GENEALOGY Chapter
from
History of the town of Andover, New Hampshire
1751 - 1906
Concord, N.H.
Printed by the Rumford Print Co.
1910



[Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]




DANE

Timothy, son of ____ _____ and ____ (_____), Dane, b. in ____; d. in Nashua, _____; m. Feb. 2, 1834, Rhoda Bagley, dau. of William and Rhoda (Bagley) PROCTOR; d. in Nashua Jan. 4, 1895. Mr. Dane was a hatter and manufactured hats in Andover in 1833 and 1834, and afterwards moved to Nashua.

Thomas, b. _____.
William Proctor, b. _____.
George Proctor, b. _____.
John, b. _____.


DANFORD

Nathaniel Danford came to New Breton before the American Revolution and served as a soldier in that struggle. He settled on the river road, now a part of Franklin, on the farm lately owned by J. Wesley Simonds. He gave the land for the cemetery in that neighborhood. There is no record of his family save of the death of his wife Jan. 13, 1798, and the birth of one daughter.

Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1798.


DAVIS

David, son of _____ and_____(______) DAVIS was b. in Northfield, N. H., _____; d. in Andover May 3, 1868, a. 74; m, _____ 1818, NANCY. dau. of Ephraim and Sally (Keniston) CROSS; d. in Andover March 10, 1861, a. 73. Mr. Davis was a farmer and came to Andover in 1821.

Hannah, b. in Northfield; m., Nov. 27, 1842, Wilder Tilton.
Sallie, b. in Northfield Feb. 20, 1819; m. John T. Gilman.
DANIEL. M., b. in New Hampton April 20, 1821; m. Cynthia Kezer.
Eliza, b. in Andover Feb. 11, 1825; m., Dec. 25, 1849, James Wheeler Roby; 2 ch., Frank and Nancy
Jane; d. April 6, 1897.
John, b. in Andover; m. Marla Corser; 2 ch.. William and George; John Davis d. 1861.

DANIEL MITCHELL, son of David and Nancy (Cross) Davis, was b. in New Hampton April 20, 1821; d. in Andover Nov. 5, 1901; m., Dec. 3, 1840, CYNTHIA. dau. of William and Olive (Scribner) KEZER, b. Oct. 6, 1819. Daniel was a farmer and a mason.

Frank Leroy, b. June 26, 1843; d. in the army at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 26, 1862.
Mary Josephine, b. Nov. 19, 1845; m., Feb. 27, 1867, Amos Sawyer Ripley of Franklin; Frank Thomas Ripley, b. June 18, 1880.
Rufus MOODY, b. Sept. 22, 1847; m. Arvesta Johnson.
Daniel Edgar, b. Oct. 10, 1849; d. Aug. 31, 1851.
Daniel Edgar, b. June 17, 1854; m., Jan. 1, 1876, Anna Belle, dau. of Geo. W. and Mary A. Seavey ; no ch.; res. Franklin Falls.
Lillian Isabel, b. Feb. 17, 1867; m., Dec. 19, 1875, J. Fred Fellows; res. in Concord; no ch.
FREDERICK SCOTT, b. Dec. 31, 1860; m. Ida Florence Hazen.

Rufus Moody, son of Daniel M. and Cynthia (Kezer) DAVIS, was b. in Andover Sept. 22, 1847; d. In Franklin Falls Sept. 14, 1905; m., Oct. 8, 1871, ARVESTA J., dau. of Isaiah and Martha A. (Staples) JOHNSON of Franklin.

Alvah Johnson, b. March 28, 1874; m., Oct. 12, 1904, Louise M. Gresser.
Harry Daniel, b. Aug., 1879.
Rufus Eugene, b. Nov. 15, 1883.

FREDERICK SCOTT, son of Daniel M. and Cynthia (Kezer) Davis, was b. in Andover Dec. 31, 1860; res. in Andover; is a mason; m., July 23, 1886, IDA FLORENCE, dau. of Amos H. and Ellen (Orr) HAZEN of Hartford, Vt.

Helen Cynthia, b. Dec. 9, 1887.
Ralph Everett, b. July 14, 1891.


DAVIS

ELIAS, son of Dea. Eli and Judith (Sanborn) Davis of Springfield, b. Sept. 17, 1811; d. Nov. 9, 1895; m., Feb. 19, 1837, MARY CLARK WHITE of Springfield, Vt.; she d. April 10, 1855. He came from New London and settled in Andover in 1859. He was a shoe-maker and res. at East Andover.

Elias Freeman, b. Nov. 12, 1837; d. June 12, 1855.
ROLLIN EDSON, b. Nov. 14, 1839; m. Mary Elizabeth Fales.
Sherman Avery, b. June 13, 1843; d. June 22, 1869. He was a soldier in the First Rhode Island Cavalry and the First New Hampshire Cavalry.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1846; d. Aug. 29, 1849.

ROLLIN EDSON, son of Elias and Mary Clark (White) Davis, b. Nov. 14, 1839; m., July 17, 1S64, MARY ELIZABETH; dau. of Mary Carleton (Fales) SHERBURNE of Canaan; she was b. Oct. 22, 1845. Mr. Davis was a farmer; came from New London to Andover in 1859.

Nellie Maria, b. Nov. 29, 1865.

