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One can seem to see them now, those stern old men, here and there a few grey locks, who had seen hard service among the Rangers, or helped drag the cannon through the marshes at Louisburg, — ■ those sober young men, with scanty equipments but full hearts ; there were startling thoughts, and purposes of mighty resistance shadowed forth in the knit brow and compressed lip. That Review, what would the people of Candia not give for a complete and perfect engraving — taken from the pencil of some skilful painter — which should repre- sent each face as it was, each manly form as they stood. Alas, no cunning artist can recall from eternal sleep, the features and forms that few remember to have seen, the faces none might recognize. The very ground whereon they stood has been moved away, and the ashes of that PREPARATIONS FOR THE WAR. 27 lemple in whose shadow they were, scattered to the winds of heaven. In February, a Parish meeting was called, by the pro- ceedings of which it appears that the comnuttee of In- spection had attended to their duty. The report which they presented was not placed on record. An addition of four persons was made to the Committee, viz : Na- thaniel Burpee, Abraham Fitts, Moses Baker, and Ich- abod Robie. Tuesday May 11th, Doct. Samuel Mooers was chosen to represent the town, in Provincial Con- gress, to be holden at Exeter, on the 17th inst. A com- mittee of seven gave him advice and instructions. Meetings of the citizens were frequent, and held at different houses ; every measure was discussed, every act of the mother country watched with much anxiety, and each step debated with that close attention which to this day characterizes the people of Candia. When finally convinced of the justice and necessity of resist- ance, no people were ever more united, more ardent, more energetic. At a meeting called for the purpose, Nathaniel Emerson, Moses Uaker and Doct. Samuel Mooers, were chosen to consult with the officers and committees of other towns as to the best manner of regulating the militia of the reg^ent. The news of the hattle of Lexmgton, more powerful than the eloquence of a thousand orators, thrilled through the veins of men. The news came to Candia at midnight, and Col. Emerson, who was first to receive 28 HISTOKY OP OANDlAo- itj rode up to the meeting house, firing minute guns as he went, to arouse the inhabitants. When there, he was soon joined by others, and they fired minute guns until day-break, at which time every man was on the ground. Nine volunteered that morning, of whom Capt. Moses Dusten was the first. How many others did, we are not able to tell; as no reliable record can be found, and those who remember these things are few and far between. One winter's evening I talked some hours with Mr. John Buswell, since deceased, about the revolutionary times. Said he, " I remember as well as if it were no longer ago than yesterday, when my father was called up in the night to go to Lexington. I was but eight years old." He remembered the first review at which he was present, and the excitement of that day in comparison with which all days since seem- ed to him of little importance. He spoke of threatened disunion, and of the time he had not forgotten, when there was no Union, when food and clothing were hard to procure, and only the most rigid economy, and some- times sufiering and hardship, could enable the citizen to meet the demands of Congress on his purse. It will be seen from the statistics of various kinds in this little work, that Candia was in no whit behind her neighbors in afibrding means, according to and even be- yond her strength, for the prosecution of the war. Id the tax list of 1778, three years after the declaration, of war, there are one hundred and sixty-four names of MEPAKATIONS FOR THE WAR. 29 men ; and on the record of soldiers who served, some during the war, and some for a less time, are one hun- dred and twenty-two. Like Warren, the first great martyr, thej left their plows in the furrow, or it may be, hurried to the battle-field, " When the drum beat at dead of night." In 1777, 18 men were called for as the proportion of Candia in the Continental Army, and it was voted by the town that twenty dollars a year should be paid those who enhsted. April 8th, a committee was ap- pointed to ascertain how much money each citizen had expended since Concord fight, in support of the war. The only record made of that report is very incom- plete as found on the town book. A copy of it fol- lows. Concord men. Is. per day and extra charges. 8 month men with Lieut. Emerson, 4 Dollars each. Ditto with Lieut. Dusten, 2 Dollars each. Winter Hill men with Capt. Baker, 1 Dollar each. 1 year men to York, 8 Dollars, those to Delaware, 2 Dollars each. Tyconderoga men, 13 1 Dollars each. New York men last fall, 1 Dollar each. New York men last winter, 2 Dollars each. Joseph Bean to Canada, 20 Dollars. The people were always in a state of readiness at home as well as abroad, to receive an enemy. They seldom went from their dweUings without arms. One time there was a report that the British had come as 80 HtSTORY OF CAUDIA. far as Sandown, and the greatest alarm prevailed ; each than inspected his small stock of ammunition and prepared for resistance. Even on the Sabbath morning, the far- mer shouldered his trusty firelock as he went to the house of God. Said Theodore Frelinghuysen in a sermon delivered in Albany at the camp of the New England forces, in the time of French War, " Ye people of Albany, the time was when forces came up to us on a shadowy expedition, not having the fear of God before their eyes. Ye now hear the sacred songs of Zion sung in their camp, instead of blaspheming and profane dis- course ye see and hear now a religious conversation." This was in some respects the character of the New England soldier, but the camp contaminated even himi The congregation of our ancestors, armed and ready for an alarm, was a sight to be remembered. What stillness reigns in that house of worship, all save the voice of the man of God. How every eye is turned on him, the occupant of that high carved pulpit. The stern puritan demeanor of the fathers, the silent and half frightened gravity of the children, and — ^ unwont- ed sight in this peaceful place — the fire-arms, the Yan^ kee bayonets, disposed here and there, make a scene worthy of description. That startled glance of woman's eye towards the door, as some passing gust stirs the stout timbers above her head, tells volumes. Undefined fears of evU to eome, of eudd^oi surprise, of terrible DRESS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. 31 disaster to her loved ones, -will not let her hear the sermon quietly, and when she steps out into the sun-: light, every distant hill conceals a column of British, or still •vyorse, each wood gives covert to the dreaded In- dian. Ah, my enduring mother, daughter, sister of the Revolution, what courage when the trial came was yours. You made the home for which our fathers fought worth fighting for. This plain, hardy and vigorous race had no rights to be trifled away and relished not courtly jesting. For the dress of those times, the men wore trowserg of tow and linen, made from the looms of their indus- trious wives, with a coat of the same material. Thig garment, which was made loose and rather short, might in Roman times have been dignified with the classic name of tunic. There was probably some difierence in the pattern, but in the plain language of Candia it was called a " long short," and, say those who tell of olden times, the corners of the coat were sometimes tied to- gether, forming a sack around the body of the wearer. In this was placed the Sunday dinner, often in summer consisting of rye and Indian bread and cucumbers, which fare was leisurely discussed during the hot noon, in the pleasant shade of the surrounding chestnut trees. To be sure there was occasionally seen the three cornered hat, the long vest, long tailed coat and black silk stock- ings, with the breeches and knee buckles of the gen- tleman, but the above described was the more common 82 HISTORY OF CANDIA. dress. The dress of the ladies was woven of linen, sometimes striped with a figure of blue ; over this and extending about half way down its length, was worn a loose gown of some other material, not unlike the sack of the present day. A gentleman and lady of our home- spun olden time, might startle a modern congregation half out of its propriety. January 1778, a committee was chosen to procure our quota of men for the army, and money was voted for that purpose. The General Congress had drawn up articles of confederation, which were presented to the States for their approval. Our Fathers in Candia took especial pains to investigate and form their opinions in- telligently in regard to whatever was to affect their own or the future interests of the country. Such marks as these are good indices of the fitness of a people for free government, and such we suppose to have been the course of all citizens generally. That year, Moses Baker was chosen representative to the Provincial Assembly. Fol- lowing is a copy of the instructions given him by the parish, and in connection with it, those articles in the old form of confederation which seemed to them objec- tionable, with the exception of the 9th, which is too long for insertion here, and Avhich relates chiefly to the powers of Congress in war, and so forth, and to the mode of settling differences between the several states : It is the voice of the people of said Candia that the Eighth article in tlie Confederation aGrreement is not ex- ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. 83 •pressed so plain to our understanding as that it, should not admit of an exception we think that the States ought to be taxed according in some measure at least to their real and personal Estate and number of Polls and not particularly by lands and Buildings; as to the Ninth and tenth articles we think there ought be a proviso that one or more of the New England States be of the nine mentioned, as to the other things we have no exception that appear to us so material but that we approve of the same. And Likewise it is the voice of the People of S- Can- .dia, that you use your influence in the General assembly at the Next Sessions to appoint and Call a full and free representation of all the people of this State to meet in Convention at Some time and place as Shall be thought proper by Said assembly for the Sole purpose of framing and laying a plan or System for the future government of this State that it may be handed Down to posterity inviolate. Art. 8- of the Confederation. All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the com- mon defence or equal welfare and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all lands within each state grafted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated. According to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that pro- portion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within 5 84 HISTORY OF CAXDIA. the tirae asTeed unon ])v the United States in Conm'css assembled. Art. 10--. Tiic committee of the states or anv nine of them shall be authorized to execute in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the conseat of nine states shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with, provided that no power be delegated to the said committee for the exercise of w^hich, by the articles of confederation the voice of nine states in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. It is perhaps not necessarj' for me to say that this committee referred to in Art. 10, was during; the recess of Congress, the only executive power, the first govern- ment not vesting that authority in any one person as chief. Want and destitution now prevailed to some extent over the land, and many families of those soldiers who v^-ere fighting the battles of their country, were in consequence unable to provide for themselves. Here, as in other places they vrere relieved at the public ex- pense, and a committee of three vrere chosen " To take in consideration and make inquiries, into the families of those men,, commissioners and private soldiers, as have engao-ed in the Constitutional service, for the Parish for three years, or during the war, and supply them with the necessaries of life as the law directs." In August 1779, the following vote was taken,. '" That Ave