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DESCENDANTS 
 
 OF 
 
 CHASE WHITCHER 
 
 OF WARREN, N. H. 
 
 FOURTH IN DESCENT FROM THOMAS WHITTIER 
 OF SALISBURY (HAVERHILL) MASS. 
 
 BY 
 
 WILLIAM F. WHITCHER 
 
 WOOD5VILLE. N. H. 
 News Book and Job Print 
 1907 
 

 Only 100 Copies Printed 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 Tracinir tlie descendants of Chase Whitcher, toiirtli in 
 descent from Thomas Whittier, who at tlie age <»f' sixteen 
 came in 1638 to Essex County, Massachusetts, has given 
 the author of the foHowing pages no little pleasure during 
 the past few months. Chase Whitcher came to Warren, 
 New Hampshire, in 1772, and was one of" the pioneer set- 
 tlers of that mountain town. He did not difler in any 
 remarkable manner from the other pioneers of his day. He 
 gave his country |)atriotic service during the War of the Rev- 
 olution, rendered his town the service of the ordinary citizen, 
 and lived to see his large lan)ily of children estahlish them- 
 selves in homes of their own, in other towns and localities, 
 none of them settling in Warren. There is nothing remark- 
 able in the record t)f his descendants, but cath may feel 
 interested in knowing something of the i)ther. The follow- 
 ing pages will contribute something to such knowledge. The 
 author wishes to express his grateful ai)i)reciation of the aid 
 given him In the preparation of his work, by his cousins of 
 various decrees, without which aid the completion of this 
 o-cnealogv would have been impossible. Especially is he 
 grateful for courtesies in furnishing him photos, tintypes, 
 dao^ucrreotypes and ambrotypes which were in existence of 
 the trrandohildrcn of Chase Whitcher. \]c hopes the album 
 he has collccti'd ot these grandchildren u ill be a|)preciated 
 bv their grandchildren in turn. 
 
 WO(>l>s\ u.I.K. N. II.. l)i'(H mlicr. li.t(.)7. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I. Chase Whitcher Ancestry .... l-H 
 II. Settlement in Warren 12-24 
 
 III. Emigration to Coventry-Benton . . 25-37 
 
 IV. Descendants of William and Mary 
 
 No yes Whitcher 38-85 
 
 V. Descendants of Jacob and Sarah 
 
 Richardson Whitcher .... 86-98 
 
 VI. Descendants of Joseph Davis and 
 
 Miriam Whitcher Willoughby . 99-101 
 
 VII. Descendants of Elisha and Martha 
 
 Whitcher Fullam 102-108 
 
 VIII. Descendants of David and Phebe P. 
 
 Smith Whitcher 109-111 
 
 IX. Miscellaneous and Memoranda . . 112 
 
 Errata ^1^ 
 
 Index 119-125 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Frontispiece 
 
 Thomas VVhittieu Homestead, fkont view 
 
 Facing Page 
 
 Thomas Whittieu Homestead, rear view 6 
 
 Chase Whitcher Homestead, Warren " 20 
 
 William Whitcher " 22 
 
 Martha Whitchki; Fullam .... " 24 
 
 A.Mos Whitcher " 40 
 
 Chahles H. Whitcher '' 41 
 
 WiNTHiK)!' C Whitcher " 42 
 
 James E. Whitcher " 42 
 
 Aliuon G. Whitcher • " 42 
 
 Louisa Whitcher Eastman .... " 46 
 
 Moses Whitcher " 48 
 
 Ward P. Whitcher " 48 
 
 Henry N. Whitcheh, " 48 
 
 Milton D. Whitcher " 52 
 
 Chase R. Whitcher " 52 
 
 Charles C. Whitcher " 52 
 
 John W. Whitcher " 52 
 
 Samuel Whitcher " 54 
 
 David S. Whitcher " 56 
 
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 Daniel J. Whitcheu " •">*> 
 
 Charles O. Whitcher " '^^ 
 
 Ira Whitcher 
 
 Frank Whitcher 
 
 Scott Whitcher '' ^'^ 
 
 William F. Whitcher " 64 
 
 Sally Whitcher Wilson " 66 
 
 Hannah Whitcher Mann '' 68 
 
 Chase Whitcher " '70 
 
 Mary Whitcher Titus '' 72 
 
 Ezra B. Mann " '6 
 
 Georoe Henry Mann '' 76 
 
 Orman L. Mann " 76 
 
 Edward F. Mann " 78 
 
 Daniel Whitcher " ^0 
 
 Burr Royce Whitcher " 82 
 
 George L. Kibbie " 82 
 
 Lamar Whitcher " 82 
 
 Scott Whitcher " 82 
 
 David Whitcher " 84 
 
 Phebe Whitcher Brooks " 84 
 
 Dorcas Whltchkr Chaxdlei; .... '' 86 
 
 Levi M. Whitcher " 88 
 
 Hazen Whitcher " -^^^ 
 
 Alonzo a. Whitchki; " 92 
 
 Jacob C. Whitchki; " 94 
 
 Arthur W. Whitchki; " 94 
 
 James H. Will()U(;hi;v " 94 
 
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 William Fi llwi 
 
 Lemuel Fulla.m 
 
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CHAPTKR I. 
 CHASE VVHlTCHL-K-ANCESTliY. 
 
 In his history of Warren, N. H.. \\'iHi;iin Little lias a 
 most interesting chapter on tlie carl^ settlement of that 
 mountain town. The proprietors, feaif'iil of lo.'^iiiii- tiuir 
 charter if the town remained without |)opulation, l)e<ran in the 
 spring of" 1768, to make what they regarded as generou.< of- 
 fers to induce settlers to go into their wilderness possessions 
 and establish for themselves homes. They voted at their 
 annual meetingr to jjive each individual who should settle in 
 town prior to October 1st of" that year, fifty acres of land 
 and six pounds in money. They eent a road clearing com- 
 mittee to the new township, with instructions to lay out 
 twenty-five lots of land in such places Jis they thought 
 proper, each fanuly settling, as provided for by the vote, to 
 have one of the lots, the first settler to have first choice, and 
 the others choice in order of settlement. Under the terms 
 of this oflfer, five families established themselves in town in 
 the summer of 17fi8, and with additional inducements of- 
 fered, two other settlers, John \\'hitcher and riohn Morrill 
 came to town in the spring of 17(59. For the next three 
 years the matter of settlement was at a standstill, when the 
 proprietors offered still larger inducements, determined that 
 their charter should not be forfeited for lack of settlers. 
 They laid out a new highway over the summit to Haverhill 
 Corner, increased their offer of land to sixty acres, and pro- 
 posed bounties to those who should fall treses preparatory to 
 
CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 clearing land. As a result in the year 1772, the five who 
 had made themselves homes were reinforced by nearly a 
 dozen others, most of whom brought their families with 
 them. 
 
 Among these, and youngest of them all, was Chase 
 Whitcher, jounger brother of John Whitcher, who was one of 
 seven first settlers. He was born in Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 6, 
 1753, son of Joseph and Martha \^'hittier, and was fourth 
 in descent from Thomas Whittier, the first of his name in 
 America, and supposed to be of Huguenot descent. The 
 name almost from the first is variously spelled. There is 
 evidence that for seveial generations it was pronounced as of 
 two syllables — "Whit-tier ' — the "ti" of the second syllable 
 having the sound of '"ch." The most common spelling of 
 the name in the 17th centurv records is Whittier, though 
 the name of Nathaniel, one of the sons of Thomas, b. Salis- 
 bury, 1658, appears frequently in the Salisbury records as 
 "Whitcher." This form of spelling, and a similar one, 
 Whicher, which seem to have been espescially frequent in the 
 Salisbury records, later bccan)e quite common, and some 
 branches of the family came to adopt it uniforml3^ 
 
 Thomas Whittier was born in England in 1622. Little 
 is known of his antecedents. His name first appears in con- 
 nection with that of John Rolfe, spelled also Ralfe, Roflfe, 
 and Roafe, "who came to America in the ship Confidence in 
 1638, from Melchett Parke, Wilts, via Southampton with 
 wife Ann, daughter Hester, and 'servant', Thomas Whit- 
 tier.^'' Rolfe's will, dated March 29, 1663-4, after sundry 
 items makes bequests; 5th, to ''■Thomas Whittier's five 
 children," * * * 7th to Richard Whittyer, my sister's son, 
 and her son John Whittier." Thomas Whittier^ according 
 to the Haverhill records, married Ruth Green. Just her 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 rel;itiuii to John Rolfe and Henry Rolfe his brother, who 
 mentions Thomas ]i^Ai7//e?" ns ''kinsinjui" is uncertain. She 
 may have been a half-sister, or a widow when she married 
 Whittier, or possibly a sister of John Kolfe's wife. Thomas 
 Whitlier, in the latter event m;iy have been a nephew of 
 the Rolfe's, as is stated by Pickard in his life of John 
 Greenleaf Whittier. He was certainly thirty years youn<j:cr 
 than John Rolfe. This much is certain, he came to An)erica 
 with the Rolfes, an<l was ihcir relative either by l)h>od or 
 marriage. 
 
 Thomas Whittier, the boy of sixteen, lived with the 
 Rolfes, probably with John, who settled in Salisbury, until 
 the time of his marriage sometime in 1646, when he was 
 about twenty-four years of age. It is a tradition in the fam- 
 ily that as a young man he was of gigantic size, weighing 
 more than three hundred pounds before he reached the age 
 of twenty-one, and that he was also possessed of proportion- 
 ate physical and muscular strength. From facts obtained 
 from the early records it is certain that he possessed both 
 moral and physical courage in a high degree. 
 
 He received his grant of land and settled at first, on attain- 
 ing his majority, or |)reviously, in Salisbury, on land which 
 is now within the limits of the town of Amesbury and bor- 
 dering on the Powow river, a tributary of the Merrimac. 
 Included in the grant which he received was a hill which 
 still bears his name. He lived in Salisbury until early in 
 1649, serving the town in various offices of trust, and was 
 sent as a deputy from the town to the General Court. He 
 lived for a few months in that year across the river in New- 
 bury, but some time in that same year, 1649, must have 
 taken up his residence in Haverhill, about ten miles up the 
 river from his former home, as the Haverhill records show 
 
CliA^E W HITCH Eli AND 
 
 that his eldot^t son, rJohn, was born in that town, December 
 23, 1649. He lived in Haverhill the remainder of his life, 
 where all his chihben wore born, except his eldest daughter, 
 Mary, born Oct. 1), 1647 in Salisbury. That Pickard's 
 statement that he went to Haverhill in 1647 is incorrect is 
 evidenced by the fact that he was given liberty by Salisbury 
 to make three barrels of" tar in that town early in 1649. 
 Chase, in his history (»f Haverhill, states that he went from 
 Newbury to Haverhill about 1650, but as already noted, his 
 son, John, was born in Haverhill in December, 1649. He 
 settled some mile or more away from the Merrimac in the 
 eastern part of the town, upon the bank of a small stream 
 now known as "Country Brook," but then as "East 
 Meadow Brook." In his first house, which was built of 
 logs, and which was situated about a mile southeast of the 
 one he built later, all but the eldest of his ten children were 
 born. His five sons all possessed the stalwart proportions 
 of their father, each of them being more than six feet in 
 height. He lived in this log house with his large family 
 until he was about sixty-six years of age, when he began to 
 hew the oaken timbers for a new dwellino- selecting the site 
 upon the banks of a pretty rivulet running along the base of 
 what is known as Job's Hill. His new and commodious 
 house, which has sheltered generation after generation of his 
 descendants, and which, still standing, has acquired fame as 
 the birthplace of his great-great grandson, John Greenleaf 
 Whittier, was erected in 1688-89, and was occupied by 
 Thomas Whittier until his death, Nov. 28, 1696, and by 
 his widow until her death in July, 1710. The spot is a 
 picturesque one but has always been isolated. Here in the 
 northeast corner of the town, and only three- miles from the 
 city with its 30,000 inhabitants, was such seclusion from the 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS, 
 
 outeide world, that from the time of the erection of the 
 Whittier house, to the present, no neighbor's roof has been 
 in sight. The scene of "Snowbound" is laid here, and in 
 this idyl of New England life, the poet says, referring to 
 the isolation of tlie home : 
 
 "No social Bmoke 
 CurltHl over woods of snow-hung oak," 
 
 In his life of the poet V^'hittier, Pickard gives a descrip- 
 tion of the sunoundiiigH ot the pioneer Thomas, and also 
 some iubight into the life and chaviu-ler of one who was no 
 ordinary man in the worl<l and times in which he lived. 
 He says : 
 
 "Haverhill wa< firsst settled in ll)4(>, and was for seventy 
 years a frontier town, an unbroken wilderness stretching to 
 the north for more than a hundred miles. During the first 
 forty years of the settlement, there was no trouble from the 
 Indians who fished in the lakes and hunted among the moun- 
 tains of New Hampshire ; but during the next thirty years 
 they were frequently hostile, and Haverhill suffered all the 
 horrors that accompany savage warfare. When these hos- 
 tilities began, in 1670, Thomas Whittier had been living in 
 his lo"- house on East Meadow Brook for nearly thirty years, 
 receiving frequent visits from the Indians, whose respect and 
 friendship he won by the fearlessness and justice he dis- 
 played in his dealings with then). 
 
 "When friendly intercourse with the pioneers was broken^ 
 and the savages began to make their forays upon this ex- 
 posed settlement, several houses in the town were fitted up 
 as garrisons, and we find that in 1675 Thomas Whittier was 
 one of a committee appointed to select the houses that 
 should be fortified as places of refuge. But though many of 
 his townspeople were killed or carried into captivity, he 
 
(T 0HA8E WHIT CHER AND 
 
 never availed himself of this shelter for himself or his fam- 
 ily, and it is the tradition that he did not even bar his doors 
 at night. His frame house, now standing, was built in the 
 midst of the Indian troubles, and he had occupied it several 
 years before the principal massacres, the records of which 
 make the bloodiest pages in the annals of Haverhill. The 
 Hannah Dustin affair occurred in 1697, a year after the 
 death of the pioneer. The Dusting lived in the western part 
 of the town, remote from the Whittiers, and nearly all the 
 tragic events of these troublous tinies in Haverhill were 
 beyond the limits of the East Parish. But the Indians in 
 their war paint occasionally passed up the Country Brook, 
 and the evening firelight in the VVhittier kitchen would re- 
 veal a savage face at the window. But this household was 
 never harmed. 
 
 "Thomas Whittier was a contemporary of George Fox, 
 and appears to have had much respect for the doctrines of 
 the new Society of Friends. In 1652, he was among the 
 petitioners to the General Court for the pardon of Robert 
 Pike, who had been heavily fined for speaking against the 
 order prohibiting the Quakers Joseph Peasley and Thomas 
 Macy from exhorting on the Lord's Day. The meetings of 
 the Quakers had been held in their own dwelling-houses. 
 A petition against this order had been signed by many of 
 the residents of Haverhill, and when it was presented in the 
 General Court, a committee of that body was appointed to 
 wait upon the petitioners, and command them to withdraw 
 it or suffer the consequences. Some of them did retract 
 when thus callen upon, but two of the sixteen who refused 
 were Thomas Whittier and Christopher Hussey, both of 
 them ancestors of the poet. The only punishment they re- 
 ceived was withdrawal for some years of their rights as 
 
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HIS JJESCENDANTS. 
 
 * 'freemen.' The disaljility in the ease of Whittier was re- 
 moved in May, 166(1, when he took the oath of citizenship. 
 The franchise at this time was granted only to those who 
 were named as worthy by the General Court. He not only 
 had the right to vote, but was an office-holder and man ot" 
 mark in Salisbury and Newbury for many years previous to 
 his residence in Haverhill, and had also been a member of 
 the General Court; and there can be little doubt that the 
 delay in conferring upon him the full rights of citizenship in 
 the last-named town was due to doubts respecting his ortho- 
 doxy. It may be that his intert-st in the doctrines of the 
 new sect carried him beyond the point of desiring for its 
 preachers fair play and freedom of utterance, but there is no 
 evidence that he joined the Society of Friends. Indeed, we 
 find him in his later years acting upon the ecclesiastical com- 
 mittees of the church then dominant in the colony. 
 
 His capacity for civic usefulness was recognized for years 
 before the right to vote was conferred upon him. In laying 
 out roads, fixing the bounds of the plantation, and in other 
 ways, his engineering skill was drawn upon. \Vhen he 
 came to Haverhill from Newbury, in 1647, it was consid- 
 ered of sufficient importance to note in the town records the 
 fact that he brought with him a hive of bees that had been 
 willed to him by his uncle, Henry Rolfe. This incident 
 seems embleuiatic of the industrv and thrift which have so 
 largely characterized his posterity ; and it has furnished a de- 
 vice which has been woven by some members of the family 
 into the Whittier monogram." 
 
 CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND RUTH GREEN WHITTIER. 
 
 2. I. Mary, b. Salisbury, Oct. 9, 1647, m. Haverhill, 
 Sept. 21, 1666, Benjamin Page. 
 
8 CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 3. II. John, b. Haverhill, Dec. 23, 1649, m. Jan. 14, 
 
 1685-6, Mary Hoyt. 
 
 4. III. Ruth, b. Haverhill. Nov. 6, 16,51, m. Salisbury, 
 
 Apr. 20, 1675, Joseph True. 
 
 5. IV. Thomas, b. Haverhill, Jan. 12, 1653-4, resided 
 
 in Haverhill, d. Haverhill, Oct. 17, 1728, no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 6. V. Susanna, b. Haverhill, March 27, 1656, m. July 
 
 15, 1674, Jacob Morrill. 
 
 7. VI. NathanieU b. Haverhill, Aug. 14, 1658. 
 
 8. VII. Hannah, b. Haverhill, Sept. 10, 1660, m. May 
 
 30, 1683, Edward Young of Haverhill. 
 
 9. VIII. Richard, b. Haverhill, June 27, 1663, resided 
 
 Haverhill, d. March 5, 1724-5, no children. 
 
 10. IX. Elizabeth, b. Haverhill, Nov. 21, 1666, in. 
 
 June 22, 1699, James Sanders, Jr., of Haverhill. 
 
 11. X. Joseph, b. Haverhill, May 8, 1669, m. May 24, 
 
 1694, Mary Peasley. 
 
 (7). Nathaniel Whittiev, (or as the name is some- 
 times spelled in the records, Whilcher,) son of Thomas and 
 Ruth (Green) Whittier, b. Aug 11, 1658, settled in Salis- 
 bury, and married 1st, Aug. 26, 1685, Mary, widow of 
 John Osgood of Salisbury. Her maiden name was Mary 
 Stevens, b. 1647, daughter of John and Katherine Stevens 
 of Salisbury. She m. Nov. 5, 1668, John Osgood of Salis- 
 bury, who d. Nov. 7, 1683-4. They were the parents of 
 six children. She d. May 11, 1705. Nathaniel m. 2d, Mary, 
 yridow of Joseph Ring of Salisbury. Her maiden name 
 was Mary Brackett, daughter of Capt. Anthon Brackett 
 and Anne his wife, and granddaughter of "Michel" 
 and Elizabeth Mitten, formerly of Casco Bay. Nathaniel 
 
Ills BESCEiWBAyrS. 
 
 Whittier took the oath of allegiance at Haverhill in 1677, 
 and was admitted a freeman in 16110. His first wife, Mary, 
 was a witness in the Susanna Martin trial in 1692. 
 "Good wife" Martin was tried for witchcraft at Salem, June 
 29, and executed July 19, 1692. Both Nathaniel and 
 Mary, however, signed the petition in favor of Mary Brad- 
 bury, who was also convicted of witchcraft in that year, hut 
 was not executed. 
 
 Nathaniel died in Salisbury, July 18, 1722, his widow. 
 Mary, surviving him until July 19, 1742. 
 
 CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL AND MARY OSGOOD 
 
 AVHITTIEK. 
 
 12. I. Renben, b. Salisbury, March 17, 1686-7. 
 
 13. II. Ruth. I). Salisbury, Oct. 14, 1688, m. Apr. 9, 
 
 1728, Benjamin Green, probably of Dover, N. H. 
 There is a record of the baptism of Ixiitii Whitcher. 
 adub, Aug. 1716, Salisbury church. 
 
 (12) lienhen Whittier or Whitcher m\\(\e his home in 
 his native town, Salisbury, until his death at the age of 36 
 in 1722, a few months after the death of his father. He 
 was married to Deborah Pillsbury of Newbury in the hitter 
 part of 1708, the record of publishment being dated Nov. 13 
 in that year. He was a member of the Salisbury militia, 
 and was one of the "one-half of the company" which was 
 "imprest for her majesties' service in the field," in 1710. 
 In the list of the men thus "imprest" and who went to Exe- 
 ter, N. H., July 5, 1710. his name appears as "Rubin 
 Whicher." In the order to sergt. Thos. Bradbury of Salis- 
 bury, who had charge of the Exeter expedition, he is ex- 
 horted by Capt. Henry True, to be "very Kerfull of your- 
 
10 CHA^E WHITCHER AND 
 
 self & men in your March." Reuben W'hittier died in 
 Salisbury, Nov. 18, 1722. His widow, Deborah, m. Sept. 
 1724, Zechariah Eastman of Salisbury, son of John and 
 Mary (Boynton) Eastman. 
 
 CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND DEBORAH PILLSBURY 
 
 WHITTIER. 
 
 14. I. Mary, b. Salisbury. Sept 25, 1709. 
 
 15. II. Nathaniel, b. Salisbury, Auof. 12, 1711. 
 
 16. III. Willi;un. b. Salisbury, Nov. 20, 1714. 
 
 17. IV. Reuben, h. Salisbury, 171(i. 
 
 18. v. Richard, b. Salisbury, 1717. 
 li). VI. Joseph, b. Salisbury, May 2, 1721. 
 20. VII. Benjamin, b. Salisbury, May 4, 1722. 
 
 The records of the West Church, Salisbury, show that 
 Dec. 2, 1722, just subsequent to death of Reuben, his seven 
 children received the sacrament of baptism, the name ap- 
 pearinji iu the record as "VVitcher." In the final settle- 
 ment ot his estate the committee on the division reported 
 that it could not be divided without loss. Nathaniel 
 VVhittier, eldest son, who was heir to a double portion, 
 bouiiht out the others and gave his bond to pay, dated May 
 28, 17H3. With the consent of their mother, Joseph Os- 
 good was appointed May 24, 1733, guardian of the three 
 vouno-est children, Richard, Joseph and Benjamin. 
 
 (19) Joseph Whittier, son of Reuben and Deborah 
 PiUsbury Whittier, also resided in Salisbury. He m. in 
 Salisbury, Jan. 13, 1743, Martha, daughter of John Evans, 
 Esq., ofNottingham, N. H. They were quiet, God-fearing 
 people, and the records show that they were connected 
 with the Second Church, being received into its communion 
 
HIS I)ES(J?JNDANTS. 11 
 
 Jan. 4, 175(), the name being' cipelled on the record 
 "VVhitcher." Previously, Nov. 18, 1748, Joseph and 
 Martha liad "owned the covenant" on the occasion of ihe 
 baptism of their three little daughters, Deborah, Dorothy 
 and Sarah. The children of Joseph and Martha Evans 
 Whitcher were all born in Salisbury, but it is not probable 
 that any of them settled in their native town, as the names 
 of none of them appenr in the records of the town, either 
 chiu'ch or civil, after the year 1756. Three of the four sons 
 certainlv went to Warren, N. H., one daughter, Sarah, died 
 in 1748, and it is not unlikely that the jiarents, Joseph and 
 Martha, may have, late in lite, made their homes with some 
 one of their chiMren, if they had not, as will subsequently be 
 suggested, removed to Kingston, N. H. 
 
 CHILDREN OF .TOSEPH AND MARTHA EVANS WHITTIER 
 
 OR (WHITCHER). 
 
 I)el)orah. b. Salisbury, Sept. 4, 1744. 
 Dorothy, b. Salisbury, Nov. 30, 1745. 
 Sarah, b. Salisbury. Sept. 18, 1747, d. Dec. 
 
 29, 1748. 
 John, 1). Salisbury, June 19, 1749. 
 Reuben, b. Salisbury. Sept. 19, 1751. 
 Chase, b. Salisbury, Oct. (i. 1753. 
 Joseph, b. Salisbury, Oct. 31, 1755. 
 
 For four generations the family had been, at least in the 
 branch which has been thus far traced, identified with the 
 town of Salisbury. 
 
 21. 
 
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 23. 
 
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 24. 
 
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 25. 
 
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 2(5. 
 
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 27. 
 
 VII 
 
12 CHASE W HIT O HER AND 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 SETTLEMENT IN WARKEN. 
 
 As has been previously noted, Chase VVhitcher came to 
 Warren, as nearly as can be ascertained, in the spring of 
 1772. His brother, John, had come three years previously, 
 and two other brothers. Keuben and J(»8e|)h, came a little 
 hiter than CIkhc. The question naturally arises, why did 
 these l)rother8 leave Salisbury iiiid make their way, for a 
 jony; distance throuirh an almost unbroken wilderness into 
 northern New Hampshire, to establish homes for themselves 
 in the wilderness town of" Warren? Several answers sug- 
 gpst themselves. Salisbury had become a comparatively 
 old town, having been settled for more than one hundred 
 and twenty-five years. The land available for farming pur- 
 poses had been taken up, improved, and much of it had 
 l)een worn out. The young men of the town had become 
 restless and were seeking new openings and fields for their 
 activity. Many of the previous generation had left the 
 
 town for newer settlements in the southern part of New 
 Hampshire and in eastern Maine. Governor Benning 
 Wentworth of the New Hampshire province was granting 
 numerouB charters of townships, so numerous that a large 
 section of the Connecticut valley, especially west of the Con- 
 necticut river where he claimed jurisdiction, was known as 
 the New Hampshire Grants. Land was cheap in these new 
 townships, indeed was to be had for the asking, on condition 
 that it be occupied and improved, so eager were the grant- 
 ees or proprietors to secure the settlement and improvement 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 13 
 
 of their possessions. The sons of Joseph and Martha 
 Whittier, if they \\m\ the pioneer 8|)irit, would naturally be 
 attracted by the inducements offered in some of these new 
 towns, and Chaae Wkitcher, the hoy, not quite nineteen, 
 evidently had this spirit. It may be interesting to quote 
 the account given of him by Little, the historian of Warren : 
 
 "Chase \\ liitcher came next, ami although a mere boy he 
 took possession of a lot of land in the north part of the 
 town, fell a few acres of trees, and built himself a log camp 
 covered with bark. He was sent by the proprietors, they 
 observing that he was a lesolute youth, that they might if 
 possible fulfill the first condition of the charter. 
 
 "He was a tall, bony. rawbuiJt fellow with a spare face, 
 red hair, foiul of the forest, and given to hunting and trap- 
 ping. The mink, muskrat and otter he caught by thefoamv, 
 roistering Oliverian : beaver he trappe<l at Beaver-Meadow 
 ponds, the head waters of the Wild Ammonoosuc, and his 
 sable lines ran here and there upon the sides of the moun- 
 tains. The cry of his old hound-dog in the woods was 
 music to him, and following a moose one day he climbed 
 on Moosehillock, (or Moosilauke) being the first settler 
 that ever stood on its bald summit. 
 
 "At another time he was chasing a wild buck, which ran 
 down on the rocky crest of Owl's Head mountain. Whitcher 
 heard the baying of his fjiithful hound in the distance, at 
 regular intervals, each time coming nearer, and cocking his 
 rifle got behind a rock, thinking to shoot the stag as he 
 passed. He did not have to wait long. The deer burst out 
 of the thin woods fifty rods away, too far off for a shot, and 
 bounded towards the edge of the precipice. He whistled to 
 the old dog following closely behind, whose three wild yells 
 rang out regularly upon the clear mountain air, but could 
 
14 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 not make him hear. Neither deer nor hound heeded where 
 they were going, and when they reached the brink of the 
 mountain, in the excitement ot the moment the hunter held 
 hid breath, a8 he saw the buck, unable to stop, and the great 
 black hound, intent only on his prey, both leap far out over 
 the edge of the precipice, then falling swift as lightning dis- 
 appear in the abyss a hundred fathoms down. 
 