ALFRED DAVIS was b. in Grantham March 25, 1829; m. in Hill March 8, 1849,ABBY ALDRICH, b. in Grafton March 28, 1829. He moved to Andover in March, 1864. He was overseer of the town farm and the poor from 1864 to 1868; selectman in 1867 and 1868; town treasurer in 1868, and collector of taxes in 1865 and 1866.


DAWES

ROBERT DAWES, b. March 15, 1810, in London, Eng.; son of Thomas Dawes of Richmond, Surrey, England, and Elizabeth Goodby of Boston, England; m., Jan. 1, 1834, ANN QUIRK of Cork Co., Ireland; came to America in 1836 and settled in Andover in 1874.

Mary Jane, b. 1837; d. young.
Kate, b. March, 1838; m. John Mullaly and had 3 ch; she d. March 15, 1870.
Thomas, b. 1839; m. Margaret Mehan and had 5 ch.
William, b. 1840.
Robert, b. 1842.
Ellen, b. 1843; m. John Mullaly and had 3 ch.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 25, 1850.
Edwin, b. Dec. 28, 1852.


DEARBORN

REUBEN DEABBOBN, Rev., b. in Loudon, N. H., Feb. 14, 1809; m., May 16, 1839, HANNAH BABCOCK, clan. of Col. Jonathan WEARE of Andover. Mr. Dearborn d. in Salem Nov. 3, 1890.

Susan, b. Aug. 22, 1844; d. at Salem, N. H., Oct. 12, 1873.
Rev. Josiah Weare, b. Dec. 1, 1847; m., Dec. 3, 1874, Martha B. Dinsmoor of Derry; d. at Watertown, Mass., Jan. 19, 1894; 2 ch.
Reuben Fletcher, b. May 16, 1850; a physician in Lynn, Mass.


DICKERSON

WATSON, son of Moses DICKERSON of Hill, was b. in Hill Feb. 5, 1801; d. in Andover April 29, 1875; m. (1), March 14, 1829, SARAH, dau. of Willard and Sarah (Cilley) EMERY, who d. Sept. 9. 1868; m. (2) DEBORAH DANIELS of Franklin in 1869.

FRANK PIERCE WATSON, b. Oct. 1, 1870; m. Jennie M. Wadleigh.

FRANK PIERCE WATSON, son of Watson and Deborah (Daniels) Dickerson, b. Oct. 1, 1870; m., Dec. 21, 1891, JENNIE MAY, dau. of John Buren and Viola L. (Brown) WADLEIGH.

Watson, b. East Andover Dec. 8, 1892.
Mildred, b. East Andover Feb. 26, 1895.
Viola, b. Franklin Sept. 26, 1901.


DIMOND

HENRY CLAY, son of Reuben and Judith DIMOND, b. May 10, 1846; came from Hill to East Andover and settled in 1872; m., Nov. 2, 1872, ABBIE JANE. dau. of Ebenezer P. and Mary (Tucker) YEATON of East Andover.

Nahum Henry. b. Jan. 6, 1876.
Alice, b. March 13, 1880.


DODGE

SOLOMON. son of Solomon and Mary (Buxton) DODGE of New Boston, N. H., was b. May 28, 1836; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH CHRISTY of New Boston; she was b. July 1, 1842; d. June 7, 1872; m. (2), Feb. 1, 1874, MYRA AUGUSTA, dau. of Joseph Shaw and Asenath Upton (Page) TUCKER of New Boston; she was b. April 5, 1851, at Goffstown, N. H. He was a soldier and officer in the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment.

Effie Evelyn, b. May 31, 1863; m. Nov. 6, 1884, George W. Carr; 6 ch.
Carrie May, b. April 12, 1866; m. Dec. 18, 1894, Charles Manson Gaffield; res. Bradford, Vt.; 5 ch. Nellie Rebecca, b. Oct. 19, 1867; m., Aug. 1892, Frank Eleazer Rowe; res. Winchester, Mass.; 3 ch.
Millie Belle, b. Oct. 16, 1869; d. Feb. 19, 1872.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1871; d. June 22, 1872.
Lizzie Asenath, b. Sept. 26, 1876.
Solomon, b. Dec. 3, 1877.

SOLOMON, son of DODGE, b. 1806; a blacksmith at East Andover; m. SUSAN, dau. of John and Jerusha (Sweetser) FELCH, b. in Francestown 1807; res. Sutton when married.

John, b. 1833.
George A., b. 1837.
Elnora, b. 1850.


DOLE

JOHN DOLE. a Revolutionary soldier, was b. Feb. 6, 1760, and d. Nov. 10, 1814; res. New London; m. MOLLY, dau. of Asa and Elizabeth (Kneeland) PINGREE; she m. (2) Benjamin Cass of Wilmot and res. on Carr hill in Wilmot.

Polly, 3d child, m. Joseph Woodward.
Dolly, 6th child, m. James Woodward.
Phebe, 8th child, b. May 12, 1799; m. (1), Aug. 12, 1821, Cass, who d. May 4, 1849; m. (2), Dec. 28, 1833, James Moody.
Eliza, 9th child, b. Feb. 11, 1808; m., March 28, 1825, Levi Morey; d. March 25, 1833.


DRURY

WILBUR LEROY, son of Edwin (son of John) and Emily Jeannette (Hardy) Drury, b. in Andover May 19, 1856; m., Sept. 15, 1878, Emma Lucinna, dau. of James and Lucy Cutting Corey SEAVEY; she d. Nov. 6, 1879.

