
 
 24. William Weutworth-Fitzwilliam (4th Irish and 2dEnglis]i 
 Earl), b. 1748 ; d. 1833 ; succeeded to the estates of his 
 uncle, the 2d Marquis of Rockingham, and prefixed to his 
 surname the name of Wentworth ; m. Lady Charlotte 
 Ponsonby, dau. of William, 2d Earl of Bessborough : 
 their s., 
 
 25. Charles-William Wentvvorth-Fitzwilliam (5tli Irish and 3d 
 English Earl), b. 1786 ; d. 1857 ; m. Mary, dau. of 
 Thomas, 1st Lord Dundas : their 2d and eldest surviving 
 
 26. s. , William-Thomas-Spencer Wentworth-Fitzvvilliam (6th 
 Irish and 4th English Earl), b. 1815 ; m. 1838 Lady 
 Frances Douglas,_ eldest dau. of Sholto, 18th Earl of 
 Morton, and has had issue 8 s. : 1. William ; 2. Will- 
 iam-Henry ; 3. William-Thomas ; 4. William-Charles ; 
 5. William- John ; 6. William-George ; 7. William -Hugh - 
 Spencer ; 8. William-Reginald ; and 6 daus. : 1 Frances- 
 Mary ; 2. Margaret-Mary ; 3. Mary ; 4. Alice- Mary ; 5. 
 Albreda-Mary ; 6. Charlotte-Mary: his eldest s., 
 
 27. William, b. 1839 ; d. 1877 ; m. 1867 Laura Maria The- 
 resa, dau. of Lord Charles Beauclerk, and had issue 3 
 daus. and 1 s., 
 
 28. William-Charles-de-Mure, b. July 25, 1872. 
 
 It is seen from the foregoing t*hat William, the 3d Irish and 
 1st English Earl Fitzwilliam, m. Lady Anne Watson- Went- 
 worth. The Lady Anne represented the elder branch of the 
 family, while the Wentworth Family, of New Hampshire, de- 
 scended from a younger branch. The Wentworth Family is 
 of Saxon origin, and the pedigree of the family is traced back 
 to Rynold or Reginald de Wynterwade, whose name is found 
 recorded in Domesday Book. The Lady Anne was the 27th 
 in descent from Reginald through Sir William the 12tli, who 
 was the eldest son of William the 11th. Elder William Went- 
 worth, the emigrant ancestor in New England, was the 21st 
 from Reginald through John the 12th, who was a younger son 
 of William the 11th. 
 
 John Wentworth, b. 1671, grandson of Elder William, was 
 appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire 1717, and 
 held the office till his d., 1730. 
 
808 APPEIS'DIX. 
 
 Benning Went worth, b. 1696, eldest son of Lieut. -Gov. 
 John, was appointed Governor of the Province 1741, and re- 
 signed 1766, thongh lie continued to perform the duties of the 
 office for another year. 
 
 John Wentworth, b. (1736?), grandson of Lieut. -Gov. 
 John, was appointed Governor of jSTew Hampshire 1766, in 
 place of his uncle. Gov. Benning, resigned. He held the 
 office till the opening of the Revolutionary War, when he was 
 compelled to leave the country on account of his loyalty to the 
 royal cause. 
 
 Mark Bunking Wentworth, 9th child of Lieut. -Gov. John, 
 was b. 1709 ; lived in Portsmouth, X. H. ; was one of the 
 most extensive merchants and one of the wealthiest men in 
 Xew England. His son, John (afterward Governor), was 
 early associated with him in the mercantile business. 
 
 The son, John, went to England before 1765, perhaps as 
 early as 1762. As the nephew of one royal Governor and the 
 grandson of another, he was admitted to the best English so- 
 ciety, and made the acquaintance of Earl Fitzwilliam and other 
 persons of rank both within and outside of the Wentworth 
 Family. In later years, during his administration as Governor, 
 he remembered his English friends and acquaintances by giv- 
 ing their names to many towns and counties in the pros'ince. 
 In this way El tzwilliam received its name. 
 
 Since the Fitzwilliam Family prefixed the Wentworth name 
 to their own they have carried the Arms of both Families, an 
 engraving of which is given opposite the title-page of this 
 book. 
 
 Description — Quarterly : 1st and 4th, Lozengy argent and 
 gules ; 2d and 3d, sable a chevron between three leopards' 
 faces or. 
 
 Crests — 1st out of a ducal coronet or, a triple plume of 
 ostrich feathers argent ; 2d, a griffin passant argent. 
 
 Supporters — Two savage men wreathed about the head and 
 loins with leaves and in their exterior hands a tree, eradicated, 
 the top broken, all proper. 
 
 The 2d and 3d quarters and the 2d crest, as above described, 
 are for Wentworth. 
 
APPENDIX. 809 
 
 It may not be known to all our citizens that Mrs, Kate O. 
 (Fnllam) Kimball took a lively interest in the History of the 
 Town. Shortly after her arriv^al in England, some five or six- 
 years since, she sent to Earl Fitzwilliam several photographs 
 of views in onr town and village. The Earl replied by send- 
 ing to her for our Town Library a number of photographs 
 and engravings, including portraits of several members of the 
 family, various views of his country seats, the parish church, 
 exterior and interior, and other subjects of interest. These 
 pictures have just been received, and copies of a few of them 
 are here shown. 
 
 The Town was named for the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam. The 
 other portraits are of the present Earl, his Countess, and one 
 of their daughters. 
 
 Wentworth House is the principal country seat of Earl 
 Fitzwilliam, and is surrounded by a park of fifteen hundred 
 acres. The buildings have two grand fronts, the principal 
 one of which is here shown. It consists of a centre and two 
 wings extending in a line of more than six hundred feet. 
 
 Mrs. Kimball died June 3d, 1884, at St. llelier, in the 
 island of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, belonging to 
 Great Britain but near the coast of France. 
 
II^DEX OF FAMILIES 
 
 that are arranged under other names in the Genealogical Register. The 
 first column gives the male head of the family ; the succeeding columns 
 give name and marginal number and page where the name in the first 
 column is to be found. 
 
 The records of a few families were received too late to go in at the 
 proper places, and are inserted at the end of the Register. These are 
 included in the Index. 
 
