History of the Town of
Canterbury, New Hampshire
1727-1912

By James Otis Lyford,
Editor of History of Concord, N.H.
Author of the Life of Edward H. Rollins
In Two Volumes
Volume Two

BROWN to CHAPLAIN

[transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

Page 39 BROWN. The early records of the Massachusetts colony contain mention of several of this name, and descendants of various American ancestors are now found scattered through New England. The line herein traced has pioneers in New Hampshire and is still represented in the state by living citizens. 1. HENRY(1) BROWN (sometimes spelled in the records Browne) was b. about 1615 and was among the early residents of Salisbury, Mass., where he received land in 1640-41-42 and was made a freeman in 1649. He was a commoner in 1650, and appears on the records of the Salisbury Church in 1677 of which he was a deacon. His name appears on most of the early Salisbury lists. By trade he was a shoemaker. His brothers, William and George, were also early residents of Salisbury. He d. in Salisbury, 6 Aug., 1701. His wife's name was Abigail, and they were members of the Salisbury Church in 1687. She d. 23 Aug., 1702. Children: Nathaniel, Abigail, Jonathan, Philip, Abraham, Sarah and Henry. 2. PHILIP(2) BROWN (Henry(1)) b. Dec., 1648, in Salisbury, and was a tailor, residing in that town. He was admitted to the Salisbury church, 10 June, 1688, and died 21 July, 1729. M. 24 June, 1669, to Mary, dau. of Isaac and Susanna Burwell, of Salisbury, b. 29 Aug., 1645, in Salisbury, and d. 27 Nov., 1783. Children: included a son who d. at the age of eight days, Susanna, Mary d. young, another son d. in three days, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, George, Phoebe and Hannah. Page 40 3. GEORGE(3) BROWN (Philip(2), Henry(1)) b. July 1, 1680, in Salisbury, and was admitted to the first church of Salisbury, 30 July, 1704. His intention of m. was published 10 April, 1705, to Elizabeth Eastman, dau. of John and Mary (Boynton) Eastman, at Salisbury, b. 26 Sept., 1685, in that town. Children: Abigail, Sarah, Phoebe, Ruth, Elizabeth, Philip, David and Hannah. His will was made 29 May, 1740, at which time his wife was living, and was proved 5 Feb., 1753, indicating his death about the beginning of the latter year. 4. PHILIP(4) BROWN (George(3), Philip(2), Henry(1)) b. 29 June, 1718. He resided in Salisbury until his death, 28 Dec., 1798; m. first, Abigail Baker, who d. 29 July, 1755; m. second, 8 Feb., 1756, Hannah Thompson, who d. 1 Feb., 1776. He survived his second wife nearly twenty-three years. Children: Benjamin (1742-1792); Abraham (1745-1813); William (1747-1831); Abigail, b. 1749; Sarah, b. 1751; Philip, b 12 Aug., 1753, d. 11 Aug., 1833; Jeremy (Jeremiah), b. 1755; Samuel, b. 1760 and Elizabeth (1770-1830). 5. PHILIP(5) BROWN (Philip(4), George(3), Philip(2), Henry(1)) b. 12 Aug., 1753, in Salisbury, and became one of the early settlers in Loudon, where he d. 11 Aug., 1833. He learned the trade of cabinet maker with Thomas Batchelder, and with him removed to Loudon in the early settlement of that town. They bought land together and cleared it, and Brown engaged in farming and also kept a hotel in the village. His building was the third in the village and is now standing and used as a dwelling. In religion he was a Quaker. During the Revolution he was a Royalist, although he took no active part. Philip Brown was m. 16 Jan., 1775, to Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Thomas Batchelder, b. 3 Aug., 1753, in East Kingston, and d. 6 Oct., 1812, in Loudon. Subsequent to her death Mr. Brown was m. to Nancy Wedgewood, who was b. 28 March, 1769, and survived him, dying 5 Jan., 1838. Children: Thomas, b. 27 Nov., 1775, d. 7 Nov., 1840; William, b. 7 Jan., 1778; David, b. 3 Dec., 1779, d. 17 April, 1795; Joanna, b. 30 April, 1782, d. 12 June, 1785; Levi, b. 7 Nov., 1784, d. 4 Jan., 1858; Philip, b. 8 April, 1787, d. 23 March, 1880; Timothy, b. 17 Oct., 1789, d. 19 May, 1813; Asa, b. 22 July, 1793, d. 17 April, 1795; Eliphalet, b. 31 Dec., 1796, d. 1 Nov., 1854. 6. WILLIAM(6) BROWN (Philip(5), Philip(4)) b. 7 Jan., 1778, in Loudon; m. 10 Feb., 1799, Huldah Batchelder, b. 14 Feb., 1778. He d. 24 Nov., 1849. She d. 10, Feb., 1864. He moved to C. soon after marriage, cleared the land and settled on what is now known as the John Nelson farm about one mile east of Shaker Village where he resided until his death. He was strongly religious and he and his wife were baptized 1 Jan., 1820. He was chosen dea. of the Free Will Baptist church 14 Oct., 1820, and held that office until his death. Children b. in C.: i. ELIZABETH(7) b. 20 June, 1800; m. Feb., 1820, David Hill of Loudon. Children: William and Levi Hill. ii. ASA, b. 3 Sept., 1801; d. 22 March, 1802. Page 41 7. iii. GEORGE W., b. 23 Sept., 1803. iv. ELMIRA, b. 1 Jan., 1806; m. 15 Jan., 1822, Ebenezer Marden of Northfield. Children: Huldah B., Mary Jane, Mehitable, John B., Lorenzo D. and Charles Marden. v. WILLIAM, b. 25 Feb., 1811; m. 3 May, 1832, Adeline Moulton of Moultonboro. For many years he was a leading architect and builder in St. Louis, Mo., where he lived twenty-eight years and d. 20 Sept., 1886. Children: Alonzo, d. aged nine years, Charles Henry, whose children were Mabel, Allen W. and Ivan. vi. LORENZO DOW, b. 24 Jan., 1813; m. Lorana Greenough. (See Greenough Gen.) He was a contractor and builder, and was for many years a resident of Concord where he died. Children: Frank, Charles, Edward. vii. MARY ANN, b. 3 Aug., 1817; m. 23 Nov., 1842, Isaac C. Hildreth of Lowell, Mass. Mrs. Hildreth lived for many years in Baltimore, then removed to Chicago where she d. in her sixty-fourth year. One adopted dau., Anna Hildreth, who m. R. C. Gannon, of Chicago. viii. PHILIP F., m. Eliza Rowell of Montpelier, Vt. He went to California in 1849. He served in the Union Army in the Quartermaster General's department; d. 1896, in St. Louis where he had resided for thirty years. Child: Alice, who m. F. H. Dodge, of St. Louis. 