Fred, b. ____.


DOWNES

ISAAC DOWNES was b. in Lebanon, Me., in 1790; came to Andover in 1817; d. in Andover March 15, 1848; m., April, 1820, MIRIAM, dau. of Philip CILLEY of Andover; she d. in Andover, 1877.

Philip Cilley, b. Oct. 19, 1821; d. Sept. 26, 1863; was a soldier in Tenth New Hampshire Regiment.
LEONARD W., b. July 18, 1823; m. Sarah Hill of Thornton; he d. June 8, 1857.
Phebe Ann, b. 1825; d. 1833.
Priscilla, b. Feb. 22, 1828; m., 1850, Eben H. Wilkinson of Effingham, N. H.
Lydia Cilley, b. Feb. 18, 1830; m. Mark Jesse Leavenworth of Wheelock, Vt.
Ann, b. May 31, 1833; m. (1) Charles Warren of Charlestown, Vt.; m. (2) Albert C. Currier; she d. Aug. 22, 1893; no ch.
DANIEL, b.June 10, 1835; m., July 3, 1856, Nancy Jane Keniston.
Ellen M., b. May 6, 1837; m., Sept., 1853, Eben H. Wilkinson; d. Feb., 1856.
ISAAC, b. April 22, 1841; m., June, 1865, Abbie A. Sleeper of Andover.

LEONARD WENTWORTH, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley) Downes, was b. in Salisbury July 18, 1823; d. in Andover June 7, 1857; m., Oct. 2, 1846, SARAH, dau. of Benjamin HILL; she was b. in Thornton, N. H. Mr. Downes was a farmer and teamster and settled in Andover in 1856.

Amanda Jane, b. March 17, 1848; m. Wesley J. Cilley.
Charles Leonard, b. June 22, 1850; m., July 18, 1875, Mary Isabel Minard of Salisbury. Leonard Wentworth, b. June 22, 1875; Royal Freese, b. July 21, 1876.
Andrew Wentworth, b. Aug. 23, 1852; m., Jan., 1875, Sybil Jane, dau. of Harvey Durgin of Andover. Earnest Harlan. b. May 12. 1876. Nellie May, b. March 17, 1880.
Nellie Maria. b. May 23, 1856; d. Nov. 4, 1874.

Mrs. Leonard Wentworth Downes m. (2), Aug. 12, 1865, John Keniston Davis of Northfield.

DANIEL, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley) Downs, was b. in Salisbury, N. H., June 10, 1835; m., July 3, 1856, NANCY JANE ADAMS, dau. of Calvin KENISTON, a native of Andover. He came from Lowell and settled in Andover in 1858; lived at Taunton Hill, Andover Center, Cilleyville and Potter Place. Mr. Downes d. at Potter Place April 3, 1905. Mrs. Downes d. at Potter Place June 10, 1904.

Edwin Daniel, b. April 30, 1858; m., March 22, 1879, Elzira, dau. of Benjamin C. and Lucy (Buck) Keniston.
Ida Jane, b. Dec. 29, 1859; m. Frank H. Fifield of Enfield.
Fred Eugene, b. June 17, 1861; m., Oct. 31, 1882, Lillie Anna Seavey.
Marcilea Maria, b. July 16, 1863; m. William Morrill of Andover.
Jesse Mark, b. Sept. 16, 1864; m., Sept. 6, 1887, Flora Blake.
Bertie Willie, b. Dec. 21, 1866; m., March 18, 1895, Annie Dailey.

ISAAC, son of Isaac and Miriam (Cilley) Downes, was b. in Salisbury April 22, 1841; d. in Andover May 29, 1907; m., June, 1865, ABBIE A., dau. of Enos and Miriam (Keniston) SLEEPER.

Stella Maria, b. in Andover Sept. 23, 1866; m. George H. Thompson.
Isaac Nelson, b. in Andover Feb. 1, 1868; m. _____.


DUDLEY

The history of the Dudley family in this country is, to a great extent, fragmentary, but in some lines it is quite complete.

ROBERT DUDLEY was a captain in the wars under Queen Elizabeth, and was killed in battle, a comparatively young man.

THOMAS, son of Capt. Robert DUDLEY, was b. in England in 1576. He came to Massachusetts at an early period and was Governor in 1634, 1640, 1645, and 1650. He was Deputy Governor for thirteen years.

Rev. SAMUEL, son of Gov. Thomas DUDLEY, was b. about 1610, and was a settled minister in Exeter, N. H., from 1650 till his death in 1683. He m. (1), in 1632, MARY, dau. of Gov. John WINTHROP; she d. in Salisbury, Mass., April 12, 1643; m. (2) MARY BYLEY; m. (3) ELIZABETH ____, who was living in 1702.

Children by first wife:
Thomas, bap. in Boston March 9, 1634.
John, bap. In Boston Jan. 28, 1635.
Margaret, bap. in Cambridge; d. young in Salisbury.
Samuel, bap. at Cambridge Aug. 2, 1639.
Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1641.
By second wife:
Theophilus,b. Oct. 31, 1644.
Mary, b. April 21, 1646.
Byley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.
Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1649-'50.
Thomas, b. _____ ; m. Mary ; d. Exeter 1713.
By third wife:
Elizabeth, b. 1652.
STEPHEN, b. at Exeter. James, b. at Exeter 1663.
Timothy, b. _____. Abigail.
Dorothy.
Rebecca.
Samuel.