 "In an hour the young man had climbed down through 
 the woods by a roundabout way to the foot of the mountain, 
 where he found the deer dead, and his hound with one leg 
 broken and otherwise terribly bruised. The dog had lighted 
 on the top of a great pine, which broke the force of his fall. 
 In time he got well, but could never be induced to run 
 another deer on the top of Owl's Head mountain." 
 
 But the question, why did the Whitcher brothers choose 
 Warren in preference to other towns, is still unanswered. 
 The family records are silent on this subject, but the early 
 records of Salisbury, Haverhill and Amesbury, throw some 
 lio-ht on the matter, enough to warrant drawing some con- 
 clusions which may be helpful. The town of Warren was 
 granted January 2a, 1764, to John Page, Esq., of Kings- 
 ton and 56 others. John Page was a prominent citizen of 
 Kino-ston, and the others mentioned in the grant were his 
 friends and neighbors in Kingston and adjoining towns, and 
 friends in Salisbury, Haverhill, and Amesbury, Mass., 
 towns which had been the home§ of his parents, grandpar- 
 ents and great grandparents. He was himself a native of 
 Haverhill, born about 1710-11, and was a great-grandson of 
 John Page who settled in Haverhill about 1652. His 
 granduncle, Benjamin, son of John, m. Sept. 21, 1666, 
 Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas and Ruth Green Whittier. 
 The descendants of John the first were numerous, not only 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 15 
 
 in Havcrliill, but alsu in Sjilishury and Amesbury. Then, 
 too, amons the associate j^ranteea ot Warren are found the 
 names of William Wliitcher and Joseph Whitcher. The 
 former was a son of Reuben and Deborah Pillsbury Whit- 
 tier, born in Salisbury, Nov. 20, 1714. W^illiam Whitcher 
 removed to Kingston ccmtemporaneously with John Page, 
 who went there from Haverhill. The Joseph named was 
 probably the father of John, Reuben, Chase, and Joseph, 
 and brother of William. This much is certain, there is no 
 trace of" Jose[)h and Murtha Evans Whittier to be found in 
 Salisbury after about 17(50, and it would have been only 
 natural thnt they should have followed hi^ brother, William, 
 to Kingston, a New Iljimpshire town which was but a few 
 miles distant from Salisbury. There is also another hint 
 which may be helpfid in suggestion as to why Chase Whit- 
 cher in seeking a new home went to Warren. The names 
 of no less than four Morrills appear among the Warren 
 grantees. Increase Morrill, of Amesbury, who died in 
 June, 1777, left to his children a grant of land in Warren. 
 Among his children was a daughter, Hannah, born June 19, 
 1753, baptized July 14, 1753, as appears by the Amesbury 
 church records. Chase Whitcher, after he came to Warren 
 in 1772, made more or less frequent trips to his old home, 
 and in the summer of 1777 went down to Amesbury, mar- 
 ried July (), Hannah, daughter of Increase and Sarah Her- 
 bert Morrill and brought her to the home he had established 
 in the north part of the new town. 
 
 The reasons why Warren became the objective point for 
 these four pioneer brothers, are thus made comparatively 
 clear. It was not an accident that Warren was chosen in- 
 stead of some of the other nearby chartered towns. 
 
W OH A SB WHITOHER AND 
 
 Hannah Morrill* was no ordinary woman, as her chil- 
 dren, and those ot her grandchildren who remembered her, 
 bore abundant testimony. Like her husband, she came of 
 good, sturdy, early New England stock as the record of her 
 ancestry proves. (1) Abraham Morrill (or Morrell) came 
 from England, and settled first in Cambridge in 1632-3. 
 He probably came in the ship "Lion" which arrived in Sep- 
 tember, 1632, He is first nientioned in the Cambridge 
 records, Jan. 1632-3, where he was proprietor in 1636. 
 He was a planter, millwright and ironfounder, and was a 
 member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 
 of Boston in 1638. He was fined in 1641, for "seling his 
 servant his time." He removed to Salisbury about that 
 time and received land in the first division of that town, was 
 a con:>moner and was taxed in 1650. In company with 
 Henry Say wood he built a corn mill on the Powow in 1641. 
 Only four men were taxed for a larger amount in Salisbury, 
 and his estate at death inventoried £564. He married June 
 10, 1645, Sarah, daughter of Robert Clement, of Haverhill. 
 He died June 20, 1662, while on a visit to his brother Isaac 
 in Roxbury. 
 
 *The record in the town clerk's office in Warren gives the date of 
 the birth of Hannah Morrill, wife of Chase Whitcher as June 19, 
 1758. This record was not made till at least thirty years after her 
 marriage, and occurs in the family record of Chase and Hannah 
 Morrill Whitcher in which the name and date of birth of each of 
 their children are given. In the Salisbury and Amesbury records of 
 the Morrill family there are found numerous "Hannahs," but none 
 in the records of either town, anywhere near the age of Chase 
 Whitcher except one "Hannah" of Salisbury, b. in 1752, and 
 "Hannah," daughter of Increase, of Amesbury, b. June 19, 1753. 
 It would be comparatively easy to mistake a "3" for an "8," and 
 by such mistake, what is undoubtedly an error in the Warren 
 records was made. The Warren, N H. and Amesbury, Mass. records 
 agree so far as they go, except in this single particular, and all 
 other evidence available indicates beyond doubt that Hannah Mor- 
 rill, wife of Chase Whitcher, was the daughter of Increase Morrill, 
 of Amesbury. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 17 
 
 4. 
 
 III. 
 
 5. 
 
 IV. 
 
 6. 
 
 V. 
 
 7. 
 
 VI. 
 
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 VII. 
 
 9. 
 
 VIII 
 
 10. 
 
 IX. 
 
 CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND SAKAH CLEMENT MOKRILL. 
 
 2. I. Isaac, b. Saliebury, July 10, 1646. 
 
 3. II. Jacob, b. Salisbury, Aug. 24, 1648, m. Julv 
 
 15, 1674, Susanna, daughter of Thom:K-< 
 
 and Ruth Whit tier. 
 Snrah, b. Salisbury, Oct. 14, 1650. 
 Abraham, b. Salisbury. Nov. 14, 1652. 
 Moses, b. Salisbury, Dec. 28, 1655, m. K. - 
 
 becca Barnes. 
 Aaron, b. Salisbury, Aug. 9, 1658. 
 Richard, b. Salisbury, Feb. 6, 1660. 
 Lydia, b. Salisbury, March 8, 1661. 
 Hejjzibah, b. Salisbury, Jan. 1663 (pos- 
 
 thunuis). 
 
 (6). Lieutenant Moses Mori-ill oi' Aniesbury, b. Dec. 
 28, 1655. 111. Rebecca, daughter of William and Riichel 
 Barnes of Salisbury and Amesbury. She was dismissed 
 from the Salisbury to the Amesbury church, Feb. 8, 1699, 
 and with her husband was living in Amesbury as late :is 
 1726. She died Apr. 8, 1727, and her husband died in 
 Salisbury, .May 20, 1731. 
 
 CHILDREN OF MOSES AND REBECCA BARNES MORRILL. 
 
 11. I. Rachel, b. Amesbury, Aug. 12, 1686. 
 
 12. II. William Barnes, h. Amesbury, March 19, 
 
 1688, m. June 6, 1717, Lydia Pillsburv of 
 
 Salisbury. 
 Sarah, b. Amesbury, Jan. 30, 1689-90. 
 Hannah, b. Amesbury, Aug. 14. 1692. 
 Ann, b. Amesbury, Oct. 9, 1694. 
 Judith, b. Amesbury, Dec. 20, 1696. 
 
 13. 
 
 Ill 
 
 14. 
 
 IV 
 
 15. 
 
 V. 
 
 16. 
 
 VI 
 
18 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 (12). William Barnes Morrill of Amesbury, East 
 Parish, b. March 19, 1688, son of Moses and Rebecca 
 Barnes Morrill, in. Ist,' June 6, 1717, Lydia Pillsbury of 
 Salisbury ; 2nd in 1733, Judith 
 
 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM BARNES AND LYDIA PILLSBURY 
 
 MORRILL. 
 
 Moses, b. March 9, 1717-18. 
 Rebecca, b. Nov. 9, 1719. 
 Increase, b. Oct. 15, 1721. 
 Mary, b. Oct 20, 1723. 
 Simeon, b. May 9, 1726. 
 Hannah, b. Sept. 28, 1728. 
 William, b. Nov. 18, 1730. 
 Lydia, (by second wife) b. June 4, 1734. 
 Eliot, b. May 2, 1737. 
 Lydia, b. July 13, 1739. 
 
 The above named were all born in Amesbury, East Par- 
 ish. The record of the baptism of the four younger chil- 
 dren appears in the East Parish Church records. 
 
 (19). Increase Morrill, b. Oct. 1.5, 1721, m. Nov. 
 22, 1744, Sarah Herbert of Salisbury. She owned cove- 
 nant in First Church, Amesbury, May 17, 1747, and was 
 received to full communion the same dav. His will is 
 dated May 15, 1777, and was proved June 14 the same 
 year, about three weeks previous to the marriage of his 
 daughter, Hannah, to Chase Whitcher . He gave land in 
 Warren to children. Mrs. Morrill was a devoted member 
 of the first Amesbury church, in the records of which the 
 baptism of each of her children appears. 
 
 17. 
 
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 18. 
 
 II. 
 
 19. 
 
 III. 
 
 •20. 
 
 IV. 
 
 21. 
 
 V. 
 
 22. 
 
 VI. 
 
 23. 
 
 VII. 
 
 24. 
 
 VIII 
 
 25. 
 
 IX. 
 
 26. 
 
 X. 
 
27. 
 
 I. 
 
 2^. 
 
 11. 
 
 29. 
 
 III. 
 
 30. 
 
 IV. 
 
 81. 
 
 V. 
 
 32. 
 
 VI. 
 
 HIS DESCENDANTS. li) 
 
 CHILDREN OF INCREASE AND SARAH HERBERT 
 
 MORRILL. 
 
 Rebecca, b. Jan. 27, 1746. 
 
 Richard, b. March 2i», 1748. 
 
 Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1750. 
 
 Ilannali, b. June 19, 1753, baptized July 14, 
 
 1753. 
 John, I). Oct. 13, 1755. 
 
 William, b. baptized, Sept. 3, 175^. 
 
 33. VII. Samuel, b. Feb. 4, 1761. 
 
 The above were all born in Ameebury, and it was from 
 her Amesbury home that Hannah Morrill went with her 
 husband in July, 1777, ]u^t alter the death of her father, 
 to her new honte in Warren. That home was a log house 
 in a clearinij of a tew acres o\\ the Oliverian, at what is now 
 known as Warren Summit, or Glencliff. The house was 
 but a tew rods trom the present Gleiiclitf railroad station, 
 and near that occupied so many years by .Mr. and .Mr?;. 
 James Harriman and known as the Harriman place. Neigh- 
 bors were tew. A settlement had just been made on Coventry 
 Meadows, nearly two miles away through the forest ; John 
 Whitcher was established on Pine Hill, a mile and a half 
 distant , there were four or tive other families within a ra- 
 dius ot two miles, and that was all. It was a hun)ble home, 
 with turniture and household utensils of the most primitive 
 sort, where luxury was unknown, and where the barest ne- 
 cesbities of life were often scarce and scanty. Nearly every- 
 thing was of home production, and life in this wilderness 
 settlement and home was a struggle for existence. In this 
 home of hardship and poverty, for life could have been little 
 else than hardship and poverty, the eleven children of Chase 
 
20 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 and Hannah Morrill Wliitcher were l)orn and reared. 
 There were no schools, at least none for the older of the 
 children, but the mother found time to give them each a fair 
 education. The father was too busy felling trees, clearing 
 land, o-athering his scant crops, to say nothing of his trap- 
 nino- and hunting, to give much attention to the education 
 of his children, and even had he not been too busy, the 
 mother was better equipped for the task of teaching. 
 
 The War of the Revolution was in progress when Chase 
 Wliitcher brought hi.< bride home, and he had already taken 
 an active part in that t^truggle. He was on one of his trips 
 ••down country," probal)ly visiting his relatives in Kingston, 
 when the news came of the fiuht at Concord and Lexington, 
 April 19, 1775. He was not long in deciding his course, 
 and April 23, 1775 found him a member of Capt. Henry 
 Dearborn's company. Col. John Stark's regiment, on his 
 wav to Cliarlestown. His three months' service lasted till 
 Auiiust 1, and as a member of Col. Stark's regiment he par- 
 ticipated in the battle of Bunker Hill. After the failure of 
 Arnold's expedition to Canada, there was much excitement 
 in Warren as well as all along the frontier in the summer of 
 1776 over a threatened invasion from Canada, and there was 
 a iireat demand for arms and ammunition. The number of 
 thirteen guns was needed in the Warren settlement, and 
 thev could be obtained only at Exeter. Chase Whitcher 
 was given by the Coos Committee of Safety the sum of 
 twentv-four pounds to make the necessary purchase, he giv- 
 ino- security to pay the same when detnanded. He went to 
 Exeter, secured the guns and ammunition, and loading them 
 on his horse, led his beast thus loaded, through the wilder- 
 ness over a rough bridle path for most of the way, until he 
 brought them safely to Warren, where they were quickly 
 
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 distributed among the settlers. Again, only a little time af- 
 ter hie marriage when the call came for volunteers to join 
 John Stark at Bennington, he became Sept. 8, 1777, a 
 member of Capt, Nathan Sanborn's company in CoK 
 Stephen Evans' regiment and served till December 16th in 
 that same year. 
 
 In the same spirit that moved him to join the ranks of 
 those fighting for independence, the early recoixls show that 
 he bore his part in the affairs of the frontier town. 
 The scant records of the early town meetings show that he 
 served in the offices t»f' constable, then a iiighly important 
 position, tax collector, moderator, and for years filled the 
 various minor offices of his town with fidelity and usefulness, 
 lie was also prominent in the militia of the town, the title 
 *'Lieut." beinj; ^iven him in the town records. He was al- 
 ways poor. The inventory of his taxable property was never 
 in any one year, more than five hundred dollars, but there is 
 evidence that he avoided debt, and met the modest obliga- 
 tions he incurred. Famous as a hunter, he shot and 
 killed the only caribou ever killed in his section, was the 
 first white man to stand on the summit of Moosilauke, a 
 mountain afterward owned by one of his grandsons, was the 
 first to welcome the Methodist itinerant to the North Coun- 
 try, and was a member of the first class formed by that 
 pioneer itinerant, Elijah R. Sabin, who was appointed by 
 the New York Conference to the Landaff circuit in 1800. 
 The account given by Little of Sabin's visit is an interesting 
 one. He says : 
 
 "One day in July, 1800, a solitary horseman was seen 
 riding up the road. He stopped at Joseph Merrill's inn, 
 baited his horse, and while he was eating his own dinner 
 casually dropped a few words upon religious matters. They 
 
2^ CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 seemed to make but little impression, and saying something' 
 about stonv ground and hardness of heart, he rode awaj 
 over Pine hill to the Summit. That horseman was the Rev. 
 Elijah R. Sabin, a missionary ot Methodism. Hundreds ot 
 them were riding the country through, preaching in the 
 houses, the barns, in the forests, or out in the broad open 
 air, anywhere they could get a congregation to hear them, 
 bringing new religious ideas to the people. 
 
 "That night he scopped with Mr. Chase Whitcher, by the 
 wild roistenng Oliverian. The morrow was the sabbath, 
 and after the morning meal a meeting was sugi2:ested. Mr. 
 Whitcher was pleased with the idea. A messenger went to 
 the settlers on Pine hill, down on old Coventry meadows, 
 and to Mr. Eastman's, the first settler of High street. 
 
 ''By ten o'clock, quite a congregation had assembled, and 
 under the maples — they grow there now — by the laughing 
 stream, the first religious meeting was held on the summit. 
 They had no choir, but the reverend man sang in clear 
 sweet voice, one of those stirring revival hymns of John VV^es- 
 lev, which were then waking men's souls through all the 
 land. His discourse took powerful hold on his little con- 
 gregation, and before he left this valley, hollowed between 
 five peaks of the mountains, he had laid the foundation for a 
 society, and formed a class consisting of three members — 
 Chase Whitcher, Dolly Whitcher, afterwards the widow 
 Atwell, and Sarah Barker. When he was gone his words 
 were not forgotten. Many believed his doctrine was true, 
 and before the year passed more than thirty persons had 
 joined the class." 
 
 This was the beginning of Methodism in Warren, where 
 it has been for nearly a century the leading religious society. 
 The lives of Chase and Hannah Morrill Whitcher, must, 
 
WILLIAM WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 23 
 
 from the very circumstances of the time, have been filled 
 with hardship and toil, but they lived to see their children 
 grow up and make homes for themselves, and to see the 
 town in which they were among the few pioneer settlers, 
 become one of the prosperous mountain towns of the state. 
 Hannah Morrill Whitcher died Oct. SIst, 1826, at the age 
 of 73, and Chase Whitcher died in Feb. 1836, in his 83d 
 year. Above their graves in the little cemetery at Warren 
 Summit there was erected by their grandson, the late Ira 
 Whitciier, in 1889, a substantial marble monument. 
 
 CHILDREN OF CHASE AND HANNAH MORRILL 
 WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Wan-en, N. H.) 
 
 28. I. Levi, b. Sept. 22, 1779, died in infancy. 
 
 29. II. Dolly, b. Jan. -I'l, 1781, m. John Atwell of 
 
 Haverhill, and resided in Benton. They 
 had one son, Chase Whitcher Atwell, who 
 died in Bt)ston about 1889 without issue. 
 
 William, b. May 23, 1783. 
 
 .Molly, b. Apr. 16, 1785, died unmarried. 
 
 Chase, Jr., b. Sept. 5, 1787, m. March 21, 
 1813, at New Holderness, N. H,, Mary 
 Green, of New Holderness. They resided 
 in Warren until about 1830, when they 
 removed to Coventry (Benton), afterwards 
 returning to Warren, where he died, Jan. 26, 
 1850. His widow died in Benton, Decem^ 
 ber 14, 1863. They left no children. 
 
 Levi, 2d, b. Aug. 31, 1789, d. unmarried. 
 
 Jacob, b. June 22, 1791. 
 
 Miriam, b. March 18, 1794, m. Joseph Davis 
 
 30. 
 
 Ill 
 
 31. 
 
 IV 
 
 32. 
 
 V. 
 
 33. 
 
 VI. 
 
 34. 
 
 VII. 
 
 35. 
 
 VIII. 
 
2'4 CHA8E WHITCHER AND 
 
 Willoughby of New Holderness, N. H., b. 
 Oct. 19, 1788, d. Aug. 27, 1853 and resi- 
 ded in tbut town until their death. They 
 had three children r 
 
 (1). William Whitcher, b. Feb. 26, 
 1816, d. Somerville, Mass., Aug. 10, 
 1877, m. Sept. 21, 1845, Harriet M. True 
 of Holderness, N. H., b. April 10, 1823. 
 Their two children were, George T., b. 
 Somerville, June 28, 1846, and Harriet 
 M., b. Somerville, Jan. 23, 1856. 
 
 (2). Fatima, b. Oct. 19, 1818, d, 
 Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 23, 1867, m. 
 Samuel Putney, Chelmsford, Mass. They 
 had one daughter, Ella Putney. 
 
 (3). Samuel \V., b. May 6, 1822, d. 
 
 Boston, Sept. 20, 1860, m. , 
 
 left two sons, James H., and Charles. 
 
 36. IX. Hannah, b. March 16, 1796, died unmarried. 
 
 37. X. Martha, b. July 18, 1798, m. Elisha Fullam. 
 
 38. XI. David, b. Jan. 15, 1803. 
 
 None of the children of Chase and Hannah Morrill 
 Whitcher settled permanently in Warren. Chase, Jr., 
 spent some years in town after reaching his majority, but 
 about the year 1830, removed to Coventry, (now Benton), 
 where his three brothers had previously gone, and where 
 Dolly and Martha, two of the three daughters who married, 
 also lived for a time. For the first half of the eighteenth 
 century, the children and grandchildren of Chase Whitcher 
 were prominent factors in the history of that town. 
 
MRS. MARTHA (WHITCHER) FULLAM. 
 
HL^ DESCENDANTS. 25 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 EMIGRATION TO COVENTKY-BENTON. 
 
 Chase Whitcher had never acquired real estate in Warren 
 suitable for settlement, aside from that of hi^ homestead. 
 This, a |)art of which is now, as has before i)een said, the 
 80-called Harriman place, was lot numbered eighteen in the 
 seventh range, which, in the second division of lots had l)een 
 drawn by Abraham Morrill of Salisbury one of the grantees 
 of the town, was sold by him to Chase U'hitcher for the sun) 
 of five pounds, lawful money, by deed of March 14, 177,5. 
 Chase Whitcher was named in the deed as of Nottinf^diam, 
 which was then the residence of his father, Joseph Wliittier, 
 who, it will be remembered, had married his wife, Martha 
 Evans, in that town. Joseph, as has before been noted, 
 was also one of the original proprietors of Warren. Chase 
 was then in his 22d year, and not having acquired title 
 to land in Warren, where he had spent much of the previous 
 three years with his brother, John, and being unmarried, was 
 naturally described as having domicile with his father. The 
 date of this deed, March 14, 1775, also accounts for his 
 presence "down country" that sprhng, and for his becoming 
 a member, April 23, of Captain Henry Dearborn's company 
 on its way to Charlestown and Bunker Hill. On his re- 
 turn to Warren in the late summer, he began clearincr his 
 land, and making ready for a home. His father had con- 
 siderable holdings of land in town, not only as original pro- 
 prietor, but also by acquisition of what remained of the origi- 
 
2G CHA;SE WIIITCHEU AND 
 
 nnl share or right of his brother, William of Kingston, hav- 
 ing purchased this, Oct. 2, 1776, of Isaai; Whitchcr and 
 Nathaniel \\ hitcher, executors of the estate of William. 
 These holdings he from time to time disposed of to his sons, 
 John, Reuben, Chase, and Joseph, Jr. One of his convey- 
 ances bearing date of Feb. 14, 1783, is that of "lot num- 
 bered eio;hteen in the eighth range of lots in the second 
 division in Warren," and was "in consideration of the love 
 and good will that I baire to my son, Chaise W hitcher of 
 Warren, in the County of Grafton, and in further consid- 
 eration of the sum of thirty pounds, lawful money, to me in 
 hand, paid before the delivery hereof by the said Chaise 
 W'hitcher." This lot lies u[i on the mountain to the south- 
 wes^t of \\ arren Summit station, and has never been avail- 
 able for settlement. It now beK)ngs to the estate of the late 
 Ira W hitcher, a great-grandson t)f Joseph, though it passed 
 through many hands before it came into his possession. 
 
 Chase W hitcher also became possessed of land in Cov- 
 entry. By deed of Sept. 30, 1788, he purchased of Sam- 
 uel Atkinson of Boscawen, a hundred acres in Coventry for 
 the sum of thirty pounds, this being described as a tract 
 which had been "deeded to one John Marston, February 5, 
 1780, on condition that he settle in that town," which con- 
 dition, Marston had failed to fulfill. He had thus become 
 interested in Coventry lands, and when his eldest son, 
 William, came to man's estate, the almost unbroken wil- 
 derness of the north part of Coventry, seemed to offer a 
 better chance for settlement than what remained of lands in 
 Warren, that had i\ot been taken up for improvement. It 
 was, therefore, in the year 1805, that William Whitcher 
 went over the pass between the mountains, follow- 
 ing a rough path which had been surveyed for the building 
 
77/6' DESCENDANTS. 27 
 
 of a road, and began clearing land for a home, afterwards 
 the hoinesteadd of his eons, Moses, William, Jr., and Ira. 
 Later he was followed l)y his brothers, Jacob and David, 
 who had at first settled in Warren, and hv his sister, Dolly, 
 who had married John Atwell (it Haverhill, whither he had 
 come from the State of Maine. 
 
 Jacob ^Vhitcher at first establi.-ihed himself in Warren, 
 l)urchasing a farm of his father-iii-law, Stephen Richardson, 
 of thai town, in February, 181.5. but he later removed to 
 Groton, Vt., and still latei- ti) Coventry, where he pur- 
 chased of Benjamin Knight, of LandafF, a farm of fifty acres. 
 
 David ^^'hitcher, youngest son of Chase, arranged to take 
 the homestead farm of his parents, and to remain with them 
 to care for them in their declining years, for, December 19, 
 1828. a few weeks before he reached his majority, his 
 father deeded to him "all that part of my farm which 
 lieth on the easterly side of the road leading from Haverhill 
 to Warren, except one acre and a half where the buildings 
 now stand, occupied by Chase Whitcher, Jr." Still later, 
 Oct. 12, 1827, Chase Whitcher deeded to him a hundred 
 acres on the mountain to the southwest, the consideration 
 being $100. 
 
 elohn and Dolly Whitcher Atwell removed from Haverhill 
 to Coventry about 1819, and settled on a lot near Landafl 
 line, afterwards the farm owned by Samuel. Whitcher, and 
 later by Stephen C. Sherman, — which had been purchased 
 by William Whitcher of Elisha Tyler in 1813. After the 
 death of her husband, about 1829, Dolly Whitcher Atwell 
 returned to tiie home of her father, in Warren, and arran<re- 
 ments were made which led to the removal of David 
 \\'hitcher to Coventry. Her mother had died in 1826, and 
 it was felt that she and her sister, Molly, who had remained 
 
2S CBA^E WIUTCHER AND 
 
 at home unmarried, were perhaps better fitted than others 
 to give their father the care he needed, now that he had 
 passed his three-score years and ten. That William 
 Whitcher came from Coventry and assisted in making the 
 arrangements, is evident from the fact that the deeds of real 
 estate which were made October 20, 1830, appear to have 
 been acknowledged by him as justice of the peace. On this 
 date, David Whitcher deeded to Dolly Atwell and Molly 
 Whitcher, both of U'^arren, for the consideration of five 
 hundred dollars, that portion of the homestead of his father 
 which had been deeded to him seven years previously, and 
 they, in turn, executed a mortgage of the property to their 
 father, the condition of this instrument beinof in the follow- 
 ing language : "if we, the said Dolly and Moll}', shall at all 
 times maintain and support the said Chase Whitcher, our 
 father, both in sickness and health, provide him with con- 
 venient accommodations, a sufficiency of good, wholesome 
 food, and doctoring, clothing, and lodging, good fires, and 
 a physician and proper nursing in sickness and health, and 
 take prudent and good care of him at all times during his 
 natural life, and shall be at all his funeral charges, then this 
 deed shall be void and of none effect.'" VV^illiam Whitcher, 
 in writing this instrument, certainly did not intend that any- 
 thing which would safeguard the comfort of his father, 
 should be omitted, even though those who were to care for 
 him were his own daughters. David Whitcher, with his 
 wife and infant son, removed almost immediately to Coven- 
 try, and settled just to the south of his brother, Jacob, on 
 a lot of land which he purchased of Ira Goodall, and which 
 was later known as the Curtis farm. It appears that 
 when David deeded to his sisters, his wife did not join in 
 the deed, since subsequent to his death, his widow, Phebe P., 
 
HIJS VESCENJJAyrs. 29 
 
 then of New Hampton, in consideration of one hundred 
 doMars, by deed of Oct(»l)er 1, 1835, released to Dolly and 
 Molly, her rights of dower i« the land previously deeded by 
 her husband. In this dt'od, Mollv is called Polly, the 
 names seeminj; to Ije interehan";c'able. 
 
 Chase Whitcher, Jr., luul as early as 1814, acquired 
 a lot (it hind in Coventry, where he cleared a small farm on 
 which he lived at various times, until a few years before his 
 <lfath. when he returned agiiin to Warren. This farm, 
 which has been for the past thirty or forty years a forest, 
 was about three-fourths (tf a mile to the southeast of the 
 Orrin .Marston homestead, and a fourth of a mile to the east 
 ot the North and South road, being reached by a private 
 way. 
 