will adopt measures similar to the town of Portsmouth, and use the utmost of our power in reducing the prices of MR. JEAVETT S DISMISSION. o5 the necessities of life and gain the credit of our coun- trj." Capt. Sargent and John CUfford, -svcre chosen td attend the convention at Concord, for the purpose of adopting some plan regarding this. In October follow ing Mr. John Lane, Lieut. Samuel Towle, Lieut. Jacob Worthen, Mr. Caleb Brown, Mr. John Clifibrd, Lieut. Benjamin Bachelder and Edward Robie, were chosen to state prices on those articles which had not been named bj the convention, and also to carry into execution its recommendations. All means were taken by the people of Candia to aid the government; men, money and ra- tions, were voted with great cheerfulness, and no people were ever more willing and desirous to maintain their full share of the credit and welfare of the Avhole country — their votes, their instructions, show that they acted with a knowledge of the great events in which they were concerned. About this time there was a growing dissatisfaction with Mr. Jewett. There was much difficulty in regard to his removalj owing to the mode iu which the civil con- tract between pastor and people was made ; there were several offers to Mr. Jewett to induce him to ask a dismission, without success. Reference was once made to Judge Weare for a settlement, and by his advice committees were chosen for mutual conference, and agreement if possible ; finally after many plans, the matter was referred to the Hon. Matthew Thornton ^ with some others and settled. The Parish paid certain Sef' mStORY OF CANDIA«- elaims of Mr. Jewctt and he agreed to leave the ministry m the place. Time has left us nothing in regard tc the merits of the controversy Avhich "will justify any comments. In May 1781, a meeting was called, for the following, among other purposes: "to choose one suitable persons to represent them in Convention at Concord, on the first Tuesday of June next, to aid in forming a plan of gov- ernment," and to see if the Parish Avould intrust a sum of money which had been contributed, to the hands of the deacons that they might procure preaching. The first named object was negatived — -the second agreed to. January 7th 1782, deacon Nathaniel Burpee being moderator, it was voted that deacon Stephen Palmer, deacon J. Hills, and Mr. Eleazer Knowles, should be a committee " to treat with the Rev. Mr. Prince,- concerning the term of time he will preach with us, and on what condition." After this vote there was an adjournment of ten minutes, when the committee re-" ported that " Mr. Prince would preach with us six or seven years for the improvement of the Parsonage, and a hired hand six months each year, putting the build- ings and Parsonage in repair." An agreement was entered into with Mr. Prince accordingly. On the tv/enty-first day of the same month, a vote was taken on the reception or rejection of the plan of government drawn up at Concord. There were sixty-six votes- agfiinst, and none for it. A committee of seven wa^ State goverMient. 37 tlien cliosen to draw up some " reasons " upon the plari of government and send to the convention at Concord. Lieut. Abraham Fitts was made a delegate to present these reasons, to the convention. In cold weather the town meetings were held at Col. Carr's tavern, there being no way of warming the meeting house, so that many of these deliberations took place there. The judg- ment and wit of the freeholders may have been considerably sharpened by occasional draughts of the Colonel's good cheer. Another meeting Avas called in relation to the form of a State government, to the cus- tomary notice for which was appended this postscript : " It is desired, if you have any regard for your own good, or the good of your posterity, you would univers- &lly meet on said day." The architects who coitstructed the Parsonage house; ot the mason who built the chimneys, did not do it On' the most scientijBc principles, so that the occu- pant was subjected to that unpleasant thing, a smoky house. And it follows that the chimneys had to be rebuilt — ^ a vote having been passed for the pur- pose. In July 1783, some action was taken in regard to finishing galleries in the meeting house, and it was' directed that the committee should build a pew in the front galleries from pillar to pillar, for the use of the singers. Here were those ancient tunes performed, the productions of Billings, of Whitaker, of Clarke, and of Kendall. One can almost now hear the fudtive strains' B8 liiSTORY QV CANt)IA. Phasing one another, pursuing and pursued, through the whole compass of the vocal pipes from the deepest base to the shrill treble. Somewhere about this time, steps were taken bj the authorities of the town, to erect at some suitable place ^Yithin its limits, that most proper and desirable of pub- lic edifices, a pound, whoso high walls and impregnable ("•ate, should be a terror to all evil disposed, and unruly Cattle such as were in the habit of rambling unprontab'lj about the roads, or devising predatory incursions into the newly sown grass land, or the luxuriant corn fields 01 the unlucky farmer. For this worthy object, Lieut. Abraham Fitts, Col. John Carr, and Mr. John Clay were chosen a cormnittee, with full power to act in the premises. It was voted that it should be built of tim- ber ; if so, it must one day have been rebuilt, for the only thing of the kind existing of late years, was of stone ; and in the furor of modern improvement, its very foundations have been removed to make way for Sheds, so that where the cattle of a former genera- tion did penance for their misdoings, the horses of to day, are sheltered from the noon-day sun, or the winter's cold, while their masters hard by tend church, or delib- erate on affairs of State. Col. Carr was the first pound keeper, and became to bad cattle what the tithing-man of yore was to naughty little boys at meeting. The office was held in the family until the dismantled walls of the rustic prison ceased to be of use to the town : CALL TO .^IR. RE.MIX(;T0N. 39 and indeed, since my recollection it served only tq afford greater facilities, in reaehin'i; the ehovrio^! which grew near it. About this time the monetary alTairs of the country ■were in a very bad state, and what with the scarcity of silver and gold, and the depreciated value of paper money — our good people -vyere almost at their wits' end, while the low price of every thing the farmer had to sell, and the high price of every thing he was obliged to purchase, contributed greatly to his embarrassment. The people of Candia, however, bore it as well as thev could, and contented themselves with instructing their representatives how to act in regard to the matter in General Court. Some time in the year 1789, the engagement of the Pcirish with the Rev, Mr. Prince, having terminated, a Mr. Howe was hired to preach for six months, on trial ; at the expiration of this time, no agreement was made with him by the Parish, and the Rev. Jesse Rem- ington commenced preaching. At a meeting held in 1790, it was voted to give him a call to the ministry, if he would accept their terms, which were as follows : " To give Mr. Reroington the use and improvement of the Parsonage lot and buildings, during his ministry among us, and sixty pounds lawful money, annually, and likewise twenty cords of wood yearly hauled to the Par- sonage house, eight or twelve feet long. Said Avood is to be cut and hauled to the Parsona2;e house, or where 40 HISTORY OP CAXDIA. the selectmen shall order. Likewise, voted thcit Mr. Remington have liberty to cat what wood Avill be need- ed in addition to the above twenty cords, to support the fires in the Parsonage house yearly, and no more ; and timber to maintain the fences about said Parson- age." These terms being suitable, Mr. Remington serjt a letter of acceptance, of which this is a copy. " Brethren and Friends : It having Pleased God Since I have Preached among you as a Candidate to incline your hearts to unite in proposing my Settlement ^-r- to this purpose the Church and Congregation met on July 12- and being happily united as I was informed in Completing a Call • — having Seriously Considered of the Call and of the union and friendship which appeared to Subsist, think it my Duty to Express my approbation and acceptance of it. Acknowledging at the Same time with gratitude your good Opinion of my fidelity and faithfulness in the Proposals of my taking the Pastoral Charge and Care of you in the Lord and also the Re- spect and friendship you have Shown me both in Publick. and Private since our first acquaintance Desiring your Sincere and Daily Prayers to God that I may be Enabled to perform Every incumbent Duty as a minister and Preach so as by Divine assistance, to Save not only my Self but them that Hear me. With Affection I am your Devoted friend and Brother iji the fellowship of the Gospel. JESSE REMINGTON. Candia, August 20^'^ 1790. At the tmo when Mr. Remington entered on the RETROSPECT. .. 41 duties of his sacred office, tlie settlement wanted five years of being half a century old, and twenty six years had passed since its incorjDoration. These had been no common years. Through the sufferings inci- dent to new settlements in frontier places, the people of Candia had struggled on into something like prosperity at the commencement of the war. To this new bur- den they did not hesitate to offer their willing shoulders, and though few in number, sent their full share of men to the battle field. They suffered for what we enjoy. They experienced those bitter sensations, which God grant we may never feel, when reverse after reverse fell thick and fast on American arms, when the South- erner was driven to the fastnesses of his inaccessible swamps, and the Northern army lay perishing amid the snows of Valley Forge. They too felt that joy which paid an hundred fold for all endurance, when the world saw the disgrace of British policy and the triumph of justice and the American cause. When the flush of victory had subsided, they helped endure the burdens of a Nation impoverished and weak, commencing its great experiment of self government. Their industry and thrift in all this time had not for- saken them, and they had both abihty and disposition to support decently their minister and schools, and to conduct civil affairs in a prosperous manner. They were not rich, but well enough off, as the saying is ; the yearly tax at this time, (period of Mr. Remington's set- 6 42 HISTORY OP CANDIA. tlementj) from less than two hundred and twenty five payers, being about seven hundred and thirty dollars, four-fifths of which was for religious instruction, and for schools. The people of Candia were, and to this day are, a church going people. The sound principle and love of good order, the regard for things sacred which characterized the first Parish committee in their day of fasting and prayer, on account of the difficulty of pro- curing a suitable preacher, has not left them now. In respect to schools, it is but just to say that they have been for many years, in advance of all in their imme- diate vicinity. March 9th 1802, the people being well united in Mr. Remington, and prosperous in worldly affairs, bC' came desirous of building a steeple to their meeting house, not being content with the plain and simple structure their fathers had built a quarter of a century before ; so they proceeded to add to it a porch and steeple, Avhich, indeed, made a very fine appearance. On its dizzy, towering top rested that bird of birds—- not the American eagle, but the " weather cock," whose watchful eye admonished, like a sentinel from his tur- ret, of the coming storm. Many a little boy firmly believed, that he crowed whenever he heard the morn- ing salutations of his friends and kindred in the humbler walks of life. It was voted then to assess on those who paid a minister tax, the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars, which in addition to that already THE BELL. 43 Subscribed, should be used for the purchase of a bell. This bell was of a beautiful tone, as all who ever heard it, well know. It was rung three times a day, viz : at eight in the morning, twelve at noon, and nine at nighty except the nights of Saturday and Sunday, when it was rung at eight. Mr. Nathan Fitts bid off the ringing the first year, for twenty four dollars and twenty five cents. The next year it was rung by Mr. Joseph Carr, by whom it was kept for many years. There Avas some- thing attractive, even in the very rattle of that old bell rope as it came through its long pine tube down to the floor, and jerked backward and forward, occasionally taking a little boy by the heels, when Avithout fear of the sexton before his eyes he ventured too near, of a Sunday noon. The old sexton, with his peculiar gait and somewhat stooping form, as with the church key swinging in his hand, he moved daily to his task, is im- pressed strongly among the memories of boyhood, and to all my Sabbaths the presence and services of Mr. Carr, seemed indispensable as those of the minister himself. The object of this brief notice of our father's doings is nearly accomphshed. Whatever could be obtained from the records, or the voice of tradition, has been faithfully written here. It is much to be lamented that the work had not been undertaken at an earher period when there were more among the living who could have imparted valuable information on the subject. 