 Adams, Oliver Stone, 74 730 
 
 Aldricli, Isaac Everett, 6 548 
 
 Ayers, William F . . Damon, 44 531 
 
 Bailev, Capt. Edward Havden, 32 , 601 
 
 Bailey, Edward H .(Cutter) Havden, 25 601 
 
 Bailey, Frederick W (Perkins) Hayden, 23 601 
 
 Baker. Jonadab Wilson, 27 787 
 
 Baldwin. James C Wilson, 59 789 
 
 Ballou, Amasa Forristall, 39 572 
 
 Ballou, Silas Saunders, 18 709 
 
 Ballou, Willard Forristall, 57 572 
 
 Barden, Abner S Bigelow, 64 474 
 
 Bates, James m. Betsey Nichols note, 797 
 
 Beals, Luke Willard, 10 785 
 
 Bemis, Calvin Brewer, 8 489 
 
 Bemis, Gideon Amadou. 15 458 
 
 Bemis, William Beard, 19 465 
 
 Blanchard, William H Bigelow, 72 474 
 
 Bolster, Artemas Cutting, 11 528 
 
 Boweu, Edwin N Smith, 59 718 
 
 Bowen, Nathan Whipple, 7 760 
 
 Bowman, Alfred H (Cloney) Blodgett, 19 480 
 
 Boyce, Denzel White, 61 708 
 
 Bradley, Dr. Oscar H Spaulding, 11 722 
 
 Brewer, James Nelson Hartwell, 25 597 
 
 Briggs, Lucius H Hayden. 37 602 
 
 Brock way, Lockhart W Whittemore. 113 782 
 
 Brooks, Sewall Forristall, 30 572 
 
 Brown, Rev. John S m. Mary Ripley 800 
 
 Burbank, Rev. Lvsauder T..m. Sarah S. Van VIeck 799 
 
 Burrill, John H/. Forristall, 80 573 
 
 Carpenter, Edwin B Potter, 37 678 
 
 Carriel or Carroll, Samuel . . Whitney, 32 771 
 
 Carroll, Samuel Whitney. . . (Johnson) Wliituey, 39 772 
 
 Carter, Thomas Reed, 8 689 
 
 Chandler, Nathaniel Smith, 18 716 
 
 Chase, Calvin Stone, 199 737 
 
 Chase, Charles N Sweetser, 29 744 
 
 Clapp, Charles A Smith, 85 720 
 
812 INDEX OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Cloney, Andrew B (Barnard) Blodgett, 17 480 
 
 Cloney, Michael.. Blodgett, 16 480 
 
 Colburn, John Beard, 3 464 
 
 Colby, Lucius Gilman, 17 583 
 
 Cole, Ludovic R Bigelow, 53 473 
 
 Collester, Levi Gr Dunton, 13 544 
 
 Collins, Perley Elijah Locke, 48 630 
 
 Cook, John Whittemore, 31 775 
 
 Coolidge, George Bissell, 3 475 
 
 Coolidge, Orlando Rockwood, 13 704 
 
 Damon, Charles m. Cynthia Lawrence ; (3) Chloe Taft 803 
 
 Damon, George m. Rosanna Procter 803 
 
 Damon, John m. Ruth Sawin ; (3) Selina Parker 801 
 
 Damon, Jonas m. Ellen M. Parks 803 
 
 Davis, Homer A Davis, 41 535 
 
 Day, David B Blanding, 13 478 
 
 Dearborn, John H Bowker, 63 486 
 
 Derby, Arad Dunton, 13 544 
 
 Downer, George Gilman, 19 583 
 
 Drury, Joseph E Drury, 30 541 
 
 Edwards, Avery Stone, 67 730 
 
 Ellis, Bethuel Carter, 38 506 
 
 El well, Benjamin Kendall, 9 630 
 
 Estabrook, George William . Simonds, 30 714 
 
 Farrar, William Whittemore, 16 774 
 
 Fay, John Sawyer Ingalls, 17 , 615 
 
 Fisher, Francis S Smith, 57 718 
 
 Forbush, David, Jr Stone, 303 738 
 
 Godfrey, James Reed, 56 ... 691 
 
 Green, Joseph Bent, 39 ; 469 
 
 Gregory, Addis Leslie (Bull) Chaplin, 36 509 
 
 Gregory, Elisha, Jr Chaplin, 5 509 
 
 Gregory, John Milton (Shirley) Chaplin, 35. 509 
 
 Grosvener, Dr. Peter Clark . .Brigham, 33 493 
 
 Haines, James Cummings, 8 536 
 
 Haradon, Emory S Perry, 60 666 
 
 Hamilton, William M Coolidge, 37 533 
 
 Hardie, Josiali J Chase, 13 511 
 
 Harlow, Stowell, 19 , 741 
 
 Harris, Albert Carlos Corey, 10 '. 534 
 
 Hastings, Calvin (Baker) Wilson, 39 787 
 
 Heselton, Hiland H Bowker, 66 486 
 
 Hill, Charles P (Safifbrd) Smith. 35 716 
 
 Hitchcock, M. M Pennlman, 33 658 
 
 Howe, Frank Marion Whittemore, 81 780 
 
 Hutchins, William S Whittemore, 87 708 
 
 Jones, Aaron Byam, 11 501 
 
 Kimball, Farrar, 54 554 
 
 Leland, George R ... Phillips, 30 , . .' 669 
 
 Litch, John D Forristall, 43 573 
 
 Manchester, William H Whittemore, 19 775 
 
 Mann, Charles E (Lawrence) Hill, 7 606 
 
INDEX OF FAMILIES. 813 
 
 Maun, James Hill, 3 606 
 
 Martin, Silas O (Barden) Bi^elow, 65 474 
 
 Mason, Orlando (Streetev) Collins, 14 519 
 
 Mavory, Rev. Charles Infralls, 15 615 
 
 Milne, William Felcb, 21 563 
 
 Moore, Lewis Potter, 46 678 
 
 Morse, Daniel Brigbam, 33 493 
 
 Morse, Nelson Flagg, 2 569 
 
 Newton, John Drury, It 540 
 
 Nilsen, Dr. Jonas R Whittemore, 68 779 
 
 Noble, George H (Rice) Perkins, 14 661 
 
 Noble, Dr. Gideon C Perkins, 11 661 
 
 Nutting, Edward A .Perham, 9 659 
 
 Osborn, Daniel P Whitcomb, 32 763 
 
 Parkhurst, John Adams, 3 453 
 
 Partridge, James B (Van Giesen ; [2] Cuilinane) Potter, 31 676 
 
 Partridge, Rev. John W (Partridge ; [2] Barnard) Potter, 16 676 
 
 Partridge, Dr. Warren Potter, 11 676 
 
 Paul, Isaac F Batclieller, 5 464 
 
 Peak, Jonathan C Willard, 10 785 
 
 Pease, Loring J m. Sarah Emeline Grant 803 
 
 Peck, Henry Corey, 14 .' 524 
 
 Perkins, Francis William . . Simonds, 30 714 
 
 Perley, Chauncy C Penniman, 11 658 
 
 Phelps, Roswell J Stone, 119 733 
 
 Prescott, Daniel C Davison, 8 536 
 
 Pulsifer, Willie Potter, 61 679 
 
 Raymond, Christopher F. . .Davis, 38 534 
 
 Rice, Cutler Stone, 216 738 
 
 Rider, Theodore S Forristall, 55 572 
 
 Robbins, William Ware, 4 ... 757 
 
 Rollins, Dexter B Bowker,27 484 
 
 Russell, Peter Potter, 56 679 
 
 Safford, Siiliman S-nith, 23 716 
 
 Sawin, John. Bent, 37 468 
 
 Sawyer, Albert Henry . .Hale, 6 591 
 
 Sawyer, Amos B .Davis, 23 . . '"534 
 
 SchoflF, Charles E .Hartwell, 18 596 
 
 Schofle, Charles H (Bell) Hartwell, 14 596 
 
 Slierman, Bradford Howe, 56 613 
 
 Sherman, Dr. Liither W..".. Damon, 23 530 
 
 Simonds, Alvin H >Fassett, 62 560 
 
 Smith, George A Perry, 18 663 
 
 Smith, Levi G Taylor, 14 747 
 
 Sprague, Eli Reed, 68 J|92 
 
 Stark ey, Stephen Sweetser, 23 743 
 
 Stewart, John Prescott, 33 686 
 
 Stiles, note 479 
 
 Streeter, Franklin. Collins, 13 519 
 
 Swift, John Pratt, 57 683 
 
 Symonds, John P Beard, 9 464 
 
 Taft, Ephraim Grant. 5 586 
 
 Thompson, Abel rs^Fassett, 44 559 
 
814 IlfDEX OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Thrasher, Benjamin F Parker, 42 654 
 
 Tolman, Elisha H Beard, 12 465 
 
 Tottingham, Marvin T. . . . Hill, 10 606 
 
 Towsley, Jerome H Blodgett, 34 481 
 
 Underwood, Sylvester Platts, 12 671 
 
 Wallingford, Amos Merrifield, 8 637 
 
 Weston, Ephraim W Chaplin, 9 508 
 
 Weston, Irving W (Mason) Chaplin, 10 508 
 
 Whitcomb, Charles A Carter, 48 506 
 
 Whitcomb, Lucius Holman, 41 609 
 
 Whitney, Charles Bent, 47 •. 469 
 
 Whitney, Dr. Charles W. . .Gritfin. 6 589 
 
 Whitney, Charles W., Jr. . .(Taylor) Griffin, 10 589 
 
 Whitney, Ebenezer W Carter, 38 506 
 
 Whitnev, Samuel Griffin.. .Whittemore, 95 781 
 
 Whitney, Thomas S Everett, 11 548 
 
 Whitney, William B Stone, 71 730 
 
 Wilbur, Sumner Fassett, 57 560 
 
 Willard, Holman, 4 607 
 
 Wilson, Joseph A Stone, 83 731 
 
 Woodcock, David F Reed, 87 693 
 
 Woodcock, Edward F (Ingersoll) Reed. 88 693 
 
 Worcester, John, Jr Bigelow, 48 472 
 
 Wright, Marcus Bent, 36. . . , 469 
 
HISTORICAL IJ^DEX. 
 
 The following lists of names are not indexed, though, except those in 
 the tliird list, many of the names are in the index : 
 1. Persons warned out of town, page 159. 
 3. Owners of lands and liouses, Oct. 1, 1798, pages 180-185. 
 
 3. Candidates for Governor, 1784-1886, pages 259-362. 
 
 4. Check List for March, 1830, pages 271, 373. 
 
 5. Persons dying in town over 80 years oF age, pages 377-386. 
 
 6. Deaths by accident and suicide, pages 388-391. 
 
 7. Persons over 80 years of age, living in town Jan. 1, 1887, pages 386, 
 
 387. 
 
 Adams, Augustus, 291. 
 " Daniel, 143. 
 " Hannah A. (Mrs. Collins), 
 work for the Soldiers, 310. 
 " Jonathan S., 351, 354, 255, 
 356, 333,325.347.366,404. 
 " JohnS.,298, 303, 311. 
 Agricultural Productions, 33, 413. 
 Aid to soldiers' families, 379 and 
 
 onward. 
 Aiken, Dr. Edward, 433. 
 Allen, Rev. Arunah, Ministry of, 
 311 : 348, 353, 333. 
 " Elijah, 145. 
 " Jolin, 145. 
 " John J., 251, 353, 354, 255, 
 
 256, 333, 404. 
 " John J.,Jr., 354, 356, 357,385. 
 " Samuel, purchases the Mason 
 Rights, 53. 
 Amadou, Henry J., 293. 
 James O., 389. 
 Philip, 139, 141, 416, 418. 
 Angler, Benjamin, 86, 143. 
 " John, 143, 333, 338. 
 " Reuben, 355. 
 
 Reuben L., 357, 296. 
 Silas, 133, 141, 238. 
 Animals, Wild, 24. 405-411. 
 Annable. Dr. Edwin O., 435. 
 Applin, Isaac, 75, 141. 
 Appropriations for School (1774), 
 153, 317 ; for Beef for Army (1781), 
 164 ; for Rum and Soldiers' Wages, 
 164, 167 ; List of (1773-1887), 265, 
 266 ; explanations concerning, 262- 
 364. 
 Arnold, Edward. 238, 245. 
 
 Artillery Company (1807), 354 ; Offi- 
 cers of, 354 ; equipment and repu- 
 tation of, 355. 
 
 Auditors, list of, 256, 357. "' 
 
 Babcock, Jason, 413. 
 
 Bachelor, Breed (tory), complaint 
 against, 318 ; visit to Fitzwilliam, 
 319. 
 
 Badcock, Solomon, 86, 143, 338. 
 
 Baggott, J., 391. 
 
 Bailey, Rev. Ira, 301, 254, 258, 335, 
 326. 
 
 Baker, Abel, 134. 
 
 " Bald Peaks " on Monadnock, 42. 
 
 Ball, Abner, 143,238. 
 
 Baptist Church, organization of, 210 ; 
 Acting Pastors of, 210 ; house of 
 worship, 212 ; Pastors from 1841- 
 1885, 212 ; Membership of, 213 ; 
 Meeting house repaired, 213 ; La- 
 dies' Ben. Soc. of, 213; Sabbath 
 School of, 214. 
 
 Barker, John, 238, 242, 245. 
 
 Barnard, Samuel, 145. 
 
 Barrigan, J., 291. 
 
 Bartlett, Martin L. , 402. 
 
 Bascom, Rev. Ezekiel L., 200, 377. 
 
 Batcheller, Dr. James, 377, 433. 
 
 Phillip S., 254, 256, 282, 
 
 366, 399, 401. 
 Stephen, 256, 257, 401. 
 
 Bayley, Edward, 404. 
 
 Beebe, Anson G., 416, 418. 
 
 Belknap, Authority of respecting 
 Indians, 27. 
 
 Berais, Dr. Benjamin, 354, 399, 404. 
 430. 
 
816 
 
 HISTOKICAL INDEX. 
 
 Bemis, Gilbert C, 45, 95, 119. 
 Bennett, Asa, 145. 
 
 " Benjamin, 143. 
 John, 249. 
 Bent, ElishaM., 257. 
 " Hyman, 255. 
 " Levi B., 418. 
 " Newell, 323. 
 " Samuel, 138, 144. 
 " William, 255. 
 Bigelow, Benjamin, earliest notice 
 of, 45, 73 ; first settler, 
 96 ; location of borne, 118; 
 member of Committees, 
 73, 118 ; do of Cburcli 
 when organized, 96 ; 
 death, 118; character of, 
 119; family of, 119:— 416. 
 " Mrs. Benjamin, tradition- 
 al saying of, 106. 
 Beulah, her birth, 73, 118. 
 " Charles. See Introduction, 
 255, 258. 
 ■ " Cbarles D., 257, 258, 259. 
 Daniel, 144. 
 Bishop, Agabus, 145. 
 Bissel), Daniel C, 355. 
 Blacksmiths, 413. 
 