7. GEORGE W(7) BROWN (William(6), Philip(5)) b. 23 Sept., 1803; m. 26 Oct., 1826, Sarah, dau. of John and Persia (Hill) Gilman of Loudon. Mrs. Brown was b. 23 April, 1806, in Loudon; d. 14 Feb., 1891. Mr. Brown d. 5 May, 1883. Children: i. GILMAN G(8)., b. 19 Aug., 1827 in Loudon; m. Ellen Hinkley of Indiana. He went to California in 1852 and resided there until his death, 1877. He was conductor on the Union Pacific R. R., and was killed in an accident on that road. Children: Arthur, Lena. 8. ii. HULDAH, b. 23 Feb., 1827. 9. iii. CYRUS G., b. 12 July, 1831. iv. SARAH JANE, b. 16 Dec., 1833 in C.; m. Dec., 1861, Smith W. Glines of Northfield. Three sons and a dau. 10. v. MONROE, b. 19 Sept., 1836. 11. vi. ABRAM, b. 2 Sept., 1838. 8. HULDAH(8) BROWN (George W(7)., William(6)) b. 23 Feb., 1829, in Loudon; m. 7 Oct., 1849, George Brooks Rawson of Gilsum, b. 18 Nov., 1826; d. 8 March, 1905. Child: An adopted dau., Effie Louisa Rawson, b. 14 Dec., 1863; m. 20 Oct., 1892, Orman Huntley Hubbard, M. D. 9. CYRUS G(8) BROWN (George W(7)., William(6)) b. 12 July, 1831, in Gilmanton; m. 18 June, 1859, Sarah J., dau. of William and Sarah (Rand) Hancock. (See Hancock Gen.) Children: i. NELLIE MAY(9), b. 30 Sept., 1861, in C.; m. 4 Feb., 1882, in C., Alfred Porter Batchelder of Loudon. (See Batchelder and Young Gen.) 12. ii. FRANK LEON, b. 17 July, 1867. 10. MONROE(8) BROWN (George W(7)., William(6)) b. 19 Sept., 1836, in C.; m. 8 Oct., 1864, Rebecca J. Day of Gillum. He d. 26 May, 1909, was a soldier in the 15th N.H. Regt. of the Civil War. Page 42 Children: i. BESSIE HAYNER(9), b. 24 Sept., 1868, in Chester, Mass., She was educated for a teacher and taught several years in Winchester, Mass., schools until her death 21 Nov., 1907, in Milton, Mass. ii. MARGARET DAY, m. 15 Oct., 1900, Herbert L. Gilman of Malden, Mass. 11. ABRAM(8) BROWN (George W(7) William(6)) b. 2 Sept., 1838, in C.; m. 28 Dec., 1869, Emma Gray of Columbus, O. She was b. 30 Oct., 1844; d. 1 Nov., 1910. He graduated Dartmouth College class of 1867 and has been a successful teacher; was principal of the Columbus, O., high school for many years. He enlisted in the 9th Regt., N.H. Vol., and was wounded at the battle of Antietam. Children: i. MILLIE(9), deceased. ii. RUTH GRAY, educated at Smith College; m. 14 June, 1898, William Herbert Page, a lawyer, now residing in Coloumbus, O. Child: Edith Page, d. young. 12. FRANK LEON(9) BROWN (Cyrus G(8) George W(7)) b. 17 July, 1867, in C.; m. Harriet May, dau. of Alvah L. and Clara (Neal) Brown of Loudon. She was b. 30 May, 1877, in Loudon. Frank Leon was educated at Gilmanton Academy, class of 1887. Children: Leon Alvah(10), b. 15 Oct., 1907, Evelyn May, b. 26 April, 1910. BROWN. 1. ELICK(1) BROWN was b. 25 Aug., 1787, and was a descendant of John Brown, who was b. in England, 1588-89, and emigrated in 1635, and is said to have settled in Hampton as early as 1639. Elick m. Mary Dalton. He d. 2 Sept., 1872, and she d. 23 Feb., 1878. 2. JOSEPH T(2) BROWN (Elick(1)) b. 14 Aug., 1814, in Epsom; m. Susan, dau. of Phineas Danforth. He d. 7 Nov., 1874, in C.; she d. 17 May, 1878, aged 64. Children: i. THOMAS J., a volunteer in Civil War; d. in Virginia 12 June, 1861, aged 22. ii. CHARLES A., d. 26 Jan., 1862, aged 17. iii. MARY A., d. 23 June, 1864, aged 18. iv. JOSEPH WARREN, m. Nellie Whittemore. Resides in Los Angeles, Cal. 3. v. JOHN D., twin, b. 17 Sept., 1853. vi. MARIA twin, b. 17 Sept., 1853; m. ---- Sargent and had a son, John. vii. LOUISA. 3. JOHN D(3) BROWN (Joseph(2), Elick(1)) b. 17 Sept., 1853; m. 11 Sept., 1872, in C., Helen J., dau. of Elias and Sarah (Glines) Pickard. (See Pickard Gen.) Children b. in Andover: i. NELLIE MAY, b. 4 May, 1876; m. 3 Nov., 1895, in Andover, Charles W. Stetson, son of John W., b. 13 Nov., 1874, in Orford. Child: Helen May, b. 1 Aug., 1895. ii. EMMA ABIGAIL, b. 26 Aug., 1878; m. Wilfred A. Stetson. Children living: Harold Wesley, Glenn Wilfred, Myrta Nell. Gladys died young. Page 43 BROWN. 1. ABRAHAM(1) BROWN, from whom several of the families of the name in C. trace their ancestry, was b. 8 May, 1753; m. 1776, Mary, b. 30 March, 1760, dau. of Rev. Benjamin and Dorcas (Abbott) Butler. Came to the "north fields" of C. prior to 1780. Abraham served seven years in the Revolutionary War; d. 8 May, 1824, in Northfield, his wife 22 years later. Children: i. POLLY(3), b. 13 March, 1777; m. John Hills, b. in Haverhill, Mass. ii. SALLY, b. 17 Feb., 1779, in Epping; d. 9 Dec., 1849, in Northfield. iii. DORCAS, b. 5 April, 1785; m. 1807, Enoch Osgood of Salisbury, Mass. Removed to Salisbury, N.H. He d. 1832, aged 60 years. They had eight children: The family moved to East Andover in 1835 where she d. 1861. 2. iv. ABRAHAM, b. 1 Sept., 1787. v. HANNAH, b. 9 Dec., 1791; m. Jeremiah Forrest of C. vi. PHEBE, b. 7 June, 1796, in Northfield; d. 28 May, 1852, in East Andover. 3. vii. BENJAMIN BUTLER, b. 19 April, 1800. viii. HENRY BUTLER, b. 4 July, 1802, in Northfield; m. 24 Jan., 1829, Laura Ticknor of Lebanon. In 1857 they removed to Rockford, Ill., where Mrs. Brown d. 20 Dec., 1867; he d. 13 Dec., 1872, at Big Rapids, Mich. Children: 1. Darwin. 2. Finley. 3. Mrs. Kate Bronson. 4. Mrs. Davis of Chicago. ix. CLARISSA, b. 30 March, 1804, m. 24 Jan., 1824, Edward Chase. She d. 1 June, 1825, leaving a dau. 2. ABRAHAM(2) BROWN (Abraham(1)) b. 2 Sept., 1787; m. Dec., 1808, Betsey, dau. of William and Dorothy (Worthen) Forrest. Betsey was b. 9 April, 1783, in C.; d. 27 Dec., 1860, in Northfield. Abraham Brown d. 5 June, 1861, in Northfield. Children: i. HARRISON BUTLER(2), b. 10 Nov., 1809; m. Harriet Chase. He d. 30 Sept., 1870; she d. 31 July, 1896. They had two sons and a dau. 4. ii. SAMUEL BUTLER, b. 12 Dec., 1813. iii. MARY BUTLER, b. 11 Nov., 1817; m. 12 March, 1837, Thomas Chase, b. Sept., 1810, in Northfield. She d. 12 April, 1876. iv. CLIMENA, b. 12 March, 1819; m. Joseph Morrill of C. (See Morrill Gen.) v. SUSAN M., b. 27 Nov., 1822; m. 10 May, 1849, Napoleon B. Bryant of Andover. She d. 16 May, 1874, in Boston, Mass.; he d. Jan. 1902, in East Andover. They had eight children. 3. BENJAMIN BUTLER(2) BROWN (Abraham(1)) b. 19 April, 1800, in Northfield; m. first, 30 Dec., 1824, Phebe Gale of Sanbornton; she d. there Feb., 1845; m. second, 4 Feb., 1855, Mary Sanborn and resided at East Andover, where both d. He d. 4 Feb., 1867. Children: i. HENRY(3), b. 21 Sept., 1825, in Sanbornton; m. Mrs. Cordelia Myers. They had a son and dau. ii. STEPHEN GALE, b. 28 Sept., 1827, in Sanbornton; d. 1849, at Sutters Fort, Cal. 5. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 27 Oct., 1831. iv. MARY ANN, b. 23 Aug., 1833, in Nottingham. v. CHARLES G., b. 11 Dec., 1835, in Hartland, Vt.; d. 1885, in Bristol. Page 44 vi. GEORGE G., b. 10 Oct. 1837; m. first, Ada Reed of Claremont; second, Nellie Prescott of Bristol; third, Etta Shaw of Tilton. He has two daughters Mrs. George Cavis of Bristol, and Mrs. George H. Davis of Tilton. 4. SAMUEL BUTLER(3) BROWN (Abraham(2), Abraham(1)) b. 12 Dec., 1813; m. 6 Nov., 1837, Lydia Leighton of Northfield, b. 9 July, 1814. He d. 18 Aug., 1870. Children b. in Northfield: i. ANNIE M(4)., b. 31 Dec., 1838; m. 17 Dec., 1866, Joseph G. Lyford, b. 8 July, 1830. 6. ii. ALBERT, b. 21 Aug., 1840. iii. LAURA, b. 14 Nov., 1843; d. 18 Oct. 1857. iv. MARY C., b. 17 June, 1847; m. John B. Morrill of Newton, Mass. He d. 1882. They had a son and a dau. v. LYMAN, b. 24 July, 1849; m. Elizabeth Davis. Children: Edna and Winnifred. 5. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(3) BROWN (Benjamin Butler(2), Abraham(1)) b. 27 Oct., 1831, in Nottingham; m. 5 April, 1855, Phebe, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Clough) Sanborn. Mr. Brown d. 18 Aug., 1899, in Concord. Children: i. ADDIE CORDELIA b. 11 Oct., 1858; m. first, 21 Jan., 1884, Dr. Charles E., son of Dr. Hadley Fowler of Bristol. Charles E. d. 1889 in Concord; m. second, 7 Jan. 1894, Victor P. Hamilton of Concord. Children by first marriage: 1. Frank, b. 21 Oct., 1886, is an electrician in Concord. 2. Edgar O., b. 15 Sept., 1887. 3. Caroline Phebe, b. 18 Sept., 1889, is a teacher in the public schools of Bristol. Children by second marriage: 4. Stanwood, b. 1894. 5, Hester Gordon, b. 5 March, 1895. ii. NELLIE MAY, m. Willard Crosby of Bellows Falls, Vt.; d. June, 1886. Child: Nellie Mae, stenographer, Concord. iii. MABEL. iv. FLORA PHEBE, teacher and accountant, clerk State Board of Health. 6. ALBERT(4) BROWN (Samuel Butler(3), Abraham(2), Abraham(1)) b. 21 Aug., 1840, in Northfield; m. 1 Jan., 1866, Ellen Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Eliza Ann (Sanborn) Leighton. She was b. 12 July, 1848, in Franklin. Thomas Leighton was b. 11 March, 1817; m. 1 Jan., 1844; d. 24 Aug., 1874. Eliza Ann, his wife, d. 25 Dec., 1891. Albert Brown was a soldier in the Civil War; d. 6 May, 1906. Child: 7. i. HERBERT LEIGHTON(5), b. 20 March, 1867. 7. HERBERT LEIGHTON(5) BROWN (Albert(4), Samuel B(3), Abraham(2)) b. 20 March, 1867; m. 16 Sept., 1902, Sadie F., dau. of Daniel Batchelder and Emeline (Clough) Sanborn, b. 9 March, 1875, d. 9 April, 1908. Mr. Brown owns a large and productive farm on Merrimack River and is a specialist in breeding horses. He is also prominent in the Grange. Child: i. SADIE ELIZABETH, b. 11 March, 1908. BROWN. SIMEON M(1) BROWN, b. in Rye; m. 28 Sept., 1831, in C., Mehitable M. Maxfield, b. 9 Aug., 1806; d. 3 Sept., 1883. He d. 21 March, 1869, in C., aged 61 years. Page 45 Children: i. HANNAH E.(2). b. 10 July, 1832, in Loudon; m. 17 Nov., 1857, Enoch P. Marsh; she d. 27 May, 1907, in C.; he d. 1874. Children: 1. Charles Thompson(3) Marsh, b. 11 Sept., 1862. 2. Ellen Coburn Marsh. 3. Ida Lora, b. 8 Dec., 1872, in Loudon; m. Charles Emery Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.) ii. JOSEPH B., b. 24 Sept., 1834; m. 14 Sept., 1859, in C., Clara Maria dau. of Enos and Clara Dillingham. Clara M., was b. Aug., 1832, in Dixfield, Me. Child: Henry M. b. 16 Aug., 1869, in C., and d. there 12 Nov., 1875. Joseph B. Brown d. 27 Aug., 1909. BROWN 1. Thames(2) BROWN was a resident of Concord, Mass., where he d. 3 Nov., 1688. His wife Bridget was b. 1700-01. Children b. in Concord, Mass.: 2. i. BOAZ(2), b. 14 Feb., 1641-42.li ii. JABEZ, d. 1692. iii. MARY, b. 26 March, 1646; d. 21 June, 1669. iv. ELEAZER, b. 6 July, 1649. v. THOMAS, b. 1651; d. 4 April, 1718 2. BOAZ(2) BROWN (Thomas(1)) b. 14 Feb., 1641-42, m. first, 8 Nov., 1664, Mary, dau. of Edward and Jane Winship. The second wife of Boaz was Mary Richards of Dedham, Mass. She d. in 1715. He m. third, 10 Oct., 1716, Mrs. Abigail (Ballard) Wheat of Andover, Mass. He lived in Stowe, Mass., most of his long life, but returned to Concord, Mass., where he d. 7 April, 1724. Children by first marriage, except Jane, b. in Concord, Mass. i. BOAZ(3), b. 31 July, 1665. 3. ii. THOMAS, b. 12 May, 1667. iii. MARY, b. 31 Oct., 1670. iv. EDWARD, b. 20 March, 1672-73; d. 15 March, 1710-11. v. MERCY, m. John Everett. vi. MARY, b. 24 May, 1678. vii. JANE, b. 4 Sept., 1684, in Stowe. 3. THOMAS(3) BROWN (Boaz(2), Thomas(1)) b. 12 May, 1667; m. Rachel Poulter. He d. 13 May, 1739. Children b. in Concord, Mass.: i. RACHEL(4), b. 16 Feb., 1691-92. ii. MARY, b. 20 March, 1692-93. 4. iii. JOHN, b. 18 Sept., 1694. iv. RACHEL, b. 10 March, 1695-96. v. JONATHAN, b. 30 July, 1698. vi. THOMAS, b. 14 June, 1700. vii. HANNAH, b. 5 June, 1702. viii. ABIGAIL, b. 12 March, 1703-04. ix. DINAH, b. 12 Feb., 1705-06. x. THOMAS, b. 24 Dec., 1707. xi. MERCY, b. 22 April, 1710. 4. JOHN(4) BROWN (Thomas(3), Boaz(2), Thomas(1)) b. 18 Sept., 1694; m. 23 Feb., 1714-15, Elizabeth, dau. of Judah and Grace (Brooks) Potter. He d. 6 March, 1750. Children b. in Concord, Mass.: i. JOHN(4), b. 1 Dec., 1715; d. 21 July, 1718. ii. ELIZABETH, b. 4 Sept., 1718. iii. GRACE, b. 5 Feb., 1720-21; d. 6 Sept., 1762. iv. JOHN, b. 1 July, 1724; d. 1803. v. HANNAH, b. 25 March, 1727. vi. JOSIAH, b. 30 Dec., 1729. vii. JOSEPH, d. 11 Feb., 1731-32. viii. JOSEPH, b. 12 Nov., 1733. ix. REBECCA, b. 4 Oct., 1736. 5. x. JOSIAH, CAPT., b. 30 Jan., 1742. 5. CAPT. JOSHAH(5) BROWN, (John(4), Thomas(3)) b. 30 Jan., 1742; m. 31 Oct., 1765, Sarah Wright, b. 1744; d. in 1821. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He d. 18 March, 1831. Page 46 Children b. in New Ipswich: i. JOSIAH , b. 1 Oct., 1766; d. 20 Jan., 1858. ii. JOESPH, b. 10 Oct., 1767; d. 2 March, 1827. iii. JONAS, b. 4 March, 1769; d. 23 Feb., 1836. iv. SARAH, b. 22 Nov., 1770; d. 20 April, 1822. 6. v. AARON, b. 8 Dec., 1772. vi. Amos, b. 11 Sept., 1774; d. 10 May, 1863. vii. ABNER, b. 27 July 1776; d. 4 April, 1824. viii. REBECCA, b. 5 July, 1778; d. 9 June, 1853. ix. LEVI, b. 6 Aug., 1780; d. 10 Sept., 1840. x. NATHAN, b. 25 July, 1782; d. 21 Jan., 1862. xi. HEYWOOD, b. 2 July, 1784; d. 2 March, 1867. xii. BETSEY, b. 7 Feb., 1787; d. 11 July, 1793. xiii. ABIGAIL, b. 22 June, 1790; d. 24 April, 1864. 