44 nisiOiiY OF cAKi)iA. It was not mj purpose in commencing this sketch, to continue it as a narrative beyond the time when the town and parish ceased to be one in action. That may be the work of some future pen, when time shall have thrown around such events the charm of novelty. In this respect the memories of men and women in Candia will give them the history better than I can do it, while the full and complete records, since then kept of political and ecclesiastical action in town, will give — should they not be destroyed by accident or neglect, — satisfactory intelligence to the future seeker after information. Every thing which in addition to this sketch, it vfas thought could illustrate or give it interest, is contained in the statistical part of this little volume. One event within all our memories is worth recording here. On the morning of the 25th of January 1838, awak- ened by some noise, I saw on my chamber wall an uncertain and glimmering light, as of one passing with a lantern. While gazing dreamily upon it, the cry of fire ! so startling to unaccustomed ears, was heard. The light on the wall grew brighter, as with a beating heart I sprang to the floor and threw open the window. A crazy column of smoke was pouring from the church, not a stone's throw distant. A neighbor on his steps was dressing by the light of the fire ; every line of his countenance visible as he poured forth from stentorian lungs shout after shout. Some few people were already THE FIRE. 45 • astir. Contributing a small share to the increasing noise, I dressed, rushed out of doors, and down the walk in the rear of the meeting house. The flames were bursting from the eastern porch. The rosj red of the morning was just coming up in the cold grey sky, when the bell began to sound its last alarm. In twenty minutes the whole town was in motion. Men, women and children, as four score years before, their fathers came to its building, came now in haste to its downfall. Household goods that for many years had reposed in unmolested (juiet, were dragged from endan- gered dwellings, and piled in the roads and fields. "Wet blankets were hung on the roofs of sheds, and pails of water spilled over all the floors. Men staggering under enormous burdens, jostled and ran against one another in all sorts of narrow and impossible passages ; clocks were carried off without respect to time ; babies seized by strange mothers, and in short everything was con- ducted with the admirable precision and Avisdom peculiar to people unused to fires. Nothing was steady in its progress, except the destroying element. Fortunately, iii this usually windy region, the air was still, and the as- cending flames — wreathed to the very steeple's top — presented a spectacle of the utmost sublimity. A church of molten gold glittering against the sky, there it stood. I looked in at the front door which had been torn from its hinges — above, around and below, all was fire, leap- ing and darting in forked tongues on the dry and 46 UISTORY OF CANDIA. combustible maierial. The sacred book frotn which SO many a message had been dehvered to erring man by hps now cold in death, lay upon the cushioned desk, waiting its fate, while the flames like demons were creeping stealthily up and around to destroy it. I stepped back from impending danger. Hundreds of illumined faces were turned towards the burning stee- ple, while groups of men, with pails and tubs of water, armed with iron bars and levers, stood about the nearest dwelling, lest its tottering length of flame should fall in that direction. In such a case, their efibrts might have done little good, but a kindlier fortune interposed. The blazing shaft for a moment wavering, fell inward. That bird, emblem of all inconstancy and fickleness^ yet true to one central point, through sunshine and storm — bravely fronting the northern snows or the gentle gales and vernal showers of a milder clime — ponderous weather cock, by height diminished to a very chick, took its last flight earthward, and with beak and head buried in the groundj, seemed to bewail its " occu- pation gone." The bell whose silvery tones had echoed so many times over the hills and valleys of Charmingfare — ■ which so many times had sung a requiem over age and youth, now "With one sad cry faintly heard amid the crash of falling timbers tolled its own, and was silent evermore. So in one poor hour perished the monu- ment of our fathers' strong hands. THE XEW HOUSE. 47 Notice was given that morning from the burning ru- ins, for members of the society to meet in the evening at the hall of Mr. Peter Eaton, to take measures for the construction of a new house of worship. There the necessary arrangements were made, a committee chosen, and in due time a house finished. It Avas located where it now stands, some rods south Avest of the old spot. In the course of time nothing will remind us of the past, save the moss grown tomb stone. •' Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouklering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense breathing morn, The swallow twittering from her straw built shed, The cock's shrill clarion or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her weary care. No children run to lisp their sire's return. Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share."' The houses they builded have decayed or are remov- ed ; the trees they planted, grown old and fallen before the wind. The forests which surrounded them are cut down, and when a hundred years shall have passed, what mark will tell of us ? There are monuments which even towns and small communities may raise, more enduring than costliest marble. It is not alone 48 HISTORY OF CANDIA. the splendor of great actions, or the renown of battle fields within our border, which can entitle us to the just regard of posterity. We probably shall have no occasion to throw our lives into the balance of our country's fortunes, or see renewed the days of Seventy Six. Other duties not less important are to be per- formed. The legacy of the fathers cannot remain without interest, and if in our hands it be not so enlarged as to meet the demands of a progressive age ; posterity may call us to account for the sura we hold in trust. As one in the grand association which goes to form the body politic, the office of a town is by no means unimportant or vaguely defined. Specific responsibili- ties rest upon it. The firm foundation laid by the early men of Candia, still remains. It has secured the en- joyment of a wise civil and religious polity. It has preserved from visionary speculation, and moral bank- ruptcy. Be ours the duty to enlarge and build upon that foundation. Where the struggling settler planted one month's school, we should have ten; where churches and societies were founded by toil and sacrifice, be ours the task to preserve them in their pristine vigor and purity. So living by the great golden rule, that when the passer by points to the mound that shall coy- er us at last, it may not be said we have misused the birthright of American citizens. lOTICES OF EAELY FAMILIES. NOTICES OF EARLY FAMILIES. ANDERSON, THOMAS Came to Candia about 1751. He was a native of Ireland, and in 1756 married Jane Craige, of Lon- donderrj. They had nine children : John, William, Thomas, Joseph, Allen, Samuel, David, Agnes, Mar- garet. Mr. Anderson first moved on to the place now occupied by Mr. Levi FUnt, and built his log house near what is now the west side of the orchard. He was a very strong and courageous man, and once killed two bears with a pitch wood knot. While at work in the woods one day, one of the boys was sent out with the dinner in a pail ; a rough coated fellow, led by his keen scent to the spot, presented him- self in the path, as the boy attempted to return. The ' father being called on, hastened to where the bear lay crouched, and swinging his faithful shillalah in air, soon terminated the contest. " There" said he to the son, " now run along." 52 HISTORY OF CANDIA. The sons, with the exception of WilUam and Samuel; did not settle in Candia. Joseph is (in 1852,) living in Fayette, Me., David in Lebanon, N. H. John died in Springfield, Ohio, Thomas in Chester, now Auburn, N. H., Allen in Holden, Mass. Samuel Anderson, deceased in 1850, was widely known by the traveUing pubhc, as an excellent land- lord. No man kept better cheer, a more open house, or could tell a better story, than Mr. Anderson. He was in some respects of uncommon ability, gifted with a kind of natural eloquence, which, added to his rather pecuhar appearance, never failed to secure him the at- tention of his audience, be it in his bar room, or at the town meeting. Years have passed since he was' in his prime, and the travel that once thronged the turnpike, is diverted into other channels. In 1791 Mr. Anderson married Anna Sargent ; they had eight children, seven of whom — Sally, Samuels- Jane, Nancy, Thomas, Mary and Eliza — are living, some in Candia, and some in other places. Mrs. An- derson died in 1817, after which he married Mary Sargent, a sister of his first wife, by whom he had three children. • In early life Mr. A. went with his brother Allen into Worcester County, Mass., and learned the cooper's trade. He was afterwards persuaded to return, and commenced keeping tavern in 1805. Oct. 1821, the block of buildings was burned. The alarm was given- NOTICES OF EARLY FAMtLIES. 53 at 12 o'clock, at night, and in an hour and a half,' every thing was fiat ; 23 horses and 11 swine were de- stroyed, with nearly every article of furniture in the house. The lass was estimated at six or seven thousand dollars, sixteen or seventeen hundred of which was made up to them in cash and provision by the contributions of townsmen ; and on Christmas day, they moved into their rebuilt house. In prosperous times the business of the hotel was very good, averaging over forty horses the night, to be put up. BEAN, DAVID. About the year 1755, David Bean settled in the eastern part of this town, at a place called the Island. He was a native of Kingston, N. H., from which place he removed to Epping, where his newly erected buildings were consumed by fire. He then moved to Raymond, and soon after to Candia. Here he built a dwelling house and mills, which in a few years he had again the misfortune to lose by fire. He died in Can- dia in 1793, at the age of 68. Two only of his eleven children, Abraham and Reuben, settled in town, where their descendants now reside, to the fifth generation. BROWN, AARON Was the son of Jonathan Brown and Mercy Clough, of Kensington. He married Shuah Thurston, — they had 54 HISTORY Oi" CANDIA. four children. He came iilto High Street, to the place now occupied by Mr. Aaron Brown, a few years after Mr. Hubbard, A story is related of his once tree- ing a bear in his garden, or near it, on a tall pine. Whereupon he ran to one of the neighbors in such a hurry for a gun, that he could not say a word for eome minutes, except the hurried ejaculation, JC gun! K gun ! After he had succeeded in making his wishes known, they went to the spot and the game was cap- tured. The Brown family in Candia are all lineal de- scendants of John Brown, who was born in London, and came to Ipswich, Mass., 1635 or 36. BROWN, CALEB, Son of John Brown and Ruth Kelley, from Hamp- ton Falls, came to Candia about 1762, and settled near where Joshua Fitts now lives. He married Mary Ly- ford, of Somersworth, — they had ten children : David, Elisabeth, Caleb, Abigail, Mary, Ruhama, Daniel, Dor- othy, Sarah and Hannah. He moved on to the place, in 1770, where Caleb Brown, his son, now lives, built a log camp, covered the top with poles, kept his cow and calf in one end, and himself and family in the oth- er. Mr. B., in his young days, went to learn the shoe- maker's trade, with a Mr. Thurston, of Epping Corner, but before his time was out, he enUsted in the French War, after which he came to Candia. Of the children, NOTICES OP EARLY FAMILIES. 