 (30). William W'hitcher, eldest son of Chase and 
 Hannah Morrill \\'hitcher, was like his father, a genuine 
 pioneer, and proved himself such when he began life for him- 
 self in the ahnost unbroken forest of the north part of 
 Coventiy. He secured land near the Landaff line, and pro- 
 ceeded in the years 1805 and 1806, to clear away the forest 
 and build his home. His original homestead was made up 
 of parts of lots numbered thirteen, fifteen, twenty-two, and 
 fifty-nine in Gerrish survey. His first house, built of logs, 
 was erected on lot numbered fifteen, on the same spot where 
 nearly forty years later, his son, Ira Whitcher, built his 
 home. To this house he brought his wife in February, 
 1807, and here or in the house he afterward built, were 
 born his ten sons and six daughters, all of whom with a 
 single exception, lived to marry and establish homes of their 
 own. From the beginning he was active in town affairs, 
 his name first appearing among the town officers as highway 
 survevor in 1807, and from that time until he removed to 
 
30 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 LandafF, on the banks of the Wild Ammonoosuc, in 1856, 
 he was one of the leading spirits of his town, and filled at 
 different times all the various town offices. The town when 
 he came to it was without roads, and no citizen accomplished 
 80 much as he in constructing them, thus giving means of 
 communication with the adjoining towns of Bath and 
 Haverhill, which in the early part of the century were the 
 leading business, social, and political centres of the North 
 Country. He had himself, considering his time and cir- 
 cumstances, a good education, and appreciating its value, 
 did all in his power to secure the establishment of schools, 
 that his children might receive their advantages. He ac- 
 quired quite large tracts of land by purchase from non-resi- 
 dent owners, and at tax collector's sales, and some of these 
 acquisitions involved him in litigation. This naturally gave 
 him a knowledge of the forms of law, and early commis- 
 sioned a justice of the peace, he was familiarly known as 
 "the Squire," and later as the "Old Squire." In this 
 capacity he became the conveyancer for the town, drew up 
 their wills for his townsmen, the petitions for building high- 
 ways, presided at justice courts, and in his later years was 
 the confidential adviser of his neighbors on almost all ques- 
 tions affecting them. Prudent, cautious, far-sighted, his 
 advice was recognized as eminently sound and trustworthy. 
 He was a man of deep piety, imbued with the old New 
 England religious faith and principles, and was foremost 
 among his townsmen in seeking to promote piety and religion 
 among them. He did not as a boy of seventeen join that first 
 Methodist class, formed by the pioneer and saddlebag itine- 
 rant in his father's house in Warren in 1800, but he received 
 on that occasion, religious impressions which moulded all 
 his after life. He became a member of the Methodist 
 
HIS DESCENUxiNTS. 31 
 
 Episcopal (lonoinination early, and for many years before 
 the "Union nieetin<^ house" was erected in 1846, he fre- 
 quently, as licensed exhorter, or local preacher of his denonn- 
 ination, conducted religious meetings in barns, schoolhouses, 
 or private dwellings, or assisted the early circuit riders, who 
 occasionally made a|)pointments in Coventry, in making their 
 horseback pilgrimages through the backwoods towns. There 
 arc many living who remember him in his later years, sitting 
 reverently in his wing i)ew in the meeting house, listening 
 attentivciv to the sermon of the Methodist or Baptist 
 prciicher, as the case might be, and then as the sermon 
 ended, rising in his [)lace to add to the sermon a few pithy 
 sentences in reinforcement of what had been heard. He 
 was a man who took life seriously, and with a family of 
 sixteen children to provide for, with the discomforts and dis- 
 coura<''ements of a backwoods mountain town to be met, 
 overcome, or endured, he naturally had little time or dis- 
 position for levity. 
 
 xV few years after his marriage his log house was replaced 
 by a frame building, and about the year 1830, he built the 
 house still standing, afterwards owned and occupied by his 
 sons, first by Moses Whitcher, then by Chase Whitcher, and 
 now owned by William W. Eastman. He lived here untilabout 
 1835, when he purchased the Xathan Coburn place, where 
 he liv'«l with hi^ son. Daniel, untilabout 1855 he removed to 
 LandaH, where he died March 5. 1859, having nearly com- 
 pleted his seventy-seventh year. His old age was gladdened 
 b.v" the [)rosperity of his children, most of whom were settled 
 around him, and in the welfare of whose families he was 
 deeply concerned. In his domestic life he was fortunate and 
 happy. He married, February 15, 1807, Mary, eldest 
 dausrhter of Samuel and Sarah Collins Noyes of LandafF, 
 
32 CHASE WHITCHEE AND 
 
 who was born in that town, November 5, 1787, and who 
 died in Benton, September 27, 1848, in her sixty-first year. 
 
 She was one of a large family. Of her seven brothers, all 
 like herself born in LandafF, James, Samuel, Daniel, Jona- 
 than and Amos, spent the greater part of their lives in that 
 town. Moses became a resident of Haverhill, and Nathan- 
 iel of Lyndon, Vt. Her father, Samuel Noyes, was one of 
 the early settlers of Landaff. With his brother, Jonathan, 
 he went to LandafF from Plaistow in the autumn of 1782, 
 having purchased of Nathaniel Peabody of Atkinson, for the 
 sum of 50 pounds, one of the original rights or shares of 
 land which was gfranted to Gershom Bates in the charter of 
 1764. His deed was dated August 16, 1782, and a part 
 consideration, in addition to the fifty pounds, was that he 
 should take possession of one of the one hundred acre lots 
 which had been laid out, within three months from the date 
 of the deed, and should begin immediate settlement. He 
 chose a location near the spot where the old town and meet- 
 ing house was afterwards erected, and cleared his farm, 
 which remained in his possession during his life, and after- 
 wards, in the possession of some of his descendants until the 
 year 1903. His wife Sarah Collins, was a member of one 
 of the oldest New England families, a woman of great 
 courage, of devoted piety, and of abounding cheerfulness 
 and hopefulness. 
 
 Mary Noyes was not twenty years of age when she went 
 to Coventry as the wife of William Whitcher. As has been 
 noted, she went with him into a home in the wilderness, 
 where but a few acres of land had been cleared, and where 
 they began life together with no other capital than good 
 health and willing hands. In the next twenty-four yearg 
 they became the parents of ten sons and six daughters, for 
 
riLS DESCENDANTS. 33 
 
 all of whom she cared, almost unaided, and lived to see them 
 all grow to the estate of vounfj manhood and womanhood. 
 One son died at the age of seventeen, but all the others 
 married and settled in homes of their own. Marv Noyev^s 
 Whitcher was a remark.ihle woman. 
 
 William Whiteher married fiecond, October 3, 184il, 
 Catherine Moore, widow of Francis Knight, of Hath. She 
 died October 19, 1874. 
 
 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARY NOYES WHITCHER. 
 
 {AH Born in Coventry-Benton.) 
 
 Moses, b, December 2(j, 1807. 
 
 William, Jr., b. December 26, 1808. 
 
 Amos, b. May 18, 1810. 
 
 Louisa, b. December 22, 1811. 
 
 Winthrop Chandler, b. February 20, 1-^13. 
 
 Samuel, b. August 24, 1814. 
 
 Ira, b. December 2, 1815. 
 
 Sally, b. May 2o, 1817. 
 
 Hannah, b. April 4, 1819. 
 
 James, b. October 1, 1820, died August 20, 
 
 1838. 
 Chase, b. January 20, 1822. 
 Mary, b. October 28, 1823. 
 Susan, b. May 20, 1825. 
 Daniel, b. January 20, 1827. 
 David, b. June 17, 1828. 
 Phebe, b. February 24, 1831. 
 
 (34). Jacob JVhi'tcher, (b. June 22, 1791), married 
 November 11, 1813, Sarah, daughter of Stephen Richardson, 
 
 39. 
 
 I. 
 
 40. 
 
 II. 
 
 41. 
 
 III. 
 
 42. 
 
 IV. 
 
 43. 
 
 V. 
 
 44. 
 
 VI. 
 
 45. 
 
 VII. 
 
 46. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 47. 
 
 IX. 
 
 48. 
 
 X. 
 
 50. 
 
 XI. 
 
 51. 
 
 XII. 
 
 51. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 52. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 53. 
 
 XV. 
 
 54. 
 
 XVI. 
 
34 CHASE WHITOHER AKD 
 
 Jr., of Warren. She died May 9, 1834. He married 2d, 
 July 16, 1834, widow Rebecca Allen, of Lisbon. As has 
 been previously stated, he settled at first in Warren, on a 
 farm j)urchased of his father-in-law, but about 1826, re- 
 moved to Groton, Vt., where he remained until 1828, when 
 he removed to Coventry, settling on a half one hundred acre 
 lot near the Haverhill line, afterwards known as the Charles 
 M. Howe place, and where his youngest child was born. 
 Here his wife, Sarah, died May 9, 1834. An index to her 
 character may be found in the brief obituary notice which 
 appeared in the Democratic Republican, printed at Haver- 
 hill, May 28, 1834. "Death:— In Coventry, N. H., of 
 the consumption. May 9th, Mrs. Sarah Whitcher, wife of 
 Mr. Jacob Whitcher, in the 46th year of her age. She 
 made a profession of religion in the 13th year of her age, 
 and maintained a good life and died a happy death. She 
 has left seven children to mourn the loss of a kind mother, 
 after a sickness of 18 months which she bore with patience 
 and Christian forbearance." 
 
 Jacob Whitcher was a man of impulsive temperament, 
 but a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and loyal in his friend- 
 ships. As will be noted, he remarried a few weeks after the 
 death of his wife, a tact which occasioned some criticism. 
 It is related that his brother, William, felt called upon to 
 remonstrate with him, and his answer to the remonstrance 
 was a characteristic one. He said in substance: "William, 
 my wife was a good woman, but she was sick a long time, 
 and I've some children who need a woman's care and train- 
 ing. You say that folks will talk ; let 'em talk. I know 
 my business and am competent to take care of my own af- 
 fairs ; Sarah is as dead as she ever will be, and I'm going to 
 bring home a woman to be a mother to my children." He 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 35 
 
 did so, but the marriage was not an ideally happy one, and 
 his expectation that the widow Allen would fill a mother's 
 place was di8ap|)ointed. Previous to his death, which oc- 
 curred January 11, 1841, he made his will under date of 
 November 6, 1840, appointing his nephew, Moses Whitcher, 
 as sole executor, and naming Isaac Morse, of Haverhill, as 
 the guardian ot his minor children. He made specific be- 
 quests to each of his children, authorized the sale of his real 
 estate, consisting of his homestead, and two forty-acre lots 
 in the town of Haverhill, and directed that as soon as it should 
 be sold, his widow, Rebecca, should be paid a 8i)ecific sum 
 in lieu of dower, and that the residue of his estate should be 
 divided equally among his children. His estate was not 
 lartje, but at that time the sum of the fourteen or fifteen 
 hundred dollars which it amounted to, placed its possessor in 
 what were regarded as comfortable circumstances in 
 Coventry. 
 
 CHILDREN OF JACOB AND SARAH RICHARDSON 
 WHITCHER. 
 
 55. I. Dorcas, b. Warren, July 10, 1814. 
 
 56. II. Levi M., b. Warren, October 29, 1815. 
 
 57. III. Hazen, b. Warren, May 21, 1817. 
 
 58. IV. Stephen R., b. Warren, June 18, 1819, d. at 
 
 Benton, January 1, 1843. 
 
 59. V. Alonzo A., b. Warren, June 8, 1821. 
 
 60. VI. Lorinda, b. Warren, August 3, 1825, d. at 
 
 Groton, Vt., September 3, 1826. 
 
 61. VII. Jacob, Jr., b. Groton, Vt., June 8, 1827. 
 
 62. VIII. Sarah Jane, b. Coventry, August 31, 1830. 
 
86 CHASE WHITQHER AND 
 
 (37). Martha Whitcher, youno^est daughter of Chase 
 and Hannah Morrill Whitcher, b. Warren, July 18, 1798, 
 rii. at Warren, November 16, 1820, Elisha Fullam, who 
 was born in Fitzwilliaui, N. H., November 21, 1794. She 
 died in West Brookfield, Mass., March 8, 1870. He died 
 at Worcestesr, Mass., May 15, 1872. 
 
 They lived for about four years after their marriage in 
 Warren, when they removed to Holderness, where Miriam 
 Whitcher Willouijhby was living, living there for nearly ten 
 years, when they went to Grauby, Vt., and after a few 
 years there, lived in various places, until in their later years 
 they made their home with their children in North Brook- 
 field and West Brookfield, Mass. A daughter-in-law writes 
 of her: "Mr. Fullam's mother, who spent the last years of 
 her life with us, I know to have been a woman of unusual 
 strength of character and honesty of purpose, never at any 
 sacrifice stepping one jot from the path of duty, and with a 
 disposition so sweet and gentle that she was loved by all who 
 knew her. She was worthy of the children and grandchil- 
 dren who also give her memory reverence." They never 
 had a permanent home in Benton, though Mrs. Fullam 
 about 1849-1851, with her youngest daughter, Harriet, 
 occupied a tenement in the house of her brother William, 
 and later for a few years in Woburn, where her daughter 
 married. Elisha Fullam suffered for years from poor health, 
 and to his wife fell in a large degree the support and care of 
 her children in their early years. 
 
 CHILDREN OF ELISHA AND MARTHA WHITCHER FULLAM. 
 
 63. I. Francis, b. Warren, August 5, 1821. 
 
 64. 11. William, b. Warren, February 14, 1823. 
 *64. III. Maria, b. Holderness, April 7, 1825, d. Hoi- 
 
65. 
 
 IV. 
 
 m. 
 
 V. 
 
 4)7. 
 
 VI. 
 
 m. 
 
 VII 
 
 HIS BESOENDANTiS. 37 
 
 derness, April 21, 1{S26. 
 Diirius, I). Holdernees, July 21, 1827, <]^ Hol^ 
 
 liern'ese, September 28, 1828. 
 Lemuel, b. Hi)l<krne88, May 23, 1830. 
 Mary, b. Hoklerness, July 18, 1834, d. HoK 
 
 dernesd, Septeuiber 7, 1834. 
 Harriet, b. Granby, V^t., August 23, 1836, 
 
 (38). David Whitcher, youngefit son of Chase and 
 Hannah Morrill Whitcher, b. A\'arren, January 15, 1803, 
 ni. March 20, 1828, Phebe P. Smith, b. March 7, 1799. 
 He resided in Warren, living with his father till the autumn 
 of 1830, when he removed to Coventry, settling as previous- 
 ly stated. He was a man of rigid integrity of character, of 
 devoted piety, and gave promise of great usefulness as a 
 citizen. Fie was elected in 1835 one of the selectmen, but 
 died after a brief illness from typhoid fever, April 3, the 
 same year, in the 33d year of his age. 
 
 CHILDUEN OF DAVID AND PHEBE P. SMITH WHITCHER. 
 
 69. I. Joseph Sn)ith, b. Warren, August 25, 1828. 
 
 70. n. David Marston, b. Coventry, June 30, 1831. 
 
 71. HI. Daniel Batchelder, b. Coventry, July 6, 1833. 
 
 The families of these children of Chase and Hannah Mor- 
 rill Whitcher, except that of William Whitcher, settled for 
 the most part in other towns and in other states. Nearly 
 all of his children made homes for themselves in Benton, 
 though later in life one after the other removed from town. 
 At the present time not one of the name Whitcher resides in 
 town, and but four of the grandchildren of William and 
 Mary who bear other names are among its residents. 
 
38^ CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND MARY NO YES 
 
 WHITCHEK 
 
 (39). Moses Whitcher, son of William and Mary 
 Noyee Whitcher, b. December 26, 1807, m. 1834, Sarah, 
 daughter of Samuel and Dorcas Foster Royce of Haverhill. 
 She was born in LandafF, October 19, 1813. On attaining 
 his majority, Moses Whitcher engaged in business tor him- 
 self, and a little later formed a partnership with his brother 
 William, Jr., which continued until the death of the latter 
 in 1839. They engaged extensively in farming, clearing 
 large tracts of forest land, and in the manufacture of lumber. 
 The firm acquired an enviable reputation for energy, enter- 
 prise and thrift, and they were not only successful them- 
 selves from a financial standpoint, but did much to improve 
 the condition of affairs in the town. After the death of 
 William Whitcher, Jr., Moses Whitcher purchased his 
 brother's interest in the partnership, and carried on business 
 alone, being without doubt the leading business man in the 
 town. He had received a better education than fell to the lot 
 of his brothers, and at an early age became prominent in 
 town affairs. He was for several years superintending 
 school committee, town clerk, and selectman, and represented 
 Benton in the legislature 1842, 1843 and 1844. He was 
 public spirited, believed in the possibilities of Benton as a 
 prosperous community, and did everything in his power to 
 promote its welfare and prosperity. He was one of the 
 chief promoters of the erection of a meeting house, and it 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. B9 
 
 was while engiiged in superintending the cutting of trees to 
 be sawed into the frame of the building, that he was instantly 
 killed by the falling of a tree, March 18, 1846. His sud- 
 <len death was a shock to the whole community', which rec- 
 ognized that it had lost its lending citizen, a loss that 
 «eeined irreparable. His estate amounting to upwards of 
 •eleven thcnisand dollars at his death, was a lartje one for 
 his tinve and was a monument to hie thrift and business 
 iibility. He left no children. 
 
 (40). WiUifun W/titcher, Jr., son of William and 
 Mary Noyes Whitcher, b. December 26, 1808; m. 1835, 
 Lucinda C, born in Lisbon, February 9, 1815, daugh* 
 ter of James Noyes. He died after a brief illness, October 
 16, 1839, leaving one daughter, Betsey N., b. 1837, d. 
 April 14, 1842. His widow, Lucinda C, m.. 2d, William 
 Harrison Blake of Lisbon, November 12, 1841, d. at Lis- 
 bon, November, 30, 1860. 
 
 William Whitcher, Jr., was a man of stalwart physical 
 proportions, of great powers of endurance, and of untiring 
 activity and industry. In his partnership with his brother 
 Moses, each supplemented the activities of the other, making 
 the partnership a most effective one. At his death their 
 farm comprised more than four hundred acres, and they were 
 the owners also of other large tracts from which they were 
 enaasred in cuttinor the lumber for manufacture. 
 
 (41). Amos Whitcher, son of William and Mary 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. May 18, 1810, d. Stoneham, Mass., 
 February 13, 1880 ; m. December 20, 1835, Polly, daugh* 
 
4a CHASE WHIT C HE B AND 
 
 ter of Joseph and Eunice Priest Young, b. Lisbon, Septem- 
 ber 26, 1815, d. Stoneham, Mass., May 22, 1821. 
 
 After his marriage, Amos Whitcher settled in what wa» 
 afterwards known as "Whitcher Hollow," where he built 
 his house and shop for the manufacture of butter firkins, sap 
 buckets, pails, and other utensils made by the coopers of hi& 
 time. He was captain in the militia, and later was carpen- 
 ter and builder, superintending the erection of large farm 
 buildings, the building of dams, and the erection of saw and 
 starch mills. Afflicted from his young manhood with a 
 lameness caused by ulcers, he discovered a remedy, which 
 greatly relieved, if it did not entirely cure him, and gave 
 him a reputation among those similarly afflicted for some re- 
 markable cures. He served his town as its postmaster for a 
 period of twenty-five years or more, and was town clerk for 
 five years. He was a devoted member of the Free Will 
 Baptist church, and for many years held the office of deacon. 
 His home was a free hotel for the ministers of his denom- 
 ination, and during all his life he was untiring in his efforts 
 to promote the moral and religious welfare of the community 
 in which he lived. About the year 1878 he removed with 
 his wife to Stoneham, Mass., where most of his children had 
 preceded him, and they both resided there during the re- 
 mainder of their lives. 
 
 CHILDREN or AMOS AND POLLY YOUNG WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Coventry-Benton. ) 
 72. I. Lucinda Coburn, b. October 7, 1836, d. 
 
 Stoneham, Mass., October 27, 1871 ; m. 
 November 5, 1854, Horace Webber, son 
 of Sylvester and Lucy Webber Gordon, b. 
 LandafF, May 7, 1833, d. Stoneham, Mass., 
 March 26, 1886. 
 
AMOS WHITCHER. 
 
nrs DESCENDANTS. 41 
 
 After tht'ir marriage they resided in 
 Landaff, Bath, and Benton, until about 
 1868, when they removed to Stoneham, 
 residing there until their death. He was 
 engaged much of the time dealing in coun- 
 try produce, and later owned a boarding 
 house at Weirs. 
 
 73. II. Amaret A., b. June 23, 1840 ; m. January 14, 
 
 1862, Emery Barnes, son of Jacob March 
 and Malinda Cox White, b. Irasburgh, Vt., 
 October 26, 1833. 
 
 They resided in Landaff for several years 
 after their marriage, but removed to Stone- 
 ham, Mass., previous to 1870, where he 
 has since been engaged in the express busi- 
 ness between Stoneham and Boston and 
 Stoneham and Lynn for a period of more 
 than thirty-five years. He has always ta- 
 ken a dee|) interest in political matters, and 
 has been affiliated with the Republican 
 party from its organization. They are ac- 
 tive and useful members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. Previous to his mar- 
 riage, Mr. White spent several years in 
 California, engaged in a search for the elu- 
 sive gold, and has in the years since, paid 
 two or three visits to the Pacific Coast. 
 
 74. III. Charles Henry, b. February 10, 1843, d. 
 
 Stoneham, Mass., April 12, 1887; m. 
 January 1, 1868, Minerva Judith, daughter 
 uf David and Hannah Parker Bowman, b. 
 
42 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 in Lyman, February 20, 1850, d. Stone- 
 ham, Mass., March 8, 1886. 
 
 Charles H. Whitcher on attaining his 
 majority, engaged in the blacksmithing and 
 wheelwright business in his nati-ve town un- 
 til about the year 1871, when he removed 
 to Stoneham, Mass., entering the employ 
 of Hazen Whitcher and Oliver H. Marston, 
 in the manufacture of window and door 
 screens, picture frames, etc. He was an 
 active member ot the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. Before leaving Benton he served 
 for several years as town clerk. He died 
 after a brief illness of paralysis, leaving one 
 son, Milton Durgin, born in Benton, Octo- 
 ber 5, 1869. 
 
 75. IV. Winthrop Chandler, b. March 22, 1845 ; m. 
 September 22, 1875, Eliza Eleanor, 
 daughter of Moses and Emily S. Spofford, 
 b. in Danville, August 6, 1849. 
 
 Winthrop C. Whitcher completed his 
 education at the New Hampton Institution, 
 New Hampton, and after spending some 
 little time in Benton, went to Stoneham, 
 Mass., about 1872, entering at first the 
 employ of his brother-in-law, E. B. White, 
 in the express business, but later formed a 
 partnership with his brother James E., in 
 the grocery business, which continued until 
 about 1888, when his brother retired from 
 the firm, and he has since conducted it very 
 
CHARLES H. WIIITCHER. 
 
 WINTHRUP WHITUHER. 
 
 JAMES E. WHITCHER. 
 
 ALBION Ct. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 43 
 
 successfully alone. He has been active in 
 town affairs, filling various official positions 
 and has been for some time a member of 
 the Stoneham school committee. He is an 
 active and prominent member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church, superintendent of 
 the Sunday school, interested and active in 
 all matters looking to the growth and de- 
 velopment of his adopted town, recognized 
 by all as a valuable and useful citizen. 
 He has no children. 
 
 76. V. James Edgar, b. November 29, 1847, d. Au- 
 gust 27, 1891 ; m. September 8, 1875, 
 Susan Relief, daughter of Person C and 
 Lucy S. Thompson, b. Holderness, Jan- 
 uary 28, 1851. James E. Whitcher at- 
 tended school at Newbury, Vt., and at 
 New Hampton, and soon after reaching his 
 maiority went to Stoneham, Mass., being- 
 employed for a time in a grocery store un- 
 til he went into business for himself in part- 
 nership with his brother. He was a lead- 
 ing member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church, and was active in the affairs of the 
 town. He served on the board of select- 
 men, and represented Stoneham twice in 
 the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 
 He was a Republican in politics. A little 
 previous to his brief illness and death in the 
 summer of 1891, he had successfully passed 
 an examination for a clerkship in the Bos- 
 
44 GHA8E WHITCHER AND 
 
 ton Custom House, to which he was to 
 have been appointed by collector Beard. 
 He was a man of pleasing address, of un- 
 impeachable integrity, and was held in the 
 
 highest esteem by his large circle of friends. 
 He left no children. 
 
 77. VI. Florence Victoria, b. May 3, 1852 ; m. Wil- 
 
 liam C. Young of Bath, b. January 1, 
 1838. They have lived since their mar- 
 riage on their farm near Swiftwater village. 
 Children: (1) Clarence E., and (2) 
 Carrie E., b. December 25, 1870. Clar- 
 ence E. d. in Bath, April 21, 1881. (3) 
 Walter, b. January 27, 1877, d. near 
 Norfolk, Va., June 7, 1907. (4) Ada, 
 and (5) Arthur, b. September 19, 1878. 
 (6) Austin, b. October 26, 1880. (7) 
 Homer, b. January 7, 1884. (8) James, 
 b. March 9, 1887. Of these children of 
 William C. and Florence Whitcher Young, 
 Ada, Arthur, and Homer reside on a farm 
 they own near Norfolk, Va., where their 
 brother Walter died in June, 1907. His 
 mother was on a visit to him at the time of 
 his death and his remains were brought 
 north for burial in the cemetery at Swift- 
 water. 
 
 78. VII. Albion George, b. August 28, 1854; m. Nov- 
 
 ember 21, 1885, Ella Josephine, daughter 
 of Eli D. and Mary S. (Hawkins) Rich- 
 ards, b. Woodstock, Vt., December 13, 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. • 45 
 
 1857. Albion G. VVhitcher followed his 
 brothers to Stoneham, Mass., after reaching 
 his majority, but later removed to a farm in 
 Montpelier, Vt. He is engaged in farming 
 there at the present time. He has no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 (72). 
 
 CHILDREN OF HORACE W. AND LUCINDA WHITCHER 
 
 GORIX)N. 
 
 I. Ella, b. October 28, 1855; d. July 11, 1858. 
 
 n. Ada, b. March 25, 1857 ; m. 1877, Daniel Webster, 
 son ot George W. and Mary Hunt Cloutman of 
 Stoneham, Mass. Reside in Stoneham : children, 
 (1) Ethel Kate, b. October 29, 1877; (2) May 
 Ella, b. July 23, 1879, d. July 27, 1879. Ethel 
 Kate, m. October 29, 1902, Edward Amos, son of 
 Amos and Ellen Joy Jarvis of Cambridge : chil- 
 dren, (1) Bessie Cloutman, b. February 27, 1904, 
 d. February, 1904; (2) Dorothy May, b. Sept. 
 9, 1905. 
 
 in. Elmer Eugene, b. August 2 1858 : m. January 13, 
 1878, Ella C, daughter of John and Lydia Rod- 
 man Walker of Stoneham; m. 2d, March 12, 
 1884, Nellie M. Howe of Lincoln, Neb. Chil- 
 dren, George Scott, b. Sept. 8, 1888, d. Febru- 
 ary 16, 1890 ; (2) Irma May, b. June 6, 1890. 
 
 IV. May Ella, b. May 18, 1860: m. May 18, 1882, 
 Joseph Henry, son of Joseph S. and Charlotte 
 Chase of Maiden, Mass., child, Elmer Brown 
 Chase, b. April 6, 1884, d. July 22, 1884. 
 
46 CHA8E WHITCHER ANI> 
 
 V. Carrie, b. March 15, 1862, d. June 30, 1865. 
 
 VI. Wilbur Cratts, b. May 22, 1864, m. June 15, 1898, 
 
 Lillian Little Noyes, daughter of Joseph M. and 
 Eliza J. (Crockett) Little, b. Warren, July 8, 
 1866. Re&ide in Warren. 
 
 VII. James Whitcher, b. October 12, 1871, m. August 
 
 12, 1892, Louise B., daughter of Alonzo and 
 Louise Caswell of Stoneham. Children, (1) Les- 
 lie Clayton, b. November 16, 1893; (2) Law- 
 rence Nickereon, b. October 28, 1903. 
 
 (73). 
 
 CHILDREN OF EMERY B. AND AMARET WHITCHER 
 
 WHITE. 
 
 I. Lulu Frances, b. LandaflP, June 9, 1864 : m. Febru- 
 
 ary 7, 1885 y Homer C, son of Cyrus and Abbie 
 Hay of Stoneham, Maes. One child, Dana Percy, 
 b. June 24, 1885, m. October 8, 1906, Mad- 
 eline Lemay. 
 