6. AARON(6) BROWN (Josiah(5), John(4), Thomas(3)) was b. 8 Dec., 1772; d. 15 Feb., 1828. He m. 16 April, 1795, Hannah, dau. of John and Elizabeth Bateman) Brown. She d. 15 Feb., 1852. Children b. in New Ipswich: i. BETSEY, b. 23 Jan., 1796; d. 26 Jan., 1804. ii. AARON, b. 28 Sept., 1797; d. 2 May, 1798. iii. ADDISON, REV. b. 11 March, 1799; d. 11 May, 1872. 7. iv. HERMON, b. 28 Dec., 1800. v. MARY, b. 14 Feb., 1803; d. 1 Dec., 1837. vi. JOHN S., REV., b. 26 April, 1806; d. 15 July, 1902. 7. HERMON(7) BROWN (Aaron(6), Josiah(5), John(4)) b. 28 Dec., 1800. He d. 23 Aug., 1876, in Westminster, Mass. He m. 13 April, 1826, Sophronia,(7) dau. of Samuel Potter(7) Prescott (John(6), Abel(5), Jonathan(4), Jonathan(3), John(2), John(1)). Her mother was Elizabeth Brown. Sophronia was b. 11 Dec., 1802, in Concord, Mass.; d. 21 April, 1894, in Boxboro, Mass. Children b. in New Ipswich: i. ADDISON PRESCOTI(6), b. 2 Aug., 1827; d. 1 April, 1900. ii. HANNAH ELIZABETH, b. 21 May, 1829; d. 14 Sept., 1831. 8. iii. JOSEPH AARON, b. 8 May, 1831. iv. JOHN HUMPHREY, b. 22 March, 1834; d. 23 Feb., 1845. v. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 16 March, 1836; d. 11 Oct., 1905. 9. vi ALFRED HERMON, b. 14 July, 1838. vii. GEORGE STILLMAN, b. 12 Nov., 1840; d. 11 Dec., 1840. viii. SOPHRONIA ELIZA, b. 20 Aug., 1842; d. 16 Sept., 1842. ix. HANNAH ELIZA, b. 19 Nov., 1843; d. 13 Sept., 1845. 8. JOSEPH A(8) BROWN (Hermon(7), Aaron(6), Josiah(5)) b. 8 May, 1831; m. 8 Feb., 1854, Lucy A., dau. of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Davis. He d. 13 July, 1908, in Manchester. Children: 1. i. FRANK HERMON(9), b. 3 Sept., 1855, in Concord. ii. AURA ANNA, b. 27 Sept., 1857, in Concord; d. 7 June, 1863, in C. iii. ELLA GERTRUDE, b. 22 July, 1860, in Nashua. iv. JOSEPH EDWIN, b. 20 Sept., 1863, in C. v. J. ALFRED, b. 10 May, 1869, in C. vi. GRACE MAUD, b. 10 May, 1875, in Manchester. 9. ALFRED HERMON(8) BROWN (Hermon(7), Aaron(6), Josiah(5)) b. 14 July, 1838; m. 20 Jan., 1872, in C., Margarett Elizabeth, dau. of Eliphalet and Mary J. (Merrill) Gale, b. 16 May, 1851, in Concord. (See Gale Gen.) Alfred H. came to C. in 1861 and with his brother Joseph A., opened a general store in the new Union Hall building. (See Vol. I, Chap. XI.) Children b. in C.: i. JOSEPHINE M(9), b. 1 Jan., 1873. 10. ii. FRED HERMON, b. 19 March, 1874. Page 47 iii. MARY PRESCOTT, b. 2 May, 1877; m. 15 Jan., 1901, in C., Richard A. Cody. (See Cody Gen.) iv. ALICE MARGARET, b. 20 Feb., 1886; m. 8 April, 1908, in Chester, Homer Lathe, son of John Butters and Emma A. (Jenkins) Perkins of Loudon. Homer L. was b. 16 June, 1880, in Loudon. Child: Helen Elizabeth(10) Perkins, b. 7 Feb., 1909, in Loudon. 10. FRED H.(9) BROWN (Alfred(8), Hermon(7), Aaron(6)) b. 19 March, 1874; m. 19 June, 1901, in Providence, R.I., Cora Abby, b. 4 June, 1875, dau. of Edwin O. and Eliza E. (Elliott) Batchelder. Children b. in Concord: i. AUBREY MYRLE(10), b. 25 March, 1902. ii. DORIS ELIZABETH, b. 28 Feb., 1905. iii. FRED HERMON, b. 30 Nov., 1906. BRYANT 1. JOHN(1), BRYANT d. in Newarket. Children: 2. i. JOHN JOSEPH(2), b. in Newmarket, 1799. ii. SALLY P., b. about 1801; d. about 1885, aged 84 years, not m.; resided at Evanston, Ill. 3. iii. JEREMY. 2. JOHN JOSEPH(2) BRYANT (John(1)) b. in Newmarket, 1799, and came to C. about 1824, where he d. in 1850; m. first, 17 Feb., 1725, Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin and Achsah (Bailey) Gale of Salisbury, b. 17 Sept., 1803, and d. about 1833. Children: i. REBECCA GALE(3) d. in infancy. 4. ii. MARIA L., b. 7 Nov., 1828. He m. second, in 1839, Mrs. Harriet Maria (Hoag) Huntington, b. 20 Sept., 1809, in Chelsea, Vt. Children: iii. SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, b. 8. Feb., 1842, and d. at C. in 1850. 5. iv. ELLEN REBECCA, b. 27 April, 1843, in C. v. ORVILLE DEWEY, b. 24 July, 1847. Soldier in Civil War, enlisted at Evanston, Ill., and d. at Padukah, Ky., 1864, aged 17 years. 3. JEREMY(2) BRYANT (John(1)) settled in East Andover, where he died. Children: 6. i. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE(3), b. 25 Feb., 1825. ii. JOHN, b. about 1830, and d. in 1895, at East Andover; m. Susan ----. iii. DRUSILLA, b. in 1823. 4. MARIA L(3) BRYANT (John J(2), John(1)) b. 7 Nov., 1828; m. in 1851, Thomas C. Hoag, of Chicago, Ill., and resides in Pasadena, Cal. Children: i. REBECCA BRYANT(4), d. at Evanston, Ill., aged 18 years. ii. JUNIUS C. physician, Chicago, Ill. iii. WILLIAM GALE broker at Pasadena, Cal. iv. EDWIN, d. at tie age of 21. v. ERNEST BRYANT, physician at Berkeley, Cal. 5. ELLEN REBECCA(3) BRYANT (John J(2), John(1)) b. 27 April, 1843, in C.; m. 4 Sept., 1863, Dr. Ezekiel Morrill of Concord. (See Morrill Gen.) Page 48 6. NAPOLEON B(3) BRYANT (Jeremy(2), John(1)) b. 25 Feb., 1825; m. May, 1849, Susan M. Forrest, b. in Northfield, 27 Nov., 1822, and d. in Boston, 16 May, 1874. Children: Charles, Henry, Clara, Hattie, Mary and Susie. 7. DRUBILLA(3) BRYANT (Jeremy(2), John(1)) b. in 1823; m. Clark Durgin, of East Andover. She d. in 1900. Children: i. FRANK(4) DURGIN, b. in 1843. ii. WALTER DURGIN, b. in 1845, a son Dr. Edward Durgin. iii. MARIA DURGIN, b. in 1847; m. Richard Langtry, and lives in Hooksett. iv. CORA DURGIN, b. in 1850; m. and lives in East Andover. BUSWELL. 1. SAMUEL(2) BUSWELL, b. 1628; m. 8 July, 1656, Sarah Keyes, He d. 7 July, 1704. He was son of Isaac(1) Buswell of Salisbury, Mass., who came to America, 1638. 2. Isaac(3) Buswell (Samuel(2), Isaac(1)) b. 6 Aug., 1657; m. 1690, Anna Ordway. He d. 6 July, 1709. 3. SAMUEL(4) BUSWELL (Isaac(3), Samuel(2), Isaac(1)) b. 14 June, 1702; m. first, 3 Jan., 1727, Mary Worthen. m. second, Aug., 1748, Sarah Thorne. He d. 1795. Child by first marriage: 4. i. ANNA(5), b. 7 Nov., 1727. Child by second marriage: 5. ii. JOHN, b. 26 Jan., 1752. 4. ANNA(5) BUSWELL (Samuel(4), Isaac(3)) b. 7 Nov., 1727; m. 26 Nov., 1750, John Brown. She d. about 1780. Their dau., Mary(6), b. 1760, m. John Blake. Rachel(7) Blake, b. 1780, dau. of Mary(8) and John Blake, m. 1802, James F. Maxfield. Their dau., Hannah(6) Maxfield, b. 1821, m. 8 May, 1856, Samuel(7) Buswell. 5. JOHN(5) BUSWELL (Samuel(4), Isaac(3)) b. 26 Jan., 1752; m. 29 Aug., 1774, Mary Smith. He d. 1839. 