55 Caleb kept the home farm, and at an advanced age, has a very clear recollection of past days. He tells a story of Mr. Nicholas Smith, who had a very neat wife, and while at work with his neighbors on the burnt land, they observed that he was very careful not to get his white shirt blacked ; bo they, for mischief, often contrived to let some very black stick fall against him^ for which he doubtless was duly reprimanded at home. It is said of this Nicholas Smith, that at one time, he was almost the only man left on High street, they hav- ing gone to the wars, and one day Mr. Henry Clark came riding up with news that the British were in Raymond woods advancing on the town. Mr. S.'s gun was gone, but he had a powder horn with powder in jt, seizing which he boldly started out to meet the enemy. BROWN, NEHEMIAH Was the son of William Brown and Ann Heath, of Kensington. He married Ann Longfellow, had three sons : William, Sewell and Nathan. They came to Can- dia about the year 1765. Mr. B. had three sisters who married and had thirteen children each. Nathan married Ann Currier, and had seven children: Nancy, Sally, Polly, Dolly, Nehemiah, Nathan, Jonathan. Sew- ell married Susanna Turner — they had twelve children, William married Mary Sandborn, • — they had four chil- dren. 56 HISTORY OP CANDIA. BURPEE, NATHANIEL €ame to Candia about the year 1753, from Rowley, Mass. He married Esther Roth, of the same place,— they had eight children : Jeremiah, Nathaniel, Nathan, Ezra, Mehitable, Sally, Esther, Patty. He bought the place now occupied by Jonathan Brown, his grandson, of Winthrop Wells, who, it seems, had been there a short time previous. Mr. Turner and Mr. Obed Hall were then the only neighbors ; there was no road ex- cepting a bridle path turning in where Mr. B.'s barn now stands, and so up by the brook to Mr. Hall's. Mr. Burpee seems to have been a man of note, for he was not only one of the first deacons, cotemporary with Dea. Palmer and Dea. Hills, but was a tailor and teacher of singing. His schools Avere in his own house, where the young people of that day assembled to learn the melodious trills that so charmed our grandfathers. The house then stood in the orchard north of the brook. It was burned and another was erected where the pres- ent one now stands. Dea. B. was out in the old French War, and at the seige of Cape Breton. He died in 1815, at the age of 94. His son Nathaniel married Dorothy Currier, and settled on the old place. They had four children: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Sally, Molly. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and fought at Bunker Hill and Sa- ratoga, NOTICES OF EARLY FAMILIES. 5t I)ea. Burpee's wife is said to have been a very smart woman, and helped to raise Mr. Turner's barn. No doubt hands were scarce and she was a woman equal to the demands of the times. BUSWELL, SAMUEL Came to Candia from Salisbury, Mass., about 1763, and the next year married Betsey Underbill, of Chester. They had eight children : John, Moses, Sarah, Richard, Samuel, William, Hannah and David. John staid on the home farm, married Mehitable McCluer in 1792,^ they had five children who attained years of maturity : Samuel, Jacob, Mahala, Nancy, Richard. He died in the summer of 1851, aged 84. His wife during the past season received a visit from her only surviv- ing sister, who came alone from a distance of over eighty miles, at the age of 81. The two then took the stage and visited some friends in Raymond. Moses, a physician, died in Maine, Sarah in Chester, Richard was drowned, William was, when last heard from, in Canada, supposed to have died there. Hannah lives in Canterbury, and David in Bradford. Mr. Samuel Buswell was a carpenter by trade, and before he had served out his time enlisted in the French War, and was at Cape Breton. He is said to have been very small, not weighing over ninety pounds, but was as brave as many bigger men. He afterwards 8 ^8 HISTORY OF CASDIA. served in the War of the Revolution, where he became acquainted with Gen. Stark, and after the peace help- ed finish off his house iii Derrjfield. One time, hav- ing occasion to carry a grist to mill, he visited the General. He was received with cordiahty^ and the cus- tomary hospitality of the times was by no means neg- lected. Mrs. Stark, with busy hand, sat plying her wheel, while the General and his old comrade sipped their beverage and cracked jokes on olden times. — *' I 've been a thinking," says John, looking on his better half, " that if my wife should ever die, I should be obliged to have her coffin made large enough to put in her linen wheel, or she would never stay contented." " And what do you think," was the quick reply, " that I should do for John? I've been a thinking that his coffin should be made large enough to put in a keg of rum! or he would never stay." GARR, JOHN Was bom in Chester in 1737. His father was a na- tive of Ireland, and we here give a copy of a certifi- cate still preserved in the house. " That John Ker and his wife Elisabeth Wilson lived within the bounds of this Congregation from their Infancy behaving themselves Soberly honestly and piously free of any Public Scandall, so that they may be received as members of any Christian Congregation or Society where NOTICES OF EARLY FAMILIES. 59 , and the first settler on this road. We are now in a witching locality where an old lady lived, who enjoy- ed the reputation of dealing in the black art, and to whose magic spells many a mischance among the neigh- bors was attributed. Loads of hay were marvellously upset on level ground, churns and cheeses innumerable are said to have borne witness to her power. Some honest farmer, who had incurred her dipleasure, beheld, to his dismay, his revolving wheels part company with his wagon, or saw the sufferings of a favorite cow, all no doubt owing to the subtle influence of magic. Eve- ry town has had its witch, and Charmingfare can, by no means, be supposed to have escaped these ancient favors. One wonder-loving negro, who sometimes was hired by various farmers in the neighborhood, as a day 'la- borer, is said, on his own authority, to have seen no less a personage than the Evil One himself. Be this as it may, the spirits that our colored friend evoked, from the vasty bottom of his quart measure, inclined him, at particular times, to narrate the event with great minuteness and apparent belief. A WALK ABOUT TOWN. 119 In another part of the town, was an old gentle- man of rubicund visage and jovial temperament, who came in earlj times from some of the eastern seaport places. One evening when the clouds hung in thick masses in the sky, and a sudden gust of wind now and then shook his house to its foundations, ^' suddenly there came a tapping " at our friend'^ door, on going to which, he saw, standing on the step, a tall and swarthy individual. The old gentleman ob- served that his eyes were like coals of fire. Half suspecting who his visitor was, he asked him in, and with an extreme sense of propriety, invited him to drink. A mug of flip, hissing hot, slipped down his throat, as though he was used to it, and he left seem- ingly in a high state of satisfaction. There is said to have been a strong smell of brimstone about the premises for some time after. Of course the reader inust judge how much of this story is true, and how much owing to the excited imagination of the worthy old gentleman, who took a drop now and then. The enchantments of other generations are passing away, and although some very respectable and good old people do now carry witch-wood in their pockets, Or avail themselves of the never failing protection of a horse shoe, ^fet these practices are, by no means, common. True it is, that the " mediums " and other modern notions bring to mind the diablerie of old Sa^ km, when ottr fathers were so sorely tried ; but they 120 HISTORY OF CANDIA. do n'fc go for much except as a means of speculation in money matters. In the olden time when ail the world believed in witches, ghosts and enchanted castles, the inhabitants of frontier settlements, it seems to me, were just the people to indulge such fancies. There were wild haunts from which the elves and fairies had never been driven. When Night threw its dark shadow over the great wood, and the wind sighed mournfullj through its many branches, the most untu- tored imagination found little difficulty in peopling it with unheard of forms. Giants stalked among the grim, huge bodies of the oaks. Jack o' lanterns hurried away among the treacherous swamps, and withered old crones charged in battallions through the tops of the pines, on those never failing servitors, the broomsticks. Many a one-eyed, prowling cat has had numerous misdeeds laid ^t its door, and inspired more terror than would the monarch of the forest. In good faith, we have little reason to laugh at these notions of our ancestors. We have lost their fear of witches, and, it may be, their reverence for many better things. Let us go on, and in time of year when Charming^ fare looks best, when dame Nature jauntily displaying her green mantle, bedecked with the |;olden dandelion and the modest violet, ' t is no unpleasant place in which to walk. The gentle slopes cosily spreading out to the morn A WALK ABOUT TOWN. 121 ing sun, invite us to linger. We cross the fields, the meadows, the brooks and the flowing mill streams, which under an Itahan skj would have been called rivers and rendered sacred bj countless legends. Anon rough granite boulders and countless pieces of sparkling mica meet the eye. Here sharp and bristling little hemlocks skirt the hill sides, or sturdy beeches are putting forth their tender acid leaves, while in the distant meadows the elm waves its graceful limbs. Yonder awkward bird of the marshes, slowly working his way southward through the air, is an ill-favored specimen of the heron tribe, sometimes yclept stake-driver. We are now approaching " Fiddlers' Green," on the eastern extremity of the town, whose dwellers are bor- der men, and whose limits have been the scene of many a hard fought battle in the mad militia days of yore, ere the glory was shorn from the brows of Mars or univer- sal sanction taken from the potent cask. It was in such a time that the keeper of a diminutive hostelrie, a man in size somewhat the smallest, was called to his door before the dawn of day one muster morn, seized by a stout trooper not unknown in Charmingfare, and carried full three miles across the saddle-bow, all thinly clad as he was, at a furious pace, and then dropped, to pick his way home, over the sharp stones, as best he might. Peace to thy bones, Jeremy, thou whilom the butt for cruel jokes, and caterer for dry stomachs, thy cabin 16 12^ HISTORY OP CANDIA. in the Burrough would hardly withstand a charge oi' horse now-a-days, as when they galloped over thy fences and incontinently demolished pig-pen and carrot bed. The best place one can find hereabouts for sight- seeing, is Patten's hill. It costs no trouble to get to the top of it, for we are already on it. Before us lies the Green ; around among the hundred hills, that rise between us and the horizon, are nestled many towns and villages. One could stand here for hours and gaze on the inimitable display. The pretty ponds, the sol - tary winding road, and even the moss-covered stone wall at our feet, each contributes a share of beauty to the scene. The top of that cabin or shanty, which you can just discern, tells that soon the silence of the groves will be broken by the shrill scream of the steam horse, and that these rough hills give no check to the builders of railroads. The Green, — -does it not bring to your mind dim notions of Gretna and its renowned blacksmith, of run- away matches, of joyous country dances, and merry May-days ? Alas ! with all its beauty of appearance 'neath this morning sun and clear sky, it would be hazardous to attempt to throw over it the veil of ro- mance, and so we will even leave it and walk on. We climb the wall, and