THE HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE 
 
 VOL. II
 
 > 2-
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 THE " OLDEN TIME" IN I/YNDEBOROUGH. 
 BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 If any of the farmers of the L,yndeborough of today were 
 required to go into the largest wood-lot in town, say in March 
 or April, and cut down trees, build themselves log-houses to 
 shelter their families, make clearings and raise crops sufficient 
 for maintenance during the succeeding twenty-four months, 
 they would undoubtedly think themselves obliged to deal with 
 a pretty hard proposition. But that is what the first settlers of 
 L,yndeborough undertook to do in A. D. 1735-1740. Besides, 
 the heaviest growth of wood or timber within the limits of thp 
 town now, is not to be compared with the immense trees that 
 constitute the celebrated "original growth." 
 
 The building of some sort of house on the lands they had 
 bought was the first task of the pioneer, and it must of a neces- 
 sity be a log-house. Sometimes these were built by the un- 
 aided efforts of the settler and his family, but frequently some- 
 one who planned to settle in the neighborhood would ' ' change 
 work," and in that way make the labor of lifting the logs into 
 place easier. These log-houses were often built with one end 
 against a large boulder, this to serve as a backing for the fire- 
 place. Jeremiah Carleton's was built that way and so was 
 Adam Johnson's. The fire-place was usually a mammoth 
 affair, and it needed to be to warm the loosely-constructed 
 house. It was made of stone laid in clay, with a low, wide 
 chimney. Bricks were not to be had at first, and they were not 
 used to any great extent until framed houses were substituted 
 for the rude hut. 
 
 One could sit in the corner of these old fire-places and, look- 
 ing up, see the stars at night. Even after bricks came into 
 general use people still built their fire-places on a generous 
 scale, and the chimneys likewise. Probably the last of those 
 old chimneys to be torn down was the one in the Jonas Kidder 
 house; Jesse Simonds had it taken down. It was 12 feet square 
 at the base and continued at that size up through the second 
 story, in the hall of which was a fire-place large enough to
 
 464 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 burn "four-foot " wood. Into these fire-places was hauled an 
 immense back-log, and some of the houses were so arranged as 
 to allow a horse to haul it right into the room, then a somewhat 
 smaller fore-stick was placed, and then smaller wood placed on 
 top, and the result was a roaring fire, that warmed every thing 
 near it, and left the back of the room cold and draughty. Hav- 
 ing his house built and covered with split pine shingles, and 
 the hearth-stone warm, the next work of the settler was to 
 make a clearing, and get some land ready for crops. 
 
 Ususually the trees were felled one by one, but sometimes 
 the choppers would commence on one side of a lot and chop 
 the trees nearly off, and then one or two large trees would be 
 felled against those, and down would go the whole lot. I have 
 heard my grandfather tell the story of one such fall on land 
 north of the mountain. It was not a common practice, how- 
 ever, and was only tried when there was a "chopping bee." 
 There was great danger to the choppers. A sudden gust of 
 wind, or some workman chopping too far into the tree, was 
 liable to set the "fall" going, to the great danger of those 
 engaged in the toil. But it was said that the trees were packed 
 more closely together by this method, and a much better 
 "burn" could be obtained. These fallen trees were allowed 
 to remain until partially dry, and then came the burn. 
 Such a mass of trunks of trees, limbs and dried foliage and 
 twigs made a most tremendous fire, and at this day one wonders 
 what was done to prevent it from spreading into the adjoining 
 woods. Perhaps it did and the settlers did not care. 
 
 Of course even after the best ' ' burn ' ' the trunks of the 
 immense trees and the larger limbs remained unconsumed, and 
 then came the log-piling. As soon as enough settlers had come 
 into the town, this part of the work was generally made the 
 occasion of a " bee." The men and boys came with their oxen 
 and axes, and logs were chopped into convenient lengths and 
 hauled together and piled. It was hard, sooty work, and would 
 not appeal to a present-day farmer as very desirable toil ; but 
 those men are said to have had great fun and excitement in the 
 logging " bee," and they had the satisfaction of knowing that 
 they were lending a helping hand to a neighbor. Possibly, too, 
 the New England rum, which was always plentifully supplied 
 on such occasions, had something to do with the merry excite- 
 ment. These log piles were fired, and when consumed, left an 
 immense residue of ashes to fertilize the soil.
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 465 
 
 The first crops raised were Indian corn and rye, and usually 
 a small plot of flax. The seed must be all planted or sowed by 
 hand, and the tools our forefathers had to use were of the most 
 primitive kind, heavy and cumbrous. A plow was of no use 
 whatever on account of the roots in the soil. The rye was 
 scratched in with a three-pronged implement, and the iron in 
 the hoes would have made a half-dozen of those of the present 
 day. With these tools the corn was covered among the roots 
 and stones, and it would be interesting to know how much they 
 raised to the acre in that virgin soil. It was not until many 
 years later that potatoes were raised to any great extent. This 
 vegetable was slow in coming into general use as an article of 
 food. Mrs. Chase Hadley told the writer that her husband 
 raised two bushels one year and divided them with the neigh- 
 bors, keeping only one-half bushel for his own family ; and that 
 no one wanted them or ate them in those days. That must 
 have been about the year 1800. 
 
 Hoes, axes, scythes, etc., were all made by the nearest black- 
 smiths. The shovels were made from a riven oak plank, blade 
 and handle all one piece, the blade concave on one side and con- 
 vex on the other, and sometimes shod with a piece of steel. 
 Probably there are none of these old relics in town now, but 
 one of these shovels was kept in Sherebiah Manning's hop- 
 house for years, and was much worn. 
 
 Sometime later a very narrow harrow with teeth top and bot- 
 tom was used to harrow in rye on burnt ground. If the roots 
 threw it bottom side up, the team might still go on and the har- 
 row would do business. 
 
 When the roots had decayed to some extent, and some of the 
 larger stone had been cleaned away, plows came into use. 
 These plows were manufactured in the town and were the joint 
 product of the blacksmith and the carpenter. The beam was 
 six or seven feet long, made of oak or ash, perhaps five inches 
 in greatest diameter, tapering toward the team and handles. 
 The "plow irons," made by a blacksmith, were the share, the 
 point and the wing ; the mold-board was made of wood, and on 
 this were fastened pieces of steel or sheet-iron to prevent the 
 furrow from wearing it away. About forty years ago one of 
 these old plows was in existence and was used in repairing the 
 highway in District No. i. It had pieces of old saw plate fast- 
 ened to the mold-board. The handles were very low, but it 
 was said to do better work than the more modern plows ; and
 
 466 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 it may be added it took more team to draw it. In the process 
 of time the land was cleared of stone, and the miles of wall 
 were built, wheat and oats and potatoes were raised, hop fields 
 were planted (this last industry to be abandoned when the 
 Western States began to raise hops) , and the fields of L,ynde- 
 borough practically as they are to-day, were evolved. The sin- 
 gle and double walls in town show what was taken from the 
 soil besides crops, and the muscular energy the fathers ex- 
 pended in wresting smooth fields from the forest. 
 
 How long the log-cabin period in the history of Lynde- 
 borough continued there are no traditions to tell. They were 
 rough, uncomfortable habitations at the best, and generally con- 
 tained one room and a small loft, this last reached by a ladder. 
 A hole dug under the hut and reached by a trap-door in the 
 floor, served as a cellar. During the severe winters common to 
 the climate the occupants must have suffered much from the 
 cold, in spite of all contrivances, such as hanging bed-quilts 
 around the fire-place, and the use of the " settle," with its'high 
 back. These low houses must have been nearly buried in the 
 deep snow, but doubtless this was a blessing, as it made the 
 interiors all the warmer. Green wood was burned, and this 
 had to be dug out of the snow. None was ever housed in those 
 days, and, in fact, a generation or two passed before woodsheds 
 became common. When the boys got chilly they were sent to 
 the woodpile to ply the axe until they were thoroughly warmed. 
 
 It is probable that as soon as saw-mills were established and 
 boards could be obtained, the settlers began to build framed 
 houses. These at first were invariably of one story. The 
 frame was made of hewn timber, much of it seven and eight 
 inches square, almost strong enough to have supported a modern 
 " sky-scraper." 
 
 Carpenters always worked by "scribe" rule in those days 
 in framing a building, either house or barn. Square rule did 
 not come into use for almost a hundred years later. 
 
 These new houses were loosely-constructed affairs, and it 
 was necessary to retain the generous fire-place, to which was 
 added the brick oven. Then, as the people grew prosperous 
 and forehanded, they began to build the more pretentious two- 
 storied houses. 
 
 Nails were very scarce and hard to obtain, and some of the 
 houses had the boarding fastened to the frame with wooden 
 pins. The older part of the house on the old " town farm " has
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 467 
 
 the boards fastened in this way. The pins are of oak, about 
 three inches long and perhaps three-eighths of an inch square 
 at the head, tapering to a point. This part of the house was 
 built by Eleazer Woodward just previous to the Revolutionary 
 War. Nehemiah Boutwell made nails for years, and many of 
 the houses in town were built with them. 
 
 David Stratton built the seventh framed house in I^ynde- 
 borough. Such is the tradition, but tradition is silent about the 
 preceding six. The site of Stratton's house was about twenty 
 rods south of where Fred Holt lives. 
 
 Much has been written about ambitious youth studying by 
 the light of the open fire or by the aid of pitch pine splints, 
 doubtless all true ; but it is also doubtless true that those first 
 settlers went to bed as a rule almost as soon as it was ' ' dark 
 under the table." They had few books, no newspapers, and 
 the out-of-door life, with its vigorous muscular labor in clear- 
 ing the land, would be likely to promote a drowsy feeling, come 
 night. But if they were inclined to sit up late, the light of the 
 open fire or of a pitch pine torch was all they had at first. 
 There were rude lamps in existence at that day, but they had 
 no means to provide the oil to burn in them. But as they 
 began to have herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, candles came 
 into use, and the making of the year's supply of " tallow dips " 
 was quite an event in the household economy. 
 
 Peeled willow sticks about eighteen inches long, and a little 
 less than a half-inch in diameter were provided, and on these 
 were looped six strands of candle wicking of the length of the 
 required "dip." These were placed about a couple of inches 
 apart on the stick. Two small poles were then placed on some 
 support, generally two chairs. These poles were long enough 
 to hold some dozens of candles and were laid far enough apart 
 to allow the candles to hang between. A large kettle of tallow 
 was then melted, and when all was ready, these wicks were 
 dipped in the hot tallow. In withdrawing them of course they 
 stuck together more or less, and then a finger was used to 
 separate them, and the stick was placed on the poles to cool. 
 By the time the last stickful was dipped, the tallow on the first 
 had hardened sufficiently to allow of its being dipped again, 
 and so the process was continued, the candles growing in size, 
 until they were large enough. Usually enough were made at a 
 time to last a year. 
 
 L,ater, candle-molds came into common use. These were tin
 
 468 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 molds of the size and shape of a candle, fastened together in 
 groups of a dozen. The wicking was drawn through them and 
 secured by a knot at the bottom. Melted tallow was poured 
 into them and allowed to cool. These candles, it was claimed, 
 were not as good as " dips," being more inclined to run. 
 Although there were " snuffers " in every household, it was a 
 common practice to snuff the candle with the fingers, and it was 
 quite a trick to do it without burning the fingers or putting 
 the candle out. By holding the candle between the eyes and 
 the book or paper, (and incidentally catching the falling grease 
 in one's lap) one could read quite comfortably by its use. 
 
 Whale oil lamps were used to some extent in the early days, 
 but they were smoky things and only those who were considered 
 opulent could afford them. Camphene, a highly explosive oil 
 or liquid, was also used for illuminating purposes but was rather 
 dangerous. 
 
 In the decade between 1850 and 1860 kerosene oil became 
 the common light, and has continued with many improvements 
 in lamps to the present day. 
 
 The writer's father bought the first of this oil in 1858, paying 
 twenty-five cents per quart therefor. 
 
 The clothing of the pioneers of Lyndeborough was all home- 
 made, home-spun and woven in a rough loom set up in the 
 kitchen, usually. Wool was not very plenty at first, and about 
 the first crop raised was a patch of flax. This was pulled at 
 the proper time and laid out to rot, as it was termed, then it 
 was cleaned of its seed, and broken with what was called a 
 ' ' flax breaker, ' ' a machine which required considerable muscle 
 to operate. Next it was swingled to clean out the coarser 
 parts, combed to get rid of the tow and then was ready to be 
 spun on the "little wheel." Sheets, pillow-cases, towels, and 
 women's dresses, together with 'shirts for the men, were made 
 from it. The boys had to wear a product made from the tow, 
 coarse and rough. 
 
 Some of this linen was figured, and compares very favorably 
 with the linen of to-day. Mrs. E. C. Curtis has some of the 
 table linen made by her grandmother from flax raised on the 
 old homestead in Johnson's Corner. It was spun and woven 
 in the old house on that farm, a house in which was no plaster- 
 ing and no paint. That such fabrics could have been made 
 with the rude looms of the times, almost passes belief. They 
 are as fine in texture and figure as those of the present day.
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 469 
 
 Some of the designs were called the "American Beauty," 
 "Orange Quarter," etc. Mrs. Curtis also has some towels 
 made by her great- great-grandmother, more than a hundred 
 and fifty years ago, which show artistic design in figure. 
 
 All the girls were brought up to card and spin and weave and 
 knit. Forty-two knots of filling, or six skeins, or thirty-five 
 knots of warp, or five skeins, was a day's work of either kind, 
 and fifty cents per week and board was the pay when working 
 out. 
 
 Mrs. Asher Curtis, senior, used to milk two cows for an addi- 
 tional compensation of eight cents. 
 
 As the sheep increased in numbers, the carding, spinning, 
 and weaving of woolen fabrics was added to the home indus- 
 tries of the forefathers. The hum of the " big wheel " mingled 
 with that of the " little " or flax wheel, and then came the era 
 of the " striped frock," a garment made of wool, belted at the 
 waist, and worn almost universally by the men of two or three 
 generations. It was warm and comfortable and was almost the 
 only outside garment many had. It was worn "to mill and to 
 meeting " and retained its popularity until comparatively recent 
 years. John Richardson was about the last man in the " mid- 
 dle of the town" to give it up. The well-to-do and the poor 
 alike wore them. 
 
 Sometimes cotton filling was obtained from the lower towns, 
 and bedspreads and other articles were made of cotton and 
 wool, or with a flax warp made into a coarser fabric for common 
 wear. 
 
 Girls made their own wedding outfits in those days, carding 
 and spinning and weaving the wool for blankets, and using 
 their utmost skill in the fineness and the design of linen fabrics. 
 Generally the quantity of table linen, towels, blankets, bed- 
 spreads, etc., was enough to last the bride through her married 
 life, for the goods she made wore like iron. The maidens were 
 very proud of their skill, and were not bashful in showing the 
 results of their handiwork. Frequently the all-wool cloth in- 
 tended for best wear was fulled at some nearby mill and a nap 
 made on it. Joshua Sargent operated just such a mill in town 
 for many years. When the fabrics were dyed the fashionable 
 color was blue, and the aroma of the old dye pot with its bag of 
 indigo was in every kitchen at times. 
 
 Of underclothing the men had none, nor indeed wanted any. 
 
 Mrs. Asher Curtis, mother of Mrs. Betsey Ann Curtis, solici-
 
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 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 tous for her husband's comfort once made him a pair of good, 
 warm, woolen drawers, and one cold morning persuaded him to 
 wear them. Such an experience was new to him, but he 
 started for the wood-lot with them on. He had loaded his wood 
 and started for market, walking beside his oxen, and he found 
 the drawers uncomfortably warm, so he mounted the load, and 
 in a biting wind with the thermometer below zero, discarded 
 the underwear and never could be persuaded to wear any again. 
 There has been much speculation in these later days, as to 
 how our present winters compare in severity with those of the 
 "olden time." In connection therewith the following record 
 kept by some member of the Goodrich family and found by 
 John H. Goodrich among the family papers will be of great 
 interest. It gives the number of snow-falls, total depth of snow- 
 fall, number of rains, and time of apple-blossoming for twenty- 
 three years, commencing with 1830. 
 
 No. of Total depth No. of 
 
 Years snow falls 
 
 1830 
 1831 
 1832 
 1833 
 
 1835 
 1836 
 
 1837 
 1838 
 
 1839 
 1840 
 1841 
 1842 
 
 1843 
 1844 
 
 1845 
 1846 
 1847 
 1848 
 1849 
 1850 
 1851 
 1852 
 1853 
 
 49 
 55 
 54 
 51 
 53 
 68 
 
 58 
 71 
 60 
 
 67 
 58 
 5i 
 72 
 66 
 53 
 75 
 75 
 67 
 
 53 
 69 
 70 
 
 49 
 78 
 
 72 
 
 of snow 
 6-4 
 
 6-3 
 10 
 
 6-10 
 
 10-9 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 8-9 
 4-5 
 5-9 
 
 12-7 
 7-6 
 
 13-6 
 8-7 
 
 10 
 
 6-6 
 
 7-6 
 
 7-6 
 
 7 
 
 ii 
 
 6-10 
 
 13-6 
 6-1 y 2 
 
 rains 
 66 
 82 
 81 
 
 94 
 
 103 
 
 98 
 
 79 
 90 
 98 
 
 ii3 
 83 
 
 in 
 
 123 
 
 94 
 109 
 124 
 103 
 117 
 1 20 
 
 91 
 
 98 
 
 US 
 83 
 
 Time of 
 
 
 apple blossoming 
 
 May I 
 
 May 22 Frost to kill apple 
 
 * May 14 
 
 buds and corn 
 
 May 28 
 
 
 May 6 
 
 
 May 19 
 
 
 May 27 
 
 June 21. A little frosty 
 
 May 18 
 
 Aug. 4. A little frosty 
 
 June i 
 
 June 23. Quite a frost 
 
 May 26 
 
 
 May 1 6 
 
 
 May 17 
 
 June 2. Frost to kill 
 
 May 27 
 
 
 May 18 
 
 June 2. A flight of snow 
 
 May 20 
 
 June 2. A frost to kill 
 
 May 15 
 
 June 12. Corn killed 
 
 May 15 
 
 
 May 9 
 
 June 13. A frost 
 
 May II 
 
 June 15. A fall of snow 
 
 May 17 
 
 June i. A fall of snow 
 
 May 10 
 
 
 June 4 
 
 June 5 and 12. Corn killed 
 
 May 22 
 
 
 May 25 
 
 
 May 19 
 
 
 In the matter of footwear the earliest settlers in town wore 
 Indian moccasins in the winter, and during warm weather men 
 and women, old and young, went barefoot when at home. As 
 soon as they began to slaughter cattle and tan yards were estab-
 
 THE "OLDEN TSME" 471 
 
 lished, the hides were sent to the tanners to be made into 
 leather, some of which was sold, and some was brought home 
 to be in readiness for the shoemaker to make up into boots and 
 shoes for the family. The shoemaker travelled from house to 
 house with his kit of tools, and as much footwear was made up 
 as was thought would last the whole family a year. The 
 women's shoes were coarse and heavy like the men's, and it 
 was not until nearly a century after the first settlement of the 
 town that soft and shapely shoes were made for the gentler sex. 
 Oh ! those old long-legged, cowhide boots ! Men and boys 
 had to wear them. One pair was supposed to last for a year, 
 with the help of the cobbler. Stiff and hard at the best, the 
 snow and cold of winter made it almost impossible to get them 
 off the feet. And the old boot- jack hanging from its appointed 
 peg how many generations wrestled with that ! Sometimes 
 the father's or brother's assistance was invoked, and turning 
 his back to the patient, he would take the foot between his legs, 
 and grasping the boot with both hands, either pull it off or the 
 other fellow out of his chair. 
 
 A pot of tallow was kept to grease the boots to make them 
 impervious to water and to soften them somewhat. This worked 
 well when the boots were warm, but when they became cold it 
 made them stiff as boards. After a time long-legged calf-skin 
 boots, sometimes with red leather tops, began to be worn. 
 These were considered very genteel, and as they were rarely 
 worn except to church, they lasted for a long time. One of the 
 deacons in town used to show a pair he had worn for twenty- five 
 years, and they were in pretty fair condition. 
 
 In many of the houses there was a " cobbler's bench," and 
 some member of the family could do the repairing, so the boots 
 were patched and tapped almost as long as the leather would 
 hold together. 
 
 Among the few blessings of the early settlers was a good 
 appetite. They were valiant trenchermen, and numberless tradi- 
 tions have come down to us of the culinary art of the " olden 
 time." But the truth is, the diet of the first-comers was scanty 
 and plain. All cooking had to be done by the open fire, and 
 this continued until 1835 or 1840, when cook-stoves were intro- 
 duced. Thus, for a hundred years from the time John Cram 
 made his ' ' beginning, ' ' the cooks roasted and boiled and 
 baked over the coals in the fire-place. And this in more senses 
 than one.
 
 472 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 The woods abounded in game and the streams with fish, and 
 probably people did not go hungry; but it is a curious fact that 
 our ancestors in this town looked with disfavor on those who 
 spent much time in hunting and fishing, and many sayings de- 
 rogatory to the man or boy who went strolling around with rod 
 or gun have come down to us. They considered it a sinful 
 waste of time. Doubtless they were compelled to make use of 
 the fish and game, but they much preferred domestic meat. As 
 soon as they could raise and fatten swine, and the flocks and 
 herds incresed, they seldom made use of the creatures of the 
 forest. Of course there were exceptions to this rule, and there 
 are traditions of Lyndeborough men who were mighty hunters 
 in their day. 
 
 It is said that in the earlier cabins there was a wooden lug- 
 pole extending over the fire and fastened to the side of the chim- 
 ney. If this should happen to burn off, it was replaced by a 
 new one. On this were hung the pots and kettles, and the 
 housewife used a strong stick to lift them on and off, running a 
 great risk of setting her clothing afire in doing so. But when 
 these log cabins were discarded for the more comfortable framed 
 houses, and more substantial brick chimneys were built, an iron 
 crane extending over the fire, and hung at the side of the fire- 
 place so that it could be swung out from the fire, was devised 
 and was a great convenience. On it the kettles could be ex- 
 amined or taken off with little risk of burns. Cranes continued 
 to be used until cook stoves came, and the old fire-places were 
 bricked up and the hearth-stones became cold. As soon as the 
 settlers could raise corn and rye, brown, or rye and Indian 
 bread, as it was called, was the only bread used. This was not 
 "steamed," as now-a-days, but was baked in large loaves be- 
 fore the fire or in the brick oven, and of course there was much 
 hard crust. This crust, softened with warm water, a little mo- 
 lasses and a little milk being added, made a common and favor- 
 ite supper dish. For many years wheat flour was not to be had, 
 and when it first did come in use it was so costly that it was 
 considered a luxury which only the rich could afford. Seven 
 pounds was thought to be an ample supply for a year in most 
 families. It was bought in seven, fourteen and twenty-eight- 
 pound lots. When a youth, Mr. E. C. Curtis worked for a man 
 in the haying season who had bought a supply to last through 
 that time, and when the hay was all cut and stored, returned to 
 the store all that remained of the flour. Eli Curtis was the first
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 473 
 
 one in town to purchase a whole barrel of flour, other than the 
 store-keepers, and the Widow Cressy was the second. 
 
 Broths and stews and bean porridge were common articles of 
 diet. Bean porridge was made in quantities to last the family 
 a week or two, as bean porridge was " best when nine days 
 old." Occasionally a veal calf would be killed, and part of the 
 meat loaned to the neighbors, to be returned when they in turn 
 should kill one. Salted meats and salted codfish were the main- 
 stay during the year, and one definition of a fore-handed farmer 
 in those days was one who always had " pork in the barrel and 
 corn in the chamber." Naturally, there was always a craving 
 for " fresh meat," and the settlers looked forward to pig-killing 
 time with lively anticipation of juicy " spare-rib " and " chine " 
 of fresh pork. 
 
 Garden vegetables, as we know them now, they did not have, 
 and if the truth be told they did not try to have even the few 
 and inferior kinds then known. Fifty years ago a man who 
 spent much time trying to have a vegetable garden was consid- 
 ered a ' ' putterer ; ' ' and if he should have any leanings toward 
 flowers, his sanity was called in question. Pumpkins, squash, 
 beets, carrots and turnips, with the inevitable bed of sage, made 
 up the utmost of their efforts in the garden line in the long ago. 
 
 Cook stoves were slow in coming into use in I/yndeborough, 
 as, indeed, they were in other towns. The women were used 
 to cooking by the open fire and looked askance at the new in- 
 vention. Chase Hadley bought one of the first to be brought 
 into town, and it was set up in the kitchen by the side of the 
 old fire-place. It was two or three years before his wife could 
 be persuaded to use it at all, and she cooked by the open fire 
 and baked in the brick oven more or less as long as she kept 
 house. It was the common thing to set up stoves beside the 
 open fire-place and run both. 
 
 Previous to the coming of the cook-stove, there was a con- 
 trivance introduced, called a "tin baker," which was thought 
 by the housewives to be a fine thing. My grandfather owned 
 one, but I never saw it in operation. It was made to set up 
 before the fire, and was generally used when there was a ' ' hurry 
 call " for a meal. Probably they have not been used since 1850. 
 But the old brick oven ! Never were such pies and cakes and 
 puddings since, as were turned out of that warm cavern ! Ap- 
 petite had nothing whatever to do with the excellency of the 
 viands. They were better, far better, than any baked in a
 
 474 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 modern range. Baked beans, brown bread, and Indian pudding 
 comprised the "menu" for Sunday in every family. These 
 could be prepared the Saturday before, and consigned to the 
 brick oven to come out piping hot when wanted. Thus the 
 sin of cooking on the Sabbath was avoided. 
 
 It was not until 1835 that friction matches were used in 
 L,yndeborough. They had been invented in England a few 
 years before, but were so costly in those days when money was 
 scarce, that they were not freely used. Therefore, for the first 
 century in the history of the town, the flint and steel and tinder 
 box method was the only one by which to produce fire. But 
 this was a very troublesome way. Skill was required to strike 
 the spark, catch it in the tinder and blow it into flame. There 
 was a flint and steel in most families, but their main reliance 
 was in care that the fire should not go out. It was carefully 
 covered every night. The glowing coals were raked together 
 and covered deep with ashes, and in the morning this heap of 
 ashes would be opened, dry wood laid thereon, and soon a good 
 fire was burning. But sometimes in spite of all care it would 
 go out, and then some one would go to the neighbors to borrow 
 fire. One old lady who lived on the mountain has told the 
 writer of going to John Ordway's, who lived where Charles J. 
 Cunimings lives now, to get fire. Once both families happened 
 to be destitute of the necessity on the same morning, and she 
 had to go over to Robert Badger's, where Harry Richardson 
 now lives, to get coals. 
 
 Those of us who grumble at getting up cold mornings and 
 starting the fire with matches and good kindling, might reflect 
 upon going a mile or more through the snow and bringing 
 home coals in a kettle before we could have a fire, and be 
 content. 
 
 The wood was burned green, and the practice of storing a 
 year's supply of dry wood was unthought of. The wood was 
 piled in the yard, and the day's supply prepared as needed, and 
 it was prepared with an axe too ; wood-saws and saw-horses 
 were not much used then. Digging it out of the snow in winter 
 or sweating in wielding, the axe in summer, it was all the 
 same. My grandfather built the first woodshed north of the 
 mountain in the year 1820. Possibly this was the first in town. 
 
 It was a good many years after the first settlement of the 
 town that tea and coffee became common beverages. Substi- 
 tutes were used to some extent. Some thought the young and
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 475 
 
 tender leaves of the raspberry bush, dried and steeped, made a 
 fairly good tea, and bread crusts were browned and made to 
 take the place of coffee, but it must be said that New England 
 rum was plenty from the start . 
 
 It is not the province of the historian to moralize on this sub- 
 ject but to record facts, and one fact was that the drinking of 
 liquor was the custom of the time, and was not thought wrong 
 or harmful. Everyone from the minister down to his poorest 
 parishioner kept a supply on hand and drank it himself and 
 offered it in hospitality to his guests. It was provided at 
 funerals, as witness at the funeral of the Rev. Sewall Good- 
 ridge the rum and sugar " for the singers " cost $2.25. It was 
 abundant at weddings ; and at log-pilings, huskings and rais- 
 ings it was freely used. It was considered the height of dis- 
 courtesy not to offer ' ' spirit ' ' to the minister when he made a 
 pastoral visit. Rum could be bought in the early days for 
 twenty-five cents per gallon. One man who formerly lived in 
 town used to pass the house of a temperance woman, on his 
 regular trips to get his jug filled. She hailed him one day and 
 this colloquy ensued : 
 
 " Going after more rum, I suppose ? " 
 " Yes, ma'am." 
 
 ' ' I wish rum cost ten dollars a gallon ! ' ' 
 " Its wuth it ma'am, its wuth it ! " 
 
 There were many taverns in town where it was sold and these 
 were duly licensed by the town. They were considered emi- 
 nently respectable and citizens of standing would call for a glass 
 or mug of "flip." The weighty affairs of town policy would 
 be discussed and settled over a steaming joram of punch at 
 Capt. William Barren's hostelry. The stores all kept liquor 
 for sale, and to treat their customers. At the musters and train- 
 ings in addition to the "Spirit of '76" there was generally a 
 barrel or two of rum. It may be said also that the liquors 
 were pure in those days and the heads were strong, and the 
 consequences of drunkenness were not as grave as might be 
 supposed. 
 
 This condition of affairs continued until the temperance re- 
 form movement in the decade from 1830 to 1840. Dr. Israel 
 Herrick was one of the leaders of that movement in I^ynde- 
 borough. He says of himself: " I went into this movement 
 with my whole soul, without regard to my reputation or pecu-
 
 476 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 niary loss, and I thank God he so directed me and gave me 
 strength to do it." 
 
 With the help of others he carried forward the crusade 
 against dram drinking until the practice was pretty generally 
 abandoned. But years before this was brought about, the 
 apple orchards planted by the settlers had begun to bear, and 
 they bore cider apples. Out of a large orchard, but two or 
 three trees, perhaps, would bear fruit fit for eating ; so the 
 ' ' cider apples ' ' were made into cider and rum was supple- 
 mented by this beverage. Almost every one stored many 
 barrels of it in his cellar. One family put forty barrels of 
 apple juice in the cellar in the fall. It was all gone in April, 
 and the men were in the market trying to swap labor for cider. 
 
 There were cider mills on the following farms : 
 
 Ephraim Putnam's, where Frank Pettengill now lives ; David 
 Putnam 2d's, near where Edwin H. Putnam lives ; Gideon 
 Cram's, where Luther Cram lives ; Uriah Cram's, now called 
 the Putnam place ; one on the Ellingwood place ; one at Eben 
 Bachelder's ; one at Jacob Wellman's, where George Carson 
 lives ; one at Timothy Richardson's, where F. A. Richardson 
 lives ; one at Andrew Fuller's, where Moses C. Fuller lives ; 
 one at Solomon Cram's, where Willard Rose lives; one at Ben- 
 jamin Jones', where Mr. Wilson lives ; one at the Deacon Good- 
 rich place, North L,yndeborough ; one at the Stephenson place ; 
 one at the farm where H. H. Joslin lives, and doubtless some 
 others in the " olden time." There is not an old-fashioned cider 
 mill in town now. All have been destroyed. They would be 
 something of a curiosity to the boy or girl of to-day. 
 
 Sections of a hard wood log about two feet long and nearly 
 the same in diameter were prepared. Holes were mortised in 
 one of them, and tenons or projections to match the holes were 
 set into the other. These rollers were set upright in a strong 
 frame and made to revolve one against the other by a long 
 sweep fastened to one of them. This sweep was quite a stick 
 of timber, and was crooked in order that one end might come 
 near enough to the floor so a horse could be hitched to it. A 
 hopper led the apples against the rollers, or "nuts," as they 
 were called. A boy was generally perched on the frame to 
 scrape the pomace from the rollers (scraping the nuts, it was 
 called), the horse travelled round and round in a circle, and 
 with much creaking and noise the fruit was crushed, the juice 
 and pomace falling into a vat below.
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 477 
 
 The pomace was placed in the press with big wooden scoop 
 shovels, the layers separated with straw ; pressure was applied 
 with wooden screws, some of them six or eight inches in diame- 
 ter. These were turned by levers, and thus slowly, very slowly, 
 cider was made in the " olden time." But if all traditions are 
 true, it was not " slowly, very slowly " imbibed. 
 
 Now, it is said that the cider made in those days was better 
 than that made today, for the " pressing " was allowed to stand 
 over night in the vat, and acquired a heavier ' ' body ' ' and bet- 
 ter color and flavor. Cider and apples were the standard re- 
 freshment offered to evening visitors for a good many years, and 
 by that same token, to day-time callers as well. Some of the 
 old ' ' cider mugs ' ' shown in antique collections held a generous 
 measure, and the " boy " whose duty it was to draw cider made 
 many journeys to the cellar. 
 
 When not in use the old cider mill was a favorite play-ground 
 for the children. Its cumbrous machinery, its pleasant, musty, 
 fruity smell, its opportunities for hiding, had a fascination for 
 boys and girls. Many a middle-aged man raised in the country 
 has a glad memory of the old cider mill on the farm. 
 
 In recent years comparatively little cider is made in L,ynde- 
 borough. Andy Holt made it for a number of years at the old 
 Stephenson mill, which he purchased, but none is made ther e 
 now. Edwin H. Putnam has the only mill in town now where 
 it is made to any extent. He has facilities for making " cider 
 jelly," and does quite a business at that. His is a " grater" 
 mill, and the juice and pomace are carried directly to a hydraulic 
 press. A load of apples may be carried to this mill, and the 
 cider made " while you wait." 
 
 Sometimes the cider press was used in pressing hops. There 
 were many hop-yards in Lyndeborough up to about 1860. Dea. 
 William Jones had one on the hill north of his house, and on 
 the opposite side of the road from this was the hop-yard of 
 Samuel Jones. Thus that hill came to be known as Hop-Yard 
 hill. Sherebiah Manning had a hop-house and press on the 
 Benj. Jones place, and there were other farms where hops were 
 raised. The opening of the fertile lands of the West killed the 
 industry in this section. 
 
 The question is sometimes asked now-a-days : Do people en- 
 joy themselves in these days as well as they did in the ' ' olden 
 times ' ' ? One old lady of whom the writer asked the question 
 replied : " Well, I don't know. Folks had a proper good time
 
 478 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 when I was a girl better than they do now, I guess. They 
 did not seem to have so much to worry about." It must not 
 be supposed that the people who built up the town of L,ynde- 
 borough did not have their pleasures, in spite of the privations 
 and hardships of pioneer life ; but it is a curious fact that about 
 all of the early amusements were somehow connected with 
 work. Something must be accomplished. Laziness was a sin, 
 and to be called shiftless was a deep disgrace, while many grave 
 faults were condoned or overlooked in a person if only he were 
 "smart to work." 
 
 So they had log-pilings, huskings, raisings and chopping- 
 bees. The women, their quiltings, paring-bees and spinning- 
 bees ; and in each and all was the element of work. 
 
 Before the practice of shocking corn, now so general, came 
 in vogue, the farmers used to " cut the stalks" just above the 
 ear. These were cured for fodder, and the remainder of the 
 corn plant was allowed to ripen in the field. L,ate in the fall 
 this was cut up and carried to the barn, and an immense pile 
 made, the length of the barn floor. Rough-and-ready seats 
 were placed along one side, stacks of doughnuts and pies were 
 made, invitations were sent around, and everything was ready 
 for a " husking." 
 
 Almost every one came, young and old of both sexes, bring- 
 ing lanterns, which were hung on pitchforks placed in the hay- 
 mows, to help illuminate. Hoarded ears of red corn were sur- 
 reptitiously placed in the pile. Then there were busy hands 
 and busy tongues, shouts of laughter as red-ear forfeits were 
 paid, now and then a wrestling match, until the pile of corn 
 dwindled away, and the carriers of baskets to the chamber 
 found their occupation gone. Then to the house and big 
 kitchen, where there was a bountiful supper of baked beans, 
 brown bread, doughnuts and pies (probably not a dyspeptic 
 there), coffee and cider, and perhaps just a little rum for the 
 aged. And that was a I,yndeborough "husking" of the long 
 ago. 
 
 Since the custom of shocking corn or cutting and binding in 
 shocks in the field obtained, there have been very few huskings 
 in town. 
 
 The old-fashioned barn was not quite like those of the pres- 
 ent day, and most of those built in the early days were much 
 smaller. The "big door " was in the side, and the barn floor 
 ran from side to side, with the "tie up " and scaffold at one
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 479 
 
 end and a big " bay " in the other. One entire side of the barn 
 was pinned together and raised, and as the timbers were large 
 and green, it took about all the help in the neighborhood to 
 raise it into place. 
 
 No matter how busy the season, or what work was on hand, 
 all the men and boys dropped everything to attend a " raising," 
 and women, too, for that matter, as much help was required to 
 feed such a crowd of hungry men. The boss carpenter was the 
 man of the hour and the work was performed under his direc- 
 tion. Reliable men were stationed with iron bars to guide the 
 tenons into the mortises in the sill ; as many men as could get 
 a hold grasped the "band," as it was called, and raised it as 
 far as they could ; another contingent stood ready with pike 
 poles to push it still farther up, and thus steadily it was raised 
 until the tenons slipped into the mortises and it was pinned and 
 secure. 
 
 There was some excitement in raising the heavy mass of 
 timbers and now and then a wavering as one side or the other 
 was raised faster, but there are no traditions of any serious 
 accident happening on such occasions in town. 
 
 In modern barns where the barn-floor runs from end to end, 
 the ' ' bands ' ' are smaller. In the old barns the timber was 
 generally hewn, and the boring for mortises and pins was done 
 by the old pod augur. They were put together, however, in 
 such workmanlike manner that it has always been a hard 
 matter to tear them down. 
 
 These raisings were the occasion of many feats of daring by 
 men on the frame, and for many a wrestling match. After the 
 roof was on and everything done, refreshments, both solid and 
 liquid, were in order and in the very early days they did not 
 wait until all was finished before serving liquids. 
 
 The first barn raised in L,yndeborough without rum was that 
 of Dea. William Jones. It was in the beginning of the " tem- 
 perance reform ' ' movement and the deacon resolved to be the 
 pioneer in raising a barn without the use of liquor. The frame 
 being in readiness, word was sent round giving notice of the 
 day of the raising, and the neighbors turned out in full num- 
 bers, as usual, to give their assistance, but were somewhat 
 amazed and disconcerted when it was whispered that this was a 
 temperance affair, and that no rum or other liquors were to be 
 supplied. Not much was said however, and they manned the 
 first band, and, raising it a few feet, began to shout, " Bring on
 
 480 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 your rum ! bring on your rum ! ' ' No rum being forthcoming 
 they lowered the timbers to their former place and sat down to 
 rest. After a short time they again raised the band a little way, 
 some of the men bearing down to counteract the efforts of some 
 who were willing to lift it to its place, and again the demand 
 was made for rum. The deacon then told them that that barn 
 was going up without rum or not at all, and they deliberately 
 returned to their homes. The deacon then hitched up his 
 horse and scoured his own and the neighboring towns until he 
 had secured a full complement of temperance help, and in a day 
 or two the barn was raised. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Claggett was the originator of that form of enter- 
 tainment called the " sociable." This was a gathering at the 
 different homes to spend the afternoon and evening. Notice 
 was generally given from the pulpit and all attended. The 
 young people pre-empted one or two rooms to themselves where 
 games were played and the older ones had the parlor or best 
 room where the news of the day was discussed, and where they 
 compared notes of the crops and of the live stock. During the 
 Cival War these sociables were merged into Soldiers' Aid socie- 
 ties and the young men held the yarn and the girls wound it 
 into balls, and the women knit stockings or made ' ' comfort 
 bags " to send to the "boys in blue " at the front. 
 
 For many decades the annual donation party to the minister 
 was a social event in the life of the town. Its ostensible pur- 
 pose was to help out the meagre salary of the pastor, though 
 many ' ' outside the fold ' ' were wont to hint that it impover- 
 ished him, for the visitors ate up more than they carried. But 
 it was a popular idea and almost everyone attended, bringing 
 as a gift almost anything from a link of sausage to a load of 
 wood. Whatever the Rev. Mr. Claggett's real opinion of a 
 donation party was, he never gave any sign other than of un- 
 alloyed pleasure in meeting his people on these occasions. He 
 had a gracious and cheerful greeting for everybody. No one 
 escaped his notice, from the aged grandsire to the smallest tot 
 present. 
 
 The party was held at the parsonage generally in the winter 
 season. Many came in the afternoon and remained to tea, and 
 in the evening the house was filled to overflowing. Supper was 
 served to all, whether they came early or late. The pastor's 
 wife took special pains to see that the young people had a good 
 time, and entered into the spirit of fun in the games with the
 
 THE "OLDEN TIME" 481 
 
 liveliest of them. The old-fashioned donation party is a thing 
 of the past, the last one in this parish being given to the Rev. 
 Mr. Sawin in 1878. 
 
 But the most popular recreation among the fathers was the 
 singing-school. There were singing-schools in I^yndeborough 
 as early as 1820, and they did not begin to decline in favor until 
 comparatively recent years. People loved to sing in the old 
 days, and were willing to strive to learn how. And then the 
 merry sleigh-rides to and from the school in winter evenings ! 
 Some young men would load the horse-sled or pung with a bevy 
 of young lady acquaintances, and generally manage to adroitly 
 spill the lot into a snow bank once or twice before they reached 
 their homes again. Many a courtship began with an invitation 
 to go to singing-school. 
 
 Almost every one went either to sing or to listen, and L,ynde- 
 borough became celebrated in all the towns about for its num- 
 ber of good singers. And the town furnished some good 
 teachers, too, Ira Houston, Daniel Woodward, Jr., and Eli 
 Clark Curtis among the number. The earliest singing-school 
 of which the writer can get any tradition was held in the hall 
 of the old Jonas Kidder house, where R. C. Mason now lives. 
 They were held in the hall in the old store-house at the Centre 
 for a number of years. (The seats running around the sides 
 of this hall were in place when the house was burned, in 1870). 
 It is needless to say that the pupils graduated from these schools 
 into the church choir. The decadence of the singing-school in 
 I/yndeborough commenced about 1860.
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 OLD DEEDS. 
 
 We give below epitomes of a number of old deeds. Some of 
 these are based on records transferred a few years ago from 
 Exeter to the office of the secretary of state at Concord. Others 
 are from records at the county registrar's office in Nashua ; and 
 still others are from the original documents, kindly lent the 
 compiler by their present owners. 
 
 OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 No. i. (i743> Januarys.) Samuel Leman Jr. to Benjamin Gould of 
 Chelmsford, Mass., (Bond) on Second Division Lot No. 68, drawn by 
 Benjamin Gould on Right of Isaac Williams, heir of his uncle, Jonathan 
 Williams. Consideration, 5^". O. T. bills. 
 
 No. 2. (1743, January 15.) John Cram bought of Joseph Blaney, Esq., 
 of Salem, Mass., Second Division Lot No. 41 for 2o. (Recorded Vol. 
 VI. 105.) 
 
 No. 3. (1744, January 30. ) Samuel Leman, Jr., sold to Melchizedeck 
 Boffee 90 acres of Second Division Lot No. 68. 
 
 No. 4. (1745, December 31.) Samuel Leman, Jr., to David Stratton, 
 about 40 acres of Second Division Lot No. 68. Consideration 25^". 
 
 No. 5. (1753, February 23, Vol. 88, p. 403.) John Cram deeded to 
 Ephraim Putnam Sixty acres of Second Division Lot No. 41, bounded as 
 follows : " South by line of Lot No. 30; West by line of No. 40, coming 
 within 16 rods of its northern corner ; then runs 80 rod East ; and then 
 runs South 16 rod, and from thence East to the N. W. corner of the 
 barn, and from thence to the corner of the Southwest Flanker of the 
 Fort, and thence south to a Pople Tree .... and so a straight line 
 to the South line of said lot." 
 
 (Fort.) This gives clear evidence of the existence of the Fort, com- 
 manded for a time by John Cram, and later by Ephraim Putnam, his 
 son-in-law, who married his daughter Sarah. 
 
 No. 6. (1757, June 17, Vol. 73, p. 416.) Adam Carson of New Boston 
 to William McNeal, Jr., his heirs &c., a part of Lot No. 48, beginning at 
 the N. W. corner of said land " runs S. two degrees E. by land of William 
 Carson, 120 rod, then E. 4 degrees N. 40 rod, then N. 2 degrees W. 120 
 rod or poles to a black birch marked, then W. 4 degrees S. to the bounds 
 first mentioned, containing about 60 acres, for 250^". in O. T. bills." 
 
 No. 7. (1759, February i, Vol. 66, p. 328.) Jonathan Cram, Jr., to 
 John Rand, 130 acres, being Lot No. 57, Second Division, for 60^" sterl- 
 ing ; bounded Eastwardly on Lot 127, Westwardly on Lot 58, North- 
 wardly on Lot No. 70, Southerly on 56. 
 
 No. 8. (1759, July 2 7> Vol. 62, p. 466.) Carson (Adam?) to Jacob 
 Wellman, a lot of land bounded as follows : Beginning at the N. E.
 
 OLD DEEDS 483 
 
 corner of Home Lot No. 48, thence 40 rod S. to an upland black birch, 
 then W. to a stake and stones standing 20 rod from the W. side of said 
 lot ; then N. about 16^ rod, then N. 42 degrees W. to a stake and stones, 
 then E. to the bounds first mentioned, containing u acres. 
 
 No. 9. (1762, August 28, Vol. 87, p. 415.) Nehemiah Rand of Charles- 
 town, Mass., received a Deed from Samuel Wells of Boston, of Lot No. 
 71, containing 130 acres, in consideration of 27^. 
 
 No. 10. (1763, March 10.) Benjamin I/ynde to Joseph Blaney, Second 
 Division Lot No. 63, bounded N. by Lot 64 ; B. by Lot 62 ; S. by Lot 50; 
 W. by the Masonian Proprietors' Land. 
 
 No. u. (1763, June 10, Vol. 87, p. 412.) John Rand, Clerk, to Nehe- 
 miah Rand, in consideration of 35^"., " Lot No. 127, of 130 acres, bounded 
 westwardly on Lot on which I live, No. 71." Signed by John and Sarah 
 Rand. 
 
 No. 12. (1764, January 18, Vol. 73, p. 132.) John Carson of New 
 Boston to Stephen Whiting of Dedham, Mass., a lot containing about 7 
 acres. 
 
 No. 13. (1764, February 23, Vol. 71, p. 305.) James Richardson of 
 Salem, Mass., Heir of Major Joseph B. Richardson of Woburn, Mass., 
 sold to Benjamin Lynde six sevenths of James Richardson's two Rights, 
 the other seventh having been given to Joseph Bevins for settling, and 
 what was sold for taxes. 
 
 No. 14. (1764, December i, Vol. 74, p. 313.) Stephen Spaulding of 
 Derry, to David Stratton of Lyndeborough, 70 acres, more or less, 
 bounded thus : Beginning at the N. W. corner of Lot No. 68, running S. 
 to its S. W. corner ; from thence running E. 49 rod, 4 ft., from thence N. 
 across the lot to a rock maple tree on the N. Line of said lot ; thence 
 running E. 12^ rod to a white maple and heap of stones &c. 
 
 No. 15. (1764, April 25, Vol. 72, p. 514.) Edward Bevins, Jr., to Benja- 
 min Lynde, in consideration of i6 L. M., home Lot No. 18, at gun hill 
 bounded north on Lot No. 28, E. on Lot No. 19 ; S. on Lot No. 5, and W. 
 on Lot No. 17, and contains about 68 acres, and is the Lot bought of said 
 Lynde. 
 
 No. 16. (1765, May 30, Vol. 79, p. 407.) Stephen Putnam, Carpenter, 
 of Danvers, Mass., to Edward Spaulding of Nottingham West, for 40^"., 
 L. M., 260 acres, being Lots No. 113 and 122. 
 
 No. 17. (1765, September 25, Vol. -78, p. 261.; Mrs. Martha Birne, 
 grand-daughter of Major Joshua Hicks, through Benjamin Lynde, Benja- 
 min Pickman, John Bickford, Benjamin Goodhue and Joseph Blaney, 
 Committee for Lyndeborough, sold to James Grant Lot No. 47, being one 
 half of the commons for said lots. 
 
 No. 18. (1765, Vol. 72, p. 414.) Daniel Mackey of Salem, Mass., in 
 consideration of 13^. 6s. & 8d. deeded one fourth part of two Rights to 
 Benjamin Lynde, which Rights were set off to Major Joshua Hicks, 
 deceased, (the home lot No. 47, having been given to William Carson for 
 settling. ) 
 
 No. 19. (1766, May i, Vol. 99, p. 343; Vol. 91, p. 58, is a bond from 
 Kidder to Lynde.) Benjamin Lynde, for 31 Pound L. M., deeded to
 
 484 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Jonas Kidder, Lot No. 105, Second Division, bounded N. by 112, belong- 
 ing to Glover, E. on Lot No. 106, S. on Lot No. 94, Ordways's, West by 
 No. 104, Asa Stiles's ; the same containing 130 acres. 
 
 No. 20. (1766, June 13, Vol. 78, pp. 256 and 268). William Thompson 
 of Merrimack to Benjamin Lynde, in consideration of $$. 6s. 8d. L. M. 
 2nd. Division Lot No. 65, bounded N. by No. 80, E. by No. 66, S. by 62, 
 and W. by 64. This was a bond for the payment of said sum before the 
 date specified. 
 
 No. 21. (1766, June 13, Vol. 78, pp. 266 and 268.; Peter Russell of 
 Merrimack 200 acres for 53^. 6s. 8d. L. M. 
 
 No. 22. (1767, September 30, Vol. 79, p. 273.) John Rand to Moses 
 Barron of Bedford, Home Lot No. 34, containing 60 acres for 9^". L. M. 
 and Lot No. 126 containing 130 acres. 
 
 No. 23. (1768, May 16.) James Boutwell, to Nehemiah Rand in 
 Lyndeborough, 2nd. Division Lot No. 57, containing 130 acres. 
 
 No. 24. (1768, June 3, Vol. 98, p. 398.) Remised, Released &c. from 
 Barron (See No. 22.) to Nehemiah Rand, Home Lot No. 37, (called 34, in 
 Vol. 79, p. 273.) The consideration the same. 
 
 No. 25. (1768, August 23.) Stephen Putnam sold to Benjamin Lynde 
 for 4. the common lands of a Right which he "had in the township of 
 Lyndeborough which remained after the Second Division Lots were sold 
 to Spaulding and others." (For Stephen Putnam see No. 16, above.) 
 
 No. 26. (1768, November 7, Vol. 99, p. 457.) Jonathan Burton of Wil- 
 ton, to Benjamin Lynde, his heirs, &c., Lot No. 19 in range 5, containing 
 50 acres. 
 
 No. 27. (1768, December 21, Vol. 98, p. 142.) (Grant.) Benjamin 
 Lynde to Osgood Carleton, Second Division Lot No. 56, containing 130 
 acres. 
 
 No. 28. (1769, November i, Vol. 90, p. 294.) Reuben Spaulding of 
 Nottingham West bought of John Glover for 92^ L. M. the two Second 
 Division Lots No. 112 & 123, bounded E. by No. in & 124; S. on Lot No. 
 105; W. by 113 & 122; N. by 2nd Division Lot No. 5, or otherwise as by 
 plan, containing about 260 acres. 
 
 No. 29. (1770, April 28. Rockingham Records, Vol. 100, p. 318.) 
 Benjamin Goodhue of Salem to Daniel Whittemore of Danvers, Mass., 
 Second Division Lot No. 124, containing "about One Hundred and 
 Thirty acres of Land as the same was allotted & Laid out to s d Goodhue, 
 & Bounded as by the plan of said Proprietors of Lyndeborough, vizt : 
 South on Col Pickman's Lot, No. in West on M r Blaney's or his as- 
 signs, Lot No. 123. North on Col Pickman's 2 d division, Lot No. 4, & 
 Easterly on s d Cap 1 Goodhue's other 2 d Division Lot No. 125. . . s d 
 Goodhue doth covenant with s d Daniel Whittemore . . . that he is 
 lawfully seized in fee of the premises . . . and that s d Goodhue will 
 warrant and defend the same . . . from any persons claiming under 
 the Proprietors of Mason's Grant." This deed bore the official signa- 
 ture of " Benj* Lyude,y.s. Pea." and was recorded " nth Oct. 1770." 
 
 The sum paid was " Two Hundred Dollars or Sixty pounds lawful 
 money."
 
 OLD DEEDS 485 
 
 FROM OFFICE OF COUNTY REGISTRAR. 
 
 No. i. (1761, February 5.) Benjamin Lynde, Benjamin Pickman, 
 John Bickford & Benjamin Goodhue sold to Captain Jonathan Cram 
 for his son Jacob, Home Lot No. 29, containing 60 acres ; bounded E. 
 on Lot 28, S. on 17, W. on common land lying between Lot 29 and E. 
 line of No. 2 township. Lynde, Pickman, Epps, Bickford & Goodhue, in 
 capacity of Proprietors' Committee, sold it for taxes, & Jonathan Cram 
 was highest bidder. 
 
 No. 2. (1767, Apr. 8.) Ebenezer & Elizabeth Coston to James Bout- 
 well of Amherst, 130 acres, more or less, Lot No. 57, bounded E. on Lot 
 No. 127 ; W. on Lot No. 58 ; N. on Lot No. 70 ; S. on Lot No. 56. 
 
 No. 3. (1771, March 22.) James Hutchinson to John Bradford of Am- 
 herst, Home Lot No. 18, bounded N. on Home Lot No. 28 ; S. on Home 
 Lot No. 5 ; E. on Home Lot No. 19 ; & W. on Home Lot No. 17. 
 
 No. 4. (1772, March 9.) Melchizedeck Boffee, for 100 , Lot No. 68, in 
 Second Division, to Thomas Boffee ; Beginning at the west side of the 
 road leading from John Kidder's through said Lot to Deacon Benjamin 
 Cram's, &c. (Benjamin Cram is said to have lived on the place of the 
 late Dana B. Sargent, now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Putnam.) 
 
 No. 5. (1773, August 14.) John Johnson & Adam Johnson to James 
 Boutwell, Home Lot No. 58, bounded N. on common land ; E. on land of 
 Jacob Wellman ; S. on land of Wm. Carson ; W. on land of Ross. 
 
 No. 6. (1774, July 30.) Andrew Fuller & Mary of Lyndeborough to 
 Philip Besom of Marblehead, Mass., Second Division Lot No. 51, of 130 
 acres, bounded N. on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 62 ; E- on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 52 ; 
 S. on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 48 ; W. on 2nd Div. Lot No. 50. 
 
 No. 7. (1775.) Jesse Putnam of Lyndeborough, to Philip Besom of 
 Marblehead, Mass., in consideration of 50^", 2nd. Div. Lot No. 49, of 130 
 acres. 
 
 No. 8. (1777, April 14.) John Rowe deeded to Thomas Boffee for QO, 
 a part of Lot No. 60, in 2nd Div. containing 30 acres more or less. 
 
 No. 9. (1781, March 14.) Benjamin Cram to John Boffee part of Lots 
 No. 59 & 54, beginning at N. W. corner of No. 59, &c. 
 
 No. 10. (1794, October 3.) Sewall Goodridge to Wm. Blaney, land ad- 
 joining Wilton N. Line, running W. to the S. E. corner of No. 6; thence 
 N. on east line of No. 6, to the S. W. corner of land of Jonathan Cham- 
 berlain Jr.; then E. on Chamberlain's land & South line, &c. 
 
 No. it. (1796, September 20.) Benjamin Lewis of Milford, to John 
 Besom of Lyndeborough, 13 acres more or less, bounded by the N. line of 
 Aaron Putnam's lot, &c. 
 
 No. 12. (1770, February 20, Vol. 7, p. 44.) Melchizedeck Boffee to 
 John Rowe 65 acres of Lot No. 60 ; consideration 50 dollars. 
 
 No. 13. (1770, August 13, Vol. 2, p. 387.) James Andrews of Boxford, 
 Mass., & Sewall Goodridge, Clerk, of Lyndeborough, grant to Adam 
 Johnson of Lyndeborough, Home Lot No. 62, bounded as follows, N. 
 by common land ; W. on Solomon Cram ; S. on Widow Carleton, & E. 
 on Capt. Goodhue ; estimated to contain 60 acres more or less, consider- 
 ation 14^", L. M.
 
 486 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 No. 14. (1770, August i, Vol. 5, 155.) Sold Home Lot 62, & and. Div. 
 Lots No. 48 & 49 ; consideration 20^", L. M. See the preceding record. 
 
 No. 15. (1770, August 29, Vol. 7, 125.) James Andrews of Boxford, 
 Mass., & Sewall Goodridge of Lyndeborough to Benjamin Jones of Am- 
 herst, in consideration of 38^", 133., 4d., L- M., Lot. No. 49, 2nd. Div. con- 
 taining 130 acres, bounded S. on land of Robert Hooper, W. on Proprie- 
 tor's land, N. on land of Ephraim Putnam, E. on land of David Carleton. 
 
 No. 16. (1770, Vol. 5, 155.) Powers to Goodridge in consideration of 
 100^, Sterling, part of Lot. No. 86, 2nd. Div. containing 62^ acres. 
 
 No. 17. (1771, Vol. 2, p. 423.) James Andrews of Boxford, Mass., to 
 John Savage of Marblehead, Mass., in consideration of io6;, 133., 4d. 
 Lot No. 98, 2nd. Div. containing 130 acres; bounded S. on Col. Pick man 
 No. 83, W. on No. 99, N. on No. 101, Stephenson; & E- on No. 97. 
 
 No. 18. (1771, Dec. 30, Vol. 10, 168.) Jonathan Chamberlain Jr., to 
 Samuel Chamberlain, part of Lot No. 32, 2nd. Div., containing 60 acres, 
 in consideration of 26^", 133., 8d. 
 
 No. 19. (1772, January 10, Vol. 7, 43.) Josiah Abbot to Andrew 
 Fuller, Esq., part of 2nd. Div. Lot No. 86, containing six acres, for i. 
 
 No. 20. (1772, May 6, Vol. 2, 237.) Joseph Blaney of Salem, Mass., in 
 consideration of 40 ; deeded to Thomas Pearson, first division Lot No. 3, 
 bounded W. on No. 4, N. on No. 20 ; E. on No. 2 ; & S. on common land, 
 or town line. 
 
 No. 21. (1775, Decembers, v l- lo i l6 o-) Josiah Abbott, Blacksmith, 
 in consideration of 90^", L- M. deeds to pieces of land in Lyndeborough, 
 the one, beginning at the S. W. corner of land that he lives on, which is 
 the N. W. corner of David Stratton's land, & runs 82 rod N. on Moses 
 Stiles' E. line ; thence E. 2 degrees N. on Josiah Abbot's land 50 rod ; 
 thence N. n degs. E. on Abbot's land, 10 rod to a stake & stones by the 
 road ; thence Eastwardly by the S. side of the road to Kidder's W. line ; 
 thence S. on that line 92 rod ; thence W. 87 rod, by land of David 
 Stratton, being part of Lots 77 & 78, in the 2nd. Div., to contain 47 
 acres more or less. 
 
 No. 22 & 23, (1783 & 1785, Vol. 14, 355 357.) John Rowe deeded to 
 Jonathan Chamberlain Jr. 50 acres in 1783 ; and deeded to Ephraim 
 Bixby of Westford, Mass., Apr. 6, 1785, Eighty acres, adjoining lands of 
 Chamberlain & Philip Besom, being parts of Lot No. 48 in 2nd. Division. 
 
 No. 24. (1781, May 30.) Josiah Bowers of Billerica, Mass., deeded to 
 Jonathan Butler of Lyndeborough, in consideration of $300, Lot No. 81, 
 in the 2nd. Division, containing 130 acres. 
 
 HEADINGS OF DEEDS IN COUNTY RECORDS. 
 
 COLLECTED BY DAVID C. GRANT. 
 
 No. i. (1765, June 5.) Benjamin Pickman of Salem, Mass., to Jere- 
 miah Carleton of Lyndeborough, N. H., a Warrantee Deed of 70 acres 
 being Home Lot No. 44. which he bought of Nathaniel Putnam. 
 
 No. 2. (1770, June 15.) Adam Johnson to Rachel Johnson, Home Lot 
 No. 39. 
 
 No. 3. (1770, December 17.) Josiah Woodbury of Salem, Mass., 
 bought of Benjamin Goodhue 2nd. Div. Lot No. 125.
 
 OLD DEEDS 487 
 
 No. 4. (1771, September 6.) Robert Hooper to Daniel Epps of Dan- 
 vers, 2nd. Div. No. 108. Warrantee Deed. 
 
 No. 5. (1770, July 18, by W. H. Grant, Esq.J Eunice Carleton, Execu- 
 trix, to Jeremiah Carleton of Newburyport, Mass., Executrix's Deed of 
 Home Lots 43 and 44 in Lyndeborough, N. H., with house, barn &c. 
 (See No. 13, below.) 
 
 No. 6. Benjamin Epps of Lyndeborough, N. H., to Peter Clark of 
 Lyndeborough, N. H. W. D. 
 
 No. 7. (1771, November 17.) David Carleton sold to John Boffee, both 
 of Lyndeborough, 2nd. Div. Lot No. 48, 6o. L. M. 
 
 No. 8. (1768, May 9.) Sewall Goodridge to Josiah Abbot, part of 
 2nd. Div. Lots 77 and 78, a part of the Gage Farm. 
 
 No. 9. (1769.) Ephraim Powers to Josiah Abbot, part of 2nd. Div. 
 Lot No. 86. 
 
 No. 10. (1768, April 19, Vol. 6, p. in.) Deed of Jonathan Cram, 
 Moses Stiles and Phebe (Cram) Stiles, Benjamin Cram, Ephraim Putnam 
 and Sarali (Cram) Putnam to Jonathan Chamberlain for and in consider- 
 ation of supporting our brother, Joseph Cram, being part of Lot No. 41, 
 2nd. Div. of lots, 75 acres. 
 
 No. ii. (1770, September 15.) Benjamin Lynde to James Andrews, 
 2nd. Div. Lot No. 98, containing 130 acres. 
 
 No. 12. Melchizedeck Boffee to John Boffee; Vol. 20, 74; and John 
 Boffee to Melchizedeck Boffee, Vol. 24, p. 231. 
 
 No. 13. (1766, July 18.) Robert Hooper of Marblehead, Mass., to 
 Jeremiah Carleton of Lyndeborough, N. H., Home Lot No. 43, in con- 
 sideration of his full settlement and five shillings. (Compare this with 
 No. 5.) 
 
 No. 14. (1771, March 22.) James Hutchinson to John Bradford the 
 Southeast end of Home Lot No. 18, lying partly on Gun Hill, so called, 
 containing about 15 acres. 
 
 No. 15. (1773, December 30.) Benjamin Goodhue to Nathan Cram, 
 Second Division Lot No. 64, containing 130 acres. 
 
 No. 16. (1772, January 20. W. D.) Benjamin Lynde to John Brad- 
 ford Lot No. 5. on Gun Hill, and bounded northerly on Lot of Edward 
 Bevins, Jr. (See No. 14, above.) 
 
 No. 17. (1770, August 10.) Jeremiah Lee of Marblehead, Mass., to 
 Melchizedeck Boffee of Lyndeborough. W. Deed, of Lot No. 49, being 
 land which Joseph Swett requested said Boffee to clear and settle, con- 
 taining 60 acres ; also 40 acres of Lot 29, 2nd. Div. to wit, at the westerly 
 end of same. 
 
 No. 18. (1770, Vol. 2, 381.) Adam Johnson from Sewall Goodridge, 
 Home Lot No. 62. 
 
 No. 19. (1772, April ii, Vol. 2, p. 430.) Adam Johnson from Sewall 
 Goodridge ist. Div. Lot No. 58. 
 
 No. 20. (1767, February 18, Vol. 28, p. 27.) Benjamin Lynde to John 
 Carkin, husbandman, in consideration of a settlement made at Lynde- 
 borough, and five shillings L. M. grants Home Lot No. 35, containing 60
 
 488 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 acres, and is the lot on which sad Carkin has built and lived 7 or 8 years, 
 and lyeth between Col. Pickman's lot on the E. and the ministry lot No. 
 34, on the west. 
 
 No. 21. (17731 Vol. 3, p. 529.) William Lee of Francestown, bought 
 of Pickman Lot No. 61, in Lyndeborough, commonly called Peal's Lot. 
 
 No. 22. (1773 or '74, Vol. 7, 36.) William Lee bought of William 
 Pickman. 
 
 No. 23. (1774, Vol. 2, 538.) William Lee to Daniel Clark, Lot. No. 36- 
 
 No. 24. (Vol. 2, 249.) Osgood Carleton from David Badger. 
 
 No. 25. (Vol. 2, 259.) Osgood Carleton from Benjamin Cram. 
 
 No. 26. (1779, Vol. 8, 24.) Mr. Lee sold to James Boutwell, part of 
 Lot 66, 2nd. Div. 
 
 No. 27. (1779, April 20.) William Lee and Sarah his wife, to Nathan 
 Parsons. W. D. of Lot No. 66, 2nd. Division. 
 
 No. 28. (1795, March 30, Vol. 35, p. 464.) John Grant bought of John 
 Blaisdell in 1795, and on the 30. of March 1795, bought of Samuel 
 Parker i-i4th part of all the common lands. 
 
 DEEDS OF DAVID PUTNAM. 
 
 No. 29. (1788, May 29, Vol. 20, p. 336.) Thomas Boffee, to Amos 
 Whittemore and David Putnam, all gentlemen, and of Lyndeborough, in 
 consideration of 174^. L. M., a tract of land containing about 150 acres, 
 a part of 2nd. Div. Lots No. 68, 59 and 60. (Vol. 20, p. 337.) The same 
 premises, on same date deeded by John Gowen, of Wilmington, Mass., 
 to Thomas Boffee. 
 
 No. 30. (1785, May 2, Vol. 20, p. 100.) Aaron Putnam to David Put- 
 nam in consideration of 250^. parts of 2nd. Div. Lots No. 41 and 44. 
 
 No. 31. (1775, March 14, Vol. 6, 116.) Deacon Ephraim Putnam to 
 David Putnam in consideration of 6o. L. M. 2nd Div. Lot No. 50, con- 
 taining 130 acres more or less. Sworn to before Andrew Fuller. J. P. 
 
 No. 32. (1786, January 7, Vol. 20, p. 101. Nathan Hasseltine to David 
 Putnam in consideration of $. a tract of about 3 acres, being a part of 
 2nd. Div. Lot No. 30. 
 
 No. 33. (1787, September 5, Vol. 20, p. 102.) John Putnam of 
 Lyndeborough to David Putnam in consideration of 12 a tract of land 
 being a part of Lot No. 41 in the 2nd. Division. 
 
 No. 34. (1789, February 9, Vol. 24, p. 99.) John Putnam to David 
 Putnam in consideration of 100^". a part of Lots No. 41 and 44, 2nd 
 Division. 
 
 No. 35. (1789, October 30, Vol. 24, p. 96.) Stephen Goodhue of 
 Salem, Mass., to David Putnam of Lyndeborough, in consideration of 
 45/. L. M. all that part of 2nd. Div. Lot No. 43, which our late father, 
 Benjamin Goodhue, did not sell to Moses Stiles. 
 
 No. 36. (1813, August 30.) David Putnam to David Putnam, Jr., in 
 consideration of Eight Hundred Dollars, three tracts of land containing 
 60 acres, duly described. Attested and acknowledged, Jan. 5th, 1814, in 
 presence of Daniel Putnam, Justice of Peace.
 
 OLD DEEDS 489 
 
 No. 37. (1818, December i, Vol. i, 124, p. 423.) David Putnam, Jr., to 
 David Putnam, Mortgage Deed, &c. 
 
 This was in consideration of property of his parents valued at one 
 thousand Dollars deeded to him on certain conditions which he accepted 
 and pledged himself to fulfill, involving their support during their 
 natural life. The father died within two years, and the mother did not 
 survive very long. 
 
 No. 38. (1815, May 19, Vol. 107, p. 592.) Ephraim Putnam Jr. of 
 Lyndeborough, to David Putnam Jr., in consideration of $75, a tract of 
 land 48 by 50 rods of Lot No. 45, in the Second division. 
 
 No. 39. (1816, November 12, Vol. 119, p. 571.) Ephraim Putnam Jr. 
 of Lyndeborough, to David Putnam, Jr., of Lyndeborough, in consider- 
 ation of $35, a tract of land on the east side of second division lot No. 45, 
 adjoining on the north the land sold to him as by preceding deed 38, 
 forty-eight rods by twenty- seven. 
 
 No. 40. (1818, August 22, Vol. 121, p. 51.) Ephraim Putnam Jr. 
 to David Putnam Jr., both of Lyndeborough, a tract of land 48 rods wide 
 extending north about 65 rods, being the northeasterly part of second 
 division lot No. 45, consideration $60. 
 
 No. 41. (1820, March 24, Vol. 126, p. 408.) Timothy Putnam to David 
 Putnam Jr., both of Lyndeborough, portions of second division lots No. 41 
 and 44, situated mainly west of the road leading from Daniel Putnam's to 
 the meeting-house. Consideration $1000. Witnesses Abigail Putnam, 
 Sarah Clark. 
 
 (Mrs. 'Richard's Papers) 
 
 No. 42. (1820, August 12, Vol. 128, p. 533.) Jonathan and Sarah 
 (Putnam) Clark of Lyndeborough, in consideration of $100, paid by 
 Abigail Putnam, quit-claim to her &c. all right and title to "property 
 which our honored father, David Putnam, died possest of," (viz.) all our 
 right to the saw and grist mills, together with about three acres of land 
 adjoining said grist mill bounded as follows : South by the stream on 
 which said mill stands ; west, by land of Pierce and Marshall north, by 
 land of David Putnam ; east, by land of Jonathan Town. 
 Mrs. E. H. Putnam's papers. 
 
 No. 43. (July 25, 1838, Vol. 198, p. i.) John Carlton of Lyndeborough 
 to Mariah Putnam of Lowell, Mass., part of second division lot No. 41, 
 estimated about 70 acres, together with the buildings thereon, consider- 
 ation $1500. 
 
 This deed states that John F. Holt owned land once the property of 
 Daniel Chamberlain ; that Henry Cram's land adjoined the graveyard ; 
 that Joshua Sargent's land was north from the corner of Harvey Holt's 
 land ; and that there were two mill privileges in the tract, one improved 
 by Uriah Cram and Israel Putnam, and the other deeded to Henry and 
 James Cram. 
 
 The above deed was witnessed by Israel Fuller, Jr., and Lewis Cram ; 
 it was signed by John Carlton and Miriam, wife of John Carlton.
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 HOLES AND OLD BUILDING SITES. 
 
 NORTH LYNDEBOROUGH, CENTRE, JOHNSON'S CORNER, ETC., 
 BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 Directly opposite the house of J. H. Goodrich at North 
 L,yndeborough was the pottery of Peter Clark and John South- 
 wick. 
 
 A little to the north of this is the cellar-hole of the South- 
 wick house. 
 
 In the southwest corner of the same field was a blacksmith 
 shop kept by one, Peabody. 
 
 A little to the east of this site is the cellar-hole of Peabody 's 
 house. 
 
 On the road a little to the east of the Peabody cellar-hole is 
 the site of the Union L,ecture house. 
 
 Still farther east is the cellar-hole where Dea. Peter Clark's 
 house stood. This is on the town line. 
 
 Opposite the house of John H. Goodrich was once a tan-yard 
 owned by Paul Atwood. 
 
 A little to the south of this tan-yard was the blacksmith shop 
 of Jonathan Thayer. 
 
 James McCauley once occupied a house on the south end of 
 John H. Goodrich's buildings. This house was bought by 
 Phineas C. Kidder and is now the house owned by Frank 
 Gardner. 
 
 Back of John H. Goodrich's house was once a potash shop 
 owned by Benjamin Goodrich. 
 
 North of John H. Goodrich's, on the turnpike, was the house 
 of Daniel Holmes. 
 
 West of the Holmes house was the house of Jotham Searles. 
 
 Near the house of Horace D. Gage is the cellar-hole of the 
 house of Isaiah Parker. 
 
 East of the cemetery at North L,yndeborough is the cellar- 
 hole of the house of Ruth Senter. 
 
 On land of ~L,evi P. Bailey is the cellar-hole of Benjamin Sen- 
 ter's house. 
 
 On land of D. B. Whittemore, near the old road by Harry 
 Richardson's, is the cellar-hole of the house of Jotham Wilkins.
 
 OLD CELLAR HOLES 491 
 
 On the road from L,. P. Bailey's to the centre was a mill, on 
 Cold Brook, owned by Capt. Ebenezer Flint. 
 
 On the hill west of the schoolhouse in District No. 4 was a 
 log-house. This hill now goes by the name of L,og-House hill. 
 
 Opposite Irwin D. Wilder's barn was once the house of 
 Thomas Boardman. 
 
 On top of the hill west of Irwin D. Wilder's was the black- 
 smith shop of Charles Whitmarsh. His house stood opposite. 
 This was moved later to where the house of D. E. Proctor 
 now is. 
 
 South of the old Proctor place is the cellar-hole of the house 
 of John Proctor. This is on the side of the mountain, and he 
 is supposed to have been the first settler there. 
 
 A cellar-hole near where the John Proctor house stood is 
 where Seth Allen once lived. 
 
 On the Needham place is the cellar-hole of the house of Ben- 
 jamin Bullock. 
 
 Near where D. B. Whittemore lives was the house of Jona- 
 than Whittemore. 
 
 Near the No. 8 schoolhouse was a house once occupied by 
 the workmen of Benjamin Jones. To the west of No. 8 school- 
 house up the hill was the Oliver Whiting farm ; the buildings 
 now entirely removed. 
 
 Still farther west was the Dea. Samuel Houston place. The 
 building site is marked by two rows of Lombardy poplars, some 
 of them of great age. 
 
 South of this place about a quarter of a mile is the old Reu- 
 ben Button homestead. Reuben's son Benjamin also lived 
 there. Benjamin's widow was the last occupant, and the build- 
 ings were torn down soon after she left. 
 
 East of the Button place is the old Woodward homestead. 
 Baniel Woodward was there as early as 1800, and at that time 
 there was an old house on the side of the road opposite where 
 he built the brick house. Sumner French was the last occu- 
 pant. House burned. 
 
 A few rods east of the Woodward place was where Ira Hous- 
 ton lived. It was from here that he emigrated to the West. 
 
 North of the Ira Houston place, in a pasture, is the site of 
 the house where Capt. L,evi Spaulding of Revolutionary fame 
 lived. 
 
 Between the Hill place and B. B. Whittemore's was the house 
 of Samuel Whittemore.
 
 492 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Just west of Harry Richardson's is a cellar-hole, owner un- 
 known. Robert B. Osgood lived there in 1860. 
 
 Not many rods north of Frank B. Tay's is the site of the old 
 District No. i schoolhouse. It was on the east side of the road. 
 
 South of where Charles D. Riley lives was a cellar-hole ; owner 
 unknown. Grannie McMaster is said to have last occupied the 
 premises. 
 
 There is a cellar-hole in Everett Hutchinson's pasture ; former 
 owner unknown. 
 
 Cellar-hole on George W. Parker's place. Warren Damon 
 occupied the premises once. House burned. 
 
 Cellar-hole in the Fitch pasture. Mollie Curtis lived in the 
 house that stood there. 
 
 Cellar-hole of the house of Joseph Melendy. House burned 
 July 4, 1879. 
 
 There is a cellar-hole on land of Harvey Perham heirs. The 
 house was once occupied by lizzie Bevins. 
 
 Cellar-hole on the place known as the " Creesy " place, near 
 H. H. Joslin's. 
 
 Cellar-hole in the Cummings' pasture on Winn mountain. 
 Occupants unknown. There is a tradition that one of them 
 found money in a tea-kettle secreted on the premises, and appro- 
 priating it, left for parts unknown. 
 
 Cellar hole on the road to Greenfield, past the Pinnacle house. 
 Known as the Joslin place. Oscar Joslin last occupant. 
 
 Cellar-hole on land of E. C. Curtis, near the foot of the hill, 
 on what was an old road from where he lives to the Johnson 
 Corner road. 
 
 Cellar-hole on the road south of where Wm. Richardson lived. 
 Eli Curtis lived there. 
 
 Cellar-hole on the road past Luther Cram's place, known as 
 the Ellingwood place. 
 
 Cellar-hole on the road from Foster Woodward's corner to the 
 Annie Fish place. Charles P. Cummings last occupant. Known 
 as the Israel Cram place. 
 
 On same road, cellar-hole on land of Andy Holt. Stiles last 
 occupant. 
 
 Cellar-hole on Rose mountain, where James Grant lived. 
 David C. Grant born there. 
 
 Cellar-hole on Rose mountain, where Abram Rose settled. 
 
 About twenty rods south of the David Holt place was where 
 David Stratton built a house, said to have been the seventh
 
 OLD CELLAR HOLES 493 
 
 framed house built in town. This house was moved to near 
 where the present buildings stand, and many years ago was 
 torn down. 
 
 Oliver Holt built a house in what is now land of E.G. Her- 
 rick's. Known as the Holt field. It stood near the brook. 
 
 Cellar-hole on road from the Ryerson place to No. 5 school- 
 house, where Samuel Hodgeman lived and where he was killed 
 by lightning. He was the last occupant. 
 
 Cellar-hole south of the Hodgeman place. A man named 
 Stiles once lived there. 
 
 Cellar-hole about 20 rods north of Hodgeman 's place. Upton 
 said to have lived there. 
 
 Foster Woodward was the last occupant of a house that stood 
 near where Joseph Blanchard's barn stands. Samuel Wood- 
 ward lived near by. The railroad passed through the site. 
 
 West of where Brandy Brook crosses the road to the Centre 
 was once a dwelling. Ruins of the old stone fire-place still to 
 be found. The builder or occupants are unknown. This is on 
 land of Joseph Blanchard. On land of Moses Fuller, between 
 Rose Mountain and the Pinnacle, is the site of a set of build- 
 ings. One or two old apple trees still stand there. A man 
 named Hardy once lived there. Further to the north on the 
 old road or bridle-path to the Button place over Rose Mountain 
 is the site of the Starrett place. The Rose place, the Grant 
 place and the two places just mentioned are all that can be 
 traced of the farms on Rose Mountain. The situation of all 
 these farms is about as bleak as any that can be found in town. 
 It would be interesting to know just why these settlers chose 
 such exposed places for homes. 
 
 On the Forest road northeast of Winn Mountain is the cellar- 
 hole where John Woodward settled. Jotham Stephenson after- 
 ward lived there, last occupant unknown. 
 
 On Woodward hill, so called, Joseph Putnam lived and the 
 old cellar-hole may still be seen. 
 
 Further along this road on Woodward hill was where Samuel 
 Woodward lived and where his children were born. The cellar- 
 hole may still be seen. North of Samuel Woodward's place 
 was the land of Eleazer Woodward, on which were buildings. 
 He never lived there but used to cut the hay on the place, and 
 send some of his boys there to feed it out in the winter to stock 
 kept there, the boys boarding themselves. Israel Woodward 
 used to say that the wolves used to come around nights and
 
 494 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 howl, and sometimes they were obliged to sit up all night to 
 protect the sheep. 
 
 In the Johnson corner district, on the road to Purgatory falls, 
 is the cellar-hole where Mark Morgan had a house. 
 
 Further on is the cellar-hole where the Towns family lived, 
 father and son. 
 
 Still farther to the east is a cellar-hole where a man named 
 Curtis lived. Said to be no relation to the Curtis families in 
 town at present. 
 
 On the road to New Boston, in what was a part of Lynde- 
 borough since set off into Mont Vernon, is the cellar-hole 
 where Amos Pearsons lived. 
 
 Next north is the cellar-hole where John Stearns, father of 
 Daniel, Seth and John, lived. 
 
 Further on is the cellar-hole where Mr. Chamberlain lived. 
 
 Next is the cellar-hole where Ephraim Kidder lived. 
 
 Next is the site of the John Rand house. 
 
 Next is the site of the Edgar Rand house. 
 
 And last is the cellar-hole where Oliver Senter lived. 
 
 On the old road towards Milford is the cellar-hole where John 
 Carson lived. 
 
 Still farther southeast is the cellar-hole where L,evi Curtis 
 lived. 
 
 In that section of the town is a cellar-hole in what is called 
 the Buxton pasture. Occupant unknown. 
 
 Between the Haggett place and the brook is the cellar-hole 
 where David Butterfield had a house. 
 
 West of the Rose place is the site of the house where James 
 Marshall lived. There was formerly a road running west from 
 the Rose place to the present South L,yndeborough road. The 
 Marshall place was on this road. 
 
 Further west was the site of the William Abbott house. 
 
 At the foot of the hill west of the Boutwell place is a cellar- 
 hole. Who first built there is unknown. Adoniram Wood- 
 ward, David Cram and many other families once lived there.
 
 OLD CELLAR HOLES 495 
 
 OLD CELLARS NEAR SOUTH LYNDEBOROUGH, 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 A citizen well acquainted with all parts of the town has often 
 said that there are, it seems to him, more old cellar-holes in the 
 town than there are inhabited dwellings. Be that as it may, 
 we find several such ruins near South Lyndeborough, which 
 invite a passing notice. 
 
 1. On the farm once owned by Ephraim Putnam, the first 
 of that name in town, was an old cellar, of which the oldest 
 citizens of three generations ago could give no satisfactory ac- 
 count. David Putnam, Jr., who was about eighty years old 
 when he died, knew nothing of its origin or owner. It was then 
 on Dea. John Hartshorn's land about thirty rods south of his 
 house. In cultivating the field the cellar has been filled up, 
 and no trace of it is now visible, though it is well remembered. 
 
 2. The old cellar of Ephraim Putnam's house, last occupied 
 by Capt. Israel Putnam, is on land now owned by Mrs. E. H. 
 Putnam, at the corner of the field, nearly opposite the summer 
 cottage of Mr. Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. The house which 
 stood over this cellar was torn down July 23, 1883. Its lower 
 story was found to be lined with brick between the boards and 
 the lathing. The brick were doubtless used in this way as a 
 defense against the bullets of hostile savages in colonial days. 
 The house was two stories high in front, while the rear roof 
 was like that of a shed, leaving the back of the house but one 
 story, and sometimes low at that. Mr. A. S. Conant, the car- 
 penter who took down the frame, vouches for the brick lining. 
 
 3. There is at present no indication of a cellar on the spot, 
 where, according to the Wilton History,* Nathan Hesselton, 
 Jr., was born. The buildings of the glass factory covered the 
 spot, as vouched for by the late David Putnam. 
 
 4. It would be a satisfaction if we could as readily name his 
 neighbor, who lived about thirty rods to the southwest. In the 
 pasture now owned by H. E. Emery is a cellar concerning 
 which little more can be learned than its existence. It was 
 east of the road which led from the saw-mill of Nathaniel Put- 
 nam to the original center of the town. The lane which led to 
 this place crossed the Mill Brook by a bridge whose abutments 
 are still in a good state of preservation. One tradition is that a 
 man named Wilkins lived there. Southeast of this cellar are 
 
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 496 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 two circular spaces whose rims are slightly elevated above the 
 common level.* These circles show that some one used mattock 
 or spade in the days of their construction. The circles are 
 about 30 feet in diameter. The lot in which these remains are 
 found was Second Division lot No. 30, and belonged to the 
 original proprietor, Joseph Blaney ; and a part of this lot was 
 sold to Hesselton. (See Deeds of David Putnam, No. 32.) 
 
 5. On the old road to Wilton Center, which after crossing 
 the Bradford bridge, west of South Lyndeborough, turned 
 abruptly to the left, passing through land now owned by W. N. 
 Cheever, lived a few families who cannot well be ignored. 
 About forty rods southwest of the abrupt turn above mentioned 
 is an old cellar which might easily escape notice, if not specially 
 pointed out. This marks the spot where lived William Abbott, 
 grandfather of our townsman, W. H. Abbott, and also, maternal 
 grandfather of Mr. John C. Carkin. 
 
 6. Following this road nearly a south course, up a very steep 
 hill, a person comes to the line fence between William Blaney 
 and Jonathan Chamberlain, Jr., which line the road follows 
 over into Wilton. On the east side of this road on a spot com- 
 manding a fine view east and northeast, a century ago stood the 
 dwelling of Capt. William Blaney. The old apple trees and 
 the walls of his fields and garden and the ruins of the cellar all 
 indicate a once finely cultivated farm. His title of captain is 
 said to have come from following the sea. 
 
 7. Westward from this site, stood the home of Jonathan 
 Chamberlain, Jr.; and the ruins of the cellar are on an elevation 
 from which he could look across a little valley to the home of 
 his father-in-law, Benjamin Cram, Jr., the place now occupied 
 by Mr. Frank Winn. 
 
 8. Turning southwest from the residence of Frank Winn a 
 road down the little valley about an eighth of a mile comes to 
 the old cellar on the south side of the road, over which was the 
 house of Mr. Jacob Woodward, owned recently by his son Jacob 
 Newton Woodward. 
 
 9. West of this last mentioned cellar, is that of Jacob Das- 
 comb, once prominent in town affairs, having served four years 
 as town clerk, 1798 to 1802, and said to have been a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier of the Massachusetts line. He was father-in- 
 law of Col. Timothy Putnam. 
 
 10. On the old road, a short distance east of Mr. Rufus Cham- 
 
 * A suggestion is that these may have been coal pits, where charcoal was burned.
 
 OLD CELLAR HOLES 497 
 
 berlain's is the old cellar of Mr. Amos Wilkins's house. It is 
 near the northwest corner of land now owned by Mr. W. N. 
 Cheever. 
 
 11. Still farther east on the same road, and also on land of 
 the same owner, is the cellar of Thomas Lakin's house. It is 
 on the south side of the road. 
 
 12. About as far east from the Thomas Lakin cellar as that is 
 from Amos Wilkins's, is the cellar of Moses Stiles, one of the 
 very early settlers. He married Phebe Cram, the sister of 
 Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Chamberlain, Sr. The cellar is on 
 the land of Mr. Rufus Chamberlain, and owned perhaps by his 
 ancestor, Jonathan, in Moses Stiles' day. The cellar is on the 
 north side of the old road, between it and the road which passes 
 the cemetery. Mrs. Stiles was a daughter of John Cram, the 
 first settler. 
 
 13. As far east of the Stiles place as the latter is of the 
 Thomas L,akin place is the cellar of Abel L,akin a brother of 
 Thomas. It was in Abel's barn, which caught fire while he 
 was attending an ordination in Mont Vernon, in 1809, that his 
 two children and one of his brother's perished in the flames. 
 The farm now is owned by Mr. W. H. Abbott. 
 
 14. In Emery Holt's pasture sixty rods or more southeast of 
 his house is evidently a very old cellar. None of our citizens 
 have now any knowledge of its builder. 
 
 15. There is also in what is called the Burton pasture, on the 
 west side of the Wilton road, a very ancient cellar. The 
 person who lived there is unknown to the present generation, 
 though the land on which it stands is now Mr. W. A. Burton's, 
 and has been Burton property for several generations.
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 In the absence of all records, it would be hard to deter- 
 mine which of the burial places in town was the first. From 
 the fact that the first settlements in Salein-Canada were made 
 on and near Putnam Hill, one would be led to infer that the 
 South cemetery was most likely the first to be laid out. On the 
 knoll where the pine trees stand in this yard is the grave of 
 Sarah, wife of Lieut. Thomas Boffee, and the headstone bearing 
 the date of Sept. 9, 1772. 
 
 In the cemetery at Johnson's Corner is the grave of Aaron 
 Carkin, the headstone giving the date of his death as Nov. 19, 
 1777. In the cemetery at the "Centre " is the grave of George 
 Gould, the date of whose death is Apr. 29, 1783. 
 
 These dates would indicate that there was probably but few 
 years difference in the time of the laying out of these three 
 yards. Tradition says that most of the first burials in town 
 were those of children, the exposure and privations of pioneer 
 life making the mortality among infants large. Who was the 
 first adult to be buried in any of the cemeteries in town is, to 
 the writer, unknown, and there are no records and no tradi- 
 tions to tell. John Badger was the first within the limits of 
 Salem-Canada without doubt. 
 
 It was not the custom of those early days to arrange the 
 burial places with the ultimate view of beautifying and adorn- 
 ing them. Neither can it be learned that any lots were sold, 
 each family selecting such a lot as it desired. 
 
 The mountains and hills, and the rugged character of the 
 land of the town, made it inconvenient for the early settlers to 
 have one central cemetery, and so the places of sepulture were 
 located so as to be convenient for the various communities. In 
 many towns of the state the cemetery adjoined the church, and 
 the cemetery at the " Centre " was probably located as near the 
 church as the nature of the ground would permit. 
 
 The older headstones in all the yards are of slate, a material 
 which seems to withstand the corroding effects of weather 
 rather better than granite or marble, though some of those old
 
 CEMETERIES 499 
 
 headstones are so covered with lichens and moss, as to make it 
 difficult to decipher the inscriptions. 
 
 There are several out of the way places in the town where 
 the dead have been buried. One is in the northwest corner of 
 the field back of the house of Moses C. Fuller. Some of the 
 members of the Chamberlain family are buried there. 
 
 There is a tradition that there are graves on a knoll east of 
 the old town farm, though there is nothing now to show such 
 to be a fact. Dr. Bartlett is buried on "Crooked S. Hill." 
 His story is told elsewhere. 
 
 JOHNSON'S CORNER CEMETERY. 
 
 This was land taken from the farm of Amos Wilkins, the first 
 settler on what is best known now as the Kilburn S. Curtis 
 place. There are no records to show whether the land was 
 bought or donated for the purpose. The town has kept the 
 walls in repair and cared for the grounds to some extent, but it 
 was never deeded to the public. Here lie many of the first set- 
 tlers of that section of the town, the Wellmans, Carkins, Man- 
 nings, Perkinses, Clarks and others who were the pioneers in 
 that vicinity. 
 
 The cemetery on the Forest road near the Benjamin Crosby 
 place is a private yard controlled by the Butler, Stephenson and 
 Crosby families. It is said that a man named Thompson, who 
 died of the small pox, was the first man buried there. 
 
 SOUTH CEMETERY. 
 
 The first plot of land appropriated for this burial place con- 
 tained one half acre. Who was the first owner of the land can- 
 not now be told ; most probably one of the Cram family, perhaps 
 John Cram, the first settler of the town.* There are no writings 
 to show when it was first set apart as a burial place for the dead, 
 but it must have been very early in the history of the town. In 
 comparatively recent years Peter Cram gave a deed of the bal- 
 ance of the land, that is, more than a half acre, to Joel H. Tar- 
 bell and Timothy T. Putnam and their associates, and by them 
 it was deeded to the town. About the same time this deed to 
 the town was given, Rufus Chamberlain gave a deed to the 
 town of a strip of land on the south side of the yard, on condi- 
 tion that the town build a good wall next the road. This condi- 
 tion was accepted and the wall built. On this strip stands the 
 
 * Joseph Blaney, Esq. who drew home Lot No. 3, drew also and. Div. Lot 41, and was 
 the first owner. See Schedule, p. 53, and also old deed No. 2, p. 482. John Cram bought 
 of Blaney, and was first settler.
 
 500 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 monument erected to the memory of the soldier dead of the civil 
 war. 
 
 Some of the Revolutionary soldiers are buried in this yard, 
 Lieut. Jeremiah Carleton, Abram Rose, the Boffee family, many 
 of them, and the Putnams, Crams and Chamberlains, of the 
 early settlers. 
 
 THE WHITTEMORE CEMETERY. 
 
 Daniel Whittemore came into possession of his lot of land in 
 1770. Lot No. 124 was deeded to him April 28 of that year, 
 Benj. Goodhue being the grantor. Mr. Whittemore died in 
 1776 and was the first one buried in this little cemetery, and all 
 of his descendants who have died in town have been buried 
 there. There is strong evidence that some fifteen or twenty out- 
 side that family have also been interred there, among them 
 Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder. 
 
 Daniel B. Whittemore, the great-grandson of the Daniel be- 
 fore mentioned, says that "most of the families in this vicinity 
 buried their dead there previous to the establishment of the 
 cemetery at the Goodrich corner, ' ' and that ' ' this lot was dis- 
 carded largely on account of the difficulty of digging graves, in 
 consequence of there being so many large rocks in the soil. ' ' 
 
 NORTH LYNDEBOROUGH CEMETERY. 
 
 This burial place was probably established about the year 
 1775, and was on land of Nathan Brown. While there is no 
 deed showing the fact, the land was undoubtedly given by him 
 to the community for a public cemetery. Sept. 15, 1869, Mr. 
 Nathan Brown, of Roxbury, Mass., gave a deed of ninety-five 
 rods of land as an addition to the old yard, and citizens of the 
 vicinity gave money and labor to put in a fence and gate in this 
 new part. In 1895 the town laid out over fifty dollars in build- 
 ing wall and repairing old wall. 
 
 The oldest gravestone bears the date of May 8, 1793, but Mrs. 
 Benj. Punchard, who died in 1775, was buried there. The 
 headstone of Eliphalet Senter was made of a common boulder, 
 and the inscription was cut out by some member of the family 
 and is dated 1793. This must be the first instance of what is 
 now so common a practice, that of selecting a large granite 
 boulder as a monument. 
 
 It is here that the Punchards, Bullocks, Gardners, Browns, 
 Kppeses, Seuters, Boardmans, Whitmarshes, Proctors, Atwoods, 
 of the older settlers of this part of the town are buried. Many
 
 CEMETERIES 501 
 
 of the Lewis family are buried here also, and there is a record 
 of Mr. Eppes' negro, Jennie, being buried here. Whether she 
 was a slave or not is not now known. 
 
 PERHAM CORNER CEMETERY. 
 
 This cemetery was probably established when this section of 
 the town was known as Bevins' Corner, but alas ! like all the 
 others, it has no records to aid the historian, and its age as a 
 burial place goes beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant. 
 There were graves there which time had almost obliterated as 
 early as 1820. 
 
 The oldest headstone is dated about 1790. It must have been 
 a public yard from the beginning. 
 
 THE CENTRE CEMETERY. 
 
 There have been more burials at this yard than at any other in 
 the town, but there is no deed to show how the town came into 
 possession of the land, though tradition says the land was 
 bought of James Boutwell. Probably a larger plot of land was 
 bought than was needed for there are records to show that the 
 town sold part of the land back to Mr. Boutwell. 
 
 Some hold to the tradition that the land was part of the 
 " common land" over which the town and Mr. Daniel Gould 
 had a controversy, but this is doubtful. 
 
 The town has made a number of appropriations for keeping in 
 repair the walls of this yard. The present iron gates were pre- 
 sented by Mrs. Robert Hawthorne, formerly Miss Abby J. 
 Boutwell. The gates and granite gateposts were put in place 
 about 1892. 
 
 The land was never laid out in lots, and the graves have in 
 many instances been dug without regard to order. There is one 
 central walk in the cemetery, curbed with granite, but nothing 
 further to mark the boundaries of the lots, except in a few in- 
 stances where the owners have improved and beautified them. 
 
 It is in this yard that the Rev. Sewall Goodridge was buried, 
 and many others of the Goodridge family ; George and Daniel 
 Gould, and their wives ; Capt. William Barron and Olive, his 
 wife ; Capt. Peter Clark, and many of his descendants ; Jacob 
 Richardson, the first of the Richardson family to settle in the 
 "middle of the town"; the Woodwards, Duttons, Holts, Hil- 
 dreths, Dea. David Badger and Robert, his brother, the Had- 
 leys, Fullers, Sargents, Boutwells, and many of the Jones
 
 502 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 family. These names of the early settlers, men and women of 
 note and influence in their day, are recorded here. 
 
 The easterly part of this cemetery is thickly crowded with 
 graves, and many are in the westerly half, more in this part 
 being unmarked by headstones. It is to be regretted that the 
 cemetery was not laid out with well defined walks. Sloping 
 towards the setting sun it might have been made a beautiful 
 burial place, with the range of mountains in view toward the 
 west, which in life the sleepers loved so well. 
 
 THE WEST OR DOI^UVER CEMETERY. 
 
 This is situated just north of the No. 5 schoolhouse. The 
 land was donated by Mr. John Dolliver, and the first burials 
 there were those of Mr. Dolliver's first wife and Samuel Hodge- 
 man. They were interred there the same day. This was in 
 1860. 
 
 This cemetery is like most of the other burial places in that 
 the town has no deed of the land, but has assumed the care 
 of it. 
 
 There is also an old burial lot near the old Dolliver place 
 where many persons were buried. There is said to be but one 
 headstone standing, that erected to the memory of one of the 
 Blaney family. Many of the other headstones were of slate and 
 are now broken in pieces. No record or tradition can be gath- 
 ered now in relation to this yard, but it must have been one of 
 the first places of sepulture in town.
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 OWNERS AND TRANSFERS OP REAI, ESTATE. 
 
 SOUTH I.YNDEBOROUGH. BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 The village now known as South L,yndeborough was, previ- 
 ous to 1830, called Putnam Corner. The name was given in 
 consequence of the number of Putnam families who dwelt in this 
 part of the town. At the date mentioned above, there were but 
 five dwellings in the place, although authorities differ a little as 
 to this. The places named were the residence of Daniel Putnam, 
 Esq., now the parsonage; the residence of Ephraim Putnam, 
 3rd, the father of Captain Eleazer Putnam ; the building which 
 was then the residence of Mr. Ebenezer Pearson, later changed 
 to a tavern ; the house of Mr. John Putnam and his sister, both 
 unmarried ; and the house which stood where the cottage of 
 Mrs. Dorcas A. Holt now stands. 
 
 The second of the houses here named used to stand a few rods 
 north of the present residence of Mr. W. P. Steele, and the old 
 cellar of it is covered by the railroad. The house was removed 
 across the road to the site now occupied by Tarbell's store and 
 was used as a store by William Holt for a time, who was the 
 first merchant in South L,yndeborough. It was afterwards 
 moved across the street to the place where the R. R. Station 
 now stands. It was again removed and now stands as the dwell- 
 ing of Mr. Ward N. Cheever. 
 
 Mr. Ebenezer Pearson, a shoemaker, lived then where Mr. 
 Andy Holt now lives, but in the old house which was en- 
 larged and changed finally to its present form and proportions. 
 Mr. Pearson's shoe shop was near the ground on which the 
 B. & M. freight house now stands, but a little north of it. He 
 was the father-in-law of Mr. Ephraim Putnam whose home was 
 where Mr. Pettingill now lives. Mr. Pearson removed to 
 where Mr. A. T. Ford now lives, a place not included in the 
 forementioned five houses. His son-in-law, Ephraim Putnam 
 then took the Pearson house, enlarged it, raised its roof, remod- 
 elled it and fitted it for a hotel about 1835. It was then called 
 " The Forest House," probably in honor of the " Forest Road," 
 recently built. Its first landlord was John J. Martin, who kept
 
 504 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 it only a short time. Mr. E. B. Crocker of Amherst was his 
 successor, and also stayed but a short time. 
 
 January 15, 1839, Mr. Joel H. Tarbell married Esther, the 
 daughter of Mr. Ephraim Putnam, and they commenced life in 
 the hotel, and conducted the house nearly fifteen years. Soon 
 after becoming landlord he was appointed postmaster ; and he 
 kept both the post-office and a country store in that building. 
 Later he bought the stock of merchandise of Mr. Oilman P. 
 Fletcher, who had been trading here but a short time, and he 
 afterward built a new store. He continued in trade till 1857, 
 and retained possession of the hotel. About that time he sold 
 his new store and stock to Mr. William W. Young of Chelsea, 
 Mass., and for several years after that devoted himself to farm- 
 ing on the homestead of his father-in-law. 
 
 Among the later occupants of the hotel was Mr. William Tar- 
 bell, a brother of the owner, who kept it but a short time. Its 
 proprietor was dissatisfied with its management, and, it is said, 
 took down the tavern sign. 
 
 After Mr. William Tarbell withdrew, the Shattuck brothers, 
 cousins of the Tarbells, tried the business for a little while, but 
 gave it up. 
 
 After that the house became for several years a tenement 
 house, in which the families of Mr. John Emery, Mr. Charles 
 Tarbell (half brother of owner), Mr. John Gage and Mr. John 
 Woodward found a temporary home. 
 
 Mr. Hiram Tarbell, another half brother, afterwards tried 
 keeping it as a tavern, and gave quite an elaborate opening ban- 
 quet. But the business proved insufficient to support the house, 
 and its occupant retired after two months. 
 
 Mrs. E. P. Wallace conducted it as a boarding house for sev- 
 eral years after that ; and her house was well patronized and 
 had many summer guests. Her daughter, Miss C. M. Wallace, 
 assisted her mother in its management, was a talented lady, a 
 graceful elocutionist, and much sought as a reader. She was 
 also a successful teacher, and in 1878 was chosen superintending 
 committee of schools. Mrs. Wallace's house was called by the 
 city people, "The Pine Grove House," on account of its 
 ' ' proximity " as a writer of those days expressed it, ' ' to three 
 delightful pine groves." Her health failed and she left the 
 place. 
 
 The house was kept after that as a summer boarding house for 
 a few years by Mrs. E. M. Swasey, and its last manager as such
 
 REAL ESTATE 505 
 
 was Mrs. M. J. Curtis. Mr. Tarbell was interested always in 
 its orderliness and success, and in its last years as boarding- 
 house, its guests overflowed all its accommodations, many find- 
 ing lodgings in the vicinity and taking meals at its tables. 
 
 The place was sold to Mr. I,. P. Hadley in 1888, and has 
 since been used chiefly as a farmhouse. Owing to the sudden 
 decease of L,. P. Hadley Dec. 28, 1902, the place was for sale 
 and Mr. Andy Holt bought it in 1904, occupies it, and has 
 added furnace heating, bath room and other modern improve- 
 ments. It is pleasantly situated, near the railroad station, post- 
 office, store and the Baptist church. The reporter above re- 
 ferred to wrote, " A piazza, surrounds the house, and a huge ash 
 tree said to be a hundred years of age gives it a splendid shade 
 on a summer's day." 
 
 The fourth house of those mentioned was the home of Mr. 
 John Putnam and his sister Betsey, familiarly called Uncle John 
 and Aunt Betsey ; it stood where W. S. Tarbell's house now 
 stands. The main part of the house was taken down, and the 
 ell was removed down the hill westward, and formed a part of 
 the house lately vacated by Mr. Andy Cram. The house of 
 W. S. Tarbell was built by the late Mr. Byron Stacey, son-in- 
 law of Mr. J. H. Tarbell. After Mr. Stacey's death it was 
 purchased by Mr. C. F. Tarbell, and became Mr. Walter Tar- 
 bell's by inheritance. 
 
 The fifth house of those mentioned was that which was oc- 
 cupied by Solomon Cram, a blacksmith, who came here from 
 Roxbury, Vermont, about 1829. The house stood on the spot 
 now occupied by Mrs. Dorcas A. Holt's cottage. He built the 
 blacksmith shop, the first in the village, which is now carried 
 on by Ward N. Cheever. This was the only such shop in the 
 place till about ten years ago, W. H. Abbott built his shop, and 
 about two years ago, Herbert A. Cheever built his. 
 
 In addition to these five, we may now notice the dwellings of 
 more recent date. The house south of the railroad station on 
 the Forest road, or main street, is Mr. William P. Steele's. It 
 was built by his father-in-law, Captain Eleazer Putnam, about 
 1830, and was bequeathed to his daughter, Adeline, who is 
 Mrs. Steele. Many transient visitors to this village find here 
 homelike accommodations. 
 
 Opposite this is the house so long the home of the late C. 
 Henry Holt, postmaster about twenty-four years, where he 
 kept the post office. The house was built by Dr. Jonas
 
 506 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Wheeler, whose daughter, Mary A., was the first Mrs. C. H. 
 Holt. It is now the home of Mr. T. M. Beal, who married 
 Miss Ardella, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Henry Holt. This 
 house and grounds became her portion of her father's estate. 
 
 The adjoining place on the south is the home of Mrs. Dorcas 
 A. Holt, widow of George Washington Holt, who was for a 
 brief period a merchant in this village. The house is open 
 more in the summer, as a resort for her relatives and her son's 
 family, who here seek summer rest and recuperation. 
 
 South of this and opposite the blacksmith shop is the house 
 owned and occupied several years by Mrs. W. H. Abbott. It 
 was built by Mr. Joseph H. Ford. Here dwelt, for a time, 
 Rev. Mr. Hussey, the Universalist minister, who preached to 
 the believers in universal salvation, and occupied the Baptist 
 meeting-house a portion of the time, for religious services. It 
 was also the home of Mr. Jeremiah Hartshorn, and of his 
 widow, Aunt Ruby, and of Harriet Russell, and of Mrs. 
 Abigail, widow of Capt. Israel Putnam. It was for many 
 years the property of Mr. J. H. Tarbell, who made to it the 
 addition of the two-story part nearest the street. 
 
 The next house on the street going south is Mr. W. N. 
 Cheever's, already described as that of Ephraim Putnam, 3rd., 
 removed from its former foundation when the house of Capt. 
 Eleazer Putnam was built, for a time used as a store, the first in 
 the village, and later removed to its present place. Mr. Cheever 
 has lived here since 1861, when he came from I^unenburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 A few rods south of this, across the street, is the house of 
 Mrs. Martha M., widow of the late Charles M. Butler. The 
 main part of her house used to stand with side facing the street. 
 At that time it contained a shoemaker's shop, and also a little 
 store, which were kept by Mr. John J. Martin, a former land- 
 lord of " The Forest House." 
 
 The ell of this house had previously been a separate build- 
 ing, and contained a basement part. In this lived Mrs. David 
 Gage and her mother for a time ; and here, also, Mrs. Ephraim 
 Hildreth Putnam spent her last days. 
 
 Very close to this on the south is the residence of J. A. 
 Johnson, Esq. The house was built by Mr. Francis Johnson, 
 father of its present owner, is adapted for two families, and is 
 occupied by both Mr. Johnson, himself, and his son-in-law, Mr. 
 Frank J. Bishop.
 
 REAL ESTATE 507 
 
 South of this, and on the other side of the street, is a new 
 house, built in 1903, by Herbert A. Cheever, who learned the 
 blacksmith business from his father, worked for him several 
 years, and is now occupying a shop independently. His shop 
 is near his house. 
 
 Nearly opposite the shop last named is the dwelling of W. 
 H. Cheever, brother of Herbert. He bought a small building 
 and lived in it a few years, and built later the two-story part, 
 using the old part as the ell. He has now a pleasant, comfort- 
 able home. 
 
 Still farther south and across the street is the home of Mr. 
 John C. Carkin, who is employed by D. Whiting & Co., and 
 has charge of the milk-house, and of their grain and feed sup- 
 plies. The house was built in 1857 by Mrs. David Gage, and 
 was sold to Mr. Olney P. Butler about 1865, and purchased by 
 Mr. Carkin from the heirs of Mr. Butler. 
 
 On the same lot, a few rods south, is the old house in which 
 John's father, Mr. David Carkin, lived several years. It is 
 now owned by Fred Carkin, grandson of David, and second 
 son of John. 
 
 Nearly opposite the last-named house is that of Mr. Edwin 
 Wilkerson. It was built by Mr. Olney P. Butler in company 
 with Mr. Hiram F. Blood of Wilton. It was for several years 
 the home of Mr. George Butler, Olney 's son, who sold it to 
 Messrs. Byron Putnam and Walter S. Tarbell. Andrew J. 
 Marshall occupied it a few years as tenant, after which it was 
 purchased by its present owner. It has recently reverted to the 
 Byron Putnam estate. 
 
 The next house below, on the road towards Wilton, was 
 built by the sons of Major William Richardson whose wife was 
 a daughter of Squire Daniel Putnam. After their father's 
 decease, the sons removed to Milford where the next station on 
 the B. & M. railroad, west of Milford village, is named for 
 them, "Richardson's." The house was afterwards rented to 
 several families, among whom were Mr. Joseph Blanchard, Mrs. 
 Colby, whose son, John Freeman Colby, Esq., of Boston and 
 Mont Vernon, won distingushed honor in his profession.* 
 
 * Here also lived Mr. Tidd whose daughter, a native of Lyndeborough, won great 
 praise for her presence of mind a few years ago, as a teacher in Somerville, Mass. 
 Discovering the great building in which she was teaching was on fire, she hastily but 
 quietly informed the other teachers to arrange their scholars for fire drill, and got them 
 all out, almost before they discovered any fire. None of the hundreds of pupils were 
 injured, and her prompt action saved both the pupils and the building. The school 
 board publicly thanked her afterwards for her heroic service.
 
 508 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 For the longest period in its history it has been the home of 
 the Ross family, Mrs. Sarah Ross, widow of Samuel Ross, 
 a veteran of the Civil War, and her children. It is now owned 
 by Mrs. Clough of L/ynu, Mass., as a summer residence. 
 
 The next house south, on the opposite side of the street, is 
 that of Mr. George Ross, one of the fore-mentioned Ross 
 family. It was built by Mr. Nathan Fish, the father of Mrs. 
 Joseph Blanchard. It was the first house built by Mr. A. S. 
 Conant, after learning his trade of house carpenter. 
 
 The last house in I^yndeborough, on the direct road to 
 Wilton, is Mr. James Colson's. It was built by Mr. Quincy 
 Young, who sold it to Mr. Orin Cram. The latter willed it to 
 his son Nelson, who sold it to Mr. Colson. In 1905 it was pur- 
 chased by Miss Ellen B. Churchill. 
 
 Before reaching Mr. Colson's house, a road turns to the left 
 leading by where the glass factory used to stand. On this road 
 the first house is that of Mr. George Winn, which he bought of 
 Mr. Samuel Ross. This was used as a boarding house when 
 the factory was in operation, and was managed by Mrs. Cutter, 
 the mother-in-law of Samuel Ross, son of above named veteran. 
 
 A little farther along, on the right hand, is the dwelling of Mr. 
 Benjamin Joslin, R. F. D. carrier No. i. It was built by the 
 late Mr. J. D. Putnam, agent, and apparent proprietor of the 
 glass factory. After his decease the house was for a time 
 occupied by his daughters, Misses Emma D. and Grace E. Put- 
 nam. It was finally sold to Mr. George Butler, who improved 
 the grounds, added the granite curbing, and, after making im- 
 portant changes in and about the house itself, sold it to Mr. 
 Joslin, its present occupant. 
 
 Next to this on the same side of the road is a small house, 
 formerly the office of the glass factory, which Mr. Willis H. 
 Draper bought and changed to a dwelling, in which he lived 
 several years. He removed to Nashua, and the house is now 
 owned by Mr. J. Alonzo Carkin and occupied by his brother, 
 Fred Carkin. 
 
 Turning from the latter house towards the village again, the 
 house on the right is Mr. Willie C. Carkin's, who sold it to Mr. 
 Harry Draper, and recently bought it back and now occupies it. 
 
 Continuing still towards the R. R. station, the house on the 
 left is Mr. H. E. Emery's. It was built by his uncle, Morris 
 M. Emery, who lived in it several years, and died in March, 
 1886. His wife died in 1887, and the house became the prop-
 
 REAL ESTATE 509 
 
 erty of his nephew above named, as the only male heir of the 
 Emery family. 
 
 Across the street, nearly opposite, is the house of Mrs. 
 Sharpe, widow of the late Joseph Sharpe. The house was 
 built by Mr. William Young, who lived in it a few years, then 
 sold it to Mr. Sharpe, and removed to Manchester. 
 
 The next house on the same side of the street is Mr. Milo 
 Burton's. He is foreman on this section of the B. & M. rail- 
 road. The house was built by the late J. H. Tarbell, Esq., 
 about the year 1877. It was for years the property of Mr. 
 Edward Hall, who repaired and made important changes in its 
 interior, and later removed to Antrim. Mr. Burton bought it 
 of Mr. Hall. 
 
 Nearly opposite Mr. Burton's, across the street, is Mr. W. 
 A. Barden's house. It was built by Mr. I,. P. Jensen, an 
 active, worthy citizen, a member of the Congregational church, 
 and for several years the efficient superintendent of the Baptist 
 Sunday School. He was a carpenter by trade. In 1892, he 
 sold his house to Mr. Barden, and removed with his family to 
 California. 
 
 Very close to Mr. Burton's house is that which was originally 
 built on the same plan, and by the same person, J. H. Tarbell, 
 Esq. It was for several years owned by Mr. Mullin, a glass 
 worker, who, after the closing of the glass works here, removed 
 to New York State. It was let a few years to Mr. A. J. 
 Marshall ; afterwards, it was bought and occupied by Herbert 
 A. Cheever, and after a few years, was sold to Mr. S. S. Harts- 
 horn, its present owner. 
 
 The next house across the way, and set back from the street, 
 is that built and occupied by the late Mr. Byron Putnam. It 
 is now the property of his adopted daughter, K. Frances Put- 
 nam, who is now Mrs. James A. G. Putnam. 
 
 Passing under the railroad bridge still west, the house on the 
 right hand, reached by two sets of steps ascending the terraces, 
 is the home of Mrs. Ann M., widow of the late John M. Emery. 
 Mr. Emery was for many years a successful teacher of both 
 vocal and instrumental music. He built the house, lived in it 
 many years, and died in it Sept. 6, 1891. It was first a cottage 
 of a story and a half ; but a few years ago bay windows were 
 added, and an increased elevation of the front gave more room 
 within, and gave the whole a finer appearance. 
 
 The next place on the opposite side of the street, is the resi-
 
 510 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 dence of Mr. Albert S, Conant, a veteran of the Civil War, and 
 a house carpenter, whose hands have been employed on many 
 of the houses in our village. His dwelling has often accom- 
 modated two families. Among its tenants were Charles H. 
 Wilson, Mrs. George Bishop, Edward Hall, Mrs. Octavia Shedd, 
 W. H. Cheever, Mrs. Letitia McGinley, W. H. Dolliver, 
 Thomas Ross, J. A. Carkin, Miles Wallace, Hartwell Stephen- 
 sou, Will Carkin, twice, Roy Burton, Frank Haley, Mrs. Addie 
 M. Heath, W. H. Abbott, Dustin Wheeler, and John E. Dol- 
 liver, twice. 
 
 Nearly opposite Mr. Conant' s is the residence of Mrs. Fanny 
 Putnam and her sisters, the Misses Clara and Harriet Brown. 
 It was built by the late John Fletcher Holt, whose widow, 
 Mary A. (Brown) Holt obtained a life lease of the place. The 
 present occupants were her sisters, and were living with her 
 when she died, Jan. 29, 1897. The place then became the 
 property of Miss Flora M. Holt, grand-daughter of John 
 Fletcher Holt, and was purchased from her by Mrs. Putnam, its 
 present owner. 
 
 We return again to the railroad station. The house was 
 built by Mr. J. H. Tarbell as an armory for the Lafayette 
 Artillery. It occupies a portion of the ground on which the 
 Baptist meeting-house originally stood. Mr. Tarbell offered to 
 give the Baptists the lot on which their meeting-house now 
 stands for their old lot, and also agreed to assist them in mov- 
 ing their house to its location. The offer was accepted, and 
 the building now used as a railroad station was erected in 1863. 
 When the Wilton railroad came through, Mr. Tarbell sold the 
 place to the railr oad company. The building contains a tene- 
 ment in which resides the station agent, Mr. E. A. Danforth, 
 who has held his position about thirty years. Over the main 
 part of the building is a hall, used by the Lafayette Artillery 
 until Citizens' Hall was built. It was known as " armory hall." 
 
 The next place north of the R. R. station is the Baptist 
 meeting-house, described more fully in the history of the 
 church. 
 
 North of the Baptist meeting-house is a lane running east- 
 ward, on the south side of which and directly in rear of the 
 meeting-house is a building used as a storehouse by Mr. Everett 
 Cram. On the north side of this lane are first several liorse- 
 sheds. Then eastward is the residence of Mr. James Colson. 
 The main part of the house was formerly a meat market, and
 
 REAL ESTATE 511 
 
 stood across the street in front of W. H. Cheever's house. It 
 was then the property of Mr. Albro Wilson, who sold it to Mr. 
 Albert Cram and moved to Milford. Mr. Cram kept the market 
 a short time, assisted by Mr. D. B. Sargent, after which he sold 
 it to Mr. J. H. Tarbell, who moved it to its present location. 
 He sold it again to Mr. Miles Wallace, who kept it himself, and 
 let it to various persons, viz.: Roy Burton, Andrew Marshall, 
 Jason Holt, and Will C. Carkin, who finally bought it, and 
 changed it to a dwelling. Byron Putnam accepted security on 
 the property and the ell was added by his co-operation. Mr. 
 Carkin lived in it but a short time and moved to Nashua, when 
 it came into Mr. Putnam's possession. After his death his 
 heirs sold it at auction. It was bought by Mr. Milo Burton, 
 who sold it to John Dolliver, who recently sold it to Mr. James 
 Colson, its present occupant. 
 
 The next house, near the pine grove, is Mr. Albert Cram's, 
 who built it about the time that the railroad came into the place. 
 Unable to get a lot on either of the thoroughfares, Mr. Joel H. 
 Tarbell sold him the lot on which he built his home. His niece, 
 Miss Irene Cram, was brought up by her uncle, and married 
 Mr. Walter Patterson, and they have their home in Mr. Cram's 
 house. 
 
 The dwelling next north of the Baptist church is the so-called 
 " brown cottage," now the home of Mrs. Edwin Swasey. The 
 late Joel H. Tarbell gave Mrs. Swasey, his sister, the use of 
 this property during her life. Mr. Tarbell bought one of the 
 buildings which the R. R. company wished to dispose of, re- 
 moved it to this location, and remodelled it into a dwelling 
 house, having Mr. Albert Cram as mechanic. 
 
 For a time Mr. Tarbell fitted up a small dry goods store in the 
 front part of the house, and stocked it for his grand-daughter, 
 Miss Minnie Stacey. But the business did not seem to pay, and 
 so was soon given up. The rooms were again changed into 
 living apartments, and were occupied a while by Mrs. E. C. 
 Tarbell and son, Charles H.; and also, by Mr. Dustin Wheeler 
 and J. A. Carkin. They are now the home of Mr. Roy N. 
 Putnam, our postmaster. 
 
 Passing by the ' ' Pine Grove House ' ' already described, and 
 going toward Greenfield, less than half a mile from our post- 
 office are four more dwellings, which are part of South I/ynde- 
 borotigh. The first of these is Mrs. George Willis Hadley's 
 house, two-story, built in 1899 and 1900, near the railroad cross-
 
 5 1 2 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 ing, west of the cut. It is of modern construction and appoint- 
 ments, and a good windmill forces water from the wejl into all 
 parts of the house. It is a handsome dwelling, and the first one 
 in our vicinity to be furnace heated. 
 
 Farther west, on the same side of the street, is Mr. Charles 
 Clement's home, a pretty cottage, newly painted in 1904. Mr. 
 Clement is a house carpenter, who built his house in 1877, and 
 lived here until 1893, when he removed to Mass. He was em- 
 ployed several years on the bridge building department of the 
 N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. But last year he returned, and is now 
 occupying his own house. During his absence the house was 
 let to several tenants, among whom were Mr. Dustin Wheeler, 
 Mr. Dana Hadley and Mr. John Dolliver. 
 
 Opposite Mr. Clement's is the house of Mr. George M. Cram. 
 It was built by Mr. L,evi Tyler in its present form, and Mr. 
 Cram has lived in it about thirty-two years. 
 
 The road which branches from the Forest road to the centre 
 of the town, between Mr. G. M. Cram's house and that of Mr. 
 Joseph A. Blanchard, has on it three dwellings. The first of 
 these is about three-fourths of a mile from the Forest road, and 
 is the Kidder place,, now the home of Ethan A. Woodward. 
 Mr. W. married Elizabeth Rebecca Kidder, the only living child 
 of Mr. Franklin H. Kidder, and through his wife and also the 
 good will of her parents, he, after his wife's decease on July 20, 
 1904, became possessor of that part of the original Kidder es- 
 tate. The succession was John, Ephraim, Thomas, Franklin 
 Holt, Elizabeth Rebecca (Kidder) Woodward. 
 
 On what was also a part of the John Kidder place is the home 
 of Fred Moore, son of Harriet Moore, whose mother was Martha 
 Harriet (Kidder) Moore, wife of Cyrus Moore. The latter is 
 credited with having built the house in which his grandson now 
 lives. 
 
 Next north of this lives Mrs. Mary, widow of the late Deacon 
 S. S. Cummin gs. The house is now the home of one of her 
 grand-daughters, Mrs. Hayford, who has two children. Deacon 
 Cummings died in 1897, and Mrs. C. keeps possession of the 
 home. The house was built by Mr. Francis Johnson, the father 
 of J. A. Johnson, Esq. 
 
 Next west of Mr. Cram's is the residence of Mr. Joseph A- 
 Blanchard, nearly in front of a road which comes in from the 
 southwest to the Forest road. The place is said to have had 
 three dwellings on it. A little to the north of the present house
 
 REAL ESTATE 513 
 
 was one in which Mr. Daniel Cram used to live. He sold out 
 to Mr. Samuel Woodward, the father of the late Foster Wood- 
 ward. Mr. I,evi Tyler was next owner, who built the present 
 dwelling and sold to John Lynch, who again sold to Mr. Luke 
 A.* Lucas, Mr. Blanchard's predecessor. He, the latter, has 
 been the longest occupant of it. He was a soldier in the 8th 
 N. H. V., and was in the battle of Port Hudson. 
 
 On the same road farther west is the home of Elmer E. 
 Blanchard, son of Joseph A. He succeeded Frank Eaton, 
 whose parents died on the place and were carried to Somerville, 
 Mass., for burial. The place had been previously owned by 
 Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, a member of the Baptist church, 
 called " Baptist Joe," to distinguish him from brickmaker Joe, 
 who was called " Brick Joe." The latter was the father of our 
 townsman, Mr. Rufus Chamberlain. The Eatons bought the 
 place of Mr. Byron Putnam, from whom Mr. Blanchard also 
 bought it. 
 
 A short distance farther on, the old road passed up the hill a 
 little west of north, to the Jotham Hildreth 1 place, home of both 
 father and son of that name. The old road passed by the Hil- 
 dreth place and continued nearly the same Bourse, and came out 
 at the Forest road near the No. 9 schoolhouse. After the late 
 Jotham Hildreth's death Mr. Herbert Wilkerson bought the 
 place and sold it to the late Mr. Humphrey Gould, whose family 
 have greatly improved the house and its surroundings, make it 
 their permanent home and also entertain summer guests. 
 
 Near this house on its north side, is a road which crosses the 
 old road and passes down the hill, crossing the Forest road near 
 Mr. Edward Dolliver's, and descending a steep hill, turns 
 sharply to the left, at its foot, and crosses the B. & M. R. R. 
 A little farther on, it crosses the Rocky River. At this point in 
 early days was Sargent's mill, a wool carding and fulling mill. 
 Later a cabinet shop was carried on here, by John Newell and 
 still later by Daniel Cragin, now of Wilton, who for a while had 
 Mr. Albert Cram as a partner. He sold to Mr. Gage, and the 
 latter to Mr. Jacob Crosby, who died suddenly while owner. 
 After his death Mr. Alvaro Buttrick bought it and carried it on 
 a number of years, and sold it to Warren A. Eaton. The latter 
 carried it on till his health failed and he removed to Somerville, 
 Mass. He had made a number of improvements in the way of 
 repairs in both the mill and dwelling. The property was
 
 5 1 4 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 bought by Mr. George W. Eastman, who managed it but a 
 short time, and sold out to its present owner, B. W. Colburn. 
 
 The next neighbor west of this is Mr. G. W. Eastman. By 
 trade he is a jeweller and repairs clocks, watches, etc. He 
 came to the farm for his health and has added to his farm wdrk 
 the management of a green house, doing considerable business 
 as florist. He also works at his trade as opportunities offer. 
 His place was previously the home of the late Adoniram 
 Russell. 
 
 The straight road up the hill northwest of Mr. Eastman's 
 leads to Mr. William Dolliver's. His predecessor was David S. 
 Draper. Thomas J. Draper afterwards lived with his father, 
 David S., took care of him in his last days and succeeded in 
 ownership of the place. After the latter 's decease Mr. Dolliver 
 bought it. 
 
 West of the last named William Dolliver, lives his brother, 
 Samuel Dolliver, in the old home of his ancestors. The house 
 is reported to have been built by John Beasom who came here 
 from Marblehead, Mass, in 1775 with his father, Philip. The 
 latter was the grandfather of the late Capt. John Dolliver, who 
 lived and died where, his son Samuel now lives. 
 
 Starting again from the village of South I^ydeborough, at the 
 western crossing of the railway, a short- piece of the highway 
 passes southwest from the Forest road towards Temple. After 
 crossing the track of B. & M. R. R., the first house, now occu- 
 pied by Mrs. Dale, was the residence of the late Joel H. Tar- 
 bell, Esq., and here both he and his wife ended their days. It 
 was formerly both the store and the residence of Mr. William 
 W. Young who sold his entire property to the R. R. company, 
 and returned to Chelsea, Mass., about 1874. The R. R. com- 
 pany sold the store to Mr. Tarbell who was its original builder. 
 He moved it back from the railroad and changed it wholly into 
 a dwelling, occupying it till his death, in 1891. His wife, also, 
 Mrs. Esther Putnam Tarbell, continued to reside here till she 
 died, in November, 1901. After this, Mr. Andrew J. Marshall, 
 a civil war veteran, with greatly impaired health, lived in a part 
 of the house, and died in March, 1902. 
 
 Mrs. Dale became the next tenant and continues so in 1905. 
 
 The next biiilding is the hair-dressing shop of Mr. John Page, 
 put up about the time that the location of a glove factory was 
 anticipated in our village. 
 
 The next place is the home of Mr. Roy Burton, who bought
 
 REAL ESTATE 515 
 
 the place of Mr. Andy Cram. The latter lived here many years, 
 and made considerable addition to it. Here lived Mr. Joel Tar- 
 bell, father of Capt. Joel H., and also Mrs. Abigail Hadley. 
 
 Near this, on the opposite side of the street, is the home of 
 Mr. A. T. Ford, whose wife died here a few weeks ago. On 
 this ground was an old house occupied in 1835 by Ebenezer 
 Pearson, Jr., the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell. 
 It was later the home of Mr. Joseph H. Ford. The old house 
 was torn down and the present one built by Mr. A. T. Ford, 
 who is a carpenter and wheelwright, and has a small shop near 
 his house. Other tenants were Dustin Wheeler and Mrs. Le- 
 titia McGinley. , 
 
 Close by Mr. Ford's shop is the blacksmith shop of Mr. 
 W. H. Abbott. 
 
 Still westward on the south side of the road is the house said 
 to have been built for the miller who conducted the Bradford 
 grist mill. The house stands a little away from the roadside, and 
 previous to 1840 was the home of Elijah Upton, who married 
 first, Alice Putnam, and second, Sally Bradford, daughter of the 
 mill owner. It became afterwards the home of Salathiel Lidson 
 Wheeler, and is now the property of his widow, who lives with 
 her daughter Minnie, the wife of George Blanchard, in Green- 
 field. 
 
 Fred A. Carkin was living here when in June, 1904, he be- 
 came the victim of a mysterious and almost fatal accident. He 
 was assisting to kill and bury a horse when a bullet glanced 
 from the animal, struck Mr. Carkin in the chest, and, as 
 was supposed, lodged near his spinal column. Much sym- 
 pathy was felt for him and his family of wife and six little 
 children, and the kindly assistance possible was extended 
 generally. He lingered long on the boundary, seemingly be- 
 tween life and death, but has survived till now, July, 1905, and 
 is able to perform some light kinds of labor. 
 
 The house is much out of repair, and is at present vacant. 
 
 After ascending the steep hill west of the river, one comes to 
 the residence of Mr. Isaac Lowe, where reside also Mr. Jason 
 Holt and his son-in-law, Mr. John Curtis. The buildings are 
 pleasantly situated and comparatively new. On this place, 
 about a century ago, lived Thomas Bradford, son of Capt. John 
 Bradford of Amherst, and brother of Ephraim Putnam Bradford, 
 the long time pastor of the Presbyterian church, New Boston. 
 Thomas Bradford came here from Hancock about 1803. He
 
 516 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 was the owner of the grist mill above mentioned. Both he and 
 his wife died on the place. His son, James C., lived with his 
 parents, and received the place for the service rendered them in 
 their last days. James afterward sold the place to Andrew 
 Tyler, and Mr. Tyler again sold it to Mr. Charles Tarbell, his 
 brother-in-law, who lived on the place several years, and sold to 
 Mr. Lowe, the present owner. 
 
 The next place southwest is Mr. Benjamin Martin's. He 
 came here from Hancock about three years ago, and has again 
 sold his place and is about to leave town. 
 
 The house was built by Mr. James C. Bradford. Others who 
 made their home here for a time were John Emery, William 
 Young, Charles Young, F. H. Hallett and Mr. Martin. 
 
 Again ascending a steep hill to a kind of landing, we reach 
 the home of Mr. Frank Winn, on the south side of the road. 
 He purchased the place a little more than a year ago, from 
 Mrs. Houghton of Boston, who had owned the place as a sum- 
 mer residence for about two years. She bought the place from 
 Mr. George Murch, who had owned it about ten years, having 
 bought it of Mr. Edward Weston, who was the successor of his 
 father-in-law, Mr. Artemas Woodward. Mr. Woodward built 
 the barn, one of the large, fine barns of the town. Mr. Murch 
 was a carpenter and made additions to the house and repaired 
 it much. He also built the carriage house. 
 
 Walter S. Murdo and wife, Hattie D. (Steele) Murdo lived 
 here a short time, as tenant for Mrs. Houghton ; as did also 
 Mr. Richard Cram and wife. 
 
 This is known as one of the very old places of the town, 
 begun by John Cram, Jr., son of John, the first settler, and 
 afterwards owned by Benjamin Cram. It is said that three 
 Benjamin Crams lived here at one time. 
 
 Rising another steep, westward from Frank Winn's place, 
 one comes to Mr. Pettingill's place. He married Clara N., 
 daughter of the late Mr. William Ryerson, March, 1897, and 
 has since been a resident on this place. 
 
 It is the old place of Ephraim Putnam who came here from 
 Danvers, Mass., and who, to distinguish him from two others 
 of the same name in the town, was called " Danvers Ephraim." 
 He owned a large tract of land in L,yndeborough. He died 
 May u, 1821, aged 76. His son Ephraim succeeded him in 
 the old homestead. He was known as Ephraim 2nd. He 
 married Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Pearson, Jr. They were
 
 REAL ESTATE 517 
 
 the parents of Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell, whose maiden name was 
 Esther Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell lived on this 
 place several years after the death of Mrs. T's parents, and sold 
 the place to William N. Ryerson, whose widow still lives in her 
 old home with Mr. and Mrs. Pettingill. 
 
 Going still westward the next place is that of Mr. Azro D. 
 Cram. The house was built by Mr. Jonathan Putnam, brother 
 of Ephraim Putnam, 2nd, for his son, Jonathan Putnam, Jr. 
 
 Still westward and up another quite steep hill, fifty or sixty 
 rods away, is the home of Mr. J. C. Miller. This was first the 
 home of Jonathan Putnam above named, who lived and died 
 there. His son, Ephraim Hildreth Putnam, commonly called 
 " Hildreth " Putnam, lived here with his parents, and also after 
 their death. He sold the place to Benjamin F. Tenney, and the 
 latter sold it to Solomon Cram, the father of Azro, above named. 
 Mr. Orin Cram, one of his sons, lived here with his father, and 
 after his father's death sold the place to Mr. Benjamin Gould, 
 who sold to Mr. Miller, its present owner, and went to Califor- 
 nia. This is very near the height of land on this highway. 
 
 After passing Mr. Miller's, a person will descend quite a 
 steep way and then come to a level spot where once stood a 
 dwelling. This was the home of a Mr. Hodgeman, who mar- 
 ried the oldest daughter of Mr. Solomon Cram. Mr. Hodgeman 
 was killed by lightning here, and his widow afterwards mar- 
 ried Alban Buttrick. 
 
 The next building on that road is the schoolhouse of district 
 No. 5. The road passes on westward a short distance and in- 
 tersects with the road which runs from L,yndeborough Centre 
 past the Hildreth place toward Temple. 
 
 South of this last intersection are two others before the main 
 road reaches the Wilton line. The first turns southwest and 
 passes the home of Mr. Foster, who bought the place about 
 two years ago. He is a painter and paper-hanger as well as a 
 farmer. He bought of Mrs. Thomas Dale. Others who had previ- 
 ously lived there were Samuel K. Russell, George H. Blood 
 and John Fletcher, who probably built the house. It is the last 
 house before reaching the Temple line. 
 
 An eighth of a mile farther south a lane turns to the right to 
 the home of Marshall B. Richards. The place was occupied 
 about a century ago by Jedediah Russell, a revolutionary sol- 
 dier, and afterwards by his son, a soldier of 1812. It was owned
 
 5 1 8 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 later by Herman Wright, Edward D. Smith and its present 
 owner. 
 
 On the southward road a short distance away, are the fine 
 buildings of W. W. Burton, the last before reaching the Wilton 
 line. Here at the southwest corner of our town is one of its fine 
 farms. The place contains 273 acres and was owned by the 
 present Mr. B's father, Dexter Burton, in his day prominent 
 among the military men of this district. 
 
 Commencing again at E. W. Dolliver's intersection on the 
 way towards Greenfield, the first house is that of Mr. Sewall M. 
 Buck, a painter and paper-hanger by trade. His house stands 
 back from the highway, and was formerly the home of Capt. 
 William Button, who married Sarah, daughter of John Beasom, 
 and they brought up a large family on this place. The Button 
 heirs sold the place to Israel Cram, and he bequeathed it to the 
 Congregational church, whose agents, N. T. Mclntire and Peter 
 Clark, sold it to Mr. Buck, a civil war veteran, and an upright, 
 industrious citizen. 
 
 Nearly west from Mr. Buck's is the cellar of what was 
 known as the ' ' The Mountain House, ' ' conducted for a time by 
 Mark B. L,angdell, who was succeeded by several others. Its 
 reputation was none of the best ; and when it burned to the 
 ground, there was very little lamentation over it among law- 
 abiding citizens, it is said. 
 
 Nearly opposite this, between the small cemetery and the in- 
 tersection of " the gulf road," is the house known as the Crosby 
 house. It is now owned by Roy Burton, son of John Hale Bur- 
 ton, and son-in-law of Mr. S. M. Buck. It is at present the 
 home of Mr. Holden, who married the owner's sister. It was 
 previously the home of Abram Wright, John Flint, William 
 Bolliver, and perhaps others, but took its name from Benjamin 
 Crosby, a worthy and highly esteemed citizen. 
 
 About half a mile away on the direct road to Greenfield is 
 the old cellar of the house of John Stephenson, who appears to 
 have been the son of the John Stephenson who called the first 
 meeting under the town charter. He built the mill on Rocky 
 River which has now disappeared, though traces of the old mill 
 dam remain. The place is thought to have been owned previ- 
 ously by John Woodward and Chase Hadley. 
 
 Next on the Forest road towards Greenfield, and standing 
 far back from it on the right hand is the house of Mr. George 
 Newton. The old road was crooked and went near the house.
 
 REAL ESTATE 519 
 
 The Forest road avoided the bends and left the houses some- 
 times inconveniently situated. It was formerly the home of 
 Harvey M. Newton, Mark Hadley and perhaps Thomas Bof- 
 fee. The place is the last in I^yndeborough on that road. For 
 Thomas Boffee see pp, 174 and 175. 
 
 The old road to Peterborough, after crossing the bridge near 
 the site of the Stephenson saw- mill, passes up by the house of 
 Jotham Sumner Stephenson, a grandson of the builder of the 
 mill. The house was for a time the home of his aunt, Mary 
 Stephenson. He bought the place of Josiah Swinington, who 
 built the house and for a time lived in it. To distinguish him 
 from his father, Jotham, he is known as Sumner Stephenson. 
 
 Passing south through Mr. Stephenson 's door-yard, twenty 
 or more rods away, is the old building for many years the dwell- 
 ing of Job and Betsey Swinington. They were among the con- 
 stituent members of the Baptist Church, (p. 338.) The old 
 building is no longer used as a dwelling, but serves as a poultry 
 house. 
 
 Passing on still west on the Peterborough road from Mr. 
 Stephenson's there is the old cellar of a small house built by 
 Olney Butler ; and next is a house now occupied by Leon Dra- 
 per, a son of the late James Draper of Greenfield. It was built 
 for a harness shop by Horace Butler, and was later the home 
 of Lucinda Searles, who died in March, 1888. The house has 
 been unoccupied much of the time since, till Mr. Draper found 
 a home in it. 
 
 The last house in I^yndeborough on this old road is that occu- 
 pied by Mrs. Emery, a widow, and a sister of the last-named 
 I^eon Draper. Till a recent day this place was the property of 
 the late Dr. James Butler of Dempster, a son of Jacob Butler 
 and grandson of Jonathan Butler, a Revolutionary hero. (See 
 Roll p. 176.) This house was doubtless built by Jonathan, and 
 was in the hands of his grandson till within a very few years. 
 The barn connected with this house has a historic interest. It 
 was the old town house which served the Congregational 
 Church as their third meeting-house, and was only given up 
 after they built their present church, in 1837. It was after- 
 wards sold to Jacob Butler, who took it down, piecemeal, and 
 transferred it to its present site. The mechanism of it reflects 
 no whit of discredit upon its builders. 
 
 Between the bridge over Rocky River and the house of Mr. 
 Sumner Stephenson a road turns to the right, which is a con-
 
 520 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 tinuation of the gulf road. There is on it but a single dwelling 
 before the Greenfield line is reached, and this has been vacant 
 much of the time in years past. It belongs to Mr. William 
 Fish, who bought it of Everett Swinington, its builder. Ever- 
 ett and Josiah were sons of Job and Betsey Swinington. 
 
 This accounts for nearly all the places on the west side of the 
 town whose owners' post-office address was South I^yndeborough 
 until Rural Free Delivery was established, March i, 1901. 
 
 We return again to the village and commence at the school- 
 house in District No. 3. The lot was given, as we have heard, 
 for a schoolhouse. The old schoolhouse was burned, and this 
 present house has been its successor since about the year 1859, 
 and was then reported by the superintending committee, Rev. 
 E. B. Claggett, as "an excellent house." But that was long 
 ago. 
 
 One of the five ancient dwellings of the village was the par- 
 sonage. It was built by Daniel Putnam, Esq., previous to the 
 year 1800. That year, on the occasion of a military muster, he 
 was licensed to keep a tavern for forty-eight hours. The builder 
 of the house was a carpenter by trade and lived in this house, 
 as did also his son, David Johnson, commonly called Johnson 
 Putnam. Johnson was for a time organist at the centre church. 
 The Baptist Church held its meeting in this house when the 
 council convened which decided upon its recognition. 
 
 After Squire Daniel's death, the house had many tenants. 
 To name them in order is hardly to be expected. We give the 
 names obtained, viz.: William Holt, called "honest Billy," 
 the first merchant, after selling his store lived there ; Ezra Dane, 
 also a merchant ; George W. Hutchinson, the Christian minis- 
 ter ; William Duncklee, Joseph H. Ford, Morris Emery and 
 William Young, of whom it was bought for a parsonage in 
 1876. Since then all the pastors of the Baptist Church, S. B. 
 Macomber, William R. Warner, H. G. Hubbard, Gaylord B. 
 Smith and D. Donovan have lived in it. 
 
 The nearest neighbor east of the parsonage is Mr. C. H. 
 Tarbell, son of C. F. Tarbell, deceased, and grandson of the 
 late Capt. Joel H. Tarbell. The house was built by J. Alonzo 
 Carkin in 1893. After occupying it a short time, he moved 
 out of town. It was then let for a time to Dustin Wheeler, and 
 was afterwards purchased by Walter S. Tarbell, who sold it to 
 his brother, C. H. The latter added the two-story ell part and 
 the neat veranda at front and east side.
 
 REAL ESTATE 521 
 
 Farther up the road on its north side is the homestead of Dea- 
 con David Putnam. The house was built by Deacon David, 
 who died in 1870. David Putnam, his son, made alterations in 
 it and added to it, but a few years ago arranged to have the 
 place carried on by his eldest son, Algernon W. Putnam. The 
 latter, in 1903, greatly enlarged the house by building the 
 two-story central part, which, with the western wing, he oc- 
 cupies, while his parents reside in the eastern part. 
 
 Still farther east, on the brow of the long hill, south of the 
 old road to the centre, is the neat, well-kept cottage of Mr. 
 Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. From the broad veranda added 
 by Mr. Lawrence to this fine cottage, may be obtained one of the 
 broadest, pleasantest views afforded by any point in our town. 
 To the we.st and southwest are the grand old mountains, and to 
 the south are the Wilton highlands, cut by the turbulent Souhe- 
 gan, winding its course through Milford and Amherst toward 
 the valley of the Merrimack and the sea. 
 
 Mr. L,. bought the place from Capt. Mclntire of Hyde Park, 
 Mass., who had owned it a few years. He got it of C. Henry 
 Holt, whose second wife was Hattie L/owe, daughter of Mr. 
 John Lowe, and whose only daughter, Effie Holt, was sole heir 
 to the property. Mr. Holt took care of his wife's parents in 
 their closing days, and had charge of the estate on behalf of his 
 daughter Effie, who received the avails of the sale in due time. 
 Mr. Lowe had purchased of Lorenzo Holt, a carriage painter, 
 who was a brother of C. Henry, and removed to Peterborough. 
 He bought the house from the builders of it, John F. and 
 Harvey Holt. 
 
 Nearest neighbor east of Mr. Lawrence is Mr. E. H. Putnam, 
 whose place is doubtless one of the oldest in town. Who built 
 the house does not seem to be known to the family occupying it 
 or to our oldest inhabitants. At some point on this place, John 
 Cram, so far as present evidence indicates, the first settler in 
 Lyndeborough, built his home in 1736, or thereabouts. Tradi- 
 tion credits him with having command of the garrison-house, or 
 fort, a command which seems to have been ^transferred to his 
 son-in-law, Ephraim Putnam, after he sold him the place. 
 Ephraim Putnam took possession in 1753, the year that the 
 town took the name of Lyndeborough. The house in which he 
 first lived here was destroyed by fire, but he built a new house. 
 Neither the date of the fire nor of the erection of new house has 
 been positively ascertained. Valuable records are said to have
 
 522 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 been consumed in the old house. It was in the house of 
 Ephraim Putnam that "the first meeting in L,yndeborough in 
 the interests of a settled ministry " was held Sept. 3, 1756. The 
 new house was, very likely, that in which his son, Ensign 
 David, lived, who was also deacon of the church at the centre. 
 It seems to have been Ensign David who, after attending a 
 council called for the ordination of a pastor which refused to or- 
 dain on account of unsound doctrinal views, said, "We have 
 had a flustration instead of an ordination." 
 
 Col. Timothy Putnam, a son of Ensign David, also seems to 
 have lived in it for a time. Joshua Sargent also owned the 
 place once, and lived here with his daughter Ruthy and her 
 husband, Captain Israel Putnam, and here he ended his days. 
 The house stood on the corner, nearly in front of what is now 
 Mr. Lawrence's summer cottage, until July 23, 1883, when it 
 was torn down, and found lined with brick between the boards 
 and lathing of the lower story, perhaps both a reminder and 
 successor of the old fort of Indian war times. 
 
 A few rods in front of this house a road turned sharply to the 
 west and passed on to the house of David Putnam, Jr., a 
 son of Ensign David Putnam. David, Jr., built the old 
 house on what is now the D. P. Hartshorn place. He sold 
 out to John Hartshorn, David P.'s father, whose wife was 
 Susanna B. Putnam, and then built the house where the present 
 Deacon Putnam and his son Algernon live. After John Harts- 
 horn took possession, he built the " Hillside House," and was 
 for many years a thrifty and prosperous farmer. This is said to 
 be the first place in Lyndeborough to entertain summer board- 
 ers, and the house has been filled many seasons with influential 
 and honored guests. 
 
 A short distance east of the above house is the home of Mr. 
 F. B. Richards, a brother-in-law of Mr. D. P. Hartshorn. Mr. 
 R. built here soon after his marriage to Miss lyizzie Hartshorn, 
 and considerate of the filial spirit of his wife, who wished to live 
 near her excellent mother, concurred with her in locating near 
 her old home. Mr. R. and family have been the sole occupants 
 of this place, including Mrs. R.'s portion of her father's estate. 
 
 Returning again to the intersection of the road, to the place 
 once fixed upon as the centre of old Salem-Canada township, 
 where was the home of John Cram, the first settler, we may 
 delay a few moments for a glance at his family and connections. 
 Whether by purpose or accident, the estates of his children seem
 
 REAL ESTATE 523 
 
 remarkably near his first home. It is quite probable this was 
 the house of Kphraim Putnam which was burned. His oldest 
 son, Capt. Jonathan, lived over the hill southeast of Mr. I^uther 
 Cram's, on what is known as the John A. Putnam place. His 
 daughter Phebe married Moses Stiles, who lived southeast of' 
 his home, and almost within hailing distance. His son Joseph 
 owned the place now known as the Emery Holt place. His 
 daughter Huldah married Ephraim Woodward, and lived 
 toward the north part of the town. His son John settled in Wil- 
 ton, where Ephraim Putnam first settled, almost in sight of his 
 father's home. It looks as though he might have exchanged 
 places with his sister's husband, with his father as intermediary. 
 Sarah Cram married Ephraim Putnam and came back to live in 
 the old home. Elizabeth, twin sister of Sarah, married Jona- 
 than Chamberlain, Sr., who received seventy-five acres of lot 41, 
 for taking care of Joseph Cram and giving him Christian burial. 
 The most likely conjecture about the building of the house in 
 which Edwin H. Putnam now lives is that it was built by Jona- 
 than Chamberlain, above named. The house seems to be on lot 
 41 and on the part of it deeded to him. Benjamin Cram, also a 
 twin son, settled in I^yndeborough, probably on the place where 
 Percy H. Putnam now lives. Thus the Crams, Stiles', Wood- 
 wards, Putnams, Chamberlains and others whom we cannot now 
 name, were drawn together and united with each other, and 
 large sections of their estates were not only in plain view, but 
 also widely contiguous. Thinking then of the central point 
 again, the oldest house, unquestionably, on Putnam Hill at 
 present is Mr. E. H. Putnam's. 
 
 Many years ago a very aged man called at the place that he 
 might once more see the home of his early days. It was 
 a Mr. Herrick who had gone west and returned to visit his 
 native place. Here lived Timothy Thurston Putnam, who was 
 Albert Hardy's successor, and here at an earlier day lived John 
 Carleton. A complete list does not seem at this date attainable. 
 
 About northeast from Mr. E. H. Putnam's, and in plain sight 
 from the dooryard is the home of Mr. Emery Holt and also of 
 his eldest son, Harvey and family. The main part of the 
 house faces the road, and is two-story in front. Extending 
 back from the rear of the two-story part is an older part whic 
 is one-story, and connects with the other buildings. A structure 
 older than either of these was taken away to give place for the 
 present one. This was built by John F. Holt who lived here
 
 524 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 himself, and whose father lived in the older part. Joseph 
 Cram, a son of John, the first settler, is said to have owned the 
 place first. It seems to have been owned later by both Daniel 
 and John Chamberlain,* who were probably grandchildren of 
 Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, Joseph's sister, who, with her 
 husband, had the care of her brother in his last days, and aided 
 in giving him " Christian burial." It joins the Manuel place 
 on the southwest, and in the pasture southeast of the house is 
 found a very ancient and almost obliterated cellar hole. Mr. 
 Emery Holt bought the place of his kinsman, John Fletcher 
 Holt, and has lived here many years. 
 
 About a half-mile northeast of Mr. Emery Holt's the road 
 divides, the right hand branch going toward the meeting-house 
 and the left hand going very nearly north towards the Stephen- 
 son homestead, now occupied by Mr. Willis J. Stephenson. 
 This name seems to be variously pronounced and spelled, as if 
 Stimson and Stinson. The schedule attached to the Masonian 
 Charter, and the charter itself, each, contains the name in one of 
 these forms. From these records it is evident that David Stinson 
 or Stimson owned a share in the town, numbered, Home L,ot 48 ; 
 together with Second Division I^ots 58 and 59, before it was 
 chartered under the name of L,yndeborough, that is, before Dec. 
 5, 1753.1 The Rev. Frank G. Clark wrote, that " David 
 Stephenson and wife settled on the farm still called by that 
 name, and owned early in the history of the town the lots north 
 and northwest. "J Mr. Stephenson's house. was built by his 
 father, the late Jonathan Stephenson, who passed away in his 
 97th year ; long a prominent man in the business and counsels 
 of the town, selectman, town clerk, overseer of the poor and 
 town representative. He built on the site of the former house 
 which burned down, and in which many of his valuable papers 
 were destroyed. 
 
 Retracing our way back to the road which passed the furnace 
 and the cemetery, the next dwelling is that of Mr. Rufus 
 Chamberlain, south from the cemetery. Mr. Chamberlain built 
 the house in which he lives. It stands on the farm which con- 
 tained 75 acres, deeded to his great grandfather, Jonathan 
 Chamberlain, by the Cram heirs, on condition of his supporting 
 his brother-in-law, Joseph Cram, and giving him " Christian 
 
 * The late Mrs. S. P. Hartshorn testified that "John Chamberlain made nails at the 
 iron furnace " before Henry and James Cram 2nd. carried it on. He was probably the 
 maker of those referred to on page 457. 
 
 t See Charter, p. 48, and Schedule, p. 53. \ S-C., p. 27.
 
 REAL ESTATE 525 
 
 burial." An older house had been removed from this site to 
 make place for the new one. In the old house had lived Henry 
 Cram, who owned and operated the furnace, and also his son 
 Peter, who was a capable man and an honored citizen. The 
 latter sold his place and later went West to live. It was after- 
 wards sold to Mr. Chamberlain who now has passed his eighty- 
 sixth milestone, and is honored and respected by his fellow-citi- 
 zens. 
 
 The next place is Mr. Luther Cram's. Here he has culti- 
 vated his ancestral acres and built the fine house in which he 
 lives. It stands on the brow of a broad hill which overlooks the 
 South village nestling in the basin to the westward. It is reached 
 from the west by a beautiful avenue shaded by fine maple trees 
 of his own planting, adding a special charm to the place of his 
 nativity. The view obtained from his summer house, a little to 
 the south of his dwelling, is unsurpassed even among the many 
 grand and pleasing prospects of the town. He is now one of 
 the sturdy, aged men of our town, clear-headed and liberal 
 minded. Though he looks somewhat old, " his age is as a lusty 
 winter, frosty but kindly." He is one of the history committee, 
 and has assisted much in securing the publication of the history 
 of his native town. He has served the town in all the principal 
 offices within its gift. 
 
 The place next south of Mr. L,. Cram's is Mr. Elbert Barrow's. 
 Mr. Barrow is a son-in-law of the late Mr. E. J. Hardy, and 
 came here from the West about three years ago, and bought the 
 place on which Mr. Charles Carr had lived. The latter bought 
 of Mr. Nello Tarbell, who had lived on it about a year. It 
 had been sold to him by Albert Cram of the fifth generation 
 from the first settler. The house was built by James Cram, 
 2nd, Albert's father. Mr. Barrow, since coming here to live, 
 has added to his estate, which is partly in Wilton, about fifty 
 acres more of Wilton territory. 
 
 The next place going east was formerly that of Uriah Cram, 
 a Revolutionary minute-man, and grandson of the first settler. 
 The cellar of his old house which was two story (see Revolution- 
 ary roll, p. 182), is but partially covered by the new building 
 erected by the late John A. Putnam, whose widow now occupies 
 it. She was Louise Cram, daughter of Joseph, and grand- 
 daughter of Uriah Cram. Here her sister, Harriet Russell, 
 ended her days in November, 1900. Her grandchildren, the 
 Misses Bertha and Susie Chenery, have here a home with her.
 
 526 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 The barn connected with this house covers a portion of the 
 cellar of the old house of Capt. Jonathan Cram, the eldest son 
 of John, who came here from Massachusetts soon -after his 
 father came. He was a prominent man in town. Five sons 
 and two daughters were settled in Lyudeborough, Jonathan 
 who later lived in Wilton, David, Jacob, Solomon and Uriah. 
 The daughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, married respectively, 
 John Carkin and Ephraim Putnam 3rd. Jonathan is said to 
 have served in the French and Indian war before coming to 
 Salem-Canada. 
 
 The place east of his is known as the Ellinwood place. 
 Samuel Ellinwood lived in school district number three in 1808, 
 and Samuel Ellingwood and Ira S. Ellinwood were reported in 
 1819 as having produced certificates that they were " members 
 of the Baptist Society." (See page 337.) Samuel is reported 
 to have lived to a great age and died on this place. There re- 
 mains only the old cellar now to show where his house once 
 stood . 
 
 Southeast of this place near the Wilton line was the place 
 called the "Russell Place." The Russell who lived there was 
 probably Jedediah, Jr., as given in the tax list of school district 
 number three in 1808. There is now no dwelling on the place ; 
 but the old cellar shows where it once stood. 
 
 PLACES IN DISTRICT NO. 6. 
 
 As one passes out of school district No. 3, towards district 
 No. 6, the first habitation reached there is that of A. A. 
 Melendy. This is another of the old places of the town. On 
 it lived Jacob, son of Jonathan Cram. He was one of the 
 petitioners for the provincial charter in 1763, married Isabel 
 Hutchinson, and was prominent in trying to have the meeting 
 house nearer the settlers in that part of the town. This re- 
 sulted in his having the preaching at his house a fourth of the 
 time. (See page 282.) His successor on the place was his 
 son-in-law, Andrew Harwood, and then his grandson, Andrew 
 Harwood, Jr., Dexter K. Holt and A. A. Meleudy. 
 
 Mr. Melendy's next neighbor towards Milford is Mr. E. E. 
 Ivowe, His predecessor was Daniel Austin and his again, Per- 
 sons Holt. Before Mr. Holt was Samuel Hartshorn, whose 
 father was John Hartshorn, born in I,yndeborough March 26, 
 1756, married Sarah Batchelder, born in the same town, June 
 26, 1762. This was the original Hartshorn place.
 
 REAL ESTATE 527 
 
 The next place east was the Eben Batchelder home. He is 
 said to have come from South Reading, Mass., where he married 
 Betsey Dix. He seems to have been the father-in-law of John 
 Hartshorn whose farm adjoined his. Mr. Batchelder's succes- 
 sors were Charles Harvey Holt and William P. Holt. 
 
 The place of Mr. George W. Parker is the next on the road ; 
 and many think it the most famous fruit farm in New Hamp- 
 shire, if not in New England. He made the cultivation of 
 fruit a specialty, and by his success in this line has given not 
 only his own townsmen but those of other towns and of a wide 
 section of the country a genuine surprise. He raises apples, 
 peaches and plums, and the finer varieties of these and his 
 harvests in bearing years are rich and remunerative. The 
 skilful management of his place is quite a marvel, and does 
 credit to the owner and to his town. 
 
 On this place is also a mineral spring whose medicinal proper- 
 ties in many cases produce marked results. Its medicinal 
 property " is due to three things: its carbonate of magnesia, 
 its great purity, and the suitable proportions of its constitu- 
 ents." The carbonate of magnesia which seems to be the most 
 prominent constituent is described as "antacid, laxative and 
 antilithic." 
 
 Mr. Parker's predecessors on this farm were, probably, Ed- 
 ward Bevins, Jr., a Revolutionary hero, who is said to have 
 been the pioneer settler on or near that place. (See Old Deeds 
 No. 15, p. 483.) The section of the town in which this farm 
 lies was in the early days known as Bevins' corner. In this 
 connexion a story of feminine prowess is told which seems too 
 good to miss. " Sally Bevens was accustomed to assist her 
 neighbors at hay-making and harvesting. And once, on her 
 return home, she heard her pig squealing vociferously. Satis- 
 fied as to the cause of it, she seized a good, stout fire-brand and 
 sped to the rescue. She overhauled the burdened foe, engaged 
 him with her brand, and though his claws cruelly tore the flesh 
 from her shoulder and upper arm, so that she carried the marks 
 to her grave, she yet proved victor, routed the bear and saved 
 her pork. ' ' 
 
 Such was the pluck shown in many of our early settlements. 
 Others who succeeded in possession of that place were David 
 Perham, Josiah M. Parker and its present owner, who appears 
 to have surpassed all others in rendering it productive. 
 
 Mr. Harry R. Chase lives on a part of what is called the old
 
 528 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Blanchard place. The first of that name on it was, perhaps, 
 Lieutenant Jotham. His successors were Asa, and Asa, Jr., the 
 father of Mrs. G. W. Parker, Mrs. Chase and also Mrs. G. G. 
 Hatch. Mr. Chase is living on what has been called the Asa 
 Blanchard farm. 
 
 The next place is the home of Mr. Hodgen. Before him, it 
 was that of Charles Savage. He was preceded by Charles and 
 H. M. Tarbell who bought of Ezra F. Melzar. The latter 
 married Susan E., daughter of James Pearson who came to 
 I/yndeborough in 1829 and removed to Milford in 1856, where 
 he died, 1879. Mr. Pearson left the farm soon after the mar- 
 riage of his daughter to Mr. Melzar, and the latter sold it and 
 removed to Milford about nine years later. The place is known 
 as the Pearson place. 
 
 The McAllister place is the name by which Mr. Elmer B. 
 Parker's farm is now known. Mr. Parker married L/ula E. 
 McAllister whose father, George S., died March 22, 1904, and 
 the young people are now carrying on the place. The place 
 was sold to Mr. McAllister by Dexter Kendall Holt. Its present 
 owner, like his father, George W. Parker, is a fruit grower, and 
 rivals his father's skill in its cultivation. 
 
 Next to this is what is known as the Emerson Batchelder 
 place. It has been for many years the home of his son, John 
 C., who made a specialty of grape culture, and raised great 
 quantities and wonderfully fine samples of that fruit. He de- 
 parted this life Aug. n, 1904, and his son George is continuing 
 the work of his famed father. On the place are two sets of 
 buildings, and it has been justly noted for its excellent grapes. 
 
 The next house is the last in Lyndeborough before reaching 
 the Milford line, and belongs to Mrs. Charles L,eroy Hutchinson. 
 The place was previously owned by Israel Porter Holt, and was 
 then called the " Porter Holt " place. Before that it was owned 
 by Milo Robbins, and earlier still by Russell Robbins. 
 
 Returning again to the road which goes from Mr. Harry R. 
 Chase's to Wilton, a small dwelling near Mr. Chase's is the 
 home of Mr. J. W. Chute. David Perham has been named as 
 the builder. 
 
 On the road from Perham corner to Wilton, the first turn to 
 the right leads to the late Mr. Harvey Perham's place, now the 
 home of his widow and youngest son and daughter. The .son 
 is carrying on the place, which seems to have been part of the 
 old Perham homestead. The succession traced back seems to
 
 REAL ESTATE 529 
 
 be John, Harvey, John, Oliver 2nd, Oliver, revolutionary hero. 
 (See Roll, pp. 194, 195.) 
 
 A short distance northwest of the Harvey Perham place is 
 that of John A. Bullard. It was previously owned by Charles 
 Tarbell, whose predecessor was Jonathan Mclntire. It was the 
 home of John Perham, father of Harvey. 
 
 Farther along on that road is the Joseph Perham place. Mr. 
 Perhain is said to have been a large man, and to have worn more 
 than a number twelve boot. He was a brother of John above 
 named. His place was the last on that road before reaching 
 the Wilton line. His successor was his son Rodney. After him 
 came Sylvester Small. After Mr. Small's day the place was 
 divided into two parts ; one of these was purchased by Mr. 
 Baldwin, postmaster at Wilton, who has built a fine house on it, 
 and the other part, south of the road, was bought by Mr. 
 George M. Hartshorn, who owned it a few years and then sold 
 it to D. Whiting & Co., of Wilton. 
 
 Returning to the Wilton road by way of Harvey Perham's, 
 the nearest place is that of his late brother, Otis, who was un- 
 married. Mr. Albert Foster is the present owner, and occu- 
 pying the house with him is his son-in-law, Fred H. Tarbell. 
 
 The last place in L,yndeborough on this Wilton road is that 
 built by Mr. Edward Powers, deceased. Mr. Fred H. Tarbell 
 bought the place and lived there until after the death of Mrs. 
 Foster, his wife's mother, when he moved his family into the 
 home of Mrs. Foster's father. 
 
 DISTRICTS NO. ONE, TWO, POUR, SEVEN AND EIGHT. 
 BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 It would be impossible at this date in the history of the town 
 to give an absolutely correct record of the transfers of the farms. 
 We say ' ' impossible ' ' because in many cases the deeds of the 
 early transfers were never recorded, and in other cases were not 
 recorded until twenty or more years after the transactions took 
 place; and tradition is not a very safe basis upon which to 
 build a record. 
 