6. NICHOLAS(6) BUSWELL (John(5), Samuel(4)) b. 29 April, 1779; m. 1800, Hannah French. He d. 19 July, 1850. 7. SAMUEL(7) BUSWELL (Nicholas(6), John(5)) b. 22 Feb., 1805; m. first, about 1830, Susan Buzzell of Me., who d. about 1852. He m. second, 8 May, 1856, Hannah(8) Maxfield, b. 1821. Mr. Buswell d. 11 April, 1892. He lived in C. many years. Children by first marriage: i. HENRIETTA(8), b. about 1831 in Gilmanton; m. in C., 1 Sept., 1851, Centre F. Smith, of Northfield. She d. 1865. ii. SARAH JANE, b. 1832; d. July, 1866, unm. iii. WILLIAM LeROY, b. 2 Jan., 1844; m. Ellen Cilley of Andover. He was in 8th N.H. Regt. of the Civil War and served until it closed. He d. 17 April, 1898. No children. Child by second marriage: iv. FLORA E., b. 2 March, 1859, in C. Page 49 CARTER. 1. JOHN(1) CARTER, m. Abigail Bartlett. He is mentioned in the census of 1790 as the head of a family with a son under sixteen and six females. His wife, Abigail, was b. Aug., 1754-55; d. 16 March, 1838. Children: i. ABIGAIL(2), m. 1 Aug., 1799, Caleb Heath, Jr. (See Caleb Heath Gen.) ii. MARY C., b. 30 June, 1779; m. in C., 27 Dec., 1808, Ebenezer, son of John Philbrick, b. in Deerfield, 6 Oct., 1779. He died in Salisbury, 26 Nov., 1832. She died in C. 13 Feb., 1868. iii. SARAH, m. 13 May, 1802, Nathan, son of James Currier. They resided in Salisbury, where he d. 6 Nov., 1844. She d. in Wilmot, 7 Dec., 1845. iv. HANNAH. m. 5 Nov., 1805, Timothy, son of David Foster, b. in C., 21 Aug., 1782. They resided in C. until about 1825 when they removed to Salisbury where they lived for many years and where he d. 2. v. JOHN BARTLETT. vi. STEPHEN, bapt., 1793; m. 15 March, 1819, Abby C. W., dau. of David and Abigail (Foster) Stevens, b. 6 Aug., 1799 in Salisbury. He d. 22 Jan., 1830. She m. second, James Worcester, of Sanford, Me. She d. 17 Apr., 1863; he d. 16 June, 1843. vii. ELIZABETH, bapt., 1793; m. 15 Sept., 1812, John, son of Samuel and Nancy (Cochran) Dunlap of Salisbury, b. in Henniker Dec., 1788; d. 19 Sept., 1838. She d. 8 May, 1853. 2. JOHN BARTLETT(2) CARTER (John(1)) m. first, 24 March, 1809, Nancy, dau. of Samuel and Miriam (Tucker) Sargent, b. 22 July, 1790. He was killed by being thrown from a horse. She m. second, 30 Nov., 1826, Samuel French. She d. 10 July, 1864. Mr. French d. 17 Dec., 1852. Children by first marriage: i. JOHN BARTLETT(2), b. 1809; d. 15 Nov., 1813. 3. ii. NANCY, b. 9 Sept., 1811. 4. iii. JOHN BARTLETT, b. 6 March, 1814. iv. ABIGAIL HEATH, b. 11 March, 1816; m. Joseph Dow. (See Joseph Dow Gen.) 5. v. SAMUEL HEATH, b. 2 Aug., 1818. 6. vi. EBENEZER PHILBRICK, b. 31 Oct., 1821. vii. JOSEPH HEATH, b. 18 Feb., 1823; d. 7 July, 1829. Children by second marriage: viii. MARTHA C. FRENCH, b. 31 May, 1828; m. 16 Sept., 1847, Billy E. Pillsbury; d. 13 Aug., 1892. (See Pillsbury Gen.) ix. SARAH E., b. 10 April, 1832; m. 1 Jan., 1856, Andrew J. Taylor. She d. 22 Oct., 1897, at Boscawen. He d. 2 Nov., 1897. x. CHARLES L., b. 13 Dec. 1834; m. 30 Dec., 1858, Hannah, dau. of Moody and Susan (Whidden) Emery. He d. 18 March, 1910, at Reasonor, Iowa. 3. NANCY(3) CARTER (John(2), John(1)) b. 9 Sept., 1811, bapt. 9 July, 1817; m. 10 Oct., 1833, George M. N. Pear of Cambridgeport, Mass. Mr. Pear d. 15 Aug., 1835. Child: i. LUCINDA M. PEAR(4) b. in Cambridgeport, 1 April, 1834; m. Myron C. Foster of C., 1 Jan. 1854; d. 20 Dec., 1897. (See Foster Gen.) Mrs. Pear m. second, Samuel W., son of William and Sally Randall of C. 25 Jan., 1838, b. 10 April, 1809; d. 17 Nov., 1847: Page 50 Children: Elizabeth v. Randall, Almira S. Randall, Leroy A. Randall, Thomas B. Randall, Henrietta K. Randall (See Randall Gen.) Mrs. Randall m. third, Joseph Parsons Stevens, 15 Aug. 1854, b. 25 April, 1799; d. 28 Sept., 1869. Mrs. Stevens d. Jan., 1903, at Laconia. 4. JOHN BARTLETT CARTER (John(2), John(1)) b. 6 March, 1814; m. Susannah, dau. of William Kelley of Bradford, Vt. She d. in 1893 in Bradford; m. second, 19 May, 1877, Mrs. Mary Bagley. He d. 23 Feb., 1892. Children: i. SANBORN(4), b. Oct., 1840; went West and m. Katy Haven. He served in the Civil War, 1st Ohio Artillery; d. in 1894. Children: William(4), Samuel, Heath, Mary, Andrew. ii. JOSEPHINE, b. July, 1842; m. 25 Jan., 1863, John Huntress of Boscawen, b. 1838. Children: John Huntress(5) and infant daughter. 7. iii. JOHN BARTLETT, b. 11 Aug., 1845. iv. SAMUEL HEATH, b. 3 Feb., 1852; d. unm., in Ottawa, Ill. 5. SAMUEL HEATH(3) CARTER (John(2), John(1)) b. 2 Aug., 1818; m. 3 June, 1850, Sarah L. Lambert. Mr. Carter was for many years a railroad engineer. He d. 21 Jan., 1887. Mrs. Carter is now living in Woodfords, Me. Children: i. ELIZABETH L(4)., b. 17 April, 1851. ii. JOHN L., b. 12 April, 1853; d. 22 Oct., 1856. iii. JOHN S., b. 4 June, 1857. iv. GEORGE A. b. 20 March, 1859. v. Elmer E., b. 2 Dec., 1863. vi. ANNIE J., b. 15 April, 1866 6. EBENEZER PHILBRICK(3) CARTER (John(2), John(1)) b. 31 Oct., 1821; m. 22 May, 1844, Azubah, dau. of John and Azubah (Glines) Hannaford, b. at Northfield 13 June, 1818. Ebenezer and Azubah Carter lived in the Garrison House at C. until about 1853, when they removed to the Carter homestead nearly opposite. He d. 11 April, 1874. She d. 1 Nov., 1891. Children: i. Infant son(4). ii. WILLIAM HERVEY, b. 26 Oct., 1846; d. 26 Oct., 1863. 8. iii. CHARLES WESLEY, b. 10 July, 1848. 9. iv. JOSEPH HARPER, b. 1. Sept., 1851. v. MARY ADELAIDE, b. 1 Sept., 1851; m. 3 July, 1873, Jeremiah Cogswell. (See Cogswell Gen.) vi. ELLA LENORA, b. 31 July, 1853; m. 28 May, 1879, Edwin Elliott, son of Theodore A. and Eliza Elliott Bridge, b. 12 July, 1853 She d. 17 Aug., 1894. Children: Theodore E. Bridge(4), b. 20 July, 1880; d. 23 Sept., 1893, Helen I. Bridge, b. 10 June, 1886, now a teacher in Boston. vii. HELEN MEDORA, b. 19 Sept., 1856; d. unm. 12 Oct., 1893. viii. HATTIE LORAINE, b. 3 Sept., 1861; m. 26 June, 1880, Frank W. Morrill. (See Morrill Gen.) 7. JOHN BARTLETT(4) CARTER (John(3), John(2), John(1)) b. 11 Aug., 1845, in C.; m. 25 Dec., 1866, Sarah, dau. of David and Martha (Sargent) Pettengill of E. Concord, b. 15 Aug., 1848. She d. 18 June, 1907; m. second, Mrs. Mary Stevens, 8 May, 1910. Page 51 Children: i. ARTHUR(5), b. at C., 20 Feb., 1871; d. 4 Nov., 1898. ii. CHARLES W., b. at E. Concord, 25 Sept., 1872. iii. JOSEPHINE, b. in Loudon, 19 Oct., 1877; m. John Nudd, 19 Aug., 1897; m. second, 26 Nov., 1902, Harry L. Colby He d. 13 Aug., 1910. Child: Rexford A. (Nudd)(6) Colby, b. 1 March, 1900. iv. FRANK, b. in C., 14 Feb., 1875; m. Florence Tucker, 19 Dec., 1908. v. JENNIE B., b. 7 Jan. 1882, in Rummy; m. Walter Smart, 23 Feb. 1899; m. second, Bert Glines. vi. GEORGE, b. 7 Jan., 1885, in Concord; m. 28 Feb., 1909, Louise Bassett of Boscawen. 