 Blake, Amos Jewett, Esq., Contribu- 
 tion to this History, 121, 256, 257, 
 258, 259, 283, 325, b26 ; Profes- 
 sional Life, 427. 
 Blanchard, Joseph, awent for the 
 
 Masonian Proprietors, 58, 59. 
 Blinville, G., 292. 
 Blodgett, Calvin A., 287. 
 
 CharlesS., 287. 298. 
 Ethan, 300, 309, 310, 422. 
 " Joseph, 418. 
 
 Timoihv. 206, 257, 291. 
 Boston Port Bill, 216. 
 Boundaries of town, 17 ; length of 
 
 lines, 68. 
 Boundary, new, on the north, 17 ; on 
 Jaifrey, 17. 
 " between Mass. and N. 
 
 Hampshire, established, 
 49. 
 Bounties to soldiers in Rev. War,242. 
 " " " "Rebellion, 301. 
 Bouton, Rev. Dr. N., Historical Col- 
 lections, 27. 
 Boutvvell, Ebenezer, 86, 143,241. 
 Bowen, Alfred K., 288. 
 Edwin N., 257. 
 Bowker, Bartlett and John, 88, 139, 
 141. 413, 417. 
 Cbarles, 89, 140, 252, 253, 
 322, 353, 413. 
 
 Bowker, Elijah, 255, 355, 415, 418. 
 Luke, 418. 
 Lyman W., 291. 
 Pond, 25. 
 Bowlders, 19. 
 Boyce, Henry H., 290, 299. 
 
 " Warren I., 299. 
 Boynton, Amos, 142, 238. 242, 245. 
 Ephraim, 87, 144, 253. 
 Job, 142, 238. 
 Brewer, Asa, 355. 
 " James, 253. 
 Orrin, 298. 
 Brigham, Alpbeus, 142, 238. 
 
 Maj. Asa, 86. 143, 221, 
 231, 238,_ 251, 252, 253. 
 " Rev. Benjamin, a candi- 
 date for Pastor, 80 ; Call 
 to settle, 81, 93 ; His 
 acceptance of the same, 
 81, 97 ; Ordaining Coun- 
 cil, 82 ; Ordination of, 82 ; 
 salary of, 81, 103 ; srift 
 to, 81 ; character of, 104 ; 
 home of, 103, 207 ; con- 
 tract with dissolved, 88 ; 
 support of assumed by 
 the town, 89 ; Repre- 
 sentative, 160, 221, 252 ; 
 sickness and death of, 
 103 ; how regarded, 104 ; 
 his Sermons, 104 ; sal- 
 ai'y increased, 163 ; bap- 
 tisms by, 105, 133,142, 
 222, 322, 377. 
 Benjamin F., 258. 
 Elisba, 133, 398. 
 Dr. Gershom, 143, 216, 
 
 222 429. 
 Joseph, 8*9,253, 254, 255, 
 
 354, 355. 
 Leonard, 143, 223, 238, 
 
 351. 
 Lieut. Levi, 84, 133, 142, 
 157, 221, 2:i2, 242, 253, 
 257, 313, 317, 351, 403. 
 Mrs. Lucy, 103. 
 " Lyman, 238. 
 
 Stephen, 144, 177, 238, 
 253. 
 Brock, Orville L.,258 
 Brooks, AmosW.. 297, 302. 
 Daniel S., 287, 302. 
 Walter A., 300, 302. 
 William, 353, 418. 
 Brown, Charles, 394. 
 " Erastus, 355. 
 John, 291. 
 Rev. John S., 300, 259, 325. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 817 
 
 Brown, Joseph, 142, 232, 253. 
 Thomas, 292. 
 
 Hon. William R., 436, 447. 
 Bruce, Thomas, 257, 258. 
 
 " William, 144. 
 Bryant, George E., Esq., 435. 
 
 " George W., 255. 
 Buck nam, Amos, 143. 
 Bunker Hill Battle, 225, N. H. 
 
 troops in, 227 ; bravery of, 227. 
 Burbank, Daniel E., 287, 288. 
 
 Rev. Lysander T. , 444, 447. 
 Burbee, Peter, 142, 238, 242. 
 
 " Peter, Jr., 238, 242. 
 
 Burials (early) in various places, 371. 
 Burns, Thomas B., 257, 366. 
 Burrell, John H., 287. 
 Buss, James, 292. 
 Butler, James, 142, 222. 
 Butterfield, Erasmus, Esq., 252, 
 
 425. 
 Byam, Benjamin, 86, 144. 
 
 " Benjamin W., 297. 
 
 " Charles, 257, 291. 
 
 " Leonard ,206. 
 
 Cahill, Norman U., 255, 257. 
 Cameron, Duncan, 134. 
 Camp, Ebenezer, 142. 
 
 John, 37, 143. 162. 
 Camp Brook or Chaplin Brook, 26. 
 " Canada " Towns, The, 49. 
 Carter, Charles C, 251, 353. 
 " Joseph, 354, 404. 
 " Josiah E., 251. 254. 
 " Nathan C, 299. 
 ( 'astine. Baron, infamous conduct of, 
 
 34. 
 Catamount killed, 411. 
 Cattle of non-residents not allowed, 
 
 162. 
 Cavalry Company, 353. 
 Caverly, Dr. A. M., his History of 
 
 Troy, 117. 
 Cemetery located, 78 ; first burial in, 
 78 ; enlarorement of, 372 ; location 
 of desirrtble, 372. 
 Census (1767), 77 ; (1773), 222 ; table 
 of (1767-1880), 369 ; E. Whitte- 
 more's of 1877, 370. 
 Centennial of the Church, 209. 
 Chamberlain, Levi, Esq., 252, 254, 
 
 323. 426. 
 Chamberlain, John, 143, 216, 222, 
 
 238. 
 Chaplin, Elisha, 418. 
 
 Milton, 251, 255, 257, 325, 
 
 401, 418. 
 Moses, Jr., 257, 291,355. 
 
 52 
 
 Chapman, Luther, Esq., 252. 323, 
 
 377, 425. 
 Charter of Monadnock No. 4 (1765). 
 59. 
 " Fitzwilliam, 149. 
 
 Chase, Calvin, 249. 
 " Daniel, 299. 
 " Daniel W., 300. 
 " Rev. James N.,212. 325. 
 Check-List (1820), 271; Summary of 
 (1830 and succeeding decades), 
 273 ; lists and votes cast (1884), 
 273. 
 Cheney, Jesse, 144, 239. 
 Choristers (early), how chosen, 102; 
 
 their trials, 388. 
 Church organized, 95 ; its first mem- 
 bers, 96 ; its Covenant, 95 ; early 
 members, 98 ; in Councils. 100 ; 
 its expenses met, 100 ; Half-way 
 Covenant, 99 ; harmony in. 103 ; 
 Music, 102 ; Congregations, 101 ; 
 habits of, 102 ; Confessions of can- 
 didates for members in 1798, 103 ; 
 dissensions in, 197. 
 Church, John L., 293, 302. 
 Claims (royal) to the lands, 50. 
 Clark, Calvin, 143, 232, 253. 
 
 " Thomas, 134, 144. 
 Clays, Capt. Elijah, 83, 84, 142, 23S, 
 247. 
 " Mrs. Abigal, her Petition, 247. 
 CliflFord, Warner; 218. 
 Climate of the town, 21. 
 Cobleigh, John, 255. 
 Col burn, Leonard, 246. 
 " Norris. 419. 
 Silas, 144. 
 Colby, Rev. John, Ministry of, 204 ; 
 
 family of. 205 ;— 258 ; 326. 
 Cold (March 13, 1871), 21. 
 Cole, Dr. L. B.. 429. 
 
 " John, 291. 
 Collectors, list of (1774-1886), 257. 
 
 258. 
 College Graduates, 447. 
 Collins, Dexter, 206. 
 
 Joshua T., 418. 
 Pond, 25. 
 Committee of Safety, 217, 231, 232. 
 Common, The, improvement in and 
 
 about, 360. 
 Common School Association, 331 ; 
 organization of, 332 ; work of, 
 333 ; meetings of (1842-1867), 331 ; 
 influence of, 331 ; Lectures before, 
 333. 
 Congress at Philadelphia (1774), 216. 
 Conner, John, 295. 
 
818 
 
 HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 Constables, 251. 
 
 ConventioQ at Peterborough, 172. 
 " Walpole, 174, 231. 
 " Exeter, 176. 
 " Concord, 163, 177. 
 Cool (Cole), Stephen, 142. 
 Coolidge, Calvin, 205, 206, 355. 
 
 Curtis, 254, 323, 355, 366, 
 
 398, 399. 
 George, 237, 288. 
 Horace, 2U6, 418. 
 " & Whittemore, 418. 
 
 Corey, Abraham, 294. 
 Cotton, Roland, and others, grant to, 
 
 58. 
 Council of Plymouth (Eag.), 50. 
 Councils (Church), 97, 100. 
 Crane, William, 145, 257. 
 Crosl.y, Simon, 177, 178, 395, 397. 
 Crowell, Curtis R., 251, 325. 
 Crystal Hills (White Mountains), 48. 
 Cumraings, Thaddeus, 255, 287, 288. 
 " Dr. Silas, Collections for 
 
 this History. See In- 
 troduction : profession- 
 al life, 439 ; offices, 
 254, 256, 323, 325, 326 ; 
 344, 359, 365, 377, 406. 
 Elbridge, 258, 296, 396. 
 Benjamin F., 258. 
 Currency depreciated (1780), 173. 
 Cutting, Rev. George W., 213, 254, 
 325, 326. 
 " Moses, 143. 
 
 Damon, John, 259. 
 
 Jonas, 259, 291, 326, 418. 
 
 Jude, 421. 
 
 Luke R., 401, 402. 
 
 Marshall P., 291, 418. 
 