STEPHEN. son of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth DUDLEY, was b. at Exeter; m. (1), Dec. 24, 1684, SARAIH GILMAN ; m. (2) MARY TIING or THING [very hard to make out]; M. (3) MERCY GILMAN.
Samuel, b. at Exeter Dee. 19, 1686; m., Nov. 24, 1709, Hannah Colcord.
Stephen, b. at Exeter March 10, 1688; m. Sarah Davidson.
JAMES, b. at Exeter June 11, 1690; m. Mercy Folsom of Exeter.
John, b. at Exeter Oct. 4. 1692.
Nicholas, b. at Exeter Aug. 27, 1694.
Joanna, b. at Exeter May 3, 1697.
Trueworthy, b. at Exeter 1700.
Joseph, b. at Exeter 1702.
Abigail, b. at Exeter
Sarah, b. at Exeter Jan. 15, 1706.

JAMES, son of Stephen and Sarah (Gilman) DUDLEY, was b. in Exeter June 11, 1690; d. in Exeter in 1746; m. MERCY FOLSOM of Exeter.

JAMES, b. Exeter 1715; m. Deborah Bean.
Abigail, b. Exeter Oct. 31, 1716.
Samuel, b. Exeter 1720.
John, b. Exeter April 9, 1725.
Joseph, b. Exeter 1728.
Joanna, b. _____; m. Daniel Ladd of Deerfield.
Sarah, b. _____; d. unm.
Mercy, b. _____; m._____ Emerson of Maine.

JAMES, son of James and Mercy (Folsom) DUDLEY was b. in Exeter in 1715; d. in Brentwood 1761; m. DEBORAH BEAN. who d. in Andover 1810. Children all born in Brentwood.

James, b. _____.
Eliphalet, b. _____; d. young.
Stephen, b. _____.
Jonathan, b. _____ , 1752; d. in Revolutionary Army at Ticonderoga in 1776.
JOHN, b. _____; m. Abigail Dudley.
Hannah, b. _____; m._____Gilman.

JOHN, son of James and Deborah (Bean) DUDLEY, b. in Brentwood; d. in Andover 1810; m. ABIGAIL, dau. of Samuel Paul and Jane (Hubbard) DUDLEY, b. Exeter April 20, 1752; d. Andover 1836. Mr. Dudley was the first settler at West Andover, coming from Brentwood about 1789. He lived in the last house in Andover on the Grafton turnpike. He served six years in the army during the Revolution.

Deborah, b. _____; m. Jonathan Scribner and moved to Rome, Me.; he was drowned; she d..in York, leaving children.
HUBBARD, b. June 24, 1782; m. Lydia Tirrill of Andover.
JOHN, b. 1788; m. Betsey Tirrill of Andover.
Abigail, b. _____; m. Amos Flanders of Wilmot; 4 ch.

HUBBARD. son of John and Abigail (Dudley) DUDLEY, was b. June 24, 1782; m., 1805, LYDIA, dau. of John and Sarah (Eastman) TIRRILL of Andover. She was b. April 18, 1782; d. April 7, 1866. He was a farmer and lived at West Andover; d. Feb. 6, 1873.

Sarah Tirrill, b. Oct. 19, 1806; d. unm. Jan. 27, 1901.
An infant, b. _____; d. May, 1808.
Betsey, b. Jan. 2, 1810; d. unm. Feb. 15, 1855.
Lydia, b. March 1, 1812; m., Feb. 14, 1839, William Butterfield of Danbury; d. 1862.
Henry Harrison, b. Dec. 8, 1814; d. 1816.
George Washington, b. Feb. 26. 1816: m., Oct. 17, 1844, Ann, dau. of Stephen Pingree of Salisbury : d. Oct. 13. 1893. George Stephen, b. Nov. 29, 1851; d. April 2, 1871.
Joseph, b. April 11, 1818; m. Maria Louise Ott of Keokuk, Iowa ; no ch.
Harriet Newell, b. Dec. 16, 1820; m. (1), Jan., 1839. Ashley D. Pomeroy, who d. Oct. 20, 1840: 1 ch.; m. (2), Dec., 1843, Col. Horace Crandall of Manchester; 3 ch.
Louisa Jane, b. Dec., 1822; d. 1824.

JOHN, son of John and Abigail (Dudley) DUDLEY, b. 1788; d. in Andover Sept., 1861; m. BETSEY, dau. of John and Sarah (Eastman) TIRRILL; she d. March 30, 1837.

John Langdon, D. D., b. Jan. 12, 1812.
Timothy Kelly, b. Aug. 2, 1813; d. Aug. 24, 1846.
Enoch Tirrill, b. Oct. 30, 1815; m. (1) _____ m. (2) Eliza C. Jones; d. March 26, 1900.
Ormascinda, b. Feb. 18, 1818; m. Rev. Caleb Branch
James Buck, b. Jan. 20, 1820; m. _____ ; d. in Andover Dec. 4, 1890.
Walter Harris, b. July 2, 1822; d. June 7, 1843.
Henry Mace, b. April 11, 1825; d. ____.
Lucinda, b. May 29, 1827; 0. Aug. 7, 1827.
Charles Curtis, b. July 7, 1829; d. _____.
Ann Charlotte, b. June ?, 1832; d. Sept. 21, 1834.