8. CHARLES WESLEY(4) CARTER (Ebenezer(3), John(2), John(1)) b. 10 July, 1848; m. 24 Jan., 1872, Alla Jane, dau. of James and Susan Emery (Fellows) Dearborn, b. 15 Jan., 1850. Mr. Carter went into trade in Boscawen, 1 Apr., 1871, and continued until 1 Sept., 1896. Appointed postmaster during Cleveland's second administration, Selectman for four years. Children: i. MABEL AZUBAH(5), b. 13 June, 1873; m. 1 Sept., 1904, George W., son of George Abrams and Angie (Montague) Sumner, b. in Hill, 5 Jan., 1875. They reside in Penacook where Mr. Sumner is Superintendent of Schools. Children: 1. Ruth Azubah(6) Sumner, b. 28 June, 1905, in Hill. 2. George Carter Sumner, b. 13 May, 1907, in Hill. 3. Dorothy Alla Sumner, b. 13 May, 1907, in Hill. 4. Charles Montague Sumner, b. 30 July, 1909, in Penacook. ii. CHARLES HERBERT , b. 24 March, 1875; m. 7 Oct., 1909, Ethel, dau. of Walton and Martha Allen, b. in Contoocook, 6 Sept., 1885. Mr. Carter with his brother Harry were proprietors of a grocery store in Boscawen for about six years. At present he is engaged in the automobile business in Concord. One son, Allen Dearborn, b. 27 April, 1910. iii. WALTER HERVEY, b. 26 Jan., 1877, at present engaged in telephone work in Worcester, Mass. iv. HARRY WESLEY, b. 3 Oct., 1880, now proprietor of a grocery store in Boscawen. v. EDWARD DEARBORN, b. 30 March, 1883; d. 29 Dec., 1883. 9. JOSEPH HARPER(4) CARTER (Ebenezer(3), John(2), John(1)) b. 1 Sept., 1851; m. 6 Sept., 1882, Carrie M., dau. of Nathan and Caroline (Bickford) Taplin, of Corinth, Vt. They reside in Corinth where he has a large farm. Children: i. NATHAN TAPLIN(5), b. 13 Aug., 1883, in C. ii. LIZZIE VALENTINE, b. 14 Feb., 1885, in Corinth, Vt.; d. 17 Nov., 1902. iii. KARL EBEN, b. 24 Feb., 1888; m. Georgia A. Cleveland, 9 Dec., 1908. Child: Joseph Cleveland Carter, b. 22 Oct., 1909. iv. JESSIE BLANCHE, b. 1 Dec., 1889; m. Fred C. Jones, 28 Feb., 1909. (See Jones Gen.) v. RALPH WESLEY, b. 17 Sept., 1892. vi. EARL FOSTER, b. 29 Aug. 1895. vii. NED HANNAFORD, b. 29 June, 1897 Page 52 CARTER 1. NATHAN(6) CARTER was of the sixth generation from Thomas and Mary Carter, early settlers of Salisbury, Mass. (Winthrop(5), Thomas(4), Thomas(3), John(2), Thomas(1)). His parents were Winthrop and Susanna (Eastman) Carter, residents of Boscawen, where he was b. 6 April, 1761-62. He m. Sarah Farnum of Concord. Children: i. JUDITH(7), b. 15 Dec., 1787, d. 13 Jan., 1871. ii. MOSES, b. 6 Aug., 1790; d. 30 May, 1851. 2. iii. JOHN, b. 10 Dec., 1797. iv. JEREMIAH, b. 20 Feb., 1803; d. 19 Nov., 1871. v. NATHAN, b. 4 Feb., 1807; d. 16 Feb., 1875. 2. JOHN(7) CARTER (Nathan(6)) b. 10 Dec., 1797 and resided at different times in Boscawen, Concord and C., where he d. 12 Aug., 1871; m. Lydia, dau. of Bradbury and Rebecca (Straw) Gill, b. 17 Nov., 1799, in Hopkinton. She d. in C. 2 Feb., 1890. Children: i. BRADSHAW G(8)., b. 3 Feb., 1827 m. Asenath Spiller, d. 3 June, 1907. ii. LUTHER, b. 24 Aug., 1829; m. Mary Ann Coffin. iii. JOHN, b. 25 March, 1832; d. 25 Aug., 1833. iv. JOHN, b. 15 March, 1834; m. Julia Bryant. v. SARAH R. b. 4 Oct., 1838; m. Robert G. Morrison. vi. WILLIAM H., b. 20 Dec., 1842 in C., where he was a life long resident, settling in 1865 on what is known as the Blodgett farm. He m. 4 Feb., 1866, in C., Martha A., dau. of John and Mary J. (Blanchard) Wheeler. Served in the Civil War in Co. E., 1st N.H. Vol. Heavy Artillery. He d. 4 Sept., 1903, in C. CASS 1. LEVI(1), CASS m. Harriat Moeia and moved from Epsom with eight other young couples to Stanstead, P.Q., about 1810; d. 1829. 2. SIMON(2) CASS (Levi(1)) b. 24 May, 1821, in Stanstead, P.Q.; m. 1867, in Concord, Almeda C. Ingalls, b. 27 Dec., 1826, in C. He followed the occupations of farmer and teamster until 16 Sept., 1862, when he enlisted in Co. F., 20th Regt., Mass. Vol. Infantry. He was wounded 13 Dec., 1862; transferred to V.R.C. 15 Jan., 1864. After the war he lived in Concord, C. and Northfield until April, 1873, when he went to Kansas and took up a soldier's claim, returning in 1874. In 1879 he bought the William Currier farm in C., where he resided until his death 30 Sept., 1898. Almeda C. Ingalls was a dau. of Nathaniel and Sophia (Bradley) Ingalls. She taught school over twenty years in Me., N.H., N.Y., Iowa, Ill., and Mich. She d. 28 Aug., 1896. Children: 3. i. FRANCIS PEABODY(2), b. 30 Dec., 1870, in Concord. 4. ii. ALMEDA CHRISTIE, b. 13 Aug., 1873, Larimer, Kan. 3. FRANCIS PEABODY(3) CASS (Simon(2), Levi(1)) b. 30 Dec., 1870; m. 14 May, 1897, in C., Cora Belle Downing, b. 18 Jan., 1877, in Gifford. She was a dau. of James D. Downing [David(1) and Betsey (Palmer) Downing) who m. 17 Sept., 1865, Abbie F. Palmer, b. 7 Jan., 1845, in Hopkinton, dau. of Moses and Sarah (Palmer) Palmer. James T. Downing was b. in Ellsworth, 10 May, 1843. Enlisted 6 Oct., 1861, as private, Co. A., 6th Regt., N.H. Vol., wounded at second battle of Bull Run, discharged 17 July, 1865. Children all b. in C.: Page 53 i. LORENZO D(4), b. 21 April, 1898. ii. JAMES T., b. 23 June, 1900. iii. NATHANIEL L., b. 27 Jan., 1902. iv. EVELYN G., b. 24 June, 1904; d. 2 March, 1906. v. ALBI D., b. 21 Nov., 1906. vi. ALMEDA CHRISTIE, b. 5 Feb., 1911. 4. ALMEDA CHRISTIE(3) CASS (Simon(2), Levi(1)) b. 13 Aug., 1873, at Laramer, Kan.; m. 1 July, 1895, Joseph N. Carron. She d. 10 Aug., 1903. Child: 1. LEON N(4) CARRON, b. 21 April, 1897. CHAMBERLAIN. 