 II. Lewis Bailey, b. LandafF, September 18, 1865, ra. 
 
 October 26, 1885, Isadore Frances, daughter of 
 William E. and Sarah A. Cook Weston, b. Read- 
 ing, Mass., March 22, 1865. Children, (1) Vera 
 Lewia, b. Woburn, Mass., April 6, 1887 ; (2) 
 Arthur Francis, b. Stoneham, Mass., July 7, 1889, 
 d. February 9, 1891 ; (3) Florence Mae, b. Stone- 
 ham, October 22, 1893 ; (4) William Emery, b. 
 Stoneham, Mass., December 19, 1897 ; (5) Mil- 
 dred Evelyn, b. Stoneham, Mass., August 25, 
 1899; (6) Leon Weston, b. Cliftondale, Mass., 
 
MRS. LOUISA WHITCHER EASTMAN. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 47 
 
 June 19, 1904; (7) Elsie Hazel, b. West New 
 York, N. J., January 10, 1907. Lewis B. White 
 ie a book-keeper in New York City. 
 
 III. Elvah Grace, b. Landafl, December 7, 1867, d. 
 Stoneham, Mass., May 25, 1904. 
 
 79. Milton Durgin Whilcker, son of Charles H. and 
 Minerva Bowman Whitcher, b. Benton, October 5, 
 18<)9, m. Stoneham, Mass., August 15, 1906, Julia 
 Ellen, daugliter of Calvin and Cecilia Fell KinnearN, 
 b. in Sackville, New Brunswick, April 10, 1883. 
 Reside in Stoneham. 
 
 Childreyi: 
 80. Milton, b. Stoneham, Mass., June 10> 
 
 1907. 
 
 (42). Loiiif^a Whitcher, daughter of William and 
 Mary Noyes Whitcher, b. December 22, 1811, d. May 4, 
 1889; m. March 1, 1841, Sylvester, son of James and 
 Polly Eastman, b. Coventry, August 3, 1814, d. January 
 19, 1860. After their marriage they resided in Piermont, 
 Benton, and in north-eastern New York, until about 1852, 
 when they returned to Benton. He was an invalid during 
 the last fifteen years of his life, and his care and support as 
 well as that of their children, fell largely to the lot of the 
 wife. She was a woman of great energy, who accepted al- 
 ways hopefully a life which abounded in toil and hardship. 
 She was a loyal and enthusiastic Methodist, as devoted and 
 loyal to her denomination as was her brother Amos to his, 
 the Free Will Baptist, and this was devotion and loyalty 
 indeed. 
 
48 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 CHILDREN or SYLVESTER AND LOUISA WHITCHER 
 
 EASTMAN. 
 
 I. George Edward, b. Piermont, December 8, 1841 r m. 
 
 let, March 14, 1866, Rebecca W., daughter of 
 David and Azubah Judd Bronson. Children, (1) 
 ^ Louisa Ellen, b. June 21, 1868; (2) Mary Eliza- 
 beth, b. May 20, 1874. She m. Ist, July 2, 1894, 
 William F. Policy of Quebec, P. Q., who d. in 
 New Mexico, September 17, 1895, m. 2d, June 6, 
 1906, Walter J. Trafton of Lynn, Maes, b. 1875, 
 son of Edward S. and Lizzie A. Peckham Trafton. 
 George E. m. 2d, September 17, 1906, Susan S. 
 Clark, daughter of Sylvester and Lucretia Egjjle- 
 ston Clogston, b. 1840. Reside in North Haver- 
 hill, where he is engaged in farming and manufac- 
 ture of sleighs and wagons. 
 
 II. Ruth Jane, b. Benton, September 7, 1845, m. at 
 
 Benton, March 2, 1870, Charles A., son of Amos 
 L. and Mahala Dolloff Veazey, b. Bridgewater, 
 March 23, 1842. Was a successful farmer in Ben- 
 ton for several years, but for the last fifteen years 
 has owned the country store at Benton, Mrs. 
 Veazey holding the position of post-mistress. They 
 have two children : 1 William Dana Veazey, b. 
 Benton, July 7, 1871, m. at Laconia, October 18, 
 1899, Winnifred Alice, daughter of Jefferson and 
 
 Mary Smith Gilbert. Children: (1) Alice 
 
 Winnifred, b. October 8, 1900, d. June 24, 1901 ; 
 (2) Allen Gilbert, b. March 18, 1903. 2 Jen- 
 nie F. Veazey, b. Benton, April 13, 1874, m. at 
 Benton, November 28, 1900, Willis Allen Brown 
 
MOSES WHITCHER. 
 
 WARD P. WHITCHER. 
 
 HENRY N. W^HITCHER 
 
HIS DESCEiWDAJ^rS. 49 
 
 of Springfield, Vt. ; reside at Bellows Falls, Vt., 
 one child, Donald Allen Brown. — William D. 
 Veazey graduated at New Hampton Institution, 
 studied law with Judge Charles F. Stone of Laco- 
 nia. On his admission to the bar, became a member 
 of the law firm of Jewell, Owen and Veazey of that 
 city, having a large and lucrative practice. Hiis 
 been County Solicitor of Belknap County for three 
 terms, and in addition to his law business is exten- 
 sively engaged in lumbering, having an extensive 
 mill plant in Thornton in the Pemigewasset Valley. 
 III. William Whitcher, b. in Jay, New York, November 
 14, 1850, came to Benton with his parents about 
 1852, where he has since resided : m. Ist, May 28, 
 1878, Georgie A. Aldrich of Haverhill, b. April 16, 
 1861 ; d. April 19, 1892 ; m. 2d, February 6, 1893, 
 Edna Ann Morse, widow of Josiah J. Eastman 
 and daughter of Welton and Mary Ann Morse of 
 Easton. William ^V. Eastman owns the farms 
 formerly owned by Moses and William Whitcher, 
 Jr., and later by Chase and Ira Whitcher, and has 
 been engaged in farming and lumbering. He has 
 been active in all the affairs of the town, has served 
 as selectman, road agent, tax collector, town clerk, 
 and was a member of the Constitutional Convention 
 of 1889. He is justly recognized as one of the 
 most influential citizens of his town. 
 
 (43). Winthroj) Chandler Whitcher, son of William 
 and Mary (Noyes) Whitcher, b. February 20, 1813, d. in 
 LandaflF, March 20, 1844 : m. January 28, 1836, Mercy 
 
50 CHA8E WHITCHER AND 
 
 Priest Noyes, widow of Samuel Noyes, Jr., of LandafF. She 
 died October 24, 1889. 
 
 After his marriage he resided until his death on the farm 
 in LandafF, owned in part by his wife, the farm where his 
 mother was born and which was cleared and settled by his 
 grandfather, Samuel Noyes. He was a man of stalwart 
 frame, capable of untiring energy, and his early death after a 
 brief illness from blood poisoning caused by a slight wound, 
 terminated a career which gave promise of being greatly suc- 
 cessful. His wife was a woman of sterling qualities of char- 
 acter, evinced when twice widowed, by her training of, and 
 care for a family of young children, one of whom was born 
 subsequent to the death of her husband. She lived to see 
 all her children, by both her first and second husbands, set- 
 tled and established in homes of their own, and to be in some 
 measure repaid for her devoted care lavished upon them, by 
 a like loving care given her by them in her later years. 
 
 CHILDREN OF WINTHROP C. AND MERCY (PRIEST) 
 
 WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Landaff. ) 
 
 Moses, b. December 10, 1836. 
 
 Ward Priest, b. December 27, 1837. 
 
 Henry Noyes, b. March 24, 1840. 
 
 Mary Jane, b. April 5, 1842, d. April 28, 1843. 
 
 Sarah H., b. Nov. 29, 1844, m. Sept. 21, 
 
 1862, Lafayette McConnell of Landaff. 
 
 Children: 1 N. Kate, b. Nov. 24, 1863, d. 
 
 Nov. 10, 1880 ; 2 b. June 10, 
 
 1865, d. June 25, 1865 ; 3 Mercy Ann, b. 
 
 November 7, 1867, d. September 3, 1868 ; 
 
 4. Emilie W., b. January 20, 1872. 
 
 81. 
 
 I. 
 
 82. 
 
 II. 
 
 83. 
 
 III. 
 
 84. 
 
 IV. 
 
 85. 
 
 V. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 51 
 
 (81). Moses Whitcher, son of Winthrop C. and Mercy 
 Priest Whitcher, b. December 10, 183(3 ; d. in Lisbon, 
 April 30, 1903 ; m. 1st, June 5, 1861, Julia E., daughter 
 of Orrin and Lavina Wallace Bronson, b. LandafF, August 
 3, 1842, d. May 7, 1885 ; m. 2d, April 5, 1894, Amanda 
 S., daughter of John C. and Mary Simonds Atwood, b. 
 Landaflf, April 6, 1852. 
 
 Until a year or two before his death, Moses Whitcher was 
 always a resident of Landaff, where he was a successful far- 
 mer, owning the farm upon which he was born, and which 
 had been cleared from the forest by his own great-grand- 
 father, Samuel Noyes. He was also engaged at various 
 times in lumbering operations, and was was one of the lead- 
 ing and influential citizens of the town. Though averse to 
 holding public office, he served for several years as one of 
 the selectmen, and filled all the various town offices. He 
 was a genuine type of the hard-working, successful New 
 Hampshire farmer, recognizing that success on hilly New 
 Hampshire soil is only accomplished by hard work. 
 
 CHILDREN OF MOSES AND LAVINA (BRONSON) WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Landaff.) 
 
 86. I. Pheeb. P., b. October 18, 1863, m. Daniel J. 
 
 Whitcher. 
 
 87. II. Maud, b. December 21, 1866, d. June 23, 1869. 
 
 88. III. Jennie N., b. January 27, 1871. Is a success- 
 
 ful teacher in the public schools of Quincy, 
 Mass. 
 
 (82). Ward Priest Whitcher, son of Winthrop C. 
 and Mercy Priest Whitcher, b. December 27, 1837, d. in 
 Lisbon, May 14, 1892 : m. at Concord, September 8, 1859. 
 
52 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 Pheeb H., daughter of Levi and Hannah Sanborn Perkins, 
 b. Loudon, September 16, 1837, d. in Lisbon, April 10, 
 1899. 
 
 Ward P. Whitcher graduated from New Hampton Insti- 
 tution in 1859, and soon after his marriage had charge of 
 the express and telegraph office at Tilton, remaining there 
 until 1866, when he established himself as a druggist in 
 Lisbon. Besides this he also conducted an extensive insu- 
 rance business, this being continued by his widow after his 
 death. He took an active part in the affairs of his village 
 and town, but being an uncompromising Democrat, political 
 preferment in the Republican stronghold of Lisbon did not 
 naturally fall to his lot. He was, however, twice elected 
 treasurer of Grafton County, and was one of the recognized 
 leaders of his party in the North Country. He was a 
 Mason, an Odd Fellow, and member of various fraternal 
 and benevolent orijanizations. 
 
 CHILDREN OF WARD P. AND PHEEB PERKINS WHITCHER. 
 
 89. I. Frank P., b. New Hampton, July 23, 1863. 
 
 90. II. Chase Roy, b. Lisbon, December 8, 1876. 
 
 (89). Frank P. Whitcher, son of Ward P. and Pheeb 
 Perkins Whitcher, b. New Hampton, July 23, 1863 : m. 
 
 1886, Hattie Louise, daughter of Edward Dean of 
 
 Haverhill, b. 1858, d. in Lisbon in 1891. He resides in 
 the State of Washington. Daughter : 
 
 91. Edith Aldeane, b. Lisbon, May 6, 1887. She is a 
 
 stenographer, resides No. Haverhill. 
 
 (90). Chase Roy Whitcher, son of Ward P. and 
 Pheeb Perkins Whitcher, b. Lisbon, Dec. 8, 1876 : m. July 
 
MILTON D. WHITCHER. 
 
 CHASE R. WHITOHER. 
 
 
 
 JOHN W. WHITCHER. 
 
 CHARLES C. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 53 
 
 20, 1898, Eda M., daughter of Foster M. and Susan M. 
 Cakes Aldrich, b. Lisbon, Sept. 4, 1876. Daughter; 
 
 92. Pheeb H., b. Lisbon, February 16, 1906. 
 
 Chase R. Whitcher pursued the study of architecture at 
 the Institute of Technology in Boston, and with private in- 
 structors in that city, and established himself in Manchester. 
 He has designed and furnished plans for some of the most 
 important public buildings in the state, is enthusiastically 
 devoted to his profession, and is recognized as one of the 
 leading and most successful architects of northern ^Qvr 
 England. He resides in Lisbon and has his business office 
 in Manchester. 
 
 (83). Ihnrxj Noyes Whitcher, son of Winthrop C. and 
 Mercy Priest Whitcher, b. March 24, 1840: m. 1863, 
 Emilie E., daughter of John C. and Mary Simonds At- 
 svood, b. Landaff, February 21, 1845. He is a prosperous 
 farmer in his native town, his farm being a valuable and 
 productive one. His farm buildings are modern and de- 
 lightfully located, are among the finest in town. 
 
 CHILDREN OF HENRY N. AND EMILIE ATWOOD WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Landaff.) 
 
 93. I. Charles C, b. February 19, 1864. 
 
 94. n. Mary A., b. July 4, 1869 : m. June 17, 1896, 
 
 Harry E. Heath. They have one child, 
 Doris, b. Ponemah, December 30, 1902. 
 
 95. in. John Winthrop, b. September 9, 1876. 
 
 96. IV. Stark F., b. December 24, 1878, d. May 22, 
 
 1897. 
 
 97. V. Mercy F., b. July 8, 1885. 
 
54 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 (93). Charles C. Whitcker, son of Henry N. and 
 
 Emilie Atwood Whitcher, b. February 19, 1864: m. April 
 
 24, 1890, Carrie, daughter of Lorenzo D. and Lomira 
 Noves Hall of Landaif. Son : 
 
 98. Mark H., b. Woodsville, December &, 1894. 
 
 Charles C. Whitcher who is at present engaged in busi- 
 ness in the West, was tor two years, 1895-1896, treasurer 
 of the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, when he re- 
 signed to go West ; later returned and in company with his 
 brother, John W., was engaged in the lumber business in 
 Vermont, later engaging in the insurance business at Lisbon. 
 
 (95). JbAw Winthrop TF^e^c^er, son of Henry N. and 
 Emilie Atwood Whitcher, b. September 9, 1876 : m. June 22, 
 1898, Queenie, daughter of Oscar W. and Lydia O. Straw. 
 Has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, 
 since attaining his majority, in Landaff, in Vermont, and 
 Woodstock. 
 
 (44). Samuel Whitcher , son of William and Mary 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. August 24, 1814, d. in Easton, Octo- 
 ber 8, 1879 : m. at Lisbon, May 4, 1840, Emily, daughter 
 of Joshua and Lydia Jesseman Quimby, b. Lisbon, January 
 25, 1818, d. in Easton, May 5, 1888. 
 
 Samuel Whitcher, after attaining hie majority, was em- 
 ployed for a time on a farm in Bath, and about the time of 
 his marriage purchased the farm in Coventry formerly occu- 
 pied by John Atwell, and later known as the Stephen C. 
 Sherman farm, where he remained engaged in farming until 
 about the year 1845, when he removed to East Landaff, now 
 
SAMUEL WHITCHER. 
 
HI8 DESCENDANTS. 55 
 
 Eaeton, where he engaged in farming and the manufacture 
 of lumber until his death. He was a man of unimpeachable 
 integrity, devoted to his family and home, induetriuue and 
 prudent, and secured by these qualities of character for him- 
 self and family a substantial competence. Denied by the 
 strenuous circumstances of his early life the advantages of the 
 schools, he saw to it that the education of his children in the 
 common schools of his town was supplemented by academic 
 instruction, and lived to see them well established in life. 
 In religious matters he thought for himself, and accepted 
 from the kindness and goodness of his own nature the Uni- 
 versalist faith, shaming by his life and example many who 
 held to more rigid theological beliefs. A life-long Democrat 
 in his political faith, he never held public office, but never, 
 on the other hand, shirked his duties as a citizen of his town 
 and communitv. He was a useful citizen, a tjood man. 
 
 CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND EMILY QUIMBY WHITCHER. 
 
 99. I. Lydia Emily, b. in Benton, June 22, 1841 : 
 
 m. November 23, 1864, William Harvey 
 Policy, son of David and Mary Neal Policy^ 
 b. Haverhill, June 22, 1841. They lived for 
 a time in Beverly, Mass., where W. H. Pol- 
 ley was engaged in the manufacture of shoes. 
 He sold his business in Beverley about 1870, 
 and went to Michigan to engage in the same 
 business. Later he removed to Montreal, 
 Canada, and later still to Quebec, where 
 for about thirty years he has been engaged 
 in the manufacture of shoes, doing for many 
 years a large and extensive business through- 
 out the Dominion. After the death of hie 
 
56 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 son he disposed of his factories, and for the 
 few past years has been employed as superin- 
 tendent of a large shoe manufactory. Mr, 
 and Mrs. Policy are well and favorably 
 known in the English speaking community of 
 the French city, have been, as the apostle re- 
 marks, "given to hospitality," and Mrs. Pol- 
 ley is earnest and efficient in her charitable 
 and benevolent activities. 
 
 Their son, William Flint Policy, b. De- 
 cember 28, 1865, in Beverly, Mass., m. July 
 21, 1894, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of 
 George E. and Rebecca Bronson Eastman, 
 b. May 20, 1874. He was associated in 
 i business with his father until compelled to re- 
 
 linquish work because of ill health. He d. 
 in New Mexico, September 17, 1895, and 
 was buried in the family lot in the west ceme- 
 tery, Benton. 
 
 100. II. Betsey Samantha, b. Benton, February 5, 
 1844, m. February 10, 1869, William, son 
 of George and Electa Cowan Kendall, b. 
 Winchester, April 16, 1835. William Ken- 
 dall was engaged in business in New York 
 previous to his marriage, but subsequently 
 became a partner of his brother-in-law, D. J. 
 Whitcher in the lumber business, their mill 
 being situated on the Wild Ammonoosuc in 
 Easton. They continued this very success- 
 fully until about 1890, when they sold their 
 mill and lands to the Fall Mountain Paper 
 
DAVID S. WHITCHER. 
 
 DANIEL J. WHITCHER. 
 
 CHARLES O. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 57 
 
 Co., and he retired from business purchasing 
 a email farm in Benton, where with his wife 
 he has since resided. He made extensive im- 
 provements on his residence, which is finely 
 located, commanding one of the finest views 
 of hill and mountain in a town which is unsur- 
 passed among New Hampshire towns for its 
 beauty and charm of scenery. In politics he 
 is a staunch Republican, and has filled the 
 various town offices, besides representing 
 Benton in the legislature of 1897, the first 
 and only Republican ever elected as represen- 
 tative from that overwhehningly Democratic 
 town. They have no children. 
 
 101. ni. David Simeon, b. in East Landaff, now Eas- 
 
 ton, November 30, 1846, d. in Easton, 
 March 14, 1881. He graduated at New 
 Hampton Institution, and studied law in the 
 office of Hon. Harry Bingham of Littleton. 
 Admitted to the bar, he began practice in 
 that town with good prospects, but f^iiling 
 health compelled him to relinquish his profes- 
 sion, and he returned to hie home in Easton 
 shortly before his death. 
 
 102. IV. Daniel James, b. Easton, February 2, 1849 : 
 
 m. February 1, 1894, Pheeb Perkins (86), 
 daughter of Moses and Julia E. (Bronson) 
 Whitcher of Landaff. They reside in Easton 
 on the former homestead of his father, Sam- 
 uel Whitcher. They have one child : 
 
 103. Lucile Betsey, b. Easton, August 11, 1897. 
 
58 CHASE WHITGHER AJSfD 
 
 Daniel J. Whitcher, was educated in the 
 schools ot Easton, at Tilton Seminary, and 
 New Hampton Institution, and soon after 
 attaining his majority engaged in the lumber 
 business with his brother-in-law in Easton, 
 under the firm name of Whitcher & Kendall. 
 When this plant was sold to the Fall Moun- 
 tain Paper Co., and the partnership was dis- 
 solved, he purchased the mill and homestead 
 formerly owned by his father, and is still en- 
 gaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. 
 He has served the town in various capacities, 
 and represented Easton in the legislature of 
 1878. He is a successful business man, g-i\- 
 ing careful attention to his business affairs, 
 and is devotedly attached to his family and 
 home, and is influential in all matters pertain- 
 ing to the interests of his town. 
 
 104. V. Charles Ora, b. Easton, November 21, 1852: 
 m. July 2, 1874, Josephine Viola, daughter 
 of Abner and Deborah Thompson Kimball, 
 b. Franklin, December 11, 1852. Reside in 
 Woodsville, have one daughter : 
 
 105 Kate Deborah, b. Easton, Febuary 13, 1885, 
 is engaged in the millinery business in 
 Woodsville. 
 
 Charles O. Whitcher, like his brothers, at- 
 tended the New Hampton Institution, and af- 
 ter his marriage engaged in the lumber 
 business with his father, in Easton, until he 
 entered the employ of the Boston, Concord & 
 
HIS DESCEI^DAJ^TS. 59 
 
 Montreal Railroad and removed to Woods- 
 ville about 1886, where he still resides. 
 Leaving the employ of the railroad in 1898, 
 he purchased the business of Stickney Bros., 
 in what was known as the "Brick Store" in 
 Woodsville, which he conducted till the au- 
 tumn of 1903, when he closed the business 
 out, and has since been variously employed. 
 Is an active supporter of the Universalist 
 church, and is an Odd Fellow and a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 106. VI. Susan Editha, b. Easton, April 20, 1-859 : m. 
 April 21, 1877, George Harvey, son of Jere- 
 miah A. and Lydia Howe Clark of Benton ; 
 d. in Benton, April 24, 1900. George H. 
 Clark began the practice of dentistry, but 
 abandoned it on account of his health and 
 purchased the Peter Howe farm in Benton, 
 opposite the residence of his brother-in-law, 
 William Kendall, where he still resides. 
 Since the death of his wife he has lived with 
 Mr. and Mrs. Kendall. 
 
 (45). Ira Whitcher, son of William and Mary Noyes 
 Whitcher, b. December 2, 1815, d. in Woodsville, Decem- 
 ber 9, 1897 : m. at Haverhill, November 27, 1843, Lucy, 
 daughter of Samuel and Dorcas Foster Royce, b. Haverhill, 
 October 11, 1814, d. Woodsville, September, 26, 1885. 
 
 Ira Whitcher had only the educational advantages of a 
 backwoods town, and only limited use of these, his school 
 education ending with a few weeks in each of two or three 
 
GO CHASE WHITGHER AND 
 
 winters. There were few or no books accessible, and even 
 had there been plenty, he would have had little time for 
 reading. The few books to which he did have access, how- 
 ever, the Town Officer, the New Hampshire Statutes, the 
 Bible, Webster's Spelling book, and one or two of the old- 
 time readers, he knew, and with their aid obtained a practi- 
 cal if not liberal education. On reaching his majority he 
 entered the employment of his brother Moses, for whom he 
 worked six years for the compensation of twelve dollars and 
 a half a month and board. He clothed himself by extra 
 jobs, and saving his entire wages, purchased the farm on 
 which he lived until the spring of 1870, and built the house 
 in which he established his home in the autumn of 1843. 
 Becoming the administrator of the estate of his brother 
 Moses, on the death of the latter in the spring of 
 1846, he naturally became engaged in the lumber 
 business, which he successfully followed during the remain- 
 der of his life, farming becoming a secondary consideration. 
 He was a believer in the gospel of hard work and practiced 
 his belief. He was far-sighted, thrifty, i)racticed rigid 
 economy, but was also open-handed and public spirited. 
 He advocated liberal appropriations for roads, schools, and 
 other matters of interest to his town, and was a liberal sup- 
 porter of the institutions of the church. Although actively 
 identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, he was no 
 sectarian, and gave the other religious denominations of his 
 town his hearty support. He was elected one of the select- 
 men of Benton in 1842, and during the next twenty-nine 
 years was constantly in its service, holding at various times 
 every possible office, except that of superintending school 
 committee. He represented the town six times in the legis- 
 lature, served for six years as one of the Commissioners of 
 
IRA WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 61 
 
 Grafton County, was a member of the Constitutional Con- 
 vention of 1850, and was one of the commission elected by 
 the legislature to supervise the rebuilding of the State House 
 in 18G4. He was the agent of Benton for a series of years 
 in the management of litigation in which the town was en- 
 gaged, and was frequently appointed referee in cases to be 
 settled out of court. Benton had no resident lawyer, and he 
 did for his townsmen much of the work for which in the lar- 
 ger towns of the state, legal talent is employed. He was 
 conveyancer, writer of wills, administrator and executor of 
 estates, guardian of minors and insane, legal adviser in cases 
 involving large and small interests, and all this for the most 
 part with little or no compensation. In 1870 he removed to 
 Woodsville in order to be close to railroad facilities, but re- 
 tained and added to his landed interests in Benton, though a 
 few years previous to his death he sold several thousand 
 acres of forest to the Fall Mountain and VVinnipesaukee 
 Paper Companies. He increased his lumber business, erect- 
 in'i- in companv with the late Lewis C. Pattee a steam saw- 
 mill at Woodsville, and the year after his removal, erected 
 his commodious residence on Court Street, now occupied by 
 his son, William F. Whitcher. Woodsville in 1870 was 
 little more than a straggling collection of a dozen or more 
 houses, a store, and railroad station. To him more than to 
 any other individual was due its growth and prosperity dur- 
 ing the twenty-five years. Successful in business, he accu- 
 mulated a handsome property, and was in its use generous 
 and helpful to those needing aid, and was possessed of a 
 broad public spirit. He was largely instrumental in secur- 
 ino- for the village its water works and electric light service, 
 the removal of the County seat from Haverhill Corner to 
 Woodsville, the erection of the substantial Court house on 
 
62 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 the lot given by him to the county, the structure being built 
 under his personal supervision, the establishment of the Sav- 
 ings and National banks, while the Free Public Library 
 building with its thousand volumes of well selected books as 
 a beginning of a library, a Methodist Episcopal church 
 property free from debt, the gift of a fine pipe organ, and a 
 fund for the support of the church services are among the 
 monuments he left to his memory. On removing to Woods- 
 ville he made himself an active factor in Haverhill town life, 
 serving for several years on the board of selectmen, and rep- 
 resenting the town in the legislature of 1891, when he was 
 in his seventy-sixth year. In his political affiliations he was 
 a life-long Democrat, though during the war of the Rebel- 
 lion he was an ardent supporter of the war measures of the 
 administration, and gave of his time and energy to keep full 
 the quota of soldiers from his town, where opposition to the 
 war was rife. Given to hospitality, the latchstring to his 
 home was always out. After the death of his wife to whom 
 he was devotedly attached, in 1885, his daughter, Mrs. 
 Mary E. Whitcher Abbott, presided in his home until her 
 death, but a few months before his own. Reserved and 
 quiet in his manners, severely unostentatious in his mode of 
 life, hating pretence and indolence alike, his long life was 
 one of ceaseless activity. His integrity was never questioned, 
 and his tenacity of purpose was such that he knew no such 
 word as failure in the accomplishment of his plans. 
 
 CHILDREN OF IRA AND LUCY ROYCE WHITCHER. 
 
 (All horn in Benton.) 
 
 107. I. William Frederick, b. August 10, 1845. 
 
 108. II. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1847, d. April 15, 
 
 1897 : m. November 1, 1877, Chester, son 
 
FRANK WHITCHER. 
 
 SCOTT WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 63 
 
 of Moses and Lucia Eastman Abbott of Bath, 
 b. October 13, 1850. She was educated in 
 the schools of her native town and at Newbury 
 and Tilton Seminaries. Devotedly attached 
 to her home, she remained a member of it 
 after her marriage, her husband entering the 
 employ of her father. She gave her parents 
 untiring care and service, and was a deserved 
 favorite in the social and religious circles of 
 the village. A lover of music, she was the 
 leading spirit of the church choir, and aside 
 from her home duties, was active in charitable 
 work. Childless herself, her home was a fa- 
 vorite resort of children, who cherished for 
 her the warmest affection. Her death fol- 
 lowed an illness of only a few days, and was 
 a blow most sadly felt by her aged father and 
 by her wide circle of relatives and friends. 
 