SAMUEL PAUL, son of Stephen and Sarah (Davidson) DUDLEY, was b. in Exeter 1721; d. Andover Jan. 9, 1789; m. in Kingston Jan. 21, 1746, JANE HUBBARD; d. Andover July 17, 1814 (age 89y. 7m.)

Abigail, b. 1752; m. John Dudley of Brentwood.
Jeremiah, b. 1756; m., Feb. 4, 1791, Mary Roberts of Salisbury.
Hubbard, b. in Hawke, Feb. 18, 1764; d. Dec. 13, 1841, at Durham, Canada.
JACOB, b. in Hawke 1766; m. Mehitable Scribner.
STEPHEN, b. in Hawke 1771; m. Abigail Tilton.
Anna, b. in Hawke; d. in Andover.

JACOB, son of Samuel Paul and Jane (Hubbard) DUDLEY, b. in Hawke 1766; d. in Hanover Oct. 15, 1851; m. in Andover Dec. 28, 1789, MEHITABLE, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Colby) SCRIBNER of Andover; she. d. in Hanover April 6, 1858 (a. 89yr.). They lived in Andover until 1815, when they moved to Hanover.

Sarah C., b. Jan. 1, 1791; d. at Lebanon Feb. 16, 1877; unm.
Mary (Polly), b. Oct. 8, 1792; m. Peter Rowe of Andover, who d. Berlin, Vt., about 1834; Mary d. Jan. 30, 1859.
Betsey H., b. Nov. 27, 1795; d. Hanover March 16, 1848; unm.
Jacob, b. Dec. 12, 1797; m., about 1824, Rebecca Ladd; he d. at Hanover Dec. 7, 1848.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 15, 1800; m. (1) Delight Snow; m. (2) Minerva Armstrong of Norwich, Vt.; 7 ch.
Abner True, b. Dec. 12, 1803; m. (1) Mary P. Holt, who d. 1848; m. (2) Mrs. Phebe C. Buzzell of Strafford, Vt.; he d. Hanover May 11, 1867.
David P., b. July 12, 1805; m., 1830, Sophronia Sweatt of Hanover; d. April 2, 1875; res. Berlin, Vt.
Nathaniel W., b. Jan. 7, 1807; m. (1), 1827, Lydia Snow, who d. 1832; m. (2), 1833, Sarah Kimball, who d. 1851; m. (3), 1851, Cassandra Adams; he d. Lebanon March 29, 1879.
Amos P., b. June 2, 1809; m., 1832, Almira Washburn of Hanover; res. Hanover.
Jason, b. Feb. 13, 1812; m. (1), 1838, Lucy H. Perry of Hanover, who d. 1847; m. (2), 1848, Olivia M. Cook of Lyme.

STEPHEN, son of Samuel Paul and Jane (Hubbard) DUDLEY, b. Hawke March 14, 1770; d. Wilmot Sept. 5, 1850; m. ABIGAIL, dau. of Ebenezer and Leah (Lovering) TILTON of Andover; she d. in Wilmot Sept. 20, 1851.

Nancy, b. in Andover June 10, 1808; m. April 16, 1833, James Buck.
An Infant, b. in Andover; d. April, 1815.
Elvira, b. In Andover July, 1818; m., Nov. 25, 1841, Ira W. Morrison.


DURGIN

GERSHOM DURGIN, b. in Durham about 1750; d. in Andover May 8, 1827; came from Hanover and settled in Andover near where Rev. Howard Moody lived, about 1790; m. (1) ____ CLARK of Epsom, who d. 1785; m. (2), June 20, 1791, MIRIAM, dau. of Nathan ROWE. Mr. Durgin was the first clockmaker in the town.
He was a soldier in Captain McConnell's company, Stickney's regiment, with Stark at Bennington and Stillwater.

Elizabeth, b. 1779; m. John Morey of Wilmot; she d. 1873.
EDMUND, b. July 28, 1780; m. (1) Judith Ward; m. (2) Mary Atwood ; m. (3) Mercy S. Woodbury.
JOHN, b. 1782; m. Elizabeth Rowe.
Gershom, b. 1784; a noted clockmaker; res. where Mrs. Geo. W. Mitchell lived in 1906; d. Dec. 30, 1851; unm.
Miriam, b. Jan. 6, 1792; d. unm. March 5, 1882.
Clark, b. 1794; m., June 17, 1823, Hannah Blake of Andover; d. June 22, 1875.
Mercy, b. 1796; d. unm. June, 1879.
JESSE, b. March 31, 1798; m. Clarissa Baker.
NATHAN, b. Sept. 8, 1800; m., Feb. 23, 1823, Matilda Rollins; d. June 4, 1884.
Polly, b. 1802; d. unm. Jan. 5, 1893.
Daniel, b. Dec. 3, 1804.
GREGORY, b. 1807; m. Apphia Cilley; d. 1851.

EDMUND, son of Gershom and (Clark) DURGIN, b. July 28, 1780; d. in Campton Sept. 21, 1872; m. (1), April 15, 1810, JUDITH, dau. of Enoch and Mary (Carter) WARD of Plymouth, b. August 24, 1783; d. Nov., 1815; m. (2), Oct. 22, 1818, MARY ATWOOD; m. (3) MERCY S. WOODBURY. Mr. Durgin was a tailor and went from Andover to Plymouth in 1805; moved to Campton in 1826. Third wife died 1868.