 Dea. Oliver, 103, 145, 205, 
 
 246, 252, 253. 
 Mrs. Selina P. , 104. Note, 42.8. 
 Davison or Davidson, Benjamin, 75, 
 
 141, 155, 222, 351. 
 Day, Rev. H. W., 213, 326. 
 Deacons of Orthodox Church, 205, 
 
 206. 
 Deaths, The first, 372 ; records of 
 (early), 372 ; table of, explained, 
 373; table of, 374-376; of Pro- 
 fessional Men, 377 ; of persons 
 over 80 years of age, 377, 386 ; from 
 accidents, 388-390 ; by suicide, 
 390, 391. 
 Debt of the town : its reduction (1869- 
 
 1880), 271. 
 Declaration of loyalty. The (1776), 
 signed, 230. 
 
 Deed of N. H. land by Indians, 35. 
 
 Deeth, Martin S., 291. 
 
 Demary, James L., Jr., 294. 
 
 Denison, David, 142. 
 
 De Normandie, Rev. Eugene, 201, 
 325. 
 
 Depreciation of currency, 262 ; au- 
 thorized scale for, 263. 
 
 Dimensions of tovs^n originally, 18. 
 
 Dissensions in Church and Society, 
 197. 
 
 Division, ecclesiastically, 198. 
 
 Divol, Samuel and William, 138. 
 
 Dodge, John, 239, 242. 
 
 " MoUv, her expedition, 113. 
 " Zadock, 239, 242. 
 
 Dogs, taxation of, money how used, 
 330. 
 
 Drainage of town, 26. 
 
 Drawing for Lots, 68. 
 
 Driven wells a failure, 19. 
 
 Drury, EUsha, 249. 
 
 Moses, 142,239. 
 
 Dun, Joseph, 143, 222. 
 
 Dunn, Rev. A., 213,214. 
 
 Dunton, William, army experience, 
 287, 288, 306. 
 
 Dutton, Calvin, 421. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Councils, to oi'dain 
 Benjamin Brigham, 82 ; Stephen 
 Williams, 189 ; John Sabiu, 191, 
 192 ; Horace Herrick, 203 ; Abra- 
 ham Jenkins, 203 ; William L. 
 Gay lord, 204 ; to install Rev. John 
 F. Norton, 204. 
 
 Eddy. Benjamin, 253. 
 
 Educational Matters, 313. 
 
 Elevation of Town, 20. 
 
 Eliot, Rev, John (Indian Apostle). 31 
 
 Ellis, Edward B., 300. 
 " Elliot F., 298, 303. 
 " George H., 300, 303. 
 " Ira W., 291. 
 
 " Warren I., 300 ; army experi- 
 ence, 309. 
 
 Elm, The Great, 103. 
 
 Estabrook, Abel, 144, 239. 
 
 Executive of New Hampshire, votes 
 for. 259-262. 
 
 Explorers (early) of the White Moun- 
 tains, 48 ; their object, 47 ; their 
 report, 48. 
 
 Face of the country, 18. 
 
 Farmers' and Mechanics' Club or- 
 ganized. 336 ; subjects discussed 
 by it, 336 ; lectures before it, 337. 
 
 Farms of the town. 22. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 819 
 
 Farnsworth, Paul, 239. 
 " Silas, 143. 
 
 Farrar. Col. Bill, 129, 239, 253, 354. 
 Daniel, 143, 253, 257. 40J. 
 Daniel W., 355, 398, 399, 400. 
 " James, 402. 
 
 Maj. John, 74, 77, 128, 231,252. 
 " Joiin, Jr., 130,239, 242. 
 Joseph, 239. 
 William, 249. 
 Farwell, Isaac Moors, 252, 253, 429. 
 
 Jogeph, 143. 
 Fassett, John, 127; orijiiual mem- 
 ber of the churcli, 97 ; 
 Deacon, 97 ; location in 
 town, 110 ; house, 110, 
 127 ; delegate from 
 church, 76. 127, 141, 205, 
 217, 222, 251, 253. 256, 
 257. 
 " Joseph. 144, 239. 241, 242, 245. 
 Fast Day recommended (1774), 217. 
 " Fathers of the town," 73. 
 Fay, John, 141. 
 Fazackerly. E., 292. 
 Federal Money, in accounts with 
 
 proprietors, 89. 
 Felch, Bela, 418. 
 
 " George W., 289, 297, 302. 
 " John G., 287. 
 " Samuel, 255. 
 Felton, Artemas, 355. 
 Jacob, 419. 
 Matthias, 144, 207, 245, 246, 
 
 253, 403. 
 Matthias B., 355, 403. 
 Female Benevolent Society (ortho- 
 dox), 210. 
 " Fifty Settlements," 72. 
 Financial condition of town, 267 ; 
 
 summary of (1861-1880), 268-271. 
 Fire Department, 361 ; condition of, 
 
 362 ; fires in town, 362-364. 
 Firmin, D. W., 251,399. 
 Fish in the brooks, 26. 
 Fisher, Andrew, 300, 308. 
 
 " Elder Darius, 210, 211, 377. 
 Orvis, 299, 302. 
 Seth R., 415. 
 " and Newton, Granite Works, 
 422. 
 Fiske, Asa B., 293. 
 
 " Benjamin M., 37, 417. 
 " Daniel M., 293, 303. 
 " John B., 288. 
 Fitzwilliam, why the name given, 
 150. 
 Earl of, 150. 
 Forbush, David, 421. 
 
 Forests, 24. 
 
 Forristall, Charles H., 299. 
 Daniel, 249. 
 " Daniel, Jr., 353. 
 
 Jesse, 137, 141, 258. 
 John, 255. 257, 258, 858. 
 Jonas, 287, 288, 303. 
 Joseph, 86, 137, 144, 245. 
 Levi A., 298, 303. 
 Foster, Alexander, 404. 
 Beuoni, 246. 
 " Daniel, 145. 
 " Enoch, 239. 
 " James, 239, 242. 
 " John, 254, 258, 404. 
 " Joseph, 144, 239. 
 
 Luna, 246. 
 " Richard, 413. 
 " Rufus, 323. 
 
 William L., Esqr., 435. 
 Fort Sumter, effect of attack on, 276, 
 
 277. 
 Fox, Joseph and Jonathan, 178, 397, 
 
 403. 
 Freedom versus Slavery, 274. 
 Freeman, Rufus, 239. 
 Fruits, common and wild, 23, 24. 
 Frve, Frank B., 257, 258, 402. 
 Fullam, Francis, 142. 232, 239. 
 Miss Ellen, note, 360. 
 Funding of town debt, 269, 270. 
 Furgurson, J , 296. 
 
 Gage, Abner, 255, 402, 404. 
 Garfield, Aaron, 71, 141. 
 Garvin, John, 296. 
 Gary, Jonas, 253. 
 
 Gay lord, Rev. Wm. L., ordination 
 of, 204; dismission, 204; death, 
 205 ; 325, 326, 254. 
 Gates, Artemas, 118. 
 Gee, Dustin A., 296. 
 Geological structure of town, 193. 
 Gibsou, Jonathan, 143. 
 Gil man, Morrill, 353. 
 Giison, Henry M., 288. 
 
 " Joel L., 402. 
 Gleason, Dr. Aaron R.,257, 258,326, 
 434. 
 
 Richard, 46. 
 Richard, Jr., 316. 
 Godding family, 138. 
 " John, 145. 
 
 Dr. Alvah, 323, 445. 
 Gold Fever (1640), 47. 
 Goldsbury, John, 77, 141. 
 Goldsmitii, Josiah, 404. 
 
 Thomas, 178, 252, 253, 
 258, 353, 354, 397, 403. 
 
820 
 
 HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 Goodale, Rev. David, 143. 
 
 " Josiah, 143. 
 
 Goodei>ough, Isaac, 145. 
 Gooduow, Rev. A. W., 213-325. 
 Gorges, Ferdinando, 51 ; liis and 
 
 Mason's g-rant, 51 ; division of 
 
 tlieir possessions, 52. 
 Gorbam, A., 292. 
 Gould, Daniel, 86, 143, 239, 241, 398 
 
 DanielJi-., 239, 242. 
 Governors of New Hampshire, votes 
 
 for, 259-263. 
 Gowen, Luther W., 300. 
 Granite, the rock of the town, 19 ; 
 
 found in two colors, 430 ; growth 
 
 of the business, 420 ; CharJes 
 
 Reed's relation to it, '|31 ; Manu- 
 
 facturt-rs of or traders in, 431-3 ; 
 
 iargest quarries, 423 ; where sent, 
 
 421 ; production, 433. 
 Grant, Allen, 141. 
 Grant of James the I. to Plyiiiouth 
 
 (Eng.) Co.,50. 
 Grantors and Grantees, list of, with 
 
 number of lots owned by each 
 
 person, 67. 
 Grants of lands in N. H., 50, 51, 53, 
 
 53, 55, 58. 
 Graves, David, 349. 
 
 " Samuel, 143, 339, 349. 
 Great Road, petition concerning, 176. 
 Green, Samuel A., M.D., 38. 
 Griffin, Dea. Samuel, 103, 205, 251, 
 
 252. 
 Grist Mill provided for, 75. 
 
 " " Tiffany's, not accepted, 
 83. 
 Grosvenor, Dr. Ebenezer Clark, 446, 
 447. 
 Dr. Peter Clark, 252, 
 377, 430. 
 Groton, Mass, during Indian Wars, 
 
 38 ; Court Martial at, 38. 
 Grow, Joseph. 152, 142, 222, 223, 
 
 239, 353, 313. 
 
 Hadeu, J. P., 391. 
 Hadley, Peter, 339. 
 Haley^ William, 393. 
 "Half Wav Covenant," 99. 
 Handy, Alpheus, 290. 
 
 " ' Ransom, 298, 303. 
 Hanson, Lewis, 295. 
 Hardy, Theophilus, 144. 
 Harkness, Elisha, 298, 302. 
 Joseph E. . 289. 
 Harrington, John, 142, 155, 239. 
 
 Joshua, 142, 239, 404, 
 416, 418. 
 
 Harrington, Joshua, Jr., 143, 155,416. 
 
 Mill The, 128, 416. 
 Harris, Benjamin, 86, 239, 243. 
 " Daniel, 397. 
 " Joseph, 98, 233, 239. 
 
 Levi, 255, 258, 353. 
 " Samuel, 144. 
 " Stephen, removal to Monad- 
 nock No. 4, 141 ; house of, 
 135 ; 98, 157, 222, 233, 339, 
 344, 357. 
 " Rev. Stephen, 444, 447. 
 Hartwell, Josiah, 144, 243, 344, 353. 
 
 William, 145. 
 Haskell, Abner, 144, 253. 
 Frederic H., 298. 
 " Josiah, 137. 
 Levi, 355. 
 Nelson C, 293. 
 Theodore, 293. 
 Haven, Jotliam, 145. 
 Hawkins, Marshall P., 389. 
 