 We submit the following record as only approximately correct. 
 Much of the information was secured while trying to "climb 
 the family trees " of the people of the town ; from transcripts of 
 records at Exeter and Nashua made by John H. Goodrich, Esq., 
 and from tradition. Except in a few instances no attempt was 
 made to record the changes in ownership of abandoned farms.
 
 530 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEB ORO UGH 
 
 DISTRICT NO. I. 
 
 The Ordway place. John Ordway first built here. Timothy 
 Ordway, Timothy Ordway, Jr., Walter Ordway, Amos W. 
 Barden, Hadley Bros., Derastus Emery, Frank E. Cummings. 
 Present house built by Amos W. Barden. 
 
 The Moses Chenery place. This was a part of the Ordway 
 farm. John Ordway, Enoch Ordway, Moses Chenery, Moses 
 Chenery heirs, Charles J. Cummings. 
 
 The Hadley place. Joshua Hadley was the first settler on 
 this land. The farm has always been kept in the Hadley 
 family. Chase Hadley, Franklin Hadley, I,evi P. Hadley, 
 Mrs. Minerva Hadley. 
 
 The Amos Pratt place. This place was also a part of the 
 original Ordway estate. The name of the first builder on the 
 land is unknown. Amos Pratt, John J. Balch, David G. 
 Dickey, Mrs. Minerva Hadley. 
 
 The "Old Town Farm." Eleazer Woodward took a deed 
 of this land from Robert Hooper, Aug. 10, 1770, and was the 
 first settler and builder thereon. Eleazer Woodward, Jr., town 
 of L,yndeborough for fifty years as town farm, George E. 
 Spalding, Martin Whitney, Milford Five Cents Savings Bank, 
 Jacob A. Woodward. The town remodeled the house but re- 
 tained a part of the original Woodward building. 
 
 The Nathan Richardson place. Robert Badger was the first 
 settler on this land.* Nathan Richardson, Harry J. Richard- 
 son. 
 
 The Isaac P. French place. William Barren took a deed of 
 this land from Rev. Sewall Goodridge, Sept. 28, 1768. Mr. 
 Barren built and kept a tavern here. Isaac P. French, Oliver 
 Bixby, Samuel Jones, Dexter Holt, George T. Woodward, 
 Charles Keyes, Frank B. Tay. 
 
 The Fiske place. This land was chosen by the Rev. Sewall 
 Goodridge, according to the terms of his settlement. He was 
 the first settler and built the present house. Israel H. Good- 
 ridge, Ebenezer Fiske, Ebenezer Fisk heirs, Fred Hill (tenant), 
 William E. Fiske, William C. Wilder. 
 
 James H. Karr place. Dea. David Badger was the first 
 settler here. He took a deed of the land from Samuel Wells, 
 Dec. 4, 1771. The deed called for 100 acres of land "exclu- 
 
 * There must have been a transfer between Badger and Richardson but of this we 
 can get no record.
 
 REAL ESTATE 531 
 
 sive" of a pond. Sarah Badger, William J. Herrick, James 
 H. Karr. 
 
 The Manahan place. The name of the person who first 
 built here is unknown. The land was originally a part of the 
 Dea. David Badger farm. Samuel T. Manahan, James Grant, 
 Daniel Woodward, Jr., Cyrus Jaquith, M. C. Clough, Percy 
 Goddard, Charles D. Riley. 
 
 The Herman A. Walker place. Dr. Israel Herrick built the 
 house now standing on this farm. Dr. Nathan Jones, Benjamin 
 Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Samuel Jones, Julien E. Wright, 
 Herman A. Walker. Mr. Walker remodeled the house and 
 built the new barn in 1898. 
 
 The Dr. Benjamin Jones place. Dr. Benjamin Jones built 
 the brick house standing on this land. It was the first and 
 only house ever built on the place. The splendid elm trees 
 standing in front of the house were set out as saplings the year 
 the house was built. Dea. William Jones, George E. Spald- 
 ing. Mr. Spalding tore down the old " hop house" and barns 
 and built the present commodious barns. 
 
 The Bixby place. Rev. Nathaniel Merrill built the house on 
 this place for a parsonage. The land was given by Benj. 
 L,ynde either to the church or to the town, or to Mr. Merrill. 
 (In the absence of any record in the church, town, or society's 
 books it is hard at this date to say to which he gave it.) Robert 
 B. Tupper, Oliver Bixby, John C. Ordway, Samuel Dolliver, 
 Thomas A. Williams, Edward K. Warren. Mr. Williams and 
 Mr. Warren kept a store in the house, and it was the last abid- 
 ing place of the post-office at the "Centre" before that office 
 was discontinued. 
 
 The Richardson place. George and Daniel Gould took a 
 deed of lot 70 Dec. 5, 1775, and of lot 69 July, 1783. The 
 grantor was John Gould. Daniel Gould first built on this land, 
 or more precisely, on lot 70. He kept store and tavern there 
 for a number of years. Jacob Richardson then bought the 
 place. Timothy Richardson, John Richardson, Fred A. Rich- 
 ardson. About 1857 John Richardson tore down the Gould 
 buildings and erected the present house, ell, and later the barn. 
 
 The Parsonage. Built by the Congregational Society in 1837 
 and occupied by the pastors of the Congregational church ever 
 since. 
 
 The Old Store house. Built by Daniel or George Gould in the 
 decade 1780-1790. It was George who probably built the
 
 532 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 house, as Daniel built on the Richardson place. But Daniel 
 lived inihe house at one time. It was one of the historic houses 
 of the town. It was a large, square, two-storied building, with 
 a long ell in which was kept the store. Town meeting day the 
 store was thronged by the townspeople to buy the famous gin- 
 gerbread of those days, and to purchase other special bargains 
 offered by the storekeeper " for that day only." 
 
 It was the rendezvous of competitive hunting parties, and if 
 the traditions are true, the hunters used to buy, beg and steal 
 game just the same as now. It was there that the men and 
 boys of the vicinity resorted at evening time to swap stories, 
 hear the news, wrestle, pull stick and practice other athletic 
 sports almost unknown to the boys of the present day. In the 
 second story of the house was a large hall where singing schools 
 were kept. After the death of the Goulds the place changed 
 hands once or twice, of which changes no record can be obtained. 
 In 1830 it was the property of Israel H. Goodridge, then Daniel 
 Woodward, Jr., Daniel Woodward, Sr., William J. Herrick, 
 William W. Curtis. The buildings were burned, as recorded in 
 another chapter. 
 
 The Capt. Peter Clark place. With Nehemiah Rand when 
 he came to I/yndeborough from Charlestown, Mass"., was a 
 young lad named Nehemiah Frost. This Frost afterward mar- 
 ried Irene, a daughter of Rand. Mr. Frost built the house on 
 this place and was the first settler on the land. After Frost, 
 David Farrington, Robert B. Tupper, Esq., then David, or as 
 better known, " Esquire "Stiles, Capt. Peter Clark, W. H. and 
 B. J. Clark, William H. Clark. 
 
 The Dr. William A. Jones house. This house was built by a 
 stock company for Dr. W. A. Jones. The people desired to 
 keep a physician in town and there was no convenient tenement 
 for him to live in, so this house was built. On the removal of 
 Dr. Jones from town later, the place was sold to B. J. Clarke. 
 S. D. Rand, Belle I,. Boutwell. 
 
 The Wheeler house. Built by Josiah Wheeler about 1810. 
 George E. Winn, Frank Joslin, Mrs. Jennie Frank, Walter 
 Stewart. 
 
 The Nelson Kidder place. Nehemiah Boutwell built the first 
 house on this place. Nelson Kidder came to Lyndeborough, 
 bought the place, tore down the old house and built the present 
 cottage. He built a blacksmith shop on the opposite side of the 
 street. Thomas A. Williams, C. R. Boutwell, George Kimball.
 
 REAL ESTATE 533 
 
 The Capt. Henry Clark place. It is only a tradition who 
 built the house which formerly stood on this land. This tradi- 
 tion says that when Ebeuezer Coston sold his place to James 
 Boutwell he reserved this small plot of land and built a house 
 thereon. When torn down it was one of the oldest houses in 
 this section of the town. A store was kept there for a time, and 
 Dr. Israel Herrick had an office there when he returned to 
 I,yndeborough at the solicitation of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill. 
 Widow Creecy, Capt. Henry Clarke, Ovid Fowler, C. R. Bout- 
 well. 
 
 The Boutwell place. Jonathan Cram, Jr., was undoubtedly 
 the first settler on this land. Dec. 24, 1760, he deeded it to 
 Rev. John Rand. Rand sold it to Ebenezer Coston, and Coston 
 deeded it to James Boutwell, Apr. 8, 1767. James Boutwell 
 evidently bought and sold considerable land at one time and 
 another. There is a record that he took a deed of a lot of land 
 from Asahel Brunson, paying therefor 3,000 "Spanish milled 
 dollars." This farm has been owned since 1767 by some mem- 
 ber of the Boutwell family. James Boutwell, Nehemiah Bout- 
 well, Rodney C. Boutwell, Benjamin J. Boutwell, Charles R. 
 Boutwell, Mrs. C. R. Boutwell. 
 
 The large, square house was built by Nehemiah Boutwell and 
 was remodeled by Charles R. Boutwell. 
 
 The Dutton cottage. Franklin Hadley built this house as 
 home for his aged father and mother. For some reason they 
 never went there to live, and the place was sold to Eliza Cham- 
 berlain. Betsey E. Dutton, C. R. Boutwell, Rev. O. E. Hardy. 
 
 The Nancy Miller cottage. Nancy Miller bought of John 
 Richardson the old store-house of Daniel Gould, had it removed 
 to this place and remodeled it into the present building. This 
 was about 1850. 
 
 The Abram Boutwell place. Leonard Morse had the old 
 shoemaker's shop of " Esquire" Tupper moved to this place 
 and remodeled. Abram Boutwell, Frank Joslin. 
 
 The Raymond place. J. Hartshorn built the house on this 
 place. Henry M. Stayner. William B. Raymond bought the 
 place in 1844 and has lived there sixty-one years. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Raymond have lived together man and wife sixty-nine 
 years, a record that is rarely equalled in New England to-day. 
 
 The Stearns place. The house on this place was built by 
 William Abbott. Charles Maynard, John Stearns, Frank Stearns.
 
 534 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 DISTRICT NO 2. 
 
 The John Chenery place. The widow McMaster built the 
 house on this place. Eliza McMaster, John Chenery. 
 
 The Dr. Israel Herrick place. Dr. Israel Herrick bought 
 this place of Jonas Wheeler. The house on the place was 
 burned after Dr. Herrick bought it ; whether Jonas Wheeler 
 built the old house or not is uncertain. The probabilities are 
 that he did not, but at this date there are no traditions and no 
 records. The old buildings were burned as recorded elsewhere, 
 and Dr. Herrick replaced them with new. Benj. G. Herrick. 
 
 The Lafayette Herrick place. David Woodward, 2d., built 
 the brick house on this place. Between Woodward and Karr 
 there were changes of ownership of which I have no record. 
 James H. Karr, Lafayette Herrick, Indianna Herrick. 
 
 The Dea. Mclntire place. So far as is known, Joseph Kidder 
 or some member of the Kidder family first settled on this land. 
 It was deeded to John Kidder by Ephraim Powers, June 15, 
 1772. Joseph Kidder built the house or part of it which stands 
 on the land now. Nathaniel Tay, Elias Mclntire, Nathaniel 
 T. Mclntire. 
 
 The Israel Woodward place. Benjamin Fuller first built on 
 this land ; then a Mr. Hackett, Israel Woodward, Hannah 
 Woodward, Wilkes H. Hadley, Mrs. Martin. 
 
 The Fuller homestead. Nov. n, 1767 Sewall Goodridge 
 deeded to Andrew Fuller part of Lot 86, 2nd. division. Jan. 10, 
 1772 Josiah Abbott deeded to Andrew Fuller the remainder of 
 Lot 86. Nov. 20, 1773 Joseph Blaney deeded to Andrew Fuller 
 Lot 5, 2nd. division. 
 
 Andrew Fuller was the first settler and builder on this land 
 and the farm has been handed from father to son until now. 
 Andrew Fuller, Jr., Moses C. Fuller. This is one of the farms 
 owned by a direct descendant of the first settler. 
 
 The Pinnacle House estate. David Woodward was the first 
 settler on this land and built a brick house thereon. John and 
 David Gage, John W. Burnham, Edward W. Duncklee. Mr. 
 Duncklee built the large summer hotel known as the Pinnacle 
 House. 
 
 The Isaac L. Duncklee place. Thomas Holt, Floyd, Isaac 
 L. Duncklee, Clintie Duncklee. 
 
 The David Holt homestead. William Holt and David Strat- 
 ton settled on this land together. They built a log-house and 
 occupied it one winter. William Holt then removed to an
 
 REAL ESTATE 535 
 
 adjoining lot now owned by Benj. G. Herrick. Stratton 
 remained and built the seventh frame house in L,yndeborough. 
 He soon sold out to Holt, and the latter came back to this farm 
 and it has remained in the family possession ever since. Wil- 
 liam Holt, Oliver Holt, David Holt, Andy Holt, Fred Holt. 
 Most of the present buildings were erected or improved during 
 the ownership of David Holt. 
 
 The Harvey Holt place. Dr. Benjamin Jones was the first 
 settler on this land, and also the first settled physician in town. 
 He took a deed of this land of James Andrews Aug. 29, 1770. 
 He sold the place to his son Joseph, and built the brick house 
 at the " Center." Harvey Holt, Henry H. Joslin. 
 
 The David C. Grant place. Melchizedeck Boffee first made 
 a home on this lot, taking a deed of the same from Jeremiah 
 Lee, Aug 10, 1770. The next owner was John Boffee, his son. 
 James Grant bought the farm but between Boffee and Grant 
 there was probably a transfer of which we have no record. 
 James Grant, David C. Grant, Arthur Grant, Frank H. Joslin. 
 
 The Foster Woodward place. Foster Woodward bought this 
 land of L,evi H. Woodward and erected the present buildings. 
 Eliza and Josie Woodward. 
 
 The " Houston " Woodward place. This land was originally 
 part of the Stephenson estate. When Eleazer Woodward, Jr. 
 sold his farm to the town, he bought here and built a house and 
 barn. L,evi Houston Woodward, Dana B. Sargent, Mrs. Dana 
 B. Sargent, Mrs. Mattie Putnam. 
 
 The Williams Woodward place. Williams Woodward built 
 the cottage on this place. Levi H. Woodward, Harriet - 
 Myra Davis, Lizzie Hilt. 
 
 The Stephenson homestead farm. John Stephenson was the 
 first settler on this land and the ownership has descended from 
 father to son to this day. John Stephenson was one of the early 
 settlers and this farm was certainly improved by him as early as 
 1755- John Stephenson, John Stephenson, Jr., Jonathan Steph- 
 enson, Willis J. Sephenson. John Stephenson took a deed 
 from B. Lynde Dec. 20, 1764 of Lot 55, 2nd division and March 
 5, 1780 he bought of the same party Lot 56, 2nd division. Nov. 
 2, 1768 he bought of Benj. Cram part of Lot 59. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 4. 
 
 The Watkins place. This place was probably first improved 
 by some member of the Kidder family. Either Phineas, Phin- 
 eas, or Phineas C., known as "Old Phineas," "Middle Phin-
 
 536 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 eas " and "Young Phineas " ; then Oliver Watkins, David 
 Upton. 
 
 The Old Parker Tavern stand. Jonathan Parker was the 
 builder of a log house on this land. Isaiah Parker, Charles 
 Parker ; then a number of transient occupants ; George R. 
 Barnes. 
 
 The James W. Merrill place. William lyoring, Manley Kid- 
 der, who built the present house. James W. Merrill. 
 
 The Charles Parker place. Charles Parker, George Dunck- 
 lee, George H. Stevens, Horace D. Gage. 
 
 The Jonas Abbott place. Owned and occupied for many 
 years by the Abbott family. Charles I,. Avery 
 
 The Christie place. First house on this place built by John 
 K. Christie. Morris Frye, Charles Goodrich, Charles R. Smith. 
 
 The Dea. John C. Goodrich place. Ebenezer Hutchinson 
 first settled on this place. John Southwick, John C. Goodrich 
 and Eliphalet Atwood, John C. Goodrich, John H. Goodrich. 
 The post office at North Lyndeborough was always kept at this 
 place. 
 
 The Paul Atwood place. Paul Atwood built the house on 
 this place. John H. Goodrich ; now owned by Mrs Stella E. 
 Woods. 
 
 The Benjamin Ames place. Jonathan Thayer first built 
 here. William H. Gould, I^uther Odell, Benjamin B. Ames, 
 Edward E. Rogers. 
 
 The John Clark place. John Clark, a brother of Major 
 Peter, built and settled on this place in 1776. Sarah C. Good- 
 rich, Ella M. Quiggle. 
 
 The Senter place. Either Asa or Benjamin Senter first im- 
 proved this place. The traditions indicate that it was Asa. 
 Franklin Senter, Charles H. Senter. 
 
 The Francis Epps or Osborne place. Samuel Senter 
 deeded part of I^ot 107 to Francis "Epse," Nov. 15, 1771. 
 Daniel Epes deeded part of I,ot 108 to the same Francis, Jan. 
 15, 1772. . . Francis Epps was the first builder and settler 
 on this land. Eliphalet Atwood, William H. Osborne, Charles 
 H. Bailey, Adams & Mudgett. 
 
 The Starrett place. Asa Palmer, Richard Batten, Martin 
 Whitney, William Starrett, Allen Brown. * 
 
 The Nathan Brown place. Nathan Brown, Jonathan Clark, 
 Allen A. Brown. 
 
 The Daniel Proctor place. Daniel Proctor, John Proctor.
 
 REAL ESTATE 537 
 
 The Major Peter Clark place, Benjamin " Epes " deeded 
 this land to Peter Clark, Dec. 23, 1773. He built the house 
 and mill as recorded in another chapter. William Clark, Capt. 
 Peter Clark. Present owner, Henry K. Holden. 
 
 The Allen Brown place. Allen Brown, John C. Goodrich, 
 who built the present house, Patrick Hanley, John Wellman, 
 Daniel Henderson, Oliver Harris, Mark Morse, Mark Morse 
 heirs, J. McL/ane. 
 
 The Boardman place. Thomas Boardman first improved 
 this land. Daniel N. Boardman, Peter Clark, Samuel Dyer, 
 W. K. Cochran, Alfred C. Wilder, Irwin D. Wilder. 
 
 The old Proctor place. John Proctor first built on the side 
 of the mountain south of this place. He afterward bought this 
 place of Charles Whitmarsh. Charles Whitmarsh, John Proc- 
 tor, Sylvester Proctor, David K. Proctor. 
 
 The Asa Hill place. Abel Hill, Asa Hill, Asa Hill heirs, 
 W. C. Wilder, Merrill T. Spalding. 
 
 The Needham place. Daniel Plummer, David Stiles, Jr., 
 Martin Whitney, William Iy. Needham, Warren Needham, 
 Mrs. Harry Morse. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 7. JOHNSON'S CORNER. 
 
 John Johnson to Adam Johnson, Dec. 29, 1746, Lot 45, ist 
 division. 
 
 ^BHas Taylor to Adam Johnson, March 17, 1758, Lot 45, ist 
 division, with a full share of common or undivided land. 
 
 Adam Johnson to Rachel Johnson, April 9, 1768, Lot 59, ist 
 division. 
 
 Elias Taylor to Adam Johnson, March 17, 1758, Lot 46, ist 
 division. 
 
 John Johnson to Adam Johnson, April 8, 1772, Lot 58, ist 
 division. 
 
 James Johnson to B. Lynde, Sept. 22, 1772, Lot 56, 2nd 
 division. 
 
 James Boutwell to Adam Johnson, Jan. 14, 1775, Lot 58, ist 
 division. 
 
 Solomon Cram .to Adam Johnson, July i, i77 2 I/>t- 2 3> ist 
 division. 
 
 The above transcripts from the registrar of deeds office shows 
 the amount of land in part owned by the Johnson family, and 
 why that section of the town was early called Johnson's 
 Corner. 
 
 The David Carkin place. David Carkin, Asher Curtis,
 
 538 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Alfred Nourbourn. Mr. Nourbourn occupies this place now 
 as a summer home. 
 
 The Edwin Patch place. Joseph Chamberlain first built on 
 
 this place. Edwin N. Patch, Clough, Robert T. S. Shep- 
 
 ard, Robert T. S. Shepard heirs. 
 
 The Rose place. Solomon Cram was first settler on this 
 land. Timothy Putnam, Abram Rose, Brackley Rose, George 
 Rose, George Rose heirs, Willard Rose. 
 
 The Eli Clark Curtis place. This land was part of the 
 Carleton estate. Dudley Carlton built the brick house. Ama- 
 ziah Blanchard, E. C. Curtis. 
 
 The Amaziah Blanchard place. Amaziah Blanchard first 
 settled on this land. William W. Curtis, Asher Curtis. 
 
 The old Carkin homestead or Robert Lynch place. John 
 Carkin, Aaron Carkin, Rufus Chamberlain, Robert K. Lynch, 
 W. W. Curtis, Edward W. Curtis. 
 
 The Andrew Tyler place. Andrew Tyler built the house on 
 this place. Sally Curtis, William Richardson. 
 
 The Asa Manning place. Jacob Manning, Asa Manning, 
 Solon Richardson, Willis Perham, Walter S. Shepard. This 
 record is imperfect. Between Manning and Richardson were 
 probably transfers of this land of which we have no information. 
 
 This place was once used as the Mont Vernon poor farm. 
 Some of the older residents of the town can remember when it 
 was thus used, but we have been unable to find anyone who 
 could tell the reason of Mont Vernon' s coming over into Lynde- 
 borough for a place to maintain their paupers. 
 
 The William H. Bowen farm. This place was originally 
 part of the Johnson property. A man named Brown once lived 
 there, but whether he built the old set of buildings which were 
 on the place when Burnham Russell bought it cannot now be 
 told. Orrin Russell built the present house. Burnham Russell, 
 Orrin Russell, Joseph White, William H. Bowen. .Mr. Bowen 
 has added to and remodeled the whole set of buildings. 
 
 The Burnham Russell farm. John Johnson, Adam Johnson, 
 Edmund Perkins, Burnham Russell, Aaron W. Russell. 
 
 The Kilburn S. Curtis place. Amos Wilkins, William Car- 
 son, Josiah Russell, John Ramsdell, Asher Curtis, Kilburn S. 
 Curtis, Mrs. Frances Curtis. Kilburn S. Curtis built the pres- 
 ent set of buildings. The old house was once struck by light- 
 ning and badly damaged. 
 
 The David D. Clark place. Jacob Wellman, John and Polly
 
 REAL ESTATE 539 
 
 Wellman, David D. Clark, Fred Lowe, George J. Carson. The 
 house standing on this farm is said by the Rev. Mr. Clark to be 
 one of the oldest in town. 
 
 Alexander Carson place. Alexander Carson, Benj. Gould, 
 John Wellman, William R. Duncklee, Isaac L. Duncklee, 
 Leonard G. Brown. Ira R. Brown built the present house. 
 
 The Leonard G. Brown place. Ezekiel Upton, James L. 
 Clark, Robert R. Brown, C. H. Holt, Leonard G. Brown. Be- 
 tween the ownership of Mr. Upton and Mr. Clark, a man named 
 Marvell lived here, but whether as owner or tenant is not known. 
 
 The Charles L. Perham place. John Hutchinson, first set- 
 tler. Rev. Mr. Clark says that "he gave a bond to Jonathan 
 Peal of Salem, Mass., July 10, 1736, that he would have within 
 four years a dwelling house, 20x18, built and twelve acres 
 cleared, broken up, and fenced in." The deed was given Sept. 
 27, 1760, and the conditions were fulfilled. 
 
 The next owner of which we can get any account was Abel 
 Hill, but between Hutchinson and Hill there were probably 
 tranfers of the land. It is known that David Butterfield lived 
 there for a time. This] farm was deeded by Abel Hill to James 
 L. Clark, Apr. 20, 1815. Asa Clark, Oliver Perham, Charles 
 L. Perham. 
 
 The Haggett place. John Haggett, Joseph Haggett, Joseph 
 Haggett heirs, D. Whiting & Sons, E. C. Curtis. 
 
 The Micah Hartshorn place. Micah Hartshorn, Samuel N. 
 Hartshorn. Samuel N. Hartshorn heirs, Eliphalet J. Hardy, 
 Owen E. Hardy, Edward G. Hall. 
 
 The Persons S. Holt place. Now owned and occupied as a 
 summer home by the heirs of John Herrick. 
 
 The Jeremiah Carleton place. Jeremiah Carleton, James 
 Donnell and John Hartshorn, Joseph Chamberlain, Israel Cur- 
 tis, Eli C. Curtis. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 8. 
 
 The Jesse Simonds place. Jonas Kidder took a deed of this 
 land from Benjamin Lynde May i, 1766. After Mr. Kidder re- 
 moved to Hudson there were one or two transfers of the prop- 
 erty of which we can find no record. He was the first settler on 
 the land, and kept a tavern there. The old tavern built by 1 
 was torn down in the early 6o's by Jesse Simonds, who built tn 
 present house. In 1840 Jesse Reed owned the place, then 
 Charles Woodward, Jesse Simonds, John D. Butler, Rob 
 Mason.
 
 540 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 The I^evi Spalding place. The house on this place was 
 built by one of the Spalding family, Henry Spalding, proba- 
 bly. Ivevi Spaldiug, L,evi Spalding heirs, Frank Starrett, 
 Warren Nichols. 
 
 The Daniel Woodward place. There is a tradition that there 
 was a log house on the land when Daniel Woodward bought it, 
 about the year 1800. He built a brick house there in 1820. 
 Daniel Woodward, Jr., Sumner French, Sumner French heirs, 
 Willis J. Stephenson. House destroyed by fire. 
 
 The Dutton place. Reuben Dutton, Benjamin Dutton, Bet- 
 sey E. Dutton, John Fletcher. , 
 
 The Houston place. Dea. Samuel Houston first built here, 
 and the farm was owned by the Houston family until their re- 
 moval to Iowa. Buildings long since torn down. 
 
 The Whiting place. Dea. Oliver Whiting or his father first 
 improved this land. After he removed to New York, there were 
 transfers of the property of which we have no record. The 
 buildings have been torn down, and part of the land is owned 
 by D. B. Whittemore. 
 
 The Nathan Cummings place. This was a part of the large 
 tract of land once owned by Edward, Stephen, Capt. I,evi, and 
 Henry Spalding. It is probable that one of these men built 
 the old house which stood there. Nathan Cummings built the 
 present cottage. Henry Joslin, Nathan Cummings, Mrs. Na- 
 than Cummings. 
 
 Sherebiah Manning place. Benjamin Jones built the large, 
 two-storied house which stands on this farm and was the first 
 settler there. Sherebiah Manning built the barn. Benj. Jones, 
 Sherebiah Manning, I,evi P. Spalding. Millard Wilson. 
 
 The " Paige '* Spalding place. A comparison of records and 
 traditions seems to show that Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder was 
 the first settler here. Dea. Abram Patch, Edward P. Spalding, 
 Edward Parry, Edward Parry heirs. 
 
 The Twitchell place. Of this place we can get but little in- 
 formation. Asa Twitchell lived there for a time as did George 
 R. Barnes. It is now owned by Mrs. M. A. Sweetserof Stone- 
 ham, Mass, and occupied as a summer home. 
 
 The Whittemore homestead. Daniel Whittemore took a 
 a deed of the lot, numbered 124, 2nd division, April 28, 1770. 
 It is one of the four farms in Lyndeborough which are tilled by 
 a direct descendant of the first settler on the land. Aaron Whit- 
 temore, Aaron Whittemore, Daniel B. Whittemore.
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 TOWN FAIRS AND CELEBRATIONS. 
 
 THE TOWN FAIRS OF 1879 AND 1880. 
 BY H. W. WHITTEMORE. 
 
 In the olden time, as has been intimated in another chapter, 
 the people of L,yndeborough were industrious to a fault. But 
 the reason is not far to seek; it took pretty nearly all their 
 time to earn a living. 
 
 Within comparatively recent times, however, the towns- 
 people have become accustomed to taking a day off for some 
 sort of recreation, and that fact is easily explained, too. The 
 stone walls that cross and re-cross the town in every direction 
 were nearly all built long ago. Clearing the land of the stone 
 for walls left the fields in readiness for farm machinery ; and 
 with the advent of the mowing machine, the horse-rake, the 
 hay-fork, the corn-planter, and the cultivator, out-of-door work 
 that used to be done slowly, by hand, is done rapidly now 
 by machine. A similar revolution has taken place within the 
 housekeeper's domain, for much work formerly done in the 
 kitchen, by hand, is now done by machine in factories of many 
 kinds, at a distance. 
 
 Having more of leisure in it, the life of the average citizen 
 has been modified, perhaps, by the bright city cousin and the 
 jolly summer boarder who have been coming to L,yndeborough 
 for many years to enjoy, for a season, the wholesome hospitality 
 of a New Hampshire country town. % Be that as it may, the 
 stranger from ' ' down below ' ' often helps to enliven the basket 
 picnic that, on occasion, calls together men, women and chil- 
 dren from all parts of the town. 
 
 One such picnic was held years ago on the top of Pinnacle 
 Mountain. Several ox-teams were employed by the committee 
 on transportation, and it is safe to say that more oxen were 
 up there that day than can be found in the whole town now. 
 One man rode in a wagon all the way up a feat probably 
 never performed before or since. 
 
 Other picnics have been held at "Purgatory" Falls, at 
 Barnes' Falls and in a grove near the old Parker place on the 
 turnpike. A brass band, with headquarters at North Lynde-
 
 542 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 borough, assisted in drawing people to this grove, and on at 
 least one occasion the Lafayette Artillery Co. was present. 
 
 More ambitious attempts at making a holiday distinguish the 
 years 1879 and 1880 when town fairs were held at the centre. 
 
 At a public meeting held in August, 1879, a committee was 
 chosen "to see what action the people would take to start a 
 town fair." The committee was as follows : 
 
 Fred A. Richardson, David C. Grant, David G. Dickey, I/uther Cram, 
 Joel H. Tarbell, Franklin Senter, Wm. W. Burton, E. C. Curtis, George 
 Rose, D. B. Whittemore, Jotham Hildreth, Charles I/. Avery. 
 
 This committee met on August 25th, voted to organize for a 
 town fair, and chose Daniel B. Whittemore, president ; George 
 Rose, vice-president ; John H. Goodrich, secretary and treas- 
 urer ; Eli C. Curtis, general superintendent. The committee 
 also appointed the following persons trustees : 
 
 District No. i. F. A. Richardson, Martin Whitney, David G. Dickey. 
 
 " "2. Benjamin G. Herrick, David C. Grant. 
 
 " "3. Charles F. Tarbell, Artemas Woodward, Luther Cram. 
 
 " " 4. Erwin D. Wilder, Franklin Senter. 
 
 " " 5. Wm. W. Burton, Wm. N. Ryerson. 
 
 " 6. Geo. W. Parker, Charles Tarbell, John Batchelder. 
 
 " "7. Geo. Rose, Chas. L. Perham. 
 
 " 8. D. B. Whittemore, 1,. P. Spalding. 
 
 " "9. Jotham Hildreth. 
 
 " " 10. Chas. I/. Avery. 
 
 At later meetings a constitution and by-laws were adopted, 
 judges were appointed, other necessary arrangements were 
 made and October i was fixed upon to be the day of the fair. 
 
 At ii o'clock, A. M., on the day named, a procession was 
 formed in the following order : 
 
 Capt. Andy Holt, Chief Marshal 
 
 George E. Spalding, Marshal 
 
 Mont Vernon Brass Band 
 
 I/afayette Artillery Co. 
 
 Town Team, composed of thirteen yoke of oxen 
 Citizens in carriages 
 
 On the common, during the day, there were various tests of 
 strength and endurance, and on an improvised track, near by, 
 there was a horse-race, probably the only formal race of the 
 kind ever seen in L,yndeborough. (Sometimes, it may be said, 
 the ringing of the church bell has excited the horses of people 
 making their way, single file, towards the centre of the town, 
 so that they became, practically, unmanageable. In such
 
 TOWN FAIRS AND CELEBRATIONS 543 
 
 cases usually the best horse arrived first. But horse racing has 
 always been held in much disfavor by most L/yndeborough 
 people.) 
 
 Some of the best live stock in town, cattle, horses and sheep, 
 was on exhibition and in the town hall there was to be seen the 
 best the people could do in the way of fruits and vegetables, 
 butter, cheese, and bread, some of it made from home-grown 
 wheat. 
 
 Besides, there were exhibits of needle work, both ancient and 
 modern, and a number of articles, interesting on account of age 
 or associations, such, for example, as the chair, no years 
 old, which was once the property of the Rev. Sewall Goodrich, 
 and the samples of cloth shown by Mrs. E. Cram. This cloth 
 was woven in 1772 by the great-grandmother of the exhibitor. 
 
 After dinner the president of the day called the company to 
 order and speeches were made by Mr. David C. Grant, Mr. C. 
 H. Holt and Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, of Worcester, Mass. 
 
 The officials of the second fair, held Sept. 22, 1880, were about 
 the same as those of the previous year, with the exception of the 
 judges, who were more numerous and whose names follow: 
 
 Live Stock. Luther Cram, Erwin D. Wilder, Geo. E. Spalding; F. A. 
 Richardson, Charles Tarbell, Charles L- Perham; Rufus Chamberlain, 
 Nathan Richardson, Edwin N. Patch; Wm. H. Clark, James H. Karr, Al- 
 bert Cram; J. A. Woodward, B. J. Clark, Robt. K. Lynch. 
 
 Fruit, Vegetables and Seeds. Rev. T. P. Sawin, John E. Batchelder, 
 David Putnam; Geo. Rose, Everett E. Lowe, Geo. H. Stevens; David G. 
 Dickey, Benj. G. Herrick, N. W. Tarbell. 
 
 Bread and Dairy Products. David C. Grant and Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Geo. 
 Rose. 
 
 Knit and Fancy Goods, Embroidery, Cut Flowers, etc. Mrs. E. C. 
 Curtis, Mrs. D. B. Whittemore, Mrs. G. E. Spalding; Mrs. B. G. Herrick, 
 Mrs. D. G. Dickey, Mrs. J. E. Batchelder; Mrs. C. L. Perham, Mrs. J. C. 
 Ordway, Mrs. C. F. Tarbell; Miss Ida Patch, Mrs. Belle Boutwell, Mrs. 
 J. A. Woodward. 
 
 The list of prizes awarded in 1880 is given in full in the Mil- 
 ford Enterprise of Sept. 27, and is, approximately, a catalogue of 
 the products of the town. The names of a large proportion of 
 the families of Lyndeborough appear in this list, or somewhere 
 else in the secretary's book. 
 
 The music of the day was by the Mont Vernon band. Mr. 
 David H. Goodell of Antrim, who was Governor of New Hamp- 
 shire a few years later, made an address. 
 
 These town fairs were good examples, on a very small scale, 
 to be sure, of the thoroughly respectable agricultural fair that
 
 544 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 used to entertain and instruct great numbers of New England 
 people, and provide the occasion for dignified speeches by the 
 governor of the state and by other men of note. 
 
 THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH 
 
 ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF LYNDEBOROUGH. 
 
 BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 There was a strong desire on the part of many of the people 
 living in L,yndeborough at the time the town had reached the 
 age of one hundred years, to fittingly celebrate the event, and 
 some steps were taken to do so. But for some reason the 
 scheme fell through. It would seem now that it was unfor- 
 tunate for the history of the town that the people did not carry 
 out their good intentions. A historical sketch written at that 
 time would be very interesting to compare with that which we 
 have been able to gather now. 
 
 Fifty years later at the March meeting, 1889, the question of 
 celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary was 
 brought up and it was unanimously voted to hold a celebration.* 
 The following committee was chosen to make the necessary ar- 
 rangements : 
 
 Fred A. Richardson Harvey Perham 
 
 Henry H. Joslin Eli C. Curtis 
 
 Fred B. Richards Daniel B. Whittemore 
 
 Ei-win D. Wilder Sewell M. Buck 
 
 William W. Burton Charles I/. Avery 
 
 A special town meeting was called on Aug. 10 for the pur- 
 pose of perfecting arrangements and appropriating money to pay 
 expenses, and it is a curious, and in some respects a ludicrous 
 fact, that this meeting extended into three days before the "red 
 tape ' ' of the law could be complied with and the money legally 
 appropriated. This with no opposition to the measure. The 
 sum of three hundred dollars was placed in the hands of the 
 committee to carry on the work. 
 
 David C. Grant was chosen president of the day, Andy Holt 
 chief marshal, and Jacob A. Woodward, toastmaster. A mam- 
 moth tent was hired in Boston and was pitched on the common, 
 just south of the town hall. 
 
 *At the time this celebration was proposed, Mr. David C. Grant and many others inter- 
 ested in the event, were of the opinion that John Badger was the first settler within the 
 limits of Salem-Canada, and that he made his beginning {^1739. 
 
 Later researches, however, serve to prove that so far as his being the first settler 
 such was not the fact, and that really the celebration should have been held in 1887. 
 So far as the celebration is concerned this matter is immaterial now, and this note is 
 inserted to explain any discrepancy which a careful reader of the foregoing chapters of 
 this history might find.
 
 ANNIVERSAR Y CELEBRA TION 545 
 
 The day selected, Wednesday, Sept. 4, was all that could be 
 desired in the way of weather. Cloudless skies, cool, bracing 
 air, and warm sun, made an ideal day. Sons and daughters of 
 Lyndeborough had come from all over the country to visit their 
 native town, and to help by their presence in making the day 
 one to be remembered. Many of the citizens had decorated 
 their homes in honor of the occasion. The residence of Charles 
 R. Boutwell was especially noticeable. On the front was the 
 inscription, 1739 1889. The grounds as well as the house 
 were beautiful with national colors and other devices. George 
 E. Spalding also put out numerous flags, and displayed a por- 
 trait of the first settled physician in town. At sunrise the bells 
 were rung and a salute was fired. At 9 o'clock a procession 
 was formed on the common in the following order : 
 
 Platoon of Police 
 
 Chief marshal, Andy Holt, and aides 
 
 C. Henry Holt in command of militia, and staff 
 
 Peterborough Band, 22 pieces, C. E. White, leader 
 
 Lafayette Artillery Co., A. S. Conant, captain 
 
 Section of Artillery, Sergeant A. T. Ford 
 Post Harvey Holt, G. A. R., Jason Holt, commander 
 
 Color Guard 
 
 Sons of Veterans, Edward Ross, captain 
 Woman's Relief Corps, and citizens in private carriages. 
 The route of the procession was through the historic street of 
 the "centre." In the evening the village was illuminated, and 
 there was a fine display of fireworks, generously paid for by 
 Boutwell Bros, of L,owell, Mass. 
 
 At 10 o'clock A. M. the meeting which had assembled. under 
 the large tent was called to order by the president of the day, 
 Mr. D. C. Grant, who said : 
 
 The hour has arrived which was assigned by the committee for the 
 celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlemen 
 of Lyndeborough. If we had arranged a day to our own liking, we could 
 not have selected a more beautiful day than this. We have come i 
 gether upon a very interesting occasion, for the purpose of connectn 
 the future with the past by a golden link which cannot be broken. < 
 hundred and ninety-nine years ago, whoever was traveling through 
 village of Salem, Massachusetts, would have seen a little band colle 
 together to go on an expedition to Canada. That little band was coi 
 nianded by Capt. Samuel King. That expedition returned late in t 
 season, having met with defeat and disaster. They found the excheque 
 of Massachusetts depleted, and they were not paid for their services 
 
 One hundred and fifty-four years ago 1'ast June the Commonwealth ot 
 Massachusetts granted to Capt. Samuel King and his co-laborers for 
 their services, a certain tract of land six miles square, lying west
 
 546 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 ragansett No. 3 so called then, now Amherst and part of Mont Vernon. 
 One hundred and fifty-four years ago the proprietors who were associated 
 with Capt. Samuel King met together and had their land surveyed ; and 
 the remains of it are what is now left of Lyndeborough, but at that time 
 a part of Wilton, Mont Vernon and Milford. 
 
 Those early settlers, those earlier proprietors, made an effort to have 
 the land surveyed, and one hundred and fifty years ago this last season 
 they had built a few cabins, and they spent the winter of 1739-40 in the 
 limits of old Lyndeborough, planting the first settlement, laboring 
 against the forces of nature to establish for themselves and for their pos- 
 terity a home. That home has been transmitted to us, and we, their 
 children, to-day have met to connect, as I said before, with a golden link, 
 the bright silver chain of circumstances which has brought this town 
 into its present position. Last March a few of the citizens of Lyndebor- 
 ough conceived the idea that we had neglected the works of those noble 
 and worthy men in that distant day as they came here into this forest 
 home and established the homes which we now this day enjoy. The 
 town unanimously voted to celebrate that event, and invitations have 
 been extended to you, and you are here today to unite with us in con- 
 necting that important event with the events of this day and with the 
 future. We thank you for having responded so nobly and so generously 
 to that call ; and the God of heaven has smiled upon us, and lest we 
 should forget our dependence upon that God, the God of our fathers and 
 our God, let us all unite in calling upon His name to assist us in these 
 services, that they may redound to His glory and to the benefit of man- 
 kind. I will call upon the Rev. Mr. Childs to lead us in prayer. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Childs of L/yndborough Centre then offered prayer. 
 
 The President. We have with us to-day one who was born 
 and reared in our midst, and we could discover nothing 
 very remarkable in him while a boy. As he grew up to 
 manhood he served us as superintending school committee, first 
 as school teacher, then as merchant. He has since wandered 
 from the fold, and has gained the reputation of being as good a 
 specimen of the live Yankee as Lyndeborough has ever been 
 known to produce. I have the pleasure of introducing to you 
 William W. Curtis. 
 
 Mr. Curtis. Fellow-citizens of the Town of Lyndeborough : Let God 
 be praised for having set apart so perfect a day for this commemora- 
 tion of our illustrious fathers and mothers, who fashioned and moulded 
 the golden principles of justice, honor and manhood and handed them 
 down to us, that they might be everlastingly perpetuated to all future 
 generations of the sons and daughters of this, their native home. 
 
 Mr. Curtis then read a poem, the manuscript of which is not 
 available for this history. 
 
 The President. We have with us, to-day, another one of the 
 noble sons of Lyndeborough who spent his youthful days with
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 547 
 
 us, who has gone forth as an educator and an instructor ; after- 
 wards, to preach the everlasting Gospel to the people. He 
 comes to you to-day, after many years of experience and after 
 many months of hard searching upon our musty records. He 
 has gleaned much from them and will now lay before you a part 
 of the results of his labors. I have the honor and the pleasure 
 of introducing to you the Rev. F. G. Clark, of Medford, Mass. 
 
 The address of Mr. Clark was listened to with close attention 
 and was greeted with much applause. It was the first con- 
 nected story of I/yndeborough or rather Salem-Canada-Iyynde- 
 borough, to which the great majority of the citizens of the town 
 had ever listened. With his permission much of it has been 
 incorporated in this history. 
 
 During the delivery of the Historical Address, a pause was 
 made for the singing of a hymn, concerning which Mr. Clark 
 said : The hymn now to be sung is a hymn that was written by 
 Dr. Herrick for the last service held in the old church which 
 stood where the present town-house now stands. 
 
 The exercises were resumed at 2 p. M., and the president 
 said : We have with us to-day another of the sons of L/ynde- 
 borough, who grew up amongst us, who went to our schools, 
 who played with us, and who, in his early manhood, prepared 
 himself to teach others. He has wandered away, and he has 
 returned to us with a message. I have the honor and the 
 pleasure of introducing to you Professor Daniel Putnam, of 
 Ypsilanti, Mich. 
 
 (Prof. Putnam then delivered the following oration.) 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen : I am both proud and glad to address you as 
 my fellow townsmen. It is true that in one aspect we are strangers. 
 Your faces are new to me as mine is to you. Five and forty years seem 
 to the young an almost endless age. They do indeed form a large part 
 of any ordinary human life. So many years have passed since I ceased 
 to be a resident of this my native town. Only seldom during all these 
 years have I visited for a brief time these once familiar scenes. A gener- 
 ation and more has passed away. I meet the children and the grand- 
 children of my school-fellows. They may be pardoned for looking upon 
 me as a preserved relic of antediluvian times, a returning Rip Van 
 Winkle of the days "before the war." 
 
 Yet some things are unchanged. "The common" here where you 
 chairman and I used " to train," almost half a century ago, m the then 
 celebrated " Lyndeboro Light Infantry," is scarcely changed in a single 
 feature. I regret that the old " Meeting House " is gone. I can t 
 my " mind's eye " at this moment its dingy yellow outside, it 
 of small windows ; in the interior its square pews, its ^e gallery, its 
 high pulpit and its wonderful " sounding board " suspended abo
 
 54? HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 minjster's head. The old house deserved to be spared and preserved as 
 a relic of the olden times, and on account of the associations which 
 had, in the lapse of years, gathered about it. "The mountain" yonder 
 is the same ; the hills which I used to climb are the same. The rocks 
 are still here, as many and as huge as ever. I find the same narrow 
 valleys and winding roads. From the hilltops are the same wide views 
 arid charming prospects of nature. 
 
 One may be allowed, to exclaim, in borrowed words : 
 
 " Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again ! 
 
 O sacred forms, how proud you look ! 
 How high you lift your heads into the sky ! 
 
 How huge you are, how mighty and how free ! " 
 
 An anniversary such as has gathered us together to-day naturally 
 turns the thoughts of those who have reached or passed the mid-day 
 point of life, backward. The traveler, who climbs with toilsome steps up 
 one of our native hills, pauses now and then and turns to measure over 
 with his eye the path along which he has been struggling, following all 
 its windings and numbering all its mile-stones. 
 
 We have come from our homes and our wanderings to greet one 
 another as we rest for a few moments round about the hundred and 
 fiftieth mile-stone which marks the age of our municipal life. Looking 
 backward from this height I see with tolerable distinctness three score of 
 these annual way-marks. Five others are partially obscured from view 
 by the haze which covers early childhood. Some of you can see as 
 many ; a few can count a larger number ; most of you stop reckoning 
 before you reach a score and a half. 
 
 In addressing you under these circumstances I find myself impelled 
 to speak briefly of some of the things which have been crowded into the 
 space of five and sixty years, to note a few of the changes which have 
 taken place, and to inquire whether, on the whole, real, healthful and 
 hopeful progress has been made. Our starting point is the year 1824. 
 The second term of the fifth President of the United States was drawing 
 towards its close. Only forty-eight years had passed since the Declara- 
 tion of Independence and only thirty-five since the organization of the 
 government under the constitution. Many of the younger actors in the 
 great Revolution, and in the events which immediately followed, were 
 still vigorous and influential in public affairs. Two years later, on the 
 fourth of July, just fifty years from the day when the Declaration of 
 Independence was promulgated, the second and third presidents of the 
 republic passed away. 
 
 During the years which have intervened the territory of the country 
 has been enlarged at least three-fold ; the states have increased from 
 twenty-four to forty-two, and the population has grown from ten millions 
 to more than sixty millions. 
 
 The progress in inventions, in sciences and arts in machinery, in means 
 of travel and transportation, indeed in everything which has to do with 
 civilix.ation and with the comforts and conveniences of life, has been 
 simply marvelous. The wildest dreams of imagination have been more 
 than realized. In my early boyhood the stage-coach afforded the most
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 549 
 
 rapid means of conveyance, and goods were transported into the interior 
 of the country by huge, lumbering wagons drawn by four, six, or eight 
 horses. The Erie canal was opened in 1825, and the first railroad in the 
 United States was put in operation in 1826. This was the Quincy road, 
 less than four miles in length, operated by horse-power, and used to 
 transport the granite from the quarries to tidewater. Locomotives were 
 first employed for railroad transportation in 1829 or 1830. These were 
 crude in form and construction, weighing scarcely more than a ton. 
 The first telegraph line was erected and the first message transmitted 
 over the wires -in 1844. The first really successful Atlantic cable was laid 
 in 1866. Time does not permit me to speak of the sewing-machine, of 
 mowers and reapers, of the telephone and of the thousand other wonders 
 of the last half of this nineteenth century. 
 
 Our progress in the directions to which I have thus hastily referred is 
 so obvious and so gratifying to the natural vanity of the human mind 
 that we never tire in boasting of it. It would be worse than folly to be- 
 little this progress even if one were so disposed. 
 
 But widening territory, increasing population, accumulating wealth of 
 material resources are not the sole, or even the most important indica- 
 tions of real advancement either in a nation or in a limited, local com- 
 munity. We can judge more correctly and wisely in respect to the prog- 
 ress when we know how this territory is occupied, improved and 
 governed ; when we know of what sort and character this swelling popu- 
 lation is, and when we have learned in what ways these resources are 
 used. The present must be compared with the past if we would be sure 
 in respect to the character of the changes which have taken place, and 
 would determine whether, on the whole, the condition of things is better 
 than it was half a century ago. 
 
 It will be impossible to make any general comparison, beyond that 
 already indicated, that of the New England of today with the New 
 England of the times of Andrew Jackson or of the grandfather of the 
 present President of the United States ; or of the Lyndeborough of 1889 
 with the L,yndeborough of 1839, the Lyndeborough of my youth. But it 
 may be of service to us, especially to the younger of us, to institute such 
 a comparison in a few particulars. 
 
 It may be frankly admitted that a sort of halo seems, at times, to 
 gather about the heads of the men and women of our childhood. Dis- 
 tance obscures roughness of character as it does roughness of the land- 
 scape. It hides many a sharp angle and uncouth feature of the form and 
 face as it does those of the hills and mountains. In remembrance, time 
 mellows dispositions as it does unripe fruits. In our comparisons we 
 shall strive to guard against the influence of this weakness of nature. 
 
 It is natural to commence with the population itself. How does the 
 general character of the population of to-day compare with that of fifty 
 years ago ? At that time the population of the rural New England towns 
 was, in the main, homogeneous. Within the range of my immediate 
 personal acquaintance in boyhood I can recall but a single family of 
 foreign birth. The families were all of essentially the same stock, d. 
 scendants of the original settlers. In some cases nearly half 
 families of a neighborhood bore the same surname. There were no race
 
 550 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 separations, distinctions or prejudices. The people spoke the same lan- 
 guage, had the same traditions, and were animated by the same prin- 
 ciples. They were, in some cases, narrow, provincial, an unfriendly 
 critic would probably say, bigoted. They clung with great tenacity to 
 inherited peculiarities, and without doubt overestimated the value and 
 importance of some religious and political dogmas. But they were 
 Americans, and Americans only, without prefix or suffix. They were 
 neither Irish-Americans, nor German-Americans, nor French-Americans, 
 nor any other qualified sort of Americans, but Americans pure and 
 simple. 
 
 It is hardly necessary to say that to day the population of New England 
 is far less homogeneous. Not only the great cities and large villages 
 but, in some sections, the country districts are becoming filled with men 
 and women of foreign birth. According to a recent writer, in one of our 
 periodicals, in Massachusetts "Out of a population of 1,942,142, the 
 foreign-born number 526,867, not including such children of alien parent- 
 age as have been born in the United States. The foreign-born represent 
 one-fifth of the people employed in agriculture, one-half of those em- 
 ployed in the fisheries, two-fifths of those employed in the manufactures, 
 and two-thirds of those employed in mining and as laborers." 
 
 The mass of the foreign population of New England has come from 
 Ireland and Canada. The great influx of immigration from Ireland 
 began about 1847. The Canadian French began to come in large numbers 
 about 1867. The inflow still continues in undiminished volume. 
 " Two successive steamers of one line brought to the port of Boston in 
 April last, 2,100 steerage passengers from Ireland, eleven-twelfths of 
 whom intended settling in New England, and almost every train from 
 Canada brings from one to three cars filled with French Canadians 
 seeking new homes in Massachusetts and her sister states." 
 
 The rapidity with which the French population has increased in New 
 England is almost beyond belief. " In Manchester, out of a population 
 of 40,000, 12,000 are of this nationality. In Nashua, out of a population 
 of 17,500, 5,500 are French, a gain of fully one-half in five years. In 
 Lowell they constitute one-third of the population." Many other large 
 towns and cities show a like condition of affairs. 
 
 It is not necessary to make further quotations of statistics. The facts 
 are doubtless familiar to you, and you can sum up for yourselves the 
 results of our comparison. Even the most hopeful will hesitate to declare 
 the new condition of things better than the old in respect to population. 
 
 I am conscious of no prejudice against men born in other lands and 
 bred under the influence of institutions different from our own. I count 
 among such some of my warmest personal friends and most esteemed 
 associates. 
 
 But have we not flung our doors open too wide ? Can we afford to 
 admit and welcome without discrimination? We have barred our West- 
 ern gates against the "heathen Chinee," but our Northern and Eastern 
 gates are practically unguarded. Let intelligence and virtue come, but 
 we have no room for more of ignorance, and vice and crime. Of these 
 we have more than enough of native production. The paupers and 
 anarchists of Europe are as much to be dreaded as the coolies of Asia.
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 551 
 
 The ignorance and illiteracy of the North are as dangerous to the purity 
 of the ballot-box and the permanency of our institutions as those of the 
 South. 
 
 A comparison of social and political conditions naturally follows the 
 comparison of population. 
 
 A hundred or even fifty years ago, the New England towns afforded the 
 best known example of a pure democracy. This was true not only in 
 respect to affairs of government, but also in respect to social conditions. 
 There were no fixed and recognized lines dividing the people into classes 
 or casts. There were then, as there always have been and always will be, 
 differences in intelligence, in education, in refinement, in wealth, in in- 
 fluence, indeed in everything in which men can differ. But such differ- 
 ences were incidental, individual, and temporary. There were no classes 
 of capitalists and laborers; of employers and employees. No young man 
 regarded himself as born into a caste, and as belonging to a particular 
 class of society. No young woman thought of herself as predestined, by 
 the accident of birth, to be a servant or a mistress, an employer or a 
 drudge. The boy worked on the farm or in the shop of his neighbor. 
 But he worked with his employer as well as for him. The girl did ser- 
 vice in the kitchen of her mother's neighbor and friend, but her social 
 position was not thereby changed. The next year the boy became owner 
 of a farm, and very likely employed the son of his former employer. 
 The girl became mistress of her own house, and in turn employed the 
 daughters of her neighbors. The employed and the employers were of 
 the same stock and often of kindred blood, and were constantly chang- 
 ing places and relations. Social equality was not disturbed. 
 
 Even where large numbers of persons were employed the conditions 
 were essentially the same. In my early boyhood the newly-erected cot- 
 ton mills of Nashua and Lowell were filled with the self-respecting and 
 respected sons and daughters of New England farmers and mechanics. 
 The " overseers " and the "hands "were often old acquaintances and 
 friends, frequently from the same neighborhoods and the same families. 
 Outside the work-rooms they met and associated on terms of perfect 
 equality. 
 
 While doubtless something of this old condition of equality still sur- 
 vives in towns like our own, and in communities which have retained 
 their original homogeneous character, it has almost entirely disappeared 
 in the large cities and in all the great manufacturing establishments. 
 During the last quarter of a century there has been a constantly increas- 
 ing tendency towards the creation of permanent classes in society and 
 towards the formation of sharp and clearly defined lines of separation 
 between these classes. These lines run through social life and social 
 organizations ; in some quarters they appear in religious life and relig- 
 ious organizations ; and they are beginning to make their way into the 
 dangerous domain of politics, and threaten to become the basis of politi- 
 cal organizations and political action. 
 
 It will have to be admitted, I think, that our present social and poli 
 cal conditions do not, on the whole, compare favorably with those which 
 existed half a century ago. Some real dangers threaten us. These s 
 serious enough to cause apprehension if not alarm. Some tendencies
 
 552 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 must be checked, and some acknowledged evils must be corrected if our 
 institutions are to be maintained in their purity and integrity. The 
 right of suffrage must be so guarded that the reported result of an elec- 
 tion shall indicate the will of the majority of the actual voters. If in a 
 sharply contested election voters can be sold and bought like cattle, at 
 so much a head ; if votes can be bargained for like any other marketable 
 commodity ; if the tricks of petty ward politicians and the manipula- 
 tions of self-constituted leaders are to determine candidates and control 
 the policies of great parties then our boasted right of suffrage is a worth- 
 less form, a mocker and a delusion, and our elections are a costly and 
 solemn farce. 
 
 If, in addition to all this, men are to bring over from the old countries 
 the prejudices of race, and the political and sectarian animosities of by- 
 gone ages, and are to nourish their barbarous hates and to fight out their 
 senseless quarrels on our soil, in our streets, and about our ballot boxes, 
 then indeed have our politics become degraded, and danger has become 
 really alarming. America has need of only American citizens and 
 American voters, and of American questions and issues in our politics 
 and at our polls. 
 
 Time does not permit further comparisons in these directions. The 
 conclusions thus far reached are not calculated to flatter our vanity or to 
 foster our pride. If our examinations were to be closed just here the 
 outlook for the future would not be encouraging. We should enter upon 
 the next half century with gloomy forebodings. I do not, however, 
 share very largely in the excessive fears of the timid, or in the terrible 
 prognostications of evil uttered by the pessimistic prophets of the day. 
 
 Allusion has already been made to the great influx of emigrants of 
 different nationalities ; many of them ignorant of the nature of our in- 
 stitutions and of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship ; not a 
 few of them imbued with socialistic and anarchic ideas, with confused 
 notions of the distinction between regulated liberty and unbridled 
 license, impatient of necessary restraint and destitute of sympathy with 
 many of the social and religious customs and the political traditions of 
 the native population. 
 
 Reference has also been made to the tendency towards the formation 
 of opposing and hostile classes ; to the disposition to create antagonism 
 between labor and capital ; to array the employed against the employers j 
 to engender hatred in the poor against the rich, and even to deny the 
 right to hold private property, and to make the possession of individual 
 accumulations a crime against humanity. The teaching of these social- 
 istic theories and leveling doctrines derives its chief force from some 
 unfortunate and alarming conditions of our times. 
 
 It cannot be denied that there is danger, not only to our political in- 
 stitutions, but even to the stability of our present social organization, in 
 the rapidly growing tendency to the accumulation of colossal fortunes 
 in the hands of a few men and a few families, if the laws are to be so 
 framed and so administered as to render such fortunes permanent in 
 these families. At the present day intelligent and benevolent men, as 
 much as the ignorant and selfish, instinctively revolt against any social 
 or political system which allows a concentration of power or of wealth
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 553 
 
 in the hands of a small minority. There is peril when the few become 
 very rich and the many become very poor, and more especially if there 
 are indications that such a state of affairs is to become a permanent con- 
 dition. 
 
 It is easy to delude ourselves with the idea that, in some way, things 
 will settle themselves; that the laws of supply and demand, the laws of 
 business and of the " survival of the fittest " will solve all these per. 
 plexing and dangerous problems. We shall do well to remember that 
 natural laws are slow in their operation, and that human nature is rest- 
 less and impatient when constantly excited by crafty and plausible 
 appeals of artful demagogues and irritated by real or fancied wrongs. 
 It is better economy to guard against an explosion than to expend means 
 in gathering up and caring for broken fragments. It is wiser to prevent 
 a conflagration than to show energy and* skill in putting out the fire 
 after it gets under good headway ; better, if possible, to allay rising dis- 
 content than to risk the action of a brutal mob. 
 
 Freely conceding the existence of real dangers and of serious and 
 growing evils, I sse no reason for despairing of the republic, or for ap- 
 prehending some overwhelming disaster to our social, religious, and 
 political institutions. I do not believe that, on the whole, the former 
 days were better than the present, that the fathers were essentially 
 wiser, more virtuous, and more patriotic than their children. On the 
 contrary, in many directions, real, genuine progress has been made. 
 While it must be readily granted that in some things we are worse than 
 the men of fifty years ago, it may be safely claimed that in other things 
 we have improved upon their teachings, examples and methods. 
 
 While our times have less of certain types of religion, they have more 
 of practical Christianity. They are without doubt less tenacious of 
 theological dogmas ; less militant in the defense and propagation of 
 iron-clad creeds ; less positive in claiming to possess and to hold all re- 
 vealed truth ; less harsh and denunciatory in dealing with those who 
 differ from accepted standards. But the sweet graces of divine love and 
 charity and beneficence are more cultivated and exhibit a richer growth. 
 The gospel of " good will to men " is more earnestly preached and more 
 constantly and consistently practiced. In spite of the tendency to the 
 formation of classes, in spite of the prejudice arising from the accidents 
 of race and color, simple manhood, without reference to birth or to past 
 or present conditions and circumstances, is held in higher esteem and 
 treated with more respect than in former times. 
 
 Call to mind the radical change of sentiment and action touching the 
 questions of human bondage, and the education of the negro race, 
 have no reference to the positions and teachings of political parties 
 religious organizations, but to the general tone of public opinion and 
 the conduct of men irrespective of party or sect. 
 
 Happily to many of you slavery and the heated and bitter controver- 
 sies growing out of it are only matters of history, like the discovery ot 
 America and the battle of Bunker Hill. To us, whose memories ean 
 traverse the period of fifty years, they are not so much history as nv 
 and terrible realities. Our fathers had solemnly affirmed that 
 have an inalienable right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of
 
 554 . HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 By a strange inconsistency they denied to a whole race, guilty of only 
 a darker skin and thicker lips than their own, every right which renders 
 life desirable or existence tolerable. Men, women, children were bought 
 and sold like horses and sheep. No ties of blood or family were re- 
 garded as sacred. To teach a slave to read was a crime punishable by 
 long and hard imprisonment. A public meeting of intelligent citizens 
 and respectable members of Christian churches, held not in South Caro- 
 lina but in Connecticut, resolved that it is "Highly inexpedient and 
 even dangerous to the peace of the community to teach the negroes to 
 read and write." The city of New Haven, at a meeting held with the 
 mayor as chairman, voted by a majority of 700 to 4, "That the founding 
 of colleges for educating colored people is an unwarrantable and danger- 
 ous interference with the internal concerns of other States, and ought 
 to be discouraged." " That the establishment in New Haven of such a 
 college is incompatible with the prosperity, if not the existence, of the 
 present institutions of learning and will be destructive of the best in- 
 terests of the city." 
 
 In some places in the Northern States mobs tore down school build- 
 ings erected for the education of free colored children, and compelled 
 the teachers to flee for their lives. 
 
 Statesmen defended slavery on constitutional grounds in the Senate, 
 and learned divines defended it on Bible grounds in the church. The 
 honored president of Dartmouth College, whose name and memory I 
 hold in highest reverence, while I was a student in that institution, 
 affirmed, with strong emphasis, that prophecy and history, the will of 
 God and the interests of humanity, united in declaring that bondage 
 was the natural and proper condition of the African race. 
 
 Since those days, slavery, though protected by constitutions and laws, 
 by compromises and resolutions, has been swept away by a terrible 
 deluge of human blood. The hot flames of Civil War have burned 
 away the barriers which barred the progress of the colored race and 
 closed against them the schoolhouse and the college. The logic of 
 events and the mighty workings of an over-ruling Providence have con- 
 verted both statesmen and divines to a new gospel of universal freedom. 
 It is no longer considered dangerous to teach negro children to read and 
 write. The good citizens of New Haven do not tremble lest the estab- 
 lishment of colleges for colored young men and women will shake the 
 solid foundations of Yale university. The various religious denomina- 
 tions emulate each other in contributions of men and means for opening 
 and supporting institutions of learning for the emancipated slaves and 
 their children. The South is not much behind the North in this benefi- 
 cent and Christian work. A recent document states that since 1862 there 
 have been expended the following sums for the education of the colored 
 people of the South : 
 
 By the American Missionary Association, $10,000,000 
 Methodists, 2,250,000 
 
 Baptists, 2,000,000 
 
 Presbyterians, 1,600,000 
 
 Others, 1,009,000 
 
 Making a total of $16,850,000
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 555 
 
 The Southern States have expended since 1868 for common and normal 
 schools for the colored race, 137,000,000. 
 
 Will anyone venture to assert that the former days of slavery and 
 oppression were better than these latter days of freedom and education ? 
 
 There are serious problems yet unsolved touching the emancipated 
 race. But in view of what has already been accomplished, we may face 
 the perplexities and dangers of the future without overmuch apprehen- 
 sion or fear. 
 
 Time forbids an extension of th,ese comparisons. But it could easily 
 be shown that real and healthful advance has been made in general edu- 
 cation and in many departments of moral reform. Genuine progress 
 has been made in the temperance work, and in moral and legal efforts 
 for the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. " Evil men 
 and seducers may have waxed worse and worse," but public sentiment in 
 most of our communities and in the nation at large, in spite of many 
 drawbacks, has steadily improved. 
 
 And whatever provisions may be put in or left out of the constitution 
 of a State, whatever laws may be enacted or repealed, this remains true 
 always and everywhere : that all permanent progress, either in political 
 or moral reform, must have its basis and support in an intelligent public 
 sentiment. What the majority of the people demand in respect to 
 temperance, or civil service reform, or emigration, or the public lands, 
 they will ultimately get. Vexatious delays may be met, but the final 
 result is sure. The waiting may be long and tiresome, but patient and 
 persevering effort finally has its reward. Right and truth will conquer 
 in the end. 
 
 How can one who believes there is a just, righteous, all-wise and 
 almighty Ruler of all things doubt the ultimate triumph of justice and 
 righteousness ? This triumph will be secured, not by irresistible mani- 
 festations of supernatural power, but by the working together of all 
 principles, forces, and agencies, human and divine, which have for their 
 end the production and spread of justice and righteousness in the world. 
 Among the agencies which have been mighty in the past, and are still 
 mighty in every good work for the elevation and redemption of humanity 
 are the principles and characters of the fathers and mothers who planted 
 the rural towns of New England, and whose mortal remains sleep be- 
 neath the soil which they loved. They were not perfect men and women. 
 We do not honor them most by claiming for them that ideal perfecti* 
 which they never thought of claiming for themselves. They were merely 
 human. But, taken all in all, the world has not yet seen a nobler, ai 
 truer, and grander generation. 
 
 It is possible that the towns and states which they founded may pas 
 under the control of men of a different race and of another faith, but 
 their principles and deeds have not perished, and will not perish, 
 seeds of truth which they planted have sprung up and are bearing n 
 fruits in fertile fields which their eyes never saw. The empire whicl 
 its beginning here among these rocky hills and in the shadows of 
 rough mountains has transferred the seat and center of its power to th 
 broader plains and richer soil of the West. New England lives m to 
 and Michigan, and Iowa, and other of the newer 'states. Her s
 
 556 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 daughters do not cease to remember the mother who nourished their in- 
 fancy, though her features are rugged and her face is wrinkled with many 
 a deep-plowed furrow. As we re-visit the scenes of childhood we do not 
 hesitate to repeat the words of Scott 
 
 " Breathes there a man with soul so dead, 
 
 Who never to himself hath said, 
 This is my own, my native land ; 
 
 Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned 
 As home his footsteps he hath turned, 
 From wandering on a foreign strand ? " 
 
 We enter into the feeings of Bryant when he wrote 
 
 " Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild 
 
 Mingled in harmony on Nature's face, 
 Ascend our rocky mountains. I/et thy foot 
 Fail not with weariness, for on their tops 
 The beauty and the majesty of earth 
 
 Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget 
 The steep and toilsome way. There as thou stand'st, 
 
 The haunts of men below thee, and around 
 The mountain's summits, thy expanding heart 
 
 Shall feel a kindred with that loftier world 
 To which thou art translated, and partake 
 
 The enlargement of thy vision." 
 
 As I close, permit me to record once more the oath of allegiance and 
 fidelity to the State and the town of my birth. The remains of four 
 generations of my ancestors sleep beneath this soil, and render it 
 " hallowed ground." These rough fields, these narrow valleys, these 
 winding highways, these rocky hills, these rugged mountains have 
 charms for my eye and my heart which no other lands possess. I love 
 the rich and beautiful State of my adoption, with her broad and fertile 
 fields, with her magnificent forests, with her exhaustless mines, with her 
 grand lakes, and her intelligent and enterprising population : but " if I 
 forget thee, Jerusalem of my birth and boyhood, let my right hand for- 
 get her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to 
 the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not the Jerusalem of New Kngland 
 above my chief joy." 
 
 The President. A fine display of fireworks, consisting of 
 rockets, Roman candles, and mines, to close with a set piece pre- 
 pared for the day, has been provided by the Boutwell family. 
 This will be exhibited on the common by a professional from 
 Boston as early in the evening as it is possible to do so. All are 
 cordially invited to attend. 
 
 This concludes the speaking by those who have prepared ad- 
 dresses for this occasion from manuscript. I now have the 
 pleasure of introducing to you Jacob A. Woodward, who will 
 take charge of the further proceedings in my place. 
 
 Mr. Woodward. Ladies and gentlemen : Before proceeding
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 557 
 
 to the task which has been assigned to me, you will please par- 
 don one brief thought. While we have met here together to 
 renew old acquaintances and to form new acquaintances, and to 
 revive the happy memories of young manhood and young 
 womanhood, this thought conies to me : that we should this day 
 give some meed of honor to the gray-haired men and women 
 who have been true to old I/yndeborough and have remained 
 here, and who make this celebration to-day possible. While 
 we reverence and honor the names of those who founded this 
 town, I still submit that it is those who live here to-day and are 
 to remain here who make the town what it is and what it is to 
 be. And I call upon all residents of the town, to-day, upon this 
 one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its settlement, to pledge 
 ourselves anew, that whatever is tried that is new and that is 
 practical, we will adopt it in our industry ; that whatever is new 
 and best, we will have it in our schools and upon our roads ; 
 that we will give a liberal support to all of our institutions ; and 
 that Lyndeborough shall have the reputation, and deserve it, of 
 being a live, go-ahead place, abreast of the times. Communism 
 and anarchy do not flourish in the homes under the shadows of 
 these hills. 
 
 In giving the first sentiment that is to be responded to, I 
 would say, by way of introduction, that whenever you mention 
 the military record of I/yndeborough, every true son of I/ynde- 
 borough stands up a little straighter and says, ' ' You can scruti- 
 nize that record as much as you please!" The sentiment is, 
 "Our Military Men." 
 
 From Bunker Hill to Appomattox, from '76 to '61, when duty called, 
 the men of Lyndeborough responded where 
 
 "... Bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 
 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade. 
 
 And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, 
 The diapason of the cannonade." 
 
 Our military record, second to none. 
 
 About a year before the civil war opened, up here in District 
 No. 2, a district which has the reputation of sending out lots of 
 live, smart and mischievous men, a young man went out into 
 the world to try his skill in its warfare. When duty called he 
 responded, and has made for himself a name and fame, 
 needs no introduction from me to many of you. Ladies 
 gentlemen, I have the pleasure of introducing to you Surgeon- 
 General Holt of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 
 558 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Gen. Holt. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow- townsmen : 
 Before commencing the few sentences that I am to utter, I wish to say a 
 word of explanation or apology. I had supposed up to yesterday morn- 
 ing that it would not be possible for me to be present at this celebration, 
 although no amount of inconvenience or expense to myself would have 
 kept me away. I supposed that I should be employed in a Government 
 office which I am unfortunate enough to hold, that would, perhaps, call 
 fifteen or twenty veteran soldiers from their homes all over Massachu- 
 setts, and I felt that I had no right to put them to that inconvenience. 
 But, happily, we were able to arrange the matter yesterday, and so I am 
 here. But 1^ have been able to give but very little thought to the sen- 
 timent that your toastmaster has asked me to respond to. 
 
 One hundred and fifty years ago this fall, our sturdy ancestors came 
 into the wilderness that clothed these grand old hills, and carved out for 
 themselves and their children, homes. And among their first thoughts 
 was that of caring for their own protection. Although the savage Indian 
 had been driven from all the southern part of New England, still lie was 
 jealous of the approaching civilization, and sought every opportunity to 
 get revenge ; and so the settlers of the extreme frontier were never with- 
 out danger of attacks from them, and the settlers here, as tradition says, 
 like those elsewhere, built for their protection a block house. It is not 
 probable that they had any military organization at that early day, 
 although it is more than probable that there was some leader to whom 
 they looked up in times of danger. And if they did not have a man 
 worthy of that high place, they certainly had a leader in the woman that 
 the speaker mentioned this morning, who called the roll of her children 
 when the Indian was crawling about her home. It is probable that they 
 had more or less alarms, when they fled to this block house for protec- 
 tion, but time has proved that such alarms were causeless ; and in a few 
 years the fast advancing settlement, of the surrounding country freed 
 them from the danger of Indians. It is more than probable that some of 
 the restive spirits joined in some of the contests against the Indians and 
 French that took place between 1739 and 1775, but there was no organi- 
 zation for such a purpose. 
 
 The great war for Independence, like all great wars, and particularly 
 like all great civil wars, came unheralded, and, up to the igth of April, 
 1775, there was little or no thought of a contest of arms, although the 
 colonies had been outspoken in their opposition to the wrong and injus- 
 tice that had been heaped upon them, and revolts and riots had occurred 
 in two or three instances. It is said that one of the officers of L,ouis 
 XVI. carried to his master the news of a riot in the streets of Paris just 
 before the French Revolution, when the starving people were crying for 
 bread. The monarch listened impatiently to the recital and said, " It is 
 nothing but a riot ; the troops can dispel them." But the officer, more 
 observing than his master, knowing better the temper of the people, an- 
 swered, " No, sire, it is not a riot, but a revolution." So, when the mid- 
 night courier fled like a phantom through the streets of Cambridge and 
 on, calling to arms, on the morning of the igth of April, 1775, it was not 
 a riot or a revolt, but it was a revolution. The people in the colonies 
 had borne until it had ceased to be a virtue, and they were obliged to re-
 
 559 
 
 sort to arms to obtain right and justice. We all know that the battle of 
 Lexington and Concord was fought by a few companies that had been 
 aroused by the ride of Paul Revere, in the immediate vicinity of Boston, 
 for there was no time to collect troops from anywhere else. But the 
 spirit of revolt was not confined within narrow limits. The spirit of lib- 
 erty that aroused the men of Concord and Lexington to do deeds that 
 will live in song and story so long as American history lives, had perme- 
 ated and ramified to the remotest points of the settlements in the colo- 
 nies ; and nowhere in all the towns of the colonies was there a quicker 
 response to that call ; nowhere was there a town that answered sooner 
 than this grand old town of Lyndeborough, when the call came. For, 
 uoLwith standing it was in the busiest season of the year, when work must 
 be done if they were to reap a harvest in the coming fall, in less than 
 eight weeks from the igth of April, from the battle of Concord and Lex- 
 ington, nineteen of the gallant sons of Lyndeborough stood on the battle 
 line with Stark before Bunker Hill. 
 
 And all through the Revolutionary war this town furnished more than 
 a hundred men for that contest. Some of them heard the brave and gal- 
 lant words of Stark at Bennington. Some of them saw Burgoyne, shorn 
 of his pomp and glory, lay down his arms in defeat before a ragged line 
 of Americans at Saratoga. Some of them, barefooted, footsore, ragged 
 and hungry, followed Washington through the icy waters of the Dela- 
 ware. Some of them heard the roar of cannon at Monmouth, and some 
 of them followed the fortunes of that gallant army through to the end, 
 and saw the final triumph of American liberty at Yorktown. 
 
 Grand old revolutionary heroes ! Some of us remember the tottering 
 form of one as he came into the church Sunday after Sunday to occupy 
 his usual' seat. Grand and heroic their deeds were, and we remember 
 with gratitude and pride the work they did, to-day ; and well we may, for 
 in all the history of the world there is no grander page than that written 
 out by the bayonets of the Revolutionary heroes in their struggle for lib- 
 erty ; and the town of Lyndeborough furnished more than its share of 
 men for that service. 
 
 There seems to be no record of the men that served in the war of 1812 
 from this town. And it is not probable that a great many of them en- 
 tered that service, as it was a short war compared with the others, and 
 its contests were mostly far beyond the Hudson, except one or two naval 
 battles. The town, I believe, did send a company to do garrison duty at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
 The great civil war of 1861, like the revolution, came unexpectedly. 
 Although political contests had been fierce and political animosities and 
 angers were strong, yet there was no thought on the part of the North of 
 settling the great questions brought about by African slavery by acontes 
 of arms, until the firing upon Fort Sumter. Then all political anira 
 ties ceased and were hushed. Then disappeared party lines. Then 
 was union or dis-union the North against the South: loyalty again! 
 disloyalty. Then the men of Maine, the men of New Hampshire, tl 
 men of Massachusetts, at a moment's warning, with only a single hour 
 notice, seized their arms, rushed to the rescue and saved the E 
 capital. And among the very first to respond to that call were 
 who first saw the light of day upon these hills.
 
 560 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 And the first of all New Hampshire's sons to lay down his life on the 
 field of battle in that great contest was a hoy who enlisted from this 
 town, a handsome, black-eyed boy, full of life and happiness, who was 
 born and raised on yonder farm, was killed almost at the first fire in the 
 first battle of Bull Run. During that great contest this town furnished 
 for actual service in the army over eighty of its citizens. I refer to those 
 who saw actual, active service. This, of course, is exclusive of the ser- 
 vice of the artillery company, of which I shall say a word later. And 
 to-day, beneath the Southern skies, all along the line from the Potomac 
 to the Mississippi, they are sleeping their final sleep. For the life of one 
 went out amidst the whistling shot and screeching shell at Gettysburg ; 
 another fell beneath the burning sun of Louisiana, in front of the breast- 
 works of Port Hudson ; another passed away amidst disease and suffering 
 and death in the hospital at New Orleans ; another at Gettysburg, and so 
 on. They were in all the great battles of the war. I think you cannot 
 find a single one, where, in the ranks of the Union army, there was not 
 a Lyndeborough boy. And at the final surrender at Appomatox over a 
 score of Ivyndeborough's sons were still in the service, many of whom 
 had won commissions. 
 
 I intended to say only a very few words here, but the response to the 
 sentiment your toast-master presented me would be very incomplete 
 without a word in relation to the artillery company and the militia. This 
 town has furnished to the militia, in days past, two infantry companies 
 that are long since extinct, and an artillery company, the glory and re- 
 nown of this old town, so far as its military record is concerned, now 
 over eighty of age, but not decrepit and broken ; having still the strength 
 and vigor of its manhood. I suppose the two principal objects of keep- 
 ing up a militia force are, first, to have a force that we can call upon at 
 any time, in an emergency ; second, to keep alive in men the military 
 spirit. That this old company has well fulfilled these two objects we all 
 can testify, for it responded with alacrity and with full ranks to the call 
 that took it to Portsmouth for garrison duty during the war. And, dur- 
 ing all its life, there is scarcely a son of Lyndeborough that has not at 
 some time been enrolled in its ranks. It has an honorable record, and 
 we are glad to speak of it in terms of praise to-day. We can only hope 
 that interest in it will be kept up, and that its drill and discipline will be 
 continued, so that, fifty years from now, when the two hundredth anni- 
 versary comes, it can show as grand and noble a record as it does to-day. 
 
 A word more in relation to the military service of the town and I am 
 done. We sometimes hear soldiers say that they won the war, but they 
 did not. The men that stayed at home and raised provisions and made 
 munitions of war and made money helped to win the war as much as the 
 soldiers, and without their support, we that stood the brunt of battle 
 could not have carried on the contest a single month. But, with all the 
 men working to carry on the war successfully, I do not believe they 
 could have done it without something else. No, veteran soldiers, we 
 could not have waged successful war without the sympathies, the tears 
 and the prayers of the women. We sometimes talk of the sufferings of the 
 soldier, but what were they compared with those of the women, whose 
 anxiety never ceased ?
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 561 
 
 There sat on this platform this morning a grand and noble mother, 
 who, at one time, had three sons in the army of the Potomac. What was 
 her suffering, as she watched with fear and trembling every minute for the 
 sound of footfalls that brought news, with an anxiety that never could pos- 
 sibly cease until the living ones returned. The women of this town and 
 of this country, the women of the war, were as grand and noble as the 
 Spartan mother of old, and gave to the country their sons, with God's 
 blessing. Yes, veteran soldiers, the greatest heroism of war is that of 
 the women, after all, for they are the greatest sufferers. 
 
 The military record of Lyndeborough surely is one of which we have a 
 right to be proud, and we can only hope for the future that it will be as 
 grand, that her sons will be as brave and patriotic as those have been who 
 have gone before. 
 
 The choir then sang " The Star Spangled Banner." 
 Mr. Woodward. In all the joys and sorrows of our town the 
 minister has filled a very large place. And I therefore propose 
 this sentiment to the clergy : 
 
 We know how well the fathers taught, 
 
 What work the later schools have wrought. 
 We reverence old time faith and men, 
 
 But faith is slow. 
 
 Is it too little or too much we know ? 
 
 I have the pleasure of calling upon Rev. Mr. Childs, pastor of 
 the church at the centre of the town, to respond to that senti- 
 ment. 
 
 Mr. Childs made a suitable response. 
 
 Mr. Woodward. The next sentiment is " Our Medical Men." 
 The confidential friends of the family, their cheerful presence 
 robs sickness of half its pain. 
 
 Beginning by helping us in 
 
 To this world of trouble and doubt, 
 He at last atones for that sin ' 
 
 By genially helping us out. 
 
 A number of years ago we had a graduate from District No. 
 8 who has gone out from us and has acquired very considerabl 
 eminence in his profession. It gives me much pleasure to pr< 
 sent to you one of the sons of Lyndeborough, Dr. H. E. Spalc 
 ing of Hingham, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Spalding. Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends of my Boyhood : Whc 
 I came here I little expected to do other than shake hands, 
 expect that my voice would be called for here to-day. Hence if 
 thoughts that I have collected together among these varied scenes h, 
 are brought before my mind by this gathering are somewha ra b tag, 
 you must forgive me, and believe that it is something like the mod 
 sermon. You have the text given you, and let the brother go on 
 what he will, whether it applies or hot.
 
 562 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 The first thought that comes to my mind is, why should they ask, in 
 Lyndeborough, about the medical profession ? You have no doctors 
 here, you need no doctors here. Why, then do you bring one of the 
 medical profession before you ? These years ago you outgrew doctors. 
 Well, I suppose when you had got this canvas tent spread above you, you 
 thought it was a sort of menagerie, and you wanted to see a curiosity ; 
 you wanted to see how the creatures look nowadays, so your chairman 
 said, " Let us bring up a doctor to look at." So I am brought here for a 
 show more than for what I am to say. Lyndeborough has had doctors. 
 I accidentally learned to-day that old Dr. Jones, about 125 years ago, took 
 to himself a wife ; and then did not exactly take to the woods, but did take 
 to the fastnesses of the mountains up here in Lyndeborough, having his 
 household goods put on an ox-cart, he and his bride going in a one- 
 horse "shay," the second that had ever been into these town limits; and 
 thus they drove to Lyndeborough. He put out his shingle, but what an 
 ominous sign it was, that the driver of that ox-cart, in bringing his goods 
 here, choked himself to death before he got here, showing that there 
 must be some reason why doctors should not come to Lyndeborough. 
 
 Dr. Jones remained here many years. He lived here, built him a home 
 here, and to-day you will see his portrait hanging on the outer wall of the 
 home which he built. He and his son and his grandson, I think, or his 
 great-grandson, the late Wm. A. Jones, supplied the place of physician to 
 this town nearly all the time during these 125 years. And well they sup- 
 plied it. The other man who was so familiar to us in our childhood, who 
 was so familiar and so dear to our mothers and our fathers, was Dr. Her- 
 rick. I need say nothing to you of him. You remember his genial face. 
 You remember his kindly way. We all respected him. We all loved 
 him. But the historian has told you that many have gone out from 
 Lyndeborough and worked in other fields in the medical profession. I was 
 surprised to know that there were so many who had been at work in my 
 profession, from this town. 
 
 Foremost, though, above all, not only of the sons of this town, but I 
 would almost say foremost among the foremost in the medical science of 
 this country, one whose name stands among the uppermost on the Temple 
 of Fame in the medical science, is the name of Willard Parker. Not 
 only wherever the English language is known, but wherever scientific 
 medicine and surgery are called upon to alleviate suffering humanity is 
 known the name of Willard Parker. Many, to-day, are working and do- 
 ing good works, and it may be said of them, " their works do follow 
 them," if, by chance, they do not go before. 
 
 But I have said that other thoughts come into my mind to-day, and I 
 really dislike to talk "shop." I do not know, perhaps, as much about 
 the medical profession as those who suffer, or are alleviated by it, do. I 
 could, perhaps, tell you more about the lawyers than the lawyers could 
 tell about themselves. I could, perhaps, tell you more about the clergy 
 than they could tell you about themselves ; and some of you could tell me, 
 perhaps, more about the'doctors than I could tell you about them myself. 
 I said that I came here expecting to shake hands. So I did. I expected 
 to meet the boys and girls. I have met the boys and girls, but not the 
 boys and girls. I have clasped the hand of sturdy manhood and the
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 563 
 
 hand of cordial womanhood. The sparsely covered crown, the silver 
 locks are here ; and about the same bright eye I read the marks of Time's 
 fingers. And I wonder, as I look at them, if it can be a reflection of 
 something in myself. It can hardly be, for I feel like a boy to-day. Old 
 memories flock around. On this very spot one of my earliest recollec- 
 lections comes up. One of the earliest experiences in my life outside of 
 my own home, was, I should presume, on this very spot. 
 
 One Fourth of July somebody says some forty years ago it cannot 
 be as long ago, for I am but a boy myself, and I remember it ; but, how- 
 ever, it was long enough ago so that our fathers and our mothers deter- 
 mined to have a Fourth of July picnic. Our fathers, instead of getting a 
 tent, went into the woods, gathered trees and stuck them in the ground 
 and made an artificial grove, among which they set the tables. And I 
 remember how we passed the hours here. But what impresses itself 
 most clearly upon my mind is the fact that I got lost that day. And this 
 common, what an immense country it was to me ! How astonished I was, 
 and how frightened ! There was no crier sent out for me. I am sure I 
 filled that capacity to the fullest extent of the demands of the occasion. 
 
 These scenes come up before my mind rapidly, one after another. It 
 was my good fortune a few months ago to stand in Munich and there 
 view one of those remarkable processions that are brought out to cele- 
 brate the death of nobility. The sound of the trumpet, the flash of the 
 pine torch, for it was in the night, the dirge, the bier, all said the 
 king was dead. Yet, when the procession had about passed, there came, 
 suddenly, a presence in the air of something : a sound, no, not a 
 sound, a tremor filled the air. Above, below, around, from the very 
 depths of the ground it came. It entered the very soul and shook the 
 very citadel of life with emotion. It told better than anything else 
 could, the sorrow of the nation. Oh, the throb of pain and sorrow in 
 those tremulous sounds ! I shall never forget it. Something akin to 
 that comes to me to-day as I see these old faces, as I think of the grass- 
 grown walks, the doors that used to open in cordial hospitality, that now 
 hang half torn from their hinges, the sashless windows, the emberless 
 hearths ; the rooms vacant, except as the bat flies through from one to 
 another, or the frightened squirrel escapes. In the garden that stood by, 
 like half-awakened memories, the tulip and the daffodil, the hollyhock 
 and the cinnamon rose still struggle into bloom. 
 
 And then I recall the schoolhouse with its deeply carved desks ; I re- 
 member that eventful examination day. Oh, how we crammed and 
 primed for it ! How we looked anxiously and watched to see when the 
 old clergyman, Mr. Claggett, should come across the field and through the 
 door. Then we all stood up, in reverence to the man we all loved so well, 
 the man who could take each one of us by the hand, and was not satisfied 
 with giving us our first name, but gave us our middle names and our last 
 names. He knew us all. Then, as the neighbors gathered, one after 
 another, how we struggled to acquit ourselves well. And how we went 
 out on to the rostrum of the schoolhouse and stood there with trembling 
 feet and said, 
 
 "You'd scarce expect one of my age," 
 
 or with more zeal and animation, we declared for " Independence now, 
 and Independence forever ! "
 
 564 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Those things, I say, come before me in rapid array, and I sorrow as I 
 think of the deserted homes, as I notice the spots, like pock marks on 
 the surface, where once stood the houses that meant homes. Yet, as 
 the crier goes out, and, in oae and the same voice declares, "The king is 
 dead. Long live the king," so I say that there is hope yet for old Lynde- 
 borough. It is not all sorrow nor all mourning. There are homes here 
 yet. There is spirit here yet among the old men and among the middle- 
 aged men that can make I/yndeborough still bloom and blossom. Her 
 people must, perhaps, change their methods of life, their methods of 
 farming, and introduce possibly some other industries ; but I/yndebor- 
 ough must live. But, above all, I know that these eternal hills are here, 
 and that they shall stand. What makes I/yndeborough dear and beauti- 
 ful to us all will remain, though we shall pass away. Oh, ye rocks and 
 rills, ye hills and vales, ye mountains and ravines, though wander thy 
 children, live ye still. Do they make their sojourn in the tropic south, 
 where perpetual summer reigns, they refresh their hearts with memories 
 of thee, with thy sleeping verdure wrapped in winter's snowy blanket. 
 Though they dwell in the prairies of the West, the eye wearied with the 
 broad expanse of the horizon's long, unbroken line, they long to behold 
 once more thy* varied landscape and to see thy mountain tops, as, blush- 
 ing with the first influence of morning's radiant hues, they proclaim the 
 coming of the king of day to the vales below. Do they tread the narrow 
 path of want, or eat of hunger's bitter bread, they recall the old home in 
 thy midst where an all sufficient abundance ever prevailed. Do they ride 
 the steed of affluence or dwell in palaces of wealth, they remember the 
 comforts, the careless comforts of their country home, and say, " There 
 indeed, was a rich mine of real, peaceful comfort that I cannot now find.'' 
 Yes, wherever they are, in whatever situation, in whatever vocation, doc- 
 tor, lawyer or divine, workers with the brain or hand, thy children love 
 thee still ; living, love thee ; and dying, pray that thy murmuring brooks 
 and thy whispering pines may sing their requiem and may speak their 
 praise. 
 
 Mr. Woodward : The next sentiment is a toast to " Good Old 
 L,yndeborough." Success to her industry. Prosperity attend 
 her years. Her doors are ever open to welcome home her wan- 
 dering children. 
 
 I will call upon one of her wandering children to speak to this 
 sentiment. I used to be very intimately acquainted with him 
 years ago. He is a graduate of old District No. 8, over the 
 mountains, and was one of the sons of L,yndeborough repre- 
 sented in that historic march through Baltimore on the igth 
 of April, 1861. Indies and gentlemen, Henry M. Woodward, 
 of Medford, Mass. 
 
 Mr. H. M. Woodward. Citizens of Lyndeborough, Old Lyndeborough : 
 Old it is, indeed, as we mark the years, as the storms beat upon yonder 
 hills. Old indeed it is as we mark the forest which the streams have 
 made in yonder valleys. Old indeed it is as we read upon the tomb- 
 stones in yonder yard the ages of those that have been laid there during
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 565 
 
 the years that are past. But every morning's sun, as it climbs up these 
 hills, makes Lyndeborough as new as it was in the past, when our boy- 
 hood feet trod these hills. L,yndeborough her industries : I have been 
 astonished at the industries of I/yndeborough. We have industry piled 
 up, industry pressed down, industry shaken together. And the industry 
 here is so elevating already elevated, I should say. In the morning, 
 you industriously climb up and spend an industrious day upon these 
 hills, and when you have industriously filled the hours of the day, you 
 industriously slide down the same hills to your homes and industriously 
 fill up the remainder of the day with the chores about the farm and barn. 
 This is industrious industry, piled up, heaped up. And what is the re- 
 ward of this industry ? I got a clew of the reward of the industry from 
 the remarks which the doctor made ; and that is this, that they do not 
 need any doctors in Lyndeborough. 
 
 It is very difficult for one unaccustomed to public speaking to know 
 what to say next. I am reminded of an incident that occurred in my war 
 experience, and with that I will close my remarks. I know the old sol- 
 diers here will appreciate it. In the early part of the war, in our nine 
 months' service, we had a motley collection in our company, and very 
 many of them knew nothing of military duties or tactics. We had a man 
 by the name of John Whalen. The first night after we arrived in Virginia, 
 John Whalen was detailed as camp guard. The old soldiers will know 
 what "grand rounds" means. And I, being officer of the guard, it was 
 my duty to instruct the guard in the duties of the grand rounds. For the 
 information of those who do not exactly know what it means, I will say 
 that, in the night, the officer of the day goes around and inspects each 
 guard about the camp, and they have a certain formula which is required 
 of the guard during that performance. He goes about to see that every 
 man is awake and at his post and doing his duty. I instructed John in 
 the duties of grand rounds. I told him what he was to do. I drilled him 
 in the formula. " Now, John," said I, "when the officer of the guard 
 approaches, you must say "Halt!" and "Who goes there?" And of 
 course, the officer will say "Grand rounds." You will say, "Advance, 
 grand rounds, and give the countersign." I instructed him in all the 
 minutiae of that, and I got John so thoroughly indoctrinated with grand 
 rounds that he could go through with it beautifully. When the time ap- 
 proached, the officer of the day came to me and we went the grand 
 rounds. We found all the guards at their posts as usual. We came to 
 John's post, and John was marching up and down his post, with his 
 " shoulder arms," as brave as any man could be; and when he saw me 
 coming, he came to a halt, and waited until I could have struck him with 
 my fist, he allowed me to come so near him. 
 
 Now it is against the rules of the army for a guard to let anyone come 
 within reach of his bayonet. John allowed me to come up very near. 
 And after awhile he says, "Halt!" Of course, I had halted before. 
 Then I waited a few minutes for the rest of it. And John sang out after 
 a while, " Who goes there ?" I replied, " Grand rounds." Then there 
 was another long silence, and I waited and waited. Finally, John said, 
 " Phwat will I say next ? " With this remark, " Phwat will I say 
 next ? " I close the few remarks I have to make.
 
 566 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Mr. Woodward. Indies and Gentlemen : The next senti- 
 ment is to the absent sons of Lyndeborough ; to the sons of 
 L/yndeborough who have been pioneers and conservators of 
 other civilizations ; those present we welcome to their native hills 
 on this festal day ; to those absent we send our kindest benedic- 
 tions. I have the pleasure of introducing to you William H. 
 Grant, Esq., of St. Paul, Minnesota. 
 
 Mr. Grant, before proceeding, read certain letters which had 
 been received from some of the sons of L/yndeborough who were 
 not present. After reading a letter from Rev. Wm. T. Bout- 
 well, of Stillwater, Minn., Mr. Grant spoke as follows : 
 
 Now, fellow-townsmen, I remember, in my boyhood, to have read, 
 as some of you have read, that, under certain circumstances, the 
 last shall sometimes be first, and the first last. The last letter which 
 I read to you was that from Mr. Boutwell. I will speak of him as one 
 of the absent sons of Lyndeborough first, because he builded better than 
 he knew. When your mothers and my mother were making bed blankets 
 and bed quilts and sending them, with their benedictions into the far 
 Northwest forty years ago, they did not know what they were doing. 
 Mr. Boutwell said to me last Tuesday afternoon, when I went to see him 
 for the very purpose of seeing him before I should meet you to-day, that 
 the people of Lyndeborough and his New England friends, in 1831, told 
 him that if he went into that Northwestern country, if he did not freeze 
 to death, he would be scalped by the Indians. We all remember very 
 well how solicitous we all were for his welfare. I need not tell you that 
 his mission, like the other missions to the Indians in the past, has very 
 largely been a failure. He admits it himself. But man proposes and 
 God disposes. The result of I/yndeborough 's sending that man into the 
 Northwest was the bringing of the attention of the American people to 
 that country. " Why," he says, " in 1832, when I landed upon the shore 
 of Cass Lake, near the source of the Mississippi, I found as fine a field of 
 corn as was ever raised in old Lyndeborough. I did not feel any afraid 
 of freezing to death after that." 
 
 It is to missionaries, to men like Mr. Boutwell, that America owes the 
 building up and redeeming from barbarism of that noble country, of that 
 great belt, not of western land, nor western states which we used to talk 
 about, but that great central belt composed of Wisconsin, of Michigan, 
 of Minnesota, of Iowa, of Illinois, of Missouri, and so down to the Gulf 
 of Mexico. Within the limits of which I speak, and the new States, to 
 be, the two Dakotas, when they are added, there will be, in that coun- 
 try to which Mr. Boutwell went in 1831, twelve millions of free, inde- 
 pendent, enlightened and happy people. It is owing to the services of 
 such men as Mr. Boutwell that the Pillsburys are feeding you to-day. 
 You have been eating flour ground at the Falls of St. Anthony, which 
 seemed to be a Utopian country in the days when Mr. Boutwell first 
 visited it. 
 
 Another suggestion, another distinction for a son of Lyndeborough : 
 Mr. Boutwell gave the name of Itasca to the source of the Mississippi
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 567 
 
 River ; so that, so long as that great river shall flow to the gulf, so long 
 as the human mind can remember or can see or can know of what there 
 is to-day in the land, just so long will that name be preserved ; and it 
 is to old L,yndeborough, to this hill here just below us, that we owe that 
 name a peculiar name. He told me the story of how it came about 
 some years ago. It was this : He accompanied the Schoolcraft expedi- 
 tion in 1832. They came to that lake. It was the source of the river, 
 and the question was what they should call it. They talked of Indian 
 names. Finally Mr. Schoolcraft turned to Mr. Boutwell and said, " Mr. 
 Boutwell, I am not a classical scholar. Can't you remember some Greek 
 or some Latin name, something that will be expressive of the idea that 
 this is the head of the river?" Mr. Boutwell took a piece of birch bark, 
 as they sat there on the bank of the lake, and wrote " veritas caput," and 
 handed it to Mr. Schoolcraft. He says, " It is too long." Mr. Boutwell 
 jocularly replied, " Well, we had better cut in two." So he took off the 
 v e r of the first word and the last syllable of the second word and he had 
 the word " Itasca," and they adopted it as the name of the lake. So it is 
 to a son of I/yndeborough that the world is indebted for the name of the 
 lake at the head of the great Mississippi.* 
 
 There is another name that I desire to call your attention to. While 
 he was not a son of I/yndeborough, he was a son of one of Ivyndebor- 
 ough's sons. He was a grand-son, as I said before, of the man who 
 led the men of Lyndeborough at Bunker Hill. I think we have the 
 right to call him a son of L,yndeborough. I refer to the Hon. E. G. 
 Spaulding of Buffalo. You have heard what the military did during the 
 war of the rebellion ; and how proud we have been of our military rec- 
 ord. But there is a peaceful record in the case of Mr. Spaulding, which, 
 to my mind, vastly outweighs, in its importance, the achievements of 
 the military. Without it, the military could never have succeeded. His- 
 tory shows us that Mr. Spaulding, as chairman of the committee on 
 finance in the congress of the United States, in the early days of the war, 
 introduced what is known as the " Greenback Bill," for the issuing of 
 treasury notes. And I understand that in Buffalo his neighbors fre- 
 quently speak of him as " Greenback Spaulding." Another thing he 
 did : He formulated, introduced and advocated the present National Bank 
 bill, by which our national currency was established. And it was so per- 
 fect when it came from his experienced hand that there have been but very 
 few amendments of it since. Men live in their sons and in their daugh- 
 ters, and I say again, it is to these old hills, it is to those struggling an- 
 cestors of ours who subdued these mighty forests, that we are indebted 
 for these great measures. 
 
 Other sons of I/yndeborough have gone forth into every department of 
 life; into my own profession, perhaps, less than into any other of the 
 
 *The following is taken from a paper on the source of the Mississippi, by H. M. 
 Kingery, in The Popular Science Monthly for August, 1904 : " The present name 11 
 said to have been the joint production of Schoolcraft and the Rev. Dr. Boutwell, who 
 were the first white men to seek the lake as the Mississippi's source. Desiring to ha 
 it at first sight with an appropriate title, Schoolcraft asked his companion for the Greek 
 or Latin words meaning the true source of a river. Though somewhat rusty in t 
 classics, the reverend explorer finally recalled the two Latin words, veritas caput 
 truth head. These were written down, the first and last syllables crossed out, an 
 presto ! the name Itaska."
 
 568 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 learned professions ; but everywhere you find them. They have 
 been bank presidents and bank directors. They have constructed 
 railroads. They have been railroad directors and railroad presidents 
 and managers. They have been mayors of cities. They have been 
 the pioneers and founders of towns. Every industry, every advance of 
 civilization has found some son of I/yndeborough lifting at the wheel. 
 
 But, ladies and gentlemen, the hours are passing rapidly. I simply de- 
 sired to see you. I desired to be present and shake again your kindly 
 hands. It is now more than thirty years, nearly thirty-five, since I lost 
 my citizenship in I/yndeborough. I have always looked back on the 
 home of my birth as a place I love to contemplate. I remember you all. 
 I remember the old men and the young, and always with the kindest of 
 feelings and recollections. These scenes about us, as I said before, are 
 what have made the sons of Lyndeborough what they are. Man, like 
 any other animal, is made largely by his environment ; and it is because 
 our ancestors had to struggle, it is because our fathers and mothers had 
 to work with their hands and their heads, that we have given so many 
 illustrations of distinguished ability in the various departments of human 
 life. 
 
 I expect to leave you. I may never, or I may, return. These scenes, 
 to me, are set in strong remembrance. As Burns said, 
 
 "Oh, scenes in strong remembrance set ! 
 
 Scenes never, never to return ! 
 Scenes, if in stupor I forget, 
 Again I feel, again I burn." 
 
 Good-bye. I do not want to say any more. 
 
 Mr. Woodward. I did not commence my task with an apol- 
 ogy which perhaps I should have made ; but it is very dis- 
 agreeable to commence the exercises of any occasion with an 
 apology. But we expected and hoped that His Excellency the 
 Governor would be here to-day, and he gave a partial assurance 
 that he would be here, but he did not come. It would be a 
 very pleasant part of my task were I able to read a letter of 
 regret from him, but I cannot do so for he sent none. 
 
 The concluding sentiment of the day is to the first settlers of 
 Ivyndeborough. Plain, hardy, intelligent. Contending with 
 the forces of nature, enduring privation, they hewed out for 
 themselves homes, and left for us a legacy of freedom. As the 
 fathers live in their sons, may their sturdy courage and faith be 
 ours. I have the honor and pleasure of introducing to you 
 Mr. Rufus Blanchard of Chicago, 111., who will respond to this 
 toast. He has acquired a reputation as an author and pub- 
 lisher and is an old son of I/yndeborough . 
 
 Mr. Blanchard. Fellow-Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen : I wish'J could 
 call more of you " fellow-citizens," practically, than is possible. When 
 I came here, as I first came over Perham's old hill, I could not help hum- 
 ming to myself that old hymn,
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 569 
 
 " Green hills of Tyrol, again I see 
 My home and country so dear to me." 
 
 It would not have required any very great stretch of imagination for 
 me to have become convinced in my own mind and to have actually be- 
 lieved that I was to visit my old schoolfellows, and to take a friendly 
 wrestle with them, or, maybe, a regular rough and tumble. But I am 
 sorry to say that the truth dispelled that happy illusion very soon. In- 
 stead of that I found a few grizzly old fellows, just like myself, some 
 younger, some a little older. But as I grasped them by the hand I felt 
 as if I could again take a regular rough and tumble with them. I re- 
 member which of them could lay me on my back, and which I could lay 
 on their backs. But I do not propose to try it now. There is a man that 
 I wrestled with over there now. I never fought with him in the world. 
 But I could pick out some that I have fought with, though I do not see 
 any now. But if I could, I would feel a good deal as the famous artist, 
 Healy, felt ; he is the artist who painted the presidents of the United 
 States, the greatest artist in the world to-day. I met him at one time 
 with one of his old friends from Boston and had the honor to be intro- 
 duced to him ; and from the conversation that he bad with the gentle- 
 man, Mr. Higginson, I was led to say, " Why, you must be old^friends ? '* 
 
 " Oh, yes," he said, " we threw brick-bats at each other on the streets 
 of Boston, when boys." 
 
 So began a life-long friendship. I felt something like that when I 
 came to greet my old friends here. If we didn't throw brick-bats, we 
 pummelled each other well, which was just as good proof of our courage. 
 And we didn't tell our fathers of it, nor our pedagogues, nor our "school- 
 marms." If we had, we would have got a second dose from Dr. Birch. 
 It is right for boys to fight, rather than submit to degredation. It was 
 the same spirit which actuated nineteen men to enlist in the revolution- 
 ary war from our old town. 
 
 But, O Mercy ! don't let me make you a speech ! The thing has gone 
 too far already. Everything that has been said has been good, but it is 
 too late to make any more speeches. Therefore I will just read you a 
 little sentiment that I felt impressed to utter, and I wrote it out because 
 I couldn't help it. (The Speaker then read a short poem.) 
 
 I thank you, my friends, for allowing me to greet you face to face. 
 And if I have failed to respond to that beautiful, that laconic sentiment 
 that was allotted me, you cannot doubt that it has been most ably re- 
 sponded to already ; and you will excuse this as a light dessert, not a 
 heavy dessert, like a piece of mince pie, but the lightest dessert you 
 could eat after a meal of solid meats. We will call it a roast apple. 
 
 Mr. Woodward. Mr. Chairman, that concludes the part 
 which was assigned to me. 
 
 President Grant. I have been requested to state that on 
 Thursday, the i2th day of this month, the scion of Lynde- 
 borough which drew off a part of Salem-Canada, proposes, 
 from what we have done here to-day, to see what it can do. 
 Boys are apt, if their parents have done something big, to see
 
 570 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 if they cannot do something bigger. The people of Wilton 
 propose to hold a celebration on the i2th day of the present 
 month, and they invite all who are present at lyyndeborough 
 to-day to come down and see them. 
 
 This meeting now stands adjourned for fifty years, and as 
 many of you as possible are requested to come then. 
 
 In conclusion : The following poem, written by Dr. Israel 
 Herrick in 1858, was not read on this occasion; but as it doubt- 
 less would have been if it had been available, it is inserted here 
 without apology : 
 
 SCRAPS ABOUT I/YNDKBOROUGH. 
 
 Our town is a regular crescent-like swell, 
 
 Made up of mountain, and hill, and dell, 
 
 With here and there a small level spot, 
 
 Sufficient to build a snug, humble cot, 
 
 A barn and a shed, with a yard for the kine, 
 
 A coop for the hens, and a pen for the swine. 
 
 The surface is stony, and hard, and rough, 
 
 The tilling of which is toilsome and tough, 
 
 Discounting to man and beast his food, 
 
 If only the proper labor is made, 
 
 With plow and harrow, shovel and spade, 
 
 Crowbar, bush-hook, axe and hoe, 
 
 Laid on smart by a freeman's blow. 
 
 Our ancient domain was ample and bold, 
 
 Such as yeomen delight to purchase and hold, 
 
 And build up a home for themselves and the brood 
 
 Very soon to come forth, for the great public good. 
 
 Thirty-six square miles, with a southern decline, 
 
 Well timbered and watered, with prospect sublime, 
 
 Was the price paid King,* with his bold soldier clan, 
 
 To hunt and shoot down his red fellow-man, 
 
 And Frenchmen to boot ; 'twas a sov'reign say, 
 
 And flunkeys, as now, were quite sure to obey. 
 
 But this goodly grant was soon to be marred 
 
 By godly neighbors, and hackled and scarred, 
 
 That they might enlarge their scanty dominions 
 
 And gratify will, as well as opinions. 
 
 First, Wilton came in for a two-mile slice 
 
 To make up a town, so snug and so nice, 
 
 With Masoniau lands, which they had on hand, 
 
 And then take a notable public stand. 
 
 Next Temple presented a Blood-yt request, 
 
 And after contention, 'twas thought to be best 
 
 To let them take off a three-cornered bite, 
 
 *Capt. Samuel King:- See pp. 21-25. ED. 
 
 t The late General Blood, with his well-known shrewdness, got up a petition, put it 
 through the Legislature, and procured the grant.
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 571 
 
 And keep it, rather than quarrel and fight. 
 
 Next Greenfield requested a rather large strip, 
 
 To make up a town with their barren old slip. 
 
 And rather than see them look meager and sullen, 
 
 And get their subsistence from sorrel and mullen, 
 
 We granted their prayer, as is plain to be seen, 
 
 And let them have lands that looked healthy and green. 
 
 Frances-town next craved a very small bit, 
 
 To make her phylacteries come snug to a fit, 
 
 And give her proportion, as plump and as fair 
 
 As the maiden* whose name they so cheerfully bear. 
 
 Mont Vernon came last [and got what she wanted.] 
 
 ******* 
 Thus we have been pinched and hackled all raw, 
 Which leaves us in shape of a circular saw 
 With a piece broken off ; and yet we are here, 
 And keep on our course in hope, without fear. 
 With this slight digression, we'll pick up our traps, 
 And hasten along with the rest of our scraps. 
 Our streams of water are nothing but rills, 
 Greatly deficient for driving of mills, 
 Except when swollen by showers or thaws, 
 And then you may hear the clatter of saws 
 Cutting up lumber yea, fingers and paws ; 
 Yet not a spoonful of meal's to be had, 
 Though hens, ducks and turkeys yea, women run mad, 
 And cackle and scold, quack, gobble and squall, 
 For grain can't be ground, the streams are so small. 
 Churches we've two, and preachers the same, 
 Where sinner and saint, the blind, halt and lame 
 May go and get good to their souls, if they will, 
 And learn to avoid the eternal down hill, 
 Where old " Nickey Ben," that famous old rip, 
 Stands ready to give them a crack with his whip. 
 One doctor ! good luck ! now I'm free to engage 
 Were there none, few would die except of old age. 
 No lawyert save one e'er yet had the pride 
 To think he safely our yeomen could ride ; 
 And he was thrown off with his ill-gotten treasures, 
 To earn his own broth by making peck measures. 
 A full baker's dozen of squires have we, 
 Who serve for the honor, instead of the fee ; 
 But Justice ! bah ! their number's so small, 
 'Tis safer to say we have just none at all. 
 Schoolhouses we've nine, tho' one at a peep 
 Would surely be taken as sheds for the sheep, 
 
 * Frances Deering, wife of Gov. John Wentworth. See Francestown History, p. 39. ED 
 t About 45 years ago Esq. E y opened an office in this place ; had no business, and 
 went to making wooden measures. He was good at that. For in the granaries of many 
 of our careful farmers you ma> find sets of measures made by this wise lawyer.
 
 572 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Instead of a place where the tender young mind 
 
 Should learn to shoot forth, " as the twig is inclin'd." 
 
 Yet some are now getting the better of self, 
 
 Believing that mind is quite equal to pelf; 
 
 And give, by refitting, those sheds such an air, 
 
 As makes the whole district with wonder to stare, 
 
 And two-penny souls half determined to swear. 
 
 We've a pond of small size, surrounded with bogs, 
 
 Well stored with leeches, pickerel and frogs, 
 
 Bull-paddocks, water-snakes, shiners and pouts, 
 
 Suckers and pollywogs, turtles and trouts 
 
 Enough in all conscience to get up a treat 
 
 For half of the bipeds that come short of meat. 
 
 We've a town hall, too, of modern cut, 
 
 Where orators, poets and sporters can strut ; 
 
 Where lyceums meet, great questions to settle, 
 
 And brave politicians to show off their mettle ; 
 
 .And singers to sing, and laugh and prattle, 
 
 And boys to run, and scream, and rattle, 
 
 As if the imps in the old black pit 
 
 Were all seized at once with colic or fit. 
 
 Half a century gone by, or nearly that space, 
 
 California fever broke out in this place ; 
 
 By some cantrip slight, the fact had been told, 
 
 That Scattaquog's* bowels were all filled with gold. 
 
 So at it they went, to digging and blowing, 
 
 To carting and wheeling, shov'ling and hoeing, 
 
 From winter to spring^through summer and fall, 
 
 And all that they got was just nothing at all. 
 
 So, many who now are raving for riches, 
 
 From Mexican hills will return poor as witches, 
 
 And wish they had staid on their own native soil, 
 
 To gather their gold by slow, patient toil. 
 
 The red man free once ranged our hills, 
 
 To shoot down the deer, or fish in our rills, 
 
 Little dreaming that he and his blood must give place, 
 
 With his land and his hut, to a white, selfish race, 
 
 And turn his sad face to the West for to roam, 
 
 No more to return to his sweet, native home. 
 
 Near our speck of a pond was his summer retreat, 
 
 Where he -feasted on fish, if the chase gave no meat, 
 
 And gathered the grape, the wild pear and cherry, 
 
 That he with his friends might be joyful and merry. 
 
 'Twas here, too, he sickened and died, 
 
 And here he was buried, t close down by the side 
 
 * The name of the eastern spur of our mountain. About the commencement of the 
 present century a company was organized in this town, through faith in the Divining- 
 rod, to mine for silver. Much time and money were expended for naught. The ex- 
 cavation, though now partly filled up, is plain to be seen. 
 
 t In the fall of 1848, as workmen were removing a sand mound at the west end of 
 " Badger " Pond, so called, the bones of an Indian were disinterred. Others may yet
 
 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 573 
 
 Of this little pond, and the tall waving trees 
 
 Sang his requiem, mov'd by the soft western breeze. , 
 
 Fain here would our muse gently cower her wing, 
 
 Nor 'tempt furthermore to flutter or sing 
 
 Yea, fain would avoid the sad task to fulfil ; 
 
 But oh ! the vile serpent, the " worm of the still." 
 
 That reptile's been here, with his poisonous breath, 
 
 Beguiling its victims to premature death ; 
 
 Gently and softly the heart he coils round, 
 
 'Till all the affections forever are bound. 
 
 Father and mother, fond hearts have been pained 
 
 To see their loved offspring so foolishly chained ; 
 
 Sisters have wept for a brother's sad fate, 
 
 Who fain would avoid, when, alas ! 'twas too late, 
 
 The place where this reptile was kept to decoy 
 
 The doom'd one from virtue, honor and joy. 
 
 Alas ! oh, alas ! no tongue can e'er tell 
 
 The sorrows that flow from this offspring of hell. 
 
 If once he succeeds in wounding the brain, 
 
 The doom'd one will seek him again and again ; 
 
 Will sacrifice freely companions of youth, 
 
 Probity, honor, religion and truth 
 
 Father and mother, health, children and wife, 
 
 Sister and brother, yea, e'en his own life. 
 
 Alas ! he will peril his own precious soul, 
 
 If he but for once can guaff from the bowl 
 
 The poisonous liquid so sure for to kill, 
 
 That comes from that reptile, the " worm of the still." 
 
 Our muse is a blundering, careless old jade ; 
 
 The fact is, she never yet half learn'd the trade. 
 
 What should have come first is left until now 
 
 We hope the fair ladies won't scowl up their brow ; 
 
 We have lots of them here some young and some old ; 
 
 Some handsome, some homely, some modest, some bold. 
 
 They all are adopting the odd modern plan, 
 
 When dress'd, to resemble a broad, open fan, 
 
 Or rather a tunnel, with generous crop 
 
 At the nose, and a something stuck on near the top. 
 
 Some want to get married, some say they do not, 
 
 But this is a fib I will wager a grot. 
 
 Not want to get married ! I'd just as soon think 
 
 A miser would flee from the rattle of chink ; 
 
 Or our little pond, with all its live stock, 
 
 Should start up the mountain, to take a short walk. 
 
 Ivive single ! when widowers, bachelors and beaux 
 
 Stand ready and fix'd, in their best Sunday clothes, 
 
 To give them a call and make quite a stop, 
 
 rest there. The first settlers of this town found around this pond many domestic and 
 
 other implements of Indian construction. There is no evidence that tl 
 
 this region a permanent residence, but very probably it was a favorite hunting-grot
 
 5 74 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Yea, e'en to hitch up, and the question to pop? 
 t Not want to get married ! 'tis all fudge and feign, 
 
 They just kind o' say so, their object to gain, 
 And then, oh, " by cracky ! " they'll put on the clips, 
 And make ye stand round like a basket of chips. 
 Yet some are more honest, are willing to own 
 That going through life's crooked path all alone 
 Was never designed in Nature's great plan 
 To be the sad lot of woman or man. 
 And so they are willing to join in and go 
 Through Time's little journey of sorrow and woe 
 With him they have promis'd to love from the heart, 
 Till death the fond union asunder shall part. 
 Then ho ! ye single old scissors, don't cry! 
 But lift up your heads your redemption is nigh ; 
 Another good half you can get, without fail, 
 And then cut like something, so here ends our TALE. 
 
 THE LAFAYETTE ARTILLERY COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL CELE- 
 BRATION, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1904. 
 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 A century of continuous existence is not a trivial matter to 
 either a man or a military organization. A review of the great 
 changes in our situation and in that of our familiar friends, in 
 that of our country, and especially its relations with other coun- 
 tries, the "battles, sieges, fortunes" we have passed through, 
 even within the bounds of half a century, cannot fail deeply to 
 impress us. But if the occurrences of half a century affect us 
 deeply, how much more those of a full century. It was only 
 appropriate then that the L,afayette Artillery and the town in 
 which they had flourished for more than two-thirds of a cen- 
 tury, should seek to celebrate worthily the centennial of their 
 organization. 
 
 To this end, the town at its meeting in March, 1904, voted to 
 observe Old Home Day, and appropriated two hundred dollars 
 to expend for this object, and. also appointed a committee of ar- 
 rangements to carry out its vote. 
 
 The L,afayette Artillery also appointed a committee to make 
 suitable arrangements for the celebration of their one-hun- 
 dredth anniversary. 
 
 The two committees above named united in deciding to com- 
 bine both the celebrations into one. The committee chosen for 
 the celebration of Old Home day were : 
 
 Fred A. Richardson Charles L,. Perham F. B. Richards
 
 LAP A YE TTE AR TILLER Y CELEB R A TION 575 
 
 The Lafayette Artillery's committee were : 
 
 Capt. Andy Holt Lieut. Edward Ross Walter S. Tarbell 
 
 Charles L. Perham Fred Moore 
 
 It was understood at the outset that the Artillery Co. were, 
 most appropriately, to have the chief place in the day's doings. 
 Consequently, the main part of the work in making the ar- 
 rangements devolved on their committee. This took the lead 
 and had the principal oversight of the whole. It appointed the 
 following subcommittees : 
 
 Grounds. J. A. Blanchard, C. L. Perham, Jos. A. Johnson. 
 Speakers and Exercises. Capt. Andy Holt, Jacob A. Woodward. 
 Decorations. Lieut. Edward Ross, chairman. 
 
 Invitations. Chas. H. Tarbell, Capt. Andy Holt, Jacob A. Woodward. 
 Salutes. A. S. Conant and members of the gun squad. 
 Music. Lieut. Fred Holt, Roy N. Putnam, Jason Holt. 
 Dinner. W. S. Tarbell, A. W. Putnam, Charles H. Tarbell. 
 Transportation. Fred Moore, John C. Carkin and Edgar A. Danforth. 
 
 The committee on music secured the services of the First 
 Regiment Band of Nashua ; that for dinner hired the Page Co. 
 of I^owell, Mass., as caterers; and that for transportation se- 
 cured the extra train service from Nashua and way stations for 
 both day and evening. 
 
 At the meeting, June 4, 1904, the company voted to request 
 the general committee to prepare a programme to be presented 
 at the next meeting. It was presented as follows : - 
 
 Sunrise salute by the gunner's squad 
 
 Receiving Gov. Bachelder and invited guests by salute 
 
 Parade of military 
 
 Band concert 
 
 Dinner 
 
 Speaking by the governor and others 
 Dress parade 
 
 This program was accepted by the company, subject to amend- 
 ment if necessary. 
 
 That the arrangements thus projected were handsomely car- 
 ried through, will be learned from the press reports furnished by 
 the Manchester Union, Sept. 10, 1904, and also from the Mil- 
 ford Cabinet of Sept. 15, 1904.- We cite freely from both such 
 portions as suit our purpose : 
 
 " Everything connected with the great celebration at South Lyndebor- 
 ough was successfully carried out, and barring the weather, was satisfac- 
 tory and pleasing to everyone, both to those who had the details in charge 
 and those who were the guests of the town and the company for the day. 
 There may have been more people in South Lyndeborougb on some
 
 576 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 previous occasion, but it is certain there never was a time when there 
 were so many umbrellas in evidence as on Friday, for it commenced rain- 
 ing early in the morning and there was hardly a cessation until nightfall. 
 This could but be a damper on the outdoor exercises, for the bright sun 
 was necessary to show up to advantage the decorations which were so 
 abundant and so artistically displayed. It was really a remarkable sight 
 to see such a universal decoration. Hardly a house but had its stream- 
 ers and bunting flying. It was a pretty sight as it was, but with the sun's 
 bright rays it would have been most attractive." Cabinet. 
 
 " The celebration began with a salute of twenty -five guns, fired by a 
 gun detachment of the Lafayettes, under the command of Albert S. 
 Conant. The historic brass six-pounder, the only piece in the state service 
 left for use at the outbreak of the civil war, at the sunrise hour boomed 
 out the announcement of the Lafayettes centennial until the entire Pack 
 Monadnock range echoed the message, and the whole countryside knew 
 that New Hampshire had a military company a full 100 years old. 
 
 " It was an interesting morning in this village this morning when the 
 whole town and all the neighboring towns were turning out to enjoy the 
 festivities of the Lafayette's anniversary. And it was a pretty picture 
 which the village presented, even in the rain. The Artillery company 
 was resplendent in new uniforms, a special suit combining some of the 
 features of both the regulation artillery and marine pattern, and alto- 
 gether pretty and appropriate for an independent organization. The pic- 
 turesque artillery red was everywhere in evidence, but it was not long 
 before the troopers of the Peterborough cavalry began to appear, and the 
 yellow lining of their capes gave another touch of color to the pretty 
 show. The village itself was a mass of red, white and blue. Artistic 
 decorations were to be seen on every building. No pains had been spared 
 to make the place beautiful, and the decorators found everybody anxious 
 that no gap should be left in the color display." Union. 
 
 "The special train bearing the governor and his party, the First Regi- 
 ment Band from Nashua, the Granite Rifles from Milford and invited 
 guests from all directions, came about 9.30 o'clock, and the old cannon 
 spoke its welcome to our chief. At 10 o'clock the governor and his staff, 
 Gen. Tolles and members of his staff reviewed the paraMe from a stand 
 erected in the square. The parade was an altogether creditable one, and 
 consisted of a platoon of police from Nashua, First Regiment Band, 
 Nashua, Troop A Cavalry, Peterborough, Granite Rifles, Milford, Lafay- 
 ette Artillery Co., Lyndeborough." Cabinet. 
 
 " As the I/yndeborough men passed the governor they marched like vet- 
 erans, and their line called out a spontaneous burst of applause from the 
 militia officers, who watched it with critical eyes. An interesting feature 
 of the parade was the historic piece drawn by gaily caparisoned horses 
 and surrounded by a detachment of the older members of the company. 
 
 " The parade over, the remainder of the time to the dinner hour was 
 given up to sociability. Captain Davis had a good chance to put his 
 troopers through some manoeuvres and gave a half hour's drill, much to 
 the delight of the crowd. Meanwhile the rain had set in again and there 
 was a general scurrying to cover. Citizen's hall was filled with a jolly 
 crowd. Captain Andy Holt's house contained a large company of distin-
 
 LAFA YE TTE AR TILLER Y CELEB R A TION 577 
 
 guished guests, and the stores and dwellings of the village were meeting 
 places for large numbers. For a wet day it was as jolly a time as could 
 be imagined. Just to put the finishing touch on the rainy day picture, 
 'Andy' Drum took his First Infantry Band on Capt. Andy Holt's 
 veranda, and gave a fine concert. Almost everbody was there in a few 
 moments, and the half hour before ' mess call ' was one of the most en- 
 joyable of the day. 
 
 "At noon the old gun roared out another salute. The cavalry trump- 
 eters sounded the familiar call to dinner and the troopers marched to the 
 big tent as they do at camp. A quiet, cosmopolitan crowd, men high in 
 political and military circles, militia men, civilians, all sorts of people, 
 sat down to heavily laden tables and enjoyed a pleasant dinner hour, the 
 members of the L/afayette Artillery company acting as waiters." Union. 
 
 The post-prandial exercises consisted of speeches from the dis- 
 tinguished guests, interspersed with music of a sweet, animat- 
 ing and inspiriting character by the band. Mr. Jacob A. Wood- 
 ward presided. The local pastor offered prayer, and after fitting 
 remarks by the president, he introduced Gov. N. J. Batchelder, 
 who spoke with characteristic ease and pleasantry of his many 
 visits to the varied gatherings throughout the state. "But," 
 he said, ' ' among the things that a governor cannot do is to gov- 
 ern the weather to his liking." 
 
 He had ordered fair weather for the day, but the council had 
 not confirmed the order. He congratulated the Artillery Co. on 
 the completeness of their arrangements for celebrating so impor- 
 tant an event. He favored occasional retrospect by communi- 
 ties as well as individuals ; and he favored also the tendency in 
 these times to reverence old people, old homes, old organiza- 
 tions ; and he believed that the military of a state holds an im- 
 portant place in fostering its patriotism. 
 
 Appropriate to these words of our governor, it may be stated 
 that 135 men, who had at some time been members of this com- 
 pany enlisted as soldiers in our civil war. 
 
 Congressman Currier followed in complimentary terms, saying that "it 
 was remarkable that a company should retain its organization so many 
 years as this had. A well regulated military company in a community 
 gave a great sense of security." He referred to the part New Hampshire 
 took in the great battles of colonial days, to the work of the Rogers 
 Rangers, to the New Hampshire troops at Bunker Hill and Stark's vic- 
 tory at Bennington. Cabinet. 
 
 [Lyndeborough had the honor of sharing in all these.] 
 
 Ex-Congressman Baker followed with appropriate remarks. 
 Other speakers were Hon. C. H. Burns of Wilton, C. J. Ham- 
 blett of Nashua and J. G. Crawford of Manchester. 
 
 Instead of any attempt to give a sketch of the company, the
 
 578 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 carefully prepared history printed in pamphlet form was distrib- 
 uted freely as a souvenir among the audience until the supply 
 was exhausted. This is substantially the same as the historical 
 sketch of the company given in this volume. (Pages 207-218.) 
 While the exercises were in progress, the troopers and officers 
 of Gen. Tolles staff enjoyed an afternoon's sport at revolver 
 practice on the hillside behind the tent. A dress parade took 
 place about five o'clock, and a large and attractive crowd filled 
 the hall to enjoy the dancing in the evening. 
 
 "Among the guests were : Governor N. J. Batchelder, Brigadier-Gen. 
 Jason E. Tolles, Congressman Frank D. Currier, Adjt. Gen. A. D. Ayling, 
 Col. E. C. Hutchinson, Lieut. Col. H. H. Jewell, Maj. A. F. Cutnmings, 
 Maj. George M. Follett, Lieut. Col. A. G. Shattuck ; Nathan C. Jameson 
 and wife, Antrim; O. B. Warren of Rochester, junior vice department 
 commander of the Grand Army of New Hampshire ; M. L. Piper of 
 Auburn, United States capital police ; Police Commissioner F. D. Run- 
 nels of Nashua; Gen. Chas. H. Burns, Wilton; Col. J. E. Pecker of Con- 
 cord; Col. W. B. Rotch of Milford ; Gen. D. M. White of Peterborough ; 
 former Congressman Henry M. Baker of Bow ; Col. John G. Crawford of 
 Manchester; Maj. D. E. Proctor of Wilton; Dr. H. S. Hutchinson of 
 Milford, the Rev. Francis H. Buffum of Winchester ; Rev. M. F. Johnson 
 of Nashua ; Rev. F. A. Robinson of Milford ; Rev.W. N. Donovan of New- 
 town Centre, Mass.; District Attorney Charles J. Hamblett of Nashua ; 
 H. K. Libbey of Manchester; Judge A. I/. Keyes of Milford." Cabinet. 
 
 Everybody seemed to regard the centennial celebration of the 
 Lafayette Artillery as a complete and praiseworthy success.
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 BIOGRAPHICAL, SKETCHES. 
 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 JOHN MASON. A brief account of John Mason, the founder 
 of New Hampshire, can hardly fail to interest those who live on 
 lands included in the grant made to Gorges and Mason, jointly, 
 by King James the First of England, in 1622. 
 
 John Mason was the son of John and Isabella Mason, and was 
 born in Lynn Regis, or King's Lynn, in the maritime county of 
 Norfolk, England. Very little is known of his early life. He 
 attracted first notice as a merchant in London. Later he en- 
 tered the naval service, and became an officer in the fleet which 
 assisted the Dutch Republic in its struggle to free itself from 
 Spain. In 1610, after the independence of Holland had been 
 secured, he was made commander of the king's fleet, which was 
 sent to control the turbulent people of the Hebrides. With a 
 squadron consisting of two ships of war and two pinnaces, fitted 
 out at his own expense, he undertook and effected this task. It 
 was, perhaps, to reimburse him for the expense of this expedi- 
 tion that in 1615 he was made governor of Newfoundland, then 
 one of the most valuable of the English possessions in North 
 America. He made the first English map of that island, and 
 was commissioned by the king " to deal with the pirates then 
 infesting the Newfoundland region."* 
 
 " In 1621 he returned to England," and about that time be- 
 came intimately connected with Sir Ferdinando Gorges and 
 others who were interested in colonizing enterprises. They, 
 with a few others admitted as their partners, effected the settle- 
 ment of New Hampshire in 1623. After his return he was ap- 
 pointed governor of the town of Portsmouth, England.! When 
 a vacancy occurred in the Council of Plymouth, Mason "was 
 elected a member of that body, and was chosen their secretary. 
 He was thus placed in the front rank of those who were actively 
 engaged in promoting discoveries and encouraging settlements 
 in North America."! His election to the "Great Council for 
 New England," composed of "persons of honor and even of 
 blood," of which in November he became vice-president, 
 
 Batchellor, Vol. XXVII., Pref. pp. 4, 5- 
 tProv. Papers, vol. I, p. 4. | Hist, of Town of Mason, p. o.
 
 580 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 " showed the high estimation put on Mason by some of the fore- 
 most persons in England." 
 
 " Early in 1635 the Council for New England became satis- 
 fied of its inability to control affairs in New England. It had 
 long had enemies at home as well as here. There was an unwill- 
 ingness to recognize the powers granted by the sovereign in the 
 nature of government, and it had no strength to enforce its de- 
 crees. The Colony of Massachusetts Bay became large and 
 powerful, and disregarded all authority, kingly as well as other, 
 as far as they thought it prudent. Complaints against the council 
 were constantly made to the Privy Council, and they were cited 
 to answer. They determined thereupon to surrender their great 
 charter to the king, and to divide the whole territory of New 
 England among themselves. Pursuant to this resolve Mason 
 received a new grant from the council, dated April 22, 1635, f 
 the lands hitherto granted to him by the council. This grant 
 embraced all the land between the Naumkeag and Pascataqua 
 rivers, extending three score miles inland, with the south half 
 of the Isles of Shoals, to be called New Hampshire." 
 
 " On the surrender of the New England Patent in 1635, it 
 was the design of the king to place over that territory a general 
 governor, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received the appointment. 
 To complete the vice-regal government, Capt. John Mason was 
 appointed Oct. i, Vice- Admiral of New England." 
 
 " Mason made every preparation to come to New Hampshire, 
 looking forward to a visit to his plantation, as well as to the 
 charge he had undertaken. In November he was taken ill, and 
 died early in December, 1635, an event that proved disastrous 
 to his interests in New England, which fell, by the terms of his 
 will, to his widow and to his grandson, then not one year old." 
 
 "The death of Mason was regarded at the time" by " his 
 friends and associates as a far-reaching calamity," * but by the 
 Puritan element as the removal of a formidable obstacle to their 
 designs on the Pascataqua plantations. 
 
 He had taken great pains in founding his settlement. He in- 
 troduced fine cattle from Denmark and encouraged agriculture. 
 His hope was to enrich himself from mines of the precious 
 metals which he believed were to be discovered, and from fish- 
 eries which would be developed, as well as from traffic with the 
 Indians in valuable furs. He expended large sums of money in 
 laying the foundation of a splendid establishment which he ex- 
 
 *Batch., Vol. XXVII., Pref. p. 5.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 581 
 
 pected at some future day would amply reward him for his expen- 
 diture. What would have resulted from his outlays cannot now 
 be calculated with any certainty. He was not permitted to 
 reap the anticipated fortune. He died in 1635, having had 
 about twelve years in which to improve his plantation. About 
 a year before his death he wrote that he ' ' had never received 
 a penny for all his outlay on his plantation in Pascataqua." 
 Indeed, until the near approach of his death, his opportunity for 
 the greatest usefulness to the colony had not arrived. 
 He had but one child, a daughter, Anne, who married Joseph 
 Tufton. Three sons and two daughters were born of this mar- 
 riage, and to these were bequeathed his New Hampshire posses- 
 sions. His lineal descendants down to the time of the sale of 
 his possessions to the Portsmouth syndicate in 1746 are given as 
 follows by Batchellor XXVII., p. 6 of preface : 
 
 1. Capt. John Mason, died Dec. 1635. 
 
 2. Anne Mason, daughter, married Joseph Tufton. 
 
 3. Robert Tufton, alias Mason, son of Anne, born 1635. Took sur- 
 name of Mason by terms of his grandfather's will. 
 
 4. Robert Tufton Mason, 2nd., son. He and his elder brother John 
 undertook to pass their interest in New Hampshire to Samuel Allen in 
 1691. 
 
 5. John Tufton Mason, son, died in Havanna 1718. 
 
 6. Col. John Tufton Mason, son, born in Boston, Mass. Apr. 29, 1713: 
 sold title to lands in New Hampshire to the Masonian Proprietors in 
 1746, claiming that the transaction with Allen in 1691 conveyed only a life 
 interest. 
 
 JUDGE BENJAMIN I/VNDE. The first of this name of 
 Lynde, of whom we have record in this country, was Simon 
 Lynde, son of Enoch, of London, England, a wealthy merchant. 
 Simon followed his father's occupation, and in 1650, when he 
 was 26 years of age, came to New England, and seems to have 
 had his home in Boston. He possessed much wealth, and later 
 in life was by royal authority appointed one of the counsellors 
 for New England. 
 
 Benjamin Lynde is said to have been the sixth son of Simon, 
 and was born Sept. 22, 1666. He was graduated at Harvard 
 College, and entered upon the study of law. He was sent to 
 London for his legal education, and was admitted to the Middle 
 Temple Oct. 18, 1692. He returned to his native land after 
 completing his legal studies, and was soon ranked among the 
 foremost in his profession in New England. On the resignation 
 of Judge Sewall in 1728, he was made chief justice of the prov-
 
 582 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 ince, and held this office up to the time of his death, Jan. 28, 
 1745. A brief notice of him in the Boston Evening Post closes 
 his life record thus : 
 
 " Inflexible justice, unshattered integrity, affability and humanity 
 were ever conspicuous with him. He was a sincere friend, most affec- 
 tionate to his relations, and the delight of all who were honored with 
 his friendship and acquaintance." 
 
 Such was the father of Benjamin Ivynde, Jr., Esq., the promi- 
 nent proprietor of many shares in the old township of Salem- 
 Canada. 
 
 BENJAMIN I/VTNDE, JR., the eldest son of Judge Benjamin 
 L,ynde, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, October 15, 1700. 
 He entered Harvard College in 1714, and was graduated in 
 1718, in the class with Theodore Atkinson, who afterward 
 became chief justice of New Hampshire, and also with Richard 
 Dana, who became a distinguished advocate. He took his 
 master's degree in 1721, and was appointed a special judge 
 of the Court of .Common Pleas for Suffolk County in 
 1734. When the commission appointed for the settle- 
 ment of the boundary between New Hampshire and Massa- 
 chusetts met at Hampton in 1737, he was named as one of the 
 agents to accompany it. Two years later he was made one of 
 the standing judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Essex 
 Co., and in 1745, the year of his father's death, " he was raised 
 to the Superior Bench of the Province." The latter position he 
 held for twenty-seven years, and he was also a member of the 
 council for twenty-eight years. " The most important trial that 
 took place during his judicial term was that of the soldiers who 
 fired on the mob in State street. In the absence of Chief Justice 
 Hutchinson, Judge I,ynde presided. It was a time of great 
 political excitement, and the occasion was one that required the 
 utmost firmness and skill on the part of the judges to insure a 
 just and impartial decision." These trials lasted several days, 
 and, as has been said, "proceeded with care and patience on 
 the part of the Bench and counsel ; and both Judges and Jury 
 seem to have acted with all the impartiality that is exhibited in 
 the most enlightened tribunals." "The result," said Judge 
 Washburn, " is a proud memorial of the purity of the adminis- 
 tration of Justice in Massachusetts." (Sketch in Journal of 
 Benjamin I^ynde, pp. 13, 14.) 
 
 " Judge I^ynde was noted for his learning, his liberality and 
 public spirit." " On November i, 1731, Judge Lynde married
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 583 
 
 Mary, the daughter of Major John Bowles of Roxbury, a de- 
 scendant of the Rev. John Eliot," the famous missionary among 
 the Indians. They had three daughters. Mary, the eldest, 
 married Hon. Andrew Oliver, Jr., one of the judges of the 
 Common Pleas for Essex. 
 
 Hannah died unmarried ; and Lydia married Sept. 30, 1767, 
 Rev. William Walter, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, " who 
 represented the Lynde estate in the meetings of the proprietors 
 for many years." 
 
 In the spring of 1781, Benjamin Lynde, Jr., Esq., received a 
 kick from a horse, from the effects of which he did not recover, 
 and he died on the 5th of October following, at the advanced 
 age of 81. He was a diligent student of our Colonial History, 
 and was a contributor to "Prince's Chronological History of 
 New England." 
 
 An extract from his last will and testament follows : 
 
 " I give and devise to my said Grandchild, B. Lynde Oliver and his 
 heirs, One third of my Lands and Farm, (not mortgaged Lands) I shall 
 die possessed of in the Township of Lyndeborough in New Hampshire." 
 
 " Item. I give, devise and bequeath to my said Grandson, Lynde 
 Walter, two of my Farms at Lyndeborough, N. H., which I had in right 
 of two MASON i AN GRAND PROPRIETORS, viz., No. i, adjoining South on 
 Temple Town, and No. 5, adjoining East on what was originally Salem- 
 Canada, and South on Mr. Moffat No. 2, each of said farms containing 
 200 acres apiece, to him and his heirs forever ; But if he should die be- 
 fore he arrives at the age of eighteen years of marriage, then I give said 
 Farms to any son of my daughter, Walter, called after my name ; and 
 if none such, then to my Grandson, Benjamin Lynde Oliver and his 
 heirs forever. 
 
 Dated, May 10, 1776. 
 
 Diary and Letters of Benj. Lynde, Appendix pp. 236 and 237. 
 
 Mr. Lynde evidently possessed great wealth for his day, and 
 bequeathed it in liberal portions among his children and grand- 
 children. The names of Walter and Oliver figure largely in the 
 records of the Lyndeborough proprietors after Mr. Lynde's 
 decease, as his heirs and successors. 
 
 The "Diary and Letters" of Benjamin Lynde contains good 
 portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Lynde. (.The N. E. Historic Genea- 
 logical Society, Boston.) 
 
 WILLIAM WALTER, D.D. William Walter was the son 
 of Thomas Walter and grandson of Rev. Nathaniel Walter of 
 Roxbury, Massachusetts. His mother was Rebecca, daughter 
 of Rev. Joseph Belcher. Thus, inheriting from both parents
 
 584 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 something of clerical culture, it causes little surprise that he 
 should possess literary tastes and tendencies. He was born in 
 1737, and was graduated from Harvard in 1756. We assume 
 that he received theological training at the feet of some of the 
 pastors in his vicinity. Through the courtesy of the sexton of 
 Trinity Church, Boston, the writer was permitted to copy a 
 brief but luminous sketch of Doctor Walter from the sermon of 
 Rev. Phillips Brooks at the consecration of the new Trinity 
 Church, Boston, February 9, 1877. When speaking of the 
 " Greene Foundation for the support of an assistant minister," 
 Dr. Brooks said : 
 
 "The first assistant Minister on the Foundation was Dr. William 
 Walter, and on the death of Mr. Hooper he became Rector of the parish. 
 He had been bred a Congregationalist, but became a member of our 
 Church and went to London for ordination. For ten years he served 
 Trinity with faithfulness, and then the beginning of the Revolution 
 came. On the ijth of March, 1776, Boston was evacuated by the British, 
 and the Minister of Trinity went with Gen. Howe and the British troops 
 to Halifax, N. S., where he remained until the Revolution was over. 
 Then he returned to Boston, and became the Rector of Christ Church. 
 He died in 1800, and his funeral sermon was preached by his successor 
 in Trinity, Dr. Parker. That sermon gives us a good idea of the faith- 
 ful and earnest parish minister, and though in those hot days of patriotic 
 zeal there was no chance for one who was not of sympathy with the 
 cause of the Colonies, to be the preacher here, the very fact that when 
 the war was over the royalist could come back to Boston and become 
 again the Rector of a parish in the town, bears witness to the honor in 
 which he must have been held." 
 
 Under date of September 30, 1767, Benjamin L,ynde, Jr., 
 Esq. , wrote in his diary : 
 
 "My daughter L,ydia married to Rev. Mr. William Walter, minister of 
 Trinity Church in Boston, where she went to live the 7th of October 
 following." 
 
 Doctor Walter was a prominent figure among the lyynde- 
 borough proprietors, especially after the death of his father-in- 
 law, Benjamin Lynde. When present in their meetings he was 
 usually chosen moderator. He was active in the work of com- 
 pleting the disposal of Benjamin Lynde's estate in I^ynde- 
 borough. His letter to the Masonian proprietors, as Rev. 
 Frank G. Clark has appreciatively said, "is well worthy of 
 preservation for its vigorous English and as showing the diffi- 
 culties in those early days of securing accurate surveys of lots." 
 He was earnest in his efforts to secure fair dealings for his
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 585 
 
 associates, and ready to make reasonable concessions to those 
 whose claims infringed upon the Lyndeborough grant. 
 
 In order to close up the business of the original proprietors 
 of the town, the common, unoccupied and undivided lands 
 were surveyed and a map was made of the ten different pieces 
 of unequal value to be disposed of. A valuation was made of 
 the several pieces by judicious and reliable men, (Dea. Ephraim 
 Putnam and Capt. Peter Clark, p. 92) and the various share- 
 holders were to receive a piece out of these common lands, pro- 
 portioned to his property in the town. As the representative of 
 Benjamin Lynde, Dr. Walter was the largest shareholder. For 
 this reason, he requested that he might have the privilege of 
 first choice out of the common lands. To this request his asso- 
 ciates readily acceded, as expressed in the following terms : 
 
 "Whereas the Rev. Dr. Walter has requested that he may be allowed 
 the first choice in said commons ; and as we consider he has taken the 
 lead in all matters that have been transacted in the meetings of the 
 propriety since 1792, and been eminently serviceable to the propriety, 
 Voted, that he be allowed his choice in the division of said commons, 
 provided he make his choice known at the next meeting." 
 
 This vote was attested by Sewall Goodridge, Proprietors' 
 Clerk. 
 
 In war time he remained in Nova Scotia. " He returned to 
 Boston in 1791, became rector of Christ Church, and remained 
 in that relation till his death.* He died in Boston, December 
 5, 1800. He had two sons, William and Benjamin Lynde 
 Walter, who were merchants in Boston, and the elder of whom 
 became the founder of the " Boston Transcript." 
 
 COL. ISRAEL HUTCHINSON. Colonel Hutchinson was 
 an early proprietor of Lyndeborough lands, which lay upon the 
 northern tier of lots. Encroachments were made upon his right 
 by Wallingford's survey and purchasers, so that his estate was 
 eighty acres short of the quantity for which he had paid. He at- 
 tempted to have the matter adjusted, and petitioned the Mason- 
 ian Proprietors to indemnify him "by allowing other lands or 
 monies that shall be a reasonable compensation." 
 
 Col. Hutchinson 's connection with the Putnam family may 
 account for his investment in Lyndeborough lands. He married 
 Mehitabel, the widow of Archelaus Putnam of Danvers, Mass., 
 and was himself a Danvers man. The Putnams of Salerr 
 Canada, Jacob and Ephraim, were brothers of Archelaus, a 
 
 * Memorial Hist, of Boston, Vol. Ill, PP- "8, 129-
 
 586 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 possibly, through the marriage of his widow, were brought into 
 closer relationship in business with Col. Hutchinson. An ap- 
 preciative notice of the latter is found in the New England 
 Magazine for October, 1902, p. 230. 
 
 Col. Israel Hutchinson was the son of Elisha Hutchinson, 
 and was born in Danvers, Mass., Nov. 27, 1727. " He was one 
 of a scouting party in the Maine wilds in Indian warfare. He 
 was at Ticonderoga and Lake George, and with Wolfe when he 
 scaled the heights of Abraham.. He led a company of minute 
 men on the morning of the iQth of April, 1775, and was promi- 
 nent at the siege of Boston, commanding at Fort Hill on evacua- 
 tion. For twenty-one years he was elected to Senate, House or 
 Council. He died in 1811." 
 
 The same publication, page 229, presents a picture of his 
 monument, with the inscription : 
 
 Israel Hutchinson 
 
 1727 1811 
 
 Served his Country as 
 
 Sergt. Co. of Rangers 1757 
 
 At Lake George and Ticonderoga 1758 
 
 Capt. Quebec 1759 
 
 Capt. Battle of Lexington 1775 
 
 Col. Siege of Boston 
 
 New York New Jersey 
 
 Crossing of the Delaware 
 
 Trenton 
 
 His men manned boats in 
 Retreat from Long Island 
 
 Representative and Councillor 
 21 yrs. 
 
 An Honored Citizen and Loyal Soldier 
 
 Col. Hutchinson's marriage with Madam Mehitabel Putnam, 
 brought him also into the relationship of step-father to Miss 
 Phebe Putnam, who became a permanent resident of L,yndebor- 
 ough, as the wife of Rev. Sewall Goodridge, pastor of L,ynde- 
 borough for more than forty years. The relationship also has 
 her kindly acknowledgment in the fact that she named one of 
 her favored sons, Israel Hutchinson Goodridge. Mr. Hutchin- 
 son was also sufficiently in touch with L/yndeborough to become 
 at another time an investor in 'Scataquog mine, little to his pe- 
 cuniary profit. He appears to have been in his day one of the 
 prominent men in the Bay State.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 587 
 
 " One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." 
 
 JOHN BADGER. Among the early pioneers in Salem-Can- 
 ada came John Badger, who settled near the southern line of 
 the town in 1739. He with his two brothers, Joseph and 
 Eliphalet, came to New England about 1728 or 1729. Tradition 
 has it that the father was a wealthy Englishman who had done 
 business in Scotland, whither he had sent John, his youngest 
 son, to collect some of his accounts. While thus engaged he 
 had formed the acquaintance of a winsome Scottish lassie 
 named Mary McFarland. The acquaintance ripened into an 
 intimacy. The attractions were mutual. But, it is said, "the 
 course of true love never did run smooth." The truth of this 
 sentiment the lovers were destined to test. For the young 
 man's father became aware of his son's attachment ; and with 
 a Johnsonian dislike for the young lady's nationality, attempted 
 to break up a union between them. He accordingly sent John 
 with his older brothers across the seas, to seek his fortune in 
 the new world. But 
 
 " The best laid schemes o' mice and men, 
 Gang aft a-gley." 
 
 The heart of the young lady was too deeply enlisted to endure 
 such hindrance and submit to defeat. Full of the energy, 
 hardihood, and fire of her nationality she formed the purpose 
 to seek her lover, to brave the dangers and inconveniences of 
 the sea, and share his fortunes on these perilous and sparsely 
 peopled shores. 
 
 " Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it." 
 She landed on the shores of the majestic Sagadahoc, where 
 she and her lover were soon reunited and became husband and 
 wife. They remained no long time in Maine, but came into 
 this province, and found a home for a few years in what was 
 then known as Nottingham West, now Hudson. About the 
 year 1738, Mr. Badger doubtless visited this town. He erected 
 his cabin and entered it in April, i 7 39- A melancholy interest 
 attaches to the career of this devoted family by reason of 1 
 faithful love which they cherished for one another, and 
 genuine heroism displayed by the Scottish maiden and 
 pioneer matron. John and Mary Badger were the paret 
 three children before they came into this town. His soj 
 here was brief, for he was the first settler to answer the un* 
 come summons of death. In February, 1740, amid the .
 
 588 HISTORY OP LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 snows of well iiigh a trackless wilderness, he yielded his life a 
 victim to consumption. He died in the night. The nearest 
 neighbors were three miles away. In the words of Dr. Eph- 
 raini Peabody : 
 
 "His wife composed him on the bed for rest, left her children, of whom 
 she had three, the oldest but eight years of age, with their breakfast, and 
 with strict injunctions not to wake their father, as he was asleep, and 
 putting on her snowshdes proceeded to seek assistance. That indeed was 
 a dreary morning as she went forth through the solitary woods of winter. 
 Death is in her home aud her children wait her return. Uphold her 
 trembling heart, Thou Father of the fatherless and the widow's God! 
 Neighbors returned with her. A tree was hollowed out for a coffin, and 
 so in the solitude was he committed to the earth. . . . What, then, 
 must have been her loneliness a solitary widow in the wilderness ! She 
 must watch by the bedside of her children alone ; her tears shall be shed 
 alone ; she shall no more kneel by her husband's side to pray; his voice 
 shall no more waken her at morning, and when the night approaches she 
 shall unconsciously look forth to the forest, watching for his return, who 
 shall never return again."* 
 
 In the sketch of the history of L,yndeborough, in the History 
 of Hillsborough County, Mr. David C. Grant gave John Badger 
 the credit of being the first settler of Salem-Canada. The Gene- 
 alogy of the Chamberlain Family, compiled by Mr. Willis B. 
 Chamberlain, page 12, accords this honor to Mr. John Cram. 
 Rev. F. G. Clark also says that " John Cram stands at the head 
 of the pioneers of the settlement, ' ' and the Proprietors' Records 
 call him " one of the first settlers." 
 
 Manuscripts of more recent date and of undoubted authority 
 make it clear that Mr. John Cram was the first settler in our 
 town. He came here in 1737, and both children and grand- 
 children formed a part of his household. It was to this family 
 that Mrs. Badger went for assistance at the time of her hus- 
 band's death. 
 
 The descendants of both men have held and still hold a 
 large and honored share in the affairs and population of L,ynde- 
 borough. 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRON. William Barren was a 
 citizen of Lyndeborough as early as 1768. He married Olive 
 Johnson. 
 
 One article of the warrant for town meeting, Mar. 8, 1768, 
 was, " To see if town will except of a road laid out from Josiah 
 Dutton's to where it strikes the other road near William Bar- 
 
 *Wilton History, pp. 41, 43.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 589 
 
 ron's house." Nov. 28, 1769, he was one of a committee chosen 
 to examine what land was allowed for the meeting-house, and 
 to see that the land was bounded and put on record. In 1771 
 he was overseer of the poor and a member of the school commit- 
 tee. In 1772 he was a selectman, and the next year tithing 
 man. In March, 1775, he was chosen highway surveyor, and 
 called lyieut. Barren ; and in 1776 the town allowed his account 
 for horse-hire to go to the army at Winter Hill. He seems to 
 have been commissioned as captain to raise a company to defend 
 Fort Ticonderoga, and to go to Canada in 1776, and led thither 
 sixty men. The muster roll of his company is in the Revolu- 
 tionary Rolls of N. H., Vol. I., pp. 358-360. It is also in N. H. 
 Town Papers, Vol. XI., p. 720. The men who went from this 
 town were as follows : 
 
 Capt. Wm. Barren Nathan Batchelder 
 
 Isaac Dey (Day) Peter Russell 
 
 Samuel Stevens Asahel Stiles 
 
 James Barnum Hezekiah Hamblet 
 
 John Savage Joseph Ellinwood 
 
 John Rowe John Carkin 
 
 Philip Fletcher John Bofee 
 
 Reuben Batchelder Samuel Butterfield 
 
 From 1777 to 1779, Wm. Barren was constable in L,yndebor- 
 ough, and in 1778 he signed a protest against paying Lyndebor- 
 ough men for military services which were performed for other 
 towns, and for which those towns had already paid. 
 
 In 1779 Wm. Barren was one of the committee of nineteen 
 men, chosen to set a value on the necessaries of life in the town, 
 and to guard against any breaches of the agreement thereon. 
 
 In 1781 he was on a committee chosen to enlist the quota of 
 the town for the army. His associates were Amos Pearson, 
 Eleazar Woodward, together with the commissioned officers ; 
 and in the same year he was appointed one of the committee to 
 examine the plan of government for the state of New Hamp- 
 shire. He was licensed as a tavern keeper year after year, for a 
 long period ; and in one official capacity or another, as highway 
 surveyor, constable, overseer of the poor, sealer of weights and 
 measures, school committee, keeper of the town stock of powder^ 
 kept in the church loft, and deacon of the church, he rende 
 service almost every year from 1770 to 1800, and later. 
 
 Rev. F. G. Clark says : 
 
 "During the Revolution a hotel was kept by Capt. Barton, north of the 
 Badger pond, where F. B. Tay lives. When Burgoyne was captured, a
 
 590 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 large number of people gathered there to celebrate the event. A cask of 
 tar was raised to the top of a pine tree, over which was placed an image of 
 the British commander, and after dark the enemy was burnt in effigy.* 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM BLANEY. He is said to have been a 
 sea captain, and was probably a relative of Major Joseph Blaney, 
 one of the original proprietors of Salem-Cauada. 
 
 On a commanding elevation, a little west of south from South 
 Lyndeborough village, and about three-fourths of a mile distant, 
 is the ruin of a cellar, over which once stood the residence of 
 Capt. Wm. Blaney. South of the cellar may be seen aged apple 
 trees, the remnants of what was early in the last century a flour- 
 ishing orchard. Captain Blaney owned extensive pastures in 
 this part of the town, a portion of which, now the property of 
 W. N. Cheever, still bears the name of " the Blaney pasture." 
 A short distance to the north of the old cellar are traces of the 
 tan-pit where he evidently conducted a tannery. He is on rec- 
 ord as having bought what was known as the " Stockwell yard" 
 in Wilton, the deed of which was dated Nov. 13, 1799.* 
 
 Oct. 3, 1794, Rev. Sewall Goodridge gave him a deed of a 
 tract of land adjoining Wilton. (See p. 485 ; also p. 326.) His 
 pew in the old meeting-house was No. 6 on the ground floor. 
 
 He was a revolutionary soldier, and not only did active service 
 himself, but also, with many others, hired substitutes. 
 
 On a gravestone near the residence of Samuel Dolliver is the 
 inscription : 
 
 " In memory of Christopher S. Blaney, son of Capt. and Mrs. Ruth S. 
 Blaney, who died July 22, 1789, aged 13 years, 5 months, and 25 days. 
 Affliction sore long time I bore, 
 
 Physicians strove in vain, 
 Till God was pleased to give me ease 
 And took away my pain." 
 
 Capt. Blaney died in 1802, leaving wife and five minor chil- 
 dren. After his decease the family left town, removing to 
 Marblehead, Mass. On the Probate Docket of Essex County, 
 2,637, Mrs. Ruth Blaney, widow, of Marblehead, was appointed 
 guardian of the minor children, Oct. 15, 1806. 
 
 OSGOOD CARLETON. According to "Memorials of the 
 Carletons," Osgood's brothers were Jeremiah, Timothy, David 
 and Ebenezer ; and his sisters were Mary, who married Reuben 
 Batchelder, and Abigail, who married first, John Johnson ; and 
 second, Ensign David Putnam ; and third, Capt. Jonas Kidder. 
 
 *Salem-Canada, p. 37. fWilton History, p. 173.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 591 
 
 The state papers, edited by Hon. A. S. Batchellor, Vol. XXVII, 
 pages 414 to 418, give samples of his engineering work or 
 draughtsmanship.* " Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arith- 
 metic ; Applied to the Federal and Other Currencies," was 
 compiled at the request of the ' ' Associated Instructors of 
 Youth," in Boston, and published in 1810. 
 
 A well preserved copy of this work, kindly lent by descend- 
 ants of one of the Carleton family, furnished the facts above 
 cited. The work was creditable, and esteemed as one of the 
 worthy successors of the great arithmetic of Nicholas Pike, 
 teacher in Newburyport, Mass., though it is less than half the 
 size of that famous and formidable volume. 
 
 Mr. Carleton was married and settled in this town. His 
 wife was I^ydia, one of the Johnson family, of the east part of 
 the town. His farm, according to a letter of John Carleton, 
 was about a half mile south of the meeting-house. This tallies 
 with an old deed, from " Benjamin L,ynde to Osgood Carleton, 
 of Second Division L,ot No. 56, containing 130 acres." This 
 deed was dated Dec. 21, 1768. He built a house on this lot, 
 and seems to have lived there several years. The place is now 
 known as the L,ucas place ; and was formerly the Manuel place. 
 
 He must have left Lyndeborough a short time before the 
 commencement of the Revolutionary War, for he enlisted in 
 his native state, Massachusetts, May i, 1775, and was soon pro- 
 moted. (For his promotion, see Rev. Rolls.) 
 
 W. H. Grant, Esq., found a record stating that Osgood 
 Carleton "delivered to M. Hillegas, Continental Treasurer in 
 1781, six boxes containing thirteen million one thousand six 
 hundred thirty-seven Dollars, Continental money." 
 
 Mr. John Carleton, a grandson of Jeremiah, affirmed that he, 
 himself, had seen among Osgood Carleton's papers, receipts 
 from General Washington acknowledging several million Pounds 
 Sterling which had been paid to him. 
 
 From another source comes the account of Osgood Carleton 
 as transportation agent of the government money, as well as 
 army paymaster, stating " that he traveled with two horses and 
 an old cart, escorted by six men who pretended not to know 
 him, or have anything to do with him. His clothing was old 
 
 * The writer found in the Old State House, in Boston, a " map of the city from actual 
 surveys made by Osgood Carleton." It is described as, "A copy of a r 
 Boston, presumed to be the only one extant, published by George B. F< 
 Copyright Secured 1878."
 
 592 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 and everything was done to avert suspicion of his having any 
 money, and he was never molested." 
 
 Authorities differ as to the date of his death. The work en- 
 titled, " Memorials of the Carletons," gives the date as 1814; 
 "Drake's Dictionary of American Biography" describes him 
 as "a teacher of mathematics and navigation ; d. I/itchfield, N. 
 H., June, 1816. A resident of Massachusetts, he published 
 valuable maps of that State and of the district of Maine." 
 Other publications were "The American Navigator," in 1801 ; 
 "The South American Pilot," 1804; "A map of the United 
 States," 1806. The memorials of the Carletons report his hav- 
 ing three sons : Osgood, b. 1783 ; John and David. He is said 
 to have died at the home of his son, in L/itchfield, N. H. (See 
 Genealogies.) 
 
 CAPTAIN PETER CLARK of Lyndeborough was a descen- 
 dant of Hugh Clark, who settled first in Watertown, Mass.; 
 and afterwards removed to Roxbury, Mass., where he died July 
 20, 1693. The direct line of descent is Hugh, 1 Uriah, 2 Rev. 
 Peter, 3 a graduate of Harvard in 1712, Peter, 4 a graduate of 
 Harvard in 1739, Capt. Peter, 5 of I^yndeborough. 
 
 The parents of the latter were both natives of Danvers, Mass. 
 His father preferred farming to professional life ; and Deacon 
 Hobart of Braintree, his grandfather, gave him a farm in that 
 town, on which he settled, and October 22, 1741, married Anna 
 Porter of Danvers. There, in Braintree, February 4, 1743, 
 Capt. Peter was born. 
 
 In the 2ist year of his age, October 20, 1763, he married 
 Hannah Epps of Braintree, the daughter of Daniel Epps, Esq. 
 and Hannah (Prescott) his wife. Daniel Eppes was one of the 
 old Salem-Canada proprietors ; was for several years proprie- 
 tors' clerk, and one of the heaviest shareholders in the town- 
 ship. It was doubtless through the influence of his father-in- 
 law, that in the troubled times of 1775, Peter Clark removed to 
 the well-wooded and quiet town of Lyndeborough, N. H. 
 Here he made for himself a home and reared a noble family, 
 and left a worthy record, not only of heroism, but of civic 
 virtue as well. He lived on what has been known in later 
 years as the Holden place. 
 
 Soon after coming into the town in 1775, he was commis- 
 sioned as a captain of the gth Regiment of New Hampshire 
 Militia. On the alarm connected with Burgoyne's invasion, he
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 593 
 
 led 60 men, proposed destination Ticonderoga, to join Stark's 
 command. This was on July i, 1777. The fort had been evacu- 
 ated, and his company, not being needed in camp, returned to 
 their farms. Twenty of these with their captain belonged in 
 this town, and their names are to be remembered. They are 
 given on pages 162 and 163. 
 