Horace, b. 1811; m. Hannah Kimball; res. Bangor, Me.
CLARK, b. Dec. 25, 1814; m. Drusilla Bryant.
Judith W., b. 1823; m., 1850, Charles H. Rogers of Campton ; d. Oct. 21, 1895.
Louisa, b. 1825; m. James Boynton of Hyde Park, Mass.
Edmund, b. Feb. 19, 1828; m. Lucretia Davis; a broker in Boston.
Sarah Ann, b. 1830; res. Manchester, N. H.
Almira, b. 1833; m. (1) Wesley Sanborn; m. (2) Jacob Cook; m. (3) ____ Brown; res. Laconia.
Amanda, b. April 17, 1834; m. Joseph Benton of Holderness.
John Chase, b. _____; m. Fanny Esty; res. Boston; an upholsterer.
Carlton Cox, b. _____; soldier Company I, Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment; d. Feb. 2, 1863.
George, b. 1S42; d. young.
William, b. 1845; d. young.
Aaron, b. _____; d. young.

CLARK, son of Edmund and Judith (Ward) DURGIN, was b. in Plymouth Dec. 25, 1814, and came to Andover in 1815, to live with his grandfather, Gershom Durgin. He m., Aug. 3, 1842, DRUSILLA B., dau. of Jeremy Y. BRYANT. He was a clock and watchmaker and lived at East Andover. He d. in Andover March 31, 1893.

FRANK WARD, b. Aug. 21, 1843; m. (1) Helen Jane Graves; m. (2) Charlotte Ann Eastman. b. May 19, 1845; m. Ella Rhoda Chase. b. Aug. 8, 1847; d. March 30, 1852.
WALTER BRYANT, b. July 19, 1845; m. Ella Rhoda Chase.
Ellen Louisa, b. Aug. 8, 1847; d. March 20, 1852.
Maria Hoag, b. July 19, 1851; m., May 23, 1874, Richard A. Lantry; res. in Hooksett; 4 children.
Enoch Osgood, b. Feb. 10, 1854; d. May 17, 1855.
Arthur Clark, b. Oct. 9, 1857; d. July 2, 1862.
Cora Bell, b. July 11, 1863; m., Aug. 30, 1890, Frank Carroll Colby.

FRANK WARD, son of Clark and Drusilla B. (Bryant) DURGIN, was b. Aug. 21, 1843; m. (1), Oct. 27, 1868, HELEN JANE, dau. of Arthur L. and Lucy (Parsons) GRAVES of Salisbury, b. Nov. 9, 1843; d. Aug. 26, 1887; m. (2), Dec. 15, 1891, CHARLOTTE ANN, dau. of Timothy and Arvilla EASTMAN of Salisbury, b. in Webster Oct. 26. 1845.

Arthur Clark, b. Oct. 15, 1870; d. April 16, 1872.
Charles Frank, b. April 13, 1876.

WALTER BRYANT, son of Clark and Drusilla B. (Bryant) DURGIN, was b. May 19, 1845; m., May 18, 1872, ELLA RHODA, dau. of Elbridge G. and Rhoda (Rogers) CHASE.

Jennette Osgood, b. Sept. 3, 1373; m., June 18, 1902, Noble Oscar Bowlby.
Edward Chase, b. Oct. 27, 1877.

JOHN. son of Gershom and _____(Clark) DURGIN, b. 1782; d. Dec. 14, 1839; m. ELIZABETH, dau. of John and Bathsheba (Bean) ROWE.

JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1809; m. Mary Moody.
GERSHOM, b. Dec. 3, 1810; m. Mary B. Rowe.
SAMUEL, b. 1813; m. Roxana Severance.
Serena, b. _____. Elisha Warner, b. May 11, 1819.
SIMEON CONNOR, b. March 19, 1821; m. Fannie Maria Baker.
Daniel, b. _____; d. Feb. 4, 1844, a. 21 yr.
HARVEY, b. 1826; m. Samantha Wood.
Harrison, b. 1828.
Abbie, b. March 19, 1831; m. Austin Loverin.
Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1837; m., Oct. 24, 1863, Ira Loverin, b. Springfield, Dec. 12, 1835; d. Andover, Jan. 29, 1908.

JOHN, son of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) DURBIN, b. Feb. 14, 1809; d. _____; m. MARY, dau. of John and Nancy (Uran) MOODY, b. July 3, 1811; d. _____.

James Henry, b. Jan. 17, 1831; m., Nov. 24, 1853, Almira Cross; d. Feb. 24, 1860.
John Moody, b. Nov. 1, 1833; m., May 23, 1858, Nancy M. Cilley; d. Nov. 12, 1863.
Josephine, b. Jan. 11, 1835.
Moses Mark, b. April 18, 1837; m. (1) Mary A. Farnham; m. (2) Emmeline E. Kimball; d. Dec. 1, 1871; no. ch.
Melissa R., b. April 28, 1839; d. Oct. 5, 1856.
Erastus, b. Oct. 28, 1842; d. May 21, 1843.
Mary Ellen, b. Jan. 15, 1845; m., Oct. 26, 1853, Lewis C. Buzzell.
Ella Jane, b. Dec. 31, 1854.