the road soon brings us into the yicinity of the first settlement in town. A hundred A WALK ABOUT TOWR. l^S .years ^nd eight have passed away since this old cellar was scooped out of the earth. The owner of this place^ I dare say, would rather lose the coat from his back than these old foundation walls from his farm. If there was more of such reverence for the rehcs of olden time, Charmingfare would never need go begging for materials to fill a history — a history of common every day Hfe, such as one sees in his neighbors, such as one wishes to know about his fathers. We find as we go on in this vicinity that the ground is ledgy in places, and broad strips of stone peer out on the surface. We go down the hill, cross the mill- stream, and up the next height, and soon come upon a fine view of the Kttle church and neatly painted houses of the village ; of Deerfield South Road, and its three places of worship, with the old and first built church lifting up its weather-beaten walls like an ancient cas- tle. Sometimes I have seen that old house, when some dense and heavy thunder cloud seemed to Hft, with its fantastic mists, the hills behind it into very Alps for size, suddenly loom up Hke a thing enchanted. Eastward the scene is bounded by the abrupt and circular eminences, Saddleback and Tuckaway ; around whose bases are heard in quiet summer days subterra* nean thunders, not unlike those rolhng sounds, which awakened Rip Van Winkle among the crew of Hen- drick Hudson, in the heights of the Donderberg, to the great fear and perplexity of divers good people*, l24 HISTORY OS' CANl)iA. lest their places become like Pompeii and ttercuIaneuiOj monuments to be unearthed in some future age. West- ward, toward the region of the grand Monadnock, whose hoary head is visible in some clear days, our vision is lost among th6 hills, some bearing in a few scattered fields the marks Of human toil, others in the wild ma- jesty of rock and forest. At the next corner, we turn our backs to the setting sun. The road we are on runs through the town in a direction a little south of east. We soon turn to the left ; alternately, on the one side and the other, fields^ pasture land, rocky steeps grown with shrubs and trees, meet the view. Now we see a small, round, gravel hill ; then catch a glimpse of water and a roof or two, and a thriving and busy little village rushes out upon you. The clear stream, pouring from the mill-courses, over its pebbly bed through the rich verdure below, hurries and fidgets along with an air of great importance, while the noise of hammers, the whizzing of saws, and the hum of the grist-mill give quite a thriving appear- ance to the place. What unlucky utihtarian ever chris- tened it Slab Island, I know not ; although such a name may, perhaps, indicate the industrial pursuits of its in- habitants, a prettier one would do quite as well. A little way from this, on the left of the road as you go towards Raymond, is a small wood-crowned eminenccj of no great height, bvrt with masses of granite rising A WALK ABOUT TOWN. 1^5 Irom its sides and near its top, like the palisades of the Hudson, or the walls of some ruined castle. A few steps beyond, on the right, is a small burial place. Let us now " wheel to the right about," and, pass- ing again the grist-mLll, walk toward the " Village." In a tangled thicket by the road side, swollen and im- portant with the spring rains, like some little man elate with the pride of station, a turbulent and roaring brook hurries along. We soon espy a sheep cote, a school house, and a post guide, each of no small im- portance in its place. Every thing here has a quiet and secluded aspect, all around are little wood or rock Covered hills, with green shady dells and glens, with cow and then a farm house or cottage. The scenery for a mile or two is pretty much of the same char- acter, and we soon come in sight of the village from the northeast, with an occasional glimpse of the meet- ing house cupola on the hill, about which we have made a sweep of nearly ten miles. Quite a walk for a Yankee, who never goes on foot if he can ride, but just a fair morning's excursion for an English tnan or wo- man, so do n't complain of being tired ; at this loiter- ing rate, we shall hardly get round by night. Ahead of us is a long low belt of swampy landj which drainage aud cultivation will some day convert into fine meadows and green fields. There the north branch of the Lamprey winds its dark and crooked folds along, covered with weeds and lilly pads. From i2C HISTORY OF CANDIAi the brow of this hill, we walk on into what seems lik^ the bed of an ancient stream, whose giant banks stretch far and wide on either hand. The road is narrow and fringed with alders, and it is but a few rods to the little bridge over the branch of the Lamprey. We keep on up to the Walnut Hill, where if it were in the Fall of the year, one might see plenty of walnuts half hidden in the splendid green foliage of the tree, which is one of the prettiest ornaments of an Ameri- can forest. The nuts, when gathered and dried, are very sweet, and are brought from the garret in the long winter evenings. Both walnuts and jokes are crack- ed by huge roaring fires, and swallowed together at the risk of choking the merry partakers. I once remember to have heard some account of a le- gend about buried treasure . concealed near this hill, but all I could learn only served to excite my curiosity. The veraci'^"S old lady who heard it related, some forty years ago, in the days when stories were stories, and great fire-places, with whole loads of wood in them, opened one's heart to the behef of any thing marvel- ous, can only tell that there was money found, and strange men concerned in the business. This much is sure, that some men by digging about that hill and its vicinity, have found money, and do continue to find it unto this day. Look down here through the trees into the valley &f the Lamprey branch. This is as nice a summef A WALK ABOUT TOWN. 127 retreat as one would wish. It is said that long time ago, the valiant artillery company, which had a gun and gun-house near the meeting-house, with " 17th Reg. N. H. Militia," inscribed on a semicircular board over the door, once marched up the hill, very much as the king of France marched up another hill. Before marching down again, however, the worthy captain, full of courage, charged the brass four pounder with a wood- en plug, and began a bombardment of the parade ground they had left. Fortunately nobody's brains were knocked out by the hair-brained experiment, and the block was never heard from again. Yonder is the school house, where many a rising genius has made his or her debut at teaching. Who knows but you, now mayhap surrounded by children of your own, with a grey hair now and then starting out among its darker fellows on your head, who knows, I say, but you once " kept school" on Walnut Hill, and " boarded round." How your knees smote together, as you thought of the examination, your first, perhaps, when the doctor and the minister, dignitaries of the town, sat in awful state, in the desk, and some half dozen fathers and mothers came in to witness the astonishing per- formances of their children, with a sprinkling, perhaps, of teachers from other districts to see that they were not beaten. What a shout was there when school was done and the rewards of merit duly distributed ! Char- mingfare was always rather proud of its schools, and J 28 HISTORY OF CANDIA. no doubt with reason ; few towns in the vicinity could boast of better. As the eye from this hill follows the road westward, another and a higher meets the view ; though the ascent be somewhat toilsome, we will even try it. There are good farmers along the way, who turn out great oxen and sleek horses — strong hard- working men, who live well and tell good stories. This is the vicinity of the first settlement in this section of Charmingfare. Not far ahead is another school house, and a post guide, for the school house, mind you, is geometrically situated on a triangular point of land bounded by two roads. If we take the one leading to the right, it will take us where all the thunder storms came from when you and I went to the summer school, down at No. Two, say twenty years ago. Then turning left through a cowyard, for the romance of the thing, we get up in a very puffy an(J exhausted state, to the top of what they call Hall's Mountain, once known as Beech Hill. It is said to be the highest ridge of land between the Merrimack River and the ocean. Be this as it may, we can dis- cern the snowy summits of the White Mountains, hke clouds of silver against the clear sky, while the golden, and flashing waves of the Atlantic gleam along the hor- izon, eastward, like the burnished spears of an advan- cing host. Around, for many miles, are nestled the snug villages and quiet towns of old Rockingham. At a distance on her river banks, is the Capital of our A WALK ABOUT TOWN. 129 Yankee Switzerland, fairy like in the blush of the set ting sun, while in almost every direction, a church spire rears its form. With a tolerably good glass, one may watch the chance of invasion from Gosport, or spy out the clippers and smacks from the Isle of Shoals, with, perhaps, especially if aided by a good imagination, a glimpse of the bristles on the back of Hog Island. Around, at our feet, as it were, are farms, irregy- larly shaped pieces of woodland, small streams, and some pretty ponds ; that, for instance, which you can see over your right shoulder, is Sawyer's pond. There are many strips of meadow, covered with waving grass. It is said that people used to come a great distance, to get this coarse hay, which they stacked and remov- ed in the winter on sleds. Deer were sometimes found purloining the hay, which no doubt rightfully belonged to them. While sitting here on this ledge, kicking about with careless feet the little pieces of crystal, or shying stones down into the tree tops below us, our lengthen- ing shadows warn us that twiUght approaches. We hear the tinkling of distant sheep bells, the cow boys whistling hasten along the winding path, driving their cattle faster than they would, if under the farmer's eye. That dog, away to the left, seems certainly to have treed a squirrel ; the frogs are singing, and we shall have little time to talk, ere the dew begins to fall. Not many years since, and the whole scene before 17 130 HISTORY OP CANDIA. US was one dense forest. Just over there, where we passed, on the right, a large square house, with a flock of fat geese near the wall, there was a house and small clearing nigh a hundred years ago, with no neighbors until you get down a mile or so, where among the woods and the hills was another house. A brisk little brook ran by it and an acre or two of land was clear- ed. There lived Deacon Burpee, who had been a ran- ger in the French War, while the former location was settled by Mr. Obed Hall. One morning very early, when the Deacon's eldest son Avas going out to fodder the cattle, he thought he heard a voice crying for help. Listening a moment, he became convinced that it was Mrs. Hall. Calling his father, the two, with dog and gun, hurried away, to ascertain the cause of trouble. As they came to a cross path, Mr. Jethro Hill and Mr. Sherburne Rowe, then living on High Street, joined them. They, it seems, had heard the alarm, and were on their way to give assistance. As the four men, breathless from their ex- ertions, neared the house, they beheld Mrs. Hall stand- ing in the door, calHng loudly for help, while an old bear and two cubs were trampling down and destroy- ing the corn. Mr. Hall was away from home. They soon drove out the troublesome animals, and one of the cubs, being an unwieldly traveler, fell behind, and was attacked by the dogs. Mr. Jethro Hill, " who was pretty ambitious," and a n^ighty hunter, ran up and A Walk about Down. i3i got upon his back ; then laying hold on the ears, he directed them to call off the dogs. It was no sooner done than bruin, not having been trained a la Van- Amburgh, brushed off the hands, with his fore paws^ and scrambled into the bushes, leaving his rider on the ground, whose comrades were altogether too much ex- hausted -with laughter to afford any help. The twilight deepens as we rise to descend the moun- tain's side ; the distant hills grow indistinct and dim ; here and there a star struggles into sight, and it is fairly evening. It is said that some fifty years ago, the