 Capt. Clark set out on a second expedition, July 21, 1777. 
 He then went to Bennington, joined Stark's army, and with his 
 men rendered excellent service in that noted battle. Capt. 
 Clark was said to be one of the first men to mount the British 
 defenses. Twenty of our townsmen, including the captain, 
 were in that noted fight. Their names are on page 163. The 
 time of service of these men was 68 days. 
 
 Captain Clark marched a third time on the 2Qth of September, 
 1777, and bore a 'part in the battle of Saratoga, and assisted in 
 the capture of General Burgoyne. On this last expedition, 
 there were, including him, 16 of our citizens, whose names we 
 give, page 163. 
 
 Before the close of the Revolutionary War, Capt. Clark was 
 commissioned major in the military service. His commission is 
 one of the cherished heirlooms of the family, issued November 
 16, 1779, and signed by Meshech Weare, President of the 
 Council at Exeter, then the seat of our State Government. 
 
 JOHN CLARK, brother of Capt. Peter, went to Lynde- 
 borough in 1775. April 24, 1776, he married Margery Hay- 
 ward, who died November 26, 1808. He was an honest man 
 and a good citizen, and died in L,yndeborough March 19, 1814. 
 Child. 
 
 SAU.Y CLARK, b. November 19, 1778. m. 1802, Benjamin, 
 son of Rev. Sewall Goodridge of Lyndeborough. 
 
 FRANCIS CLARK, son of Capt. Peter, moved toBarre, Vt., 
 and died there. He was the father of Rev. William Clark, 
 who assisted much in securing the genealogy from which this 
 information is derived. 
 
 JOHN CLARK, youngest son of Capt. Peter, was remarkable 
 for his musical talent, led the choir for many years, and both 
 he and his sons furnished music on many public occasions. 
 
 HANNAH DEBORAH CLARK, sister of Rev. B. F., was 
 educated at New Ipswich Academy, and at Maplewood Institute,
 
 594 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 at Pittsfield, Mass. She became a successful teacher, and after 
 residing at North Chelmsford two or three years with her 
 brother, was married at his home, March 7, 1843, to George F. 
 Gillmore, Esq., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. "The Gillmore 
 Mission School" of that city was named for her. She was noted 
 for the energy and earnestness of her Christian character. 
 For other notices see Genealogies. 
 
 CRAM. The first settler in Salem-Canada was, undoubt- 
 edly, Mr. John Cram, who came from Wilmington, Mass., with 
 his wife and married sons and marriageable daughters, and with 
 several grandchildren. As he was foremost among the settlers, 
 so also was the Cram family one of the oldest of whom we have 
 any record among all the inhabitants of the town. 
 
 The origin of the Crams has been traced back to very remote 
 antiquity. It. appears first among the Slavonic people who 
 came early into northeastern Germany, where they established 
 themselves and were noted for their warlike spirit. Here a 
 branch of the family was raised to baronial dignity and a long 
 succession of knights and titled nobility reflected honor on the 
 name. Another branch of the family penetrated into France, 
 whence it entered the Duchies of I^ower Saxony and Brunswick 
 in the ninth century. The name, however, appeared first in 
 the archives of those principalities in A. D. 1181, 1206, and 
 1225, where it was written, Von Cramm, the prefix Von in 
 German names being a well-known mark of nobility. From 
 north Germany, a branch of the family crossed the German 
 ocean and established its home in England, in 1528. The 
 founder of this branch was Hans (or John) Von Cramm, who 
 " with six men at arms," entered the service of the Bishop of 
 Durham, and was a successful and honored soldier. " In con- 
 sideration of goodlie service at warr," the Dean and Canons of 
 Durham "devised unto the sayde Hans Von Cramm their 
 dwelling-place at Felling in the county of Dunholm, lately 
 called the Priorie." Thus was the family enrolled among the 
 landed gentry of England. 
 
 It is noted as a peculiar coincidence that Hans, twelfth child 
 of Burkard Von Cramm, was the founder of the family in 
 England ; and still another Hans, or John, the twelfth child of 
 another Burkard and Barbara Cram, became the founder of the 
 family in America. 
 
 The progenitor in England was buried at Jarrow, about a
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 595 
 
 half-mile south of the Tyne, near the shore of the German 
 ocean. His tombstone is built into the side of the south porch 
 of the old church at Jarrow. The place is noted as the scene 
 of the labors of the venerable Bede, and the church is said to 
 contain the old oak chair which he graced. A copy of the in- 
 scription on the old tombstone of John Cram is here given : 
 " Hie jacet John Cramm qui obiit nonadecimo die Februarii A 
 Dni M DCLIII nonagesimo quarto ejus aie ppetur deus Amen ' ' 
 The English Crams have the same general ensign as the 
 German family, the crest alone being changed, to indicate that 
 "they got it as vassals or liegemen of the Abbey," i. e. of 
 Durham. As a matter of interest both coats of arms may be 
 compared, that of the German branch being copied from the 
 archives of Brunswick, the form in which the family "have 
 borne it for centuries." Such armorial decorations were always 
 highly valued, and indicate the honor in which the family or 
 race were held. 
 
 JOHN. This was the name of the first one of the family in 
 America. He was born at Newcastle on the Tyne, in 1697, and 
 was the son of Burkard, and grandson of John of Jarrow. He 
 is said, by one authority, to have probably begun " to live in 
 Boston as early as 1635, and in 1637 was assigned sixteen acres 
 of land at Muddy River (Brookline.)"* "The New York 
 Crams ' ' states that ' ' he and his wife Esther came to Boston in 
 1635," and Savage, another authority, is said to have given 1637 
 as the time of his arrival there. But Major General T. J. 
 Cram, U. S. A., December 24, 1874, wrote, "I have examined 
 every page of the ' Records of the Governor and Company of 
 Massachusetts Bay,' and the name of John Cram nowhere ap- 
 pears. If he had ever been in Boston it is certain that his 
 name would somewhere be seen." But "John Cram's name 
 never appears, and to my mind, it is clear that he never was in 
 Boston, but that he came first to Exeter, where he was one of 
 'Wheelwright's Combination.'' 
 
 The Provincial Papers of New Hampshire lend color to this 
 opinion of Major General Cram.t For the name of John 
 Cram is seen on several petitions and other papers connecte 
 with Exeter. Exeter History states that "he had wife an 
 two or more children when he came to Exeter." His s 
 Joseph, supposed to be the oldest, was drowned June 24, 1648, 
 
 * Bell's History of Exeter, p. 24. t Bouton I, pp. 135- US, * '79-
 
 596 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 aged 15 years; and his daughter Lydia was born July 27, of 
 the same year. He served as townsman 1648 and 1649, and 
 soon after removed to Hampton, and there died, March 5, 
 1 68 1 -2. The town record commemorates him as " good old 
 John Cram, one just in his generation." He was twice married, 
 his first wife being named Lydia ; his second, Esther. The 
 latter died May 17, 1677. They had four children. 
 
 1. Benjamin, who married Argentine Cromwell, a relative of 
 old Oliver, Protector. 
 
 2. Thomas, who was a soldier in the Narragansett, or King 
 Philip's war, which ended in 1676. He married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Weare, a member of the Governor's 
 Council, and one of the most distinguished men connected 
 with the early history of New Hampshire. 
 
 3. Mary, who married Abraham Tilton. (of Bow?) 
 
 4. Lydia, of whom there is no record, save her birth in 1648. 
 John Cram and his wife were both members of the Hampton 
 
 church. It is said that ' ' no Crams have been found in America 
 whose ancestry could not be traced back to him." 
 
 JOHN CRAM, grandson of the fore-named, was the first 
 settler of both Salem-Canada and I/yndeborough. It is true 
 that the territory included under both these names is not exactly 
 the same. Salem-Canada included all the territory now in 
 Lyudeborough, and much more. But the property of John 
 Cram was in both the old grant issued by the General Court of 
 Massachusetts, and also in that covered by the charter of the 
 Masonian Proprietors, which was later confirmed by the Pro- 
 vincial Charter, under Governor Benning Wentworth. Because 
 of his priority of settlement and the influence of his many 
 descendants, it seems proper to extend somewhat our notice of 
 his life. 
 
 John Cram, the pioneer in this town, was born in Hampton 
 Falls, January 12, 1685. He was the son of Thomas Cram and 
 Elizabeth, the daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Weare, later Chief 
 Justice of the Province. Thomas Cram, the father of our 
 townsman, had been a soldier in the Narragansett, or King 
 Philip's War, and in 1738, was one of the selectmen of Hamp- 
 ton Falls.* In 1749, we find his name, or possibly his son's, 
 attached to a petition to the governor, for a grant of land for a 
 township. Connected, thus, with prominent families, both 
 
 *.State Papers, XII, pp. 131, 136, 137.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 597 
 
 through the Weares and the Crams, the early advantages and 
 social standing of John were doubtless of the very best. This 
 is believed to be implied by the respectful terms in which he is 
 mentioned in the earliest Proprietors' Records of Salem-Canada, 
 as well as by the various responsibilities devolved upon him by 
 the primitive settlers of the town. The esteem in which he 
 was held in his native place was, doubtless, undiminished by 
 his marriage in 1707, to Sarah, daughter of Henry Holt, of 
 Andover, Mass. The next year after his marriage, we find 
 him performing military duty at Fort William and Mary, in 
 which year, also, Jonathan, his eldest son, was born.* It is 
 of some importance to note this fact ; for at a later day, both 
 father and son served in the French and Indian War, after they 
 had become citizens of Salem-Canada. 
 
 Among the names on the schedule attached to the royal 
 charter of the town of Chester, granted in 1722, is found that 
 of John Cram.t The list of the proprietors of Chichester 
 whose charter bears date of 1727, also contains the names of 
 Thomas, John and Benjamin Cram. Such a recurrence of his 
 name indicates that John Cram must have possessed some 
 pecuniary resources ; that he was something more than an 
 ordinary settler. His large family, well situated and well con- 
 nected matrimonially, must have added somewhat to his influ- 
 ence and to the esteem in which he was held by his fellow- 
 citizens in Salem-Canada. 
 
 He settled first, after his marriage, in his native town, 
 Hampton Falls. There three of his children were born. He 
 and his wife were dismissed from the church at Hampton Falls, 
 April 13, 1712. He was settled in Woburn, Mass., in 1713, 
 and there all his remaining children were born. Among these 
 were two sets of twins, his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, 
 constituting one set, and his sons, EH and Benjamin, the other. 
 
 May 16, 1727, he sold his Woburn property to Benjamin 
 Abbott, and removed to Wilmington, Mass. He united with 
 the church in Wilmington, October 24, 1733.$ On May 11, 
 1737, he sold one-half of his farm to his son Jonathan, and 
 settled in Salem-Canada, New Hampshire. 
 
 In the sketch of Lyndeborough by Mr. David C. Grant is 
 the statement : 
 
 " The first settlers in what is now Lyndeborough were Cram, Putnam 
 
 *Prov. Papers, XII, p. 112. t Batch. XXIV, p. 568. \ Wilmington Church Record.
 
 598 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 and Chamberlain, descendants of whom now reside in town. But the 
 first settler in Sal em-Canada (now Wilton) was John Badger." 
 
 It would be more exact to say that the first settlers in Salem- 
 Canada, the greater part of which is included in L,yndeborough, 
 were Cram, Putnam and Chamberlain. But the first settler in 
 that part of it which is included in Wilton was John Badger. 
 
 The latter statement is believed to be correct, and leaves 
 little room for any misunderstanding. That there was a fort, 
 also, in old Salem-Canada can hardly be counted a matter of 
 doubt, though it is very doubtful whether it was built pre- 
 vious to 1740, the year of Badger's decease. 
 
 There seems conclusive evidence that John Cram established 
 a permanent residence here in 1737, when his youngest chil- 
 dren were about sixteen years of age. His twin daughters, 
 Sarah and Elizabeth, were about eighteen years of age. The 
 former married Kphraim Putnam, who was for a time ' ' com- 
 mander of the fort or blockhouse ; ' ' and was prominent in 
 Revolutionary movements ; the latter married Jonathan Cham- 
 berlain, who, with his son, Jonathan "marched from L,ynde- 
 borough for Ticouderoga, on July i, 1777, in Capt. Peter 
 Clark's Co. of militia." * Not only were there grown-up 
 sons and daughters, but there were grandchildren when he 
 came into this town, although he preceded them by three years 
 or more as a resident. 
 
 Some of the first work in clearing roads and building the 
 meeting-house was done by Mr. John Cram and his oxen. The 
 first proprietors, most of whom dwelt in Salem, Mass., and in 
 adjoining towns, began in 1738 to bargain with him about 
 building a saw mill, and he engaged with them to build it. He 
 fulfilled his agreement apparently to the satisfaction of the pro- 
 prietors, and received No. 39, the mill lot, containing 130 acres, 
 situated west of the village of South L,yndeborough, for the 
 service. Until that date, 1740, the dwellings were log cabins, 
 and were not numerous. 
 
 The saw-mills of Nathaniel Putnam and John Cram now 
 began their operations, and prepared the boards and smaller 
 timbers needed for the framed houses. In a very few years, 
 however, the work of the settlers was interrupted by the French 
 and Indian War, also known as Qneen Anne's War. In this 
 war both John Cram and his son Jonathan bore a part. The 
 father must at that time have been about sixty years of age. 
 
 * Chamberlain Family, p. 12.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 599 
 
 According to records preserved in the family of Mr. Andrew 
 Harwood, but now lost, " Sarah the wife of John Cram died in 
 Sept. or October 1757, between seventy and eighty years of age ; 
 and John Cram died in Amherst in 1759.* Thus ended an ac- 
 tive, honored, prosperous and useful life. 
 
 JAMES S. CRAM was a great-grandson of Mr. John Cram, 
 the earliet settler of the town. He lived on what is now known 
 as the Rose place, situated on what was then the thoroughfare 
 between Amherst and Greenfield, and the Asheulot townships. 
 Amherst was the seat of " The Aurean Academy," which 
 James S. had the privilege of attending. His manuscript book, 
 which bears date of 1795, is quite a marvel of neat penmanship 
 for those days. It is devoted entirely to mathematics. The 
 subjects of which he treated were often printed with his pen in 
 ornamental letters, like Old English or German text, or some- 
 times in neat, round English script of the writing-master. His 
 skill in mathematics led many people to seek his aid in the solu- 
 tion of difficult problems, which presented little difficulty to him, 
 and were easily mastered. His manuscript book begins with 
 involution and evolution, passes on to progressions, to plane and 
 solid geometry, mensuration of plane surfaces and solids, sur- 
 veying and trigonometry. His figures, geometrical drawings, 
 and pen and ink sketches of hills, towers or steeples show the 
 talent of an expert. 
 
 He spent some time as a teacher in his native town, and com- 
 piled a "First Spelling Book, Designed as an Introduction to 
 Other Spelling Books." It was printed at Concord by Hoag & 
 Atwood, 1831. He stated in the preface that his main object in 
 compiling it was ' ' to assist young children in acquiring a thor- 
 ough knowledge of monosyllables, which would greatly facilitate 
 their progress in the larger Spelling Book." 
 
 He also cultivated a taste for music, and taught singing 
 schools. The works of the old composers and masters were 
 among his treasures. A copy of the "Grand Hallelujah 
 Chorus " in Handel's " Messiah," is well preserved, within the 
 covers of his singing book, " The Rural Harmony," which he 
 used in his singing schools. This book was printed by Isaiah 
 Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 1793- For other 
 facts see Genealogies. 
 
 *Rev. F. G. Clark, letter to D. C. Grant.
 
 600 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 MR. AND MRS. DAVID GAGE. David Gage, a native of 
 Merrimack, N. H., at one time taught the village school in 
 South I/yndeborough, where he became acquainted with Miss 
 Betsey Putnam, also a teacher, whom he afterwards married. 
 She was the daughter of Squire Daniel Putnam, and became 
 Mrs. Gage, Aug. 12, 1823. After their marriage they set out 
 for their chosen work as teachers among the Cherokee and 
 Chocktaw Indians, under appointment as missionaries of the 
 American Board. They traveled with their own horse and car- 
 riage, going from eighteen to thirty-four miles a day, and had a 
 pleasant and prosperous journey across parts of seven states. 
 
 After teaching a short time near Knoxville, Tenn., Mr. Gage 
 went south into Wayne Co., Miss., and took charge of both the 
 literary and industrial departments of the mission school, at the 
 Choctaw Agency. In 1826, he had in his school sixteen boys, 
 iwo girls, who boarded in the family, and three others, who 
 boarded at their homes. His dwelling was of the primitive 
 kind, sixteen by eighteen feet, built of logs, and the chimney of 
 sticks. 
 
 In the summer of 1828 he spent much of his vacation in travel, 
 and at one of the meetings which they rode about sixty miles to 
 attend, there were five or six hundred natives present and sev- 
 enteen or eighteen missionaries. Two hundred and sixty-six 
 natives came forward and expressed a determination to seek the 
 salvation of their souls. The meeting continued from Thursday 
 till Monday. Many natives had not provision for so long a stay, 
 and prompted by hunger, were preparing to start for home on 
 Sunday. The missionaries and professing Christians were anx- 
 ious that they should remain. One Choctaw man arose and 
 said that ' ' he had nothing to eat he was hungry, and sup- 
 posed the rest were ; but what of that ? We shall not starve to 
 death in three days. We now have the means of grace, and if 
 we can get to Heaven, it would be good for us to stay here till 
 our flesh dried on our bones." 
 
 Mr. Gage continued his labors among the" Indians until they 
 were removed by the government west of the Mississippi River. 
 He died Oct. 3, 1841, and was buried near I/ivingston, Sumter 
 County, Alabama. His devoted wife, with her four little chil- 
 dren, returned to I/yndeborough in June, 1842. They em- 
 barked on a sailing vessel from Mobile, Ala., and came to New 
 York, and thence by Sound boat to New London, Conn., thence
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 601 
 
 by railroad to Worcester, Mass., and so on to Nashua, and her 
 former home. 
 
 CALEB HOUSTON.!- W. H. Grant, Esq., wrote to his 
 brother, David C., in April, 1889, giving interesting items 
 gleaned from Farmer & Moore's Gazeeter of New Hampshire, 
 published in 1823, concerning Caleb Huston, or Houston, as 
 the name is frequently written, a native of Lyndeborough, who 
 was graduated at Williams College in 1812, and was probably 
 the first college graduate of this town. 
 
 Later Mr. Grant wrote that Caleb Houston died at Columbus, 
 Ohio, about 1850. He was elected one of the councilmen on 
 the organization of the Borough of Columbus, in 1816. In 1819 
 he with two others erected a saw-mill upon a new patent plan. 
 ' The saw was circular, and was to cut constantly ahead, with 
 no back strokes." The historian (of Columbus) says: " it was 
 an experiment, and cost them a good deal without answering 
 any valuable purpose." 
 
 Mr. Grant thought, however, that Caleb Houston's " was the 
 first circular saw ever used for saw-mill purposes." 
 
 CAPT. JONAS KIDDER. Captain Jonas Kidder, the son 
 of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder was born in Hudson, 
 N. H., Nov. 1 6, 1743. He was a farmer, and came to Lynde- 
 borough in 1766, and settled on Second Division lot 105, east 
 of Esq. Andrew Fuller's place. When the Revolutionary War 
 broke out, Mr. Fuller and he united in hiring Mr. Samuel 
 Butterfield to enlist in Capt. Barren's company, raised for ser- 
 vice in Canada, but performing its chief service at Fort Ticon- 
 deroga in 1776. His military record will be found on page 190 
 
 In 1780 it was known that the British forces were unusually 
 active, and the object of their activity was strongly suspected, 
 although the extent and venality of their purposes were for the 
 time unsurmised. The capture of Major Andr6 at Tarrytown, 
 with the documents found in his possession betrayed the full 
 scope of their atrocious plot. The treachery and corruption of 
 Arnold were thus revealed, and the whole deeply planned 
 scheme to get possession of West Point, the American strong- 
 hold on the Hudson, burst upon Washington and his associates 
 like the terrifying shock of an earthquake. The patriots 
 had divined the drift of their enemies' activities. They were 
 
 tCaleb Houston was town clerk of I,yndeborough in 1807. He was a good penman and 
 evidently a man of more than ordinary ability.
 
 602 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 alert and were making extraordinary efforts to reinforce and 
 strengthen the garrison at West Point. The men who could 
 be spared elsewhere were hastened thither. Bounties were 
 liberally paid to able bodied men who would enlist, and several 
 from L,yndeborough were among the forces which were sent for- 
 ward. These efforts were timely, and proved of great service to 
 the patriot cause. 
 
 Captain Kidder was on duty there in those stirring times. It 
 is stated that he was entrusted with the important service of 
 guarding the spy, Major Andre, the night before his execution. 
 The list of Captain Kidder's company, together with their 
 places of residence is found in the N. H. Revolutionary Rolls, 
 Vol. 3, pp. 161, 162. The I<yndeborough men who were with 
 him were : 
 
 Samuel Houston, sergeant Edward Bevins 
 
 Jacob Button, fifer Willard Lund 
 
 John Punchard, drummer Simeon Fletcher 
 
 Daniel Cram Stephen Richardson 
 
 Edward Spaulding Amos Manuel 
 
 His company was stationed at Camp Highlands, Sept. 27, 
 1780. 
 
 In 1781 and 1782 Jonas Kidder was serving his town in a 
 civil capacity as one of her selectmen, associated with his 
 brother-in-law, Ephraim Putnam, in that office. His petition, 
 in company with three other captains, recorded on pages 190 
 and 191, indicates the deplorable poverty of our state treasury 
 at that time, 1781. It was powerless to relieve the distresses of 
 the men who had rendered heroic service on many hard fought 
 fields, by paying them their overdue wages. Their hardships 
 were not ended when the din of warfare was hushed. They 
 were sufferers, not only on the tented fields, but also after their 
 return home. Honored be their memory forever ! 
 
 Jonas Kidder was about forty years of age when the Revolu- 
 tionary War closed, and probably did not receive a pension till 
 about eighty years old. There is a story current that while 
 living up on the side of the mountain, and attending to his 
 ordinary farm work, he learned from some younger neighbor, 
 unacquainted with Jonas' history, that the survivors of the Revo- 
 lutionary War were now receiving pensions, and responded, 
 that " perhaps then he should get something." "You," said 
 his informer, "what did you do?" He answered modestly, 
 " I was in that war, and was captain for a while."
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 603 
 
 He went to his old papers and after some fumbling of them 
 found his discharge from the service duly filled out. He drew 
 a pension which aided in supporting him in his old age. 
 
 Captain Kidder was thrice married, first, to Huldah, daughter 
 of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam, Nov. 26, 1768; second, 
 to Mrs. Alice, (widow of Nathan) Barren, and daughter of 
 Amos Taylor, May 20, 1779 ; and third, to Mrs. Abigail (Carle- 
 ton) (Johnson) (Putnam), sister of Osgood, Jeremiah etc., and 
 widow of John Johnson, who perished in the Revolutionary 
 War, and afterwards widow of Ensign David Putnam. She 
 survived her third husband, who is said to have been 84 years 
 of age when he married her, July 5, 1827, while she was 74. 
 
 Captain Kidder died in his native town of Hudson, at the 
 home of his daughter, Hannah, who became Mrs. Levi Cross of 
 that town. (For further information see Genealogies.) 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM LEE. A somewhat appreciative 
 notice of William Lee, in the History of Francestown, page 
 795, states that he settled in that town in 1771, and lived in the 
 southeast part of it where he cleared and settled the place after- 
 wards occupied by Daniel Clark, and was a man of some promi- 
 nence, being one of the board of selectmen in 1773. It further 
 credits him with Revolutionary service for both Francestown 
 and Lyndeborough, and appears to cast doubt on his right to 
 the title of captain, on the ground that though he was some- 
 times called so, the pay-roll calls him " Ensign William Lee." 
 Such is the substance of the brief notice of him above re- 
 ferred to. 
 
 Our Lyndeborough annals have no record of the time or 
 place of his birth ; and we cannot quite see how he could settle 
 in Francestown in 1771, which was not incorporated till 1772. 
 
 Apart from the above-mentioned statement, we have found 
 nothing to show that he served for Francestown in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. 
 
 We will, however, state upon credible authority, which we 
 shall give, some facts which we have found on record, in rela- 
 tion to Captain William Lee. 
 
 The Revolutionary Rolls credit his service constantly to 
 Lyndeborough. From here, four days after the Lexington and 
 Concord fight, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Levi Spauld- 
 ing. His name was number 4 on the pay-roll, with the rank of 
 sergeant. He was, therefore, with Capt. Spauldiog and his
 
 604 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 company, at Bunker Hill. His term of service then was three 
 months and sixteen days. The Lyndeborough record gives 
 him as one of the men who went from Winter Hill to Canada 
 in 1776, and returned to Trenton. He seems to have spent 
 Christmas of that year somewhere near the camp of the Hes- 
 sians. On the 7th of November just before, he was commis- 
 sioned 2nd lieutenant in the First Battalion of New Hampshire 
 troops in the Continental Service. 
 
 In the town records he is called Ensign William Lee. He re- 
 signed his commission as 2nd Lieutenant or Ensign on January 
 10, 1778, and on the 7th of the following August, had the rank 
 of captain, and commanded a company in Col. Moses Nichols' 
 regiment, in the Expedition to Rhode Island. That expedi- 
 tion was in service only 24 days. But the Lyndeborough men 
 who were in his company were among those of highest stand- 
 ing in the town, indicating that William Lee was no ordinary 
 man. 
 
 The late Mr. David C. Grant gave correctly the portion of 
 the town in which Captain Lee lived. This portion was at a 
 later day taken from Lyndeborough to constitute the town of 
 Greenfield. In that part of the town, one of the small streams 
 which flows into Rocky River, still bears the name of "The 
 Lee Brook." 
 
 Captain Lee seems to have left our town soon after the close 
 of the Revolutionary War ; and is reported to have settled in 
 Weston, Vermont. Some of his descendants returned to New 
 Hampshire, and lived in Hancock. According to the Hancock 
 History, Vol. II, p. 738, note, three of his grandsons were 
 Union soldiers in our Civil War. One of these, Charles Henry 
 Lee, married Eliza Josephine Newell, who was born in Lynde- 
 borough, November 24, 1850, daughter of John Newell, form- 
 erly a miller in Lyndeborough. 
 
 LYNDEBOROUGH MEN IN CAPTAIN WILLIAM LEE'S COMPANY 
 IN THE EXPEDITION TO RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 Capt. William Lee Andrew Fuller 
 Qr. Mr. Sergt. Adam Johnson Edward Bevins 
 
 Sergt. Samuel Hutchinson Francis Epps 
 
 Corp. Robert Badger Daniel Gould 
 
 Jonas Kidder Jesse Lund 
 
 John Kidder Aaron Putnam 
 
 Aaron Lewis Nicholas Beasom 
 
 Daniel Cram Timothy Pearson 
 
 Reuben Spaulding Nathan Pearson
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 605 
 
 PUTNAM. The earliest ancestor of the Putnam family in 
 America was John Putnam of Aston Abbotts, Co. Bucks, 
 England, and of Salem, Mass., in New England, 1634. The 
 stock from which he sprang is said to have entered Britain at 
 the time of the Norman Conquest, about 1066.* Mr. Eben 
 Putnam of Salem, the author of an extended history of the 
 distinguished family, thinks that it contained a mixture of 
 Danish, Saxon and Celtic blood, with a predominance of the 
 Danish. At the time of John Putnam's arrival in the Bay 
 State, 1635, Mrs. Hutchinson, John Wheelwright, and their 
 sympathizers, as well as Roger Williams and certain others, 
 were making matters quite lively for the Boston hierarchy. 
 His arrival was probably too recent to admit of very active 
 participation on either side. But he is reputed to have been 
 "a man of energy and great natural powers." He was "a 
 farmer and exeedingly well off for the times. He wrote a fair 
 hand, as deeds on record show." He died in that part of 
 Salem, Mass., which is now Danvers, December 30, 1662. He 
 had three sons, who came with him to America : i. THOMAS, 
 grandsire of General Israel, famous in the Revolution. 2. 
 NATHANIEL, baptized at Aston Abbott's, n Oct., 1619, died at 
 Salem Village, 23 July, 1700. 3. JOHN, baptized at Aston 
 Abbott's, Eng., 27 May, 1727; died at Salem Village, 7 April, 
 1710. The Putnam family besides its antiquity was among the 
 titled and landed gentry of the English realm, and had its 
 recognized coat of arms and crest. John is believed to have 
 been the progenitor of all the Putnams of America. 
 
 <( In a manuscript dated 1733, Edward Putnam," one of his 
 grandsons, "then 79 years of age, wrote the following con- 
 cerning the family : " 
 
 " From the three brothers proceeded twelve males; from those twelve, 
 forty males ; from those forty, eight-two males. In respect to their 
 situation in life. I can say with the Psalmist, ' I have been young a 
 now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor their s 
 begging bread,' except of God who provides for all ; for God hath giv 
 to the generation of my fathers Agur's portion, neither povert 
 riches, but fed them with food convenient for them, and their 
 have been able to help others in their need." 
 
 The Hon. Perley Putnam of Salem, Mass., having for many 
 years collected material for a history of the Putnam family, is 
 said to have stated, "that he had discovered no Putnam 
 
 * History of Putnam Family.
 
 606 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 country that was not descended from (John i) and one of his 
 three sons. 
 
 NATHANIEL PUTNAM. Nathaniel, the second son of 
 John, was the ancestor of the Putnams of Salem-Canada. 
 These were also descended from his youngest son, Benjamin, 
 and his grandson, Nathaniel. The line of descent, therefore, 
 of our townsmen is, first, John ; then, Nathaniel, Benjamin, 
 Nathaniel. The last named is the first to be noted in the Pro- 
 prietors' Records of Salem-Canada. 
 
 Nathaniel Putnam of the fourth generation, great grandson 
 of John, was one of the early proprietors of Salem-Canada. 
 At the drawing of Second Division Lots, of 130 acres each, on 
 the 21 of June, 1737, Deacon Nathaniel Putnam drew on the 
 right of Capt. Samuel King, being home lot No. 5, the two 
 second division lots numbered 5 and 80. He seems to have 
 purchased the full right of Capt. King, and was afterwards an 
 active participant in the interests of the town for more than 
 twelve years. By the formation of township No. 2, he, with 
 his sons, were made citizens of that town. " Only a few of 
 the proprietors, or stockholders, settled in Salem-Canada," 
 wrote Rev. F. G. Clark, " but they were interested in the pros- 
 perity of the town, and voted money freely for a meeting-house, 
 support of preaching, and building of roads." " Deacon 
 Nathaniel Putnam, Joseph Richardson, Edward Hardy, and 
 Timothy Cummings were the only original proprietors, so far 
 as can be found, who made homes for themselves in the town." 
 He built the first saw-mill in the old town of Salem-Canada, in 
 1739. This was a great convenience at the time, and he re- 
 ceived a consideration of ten pounds in view of it, for which an 
 order was given him, September 15, 1741. One of the earliest 
 roads in the town was, also, laid out from the saw-mill of Dea. 
 Nathaniel Putnam to the meeting-house. Traces of this old 
 road are still discoverable in the southern part of L/yndeborough 
 and across the line into Wilton. The mill stood on the stream 
 which forms Barnes', or later Gaerwen's Falls, and was situated 
 a little above the falls. The Putnams, Dales and others, who, 
 at a later day, were set off into township No. 2, were promi- 
 nent helpers in building the first meeting-house in the old town. 
 Indications are not wanting to show that these interested and 
 worthy citizens of the old town were coerced into signing the 
 the petition for the formation of the new township No. 2. They
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 607 
 
 were highly prized neighbors always, and had many interests 
 in common with their former townsmen. Nathaniel Putnam 
 was advanced in years when the new town was constituted, in 
 1749. He was born in Salem, August 25, 1685. He married 
 Hannah Roberts, June 4, 1709, and died October 21, 1754. He 
 was buried in Danvers, Mass. His posterity in the male line 
 consisted of four sons, viz. : Jacob, Archelaus, Ephraim, and 
 Nathaniel. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTNAM, Ephraim Putnam was the third 
 son of the above-named Nathaniel, and came to Salem-Canada 
 with his father and brothers. He was of the fifth generation 
 from the immigrant John, and was born in Salem Village, 
 February 10, 1719. He died in L,yndeborough, November 13, 
 1777, at the age of 58 years, after an active and useful life. 
 
 He married Sarah, a twin daughter of John Cram, the first 
 settler in Salem-Canada. She was born in Woburn, Mass., 
 June 27, 1719, and came with her father into the new settlement. 
 She died October 14, 1777,, aged 58 years. 
 
 Ephraim Putnam and wife settled on second division lot No. 
 5, near his brother, Jacob, not far from the intersection of the 
 roads near the north cemetery in Wilton. He remained with 
 his father some time ; but took a deed of the home farm of 
 John Cram, his father-in-law, February 23, 1753. According to 
 Rev. Frank G. Clark, the first meeting in the interests of a 
 settled ministry "was held at the house of Ephraim Putnam, 
 September 3, 1756.*" "The home of Deacon Ephraim was 
 destroyed by fire a short time after his death, and at that time 
 the family records were destroyed. One of his sons then oc- 
 cupied the house. The children (born in town) were all bap- 
 tized by Rev. Mr. Wilkins, of Amherst, and births recorded by 
 Jacob Wellrnan, society clerk. "t 
 
 The traditions of Indian incursions in this town seems to be 
 treated by Rev. Mr. Clark with too little credit. True, none of 
 our inhabitants, so far as known, perished by the hands of the 
 red men. But it is a matter of history and of fact, that a gar- 
 rison was built in the town by order of Major Lovewell, a 
 brother of John of the " Pigwacket fight." This fort was 
 standing at the time of the French and Indian war, in 1744- 
 Not only was there a fort here, but John Cram, who in 1708, 
 
 * See pp. 278-279. T Hy. of Put. Fam. Ft. IV, p. 203.
 
 608 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 did fort duty at Fort William and Mary, for a time, had com- 
 mand of it. (See p. 521.) 
 
 Sarah, the wife of Ephraim Putnam, is reported on one occa- 
 sion to have shown remarkable courage and strategy in holding 
 the fort when her husband was absent. The enemy were 
 stealthily approaching but were betrayed by the dogs, which 
 always barked more furiously on scenting the Indians. The 
 single guard in charge was too timorous to be of much service. 
 But Sarah was cool, and ordered the men (as though present) 
 to their posts, at different stations. The man and her own boy, 
 also, answered in changed tones from, different points, and then 
 all was quiet. This gave the enemy the impression that the 
 fort had more defenders than they knew, and prevented an 
 attack. After peace came about, the Indians said that at that 
 time they thought they were able to capture the fort, but were 
 surprised that so many men could have gotten there without 
 their knowledge, and gave up their design, for fear of being 
 defeated. They said, also, that at other times they could have 
 captured the commander, but they refrained, thinking they 
 would capture the whole force together. 
 
 An Indian told that once when the commander turned his 
 horse into the pasture, he lay so near the bars that the horse 
 could have stepped on him. But he did not want to kill the 
 white man then, because they had planned to take the garrison 
 and kill them all at one time. 
 
 Ephraim Putnam was one of the original signers of the peti- 
 tion for the incorporation of the town under the royal charter, 
 which was granted April 23, 1764. At the first legal town 
 meeting, he and Jacob Wellman, one of the proprietors of the 
 town, were elected tything men. The following year he was 
 chosen town treasurer, an office to which he was elected nine 
 years in succession. The stormy times of the Revolution were 
 then coming on, and at the town meeting, October 31, 1774, 
 it was voted, " To purchase a town stock of powder, balls, and 
 flints," which was to consist of "One barrel of powder, one- 
 hundred weight of lead, and five dozen flints;" and Deacon 
 Ephraim Putnam was chosen ' ' a committee to provide the 
 above said stock." 
 
 He bore a very active part in the Revolution. In the Revo- 
 lutionary records of the town it is stated that in 1776, " Deacon 
 Ephraim Putnam and son Ephraim did a whole turn ; they 
 hired Nathaniel Bachelor."
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 609 
 
 The farm on which he lived was a part of second division 
 lot No. 41. But he had also a deed from Benjamin L,ynde, Jr., 
 Esq., of second division lot No. 44, which was burned with his 
 dwelling. These were the lots from which the original owners, 
 L,ynde and Cram, gave the spacious grounds for the first 
 meeting-house, which at that time was built near the middle 
 of the township of Salem-Canada. 
 
 When the first meeting-house grounds were given up, they 
 reverted to the possession of the original owner, then Deacon 
 Ephraim Putnam. His son Ephraim seems to have succeeded 
 him in occupying that part of the farm including lot No. 44 ; 
 he was known while his father lived as Ephraim Putnam, Jr., 
 and afterwards as Ephraim Putnam. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTNAM, JR. Ephraim Putnam, Jr., was the 
 son of Deacon Ephraim, and was himself a deacon. He was 
 born in Dauvers, Mass., June 15, 1744. He married I^ucy 
 Spaulding, who was probably a sister of Capt. L,evi Spaulding, 
 and nearly the same age. He seems to have been a man of 
 unusual influence in his day. (For his public services see pp. 
 J 96, 257, 258, 260.) He had three sons who lived in what is 
 now South Lyndeborough village. The places where these 
 sons lived are well known. But where he fixed his own dwell- 
 ing seems now to be a matter of conjecture. The likeliest 
 place is that, at present, the old dwelling which was afterwards 
 remodeled by another Ephraim Putnam into the tavern, now 
 the commodious residence of Capt. Andy Holt. He was sealer 
 of lumber for many years, an office which implied that he was 
 either a manufacturer of it or had some practical knowledge of 
 the quality and worth of it. The lumber and shingle mill, now 
 the property of Mr. E. H. Putnam must have served to make 
 lumber in his day, and may have been built by either him or 
 his father. It was owned a few years after his death by his 
 brother, Ensign David. His death occurred March 2, 1799. 
 For his children see Genealogies. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTNAM, THIRD. Ephraim Putnam, Third, 
 had his home on the grounds now occupied by Mr. W. P. 
 Steele. (Seep. 503.) He was the father of the better-known 
 Capt. Eleazer. He received the rather ironical title of General 
 Putnam when a boy, as is narrated on this wise. Having seen 
 some tracks in the snow which he thought were bear tracks, he
 
 610 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 hastened home and informed his father. The neighbors were 
 roused, and all prepared for a bear hunt. They found the tracks 
 to be only crow tracks. Whether piqued or amused at the false 
 alarm, his father said when he met him, " Why, General Put- 
 nam, not to know crow tracks from a bear's ! " From that day 
 on, he was called " General Putnam." 
 
 None of his children lived to mature age, save Capt. Eleazar. 
 For his record see sketch of the Lafayette Artillery Company. 
 
 DANIEL PUTNAN, ESQ. Daniel Putnam was the son of 
 Ephraim Putnam and Lucy Spaulding, and was born September 
 3, 1770. He married Hannah Johnson, one of the family 
 which gave name to Johnson Corner. In the record of the 
 town meeting for March, 1798, we find Daniel Putnam chosen 
 sealer of lumber, an office held by his father for many years 
 previous, and one to which he himself was chosen, till he com- 
 pleted a service of thirty years. In 1804, he is styled Lt. 
 Daniel Putnam, and from 1806 on is frequently called Capt. 
 Daniel Putnam, (see History pages 219 and 220). Later in 
 life he was designated as Squire Daniel, or Daniel Putnam, Esq. 
 
 He must have been very popular, for he was chosen Repre- 
 sentative to the General Court twelve times in succession, from 
 1805 to 1816, and once again in 1820. He supplied Col. Perley 
 Putnam with much information, and wrote concerning the 
 family in this town : 
 
 "There are living in the town of Lyndeborough twenty-six male 
 descendants of Ephraim Putnam, including his son Aaron. Up to the 
 present date (1834) there have been three Deacon Putnams, and six 
 Capt. Putnams in L,jndeborough."* 
 
 Daniel Putnam owned a saw-mill, undoubtedly that which 
 now belongs to Mr. E. H. Putnam. He was a carpenter by 
 trade and his assistance and advice were sought in the repair- 
 ing and erecting of public buildings in the town. He was 
 prominent in the Universalist movement and purposed erecting 
 a parsonage for the accommodation of the Universalist minister, 
 Mr. Hussey. The lot on which he set out to build was after- 
 wards sold to his grandsons, Charles and William Richardson, 
 who erected on it the house in which Mrs. Clough of Lynn, 
 Mass., has now a summer home. 
 
 Daniel Putnam, Esq., departed this life in December, twelfth 
 day, 1841, aged 71 years. His wife Hannah passed away in 
 1872, aged 96 years. For his children, see Genealogies. 
 
 * See Putnam Family, part IV, p. 204.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 611 
 
 JOHN PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding) 
 Putnam, lived with his sister Betsey, on the ground now oc- 
 cupied by the house of Mr. Walter Tarbell. Solomon Cram, 
 who built the blacksmith shop in the village, was their nephew, 
 and took care of them in their last days, and received their 
 estate in reward for his services. John Putnam seems to have 
 owned the land which is now the property of Mr. Joseph A. 
 Johnson, south of the road, as well as Mr. Tarbell's lot. (See 
 
 P- 505-) 
 
 Of the daughter Esther, we have but the record of her birth. 
 
 But Sarah Putnam, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy (Spauld- 
 ing) Putnam, married David Cram, Jr., and they removed to 
 the state of Vermont. Solomon, above-named, was their son. 
 
 CAPTAIN ISRAEL PUTNAM. Captain Israel Putnam 
 was the son of Squire Daniel Putnam. (See Genealogies.) 
 He owned and operated the saw-mill which now belongs to 
 Mr. Edwin H. Putnam. He built an addition to it. (See pp. 
 340 and 522.) He served the town three terms as representa- 
 tive (See p. 258) and was prominent in middle life, in the 
 affairs of the town. He held many important offices, and 
 served many years as surveyor of lumber. He had four sons, 
 William R., Daniel, Israel and Sumner ; and also four daugh- 
 ters, Mary Angeline and Hannah by first wife, and Abby and 
 Letitia by the second. Of his sons, two won more than ordi- 
 nary distinction ; one in the realm of business, and another in 
 literature and pedagogy. Some notices of these follow. 
 
 WILLIAM R. PUTNAM. [The following notice is taken 
 from the Woburn News of Dec. 7, 1901.] 
 
 "William R. Putnam, for three score years an honored citizen of 
 Woburn, died at his home on Union Street, Monday afternoon, Dec. 2, 
 aged 80 years. . . . Mr. Putnam was born in Lyndeborough, N. H., 
 in 1821, and was the son of Israel and Ruth Putnam. The public schools 
 of his native town furnished educational advantages of a limited extent, 
 as, early in life he was forced to begin work. When 21 years of age he 
 came to Woburn and secured employment with Mr. Sheffy, then a 
 patent leather manufacturer in Wilmington. Later he was similarly 
 employed in Newark, N. J., which place was headquarters for this 
 branch of industry. After four years in Newark, he was employed two 
 years in Philadelphia, where he was superintendent of a patent leather 
 factory. He came back to Woburn in 1852 and entered the firm of S. 
 O. Pollard & Co., doing business on Easton Avenue. The firm con- 
 ducted a lucrative business for 20 years, when Mr. Putnam severed his 
 connection and retired from active business. Since theli he has busied
 
 612 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 himself with his real estate business. Mr. Putnam was a member of the 
 board of selectmen in 1874-1875, and served on the cemetery committee 
 and as superintendent of the cemetery for several years. He might 
 have filled public office on many occasions if his inclinations had ac- 
 corded with the wishes of his fellow-citizens. He was one of the pioneer 
 organizers of the Co-operative Bank and a member of its first board of 
 directors. Woburn loses, in his death, one of its most upright citizens, 
 a man of quiet, unobtrusive nature, of courtly and kindly manner, and 
 of cleanly life. His widow and one granddaughter, Miss Christine 
 Kelley, survive him. The funeral was held Thursday, Dec. 5, at 2 p. 
 m., from the First church parlor, Rev. Dr. March officiating." 
 
 This record is believed to contain no word of undue praise. 
 The Baptist church has several times profited by and rejoiced 
 over his generous benefactions. (See p. 350). He made 
 valuable personal gifts of books to the L,yndeborough public 
 library. (See p. 388.) He invested a very generous sum out 
 of the residue of the Jotham Hildreth estate, of which he was 
 trustee, the interest of which should be used to assist the 
 worthy, unfortunate poor of the town. Such men are truly an 
 honor to their native town. 
 
 DANIEL PUTNAM, A.M., LL.D. " Daniel Putnam was 
 born in I/yndeborough, January 8, 1824. The early years 
 of his life were spent on a farm, in a lumber mill, and in a 
 carpenter's shop. His early education was such as a New 
 England district school gave at that period. After his tenth or 
 twelfth year he attended school only in the winter season. 
 This was the only schooling he received until twenty years of 
 age. During the latter part of this early period he received 
 much advantage from a kind of lyceum, which was organized 
 in many of the school districts of the country. In this society 
 he gained considerable practice in writing, speaking, and de- 
 bating, and cultivated a love for reading. This was his first 
 step above the ordinary work of the common district school, 
 and opened the way for the broader education and wider 
 culture which were gained in later years. 
 
 By manual labor and by teaching school in the winter months 
 he earned the means necessary to fit himself for college. His 
 preparatory course was taken in an academy at New Hampton, 
 N. H. From this place he went to Dartmouth College, from 
 which he graduated with the class of 1851. After graduation 
 he taught for a time in the school at New Hampton, and later 
 for a year in Vermont. 
 
 Professor Putnam came to Michigan in the summer of 1854,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 613 
 
 and held the professorship of the Latin language and literature 
 in Kalamazoo College for four or five years. He left the college 
 to take charge of the public schools of the city of Kalamazoo. In 
 this field of labor he showed good executive ability and skill in 
 the work of organization. In 1865 he returned to the college and 
 labored two or three years under the direction of Dr. John M. 
 Gregory. On the resignation of President Gregory he was act- 
 ing executive of the college for one year. In 1867 he was 
 elected superintendent of the schools of Kalamazoo county. He 
 resigned this position to accept a professorship in the normal 
 school, entering upon his duties at the opening of the school 
 year, 1868-9. His connection with the school has extended 
 over a period of thirty years. During three years he was acting 
 principal of the institution. 
 
 Professor Putnam served two years as alderman and two years 
 as mayor of the city of Ypsilanti, and has always manifested a 
 deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of the community in 
 which he has had his home. . . . For more than fifty years 
 he has been a member of the Baptist church, and active 
 in the work of the denomination. ... As a man, he is 
 unassuming and retiring in his character, but positive in his 
 opinions and firm in his convictions of duty in all the rela- 
 tions of life. As a teacher, he appeals to a student's sense of 
 honor, and seeks to develop the higher and nobler elements of his 
 character, seeks to make his pupils men and women of the best 
 kind, rather than simply scholars and teachers. Many a former 
 normal student, now at work in the schools of the state, declares 
 that the calm serenity of Professor Putnam's life and character 
 goes with him as an inspiration in all his work. His deeds are 
 as lighthouses, ' they do not ring bells or fire cannon to call at- 
 tention to their shining they just shine.' 
 
 As an indication of the high esteem in which he was held as a 
 scholar, he received in 1897, the honorary degree of 1,1,. D. from 
 the University of Michigan." (From sketch of his life given by 
 a friend in the History of Michigan State Normal School, pp. 
 150-152.) 
 
 We close this sketch by naming some of his published works : 
 ' ' Sunbeams through the Clouds ' ' (a little manual for the special 
 use of inmates of asylums for the insane), in 1871 ; "A Geog- 
 raphy of Michigan," 1877, (published with Colton's geogra- 
 phy) ; "A Sketch of Michigan State Teachers' Association," 
 1877, (published by the association); " Outline of the Theory
 
 614 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 and Art of Teaching," 1883; "Manual of Pedagogics," 1895; 
 " History of the State Normal School," 1899. (For his family 
 see Genealogies.) 
 
 REV. JOHN RAND was the pulpit supply of the people of 
 L,yndeborough for some months before being invited to become 
 their pastor. They gave him the call Sept. 27, 1756, but he did 
 not accept it until the next year. The church was organized 
 Dec. 5, 1757, with about twenty members, eight of whom were 
 males. Two days after the organization of the church, Dec. 7, 
 Mr. Rand was ordained to the pastorate of it, as the first Con- 
 gregational minister in L,yndeborough. From the proprietors of 
 the town he received ^40, as an encouragement to settle among 
 the people. This sum was payable in three equal annual instal- 
 ments, and beside this an annual salary of .40 was given him, 
 and the society were "to provide a certain amount of wood, 
 and one shilling each for each soul in town, and to increase the 
 number of shillings according to the increase in the number of 
 souls." 
 
 Mr. Rand lived the last part of his pastorate on the place now 
 owned by Mrs. Charles R. Boutwell. But his term of service 
 was very brief for those days, and after four years and four 
 months, April 8, 1762, he was dismissed. Subsequent to his 
 leaving L,yndeborough, he lived in Goffstown and Bedford, but 
 was never afterward settled as pastor. He was justice of the 
 peace under George III. He removed to Bedford in 1778. In 
 1783 we find his name in the Town Papers of N. H. as town 
 clerk in Bedford, and also one of the selectmen.* 
 
 Of the children of Rev. John Rand one or two facts of interest 
 may here be added : 
 
 Nehemiah, who was born May 22, 1776, and died in Newport, 
 N. H., January, 1869, married in New Boston, Mary, a lineal 
 descendant of Gen. Putnam. They had nine children, two of 
 whom, Edgar and Betsey, lived in I,yndeborough, for whom see 
 genealogies of Rand and Dutton. 
 
 The daughter, Mary Putnam Rand, was born in New Boston, 
 N. H., in 1811. In 1830 she united with the church, graduated 
 at the New Hampton Seminary, and was sent to Illinois as a 
 teacher, and is said to have been "one of the best known 
 women who ever lived in Illinois. She was a Christian lady 
 and a renowned educator." She became the wife of the Rev. 
 J. G. L,emen, and they were the founders and managers of the 
 
 *Vol. XI., p. 185.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 615 
 
 "Christian Home Orphanage" at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which 
 is now conducted by their son, H. R. Icemen.* 
 
 NEHEMIAH RAND, ESQ. Nehemiah Rand was the 
 ninth child of Jonathan and Mellecent (Bstabrook) Rand, of 
 Charlestown, Massachusetts, and a brother of Rev. John Rand. 
 Following his father's occupation, he was a hatter by trade, 
 and clearly seems to have been in affluent worldly circum- 
 stances. He was a corporal in Brigden's company in 1757. 
 On the 4th of April, 1766, he bought a tract of land in Lynde- 
 borough, adjoining land owned by his brother. The place 
 which he owned is now the property of Mr. William Clark, 
 whose wife, Abby Kimball Rand, is a great grandchild of 
 Nehemiah Rand, Esq. On this place he built a saw-mill, and 
 here, at a later day, he built for himself a home. He was liv- 
 ing in his native town when the War of the Revolution broke 
 out. When the famous battle of Bunker Hill was fought, he 
 owned land on Bunker Hill. Although the Americans made 
 a splendid and destructive fight, they were finally driven out of 
 their entrenchments and compelled to retreat. The British 
 held possession of the battle-ground and their wrath found vent 
 in the destruction of the town, which they wantonly burned. 
 In the conflagration, Nehemiah Rand's two dwelling-houses 
 and hat-shop were destroyed. Then, with his family, he fled 
 for refuge to our town in the wilderness, where he had already 
 a possession, and where he fixed his permanent home. His 
 family consisted of his wife and two daughters, and "a lad 
 named Nehemiah Frost, who had lived with him from early 
 childhood." He became a prosperous and influential citizen of 
 lyyndeborough, held a prominent place among its proprietors, 
 was appointed a justice of the peace, and was honored by being 
 chosen representative to the Legislature, or General Court of 
 the State of New Hampshire for more than a single term. As 
 one of the old L,yndeborough proprietors, he was especially 
 serviceable to the corporation ; for he was one of the committee 
 appointed to sell the common and undivided lands of Lynde- 
 borough and Greenfield, to prosecute trespassers and to bring 
 the affairs of the old ' ' propriety " to a successful close, and on 
 that business was very efficient. He was a member of that 
 committee at the time of his death, which occurred July 10, 
 1794. He was represented in subsequent meetings of the pro- 
 
 *Lemen Family History.
 
 616 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 prietors by John Shepherd, Esq. , of Amherst, whom he chose 
 to be the executor of his last will and testament. 
 
 Nehemiah Rand, Esq., was thrice married. He married 
 first, November 24, 1757, Mary Rand, daughter of Samuel and 
 Sarah (Carter) Rand, who was born February 26, 1733 ; second, 
 May 27, 1774, Mary, daughter of Rev. Thomas Prentice, of 
 Charlestown, Mass., and widow of Doctor James Frost of 
 Cambridge, Mass., who died July 2, 1770, aged 38. She died 
 at Lyndeborough, October 20, 1787, in the 49th year of her 
 age; third, was Margaret, daughter of Rev. Thomas Prentice, 
 and sister of his second wife, who was married October 21, 
 1791. She died at the home of Nehemiah Frost in Temple. 
 Five children of Nehemiah Rand, Esq., lived to a mature age ; 
 namely, Mary, who married Richard Batten, Jr. ; Elizabeth, 
 who married Joseph Epps ; Irene, who married Nehemiah 
 Frost ; Nehemiah, who married Sarah Batten ; and Margaret, 
 who married Deacon John Clark. For more respecting the 
 families see genealogy of each family above mentioned. 
 
 CAPTAIN I/EVI SPAULDING. " The Spaulding Me- 
 morial," compiled by Rev. Samuel Jones Spalding, who was 
 born in I/yndeborough, December n, 1820, furnishes many of 
 the facts of the life of Captain L,evi Spaulding. Page 48 of 
 that work gives a brief sketch of his life, under number 1043. 
 He was born in Nottingham West (now Hudson), N. H., Octo- 
 ber 23, 1737, and died in Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., March 
 i, 1825. To the latter place he had removed from Lynde- 
 borough about the year 1800. He was the son of Edward and 
 Elizabeth Spaulding, who came to I^yndeborough in 1766, and 
 bought the second division lots numbered 113 and 122. Two 
 brothers of Edward are also said to have come to I/yndeborough, 
 namely, Reuben and Stephen. "The Spaulding Memorial," 
 however, makes no mention of these as citizens of I/ynde- 
 borough. It is probable that L,evi came here about the same 
 time as his parents ; and very soon after that the town records 
 show that he became a prominent citizen. He married first, 
 Anna Burns; second, Mrs. L,ois Goodridge, of Lyndeborough, 
 December 30, 1778. In 1767, soon after he came into town, he 
 was selected as one of a committee of five persons to forward 
 the important work of " completing the meeting-house." From 
 that time forward, his name frequently occurs in our town rec- 
 ords, an evidence of his active interest in town affairs.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 617 
 
 At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, L,evi Spauld- 
 ing recruited a company of sixty men, with whom he marched 
 as captain, April 23, 1775, four days after the famous fight and 
 flight from Concord and L,exington. Thomas Boffee was his 
 2nd lieutenant, William I,ee and James Hutchinson were ser- 
 geants, and twenty-three others of his neighbors and fellow- 
 townsmen were in the ranks. A list of these is here appended.* 
 
 Corporal Benjamin Dike Nathaniel Batchelder 
 
 Corporal Samuel Hutchinson Phineas Barker 
 
 Fifer Jacob Button Edward Bevins 
 
 James Campbell Joseph Ellinwood 
 
 Nehemiah Hutchinson Samuel McMaster 
 
 John Johnson Andrew Thompson 
 
 Jesse I/und Jacob Wellmant 
 
 John Rowe Elisha Wilkins 
 
 Ephraim Smith Josiah Woodbury 
 
 Isaac Carkin Timothy Mclntire 
 
 David Carltont Daniel Cram 
 Ezra Dutton 
 
 Captain Spaulding's company was number three, in the 
 Third Regiment of N. H. Troops, commanded by Col. James 
 Reed. The adjutant general of New Hampshire, in his report 
 for 1866, Vol. 2, page 270, states, that "the New Hampshire 
 troops," at Bunker Hill, " took their position at the rail fence, 
 betwixt the redoubt and the Mystic River. They immediately 
 threw up a sort of breastwork of stone across the beach to the 
 river, and continued the rail fence down to this stone wall or 
 breastwork. This wall served a most excellent purpose, as the 
 sharp-shooters behind it could take the most deadly aim at the 
 advancing foe ; and it is a well-established fact that the British 
 troops in front of this wall were almost completely annihilated." 
 
 Captain Spaulding's company was under fire in that battle, 
 and doubtless had its share of the fatal work there accomplished. 
 Two of his men suffered as indicated in the preceding note, suf- 
 fusing the soil with their blood. The captain was not only at 
 Bunker Hill, but during the following winter went to Canada, 
 and according to our town records, " Concluded the Same Back 
 to Trenton." Seven of our townsmen accompanied him on that 
 expedition, whose names are preserved. He was also " at Val- 
 ley Forge during the terrible suffering in the winter of 1777 and 
 1778. He was afterwards transferred, and came under the im- 
 mediate command of Gen. Washington. He served through the 
 
 *Rev. Rolls I, pp. 87-89. tSee p. 203. JSee p. 177.
 
 618 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 war, and was present at the surrender of L,ord Cornwallis at 
 Yorktown. He received an honorable discharge from the War 
 Department, and drew a captain's pension as long as he lived."* 
 
 Captain Spaulding's family consisted of six sons and five 
 daughters. The names of his children were : Betsey, Olive, 
 Edward, George, Martha, Esther, I^evi, John, Sewell, I/ois 
 Goodrich and Benjamin Goodrich. 
 
 After the close of the war, he continued to take an active in- 
 terest in town matters, and was honored with the various offices 
 and responsibilities which his fellow citizens could confer. He 
 was representative to the legislature from 1784 to 1786, inclu- 
 sive ; and the Journal of the I/egislature and other State papers 
 testify to his activity in the heroic days of our country's history, 
 and his name holds a most honored place in the annals of our 
 town . 
 
 Few, if any, of his descendants now reside in I/yndeborough, 
 though most of his children were born here. Edward Spauld- 
 ing, his eldest son, was born in L,yndeborough, Nov. 19, 1764, 
 and died in Alexander, Genesse Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1845. At 
 an early day, he removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y.; 
 thence to Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and thence to 
 Alexander, above mentioned, where both he and his wife died. 
 He was a farmer. He married Mehitabel, the daughter of 
 Rev. Sewall Goodrich of L,yndeborough, Oct. 30, 1788. She 
 was born Sept. 25, 1770, and died July 31, 1838. Four of 
 their children were born in Lyndeborough. 
 
 EIvBRIDGE GERRY, the youngest, became one of the fam- 
 ous men of his time as a lawyer and financier. He was born at 
 Summer Hill, Cayuga Co. N. Y., Feb. 24, 1809. He studied 
 and practised law at Batavia and Attica. In 1834 he removed 
 to Buffalo, and there he was soon chosen to fill important offices. 
 In 1847 he was elected mayor of Buffalo. He was elected mem- 
 ber of Congress in 1848, and again to the same office in 1858 
 and 1860. He served four years on the committee of Ways and 
 Means, and was the author of the I^egal Tender Act, passed 
 during the days of the Rebellion. 
 
 In a letter addressed to him under date of Aug. 3, 1869, the 
 Hon. Charles Sumner wrote, " In all our early financial trials, 
 while the war was most menacing, you held a position of great 
 trust, giving you opportunity and knowledge. The first you 
 
 *Spaulding Memorial, p. 88.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 619 
 
 used at the time most patriotically, and the second you use now 
 (in preparing a financial history of the war) for the instruction of 
 the country." 
 
 Mr. Spalding was not only an eminent lawyer, but was also a 
 successful banker in Buffalo, who by his talents, industry and 
 economy, amassed an ample fortune. 
 
 REV. SAMUEL JONES SPALDING. Of still another 
 branch of the Spalding family was the author of the " Spauld- 
 ing Memorial." The Rev. Samuel Jones Spalding was the son 
 of Abijah Spalding, and was born in Lyndeborough, Dec. n, 
 1820. In 1824 his parents removed to Nashua, where he pre- 
 pared for college under the instruction of David Crosby, Esq. 
 He entered Dartmouth College in 1838, graduating in 1842, and 
 entering Andover Theological Seminary that year, graduated in 
 1845. He was pastor of the Whitefield Congregational Church 
 in Newburyport, Mass., for many years. On leave of absence 
 from his people, he was commissioned chaplain of the 48th Mass. 
 Regiment, which served under Major General Anger, in the 
 Army of the Gulf. This regiment was " at the siege of Port 
 Hudson, being actively engaged in the first and second assaults 
 on that stronghold, May 27 and June 14, and also in the fight 
 at Donaldson ville, July 13. Was mustered out Aug. 30, 1863."* 
 
 Mr. Spalding is a member of ' ' The New England Historic- 
 Genealogical Society," and also corresponding member of the 
 "State Historical Society of Wisconsin." His life and army 
 service are creditable alike to his kindred and his native town. 
 
 Memorial, pp. 457, 458.
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 PROFESSIONAL MEN, TRADESMEN, AUTHORS AND 
 
 GRADUATES. 
 
 MINISTERS. 
 
 The list of natives of lyyndeborough who became ministers 
 here given is in the order arranged by the secretary or librarian 
 of The New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N. H. 
 The record is partly that printed in the pamphlet, "Salem- 
 Canada-L,yndeborough, " by Rev. F. G. Clark. 
 
 James Bout well. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 William Thurston Boutwell. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 David Burroughs was born Aug. n, 1810. For a brief sketch 
 see page 343. He was the son of Asa and Sarah (Butler) Bur- 
 roughs. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Clark. (See Genealogies and a mention 
 of him on page 417.) 
 
 William Clark, '^brother of Benjamin F. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 Frank Gray Clark. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 David P. French, born Feb. i, 1817, was the son of Isaac P. 
 and Clarissa (Barnes) French. He became a Baptist, and for 
 brief notice of him, see page 343 of this history. He had sev- 
 eral pastorates, both in this state and in Illinois, and died in 
 Nashville, Illinois, April 29, 1886. 
 
 Kben E. Gardner, born 1807, was brought up from boyhood 
 by David Putnam, deacon of the Baptist Church. Mr. Gardner 
 is reported to have preached in Trumansburg, N. Y. 
 
 Ethan Allen Hadley was born Nov. 13, 1809. He was the 
 son of Joshua an'd Betsey (Williams) Hadley ; preached in 
 Jasper, N. Y., and died in Dix, N. Y., Apr. 24, 1867. 
 
 William, son of Ebenezer Hutchinson, was born April 4, 
 1794, and died April 20, 1842. He preached in Plainfield, and 
 other places in New Hampshire. 
 
 John Jones, son of Joseph and Anna (Richardson) Jones, was 
 born September 8, 1812, and was graduated from Dartmouth in 
 1834. He taught one year at Gloucester, Mass., and gradu- 
 ated at Andover in 1838. He was ordained at Chittenden, Vt., 
 July i, 1841, and was pastor till 1844. He was agent of the
 
 PROFESSIONAL MEN 621 
 
 New Hampshire Bible Society from 1844 to 1846 ; teacher at 
 Sandusky, O., 1848 to 1852 ; acting pastor at Danville, Ind., 
 and Earlville, 111., 1853 to 1855; agent of American Bible Society, 
 Illinois, 1855 to 1862. Resided at Meriden, 111., and Colorado 
 Springs, where he died in August, 1889. 
 
 James Harvey Merrill, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Elizabeth 
 (Carpenter) Merrill, was born October 16, 1814, and died Octo- 
 ber 28, 1886. He was pastor at Montague and Andover, Mass. 
 
 Daniel Putnam, A.M., 1,1,. D. Though not an ordained 
 minister, he is a sound and acceptable preacher of Christ, and 
 frequently assists his ministerial brethren by supplying their 
 pulpits for them. (See Biographical Sketches.) 
 
 Samuel Jones Spalding, D.D., born December 11,^1820, long 
 a pastor at Newburyport, Mass. Mr. Spalding was chaplain 
 in the Civil War, and was the compiler of the History of the 
 Spalding Family. He was accounted a very able and excel- 
 lent minister. 
 
 Charles Whiting was pastor at Wilton seven years, and died 
 at Fayetteville, Vt., May 5, 1855. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 Benjamin Asbury Goodridge was born in lyyndeborough 
 October 5, 1857. He fitted for college at Tilton Seminary, and 
 graduated at Boston University in 1881. He was ordained and 
 settled over the Unitarian Church at Harvard, Mass., also 
 served as pastor at Christ Church, Dorchester, Mass., and now 
 at Unity Church, Santa Barbara, California. He has taught 
 extensively, and was teacher of Greek and Latin at Lassell 
 Seminary for two years. He is a great grandson of Rev. 
 Sewall Goodridge, the pastor of Lyndeborough Congregational 
 Church for about forty years. 
 
 Willard Harvey Perham, son of Harvey and Abby R. (Par- 
 ker) Perham, was born September 20, 1867. He studied at the 
 Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, about a year, and finished his 
 studies at the Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training 
 School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating in May, 1905. He 
 settled at Auburn, Indiana, where he was ordained September 
 i, 1905, and is pastor of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Students for the ministry who died before completing their 
 studies : 
 
 Ira Houston Woodward, born June 15, 1811. He was the 
 son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. Both he 
 and Benjamin F. Clark went to East Tennessee to some school
 
 622 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 in that state. But Mr. Woodward died in June, 1830, in the 
 1 9th year of his age. 
 
 Jason, son of Deacon David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam, 
 was born November 25, 1817. He attended the Hancock 
 Academy, where, in April, 1839, he assisted in forming "a 
 society for the purpose of establishing a library in connection 
 with the lyiterary and Scientific Institution." * He afterwards 
 acted as private teacher in Virginia. He was said to be a 
 young man of great promise, but died, May 18, 1841, before 
 completing his ministerial studies, in the 24th year of his age. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. * 
 
 Physicians who practiced in town and natives of Lynde- 
 borough who became physicians are as follows : 
 
 Dr. "Benjamin Jones (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Daniel Wardwell 
 
 Dr. Israel Herrick (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Nathan Jones 
 
 Dr. Moses Atwood (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Aaron H. Atwood (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. William A. Jones (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. William Butler (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Jacob Butler (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Nehemiah Rand 
 
 Dr. Benjamin F. Hadley 
 
 Dr. Willard Parker (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Charles P. French (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Hervey G. Mclntire (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. E. J. Donnell 
 
 Dr. Wm. T. Donnell 
 
 Dr. Alfred F. Holt (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. J. Newton Butler (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Stephen W. Goodrich (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. J. Milton Rand 
 
 Dr. Henry E. Spalding (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Henry W. Boutwell (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Herbert B. Mclntire (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. George B. French 
 
 Dr. George W. Hatch (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Alwyn Rose (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Perry Joslin (See Genealogies) 
 
 Dr. Samuel Joslin (See Genealogies) 
 
 History of Hancock, p. 242.
 
 TRADESMEN 623 
 
 We give lists of tradesmen discovered, but feel sure that some 
 names have escaped us. No intentional omissions are made. 
 But matters very well known in their day seem to need no rec- 
 ord, and pass out of the memory of a later generation. Some 
 omissions will for such reasons be unavoidable. 
 
 SHOEMAKERS. 
 
 John Johnson James C. Bradford 
 
 John Reynolds John J. Martin 
 
 Jotham Hildreth John M. Emery 
 
 Jotham Hildreth, Jr. Joseph H. Ford 
 
 Ebenezer Pearson 
 
 CARPENTERS. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Richardson Albert S. Conant 
 
 Josiah Wheeler Albert Cram 
 
 Daniel Putnam Lorenzo P. Jensen 
 
 Israel Putnam Alfred T. Ford 
 
 Luther Odell Charles L. Clement 
 
 S. S. Cummings George Murch 
 
 John Fletcher Holt Edward D. Smith 
 
 Charles Henry Holt E. K. Warren 
 
 David C. Grant Erwin D. Wilder 
 David G. Dickey 
 
 BLACKSMITHS. 
 
 Josiah Abbott (p. 486, No. 21) Bradt Searles 
 Jonathan Butler Hazen Morse 
 
 Peabody at N. Lyndeboro Henry Stiles 
 
 Jonathan Thayer George S. Groombridge 
 
 Charles Whitmarsh Ward N. Cheever 
 
 Solomon Cram Herbert A. Cheever 
 
 David Perham W. H. Abbott 
 
 Nelson Kidder George A. I/ong 
 
 AUTHORS. 
 
 It is hardly to be expected that a community like ours should 
 produce many authors. The people are mainly farmers. Yet, 
 a few of Lyndeborough's children have accomplished some- 
 thing, perhaps, worthy of a moment's thought and mention, 
 from a literary point of view. 
 
 Rufus Blanchard wrote a "History of the State of Illinois" 
 and several other books. (See Genealogies.)
 
 624 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Sophia (Blanchard) Olson'was the author of pamphlets and 
 magazine articles. (See Blanchard Genealogies.) 
 
 The Rev. Frank Gray Clark is the author of a "Historical 
 Sermon," preached at Gloucester, Mass., a treatise entitled 
 "Congregationalism"; a "Sermon at the Dedication of the 
 Congregational Church in Francestown " ; a "Manual of the 
 Congregational Church"; and the "Historical Address" at 
 the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of 
 Ivyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889. 
 
 James S. Cram, a native of the town published a "Spelling 
 Book, Designed as an Introduction to Other Spelling Books." 
 It was printed at Concord by Hoag and Atwood, 1831. Mr. 
 Cram was also a famous mathematician in his day. See the 
 brief biographical sketch elsewhere. 
 
 William Henry Grant was an author of some note among his 
 fellow-citizens in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the compiler of 
 "Annals of St. Paul lyodge, No. 3, from January 10, 1856 to 
 Sept. 8, 1899." He was also compiler of "The Minnesota 
 Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Year Book, 1889- 
 1895." A copy of these works presented by him to the library 
 of his native town, will hardly fail to be perused with great in- 
 terest by persons of a historical bias. 
 
 David Cram Grant seems also worthy of mention. His au- 
 thorship is largely limited to his published " Sketch of L,ynde- 
 borough," in the History of Hillsborough County. To the 
 industry of these brothers in gathering information and collect- 
 ing material the history of Lyndeborough is much indebted. 
 
 Daniel Putnam seems among the foremost of our authors. His 
 oration at the i5Oth anniversary of his native town is certainly 
 no discredit to either the town or her son. For his published 
 works see sketch elsewhere. 
 
 Dr. Henry E. Spalding has written numerous articles for 
 medical journals. (See Genealogies.) 
 
 Samuel Jones Spalding is the compiler of a portly and well 
 wrought history of the " Spalding Family," which has contrib- 
 uted something to the aid of the record of the Spalding families 
 in his native town. 
 
 William L,ewis Whittemore is the author of many articles 
 upon the scientific method in education, or the ' ' New Educa- 
 tion." These articles have appeared in current publications of 
 the day, in school reports, and in other pamphlets.
 
 COLLEGE GRADUATES 625 
 
 Harry Weston Whittemore published a few years ago an 
 unpretentious, but very pleasant and readable little book de- 
 scribing an old New England homestead and its neighborhood. 
 
 GRADUATES. 
 
 Our list of graduates is doubtless incomplete. We give the 
 names of such as have come to our knowledge, who have re- 
 ceived college degrees other than the degree of M.D. 
 
 Caleb Houston, Williams, 1812 
 
 William Clark 
 
 William T. Boutwell, Dartmouth, 1828 
 
 John Jones, Dartmouth, 1834 
 
 James H. Merrill, Dartmouth, 1834 
 
 Benjamin F. Clark, Miami University, 1833 
 
 James Boutwell, Dartmouth, 1836 
 
 Samuel Jones Spalding, Dartmouth, 1838 
 
 Charles Whiting, Dartmouth, 1839 
 
 Daniel Putnam, Dartmouth, 1851 
 
 Frank Gray Clark, Amherst, 1862 
 
 Benjamin Asbury Goodridge, Boston University, 1881 
 
 Herbert B. Mclntire, Dartmouth, 1881 
 
 Harry Weston Whittemore, Tufts, 1886 
 
 Algernon Waite Putnam, Brown University, 1895
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 MlSCEU<AN SOUS. 
 
 THE POPULATION OF I<YNDEBOROUGH. 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 It is natural enough for us to look back to our origin as a 
 people. Very few of our towns, it is believed, can claim a 
 more homogeneous population than that of Lyndeborough. 
 
 We are told that four separate sources contributed to supply 
 the early colonists of New Hampshire. 
 
 One of these entered the territory by way of the Piscataqua 
 River and established itself at Cocheco and Strawberry Bank, 
 later Dover and Portsmouth. This consisted of English, Scotch, 
 a few Irish and eight Danes. 
 
 Another entered from the Massachusetts colonies and as- 
 cended the Merrimack valley spreading east and west from the 
 river. Exeter and Hampton shared in this overflow which was 
 plainly tinged by Puritan ideas. 
 
 Still another tributary started upward along the Connecticut 
 river diffusing itself and reaching as far north as Claremont, 
 Cornish, Lebanon, and over into " the New Hampshire Grants." 
 This was akin to that from Massachusetts. 
 
 The fourth inflow came from Ireland, and was said to con- 
 sist of people of Scottish origin who with their ancestors had 
 been sojourning for a time in the Emerald Isle, and were for 
 these causes called Scotch-Irish. They were Presbyterians and 
 settled in Londonderry, and spread into other parts, giving 
 names to Dublin, Antrim and some other towns. 
 
 To the second division of these colonists belongs the popula- 
 tion of I/yndeborough. The ancient Gaelic prefixes O' and 
 Mac are seldom found among the names of our early settlers. 
 They were mostly of sturdy Anglo-Saxon stock, and well 
 adapted to cultivate the soil of these rugged hills and sheltered 
 valleys where they patiently toiled and built their homes. 
 To use the words of one of Lyndeborough 's distinguished 
 sons, her people have been " intelligent, industrious, temperate 
 and moral, as a whole." 
 
 THE CENSUS OP I/VNDEBOROUGH IN 1767. 
 
 The statistics of population were furnished by W. H. Grant,
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 627 
 
 Esq., and were probably taken from Farmer & Moore's New 
 Hampshire Gazetteer, published in 1823 : 
 
 Males unmarried, between 16 and 60 years of age 26 
 
 Males married, between 16 and 60 years of age 48 
 
 Males under sixteen years of age 76 
 Males over sixty years of age 4 
 
 Females unmarried 71 
 
 Females married 50 
 Widows 2 
 
 Slaves, none of either sex 
 
 Total 272 
 
 The population of I/yndeborough in 1775 was 713 
 " " " " " 1790 was 1280 
 
 " 1800 was 976* 
 
 " " " " " 1810 was 1074 
 
 " " " " " 1820 was 1163 
 
 To the figures above given, Mr. J. H. Goodrich adds the 
 census of the town from 1830 to the present time, as below : 
 Population of I^yndeborough in 1830 was 1147 
 " " " 1840 was 1032 
 
 " 1850 was 968 
 
 " " " " 1860 was 823 
 
 " " " " 1870 was 820 
 
 " " " " 1880 was 818 
 
 " 1890 was 657 
 " " " " 1900 was 686 
 
 THE; SAI/T AND MOLASSES AFFAIR. 
 
 When the Revolutionary War commenced the town judged it 
 wise to secure for its use a liberal supply of such articles as a 
 war would make scarce and difficult to obtain. Consequently 
 at a town meeting, June 19, 1775, it was voted, "that the 
 Selectmen provide 40 hhds. of salt, 5 hhds. of molasses, and i 
 hhd. of rum for the benefit of the town." These articles were 
 procured by Francis Epes, Josiah Woodbury and Nathan Pear- 
 son, selectmen, 011 the credit of the town ; and were purchased 
 of Mr. Jonathan Ropes, of Salem, Mass. But the bill re- 
 mained unpaid for more than twelve years, when in December, 
 1787, a committee consisting of Dr. Benjamin Jones, John Rey- 
 nolds and John Savage, was appointed to look into the affair 
 and report at an adjourned meeting. Their report was pre- 
 sented and accepted ; and the town voted to pay the bill. The 
 whole amount was about ^80, of which ^43 53 and 9d. was 
 
 * The decrease between 1790 and 1800 was due to the portions of her territory and 
 population added to the towns of Greenfield, Francestown and Temple.
 
 628 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 due in March, 1788. The Salem merchant was paid, but the 
 town received no corresponding advantage. Therefore, Jan. 
 n, 1790, L,ieut. Amos Whittemore, and Ensign John Savage 
 were chosen a committee to settle the matter, with full power to 
 ' ' commence an action against the said Epes and others at the 
 next Inferior Court, ' ' and make return to the town of their pro- 
 ceedings as soon as may be. This committee reported March 
 8, 1791, and their report was accepted and expenses were paid. 
 But the matter was far from settled; for it was stated on July 
 5, 1791, that " the Selectmen had been obliged to pay an execu- 
 tion brought against the Town by Francis Epes, Esq., on the 
 salt affair." On the 8th of August, 1791, a committee consist- 
 ing of Ephraim Putnam, Capt. William Barren, and Levi 
 Spaulding was chosen to look into the matter, and ascertain if 
 possible how and to whom said property was disposed of, and 
 who are indebted to the town for the same, and apply to any fit 
 person for counsel on the affair, and report their information to 
 the town at an adjourned meeting. Accordingly, on the 3ist. 
 of October, 1791, this committee reported, "We have made 
 diligent search into the matter, and have applied to counsel for 
 advice ; which advice is, that the matter stands 
 
 fair to commence an action against Messrs. Epes, Woodbury, 
 and Pearson, on a special promise they made to the Town to 
 clear them from the cost of the salt and molasses, as we find 
 that the said Epes, Woodbury and Pearson conducted the mat- 
 ter as private property, as they sold a great part of the salt and 
 molasses after their year was out as selectmen, and their orders 
 and receipts are signed in a private capacity. 
 All of which is humbly submitted by your committee. 
 
 Ephraim Putnam ~\ 
 I<evi Spaulding >Com." 
 William Barren ) 
 
 The case seems to have been afterwards submitted to referees, 
 whose decision was very adverse to the town. For a commit- 
 tee was chosen to "obtain a more equitable settlement with 
 Francis Epes and others than took place with the referees," and 
 this committee was directed to proceed according to former in- 
 structions in carrying on the suit against Mr. Epes and others. 
 This subject continued to engage the attention of the town 
 from time to time until the year 1800, twenty- five years after 
 the original purchase, and from that time we lose trace of it 
 from the town records.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 629 
 
 POX IN 1792. BY J. A. WOODWARD. 
 
 At the present time one can have little idea of the horror and 
 dread which the people had of the small pox in the early days 
 of the settlement of the town. Vaccination was then unknown, 
 and the physicians had not then learned to treat this disease. 
 In some communities thirty per cent, of those attacked died, and 
 sometimes the percentage was greater. It was discovered that 
 persons purposely inoculated with it, especially children, and 
 carefully nursed, had it lightly and recovered; and in some 
 towns hospitals were established, where what were called 
 "classes" were taken to be inoculated, and when these had 
 recovered, another "class" would be accommodated. In the 
 neighboring town of Weare several town meetings were held in 
 the years 1792 and 1793 to decide what should be done about 
 these small pox schools or hospitals, and there was much fear 
 and excitement, all of which is recorded in the History of 
 Weare. In. 1792 a man whose first name was Joe, but whose 
 surname is not recorded, was taken sick with the dread dis- 
 ease. He lived in a house in L,yndeborough near the New Bos- 
 ton line, in the northeast part of the town. Charles J. Smith 
 was a recent occupant of the place. This Joe's neighbors, 
 nearly all of whom lived on the New Boston side of the line, were 
 frenzied with fear and excitement, and a meeting was held forth- 
 with to determine what should be done in the matter. It was 
 advocated by the majority that, as the doctor had said that the 
 man could not live two days, it would be the best thing for all 
 concerned to burn patient and building, and thus avoid the 
 danger of the spread of the contagion in burying him, and also 
 the danger of the disease being carried by the wind ; that the 
 man was unconscious and a few hours would make no differ- 
 ence. In excuse it may be said again that they were beside 
 themselves with horror and fear. While they were planning to 
 put the scheme into execution one or two cooler men mounted 
 swift horses and started hot foot for the selectmen of I^ynde- 
 borough to see if something could not be done to prevent such 
 a blot on the fair fame of the town. These selectmen were 
 Jeremiah Carleton, Dea. Ephraim Putnam and Samuel Houston. 
 They lost no time in getting to the scene of trouble, and by 
 threats and pleadings soon succeded in calming the excitement 
 and preventing the threatened outrage. 
 
 A poem was written at the time describing the occurrence.
 
 630 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 The author is unknown. Extracts from this poem are inserted, 
 as it was a matter of interest, and is something of a literary 
 curiosity : 
 
 The Pox prevails, the people rave, 
 Each man's a fool, each man's a knave. 
 Poor Joe has caught it, takes his flight 
 And seeks a cave in inidst of night, 
 Dejected, spurned and much cast down ; 
 From each old hag receives a frown. 
 Spite, the food of Hell's production, 
 Swells their breasts in sad convulsion. 
 This raves, that swears, and some desire 
 To burn his house and all with fire. 
 To church they go to hold convention 
 Each deeply fraught with ill intention ; 
 When, Ajax-like, Longshanks arose 
 ******* 
 
 And thus addressed the grumbling crew 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 " New Boston's sons, How long shall we 
 
 Be [pestered] thus? Zounds! Don't you see 
 
 We've got into a Devilish box 
 
 As every soul will have the pox ? 
 
 Beside yon stream a lonely dome 
 
 Contains a patient all alone 
 
 He's sick and easy overcome 
 
 (Landlord ! Some more New England rum !) 
 
 By George ! My friends I'll not take rest 
 
 Till I have spoilt that cursed nest ! 
 
 If sloth and indolence prevail 
 
 We'll fall as does the rattling hail. 
 
 Let's rouse for safety to our town 
 
 And burn or tear his building down. 
 
 This is my mind, if yours the same 
 
 Tomorrow's sun shall see it flame." 
 
 Thus he belched forth his rancor 
 
 And brought his burden to an anchor. 
 
 * * * * * * . * 
 
 * * The heads of the adjoining town, 
 
 * * Sent for [in haste] at length came down, 
 In hopes that they by candid means 
 
 Could pacify those crazy brains. 
 And, fond of peace, they now address 
 The frantic, raving populace. 
 First, Carleton, a judicious man 
 And friend to order, thus began : 
 " Reason, my friends, the helm of life, 
 Is shattered by such gales of strife. 
 Law, the guide to friends of State,
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 631 
 
 Is trod upon by such debate. 
 
 Now if both law and reason die, 
 
 Humanity will also fly. 
 
 Where then, my brothers, shall we be 
 
 When we are stript of all the three ? 
 
 From such destructions pray refrain 
 
 And reassume your sense again." 
 
 Putnam, mild, then forward goes, 
 
 And soothing language sweetly flows : 
 
 "Why, my friends, such frantic fear? 
 
 There's neither pox nor danger near. 
 
 Yon little cot by Towns's mill 
 
 Contains it all and ever will, 
 
 Till reason offers her direction 
 
 To purge and cleanse of the infection. 
 
 You're not exposed in any instance 
 
 If you have wit to keep your distance." 
 
 Then Houston, much to mobs opposed, 
 
 Step'd forth, and thus the scene he closed. 
 
 "And do you think the God above 
 
 Will such a discord here approve ? 
 
 If such the strife, the rage of all, 
 
 Religion [will] a victim fall. 
 
 More lawful means you ought to try, 
 
 And use some more humanity. 
 
 Mortals abhor and justly mourn 
 
 The soul by such destruction borne. 
 
 Let each an equal friendship bear 
 
 And sympathize in his despair." 
 
 These words their anger soon suppressed 
 
 And slew the viper in their breast. 
 
 Now rage is fled, and in its place 
 
 There's guilty shame in every face. 
 
 Each hangs his head and sneaks away, 
 
 Like Towser from his stolen prey. 
 
 Thus the scene is closed with shame. 
 
 Let every such turn out the same. INCOGNITO. 
 
 THE SMALLPOX SCARS OF 1853. 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 In 1853, the smallpox visited L/yndeborough and great con- 
 sternation was felt lest trie disease should spread. Dr. Samuel 
 G. Dearborn, then of Milford, was called to attend the patients. 
 Being so far away, he requested Dr. L/orenzo D. Bartlett, his 
 brother-in-law, recently settled in New Boston, to take charge, 
 which he accordingly did. The cases are said to have been 
 limited to two families, those of Mr. Oliver Bixby and Mr. 
 Nathaniel Jones. Mrs. Jones was one of the patients
 
 632 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 which Dr. Bartlett treated. All the patients recovered but the 
 doctor himself contracted the disease. He was taken to the 
 home of Mr. Jones, and there tenderly treated and carefully 
 nursed. Mr. Robert Brown, the father of our fellow-citizen, 
 Leonard Brown, who was immune, having had the disease, re- 
 mained with him constantly to care for him. He, however, 
 succumbed to the malady, dying in early manhood, and giving 
 his life as many believe in devotion to both his patients and his 
 chosen profession. 
 
 The presence of the scourge created great alarm among the 
 town's people, and they feared to have the body buried in the 
 public cemetery. As seemed best in concession to this fear, 
 Dr. Dearborn bought a little plot for its burial, and it was laid 
 away to its solitary rest, a few rods from the road which leads 
 over the mountain towards Francestown. 
 
 Lorenzo D. Bartlett, M. D., was a native of Northfield, N. H. 
 His parents were poor. His father died during the boyhood of 
 the son, and the care of the children devolved on the mother. The 
 boy was a bright, intelligent lad, a good scholar, and he was 
 befriended by an influential citizen in getting his education. 
 He chose the practice of medicine as his calling, and prepared 
 himself as best he could for it. He graduated with honor at 
 Castleton Medical College, an institution of very high standing 
 in Vermont ; afterwards studied and practiced with Dr. S. G. 
 Dearborn of Mont Vernon, who gave him didactic lessons in 
 surgery. He continued with Dr. Dearborn about two years, 
 after which he settled in New Boston, having married the sister 
 of his instructor who esteemed him as "a noble man." His 
 career ended at the early age of 28, after he had given promise 
 of great usefulness in his chosen profession ; and he was highly 
 esteemed and deeply lamented. Dr. Henry E. Spalding of 
 Boston, a native of Lyndeborough, recently said that " Dr. 
 Bartlett's devotion to his patients and his profession merited a 
 martyr's plaudit and reward."* 
 
 * When these cases of smallpox made their appearance in Lyndeborough, vaccine 
 matter seemed scarce in these parts and when there was no railroad in operation 
 through here, it required about three days to get it from Boston. People hastened 
 to be vaccinated when there was no virus at hand. Inoculation was resorted to in some 
 instances in L,yndeborough, and Dr. Dearborn is authority for the statement that with 
 very slight exceptions, the results were good. The patients all recovered thoroughly, 
 and suffered no permanent evil consequences. 
 
 The above facts were stated by Dr. Dearborn to the writer at Nashua, December 
 20, 1902.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 633 
 
 SPOTTED FEVER. 
 
 The spotted fever, which had proved fatal in many of the 
 New England towns, prevailed in i,yndeborough in 1812, with 
 its accustomed virulence. It is stated that thirteen persons died 
 as victims of it in as many days. A copy of the New Hamp- 
 shire Patriot, of Concord, February 25, 1812, contains the fol- 
 lowing notice : 
 
 " DIED. In Lyndeborough, of the Spotted Fever, a daughter of Mr. 
 Edward Bullard, aged 10 two children of Mr. Asa Manning a son of 
 
 Mr. Haggett Mr. David Butterfield Mr. Jacob Manning two 
 
 daughters of Capt. Clark a son of Mr. Jacob Wellman." 
 
 Our town records state that "Mrs. Hannah Killam and 
 Deborah Clark, both daughters of Capt. William and Sarah 
 Clark, died February 19, 1812; " thus harmonizing with the 
 above notice. 
 
 Out of fifty-eight deaths, in the town of Acworth, in less than 
 three months in 1812, fifty-three were caused by this plague. 
 
 THE EXTENSION OF THE WII/TON R. R. TO GREENFIELD. 
 
 At a legal meeting of the town of I,yudeborough on Decem- 
 ber 23, 1871, the following resolution was offered by Joel H. 
 Tarbell : 
 
 RESOLUTION. 
 
 " To aid in the construction of the Extension of the Wilton Railroad to 
 Greenfield, N. H. 
 
 Whereas, the construction of the said Railroad would be of great pub- 
 lic benefit to this section of country, and would especially promote the 
 interest and increase the wealth of this town, 
 
 And, whereas the town is authorized by law to aid in its construction 
 as provided in sections 16 and 17 of Chapter 34 of the General Statutes ; 
 
 Therefore, Resolved by the citizens of the town of I/yndeborough in 
 town meeting assembled, that the sum of Three Thousand Dollars be, 
 and the same is hereby appropriated in aid of the construction of the 
 extension of the Wilton Railroad to Greenfield, N. H., which sum in 
 money or in the bonds of the town securing the same, shall be delivered 
 to the Treasurer of said Railroad Corporation whenever the said Rail- 
 road is located and put under contract for the grading thereof, and the 
 work of grading the same is commenced within the limits of this town, 
 and notice thereof in writing, from the President of said Corporation 
 shall have been received by the Selectmen of the town, provided said 
 road is put in running order within two years from this date." 
 
 The Resolution passed by a vote of 100 in its favor, to 37 
 against it. 
 
 At a legal town meeting, October 9, 1873, it was voted, " To 
 require the Peterborough Railroad Co. to bridge the road near
 
 634 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Buttrick's mill." On December 6, 1873, the Railroad Commis- 
 sioners reported the damages assessed against the Peterborough 
 Railroad in the town of L,yndeborough. The awards were : 
 
 To Alvaro Buttrick $300 To Jothain Hildreth $40 
 
 To William N. Ryerson fioo To I,yndeborough Glass Co. $225 
 
 To James Burton $35 
 
 Railroad Commissioners ) D. Gilchrist 
 
 for f A. S. Twitchell 
 
 New Hampshire J E. P. Hodsdon 
 
 Selectmen ~| Rufus Chamberlain 
 
 of \ George Rose 
 
 Lyndeborough J Adoniram Russell 
 
 The railroad commissioners adjudged the bridging of the 
 highway near Buttrick's mill unnecessary. The railroad, 
 though a piece of private property, was yet a thing of public 
 interest to both the town and those who visited it. From Wil- 
 ton to Greenfield was called the Peterborough railroad. The 
 contract for building it was awarded to George Washington 
 Cram of Norwalk, Conn. His father, Daniel Cram, a native of 
 L,yndeborough, was engaged to build the stone work. The 
 grade of the road from Wilton to South L/yndeborough averages 
 a rise of 80 feet to the mile. 
 
 Two objects of considerable mechanical curiosity were pro- 
 duced in its construction. One was the trestle, and another the 
 gulf bridge. Twenty-five years ago, a person going from 
 Wilton to South L,yndeborough by rail would feel the train 
 slowing up as he passed around a curve just before reaching 
 the old glass factory. On learning the cause, he would find 
 himself gliding over rails supported by piles forming a trestle- 
 work from twenty to thirty feet above the ground level. It was 
 several hundred feet long and was traversed with varying de- 
 grees of both curiosity and trepidation. But soon after leaving 
 its stilts, the train plunged into a cut which assured the timid 
 that they had again reached terra forma. The trestle was 
 viewed as a triumph of engineering and lasted many years 
 without causing special injury or accident. 
 
 Early in 1887, a gravel train commenced operations on the 
 track, and filled all the spaces between and around the piles, 
 and an excellent road-bed of stones, earth and gravel was built 
 up. There is no visible trace of the old trestle. When sojourn- 
 ers of many years' absence return they miss the trestle, and 
 find that it has shared the fate of many an old acquaintance, 
 has been buried.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 635 
 
 * 
 
 The gulf bridge still retains its visibility. It stands nearly a 
 mile west of the South L/yndeborough station, and spans the 
 ravine of the Rocky River. It is about two hundred feet in 
 length, and trains crossing it are about 70 feet above the river's 
 channel. The trusses of this bridge are inverted, or seem to 
 be suspended beneath the girders. They would at first view of 
 one unskilled in mechanical engineering seem to hang as a 
 mere weight upon the structure. But the structure, slender, 
 strong and graceful in its proportions, has endured for more 
 than thirty years, and as yet presents no visible tokens of decay. 
 The more closely it is inspected, the deeper the impression it 
 leaves of its mechanical beauty, power and durability. 
 
 FIRES, ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS. 
 
 Dec. 7, 1757. Congregational Church organized. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1778. Benj. Bullock killed a bear. Mr. Bullock lived at North 
 Lyndeborough. His land joined Capt. Peter Clark's on the east and 
 south. 
 
 June 23, 1780. Putnam's house burned. This refers to Ephraim Put- 
 nam. The house in question stood nearly opposite the house of Mr. 
 Lawrence on Putnam hill, South Lyndeborough. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1784. George, son of Capt. Levi Spaulding, drowned. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1788. Astain's mill burned. Supposed to refer to a mill at No. 
 Lyndeborovrgh on the Piscataquog river. 
 
 Nov. 21, 1793. Jonathan Barren, drowned in Badger pond while cross- 
 ing the ice on his way to church. 
 
 April 23, 1797. John Ordway's house burned. This house stood where 
 Chas. J. Cutnmings lives. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1798. Dutton's house burned. Obscure, but supposed to refer 
 to Reuben Dutton's house, north of the mountain. 
 
 Dec. ii, 1804. Oliver Whiting's barn burned. 
 
 Aug. 13, 1819. Samuel Allen drowned. He lived at North Lynde- 
 borough near the Cunningham place. 
 
 1819. Ira Houston collects the taxes for the " honor of the 
 office," 
 
 April 20, 1820. Luke Giddings killed. 
 
 March 4, 1826. Uriah Smith died in town meeting. Heart disease. 
 
 Dec. 13, 1827. Deborah Parker thrown from a wagon and killed at North 
 Lyndeborough. Horse ran away. She had attended a prayer-meet- 
 ing at the No. 4 Schoolhouse. In driving home the rein broke. 
 
 April 2. 1834. Capt. Peter Farnum fell into a tan vat and was drowned. 
 This was at the tannery that used to stand just west of where James 
 H. Karr lives. 
 
 Aug. 13, 1836. Edgar Rand's child drowned. 
 
 " " " Schoolhouse at District No. 6 burned. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1843.. Dr - Israel Herrick's house burned. 
 
 Feb. 16, 1845. Moses Chenery's house broken into and goods stolen. 
 
 Mar. 25, 1845. Old Congregational church sold to Jacob Butler for $86
 
 636 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 f 
 
 Feb. 18, 1849. Sarah Wilson's house burned. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1849. James L,. Clark's house burned. This was where C. L. 
 
 Perham lives. 
 
 July 18, 1850. Capt. Peter Clark assaulted at Amherst. 
 Oct. 3, 1850. Collins Wyman was accidentally shot and killed on the 
 
 Pinnacle. He was drawing his gun up over a ledge with the muzzle 
 
 toward him when the hammer caught and the gun was discharged. 
 May 8, 1852. Mrs. Artenias Woodward was thrown from a wagon and 
 
 killed on the hill west of where George E. Spalding lives. She 
 
 was carrying the mail from South Lyndeborough to the centre. In 
 
 returning the bit broke and the horse ran, throwing her out near the 
 
 foot of the hill. A monument marks the spot. 
 March 5, 1854. Dr. L/orenzo D. Bartlett died of small pox and was buried 
 
 in a lonely spot on " Crooked S. " hill. 
 July 3, 1854. Twelve cases of small pox in town and great excitement 
 
 and fear. 
 
 Feb. i, 1856. Phineas Kidder run over by his sled. 
 May 22, 1857. New bell hung in the Congregational church belfry. 
 Sept. 12, 1859. Robert B. Osgood lost an arm by the premature dis- 
 charge of a blast. 
 
 June 17, 1860. Samuel Hodgeman killed by lightning. 
 Dec. 31, 1861. Solomon D. Avery's child burned. 
 June 10, 1865. Lightning struck Nathan Richardson's barn and killed 
 
 his horse. Barn not destroyed. 
 Oct. 4, 1866. Daniel B. Whittemore fell from tree and broke a leg. 
 
 A similar misfortune befel him Nov. 8, 1892, in falling from the high 
 
 beams of his barn. 
 
 Oct. 8, 1868. Eli Curtis's buildings burned. 
 May 13, 1870. William W. Curtis's store and buildings at the centre 
 
 burned. 
 
 March n, 1871. Sumner French's house burned. This was the brick 
 house north of the mountain, built by Daniel Woodward in 1820. 
 April 22, 1872. A Mr. Sawyer was killed at Samuel N. Hartshorn's mill. 
 
 He was repairing the wheel-pit, when the wheel fell upon him. 
 Sept. 26, 1872. George M. Cram hurt by a blast at South L,yndeborough. 
 Jan. 24, 1881. David Stiles killed by an engine on the railroad crossing 
 Sept. 6, 1881. Yellow day. 
 Oct. 6, 1881. Azro D. Cram's buildings burned. 
 
 at South Lyndeborough. 
 Oct. 29, 1885. Benj. B. Ames was kicked by his horse, from the effects 
 
 of which he died, Dec. 8, 1885. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1887. John Stearns shot and killed himself. 
 July 31, 1890. Frank B. Tay's buildings struck by lightning and burned. 
 Sept. 26, 1890. Jason Holt met with an accident on the railroad and 
 
 lost a leg. 
 
 April 7, 1892. Schoolhouse in District No. i burned. 
 Sept. 16, 1892. Carlos Wheeler fell from his wagon and was run over 
 
 and killed near South Lyndeborough. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1892. Clifton S. Broad was thrown from a wagon and killed on 
 the mountain north of R. C. Mason's.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 637 
 
 July 8, 1893. Jotham Hildreth fell from the railroad bridge near But- 
 
 trick's mills and was killed. 
 Mar. 12, 1900. Warren Holden of Mel rose, Mass., was thrown from 
 
 sleigh and killed near the house of Mrs. Nathan Cummings. 
 Mar. 2, 1904. Eliphalet J. Hardy was killed by a tree falling upon him. 
 
 He was the father of Rev. O. E. Hardy.
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 MORTUARY RECORD. 
 
 The dates of the decease of earlier citizens must be sought 
 in the genealogical records. The printed reports of the town 
 previous to 1861 seem to contain no specific mortuary lists. In 
 that year, however, a full list of the deaths seems to be given. 
 In transcribing the list, .some who died in infancy and child- 
 hood, are for obvious reasons omitted. A few, however, who 
 died quite young, are, for special reasons, occasionally retained. 
 Our list then, consisting of names, dates of decease, and ages, 
 commences with 1861, and will awaken sorrowful interest in the 
 hearts of many who glance it over. 
 
 1861. 
 
 68 Aug. 29, Ruth Barnes 86 
 
 65 Sept. 12, Charles J. Hartshorn 18 
 71 Oct. i, Cyrus Blauchard 53 
 
 73 Nov. 13, Jacob Crosby 53 
 
 59 Nov. 24, Catherine L. Blauchard 61 
 20 Dec. 14, Reuben Stearns 17 
 
 Dec. 18, Sarah A. Richardson 47 
 71 Dec. 21, John Perham 71 
 
 1862. 
 
 Aug. 4, Mrs. Nancy P. J. Putnam 63 
 Aug. 30, Joseph Chamberlain 72 
 Sept. 15, John Wellnan 72 
 
 Sept. 25, Mrs. Nabby Bachelder 92 
 
 May n, John Gage 
 June 17, Moses Cheiiery 
 June 26, Samuel Howard 
 June 29, James Cram 
 June 29, Jeremiah Hartshorn 
 July 21, Harvey Holt, Jr. 
 
 (In battle at Manassas, Va.) 
 Aug. 26, Nathan P. Cummings 
 
 April 25, Geo. Washington Holt 36 
 
 May 5, John Alonzo Hartshorn 21 
 
 (In battle of Williamsburg, Va.) 
 
 May 20, Antoinette A. Kidder 
 May 27, Mrs. Mary Brown 
 June n, Ephraim Putman 
 
 Feb. 25, John Millen 
 March 9, Solomon Cram 
 March 30, Sarah Badger 
 May 6, Walter Chamberlain 
 
 (New Orleans, La.) 
 May 17, Jotham P. Draper 
 
 (at Baton Rouge, La.) 
 June 18, Mary Twitchell 
 June 28, John R. Butler 
 
 (New Orleans, La.) 
 June 30, Eben J. Palmer 
 
 (Baton Rouge, La.) 
 
 34 
 85 
 77 
 
 Nov. 26, Mrs. Mary H. Wheeler 59 
 Dec. 9, William B. Abbot 51 
 
 1863. 
 
 77 Aug. 5, Nathan S. Harris 27 
 
 61 (fell from transport at night 
 90 and was drowned in the Mis- 
 16 sissippi) 
 
 Aug. 10, John H. Karr 24 
 
 25 (At Vicksburg) 
 
 Aug. 15, James Boutwell 43 
 
 54 (returned soldier) 
 23 Aug. 15, Mrs. Daniel Morse 
 
 Aug. 17, Mrs. Hannah L. Wood- 
 22 ward 63 
 
 Sept. ii, Polly Wellman 64 
 
 Oct. 31, Timothy Joslin 64 
 
 Nov. 23, Mrs. A. Joslin 58
 
 MORTUARY RECORD 
 
 639 
 
 Feb. 22, Betsey Odell Carkin 
 April 10, James Page 
 June 12, Abigail Cram 
 
 Jan. 9, Elnathan Hodgetnan 
 (on transport ascending the 
 Mississippi River) 
 Jan. 12, Samuel Buttrick 
 Feb. 3, Hannah E. Fish 
 Feb. 8, Betsey Chamberlain 
 March 23, Dea. William Jones 
 
 Feb. 18, Dr. Israel Herrick 
 March 22, Benj. Warren Button 
 April 3, Dea. Daniel Wood- 
 ward, Jr. 
 
 April 3, Rev. Jacob White 
 April 22, Elizabeth B. Mclutre 
 April 22, Ira G. Morrison 
 
 April n, Henry Clark 
 
 June 3, John Carson 
 
 June 25, Daniel Woodward 
 
 (in FrancestownJ 
 July 3, Mrs. Mary Adaline Put- 
 nam 
 
 July 15, Mrs. Susanna Karr 
 July 17, John H. Stephenson 
 Sept. 9, Harvey Chamberlain 
 (at River De Loup, C. E.) 
 
 Jan. 7, Samuel Everett Swin- 
 
 ington 
 
 Feb. 20, Israel Cram 
 Feb. 21, Mrs. Amy Blanchard 
 
 (at So. Danvers, Mass.) 
 Feb. 29, Mrs. Eunice Stafford 
 March 10, Mrs. Rosa Y. Holt 
 March 26, Mrs. Mary B. Whiting 
 
 Jan. 9, Mrs. Sarah G. Jones 
 Jan. 22, Mr. Jacob Ellingwood 
 Jan. 23, Mrs. Rhoda E. Parker 
 Feb. 17, Mr. Daniel Proctor 
 April 8, Mrs. Nancy Chenery 
 May 2, Mrs. Naomi Russell 
 
 1864. 
 
 60 June 14, Ephraim H. Putnam 59 
 63 Dec. 22, Ebenezer Duncklee 83 
 71 Dec. 27, Jona. Hartwell Stephen- 
 son 29 
 
 1865. 
 
 30 June 3, Loammie Eaton 84 
 
 July 24, Gorham B. Clark 18 
 
 Aug. 20, Jonathan Bailey 78 
 
 78 Nov. 3, Lizzie N. Boutwell 30 
 86 Nov. 14, Harvey Holt 57 
 84 Dec. 15, Hannah Holt 73 
 75 
 
 1866. 
 
 71 Sept. 19, Olivia J. Curtis Bald- 
 
 19 win 24 
 Oct. 28, George Putnam 90 
 
 56 Dec. 4, Sarah S. Wilson 90 
 
 59 Dec. 17, Amy Cram 88 
 
 79 Dec. 27, Capt. Eleazer Putnam 66 
 22 
 
 1867. 
 
 78 Sept. 10, Miss Sarah Maria 
 
 75 Stevens 34 
 
 99 Sept. n, Mrs. Rebecca Harwood 83 
 
 Sept. 14, Marcus De H. Wheeler 28 
 
 Sept. 19, Mrs. Sally Harris 68 
 
 62 Sept. 20, Benjamin Crosby 64 
 50 Sept. 27, Miss Abigail Richard- 
 
 34 son 65 
 
 34 Oct. 22, Sylvester Proctor 62 
 
 1868. 
 
 May 5, David Hovey 83 
 
 33 May 18, Nathan Augustus Fish 29 
 
 78 July 23, Samuel Jones 65 
 
 92 Oct. 2, Mrs. Cassa J. Sanford 16 
 
 (at Stowe, Mass.) 
 
 82 Oct. 23, Calvin Abbott 44 
 
 20 Nov. ii, James B. Hall 27 
 
 82 Dec. 18, Sarah A. Mullett 74 
 1869. 
 
 63 Sept. 26, Mr. Asa Senter 
 
 83 Oct. 27, Mr. Benjamin Dutton 68 
 25 Oct. 31, Mrs. Hannah S. Hadley 97 
 66 Nov. 24, Mrs. Abigail H. Holt 
 
 71 Dec. 17, Mrs. Polly B. Bailey 74 
 82
 
 640 
 
 HISTORY OF L YtfDEBOROUGH 
 
 March 8, Mrs. Sarah B. Butler 
 March 30, Clarence Russell 
 
 April 8, Job Swinington 76 
 
 May 13, Mrs. Ann Holt 68 
 
 May 17, Mrs. Mary A. Perkins 29 
 
 May 26, Levi Tyler 69 
 June 10, Dea. David Putnam 79.11 
 Aug. 18, Miss Lucy A. Steph- 
 
 ensou 23 
 
 1870. 
 
 76 Sept. 20, Oliver Harris 
 19 Sept. 28, Robert B. Osgood 
 Oct. 10, James Gould 
 Oct. 18, Mrs. Susan O. Wood- 
 ward (at Surry, C. H., Va.) 
 Oct. 26, Mrs. Edna A. Clark 
 Dec. 3, Mrs. Dorothy Wheeler 
 Dec. 15, Mrs. Miranda Rand 
 Oct. 17, Miss Mary Shedd 
 
 1871. 
 
 Jan. i, Mrs. Sarah Eaton 76 Feb. 9, Mrs. Mary Proctor 
 
 Annual Town Report for 1871 has only the last names. 
 The Town Report for 1872 contains no Obituary Record. 
 
 1872. 
 
 8i.ii Sept. 21, Albert J. Kidder 
 30 
 32 
 52 
 
 Feb. i, Andrew Fuller 
 March 22, Hattie Maria Rose 
 March 30, Hattie S. Stevens 
 May 13, Sophronia Clark 
 Aug. 7, William Gould 
 Aug. 9, Hannah Putnam 
 Aug. 18, Mark Newton 
 Sept. 16, Mary A. Draper 
 
 96 
 
 42 
 70 
 
 Sept* 26, Nancy Gould 
 Oct. n, James L. Clark 
 Oct. 20, Rachel P. Kidder 
 Nov. 5, Hannah Carson 
 Dec. 16, Anthony A. Ames 
 Dec. 25, Timothy Brown 
 
 March 4, Mary E. Holt 
 March 28, Cornelia E. Moore 
 April 7, John Richardson 
 April 12, Eliza N. Jones 
 April 21, Daniel J. Moore 
 April 21, Asher Curtis 
 April 25, Stephen D. Holt 
 
 1873 1875, No Mortuary Report. 
 1876. 
 
 May i, Rhoda H. Emery 
 Aug. 7, EH Curtis 
 Oct. 4, Mary H. Abbott 
 Dec. 5, George B. Raymond 
 Dec. 7, Rufus P. Chase 
 Dec. 28, Lottie A. Stephenson 
 
 Jan. 12, Lucy E. Putnam 
 Feb. 14, Joseph H. Ford 
 March 13, Mr. Richard Young 
 March 31, Mrs. Emeline Holt 
 Dec. 24, 1876, (in California), Mr. 
 
 J. Barron Clark, 
 
 Buried in Lyndeborough 
 
 20 
 
 45 
 66 
 
 74 
 50 
 89 
 
 53 
 
 1877. 
 37 May 16, Rev. E. B. Claggett, 
 
 79 
 78 
 32 
 
 22 
 
 75 
 63 
 
 21 
 
 75 
 
 32 
 70 
 82 
 
 59 
 82 
 
 72 
 80 
 
 86 
 92 
 19 
 
 26 
 
 61 
 
 Feb. 10, Mr. John Hartshorn 
 Feb. 19, Mr. George F. Cutter 
 April 3, Daniel Cunningham 
 May 19, Mrs. Elizabeth Cram 
 
 66 at New Fairfield, Conn., for 24 
 80 years pastor of Congregational 
 58 Church in Lyndeborough 
 
 June 10, Mr. Manley Kidder 66 
 54 June 14, Mr. William M. Warner 21 
 July 21, Mrs. Mina G. Lane 25 
 
 July 22, Mrs. Mary D. Spalding 65 
 August 2, Mr. Alfred A. Whitney 60 
 1878. 
 
 66 July 14, Mrs. Eunice A. Clay 23 
 39 Aug. 3, Miss Etneline Spalding 37 
 80 Oct. 5, Mrs. Caroline F. Wood- 
 87 ward 58
 
 MORTUARY RECORD 
 
 641 
 
 May 23, Rev. W. L. S. Clark 
 June 14, Solon B. Richardson 
 July 6, Mrs. Lucy G. Clark 
 
 Jan. n, Joseph Perham 
 Jan. 18, Mrs. Susan Ordway 
 Jan. 28, Mrs. Mary B. Perham 
 Feb. 25, Oliver Perham 
 March 3, Mrs. Susan Putnam 
 March 8, Mrs. Mary Stratton 
 March 10, John J. Balch 
 March 16, Mrs. Abigail M. Balch 
 March 20, Nelson Ryerson 
 April 5, Huse Karr 
 April 6, Frederick I. Bishop 
 June 26, Abigail Hadley 
 
 64 Nov. n, Mrs. AlmandaC. Conant 28 
 38 Dec. 28, Brackley Rose 82 
 70 
 
 1879. 
 
 76 Aug. 
 
 81 Aug. 
 
 65 Aug. 
 60 Sept 
 72 Sept 
 68 Oct. 
 74 Nov. 
 68 Nov. 
 19 Dec. 
 81 Dec. 
 18 Dec. 
 
 3, Elias Mclntire 
 
 4, Mrs. Emma Ella Smith 
 17, George N. Bishop 
 
 . 7, Maria H. Stephenson 
 . 25, Peter Clark 
 
 23, Jonathan Clark 
 
 20, Mrs. Sarah H. Kidder 
 26, George Bishop 
 
 5, Mrs. Betsey P. Gage 
 19, Miss Myrta M. Crani 
 
 24, Mrs. Dorothy Lindsay 
 
 Jan. 2, Mrs. Lydia \V. Putnam 
 Feb. 4, Francis D. Johnson 
 April 16, Mrs. Maria T. May- 
 
 nard 
 
 May i, Olney P. Butler 
 Children: March 30, Walter H.; 
 April 5, Mark W.; April 20, 
 Lizzie H.; April 29, William L, 
 died of diphtheria 
 
 Jan. 24, David Stiles 
 Feb. 16, William E. Wallace 
 March 20, Myrtie Putnam 
 April 28, Mrs. Mary S. Hadley 
 May 5, Mrs. Cynthia Kidder 
 Barrett 
 
 79 
 
 1880. 
 
 May 28, Mrs. Sarah S. Young 
 July 22, Emerson Batchelder 
 Sept. 7, Mrs. Hattie E. Holt 
 Sept. 26, Micah Hartshorn 
 Dec. i, Mrs. Maria A. Sweetser 
 Dec. 8, Mrs. Clarissa C. Curtis 
 
 1881. 
 
 70 Aug. 14, Mrs. Polly Perham 
 52 Oct. 9, Mrs. Mahala Wilson 
 16 Nov. 9, Alfred B. Spalding 
 80 Dec. 8, Mary Stephenson 
 
 Jan. 27, Edward B. Sulham 
 Jan. 30, Dea. John C. Goodrich 
 March 10, Timothy Ordway 
 April 13, Antoine Farnham 
 April 16, Jacob Butler 
 May 23, John Lowe 
 
 56 
 
 1882. 
 
 21 May 27, Mrs. Charlotte Baldwin 
 
 78 Aug. 2, Miss Hattie Gibson 
 
 86 Aug. n, Mrs. Sarah B. Peterson 
 52 Sept. 12, Mrs. Addie S. Stacey 
 
 87 Oct. 3, Mrs. Rebecca Fish 
 86 Oct. 20, Mrs. J. D. Putnam 
 
 1883. 
 
 Jan. 12, Mrs. Hannah Fish 79 
 
 Jan. 19, William A. Bailey 41 
 
 Feb. 13, Neil J. Dickey 11.2 
 
 March 30, Ebenezer Fish 73 
 
 April 17, John F. Holt 75 
 
 May 18, Sarah Stephenson 91 
 
 June 2, Timothy T. Putnam 
 July 21, Allie A. Holden 
 Sept. 3, Nathan P. Cummings 
 Oct. 14, Jotham Stephenson 
 Nov. 24, Abbie J. Spalding 
 
 96 
 29 
 28 
 
 34 
 82 
 84 
 65 
 55 
 79 
 16 
 76 
 
 73 
 
 72 
 
 53 
 87 
 38 
 83 
 
 89 
 86 
 
 32 
 
 87 
 
 76 
 4i 
 40 
 
 32 
 86 
 
 51 
 
 65 
 24 
 55 
 78 
 40
 
 642 
 
 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Jan. 17, Charles F. Allen 
 March 4, Willie B. Bell 
 March 31, Artemas Woodward 
 May 19, Clara A. Sheldon 
 July 7, Mrs. John Lowe 
 Aug. 27, Anna Fish 
 Oct. 4, Lelia C. Ross 
 
 Feb. 8, Mrs. Lucy Batchelder 
 March 24, William N. Ryerson 
 April 13, Mrs. Hannah F. Harts 
 horn 
 
 Jan. 18, Herman Wright 
 Feb. 25, John H. Farnham 
 March n, Morris M. Emery 64. 
 March 12, Frank H. Powers 
 May 6, Clintina Richardson 
 July 4, Belle Curtis 
 Aug. 16, George Chenery 
 
 Jan. 2, Lois H. Emery 
 Jan. 7, Hannah P. Batchelder 
 Jan. 20, Edward Paige Spalding 
 Jan. 29, Harriet R. Dascomb 
 Feb. 5, George S. Dolliver 
 Feb. 23, Betsey A. Ford 72 
 
 Feb. 24, Charles F. Tarbell 
 Feb. 26, Jacob D. Putnam 
 March n, Lucinda Searles 
 March 22, John A. Putnam 
 May 20, Sarah B. Fish 
 May 30, Lafayette Herrick 
 
 1884. 
 
 25 Oct. 22, David Holt 
 
 12 Nov. i, Mrs. Lucy Cram 
 
 72 Nov. 18, Ida M. Herrick 
 
 30 Nov. 30, Mrs. Sally L. Curtis 
 
 83 Dec. u, Mrs. Gratia Bishop 
 
 79 Dec. 14, Foster Woodward 
 22 
 
 1885. 
 
 44 April 19, Mrs. Mary S. Cram 
 52 June 20, Jesse Simonds 
 
 Aug. 10, Josiah M. Parker 
 88 Dec. 8, Benjamin B. Ames 
 
 1886. 
 
 77 Sept. 27, Nathan Fish 
 20 Oct. 3, Clark S. Gordon 
 ,11 Oct. 15, Clarissa O. Burton 
 24 Oct. 28, Sarah S. Fish 
 
 20 Nov. 4, Elmira H. Small Holt 
 
 24 Dec. 27, George D. Eaton 
 
 43 Dec. 29, Thomas J. Draper 
 
 1887. 
 
 68 April ii, Caroline Cram 
 
 78 May 10, Emma L. Ryerson 
 82 June 5, Cynthia S. Jaquith 
 75 Aug. 29, John W. Stearns 
 32 Sept. 30, John Dolliver 
 
 ii Dec. ii, Pamela A. Goodrich 
 
 1888. 
 
 44 July 8, Abigail H. Crosby 
 
 59 Aug. 3, Sarah Richardson 
 
 72 Sept. 15, Sarah B. Putnam 
 
 64 Oct. 24, Ann E. Fuller 
 
 42 Nov. 27, Carrie E. Ordway 
 
 63 Dec. 19, Ruth T. Gangloff 
 
 81 
 81 
 18 
 86 
 54 
 75 
 
 79 
 75 
 79 
 
 73 
 
 90 
 58 
 
 83 
 76 
 60 
 71 
 75 
 
 50 
 J7 
 75 
 68 
 
 77 
 84 
 
 82 
 68 
 82 
 
 So 
 26 
 
 33 
 
 Feb. 7, Nathaniel R. Fish 
 March 18, Caroline E. Jensen 
 
 (Lena) 
 May 7, Ruby Hartshorn 
 
 Feb. 23, Elvira Cheney 
 Mar. i, David D. Clark 
 Mar. 28, Carrie L- Spofford 
 April 6, Wilbur F. Hackett 
 May 10, Salathiel L. Wheeler 
 May 12, H. W. Hodgeman 
 May 30, Sarah P. Clark 
 
 92 Oct. 19, Alvaro Buttrick 68 
 
 16 Nov. 2, Mary E. Foster 52 
 
 Nov. 14, Willie Ryerson 22 
 
 87 Dec. 30, Charles L. Hutchinson 52 
 
 1890. 
 
 38 June ii, Addie P. Foster 45 
 
 72 June 23, John J. Gangloff 35 
 
 28 Aug. 8, Sally Rose 84 
 59 Nov. 25, Annette H. Jenson 16 
 59 Nov. 30, Charles Fletcher 90 
 
 29 Dec. 28, Alfred F. Holt 52 
 96
 
 MORTUARY RECORD 
 
 643 
 
 Feb. 4, Harriet E. Merrill 
 Feb. 14, Joel H. Tarbell 
 Mar. 16, Oliver Watkins 
 Apr. 29, Adoniram Russell 
 Apr. 29, Edward Powers, 
 June 3, Emeline G. Herrick 
 June 28, Levi Spalding 
 
 1891. 
 
 40 July 4, Charles A. Hibbard 37 
 
 75 Aug. n, Isaac L. Duncklee 66 
 
 68 Aug. 30, David S. Draper 52 
 
 69 Sept. 6, John M. Emery 62 
 58 Nov. 23, Otis Perham 71 
 79 Dec. 9, Lucy Wheeler 44 
 81 
 
 Jan. 3, Mary E. Farnnam 
 Jan. 9, Lucian B. Bowman 
 Jan. 20, Eva E. Ross 
 Jan. 31, Nelson Kidder 
 April 13, Dorothy Henderson 
 April 14, Lois A. Watkins 
 April 20, Robert K. Lynch 
 May 24, Martha Chamberlain 
 June 9, Edwin N. Patch 
 
 Feb. 4, Orrin N. Cram 
 
 Feb. ii, Lois Burrough Marshall 
 
 March 2, Elizabeth Blanchard 90 
 
 47 July 6, David Carkin 
 
 70 July 6, Emily Stephenson 
 
 27 Aug. 28, Orpah S. Russell 
 
 84 Sept. 16, Carlos Wheeler 
 80 teamster, crushed by his 
 
 70 loaded cart 
 
 63 Oct. 26, Mada Hutchinson 
 
 71 Nov. 8, Bertha E. Holt 
 67 Dec. 5, Clifton W. Broad 
 
 1893. 
 
 April 26, John Gillespie 
 June 26, Mamie A. Perham 
 July 8, Jotham Hildreth 
 Aug. 18, Celia Foote 
 Sept. 5, Kilburn S. Curtis 
 
 Jan. 9, Hannah Carr 
 Jan. 21, Harriet Moore 
 Feb. 2, Carl A. Eaton 
 Feb. 7, Eliza A. Eaton 
 March 20, Alfred Stearns 
 
 Feb. 10, Abbie E. Pickett 
 died in Newton, Mass. 
 March 6, Mary A. Hall 
 
 March 19, Hiram F. Curtis 
 April i, Etta Burton 
 April 30, Julien E. Wright 
 June 27, Frank H. Senter 
 
 Drowned in New Boston 
 June 27, Dellie E. Holden 
 
 Drowned in New Boston 
 
 Jan. 29, Mary A. Holt 
 
 Jan. 31, Charles Henry Holt 
 
 Sept. ii, Lois C. Holt 
 Oct. 9, Abigail C. Putnam 
 Oct. 20, Asa Hill 
 Oct. 21, S. Kate Putnam 
 Dec. 15, Rebecca B. Perham 
 Dec. 27, Abram Boutell 
 Eliza K. Russell 
 
 59 
 92 
 .11 
 60. ii 
 27 
 86 
 38 
 72 
 
 1894. 
 
 76 April ii, Flora E. Reynolds 
 72 April 30, Sarah A. Curtis 
 13 June 30, Myra M. Davis 
 76 July 2, Samuel N. Hartshorn 
 31 Aug. 20, Caroline P. Spalding 
 
 1895. 
 36 March 8, Warren F. Needham 
 
 April i, Levi P. Bailey 
 62 July ic, Julia A. Holden 
 
 1896. 
 
 58 July i , John A. Bradford 
 42 Sept. 20, Franklin Senter 
 70 Oct. 31 , Rebecca F. Grant 
 13 Nov. 21, Hattie Clark 
 
 Nov. 23, Henry Weeeler 
 13 
 
 1897. 
 
 72 Aug. 13, Frank P. Hadley 
 69 Sept. 7, Samuel S. Cummings 
 
 86 
 75 
 58 
 18 
 
 26 
 18 
 23 
 
 80 
 79 
 77 
 52 
 69 
 7i 
 79 
 
 34 
 75 
 43 
 65 
 75 
 
 43 
 76 
 
 75 
 
 53 
 78 
 74 
 36 
 29 
 
 29 
 79
 
 644 
 
 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Feb. 12, Maria E. Owen 
 April 17, Eliza A. Senter 
 April 17, Nellie M. Herrick 
 
 69 Nov. 16, Mary E. Cram 58 
 
 79 Nov. 23, John W. Millay 22 
 
 28 Dec. 29, Abbie E. Dolliver 78 
 
 Jan. 6, Charles Young 
 April 8, Lucy P. Kidder 
 April 9, Alice C. Curtis 
 April 16, David Lover 
 
 Jan. 6, Richard H. Ross 
 Jan. 23, Benjamin J. Clark 
 March n, Dana B. Sargent 
 April 15, Ursula J. Stearns 
 April 17, Susan Miller 
 April 27, Franklin H. Kidder 
 May 26, Willis D. Sargent 
 June 8, Nathan Richardson 
 
 Jan. 24, David C. Grant 
 Feb. 14, Wilkes H. Hadley 
 Feb. 16, Jennie S. Cram 
 March 13, Warren Holden 
 March 26, Mary E. Dickey 
 April 4, Morris Frye 
 
 Feb. 9, George H. Stevens 
 March 7, S. May Cheever 
 May 2, Sarah Ross 
 May 30, Mary J. Brown 
 Aug. 27, Hannah Bailey 
 Oct. 7, Electa Gage 
 
 Jan. 29, Harvey Perham 
 March 23, Andrew J. Marshall 
 May 21, John Rand 
 June ii, Amanda E. Cheever 
 July 24, Betsey A. Lynch 
 
 Jan. 3, Annie E.' Draper 
 Jan. 31, Nettie C. Chute 
 Feb. 2, Elizabeth B. Mclntire 
 March i, Susanna P. Hartshorn 
 March 12, Abbie S. Wright 
 March 24, Byron Putnam 
 May n, Charles M. Butler 
 May 26, Joseph Sharp 
 
 69 May 9, Samuel T. Merrill 
 
 91 Sept. 3, Jennie Danforth 
 
 23 Oct. 9, Olive Patch 
 42 
 
 1899. 
 
 July 26, Lydia I. Putnam 
 
 74 Aug. 15, Anna Andrews 
 
 52 Aug. 29, Wilson Thorndike 
 
 53 (at Mr. Gould's) 
 
 74 Sept. 5, Elsie M. Kidder 
 
 80 Sept. 17, Phineas Collier 
 
 18 Sept. 29, Luciuda Rand 
 
 83 Oct. 29, Betsey F. Hadley 
 
 1900. 
 
 76 April 22, Jane W. Ames 
 
 78 July 21, John Kiellen 
 49 Jly Io Eliza A. Parker 
 
 63 Aug. 31, Eliza Cummings 
 58 Nov. 13, Harriett Russell 
 81 Dec. 8, Julia A. Hill 
 
 1901. 
 
 64 Nov. 14, Esther P. Tarbell 
 37 Nov. 23, Thomas Carter 
 
 79 Nov. 24, Humphrey N. Gould 
 67 Dec. 9, Walter R. Stearns 
 
 84 Dec. 14, Eva E. Brooks 
 
 66 Dec. 18, Aurelia C. Parker 
 
 1902. 
 
 75 
 63 
 74 
 68 
 
 75 
 
 Aug. 2, Elsie M. Sargent 
 Aug. 8, Hattie D. Murdo 
 Oct. 23, David A. Whittier 
 Dec. 28, Levi P. Hadley 
 
 18 
 
 45 
 70 
 
 47 
 80 
 
 74 
 73 
 83 
 76 
 
 90 
 
 65 
 74 
 79 
 81 
 76 
 
 83 
 61 
 
 73 
 
 12 
 2 7 
 
 72 
 
 54 
 29 
 81 
 64 
 
 1903. 
 
 29 June 13, Joseph E. Foster 57 
 
 35 Aug. 18, George Rose 66 
 
 77 Oct. 12, Washington Cummings 81 
 
 86 Nov. 16, Jonathan Stephen son 96 
 
 67 Nov. 22, Sarah A. Foster 69 
 
 63 Nov. 24, Laura A. Carson 51 
 
 75 Dec. 17, Maria E. Russell 75 
 86
 
 645 
 
 Jan. i, Mark E. Morse 
 Jan. 18, Charles R. Boutwell 
 Jan. 23, Addie C. Morse 
 Jan. 24, Catherine Kendall 
 
 Steele 
 
 Feb. 20, Betsey A. Wheeler 
 Feb. 22, George S. McAllister 
 March 2, Eliphalet J. Hardy 
 March 17, William T. Bowen 
 April 28, Mary T. Wheeler 
 
 [at Wilton] 
 May 10, Phebe M. Patch 
 
 1904. 
 
 60 June 4, Edwin Swasey 89 
 
 57 June 20, Minerva Duncklee 78.4 
 
 24.3 July 20, Elizabeth Rebecca 
 
 Woodward [at Concord] 45 
 102.8 Aug. n, John E. Bachelder 66 
 
 75 Aug. 26, George E. Swasey 47.1 
 
 82 Oct. 2, Allen B. Andrews 53.8 
 
 74 [At Francestown] 
 
 34.3 Oct. 16, Nelson S. Cram 37 
 
 68.9 [At Goffstown] 
 
 Nov. 14, Sarah D. Rand 76.10 
 
 85-3
 
 THE HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH. 
 
 Genealogies. 
 
 PART II.
 
 J-a. <urv
 
 Preface. 
 
 We wish to acknowledge the valuable aid in the compiling of 
 these ' ' family registers, ' ' as well as other contributions to this 
 history, which we have received from the papers of John H. 
 Goodrich, Esq. No other family in town is so rich in old records 
 and papers pertaining to the early history of L,yndeborough as 
 the Goodrich family. To these papers we have had free access. 
 
 In our desire and search for dates of births, deaths and mar- 
 riages, we have been received with unvarying patience, kind- 
 ness and courtesy by the people of the town. Doubtless we 
 have been something of a " bore " at times, but almost every 
 one seemed willing to help the cause along. 
 
 The Cram family registers were obtained through the enter- 
 prise of Mr. lyUther Cram. They were revised by Rev. Mr. 
 Donovan. All we had to do with them was to copy the papers 
 and change their form to correspond with that adopted for this 
 history. 
 
 Many of the families of the early settlers have been extinct in 
 town for fifty or more years, and in many instances it was only 
 after much correspondence with town clerks and postmasters 
 that we were able to get any trace of their descendants. Some- 
 times we were able to secure a good record, in other cases a very 
 imperfect one. 
 
 Some families now living in town depend on memory for all 
 dates, or, in other words, they carry their family record in their 
 heads. Sometimes the dates in the family Bible do not agree 
 with those in the town records. In such cases the family Bible 
 has been assumed to be correct. 
 
 Some of the family registers have been revised and rewritten 
 a number of times. Changes had to be made each year in the 
 progress of the work. Under such circumstances the writer is 
 willing to confess that he expects errors will be found. 
 
 Nothing in the foregoing, however, is to be construed as an 
 apology. Where one has done the best he could, apologies are 
 not in order. 
 
 Some have expended time and pains in helping the writer to 
 secure good records of their own and other families. To all 
 such we extend our heartfelt thanks.
 
 650 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 As the names of families are arranged in alphabetical order, 
 no index is necessary. 
 
 The plus sign (+) after a name indicates that the name will 
 appear again. Other abbreviations used are : b. for born, d. 
 for died, gen. for genealogy, m. for married, rem. for removed, 
 and res. for resides or resided. 
 
 JACOB A. WOODWARD.
 
 Genealogies. 
 
 ABBOTT. 
 
 JEREMIAH ABBOTT, married Susan Baldwin. They were the first 
 of the family to come to I/yndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. JONAS, -|- 
 
 2. WlUJAM, -f- 
 
 JONAS ABBOTT, born April 22, 1781 ; married Betsey Parker of Car- 
 lyle, Mass., Jan. 15, 1807. She was born Sept. 27, 1781 ; died Dec. 8, 
 1857. He died Sept. n, 1839. He came to I/yndeborough from Ch elms- 
 ford, Mass., in 1809, and settled on the farm where Charles Parker after- 
 ward lived. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but eldest : 
 
 1. EUZA, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., May 12, 1808, m. William 
 
 Terrin of Boston, March 14, 1832, res. in Francestown, 
 N. H., d. June 22, 1890. 
 
 2. JONAS P., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 27, 1809, m. Ann Cass 
 
 of New Chester, N. H., April 9, 1837, d. July 18, 1867. 
 
 3. MARY A., b. March 30, 1811, m. Ithamar Wright of Little- 
 
 ton, Mass., June 19, 1841. He was b. April 10, 1809, d. 
 May 15, 1848. 
 
 4. RACHEI, P., b. Dec. u, 1812, m. Manley Kidder of Lynde- 
 
 borough. (See Kidder gen.) 
 
 5. JEREMIAH, b. April 3, 1815, d. Oct. 30, 1820. 
 
 6. HANNAH W., b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. Sewell N. Watson of Fay- 
 
 ette, Me. Nov. 24, 1858. He was b. Aug. 8, 1808, d. Aug. 
 26, 1886. 
 
 7. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1819, m. Morris Frye of Landsgrove, 
 
 Vt., May 23, 1842. He was b. May 21, 1818, d. April 4, 
 1900. 
 
 8. HEZEKIAH, b. April 26, 1822, m. Annett Robins of Milford, 
 
 June i, 1858, d. Jan. n, 1890. 
 
 9. WIUJAM, b. June 30, 1825, d. July 30, 1858. 
 
 10. EMH<Y, b. Nov. 21, 1827, m. Charles L. Avery. (See 
 Avery gen.) 
 
 11. SUSAN, b. May 5, 1829, d. Aug. 18, 1830. 
 
 WILUAM ABBOTT, born Nov. 3, 1787; married Eunice, daughter of 
 Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram. She was born Aug. 31, I7 86 1 died 
 Feb. 29, 1868. He died Jan. 14, 1824. He lived in a house that used to 
 stand on land southeast of the Lucas place, and not far away from that 
 farm. Nothing but a cellar hole remains there now. Children :
 
 652 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 1. lyYDiA C., b. June 5, 1809, m. David Carkin. (See Carkin 
 
 gen.) 
 
 2. WILLIAM B., -}- 
 
 3. ABIGAIL C., b. Jan. 26, 1814, m. first, James Marshall, m. 
 
 second, Capt. Israel Putnam. 
 
 4. CHARLES D., b. March 31, 1817, d. March 28, 1854. 
 
 5. HENRY N., b. Feb. 16, 1820, d. May 14, 1859. He was 
 
 sometimes known as Major Abbott, and died of accidental 
 gunshot wound in right arm. 
 
 6. CALVIN A., -f- 
 
 WILLIAM B. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott; 
 born June 28, 1811; married Nancy (Brown) Boutwell. He died in De- 
 cember, 1862. 
 
 CALVIN A. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott; boru 
 May 5, 1824 ; married Mary J. Boutwell ; he died Oct. 23, 1868. Children: 
 
 1. EUNICE A., b. Oct. 26, 1854. 
 
 2. FRANK D., b. Aug. 10, 1856. 
 
 3. WILLIAM H., b. Aug. 31, 1858. 
 
 AMES. 
 
 BENJAMIN B. AMES came to Lyndeborough from Pelham about 1865, 
 and settled on a place just south of the Deacon Goodrich place, North 
 Lyndeborough. The farm is on the turnpike and was purchased of a Mr. 
 
 Odell. He married first, Barker of Pelham; married second, Jane, 
 
 daughter of David and Miriam (Durant) Butterfield. He died Dec. 8, 
 1885. She died April 22, 1900. He was born Jan. 13, 1812. 
 
 AMES. 
 
 DANIEL AMES lived for a time north of the mountain. His first wife 
 was Betsey Jaquith of Greenfield. She died March 20, 1864. He married 
 second, Mrs. Joanna Morgan of Wilton. He removed to Francestown in 
 1860, where he died June 4, 1877. A.t least three children were born at 
 Ivyndeborough : 
 
 1. DANIEL, d. Dec. 26, 1856. 
 
 2. HATTIE, d. April 17, 1860. 
 
 3. GEORGE, m. in 1870 Annie Robinson, She d. August, 1873. 
 
 He lived for a time in I/owell, Mass., but owing to poor 
 health removed to Oakland, Cal., where he died. He m. a 
 second time and left two children by second marriage. 
 
 ATWOOD. 
 
 JOHN ATWOOD, born in Boston Feb. 16, 1693, removed to Bradford, 
 Mass., in 1716, where he died. He married Hannah Bond of Haverhill, 
 Mass., Oct. 28, 1715 ; she was born 1696. Their fifth child, Joshua, born 
 3, 1723, married Mehitable Seavey ; she was born Feb. i, 1727; died 
 March 1 1 , 1805. He died July 8, 1809.
 
 GENEALOGIES 653 
 
 PAUL ATWOOD, i2th child of Joshua and Mehitable (Seavey) At- 
 wood, born March 30, 1764; married May 22, 1786, Judith Stickney of 
 Pelham, N. H. She was born June 25, 1764 ;. died May 12, 1843. He died 
 Oct. 20, 1852. He came to Lyndeborough from Pelham, N. H., and set- 
 tled at North Lyndeborough and carried on the business of a currier in a 
 shop opposite his house. He was also a farmer. Children : 
 
 1. EUPHALET, + 
 
 2. MARY, b. May 5, 1789, lived at Pelham. 
 
 3. SARAH, b. May 15, 1791, lived at Pelham. 
 
 4. JOSHUA, b. May 3, 1793, d. Sept. 27, 1841. He kept a store 
 
 at North Lyndeborough, was justice of the peace and se- 
 lectman. 
 
 5. JOHN, b, June 20, 1795. 
 
 6. DAVID, + 
 
 7. MOSES, -f- 
 
 8. PAMELA, b. Sept. 26, 1803, m. Dea. John C. Goodrich. (See 
 
 Goodrich gen.) 
 
 9. MEHITABLE, b, Nov. 29, 1806. 
 
 ELIPHALET ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood ; 
 born Jan. 30, 1787 ; married first, Feb. 25, 1813, Sarah Gould of Pelham. 
 She was born 1791, died May 10, 1827. Second, Ann Kidder, Jan. 19, 
 1828. She was born Aug. 27, 1791 ; died Oct. 8, 1863. He died Dec. 4, 
 1851. He lived on the farm where Charles H. Bailey now lives, and died 
 there. Children : 
 
 1. AMANDA, b. Feb. 5, 1814. 
 
 2. HORATIO, b. July 4, 1816. 
 
 3. WARREN J., b, Feb. 28, 1819. 
 
 DAVID ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood, born 
 July 22, 1798, married first, Nov. 5, 1822, Martha Campbell. She was 
 born Dec. 10, 1800 ; died Sept. 14, 1853. Married second, May 5, 1856, 
 Prudentia B. Oilman, of Lowell, Mass. She was born Feb. 8, 1821 ; died 
 June 30, 1885. He died at Francestown Oct. 2, 1874. He carried on the 
 Town Farm in Lyndeborough the first year after it was bought by the 
 town. He later removed to Francestown. Child born in Lyndborough : 
 
 i. AARON HARDY, b. Dec. 2, 1823, d. Nov. 29, 1863. Was 
 a physician at N. L/yndeborough and later at Manchester. 
 He d. at Jetersville, Va., during the Civil War. 
 
 DR. MOSES ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood, 
 born April 6, 1801 ; married first, Nov. 24, 1835, Mary Lewis, of Frances- 
 town. She was born July i, 1808; died June 21, 1844; married second, 
 May 5, 1846, Julia Ann .Chickering of Amherst. She was born August 28, 
 1815 ; died Feb. 4, 1889. He died in New Boston, April 28, 1850. Dr. 
 Atwood studied medicine with Dr. Israel Herrick of Lyndeborough, and 
 Dr. Luther Farley of Francestown. He began the practice of medicine
 
 654 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 at North Lyndeborough in 1827. Until 1841 he practiced allopathy ; in 
 that year he commenced study with Dr. Samuel Gregg, of Boston, and 
 was the first American to practice homeopathy in New Hampshire and 
 the tenth in New England. As a physician he ranked high and was 
 much esteemed for the many excellencies of his character. One son, 
 Luther Farley Atwood of Francestown. 
 
 AVERY. 
 
 CHARLES L. AVERY, son of Solomon and Lavina (Morse) Avery, 
 born at Lowell, Mass., April 12, 1836; m. Dec. 8, 1858, Emily, daughter of 
 Jonas and Betsey (Parker) Abbott. She was born Nov. 21, 1827. Solo- 
 mon D. Avery and Lavina (Morse) Avery, his wife, were long residents 
 of Francestown and both died there. Charles L. came to Lyndeborough 
 about 1858 and bought the Jonas Abbott farm, North Lyndeborough, 
 where he has since lived. Child : 
 
 i. HENRY F., b. Feb. 14, 1860, m. Jan. 15, 1891, Mrs. Etta 
 N. Adams, daughter of George and Elvira (Hutchinson) 
 W bitfield and widow of Henry D. Adams. Sbe was b. 
 April 10, 1862. 
 
 BACHELDER. 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder was a Revolutionary soldier and was the 
 first settler on the land since known as the Paige Spalding place, north 
 of the mountain. But little is known of his family record. He had one 
 son, Ward C. Bachelder, who was choked to death by a piece of meat he 
 was trying to eat. This happened at Merrimack in March, 1795. He 
 had gone there to bring the household goods of some one moving to 
 Lyndeborough. The town records contain nothing about the family of 
 Nathaniel. He was buried in the Whittemore burial place, North Lynde- 
 borough. The headstone has been broken by vandal hands into small 
 fragments, but by piecing them together it was learned that he was 
 born in 1721 and died in 1784. Evidence tends to show that Joseph 
 Bachelder, who had a large family of children born in Lyndeborough, 
 was a brother of Capt. Nathaniel. 
 
 JOSEPH BACHELDER. Children of Joseph Bachelder and Sarah, 
 his wife : 
 
 1. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 22, 1770. 
 
 2. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 10, 1772. 
 
 3. ISAAC, b. Oct. 8, 1774, d. Jan. n, 1775. 
 
 4. ANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1775, d. Jan. 22, 1777. 
 
 5. ISAAC Z , b. March i, 1779. 
 
 6. ALPHAS, b. Aug. 7, 1781. 
 
 7. ABIGAIL, b. Nov'. 2, 1783. 
 
 8. SARAH, b. Feb. 9, 1785. 
 
 9. WILLIAM, b. July 15, 1788.
 
 GENEALOGIES 655 
 
 BADGER. 
 
 But little can be found of the record of the Badger family. The story 
 of John Badger, the early settler of Salem-Canada, is pretty fully 
 told in a preceding chapter. His son David was the first settler on the 
 land now owned by James H. Karr, and Badger Pond received its name 
 from him. He was a deacon in the Congregational church. Stephen 
 Badger, his son, transferred his property to the town and made his 
 home at the town farm, where he died. Robert Badger was the first 
 settler on the farm now owned by Harry J. Richardson. The family has 
 been extinct in town for some years, but they are to be noted as the first 
 settlers on the land north of the pond. The two brothers settled here as 
 early as 1760. 
 
 DEA. DAVID BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger; 
 married Rachel . He died May 15, 1783. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Oct. 7, 1764. 
 
 2. DAVID, b. May 28, 1766, rera. to Conway about 1825, m. 
 
 Harriet Clemmons. 
 
 3. L,YDiA, b. Sept. 3, 1767. 
 
 4. STEPHEN, b. March. 20, 1769, m. . Child: Mary, b. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1821, m. Abram Boutwell. 
 
 5. HANNAH, b. Dec. 19, 1770, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See 
 
 Woodward gen.) 
 
 6. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1772, d. March 30, 1863, aged 90 years. 
 
 7. ANNA, b. Oct. 27, 1774, m. - - Day, rem. to Otsego, N.Y., 
 
 d. in 1857. 
 
 8. DANIEL, b. Juhy 21, 1776. 
 
 9. JOSEPH, b. Feb. i, 1778. 
 
 10. RUFUS, b. July 3, 1780, m. Olive Fuller. 
 
 ROBERT BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger; mar- 
 ried Hannah . He died March i, 1792. Children: 
 
 1. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1763. 
 
 2. RUTH, b. Dec. 25, 1765. 
 
 3. ELIPHALET, b. Jan. 20, 1768, m. Huldah . One child 
 
 recorded: Eliphalet, b. Oct. 23, 1796. 
 
 4. MARY, b. June 7, 1771. 
 
 5. RACHEL, b. Aug. 19, 1772. 
 
 6. ROBERT, b. April 19, 1775. 
 
 7. REBECCA, b. March 10, 1777. 
 
 8. IRENE, b. Jan. 20, 1781. 
 
 9. SAMUEL PATTEN, -f- 
 
 SAMUEL P. BADGER, son of Robert and Hannah, born May 26, 
 
 1783 ; married . Children : 
 
 i. & 2. ROXANNA and HANNAH (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1809.
 
 656 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. MARY, b. Oct. 28, 1810. 
 
 4. ROBERT, b. Oct. 25, 1812. 
 
 5. HUGH, b. Oct. 25, 1814. 
 
 6. ELIZA, b. Dec. 4, 1815. 
 
 7. SAMUEL P., b. Feb. 18, 1819. 
 
 8. SARAH J., b. Aug. 23, 1821. 
 
 BAILEY. 
 
 LEVI P. BAILEY was the son of Solomon and Betsey (Abercrombie) 
 Bailey of Jay, Vt. He was born Jan. 21, 1819, at Jay ; married, Dec. 18, 
 1840, Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Senter) Morse. She was 
 born at Francestown, Feb. i, 1817. He died April i, 1895. He was a 
 stone mason by trade and lived at times in Francestown, Mont Vernon, 
 Wilton, wherever his work called him. He lived on the Osborne place, 
 North Lyndeborough, and died there. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. at Mason, July 4, 1841, d. at Wilton, Jan. 1.9, 
 
 1883. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 2. MARCUS M., b. at Bedford, Oct. 14, 1842, m. April 18, 1868, 
 
 Nellie M. Thompson of Antrim. Was a soldier in the Civil 
 War. ( See Chap. X.) 
 
 3. CHARLES H., -f- 
 
 4. AMANDA R., b. at Lowell, March 31, 1847, m. July 28, 1869, 
 
 Richard C. Woodward of Francestown. 
 
 5. ALONZO P., b. at West Newton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1849, m. 
 
 Sept. n, 1875, Sarah J. Woodward of Francestown. 
 
 6. HIRAM S., b. at Nashua, April 15, 1851, m. March 27, 1875, 
 
 Mary J. Woodward of Francestown. Children: Fred H., 
 b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 19, 1875, Walter S., b. at An- 
 trim, Nov. 14, 1876. 
 
 7. LEVI E-, b. at Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 3, 1855, m. Dec. 16, 
 
 1882, Mary J. Manahan of Francestown. 
 
 CHARLES H. BAILEY, son of Levi P. and Hannah (Morse) Bailey; 
 born at Lowell, Mass., Dec., 1844; married Sept. 18, 1869, Abby Quint of 
 Great Falls. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving with the Lafay- 
 ette Artillery at Portsmouth. Child : 
 
 i. CHARLES A., + 
 
 CHARLES A. BAILEY, son of Charles H. and Abbie (Quint) Bailey; 
 born at Wilton, Nov. 26, 1869; married, Nov. 27, 1894, Susie, daughter of 
 George R. and Olive M. (Lovejoy) Barnes. She was born Nov. 26, 1876. 
 Children: 
 
 1. GOLDIE, b. March 13, 1895, d- Sept. 29, 1895. 
 
 2. GUY B., b. March 22, 1896. 
 
 3. CHARLES A., b. June 15, 1898. 
 
 4. ELWIN G., b. April 27, 1902. 
 
 Many of the Bailey family were good musicians.
 
 GENEALOGIES 657 
 
 BALCH. 
 
 JOHN J. BALCH, born June 27, 1804 ; married Abigail Mudgett of 
 Weare, who was born May 14, 1810. Mr. Balch died of pneumonia, 
 March 10, 1879. His wife, surviving a few days, died of the same disease, 
 March 16, 1879. He came to Lyndeborough from Weare in 1862. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. JOHN W., b. Sept. 10, 1828, d. March 4, 1879. 
 
 2. MOSES M., b. Sept. n, 1831, m. Harriet E. Stiles, res. in 
 
 New Ipswich. 
 
 3. MARY E., b. July 17, 1842, m. David G. Dickey. (See 
 
 Dickey gen.) 
 
 BARDEN. 
 
 AMOS W. BARDEN, son of Jonas and Betsey (Whitney) Barden ; born 
 Jan. 5, 1848 ; married Nov. 30, 1879, Emma S., daughter of George B. and 
 Mary J. (Clark) Woodward of Francestown. She was born June 6, 1851 ; 
 settled on the Ordway place on the mountain ; later removed to South 
 Lyndeborough. 
 
 BARNES. 
 
 GEORGE R. BARNES, son of Daniel H. and Sarah (Damon) Barnes ; 
 born Dec. 12, 1837 ; married April i, 1865, Olive, daughter of James M. 
 and Louisa (Vanscoyt) Lovejoy. She was born Dec. 7, 1846, in Clinton, 
 Ind. He was born at North Chelmsford, Mass., and came to Lyndebor- 
 ough in 1875, and bought the Twitchell place, North Lyndeborough, re- 
 moving thence in 1886 to the Parker Hotel stand on the turnpike, where 
 he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have been in demand as musi- 
 cians. Children : 
 
 1. MINNIE B., b. Jan. 3, 1866, m. Lester B. Walton of Danvers, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 2. ROBERT E., b. March 15, 1867, m. Adaline Havens of 
 
 Moodus, Conn., res. at Hartford, Conn. 
 
 3. GEORGE A., b. Nov. i, 1869, m. Hattie Ardell of Wakefield, 
 
 Mass., res. at Lynn, Mass. 
 
 4. SUSIE, b. Nov. 26, 1876, at Lyndeborough, m. Charles A. 
 
 Bailey. (See Bailey gen.) 
 
 BARRON. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM BARRON. It is to be regretted that more is not 
 known of the ancestry of Capt. William Barren. He was probably the 
 first settler on the land now owned by Frank B. Tay. He kept a tavern 
 there just before and during the Revolutionary War, which tavern was 
 the meeting place of the business men of the town, where they discussed 
 over a mug of "flip" the various enterprises and political affairs of the 
 community. He was chosen deacon of the church, and his name appea 
 very frequently in the old records and papers of his time. He was a Rev-
 
 658 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH f 
 
 olutionary soldier, and was much interested in the up-building of the 
 town. His wife, Olive Johnson, may have been a relative of the John- 
 sons of Johnson Corner ; but of that there is no record. 
 
 Capt. William Barren, born 1737 ; married Olive Johnson ; she died 
 May 23, 1815; he died Aug. 28, 1805. Children: 
 
 1. OLIVE, b. Feb. 17, 1765, m. Nov. 30, 1784, John, son of Dea. 
 
 Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. (See Putnam gen.) 
 
 2. RUTH, b. May 23, 1768. 
 
 3. SARAH, b. May 24, 1771, m. Dec. 20, 1787, William Clark 
 
 of L/yndeborough. (See Clark gen.) 
 
 4. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 27, 1774, drowned in Badger Pond 
 
 Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 21, 1793. 
 
 5. L/UCY, b. June 23, 1781, m. Thomas Boardman. 
 
 Transcripts from town records : 
 ELIZABETH, dau. of Micah Barron and Elizabeth his wife, b. 
 
 Nov. 17, 1783. 
 
 WILLIAM, son of do., b. Sept. 28, 1785, d. Aug. 8, 1786. 
 WILLIAM, son of do., b. June 23, 1787. 
 
 ALICE, dau. of Nathan Barron and Alice his wife, b. Aug. 2, 
 
 1774, d. Aug. 18, 1777. 
 
 NATHAN, son of do., b. June 14, 1776. 
 
 NATHAN BARRON died May 12, 1777. Micah and Nathan are pre- 
 sumably brothers of Capt. William Barron. Nathan's widow Alice 
 afterward married Capt. Jonas Kidder. 
 
 BATCHEIyDER. 
 
 JACOB BATCHELDER came to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass. 
 His wife was Nabby Thompson of Reading. He died in 1814. Children: 
 
 1. JACOB, -f- 
 
 2. EMERSON, -f- 
 
 JACOB BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson) Batch- 
 elder, born at Townsend, Mass., in 1806 ; married Almira Smith of Wal- 
 tham, Mass. She was born July 28, 1807, and died Jan. 25, 1888. He 
 died Dec. 5, 1880. Children, born at Waltham, Mass.: 
 
 1. ELEANOR, b. 1835. 
 
 2. EMILY, b. Nov. 29, 1839. 
 
 3. ADDIE, 
 
 4. CHARLES, d. Nov. 15, 1880. 
 
 EMERSON BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson) 
 Batchelder, born in Townsend, Mass., March i, 1808 ; married first, Cath- 
 erine Smith of Amherst. She died Feb. 9, 1839 ; married second, Han- 
 nah, daughter of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor. She was born 
 Feb. 7, 1808 ; died Jan. 7, 1887. He died July 22, 1880. Children by first 
 wife :
 
 GENEALOGIES 659 
 
 1. JOHN E., + 
 
 2. CATHERINE, born Oct. 17, 1838, m. Jan. 3, 1859, Alfred Sav- 
 
 age .of Greenfield. She died July, 1866. 
 
 Child: Emma M., b. March 14, 1860, d. Dec. i, 1873. 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 4. HENRY M., b. May 9, 1844. Disappeared, and nothing is 
 known of him here. 
 
 JOHN E. BATCHELDER, son of Emerson and Catherine (Smith) 
 Batchelder ; born June 14, 1836 ; married May 29, 1864, Lucy A. Baker of 
 Damariscotta, Me. She was born Aug. 22, 1840 ; died Feb. 8, 1885 ; mar- 
 ried second, Mrs. Sarah M. Moore of Warwick, Me., April 3, 1888. She 
 was born Oct. 18, 1839. He died Aug. n, 1904. Mr. Batchelder resided 
 in " Perham Corner," and was a well known fruit grower, making a spec- 
 ialty of grapes, although he raised large quantities of berries and apples. 
 He was an energetic, prosperous farmer. He never aspired to public 
 office, but was highly respected and esteemed in the town. Children by 
 first wife : 
 
 i. GEORGE E., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 8, 1865. 
 
 2. CARRIE L/., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 20, 1867, m. Oct. 8, 
 
 1889, Edwin M. Parker of Milford. 
 
 3. CHARLES J., -+- 
 
 CHARLES J. BATCHELDER. son of John E. and Lucy (Baker) 
 Batchelder; born July 17, 1877 ; married Jan. 25, 1899, Nellie M., daugh- 
 ter of Freeman and Annie (Hutchinson) Bugbee. Children : 
 i and 2. DONALD and DOROTHY F., b. Sept. 28, 1903. 
 
 BELL> 
 
 ROBERT W. BELL, married Abby L. F., daughter of William B. and 
 Ann (Boutwell) Raymond, Sept. 17, 1870. She was born March 3, 1852; 
 died Aug. 30, 1875. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIE E., b. July 13, 1871 ; died March 4, 1884. 
 
 2. LIZZIE A., b. March 3, 1875, m. George D. Long. (See 
 
 Lyong gen.) 
 
 BISHOP. 
 
 FRANK J. BISHOP, born in Stoddard Jan. 14, 1856; married Ida B., 
 daughter of Joseph A. and Mary L. (Stephenson) Johnson, May 14, 1877. 
 She was born July 4, 1859. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. CARL J., b. Aug. 4, 1884. 
 
 2. RAY P., b. April 3, 1889. 
 
 BIXBY. 
 
 OLIVER BIXBY, sou of Thomas and Rebecca (Holmes) Bixby, born 
 March 27, 1796 ; married first, Abigail, daughter of David and Mary C. 
 (Jones) Farrington, Nov. 13, 1823. She was born March 21, 1803, and
 
 660 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 died Feb. 12, 1838 ; second, Huldah Farrington, Nov. 13, 1839. She was 
 a sister of his first wife and was born Dec. 18, 1811, and died June 2, 1884. 
 He died at Hillsborough, Feb. 27, 1879. 
 
 Thomas, the father of Oliver, was the youngest of four brothers, all of 
 whom settled in Francestown. In the war of the Revolution he was a 
 lieutenant in Capt. Carson's company, and was at the Battle of Bunker 
 Hill, and afterward endured the suffering and privation of Valley Forge. 
 He was twice married, and Oliver was the seventh child of the first mar- 
 riage. He was born at Francestown, but came to Lyndeborough when 
 quite a young man, and soon thereafter bought the place at the Centre 
 known since as the Bixby place, where Edward Warren now lives. He 
 was postmaster for some years, and also kept the village store. He was 
 a farmer and general trader, and was much esteemed for his unfailing 
 good humor and genial ways. He removed to Hillsborough, where he 
 died. Children by first wife, all born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY J., b. Aug. 23, 1824, d. Aug. 21, 1835, at Amherst. 
 
 2. DAVID F., b. Aug. i, 1826, d. in 1856 at Surinam, S. A. 
 
 3. AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Sidney Gage of Wilton, d. 
 
 Nov. 17, 1890, at Nashua. 
 
 4. THOMAS, b. Dec. 14, 1829, d. Oct. 19, 1849, at New Orleans, 
 
 La. 
 
 5. OLIVER H., b. June 29, 1837, m. Sarah E. Clement of War- 
 
 ren, N. H., d. Dec. 19, 1897, at Boston. 
 Children by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 6. L/EVI W., b. March 22, 1845, m. L/ydia A. Burtt of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough, Dec. 17, 1877, d. at Hillsborough, May i, 1893. 
 Children : Helen A. and Caroline C., b. at Hillsborough. 
 
 7. MARY C., b. June 23, 1849, res. at Hillsborough. 
 
 8. HARRY A., b. June 12, 1851, d. Feb. 26, 1852. 
 
 BLANCHARD. 
 
 LIEUT. JOTHAM BLANCHARD, the ancestor of one of the Blanchard 
 families in Lyndeborough, came from Billerica, Mass., and settled in 
 that part of the town now known as Perham Corner. He was born in 
 1751 and probably came here soon after the Revolutionary War. He 
 
 married Abigail and doubtless two of his sons came here with 
 
 him, Asa and Jotham, Jr. The family all owned farms in the above- 
 named section of the town. Lieut. Jotham died Feb. 16, 1832 ; Abigail, 
 his wife, died July 30, 1818. She was born in 1756. 
 
 ASA BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard, 
 born 1776; married Sybil Pierce of Wilmington, Mass. She was born 
 1775, and died at Lyndeborough Oct. 15, 1815. He died March 17, 1810. 
 Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ASA, -f- 
 
 2. ANN, b. April i, 1803, m. March 29, 1825, Rufus Crosby of 
 
 Billerica, Mass. They removed to Milford, where she died
 
 GENEALOGIES 661. 
 
 March 19, 1879. They had seven children, the eldest of 
 whom, Mary Ann, m. William W. Howard. 
 
 3. BRADLEY, b. May 6, 1805, m. first, Almira Stearns. She 
 
 d. Feb. 28, 1827, m. second, Mary M. Bowers of Concord, 
 Mass. He d. at Milford, Oct. 15, 1893. They had seven 
 children. 
 
 4. MARY, b. April 15, 1807, m. Jacob Woodward. (See Wood- 
 
 ward gen.) 
 
 5. SYBIL P., b. 1811, d. Oct. 8, 1884, unmarried. 
 
 ASA BLANCHARD, son of Asa and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard, born 
 April 3, 1801; married April 20, 1826, Elizabeth Goodwin, born March 4, 
 1802 ; died March 2, 1893. He died Sept. 6, 1845. Children born at 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ELMIRA, b, March 3, 1827, m. March 21, 1847, Frank 
 
 Howard. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 19, 1829, m. Charles G. Hatch. (See 
 
 Hatch gen.) 
 
 3. ASA, b. Aug. 14, 1831, m. Mary R. Spaulding of Wilton, 
 
 He d. June 8, 1874. 
 
 4. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 5, 1835, m. Nov. 26, 1857, Rufus P. 
 
 Chase of Newburyport, Mass. He was b. April i, 1835, 
 d. Dec. 7, 1876. Children: Lilly F., b. at Worcester, 
 Mass., March 25, 1860, d. Dec. 9, 1864; Frank M., b. at 
 Worcester, Mass., Jan. 25, 1862, d. Aug. 2, 1863; Harry 
 R., b. at Worcester, Mass., Nov. 3, 1865 ; Homer F., b. at 
 Worcester, Mass., Aug. 9, 1869. 
 
 5. SYBIL P., b. Oct. 6, 1838, m. George W. Parker of Lynde- 
 
 borough. (See Parker gen.) 
 
 6. CAROLINE, b. Jan. 26, 1840, m. Dec. 26, 1862, George Jen- 
 
 nison, of Worcester, Mass. 
 
 7. ELIZA J., b. Nov. 22, 1843, m. Feb. 26, 1878, Gilbert A. 
 
 Heald of Milford. 
 
 JOTHAM BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard, 
 born 1774; married Amy Smith, born 1784; died Feb. 21, 1868. He died 
 Jan. 21, 1847. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. July 15, 1798. 
 
 2. LUCINDA, b. Sept. n, 1800, m. Daniel Holt of Milford. 
 
 3. CHARLES, b. March 13, 1803. 
 
 4. FREDERICK, b. Oct. 8, 1805. 
 
 5. CYRUS, b. Nov. 3, 1808. 
 
 6. JOTHAM, b. April 19, 1811. 
 
 7. ASA, b. June 12, 1813.
 
 662 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 BLANCHARD. 
 
 The immigrant ancestor of the Blanchard family of America was of 
 Huguenot extraction. 
 