GERSHOM, son of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) DURBIN, was b. in Andover, Dec. 3, 1810; d. Oct. 3, 1877; res. in Wilmot; m., Nov. 8, 1838, in Andover, MARY B. ROWE, b. in Grafton April 25, 1808; d. in Andover Feb. 15, 1892.

Julia Maria, b. in Wilmot May 2, 1840.
Bradley M., b. in Wilmot July 22, 1844; d. Oct. 12, 1849.
George A., b. in Wilmot July 2, 1847.

SAMUEL, son of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) DURGIN, was b. in Andover in 1813 and d. in Wilmot in 1869; m. ROXANA, dau. of John and Abigail (True) SEVERANCE of Wilmot, who d. in Andover in 1875.

Rhoda S., b. in Wilmot 1842; d. in Wilmot 1845.
Newell S., b. in Wilmot 1846; m. Hattie L. Pillsbury of Wilmot in 1869.
Abbie R., b. in Wilmot; d. in 1850, age 1 yr. 7 mo.

SIMEON CONNOR, son of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) DURGIN, was b. in Andover March 19, 1821; d. in Wilmot July 22, 1905; m. Dec. 6, 1849, FANNIE MARIA. dau. of Asa and Susan (Connor) Beim of Newport. Mr. Durgin was a farmer.

Ann Elizabeth, b. in Andover March 20, 1857; m. Charles Wilson.

HARVEY. son of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) DURGIN, was b. 1826; m. SAMANTHA WOOD. Abbie Ellen. b. July 18, 1851; m. Sibley Melendy Crosby. Marian Clentina, b. _____ ; m. William Proctor Downes.
Sybil Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1860; m. Andrew Wentworth Downes.

JESSE, son of Gershom and Miriam (Rowe) DuBois, was b. in Andover March 31, 1798; d. at East Andover June 15, 1873; m. in Concord Sept. 2, 1824, CLARISSA DWIGHT, dau. of Abel and Mary (Howe) BAKER of Concord, b. March 20, 1806; d. May 31, 1877. Mr. Durgin res. at Concord, Boscawen, Hopkinton and East Andover. He returned to East Andover in 1837.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. in Concord Nov. 10, 1826.
Augusta Ann, b. in Concord May 10, 1829; m., Jan. 31, 1851, George P. Miller; res. at Lawrence, Mass.; he d. at Sutton; son George E., b. Aug. 12, 1853; d. Aug. 7, 1894.
Abel Baker, b. in Boseawen March 9, 1832.

CHARLES A., son of Jesse and Clarissa (Baker) DURGIN, was b. in Concord Nov. 10, 1826; d. at East Andover Aug. 10, 1876; m., Nov. 21, 1855, at Pelham, N. H., PLACENTIA W., dau. of Ethan A. CRAWFORD of Jefferson, N. H. He came to Andover with his parents when a child. Mr. Durgin was at first interested in business, but afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar in New York City in 1862, and practised there until 1874. Mrs. Durgin m. (2) Dr. Joseph Preston, a dentist; she d. at Bristol Jan. 10, 1882.

Charles Crawford, b. East Andover Aug. 11, 1857; m. Nellie Folsom of Sandwich, N. H.; res. Boston.
Frederick Freeman, b. New York City Feb. 11, 1861; m. Carrie S. Stolworthy of Franklin; d. Aug. 29, 1898; 1 ch.
Willie Wilson, b. New York City Dec. 16, 1865; d. at E. Andover July 10, 1891.

NATHAN. son of Gershom and Miriam (Rowe) DuaGIN, b. in Andover Sept. 8, 1800; d. in Andover June 4, 1884; m., Feb. 23, 1823, MATILDA, dau. of Noah and Phebe (Chase) ROLLINS, b. March 1, 1803; d. July 19, 1875. Noah Rollins was a brother of Simeon Rollins' wife.

Jonathan, b. Feb. 23, 1824; d. June 15, 1824.
Sarah Jane, b. May 31, 1825; m. Gilman H. Whitney.
Mary Badcock, b. Nov. 26, 1826; m. William Story Whitney.
Persis Ann, b. Dee. 17, 1828; d. Oct. 26, 1846.
George, b. May 14, 1830; d. April 24, 1855.
HORACE, b. June 15, 1832; m. Mary Bradeen.
Frances Maria, b. June 15, 1834; m. Augustus Canis.
Nathaniel Sanborn, b. May 5, 1837; m., July 4, 1860, Lucy Bliss.

HORACE, son of Nathan and Matilda (Rollins) DURGIN, b. June 15, 1832; m. May 1, 1862, MARY BRADEEN.

Frank Edwin, b. March 30, 1863.
Fred George, b. _____.
Wilbur Howard, b. _____.
John Horace, b._____.


DURGIN-WHITNEY

SARAH JANE, dau. of Nathan and Matilda (Rollins) DURGIN; m., Nov. 16, 1848, GILMAN H. WHITNEY of New London.

Burk M. Whitney, b. Oct. 26, 1849.
Walter G. Whitney, b. June 29, 1852; d. Aug. 6, 1854.
Frank S. Whitney, b. Aug. 4, 1855; d. Aug. 10, 1856.
Walter F. Whitney, b. May 9, 1859; d. Dec. 27, 1863.