people on this road, a mile below where we now are, were one day seriously frightened, by the appari- tion of a strangely constructed vehicle rumbling along the road. The geese flew screaming to the wood, the dogs were in a storm, the hens, startled by a gruff note of warning from their leader, ran for hfe ; and all, dear reader, was caused by the advent of a modern (to them) invention. Some gallant swain from the towns below had come up in a chaise to see his lady love, and that " was the first chaise ever seen in these parts." As we lag wearily along, let us summon to our aid imagination, and, flying over bog and ditch, stump and stone, where many a Jack-o'-lantern has been before us, alight down on the turnpike, at the head of High Street. There have been some changes on this road since the first settlers came. How strangely would one, could he 132 HISTORY OP CANDIA. awaken from his sleep of half a century, walk down the way, no welcome and well known door to receive him. The boys he left are now stout men ; the stout men he remembers are palsied with age, or no more seen among their fellows. In the place of one or two log cabins, or small framed houses, built a century ago, many a neat building meets his eye. Moss has overgrown a few roofs, some orchards are going to decay, and new ones taking their places. Once, when the fields we may see before us were hardly cleared, a couple of worthies were overseeing the operation of a coal-pit ; scarcely had night come over them, when the melancholy howl of the wolf struck on their ears, as they sat in the camp ; soon a pack of the creatures surrounded them. One of the men, expect- ing momentarily to be devoured, fell to praying, while the other, equally terrified but less devout, began swear- ing. The singular trio of men and beasts was kept up until the day drove the wolves to their dens ; whereupon the swearing man was thrown into a state of great perplexity not knowing whether he should ascribe his safety to his own exertions or those of his companion. We stand upon the hill where once the spire of the old meeting house pointed up to heaven. There is hardly a more beautiful landscape than that which stretches away south and east. The Massabesicj like a A Walk about town. 13^ mirror, hangs before us, amid its surrounding hills and forests, in the bosom of the old West Parish. There, too, the Devil's Den rears its bristly back, -while west- ward rise the Uncannoonucs, the New Boston hills, and where sky and earth bend into one, the eye can just discern, eastward, in the fairest of days, Wachusetb and the hoary head of Mount Tom. Over the left shoulder, as we stand, are the Saddleback and Tucka- way hills, from whose bases, the scene, for two-thirds the circle of the horizon, seems a heaving ocean, rol- ling away from us on some far distant shore. Not far from where we stand, '* low roofed and red," was the old school house. There, you and I, mayhap, made the grand entrance, with all the solemnities of birch and ferule, into the mysteries of learning. There we together tugged through the blue covered spelhng book, blundered upon the English Reader, and had fearful struggles with that remorseless bluebeard, Lind- ley Murray. There we got lost in a wilderness of fractions, armed with no better weapons than quill pop-guns. There, in the summer days, were the yel- low butterflies on the thistle blows, and there were blows we sometimes caught, on which the birds and butterflies never came. There were commercial trans- actions, when we exchanged the products of neighbor- ing orchards for a due amount of flogging. There were immense maritime excursions, to sundry islands in the frog-pond, and numberless stars evolved through un*- 134 HiSTORir of candIa. lucky heads, from its frozen surface in winter. There, of old, met the Battle Axe Club, renowned in the annals of temperance. There were debating societies, the high schools, and the singing schools. There, on the quiet Sabbath afternoon met those who seemed to us old men, to hold prayer meetings, when we heard words of ad- monition and advice, which, perhaps, might have been better followed by all of us. All is gone now. " Mute is the bell that rang at peep of dawn, Quickening my truant feet across the lawn ; Unheard the shout that rent the noontide air, When the slow dial gave a pause to care. Up springs, at every step, to claim a tear. Some little friendship formed and cherished here ; And not the slightest leaf, but trembling teems With golden visions, and romantic dreams ! " School house and scholars, all scattered to the end^ of the earth. In the West, in the sunny South, on the golden shores of California, on the ocean's wave, in the cities by the seaboard, under the green turf in the near church yard, or in their last resting place by some far lake or river, many leagues from home and the scenes of youth, are they. God grant you, reader, pleasant memories of the past, and golden hopes for the future. We must stop this chapter, dedicated with sincere good will to thoscj once citizens of Charmingfare, who have wandered to other places and found other homes. APPENDIX APPENDIX. TOPOGRAPHY.— CENSUS STATISTICS. Candia is situated in longitude 6° 20' East from Washington; latitude 43° 8'. It is in form nearly a parallelogram, the southern bpundary line 6 miles 223 rods in length, running North 65° 10' West; its eastern, 4 miles 122 rods, South 31° 45' West; bounded North by Deerfield, South by Chester, 1 mile 118 rods, and Auburn, 5 miles 105 rods, East by Raymond, and West by Hooksett. It is 18 miles southeast from Concord, about 35 miles west from Portsmouth, and }0 miles northeast frpm the city pf Manchester, The soil is hard of cultivation, the land rough an4 uneven, The town was laid out in squares, and many of the rqads intersect eacl> pther at right angles. The thoroughfares are convenient and gen- erally kept in good repair. The Portsmouth and Concord Railroad runs through the town in a direction varying not much from East to West, affording rapid communication with the seaboard on the one hand, and the Capital on the pther. In the westerly part pf the town is a ridge of land, one elevation of which is called Jlall's Mountain. This is said to be the highest point of land between Merrimack river and the ocean. Near this ridge two branches of thp Lamprey rivp).' take their rise, and supply water for a considerable niimbcr of sa->v and grain mills, besides carrying other machinery. There are 11 mills driven by water for the iijanufactpre of various articles from wopd ; 4 grain mills ; 1 tanning and currying establishment ; 4 stores. The town is divided intp 14 school districts, in most of which a school is supported during half the year. For many years past there has also been kept, near the center of the town, a high, or select school, during three months in the Fall, with an average attendance of fifty scholars, with but one or two exceptions all residents in town, y^here the preparatory studies of a college course can be pursued. 18 138 HISTORY OP CANDIA. Tlicrc is a circulating library containing about four hundred vol- umes, the owners of which were incorporated in 1824 by the name of of the " Candia Literary Library Association. ' The population, at different times, was, in 1767, 363; in 1775, 744; 1790,1040; 1800,1186; 1810,1290; 1820,1273; 1830,1362; 1840, 1430; 1850, 1486. From notes found in tlie Secretary's office at Concord, it seems that in 1767, four years after the incorporation, there were 27 unmarried men between the ages of 16 and 60 ; 68 married men ; 99 boys under 15 ; 100 unmarried females ; 68 married females, and 1 ^yido^v. By the census of 1840, it appears that there wei'e produced 6,220 bushels of corn, 20,320 bushels of potatoes, 2,175 tuns of hay, 2,287 lbs. of wool. In 1850, the value of manufactured articles, consisting of shoes, hats, wagons, saw frames, bedsteads, &c., was estimated at $66,170, hay 2,100 tuns, potatoes 11,500 bushels, bttter 25,175 lbs., cheese 15,000 lbs. There were 149 farms producing to the value of $100 a year, and over; 454 cows, 149 yoke of oxen, 142 hqrscs. Val- uation of estate, real and personal, 8^425,965. The name of Candia is said to have been given by Gpv. Benning Wcntworth, who was once a prisoner on the Island of Candia, in tlie Mediterranean. Moore's and Hayward's Gazetteers both give ih\s as tlie origin of the name. Some suppose that the name might have been suggested by the narrative of Robert Knox, who was detained many years in captivity by the King of Candia in Ceylon, so that he learned their language, and gives an interesting account of their man- ners and customs. He gravely relates how great a noise the devil made in the woods of Candia, and of the frequent opportunities he had of hearing him. This was published about the middle of the 17th century, and attracted much attention at a time when travelers' stories were not so plenty as now. We do not believe, however, that there could have been much similarity between the two places, and perhaps it may be as well to adopt the first statement in regard to the name. About two and a half miles from Dcerfield line, in the northerly part of the town, and about the same distance from Raymond line, is what is called Candia village. A bi-anch of the Lamprey river, taking its rise in Dcerfield Pond, runs through the place, furnishing the mo- tive power to a saw and grist mill, as well as various other kinds of machinery. There is a church built by the Free- Will Baptist Society, in 1846, at which time the old house, erected by Elder Moses Bean, in 1815, was torn down. The society was incorporated in 1816, as the " Union Baptist," there being at that time Baptists of other denomina- tions who* chose to unite for the purpose of sustaining preaching. Al'i'ENDIX. 139 Elder Bean continued to preach nntil 1835, wlicn he Avas succeeded by Ekler Manson, who remained four years; Elder Fernakl, from 1839, two years ; Atwood, one year ; Davis, one year ; Whitney, two years ; Caverno, three years; since 1848, Eklcr Atwood, until 1852. The society has, for most of the time, sustained regular preaching. Ekler Bean was a man of much enterprise and energy, and was for many years, of note in town. Two of his sous are extensive mer- chants in New-York, and his daughter the accomplished instructress of the "Broadway Seminary," in that city. There are in the village two stores, a blacksmith's shop, and quite a collection of houses, which, wlien seen from the adjacent hills, have a picturesque appearance. Farther down, on the same branch, is another and smaller collection of dwellings, known as the " Island." Here is a saw mill, grain mill, and various kinds of machinery. As may be seen in the notices of families, the Island was first settled in 1755, by David Bean, and has been a thriving settlement ever since. At the annual town meeting, held March 10, 1852, it was voted that a map of Candia be procured by the town clerk, and a survey be made for tliat purpose, if necessary, for the use of this history. Thanks are due to H. M. Eaton, Esq., Col. R. E. Patten, Mr. Aus- tin Cass, and Mr. Thomas Lang, Jr., for their assistance and encour- agement in this and other parts of this work. As the town has ever been more than commonly interested in the subject of education, a few extracts from the records may nof be un- profitable, to give an idea of what the fathers thought it necessary to do. Names of School Teachers, and money paid thc«i for services : 1. s. <1. 40 00 1764. Doct. Moore, 1765. Daniel Rowe, Mrs. Zach. Clifford, 176G. Master Ilazelton, Isaac Clifford's wife, Zach. Clifford's wife, Mrs. Bowen, 1767. Master Sha-^, so. q. Esq. Mooers, cen. q. Nath'l Emerson, Israel Oilman's wife,n.e.q. 18 1768. Master Hazeltine, s.e.q. 2 18 9 3 6 16 6 2 17 12 1 6 9 3 15 5 i2 1 14 6 Master Jewett, ccn.q. Master Jewett. w q. Zach. Clifford's wife, Richard Clifford's wife, 1769. Paul Jewett, Samuel Buswell, so.q. Ezekiel Worthen, 1770. Paul Jewett, w.&c.q. Walter Robie, so.q. Ezekiel Worthen, Elizabeth Smitli, s.e.q. 1776. Lieut. Fitts, William Dowlcu, Eben Eaton, 3 15 'j 3 13 1 9 ;j 19 6 4 4 3 3 10 13 10 7 9 2 1 19 1 18 6 7 5 5 8 19 2 6 140 HISTORY OF CANDIA. The school districts were called quarters. So late as 1791, there were ten, and the following sums of money allowed each fOr schooling : East quarter, South quarter, North quarter, N. N. East quarter, Northwest quarter, Center quarter. 13 1 West quarter. 9 i 6 Southwest quarter. 