 Amaziah Blanchard, son of Simon and Catharine Wyman Blanchard, 
 was born at Milford, Nov. 27, 1782; married Aug. 26, 1807, Mary Damon 
 of Amherst. She was born Sept. 10, 1785. He came to Lyndeborough in 
 1811, and bought the place where Asher Curtis now lives. He ran in 
 debt for the whole of the purchase price, which was considered in those 
 days a rather hazardous venture. He used to make molasses hogsheads, 
 and haul them to Boston, sixty miles, with an ox team, sell them and re- 
 turn, with the fear of robbers always present, if his journey kept him on 
 the road after nightfall, especially, as the notorious Stephen Burroughs 
 sometimes invaded the lonely road between Milford and Nashua. How- 
 ever, the times improved after the War of 1812, and he paid for his 
 farm. Children : 
 
 1. CALVIN, b. Sept. 4, 1808, + 
 
 2. EDWIN A., b. March 14, 1811. 
 
 3. ANNA D., b. June 9, 1813. 
 
 4. SOPHIA N., b. Feb. 4, 1817, -j- 
 
 5. HARRIET N., b. March 4. 1819. 
 
 6. RUFUS, b. March 7, 1821, -f- 
 
 7. FRANCES, b. Sept. 22, 1823. 
 
 RUFUS BLANCHARD, son of Amaziah and Mary (Damon) Blanchard, 
 was a man of considerable literary ability, as was also Calvin. Rufus re- 
 moved to the west, settling in Chicago, 111., where he died in 1902 or 
 1903. He was the author of the following maps and books : " The His- 
 torical Map of the United States " ; a book entitled " The Discovery and 
 Conquests of the Northwest, with a History of Chicago " ; a romance in 
 verse entitled, " Abraham Lincoln The Type of American Genius " ; 
 " History of the State of Illinois " ; " Rise and Fall of Political Parties in 
 the United States" ; " The Historical Geography of North America " ; a 
 romance, now in manuscript not yet published, descriptive of American 
 characteristics. 
 
 CALVIN BLANCHARD, his brother, wrote the "Life of Thomas 
 Payne," and a book entitled "The Science of Religion." He was also 
 author of several pamphlets on " Natural Religion." He published the 
 works of Thomas Payne, "Volney," part of Voltaire's works, Stearns' 
 " Life of Jesus," and a large number of books on similar subjects. He 
 was a leading member of the " Payne Society " in New York, and an in- 
 timate friend of Horace Greeley, the two having been journeyman print- 
 ers together. 
 
 SOPHIA BLANCHARD OLSEN was the author of a poem written on 
 the great Chicago fire of 1871, which was highly esteemed by literary 
 critics. She also wrote several other pamphlets, and was a contributor 
 to various magazines and newspapers. 
 
 JOSEPH BLANCHARD, son of Luther and Mary (Kinson) Blanchard, 
 born in Milford, Nov. 16, 1829 I married Oct. 28, 1852, Rhoda, daughter of
 
 GENEALOGIES 663 
 
 Nathan and Sally (Draper) Fish. She was born Jan. 15, 1835. He came 
 to Lyndeborough in 1856 ; resides in South Lyndeborough ; has taken 
 great interest in military matters, and was captain of the Lafayette Ar- 
 tillery from 1894 to 1896. (See Chap. VIII.) Children : 
 
 1. FRANCENIA, b. in Wilton Aug. 13, 1853, d. July 2, 1858. 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. in Temple Jan. 21, 1856. 
 
 3. CARRIE F., b. in Lyndeborough Aug. i, 1862, m. Oct. 26, 
 
 1881, Adna A. Page of Lebanon, res. in Woburn, Mass. 
 
 4. ELMER J., b. June 14, 1876, m. Feb. 14, 1900, Ella M., dau. 
 
 of ; Daniel A. and Mary M. (Hoyt) Colby of Francestown. 
 She was b. Sept. 6, 1874. 
 
 BLANEY. 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLANEY. Among the early comers to Lynde- 
 borough was William Blaney and Ruth S., his wife. He is said to have 
 been a sea captain, and was probably a relative of Maj. Joseph Blaney, 
 one of the original proprietors. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1773. 
 
 2. CHRISTOPHER, b. Feb. 27, 1776. 
 
 3. STEPHEN, b. 1786. 
 
 4. BETHIA, b. 1789. 
 
 5. SUSANNA, b. 1790. 
 
 6. GRACE, b. 1794. 
 
 7. NANCY, b. Nov. 8, 1797. 
 
 BOARDMAN. 
 
 The name was Boreman in England and originated from the knight 
 who came into England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 
 1066. He had lost a hand and had in its place a wooden substitute. His 
 name was William and he was called William la de Bois de Main (sic) or 
 William of the Wooden Hand. The name became in time Boreman and 
 thence Boardman. Thomas Boardman was a descendant of William Bore- 
 man of Banbury, England. He came to Lyndeborough in 1750. 
 
 THOMAS BOARDMAN was born 1749; died Dec. 10, 1836. He mar- 
 ried first, Ann Noyes of Newburyport, Mass.; second, Hannah Brown, 
 who was born 1748, and died Aug. 12, 1818. Thomas Boardman came to 
 Lyndeborough from Ipswich, Mass., aud settled on the farm now owned 
 by Erwin D. Wilder. Children : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. June 29, 1776, m. in 1798, Aaron Lewis. (See 
 
 Lewis gen.) 
 
 2. THOMAS, + 
 
 3. DANIEL N., -f- 
 
 4. JOHN, b. 1780, d. in Francestown, Nov. 25, 1810. 
 
 THOMAS BOARDMAN, son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Board- 
 man ; married Lucy, daughter of William and Olive Barren, born June 23, 
 1781. She died Oct. 20, 1857. Children :
 
 664 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1. JOHN, d. in infancy. 
 
 2. MICAH BARRON, b. Dec. 21, 1806, rein, to Frances- 
 
 town. 
 
 3. FRANCIS, b. Nov. 10, 1811, m. in 1831, Sarah E., dau. of 
 
 the Rev. Moses Bradford of Francestown. 
 
 4. L/UCY, b. Nov. 28, 1817, m. John Huntington. 
 
 5. SARAH, b. March 27, 1820, m. John H. Patch of Frances- 
 
 town, d. at Webster, Mass., Feb. 4, 1883. 
 
 DANIEL N. BOARDMAN, son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Board- 
 man, born Feb. 7, 1792; married first, Abigail Fuller of Francestown, 
 Oct. 10, 1817. She was born April 28, 1795, and died Dec. 7, 1818; mar- 
 ried second, Jan. 24, 1822, Olive, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Marshall) 
 Whiting. She was born Jan . 24, 1800. She was married twice after the 
 death of Mr. Boardman, first to Abner Pettee of Francestown ; second, 
 Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She died Sept. 16, 1860. Daniel N. Board- 
 man died July 2, 1849. He was a man who had great influence in town 
 affairs in his day, and held many offices of trust, and it is said fulfilled 
 their duties with fidelity and honesty. He lived where Erwin D. Wilder 
 lives now. He was representative to the General Court in 1840 and 1841, 
 and was selectman for nine years. Children : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL,, b. March 3, 1823, m. Frank B. Dennis, July i, 
 
 1850. 
 
 2. SON, b. Jan. i, 1825, d. Jan. 2, 1825. 
 
 3. OLIVE, b. Nov. 7, 1825, d. 1826. 
 
 4. DANIEL M., b. July 28, 1827, m. May n, 1859, Mehitable 
 
 Allen. 
 
 5. L/ANGLEY J., b. March 21, 1830, m. first, June 26, 1859, 
 
 Martha Storrs, m. second, July 4, 1878, A. Cochran. She 
 was b. Oct. 17, 1848. He removed to Manchester in 1849. 
 In 1 86 1 he entered government employ in the South, re- 
 maining there four years. He returned to Manchester and 
 entered the Amoskeag Mills, where he remained until he 
 died, May 10, 1903. 
 
 6. SON, b. Jan. 7, 1833, d. Jan. 7, 1833. 
 
 7. ANSTIS E., b. Oct. 8, 1834, m. June 17, 1859, S. Porter 
 
 Marsh. 
 
 8 and 9. TWIN boy and girl died in infancy. 
 10. OLIVE A., b. May 3, 1839, m. Oct. 31, 1861, Judson 
 
 Sargent. 
 
 BOFFEE. 
 
 MELCHIZEDECK BOFFEE was one of the first settlers of Salem- 
 Canada. He came from Londonderry and it is said he first improved 
 land on the hill east of David Clark's, but, Jan. 30, 1744, bought 90 acres
 
 665 
 
 of land where the late David C. Grant lived. With him came his wife, 
 Margaret, and two sons, at least, were born to them in town, John and 
 Thomas. John and Thomas were soldiers in the Revolutionary Army 
 and their story is told in another chapter. Children : 
 
 1. MARY, b. Aug. 29, 1742. 
 
 2. HANNAH, b. May 5, 1745. 
 
 3. THOMAS, -(- 
 
 4. MEHITABLB, b. April 12, 1752. 
 
 5. JOHN, + 
 
 UEUT. THOMAS BOFFEE was born April 10, 1750. His wife, 
 Sarah, died Sept. 9, 1772. The town records contain the following: 
 "Thomas Spaulding, son of Thomas and Sarah Boffee, born Sept. i, 
 
 1772." 
 
 JOHN BOFFEE, son of Melchizedeck and Margaret Boffee, born July 
 4, 1754 ; married Anna Howard. He died Oct. 6, 1820. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. May 22, 1783, d. Oct. 21, 1802. 
 
 2. SALLY, d. April 26, 1779. 
 
 3. ANNA, d. April 29, 1787. 
 
 4. POLLY, b. Sept. 19, 1790. 
 
 5. BETSEY, b. July 28, 1792, m. Ephraim Kidder. (See Kidder 
 
 gen.) 
 
 BOSWORTH. 
 
 CAPT. GEORGE W. BOSWORTH was born at Plympton, Mass., in 
 1823. He died at Atnherst, 1902 ; married, March 2, 1847, Amy, daughter 
 of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born 
 Oct. 9, 1823. He lived at Lyndeborough for a few years, but the latter 
 years of his life were passed in Amherst. He was a man of sterling 
 quality and had the respect of his associates. For his military record 
 see another chapter. Children : 
 
 i. GEORGE W., b. in Milford, Sept. 13, 1848, d. March 27, 
 
 2. AMY F., b. in Lyndeborough, Nov. 23, 1850, d. July 17, 
 
 1854. 
 
 3. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, ^Dec. 29, 1852. 
 
 4. ABBY F., b. in Milford, Jan. 31, 1856. 
 
 5. EMMA H., b. in Milford, Dec. 14, 1861, d. Jan. 18, 1862. 
 
 6. GEORGE N., b. in Milford, Nov. 4, 1866. 
 
 7. GRACE A., b. in Milford, May 28, 1871. 
 
 BOUTWELL. 
 
 The name Boutwell is of Huguenot origin, and this family can trace 
 its descent to those who left the south of France to escape persecution 
 and made England their home. Some of the family emigrated to the 
 Massachusetts Colony during the last half of the sixteenth century.
 
 666 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 James Boutwell and Alice, his wife, are common ancestors of all the 
 Boutwells of this country. He was made a freeman in 1638, and his will 
 is on file among the old Norfolk County records of Salem, Mass. In this 
 
 will he mentions his son, John. John, born 1645, married Hannah , 
 
 and settled in Reading, Mass. He had a son John. This John was born 
 
 Feb. 26, 1669 ; married Sarah , and lived in Reading. He had a son 
 
 John, also. This John was born August i , 1695 ; married Rebecca Knight 
 and lived in Wilmington, Mass. He had a son James, who came to 
 Lyndeborough. James was of the fifth generation from James, the im- 
 migrant ancestor. 
 
 The Boutwell homestead farm is situated on gently rising ground at 
 the south end of what is termed the " middle of the town." It was here 
 that James Boutwell settled when he came to Salem-Canada or Lynde- 
 borough, April 8, 1767. This farm has been in the possession of the 
 Boutwell family ever since. There was probably a clearing and perhaps 
 a log house there when he bought, but the farm has been theirs practi- 
 cally since the settlement of the town. 
 
 The farm buildings were formerly somewhat rambling and discon- 
 nected, but when Charles R. Boutwell came into possession, he enlarged 
 and remodeled them, and the result is one of the most commodious and 
 attractive country residences in this section of the state. Surrounded by 
 fertile fields and beautiful shade trees it commands one of the finest 
 views of country scenery to be found anywhere. Pinnacle, Winn, Peter- 
 borough, Pack Monadnock, and the range of mountains to the south, 
 with the intervening valleys, form a fair picture, as seen from this 
 outlook. 
 
 But little is known of James Boutwell. Like that of many of the 
 early settlers of the town, his history is shrouded in the mist of years. 
 He was evidently well received by the settlers of Lyndeborough, for he 
 was elected selectman the year after he came to town, and again in 1771. 
 He came from Wilmington, Mass., to Amherst, and thence removed to 
 Lyndeborough. Probably the three older children were born at Am" 
 herst, but they are recorded as born at Lyndeborough, which must be a 
 mistake, for these three were born before 1767, the date on which he 
 came to Lyndeborough. James Boutwell was born in 1736, and married 
 Mary Johnson, presumably of Wilmington, Mass. He died Feb. 6, 1804. 
 His descendants have left a large impress on the history of Lyndebor- 
 ough, and have carried New England ideas to many remote sections of 
 the country. Children: 
 
 1. ASA, b. Feb. n, 1761, m. May 25, 1779, Bridget Pearsons of 
 
 Duxbury School Farm. 
 
 2. MARY, b. Oct. 5, 1763, m. Nov. 16, 1786, Noah L/awrence 
 
 of L/yndeborough. 
 
 3. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 22, 1766, m. June 4, 1785, Jesse Wood- 
 
 bury of Weare. 
 
 4. JUDITH, b. March 9, 1769, m. April 26, 1787, Moulton 
 
 Bachelder.
 
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 GENEALOGIES 667 
 
 5. JAMES, b. Sept. 29, 1772, m. March 16, 1790, Deborah 
 
 Haggett. 
 
 6. NEHEMIAH, -f- 
 
 7. AUCE, b. June 25, 1776, m. Jan. 28, 1796, Joseph Bachel- 
 
 der of St. Andrews Grove. 
 
 NEHEMIAH BOUTWELL, son of Jaines aud Mary (Johnson) Boutwell, 
 born Nov. 20, 1774; married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and 
 Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones of Lyndeborough, June 28, 1796. She was born 
 Dec. 18, 1776 ; died July 3, 1856. He died Oct. 3, 1855. He was an ener- 
 getic, stirring, business man, and in addition to carrying on his large 
 farm had a potash factory, which stood west of the house, which he 
 operated for many years. He must have been something of a mechanic, 
 withal, for he made the nails with which to build a new house. He 
 owned and operated a tannery, and by strict integrity and attention to 
 business acquired a competence. He was moderator of the town meet- 
 ings for many years, representative to the general court in 1821 and 
 again in 1828 and town treasurer for 19 years. He was drum major in 
 the state militia. In the later years of his life he resigned the care of 
 the farm to his son, Rodney C. His wife had the misfortune to be nearly 
 or quite blind the last years of her life. Children : 
 
 1. NEHEMIAH, b. May 19, 1797, m. Mary Johnson of Hollis. 
 
 2. BETSEY, b. Feb. 8, 1799, m. Jesse Pearsons of Francestown, 
 
 d. Aug. 4, 1873. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN J., b. Feb. 9, 1801, d. May 19, 1807. 
 
 4. WILLIAM THURSTON, -f- 
 
 5. CLARK CROMBIE, -+- 
 9. NEWTON, -f- 
 
 7. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Jan. 12, 1809, m. Mary Fisher, d. 
 
 Aug. 14, 1836. 
 
 8. RODNEY CLEAVES, + 
 
 9. JAMES, -+- 
 
 10. MARY ANN, b. April 7, 1816, m. James H. Hall of Brook- 
 line, N. H., d. May 8, 1852. 
 
 11. SARAH JONES, b. July 15, 1818, m. Eben Palmer, d. 
 Jan. 30, 1841. (See Palmer gen.) 
 
 REV. WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL. (See p. 566.) Son of 
 Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell ; born Feb. 4, 1803 ; married 
 Oct. n, 1834, Hester Crooks of Fond du Lac, Wis. She died at Still- 
 water, Minn., Oct. 15, 1853. He died Oct. n, 1890, at Stillwater, Minn. 
 He prepared for college at Hancock and Exeter Academies. Graduated 
 at Dartmouth in 1828, and from the Andover Theological Seminary in 
 1831. He was ordained at Woburn in 1831, and was sent by the American 
 Board as a missionary to the Chippewa Indians at Mackinaw and vicinity. 
 He remained with them until 1845, teaching and preaching, and enduring 
 the discomforts and privations of a life among such surroundings. He
 
 668 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 removed to Stillwater, Minn., where he was the pioneer home missionary 
 of the state, preaching the first sermon ever preached in the state of Min- 
 nesota. Most of his children were born in Minnesota, but one, Mary 
 Louise, was born at Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. ELIZABETH A., b. August 4, 1835, d. Jan. 17, 1900, m. 
 
 Rollins Parkhurst, 1860. He died May 25, 1879. Chil- 
 dren : Leforest, Marie Antoinette. 
 
 2. RAMSEY C., b. May 16, 1837, m. Nov. 20, 1872, Lucy A. 
 
 Clark of Lyndeborough, d. April 24, 1898. 
 
 3. MARY LOUISE, b. Jan. 10, 1840. 
 
 4. WILLIAM T., b. Feb. 6, 1842. 
 
 5. RODNEY C., b. Feb. 26, 1844. 
 
 6 KATHARINE A., b. Oct. 23, 1846. 
 
 7. HESTER C., b. Jan. 2, 1848. 
 
 8. BASIL E., b. Nov. 16, 1850. 
 
 9. CORNELIUS L., b. Nov. 2. 1852. 
 
 CLARK CROMBIE BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth 
 (Jones) Boutwell, born April 22, 1805 ; married Asenath Bradford of 
 Hancock. He early removed to Nashua and soon became prominent in 
 the business circles of that city. He was president and director of the 
 Wilton railroad corporation, and largely interested in the railroads of the 
 state. He was prominent in financial circles and influential in the city 
 of his adoption. Children : 
 
 1. HENRY THATCHER, b. Aug. 20, 1844, m. 1872, Helen G. 
 
 Willis of St. Louis. He is a graduate of Harvard, 1866, 
 M. D., 1870, and is a physician in Manchester. His chil- 
 dren are : John Mason, b. 1874, who is a graduate of 
 Harvard, 1897, aQ d is in the government service, U. S., 
 Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. ; Alice Bradford, 
 b. 1882. 
 
 2. ELLEN A FRANCES, b. March 14, 1847, m. June, 1870, Rev. 
 
 Minot Gage of Cambridge, Mass. Children : Walter Bout- 
 well, b. 1872 ; Harold Minot, b. 1874. 
 
 3. LIZZIE MARCIA, b. Oct. 5, 1851, d. at High Point, N. C., 
 
 April 26, 1880. 
 
 4. IDA BRADFORD, b. Jan. 8, 1854, d. April 7, 1882. 
 
 NEWTON BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) 
 Boutwell, born July 19, 1807; married first, Jan. 12, 1830, Mary Ann 
 Merrill of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 24, 1807 ; died May 5, 1852 ; 
 married second, Feb. 6, 1853, Deborah A. Davis of East Montpelier, Vt. 
 She was born Dec. 23, 1813 ; died Oct. 15, 1882. Children born in N. 
 Craftsbury, Vt., except the first two : 
 
 i. ELIZABETH A., b. at Lyndeborough, May i, 1831.
 
 GENEALOGIES 669 
 
 2. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, July 2*8, 1832. 
 
 3. HARRIET, b. Nov. 15, 1833. 
 
 4. FRANCIS N., b. July 30, 1835. 
 
 5. ROBERT T., b. Feb. 6, 1837. 
 
 6. MARY J., b. Nov. 27, 1838. 
 
 7. THOMAS N., b. Dec. 30, 1839. 
 
 8. RODNEY M., b. Dec. 17, 1841. 
 
 9. JAMES B., b. Nov. 19, 1843. 
 
 10. MARY Ella, b. July 9, 1856, in. Carl Benedict of Barre, 
 Vt. Children : Nathan B., Emily M. 
 
 REV. JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) 
 Boutwell, born May 14, 1814 ; married April 10, 1837, Mary P. Abbott of 
 Audover, Mass. She died Sept. 9, 1868. He died April 21, 1865. He 
 graduated from Dartmouth College in 1836 and from Andover Theologi- 
 cal Seminary in 1840. About the time of his marriage he removed to 
 Dunkirk, N. Y., and later to Sanbornton, N. H., where he died. They 
 had a family of ten children, none of them born in Lyndeborough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. MARY I,., b. March 8, 1838, m. Nathaniel B. Plummer. 
 
 2. JAMES P., b. Feb. 6, 1840, d. Oct. 31, 1844. 
 
 3. GEORGE C., b. Feb. 8, 1842, d. 1892. 
 
 4. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 29, m. Helen M. Abbott. 
 
 5. HANNAH E., b. March n, 1846, m. C. Iy. Davis, d. April, 
 
 1892. 
 
 6. JAMES P., b. Jan. 4, 1848, m. Hannah Huntington. 
 
 Child : Mary Abbott, b. March 29, 1875. 
 
 7. EMMA C., b. Dec. 22, 1849, m. Virgil K. Curd. 
 
 8. EDWARD PARSONS, b. Feb. 19, 1852, graduate of Dartmouth, 
 
 1876, d. March 4, 1878. 
 
 9. ARTHUR A., b. March 22, 1854, d. June 17, 1878. 
 
 10. WILLIS M., b. Aprils, 1857, m. Ella Watson. 
 
 RODNEY CLEAVES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth 
 (Jones) Boutwell, born July 14, 1811 ; married Jan. 31, 1833, Nancy J., 
 daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford. She was born 
 Oct. 23, 1811; died Apr. 19, 1892, at Medford, Mass. He died at Medford, 
 Aug. i, 1891. When Nehemiah, his father, retired from the active duties of 
 farm life he took the farm and cultivated it until the infirmities of age com- 
 pelled him in turn to transfer it to one of his children. He was a man who 
 shunned public office and his whole time and attention was given to the 
 tilling of his land and the management of his farm work. His wife was 
 a woman of stately presence, of great refinement and of much intellectual 
 power. She came of a family noted for its ability and influence. Her 
 teachings and impress remain with their children and they revere her 
 memory. Twelve children were born to them, and in many respects they 
 were a remarkable family. Remarkable from the fact that they all grew
 
 670 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 to manhood and womanho'od, Sarah's death, aged twenty years, being 
 the first break in the family ; remarkable that they were, all twelve, 
 men and women of fine physique, rugged specimens of New England 
 stock. Their father and mother were consistent members of the Congre- 
 gational Church and constant church attendance was a part of their creed, 
 so these boys and girls were marshalled into the sanctuary every Sunday, 
 sometimes filling more than one pew. They all received a good educa- 
 tion in the schools of the town supplemented in most cases by terms at 
 some academy. Abby J. was a teacher in Boston for some years. 
 Clarissa married and removed to the West. Her husband was a sheriff 
 and jailor at one time and once when a break was attempted she held the 
 tnob of desperate prisoners at bay with a revolver until help arrived. Of 
 these twelve children Ann E. (Whittemore) is the only one remaining a 
 resident of Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. CLARISSA BARNES, b. Nov. 20, 1833, m. Samuel G. Colley 
 
 and rem. to Beloit, Wis. He d. Oct. 21, 1890. 
 
 2. NATHAN BARNES, + 
 
 3. ANN ELIZABETH, b. May 4, 1837, m. Daniel B. Whittemore. 
 
 (See Whittemore gen.) 
 
 4. ABIGAIL JANE, b. Dec. 13, 1838, m. Jan. i, 1878, Robert 
 
 Hawthorne, of Newton Centre, Mass. He d. April i, 1892. 
 . BENJAMIN JONES, -(- 
 
 6. WILLIAM THURSTON, + 
 
 7. SARAH JONES, b. Sept. 9, 1844, d. Jan. 12, 1864. 
 
 8. CHARLES RODNEY, -f- 
 
 9. HENRY WINSLOW, -+- 
 
 10. GEORGE SUMNER, -f- 
 
 11. ROLAND HILL, + 
 
 12. ROSWELL MURRAY, -f- 
 
 NATHAN BARNES BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. 
 (Barnes) Boutwell ; born July 31, 1835; married Nov. 25, 1858, Lizzie, 
 daughter of Oliver and Susan (Foster) Hawkins of Troy, N. H. 
 She was born June 13, 1836 ; died Nov. 3, 1865 ; second, Emily, daughter 
 of Luke and Hannah W. (Perkins) Beard of Wilton. She was born July 
 20, 1846. At the close of the war he became connected with the whole- 
 sale house of E. C. Hazard & Co. of New York. In 1876 he removed 
 to Cambridge, Mass., and in 1880 accepted a position in the Boston 
 custom house where he has been ever since and where he is now in charge 
 of the Appraisers' Stores. He was a soldier during the Civil War. 
 For his military record see chapter X. Resides at Winchester, Mass. 
 Child by first wife : 
 
 i. LESLIE BARNES, b. July 28, 1860, m. Sept. 9, 1903, Made- 
 laine Endicott Giddings of Beverly, Mass. He is a gradu- 
 ate of Harvard Dental School. Child : Madelaine Giddiugs, 
 b. Sept. 15, 1905. 
 Child by second wife :
 
 GENEALOGIES 671 
 
 i. HORACE KEITH, b. Dec. 4, 1876. He is a graduate of 
 Harvard Medical School. 
 
 BENJAMIN JONES BOUTWEI.lv, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J- 
 (Barnes; Boutwell ; born Dec. 25, 1840; married April, 1882, Louisa 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Keeley) Knight of Milford- 
 She was born June 16, 1854, and died at Atnherst, Feb. 2, 1890. He died 
 at Medford, Mass., Jan. i, 1896. He was engaged in the grocery business 
 in Boston for a number of years and afterwards at Worcester, Mass. In 
 1882 he returned to the homestead farm which he had owned for a num- 
 ber of years. He was the postmaster at the " Centre " for a while, a 
 member of the board of selectmen and of the board of education. He 
 was a leader in the work ,of the Congregational Church, conducting the 
 services for the better part of a year, while the church edifice was being 
 remodeled. He was a soldier in the Civil war. See chapter X. 
 Children : 
 
 1. MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 14, 1883, d. June 30, 1898. 
 
 2. ROSWELL KNIGHT, b. March 16, 1885. 
 
 3. PAUL W., b. Feb. 6, 1888. 
 
 WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy 
 J. (Barnes) Boutwell ; born Sept. 13, 1842 ; married first, Eliza J. Com- 
 ings of West Lebanon, N. H. She died March 24, 1883. He married 
 second, Mary E. Haskell of Afton, Minn., April 12, 1884. She was born 
 Mays, l %5 l > and died May 28, 1895. Mr. Boutwell lived on the home 
 farm some years and was active in church work and in town affairs. In 
 1880 he removed to Minn. He was a soldier in the Civil War. See 
 Chap. X. He died at Guffy, Col., Aug. 2, 1904. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH KIMBALL, b. in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1867. She 
 
 is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, 1890. 
 
 2. WILLIAM R., b. in W. Lebanon, N. H., Nov. 25, 1868, d. 
 
 June 14, 1871. 
 
 3. GEORGE B., b. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 8, 1870, m. first, 
 
 Florence Rogers, second, Clara Corbett. Children by first 
 wife : Roland C., b. Sept. 12, 1892, Edna, b. Sept. 18, 1893, 
 Florence M., b. Dec. 5, 1894. 
 
 4. HOWARD P., b. in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 30, 1872, m. Grace 
 
 R. Dow. Children: William D., b. Feb. 6, 1900, Helen I- 
 - b. Oct. 5, 1902. 
 
 5. EDWARD B., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 14, 1878, m. Nov. 
 
 26, 1901, Martha Ashworth of Chelsea, Mass. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 6. JOSEPH H., b. .Oct. 4, 1885, at Cottage Grove, Minn. 
 
 7. MARY J., b. Sept. 5, 1887, at Afton, Minn. 
 
 8. PHILLIP K., b. Nov. 29, 1890, at Afton, Minn. 
 CHARLES RODNEY BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.
 
 672 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 (Barnes) Boutwell ; born Aug. i, 1846 ; married Oct. 23, 1867, Lucy S., 
 daughter of Leonard M. and Abigail (Kendall) Kimball of Hillsboro. 
 She was born June 4, 1839. He was one of the staff of inspectors in the 
 Boston custom house for fifteen years. For some years previous he had 
 been in the produce business in Charlestown, Mass. In 1888 he bought 
 the homestead farm of his brother Benjamin and came back to his native 
 town where he died Jan. 18, 1904. 
 
 DR. HENRY WINSLOW BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy 
 J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 2, 1848; married first, Clara Gerrish of 
 Franklin, N. H. ; second, Mary Stanton of Sandwich. Clara (Gerrish) 
 Boutwell died in 1894. He is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School 
 and is a prominent physician in Manchester, N. H., being surgeon for the 
 Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and the Manchester Mills ; also presi- 
 dent of the staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital. He k is a trustee of the 
 New Hampshire State Industrial School and of the Manchester Public 
 Library ; and was surgeon-general on the staff of Governor N. J. Bachel- 
 der. Child : 
 
 i. EDITH GERRISH, b. July 16, 1875, m. Selwyn B. Clark of 
 Worcester, Mass,, July 2, 1901. 
 
 GEORGE SUMNER BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. 
 (Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 22, 1850; married, May 21, 1872, Sophia 
 Mclver of Worcester, Mass. She was a daughter of Charles Chamberlain. 
 He is with Boutwell Bros. Resides in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 ROLAND HILL BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) 
 Boutwell ; born May 2, 1853 I married Oct. 29, 1879, Minnie E., daughter 
 of Albert H. and Ann (Ager) Butters of Medford, Mass. ; born Nov. i, 
 1853. She died Oct. i, 1883. Married second, Oct. 28, 1885, Sarah, 
 daughter of George S. and Jane (Skinner) Blake of Belmont, Mass. She 
 died Feb. 27, 1891. Married, third, Nov. 16, 1904, Jennie (Crosbie) Gil- 
 man of Exeter. He established with his brother, Roswell M., Sept. 15, 
 1876, the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers 
 in iron and steel. He is president of the Portland Iron and Steel Com- 
 pany, Portland, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel, and president of 
 the Standard Horse Shoe Co., So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of 
 horse shoes. Residence, The Westminster, Boston. Child : 
 
 i. ROLAND A., b. Oct. i, 1883, d. Oct. i, 1883. 
 
 ROSWELL MURRAY BOUTWELL. son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. 
 (Barnes) Boutwell ; born May 22, 1855 ; married May 22, 1883, Jeannie C. 
 Russell of Louisville, Ky. She was born Feb. 28, 1859. He is a member 
 of the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers in 
 iron and steel, and is treasurer of the Portland Iron and Steel Co., Port- 
 land, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel. He is also treasurer of the 
 Standard Horse Shoe Co., of So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of horse 
 shoes. While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the city council 
 from 1886 to 1889 and was chairman of the board of aldermen during the 
 year 1889. Residence, 300 Newbury Street, Boston. Children : 
 
 i. ELSIE RUSSELL, b. July 24, 1884.
 
 GENEALOGIES 673 
 
 2. ROSWELL MURRAY, JR., b. Jan. 19, 1888. 
 
 3. ROLAND HILL, second, b. Oct. 10, 1889. 
 
 BOUTWEUv. 
 
 ABRAM E. BOUTWELL was born at Amherst ; married Nancy Brown 
 of Amherst, Dec.3i, 1816; died June 25, 1835. His widow and children 
 removed to Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. NAOMI ANN, m. William B. Raymond. 
 
 2. JAMES, + 
 
 3. ABRAM, -|- 
 
 4. NANCY, m. Benjamin B. Miller. 
 
 5. SARAH, m. Warren Ames. 
 
 6. MARY J., first, d. in infancy. 
 
 7. MARY J., second, m. Calvin A. Abbott. (See respective 
 
 gen.) 
 
 JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Abram E. and t Nancy (Brown) Bout- 
 well ; born April 16, 1820 ; married Ellen O'Donnell ; born in Ireland. 
 James Boutwell was a soldier in the Civil War and died Aug. 15, 1863, 
 the day after he returned from the army. (See chap. X.) Their two 
 oldest children were born at Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. MARY A., b. Dec. 5, 1852. 
 
 2. JAMES C., b. March 31, 1854. 
 
 3. ELLEN M., b. at Wilton. 
 
 4. ANGELINE, b. at Temple. 
 
 5. GEORGE, b. at Temple. 
 
 ABRAM BOUTWELIy was born Feb. 28, 1822 ; married Mary Badger, 
 a daughter of Stephen Badger. She was born Oct. 21, 1821, and died 
 March 30, 1900. He was a soldier in the Civil War and died Dec. 27, 
 1893. (See chap. X.) Children all born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 1. CHARLES F., b. July 19, 1853. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. June 8, 1855, d. June 18, 1859. 
 
 3. IDA M., b. May i, 1858, m. Peter King. 
 
 4. HARVEY, b. Feb. 19, 1860. 
 
 5. STILLMAN, b. Feb. 17, 1862. 
 
 BOWEN 
 
 WILLIAM H. BOWEN, son of Guy and Mary (Richardson) Bowen ; 
 born in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6, 1847; married April 19, 1869, Estella E., 
 daughter of George B. and Mary J. (Clark) Woodward of Francestown. 
 She was born Nov. n, 1848. Mr. Bowen resides in "Johnson Corner" 
 and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer. He has enlarged and re- 
 modeled the farm buildings. The production of milk for Boston is the 
 leading branch of his farming. Child : 
 
 i. WILLIAM T., +
 
 674 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 WILLIAM T. BOWEN was born in Francestown, Dec. n, 1869; mar- 
 ried Aug. 30, 1892, Susan, daughter of James and Susan (Beaman) Walch- 
 She was born Oct. 10, 1867. Mr. Bowen's failing health compelled him 
 to seek the warmer climate of California, but receiving but little benefit 
 from the change he returned to Lyndeborough and died the afternoon of 
 his arrival, March 17, 1904. 
 
 BRADFORD. 
 
 THOMAS BRADFORD, born June 4, 1776; married first, Abigail 
 
 . She died Jan. 14, 1797; second, Oct. 2, 1799, Patty Coburn. She 
 
 was born Oct. 31, 1769; died Oct. 15, 1849. He died Sept. 14, 1852. 
 Child by first wife : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Sept. 6, 1795, m. Oct. 31, 1833, Elijah Upton. 
 
 He d. Feb. 4, 1835. She m., second, L/oammi Eaton. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 2. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1800, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Reuben Bald- 
 
 win. He d. Nov. 2, 1831. 
 
 3. PATTY, b. Feb. 7, 1802, m. Daniel Fish. (See Fish gen.) 
 
 4. MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1803, m. March 20, 1828, James Parker. 
 
 She d. Oct. 21, 1847. 
 
 5. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 27, 1805, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Loarami 
 
 Baldwin of Wilton. She d. May 27, 1882. 
 
 6. HANNAH, b. Nov. 7, 1807, m. Feb. 18, 1845, L,yman Parker. 
 
 She d. Feb. 19, 1892. 
 
 7. REBECCA, b. Oct. 3, 1810, m. Albert Hardy of Greenfield. 
 
 Hed. Oct. 16, 1853. 
 
 8. JAMES C., -f- 
 
 9. JANE, b. Nov. i, 1817, m. June 6, 1844, Horace Cud worth. 
 
 She d. March 9, 1892. 
 
 JAMES C. BRADFORD, son of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford, 
 born Sept. 2, 1813 ; married June, 1837, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah 
 
 and Brown of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 24, 1806 ; died 
 
 Sept. 15, 1888. He died May 28, 1860. .Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ANN M., b. July 24, 1841, m. John M. Emery. (See 
 
 Emery gen.) 
 
 2. JOHN A., b. May 22, 1843, d- July i, 1896. 
 
 3. SARAH C., b. Aug. 28, 1845, d. Sept. 14, 1848. 
 
 4. HARLAN P., -(- 
 
 HARLAN PAGE BRADFORD, son of James C. and Sarah (Brown) 
 Bradford, born April 20, 1848 ; married Oct. 25, 1870, Georgianna, daugh- 
 ter of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born 
 March 17, 1851 ; died Sept. 27, 1871. Child : 
 
 i. GEORGE P., b. Sept. 26, 1871, m. Agnes C., dan. of Wil- 
 liam E. and Phebe*( Cutler) Fiske. One child : Harlan F.
 
 GENEALOGIES 675 
 
 BROOKS. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM BROOKS came to Lyndeborough soon after the 
 Revolutipnary War. He was born at Woburn, Mass., March 3, 1737, and 
 was twice married. First, March 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp of Hollis, N. 
 H.; second, Sept. 20, 1787, Hepsibah Powers of Hollis. By his first 
 marriage he had a large family, none of the children probably born at 
 Lyndeborough. Whether they came to Lyndeborough with him is un- 
 known. It is supposed some of them did. He died at Lyndeborough 
 Oct. n, 1804. He enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Emerson's Co., Rhode Island 
 Regiment, and was a second lieutenant. He again enlisted in Capt. 
 John Mills' company in 1781. This company is supposed to be from 
 Londonderry, N. H. In the town records is the record of the birth of 
 Nathan, born Sept. 10, 1800, and John Boffee, born Dec. 12, 1802, children 
 of William and Rebecca Brooks. It is not known if this William was 
 the son of Capt. William or not. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. May i, 1760. 
 
 2. ABIGAIL, b. July 19. 1762. 
 
 3. BETSEY, b. July 23, 1764. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. July 6, 1766. 
 
 5. ISAAC, b. Oct. 28, 1768. 
 
 6. MARAH, b. Feb. 15, 1771. 
 
 7. SAMUEL, b. March 3, 1774. 
 
 8. MARTHA, b. Aug. 23, 1776. 
 
 9. LEONARD, b. Jan. 29, 1779. 
 
 10. JOHN, b. Nov. n, 1781. 
 
 11. SUSANNA, b. Feb. 12, 1783. 
 
 BROWN. 
 
 In the interval between the French and Indian war and the war of 
 Independence, many deserters from the British army and navy found 
 refuge in New Hampshire where opportunities were good for escape 
 from capture. Prior to the year 1770, a young English soldier, named 
 Hodgeman, came with two fellow deserters to the vicinity of Lynde- 
 borough Centre, and were hidden and befriended by John Stephenson 
 and others. One of the men died while here and was buried in the 
 woods. Hodgeman learning that scouts were on his track sought con- 
 cealment in the neighborhood of Purgatory Falls, then known as Wain- 
 wright's brook. Stephen Peabody, who had built a house on top of 
 Strawberry Hill, here befriended the refugee. He made for him a hid- 
 ing place in the ravine during the day. Hodgeman received his food 
 from his protector's table, and at night stole up to Peabody's house for 
 lodging. He afterward married and settled in Amherst, served in the 
 Revolutionary Army, and abandoning the name of Hodgeman was known 
 as William Brown. It is an interesting coincidence that nearly eighty 
 years after this deserter found refuge at Purgatory Falls during troub- 
 lous times, his son, Robert Brown, should become the owner of the land 
 which includes this upper fall. Some of this land was sold to Mr. 
 Hutchiuson but the descendants of William Brown still own the adjoin-
 
 676 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 ing farm. This William Brown married Tabitha Boutwell, of Amherst, 
 and twelve children were born to them, one of whom, Robert, came to 
 Lyndeborough. 
 
 ROBERT BROWN, son of William Brown and Tabitha (Boutwell) 
 Brown, born at Amherst Dec. 14, 1800 ; married Mary Ann Erving of 
 Amherst. She was born May 18, 1807 ; died July 9, 1866, at Jaffrey. He 
 died Nov. 27, 1873, at Jaffrey. He came to Lyndeborough from Merri- 
 mack in 1839 and lived on the Lucas place (now so called) for a few 
 years, then moved to the farm where Leonard G. now lives in the spring 
 of 1844. His son, Leonard G., says of him "he was a moving planet; 
 when he had been married twenty years, he had moved twenty-one 
 times." Children : 
 
 1. LEONARD G., -\- 
 
 2. SILAS L., b. at Lowell, Vt., 1828. 
 
 3. JOHN M., b. at Amherst, 1830. Went to sea and died there. 
 
 4. MARY E., b. April 23, 1832, d. October 18, 1895, in Mont 
 
 Vernon. 
 
 Then there were four children who died very young of which 
 there is no record. 
 
 9. SARAH A., b. at Lyndeborough, Jan. 6, 1844, d. Sept. 6, 
 
 1849. 
 
 10. GEORGE A., b. at Lyndeborough, 1846, died Sept. 13, 1849. 
 n. JAMES T., b. at Lyndeborough, May 5, 18 
 
 12. MELISSA A., b. at Lyndeborough, July i, 1848. Res. at 
 Manchester. 
 
 LEONARD G. BROWN, son of Robert and Mary (Erving) Brown, 
 born May 28, 1826 ; married Sept. 18, 1855, Nancy, daughter of Nathaniel 
 C. and Betsey (Odell) Carkin. She was born May 27, 1837. In the fall 
 of 1854 he went to the west and taught school in Missouri and Kansas. 
 He taught seven months in an old log school house in Harrisonville, 
 Mo. He returned to Lyndeborough in 1855 and settled on the Brown 
 homestead near the celebrated Purgatory picnic grounds. He and young 
 David Carkin found evidence that Purgatory was used as a picnic ground 
 as early as 1839. He is a farmer, gardener and fruit grower. He has 
 been superintendent of schools and a teacher ; is much interested in 
 temperance reform and has written for the agricultural papers. Of 
 strict integrity of character, he has the respect of his fellow towns- 
 people. Children : 
 
 1. MINA A., b. Aug. 9, 1856, m. 1875, Edwin O. Butler. 
 
 2. LEONARD E., b. Sept. 27, 1858. 
 
 3. EFFIE M., b. Jan. 25, 1863, m. Andrew J. Marshall. (See 
 
 Marshall gen.) 
 
 4. IDA B., b. July 25, 1865, m. April 17, 1886, Miles B. Wal- 
 
 lace of Mont Vernon. Child : Maud E., b. April 21, 1890. 
 
 5. IRA R., b. Jan. 6, 1874, m. Nov. 25, 1896, Minnie O.,
 
 GENEALOGIES 677 
 
 daughter of Milton W. and Margaret (Mears) Wallace of 
 Mont Vernon. She was b. July 19, 1871. One child, Ray 
 W., b. Feb. 7, 1903. 
 
 BUCK. 
 
 SEWELIv M. BUCK, son of Austin and Sarah (Coburn) Buck, born 
 April 16, 1839, at Norway, Me ; married Oct. 24, 1860, Sarah P., daughter 
 of Ephraitn T. and Mary A. (Shaw) Putnam. She was born Jan. 16, 
 1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1870 and settled on 
 the Israel Cram place in the westerly part of the town. He enlisted 
 from Nashua in Co. F, ist N. H. Vol., and served three months during 
 the Civil War. Is a painter by trade. Children : 
 
 1. GEORGIA A., b. Feb. 14, 1864. 
 
 2. CARRIE B., b. Aug. 30, 1866, m. first, Samuel Dolliver. 
 
 (See Doliver gen.), m. second, Roy E. Burton. (See Bur- 
 ton gen.) 
 
 BUZZARD. 
 
 JOHN A. BULLARD, son of Naham and Keziah (Peabody) Bullard, 
 born at Amherst, June 26, 1851, m. Nov. 23, 1875, Ida B., daughter of 
 Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) Swinuington. She was born at Mont Ver- 
 non, May 25, 1860. Mr. Bullard resides on the Charles Tarbell farm, 
 Perharn Corner. Children : 
 
 1. HARRY O., b. July 17, 1877. 
 
 2. WINFIELD S., b. Sept. 5, 1880. 
 
 3. ARTHUR B., b. June 26 1885, m. Aug. 21, 1904, Alice M. 
 
 Dicey. 
 
 4. INFANT CHILD, b. July 31, 1890, d. Aug. 3, 1890. 
 
 BURNHAM. 
 
 The Burnham family here recorded came from Ipswich, Mass., some- 
 time before the Revolution and settled in that part of Lyndeborough 
 which was made the town of Greenfield. The farm is now owned by 
 John Fletcher or is known as the Fletcher place. Col. Joshua Burnham, 
 probably a brother of Stephen (the first to come to Lyndeborough), set- 
 tled in Milford. Stephen, Nathaniel and James came to Lyndeborough. 
 Mrs. Luther Crara is a grand-daughter of one of them. They all had a 
 Revolutionary war record. Children of Stephen and Lucy Burnham : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. May 18, 1777. 
 
 2. LOUISE, b. Sept. 6, 1778. 
 
 Children of Nathaniel and Mary Burnham : 
 
 1. LUCY, b. Oct. 14, 1774. 
 
 2. CALEB, b. Nov. 23, 1776. 
 
 3. NATHANIEL, b. March 19, 1779. 
 
 4. EPES, b. Aug. 17, 1771.
 
 678 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Children of James and Ruampa Burnham : 
 
 1. RUTH, b. Sept. 2, 1775. 
 
 2. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1777. 
 
 3. JAMES, b, April 9, 1779. 
 
 4. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 10, 1782. 
 
 JOHN W. BURNHAM, born at Greenfield Dec. 18, 1822 ; married 
 March 17, 1846, Ruth A., daughter of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage. 
 She was born June 9, 1826 ; died Sept. 16, 1874. He lived for some 
 years on the John Gage place, then removed to Francestown where he 
 died Nov. ro, 1888. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN A., b. at New Boston, Sept. 21, 1847, m. April 5, 
 
 1877, Almira A. Powers of Washington. 
 
 2. MARY A., b. at Francestown, April 20, 1850, m. Nov. 16, 
 
 1868, Frank E. I/ee of Greenfield. Res. at Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 3. SARAH G., b. at L/yndeborough, Jan. 6, 1854, ra. Nov. 16, 
 
 1880, John K. Jones of East Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 4. CHARLES F. , b. at I/yndeborough Jan. 16, 1859, m. March 
 
 22, 1877, L,enora E. Dodge of Bennington. 
 
 5. EDWARD W., b. at L,yndeborough, May 4, 1860, m. Oct. 18, 
 
 1885, Mary E. Mulhall of Hancock. 
 
 6. EMMA A., b. at L,yndeborough, Aug. 31, 1863, m. July n, 
 
 1892, George O. Joslin of Bennington. Res. at Bennington. 
 
 BURTON. 
 
 DEXTER BURTON, born at Wilton, Oct. 16, 1802; married April 20, 
 1824, Clarissa O. Spofford of Temple. She was born June 12, 1803 ; died 
 Oct. 15, 1886. He died June 3, 1855. Children : 
 
 1. DEXTER L., b. April 10, 1825, m. Nov., 1853, Emily F. 
 
 Ward of Chelmsford, Mass. He rem. to Temple, d. May 
 3, 1896. 
 
 2. CLARISSA I., b. July 2, 1827, m. Jan. 1854, Nathan Holt of 
 
 Temple. 
 
 3. JAMES E., b. Nov. 18, 1828, m. Nov. 18, 1852, Olive A. 
 
 Robinson of Bennington. He d. March n, 1897. 
 
 4. HELEN M., b. Feb. 24, 1831, m. May 18, 1853, George H. 
 
 Blood of Temple. He was b. Oct. 17, 1826, d. Feb. 5, 
 1897. She d. April 8, 1900. 
 
 5. ELIZA J., b. Dec. 6, 1834, m. May 17, 1857, George W. 
 
 Boynton of Wilton. He d. Nov. i, 1900, in Oregon. 
 
 6. WILLIAM W., -J- 
 
 7. SARAH A., b. Aug. 28, 1838, d. in infancy.
 
 GENEALOGIES 679 
 
 WHJ.IAM W. BURTON, born Nov. 14, 1836; married June 20, 1861, 
 Esther, daughter of Augustus and Almira (.Boynton) Cragin of Temple! 
 He has been and is a man of much influence in town affairs. Has been 
 selectman many years. Was representative to the General Court in 1874- 
 1875, 1895-1896. Road agent in 1892 and has held other public office. 
 He makes the raising of milk for the Boston market a specialty and for 
 40 years has run a milk route to Wilton, taking the route of D. Whiting. 
 His farm is large and well cultivated, with a fine set of farm buildings, 
 situated in the extreme southwest part of the town. Children : 
 
 1. CLARA J., b. April 17, 1862, m. March 27, 1889, George E. 
 
 May of Wilton. Res. in Wilton. 
 
 2. ELMER W., b. Oct. 21, m. Oct. 25, 1892, Cora Lane 
 
 of Stoddard. Res. in Wilton. 
 
 3. ADDIE A., b. June 3, 1871, m. Dr. M. B. Richards. (See 
 
 Richards gen.) 
 
 JOHN HALE BURTON, son of John and Anna (Kidder) Burton, 
 born at Wilton, Oct. 2, 1843; married March u, 1871, Clintina, daughter 
 of David J. and Elizabeth (Salter) Carkin. She was born in Peterbor- 
 ough Oct. 27, 1853. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN MILO, b. Oct. i, 1871, m. Nov. 27, 1895, Florence E. 
 
 Jaquith. 
 
 2. CORA A., b. May 23, 1873, m. August, 1888, Charles Green. 
 
 3. ROY E., b. April 25, 1875, m. August, 1896, Carrie, daugh- 
 
 ter of Sewell M. and Sarah (Putnam) Buck. She was 
 b. Aug. 30, 1866. 
 
 4. EDDA F., b, Nov. 2, 1877, m - Nov. 20, 1897, Clarence 
 
 L,owe. Children : L/ester, Hazel, Harold, Forest. 
 
 5. MYRTIE C., b. March 9, 1881, in. Perley Holden. (See 
 
 Holden gen.) 
 
 6. JOSIE E., b. May 9, 1887. 
 
 BUTLER. 
 
 WILLIAM BUTLER, the ancestor of the Butler family of Lyndebor- 
 ough, lived at one time in Gloucester, Mass. While there he married 
 Sarah Perkins. They afterward removed to Ipswich, Mass. Just how 
 many children they had we do not know, but there were three sons of 
 whom there is some record. The dates of his birth and death are un- 
 known. His wife died in Lyndeborough in 1821. The above mentioned 
 three sons were : 
 
 1. JONATHAN, -j- 
 
 2. WILLIAM, who entered the Continental Army, and is sup- 
 
 posed to have died of disease or to have been killed, for he 
 never was heard from. 
 
 3. JACOB, also enlisted in the Continental Army, was taken
 
 680 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 prisoner, sent to Halifax, N. S., where he died of small 
 pox. 
 
 JONATHAN BUTLER, son of William and Sarah (Perkins) Butler; 
 born 1758 ; married Aug. 17, 1778, Lois, daughter of John and Tryphena 
 (Powers) Kidder. She was born July 10, 1760; died 1846; He died Dec. 
 5, 1844. He was a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in the retreat 
 from that engagement was taken with cramps and fell out of the 
 ranks ; after much suffering he crawled into a swamp, where he was con- 
 cealed, and later joined his company again. He came to Lyndeborough 
 in 1777, and settled on land in the westerly part of the town. He was a 
 blacksmith by trade, and his daughter used to say that the sound of his 
 hammer on the anvil was the first thing she heard in the morning and 
 the last thing at night. He was a man of retiring manners, and much re- 
 spected. He was a constant attendant at church and Sunday School. He 
 sang and took part in all the services the Sunday but one before he died. 
 Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Jan. n, 1779, in. first, Asa Burroughs, second, 
 
 Samuel Rogers, five children. 
 
 2. HANNAH, b. Oct. 27, 1780, m. Douglass Robinson, four chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 3. JACOB, b. Dec. 30, 1782, d. June i, 1785. 
 
 4. JONATHAN, b. March i, 1785, m. Patty Russell, nine chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 5. L,ois, b. April 27, 1787, m. Ephraim Hackett, eleven chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 6. RACHEL, b. July 4, 1789, m. James Cavendish, nine chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 7. TRYPHENA, b. April 2, 1792, m. David Putnam. (See Put- 
 
 nam gen.) 
 
 8. JACOB, 2nd, -}- 
 
 9. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1796, m. James White, twelve children. 
 
 10. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 23, 1798, d. aged sixteen years. 
 
 11. IVUCY, b. Jan. 21, 1802, m. Nathaniel Burnham, one child. 
 
 12. WILLIAM, -f- 
 
 JACOB BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler; born June 
 7, 1794 ; married Jan. 22, 1818, Sarah, daughter of Blanchard of Lynde- 
 borough. She was born May 29, 1793 ; died April, 1869. He died April 16, 
 1882. He was a man who stood high in the estimation of his townsmen 
 and in church circles. His name frequently occurs in the records of his 
 day, and he evidently was a man of influence. When the old church at 
 the Centre was sold, he bought the historic structure, and taking it down 
 used the material in making him a new barn. He served in the War of 
 1812, and after his return from the army became an energetic and thrifty 
 farmer. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. JACOB NEWTON, b. Aug. 21, 1819, d. Oct. 13, 1819.
 
 GENEALOGIES 681 
 
 2. JACOB N., 2nd, -(- 
 
 3. JONATHAN, b. June 16, 1823, rem. to Nebraska. 
 
 4. WILLIAM H., b. Oct. 28, 1825. 
 
 5. CHARGES M., -f- 
 
 6. OLNEY P., + 
 
 DR. WILLIAM BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler; 
 born April 21, 1805; married first, March 30, 1830, Nancy Smith. She 
 died April n, 1850, and he married second, Oct. 22, 1850, Mrs. Ximenia 
 P. King. By his first wife he had four children, one of whom was Dr. 
 William Morris Butler of Brooklyn, N. Y. He took the full course at 
 Dartmouth Medical College, taking his degree in 1830. He removed to 
 Maine, Broom Co., N. Y. For a period of fifty -five years he diligently 
 followed his profession, his practice covering a vast extent of territory, 
 and in common with all doctors in the early settlements, he made his 
 visits on horseback. At 80 years of age he was still strong and vigorous, 
 the oldest member of the Broom County Medical Society. He was for 
 more than forty years a member and official of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 DR. JACOB NEWTON BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) 
 Butler, born Feb. 6, 1821; married Harriet Moore of Lempster, N. H., 
 June 22, 1846. She was born Feb. 10, 1827. He was educated at the New 
 Ipswich and Hancock Academies and at a preparatory school at Union, 
 New York. Read medicine first under the direction of Dr. John Ramsey 
 of Greenfield and afterwards at Peterboro under Doctors Follansbee and 
 Smith. He then studied with Dr. Joseph Parsons of Bennington, and 
 after attending several courses of lectures, graduated at Pittsfield, Mass., 
 in 1843, before he was twenty-three years of age. In December of that 
 year he located at Lempster, N. H., where he resided until his death 
 which occured Feb. 16, 1903. Child : 
 
 i. GEORGE; ARTHUR, b. May 23, 1850. Is a civil engineer 
 and res. in Chicago, 111. 
 
 CHARLES M. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler, 
 born Aug. 7, 1827 ; married Martha M. Weston of Newton, Ohio, June 
 21, 1855. She was born July 18, 1839. He died May n, 1903. 
 
 1. IyU A., b. April 6, 1871, ni. Charles W. White of Wilton, 
 
 June 29, 1893. 
 
 2. L/IUJE M., b. July 14, 1874, m. Charles G. Carleton of 
 
 Mt. Vernon, Oct. u, 1894. 
 
 OLNEY P. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler, 
 born April 22, 1835 ; married Hannah W. Langdell. He died May i, 1880. 
 Olney P. Butler, together with four of his children, died of diphtheria in 
 1880, within the space of five weeks. 
 
 1. SARAH A., b. at L,yndeborough, Aug. 27, 1856, m. 1874, 
 
 Joseph H. Stickney of Tyson, Vt. 
 
 2. GEORGE H., + 
 
 3. CARRIE L>, b. at Lyndeborough, July 7, 1861, m. Dec. 20,
 
 682 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 1884, Edward H. Spofford of Greenfield. She d. March 
 
 28, 1890. 
 
 4. NELLIE P-. b. at Greenfield, June 10, 1863, m. Nov. 30, 
 
 1882, Charles H. Scott of Tyson, Vt. She d. May 30, 
 1883. 
 
 5. WILLIAM L,., b. at L,yndeborough, March 5, 1865, d. April 
 
 29, 1880. 
 
 6. L,IZZIE H., b. at L,yndeborough, Jan. 28, 1870, d. April 20, 
 
 1880. 
 
 7. WALTER S., b. at I^yndeborough, Oct, 19, 1876, d. March 
 
 30, 1880. 
 
 8. MARK W., b. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 17, 1878, d. April 5, 
 
 1880. 
 
 GEORGE H. BUTLER, son of Olney P. and Hannah (Langdell) 
 Butler, born at Lyndeborough, March 19, 1858; married Sept. 15, 1881, 
 Myra A. Carpenter of Surrey, Vt. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HERVEY L,., b. Dec. 22, 1885. 
 
 2. HAROLD A., b. Feb. 14, 1890. 
 
 BUTTERFlElvD. 
 
 DAVID BUTTERFIELD lived in town at one time and his children 
 were born here. He married Miriam Durant. She was born in 1775; 
 died in Francestown, Feb. 2, 1848. He was born 1775 and died at Lynde- 
 borough, Feb. 18, 1812, of spotted fever. He was the grandfather of 
 David " Newton " Butterfield of New Boston. Children born at Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. SARAH, m. Brackley Rose (See Rose gen.) 
 
 2. HANNAH. 
 
 3. JANE, m. Benjamin Ames. 
 
 4. LUCY, m. Nathaniel Bruce. 
 
 5. OLIVE, m. Hiram Dodge. 
 
 CARKIN. 
 
 The first record of the Carkin family in Lyndeborough is the birth of 
 John, son of John and Elizabeth his wife, Sept. 9, 1765. Elizabeth Carkin 
 died Nov. 10, 1829, * n the eighty-eighth year of her age. She was the 
 daughter of Jonathan and Mary Chamberlain Cram. John Carkin died 
 March 2, 1799, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. John and his wife, 
 Elizabeth, appear to have been the first of the family to settle in town. 
 John and Isaac Carkin are credited to Lyndeborough, as Revolutionary 
 soldiers. Isaac was probably a brother of John. Among the older mem- 
 bers of the family, there is a story current of the origin of the name 
 Carkin, whether true or not it is quaint and interesting. It is said that 
 two little boys were secretly placed on board a ship bound for America. 
 They were not discovered until too late to put back. These young stowa- 
 ways were unable to give much of an account of themselves or tell their
 
 GENEALOGIES 683 
 
 names, and were made to carry water to the sailors and in other ways to 
 work their passage. They carried the liquid in tin cans, and soon were 
 known as the little " carrycans " and from thence the name Carkin. 
 Isaac and John were said to be sons or grandsons of one of the little 
 " carrycans." There arc four children of John and Elizabeth recorded : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1765, drowned July 9, 1777. 
 
 2. AARON, -f- 
 
 3. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1774. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH. The marriage intention of Ephraim Putnam, 
 
 third, and Elizabeth Carkin is recorded Nov. 6, 1794. 
 
 AARON CARKIN, son of John and Elizabeth Carkin, born Nov. 13, 
 1767; married Dec. 15, 1791, Betsey Duncklee of Amherst. She died 
 Nov. 30, 1845. He died Feb. 19, 1852. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Oct. 19, 1792, m. Betsey Smith. Rem. to Benning- 
 
 ton where he was extensively engaged in the manufacture 
 of gunpowder. He d. Oct. 25, 1883. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1794, d. June 4, 1794. 
 
 3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 30, 1796, m. Oliver Fales. Rem. to Ded- 
 
 ham, Mass., d. Dec. 30, 1820. 
 
 4. CLARISSA, b. Nov. 13, 1797, m. Asher Curtis, d. Dec. 8, 
 
 1880. (See Curtis gen.) 
 
 5. MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 14, 1799, m. John Hartshorn, d. Feb. 
 
 19, 1 88 1. (See Hartshorn gen.) 
 
 6. AARON, b. July 22, 1801. Was badly burned by an explos- 
 
 ion of gun powder at Bennington and died ten days later, 
 Oct. 13, 1828. 
 
 7. NATHANIEL C., + 
 
 8. DAVID, -f- 
 
 9. JESSE D., b. Nov. 20, 1807, m. Sarah Hutchinson of Wilton. 
 
 10. CLEMENT, b. Oct., 1808, d. Nov, 20, 1808. 
 
 11. CHARLES, b. March 12, 1811, d. April 8, 1888. 
 
 NATHANIEL C. CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) 
 Carkin, born Oct. 28, 1803 ; married Feb. 23, 1830, Betsey T. Odell of 
 Mont Vernon ; second, Elizabeth Brown of Amherst. Betsey (Odell) 
 Carkin died Feb. 27, 1864. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. AARON, b. Dec. 31, 1831, d. Jan. 9, 1832. 
 
 2. SOPHRONIA, b. June 27, 1833, m. March 9, 1864, Ezra M. 
 
 Farnum. 
 
 3. NANCY, b. May 27, 1837, m. Leonard G. Brown. (See 
 
 Brown gen.) 
 
 DAVID CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) Carkin, born 
 Jan. i, 1806 ;' married Dec. 27, 1827, Lydia, daughter of William and
 
 684 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born June 5, 1809 ; died Sept. 15, 1895. 
 He died July 6, 1892. Children : 
 
 1. DAVID J., -f- 
 
 2. LYDIA J., b. June 27, 1831, m., first, Oct. 27, 1851, Franklin 
 
 Towns of Milford ; second, Jerome Weston of Mason. 
 
 3. JOHN C., + 
 
 DAVID J. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia (Abbott) Carkin, born 
 July 17, 1827; married Elizabeth Salter of Mount Holley, Vt. He died 
 Nov. 16, 1878, in Louisiana. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See 
 Chap. X.) Children: 
 
 1. CLINTINA, b. in Peterborough, Oct 27, 1853, m. John H. 
 
 Burton of L,yudeborough. (See Burton gen.) 
 
 2. GEORGE, b. April 24, 1857, m. Hattie M. Stone of Royal- 
 
 ston, Mass. She was b. Oct. 15, 1862, m. July 4, 1882. 
 
 JOHN C. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia C. (Abbott; Carkin, born 
 March 7, 1844 ; married Dec. 30, 1866, Ellen E., daughter of Zadoc and 
 Ellinor (Sanboru) Jones of Milford. She was born Oct. 29, 1846. He 
 was a soldier iu the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Was ^moderator of the 
 town meetings for many years. Resides at So. Lyndeborough. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. MEDIE A., b. Oct. 12, 1867, m. first, John L,. Trask of 
 
 Marrons, Conn. ; second, Bradley L. Hay ward of Brockton, 
 Mass. ; third, Fred Waterhouse of Brockton, Mass. 
 
 2. JOHN A.. -\- 
 
 3. MERRILL F., b. Nov. 25, 1869, m. Aug. 16, 1894, Jennie, 
 
 daughter of William H. and Eliza A. (Dale) Doe of Read- 
 ing, Mass. Child : Evelyn G. 
 
 4. FRED E. + 
 
 5. WILLIE C., -|- 
 
 JOHN A. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born 
 Sept. 10, 1868 ; married Minnie R., daughter of John H. and Sabra Anna 
 (Lewis) Day of Greenfield, June 23, 1889. She was born Sept. 20, 1872. 
 Children all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HENRY A., b. Nov. 7, 1892. 
 
 2. BELLE E., b. Oct. 23, 1894. 
 
 3. CARROLL C., b. March 30, 1897. 
 
 4. EDGAR L,., b. Feb. 12, 1899. 
 
 5. SABRA E., b. April 13, 1901. 
 
 6. lyYDiA R., b. at Greenland, N. H., Aug. 31, 1903. 
 
 FRED E. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born 
 Jan. 25, 1871 ; married March 31, 1894, Mary E., daughter of Edwin and 
 Enimeline (Wilkins) Kinney'of Peterborough. Children : 
 
 i. NELLIE E., b. at L/yndeborough, Feb. 27, 1895.
 
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 2. GEORGE, b. at Lyndeborough, April 20, 1897. 
 
 3. ISAAC B., b. at Harrisville, April 24, 1899, d. Sept. 4, 1899. 
 
 4. Annie R., b. at Harrisville, June 13, 1900. 
 
 5. EDITH M., b. at Harrisville, Oct. 15, 1901. 
 
 6. KATHLEEN E., b. at Harrisville, Feb. 20, 1903. 
 
 7. JOHN R., b. at L,yndeborough, April 27, 1904. 
 
 WILLIE C. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, 
 born Oct. 7, 1873 ; married Dec. 19, 1893, Anna E., daughter of Charles 
 A. and Ann B. (Butler,) Barrett of Antrim. She was born June 4, 1871. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ROBERT C., b. Sept. 16, 1894. 
 
 2. GERALD, b. Oct. 2, 1901. 
 
 CARLETON. 
 
 One of the most notable families among the early settlers of Salem- 
 Canada was the Carleton family. Joseph Carleton, their immigrant ances- 
 tor, came to this country from England and settled in Newburyport, 
 Mass. He married Abigail Osgood and they had six children born to 
 them, David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary and Abigail. It is sup- 
 posed that these children were born in Newburyport, Mass. 
 
 JEREMIAH CARLETON, son of Joseph and Abigail (Osgood) Carle- 
 ton, born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1715 ; married Eunice Taylor, who 
 was born in 1717. They lived in Newtown, now Amesbury, Mass., where 
 part of his children were born. His business was that of a carpenter, 
 millwright and lumber dealer. About the year 1750, he removed to 
 Litchfield, N. H., and six years later in the fall he came to Salem-Canada 
 and pitched his camp on land now owned by E. C. Curtis. It was built 
 beside a big rock situated about 30 rods from the northeast corner of 
 said land. The remains of the stone fire dogs and cellar hole may still 
 be seen. He began his clearing among the big hemlocks on the flat the 
 other side of the brook and worked at it during the fall and winter, 
 and in the spring went back to his family presumably at Litchfield. 
 While he was in camp that winter some hunters drove a lot of deer into 
 the big brook near by and getting fire from his camp they killed a num- 
 ber. They stayed with him all night, and in the morning took the hides 
 of the deer, leaving him with a plentiful supply of venison. He re- 
 turned with his family that year and is supposed to have built him a 
 cabin, but Indians killed his stock and burned his cabin and he was 
 forced to leave and did not return until two years later in 1760. When 
 he returned, if he cleared 20 acres of land and built a framed house of 
 certain dimensions he was to have 60 acres 6f land, and if he built a 
 saw-mill he was to have 60 acres more for that. He built his house 
 about loo rods northeast of E. C. Curtis' s brick house, and near the 
 brook. He hewed all the timber for his house from oak logs and those 
 timbers are sound to-day. 
 
 He built the saw-mill in 1761 and 1762. It was situated about 30 rods 
 below the bridge on the road from Johnson's Corner to Wilton. In this 
 mill the boards were sawed to finish his house. The mill did a good
 
 686 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 business as long as he was able to run it. He cleared the land and had 
 8 acres of corn planted among the stumps the first year. The bears 
 were numerous and took toll of the corn and live stock. The Carletons 
 were at work among the corn one day, when they heard the hog squeal. 
 The old man ran to the rescue but too late to save the hog, but the women 
 folks had run with their hemlock brooms and had scared a bear away 
 from the carcass. Jeremiah wa's indignant that he should lose the, 
 chance to shoot the bear, but they had fresh pork for awhile. He died 
 in 1769. His wife survived him about 25 years. She was a very religious 
 woman and used to walk to Amherst, 6 miles, to attend church, guiding 
 her way by marked trees. They had seven children : 
 
 1. OSGOOD, -f- 
 
 2. JEREMIAH, -(- 
 
 3. MARY, m. Reuben Bachelder and rem. to Warren, N. H., 
 
 where they lived and died. 
 
 4. ABIGAIL, m. first, Adam Johnson, second, "Ensign "David 
 
 Putnam. Mr. Johnson died or was killed while in the army 
 during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 5. TIMOTHY. Was killed by the accident at the raising of the 
 
 Wilton church in 1774. 
 
 6. DAVID. Killed in the army during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 (See Chapter VII.) 
 
 7. EBENEZER. After the close of the Revolutionary War, in 
 
 which he took part (See Chapter VII), he came home and 
 settled in Chester, N. H., and d. in 1840. 
 
 OSGOOD CARIyETON, son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton 
 born in Newtown, or Amesbury, Mass., in 1741, and came to Lyndeborough 
 with his father. He was a fine mechanic and a great mathematician. 
 He cleared a piece of land about half a mile south of the old meeting 
 house and built a house and lived in it some years. The site is grown up 
 to wood now. He did a large business in surveying, laying out the towns 
 around in lots, both in New Hampshire and Vermont. He published 
 some works on navigation and made almanacs. He taught a select school 
 of high order and once when the committee visited it they found every- 
 thing satisfactory, but said they wished to ask him one question. They 
 said they had been told that he never went to school a day in his life 
 and wished to know if it was true. He said that it was so. He^urveyed 
 and drew the plans for the forts to protect Boston harbor and did other 
 surveying for the government. One of his pupils in Boston was Robert 
 B. Thomas of " Farmers' Almanac " fame. Mr. Carleton taught him how 
 make almanacs and indeed made the calculations for the first " Farmers' 
 Almanac" himself. The story is told that everything was finished and 
 ready for the printer but the weather predictions, and Mr. Carleton told 
 his daughter, a lively girl of sixteen, that she might add them. 
 In a spirit of mischief she predicted a thunder storm in January and a 
 snowstorm in June. When the book was printed Mr. Carleton 
 reproached his daughter for having ruined the venture, but as it hap-
 
 GENEALOGIES 687 
 
 pened, a thunder storm did come in January, and one morning in 
 June the girl arose and found flakes of snow falling. She called her 
 father to see. The reputation of the " Farmers' Almanac " was made for 
 all time. He was also a cunning hunter and trapper. (See p. 118.) 
 
 Osgood had two sons and one or more daughters. His wife died in 
 Lyndeborough. After his wife's death he went to live with his son in 
 Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. (See Chap. 
 VII.) 
 
 JEREMIAH CARLETON, second son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor) 
 Carleton, was born in Newtown in 1743 ; married Lois Hoyt, born in New- 
 buryport in 1746. He lived with his father until he was sixteen, and then 
 enlisted in the army. The year after his discharge, 1760, he went to work 
 as an apprentice to learn the ship carpenters' trade, presumably in 
 Newburyport, and stayed there until 1771, when he removed with his 
 family to the farm left by his father in Lyndeborough, but in a year or 
 two went back to Newburyport, Mass. When the Revolutionary War 
 came on, there being no work at ship carpentering, he again returned to 
 the farm. After the war he lived the remainder of his life on the farm. 
 (For military record see Chap. VII.) They had eleven children: 
 
 1. SARAH, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 1768, came with her father 
 
 to L/yndeborough when three years old, m. 1795, William 
 Richardson, and removed to Barre, Vt.; two children. 
 
 2. JEREMIAH, b. 1770, in Newburyport, d. an infant. 
 
 3. JEREMIAH, 2nd, b. in L/yndeborough May 10, 1772, m. 1798, 
 
 Deborah Edwards, and removed to Barre, Vt.; nine chil- 
 dren. 
 
 3. TIMOTHY, b. June i, 1774, m. 1801, Miss Huzza, and re- 
 moved to Barre, Vt.; seven children. 
 
 5. L/ois, b. Mar. 2, 1776, m. Caleb Taft and removed to Barre, 
 
 Vt.; six children. 
 
 6. MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1779, m. 1799, John Harwood ; removed to 
 
 Mont Vernon ; six children. 
 
 7. BETTY, b. Apr. 19, 1781. 
 
 8. RHODA, b. June 27, 1783, m. 1806, Henry Cram. 
 
 9. HANNAH, b. Sept. 16, 1785. 
 
 10. DUDLEY, -f- 
 
 11. MOSES, b. Sept. 7, 1792, m. 1818, Chloe Batchelder, lived 
 at Amherst and New Ipswich, and 1832 removed to Os- 
 wego, N. Y. 
 
 DUDLEY CARLETON, son of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton ; 
 born June 23, 1788; married Dec. 24, 1817, Eliza, daughter of John and 
 Ruth (Southwick) Proctor of Lyndeborough. She was born Mar. 8, 1796; 
 died at Amherst, June 9, 1867. He died Nov. 19, 1873. He settled on 
 the old homestead farm to take care of his parents. He built the brick 
 house uow owned and occupied by E- C. Curtis. (Mr. Curtis owns prac-
 
 688 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 tically all of the Carleton farm.) In 1833 he sold part of the farm with 
 the brick house to Amaziah Blanchard, and the rest to James O'Donnell, 
 and in 1834 removed to Francestown, where he lived until 1838, when he 
 removed to Amherst, where he died. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. July 16, 1819, m. May 13, 1858, Mary P., dau. 
 
 of Abel and Polly (Proctor) Hill of Lyndeborough. She 
 was b. Jan. 15, 1822. One son, John S., b. at Frances- 
 town, May 18, 1861, d. at Amherst, Aug. 14, 1887. John 
 Carleton d. in Amherst, July 31, 1891. 
 
 2. ELIZA, b. Jan. 27, 1824. 
 
 3. MARY Lois, b. Nov. 12, 1827, m. May 9, 1861, L/uther Cog- 
 
 gin, Jr., of Amherst. Res. at Amherst. 
 
 CARR. 
 
 CHARLES CARR, and Rosa, his wife, resided in Lyndeborough for a 
 number of years, removing to Wilton. They had two children born in 
 Lyndeborough. 
 
 1. C. LORENZO, b. Oct. 25, 1882. 
 
 2. Annis R. b. March 4, 1887. 
 
 CARSON. 
 
 WILLIAM CARSON was the first of that name to settle in Lyndebor- 
 ough. He was born in Scotland in 1722. He was a brother or nephew of 
 John Carson, the first settler in Francestown.* He lived in Francestown 
 for a time, and then removed to Johnson's Corner. He probably came 
 here in 1774 or 1775. He married Isabelle, daughter of John and Mary 
 Johnson, and settled on land which is now the farm owned by Mrs. Kil- 
 burn S. Curtis. He built the house which has been remodeled into the 
 present building. He died in 1818, aged 96. They had four children, 
 some of them said to have been born in Francestown : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, -|- 
 
 2. ROBERT, -}- 
 
 3. MARY, -f 
 
 4. ASA, -\- 
 
 WILLIAM CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson ; 
 born 1754; married Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Harwood of 
 Mont Vernon. The father died a short time before the birth of the 
 youngest child, 1797. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, -f- 
 
 2. WILLIAM, b. 1797, m. Dorcas Russell. They had two chil- 
 
 dren, Eliza A. and Lafayette. Eliza A., m. Anson French 
 of Wilton. Lafayette d. unm. 
 
 *There is a variance of the records furnished me by a descendant of the family (Mrs. 
 W. 1). Hooper of Mont Vernon) and those published in the Francestown History. She 
 insists that John of Francestown never married, and that John, William and Robert 
 were his nephews. It is immaterial to this History to enter into a controversy in regard 
 to it.
 
 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 689 
 
 JOHN CARSON, son of William and Abigail (Harwood) Carson ; born 
 Sept. 10, 1792; married 1813, Hannah Austin of Methuen, Mass. They 
 had four children, two dying in infancy and two sons living to man- 
 hood : 
 
 1. JOHN JOHNSON, + 
 
 2. ALEXANDER, -f- 
 
 JOHN JOHNSON CARSON, son of John and Hannah (Austin) Car- 
 son, born March 3, 1816 ; married June, 1840, Sarah, daughter of James 
 and Azubah (Curtis) Hopkins of Mont Vernon. She was born March 
 
 12, 1816 ; died Nov. 18, 1887. He died Sept. 16, 1896. Children : 
 
 
 
 1. SARAH F., b. March, 1841, d. July, 1842. 
 
 2. EMILY F., b. Jan. 16, 1843, m. David Upton, Sept. 7, 1854. 
 
 Res. in New Boston. 
 
 3. ADONIRAM J., b. March 27, 1845, d. September, 1847. 
 
 4. GEORGE J., + 
 
 5. HANNAH J., b. Feb. 2, 1851, d. August, 1853. 
 
 6. HATTIE J., b. Oct. 19, 1852, m. Ira Parker of Mont Vernon 
 
 June 24, 1878, d. June 26, 1881. 
 
 7. FRANK P., b. March 26, 1855, m. Eda M. Carson, Aug. 24, 
 
 1880. 
 
 GEORGE J. CARSON, son of John J. and Sarah (Hopkins) Carson, 
 born Oct. 19, 1848 in Mont Vernon ; married June 14, 1877, Laura A., 
 daughter of David D. and Sophronia (Dickinson) Clark of Lyndebor- 
 ough. She was born March 7, 1852 ; died Nov. 24, 1903. Children : 
 
 1. ROY C., b. in Mont Vernon, Dec. 8, 1879. 
 
 2. CORA A., b. in Mont Vernon, Sept. 20, 1881, d. March 5, 
 
 1889. 
 
 3. HATTIE M., b. at New Boston, Aug. 13, 1883. 
 
 ALEXANDER CARSON, son of John and Hannah (Austin) Carson, 
 born Dec. 17, 1822 ; married Dec. 20, 1843, Margaretta C., daughter of 
 James and Azubah (Curtis) Hopkins of Mont Vernon. She was born Dec. 
 14, 1822. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i & 2. HELEN and ELLEN, twins, b. Sept. 30, 1844. Ellen 
 d. May 3, 1859, Helen d. Oct. 14, 1867. 
 
 3. MARTHA A., b. Feb. 28, 1846, m. May 9, 1878, Wallace D. 
 
 Hooper, and res. in Mont Vernon. 
 
 4. JOHN W., b. Nov. 16, 1847, m. Dec. 24, 1884, Julia A. 
 
 Dodge of Francestown, res. in Francestown. 
 
 5. ABBIE L,., b. June 9, 1853, d. Oct. 14, 1867. 
 
 6. ALWILDA J., b. July i, 1854, d. Oct. 17, 1867. 
 
 7. NETTIE M., b., Feb. 20, 1860, in Mont Vernon, m. March 
 
 29, 1898, Nathaniel F. Hooper, res. in Mont Vernon.
 
 690 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 8. THERESA D., b. May 6, 1861, in Mont Vernon, d. June 6, 
 
 1868. 
 
 ROBERT CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson. 
 We have been unable to find any record of his family. He married and 
 raised a family here, living on the Charles L. Perham farm. He is said 
 to have removed with his family to Barre, Vt., and to have been one of 
 the first settlers of that place. 
 
 MARY CARSON, daughter of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Car- 
 son; married Amos Wilkins. They had five children, Amos, Mary, 
 Isabelle, Simon and Mark. Mary and Isabelle married two brothers by 
 the name of Stone and went to Swampscott, Mass. Simon and Mark 
 also settled there or in Lynn, Mass. Amos Wilkins left his family for 
 some reason and was never heard from. 
 
 ASA CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson, married 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Harwood) Lynch. (This widow Lynch had one daugh- 
 ter, Artemesia, who married Capt. Ebenezer Russell of Lyndeborough.) 
 Asa Carson and Elizabeth, his wife, had seven children born to them, 
 none of them born at Lyndeborough. The Harwood sisters, who mar- 
 ried William and Asa Carson, were sisters of Andrew Harwood of Perham 
 Corner, and daughters of John and Abigail (Hastings) Harwood of Mont 
 Vernon. 
 
 CARYL. 
 
 JOHN CARYL, born Sept. 16, 1791 ; married Lucy Clark, May, 1818. 
 She was born Aug. 3, 1800; died May 14, 1835. He died May 30. 1882. 
 Children : 
 
 1. JOHN C., b. May 20, 1819. 
 
 2. WILLIAM B., b. Dec. 4, 1820. 
 
 3. NANCY, b. Jan. 29, 1823. 
 
 4. OLIVE, b. June 5, 1825. 
 
 5. CHRISTANNA, b. July 16, 1827. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN W., b. Dec. i, 1829. 
 
 7. LUCY H., b. June 27, 1832. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN. 
 
 The name Chamberlain appears very early in the history of Salem- 
 Canada. Jonathan Chamberlain was the son of Capt. Samuel and Abi- 
 gail (Hill) Chamberlain of Chelmsford, Mass. He was born there Feb. 
 ii, 1711. On May 12, 1737, his father deeded him for "love and natural 
 affection" a number of lots of land in Tyngs Township which " lyeth 
 on the east side of Merrimack river between Suncook or Lovell's town 
 (now Pembroke) and Litchfield." On Aug. 21, 1739, he sold this land to 
 James Anderson of Londonderry. In that same year (1739), he removed 
 to Salem-Canada. In 1740 or 1741 he married Elizabeth, daughter of 
 John and Sarah Cram. They were his predecessors by one or two years 
 in the township. It is evident that he returned to Chelmsford, Mass., 
 and lived there for awhile, for their children are recorded as born in 
 Chelmsford. But Mr. Rufus Chamberlain believes they were born in
 
 GENEALOGIES 691 
 
 Salem-Canada, and there being no township records kept, they were 
 recorded in Chelmsford, Mass. It is a fact that the older children of 
 the daughters of John Cram are recorded in the towns where their 
 husbands came "from. April 8, 1768, Jonathan Chamberlain received 
 from the heirs of Joseph Cram of Lyndeborough, a deed of the south 
 part of Lot No. 41, containing seventy-five acres. The consideration 
 being, "the caring for and giving Christian burial to Joseph Cram." 
 This farm is the one where Rufus Chamberlain now lives. Jonathan 
 Chamberlain was a Revolutionary soldier. He, together with his son, 
 Jonathan Jr., enlisted in Capt. Peter Clark's Company, and marched 
 from Lyndeborough for Ticonderoga, July i, 1777. (See Chap. VII.) 
 He was prominent in shaping the policy and management of the new 
 town, and endured the hardships of frontier life. His wife was born 
 1721, and died April 30, 1806. He died Jan. 19, 1795. Children : 
 
 1. ELIZABETH, born April 30, 1742. 
 
 2. JONATHAN, + 
 
 3. SAMUEL, + 
 
 4. OLIVE, b. Aug. 16, 1750, m. Benjamin Cram. 
 
 5. SARAH, b. April 6, 1753, d. Jan. 5, 1797. 
 
 6. MOLLY, b. May 10, 1756. 
 
 7. JOHN, -f 
 
 8. ABIGAIL, b. July 8, 1763. 
 
 JONATHAN CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) 
 Chamberlain, born Feb. 26, 1743-4 ; married July 13, 1768, Margaret, 
 daughter of Benjamin Cram and Elizabeth, his wife. She was born 1748. 
 Like his father he was a soldier in the Continental army. He died April 
 26, 1815. Children : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN, b. April 7, 1770, m, Joanna Herrick. Rem. to 
 
 Gardiner, Me. 
 
 2. JONATHAN, b. March 17, 1772. Rem. to Hanover, N. H., 
 
 and was the father of Eliza Chamberlain, who lived at the 
 centre for many years. 
 
 3. JOHN, b. March 26, 1774, m. Abigail Brown. Rem. to 
 
 Hallowell, Me. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH, b. June 3, 1776, m. Samuel Woodward. (See 
 
 Woodward gen.) 
 
 5. DAVID, b. Dec. 3, 1778. 
 
 6. DANIEL, + 
 
 7. MARGARET, b. Dec. 28, 1783, m. Cole. 
 
 8. OLIVE, b. Aug. 4, 1788, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See 
 
 Woodward gen.) 
 
 9. NATHANIEL, b. March 3, 1791, m. 1816, Mary Knapp. He 
 
 rem. to Covington, Ky.; later to Hudson, Mich.; d. Toledo, 
 O., March 20, 1857.
 
 692 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 10. ASA, b. April 10, 1793. 
 
 11. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 12, 1795, m. Burton. Rem. to 
 
 Mason. 
 
 DANIEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Margaret (Cram) 
 Chamberlain, b. March 6, 1781 ; married Hannah, daughter of Daniel 
 and Patience Pearsons of Lyndeborough. She died July 29, 1873. He 
 removed to Woburn, Mass., where he died May 5, 1874. Children re- 
 corded as born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Dec. 14, 1815. 
 
 2. CHLOE, b. June 23, 1817. 
 
 3. DIANTHA, b. Aug. 27, 1819. 
 
 4. AMANDA, b. Nov. n, 1824. 
 
 5. DANIEL, b. Oct. 30, 1826. 
 
 SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) 
 Chamberlain, born April 4, 1745; married first, Hannah, who died Sept. 
 25, 1784; second, Naomi Richardson. He died in 1812 or 1813, and his 
 widow, Naomi, died in 1850 or 1851. He was a soldier in the Continental 
 Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children by first wife : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. April 28, 1775, m. Burnham. Rem. to 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1777, d. June 13, 1780. 
 
 3. SAMUEL, + 
 
 4. AMY, b. Feb. 14, 1781. 
 
 5. BETSEY, b. April 18, 1783. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 30, 1786, m. Ordway. Rem. to 
 
 New York. 
 
 7. RACHEL, b. Oct. 6, 1787, m. Thomas Dutton. 
 
 8. JOSEPH, -|- 
 
 9. PETER, b. Nov. 9, 1791. Rem. to New York. 
 
 10. NAOMI, b. Nov. 25, 1793. 
 By second wife : 
 
 11. SILAS, b. Feb. 20, 1797. 
 
 12. SARAH, b. April 10, 1800. 
 
 13. PHINEAS A., b. April 4, 1802, d. March 10, 1803. 
 
 14. L/EVi,, b. June 29, 1804. Rem. to New Boston. 
 
 15. OLIVE, b. Oct. 5, 1807, d. young. 
 
 SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Samuel and Hannah Chamberlain, 
 born May 4, 1779 ; married first, Olive ; second, Hepsibah . 
 
 Children : 
 
 1. EDA, b. Dec. 21, 1810. 
 
 2. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 18, 1812.
 
 GENEALOGIES 693 
 
 3. PHILLIP, b. July 25, 1814. 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. March 12, 1816. 
 By second wife : 
 
 5. HEMAN SARGENT, b. Feb. 16, 1820. 
 
 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, son of Samuel and Naomi (Richardson) 
 Chamberlain, born Dec. 12, 1789; married Dec. 27, 1817, Sarah Abbott of 
 Chelmsford, Mass. She was born March 19, 1792; died, May 31, 1857. 
 He died Aug. 30, 1862. After serving in the War of 1812 (See Chapter 
 IX), he went to Milford. He was a brick maker by trade, and came 
 back to his native town about 1825. Children : 
 
 1. RUFUS, + 
 
 2. JOSEPH, b. at Milford, Feb. 22, 1821, m. Oct. 31, 1844, Mary 
 
 A. Drew of Somersworth, b. April 3, 1824. After many 
 removals he settled in Paxton, Mass., where he died Sept. 
 18, 1886. His wife d. at Cambridgeport, Mass., Dec. 6, 
 1886. Children: Horace E., Ella E., George A., Fred 
 W. 
 
 3. SALLY, b. at Milford, March n, 1823, m. July 15, 1847, 
 
 Charles Blanchard of Milford. 
 
 4. OTIS, b. at I/yndeborough, Jan. 8, 1826, m. first, May, 1849, 
 
 Clara S. Holt. She d. June 10, 1852 ; second, Nov. 24, 
 1852, Martha K., dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler. 
 She was b. Nov. 23, 1834. He rem. from I^yndeborough 
 and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in 
 Canada. He subsequently settled in Grafton, N. H. 
 Children : Emery O., Woodbury O., Fred W. 
 
 5. OLIVE, born at I,yndeborough, Jan. 20, 1828, m. Edwin N. 
 
 Patch. (See Patch gen.) 
 
 6. SUSAN, b. at Wilton, Oct. 29, 1830, d. Aug. 17, 1832. 
 
 7. HARVEY, b. at L/yndeborough, March 2, 1833, m. Sept. 21, 
 
 1862, Sarah J. L,ibbey of Warren. Rem. to Rivere de 
 L,oupe, Canada, where he d. Sept. o, 1867. Child : Harry 
 I,. 
 
 RUFUS CHAMBERLAIN, son of Joseph and Sarah Abbott Chamber- 
 lain, born at Milford, June 5, 1819 ; married May 20, 1843, Martha Jane 
 Upton. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 21, 1821 ; died May 24, 
 1892. He is of the seventh generation from Thomas Chamberlain of 
 Woburn, Mass., who is presumed to be the immigrant ancestor of the 
 Chamberlains of Lyndeborough. He is the only descendant in the male 
 line now living in Lyndeborough of the many Chamberlains born here. 
 The rest have emigrated to many parts of the country. In early life he 
 worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, Mass., but returned to Lyndebor- 
 ough and settled on the homestead farm which has been in the family
 
 694 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 since 1768. He has always taken a lively interest in the business affairs 
 of the town, and has filled many offices of trust. For nine years he 
 was selectman and helped guide the financial matters of the town during 
 the closing years of the Civil War, when Lyndeborough, in common 
 with most of the towns of New Hampshire, was burdened with a heavy 
 debt. He has been a trusted counsellor of the political party to which 
 he belonged, and whose principles he was ever ready to defend. He was 
 the parish sexton for more than forty years. Children : 
 
 1. EMILY, b. March 3, 1844, m. May 18, 1865, Charles F. Tar- 
 
 bell. (See Tarbell gen.) 
 
 2. WALTER, b. Oct. 2, 1846. Was a soldier in the Civil War, 
 
 and d. at New Orleans, L,a., May 7, 1863. (See Chapter 
 X.) 
 
 3. ELIZA ANN, b. Oct. 16, 1848, m. Dec. 4, 1867, Charles H. 
 
 Wilson of Deering. He was b. June 20, 1838. Children : 
 Willis H., Eugene R., Alice M., Walter C. 
 
 4. SARAH FLORENCE, b. Sept. 23, 1850, d. Feb. 26, 1853. 
 
 5. FRANK, b. Oct. 9, 1852, m. Oct. 23, 1873, Sarah M. Barrett. 
 
 Res. in Worcester. Children : Mabel Otis, Alton I,. 
 
 6. WILLIS BROOKS, b. June 25, 1854, m. April 30, 1879, S. 
 
 Cornelia Maynard of South Lancaster, Mass. Children : 
 Emma C., Marion It. 
 
 7. RUFUS WARREN, b. May u, 1856, m. Dec. 25, 1876, Carrie 
 
 J.Wallace. Res. at Omaha, Neb. Children: Fred W., 
 Walter, Fannie M., Martha F. 
 
 JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) 
 Chamberlain, born Sept. 16, 1759; married Molly . Children re- 
 corded as born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MOLLY, b. March 27, 1783. 
 
 2. JOHN, -{- 
 
 3. SARAH, b. May 30, 1787. 
 
 4. MARTHA, b. March 28, 1789. 
 
 5. ABIGAIL, b. June 25, 1791. 
 
 6. ELIOT, b. Feb. i, 1793, d. Jan. 12, 1796. 
 
 7. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 21, 1795. 
 
 8. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 8, 1797, d. Feb. 5, 1797. 
 
 9. L/YDIA, b. April 10, 1798. 
 
 10. CHLOE, b. Aug. 5, 1800. 
 
 u. ELIOT, b. May 12, 1802, d. Oct. 10, 1802. 
 
 JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, son of John and Molly Chamberlain, 
 
 born April 18, 1785 ; married Lucy . Children recorded as born in 
 
 Lyndeborough :
 
 GENEALOGIES 695 
 
 1. CATHARINE M., b. Dec. 10, 1812. 
 
 2. WILLIAM B., b. July 18, 1814. 
 
 3. JOHN R., b. Oct. i, 1816. 
 
 4. JOSEPH M., b. Aug. 5, 1818. 
 
 CHASE. 
 
 HARRY R. CHASE, son of Rufus and Mary A. (Blanchard) Chase, 
 b. Nov. 3, 1865; married Dec. 21, 1897, Alice J., daughter of Henry F. 
 and Mary J. (Simonds) Matthews of Wilton. She was born April 9, 
 1865. He has been selectman and represented the town in the Legisla- 
 ture, is a prosperous farmer and resides in Perham Corner. Children : 
 
 1. HAZEL J., b. Nov. 17, 1898. 
 
 2. L,ILLA B., b. March 8, 1902. 
 
 CHEEVER. 
 
 WARD N. CHEEVER came to Lyndeborough from Lunenburg, Mass., 
 in 1861, and settled in South Lyndeborough. He has been the "Village 
 Blacksmith " until the present writing. He united the tilling of the 
 soil with the blacksmith's trade and by industry and perseverance turned 
 some of the roughest land into smiling fields and orchards. He was 
 born July 21, 1831 ; married Amanda E. Chandler of Fairfield, Vt., Nov. 
 9, 1855. She was born Julys, 1833; died June u, 1902. Children, all 
 but one born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. L,IZZIE J., b. in lyunenburg, Mass., June 23, 1860, m. L/ucas 
 
 Young of Manchester. 
 
 2. WARD E., b. Sept, 13, 1862. 
 
 3. WILLIAM H., -|- 
 
 4. HATTIE A., b. Oct. 20, 1871, d. March 27, 1874. 
 
 5. HERBERT A., + 
 
 WILLIAM H. CHEEVER, son of Ward N. and Amanda (Chandler) 
 Cheever, born June 15, 1864 ; married first, May Clark ; second, Carrie 
 E., daughter of William and Ellen (Karr) Duncklee of Greenfield, 
 March 10, 1887. She was born March 9, 1869. Children born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. HARRY W., b. July 5, 1888. 
 
 2. ALICE M., b. Feb. 4, 1891. 
 
 3. CHARLES E., b. Nov. 14, 1893. 
 
 4. PERLEY W., b. Sept. 26, 1897. 
 
 5. HOWARD I,., b. June 4, 1903. 
 
 HERBERT A. CHEEVER, son of Ward N. and Amanda (Chandler) 
 Cheever, born Oct. 10, 1873 ; married S. May, daughter of John C. and 
 Mercy M. (Wood) Miller of Lyndeborough, Oct. 20, 1894. She was born 
 Nov. 19 1863, and died March 7, 1901 ; married second, Jan. i, 1903, Carrie 
 L., daughter of George L. and Hannah (Gibson) Marsh, born Jan. i, 1877. 
 Children by first wife born in Lyndeborough :
 
 696 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 i. RALPH J., b. July 4, 1895. 
 5. SILAS W., b. Feb. 14, 1897. 
 3. MARY N., b. Aug. 18, 1898. . 
 
 CHENERY. 
 
 MOSES CHENERY was born in Watertown, Mass., Oct. 9, 1796; 
 married Nancy A. Haley of Jamaica Plain, Mass. She was born May, 
 1796 ; died April 8, 1869. He came to Lyndeborough and bought the 
 farm owned and occupied by a Mr. Webber. The house was built by 
 Timothy Ordway, Sr., where Chas. J. Cummings now lives. Mr. Chenery 
 lived there until his death, June 17, 1861. Children : 
 
 1. HARRIET J., m. Dr. William A. Jones. (See Jones gen.) 
 
 2. ALMIRA D., b. Oct. 13, 1838, d. in 1849. 
 
 CHENERY. 
 
 JOHN CHENERY, born July 7, 1826; married Mrs. Mary D. Well- 
 man of Temple, Aug. 13, 1862. She was born Dec. 8, 1833. He died 
 Nov. 22, 1904. Children : 
 
 1. ELSIE JANE, b. Oct. 6, 1863, d. Aug. 17, 1864. 
 
 2. ANGIE F., b. Jan. 8, 1869, m. John W. Follansbee of Mont 
 
 Vernon, Sept. 6, 1887. 
 
 CLAGGETT. 
 
 REV. ERASTUS BALDWIN CLAGGETT, (See Church History) 
 born in Newport, May 9, 1815; died at New Fairfield, Conn., May 16, 
 1877 ; married Mary A. Paine. We can get no record of the dates of the 
 birth of their children, all born in Lyndeborough. But they were bap- 
 tized as follows : 
 
 1. ERASTUS PRENTICE, b. Sept., 1845, bap. Jan. i, 1847. 
 
 2. SUMNER EVERETT, bap. June 29, 1848. 
 
 3. ELIZABETH PAINE, bap. July i, 1852. 
 
 4. CHARLES WENTWORTH, bap. Nov. 7, 1858. 
 
 5. HENRY MORRIS, bap. Sept. 4, 1862. 
 
 CLARK. 
 
 MAJ. PETER CLARK came to Lyndeborough Jan. 23, 1775, from 
 Braintree, Mass. His brother John came the same year from the same 
 place. They were descendants of Hugh Clark, who came to this country 
 from England and settled in Watertown, Mass. 
 
 Peter and John were of the fifth generation from Hugh Clark. 
 
 Peter was born Feb. 4, 1743; married Hannah Eppes of Braintree, 
 Mass., Oct. 20, 1763. She died Dec. 21, 1814. He died Oct. 14, 1826. He 
 settled on lot no, second division, where Henry E. Holden now lives. 
 Soon after coming to Lyndeborough he joined the Continental Army, and 
 in 1775 was commissioned a captain in the gth regiment, N. H. Militia.
 
 GENEALOGIES 697 
 
 (See p. 592). After the war he returned home, and was evidently a 
 very useful citizen. He was moderator, town clerk and selectman in 
 1777, and it would be interesting to know just how he performed the 
 duties of those offices on town meeting day. He was moderator in 1777, 
 1783, 1788, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1798 and 1800 ; town clerk, 1777, 1778, 1788, 
 1789, 1793 ; selectman, 1777, 1778, 1788, 1789, 1793, 1800, and 1801 ; repre- 
 sentative to the General Court in 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794. In politics he 
 was a " federalist," in religion a " puritan." He had a profound regard 
 for the Scriptures, and was very regular in his devotions. He was a 
 strict observer of the Sabbath and regular in his attendance at church. 
 He was chosen "deacon " of the Congregational church in 1783 and re- 
 tained the office until his death, although he voluntarily ceased to 
 officiate some years before. He was a man of much influence in civil and 
 religious life, and during the early years of his official duties, was one of 
 the very few men in the town of his adoption who were regarded quali- 
 fied to transact the business of the town. He was very systematic in his 
 habits. He wore the long stockings, knee and shoe buckles and the old 
 fashioned cue as long as he lived. 
 
 He built a "pottery" and manufactured the brown earthenware that 
 was in such common use in those days. His son Peter also built a "pot- 
 tery " near where John H. Goodrich lives, and the two did an extensive 
 business. The clay was brought from Amherst, N. H., and the products 
 of the potteries, crocks, jugs, bean pots, etc., were peddled out in the 
 neighboring towns. It is said that more business was done around these 
 "plants" in those days than anywhere else in town. The old pottery 
 was destroyed about fifty years ago. He was one of the few who kept a 
 diary of events in those days, and we here insert extracts from it of the 
 stirring times of the Revolutionary War; also a letter written to his 
 family from the battlefield of Bennington : 
 
 Jan. 23, 1775 Set out for L,yndeborough with my family 
 
 " 25, " Arrived at Lyndeborough 
 
 Feb. 20, " ,1/ayed out the Highway through my field from the mill to 
 
 Woodbury's 
 
 Mar. 15, " Began to saw at my mill 
 
 Apr. 6, " Hauled timber for my house 
 
 " 19, " The fight began at Concord 
 
 Oct. 25, " Hauled timber for barn and shop 
 
 Nov. 2, " Raised my house. Killed my ox 
 
 Dec. 29, " Finished boarding my house 
 
 Feb. i, 1776 Began to build my chimney 
 
 " 26, " MOVED in to my HOUSE 
 
 July 9, " Raised my barn 
 
 " 12, " Raised 17 men for Concord 
 
 Aug. 10, " Set out for Bennington 
 
 " n, " Arrived at do. 
 
 " 14, " Marched out of Bennington 
 
 " 1 6, " Battle fought at St. Croix 
 
 " 25, " Hooper of New Boston died with his wound 
 
 Sept. 6, " Marched to St. Croix 
 
 " 10, " Marched for Stillwater
 
 698 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Sept. 18, 1776 Set out from Stillwater for home 
 
 " 20, " Set out from Bennington 
 
 " 24, " Arrived at Lyndeborough 
 
 " 29, " Orders came to raise men 
 
 Oct. 4, 1777 Set out to go to the army 
 
 " 7, " Arrived at Bennington 
 
 " 9, " Marched from Benniugton as far as St. Croir 
 
 " 10, " Arrived at Batten Hill 
 
 " u, " Marched for Fort Edward 
 
 " 12, " Arrived at Fort Edward 
 
 " 14, " Marched at night to Fort George 
 
 " 15, " Returned to Fort Edward 
 
 " 16, " Marched to Saratoga 
 
 " 17, " Burgoin and his army gave up and marched off 
 
 " 18, " We set out from Saratoga 
 
 " 19, " Lodged at Mrs. Rown 
 
 " 21, " Lodged in Northfield 
 
 " 22, " Lodged in Dublin 
 
 " 23, " Arrived at Lyndeborough 
 
 Apr. 3, 1779 Fell wood by Richardson's 
 
 June 15, " Ruben Bachelder raised his house 
 
 July 20, " Went to Goffstown to muster men 
 
 Sept. 6, " Raysed men for Portsmouth 
 
 Oct. 20, " Esq. Fuller run the line between Mr. Bullock and I 
 
 Jan. 24, 1780 School began at Capt. Barren's 
 
 May 19, " dark day at n o'clock as Dark as night 
 
 Nov. 25, " School-house burnt 
 
 Dec. 4, " Worked on School house 
 
 Ang. 14, 1793 Raised school house 
 
 Nov. 21, " Jonathan Barren drowned 
 
 May 20, 1797 Had the last newspaper 
 
 July 22, " Began to take the paper 
 
 Jan.' 4 i2, 1800 Meeting-house dressed in mourning for Gen 1 Washington 
 
 Nov. 4, " Polly Lewis ran away with Dickerman 
 
 Dec. 24, " Town singing school began here 
 
 Dec. 2, 1801 Raised horse shed at meeting-house. 
 
 The following is a letter written by Capt. Peter Clark to his 
 wife from Bennington, Vt. 
 
 Bennington (VT) Aug 18, 1777 
 
 These with my love to you and my dear children and Brothers and 
 Sisters. Hoping you are well as I am at present Except something of a 
 cold and much Fatagued with marching and last Saturday's action. We 
 are now about twenty miles east of Stillwater. We came to this Town 
 last Monday from Manchester, last Wednesday the whole Brigade was 
 paraded to march to Stillwater and while under arms the General Received 
 intelligence that there was a Large Body of the enemy coming to Destroy 
 the Stores at Bennington. Where upon the Brigade was Dismissed until 
 towards night, and then sent off Lt. Coll Gray of Londonderry with 
 about two Hundred men who early the next morning Discovered the 
 enemy at a mill about 7 miles from this place, and finding them a Large
 
 ff
 
 GENEALOGIES 699 
 
 body after firing at each other a few times Retreated and met the Brigade 
 about halfway between this mill and Bennington where the Brigade 
 made a stand and threw up a " Slity " brest work, the enemy came down 
 within about a mile & ^ of us and made a stand. Their number we 
 could not find out, but it appears by prisoners taken there was about 15 
 hundred. The next day was Friday and by Reason of Rainy wether noth- 
 ing of any Consequence was done. The next day Saturday Aug. 16 at 20 
 minutes past three in the afternoon the Battle began in earnest we Being 
 at this time on Every part of them and as near as I can tell I think the 
 battle held about > an hour and was Equal to Bunker Hill Excepting 
 there was not as many cannon, the Enemy had two Brass Field pieces, 
 we had none, the I/ord of Hosts sent them off in such hast they Left their 
 all and run. However we took many of them but here i must not End 
 for we had another battle much harder than the first for we were all most 
 tired out, and many of our people gone with the Prisoners, and those that 
 pursued those that fled were tnett by two Regements of Hessia Regulars 
 about Eight Hundred besides Torys who were all fresh hands who had 
 not been in the first Battle which brought on another Battle, which con. 
 tinued untill dark, but finally they were obliged to flee before us and 
 leave behind them two more Brass field pieces, small arms, and other 
 things. So God gave us a Compleat Victory over them. Many think it 
 to be all things considered the greatest Victory won since the war by the 
 Americans. Peter Clark. 
 
 Children of Maj. Peter Clark and Hannah (Eppes) Clark, five 
 younger born in L/yndeborough : 
 
 i. PETER, + 
 
 2. W ItU AM, -f- 
 
 3. DANIEL, + 
 
 4. BENJAMIN, -}- 
 
 5. FRANCIS, b. Feb. 25, 1772, d. July 14, 1773. 
 
 6. FRANCIS, + 
 
 7. HANNAH, b. March 14, 1776, d. April 3, 1776. 
 
 8. SAMUEL, + 
 
 9. HANNAH, b. May 8, 1780, m. Jonathan Parker of Chelms- 
 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 10. DEBORAH, m. Isaiah Parker of Chelmsford, Mass. (See 
 Parker gen.) 
 
 11. JOHN, + 
 
 PETER CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born 
 Sept. 27, 1764; married Elizabeth Punchard of Salem, Mass., July, 1783. 
 He removed to Brownington, Vt., but returned to I/yndeborough, where 
 he died Feb. 3, 1851. Children, born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 i. PETER, b. Aug. 13, 1784, m. Jane Aiken, who was b. 
 March 10, 1785. He d. Dec. 25, 1853. He lived in Fran- 
 cestown and Nashua, ultimately removing to Boston. He
 
 700 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 was a man of much enterprise, had large business inter- 
 ests and was closely connected with the railroad interests 
 of New England. Children : Peter, John L,., Benjamin, 
 Jane M., James G. 
 2. BENJAMIN, b. July i, 1787, d. Jan. 5, 1806. 
 
 WILLIAM CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born 
 May 18, 1766; married Dec. 20, 1787, Sarah Barren of Lyndeborough. 
 She was born 1771 ; died March 14, 1855. He died Nov. n, 1855. He 
 was a farmer and drover, and was selectman in 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 
 and 1802. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. Daniel Gould of L/yndeborough, 
 
 and rem. to Illinois. 
 
 2. WILLIAM, -(- 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1793, m. Alfred Killam of L/yndebor- 
 
 ough, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever. 
 
 4. JONATHAN, -|- 
 
 5. PETER, + 
 
 6. L,UCY, b. Aug. 3, 1800, m. John Caryl of L/yndeborough. 
 
 (See Caryl gen.) 
 
 7. DEBORAH, b. May 3, 1803, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever. 
 
 8. OLIVE, b. Aug. 5, 1805, m. Samuel Jones of L/yndeborough. 
 
 (See Jones gen.) 
 
 9. BENJAMIN F., -}- 
 
 10. MICAH, B., b. Dec. 19, 1810, d. July 30, 1811. 
 
 11. HANNAH D., b. Oct. 12, 1812, d. Feb. 13, 1865, m. George 
 F. Gilmore of Pittsburg, Pa. 
 
 12. BARRON, b. Sept. 8, 1815, d. April 18, 1826. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM CLARK, son of Wm. and Sarah (Barren) Clark; 
 born Jan. 31, 1791 ; died June 25, 1853 ; married Nancy Herrick of Green- 
 field, N. H., May, 1814. She was born March i, 1788; died July 4, 1850. 
 He was licensed to preach Sept., 1832 ; removed to Carlyle, N. Y., where 
 he was for many years pastor of a Presbyterian church. Children, born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HANNAH E., b. Feb. 16, 1815; m. Dr. J. H. Ells, Nov. 27, 
 
 1839- 
 
 2. MARY H., b. Dec. n, 1816, d. April, 1855. 
 
 3. NANCY D., b. Aug. 13, 1818, d. Dec., 1884. 
 JONATHAN CLARK, born July 4, 1795 ; married Sarah Putnam of 
 
 Lyudeborough, Dec. 16, 1817. She was born Aug. 19, 1793 ; died May 30, 
 1890. He died Oct. 23, 1879. Children, all born in Lyudeborough : 
 
 1. JONATHAN, b. March 8, 1819, d. Aug. 8, 1822. 
 
 2. JONATHAN B., b. June 7, 1822, rem. to California, d. Dec. 
 
 24, 1876.
 
 GENEALOGIES 701 
 
 3. DAVID P., -f 
 
 4. SARAH M., b. June 26, 1825, m. C. A. Blood of North 
 
 Chelmsford, Mass., d. Dec. 24, 1894. 
 
 5. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 3, 1827, d. Feb. 6, 1831. 
 
 6. ABBY A., b. Oct. 3, 1830, m. Hiram Cummings of L/owell, 
 
 Mass., Feb. n, 1849, d. Nov. 16, 1889. 
 
 7. HANNAH D., b. April 3, 1834, res. in Methuen, Mass. 
 
 DAVID P. CLARK, born Nov. 14, 1823; removed to North Chelms- 
 ford, Mass.; married Jan. 31, 1848, Eliza J. Blood of North Chelmsford, 
 Mass. She was born Oct. 26, 1825. Children: 
 
 1. ABBY F. 
 
 2. FRANK H. 
 
 3. I, AURA E. 
 
 4. EMMA A. 
 
 5. MARY G. 
 
 CAPT. PETER CLARK, son of William and Sarah (Barren) Clark; 
 born Oct. 12, 1797 ; married first, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Chloe 
 (Farrington) Jones of Lyndeborough, Nov. 20, 1823. She was born Dec. 
 21, 1798; died Feb. 16, 1839; married second, Lucy, daughter of Benja- 
 min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich of Lyndeborough, Feb. 19, 1840. She 
 was born Jan. 13, 1808 ; died July 6, 1878. He died Sept. 25, 1879. 
 
 He received his education in the common schools of the town, and 
 when a young man learned the potter's trade, at which he worked for 
 several years. He took great interest in military affairs, and joined a 
 cavalry company attached to the 22nd Regiment, N. H. Militia, which 
 was composed of men from Lyndeborough and adjoining towns, and rose 
 to the rank of captain, and by this title he was ever afterward known. 
 He united with the Congregational church in early life, and was a con- 
 stant attendant at church and served as warden many years. In 1842 he 
 removed to North Chelmsford, Mass., where he lived five years, return- 
 ing to North Lyndeborough in 1847. In 1854 he purchased the farm at 
 the "Centre" known as the "Squire" Stiles place, where the remainder 
 of his life was passed. He was a genial man, fond of a song or story, a 
 kind, helpful neighbor and hospitable to all. 
 
 He was the hero of an incident that was much talked of at the time : 
 While travelling alone about two miles south of Amherst village on the 
 afternoon of July 18, 1850, he was attacked by two highwaymen, who 
 sprang from the woods a little in advance of his team. One seized his 
 horse by the bit, while the other presented a pistol at his head and de- 
 manded " his money or his life." But they were mistaken in their man. 
 Capt. Clark had the courage and grit of his Revolutionary ancestors, and 
 did not propose to surrender valuables without a struggle. His only 
 weapon was a heavily loaded whip in the wagon. Seizing this he sprang 
 upon his assailant, dealing him a blow that felled him to the ground. At 
 the same instant the other man fired point blank at Mr. Clark's head, 
 the pistol being held so close that his face was filled with powder ; then 
 ensued a hand to hand struggle, the frightened horse meanwhile turning
 
 702 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 around in the road. His assailants getting the worst of the encounter, 
 jumped into the wagon and drove rapidly away, leaving Mr. Clark master 
 of the situation, but minus his team. He walked to Amherst village, 
 where his burned and blood-stained face created much excitement. His 
 horse was driven to Boston that night. It was subsequently recovered, 
 but that ninety-mile drive practically ruined it. The town of Amherst 
 offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the capture of the footpads, 
 but they were never found. Children, all born in Lyndeborough. but 
 William H.: 
 By first wife : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Dec. 26, 1824, d. Jan. 23, 1899. Was 
 
 a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 2. SARAH DEBORAH, b. Dec. 27, 1827, m. Thomas P. Rand of 
 
 Francestown, d. Nov. 14, 1904. (See Rand gen.) 
 By second wife : 
 
 3. WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 1 6, 1844, in North Chelmsford, Mass., 
 
 m. Abby K., dau. of Thomas P. and L/ydia (Wheeler) Rand 
 of Francestown, Dec. 15, 1875. She was born July 31, 
 1855. Res. on Clark homestead, and is an enterprising and 
 prosperous farmer. 
 
 4. LUCY ARABELLA, b. March 10, 1848, m. Ramsey C. Bout- 
 
 well, Nov. 20, 1872. He was a son of the Rev. Thurston 
 Boutwell, b. in Minnesota, May 16, 1837, d. April 24, 1898. 
 
 REV. BENJAMIN F. CLARK, born Feb. 23, 1808 ; married Mehitable 
 Atwood of Lyndeborough, Nov. 23, 1837. She was born Nov. 29, 1806 ; 
 died June 6, 1853. He died May 28, 1879, at North Chelmsford, Mass. 
 In his youth he learned the potter's trade. In 1826 he united with the 
 Congregational Church at Lyndeborough, He soon felt himself called 
 to preach the gospel, but pecuniary disaster rendered his father unable 
 to help him to an education. Hearing of special facilities in Tennessee 
 for those who were willing to carve out their own fortunes, in April, 1827, 
 he set out for that distant region and found his way to Boston with a 
 bundle of clothing and twenty-five dollars in his pocket. Thence with 
 two companions he took a packet to Baltimore. Resting here a short 
 time, he set out on foot with one of his companions for Marysville, East 
 Tennessee, 500 miles. Reaching his destination in June he connected 
 himself with the literary department of the Southwestern Theological 
 Seminary. He was not long satisfied with the instruction here, and in 
 March, 1829, he found his way 350 miles, again on foot, to Oxford, Ohio. 
 To defray the expense of this journey, he sold his watch and overcoat. 
 At Oxford he completed his preparatory studies and entered Miami 
 University, graduating with high honor in 1833. By acting as private 
 tutor in mathematics and teaching singing, with the economy taught by 
 necessity, he was able to support and educate himself. 
 
 He was principal of Rising Sun Seminary, in Rising Sun, Indiana, 
 from October, 1833, to October, 1834 ; studied theology at Lane Semi- 
 nary two years and a half, commencing in the autumn of 1834. Here,
 
 GENEALOGIES 703 
 
 among other eminent teachers he enjoyed the instruction of Lyman 
 Beecher. Licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Oxford, Ohio, in 
 October, 1837, he returned to his home in Lyndeborough. He married 
 first, Mehitable, daughter of Paul and Judith Atwood of Lyndeborough. 
 Three children were the result of this union. She died June 16, 1853, 
 and he married second, Mrs. Julia Ann Atwood of Amherst, N. H., 
 widow of the late Dr. Moses Atwood of New Boston, N. H. She died 
 at North Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 4, 1889. 
 
 The pastor of the church in Lyndeborough being ill, Mr. Clark sup- 
 plied his pulpit the first seven months in 1838, also Mt. Vernon and 
 Francestown pulpits three months of the same year. 
 
 From January, 1839, until August, 1839, he was at Andover Theologi- 
 cal Seminary. In August, 1839, he was ordained pastor of the Congregat- 
 ional Church at North Chelmsford, Mass. At this time this church had 
 been without a pastor seven years and was greatly reduced, but with his 
 accustomed heartiness and energy, he entered into the work of building 
 up the village, schools and church, and was eminently successful, retain- 
 ing his interest in them all through life. 
 
 During his ministry there were received by profession, 105 ; by letter, 
 77 ; total, 182. His salary all through his pastorate was $600. He never 
 had a vacation. He preached three times each Sabbath. A good singer, 
 he was instrumental in improving the singing of the Sabbath School 
 and choir. 
 
 He was genial and companionable, of a very social disposition, fond of 
 a story, apt at a joke and as ready to take as to give a pleasantry. He 
 was quite popular in his vicinity as a lyceum lecturer. One of his best 
 lectures was entitled " Changes in New England manners and customs 
 during the last 70 years," illustrated by old folks in costume singing 
 songs" of Ye olden time " carding and spinning on the large and small 
 wheels etc. This led the way for the old folks' concerts so popular for a 
 time. 
 
 Mr. Clark was on the school committee of Chelmsford for 20 years and 
 for many years and up to the time of his death a director in the Stony 
 Brook Railroad Corporation. He died at North Chelmsford, Mass., 
 May 28, 1879.* Children, all by first wife : 
 
 1. JOHN H., b. Dec. 25, 1838, m. Marion, dau. of Neil Mc- 
 
 Lane of New Boston. 
 
 2. FRANCELIA, Feb. i, 1844, d. April 15, 1858. 
 
 3. MARY E., b. Nov. n, 1847, d. July 17, 1849. 
 
 DANIEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, born 
 March 14, 1768 ; married Mary Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough, Nov. 25, 
 1790. She was born Sept. 20, 1768; died April 3, 1852. He died Aug. n, 
 1828. Children : 
 
 1. MARY, b. Sept. 27, 1791, d. May 9, 1841. 
 
 2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1793, m. Sally Hall. He d. 1863. 
 
 * The facts, and often the exact language of this sketch are taken from the Memorial 
 Address at the funeral of Rev. Benj. F. Clark, May 31, 1879, by Wni. P. Alcott, acting 
 pastor.
 
 704 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. PETER, b. Aug. n, 1794, m. Betsey Whitmarsh, Dec. 2?, 
 1817, d. Oct. 18, 1855. She was b. May 17, 1789, d. Aug. 
 5, 1849. 
 
 BENJAMIN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; 
 born Feb. 26, 1770"; married Susanna Bass of Braintree, Mass., Feb. 7, 
 1793. She was born May 16, 1768; died Nov. 3, 1824. He died Aug. n, 
 1844. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Dec. 3, 1793. 
 
 2. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 29, 1795, d. Dec. 29, 1796. 
 
 3. FRANCIS, b. May i, 1796, m. Julia L/iscomb, June 5, 1821. 
 
 4. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 23, 1798, m. Sophie Knight, May 21, 
 
 1823. 
 
 5. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 25, 1800, d. Jan. 4, 1889, m. Hannah 
 
 Cross. 
 
 6. PETER, b. Jan. 24, 1802, m. Philena Mann, Sept. 12, 1827. 
 
 7. DR. HOWARD, b. Jan. 31, 1804, m. Gilty L/etson, July 13, 
 
 1834. 
 
 8. SUSANNA, b. Dec. 12, 1805, d. Dec. 15, 1805. 
 
 9. DANIEL, b. Nov. n, 1806, m. Elizabeth Avery, Mar. 6, 1827. 
 
 10. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 2, 1808, d. Nov. 19, 1808. 
 
 11. WILLIAM, b. March 19, 1811, m. Fanny H. Silver, Oct. 4, 
 
 1837- 
 
 12. HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1815, m. Harriet D. Badger, March 
 
 22, 1838. 
 
 FRANCIS CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born 
 April 14, 1774 ; married Mehitable Gould of Lyndeborough, Dec. 24, 1795. 
 He died Oct. 21, 1824. Children : 
 
 1. DORCAS, b. Nov. 25, 1796. 
 
 2. MEHITABLE, b. Oct. 31, 1798. 
 
 3. DEBORAH, b. May 16, 1801, d. Oct. 29. 1812. 
 
 4. POLLY, b. April 21, 1803, m. Jonathan Dodge, Jan. i, 1824. 
 
 5. FRANCIS, b. June 16, 1805. 
 
 6. Harriet, b. Aug. 27, 1808. 
 
 7. PAULINA, b. Sept. 6, 1811, d. March 2, 1843. 
 
 8. DEBORAH, b. Sept. 21, 1813, d. July, 1834. 
 
 9. CHARLES L,., b. Dec. 2, 1816. 
 
 10. WILLIAM, b. July 6, 1819. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born 
 March 19, 1777; married first, Betsey Cleaves; she died Oct. i, 1825; 
 married second, Abigail Currier. He died April 17, 1857. Children: 
 
 1. BETSEY, b. 1795. 
 
 2. HENRY, b. 1798, d, 1802.
 
 GENEALOGIES 705 
 
 3. MARY, b. 1802, m. Trueworthy Oilman, d. Nov. 15, 1843. 
 
 4. CLARISSA, b. 1805, m. Franklin Rand, Oct. 16, 1839. 
 
 5. EMILY, b. 1807, m. Capt. Richard Hall. 
 
 6. PAULINA, b. 1809, m. Robert Webb. 
 
 DBA. JOHN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; 
 born Jan. 4, 1785 ; married first, Margaret Rand of Lyndeborough, Nov. 
 18, 1806. She was born June 15, 1782 ; died Aug. 31, 1846. Married sec- 
 ond, Nancy Patterson of Greenfield, N. H., Dec. 9, 1847. He died March 
 J 9> ^55- He removed to New Ipswich, N. H., and became a prominent 
 and influential citizen. Children : 
 
 1. MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1807, in Lyndeborough. 
 
 2. HANNAH, b. June 16, 1809, in Lyndeborough. 
 
 3. DEBORAH, b. Oct. 12, 1811, in Lyndeborough. 
 
 4. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. April n, 1814, in Lyndeborough. 
 
 5. PETER H., b. in New Ipswich, Dec. n, 1816. 
 
 6. JAMES R., b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1822. 
 
 JOHN CLARK came to Lyndeborough from Braintree, Mass., in 1775. 
 He settled on lot 126, second division, near the North Lyndeborough 
 schoolhouse. He married Margery Hayward, April 24, 1777. She died 
 Nov. 26, 1808. He died March 19, 1814. Child, born in Lyndeborough: 
 
 i. SALLY, b. Nov. 19, 1778, m. Benjamin Goodrich, son of Rev. 
 Sewell and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. (See Goodrich 
 gen.) 
 
 CLARK. 
 
 MATTHEW CLARK was descended from Dea. James Clark, one of the 
 sixteen proprietors who settled Londonderry in 1719. James Clark mar- 
 ried Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Wilson, May 22, 1722. Her interesting ex- 
 perience is mentioned in the history of Londonderry. Their eldest son, 
 John, born March 31, 1723, married Margaret, daughter of Matthew and 
 Elizabeth (Lindsey) Clark. Matthew, son of John and Margaret 
 (Clark) Clark, born 1762, married Nancy, daughter of John and Janet 
 (McClintock) Dickey of Derryfield, N. H. in 1783. He removed to Wil- 
 ton, N. H., in 1798, and with his son, James L., came to Lyndeborough in 
 1815, where he died Oct. 23, 1827. Children : 
 
 1. JAMES L., + 
 
 2. NANCY, b. March 30, 1795, m. Henry Clark. 
 
 JAMES LINDSEY CLARK, son of Matthew and Nancy (McClintock) 
 Clark, came to Lyndeborough from Wilton, N. H., in 1815, and settled 
 on the farm where Chas. L. Perham now lives. (Home lot No. 60.) This 
 farm was one of the first occupied in the history of the town. July 10, 
 1736, John Hutchinson of Litchfield gave a bond to Jonathan Peal of 
 Salem, Mass., one of the original proprietors, that he would have within 
 four years a dwelling house on home lot No. 60, " twenty feet by 
 eighteen," and twelve acres cleared, broken up and brought to and fenced
 
 706 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 in. In the deed given Sept. 27, 1760, the statement is made that these 
 conditions were fulfilled. The farm was occupied by the James Hutchin- 
 son family until Feb. 19, 1794. Later owners were Samuel Butterfield, 
 David Butterfield and Abel Hill. 
 
 James Lindsey Clark was born in Londonderry, N. H., May 15, 1790 ; 
 married June 27, 1815, Rebecca, daughter of Timothy and Prudence 
 (Chapman) Baldwin of Wilton, a descendant of John of England, who 
 came to Billerica, Mass., in 1655. She was born April n, 1793 ; died Oct. 
 18, 1820. He married second, in 1823, Hannah Baldwin, sister of Re- 
 becca, born Feb. 23, 1795 ; died March 13, 1860. 
 
 Children of James I/, and Rebecca (Baldwin) Clark : 
 
 i DAVID DICKEY, + 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec., 1819; died Oct. 9, 1828. 
 
 Children of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark : 
 
 1. REBECCA B., married Oliver Perham. (See Perhani gen.) 
 
 2. HANNAH JANE, b. July 2, 1825, m. William S. Treadwell 
 
 of Peterborough, N. H., May i, 1849, res. in Peterbor- 
 ough. 
 
 3. WILLIAM HENRY, b. April 28, 1827,, m. Theresa A., dau. 
 
 of William H. and Sarah Morrill Heath of Deering, N. H., 
 April 2, 1858, res. in West Medford, Mass. Children : 
 Walter G., Evelyn T. 
 
 4. JAMES BROOKS, b. Oct. 15, 1828, d. Nov. 4, 1850. . 
 
 5. ASA BALDWIN, b. Oct. 17, 1831, m. Jan. i, 1861, Mary E., 
 
 dau. of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough. 
 Was a grocer in Wilton for several years, now a resident of 
 Wellesley, Mass. Child : Alice B. 
 
 6. ELIZABETH, b 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837. 
 
 7. FRANK GREY, -f- 
 
 DAVID DICKEY CLARK, born Sept. 18, 1817; married April 22, 
 1842, Sophronia, daughter of John and Mary (Chandler) Dickinson of 
 Weathersfield, Vt. She was born Jan. 26, 1816; died May 13, 1872. He 
 was a resident of the town for many years ; died March i, 1890. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. WILLIAM T., b. May 7, 1843, m. Sept. 3, 1867, L/. Jennie, 
 
 dau. of Isaac and Lydia (Thompson) Richards of East 
 Monmouth, Me. Is a photographer and res. in Boston, 
 Mass. Children : Mary A., Waldo D. 
 
 2. MARY JANE, b. March 25, 1845, d. Nov. 24, 1864. 
 
 3. GORHAM B., b. April 18, 1847, <* July 24, 1865. Was a 
 
 soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 4. EDNA A., b. April 7, 1849, d. Oct. 26, 1870, m. Jan. 4, 1869, 
 
 Wallace Clark of Peterborough. Child : Harry B.
 
 V /
 
 GENEALOGIES 707 
 
 5. LAURA A., b. March 7, 1852, m. George J. Carson. (See 
 
 Carson gen.) 
 
 6. JAMES L., JR., b. May 25, 1856, m. Dec. 30, 1885, Lizzie C., 
 
 dau. of David and Mary (Mitchell) Wallace of Nashua, 
 N. H. Children : Wallace B., Marion F. 
 
 7. SARAH MELISSA, b. Nov. 17, 1859, m. May i, 1888, Alonzo 
 
 J. Gove of Alexandria, where they reside. Children : 
 Grace E. G., Ethel B. 
 
 REV. FRANK GREY CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1838. He prepared for 
 college at Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H. and was graduated 
 from Amherst College in 1862. He became the principal of Francestown 
 Academy in August of the same year, and resigned that position in the 
 summer of 1867. He was eminently successful as a teacher, and brought 
 the old " Academy " into a high state of efficiency. Probably it was 
 never more prosperous during any period of its history. He married 
 Charlotte, daughter of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough, 
 Aug. ii, 1864. She was assistant teacher at the Academy, faithful and 
 competent, and their many pupils, scattered now all over the country, 
 regard them with loving esteem. Graduating in the special course at 
 Andover Theological Seminary in 1869, he was ordained at Francestown, 
 Sept. 2 of that same year, and served as city missionary at Manchester, 
 N. H., until April i, 1873. He was installed over the Congregational 
 church, Rindge, N. H., June 3, 1873, an ^ after a pastorate of five years 
 was dismissed Dec. 31, 1878. He was installed over the church at 
 Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 28, 1879, an( i dismissed April 4, 1888. He resided 
 at West Medford, Mass., 1888 and 1889, and was acting pastor over a 
 church at Arlington, Mass., for eight months in 1889. Installed at Ply- 
 mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1890. He was a delegate in the Christian Commis- 
 sion in front of Petersburg, Va., in 1864. Was superintending school com- 
 mittee in Francestown, 1864 and 1865, and a member of the school board 
 iu Manchester in 1873. He has published a number of sermons, and 
 compiled and edited pamphlets of value to the Congregational denomina- 
 tion. He delivered the historical address at the anniversary of the set- 
 tlement of Lyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889, and published the same in pam- 
 phlet form. This address was the result of much research among old 
 records, and has been largely incorporated in this history. 
 
 CLARK 
 
 HENRY CLARK, born in Chester, Oct. 25, 1788; married Nov. 7, 1816, 
 Nancy, daughter of Matthew and Nancy (Dickey) Clark of Lyndebor- 
 ough. She was born in Derry, March 30, 1795, and died in Medford, 
 Mass., March 10, 1873. Her father removed from Derry to Wilton in 
 1798, and thence to Lyndeborough in 1815. He lived on the place where 
 Chas. L. Perham now lives, and was the father of James Lindsey Clark, 
 whose family register may be found in another place. 
 
 Henry Clark bought a farm in New Boston and lived there until 1850, 
 when he removed to Lyndeborough, where he died Apr. u, 1867. He 
 had charge of the town farm for one year, and then bought the place at 
 the Centre now best known as the Fowler place. Henry Clark's father,
 
 708 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 John Clark, was a soldier in the Revolution. Children, all born in New 
 Boston : 
 
 1. GEORGE, b. Aug. i, 1817, m. Cynthia I,. Davis of Unadilla, 
 
 N. Y., Feb. 6, 1842. He d. in Medford, Mass., Jan. i, 
 1880. She d. Nov. 9, 1883. 
 
 2. CHARLES F., b. April 19, 1819, m April 24, 1842, L/ydia M. 
 
 Rines of Wilton. He d. in Boston, May 25, 1893. She d. 
 March 17, 1860. 
 
 3. JAMES L/., born April 3, 1821, m. Nov. 8, 1841, Sarah A. 
 
 Phelps of Andover, N. H. He d. in Yarmouth, Mass., 
 Dec. 12, 1864. Shed. 1898. 
 
 4. HEPZIBAH H., b. Sept. 23, 1823, m. May 21, 1843, Gilman 
 
 Griffin. He d. in Somerville, Mass., Sept. 18, 1856. She 
 d. Jan. 17, 1894. 
 
 5. NANCY M., b. Jan. 22, 1826, m. Sept. 6, 1849, Orvid M. 
 
 Fowler of Johnson, Vt. He d. in Medford, Mass., May 20, 
 1899. She res. in Medford, Mass. 
 
 6. HENRY, b. May n, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1852, Julia M. Tayler 
 
 of Chelsea, Mass. She d. Nov. 26, 1866. He m. second, 
 Nancy J. Dennison of Hampton, 111., July 30, 1868, where 
 they are still living. 
 
 7. WILLIAM D., b. Dec. 19, 1831, m. Mary B. Snell of L,ud- 
 
 low, Vt., July i, 1855. He d. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 17, 
 1900. 
 
 8. ELEANOR J., b. Aug. 12, 1834, m. March 30, 1856, Stephen 
 
 Crocker of Halifax, Mass., m. second, Isaac H. Locke of 
 Alexander, N. H., June 8, 1867. He d. in Whitman, 
 Mass., July 23, 1903. She res. at Whitman. 
 
 9. FRANKLIN AUSTIN, b. Apr. 13, 1837, m. Oct. 28, 1862, 
 
 Amelia Cook of Medford, Mass. Res. in Ossipee, N. H. 
 
 10. DUDLEY H., b. Sept. 2, 1838, m. July 25, 1861, Eldora 
 Butterfield of Wayland, Mass. He d. in Medford, Mass., 
 Nov. 12, 1865. She d. Aug., 1873. 
 
 CLEMENT. 
 
 CHARLES O. CLEMENT, son of Archibald and Margaret (Sylvester) 
 Clement ; born in Warren, Me., Nov. 3, 1851 ; married June 28, 1873, 
 Mary A., daughter of Salathiel L. and Mary J. (Carpenter) Wheeler of 
 Windsor. She was born June 14, 1856. He came to Lyndeborough in 
 1873 and built a house in South Lyndeborough. He is a carpenter by 
 trade, and is in the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford 
 R.R.; resides in Dedham, Mass. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. BERTIE L,., b. April 2, 1874, m. Oct. 3, 1896, Mrs. Emma J.
 
 GENEALOGIES 709 
 
 Farnum. Children: Charles W., Anna I,. Res. in Ded- 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 2. MABEL M., b. April 9, 1877, m. Arthur K. Woodward. 
 
 (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 3. PERLEY E., b. Sept. 6, 1882. l V,V' 
 
 COCHRANB. 
 
 WILLIAM K. COCHRANE purchased the Boardman place in North 
 Lyndeborough in 1856 and lived there until 1860, when he removed to 
 Goffstown, N. H. He married Lydia Swasey. She died March 17, 1879. 
 He died April 27, 1878. Children : 
 
 1. ELLEN 1^., b. in Newbury, Vt., Nov. 22, 1832. 
 
 2. WILLIAM H. D., b. in North Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 29, 
 
 1838, m. Irene A. Stokes of Manchester, N. H., April 12, 
 1870. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of L,ieut. Col. 
 
 COIvBURN. 
 
 JAMES L. COLBURN, son of Leonard and Mary T. (Livingston) Col- 
 burn ; born in New Boston, July 8, 1842 ; married June 7, 1865, Nancy J., 
 daughter of William and Lois (Carson) Hopkins. He lived for a while 
 after his marriage in Francestown, then in Revere, Mass., removing 
 thence to Medford, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough in 1900 and bought 
 the mill known as Buttrick's, or the Eaton mill. He was a soldier in the 
 Civil War, and was for a long time in the rebel prison at Danville. Child, 
 born in Francestown : 
 
 i. BERTRAND W., b. July 17, 1869. 
 
 COIvSON. 
 
 JAMES COLSON, born in Monroe, Me., Sept. 25, 1834 ; married first, 
 Tamson Steele of Sebec, Me. She was born June 17, 1840; died March 
 15, 1866 ; married second, July 3, 1869, Dorcas Libby of Lawrenceville, 
 Canada. She was born Dec. 26, 1843. He was an employee of the Elgin 
 Watch Co., Elgin, 111. for many years. Came to Lyndeborough in 1893. 
 Resides on the Nelson Cram place, South Lyndeborough. 
 
 CONANT. 
 
 ALBERT S. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) 
 Conant; born July 22, 1840, in Antrim ; married first, Almanda J., daugh- 
 ter of Joseph and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford of Lyndeborough, Oct. 12, 
 1868. She was born Jan. 27, 1851 ; died Nov. n, 1878; married second, 
 Oct. ii, 1879, Abbie J., daughter of John G. and Roxanna (Hutchinson) 
 Raymond of Milford, born Aug. 29, 1848. He came to Lyndeborough 
 from Greenfield in 1853. Resided first at the Dolliver homestead and 
 later removed to South Lyndeborough village. Is a carpenter, and was 
 a soldier in the Civil War. Child by first wife :
 
 710 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1. CORA J., b. in Fitchburg, Mass., April 7, 1870, m. Fred T. 
 
 Banks of Nashua, Nov. 28, 1889. 
 By second wife born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 2. SAMUEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1880, d. in infancy. 
 
 3. FLORENCE J., b. Aug. 15, 1882, m. Dec. 26, 1903, Arthur 
 
 L,. Burnham of Hillsboro. 
 
 CHARLES W. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds) 
 Conant, born in Antrim, Nov. 27, 1843 ; married Adaline Gates of Leomin- 
 ster, Mass. Was a soldier in the Civil War. Resides in Leominster, 
 Mass. (See Chapter X.) 
 
 CRAM. 
 
 JOHN CRAM, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Weare) Cram, born at 
 Hampton Falls, Mass., Jan. 12, 1685; married Feb. 18, 1707, Sarah, 
 daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover, Mass. She 
 was born at Andover, Aug. 17, 1678, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. i, 
 1757. He died at Amherst, 1759. So far as authentic records show he 
 was the first settler in Salem-Canada, now Lyndeborough. 
 
 For a biographical sketch of John Cram see chapter XXXIII. 
 
 The three older children were born at Hampton Falls. The others at 
 Woburn, Mass. Children: 
 
 1. JONATHAN, -+- 
 
 2. HUMPHREY, b. Nov. 8, 1710, m. Hannah . 
 
 3. PHEBE, b. July 8, 1712, m. Moses Stiles. (See Stiles gen.) 
 
 4. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 23, 1713, d. Dec. 24, 1794. 
 
 5. HULDAH, b. May 5, 1715, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See 
 
 Woodward gen.) 
 
 6. JOHN, b. April 10, 1717, m. Sarah . 
 
 7. SARAH, b. June 27, 1719, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Put- 
 
 nam gen.) 
 
 8. ELIZABETH, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain 
 
 gen.) 
 
 9. ELI, b. March 10, 1721. 
 
 10. BENJAMIN, -\- 
 
 The last children were two sets of twins. 
 
 JONATHAN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at 
 Hampton Falls, Feb. 21, 1708; married Dec. i, 1732, Mary, daughter of 
 Daniel and Mary Chamberlain of Billerica, Mass. She was born Jan. 20, 
 1706, and died in Lyndeborough, Jan. 5, 1770. He died Jan. 23, 1790. He 
 was the original settler on the land where Mrs. John Putnam lives, since 
 known as the Jonathan Cram place. The five older children were born at 
 Wilmington, Mass., the others in Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1 . JONATHAN, .+ 
 
 2. MARY, b. June 6, 1735, d. June 5, 1738. 
 
 3. DAVID, -f
 
 ' PROUD AND TRUE. " 
 
 COAT OF ARMS OF VOX CRAM FAMILY OF GERMANY. 
 FROM WHICH THE CRAMS IX AMERICA DESCEXDED.
 
 GENEALOGIES 711 
 
 4. JACOB, -f 
 
 5. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 4, 1741, m. John Carkin. (See Carkin 
 
 gen.) 
 
 6. RACHEL, b. April 16, 1744, m. Ephraim Putnam, d. April 
 
 29, 1833. (See Putnam gen.) 
 
 7. SOLOMON, -}- 
 
 8. URIAH, + 
 
 JONATHAN CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; 
 born June 8, 1733 ; married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles) 
 Putnam. She was born at Salem, Mass., June 28, 1736. He settled on 
 Abbott Hill, Wilton, and endured the privations common to the pioneers 
 of a new country. Children, all born in Wilton : 
 
 Sarah, Jonathan, Phillip, Susanna, Mary, Mehitable, Zeniah. 
 
 DAVID CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born 
 at Wilmington, Mass., June 26, 1737 ; married Mary Badger, daughter of 
 John Badger of England, who was very early a settler in Salem-Canada. 
 She died in Lyndeborough, March 10, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, 
 June 25, 1825. He was the first settler on the hill, about a mile east of 
 South Lyndeborough village, where he lived until his death. This farm 
 has been in the posssession of his descendants ever since, and is now 
 occupied by his grandson, Luther. His wife, Mary Badger, was one of 
 the four children of John Badger, whose wife, Mary McFarland, went 
 three miles one winter night to obtain help, an account of which may be 
 found in the sketch of the Badger family. Children, all but eldest, born 
 at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. at Wilton, Dec. 29, 1761, m. Ambrose Lakin. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1764, m. Oct. 14, 1789, Isaac L/ewis. 
 
 3. L/OUISA, b. Sept. 14, 1765, m. Darius Jeffries. 
 
 4. DAVID, -f- 
 
 5. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1769, m. first, Samuel Rogers ; second, 
 
 William Hastings. 
 
 6. GIDEON, -4- 
 
 7. DEBORAH, b. July 21, 1773, m. June 6, 1799, Ambrose 
 
 Hutchinson. 
 
 8. ROBERT, -f- 
 
 9. JONATHAN, -\- 
 
 10. REBECCA, b. Feb. 27, 1782, d. Sept. 10, 1782. 
 
 David, Deborah, Robert, and Jonathan removed to Roxbury, 
 Vt., where they were among the earliest settlers there. 
 
 DAVID CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram, born May 26, 
 1767 ; married Oct. 25, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy 
 (Spaulding) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 16, 1773 ; 
 died in Roxbury, Vt., May 5, 1813. He early removed to Roxbury, Vt., 
 where he was one of the first settlers, and the first town treasurer, 1796.
 
 712 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 He also held other public office and was an influential citizen. His chil- 
 dren were born at Roxbury, with the exception of the eldest. Some of 
 them came to L/yndeborough : 
 
 1. EPHRAIM, b. at I/yndeborough, Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clarinda 
 
 Cram, d. near Great Salt Lake in 1852. 
 
 2. PHILIP, b. March 18, 1795, m. Dec. 27, 1821, Abigail Heath. 
 
 He d. April, 1883. 
 
 3. NAOMI, b. Aug. 21, 1797, m. Nov. 3, 1818, James Grant. 
 
 (See Grant gen.) 
 
 4. LUCY, b. Sept. 4, 1799, m. March 28, 1820, Joseph Grant, d. 
 
 at St. Paul, Minn., October, 1873. 
 
 5. SOLOMON, -|- 
 
 6. HIRAM, + 
 
 7. DAVID, b. May 8, 1805, m. first, Susanna Bridges, March 
 
 29, 1842 ; second, March 24, 1855, Betsey Burt. He d. 
 Oct. 12, 1886, at Wilton. 
 
 8. ESTHER, b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. Aug. 19, 1830, Alvin Sawyer. 
 
 She d. at Boston, June 26, 1898. 
 
 9. JOHN P., b. April 19, 1810. Enlisted in the Regular Army 
 
 and was last heard from in Prairie Du Chien, Wis. 
 Of the above children Ephraim b. Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clar- 
 inda Cram. She d. June i, 1842. He d. on the way to 
 California, June 12, 1852. They had ten children : Sarah, 
 Horace, Chauncey C., Clarinda, Laura, Ephraim, Chris- 
 topher, David, Isaac, Mary. 
 
 SOLOMON CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram, born at 
 Roxbury, Vt., Nov. 5, 1802, and died at Lyndeborough, March n, 1863 ; 
 married Jan. 17, 1826, Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Grant) Sar- 
 gent. She was born at Hillsboro, Oct. 28, 1804 ; died April 19, 1885. He 
 was the first man to build a shop and carry on blacksmithing in South 
 Lyndeborough village. The two older children were born at Roxbury, 
 the others at I/yndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. MARY J., b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. first, Samuel Hodgeman of 
 
 Francestown, Oct. 28, 1846 ; second, Alban Buttrick. 
 
 2. SUSAN B., b. Jan. n, 1829, m. John W. Sharp, Dec. 19, 
 
 1845. Res. at Boston. 
 
 3. GEORGE M., + 
 
 4. ORIN N., -j- 
 
 5. AZRO D., 4~ 
 
 6. SARAH E., b. June 12, 1844, m, Nov. 28, 1867, Joseph 
 
 Sharp. (See Sharp gen.) 
 
 7. EMMA F., b. Jan. 3, 1849, m. March 24, 1869, Charles B. 
 
 Pinkham. Res. at Milford.
 
 GENEALOGIES 713 
 
 GEORGE M. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born 
 June 20, 1831 ; married first, Oct. 28, 1858, Ellen E. Godding of Rindge ; 
 second, Mrs. Louisa (Godding) Hastings. His first wife died April 9, 
 1865. (For George M. Cram's war record see Chapter X.) Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE E., d. in infancy. 
 
 2. CARRIE E., d. in infancy. 
 
 3. OSCAR E., + 
 
 4. CHARLIE M., d. in infancy. 
 
 OSCAR E. CRAM, son of George M. and Louisa G. Hastings Cram ; 
 born in Rindge, April 2, 1866; married Feb. 9, 1892, Lillian M., daughter 
 of Edwin and Mary E. (Tarbell) Swasey ; resides in Taunton, Mass., and 
 is a clerk in the grocery store of Cobb, Bates and Yerxa in that city. 
 
 ORIN N. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born 
 Jan. 25, 1836 ; married Dec. 30, 1862, Caroline M., daughter of Peter and 
 Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Tewksbury, Mass. She was born Aug. 5, 1837 ; 
 died April u, 1887. He died Feb. 4, 1893. Children born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. NELSON S., b. July 27, 1866, d. Oct. 16, 1904. 
 
 2. CHARLES, b. July 27, 1866. 
 
 3. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 20, 1867, d. Sept. 10, 1868. 
 
 4. REBECCA W., b. Dec. 6, 1869. 
 
 5. CARRIE E., b. Feb. 18, 1872, d. Oct. n, 1872. 
 
 AZRO D. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary S. (Sargent) Cram, born 
 Aug. 6, 1838; married July 23, 1859, Sarah E. Young. He was a soldier 
 in Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. ANDY F., -}- 
 
 i. ADDIE F., b. May 7, 1866, married first, Frank A. Haley. 
 
 July 3, 1882 ; second, April 3, 1889, Albert E. Burnham. 
 
 Res. at lyowell, Mass. 
 
 3. MARY S., b. Aug. 30, 1869, m. Nov. 9, 1889, Willis H. 
 
 Draper. 
 
 4. ANNIE M., b. March 30, 1872, m. Harry Draper. 
 
 5. CARRIE B., b. Sept. n, 1875. 
 
 ANDY F. CRAM, son of Azro D. and Sarah (Young) Cram ; born Aug. 
 n, 1860; married first, Mrs. Jennie S. Davidson of Manchester, Oct. 15, 
 1882 ; married second, June 13, 1900, Annie, daughter of Edward and 
 Annie (Brady) Murphy of Durham, Canada. She was born Aug. 16, 1868. 
 Child by first wife : 
 
 1. ADDIE A., b. Feb. 3, 1889. 
 By second wife : 
 
 2. LESTER A., b. Aug. 27, 1901. 
 
 HIRAM CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram; born at 
 Windsor, Vt., Dec. 7, 1803; married Jan. i, 1834, Harriet Tenney, daugh-
 
 714 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 ter of William and Mary (Butterfield) Tenney, born in Sharon, N. H., 
 Aug, 13, 1808; died in Peterborough, March 9, 1857. He died in Shirley, 
 Mass., Aug. 15, 1893. Children, six elder born in Sharon, four in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. LUCY M., b. May 3, 1834, m. Oct. 18, 1852, Samuel M. 
 
 Woods of Peterborough. 
 
 2. WILLIAM H., b. May 15, 1836, m. first July 4, 1862, Ellen 
 
 P. Henry, m. second, Jan. 13, 1876, Mary Rutter. 
 
 3. MosES, b. June 10, 1839. 
 
 4. HENRY, b. April 10, 1841, d. Sept. 30, 1857, in Peterbor- 
 
 ough. 
 
 5. JOHN P., b. May 3, 1842, d. June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson. 
 
 6. DAVID A., b. Aug. 10, 1844, d. Aug. 29, 1862, at Bull Run, 
 
 Va. 
 
 7. HIRAM T., -f 
 
 8. AUGUSTUS B., b. March 4, 1849, m. Oct. 31, 1871, Anna L. 
 
 Hastings, res. Shirley, Mass. 
 
 9. EDWARD M., b. Aug. 13, 1851, m. Nov. 28, 1878, Ida May 
 
 Wilson, res. at Peterborough. 
 
 10. EMMA B., b. Dec. 10, 1855, d. Oct. 30, 1858. 
 
 HIRAM T. CRAM, son of David and Harriet (Tenney) Cram ; born at 
 1/yndeborough, March 5, 1847, m - Nov. 14, 1871, Sophronia R. Robinson 
 of Jaffrey. She was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza A. (Smith) Robin- 
 son of Rindge. She was born March 17, 1851. Children, all but Bernice 
 born at Peterborough : 
 
 1. ARTHUR H., b. July 23, 1874. 
 
 2. EVERETT I,., b. March n, 1877. 
 
 3. LENA B., b. April 23, 1878. 
 
 4. BERNICE C., b. at Lyndeborough, May 22, 1881. 
 
 5. FLORENCE M., b. Nov. 23, 1886. 
 
 GIDEON CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born Feb. 
 25, 1771 ; married Amy, daughter of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton) 
 (Johnson) Putnam. She was born March 6, 1779; died Dec. 17, 1866. He 
 died June 17, 1837. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. DANIEL, -|- 
 
 2. MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1803, m. July 30, 1850, Herman Pettin- 
 
 gill, d. at Amherst, Jan. 18, 1886. 
 
 3. ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1806, d. April 22, 1835, at Lowell, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 4. LEWIS, + 
 
 5. LOIS, b. March 2, 1813, m. Harvey Holt ot Lyndeborough. 
 
 (See Holt gen.) 
 
 6. LUTHER, -f-
 
 GENEALOGIES 715 
 
 7. RHODA EMILY, b. Nov. 18, 1820, m. first, Eben Palmer, m. 
 
 second, Langdon Adams. She d. April u, 1896, at Buf- 
 falo, N. Y. 
 
 8. AMY, b. Oct. 9, 1823, m. March 2, 1847, George W. Bos- 
 
 worth. (See Bosworth gen.) 
 
 DANIEL CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram ; born April 
 6, 1799 ; married first, Sarah, daughter of Joel and Polly (Colburn) Holt, 
 Dec. 18, 1822* She was born May 18, 1797; died Oct. 19, 1837. Married 
 second, Oct. 13, 1853, Susan M., daughter of John Whittemore of Chester. 
 She was born July 12, 1826; died June 8, 1855. Married third, Sarah, 
 daughter of Abel Blood of Merrimac. She was born June 9, 1806 ; died 
 Feb. 3, 1878. He was a very public spirited and useful man in the com- 
 munity. First clerk of the Baptist church of which he was a member 
 and deacon and a liberal supporter of preaching. He removed to Am- 
 herst and died there Aug. 5, 1880. Children, all but youngest born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. lyAURA, b. July 6, 1824, m. Nov. 26, 1840, William Burtt of 
 
 Brookline. She d. in Milford, Oct. 25, 1891. 
 
 2. JULIA A., b. Aug. 22, 1825, m. June 4, 1845, Samuel H. 
 
 Hill, res in Milford. 
 
 3. DANIEL H., b. April 9, 1827, d. Aug. 3, 1831. 
 
 4. DAVID, b. March 20, 1830, m. June 18, 1856, Nancy A. 
 
 Scales of Townsend, Mass., res. in Townsend. Two chil- 
 dren, Charles D. and Emma M. 
 
 5. LOUISA, b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. Frank Davis. She d. in 
 
 Palmer, Mass., Jan. 13, 1878. 
 
 6. EMILY, b. Dec. 24, 1836, m. May 14, 1863, Joseph G. Hoi- 
 
 brook. She d. in Bedford, Sept. n, 1893. 
 
 7. DANIEL W., b. at Milford, July 25, 1854. 
 
 LEWIS CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam Cram ; born Dec. 8, 
 1808 ; married Jan. 18, 1831, Anna, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah 
 (Badger) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 23, 1801 ; died 
 in Addison, N. Y., July 21, 1874. He died at Addison, Jan. 13, 1887. He 
 removed about 1836 to Jasper, N. Y. Children, two eldest born in Lynde- 
 borough, the others in Jasper, N. Y.: 
 
 1. LOUISA A. W., b. Dec. 29, 1833, d. July 13, 1841. 
 
 2. GIDEON I,., b. Nov. 6, 1835, d. Nov. 22, 1835. 
 
 3. MARY A., b. Sept. 10, 1836, m. Mar. 30, 1854, Isaac June 
 
 of Addison, N. Y. She died there Sept. 17, 1881. 
 
 4. AMY M., b. April 29, 1840, d. April 19, 1850. 
 4. PUTNAM A., b. Feb. 22, 1843, d. Nov. 26, 1843. 
 
 LUTHER CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram; born Dec. 
 
 8. 1818 ; married April 4, 1844, Lucy, daughter of Ephraim and Lois 
 (Butler) Hackett, born in Lempster, Feb. 14, 1819. He inherited the
 
 716 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 homestead farm, and with the exception of seven years spent in New 
 York state, has always lived there. In 1853 he went to Salamanca, N. Y., 
 returning to Lyndeborough in 1861. While there he held some public 
 office. In Lyndeborough he has been honored by about all the offices in 
 the gift of the town. He was selectman for many years, and represented 
 the town in the legislature two terms. He has always encouraged by his 
 active work, by his presence at meetings, and in other ways, the educa- 
 tional and temperance interests of the town. He has also been promi- 
 nent in the local military organizations, and in early life was their drill 
 master, and was captain of the Light Infantry Co. At this writing, 1903, 
 his memory of the persons and events of his early days is good and has 
 been of material benefit to this history. Children, born at Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. ABBIE F., b. July 10, 1845. 
 
 2. EVERETT A., b. Jan. 10, 1848. (For military record see 
 
 Chap. X.) 
 
 3. FRANK W., + 
 
 4. MYRTIE M., b. June 25, 1863, d. Dec. 19, 1879. 
 
 FRANK WILLIS CRAM, son of Luther Cram of Lyndeborough, and 
 Lucy Almira Hackett of Lempster, N. H. He was born in Lyndebor- 
 ough, Oct. 26, 1854; married first, at Fort Gratiot, Mich., in February, 
 1884, to Annie May, who died Jan. 18, 1885, in Buffalo, N. Y. He married 
 second, at Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 23, 1887, Fannie Hart Warren, born 
 at Chicago, 111., July 26, 1861, daughter of Luther Barstow Warren and 
 Harriet Louise Woodward of New York, who reside in St. Louis, Mo. 
 Mr. Cram is a travelling salesman, and resides in St. Louis. Children : 
 
 1. FRANK WILLIS, JR., b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1885. 
 
 2. LOUISE ALMIRA, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 7, 1887. 
 
 3. HATTIE MYRTIE, b. at St, Louis, Mo., Nov. 28, 1892. 
 
 4. LUTHER EVERETT, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24, 1894, d. 
 
 Jan. 26, 1897. 
 
 5. AMY DEAN, b. at St. Louis, December, 1897. 
 
 ROBERT CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born June 
 27, 1776; married Jan. 19, 1801, Hannah Webster, daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Mary Webster. She was born in Hyde Park, Vt., April 5, 1775, and 
 died there Feb. 24, 1863. He died at Roxbury Vt., Sept. 23, 1854. He 
 went with his brother Jonathan to Plattsburg in Capt. Orcutt's Co. He 
 was a prominent citizen of Roxbury, and held many offices. Children, 
 born at Roxbury Vt. : 
 
 Martin, John, James, Hannah, Daniel, Anna, Elhanan W., 
 Truman, Betsey E. 
 
 JONATHAN CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born 
 March 9, 1779; married March 15, 1804, Lydia Smith of Williamstown, 
 Vt. She was born Nov. 4, 1784, and died there Sept. 7, 1840. He died at 
 Williamstown, March 21, 1869. According to the History of Roxbury, 
 Vt., Jonathan Cram was a sergeant in Capt. Orcutt's Co., which marched
 
 GENEALOGIES 717 
 
 to Plattsburg, Sept. 10, 1814, and returned Sept. 16, having been too late 
 for the battle. Children, all born in Williamstown : 
 
 Allen, Patty A., Jonathan, Lucinda, Chester, Joel, L,angdon, 
 Erastus, Truman, James R., Lydia L/., Mary, Abigail, 
 Reuben. 
 
 JACOB CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram; born 
 at Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 5, 1739; married Isabella Hutchinson. She 
 was born Dec., 1739, and died in Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1812. She was 
 from Danvers, Mass. He settled on what is now known as Perham 
 Corner, upon laud that was easier to clear and more free from stone 
 than the average wild land, and so it is said that he was able to enjoy the 
 comforts of life a little earlier than his pioneer neighbors. Children, all 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOHN, + 
 
 2. JACOB -|- 
 
 3. OLIVE, b, Oct. 6, 1769, m. Nov. 25, 1788, John Cram. She 
 
 d. March 16, 1851, at Hallowell, Me. 
 
 4. ZEBULON, -(- 
 
 5. RACHEL, b. July 5, 1777, m. March 30, 1799, William 
 
 Fuller. 
 
 6. SARAH, b. Aug. 25, 1781, m. Dec., 1813, Jesse Fales of 
 
 L/itchfield, Me. She d. there Aug. 27, 1869. 
 
 7. REBECCA, b. March 9, 1784, m. Dec. 5, 1804, Andrew Har- 
 
 wood of L/yndeborough. She d. Sept. n, 1867. 
 
 JOHN CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born 
 Nov. 4, 1763 ; married May 3, 1786, Huldah, daughter of Eleazer and 
 Hannah (Putnam) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born June 
 23, 1765 ; died Jan. 14, 1853. He died Aug. 30, 1833. Children born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ISRAEL, b. July, 1790, m. July 9, 1818, Abigail Kendall. 
 
 She d. June n, 1864. He d. Feb. 20, 1868. Israel Cram 
 left by will four hundred dollars to the town of Lyndebor- 
 ough, the interest of which is to be used annually as a 
 literary fund. 
 
 2. SARAH, m. William A. Pearsons, Jan. 6, 1833. Rem. to 
 
 Woburn, Mass. 
 
 3. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; m. Oct. 23, 1823, Edgar Rand 
 
 of L/yndeborough. She d. May 5, 1832. (See Rand gen.) 
 
 JACOB CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born 
 Nov. 23, 1765 ; married Sept. 24, 1787, Martha Doak, born at Lyndebor- 
 ough, May n, 1771, and died at Litchfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1835. He died 
 at Litchfield, Jan. 16, 1815. He removed to Litchfield, Me., probably in 
 1793. The first three children were born at Lyndeborough, the others at 
 Litchfield :
 
 718 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 16, 1788, m, first, Dec. 27, 1821, Zoa 
 
 Moody; second, May 18, 1825, Lucinda White. 
 
 2. BETSEY, b. Nov. 26, 1789, m. May 7, 1813, Stephen Pills- 
 
 bury. She d. at Hallowell, Me., March 2, 1856. 
 
 3. JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1791, m. Sept. 16, 1820, Louisa Benjamin. 
 
 He d. at Boston, Aug. 20, 1823. 
 
 4. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1794, d. May 27, 1805. 
 
 5. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 10, 1796, d. Oct. 24, 1885, at Topsham, 
 
 Maine. 
 
 6. SARAH E., b. Jan. 4, 1799, m. first, Joseph Norris; second, 
 
 Archibald Horn. 
 
 7. NANCY, b. Dec. 26, 1801, m. Charles French. 
 
 8. FANNY, b. Nov. 23, 1804, m. James G. Judkins. 
 
 9. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 12, 1806, d. 1817. 
 
 10. ALVIN, b. Aug. 12, 1808, d. 1810. 
 
 ZEBULON CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, 
 born March 29, 1772; married June 21, 1799, Anice Hutchinsoii of Lyude- 
 borough. She was born June 19, 1775, and died in I/itchfield, Me., Dec. 
 22, 1844. He died there Feb. n, 1852. Children born at Lyndeborough 
 and Litchfield : 
 
 1. REBECCA, b. June 21, 1800, d. June 25, 1852. 
 
 2. JOHN H., b. Dec. 22, 1802, m. April 15, 1835, M. Eliza 
 
 Davis. 
 
 SOLOMON CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ; 
 born at Lyndeborough, 1744 ; married Mary , born at Lynde- 
 
 borough, April 21, 1819. He died May i, 1825. Children, born at Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. 1772, d. Oct. 3, 1777. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. 1774, d. Sept. 23, 1777. 
 
 3. JAMES, b. Aug., 1777, d. Oct. 3, 1860. 
 
 4. MARY, b. 1779, d. Sept. 24, 1781. 
 
 URIAH CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born 
 1750; married Eunice Ellingwood. She was born 1745; died Dec. i, 
 1831. He died Oct. 2, 1831. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HENRY, -j- 
 
 2. JOSEPH, born April 22, 1784, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Elizabeth 
 
 Brown of Billerica. He died July 21, 1858. 
 
 3. EUNICE S., b. August, 1786, m. William Abbott. (See 
 
 Abbott gen.) 
 
 4. JAMES, + 
 
 5. L,YDIA, b. June 27, 1790, d. Aug. 3, 1794. 
 
 HENRY CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born 
 1780; married Rhoda, daughter of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton.
 
 GENEALOGIES 719 
 
 She was born June 29, 1783 ; died Oct. 8, 1855. He died Nov. 30, 1848. 
 Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. PETER b. July 14, 1807, d. at Ulman's Ridge, Mo., Aug. 5, 
 
 1869, m. Rebecca, K. Potter of Francestown. Peter Cram 
 was a farmer and was once county commissioner and select- 
 man several years. He removed to the West about 1858. 
 Four of their children were born at Mont Vernon and three 
 at Decatur, 111. Their names were : Rhoda C., Moses D., 
 Illia M., Henry I,., Mark P., Virgil H., Eunice. 
 
 2. MOSES H., b. May 20, 1813, d. Aug. 27, 1848. 
 
 JAMES CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Grain, born 
 March 13, 1788 ; married Lucy Brown of Billerica. She was born Feb. i, 
 1804 ; died Nov. i, 1884. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 (Noyes) Brown. He died June 29, 1861. With no advantages for school- 
 ing but the winter terms of the district school of his day, and no higher 
 text book than Pike's Arithmetic he became a good land surveyor and 
 was much employed in running lines in the town. It is said he did very 
 satisfactory work. With his brother Henry and nephew, Peter Cram, 
 he started and operated an iron foundry for the manufacture of pots, 
 kettles, andirons, boxes for wheels-hubs, etc. Children born at Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. NANCY E., b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. April 17, 1832. 
 
 2. ALBERT, -|- 
 
 3. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 3, 1836, m. April 13, 1863, Sarah 
 
 Van Buskirk. Rem. to Watseka, 111. 
 
 ALBERT CRAM, son of James and Lucy (Brown) Cram, born Nov. 
 8, 1834; married May 31, 1869, Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Mary 
 (Emerson) Brown of Wilmington, Mass. She died Nov. 14, 1897. 
 Children : 
 
 i. ADDIE M., b. Jan. 29, 1871, d. July 20, 1874. 
 
 BENJAMIN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at 
 
 Woburn, Mass., March 10, 1721 ; died in 1823. His wife was Elizabeth 
 
 Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARGARET, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain 
 
 gen.) 
 