MARY BADCOCK, dau. of Nathan and Matilda (Rollins) DURGIN; m., Dec. 15, 1849, WILLIAM STORY WHITNEY of New London, who d. Dec. 20, 1853.

Mary Ellen Whitney, b. Aug. 3, 1851; d. April 30, 1854.
Miriam Emma Whitney, b. April 26, 1853.

Mrs. Mary Badcock Whitney m. (2) George, son of Simon Graves.


DURGIN-CANIS

FRANCES MARiA. dau. of Nathan and Matilda (Rollins) DURGIN ; m., Feb. 15, 1855, AUGUSTUS CANIS; she d. Jan. 7, 1890.

George F. Canis, b. Feb. 1, 1856.
Etta Augusta Canis, b. Sept. 10, 1860.
Nellie L. Canis, b. June 28, 1863; d. Aug. 29, 1864.


DURGIN

GREGORY, son of Gershom and Miriam (Rowe) DURGIN, was b. 1807; m. APPHIA, dau. of Elisha and Sarah (Keniston) CILLEY of Corinth, Vt; she was b. Juue 15, 1806; he d. 1851.

Daniel Cilley, b. July 23, 1837.
Elisha Cilley, b. July 8, 1838; m. Alice M. Curtis July 9, 1872.
Elisha Cilley, b. March 15, 1840; m., Jan. 1, 1865, Louise P. Berry.
Alvin M., b. March 12, 1842; d. July 2, 1844.
Martha, b. July 15, 1844; d. July 16, 1850.
Allen J., b. March 12, 1846; d. April 24, 1869.
Gregory B., b. March 8, 1848; m., April 7, 1873, Sarah E. Ormsby, b. Dec. 20, 1848.


DURKEE

Dr. AUSTIN S., son of _____ and _____ (_____ ) DURKEE, b. in Williamstown, Vt., Feb. 15, 1806; d. in Franklin, N. H., Feb. 24, 1881; m., June 18, 1829, at Williamstown, Vt., SALLY M. AUSMENT, b. Oct. 7, 1807; d. May 7, 1883.

Eliza H., b. Chelsea, Vt., Feb. 14, 1830; m. Moses H. Rowell of Andover.
Freeman A., b. Williamstown, Vt., Dec. 31, 1832; m. Lucretia J. Leeds of Danbury; res. Belmont.
Mary J., b. ____, June 15, 1834; d. at East Andover Aug. 4, 1850.
Sarah A., b. ____ , April 11, 1840; m. at Plymouth June 30, 1860, Daniel B. Straw; d. July 18, 1882.
Angeline A., b. , Aug. 30, 1845; m. at Franklin Lucius Dickerson, May 21, 1864; d. at Franklin Sept. 24, 1905.


DYER

WILLIAM DYER m. (1) dau. of David and KezIah (Whittle) Morrison of Canterbury, and located in Canterbury; m. (2), Dec. 18, 1877, ANNA, dau. of David and Keziah (Whittle) Morrison of Canterbury, and settled in Andover, where he died. He lived on the Isaac Heath farm adjoining Dyer's Cove, north of Webster Lake. Anna was b. in Epping 1754 or '55; d. in Andover 1833.

John, b. _____.
Edward, b. _____.
Dorothy, b. Aug. 16, 1762: m. Chandler Cass in 1785; d. Dec. 15, 1841.
William, b. _____.
DAVID, b. July 6, 1779; m. Charlotte Scribner.
Lizzie, b. Nov. 1, 1780; m. John Woodbury of Andover and Wilmot.
Nancy, b. _____ ; m. Stephen Brown of Andover.
Samuel, b. 1765; m. Lucretia Evans of Andover; she d. Sept. 23, 1866.
Polly, b. Feb. 14, 1787; m. John Fuller of Plymouth.
Lydia, b. Andover Aug. 15, 1792; m. Nathaniel Gove of Andover; res. in Bridgewater and Warren.
Bradbury Morrison, b. Andover Jan. 22, 1795; m. Calista Stevens of Plainfield.
Hannah, b. _____ ; d. Dec. 23, 1817 (age 20yr.) ; uum.
(The order of the above names is very uncertam.)

Bradbury Morrison Dyer res. Plainfield, N. H.; m., Nov. 9, 1820; d. Aug. 16, 1873; 6 ch.
William Dyer m. in Sanbornton Dec. 23, 1798, Betty Harvey of Northfield.

DAVID, son of William and Anna (Morrison) DYER, was b. in Andover July 6, 1779; d. June 26, 1847; m., Aug. 18. 1803, CHARLOTTE. dau. of Capt. Josiah SCRIBNER of Andover, b. Nov., 1780; d. Nov. 8, 1846.

Samuel, b. _____ ; d. 1837.
John S., b. 1808; d. March 11, 1846.
Phebe, b. _____ ; m. Timothy B. Weeks of Piermont, N.H.; moved to Newark, Ill., where she died in 1875; she had 7 ch., Samuel, Oscar, Mary Elizabeth, Charles Adams, Thirza Ann, Charlotte Augusta, John, and George.
William, b. Oct. 26, 1811; m. Abigail G., dau. of James Tucker, Jr., of Andover; she d. July 18, 1890.
David, b. _____ d. Sept. 9. 1851.
Charlotte, b. _____;d. unm.
Three children died in infancy.



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