 109. III. Frank, b. June 21, 1849, d. November 7, 
 1875 : m. April 27, 1875, Lizzie A., daugh- 
 ter of Russell and Ann Walker Kina: of 
 Haverhill, b. February 5, 1848, d. January 
 9, 1881. 
 
 Frank Whitcher, after a short time spent 
 in the business department of New Hampton 
 Institution, entered into business with his 
 father, but fell a prey to New England's 
 scourge, consumption, and died but a few 
 months after his marriage in his twenty-sev- 
 enth year. 
 
U CHA8E WHITCHER AND 
 
 110. IV. Scott, b. November 2, 1852, d. January 22, 
 1875. Was educated at Tilton Seminary and 
 the State Normal School, became clerk in the 
 National Bank of Newbury at Wells River, 
 Vt., retiring some months before his death on 
 account ot failing health. The summer of 
 1874 he spent in the Adirondacks, going to 
 Florida in the late fall in hope of warding off 
 what proved to be pulmonary consumption. 
 He lived but a brief month after his return 
 home in December, 1874. 
 
 (107). William Frederick Whitclier^ son of Ira and 
 Lucy Royce Whitcher, b. August 10, 1845 : m. 1st, Decem- 
 ber 4, 1872, at Middletown, Conn., Jeannette Maria, 
 daughter of Dr. Ellsworth and Maria T. Haling Burr, b. 
 Middletown, Conn., December 6, 1845, d. Maiden, Mass., 
 September 25, 1894 ; m. 2d, November 4, 1896, at Stone- 
 ham, Mass., Marietta Amanda, daughter of Darius and 
 Mary A. Dean Hadley, b. Woburn, Mass., July 21, 1858. 
 William F. Whitcher, on reaching his majority, abandoned 
 the saw mill and lumber yard, fitted for college at Tilton 
 Seminary in one year, entered Wesleyan University, Mid- 
 dletown, Conn., in the autumn of 1867, graduating with the 
 class of 1871, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa rank, and win- 
 ning prizes for excellence in debate and oratory. Studied 
 theology in Boston University, joined the Providence, (now 
 the New England Southern) Conference of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church, and filled pastorates in South Yarmouth 
 and New Bedford, Mass., and Newport and Providence, 
 R. I. In 1881 he became a member of the staff of the 
 
WILLIAM F. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 65 
 
 Boston Traveller, and its editor-in-chief four years later. 
 In 1892 he became literary editor of the Boston Daily Ad- 
 vertiser, and three years later took charge of the court re- 
 ports, v^rhich have for many years been a special feature of 
 that paper. Resigning this position after the death of his 
 father, he removed to Woodsville, where he now resides. 
 Besides devoting himself to the affairs of the Ira VVhitcher 
 estate, he is editor and proprietor of the Woodsville News, 
 and is actively engaged in literary work. Is especially in- 
 terested in genealogy, American local, and political history 
 and biography, and his collection of books and pamphlets 
 bearing upon these subjects is one of the most extensive and 
 valuable in the state. During his eighteen years residence 
 in Maiden, Mass., he served for nine years on the Maiden 
 School Committee, was its chairman, and took an active 
 part in political affairs. Since his removal to New Hamp- 
 shire he has been a member of the legislatures of 1901, 
 1903, 1905, 1907, serving each session on the Committee 
 on Judiciary, in 1903 on State Library, and in 1905 and 
 1907 on Banks. Has been trustee of the State Library 
 since 1903, of the Woodsville Free Library since 1898. le 
 a trustee of the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank. Is 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity. New England Metho- 
 dist Historical Society, the New Hampshire Historical So- 
 ciety, Sons of the American Revolution, and other 
 organizations fraternal and literary. His political affilia- 
 tions have been with the Republican party since 1887. Has 
 one eon : 
 
 111. Burr Royce Whitcher, M. D., son of William F. 
 and Jeanette M. Burr Whitcher, b. New Bedford, 
 Mass., November 6, 1878. Prepared for college 
 
66 OHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 in the Maiden, Maes., High School, graduated from 
 Dartmouth College in the class of 1902, from the 
 Dartmouth Medical School, class of 1905. En- 
 gaged in hospital work in Boston, Mass., and 
 since 1906 has practiced his profession in that city. 
 Is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 
 
 (46). Sally Whitcher, daughter of William and Mary 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. May 25, 1817, d. in Bath, March 12, 
 1893: m. November 11, 1849, Amos, son of Daniel and 
 Lovisa Wilson, b. LandafF, August 29, 1826, d. W^oods- 
 ville, November 20, 1906. 
 
 After their marriage they resided in Benton until about 
 1866, when they removed to Bath, purchasing a farm about 
 one mile from Swiftwater village, upon which they lived un- 
 til about 1886, when they purchased a farm nearer the vil- 
 lage, where Mrs. Wilson spent the remainder of her life. 
 This was subsequently sold, Amos Wilson making his home 
 thereafter with his daughters. Sally Wilson was a woman 
 of great strength of character, of cheerful disposition, of the 
 warmest sympathies, which found expression in a life filled 
 with helpfulness for others. Her life was one of rare un- 
 selfishness. Both her husband and herself were members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church and their lives were consis- 
 tent with their profession. 
 
 CHILDREN OF AMOS AND SALLY AVHITCHER WILSON. 
 
 {^All horn in Benton,) 
 
 I. William Francis, b. April 27, 1852, d. Bath, May 
 11, 1873. 
 
MRS. SALLY (WHITCHER) WILSON. 
 
HI^ DESCENDANTS. 67 
 
 II. Susan Mann, b. April 24, 1854: m. Ist, January 15, 
 
 1873, Alvah E. Haywood of Haverhill ; 2(1, Febru- 
 ary 26, 1891, Harvey Dean of Haverhill; 3d, 
 James M. Spinney of Woodsville. Have no chiL 
 dren. They reside in Woodsville. 
 
 III. George Mann, b. October 8, 1855, d. Benton, De- 
 
 cember 17, 1863. 
 
 IV. Alice Isabel, b. August 19, 1857 : m. December 26, 
 
 1877, John Adams, son of George Ray and Susan 
 Gould Noyes, b. Waldcn, Vt., October 20, 1857. 
 they resided with her parents, purchasing the farm 
 about 1886. In 1903 they sold the farm and re- 
 moved to Woodsville, where they still reside, Mr. 
 Noyes being in the employ of the Boston & Maine 
 railroad. They have two children, both born in 
 Bath: (1) Leona Agnes, b. June 11, 1880; (2) 
 George R., b. August 28, 1887. 
 
 47. Hannah Whitcher, b. April 4, 1819, d. July 21, 
 I89(i, in Woburn, Mass. : m. March 11, 1837, James 
 Austin, son of Samuel and Mary Howe Mann, b. Landaff, 
 August 13, 1816, d. Woburn, Mass., March 23, 1874. 
 
 For a few years after their marriage they resided in New- 
 bury, Vt., but in 1849 removed to Woburn, Mass., where 
 they resided until their death. Mr. Mann was a carpenter 
 and builder, and was engaged in building houses until within 
 a few months of his decease. The street upon which he re- 
 sided for the last eighteen years of his life, and where his 
 widow lived till her death, bears his name, and the buildings 
 upon it were erected by him. They were among the ten 
 original members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of 
 Woburn, and Mrs. Mann was the last survivor of these. 
 
68 CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 CHILDREN OF JAMES AUSTIN AND HANNAH WHITOHER 
 
 MANN. 
 
 I. George Henry, b. December 11, 1837, d. February 
 
 11, 1839. 
 
 II. Moses Whitcher, b. Newbury, Vt., February 11, 
 
 1846. 
 
 III. Lucy Etta, b. Woburn, Mass., October 14, 1855. 
 
 Unmarried. Resides in Lexington, Mass. 
 
 IV. Abbie Louise, b. Woburn, Mass., January 16, 1860; 
 
 m. June 11, 1885, Simeon Edgar of Woburn, 
 Mass., b. February 15, 1849, in Harwich, Mass., 
 son of Simeon and Betsey Smith Kendrick. He is 
 a leather dresser, and they resided at Woburn until 
 1901, when they removed to Sault Ste. Marie, 
 Mich., where they still reside. They have no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 (II). Moses Whitcher Mann, son of James A. and 
 Hannah Whitcher Mann, ra. June 20, 1870, Elizabeth 
 Jenkins Clapp, b. Boston, Mass., November 16, 1847, 
 eldest daughter of Samuel Socrates and Tryphena (Clapp) 
 Holton of Winchester, Mass. Moses W. Mann engaged in 
 business with his father as a builder, for some two years 
 after reaching his majority. At the time of his marriage was 
 in charge of improvements in the western part of Medford, 
 building the first house in the section then opening up, now 
 almost entirely filled with residences, many of which were 
 erected by him, a section now one of the most attractive of 
 the city. He has been actively engaged in building, and 
 has nearly all the years since been a resident of West Med- 
 ford, doing much to promote its growth and prosperity. He 
 
MRS HANNAH WHITCHER MANN. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS, 69 
 
 is a member of the Medford Historical Society, and was one 
 of the founders of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, bear- 
 ing heavy burdens in its early years of growth and develop- 
 ment. Their children were all born in West Medford, 
 Mass : 
 
 (1). James Whitcher, b. March 13, 1871, m. May 29, 
 1895, Christina, daughter of Thomas and Isabella 
 Clarke, b. Halifax, N. S., January 6, 1874. 
 Reside Glens Falls, N. Y. They have children : 
 1, Mildred Isabella, b. West Medford, Mass., 
 September 7, 1896; 2, William Holton, b. West 
 Medford, Mass., August 3, 1901 ; 3, Grace Eliza- 
 beth, b. Glens Falls, N. Y., June 13, 1904. 
 
 (2). Georgianna Holton, b. February 7, 1874: m. 
 December 16, 1896, Harvey Scott, son of Dana 
 Francis and Adella Maria Bacon of Lexington, 
 Mass. Is real estate agent and lives at Arlington 
 Heights, Mass. 
 
 (3). Mabel Maria, b. July 22, 1875 : ra. Charles C, son 
 of Hopkins H. and Mary Toppan Meloon of Med- 
 ford, Mass. Is a glass-worker, resides Medford 
 Hillside, Mass. They have children: l,Ivy Car- 
 men, b. November 1, 1895; 2, Myrtle May, b. 
 September 6, 1898; 3, Ernest, b. May 6, 
 1900, d. May 12 ; 4, Everett, b. May 6, 1900, d. 
 May 6. 
 
 (4). Franklin Merritt, b. Feb. 13, 1879: m. August 6, 
 1902, Mabel, daughter of George and Mabel 
 Pitts. Is an architect. Resides in Kansas City, 
 Missouri. 
 
70 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 (5). Ruby Grace, b. March 7, 1880. Milliner in Glens 
 Falls, N. Y. 
 
 (6) David Whitcher, b. September 17, 1887. 
 
 Chase Whitcher, son of William and Mary Noyes 
 Whitcher, b. January 20, 1822, d. Benton, May 4, 1883: 
 m. June 3, 1848, Sarah Royce Whitcher, widow ot his 
 brother Moses (39), b. Landaff, October 19, 1813, d. Con- 
 cord, February 17, 1878. 
 
 Chase Whitcher, the third to bear that name, was durin<j 
 his active and energetic lite one of the most prominent and 
 influential citizens of liis native town. He was, alter his 
 marriage, enofaored extensivtlv in farming, and also in the 
 lumber business in partnership with his brother Ira, until 
 about 1857, and thereafter, until his death, conducted suc- 
 cessfully a large business of his own. He owned, in whole 
 or in i>art, several sawmills on the Wild Ammonoosuc in 
 Landaff, now Easton, as well as in Benton, and was also a 
 laro-e owner of real estate. Of a generous, impulsive dis- 
 position, with warm sympathy for those in distress or in 
 need of financial assistance, he was the constant helper of 
 many, who in their shiftlessness and improvidence abused 
 his friendship and generosity. He became for this very rea- 
 son in his later years, involved in expensive litigation, 
 Avhich seriously affected the value of his otherwise large 
 property. He re[)resented Benton six times in the state leg- 
 islature, in 1852, '53, '65, '66, '69 and '70, and was, during 
 a period of more than twenty-five years, almost continuously 
 in the service of his town in various capacities, such as town 
 clerk, postmaster, and selectman. He was a liberal sup- 
 porter of the Methodist Episcopal church of which his wife 
 
CHASE WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 71 
 
 was a devoted member, and was always ready to promote 
 any movement which he believed to be for the welfare and 
 prosperity of the community. In his political affiliations he 
 was a life-long Democrat, was active in the councils of his 
 party, and enjoyed an extensive acquaintance with politicians 
 and men in public life. In 1875 he removed his family to 
 Concord, erecting a house on Court Street, now owned by 
 his daughter, Mrs. Edward F. Mann. Much of his own 
 time was, however, spent in Benton, where he still retained 
 large pro|)erty interests, and where in his old home his last 
 illness and death occurred in 1883. 
 
 CHILDREN OF CHASE AND SARAH ROYCE WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Benton.) 
 
 112. I. Frances Catherine, b. August 22, 1849, d. 
 
 Woodsville, October 4, 1889. Was a grad- 
 uate of Tilton Seminary, an accomplished mu- 
 sician, greatly beloved by a large circle of 
 friends for rare and loveable qualities of char- 
 acter. Was unmarried. 
 
 113. II. Elvah Geneva, b. November 19, 1850, m. 
 
 Providence, K. I., January 10, 1881, Ed- 
 ward Foster, son of George W. and Susan 
 Whitcher Mann, b. Benton, September 7, 
 1845, d. Concord, August 19, 1892. She 
 orraduated at Tilton Seminary, and after her 
 marriage resided in Concord, then for a time 
 in Woodsville, returning to Concord, where, 
 since the death of her husband in 1892, she 
 still resides. Is a member of St. Paul's 
 
72 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 Episcopal church, and enjoys a wide acquain- 
 tance in church and social circles. Her only 
 daughter, Marian, died in 1896. 
 114. III. Hannah, b. November 15, 1853, d. October 
 15, 1854. 
 
 (50). Mary Whitcher, dausfhter of William and Mary 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. October 28, 1823, d. Lisbon, March 
 31, 1895 : m. June 1, 1841, Jason, son of John Smith and 
 Sally Boynton Titus of Lyman ; b. Lyman, September 25, 
 1814, d. Lisbon, September 3, 1895. 
 
 Immediately after her marriage, she went to reside with 
 her husband on the farm in Lyman, about a mile and a half 
 from the village of Lisbon, owned by his father, and which 
 became her husband's on the death of his parents. Their 
 seven children were born there, and received their education 
 in the Lisbon schools. Mr. Titus was a successful farmer* 
 and about 1880, disposed of his farm and took up his resi- 
 dence in Lisbon village. His wife was a woman of great 
 energy of character, and her devotion to her church, the 
 Methodist Episcopal, was second only to her devotion to 
 her family. The church in Lisbon never had more loyal, 
 enthusiastic, self-sacrificing supporters than Jason and Mary 
 Whitcher Titus. 
 
 CHILDREN OF JASON AND MARY WHITCHER TITUS. 
 
 (All born in Lyman.) 
 
 1. Charles Harvey, b. October 25, 1842, d. West Som- 
 
 erville, Mass., April 24, 1906: m. January 1, 
 1865, Lizzie J. Brisson of Boston. 
 
 Charles Harvey Titus, on reaching his majority, 
 went to Boston, entering the employ of an express 
 
MRS. MARY (WHITCHER) TITUS. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 73 
 
 company, and running as messenger for some 
 years between Boston & Albany. About 1869, he 
 went West and was conductor on several railroads, 
 residing a part of the time in Iowa, and in Colo- 
 rado. He came East about 1894, and entered the 
 employ of the Concord & Montreal railroad, and 
 later of the Boston & Maine, becoming night super- 
 intendent of the North Union station, until fail- 
 ing health compelled his resignation a few months 
 before his death. He was an efficient railroad 
 man, of fine personal presence, deservedly popular 
 with his associates, and his long railroad service 
 both in the East and West gave him a large range 
 of personal acquaintance. His children — (1) Mary 
 Elizabeth, deceased; (2) Charles H., deceased; 
 (3) Jay Sterling Morton, b. July 13, 1875; (4) 
 Bessie, b. July 9, 1880. Jay Sterling Morton 
 resides with his mother in North Deering, a suburb 
 of Portland, Me. 
 
 Holman Drew, b. August 31, 1845, m. November 
 7, 1871, Mary A., daughter of John C. and Mary 
 Simonds Atwood, b. Landaff, October 19, 1847. 
 Is a prosperous farmer in Landaff. They have 
 three children: (1) Lizzie, b. LandafF, Novem- 
 ber 14, 1877, m. October 25, 1898, George F. 
 Clement of Landaff. He is a farmer ; represented 
 Landaff in the legislature of 1907. Have one 
 child, Edgar T., b. January 30, 1901. (2) Clara, 
 b. LandafF, February 16, 1881 ; m. June 3, 1902, 
 Gerald T. Clark. They have one child : Neal, b. 
 May 18, 1903. (3) Harry, b. June 17, 1890. 
 
74 CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 3. Herman Prescott, b. December 2, 1848, d. Lisbon, 
 
 October 19, 1889. Was a machinist and inventor. 
 Was unmarried. 
 
 4. George Wendell, b. November 14, 1850, d. Low- 
 
 ell, Mass., February 11, 1901 ; m. Ist, at 
 Amesbury, Mass., March 13, 1877, Ida M., 
 daughter of William and Rebecca Jones of Ames- 
 bury; d. March 9, 1881. They had one child, 
 Cora F., b. January 12, 1879; m. 2nd, at 
 Amesbury, December 28, 1882, Mattie J. Run- 
 nels. They had three children : (1) Mary Ethel, 
 b. March 13, 1884, m. November 22, 1905, 
 Charles D. Kidder of Lowell ; (2) Oscar Bradford, 
 b. February 8, 1886; (3) Jason Wendell, b. 
 August 6, 1894. 
 
 George W. Titus was in the nickel plating busi- 
 ness for several years at Amesbury and later at 
 Lowell. Was a man greatly respected and an 
 active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 His widow and children reside in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 5. Theron Woolson, b. May 27, 1855, m. May 10, 
 
 1877, Emma E., daughter of James Clough of 
 Lyman. They have three children: (1) Grace 
 May, b. June 15, 1878, m. July 5, 1903, Frank 
 Rymes, and have one son; (2) Florence E., b. 
 March 7, 1885; (3) Ardelle, b. February 10, 
 1891. Theron W. Titus resides in Ayer, Mass. 
 
 6. Fred Milon, b. August 20, 1860, m. 1st, Eva A. 
 
 Wheelock and they had two children : (1) Mabelle 
 Frances, b. December 4, 1882 ; (2) Herman Eu- 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 75 
 
 gene, b. February 23, 1885. He m. 2nd, Mary 
 Rogers, and they have one daughter, Irene. He 
 is now in the employ of one of the largest electrical 
 plants in the world at Schenectady, N. Y., where 
 he now resides. 
 
 7. Bertha May, b. December 13, 1864, m. at Lowell, 
 
 Mass., August 30, 1899, Gardner, son of Henry 
 C. J. Wills, b. May 20, 1859, in Salem, Me. 
 He is a clerk and bookkeeper and they reside in 
 Lowell, Mass. 
 
 (51). Susan Whitcher, daughter of William and Marv 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. May 20, 1825, d. Benton, October 6, 
 1854; m. January, 1843, George W., son of Samuel and 
 Mary Howe Mann, b. LandafF, February 19, 1821, d. Ben- 
 ton, January 6, 1901. 
 
 Mrs. Mann was a woman of most attractive personality, 
 and her early death in her thirtieth year, leaving five young 
 children, was a sad blow, not only to her own immediate 
 family, but to a large circle of devoted friends. Her husband 
 resided in Benton till his death, and was one of the leading 
 citizens of the town. He filled at different times all the vari- 
 ous town offices, was six .times elected to the state legisla- 
 ture, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1876, 
 and served for several years as a member of the State Board 
 of Agriculture. He was a Universalist in his religious 
 belief, and an enthusiastic Democrat. For years the con- 
 ventions of his party would hardly have recognized them- 
 selves as such except for his presence. He combined the 
 business of carpenter and builder with that of farmer, and he 
 had large real estate interests in Woodsville. 
 
76 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 CHILDREN OF GEORGE W. AND SUSAN WHITCHER MANN. 
 
 {All born in Benton.^ 
 
 1. Ezra Bartlett, b. November 2, 1843, m. January 7, 
 
 1868, Ellen Sarah, daughter of George W. and 
 Sarah Glazier Bisbee of Haverhill, b. August 8, 
 1844. 
 
 Ezra B. Mann entered the employ of the Boston, 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad in 1863, and re- 
 mained with the road in the capacity of freight 
 conductor until 1872, when he entered into part- 
 nership with George S. Cummings in the drug 
 business in Woodsville, under the firm name of 
 E. B Mann & Co., and has since continued in 
 this business. Besides the regular business of a 
 druggist, he is also a dealer in paints and oils, 
 drain pipe, explosives, wall paper, newspapers, 
 
 periodicals and stationery, his store being one of 
 the largest and best appointed in the North Country. 
 He has been an active promoter of every enter- 
 prise which has led to the rapid growth and devel- 
 opment of Woodsville. He has served the town 
 of Haverhill for several years on the board of select- 
 men, represented it for two years in the legislature, 
 and is one of the recognized leaders of the Demo- 
 cratic party in the state. He was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Woodsville Aqueduct and Electric 
 Light Company and is its president. Has been a 
 trustee of the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank 
 from its organization and for several years its pres- 
 ident. He is president of the Woodsville Opera 
 Building Association, and has been its manager 
 
^'^.. <^>1 
 
 :^^Ksxua( 
 
 EZRA B. MANN. 
 
 GEORGE HENRY MANN. 
 
 ORMAN L. MANN. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 77 
 
 since the large and commodious opera block was 
 erected. His residence is one of the finest in the 
 village and he is a large owner of real estate. He 
 is an Odd Fellow, Elk, a 33d degree Mason, mem- 
 ber of the Raymond consistory, Scottish rite, and 
 of New Hampshire's most famous military organi- 
 zation, the Amoskeag Veterans. He has visited 
 all sections of the country and enjoys a wide 
 acquaintance with prominent men. Has five child- 
 ren, all born in Woodsville ; 
 
 (1). George Edward, b. May 7, 1874. Resides in 
 Woodsville, and is superintendent of the Aqueduct 
 and Electric Light Co. Is a Knight Templar and 
 member of other fraternal organizations. 
 
 (2). Ira Whitcher, b. January 8, 1877, m. Janu- 
 ary 8, I90I, Josephine, daughter of Frank E, and 
 Nellie E. Kibbie Thayer, b. Manchester, July 5, 
 1879. They have two children: 1, Margaret 
 Burns, b. October 22, 1901 ; 2, Luvia Jeanette, 
 b. April 30, 1905. Resides in Woodsville and is 
 member of the firm of E. B. Mann & Co. 
 
 (3). Harry Bingham, b. April 22, 1880; is in 
 employ of Boston & Maine R. R. ; locomotive 
 fireman. 
 
 (4). Luvia Ellen, b. April 1, 1884; graduate of 
 \^'oodsville High School and Emerson School of 
 Oratory, Boston ; is instructor in elocution, and 
 has fine reputation as reader. 
 
 (5). Henry Carbee, b. July 21, 1886 ; graduate of 
 Woodsville High School, and Clark University, 
 Worcester, Mass., class 1907. Will study law. 
 
78 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 2. Edward Foster, b. September 7, 1845, d. Concord, 
 
 August 19, 1892; m. Providence, R. I., January 
 10, 1881, Elvah G. (112), daughter of Chase and 
 Sarah Royce Whitcher, b. November 19, 1850. 
 They had one child, Marian, b. February 13, 1882, 
 d. November 5, 1896. 
 
 Edw^ard F. Mann vv^as educated in the schools of 
 his native town and at Tilton Seminary. Entered 
 the employ of the Boston, Concord & Montreal 
 Railroad in 1865, in the passenger service ; was 
 baggage-master, conductor, train despatcher at Con- 
 cord, assistant superintendent with office at Woods- 
 ville, and after consolidation of the road with the 
 Concord, under the name of Concord & Montreal, 
 was general superintendent of the system with 
 office at Concord, until his death, which followed 
 an illness of several months from pulmonary con- 
 sumption. Of genial manners, thoughtful always 
 for others, he was recognized as one of the most 
 popular of railroad conductors and efficient of rail- 
 road officials during his long term of railroad ser- 
 vice. No one, however lowly his position, ever 
 asked a reasonable favor of "Ed" Mann and was 
 denied. A Democrat in his political affiliations, 
 he stood high in the councils of his party, and was 
 known as one who did things when he undertook 
 them. He represented Benton in 1871 and 1872 
 in the New Hampshire House, the North Country 
 senatorial district twice in the State Senate, was 
 the candidate of his party for Congress in 1888, 
 and ran largely ahead of his ticket, being defeated 
 only by a narrow plurality in a district strongly 
 Republican. 
 
EDWARD F. MANN. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 79 
 
 George Henry, b. February 19, 1848 ; m. January 
 26, 1874, Elnora, daughter of David and Myra 
 Clifford Gove, b. Wentworth, December 9, 1850. 
 G. Henry Mann entered the employ of the Bos- 
 ton, Concord & Montreal Railroad in 1869, and 
 remained in its service as freight, cattle train and 
 passenger train conductor for a period of thirty-two 
 years, when he left in 1901 to become a partner 
 with his eon, Fred H., in the business of a general 
 store in Woodsville, under the firm name of Mann 
 & Mann. He is a Democrat of the radical variety, 
 who never hesitates to express his opinion of cor- 
 porate trusts and monopolies. He represented 
 Haverhill in the legislature of 1885, being elected 
 after a [irolonged contest, while there was no elec- 
 tion for the other representative to which the town 
 was entitled. Of his seven children, all born in 
 Woodsville, five are living : 
 
 (1). Luna Ardelle, b. October 22, 1874; d. Octo- 
 ber 22, 1875. 
 
 (2). Fred Henry, b. July 6, 1876; m. June 16, 
 1900, Daisy Margaret, daughter of Frank and 
 Laura Richardson Colby, b. Lunenburg, Vt., 
 December 5, 1881. Is in business in Woodsville 
 with his father, under the firm name of Mann & 
 Mann. 
 
 (3). Eda Frances, b. January 1, 1879 ; d. March 9, 
 1907; m. September 4, 1901, Dr. Selwyn K., 
 son of Kenson E. Dearborn of Bristol, b. Septem- 
 ber 10, 1879. 
 
80 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 (4). Ada Myra, b. December 25, 1881. Is a teacher 
 in the public schools of Concord. 
 
 (5). Harley Elmer, b. October 21, 1883 ; m. Octo- 
 ber 9, 1905, Martha Alvina, daughter of William 
 and Sarah Smalley Hardy, b. Haverhill, December 
 29, 1885. Train desjiatcher, Woodsville. 
 
 (6). Scott Whitcher, b. December 9, 1885; is a 
 
 student in Dartmouth College. 
 (7). Ida, b. January 15, 1894. 
 
 4. Osman Oleander, b. December 18, 1852; d. Octo- 
 
 ber 20, 1870. 
 
 5. Orman Leander, b. December 18, 1852; m. De- 
 
 cember 24, 1873, Ella Josephine, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Aurilla Bisbee Haywood, b. Novem- 
 ber 30, 1852. Is a j)ro8perous farmer in Benton 
 and prominent citizen of the town. They have one 
 child ; Grace May, b. November 18, 1876 ; m. 
 Ist, June 30, 1896, Charles P., son of Charles T. 
 and Sarah Pike Collins. Two children : Eva F., 
 b. February 8, 1900, and Osman M., b. July 18, 
 1902; m. 2d, July 17, 1904, Charles C, son of 
 Alfred E. and Mary Clark Tyler. Reside in 
 Benton. 
 
 (52). Daniel Whitcher, son of William and Mary Noyes 
 Whitcher, b. January 20, 1827, d. March 2, 1894; m. 
 October 20, 1850, Nancy Royce, daughter of Francis and 
 Catherine Moore Knight, b. July 27, 1829. 
 