 2. NATHAN, + 
 
 3. BENJAMIN, -(- 
 
 4. HUUDAH, d. at Greenfield. 
 
 5. JONAH. 
 
 6. DAVID, b. 1768, d. May, 1838. 
 
 NATHAN CRAM, son of Benjamin Cram of Woburu, Mass., and 
 Elizabeth, his wife, born in Lyndeborough, April 5, 1752; married 
 Rachel Button, born at Lyndeborough, Sept. 9, 1757; died at Hancock, 
 Aug. 15, 1835. He died at Hancock, Jan. 21, 1851. Children :
 
 720 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1. NATHAN, b. 1771. Died young. 
 
 2. RACHEL, b. June 15, 1773, m. Nov. 30, 1797, William 
 
 Stuart of Peterboro. She d. at Peterboro, Oct. 13, 1833. 
 
 3. NATHAN, b. Sept. 9, 1776, m. Elizabeth White, d. at Bel- 
 
 fast, Me., Oct. 8, 1815. 
 
 4. JOSIAH BUTTON, + 
 
 5. HULDAH, born June 30, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1804, Gilbert 
 
 McCoy of Belfast, Me. He d. Nov. 18, 1857. 
 
 6. SALLY P., b. Sept. 12, 1783, m. May 19, 1804, Joseph Tyr- 
 
 rell of Hancock. She d. at Dublin, Dec. 18, 1863. 
 
 7. BETSEY, b. March 5, 1786, d. Sept. 7, 1805. 
 
 8. POLLY, b. May 9, 1788, m. March, 18, 1806, Jonathan 
 
 Barnard of Hancock, d. Sept. n, 1801. 
 
 9. JOSEPH, b. at Greenfield, March 26, 1789, m. July 4, 1817, 
 
 Sally White of Peterboro. He d. at Peterboro, Nov. 28, 
 
 1873- 
 
 10. BENJAMIN, b. March 26, 1789, (twin with Joseph), m. first, 
 Jane Alexander, second, Ruth Nutt, d. at Wilton, 111. 
 
 n. ANNA H., b. June 25, 1791, m. May 29, 1810, Samuel 
 Tyrrell of Hancock, d. at Plum Island, 111. 
 
 12. ABIGAIL J., b. July 3, 1793, m. Dec. i, 1836, Francis 
 Thompson. 
 
 13. EZRA DUTTON, b. June 10, 1795, m. I/ucy Cilly. He d. at 
 Brooks, Me. Nov. n, 1868. 
 
 14. PHEBE, b. April 21, 1797, m. first, Meshack Tenny, m. sec- 
 ond, Gales, m. third, Black, m. fourth, Blair. 
 
 15. EPHRAIM, b. at Antrim, March 25, 1800, d. Sept. 5, 1800. 
 
 16. SAMUEL, b. at Antrim, Sept. 9, 1802, m. 1831, Sarah 
 A. Wheeler. He d. at Bennington. 
 
 JOSIAH DUTTON CRAM, son of Nathan and Rachel (Button) Cram ; 
 born March 28, 1799 ; married Deidamia Button, daughter of Benjamin 
 and Sarah (Stiles) Button. She was born April 29, 1784; died at Han- 
 cock, July, 1858. Children, none born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 Deidamia, Benjamin, Josiah, Sally, Nathan, Reuben, Joseph, 
 Sally, Rachel, Relief, Reuben D., Abigail. 
 
 BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cram of Woburn, 
 Mass., born at Lyndeborough, in 1754 ; died July 31, 1836. He married 
 Olive, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, born 
 Aug. 16, 1750. Children : 
 
 1. DANIEL, who died when about 17 years of age. 
 
 2. BENJAMIN, -}- 
 
 BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Olive (Chamberlain) Cram,
 
 GENEALOGIES 721 
 
 born March 8, 1774; married July 16, 1799, Sarah, daughter of Eleazer 
 and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward. She was born Feb. 6, 1779. He 
 married second, Polly Vose of Stoughton, Mass., born June 14, 1780; died 
 at New Ipswich, Jan. 8, 1836. He died at New Ipswich, April 12, 1835. 
 The first two children of Benjamin Cram were by his first wife, daugh- 
 ter of his nearest neighbor in I/yndeborough. When a young man he 
 used to drive a double ox-team from Lyndeborough to Boston to sell the 
 produce of the farm, and winters he lived in Boston, for the better 
 opportunities to earn money. His first wife died in Boston, where he 
 also met his second wife, Polly Vose, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah 
 (Holmes) Vose. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ABIJAH, b, December, 1800, killed by falling at a mill rais- 
 
 ing in Troupsbury, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1826. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. June 12, 1804, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Thomas Whit- 
 
 ing, b. at kyndeborough, April 30, 1802, d. at Jasper, N. 
 Y. ( Oct. 30, 1878. Children, all born at Jasper, N. Y.: - 
 i. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1829, m. William Schenck, Dec. 25, 
 1849, res. at Jasper; 2. Austis, b. March 28, 1832, res. at 
 Jasper, d. March 12, 1855 ; 3. Oliver, b. Dec. 28, 1834, m - 
 Martha A. Prentice, Dec. 19, 1858, res. at Jasper, N. Y.; 
 
 4. Benjamin, b. July 25, 1838, d. Feb. n, 1850, res. Jasper; 
 
 5. Harvey, b. May 24, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1852, res. at 
 Jasper; 6. Cynthia, b. Nov. 8, 1844. 
 
 3. HANNAH V., b. Feb. n, 1807, m. Oct. 19, 1831, Alonzo 
 
 Draper. She d. Jan. 29, 1892. 
 
 4. MARY, b. Sept. n, 1810, d. June 17, 1833. 
 
 5. L,UKE, b. July 25, 1812, d. March 18, 1879, at Fitchburg, 
 
 Mass., m. Nov. 29, 1840, Sarah A, Preston. 
 
 6. DANIEL,, + 
 
 7. HIRAM, b. Nov. 3, 1818, d. March 2, 1854, at Yuba Co., 
 
 Cal. 
 
 8. BENJAMIN H., b. March 19, 1820, m. Elizabeth Bradbury 
 
 Leighton, Oct. 17, 1842. 
 
 9. JEREMIAH, b. April n, 1822, d. Sept. 21, 1844. 
 
 DANIEL CRAM, son of Benjamin and Polly (Vose) Cram; born in 
 Lyndeborough, Jan. 8, 1815 ; died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 1898 ; occupa- 
 tion, contractor. He married Feb. 22, 1841, Mary Ann MacNulty, born 
 in Northumberland, Eng., June 2, 1817; died in Boston, Mass., Nov. i, 
 1898. He was educated in the village school. At an early age he was 
 compelled to work, and at fifteen did a man's work in a brick yard. At 
 the age of twenty he was a foreman in charge of railroad construction. 
 When the Boston & Albany R.R. was in course of construction over the 
 Berkshire hills, he had charge of some of the work. He was one of the 
 pioneer contractors of Massachusetts, having built reservoirs, dams, sea- 
 walls, wharves and railroad work in and around Boston. He also went
 
 722 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 up into New York state in the '50*3 and built a railroad. In 1850 he had 
 the " gold fever," and crossed the isthmus of Panama to California, where 
 he erected the first crushing machine put up in that country, for the 
 Fremont Mining Co. He also had very valuable claims, but had to sell 
 them for a small price and come away, being sick with the fever so prev- 
 alent in those days in California. 
 
 During the Rebellion he was one of a firm which had a large govern- 
 ment contract to supply certain regiments with beef. In 1876 he went to 
 Canada, having a large contract on the celebrated Welland Canal at St. 
 Catharine, Ont., remaining three years. He then came over to New 
 York state, had contracts on the four-tracking of the N. Y. Central, 
 and also on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. He was of an 
 inventive turn, having invented and patented a cap for a derrick at eighty 
 years of age. He retired from active work about his seventy-fifth year. 
 He had always been a Baptist in faith, and at the age of seventy-seven 
 he was baptized and taken into the church. He was a man of wonder- 
 ful strength and fine physique, standing six feet high, weighing 250 Ibs. 
 He lifted 1,125 Iks. dead weight, without harness, three railroad rails, 
 in the presence of a number of people in East Boston.* Children, all 
 born in Boston : 
 
 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON, -f- 
 
 2. MARY JANE, b. June 25, 1843. 
 
 3. ELIZABETH ANN, b. Aug. 14, 1845. 
 
 4. DANIEL HENRY, b. Aug. 12, 1847, m. Alice B. Barry of 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 5. SARAH MELISSA, b. July 24, 1849, m. Menas Faustinode de 
 
 Mena of Porto Rico. 
 
 6. JOSEPHINE LILLY, June n, 1852, m. Eugene Francis Smith 
 
 of Newark, N. J. 
 
 7. ADELINE NELDA, b. Sept. 13, 1854, m. Alva Leonard 
 
 Spring, d. New York City. 
 
 8. IDA MAY, b. Jnly 25, 1856, d. Boston, May 16, 1858. 
 
 9. BENJAMIN MANLY, b. Aug. 19, 1858, m. Olive Orinda Hunt 
 
 of Bath, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1883. 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON CRAM, son of Daniel and Mary Ann 
 (MacNulty) Cram, was born at East Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1842 ; married 
 Lydia Ann Bartlett of Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865, who was born 
 July n, 1841, daughter of Horace William Bartlett of Salem, Mass., and 
 Ann Maria Currier of Newburyport, Mass. He was by occupation a rail- 
 road contractor. Mr. Cram, though but a grandson of I/yndeborough, 
 with commendable loyalty to his kindred, wished to have a name and 
 place with his worthy ancestry in our history. When he had been re- 
 quested by a relative to give some account of what he had done in his 
 line of work, he gave a summary of his achievements which is so re- 
 markable as to have few parallels anywhere. He is a railroad contractor 
 and builder and wrote, " I built the Bethel and Hawleyville Branch 
 
 * Substance of above sketch given by his son George Washington Cram.
 
 GENEALOGIES 723 
 
 Road, the Peterboro R. R. from Wilton to Greenfield, N. H. ; the 
 Swampscott & Marblehead Branch road, the North Brookfield Branch 
 road, the additional tracks from New Rochelle Junction to Mamaroneck, 
 for the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., that portion of the Meriden, Water- 
 bury & Cromwell R. R. through Waterbury, difficult work it was too ; 
 and the contract for the rock excavations through the Newtons in 1896- 
 1897, for the Boston & Albany R. R. Co., and portions of the old Boston 
 & Hartford R. R. east of Willimantic and west of Waterbury, Conn, the 
 Delaware, I/ackawanna & Western R. R. through Steuben Co., and sub- 
 contract for sections 17 and 18, earth work and timber, do. the Welland 
 Canal through Thorold, Canada. I have built Waterworks, Sewers in 
 various cities and towns here in the New England States." 
 
 "I superintended and built the dam for the Borough of Norwalk, Ct., 
 in Lewisboro, N. Y. I do not suppose every grandson of I/yndeborough 
 has built as many miles of railroad as I have here in the New England 
 States. I have done more large contracts than my father and brother 
 together have done." 
 
 " The Sewer contracts, large ones, were for the city of Salem, towns of 
 North Brookfield and Southbridge, Mass. The same for the Borough of 
 Norwalk, Conn., in the town of New Rochelle, N. Y., New Bedford 
 Water Works, City of Salem extensions to the Willows ; So. Norwalk, 
 Ct., Norwalk and Waterbury, Ct., and Welland Canal." Children : . 
 
 1. ALBERT STEVENS, b. at Newburyport, Oct. 31, 1865, d. at 
 
 Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 26, 1890. He studied law during 
 the years 1884 and 1885, at the law school of Yale Uni- 
 versity, New Haven, Conn. He had to give up studying, 
 owing to ill health. 
 
 2. GEORGE EVERSLEIGH, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 14, 1875. 
 
 He graduated from the Norwalk ' ' Over River ' ' school in 
 1892, and prepared with private tutors for the Sheffield 
 Scientific School. He graduated from the Sheffield Scien- 
 tific School June 28, 1898, with the degree of Ph.B. He 
 was a member of the Freshman boat crew of 1898, which 
 beat the Harvard and Columbia Freshmen boat crews at 
 New lyondon. He pulled the bow oar. He entered the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University 
 in the City of New York, October, 1897. He is a member 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which the entire 
 family of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cram are members. 
 
 3. ALICE BARTLETT, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 15, 1877. 
 
 4. CLARENCE CURRIER, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 28, 1880. 
 
 JOHN CRAM, son of John and Susanna (Fuller) Cram, born in 
 Wilton, Oct. 15, 1768; married Nov. 25, 1784, Olive, daughter of Jacob 
 and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct. 
 6, 1769; died at Hallowell, Me., March 16, 1851. He died at Hallowell,
 
 724 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Me., June 4, 1818. Two of their children born at Lyndeborough and the 
 last two at Gardiner, Me. : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. July 23, 1790, m. Polly French of Jay, Me., 
 
 March 20, 1813. He d. at Hallowell, Me., May 8, 1827. 
 
 2. OLIVE, b. June 14, 1792, m. Nov. 3, 1814, Jeremiah Mc- 
 
 Causlin, d. Oct. 18, 1851, at West Gardiner, Me. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 3, 1802, m. Sept. 30, 1824, Phebe Good- 
 
 win of Hallowell, Me. He d. at New Orleans, June 4, 1829. 
 
 4. JACOB, b. Aug. 2, 1804, d. young. 
 
 CUMMINGS. 
 
 DBA. SAMUEL S. CUMMINGS came to Lyndeborough from Bed- 
 ford, N. H., in 1850. He came on a bed, having been accidently 
 shot at a muster, and his shoulder shattered. He lived at the Center in 
 the house with Nathaniel Jones for a short time and then removed to a 
 farm about a mile north of the South Village where he lived the remain- 
 der of his days. He was made a deacon of the Baptist Church in 1881. 
 He was born in Bedford, N. H., July 26, 1818 ; married Mary E. Dow of 
 Wolfboro, N. H., Sept. 7, 1845. She was born Jan. 5, 1828. He died 
 Sept. 7, 1897. Children : 
 
 1. CHARLES P., + 
 
 2. MARY T. ELLA, b. in Bedford, N. H., July 29, 1848, m. 
 
 James F. Haley of Salem, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, d. Nov. 
 5, 1881. 
 
 3. L/YDIA J., b. in Lyndeborough, April 18, 1850, d. Aug. 28, 
 
 1854. 
 
 4. ALFARETTA, b. in Lyndeborough, April 24, 1853, d. June 5, 
 
 1854. 
 
 5. WILLIE H., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 25, 1855, m. Minnie 
 
 F. Roach of Boston, Mass., June 27, 1887. She was born 
 March 27, 1861. Res. in Manchester, N. H. 
 
 6. SANFORD S., b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1858, m. Jennie 
 
 S. Jacobs of L/ynn, Mass., April 4, 1884. She was b. Jan. 
 14, 1864. Res. in Lynn, Mass. 
 
 7. HARRY E., b. Nov. 24, 1860, m. Sadie E. Blake of Lynn, 
 
 Mass., May 31, 1888. She was b. Feb. 5, 1868. Res. in 
 Beverly, Mass. 
 
 8. EMMA A., b. April 7, 1853, d. Oct. i, 1854. (Adopted) 
 
 CHARLES P. CUMMINGS, son of Samuel S. and Mary (Dow) Cum- 
 mings, born in Bedford, N. H., April 16, 1847; married Nellie E. Wood- 
 worth of Fayette, Me., Nov. 30, 1871. She was born July 16, 1849. He 
 is a carpenter and resides in Manchester, N. H. 
 
 CUMMINGS. 
 LANGDON B. CUMMINGS. Langdon, Nathan, and Charles J. Cum-
 
 GENEALOGIES 725 
 
 mings were brothers. Langdon B., born March 13, 1826 ; married Sept. 
 5, 1861, Sarah A. French, daughter of Sumner French of I/yndeborough. 
 She was born Dec. 9, 1844. He removed to Milford, N. H., and died 
 April 29, 1887. Children : 
 
 1. MARY H., b. March n, 1863, in I/yndeborough. 
 
 2. NELLIE M., b. Jan. 19, 1868, m. Fred N. Burnham of Mil- 
 
 ford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1890. 
 
 3. CHARGES P., b. Oct. 16, 1871. 
 
 4. MARSHALL F., b. Oct. 16, 1871. 
 
 5. ABBIE B., b. Jan. 25, 1874. 
 
 NATHAN P. CUMMINGS, born in Rindge, N. H., June 29, 1828 ; 
 married July 3, 1851, Mary A. Whitcomb of Rindge, N. H. She was 
 born June 21, 1833. He died Sept. 3, 1883. Children : 
 
 1. NETTIE M., m. Robert C. Mason. (See Mason gen.) 
 
 2. ELIZA J., b. Feb. 8, 1855, m - Myron E. Smith of Ashby, 
 
 Mass., Feb. 22, 1882. 
 
 3. EMMA E., b. Feb. 25, 1857, m. Alton Battles of Westminster, 
 
 Mass., Dec. 25, 1882. 
 
 4. GEORGE P., b. March 15, 1859, m. Myra L. Brackett of 
 
 Peterboro, N. H., Jan. 16, 1889. 
 
 5. LULA E., b. Oct. 4, 1861, m. July 5, 1880, Frank O. Baxter 
 
 of Boston, b. May 13, 1863. 
 
 6. HENRY A., b. Jan. 24, 1864. 
 
 7. ERNEST J., b. July 7, 1867, m. May Lynch of Lynn, Mass. 
 
 8. BURTT L., b. Aug. 15, 1871. 
 
 9. SADIE G., b. May 9, 1876. 
 
 ERNEST J., BURTT L>, SADIE G. were b. in Lyndeborough. 
 
 CHARLES J. CUMMINGS came to I/yndeborough from Rindge in 
 1861 ; born Dec. 9, 1830 ; married Nov. 27, 1852, Sarah Eliza, daughter of 
 Nathan and Sarah (Newell) Moore of Sharon. She was born April 25, 
 1834. Resides on the Chenery place. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM H., b. at Rindge. 
 
 2. VIOLA E., b. at Sharon, April 7, 1856, d. May 25, 1856. 
 
 3. MYRA L., b. at L/eola, Wis., May 14, 1858, m. Oct. n, 1886, 
 
 Charles A. Hibbard of Stoneham, Mass. He d. at Lynde- 
 borough, July 4, 1891. 
 
 4. CHARLES W., b. at Lyndeborough, July 20, 1862, d. Oct. i, 
 
 1862. 
 
 5. FRANK E., + 
 
 FRANK E. CUMMINGS, son of Charles J. and Sarah E. (Moore) 
 Cuminings, born July 24, 1863; married Oct. i, 1885, Minnie F., daughter
 
 726 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wilton. She was born 
 May 14, 1865. Child : 
 
 i. IRWIN E., b. Aug. 19, 1886. 
 
 CURTIS. 
 
 The name Curtis is of English origin and was first adopted by a family 
 residing in Bucks County, England. The descendants of this family 
 spread into Essex and Lincolnshire Counties during the reign of Edward 
 I, and also to Cambridgeshire and Hunts. 
 
 From this line was one Israel Curtis, born in London, England, who 
 sailed for America in 1725, bringing with him a son also named Israel. 
 They settled in Middleton, Mass., where the younger Israel married 
 Abigail - in 1744. They had eight children, some of the descen- 
 dants of whom still reside in Middleton, Mass. EH, son of Israel and 
 Abigail, born Jan. 18, 1754, married Susanna Wilkins and removed to 
 Reading, Mass. They had four children and this family moved to 
 Lyndborough May 8, 1796, and settled on what has since been known as 
 Beech Hill, then a part of Lyndeborough, since annexed to Mt. Vernon. 
 
 ELI CURTIS, son of Israel and Abigail Curtis, born Jan. 18, 1754; 
 died Aug. 18, 1835 ; married Susanna Wilkins. Children born in Reading, 
 Mass. : 
 
 -f 
 
 2. ASHER, -j- 
 
 3. EDITH, 
 
 4. SUSAN, m. John Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.) 
 
 ELI CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis, born Jan. 10, 
 1784 ; married Sarah Loring of New Boston, N. H. She was a daughter 
 of William Loring and granddaughter of John Loring, who sailed from 
 England under command of Gen. Wolf and fought at the capture of 
 Quebec. She died Nov. 30, - . He died Aug. 7, 1876. Although Mr. 
 Curtis owned a farm his chief occupation was lumbering, sawing the logs 
 in his own mill which was situated east of where E. C. Curtis lives on 
 the brook running from Badger Pond. He also teamed to Boston, carry- 
 ing goods both ways and making the entire trip with oxen. He was firm 
 in his religious and political beliefs. A strong Republican, he always 
 considered it his duty to be at town meeting and cast his vote. A stanch 
 Orthodox and member of the Congregational Church, with keen black 
 eyes, snow-white hair, his presence at church was noticeable long after 
 deafness prevented his hearing a word the preacher said. Children, all 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOHN L,., b. July 19, 1817, d. April 16, 1834. 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. Nov. 15, 1818, d. April 30, 1894. 
 
 3. ELI C., + 
 
 4. ISRAEL W., + 
 
 5. WILLIAM, b. April 17, 1826, d. May 31, 1836. 
 
 6. BETSEY A., b. May 5, 1827, m. Robert K. L/ynch. (See 
 
 L/ynch gen.)
 
 GENEALOGIES 727 
 
 7. WILLIAM W., + 
 
 8. ISAIAH B., -f- 
 
 9. ASHER, + 
 
 10. HANNAH D., b. June 27, 1835, m I*evi A. Tyler. (See 
 Tyler gen.) 
 
 11. HIRAM F., b. Oct. 7, 1837, d. Mar. 19, 1896. 
 
 12. OLIVA J., b. May 23, 1842, m. John Baldwin of Wilton, 
 N. H., d. Sept. 19, 1866. 
 
 ELI CLARK CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Coring) [Curtis ; born 
 May 3, 1821 ; married Betsey A., daughter of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin) 
 Curtis, Nov. 14, 1844. She was born May 21, 1827. In his boyhood days 
 he worked in his father's mill and in the timber districts, excepting the 
 few weeks that was then considered necessary for school purposes. But, 
 nevertheless, he improved the spare moments in reading and study, and 
 being an earnest student, succeeded in gaining a good education. He 
 possessed great musical ability, and devoted much time and money to 
 gaining a thorough knowledge of the art. Probably no one in the state 
 has a better technical knowledge of the science of music than he. For 
 many years he taught singing classes in adjoining towns, driving there 
 and returning home the same night after a hard day's work in the woods. 
 He was a member of the Philharmonic Institute of Boston, and a leader 
 of church choirs for many years. 
 
 He was largely engaged in lumbering operations, owning and running 
 a saw mill on his farm. For the last twenty years farming and raising 
 milk for the Boston market has been his business. He is a Republican in 
 politics and a strong supporter of the Congregational church, of which he 
 is a member and a deacon. He was a member of the Lafayette Artillery 
 Co., serving as captain at one time. He was a soldier in the Civil War. 
 (See Chap. X.) He was a charter member of Pinnacle Grange, and also 
 a charter member of Hillsborough County Pomona Grange. He has 
 served on the board of selectmen, and represented his town in the legis- 
 lature in 1872 and 1873. His wife, Betsey Ann Curtis, is a woman of 
 marked individuality, and leaves an impress upon all with whom she be- 
 comes associated. With a good musical education and a magnificent 
 voice she was indeed a noted singer in her day. In the social life of 
 Lyndeborough, in the grange that was dear to her heart, she has been a 
 helper of ability and influence. Their daughters, Clara and S. Kate, were 
 educated as teachers. Children : 
 
 1. ISAIAH B., b. Oct. 10, 1849. 
 
 2. CLARA A., b. Aug. 6, 1863, m. first, Everett A. Cram of 
 
 L,yndeborough ; second, Samuel J., son of James and 
 Nancy (Morse) Sheldon of Wilton, N. H., d. May 19, 1884. 
 
 3. S. KATE, b. March 4, 1858. m. Albert K. Swinnington. 
 
 (See Swinnington gen.) 
 
 ISRAEL W. CURTIS, son of Kli and Sarah fLoring) Curtis, born 
 Dec. 21, 1823 ; married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (Merrill)
 
 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Haggett, Nov. 28, 1850. She was born Aug. 16, 1833. He removed to 
 Wilton, N. H., and died Oct. 8, 1889. Children : 
 
 1. ELI J., b. Dec. 29, 1851, m. first, Elsie Daniels; second, 
 
 Jan. 4, 1886, Ella, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Bruce) 
 Richardson. She was b. March 12, 1854, d. June 27, 1891. 
 He d. Aug. 31, 1891. 
 
 2. CLINTINA S., b. Dec. 28, 1854, m. Dr. A. A. Whitney of 
 
 Adrian, Mich. 
 
 3. HATTIE L,., b. Dec. 16, 1859, d. March 28, 1866. 
 
 4. NETTIE C., b. March n, 1862, d. Sept. 13, 1878. 
 
 5. WALTER J., b. March 3, 1867. 
 
 WILLIAM W. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born 
 June 28, 1829; married Oct. 23, 1851, Hannah D., daughter of Charles 
 and Abigail (Jones) Parker. She was born Dec. i, 1834. He received 
 his education in the schools of Lyndeborough, at Mont Vernon academy 
 and had private instruction by Rev. E. B. Claggett. He taught school for 
 a number of years, and was superintendent of schools for seven years. 
 He then turned his attention to farming and lumbering. Always on the 
 alert for business, he bought many wood lots and had the wood cut and 
 shipped from Wilton. He also kept a general store at the "centre " for 
 a number of years. 
 
 He packed and sealed the first fruit ever sold on the market in glass 
 cans. They were sold by J. W. Tufts of Boston, pharmacist. He was 
 the first to ship a lading of apples from this country to England to be 
 sold by auction. The undertaking was a success and he followed the 
 business of buying apples for twelve years, shipping about four hundred 
 thousand barrels. For sending a most excellent package to Queen 
 Victoria he was made a purveyor to her majesty. The apples were 
 selected and packed by Oliver Perham of Lyndeborough. The queen 
 accepted the fruit and acknowledged its receipt by a letter written by 
 her private secretary and sealed by her own hand. He made a study of 
 music, and was a member of the Congregational Church choir for many 
 years. He was active and energetic in all that he undertook to do. He 
 was connected with many business enterprises. He died at Cambridge, 
 Mass., Jan. 24, 1904. Children : 
 
 1. ABBIE F., b. June 10, 1856, m. I^uke Beard of Wilton, 
 
 d. Dec. 23, 1899. Children : Elmer, Gertrude, Florence. 
 
 2. CHARLES P., b. Oct. 4, 1858, d. Jan. 23, 1882. 
 
 3. WILLIS C., b. June 26, 1860, m. Feb. 9, 1891, Carrie Trow- 
 
 bridge. 
 
 4. GEORGE B., b. Sept. 29, 1862, d. Oct. 16, 1862. 
 
 ISAIAH B. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born July 
 23, 1831; married June 6, 1855, MaryJ., daughter of David and Bethiah 
 (Wilson) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born Jan. 20, 1833. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 i. ASHER B., b. April 8, 1856, d. July 19, 1862.
 
 GENEALOGIES 729 
 
 2. LIZZIE; B., b. Jan, n, 1859, d. Sept. 19, 1862. 
 
 3. IDA B., b. Sept. 22, 1860, d. July 4, 1886. 
 
 4. LAVADE, b. June 20, 1863, d. Jan. 19, 1884. 
 
 5. DEI,BERT W., b. Oct. 6, 1864, d. Oct. 24, 1867. 
 
 6. LIZZIE G., b. April 3, 1870, m. Walter S. Tarbell. (See 
 
 Tarbell gen.) 
 
 7. AGNES C., b. April 5, 1875. 
 
 ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Coring) Curtis, born Aug. 9, 
 1833; married Clara, daughter of Albert and Reliance (Reed) Farns- 
 worth of Wilton, N. H., April 28, 1864. She was born Feb. 24, 1849. He 
 resides on the Amaziah Blan chard place. Was a soldier in the Civil 
 War. (See Chapter X.) Children : - 
 
 1. KTTA J., b. Aug. 25, 1865, m. George P. Chandler of Wil- 
 
 ton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1885. Children: Eva, Carl L., 
 , Lora A., Grace B. 
 
 2. EDWARD I,., b. Dec. 8, 1867, m. Ella, dau. of John and 
 
 Martha (Blodgett) Hall of South Dudswell, Canada. She 
 was b. March 28, 1867. They were m. Sept. 13, 1893. 
 She d. March 4, 1905. 
 
 3. AUCE C., b. Nov. 19, 1874, d. April 9, i! 
 
 ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis; born July 
 14, 1786; married Clarissa A., daughter of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) 
 Carkin of Lyndeborough, Dec. 22, 1818. She was born Nov. 13,1797; 
 died Dec. 8, 1880. He lived on one of the best farms in Johnson's Corner. 
 He was an extensive farmer and his wife an expert in the converting of 
 wool into yarn and cloth, and flax into a great variety of table linen. 
 This old-fashioned way of carding, spinning and weaving, by which our 
 ancestors were clothed, and the skill and labor of the mothers of those 
 days in making their families comfortable is worthy of mention, for it is 
 almost a " lost art." 
 
 Mr. Curtis used to burn quantities of charcoal and carry it to market. 
 He was an old-fashioned Whig and Republican in politics and a Congre- 
 gationalist in religious belief, and a noted singer in his day. He died 
 April 21, 1876. Children : 
 
 1. KII.BURN S., -f- 
 
 2. BETSEY ANN, b. May 21, 1827, m. Eli Clark Curtis. 
 
 S. CURTIS, son of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin) Curtis, 
 born July 6, 1821 ; died Sept. 5, 1893 ; married first, Z,ucy, daughter of 
 Daniel and L,ucy (Burnham) Woodward, November, 1850. She was born 
 - ; d. May 19, 1853; second, Frances A., daughter of David and 
 Ann (Cochran) Holt, Oct. 9, 1861. She was born Feb. 16, 1840. He was 
 a very active, energetic man, widely known. At one time he was largely 
 interested in the buying of wood lots and the cutting and sale of wood. 
 I/ike all the Curtis family he was a great lover of music and a member 
 of the church choir for years. He had the misfortune to become almost
 
 730 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 wholly blind the last year or two of his life. Children, all by second 
 wife : 
 
 1. ALLISON W., b. Nov. 3., 1862, d. Aug. 29, 1863. 
 
 2. ANNIE M., b. Dee. 19, 1864. 
 
 3. ELTON G., b. Oct. 26, 1867. 
 
 4. JOHN M., b. Sept. 3, 1869, m. Rosie E., dau. of Jason and 
 
 Rosie (Young) Holt, Sept. u, 1894. Child : Frances A., 
 b. April 5, 1904. 
 
 5. ALFRED Iy., b. July 23, 1875. Educated at Harvard 
 
 College. 
 
 DANFORTH. 
 
 EDGAR A. DANFORTH, son of Capt. George and Sarah (Melzer) 
 Danforth, born May 12, 1846; married first, Oct. i, 1867, Susie A., daugh- 
 ter of John and Sophia (Ober) Marvell of Milford. She was born 1847 ; 
 died Aug. 28, 1869 ; second, Jennie, daughter of Stephen and Caroline 
 (Austin) Clay of Lowell, Mass, Aug. 13, 1870. She was born Jan. 10, 
 1853; died Sept. 3, 1898; third, March 9, 1904, Lizzie M., daughter of 
 Samuel and Eliza (Kenson) Eaton, and widow of Frank I/ovejoy. She 
 was born Nov. 14, 1853, at Amherst. 
 
 In 1868 he owned and operated the stage line from Francestown to 
 Milford. He disposed of this May i, 1874, and in 1875 came to Lynde- 
 borough and entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Company 
 as station agent, which position he has held ever since. He is the 
 present efficient town clerk and has held that office 18 years. He was tax 
 collector 14 years. To all the various duties of his positions he brings 
 fidelity and courtesy. 
 
 DASCOMB. 
 
 JACOB DASCOMB, son of James and Elizabeth (Farrington) Das- 
 cornb, born Aug. 15, 1760; married Aug. n, 1785, Rachel, daughter of 
 John and Mary (Ellingwood) Dale. She was born July 24, 1762 ; died 
 July i, 1827. He died July 4, 1827. He was a soldier in the Revolution- 
 ary army. In 1809 he removed to Wilton. While in Lyndeborough, he 
 was for several years town clerk and selectman. Children born at 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. RACHEL, b. Nov. 15, 1745, m. Timothy Putnam. (See 
 
 Putnam gen.) 
 
 2. SARAH, b. Aug. 12, 1787, m. October, 1809. Archelaus Ful- 
 
 ler. (See Fuller gen. ) 
 
 3. JACOB, b. May 5, 1789, d. Dec. 17, 1789. 
 
 4. CALVIN, b. Oct. 29, 1790, m. Rachel Putnam, July 23, 1820. 
 
 She d. Oct. 10, 1856. He d. Oct. 13, 1859. 
 
 5. BETSEY, b. Aug. 14, 1792, m. 1816, John Thurston. 
 
 6. LUTHER, b. March 15, 1795, d. Feb. 28, 1797. 
 
 7. MARY, b. June 3, 1797, m. Dec. 3, 1835, Samuel W. Dutton 
 
 of Northfield, Mass.
 
 GENEALOGIES 731 
 
 8. JACOB, 2ND., b. Aug. 13, 1799. Rem. to Andover, Mass., 
 
 Nov. 30, 1875. Twice married. 
 
 9. lyUTHER, b. Dec. 20, 1801. 
 
 10. JAMES, b. June i, 1805. 
 
 DICKEY. 
 
 DAVID G. DICKEY, son of Adam and Keziah (Clement) Dickey, 
 born Oct. 24, 1836 ; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Mary E., daughter of 
 John J. and Abby (Mudgett) Balch. She was born July 17, 1842 ; died 
 March 26, 1900 ; second, Aug. 28, 1900, Mrs. Nellie E. Kenniston of 
 Andover, Mass. She was born March i, 1867. He came to Lyndebor- 
 ough from Deering in 1864. Was superintendent of the town farm for a 
 number of years ; was selectman and held other town offices ; was a 
 soldier in the Civil War. Child, by first wife : 
 
 i. NEIL J., b. Dec. 14, 1871, d. Feb. 13, 1883. 
 
 DINSMORE. 
 
 ABRAHAM DINSMORE and Love, his wife, were evidently among 
 the earliest settlers in the territory of Lyndeborough that was used to 
 form a part of Temple. Abraham, Abraham, Jr., and Zebadiah Dins- 
 more were Revolutionary soldiers and when the alarm came from Ticon- 
 deroga marched in company with 34 others to the front. Abraham and 
 Zebadiah were of those who marched to Cambridge from Temple on the 
 alarm of the igth of April, 1775, as related in the History of Temple. 
 The older children of Abraham, Jr., are recorded as born at Temple, but 
 he must have removed to Lyndeborough for children are also recorded 
 as born there. Record of the children of Abraham and Love Dins- 
 more : 
 
 i. ABRAHAM I,., b. at Temple, Oct. 12, 1777. 
 5. SAMUEL, b. at Temple, June 24, 1779. 
 
 3. L,OVE, b. at Temple, May 26, 1781. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. at Temple, March 22, 1783. 
 
 5. EPHRAIM, b. at L/yndeborough, March 21, 1785. 
 
 6. GEORGE, b. at L/yndeborough, Dec. 21, 1787. 
 
 DOLIJVER. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN B. DOLLIVER was born in Marblehead, Mass, April 
 22, 1810. His father was in the U. S. Naval Service during the War of 
 1812. His grandfather came to Lyndeborough about 1775 and purchased 
 a lot of wild land of Jesse Putnam, the deed bearing date November, 
 1775. When a lad of four years, John came to live with his grand- 
 parents, and after their death he inherited the homestead property. He 
 was a large and powerfully built man, broad-shouldered and strong, of 
 great endurance, and of great industry withal. He was genial and fond 
 of company, enjoying a laugh or a joke, even if it was at his own ex- 
 pense. He took great interest in military matters and in military exer- 
 cises and was captain of the Lafayette Artillery at one time. He married
 
 732 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 first, Lucetta P. Draper of Greenfield, June 3, 1836. She was born April 
 27, 1816 ; died April 9, 1852 ; married second, Mrs. Abbie E. Conant of 
 Greenfield, N. H., Feb. 3, 1853. She was born July 21, 1819 ; died Dec. 
 2 9> *%97' He died Sept. 30, 1887. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 By first wife : 
 
 1. lyUCETTA J., b. March 5, 1837. 
 
 2. SARAH R., b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. Henry Holt of Greenfield 
 
 3. BENTON J., b. Jan. 15, 1841. 
 
 4. L/YDIA K., b. Nov. 13, 1843. 
 
 5. PERSIS B., b. Nov. 30, 1845, m. Frank Brook of Green- 
 
 field, d. Nov. 28, 1889. 
 
 6. GEORGIANNA M., born March 9, 1847, d. July 6, 1870. 
 
 7. WILLIAM H., + 
 By second wife : 
 
 8. FRANK P., born June 24, 1853. Res. in San Francisco. 
 
 9. GEORGE S., born Nov. 20, 1854, d. Feb. 5, 1887. 
 
 10. EDWARD W., -f- 
 
 11. ABBIE A. G., b. July 13, 1858, m. Fred S. Pickett, Nov. 
 
 14, 1882, d. Feb. n, 1895. 
 
 12. SAMUEL A., -|- 
 
 13. CARRIE E., b. Nov. 13, 1862, m. Warren C. Ordway of 
 Francestown, d. Nov. 26, 1888. 
 
 14. L/ouis E., b. Feb. 24, 1864. Res. in San Francisco. 
 
 WILLIAM H. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Lucetta (Draper) 
 Dolliver, born Dec. 26, 1849; married Emma J., daughter of Joseph and 
 Mary J. (Putnam) Blanchard of Greenfield. She was born July 8, 1852. 
 Children born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 i. FLOSSIE L/., b. Jan. 16, 1879. 
 2- GRACE M., b. Oct. 17, 1883. 
 Two of their children, both boys, d. young. 
 
 EDWARD W. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- 
 liver, born Oct. i, 1856; married Sarah (Wilson) Temple of Frances- 
 town, March 18, 1877. She was born March 16, 1856. He is a black- 
 smith and farmer and has a residence and shop on the Forest road near 
 the intersection of the road to the centre. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN E., b. Feb. 22, 1878, at Francestown, m. Edith I. 
 
 Smith, Nov. 2, 1898. She was b. March 16, 1879. Child : 
 Dorothy, b. Nov. 19, 1904. 
 
 2. BESSIE C., b. Jan. 31, 1884, at L/yndeborough. 
 
 3. LILLIAN W., b. Oct. 19, 1888, at L/yndeborough. 
 
 SAMUEL A. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol- 
 liver, born Feb. 28, 1860; married Jan. i, 1884, Carrie M., daughter of 
 Sewell M. and Sarah F. (Putnam) Buck. She was born Aug. 30, 1866.
 
 GENEALOGIES 733 
 
 DONOVAN. 
 
 The Donovan family is a very ancient one, whether Irish or English 
 history is to be credited. Its age antedates the Danish invasion of 
 England. We shall not attempt to trace the current to its source, how- 
 ever, but shall give instead, a brief account of Rev. Mr. Donovan and 
 of his family. He was born, April 8, 1837, in the parish of Myross, 
 County of Cork, Ireland, and came to America with his parents in 1847. 
 He lived several years in Nova Scotia, then came to Fitchburg, Mass., 
 where he went to school a short time. He went into Vermont in 1857, 
 and began preparation for college; graduated at the University of 
 Vermont in 1864, and at The Newton Theological Institution in 1867 ; was 
 ordained at Belchertown, Mass., in 1867, pastor there till 1869. He also 
 had one pastorate in Rhode Island, two in New York State, and also two 
 in New Hampshire, at Cornish, and at Lyndeborough since 1886. 
 
 He was married in Baldwinsville, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, to Miss E. M., 
 daughter of the late Joseph Nichols, M. D., of Springfield, New Hamp- 
 shire. She was born April 20, 1838. Child : 
 
 i. WINFRED NICHOLS DONOVAN, b. Jan. 24, 1869, in Belcher- 
 town, Mass. He was graduated at Colby College in 1892, 
 and after teaching a short time entered The Newton Theo- 
 logical Institution, graduating in 1898. He is now assis- 
 tant professor of Biblical Interpretation at The Newton 
 Theological Institution, and resides at Newton Centre. 
 Mr. Donovan married, Dec. 23, 1895, Miss Nellie Stuart, 
 born Oct. 27, 1870, daughter of Francis W. Bakeman, 
 D.D., and Ellen (Stuart) Bakeman. Children: Francis 
 Bakeman and Elizabeth Nichols. 
 
 DUNCKIvEE. 
 
 The Duncklee family of Lyndeborough is of Scotch descent. The first 
 to come to Lyndeborough, of which any record can be found, was 
 Hezekiah, who came from Danvers, Mass., and settled in that part of 
 Lyndeborough which was afterwards made the town of Greenfield. He 
 was of the fourth generation from Elnathan, who came to America from 
 England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1651. It is not known just 
 when he came to Lyndeborough, but he was a soldier in Capt. Peter 
 Clark's company in 1777. (See Chapter X.) His wife was Mehitable 
 White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of Moses White of Lynde- 
 borough. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham, 
 Mass. Hezekiah Duncklee had at least three sons of record. He died 
 in Greenfield, March 10, 1827. Children : 
 
 1. EBENEZER, -|- 
 
 2. HEZEKIAH, -\- 
 
 3. L/EONARD, -f- 
 
 EBENEZER DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) 
 Duncklee ; born Sept. 3, 1781 ; married Lucy Morgan of New Boston.
 
 734 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 She was born 1794; died Aug. 19, 1856. He died Dec. 22, 1864. Reset- 
 tled on a farm near the Nathan Richardson place. Children : 
 
 1. ISAAC Iy., -+ 
 
 2. LUCY, b. July 25, 1827, d. July 29, 1858. 
 
 3. WILLIAM R., -j- 
 
 ISAAC L. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Dunck- 
 lee; born Sept. 21, 1824; married first, June 17, 1852, Elizabeth H., 
 daughter of Williams and Hannah (Lewis) Woodward, born Feb. 13, 
 1830; died Feb. 7, 1855. Married second, Jan. 8, 1857, Minerva H. Cud- 
 worth of Greenfield. She was born Feb. 21, 1826; died June 20, 1904. 
 Child by first wife : 
 
 1. CHARLES M. b. April 4, 1854, d. Oct. 21, 1858. 
 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 2. L-IZZIE A, b. Dec. 7, 1857, d. Sept. 14, 1858. 
 
 3. CLINTIE M., b. July3, 1862. 
 
 4. MINNIE A., b. May 6, 1865, d. June 18, 1867. 
 
 WILLIAM R. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) 
 Duncklee ; born Oct. 22, 1831; married May 4, 1862, Ursula J. Richards 
 of Goffstown, born June 29, 1845 > died April 15, 1899, at Lyndeborough. 
 He died June 2, 1898. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 Children : 
 
 1. WILLIE A., b. Jan. n, 1863, rem. to New York. 
 
 2. MINNIE J., b. Feb. 16, 1866, m. William E. Richardson. 
 
 (See Richardson gen.) 
 
 3. ANDY U., b. May 14, 1868, rem. to California. 
 
 HEZEKIAH DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White) 
 Duucklee, born Feb. 17, 1784; married Feb. 25, 1812, Anna Bachelder of 
 Greenfield. She was born April 2, 1782; died Aug. 10, 1857. He died 
 Nov. 16, 1863. Children : 
 
 1. JULIA ANN, m. Sherebiah Manning. (See Manning gen.) 
 
 2. JOHN J., b. May 12, 1817, m. Sarah J. Page, Oct. 19, 1843, 
 
 rem. to Pennsylvania, d. May 13, 1891. 
 
 3. LAJCY M., b. Feb. 27, 1819, d. Feb. 2, 1888, m. Stephen 
 
 Carleton of Nashua. 
 
 4. JOSEPH FLAVEL, b. May 21, 1822, m. Julia M. Patch, Nov. 
 
 22, 1857, rem. to Francestown, d. April 3, 1894. 
 
 5. HENRY H., b. Sept. 23, 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Cornelia E. 
 
 Whittemore. He d. May 20, 1888. 
 
 LEONARD DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitabel (White) 
 Duncklee ; born Jan. 10, 1794 ; married March 28, 1839, Elizabeth B., 
 daughter of Aaron Lewis, born May 2, 1816; died Dec. 19, 1896. He 
 died April 19, 1863. Child, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. March 10, 1841, rem. to Francestown.
 
 GENEALOGIES 735 
 
 DUNCKLEE. 
 
 EDWARD P. DUNCKLEE, son of John M. and Cynthia (Center) 
 Duncklee; born in Greenfield, Jan. 21, 1832; married Dec. 17, 1857, 
 Amanda O., daughter of John M. Follansbee. She was born at Andover, 
 Mass., March 13, 1837 ; died at Boston Aug. 18, 1895. He came to Lynde- 
 borough in 1876 from Stoneham, Mass., where he had been extensively 
 engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He bought the Gage place on the 
 mountain, and remodeled and enlarged the buildings, bought land and 
 established the now well known Pinnacle House, a resort for summer 
 boarders. Children, born at Stoneham, Mass.: 
 
 1. EMMA A., b. June 26, 1859, m. Oct. 25, 1876, Charles A. 
 
 Moody of lyowell, Mass. Of their children, one, Zetta A., 
 was born in L/yndeborough. 
 
 2. EDWARD A., b. July 27, 1871. 
 
 DUREN. 
 
 ROBERT DUREN married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Putnam, and 
 lived where the Baptist parsonage is. One child, recorded as born at 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. OSGOOD JOHNSON, b. May 13, 1829. 
 
 BUTTON. 
 
 The immigrant ancestor of the Dutton families of Lyndeborough was 
 John Dutton, who came to America in 1630 and settled in Reading, Mass. 
 His son Thomas, with his wife Susanna, lived in Woburn and Reading, 
 Mass., where their children, nine in number, were born. Thomas died 
 Jan. 22, 1667, and his wife died Aug. 27, 1684. They had a son, Thomas, 
 who married Rebecca Draper. By this marriage he had five children. 
 Their son Thomas married Harriet Burge, and thirteen'children were the 
 result of this marriage, all born in Billerica, Mass. Josiah, their fourth 
 son, was born Feb. 21, 1716, and he married Sarah Parker, April 6, 1743. 
 They had eleven children, and were the parents of Benjamin, Jacob, Ezra 
 and William Dutton, who came to Lyndeborough in the early days of its 
 settlement. Jacob and Ezra settled in that part of the town which was an- 
 nexed to Francestown in 1792. William settled on the land now owned 
 by Sewell M. Buck, and Benjamin on the Dutton homestead farm north 
 of the mountain. Reuben inherited the farm from his father, Benjamin, 
 and raised a large family there, and then Benjamin, son of Reuben, occu- 
 pied the farm. It is abandoned now, nothing but a cellar hole and lilac 
 bushes to mark the site. Jacob Dutton married Rhoda Dix. She died 
 in Francestown Feb. 6, 1807. They had nine children. Five of them are 
 recorded as born in Lyndeborough : Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1781 ; Joel, born 
 April 24, 1784; Sara, born Feb. 10, 1786; Olive, born Feb. 5, 1788; An- 
 drew, born May 21, 1789. Their father died in Francestown Nov. 8, 1803. 
 
 The four brothers who helped settle the town were all born in Notting- 
 ham West, now Hudson, and came to Lyndeborough some time previous 
 to 1780. They served in the Revolutionary army, and their service is de- 
 scribed in another chapter. Benjamin was here as early as 1769, for his
 
 736 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 name is on a petition to have Amherst made the Shire town, dated April 
 5, 1769. The other three brothers probably came a little later. 
 
 There is a record of Asa Button and Phene, his wife. Child : Phene, 
 born Feb. 24, 1776. 
 
 BENJAMIN BUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Button; 
 born April 27, 1746; married Sarah Stiles. He died Sept. 3, 1803. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN, b. July 17, 1770. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. May 15, 1772. 
 .3. REUBEN S. + 
 
 4. JACOB, b. Sept. 26, 1776, d. Dec. 2, 1779. 
 
 5. SARAH, b. March 19, 1779. 
 
 6. AMY, b. July 24, 1781, d. July 6, 1782. 
 
 7. DEIDAMIA, b. April 29, 1784. 
 
 8. IvOis, b. Sept. 10, 1786, d. Dec. i, 1803. 
 
 9. MOSES, b. Mar. 24, 1789. 
 
 REUBEN S. BUTTON, son of Benjamin and Sarah Button, born Aug. 
 26, 1774. He married first, Nancy Clark ; second, I/ydia Hyde. He 
 lived on the Button farm north of the mountain. Children by first 
 wife : 
 
 1. L,EAFE, b. July 22, 1798. 
 
 2. BENJAMIN, -|- 
 
 3. REUBEN, b. May 18, 1804, m. Arethusa Evans of Peterboro. 
 
 He d. at Milford, March 8, 1889. 
 
 4. MYNARD and MIANDA (Twins), b. Dec. 2, 1806. Mynard 
 
 m. Susan Stevens of Andover, Mass. She was b. at An- 
 dover, March 23, 1814, d. at Ayer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1891. 
 Of their two children Eliza J. was b. at Lyndeborough, 
 Aug. 18, 1834, d. at Nashua, July 10, 1849. Philena A. 
 wasb. at Fraucestown, July 12, 1847, m. Charles W. Ather- 
 ton of Greenfield. 
 
 5. Lois, b. Aug. 17, 1809. 
 
 6. ROXANNA, b. April n, 1813, m. John Balch of Francestown. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 7. SAMUEL, b. June 13, 1824. Rem. to the west. 
 
 8. WILLIAM, b. May 27, 1825. Rem. to the west. 
 
 BENJAMIN BUTTON, son of Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Button, 
 born June 24, 1801 ; married Jan. 27, 1835, Betsey E., daughter of Nehe- 
 
 tniah and (Putnam) Rand. She was born Aug. 21, 1814. He died 
 
 Oct. 27, 1869. He lived on the farm his father owned in the northwest 
 part of the town, nothing but the cellar hole to mark the site. 
 Children : 
 i. ANN E., b. Jan. 5, 1838, m. June 3, 1857, John Gage.
 
 GENEALOGIES 737 
 
 2. MARY J., b. July 7, 1839, m. Edward Kidder of Wilton. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN W., b. April 13, 1847, d. March 22, 1866. 
 
 EZRA BUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Button, born Aug. 
 ,3) J 755 '. married Phebe ; died Feb. 4, 1794. Children : 
 
 1. RICHARD, b. Aug. n, 1779. 
 
 2. THOMAS, b, Dec. 14, 1783. 
 
 3. PHEBE, b. Aug. 22, 1786. 
 
 4. MARY, b. Sept. 19, 1788. 
 
 5. ELIZABETH, b. May 19, 1791. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM BUTTON. Among the early settlers of Lynde- 
 borough was William Button, who was born May 23, 1760, at Notting- 
 ham West. He came from Westford, Mass., probably. He married 
 Susanna Reed of that town. He lived where Sewell M. Buck now lives. 
 He died Oct. 9, 1807, aged 48 years. His wife died in 1841, aged 83 years. 
 Their children are all recorded as born in Lyndeborough. He was a 
 captain in the Continental Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children : 
 
 1. REBECCA, b. April 20, 1782, m. John Beasom. (See Bea- 
 
 som gen.) 
 
 2. JOHN, b. Jan. 19, 1784, d. Jan. 21, 1784. 
 
 3. WILLIAM, -f 
 
 4. HILDRETH, b. Sept. i, 1787, m. Sally Putnam of L/ynde- 
 
 borough. 
 
 5. SALLY, b. Oct. 20, 1789, m. Stearns. 
 
 6. PERLEY, b. July 21, 1792, m. Fanny Wilkins. 
 
 7. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 18, 1795, m. Russell Upton. 
 
 8. WARREN, b. Jan. i, 1798. 
 
 9. IvUCiNDA, d. unm. 
 
 10. REED, b. April 10, 1803, m. first, Oct. 26, 1828, Betsey 
 Burnap, m. second, Betsey Wheeler. 
 
 WILLIAM Button, son of William and Susannah (Reed) Button, 
 born April 20, 1785 ; married Sarah Beasom. He died April 26, 1828. 
 Sarah (Beasom) Button died in Michigan, Jan. 24, 1857. He early re- 
 moved to Michigan, and was in the banking business there. His descen- 
 dants live at Adrian, Mich. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. March 8, 1813, d. Oct. 30, 1884. 
 
 2. JANE P., b. March 7, 1816, m. a Robbins and rem. to Vine- 
 
 land, N. J. 
 
 3. JOHN A., b. April, 1817, d. Oct. 27, 1861. 
 
 4. RODNEY T., b. Sept. 30, 1819, d. June 2, 1855. 
 
 5. HILDRETH, b. June 10, 1821, d. Nov. 5, 1846. 
 
 6. SARAH A., b. July 24, 1824, d. April, 1852. 
 
 7. ANTHONY T., b. April 22, 1826, d. March 22, 1870. 
 
 8. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 26, 1828, d. Sept. 23, 1851.
 
 738 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 EASTMAN. 
 
 GEORGE W. EASTMAN, son of Enoch S. and Sarah E. (Blanchard) 
 Eastman, born at South Tamworth, N. H., Jan. 26, 1858 ; married Annie 
 E., daughter of George W. and Martha L,. Hildrup Musso. She was 
 born at Lynn, Mass. They were married June 29, 1877. He came to 
 Lyndeborough from Lynn, Mass., in 1893, and settled on the Adoniram 
 Russell place. He is a watchmaker and jeweler by trade, and has the 
 distinction of having the only greenhouse in Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. MABEL L,., b. at L/ynn, April 15, 1878. 
 
 2. HERBERT W., b. at Lynn, Aug. 15, 1882. 
 
 3. CLARENCE A., b. at Foxboro, Mass., Aug. 18, 1884. 
 
 4. HAROLD, b. at Franklin, Mass., Aug. 3, 1886. 
 
 5. EDITH G., b. at Franklin, April 22, 1888. 
 
 6. EDGAR L., b. at Lynn, May 10, 1890. 
 
 7. ROLAND W., b. at Lynn, March n, 1892. 
 
 8. ARTHUR G., b. at Lyndeborough, Nov. 3, 1895. 
 
 EATON. 
 
 WARREN A. EATON, born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1843; 
 married July 9, 1865, C. Annie Nichols of Nova Scotia. She was born 
 July 19, 1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Cambridge in May, 1886, 
 and bought the water power known as Buttrick's Mills. Here he oper- 
 ated a saw and grist mill and carried on a small farm until October, 1900, 
 when he removed to Somerville, Mass. He early won the esteem of the 
 people of Lyndeborough, and was a member of the board of selectmen. 
 Children: 
 
 i. CARL A., b. Dec. 29, 1880, d. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 2, 
 
 1894. 
 
 Charles R. Carter, a nephew of Mr. Eaton, lived in his family, 
 born Aug. 10, 1878. 
 
 FRANK H. EATON, son of George D. and Eliza (Southwick) Eaton ; 
 born Feb. i, 1855; married April 10, 1886, Georgia Landers of Yarmouth, 
 N. S. She was born March 13, 1856. He is a brother of Warren A., and 
 came to Lyndeborough from Somerville, Mass., in 1884. He bought a 
 farm on the Forest road above Joseph Blanchard's place, and lived there 
 until 1899, when he returned to Somerville. He was one of the board of 
 selectmen, and took an active part in the social affairs of South Lynde- 
 borough. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. BERTHA A., b. Oct. 24, 1888. 
 
 2. CHESTER E., b. March 28, 1890. 
 
 3. LEWIS J., b. Jan. 4, 1892. 
 
 4. LOTTIE M., b. April 2, 1895. 
 
 5. LENA A., b. Jan. 3, il
 
 GENEALOGIES 739 
 
 ELLJNGWOOD. 
 
 SAMUEL ELLINGWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Amherst in 
 1810 and lived on a place now owned by E. C. Curtis in the south part of 
 the town. There is a record in the town book of births of Ebenezer, son 
 of Joseph and Sarah Ellingwood, born Dec. 31, 1774. Joseph may have 
 been the father of Samuel, also. Jacob, one of the sons died at the 
 town farm. One of the daughters married Uriah Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 We have no further record of this family. 
 
 EMERY. 
 
 ENVILLE J. EMERY was the pastor of the Baptist church at South 
 Lyndeborough for a number of years. He came to Lyndeborough about 
 1855 from Nashua, N. H. Child : 
 
 i. MADALON, m. Albert Wheeler, res. at East Jaffrey. 
 
 JOHN M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery ; born 
 July n, 1829 ; died Sept. 6, 1891 ; married Ann M., daughter of James and 
 Sarah (Brown) Bradford, April 26, 1857. She was born July 21, 1841. 
 John was a brother of Enville, and came to Lyndeborough from Nashua 
 about the same time. He was a fine singer and taught singing school in 
 the winter season, and his services were in request as a musician. He re- 
 sided in South Lyndeborough. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. HARLAN E., + 
 
 2. CLINTIE A., b. Sept. 13, 1871. Is a teacher and res. at 
 
 Winthrop, Mass. 
 
 HARLAN E. EMERY, son of John M. and Ann M. (Bradford) Emery; 
 born Jan. 14, 1868 ; married June 20, 1900, May B., daughter of Hubert M. 
 and Eliza A. (Stephenson) Potter of Lowell, Mass. She was born July 
 n, 1871. Child, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. GLADYS E., b. June 27, 1901. 
 
 MORRIS M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery; born 
 March 23, 1821 ; married Lois Heath of Henniker. She was born Sept. 
 13, 1818; died Jan. 2, 1887. He died March n, 1886. He was a seaman, 
 and during the spring and summer months pursued his calling on the 
 water, but generally spent his winters in Lyndeborough. Child, born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 i. ALICE, b. Feb. ii. 
 
 EPES.* 
 
 Daniel Epes in the county of Kent, England, left a widow, who mar- 
 ried Gov. Symonds and came to Ipswich, Mass., bringing with her a son 
 by her former husband named Daniel, who married Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Gov. Symonds, by whom he had a number of children. One of them, 
 Daniel, married Martha Boardman of Cambridge, April 17, 1672. Francis, 
 Joseph and Benjamin Epes were children of Daniel and Hannah (Pres- 
 cott) Epes, and were among the early settlers of Lyndeborough. They 
 were of the fourth generation from Daniel, the immigrant ancestor. 
 
 * This name is now spelled Epps.
 
 740 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 FRANCIS EPES. The name of Francis Epes appears as one of the 
 early settlers of Lyndeborough. He was the second son of Daniel and 
 Hannah (Prescott) Epes, and settled north of the mountain. He was 
 born Oct. 19, 1740, and married Mary Frost, a daughter of Gen. Frost of 
 Kittery, Me. Their first child is recorded as born July 24, 1768. He 
 was evidently much respected in the town, and entrusted with much of 
 the town business in those early days. He died in Francestown in 1802. 
 He removed to that place in 1790 and settled on the old Fairbanks place 
 south of Driscoll Hill.* His wife died in Lyndeborough. Children, 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. July 24, 1768, m. Joseph Kidder of Lyndeborough. 
 
 2. HANNAH, b. Jan n, 1770, d. in Francestown in 1797. 
 
 3. SARAH, b. April 6, 1772, m. Samuel Stevens of Francestown, 
 
 d. Aug. 8, 1796. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1773, m. Israel Balch of Frances- 
 
 town, d. Dec. 14, 1846. 
 
 5. ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1775, m. Samuel Stevens of Frances- 
 
 town, d. May 17, 1825. 
 
 JOSEPH EPES, a younger brother of Francis, also settled in Lynde- 
 borough. He was born March 24, 1763, and married Elizabeth Rand of 
 Lyndeborough. They lived at one time on the place now owned by Mr. 
 Bailey, north of the mountain. He removed to Orleans, N. Y., where he 
 died Nov. 22, 1831. She died at the same place June 24, 1849. Children, 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 17, 1787. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. April 3, 1791. 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. April 15, 1796. 
 
 4. LEWIS, b. July 17, 1798. 
 
 5. NEHEMIAH, b. April 9, 1801. 
 
 6. DANIEL, b. Oct. 27, 1793. 
 
 There is also a record of Polly and Dolly, twin daughters of 
 Benjamin Epes and Anna his wife, b. Nov. 24, 1787. Henry, 
 son of the same, b. Aug. 10, 1789. 
 
 FARRINGTON. 
 
 DAVID FARRINGTON came to Lyndeborough some time previous to 
 1800, probably in 1790, though the exact date is not known. He married 
 Mary C., daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones. She 
 was born Jan. 20, 1781. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. Nov. 12, 1800, m. Caleb Leonard and rem. to 
 
 Stockbridge, Vt. 
 
 2. ABIGAIL, b. March 21, 1803, m. Oliver Bixby. (See Bixby 
 
 gen.) 
 
 * Francestowu History.
 
 GENEALOGIES 741 
 
 3. ELIZA, b. Feb. 24, 1807, m. Nov. 6, 1828, Nehetniah Epps 
 
 of Francestown. 
 
 4. HULDAH, b. Dec. 1 8, 1811, m. Nov. 13, 1839, Oliver Bixby. 
 
 (See Bixby gen.) 
 
 5. SARAH, m. Royal Tupper. 
 
 FISH. 
 
 NATHAN FISH, born in Mason, Nov. 9, 1771 ; married 1795, Hannah 
 E. Russell of Wilmington, Mass. She was born July 9, 1778. In early 
 life he was indentured to Samuel Stiles of I/yndeborough and Susanna 
 his wife to dwell with them and serve them until he should reach the age 
 of twenty-one years. In return he was to be taught the "art and mys- 
 tery of husbandry." Among the old papers which he left is his commis- 
 sion as 4th sergeant in the 3rd company of the 26th Regt., S. M., signed 
 by Lieut. Col. Benj. Pierce of Hillsborough, the father of Gen. Franklin 
 Pierce, president of the United States. He was sworn in by Capt. Peter 
 Clark, Justice of the Peace. Children : 
 
 1. NATHAN, JR., -f- 
 
 2. NATHANIEL R., -+- 
 
 3. DANIEL, b. May i, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Patty, dau. of 
 
 Thomas and Patty .(Coburn) Bradford of Lyndeborough. 
 She was b. Feb. 7, 1802. He d. April 16, 1886 in Temple. 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. Sept. 17, 1803, d. Jan. 12, 1883. 
 
 5. ANNA, b. Feb. n, 1805, d. Aug. 27, 1884. 
 
 6. MARY ANN, b. March 27, 1808, m. Dec. 29, 1826, Dr. Co- 
 
 burn of Wilton. 
 
 7. SARAH S., b. Oct. 12, 1810, d. Oct. 28, 1886. 
 
 8. RUSSELL, b. May n, 1812, d. June 4, 1812. 
 
 9. JOHN R., b. Oct. 13, 1814, d. May 4, 1846. He was driving 
 
 a team down the hill near Buttrick's mill when one of the 
 oxen became unyoked, and in endeavoring to keep the 
 yoke off the ground he was run over and killed. 
 
 10. NEHEMIAH, -f- 
 
 11. MARTHA, b. Sept. 6, 1818, d. April 15, 1844. 
 
 12. CAROLINE M., b. May 8, 1820, m. L/evi H. Woodward. 
 (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 NATHAN FISH, JR. Son of Nathan and Harriet E. (Russell) Fish; 
 born in Wilton, Dec. 2, 1795; married April 4, 1834, Sally, daughter of 
 Thomas and Lucy (Parker) Draper, born Aug. 30, 1810 ; died Feb. 23, 
 1856. He died Sept. 27, 1886. Children : 
 
 1. RHODA, m. Joseph Blanchard. (See Blanchard gen.) 
 
 2. NATHAN A., m. Mary Young. 
 
 3. JOSEPH D.
 
 742 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 4. GEORGE L. H., d. in the army. 
 
 Of these children one, Rhoda, was born at Lyndeborough, the 
 other three at Temple. 
 
 NATHANIEL R. FISH, son of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) 
 Fish; born in Temple, Nov. n, 1796; married Sept. 19, 1820, Rebecca 
 Palmer of Methuen, Mass. She died Oct. 3, 1882. He resided in Peter- 
 borough for many years, but died in Lyndeborough Feb. 7, 1889. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. REBECCA, b. April 2, 1822, m. David C. Grant of Lyndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Grant gen.) 
 
 2. ASCENETH, b. July 10, 1823, d. Oct. 14, 1839. 
 
 3. ELSEY, b. March 24, 1826, m. Franklin H. Kidder of Lynde- 
 
 borough. (See Kidder gen.) 
 
 4. EDWIN N., b. Jan. n, 1828. 
 
 5. JAMES G., b. Jan. 2, 1830. 
 
 6. GEORGE O., b. Aug. 18, 1832, d. May 26, 1873. 
 
 7. SARAH E., b. July 13, 1836, m. Benjamin G. Herrick. (See 
 
 Herrick gen.) 
 
 8. WILLIAM R., b. Jan. 18, 1839, m. Sarah Raymond of Green- 
 
 field, res. in Keene. Children : Arthur, Willie. 
 
 NEHEMIAH FISH, son of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish; 
 born Feb. 20, 1817 ; married Nov. n, 1845, Lydia Spofford. She was born 
 in Clarendon, Vt., June 18, 1822. He died in Greenfield Feb. 6, 1894. 
 Children : 
 
 1. HARRIET, died young. 
 
 2. JOHN I,., born in I/yndeborough Jan. 3, 1854 ; married 
 
 Sept. 5, 1883, Ida M. Newton, b. in Claremont, Oct. 22, 
 1854. 
 
 3. Ai^ivEN, b. in 1856, d. in infancy. 
 
 4. LYDIA M., b. March 10, 1862, m. John Flint, d. April 19, 
 
 1894. 
 
 FISKE. 
 
 EBENEZER FISKE was the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Hobbs) 
 Fiske. He came to L,yndeborough from Danvers, Mass., in 1835. The 
 farm that he bought and settled on was the land that the Rev. Sewall 
 Goodrich chose as part of his settlement and known thereafter as the 
 Goodrich place. It lies north of Badger Pond, and is now owned by 
 William C. Wilder. Mr. Fiske was much respected for his strict integ- 
 rity of character. While taking great interest in the affairs of the town, 
 and always fulfilling the duties of citizenship, he never aspired to public 
 office, and gave his whole time to his business of farming. He was a de- 
 voted member of and a constant attendant at the Congregational church. 
 Failing health compelled him to relinquish the active work of the farm,
 
 GENEALOGIES 743 
 
 and in 1882 he removed to Milford, where he died after a short illness. 
 He was born Aug. 18, 1809 ; married first, June 8, 1835, Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of Simon and Frances (Putnam) Mudge. She was born Aug. 22, 
 1813; died July 6, 1860. He married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, 
 widow of Griffin Wilson of Nelson. She was born March 17, 1814. He 
 died March 30, 1883. She died in Milford, Dec. 30, 1893. Children by 
 first wife, all born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 1. FRANCES, b. March 30, 1836, m. Levi P. Spalding. (See 
 
 Spalding gen.) 
 
 2. lyYDiA J., b. Dec. 3, 1837, d. in 1840. 
 
 3. HERBERT A., + 
 
 4. JAMES O., + 
 
 5. BENJAMIN M., + 
 
 6. JENNIE C., b. April 9, 1846, m. Jan. 31, 1871, William D. 
 
 Deadman of Wakefield, Mass. Children: William F., b. 
 Aug. 28, 1873 ; Roy S., b. Feb. 25, 1879, d. Oct. 24, 1885 ; 
 Alice M., b. May 19, 1882. 
 
 7. JULIA A., b. May 8, 1848, m. March 3, 1880, Edwin Stark 
 
 of Wakefield, Mass. Children: Theodore F., b. Nov. 14, 
 1881, Edwin J., b. April 20, 1883, Helen F., b. Feb. 24, 
 1889. 
 
 8. WIU.IAM E., + 
 
 9. ALMIRA E., b. Aug. 23, 1852, res. in Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 HERBERT A. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) 
 Fiske, born Oct. 18, 1839; married Sept. 28, 1876, Sarah E., daughter of 
 Otis and Mary (Gushing) Cutler. She was born Dec. 8, 1848. He died 
 Feb. 14, 1905. He was for many years the manager of an extensive soda 
 water manufactory in Boston. Child : 
 
 i. MARY E., b. Aug. 2, 1877. 
 
 JAMES O. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske, 
 born Nov. 21, 1841 ; married June, 1869, Sarah O., daughter of Samuel 
 and Sarah (Goodrich) Jones. She was born Feb. 18, 1846; died Dec. 26, 
 1894. He died Sept. 8, 1899. Child : 
 
 i. HARRY B., b. Dec. 17, 1873. 
 
 BENJAMIN M. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) 
 Fiske, born March 5, 1844 ; married Dec. 21, 1866, Sarah A. Fletcher of 
 Brighton, Mass. She was born Nov. 8, 1842; died Jan. 8, 1900; married 
 second, Feb. 12, 1902, Sarah Elizabeth Willis. He removed to Brighton 
 in 1864 and entered the employ of Charles Dana in the meat and pro- 
 vision business. In 1866 he bought out the business, and was very suc- 
 cessful from the start. He is one of the assessors of Brighton, a direc- 
 tor in the Market National Bank, a director in the Brighton Savings 
 Bank and a prominent and influential citizen.
 
 744 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 WILLIAM E. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske, 
 born Aug. 22, 1850 ; married April 5, 1876, Phebe C., daughter of Otis 
 and Mary (Gushing) Cutler. She was born Aug. 19, 1852. He was col- 
 lector for the Howe Sewing Machine Co. five years and in the provision 
 business in Brighton and Boston nine years. He returned to the home- 
 stead farm in April, 1887, and was farmer and produce dealer until 1902, 
 when he removed to Wilton. He was a strong supporter of the Congre- 
 gational Church, serving as clerk and treasurer of the society for a num- 
 ber of years. Child : 
 
 i. AGNES GUSHING, b. Sept. 27, 1878, m. George P. Bradford. 
 (See Bradford gen.) 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 ISAAC P. FRENCH, son of David and Lydia (Parker) French, born 
 Oct. 8, 1790 ; married March 26, 1815, Clarissa, daughter of Capt. Nathan 
 and Ann (Remick) Barnes. She was born 1795. He was a grandson of 
 Gen. William French and came from good Revolutionary stock. He 
 was born at Bedford and came from that place to Lyndeborough and 
 settled on the Barren place, now owned by Frank B. Fay. His wife was 
 a sister of John Richardson's wife and also sister of Mrs. Rodney C. 
 Boutwell. His name appears often in the records of the town as hold- 
 ing public office, and he was evidently a man of much ability. He re- 
 moved to Massachusetts about 1850. They had three sons : 
 
 1. DAVID, b. Feb. i, 1817. 
 
 2. GEORGE W., b. July 25, 1819. 
 
 3. CHARLES P. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 SUMNER FRENCH was born in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. i, 1806. Came 
 to Lyndeborough in 1852. In 1853 he bought the "Woodward" home- 
 stead farm in the north part of the town. March n, 1871, the old brick 
 house was burned to the ground, and there has been no house there 
 since. Mr. French married Mary L. Rice of Uxbridge, Mass., March 10, 
 1832. She was born Sept. 4, 1808; died Jan. 8, 1851; married second, 
 Lucy Averill of Mt. Vernon, N. H., Oct. 16, 1851. She was born Sept. 
 21, 1811. He removed to Francestown in 1872, where he died Oct. 14, 
 1881. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. MARSHALL S., b. in Methuen, Mass., Sept. 12, 1835. Res. 
 
 in Melrose, Mass. 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. in Manchester, N. H., Dec. 9, 1844, m. 
 
 L/angdon B. Cummings of Rindge, N. H. (See Cummings 
 gen.) 
 
 FULLER. 
 
 ANDREW FULLER came to Lyndeborough from Middleton, Mass., 
 in 1765. He was a descendant of the fourth generation from Thomas 
 Fuller, who came to the colonies from England in 1638. He was born in 
 Middleton, Mass., April 21, 1743. He fitted for college and at an early
 
 GENEALOGIES 745 
 
 age entered Dartmouth, from which he was graduated in 1764. On com- 
 ing to Lyndeborough he commenced to teach school and followed that 
 vocation until 70 years of age. He was evidently a man of varied ac- 
 complishments, for as a surveyor he ran many of the first lines through 
 the virgin forest of the then sparsely settled town. In the controversies 
 of the times he was much consulted for his knowledge of the law. He 
 was a devout member of the Congregational Church and while not an 
 ordained minister, he often supplied the pulpit and preached acceptably 
 to the people. He was of slight physique and never weighed more than 
 ninety pounds. He wore knee buckles until the last, and long after 
 they were out of fashion. He was town clerk and held other office and 
 was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. (See Chapter VII.) He 
 married first, Mary Putnam, who was born March 13, 1748 ; died Nov. 
 18, 1777; second, Hannah Smith, who was born Aug. i, 1749; died Sept. 
 5, 1824. He died in 1831. Children by first wife, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. Oct. 17, 1768, m. Piam Herrick. Rem. to Wil- 
 
 ton, N. H. 
 
 2. PAMEUA, b. March 12, 1770, m. Aaron Kidder. She d. 
 
 Dec. 23, 1816. 
 
 3. MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 18, 1771, m. Collins Whittemore. 
 
 Rem. to Hancock, N. H. 
 
 4. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 24, 1774, m. first, Blanchard ; sec- 
 
 ond, Blanchard (Sisters). Rem. to New York. 
 
 5. BETSEY, b. Feb. 6, 1776, m. David Kidder. 
 Children by second wife, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 6. SARAH, b. Jan. i, 1780, m. Samuel Davis. 
 
 7. ARCHILAS, b. April 25, 1781, m. Sarah Dascomb. Rem. to 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 8. OLIVE, b. March 31, 1783, m. Rufus Badger. 
 
 9. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1785, m. Osgood Hutchinson. 
 
 10. ANDREW, + 
 
 11. FANNY, b. Aug. 17, 1793, m. Moses Fisher, Jr. Rem. to 
 Francestown. 
 
 12. ANNA, b. June 19, 1795, m. Jacob Manning. 
 
 ANDREW FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Smith) Fuller, 
 born March 16, 1790; married April 29, 1821, Hannah M. Chenery of 
 Watertown, Mass. He died Feb. i, 1872. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN C., b. Oct. 6, 1822, d. Oct. 23, 1822. 
 
 2. HANNAH M., b. July 30, 1824, m. George C. Hutchinson 
 
 of Milford, d. Feb. 15, 1856. 
 
 3. ELIZA, b. Dec. 7, 1825, m. Charles Parker. Rem. to Man- 
 
 chester. 
 
 4. MARY J., b. Nov. i, 1827, m. Jonas Merriam of Billerica, 
 
 Mass. Rem. to Charlestown, Mass.
 
 746 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 5. GEORGE R. W., b. Nov. 6, 1831, d. Nov. 16, 1843. 
 
 6. WILLIAM H., b. Jan. 19, 1834, m. Addie Sterling of Dor- 
 
 chester, Me. Rem. to Billerica, Mass. 
 
 7. MOSES C., -}- 
 
 8. JOHN A., + 
 
 9. SARAH E., b. March 8, 1843, d. Dec. 4, 1855. 
 
 MOSES C. FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller, 
 born Dec. 19, 1835; married first, Dec. 19, 1860, Ann E. King of Milford. 
 She died Oct. 24, 1888 ; second, Oct. 27, 1894, Mrs. Cora A. Morin of 
 Stoneham, Mass. She was born May 6, 1855. He lives on the home- 
 stead farm, which has belonged to the Fuller family since 1765. He has 
 held town office and was in the U. S. service during the Civil War. ( See 
 Chapter X.) Children : 
 
 1. ELLA J., b. Dec. i, 1862, m. Chas. B. Smith of Wilton. 
 
 Shed. Feb. 18, 1895. Two children : Harry, Irene. 
 
 2. ANDY A., b. Jan. 8, 1868, d. June 24, 1871. 
 
 3. CORA M., b. Dec. 31, 1876, m. David C. Butterfield of New 
 
 Boston, April 9, 1894. Two children: Andy, Christine. 
 
 JOHN A. FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller, 
 born March 15, 1839; married May 21, 1865, Ella Wright of New Boston. 
 He died Dec. 16, 1897. Child : 
 
 i. FRED A. 
 
 FORD. 
 
 JOSEPH H. FORD came to Lyndeborough in 1830 from Jasper, N. 
 Y., born April 30, 1810; married Feb. 7, 1833, Betsey A., daughter of 
 Thomas and Betsey (Holt) Kidder. She was born March 6, 1814; died 
 Feb. 23, 1887. He died Feb. 14, 1877. Children, all but Alfred -T., born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY A., b. Sept. 3, 1833, m. March 13, 1853, Hezekiah 
 
 D. Davis of Shirley, Mass. Res. in Mason. Children : 
 Franklin, b. L,yndeborough, George, -Fred S., b. Oct. 7, 
 1869, d. Dec. 24, 1871. 
 
 2. ALVIN J., b. Sept. 2, 1835, m. Mary Marsh of Greenfield. 
 
 He d. May 12, 1896, in New Ipswich. 
 
 3. JOSEPH F., b. July 13, 1837, d- Dec. 5, 1837. 
 
 4. SUSANNA, b. July 17, 1840, m. John Gage of L/yndeborough. 
 
 (See Gage gen.) 
 
 5. ALFRED T., -|- 
 
 6. ALMANDA J., born Jan. 27, 1851, m. Albert Conant. (See 
 
 Conant gen.) 
 
 ALFRED T. FORD, son of Joseph H. and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford, 
 born Dec. 10, 1846, in Wilton ; married Abby, daughter of Peter and
 
 GENEALOGIES 747 
 
 Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Milford, Oct. 29, 1887. She was born Nov. 18, 
 1844. Child : 
 
 i. ROBERT A., (Adopted), b. July 21, 1892. 
 
 FOSTER. 
 
 ALBERT FOSTER, b. at Ashby, Mass., July 30, 1826; married Nov. 
 25, 1858, Sarah A. Davis of Sharon. She was born June 29, 1834 ; died 
 Nov. 22, 1903. He came to Lyndeborough from Brookline in the fall of 
 1889 and settled on the Otis Perham place, " Perham Corner." Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. MADA E., b. at Brookline, Sept. 17, 1866, m. Aug. 5, 
 
 1891, Morton F. Hutchinson, d. Oct. 26, 1892. 
 
 2. EMMA C., b. at Brookline, July 29, 1872, m. Fred H. Tar- 
 
 bell. (See Tarbell gen.) 
 
 GAGE. 
 
 JOHN GAGE came to Lyndeborough from New Boston in 1825, and 
 settled on the David Woodward place, where the Pinnacle summer house 
 now stands. He married April 24, 1817, Sally Tinker. She died Aug. 
 8, 1859. He died May n, 1861. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. at New Boston, June 28, 1818, d. May 15, 1849. 
 
 2. HARRIET, b. at New Boston, Feb. 3, 1820, m. John Newell. 
 
 (See Newell gen.) 
 
 3. lyUCY A., b. at New Boston, March 31, 1822, d. March 7. 
 
 1845. 
 
 4. DAVID, b. at New Boston, Feb. 17, 1824, d. Feb. 16, 1889. 
 
 5. RUTH A., b. at L,yndeborough, June 9, 1826, m. John W. 
 
 Burnham. (See Burnham gen.) 
 
 6. MARY B., b. at I^yndeborough, July 27, 1829, d. July 30. 
 
 1847. 
 
 7. ELIZA J., b. at I,yndeborough, Feb. 24, 1832, m. John 
 
 Newell. (See Newell gen.) 
 
 8. JOSEPH, -f- 
 
 9. JOHN, + 
 
 JOSEPH GAGE, son of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage, born June 20, 
 1834; married first, April 25, 1855, Harriet A. Wyman of Manchester. 
 She died and he married second, Julia A. Buxton of Weare. Children 
 born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. PERLEY R., b. June 29, 1856, m. I^aura E. Ritzelman of 
 
 Fort Wayne, Ind. He was a railroad conductor and d. 
 Aug. 7, 1889. 
 
 2. GEORGE E. Res. at Garrett, Ind. 
 
 JOHN GAGE, son of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage, born Sept. 27,
 
 748 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1836; married first, Ann E., daughter of Benjamin and Betsey E. (Rand) 
 Button, June 3, 1856. She was born June 5, 1838 ; died Aug. 9, 1862 ; 
 second, Louisa A. Follansbee of Weare. Divorced 1884 ; third, Phila M. 
 Gustin of Manchester, June 3, 1885. She was born Jan. i, 1840. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. ELLA C., b. at L,yndeborough, April 5, 1848, m. M. D. 
 
 McKay. 
 
 2. VILEDO, b. at Greenfield, Dec. 13, 1864. 
 
 3. I,INDLE;Y V., b. at Henniker, May 27, 1869. 
 
 4. WALDO C., b. at Henniker, April 12, 1877. 
 
 GAGE. 
 
 DAVID GAGE, born in Merrimack, Sept. 8, 1795 ; married Aug. 12, 
 1823, Betsey, daughter of Daniel Putnam of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born Jan. 24, 1800. He died Oct. 3, 1841. He went as a missionary to the 
 Cherokee and Choctaw Indians in Wayne Co., Missouri. He remained 
 there with them, teaching and preaching until they were removed by the 
 government to the west of the Mississippi River. (See Page 600.) 
 
 JOHN GAGE, son of David and Betsey (Putnam) Gage, born June 15, 
 1836, in Wayne Co., Mo. ; .married Feb. 24, 1859, Susan, daughter of 
 Joseph and Arvilla (Kidder) Ford. She was born July 17, 1840 ; died 
 March 8, 1901. He lived in Lyndeborough when a young man, and was 
 a member of the Lafayette Artillery, with the rank of captain and went 
 with the company to Portsmouth. He is a mason by trade and resides 
 in Wilton. Child : 
 
 i. WALTER F., b. Jan, 5, 1866. 
 
 GAGE. 
 
 HORACE D. GAGE, son of Stephen and Hannah (Gould) Gage, born 
 at Amherst, Dec. 7, 1851 ; married Oct. 12, 1881, Nancy, daughter of 
 Farnum and Almy (Leavitt) Clark. She was born at Ainherst, April 16, 
 1859. He came to Lyndeborough in 1880, and bought the Charles Parker 
 farm, North Lyndeborough, where he now resides. Child : 
 
 i. ALICE; L,., b. July n, 1886, d. July 27, 1889. 
 
 GOODRICH.* 
 
 William Goodrich of Bury St. Edmonds, County of Suffolk, England, 
 was the immigrant ancestor of the Goodrich family of Lyndeborough. He 
 came to America in 1636 and settled in Watertown, Mass. He was admit- 
 ted " freeman " in 1642. His homestead of five acres was in or near 
 what is now Mount Auburn cemetery. The inventory of his estate is 
 dated April 3, 1647. His widow, Margaret, married John Hull of New- 
 
 *In the old records of I,yndeborough, both town and church, this name is spelled 
 Goodridge. In the preceding chapters of this history the old fashioned way of spelling 
 the name was retained so far as it related to the Rev. Sewall. It was probably about the 
 time of Dea. Benjamin that the spelling was changed to Goodrich. For convenience the 
 modern spelling of the name is used in this genealogy.
 
 GENEALOGIES 749 
 
 bury, Mass., where she removed with her children. She died Feb. 3, 
 1683. 
 
 Jeremiah, son of William and Margaret, born March 6, 1638 ; married 
 Nov. 15, 1660, Mary E. Adams. 
 
 Philip, son of Jeremiah and Mary E. (Adams) Goodrich, born Nov. 23, 
 1669; married April 16, 1700, Mehitable Woodman. She was born Sept. 
 20, 1677 ; died Feb. 24, 1755. He died Jan. 16, 1729. He was one of the 
 first settlers of Lunenburg, Mass., and built the third house in the place 
 in 1724. He was a deacon of the church and was the first person buried 
 in Lunenburg. 
 
 Benjamin, son of Philip and Mehitable (Woodman) Goodrich, born 
 Feb. 3, 1701 ; married April 8, 1730, Sarah Phelps of Lancaster, Mass. 
 She was born in 1700; died June 19, 1776. He died April 19, 1773. 
 
 REV. SEWALL, GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Phelps) 
 Goodrich ; born in Lunenburg, Mass., July 7, 1747 ; m. Feb. 7, 1769, Phebe 
 Putnam of Danvers, Mass. She was born Nov. 26, 1752 ; died June 23, 1832. 
 He died March 14, 1809. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1764. 
 Dec. 24, 1767, the inhabitants of Lyndeborough voted to give him a call 
 to settle in town in the work of the ministry. The proprietors of the 
 township had previously voted the sum of .33, 6s, 8d., annually for a 
 term of five years to encourage a minister to settle there, and in addition 
 made a grant of two hundred acres of land to such person his heirs and 
 assigns forever. 
 
 At the meeting, Dec. 24, 1767, it was voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich for 
 his encouragement to settle in town in the work of the ministry the sum 
 of fifty pounds, sterling money of Great Britain, twenty-five pounds to 
 be paid within one year from his settlement, the other twenty-five pounds 
 within two years from his settlement. It would seem that they recon- 
 sidered this offer and made him another as follows : 
 
 " Voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich forty Pounds sterling money of great 
 Britain yearly for his support in the work of the Gospel ministry in this 
 town until there shall be Seventy families in the town and after that 
 forty five Pounds yearly until there shall be one hundred families in 
 town, afterward fifty Pounds annually said money to be paid in the 
 money as aforesaid or Province currency as equivalent." 
 
 " They voted Jonathan Cram Ephraim Putnam and Benjamin Cram a 
 committee to present their call." Mr. Goodrich accepted this call on 
 condition that he should be allowed to choose the two hundred acres 
 which the "proprietors " had granted, and should have the sum of about 
 one hundred and twenty-eight dollars as as an addition to his settlement. 
 The proprietors complied with his proposal and he selected the place 
 north of Badger Pond now owned by William C. Wilder. He was or- 
 dained Sept. 7, 1768, and commenced the work of his ministry. He was 
 married the following year, and the bringing of his wife to town was evi- 
 dently an interesting event for his people. They came in a two-wheeled 
 chaise, a vehicle that had hardly been seen in town at that early period. 
 The roads were very rough and Mr. Jacob Wellman was decidedly of the 
 opinion that they would not be able to come through with the carriage,
 
 750 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 or at least that the lady would not have the courage to ride in it. It is 
 said that he saddled and pillioned his horse, hoping, no doubt, that he 
 would have the honor of bringing the bride himself. But it was finally 
 decided that the minister and his wife should both keep their seats while 
 six strong men followed behind to keep the chaise right side up. Mr. 
 Goodrich was then twenty-five years of age and his bride seventeen. 
 
 In these days of one sermon a Sunday of a half or three-quarter hour 
 length, it is interesting to reflect upon what this young man had to do. 
 He must prepare two sermons for each Sunday and deliver them in a 
 church where there was no fire in winter, and each sermon was from one 
 and one-half to two hours long. It required courage and devotion to duty 
 to do it, and it must be said that it aslo took courage, devotion and strong 
 constitutions to sit through those long sermons in a cold house in winter. 
 The minister had a little advantage he could warm up to his theme. 
 
 In addition to these duties he was a prominent and successful business 
 man, long one of the proprietors of the town, and probably wrote and 
 witnessed more deeds than any other man in town since his day. It was 
 his custom to commence the Sabbath at sundown on Saturday night. 
 All labor and business must be stopped as far as possible. Mrs. Good- 
 rich was a busy, thrifty housewife, and had a task appointed for each of 
 her household. There were no drones in that hive during the long sum- 
 mer days. The busy wheels were kept flying by each girl who was old 
 enough to turn them, spinning the wool and flax for the family use. But 
 at sundown Saturday the command was given and all work ceased. He 
 continued to be the pastor of the church until his connection was dis- 
 solved by death, a pastorate of forty-one years. His death occurred town 
 meeting day, and Dea. Peter Clark announced the news of his death. 
 The meeting voted unanimously to assist the bereaved family at the 
 funeral, to invite all the ministers of the vicinity to attend, and to pro- 
 vide for their entertainment and to pay all funeral charges. The com- 
 mittee was Nathan Wheeler, Capt. Peter Clark, Dr. Benjamin Jones, 
 Jacob Richardson, Dea. Aaron Lewis, Peter Clark, 2nd, and Samuel 
 Houston. Among those charges was a bill for ten gallons of genuine 
 West India rum. That was the custom of that day. Children : 
 
 1. HERITABLE, b. Sept. 25, 1770, m. Oct. 30, 1788, Edward 
 
 Spaulding, d. July 30, 1838. (See Spalding gen.) 
 
 2. SARAH, b. Jan. 18, 1772, m. first, Dec. 22. 1791, James Ord- 
 
 way. He was b. Sept. 27, 1769, d. Sept. 13, 1804. She d. 
 July 9, 1852. (See Ordway gen.) M. second, Robert 
 Christie of New Boston. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN, -f- 
 
 4. Lois, b. March 23, 1775, m. Dea. Samuel Burnap of Fitch- 
 
 burg, Mass. He was b. May 28, 1801, d. Jan. 18, 1842. 
 She d. May 2, 1847- Children: Sewall G., Israel H., 
 Samuel, Charles C. P. 
 
 5. LUCY, b. Jan. 13, 1777. 
 
 6. SEWALL, b. Dec. 30, 1778, d. Dec. 7, 1799.

 
 GENEALOGIES 751 
 
 7. PHEBE, b. Dec. 13, 1780, m. June 15, 1807, John Mack of 
 
 Wilton. He was b. Aug. 7, 1780, d. July 16, 1854. She 
 d. Sept. 1 6, 1815. Children : Andrew M., Sewall G., John, 
 Sewall G., 2nd, Benjamin. 
 
 8. ISRAEL H., -\- 
 
 9. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 28, 1784, d. March 23, 1798. 
 
 10. K. PUTNAM, b. Feb. 8, 1787. 
 
 n. PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 24, 1789, m. June 4, 1815, Dea. Wm. 
 
 Jones. (See Jones gen.) 
 12. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 26, 1791, m, Jan. 18, 1820, Asa Lewis. 
 
 (See Lewis gen.) 
 
 DEA. BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Put- 
 nam) Goodrich, born July 9, 1773 ; married Nov. 4, 1802, Sarah, daughter 
 of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epes) Clark. She was born Nov. 19, 1778; 
 died Feb. 16, 1873. He died April 10, 1842. He served as selectman, and 
 was deacon of the Congregational church for over thirty years. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. JOHN C., + 
 
 2. SARAH, b. Nov. 24, 1805, m. Samuel Jones. (See Jones 
 
 gen.) 
 
 3. LUCY, b. Jan. 13, 1808, m. Capt. Peter Clark. (See Clark 
 
 gen.) 
 
 4. MARGERY M., b. April 23, 1810, m. David Stiles. (See 
 
 Stiles gen.) 
 
 5. Lois, b. Feb. 18, 1812, d. July 27, 1840. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN, -}- 
 
 7. SEWALL P., b. July 22, 1816, m. first, Hannah B. McCrillis 
 
 of Amesbury, Mass. She was b. March i, 1818, d. May 9, 
 1852. Children : Ella M., Mary H.; m. second, Nov. 15, 
 1855, Isabelle L. Adams of Milford, Mass. She was b. 
 July 30, 1830. Child : Jennie L. He d. Jan. 20, 1888. 
 
 8. PHEBE M., b. Dec. 24, 1818, m. Oct. 27, 1864, Dea. Abram 
 
 Patch of Wenham, Mass. He was. b. April 3, 1798, d. 
 Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass. 
 
 DEA. JOHN C. GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) 
 Goodrich, born Aug. 15, 1803; married Dec. 4. 1833, Pamela, daughter of 
 Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood. She was born Sept. 26, 1803 ; died 
 Dec. n, 1887. He died Jan. 30, 1882. He represented the town in the 
 General Court in 1864-1865, and was deacon in the Congregational church 
 thirty-six years. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN H., -f- 
 
 2. MARY P., b. May i, 1839, m. Geo. H. Stevens. (See 
 
 Stevens gen.)
 
 752 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. SARAH M., b. Aug. 7, 1843, m. Jan. 10, 1867, David E. 
 Proctor. (See Proctor gen.) 
 
 JOHN H. GOODRICH, son of John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Good- 
 rich, born March 28, 1835; married Jan. 15, 1874, Addie R., daughter of 
 Joseph and Susan (Hobart) Rowe of Boston. She was born Nov. 6, 
 1836. He was the postmaster at North Lyndeborough and, together 
 with his wife, held the office 44 years, until its discontinuance June 29, 
 1901. He represented the town in the general court in 1879-1880, justice 
 of the peace 35 years, selectman one year, census enumerator in 1890, 
 master of the grange in 1896. Soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter 
 X.) Was a member of the school board for a number of years, and is a 
 useful and much respected citizen. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN R., b. Oct. 31, 1874. 
 
 2. MILLIE A., b. Sept. 9, 1876, m. Oct. 15, 1895, Louis A. 
 
 Trow of Mt. Vernon. He was born Nov. 19, 1873. Chil- 
 dren : Harold A., b. Jan. 10, 1897 ; Stuart A., b. Feb. 2, 
 1898; Amy I., b. June 26, 1899; Jesse E., b. Dec. 27, 
 1901. 
 
 3. JosiE A., b. Sept. 17, 1878, d. Sept. 18, 1878. 
 
 BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Good- 
 rich, born March 27, 1814; married June 20, 1843, Irene Wardwell, 
 daughter of Rev. Stephen Wardwell of Penobscot, Me. She was born 
 June 24, 1823; died July 7, 1870. He died Nov. 27, 1857. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH C., b. at Eddengton, Me., Sept. 17, 1844, m. Jan. 19, 
 
 1878, Retyre M. Couch of Warner. He was b. April 5, 
 1839. Res. at Southern Pines, N. C. Children: Ever- 
 ett, Albert, Saran and L,ewellyn. 
 
 2. Stephen WARDWELL,, -(- 
 
 3. FRANCES I., b. March 17, 1850, m. May 9, 1879, Samuel 
 
 W. Pond of Minneapolis, Minn. He was b. April i, 1850. 
 Children; Francis E., Irving J., Samuel B. 
 
 4. JOHN A., b. Dec. i, 1853. 
 
 5. L/ORENZO B., b. Nov. 10, 1854, m - J an - 3 1880, Mathilda 
 
 Fessenfeld of Anahien, Cal. She was b. Nov. 2, 1863. 
 Res. in Minneapolis, Minn. Children : Sarah F., Arthur 
 W., Norman P. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN ASBURY, b. Oct. 5, 1857, m. Nov. 30, 1882, 
 
 Julia A. Wiggin of Bucksport, Me. She was b. Aug. 6, 
 1858. Is a minister and res. in Santa Barbara, California. 
 Child : Elaine, b. Sept. 14, 1884. (See Page 621.) 
 
 DR. STEPHEN WARDWELL, GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and 
 Irene (Wardwell ; Goodrich, born March 20, 1847 ; married May 15, 1873, 
 Georgianna Henderson of New York. She was born May ir, 1850.
 
 GENEALOGIES 753 
 
 Children: Fred W., Amy I., Edith. Stephen W. Goodrich enlisted at 
 Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1862, in Co. F., ist Mass. Heavy Artillery 
 stationed at Arlington Heights. They were ordered to the front May, 
 1864, and assigned 2d. Brigade 3d. Division ad. Army Corps. He was in the 
 battles of Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. 
 Was taken prisoner at Petersburg and confined in the Pemberton at 
 Richmond, also at Andersonville and other southern prisons. Was 
 paroled at Savannah, Dec. 10, 1864. He returned to duty, however, and 
 was at the surrender of Lee at Appomatox, and mustered out of the ser- 
 vice Aug. 16, 1865. He studied medicine with Dr. J. Heber Smith of 
 Boston, graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College, March, 1871- 
 Since then practiced medicine in New York City. 
 
 ISRAEL H. GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) 
 Goodrich, born Jan. 20, 1783 ; married first, April 6, 1809, Abigail, 
 daughter of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis. She was born Jan. 24, 
 1787 ; died June 30, 1821 ; second, June 10, 1823, Hannah French, born 
 Feb. 28, 1786; died Feb. 9, 1859. He died May 15, 1853. Children : 
 
 1. A son b. Aug. 14, 1810, d. Aug. 22, 1810. 
 
 2. A daughter, b. Sept. 10, 1811, d. Sept. 10, 1811. 
 
 3. SEWALL, b. Oct. 20, 1813, d. Jan. 18, 1869. 
 
 4. ABIGAIL, b. April 10, 1816, d. May 4, 1840. 
 
 5. NATHANIEL, b. July 30, 1818, d. Aug. 28, 1820. 
 
 6. SARAH, b. June 24, 1821, m. June 14, 1842, Jacob Hildreth. 
 
 She d. July 5, 1844. (See Hildreth gen.) 
 By second wife : 
 
 7. ANSON, b. March 18, 1824, d. April 12, 1824. 
 
 8. ISRAEL H., JR., b. Dec. 28, 1827, d. Oct. 6, 1846. 
 
 9. JAMES, b. Aug. 6, 1830, m. first, April 5, 1853, . She 
 
 was b. Dec. 29, 1829, d. June 2, 1866; second, April 28, 
 1868, Mary A. Ross of No. Brookfield, Mass. She was 
 b. July 16, 1835. Child : Charles B. 
 
 GOULD. 
 
 GEORGE GOULD, son of Thomas and Abigail (Needham) Gould, 
 born at Salem, Mass., in 1706 ; married April 20, 1732, Mary Giles, proba- 
 bly of Salem. She was born in 1710, and died March 2, 1797, at Lynde- 
 borough. He died in Lyndeborough, April 29, 1783. They had eight 
 children, all born at Salem, Mass., of these John and Daniel came to 
 Lyndeborough with their father. George was a descendant of Zaccheus 
 Gould, who came to this country from England some time previous to 
 1638. George Gould is recorded as having bought, Jan. 25, 1739, part of 
 home lot 46 and lots 74 and 27, second division, making him one of the 
 earliest settlers in Salem-Canada. In 1768 they were living on lot 70, 
 opposite where the town house now stands, and it is probable that he 
 and his sons, John and Daniel, owned pretty much all of the land that 
 is now the farms of Fred A. Richardson and William H. Clark.
 
 754 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 JOHN GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born Oct. 6, 
 1744; married Oct. 31, 1769, Susanna (Marsh, Kidder) Chase of Sutton, 
 Mass. They had one son recorded as born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. JOHN, b. Dec. 31, 1770. 
 
 MAJ. DANIEL GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born 
 at Salem, Mass., Nov. 26, 1749 ; married first, Dorcas Phelps. She was 
 born 1749; died, April 6, 1797 ; married second, Mary, daughter of Jacob 
 Hook of Kingston, N. H. He died March 5, 1804. He owned the farm 
 now known as the Richardson place at the center. He kept a tavern 
 there for many years, and all the children were born there. We have 
 no further record of this family except the dates of births of their 
 children : 
 
 1. SUSANNA, b. April 17, 1766. 
 
 2. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 25, 1778. 
 
 3. EDY, b. Dec. 29, 1779. 
 
 4. JARED, b. March. 16, 1782. 
 
 5. DANIEL, b. March 19, 1784. 
 
 6. GEORGE, b. Jan. 22, 1788, d. Nov. 17, 1804. 
 
 7. JACOB S., b. Aug. 21, 1793. 
 
 GOULD. 
 
 HUMPHRY N. GOULD, son of John and Ruth (Nichols) Gould, 
 born at Weare, June 13, 1827; married Sept. 20, 1857, Ellen R,, daughter 
 of William B. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Gove, born at Lynn, Mass., 
 Oct. 10, 1837. He died at Lyndeborough, Nov. 24, 1901. He came to 
 Lyndeborough from Weare and settled on the Jotham Hildreth place in 
 1898. Child : 
 
 i. CARRIE M., b. at Weare, May 18, 1867, m. Nov. 30, 1887, 
 Daniel A. Johnson, b. at Weare, February, 1860. Is a 
 travelling salesman. 
 
 GRANT. 
 
 JAMES GRANT, son of John and Margaret (Beasom) Grant; born 
 Sept. 22, 1790; married Nov. 3, 1818, Naomi, daughter of David and 
 Sarah (Putnam) Cram. He died Nov. 24, 1860. She was born Aug. 21, 
 1797 ; died April 6, 1860. Children : 
 
 1. JAMES HARVEY, b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. first, April 17, 1842, 
 
 Olive C. Hill of Berwick, Me. She d. at Marquande, Mo., 
 Dec. 24, 1877; m. second, Dec. 24, 1878, Elizabeth Myers. 
 He d. at Jackson, Mo., March 9, 1897. Children : Albert 
 Harvey, b. at L,yndeborough May 23, 1848; Annie Frances, 
 b. at Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1859. 
 
 2. DAVID CRAM, -f- 
 
 3. SARAH M., b. May 23, 1825, d. Aug. 3, 1829. 
 
 4. WILLIAM H., -f-
 
 GENEALOGIES 755 
 
 DAVID C. GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born 
 June 17, 1823 ; married Sept. 30, 1845, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel R. 
 and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough. She was born April 2, 
 1822 ; died Oct. 31, 1896. He died Jan. 24, 1900. 
 
 Probably no one else had such an abiding interest in the town his- 
 tory, or such a fund of information in regard to the people and events of 
 the town as he. He was chairman of the history committee at the time 
 of his death. Most of his life was spent in his native town, as farmer, 
 lumberman and carpenter. From 1860 until 1866, he was largely engaged 
 in the pressing and shipping of hay and in lumbering. From 1866 until 
 1869 he lived in Boston. In October, 1869, he removed to Minnesota, and 
 remained there three years in the lumber business. He returned to 
 Lyndeborough in the spring of 1873, and lived here until his death. He 
 served his town in the board of selectmen, board of education, building 
 committees and in other offices. He was a ready debater and talker, and 
 was much called for to preside at public meetings and to speak at town 
 celebrations. From the days of the old Lyndeborough lyceum he was 
 prominent in everything that related to the educational advancement of 
 the town. Children: 
 
 1. ELSIE M., b. Aug. 24, 1847, m. Dana B. Sargent. (See 
 
 Sargent gen.) 
 
 2. DAVID WALTER, b. Dec. 24, 1849, m. Oct. 29, 1872, Alice 
 
 E. Cassidy of Boston. Children: Fred T., Mabel A., 
 Nellie E. Fred T., m. Nov. 3, 1898, Olive H. Dyer of 
 Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 3. JAMES ARTHUR, -(- 
 
 JAMES ARTHUR GRANT, son of David C. and Rebecca (Fish) 
 Grant; born Dec. 20, 1859; m. Feb. 19, 1881, Nellie F., daughter of John 
 and Harriet (Glinds) Blanchard. She was born at Wilton, June i, 1862. 
 He lived for a time on the homestead farm, and removed to Milford 
 in April, 1901. Children, born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. CHARLES K., b. June 28, 1882. 
 
 2. GEORGE L/., b. May 2, 1884. 
 
 3. PERLEY A., b. July 19, 1891. 
 
 4. HAROLD W., b. Aug 12, 1895. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; 
 born Dec. 23, 1829; married Jan. 4, 1855, Martha, daughter of David and 
 Mary (Bickford) McCaine of Francestown. She was born Dec. 15, 1832. 
 He died Aug. 8, 1901, at Sandstone, Minn. His early education was de- 
 rived from the district schools, and as he says, " from such books as he 
 could borrow." At the age of fifteen he engaged himself as an appren- 
 tice to the harness making trade, but after serving for nearly two years 
 he determined to become a lawyer. He attended school at Nashua, at 
 the academy at Hancock, at the Yates academy at Orleans, N. Y., and re- 
 ceived private instruction from the Rev. Mr. Claggett, at Lyndeborough, 
 then taught school two winters. In 1852 he entered the law office of 
 Stephen P. Crosby, Esq., at Fraucestowu, and remained a few months.
 
 756 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 After recovering from an attack of typhoid fever he entered the office of 
 Samuel M. Wilcox of Francestown, where he remained until 1853. He 
 then removed to Manchester, and entered the law office of Benjamin F. 
 Ayer, and was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough Co. in 1854. He was 
 a deputy sheriff in 1853, and was the representative to the General Court 
 from Lyndeborough in 1853 and 1854. He opened a law office in Wilton 
 in 1854 and remained there until 1859, when he removed to St. Paul, 
 Minn., where he resided until his death. In 1868 he retired from the 
 practice of law and devoted his time to private business. 
 
 In the West he did not seek political preferment, but was the candi- 
 date pf his party for office with, as he says, " no hope of election." He 
 has received high honors in the Masonic fraternity, and was for two 
 years the registrar of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution. He was also a life member of the Minnesota Historical 
 Society. Child : 
 
 i. WILLIAM H., b. Dec. 2, 1857. 
 
 HACKKTT. 
 
 CHARLES HACKETT lived in that part of Lyndeborough, now 
 Greenfield, where the John Fletcher place is situated. He was a civil 
 engineer and removed to Maine. One child, at least, was born in Lynde- 
 borough, Ephraim, born July 6, 1791. Charles Hackett married Susanna 
 Burnham of Lyndeborough in November, 1789. She was probably a 
 daughter of Stephen Burnham, who settled in that part of the town. 
 
 EPHRAIM HACKETT, son of Charles and Susanna (Burnham) 
 Hackett; born July 6, 1791; married Nov. 21, 1811, Lois, daughter of 
 Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler. She was born April 29, 1787. He 
 removed from Greenfield to Lempster, and lived there for a number of 
 years, coming from there to Lyndeborough about 1828. He died in 
 Lyndeborough. The three older children were born in Greenfield, five 
 in Lempster and the two younger in Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. SUSAN, b. Oct. 25, 1812, d. Dec. 17, 1829. 
 
 2. HANNAH BUTLER, b. Feb. 17, 1814, m. June 7, 1841, Jacob 
 
 Wright of Woburn, Mass. 
 
 3. L/ois MARIA, b. Nov. 21, 1815, m. Sept. 2, 1841, William 
 
 Jewett. 
 
 4. L/UCY ALMIRA, b. Feb. 13, 1819, m. April 4, 1844, L/uther 
 
 Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 5. TRYPHENA PUTMAN, b. Oct. 18, 1820, m. Oct. 24, 1844, 
 
 Abijah Thompson of Woburn, Mass. 
 
 6. EPHRAIM, b. April 12, 1822, m. 1852, Harriet G. Pillsbury. 
 
 He was a member of the 22nd Mass. Regt. in the Civil 
 War, and died in Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 25, 1887. 
 
 7. RACHEL ROXANNA, b. Jan. 25, 1824, m. May 23, 1844, 
 
 Daniel R. Marshall.
 
 GENEALOGIES 757 
 
 8. SARAH SOPHRONIA, b. May 18, 1825, m. Sept. 9, 1848, Ed- 
 
 ward C. Thompson of Woburn, Mass. 
 
 9. WILBUR FISKE, b. May 3, 1830. 
 
 10. CHARLES WESLEY, -f- 
 
 CHARLES WESLEY HACKETT, son of Ephraim and Lois (Butler) 
 Hackett, born July 23, 1831 ; married Dec. 12, 1853, Myra J. Holt of 
 Fitchburg, Mass. He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 21, 1903. He was 
 a captain in the loth Regt. Minn. Vol. In the summer of 1862 about 
 forty-five men from the farming district adjacent to the town of Lake 
 City, Minn., where he was then living, came to Mr. Hackett and offered 
 to enlist if he would serve as their captain which he consented to do. 
 On the very day of the Sioux Indian outbreak, Aug. 18, 1862, he was 
 taking these men to St. Paul to be sworn into service. As a consequence 
 of this massacre Capt. Hackett's company was put into immediate ser- 
 vice on the frontier. In 1863, in command of his company, he marched 
 with the loth Regiment against the Sioux Indians, with the column 
 under Gen. Sibley to the Missouri river and was in the various actions of 
 that arduous expedition. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and 
 was among the older settlers of the state of Minnesota. His character 
 is summed up best perhaps in the resolutions passed by the St. 
 Paul Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a member. " During his 
 entire life he was a citizen without reproach, and his character and repu- 
 tation for uprightness and integrity in all his dealings was as firm and 
 unyielding as is the granite in the mountains of his native state. He was 
 a gallant soldier, who did not hesitate to show his patriotism by his 
 works. He discharged every duty devolving upon him in peace and in 
 war, as citizen, soldier, merchant and neighbor without hesitation and 
 without stain or dishonor." 
 
 HADL,EY. 
 
 JOSHUA HADLEY settled on the farm owned by the late Levi P. 
 Hadley, on the mountain. It is probable that he bought it as wild land 
 and made the first clearing there. The land has been in the possession 
 of the Hadley family ever since. Joshua Hadley died March 8, 1802. 
 Mary, his wife, died May n, 1802. Little can be learned about him, but 
 in the town records of births the following appears : 
 
 1. JUDAH (probably Judith), dau. of Joshua and Mary Had- 
 
 ley, b. Dec. 4, 1762. 
 
 2. JOSHUA, son of do. b. Aug. 22, 1764.+ 
 
 3. ELIZABETH, dau. of do. b. March 22, 1766. 
 
 4. CHASE, son of do. b. June 29, 1769.-!- 
 
 5. HUMPHREY, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1771. 
 
 JOSHUA HADLEY, son of Joshua and Mary Hadley, born Aug. 22, 
 1764; married Betsey (Williams) Giddings, b. 1768; died March 8, 1854. 
 He died Dec. 19, 1847. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. NANCY, b. July 23, 1788. 
 
 2. WILLIAM, b. April 19, 1790, d. May 5, 1790.
 
 758 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 3. FANNY, b. Oct. 30, 1791, d. March 15, 1792. 
 
 4. MARK, -f- 
 
 5. IRA, b. Sept. 21, 1795, d. Jan. n, 1849. 
 
 6. CHARGES, b. Feb. 12, 1798, d. Sept. 22, 1825. 
 
 7. ALLEN, b. April 2, 1800, d. Sept. 16, 1802. 
 
 8. ALFRED, b. Sept. 19, 1802. Rem. to Jasper, N. Y. 
 
 9. JENNISON, b. Oct. 15, 1805, d. Oct. 21, 1805. 
 
 10. BENJAMIN F., b. July 23, 1807. 
 
 11. ETHAN A., b. Nov. 13, 1809. 
 
 MARK HADLEY, son of Joshua and Betsey (Giddings) Hadley, born 
 April 19, 1793 ; married first, Elizabeth Herrick of Greenfield. She died 
 Oct. 9, 1832. He died March 26, 1858; second, Abigail, daughter of 
 Eben and Esther (Holt) Pearsons Nov. 10, 1844. She was born in Wil- 
 ton, Aug. 16, 1800; died June 26, 1879. Children: 
 
 1. WlLKES H., + 
 
 2. ELIZABETH A., m. Eli Jeffs of Wilton. 
 
 3. NANCY E-, m. Moses C. Burnham of Milford. 
 
 WILKES H. HADLEY, born May 4, 1821 ; died Feb. 14, 1900 ; mar- 
 ried Betsey F. Richardson of Wilton, April 15, 1847. She'was born Sept. 
 13, 1823 ; died Oct. 29, 1899. Children : 
 
 1. ELIZABETH B., b. May 29, 1848, m. Henry E. Martin of 
 
 Greenfield, Sept. n, 1869. Child: Minnie E., b. Jan. 
 23, 1871. 
 
 2. RUTH A., b. Sept. 17, 1850, m. Joseph F. Avery of Temple, 
 
 Dec. 25, 1871, d. March 17, 1883. 
 
 3. JOHN F., -f 
 
 4. MAY B., b. Aug 17, 1865. 
 
 JOHN F. HADLEY, b. June 26, 1854; married Emogen Heald of 
 Temple, N. H., May 18, 1876. Resides in Peterboro, N. H. Child : 
 i. FRANK H., b. May 2, 1877. 
 
 CHASE HADLEY, b. June 29, 1769 ; married Hannah Smith of Pep- 
 perell, Mass., March 24, 1796. She was born March 22, 1772, and died 
 Oct. 31, 1869. He died June 26, 1851. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. Jan. 7, 1797, d. March 29, 1798. 
 
 2. FRANKLIN, + 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. Feb. n, 1801, d. July 26, 1820. 
 
 4. SIDNEY, b. March 21, 1803. Rem. to New York. 
 
 5. ISRAEL G., b. Jan. 27, 1805. Rem. to New York. 
 
 6. WILLIAM, b. April 3, 1807. Rem. to the west. 
 
 7. MARY C., b. Feb. 21, 1809. Rem. to New York. 
 
 8. ALBA, b. Nov. 27, 1811. Rem. to New York.
 
 GENEALOGIES 759 
 
 9. RICHARD C., b. April 3, 1816, d. March 31, 1817. 
 
 FRANKLIN HADI/EY, born Dec. 15, 1798 ; married Mary Spaulding 
 of Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1828. She was born Dec. 15, 1798, and died 
 April 28, 1881. He died July 15, 1871. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. JOANN, b. June 20, 1831, m. Stephen D. Holt of Frances- 
 
 town, Nov. 29, 1849. 
 
 2. LEVI P., + 
 
 LEVI P. HADLEY, son of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley, 
 was born April 10, 1837. He has held various town offices and in 1901 
 was town treasurer. He owned the homestead farm on the mountain) 
 but for a time resided at South Lyndeborough village, having bought the 
 old Tarbell tavern stand. He married Minerva L. Stevens of Frances- 
 town. She was born Feb. 14, 1845. He died Dec. 28, 1902. Children, 
 all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. PRANK P., b. March. 20, 1868, d. Aug. 13, 1897. 
 
 2. DANA P., b. July 5, 1869, m. Sarah E. Edwards of Temple, 
 
 June 7, 1898. 
 
 3. GEORGE W., Sept. 18, 1873, m. Minnie E. Stacy of L,ynde- 
 
 borough, April 26, 1899. 
 
 4. LEVI W., b. Dec. 28, 1874. 
 
 5. ETHEL M., b. March n, 1879. 
 
 6. WINFIELD S., b. Oct. 17, 1883. 
 
 RAGGETT. 
 
 JOHN HAGGETT, born 1766. He was a blacksmith by trade and a 
 farmer as well. He married Annis Searle and lived on the farm in John- 
 son's Corner since known as the Haggett place, now owned by E. C. 
 Curtis. She died March 15, 1855, aged eighty-seven years ; he died Jan. 
 26, 1835, aged sixty-nine. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Jan 26, 1790, d. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Dec. 4, 1817, 
 
 Charlotte Merrill of Portland, Me. 
 
 2. AMOS, b. Aug. 18, 1791. 
 
 3. RACHEL, b. May 28, 1793, m. Simeon McGilvrey of Merri- 
 
 mac June n, 1814. 
 
 4. WILLIAM, b. March 7, 1796. 
 
 5. JOSEPH, + 
 
 6. SALLY, b. June 17, 1803. 
 
 7. ELIZA, b. Sept. 25, 1805. 
 
 8. ANNIS, b. Mar. 18, 1808. 
 
 JOSEPH HAGGETT, son of John and Anuis (Searle) Haggett; born 
 in Lyndeborough Dec. 19, 1800; married Oct. 4, 1824, Mrs. Charlotte 
 (Merrill) Haggett, born Jan. 22, 1800 ; died April 19, 1884. She was of
 
 760 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Portland, Me. He died Feb. 14, 1884. He lived most of his life in Lynde- 
 borough, but the infirmities of age caused him to abandon the farm and 
 seek a village life in Wilton, where he died. He was quiet and retiring 
 in disposition and much respected by his fellow townsmen. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN M., b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Nov. n, 1851, Samantha A. 
 
 Colby. She d. April 26, 1884. 
 
 2. MARY ANN, b. July n, 1829, m. Nov. u, 1851, Dr. D. C. 
 
 Hadley. He d. Feb. 1859. 
 
 3. HARRIET, b. March 27, 1831, m. Oct. 3, 1856, George D. 
 
 Ivivermore. He d. Oct., 1859 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1859. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. Aug. 16, 1833, m. Nov. 28, 1850, Israel W. Cur- 
 
 tis. (See Curtis gen.) 
 
 5. JENNIE C., b. July 26, 1835, m. May, 1867, John Upton. He 
 
 d. July, 1892; she d.' Dec., 1895. 
 
 6. JULIETT, b. Nov. 30, 1840, m. July, 1867, George H. Jones. 
 
 HARDY. 
 
 ELIPHALET J. HARDY, son of Isaac and Polly (Jennings) Hardy ; 
 born in North Anson, Me., June 3, 1829; married April 3, 1860, Sabrina, 
 daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gould) Jennings of Farmington, Me. 
 She was born March 17, 1832. He d. March 2, 1904. He came to Lynde- 
 borough from Colorado in 1896, and bought the farm where Samuel N. 
 Hartshorn lived. Children : 
 
 1. HANNABAL, b. Dec. 26, 1860. 
 
 2. OWEN K., + 
 
 3. ELIZABETH B., b. July 13, 1866, m. Dec. 25, 1892, Elbert 
 
 Barrow of London, Col. He was born Jan. 19, 1857. Chil- 
 dren: Owen E., b. Sept. 18, 1893; Elberta, b. Sept. 9, 
 1897. 
 
 4. ALBERT J., b. March 16, 1869, m. Feb., 5, 1894, Carrie M. 
 
 Clarkston. Child: Homer C., b. June 8, 1901. 
 
 REV. OWEN E. HARDY, son of Eliphalet and Sabrina (Jennings) 
 Hardy ; born July 13, 1862 ; married June 28, 1894, Eva B., daughter of 
 Walter and Azubah (Davis) Bates of Alexandria, S. D. She was born 
 Sept. 24, 1868. (For biographical sketch see p. 305.) Child : 
 
 i. AMY, b. at L,yndeborough, March 21, 1895. 
 
 HARRIS. 
 
 OLIVER HARRIS was born in Abington, Mass., Aug. 23, 1791 ; died 
 Sept. 20, 1870 ; married Sally Savage of Francestown Feb. 3, 1835. She 
 was born March 2, 1779 '> died Sept. 19, 1867. Lived on the Brown place, 
 North Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 i. NATHAN S., +
 
 GENEALOGIES 761 
 
 2. SARAH E., b. in Francestown, Aug. 3, 1840, m. Mark E. 
 Morse. (See Morse gen.) 
 
 NATHAN S. HARRIS was born in Francestown June 17, 1836; mar- 
 ried Martha A. Trafton of Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 9, 1856. She was 
 born Jan. 8, 1836; died Oct. 24, 1857. He was a soldier in the Civil War 
 and was drowned in the Mississippi River, Aug. 6, 1863. (See Chap. X.) 
 Child : -f 
 
 i. GEORGE T., b. in Rye, N. H., March n, 1857. 
 
 HARTSHORN. 
 
 JOHN HARTSHORN was one of the early settlers of Lyndeborough. 
 He came from Reading, Mass., some time previous to 1785 ; the exact 
 date is not known. He settled on the farm now owned by Everett E. 
 I/owe in "Per ham Corner"; he married Sarah Bach elder, probably of 
 Reading, Mass., April n, 1782. She was born June 22, 1763; died Jan. 
 1843. He was born March 7, 1756, and died March 26, 1805. 
 
 But little can be learned of the early life of Mr. Hartshorn. He and 
 his wife probably suffered the privations of those early times, and like 
 most of the sturdy pioneers was strong and energetic. It is related of 
 his wife that during some absence of her husband the cow wandered 
 away into the almost unbroken forest and she started off to find it. 
 Hunting until after dark she became lost herself and, managing to climb 
 a large boulder to be out of the way of the wolves, she prepared to spend 
 the night there, when to her great joy she saw the light from the open 
 fire in her home, the door having been left open. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1784, in Reading, Mass., m. first, Susanna, 
 
 dau. of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis. She was b. in 
 Reading, Mass.; m. second, Mehitable Carkin of I/ynde- 
 borough. He appears to have removed from I,yndebor- 
 ongh soon after his marriage, for the older children were 
 b. in Hancock, Vt., whence he removed to Mont Vernon. 
 Children: Curtis, Susan, Mary O., Serepta J., John H. 
 Serepta J. was b. in I^yndeborough and m. Rodney K. 
 Hutchinson of Milford. 
 
 2. JONATHAN, m. Alice Odell of Mt. Vernon, rem. to Nashua. 
 
 Children : Daniel, Eben, Jonathan, Abigail. 
 
 3. SAMUEL, -f- 
 
 4. SALLY, d. March 8, 1850. 
 
 5. MICAH, -+- 
 
 6. SEWELL, rem. to the West. 
 
 7. DAVID, rem. to the West. 
 
 8. PUTNAM, rem. to Wilton. 
 
 9. ANN, m. William Holt. 
 
 10. POLLY, b. 1795, m. Samuel Butterfield.
 
 762 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 DEA. SAMUEL HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) 
 Hartshorn, born in Lyndeborough, Dec. 17, 1785; married Sally, daugh- 
 ter of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 
 17, 1808. She was born Jan. 26, 1791 ; died Nov. 24, 1868. He died in 
 Mason, N. H., Sept. 16, 1861. He inherited the homestead farm and 
 lived there until about 1843, when he removed to Mason, N. H., where 
 he died. Children : 
 
 1. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1810, m. April 7, 1835, Lucinda, 
 
 daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Blanchard) Woodward of 
 L,yndeborough. I/ike his father he was a deacon in the 
 church, and always identified with its interests. Soon after 
 his marriage he had a store in Wilton for a short time. 
 He afterward bought a farm in Mason, whither his father 
 had gone, and removed there but died about a week after- 
 ward. He died Nov. 18, 1846. She d. September, 1888. 
 Children: Samuel G., res. in Milford, Persis. 
 
 2. JOHN, -+ 
 
 3. GEORGE, b. April 16, 1814, m. Mary A., dau. of Israel and 
 
 Ruth (Sargent) Putnam, Aug. 23, 1838. She was born 
 Oct. i, 1818, d. Jan. 22, 1882, in Milford. He removed to 
 Mason soon after his marriage and thence to Milford, 
 where he died January, 1880. Children : George R. and 
 Dodge G., twins; William N., Mary A. 
 
 4. MARY G., b. Jan. 6, 1816, d. in infancy. 
 
 5. SARAH, b. April 25, 1818, m. William A. Chase of Groton, 
 
 Mass., Oct. 8, 1846. Children: Mary, George, Fanny, 
 John, Maria, Walter. 
 
 6. HANNAH, b. June 26, 1822, m. first, George L,. Adams of 
 
 Northwood, N. H., Sept. 7, 1848; second, Eben Tilton. 
 She d. April 5, 1892. 
 
 7. MARTHA J., (adopted), b. Aug. 26, 1833, m. Wm. R. Put- 
 
 nam of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 7, 1851. (See Putnam gen.) 
 
 DBA. JOHN HARTSHORN, son of Dea. Samuel and Phebe (Ray- 
 mond) Hartshorn, born Dec. 31, 1811; died Feb. 10, 1878 ; married Susan- 
 na B., daughter of Dea. David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam, April 13, 
 1837. She was born May 14, 1816, and died March i, 1903. Dea. John 
 Hartshorn was a man of many sterling qualities. He was of a gener- 
 tion most of whom have passed away, but those of his associates still 
 living in town speak of him with respect. One of his daughters told the 
 writer that when he died it was a common remark that " he had not an 
 enemy in the world." Belonging to the minority political party in the 
 section of the town where he lived he was always " true to his colors," 
 and seldom failed to be present at town meeting and faithfully discharge 
 his duties as a citizen. His interest in town affairs never failed. He was 
 said to have been exceptionally genial and kind in his home life. He
 
 GENEALOGIES 763 
 
 was a deacon in the Baptist church. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. JOHN ALONZO, b. July 14, 1840. Killed in the battle of 
 
 Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. (See Chapter X.) 
 
 2. CHARLES JASON, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. n, 1861. 
 
 3. DAVID P., -f- 
 
 4. SARAH T., b. Sept. 26, 1853, m. George W. Moulton of 
 
 Old Orchard, Me., Oct. 2, 1869. He was born May, 1853. 
 
 5. ELIZABETH M., b. July 27, 1863, m. Fred B. Richards. 
 
 (See Richards gen.) 
 
 DAVID P. HARTSHORN, son of John and Susanna (Putnam) Harts- 
 horn, born June 30, 1851 ; married Mary Boutelle of Antrim, N. H., June 
 8, 1878. She was born Oct. 4, 1854. Res. on the homestead farm at So. 
 Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN W., b. Dec. 7, 1878, m. Feb. 4, 1904, Josephine E. 
 
 Duncan of Antrim. 
 
 2. CLARENCE, b. June 19, 1880. 
 
 3. HAROLD F., b. Oct. 20, 1884. 
 
 4. SUSIE E., b. April 4, 1888. 
 
 5. lyOuisE, b. Feb. n, 1891. 
 
 MICAH HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn, 
 born July 16, 1793 ; died Sept. 26, 1880 ; married Hannah Fletcher. She 
 died April 13, 1885. He lived where his son, S. Newell lived. Children, 
 all born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 1. ALMON, b. Nov. 24, 1819, d. Feb. 13, 1842. 
 
 2. ALONZO, b. Jan. 22, 1821, d. April 27, 1838. 
 
 3. FLORA A., b. March 16, 1825, m. Jacob Putnam of Wilton, 
 
 Dec. 31, 1850. He d. Feb. 6, 1895. She d. Oct. 24, 1875. 
 Children : Flora J., b. Feb. 4, 1854, m. Herbert Wilkin- 
 son of Herefordshire, England. Hannah A., b. May 24, 
 1857, m. Henry A. Proctor of Stoddard, N. H. 
 
 4. ADONIRAM J., -f- 
 
 5. SAMUEL N., -f- 
 
 ADONIRAM J. HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher) 
 Hartshorn, born Nov. 10, 1827 ; married first, Eliza Farnsworth of Shir- 
 ley, Mass., Sept. 21, 1854; second, Julia (Cragin) Draper of Wilton. 
 Children : 
 
 1. CHARLES J., b. in L,yndeborough, March 13, 1856. 
 
 2. FRANK E., b. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 17, 1862. 
 
 3. HARRY A., b. in West Groton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1866, m. 
 
 Ella R. Parkhurst. Children: Infant dau. b. May 13, 
 1888, Frank E-, b. July 23, 1890.
 
 764 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 4. FLORA J., b. in West Groton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1869. 
 
 5. MAY B., b. in Shirley, Mass., Jan. 12, 1872. 
 
 SAMUEL NEWELL HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah 
 (Fletcher) Hartshorn, born June 20, 1829; married Jane E., daughter of 
 Samuel and Elvira (Grey) French of Wilton, Sept. 29, 1861. She was 
 born Dec. 2, 1834. He died July 2, 1894. He was a mechanic and farmer 
 and operated the sawmill on his place. He was a man of many virtues 
 and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Children, all born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. WILLIS N., b. March 31, 1864, m. first, M. A. Greene of 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1891. She was b. Jan. 20, 
 1867, d. March 22, 1895, m. second, C. B. Purdy of Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1897. She was b. April 24, 1867. 
 He is a mechanical draftsman and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 2. LEON E., b. Dec. 9, 1866, m. Hattie J. Kingsley of Duds- 
 
 well, Province Quebec, March 23, 1892. She was b. May 
 16, 1867. He d. June 4, 1898. 
 
 3. MARION M., b. Sept. 21, 1872. Is a teacher of music and 
 
 res. in Wilton. 
 
 SUMNER S. HARTSHORN, son of George and Mary A. (Putnam) 
 Hartshorn ; born in Mason, Sept. 13, 1848 ; married first, March 27, 1872, 
 Anstress A., daughter of Joel H. and Eliza A. Gutterson of Milford. She 
 was born June 2, 1851 ; died March 26, 1877. Married second, May 18, 
 1878, Mary C., daughter of William N. and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson, 
 born in Wentworth Nov. 23, 1856 ; died in Milford, Dec. 28, 1892. Mar- 
 ried third, June 22, 1901, Mrs. Nellie R. Critchett of Boscawen. Resides 
 in South Lyndeborough, and is a member of the board of education. 
 Children, born in Milford, by second wife : 
 
 1. SUMNER L/., b. May 19, 1887. 
 
 2. BERTHA A., b. April 17, 1889. 
 
 SEWELL G. HARTSHORN, born Oct. 19, 1799 ; died Sept. 18, 1874 . 
 married March 25, 1827, Harriet Safford. She was born March 2, i8n ; 
 died Aug. 19, 1891. Children: 
 
 1. SARAH A., b. Aug. 14, 1829, d. April 29, 1894. 
 
 2. GEORGE P., b. June 25, 1831, m. July 3, 1853, Sarah Jack- 
 
 son of Bangor, Me. She was b. Oct. 8, 1837. Res. at 
 Newark, O. 
 
 3. DAVID, b. July 7, 1836, m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harriet Seiver. 
 
 He d. July 14, 1889. 
 
 4. MARY, b. March 24, 1846, m. Sept. 10, 1875, John J. Watts. 
 
 HARWOOD. 
 
 ANDREW HARWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Mt. Vernon about 
 1802 and settled on the farm in " Perham Corner" since known as the
 
 GENEALOGIES 765 
 
 "Harwood" place, now owned by A. A. Melendy. He married in 1804, 
 Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram. She was 
 born March 9, 1784; died Sept n, 1867. He died in 1860. Children, all 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL, b. June 20, 1805, m. John F. Holt of Lyndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Holt gen.) 
 
 2. ALICE, b. Jan. 10, 1810, m. Kendall Holt of Lyndeborough. 
 
 (See Holt gen.) 
 
 3. ANDREW, b. Feb. 8, 1814, m. Jane Lewis, Goshen, N. H. 
 
 HATCH. 
 
 CHARLES G. HATCH, son of Lyman and Polly (Fay) Hatch; born 
 in Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1826; married Elizabeth, daughter of Asa 
 and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Blanchard of Lyndeborough, Oct. 24, 1849. She 
 was born Sept. 19, 1829. He removed to Mil ford in 1864, where he died. 
 Children : 
 
 1. MARY B., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 31, 1850, m. first, Oct. 
 
 10, 1867, John F. Amsden of Milford ; m. second, Nov. 10, 
 1891, Henry A. Sheriden of Milford. 
 
 2. CHARLES A., b. in Milford, July 7, 1852, m. June 18, 1858, 
 
 Annie G. Barrows of Newark, O. Is a physician and res. 
 in Newark, Ohio. 
 
 3. GEORGE W., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 3, 1855, m. Feb. 25, 
 
 1880, Marcella Smith of Milford. Is a physician and res. 
 in Wilton. 
 
 4. FRED S., b. in Lyndeborough March 5, 1859, m. May 22, 
 
 1883, Isabelle B. Hutchinson of Amherst. Is an attorney 
 and res. in Larned, Kan. 
 
 5. FRANK S., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 27, 1860, m. April 2, 
 
 1888, Josephine Dustin of Townsend, Mass. 
 
 6. ARTHUR C., b. in Milford, Sept. 27, 1863. 
 
 7. LILLA BELLE, b. in Milford, Jan. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 22, 1889. 
 
 8. BESSIE G., b. in Milford, Feb. 15, 1869. 
 
 9. ERNEST G., b. in Milford, Jan. 27, 1872. 
 
 HERRICK. 
 
 DR. ISRAEL HERRICK. The name Herrick is of Norse origin and 
 derived from the Danish Ehric or Eric. This family came to England 
 about the time of Alfred, and figured conspicuously in the troublous 
 times which ruled in those days in England. After seventeen different 
 changes in spelling this name finally became Herrick. 
 
 Henry Herrick, the Anglo-American ancestor of the Herricks of Lynde- 
 borough, came to this country from Leicester, England, June 24, 1769, 
 and settled at Cape Ann Side, now called Beverly. One of his descend- 
 ants of the sixth generation, Edward Herrick, of Andover, Mass., settled
 
 766 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 in Wilton soon after the Revolutionary War. This Edward was born at 
 Methuen, Mass., Oct. 9, 1754, and was by trade a cabinet maker. He 
 built a cabinet shop and grist mill at Barnes' Falls and carried on busi- 
 ness there until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 and after his death his widow secured a pension. He married in Wilton 
 Mary Holt, Nov. 18, 1779. She was born at Andover, Mass., Nov. 24, 
 1755. He died Feb. 25, 1810, aged fifty-five years. She died Oct. 24, 
 1844, aged eighty-nine years. They had nine children, of whom Israel, 
 the subject of this sketch, was the seventh. He was born July 9, 1794. 
 ' His opportunity for education up to the time he was fifteen years of 
 age was the "district school as it was," as he has said, and then owing 
 to the long sickness and death of his father he was deprived of this privi- 
 lege, small as it was, until he entered upon his nineteenth year. At that 
 time he was given an invitation by an uncle who lived at Tarn worth to 
 come and live with him, and in December, 1812, he started for his new 
 home. He says of this change: "From uncle's family I received a 
 hearty welcome, and they made known to me another welcome announce- 
 ment, viz., that their district school would commence on the morrow, 
 with the Rev. Father Hidden as teacher, and would keep three months, 
 and that I was to go all the time, and my work would be to take care of 
 the stable and saw the fire wood. But this I met with dread, for I was a 
 great ignorant boy. Ah ! how I dreaded to enter that school. . . . But 
 this teacher proved to be one of the best friends I ever had. I improved 
 the term faithfully, so much so that Father Hidden interceded with my 
 uncle to give me a public education, and to my joy it was announced to 
 me that in September I should go, under the care of Father Hidden, to fit 
 me for such an enterprise. I continued for almost two years, and had 
 got almost prepared to enter college when he was suddenly taken down 
 with neuralgia sciatica." 
 
 This uncle expected young Israel to become a preacher of the Gospel, 
 which he would by no means consent to do, as he says, " without becom- 
 ing a consummate hypocrite," and the result of this sickness and differ- 
 ence with his uncle was his returning to his home in Wilton. In 1815 he 
 entered into a partnership with a relative in the West India goods trade 
 in Salem, Mass., but the venture did not prove a success. In 1817 he 
 commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John Wallace, continuing 
 with him a little over two years, and finished his three full years with 
 Dr. Asa Crosby of Gilmanton in September, 1820. From there he went 
 to Hanover and attended his second course of lectures, receiving his de- 
 gree of M.D. in December, 1820. 
 
 In 1821 he came to Lyndeborough and opened an office in the middle 
 of the town so called. It was evidently in what was the old "store 
 house." Dr. Daniel Ward well was a practicing physician here then, and 
 Dr. Herrick says, " Of course tny business was small." In October that 
 same year he bought the real estate and* practice of Dr. Wardwell and 
 soon had a good and increasing practice. Nov. 28, 1822, he married 
 Eliza H. Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of Milford, and located in a 
 tenement owned by Col. Richardson in a house that was afterward re- 
 moved to Wilton. The next summer he built the house where Herman 
 A. Walker now lives, but did not move into it until the spring of 1824.
 
 GENEALOGIES 767 
 
 In 1828 he sold this place, together with his practice, to Dr. Nathan 
 Jones, a native of Lyndeborough, but then practicing in Temple, and 
 removed to Milford, March 20, 1828. He remained there two years, and 
 then removed to Mason Village, where two years was the length of his 
 stay. From there he went to Deering and remained until 1834. Through 
 the influence and solicitation of the Rev. Nathaniel Merrill he was in- 
 duced to return to Lyndeborough in November, 1834, and opened an 
 office in the house where Henry Clark afterward lived. This house was 
 torn down in 1904. 
 
 He says in his sketch of his life, "I might here close this meagre 
 autobiography of my changeable life but there are a number of points or 
 circumstances, independent of my migratory course, which I wish to 
 notice, but in the meantime humbly acknowledge the hand of God in 
 guiding me thus far. When darkness and doubt closed me in on every 
 side and I saw no way for escape His kind and loving hand would, in a 
 way I thought not of, lead me out where there was relief, light, joy and 
 hope. Blessed be His name forever." The above quotation reveals the 
 man he was. 
 
 He purchased the place were his son, Benjamin G., now lives and 
 passed the remainder of his days there. March 3, 1843, bis buildings 
 were destroyed by fire, but were soon rebuilt. He was educated in the 
 " old school" of practice of medicine, but adopted the Homeopathic or 
 new school at a time when it required considerable courage to do so. 
 He was the fourth physician in this state to adopt this method. It was 
 receiving at that time great ridicule and opposition from the adherents of 
 the old way. Dr. Herrick was eminently successful as a physician and 
 had a large practice. His skilled services were in demand, not only 
 in his own town, but in the neighboring towns as well. He was ever 
 ready to attend a call day or night, and he knew to the full the hardships 
 of a country doctor. Generous to a fault he seldom pressed a debtor 
 for a bill. 
 
 As a citizen he took great interest in the material affairs of the town 
 and his ability and common sense made his opinions respected. He was 
 three times elected to serve his town in the Legislature and also held the 
 office of selectman and town clerk. He early became interested in the 
 Anti-Slavery agitation, and cast the first abolition ballot ever offered in 
 town. It was taken from the ballot box and passed around as a curiosity. 
 For some reason it was not returned and was never counted. He was 
 prominent in the crusade against rum and was a temperance speaker of 
 some note, and a poet of no mean ability. He was one of those rare 
 men whose presence in the sick room brings restfulness, courage and 
 confidence to the patient. Of a stout habit with bushy eyebrows, sharp 
 grey eyes but kindly withal, he was a man, once seen, to be remembered. 
 Failing health compelled him to relinquish much of his practice during 
 the last years of his life, but whenever possible he responded when his 
 services were needed. 
 
 Dr. Israel Herrick, son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick, born 
 July 9, 1794; died Feb. 18, 1866; married first, Eliza H., daughter of 
 Samuel and Abigail (Jones) Burns of Milford, N. H., Nov. 28, 1822. 
 She was born Nov. 24, 1802, and died April 20, 1848 ; married second,
 
 768 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Emmeline, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Grey of Wilton, N. 
 H., Dec. 12, 1849. She was born Oct. u, 1811 ; died June 3, 1891. Chil- 
 dren, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ELIZA D., b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. Aug. 20, 1825. 
 
 2. LAFAYETTE, -f- 
 
 3. WILLIAM J., + 
 
 4. EDWARD H., b. Oct. n, 1828, d. July 25, 1873. 
 
 5. BENJAMIN G., -f- 
 
 LAFAYETTE HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick, 
 born Jan. 29, 1825 ; married first, Sarah E., daughter of Francis D. and 
 Mehitable (Haynes) Johnson of Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1848. She was 
 born Nov. 15, 1827; married second, Indianna E., daughter of Samuel 
 and Mahali (Elliott) Wilson of Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 9, 1854. She 
 was born April 19, 1838. He died May 30, 1888. Children, all by second 
 wife : 
 
 1. HENRY A., b. March 4, 1855, m. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of 
 
 Greenfield, Jan. 27, 1897. He d. June 17, 1901. 
 
 2. CARRIE D., b. Nov. 8, 1858, d. Dec. i, 1872. 
 
 3. ANNA E., b. Aug. 7, 1860, d. Dec. 16, 1868. 
 
 4. IDA M., b. Jan. 4, 1866, d. Nov. 18, \\ 
 
 WILLIAM J. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick. 
 born Jan. 15, 1827; married first, Chloe, daughter of Samuel and Olive 
 (Clark) Jones of Lyndeborough, April 30, 1849. She was born Feb. 27, 
 1831 ; died Nov. 21, 1876; married second, Mrs. Mary Jane McGaskey of 
 Plymouth, Mo., Oct. 31, 1878. He died Jan. 5, 1893. He kept the store 
 at the "centre " for some years. He had a partner at first and the firm 
 was known as O'Donnell & Herrick, but he was afterwards sole proprie- 
 tor. At that time, 1860 to 1865, considerable trading was done at the old 
 store at the " centre " and Mr. Herrick did a thriving business. He was 
 the postmaster and during the years of the Civil War but one daily 
 paper was taken by any patron of that office, and the neighbors used to 
 gather at the store when Dr. Jones brought the mail to get the news 
 from the front. The railroad then only came as far as Wilton and all 
 merchandise was brought from there by team. Soon after the close of 
 the war, he was taken with the "western fever" and removed to Elk 
 Grove, 111., where he remained until 1870 when he bought 80 acres of 
 wild prairie land of the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad and made a new 
 home in Missouri. He was a pioneer in the section where he settled) 
 and became influential and prosperous. His decendants reside there now. 
 Children by first wife, all born in Lyndeborough but two youngest : 
 
 1. CHARLES I., b. Jan. n, 1850, m. Oct. 29, 1874, Frances E. 
 
 Lyon. Children : Mina Belle, Chloe F. Res. in Ply- 
 mouth, Mo., where he is a prosperous farmer and has held 
 public office. 
 
 2. EMMA E., b. Aug. i, 1854, m. Oct. 25, 1870, Horace Wright-
 
 /
 
 GENEALOGIES 769 
 
 man. Children : Florence E., Grace, Frederick, Samuel, 
 Laura. Res. in Plymouth, Mo. 
 
 3. FRANK H., b. Oct. 30, 1855, d. June 18, 1858. 
 
 4. FRANK H., 2ND., b. Sept. i, 1859, d. March 21, 1861. 
 
 5. SAMUEL J., b. May 2, 1862, m. Aug. 7, 1883, Emma E. 
 
 Welker. Children: Myrta L., L/eah B. He is a phy- 
 sician and res. in Everest, Kan. 
 
 6. ALICE CLARK, b. in Missouri, Oct. 5, 1869. 
 
 7. WILLIAM A., b. in Missouri, May 5, 1874, d. Oct. 6, 1878. 
 
 BENJAMIN G. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick ; 
 born May i, 1836. He was educated in the common schools of Lynde- 
 borough, and became a prominent figure in its social and political life. 
 A lover of music, he was a long time member of the Congregational 
 church choir, and was always ready to assist the "committee on music " 
 at entertainments and celebrations held in town. He is a valued leader 
 in the councils of the political party to which he belongs and unswerving 
 in his allegiance to its principles. He early joined in the grange move- 
 ment and was the master of the local branch of the order for several 
 years, serving with faith and perseverance. He was nominated and 
 elected county commissioner in the fall of 1888, having the honor of 
 being the first Lyndeborough man to have a place on the county ticket. 
 He was re-elected three times, serving in all, eight years. During two 
 years of his term of office, and while chairman of the board, the county 
 commissioners had the care and responsibility of the expenditure of nearly 
 $400,000, taking into account expenses for the support of the county poor 
 and the erecting of the new county buildings at Grasmere. It was during 
 his term of office that the location of the county farm at Wilton was aban- 
 doned and the commodious and convenient plant at Goffstown estab- 
 lished. He was called upon to help decide many important road cases, 
 and discharged his duties to the satisfaction and approval of his constitu- 
 ents. He had entire charge of the county poor in the towns of the 
 county. He was elected representative in 1900, and very naturally was 
 made chairman of the committee on county affairs. He was a soldier in 
 the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) He married Sarah E., daughter of 
 Nathaniel R. and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough, N. H., Jan. 8, 
 1861. She was born July 13, 1836. Child, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i-. WILLIE, F. -f- 
 
 WILLIE F. HERRICK, son of Benjamin and Sarah .E. (Fish) Her- 
 rick; born Jan. 15, 1866; married Nellie, daughter of Antoine and Mary 
 (Ross) Farnham of Lyndeborough, Jan. 28, 1891. She died May 5, 1897. 
 He married second, Feb. 5, 1902, Lucy A., daughter of Francis J. and 
 Catharine (O'Brien) Barrett of New Bedford, Mass., born Nov. i, 1875. 
 Children by first wife : 
 
 1. HARRY B., b. Oct. 16, 1891. 
 
 2. ROY F., b. July 18, 1895. 
 
 3. BESSIE E., b. April 5, 1897.
 
 770 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 4. FRANCES BARRETT, b. June i, 1905. 
 
 EDWARD HERRICK, a brother of Dr. Israel Herrick, once lived in 
 Lyndeborough, on the farm where E. H. Putnam lives. He was the son 
 of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick ; born Oct. 29, 1785 ; married first, 
 Nancy Barrett of Wilton, Dec. 27, 1810. She died Nov. 27, 1824. He 
 married second, Nov. 22, 1825, Mary Andrews. The records do not show 
 whether their children were born in Lyndeborough or not. Children : 
 
 1. EDWARD BARRETT, b. April n, 1812. 
 
 2. MARY J., b. Sept. 17, 1814, m. Joel Hesselton. 
 
 3. ELIZA A., b. June 2, 1816, m. Oscar Ingalls. 
 
 4. CHARLES P., b. April 27, 1818. 
 
 5. NANCY D., b. July 4, 1820, m. Silas B. Winn. 
 
 6. ALONZO, b. Dec. 9, 1827. 
 
 7. JOHN A. b. Nov. 3, 
 
 8. HARRIET J., b. Dec. 26, 1831. 
 
 9. ANDREW J., b. June 5, 1834. 
 
 10. CLYMINIA F., b. April 5, 1838. 
 
 11. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1839. 
 
 HESSEI/TINE. 
 
 NATHAN HESSELTINE, JR.,was the son of Nathan Hesseltine, who 
 settled in Wilton. The church records of Wilton show that the four 
 older children were baptized in the church there, but the town records of 
 Lyndeborough show that all the children of Nathan Hesseltine were born 
 in Lyndeborough. He lived in a house that stood where the glass factory 
 was built, and there is where his children were born. Nathan was a sol- 
 dier in the Revolutionary War, according to the Wilton History. The 
 name is spelled in different ways, and in Wilton it is usually written 
 Hesselton. He married Phebe and we have no further record ex- 
 cept the births of his children : 
 
 1. PHEBE, b. April 30, 1776. 
 
 2. JOHN, b. Jan. 24, 1779, m. April 17, 1808, Sally, dau. of 
 
 John Baldwin. 
 
 3. NATHAN, b. March 24, 1781, rem. to Weston, Vt., d. Jan. 4, 
 
 1814. 
 
 4. SAMUEL, b. May 14, 1783. 
 
 5. LOTS, b. Sept. 16, 1785. 
 
 SKY. b. July 9, 1788. 
 
 -KAH, b. Au.i*. 14, 1790, d. Feb. 14, 1795. 
 . D . 1). Aug. 2, 1793. 
 
 HILDRETH. 
 JuTHAM UlIvDRETH. Our record of the Hildreth family is imper-
 
 GENEALOGIES 771 
 
 feet. From what few records we are able to obtain, it would seem that 
 Jotham Hildreth came from Amherst in 1800 and settled on land in the 
 southwestern part of the town. He married Abigail, daughter of Joshua 
 and Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 22, 
 1781 ; died Aug. 24, 1850. He died Dec. 8, 1850. He was evidently a man 
 of considerable business ability and energy. He built and owned one or 
 more sawmills in town. The farm where he settled has since been known 
 as the Hildreth place, now owned by the heirs of Mr. Gould. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 15, 1806, m. first, Israel Putnam. (See 
 
 Putnam gen.); m. second, Jacob Crosby. She d. July 8, 
 1888. 
 
 2. JOTHAM, b. June 25, 1807, d. July 8, 1893. He was a man 
 
 possessed of considerable means for a farmer of his day, and 
 while of a quiet, retiring nature, he was still a well known 
 citizen, and had in a large degree the respect of the com- 
 munity. He was a devout member of the Congregational 
 church and a constant attendant at church services until 
 infirmity prevented. He gave the church a sum of money 
 the income of which was to be used in its support, and he 
 left a bequest to be administered by trustees, the income of 
 which was to be devoted to helping the worthy poor. He 
 met his death by accident, falling from the railroad track at 
 or near the so-called gulf bridge. 
 
 3. JACOB, b. Dec. 31, 1809, m. June 14, 1842, Sarah, dau. of 
 
 Israel and Abigail (L/ewis) Goodrich of L/yndeborough. 
 She was b. June 24, 1821 ; d. July 5, 1844. He d. May 17, 
 1849. 
 
 4. MARY A., b. June 12, 1817, d. Sept. 3, 1836. 
 
 5. JULIA A., b. March 26, 1821, d. Sept. 10, 1875. 
 
 ABEL HILL, son of Alpheus Hill of Billerica, Mass., born Aug. 22, 
 1787; married Jan. 22, 1814, Polly, daughter of John and Ruth (South- 
 wick) Proctor. She was born in Danvers, Mass., April 2, 1791; died 
 Nov. 7, 1857. He died in Henniker, March 12, 1828. He was the first of 
 this family to come to Lyndeborough. He settled on a farm situated on 
 the old road from the Nathan Richardson place to North Lyndeborough. 
 Daniel B. Whittemore owns the pasture where the old cellar hole is. 
 Asa was born there. After Abel Hill's death in Henniker his wife and 
 children came back to Lyndeborough, and lived in a house on the side of 
 the mountain south of M. T. Spalding's place. Nothing but a cellar 
 hole there now. Children : 
 
 1. ASA, -4- 
 
 2. SYLVESTER, b. Aug. 16, 1819; d. Feb. 21, 1821.
 
 772 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 3. MARY P., b. Jan. 15, 1822, m. John Carleton of Lyndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Carleton gen.) 
 
 4. SYLVESTER, 2ND., b. Sept. 23, 1823, d. Sept. 16, 1853. 
 
 5. MARTHA, b. Jan. 4, 1826, d. Feb. 7, 1860. 
 
 Of these children, Asa was b. in I/yndeborough, the others 
 in Henniker. 
 
 ASA HILL, son of Abel and Polly (Proctor) Hill, born in Lyndebor- 
 ough, May 3, 1816 ; married April 24, 1847, Julia Augusta Burgess of 
 Maine. She was born June 10, 1824 ; died Dec. 8, 1900. He died Oct. 20, 
 1891. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church for many years. 
 He always took great interest in the events of the town but never held 
 public office of any importance. He was a long time member of the 
 Lafayette Artillery Company. Children : 
 
 1. FRED M., b. May 5, 1853, m. Feb. 8, 1877, Ella L., dau. 
 
 of William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b. 
 in Hollis, Nov. 12, 1852. They have three children : 
 Frank A., b. June 13, 1878; Charles A., b. Sept. 10, 1879; 
 Mary E., b. July 7, 1881, d. Feb. 28, 1891. 
 
 2. IRA B., b. May 3, 1861, m. January, 1884, Emma F., dau. of 
 
 William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b. in 
 Hollis, June 16, 1863. Children : Gladys A., b. July 21, 
 1896. 
 
 HOLDEN. 
 
 AARON HOLDEN, born in Mason ; married Sept. 5, 1843, Julia A. 
 Morse of Francestown. She was born Sept. 5, 1820. He died Oct. 4, 
 1886. Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE H. 
 
 2. AARON A. 
 
 3. HENRY E., + 
 
 4. FLORENCE D., b. Oct. 16, 1854, m. Charles H. Pond. 
 
 Children : Edward, Delia F. 
 
 5. AARON A., b. Jan. 28, 1858. 
 
 HENRY E. HOLDEN, son of Aaron and Julia (Morse) Holden, born 
 Oct. 18, 1850; married Lizzie J. Peabody. She was born April 14, 1857. 
 Children : 
 
 1. PERLEY E., + 
 
 2. ADA B., b. July 20, 1876. 
 
 3. FLORENCE D., b. April 10, 1879. 
 
 4. BELLA F., b. Feb. 4, 1883. 
 
 PERLEY E. HOLDEN, son of Henry E. and Lizzie J. (Peabody) 
 Holden, born April 3, 1875; married June 25, 1897, Myrtie C., daughter 
 of John H. and Clintina (Carkin) Burton. Children :
 
 GENEALOGIES 773 
 
 1. VIOLA, b. May 25, 1899. 
 
 2. MARGIE C., b. Oct. 12, 1902. 
 
 HOI/T. 
 
 The name Holt is of ancient origin and is applied to a number of 
 towns and parishes in England. According to some writers on English 
 genealogy there would appear to have been two prominent families of 
 this name, known as the Aston family of Norwickshire and the Grizzle- 
 hurst family of Lancaster. Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the 
 King's Bench, was a descendant of the last-named family, and was a 
 very famous man in his day. He was noted for his extensive knowledge 
 of the common law of England and his uprightness upon the bench. 
 Nicholas Holt, the immigrant ancestor of the Holts of New England, 
 was a lineal descendant of Sir John. The time and place of the birth of 
 Nicholas is unknown. The first definite information we have of him is 
 as a passenger on the Ship James of London, William Cooper, master, 
 which sailed from the port of Southampton, Eng., April, 1635, and of 
 his arrival on these shores the third of June following. He was un- 
 doubtedly accompanied by his wife and at least one child. He settled in 
 Newbury, Mass., and lived there nine years. In 1644 he removed with 
 his family to Andover, Mass., and was the seventh settler of that town. 
 He was three times married. The Christian name of his first wife was 
 Elizabeth ; his second wife was Hannah Rolfe, and his third, Mrs. 
 Martha Preston. He died in Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1685. William 
 Holt, the first of this family to come to Lyndeborough, was of the fourth 
 generation from Nicholas of Andover as follows : Nicholas, Henry, 
 Oliver, William. 
 
 The exact date of his coming to Lyndeborough is not known but it 
 was some time previous to 1760, for the town records contain the follow- 
 ing date of birth : " William, son of William Holt and Bulah, his wife, 
 born March 23, 1760." It is a tradition that William Holt came to 
 Salem-Canada with David Stratton and as Stratton took a deed of some 
 land in 1745, that is probably the year. After spending one winter with 
 Stratton hunting and trapping he bought the lot numbered 76 or what 
 was afterwards the Dr. Herrick farm, taking a deed, Aug. 9, 1753. Later 
 he bought Stratton' s farm, and removed there. This farm is the one 
 now owned by his descendant, Andy Holt. He had three sons born in 
 Lyndeborough, William, Oliver and Benjamin, and daughters also, but 
 of them we find no record excepting that of Mary and Judith. William 
 settled in Greenfield and was the ancestor of the Holts of that town. 
 Oliver remained on the ancestral acres, and of Benjamin there is no 
 further record. Transcript from Town Records : 
 
 "William, son of William Holt, Jr., and Betty, his wife, b. Jan. 23, 
 1791 ; d. Feb. 6, 1791, Levi Spaulding, son of do. b. Nov. 28, 1784. 
 
 Bulah, dau. of do. b. Jan. 13, 1787. 
 
 Oliver, son of do. b. May 16, 1789. 
 
 Betty, dau. of do. b. Jan. 23, 1791. Twin with William." 
 
 OLIVER HOLT, son of William and Bulah Holt, married Jane Karr, 
 a daughter of James Karr, who settled in Lyndeborough in the early
 
 774 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 days. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and died Feb. 27, 
 1854, aged 93. She died September, 1844. 'Of the children of Oliver and 
 Jane (Karr) Holt only David and Thomas remained residents of Lyndebor- 
 ough. Oliver removed to Goshen, N. H.; Parker removed to Leroy, O.; 
 Calvin to Newport, N. H., and later in 1851, during the gold excitement, 
 crossed the plains with a team, taking three months to make the jour- 
 ney. He died in Kentucky. Thomas K. married and had children born 
 in Lyndeborough, but of them we have no record. Children, all born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JACOB, b. Aug. 27, 1790, d. Sept. 27, 1790. 
 
 2. THOMAS K., b. Jan. 10, 1792, m. Sally Messer. He d. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1836. 
 
 3. JANE, b. April 28, 1794, m. Arronet Gunnison of Goshen. 
 
 4. OLIVER, + 
 
 5. JOANNA, b. Dec. 16, 1798, m. May 6, 1818, John Lewis. 
 
 She died Dec. 6, 1888. 
 
 6. PARKER, b. Nov. 6, 1801, d. Aug. 21, 1802. 
 
 7. DAVID, -f- 
 
 8. CALVIN, 
 
 OLIVER HOLT, son of Oliver and Jane (Karr) Holt; born Oct. 30, 
 1796; married Harriet Willey, daughter of Reuben Willey of Goshen. 
 She was born Aug. i, 1799; died Dec. 22, 1877. He died Dec. 15, 1876. 
 Children : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. April 20, 1821, m. John Graves of Dempster, d. 
 
 Nov. 8, 1850. 
 
 2. HARRIET, b. Sept. n, 1825, d. March 15, 1900. 
 
 3. L/UTHERA M., b. Jan. 16, 1828, m. Charles E. Cook of Al- 
 
 stead, d. June 4, 1860. 
 
 4. OUVER, b. Aug. 30, 1830, m. first, Nov. 25, 1852, Mary 
 
 Miles of Stow, Mass. She d. May 20, 1870, and he m. 
 second, June 31, 1871, I^ouisa Bigelow of N. Y. She d. 
 Feb. n, 1899. 
 
 5. WILSON D., b. June 26, 1833, d. Dec. 22, 1877. 
 This family lived in Goshen or Alstead. 
 
 DAVID HOLT, son of Oliver and Jane (Karr) Holt ; born June 9, 1804 ; 
 married first, Jan. 20, 1829, Bethiah Wilson of Greenfield. She was born 
 in 1807 and died Jan. 5, 1837, aged 30 years; married second, Ann Coch- 
 ran of Antrim, June 18, 1837. She was born March 2, 1802 ; died April 
 13, 1870; married third, Mrs. Julia Clark. 
 
 David Holt was a notable man in the life of the town in his day. He 
 had a keen wit and a dry humor which made his sayings much quoted. 
 He was a member of the Congregational church and a pretty constant at- 
 tendant thereof. He was public spirited, and of the duties which fall to 
 the citizens of country towns always bore his full share. He died Oct. 
 22, 1884. Children by first wife :
 
 ALFRED F. HOLT.
 
 GENEALOGIES 77S 
 
 1. BENJAMIN W., b. Mar. 16, 1830, d. Mar. 18, 1832. 
 
 2. MARY J., b. Jan. 20, 1833, m. Isaiah Barzillai Curtis. (See 
 
 Curtis gen.) 
 
 3. Miriam M., b. March 2, 1834, m - Clark Jones. (See Jones 
 
 gen.) 
 By second wife : 
 
 4. ALFRED F., -J- 
 
 5. FRANCES A., b. Feb. 16, 1840, m. Kilburn S. Curtis. (See 
 
 Curtis gen.) 
 
 6. ANDY, -\- 
 
 7. E^LEN B., b. Dec. 10, 1844, m - April 18, 1882, Fred E. 
 
 Hardy of Francestown, res. in California. Child : Ethel J., 
 b. July i, 1883, d. Nov. 20, 1883. 
 
 GEN. ALFRED F. HOLT, son of David and Ann (Cochran) Holt; 
 born Dec. 16, 1838; married in 1868, Lizzie B. Gardner of Cambridge, 
 Mass. Until the age of nineteen years his life was the common lot of 
 farmers' boys of that time. He worked on the farm summers, attended 
 the district school winters, and had the advantage of a few terms at the 
 Academy at Mont Vernon. At about the age of nineteen he commenced 
 the study of medicine under the supervision of Dr. William A. Jones, 
 spending a year with him. The next two years he studied with Dr. 
 Woodbury of East Boston, and attending courses of medical lectures at 
 Harvard University in the winters of 1858, 1859, an< i 1860. In the spring 
 of 1860, he attended a course of medical lectures at the University of 
 Vermont, where he received his degree of M.D. in June of that year. 
 
 In August, 1860, he removed to Cambridge, Mass., and commenced 
 the practice of medicine. But the breaking out of the Civil War 
 changed the life of this young man as it changed the lives of so many 
 others. Imbued with a spirit of patriotism and a love for the Union, he 
 enlisted April 16, 1861, in the first company raised in the northern states 
 to defend the Union and the flag. This company was attached to the 
 Third Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, and on the evening of April 17, 1861, 
 sailed for Fortress Munroe. During the voyage he was made hospital 
 steward of the regiment, which position he held during his three months 
 of service. His regiment assisted at the burning of the navy yard near 
 Norfolk, Va., April 22, 1861, and was afterward stationed at Fortress 
 Munroe and Hampton, Va. When the term of enlistment expired, Dr. 
 Holt at once sought a position in the medical corps of the army. He 
 was successful and was made assistant surgeon of the Thirtieth Massa- 
 chusetts, a regiment organized for duty under Gen. Butler in the ex. 
 treme south. Jan. 2, 1862, this regiment embarked on the Steamer 
 Constitution, and a few days after sailed for Ship Island, that death 
 spot for so many northern boys. During the bombardment of Forts 
 Jackson and St. Phillip this regiment was on shipboard a few miles be. 
 low on the river, and after the surrender of the forts was first to enter 
 New Orleans. He saw service in front of Vicksburg, Miss., and later at 
 Baton Rouge and Carrolton. At the Battle of Baton Rouge he was
 
 776 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 especially mentioned in general orders for bravery and humanity in giv- 
 ing aid to the wounded as they fell. In December, 1862, he was pro- 
 moted to surgeon of the First Texas Cavalry, a regiment made up largely 
 of men who were obliged to leave their homes on account of their Union 
 sentiments. It can readily be seen that to win promotion in a regiment 
 of men embittered by loss of home, and imbued with a strong desire to 
 avenge themselves on their foes required courage and ability of high 
 degree. 
 