8 6 Southeast quarter, 3 14 Northeast quarter, 4 1 2 4 8 5 9 3 3 6 ASSOCIATION TEST. In April, 1776, the Committee of Safety in New-Hampshire, acting in accordance with the wishes of the Continental Congress, sent to each town a circular, a copy of which is given below : Select Men of Candia. In Committee of Safety, April 12, 17/6. In order to carry the underwritten Resolves of the Hon'ble Conti- nental Congress into execution, you are requested to desire all males above twenty-one years of age, (lunaticks, idiots and Negroes ex- cepted,) 10 sign to the declaration on this paper; and when so done, to make return hereof together with the name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the same, td the General Assembly or Committee of Safety of this Colony. M. WE ARE, Chairman. In CdNGRESS, March 14th, 1776. Resolved, That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, Con- ventions, and Councils, or Committees of Safety, of the United Colo- nies, immediately to cause all persons td 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 arms, the United Colonies against the hostile attempts of the Sritish fleets and armies. Extract from the minutes. (Copy.) CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'y. In consequence of the above resolution of the Hon. Continental Congress, and to show our determination in joining our American brethren in defending the lives, liberties, afid properties of the inhabit- ants of the United Colonies, We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United American Colonies. William Baker, Thomas Dearborn. James Eaton, Ezekiel Knowles, ^ath'l Maxfield, Thomas Emery, John Clay, Jonathan Pillsbury, Nathaniel Emerson, Walter Robie, Moses Baker, Benjamin Batchelder, Samuel Dearborn, Enoch Rowel, Samuel Mooers, Abr'm Fitts, Nicholas Smith, Enoch Colby, "i^^m APPENDIX. 141 John Lane, John Sargent, Thomas Patten, Henry Clark, Zachariah Clifford, Benjamin Cass, John Colhy, William Turner, Robert Smart, David Bean, Obadiah Smith, James Miller, Benjamin Rowell, Natii'l Burpee, Jeremiah Burpee, Nicholas French, Isaiah Eowc, Stephen Palmer, Nehemiah Brown, Samuel Worthen, Sewell Brown, Stephen Palmer, jun. John Prescott, Richard Clough, Obededom Hall, Benjamin Fellows, ' Biley Smith, Jonathan Smith, Joseph Palmer, Benjamin Hubbard, Elijah True, Satnuel Brown, Jonathan Brown, Aaron Brown, Jcthro Hill, Sherburne Rowe, Joseph Fifield, Stephen Fifield. Thebphilus Clough, Jonathan itills, Samuel Morrill, William Hills, John Cammet, Silas Cammet, Samuel Clough, David Jewett, John Carr, James Prescott, Jonathan Bagley, Zebulon Win slow, Amos Knowles, Jesse Eaton, John Sargent, Ephraim Eaton, Robert Wilson, James Varnum, Samuel Buswell. John Clark, Daniel Hall, John Hills, William Eaton, Obadiah Hall, Moses Sargent, Thomas Anderson, Ebenezer Eaton, Robert Wason, Paul Eaton, David Hill, Samuel Towle, John Robie, Simon French, Benaiah Colby, Daniel Dolber, John Moor, Hugh Medellan, Jonathan Ring, Joshua Moore, Stephen Clark, John Clifford, Jonathan Cammet, Jacob Bagley. The original document, of which the above, with the signatures, is a copy, was found among the papers df Nathaniel Emerson, Esq., who in 1776, was one of the selectmen. It bears no indications of ever having been returned to the Committee of Safety, and no copy can be found in the records of the State department. No names are set down as having refused to sign, and it probably has every name of the required age, then in town. A few months before, the whole number of men over sixteen was one hundred, and thirty-nine, and twenty-seven were in the army, so that there would not have been more than ninety-nine over twenty-one years bf age. Names of Soldiers who served at various times during the War of In- dependence, from Candia, some of which were found on the Town Record, and others taken from the Army Rolls : "William Anderson, David Bagley, Jacob Bagley, Samuel Bagley, Moses Baker, Jonathan Bean, Nathan Bean, Phineas Bean, John Batchelder, James Bragdon, Sewell Brown, Nathan Burpee, Moses Bursiel, Samuel Buswell, William Burleigh, Michael Blazo, Peter Cammet, Thomas Capron, Benjamin Cass, Moses Cass, John Caldwell, 142 HISTORY OF CANDIA. Walter Clay, Samuel Clay, Henry Clark, John Clark, John Clark, jun. Steplicn Clark, Jacob Clifiord, John Clirtbrd, Theophilus Cloiigh, John Colby, Enoch Colby, Jethro Colby, Benjamin Critclict, Edward Currier, Gideon Currier, Joseph Dearborn, Samuel Dearborn, Thomas Dearborn, Moses Dustiu, Alexander Eaton, Benjamin Eaton, Eben Eaton, Ebcn Eaton, jun. James Eaton, Jesse Eaton, Jonathan Eaton, Paul Eaton, William Eaton, Nathaniel Emerson, Wiggins Evans, Abraham Fitts, Henry Gotham, Israel Griffin, Jonathan Green, Obadiah Hall, Jason Hazard, John Hills, David Hill, Robert Holland, Benjamin Iltjbbard Parker Hills, John Kent, Henry Kimball, Amos Knowles, John Knowles, Nehemiali Leavitt, Daniel Libbey, James Libbey, John Loverin, Joseph Marston, Nathaniel Merrifield, AVilliam Miller, John Mitchel, John Moores, Joshua Moore, Samuel Mooers, Samuel Mooers, jun. Peter Mooers, Isaac Morse, Philip Morse, Samuel Morrill, John Morrison, Jonathan Norris, Moses Norris, Joseph Palmer, Thomas Patten, William Patten, Jonas Perry, Asa Peirce, Jonathan Pillsbury, John Prescott, Ashahel Quimby, Eleazer Quitnby, Jacob Quimby, Enoch Powell, Enoch Rowell, jun. Isaiah Howe, Benjamin Sandborn, John Sargent, Moses Sargent, James Siel, Samuel Shannon, Biley Smith, Ezekiel Smith, Oliver Smith, John Taylor, Antony Towle, Benjamin Towle, Jeremiah Towle, Moses Turner, James Varnum, John Varnum, Thomas Wason, Nat Wadley, Robert Wilson, Thomas Wilson, William Wilkins, Ebenezer Williams, Zebulon Winslow, Isaac Worthen. [Army Roll, 23d p., vol. 10.] A Return of Soldiers in the Continental Army, belonging to the Parish of Candia: Daniel Libbee, engaged in 1779; John Caldwell, Michael Poor, " " Candia, Eeb'y y" 15, 1782. ABRAHAM EITTS, NATII'L EMERSON, BEN'J CASS, John Anderson, engaged in 1779; John Lovren, " " John Kent, " 1778. Selectmen of Candia. [Paje 27.] State of ) In Comjuittee of Safety, New-Hampshire. J Exeter, May 4th, 1778. This Certities, that John Dudley, Esqr., has paid into the Treasury three hundred and ninety pounds ten shillings st'ng, in part for four Continental Soldiers which were enlisted and returned by Col". Noah APPENDIX. 143 Lovewell, (viz.) Ebcnezer Williams, "William Wilkins, Thomas Cnp- ron and James Siel, which Soldiers are set to the Parish of Caiulia. Colo. Lovewell paid for the hire of the aforesaid men. three hundred and ninetv-eiaht pounds. Paid by Col'^. Lovewell, 398 Hec'd of John Dudley, Esq., 390 10 7 10 E. THOMPSON, Cha'n P. T. Col. Hercules Mooncy's Reg. at Rhode Island, 1779. Phineas Bean, Jo.«eph Marston, Candia, Erom Col. Webster's Regiment. [Army Rolls vol. 4, r. 53.] Henry Gotham, Ezek'l Smith, June 19. Nat AVadlev, Jon a. Norris, July 2. David Baclev, Peter Cammet, July 2. William Patten, 1782 Ebenezer Eaton, Dan'i Lihhee, Moses Norris, July 5. John Caldwell, John Moore, July 5. John Lovren, Benj. Sandborn, July 5. John Kent, Jason Hazard. July 8. Bounty afterwards deducted from the depreciation, Jan. 1780. [Vol. 4, p. 190.] Jonathan Green, 22 8 6 John Mitchel, 25 5 1 Isaac Morse, 22 8 6 Ebenezer Williams, 25 10 John Colby, 18 4 William Wilkins, 3 16 Eleazer Quimby, 20 8 James Siel, 23 4 Nehemiah Leavitt, 6 17 14 — — John Kent, 16 16 207 13 1 1782, July 3. Gave a certificate to J. Dudley, Esq. From a Return of New Levies, joined the Ilampsliire line and muster- ed in Camp by Major William Scott, 1780. [Retuvacd by Col. Moses Nichols of the 5tli Kcj., Mnrcli lOtli, 1779.] A?e Benjamin Eaton, Sam'l Clay,- Sam'l Shannon, 21 20 18 Candia. do. do. Alex'r Eaton, Jno. Eaton, Edward Currier, 18 17 19 Candi do. do. Men Enlisted into Col. Webster's (I7th) Roj Jonatlian Green, John Colby, Isaac IMorse, Eleazer Quimby, John Taylor. Nehemiah Leavitt, James Bragdon, David Hill. John Kent, Rob't Holland, Jones Perry, Asa Pierce, , 1778, for three years. Henry Kimball, John 'Mitchel, Eben'r Williams, Wm. Wilkins, Tho's Cayiron, James Siel. 144 HISTORY OF CANPIA. PAID CANDIA POn BOUNTIES. [Army Rolls, p. 5, bouk P.J Lexington Alarm. Winj^ate's Reg., Canada. 12 men. Continentals. 5 men, at 30£. Continentals. 5 men. (' 4 men. i' 4 men. Mooney's Reg., R. Island. 2 men New Levies, 6 mos. 6 men a 34 10 each. Nichals & Bartlett's Reg. 10 men Reynold's Reg. 4 men a 18£ eacl New Levies, 6 mos. 4 men a 45 10 each Continentals. 8 men. Stark's Brigade. 21 men. £1937 19 3 In all amounting to 84 men, besides the Lexington volunteers, the number of whom is not known. Ap'l, 1775. 45 18 July 1776. 36 00 May 1777. 150 00 Feb., 1778. 308 10 1 Ap'l 1778. 382 00 ^515 2 3 May 1778. 398 .00 ) ach. ach. 1779. 1780. 1780. 1781. 1781. 1782. 1777. 19 12 207 00 195 00 72 00 182 00 452 7 63 CONTINENTAL RATE, 1778, BEING THE AMOUNT OF TAXES PAID AT THAT TIME. From Co 1. s. . John d. f. ZnTi'B Tax Book.] 1. d. f. Lt. Abr'm Fitts, 4 11 8 Charles Sargent, 14 9 Amos Knowles, 3 8 7 3 Wd. David Jewett, 3 10 3 Amos Knowles, jun., 14 9 David Been, 2 18 3 2 Aaron Brpwn, 2 14 6 David Hills, 6 9 i Arthur Lebbee, 1 13 3 2 Dean Woodleth, 2 6 3 3 Abijah Pilsbury, 3 5 1 3 David Hall, Chester, 1 11 2 Alexander Stevens, 14 9 Edward Critchet, 1 3 4 1 Wd. Annar Robie, 2 3 1 Enoch Colby, 3 5 8 Q Wd. Ann Quimby, 1 9 3 Enoch Colby, jun.. 14 9 Wd. Anne Whitcher, 19 3 1 Elisha Towle, 18 9 Wd. Abigail Brown, 1 15 1 3 Ezekiel Knowles, 2 1 1 Q Dr. Benj. Page, 13 1 1 Edward Robie, Esq., 15 9 2 Benj. Brown, 15 5 3 Ephraim Eaton, 3 4 6 2 Benaiah Colby, jun.. 1 9 Ebenezer Eaton, 2 14 3 2 Biley Smith, 1 9 3 Wd. Eliza'th Quimby, 1 3 4 1 Benj. Towle, 1 15 7 3 Enoch Rowel, 18 5 \ Benj. Smith, 2 18 7 1 Oilman Dudley, 6 8 q Lt. Benj. Batchelder, 1 19 5 1 Humphry Hook, 12 3 2 Benj. Rowel, 2 18 4 3 Henry Clark, 2 14 4 3 Lt. Benj. Cass, 3 6 1 Henry Clark, jun., 18 2 Benj. Fellows, 1 13 9 3 John Sargent, Capt., 4 3 8 1 Benj. Pike, 12 6 John Wiggens, 1 2 3 q Benj. Hubbard, 2 9 9 2 Jacob Sargent, 1 19 9 Benj. Carr, 1 13 9 3 James Miller, 3 9 4 1 Benj. Rowe, Esq., 17 2 2 Jacob Bagley, 3 3 Benj. Lang, 2 4 3 Jeremiali Quimby, 2 8 1 3 Caleb Brown, 1 15 10 1 John Clit!brd, 1 2 9 q Caleb Shaw, 1 2 5 1 Jacob Cliflbrd, 1 5 10 Q Wd. Cath'ne Cammet , 19 5 3 Joseph ^pman. 1 5 11 q Jeremiah Been, 1. 1 s. 5 (1. 6 r. 3 mix. Col. Nalh'l Emerson, 1, 3 19 145 d. f. 9 3 Eus. Jonath'n Been, 6 15 10 Dea. Nath'l Burpee, 2 12 11 2 Joseph Been, 3 12 1 2 Nicholas Smith, 1 18 1 1 Joshua Moore, 3 17 7 3 Nicholas French, 1 15 3 James Libbee, 15 4 3 Nehemiah Brown, 14 6 8 Isaac Ecndal, 1 15 2 Nathaniel IJall, 4 5 Joseph Palmer, 1 5 11 Nath'l Burpee, jun., 1 7 1 John Eobie, 3 2 3 2 Nathan Burpee, 15 4 2 Israel Dolber, 2 7 io 1 Obediah Smith, 3 11 3 2 Jesse Eaton, 1 11 G 3 Oliver Smith, 1 11 11 2 Dea. John Hills, 2 10 4 3 Obededom Hall, 4 12 6 James Eaton, 1 11 6 3 Obediah Hall, 11 2 Jon. Sargent, jun., 4 4 9 3 Paul Eaton, 2 19 10 John Karr, 3 15 1 1 Cap. Phin. Bachelder, 1 4 7 John Clay, 4 5 1 2 Peter Moor, 2 11 3 Lt. Jacob Worthen, 2 6 5 Paul Jewett, 7 4 2 James McCluer, 1 9 6 Robert Willson, 2 4 8 Jonathan Brown, 3 5 1 3 Richard Clough, 1 11 1 3 Jethro Hills, 3 6 4 2 Robert Smart, 1 6 9 Joseph Fyfield, 4 11 3 Richard ClitTord, I 16 11 3 Jonathan Cammet, I 19 3 Reuben Been, 1 16 16 2 Jonathan Hills, 3 15 7 1 Robert Wason, 1 10 5 2 Ens. Jona. Baggley, 5 5 6 1 Robert Patten, 19 8 Wd. Jane Moor, 2 11 2 Dea. Stephen Paliner. 1 13 James Prescott, 2 10 2 2 Sam'l Clough, 2 2 3 3 Jeremiah Burpee, 1 3 8 Sam'l Brown, 2 6 1 1 Isaiah Rowe, 3 9 9 Sherburn RoWe, 3 12 8 3 Jonathan Woodman, 3 4 1 Stephen Fyfield, 3 9 4 1 Jonathan Ring, 2 10 2 Silas Cammet, 1 16 10 2 John Prescott, 1 2 5 1 Sam'l Morrill, 2 13 7 Jonathan Pilsbury, 3 7 1 1 Lt. Sam'l i3usf/ell. 2 6 11 John Lane, 1 13 7 1 Simon French, 9 6 5 Jonathan Smith, 1 11 8 Lt. Sam'l Towle, 2 6 5 John Cammet, 1 6 10 1 Sam'l Dearben, 2 11 1 2 Jeremiah Towle, 19 1 Sam'l Bagley, 2 8 James Rendalls, 19 6 Stephen Clark, 1 2 5 1 Joseph Bean, jun.. 1 3 11 3 Sam'l Colcord; 3 3 6 1 James Philbrook, 6 5 2 Sam'l Mboers, 4 9 6 2 John Morrison, 3 8 10 Sam'l Worthen, 1 18 1 I John Colby, 1 6 2 3 Sam'l Been, 19 8 Isaac Moss, 5 1 Stephen Palmer, 1 7 8 Jonathan Currier, 19 4 2 Stephen Marden, 15 5 2 John Clay, jun.. 1 6 4 Tho's Dearben, 4 11 3 1 Jonathan Brownrig, 1 6 2 Tho's Andcrsbn, 4 11 9 2 Joseph Fitts, 16 3 2 Tho's Patten, 5 7 11 3 Moses Baker, Esq., .5 8 5 2 Tho's Wason, 2 4 5 2 Morris Hobbs, G 10 2 Tho's Critchet. 1 10 1 2 Moses Sargent, 3 15 3 2 Tho's Sargent. 