 Oliver, 358. 
 Hayden, Albert, 418. 
 
 Charles W., 300. 
 Daniel T., 354, 255, 399. 
 Jesse, 143. 
 Joel, 253, 255, 414. 
 Joel, Jr., 254, 39J. 
 Thomas D., 297. 
 Hayward, Joseph Lee, see Hey wood. 
 Healy, Christopher, 289. 
 Heath, N., 396. 
 Hemenway, John, 143. 
 
 Joseph, 81, 83, 133, 142, 
 332, 339, 352. 
 " Samuel, his map of the 
 
 town, 133. 
 Herrick, Rev. Horace, 203, 204. 
 Hey wood, Chas. T., 298, 303. ' 
 
 " Joseph Lee, murder of, 
 391. 
 Silas L., 387, 388. 
 "Highway Sorvairs " (Surveyors) 
 
 (1769), 77. 
 Highways, tax for, 264 ; pay for 
 
 labor on, 263, 264. 
 Hogkins, John (Indian), his petition, 
 
 30. 
 Holman, Ora, 299. 
 
 Seth. N., 418. 
 Thomas F., 297, 303. 
 William H., 299. 
 Horse sheds on common, 92 ; order 
 for their removal, 164 ; permission 
 to build, 164. 
 Howard Morris, 294. 
 Howe, Henry P., 418. 
 " Joel, 255, 402. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 821 
 
 Howe, Naluini, 253, 353, 418. 
 " Nahum, Jr., 418. 
 " Nelson, 251, 255, 355, 402, 
 
 405, 418. 
 " N. & J. & Co., 418. 
 " Rev. Phineas, 443. 
 
 and Rand, 415. 
 " Thomas, 316. 
 Hunting for Indian Sculps. 39. 
 
 Wild Animals, 409-411. 
 Hutctiins, Phinehas, 143, 231, 239. 
 
 Incorporation as a town, movement 
 for, 146 ; opposition to, 146 ; Com- 
 mittee to secure, 84, 147 ; their 
 petition for, 147 ; Charter of, 149. 
 
 Indian Corn, cost of raislntj, 22. 
 
 Indians of Southern N. H.. 27; 
 Authorities concerning, 27 ; Their 
 names, 28 ; The five great tribes, 
 29 ; Numbers of, 31 ; Character 
 and habits of, 31 ; Sales of land, 
 34 ; Removal, 36 ; Remains of, in 
 Fitzwilliam, 37 ; Bounty for 
 Scalps of, 39 ; weapons in war, 
 34 ; Claims to the land, 34 ; prov- 
 ocations to cruelty, 32 ; food, 33 ; 
 implements, 33 ; domestic life of, 
 33 ; cruelly of, 32 ; treachery of, 
 82 ; with hre arms, 34. 
 
 Industries of the town, 412 ; Agri- 
 culture, 412 ; Mechanical trad^p, 
 413 ; domestic manufactures, 413 ; 
 tanneries, 414 ; saw-mills, 414 ; 
 wooden ware, 419 ; the Granite 
 industry, 419-422. 
 
 Infantry Company, 352 ; officers of, 
 353. See Military Affairs, 350. 
 
 Ingalls, James M., 298. 
 
 Inns and Hotels, 402 ; location and 
 keepers of the earliest, 402, 403 ; 
 later Hotels and keepers, 403. 
 
 Inspection Committee, 217 ; its 
 duties, 217 ; Complaints 
 of, 218. 
 " of citizens, 222. 
 
 Instruction of Representatives, 167 ; 
 forfli of, 168. 
 
 Jackson, Isaac, 143. 
 Jaquith, Dr. Abraham H., 429. 
 Jawhaw, Scipio, 25, 138, 222. 
 Jenkins, Rev. Abraham, Jr., 203 ; 
 
 his ordination and Ministry, 204- 
 
 325, 377. 
 Jennings, Dr. Zephaniah, 428. 
 Jillson, Silas, 404. 
 Jocelyn, Dr. E. E., 435. 
 Johnson, Asa, 144. 
 
 Johnson, John, 295. 
 
 Timothy, 404. 
 Joslin, Daniel, 143. 
 
 Kendall, Asa S., 201, 254, 256, 399, 
 414. 
 Edward, 76, 81,83,91, 130, 
 
 142, 223, 253. 
 Edward A., 415. 
 Franklin, 258. 
 Luke, 418. 
 Samuel, 255, 256, 257, 258, 
 
 325, 326, 353. 
 Samuel, Esqr., 83, 131,142, 
 172, 221, 239, 253, 253. 
 314, 315, 317, 351, 415, 
 418. 
 " Tiniothy and Luke, 415. 
 Kidder's Tavern, 403. 
 Kilpatrick, Samuel, 143. 
 Kimball, John, 251, 254. 
 
 Richard, Jr., 249. 
 Kinsman, William H., 415, 418. 
 Kneeland, Joseph, 143, 155, 239. 
 Knight, Amos, 142, 163, 216, 239, 
 257. 
 " Isaac, 145. 
 
 " Jonas, 87, 143, 223, 239, 351. 
 " Joseph, 144. 
 
 Lakos and Ponds, 25.- 
 I^ane, Dr. Samuel, 430. 
 Laurel Mountain, 23. 
 Lawrence, Frederic C, 293,303. 
 Lebourveau, William, 355. 
 Ledges, 18. 
 
 Libraries, 342 ; Charter of the first, 
 343 ; New Association (1851). 344 ; 
 Change to the Fitzwilliam Town 
 Library, 345 ; Number of volun)es, 
 347 ; Character of the books, 346. 
 Library, School District No. 1, 348 ; 
 Officers of, 348; Volumes belong- 
 ing to, 349. 
 Licenses to sell spirituous liquors, 
 
 178, 403. 
 Lillie, Levi N., 297, 303. 
 Lincoln, Abraham, his election, 276. 
 
 Dr. Luke, 252, 430. 
 Literary Fund, how obtained, 330 ; 
 
 how divided, 330. 
 Location of the town, 17. 
 Locke, Rev. Isaac Newton, 445. 
 " Dea. John, 84, 100, 142, 205. 
 216, 217, 231, 232, 239, 
 252, 253, 317. 
 " Jonathan, 81, 136. 142. 
 " William, 143, 216. 
 " William D., 325. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX, 
 
 Locke, Rev. William Edwin, 445, 
 
 447. 
 Lots in Mouadnock No. 4, list of 
 
 distribution, 62 ; size of, 67. 
 Lottery, none in Fitzwilliam, 173. 
 Love well's Expeditions, 39. 
 Lowell, Almon G.,292. 
 Loyalty and Patriotism (1775), 220 ; 
 
 (in 1861), 375. 
 Lyceum, The Fitzwilliam, 336. 
 
 Mariana, 51. 
 Marshall, Abel, 414. 
 
 Dr. 1'homas H., 433, 
 Martin, Paul, 292, 393. 
 " Philander, 290. 
 Masou, Capi. John, 51, 52, 53, 54 ; 
 . Grants to Mason and Gor- 
 ges, 51, 52 ; division of 
 their p o s s e s s i o n s, 52 ; 
 Capt. Mason's will, 54. 
 John Tufton, 53, 54, 69. 
 " Robert Tufton, 53, 54 ; Gen- 
 ealogy of the family, 54; 
 their rights sold to Sam- 
 uel Allen, 53 ; to the 
 Masonian Proprietors, 54. 
 " Eleazer, 144. 
 Masonian Proprietors The, their 
 purchase, 54 ; their names, 54, 55; 
 their shares, reservations, con- 
 ditions of grants made, liberal 
 policy, 55 ; division of their prop- 
 erty into townships, 56 ; purchase 
 disputed territory, 57 ; their grant 
 to Roland Cotton and others, 58 ; 
 to Sampson Stoddard and others, 
 58. 59. 
 Masons, Free, 404. 
 May, Theophilus W., 291. 
 Mayhew, John, 84, 142. 
 Maynard, John, 143. 
 
 Needham, 144 ; 329, 245. 
 McClarv, Major, at Bunker Hill, 337. 
 McDonald, Robert, 399. 
 McGee, Amos, 46. 
 McKee, Frederick, 391. 
 McManus, John, 300, 303. 
 
 Michael, 887, 388. 
 Meadows, natural, 116 ; " The 
 
 Great Meadow," 116. 
 Meeting House, required bv grant, 
 61, 90; difficulty 
 about locating it, 
 75 ; do. in building 
 it, 85 ; Committee 
 to select site of, 74 ; 
 Committee to build 
 it, 74 ; enlarged 
 
 Committee to build 
 74 ; located, 78 
 house raist^d, 80, 91 
 finishing delayed, 
 84, 83 ; appearance 
 of, 93 ; sale of pew 
 ground, S'd ; build- 
 ing pews in it, 86 ; 
 petitions for this 
 privilege, 86 : pew 
 associations, 155; 
 their record books, 
 156 ; proprietors 
 and town a joint 
 jurisdiction over, 
 85, 88, 154 ; this 
 t er mi na ted, 88 ; 
 care of, 166, 154, 
 157. 
 Meeting House, The Second, loca- 
 tions for proposed, 
 
 194 ; the settlement 
 of the q uestion , 195 ; 
 the house built, 
 
 195 ; burned, 196. 
 " " The Third built, 
 
 196 ; how paid for, 
 
 197 ; plate in the 
 foundation stone, 
 196 ; inscription 
 upon it, 196 ; its 
 appearance, 197. 
 
 " The Orthodox, 202. 
 
 203. 
 " The Baptist. 212, 213. 
 " The Method! St, 214. 
 Mellen, Daniel, first notice of, 73, 
 124 ; one of the Fathers of 
 the Town, 124 ; his position 
 in Fitzwilliam, 124 ; on vari- 
 ous Committees, 73, 74, 78, 
 81 ; First Collector, 76, 124 ; 
 45, 72, 84, 106, 155, 414. 
 
 " Daniel, Jr., his home, 126, 
 141 ; 157, 331, 239 ; 257, 
 351. 
 