 Dr. Holt held up the banner of New England grit evidently, for in 
 December, 1863, he left the medical department and was made senior 
 major of the regiment, and a few months after was promoted to lieuten- 
 ant colonel, which position he held until the final muster out, October, 
 1865, at San. Antonio, Texas, commanding his regiment almost contin- 
 uously from the time he was made field officer. During this time he 
 took part in nearly all the campaigns, battles and skirmishes that oc- 
 curred in the Department of the Gulf. In 1866 he returned to Cam- 
 bridge and again commenced the practice of his profession. He became 
 a member of the American Medical Association, of the Massachusetts 
 Medical Society, of the Cambridge Medical Improvement Society and of 
 the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He stood 
 high in his profession, was noted as a microscopist and was an author- 
 ity in the study of morbid anatomy. 
 
 In June, 1879, Dr. Holt was appointed one of the medical examiners 
 for Massachusetts, and in January, 1884, was made surgeon-general of 
 the State with the rank of brigadier-general, which position he held 
 until his death. He was a member of the Grand Army and also of the 
 Loyal Legion. He died at Martin, Florida, where he had gone for his 
 health, Dec. 28, 1890. The resolutions passed by the various societies to 
 which he belonged, and the letters of condolence by the governor and 
 fellow members of the staff show the esteem in which he was held. He 
 won fame and honor in the state of his adoption, but to his greater credit 
 he never lost his love for his native town and the old homestead farm 
 where he spent his boyhood days. In the last years of his life, as 
 much time as could be spared from his duties at Cambridge was spent on 
 the old farm in Lyndeborough. Gov. Brackett of Massachusetts says of 
 him, " His straight-forward manliness, his unswerving integrity, his 
 kindness of heart endeared him to me and now that he has gone from 
 among us they have left a fragrant memory." 
 
 The Massachusetts Medico Legal Society, of which he was president, 
 in resolutions on his death say, that " for his services to humanity and 
 to the medical profession for his researches, his study and his skill in 
 his chosen field of pathology, for his zeal and ability as a surgeon and 
 physician. . . . We deplore his loss." 
 
 ANDY HOLT, son of David and Ann (Cochran) Holt; born Feb. i, 
 1842 ; married May 4, 1864, Abby J., daughter of Harvey and Lois (Cram) 
 Holt. She was born Feb. 20, 1846. He has been largely identified with 
 the business and social interests of the town. Elected a member of the 
 board of selectmen first in 1870, he has held that office fourteen times 
 since. He represented the town in the legislature of 1903, and has at one 
 time or another been chosen to fill about all the offices in the gift of the
 
 ANDY HOLT.
 
 GENEALOGIES 777 
 
 town. He was a charter member of and the first master of Pinnacle 
 Grange and captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. for several years. He 
 has always taken great interest in military affairs, and is an active mem- 
 ber of the above named organization. In social affairs, in committees in 
 educational interests, he has always been a prominent figure. He is the 
 conceded leader of his political party in town, and of late years has de- 
 voted much time to state politics and to Grand Army affairs. He was a 
 soldier in the Civil War, and is a man to whom the Grand Army organiza- 
 tion appeals strongly. He lives at South Lyndeborough. (For his mili- 
 tary record see Chap. X.) Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. FI.ORA M., b. Aug. 21, 1867, m. June 2, 1887, Edwin W. H. 
 
 Farnum of Francestown. 
 
 2. PARKER, b. April 3, 1870, d. Aug. 9, 1876. 
 
 3. FRED A., b. Nov. 30, 1881, m. Feb. u, 1903, Annie M., 
 
 dau. of Charles H. and Susie (Watkins) Senter of Lynde- 
 borough. 
 
 4. HARRY W., b. April n, 1883. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 HARVEY HOLT, born May 5, 1808; married Lois, daughter of 
 Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram. She was born March 20, 1813 ; died 
 Sept. n, 1893. He died Nov. 14, 1865. Children: 
 
 1. LOIS, b. March 16, 1836, m. William N. Ryerson of Lynde- 
 
 borough. (See Ryerson gen.) 
 
 2. AMY, b. April 21, 1838, m. Edward H. Spauldingof Nashua, 
 
 N. H., Aug. i, 1860. d. Dec. 2, 1860. 
 
 3. HARVEY, b. Sept. 20, 1840. Killed at the Battle of Bull 
 
 Run. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 4. JASON, 4- 
 
 5. ABBY JANE, b. Feb. 21, 1846, m. Andy Holt. (See Holt 
 
 gen.) 
 
 6. EMERY, -(- 
 
 7. GEORGIANNA, b. March 17, 1851, m. Harlan P. Bradford of 
 
 Lyndeborough. (See Bradford gen.) 
 
 8. EUGENE, b. Sept. 30, 1855, m. Lizzie, dau. of J. King of 
 
 New Boston, N. H., May n, 1875. Res. in Hudson, N. H. 
 
 JASON HOLT, son of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt, born April 3, 
 1843 ; married Rosie, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Stevens) Young. 
 She was born July 20, 1848 ; died March 10, 1868. He has served on the 
 board of selectmen a number of years. Was a soldier in the Civil War. 
 (See Chap. X.) Child: 
 
 i. RosiE E., b. March 9, 1868, m. John M. Curtis, son of 
 Kilburn S. and Frances (Holt) Curtis of Lyndeborough, 
 Sept. n, 1894.
 
 7 78 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 EMERY HOLT, son of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt, born May 27, 
 1848 ; married Ella T., daughter of Adoniram and Maria (Lakin) Rus- 
 sell of Lyndeborough, April 5, 1870. She was born May 7, 1852. Chil- 
 dren, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ADRIA A., b. Jan. 8, 1873, m. William C. Wilder. (See 
 
 Wilder gen.) 
 
 2. BERTHA E., b. April 20, 1874, d. Nov. 8, 1892. 
 
 3. HARVEY E., b. July 3, 1876, m. Margaret Polk of L,ynde- 
 
 borough, Jan. i, 1902. Child: Herbert H., b. Nov. 22, 
 1902. 
 
 4. ELMA Iy., b. July 18, 1877. 
 
 5. IDA I,., b. May 26, 1881, m. Albert C. Mason. (See Mason 
 . gen.) 
 
 6. FOREST A., b. July 13, 1882. 
 
 7. CHARLOTTE M., b. July 6, 1883, d. Feb. 2, 1884. 
 
 8. ANNIE T., b. Aug. 12, 1885. 
 
 9. RUTH C., b. May 21, 1887. 
 
 10. JASON R., b. May 19, 1891. 
 
 HOI/T. 
 
 CHARLES HENRY HOLT, son of Abiel and Olivia (Proctor) Holt; 
 born Jan. 14, 1828, at Milford ; married first, July 2, 1852, Mary A., 
 daughter of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born March 4, 1833 ; died Sept. 13, 1854. He married second, May 22, 
 1857, Harriet E., daughter of John and Jemima (Hopkins) Lowe of 
 Dedham, Mass. She was born Aug. 20, 1827 ; died Sept. 6, 1880. He 
 came to Lyndeborough when a young man and worked for his brother 
 Lorenzo at carriage painting. He went to California during the gold ex- 
 citement, in 1848, going "round the Horn" in a whaling ship, and re- 
 turning "in 1850 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. While there he 
 helped build the first framed houses in San Francisco. He was a car- 
 penter by trade, and owned a saw mill at South Lyndeborough. He was 
 a selectman four years, and at the time of his death had been postmaster 
 at South Lyndeborough twenty-five years. He was always interested in 
 military matters and was a member of the Lafayette Artillery Co., thirty- 
 seven years, serving as lieutenant eleven years, and captain thirteen 
 years. He was major in the N. H. Militia four years. (See Chap. VIII.) 
 He died Jan. 31, 1897 at South Lyndeborough. Child by first wife : 
 
 1. JENNETTE A., b. Dec. 19, 1853, m. Sept. 28, 1879, Tarrant 
 
 M. Beale of Boston, Mass. 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 2. EFFIE A., b. Nov. 23, 1868, m. Oct. 2, 1890, Starr B. Cen- 
 
 ter of Wilton. Children: Carroll H., Lesley N. 
 
 HOI/T. 
 JOHN FLETCHER HOLT, son of Benjamin Holt; born Nov. 12,
 
 GENEALOGIES 779 
 
 1807 ; married Nov. 27, 1834, Abigail, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca 
 (Cram) Harwood of Lyndeborough. She was b. June 20, 1805 ; died Nov. 
 24, 1869. He died April 17, 1883. He was one of the board of selectmen 
 for several years and held other town office. He owned and lived on the 
 farm where Emery Holt now lives. Children, all born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN F., -f- 
 
 2. REBECCA, b. Dec. 25, 1839, d. Jan. 4, 1840. 
 
 3. JOHN F., b. April 17, 1842, d. May 10, 1842. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. HOLT, son of John F. and Rebecca (Harwood) Holt; 
 born Nov. 7, 1837; married Sept. 18, 1862, M. Gertrude, daughter of 
 Luke A. and Mary (Holt) Lucas. She was born Feb. 5, 1842. He died 
 May 12, 1889. Child : 
 
 i. FLORA MAY. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 ISRAEL PORTER HOLT, born Jan; 27, 1821 ; married Phebe E. 
 
 She was born Nov. 18, 1814 ; died April 22, 1880. He died Oct. 29, 1883. 
 Israel Porter Holt, Persons S. Holt, Charles H. Holt and David Kendall 
 Holt were brothers. Children : 
 
 1. MARTHA J., b. April 16, 1849, m. June 6, 1878, Francis A. 
 
 Osborn of Cambridgeport, Mass. 
 
 2. ISRAEL H., b. June 15, 1850, m. March 31, 1874, Eva L/. 
 
 Freeman of Wilton. 
 
 3. EMER F., b. Oct. 23, 1851, d. Nov. 25, 1851. 
 
 4. GEORGIANNA F., b. Jan. 13, 1853, m. Sept. 25, 1873, Charles 
 
 P. Wheeler of Amherst. 
 
 5. ELLA M., b. Oct. 21, 1854. 
 
 PERSONS S. HOLT. No record was returned of the dates of the 
 births and deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Persons S. Holt, except the date of 
 Mrs. Holt's death, Sept. 18, 1869. Children : 
 
 1. MARY A., b. Aug. 15, 1844, m. Owen Varley of Wilton, d. 
 
 Sept. 7, 1869. 
 
 2. CATHERINE B., b. Aug. 13, 1847, m. Lawrence Dillon of 
 
 L/awrence, Mass. 
 
 3. HATTIE S., b. Feb. 19, 1851, d. July 31, 1868. 
 
 4. SARAH F., b. Oct. n, 1852, m. Henry J. Pickett of Water- 
 
 bury, d. May 13, 1888. 
 
 5. SUMNER A., b. May 19, 1861, m. Nov. 9, 1882, Ella J. 
 
 Chapman of Waterbury. 
 
 CHARLES H. HOLT, born in Watertown, Mass.; married first, Oct. 
 ii, 1836, Anna, daughter of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham. She was 
 born May 20, 1812 ; died Jan. 3, 1873. He married second, Hannah J., 
 daughter of Brackley and Sarah (Butterfield) Rose. She was born May
 
 780 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 31, 1827. He died Jan. 27, 1888. He was a farmer and nursery man, and 
 owned a large farm in Perham Corner, now occupied by his son William 
 P. He was selectman for many years and was influential in town affairs. 
 Child by first wife : 
 
 I. WILLIAM P., ~h 
 
 WILLIAM P. HOLT, son of Charles H. and Anna (Perham) Holt; 
 born Oct. 7, 1840; married Sept. 19, 1881, Mary E. Woodbury of New 
 Boston. She was born April 14, 1844. Children : 
 
 1. AUSTIN, b. May 3, 1886. 
 
 2. OLIVER, b. Aug. 14, 1887. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 ELI HOLT and Personela, his wife, lived for a time on the Lucas 
 place. It is presumed they came to Lyndeborough from Temple, as the 
 two older children are recorded as born there. Children, all but two 
 born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. at Temple May 20, 1814. 
 
 2. HARRIET A., b. at Temple Oct. 20, 1815. 
 
 3. ADALINE M., b. April 12, 1817. 
 
 4. PAMELIA, b. Feb. 18, 1819. 
 
 5. SARAH J., b. Feb. 14, 1821. 
 
 6. HANNAH, b. June 3, 1822. 
 
 7. CLARISSA, b. Feb. 19, 1824, d. March 8, 1824. 
 
 8. GEORGE, b. Sept. 12, 1825. 
 
 9. PHEBE L,., b. Oct. 20, 1827. 
 
 10. HARRIET O., b. Aug. 16, 1829. 
 
 11. JOANNA, b. Aug. 23, 1831. 
 
 12. ANSTIS, b. Dec. 9, 1833. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 STEPHEN DEXTER HOLT, son of Stephen C. and Mary (Cragin) 
 Holt; born at Andover, Mass., July 22, 1822; married Nov. 29, 1849, 
 Joanna, daughter of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley. She was 
 born June 20, 1831. He died April 25, 1876. He lived at one time on the 
 Harwood place, and earlier on the French place, north of Badger Pond. 
 He came to Lyndeborough from Francestown in 1859. He was a soldier 
 in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) His widow resides in Mont Vernon. 
 Children : 
 
 1. CHARLES D., b. in Francestown, Jan. 25, 1851, d. in Mont 
 
 Vernon, Oct. 4, 1881. 
 
 2. FRANCES A., b. March 17, 1854. 
 
 3. and 4. AUGUSTUS and AUGUSTINE (twins), b. Aug. 14, 1856. 
 
 Both d. Nov. 28, 1856.
 
 GENEALOGIES 781 
 
 5. GEORGE F., b. in L/yndeborough, Aug. 6, 1859, res. in Mont 
 Vernon. 
 
 HOUSTON. 
 
 The Houstons were a prominent and influential family in the early 
 history of the town. But few records can be obtained and the family is 
 extinct in Lyndeborough. Samuel Houston was evidently the first of 
 the name to come to Lyndeborough. He settled in the northwest part 
 of the town. The site is now marked by an ancient growth of Lombardy 
 poplars. He was born Feb. 29, 1745, and died May 23, 1824. The family 
 were earnest supporters of the Congregational Church, and both Samuel 
 and his son John were deacons. He was selectman one or more terms. 
 About the year 1840, the whole family removed to Denmark, Iowa, 
 where their descendants now reside. In the town records is the record 
 of the birth of Samuel, son of Dea. Samuel and Rachel Houston. It 
 would seem that he was married twice and perhaps three times, for after 
 the death of Rachel Houston the rest of the children are recorded as 
 sons and daughters of Samuel Houston and Mary, his wife. Rachel 
 Houston died Nov. 19, 1775. There is a record of the marriage of 
 Samuel Houston and Hannah Woodward of Francestown, April i, 1817. 
 She was probably a daughter of Ephraim Woodward of Lyndeborough. 
 Children of Dea. Samuel Houston and Rachel, his wife : 
 
 1. SAMUEL, b. May 28, 1771. 
 
 2. JOSEPH, b. Oct. ii, 1775. 
 
 Children of Dea. Samuel Houston and Mary, his wife : 
 
 3. CALEB, + 
 
 4. RACHEL, b. Oct. 22, 1779, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See 
 
 Woodward gen.) 
 
 5. SARAH, b. Sept. n, 1781, d. July 10, 1785. 
 
 6. L/EVI, b. July 9, 1783, d. June 29, 1785. 
 
 7. IRA, + 
 
 8. JOHN, + 
 
 CALEB HOUSTON, son of Samuel and Mary Houston, born Jan. 24, 
 
 1778 ; married Nancy . She died Aug. 7, 1807. Children recorded 
 
 as born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. NANCY H., b. Nov. 3, 1804. 
 
 2. RODNEY, b. Dec. 29, 1805. 
 
 3. GEORGE L., b. Aug. 3, 1807. 
 
 IRA HOUSTON, son of Dea. Samuel and Mary Houston, born June 9, 
 1785; married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rand) 
 Epps. She was born April 3, 1791 ; died May 9, 1873. He died Feb. 6, 
 1872. Children recorded as born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 21, 1811, m. Jason Wilson. She d. 
 
 Aug. n, 1 88 1. 
 
 2. MARY, b. July 21, 1813, d. May 30, 1816.
 
 782 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 3. SAMUEL, b. Nov. n, 1815, m. June, 1848, Catharine Hornby. 
 
 4. MARY, b. March 5, 1818, m. Nov. 3, 1842, Francis Blake. 
 
 5. HANNAH, b. March 28, 1820, m. Sept. 9, 1840, Wm. Davis. 
 
 She d. Oct. 9, 1840. 
 
 6. RACHEL, b. July 27, 1822. m. June, 1847, James Hornby. 
 
 7. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 26, 1824, d. Sept. u, 1826. 
 
 8. IRA, b. May n, 1826, m. October, 1856, Olivia P. Porter. 
 
 He d. May 17, 1889. 
 
 9. ANN, b. June 15, 1828, m. November, 1849, Gustavus B. 
 
 Bracket. Shed. March 17, 1886. 
 
 10. RWOENA, b. Nov. ii, 1831, m. May, 1858, Ebenezer T. 
 L,everett. 
 
 11. OLIVE, (Twin), b. April 6, 1834, d. Oct. 6, 1834. 
 
 12. SARAH, (Twin), b. April 6, 1834, d. Sept. 17, 1834. 
 
 DBA. JOHN HOUSTON, son of Samuel and Mary Houston, b. June 
 5, 1787; married Zervia Field of Amherst. She was born Nov. i, 1784. 
 He died Feb. 26, 1856. Children : 
 
 1. ALBERT F., b. Jan, 15, 1812, d. Sept. 25, 1835. 
 
 2. LAURA, b. Aug. 12, 1813, m. William Davis. She d. Oct. 
 
 13, 1887. 
 
 3. ABIGAIL, b. April 2, 1815, d. Jan. 31, 1879, m. George 
 
 Shedd. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. July 13, 1821, m. E. Warren Henderson. 
 
 5. ZERVIA, m. Peter B. Bell, d. May 31, 1874. 
 5. JOHN JR., b. Dec. 15, 1823, m. Maria Sturgis. 
 
 7, JOSEPH, b. Sept. 13, 1826, m. Sarah L. Bell. 
 
 8. MARY J., b. May 28, 1829, m. Joseph E. Ingalls. She d. 
 
 Jan. 7, 1881. 
 
 HOWARD. 
 
 SILAS HOWARD came to Lyndeborough soon after the close of the 
 Revolutionary War and settled in the southeast part of the town. He 
 was a soldier in the Continental Army and drew a pension in his later 
 years. He came to Lyndeborough from Westford, Mass.~ Nothing but 
 a cellar hole marks the spot where he lived.- He married Rebecca Reed, 
 probably of Westford, Mass. He died in 1840, aged -80 years. They had 
 nine children, of whom the records are very imperfect. .Children : . 
 
 1. SILAS JR., 
 
 2. SAMUEL. + 
 
 3. JACOB, b. March 3, 1795, m. Oct. 10, 1824, Rachel, dau. 
 
 of Isaac and Olive (Hopkins) Blanchard of Milford. Res. 
 in Milford and d. there, May 5, 1873. 
 
 4. JOSEPH,
 
 GENEALOGIES 783 
 
 5. JOHN, 
 
 6. BENJAMIN, 
 
 7. MARTHA, m. Samuel Hutchinson. 
 
 8. ABIGAIL, m. Blanchard. 
 
 9. RACHEL, m. Allen Dodge of Mt. Vernon. 
 
 SAMUEL HOWARD. Samuel, John and Benjamin, sons of Silas 
 and Rebecca (Reed) Howard, were soldiers in the War of 1812, and 
 Samuel was the only one of the three that lived to return. He served 
 three years and four months and was honorably discharged with the 
 rank of lieutenant. He was born in Lyndeborough in 1789, and died in 
 Milford, June 26, 1861 ; married first, June IT, 1821, Hannah, daughter of 
 Thomas and Elizabeth (Harkness) Burns. She was born in Milford in 
 1781 ; died in Lyndeborough, Oct. 7, 1821 ; second, Oct. 28, 1824, Sally A., 
 daughter of Ezekiel and Sally (Clark) Ames, born March 15, 1802 ; died 
 Dec. 28, 1868. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. WILLIAM WELLS, + 
 
 2. ALBERT L., + 
 
 3. SARAH A., b. July 19, 1830, m. first, Lemuel Davis ; second, 
 
 Charles O. Davis. She d. March 22, 1866. 
 
 4. MARIA T., b. July 24, 1832. Res. in Milford. 
 
 5. SYBIL F., b. Nov. n, 1834, m. Levi H., son of David K. 
 
 and Alice (Harwood) Holt, June 6, 1860. Res. in Milford. 
 
 6. SAMUEL A., b. Sept. 27, 1836, d. Dec. n, 1899, m. Oct. 20, 
 
 1862, Mary F., dau. of Silas and Clara (Lyon) Dale of 
 Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 WILLIAM WELLS HOWARD, son of Samuel A. and Sally A. (Ames) 
 Howard, born Oct. 18, 1826 ; married Nov. 28, 1850, Mary Ann, daughter 
 of Rufus and Ann (Blanchard) Crosby, born in Milford, June 24, 1825- 
 Mr. Howard filled many positions of trust while a citizen of Lyndebor- 
 ough, and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was selectman 
 five years and was closely identified with the best interests of the town. 
 His farm was " set off" into Milford in the sixties and that town has 
 honored him with the highest offices it could give. Children, all born in 
 Lyndeborough but eldest : 
 
 1. MARIETTA A., b. in Roxbury, Mass., .Feb. .3, 1851, d. in 
 
 Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1852. 
 
 2. ALONZO W., b. June 28, 1853, m. Nov. i, 1893, Sadie J., 
 
 dau. of James C. and Mary A. (Hodsdon) Moore. Chil- 
 dren : Clarence W., Helen M. 
 
 3. WILLIAM R., b. Jan. 16, 1857, m. Feb. 3, 1881, Lizzie R., 
 
 dau. of James W. and Rebecca S. (Crosby) Anderson ol 
 Milford. Child : Wells A. 
 
 ALBERT L. HOWARD, son of Samuel and Sally A. (Ames) Howard ; 
 born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 23, 1828 ; married first, Feb. i, 1852, Sarah
 
 784 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 A., daughter of James W. and Esther C. (Cash) Norcross of Newton, 
 Mass. She was born July 5, 1830; died May i, 1896. He married second, 
 Oct. 22, 1897, Sarah M., daughter of Josiah M. and Maria (Cash) Parker 
 of Amherst. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EMMA F., b. May 4, 1854, d. Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 2. ALBERT C., b. Oct. 2, 1856, m. Oct. 7, 1885, Stella M., dau. 
 
 of Jason L. and Frances E. (Brown) Coffin of Athol, Mass. 
 Child : Lillian R. 
 
 3. ANNA E., b. Oct. 13, 1863, m. Oct. 13, 1885, Nathan F. 
 
 Brown of Milford. 
 
 4. LAURA F., b. Dec. 12, 1866, m. April 10, 1890, William L. 
 
 Carr of Hillsborough. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. 
 
 EBENEZER HUTCHINSON, son of Nathaniel and Katherine Hutch- 
 inson; born in Saugus, Mass., Aug. 28, 1764; married Thamazan Griffin 
 Dec. 2, 1784. She was born on Cape Ann, Mass., Oct. 3, 1760; died in 
 1856. He built a log house on the farm now owned by John H. Good- 
 rich, and lived there until 1833, when he removed to Hancock, N. H., 
 thence to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he died Feb. 5, 1854. To them were 
 born eleven children, all but one in the log house at North Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. June, 1785. 
 
 2. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 25, 1787, m. Betsey Carter, d. Oct. 9, 
 
 1855- 
 
 3. LUCY, b. Oct., 1789, d. March, 1843. 
 
 4. BENJAMIN, b. March, 1792. 
 
 5. REV. WILLIAM, b. April 4, 1794, d. April, 1842. 
 
 6. DANIEL, b. Oct., 1796. 
 
 7. BRYANT, b. March, 1799. 
 
 8. SUSANNA, b. Sept., 1800. 
 
 9. JOSEPH, b. July, 1803, m. Esther Ide, d. Sept., 1847. 
 
 10. HARRIET O., m. Nehemiah Rand. (See Rand gen.) 
 
 11. ARNOLD B., b. April 17, 1808, m. Martha Holt, June, 10, 
 
 1835, d. July 30, 1888. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. 
 
 CHARLES LE ROY HUTCHINSON ; born in Milford, Feb. 18, 1837 ; 
 died Dec. 30, 1889 ; married Aug. 19, 1865, Mary R. Davis of Milford. 
 She was born Jan. 23, 1841. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See 
 Chap. X.) Resided in Perham Corner. Children : 
 
 1. JosiE R., b. in Wilton, Nov. 19, 1866. 
 
 2. OSCAR L.; born in Milford, July 4, 1868, m. first, March 5, 
 
 1890, Anabelle S., dau. of Granville S. and Harriet (Whit-
 
 GENEALOGIES 785 
 
 temore) Hill. She was b. Feb. 22, 1866, d. March 8, 1891 ; 
 m. second, Dec. 31, 1898, Nellie M., dau. of Gorham G. 
 and Melinda (Thomas) Jones. She was b. June 9, 1869, 
 res. in North Graf ton, Mass. 
 
 3. MORTON F., b. in Milford, March 27, 1870. 
 
 4. GEORGE T., b. in Milford, April 23, 1872. 
 
 5. HARRY E. b. in Lyndeborough May 18, 1874, m. Nov. 26, 
 
 1901, Elsie B., dau. of Eli J. and Elsie (Daniels) Curtis, b. 
 Dec. 18, 1878. 
 
 6. SAMUEL T., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 10, 1876. 
 
 7. ROMA B., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 3, 1886. 
 
 JAQUITH. 
 
 CYRUS JAQUITH, son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Wright) Jaquith ; born 
 Aug. 15, 1815 ; married first, Arissa, daughter of John and I/ydia (Dodge) 
 Sleeper of Francestown, Nov. 6, 1839 ; married second, Mrs. Cynthia S. 
 Woodward of Lyndeborough. He removed to Lowell, Mass., where he 
 died March 9, 1896. Children, all by first wife, and born in Milford : 
 
 1. JOHN M., b. Oct. 18, 1840. 
 
 2. HARRIET O., b. Sept. 6, 1842, m. July 6, 1874, Charles W. 
 
 Norris of Lowell, Mass., res. in Lowell. 
 
 3. CYRUS E., b, June 5, 1845. 
 
 JENSON. 
 
 LORENZ P. JENSON, b. Sept. 12, 1846, in Germany, married Annette 
 A. Worman of Sweden, Aug. 13, 1871. She was born June u, 1851. He 
 lived in South Lyndeborough a few years and removed to California. He 
 was a carpenter and boat builder. Children : 
 
 1. CAROLINE E., b. in Boston May 19, 1872, d. March 18, 
 
 1889. 
 
 2. ANNETTE H., b. in Boston, Dec. 24, 1873, d. Nov. 25, 
 
 1890. 
 
 3. CLARA C., b. in Boston Dec. 13, 1875. ' 
 
 4. ANNA M., b. in Lyndeborough Nov. n, 1877. 
 
 5. ALEXANDER, b. in Lyndeborough Jan. 6, 1881, d. Feb. 
 
 16, 1881. 
 
 6. ALFRED, b. in Lyndeborough, June 20, 1882. 
 
 7. CHESTER L., born in Lyndeborough Sept. 19, 1885. 
 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 JOHN JOHNSON. But little can be learned of the Johnson family, 
 from which Johnson's Corner takes its name. The family has been ex- 
 tinct in town for many years, and the writer has been unable to locate 
 any of the descendants. John Johnson and his wife Mary came to
 
 786 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Lyndeborough from Lynnfield, Mass., and settled on land now the prop- 
 erty of Aaron Russell. With him" came his sons Adam and James. 
 James settled on the lot west of his father's land, where W. H. Bowen 
 lives, and Adam on the land where Willis Perham formerly lived. Chil- 
 dren born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. OSGOOD, b. May 23, 1772, m. Betsey . Child, born in 
 
 Lyndeborough: Betsey, b. Feb. 22, 1797. 
 
 2. DAVID, b. Aug. 16, 1774. 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 18, 1777. 
 
 ADAM JOHNSON, the eldest son, married Abigail, daughter of Jere- 
 miah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton. They had seven children, viz., 
 Lydia, John, Adam, Betty, Hannah, Mary and Lucy. These were all bap- 
 tized Aug. 6, 1769. He was a soldier in the Continental Army, and died 
 or was killed while in the service. He was probably born at Reading, 
 Mass. His widow married Ensign David Putnam. 
 
 JAMES JOHNSON and Hannah, his wife, had three children : 
 
 1. JAMES, b. in Falmouth, Mass. 
 
 2. JASPER, b. in Lyndeborough. 
 
 3. JOHN, b. Aug. 24, 1758, in Lyndeborough. 
 
 John, James and Adam Johnson were grantees of the town. For the 
 Revolutionary War record of the Johnson family see Chap. VII. 
 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 FRANCIS D. JOHNSON came to Lyndeborough from Allenstown, N. 
 H., in 1826. He was born May 9, 1793; died Feb. 4, 1879; married 
 Mehitable, daughter of Elisha and Betsey (Bartlett) Haynes of Epsom.. 
 She was born Jan. 22, 1800, and died Aug. 31, 1859. Children, six born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. JOSEPH A., -|- 
 
 i. ISAAC A., b. May 9, 1822. Rem. to Massachusetts. 
 
 3. WATERMAN B., b. March 29, 1825, d. Oct. 15, 1856. 
 
 4. SARAH E., b. Nov. 15, 1827, m. William H. Haynes of 
 
 New London and removed to Wisconsin. 
 
 5. FRANCIS D., b. May 3, 1830. 
 
 6. JOHN D., b. March 4, 1833. Rem. to Dakota. 
 
 7. CHARLES H., b. March 6, 1836. Rem. to Michigan. 
 
 8. CHRISTIANNA, b. Dec. 25, 1838, d. Aug. 26, 1860. 
 
 9. FREEMAN G., b. Aug. 3, 1842. Rem. to Michigan. 
 
 JOSEPH A. JOHNSON, son of Francis D. and Mehitable (Haynes) 
 Johnson, born Dec. 2, 1819 ; married Mary L., daughter of Jotham and 
 Lucinda (Sargent) Stephenson, Nov. 16, 1848. She was born March 12, 
 1830. He has been elected to many offices of trust in the town, and has 
 always taken great interest in its material welfare. He has been justice 
 of the peace for thirty years, and has that integrity of character which
 
 GENEALOGIES 787 
 
 wins the confidence of the community in which he lives. In his younger 
 days he took great interest in military matters and is the only surviving 
 commander of the -jih Co. of the 22d Regiment of infantry, popularly 
 known as the "Slam-bang" Co. He resides in South Lyudeborough 
 village. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EMMA E., b. Oct. 14, 1850, m. Jacob Smith. (See Smith 
 
 gen.) 
 
 2. IDA B., b. July 4, 1859, m. Frank J. Bishop. (See Bishop 
 
 gen.) 
 
 3. INA E., b. March 24, 1854, m. Charles E. Dollaway of 
 
 Mincer, Ind., November, 1875. 
 
 JONES. 
 
 The Jones family of Lyndeborough is of Welsh origin, descendants of 
 Nathaniel and Rachel (Bradford) Jones, who came with a Welsh colony 
 and settled, probably in Gloucester, Mass. But they are on record in 
 Ipswich, Mass., in 1704. That year Nathaniel married Rachel Bradford. 
 They had six children of record. William, the second son, settled in 
 Ipswich, where he acquired considerable wealth. He was a " felt maker " 
 and made the three-cornered felt hats then in fashion. He was converted 
 under the preaching of the celebrated Whitefield, and often entertained 
 that great divine at his home in Ipswich. He was very devout and was 
 often called Whitefield's "New Light." He always dressed with scrupu- 
 lous care, in velvet coat and knee breeches, silver shoe and knee buckles, 
 and always carried a gold-headed cane. By endorsing the paper of a 
 friend, who proved to be a rogue, he lost most of his wealth, and was 
 limited in means in his old age. He was born Oct. 31, 1707; married 
 Joanna Lord, Oct. 13, 1728. He died November, 1782. They had 15 
 children. 
 
 DR. BENJAMIN JONES was the fourteenth child of William and 
 Joanna (Lord) Jones, and was the first of that name to come to Lynde- 
 borough. He was born in Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 18, 1751; married Eliza- 
 beth Cleaves of Ipswich, Mass. She was born Oct. 20, 1752 ; died June 6, 
 1819. He died Jan. 12, 1819. He was a physician and a very skilful 
 surgeon, and was the first M. D. to come to Lyndeborough. He came 
 Dec. 18, 1772, and settled where H. H. Joslin now lives, but some time 
 after built the brick house where George Spalding now lives and re- 
 moved there. He had a large practice and took great interest in the wel- 
 fare of the town and of the church. He was a man of great influence in 
 the community, and in connection with his extensive medical practice, 
 he carried on his large farm, hiring much of the labor. He was town 
 treasurer, 1792-95, and again in 1805. He died very suddenly of heart 
 disease. Children, all born in Lyndeborough: 
 
 1. BENJAMIN, -j- 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 18, 1776, m. Nehemiah Boutwell. 
 
 3. JOANNA, b. Jan. 27, 1779, m. James Crombie. Rem. to 
 
 Francestown.
 
 788 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 4. MARY C., b. Jan. 20, 1781, m. Cleaves. 
 
 5. HULDAH, b. March 26, 1783, m. Royal Tupper. 
 
 6. JOSEPH, -|- 
 
 7. NATHANIEL, b. June 22, 1787, d. Oct. 17, 1811. 
 
 8. WILLIAM, + 
 
 9. SARAH, b. March 5, 1792, d. March 31, 1795. 
 
 10. NATHAN, b. April 25, 1794. Was a physician and prac- 
 ticed his profession in L,yndeborough from 1828 until 1834, 
 when he removed to Wenham, Mass. He died March n, 
 1860. He lived where Herman A. Walker now lives. He 
 sold this place and his practice to Dr. Israel Herrick. 
 
 BENJAMIN JONES, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones, 
 born May 18, 1774; married Dec. 13, 1797, Chloe Farrington of Lynde- 
 borough. She was born May 25, 1772 ; died Sept. 4, 1830. He died Feb. 
 20, 1846. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Dec. 21, 1798, m. Peter Clark. (See Clark gen.) 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1800, m. Joseph Woodward, d. June 
 
 i, 1836. 
 
 3. SAMUEL, + 
 
 4. ABIGAIL, b. August, 1804, m. Charles Parker. (See Parker 
 
 gen.) 
 
 5. JOANNA, b. Nov. 27, 1806, m. Thorpe Fisher and removed 
 
 to Salem, Mass., d. Oct. 4, 1855. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 26. 1808. Rem. to Iowa, d. in 1880. 
 
 7. NATHANIEL, + 
 
 SAMUEL JONES, son of Benjamin and Chloe (Farrington) Jones, 
 born July 21, 1802 ; married first, April 10, 1828, Olive, daughter of Wil- 
 liam and Sarah (Barren) Clark. She was born Aug. 5, 1805 '> died Dec. 17, 
 1841 ; second, April 8, 1848, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Sally 
 (Clark) Goodrich. She was born Nov. 24, 1805; died Jan. 9, 1869. He 
 died July 23, 1868. He was a very influential citizen of the town and at 
 one time or another was honored by about all the offices the town could 
 bestow. He was very popular with all, but especially with the young. 
 "Uncle Sam" was the friend and comrade of every boy and girl with 
 whom he became acquainted. Always genial, always merry and kind 
 arid sympathetic with all, to meet with him was a pleasure. 
 
 He and his son, Clark B., were digging in the sandbank near Badger 
 Pond when they unearthed several skeletons of Indians buried there. 
 Clark Jones, says his brother, William A., presented the most complete 
 one to Francestown Academy, where he was a pupil at the time. Mr. 
 Jones died very suddenly one evening while milking the cows. Children 
 by first wife : 
 
 i. WILLIAM A., +
 
 GENEALOGIES 789 
 
 2. CHI.OE A., b. Feb. 27, 1831, m. William J. Herrick. (See 
 
 Herrick gen.) 
 
 3. CLARK B., + 
 
 4. GEORGE T., -f- 
 
 By second wife : 
 
 5. SARAH O., b. Feb. 18, 1846, m. James O. Fiske. (See 
 
 Fiske gen.) 
 
 DR. WILLIAM A. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones ; 
 born Jan. 19, 1829; married Feb. 28, 1855, Harriet J., daughter of Moses 
 and Nancy A. (Haley) Chenery. She was born Oct. 12, 1834; died 
 March 10, 1897. He died Dec. 18, 1880. He was educated at Frances- 
 town Academy and in the schools of Lyndeborough. He graduated from 
 the Western College of Homeopathy at Cleveland, O., in 1854. He com- 
 menced the practice of medicine in Wilton, and was a resident of that 
 town for a few years after his marriage. Then he came to Lyndebor- 
 ough. He had the qualifications for a good physician, and was success- 
 ful from the start. When Dr. Herrick retired he had most of the prac- 
 tice in this and adjoining towns, and he was the last resident physician 
 of Lyndeborough. He took a lively interest in the business affairs of the 
 town and in its social welfare, and was one of the promoters of the 
 Franklin Library. His wife was a woman of much refinement, and was 
 very helpful in the social affairs of the town. 
 
 Dr. Jones was superintendent of schools for some years, representative 
 to the General Court in 1871, town clerk seven years and justice of the 
 peace twenty years ; was vice-president of the N. H. Medical Society and 
 a member from its beginning. He was the enrolling officer of Lynde- 
 borough during the War of the Rebellion. When he removed to Wilton, 
 in 1871, he leased the Whiting house for three years. He retired from 
 practice in 1880. Children : 
 
 1. MINA O., b. Oct. 5, 1856, in Wilton, m. Oct. 5, 1881, Charles 
 
 N. Grey of Wilton. He d. Sept. 10, 1889 ; m. second, 
 March 18, 1896, Amos A. Wyman of Hillsborough, res. at 
 Hillsborough Bridge. Child: Lena. 
 
 2. MYRTA M., b. June 7, 1859, m. April 26, 1899, Hadley F. 
 
 Higgins of Manchester, res. in Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 3. L,UUE C., b. July 31, 1861, m. Oct. 31, 1885, Charles A. 
 
 Burns of Wilton. She d. Aug. 26, 1896. 
 
 CLARK B. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones; born Feb. 
 28, 1834 ; married May 20, 1857, Miriam M. Holt, daughter of David 
 and Bethiah (Wilson) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born March 2, 
 1835. Resides at Maplewood, Mass. Children : 
 
 1. FRANK W., b. Feb. 28, 1858, m. Nov. 21, 1888, Lucy M. 
 Simmons of Brewer, Me. 
 
 2. HARRY E., b. Dec. 25, 1859. 
 
 3. FRED C., b. Aug. 12, 1867.
 
 790 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 GEORGE T. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones, born 
 Nov. 30, 1840 ; married Feb. 4, 1868, Josephine H. Farwell of Milford ; 
 was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X. ) Children : 
 
 1. A daughter, b. May i, 1869, d. May i, 1869. 
 
 2. KATIE S., b. May 31, 1878. 
 
 NATHANIEL, JONES, son of Benjamin and Chloe (Farrington) Jones; 
 born Nov. 15, 1811 ; married May 28, 1841, Ann P. Perkins of Alfred, Me. 
 She was born Jan. 28, 1815; died in Marlborough, Mass., Jan. 21, 1865. 
 He died in Natick, Mass., Dec. 28, 1878. He lived for a number of years 
 where Herman A. Walker now lives. He removed to Marlboro, Mass., 
 and lived there a short time when he removed to Natick, Mass., where he 
 died. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH A., b. in Boston, July 2, 1843, m. Feb. 7, 1865, 
 
 Joseph Richard of Sudbury, Mass. 
 
 2. MARY E., b. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1847, m - Dec. 22 > ^69, 
 
 John D. Wade of Natick, Mass. 
 
 3. EDWARD B., b. in I^yndeborough July 12, 1850, m. in 1872, 
 
 Nellie Childs at Woonsocket, R. I. 
 
 4. FANNIE B., b. in L,yndeborough Oct. 14, 1853, m. Dec. 20, 
 
 1875, Charles A. Goodnow of Natick, Mass. 
 
 5. JAMES C., b. in Lyndeborough March 21, 1856, d. in La 
 
 Salle, 111., Sept. 7, 1881, from injuries received in trying to 
 prevent a team from running away. 
 
 JOSEPH JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones ; 
 born March 29, 1785 ; married Sept. n, 1811, Ann Richardson. She was 
 born Aug. 19, 1788; died May 19, 1827; married second, Sept. 18, 1827, 
 Mrs. Clarissa W. Page. She d. Feb. 16, 1844. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1812, d. June 22, 1889. 
 
 2. ELIZA, b. May 14, 1815, d. March 26, 1819. 
 
 3. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 2, 1818, d. July 1884. 
 
 4. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 24, 1821, d. July 5, 1824. 
 
 5. BENJAMIN CLEAVES, -|- 
 
 6. SARAH A., b. May 4, 1827, d. June 18, 1827. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 7. CLARISSA A., b. Nov. 9, 1828. 
 
 8. ISAIAH W., b. Nov. 24, 1830, d. 1882. 
 
 BENJAMIN CLEAVES JONES, son of Joseph and Ann (Richardson) 
 Jones ; born March 30, 1824 ; married June 14, 1860, Augusta L. Cleaves 
 of Mont Vernon. He removed to Chicago, 111., in 1855, and died April 
 23, 1885. Children : Frank C., Alfred L/., Clarissa A. 
 
 DEA. WILLIAM JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) 
 Jones; born July 14, 1789; married first, June 4, 1815, Priscilla, daughter 
 of Rev. Sewall Goodrich. She died Jan. 2, 1837; married second, Nov.

 
 GENEALOGIES 791 
 
 20, 1838, Eliza N. Anderson of Londonderry. She was born Feb. 9, 1802 ; 
 died April 12, 1876. He died March 23, 1865. 
 
 Dea. Jones was one of the notable men of Lyndeborough. He was tall 
 and of a stalwart frame, and but few men could accomplish as much farm 
 work in a day as he. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, 
 Mass., for teaching, which vocation he followed for a number of years, 
 but the active years of his life were passed in his native town on the 
 homestead farm, where Geo. E. Spalding now lives. For nearly fifty 
 years he was a deacon of the Congregational church and a liberal con- 
 tributor to its support. He was a man of great energy in his business of 
 farming. He used to raise hops extensively, and there was a hop press 
 and a storage room on his premises, something not seen in Lyndebor- 
 ough now, and only remembered by the older generation. He rather 
 avoided holding public office but his influence was felt in all the affairs of 
 town and church. 
 
 Dea. Jones opened a store in New Ipswich which he kept for a few 
 j-ears, but on the death of his father he returned to Lyndeborough. His 
 second wife was the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Nesmith) Ander 
 son of Londonderry. Children by second wife : 
 
 1. EUZA P., b. Aug. 30, 1839, m. Solon B. Richardson. (See 
 
 Richardson gen.) 
 
 2. MARY A., b. March 22, 1841, m. William R. Blaney of 
 
 Swampscott, Mass., res. in Swampscott. Children: George, 
 Joanna. 
 
 3. ABBY J., b. Dec. 23, 1842, m. George E. Spalding. (See 
 
 Spalding gen.) 
 
 4. JOANNA C., b. Sept. 26, 1845, m. James K. Philips of 
 
 Swampscott, Mass., Jan. 25, 1869, res. in Swampscott. 
 Children : Edward James, Mary Anderson. 
 
 JOSUN. 
 
 TIMOTHY JOSLIN. In 1854, Timothy Joslin and his son, Henry H., 
 bought a farm on the road leading from the Pinnacle House to Green- 
 field, known as the Marsh place. Nothing but a cellar hole marks the 
 spot. Timothy was a son of William Joslin of Leominster, Mass. He 
 was born there in 1796. He married Mary Ann Lese, born in Byfield, 
 Mass., in 1805. She died Nov. 22, 1863. She was the daughter of Samuel 
 and Eliza Saunderson Lese of New Ipswich. Timothy afterward re- 
 moved to the place where Mrs. Ann Cummings lives now, and died there 
 Oct. 30, 1863. Children : 
 
 1. SAMUEL L/M d. in infancy. 
 
 2. MARY ANN, d. of accidental burning, aged 8 years. 
 
 3. SAMUEL O., b. May 20, 1831, m. Bethiah U. Swinnington of 
 
 Greenfield. He d. Nov. 9, 1874. She d. in Greenfield, 
 Dec. 2, 1890. 
 
 4. HENRY H., +
 
 792 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 5. OTIS, b. August, 1835, m. Sarah J. lyibby of Saco, Me., is 
 
 a lumberman and resides in Saganaw, Mich. Children : 
 Bertha A., Otis W., Clarence and Fred. 
 
 6. ISABELLA C., b. February, 18,38, m. William Lewis of 
 
 Wabash Co., Ind. 
 
 7. HARRIETT J., b. November, 1839, m. Wyman W. Ryan of 
 
 Jaffrey, N. H. 
 
 8. WILLIAM P., b. November, 1843, m. Georgianna More- 
 
 house of Osseo, Minn. 
 
 9. L,EVI N., b. Oct. 14, 1847, d. April, 1862. Fatally burned 
 
 by gunpowder. 
 
 HENRY H. JOSUN, son of Timothy and Mary A. (Lese) Joslin, born 
 May 7, 1833; married Jan. 3, 1856, Deborah J. Smith of Francestown. 
 She was born Oct. 3, 1843. He bought the Harvey Holt place and has 
 lived there ever since. Both he and his wife have been persons of un- 
 tiring industry. In recent years, owing to impaired health, they have 
 spent some of the winters in the south. Mr. Joslin has always taken a 
 proper interest in the affairs of the town and has faithfully discharged 
 his duties as a citizen. He is a prosperous and well-to-do farmer. 
 Children, all but the eldest born in L,yndeborough : 
 
 1. FRANK H., -f- 
 
 2. ALLEN B., b. Aug. 14, 1860, m. Sept. 23, 1885, Rose 
 
 Stevens of Port Huron, Mich. Res. in Port Huron, Mich. 
 Five children. 
 
 3. HARRY A., b. July 19, 1862, m. Sept. 19, 1889, Marion G. 
 
 Burnham of Abilene, Kansas. Res. at Milford. Chil- 
 dren : Bessie J., b. at Milford; Henry J., b. at Hartford; 
 Ruth, b. at L,yndeborough ; Emily S., b. at Milford. 
 
 4. OTIS W., b. June 22, 1864. Res. at Amherst. 
 
 5. WINFRED, b. Aug. 2, 1867. Res. in Alaska. 
 
 6. JENNIE M., b. July 24, 1869. Graduated from McCullom 
 
 Institute and from a special course at Harvard Annex. 
 
 7. BENJAMIN H., -f- 
 
 8. PERRY E., b. Jan. 10, 1873. Graduated from Dartmouth 
 
 Medical School in 1898. Res. at Milford. 
 
 9. GRACE B., b. Dec. 4, 1875. 
 
 10. SAMUEL I*., b. March 21, 1878. Graduated from Harvard 
 Medical School in 1900. 
 
 n. BESSIE E., b. Nov. 24, 1881, d. Sept. 23, 1882. 
 12. FLORENCE A., b. March 18, 1883, m. William Nichols. 
 (See Nichols gen.) 
 
 FRANK H. JOSIvIN, son of Henry and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin, 
 born Aug. 3, 1858 ; married Jan. 8, 1885, Etta M., daughter of Jonathan
 
 GENEALOGIES 793 
 
 and Emily (Woodward) Stephenson. She was born Sept. 12, 1859, 
 Children : 
 
 1. ELMER F., b. July 30, 1886. 
 
 2. EMMA F., b. Oct. 10, 1887. 
 
 3. EVERETT H., b. April 23, 1889. 
 
 H., b. Dec. 24, 1890. 
 
 BENJAMIN H. JOSWN, son of Henry H. and Deborah J. (Smith) 
 Joslin, born Sept. 14, 1871 ; married Oct. 18, 1894, Mary A., daughter of 
 John and Ann (Cassidy) Cain of Greenfield. She was born Dec. 21, 1869. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ALBERT B., b. Sept. 24, 1897. 
 
 2. PERRY E., b. April 30, 1901. 
 
 KARR. 
 
 JAMES KARR, b. at Goffstown, Jan. i, 1767 ; married Nov. 13, 1794, 
 Sarah, daughter of Carr and and Joanna Huse of New Chester, now Hill. 
 She died Feb. 21, 1844. At the time of his marriage he removed to New 
 Chester, where he taught school, and held many offices of trust. In 
 1821 he removed to Lyndeborough and settled on the Creecy place, 
 south of Edward Duncklee's. He afterward lived at several places in 
 the town. It is said of him that "he was a quiet, unassuming man, but 
 possessed of considerable ability, and amply qualified to fill a high posi- 
 tion in the community, that he was ever ready to weep with those that 
 weep and rejoice with those that rejoice, that he was a consistent Chris- 
 tian, and that both he and his wife were members of the Congregational 
 Church at Andover, N. H., at the time of their deaths." He died Oct. 
 
 3. 1845. Children : 
 
 1. THOMAS, b. Nov. 19, 1795, d. Oct. 25, 1851. 
 
 2. HUSE, + 
 
 3. JOHN, b. Nov. 21, 1800, d. Jan. 25, 1877, m. Hannah Parker. 
 
 4. JOANNA, b. April 6, 1803, d. Aug. 5, 1874, m. Ebenezer 
 
 Pearson. 
 
 5. JAMES, b. Nov. 5, 1805, d. May 23, 1887, m. Harriet P. 
 
 Cunningham. 
 
 6. JOSEPH, b. March 13, 1808, d. July 22, 1869. 
 
 7. MARTHA, b. July 21, 1810, d. Feb. 15, 1857. 
 
 8. SARAH, b. Dec. 23, 1813, d. Aug. 2, 1891, m. James M. 
 
 Floyd. 
 
 9. SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1816, d. June 3, 1884. 
 
 10. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 5, 1819, d. Oct. n, 1883. 
 
 11. MARY, b. March 8, 1822. Res. at Wilson's Crossing, N. H. 
 
 HUSE KARR, son of James and Sarah (Huse) Karr, born March 28, 
 1798; married Dec. 27, 1821, Sally Ordway of I/yndeborough. She died 
 May 18, 1826 ; second, June 24, 1832, Susanna Pickle. He died April 5, 
 1879. Children by first wife :
 
 794 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Oct. 25, 1822. d. March 17, 1824. 
 
 2. SARAH MARIA, b. Aug. 21, 1824, d. Oct. 31, 1824. 
 
 3. JAMES H., + 
 By second wife : 
 
 4. MARY J., b. Sept. 13, 1836, m. Edward Lambert of Nashua. 
 
 5. JOHN H., b. Sept. 6, 1838, d. Aug. 10, 1863. Was a soldier 
 
 in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 6. FRANCES A., b. Jan. 9, 1841, d. Feb. 6, 1852. 
 
 7. HARRIET S., b. April 13, 1844, m. L,evi Brooks of Green- 
 
 field. 
 
 8. EI^EN C., b. Sept. 13, 1847, m. William Duncklee of 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 9. THOMAS E., b. July 31, 1849, m. Lizzie Ford. 
 
 10. JOANNA, b. Aug. 12, 1853, m. Morris Edmands. 
 
 11. EMMA E., b. March 21, 1857, m. William Felton. 
 
 JAMES H. KARR, son of Huse and Sally (Ordway) Karr ; born Feb. 
 26, 1826; married May 6, 1857, Clarinda F., daughter of James and Sally 
 (Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 10, 1831 ; died Feb. 
 28, 1901. Child : 
 
 i. FRED B., b. Feb. 21, 1868. 
 
 KIDDER. 
 
 The Kidder family had much to do with the early settlement of Lynde- 
 borough, but the records are very meagre. John Kidder was probably 
 the first of the name to come, and he probably came when the grant was 
 called Salem-Canada. He was of the fourth generation from James 
 Kidder, the immigrant ancestor of the Kidders of America. He was the 
 son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder, and was born, in Sutton, 
 Mass., June 3, 1727. Just when he came to Lyndeborough is unknown. 
 Tracing back the ownership of farms in Lyndeborough, we find many of 
 them were owned by Kidders in the early days of the town. On which 
 one John 'settled is not known. He married Triphena, daughter of 
 Ephraim Powers. She was born April 20, 1731. He died Jan. 14, 1810. 
 Children : 
 
 1. TRIPHENA, b. May 4, 1755. 
 
 2. JOHN, b. March 4, 1757, m. Molly Chamberlain, probably a 
 
 daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain. 
 He removed to Maine. 
 
 3. lyOis, b. July 10, 1760, m. Jonathan Butler. 
 
 4. EPHRAIM, -j- 
 
 5. JOSEPH, + 
 
 6. RACHEL, b. March 8, 1769, m. Nathaniel Tay. 
 
 EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder; 
 born Oct. 12, 1761 ; married Martha Karr of New Boston. He died in
 
 GENEALOGIES 795 
 
 Lyndeborough in January, 1841. He lived on the farm where the late 
 Franklin H. Kidder lived. Children : 
 
 1. THOMAS, + 
 
 2. MARTHA, b. April 2, 1788. 
 
 3. EPHRAIM, -f- 
 
 4. LUCY P., b. Aug. 25, 1793. 
 
 5. JAMES, b. Aug. 21, 1798, m. Betsey Kidder, daughter of 
 
 Joseph and Polly (Kpps) Kidder, rem. to Westfield, O. 
 
 THOMAS KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder ; born 
 Nov. 24, 1786; married Aug. n, 1811, Elizabeth Holt. She was born 
 June 5, 1788 ; died Nov. 9, 1856. He died Sept. 5, 1854. Children : 
 
 1. THOMAS J., b. May 31, 1812, d. Dec. 18, 1812. 
 
 2. BETSEY A., b. March 6, 1814, m. Joseph H. Ford. (See 
 
 Ford gen.) 
 
 3. FRANKUN H., + 
 
 4. MARTHA H., b. Aug. u, 1821, m. Cyrus Moors of Sharon. 
 
 5. CYNTHIA J., b. June 21, 1824, m. Dea. Oliver Barrett of 
 
 Wilton. She d. May 5, 1881. 
 
 6. ALMANDER A., b. Oct. 26, 1827, d. May 20, 1861. 
 
 7. LUCY A., b. Dec. 13, 1832, m. Isaac Lowe. (See Lowe 
 
 gen.) 
 
 FRANKLIN H. KIDDER, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holt) 
 Kidder; born Oct. 18, 1818; married Feb. 22, 1853, Elsey M. Fish of 
 Peterborough. She was born March 24, 1826 ; died Sept. 5, 1899. He died 
 April 27, 1899. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and much respected 
 in the community. He lived on the farm his father and grandfather 
 owned before him. Children : 
 
 1. CHARLES F., b. May 21, 1857, d. May 29, 1857. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH R., b. June 15, 1859, m. Nov. 14, 1882, Ethan 
 
 A. Woodward. 
 
 EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder; 
 born Jan. 3, 1791 ; married Betsey, daughter of John and Anna Bofee. 
 She was born July 28, 1792 ; died in Wilton, May 14, 1878. He lived in 
 Lyndeborough until after the youngest child was born, then removed to 
 Wilton, where he died Aug 3, 1858. 
 
 1. JOHN BOFEE, + 
 
 2. THOMAS K., b. June 9, 1817, rem. to Milford. 
 
 3. ELIZA, m. Burnham Russell. (See Russell gen.) 
 
 4. ANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1822, d. May 15, 1868, m. John Burton 
 
 of Wilton. 
 
 5. MARTHA, b. Aug. 14, 1828, d. July 2, 1832. 
 
 JOHN BOFEE KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Betsey (Bofee) Kidder ;
 
 796 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 born Aug. 16, 1811; married April, 1834, Mary Russell. She died Oct. 
 22, 1879. He died at Milford, May 2, 1892. Children : 
 
 1. MARY O., b. Oct. 15, 1835, m. May 2, 1854, Artemas Put- 
 
 nam of Wilton. 
 
 2. JOHN P., b. July i, 1838, was soldier in Civil War. (See 
 
 Chap. X.) 
 
 3. DIANA, b. Nov. 7, 1841, m. Oct. 10, 1865, Horace W. Rice 
 
 of Leominster, Mass. 
 
 JOSEPH KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder; born 
 Nov. 30, 1763; married Polly Epps. A short time after his marriage he 
 removed to Westfield, O. Children : 
 
 1. FRANCES E. 
 
 2. JOSEPH. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN. 
 
 4. JOHN. 
 
 5. EPPS. 
 
 6. SARAH, m. David Woodward. 
 
 7. HANNAH, m. Daniel L,ove. 
 
 8. BETSEY, m. James Kidder. 
 
 CAPT. JONAS KIDDER, son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder ; 
 born in Hudson, N. H., Nov. 16, 1743. Removed to L/yndeborough probably 
 when a young man, for he was living here when the Revolutionary War 
 broke out, in which he served as captain. (See P. 190.) He removed 
 to Hudson and died there. The inscription on his headstone reads as 
 follows : 
 
 " In memory of Capt. Jonas Kidder who died Nov. i, 1837, aged 94. 
 Formerly of L,inesborough." 
 
 Capt. Jonas Kidder was the first settler on the farm now owned by 
 Robert C. Mason, on the mountain. The house, which was a tavern 
 stand built by him, was torn down by Jesse Simonds to make way for the 
 present house. The old house had a hall up stairs in which were held 
 singing schools and various gatherings. This hall contained probably 
 the largest fireplace in town. He married Huldah, daughter of Dea. 
 Ephraim and Sarah Cram) Putnam, Nov. 26, 1768. She died Jan. 13, 
 1778. He married second, Widow Alice Barren May 20, 1779. She was a 
 daughter of Amos Taylor. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. AARON, b. May 8, 1769, m. Pamelia, dau. of Andrew and 
 
 Mary (Putnam) Fuller of t/yndeborough. She was b. 
 March 12, 1770. 
 
 2. JONAS, b. Jan. 8, 1771, d. Aug. 17, 1817. 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1773, m. L,evi Cross. 
 
 4. DAVID, b. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Betsey, dau. of Andrew and 
 
 Mary (Putnam) Fuller. She was b. Feb. 6, 1776. 
 
 5. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 19, 1777, d. April 6, 1778.
 
 GENEALOGIES 797 
 
 6. NATHAN, b. June 14, , supposed to have died very 
 
 young. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 7. JOSEPH, b. April 7, 1780, m. Sarah Souther. 
 
 8. PUTNAM, b. June 23, 1782, d. May 22, 1783. 
 
 9. WILLIAM, -f- 
 
 10. BENJAMIN, b. July 4, 1786, d. Jan. 16, 1808. 
 
 WILLIAM KIDDER. son of Capt. Jonas and Alice (Barren) Kidder, 
 was born in Lyndeborough May 7, 1784; died in Irasburgh, Vt., Jan. 2, 
 1863. William Kidder lived in Lyndeborough until the year 1820, when 
 he removed to Irasburgh, Vt. He married Anna, daughter of Charles 
 and Anna (Faxon) Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough. She was born at 
 Braintree, Mass., May 7, 1784; died Dec. 28, 1868. Children born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SARAH, died in infancy. 
 
 2. CHARLES W., b. Dec. 8, 1809, d. May 28, 1886. 
 
 3. WILLIAM W., b. Nov. 17, 1811, d. Aug. 22, 1886. 
 
 4. ALICE, b. Nov. 18, 1813, m. James Hancock. 
 
 5. BENJAMIN A., b. Feb. 12, 1816, m. Elvira Langdon. 
 
 6. MARY A., b. March n, 1818, d. Nov. 21, 1869. 
 
 7. JOSIAH C., b. Jan. 12, 1820, in. Eliza Michell. Children, 
 
 b. in Irasburgh. 
 
 8. BETSEY, b, Aug. 12, 1823. 
 
 9. FAXON, b. Sept. 13, 1826. 
 
 10. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 12, 1828. 
 
 KIDDER. 
 
 PHINEAS KIDDER came to Lyndeborough from Chelmsford, Mass., 
 in 1786, or 1787 and settled on what is now known as the Watkins place. 
 He married Hannah Crosby of Westfield, Mass. He died Jan. 20, 1846. 
 She died June 13, 1850. Children, born at North Lyndeborough . 
 
 1. SAMUEL, -+- 
 
 2. PHINEAS, + 
 
 3. ANN, b. Aug. 27, 1791, m. Jan. 19, 1828, Eliphalet Atwood. 
 
 (See Atwood gen.) 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. July 30, 1793, m. Luke Giddings of New Boston. 
 
 SAMUEL KIDDER, son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby) Kidder, 
 boru March 13, 1787; married Oct. 12, 1812, Hannah Brown of Lynde- 
 borough. She died in Francestown Feb. 28, 1864. He died March 6, 
 1866. Removed to Francestown. 
 
 PHINEAS KIDDER,* son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby) Kidder, 
 
 * The Francestown History records Phineas Kidder as coming to Lyndeborough about 
 1797. If this is correct, his children, Samuel, Phiueas, Jr., Ann and Hannah were born 
 in Chelmsford, Mass. The record furnished us gives their birthplace at Lyndebor-
 
 798 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 born Dec. 5, 1789; married Oct. 12, 1812, Patty, daughter of Abraham 
 aud De/iah (Fish) Rose of Lyndeborough. She was born July i, 1794; 
 died April 30, 1882. He died Jan. 20, 1864. Children : 
 
 1. CATHERINE, b. March 9, 1813, m. Warner Clark, d. Jan. 20, 
 
 1848. 
 
 2. ANN, b. Aug. 9, 1815, d. Oct. 7, 1815. 
 
 3. PHINEAS C., b. Jan. 12, 1817, m. Emily Hardy of Green- 
 
 field, Oct. 13, 1842. He d. March 29, 1892. She d. 
 March 31, 1899. Children: Emily, b., Nov. 14, 1843, m. 
 Charles A. Rogers of Boston, Mass., res. in Windham, Me.; 
 Merrill H., b. April 17, 1847, m. April 25, 1875, Ida Patch 
 of Francestown ; Abbie J., b. Dec. 16, 1852, m. Aug. 31, 
 1873, David A. Starrett of Hillsboro. 
 
 KIDDER. 
 
 MANLEY KIDDER, born July 24, 1810; married first, Rachel P. 
 Abbott; married second, Rachel P. Buswell. She died Oct. 29, 1872. He 
 married third, Sarah H. Proctor, who died Nov. 20, 1879. 
 
 KIDDER. 
 
 NELSON KIDDER came to Lyndeborough f rom Jaffrey in 1837. He 
 was a blacksmith by trade, and it is said that he could hammer iron as 
 " smooth " as any craftsman of his day. He lived in the Manahan house 
 at the centre and had a shop nearby, where he worked up to within a few 
 years of his death. He was born May 14, 1809; died Jan. 31, 1892; mar- 
 ried Lucy P. Barnes of Dublin, N. H., Nov. 29, 1838. She was born Oct. 
 i, 1807 ; died April 8, 1898. Children: 
 
 1. ALBERT J., b. July 18, 1840, d. Sept. 21, 1872. Was in the 
 
 U. S. service at Portsmouth, N. H. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 2. LUCY E., b. Aug. 10, 1842, d. Ma7 19, 1864. 
 
 LAKIN. 
 
 THOMAS LAKIN came from Groton, Mass., and settled on land east 
 of South Lyndeborough village. This land is now owned by Ward N. 
 Cheever. Thomas married Lucy, daughter of John and Rebecca Burton 
 of Wilton. She was born Feb. 18, 1778. Their children born at Lynde- 
 borough were : 
 
 1. WILLIAM G., + 
 
 2. LUCY. 
 
 3. AMBROSE. 
 
 4. BETSEY, in. Amos Herrick. 
 
 5. MARY A., m. Billings. 
 
 6. CYRENA, m Rogers.
 
 GENEALOGIES 799 
 
 WILLIAM G. LAKIN, son of Thomas and Lucy (Burton) Lakin, 
 married Harriet Carleton. Their children born at Lyndeborough were : 
 
 1. WILLIAM A., b. Nov. 23, 1844. 
 
 2. HARRIET F., b. April 5, 1846. 
 
 NATHAN LANGDBLL, born in New Boston, N. H., Nov. 22, 1822 ; 
 married first, Ann F. Smith of New Boston, Dec. 14, 1854. She was 
 born May 26, 1830; died Aug. 15, 1856; married second, Hannah A. 
 Lateren of Deering, N. H., May 14, 1857. She was born May 5, 1831. 
 Children by first wife : 
 
 1. ANN F., b. in New Boston, Feb. 3, 1859. 
 
 2. HILLIARD L/., b. in New Boston, March 22, 1861, d. April 
 
 4, 1882. 
 
 3. JULIA L,., b. in L/yndeborough, May 17, 1866. Graduated 
 
 from Francestown Academy in 1886. She is a teacher. 
 
 LEWIS. 
 
 William Lewis came to Roxbury, Mass., in 1630. He returned to 
 England, where he married Amy Wells. He was a brother of Edmond 
 Lewis, who came over in the ship Elizabeth in 1634 and settled in 
 Watertown and removed to Lynn, Mass. He was from Lynn Regis, 
 England. William came to this country again and settled in Roxbury, 
 where he and his wife were attendants of the Rev. John Elliott's church 
 in 1640. He was admitted freeman in 1642. He was a friend and asso- 
 ciate of Gov. Bellingham. In May, 1653, he sold his house lot and re- 
 moved to Lancaster, Mass. Here he carried on the business of weaving. 
 Here he remained and endured the trials and hardships of a frontier 
 life until 1671, when he secured land in the limits of Boston to build 
 upon, but was prostrated by sickness and died Dec. 3, 1671. He left a 
 widow and sons, John, Christopher and Isaac ; daughters, Lydia, Mary 
 and Hannah. After his death the household was broken up by an attack 
 of the Indians under John Monico, a one-eyed chief of the Nipmucks, 
 who killed several of the family and burned their goods. 
 
 Jonathan Lewis, of the fourth generation from William, was born 
 Dec. 6, 1708, in Dorchester, Mass., and married first, April 19, 1733, 
 Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Fisher) Hunting of Dedham, 
 by whom he had six children. He married second, Mrs. Abigail (Clappj 
 Everett of Walpole, by whom he had six children. In 1771, early in the 
 spring, Moses and Aaron Lewis, sons of Jonathan, went to New Boston 
 and bought a farm of John Dickey. This farm was alongside of the 
 farm reserved by the grantors for Col. Blanchard, and adjoining the 
 Haunted Pond, now occupied by Geo. Shattuck. That year they made 
 a clearing and built a log house. Sept. 24, 1772, Aaron Lewis married 
 Sarah White at Stoughtonham, now Sharon, Mass. Mrs. Hezekiah 
 Duncklee was Mehitable White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of 
 Moses White of Lyndeborough, and also of Benjamin White of Frances- 
 town. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham,
 
 800 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Mass. Dec. 12, 1772, he sold his half interest in this farm to Moses 
 Lewis for ,"63. On May 24, 1774, Moses Lewis sold his farm to Enoch 
 Holmes of Walpole, Mass. On June i, 1774, Joseph Stiles of Lyndebor- 
 ough for 45 paid by Moses Lewis sells his part of the lot the proprie- 
 tors of Lyndeborough laid out to Rev. Sewall Goodrich, in the north- 
 west part of the town. Dec. 28, 1791, Greenfield was incorporated and 
 this farm became a part of that town, and was occupied for over 100 
 years by three generations of this family. On May 6, 1780, Aaron Lewis 
 bought lands in Lyndeborough, in the northwest part of the town, one 
 lot of which is still known as the old Lewis place. 
 
 DEA. AARON LEWIS was selectman in 1793 and 1794, and town 
 clerk in 1809 and 1810, a deacon in the church, a man of great piety and 
 a citizen honored for his integrity and uprightness of character. He 
 was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (See Chap. VII), and was some- 
 times called Col. Lewis. In the records of the church is this record : 
 "Voted that as there is not found any record of the vote of the church, 
 whereas they made choice of Brothers Samuel Houston and Aaron 
 Lewis as deacons, that the present clerk record the same." Aaron was 
 deacon from the election there recorded until 1830, when he removed to 
 the home of his son, Amasa, in New Boston. He was the son of Jona- 
 than and Abigail (Clapp Everett) Lewis, born July 3, 1750 ; died in New 
 Boston, May 20, 1833; married Sept. 24, 1772, at Sharon, Mass., Sarah 
 White, daughter of Benjamin and Mary White. She was born Feb. 8, 
 1750, and died May 16, 1804. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. AARON, -f- 
 
 2. SARAH, b. April 24, 1777, m. Ichabod Holmes and rem. to 
 
 Francestown. 
 
 3. AMASA, b. May 14, 1780, d. April n, 1849, in Medford, 
 
 Mass., m. April 16, 1807, Polly Dane of New Boston. 
 Rem. to New Boston. 
 
 4. NANCY, b. April 28, 1783, d. Aug. i, 1853, m. first, May 
 
 22, 1806, John Elliott, by whom she had two children, 
 John and Nancy. 
 
 5. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 4, 1787, m. April 6, 1809, Israel H. Good- 
 
 rich, a son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. 
 She d. June 30, 1821. (See Goodrich gen.) 
 
 6. PARHELIA, b. July 7, 1789, d. Dec. 24, 1851, m. May 5, 
 
 1819, Samuel Cressey of L/yndeborough. 
 
 7. ASA, + 
 
 AARON LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born March 
 T 9) T 775! died June 21, 1855; married in 1798, Hannah, daughter of 
 Thomas and Hannah Boardman of Lyndeborough. She was born June 
 29, 1776; died Nov. 20, 1865. Removed to Francestown and settled on a 
 farm near the Lyndeborough line. Children born in Francestown : 
 
 i. HANNAH, b. Aug. 19, 1800, d. Aug. 17, 1863, m. Williams 
 Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)
 
 GENEALOGIES 801 
 
 2. NANCY, b. Aug. 21, 1802, m. Thomas Gorton, of Eastford, 
 
 Conn., d. May 19, 1866. 
 
 3. ISAAC, b. July 31, 1805, m. Emily Deans of Eastford, 
 
 Conn. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH B., b. May 2, 1816, m. Leonard Duncklee of 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 ASA LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born Dec. 7, 
 1792; died in 1831, in Baltimore, Md.; married Jan. 18, 1820, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich of Lyndebor- 
 ough. She was born Nov. 26, 1791, and died Jan. 14, 1866. Children 
 born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 27, 1820, m. Sept. n, 1865, Louisa 
 
 Worthley of Nashua. He d. Jan. 5, 1890. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. n, 1826, m. Sept. 17, 1850, Francis F. 
 
 Kimball of Nashua. 
 
 3. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 27, 1829, d. April 30, 1832. 
 
 MOSES LEWIS, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hunting) Lewis, born 
 Sept. 27, 1743 ; died March 3, 1829 ; married Rebecca, daughter of 
 William and Rebecca (Parker) Butterfield of Francestown, born April 
 6, 1744 ; died April 29, 1830. Moses was a very pious man and always 
 had family worship up to his last illness. Children born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 25, 1776, m. Betsey Martin of Frances- 
 
 town. She was b. June 28, 1779, d. May 29, 1841, in 
 Greenfield. He d. March n, 1860. Rem. to Greenfield. 
 
 2. REBECCA, b. April 28, 1779, d. Feb. 16, 1867, m. 1806, 
 
 Robert Martin of Francestown. 
 
 3. L/YDIA, b. Feb. 17, 1783, d. Jan. 5, 1869, at Rindge, m. 
 
 Ezekiel Cudworth of Greenfield. 
 
 LONG. 
 
 GEORGE D. LONG born Feb. 2, 1856; married Nov. 30, 1893, Lizzie, 
 daughter of Robert and Abby (Raymond) Bell. She was born March 3, 
 1875. He came from Stoneham, Mass. Is a blacksmith and worked in 
 a shop at the " centre " for a while. Later built a shop near William B. 
 Raymond's house. Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE R., b. Sept. n, 1894. 
 
 2. NELLIE E., b. March 30, 1896. 
 
 3. WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 10, 1897. 
 
 4. EDWARD A., b. Aug. 27, 1900. 
 
 LOWE. 
 
 JOHN LOWE, born at Boston, April 25, 1796; married May 22, 1825, 
 Jemima II. Hopkins of Wellfleet, Mass. She was born Jan. 15, 1801 ; died
 
 802 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 July 7, 1884. He lived on Putnam Hill, east of South Lyndeborough 
 village, on the place now occupied as the summer residence of George C. 
 Lawrence. Children : 
 
 1. MARY E., b. at Dedham, Mass., April 12, 1826, d. April 29, 
 
 1848. 
 
 2. HARRIET E., b. Aug. 20, 1827, at Dedham, Mass., m. 
 
 Charles Henry Holt, d. Aug. 8, 1880. (See Holt gen.) 
 
 LOWE. 
 
 ISAAC LOWE, son of Simon and Charlotte (Parker) Lowe; born in 
 Greenfield Aug. 15, 1828; married Almira L-, daughter of Thomas and 
 Betsey (Holt) Kidder, July 8, 1858. She was born Dec. 13, 1832. He 
 came to Lyndeborough in 1852. 
 
 LOWE. 
 
 Mrs. Anna M., widow of Frederic N. Lowe, came to Lyndeborough and 
 settled in Perham Corner. She was born in Lempster Oct. 14, 1831. 
 Most of her children have resided in Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE C., b. in Greenfield Aug. 30, 1854, d. Oct., 1855. 
 
 2. EVERETT E., + 
 
 3. FRED N., -f 
 
 4. ELLSWORTH A., b. in Greenfield, April 13, 1860; is a ma- 
 
 chinist and res. in Oregon City, Ore. 
 
 5. GEORGE F., b. in Greenfield, March ~io, 1862, m. Ida S. 
 
 Kidder of Francestown, April 5, 1887. 
 
 EVERETT E. LOWE, son of Frederick N. and Anna (Messenger) 
 Lowe ; born at Windsor May 10, 1856; married March 26, 1895, Emily M. 
 daughter of Augustus B. and Van Lora (Nott) Kimball of Hillsborough. 
 She was born Sept. i, 1872. Lives on the Austin place in Perham Corner. 
 Was selectman in 1882, 1883 and 1884. Is a farmer and largely engaged 
 in other lines of business. In late years he has been one of the heaviest 
 buyers of apples in this section. Is agent for some of the leading makes 
 of farm machinery, and is an energetic business man. Children, born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. GRACE M., b. Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 2. L/EON E., b. May 17, 1898. 
 
 3. MARION G., b. Aug. 28, 1900. 
 
 FRED N. LOWE, son of Frederick N. and Anna (Messenger) Lowe ; 
 born at Washington, Feb. 3, 1858 ; married Lucie A., daughter of Henry 
 H. and Nancy M. Nichols. She was born July 17, 1870, at Bradford. 
 Children : 
 
 1. FRIEDA A., b. at L/yndeborough March 8, 1893. 
 
 2. CLARA J., b. at Goshen May 29, 1895. 
 
 3. ELVA E. b. at Goshen Aug. 2, 1898.
 
 GENEALOGIES 803 
 
 LUCAS. 
 
 LUKE A. LUCAS was born in Thetford, Vt., Jan. 24, 1809 ; married 
 Mary C. Holt, daughter of Eli and Pamelia Holt of Lyndeborough, Nov. 
 I4 1837. She was born May 20, 1814; died March 21, 1871. He died 
 Aug. 4, 1887. He bought the farm since generally known as the Lucas 
 place. Children : 
 
 1. M. GERTRUDE, b. in Winooski/, Vt.; m. Benjamin F. Holt. 
 
 (See Holt gen.) 
 
 2. FLORENCE M., b. in Cavendish, Vt., July 16, 1847, d. 
 
 March 5, 1849. 
 
 3. EMMA L,., b. in L/yndeborough July i, 1851, m. George P. 
 
 Bennett of New Boston, N. H., Dec. 24, 1868. Child: 
 George W. 
 
 4. CORNELIA A., b. in Winooski, Vt., June 13, 1855, m. 
 
 Charles H. Swain of Nashua, N. H., Nov. 8, 1876. Chil- 
 dren : Harrison T. and Helen D. 
 
 I.YNCH. 
 
 ROBERT K. LYNCH, born in New Boston, June 6, 1829 ; married Dec. 
 25, 1851, Betsey A., daughter of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis. She was 
 born May 5, 1827; died July 24, 1902. He died April 20, 1892. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. L/ILLIAN V., b. Aug. 30, 1863, m. Aaron W. Russell. (See 
 
 Russell gen.) 
 
 2. HERBERT S. C., b. Sept. 5, 1870. 
 
 JOHN H. LYNCH, born at New Boston, June 29, 1830; married Jan. 
 i, 1857, Adaline R., adopted daughter of Levi H. Woodward of Lynde- 
 borough. She was born Oct. 31, 1839, at Wilmington, Mass.; died May 
 u, 1892. He married second, June 29, 1893, Henrietta K. Hardy of Wil- 
 ton. She was born Sept. 26, 1843. He died Nov. 29, 1900. Children by 
 first wife, born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOHN C., b. May 5, 1858, res. at Plymouth, Mass. 
 
 2. FRANK H., b. Oct. 4, 1862, d. Oct. 8, 1894. 
 
 MANAHAN. 
 
 SAMUEL THOMPSON MANNING was born in Deering, N. H., 
 March 13, 1805 ; married Almira Gove of Deering May 23, 1830. She was 
 born June 20, 1808. They came to Lyndeborough in 1831. He kept a 
 general store at the Centre from 1831 to 1835. He held several town 
 offices and was on the building committee when the present church and 
 town hall were erected. He also represented the town in the legislature. 
 He removed to Lowell in 1846, where he was prominent and influential in 
 business circles and municipal affairs. He died Jan. 3, 1892, aged eighty- 
 seven years. Children, born in Lyndeborough :
 
 804 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 1. MARY J., b. July 17, 1832, m. Bradford Marvel of lyowell, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 2. CLARA A., b. Oct. 27, 1834, m. first, David Hyde of Ix>well, 
 
 m. second, Charles E. Abbott of Maiden, Mass. 
 
 3. SARAH F., b. Oct. 23, 1837, m. Atwell F. Wright of Lowell, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 MANNING. 
 
 JACOB MANNING was of the fifth generation from William Manning, 
 who came from England in 1630, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., as ap- 
 pears by the records. William Manning, a grandson of William of Cam- 
 bridge, removed to Billerica, Mass., in 1700. His children were Williami 
 Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Rachel, Martha, Hannah. 
 
 Jacob, second son of William of Billerica, married Martha Beard, and 
 his children were Isaac, Thomas, David, Jacob, Daniel, Mary, Martha and 
 Esther. 
 
 Jacob Manning, Jr., married Sarah Butterfield, and with his son Asa 
 came to Lyndeborough and jointly purchased a farm of John Orne in 
 Johnson's Corner for and in consideration of twenty-seven hundred dol- 
 lars. They took possession of the property March 31, 1806. Jacob 
 started for Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775, but on account of the 
 distance arrived too late for the fight, but he was one of the number of 
 immortal patriots at Bunker Hill, so the Mannings are of good Revolu- 
 tionary stock. He was killed by being thrown from a load of hay July 
 16, 1808. His wife died Jan. 21, 1831. Children : 
 
 1. ASA, + 
 
 2. JACOB. 
 
 3. MARTHA. 
 
 4. ESTHER. 
 
 ASA MANNING, born Sept. 23, 1780, in Billerica, Mass.; married 
 Olive Spaulding of Billerica, Mass., July 7, 1803. She died Nov. 24, 1844. 
 He died June 2, 1853. Soon after the death of his father Asa erected the 
 buildings on the farm where Willis Perham formerly lived in Johnson's 
 Corner. He was a selectman a number of years, and represented the 
 town in the legislature in 1842, 1843 an d 1844. He sold the farm in John- 
 son's Corner in 1837, and bought the Jones place in North Lyndeborough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. OLIVE, b. June 3, 1805, in Billerica, Mass., d. Feb. 12, 1812, 
 
 of spotted fever. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. July u, 1807, in Lyndeborough, d. Feb. 12, 1812, 
 
 of spotted fever. 
 
 3 and 4. ASA and SHEREBIAH (twins), b. July 10, 1809. Shere- 
 biah d. Dec. 15, 1810. Asa rem. to the West and d. there. 
 
 5. OLIVE, b. March 25, 1812, m. Seth Fuller, March 10, 1836. 
 
 They rem. to Greenville, 111., where she d. Jan. 7, 1842. 
 Children : Olive, Theresa, Henry I,.
 
 GENEALOGIES 805 
 
 6. SHEREBIAH, -f- 
 
 7. JOSEPH, -f 
 
 8. LYDIA W., b. Jan. 10, 1821, m. Sept. 20, 1848, Ephraim W. 
 
 Woodward. (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 9. SARAH J., b. Nov. 4, 1822, m. John H. Whitney of Ludlow, 
 
 Vt., June 5, 1846. Child : Belle S. 
 
 SHEREBIAH MANNING, born Jan. 3, 1817; married June 3, 1841, 
 Julia A. Duncklee, daughter of Hezekiah and Anna (Bachelder) Dunck- 
 lee. She was born Oct. 21, 1812 ; died April 22, 1888. Mr. Manning took 
 an active part in the affairs of the town and an earnest interest in its wel- 
 fare. He was a devoted and consistent member of the Congregational 
 church. In the lyceums and social life of the community he took great 
 interest and did his share in supporting them. He represented his town 
 in the legislature in 1851, and was one of the selectmen-in 1850. He re- 
 moved to Mont Vernon and thence to New Boston, where he died, Oct. 
 30, 1895. Children born in Lyndebo rough : 
 
 1. HENRY A., b. Oct. 31, 1845. 
 
 2. JUUE ANNA, b. Aug. 20, 1857. 
 
 JOSEPH MANNING, born July 19, 1819; married Louisa Ormsbee. 
 He was a carriage manufacturer, and early moved to Michigan. He was 
 mayor of Owosso, Mich., at one time. He died Nov. 6, 1886. Children : 
 Joseph W., Helen L., Lydia C. 
 
 MANWELL. 
 
 JOEL MANWELL and Phebe, his wife, were probably the original 
 settlers on the land now known as the Lucas place. The town records 
 place them very early in the history of Lyndeborough. Children born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ISAAC, b. Nov. 25, 1767. 
 
 2. SARAH, b. March 30, 1770. 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. Nov. 9, 1771. 
 
 4. PHEBE, b. July 13, 1773. 
 
 5. JUDAH, b. Sept. 21, 1777. 
 
 6. MOSES, b. May 3, 1780. 
 
 MARSHALL. 
 
 JAMES MARSHALL, son of Joseph and Mary (Archer) Burton 
 Marshall, married May 13, 1833, Abigail, daughter of William and 
 Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 26, 1814. He died May 13, 
 1840. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 1834. Lost at sea. 
 
 2. ALMIRA E., b. Jan. 20, 1836, d. July, 1837. 
 
 3. ANDREW J., + 
 
 4. MARY E., b. Aug. 20, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1849.
 
 806 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 ANDREW J. MARSHALL, son of James and Abigail (Abbott) 
 Marshall, born May 5, 1838; married first, July 4, 1866, Rose Bliven, 
 daughter of John Bliven of Oxford, N. Y. She was born Jan. i, 1851 ; 
 married second, Effie M., daughter of Leonard G. and Nancy (Carkin) 
 Brown of Lyndeborough , Feb. i, 1881. She was born Jan. 25, 1863. He 
 was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter X.) He died March 23, 
 1902. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. CHARLES E., b. in McDonough, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1868, d. 
 
 March 10, 1873. 
 
 2. ADDIE, b. in McDonough, N. Y., March 28, 1870, d. March 
 
 14, 1880. 
 
 3. ALICE P., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 7, 
 
 1897, Seymour C. Hard of East Arlington, Vt. Res. 
 there. Children : Mederic and Gordon. 
 
 MASON. 
 
 ROBERT C. MASON, son of Lewis and Margaret (Colburn) Mason, 
 born June 14, 1850, at Hinchin Brook, Province of Quebec ; married 
 Sept. 21, 1873, Mary J., daughter of Nathan and Mary A. (Whitcomb) 
 Cummings of South Gardner, Mass. She was born Feb. 4, 1853. He 
 came to Lyndeborough in 1886 and bought the Jesse Simonds place on 
 the mountain. He had previously been employed in the mills at 
 Manchester as wool inspector. He was supervisor of check lists for one 
 or two terms. Children : 
 
 i. & 2. Curtis P. and ROBERT I,., (twins), b. Nov. n, 1874. 
 Robert I,, d. March 18, 1875. Curtis P. m. May 17, 1899, 
 Imogene, dau. of Rodney and Josephine (Edwards) Ed- 
 monds of Wakefield, Mass. She was b. Aug. 29, 1876. 
 Children: Lewis R., b. June 24, 1900, d. Jan. 2, 1901; 
 Chester C,, b. March 27, 1905. 
 
 3. & 4. JENNIE V. and ALBERT C. (twins), b. Aug. 23, 1876. 
 Jennie V. m. Nov. 24, 1898, Charles F. Tirrell of Quincy, 
 Mass. Child : Philip M., b. Feb. 18, 1900. Albert C. m. 
 Jan. 9, 1901, Ida I/., dau. of Emery and Ella (Russell) 
 Holt. She was born May 26, 1881. 
 
 5. ROBERT C., b. July 10, 1890. 
 
 McAUJSTER. 
 
 GEORGE S. MCALLISTER came from Nashua, N. H., May i, 1873; 
 moved on the David K. Holt place in Perham Corner ; born in Antrim, 
 N. H., Feb. 5, 1822; married first, Martha A. Ferson of Francestown, 
 June 9, 1850. She was born April 14, 1835 ; died Dec. 18, 1867. He mar- 
 ried second, Ellen Pollard of Nashua, N. H., born Dec. 7, 1832. He died 
 March 22, 1904. Child by first wife : 
 
 i. GEORGE F., b. in Bristol, N. H., Jan. 9, 1858.
 
 GENEALOGIES 807 
 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 2. I,ULU E., b. Sept. 6, 1874, m. Elmer B. Parker. (See 
 Parker gen.) 
 
 McINTlRE. 
 
 The Mclntires of Lyndeborough are of Scotch-Irish origin, descend- 
 ants of Phillip Mclntire, who was born in Scotland in 1633, and came to 
 North Reading, Mass., in 1650, probably with the Scotch prisoners of war 
 banished by Cromwell. He was married Sept. 6, 1666, and had a son 
 David, who married Martha Graves in 1712. Their son, David, Jr., mar- 
 ried Margaret Buxton of Middleton, Mass., and was the father of Elias 
 Sr., who married for his first wife Bethiah Hayward of Andover, Mass., 
 and for his second wife a Miss Underwood, by whom he had eight chil- 
 dren. Elias, Jr., only son of Elias Sr., and Bethiah (Hayward) Mclntire, 
 being very young when his mother died, was brought up in the family of 
 Nathaniel Tay, an uncle by marriage. He was born Nov. 24, 1782 ; mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Buxton of North Reading, Mass., April 3, 1806. She was 
 born June 8, 1786, and died April 22, 1866. Her father, Stephen Buxton, 
 of North Reading, Mass., marched to Concord and Lexington in John 
 Bachellor's company, and he soon afterward enlisted in the same com- 
 pany as private, and served three years and fourteen days in the Revolu- 
 tionary army. 
 
 After marriage Mr. Mclntire removed to Fitchburg, Mass., thence to 
 Nelson, N. H., thence to Amherst, N. H., coming to Lyndeborough Jan. 
 i, 1820, where he bought the Kidder place, so called. This place is on 
 what was then the main road from Nashua to Greenfield, Hancock and 
 the upper towns. He opened a tavern, and as prohibitory laws were then 
 unknown, he did a thriving business. The old sign which hung from a 
 stout post in front of the house is still in existence, and bears the inscrip- 
 tion, " Elias Mclntire E. Pluribus Unum, 1820." It was a favorite stopping 
 place for teamsters going and coming, but when the so-called Forest road 
 was completed and the stage route changed, its patronage ceased, and Mr. 
 Mclntire soon gave up the business and devoted his time wholly to farm- 
 ing. He was a man much respected in the community, of strong relig- 
 ions convictions, and a devout member of the Congregational church, as 
 was his wife. He died Aug. 3, 1879, at the advanced age of ninety-six 
 years. Children : 
 
 1. CAROLINE E., b. at Reading, Mass., April n, 1810, m. 
 
 Zephaniah Kittredge of Mont Vernon, N. H., March 19, 
 1840, d. Aug. 4, 1878. 
 
 2. ELIAS H., b. Aug. 24, 1814, at Amherst, m. Clarinda Mulle- 
 
 kin of Manchester, N. H., Aug. 24, 1842, d. July 16, 1875. 
 
 3. PHEBE J., born at Nelson, N. H., March 12, 1818, m. Ama- 
 
 ziah Wood of Manchester, N. H., March 9, 1844, d. Aug. 
 18, 1845. 
 
 4. RACHEL T., born at Nelson, N. H., Sept. 15, 1819, m. Mark 
 
 Todd of New Boston, N. H., Feb. 17, 1846, d. Jan. n, 
 1895.
 
 808 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 9 
 
 5. NATHANIEL T., + 
 
 6. HARVEY G., b. at Lyndeborough, July 2, 1824, m. Margaret 
 
 McCrillis of Goshen, N. H., April 6, 1848, rem. to Goshen, 
 thence to Concord, N. H., where he d. May 2, 1892. He 
 was a noted physician. 
 
 DBA. NATHANIEL T. McINTIRE, born Nov. 26, 1822, m. Elizabeth 
 Bruce of Mont Vernon, N. H., April 12, 1848. She was born April 24, 
 1825 ; died Feb. 2, 1903. He has held for long terms of years many posi- 
 tions of honor and trust in town. A man of strict honesty and integrity, 
 he has always enjoyed the entire confidence of the community. As clerk 
 and treasurer of the Congregational church he long managed its finances. 
 He was town treasurer fifteen years and president of the local insurance 
 company during most of its existence. He has also held other town 
 office ; resides on the homestead farm. Children, all born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. MARY C., b. Feb. 28, 1851, m. Jay M. Gleason, June, 1874, 
 
 res. at Mt. Vernon, N. H. Children : Ernest, Marian. 
 
 2. Lois E., b. Oct. n, 1854. 
 
 3. HERBERT B., b. July 3, 1857, graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
 
 lege, 1 88 1, and of the medical school of the University of 
 New York, m. Ida B. Woodward of Marlborough, N. H., 
 June 27, 1883. Is a physician and res. at Cambridge, 
 Mass. Child : Ruth. 
 
 MEL/ENDY. 
 
 JOSEPH MELENDY, born March, 1772 ; died Aug. 12, 1863. Lived 
 in Lyndeborough at one time and the cellar hole where his house stood 
 is south of George W. Parker's, Perham Corner. He was twice married. 
 He removed to Wilton. Joseph, a son by his first wife, lived for a few 
 years in Lyndeborough, but most of his life was spent in Wilton. He 
 was born Oct. 10, 1799; married Jan. 13, 1823, Susan P. Mantes of Mil- 
 ford. He died Jan. 16, 1847. Abigail, a daughter of Joseph Melendy, 
 married April, 1828, Joseph, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham. 
 
 ALBERT B. MELENDY, son of Joseph and Susan (Mantes) Me- 
 lendy, born Aug. 16, 1830; married May 24, 1855, Rowena J. Buxton. 
 Children : 
 
 1. AUGUSTUS A., -}- 
 
 2. FLORA A., b. Dec. 12, 1857, d. July 5, 1877. 
 
 3. IDA S., b. Sept. 9, 1860. 
 
 4. FRED H., b. April 18, 1863. 
 
 5. HARRY A., b. Jan. 24, 1868. 
 
 AUGUSTUS A. MELENDY, son of Albert B. and Rowena (Buxton) 
 Melendy, born April 14, 1856; married June 19, 1884, Ada M., daughter 
 of Charles and Lydie M. (Winslow) Lothrop. Her mother was a daugh-
 
 GENEALOGIES 809 
 
 ter of a soldier of the War of 1812, and a grand-daughter of a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier. Ada M. was born May 6, 1856. He is a successful 
 farmer and resides on the Andrew Harwood place, Perham Corner 
 Child : 
 
 i. RUBY ROWENA, b. Nov, 10, 1892. 
 
 MERRII,!,. 
 
 REV. NATHANIEL MERRILL, son of Thomas and Sarah (Friend) 
 Merrill, born Dec. 4, 1782, at Rowley, now Georgetown, Mass. He 
 married Betsey Carpenter of Norwich, Vt., Jan. 22, 1812. He died at 
 Georgetown, Mass., July 4, 1839. (For biographical sketch see P. 294.) 
 Children : 
 
 1. ALMON C., b. Nov. 19, 1812. 
 
 2. REV. JAMES H., b. Oct. 16, 1814. 
 
 3. HARRIET, b. April 6, 1817. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. March 22, 1819. 
 
 5. NATHANIEL, b. April 6, 1821. 
 
 MERRIU,. 
 
 JAMES W. MERRILL came to Lyndeborough from Antrim, in 1880, 
 and bought the Manley Kidder place, North Lyndeborough. He was 
 born at Searsport, Me. ; married Hattie E. Tucker of Boston, Mass. 
 She died Feb. 4, 1891. He is a carpenter by trade. Children : 
 
 1. JAMES W., JR., b. at Somerville, Mass., July 22, 1870, d. 
 
 Jan. 20, 1894. 
 
 2. WII^ARD N., -f- 
 
 3. FRED, b. Oct. 4, 1874, at Somerville, Mass. 
 
 4. GEORGE W., b. Feb. 22, 1876, at Somerville, Mass., m 
 
 I^illian Gokey, Feb. 25, 1900. Children : Walter J., b. 
 July 5, 1900; Kenneth, b. Feb. 17, 1902. 
 
 5. SAMUEL T., b. Sept. 7, 1880, at Antrim, d. May 9. 1898. 
 
 6. HATTIE E., b. at L/yndeborough, Jan. 22, 1891. 
 
 WILLARD N. MERRILL, son of James M. and Hattie E. (Tucker) 
 Merrill, born Sept. 22, 1872, at Somerville, Mass.; married March 28, 
 1893, Carrie M. Holt of Antrim, b. Oct. 21, 1874. Children : 
 
 1. GRACE K., b. June 24, 1893. 
 
 2. PERCY J., b. July 29, 1895. 
 
 3. EDITH M., b. Nov. 25, 1898. 
 
 4. ARTHUR F., b. May 17, 1901. 
 
 MILDER. 
 
 BENJAMIN B. MILLER came to Lyndeborough from Sutton, N. H.; 
 born July 20, 1826; married Nancy Boutwell of Amherst June 26, 1856. 
 She was born March n, 1824, and is living at the date of this writing.
 
 810 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Although of advanced years, her memory of events in Lyndeborough in 
 the old days is very clear, and she is one of the few left who remember 
 the former generation of Lyndeborough people. He died July 26, 1858. 
 Child : - 
 
 i. GEORGIA A., b. Feb. 6, 1857. 
 
 MILLER. 
 
 JOHN CLARK MILLER, son of Eliphalet and Mary (Clark) Miller; 
 born at Frankfort, Me., Dec. 21, 1831. He came to Lyndeborough March 
 31, 1893, and bought a farm west of South Lyndeborough. He married 
 first, Mercy M. Wood of Anson, Me., in 1857. They had one daughter, 
 Sarah May Miller, born Nov. 19, 1863. (See Cheever gen.) He married 
 second, Susan Mclntyre of Damariscotta, Me., Oct. 21, 1866; married 
 third, Mrs. Annie M. Florentine of Taunton, Mass., June 5, 1901. Mrs. 
 Florentine had one daughter by her first marriage, Eugenie Beatrice, born 
 Aug. 7, 1887. 
 
 MOORE. 
 
 Cyrus Moore born in Sharon, N. H., June 20, 1805 ; married Harriet M. 
 Kidder, daughter of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder, Oct. 22, 1839. 
 She was born Aug. n, 1821 ; died Jan. 21, 1894. He died Dec. 28, 1856. 
 Child : - 
 
 i. HARRIET A., b. in Sharon, N. H., Nov. 12, 1845. 
 FRED, b. Nov. n, 1866. 
 
 MORSE. 
 
 MARK E. MORSE, son of Daniel and Hannah (Huntington) Morse; 
 born in Francestown Oct. 22, 1843 ; married Jan. 30, 1871, Sarah E., 
 daughter of Oliver and Sally (Savage) Harris. She was born at Frances- 
 town Aug. 3, 1840. He died Jan. i, 1904. Children : 
 
 1. HARRY H., -j- 
 
 2. ADDIE, b. Sept. 29, 1879, d. Jan. 23, 1904. 
 
 HARRY H. MORSE, son of Mark E. and Sarah (Harris) Morse ; born 
 July 7, 1872 ; married Nov. 5, 1895, Alice R., daughter of William L. and 
 Temperance (Cutts) Needham. She was born July 24, 1856. Child : 
 
 i. CLARENCE E., b. Oct. 23, 1897. 
 
 MURCH. 
 
 GEORGE MURCH, son of James and Mary (Jameson) Murch ; born 
 at Castine, Me., Nov. 7, 1843; married Feb. 17, 1886, Isabelle, daughter of 
 Joseph and Jane (Webb) Parmenter of China, Me. She was born Feb. 
 14, 1846. He came to Lyndeborough from Lowell, Mass., and resided at 
 the Artemas Woodward place for a number of years. He was a soldier in 
 the Civil War. 
 
 NEEDHAM. 
 WILLIAM L. NEEDHAM, born in Hollis, N. H., June 29, 1823; died
 
 GENEALOGIES 811 
 
 Sept. 13, 1873 ; married June 13, 1848, Temperance Cutts of Goshen, N.H. 
 She was born Oct. 4, 1816. Children : 
 
 1. WARREN F., b. July 9, 1851, d. March 8, 1895. 
 
 2. HANNAH M., b. April i, 1854, d. July 3, 1862. 
 
 3. ALICE R., b. July 24, 1856, m. Harry H. Morse. (See 
 
 Morse gen.) 
 
 4. ADDIE Iy., b. Feb. 6, 1859, d. March 26, 1874. 
 
 NEWELL. 
 
 JOHN NEWELL settled in Lyndeborough and was a miller where the 
 Colburn, or Buttrick, mill is. But little information is available about 
 him. It is said of him that he ran a circular saw for over fifty years and 
 never received an injury sufficient to draw blood. He was the first in- 
 ventor of the spiral wire spring bed, and has invented or aided in per- 
 fecting many useful articles. He married first, Dec. 14, 1847, Eliza J., 
 daughter of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage. She was born Feb. 24, 1832 ; 
 died Aug. 18, 1856. He married second, Jan. 25, 1854, Harriet Gage, a sis- 
 ter of his first wife. She was born Feb. 3, 1820; died July 3, 1874. Chil- 
 dren by first wife : 
 
 1. ELIZA J., b. Nov. 24, 1850, m. Aug. 22, 1866, Charles H. 
 
 L,ee, res. at Hancock. 
 
 2. CHARLES M., d. Aug. 2, 1853. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 3. HARRIET. 
 
 4. IDA B. 
 
 NICHOLS. 
 
 WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, son of John W. and Lavisa (Allard) Nichols ; 
 born Jan. 23, 1873; married March 14, 1900, Florence A., daughter of 
 Henry H. and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin. She was born March 18, 1883. 
 Children : 
 
 1. FLORENCE E., b. March 21, 1901. 
 
 2, JOHN W., b. Oct. n, 1902. 
 
 ORDWAY. 
 
 JOHN ORDWAY, born Sept. 27, 1736; died at Lyndeborough, April 
 
 13, 1827; married Mary . She was born Aug. 15, 1736; died at 
 
 Lyndeborough, Sept. u, 1817. He was the first of the Ordway family to 
 come to Lyndeborough. He settled on the mountain on land which is 
 now the farms known as the Moses Chenery place, where Charles J. Cum- 
 mings now lives, and the Pratt place, now owned by David G. Dickey. 
 Afterward the family bought the land now generally known as the Ord- 
 way place. 
 
 It is probable that John Ordway was twice married, and that there 
 were children by the second marriage. Huse Karr married Sally Ord- 
 way, and she was probably a descendant of a child by the second mar-
 
 812 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 riage. We have tried in vain to find some more complete record of this 
 first of the Ordway family of Lyndeborough. He was undoubtedly one 
 of the very earliest settlers on the Mountain side. Children : 
 
 1. TIMOTHY, -}- 
 
 2. JAMES, -f 
 
 3. FANNIE, b. Sept. 3, 1771, d. 1858. 
 
 4. AMOS, b. Feb. 20, 1773. 
 
 5. ENOCH. 
 
 6. MOSES. 
 
 7. TRUSTIM. 
 
 8. JOHN, b. March 7, 1778. 
 
 Enoch Ordway, 2nd, married June 29, 1824, Hannah Whit- 
 ing, both of kyndeborough. 
 
 TIMOTHY ORDWAY, son of John and Mary Ordway, born Nov. 22, 
 
 1767 ; married Phebe ; born Nov. 13, 1765. He died March 20, 
 
 1853. She died Jan. 10, 1851. Children: 
 
 1. ENOCH, b. Aug. 5, 1794, d. May 15, 1833. 
 
 2. TIMOTHY, -(- 
 
 3. PHEBE, b. June 27, 1802. 
 
 4. JONATHAN I., b. Jan. 6, 1810, d. Feb. 5, 1829. 
 
 TIMOTHY ORDWAY, son of Timothy and Phebe , born Oct. 
 
 25, 1796; married March 23, 1824, Susan, daughter of William and Jane 
 (Quigley) McAlvin of Francestown. She was born May 28, 1798 ; died 
 Jan. 17, 1879. He died March 10, 1882. Children : 
 
 1. MARY ELIZABETH, b. June 28, 1824, d. March 22, 1897. 
 
 2. PHEBE JANE, b. May 28, 1826, m. Charles Woodward. 
 
 (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 3. MOSES G. W., b. Aug. 26, 1829, d. Feb. 27, 1852. 
 
 4. MARTHA ANNA, b. April 4, 1831. 
 
 5. JOHN C., -f- 
 
 6. WIGWAM, b. Oct. 8, 1837, m. Olive Mansfield. 
 
 7. JAMES, b. Feb. 22, 1840. 
 Walter Ordway, b. July 29, 1850. 
 
 Mary Jane Ordway, b. Oct. 26, 1865, m. G. H. Hodkin. 
 
 Res. at Temple. 
 Josie Ordway, b. June 28, 1867. 
 
 JOHN C. ORDWAY, son of Timothy and Susan (McAlvin) Ordway, 
 born Nov. 18, 1834; married Oct. 18, 1860, Phebe A., daughter of William 
 and Ann B. (Pierce) Metcalf of Medford, Mass. She was born July 25, 
 1840. After his marriage he lived for a time on the homestead farm, and 
 later bought the Bixby or Farrington place at the centre. In 1886 he re- 
 moved to Milford. Children :
 
 GENEALOGIES 813 
 
 1. WILLIS E., b. April 19, 1865, m. Jan. 25, 1897, Mrs. Nellie 
 
 Gibbard of Winchendon, Mass. Works for the Charles 
 Blake Piano Co. Res. at Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 2. NELLIE B., b. Dec. 12, 1867, m. April 29, 1886, Ernest B. 
 
 Peabody of Milford. Two children : Hazel A. and Helen N. 
 
 3. L/ENA G., b. Jan. 20, 1883. 
 
 JAMBS ORDWAY, son of John and Mary Ordway; born Sept. 27, 
 1769; married Dec. 22, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe 
 (Putnam) Goodrich. She was born Jan. 18, 1772; died July 9, 1852. He 
 died Sept. 13, 1804. Children : 
 
 1. SEWALL G., b. Dec. 28, 1796. 
 
 2. JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1800. 
 
 OSGOOD. 
 
 ROBERT B. OSGOOD, born April 13, 1792; married Aug. 24, 1814, 
 Susannah Senter of Lyndeborough. She was born June 29, 1792 ; died 
 March n, 1883. He died Sept. 28, 1870. Mr. Osgood lived for many 
 years on a small farm a few rods west of the Nathan Richardson place. 
 He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a one-armed man, and 
 much given to fishing the trout brooks of the town. He was an expert 
 in that sport and was successful where others failed. Children : 
 
 1. DAVID W., b. June 12, 1818, d. Feb. 6, 1891. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH A., b. Sept. 4, 1822, d. Nov. 21, 1844. 
 
 3. MARY A., b. April 16, 1826, m. Edwin Willoby of Milford, 
 
 d. Aug. 16, 1882. 
 
 4. SUSAN M., b. May 2, 1828, m. Gardner Bowen. 
 
 5. ANSON A., b. Sept. 20, 1831. Was a soldier in the Civil 
 
 War. Res. in Hudson, N. H: 
 
 PALMER. 
 
 CAPT. ASA PALMER came from Pelham, N. H., in 1812, and settled 
 on a farm at North Lyndeborough. He was born Aug. 2, 1773 ; died 
 Aug. 24, 1851 ; married Mary Fletcher of Pelham, May 12, 1802. She 
 was born Sept. 20, 1780; died July 25, 1857. Children : 
 
 1. DAVID F., b. in Pelham, Feb. 27, 1803, d. June 30, 1868. 
 
 He was pastor of Royal Oak Presbyterian Church in 
 Marion, Va., for twenty-four years. 
 
 2. ASA, b. in Pelham, Oct. 22, 1804, m. Mary A. Dow. 
 
 3. EBEN, + 
 
 4. THERON, -f- 
 
 5. WILLIAM H., b. in Pelham, m. Eliza Newhall. 
 
 6. JOSEPH B., b. in L/yndeborough, June 12, 1813, d. Oct. i, 
 
 1860. 
 
 7. MOSES, b. in L/yndeborough, Nov. 28, 1815, d. in infancy.
 
 814 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 8. CHARLES, b. in Lyndeborough, April 7, 1817, m. Caroline 
 
 Newhall. 
 
 9. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, April 15, 1820, m. John 
 
 McLaughlin. Res. in Claremont. 
 
 10. MOSES, b. in Lyndeborough, March 21, 1826, d. in infancy. 
 
 EBEN PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in 
 Pelham, N. H., Feb. 7, 1807 ; married Sarah J., daughter of Nehemiah 
 and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough, Jan. 31, 1839. She 
 was born July 15, 1818; died Jan. 30, 1841. He died March 16, 1849. 
 Child : - 
 
 i. EBEN J., b. in Lyndeborough. Was a soldier in the Civil 
 War and d. at Baton Rogue, La., June 30, 1863. (See 
 Chap. X.) 
 
 THERON PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in 
 Pelham, Feb. 25, 1809; died March 12, 1879; married Nov. 21, 1837, 
 Hannah, daughter of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker. She was born 
 in Lyndeborough, July 4, 1813; died Feb. 20, 1841. They removed to 
 Salem, Mass. Child: 
 
 i. THERON, b. in Lyndeborough, d. April i, 1841. 
 
 PARKER. 
 
 JONATHAN PARKER settled at North Lyndeborough on what is 
 known as the "tavern stand," where George Barnes now lives. He 
 married Hannah Clark, daughter of Maj. Peter Clark of Revolutionary 
 fame. Little can be learned about him. There were several children 
 born to them but there is record of only one, Willard, who was born in 
 Lyndeborough, Sept. 2, 1800. He became a very noted surgeon, was 
 graduated at Harvard College *in 1826, commenced the study of medr 
 cine under John C. Warren in Harvard University, and received the 
 degree of M.D. in 1830. He was appointed professor of anatomy in the 
 Vermont Medical College. In 1836 he was appointed professor of sur- 
 gery in the Cincinnati Medical College, and afterward spent some time 
 in the hospitals of London and Paris. In 1839, he became professor of 
 surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, 
 which place he resigned after a service of 30 years. In 1865, he was 
 elected president of the New York State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton, 
 succeeding the celebrated Dr. Valentine Mott. In 1870 he received the 
 degree of LL. D. from Princeton College. He died April 25, 1884. 
 
 ISAIAH PARKER, born in Chelmsford, Mass., March 31, 1778. Came 
 to Lyndeborough in 1807 ; married Deborah Clark, daughter of Maj. 
 Peter Clark, Dec. 2, 1801. She was born May 30, 1782 ; died Nov. 2, 
 1857. He died June 22, 1859. Children : 
 
 1. DEBORAH, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., April u, 1803. Thrown 
 
 from a wagon and killed Dec. 13, 1827. 
 
 2. CHARLES, +
 
 GENEALOGIES 815 
 
 3. ELMIRA, b. in L/yndeborough, July 17, 1808, d. Feb. 4, 
 
 1809. 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. in L/yndeborough, July 4, 1813, m. Theron 
 
 Palmer of Lyndeborough, Nov. 21, 1837. Rem. to Salem, 
 Mass., d. Feb. 20, 1841. 
 
 5. ANNA, b. in Lyndeborough, March 15, 1816, d. April 4, 
 
 1816. 
 
 CHARLES PARKER, son of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker, was 
 born May 24, 1805 ; married first, Abigail W. Jones, daughter of Benja- 
 min and Chloe (Farrington) Jones, Oct. 18, 1827. She was born Aug. 15, 
 1804 ; died Sept. 8, 1846. Married second, Eliza A. Fuller, daughter of 
 Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller, Feb. 10, 1848. She was born 
 Dec. 7, 1825 ; died July 19, 1900, at Manchester, N. H. He lived on the 
 turnpike road where H. D. Gage now lives. He was representative to 
 the General Court in 1855. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 15, 1829, d. Sept. i, 1853. 
 
 2. ISAIAH C., b. March 25, 1832. Was in U. S. Navy during 
 
 the Civil War. Res. in the west. 
 
 3. HANNAH D., b. Dec. i, 1834, m. William W. Curtis of 
 
 Lyndeborough. (See Curtis gen.) 
 
 4. ANN M., b. Feb. 21, 1843, d. Nov. 12, 1843. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 5. MINA M., b. Dec. 16, 1850, d. March 22, 1853. 
 
 6. GEORGE H., b. Aug. 10, 1854. Res. in Manchester, N. H. 
 
 PARKER. 
 
 JOSIAH M. PARKER came to Lyndeborough from Amherst, N. H., 
 in 1856, and settled on the farm Lot 19 in "Perhatn Corner." He was 
 born in Hollis, Sept. 20, 1804 ; died Aug. 10, i885 ; married Maria Cash 
 of Amherst. She was born Oct. 9, 1809. Children, all born in Am- 
 herst : 
 
 1. SARAH M., b. October, 1834. 
 
 2. EDMUND J., -|- 
 
 3. ABBIE R., b. April 25, 1839, m. Harvey Perham. (See 
 
 Perham gen.) 
 
 4. JOHN T., + 
 
 5. ADDIE M., b. August, 1841. 
 
 6. GEORGE W., + 
 
 7. AMELIA L., b. April, 1844, d. Dec. 6, 1859. 
 
 EDMUND J. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born 
 Jan. 16, 1834 ; married first, Lizzie Howe of Nashua, Jan. 20, 1869. She 
 was born Dec. 23, 1846 ; died July 26, 1872 ; married second, Lydia Coffin 
 of Nashua, N. H., May 6, 1873. She was born Aug. 26, 1845. He 
 was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children: Myrtie A., 
 Gary E.
 
 816 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 JOHN T. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born 
 June 29, 1837 ; married first, Rhoda Brown of Auburn, N. H., Nov. 28, 
 1867. She was born Dec. 6, 1840; died Jan. 3, 1869; married second, 
 Sarah Smith of Milford, N. H., June 2, 1869. She was born June 26, 
 1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. GRACE E., b. June 14, 1874. 
 
 2. CORA I/., b. Nov. 13, 1876. 
 
 GEORGE W. PARKER, son of Josiah M. and Maria (Cash) Parker, 
 b. Dec. 25, 1843 ; married Sybil P., daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Good- 
 win) Blanchard of I/yndeborough, Dec. 7, 1867. She was born Oct. 6, 
 1838. What is known as " Perham Corner" is the largest fruit-growing 
 section of the town. Nearly every farmer there is more or less engaged 
 in it, and Mr. Parker has as extensive orchards as any if not the 
 most extensive. His trees are carefully cultivated and fertilized and 
 when the winters are favorable has immense crops of peaches, plums, 
 etc. There is a spring on his farm, the waters of which are said to be 
 medicinal t a considerable extent. He was a soldier in the Civil War. 
 (See Chap. X.) Children : - 
 
 1. WALTER G., + 
 
 2. ELMER B., -j- 
 
 3. FRED B., b. Feb. 20, 1875. 
 
 WALTER G. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard) 
 Parker, born April 21, 1867; married Alice M., daughter of George M. 
 and Maria (Colburn) Bradley, June 4, 1895. Child : 
 
 i. EDITH lyOuisE, b. Aug. 16, 1901. 
 
 ELMER B. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard) 
 Parker, born Jan. 19, 1872; married April 19, 1893, Lulu E., daughter of 
 George S. and Ellen Pollard McAllister of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born Sept. 6, 1874. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. CLARA I,OUISE, b. Jan. 20, 1896, d, July 14, 1896. 
 
 2. HAROLD POLLARD, b. July 22, 1897. 
 
 3. ROLAND ELMER, b. Sept. 4, 1900. 
 
 4. GEORGE A., b. April 9, 1904. 
 
 PARRY. 
 
 EDWARD PARRY, born Dec. 20, 1827 ; married Nov. 26, 1855, Sarah 
 E., daughter of Aran and Betsey (Loring) Youlen. She was born April 
 ir, 1837, in Boston. He came to Lyndeborough from Boston in 1887 and 
 settled on the E. P. Spalding place. He died Jan. 27, 1905. Children : 
 
 1. HENRIETTA G., b. Dec. n, 1859, d. July 30, 1867. 
 
 2. EDITH F., b. Jan. 16, 1861. 
 
 3. JAMES E., b. Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 4. L,ois M., b. March 13, 1869, d. May 4, 1875.
 
 GENEALOGIES 817 
 
 PATCH. 
 
 DBA. ABRAM PATCH, b. April 3, 1798 ; married first, Dec. 2, 1819, 
 Sally Dodge of Wenham, Mass. She was born March 15, 1800 ; died Oct. 
 27, 1863; married second, Oct. 27, 1864, Phebe, daughter of Dea. Benja- 
 min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich. She was born Dec. 24, 1818, and died 
 May 10, 1904. He died Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass. He lived on the 
 Edward Page Spalding place north of the mountain. He came to 
 Lyndeborough from Beverly, Mass., about 1824. He was probably the 
 third owner of the above-mentioned farm, E. P. Spalding being the 
 fourth. Mr. Patch was a quiet, retiring man, of a deeply religious 
 nature, and was esteemed and respected in the community. Of his chil- 
 dren, all by his first wife, the four younger were born in Lyndeborough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ANNA D., b. in Wenham, Mass., March 17, 1820, m. Dec. 
 
 22, 1842, William Peabody of Wenham, Mass. She d. 
 Dec. 5, 1861. 
 
 2. ABRAM, b. Jan. 2, 1822, at Beverly, Mass., m. June 7, 
 
 1843, Harriet N. Kimball of Hamilton, Mass. He d. Sept. 
 4, 1900. 
 
 3. JOSEPH, b. April 16, 1823, at Beverly, Mass., d. June 17, 
 
 1851. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. May 30, 1825, d. Oct. n, 1841. 
 
 5. MARY C., b. June 25, 1827, m. Aug. 5, 1858, Thomas 
 
 Hoyt of Beverly, Mass. She d. Nov. 28, 1877. 
 
 6. ELIZABETH M., b. Nov. 7, 1828, m. March 14, 1848, Enoch 
 
 F. Knowlton of Hamilton, Mass. 
 
 7. MARTHA, b. June 27, 1831, m. March 20, 1849, George W. 
 
 Parsons of Gloucester, Mass., d. Sept. 14, 1885. 
 
 PATCH. 
 
 EDWIN N. PATCH, born in Hollis, N. H., July 15, 1824; married 
 Olive, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Abbott) Chamberlain of Lynde- 
 borough, Sept. 23, 1847. She was born Jan. 20, 1828; died Oct. 9, 1898. 
 He died June 9, 1892. Mr. Patch was a quiet, unassuming man, highly 
 respected by all who knew him. He came to Lyndeborough from Hollis, 
 N. H., in 1845, an< i bought the farm where Joseph Chamberlain first 
 built. He was a very industrious man and much improved the property. 
 Children : 
 
 1. MILDRED, b. Sept. 9, 1848, d. Sept. 18, 1848. 
 
 2. EDWIN O., + 
 
 3. IDA B., b. May 28, 1857. 
 
 4. AMELIA O., b. April 29, 1860. 
 
 EDWIN ORLANDO PATCH, son of Edwin and Olive (Chamberlain) 
 Patch, born Aug. n, 1851 ; married first, Lizzie P., daughter of Rev.
 
 818 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Erastus B. Claggett ; married second, Augusta S. Trundy of Addison, 
 Me, Nov. 8, 1887. She was born Dec. 12, 1858. 
 
 PATTERSON. 
 
 Walter C. Patterson, son of William and Mary I/. (Smith) Patterson of 
 Wilton ; married Nov. 24, 1886, Sylvia Irene Cram, daughter of Charles 
 H. and Sarah (Van Buskirk) Cram. She was born at Lacon, 111., June 28, 
 1864. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ETHEL E., b. March 18, 1888. 
 
 2. LEON A., b. Jan. 17, 1893. 
 
 PEARSONS. 
 
 AMOS PEARSONS of Reading, Mass., married in 1758, Elizabeth 
 Nichols of Reading. She was born 1732. Children : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL, m. Timothy Pearsons. 
 
 2. HIRAM, m. in Vermont. 
 
 3. AMOS ; m. Balch. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH, m. Micah Barren of Lyndeborough. 
 
 5. EBEN, + 
 
 6. DIDYMUS, m. Sarah Elliott in Amherst. 
 
 7. DANIEL, + 
 
 EBEN PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; 
 born in Reading, Mass., June 19, 1768 ; married Sept. 8, 1791, Esther Holt 
 of Wilton. She was born July 25, 1766 ; died July 15, 1839. He died May 
 22, 1852. Children : 
 
 1. ESTHER, b. in Wilton, Nov. n, 1792, m. Ephraim Putnam. 
 
 (See Putnam gen.) 
 
 2. EBENEZER, -+- 
 
 3. ABIGAIL, b. in Wilton Aug. 16, 1800, m. Mark Hadley. 
 
 (See Hadley gen.) 
 
 4. WILLARD, b. in Lyndeborough, May 21, 1806, m. Aug. 8, 
 
 1833, Ann P. Child of Medford, Mass., rem. to Woburn, 
 Mass., d. March 31, 1841. Child: Julia A., Abbie F., 
 Mary M. 
 
 EBENEZER PEARSONS, son of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pear- 
 sons ; born in Lyndeborough Jan. 21, 1797 ; married Joanna, daughter of 
 James and Sarah (Hnse) Karr. She was born April 6, 1803 ; died Aug. 5, 
 1874. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EBENEZER BROOKS, + 
 
 2. JOANNA A., b. Oct. 15, 1829, m. Levi H. Carter, rem. to 
 
 Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 3. SARAH A., b. March 29, 1832, m. Richard Kent of Law- 
 
 rence, Mass.
 
 GENEALOGIES 819 
 
 4. JAMES P., b. July 21, 1834, m. Amelia Drake of Washing- 
 ton, D. C. 
 
 EBENEZER BROOKS PEARSONS, son of Ebenezer and Joanna (Karr) 
 Pearsons ; born Jan. 23, 1827 ; married March 17, 1850, Cyrene Towns of 
 Newfield, Me. She was born 1827 ; died in Hancock, Feb. 26, 1854. 
 Children : 
 
 1. C^ARA M., b. in I^awrence, Mass,, Dec. 23, 1850. 
 
 2. ELIZA B., b. in I/yndeborough Aug. 20, 1852. 
 
 DANIEL PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ; 
 born in Reading, Mass., 1764; married Patience Kimball, born 1763. 
 
 There is some question whether Daniel Pearsons was ever a resident 
 of Lyndeborough. The writer can find no record to show that he was, 
 but some of his descendants think he was and that some of his chil- 
 dren were born here. Jesse, one of the sons, married Betsey, daughter 
 of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Han- 
 nah, a daughter, married Daniel Chamberlain, son of Jonathan and Eliz- 
 abeth (Cram) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. Children: 
 
 1. BETSY, m. George Reed of Woburn, Mass. 
 
 2. AMOS, rem. to New York. 
 
 3. HARRIET. 
 
 4. SAI,I,Y. 
 
 5. JESSE, m. Betsey Boutwell. 
 
 6. HANNAH, m. Daniel Chamberlain, d. July 29, 1873. 
 
 7. JOHN, b. 1792, rem. to Bradford, Vt. 
 
 PERHAM. 
 
 OLIVER PERHAM was a Revolutionary soldier. (See Chap. VII.) 
 Soon after the close of the war he came to Lyndeborough from Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., and settled in the southeast part of the town since known 
 as "Perham Corner." He was born in 1761 and died Dec. 5, 1846. He 
 married first, Mary Pierce ; married second, Anna Pierce. Anna and 
 Mary were sisters, and relatives of Gov. Pierce of New Hampshire. 
 The dates of their birth and death are not in the records given us, nor 
 do we know just when Oliver Perham came to Lyndeborough. Children, 
 all by Anna (Pierce) Perham : 
 
 1. OLIVER 2ND., -f- 
 
 2. JOHN, -(- 
 
 3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 20, 1793. 
 
 4. ASA, b. Aug. 12, 1795, m. Anna A. Gray of Wilton. 
 
 5. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Abigail Melendy of Wilton. 
 
 6. DAVID, -\- 
 
 7. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1808. 
 
 8. ANNA, b. May 20, 1812, m. Charles :H/ Holt of Lyndebor- 
 
 ough. (SeejHolt gen.)
 
 820 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 9. & 10. POLLY and JESSIE, (twins), d. in infancy. 
 
 OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham ; born 
 July 9, 1788; married November, 1810, Patty, daughter of Joel and Polly 
 (Coburn) Holt of Wilton. They had five daughters and two sons born 
 in Wilton : Polly, Dolly, Anna, Oliver, Sarah J., Joel H. and Rachel. 
 
 OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Patty (Holt) Perham, born in 
 Wilton, Nov. 17, 1819; died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1879; married 
 Jan. 5, 1847, Rebecca, daughter of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) 
 Clark. She was born Feb. 26, 1824 ; died Dec. 15, 1893. He resided part 
 of his life in Lyndeborough on lot 60, where his son, Charles I/., lives. 
 Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE O., b. May 12, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1849. 
 
 2. BROOKS C., b. Oct. 24, 1851, d. Feb. 9, 1853. 
 
 3. CHARLES L,., -f 
 
 4. GEORGIANNA B., b. July 23, 1856, d. Sept. 30, 1871. 
 
 5. WILLIS C., + 
 
 CHARLES LINDSEY PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) 
 Perham, born Jan. 3, 1854 ; married Feb. 16, 1878, Emma, daughter of 
 Joseph H. and Harriet N. (Hopkins) Tarbell of Mt. Vernon. She was 
 born Aug. 29, 1855. He is an energetic and prosperous farmer, and lives 
 on the "Lindsey" Clark homestead, lot 60. Has been selectman a 
 number of terms and road agent for several years. Child : 
 
 i. BERTHA GERTRUDE, b. Oct. 20, 1884, m. L/. Nute Wood- 
 ward. (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 WILLIS CLARK PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Per- 
 ham, born July 18, 1859 ; married April 9, 1883, Annie S., daughter of 
 Solon and Eliza (Jones) Richardson of Lyndeborough. She died Nov. 
 16, 1896. They spent the early part of their married life in Lyndebor- 
 ough, but on account of Mrs. Perham's ill health removed to California, 
 where she died. He resides in North Pomona, Cal. 
 
 JOHN PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born June 
 16, 1790; married Polly Pearsons of Milford, N. H. She was born June 
 3, 1792. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, 2ND., b. Dec. 26, 1817, in Cambridgeport, Mass.. 
 
 m. Caroline P. Braman of Boston, Nov. 13, 1841. She 
 was b. Nov. 17, 1816, d. Nov. 18, 1888. He d. Aug. 31, 
 1878. 
 
 2. OTIS, b. Dec. 27, 1819, d. Nov. 23, 1901. 
 
 3. EBEN, b. July 29, 1823, in Lowell, Mass., d. Oct. 23, 1849. 
 
 4. HARVEY, -f- 
 
 HARVEY PERHAM, son of John and Polly (Pearsons) Perham, born 
 Sept. i, 1826; married Feb. 10, 1862, Abbie R., daughter of Josiah M.
 
 GENEALOGIES 82 1 
 
 and Maria (Cash) Parker. She was born April 25, 1839, in Amherst, N. 
 H. He died Jan. 29, 1902. Children : 
 
 1. MINNIE A., b. July 22, 1865, d. June 26, 1893. 
 
 2. WlI^ARD H., -j- 
 
 3. NETTIE A., b. Aug. i, 1872. 
 
 4. JOHN I,., b. Nov. 9, 1876. 
 
 WILLARD H. PERHAM, son of Harvey and Abbie R. (Parker) Per- 
 ham, born Sept. 20, 1867 ; married V. Kate, daughter of James M. and 
 Melissa (I/ang) Jackson of Amherst, Oct. 14, 1899. 
 
 DAVID PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born 
 April 28, 1805; married Lucy W. Symonds of Milford, Jan. 15, 1835. 
 She was born Oct. 16, 1814. He died April 20, 1873. Removed to Mil- 
 ford, April 30, 1860. Children born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 i. L,UCY J., b. May 9, 1836. 
 
 i. HANNAH S., b. Feb. 27, 1838, d. June 30, 1850. 
 
 3. DAVID M., b. March 10, 1844. 
 
 4. MARY A., b. June 3, 1846, d. Jan. 18, 1859. 
 
 5. J. PIERCE, b. July 30, 1848, d. Nov. 8, 1879. 
 
 PERSONS. 
 
 MOSES PERSONS was the oldest son of Moses Persons of Wilming- 
 ton, Mass., who was a private in the company of Capt. Cadwalder Ford. 
 Enlisted as a minute man March 9, 1775. He served twenty-one days 
 and then re-enlisted and served to the credit of the town of Wilmington 
 until the close of the Revolutionary War. He was a volunteer and went 
 to Portsmouth in the War of 1812. 
 
 Moses Persons, the son, was born Aug. 22, 1782, in Wilmington, Mass.; 
 married in 1804, Susanna Wyman, eldest daughter of Jesse Wyman of 
 Woburn, Mass. She was born Oct. 9, 1785 in Woburn, Mass. He came 
 to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass., and settled on the farm since 
 known as the Annie Fish place. 
 
 This family has a most excellent record for service in both the Revolu- 
 tionary War and the War of the Rebellion. Three sons of Jessie W. Per- 
 sons served in the Civil War, Captain Alonzo, Corporal Oscar and Herbert 
 as drumtner boy. Susan B. Persons married Samuel Richardson, then 
 of Woburn, and four of their sons served long and honorably in the Civil 
 War; Samuel, the second son, a young man of sterling character, died 
 from sufferings in Andersonville prison. William A. Persons gave his 
 life for his country, and rests in a lonely grave in Louisiana, Joseph Per- 
 sons served in the Civil War, also his son Edwin, who died in camp. H. 
 Celenda Persons married Josiah Watson and lost her only son Geranda J., 
 who served in the Cavalry and died from exposure and hardships. This 
 family removed to Woburn, Mass., and at this writing, Alvah A. is the 
 only one living. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MOSES J., b. in Reading, Mass., April n, 1805. 
 
 2. JESSE W., b. Nov. 15, 1806.
 
 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. SUSAN B., b. June 7, 1808. 
 
 4. WILLIAM A., b. Feb. 18, 1810. 
 
 5. RANDOLPH, b. Dec. 22, 1811. 
 
 6. SUBMIT R., b. June 21, 1815. 
 
 7. HEPSEY C., b. June 28, 1817. 
 
 8. JOSEPH, b. June 21, 1819. 
 
 9. JAMES, b. July 31, 1821. 
 
 10. L/ois HOLT, b. Sept. 8, 1824. 
 
 11. ALVAH A., b. Oct. 16, 1826. 
 
 PBTTBNGILI/. 
 
 FRANK A. PETTENGILL, son of Watson and Kathleen (Hemphill) 
 Pettengill ; born Nov. 3, 1873, in Acworth ; married March 31, 1897, Clara, 
 daughter of William N. and Lois (Holt) Ryerson. She was born Nov. 5, 
 1878. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EDITH E., b. July 12, 1897. 
 
 2. LOTTIE E., b. June 16, 1899. 
 
 3. CHESTER, b. June 18, 1904. 
 
 PIAJMMER. 
 
 DANIEL PLUMMER came from Goffstown in 1835 and settled on the 
 farm in North Lyndeborough, now owned by the Needham family. He 
 remained there until 1854, when he returned to Goffstown. The child- 
 dren born at Lyndeborough were : 
 
 1. ABBY S. 
 
 2. PERSiS D. 
 
 3. JULIA A. 
 
 4. MARY E. 
 
 POWERS. 
 
 EDWARD POWERS, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1836 ; married 
 Honora Shea of County Carey, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1861. She was born 
 Dec. 23, 1839. Lived in Perham Corner; died April 29, 1891. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. FRANK H., b. in Milford, N. H., Jan. 7, 1862, d. March 12, 
 
 1886. 
 
 2. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, May 19, 1866. 
 
 3. JULIA H. b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 7, 1867. 
 
 4. AGNES H., b. in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1869, d. Dec. 20, 
 
 1873- 
 
 5. ANNIE M., b. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 8, 1871. 
 
 6. WILLIE E., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1873. 
 
 7. JOHN M., b. in Lyndeborough, April 16, 1875, d. April 19, 
 
 1875-
 
 GENEALOGIES 823 
 
 8. NiaUE A., b. Nov. 20, 1876. 
 
 PRATT. 
 
 AMOS PRATT, born at North Reading, Mass., July 8, 1811 ; married 
 first, Almira Mudge of Danvers, Mass. She was born Jan. 14, 1817 ; died 
 Feb. 6, 1852 ; married second, Hannah Mudge. She was born Nov. 10, 
 1809; died March 31, 1868. He was a man much respected in the com- 
 munity for his sterling honesty and upright dealing. He was moder- 
 ator of the town meetings seven years, selectman two years, and over- 
 seer of the poor ten years. He removed to Danvers, Mass., in 1856. 
 Children born in Lyndeborough, by first wife : 
 
 1. FlDEUA T., b. July 12, 1840. 
 
 2. EMILY J., b. Sept. i, 1842. 
 
 3. GEORGE, b. May 14, 1845, m. March 26, 1873, I^ucy J. 
 
 Spiller of Ipswich, Mass. 
 
 PROCTOR. 
 
 Among the English records in 1375 the Manor of Tottenham was held 
 by George Beauchamp Proctor by bequest from his father, Sir William 
 Beauchamp Proctor. The coat of arms was granted in 1436 and the 
 shield is described as " Argent with two chevrons sable." The chevron 
 is used to designate those families who came to England with William 
 the Conqueror. The martlets without feet to show that the family had 
 no landed estate and what they had must be won by the sword. It is 
 claimed that John, Richard, George and Robert settled in Massachusetts 
 between 1635 and 1643 an( i tnat they were descendants of Sir William 
 above named, and were brothers. John, the first of this branch of the 
 family, settled in Ipswich, coming in the ship " Susan and Ellen " in 
 1635, at forty years of age, with his wife Martha and two children, John 
 three years old, and Mary, one year. This son John was afterward 
 known as " witchcraft John," being one of the victims of the witchcraft 
 delusion and suffered the death penalty by hanging, Aug. 19, 1692. He 
 was married twice, his last wife being a Thorndyke. He had fifteen 
 children, and lived at what is now known as Proctor's Crossing on the 
 Boston & Maine R. R., in Danvers, Mass. His daughter was first ac- 
 cused, her mother came to her defence, then she was charged with the 
 crime, then the husband and father with the characteristic brusqueness 
 of the race came to the defence, with the result that he was the only 
 one of the family punished by death. His wife was condemned to die 
 but for statutory reasons was not executed with her husband. When 
 the time came that the law could be enforced, the delusion had passed, 
 but by English law she was considered as dead, and consequently was 
 not entitled to any benefit of her husband's estate until pardoned by the 
 king four years later. 
 
 JOHN PROCTOR of the sixth generation from England was born in 
 Danvers, Mass., Oct. 7, 1763, and was the first of the family to settle in 
 Lyndeborough on the north side of the tnountaih. His father, Benja-
 
 824 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 min, having given to two other sons the bulk of his property, John 
 moved to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1792. John Carleton of Am- 
 herst, a grandson, said, "to the roughest part of Lyndeborough" and 
 adds in parenthesis, " no wonder we are a rough set." 
 
 He married Ruth Southwick, a Quakeress, a descendant of Lawrence 
 Southwick, and Cassandra whom Whittier has made the subject of a 
 poem, and who was whipped and imprisoned and finally banished in 
 1659, dying in 1660 from starvation, privation and exposure. Crime, 
 Quakerism. 
 
 Their first home was well up on the mountain-side, on land now owned 
 by D. E. Proctor. The second home which he built in 1805 and occu- 
 pied in September of that year, and where he died 30 years later is now 
 the home of Merrill T. Spalding. He is described as a large man, very 
 forceful. He died at the age of 72, May i, 1836. His wife died Dec. 20, 
 1831. Children: 
 
 1. JOHN, b. in Danvers, Mass., March 18, 1788, m. Betsey 
 
 Putnam of Danvers, Mass. He d. 1823. Three children, 
 John, Elizabeth and Martha A. 
 
 2. MARY, b. in Danvers, April 2 1791, m. Abel Hill, Jan. 22, 
 
 1814. (See Hill gen.) 
 
 3. SUSAN, b. Aug. 20, 1793, d. in childhood. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH, b. March 8, 1796, m. Dudley Carleton. (See 
 
 Carleton gen.) 
 
 5. JOSEPH S., b. Sept. 12, 1799, m. L/ois Perry, by whom he 
 
 had six children. He d. Sept. 28, 1885, in Peabody, Mass. 
 
 6. DANIEL, -f- 
 
 7. SYLVESTER, + 
 
 8. HANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1808, m. Emerson Bachelder, Novem- 
 
 ber, 1837, d. January, 1886. 
 
 DANIEL PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, 
 born March 6, 1802 ; married Feb. 18, 1827, Mary Perry of Dublin. She 
 died in Weare, Feb. 9, 1871. He died in Temple, Feb. 17, 1869. She was 
 born April 30, 1794. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, -|- 
 
 2. MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1830, m. Sept. 27, 1853, Hiram Favor of 
 
 Weare. Res. at Nashua. Children : Sidney, Nellie, 
 Proctor. 
 
 3. LYDIA, b. June 12, 1833, m. Sept. 27, 1857, David Grant. 
 
 Rem. to Goffstown. Child : Harry. 
 
 4. SUSAN, b. Sept. 9, 1838, m. Jan. 4, 1898, Franklin Jaquith 
 
 of Billerica, Mass. 
 Of these children, only Susan was born at Lyndeborough. 
 
 JOHN PROCTOR, son of Daniel and Mary (Perry) Proctor, born Jan. 
 4, 1828; married Oct. 16, 1856, Martha, daughter of Levi and Nancy
 
 GENEALOGIES 825 
 
 (Wilkins) Fish of Middleton, Mass. She was born June 3, 1838. He 
 lived at Danvers, Mass., many years, and enlisted from there in the 8th 
 Mass. Regt., serving 10 months during the Civil War. He returned to 
 the homestead farm at Lyndeborough in 1884, and has lived there since. 
 He is a fine mechanic and carpenter. Children : 
 
 1. CAROLYN, b. at Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1857, m. Atkins 
 
 H. Bates of Salem, Mass. Res. at Salem. Children : 
 William Proctor, b. July 14, 1881 ; Charles Howard, b. 
 Nov. 28, 1885. 
 
 2. JOHN P., b. at Salem, Dec. 26, 1872. 
 
 3. JAMES A., b. at Salem, Feb. 2, 1882. 
 
 SYLVESTER PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor, 
 born Sept. 5, 1805; married Sarah Hovey of Peterborough. She was 
 born April 12, 1814; died Nov. 20, 1879. He died Oct. 22, 1867. He 
 bought the Whitmarsh farm, containing i7 acres, of Micajah Pope of 
 Boston, Feb. 20, 1829, the Allen lot from the D. N. Boardman heirs, June 
 5, 1850, which with the 40 acres he received from his father's estate, 
 constituted the farm on which he lived, now owned by his son, D. E- 
 Proctor. He was superintendent of the poor farm in 1845 and 1847 an d 
 again in 1857. He served in the same capacity in Milford in 1848-1854, 
 the only years he was not a resident of I/yndeborough. He was a man 
 who had the respect and esteem of the community. Children : 
 
 1. DAVID EDWIN, -f- 
 
 2. ABBY SARAH, b. June 16, 1848, d. Sept. 14, 1854. 
 
 3. ALMEDA A., b. Aug. 5, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1854. 
 
 4. JOSIE ABBY, b. June 5, 1856, m. John Merrill of Wilton, 
 
 May 7, 1883. 
 
 DAVID EDWIN PROCTOR, son of Sylvester and Sarah (Hovey) 
 Proctor ; born March 5, 1843 ; married Jan. 10, 1867, Sarah M. daughter 
 of Dea. John C. Goodrich of Ivyndeborough. He was educated in the 
 common schools of Lyndeborough and at Appleton Academy of Mont Ver. 
 non. On Aug. 14, 1862, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted as a pri- 
 vate in Co. B., I3th N. H. Infantry. (For his military career see Chap. 
 X.) He joined the Grand Army of the Republic June 28, 1868, and has 
 held many positions of trust in the order, being department commander 
 in 1900. He joined the Masonic Order in 1883, and the I. O. O. F. in 1900. 
 He served as town clerk in 1867-1868, and as selectman in 1869-1870. He 
 was also census enumerator in 1870. 
 
 In 1871, he removed to Wilton and entered the employ of D. Gregg & 
 Co. In 1872, he was made a partner in the firm, and in 1880 become sole 
 proprietor. He has been an honored and influential citizen in his 
 adopted town, serving as town treasurer three years, member of the 
 school board six years, representative to the legislature in 1881-1882, and 
 state senator, 1899-1900. In religion he is a liberal Congregationalist, 
 with the faith that "God careth for the least of these." 
 
 Ever since his removal to Wilton he has kept in touch with the people
 
 826 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 of his native town, and has manifested a warm interest in her material 
 prosperity. He has given liberally of his means to support the social en- 
 terprises of the town, and has always been a familiar figure at its gather- 
 ings and celebrations. Children : 
 
 1. FRANK EDWIN, b. in I^yndeborough Jan. 9, 1868, m. May 
 
 18, 1892, Ada R. Keyes of Wilton. Children : Robert W., 
 Alice M., Lester G. 
 
 2. MARY EMMA, b. Aug. 7, 1872, m. Sept. 3, 1895, Fred B. 
 
 Howe of Bolton, Mass. Children: Marion I,., Edna L., 
 Marjore P. 
 
 3. ARTHUR GOODRICH, b. July 13, 1877, d. April 7, 1878. 
 
 4. GEORGE SYLVESTER, b. Sept. 18, 1878, m. Sept. 2, 1903, 
 
 Winifred J. French of Bedford. Child : Elizabeth F. 
 
 5. -FRED WILLIS, b. July 12, 1883. 
 
 PUTNAM.* 
 
 The immigrant ancestor of probably three quarters of the Putnams of 
 America was John Putnam, born in England about 1580. He married in 
 
 England Priscilla . His ancestry can be traced back through the 
 
 Putnams and Puttenhams of County Bucks in England for many genera- 
 tions. John Putnam's grandfather could claim relationship to the great 
 John Hampden and other illustrious families in England. John came to 
 these shores in 1634, and settled in Salem, Mass. The earliest record of 
 him is in 1641, when he was granted land by the town in what is now Dan- 
 vers, to be a little more exact, that portion of Danvers known as Beaver 
 Brook. Oak Knoll, the poet Whittier's home, was part of this grant, 
 and the old well is still to be seen situated near the road and some few rods 
 to the southeast of its present mansion. John Putnam and his sons soon 
 had large possessions of real estate in that vicinity, and much of the land 
 is even now in the possession of his descendants. The children of John 
 Putnam were all born and baptized at Aston Abbotts in Bucks county, 
 England. They were : Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1612 ; Thomas, bap- 
 tized March 7, 1614 (it was a granddaughter of this Thomas, Ann by 
 name, who made herself notorious in 1692, as one of the bewitched girls 
 during witchcraft times); John, baptized July 24, 1617; Nathaniel, bap- 
 tized Oct. ii, 1619; Sara, baptized March 7, 1622; Phebe, baptized July 
 28, 1624 ; John, baptized May 27, 1627, known as Capt. John. Probably 
 the most energetic and more truly of the stern Puritanical stock than 
 either of his brothers. 
 
 Jacob, Ephraim and Nathaniel Putnam, who came to Salem-Canada 
 were the children of Dea. Nathaniel Putnam, who lived at Danvers, 
 Mass. It is said he also lived at North Reading for a time. If so, it was 
 there his sons probably became acquainted with the Cram family, who 
 were residents in that part of Reading set off to Wilmington. 
 
 DEA. NATHANIEL PUTNAM was of the fourth generation from 
 John, the immigrant ancestor, viz., John, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Nathaniel. 
 Children: - 
 
 *For a biographical sketch of the Putnam* of Lyndeborough, see chapter XXXIII.
 
 GENEALOGIES 827 
 
 1. NATHANIEL, bap. Oct. i, 1710, d. young. 
 
 2. JACOB, b. March 9, 1711. 
 
 3. NATHANIEL, b. April 4, 1714, d. young. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. June i, 1716. 
 
 5. DBA. ARCHELAS, b. May 29, 1718. 
 
 6. DEA. BPHRAIM, -j- 
 
 7. HANNAH, b, March 4, 1721. 
 
 8. NATHANIEL, b. May 28, 1724. 
 
 9. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 26, 1726. 
 
 DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts) 
 Putnam, born in Danvers, Mass., Feb. 10, 1719 ; married Sarah, daughter 
 of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram of L,yndeborough. She was born June 
 27, 1719 ; died Oct. 15, 1777. He died Nov. 13, 1777. Children, all born 
 in L,yndeborough but Ephraim. 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Feb. 26, 1742, first white child, b. in L,yndebor- 
 
 ough, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See Woodward gen.) - 
 
 2. EPHRAIM, -f- 
 
 3. SARAH, b. June 8/1746, m. John Bradford. 
 
 4. HULDAH, b. May 15, 1748, m. Nov. 26, 1768, Capt. Jonas 
 
 Kidder. (See Kidder gen.) 
 
 5. JESSE, b. Sept. 21, 1750, d. in infancy. 
 
 6. DAVID, -f- 
 
 7. KETURAH, b. June 29, 1756, m. John Smith. 
 
 8. AARON, + 
 
 9. REBECCA, b. March 17, 1761, m. Capt. Ward Woodward of 
 
 Brooklyn, Conn. (See Woodward gen.) 
 
 10. JOHN, m. Olive Barren, Nov. 30, 1784. Child : Olive, b. 
 May 22, 1785. 
 
 DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Put- 
 nam ; born in Danvers, Mass., June 15, 1744 ; married I/ucy Spaulding. He 
 died March 2, 1799. No further record of L,ucy Spaulding has been ob- 
 tained. Children, all born in I/yndeborough : 
 
 1. EPHRAIM, -(- 
 
 2. DANIEL, + 
 
 3. SARAH, b. Jan. 16, 1773, m. David Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 4. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 4, 1775. 
 
 5. ESTHER, b. April 9, 1777. 
 
 6. JOHN, b. July 15, 1781. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and L,ucy (Spaulding) Putnam ; 
 born Oct. 20, 1768 ; married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
 Carkin of Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 i. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 21, 1798, d. Nov. 13, 1800.
 
 828 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 2. ELEAZER, + 
 
 3. SOLOMON, b. March 4, 1803, d. Nov. 24, 1814. 
 
 4. PRUDENCE, b. April 22, 1809, d. May 10, 1810. 
 
 5. HIRAM, b. April 28, 1811, d. Nov. 27, 1814. 
 
 ELEAZER PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carkin) Put- 
 nam, born Jan. 8, 1801 ; married JApril 8, 1828, Mary A. daughter of 
 Joseph and Mary (Archer-Burton) Marshall. She was born May 22, 1805 ; 
 lied July 3, 1867. He died Dec. 27, 1866. Children, born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. ALBERT M., b. April 25, 1829, m. Jane C. Steele. 
 
 2. AD ALINE E., b. March 4, 1833, m. William P. Steele. (See 
 
 Steele gen.) 
 
 3. ERASTUS D., b. March 17, 1836, d. March 27, 1836. 
 
 4. ELBRIDGE G., b. June 9, 1840, d. Jan. 13, 1847. 
 
 DANIEL PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy <.Spaulding) Putnam ; 
 born Sept. 2, 1770; married Hannah, daughter of Adam and Abigail 
 (Carleton) Johnson. Children : 
 
 1. ISRAEL, -f- 
 
 2. I/VDIA, b. Aug. 9, 1796, m. William Richardson of I/ynde- 
 
 borough. (See Richardson gen.) 
 
 3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. David Gage. (See Gage gen.) 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Robert Duren, d. Feb. 25, 
 
 1830. 
 
 5. DAVID JOHNSON, b. Oct. 9, 1808, d. March 9, 1847. 
 
 CAPT. ISRAEL PUTNAM, son of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) 
 Putnam, born Oct. 30, 1794; married first, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and 
 Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Sept. 6, 1795 ; 
 died July 21, 1845 ; married second, May 6, 1846, Mrs. Abigail (Abbott) 
 Marshall, widow of James Marshall, and daughter of William and 
 Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 25, 1814; died Oct. 9, 1892. 
 He died Feb, 2, 1869. Children : 
 
 1. MARY ANGELINE, b. Oct. i, 1818, m. Aug. 22, 1838, 
 
 George Hartshorn of L,yudeborough. (See Hartshorn 
 gen.) 
 
 2. WILLIAM R., b. Oct. 17, 1821, m. Dec. 7, 1851, Martha J., 
 
 adopted dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Raymond) Hartshorn 
 of L/yndeborough. She was b. Aug. 26, 1833. He d. 
 Dec. 2, 1901, in Woburn, Mass. 
 
 3. DANIEL, b. Jan. 8, 1824, m. Sarah, dau. of EH B. Smith of 
 
 New Hampton. She was b. March 24, 1828. He pre- 
 pared for college at New Hampton, graduated from Dart- 
 mouth in 1851. Is a teacher at the State Normal School at
 
 GENEALOGIES 829 
 
 Ypsilanti, Mich. Their children: Alice, Mary, Arthur, 
 Ruth and William. 
 
 4. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 14, 1826, m. Luthera Andrews of Clare- 
 
 mont. 
 
 5. HANNAH, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Dec. 2, 1852, A. Kneeland 
 
 Lewis of Wilton. Their children are Orlina, Sargent B., 
 and Annie S. 
 
 6. SUMNER, Aug. 4, 1833, m. Abby, dau. of Willard Pearsons 
 
 of Woburn, Mass. 
 By second wife : 
 
 7. ABBY, b. June 22, 1847, d. Oct. 21, 1858. 
 
 8. LETITIA, b. Jan. 13, 1850, m. Dec. 25, 1871, David Mc- 
 
 Ginley of Houlton, Me. He was b. June 14, 1849. Their 
 child : Abbie Winnifred, b. Nov. 14, 1872, m. March 29, 
 1892, Samuel Webster of Wilton. 
 
 DAVID PUTNAM, known as "Ensign David" and son of Ephraim 
 and Sarah (Cram) Putnam, b. May 6, 1753 ; married Mrs. Abigail (Carle- 
 ton) Johnson, widow of John Johnson, who was killed or died in the 
 Revolutionary War. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. AMY, b. March 6, 1779, m. Gideon Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 2. TIMOTHY, -j- 
 
 3. ABIGAIL, b. June i, 1785. 
 
 4. DAVID, + 
 
 5. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1793, m. Jonathan Clark. (See Clark 
 
 gen.) 
 
 COL. TIMOTHY PUTNAM, son of "Ensign" David and Abigail 
 (Carleton Johnson) Putnam, born May 20, 1782; married first, Rachel, 
 daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Dale) Dascomb of Wilton, in 1807. She 
 was born Nov. 15, 1785 ; died April 14, 1838 ; married second, Patty 
 Cheever of Lowell, Mass. He died June n, 1847. Children, all born in 
 Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. LEONARD, b. Dec. 13, 1807. Rem. to the South. 
 
 2. OSGOOD CARLETON, b. Sept 30, 1810, d. Oct. n, 1813. 
 
 3. MARIA, b. May 27, 1812, d. October, 1847. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. Nov. 23, 1815. 
 
 5. TIMOTHY THURSTON, -(- 
 
 6. RACHEL, b. February, 1820, d. April, 1846. 
 
 7. DAVID, + 
 
 8. ELIZABETH, b. December, 1823, m. November, 1849, Hiram 
 
 Wallace of Antrim. She d. Jan. 26, 1883. 
 
 9. SOLOMON, b. June 18, 1826, d. August, 1829. 
 
 10. JACOB D., -f
 
 830 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 TIMOTHY T. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Put- 
 nam, born Jan. 30, 1818 ; married Nov. 21, 1843, Lydia Wood of Hudson. 
 She was born Nov. n, 1822; died Jan. 2, 1880. He died June 2, 1883. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ALBERT, b. in Lowell, Mass., June 9, 1846, d. Jan. 29, 1847. 
 
 2. EDWIN H., -f- 
 
 3. FRED W., b. March 19, 1861. Rem. to California. 
 
 EDWIN H. PUTNAM, son of Timothy T. and Lydia (Wood) Putnam, 
 born March 26, 1848 ; married Oct. 29, 1868, Eliza A., daughter of Silas 
 and Rebecca (Pratt) Keyes. She was born Sept. 22, 1847. Children : 
 
 1. ROY N., b. July 9, 1870, m. Dec. 19, 1894, Addie W., dau. 
 
 of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. 
 She was b. Nov. 23, 1873. Child: Pauline, b. March 13, 
 1904. 
 
 2. lyYDiA W., b. July 10, 1873. 
 
 3. CHARLES E., b. Dec. 12, 1875. 
 
 4. PERCY W., b. Dec. u, 1878, m. Aug. 27, 1902, Martha R., 
 
 dau. of Dana B. and Elsie (Grant) Sargent. 
 
 5. JAMES A. G., b. Nov. 7, 1881, m. Dec. 7, 1904, K. Frances, 
 
 dau. of Byron and Sarah (Carley) Putnam. 
 
 6. MARY R., b. July 4, 1885. 
 
 DAVID PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam, 
 born Feb. 23, 1822 ; married Sally Brown, July I, 1847. She was born 
 May 29, 1821. He removed to Pennacook and died Nov. 4, 1879. Chil- 
 dren : Philip W., Mary E-, Eman F., David H. 
 
 JACOB D. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam, 
 born June 16, 1828; married June i, 1853, Eliza (Rust) Clough. She died 
 in Lyndeborough, Oct. 20, 1882. He died Feb. 26, 1888. His childhood 
 days were spent in Lyndeborough, and as a youth he attended the Pem- 
 broke Academy, boarding himself while pursuing his studies there. 
 After graduating he found employment in a drygoods store at Laconia, 
 and it was here he met his wife. Shortly after their marriage he removed 
 to Lowell, Mass., where he engaged in the grocery business. He after- 
 ward came to Lyndeborough and engaged in the manufacture of glass. 
 While in Lowell three children were born to them : 
 
 1. EMMA DASCOMB, b. June 2, 1854. 
 
 2. FREDERICK, b. Aug. 6, 1857. 
 
 3. GRACE E., b. Sept. 28, 1871. 
 
 DEA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton- 
 Johnson) Putnam ; born June 19, 1790; married first, Tryphena, daugh- 
 ter of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born April 27, 1787 ; died Jan. 31, 1831 ; married second, Sarah Fletcher, 
 who died June 21, 1845; married third, Mrs. Abigail Foster; married 
 fourth, Mrs. Nancy P. Jewett of Wilton, who died Aug. 4, 1862; married
 
 GENEALOGIES 831 
 
 fifth, Mrs. Sarah (Brown) Bradford, widow of James C. Bradford of Lynde- 
 borough. She died Sept. 15, 1888. He died June 10, 1870. Children by 
 first wife, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SUSANNA B., b. May 14, 1816, m. John Hartshorn of L/ynde- 
 
 borough. (See Hartshorn gen.) 
 
 2. JASON, b. Nov. 18, 1817, d. May 18, 1841. 
 
 3. TRYPHENA, b. April 25, 1822, m. Dec. 17, 1847, Benjamin 
 
 F. Tenney of Antrim. He was b. Feb. 25, 1821, d. Jan. i, 
 1867. She d. July 31, 1900. Children: Frank, Amy. 
 Child by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 4. DAVID, -\- 
 
 DBA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Dea. David and Sarah (Fletcher) Put- 
 nam ; born April 15, 1838; married Mariett D., daughter of Sumner and 
 Polly (Dodge) Wait of Londonderry Vt., March 7, 1861. She was born 
 Nov. 5, 1841. Children : 
 
 1. ALGERNON W., + 
 
 2. ERWIN D., -f- 
 
 ALGERNON W. PUTNAM, born Feb. 26, 1866 ; graduate of Brown 
 University, class of 1895 ; married Sept. 9, 1903, Lucy, daughter of John 
 and Sarah (Harris) Daniels of Middlebury Vt. Child : 
 
 i. PAUL S., b. June 19, 1904. 
 
 ERWIN D. PUTNAM, born Oct. 19, 1879; married Jan. i, 1902, Alice 
 I/., daughter of James L. and Mary E. (Blanchard) Hill of Peterborough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. WENDELL DAVID, b, Sept. 23, 1902. 
 
 2. JESTER JAMKS, b. May 15, 1905. 
 
 AARON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam ; mar- 
 ried Sarah . Children : 
 
 1. WARD, b. Dec. 4, 1781. 
 
 2. NANCY, b. June 28, 1783. 
 
 PUTNAM. 
 
 *EPHRAIM PUTNAM, known as " Danvers Ephraim," was born in 
 Danvers, Mass., Sept. 14, 1744; died in Lyndeborough May n, 1821; 
 married 1768, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) 
 Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born April 16, 1746 ; died April 29, 
 1833. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. JONATHAN, -f- 
 
 *There is a divided opinion and confusion of testimony as to which of the many 
 Ephraim Putnams was known as " Danvers " Ephraim. From a careful sifting of evi- 
 dence we believe it is the one designated above. If any of the descendants of the 
 Ephraim Putnams of Lyndeborough are of a contrary opinion, the evidence may be pro- 
 duced.
 
 832 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 2. MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 6/1772, m. Feb. 20, 1801, Robert 
 
 Richie. He d. Nov. 17, 1832. Child : Mary, b. Sept. 7, 
 1805. 
 
 3. ARCHILAS, b. March 6, 1775, d. March 4, 1839. 
 
 4. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 7, 1778, d. Feb. 20, 1785. 
 
 5. ABIJAH, b. Nov. 30, 1780, d. Feb. 16. 1785. 
 
 6. EPHRAIM, -(- 
 
 7. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 22, 1788, d. March 19, 1843. 
 
 8. AMOS, b. July 25, 1791, d. 1795. 
 
 JONATHAN PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnam, 
 
 born Sept. 14, 1769 ; married Nov. 25, 1792, Mary, daughter of Hil- 
 
 dreth. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. RACHEL, b. Nov. 23, 1792, d. Nov. 17, 1795. 
 
 2. JONATHAN, Jr., b. April 15, 1795. 
 
 3. NATHAN, -j- 
 
 4. EPHRAIM HILDRETH, -f~ 
 
 NATHAN PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Putnam ; 
 born Dec. 12, 1798; married Nancy Trull Nov. 29, 1821. She died April 
 6, 1834. Children : 
 
 1. NANCY, b. Feb. 28, 1823, d. April 30, 1825. 
 
 2. MARY A., b. April 17, 1826. 
 
 3. NATHAN H., b. June 13, 1828. 
 
 4. ALMIRA J., b. June 20, 1830. 
 
 5. PARKER T., b. April 6, 1834. 
 
 EPHRAIM H. PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Put- 
 nam ; born July 5, 1805 ; married Susanna Ford. She died March 3, 1879. 
 He died June 14, 1864. Children, born in Lyndeborough: 
 
 1. ANDREW J., b. Feb. 27, 1832. 
 
 2. RACHEL S., b. Jan. 27, 1835. 
 
 3. MARY E., m. Francis A, Allen of Peterborough. She d. 
 
 Sept. 22, 1886. 
 4 and 5. THOMAS and BYRON, twins, b. Jan. 8, 1840. Thomas 
 
 res. in Virginia. 
 BYRON, + 
 
 6. L/EVI H., + 
 
 7. DELIA A. 
 
 BYRON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim H. and Susanna (Ford) Putnam ; 
 born Jan. 8, 1840 ; married first, July 24, 1859, Sarah C., daughter of Asa 
 and Sarah (Pillsbury) Carley of Peterborough. She was born May 20, 
 1841; died Oct. 21, 1893; married second, Mrs. Emily C. Cragin, widow 
 of Harry Cragin of Fayette, Me., and daughter of Oliver B. and Fanny 
 (Woodworth) Marston, of Fayette, Me., Feb. 20, 1895. She was born
 
 GENEALOGIES 833 
 
 July 20, 1843. He was town treasurer one year and overseer of poor a 
 number of years. Was a soldier in the Civil War and a prisoner at Sauls- 
 bury, N. C., two hundred and eleven days. (See Chap. X.) He died 
 March 24, 1903. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MYRTIE M., b. June i, 1865, d. March 20, 1881. 
 
 2. K. FRANCES (adopted), b. in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1880. 
 
 LEVI H. PUTNAM, son of Bphraim H. and Susanna (Ford) Putnam ; 
 born Nov. 19, 1841 ; married first, April 3, 1868, Lucy A., daughter of 
 Richard and Mary A. (Grey) Emery, born in Manchester July 12, 1850 ; 
 died in Lyndeborough Jan. 12, 1877 ; married second, March 15, 1878, 
 Lydia L., widow of Azel H. Church, and daughter of Silas and Phebe F. 
 (Hovey) Swinnington, born in Lyndeborough May 12, 1852 ; died in Mil- 
 ford July 26, 1899. Resides in Milford. Children, all but youngest born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. NELLIE J., b. May 22, 1870. 
 
 2. ROSE A., b. Jan. 13, 1873. 
 
 3. ANNA B., Dec. 31, 1874. 
 
 4. IvEROY C., b. Feb. n, 1880. 
 
 5. ALBERT B., b. Aug. 3, 1891. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnam, 
 born April 30, 1785 ; married Feb. 8, 1814, Esther, daughter of Ebenezer 
 and Esther (Holt) Pearson. She was born in Wilton, Nov. n, 1792 ; 
 died March 2, 1856. He died June u, 1862. Children born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 17, 1815, d. Aug. 4, 1834. 
 
 2. ESTHER, b. June 8, 1818, m. Joel H. Tarbell. (See Tar- 
 
 bell gen.) 
 
 3. WILLARD P., b. Sept. 4, 1820, d. June 5, 1856. 
 
 4. MARY A., b. April 17, 1823, m. Nov. 22, 1850, John 
 
 Fletcher of Greenfield. She d. May 23, 1853. Child: 
 Vilana A., b. Dec. 5, 1852, m. James F. Clark. Res. in 
 Medford, Mass. 
 
 5. EBENEZER, b. June 26, 1826, d. Oct. 9, 1826. 
 
 RAND. 
 
 NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook) 
 Rand; born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1734. He was evidently a resident 
 of Charlestown until 1775, for he had two houses and a hatter's shop go 
 up in smoke when the British burned the town, leaving him homeless. 
 It is said he had some property in Lyndeborough, where his brother John 
 had previously been preaching, some land partially cleared, and the 
 Francestown History says, "some sheep under the care" of the before 
 mentioned John. But as the Rev. John Rand was dismissed in 1762, and 
 soon thereafter left the town, there is some doubt as to the sheep. At 
 any rate Nehemiah came to Lyndeborough soon after his property was
 
 834 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 burned in Charlestown and built a house on land near what is now the 
 middle of the town, ever since known as the " Rand place."* The house 
 was situated at the end of the lane east of W. H. Clark's house. It is 
 said that he built there supposing the road through the centre of the 
 town would follow the brook from what is now known as Hardy's mill, 
 up around Badger Pond. But those early settlers ignored the fact that 
 the " bail of the kettle is no longer when lying down than when standing 
 up," and built the road over the hill, leaving the Rand land quite a dis- 
 tance off the main road. 
 