 Daniel Whitcher was a marked personality, of fine physi- 
 cal presence, and endowed with an aggressive activity, he 
 made himself felt as a potential factor in whatever circle he 
 
DANIEL WHITCHER. 
 
BIS DESCENDANTS. 81 
 
 moved. On reaching the estate of manhood he associated 
 liimself in business with his father, who then resided on the 
 homestead farm in Benton. They were also owners of a 
 eaw-mill on the Wild Ammonoosuc in the town of Landaff, 
 where they afterwards resided and where a hamlet grew up 
 subsequently known as Whitcherville. The value of this 
 eaw-mill and other property depended upon the construction 
 of a highway down the Wild Ammonoosuc valley, giving the 
 |)roduct8 of this locality, and of others up the river in a sec- 
 tion of the town known as "Bunga," access to markets. The 
 opening up of the highway was the reasonable thing, and it 
 now seems strange that the towns of Landaff and Bath ever 
 opposed its construction. Daniel Whitcher became the chief 
 party to the litigation caused by the petition for the road, and 
 fought through a period of twelve years the controversy to a 
 successful issue, the road being constructed in 1860. This 
 was perhaps the most famous road case ever known in 
 Northern New Hampshire, and there is little doubt that the 
 towns involved on the one hand, and the petitioners on the 
 other, expended money enough during the process of the con- 
 troversy to have built the road two or three times over. The 
 litigation became a dominant factor in the politics of several 
 towns for years, and much bitterness of feeling was engen- 
 dered. Daniel Whitcher was also engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of potato starch at a mill which he owned in Whitcher- 
 ville, and at several other mills which he owned wholly or in 
 part in Bath and Haverhill. He was part owner in a tan- 
 nery which was in successful operation for several years, and 
 he also opened and conducted a general store. In his various 
 activities he was always aggressive, resourceful, never a quit- 
 ter and usually a winner. Upon the decadence of the potato 
 starch industry and the abandonment of the tannery busi- 
 
82 QliAlSE WHITCHER AND 
 
 nes8 he removed with his family from VVhitcherville to Bath, 
 purchasing a valuable farm property near " Rum Hill," and 
 carried on an extensive lumber business until a short time 
 before his death. He was an ardent and devoted advocate of 
 the Unitarian faith, and was the prime mover in the organi- 
 zation of the Unitarian Society in Bath, and the erection of 
 its house of worship. In politics he was a Democrat. He 
 represented Benton in the legislature of 1858 and 1859, his 
 election each time being the result of a heated and bitter 
 " Bunga Road" campaign, in which he won out by a single 
 vote over the late George W. Mann. After his removal to 
 Landaff and the termination of the road controversy, he rep- 
 resented that town in the legislature, though he had spent 
 the energy of years and much money in fighting the town, 
 not only in road case, but also in its finally successful efforts 
 to secure a division into two townships. His widow resides 
 with her daughter in Salem, Mass. 
 
 CHILDREN OF DANIEL AND NANCY R. KNIGHT WHITCHER. 
 
 115. I. Kate Kiamesh, b. Benton, May 16, 1853; d. 
 
 Landaff, December 20, 1880. Was a gradu- 
 ate of Tilden Seminary, West Lebanon, and 
 a successful teacher. 
 
 116. II. Moses Knight, b. Benton, November 28, 1855 ; 
 
 d. LandafI, April 9, 1862. 
 
 117. III. Nellie Grace, b. Benton, October 22, 1857; 
 
 m. September 3, 1888, John D. H., son of 
 Stephen and Rebecca G. Gauss of Salem, 
 Mass., b. January 4, 1861. Mr. Gauss is 
 proprietor of the Saturday Evening Observer 
 and an extensive job printing establishment in 
 
BURR ROYCE WHITCHER. 
 
 LAMAR WHITCHER. 
 
 GEORGE L. KIBBIE. 
 
 SCOTT WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 83 
 
 Salem. He is interested in political affairs, is 
 one of the leading members of the Republican 
 party in his section of the state, and has rep- 
 resented his city in the Massachusetts House 
 and his Essex district in the Massachusetts 
 Senate. They have three children : (1) John 
 Whitcher, h. April 1, 1890; (2) Katherine 
 Ferncroft, b. February 25, 1892. (3) Grace 
 Josephine, b. June 1, 1894. They reside in 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 118. IV. Elizabeth Rowena, b. Benton, July 16, 1859; 
 
 m. December 20, 1881, Charles E. Georo^e, 
 son of Isaac K. George. She has two child- 
 ren : (1) Lamar, b. September 15, 1882. 
 (2) Scott, b. June 5, 1884. She resides 
 with her mother and her two sons, who have 
 taken the name of Whitcher, in Salem, Mass. 
 
 118.* Lamar Whitcher is in the employ of the New 
 England Telephone and Telegraph Co., hav- 
 ing supervision of the offices m Northern New 
 England. 
 
 118.** Scott Whitcher is private secretary to the 
 trustee of the estate of the late Matthew 
 Stickney of Salem. 
 
 119. V. Carrie Ardelle, b. Landaff, July 6, 1861. 
 
 Artist, unmarried ; resides in Boston. 
 
 120. VI. .Josephine Lucy, b. Landaff, April 8, 1863 ; d. 
 
 Salem, May 10, 1907. 
 
 121. VII. Ira Dana, b. Landaff, October 4, 1865 ; d. 
 
 Landaff, February. 14, 1867. 
 
84 CHASE WHITOHEE AND 
 
 122. VIII. Mary Belle Bailey, b. Landaff, February 10, 
 
 1869; m. in Bath, May 24, 1891, William 
 v., son of George and Mary Hill Ashley, b. 
 Milton, Vt., May 26, 1864. Reside in 
 Woodsville. Mr. Ashley is train despatcher 
 in the Woodsville railroad office, and his wife 
 conducts a successful millinery business. They 
 have one son, Daniel Whitcher, b. March 15, 
 1894. 
 
 123. IX. Dan Scott, b. Landaff, November 22, 1873; 
 
 d. Bath, May 17, 1878. 
 
 (53). David Whitcher, son of William and Mary 
 Noyes Whitcher, b. June 17, 1828 ; m. February 23, 1853, 
 Sally Ann, daughter of Amos and Huldah Bronson Noyes, 
 b. Landaff, December 29, 1829. He engaged at first in 
 farming in Benton, but just before his marriage purchased 
 the Moses Noyes farm near North Haverhill Village, which 
 he owned for nearly fifty years, and was recognized as one 
 of the most successful farmers in Haverhill, the banner farm- 
 ing town of the state. He never devoted himself exclusively 
 to any single line of farming, always watching his opportu- 
 nity and devoting his acres to that which offered the greatest 
 profit. During the war 'of the I'ebellion, when wool was 
 nearly dollar wool, he utilized nearly all his farm facilities 
 in sheep raising, but when wool growing was less productive 
 his farm became a dairy. He proved that farming, even 
 in Northern New Hampshire, can be made to pay. A few 
 years since he purchased a fine estate in North Haverhill 
 village, where he has since resided, and a little later retiring 
 from active farming, has devoted himself to looking after his 
 investments. He forms his own opinions, is a man of 
 
DAVID WHITCHER. 
 
MRS. PHEBE M. (WHITCHER) BROOKS. 
 
Hia DESCENDANTS, 
 
 85 
 
 decided convictions, political, temperance and religious, 
 which he never hesitates to avow. He has never been 
 candidate for public office, is a Democrat, a prohibitionist, 
 a Methodist Episcopalian. He has been a trustee of the 
 Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank from its organization. 
 Is the last survivor of the sixteen children of William 
 Whitcher. 
 
 CHILDREN OF DAVID AND SALLY A. NOYES AVHITCHER. 
 
 {Born in North HaverhilL) 
 
 124. I. Quincy Noyes, b. December 14, 1853 ; d. 
 
 April 1, 1864. 
 
 125. II. Hattie Blanche, b. March 28, 1860 ; m. Sim- 
 
 eon Sanborn. She lived after her marriage for 
 some years in Contoocook, but a few years since 
 returned to North Haverhill and established 
 herself in a pleasant home presented to her by 
 her father. She has three children : ( 1 ) Roy 
 E., b. October 29, 18<)4; (2) Carl R., b. 
 February 19, 1896; (3) Marion L., h. 
 November 22, 1898. 
 
 (54). Phehe JSlavston Whitcher, daughter of William 
 and Mary Noyes Whitcher, b. February 24, 1831 ; d. Bos- 
 ton, June 4, 1870 ; m. in Woburn, Mass., Moseley N., son of 
 Timothy and Eveline Grimes Brooks of Franconia. They re- 
 sided in Woburn until 1869, when they removed to Boston, 
 She was a woman of attractive personality, a favorite in her 
 family and the social circles of which she was a member. She 
 was a member of the First Congregational Church in 
 Woburn. 
 
86 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF JACOB AND SARAH RICH- 
 ARDSON WHITCHER. 
 
 (55). Dorcas Whitcher, daughter of Jacob and Sarah 
 Richardson Whitcher, b. July 10, 1814 ; d. 1873 ; m. about 
 1841, Joseph Chandler of Lisbon. For the most part of 
 their married life they lived in the towns of Landaff and Lis- 
 bon. They were hard-working, honest. God-fearing people, 
 respected by their neighbors in the communities in which 
 they lived, lacking only in the "■faculty" of becoming fore- 
 handed. They had five children ; 
 
 1. Joseph, Jr., b. Lisbon, December, 1843; d. White- 
 
 field, March 26, 1906; m. March, 1881, Nancy 
 Jane, daughter of Adams and Mary Morris Streeter 
 of Lisbon, b. May 16, 1856. Joseph Chandler, 
 Jr., enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company G, 
 Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, and was 
 honorably discharged July 6, 1865. He was 
 severely wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg, 
 December 13, 1862, and was transferred to the 
 invalid corps September 17, 1863, rendering 
 service there until his discharge. His widow 
 resides in Lisbon. 
 
 2. George, b. 1846, d. 1897 ; m. Ellen Blair of Haver- 
 
 hill. They had two children : George, who is 
 deceased, and Lona, who is living. 
 
MRS. DORCAS WHITCHER CHANDLER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 87 
 
 3. Ellen, b. 184« ; m. Noble Donahoe of Littleton, 
 
 where she resided until her death. 
 
 4. Mary. 5. Martha. Neither of the latter married 
 
 and both died in their young womanhood, Martha 
 
 having fitted herself for teaching, and was engaged 
 
 as a teacher at the time of her death. None of 
 
 the faniily are now living. The family record had 
 
 been carefully kept in the family bible belonging 
 
 to Dorcas Chandler, and was in the possession of 
 
 her daughter, Ellen, whose home in Littleton was 
 
 destroyed by fire a short time before her death. It 
 
 has been impossible to obtain anything like a satis- 
 factory record of the family. 
 
 (56). Levi Morrill Whitcher, son of Jacob and Sarah 
 Richardson Whitcher, b. Warren, October 29, 1815 ; d. 
 Manchester, March 3, 1883; ra. Bradford, Vt., Mrs. Eliza 
 (Sinionds) Niles, daughter of Elizur and Susan Jenkins 
 Simonds, b. Bradford, Vt., Janua.ry 14, 1815; d, Manches- 
 ter, March 18, 1907. 
 
 Levi M. Whitcher suffered from an attack of scarlet fever 
 when about eighteen months old, from the results of which 
 he became a deaf mute. When about eighteen years of age 
 he attended school at the American Asylum for the Educa- 
 tion and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, Conn., 
 where he obtained a good common school education, and 
 learned his trade of cabinet maker, which he followed during 
 life. He was a good workman, an intelligent citizen, who 
 kept himself well informed of the events of the day, and was 
 devoted to his family. Availing himself of -the best oppor- 
 tunities offered for work at his trade, he lived in Bradford, 
 Vershire and Chelsea, Vt., in Warren, Orford, Lyme and 
 
HH CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 Tilton, N. H., and Qiiincy, Mass., finally locating in Man- 
 chester, where he died. His widow, a woman of great force 
 of character, survived him by nearly twenty - five years, 
 retaining her mental faculties to a remarkable degree until 
 just before her death in her 93d year. She was survived by 
 two daughters, four grand-children, four great-grand-child- 
 ren, and a half brother. State Senator Elizur Southworth of 
 Illinois, ten years younger than herself. She was the grand- 
 daughter of Indian and Revolutionary War soldiers ; her 
 father fell in the war of 1812, and she gave two sons by 
 her former husband to the war for the union. 
 
 CHILDKEN or LEVI MORRILL AND ELIZA SIMOND8 
 
 WHITCHER. 
 
 120. I. Emma Jane, b. Vershire, Vt., December 16, 
 1849. 
 
 She m. 1st, Howard Kibbie. They had one 
 child, George Levi Kibbie, b. Tilton, October 
 16, 1866 ; m, Ist, Emily J. Elkins of Man- 
 sonville, P. Q., who died in 1904. He m. 
 2d, Olive M. Porter, of Manchester, N. H. 
 They have no children. Reside in Manches- 
 ter. He '8 and has been for some years city 
 editor of the Manchester Union. 
 
 Emma Jane, m. 2d, A. W. Hayford. 
 Reside in Manchester. They have two child- 
 ren : 
 (1) Albert H. b. July 4, 1870. He has been 
 twice married ; Ist to Hattie Wingate of Man- 
 chester. Two children : George Harold, b. 
 
LEVI M. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 89 
 
 Manchester, March 10, 1892; 2 Warren 
 Clinton, b. Manchester, October 2, 1893 : 
 m. 2d, Minnie O. Cummings of Roxbury^ 
 Mass. Two children: 1, Mildred Cora, b. 
 Boston, September, 1903; 2, Nellie Louise, 
 b. Boston, September, 1905. They reside in 
 South Lyndeboro. 
 
 (2) Nellie Mabel, b. Quincy, Mass., March 13, 
 1873; m. John Wesley Smith of Manches- 
 ter. They have no children. 
 
 127. II. Sarah Ellen, b. Chelsea, Vt., January 12, 
 
 1851 ; m. Clarence Leslie, eldest son of Gil- 
 bert and Abigail Robinson Jeffers of Orford. 
 They lived in Orford till about 1877, when 
 they removed to Manchester, residing there 
 until 1905, when they removed to New Bos- 
 ton, where they now reside. They have one 
 child, p]mma Frances, b. Manchester, October 
 19, 1879. Is unmarried and resides with her 
 parents. 
 
 (57.) Ilazen Whitcher, son of Jacob and Sarah Richardson 
 Whitcher, b. Warren, May 21, 1817 ; d. Stoneham, Mass., 
 May 14, 1891 ; m. Benton, February 12, 1838, Sally, 
 daughter of Kimball and Sally Streeter Tyler, b. Benton, 
 May 27, 1810 ; d. Stoneham, Mass., October 20, 1899. 
 
 Hazen Whitcher received his education in the schools of 
 his native town, and went to Benton with his father, where 
 he learned the carpenter's trade and engaged in farming, 
 his farm being near that of his father, until 1846, when he 
 went to Stoneham, Mass., where he engaged in business as 
 
90 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 a carpenter and builder, following this for a number of 
 years, becoming one of the principal builders of the town. 
 In connection with this he carried on the undertaking busi- 
 ness, and later the manufacture of picture frames until 1871, 
 when he engaged in the hardware business, having pre- 
 viously sold the frame manufacturing business to his son-in- 
 law. He continued this business till about 1886, when he 
 retired to look after his real estate holdings in Woburn as 
 well as in Stoneham. In his early business years in Stone- 
 ham he served as deputy sheriff for four years, and was on 
 the police force of the town for sixteen years, and for more 
 than half of this time was chief. He was successful in his 
 business ventures and accumulated a handsome property. 
 Quiet and reserved in his bearing, unostentatious in manner 
 of life, he had the uniform respect of his fellow townsmen, 
 and was always faithful to trusts committed to his hands. In 
 reliofious belief he was a Universalis!, and was sexton of the 
 Universalist Church until the property was sold in 1869, 
 after which he worshiped at the Unitarian Church until his 
 death. 
 
 CHILDREN OF HAZEN AND SALLY TYLER WHITCHER. 
 
 128. I. Hannah H., b. 1839; d. 1847. 
 
 129. II. Betsey Tyler, b. 1841 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 130. III. Sarah Richardson. 
 
 (130.) Sarah Richardson Whitcher, daughter of Hazen 
 and Sally Tyler Whitcher, m. July 1, 1862, Oliver Hutch- 
 ins, son of Caleb Morse and Betsey Hubbard Marston, b. 
 Sandwich, December 17, 1837. 
 
HAZEN WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 91 
 
 The early education of Col. Oliver H. Mareton was 
 obtained in the schools of his native town and later in the 
 hi«rh school of Stoneham, to which town he first came in 
 1855. Keturning to Sandwich on reaching his majority, he 
 engaged in the manufacture of pails, continuing in this busi- 
 ness until 18G2, when he raised the larger part of a com- 
 pany of volunteers in Sandwich, was commissioned captain, 
 and liis company went to the front as a part of the Four- 
 teenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. In the memo- 
 rable battle of Cedar Creek, Capt. Ripley, the officer in 
 command of the regiment, was taken prisoner, and the com- 
 mand fell \\\Km Ca|)tain Marston. He was wounded early 
 in the morning in the left arm, but retained command durino- 
 tlie battle, and his wound was not dressed until twelve hours 
 after he was shot. A few months later he was commissioned 
 lieutenant-colonel and was placed in command of the retri- 
 ment. His regiment was in Augusta, Ga., at the time of 
 the caj)ture of Jefferson Davis, and it was detailed to escort 
 him, with Alexander H. Stevens and several of Davis' cabi- 
 net officers, who had also been captured, from the railroad 
 station to the steamboat by which they were taken to Savan- 
 nah. After being mustered out in July, 1865, he engaged 
 in trade in Sandwich in a general store lintil 1869, when he 
 went to Stoneham, and shortly afterward went into business 
 with hie father-in-law, Hazen Whitcher. He is still in busi- 
 ness in that town, making a specialty of manufacturing 
 machines for measuring medicinal powders, and machine- 
 folded powder papers for laboratories, druggists, etc. He 
 has been a member of the Stoneham school committee and 
 chief of police for two years. He is a prominent member of 
 the Conirreijational Church, a charter member and first 
 Worshipful Master of King Cyrus lodge F. & A. M., a 
 
92 CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 member of J. P. Gould Post 75, G. A. R., and of various 
 fraternal and benevolent organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Mare- 
 ton have one child : 
 
 Mary Williamine, b. April 17, 1863 ; m. Stoneham, 
 October 18, 1888, Arthur Libbey, son of Emery 
 and Hannah Lincoln Souther, b. Stoneham, July 11, 
 1865. The reside in Stoneham. Have two children : 
 (1) Oliver Marston, b. August 22, 1889; (2) 
 Harriet Whitcher, b. February 3, 1893. 
 
 (59.) ^/ows;o^c?c?/son TF7ii7cAer,b. Warren, June8, 1821 ; 
 d. Stoneham, Mass., January 16, 1854; m. July 20, 1848, 
 Jerusha, daughter of Joseph and Mehitable Towns of Lis- 
 bon, b. April 25, 1825; d. Philadelphia, Pa., December 
 19, 1901. 
 
 Alonzo A. Whitcher went from Benton to Stoneham 
 when a young man, where he was employed in the shoe busi- 
 ness at the time of his early death, giving promise of a suc- 
 cessful career. His widow, a woman of sterling qualities of 
 character and highly esteemed by all who knew her, survived 
 him for nearly fifty years. 
 
 DHILDREN OF ALONZO A. AND JERUSHA TOWNS WHITCHER. 
 
 131. I. Elvah J., b. 1849 ; d. October ( ?) 1851. 
 
 132. n Ella Frances, b. October 7, 1852 ; m. June 
 
 28, 1877, William Solomon of Baltimore, 
 Md They have one child, Sarah S., b. 
 Baltimore, Md., December 27, 1882. They 
 reside in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
ALONZO A. WHITCHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 93 
 
 (61). Jacob irAiVcAer, Jr., b. Groton, Vt., June 8, 
 1827; tK Woburn, Mass., January 17, 1878; m. let, 
 Stoncham, Mass., April 24, 1851, Sophronia G., daughter 
 of Jeremiah and Mary Jaques, b. Sanbornton, May 27, 1827 ; 
 tl. Woburn, Mass., August 31, 18(33; m. 2d, Woburn, 
 Maes., April 24, 1864, Celenda Thompson, daughter of 
 Warren and Eliza R. Fox, b, Woburn, Mass., July 27, 
 1840. 
 
 Jacob Whitcher, Jr., went from Benton to Stoneham 
 about 1849, having previously learne<l the trade of carpenter, 
 hut a year or eo hiter established himself as a carpenter and 
 builder in Woburn, where he remained in business until 
 shortly before his death, when failing health forced him to 
 retire. He did a successful business in building by contract, 
 and about 1860 established a lumber yard in Woburn, 
 becoming a large distributor of lumber, while at the same 
 time he was actively engaged in building by contract. He 
 was a man of great energy, of thorough-going integrity in 
 business matters, and had gained a solid business success when 
 stricken with the dread disease cancer. On beginnino: busi- 
 ness for himself he inserted an initial in his name, and was 
 always known as Jacob C Whitcher. By his first marriage 
 he had one child : 
 
 133. Helen Sophronia, b. Woburn July 27, 1852; d. 
 January 17, 1863. 
 
 CHILDREN OF .JACOB C. AND CKLENDA T. FOX WHITCHER. 
 
 (All born in Woburn, Mass.) 
 134. I. Arthur Warren, b. October 3, 1865. 
 
94 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 135. II. Jacob Franklin, b. March 31, 1869, d. Decem- 
 
 ber 7, 1875. 
 
 136. III. Jeannie Eliza, b. December 13, 1870, d. May 
 
 23, 1882. 
 
 137. IV. Mary Celenda, b. October 29, 1874; d. West 
 
 Newton, Mass., April 20, 1902; m. April 
 5, 1898, Henry A. T. Dow. One child, 
 Henry Kenneth, b. February 18, 1901. 
 
 138. V. Carrie Louise, b. June 28, 1877; d. March 
 
 10, 1900. 
 
 (134). Arthur Warren Whitcher, b. October 3, 1865 : 
 m. June 17, 1896, Edith May, daughter of George E. 
 and Arvilla Nickerson of East Madison, N. H., b. Novem- 
 ber 8, 1874. They reside in Woburn, Mass. ; have no 
 children. 
 
 Arthur Warren Whitcher served his apprenticeship in the 
 drug business during his high school vacations and high 
 school course. Graduating from the Woburn high school 
 in 1883, he took a four-year course in the Massachusetts 
 College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1887. He entered busi- 
 ness for himself in 1891, purchasing a drug store in Woburn, 
 where he enjoyed a liberal patronage until he sold his busi- 
 ness in February, 1898. In 1889 he became secretary, and 
 in the following year treasurer of the Woburn Cooperative 
 Bank, holding these positions until 1898, when he resigned. 
 It was early in this year that he was attacked by the Klon- 
 dike fever, and disposing of his business, he headed an expe- 
 dition comprised of nine men and penetrated the wilds of 
 Alaska. They wintered in latitude 66"^ ^^ north, on the 
 Hogatsakakat river, a branch of the Koyukuk river, a north- 
 
JACOB C. WHITGHER. 
 
ARTHUR M. WHITCHER. 
 
 JAMES H. WILLOUGHBY. 
 
 WILLIAM FRANCIS FULLAM. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 ^5 
 
 ern tributary of the Yukon. They secured vastly more expe- 
 rience than gold, and tlie expedition from a financial st:ind- 
 point was a failure. He returned to Woburn in the summer 
 of 18i)i), and, on regaining his health, somewhat broken by 
 the hardships of tiie previous winter, re-purchascd his former 
 business early in 1900, and has conducted it successfully 
 since. He has never held public office, but htis been actively 
 interested in many movements for the i)ublic good. In 
 1893 he became interested in the much discussed renewal of 
 the lease of the post office building, and was active in secur- 
 ing the removal of the office to its present leased location. 
 In 1900 he first suggested securing a Congressional appro- 
 priation for the erection of a Federal huildino- in Woburn. 
 In 1901, a Mr. L. M. Harris had Woburn entered upon the 
 calendar, and in 190G an a|)propriation of $12,000 for the 
 purchase of a site was secured. The appropriation for the 
 building, $03,000, will doubtless be made the coming winter. 
 As in all such cases there was at once more or less of dis- 
 ajireement as to a site. A number of sites were offered, but 
 all were declared unavailable excej)t one in the rear of the 
 main business street of the city, and inconvenient of np- 
 proach, and this met with the decided disajiprovnl of a mnjor- 
 ity of the citizens. The day the deal was to be closed by the 
 government for this site, a delay was granted in response to 
 the followinff telegram: "15,000 lesidents Woburn and 
 Burlington insist on further consideration post office. Await 
 advice." After four months of persistent but quiet work a 
 proposal, offering for the sum of $10,000 a lot near the 
 public library building, conveniently accessible from all 
 points, was made the Treasury department and was accepted 
 by the department August 6, 1907. The Woburn Jour- 
 nal of Auurust 9 savs of the contest relative to the site ; 
 
96 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 "It must be conceded that the favorable termination was 
 due to the activity of Mr. A. W. Whitcher and Mr. Charles 
 F. Remington. They worked hard but not in the interest 
 of any one of the several bidders." The Daily Times said : 
 "It appears that one of the most interesting wire-pulling 
 matches of the town has come to a head." The Woburn 
 City Council, after a flash-light photograph had been taken 
 of the assembled citizens in the council chamber, approved 
 at 10.05 p. m. of the construction of a new street made nec- 
 essary by the selection of this lot of land, and in a few 
 days was read from the sign post the name adopted at his 
 suggestion, '■^Federal Street" done in gold, overlaying 
 a bright red post card, green stamped, and cancelled, Sep- 
 tember 26, 1907, the date of birth of a new era in the city's 
 history. Mr. Whitcher is interested in the collection of 
 historical relics, and among articles of the Colonial and Rev- 
 olutionary period has the bayonet belonging to the flint lock 
 musket which was carried by Chase Whitcher at the battle 
 of Bennington in August, 1777. 
 
 (62). Sarah Jane Whitcher, b. Coventry, August 10, 
 1830; d. Windsor Locks, Conn., April 19, 1864; m. 
 Middletown, Conn., June 21, 1860, the Rev. Andrew Kerr 
 Crawford, b. Economy, Nova Scotia, April 22, 1830; d. 
 Oakland, Calif., October 11, 1897. 
 
 Sarah Jane Whitcher was not quite four years of age at 
 the death of her mother and but ten years old when her 
 father died. She lived in the families of her father's rela- 
 tives until she was fourteen or fifteen, when she secured 
 employment in the mills at Lowell, Mass., where she saved 
 from her earnings a sufficient sum to give her a few terms in 
 Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass. While there she 
 met Andrew K. Crawford, who was preparing for college. 
 
MRS. SARAH J. WHITCHER CRAWFORD. 
 
HIS BESOEiWDANTS. 
 
 97 
 
 and an attachment was formed, resulting in their marriacre 
 on the day of liis graduation from Wesleyan. Of devoted 
 and self-sacrificing piety, they had each consecrated them- 
 selves to the service of foreign missions, and it was a griev- 
 ous disappointment to them that when they had fitted them- 
 selves for this work, they had passed the age limit at which 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church accepted missionaries for 
 the foreign field. They entered the home work, Mr. Craw- 
 ford joining the Xew York East Conference, and filled 
 important i)astorates in that conference until 1869, when he 
 was transferred to the California Conference. His wife was 
 his devoted and helpful co-worker until her early death. He 
 filled appointments in the California Conference until 1884, 
 and was subsequently professor in the University of the 
 Pacific. Was principal of an academy in Olympia, Wash., 
 in 1894-95, and returning to California became a Congre- 
 gational clergyman until his death. His grandfather settled 
 in Nova Scotia during the latter part of the eighteenth cen- 
 tury, and by so doing was unable to present his claim to the 
 Earldom of Crawford and Lindsay, to which he believed 
 himself the rightful heir on the extinction of the titular line 
 in 1809. They had two children : 
 
 (1) Sarah Adalette, b. Windsor, Conn., June 28, 
 1861 ; m. June 20, 1894, Benjamin Fred Hall, 
 druggist and real estate broker in Palo Alto, Cal., 
 where they now reside. She graduated from the 
 University of the Pacific, San Jose, Cal., in the 
 class of 1884, and until her marriage was ensraofed 
 in teaching in Olympia, Wash., and in Cali- 
 fornia. Children : 1, Lucy Alice, b. November 
 7, 1895 ; 2, Myron Crawford, b. May 8, 1897. 
 