 " Rev. John, Agent of Monad- 
 nock No. 4, 76, 126. • 
 
 " John, Esqr., his homes, po- 
 sition of, in Fitzwilliam, 125 ; 
 Offices held by him, 217, 221, 
 223, 251, 252, 258, 257, 351 ; 
 Representative, 125, 164 ; 
 Collector of beef for Conti- 
 nental Army, 135, 334 ; Cap- 
 tain in the Cont.Army, 839 ; 
 death of, 125 ; his widow, 125; 
 78, 84, 91, 95, 125 ; 141, 155, 
 231, 232, 313, 403. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 823 
 
 Mellen, Lucretia, " The Lost Child," 
 
 125. 
 Members of Congress, voted for 
 
 (1788), 176. 
 Mendon, G., 296. 
 
 Merchants and Traders, 396; early 
 Stores. 397; early Traders, 397, 
 398 ; later Stores and Traders, 
 399-402. 
 Methodist Episcopal Clnxrcli and 
 Society, its Houses of Worship and 
 Ministers, 214. 
 Miles, Danvers, 287, 288. 
 
 Geor<re W., 287, 288, 303. 
 Joel, 246. 
 Military Affairs, 350 ; early organ- 
 izations of Companies, 351 ; the 
 earliest, 221, 351 ; officers, 351 ; 
 other oro-anizations, 351 ; the In- 
 fantry enrollment, 352 ; Captains 
 of the Company, 353 ; Cavalry, 
 353 ; Artillery Co. organized, 354 ; 
 its Captains, 355. 
 Military Road, The Old, 43 ; purpose 
 in buildinof it, built by Mass., 44 ; 
 its two ^reat divisions, location 
 through Fitzwilliam, traces of it 
 in 1871, 45 ; used by the early 
 settlers, also in the Revolutionary 
 War, 46. 
 Miller, Dr. Luke, 432. 
 Milliken, Rev. Charles Edward, 444, 
 
 447. 
 Mills, Grist, provided for, 75 ; Tif- 
 fany's rejected, 83 ; Mellen's Saw 
 Mill, 414 ; Tbe Scott Mill, 415 ; 
 Stone Mill, 415 ; Tolman Mill, 
 416 ; persons taxed for Mills, 417, 
 418 ; Wooden Ware Mills, 419. 
 Minervan Society, 336. 
 Ministerial Lots, 314, 315. 
 Minute Men, enrollment of, 222. 
 Missouri Compromise, 274 ; attempt 
 to repeal it, action of the town re- 
 specting it, 275. 
 Mitchell, Charles F., 258, 259. 
 Mixer, Ezekiel, 143, 155, 222, 239, 
 351. 
 " Nathan, 84, 142, 221, 222, 
 239, 351. 
 Mohawk Indians, 29. 
 Monadnock region, appearance of in 
 1750, 41. 
 " Mountain, 41 ; its trees 
 and their destruction, 42 ; 
 mistakes of early explor- 
 ers, 42. 
 " Townships, The, 56; dis- 
 puted boundaries of, 57. 
 
 Monadnock No. 4, Grant to Roland 
 Cotton and others (1752), 
 its forfeiture, 58 ; Grant 
 (1765) to Sampson Stod- 
 dard and others, 58 ; deed 
 of conveyance, 59 ; di- 
 vision of, 68 ; length of 
 boundary lines, 69; 
 ranges and lots, 66; draw- 
 ing for and choice, 68 ; 
 size of lots and "the 
 narrow tier," 67 ; results 
 of drawing (tabular), 62- 
 65. 
 Monroe, Charles R.. 298. 
 Nehemiah, 418. 
 Monument, Soldiers, 303. 
 Moore, Lewis, 353. 
 Morris, Levi, 291. 
 
 " Patrick, 291, 303. 
 Morse, Aaron, 143, 216. 
 " Elihu L., 293, 303. 
 " Joseph, 144. 
 " Nathan, 293, 299. 
 " Nelson, 256, 258. 
 " Royal T., 401. 
 Mortality, lists of, 372-386 ; 388-391 ; 
 records of, 372 ; remarks upon, 
 372, 373. 
 Morton, Thomas, outlaw, 34. 
 Mudgett, John, 291. 
 Musical Culture, 337 ; Conventions 
 and Concerts, 338 ; Association 
 for. Pianoforte for, 339. 
 Muzzey, Joseph, 144. 240, 241. 
 
 " Nathaniel, 85, 144, 244. 
 Myers, Charley 292. 
 
 " Narrow Tier, The," of lots, 67. 
 New England iu America, 50. 
 New Hampshire, how named, 52 ; 
 histories of, 28 ; lands paid for, 34, 
 35 ; under protection of Mass., 
 53; Provincial Papers, 27; troops 
 at Bunker Hill, 227. 
 Newton, Cbarles, 298. 
 
 Willard A.,278, 287, 298. 
 Nichols, Joseph, 144, 232, 242, 244, 
 252, 253. 
 " Joseph, Jr., 144. 
 Nixon, Robert, 289, 303. 
 Noble, Dr. G. C, 428, 366, 401, 432. 
 North Virginia, 50. 
 Nonon, Rev. John F., see Intro- 
 duction, his Installation, 
 204 ; his family, 205 ; 
 historical lectures, 209. 
 Lewis M., 205, 304,437. 
 " Capt. Francis, 52. 
 
824 
 
 HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 Nurse, Joseph, 143, 163. 240, 317. 
 " William, 145, 340. 
 
 Odd Fellows Lodge, 405. 
 Orthodox Society formed, 197 ; its 
 church built, 202 ; this consumed 
 and rebuilt, 203 ; its Ministers, 
 203, 204; its Deacons, 205, 206; 
 its membership, 206 ; its parson- 
 ages, 207 ; its Sabbath School, 
 206 ; its Benevolent Society, 210. 
 Orthography of Indian names, 28. 
 Osboru, Daniel P., 297. 
 Josiah, 316. 
 Matthew, 86, 144. 
 Samuel, 86, 144, 340, 314, 
 315. 
 Outlaws Amonor the Indians, 34. 
 Ox Sleds, 101, 113, 135. 
 
 Parker, Amos A., 251, 254, 255, 256, 
 257, 324, 399, 437, 447. 
 " Andrew, 355. 
 
 Calvin J., 254, 25S, 324, 335. 
 Charles H., 298, 303. 
 Ephraim , 254, 258, 276, 353. 
 George W., 291, 396. 
 " John M., see Introduction, 
 
 251, 254, 256, 259, 289, 
 326. 
 
 Nahum, 89, 177, 245, 246, 
 
 252, 253, 254, 323, 423. 
 
 " Nehemiah, first Minister, 
 75, 76, 93. 
 Parsonages, 207 ; The Sabin, 208. 
 Partridge, Dr. Warren, 439, 431. 
 Passaconaway, Indian, his character, 
 
 etc., 30. . 
 Pastors of the Churches, Unitarian, 
 199-301 ; Orthodox, 202-204 ; 
 Baptist, 210-213 ; Methodist, 
 214, 315; The first Pastor, 
 see ' ' early Ecclesiastical 
 History, " Chap. VI. 
 " Salary, paid in hard money, 
 87. 
 Pasturage of the town, 33. 
 Patch, Samuel, 845, 354. 
 Patrick, Rufus, 340, 343. 
 
 Samuel, 87, 151. 233, 340, 
 251,253,353, 357, 313. 
 Paupers, support of, sold, 173, 177, 
 393 ; cost of their support at vari- 
 ous times, 393. 
 Payson, Edward, 145, 357. 
 Peacock, Rev. John, 212. 
 Penhallow, Samuel, his Indian His- 
 tory, 27. 
 Pennacooks, Indians, 29. 
 
 Penniman, Joseph A., 354, 355. 
 
 William, 435. 
 Pensioners, Revolutionary, 345, 346. 
 Perkins, Charles B., 395.* 
 Edward, 404. 
 Henry C, 300. 
 Dr. Jared, 333, 355, 366, 
 
 377, 401, 431. 
 John, 323, 401. 
 Robinson, 351, 353, 355, 
 404. 
 Perry, Calvin, B. , see Introduction, 
 257, 336, 403. 
 " David^, 143, 333, 340, 351. 
 " David^ 255, 355, 404. 
 " J. L., 404. 
 " Simeon, 145. 
 " William F., 155, 255, 354, 
 355. 
 Petts, Gilbert A., 291. 
 Pew ground, in Meeting House, 
 
 sold, 83, 84 ; petitions for, 155. 
 Pews, Associations for building, 155. 
 Phipps, Sir William, his expedition 
 to Canada, 48 ; how his soldiers 
 were paid, 49. 
 Phillips, Almon, 255. 
 
 Edward P., 298. 
 " Elijah, murder of, 391. 
 " Dr. Leslie Almon, 446. 
 
 Rafus B., 354, 255, 205, 306. 
 Philadelphia Convention (1774), ac- 
 tion of town respecting its declar- 
 ations, 316. 
 Pidge, Henry, 240. 
 Pierce, Dr. E. P., 435. 
 Pine trees, reserved for His Majes- 
 ty's use, 61. 
 Plan of lots and ranges, 66. 
 Platts, Edward, 143. 
 
 " Elijah T., 293, 395. 
 " George A., 300. 
 " Hosea, 415. 
 " John A., 359, 393, 395. 
 " Nathan, 84, 143, 316, 340. 
 Plymouth Co., English, 50. 
 Pomeroy, Dr. E. C, 435. 
 Pond, Dr. Preston, 431. 
 Ponds and Lakes, 35. 
 Poor, Henry, 142. 
 Pope, Charles F.,308. 
 Population, 368 ; of N. H., early es- 
 timates, 369 ; of this and neigh- 
 boring towns (1767-1880), 369 ; 
 census of 1877, 370 ; loss of, by in- 
 corporation of Troy, 370. 
 Post-offices, Fitzwilliam, when es- 
 tablished and Postmasters, 366 ; 
 locations of the office, 367 ; early 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 825 
 
 postal facilities, 3G7 ; Fitzwiliiam 
 Post-office advertisL'uieuts (1S08 
 and 1810), 368; Fitzwiliiam Depot 
 office, 367. 
 Potter, Benjamin, 143 
 " Benjamin F., 310. 
 " Ebenezer, 143, 210, 340, 245, 
 
 246. 
 " John, 809. 
 " Joseph, 143. 155, 240. 
 Pound built, 157 ; second do.. 17."i. 
 Pratt, Harry J., 256. 401. 
 " Job, 143. 
 " Nelson E., 21(1. 
 " Reuben, 141, 210, 221, 255, 
 057 351 
 
 " Reiiben B., 255, 257, 355. 
 " William, 2S8, 401. 
 
 Preaching in Monadnock No. 4 
 (early), 93. 
 
 Prescott, Rev. Asa, 443. 
 