 He was a man of influence and ability, and soon made his mark in the 
 town. He was moderator in 1787 and 1789, and represented the town in 
 the General Court in 1787, 1788, 1789 and 1793. He married first, Nov. 24, 
 1757, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Carter) Rand ; married sec- 
 ond, Mrs. Mary Prentice Frost of Cambridge, Mass., daughter of the Rev. 
 Thomas Prentice of Charlestown, Mass. She was born in 1738 ; died Oct. 
 
 20, 1787 ; married third, Margaret Prentice, sister of his second^wife, Oct. 
 
 21, 1791. He died at Lyndeborough July 15, 1794. By his first marriage 
 he had two daughters. Children by second wife : 
 
 1. IRENE, m. Nehemiah Frost, rem. to Temple, where she died. 
 
 2. NEHEMIAH, -f- 
 
 3. MARGARET, m. Dea. John Clark. (See Clark gen.) 
 
 NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Nehemiah and Mary (Prentice-Frost) 
 Rand ; born Jan. 14, 1777 ; married Sarah, daughter of Richard and 
 Lydia (Stylman) Batten of Lyndeborough May i, 1811. She was born 
 April 8, 1780 ; died May 4, 1870. He removed to Francestown in 1803, 
 where he died July 13, 1850. Children, Nehemiah born in Lyndeborough, 
 the others in Francestown : 
 
 1. NEHEMIAH, b. Feb. 18, 1802, d. March i, 1869, m. Harriet 
 
 O., dau. of Ebenezer and Thamazan (Griffin) Hutchinson 
 of L,yndeborough April 28, 1830. She was born Sept. 17, 
 1806, d. Oct. 4, 1 88 1. He was a physician and res. at Han- 
 cock and at Nelson. He d. in the latter place. 
 
 2. RICHARD BATTEN, b. April n, 1804, d. Feb. n, 1881, m. 
 
 first, Mary J. Baldwin Jan. 10, 1830 ; m. second, Ellen 
 Bryant, April 10, 1837. He was a clothier, and d. at 
 Wayne, Me. 
 
 3. JOHN, + 
 
 4 and 5. Twins, unnamed, b. April 24, 1811, d. April 24 and 
 25, 1811. 
 
 *While Mr. Rand was building his new house, he started into the woods east of the 
 building to look over and explore his extensive estate. He soon got lost, and com- 
 menced to shout, in hopes to attract the attention of some one. His carpenters heard 
 him and started to find him. By shouting back and forth they finally came up with 
 him, and started to pilot him home. But he insisted they were taking him the wrong 
 way, and vigorously protested, but they got him back to his own door yard, when, 
 looking around somewhat bewildered, he exclaimed, " What fool is building a house 
 here?"
 
 GENEALOGIES 835 
 
 6. THOMAS PRENTICE, -f- 
 
 JOHN RAND, son of Nehemiah and Sarah (Batten) Rand, born in 
 Francestown, April 22, 1807; married Fanny D., daughter of Eliphalet 
 and Demarius (Duncklee) Simonds, Oct. 30, 1832. She was born in 
 Milford, May 21, 1809 ; died June i, 1870. He removed to Milford in 
 1852, and died there, March 10, 1884. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOHN MILTON, b. Dec. i, 1834; m. July, 1857, Orline A., 
 
 dau. of Wesley and Rachel (Caldwell) Wilson of Benning- 
 ton. He is a physician and resides in Newark, N. J. 
 
 2. STILLMAN N., b. July 2, 1837, m. Jan. 26, 1882, Belle M., 
 
 dau. of William and Jane (Phillips) Cameron of Philadel- 
 phia. Is a photographer and resides in New Haven, Conn. 
 
 DBA. THOMAS PRENTICE RAND, born in Francestown Sept. 21, 
 1814 ; married first, Lydia, daughter of Josiah and Dolly (Shattuck) 
 Wheeler of L,yndeborough. She was born June 8, 1818 ; died Feb. 14, 
 1864 ; married second, Sarah Deborah, daughter of Peter and Sarah 
 (Jones) Clark of Ivyndeborough June 7, 1866. She died Nov. 14, 1904. 
 
 Dea. Rand was never a resident of Lyndeborough, but as both of his 
 wives were natives of the town, and as some of his children are now resi- 
 dents his family record should appear here. He was a prominent citizen 
 of Francestown, a man of strong religious convictions, and maintained 
 the faith of his Puritan ancestors. He was deacon of the Congregational 
 church for twenty-seven years, and had held public office in his town. 
 He died June i, 1880. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. SARAH C., b. Nov. 30, 1843. 
 
 2. FRANCES D., b. Nov. 10, 1846, d. March 14, 1873. 
 
 3. LYDIA H., b. Dec. 31, 1.850. 
 
 4. NEHEMIAH W., b. Sept. 14, 1853. Was a successful physi- 
 
 cian and d. at Monson, Mass. 
 
 5. ABBY K., b. July 31, 1855, m. W. H. Clark. (See Clark 
 
 gen.) 
 
 6. JOHN P., b. Nov. 8, 1857, m. Harriet Anderson of Monson, 
 
 Mass. Is a physician and res. at Worcester, Mass. 
 
 * REV. JOHN RAND was born in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 24, 1727. 
 He was the son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook) Rand. He was 
 graduated from Harvard in 1748 and afterward married Sarah, daughter 
 of Capt. John Goffe of Derryfield, now Manchester. He came to 
 Salem-Canada in 1755 or 1756 and was the settled minister for a little 
 more than four years. Just when he removed from the town or where 
 he went first is not material to this record, but he lived afterward in 
 Goffstown and Bedford and represented the latter town in the convention 
 that formed the constitution of New Hampshire. He died Oct. 12, 1805. 
 Children : 
 
 i. & 2. JOHN and JONATHAN (twins), b. June 24, 1762. 
 
 *From Rev. F. G. Clark's Historical Address.
 
 836 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. Mn,ivE, b. Feb. 5, 1764. 
 
 4. ROBERT, b. May 13, 1767. 
 
 5. SARAH, b. Jan. 20, 1774. 
 
 6. NEHEMIAH (twin), b. May 22, 1776, + 
 
 7. THOMAS (twin), b. May 22, 1776. 
 
 NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Rev. John and Sarah (Goffe) Rand, born 
 May 22, 1776; married Putnam. Children: 
 
 1. EDGAR, + 
 
 2. NEHEMIAH, m. Betsey George of New Boston. Rem. to 
 
 Newport, N. H. 
 
 3. MEHITABI,E, m. Perkins Patterson. 
 
 4. MARY, m. Iceman. Rem. to Illinois. 
 
 5. 6 & 7. SARAH, THOMAS and JEFFERSON, d. in infancy. 
 
 8. BETSEY, m. Benjamin Button. (See Button gen.) 
 
 9. L,YDiA, m. Woodbridge. Rem. to the west. 
 
 EDGAR RAND, son of Nehemiah and (Putnam) Rand, born 
 
 July 26, 1799; married first, Oct. 23, 1823, Mehitable Cram, daughter of 
 John and Huldah (Woodward) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born 
 Nov. 2, 1801 ; died May 5, [1832 ; married second, Mianda, daughter of 
 Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Dutton, March 14, 1833. She was born Dec. 
 2, 1806 ; died Dec. 15, 1870. He died Jan. 16, 1866. He bought land and 
 built him a house in the northeast part of the town and lived there 
 until his death. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. M. MARIA, b. Aug. i, 1824, m. May i, 1849, Moses N. 
 
 Emerson. 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. Bee. 17, 1825, d. Aug. 12, 1836. 
 
 3. & 4. JOHN, (twins, one d. in infancy), -(- 
 
 5. EDGAR J., b. Aug. 23, 1829, d. May 5, 1833. 
 
 6. & 7. NEHEMIAH, (twins, one d. in infancy), b. April 25, 
 
 1832, d. May 20, 1842. 
 By second wife : 
 
 8. NANCY E., b. Jan. 6, 1834, m. Martin Whitney. (See 
 
 Whitney gen.) 
 
 9. MIANDA, b. Jan. 29, 1836, d. Feb. 19, 1846. 
 
 JOHN RAND, son of Edgar and Mehitable (Cram) Rand, born July 
 31, 1827; married Dec. 4, 1856, Mrs. Lucinda Stone, widow of Sabron 
 Stone and daughter of Enoch Colby of New Boston. She was born 
 April 18, 1816 ; died Sept. 29, 1899. He died May 21, 1902. 
 
 RAYMONB. 
 
 WILUAM B. RAYMOND came to I/yndeborough from Amherst in 
 1840. He was a shoemaker by trade, and cobbled the boots and shoes for 
 a generation of Lyndeborough people. He was born Aug. 20, 1818 ; mar-
 
 GENEALOGIES 837 
 
 ried Ann Boutwell of Amherst March 8, 1837.* She was born Aug. 13, 
 1818. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. GEORGE B., -f- 
 
 2. JOHN P., + 
 
 3. ELIZABETH A., b. March 29, 1849, d. Oct. 6, 1856. 
 
 4. ABBY I,. F., b. March 3, 1852, d. Aug. 30, 1875, m. Robert 
 
 W. Bell of Wilton, Sept. 17, 1870. 
 
 GEORGE B. RAYMOND, born July 25, 1845 ; died Dec. 5, 1876; mar- 
 ried Addie Gould of Lyndeborough July 4, 1865. Was a soldier in the 
 Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : - 
 
 1. ROSE, b. Nov. 12, 1869. 
 
 2. GRACE, b. Aug., 1871. 
 
 JOHN P. RAYMOND, born Nov. 28, 1846; died Dec. 19, 1873 ; married 
 Mary Shea of Wilton Jan. 12, 1861. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See 
 Chap. X.) Children : 
 
 1. ANNIE MAY, b. May i, 1861. 
 
 2. BERTHA, b. Nov. 3, 1862. 
 
 3. JOHN W., b. Sept. 2, 1871. 
 
 REYNOLDS. 
 
 FRANK E. REYNOLDS, son of John Q. and Mary (Brown) Reynolds, 
 born May 15, 1857, i n Ashburnham, Mass.; married first, May 9, 1882, 
 Flora E. Hilt. She was born in Presque Isle, Me.; died April n, 1894 ; 
 married second, May 8, 1895, Lizzie C. Blood, born March 15, 1868. Lives 
 on what is known as the Annie Fish place. Children : 
 
 1. EVA M., b. in I,yndeborough, June 10, 1883. 
 
 2. ADDIE E-, b. in Benton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1884. 
 
 3. WALTER E., b. in Benton, N. H., March 17, 1886. 
 
 4. GRACE, b. in East Warren, N. H., April 6, 1888. 
 
 5. ETHEL, b. in L/yndeborough, Oct. 13, 1889. 
 
 6. GUY, b. in I/yndeborough, Feb. 21, 1891. 
 
 7. GEORGE B., b. in L-yndeborough, July 17, 
 
 RICHARDS. 
 
 FRED B. RICHARDS, adopted son of Pascal and Helen (Pascal) 
 Richards, born June 27, 1852; married first, July i, 1879, Emogen F., 
 daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was 
 born January, 1851 ; died Feb. 15, 1881 ; married second, Oct. 31, 1882, 
 Elizabeth M., daughter of John and Susanna (Putnam) Hartshorn of 
 Lyndeborough. She was born July 27, 1863. He came to Lyndebor- 
 ough from Hancock in 1876 and entered the employ of Mr. Tarbell in the 
 
 *Mr. Raymond has lived in town sixty-five years, and during that time has attended 
 every town meeting and voted. He and his wife have lived together as man and wife 
 sixty-eight years. A very remarkable record, as very few come so near the diamond 
 anniversary.
 
 838 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 manufacture and sale of extracts, etc., and afterward became the proprie- 
 tor of the business. He has been a school teacher and has always been 
 interested in and identified with the educational matters of the town, 
 and has served several terms on the board of education. He represented 
 the town in the Legislature of 1899, and is a member of and a liberal 
 supporter of the Baptist church at South Lyndeborough. He is a whole- 
 sale travelling merchant, visiting many towns in the southern part of 
 the state. Children : 
 
 1. RALPH, b. March 18, 1884. 
 
 2. MYRTIE B., b. May 21, 1886. 
 
 3. lyORiN F., b. May 9, 1893. 
 
 4. SARAH C., b. Jan. 24, 1901. 
 
 RICHARDS. 
 
 DR. MARSHALL B. RICHARDS, son of John C. and Sarah F. 
 (Flanders) Richards, b. at Boston, April 27, 1839 ; married Sept. 16, 
 1894, Addie A., daughter of William W. and Esther J. (Cragin) Burton 
 of Lyndeborough. She was born June 3, 1871. They reside on the 
 Russell place in the southwest part of the town. Children : 
 
 1. WALLACE B., b. Nov. 21, 1895. 
 
 2. ESTHER G., b. July 21, 1897. 
 
 3. ORMAN M., b. Dec. 31, 1898. 
 
 4. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1899. 
 
 5. RUTH G., b. Jan. n, 1901. 
 
 6. ADDIE A., b. April 7, 1902. 
 
 7. AGNES B., b. Sept. 4, 1903. 
 
 8. DOROTHY A., b. Nov. 29, 1904. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 The Richardson family in America are descended from Ezekiel, Samuel 
 and Thomas Richardson, brothers who came to this country from Eng- 
 land in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. Ezekiel came first 
 with Winthrop in 1630 and was soon after joined by his two brothers. 
 Ezekiel was made a freeman in 1631 and settled in Charlestown. His 
 descendants and those of his brothers, Samuel and Thomas, soon became 
 active in the settlement of the new towns of Woburn and what are now 
 Maiden and Billerica. George K. Wood in the History of Francestown 
 says that Samuel paid the highest tax in Woburn in 1645. He says the 
 name can be traced back to the Norman Conquest. Thomas was the 
 youngest of the brothers and from him the Richardsons of Lyndebor- 
 ough are descended as follows : Thomas, Thomas, Nathaniel, Hezekiah, 
 Jacob, and Jacob was the first of the name to come to Lyndeborough. 
 
 Hezekiah was born in Billerica, May 8, 1715, and married Sept. 30, 
 1740, Elizabeth Walker of Billerica. They settled in Townsend, Mass., 
 where he died June 17, 1795. 
 
 LIEUT. JACOB RICHARDSON, second son of Hezekiah and Eliza- 
 beth (Walker) Richardson, born at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 13, 1742;
 
 GENEALOGIES 839 
 
 married May 19, 1766, Sarah Brown of Billerica, Mass. She was born 
 July 28, 1742; died March i, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, Sept. 5, 
 1817. He came to Lyndeborough from Billerica in 1805 and bought the 
 farm at the centre owned by Daniel Gould, since known as the Richard- 
 son farm. His descendants have owned the land ever since. He was 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a lieutenant in a company 
 that went from Billerica in 1777 and assisted in the defeat and capture of 
 Burgoyne. He was a blacksmith, as were three of his sons. His shop 
 used to stand nearly opposite the Congregational parsonage. One of 
 his sons, Timothy, came to Lyndeborough with him. Another, Jacob, 
 Jr., came to Greenfield and settled. 
 
 Lieut. Jacob Richardson and Sarah (Brown) Richardson had eleven 
 children, all born at Billerica, Mass. 
 
 1. SARAH, b. Jan. 15, 1767, d. at Billerica. 
 
 2. JACOB, b. Aug. 10, 1769. 
 
 3. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. n, 1771, d. Feb. 29, 1776. 
 
 4. & 5. JOSIAH and TIMOTHY (twins), -f- 
 
 Josiah b. Oct. i, 1773, m. Mary Wyman. 
 
 6. JOHN, b. June 15, 1776, m. I^ydia Johnson. 
 
 7. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 20, 1778, m. Phebe Bachelder. 
 
 8. ELIZABETH, b. NOV. 22, 1780. 
 
 9. ELIJAH, b. July 5, 1783, d. young. 
 
 10. JULIA, b. Aug. 25, 1785, d. June 22, 1802. 
 
 11. ANNA, b. Aug. 19, 1788, m. Joseph Jones. 
 
 TIMOTHY RICHARDSON, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brown) Richard- 
 son, was born in Billerica, Oct. i, 1773; married Judith N. Reynolds, 
 daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pickett) Reynolds of Greenfield. She 
 was born Nov. 10, 1780. She died Sept. 3, 1833. He died Dec. 2, 1855. 
 Children : 
 
 1. HARRIET, b. Oct. 5, 1806, d. Aug. 19, 1807. 
 
 2. HOOPER, b. Jan. 31, 1808, d. Aug. 6, 1839. 
 
 3. JOHN, + 
 
 4. IRA, b. March 22, 1811, m. 1839, Harriet, dau. of Patrick 
 
 and Mary (Kilpatrick) Cassidy of Pennsylvania. He d. 
 August, 1871, in Washington, D. C. 
 
 5. TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 14, 1813. 
 
 6. NATHAN, + 
 
 JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds) Rich- 
 ardson, was born in Lyndeborough, July 26, 1809; married Sarah Ann, 
 daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford, N. H. She 
 died Dec. 18, 1860. He died April 7, 1876. He was a very successful 
 farmer, and a man of marked influence in the town. He was very 
 methodical in his habits and could never tolerate work half done. His 
 farm implements were of the best of the kind in use at the time. His 
 farm was well cultivated and he gradually replaced the old buildings
 
 840 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 with a commodious barn and modern dwelling house and ell. He loved 
 to sing and was the leader of the Congregational church choir for years. 
 He always performed his duties as a citizen at the town meatings and 
 was one of the foremost in promoting the welfare of any movement that 
 promised to be for the good of the community. For a long series of 
 years he was the moderator of the town meetings and presided with 
 justice and impartiality. He was one of the board of selectmen and was 
 a member of the school committee in 1851. He represented the town in 
 the state legislature. When a young man he resided for a short time in 
 Lowell, Mass. With that exception he spent his whole life in Lynde- 
 borough. His wife was a sister of Isaac O. Barnes of Boston, the noted 
 wit and lawyer, and was a woman of refinement. Another sister married 
 Rodney C. Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. HARRIET, b. March 25, 1835, m. George D. Blaney of 
 
 Swampscott, Mass., d. in L/yndeborough, May 5, 1871. 
 
 2. HENRY, b. Aug. 31, 1836, m. July 9, 1859, L/avina, dau. of 
 
 James D. and Hannah (Davis) Harding of Swampscott, 
 Mass. He bought a large farm in Francestown, known as 
 the Eaton place, in 1860, and with his brother George, 
 who was a partner in the enterprise, removed to Frances- 
 town. Henry soon became influential in the town of his 
 adoption and his conservatism and good judgment kept 
 him almost continually in town office until near his death. 
 He represented his town in the state legislature. Chil- 
 dren : Fred, b. April 9, 1860, was drowned in Pleasant 
 Pond, Aug. 15, 1880; Elmer F., Edith M., James H., 
 Emma F., Ira A. 
 
 3. GEORGE H., b. June n, 1838, m. Hannah M., dau. of 
 
 James D. and Hannah Davis Harding of Swampscott, 
 Mass., April 9, 1863. She was b. Oct. 23, 1842. He re- 
 moved to Francestown in 1860. Children : Louise, Mary 
 A., George, Frank E. 
 
 4. SOLON B., -j- 
 
 5. FRED A., -+- 
 
 6. MARY F., b. June 5, 1851, d. July 19, 1875. 
 
 7. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1852. 
 
 SOLON B. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah (Barnes) Richard- 
 son, born April 16, 1840 ; married Eliza P., daughter of Dea. William and 
 Eliza (Anderson) Jones of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 30, 1839. 
 He died June 14, 1879. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, -+- 
 
 2. ANNIE, m. Willis C. Perham, d. in California Nov. 16, 1896. 
 
 (See Perham gen.)
 
 NATHAN RICHARDSON.
 
 GENEALOGIES 841 
 
 3. CLINTINA, d. May 6, 1886. 
 
 WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON, son of Solon B. and Eliza (Jones) 
 Richardson; born Sept. 23, 1859; married Dec. 14, 1882, Minnie J. 
 daughter of William R. and Ursula (Richards) Duncklee. She was born' 
 at New Boston, Feb. 16, 1866. Children, born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. CORA M., b. Jan. 28, 1884, d. Nov. 26, 1892. 
 
 2. NELLIE B., b. July 15, 1885, m. Oct. 16, 1902, Fred Carson 
 
 of Mont Vernon. He is the son of Frank and Edith (Car- 
 son) Carson. 
 
 3. OLIVE U., b. July 20, 1887. 
 
 4. MAUD G., b. Feb. 25, 1889. 
 
 5. ELLA M., b. Aug. 12, 1890. 
 
 6. PEARL V., b. June 28, 1892. 
 
 7. CHESTER E., b. May n, 1894. 
 
 8. OSCAR A., b. Aug. 10, 1896. 
 
 9. RUTH M., b. Jan. 22, 1899. 
 
 10. Son, b. Nov. 27, 1900, d. Nov. 27, 1900. 
 
 FRED A. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah A. (Barnes) Rich- 
 ardson; born Aug. 22, 1843; married Jan. 7, 1868, Hannah J., daughter of 
 Loammi and Charlotte (Bradford) Baldwin of Wilton. She was born 
 Sept. 1 6, 1841. He was educated in the common schools of Lyndebor- 
 ough and at Francestown Academy. He was born on the old homestead, 
 and with some brief exceptions has always lived there. In 1877 he 
 bought the farm. He has made the production of milk for the Boston 
 market the chief branch of his farming, and has been very successful in 
 that line. He keeps his land in a high state of cultivation, and seems to 
 have inherited his father's inclination to have his farm work thoroughly 
 well done. He has held many offices of trust in the milk producers' as- 
 sociation and town affairs. He has been selectman a number of terms, 
 and represented the town in the legislature of 1891. He was in the mili- 
 tary service during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 1. GEORGE A., b. Dec. 30, 1868, d. April 2, 1875. 
 
 2. FRED PERLEY, -+ 
 
 FRED PERLEY RICHARDSON born Dec. 31, 1882; married May 25, 
 1904, Bertha E., daughter of Ellery and Mary (Griggs) Nourse. Child : 
 
 i. BLANCHE MAY, b. Aug. 5, 1905. 
 
 NATHAN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds) 
 Richardson ; born Sept. 28, 1815 ; married May 6, 1846, Sarah, daughter 
 of James and Sally (Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born April 
 14, 1820; died Aug. 3, 1888. He died June 8, 1899. He was a man who 
 avoided all public office and devoted his time to the management of his 
 business affairs, to the improvement of his farm. He was a man of great 
 industry and was a very successful farmer. Children : 
 
 i. EDWARD B., b. Dec. 3, 1847, m. Sept. 28, 1875, Ida F., dau.
 
 842 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 of Calvin and Nancy (Taylor) I^ord of Francestown. He d. 
 March 12, 1889. 
 
 2. SARAH E., b. Oct. 27, 1850, m. May 21, 1874, Stephen H. 
 
 Dunbar of Wilton. He was b. Feb. 20, 1836, d. June 7, 
 x899. Children: Effie E., Charles H. 
 
 3. ELLA F., b. March 12, 1854, m. Jan. 4, 1886, EH J. Curtis 
 
 of Wilton. She d. June 27, 1891. Children: Edward R., 
 Sarah M. 
 
 4. HARRY J., b. April 25, 1862, m. Aug. 6, 1897, Mrs. Ida M. 
 
 Minot, dau. of Solon B. and Annie (Sargent) Graves of 
 Boston, b. May 24, 1860. She has one son by former m., 
 Chester S. Minot, b. April 3, 1891. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, son of William and Mary (Pearson) Rich- 
 ardson ; born at Lyndeborough July i, 1791 ; married May 21, 1814, 
 Lydia, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Putnam, b. Aug. 9, 
 1796; died in Milfordjan. 9, 1865. In 1848 he removed to Milford. He 
 died May 20, 1858. Children, born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. MARY, b. July 28, 1815, m. Nov. 3, 1839, Thomas Dunning 
 
 of Nashua. She d. Feb. 25, 1841. 
 
 2. ELIZA, b. Nov. 14, 1816, m. Dec. 25, 1839, Benjamin F. 
 
 Hutchinson of Milford. 
 
 3. WILLIAM P., b. Sept. n, 1818, m. April 15, 1845, Julia A. 
 
 Godkin of Haverhill, Mass. He d. at Milford Jan. 9, 1893. 
 
 4. CAROLINE, b. July 3, 1820, d. April, 1824. 
 
 5. HANNAH, b. May 6, 1822, m. June 16, 1842, Nathaniel Mar- 
 
 shall of Nashua. 
 
 6. JOHN, b. July 7, 1824, m. May i, 1854, Jane Dwinnell. He 
 
 d. at Mechanics Falls, Oct. 7, 1893. 
 
 7. DAVID GAGE, b. March 30, 1826, m. Nov. 28, 1854, Susan 
 
 Bancroft of Reading, Mass. 
 
 8. JONATHAN P., + 
 
 9. L/YDIA A., b. Feb. 25, 1830, m. May 4, 1868, Eugene 
 
 Hutchinson of Milford. d. in New Mexico Jan. 12, 1885. 
 
 10. CHARLES A, b. Feb. 15, 1839, m. April 16, 1865, AbbieT., 
 dau. of Eugene, Jr., and Phebe B. (Raymond) Hutchinson. 
 She was born Nov. 7, 1844. He is a farmer and resides 
 near Richardson Crossing, Milford. He is a frequent visi- 
 tor to his native town, and the musical ability and talent of 
 his wife have contributed much to the success of our social 
 gatherings and celebrations. They have five children, b.
 
 GENEALOGIES 843 
 
 at Milford : George H., Ada M., Hattie E., Harry P., 
 Arthur C. 
 
 JONATHAN P. RICHARDSON, son of William and Lydia (Putnam) 
 Richardson; born April 3, 1828; married Rhoda M., daughter of Levi 
 and Rhoda (Pettingill) Tyler Dec. 14, 1852. She was born Nov. 29, 1829. 
 He was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in Danville Prison Nov. 17, 
 1864. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ANNABEL, b. May 3, 1854, d. Oct. 14, 1854. 
 
 2. EDWIN, b. Nov. 13, 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1859. 
 
 RIIvEY. 
 
 CHARLES D. RILEY was born Nov. 15, 1868 ; married Abbie J. Man- 
 zer of Stoneham, Mass., May 10, 1890. Came to Lyndeborough from 
 Stoneham, Mass. Children : 
 
 1. FLORENCE A., b. June 23, 1891. 
 
 2. GRACE I,., b. Sept. 5, 1893. 
 
 3. ETHEL A., b. Feb. 23, 1895. 
 
 4. CHARLES D. G., b. Oct. 15, 1898. 
 
 5. OLIVE M., b. Oct. 22, 1900. 
 
 ROGERS. 
 
 EDWARD E. ROGERS, son of Harrison E. and Francelia (Shattuck) 
 Rogers, born Jan. 4, 1870, at Queechee, Vt.; married Dec. 25, 1890, Zephia, 
 daughter of George and Stella (Geer) Ruggles, born May 20, 1873. He 
 came to Lyndeborough from Bradford, N. H., in 1900, and bought the 
 Benjamin B. Ames place, North Lyndeborough. Is employed as over- 
 seer of the napping room, Amoskeag Mills, Manchester. 
 
 ROSE. 
 
 ABRAHAM ROSE, was born in Scituate, Mass., whence at an early 
 age he removed to Sandwich, Mass. He was born in 1759, and came to 
 Lyndeborough in 1787. Although a young man when he came, his life 
 had been an eventful one. At the commencement of the Revolutionary 
 War, when only seventeen years of age, he enlisted for three months, and 
 at the close of his term of service re-enlisted for the war, serving seven 
 and one-half years with the Continental Army. He endured the suffer- 
 ings of the winter at Valley Forge and witnessed the final triumph at the 
 surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the close of the war he 
 shipped before the mast and was a sailor for three years. Tiring of the 
 hardships and perils which were the lot of the seamen of those days, and 
 desirous of a more quiet life, he settled on a farm, on what has since 
 been named for him, "Rose mountain." It is said there were buildings 
 on the land he bought, but who the former owners were is uncertain. He 
 was tall and straight, and even at the advanced age of ninety-two years 
 maintained an erect military carriage, the result of long years of army 
 drill. He was positive in his opinions, blunt and direct in speech, and 
 when he had anything to say it was expressed in no uncertain terms.
 
 844 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Rev. Mr. Claggett says of him in an obituary notice published in the 
 " Farmer's Cabinet." "The character of this remarkable man exhibited 
 traits worthy of remark. His patriotism was firm and abiding. The 
 ' Spirit of '76 ' was never eradicated. With the honor of his country he 
 felt himself identified, and in her welfare he felt a deep interest. Like 
 other people of great age, he remembered best the history of his early 
 life, especially the hardships, the perils and the battles of the Revolution, 
 and was never tired of recounting them to others with the readiness and 
 enthusiasm of an eye witness. He was obliging as a neighbor, and more 
 correct in his habits than would have been expected of one who had 
 passed so much of his early life in the camp and forecastle. For several 
 years he enjoyed the benefit of a pension, and during his days of help- 
 lessness and infirmity received the filial attention of his only son, with 
 whom he lived." 
 
 He married Deziah Fish of Sandwich, Mass. She was born July, 1758, 
 and died Nov. 18, 1854. They were married before coming to L,yndebor- 
 ough. He died Dec. 16, 1851. Seven children were born to them while 
 residing on the mountain farm. Before his death he removed to the 
 farm formerly owned by Solomon Cram, then owned by his son Brackley, 
 now owned by his great-grandson, Willard Rose. (For his military rec- 
 ord see Chap. VII.) Children : 
 
 1. ANNA H., b. Dec. 29, 1788, d. Nov. 2, 1807. 
 
 2. GIDEON, b. Nov. 29, 1790, d. April 16, 1814. 
 
 3. CATHERINE, b. March 30, 1792, d. Jan. 4, 1879, m. - 
 
 Forsaith. 
 
 4. PATTY, b. July 21, 1794, m. Phineas Kidder of L,yndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Kidder gen.) 
 
 5. BRACKLEY, -(- 
 
 6. ABRAHAM, JR., b. June n, 1800. 
 
 7. DEZIAH, b. Nov. 25, 1802. 
 
 BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Abraham and Deziah (Fish) Rose; born 
 May 2, 1796; died Dec. 29, 1878; married first, Dec. 12, 1821, Sarah But- 
 terfield of Lyndeborough ; married second, Sally Chamberlain of West- 
 ford, Mass., Feb. 15, 1835. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. BRACKLEY, JR., -f- 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. May 25, 1824, d. May 13, 1850. 
 
 3. HANNAH J., b. May 31, 1827, m. first, June 15, 1869, Rufus 
 
 Hardy of Greenfield, N. H. He was born June 12, 1820, d. 
 Dec. 21, 1869.; m. second, Charles H. Holt of L,ydebor- 
 ough. (See Holt gen.) 
 
 4. DEZIAH, b. May 28, 1832, d. Sept. u, 1845. 
 By second wife : 
 
 5. GEORGE, + 
 
 BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Brackley and Sarah (Butterfield) Rose, 
 born May 15, 1822 ; married first, Nov. 7, 1850, Abigail B. Rutherford.
 
 GENEALOGIES 845 
 
 She was born Oct. 22, 1827; died April 17, 1879; married second, L,ydia 
 Wilson. Children, all by first wife : 
 
 1. GEORGE B.. b. March, 1853. 
 
 2. SARAH J., b. Sept. 3, 1856, in. Merrill T. Spalding. (See 
 
 Spalding gen.) 
 
 3. EDWARD L,., b. June, 1858, m. Abby Andrews of New Bos- 
 
 ton. 
 
 4. ABBIE A., b. July 7, 1859, d. July 30, 1879. 
 
 5. MINNIE) F., b. May 14, 1865, m. Frank E. Cummings of 
 
 Lyndeborough. (See Cummings gen.) 
 
 GEORGE ROSE, son of Brackley and Sally (Chamberlain) Rose, 
 born Aug. 28, 1836 ; married first, Hattie M., daughter of Obed and 
 Phebe (Holt") Goldthwaite of Greenfield, Oct. 30, 1859; born 1841; died 
 March 22, 1872; married second, Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and 
 Betsey (Hunt) Reed of Westford, Mass, Oct. 13, 1874. She was born Feb. 
 16, 1839. He has served the town on the board of selectmen many terms, 
 and also on the board of education. Thoroughly conservative in all 
 things, of sound judgment, he was a man whose services were always of 
 value. He died Aug. 18, 1903. Children, all by first wife : 
 
 1. JENNIE), b. June 18, 1861. 
 
 2. NELLIE; F., b. June 18, 1863; d. Sept. 4, 1865. 
 
 3. L,ORA, b. Jan. 31, 1866, m. Clarence H. L,each of Rockland, 
 
 Me., Oct. 21, 1896. Res. in Winthrop, Mass. 
 
 4. ALWYN, b. June 4, 1869, m. Catherine lyonegan of New 
 
 York. Child: Marrienna, b. Nov. i, 1896. 
 
 5. WILLARD, + 
 
 ROSE, son of George and Hattie M. (Goldthwaite) Rose, 
 born July 8, 1871 ; married Maggie M., daughter of James and Ellen 
 (Banks) Chute, Nov. 20, 1894. Children : 
 
 1. VIOLA M., b. March 26, 1896. 
 
 2. EILEEN, b. May 9, 1900. 
 
 ROSS. 
 
 SAMUEL ROSS, the father of the Ross family in Lyndeborough, was 
 born at Glasco, Scotland, June 20, 1820. He was a glass blower by occu- 
 pation. He came to America and on the breaking out of the Civil War 
 enlisted as a private in Co. B, nth Regt., Conn. Vol. He was wounded 
 at the Battle of Gettysburg, and from its effects he died at Westford, 
 Conn, July u, 1870. He married at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1839, Sarah 
 McMullen. She was born at Sterbridge, England, Aug. 8, 1822. Soon 
 after the death of her husband she removed with her family to Lynde- 
 borough, coming from Ellensville, N. Y., in 1873. She died in Lynde- 
 borough, May 2, 1901. Children: 
 i. GEORGE, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., 1840, d. there in 1844.
 
 846 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 2. JOHN, b. at Ellensville, 1842. Was a private in Co. A, loth 
 
 Regt., Conn. Vol., and was killed at Kingston, N. C., Dec. 
 14, 1862. 
 
 3. MARY EI^EN, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1844, m. An- 
 
 toine A. Farnham of Westford, Conn. He d. at Lynde- 
 borough, April 13, 1882. Children: John H., b. at Stod- 
 dard, April 19, 1863, d. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 25, 1886. 
 Nellie M., b. at Lyndeborough, April 22, m. Willie F. 
 Herrick. (See Herrick gen.) 
 
 4. SARAH A., b. at Ellensville, 1846, m. Albert S. Works of 
 
 Westford, Conn., d. at Merrow Station, Conn. 
 
 5. GEORGE A., -(- 
 
 6. RICHARD H., b. at Stoddard, June, 1850, in. Augusta M. 
 
 Shedd. He d. Jan. 6, 1900. Their children b. at Lynde- 
 borough : Sarah A., b. July 4, 1885; Ernest E., b. Nov. 4, 
 1894. 
 
 7. MARGARET J., b. at Stoddard, Nov. 30, 1852, m. H. L. 
 
 Lillibridge of Westford, Conn. Child : Wallace L. 
 
 8. RUTH T., b. at Stoddard, March 15, 1854, m. John J. Gang- 
 
 loff of Brooklyn, N. Y. He d. at Lyndeborough, June 23, 
 1890. She d. at Lyndeborough, Dec. 19, 1888. Chil- 
 dren: Edna A., b. May 30, 1880, at Lyndeborough: Wil- 
 liam J., b. at Woodbury, N. J., Dec. i, 1885. 
 
 9. SAMUEL, b. at Wellington, Conn., March 30, 1856, m. 1880, 
 
 Lelia Cutter. She d. Oct. 4, 1884. Child : Harry B., b. 
 February, 1881. 
 
 10. THOMAS, b. at Wellington, Conn., May, 1858, m. Eva 
 Cutter of Lyndeborough. She d. at Scranton, Penn., Jan- 
 uary, 1892. Child: Florence B., b. at Lyndeborotigh, 
 June, 1884. 
 
 11. EDWARD, b. at Wellington, Conn., July 4, 1861. 
 
 GEORGE A. ROSS, son of Samuel and Sarah (McMullen) Ross, born 
 March 30, 1849; married Dec. 8, 1871, Araminta, daughter of Webb and 
 Mary (Sanford) Wallace; married second, Sept. i, 1886, Mrs. M. Estella 
 Davis, widow of Frank O. Davis, and daughter of James M. and Mary 
 (Colley) Harriman. Child by first wife : 
 
 i. LILLIAN B., b. Sept. 9, 1872, m. Oct. 24, 1894, Charles M. 
 Woolsey of Livingston Manor, N. Y. 
 
 RUSSELL. 
 
 JEDEDIAH RUSSELL was born at Reading, Mass., in 1751. He en- 
 listed and served during the whole of the Revolutionary War, enlisting 
 at 18 years of age and discharged at 25. Three years later, in 1779, he
 
 GENEALOGIES 847 
 
 married Rhoda Pratt, of what place is to the writer unknown. Neither 
 is the exact time he came to Lyndeborough known. Probably some of 
 the older children were born in Massachusetts. He settled in the ex- 
 treme southwest part of the town, on land which is now the farm where 
 Dr. Richards lives. He built a log house south of where the present 
 house stands, and a few years later built the frame house. His wife 
 died May 29, 1818, aged 55 years. He died Feb. 17, 1848, aged 95 
 years, 6 months. They were both members of the Congregational 
 Church. Children : 
 
 1. JEDEDIAH, b. Aug. 29, 1780. Rem. to Michigan. 
 
 2. RHODA, b. Feb. 9, 1782, m. Ephraim Holt and rem. to 
 
 Sullivan, N. H., d. May 29, 1818. 
 
 3. HEPSIBAH, b. Oct. 28, 1783, m. first, Heman L. Sargent, a 
 
 son of Joshua and Abigail (L,add) Sargent ; married second, 
 Chamberlain and rem. to Ohio. 
 
 4. EPHRAIM, b. July 6, 1785. Rem. to New York. 
 
 5. JAMES, b. Aug. 8, 1787. Rem. to New York. 
 
 6. CHLOE, b. Aug. 2, 1789, d. Feb. 5, 1808. 
 
 7. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 21, 1792, d. Nov. 16, 1814. 
 
 8. EBENEZER, + 
 
 9. SALLY P., b. June 20, 1796, m. Asa, son of Jonathan and 
 
 Margaret (Cram) Chamberlain of L/yndeborough, and rem. 
 to Hanover, N. H. 
 
 10. SAMUEL, b. March 31, 1798, d. Oct. 12, 1800. 
 
 11. SAMUEL, 2ND., b. April 4, 1801. Rem. to New York. 
 
 12. ELIAB, b. March 9, 1804. Rem. to New York. 
 
 CAPT. EBENEZER RUSSELL, son of Jedediah and Rhoda (Pratt) 
 Russell, born Feb. 17, 1794; married first, July 7, 1818, Artimesia Lynch. 
 She died June 22, 1860 ; married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Needham, Aug. 
 27, 1863. He died at South Merrimack, April 25, 1883. At the age of 
 20 years he enlisted for service in the War of 1812, and was stationed at 
 Portsmouth. At the close of the war he returned to Lyndeborough. 
 Soon after his second marriage he removed to Merrimack. Children by 
 first wife : 
 
 1. NANCY, b. June 4, 1819, m. first, March 12, 1844, William 
 
 Upton. He d. April 17, 1849. She m. second, Asa W. 
 Farmer. He d. May 16, 1886. She res. at Nashua. 
 
 2. ADONIRAM, -|- 
 
 3. SARAH A., b. July 19, 1826, m. Sept. 2, 1848, Albert 
 
 Cheney. Rem. to Madison, Wis.; d. April, 1898. 
 
 4. AMANDA M., b. Feb. 10, 1829, m. first, June 16, 1863, John 
 
 H. Giddings. He d. Aug. 6, 1868. She m. second, 
 Henry S. L,owe of Greenfield. Res. at Nashua.
 
 848 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 ADONIRAM RUSSELL, son of Ebenezer and Artimesia (Lynch) 
 Russell, born April 28, 1822 ; married March 8, 1849, Maria E. Lakin of 
 Hancock. She was a daughter of Jacob and Betsey (Stanley) Lakin, 
 born July 23, 1828. He died April 29, 1893. She died Dec. 17, 1903. He 
 was a member of the board of selectmen for many years. Of a social, 
 kindly nature he was liked by those with whom he associated. He lived 
 where Mr. Eastman now lives and built the house there, a short distance 
 west of Buttrick's mill. Children : 
 
 1. CLARENCE R., b. June 22, 1850, d. March 30, 1870. 
 
 2. ELLA T., b. May 7, 1852, m. Emery Holt. (See Holt gen.) 
 
 3. IDA Iy., b. Oct. 13, 1854, d. Oct. 19, 1868. 
 
 4. AUGUSTA A., b. June 4, 1857, m. William F. Field, Nov. 
 
 2 5 1879. He was b. Feb. 16, 1852. 
 
 5. GEORGE J., b. Sept. 17, 1863, d. March 4, 1894, m. Alice 
 
 Gilson. 
 
 6. ANNIE M., b. April 22, 1868, d. April 15, 1870. 
 
 RUSSEIX. 
 
 JOSEPH RUSSELL settled on the farm in Johnson's Corner now 
 owned by his grandson, Aaron W. He was born March 14, 1783 ; married 
 Naomi Wilkins. She was born March 16, 1783 ; died June 2, 1869. He 
 died March 14, 1827. Children : 
 
 1. BURNHAM, -\- 
 
 2. JAMES, b. Nov. 9, 1806, m. Mary A. Southerland. 
 
 3. MARY, b. Dec. 9, 1807, m. John Kidder of Wilton. 
 
 4. ORRIN, b. Ocf 19, 1810. 
 
 5. AARON W., b. Feb. n, 1815, m. Elsie Presbie. 
 
 6. CLARA S., b. Nov. 22, 1822, d. Sept. 6, 1824. 
 
 BURNHAM RUSSELL, son of Joseph and Naomi (Wilkins) Russell ; 
 born Oct. 21, 1805 ; married Jan. 29, 1833, Eliza, daughter of Ephraim and 
 Betsey (Boffee) Kidder. She was born March 14, 1814; died Dec. 27, 
 1894. He died June 22, 1874. Children: 
 
 1. ORPAH, b. Dec. 24, 1833, d. Aug. 28, 1892. 
 
 2. ORRIN P, -(- 
 
 3. AARON W., -{- 
 
 ORRIN P. RUSSELL, son of Burnham and Eliza (Kidder) Russell; 
 born June 17, 1837; married Sept. 19, 1861, Marcia H. Hesselton of 
 Nashua. He removed to Wilton and died there Dec. 12, 1891. Child : 
 
 i. EMOGENE V., b. Oct. 9, 1866, d. June 13, 1870. 
 
 AARON W. RUSSELL, son of Burnham and Eliza Kidder Russell ; 
 born May 5, 1853 ; married Oct. 8, 1883, Lillian V., daughter of Robert K. 
 and Betsey A. (Curtis) Lynch. She was born Aug. 30, 1863. Child : 
 
 i. FRED W., b. July 9, 1888.
 
 GENEALOGIES 849 
 
 RYERSON. 
 
 WILLIAM N. RYERSON, son of Joseph Ryerson of West Sumner, 
 Me.; born June 10, 1832 ; married Lois, daughter of Harvey and Lois 
 (Cram) Holt, April 24, 1856. She was born March 16, 1836. He died 
 March 24, 1885. Children : 
 
 1. NELSON H., b. Nov. 26, 1859, d. March 20, 1879. 
 
 2. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 14, 1889. 
 
 3. EMMA L/., b. Aug. 16, 1869, d. May 10, 1887. 
 
 4. CLARA, b. Nov. 5, 1878, m. Frank A. Pettengill of Acworth, 
 
 N. H. (See Pettengill gen.) 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 JOSHUA SARGENT was born in Methuen, Mass., Nov. 25, 1757. He 
 was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and after the close of the war 
 he removed to Dunstable, Mass. Thence he came to Lyndeborough, 
 where he built and operated a "fulling " mill. The mill stood at or near 
 where the mill now owned by James L. Colburn stands, perhaps better 
 known as Buttrick's mill. He married Abigail Ladd of Haverhill, Mass. 
 She was born June 28, 1760; died Dec. 28, 1843. He died Jan. 23, 1844. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL, b. Feb, 22, 1781, m. Jotham Hildreth, d. Aug. 24, 
 
 1850. 
 
 2. HEMAN L,ADD, b. Sept. 24, 1782, m. Hepsibah Russell, d. 
 
 March 17, 1806. 
 
 3. MIRIAM, b. May 28, 1784, d. Aug. 26, 1800. 
 
 4. POLLY, b. Sept. 27, 1786, m. James Russell, d. in 1824. 
 
 5. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 1789, m. first, Mary McMaster, m. second, 
 
 Mrs. Sprague, d. Jan. 13, 1878. 
 
 6. JOSHUA, b. May 5, 1791, m. Patty Burnham, d. March 24, 
 
 1882. 
 
 7. BOD WELL, b. Sept. 7, 1793, m. L/ucy A. Briggs, d. July 28, 
 
 1866. 
 
 8. RUTH, b. Sept. 6, 1795, m. Israel Putnam, d. July 21, 1845. 
 
 (See Putnam gen.) 
 
 9. L,UCINDA, b. Sept. 7, 1798, d. Aug. 30, 1800. 
 
 10. MIRIAM, b. March 13, 1801, m. John Carleton, d. in 1880. 
 
 11. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 2, 1803, m. Mary Ford. 
 
 12. SUMNER, b. July 7, 1805, m. Mary A. I^each, d. in 1893. 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 DANA B. SARGENT, son of Cyrus and Samantha (Chase) Sargent ; 
 born at Hillsborough, Feb. 3, 1847; married July 25, 1870, Elsie M., 
 daughter of David C. and Rebecca (Fish) Grant. She was born Aug. 24, 
 1847; died Aug. 2, 1902. He died March n, 1899. He came to Lynde-
 
 850 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 borough in 1880 and settled on the Levi H. Woodward place, where he 
 lived until his death. Children : 
 
 1. MARTHA R., b. Aug. 29, 1870, m. Aug. 27, 1902, Percy W. 
 
 Putnam, son of Edwin H. and Eliza (Keyes) Putnam. 
 
 2. HARRY D., b. May 7, 1876, d. Aug. n, 1877. 
 
 3. WILLIS D., b. Nov. 5, 1880, d. May 26, 1899. 
 
 SENTER. 
 
 Benjamin Senter was the pioneer of the Senter family to settle in 
 L,yndeborough. He built a house situated about twenty rods south of the 
 road from John H. Goodrich's to the schoolhouse in Dist. No. 4. It was 
 here that most of his children were born, but he afterward lived in a 
 house that stood between the Bailey place and the old Starrett house, 
 North Lyndeborough. He had a numerous family, but of these we can 
 get no record except that of Asa. There are no descendants of any of 
 the brothers of Asa now living in town. Benjamin Senter was buried 
 in the North Lyndeborough cemetery. 
 
 ASA SENTER, son of Benjamin Senter; born Oct. 6, 1780; married 
 Mary Christie of New Boston. She was born June 5, 1786; died Feb. 9, 
 1859. He died Sept. 26, 1869. Children : 
 
 1. MARY, b. April 22, 1805, m. George Worcester, rem. to Har- 
 
 vard, Mass., and d. there. 
 
 2. RODNEY, b. Oct. 23, 1808, rem. to Bedford, Mass. 
 
 3. HANNAH, b. July 9, 1811. 
 
 4. HIRAM, b. Aug. 6, 1814, d. July 4, 1854. 
 
 5. ACHSAH. b. Dec. 7, 1816, d. in infancy. 
 
 6. FRANKLIN, -f- 
 
 7. ACHSAH, 2ND, b. Nov. 26, 1820. 
 
 8. ANN E-, b. April 3, 1825. 
 
 FRANKLIN SENTER, son of Asa and Mary (Christie) Senter, born 
 April 21, 1818; married first, April 8, 1845, Pamilla, daughter of Varion 
 and Mary (Thompson) Balch. She was born Jan. 20, 1822; died April 
 
 9. 1854 ; married second, Eliza, daughter of David and Betsey (Gregg) 
 Hovey, July 2, 1854. She was born Aug. 24, 1817 ; died April 15, 1897. 
 He died Sept. 20, 1896. He was a quiet man, a neat farmer, and one who 
 had the esteem of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen. He represented 
 the town in the legislature in 1877-1878. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. MARY A., b. Feb. 27, 1847, m - June 5, 1870, Almon T. 
 
 Hovey of Peterboro. She d. Feb. 18, 1882. 
 
 2. JULIA E., b. Oct. 16, 1848, m. Oct. 24, 1869, John A. 
 
 Hovey of Peterboro. He d. Oct. 6, 1881. Their chil- 
 dren are George W., Grace M. 
 
 3. WILLIAM F., b. Jan. 31, 1851, m. Aug. 12, 1874, Emma F. 
 
 Clark of Lowell, Mass. He rem. to Lowell in 1870. Is
 
 GENEALOGIES 851 
 
 superintendent of repairs at the Lawrence Corporation. 
 Has been alderman and is a successful and influential citi- 
 zen. Their children are Percy W., Pamilla A., Arthur H. 
 
 4. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 25, 1852, m. Jan. 18, 1879, Mary C. 
 
 Parker of Peterboro. She d. July i, 1896. He rem. to 
 Santa Barbara, Cal., in 1886 and res. there now. 
 By second wife : 
 
 5. CHARLES H., -|- 
 
 CHARL,ES H. SENTER, son of Franklin and Eliza (Hovey) Senter, 
 born Sept. 30, 1856 ; married Feb. 19, 1879, Susie, daughter of Sewall and 
 Agnes (Green) Watkins. She was born Sept. 22, 1855. He resides on 
 the homestead farm, North Lyndeborough. From 1881 until 1901 he was 
 a member of the board of selectmen twelve years, and has filled other 
 positions of trust in the town. He has been prominent in the grange 
 circles of the county, and is a very useful citizen. Children : 
 
 1. ANNIE M., b. Jan. 31, 1882, m. Feb. n, 1903, Fred A. 
 
 Holt. (See Holt gen.) 
 
 2. FRANK H., b. May 31, 1883. Was drowned in the river at 
 
 Paper Mill Village, New Boston, June 27, 1896. 
 3 and 4. INFANT CHILDREN, unnamed, b. Sept. n, 1886, d. 
 Sept. ii, 1886. 
 
 SHARP. 
 
 JOSEPH SHARP, son of John and Harriet (Wilcox) Sharp, born in 
 Boston, June 14, 1834; married Nov. 26, 1866, Sarah, daughter of Solo- 
 mon and Mary (Sargent) Cram. She was born June 12, 1844. He came 
 to Lyndeborough in 1872 from Boston and settled in the south village, 
 where he died May 26, 1903. Child : 
 
 i. RACHEL A., b. March 31, 1881. 
 
 SHEPARD. 
 
 ROBERT T. S. SHEPARD, son of Robert and Eunice (Scott) Shep- 
 ard, born at Amherst, March 2, 1832; married first, May n, 1853, Irene 
 B. Powers of Pittsfield, Me. She was born April n, 1834; died April 9, 
 1865 ; married second, Nov. 24, 1869, Charlotte S. Kaime of Lowell, 
 Mass. She was born June 9, 1836, at Barnstead, N. H. She was the 
 daughter of John and Pamelia E. (Rand) Kaime. He came to Lynde- 
 borough from Goffstown and bought the Edwin N, Patch place, where 
 he has since resided. He died in 1905. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. WALTER S., -+ 
 
 2. JAMES F., b. July 30, 1859. 
 
 3. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 21, 1860, d. June 26, 1863. 
 
 4. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 30, 1864. 
 By second wife : 
 
 5. ALFRED K., b. Sept. 28, 1870.
 
 852 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 6. GERTRUDE M., b. Oct. 27, 1872, m. May 14, 1896, Ralph 
 L,. Combs of Deny. She d. Aug. 17, 1898. 
 
 WALTER S. SHEPARD, son of Robert T. S. and Irene B. (Powers) 
 Shepard, born Jan. 9, 1855 ; married Elizabeth M., daughter of Harry 
 A. and Mary (Harmond) Baker. She was born Sept. i, 1868, at Salt 
 Lake City, Utah. He came to Lyndeborough from Camas Creek, Fre- 
 mont County, Idaho, in 1902, and bought the farm in Johnson's Corner, 
 known as the Willis C. Perham place. He was born at Lowell, Mass., 
 and went west in 1876 and entered into the ranching 'and cattle raising 
 business, returning east in 1902. Children, all born in Idaho : 
 
 1. WALTER T., b. at Clear Creek, Aug. 4, 1885. 
 
 2. CHARLOTTE M., b. at Dry Creek, Jan. 19, 1888. 
 
 3. FREDERICK J., b. at Sand Creek, May 29, 1890. 
 
 4. ETHEL M., b. at Sand Creek, Aug. 24, 1892. 
 
 5. ROBERT Q., b. at Sand Creek, Oct. 30, 1895. 
 
 6. NELLIE I., b. at Camas Creek, March n, 1902, d. June 14, 
 
 1903. 
 
 SIMONDS. 
 
 JESSE SIMONDS came to Lyndeborough from Burlington, Mass. 
 He was born in Barnard, Vt., December, 1809. His mother died when he 
 was young, and he was brought up by an uncle in Burlington, Mass. 
 He was never married and spent most of his time in the autumn and 
 winter months in hunting and trapping No man in the state knew more 
 of the homes and habits of the fur-bearing animals than he. He lived 
 close to nature and the ways of birds, more especially game birds were 
 an open book to him. Possessing an iron constitution he performed 
 feats of endurance that were the wonder of the town. He lived where 
 Robert C. Mason now lives and built the house occupied by him. He 
 died June 20, 1885. He was the son of Daniel and Joanna (Balch) 
 Simonds. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 JOHN SMITH married Keturah, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and 
 Sarah (Cram) Putnam of Lyndeborough. Children : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN, b. July 3, 1777. 
 
 2. JOHN, b. June 20, 1779. 
 
 3. SARAH, b. Aug. 9, 1781. 
 
 4. HULDAH, b. Oct. 12, 1784. 
 
 5. KATURAH, b. Feb. 3, 1787. 
 
 6. EPHRAIM, b. April 18, 1789. 
 
 7. PAMELA, b. May 21, 1791. 
 
 8. and 9. JACOB and RACHEL (twins), b. May 5, 1794. 
 
 SMITH. 
 JACOB SMITH married Emma E., daughter of Joseph A. and Mary
 
 GENEALOGIES 853 
 
 L. (Stephenson) Johnson. She was born Oct. 14, 1850; died Aug. 4, 
 1879. Children : 
 
 1. ADA G., b. July 4, 1870, in Westford, Conn. 
 
 2. EDITH I., b. in L,yndeborough, March 16, 1879, m. Nov. 2, 
 
 1898, John Dolliver. (See Dolliver gen.) 
 
 SOUTHWICK. 
 
 JOHN SOUTHWICK was born in Danvers, Mass., Sept. 18, 1788; died 
 in Danvers, Mass., April 19, 1847 ; married May 14, 1815, Elizabeth Rus- 
 sell of Ipswich, Mass. She was born Dec. 3, 1792 ; died Oct. 14, 1877. 
 They came to North Lyndeborough soon after their marriage, in the 
 spring of 1815. He bought a potter's shop and a house nearly opposite 
 the house of John H. Goodrich and carried on the potter's business for 
 several years. The shop and house are both gone now. For eight years 
 he drove a six-horse team from Francestown to Boston and carried all the 
 merchandise sold at the stores. He loaded with country produce for the 
 down trip and with groceries, etc., back. In 1841 he removed to Danvers 
 and died there. Children, all but one born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. JOHN RUSSELL, b. July 19, 1816, m. Sophia L,., daughter of 
 
 Asa and Alice (Nutting) Kemp of Francestown Sept. 2, 
 1842. She was born Aug. 26, 1821. He removed to 
 L,owell, Mass., soon after his marriage and for forty years 
 was an overseer of the " dressing" room of the Tremont 
 and Suffolk Corporation. He was elected councilman in 
 1865, and alderman in 1866 and 1867. He was a member 
 of the Mass, legislature in 1876. In 1879 he bought a 
 farm in Groton, Mass., and d. there Jan. 12, 1888. 
 
 2. WILLIAM, b. July 14, 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1818. 
 
 3. WILLIAM, b. Nov. i, 1819, d. Jan. 26, 1875, m. Marinda E. 
 
 Parker of Salem, Mass., Jan. 26, 1844. She was b. May 
 18, 1825, d. Nov. 12, 1881. 
 
 4. ELIZABETH S., b. Dec. 6, 1821, res. at Peabody, Mass. 
 
 5. STEPHEN A., b. March 31, 1824, m. L,ydia E. Daniels of 
 
 Salem, Mass., June 15, 1859. She was b. June 10, 1828, 
 res. at Peabody, Mass. 
 
 6. DAVID H., b. June 25, 1827, m. Harriet L,ord of Salem, 
 
 Mass., Sept. 24, 1868. She was b. Jan. 9, 1838, res. at 
 Peabody, Mass. 
 
 7. EDWIN, b. July 30, 1829, rem. to Colo, in 1849, d. Jan. 13, 
 
 1895. 
 
 8 and 9. Twins, b. May 7, 1832, d. in infancy. 
 
 10. BENJAMIN F., b. July 5, 1835, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Mary A. 
 Osborne of Peabody, Mass. She was b. July 17, 1839. He 
 was a soldier in the Civil War, with the rank of lieutenant.
 
 854 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 He was a member of the General Court of Mass, in 1888 
 and councillor in 1895. 
 u. A son, b. in Francestown, March 20, 1838. 
 
 SPAULDING.* 
 
 Edward, Stephen and Capt. Levi were the first of the Spauldings to 
 come to Lyndeborough. Henry came a little later. Edward and Stephen 
 were brothers, sons of Ebenezer and Anna Spaulding of Nottingham 
 West, now Hudson, and they were probably born there. Edward was the 
 father of Capt. Levi of Revolutionary fame. Stephen married Martha 
 Foster, and Edward married Elizabeth. He bought lots 113 and 122 
 north of the mountain. The former lot is just east of where Robert C. 
 Mason lives, and the old cellar hole may still be seen. Aaron Woodward 
 lived there later. 
 
 Stephen bought seventy acres of lot 112 May 30, 1765, east of his 
 brothers', the same year that his brother bought. It is said that Reuben, 
 another brother of Edward, came from Hudson and settled on part of 
 Edward's lot. It will be seen that they all settled on the north side of the 
 mountain, and that the farm of the late Levi Spalding was the west part 
 of their large holding of land. June 15, 1771, Rachel, a daughter of 
 Stephen and Martha, his wife, was baptized, and it is probable that they 
 all came to Lyndeborough about the year 1768, perhaps a year or two 
 earlier. July, 1772, they are recorded as members of the church. Ed- 
 ward and Elizabeth had five children, none of them born in Lyndebor 
 ough. Capt. Levi was their only son. Stephen and Martha had ten- 
 children, none of them born in Lyndeborough, but it would appear that 
 none of these children settled in the town. Edward, Stephen and Reu- 
 ben were of the fourth generation from Edward, the immigrant ancestor. 
 Nathaniel, the son of Stephen and Martha Spaulding, was baptized Sept. 
 8, 1768. 
 
 CAPT. LEVI SPAULDING was of the fifth generation from Edward, 
 who came to this country in the earliest years of the Massachusetts 
 Colony, probably between 1630 and 1633. The first records of Edward 
 make it appear that he settled in Braintree, Mass. 
 
 Capt. Levi was born in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., Oct. 23, 
 I 737- J ust when he came to Lyndeborough is not known. He was se- 
 lectman in 1768 and again in 1774. He was moderator in 1781, 1782, 1784, 
 1786 and 1791. He was chosen representative to the General Court in 
 1784, and was the second to fill that office in town. (For his military 
 history see Chap. VII.) He married first, Anna Burns; married second, 
 Lois Goodrich, Dec. 30, 1778. She was born Dec. 17, 1744. In 1800 he 
 removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., where he died March i, 1825. 
 Children by first wife : 
 
 1. BETSEY, b. Nov. 18, 1759, m. Holt. 
 
 2. OuvE, b. April 8, 1762, m. L/ovell Lewis, rem. to N. Y. 
 
 3. EDWARD, -f- 
 
 *Some members of this family spell the name Spalding.
 
 GENEALOGIES 855 
 
 4. GEORGE, b. Sept. 14, 1766, was drowned when a young 
 
 man. 
 
 5. MARTHA, b. April 6, 1768, m. Joseph Knights of New Ip- 
 
 swich, N. H., rem. to Ohio. 
 
 6. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1770, 
 
 7. LEVI, + 
 
 8. JOHN, b. Sept. i, 1774. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 9. BENJAMIN G., b. Sept. 9, 1779. 
 
 10. SEWALL, b. March i, 1782. 
 
 n. Lois G., b. Feb. 16, 1784, m. Stephen Abbott, rem. to 
 Nashville, N. Y. 
 
 EDWARD SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Nov. 19, 1764 ; 
 married Mehitable Goodrich, daughter of the Rev. Sewall Goodrich of 
 Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1788. She was born Sept. 25, 1770; died July 30, 
 1838. He early removed to Plainfield, N. Y., thence to Alexander, N. Y., 
 where he and his wife died. Children, four older born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. ANNA B., b. Sept. 15, 1789, m. first, George Grey, m. sec- 
 
 ond, Loren Hodges. 
 
 2. PHEBE P., b. Sept. i, 1791, m. Sheffield Burdick. 
 
 3. MEHITABLE. b. Nov. 16, 1793, m. Samuel Crosby. 
 
 4. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 28, 1795. 
 
 5. GEORGE, b. Nov. i, 1797, in Plainfield, N. Y. 
 
 6. ELBRIDGE G., b. 1802. 
 
 7. LUCY, b. May 20, 1804. 
 
 8. WARREN, b. Nov. 10, 1806. 
 
 9. ELBRIDGE GERRY, -j- 
 
 ELBRIDGE GERRY SPAULDING, born Feb. 24, 1809. Was a very 
 wealthy and influential man in the financial circles of New York state 
 and the nation. He was state treasurer of New York, member of con- 
 gress six years and the author of the "legal tender" act passed by 
 congress during the Civil War. 
 
 LEVI SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Jan. 25, 1772; killed 
 by falling from a high load of boxes, the sleigh running over him and 
 breaking his neck. He married Clara Goddard and had several children. 
 
 HENRY SPAULDING was born in Merrimack, N. H., Nov. 3, 1760. 
 He was of the sixth generation from Edward Spaulding of Braintree, 
 Mass. He came to Lyndeborough and settled on the farm where Mrs. 
 Ann Cummings now lives. He married Joanna Russell of Dunbarton, 
 N. H., Feb. n, 1787. She was born June 21, 1766; died Nov. i, 1853, 
 aged 87. He died May 31, 1857, aged 96 years, 6 months and 28 days. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding was highly esteemed by all who knew him for his many
 
 856 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 virtues. He was a genial, kindly man, fond of a story or a jest. It is 
 said that he never had a sick day until his final illness, and that he rode 
 four miles to vote for Fremont and freedom, when in his g6th year. He 
 voted for Washington and at each successive presidential election after- 
 ward. He used to say he never had but two serious complaints " lame- 
 ness and laziness." The former he thought might have been cured, had 
 it been taken in season, but the latter defied all prescriptions. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. ACHSAH, b. Feb. i, 1788, m. I/evi Holt, 1811, d. June 2, 
 
 1841. 
 
 2. HENRY, -(- 
 
 3. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 8, 1792, d. Dec. 6, 1798. 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 21, 1794, m. first, Stephen Chapman of 
 
 Windsor, N. H.; m. second, Elijah Gould of Antrim, 
 N. H. 
 
 5. ELIZABETH, b. April 9, 1796, m. James L. Morrison of 
 
 Washington, N. H. He d. Dec. 25, 1840. She d. April 
 i, 1851. 
 
 6. I/UCINDA, b. Aug. 23, 1798, d. Sept. n, 1853. 
 
 7. MARY, b. Sept. 20, 1800, m. Franklin Hadley of L/yndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Hadley gen.) 
 
 8. LEONARD, -}- 
 
 9. EDWARD PAGE, + 
 
 10. SAMUEL, + 
 
 11. LEVI, -}- 
 
 HENRY SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld- 
 ing, born Nov. 17, 1790; married Lucy Duncklee of Greenfield, N. H., 
 March 23, 1819. She was born Aug. 16, 1797. He removed to Greenfield 
 and died Jan. 21, 1868. Child : Sarah. 
 
 LEONARD SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) 
 Spaulding, born Oct. 2, 1802 ; married first, Ede Farrington of Green- 
 field, N. H., Sept. 15, 1831. She was born Aug. 4, 1800 ; died Jan. 26, 
 1856; married second, Elizabeth A. Fairbanks of Francestown, N. H., 
 Dec. 8, 1856. She was born Nov. 23, 1813. He died January, 1890. 
 Children : Leonard, Ebenezer F., Henry B., Isaac N., Augusta C., 
 Sarah M. 
 
 EDWARD PAGE SPALDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) 
 Spaulding, born July 19, 1805; married Mary Dodge of Fraucestown, N. 
 H., April n, 1833. She was born June 23, 1812 ; died July 22, 1877. He 
 died Jan. 20, 1887. He was a farmer and drover and for many years did 
 a large business in the buying and selling of cattle. He settled on the 
 farm where Mrs. Edward Parry now lives. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. MARY E., b. Jan. 15, 1834, d. Feb. 19, 1834. 
 
 2. I,EVI PAGE, +
 
 EDWARD PAIGE SPALDING.
 
 GENEALOGIES 857 
 
 3. GEORGE E., -f- 
 
 4. MERRILL T., -f- 
 
 5. HENY E., + 
 
 6. ALFRED B., b. Aug. 16, 1849. He entered Dartmouth 
 
 College in 1868. After leaving college he made teaching 
 his vocation. He d. Nov. 9, 1881. 
 
 7. SAMUEL A., b. June 14, 1856. 
 
 LEVI P. SPALDING. son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spald- 
 ing, born Dec. 25, 1835 ; married July i, 1863, Frances M., daughter of 
 Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske. She was born March , 18*6. 
 Children : 
 
 1. FRED W., b. April 25, 1864, m. Oct. 17, 1901, Harriet M. 
 
 Douglas of Brighton, Mass. 
 
 2. MARY LIZZIE, b. July 23, 1865, m. April 18, 1889, Clifton 
 
 Broad of Reading, Mass. Mr. Broad was thrown from a 
 wagon on the road north of where R. C. Mason lives, and 
 so badly injured that he died a few days later, Dec. 5, 
 1892. 
 
 3. HENRY E., b. March 8, 1868, m. Florence Dolliver. 
 
 m. second, Mrs. Fannie Smith. Child : 
 Harriet. 
 
 4. HERBERT F., b. Feb. 25, 1870, d. Jan. 31, 1904. 
 
 5. SADIE M., b. Dec. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 14, 1899, Perley P. 
 
 Ray of Brighton, Mass. 
 
 6. JENNIE A., b. April n, 1879. 
 
 GEORGE E. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) 
 Spalding, born April 8, 1838 ; married June 12, 1866, Abbie J., daughter 
 of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Dec. 23, 
 1842; died Nov. 24, 1883; married second, Nov. 30, 1887, Mrs. Eliza P. 
 Richardson, widow of Solon Richardson and daughter of Dea. William 
 and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Aug. 30, 1839 ; died Feb. 19, 
 1905. Mr. Spalding purchased the Jones homestead farm at the centre 
 and has lived there for many years. He is extensively engaged in the 
 breeding and sale of cattle, the Ayrshire breed being his favorite stock. 
 Children by first wife : 
 
 1. WILLIAM P., b. March 17, 1867; d. July 16, 1879. 
 
 2. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1872. 
 
 MERRILL T. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) 
 Spalding, born April 15, 1840; married first, Mrs. Martha Snow; second, 
 Sarah J., daughter of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wil- 
 ton, Nov. 20, 1895. She was born Sept. 3, 1856. Was a soldier in Civil 
 War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 DR. HENRY E. SPALDING, son of Edward Page and Mary (Dodge)
 
 858 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Spalding; born Sept. 24, 1843; married June i, 1870, Annie Osgood, 
 daughter of James and Lydia (Hersey) Frye. 
 
 His boyhood was spent on the farm and was uneventful as^were the 
 lives of average farmer's boys at that time. Since he was not especially 
 robust his parents encouraged his inclination to study. At the early age 
 of two and one-half years he found his way into the nearby district school 
 and from that time he was a regular attendant during the short summer 
 and winter terms which made up the school year. Some years the win- 
 ter term was supplemented by a few additional weeks of instruction at 
 home, his father employing a teacher for him and his older brothers. At 
 the age of fourteen he left home for a student's life at Appleton Academy 
 (later McCollom Institute), Mt. Vernon. Here and a short time ta 
 Francestown Academy he pursued a course of study preparatory to enter- 
 ing college. During the winter months he taught school as a means of 
 earning money toward paying his expenses the remainder of the year. 
 
 The breaking out of the Civil War found him just completing his col- 
 lege preparatory course of study, and with it came the question of duty 
 that so deeply stirred the hearts of millions. Responding to his coun- 
 try's call, not mentioning all other possible sacrifices and losses, meant 
 for him the giving up of the long coveted collegiate course of study, for 
 which he had been working. The decision was soon made to offer all for 
 the defence of the flag. 
 
 Making his personal decision he found but a short step toward enter- 
 ing the army service. No one under twenty years of age could be ac- 
 cepted without the written consent of his father or guardian. This his 
 father refused to give, not from lack of patriotism, for, according to his 
 ability, he contributed liberally in aid of the cause, but from belief that 
 lack of physical vigor unfitted the boy for the hardships of army life. 
 Subsequent events and the fact that his regimental nickname was " little 
 fellow " would indicate that this opinion was not groundless. The matter 
 was earnestly discussed at home, but the coveted consent was not ob- 
 tained. 
 
 A war meeting was held at the town hall. Several spoke, urging the 
 young men to enlist, among them his father, closing his remarks with the 
 offer of an extra bounty for each of the first four who would enlist. To 
 the surprise of all Henry sprang to his feet and offered himself as the 
 first of the four. The effect on the audience can readily be imagined. As 
 the cheering subsided enlistments followed each other in rapid succes- 
 sion. Together with about twenty of his classmates and friends he en- 
 tered camp with the i3th Regt. N. H. Volunteers. His father used every 
 argument that words or money could offer to induce him to return to his 
 home and books, but finally yielded and gave unwilling consent, when 
 convinced that otherwise the boy would follow the regiment as a hanger- 
 on, without pay or rations. The papers were signed and he was mustered 
 into the United States service only the day before the regiment was to 
 leave camp at Concord and start for the seat of war. Soon after reaching 
 Virginia he contracted typhoid fever. He recovered, however, sufficiently 
 to march with the regiment to Frederick sburg and take part in that fear- 
 ful battle. As spring came on he again became ill, this time with 
 malaria. From this there seemed little prospect of his recovering, and
 
 GENEALOGIES 859 
 
 his parents were notified that he would be discharged if they would come 
 for him, he being too ill to make the journey alone. They sent their 
 family physician for him, and this ended his career as a soldier. 
 
 His early ambition had been to fit himself for a teacher. What he saw 
 of the inefficiency of medical treatment in the army hospitals led him to 
 abandon that and study medicine, for he wished to learn from personal 
 investigation if there was not something of real value in the science of 
 healing. Accordingly, as soon as his health had been sufficiently re- 
 stored, he commenced the study of medicine under the tutorship of J. H. 
 Woodbury, M. D., of Boston. He attended lectures at Harvard Medical 
 School, and afterwards at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, 
 from which latter he graduated in 1866. He immediately located in 
 Hingham, Mass., where he soon built up a large practice, and where he 
 still has a summer residence. In 1888, after several months of observation 
 and study in the hospitals of Europe he opened an office in Boston, where 
 he is now located at 535 Beacon St. 
 
 He has been a prolific writer for medical journals and for national, 
 state and local medical societies. He is rectal surgeon for the Boston 
 Homeopathic Dispensary, physician to the Burrage Hospital, physician 
 and obstetrician to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. He has 
 been lecturer at the Boston University School of Medicine and at the 
 Training School for Nurses. The profession has honored him with the 
 presidency of the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, of the Massachu- 
 setts Surgical and Gynecological Society and of the Massachusetts 
 Homeopathic Medical Society, and also with various positions of honor 
 and responsibility in several national medical and surgical societies. 
 
 At the age of fourteen he became a member of the Congregational 
 Church at I/yndeborough, and has maintained an active membership in 
 that denomination since. His wife is a native of Haverhill, Mass. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. HARRY OSGOOD, b. May 4, 1871. He was educated in the 
 
 public schools and at Derby Academy, Hingham ; gradu- 
 ated from Williams College in 1894 and from the Boston 
 University School of Medicine in 1897. He afterward lo- 
 cated at Jamaica Plain, in the meantime making a special 
 study of nervous diseases. He is now on the staff of the 
 Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Norwich. 
 
 2. LOUISE MARIB, b. May 23, 1877. 
 
 3. BKRNICE, b. Jan. 27, 1885. 
 
 SAMUEL SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld- 
 ing, born April 6, 1808 ; married Ellen Shaw of Wells, England, March 
 14, 1836. She was born May 13, 1819. He removed to Green Bay, Mich., 
 and afterward to Waterville, Wis. Children: Annie M., Mary E., 
 Christopher H., Ernmeline, Joanna, Charlotte B., Lucinda, Olive J., 
 Samuel E., Violet M. 
 
 LEVI SPAL,DING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spaulding, 
 was born Oct. 3, 1809 ; married Caroline Prince of Amherst, N. H., Dec.
 
 860 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3, 1839. She was born June 17, 1819, and died Aug. 20, 1894. He died 
 June 28, 1891. He settled on the Spaulding homestead, and was a 
 quaint and kindly man. A prominent trait of both his and of his 
 brother Edward Page's character was a generous hospitality. If anyone 
 was near them at meal times he was always pressed to stay and eat. 
 Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EMMELINE, b. Aug. 31, 1840, d. Aug. 3, 1878. 
 
 2. CHARLES, b. May 10, 1846, m. Emma W. Follansbee of 
 
 Andover, Mass., July 24, 1876. She was b. July 24, 1855. 
 Res. in Ashburnham, Mass. Children : Roy F., Helen L,. 
 
 BYRON STACY, son of David and Louisa (Curtis) Stacy, born in 
 Windsor, N. H., Nov. 18, 1837; married June 29, 1869, Sarah A., daughter 
 of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tarbell of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born Feb. 24, 1850; died Sept. u, 1882. He died June 3, 1875. He came 
 to Lyndeborough about 1866 and was a mechanic employed at the glass 
 factory. Child born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. MINNIE E., b. Oct. 12, 1872, m. April 26, 1899, George W. 
 Hadley, son of L/evi P. and Minerva (Stevens) Hadley of 
 I,yndeborough. 
 
 STANDEE Y. 
 
 GEORGE A. STANDLEY, son of Robert and Mary E. Standley, born 
 March 3, 1871 ; married June 22, 1893, Myra, daughter of William D. 
 and Ellen (Hammond) Cloutman. She was born Sept. 24, 1871, in 
 Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Danvers, Mass., and came to Lynde- 
 borough in 1902 from Lynn, Mass., and bought the place known as the 
 Hildreth cottage. Child : 
 
 i. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 28, 1900, in Lynn. 
 
 STAYNER. 
 
 HENRY M. STAYNER come to Lyndeborough from Amherst about 
 1840. He lived where William B. Raymond now lives and died there 
 May 16, 1843. His wife, Abigail D., died Jan. n, 1842. Of his children, 
 Augusta married David Day of Gloucester, Mass.; Ellen married Capt. 
 John Trevitt of Mont Vernon ; Josephine married Dea. Boylston of 
 Amherst. 
 
 STEELE. 
 
 WILLIAM P. STEELE came to Lyndeborough from Lawrence, Mass., 
 December, 1857; born Nov. 22, 1826; married Adaline E., daughter of 
 Eleazer and Mary A. (Marshall) Putnam. She was born March 4, 1833. 
 He was born in Sebec, Me. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See 
 Chap. X.) Was in the employ of the Boston & Maine R. R. for many 
 years. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. NELLIE A., b. in Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1853, m. 
 Joseph E. Foster. He d. June 13, 1903.
 
 GENEALOGIES 861 
 
 2. FRANK A., b. July 10, 1856. 
 
 3. GEORGE W., b. Nov. 10, 1858. 
 
 4. MARY A., b. Aug. 24, 1860, d. June 6, 1863. 
 
 5. ARTHUR I,., b. May n, 1866, d. June i, 1867. 
 
 6. EVA B., d. Sept. 24, 1872. 
 
 7. MAUD, b. Aug. 7, 1869, m. Feb. 18, 1892, Charles E. Phil- 
 
 lips of Swampscott, Mass. 
 
 8. HATTIE D., b. Aug. 7, 1873, m. Jan. 18, 1900, Walter H. 
 
 Murdo of Peterboro. She d. Aug. 8, 1902. 
 
 STEPHENSON. 
 
 JOHN STEPHENSON was the first of the name to come to Salem- 
 Canada. He is said to have come from Jersey, England. He first settled 
 north of the mountain in 1740, but evidently remained there but a short 
 time, for hearing that there was grass over the other side and as grass 
 was a prime necessity to those first settlers, he promptly moved over the 
 other side of the mountain. The grass referred to grew in those meadows 
 east of where W. J. Stephenson lives. Those meadows were undoubt- 
 edly caused by beavers damming the streams. The resulting flowage 
 killed the trees, and when the dams were destroyed and the land drained 
 wild grasses grew in abundance. He bought two lots of land which in- 
 cluded most of those meadows, and that land has remained in the posses- 
 sion of the Stephenson family ever since. When the charter of the 
 town of Lyndeborough was granted, April 23, 1764, he was appointed a 
 committee to obtain the said charter March 5, 1764, and he was author- 
 ized to call the first meeting of the new town. At this meeting he was 
 chosen town clerk, thus being the first person to hold the office in 
 Lyndeborough. He was continued in office several years. Most of the 
 family papers were destroyed when Jonathan Stephenson's house was 
 burned, and therefore the record is necessarily imperfect. Among the 
 treasured possessions of his descendants is his commission to be a 
 captain in Tenth Co. of the Sixth Regt. of Militia. This commission is 
 dated Oct. 4, 1764, and signed by B. Wentworth, governor, and by I. 
 Atkinson, Jr., Sec'y. Also a copy of the province laws of His Majesty's 
 Province of New Hampshire, printed in 1771, and presented to John 
 Stephenson by his friend, Benjamin Lynde, Oct. 28, 1773. He married 
 Abigail Shepherd of Amherst. They had six children : 
 
 1. JOHN, -(- 
 
 2. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 3, 1769. 
 
 3. I/YDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1772, m. first, John Richardson; m. sec- 
 
 ond, Davis. 
 
 4. SARAH, b. Feb. n, 1778, m. Supply Wilson of New Ip- 
 
 swich. She d. Dec. 4, 1866. 
 
 5. WILLIAM, b. April 29, 1780, d. May 4, 1830. 
 
 6. I/UCY, b. Nov- 25, 1782, d. Feb. i, 1814.
 
 862 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 *JOHN STEPHENSON, JR., son of John and Abigail (Shepherd) 
 Stephenson, born Dec. 8, 1767; married Mary Hildreth of Amherst. She 
 died Nov. 17, 1845. He died May, 1847. Children : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. 1792, d. May 18, 1883. 
 
 2. MARY, b. 1794, d. Dec. 8, 1881. 
 
 3. JACOB, + 
 
 4- JOHN, 
 
 5. JOTHAM, -f 
 
 6. JONATHAN, + 
 
 JACOB STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson, 
 born Oct. 2, 1803 ; married Dec. 17. 1835, Lucy Harthan of Greenfield. 
 She died March 22, 1887. He died Feb. 17, 1867. Children : 
 
 1. EZRA B., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 26, 1836, d. Oct. 4, 
 
 1894, at Springfield, Mass. 
 
 2. ABBY M., b. Dec. i, 1837, in Lyndeborough, d. Dec. 2, 
 
 3. ALBE, b. June 29, 1839, in Greenfield, d. at Hillsboro 
 
 Bridge. 
 
 4. LUCIA M., b. April 12, 1842, d. Nov. 8, 1844. 
 
 JOTHAM STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephen. 
 son, born Feb. 28, 1805 ; married July 20, 1826, Lucinda, daughter of 
 Heman L. and Hepsibah Sargent. She was born Oct. 29. 1806 ; died 
 Nov. 7, 1871. He died Oct. 14, 1883. Children : 
 
 1. JOTHAM S., + 
 
 2. MARY L,., b. March 12, 1830, m. Joseph A. Johnson. (See 
 
 Johnson gen.) 
 
 3. JOHN H., b. Aug. 29, 1833, d. June 17, 1867. Was soldier 
 in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 4. JONATHAN H., b. Sept. 21, 1835, d. Dec. 27, 1864. Was 
 
 soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 5. ELIZA A., b. March 6, 1838, m. April 20, 1865, Herbert M. 
 
 Potter. 
 
 6. WILLIAM R., b. Aug. 10, 1841, m. Dec. 31, 1872, Lottie 
 
 Felt. 
 
 7. LUCY A., b. June 9, 1846, d. Aug. 17, 1870. 
 
 8. SOLON A., b. Oct. 24, 1848, d. Nov. 12, 1849. 
 
 JOTHAM SUMNER STEPHENSON, son of Jotham and Lucinda 
 (Sargent) Stephenson, born June 29, 1827; married Sarah A. Powers, 
 Jan. 24, 1862. He died September 8, 1905. Children: 
 
 *The Stephensons were largely interested in the mill business in I,yndeborough, 
 Jonothan owning a saw mill near his place and formerly one above the place where 
 the present mill stands. They owned a saw mill west of the Forest road, near where 
 Jotham S. Stephenson lived.
 
 GENEALOGIES 863 
 
 1. L,ILLIAN. 
 
 2. HARTWELL M. 
 
 3. CHARLES. 
 
 JONATHAN STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) 
 Stephenson ; born March 19, 1807 ; married Sept. 30, 1843, Emily, daugh- 
 ter of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. She was born April 4, 
 1817 ; died July 6, 1892. He died Nov. 16, 1903. He was a man who com- 
 manded the respect, confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow- 
 townsmen. His strict integrity and sterling sense made his advice to be 
 sought, and placed him in many positions of trust in town affairs. For a 
 long series of years he had charge of the town's poor, and many of the 
 buildings at the town farm were built or improved under his supervision. 
 He was many times one of the board of selectmen, and, in fact, he held at 
 one time or another about all the offices the town could give him. His 
 house was totally destroyed by fire, but was soon replaced by a new one. 
 He died Nov. 10, 1903. Children : 
 
 1. MARIA H., b. Sept. 26, 1845, d. Sept. 7, 1879. 
 
 2. EDWARD J., b. Jan. 15, 1850, res. in Rollinsville, Colo., 
 
 where he has long time been a mining prospector. 
 
 3. WILUS j., + 
 
 4 and 5. ETTA M. and EMMA M. (twins), b. Sept. 12, 1859. 
 Etta M. m. Frank H. Joslin. (See Joslin gen.) Emma M. 
 m. Perley W. Hadley and. res. in Temple. 
 
 WILLIS J. STEPHENSON, son of Jonathan and Emily (Woodward) 
 Stephenson; born Sept. 20, 1852; married Nov. 27, 1884, Frances C., 
 daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Andrews) Goodhue of Hancock. 
 She was born Nov. n, 1854. He lived in Colorado for a number of years 
 in young manhood days, but returned to take charge of the Stephen- 
 son homestead, which has always been owned by his ancestors since it 
 was cleared of the virgin forest. Child : 
 
 i. ERNEST J., b. May 8, 1893. 
 
 STEVENS. 
 
 GEORGE H. STEVENS, born at Francestown Aug. 13, 1834 ; married 
 first, Dec. 25, 1862, Hattie S. Burnham of New Boston. She was born 
 June 12, 1839 ; died March 30, 1872 ; married second, Sept. 24, 1872, Mary 
 P., daughter of Dea. John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Goodrich. She was 
 born May i, 1839. He died Feb. 9, 1901. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. ASAHEL D., b. at Lowell, Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 2. ALBERT B., b. at L/yndeborough Dec. 18, 1871. 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 3. CHARLES E., b. at Lyndeborough April 3, 1874, d. March 
 
 14, 1878. 
 
 STILES. 
 
 MOSES STILES, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gary) Stiles ; born in
 
 864 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Boxford, Mass., Feb. n, 1704; married Oct. 17, 1737, Phebe, daughter of 
 John and Sarah (Holt) Cram. She was born at Hampton Falls, July 8, 
 1712. He lived on the Lakin place. Children : 
 
 1. MOSES, + 
 
 2. JOHN, + 
 
 3. SAMUEL, m. Sarah Button. 
 
 4. REUBEN, b. in Salem-Canada, June 13, 1749, was killed by 
 
 the falling of the frame of the meeting house at Wilton, 
 Sept. 7, 1773. 
 
 5. ASAHEL, -f 
 
 6. AARON. 
 
 MOSES STILES, JR., son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; mar- 
 ried Sarah . Children : 
 
 1. SARAH, b. March 24, 1762. 
 
 2. MOSES, b. June 6, 1765, m. Mary Holt. 
 
 3. AARON, b. Sept. 18, 1767, m. Abial Sadler. 
 
 4. MARY, b. June 14, 1770, d. Sept. 8, 1777. 
 
 5. PHEBE, b. June 22, 1774, d. Sept. 5, 1777. 
 
 6. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 15, 1776, d. Sept. 9, 1777. 
 
 7. SAMUEL, b. April 19, 1779, m. Betsey Cram. 
 
 JOHN STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles; married 
 Susanna Chamberlain. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN, b. Oct. 22, 1778, d. April 16, 1786. 
 
 2. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 4, 1780, d. May 12, 1786. 
 
 3 and 4. MESECH W., BETTY (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1783, d. Feb. 
 
 10, 1783. 
 5. JOHN, b. May 17, 1786. 
 
 ASAHEL STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; married 
 Sarah Button. Children : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. Oct. 21, 1768. 
 
 2. ESTHER, b. Aug. 25, 1770, d. March 27, 1785. 
 
 3. SARAH, b. March 17, 1773. 
 
 4. HANNAH, b. Feb. 27, 1775. 
 
 5. RHODA, b. Sept. 8, 1778. 
 
 6. REUBEN, b. Dec. 30, 1780. 
 
 7. ASAHEL, b. Oct. 20, 1783. 
 
 8. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1786. 
 
 STILES. 
 
 DAVID STILES, son of Asa and Huldah (Bixby) Stiles; born at Mid- 
 dleton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1779; died June 25, 1870; married Betsey E., 
 daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Clark) Mack of Londonderry, N. H.
 
 GENEALOGIES 865 
 
 " Squire " Stiles was a prominent figure in the life of Lyndeborough in 
 his day. He was the third postmaster appointed in the town, serving 
 from April, 1835, to May, 1837. He was selectman, 1839-1841, and held 
 other town offices. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and 
 was much engaged in settling estates. He was a surveyor, also, and the 
 running of lines and surveying land occupied much of his time. He was 
 a man of much ability, quaint and original in his expressions, and his 
 opinions were much respected. He lived where William H. Clark now 
 lives. He was a resident at different times of Temple, Wilton, Milford 
 and Lyndeborough. Children, born in Temple : 
 
 1. ELIZA J., b. Aug. 10, 1809, d. Oct. 14, 1868. 
 
 2. DAVID, -}- 
 
 3. FRANCES, b. Sept. 12, 1814. 
 
 DAVID STILES, son of David and Betsey (Mack) Stiles, born Feb. 4, 
 1811 ; married May 13, 1841, Maria M., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah 
 (Clark) Goodrich. She was born April 23, 1810 ; died Dec. 31, 1885. He 
 was the fourth postmaster at I/yndeborough. He was killed by being 
 run over by a train at the railroad crossing above South Lyndeborough, 
 Jan. 24, 1881. It was a cold winter morning and he was probably so 
 wrapped up as to be unable to hear the engine. Children : 
 
 1. BENJAMIN G., b. in L/yndeborough, Jan. 9, 1845, d. Jan. 
 
 28, 1845. 
 
 2. MARIA, b. in L/yndeborough,' Jan. 2, 1847, d. Jan. 2, 1847. 
 
 3. DAVID A., -f- 
 
 4. MARIA E., b. May n, 1861, at Mt. Vernon, d. April 5, 
 
 1868. 
 
 5. L/UCY S., b. in Mt. Vernon, March 28, 1854. 
 
 DAVID A. STILES, son of David and Maria (Goodrich) Stiles, born 
 June 24, 1849; married Eugelia J. Brooks of Greenfield, Nov. 27, 1873. 
 He taught school in Lyndeborough for a number of terms. Children : 
 
 1. L/ILLIAN, b. May 15, 1877. 
 
 2. EDITH M., b. Jan 23, 1879. 
 
 3. ANNABELI,, b. Jan. 13, 1883. 
 
 4. L/UCY, b. Nov. 21, 1886. 
 
 STRATTON. 
 
 DAVID STRATTON took a deed of part of the lot where Melchize- 
 deck Boffee was located in 1745. This lot is now the farm of Andy Holt. 
 The first information we have of him is that he came to Lyndeborough 
 in company with William Holt, and built a log house about 40 rods 
 south of where Andy Holt lives, and the two spent the first winter of 
 their stay in hunting and trapping bears. Later William Holt bought 
 the proprietors' rights in two lots now owned by Benjamin G. Herrick, 
 while Stratton bought and improved the lot where he was. The farm 
 was alternately owned by the Holt and Stratton families several times. 
 We have made diligent search but are not sure where Stratton came
 
 866 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 from to Lyndeborough, but it is probable he came from Andover, Mass. 
 Rev. Frank G. Clark says James Stratton settled on Cornelius Tarbell's 
 right, and that David might be a son of James but it is more likely they 
 were brothers. There is nothing in the town records to show that James 
 had any children born in Lyndeborough, but there is the following rec- 
 ord of the children of David Stratton and Eunice, his wife . 
 
 1. EUNICE, b. June 13, 1774. 
 
 2. DAVID, b. Aug. 25, 1776. 
 
 3. JOHN, b. Jan. n, 1779. 
 
 4. RACHEL, b. April 24, 1781, 
 
 5. RICHARD, b. April n, 1783. 
 
 SWASEY. 
 
 EDWIN SWASEY, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Ladd) Swasey, born 
 May 20, 1815, at Meredith, N. H.; married April 5, 1842, Mary E., 
 daughter of Joel and Betsey ( Shattuck) Tarbell. She was born Feb. 2, 
 1820. He came to Lyndeborough from Milford, Mass., in 1880, and with 
 his wife assumed the management of the boarding house at South 
 Lyndeborough village, owned by his brother-in-law, Joel H. Tarbell. 
 He died June 4, 1904. Children, all but Mary E. born at Manchester : 
 
 1. MARY E., b. at Lowell, Aug. 2, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1853. 
 
 2. EMMA E., b. Aprils, 1848, d. Oct. 18, 1849. 
 
 3. EDWIN B., b. April 21, 1851, d. Aug, 21, 1853. 
 3. ELLA M., b. April 20, 1853, d. July 12, 1855. 
 
 5. GEORGE E., b. July 21, 1857, m. Mary Burns of Milford, 
 
 Mass., d. Aug. 26, 1904. 
 
 6. LAURA S., b. Feb. 14, 1860, d. August, 1860. 
 
 7. LILLIAN M., b. June 17, 1866, m. Feb. 9, 1892, Oscar E. 
 
 Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 SWINNINGTON. 
 
 ALBERT E. SWINNINGTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) 
 Swinnington, born May 30, 1855 ; married S. Kate, daughter of Eli C. 
 and Betsey Ann Curtis, June 29, 1881. He came to Lyndeborough from 
 Mont Vernon, N. H. Child : 
 
 i. E. CLARABEL, b. May 2, 1897. 
 
 TARBELL. 
 
 JOEL TARBELL was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Barrett) Tarbell, 
 born July 9, 1793 ; married first, Betsey Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan 
 Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass. She died Oct. 29, 1829, in Bolton, Mass.; 
 married second, Mary Mansfield of Rindge, Oct. 10, 1831. She was born 
 Nov. 8, 1807; died Dec. 6, 1873. He died Sept. 18, 1851. Children by 
 first wife, born in Mason: 
 
 I. JOEL H., +
 
 GENEALOGIES 867 
 
 2. MARY E., b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. Edwin Swasey of I^aconia. 
 
 (See Swasey gen.) 
 
 3. WILLIAM, b. July 4, 1824, m. Mary A. Noyes of Amherst 
 
 He kept the hotel at South L,yndeborough for a short time. 
 By second wife : 
 
 4. L,Evi, b. Aug. 8, 1832, d. Dec. 9, 1832. 
 
 5. CHARGES, -+- 
 
 6. SoivON, b. in Mason, now Greenville, Oct. 4, 1835 ; m. first, 
 
 Jan. i, 1863, Abigail Burton of Wilton. She was b. July 
 29, 1833, d. March 28, 1887; m. second, Myra Gregg of 
 Peterboro, Jan. i, 1894. She was b. Jan. 8, 1836. He d. 
 in Peterboro. 
 
 7. ALONZO, m. Sarah C. Piper. Res. in Manchester. 
 
 8. HIRAM, -f- 
 
 9. JOSEPH, -f- 
 
 10. ESTHER J., b. Oct. 2, 1846, d. Oct. 18, 1849. 
 
 11. Willis, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. Oct. 14, 1849. 
 
 CAPT. JOEL H. TARBEIvI/ was descended from Thomas Tarbell, 
 one of the original proprietors of Groton in 1661. The name is not a 
 common one in this country. Joel H. was of the fourth generation 
 from Thomas of Groton. His father, Joel, lived for a time in Lynde- 
 borough. Joel Harrison Tarbell was emphatically a self-made man. He 
 had but'meagre opportunity for schooling but made the most of those 
 chances. After the age of twelve years he was apparently thrown on 
 his own resources, and had to fight the battle of life without much 
 help. In 1828 he was at Bolton, Mass., caring for a stable and assisting 
 in a drug store and the postoffice. While here he lived with Dr. Amos 
 Parker and had five weeks of schooling at a Quaker school taught by 
 Elder Frye in Berlin, Mass., walking to and from school morning and 
 evening, this being the- only education ever received except from the 
 common district school. While he was here his mother died, Oct. 29, 
 1829, leaving him without a parental home. He returned to New Hamp- 
 shire at the age of fourteen and went to work for Ebenezer Stiles of 
 Temple, attending short terms of the district school in winter. He re- 
 mained in this family until about twenty years of age, becoming ac- 
 quainted with farm life in all its details. One year after the death of 
 Mr. Stiles he went to Pepperell, Mass., and worked one season and then 
 came back to Lyudeborough, where he resided until his death. 
 
 At the time of his marriage he settled in what is now called the village 
 of South Lyndeborough, and entered into the business of hotel keeping* 
 and also farming in a small way. He soon found his business growing. 
 Always cheerful and urbane, he made an model landlord, and his place 
 was popular with the traveling public and with the summer boarders 
 that began to come to the place. After about fifteen years at this busi- 
 ness he changed to that of the general country store, which he and his 
 descendants have kept until the present writing. Ever courteous and
 
 868 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 obliging, he built up a large trade for such a place. Always helping to 
 make the village more attractive, he interested himself in all the material 
 things that tended to its upbuilding. He was a kind and helpful friend 
 to the unfortunate and the poor and needy. He was honored by the 
 town in being elected to many public offices, the duties of which he dis- 
 charged with fidelity. He was captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. at 
 the time they volunteered to go into the U. S. service, and his military 
 record may be found elsewhere. 
 
 Capt. Joel H. Tarbell, son of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck)Tarbell was born 
 in Mason Feb. 6, 1816; married Jan. 15, 1839, Esther, daughter of 
 Ephraim and Esther (Pearson) Putnam. She was born June 8, 1818; 
 died Nov. 14, 1901. He died Feb. 14, 1891. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. SANFORD P., b. July 5, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 1842. 
 
 2. CHARLES F., + 
 
 3. SARAH A., b. Feb. 24, 1850, m. Byron Stacy of Windsor, 
 
 N. H. (See Stacy gen.) 
 
 CHARLES F. TARBELL, son of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tar- 
 bell; born Nov. 19, 1843; married May 18, 1865, Emily, daughter of 
 Rufus and Martha J. (Upton) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was 
 born March 3, 1844. He died Feb. 24, 1888. He was a merchant at South 
 Lyndeborough, associated with his father in keeping the store, and in 
 general trade. He was elected town clerk in the spring of 1871, and with 
 the exception of 1880 held the office continuously until 1885, when he 
 was succeeded by Edgar A. Danforth. He held other public office, and 
 was a courteous and efficient officer. He was quiet and anassuming in 
 manner, and had the respect and esteem of his associates and towns- 
 people. Like his father he was interested in military matters, and was a 
 soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndebor- 
 ough : 
 
 1. WALTER S., + 
 
 2. CHARLES H., -}- 
 
 WALTER S. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) 
 Tarbell; born Jan. 2. 1867; married Oct. 30, 1890, Lizzie G., daughter of 
 Isaiah B. and Mary J. (Holt) Curtis. She was born April 3, 1871. He 
 succeeded his father and grandfather in the business at South Lyndebor- 
 ough. He is justice of the peace and prominent in several organizations 
 and in social circles. Child, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. GERTRUDE E., b. Sept. 30, 1898. 
 
 CHARLES H. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) 
 Tarbell ; born June 28, 1874 ; married Oct. 20, 1897, Annie A., daughter 
 of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. She was born 
 Nov. n, 1871. He is town treasurer, and was for a while associated with 
 his brother, Walter S., in the store at South Lyndeborough. Child, born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. CAROLYN E., b. Nov. 26, 1898.
 
 GENE A L OGIES 869 
 
 CHARLES TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; 
 born in Greenville, Sept. n, 1833 ; married Nov. 19, 1854, Emma F., 
 daughter of Capt. Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler of Wilton. She 
 was born June 17, 1834. He died April 2, 1896. He was selectman in 
 1871, and represented the town in the General Court in 1880-81. He re- 
 sided in Perham Corner, where Oliver Perham first built, Children : 
 
 1. NELO W., + 
 
 2. FRED H., + 
 
 NELO W. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma F. (Tyler) Tarbell ; 
 born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1855 ; married first, April 9, 1879, Anna 
 L. Kimball of Wilton. She was born March 30, 1855 ; died Aug. 13, 1882 ; 
 married second, Jennie M. Whitney of Nashua ; born April 21, 1861. Re- 
 sides in Nashua. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SAMUEL K., b. Jan. 2, 1880. 
 
 2. JOSEPHINE F., b. July 15, 1881. 
 
 FRED H. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma (Tyler) Tarbell ; born 
 at Wilton July 21, 1870; married Nov. 8, 1892, Emma C., daughter of 
 Albert and Sarah (Davis) Foster of Lyndeborough. She was born at 
 Brookline July 29, 1872. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. PAUL HARRISON, b. Nov. 20, 1895, d. Feb. i, 1896. 
 
 2. MYRTLE M., b. Jan. 13, 1899, d. July 12, 1899. 
 
 3. AMY GLADYS, b. May 28, 1900. 
 
 4. DORIS K., b. May 9, 1903. 
 
 HIRAM TARBELL. son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born at 
 Mason, N. H., March 7, 1840; married Feb. 22, 1865, Martha N, Murch of 
 Portland, Me. She was born Aug. 25, 1837 ; died May 5, 1903. He re- 
 sides at Manchester. Children : 
 
 1. ALICE F., b. Jan. 2, 1867, at L/yndeborough. 
 
 2. FANNIE I., b. March 3, 1873, at I,yndeborough. 
 
 3. ARTHUR C., b. May 26, 1875, at Manchester, N. H. 
 
 4. GRACE K., b. Dec. 16, 1876, at Manchester, N. H. 
 
 JOSEPH TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born 
 Feb. 22, 1844 ; married June 6, 1867, Amaret, daughter of Joshua S. and 
 Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was born June 26, 1847. Re- 
 sides in Hancock. Children, born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SANFORD M., b. May 23, 1879. 
 
 2. EDITH E., b. Sept. 19, 1880, m. April 27, 1904, Henry E. 
 
 Fiske of Dublin. 
 
 TAY. 
 
 NATHANIEL TAY was born at Reading, Mass. He came to Lynde- 
 borough from Nelson, N. H., but had previously lived at Fitchburg. In 
 1820, in company with Elias Mclntire, he bought the farm where Dea. 
 Nathaniel T. Mclntire lives, each owning an equal share. He married
 
 870 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 Rachel, daughter of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder. She was born 
 March 8, 1769 ; died at Lyndeborough, Sept. 6, 1828. He died at Lynde- 
 borough March 23, 1836. His marriage with Rachel Kidder was his sec- 
 ond marriage ; we have no record of his first. 
 
 TAY. 
 
 FRANK B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay ; born in 
 Bedford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1837; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Elizabeth 
 White of Middleton, Mass. She died March 9, 1865 ; married second, 
 Sept. 26, 1872, Sarah J. Wright of Maiden, Mass.; married third, Oct. 4, 
 1888, Mrs. Mary E. Goldsmith, daughter of Burnham and Mary (Sawyer) 
 White of Andover, Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1845. He came to Lynde- 
 borough from Stoneham, Mass., in 1878, and bought the French place 
 north of Badger Pond. He was a soldier in the Civil War. 
 
 BRADLEY B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay, built a 
 house on the top of the mountain, south of R. C. Mason's, and resides 
 there summers. 
 
 TWITCHEL. 
 
 ASA TWITCHEL came to Lyndeborough from Peterborough and 
 settled on the place now known as the Twitchel place, North Lynde- 
 borough. It is now used as a summer home by Mrs. M. A. Sweetser of 
 Stoneham, Mass. We have endeavored to ascertain who the first settler 
 was on this land. It was probably one of the Lewis family but nothing 
 definite is known. People by the name of Crosby lived on the place 
 at one time, and later Hezekiah Duncklee lived there. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Twitchell removed to Peterborough about 1860. Mr. Twitchell had a 
 sister, Mary, who lived with him. We have no record of the family. 
 Mr. Twitchell used to display a large collection of geological specimens 
 on his front yard fence, part of which was bought by the writer, and 
 some of which are still in his possession. 
 
 TYLER. 
 
 CAPT. LEVI TYLER, born Oct. 22, 1800; married Sept. 27, 1825, 
 Rhoda, daughter of William and Sarah (Ballard) Pettengill of Wilton. 
 She was born Sept. 5, 1803. He died May 26, 1870. He came to Lynde- 
 borough in 1840 and built a mill northwest of South Lyndeborough 
 village, afterward owned by C. Henry Holt and later by Hadley Bros. 
 He was a millwright and carpenter. He acquired his rank as captian in 
 the 22nd Cavalry Regt., N. H. Militia. Children, none but Erastus born 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. SARAH B., b. Dec. 19, 1826, m. Oct. 25, 1849, Abel S. 
 
 Boynton. Res. in Wisconsin. 
 
 2. L,EVI A., -f- 
 
 3. RHODA M., b. Nov. 29, 1829, m. Jonathan P. Richardson of 
 
 L/yndeborough. (See Richardson gen.) 
 
 4. EMMA F., b. June 17, 1834, m. Charles Tarbell of L/ynde- 
 
 borough. (See Tarbell gen.)
 
 GENEALOGIES 871 
 
 5 ERASTUS F., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 26, 1844, d. Feb. 
 24, 1845. 
 
 LEVI ANDREW TYLER, son of Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler, 
 born April 17, 1828; married Hannah, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Lor- 
 ing) Curtis, Dec. 24, 1853. She was born June 26, 1835 ; died Aug. 20, 
 1884; married second, April 6, 1886, Mrs. Frances A. Bales of Wilton. 
 Children : 
 
 1. ISABELLE V., b. Jan. 27, 1855, m. Jerome B. Shedd of 
 
 Peterboro. 
 
 2. ANNA V., b. May 29, 1860, d. Feb. 5, 1897. 
 
 3. OLIVA B., b. July 15, 1868, m. B. A. French of Wilton. 
 
 UPTON. 
 
 ELIJAH UPTON was a descendant of Richard and Rachel (Rich) 
 Upton of Wilmington, Mass. Their son Paul, born at Wilmington, 
 Aug. 12, 1751, was the father of Elijah. Elijah was born at Wilmington, 
 Nov. 6, 1785 ; married first, April 18, 1813, Alice, daughter of Aaron and 
 Phebe (Farnum) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Dec. 7, 1792, 
 and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1832 ; married second, Sarah, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford. Elijah the son of Paul and 
 Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, died at Lyndeborough, Feb. 4, 1835. He 
 lived a short distance west of South Lyndeborough village, in a house 
 built for the use of the one that tended the grist mill there. Elijah 
 was the miller for some years. Children born at Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ALICE, b. Jan. 24, 1814, d. Nov. 18, 1847. 
 
 2. ELIJAH, b. May 29, 1816, d. Nov. 29, 1832. 
 
 3. JOSEPH, b. March 18, 1818, m. Eliza A. Frost, d. at 
 
 Nashua, March 24, 1885. 
 
 4. MARTHA J., b. Jan. 14, 1821, m. Rufus Chamberlain. (See 
 
 Chamberlain gen.) 
 
 5. NANCY A., b. May 21, 1823, d. Oct. i, 1832. 
 
 6. MARY J., b. Sept. 27, 1826, d. Aug. 3, 1830. 
 
 7. ALBERT, b. Dec. 21, 1828, d. July 25, 1829. 
 
 8. BENJAMIN F., b. Sept. 27, 1830, m. Addie Stewart of Green- 
 
 field, Dec. 25, 1857. 
 
 RUSSELL UPTON, son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, 
 married first, Feb. 3, 1814, * Susan Dutton of Lyndeborough, and second, 
 Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Gray of Wilton. She 
 was born March 5, 1795. They were married Feb. 5, 1822. She was a 
 sister of Dr. Israel Herrick's second wife. He lived where Adoniram 
 Russell built near Buttrick's mills. By his first wife he had three 
 children : Mary Ann, Susan and William, and by the second marriage, 
 four children : George, Russell, Lydia, Albert. 
 
 * She was the daughter of William and Susanna (Reed) Dutton, born Oct. 18, 1795 ; 
 died Feb. 25, 1821. Russell Upton died Sept. 27, 1841.
 
 872 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 WARRKN. 
 
 EDWARD K. WARREN, son of Laban and Helen (Kibby) Warren, 
 born Jan. 28, 1863 ; married July 9, 1892, Minnie A., daughter of Myron 
 D. and Susan S. (Bowen) Magoon of Greenfield. She was born Jan. 25, 
 1873. Mr. Warren came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1896, and 
 bought the farm of Willis C. Perham, thence he removed to the village 
 at the center. Children : 
 
 1. CORA M. b. Aug. 23, 1893. 
 
 2. EDWARD G., b. Aug. 23, 1895. 
 
 3. HEI^N S., b. June i, 1904. 
 
 WATKINS. 
 
 OLIVER WATKINS, son of Jacob S. and Maria (Wheelwright) Wat- 
 kins, born October, 1823 ; married Mrs. Ix>is Barrett, daughter of William 
 Meserve, and widow of Moody Barrett. She was born April 14, 1822 ; 
 died April 14, 1892. He died March 16, 1891. He came to Lyndeborough 
 from Boston about 1860, and lived on what is now known as the Watkins 
 place, North Lyndeborough, where he kept a summer boarding house 
 for many years. Child : 
 
 i. - , b. July 25, 1864, m. Sept. 18, 1882, Frank Gardner 
 
 of Perkinsville, Vt. 
 
 WEINMAN. 
 
 Thomas Wellman came from Wales in the early days of the Massa- 
 chusetts Colony and settled in Lynnfield. Jacob, his descendant of the 
 fourth generation, was the first of the family to come to Salein-Canada. 
 Rev. Frank G. Clark says in his Historical Address, that "he bought a 
 proprietor's right April 16, 1742, and occupied home lot No. 57, where 
 David D. Clark afterward lived. The first house was in the field north 
 of the present buildings. The house now occupied by Mr. Carson is 
 probably one of the oldest in town." From the foregoing it will be 
 seen that Mr. Wellman was one of the band of hardy pioneers, the first 
 settlers of Salem-Canada. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth 
 (Taylor) Wellman, born April 24, 1720, at L,ynnfield, Mass. He married 
 Jane Johnson, probably of Dunstable, Mass., and it would seem from the 
 records at hand that he came to Salem-Canada from Dunstable. Owing 
 to the depredations of the Indians he evidently soon returned, for Jacob, 
 Jr., his eldest son, was born there. That he returned to Salem-Canada 
 as soon as it was safe to do so, is evident from the fact that his second 
 child, James, was born in Salem-Canada. He was a captain in the army. 
 (See Chap. VII). It is said of him, "that he faithfully discharged all 
 the duties pertaining to the many offices which were conferred upon him 
 at Lyndeborough." He died Sept. 22, 1797, aged 78 years. Children of 
 Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman : 
 
 1. JACOB, JR., -f- 
 
 2. JAMES, b. in 1747, d. in the army during the Revolution.
 
 GENEALOGIES 873 
 
 3. ABRAHAM, b. in 1748, m. Rebecca Pearsons. He served in 
 
 the Continental Army, and lived some years after the close 
 of the war. He received a pension. Rem. to Maine about 
 
 1785- 
 
 4. JOHN, + 
 
 5. ANN, b. in 1750, m. John Howes. 
 
 6. ELIZABETH, b. in 1751, m. Joseph Robeson. 
 
 JACOB WELLMAN, JR., son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Well- 
 man ; born May 13, 1746, in Dunstable, Mass.; married first, Hannah, 
 daughter of Dea. Melchisedek Boffee of Lyndeborough. She was born 
 May 5, 1745 ; died Jan. 28, 1793 ; married second, Elizabeth Moore. She was 
 born Aug. 9, 1757; died in Sept., 1848. He died April 20, 1834. He was 
 a soldier in the Continental Army, and in the winter of 1775 marched to 
 Charlestown and encamped at Winter Hill, and was wounded in the Bat- 
 tle of Bunker Hill. The next day he was carried to the hospital at Cam- 
 bridge and when sufficiently recovered returned to Lyndeborough. 
 
 It is related of him that in company with Thomas Johnson he was in 
 the woods one day in search of timber when they saw a bear approaching. 
 One of them had an axe in his hand and the other a handspike, and they 
 held their ground, standing perfectly still. The bear came on until 
 pretty near them, then stopped and began growling and making other 
 hostile demonstrations, but suddenly hitched back a few steps and fled 
 from their sight. Wellman said Johnson was paler than he was when 
 facing the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. At another time, in com- 
 pany with another man, hunting bears, they had driven one into its den, 
 in which there were some cubs. Wellman agreed to crawl into the 
 cave, having first fastened a rope to his ankles and instructed his com- 
 panion to pull him out if he jerked the rope. With his musket in his 
 hand he cautiously crawled into the cave until he could see the bear's eyes 
 glisten, then took aim and fired and lost no time in backing out. They 
 then built a fire to smoke out the cubs. But after awhile they found the 
 old bear dead, and the cubs, two in number, suffocated. To crawl into a 
 den where there was a bear guarding her cubs would seem to require 
 nerve of the highest kind. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Sept. 13, 1767, m. David Jennings of L,ynde- 
 
 borough. They had two or three sons and a daughter. 
 
 2. JACOB, 4- 
 
 3. DAVID, b. Nov. 28, 1772, m. Sarah Faxon. Was county 
 
 sheriff and d. in Washington, N. H. 
 
 4. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 20, 1773, d. March, 1835. Was a soldier 
 
 in the army five years, and went with the troops to the 
 banks of the Mississippi River in 1792, when our territories 
 were threatened by French and Spanish. He was a man 
 of strict integrity of character. 
 
 5. THOMAS, b. Feb. 4, 1777, m. L/ydia Knowlton, rem. to 
 
 Maine. They had thirteen children.
 
 874 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 6. MARY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, m. 1802, Jonathan Bosworth of Hart- 
 
 ford, Me. She d. Dec. 1825. 
 
 7. BETSEY, b. Feb. 17, 1781, m. Jan. 30, 1803, Stephen Bos- 
 
 worth of Buckfield, Me. She d. July, 1816. 
 
 8. JAMES, b. Feb. 25, 1783, m. Jan. 26, 1806, Sarah Francis. 
 
 She was b. Oct. 15, 1786. He rein, to Farmington, Me., 
 in 1805. 
 
 9. EBENEZER BRYANT, b. June 7, 1785, m. 1810, Carrie 
 
 Parker, rein, to Maine. 
 
 10. JOHN, -f- 
 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 11. WILLIAM M., b. Dec. 20, 1795, d. Feb. 19, 1812. 
 
 12. DANIEL, b. Jan. 13, 1798, d. March 29, 1798. 
 
 JACOB WEIvL/MAN, son of Jacob, Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ; 
 born Feb. 17, 1771 ; married Sarah Orne. She died April 4, 1866. He 
 died Oct., 1817. Children : 
 
 1. THOMAS, b. 1794, in. Irene Miner. 
 
 2. SARAH, m. Francis Cram. 
 
 3. HANNAH, m. Alden Casey. 
 
 4. JACOB, m. Sophie Miner. 
 
 JOHN WELIvMAN, son of Jacob Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ; 
 born July 18, 1790; married Betsey Moore. She was born Dec. 25, 1795. 
 He was a member of the Calvin ist Baptist Church for fifty years, and was 
 generally known as "John the Baptist." He died in 1855. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1819, d. 1852, committed suicide. 
 
 2. JESSE P., b. July 4, 1821, was supposed to have been killed 
 
 in a railroad accident at Norwalk, Conn. 
 
 3. NANCY E., b. Feb. 24, 1823, m. Daniel Sargent of Milford. 
 
 4. JOHN, b. March 15, 1825. 
 
 5. HANNAH J., b. June n, 1827, d. Jan. 21, 1838. 
 
 6. ISRAEL W., b. March i, 1829, rem. to Stoddard. 
 
 7. KEZIAH, b. May 5, 1831, m. Hiram Story, rem. to Antrim, 
 
 1889. 
 
 8. JAMES M., b. Sept. 30, 1835. Was a soldier in the Civil 
 
 War. (See Chap. X.) 
 
 9. MARY J., b. Jan. 17, 1839. 
 
 JOHN WEI/LMAN, son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman ; 
 born 1758; married Ann Thissell. He died June 30, 1826; she died 
 March 23, 1851, aged eighty years. He was a soldier in the Continental 
 Army. Children : 
 
 i. POLLY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, d. Sept. n, 1863.
 
 GENEALOGIES 875 
 
 2. JOHN, 2ND, d. Dec. 21, 1875. He lived on the same farm 
 and in the same house in which he and his father were 
 born. He was more commonly known as "Spud" Well- 
 man. 
 
 WILDER. 
 
 ERWIN D. WILDER, son of Cyrus and Nancy (Erwin) Wilder, born 
 at New Boston, Oct. 14, 1828; married Jan. n, 1854, Sarah E., daughter 
 of Peter and Elizabeth (Messer) Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. She was 
 born Oct. 10, 1832. He came to I/yndeborough from Nashua in 1865, 
 and in 1867 settled on the Daniel Boardman place, North Lyndeborough, 
 purchasing it of his brother, Alfred. He is a carpenter and builder, and 
 also a farmer. He was selectman in 1876, and is a man well liked in the 
 community. Children, the three older born at Nashua : 
 
 1. ALFRED E., b. Feb. 25, 1855, m. March 12, 1879, Charlotte 
 
 A., dau. of John and Mary (Crombie) Andrews of New 
 Boston. She was b. Nov. 5, 1848. He d. Dec. 19, 1903. 
 Child : Mary E., b. June 23, 1883. 
 
 2. CHARGES F., b. Jan. n, 1857, m. June 9, 1879, Mary F. 
 
 Whittier of Newton, N. H. She was b. March 4, 1861. 
 Children: Howard E., b. April 3, 1885; Mabel E., b. 
 Nov. 27, 1888 ; Wallace W. Res. at Amesbury, Mass. 
 
 3. ARTHUR W., b. Oct. 2, 1860, m. June 2, 1888, Clara E. 
 
 Peaslee of Roxbury, Mass. She was b. June 2, 1866. 
 
 Children : Erwin S., b. March 21, 1889 ; Esther W. Res. 
 at Newton, ^N. H. 
 
 4. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, Sept. 13, 1868, m. Sept. 
 
 21, 1892, Adria A., dau. of Emery and Ella (Russell) 
 Holt, b. Jan. 8, 1873. Children : Bertha E., b. Oct. 26, 
 1900: Gladys Elizabeth, b. at New Boston, Nov. 21, 
 1901 ; Carl Emery, b. Aug. 27, 1903 ; Ruth Gertrude, b. 
 at I/yndeborough, June 5, 1905. 
 
 ALFRED WILDER, a brother of Erwin D., born in 1826; came to 
 Lyndeborough from Nashua and lived for a few years on the Boardman 
 place. He married Naomi McConnihee of Mont Vernon. He removed 
 to Greenville and later to Milford, where he died December, 1898. Of 
 his four children one, George, was born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1865. 
 
 WILKERSON. 
 
 EDWIN C. WILKERSON, son of Herbert and Flora (Putnam) 
 Wilkerson, born Aug. 20, 1873, i fl Wilton ; married Rebecca, daughter of 
 Hugh and Margaret (Archie) Morrison of Yorkshire, England, Nov. 20, 
 1895. She was born Aug. 13, 1871. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 i. HILDA M., b. July 7, 1897.
 
 876 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 2. GERTRUDE, b. Feb. 2, 1899. 
 
 3. BERTRAM C., b. March 24, 1903. 
 
 WIUJAMS. 
 
 THOMAS A. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams, 
 born at Manchester, England, Nov. 5, 1857; married Nov. 10, 1881, 
 Hattie E., daughter of Phineas Collier of Boston, Mass. She was born 
 Nov. 20, 1861. He lived at the Bixby place and was postmaster at the 
 centre from 1889 until the office was discontinued in 1901. He was tax 
 collector in 1900-1901. Resides in Boston. Child : 
 
 i. HERBERT C.,b. Jan. 27, 1887. 
 
 JAMES H. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams, 
 born at Manchester, England; married first, Lizzie J. Leach of Waltham, 
 Mass ; married second, Hattie E. Hapgood of Standish, Me. Children : 
 
 1. ANNIE E., b. Jan. 7, 1876, at Peru, Me. 
 
 2. THOMAS A., b. July 3, 1881, at Hartford, Me. 
 
 WILSON. 
 
 ALBRO M. WILSON, son of Griffin and Elizabeth (Stevens) Wilson, 
 born in Nelson, April i, 1846; married July 18, 1874, Rosa M., daughter 
 of Edward and Betsey (Way) Sulham. She was born March 19, 1857. 
 Was in the provision business at South Lyndeborough for a while. 
 Removed to Milford in 1886, where he died April 14, 1902. Children, all 
 born in Lyndeborough but the youngest : 
 
 1. ALBERT G., b. Dec. 19, 1875. Res. in Milford. 
 
 2. ELMER M., b. April 9, 1877, m. March 3, 1900, Georgia 
 
 F. H., dau. of Stephen and Maria (Martin) Blanchard. 
 Res. in Milford. 
 
 3. GEORGE S., b. July 19, 1883. 
 
 4. HAROLD L/., b. in Milford, Sept. 19, 1895. 
 
 WIIySON. 
 
 MILLARD WILSON, son of David and Lois (Messer) Wilson, born 
 Nov. 27, 1851 ; married Sept. 5, 1880, Ida L., daughter of David and 
 Lenora (Kendall) Morse of Alexandria, N. H. She was born Oct. 23, 
 1859. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1898, and settled on 
 the Manning place, north of the mountain. Children : 
 
 1. WILLIAM P., b. April 6, 1881. 
 
 2. DAVID E., b. June 14, 1883. 
 
 WINN. 
 
 GEORGE E. WINN, son of Erwin and Jane (Pollard) Winn, born 
 April 18, 1844, in Bennington ; married first, Feb. 22, 1867, C. S. Smith, 
 daughter of Louis and Cynthia Smith. She was born June, 1849 ; married 
 second, Nov. 14, 1892, Camelia W., daughter of Freeman and Ruth
 
 GENEALOGIES 877 
 
 (Jackman) Elkins and widow of David S. Draper. She was born Sept. 
 15, 1845. He was a soldier during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Chil- 
 dren by first wife, all born in Wilton : 
 
 j. GEORGE A., b. Feb. 4, 1868. 
 
 2. MARY E., b. March, 1870. 
 
 3. IDA J., b. Aug. 13, 1872. 
 
 4. FRANK A., b. Nov. 23, 1879, m. Jan. i, 1903, Clara B., 
 
 dau. of Daniel A. and May (Hoyt) Colby of Francestown. 
 
 WHEELER. 
 
 Nathan Wheeler was one of the early settlers of Temple. He married 
 Lydia Adams of Concord, Mass., and it was from that town they came to 
 Temple. They had three children. Nathan and Josiah came to Lynde- 
 borough. The other child was Lydia, born Aug. 19, 1783. Nathan re- 
 turned to Temple about 1820. 
 
 NATHAN WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler; 
 
 born at Temple, Oct. 20, 1781 ; married Rachel . Children, born 
 
 in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. NATHAN C., b. May 9, 1805. 
 
 2. EPHRAIM A., b. March 31, 1809. 
 
 3. JONATHAN, d. April 16, 1809. 
 
 4. LUTHER, b. Feb. 21, 1812. 
 
 5. THOMAS, b. March 23, 1814. 
 
 JOSIAH WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler; 
 born in Temple, N. H., May n, 1786; died Oct. 4, 1874; married first, 
 Dolly Shattuck of Temple, N. H., Dec. 31, 1811. She was born Sept. i, 
 1788; died Aug. 14, 1845; married second, Mrs. Dorothy (Whiting) 
 Killan of Thetford, Vt., April 29, 1846. She was born March 14, 1795 ; 
 died Dec. 4, 1870. He built the house at the Centre known as the 
 Wheeler house in 1813, and lived there until his death. He was a car- 
 penter by trade and his work as a craftsman was done before the days of 
 planing machines and other labor saving devices. He was thoroughly 
 honest and upright in all his dealings, a sincere and earnest Christian 
 and a constant attendant at church service. He had a quaint and dry 
 humor, and was quiet and retiring in disposition. The boys all liked 
 "Uncle Si," and he was never too busy to attend to their wants. The 
 Franklin Library was for many years in his house under the care of his 
 wife, and many of the books were of her selection. He was town treas- 
 urer of Lyndeborough for thirty-one consecutive years. Children by 
 first wife, born in Lyndeborough: 
 
 1. DOLLY, b. Dec. 14, 1814, m. Henry I. Kimball of Springfield, 
 
 Vt., March 3, 1840. He was b. April n, 1813, d. Oct. 25, 
 1862. Children : L,ydia Annah, Alice Wheeler, Janie. 
 
 2. L,YDIA, b. June 8, 1818, m. Thomas P. Rand of Francestown. 
 
 (See Rand gen.)
 
 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 3. JOSIAH KIMBALL, b. July 15, 1822, m. first, Abby A. Marsh 
 of Hudson, Nov. 22, 1849. She was b. April 23, 1827,0!. 
 June 12, 1865; m. second, Abbie A. Wilson of New Ip- 
 swich, Dec. 28, 1865. She was b. July 28, 1836. Mr. 
 Wheeler removed to Hudson, where he has since lived. He 
 represented that town in the legislature in 1871. Was town 
 clerk and treasurer in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, select- 
 man five years, and was moderator for many years, which 
 record shows in what esteem the citizens of that town hold 
 him. He is a farmer and a successful business man. They 
 have one adopted daughter. 
 
 WHEELER. 
 
 JONAS WHEELER was born July 31, 1801 ; married May 6, 1822, Mary 
 Hall of Brookline. She was born June 2, 1803 ; died Nov. 26, 1862. Chil- 
 dren : 
 
 1. WILLIAM GLOVER, b. July 28, 1829. 
 
 2. SALATHIEL L/IDSON, -|- 
 
 3. MARY A., b. March 5, 1833, m. C. Henry Holt. (See Holt 
 
 gen.) 
 
 4. MARTHA KARR, b. Nov. 23, 1834, m. Otis Chamberlain. 
 
 (See Chamberlain gen.) 
 
 5. DUSTIN H., b. April 13, 1837, m. first, Mrs. Lucinda Hall, 
 
 m. second, Mrs. Dundy. 
 
 6. MARCUS DE H., b. Dec. 13, 1839. 
 
 7. SAMANTHA A., b. Sept. 29, 1841, m. Hiram Bailey, of 
 
 Peterborough, res. in Burlington, Vt. 
 
 SALATHIEL L. WHEELER, son of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler ; 
 born Feb. 6, 1831 ; married Jan. 2, 1855, Mary J. Carpenter of Vermont. 
 He died May 10, 1890. Children : 
 
 1. MARY A., m. Charles O. Clement. (See Clement gen.) 
 
 2. CHARLES L,., b. Nov. 5, 1866, m. Catharine Watts of Eng- 
 
 land. Children : Florence, Ethel. Res. in Wilton. 
 
 3. MINNIE, b. June 2, 1874, d. Sept. 21, 1874. 
 
 4. MINNIE M., b. Oct. 23, 1875 m. George Blanchard < 
 
 Greenfield, res. in Greenfield. 
 
 WHITING. 
 
 JOSEPH WHITING was born in 1727. He married when he was about 
 thirty years of age, Abigail Chamberlain of Dunstable, Mass. She was a 
 daughter of Thomas Chamberlain, who married a sister of Col. Joseph 
 Blanchard of Dunstable. Joseph Whiting came to Lyndeborongh in the 
 spring of 1793 and settled on what has since been known as the Whiting
 
 GENEALOGIES 879 
 
 place, in the north part of the town. The buildings have been torn down, 
 but the site is a little way to the west of the No. 8 schoolhouse. He died 
 in Merrimac, Feb., 1807. He had seven sons and three daughters. One 
 of these sons, Oliver, remained in Lyndeborough. 
 
 OLIVER WHITING, son of Joseph and Abigail (Chamberlain) Whit. 
 ing; born Jan. 29, 1769; married 1793 Hannah Marshall of Billerica, 
 Mass. She died Oct.. 1843. He died July 15, 1815. 
 
 The Whiting family were prominent in town and social affairs, and at 
 the time they were living in Lyndeborough the section of the town 
 northwest of the mountain was the most prosperous and its citizens the 
 most influential of any. Now it is grown over with bushes, and nothing 
 but cellar holes mark the place where once were well cultivated farms 
 and substantial dwellings, where were raised large families of children. 
 Not much is known of the older families of this section. They are ex- 
 tinct in this town. Children : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Oct. 6, 1793, m. Jan. 29, 1824, Enoch Ordway 
 
 of Lyndeborough. They removed to Jasper. N. Y., the 
 next spring. He was very active in church work and 
 started the first Sunday School in Jasper. It was held in 
 his house for some time. He was drowned while going 
 down the Canister River with a raft of logs May 14, 1851. 
 She d. March 14, 1851. 
 
 2. ALICE, b. May 29, 1796, m. Nov. 24, 1825, Samuel Dennis 
 
 of Jasper, N. Y., formerly of Hancock, N. H. She d. 
 Sept. 15, 1856. 
 
 3. OLIVER, + 
 
 4. OLIVE, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Daniel Boardman 
 
 of Lyndeborough. After the death of Mr. Boardman, she 
 m. Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She d. Sept. 16, 1860. 
 
 5. THOMAS, b. April 30, 1802, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Sarah Cram of 
 
 Lyndeborough. She d. June 19, 1889. He d. Oct. 31, 
 1878. He traveled the entire distance from Lyndeborough 
 to Jasper, N. Y., on foot three times. He went to Jasper 
 and bought a farm, cleared some land, built a house, re- 
 turned to Lyndeborough, married, and returned again to 
 Jasper. He became very influential in church and town 
 affairs, and was ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for 
 many years. 
 
 6. JONATHAN, b. May 8, 1807, m. 1832, Lavisa Wilkins of 
 
 Francestown. He d. Dec. 21, 1868. He was much inter- 
 ested in temperance reform and became a very successful 
 farmer. He removed to Jasper soon after his marriage. 
 
 7. ANSTIS, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. 1831. 

 
 880 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 8. CHARLES, b. July 25, 1813, m. Oct. 26, 1843, Sarah M. 
 Wyman. He d. May 5, 1855. He graduated from Dart- 
 mouth College in 1839 and became a Congregationalist 
 minister. 
 
 DBA. OLIVER WHITING, son of Oliver and Hannah (Marshall) 
 Whiting, born April 3, 1798 ; married Huldah, daughter of Ithemer and 
 Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 19, 1827. She was born Aug. 2, 1795; 
 died Jan. 26, 1885. He died Oct. 10, 1886. He remained on the old 
 Whiting homestead until 1845, when he removed to Manchester. He 
 went to Jasper, N. Y., in 1854. He was thoroughly identified with the 
 life of the church and town. Was deacon of the Congregational Church 
 and selectman a number of years. Children, all born in Lynde- 
 borough : 
 
 1. HULDAH J., b. May 3, 1829, m. May, 1861, J. Perkins 
 
 Towns. Res. in Methuen, Mass. 
 
 2. OLIVER LYNDON, b. Nov. 23, 1830. Went to California 
 
 when 19 years old. He has not been heard from for many 
 years. Supposed to be dead. 
 
 3. CHARLES MILTON, b. July 18, 1833, m. twice. Served 
 
 four years in the army during the Civil War, d. July or 
 August, 1901. 
 
 4. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 30, 1835, m. I^ucy E. Jackson of Norwalk, 
 
 O. He graduated from L,ima College, N. Y., in 1866, and 
 from the Auburn Theological school in 1873. He has 
 been a missionary in China for 30 years. In 1900, during 
 the Boxer outbreak, he had to leave his home and go to the 
 Methodist Mission, and when that became unsafe he went 
 to the British Legation and was there all through the 
 Seige of ^ekin. He came to the United States and re- 
 mained a year, then returned to Pekin, where he now is. 
 
 5. ANSTIS M., b. May 16, 1838, m. July 26, 1861, J. Susanna 
 
 Sargent of Jasper, N. Y., d. Dec. 6, 1872. 
 
 6. WILLIAM H., b. Jan. 3, 1842, m. Carrie Andrews of 
 
 Rochester, N. Y. Is a lawyer in Rochester. 
 
 WHITMARSH. 
 
 CHARLES WHITMARSH was born in Braintree, Mass., June 12, 
 1763 ; married Anna Faxon, Nov. 27, 1782. She died July 9, 1846. He 
 died May 14, 1821. He was a blacksmith and had a shop on top of the 
 hill west of E. D. Wilders's and a house opposite. He afterward moved 
 to where the house owned by D. E. Proctor stands. But little can be 
 learned about him. Children : 
 
 1. ANNA, b. May 7, 1785. 
 
 2. SALLY, b. Nov. 12, 1787.
 
 GENEALOGIES 881 
 
 3. BETSEY, b. May 17, 1789. 
 
 4. CHARLES, + 
 
 5. THOMAS, b. June 8, 1794, d. Nov. 13, 1796. 
 
 6. POLLY, b. July 23, 1796, d. Feb. 26, 1820. 
 
 7. MARGERY, b. July 24, 1798. 
 
 8. NABBY, b. Oct. 10, 1800. 
 
 9. HANNAH, b. July 22, 1803, d. Nov. 4, 1818. 
 
 10. WILLIAM F., b. Dec. 6, 1805. 
 
 CHARLES WHITMARSH, son of Charles and Anna (Faxon) Whit- 
 marsh, born Feb. 23, 1792 ; married Hannah Epps, Dec. i, 1814. She 
 was born April 15, 1796; died May 30, 1867. He died Sept. 5, 1838. 
 Children : Mary Ann, Mary Ann, Charles E., Francis P., Joseph J., 
 Harriet, Lewis, George L., William F. Most of the descendants of this 
 branch of the Whitmarsh family reside in Denmark, Iowa, and in South 
 Dakota. 
 
 WHITNEY. 
 
 MARTIN WHITNEY, born in Sherburn, Vt., July 18, 1838 ; married 
 Nancy E., daughter of Edgar and Miranda (Dutton) Rand, March 10, 
 1859. She was born Jan. 6, 1834. He lived on the old town farm, which 
 he bought soon after it was sold by the town, and he kept the store at 
 the centre for a few years, during which time he was postmaster. He 
 removed from town about 1880 and resides at Hillsboro. Children, all 
 but Charles M., born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. EDGAR R., b. Jan. 19, 1861, m. Dec. 5, 1885, Emma P. 
 
 Harvey. Children : Frank A., Helen E., John E., Harry 
 L,. Res. in Antrim. 
 
 2. CHARLES M., b. in Mont Vernon, May 2, 1863, d. Aug. n, 
 
 1865. 
 
 3. ARTHUR M., b. Jan. 28, 1866, m. July 12, 1890, Mabel M. 
 
 Cram. Child : Vona. Res. in Deering. 
 
 4. MIRANDA L. A., b. Oct. 20, 1873, m. Feb. 5, 1891, John 
 
 M. Davis. Res. in Hillsboro, N. H. 
 
 WHITTEMORE. 
 
 The origin of the name Whittemore is found by tracing the genealogy 
 of Thomas, the first American ancestor, back twelve generations to one 
 John, upon whom Henry III. of England, about A. D. 1230, bestowed a 
 title for heroism in battle and at the same time gave him a large tract of 
 land called Whyte-mere, the meaning of which is white meadow or 
 white plain. From that time John was known as John Lord de (of) 
 Whytemere. After four generations the de was dropped and Whytemere 
 with variations in spelling became the surname of John's descendants. 
 
 Thomas Whittemore, the common American ancestor of the Whitte- 
 more family, came to this country from Hitchin, County of Hertford,
 
 882 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 England, sometime between the years 1639 and 1645. He settled in that 
 part of Charlestown, Mass., which is now embraced within the limits of 
 the city of Everett, Mass. 
 
 Daniel Whittemore, the first of the family to come to Lyndeborough, 
 was of the fourth generation from Thomas, as follows : Thomas, John, 
 Daniel, Daniel. It is claimed that he made the first permanent clearing 
 north of the mountain ; but John Stephenson certainly started to make 
 a "beginning" there previous to the date of Daniel's coming, but as 
 related in another place he removed to the south of the mountain. 
 
 The log house that Daniel Whittemore built was situated in the field 
 about 50 rods northwest of the present buildings. It is probable that he 
 did not occupy it long, for he soon built a frame house about 25 rods 
 southeast of the present buildings. It was in this latter that Jona- 
 than lived and died. It was torn down and some of the material was used 
 in building the present shed. Samuel, another son of Daniel, built a 
 house on the hill directly east of the farm buildings now in use. Here 
 he lived for several years. Aaron, grandfather of Daniel B., built on the 
 present location. 
 
 DANIEI/ WHITTEMORE, born Jan. 16, 1717; married Sept. 10, 
 1739, Eleanor Osborne. He died at Lyndeborough, March 7, 1776. He 
 was the earliest settler in that part of the town which lies north of the 
 mountain. He took a deed of a lot of land there, April 28, 1770, and 
 made his beginning that same year. He came from Danvers, Mass. A 
 part of that lot of land is still occupied by his descendant, Daniel B. 
 Whittemore. While building his log .house he used to go over the moun- 
 tain to spend the night at the house of Dea. David Badger, then the 
 nearest neighbor to him. His way to and from the house was only a foot 
 path and his guide boards were blazed trees. His children were probably 
 all born at Danvers, Mass.; the four older never lived in I/yndeborough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. Jan. 19, 1742, d. young. 
 
 2. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 19, 1743. 
 
 3. CLARK, b. Aug. n, 1746, d. in infancy. 
 
 4. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1748. 
 
 5. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 8, 1750, m. Dec. 5, 1774, Jenny Searles. 
 
 He rem. to Concord between 1790 and 1795. He d. May, 
 1821. 
 
 6. ELEANOR, b. March 12, 1751, m. John Hutchinson. She d. 
 
 May 19, 1782. 
 
 7. JONATHAN, -j- 
 
 8. AARON, -)- 
 
 9. MARY, b. March 12, 1757, m. Jan. 9, 1799, Simon I^ow. 
 
 10. CLARK, b. Oct. 17, 1758. 
 
 11. DANIEL, b. Sept. 28, 1761. 
 
 12. HANNAH, b. Aug. 6, 1764, m. 1785, Amos Stoning. 
 
 JONATHAN WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne)

 
 GENEALOGIES 883 
 
 Whittemore, born Feb. 12, 1753 ; married Sept. 25, 1777, Elizabeth Down- 
 ing. She died April i, 1834. He died March 16, 1789. Children: 
 
 1. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 3, 1778, m. 1798, Jonathan Kimball. 
 
 She d. July 4, 1814. 
 
 2. CLARK, -(- 
 
 3. * JAMES, b. July 4, 1787, m. I^ydia Carter. Their children 
 
 were James, b. April 26, 1815 ; Hannah, Charles A., Mary 
 A. 
 
 CLARK WHITTEMORE, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Downing) 
 Whittemore, born Aug. 21, 1782 ; married Sept. 10, 1810, Hannah, 
 daughter of Amos and Hannah (Whittemore) Stoning. He died in 
 Lyndeborough, March 25, 1826. Children : 
 
 1. HANNAH, b. Aug. 8, 1811, m. May 19, 1841, Clark Kimball. 
 
 Rem. to Pennsylvania. 
 
 2. ELIZA D., b. Feb. 27, 1813, m. Oct. 22, 1831, Alanson 
 
 Burnham. 
 
 3. CLARK, b. April 24, 1815, d. July, j8i7. 
 
 4. AMOS S., b. Aug. 6, 1818, m. first, July n, 1847, Caroline 
 
 Griffin of Francestown. Shed. June 7, 1853; m. second, 
 Oct. 21, 1855, Eliza J. Moore of Francestown. He d. Feb. 
 8, 1886. 
 
 5. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 16, 1824, m. Annie A. Conchlin, Sept. 
 
 X 3> J 853. He rem. to Pennsylvania. 
 
 AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne) 
 Whittemore, born Feb. 5, 1755 ; married Ruth Downing in 1786. She 
 died June, 1834. He died Jan. i, 1825. He was a soldier in the Revo- 
 lutionary War and was in Capt. Peter Clark's company, Stark's Brigade, 
 at the Battle of Bennington. Children : 
 
 1. THOMAS, b. April, 1788, d. April, 1797. 
 
 2. AARON, -j- 
 
 3. CALEB, b. Jan. 22, 1792, m. March 22, 1821, Sarah Dodge. 
 
 He d. August, 1879. Child: Jonathan, b. September, 
 1822. 
 
 4. RUTH, b. June 8, 1796, m. Feb. 29, 1820, David Smith. He 
 
 d. Oct. 8, 1872. She d. Aug. 14, 1889. Children: John 
 A. V., b. July 19, 1823; Aaron W., b. Sept. 24, 1829; 
 David, b. Nov. 29, 1832; Mary A. B., b. Aug. 8, 1836, d. 
 September, 1891. 
 
 5. and 6. SARAH and WILLIAM (twins), b. Jan. 13, 1800. 
 
 Sarah, m. William Marble. William m. Jan. 21, 1829, 
 Nancy Wilkins. He d. May 25, 1873. She d. Sept. 2, 
 
 *This family removed to Suncook, N. H.
 
 884 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 1887. Children: Anstis B., b. Jan. 22, 1832 ; William W., 
 b. June 5, 1837; Aaron F., b. March i, 1841 ; Sarah N., 
 b. Oct. 29, 1845. 
 
 AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Ruth (Downing) Whitte- 
 more, born Oct. 2, 1790; married April 29, 1817, Betsey, daughter of 
 James and Betsey (Hosey) Weston of Francestown. She was born Sept. 
 2, 1795 ! died March 30, 1858. He died Aug. 14, 1834. Children : 
 
 1. DANIEL BOARDMAN, -f- 
 
 2. AARON, b, Feb. 22, 1821, d. Oct. 4, 1841. 
 
 3. JAMES, b. Jan. 4, 1823, d. Jan. i, 1836. 
 
 4. WIUJAM L/EWIS, + 
 
 5. HARRIET NEWELL, b. March 12, 1826, d. June 17, 1858. 
 
 6. JOHN WESTON, b. Feb. 23, 1828. He had a decided taste 
 
 for scientific studies and the ingenuity for making appara- 
 tus for their illustration. He gave the first of a number of 
 scientific lectures in 1851, illustrating the facts with electri- 
 cal and other machines of his own construction. These 
 machines are still in existence. He d. Jan. 8, 1858. 
 
 7. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 24, 1830, d. Jan. 23, 1873. 
 
 DANIEL B. WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey (Weston) 
 Whittemore, born Sept. 6, 1819; married Oct. 31, 1858, Ann E., daughter 
 of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell. She was born May 4, 
 1837. He lived several years in Boston and in Danvers, Mass., and 
 returned in 1844 to the Whittemore homestead farm at North Lyndebor- 
 ough. He is one of the few who own farms their ancestors cleared of 
 the virgin forest. He served on the board of selectmen in 1879 and 1880 
 and represented the town in the Legislature in 1883. He has endeavored 
 to apply the principles of science to his calling as a farmer and is well 
 versed in the chemistry of fertilizers and stock foods. Of undoubted 
 integrity of character, with a clean record, he has the confidence and 
 good wishes of all who know him. Children : 
 
 1. HARRY .WESTON, -|- 
 
 2. DANA BARNES, b. March 9, 1862. 
 
 HARRY W. WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel B. and Ann E. (Bout- 
 well) Whittemore, born Dec. 19, 1859; married July n, 1900, Mary 
 B., daughter of Edward B. and Esther (Wyatt) Eastman of Amherst. 
 Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1872, and graduated at Smith College in 
 1894. He entered Tufts College in 1882 and graduated in 1886. He took 
 a post graduate course and received the degree of A.M. in 1889. He 
 made teaching his vocation for a number of years. In 1898, he engaged 
 in the printing business in Maiden, Mass., removing in 1901 to Tufts 
 College, where he established The Tufts College Press. Child : 
 
 i. RODNEY EASTMAN, b. Sept. 20, 1904. 
 
 WILLIAM LEWIS WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey (Wes-
 
 GENEALOGIES 885 
 
 ton) Whittemore ; born at Francestown, Aug. 21, 1824. He received his 
 early education in the common schools of Lyndeborough, and was a 
 pupil at Francestown Academy for several years. He then, having deter- 
 mined to make teaching his life work, entered Prof. William Russell's 
 Normal Institute, where he remained about three years. He then took 
 a special course at Amherst College and still later he entered the scien- 
 tific department of Harvard University, completing the two-year course in 
 1854. He began to teach school in 1844 in the little red schoolhouse 
 where he had been a schoolboy for a dozen years and where his father 
 had been a pupil forty years earlier. For the first five years he taught in 
 L,yndeborough, Greenfield and New Boston, and the next five in Wilton 
 and Mont Vernon, coming to Milford in 1855, where he remained the 
 principal of the high school for twelve years. He then opened a private 
 school of his own. He spent two or three years in travel in Burope and 
 in the United States, always with a view of studying the best educational 
 methods employed. In 1876 he commenced teaching in Boston, where he 
 remained twenty years. He is man of scientific attainments and of note 
 in the educational interests of his day. He resides at Milford. 
 
 WOODS. 
 
 CHARLES E. WOODS, son of George C. and Keziah D. (Metcalf) 
 Woods ; born Sept. 7, 1856 ; married first, Sept. 8, 1875, Emma A. Marston 
 of Manchester. She died Aug. 6, 1893 ; married second, March 17, 1897, 
 Mrs. Stella C. Avery, daughter of Thomas i,. and Mary F. (Fuller) Geer, 
 and widow of Frank T. Avery. She was born June 21, 1853. 
 
 Mr. Woods came to Lyndeborough in 1901, and bought the place just 
 south of where John H. Goodrich lives. A son by a former marriage of 
 Mrs. Woods, George R. Avery, born Feb. 15, 1888, lives with them. 
 
 WOODWARD. 
 
 There are two accounts of the origin of the name Woodward. One 
 writer says the name is a compound one, derived from the words "wood" 
 and "ward " or woodwarden, signifying a keeper of the forest. Another 
 writer on English genealogy traces the name to the Norman Du Boiguarde 
 and thence to the Norse Vidavarde. One Vidavarde equipped ten ships 
 for the service of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, and for eminent service 
 was granted an estate in Normandy. They came to England with Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror. Nathan Woodward was standard bearer for a troop 
 of horse in His Majesty's service and was the founder of the Standish 
 Hall branch of the family. The name of this family in the Anglo-Nor- 
 man is Du Boiguarde Anglicized it is Woodward. 
 
 Richard Woodward in the year 1415 at the battle of Agincourt so dis- 
 tinguished himself for valor and skill as to call forth the King's heartfelt 
 thanks before the army at Windsor. The greyhound in the coat of arms 
 signifies alertness, vigilance and fidelity and the ermin purity in the ad- 
 ministration of justice. 
 
 Some of the family became imbued with the Puritan belief, and they 
 were subsequently required to make oath that they keep their teachings 
 within their own families, and rather than submit to such tyranny and 
 being heavily fined for contumacy they resolved to emigrate to America.
 
 886 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 The Woodwards of L,yndeborough are descendants of Richard Wood- 
 ward who embarked in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews, master, at 
 Ipswich, April 10, 1634. He was accompanied by his wife Rose, aged 
 fifty, and two sons, George, aged thirteen, and John, aged eleven. He 
 first settled in Newton, but soon became one of the earliest proprietors of 
 Watertown, Mass., owning 300 acres of laud, now a part of Boston. He 
 died Feb. 16, 1664 ; his wife died Oct. 6, 1662. He was made a freeman 
 Sept. 2, 1635. He married second, April 18, 1663, Mrs. Ann Gates, widow 
 of Stephen Gates of Cambridge. She died Feb. 5, 1682. 
 
 EPHRAIM WOODWARD of Brooklyn, Conn., was of the fourth gen- 
 eration from Richard, being a descendant of his son John. Ephraim 
 was the fourth child of; John and Hannah (Hyde) Woodward, who came 
 to Canterbury, Conn., from Watertown, Mass. He was born Jan. 8, 1710. 
 He married first, Jan. 14, 1736, Hannah Williams of Brooklyn, Conn. She 
 died and he married second, Huldah, daughter of John Cram of I/ynde- 
 borough July 22, 1742. By his first wife he had two children, Hannah, 
 born 1737, and Eleazer, born January 8, 1738, both born in Brooklyn, 
 Conn., but settled in I/yndeborough. By his second marriage he had six 
 children. Of these Ithemer, John, David and Hannah settled in Lynde- 
 borough. His second wife died Aug. 21, 1810. Children by second 
 wife : 
 
 1. ABIGAIL, b. March 24, 1743. 
 
 2. ITHEMER, -f- 
 
 3. WARD, + 
 
 4. JOHN, + 
 
 5. DAVID, b. 1755. 
 
 6. HANNAH, b. Jan. 24, 1757. 
 
 ITHEMER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Wood- 
 ward, born Jan. 21, 1749; married Huldah Sharp. She died in Frances- 
 towu July 12, 1823. He died in Francestown Jan. 9, 1839. He settled in 
 the extreme northwest part of the town, which was afterward annexed to 
 Francestown. In the History of Francestown is the record of a petition 
 of certain residents of I,yndeborough to be annexed to Francestown. The 
 petition is dated Jan. 7, 1791, and Ithemer Woodward's name is at the 
 head. This petition was granted in 1792, and that section of the town 
 became a part of Francestown. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and his 
 name is on the rolls of both Lyndeborough and Francestown. His wife 
 was b. Oct. 13, 1749. Children : 
 
 i. ELIPHALET, b. Nov. 16, 1774, m. March 4, 1802, Polly But- 
 terfield of Francestown, rem. to Hanover, N. H. 
 
 2. DANIEL, + 
 
 3. DELIA, b. July 9, 1780, m. Nov. 17, 1808, Ephraim David- 
 son of L,andgrove Vt. The town record of births contains 
 the following : Abigail, dau. of Ephraim Davidson and 
 Delia his wife, b. April 3, 1815, d. Aug. 9, 1815; Almira, 
 dau. of ditto, b. April 30, 1817, d. July 13, 1817 ; Sarah
 
 GENEALOGIES 887 
 
 S., dau. of ditto, b. Dec. 28, 1818 ; Peter, son of ditto, b. 
 Nov. 23, 1823. 
 
 4. ELIJAH, -f 
 
 5. lyUCY, b. Sept. 9, 1784, m. April 7, 1808, Ephraim P. Wood- 
 
 ward of Brooklyn, Conn. 
 
 6. BENJAMIN, b. May 12, 1789, m. Betsey Bixby of Frances- 
 
 town. He d. July 21, 1859. She d. July 19, 1862. 
 
 7. AARON, b. Dec. 19, 1793, d. Dec. 20, 1866. 
 
 8. HULDAH, b. Aug. 2, 1795, m; Oliver Whiting of L/yndebor- 
 
 ough. (See Whiting gen.) 
 
 DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood- 
 ward; born Jan. 30, 1777; married first, Lucy Burnham of Essex, Mass., 
 Dec. 29, 1803. She died Aug. 19, 1830. He married second, May I, 1848, 
 Hannah, daughter of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward. She was born 
 Jan. 20, 1781 ; died Nov. 16, 1853. He married third, Hannah M., daugh- 
 ter of Israel and Hannah (Hardy) Woodward. He died in Francestown 
 June 25, 1867. He bought a farm in the northwest part of the town. 
 There is said to have been a log house standing when he bought it. In 
 1827 he built a brick house which was later burned while occupied by 
 Sumner French. All of his children were born there. In 1846 he moved 
 to the "old store house" at the Centre and lived there many years. He 
 later went to live with his son Abner B. in Francestown, where he died. 
 He was a quiet, unassuming man, of great integrity of character, and a 
 long time member of the Congregational church. Children : 
 
 1. ADONIRAM, + 
 
 2. MARY, b. Sept. 7, 1806, d. Aug. 29, 1848. 
 
 3. DANIEL, + 
 
 4. JACOB ANDREWS, + 
 
 5. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 24, 1814, d. April 15, 1847. 
 
 6. CHARLES, -f- 
 
 7. lyUCY, m. Kilburn S. Curtis. (See Curtis gen.) 
 
 8. ABNER B., -|- 
 
 ADONIRAM WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) 
 Woodward, born Sept. 14, 1804 ; married March, 1834, Achsah Hoar of 
 Littleton, Mass. She was born June 2, 1801 ; died March 28, 1866. He 
 died July 29, 1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : 
 
 1. ALBERT, b, March 6, 1835, d. June 17, 1854. 
 
 2. KLLEN, b. June 26, 1841, m. John M. Robbins, Aug. 29, 
 
 1876, and res. at L/eominster, Mass. 
 
 DEA. DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) 
 Woodward, born May 23, 1809; married Sept. 6, 1832, Cynthia S., daugh- 
 ter of Daniel and Joanna (Balch) Simonds of Burlington, Mass. She 
 was born in Barnard, Vt., Oct. 20, 1811, and died in Lyndeborough, June 
 5, 1887. He died in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1866. He was born at the
 
 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Woodward homestead on the north side of the mountain. When a 
 young man he removed to Lowell, Mass., and went to work in the cotton 
 mills, where he soon became an overseer. He was married in Lowell, 
 his wife being a descendant on the mother's side of Israel Balch of 
 Francestown. In 1836 he removed to Newburyport, Mass., and bought 
 a cotton mill which he operated for a few years, but failing health com- 
 pelled him to sell out his business, and he came back to Lyndeborough 
 and bought out the store at the "centre," and was in business there for 
 a while, then swapped the old store house for his father's farm and 
 moved to the old homestead. In 1851 he again removed to Lowell and 
 entered the employ of the Tremont and Suffolk Corporation as overseer 
 of the carding and spinning room. He was prominent in the political 
 and business affairs of the city and was an alderman in 1854. Wherever 
 he lived he always affiliated himself with the church and Sabbath school, 
 and was made a deacon of the John St. Congregational Church. He 
 was a fine teacher of singing, and taught many schools in Lowell, New- 
 buryport, and towns adjoining Lyndeborough. He was a good mechanic, 
 and cotton manufacturing was his favorite business, but his health was 
 such that he could not stand the dust and confinement of the cotton 
 mill for long at a time. In 1859, failing health again compelled him to 
 seek the out-door life of the farm, and he removed to Francestown, and 
 bought the Kingsbury place, near his brother Abner's farm. Here he 
 remained until the spring of 1862, when he came back to his native 
 town, and bought the James Grant place north of Badger Pond, where 
 he lived until his death. He was superintendent of schools and select- 
 man and filled other places of trust in town. He was a man of unswerv- 
 ing integrity of character and had the confidence and esteem of every 
 community where he lived. Children : 
 
 1. CHARLES HENRY, b. in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 16, 1833, d. 
 
 April 25, 1835. 
 
 2. HENRY MARTIN, b. in Newburyport, Mass., July 15, 1836, 
 
 m. first, Sept. 9, 1857, Belinda A. Robbins of Lowell, Mass. 
 She was a dau. of Luther and Belinda (Sumner) Robbins. 
 She was b. Sept. 9, 1838, d. June 5, 1892 ; m. second, 
 Oct. 3, 1895, Lora, dan. of Samuel and Phebe (Noyes) 
 Marden of New Boston. She was b. Aug. n, 1843. He 
 was a soldier in the 6th Mass. Regt. with the rank of ser- 
 geant and participated in the celebrated march through 
 Baltimore, April 19, 1861. Res. in Rindge, N. H. Chil- 
 dren : Cora B., Mary E., Emma B., Milo R., Luetta. 
 
 3. WILLIAM BIXBY, b. in Newburyport, Mass., April 8, 1838, 
 
 d. in Lowell, March 4, 1859. 
 
 4. JACOB ANDREWS, + 
 
 5. EDWARD PAYSON, b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 8, 1851, m. 
 
 first, Dora Shaw of Norton, Mass.; m. second, Carrie 
 Tyler of Hyde Park, Mass.; third, Hattie, dau. of Joseph
 
 GENEALOGIES 889 
 
 Popple of Rindge, N. H., b. Nov. 12, 1872. Res. in 
 Rindge, N. H. Children by first wife: Mabel L,., Ina, 
 Grace ; by third wife : Gladys H. 
 
 JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Cynthia 
 (Simonds) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, Sept. 28, 1845 '> married 
 Sept. 26, 1872, Lena E., daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (McCol- 
 lister) Sheldon of Derby, Vt. She was born Aug. 18, 1848. Children : 
 
 1. ARTHUR EASTMAN, -f- 
 
 2. L/INCOLN NUTE, -f- 
 
 ARTHUR EASTMAN WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Shel- 
 don) Woodward, born in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874; married Sept- 
 26, 1899, Mabel M., daughter of Charles O. and Mary A. (Wheeler) 
 Clement of Lyndeborough. She was born April 9, 1877. Resides at 
 Boston, Mass. Children : 
 
 1. BEATRICE, b. Jan. i, 1901. 
 
 2. CLEMENT A., b. Sept. 9, 1904. 
 
 LINCOLN NUTE WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Sheldon) 
 Woodward, born May 16, 1878, in Lowell, Mass ; married June 29, 1904, 
 Bertha G., daughter of Charles L. and Emma (Tarbell) Perham. 
 
 JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burn- 
 ham) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, April 10, 1811 ; married Julia 
 Bowen of Holderness. She was born April 2, 1809 ; died Nov. 27, 1878. 
 He died in Francestown July 20, 1846. He removed to Francestown and 
 built the house where Moses Jellison now lives. Children : 
 
 i. GEORGIANNA A., b. Dec.. 16, 1842, m. March 28, 1865, at 
 L/owell, Mass., Edward J. Cobleigh of Northfield, Vt., b. 
 March 22, 1837. Child: Lillian Gertrude, b. Dec. 19, 
 1867. 
 
 CHARLES WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lncy (Burnham) 
 Woodward, born March 28, 1817 ; married first, Phebe Jane, daughter of 
 Timothy and Susanna (McAlvin) Ordway. She was born May 28, 1826 ; 
 died April 30, 1852; married second, Mary Henderson of Newton, Iowa. 
 She died March 29, 1865. He died at Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. u, 1874. He 
 removed to Iowa after the death of his first wife and was one of the 
 pioneers of that state, and was one of those who crossed the plains to 
 Pike's Peak during the gold excitement. Children born at Newton 
 Iowa : Charles, Ella. 
 
 ABNER B. WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Wood- 
 ward, born in Lyndeborough, April 30, 1822; married March 30, 1859, 
 Caroline M., daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Perkins of 
 Lyine. She was born March 10, 1836. He died in Stoneham, Mass., 
 June 14, 1899. When a young man he removed to Francestown and 
 entered the employ of Col. Daniel Fuller and after the death of the 
 widow of Daniel in 1858, received by bequest a large part of the Fuller
 
 890 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 estate. He was largely interested in the material prosperity of Frances- 
 town, and was selectman, president of the savings bank and filled other 
 positions of trust. In 1883, he removed to Stoneham, Mass., where he 
 died. Children born in Francestown : Will A., Mary P., Carrie P., 
 Abner I,., Fred F., Albert S., Herbert F. 
 
 ELIJAH WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood- 
 ward, born Feb. 21, 1782^; married Nov. 17, 1808, Rhoda Austin of 
 Francestown. She died Feb. 18, 1863. He died Jan. 25, 1852. This 
 family removed to I/andgrove, Vt. Children: 
 
 1. AMBROSE, b. March 10, 1811, m. Hannah I,. Bixby, Sept. 
 
 6, 1835. 
 
 2. RHODA, b. Sept. 9, 1812, m. Amos H. Jenkins, May 5, 1836. 
 
 She d. Feb. 7, 1899. 
 
 3. LEWIS E., b. Dec. 14, 1815, m. Mary D. Mack, Nov. 28, 
 
 1839, d. March 12, 1876. 
 
 4. LAURA M., b. Jan. 10, 1819, m. Jotham Swallow, April 15, 
 
 1841, d. Nov. 29, 1859. 
 
 5. MARANDA, b. July 6, 1822, m. Reuben Lampson, May 24, 
 
 1845, d. May 31, 1863. 
 
 6. HUIDAH, b. July 16, 1824, m. Amasa Richardson, Nov. 21, 
 
 1842. 
 
 7. CHARGES W., b. July 13, 1827, m. first, Lucy Pease, Jan. i, 
 
 1850; m. second, Laura V. Holman, Oct. 31, 1864. Res. 
 in West Acton, Mass. 
 
 EI/EAZER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Williams) 
 Woodward; born in Brooklyn, Conn., Jan. 8, 1738; married in 1764 
 Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. She was born 
 March 9, 1743; died Oct. 5, 1811. She was the first white child born in 
 Salem-Canada, and became a professional midwife. She was often car- 
 ried in a large basket to her destination when the snow was too deep for 
 a horse to travel, two men furnishing the motive power. He was one of 
 the first settlers of Salem-Canada, and made a farm where Jacob A. Wood- 
 ward now lives. This place he sold to the town for a poor farm. He 
 died Dec. 19, 1815. Children : 
 
 1. HUI.DAH, b. June 23, 1765, m. John Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 2. HANNAH, b. Feb. i, 1767, d. July 15, 1788. 
 
 3. EPHRAIM, -j- 
 
 4. ELEAZER, -+- 
 
 5. ISRAEL, + 
 
 6. WARD, -f- 
 
 7. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1779, m. Benjamin Cram. (See Cram 
 
 gen.) 
 
 8. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 31, 1781, m. Aaron Woodward. 
 
 9. DAVID, -f-
 
 GENEALOGIES 891 
 
 EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) 
 Woodward; born March 18, 1769; married first, Nov. 17, 1791, Hannah, 
 daughter of Dea. David and Rachel Badger. She was born Dec. 19, 1770; 
 died Feb. 22, 1830. He married second, Mrs. Jane, widow of Oliver Bar- 
 rett of Wilton. He married third, Widow Hyde. He died Feb. 8, 1850. 
 Children : 
 
 1. EPHRAIM, -f- 
 
 2. HANNAH, m. David, son of Capt. Ward Woodward, rem. to 
 
 Brooklyn, Conn. 
 