98 CHASE WHITOHER AND 
 
 (2) John Weeley, b. Windsor Locks, Conn., April 
 19, 1863 ; m. about 1890, Mrs. Belle Athern. 
 Is a house painter and decorator at Clements, 
 San Joaquin Co., Cal. One child, Ilene, b. 
 September 1, 1900. 
 
WILLIAM W. WILLOUGHBY. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 99 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH DAVIS AND 
 MIRIAM WHITCHER WILLOUGHBY. 
 
 SEE PAGES 23-24. 
 
 35 . ( 1 ) . William Whitcher Willoughby, son of Joseph 
 Davis and Miriam Whitcher Willoughby, b. February 26, 
 1816 ; (1. Somerville, Mass., August 10, 1877 ; m. Septem- 
 ber 21, 1845, Harriet M. True, of Holderness, b. April 10 
 1823. 
 
 Mr. Willoughby established himself in business in Somer- 
 ville, Mass., as carpenter and builder, was successful in his 
 business and a highly respected citizen. His widow still 
 resides in that city, making her home with her son, Georo-e 
 T. Willoughby. 
 
 Children : 
 
 (1). George T., b. Somerville, Mass., June 28, 
 1846; m. September 11, 1878, Ann Maria 
 Field, daughter of Moses and Malinda 
 Sprague of Boston, who died December 7, 
 1903. Two children: 1, Mabel S., b. 
 September 4, 1879, d. April 1, 1892; 2, 
 Bertha T., b. March 26, 1888. Mr. Wil- 
 loughby succeeded to the business of his 
 father which he conducts successfully. 
 
 (2). Harriet M., b. Somerville, January 23, 1856. 
 Resides with her mother and brother in the 
 family residence on Central street. 
 
100 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 35. (2). Futima Willonghhy, daughter of Joseph 
 Davis and Miriam Whitcher Willoughby, b. October ID, 
 1818; d. Chelmsford, Mass., September 23, 18(37; m. 
 Samuel Putney, b. (Woodstock, N. H., 1817) ? d. Chelms- 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 Children : 
 
 (1). Mary Ella, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 1852 (?) ; 
 m. Luther C. Upham, and resides at Old 
 Orchard, Me. They have two children : 1, 
 George W., who is married and resides in 
 Biddeford, Me., and 2, Ruby M., who lives 
 with her parents in Old Orchard, where they 
 are proprietors of the Sea Side House, a 
 well-known summer hotel. 
 (2). Josephine, b. Chelmsford and died at the age 
 of eiofhteen months. 
 
 35. (3). Samuel W. Willoughby, son of Joseph Davis 
 and Miriam Whitcher Willoughby, b. May 6, 1822; d. 
 April 20, 1860; m. 1848, Elizabeth Ann Merrill, b. 1828, 
 d. April 22, 1852. 
 
 Mr. Willoughby was associated with his brother William 
 ^y. as carpenter and builder and resided in Boston, where 
 his two sons were born. 
 
 Children : 
 
 (1). James Kenry, b. Boston, October 27, 1848; 
 m. June 30, 1874, Jennie Lind Howard of 
 Chelmsford, Mass. He fitted for college at 
 New Ipswich, N. H., and graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in the class of 1873. En- 
 
SAMUEL W. WILLOUGHBY. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 101 
 
 gaged in teaching. Was principal of the 
 high school in Middleboroiigh, Mass., for 
 thirteen years, and subsequently principal of 
 the high school in Dover, N. H., for one 
 year, and of the high school in Nashua for 
 two years. Is at present with the New 
 England Telephone and Telegraph Co. with 
 headquarters in Boston. His family reside 
 in Nashua. He has been actively interested 
 in public affairs in the city of his residence ; 
 is a Republican in politics, and in some 
 campaigns has taken an active part. Is a 
 member of the Masonic and other frater- 
 nities. Children: 1, Maude Howard, b. 
 June 10, 1875; 2, Ruth Marion, b. Sep- 
 tembr'il, 1876; 3, Blanche Sullivan, b. 
 June 11, 1878 ; 4, Edith Hapgood, b. Jan- 
 uary 23, 1882 ; 5, Alice Merrill, b. October 
 23, 1886; 6, AValter Irving, b. December 
 27, 1888, d. January 8, 1889 ; 7, Florence 
 Ladd, b. December 15 1891. 
 
 (2). Charles William, b. Boston, April, 1850; d. 
 Minneapolis, Minn., 1893; m. in Minne- 
 apolis and left at his death two children : 
 Charles W., Jr., and Blanche M. He went 
 west when a young man and at the time of 
 his death was foreman of construction for 
 the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Min- 
 neapolis, 
 
102 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF ELISHA AND MARTHA 
 WHITCHER FULLAM. 
 
 (63). Francis Fullam, son of Elisha and Martha 
 Whitcher Fullam, b. Warren, August 5, 1821 ; d. in Sara- 
 toga, CaL, Januany 26, 1889 ; m. April 27, 1847, Harriet 
 N. Darling of Rutland, Mass. 
 
 (64). William Fullam, b. Warren, February 14, 1823 ; 
 d. North Brookfield, Mass., December 20, 1893 ; m. Rut- 
 land, Mass., November 23, 1848, Ann Maria Bryant of 
 Lunenburg, Vt. 
 
 William Fullam went to Worcester, Mass., in 1845, and 
 learned the carpenter's trade of Capt. Lamb, a well-known 
 builder of that city. In 1848 he established himself in North 
 Brookfield, and was a resident of that town for nearly halt 
 a century. He was a man of great decision of character, of 
 untiring energy and industry, and his business was a large 
 and lucrative one. Most of the buildings erected in North 
 Brookfield for a period of forty years were built by him or 
 under his supervision. He did much by his public spirited 
 activity to promote the prosperity of his town, and his integ- 
 rity was never questioned. He was a member of the First 
 Congregational Church, and for many years previous to his 
 death he never failed to be found in his accustomed place in 
 church and Sunday school. 
 
FRANCIS FULLAM. 
 
WILLIAM FULLAM. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 103 
 
 Children : 
 All born in North Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 I. Grace Ella, b. February 19, 1852; m. March 13, 
 
 1873, James M. Doane of North Brookfield. They 
 lived in Brockton for some years, where Mr. Doane 
 was employed as a cutter in a shoe factory. At the 
 present time they reside in North Brookfield. They 
 have one daughter, Florence, b. November 10, 
 1873; m. October 7, 1897, Frank W.Clark of 
 Brockton. 
 
 II. Lizzie Maria, b. February 28, 1854 ; d. April 18, 
 
 1854. 
 
 III. William Francis, b. October 1, 1855; m. December 
 
 31, 1878, Anna Maria Kingsbury. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of North Brookfield and 
 at the Leicester Academy. In 1879 he became a 
 partner with his father as contractor and builder, 
 under the firm name of William Fullam & Co. Since 
 the death of his father he has carried on the busi- 
 ness, his two sons, William Harrison and Frederick 
 Arthur, being associated in business with him. He 
 is one of the leading citizens of his town, has served 
 as selectman and water commissioner, is president 
 of the Board of Trade, and a trustee of the North 
 Brookfield Savings Bank. Is a member of the First 
 Congregational Church. He has three children : 
 (1) William Harrison, b. August 15, 1880; m. 
 November, 1902, Nellie Goodwin of Rutland, Mass. 
 They have two children : Ruth Anna, b. October 
 
104 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 19, 1903, and Grace, b. April 19, 1907. (2) 
 Frederick Arthur, b. May 23, 1883 ; m. March 22, 
 1904, Edna A. Boyd of Oakham, Mass. They 
 have two children : William Francis, b. October 
 14, 1904, and Kenneth Bullard, b. November 15, 
 ■ 1896. (3) Charles Francis, b. February 25, 1885. 
 
 IV. Frederick Lincoln, b, April 7, 1859 ; m. Ist, May 21, 
 1884, Alice Maria Bryant; d. February 14, 1888 ; 
 m. 2d, June 1893, Etta R. Rice of Barre, Mass. 
 After leaving school he was associated with his 
 lather in the lumber business and in building, and 
 later was engaged in business for himself in Barre 
 and North Brookfield. Mass. He is at present 
 Superintendent of the Worcester County Gas Works 
 at Leominster, Mass. Resides at Clinton, Mass. 
 
 (66). Lemuel Fidlam, eon of Elisha and Martha 
 Whitcher Fullam, b. Holderness, May 23, 1830; d. West 
 Brookfield, Mass., December 23, 1893; m. 1st, September 
 22, 1853, Lucy T. Johnson of North Brookfield ; d. March 
 9, 1857 ; m. 2d, Susan F., daughter of William and Martha 
 A. Marsh Adams of West Brookfield. 
 
 Lemuel Fullam, after spending his boyhood in New Hamp- 
 shire and Vermont, obtained employment in a boot and shoe 
 factory in Rutland, Mass., and about 1854 engaged in man- 
 ufacturing boots and shoes at North Brookfield for the Batch- 
 elder Company. After a year or two he became inspector 
 of goods for a large boot and shoe jobbing house in New 
 York, but in 1858 went to West Brookfield and built a fac- 
 tory of his own, and until 1882, when his establishment was 
 burned, he conducted a large and successful business, the 
 
LEMUEL FULL AM. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 105 
 
 largest of any manufactory in town. At the outbreak of the 
 war of the rebellion he sustained heavy losses from the failure 
 of his principal customers who had a large Southern trade, 
 but his creditors granted him an extension, and with return- 
 ing prosperity he paid them every dollar due them with 
 interest. When his factory burned in 1882 he retired from 
 business, but by no means from the activities of life. He 
 had a wide acquaintance among shoe and leather men, and 
 ranked as an exceptionally able business man. There were 
 few manufacturers of his day who had as complete a knowl- 
 edge of all departments of the work as he. During his 
 business life Mr. Fullam took an active part in town affairs. 
 He was progressive and instituted village improvements 
 which have made West Brookfield one of the most charmingf 
 spots in Worcester County. He insisted upon good roads, 
 good sidewalks and a good fire department. He led the 
 town into building a system of concrete walks, by building 
 the first one from the railway station to the town hall at his 
 own expense. If once interested in a project, he was a man 
 of great energy, and few men would or could adhere to a 
 course of action so persistently as he if he thought he was in the 
 ri'dit. Possessed of great executive ability, his services were 
 ever at the call of the poor and struggling, and he was the 
 confidential adviser and helper of scores of young men who 
 were striving to make their way against odds. It will be 
 noted that his elder brother, William, died in North Brook- 
 field on Wednesday, December 20, 1893. His funeral was 
 on ISaturday, and his brother Lemuel was not feeling in his 
 usual health, and decided that he would not accompany his 
 family to the funeral. When they returned they found him 
 in bed, unconscious. He never rallied, but died at eleven 
 o'clock, at the same hour his brother had passed away in 
 
106 0HA8E WIUTOIIER AND 
 
 North Brookfield three days before. The two brothers were 
 men of large stature and of ojreat physical strength, a char- 
 acteristic of" both families of Fullam and Whitcher. Jacob 
 Fulham, the first son of Col. Francis Fulhani, founder of 
 the family in America, is noted in history for his daring and 
 prowess as an Indian fighter, and was known as the strong- 
 est man in New England, unless that claim were disputed by 
 Thomas Whittier, 1622-1696. 
 
 Children : 
 
 All horn hi West Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 I. Martha, b. January 4, 1860 ; m. September 14, 1886, 
 
 Frank Warren, son of Warren Augustus and Mary 
 F. Burgess Blair, b. West Brookfield, December 
 15, 1857. Martha received her education at the 
 W^orcester Oread Institute, Wellesley College and 
 the Boston Art Museum. Mr. Blair prepared for 
 college at Williston Seminary and graduated at 
 Amherst College, class of 1880. He entered the 
 newspaper profession, was editor and part owner 
 for twelve years of the Worcester Telegram, was 
 later managing editor of the Boston Transcript, and 
 is now night editor of the Boston Post. They have 
 one child : Margaret Amidon, b. Worcester, Mass., 
 July 23, 1887. Student in Smith College. 
 
 II. Charles Adams, b. November 29, 1864 ; d. October 
 
 17, 1865. 
 
 III. Mary Lucy, b. September 28, 1866 ; d. February 
 
 28, 1867. 
 
 IV. Frank Lemuel, b. January 6, 1870: m. September 
 
 12, 1906, Mabel Annie, youngest daughter of Oliver 
 
MRS. HARRIET (FULLAM) FAIRBANKS. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 107 
 
 Eaton and Harriet N. Porter French of Newport, 
 R. I. He was educated at Worcester Academy and 
 Harvard College, Lawrence Scientific. After grad- 
 nation he held positions as chemist, first with E. K. 
 Squibb & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y., then at the United 
 States Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., then with 
 the International Smokeless Powder Works, Parlin, 
 N. J., where he is now superintendent. Is a mem- 
 ber of American Chemical Society ; is a Congre- 
 gationalist. 
 
 (fi8). Harriet Fullam, daughter of Elisha and Martha 
 Whitcher Fullam, b. Granby, Vt., August 23, 1836 ; m. 
 October 5, 185(5, Isaac, son of Ebenezer and Margaret Glea- 
 son Fairbanks, b. Brimfield, Mass., April 14, 1833; d. 
 North lirookfield, Mass., April 19, 1906. 
 
 Harriet Fullam left Benton with her mother when about 
 fourteen years of age, and after attending school in Nortli 
 BrookHeld for a time, worked in a tailor's shop in North and 
 West BrookHeld and Woburn, Mass., until her marriage. 
 Thev lived on :i farm for a few years, when Mr. Fairbanks 
 became book-keeper and foreman in a lumber yard unlil a 
 few years before his death. 
 
 THEIR CHIDLKEN : 
 
 I. Dwight Edward, b. Burlington, Mass., July 7, 1858 ; 
 
 d. North Brookfield, Mass., January 10, 1868. 
 
 II. Fannie Rosa, b. North Brookfield, Mass., October 22, 
 
 1876. After completing her public school course 
 she spent two years at the Missionary Training 
 Institute, South Nyack, N. Y., but on account of 
 
108 GHASE WHITGHER AND 
 
 her mother's age and health, has never left home to 
 enter the missionary work. They are members of 
 the Congregational Church and reside in North 
 Brookfield, Mass. 
 
DAVID M. WHITCHER. 
 
HIjS descendants. 109 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF DAVID AND PHEBE P. 
 SMITH WHITCHER. 
 
 Phebe P. Smith, wife of David Whitcher, b. March 7, 
 1799, was daughter of Joseph and Betsey Marston Smith of 
 New Hampton. After the death of her husband in Coventry, 
 April 3, 1835, she returned to New Hampton with her 
 children, and died there July 20, 1880. 
 
 (69). Joseph Smith Whitcher, son of David and Phebe 
 P. Smith Whitcher, b. Warren, August 25, 1828. He 
 learned the carpenter's trade, but has in later years devoted 
 himself chiefly to farming. Resides in New Hampton, where 
 he has been a useful and respected citizen. Has served on 
 the school board and is a member of the Free Baptist Church. 
 Is unmarried. 
 
 (70). David Marston Whitcher, son of David and 
 Phebe P. Smith Whitcher, b. Coventry, June 30, 1831 ; m. 
 October 13, 1862, Julia A., daughter of Jonathan Perkins 
 and Catherine Neal Norris, b. Meredith, May 7, 1843. 
 
 David M. Whitcher learned the carpenter's trade and also 
 enffaored in farming in Center Harbor and Meredith, and has 
 taken an active interest in town affairs, holding various offi- 
 cial positions. Is a member of the Meredith Congregational 
 Church. Has a daughter : 
 
 (139). Ellen Ardelle Whitcher, daughter of David 
 
no CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 M. and Julia A. Norrie VV^hitcher, b. Center 
 Harbor, September 13, 1863; m. January 
 1, 1884, Frank A., son of James and Eliza- 
 beth Davis Bartlett, b. January 20, 1853. 
 They reside in Meredith and have one son : 
 Perkins Norris Bartlett, b. March 21, 1885. 
 
 (71.) Daniel Batchelder Whitcher, son of David and 
 Phebe P. Smith Whitcher, b. Coventry, July 6. 1833 ; d. 
 New Hampton, 1902; m. September 9, 1875, Elmina Josie, 
 daughter of William and Eliza Smith Brown of Meredith, b. 
 February 22, 1853. 
 
 Daniel B. Whitcher was a successful farmer in New 
 Hampton, quiet and reserved, devoted to his family and his 
 church, Free Baptist, taking an active interest in town affairs, 
 but declining any official position. 
 
 CHILDREN OF DANIEL B. AND ELMINA BROWN WHITCHER 
 
 (All horn in New Hampton.) 
 
 140. I. Phebe M., b. November 14, 1876; ra. Octo- 
 
 ber 20, 1906, Harry E., son of Enoch and 
 Mary Foss Flanders of New Hampton. 
 Reside in New Hampton. 
 
 141. II. Eliza M. , b. May 25, 1878; m. December 25, 
 
 1900, Joseph S., son of William and Abbie 
 Knight Gordon, b. September 19, 1877. 
 They reside in Westbrook, Me., and have 
 two children : (1) Dorothy M., b. October 
 23, 1901; (2) Adelaide S., b. November 
 12, 1903. 
 
DANIEL B. WHITCJHER. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. HI 
 
 142. III. Mina J., b. December 8, 1880; m. December 
 
 8, 1904, Carl M., son of Marlin S. and 
 Ellen F. Carr Meader, b. Haverhill, Novem- 
 ber 14, 1880. They reside in North Haver- 
 hill. 
 
 143. IV. Milton J., b. May 16, 1885. 
 
 144. \ . Algernon D., b. May 28, 1893. 
 
112 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 MISCELLANEOUS AND MEMORANDA. 
 
 Mention has been made in a previous chapter of the 
 brothers of Chase Whitcher, John and Reuben, elder, and 
 Joseph younger than he, who came to Warren. Joseph does 
 not appear to have permanently settled in town, as his name 
 appears on the list of voters but three times, nor is there any 
 record of his having married in town or having a family 
 there. 
 
 John Whitcher, b. Salisbury, Mass., June 19, 1749; m. 
 December 6, 1770, Sarah Marston of Salisbury, b. October 
 14, 1748. Their eleven children were all born in Warren. 
 
 1, Joseph, b. November 10, 1772 
 
 2, Reuben, b. December 30, 1773. 
 
 3, John, b. August 10, 1775. 
 
 4, Betty, b. October 3, 1778. 
 
 5, Sarah, b. October 17, 1779. 
 
 6, Henry D., b. October 30, 1782. 
 
 7, Obadiah, b. October 11, 1784. 
 
 8, Batchelder, b. August 3, 1787. 
 
 9, Obadiah 2d, April 23, 1789. 
 
 10, Jeremiah, b. January 29, 1790. 
 
 11, Rebecca, b. December 19, 1795. 
 
 Reuben Whitcher, b. Salisbury, Mass., October 5, 1751 ; 
 m. September 17, 1776, Elizabeth Copp, b. Hampstead, 
 April 14, 1761. They lived in various places after their 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 1 
 
 marriage, but finally settled in Thetford, Vt., about 17S)5, 
 There is a record of six children. 
 
 1, Betsey, b. VVentworth September 10, 1777. 
 
 2, Dorothy, b. Piermont, March 8, 1779. 
 
 3, Joshua, b. Piermont, June 9, 1781. 
 
 4, Joseph, b, Moretown, Vt., January 22, 1783. 
 
 5, Reuben, b. Thetford, Vt., March 8, 1785. 
 
 6, Samuel, b. Warren, December 18, 1786. 
 
 Mary Noyes, wife of William Whitcher (30), was, as 
 previously noted (page 32), the eldest daughter and child of 
 Samuel and Sarah Collins Noyes of LandafF. Her ancestry 
 is traced to 
 
 Nicholas Noyes, b. in Enghand, 1615-1616, and who 
 came to Newbury, Mass., in 1633. He married Mary 
 Cutting. 
 
 2. Timothy, son of Nicholas and Mary Cutting Noyes, 
 
 b. Newbury, Mass., June 23, 1655; m. 1680, 
 Mary Knight. He saw service in King Philip's 
 war. 
 
 3. Timothy, son of Timothy and Mary Knight Noyes, 
 
 b. Newbury, Mass., January 2, 1690 ; m. 1718, 
 Lydia Plummer. 
 
 4. Sylvanus, son of Timothy and Lydia Plummer 
 
 Noyes, b. Newbury, Mass., February 24, 1719 ; 
 m. 1741, Phebe Chase. 
 
 5. Samuel, son of Sylvanus and Phebe Chase Noyes, 
 
 b. Plaistow, September 12, 1760; m. Sarah 
 Collins. Samuel Noyes d. February 27, 1846. 
 Sarah Collins Noyes d. June 4, 1853, aged 91. 
 
114 CHASE WHITGHER AND 
 
 CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND SARAH COLLINS NOTES. 
 
 All born in Landaff. 
 
 1, Mary, b. November 5, 1787 ; m. February 15, 1807, 
 
 William Whitcher of Coventry. 
 
 2, Phebe, b. , 1789. 
 
 3, James, b. August 13, 1791 ; m. 1812, Violette Coburn. 
 
 4, Samuel, b. November 27, 1793, d. July, 1835; m, 
 
 Mercy Priest, 
 
 5, Caleb, b. February 28, 1796. 
 
 6, Amos, b. April 3, 1797, d. 1880; m. 1824, Huldah 
 
 Bronson. 
 
 7, Daniel, b. 1798, d. 1859 ; m. Susan Quimby. 
 
 8, Nathaniel, b. June 10, 1800; m. Ist, Betsey Bartlett, 
 
 2d, Mrs. Luella Keniston, 3d, Aurilla Cole. 
 
 9, Jonathan, ; m. Harriet Cole. 
 
 10, Polly. 
 
 11, Susan. 
 
 12, Moses, b. 1806, d. 1852; m. Ist, Mary Howe, 2d, 
 
 Lydia Royce, 3d, Zylphia Clark. 
 
 Joseph Davis Willoughby of New Holderness was mar- 
 ried in Warren to Miriam, daughter of Chase and Hannah 
 Morrill Whitcher, December 23, 1812, by Abel Merrill, 
 eTustice of the Peace. 
 
 In the sixty-five years since 1842, there have been but 
 twenty-five years in which a son or grandson of William 
 Whitcher of Benton has not been a member of the New 
 Hampshire legislature. 
 
HI/S DESCENDANTS. * U.r, 
 
 Henry N. Whitcher of Landaff (83), son of WintlHO|) ('. 
 and Mercy Priest Whitcher, d. September 9, 1907. 
 
 Tiie following may be taken as a specimen of rural grave- 
 yard literature during the first half of the 19th century ; it 
 appears on a small headstone in the Landaff cemetery : 
 " Taken by the resistless hand of Death 
 from the fond Embrace of a lovino- 
 Mother, Betsey, daughter of William 
 and Lucinda C. Whitcher, who died 
 April 14, 1842, aged 5 years and 2 days." 
 
 " Betsy, Betsy, art thou fled 
 And left us here in tears? 
 Early enrolled among the dead 
 To sleep till Christ appears!" 
 
 No portrait of Chase Whitcher or of his wife Hannah 
 Morrill was ever made, and nearly all of their children had 
 died before the days of the daguerreotype or of its successor, 
 the photograi)h. The author esteems himself fortunate that 
 he was able to secure photographs of two of these, the eldest 
 son, William Whitcher, late of Benton, and the youngest 
 daughter, Martha Whitcher Fullam, late of North Brookfield, 
 Mass. Chase and Hannah Morrill Whitcher had 38 grand- 
 children, of whom 31 lived to marry, and of these photo- 
 graphs or reprints from daguerreotypes were secured of 25. 
 These were of all kinds from poor to good, but they were 
 each the beet that could be obtained. But four of these 
 grandchildren are now (1907) living: David Whitcher of 
 North Haverhill, Joseph Whitcher of New Hampton, David 
 M. Whitcher of Center Harbor and Mrs. Harriet Fullam 
 
116 CHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 Fairbanks of North Brookfield, Mass. Of great-grandchildren 
 there have been 100, of whom 51 are now, so far as known, 
 living. Of great-great-grandchildren there have been 119, 
 of whom 102 are living. Of great-great-great-grandchild- 
 ren, fifth generation from Chase and ninth from Thomas, 
 there have been born 51, of whom 46 are now living. There 
 have been two of the sixth generation from Chase and tenth 
 from Thomas, of whom one is living, Dorothy May Jarvis, 
 born September 9, 1905. 
 
 The views of the Whittier home in Haverhill, Mass., are 
 from photographs taken by Mr. Edward Denham of New 
 Bedford, Mass., who kindly furnished them for this work. 
 One is a front view taken near the Haverhill and Ames- 
 bury road, and the other from the road to Plaistow, showing 
 the rear of the house and the famous flower garden so beloved 
 by the poet. The house was built by Thomas Whittier in 1688, 
 and remained in the family until the death of the poet, when 
 it became the property of the Whittier Memorial Association. 
 It is of interest to the world at large as the birthplace of the 
 Quaker poet, as the scene of perhaps his greatest poem, 
 "Snow Bound," but it has a special interest also to the 
 descendants of Chase Whitcher of Warren, as being the 
 home of his great grandfather, Thomas \^\'hittier, built in his 
 later years, after he had become comparatively well to do 
 and increased in worldly goods. The house was badly dam- 
 aged by fire October 17, 1902, but was speedily restored to 
 its original appearance, while the family furniture, relics and 
 souvenirs were saved by the heroic exertions of Mrs. J. M. 
 Ela, who at that time and since has had the care of the 
 house. As it stands to-day it is a fine example of the old 
 Colonial farm house, showing little trace of the ravages of 
 two hundred and nineteen years, and is rich in its family and 
 historical associations. 
 
' • 
 
 HIS DESCENDANTS. 117 
 
 The house built by Chase Whitcher at Warren, near the 
 Olencliff station, on the White Mountains Division of the 
 Boston & Maine Railroad, and near the Warren Summit 
 post office, is a much more modest structure, and shows 
 vastly more the ravages of time and decay, but it was the 
 home of Warren's "boy settler," the house where both he 
 and his son Chase, Jr., were licensed in the early years of 
 the nineteenth century "to keep oj>en tavern and to sell 
 spirituous liquors," and has to-day the distinction of being 
 the oldest house in the town of Warren. It has passed out 
 of the possession of the family, and is now owned and, 
 with some modern additions, is occupied by its owner, Mr, 
 Charlea Tyrrell, as a residence. 
 
118 GHASE WHITCHER AND 
 
 ERRATA 
 
 On page 32, in third line, for seven read eight. 
 
 On page 82, in fourth line after Samuel, insert Caleb. 
 
 On page 33, for 50 XI read 49 XI. 
 
 On page 33, for 51 XII read 50 XII. 
 
 On page 39, in fifteenth line, for William Harrison Bhike 
 
 read James Harrison Blake. 
 On page 83, in twenty-second line, for Matthew Stichney 
 
 of Salem read Montgomery Sears of Boston. 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 119 
 
 INDEX OF INAMES 
 
 A 
 
 
 Bisbee, Ellen S. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 76 
 
 
 
 George W. 
 
 76 
 
 Abbott, Chester 
 
 63 
 
 Sarah G. 
 
 76 
 
 Moses 
 
 63 
 
 Blair, Ellen 
 
 86 
 
 Ijucia Eastman 
 
 63 
 
 Frank W. 
 
 105 
 
 Adams, Mary A. Marsli 
 
 104 
 
 Margaret A. 
 
 105 
 
 Susan F. 
 
 104 
 
 Mary F. Burgess 
 
 105 
 
 William 
 
 104 
 
 Warren A. 
 
 105 
 
 Aldrich, Eda M. 
 
 53 
 
 Blake, James A. 
 
 39 
 
 Foster M. 
 
 53 
 
 Bowman, David 
 
 41 
 
 Georgia A 
 
 49 
 
 Hannah Parker 
 
 41 
 
 Susan M. (). 
 