 President of N. H., votes for (1784), 
 172 ; (1789), 176. 
 
 Presidential Electors voted for (1788), 
 176. 
 
 Priest Brook, 26. 
 
 Productions, Agricultural, 22. 
 
 Professional History, 423. 
 
 Proprietors of Monadnock No. 4, 
 first and second (jrant to, 58, 59 ; 
 division and allotment of the 
 town, 62-67 ; Acts of 1765-1815, 
 70-89 ; first meetincr of, 70 ; officers 
 chosen, 71 ; second meeting, 72 ; 
 provision for roads, 73 ; for meet- 
 ing house, 74 ; for preaching, 75 ; 
 first meeting in Monadnock No. 4, 
 70 ; later and last acts and settle- 
 ment with Treasurer, 89 ; non-resi- 
 dent, 91 ; relations to the town, 154. 
 
 Pushee, Jonas, 249. 
 -Putney, George, 299. 
 
 Railroad, Chesliire. 396. 
 
 Ramsdell, Joseph H., 297. 
 
 Rand, Josiah K., 257. 
 
 Records, Town, its first book of, its 
 
 condition, value of, 151 ; ])robaljle 
 
 entries on its first pages, 152 ; 
 
 (early) deficient, 49. 
 Redfield, Sherman, 249, 250. 
 Reed, Charles, 414, 421. 
 
 " Daniel, 258, 414. 
 
 " Daniel H., 255, 257, 258, 294, 
 300, 420, 422. 
 
 " D. Henrv, 298. 
 
 " Hon. Edward C. 440, 447. 
 
 " Frederic, complaint against, 
 218. 
 
 Reed, Hinds, 240. 
 
 " James, Proprietor and second 
 settler, 119 ; house of, 119 ; 
 Cierlv of Proprietors, 76 ; 
 Town Clerk. 152 ; original 
 member of the church, 97 ; 
 position in the township, 
 
 120 ; early military life, 121; 
 patriotism, 122 ; at Lexing- 
 ton, Mass.. 122 ; Collecting 
 troops, 122 ; title of Col., 
 121,224; title of Gen., 122; 
 at Medford, Mass., 225 ; at 
 Bunker Hill, 226; his re- 
 turns, 226, 228 ; on Winter 
 Hill, 122; in New York, 122; 
 sickness and blindness, 122 ; 
 retiring from the army, 122 ; 
 residing in Keene, 120 ; do., 
 at Fitchburg, 120 ; death, 
 122 ; inscription on tomb of, 
 122 ; ability and character, 
 
 121 ; pecuniary affairs, 121 ; 
 his sons, 121 ; Chairman of 
 Com. on Incorporation, 45, 
 73,78,84,01, 107, 141, 147; 
 150, 240, 252, 253, 402. 
 
 " James, Jr., 84, 240. 
 " John, 404. 
 
 " Phinehas,248, 252, 353. 354.414. 
 " Sylvanus, 45, 178, 240, 247, 
 '251, 252, 253, 403. 
 Relations between Proprietors and 
 
 Town, 88. 
 Religious Privileges (early). 90. 
 Representatives, list of (1774-1886), 
 252-256, 258, 259. 
 " Instructed, 169. 
 
 Residents over 80 years of age, 386, 
 
 387. 
 Rhododendrons, 23. 
 Rice, Abraham, 172, 143, 240, 243. 
 " Jonas, 143, 222, 240. 
 " Levi W., 294, 303. 
 Richards. Abram H., 290. 
 Richardson, Abijah, 136, 253. 
 Dexter, 291. 
 Eliphalet, 136. 
 Henry J., 298. 
 John N., 254, 292, 402. 
 Leander, 258,296, 298. 
 Luke B.,252, 254, 258, 
 
 323, 399, 401. 
 Stephen, 136, 137, 145, 
 
 240, 242. 
 Dr. Thomas, 252, 377, 
 403,431. 
 " Thomas Jefferson, 287, 
 
 298, 303. 
 
826 
 
 HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 Richmond, J. C, 418. 
 Rindge, peculiar liistory of, 48. 
 
 " Jolin, 57. 
 Eoads, 393 ; early provision for, 74, 
 75; allowance for work on, 78 ; 
 " The Great Road," 176 ; travel on 
 (1842), 396 ; stages on, 396. 
 Robeson or Robinson, Jonas, 140, 
 178,352,354,355,366,398. 
 " Jonas, Jr., 399. 
 Rochette, E., 396. 
 Rock, underlyinof, 19. 
 Rockwood, Samuel, 145. 
 
 " Pond or Foster Pond, 3). 
 
 Rugg, Elisha, 395. 
 Rum for Continental Army, 167. 
 
 Sabbath School, the earliest, 306. 
 Sabin, Charles, 358, 399. 
 
 " Rev. John, a candidate, 191 ; 
 his ordination, 193 ; his 
 Lectures, 18 ; Sup. School 
 Com., 323 ; his remarks on 
 the rocks and stones of F. , 
 18 ; on Lyceum, 336 
 his long Ministry, 303 
 home, 208 ; deatb, 203 
 portrait of, 209 ; Represen- 
 tative, 254 ; 37, 104, 204, 
 333, 377. 
 Mrs., 208. 
 John P., 254. 
 Sargent, Jacob, 145. 
 Saunders, David, 144. 
 Ezra, 398. 
 Savings Bank, reasons for, 364 ; 
 Charters of, 365 ; corporators, 
 early officers, deposits, 365 ; pres- 
 ent condition, 365, 366. 
 Saw Mill, provision foi', 72. 
 Say ward, Rev. James H., 200, 377. 
 School Lands, location of, 313 ; lease 
 of, 314 ; income from, 
 315; Committee (1779), 
 163 ; Houses (early), 
 319 ; teachers (early), 
 320 ; discipline of 
 early schools, 331 ; 
 branches taught in, 
 831 ; supervision of, 
 333 ; Districts, 318 ; 
 list of supervising- 
 committees (1815-87), 
 332-325 ; Printed Re- 
 ports of (1844-87), 327, 
 328 ; summary of, for 
 1845, 1853, 1865, 1885, 
 328, 329. 
 Hiorh School, 329. 
 
 Schools, first appropriation for, 153 ; 
 later, 265, 266 ; Reputation in the 
 County, 331 ; how acquired, 331. 
 Scott, Dr. Amasa, 377, 399, 404, 438, 
 447. 
 " Barakiah, 144, 257, 415, 417. 
 " Benjamin, 143. 
 " Elijah S., 418. 
 " Joseph, 86, 144, 340. 
 " Hezekiali, 241. 
 " Brook, 26, 130. 
 Selectmen, list of (1773-1886), 353- 
 
 357. 
 Settlers in Monadnock No. 4, the 
 earliest and from vplience, 106 ; 
 character and age, 107 ; intelli- 
 gence and property, 108 ; dwell- 
 ings, 109 ; domestic habits, 108 
 style of living and dress, 110 
 means of communication, 113 
 social qualities, 113 ; amusements, 
 112 ; religious habits, 114 ; farm- 
 ing, 115 ; manufactures, 116 ; use 
 of intoxicating drinks, 114 ; order 
 of their settlement uncertain, 117; 
 Lists of, 140-145 ; family names of 
 many extinct in the town, 117. 
 Shirley, Henry, 255, 259. 
 John, 246. 
 John W., 396. 
 William H., 255, 257, 393. 
 Shurtleli, Benoni, 145, 357, 358, 403, 
 
 404. 
 Silk, Humphrey, 341. 
 Simonds, Georire W., 415, 418, 419. 
 
 " Jacob, 418. 
 
 Sip, Jawhaw, 25, 138, 223. 
 
 " Pond or Squaw Pond, 35. 
 Size of the town, 18 ; of the lots, 67. 
 Smilie, George A., 395. 
 Smith, Anson B., 403. 
 " H. J., 391. 
 " Ichabod, 143, 157, 161, 333, 
 
 315. 
 " Joseph, 144. 
 " Levi G.. 257. 
 
 Capt. Nathan, 346. 
 " Samuel, 403. 
 Soil of the town, 30. 
 Soldiers from Fitzwilliam in Rev, 
 War, 235 ; list of ex- 
 plained, 235-238 ; list of, 
 238-341. 
 hired (1779-1781). 333, 333. 
 " (in the Rebellion), in 1st 
 Reg., N. H. Vol., 287 ; 
 do., in 3d Reg. , 388, 307 ; 
 do., in 3d, 389, 307 ; do., 
 in 5th, Vol. and Recruits, 
 
HISTOEICAL INDEX. 
 
 827 
 
 290; in the 6th Heg., 
 293, 308 ; do. , in the 9th, 
 295; do., in 14tli, 297 ; 
 do., in 16th, 298 ; Heavy 
 Artillery, 298; in 1st 
 Cav. Reg., 298; 2d Reg. 
 sharpshooters, 299 ; Sum- 
 mary of, 300 ; Record of, 
 301 ; Bounties paid, 
 amount, 301 ; Supplies 
 furnished to, 302 ; Deaths 
 of, 302 ; Incidents re- 
 specting 2d Re<f. , 307; 
 3d Reg., 307; 6tb Reg., 
 308; 16th Reg., 308; 
 14th Reg., 305. 
 Soldiers' Monument, 303 ; dedicated, 
 
 304. 
 South Pond, 25. 
 
 Spaulding, Daniel, 251, 254, 255, 
 257, 258, 259, 324, 325, 
 401. 
 Daniel R., 403. 
 Edmund, 292, 418. 
 Tavern, 403. 
 Spinning Wheels, 413. 
 Springs, 19. 
 
 Squires, Daniel, 143, 222, 240, 243. 
 Stark, Gen. John, 223 ; his harangue 
 
 at Bennington, 237. 
 Starkey, Peter, 240. 
 Statue upon Horticultural Hall, 
 
 Boston, 423. 
 Stearns, George L., 255, 258, 282. 
 Mrs. Harriet W., 326. 
 John M., 288. 
 Stiles, Lester K., 258. 
 Stimson, John, 145. 
 Stoddard, Sampson, a proprietor 
 under first grant, 58 ; 
 under second grant, 60 ; 
 the largest proprietor, 
 07 ; chosen moderator, 
 71, 74; his petition. 
 147 ; 414, 416. 
 " Sampson, Jr. , proprietors' 
 
 clerk, 61, 65,70. 
 Stone, Abner. 85, 144, 167, 178,251, 
 252, 253, 257, 403. 
 " Albert G., 287, 288, 303. 
 " Artemas, 415, 418. 
 " Artemas, Jr., 255, 405, 415, 
 
 418. 
 " Charles A., 255. 
 " Capt. David, 253, 354, 255. 
 " George A., 415. 
 " Hezekiah, 144 415, 418. 
 " James, 145. 
 " James, Jr., 400. 
 