 3. BENJAMIN, d. in Canada. 
 
 4. JACOB, -f- 
 
 5. ANNA, m. Lewis Cram. (See Cram gen.) 
 
 6. PUTNAM, m. Susan Grey, rem. to Wilton. 
 
 7. LOUISA, d. June 21, 1830. 
 
 8. LUCINDA, m. Samuel Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.) 
 
 EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) 
 Woodward ; born Nov. 25, 1792 ; married Sept. 25, 1817, Olive, daughter 
 of Jonathan Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 4, 1788; 
 died March 25, 1865. He died Sept. 23, 1879. Children : 
 
 1. OuvE, b. Dec. 17, 1818. 
 
 2. EPHRAIM, b. July 13, 1820. 
 
 3. RACHEL A., b. Oct. 4, 1821. 
 
 JACOB WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Wood- 
 ward ; born May 9, 1806 ; married April 26, 1827, Mary, daughter of Asa 
 and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard of I/yndeborough. She was born April 15, 
 1807 ; died June 6, 1886. He died Aug. 17, 1867. Children : 
 
 1. JACOB NEWTON, -\- 
 
 2. EPHRAIM W., b. Aug. 21, 1829, m. Dec. 29, 1852, Ann E. 
 
 Webster of Hampstead, Mass., rem. to Concord, where he 
 d. Sept., 1889. 
 
 3. MARY E., b. June 30, 1831, m. Jan. i, 1860, Joshua Shirley 
 
 of Conway, d. Jan., 1892. 
 
 4. BRADLEY B., b. Feb. 28, 1834, m. first, April 5, 1858, 
 
 Frances E. Lang of Conway, m, second, Lizzie C. Page of 
 Conway, Jan. 2, 1866. He is a prosperous and influential 
 citizen of Conway ; representative to the General Court in 
 1889, and has held many positions of trust in the town ; has 
 a fine farm nearly opposite the town of Fryeburg, Me. 
 Children : Hattie, Howard, Mary. 
 
 5. DAVID RUFUS, b. in Conway, Nov. 28, 1843, res. in South 
 
 Framingham, Mass. 
 
 JACOB NEWTON WOODWARD, son of Jacob and Mary (Blanchard)
 
 892 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Woodward ; born March 4, 1828 ; married Oct. 8, 1857, Almira L. Ordway 
 of West Fairlee, Vt. She was born Feb. u, 1833. Children : 
 
 1. EDWARD N., b. July i, 1862, d. Dec. 2, 1862. 
 
 2. GEORGE N., b. May 21, 1869, res. in Concord. 
 
 3. KTTA MAY, b. May 14, 1872, res. in Concord. 
 
 ELEAZER WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) 
 Woodward; born Oct. 5, 1771; married Nov. 15, 1797, Rachel, daughter 
 of Samuel and Mary Houston of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct. 22, 
 1779; died April 2, 1843. He d. Jan. 4, 1855. Children: 
 
 1. SAMUEL,, b. July 5, 1800, d. July 20, 1821. 
 
 2. PUTNAM, b. June n, 1802, rem. to New York. 
 
 3. WILLIAMS, -f- 
 
 4. IRA H., b. June 13, 1811. Prepared for the ministry and 
 
 rem. to one of the southern states, where he d. Jan. 1830. 
 
 5. L,EVI HOUSTON, -f- 
 
 6. EMILY, m. Jonathan Stephenson. (See Stephenson gen.) 
 
 WILLIAMS WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) 
 Woodward; born Aug. 13, 1804; married April 21, 1829, Hannah, daugh- 
 ter of Aaron and Hannah (Boardman) Lewis of Francestown. She was 
 born Aug. 19, 1800; died Aug. 17, 1863. He died Dec. 24, 1859. Chil 
 dren : 
 
 1. HANNAH ELIZABETH, m. Isaac L,. Duncklee. (See Dunck- 
 
 lee gen.) 
 
 2. ABIGAIL P., b. Jan. 29. 1839, d. Oct. 23, 1855. 
 
 LEVI HOUSTON WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) 
 Woodward; born Jan. 5, 1815; married first, March 30, 1843, Caroline, 
 daughter of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish of Lyndeborough. 
 She was born May 8, 1820 ; died Oct. 5, 1878. He married second, Han- 
 nah J. Wellman of Dublin. He removed to Eastjaffrey, where he died 
 Jan. 10, 1888. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. ADALINA R., b. Oct. 31, 1839, m. John H. Lynch. 
 
 2. RACHEL A., b. Sept. i, 1850. 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 3. ANNIE MAY. 
 
 ISRAEL WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- 
 ward ; born May 17, 1773 ; married Hannah Hardy of Lyndeborough, 
 Nov. 18, 1804. She was born Nov. 24, 1781; died July 6, 1845. He died 
 March 29, 1858. Children: 
 
 1. HANNAH W., b. July n, m. Daniel Woodward. (See Daniel 
 
 Woodward gen.), d. Jan. 12, 1894, 
 
 2. ABIGAIL H., b. Jan. 27, 1814, d. Oct. 31, 1854. 
 
 3. JESSIE H., b. July 16, 1817, m. Dolly J. Pierce of Nashua, 
 
 d. Jan., 1894.
 
 GENEALOGIES 893 
 
 WARD WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- 
 ward, born Aug. 31, 1776; married Nov. 16, 1797, Elizabeth Day. He 
 died Oct. 24, 1850. He removed to New York, where his descendants 
 now reside. They had twelve children, some of whom were born in 
 I/yndeborough : 
 
 1. ELEAZER, b. Aug. 22, 1798, m. May 4, 1820, Hannah 
 
 Mears. 
 
 2. WARD, b. March 8, 1800, m. 'Nov. 25, 1822, Hannah 
 
 Cresy. He d. Jan. 16, 1861. 
 
 3. ISAAC D., b. Feb. 28, 1802, m. June 18, 1827, Althea Sum- 
 
 ner, d. April 3, 1877. 
 
 4. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 22, 1804, m. Jan. 18, 1823, Margaret 
 
 Moore. 
 
 5. ELIZABETH, b. July 25, 1806, m. September, 1829, Thomas 
 
 Earle. 
 
 6. WILLIAM C., b. Aug. 22, 1808, m. January, 1837, Harriet 
 
 Pierce ; m. second, Nancy Hardy. He d. May 4, 1877. 
 
 7. SUSANNA S., b. Dec. 25, 1810, d. Sept. 21, 1813. 
 
 8. SYLVANUS N., b. April 17, 1813, d. Oct. 5, 1834. 
 
 9. L,YDIA A., b. October, 1815, m. June 6, 1833, John Pierce, 
 
 Jr. 
 
 10. ALPHEUS G., b. April 19, 1818, m. March 10, 1843, 
 Hannah A. L,oring. He d. March 30, 1877. 
 
 n. GEORGE N., b. Aug. 13, 1820, m. March 10, 1847, Emily 
 
 Goodyear. He d. Jan. 22, 1856. 
 12. SAVIA S., b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. May 13, 1842. 
 
 DAVID WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood- 
 ward, born Jan. 18, 1787; married first, Mary, daughter of Joseph and 
 Polly (Epps) Kidder; married second, Elizabeth Danforth of Hillsboro, 
 March 20, 1819. She was born Dec. 15, 1794 ; died in Jasper, N. Y., May 
 28, 1870. He died March 15, 1852. David Woodward removed to Jasper, 
 N. Y., soon after his second marriage. Of the children by his second 
 wife, George D. was born in Lyndeborough. He built the brick house, 
 which Edward Duncklee has remodeled into the Pinnacle House. Chil- 
 dren by first wife : 
 
 1. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Betsey Jones. (See Jones 
 
 gen.) He d. in Oregon in 1889. 
 
 2. MARY, b. Feb. i, 1813, m. Leonard Marshall of Boston, 
 
 Sept. 8, 1835. He d. July i, 1880. She d. Jan. 30, 1881. 
 
 3. SARAH S., b. Nov. 25, 1814, m. Sept. 27, 1838, S. F. Den- 
 
 nis. She d. Feb. 21, 1880. 
 
 4. DAVID F., b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. in 1839, Phebe Webster of 
 
 Bath, N. Y. He d. April 21, 1888. She d. Feb. 8, 1865.
 
 894 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 5. CALVIN, b. 1818, m. in 1842, Jane Porter of Homer, N. Y. 
 
 He d. in August, 1844. 
 Children by second wife : 
 
 6. GEORGE D., b. Oct. 5, 1823, m. Oct. 30, 1850, Mary E. 
 
 Prentice of Jasper, N. Y. She was b. July 24, 1832. 
 
 7. WILLIAM T., b. Oct. 19, 1827, m. Jan. 13, 1857, Sarah C. 
 
 Everest. She was b.Nov. n, 1834. He d. June 25, 1864. 
 
 8. ELIZA J., b. July 19, 1832, m. April 23, 1847, David C. 
 
 Hollenbeck. He was b. at Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., 
 Sept. 26, 1826, d. Feb. 5, 1865, at City Point, Va. 
 
 *CAPT. WARD WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) 
 Woodward, born in Canterbury, Conn., April 16, 1751 ; married Oct. 19, 
 1780, Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam of 
 Lyndeborough. She was born March 17, 1761 ; died Oct. 18, 1848. He 
 died April 12, 1810. He was a soldier in the Continental Army with the 
 rank of captain. Children : 
 
 1. AARON, + 
 
 2. SEWELL, b. Feb. 8, 1783. 
 
 3. EPHRAIM P., -\- 
 
 4. WARD, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Sarah York of Brooklyn, Conn. 
 
 5. DEIDAMIA, b. Oct. 8, 1787. 
 
 6. ELEAZER, b. July n, 1790, m. Henrietta Ingraham. 
 
 7. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. n, 1792, m. Joseph Austin of Brooklyn, 
 
 Conn. 
 
 8. DAVID, b. Nov. 12, 1793, m. first, Hannah P. Woodward of 
 
 L/yndeborough ; m. second, Nancy lyittlehale of Brooklyn, 
 Conn. 
 
 9. SALLY, b. April i, 1796, d. Sept. 8, 1797. 
 
 10. ARTEMAS, b. Feb. 19, 1800, d. November, 1810. 
 
 11. AUGUSTUS, b. June 25, 1804. 
 
 AARON WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca (Putnam) 
 Woodward, r was born at Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 20, 1781 ; married 
 Elizabeth Woodward of Lyndeborough, Oct. 15, 1807. She was the 
 daughter of Eleazer and Hannah ^Putnamj Woodward, born Aug. 31, 
 1781; died Jan. 27, 1879. He settled on a farm east of where R. C. 
 Mason no% lives. There is nothing but a cellar hole to mark the site. 
 The children were born there. He died July 16, 1845. Children : 
 
 1. REBECCA, b. Feb. 19, 1809, m. Josiah Colburn of Hollis, 
 
 N. H., Dec. 29, 1856. She d. Feb. 20, 1889. 
 
 2. ARTEMAS, -j~ 
 
 3. CORDELIA, b. May 2, 1815, d. Aug. 31, 1821. 
 
 4. HULDAH, b. June i, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1881. 
 
 * Bond's History of Watertown gives the date of his birth as April 5, 1751.
 
 GENEALOGIES 895 
 
 5. HENRIETTA, b. April 19, 1820, m. Col. William Cross of 
 
 Litchfield, N. H., April 9, 1839, d. Aug. 13, 1854. 
 
 6. AARON BURLEIGH, b. March 18, 1822, m. first, Hannah 
 
 Cross of lyitchfield, N. H., May 4, 1847 ; m. second, 
 Susan Howard of Amherst, N. H., Dec. 14, 1853. 
 
 7. SEWELL, b. Dec. 3, 1823, d..Feb. 2, 1847. 
 
 8. ELIZABETH A., b. Dec. 14, 1826, m. Benj. K. Jones; m. sec- 
 
 ond, Walter Blake. 
 
 9. CALISTA D., b. Aug. 29, 1829, d. Feb. 7, 1856. 
 
 ARTEMAS WOODWARD, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Woodward) 
 Woodward, born Nov. 17, 1811 ; married first, Christianna Gibson of 
 Windsor. She was born Jan. 18, 1819, and was instantly killed by being 
 thrown from a wagon on the road from the centre to South Lyndebor- 
 ough, May 8, 1852. A granite monument marks the spot ; married sec- 
 ond, Nancy E. Savage of Greenfield, Oct. 28, 1852. She was born Aug. 
 2, 1828. He died March 31, 1884.- He was a genial, kindly man whom 
 every one liked and respected. Children by first wife : 
 
 1. ALFRED C., b. Aug. 14, 1842, m. Hattie F. Lakin of, 
 
 Greenville. She was murdered and the murderer was 
 never apprehended. 
 
 2. ALBERT C., b. Dec. 21, 1847, d. Sept. 19, 1858. 
 
 By second wife : 
 
 3. ETHAN A., + 
 
 4. WILLIAM A., b. Dec. 24, 1859, m. March 16, 1882, Ella J. 
 
 Needham of Irisburg, Vt. 
 
 5. CHRISTIANNA E., b. Feb. 23, 1863, m. March 7, 1882, Ed- 
 
 ward E. Weston. Res. in Amherst. 
 
 6. HARVEY E., b. Dec. 9, 1868, m. Sept. i, 1889, Emma F. 
 
 Giddings of Wilton. 
 
 ETHAN A. WOODWARD, son of Artemas and Nancy E. (Savage) 
 Woodward, born May 12, 1858; married Nov. 14, 1882, Lizzie R., daughter 
 of Franklin H. and Elsey (Fish) Kidder. She was born June 15, 1859; 
 died July 20, 1904. He resides on the Kidder homestead. 
 
 EPHRAIM PUTMAN WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca 
 (Putnam) Woodward ; born June 2, 1784; married Lucy, daughter of 
 Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 7, 1808. She was born 
 Sept. 9, 1784. He was born in Brooklyn, Conn., and after his marriage 
 evidently returned there with his bride, for the three older children were 
 born in Connecticut. He came back to Lyndeborough in 1814, but soon 
 thereafter moved to New York to make a new home, his family remain- 
 ing here until he should provide it, but he lived but a short time after 
 his arrival there, and died about 1822. His wife died in 1836 or 1837. 
 Children :
 
 896 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH 
 
 i & 2. JARED and L,UCITTY (twins), b. at Pomfret, Conn., d. in 
 infancy. 
 
 3. ASHER, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 6, 1811, d. young. 
 
 4. BENJAMIN F., b. in Francestown, April n, 1813,01. Sarah, 
 
 Bradford. 
 
 5. ANSON W., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. i, 1815, m. Ann 
 
 Richardson. Rem. to Boston, where he died. They had 
 one child, a son, who died many years ago, and of whom I 
 have no record. 
 
 6. JAMES G., b. in L,yndeborough, Sept. 13, 1817; m. Phebe, 
 
 dau. of Capt. Nathan and Abigail (Abbott) Culver of 
 L/owell, Mass., May 16, 1848. She was b. May 16, 1823. 
 He rem. to Henry Co., 111., in 1854, and in 1868, sold his 
 Illinois farm and rem. to Kellogg, Jasper Co., Iowa, where 
 he d. Nov. 25, 1899. He was a jovial man, always liked 
 by all with whom he came in contact. He bought a wild 
 prairie farm, but before his death had it nicely improved. 
 Children : Abby Frances, James Edwin, Lucy Annett, 
 Martha Elmira, Mary Bmma, Frederick Newton, Charles, 
 Warren. Frederic Newton Woodward rem. to Kansas, 
 where he is an influential citizen, at one time a member of 
 the Kansas Legislature. 
 
 7. KPHRAIM WARD, b. Aug. 12, 1820, m. I/ydia, dau. of Asa 
 
 and Olive (Spaulding) Manning of I/yndeborough. They 
 rem. to Michigan, where he became a prosperous farmer, 
 and at the time of his death, in October, 1880, was county 
 supervisor. His widow survived him many years, and was 
 always a liberal contributor to the Congregational Church 
 at Lyndeborough. They had at least one child, who died 
 young. 
 
 JOHN WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Woodward, 
 born Jan. 19, 1753, in Canterbury, Conn. He came to Lyndeborough 
 and married Judith Foster of Temple, but evidently returned with his 
 wife to Connecticut, for Samuel, his eldest child, was an infant when 
 they again came to I/yndeborough. They came on horseback all the 
 way, and Samuel was brough in his mother's arms. He settled on land 
 and built a house north of No. 9 schoolhouse. He also owned a large 
 lot of land west of the John Dolliver place. His wife was born Nov. 13, 
 1753. Children: 
 
 1. SAMUEL, + 
 
 2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1781, m. Hannah Putnam and rem. 
 
 to Ohio. 
 
 3. JOHN, +
 
 HERITABLE TRASK WOODWARD. 
 
 BORJ? AUGUST 27, 18Ci3. 
 
 Halt-tone from Photograph taken Aupust -.'7, 1903.
 
 GENEALOGIES 897 
 
 4. lyUCY, b. March 26, 1784, m. June 29, 1818, Daniel Mason of 
 
 Otsego Co., N. Y. 
 
 5. ABIGAIL, b. March 17, 1786, m. Barker. Rem. to 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 6. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 9, 1788, m. Sept. 25, 1817, Olive Cham- 
 
 berlain. Rem. to New York. 
 
 7. HANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1781, m. Daniel, son of Ithemer and 
 
 Huldah (Sharp) Woodward. 
 
 8. JUDITH, b. March 18, 1793, m. first, Charles Hadley, April 
 
 26, 1821 ; m. second, Samuel Ferson, March i, 1838. 
 
 SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of John and Judith (Foster) Wood- 
 ward, born Nov. 9, 1778; married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and 
 Margaret Chamberlain, born June 3, 1776. Children : 
 
 1. DANIEL, b. July 24, 1803, m. Abigail Barker and rem. to 
 
 the west, d. Feb. 22, 1888. 
 
 2. SAMUEL, -+- 
 
 3. ISAIAH, d. Jan. 4, 1836. 
 
 4. FOSTER, -f- 
 
 DEA. SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cham- 
 berlain) Woodward ; married Eunice Clark of Lyndeborough, and re- 
 moved to Amherst. In March, 1854, they removed to Illinois and 
 settled in Brenton, Ford Co. They had eight children born to them, only 
 one, Mary A., born in Lyndeborough, the others were born in Amherst. 
 He was active in church and was made a deacon, and was useful in the de- 
 velopment of the new country where he made his home. He died at 
 Lymau, Ford Co., Illinois, June 24, 1882. His wife, Eunice (Clark) 
 Woodward, died at the same place, Aug. 30, 1885, aged 82 years and 19 
 days. 
 
 FOSTER WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) 
 Woodward, born Oct. 18, 1809 ; married May 30, 1828, Mrs. Mehitable 
 (Trask) Hildreth, widow of Charles Hildreth. She was born Aug. 27, 
 1803. At this writing (1905) she is living in her io3rd year, a'nd retains a 
 very good memory of the early days of Lyndeborough. He died Dec. 14, 
 1884. Children : 
 
 1. GEORGE T., + 
 
 2. ELIZA A., b. May 30, 1841. 
 
 3. MARTHA E., b. May 25, 1843, d. Oct. 11, 1846. 
 
 4. ISAIAH F., -f 
 
 5. JOSEPHINE M., b. April 20, 1848. 
 
 GEORGE TRASK WOODWARD, son of Foster and Mehitable (Hil- 
 dreth) Woodward ; born Oct. 4, 1839 ; married Nov. 13, 1866, Susan 
 Odell. She died Oct. 18, 1870 ; married second, Dec. 25, 1873, Abby F. 
 Morrison of Lowell, Mass. She died in 1896. He died at the Soldiers' 
 Home, Chelsea, Mass., July 2, 1904.
 
 898 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 Besides the district schools of his native town he attended several 
 terms at the Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, then under the charge of 
 Prof. Bancroft. On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he en- 
 listed in the company of which George A. Bruce was first lieutenant and 
 Charles M. Kittredge second lieutenant, and was mustered in as a private 
 on Sept. 18, 1862. This was in the isth Regt., N. H. Vol. He was sub- 
 sequently promoted to corporal and then to sergeant. Later he went be- 
 fore Casey's examining board at Washington and was commissioned cap- 
 tain in the 3oth U. S. Colored Troops by President Lincoln. This 
 regiment was commanded by Col. Delevan Bates, who was formerly an 
 officer in the i2istNew York. 
 
 Capt. Woodward was without question one of the best company com- 
 manders. He was wounded in the battle of the Crater in the arm but not 
 so seriously but that he extracted the bullet himself and threw it away, 
 much to his regret afterwards. At Fort Fisher he had charge of Gen. 
 Paine 's courier line, and so well did he do his work that the general 
 named him for promotion. In accordance therewith he was brevetted 
 major. He was discharged at Roanoke Island, N. C., Dec. 10, 1865. 
 
 Susan Odell, who became his wife, he first met at Roanoke Island, 
 where she was a teacher in a colored school. Her northern home was in 
 Saco, Me. At the close of the war he bought the farm in Lyndeborough 
 where Frank B. Tay now lives, and here his two daughters were born. 
 After three years he sold this farm to try his fortune in Virginia, and 
 bought a farm on the James River of 225 acres, about twenty miles below 
 City Point. His land was fertile and produced good crops, but the bitter- 
 ness of defeat which rankled in the hearts of his neighbors made it un- 
 pleasant for a man of his positive convictions, and one morning he found 
 a rope with hangman's knot dangling from one of his trees with a placard 
 attached saying that unless he was out of those parts within a specified 
 time he would be hung. His wife had died leaving him alone in a hostile 
 community with his two little daughters, and he sold his land at a sacri- 
 fice and came back to New England. 
 
 He settled in Lowell, Mass., where in 1873 he married Abbie F. Morri- 
 son. He became a carpenter by trade, and was contractor for building many 
 of Lowell's business blocks. He was superintendent of public buildings 
 for three years, and was much respected in his adopted home. . He was 
 prominent in Grand Army circles, and was commander of Ladd and 
 Whitney Post, Lowell, Mass., in 1891. He joined the Congregational 
 Church, Lyndeborough, in 1857. Children : 
 
 1. MABEL T., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 3, 1867. 
 
 2. GEORGIA E., b. July 2, 1869 in Biddeford, Me. Is a gradu- 
 
 ate of the L/owell Normal School and makes teaching her 
 vocation. 
 
 ISAIAH F. WOODWARD, son of Foster and Mehitable (Hildreth) 
 Woodward ; born July 21, 1846 ; married May 31, 1870, Addie E. Pearsons 
 of Amherst ; removed to Wilton ; died Feb. 5, 1887. Children : 
 
 1. IDA B. 
 
 2. ELIZABETH.
 
 S^J-G-CJ-Z-^JP <-J, &V / c'*TC>t 
 
 (f
 
 GENEALOGIES 899 
 
 3. ALICE M. 
 
 JOHN WOODWARD, son of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward; 
 born Jan. 10, 1782 ; married Anna Thompson of Lyndeborough. She died 
 July 18, 1829. He died Aug. 21, 1858. Children : 
 
 1. JOHN THOMPSON, b. Feb. 29, 1808. 
 
 2. ESTHER, b. Sept. 19, 1809. 
 
 3. ANNA, b. June 2, 1811. 
 
 4. ELIJAH, b. March 21, 1813. 
 
 5. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 26, 1814. 
 
 6. MARY, b. May 2, 1819, d. May 29, 1848. 
 
 7. JUDITH, b. July 28, 1821. 
 
 WRIGHT. 
 
 JULJEN E. WRIGHT was born Oct. 7, 1825 ; married Aug. 15, 1861, 
 Abby S. Bridge of Dexter, Me. She was born Dec. 16, 1835 ; died March 
 12, 1903. He died April 30, 1896. He lived on the farm formerly owned 
 by Samuel Jones. Children : 
 
 1. HATTIE E., b. Feb. 27, 1863; married Jan. 4, 1881, Charles 
 
 H. Goss of Dunstable, Mass. 
 
 2. SARAH A., b. April 15, 1865 ; married June 4, 1889, Herman 
 
 A. Walker of Kittery, Me. 
 
 YOUNG. 
 
 RICHARD YOUNG was born May 15, 1796 at Derryfield, now Man- 
 chester ; married Sarah Stevens. She was born at Manchester, April i, 
 1807; died May 28, 1880. He died March 13, 1877. He came to Lynde- 
 borough from Manchester in 1858, and settled in the southwest part of 
 the town. There were born to them seventeen children, nine boys and 
 eight girls. Of these children, born at Manchester, the following came 
 to Lyndeborough : 
 
 CHARLES, b. , d. Jan. 6, 1898. 
 
 SARAH S., b. Oct. 24, 1841, m. Azro D. Cram. (See Cram 
 
 gen.) 
 
 HARRIET E., b. Nov. 4, 1843. 
 MARY A., b. Sept. 22, 1845. 
 ESTES J., b. May 13, 1847. 
 
 ROSINA, b. July 20, 1848, m. Jason Holt. (See Holt gen.) 
 RICHARD A., b. May 24, 1853. 
 
 The following are transcripts from the town records of fami- 
 lies of whom we have been unable to find any further trace : 
 
 ABBOTT. 
 DANIEL, son of Josiah and Hannah Abbott, b. July 31, 1769.
 
 900 
 
 BALDWIN. 
 RHODA, dau. of Jeremiah Baldwin and Rebecca his wife, b. 
 
 Sept. 25, 1790. 
 RiSPEE, dau. of do., b. March 13, 1793. 
 
 BEVINS. 
 SUSANNA, dau. of Edward and Eunice Bevins, b. Mar. 16, 1765. 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 JOHN IVORY, son of John Campbell and Martha his wife, b. Oct. 
 
 9, 1789. 
 JAMES, son of do., b. Nov. 21, 1791. 
 
 CLOUGH. 
 
 BENJAMIN, son of John and Tabithy Clough, b. May 29, 1750. 
 
 JOHN, son of Benjamin and Thankful Clough, b. March 6, 1773. 
 TABITHA W., dau. of do., b. July 16, 1775. 
 
 DAMON. 
 
 LORENZO, son of Warren and Nancy Damon, b. May 25, 1813. 
 NANCY, dau. of do., b. April 7, 1816. 
 WARREN, son of do., b. Jan. 14, 1819. 
 
 DAY. 
 SUSANNA, dau. of Isaac Day and Susanna his wife, b. Sept. 10, 
 
 1774, d. Aug. 7, 1776. 
 
 SUSANNA, 2ND., dau. of do. b. March 9, 1777. 
 ELIZABETH, dau. of do., b. July 8, 1779, m. Ward Woodward* 
 NANCY, dau. of do., b. Oct. 16, 1781. 
 LYDIA, dau. of do., b. Jan. 16, 1784. 
 ISAAC, son of do., b. May 14, 1786, d. June 25, 1786. 
 
 MARY, dau. of Robert and Mary Day, b. Aug. 30, 1769. 
 
 HANNAH, dau. of do., b. April 30, 1771. 
 
 JAMES, son of do., b. Jan. 30, 1773. 
 
 JOSEPH, son of do., b. June 19, 1777. 
 
 BKTTY, dau. of do., b. May 8, 1780. 
 
 ROBERT, son of do., b. March 30, 1782. 
 
 ISAAC, son of do., b. Aug. 6, 1787. 
 
 FARNUM. 
 
 BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin and Mehitable Farnum, b. Aug. 
 26, 1800.
 
 GENEALOGIES 901 
 
 ASA, son of do., b. in Society Land, July 31, 1802.- 
 
 MOLLY and JAMBS (twins), children of James and Molly Far- 
 nmn, b. April 25, 1800. 
 
 FARRINGTON. 
 
 DORCAS GOULD, dan. of Thomas and Susanna Farrington, b. 
 
 April 29, 1798. 
 WILLIAM, son of do. b. Jan. n, 1800. 
 
 FLETCHER. 
 
 WILLIAM ALFRED, son of Michael Fletcher and Sally his wife, 
 b. Feb. 27, 1809. 
 
 HILDRETH. 
 JACOB, son of Ephraim Hildreth and Elizabeth his wife, b. Feb. 
 
 3, I79I- 
 CARLOS, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1793. 
 
 HEALD. 
 
 OLIVE CLARK, b. in Carlisle, May 25, 1819. 
 JOHN ESTABROOK, b. April 29, 1821. 
 REBECCA, wife of John Heald, d. Aug. 20, 1822. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. 
 WARREN, son of Thomas Hutchinson and Phebe his wife, b. 
 
 Oct. 30, 1787. 
 NATHANIEL, son of do., b. Jan. 24, 1790. 
 
 GRIMES. 
 
 HANNAH, dau. of David W. and Lydia Grimes, b. June 4, 1825. 
 DAVID ELBRTDGE, son of do., b. March 21, 1827. 
 
 KILLAM. 
 ALFRED CLARK, son of Alfred and Hannah Killam, b. Jan. i, 
 
 1812 
 HANNAH, consort of Alfred Killam, died suddenly Feb. 19, 
 
 1812. 
 
 LOVEJOY. 
 
 ELIZABETH, dau. of Jacob and Polly Lovejoy, b. Nov. 15, 1813. 
 MARIA, dau. of do., b. Jan. 9, 1815. 
 JACOB, son of do., b. Dec. 31, 1817. 
 WILLIAM, son of do., b. April 4, 1820. 
 OLIVER C., son of do., b. July 15, 1822.
 
 902 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH 
 
 PAINE. 
 ELIZA, dau. of Moses Paine and Betsey his wife, b. Feb. n, 
 
 1823. 
 I^UCY F., b. July 28, 1824. 
 
 PEARSON. 
 
 NATHAN, son of Nathan and Anna Pearson, b. Feb. 7, 1775. 
 ANNA, dau. of do., b. June 29, 1770. 
 TABBA, dau. of do., b. Dee. 31, 1772. 
 MOLLY, dau. of do., b. Nov. 23, 1779. 
 
 PERSONS. 
 NANCY, dau. of Samuel Persons and Abigail, his wife, b. May 
 
 24, 1794. 
 
 SALLY, dau. of do., b. July 25, 1801. 
 POLLY, dau. of do., b. June 9, 1804. 
 SAMUEL, son of do., b. May 28, 1808. 
 
 PHELPS. 
 
 LYDIA, dau. of Nathaniel and Dorcas Phelps, b. Jan. 29, 1772. 
 ABIGAIL, dau. of do., b. Jan. 14, 1774. 
 NATHANIEL, son of do., b. Dec. 12, 1775. 
 AARON, son of do., b. July u, 1777. 
 BETHIAH, dau. of do., b. April 5, 1779. 
 DORCAS, dau. of do., b. March 22, 1781. 
 ASA, son of do., b. July 28, 1783. 
 SIMEON, son of do., b. June 22, 1785. 
 SUSANNA, dau. of do., b. April 18, 1788. 
 
 RICHARDS. 
 
 JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Martha Richards, b. April 7, 1775. 
 MARTHA, dau. of do., b. June 24, 1777. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 THOMAS, son of John Richardson and Bethiah his wife, b. Jan. 
 
 26, 1790. 
 
 JOHN BARTLETT, son of do., b. Oct. 14, 1791. 
 JOSEPH HERRICK, son of do., b. Aug. 13, 1793. 
 HENRY, son of do., b. Sept. 6, 1795. 
 GEORGE, son of do., b. Jan. 6, 1798. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 ABEL, son of Zedekiah Richardson and Sarah his wife, b. Feb. 
 16, 1802.
 
 GENEALOGIES 903 
 
 STEPHEN BURNHAM, son of do., b. April 16, 1804. 
 
 ROWE. 
 
 JOHN, son of John and Mary Rowe, b. Aug. 30, 1766. 
 JOSEPH, son of do., b. March 9, 1769. 
 THOMAS, son of do., b. March 20, 1771. 
 MARY, dau. of do., b. March 22, 1773. 
 MARGARET S., dau. of do., b. Jan. i, 1775. 
 
 RUSSELL. 
 
 MARY JANE, dau. of James Russell and Hannah his wife, b. 
 
 Dec. 5, 1816. 
 RUTH PEABODY, dau. of do., b. Dec. 19, 1818, d. Feb. 14, 
 
 1820. 
 
 GEORGE GOULD, son of Daniel Russell and Rachel his wife, b. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1785. 
 
 HULDAH, dau. of do., b. Sept. n, 1786. 
 JOHN GILMORE, son of do., b. June 21, 1788. 
 DANIEL, son of do., b. March 25, 1790. 
 ELIJAH, son of do., b. April 22, 1793. 
 SALLY, dau. of do, b. May 16, 1795. 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 JOHN, son of John Sargent and Mary his wife, b. April 17, 1814. 
 
 MARY, dau. of do., b. Oct. i, 1817. 
 
 MARY, wife of John Sargent, d. Oct. 25, 1820. 
 
 TAYLOR. 
 
 ADALINE REBECCA TOWN, dau. of James Taylor and his wife, 
 
 b. Dec. 5, 1805. 
 EPHRAIM, son of Ephraim Taylor and Rachel his wife, b. Feb. 
 
 10, 1805. 
 
 WARDWELL. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY, son of Dr. Daniel Wardwell and Sarah his 
 wife, b. Oct. 24, 1818. 
 
 WILSON. 
 
 GEORGE, son of George and Martha Wilson, b. Jan. 26, 1758. 
 ABIGAIL, dau. of do., b. Nov. 10, 1759. 
 JOSEPH, son of do., b. April 4, 1762. 
 JOHN, son of do., b. Dec. 31, 1764.
 
 904 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH 
 
 ELIZABETH, dau. of do., b. May 27, 1767. 
 AARON, son of do., b. May 28, 1769. 
 HANNAH, dau. of do., b. July 17, 1771. 
 
 ABIAL, son of Abiel Wilson and Abigail his wife, b. April 7, 
 
 1790. 
 PHIU.IP PUTNAM, son of do., b. Oct. 9, 1791.
 
 Appendix. 
 
 THE SONS OP VETERANS. 
 
 Camp A. F. Holt, No. 16, Sons of Veterans, was organized 
 May 1 8, 1888, by Capt. Bert E. Fisher and Charles H. Hall of 
 Dover, N. H., with fourteen charter members, whose names 
 follow : 
 
 Edward Ross Andy J. Gould Hartwell M. Stephen son 
 
 W. S. Tarbell W. P. Herrick Charles H. Stephen son 
 
 J. A. Carkin George W. Steele Edward I,. Curtis 
 
 Harvey Boutwell Andy F. Cram Leon E. Hartshorn 
 
 Nelson S. Cram Richard W. Cram 
 
 The camp was named for Alfred F. Holt, a native of Lynde- 
 borough and at that time surgeon general of the State of Massa- 
 chusetts. On Feb. 12, 1889, at a special meeting of the camp, 
 in the presence of several of the division officers and a large 
 number of the citizens, Col. Holt presented the camp with a 
 very fine silk flag, appropriately inscribed with the name, num- 
 ber and division of the camp. 
 
 By reason of the limited population from which to draw mem- 
 bers, this has always been one of the smaller camps of the New 
 Hampshire division. But it has been prosperous, and has al- 
 ways stood well with the officers of the division, receiving a 
 good mark at its inspection each year. It has' been an interest- 
 ing feature in the memorial day services, and also on the occa- 
 sion of burying the soldier dead. The camp holds a separate 
 religious service on memorial day morning at the grave of Col. 
 Holt, and it also shares in the general services of the day at 
 Citizens' Hall and also at the cemetery. 
 
 The names of those who have served as commanders are ap- 
 pended, with the years in which they served : 
 
 1888-1889 Edward Ross 1898 W. S. Tarbell 
 
 1890 W. S. Tarbell 1899 J. A. Carkin 
 
 1891 W. F. Herrick 1900 Charles R. Carter 
 
 1892 F. E. Carkin 1901-1902 Fred A. Holt 
 
 1893 Edward Ross 1903 Harry W. Holt 
 
 1894 Milo J. Burton 1904 W. H. Cheever 
 
 1895 W. C. Carkin 1905 Harry W. Holt 
 
 1896 R. N. Putnam 1906 Fred B. Richards 
 
 1897 C. H. Tarbell 
 
 Since its organization the camp has mustered about seventy 
 members.
 
 906 APPENDIX 
 
 THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. 
 
 The Woman's Relief Corps No. 55, auxiliary to the Harvey 
 Holt Post No. 15, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized 
 April 1 8, 1889, with thirteen charter members. 
 
 Although an organization of this kind had previously received 
 casual mention, it was through the influence of Mrs. Martha M. 
 Butler that it received existence. In the sixteen years of its 
 life it has gained a good reputation among its sister organiza- 
 tions, has furnished some department officials and has been a 
 helpful factor in the town. It has not only worked "for the 
 good of the order," but has always been alert in cases which 
 needed assistance. The corps has raised and expended for the 
 post, for charity and for improvements in the hall, including a 
 piano, $425. The corps now (Dec. 12, 1905) numbers thirty 
 members. Miss Abbie F. Cram was the first president, and was 
 several times re-elected. The following is the full roll of the 
 presiding officers : 
 
 Miss Abbie F. Cram Mrs. Lizzie G. Tarbell Mrs. Jennie A. Holt 
 Mrs. Elsie M. Sargeiit Mrs. Camelia Winn Mrs. Ella R. Holt 
 Miss Minnie E. Stacy (Mrs. Hadley) Mrs. Addie W. Putnam 
 
 Mrs. Emma S. Barden Mrs. Martha M. Butler Mrs. Abbie A. Ford 
 Mrs. Mary Jane Curtis Mrs. Carrie M. G. Johnson 
 
 THE UNION VETERANS' UNION. 
 
 An organization of the Union Veterans' Union and also of an 
 auxiliary called the Woman's Veteran Relief Union were main- 
 tained here for several years with considerable interest. But 
 their membership became reduced by both deaths and removals 
 from town, and they no longer maintain a visible organization. 
 
 OSGOOD CARLETON.* 
 
 Osgood Carleton, for a quarter of a century before 1810, was the leading 
 teacher of mathematics and navigation in Boston. He had pupils from 
 many portions of New England. His was the school of the day for in- 
 struction in navigation and in the art of map construction. As a teacher 
 and cartographer he easily held a foremost rank Osgood Carle- 
 ton enlisted May 2, 1758, in the company of Capt. Aaron Fay, Col. Eben- 
 ezer Nichols, and served seven months for the "Reduction of Canada." 
 Residence given as Litchfield. (Mass. Archives, xcvi : p. 419.) April 6, 
 1759, aged eighteen years, and especially named as the son of Jeremiah 
 Carleton, residing in Woburn, he was attached to the regiment of Col. 
 Eleazer Tyng, under command of Gen. Jeffry Amherst for invasion of 
 
 * From an article by Rev. An son Titus, of Somerville, Mass., in the New England 
 Historical and Genealogical Register, Jan., 1901.
 
 APPENDIX 907 
 
 Canada. The Regimental Return was dated at Dunstable [Mass. Arch., 
 xcvi : 378]. January ist, 1760, he enlists as a private in the company of 
 Captain Joseph Newhall, Colonel Jacob Bayley, then stationed at Louis- 
 berg. He was discharged December 20, 1760. [Mass. Archives, xvciii : 
 482]. These separate enlistments, however, only show that he was^in the 
 pay of the province: This service brought him into the home and ser- 
 vice of Major-General John Henry Bastide, director and engineer of the 
 king's ordnance at Louisburg and Annapolis. It was while rendering 
 service in the army of Nova Scotia that his talent for mathematics and 
 his skill at original work were recognized, and he was made a part of the 
 working force among the navigators and artillerists of the King's army 
 and navy. It is said that for five years young Carleton was under his 
 tutelage in the provinces and on the high seas. General Bastide as'chief 
 engineer of ordinance found in Carleton a young man of large ability and 
 capable of hard work in engineering, pilotage and navigation. Carleton's 
 residence, with General Bastide, introduced him to affairs at I/ouisberg, 
 Annapolis, Liverpool and various colonies of the kingdom in North 
 
 America There is a brief account of the career of Carletou in the 
 
 History of the Society of Cincinnati of Massachusetts, and slight mentions 
 in other publications where the subject of the cartography of Boston is up- 
 permost ; but still there has been a scarcity of information as to where he 
 obtained his wide knowledge of engineering and navigation, and his great 
 skill in surveying. His residence in the home and as the clerk of Gen- 
 eral Bastide, the eminent royal engineer, explains it.
 
 Index of Names, Places and Subjects. 
 
 BY REV. D. DONOVAN. 
 
 The indexes are quite full. Some things are, however, 
 omitted. Of these are, the Revolutionary Roll ; Tabulated 
 lists of Town Officers, 257-275 ; Captains of the Lafayette Artil- 
 lery ; Tax I/ist of 1786; List of teachers from printed Town 
 Reports ; the Mortuary lists and the genealogies. 
 
 Abbott, Chas. E., Mrs., 
 
 310 
 
 John 4th, 72 
 Jonas, 536 
 Josiah, 354, 486, 487, 
 
 William, 494, 496, 533 
 
 William H., 496, 497 
 505, 510, 515 
 
 William H., Mrs., 506 
 Adams, Zabdiel, Rev., 
 144, 286 
 
 & Mudgett, 536 
 Aiken, Rev. Silas, 297 
 Allen, Samuel, 19, 635 
 
 Seth, 491 
 Ames, Benj. B., 536, 636 
 
 Howard B., 236 
 Anderson, James, 238 
 Andrews, James, 485- 
 
 487, 535 
 John, 26 
 Andros, Sir Edmond, 
 
 10, 13 
 
 Archer, John, 26, 30 
 Arnold, James G., 238 
 Asten, Daniel, 526, 635 
 Atherton, Joshua, 81, 
 
 158 
 Atkinson, Theodore Jr. 
 
 40, 69, 74, 134, 136 
 Averill, Edward, 450 
 Avery, Charles L., 536 
 
 Bachellor, Joseph, 161 
 
 Reuben, 161 
 Bacon, Charles R., 237 
 Badger, David, 49, 133, 
 137, 138, 141, 154, 
 156-158, 161, 252, 
 265, 289, 290, 310, 
 354, 434, 438, 530, 
 531 
 John, 55,498, 587,588 
 
 NAMES 
 
 Robert, 133, 154, 161, 
 
 265, 354, 53 
 
 Sarah, 530 
 
 E. B,, Esq., 345, 350 
 Bailey, Charles H., 536 
 
 Jonathan, 449 
 
 Levi P., 490, 491 
 Balch, Isaac & Israel, 
 
 251 
 
 Israel, 88 
 
 John J., 530 
 
 Joshua, 77 
 
 Mary, 77 
 Baldwin, Mr., 148 
 
 Joshua, 332 
 
 Bales, Miss Elsie M., 
 (Mrs. S. F. Adams) 
 
 369 
 
 Barden, Amos Whit- 
 ney, 509 
 Barker, Phineas, 139 
 
 Theodore, 252 
 Barnard, Rev. Jeremi- 
 ah, 291. 
 
 Barnes, George, 422 
 George R., 536, 540 
 Nathan, 342 
 Barr, Col. Samuel, 145, 
 
 283 
 Barrett (Place), Oliver, 
 
 435, 458 
 
 Barren, Jonathan, 635 
 Moses, 484 
 Samuel, 155, 157, 172, 
 
 175- 
 
 Capt. William, 154, 
 158, 159, 161, 167, 
 265, 272, 273, 289, 
 31, 354, 395-397, 
 434, 475, 530, 588- 
 590, 628 
 
 Barrow, Elbert, 525 
 Bartell, John, 26, 30 
 Robert, 26 
 
 Bartlett, John, 30 
 
 Lorenzo D., 499, 631, 
 632, 636 
 
 Nathaniel 42-44 
 
 Robert, 30 
 Batch elder, Daniel, 83 
 
 Eben, 527 
 
 Emerson, 528 
 
 George, 528 
 
 John C., 528 
 
 Joseph, 154 4 
 
 Nathaniel, 154, 157, 
 161, 433,500, 540 
 
 Reuben, 154 
 
 Sarah, 526 
 
 Batchellor.Albert S. 68 
 Bates, Col.Delevan, 287 
 Batten, John and Rich- 
 ard, 251, 536 
 
 Richard 77 
 
 Richard, Jr., 237 
 Beadle, Thomas, 26, 30 
 Beal, John, 26 
 
 Tarrant M., 413, 506 
 Beasom, John, 485, 518 
 
 John Jr., 227, 231,267, 
 
 436, 5*4 
 
 Philip, 485, 486, 514 
 Sarah, 518 
 Beede, Rev. Thomas, 
 
 291 
 
 Belknap, Jeremy, 3, 8 
 Berry, Col. 43, 46 
 Betton, (James) 81,9111 
 Bevens, Edward, Jr., 
 134, 137, 138, 140, 
 141, 149, 483, 527 
 Edward, 354 
 Joseph, 483 
 Lizzie, 492 
 Sally, 527 
 
 Bickford, Mr., 36, 48, 59 
 Edward, 154 
 John, 483, 485
 
 9io 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Birne, Mrs. Martha, 483 
 Bishop, Frank J., 506 
 
 Mrs. George, 510 
 Bixby, Ephraim, 486 
 Oliver, 224, 225, 267, 
 292, 299, 312, 408, 
 409, 444, 445, 530, 
 531, 631 
 
 Blaisdell, John, 488 
 Blanch, Richard, 26 
 Blanchard, Amaziah, 
 
 538 
 
 Asa, 332, 447 
 Asa, Jr., 528 
 Daniel, 332 
 Elmer E., 437 5*3 
 Col. Joseph, 19, 20, 
 
 40, 43,44, 5 1 , 52,56, 
 70, 71, 73. 77, 235, 
 45-48, 68 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 47 
 Joseph A., 435, 436, 
 
 493. 507 
 Mrs. Joseph A., 508, 
 
 512 
 Lieut. Jotham, 266, 
 
 272, 322, 447, 528 
 William M., 237 
 Blaney, Maj. Joseph, 
 
 25, 27-29, 44, 45, 48, 
 
 97, 98, 482, 483, 486, 
 
 496, 534 
 Capt. William, 272, 
 
 458, 485, 496, 590 
 Blood, Austin, 238 
 Gen. Francis, 252 
 George H., 517 
 Hiram F., 507 
 Boardman, 434 
 Daniel, 446, 537 
 Thomas, 491, 537 
 Boffee, John, 162, 485, 
 
 487, 535 
 Melchizedeck, 35,36, 
 
 41, 133, 137, 141, 
 145, 281, 482, 485, 
 
 487, 535 
 Lieut. Thomas, 149, 
 
 151, 485, 488, 498, 
 519 
 
 Bolles, Matthew, 350 
 Bolster, Rev.W.H., 306 
 Boone, John W., 239 
 Borland's Farm 
 
 Francis, 72, 73 
 Bosworth, George W., 
 
 238 
 
 Boutelle, 460 
 Bouton, Nathaniel, 156 
 Boutwell, Abby J., 501 
 Abram, 237, 533 
 Asa, 155 
 Belle L., 532 
 
 Benjamin, 225, 237 
 Charles R., 140, 458, 
 
 459, 532, 533. 545 
 James, 143, 152, 153, 
 237, 265, 271-273, 
 324, 354, 484, 485, 
 488, 500, 533, 537 
 Nathan B., 237 
 Nehemiah, 267, 299, 
 323, 328, 333, 458, 
 459, 467, 532 
 Newton, 224, 225 
 Rodney C., 444 
 William, 230 
 Rev. William Thurs- 
 
 ton, 237, 302 
 James, Rodney C., 
 Nehemiah, Benjamin 
 J., Charles R., and 
 Mrs. Charles R., 533 
 Brothers, 545 
 Bowditch, Capt. Joseph 
 
 26, 30, 36, 48 
 William, 26 
 Bowen, John, 26 
 
 William H. (farm) 538 
 Bowers, Captain, 30, 48 
 
 Josiah, 486 
 Bowles, John, 52 
 Boyku, Adolphus, 239 
 Boylston, Josephine, 
 
 Mrs., 309 
 
 Boynton, Richard, 139 
 Brackett, Cyrus, 239 
 Bradford, Rev. Eph. 
 Putnam, 291, 297, 
 299, 300, 515 
 James C., 516 
 Capt. John, 148, 235, 
 
 485, 487, 515 
 Rebecca, 45 I 45 2 
 Sally, 515 
 Thomas, 332, 351,410, 
 
 515 
 
 Braman, Rev. I., 291 
 Britton, Edward, 26 
 Broad, Clifton S., 636 
 Brooks, Isaac, 368 
 Brown, Allen A., 536, 
 
 537 
 Brown, Rev. Caleb, 338 
 
 Clara & Harriet, 510 
 
 Ira R., 539 
 
 Leonard G., 539, 632 
 
 Nathan, 500, 536 
 
 Robert R., 539, 632 
 Browne, Allen, 226 
 
 Rev. Donald, 305 
 
 William, 69 
 Bruce, John, 368 
 
 Sarah, 363 
 Bruno, Louis, 237 
 
 Bryant, Rev. Albert, 
 
 502 
 Buck, Sewall M., 437, 
 
 5i8 
 Bullard, John A., 529 
 
 Edward, 633 
 Bullock.Benjamin, 491, 
 
 635 
 
 Burnam, James, 161 
 Bnrnham, Israel P., 337 
 
 Israel, 447 
 
 John W., 534 
 Burns, Charles H., Esq. 
 
 369 
 Burroughs, Rev. David 
 
 343 
 Burton, etc., 54 
 
 Andrew, 435 
 
 Dexter, 226, 518 
 
 James, 634 
 
 John, 270 
 
 John H., 518 
 
 Jonathan, 484 
 
 Milo, 509, 511 
 
 Roy, 119, 510, 511, 
 514, 5i8 
 
 William A., 497 
 
 William W., 518 
 Butler, Charles M., 225, 
 412 
 
 Mrs. Charles M., 506 
 
 George, 458, 508 
 
 Horace, 519 
 
 Jacob, 231, 267, 284, 
 300, 324, 361, 363, 
 
 436.450,519 
 Dr. Jacob Newton, 
 
 519 
 
 John D., 539 
 John R., 237 
 Jonathan, 206, 274, 
 
 451, 486, 519 
 Jonathan H., 225 
 Butterfield, David, 494, 
 
 539, 633 
 
 Samuel, 68, 161 
 Butterfield & Fisher, 
 
 81, 82, 91 
 Buttrick, Alban, 517 
 
 Alvaro, 457, 5 13 
 Buxton, The pasture, 
 494 
 
 Campbell, Charles, 235 
 
 Henry, 235 
 Car kin Homestead, 538 
 
 Aaron, 498, 538 
 
 Charles, 448 
 
 David, (Place), 507 
 
 53.7 
 
 David, Jr., 225, 235 
 Fred A., 507, 508, 515
 
 INDEX 
 
 911 
 
 John, 67, 133, 139' 
 162, 460, 487, 496, 
 526, 5 3 8 
 
 John A., 462, 508, 510, 
 5H, 520 
 
 John C., 237, 238, 507 
 
 WillC., 462,508,510, 
 
 Sii 
 Carleton, David, 149, 
 
 486, 487 
 
 Dudley, 299, 538 
 Eunice (Taylor), wid. 
 
 485, 487 
 
 Lieut. Jeremiah, 272, 
 
 289, 354. 463. 5 
 Jeremiah, 137, 139, 
 157, 158, 162, 486, 
 
 487, 539. 629 
 John, 225, 445, 523, 
 
 489 
 
 Miriam, 489 
 Osgood, 69, 70, 72, 73, 
 
 77, 90, 118, 145, 
 
 146, 484, 488, 590- 
 
 592, "906 
 Timothy, 149 
 Carr, Charles, 525 
 Carson (Place), 118 
 Adam, 482 
 Alexander, 539 
 Frank, 434 
 John, 332, 354, 355, 
 
 483, 494 
 William, 134, 137, 
 
 139. 273, 483, 538 
 
 William, Jr., 152, 161 
 Case, John, 252 
 Castine (Baron), 10, n 
 Chamberlain, Asa, 230, 
 231 
 
 Benjamin, 225 
 
 Daniel, 230, 489, 524 
 
 Eliza, 533 
 
 John, 524 
 
 Jonathan, 149, 161, 
 
 487, 497 , 523, 524 
 Jonathan, Jr., 485, 
 
 486, 496 
 
 Joseph, 230, 231, 332 
 Joseph, Jr., 448, 454, 
 
 460, " Brick Joe" 
 Joseph, 513, 519, 
 
 "Baptist Joe " 
 Mr. (Rufus?), 494 
 Nathaniel, 230 
 Rufus, 419, 448, 460, 
 
 496, 497. 499- 513. 
 
 524, 525, 538, 634 
 Samuel, 460, 486 
 Silas, 226 
 Walter, 238 
 Chandler, David, 71 
 David Jr., 28 
 
 Col. Samuel, 21, 22, 
 
 28 
 Chase, Harry R., 527, 
 
 528 
 
 Mrs , 528 
 Cheever, Herbert A., 
 
 505 507, 509 
 Ward N., 410, 496, 
 
 497, 503, 505 5o6, 
 5H 
 
 Willis H., 507, 510 
 Mrs. W. H. (Carrie), 
 
 420 
 
 Chenery, Bertha, 525 
 John, 534 
 Moses, 530, 635 
 Susie, 525 
 Childs, Rev. A. C., 304 
 
 Rev. Simeon, 368 
 Christie (Place), John 
 
 K., 536 
 Churchill, Prof. J. W., 
 
 305, 306 
 Miss Ellen B., 429, 
 
 508 
 
 Chute, J. W., 528 
 Claggett, Rev. Erastus 
 B., 298, 301, 302, 
 310, 363, 369, 383, 
 391-394, 417, 480, 
 520 
 
 Clark, A. F., 274 
 Asa, 539, 
 
 Rev. B. F., 299, 458 
 Benjamin Jones, 238, 
 
 532 
 
 Daniel, 488 
 David D., 428, 538, 
 
 539 
 
 Deborah (Rand), 633 
 
 Francis, 593 
 
 Rev. Frank G., 14, 
 32, 141, 276, 280, 
 281, 283, 286, 288, 
 291, 292, 298, 301, 
 304, 308, 309, 3ign, 
 408, 428, 429, 457, 
 
 524. 539 
 
 Gorham B., 239 
 Hannah Deborah 
 
 (Mrs. Gilmore) 593, 
 
 594 
 
 Capt. Henry, 274, 533 
 James I/., 332,539. 6 3 6 
 John, 52, 226, 354, 
 (Place) 536, 593 
 Jonathan, 408, 489, 
 
 536 
 
 Capt. Peter, 47, 154, 
 T 55> T 57> T 58, 160, 
 208, 245, 246, 247, 
 249, 251, 272, 274, 
 289, 445, 455, 458, 
 
 487, 490, S3 2 , 536, 
 537, 592, 593, 636 
 
 Clarks, 434 
 
 Dea. Peter, 310, 330, 
 
 490, 5i8, 537 
 Robert, 443 
 Clark, Sarah (Barren), 
 
 633 
 Sarah (Putnam), 489, 
 
 593 
 Capt. William, 273, 
 
 282, 302, 323, 328, 
 
 329, 408, 442, 537 
 William H., 453, 458, 
 
 532 
 
 Clay, Samuel, 26 
 Cleaves, William, 255, 
 
 454 
 
 Clement, Charles, 512 
 Cleveland, Rev. D. M., 
 
 343 
 Clough, Joseph, 27, 30, 
 
 36,48 
 Mrs. dough (Lynn), 
 
 352, 5<>8 
 Mr. M. C., 531 
 Cloutman, Thomas, 26 
 Cobbitt, Mrs. Hannah, 
 
 48 
 
 Cochran, Jonathan, 226 
 Col. W. H. D., 369 
 W. K., 446, 537 
 Codner, Benjamin, 26, 
 
 29 
 
 Christopher, 26 
 Colburn, 451, 457 
 
 B. W., 514 
 Colby, Mrs., 507 
 
 John F., 507 
 Collier, Peter, 26 
 Colson, Dorcas, 420 
 
 James, 508, 510, 511 
 Conant, Albert S., 236, 
 
 495, 5o8, 510 
 Coomes, Michael, 26 
 Corey, Thomas S., 363 
 Cornwallis, Gen., 160 
 Coston, Ebenezer and 
 Elizabeth, 140, 485, 
 
 533 
 
 Cragin, Daniel, 457,5 I 3 
 Cram, Abby F., 906 
 Albert, 460, 511, 513, 
 
 525 
 
 Andy, 505, 515 
 
 Azro D., 235, 436, 517 
 
 Benjamin, 38,137-141, 
 143, Dea., 156, 231, 
 265, 272, 279, 281, 
 310, 354, 436, 485, 
 487, 488, 523, 535 
 
 Benjamin, Jr., 496,
 
 912 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Benjamin, Daniel, 
 Olive (Chamber- 
 lain), 459 
 
 Daniel, 225, 231, 289, 
 
 332. 338, 513 
 David, 133, 137, 273, 
 
 494. 526 
 David, 226 
 Elizabeth, 526 
 Everett, 239, 510 
 George M., 512 
 Gideon, 267, 351 
 Hannah, 231 
 Henry, 332, 351, 457, 
 
 489, 525 
 Hiram, 231 
 Huldah, 523 
 Irene, 511 
 Israel, 492, 518 
 Jacob, 133, I37-I39. 
 
 157. 265, 273, 278, 
 
 282, 354, 485, 526 
 James, 525 
 James S., 599 
 James, Jr., or 2nd, 
 
 332, 351, 457. 489, 
 
 525 
 John, 31-36, 38, 230, 
 
 277. 452, 453. 47i, 
 482, 497, 499, 599 
 
 John, Jr., 38, 516, 
 522, 523 
 
 Capt. Jonathan, 38, 
 
 67, i33 137, 138, 
 
 142, 143, 161, 278, 
 
 279, 281, 436, 485, 
 
 487, 523, 524. 526 
 Jonathan, Jr., 60, 281, 
 
 482, 526, 533 
 Joseph, 38, 55, 226, 
 
 332, 35 J > 487, 523- 
 
 525 
 
 Lewis, 410 
 Cram & Daniels, 410, 
 
 489 
 Louise (Mrs. John A. 
 
 Putnam), 525 
 Luther, 118,345, 388, 
 
 419, 448, 492, 522 
 Nathan, 162, 487 
 Nelson, 518 
 Orrin, 350, 508, 517 
 Peter, 254, 439, 499, 
 
 525 
 
 Phebe, 487, 497, 523 
 Polly, 156 
 Rachel, 526 
 Richard, 516 
 Sarah, 487, 523 
 Solomon, 88, 99, 161, 
 
 328, 332, 337, 485, 
 
 505. 517, 525, 537, 
 
 538 
 
 Uriah, 149, 273, 328, 
 
 489, 525, 526 
 Cressy, Andrew, 77,251 
 
 Widow, 473, 49 2 , 533 
 Crocker, E. B., 504 
 Cromwell, Oliver, 5 
 Crosby, Benjamin, 462, 
 5i8 
 
 Rev. Jaazaniah, 291 
 
 Jacob, 457, 513 
 
 Joseph, 95, 96 
 Cummings, Rev. Chas., 
 338, 339 
 
 Charles P., 492 
 
 C. J., 454, 474, 530, 
 
 635 
 
 Mary E. 512 
 Nathan (Place), 540, 
 
 637 
 
 Mrs. Nathan, 540 
 Dea. S. S., 103, 344, 
 
 5" 
 Timothy & wife, 29, 
 
 3.6, 48 
 Currier, Rev. Joshua, 
 
 340 
 Curtis, Asher, 234, 312, 
 
 537. 538 
 
 Mrs. Asher, 469 
 Asher 2nd, 312, 450 
 Betsey Ann, 312, 468, 
 
 469 
 
 Edward W., 538, 
 Eli, 454, 472, 636 
 Eli, Jr., 226 
 Eli Clark, Dea., 310, 
 
 312, 434, 454, 472, 
 
 481, 492, 538, 539 
 Frances, 538 
 Hiram, 234, 312 
 Israel, 312, 539 
 John, 515 
 Kilburn S., 312, 499, 
 
 538 
 
 Levi, 337, 494 
 Mary Jane, 505 
 Molly, 492 
 Sally, 538 
 William W., 312, 409, 
 
 532, 538, 636 
 Cutter, Mrs., 508 
 
 Dale or Deal, John, Sr. 
 
 35. 36, 38, 49. 54, 
 278 
 Mrs. Thomas, 514, 
 
 517 
 
 Damon, Warren, 492 
 Dana, Samuel, Esq. 325 
 Dane, Ezra, 353 
 Danforth, Edgar A. ( 
 
 161, 166, 169, 259, 
 
 419, 5io 
 
 Mrs. E. A., 388 
 Simon O., 363 
 Daniel , Stephen, 26 
 Stephen, Jr., 26, 30 
 Daniels & Cram (in 
 
 business), 410 
 Dascomb, 88, 329, 436, 
 496, A Revolution- 
 ary Soldier 
 James, Jr., 83 
 Luther, 211 
 Polly, 368 
 
 Davis, David A., 363 
 Hezekiah, 411 
 Rev., J. G., 303 
 Myra, 535 
 William, 235 
 Day, Isaac, 154, 161 
 Dearborn, Dr. S. G., 
 
 631, 632 
 Deland, George, 30, 49, 
 
 52 
 
 Densmore, Francis, 49 
 Denten, Ebenezer, 162 
 Derby, Charles, 26 
 Roger, 26, 28, 29 
 William, 26 
 Dickey, David G., 274, 
 
 434, 442, 53 
 William, 68 
 Dike, Benjamin, 151 
 Dix, Betsey, 527 
 Dixey, Samuel, 26 
 
 William, 26, 30 
 Dodd, John, 26 
 Dodge, Rev. Austin, 
 
 306 
 
 Josiah, 98, 252 
 Dolliver, Edward, 513 
 Capt. John and wife, 
 
 502, 514, 536 
 John B., 235 
 John E., 5 IO -5 12 
 Richard N., 225 
 Samuel, 514, 531 
 William H., 510, 514, 
 
 5i8 
 
 Donnell, James, 539 
 Donohue, Col. Michael 
 
 T., 236 
 
 Donovan, Rev. Dennis, 
 304, 35, 343, 388, 
 520 
 Prof. Winfred Nichols, 
 
 344 
 
 Dowd, John, 29 
 Draper, David S., 514 
 
 Hannah, 231 
 
 Harry, 508 
 
 James C. P., 519 
 
 Jotham P., 235 
 
 Leon, 519 
 
 Thomas J., 514
 
 INDEX 
 
 William, 251 
 
 Willis H., 508 
 Duncklee, Mr., 408 
 
 Clintie, 534, 539 
 
 Edward W., 434 
 
 Francis, 231 
 
 George, 536 
 
 Hezekiah, 162 
 
 Isaac L., 534, 539 
 
 William, 520, 539 
 
 William R., 234 
 Dustan, Rev. George, 
 
 302 
 
 Dutton,* Benj., 284,491, 
 540 
 
 Mrs. Benjamin, 58, 
 60, 435, 533 
 
 Betsey E., 540 
 
 Rev. Chas. H., 305 
 
 Jacob, 251 
 
 Josiah, 283 
 
 Mynard, 274 
 
 Reuben, 353, 433, 491, 
 54, 635 
 
 Samuel, 230 
 
 Capt. William, 251, 
 
 3 2 5, 327, 328, 518 
 Dyer, Samuel, 537 
 
 Eastman, G. W., 446, 
 
 457,46o, 514 
 Eaton, Charles F., 460 
 Frank, 513 
 Warren, 457, 513 
 Rev. W. H., D.D., 
 
 410 
 
 Ellinwood, 161 
 Ira S., 337 
 
 Joseph, 354, 492, 526 
 Samuel, 337 
 Elliott, Rev. Joseph, 
 338 
 
 Elson, , 30 
 
 Emerson, Rev. Daniel, 
 
 145, 279, 280, 286 
 Rev. Joseph, 145, 279, 
 
 280, 286 
 
 Emery, Clintie A., 365 
 Rev. Enville J., 341, 
 
 342 
 
 Harlan E., 365, 508 
 John, 504, 509, 516 
 Mrs. John (AnnM.), 
 
 59 
 
 Morris M., 508, 520 
 Mrs., 519 
 
 English, Joseph, 26, 30 
 Philip, 26, 30 
 
 *There was a also a Reed 
 Dutton, whose old cellar is 
 east of Mr. Sewell M. Buck's 
 place. P. 537 
 
 Epes or Epps, Capt. 
 Benjamin, 88, 272, 
 322, 325, 487, 537 
 
 Col. Daniel, 26, 27. 
 28, 30, 487, 536 
 
 Daniel, Jr., 26, 28, 29, 
 
 45, 48, 59 
 Francis, 251, 289, 536, 
 
 627, 628 
 George D., 448 
 Joseph, 93, 94 
 Joseph, 2nd, 329 
 Samuel, 28 
 Everett, Rev. Samuel, 
 
 338 
 
 Farrar, Rev. Stephen, 
 
 145 
 
 Mrs. Martha M., 420 
 Fearing, Hawkes, 235 
 Fellows, Col. Enoch Q. 
 
 236 
 
 Felton, John, 29, 36 
 Finning, Daniel, 235 
 Flardy, Edward, 30, 49 
 Fletcher, Oliver, 48 
 Philip, 154, 161 
 Robert, 62, 63, 68-70, 
 73, 76, 77, 81, 82, 86, 
 
 90, 94 
 
 Simeon, 161 
 Thomas, 30, 48 
 Flynn, Jacob, 93, 94, 95 
 Follansbee, George R., 
 
 236 
 
 Forten, Thomas, 26 
 Foster, Daniel, 29 
 David, 26 
 Jonathan, 26 
 Fowle, Charles P., 226 
 John, 28, 30 
 Capt. John, Jr., 30, 
 
 33,48 
 
 Fox, John, 239 
 Franklin, John A., 238 
 French, Benjamin, 79, 
 
 80 
 
 Fuller, Andrew, Esq., 
 94, 98, 153, 154, 158, 
 161 
 
 Andrew, Jr., 534 
 Benjamin, 534 
 Moses, 534 
 Archelaus, 459 
 James, 230 
 Furgason, Archeball,26 
 
 Gage, David (Mission- 
 ary), 369 
 
 David and wife, 600 
 Mrs. David, 506, 507 
 
 Rev. David, 342 
 
 John, 504 
 
 John and David, 445, 
 
 457, 513, 534 
 Horace D., 536 
 Gallden, John, 235 
 Gannett, Rev. J. H.,342 
 Ganson, John. 37 
 Gardner, Ebenezer, 
 
 149, 322 
 Frank, 490 
 John, 26, 28, 29, 30 
 Gay, Joel, 312 
 Giddings, Luke, 635 
 Gilchrist, D., 634 
 Gilman, Gov. John T., 
 
 254 
 Gilmore, Gen. Quincy 
 
 A., 235 
 
 Glover, John, 142, 484 
 Goddard, Percy, 531 
 Goffe, Col. John, 63, 
 
 145 
 Goldthwaite, Obed M., 
 
 353 
 
 Phebe, 353 
 
 Goodhue, Benjamin, 26, 
 30, 45, 48, 59, 80, 88, 
 96 
 Stephen, 78-80, 96 
 
 Goodman, . 442 
 
 Goodridge, Dea. Benj., 
 300, 360, 446, 459, 
 
 49 
 
 Charles, 536 
 
 Israel Hutchinson, 
 273, 299, 332, 360, 
 442, 443, 53, 532 
 
 John C., 310, 445, 446, 
 
 536, 537 
 John H., 386, 445,458, 
 
 459, 490, 529, 536 
 
 Sarah C., 536 
 
 Rev. Sewall, 80, 8r, 
 83, 84, 85, 87-90, 93- 
 95, 97-100, ^S'^S, 
 155, 157, 285, 286, 
 290, 298, 306, 307, 
 310, 329, 330, 485- 
 487, 501, 530, 534 
 
 Mrs. Sewall and fam- 
 
 ttji 33 
 
 Gordon, William, 325 
 Gorges and Mason, i, 
 
 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 -8, "i I2 
 Gould, Mr., 283 
 Major Daniel, 83, 84, 
 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 
 95-100, 154, 157, 
 161, 209, 312, 322, 
 325, 327, 3 2 8, 408, 
 454, 459, 5oi, 531- 
 533
 
 914 
 
 INDEX 
 
 George, 35, 36, 48, 
 
 89, 133. 137. 141, 
 142, 145, 324, 408, 
 
 498, 501, 53 1 , 532 
 Jacob S., 460 
 John, 289, 531 
 Richard, 89, 149, 161 
 William H., 536 
 Benjamin, 482, 517, 
 
 539 
 
 Humphrey, 513 
 Gowen, John, 488 
 Grant (Place) . 493 
 Arthur, 535 
 David C., 68, 149, 161, 
 223, 231, 284, 417, 
 
 445, 49. 5 2 5 544 
 James, 273, 274, 485, 
 
 492,531.535 
 John, 488 
 Miss, 363 
 
 William H., Esq., 
 161, 205, 223, 224, 
 230, 259 
 
 Graves. Moses, 48 
 Gray, Matthew, 353 
 Greeley, Rev.E.H., 304 
 Green, 71 
 
 George E., 236 
 Gregg, Capt. William, 
 
 231 
 
 Griffin, Robert, 240 
 Grimes, David W., 224, 
 
 225 
 Crush or Grnshe'.Thos. 
 
 154 
 
 Gyles, John, Jr., 26, 28, 
 30 
 
 Hackett, Mr., 534 
 Hadley Hill, 108 
 Bros.' Mill, 114, 115, 
 
 45i 
 
 Mrs. Abigail, 515 
 Chase, 443, 518 
 Mrs. Chase, 465 
 Dana, 512 
 Franklin, 225, 340, 
 
 434, 533 
 
 George Willis or 
 (Mrs. Minnie S.), 
 
 4H, 5ii 
 
 Joshua, 133, 154, 161 
 
 Levi P., 505 
 
 Josh, Chase, Frank- 
 lin, Levi P. and 
 wife, 530 
 
 Mark, 519 
 
 Wilkes H., 534 
 Haggett (Place), 494, 
 
 539 
 J-, 102 
 
 John & Joseph, heirs, 
 
 539 
 
 Hails, Israel, 160 
 Hale, Col. John, 145, 
 283 
 
 Martin, 234 
 Haley, Frank, 510 
 Hall, Samuel R., 368 
 
 Edward, 509, 510 
 
 Edward G., 539 
 Hallett, Joseph, 26, 30 
 
 F. H., 516 
 
 Hamblet, Hezekiah,i6i 
 Hammond, 272 
 Hancock, Mr., 71 
 Hanley, Patrick, 537 
 Hardy, Rev. Owen E., 
 
 305, 533, 539, 637 
 Rev. Eliphalet J., 
 
 305, 454, 525, 539, 
 
 637 
 Rev. Mrs. Sabrina 
 
 Jennings, 305 
 Albert, 332, 410, 411, 
 
 523 
 
 Mr., 493 
 Harlow, Rev. Lincoln, 
 
 302 
 Harper, William, 456, 
 
 457 
 Harriman, Col. Walter, 
 
 236 
 
 Harris, Benjamin, 236 
 Nathan S., 238 
 Oliver, 537 
 Hartman, John, 240 
 Hartshorn, David P., 
 
 460, 522 
 George M., 529 
 Jeremiah, 506 
 John, 526, 539 
 John, 2nd, (105, 225?), 
 332, 344, 349, 445, 
 520, 527. 533 
 John A., 234 
 Miss Lizzie, 522 
 Miss Marion, 420 
 Micah, 116, 434, 435, 
 
 454, 539 
 Ruby, 506 
 Samuel, 224, 225,332, 
 
 337, 344, 361, 447, 
 
 526 
 Samuel Newell, 388, 
 
 539, 636 
 
 Heirs of S. N., 539 
 Sumner S., 509 
 Mrs. Susanna P., 226 
 Timothy, 95, 96 
 Harwood, Andrew, 119, 
 
 447, 526 
 
 Andrew, Jr., 526 
 John, 96 
 
 Otis, 239 
 
 Hasseltine, Nathan, 
 488 
 
 Nathan, Jr., 495, 496 
 Hatch, Mrs. C. G., 528 
 
 Dr. G. W., 622 
 Hawes, David, 409 
 Hawthorne, Robert,309 
 
 Mrs. Robert, 501 
 Hayford, Mrs. Minnie, 
 
 5" 
 
 Heald, Rev. J. H., 304 
 Heath, Mrs. Addie, 510 
 Hemingway, Mr., 280 
 Hendley, Thomas, 27 
 Henderson, Daniel, 537 
 Herrick, Benjamin G., 
 302, 312, 434, 440, 
 
 492, 534, 535 
 Edward, 226, 227, 523 
 Indiana, 295, 534 
 Dr. Israel, 252, 298, 
 
 299, 310, 333, 360, 
 475, 53 r i 533, 534, 
 547, 570-574, 635 
 
 John, 539 
 
 Joseph, 153, 154, 157, 
 
 246, 268, 272 
 Lafayette, 512, 534 
 William J., 224, 225, 
 
 409, 53*, 53 2 
 Herrick & Donnell, 
 
 539 
 Hicks, Maj. Joshua, 44, 
 
 45, 48, 52, 483 
 Hildreth, Jotham, 273, 
 
 300, 312, 360, 388, 
 437, 452, 513, 634, 
 637 
 
 Jacob, 408 
 
 Hildreth & Dunck- 
 
 lee, 408 
 
 Hill, Abel, 539 
 Asa (Place), 537, 224, 
 
 225 
 Abel & Asa, heirs, 
 
 537 
 
 Dea. Asa, 310 
 
 Rev. Ebenezer, 291 
 
 Fred, 530 
 
 Jonathan, 36 
 
 Miss Martha, 363 
 
 Sylvester, 363 
 Hilliard, David, 26, 30 
 
 Edward, 26, 30 
 
 Joseph, 26, 30, 
 Hillman, Rev. A. T., 
 
 306 
 
 Hilt, Miss Lizzie, 535 
 Hilton, Edward, 4 
 Hine, William, 26 
 Hobson, Capt. John, 21, 
 22
 
 INDEX 
 
 915 
 
 Hodgeman, Samuel, 
 493' 502, 517, 636 
 Elnathan, 236 
 Hodgen, Arthur W.,528 
 Hodsdon, E. P., 634 
 Holden (Place), 458, 
 
 5i8 
 
 Henry E., 537 
 Warren, 637 
 Holland, John, 146, 147 
 
 Stephen, Esq., 271 
 Holley, William, 206, 
 
 436 
 Hollingsworth, Joshua 
 
 26 
 
 Holmes, Daniel, 490 
 Holt, Abigail, 353 
 Andy, 238, 440, 452, 
 '477, 492, 503, 535, 
 
 554 
 
 Betsey, 447 
 Charles Henry, 412, 
 
 413, 440, 451, 505 
 Mrs. Charles Henry, 
 
 506, 521 
 Charles Harvey, 527, 
 
 539 
 David, 273, 492, 534, 
 
 535 
 
 David K., 332 
 Dexter K., 526, 528, 
 
 530 
 Dorcas A., 352, 503, 
 
 505. 5o6 
 Effie, 521 
 Eli, 226, 337 
 Emery, 497, 523, 524 
 Flora M., 510 
 Fred, 467, 535 
 George W., 411, 506 
 Harvey, 234, 521, 523, 
 
 524 
 
 Harvey, 523, 489, 535 
 Israel Porter, 528 
 Jason, 236, 440, 511, 
 
 636, 515 
 John Fletcher, 102, 
 
 353, 489, 5io, 521, 
 
 523, 524 
 Joshua, 72, 73 
 Lorenzo, 521 
 Mary A., 510 
 Nathan, 279 
 Oliver, 493, 535 
 Persons S., 274, 539 
 Simeon, 83 
 William, 48, 133, 226 
 William, 410,503,520, 
 
 534, 535 
 William Persons, 526, 
 
 527, 539 
 
 Hooper, Robert, 48, 2 70, 
 486, 487, 530 
 
 Hosmer, Stephen, Jr., 
 
 23, 24 
 Houghton, Mrs. Phebe 
 
 G., 516 
 Houston (Corner), 76, 
 
 77 
 
 Caleb, 308, 601 
 Ira, 267,433,481,491, 
 
 635 
 
 John, 311 
 
 Samuel, 154, Lieut., 
 161, 209, 225, 491 
 540, 629 
 
 Capt. Samuel, 272, Dea. 
 310, 330, 433, 491, 
 540, 629 
 Howard, Samuel, 230, 
 
 255, 434 
 Silas, 255, 434 
 Joseph, 447, 454 
 Howe, Asa, 96 
 Hubbard, Rev. H. G., 
 
 302 342, 520 
 Hunt, Joel, 26 
 Kurd, History.of Hills- 
 borough County, 
 368 
 Hussey, Rev. C. S.,352, 
 
 506 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, 
 
 5, 16 
 
 Mrs. Charles L., 528 
 Ebenezer, 93, 94, 536 
 Everett, 492 
 George, 139 
 Rev. G. W.,34i, 349, 
 
 352, 353, 520 
 Isabel, 526 
 Col. Israel, 76, 82, 
 
 Sketch of, 585, 586 
 James, 139, 151, 485, 
 
 487 
 
 John, 134, 137, 138, 
 140, Sergt.,141,143, 
 
 539 
 
 Nehemiah, 149 
 Samuel, 151 
 
 Ingalls, Ephraim, 26, 
 
 3, 36, 48 
 Isaac, Henry, 224 
 Ives, Rev. H. S., 305 
 
 James I., King of Eng- 
 land, 12 
 
 James II. , King of Eng- 
 land, 10, 13 
 
 Jackson, Bartholomew, 
 
 26, 30, Capt. 49 
 George, 26 
 
 Jaffrey, George, 40, 69, 
 7i, 72, 74, 75, 87, 
 89 
 
 Jaquith, Cyrus, 531 
 Jeunison, Rev. Mr., 299 
 Jensen, Lorenzo P., 
 
 349- 509 
 
 Jewett, Rev. Mr., 297 
 Johnson, Adam, 67, 94, 
 98, 134, 463, 485- 
 487, 537> 538 
 Elizabeth, 353 
 Francis, 606, 512 
 James, 139, 140, 537 
 John, 134, 142, 279, 
 
 281, 485, 537, 538 
 Joseph A., Esq., 10511. 
 223, 224, 225, 419, 
 45i, 458, 506, 512 
 Rachel, 486, 537 
 Jones, Dr. Benjamin, 
 246, 272-274, 300, 
 322, 324, 328, 330, 
 332, 486, 491, 531, 
 535, 540, 622, 627 
 Benjamin, Jr., 225 
 George T., 238 
 Joseph, 273, 299, 360, 
 
 534 
 Nathan, 299, 443, 444, 
 
 Nathaniel, 531, 631 
 Rev. Newton, 297,302 
 Samuel, 274, 477, 530, 
 
 53 1 
 Dr. William A., 225, 
 
 299, 3io, 439, 440, 
 477, 532 
 Dea. William, 443, 
 
 444, 479, 53i 
 Joslin, Benjamin, 492, 
 
 508 
 
 Frank, 532, 533, 535, 
 Henry H., 116, 492, 
 
 535, 540 
 Levi, 409 
 Oscar, 492 
 
 Karr (Place), 437 
 Miss Elizabeth, 363 
 James H., 530, 531, 
 
 534 
 
 John H., 238 
 
 Mary, 353 
 
 Samuel, 224, 225 
 Kelley, Hugh, 30 
 Keyes, Joseph, 146, 147 
 
 Charles, 530 
 Kidder (Place), 512 
 
 Elizabeth R., 512 
 
 Ephraim, 512, 494 
 
 Franklin, 512 
 
 John, 133, 137, 154, 
 161, 354, 485, 512, 
 
 534; 
 John, Jr., 252
 
 INDEX 
 
 Capt. Jonas, 158, 246, 
 268, 273, 306, 303, 
 463,484,539, Sketch 
 of, 601-603 
 
 Rev. Joseph, 145, 286 
 
 Joseph, 295, 534 
 
 Manley, 536 
 
 Nelson, 532 
 
 "Young " Phineas C. 
 224, 225 
 
 "Middle" Phineas, 
 535, 636 
 
 "Old" Phineas, 535, 
 (A Revolutionary 
 pensioner), 206 
 Killam, Benjamin, 247, 
 
 323 
 Mrs. Hannah (Clark) 
 
 633 
 
 Joseph, 252 
 Samuel, 252 
 Kimball, George, 532 
 Isaac, 225 
 Rev. Ivory, 300, 301, 
 
 310 
 
 Reuben, 251 
 Kings of England 
 Charles I., 53 
 Charles II., 53 
 James II., 10 
 George III., 38 
 William III., 31 
 King Philip, 22, 24 
 King, Capt. Daniel, 26 
 John, 25 
 
 Capt. Samuel and 
 others, 15, 21-25, 
 28, 29, 31, 58 
 Capt. William, 26, 30 
 Kittridge, Rev., of 
 
 Lyme, N. H., 417 
 Knapp, Isaac, 26, 30 
 
 James, 26, 30 
 Knight, Ephraim, 369, 
 
 389 
 Knollys, Hansard, 5, 6 
 
 Lakin, Abel, 497 
 
 Amaret, 462 
 
 Joshua S., 462 
 
 Thomas, 497 
 Lambert, Jonathan, 30 
 
 Joseph, 27, 30 
 
 Samuel, 27 
 Lane, Rev. Asa, 342 
 Langdell, William, 234 
 
 239 
 Mark D., 518 
 
 Larkharn, Rev., Epis- 
 copal minister, 6 
 
 Lawrence, 413, 495, 521, 
 522, 635 
 
 Leacher, Joseph, 239 
 
 Lee, Jeremiah, 487, 535 
 Sergt. William, 151, 
 
 1 66 
 Capt. Wm. & Sarah, 
 
 488 
 Capt. William, 603- 
 
 604 
 
 L/egroe, John, 26 
 Lehman, Leman or 
 Lemmon, Abraham 
 38 
 
 Dr., 270 
 Samuel, 35, 38 
 Samuel, Jr., 482 
 Lendall, James' Heirs, 
 
 48 
 Leverett, Thomas H., 
 
 225 
 Lewis, Aaron, 154, 161 
 
 (Sergt.) 
 Capt. Aaron, 251, 310, 
 
 322, 328, 330, 434 
 Benjamin, 485 
 Cyrus, 368 
 David, 289 
 Isaac, 455 
 Joseph, 455 
 
 Livermore, Rev. Jona- 
 than, 145, 286 
 Matthew, 40 
 Col. Thomas, 238 
 Loring, William, 536 
 Lovejoy, William, 443 
 Lovewell, Major, 37 
 Lowe, Everett E., 526 
 Fred, 539 
 Hattie, 521 
 Mrs. Isaac, 350 
 Isaac, 515, 516 
 John, 521 
 
 Lucas, Luke A., 513 
 or Manual Place, 435 
 Ledge, 105 
 Lund, Phineas, 96 
 Lynch (Place), 422, 
 
 538 
 
 Franklin, 455 
 
 John, 513 
 
 Robert K., 538 
 Lynde, Benjamin Jr., 
 Esq., 26 
 
 Treasurer of the 
 Salem-Canada Pro- 
 prietors, 28, 30, 44, 
 45, 48, 49, 52, 57, 59, 
 64, 65, 67-72, 74, 75, 
 77, 78, 81, 86, 140, 
 270, 277, 278, 281, 
 289, 292, 297, 483, 
 484, 485, 487, 531, 
 535,537,539. Sketch 
 of Life, 581,582,583 
 
 Mack, Miss P. J., 363 
 Mackey, Daniel, 483 
 Macomber, Rev. S. B., 
 
 342, 520 
 McAllister, George S., 
 
 528 
 
 Lula, 528 
 
 McCauley, James, 490 
 McGee, Rev. Jonathan, 
 
 302 
 McGinley, Letitia, 419, 
 
 420, 510, 515 
 McGown, Rev. A. J., 
 
 305, 36 
 
 McGuire, Hugh, 236 
 Mclntire, Elias, 299, 
 
 300, 534 
 Jonathan, 529 
 Levi, 273 
 
 Deacon N.T.( Church 
 
 Clerk), 295,310,434, 
 
 5i8, 534, Capt., 413, 
 
 521 
 
 Mclntire, Timothy, 93, 
 
 94 
 
 McLane, J., 537 
 McMaster, Eliza, 534 
 Grannie, 295, 492 
 Samuel, 157 
 McNeal, William, Jr., 
 
 482 
 Manahan (Place), 409, 
 
 4io, S3* 
 Clara A., 310 
 Samuel T., 531 
 Manning, Asa, 273, 299, 
 
 439, 53 8 , 633 
 Fred S., 235 
 Jacob, 323, 538, 633 
 Sherebiah, 465, 477, 
 
 540 
 Manson, Rev. Albert, 
 
 302 
 Manuel (Place), 524, 
 
 452, 457 
 
 Marble, Oliver, 456 
 March, Clement, 40, 71 
 
 74 
 Marsh, Edward K. 235, 
 
 236 
 Marshall, Andrew J., 
 
 236, 507, 509, 5", 
 
 514 
 
 James, 494 
 Marstou, Col. Gil man, 
 
 234 
 Martin, Benjamin J., 
 
 225, 516 
 John, 26 
 John J., 408,412, 503, 
 
 506 
 
 Peter, 26, 29, 49 
 Mrs. Lizzie, 534
 
 INDEX 
 
 917 
 
 Marvell, Mr., 539 
 Mary, Queen of Great 
 
 Britain, 13 
 Mason Gorges, 4 
 John, i, 3,4, 7, 10, 12, 
 
 16, 18 
 
 Robert, 18, 19 
 John and Robert, 19 
 Col. John Tufton, 19, 
 
 40, 42, 48, 68, 72 
 John, Sketch of and 
 his posterity, 579- 
 58i 
 
 Joseph, 238 
 Robert C., 539, 636 
 Mather, Rev. Cotton, 5 
 Maynard, Charles, 533 
 Means, Robert, 270 
 Medes, John, 230 
 Melendy, Augustus A., 
 
 282, 526 
 Joseph, 492 
 Melzar, Ezra F., 528 
 Merrett, Nicholas, 27 
 Merriam, Rev. George, 
 
 35 
 
 Rev. Asaph, 342 
 Merrill, Rev. Nathaniel 
 144, 280, 286, 291, 
 292, 294, 307, 531, 
 533. 38> 3 10 > 33. 
 337. 350. 36o. 36i, 
 417. 443 
 Mr. M., Elocutionist 
 
 386 
 
 James W., 536 
 Mesandowit, Indian 
 
 Chief, ii 
 Meserve, Nathaniel, 40, 
 
 ?i 
 
 Green, etc., 74, 75 
 Miller, John C., 436, 
 
 517 
 
 Mrs. Nancy, 533 
 Mitchell, Rev. Joseph 
 
 B., 342 
 
 Monroe, Jesse, 235 
 Moore, Samuel, 40 
 
 Col. Daniel, 208 
 
 Charles, 238 
 
 Rev. Humphrey, 297 
 
 Fred, Harriet, Cyrus, 
 
 512 
 Morgan, John, 236 
 
 Mark, 494 
 
 Morris, William, 237 
 Morse, Leonard, 533 
 
 Mark, 537 
 
 Mrs. Harry, 537 
 Mullen, Mr., 509 
 Murch, George, 516 
 Murdo, Walter & wife, 
 5*6 
 
 Murra} T , Major S. F., 
 398 
 
 Needham (Place), 491 
 William L., 537 
 Warren, 537 
 
 Nevins, Miss Ann Jane, 
 363 
 
 Newell, John, 451, 457, 
 
 513 
 Newton, HarveyM.,234 
 
 Ida M., 419 
 Nichols, Warren, 530 
 Nickolls, Daniel, 48, 95 
 Norbourne, Alfred, 435, 
 
 438 
 Norman, Benjamin, 26 
 
 William. 30 
 Nutting, John, Jr., 52 
 
 O'Connor, Edward, 236 
 Odell, Luther, 446, 536 
 Odiorne, Jotham, 40, 71 
 Oliver, Andrew, Esq., 
 
 69, 80 
 & wife, Mary (Lynde) 
 
 95 
 Benjamin Lyude, 78, 
 
 79. 95, 96 
 
 Orcutt, Rufus, 238 
 Ordway, Enoch, 530 
 James, 98, 329 
 John, 134, 161, 265, 
 325, 327, 408, 474, 
 530, 635 
 
 John C., 238, 302, 531 
 Moses, 133, 159 
 Walter, 530 
 William H., 234, 236, 
 
 238, 239 
 Orne, Simon, 26, 30 
 
 John, 325 
 Osborne (Place), 536 
 
 W. H., 536 
 
 Osgood, Samuel, 26, 30 
 Robert B., 492, 636 
 
 Packer, Thomas, 40 
 Page, John, 514 
 Paine, Miss, 302 
 Palfrey, 3 
 Palmer, Asa, 536 
 
 Eben J., 238 
 Parish, Rev. Elijah, 291 
 Parker, " Old Tavern " 
 
 536 
 
 Carleton, 230 
 Charles, 536 
 Deborah, 635 
 Elmer B., 528 
 George W., 392, 527 
 Mrs .George W., 528 
 Isaiah, 422, 490, "536 
 
 Josiah M., 527 
 Robert, 230 
 Samuel, 488 
 William, 40 
 Parry, Edward & Heirs 
 
 540 
 
 (Place), 433, 434 
 Parsons, Jonathan, 157 
 Nathan, 161 
 Thomas, 161 
 Passaconaway, Indian 
 
 Chief, 8 
 Patch, Edwin N., 102, 
 
 538 
 
 Dea. Abram, 540 
 Patterson, Walter, 511 
 Payson, Rev. John, 144, 
 
 286 
 Peabody, Rev. Eph- 
 
 raini, 147 
 Joseph, 96, 97 
 Stephen, 142, 252 
 Widow, 93 
 William, 36 
 Peacock, Rev. John, 
 
 342, 344 
 
 Peal, Jonathan, Esq., 
 26, 30, 48, 96, 488, 
 
 539 
 
 George, 26 
 Pearson, Abigail, 353 
 Amos, 159, 494 
 Daniel, 95 
 Dimon, 454 
 Ebenezer, 339, 353, 
 
 503 
 Ebenezer, Jr., 227, 
 
 5.15,516 
 
 Elizabeth, 95, 96 
 
 James, 332, 528 
 
 Jesse, 312 
 
 Jonathan, Jr., 328 
 
 Moses, 231, 337, 437 
 
 Samuel, 337 
 
 Miss Submit R., 339 
 
 Susan, 338 
 
 Susan E., 528 
 
 Thomas, 486 
 
 William, 338 
 Peirce, Lieut. Col. Ben- 
 jamin, 209 
 
 Daniel, 40, 71, 73-75 
 
 John, 80, 81, 85-87, 89 
 
 Joshua, 40 
 
 Perham, Charles L., 
 539, 636 
 
 David, 332, 527, 528 
 
 Harvey, 492, 528, 529 
 
 John, 529 
 
 Joseph, 529 
 
 Oliver, 96, 206, 300, 
 323, Ensign, 328, 
 539
 
 INDEX 
 
 Oliver, Jr., 447 
 Otis, 529 
 Rodney, 529 
 S., 447 
 William, 332 
 Willis, 538 
 Perkins, Edinond, 206, 
 
 267, 332, 333. 538 
 Person, Nathan, 289, 
 
 354, 488, 627 
 Peters, Rev. Hugh, 7 
 Petors, Richard, 26, 30 
 Pettingill, Frank A. 436 
 
 5>3i 5i6 
 
 Phelps, Ensign Nath- 
 aniel, 147, 154, J57, 
 162, 273 
 
 Philip, Indian King, 8, 
 
 9 
 
 Phipps, Sir William, 13 
 Pickman, Col. Benja- 
 min, Esq., 44, 45, 
 48, 52, 483, 485, 486, 
 488 
 
 L/ove, 52 
 
 William, 79, 80, 488 
 Pickwortb, John, 26 ; 
 Pike, Col. James, 237 
 Place, Rev. L. D., 304, 
 
 35 
 
 Plummer, Daniel, 537 
 Pollard, Rev. Joseph, 
 
 342, 345 
 
 Potes, William, 26 
 Powers, Ephraim, 134, 
 
 138, 279-281, 486, 
 
 487, 534 
 George, 239 
 Edward, 529 
 Pratt, Mrs. of Salem, 
 
 25, 27, 28, 61 
 Amos, 434, 442, 530 
 George, 236 
 Rev. Dura D., 340 
 Preston, Seth, 236 
 Price, John, 239 
 Proctor, John, 26, 30 
 Benjamin, 26 
 Daniel, 224, 225, 
 
 (Place), 536 
 David E., 237,239,491 
 vSylvester, 274 
 John, 491, 536, 537, 
 
 (Old Place) 
 Punchard, Benjamin, 
 
 154 
 
 Samuel, Jr., 159 
 Putnam, Aaron, 436, 
 
 488 
 
 Abigail, 368, 489 
 Adeline, 505, 506 
 Algernon W., 388,521 
 522 
 
 Alice, 515 
 Benjamin, 230 
 Betsey, 503, 505 
 Byron, 350, 461, 507, 
 
 509, 511, 513 
 Daniel, Esq., 226,323, 
 
 332, 334, 338, 367, 
 380, 442, 488, 503, 
 507, 520, 610 
 
 Prof. Daniel, 350,353, 
 390, 612 614 
 
 David, 162, 267, 273, 
 274> 337-340, 344, 
 349, 361, 363, En- 
 sign, 368, 439, 440, 
 
 451, 453- 488, 489, 
 522 
 
 Deacon David, Jr., 
 
 226, 227, 230, 344, 
 
 419, 488, 489, 495, 
 
 521, 522 
 
 David, 3rd, 521, 522 
 
 Edward, 605 
 
 Edwin H., 32, 410, 
 
 452, 453, 459, 477, 
 495, 52i, 523 
 
 Mrs. Eliza, 120 
 
 Ephraim, 36, 38, 41, 
 47, 105, 133, 137, 
 141, 144, 150, 152, 
 157, 158, 161, 272, 
 278, 607-609 
 
 Ephraim, Jr., 245,246, 
 248, 265, 268, 310, 
 322, 354, 495 521, 
 
 522, 609 
 Ephraim, 3rd, 162, 
 
 230, 53, 506, 526, 
 
 609 
 "Danvers" Ephraim 
 
 486, 516 
 Ephraim, 2nd, 339, 
 
 436, 503, 504, 5*6, 
 
 517 
 
 Esther, 517 
 Ephraim Hildreth, 
 
 332 
 
 Mrs. Ephraim Hil- 
 dreth, 506, 517 
 
 Capt. Eleazer, 410, 
 
 503, 505 
 
 Miss Emma D., 420 
 Mrs. Fanny, 510 
 Miss Grace E., 508 
 Col. Haldimand S., 
 
 235 
 Capt. Israel, 224, 227, 
 
 230, 340, 439, 45 2 > 
 489,495, 522, 611 
 
 Mrs. Israel, 506 
 
 Jacob, 35, 36, 83 
 
 Jacob D., 461 
 
 James A. G., 509 
 
 Jason, 344, 622 
 Jesse, 485 
 John, 488, 503, 505 
 John A., 523, 525 
 Jonathan, 332, 517 
 Jonathan, Jr., 332,367, 
 
 517 
 David Johnson, best 
 
 known as Johnson, 
 
 312, 520 
 
 Joseph, 226, 493 
 Leonard, 231 
 Marian, 489 
 Mariette D., 349 
 Mattie S., 535 
 Nathaniel, 31, 32, 49, 
 
 486 
 Phebe (Goodrich), 
 
 428 
 
 Percy H., 485, 523 
 Hon. Perley, 605 
 Col. Philip, 80-84, 8 7, 
 
 90, 92, 95 
 Roy N., 410, 412,413, 
 
 5H 
 
 Sarah (Clark), 489 
 Stephen, 34-36, 45, 
 
 48, 58, 483, 484 
 Susanna (Hartshorn) 
 
 226, 349, 522 
 Col. Timothy, 230, 
 
 489, 496, 522, 538 
 Timothy (Thurston), 
 
 460, 499, 523 
 Putnams, Dales, etc., 
 
 54 
 William R., 350, 388, 
 
 611 
 Gen. Israel, 614 
 
 Quiglig, Mr., 71 
 Quiggle, Ella M., 536 
 
 Ramsdell, John, 225, 
 
 538 
 
 Rand, Edgar, 494, 635 
 
 Rev. John, 60, 139, 
 
 279, 306, 453- 614- 
 615 
 
 John, 93 
 
 Nehemiah, 80, 81 , 82- 
 
 85, 87, 90, 91, 155- 
 
 158, 246, 271, 27.2. 
 
 325, 453. 454, 483, 
 484, 532, 615-616, 
 628 
 
 Rev. Lyinan F., 302 
 Sarah D., 532 
 Randall, Abraham, 291 
 Randell, George, 225 
 Randolph, Edward, 18 
 Raymond, Paul, 49 
 George B., 238
 
 INDEX 
 
 919 
 
 Rev. George T., 342 
 John P., 239 
 William B., 435, 533 
 Read, Nathan, 96 
 
 Jesse, 226, 273, 539 
 Record, Rev. Isaiah, 
 
 342 
 
 Reon, Joseph, 236 
 Reynolds, Frank, 437 
 John, 154, 157, 161, 
 
 246, 272, 627 
 Richards, Mrs. F. B. 
 (or Lizzie), 226, 
 420, 453 
 
 Fred B., 462, 522 
 Rev. Mr., 297 
 Marshall B., 517 
 Richardson (Place), 
 
 531 
 
 Stephen, 34 
 Benjamin, 140 
 Rev. Cyrus, 304, 305, 
 Fred A., 440, 454, 459 
 Harry, 118,473,474, 
 
 49. 53 
 Jacob, 330 
 James, 483 
 John, 310, 312, 469.533 
 Lieut. Joseph, 29, 32- 
 
 36, 48, 77, 78, 252 
 Joseph's son, 35 
 Joseph B., 483 
 Nathan, 530, 636 
 Sarah S.(Mrs.Dodge) 
 
 306 
 
 Solon, 538 
 Timothy, 299, 324, 
 
 444, 459 
 
 William, 225,227,231, 
 300, 301, 352, 492, 
 
 57 
 
 William, Jr., 337 
 William, 538 
 Riley, Charles D., 492, 
 
 531 
 
 Rindge, John, 40 
 Robbins, Milo, 528 
 
 Russell, 528 
 Robinson, , 30 
 
 Abel, 26 
 
 William, 26 
 Roby, Luther, 460 
 Rockwood, Rev. Arden 
 
 M., 306 
 Rogers, Dr., 73 
 
 Edward E., 536 
 Ropes, Jonathan, 627 
 Rose (Place), 493 
 
 Abraham, 493, 494, 
 
 5 S3 8 
 Brackley, 225 
 George, 634 
 Willard, 434, 538 
 
 Ross, Edward, 236 
 
 George, 508 
 
 Ruth, 419 
 
 Samuel, 508 
 
 Mrs. Sarah, 508 
 
 Thomas, 510 
 Roswell, Sir Henry, 3 
 Rowe, John, 161, 485, 
 
 486 
 
 Ruffle, George, 419 
 Ruland, Rev.G.W., 304 
 Russell, Dr. Daniel 
 (lived on the T. 
 Boffee place), 89, 
 94, 97, 251, 327 
 
 Aaron W., 538 
 
 Adoniram, 634 
 
 Burnham, 254, 538 
 
 Ebenezer, 224, 225, 
 230, 231 
 
 Harriet, 506, 525 
 
 Jedidiah, 206, 517 
 
 Jedidiah, Jr., 526 
 
 John, 230 
 
 Josiah, 538 
 
 Orrin, 538 
 
 Sergeant Peter, 161, 
 484 
 
 Samuel K., 517 
 
 Rev. T. Clarkson,342 
 
 William, 230 
 Ryerson (Place), 436 
 
 William N., 274, 634 
 
 William, 516, 517 
 
 Clara N., 516, 517 
 
 St. Castine (Baron), 10, 
 
 ii 
 
 Sanborn, George H.,46o 
 Sargent, Dana B., 485, 
 
 5ii, 535 
 Mrs. Dana B. (or 
 
 Elsie), 116, 535 
 Joshua, 206, 230, 451, 
 
 456, 469, 489, 513, 
 
 522 
 
 John, 231 
 Rev. F. D., 303 
 Rev. Joseph, 340 
 Ruthy, 522 
 
 Saunders, Joseph, 224 
 Savage, Charles, 528 
 Ensign John, 93-95, 
 
 154, 158, 161, 434, 
 
 486, 627, 628 
 Rev. William T., 300 
 Sawin, Rev. Theophi- 
 
 lus Parsons, 302, 
 
 303, 365, 3 66 
 Sawyer, Mr., 636 
 Searl, Thomas, 26, 30 
 Searles, Jotham, 490 
 Lucinda, 519 
 
 Seiiter (Place), 536 
 
 Benjamin, 490 
 
 Charles H., 536 
 
 Franklin, 536 
 
 Oliver, 490 
 
 Ruth, 490 
 
 Samuel, 536 
 Severance, Joseph, 149 
 
 Sharpe, Mrs. Joseph 
 
 509 
 
 ShattuckBros., 504 
 Shaw, Christopher C., 
 
 401 
 Shedd, Mrs. Octavia, 
 
 5io 
 
 Shepard, John, 235, 454 
 John,Jr.,Esq., 67, 69- 
 
 73. 75.76,81,82,84, 
 
 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 
 
 137 
 Robert T. S. & heirs, 
 
 538 
 
 Walter S., 538 
 Simonds, Jesse, 463, 
 
 539 
 Simpson, John, his 
 
 town, 23, 24, 25 
 Skead, John, 49 
 Small, Sylvester, 529 
 Smith, Dr. Albert, 15 
 
 Andrew, 226 
 
 Arthur P., 235 
 
 Rev. Bezaleel, 302 
 
 Charles J., 255 
 
 Charles R., 536 
 
 David, 226 
 
 Edward D., 518 
 
 George, 274 
 
 Rev. George, 302 
 
 Rev. G. B., 343, 520 
 
 Henry, 239 
 
 John, 26 
 
 John, 273 
 
 Lewis W., 236 
 
 Luther, 160 
 
 Miss Mary E-, 363 
 
 Dea., 340 
 
 Peter, 411 
 
 Uriah, 635 
 Solly & March, 40 
 
 Samuel Solly, 40 
 
 Clement March, 74 
 Somerville, Mr., 140 
 Southwick, John, 226, 
 
 458, 49. 536 
 Spalding or Spauldiug, 
 
 Abijah, 226 
 Edward, 159, 483 
 Elbridge Gerry, 618- 
 
 619 
 
 E. P., 449, 540 
 George, 635
 
 920 
 
 INDEX 
 
 George E., 282, 297, 
 
 434, 459. 530, 53 f 
 545, 636 
 
 Henry, 230, 540 
 
 Dr. Henry E., 237, 
 561, 632 
 
 Capt. Levi, 47, 143, 
 
 151, 154, 156, 158, 
 
 159, 245-247, 251, 
 
 252, 354, 355, 49i 
 
 Place, 540, 628, 635, 
 
 616-618 
 Levi P., 540 
 Merrill T., 239, 537 
 " Paige," 540 
 Reuben, 154, 484 
 Stephen, 483, 540 
 Levi heirs, 540 
 Rev. Samuel Jones, 
 
 619 
 Stacy, Miss Minnie E., 
 
 413, 511 
 Byron, 505 
 Starrett (Place), 493, 
 
 536 
 
 William, 540 
 
 Frank, 540 
 
 Stayner, Henry M., 533 
 Stearns, Hon. Ezra S., 
 68, 224 
 
 Daniel, 435 
 
 Frank, 533 
 
 John, 435, 533, 636 
 
 Seth, 494 
 Steele, William P., 238, 
 
 4io> 503, 505 
 
 Mrs. Wm. P. (Ade- 
 line), 505 
 
 Hattie D., 420 
 Stephens, Capt. John, 
 28,30 
 
 Col. Aaron P., 237 
 
 George W., 363 
 
 George H., 536 
 
 Miss Martha G., 363 
 
 Samuel, 161 
 Stephenson, or Stinson 
 David, 38, 48, 524 
 
 John, 38, 67, 114, 133, 
 
 !35, 137, !38, 140, 
 141, 144, 145, 147, 
 i53> Agt., 161, 207, 
 266, 282, 289, 310, 
 459, 486, 518, 535 
 
 John H., 235 
 
 Jonathan, 224, 225, 
 
 453, 459 
 
 Jonathan H., 239 
 Jotham, 449,451,452, 
 
 493 
 
 Jotham S., 519 
 Mary, 519 
 Sarah, 339 
 
 S. Hartwell, 510 
 Widow, 95, 96 
 Willis J., 113, 114, 
 
 410, 459, 524 
 John, John, Jr., Jona- 
 than, Willis J., 535, 
 
 540 
 Steward, Rev. Antipas, 
 
 138, 139, 142, 143, 
 
 282, 284 
 
 Stewart, Walter, 532 
 Stiles, 54 
 
 Asahel, 137, 161 
 David, Esq., 361, 363, 
 
 439' S3 2 , 636 
 David, Jr., 537 
 Ebenezer, 252 
 Joshua, 88 
 Moses, Jr., 133, 134, 
 
 279, 280, 487, 488 
 
 497, 523 
 
 Reuben (killed at 
 Wilton raising), 149 
 Warren, 436 
 Stone, William, 29 
 Strattou, David, 467, 
 482, 483, 486, 492, 
 
 534 
 Sullivan, Gen. John, 
 
 272, 182 
 
 Summers, William, 226 
 Swan, Robert, 30, 48, 
 
 84, 88, 94 
 Swasey, Mr. and Mrs. 
 
 Edwin M., 413,504, 
 
 5n 
 
 Samuel, 26, 30 
 Stephen, 26 
 Sweat, Joseph, 25, 29, 
 
 48 
 Sweetser, Mrs. M. A., 
 
 .540 
 Swinington, Betsey, 519 
 
 520 
 
 Everett, 520 
 Job, 519, 520 
 Josiah, 519, 520 
 
 Tapley, Benjamin, 30 
 
 John, 26 
 
 Robert, 26 
 
 William, 26 
 Tappan, Col. MasoiiW. 
 
 234 
 
 Tarbell, Lieut. Cor- 
 nelius, 26, 28, 30, 
 
 32, 33, 35 
 Capt. Joel H., 345, 
 
 346, 35, 4n-4r3, 
 460, 462, 499, 504- 
 5o6, 509, 510, 511, 
 5H, 515, 520, 633 
 
 Mrs. Joel H., (Esther 
 
 P.), 514, 517 
 Joel, 353, 515 
 Charles F., 412, 505, 
 
 520 
 Mrs. Charles F. (E. 
 
 C.),346,386,420,5ii 
 Charles, 504, 516, 528, 
 
 529 
 
 Charles H., 275, 511, 
 520 
 
 Joseph A., 412, 462 
 
 Hiram M., 234, 236, 
 54, 528, 529 
 
 Walter S., 346, 388, 
 410, 412, 413, 505, 
 57, 520 
 
 Mrs. Walter S. (Liz- 
 zie G.) 388, 4 X 3,420 
 \William, 504 
 Tarbell, Nello, 525 
 
 F. H., 529 
 Tay, Frank B., 437,442, 
 
 492, 53, 6 3 6 
 Nathaniel, 534 
 Taylor, Elias, 537 
 Teague, William, 239 
 Tenney, Rev. Leonard, 
 
 302 
 
 Benjamin F., 517 
 Thayer, Jonathan (Rev- 
 olutionary soldier) 
 
 49.. 536 
 
 Thomlinson, John, 40 
 Thompson, Andrew, 
 
 Col. John L,, 238 
 
 John, 239, 450 
 
 William, 354, 484 
 Thorndike, Mr., 419 
 Thorpe, Rev. John, 304 
 Tidd, Mr. and Miss, 
 
 507 and note 
 Tighe, Mr., 436 
 Torrey, Rev. D. T.,303 
 Towne, Hon. William 
 B., 41 
 
 John, 226 
 
 Samuel, 252, 253, 494 
 
 Tyler, 231 
 Trask, Edward, 26, 30 
 
 William, 26 
 Trevitt, Mrs. Ellen, 309 
 Tripp, Mr., 461 
 Trott, Thomas, 27, 30 
 Tuf ton, Joseph, John & 
 
 Robert, 18 
 Tupper, Royal B., 225, 
 
 297 
 
 Robert B., 53 1 -533 
 Tyler, 312 
 Twadle, James, 49 
 Twitchell (Place), 434, 
 448
 
 INDEX 
 
 921 
 
 Aa, 540 
 A. S., 634 
 Tyler, Levi, 114, 439, 
 
 440, 451, 512, 513 
 Andrew, 516, 538 
 
 Underbill, John, 5, 6, 7 
 
 Verry, Jonathan, 26, 30 
 John, 26 
 
 Waldron, Major, 9-11 
 Walk, John, 26 
 Walker, Herman, 437, 
 
 442, 53 1 
 
 Wallace, Miss Char- 
 lotte M., 365, 504 
 Mrs. E. P., 504 
 Mrs. Fannie A., 419 
 
 Miles E., 454, 5 IO > 5H 
 Robert Burns, 411 
 Wallingford, Thomas, 
 40, 63,68-71,73, 81, 
 82, 91 
 
 Walter, Rev. William, 
 D.D., 76, 80, 82-84, 
 87, 89-94, 96, 583- 
 585 
 
 Harriot T., 96 
 Benjamin Lynde, 585 
 William, 585 
 Waltron, Mr., 32 
 Ward well, Dr. Daniel, 
 
 622 
 
 Warner, Rev. William, 
 R., 342, 344, 419, 
 420 
 Warren, E. r K., 292, 409 
 
 53.1 
 Washington, Gen. 
 
 George, 264 
 Watkins, Oliver, 535, 
 
 536 
 
 Watrous, Rev. E., Hay- 
 den, 342 
 
 Webb, William, 26 
 Welles, Samuel, Esq., 
 
 25-27. 3. 48, 80, 95, 
 
 96, 483. 53 
 Wellman, Jacob, Jr.,88, 
 
 97-100, 117, 134,137. 
 
 139, 142, 145, 146, 
 
 157, 158, 207, 278, 
 
 279, 289, Capt. 310, 
 
 482,538 
 James M., 234 
 John, Jr., 337,537 
 John, 538, 539 
 Polly, 538 
 Wentworth, Gov. Ben- 
 
 ning, 2, 37, 42, 133, 
 
 136 
 
 Mark Hunking, 40 
 
 John, 40, 73, 75 
 West, Furginson, 30 
 Weston, Edward, 516 
 Wetherbee, Josaph, 238 
 Wheeler, Carlos, 636 
 
 Dustin, 510-512, 515, 
 520 
 
 Dr. Jonas, 412, 534 
 
 Josiah, 340, 386, 409, 
 
 439. 532 
 
 Mrs. Josiah, 386 
 Luther M., 446 
 Mary A., 412, 413, 506 
 Nathan, 275,323,330, 
 
 360, 408, 532 
 Salathiel Lidson, 515 
 Wheelwright, John, 4, 
 
 ii, 14, 15 
 Whipple, Col.Thomas, 
 
 2 35 
 White, Rev. Jacob, 297, 
 
 299, 361 
 Joseph, 538 
 Nicholas, 42-44 
 Thomas, 26 
 Whiting, David & Sons 
 
 529. 539 
 Oliver, 227, 300, 310, 
 
 332, 361, 363, 433, 
 
 491, 540, 635 
 Stephen, 483 
 Whitmarsh, Charles, 
 
 224, 49 1 , 537 
 Whitney, Martin, 274, 
 
 402-404, 409, 530, 
 
 536, 537 
 Whiton, Rev. John M., 
 
 4, 274, 297, 300 
 Whittemore (Place), 
 
 540 
 
 Aaron, 540 
 Aaron, 540 
 Maj. Amos, 97-100, 
 
 152, 157, 158, 161, 
 
 246, 265, 272, 354, 
 
 488, 628 
 Daniel, 484, 500 
 Daniel B., 312, 490, 
 
 491, 500, 540,542,636 
 Rev. E. J., 342, 365 
 Harry W., I2on, 541, 
 
 625 
 
 James, 226 
 Jonathan, 491 
 Samuel, 491 
 William L., 120 n, 224, 
 
 225, 363, 364, 433, 
 624 
 
 Wibird, Richard, 40, 73 
 Wiggin, Capt., 6 
 Wilcox, Rev. Bela, 338 
 Wilder, Alfred C.,537 
 
 Charles, 344, 350 
 Erwin D, 491, 537 
 William C., 310, 530, 
 
 537 
 Wilkerson, Edwin, 507 
 
 Herbert, 513 
 Wilkins, Amos, 497, 
 
 499, 538 
 
 Rev. Daniel, 39, 40, 
 141, 142, 144 
 
 Elisha, 271, 272 
 
 Joseph, 67, 133, 139 
 
 Jotham, 490 
 William & Mary (King 
 
 and Queen) 13 
 Williams, Roger, 5 
 
 Isaac, 26, 30 
 
 Jonathan, 26 
 
 Hilliard, 27 
 
 Thomas A., 409, 531, 
 
 532 
 
 Williamson, 3, 8 
 Wilson, Ensign Abiel, 
 
 272 
 
 Albro, 511 
 Charles H., 510 
 Joseph, 154 
 Mi Hard, 540 
 Sarah, 636 
 Winn, Frank, 436, 496, 
 
 5i6 
 
 Rev. Fred E., 305 
 George E., 236, 508, 
 
 532 
 
 Wolf, Herman, 240 
 Woodbridge, 74 
 Woodbury, Josiah, 157, 
 
 486, 627 
 Woods, Rev. John, 302 
 
 Mrs. Stella E., 536 
 Woodward (Place), 436 
 Aaron, 293, 360 
 Adoniram, 494 
 Anson, 408 
 Artemas, 516 
 Mrs. Artemas, 636 
 Charles, 539 
 Woodward, Daniel, Sr. 
 113, 293, 300, 323, 
 409, 481, 491, 532, 
 540, 636 
 
 Daniel, Jr., 312, 408, 
 448,481,531,532,540 
 David, 293 
 David, 2nd, 534 
 Eleazer, 97, 154, 159, 
 165, 266, 273, 292, 
 295, 355, 467, 493, 
 530 
 Eleazer, Jr., 293, 442, 
 
 530, 535 
 Elizabeth, 535 
 Ephraim, 523
 
 922 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Ephraim Putnam, 
 
 226, 231 
 Ethan A., 512 
 Foster, 116, 437, 492 
 
 493. 513. 535 
 Major George T., 237 
 
 239. 530 
 
 Hannah, 293, 534 
 Hannah P., 293 
 Henry M., 564 
 Israel, 273, 293, 360, 
 
 493. 534 
 
 Ithamar, 162,165,168, 
 
 251, 273 
 Jacob, 496 
 Jacob N., 496 
 Jacob A., 106,207,276, 
 
 388, 455, 458, 529, 
 
 530. 544. 577, 650 
 Rev. James W., 291 
 James G., 408 
 John, 118, 165, 292, 
 
 518 
 
 Josie, 535 
 Levi H., 224, 225, 535 
 
 Woodwell, Rev. W.H., 
 
 302 
 
 Worcester, Francis, 272 
 Wrightjulien E.F.,53i 
 Wyeth, Rev. John, 282 
 Wyman, Collins, 636 
 
 York, Duke of, 30, 31 
 Young, Charles, 516 
 Quincy, 508 
 William, 509, 516, 520 
 William W., 411,412, 
 435, 504, 514 
 
 PLACES 
 
 Acworth, 633 
 
 Amherst, 39, 40, 46, 70, 89, 92, 94, 
 133, 135, 145, 1 55, *58, 3o, 302- 
 306, 309, 325, 342, 368, 423 
 Post Office, 434 
 
 North West Parish, or Mont 
 Vernon, 254, 270, 280, 286, 291, 
 
 297, 515, 521 
 Andover, Mass., 72, 298, 302-306 
 
 East, 353 
 Ashuelot Towns, 32, 429 
 
 Bangor, Me., Seminary, 301 
 
 Barnes' Falls, 32, 541 
 
 Bay Colony, 34 
 
 Bay State, 39 
 
 Bedford, 283 
 
 Beech Hill, 454 
 
 Bennington, Vt., 302, 304, 305 
 
 Boston, Mass., 4, 5, 13, 14, 151 
 
 Bowdoin College, Me., 305 
 
 Boylston, Mass., 306 
 
 Braintree, Mass., 14 
 
 Breda, Treaty of, 10 
 
 Bridgewater, Mass., 298 
 
 Brown University, Prov. R. I., 398 
 
 Brookline, 303, 305 
 
 Burlington, 306 
 
 Cambridge, Mass., 350, 413 
 Canada, 12-24 
 Castleton, Vt., 632 
 Charlestown, Mass., 2, 5 
 Chelmsford, Mass., 61 
 Chelsea, Mass., 511, 514 
 Cocheco, 9 
 
 Concord, 304, 306, 633 
 Connecticut, 13, 14, 17, 32 
 Cobs, 165, 166, 169, 170 
 Crown Point, 207 
 
 Danvers, Mass., 39, 71, 78 
 
 Dover, 4, 5, 9, n 
 Dutch Colony, 2, 5, 16 
 Dunstable, 19, 41, 55, 79, 84, 87 
 Duxbury School Farm, 23-25, 48, 
 
 135. 153, 156, 252, 255, 256 
 Driscoll Hill, 433 
 Deering, 301 
 
 East Bridgewater, Mass., 306 
 
 England, 13 
 
 Exeter, 4, n, 15, 21, 150, 151, 529 
 
 Fishkill, N. Y., 169 
 Florida, 2, 4, 5 
 Francestown, 70, 94, 102 
 France, 13, 39 
 Franklin, N. H., 15 
 
 Greenfield, 84, 243, 250,297, 304, 350, 
 
 436 
 Greenville, 305, 369 
 
 Haverhill, Mass., 42 
 Hampton, 15, 16 
 Hillsborough, 41, 338, 339 
 Hancock, 462, 515, 516 
 Hollis, 270, 279, 280, 283, 286 
 Holland, 13 
 Hudson, 146 
 Hyde Park, Mass., 413 
 
 Ipswich Hamlet, 73 
 
 Jamestown, Va., 2, 5 
 
 Jaffrey, 302 
 
 Johnson's Corner, 116, 117, 118, 281, 
 
 537 
 
 Keene, 280, 339 
 Kennebec River, 3, 9 
 Kittery, Me., 9 
 
 Laconia, 8, 12 
 
 Many of the places named on this and the following pages are given as the resi- 
 dences of those who rendered some service in or for the benefit of the town.
 
 INDEX 
 
 923 
 
 Lake Champlaiu, 13 
 
 Lemington. Me., 301 
 
 Lexington & Concord, Mass, 151, 
 
 265 
 
 Litchfield, 41 
 Londonderry, 145, 283 
 Lowell, Mass., 17, 545 
 Lunenburg, Mass., 286, 506 
 Lyme, 417 
 Lynn, Mass., 588 
 
 Maine, Province of, 4, 12, 28 
 
 Manchester, 103 
 
 Marblehead, 27, 28, 61 
 
 Marlboro ugh, 339 
 
 Mason (Township No. i), 46, 291 
 
 Massachusetts Colony, 1-3, 8, 9, 12, 
 
 13, 15, 16, 18, 61, 74 
 State, 270 
 
 Melrose, Mass., 350 
 Michigan, 350 
 Mile Slip, 153, 156 
 Milford, 103, 255, 256, 297, 323, 338, 
 
 365, 461, 507, 521, 526, 528 
 Monson, 46 
 Montreal, 14 
 Mont Vernon, 103, 252, 254, 302, 304, 
 
 35, 39 454, 494, 497, 507, 53$ 
 
 Nantasket, 14 
 
 Nashua, 280, 286, 304-306, 340, 410, 
 
 529 
 
 New Boston, 15, 41, 47, 49, 50, 70, 
 76-78, 98, 99, 102, 135, 254, 291, 
 
 297, 3, 338, 434, 494, 5i5> 631 
 Newbury, Mass., 15 
 Newburyport, Mass., 17, 306 
 New England, 2-4, 6, 10, 103 
 New F airfield, Conn., 302 
 New Hampshire, 2-4 
 New Ipswich, 46, 66, 89, 286, 411 
 New Jersey, 15 
 New Netherlands, 2 
 Newport, 302 
 New York, 10, 13-15 
 North Lyndeborough, 104, 425, 427, 
 
 434, 437, 458, 47 6 , 541 
 North Town, 280 
 Norwalk, Ct., 634 
 Norwich, Vt., 291 
 Nova Scotia, 2, 10, 15 
 Number Two, or Wilton, 54-57, 62 
 
 Old Colony, 2 
 Orleans, Mass., 298 
 Ossipee Lake, 22 
 
 " Parsonses Corner," 156, 252 
 Pawtucket Falls, 16, 17 
 Pemaquid, Me., 10, 13 
 Pepperell, 279, 280, 286 
 Peterborough, 41, 84, 302, 339, 350, 
 436, 519, 634, R-R. 
 
 Peterborough Slip, 46, 48, 135 
 
 Philadelphia, 151 
 
 Piscataqua Colony, 2-4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 
 
 18, 20, 21 
 Plymouth, 2, 7 
 Port Royal, 2, 13 
 Portsmouth, 2, 4, 5, n, 21, 29, 72, 
 
 74, 75, 80, 86, 89, 274 
 Province of Maine, 3, n 
 Purgatory, 98, 103, 115, 116, 454 
 Putnam Corner & Hill, 458, 277, 
 
 428, 498, 523, 635 
 
 Quebec, 13, 14 
 
 Raby (Brookline), 46 
 Reading, South, 527 
 Rhode Island, 5, 15 
 Richmond, 16 
 Rindge, 16, 66 
 Rowley, Mass., 291 
 
 Saratoga, 163 
 
 Salem, Mass., 2, 5, 25, 27, 28, 41, 61, 
 
 70, 74, 78, 140 
 Salem-Canada, 15, 106, 107 
 Salisbury, 16 
 Society Land, 77, 84 
 Souhegan Valley, 521 
 Souhegan West (Hudson), 48, 49, 
 
 279, 280 
 South Lyndeborough, 32, 102-104, 
 
 302, 304, 305, 458-462, 503, 365, 
 
 636 
 
 Stow, Mass., 291 
 Stoneham, Mass., 540 
 Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth), 6 
 St. John's, 162 
 St. Christopher, 10 
 St. Lawrence Shoals, 14 
 St. Lawrence Valley, 103 
 Swanzey, 339 
 
 Temple, 102, 103 
 Ticonderoga, 162, 1 68 
 Trenton, N. J., 168 
 
 Weare, a Canada Township, 16 
 
 Wayland, Mass., 306 
 
 Wells, Maine, 301 
 
 West Point, 165, 166 
 
 Weston, Mass., 264 
 
 West Somervilie, Mass., 302 
 
 West Medford, Mass., 304 
 
 White Plains, 162 
 
 Wilton, or Number 2, 46, 305 
 
 Wilton, Maine, 305 
 
 Winter Hill, 167, 168 
 
 Winchendon, Mass., 306 
 
 Woburn, Mass., 28, 29 
 
 Yypsilanti, Michigan, 350
 
 924 
 
 INDBX 
 
 SUBJECTS 
 
 Academies, 366 
 
 Account, for labor on Meeting- 
 house, 35, 36 
 
 Acres, Ten, controversy, 325 
 Act, favoring toleration, 294 
 Addition, Lyndeborough, 68, 70 
 
 New Boston, 68, 70, 76 
 Advertisement, 25 
 Admiral's flag shot away, 14 
 Agent of Masonian Proprietors, 59 
 Agents to treat with Purchasers of 
 Wallingford's Right, 80 
 
 Thanked for vigilance, etc., 
 
 83 
 Agreement with soldiers, 159, 229 
 
 Aid for Soldier's families, 232 
 Alarm, 153 
 
 Those who went on, 162, 163, 167 
 
 Those who returned, 167 
 Alliance, 39 
 American vessels, 228 
 Apple-blossoming time, 470 
 Application for share of the minis- 
 try fund, 331 sq 
 Army Beef, 160 
 
 Disbanded, 160 
 
 Articles relating to worship to be 
 
 voted on by the town, 157 
 Artillery, 209 
 
 Heavy, 239 
 
 I/afayette, 207, 209, 240 
 Ashuelot Towns, 429 
 Association, Religious, 310, 311 
 Authors, 623-625 
 
 Average of military service, com- 
 mittee, and report on the same, 
 158, 167, 169 
 
 Baked beans, 474 
 
 Baker, tin, 473 
 
 Barns, 478, 479 
 
 Beef, army, 160 
 
 Bennington soldiers, 163 
 
 Birthright, coveted, 153 
 
 Boarding the teachers, 444, 446, 447 
 
 Books and newspapers, 467 
 
 Boots, 471 
 
 Boundary line controversy, 15-17 
 
 Bounty to enlisted men, 154 
 
 Bounty for service, 158 
 
 Brass Band, North Lyndeborough, 
 54i, 542 
 
 Brick-manufacture, 459, 460 
 
 Brick ovens, 466, 473 
 
 Bridges, 438, 496 
 
 Bridge, Gulf, 635 
 
 British ships ordered out of United 
 States waters. 228 
 
 British injuries to American sea- 
 men, 229 
 
 Brook, Badger, 453 
 
 Bear, 113 
 
 Beasom, 113, 114 
 
 Brandy, 115 
 
 Cold, 116 
 
 Duncklee, 113, 115 
 
 French or Button, 113 
 Buildings, public, 439 
 Bunker Hill, our wounded at battle 
 
 of, 152 
 Buttrick's Mill, 634, 637 
 
 "Cabinet, Farmers," 299, 348, 351, 
 
 422, 456, 460 
 Canada, Revolutionary quota for, 
 
 153 
 Expedition of 1690, i, 12-15, 22- 
 
 24 
 First English captives carried to, 
 
 12 
 
 French Governor of, 12 
 Candles, 467 
 Cartloads of silver, 14 
 Cavalry of the 22nd Regt., 225-227 
 Celebrations of isoth Anniversary, 
 
 Celebration of Centennial of L. A. 
 
 Co., 574-578 
 
 Cemetery, Centre, 498, 501 
 Crosby Place, or Butler family, 
 
 499 
 
 Dolliver, old, 502 
 Dol liver, new, 502, 
 Fuller, 502 
 
 Johnson Corner, 498, 499 
 North Lyndeborough, 500 
 Perham Corner, 501 
 South, 498 
 Whittemore, 500 
 Charters, The Masonian, 48-52 
 Provincial, Copy of, 134-136 
 Expense of, 138 
 
 Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, 369 
 Chesapeake, American ship, 228 
 Church, Congregational, influence 
 
 of, 277 
 Evidence of its piety, prayer and 
 
 fasting, 279 
 Invites ministers from abroad to 
 
 assist, 279 
 Organized, 280, 635 
 Seventh in county, 635 
 Refused aid from Proprietors 
 
 toward building meeting-house 
 
 281 
 Votes to seek incorporation of 
 
 town, 281 
 Lists of members of, 287, 288, 292 
 
 293 
 
 Records of, no criterion of its 
 character, 288
 
 INDEX 
 
 925 
 
 Heads of families given a voice in 
 its business enterprises, 289 
 
 A new draft of its covenant, 289 
 
 This draft accepted, 290 
 
 Church and state separate, 294 
 
 Warming arrangements, 295 
 
 Carrying footstoves to, 296 
 
 Support, 296 
 
 Pastor also acted as clerk, 298 
 
 Membership of, 306, 308 
 
 Records wanting for 23 years, 306 
 
 Choir, 311-313 
 
 Charges presented against pas- 
 tor, 290 
 
 Answered by pastor satisfactorily 
 and dismissed by church, 290 
 
 Chorister's assistant, 289 
 
 Other religious bodies seek share 
 of ministerial fund, 331 
 
 Congregational church's original 
 right to, unquestioned, 331 
 
 Attendance at, a mark of char- 
 acter, 320, 321, 336 
 
 Loyalty to, 323 
 
 Distinction between church and 
 town, 334 
 
 Baptist, History of, 337-350 
 Beginnings of Baptist meetings 
 
 337, 338 
 Organized, 338 
 
 Names of constituent members, 
 
 338, 339 
 
 Meetings in school houses, 338 
 Rev. Charles Cummings, first 
 
 pastor, 339 
 Other pastors, 340 
 Christian, constituted, 352, 353 
 Rev. G. W. Hutchinson, pastor, 
 
 353 
 
 Location of Congregational meet- 
 ing-house created difficulty,282 
 Difficulty compromised and fin- 
 ally settled by commissioners, 
 283 
 
 Location of Baptist meeting- 
 house decided by the largest 
 contributions, 339 
 Society, The Baptist, 1819, 337 
 The First Baptist Society in 
 
 Lyndeborough, 1831, 348 
 The First Congregational Or- 
 thodox, 299, 332 
 The First Universalist, 351 
 Circulating Library, 386, 387 
 Citizens' Hall, 440 
 Civil War, Roll, 234-240 
 Men, 242 
 Expenses, 242 
 Debt and its reduction advised, 
 
 242 
 
 Club, Debating, 392-394 
 Club Reform, 418, 419 
 College graduates, 625 
 
 Colony, First, north of Florida, 4 
 Colonies, New Hampshire's rela- 
 tion to 4 
 
 Combinations in N. H., 7 
 Commissioners on Boundary Line, 
 
 15, 16, 18 
 
 Committee to close up the Proprie- 
 tors' affairs, 79 
 To report to the committee on 
 
 claims, 158, 166 
 
 To enlist quota for the army, 159 
 Of General Court, advice com- 
 promise, 245 
 
 Of General Court report favor- 
 ably, 247 
 
 Make another report, 250 
 To buy a "Poor Farm," 273 
 Commons, or common lands, 65 
 Congress of the States, Connecti- 
 cut, Massachusetts, New York, 
 
 13 
 Continental, 151 
 
 Constables and collectors of taxes, 
 265 
 
 Constitution adopted, 79 
 
 Continental soldiers, and those 
 
 Continental currency withdrawn 
 from circulation, 160 
 
 Copper, ten trucks of from Eng- 
 land, 14 
 who hired them, 164, 165 
 
 Cobs soldiers, and those who hired 
 them, 165, 166, 169, 170 
 
 Corner, Bevins', now Perham, 282, 
 
 527 
 
 Houston's, 76-78 
 Johnson's, 281, 282, 428, 448, 454, 
 
 492, 494 
 
 Beech Tree, 422 
 Four Towns, Lyndeborough, 
 
 Franceston, New Boston and 
 
 Mont Vernon, 318 
 New Boston, 76, 78 
 Lyndeborough's North West, 81, 
 
 94, 244-247 
 
 Old Lyndeborough, 76, 77 
 Parson's, 243 
 Perham's, 434, 501, 528 
 Putnam's 458, 503 
 Corps, Relief, auxiliary of G.A.R., 
 
 440 
 
 Reserve, 239 
 Marine, 239 
 County History, Hillsborough Co., 
 
 368, 369 
 
 Damage, strongly spelled, 54 
 
 Great by intruders, 83 
 Dartmouth College, 302 
 Deacons of Congregational Church, 
 
 310 
 
 Deacons of Baptist Church, 344 
 Deeds, Old, 482-489
 
 926 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Defenceless towns, 41 
 
 Derry men's encroachments, 69, 70 
 
 Diet of early settlers, 471-473 
 
 Disturbances, 28, 29, 61 
 In Boston, 151 
 Delinquent taxes, 62 
 
 Disagreement about location of the 
 meeting-house, 58 
 
 Dissenters from Congregational 
 Church free to support their 
 own, 331 
 
 Dissenters seek share of minis- 
 terial funds, 331 
 
 Distribution of ministerial funds, 
 
 333 
 
 Districts, public school, and resi- 
 dents of, 357-363 
 Real estate aud residents in Dist. 
 
 No. i, 442, 530 
 No. 2, 534 
 No. 3, 442, 445, 5 2 o 
 No. 4, 445, 535 
 No. 5, 446, 517 
 No. 6, 447 
 No. 7, 448, 537 
 No. 8, 448, 449 
 No 9, 449 
 No. 10, 450 
 Divisions, Lots consisted of First 
 
 and Second, 29 
 Donation visits, 480, 481 
 Donors of Communion Service and 
 
 Organ, 303, 304 
 Drawers, woolen, 470 
 Drinks, 474, 475 
 
 Education, Board of, 366 
 
 Encroachments on Lyndeborough 
 by the purchasers of Walling- 
 ford's lot, 63, 64 
 
 English Colonists, the Penacooks 
 
 embittered against them, 10 
 Revolution of 1689, 13 
 Colony of Jamestown, Va., 5 
 Forces, 14 
 
 English Goverement disavowed the 
 flagrant attack on the Chesa- 
 peake, but never made prom- 
 ised reparation, 228 
 
 Enterprise, The Milford, news- 
 paper, 365, 461 
 
 Episcopal Minister in Dover, 15 
 
 Expedition of 1690, to Canada, 12- 
 14, 22-24 
 
 Fever, Spotted, or Cold Plague, 308, 
 
 633 
 
 Fight, Sham, 9, n, 12 
 Financial grievance, 146 
 First English captives in Canada, 
 
 12 
 
 Fish kill soldiers, 169 
 
 Flora of Lyndeborough, 120-131 
 
 French founded first colony north 
 
 of Florida (Port Royal), 2, 5 
 French or Dutton Brook, 113 
 French forces, 14 
 French and Indian War, u, 14 
 French possessions, 10 
 
 Game, 472 
 
 Garden vegetables, 473 
 Gazeteers, Farmer and Moore's, 451 
 Fogg's, 386 
 Merrill's, 451 
 Geology, Prof. C. H. Hitchcock's, 
 
 102 
 
 Gilmore Ledge, 105 
 Girls, Employments of, 469 
 Glacial Drift, 103 
 Glass Company, 453, 460-462, 634 
 Golden wedding, 441 
 Gores, Groton, 46, 55 
 Lyndeborough, 71, 72 
 Between Lyndeborough and 
 
 Derry men, 71 
 
 Grand Army of Republic, 398, 440 
 G. A. R. charter members of, 399 
 
 Commanders of, 400 
 Grange, Pinnacle, No. 18, Histori 
 
 cal Sketch of, 402-407 
 Grantees of Lyndeborough, 27 
 Grantors of Lyndeborough to de- 
 fend through the law, one ac- 
 tion to King and Council, if 
 need be, 51 
 Grape culture, 528 
 Great Britain, declaration of war 
 
 against, by U. S., 229 
 Greenfield, common lands of, 87, 
 
 92, 96, 99 
 
 First mention of, 84, 102, 103 
 Incorporation of, 243, 250, 297, 
 
 304, 350, 436 
 
 Corrects her boundary, 250 
 Gets farms of Moses Lewis and 
 
 John Stiles, 250 
 
 Loses to Francestown her two 
 eastern ranges of lots, 251, 518, 
 519, 520 
 
 Grievance against church and pas- 
 tor, 334 
 
 Guardian over spendthrift, 420 
 Gulf Bridge on R. R., 635 
 Gulf, Department of, 235 
 Gun of the Lafayette Artillery Co., 
 
 Hall, Armory, 440, 510 
 Citizens', 440, 441, 510 
 Tarbell's, 440, 510 
 Town, 439 
 Mercantile, over the old Centre 
 
 store, 532 
 
 Union Lecture, at North Lynde- 
 borough, 318-320
 
 INDEX 
 
 927 
 
 Harvard University, 120 
 Hibernian Burlesque, in verse, 16 
 Highways necessary were to be laid 
 
 out, 50 
 
 Hills, Hadley, view from, 108 
 Putnam, 277, 428, 498 
 Log House, 491 
 Crooked S., 499 
 Hiring men for Revolutionary 
 
 Army, 161 
 History of Hillsborough County, 
 
 368 
 
 Historical Sketch of Congrega- 
 tional Church by Rev. J. White 
 306 
 
 Hopyard, 477 
 House for public worship of God, 
 
 50,61 
 
 Forest, later Pine Grove, 411 
 Pinnacle, 434, 492, 534, 541 
 Hillside, 522 
 
 Hymn, Original, sung at dedica- 
 tion of new church at the 
 centre in 1837, 298 
 
 Improvement Society, 392 
 Impressed American seaman, 229 
 Indian tribes in New Hampshire, 
 
 8-12 
 
 Massacres of whites, none in New 
 Hampshire for fifty years after 
 its settlement, 24, 27 
 War, 39, 51 
 
 Massacre of whites, supposed to 
 be instigated by the French, n 
 Indians of New Hampshire, Mo- 
 hawks hired against, 10 
 And French on friendly terms, 13 
 Cherokee and Choctaw, 369 
 Industries, earliest in town, 455 
 Infantry, Light, 209 
 
 Captain of, 226 
 Inoculation, 632 n 
 Installations of pastor, Ivory Kim- 
 ball, 300 
 
 Theophilus P. Sawin, 302 
 A. C. Child, 304 
 Owen E. Hardy, 305 
 Arden M. Rock wood, 305, 306, 
 Intemperance, Action against, 417- 
 
 421 
 
 Insurance Company, 397, 398 
 Irish, Encroachments on Lyndebor- 
 ough, 71 
 
 Jurisdiction over New Hampshire, 
 not conferred on Massachusetts 
 but usurped by her, 17, 18 
 
 Judge of Probate, petition to, with- 
 drawn, 89, 92 
 
 King Philip's War, 22, 24 
 William's War, 31 
 
 Labor, price of, on highways, 146 
 Ladies' Societies, Circle, 309, 310 
 
 Circle, Baptist, 349 
 Lafayette Artillery Company, 207- 
 218 
 
 Incorporated, 212 
 
 Rosters and Flags, 212, 218 
 
 Members, 1833-38, 213 
 
 Captains of, 214-218 
 Lamps and torches, 467 
 Lands for the ministry sold, 328, 
 
 329 
 Lawsuit concerning the "Ten 
 
 Acres," 327 
 Settled, 328 
 Ledges, Lucas, Gilmore, Putnam 
 
 and Hartshorn, 105 
 Leopard, British ship, 228 
 Letters and books were few, 422 
 Were left at Amherst P. O. and 
 advertised in the " Farmers' 
 Cabinet," 423 
 Of Benjamin Lynde and others, 
 
 68 
 
 From John Pierce Esq. , 80 
 From John Pierce, placed on 
 Records of Lyndeborough Pro- 
 prietors, 86 
 Of Rev. Sewall Good ridge, 85, 
 
 285 
 
 Of Dr. William Walter, 76, 89, 92 
 Of Lyndeborough Proprietors, 
 
 59. 278 
 
 Library, Circulating, 386 
 Franklin, 383-386 
 Public, 387 
 Social, 382 
 License for sale of liquor not 
 
 granted, 419 
 
 Licentiate for the ministry by Bap- 
 tist Church, 343, 344 
 Light Infantry of 22nd Regiment, 
 
 209 
 
 Sketch of, 218-223 
 Alarm List, "Slam Bangs," 223- 
 
 225 
 
 Lights, fire and candles, 467, 468 
 Line, Boundary between Mass, and 
 
 N. H., 9 
 Linen, 468 
 Liquor, 475 
 Log cabins, 466 
 
 Lord's day, trespassing on, 295 
 Losses of settlers adjusted, 62, 85 
 Losses by Masonian Proprietors, 68 
 Lots, plan of, in Salem-Canada, 64 
 Second Division, retained their 
 
 dimensions and numbers, 65 
 Lugpoles and cranes, 472 
 Lyceums considered helpful, 381, 
 
 390-392 
 The first, 389
 
 928 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Lyndeborough, Mountain described 
 
 102, 108 
 North Line, farther north than 
 
 Peterborough's, by 200 rods, 73 
 A farming township, 109 
 Under Masonian Charter, 48-52, 
 
 57, 103, 104 
 
 Versus No. 2, or Wilton, 54, 56 
 Gore, 70, 71, 84 
 Proprietors generous, not liti- 
 
 gous, 76 
 
 Under Provincial Charter, 132 
 Revolutionary Captains in, 148, 
 
 170 
 
 In the Civil War, 232, 242 
 South Village, 102 
 North Village, 104, 458, 635 
 Lenticular hills in, 103, 104 
 Ponds and streams, 105 
 Glass Works, 104 
 Name, whence derived, 243 
 Addition, what and why, 243 
 Hacked and peeled, 243 
 Opposes temporarily the forma- 
 tion of Greenfield, 244-250 
 Loses more than 1,000 acres to 
 
 Mont Vernon, 254-255 
 Loses to Temple more than 900 
 
 acres, 251, 252 
 Concedes the Howard farm to 
 
 Milford, 255 
 North Lecture House, built, 318- 
 
 320 
 Teachers, from printed reports, 
 
 369-380 
 
 In the " Olden Time," 463 
 Lynx, Canadian, 118 
 
 Mails, routes, stages, carriers, etc., 
 
 422-427 
 
 Maine, Province of, 4, 12, 28 
 Massachusetts, Province of, 270 
 Claims inadmissable, 7, 13, 15, 16, 
 
 21 
 Government and soldiers, 10, 14, 
 
 22 
 
 Treasury bankrupt, 14 
 Feigned patriotism, 16 
 Boundary Line of, 15, 17 
 Alliance, 13 
 Usurped jurisdiction over New 
 
 Hampshire, 17 
 Refused to aid in running the 
 
 Boundary Line, 15-17 
 Was severed from N. H., 18 
 Grants in N. H., 21, 22 
 Records, Extracts from, 21-25, 2 7 
 Wisely assisted N. H. with guard 
 
 against the Indians, 42 
 Mason's title to New Hampshire 
 
 valid, 19 
 Right offered for sale to New 
 
 Hampshire Government, 19 
 
 Claims repugnant to and defeated 
 by N. H. citizens, 17 
 
 Right sold to a Portsmouth syn- 
 dicate of twelve men, 19, 40 
 Masonian Proprietors, or Grand 
 Proprietors were thus consti- 
 tuted, 19, 40, 42, 44, 47, 52, 57, 
 61, 66, 72, 75, 76, 
 
 Matches, Friction introduced, 474 
 Meadows in Lyndeborough, Little 
 Meadow, 430, 431 
 
 Manuel, or Lucas, 457 
 
 Senter's, 116 
 
 Stephenson's, 116 
 
 Whittemore, 112 
 Meeting-house, the first location.34 
 
 The second location, 57, 58 
 
 The first house and grounds, 34, 
 277 
 
 To be underpinned, raised, etc., 
 
 35 
 
 Accounts of work on, 35, 36 
 Contract for building, 37 
 Postponement of building, and 
 
 causes for the same, 38, 39 
 Required by piety, expediency, 
 
 and necessity, as by agreement, 
 
 33 
 
 The first was not finished, 278 
 A new place for, sought, 278, 281 , 
 
 282 
 
 The second location unsatisfac- 
 tory, 283 
 The location finally decided by a 
 
 mutual Commission, 283 
 Set where the Town Hall now 
 
 stands, 283 
 Dimensions of and sale of pews, 
 
 283 
 
 Description of, 283, 284 
 Repairs of, 322-324 
 Care of, 324 
 
 The old house sold, 284, 324 
 Last worship in, 298 
 First service in present, 298, 300, 
 
 324 
 
 Struck by lightning, 300 
 Present house remodelled, 308 
 Grounds caused controversy, 324- 
 
 327 
 
 Baptist, 339, 340 
 Baptist repairs, 345, 346 
 Baptist ownership disputed, 346- 
 
 348 
 
 Meeting of Proprietors in Lynde- 
 borough, 80 
 Men of '76, and those who hired 
 
 them, 161 
 
 Who served for other towns, 169, 
 Metes and bounds of school dis- 
 tricts, 361 
 
 Merchants and stores at Centre, 408 
 409
 
 INDBX 
 
 929 
 
 And Stores at South Lyndeboro' , 
 409-414 
 
 First, at South Lyndeboro', 409 
 Militia, 151, 207, 208 
 
 100,000 called for, 229 
 "Milford Enterprise," 386 
 Mills and Industries, 451-462 
 Mine, " Scataquog " Silver, 395-397 
 Mineral Spring, 527 
 Mineralogy, 105 
 Minister prayed for, 279 
 
 Orthodox, encouraged to settle, 
 
 59. 6l 
 
 And Ministry, 22, 49, 51 
 Ministry land sold, 329 
 Respected, 290 
 Supported by tax, 293 
 Taxation for support of, opposed 
 
 294 
 
 Fund held as exclusive, 331 
 Fund finally distributed, 333 
 Minute-man, his pay while drilling, 
 
 152 
 
 Ministers who were natives, 620, 621 
 Ministry students who died before 
 completing their studies, 621, 
 622 
 
 Money of five kinds, 14, 150, 160 
 Voted for soldiers of Civil War, 
 
 232 
 Voted for Revolutionary soldiers, 
 
 153. 154, i59> 160 
 Great scarcity of, 423 
 Mont Vernon Band, 543 
 Monument, Soldiers', 240, 241 
 Mortuary Record, as in Town Re- 
 ports, 638-645 
 Mountains, division of, Boffee's 
 
 (now Winn), 138, 492, 493 
 Rose, 492 
 Pinnacle, 493 
 "Scataquog," 116, 395 
 Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
 
 397-398 
 
 Improvement Society, 292 
 Music receipts, for playing at mus- 
 ters, 227 
 Musical Instruments, 227 
 
 Instruments in " choir," 312 
 "Mutilation" of old Salem-Canada, 
 55, 56 
 
 Nails, cut at furnace, 457, 466 
 
 Wooden pins used instead of, 466 
 " Necessities of life," Committee to 
 
 set value on, 157 
 N. E. Magazine, 264 
 New Hampshire, Relation to other 
 
 colonies, 2-4 
 Its territory, etc., 1-4, 7, 9, 10-12, 
 
 15-17 
 A Royal Province, 10, 18 
 
 Gains twenty-eight townships by 
 the King's decision of the State 
 Line, 17, 38 
 
 Citizens opposed Mason's claims, 
 17-19 
 
 Patriot, newspaper, 633 
 New London Literary and Scien- 
 tific Institution, 369, 389 
 New York, men who served in, 168, 
 169 
 
 Office, Post, 411 
 
 Ordinations, 280, 286, 291, 297, 305- 
 
 307, 33 
 
 Organ, Mason & Hamlin, 303 
 Organizations, local, 395-407 
 Orthodox Congregational Society, 
 
 299 
 
 Ossippee Indians, 22, 
 Otter, trapped, 119 
 Overseers of the Poor, 270 
 
 Pack Monadnock, 102 
 
 Pastor was also church clerk, 298 
 
 Pastors, three called, but none 
 
 chosen, 330 
 Penacooks, 8, 9 
 Pequackettes, 8, 22 
 Pequods, 14 
 Petition to Governor Wentworth 
 
 for guard, 37 
 
 For relief, repeatedly made by 
 soldiers of the Expedition of 
 1690 or their heirs, 43 
 Of Samuel Dustin, 42 
 Of Nicholas White and Nathaniel 
 
 Bartlett, 42, 44 
 For aid in support of preaching, 
 
 58, 137 
 
 Response to, 59, 140 
 For aid in settling a pastor, 59, 
 
 140 
 For ten acres as meeting-house 
 
 grounds, 88, 326 
 For Provincial Charter, 133 
 That half a mile in width from 
 east side of Lyndeborough be 
 joined to Amherst Northwest 
 Parish, 158 
 
 From Parsons Corner people to 
 be set off to form a new town, 
 156 
 
 Pensioners, Revolutionary, 205, 206 
 Pews vendued, 322, 323 
 Physical features of Lyndeborough, 
 
 102 
 
 Physician, first in town, 535 
 Physicians, other, 622 
 Picnics and recreations, 541 
 Pine Grove House, 504, 511 
 Pinnacle Mountain, 102, 541 
 Pinnacle House, 492, 534 
 Piscataquog River, 116
 
 930 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Piscataqua, 2-4, 7 
 
 Plan of the town lots, 64 
 
 Pleasures and enjoyments, 477 
 
 Plotting and scheming, 18 
 
 Plows, 465 
 
 Plymouth Company and Council, 
 
 i, 3, 6, 7, 10 
 Pond, Badger, 103, no 
 
 Beaver, 60 
 
 Burton, 102, in 
 
 Poor who belonged elsewhere 
 warned to leave town, 270, 271 
 
 In 1775, amount expended for, 272 
 
 Overseers of, 270 
 
 Care for, 273 
 
 Farm bought and sold, 273, 274 
 
 Farm, Superintendents of, 273, 
 
 274. 
 
 Population, source and stock, 626 
 Portsmouth, serving at, for two 
 
 months, 165 
 Post routes, rates of postage, stamps 
 
 etc., 422-424 . 
 
 Masters at the Centre, 424-426 
 Masters at North and South 
 
 Lyndeborough, 427 
 Potholes, 103 
 Potash works, 459 
 Potatoes, 465 
 Pottery, earthenware, 467 
 Pound built, 149 
 Powder, balls and flints purchased, 
 
 150 
 
 Preaching sustained in town, 139 
 In private dwellings, 58 
 Allowance of Proprietors for, 58 
 Preaching held at Jacob Cram' 3,282, 
 
 297 
 
 Price of labor on highways, 146 
 Procession at isoth anniversary,545 
 At Centennial of Lafayette Artil- 
 lery Co., 575-577 
 Town Agricultural Fair, 542 
 Professional men, 620, 621 
 Proprietors, Masonian or Grand, or 
 the Lord Proprietors of Mason's 
 Claims, 19, 42, 66, 82, 83 
 Proprietors were rarely settlers, 67 
 Meetings, where held and how 
 
 called, 61 
 
 Protest against paying bounty to 
 soldiers who served for other 
 towns, 154 
 
 Fires, sufferers by, aided, 274 
 Protest against both meeting-house 
 
 and place for, 282 
 Relating to meeting-house 
 
 grounds, 326, 327 
 Province Land, 23, 24 
 Providing for preaching, 278 
 
 For by tax, or voluntary subscrip- 
 tion, not always easy, 297 
 
 "Psalm," Persons chosen to "set 
 
 the," 289, 311 
 Purchasers of Wallingford's lot, 80- 
 
 82, 91, n 
 
 Pulpit Committee, 141 
 Public buildings, 439 
 
 Questions, 2 
 
 Quota of town for Revolutionary 
 
 War, 153, 154, 159 
 For War of 1812, 230 
 For Civil War, 232-234, 242 
 
 Railroad cut described as to soil, 
 
 102, 104 
 
 B. & M., 411, 513, 514 
 Peterborough Extension, 633, 634 
 Raisings and rum, 277, 479 
 Raising, the first without rum, 480 
 Rand lot, 281, 482-484, 494, 533 
 Redress of grievance, petition for, 
 
 272 
 
 Reform Club, 418, 419 
 Referees as to meeting-house 
 
 grounds, 325 
 
 Regiments of early militia, 207, 208 
 Ninth, 208 
 Twenty-Sixth, 209' 
 Twenty-Second, 210-227 
 In the Civil War, 234-240 
 Regulars, call for, 25,000, 229 
 Relation of N.H. to other colonies, 4 
 Religious character of the Puritans, 
 
 276 
 
 Remodelled meeting-house de- 
 scribed, 309 
 Remonstrances, 244, 247-249, 253, 
 
 254 
 Repairs on Cong, church, 322-324 
 
 On Bapt. church, 345, 346 
 Resurvey by Benjamin Lynde, Jr., 
 
 64 
 
 By others, 90 
 Agitation in Mass., 4 
 Association like the C. E., 310 
 Association, its constitution, 
 
 members, etc., 311 
 Revivals in the Cong, church, 307 
 
 In the Bapt. church, 344 
 Review of action on the "ministry 
 
 fund," 333, 334 
 Revolution, its precursors and 
 
 success, 150, 1 60 
 Review of Town expenditures for 
 
 Civil War, 242 
 
 Rights in township, charges on, 29 
 River, Connecticut, 41 
 Merrimac, 41 
 Peinigewasset 15 
 Penobscot, 10 
 
 Rocky, 32, 513, 518, 519, 635 
 St. Croix, 10
 
 INDEX 
 
 931 
 
 Roads, earliest, 31-33 
 
 And bridges, 428-438 
 Rocky Hill or Ledge, 60 
 Roll of Revolutionary soldiers, 170- 
 205 
 
 Of soldiers in Civil War, 234-240 
 Rose Frigate, 10 
 Roswell's grant, 3 
 Rum, crusade against, 475, 476 
 Russell's Station, 103, 113 
 
 Saco River, 8 
 Sagadahoc River, 7 
 Salem-Canada, 15, 27, 31, 43, 44, 
 106, 498, 522, 526 
 
 Proprietors, 61 
 
 Plan of lots in, 64 
 
 Described and bounded, 106, 107 
 
 Settlers disturbed, 49 
 
 Streams, 112 
 
 Saw mill lot voted, 29 
 
 Saw mills, 31, 32 
 Salt and molasses affair, 627, 628 
 "Scarecrow case " tried by church, 
 
 295 
 
 Scalps, A bounty on, 12 
 Scataquog Hill, 94 
 Schools, 312, 313, 481 
 School lot, Committee to sell, 152, 
 
 354, 355 
 
 Districts formed, 153, 154 
 Schools, Committee to inspect, 
 
 360, 361 
 Superintending Committee of, 
 
 360, 361 
 
 First extended report of, 363 
 Committee's Reports, 1852-1880, 
 
 3 6 4, 365 
 School Districts, at first seven, 355 
 
 Limited, 356-360 
 
 "Metes and bounds " of, 361 
 
 High maintained, 363, 364 
 
 Law changed, 366 
 
 Teachers in early days, 367-369 
 
 Master to teach in four places 
 and in eight, 355 
 
 Mistress, 354 
 
 Houses, 441-450 
 Seminary, Andover, referred to, 
 
 303, 305, 306 
 Sermon Historical, 298 
 Shoemaking, 471 
 Silver, Mining for, on "Scataquog" 
 
 395-397 
 
 Silex Company, 460 
 Singers's seats assigned, 158 
 Singing in choir, uneasiness about, 
 
 289, 290 
 Small-pox in 1792, 629 
 
 Poem, 63o, 631 
 
 Scare in 1853, 631, 632 
 Snow falls of 23 years, 470 
 Social Library, 308, 381 
 
 Sociables, 480 
 
 Society, First Baptist and success- 
 ors, 337, 338, 348, 349 
 Congregational Orthodox, 332, 
 
 333 
 
 Universalist, 350, 352 
 Soldiers' bonnties, 166 
 Of the Revolution, Roll of, 170- 
 
 205 
 Of 1812, agreement of and list of, 
 
 229-231 
 Of Civil War and Monument, 234- 
 
 241 
 Sons of Temperance, 419 
 
 Of Veterans, 440 
 South Sea, 15 
 
 Souhegan River, 23, 116, 521 
 Source of our original settlers, 626 
 Stage routes and mails, 426, 427 
 Stony Brook or Rocky River, 102, 
 
 103, 114 
 Stores and merchants at the Centre, 
 
 408 
 And merchants at So. Lyndebor- 
 
 ough, 410-414 
 Strategy, 27 
 Strife, 19 
 Striped frock, 469 
 Students for the ministry who died 
 before completing their studies 
 621, 622 
 Subscribers to Temperance Fund, 
 
 418 
 Subscription Book, an old relic, 275, 
 
 347 
 
 Summer Boarders, 522 
 Survey, general, 4 
 Survey, Fletcher's, fell short, 63 
 
 Tanneries, 458 
 
 Taxes, delinquents in paying, 62 
 
 Collection of, 265-267 
 
 Refused for support of Mr. Mer- 
 rill, 294, 337 
 
 Tax List of 1786 (not indexed), 267 
 Time of uncertainty to settlers, 79 
 Tinder-box, 474 
 Tools for farming, 465 
 Topography, 106 
 Town, proposition to divide it at 
 
 Boffee's mountain, 138 
 
 Cow sold, 272, 273 
 
 Treasurers, 275 
 Town opposes request, 247-249 
 
 Hall, Cost of, estimated, 439 
 
 Fairs and celebrations, 541-544 
 Town meeting, The first, 136 
 
 How notified or warned, 138, 141 
 
 Change in form of warning, 265, 
 266 
 
 Considers the request of the peo- 
 ple of its Northwest corner, 
 246, 247
 
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 Towns called " Canada Towns," 
 
 why? 16 
 
 Granted by Mass, had their char- 
 ter annulled, 19 
 
 Townships added to N. H., 17 
 
 Tradesmen, 623 
 
 Training Band drills while their 
 fellow-citizens fight at Bunker 
 Hill, 208, 152 
 
 Treachery to the Indians, 9 
 
 Trestle on railroad, 634 
 
 Trespassers, Committee to prose- 
 cute, 84 
 
 Turkeys, wild, 119 
 
 Turns of military service appraised 
 
 154 
 Turnpike, Second N. H., 422 
 
 Union, Articles of, approved, 154 
 United States Colored Troops, 239 
 Union Veterans' Union, Appendix 
 Usurpation, 16 
 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, 239 
 Veterans, Sons of, Appendix 
 Volunteers, 50,000 called for, 229 
 Vote neither reconsidered nor an- 
 nulled, 154 
 
 Votes regarding bounties and aid 
 to the families of soldiers, 232- 
 
 234 
 
 Regarding substitutes and quota 
 in the Civil War, 233 
 
 Wages of militia men, 229, 230 
 War, Indian and French, 8 
 
 Revolutionary, and Roll of sol- 
 diers, 155, 170-205 
 
 Of 1812 and its causes, 228, 229 
 
 Of 1812, 1/yndeborough soldiers 
 in, 230, 231 
 
 Mexican, 231 
 
 Of Rebellion, quota and expendi- 
 tures for, 232-242 
 
 Warning town meeting, changes in 
 style of, 265, 266 
 
 Out of town people of other 
 towns likely to become a bur- 
 den, 141 
 
 Warrant lost by court causes the 
 town very heavy and unjust 
 expense, 272 
 
 Watts Psalms and Hymns per- 
 mitted for use in church, 158 
 
 W. C. T. U. organized, 420 
 
 Weare, one of the Canada town- 
 ships, 16 
 
 White pines reserved for His Maj- 
 esty's navy, 51 
 
 White Plains, Soldiers at, 162 
 
 Wilton versus Lyndeborough, 46, 
 
 54-56, 81, 82, 102, 103, 135, 153 
 Lands adjoining north line of, 
 
 sold, 82, 83, 94 
 Mentioned, 270, 271, 286, 291, 338, 
 
 340, 369, 423, 435, 436 
 History, 458, 495 
 West Village, 462 
 Highlands, 521, 525, 528 
 Meeting-house frame, fall of, 147- 
 149 
 
 Wounded and killed at fall of 
 frame, 149 
 
 Winter Hill men with Capt. Spauld- 
 
 ing, 167 
 
 March to Canada and return to 
 Trenton fight, 168 
 
 Worship, last in old meeting-house 
 291 
 
 Wool and woolen underwear, 468, 
 469, 470 
 
 Wolves, 118 
 
 Wood, " 1 2 cords of hard dry wood" 
 as a part of minister's salary, 
 was thought too hard a condi- 
 tion and defeated his call, 291 
 
 Woodshed, first in town, 474 
 
 Wooden pegs used instead of nails, 
 466 
 
 Woodchuck, 264 
 
 W. R. C., 440 
 
 For organization of, seeAppendix 
 
 Wounded mortally at Bunker Hill, 
 152 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association 
 342
 
 Errata. 
 
 Page 19, last paragraph. For Chapter V. read Chapter III. 
 Page 76, twenty-third line. For Wellingford read Wallingford. 
 Page 140, near the bottom of page. For Caston's read Coston's. 
 Page 310, twelfth line. Insert Merrill after Rev. Nathaniel. 
 Page 385, after David Holt insert John W. Whittemore, 5 
 
 shares. 
 
 Page 429, third line. After Stiles's insert and. 
 Page 725, last line. For Oct. i, 1885, read Oct. 5, 1885. 
 Page 726, third line. For Irwin E., read Erwin E. 
 Page 751, fourteenth line. For Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epes) 
 
 Clark, read John and Margery (Hay ward) Clark. 
 
 See page 705. 
 
 Page 772, tenth line. For 1891 read 1893. 
 Page 786. To the children of Joseph A. and Mary L. (Steph- 
 
 enson) Johnson add Isa V., b. Nov. 9, 1857, m. 
 
 Ephraim Provo of Salem, Mass. 
 Page 830. To the record of Charles E. Putnam add, m. Sept. 
 
 2, 1903, Minda A. Buswell of Bedford, N. H. 
 
 Children, born at Wilton: Donald E., b. May 26, 
 
 1904 ; James A., b. July 13, 1905.
 
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