 53 
 
 Minerva 
 
 41 
 
 Allen, Rebecca 
 
 34 
 
 Boyd, Edna A. 
 
 104 
 
 Ashley, Daniel \V. 
 
 84 
 
 Brisson, Lizzie J. 
 
 72 
 
 George 
 
 84 
 
 Brackett, Mary 
 
 8 
 
 Mary VI. 
 
 84 
 
 Anthon 
 
 8 
 
 William V. 
 
 84 
 
 Bronsdn, Azubah 
 
 48 
 
 Athern, Belle 
 
 98 
 
 David 
 
 48 
 
 Atwell, Chase W. 
 
 23 
 
 Julia E. 
 
 51 
 
 Dolly Whitcher, 
 
 28 
 
 Lavinia 
 
 51 
 
 John 
 
 23,27 
 
 Orrin 
 
 51 
 
 Atwood, Amanda S. 
 
 51 
 
 Rebecca 
 
 48 
 
 Eda M. 
 
 53 
 
 Brooks, Eveline G 
 
 85 
 
 Emilie E. 
 
 53 
 
 Levi 
 
 85 
 
 John C. 
 
 51,53 
 
 Moseley N. 
 
 85 
 
 Mary S. 
 
 51,63 
 
 Brown, Elmira J. 
 
 110 
 
 
 
 Eliza S. 
 
 110 
 
 
 
 Donald A. 
 
 49 
 
 B 
 
 
 William 
 
 110 
 
 
 
 Willis A. 
 
 48 
 
 Bacon, Adela M. 
 
 69 
 
 Bryant, Alice M. 
 
 102 
 
 Dana S. 
 
 69 
 
 Ann M. 
 
 102 
 
 Harvey S. 
 Barker, Sarah 
 
 69 
 
 Burr, Ellsworth 
 
 64 
 
 22 
 
 Jeannette M. 
 
 64 
 
 Barnes, Rebecca 
 
 17 
 
 Maria T. H. 
 
 64 
 
 Barnes, Rachel 
 
 17 
 
 c 
 
 
 Bartlett, Elizabeth 
 
 110 
 
 
 Frank A. 
 
 110 
 
 Chandler, Dorcas Whitcher 
 
 86 
 
 James 
 
 110 
 
 Ellen 
 
 86 
 
 Perkins Norris 
 
 110 
 
 Joseph 
 
 86 
 
f2(J 
 
 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 Chandler, Joseph, Jr., 
 George 
 Martha 
 Mary 
 
 George of George 
 Ivona of George 
 Chase, Charlotte 
 
 Elmer BrowB 
 Joseph H. 
 Joseph S. 
 Clark, Frank W. 
 George H. 
 Jeremiah A. 
 Lydia H. 
 George T. 
 Neal M. 
 Susan S, 
 Clarke, Christina 
 Isabella 
 Thomas 
 Clement, Edgar T. 
 George F. 
 Sarah 
 Cloggston, Lucretia 
 Sylvester 
 Clough, Emma E. 
 
 James 
 Cloutman, Daniel W. 
 Ethel Kate 
 George W. 
 Mary Ella 
 Mary (Hunt) 
 Caswell, Alonzo 
 Lorn a B.^ 
 Louise 
 Colby, Daisy M- 
 Frank 
 Laura E/ 
 
 Collins, Chas. P, 
 Chas. T. 
 Eva F. 
 Osman M. 
 Sarah T. Pike 
 Sarah 
 Copp, Elizabeth 
 Crawford, A. K. 
 Ilene 
 
 John Wesley 
 Sarah Adalette 
 Cummings, Minnie O. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 86 
 86 
 86 
 86 
 86 
 86 
 45 
 45 
 45 
 45 
 103 
 59 
 59 
 59 
 73 
 73 
 48 
 69 
 69 
 69 
 73 
 73 
 16 
 48 
 48 
 74 
 74 
 45 
 45 
 45 
 45 
 45 
 46 
 46 
 46 
 79 
 79 
 79 
 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 32, 113 
 112 
 96 
 98 
 98 
 97 
 89 
 
 Darlingr Harriet N. 
 
 Dean, Edward 
 Harvey 
 Hattie L. 
 
 Dearborn f Kenson E- 
 Selwyn K. 
 
 Doane, Florence 
 James M. 
 
 Donahoe, Noble 
 
 Dow, Henry A, T, 
 Henry K. 
 
 Eastman, George E. 
 
 James 
 
 John 
 
 Josiah J. 
 
 Louisa E. 
 
 Mary (Boyntou) 
 
 Mary E. 
 
 Polly 
 
 Ruth J. 
 
 Sylvester 
 
 William W. 
 
 Zechariah 
 Elkins, Enid J. 
 Evans, John 
 
 PAGC 
 
 102- 
 
 52 
 67 
 52 
 79- 
 79 
 
 103. 
 
 103 
 87 
 94 
 94 
 
 48, 56 
 47 
 10 
 49 
 48 
 10 
 
 48,56 
 47 
 48 
 47 
 49 
 10 
 88 
 10 
 
 31, 
 
 Fairbanks, Ebenezer 
 Dwight E 
 Fannie E. 
 Isaac 
 Margaret 
 Flanders Harry E. 
 Enoch 
 Mary Foss 
 French, Harriet N. P 
 Mabel A. 
 Oliver E, 
 Fox, Eliza R. 
 Warren 
 Fullam, Elisha 
 
 Martha Whi 
 Darius of El 
 Francis " 
 Harriet " 
 Lemuel " 
 
 G 
 
 107 
 
 107 
 
 107 
 
 107 
 
 107 
 
 110 
 
 110 
 
 110 
 
 107 
 
 106 
 
 106, 107 
 
 93 
 
 93 
 
 36, 102 
 tcher36,102 
 isha 37 
 
 36, 102 
 
 37, 107 
 37, 107 
 
Hi:S DESCENDANTS. 
 
 121 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Fullam, Maria " 36 
 
 Mary '' 37 
 
 William •' 3(i, 102 
 Frederick L. 
 
 of William 104 
 
 Grace E of William 103 
 
 Lizzie M. •' 103 
 WilliamFrancis 
 
 of William 103 
 Charles F. of 
 
 William Francis 103 
 Frederick A. of 
 
 William Francis 104 
 William H. of 
 
 William Francis 103 
 
 Grace of William II. 104 
 Kutb Anna of 
 
 William H. 103 
 Kenneth lUillard of 
 
 Frederick A. 104 
 William Francis of 
 
 Frederick A. 104 
 Charles A. of 
 
 Lemuel 106 
 
 Frank L. of Lemuel 106 
 
 Martha of Lemuel 106 
 
 Mary L. of Lemuel 106 
 
 Gauss, Grace X. 83 
 
 Katherine F. 83 
 
 .lohn D. H. 82 
 
 John W. 83 
 
 Rebecca 82 
 
 Stephen 82 
 
 George, Chas. E. 83 
 
 Isaac K. 83 
 
 Gilbert, Jefferson 48 
 
 Mary S. 48 
 
 Goodwin, Nellie 103 
 
 Gordon, Ada 45 
 
 Adelaide S. 110 
 
 Abbie Knight 110 
 
 Carrie 46 
 
 Dorothy M. 110 
 
 Elmer E. 45 
 
 Ella 45 
 
 George Scott 45 
 
 Horace W. 40, 45 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Gordon Irma May 
 
 45 
 
 Joseph S. 
 
 110 
 
 Lawrence Nickerson 46 
 
 Leslie Clayton 
 
 46 
 
 May Ella 
 
 45 
 
 Lucinda Whitcher 
 
 45 
 
 Lucy Webber 
 
 40 
 
 AVilbur C. 
 
 46 
 
 William 
 
 110 
 
 (Jove, David 
 
 79 
 
 Elnora 
 
 79 
 
 Myra C. 
 
 79 
 
 Green, Benjamin 
 
 9 
 
 Mary 
 
 23 
 
 Ruth 
 
 2 
 
 H 
 
 
 Hadley, Darius 
 
 64 
 
 Marietta A. 
 
 64 
 
 Mary A. 
 
 64 
 
 Hall, Benj. F. 
 
 97 
 
 Carrie 
 
 54 
 
 Lomena D. 
 
 54 
 
 Lorenzo 
 
 54 
 
 Lucy Alice 
 
 97 
 
 Myron Crawford 
 
 97 
 
 Hardy, Martha A. 
 
 80 
 
 Sarah S. 
 
 80 
 
 William 
 
 80 
 
 Hay, Abbie 
 
 46 
 
 Cyrus 
 
 46 
 
 Homer C. 
 
 46 
 
 Hay ford, Albert IL 
 
 88 
 
 A. W. 
 
 88 
 
 George H. 
 
 88 
 
 Mildred C. 
 
 89 
 
 Nellie L. 
 
 89 
 
 Nellie M. 
 
 89 
 
 Warren C. 
 
 89 
 
 Haywood, AlVah E. 
 
 67 
 
 Aurilla 
 
 80 
 
 Benjamin 
 
 80 
 
 Ella J. 
 
 80 
 
 Heath, Doris 
 
 53 
 
 Harry E. 
 
 53 
 
 Holton, Elizabeth J. C. 
 
 68 
 
 Samuel S. 
 
 68 
 
 Tryphena C. 
 
 68 
 
 Howard, Jennie L. 
 
 100 
 
122 
 
 CHA8E WHITCHER AATD 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Howe, Nellie M. 
 
 45 
 
 Hoyt, Mary 
 
 8 
 
 J 
 
 
 Jacques, Jeremiah 
 
 93 
 
 Mary 
 
 93 
 
 Sophronia G. 
 
 93 
 
 Jarvis, Amos 
 
 45 
 
 Bessie C. 
 
 45 
 
 Dorothy May 
 
 45 
 
 Edward 
 
 45 
 
 Elleu Joy 
 
 45 
 
 Jeffers, Abigail R. 
 
 89 
 
 Clarence L. 
 
 89 
 
 Emma Frances 
 
 89 
 
 Gilbert. 
 
 89 
 
 Johnson, Lucy T. 
 
 104 
 
 Jones, Ida M. 
 
 74 
 
 Rebecca 
 
 74 
 
 William 
 
 74 
 
 K 
 
 
 Kendall, Electra 
 
 56 
 
 George, 
 
 56 
 
 William 
 
 56 
 
 Kendrick, Betsey S. 
 
 68 
 
 Simeon 
 
 68 
 
 Simeon E. 
 
 68 
 
 Kibbie, George L. 
 
 88 
 
 Howard 
 
 88 
 
 Kidder, Chas. D. 
 
 74 
 
 Kimball, Abner W. 
 
 58 
 
 Deborah T. 
 
 58 
 
 Josephine Y 
 
 58 
 
 King, Ann W. 
 
 63 
 
 Lizzie A. 
 
 63 
 
 Russell 
 
 63 
 
 Kingsbury, Ann M. 
 
 103 
 
 Kinnear, Calvin 
 
 47 
 
 Cecilia F. 
 
 47 
 
 Julia E. 
 
 47 
 
 Knight, Catherine M. 
 
 80 
 
 Francis 
 
 80 
 
 Nancy R. 
 
 80 
 
 L 
 
 
 Little, Eliza Crockett 
 
 46 
 
 Josenh M. 
 
 46 
 
 PAGE 
 
 M 
 
 Mann, Samuel 67-75 
 
 Mary H. 67-75 
 
 James A 67-68 
 
 George W. 71, 75, 76 
 
 Abbie L. of James A. 68 
 
 Geo. Henry " 68 
 
 Lucy E. " 68 
 
 Moses W. " 68 
 
 David W. of Moses W. 70 
 
 Franklin M. '• 69 
 
 Georgiana H. " 69 
 
 James W. " 69 
 
 Mabel M. " 69 
 
 Ruby G. " 70 
 
 Grace E. of James W. 69 
 
 Mildred I. " 69 
 
 William H. '• 69 
 
 Ezra B. of George W. 76 
 Edward F. " 71, 78 
 
 George Henry " 79 
 
 Orman L. " 80 
 
 Osman C. " 80 
 
 George E. of Ezra B. 77 
 
 Harry B. " 77 
 
 Henry C. " 77 
 
 Ira W. " 77 
 
 LuviaE. " 77 
 Luvia Jeannette of 
 
 Ira W. 77 
 
 Margaret B. of Ira W. 77 
 
 Marian of Edward F. 78 
 
 Ada M. of Geo. Henry 80 
 
 Eda F. " 79 
 
 Fred H. " 79 
 
 Harley E. •' 80 
 
 Ida " 80 
 
 Lena A. " 79 
 
 Scott W. •' 80 
 
 Grace M. of Orman L. 80 
 
 Marston Betsey H. 90 
 
 Caleb M. 90 
 
 Oliver H. 90, 91 
 
 Mary W. 92 
 
 Sarah 112 
 
 Meader, Carl M. Ill 
 
 Ellen F. Carr 111 
 
 Marliu S. Ill 
 
 Merrill, Elizabeth A. 100 
 
ins DESCENDANTS. 
 
 123 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Meloon, Charles C. 69 
 
 Eruest 99 
 
 Everett 69 
 
 Hopkins H. 69 
 
 Ivy C. 69 
 
 Mary T. 69 
 
 Myrtle M. 69 
 
 Morrill, John 1 
 
 J ac'ob 8 
 
 Abraham 16 
 
 Abraham of Abraham 17 
 
 Aaron " 17 
 
 Hepzibah " 17 
 
 Isaac ' 17 
 
 Jacob " 17 
 
 Lydia " IT 
 
 Moses " 17 
 
 Richard " 17 
 
 Ann of Moses 17 
 
 Hannah " 17 
 
 Judith " 17 
 
 Rachel " 17 
 
 Sarah " 17 
 William Barnes of 
 
 Moses 17, 18 
 
 Elliott of William B. 18 
 
 Hannah 
 
 Increase 
 
 Lydia 
 
 Moses 
 
 Rebecca 
 
 Simeon 
 
 William 
 
 Sarah Herbert 
 
 18 
 
 15,18,19 
 18 
 18 
 18 
 18 
 18 
 15,18,19 
 
 Hannah of Increase 
 
 15, 16, 19 
 
 John of lucrase 
 Rebecca " 
 Richard " 
 Samuel 
 William " 
 Morse, Edna A. 
 Mary A. 
 Welton 
 
 N 
 
 Nickerson, Arvilla 
 
 Edith May 
 George S. 
 
 Niles, Eliza Simonds 
 
 19 
 19 
 19 
 19 
 19 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 
 94 
 94 
 94 
 
 87 
 
 3:i, 
 
 32. 
 
 Norris, Catherine N 
 
 Jonathan P. 
 
 Julia A. 
 Noyes, Amos 
 
 Caleb 
 
 Daniel 
 
 George R. 
 
 George Roy 
 
 Huldah 
 
 James, 
 
 Jonathan 
 
 John A. 
 
 Moses 
 
 Mary 
 
 Leona 
 
 Lillian Little 
 
 Lucinda C. 
 
 Mercy Priest 
 
 Phebe 
 
 Polly 
 
 Nathaniel 
 
 Sally A. 
 
 Samuel 31, 50 
 
 Samuel, Jr. 
 
 Sarah Collins 
 
 Susan A. 
 
 Nicholas 
 
 Timothy of Nicholas 
 
 Timothy of Timothy 
 
 Sylvanus '" 
 
 Osgood, John 
 Joseph 
 Mary 
 
 10'-» 
 
 109 
 
 109 
 
 84, 114 
 
 'i-A, 114 
 
 42, 114 
 
 67 
 
 67 
 
 84 
 
 39, 114 
 
 32, 
 
 32, 
 
 114 
 
 67 
 
 67, 114 
 
 31, 32, 113 
 
 67 
 
 46 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 114 
 
 114 
 
 114 
 
 84 
 
 113, 114 
 
 32, 60 
 
 31, 113 
 
 67, 114 
 
 113 
 
 113 
 
 113 
 
 113 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 Page, Benjamin 
 
 John 
 Peasley, Mary 
 Perkins, Hannah 
 Levi 
 
 Pheeb H 
 Pillsbury, Deborah 
 
 Lydia 
 Petts, George 
 Mabel 
 Polley, David 
 
 Mary Neal 
 
 7, 14 
 14 
 8 
 62 
 52 
 52 
 
 9, 10 
 17, 18 
 69 
 69 
 56 
 65 
 
124 
 
 CHASE WHIT CHER AND 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 1 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Polley, W. Harvey 
 
 55 
 
 South( 
 
 er, Oliver M. 
 
 92 
 
 William F. 
 
 48, 56 
 
 Spinney, James M. 
 
 67 
 
 Porter, Olive M. 
 
 88 
 
 Spoffo 
 
 rd, Eliza E. 
 
 42 
 
 Putney, Samuel 
 
 24, 100 
 
 
 Moses 
 
 42 
 
 Mary, Ella 
 
 24, 100 
 
 Sprague, Ann M. 
 
 100 
 
 Josephine 
 
 100 
 
 
 Malinda 
 Moses 
 
 100 
 100 
 
 Q 
 
 
 Stever 
 
 IS, John 
 
 8 
 
 Quimby, Emily 
 Joshua 
 
 54, 55 
 54 
 
 
 Katherine 
 
 Mary 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 Lydia 
 
 54 
 
 Streeter, Adams 
 
 86 
 
 
 
 Mary J. 
 
 86 
 
 R 
 
 
 
 Mary M. 
 
 86 
 
 Rice, Etta R. 
 
 104 
 
 
 T 
 
 
 Richards, Eli D. 
 
 44 
 
 
 
 Ella J. 
 Mary S. 
 Richardson, Stephen. 
 
 44 
 
 44 
 
 Jr. 33 
 
 Thayer, Frank E. 
 Josephine 
 Nellie E. 
 
 77 
 77 
 77 
 
 Sarah 
 
 33 
 
 Thorn 
 
 pson. Person C. 
 
 43 
 
 Ring, Joseph 
 
 8 
 
 
 Susan S. 
 
 43 
 
 Mary 
 
 8 
 
 
 Celenda 
 
 93 
 
 Rogers. Mary 
 
 75 
 
 Titus, 
 
 Jason 
 
 72 
 
 Rolfe. Henry 
 
 3 
 
 
 John S. 
 
 72 
 
 John 
 Royce. Dorcas Foster 
 
 2,3 
 
 38 
 
 
 Sally B. 
 
 Chas. H. of Jason 
 
 72 
 
 72 
 
 Lucy 
 
 59 
 
 
 Fred M. •' 
 
 72 
 
 Samuel 
 
 38 
 
 
 Bertha M. " 
 
 75 
 
 Sarah 
 
 38, 70, 71 
 
 
 Herman P. " 
 
 74 
 
 Runnells, Mattie J. 
 
 74 
 
 
 Geo. W. " 
 
 74 
 
 S 
 
 
 
 Holman D. 
 
 72 
 
 
 
 Theron W. " 
 
 74 
 
 Sabin, Rev. E. R. 
 
 21,22 
 
 
 Bessie of Chas. H. 
 
 73 
 
 Sanborn, Carl R. 
 
 85 
 
 
 Chas. H. 
 
 73 
 
 Marian L. 
 
 85 
 
 
 Jay S. M. 
 
 73 
 
 Roy E. 
 
 85 
 
 
 Mary 
 
 73 
 
 Simeon 
 
 85 
 
 
 Clara of Holman D 
 
 73 
 
 Sanders, James, Jr. 
 
 8 
 
 
 Harry " 
 
 73 
 
 Simonds, Eliza 
 
 87, 88 
 
 
 Lizzie " 
 
 73 
 
 Elizur 
 
 87 
 
 
 Cora F. of Geo. W. 
 
 74 
 
 Susan 
 
 87 
 
 
 Jason W. " 
 
 74 
 
 Smith, John W. 
 
 89 
 
 
 Mary E. 
 
 74 
 
 Phebe P. 
 
 37 
 
 
 Oscar B. 
 
 74 
 
 Solomon, William 
 
 92 
 
 
 Ardelle of Theron W. 
 
 74 
 
 Sar.ah S. 
 
 92 
 
 
 Grace W. " 
 
 74 
 
 Ella W. 
 
 92 
 
 
 Florence E. " 
 
 74 
 
 Souther, Arthur L. 
 
 92 
 
 
 Herman E. of Fred M. 
 
 , 74 
 
 Emery 
 
 92 
 
 
 Irene '" 
 
 75 
 
 Hannah 
 
 92 
 
 
 MabelleF. 
 
 74 
 
 Harriet W. 
 
 92 
 
 Tovs^n 
 
 s, Jerusha 
 
 92 
 
HIS DESCEXDANTS. 
 
 125 
 
 Towns, Joseph 
 
 
 
 92 
 
 Meliitable 
 
 
 
 92 
 
 Trafton. Edward S. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Lizzie A. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Walter J. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 True, Harriet M. 
 
 24, 
 
 100 
 
 Joseph 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Tyler, Alfred E. 
 
 
 
 86 
 
 Chas. C. 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 Kimball 
 
 
 
 89 
 
 Mary C. 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 Sally 
 
 
 
 89 
 
 Sally Streeter 
 
 
 
 89 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 
 ri»ham, Geo. W. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Luther C. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Ruby M. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 Veazey, Amos 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Allen G. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Aliee W. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Chas. A. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Jennie F. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 Mahal a 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 William U. 
 
 
 
 48 
 
 w 
 
 
 
 
 Walker, Ella C. 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 John 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 Lydia U. 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 Weston, Isadore F 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 Sarah A. 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 William E. 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 Wheelock, Eva A. 
 
 
 
 74 
 
 Whitiher, Chase of Jos 
 
 >epL 
 
 I 2 
 
 ,11 
 
 12, 13, 14, 
 
 15. 
 
 16. 
 
 19, 
 
 20, 22, 23. 
 
 25, 
 
 26, 
 
 27, 
 
 28, 29. 
 
 
 
 
 Hannah Morrill 
 
 
 16, 
 
 20 
 
 22, 
 
 23 
 
 ,29 
 
 Dolly of Chase 
 
 22 
 
 ,23 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 ,28 
 
 Levi of Chase 
 
 
 23 
 
 William " 
 
 
 23 
 
 ,26 
 
 27. 28 
 
 ,29 
 
 32 
 
 ,33 
 
 Whitcher, Molly of Chase 
 
 PAGE 
 
 23 
 
 27,28 
 
 Chase of Chase 23, 27 
 
 Jacob " 23, 27 
 
 33, 34, 35, 86 
 
 Miriam of Chase 23,114 
 
 Hannah •' 24 
 
 Martha " 24, 26 
 
 David " 24, 27 
 
 28, 37, 109 
 
 Amos of William 
 
 33, 39, 40 
 Chase of William 
 
 31, 70, 71 
 Daniel of William 
 
 33, 80, 81, 82 
 David of William 
 
 33, 84, 85 
 Hannah of William 
 
 33, 67 
 Ira, of AVilliam 
 
 23, 26, 59, 60, 61, 62 
 James of William 33 
 
 Tjouisa " 33, 
 
 47 
 
 Mary " 33, 
 
 72 
 
 Moses " 27, 
 
 31 
 
 35, 
 
 38 
 
 Phebe M. " 33. 
 
 85 
 
 Sally " 33, 
 
 66 
 
 Samuel " 27, 54, 
 
 55 
 
 Susan " 
 
 33 
 
 AVilliam, Jr. of 
 
 
 William 27, 38, 
 
 30 
 
 Winthrop C. of 
 
 
 William 33, 49, 
 
 50 
 
 Betsey N. of 
 
 
 William, Jr. 
 
 40 
 
 Alonzo A. of 
 
 
 Jacob 35, 
 
 92 
 
 Dorcas of Jacob 35 
 
 86 
 
 Hazen " 35 
 
 89 
 
 Jacob C. or 
 
 
 Jacob, Jr., of 
 
 
 Jacob 35, 
 
 93 
 
 Levi M. of Jacob 
 
 
 35, 87, 
 
 88 
 
 Lorinda of Jacob 
 
 35 
 
 Sarah J. " 
 
 
 35, 96, 
 
 97 
 
126 
 
 CHASE WHITCHER AXD 
 
 Whitcher, Stephen E. of 
 
 J acob 35 
 
 Daniel B. of David 
 
 37, 110 
 David M. of David 
 
 37, 109 
 Joseph Smith of 
 
 David 37, 109 
 
 Albion G. of 
 
 Amos 44, 45 
 
 Amarett A. of 
 
 Amos 41 
 
 Charles H of 
 
 Amos 41, 47 
 
 Florence V. of 
 
 Amos 44 
 
 James E. of Amos 43 
 Lucinda C. " 40 
 
 Winthrop C. 2d 
 
 of Amos 42 
 
 Henry N. of Win- 
 throp C, 50,53,115 
 Mary Jane of 
 
 Winthrop C. 50 
 
 Moses " 50, 51 
 
 Sarah H. " 50 
 
 Ward P. " 50, 51 
 
 Betsy S. of Samuel 56 
 Charles O. of 
 
 Samuel 58 
 
 Daniel J. of 
 
 Samuel 56, 57 
 
 David S. of 
 
 Samuel 57 
 
 Lydia E. of 
 
 Samuel 55 
 
 Susan E. of 
 
 Samuel 60 
 
 Frank of Ira 63 
 
 Mary E. of Ira 62, 63 
 Scott " 64 
 
 William F. of 
 
 Ira 61, 62, 64, 65 
 
 Elvah G. of 
 
 Chase 71, 72, 78 
 
 Frances C. of 
 
 Chase 71 
 
 Hannah of Chase 72 
 Carrie A. of Daniel 83 
 Dan S. of Daniel 84 
 
 PAGE 
 
 VVhitcher, Elizabeth R. of 
 
 Daniel 83 
 
 Ira D. of Daniel 83 
 Josephiue L. of 
 
 Daniel 83 
 
 Kate R. of Daniel 82 
 Mnry B. B. of 
 
 Daniel 84 
 
 Moseg K. of Daniel 82 
 
 Nellie G. '' 82 
 
 Hattie B. of David 85 
 
 Quiucy N". •' 85 
 
 Emma J. of Levi M. 88 
 
 Sarah E. " 89 
 
 Betsey T. of Hazeu 90 
 
 Hannah H. " 90 
 
 Sarah R. " 90 
 EllaF. of AlonzoA. 92 
 
 Elvah J. ' 92 
 Arthur W. of 
 
 Jacob C. 93, 94, 95 
 
 Carrie L. of Jacob C. 94 
 Helen S. " 93 
 
 Jeannie E. " 94 
 Jacob F. '' 94 
 
 Mary Celenda '• 94 
 
 Ellen Ardelleof 
 
 David M. 109 
 
 Algernon D. of 
 
 Daniel B. Ill 
 
 Eliza M. of 
 
 Daniel B. 110 
 
 Milton J. of 
 
 Daniel B. 110 
 
 Mina J. of 
 
 Daniel B. Ill 
 
 Phebe M. of 
 
 Daniel B. 110 
 
 Milton D. of 
 
 Chas. H. 47 
 
 Jennie N. of Moses 51 
 Maud '' 51 
 
 PheebP. " 51,57 
 LucileB.of Daniel J.57 
 Kate D. of Chas. O. 58 
 Frank P. of Ward P. 52 
 Chase R. " 52 
 
 Chas. C. of 
 
 Henry N. 53, 54 
 
HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 127 
 
 PAGE 
 
 \Vhitcher,.John \V. of 
 
 Henry N. 53, 54 
 
 Marv A of Henry N. 53 
 Mercy F. '' 58 
 
 Stark F. >' 53 
 
 Burr Ho3'ce of 
 
 William F. 65 
 
 Lamar 83 
 
 Scott 83 
 
 Edith A of Frank P. 52 
 Plu'ebll.ofChaseR. 53 
 Mark H of Chas. C. 53 
 John of Joseph 
 
 Wliitiier 
 
 11, 12, 26, 112 
 Children of 112 
 
 lieubtM) of Joseph 
 
 VVhittier 
 
 11, 12, 26, 112 
 Children of 113 
 
 While, Arthur F. 46 
 
 Elvah G. 47 
 EiiitMv B 41. 46 
 
 Elsie H. 47 
 
 Florence M. 46 
 
 Jacob M. 41 
 Lewis B. 46, 47 
 
 Tiulu Fiances 46 
 
 Leon W. 46 
 
 Malintla C. 41 
 
 Mildred E. 46 
 
 Vera L. 46 
 
 William E. 46 
 
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