1. JACOB(1) CHAMBERLAIN, cordwainer, Roxbury, Mass., b. about 1691, probably son of John Chamberlain of Malden and Rumney Marsh (now Revere), Mass., who was son of Edmund, the emigrant; m. 12 Jan., 1713, or 1714, Abigail Hasey, b. 1695, d. 1793, dau. of William and Judith (Jacob) Hasey and granddau. of Lieut William Hasey who was prominent in War of King Philip. Abigail Hasey's mother, Judith Jacob, was a dau. of Richard and Martha (Appleton) Jacob, granddau. of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich. Jacob Chamberlain d. 15 Sept., 1734; buried in Revere, Mass. 2. SAMUEL(2) CHAMBERLAIN (Jacob(1)) b. at Rumney Marsh, Mass., 1724; bapt. 7 June, 1724; m. 2 March, 1749, Martha Mellen of Hopkinton, Mass., b. 1730, d. 14 Nov., 1820. She was a dau. of Henry and Abigail (Pratt) Mellen, granddau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Mellen and Thomas and Lydia (Parmenter) Pratt. Lydia Parmenter was a dau. of John and Amy Parmenter of Sudbury. About 1774, Samuel Chamberlain and his wife Martha removed from Hopkinton, Mass., to Loudon. During the Revolutionary War he held several important town and state offices. It is supposed that he enlisted as Lieut. in the company of Capt. James Shepard, and was at Winter Hill the winter of 1775-76. In 1797, he removed to Peacham, Vt., where he d. 1802. 3. MOSES(3) CHAMBERLAIN (Samuel(2), Jacob(1)) b. 5 Oct., 1757, in Hopkinton, Mass.; 9 Oct., 1781, Rebecca, dau. of Amos and Rebecca (Abbot) Abbot, b. 1760; d. 24 Dec., 1846. Amos Abbot was son of James, grandson of William and great-grandson of George Abbot of Andover, Mass. Moses Chamberlain owned a large farm in Loudon; he built and carried on the Loudon mills which included saw mill, grist mill, oil mill, carding machine, fulling and dressing mill; d. 21 Oct., 1811; buried at Loudon Mills. Children b. in Loudon: 4. i. MOSES(4), b. 7 Feb., 1792. 5. ii. JOHN ABBOT, b. 12 Feb., 1794. Page 54 4. MOSES(4) CHAMBERLAIN (Moses(3), Samuel(2), Jacob(1)) b. 7 Feb., 1792, in Loudon; m. 18 June, 1817, Mary (Polly) dau. of Abiel and Susannah (Moore) Foster, b. 1 Jan., 1797; d. 18 June, 1870, at Three Oaks, Mich. About 1815, Mr. Chamberlain went to Pembroke and engaged in trade there, remaining until 1835. In 1843, he removed to Three Oaks, where he resided until his death 12 Feb., 1866. Children: i. MARY FOSTER(5), b. 3 Nov., 1818. ii. MELLEN, b. 4 June, 1821; m. 6 June, 1846, Martha Ann, dau. of Col. Jesse Putnam of Danvers, Mass. She d. 25 April, 1887. No children. iii. HENRY, b. 17 March, 1824. iv. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Oct., 1826; m. 18 Oct., 1849, John Gardiner Mason, b. 13 April, 1819, at Symbronius, N.Y., and d. at Howell, Mich.; she d. 27 March, 1850. v. WILLIAM, b. 7 Feb., 1834; m. 20 March, 1857, Caroline Sawyer, dau. of John Abbot and Mary or Polly Rogers (Clough) Chamberlain, b. 29 Oct., 1834, in C. Mr. Chamberlain went with his parents in 1843 to Mich. At the age of ten years he carried the U.S. mail on horse back through the forest from Michigan City to New Buffalo; at seventeen he had the active management of his father's farm; in 1864 he went to Three Oaks where he engaged in business. He was post master 1865-70; superintendent of the county poor eighteen years; member of the Michigan legislature 1871-73; state senator 1879-81; president pro tern of the Senate 1881; member of State Agricultural Society, at one time its president; member of State Board of Charities; inspector of Mich. State Prison 1885-93; warden of Mich. State Prison 1893-1901. 5. JOHN ABBOT(4), CHAMBERLAIN (Moses(3), Samuel(2), Jacob(1)) was b. 12 Feb., 1794; m. 10 Dec., 1817, Mary Rogers Clough, b. 16 June, 1798, in C., d. there 1 Sept., 1856. She was dau. of Jeremiah, 3d, and Martha (Foster) Clough. (See Clough Gen.) In 1825, Mr. Chamberlain with his wife and two children removed from Loudon to C. He was a man of affairs, serving the town as clerk. He was a staunch Antislavery man and a delegate to the first Free Soil convention held in Portsmouth; deacon of the Congregational church from 1837-53; church clerk and superintendent of the Sunday school. He d. 26 Feb., 1853, in Concord; interred in the C. Center cemetery. Children: i. MARTHA(5), b. 23 April, 1820, at Loudon Mills.; m. 16 April, 1845, Thomas Curry Bradley. (See Bradley Gen.) 6. ii. JOHN, b. 27 Nov., 1821. iii. MARY GERRISH, b. 26 April, 1824, in C.; d. 23 July, 1843, in C.: 7. iv. ELIZABETH EMERY, b. 11 Aug., 1826. v. REBECCA ABBOT, b. 5 March, 1829, in C.; d. 28 Sept., 1843, in C. 8. vi. JEREMIAH CLOUGH, b. 15 April, 1832. 9. vii. CAROLINE SAWYER, b. 29 Oct., 1834. 6. JOHN(5) CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbot(4), Moses(2)) b. 27 Nov., 1821, at Loudon Mills; m. first, 9 May, 1849, Amanda M. Johnson of Sandwich, b. 29 Sept., 1829; m. second, Irene Batchelder of Northfield. Mr. Chamberlain was a Free Baptist preacher. He d. 1 Jan., 1893, in Northfield. Children by first marriage: i. MARY CAROLINE(6) b. 4 Oct., 1852; m. Harry A. Aldrich. Children: Harry and Lucien Aldrich. ii. CHARLES JUDSON, b. 12 Jan., 1855, in C.; m. 24 Dec., 1898, Etta F. Heath of C.; he d. 15 April, 1908, in Canton, Mass. Page 55 iii. NELLIE B., b. 15 Oct. 1856, at Franklin Falls; m. William Darrah of Bedford. Children: Henry, Ella, Frank, Arthur and Ruth Darrah. 7. ELIZABETH EMERY(5) CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbot(4), Moses(3)) b. 11 Aug., 1826, in C.; m. 18 April, 1854, Cyrus C. Ryther, of Three Oaks, Mich. She d. 19 Oct., 1905, in Dowagiac, Mich. Children: i. MARY ELIZABETH(6) b. 15 May, 1858, in Three Oaks; m. 8 April, 1884, Luther I. Church; d. 12 June, 1885. Their dau., Ethel Elizabeth(7) Church, b. 10 April, 1885, in Hammond, Ind.; m. 12 July, 1900, Ernest Blood of Dowagiac, Mich. They have a dau., Mary Elizabeth(8) Blood, b. 25 Jan., 1902. ii. CYRUS ABBOT, b. 3 Dec., 1857; d. Jan., 1858. iii. KATE CORWIN, b. 7 March, 1859, in Three Oaks; m. 6 Sept., 1883, Oscar W. Phelps, who d. 26 May, 1893. iv. HALE ELKANAH, b. 4 Aug., 1860; m. 20 Sept., 1886, Josephine Bramhall, b. 2 Nov., 1862. Child: Florence E.(7) Bramhall, b. 26 Aug., 1889. v. REBECCA CAROLINE, twin, b. 12 June, 1862, in Sabula, Iowa; m. 8 Aug.. 1908, Charles Rector. vi: NOBLE, twin, b. 12 June, 1862, d. 1862. vii. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN, b. 27 March, 1864, in Sabula, Iowa; m. 18 Feb., 1900, Emma Holmes. Children: Cyrus G(7), b. 14 March, 1901; Jessie Golden, b. 29 Feb., 1904; George C., b. 10 Nov., 1908. viii. THADDEUS VICTOR, b. 13 June, 1866; m. 4 March, 1889, Cora L. Stevens, b. 16 Sept., 1872. Child: Thaddeus(7) Victor, b. 16 Feb., 1890. ix. ANNA LOUISE, b. 22 March, 1869, in Three Oaks; m. 30 Nov., 1889, Rufus Jessup, of Dowagiac. Child: Katherine C(7). Jessup, b. 26 Aug., 1896; d. 27 Oct., 1910, in Kalamazoo. 