 Stone, James Wright, 443. 
 " Jason, 78, 123, 141. 
 " John 3d, 349. 
 " Joseph, 86, 144. 
 " Joseph E., 298, 303. 
 " Jesse, 299. 
 " Julius O., 250. 
 " Luther, 145. 
 Mo.ses, 418. 
 " Nathaniel S., 355. 
 " Samuel, 86, 141, 241, 246. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Mellen, 443, 447. 
 " >amuel S. . 257, 297. 415, 418. 
 " William W., 300, 303. 
 Stones and Rocks of the town, 18. 
 Stovve, Mrs. Sarah D. (Locke), 447. 
 Stowell, David, 255, 256. 
 Stratton, Thomas. 193, 194, 248, 252, 
 253, 323, 354. 
 " Raymond, 215. 
 Streams of the town, 26. 
 Streeter, Almansor J., 292. 
 
 An.«on, 25 i. 396, 401. " 
 H. B., 396. 
 John H., 394. 
 " Joseph Hammon, 393. 
 Levi, 349. 
 Martin, 355. 
 Thomas J, 418. 
 Sugar, Maple, manufacture of, 34. 
 Swauzey, union with, as a repre- 
 sentative district, opposed and ac- 
 complished, 161. 
 Sweetland, John, 145. 
 Sweetser, Caleb, 296. 
 " Michael, 145. 
 
 " Thomas, 353. 
 
 Taft, Charles L., 418. 
 " David, 415. 
 " Emery, 418. 
 " Josiah 0., 288, 303. 
 Taxpayers (early), delinquent, 74, 75, 
 76. 
 highest, 1793-1833; lists, 
 
 266, 267. 
 Lists, 178. 
 Taxation, rate of, 368-371 ; from 
 1869 to 1880, 271. 
 " of windows, 179; classes 
 
 of these and list of 
 dwellings, 179, 180. 
 Taxes, collection of these (early), 175. 
 Taylor, J., 249. 
 Tea, contraband, sold in town (1776), 
 
 216. 
 Temperance Society (early), 340 ; 
 The Washington, 841 ; its meet- 
 ings and influence, 342. 
 
838 
 
 HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
 Temple, Eev. J. H., Historian, 28 ; 
 
 229 note. 
 Tenry, George, 296. 
 Tliomas, J., 296, 300. 
 Thorndike, Henry, 426. 
 Tiffany, Dr. Gideon, 75 ; liis mill not 
 accepted, 83, 416. 
 " James, 143. 
 Tithinor Men, 102. 
 Tolman, Benjamin, 128, 142, 240. 
 Ebenezer, 240, 245. 
 Thomas, 77, 127, 128, 142, 
 
 155, 232, 416. 
 William, 240. 
 Tories, complaint against, 218. 
 Tower Lysander, 333. 
 Town of Fitzwilliam, situation of, 
 (1775). 220 ; History of early, 
 146 ; incorporated, 149 ; in 
 tlieEevolutionary War, 216; 
 in the Civil War, 274 ; its 
 action, May, 1861. 277 ; its 
 call for soldiers, 278 ; first 
 enlistment for, 278 ; it.s aid 
 to soldiers' families, 279 ; 
 Bounties paid, 281 ; Other 
 Acts (1862-1865), 280-284 ; 
 appoints Committees to pre- 
 serve soldiers' record, 286 ; 
 their Report to, 286. 
 " Treasurers, 1773-1887, 251. 
 " Clerks, " " 252-256. 
 
 " other Officers of, 1773-1887, 
 
 252-258. 
 " Meeting, the first, 151 ; record 
 of it lost, and condition of 
 the rescued record book, 
 151 ; five of the fir.st officers, 
 152; Meetinof in 1774, 152 ; 
 Appropriations at, 153. 
 " Hall, early history of, 356 ; 
 land belonging to it, 357 ; 
 divisions of people concern- 
 ing it, 358 ; plans for alter- 
 ing and selling, 359 ; sold 
 to the town, 359 ; change 
 from church, 360. 
 Towns, Amos T., 298. 
 Townsend, Aaron N., 251, 254, 256. 
 Rev. Luther, 877, 442, 
 
 447. 
 Nathan, 144, 251, 253. 
 Training Band, 222. 
 Tramps, a century ago, 158. 
 Treadwell, Samuel, 240. 
 Treasurers of town, list of. 251. 
 Trowbridge, Edmund, 240. 
 
 " Luther, 155, 241, 245. 
 
 " Thomas, 142. 
 
 Troy, from what towns made, 17 ; 
 
 History of, 117. 
 Tufton, Robert and John, 53. 
 Twist, Joseph, 77, 142. 
 Twitchell, John, 249. 
 " Joshua, 37. 
 
 Underwood, Loammi B., 298. 
 
 Unitarian (1st Cong.) Society form- 
 ed, 199 ; events leading to it, 198 ; 
 its Ministers and history, 200, 201 ; 
 the Ladies' organization connected 
 with it, 201. 
 
 Valuation of the town ordered, 164. 
 Van Doom, Moses, 252. 
 Virginia North, 50. 
 
 AVaite. Asa, 37, 141. 
 
 Rev. Calvin, 442, 447. 
 Rev. .Josiah K., 199. 
 Luther, 440, 447. 
 Wales, Jacob, 401. 
 Wallcut, Rev. Robert F., 199. 
 Walpole, Convention at, 174. 
 Walsh, James, 288. 
 Walton, Robert, 297, 303. 
 War, Revolutionary, 216-248 ; of 
 1812-14, 248-250 ; to suppress the 
 Rebellion, 274-312. 
 Ward, Lewis K., 296. 
 
 Reuben, 398. 
 Ware, Moses, 241. 
 
 " Robert, 142, 216, 222. 
 Warner, Abijah, 144, 178, 403. 
 Warning out of town, 158 ; form of, 
 159 ; reasons for, 158 ; list of per- 
 sons warned, 159. 
 Warren, Jonas, 398. 
 
 " General Joseph, M.D., At 
 Bunker Hill, 229. 
 Washington's funeral solemnities, 
 
 188. 
 Water for domestic purposes, 19 ; 
 
 for mills, 26. 
 Waters, Sylvanus C, 294, 303. 
 
 William, 291. 
 Watrous. Rev. E. H., 213. 
 Webb, George D., Granite Co., 422. 
 Webster, Charles C, 426. 
 " C. Frederic, 441. 
 Wells, Thomas, 429. 
 Wentworth, Benning, 54, the fam- 
 ily, 151. 
 " John, 151, last royal 
 
 Governor, 221. 
 Wetherbee, Silas, 74, 77, 130, 141, 
 415. 
 Thomas, 84, 142, 316. 
 
HISTORICAL INDEX. 
 
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 Wheeler, Luther D., 287, 300. 
 Lvman K.,297, 418. 
 Wheelock, Elliot K., 258, 32G, 366. 
 
 Oliver K., 404. 
 Whipple. Joseph, 297. 
 Nathan, 353. 
 Whitcomb, Benjamin, Army experi- 
 ence, 300, 308. 
 Daniel,254, 255, 258. 
 Darius H., 297. 
 Elisha, 252. 
 " Jonathan, 145. 
 
 Lucius, 294, 303. 
 Phinehas, 258. 292. 
 Wright, 297, 400. 
 White, Daniel Francis, 37. 
 David, 257, 258. 
 Ezekiel, 145. 
 John, 253. 
 " Stephen, 241. 242. 246. 
 Wyman S.,257, 293, 299. 
 White Mountains, first ascent of, 
 
 48. 
 Whiting, Setli and John L. , 414. 
 ^Vhitmore, Joseph, 144. 
 Whitney, Francis L., 300, 303. 
 " Jonathan, 142. 
 
 John, 85, 144, 241. 
 John. Jr., 144. 241. 
 Whittemore, Charles, 400. 
 " Dan vers, 400. 
 
 Dexter, 251. 255. 258, 
 
 324, 325. 355, 400. 
 Everard, 370. 
 George A., 257, 258, 
 300, 366, 401. 
 " Joel. See Introduc- 
 
 tion, 206, 254, 255, 
 256, 325, 400. 
 John, 252, 253, 258, 
 
 399. 
 John, Jr., 255, 256, 258, 
 
 401. 
 Salmon, 413. 
 Thomas W., 251, 325, 
 353, 400. 
 Wigwams (Indian), 33. 
 Wilder, Abel, 404. 429. 
 Elijah, 415. 
 
 Wilder, Josiah, Jr.. 292. 
 
 Natlianiel, 96, 97. 105, 142, 
 157. 
 Willard, Rev. Charles M., 212. 325. 
 Henry, 84, 99, 142. 
 Joshua, 143, 257. 
 Williams, Rev. Stephen, 188 ; call 
 to pastorate, 189 ; Or- 
 dination and character, 
 190 ; dismission, 191. 
 Timothy, 188. 
 Wilson, Artemas, Jr., 258. 
 " Azariah, 145. 
 " Benjamin, 253. 
 
 diaries B., 299, 300. 
 Charles W., 294. 
 George H.. 294, 295, 303. 
 " George W., 414. 
 Jacob. 142, 216. 
 John G.. 401. 
 Joseph A , 258, 401. 
 Melvin, 258. 402, 421. 
 " Nathaniel, 144. 
 Samuel, 144, 241. 
 Thomas 413. 
 Winch, Caleb, 77. 96. 97, 131, 142, 
 221, 232. 241. 251. 252. 
 253, 258, 317, 322. 
 Joseph. 241, 258, 353, 404. 
 Samuel, 144, 241, 243. 
 W^ithington. William, 142, 241, 216. 
 William Albert, 299, 
 303. 
 Wonolanset (Indian), 30. 
 Wood, A. M. & J., 414. 
 John, 251. 
 " Jotham, 249. 
 Woods, Rev. Asael, 443. 
 
 Charles H., Esq., 281, 298, 
 436. 
 " Rev. John, his ministry, 
 
 204, 325, 377, 442, 447. 
 " Jonas, 145. 
 
 Nelson G., 300. 
 Woolsey, James, 296. 
 Woolson, Ezra, 209. 
 Wright, Dr. Ebenezer, 257, 377, 
 429. 
 Joel, 145. 
 
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