3 6 9 2 Lt. Moses Dusten, 1 6 10 1 Tho's Clough, 3 8 5 1 Moses French, 1 10 8 3 Tho's Emery, 1 8 1 Wd. Miriam Rowe, 1 2 4 Tho's Wilson, 1 7 8 Moses Buswell, 1 4 7 Tho's Sanborn, 7 9 2 Moses Emerson, 2 1 9 3 William Eaton, 3 6 3 19 146 HISTORY OF OANDIA. 1. , d,'^. William Clifford, 2 8 19 2 Walter Robie, 3 9 10 2 William Turner, 4 5 4 William Eavens, 1 9 6 William Anderson, 18 5 1 William Willson, 17 8 3 William Wormwood, 15 5 3 William Severance, 15 11 3 Zcbulon Winslow, 17 13 Zachcriah Clifford, 2 3 6 2 EEPRESENTATIVES TO THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS AT EXETER. Doct. Samuel Mooers, May 1775 Moses Baker, Dec. 1775 Dr. Samuel Mooers, 1776 Moses Baker, 1777 Walter Rohie, Nathaniel Emerson, Ezekiel Knowles. UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Peter Eaton, Moses Bean, John Lane, Henry T. Eaton, John Moore, Benjamin Pillsbury, Abraham Emerson, Oilman Richardson, Joseph Richardson, Rufus E. Patten, James Smith, Jonathan Martin, Joseph C. Langford, Austin Cass, Rufus E. Patten, Samuel Dudley. Abraham Pitts, 1784 Nathaniel Emerson, 1785-86 Stephen Eifield, 1787-88 Voted not to send, 1789-90 Nathaniel Emerson, 1791-92 Samuel Morrill, 1793-94 Nathaniel Emerson, 1794 to 98 Thomas Wilson, 1798 to 1804 Jesse Eatoti, 1804^05 Richard Emerson, 1'806 John Taylor, 1807 Moses Pitts, 1809-10 John Taylor, 1811-12 Samuel Andorsoti, 1813 to 15 John Lane, 1816 to 18 Moses Bean, 1819 1780-81 1782 1783 1820-21 1822 1823 to 28 1829 to 32 1833-34 1835 1836-37 1838-39 1840 1841-42 1843-44 1845-46 1847-48 1849 1850 1851-52 The following names are found on record as having served at various times during the Revolution as committees of safety, inspection, the procuring of soldiers, &c., &c. June 14th. Capt. Sargent, Nathaniel Emerson, Isaiah Rowe, Moses Baker, Lieut. Cass, Dr. Samuel Mooers. Col. Emerson, April 3d, 1777. Walter Robic. Caleb Brown, April 25th. James Miller, Samuel Towlc, Lieut. Bachelder, Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut. Towle, Thomas Dearborn. Theophilus Sargent, May 19th. Deac. Hills, Major Baker, Jeremiah Bean. Walter Robic, April 8th. Lieut. Pitts, Abraham Pitts, Isaiah Rowe, Moses Baker, Benjamin Cass. Jan. 3d, 1775. Walter Robie, Nathaniel Emerson, Samuel Mooers, Senjamin Cass, Jacob Worthen. May nth. Moses Baker, Abraham Pitts, Walter Robie, Samuel Towle, Stephen Palmer, Nathaniel Emerson, Jacob Worthen. APPENDIX. 147 August 3, 1778j Committee to provide for destitute families of soltlicrs. Walter Robie, Jonathan Br.own, John Lane. June 26th, 17S0. Benjamin Cass, Lieut. Bagley, Ensign Smith, Lieut. Towle, Joshua Moore, Capt. Sargent, Lieut. Fitts. July 10th. Jeremiah Bean, Silas Cammct, Walter Robie, Zebulon Winslow. February 5th, 1781. John Carr, Walter Robie, Jeremiah Bean, David Bean, Edward Robie. February 19 th. Walter Roliie, Zebulon Winslow, Joshua Moore. April 29th, 1782. Zacheriah ClilFord, TOWN CLERKS. John Hills, John CliiVord, Samuel Buswell, John Carr, Nov. nth. Abraham Fitts, Samuel Buswcll, John Lane, Samuel Moocrs, Joshua Moores, Zacheriah Clifford, John Clifford. I^Sam'l Moocrs, from 1763, 30 ^ Sam'l Moocrs, jun., " 1793, 5 Walter Robie, " 1798, 8 *Richard Emerson, " 1806, 8 mo John Lane, from Oct. 1806, 14 Peter Eaton, from 1820, 11 Frederick Fitts, " 1831, 1 S. A. Sargent, John Moore. 3d, tDr. Sam'l Sargent, JRufus E. Patten, Abraham Emerson, Josiah S. Shannon, Henry M. Eaton, from 1832, 2 1834, 2 1836, 4 f840, - 1840, 5 1845, 2 1847. SELECTMEN FROM 1764 TO 1850. 1764. Benjamin Bachelder, John Sargent, Jeremiah Bean. 1765-66. Samuel Mooers, Jonathan Hills, Moses Baker. 1767-68. Nathaniel Emerson, Abraham Fitts, Ichabod Robie. 1769 Nathaniel Emerson, Ichabod Robie, Dr. Samuel Mooers. 1770. Walter Robie, Abraham Fitts, Benjamin Cass. 1771. Moses Baker, Theophilus Sargent, •Nathaniel Burpee. 1772 to 75. Moses Baker, Walter Robie, Abraham Fitts. 1776. Nathaniel Emerson, Walter Robie, Moses Baker. 1777. Nathaniel Emerson, William Baker, Theophilus Clough. 1778. Jonathan Brown, John Lane, Walter Robie, 1779. Nathaniel Emorson, Attraham Fitts, Isaiah Rowe. 1780. Nathaniel Emcrsoti, Abraham Fitts, John Lane. 1781. Abraham Fitts, Nathaniel Emerson, Benjamin Cass. 1782-83. Samuel Buswcll, John Hills, Ephraim Eaton. 1784 to 87. Ephraim Eaion, John Clifford, Samuel Morrill. 1788. Jonatlian Bagley, John Lane, Abraham Fitt.s. 1789 to 91. John Lane, •Anil was succeeded nt his death by John Lane. tResijned Fth. 3, 1840. I Until March, I month, by appointment of the Selectmen. 148 niSTOIiY OP CANDIA, Jonathan Brown, Ephraiin Eaton. 1792 to 94. Ephraim Eaton, Jonathan Brown, Walter llobie. 1795. Walter Robie, Epliraira Eaton, Thomas Wilson. 1796. John Clay, Abraham Fitts, Nathan Brown. 1797-98. Walter Robie, Thomas Wilson, Jesse Eaton. 1799. Jesse Eaton, Thomas Wilson, John Lane. 1800-01. John Lane, Samuel Morrill, John Clay. 1802. John Lane, Walter Robie, Moses Fitts. 1803. Daniel Fitts, Jonathan Currier, Theophilus Clough. 1804. John Clay, Jonathan Currier, Theophilus Clough. 1805. John Clay, John Lane, Henry Eaton. 1806. Joseph C. Smith, Jonathan Currier, Simon Ward. 1807. Daniel Fitts, Henry Eaton, Joseph Hubbard. 1808. Daniel Fitts, Henry Eaton, Theophilus Clongh. 1809. Henry Eaton, Moses Bean, Moses Colby. 1810. Henry Eaton, Moses Bean, John Lane, jun. 1811-12. John Lane, jun., Benjamin Pillsbury, Jonathan C. French. 1813. John Lane, jun., Henry Eaton, Daniel Fitts. 1814-15. John Lane, Daniel Fitts, Thomas Hobbs. 1816. Jacob Libbee, Peter Eaton, Jonathan Currier. 1817. Benjamin Pillsbury, Peter Eaton, Jonathan Currier. 1818. Peter Eaton, Benjamin Pillsbury, ]\lo,scs Bean. 'l819. Peter Eaton, John Lane, Nathaniel Whcet. 1820. John Lane, Benjamin Pillsbury, Moses Bean. 1821. John Lane, Nathaniel Whcct, Jacob Lil>bee. 1822. John Lane, Benjamin Pillsbury, Nathaniel Whect. 1823. Peter Eaton, Nathaniel Whoet, Benjamin Pillsbury. 1824. Peter Eaton, Benjamin Pillsbury, Ezekicl Lane. 1825. Peter Eaton, Ezekiel Lane, Benjamin Pillsbury. 1826. Ezekiel Lane, Simon French, Daniel Fitts. 1827-28. Benjamin Pillsbury, Peter Eaton, Simon French. 1829-30. John Lane, Sanjuel Dudley, Francis Patten. 1831. John Lane, Samuel Dudley, Coffin M. French. 1832-33. Benjamin Pillsbury, Abraham Emerson, Jonathan Martin. 18.34. Benjamin Pillsbury, Dudley Bean, James Smith. 1835. J>udley Bean, James Smith, B. P. Colbv. 1836. B. P. Colby, John Moore, Benjamin Hubbard. 1837. Benjamin Hubbard, Samuel Tuck, Rufus E. Patten. 1838-39. Rufus E. Patten, Joseph Bean, Biley Smith. 1840. John Moore, Parker Hill, Leonard Dearborn. 1841. John Moore, Leonard Dearborn, Parker Hill. APPENDIX. 149 1842. John Moore, Abraham Emerson, Henry M. Eaton. 1843-44. Henry M. Eaton, Nehemiah Colby, Jonathan Currier. 1845. Abraham Emerson, Joseph C. Langford, John Prescott, jun. 1846. Joseph C. Langford, John Prescott. jua-, Elias P. Hubbard. 1847. John Prescott, Elias P. Hubbard, Carr B. Haynes. 1848. Francis Patten, Charles 3. En;crson, Jesse R. Eitts. 1849. Charles S. Emerson, Jesse R. Fitts, Frecnaan Parker. 185Q. Nehemiah Colby, Henry S. Eaton, Stephen B. Fjtts.^ SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 1816. Rev. Isaac Jones, Nathaniel Whoet, Elijah Smith, Daniel Fitts, Moses Sargent, jun.. Cotton "Ward, Benjamin Pillsbury, Joseph Hubbard, Moses Dearborn, Moses Bean, Thomas Towle, Jonathan Currier. 1817. John Lane, Samuel Cass, William Robie, Jonathan Bean, Rev. Isaac Jones, Elijah Smith, Daniel Fitts, Moses Sargent, jun.. Cotton Ward, Benjamin Pillsbury, Moses Dearborn, Jonathan Currier. 1818. Rev. Isaac Jones, Eld. Moses Bean. 1819. Rev. Abrh'ra Wheeler, Daniel Fitts, Moses Bean, John Lane. jun. 1820. Rev. Abrh'm Wheeler, Moses Bean, Benjamin Pillsbury, Anthony Langford, John Lane, Daniel Fitts, John Wason, David Harriman, Nathan Brown, Timothy Currier, Samuel Cass, Simon French, Moses Sargent. 1821. John Lane, Daniel Fitts. 1822 to.2.Ti. Rev. Abrh'm Wheeler. 1826. Rev. Abrh'm Wheeler, Isaiah Lane, Moses Bean. 1827 to 30. Francis Patten, Isaiah Lane, Nathaniel Whcet, John Moore. 1830-31. Rev. Abrh'ra Wheeler, Isaiah Lane, John Moore, Daniel Fitts. 1832. Eld. Jesse Meader, John Moore, Francis Patten. 1833 to 37. Francis Patten, Rufus E. Patten, Alfred M. Colby. 1837. Rev. Chas. P. Russell, Eld. B. S. Manson, Samuel Sargent. 1841-42. Isaiah Lane, Abraham Emerson, Joseph Eastman. 1813. Isaiah Lane, Joseph Eastman, Rev. Wm. Murdock. 1844. Samuel Cass, Joseph Eastman, Rev. Wm. Murdock. 1845. Francis Patten, Rev. Wm. Murdock. li. R. Davis. 1846. Rev. Wm. Murdock, Alfred M. Colbv, Edmund Hill. 1847. Francis Patten, Edmund Hill, Richard H. Page. 1848. Abraham Emerson, Alfred M. Colby, Francis B. Eaton. 1849. Alfred M. Colby, i*rancis Patten, Isaiah Lane. 1850. Isaiah Lane, Alfred M. Colby, John Moore. 150 HISTORY OF CAND]:^. NOTES. The name of Frederick Parker, a graduate fram !Partmouth CpU lege, in 1828, should have been inserted at its proper phice, on pagp 112. lie was supposed by the writer, to have entered college from Bedford, N. IL, of which place ho was a native, and the mistake ^as not discovered until too late. lie commenced the practice of law, and died in Bangor, Me., in 1834. In Family Notices, page 53, under the name of Brown, Aaron, the names of his children were by accident omitted, and were as follows : .Mercy, who lives at the house of Capt. Jesse Eaton; Hannah, who married Samuel Cass, Esq. ; Shuah, who died soon after her mijrriage ^yith David Norton; Aaron, who married Abiel Brown and settled pn the home farm. Of the children of the Rev. Mr. Prince, Caleb settled in town and was deacon of the church for some years before removing to Port- land, lie married Martha Moore; they had five children, viz : John, Joseph, Caleb, Sarah and Martha. Caleb is not living. Tiic two other sons reside in Chelsea, and do business in Boston, Mass. Mar- tha married Mr. Eliphalet Webster, and lives in Portland, Me. KINNECUM. This name, put down on the map of the town as Cunningham, on the evidence of certain deeds of adjacent property, may bo of Indian origin. The shape of the pond, as I think from personal ob- servation, was qnce long and narro^y. Hence, the nanic invariably derived by the Indians, from the characteristics of the pli>cc. Quinne — signifying long, and asrjuam, or atjuam — water. In compound words the prefix of the final syllable wj^s dropped when necessary for eu- phony, giving Qainnecjuam or Quinneciuain, corrupted into Kinnecum, much nearer to the true name than is the usi^al fate of the Indian appellations among us. The meaning of this was ascertained since the map was finished, from Hon. C. E. Potter, who is probably better versed in Indian lore than any other man in the State. H 7 • ep^ 3^''"'j APPENDIX. 151 I^ATTEN'S HILL. A very extensive view may be had from this hill, no less than thir- teen meeting houses being visible. Among the hills which arc said to be seen from here, by good eyes in a fair day may be named : — Powow, Breakfast hill in Rye, celebrated in Indian warfare ; Tucka- way and Saddleback, Agamenticus in Maine ; Gunstock Mts. in Gil- ford ; the Cardigan hills. Rugged Mts., Kearsarge and Sunapee, Jo English, and the Uncanoonucs. The Grand Monadnock, and by the aid of a glass, Ascutney in Vt., and the silver summit of Mount Washington. For quite a distance on the eastern horizon the line of the ocean Is seen when lighted up by the rays of the sun. The smoko of the engine on the Portsmouth & Concord Railroad, is visible for more than thirty miles on its route. CONTENTS. Early Settlers, . . . Incorporation, .... House of Worsliip, . . Call to Mr. Jcwett, . . Preparations for War, . Mr. Jcwett's dismission, State Government, . . Call to Mr. Remington, 10 . 17 22 . 25 35 . 36 40 Burning of the Meeting House, 44 Notices of Ministers, . 107, 139 " Physicians, . . 110 " Graduates, . 112, 150 Natives of Candia abroad, 114, 139 Walk about town, . . . .115 Appendix, 137 INDEX OF FAMILY NOTICES. Antiei'sb'n, 51 Bean, 53 Brown, 53,150 Burpee, 56 Buswell, 57 Curr, 58 Cass, 60 Clark, 61 Colby, 63 Dearborn, 64 Dudley and Duncan, ... 65 Dusten, 66 Eaton, 67 Emerson, 69 Fitts, 70 Page Foster, 78 Hall, 81 Hills and Hubbard, .... 82 Lane, 86 Marten, 88 McClure, 89 Moore, 91 Mooers and Palmer, ... 94 Patten, 95 Prince, 150 Howe, 99 Robic, 100 Sargent, 102 Smith, 103 .<^^ "k •^ o V .0- ^. //is^v.\ /.c:^.% .**..i^>X c° > . : .^^^'V. k'^. ^^ ^ * -r.-^ir./t, . -^r, c^ .* v^'' "^^^^ ^^e^ls}^/ . '^"^ '"'^ ^°-;^, ^-"-i^JZ--^" •c» t^i' N. MANCHESTER. INDIANA ^ '^^ ^v-. .^^ o. .^iJ\1&o -^..^^ :