8. JEREMIAH CLOUGH(5) CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbott(4), Moses(3)) b. 15 April, 1832, in C.; m. 12 Nov., 1861, Grace, dau. of Hilton and Sarah (Gilman) Burleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh came to C. about 1830. He had previously resided in Franklin; she was a native of Gilmanton. Grace Burleigh was b. 17 March, 1835. Mr. Chamberlain d. 17 Aug., 1901, in Chelsea, Mass. Children: i. JOSEPH BURLEIGH(4), b. 4 May, 1863; m. 29 June, 1899, Annie L. Boggs. Child: Grace Burleigh(7), b. 30 Aug., 1900, in Washington, D.C. ii. HENRY GALE, b. 2 Sept., 1870, in Chelsea, Mass. iii. GRACE HILTON, b. 1 July, 1874, in Chelsea. 9. CAROLINE SAWYER(5) CHAMBERLAIN (John Abbot(4), Moses(3)) b. 29 Oct., 1834, in C.; m. 20 March, 1857, in C., William Chamberlain of Three Oaks, Mich., son of Moses and Mary (Foster) Chamberlain. He was b. 7 Feb., 1834, in Pembroke; d. 7 Nov., 1901, in Jackson, Mich. Children: 10. i. ALICE(6), b. 14 Oct., 1858. ii. GRACE AMANDA, b. 1 March, 1861; m. 16 Feb., 1897, at Jackson, Mich., Daniel Tallier, b. 1 Nov., 1863, in Humboldt, Iowa; reside in Kalamazoo, Mich. iii. MOSES ABBOT, b. 25 July, 1863, in Three Oaks, Mich.; d. there 21 Oct., 1878. 11. iv. LUCY FLORENCE, b. 29 June, 1866. Page 56 12. v. CARRIE ELIZABETH, b. 20 June, 1889. 13. vi. WILLIAM OLIVER, b. 27 July, 1872. vii. BENJAMIN RALPH, b. 24 July, 1882. Merchant Three Oaks, Mich. 10. ALICE(6) CHAMBERLAIN (Caroline(5), John Abbot(4), Moses(2)) b. 14 Oct., 1858 in Three Oaks, Mich.; m. 14 April, 1880, James Harvey Hatfield, b. 3 Nov., 1855. He is president of several important business corporations and director of the Home Savings Bank, Kalamazoo. Child:< i. JAMES CHAMBERLAIN(7) HATFIELD, b. 15 Jan., 1881; m. 6 May, 1908, Grace Eleanor Clark. Child: Jean Clark(8) Hatfield, b. 23 Dec., 1909, James C. Hatfield is secretary, treasurer and director of various business companies in Kalamazoo, and is a director of the Standard Cloth Co., of N.Y. Mrs. Hatfield is a dau. of Frank M. Clark of Kalamazoo. 11. LUCY FLORENCE(6) CHAMBERLAIN (Caroline(5), John Abbot(4), Moses(3)) b. 29 June, 1866, in Three Oaks; m. 27 Feb., 1889, Frederick Austin, son of Frederick Austin Parsons, b. 4 Sept., 1858, in Bridgeport, Conn. Children b. in Bridgeport, Conn. i. WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN(7) PARSONS, b. 9 Nov., 1892. ii. FLORENCE LAVINIA PARSONS, b. 12 Nov., 1896. iii. FREDERICK AUSTIN PARSONS, b. 14 June, 1900. 12. CARRIE ELIZABETH(6) CHAMBERLAIN (Caroline(5), John Abbot(4), Moses(2)) b. 20 June, 1869; m. 16 Aug., 1893, Dr. Ethelbert Leroy, son of Thomas L. and Julia W. McCann, b. 31 Dec., 1866, a physician of Chicago. Child: Elizabeth Chamberlain(7) McCann, b. 23 June, 1894, in Chicago 13. WILLIAM OLIVER(6) CHAMBERLAIN (Caroline(5), John Abbot(4), Moses(3)) b. 27 July, 1872, in Three Oaks; m. Josephine Supple, b. 17 March, 1874, in Jackson, Mich. Child: Alice Christine(7), b. 17 June, 1898, in Kalamazoo. CHAPLAIN. 1. JOSEPH(1) CHAPLAIN, m. Deborah Robinson, nee Lord of Exeter, and settled in Sanbornton. Later he came to C., and resided with his son. 2. MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE(2) CHAPLAIN (Joseph(1)) b. in Loudon 30 June, 1811; m. Martha Willey, b. in Gilford, 1 Sept., 1807. He settled in C., where he d. 23 Feb., 1874. He was a half brother of the Robinson who founded the school for girls at Exeter. She d. 23 April, 1872. Children b. in C.: 3. i. FRANCIS L(3), b. 28 Sept., 1832. ii. LAVINA JANE, b. 25 April, 1834; m. David Kimball Nudd. (See Nudd Gen.) 4. iii. ALPHEUS WASHINGTON, b. 5 Aug., 1836, resided at Wilmot. iv. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 14 April, 1848; d. 20 July, 1848. 5. v. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 25 April, 1850. 3. FRANCIS L(3) CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette(2), Joseph(2)) b. 28 Sept., 1832; m. 4 July, 1852, Mary E. Rogers of Northfield, b. 12 Feb., 1835. Page 57 Children: i. FRANK A(4), b. 9 Feb., 1855; m. 7 Jan., 1874, Jane Kelley, of Lawrence, Mass. Children: 1. Mary E(3), b. 19 Oct., 1879. 2. Nellie B., b. 31 Jan., 1881. 3. Martha J., b. March, 1886. ii. WARREN H., b. 18 Oct. 1859; m. 14 March, 1879, Elma Maxfield of Loudon. Child: Claribel E(5), b. 22 Feb., 1899. iii. CHARLES H., b. 21 June, 1864; m. 28 Nov., 1886, Ida m. Cross of Loudon. No children. 4. ALPHEUS WASHINGTON(3) CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette(2), Joseph(1)) b. 5 Aug., 1836; d. at Wilmot, 3 April, 1910. m. first, Sally Runnels, b. in Sanbornton, 1835. She d. 12 Oct., 1886. M. second, Mrs Eliza Durgin Buzzell of Wilmot. Children b. in C.: 6. i. GEORGE FRANKLIN(4), b. 19 April, 1855. ii. MARTHA ANN, b. 28 June, 1857; m. first, in Franklin, Timothy Sinotte of Coaticook, Canada, 5 May, 1874. He d. in Concord. M. second, 23 June, 1897, Henry J. Murphy of Lowell, Mass. 7. iii. HORACE SANBORN, b. 9 May, 1861. 8. iv. THOMAS ALPHEUS, b. 1 Sept., 1867. 5. WILLIAM H. H(3) CHAPLAIN (Marquis DeLafayette(2), Joseph(1)) b. 25 April, 1850. M. first, Mary Stevens, 7 Nov., 1870. Divorced from her in Oct., 1886. M. second, 25 Dec., 1887, Bertha M. Wade. Children: Charles L(4)., b. Oct., 1889; d. Nov., 1895. Urban W., b. 18 Aug., 1894. 6. GEORGE FRANKLIN(4) CHAPLAIN (Alpheus(3), Marquis DeLajayelle(2), Joseph(1)) b. 19 July, 1855; m. Etta Buzzell of Northwood, b. 22 Aug., 1854. Children: i. WALTER W(5), b. 22 Feb., 1876; m. Carrie McElray of Chelsea, Mass. Child: Etta(6). Residence, Chelsea. He d. 29 Feb., 1892. ii. JOSEPHINE E., b. in C., 7 April, 1877; m. Carlton Masten of Northwood. Child: Myrtle(6) Masten. iii. SARAH MARY, b. in C., 11 Dec., 1878; m. William Caswell of Northwood. Children: Elmer(6) and Percy Caswell. iv. ETHEL, m. Henry Putnam of Lynn, Mass. v. LEANER, m. Charles Foster of Lynn, Mass. vi. CARLTON. 7. HORACE SANBORN(4) CHAPLAIN (Alpheus(3)) b. 9 May, 1861; m. Harriet Sanborn Allen, of Newport, 17 Sept., 1881. Children: i. AMELIA ISABELLE(5), b. 9 April, 1883; m. George H. Parris of Concord, Vt. Child: Arlene Capitola Parris. ii. CLIFTON ELMER, b. 9 March, 1895; m. May Ella Bean of Franklin, Aug., 1905. Divorced 1909. iii. MABEL LYDIA, b. 1 Jan., 1887; drowned 15 Feb., 1891. iv. BERNICE, b. 29 Oct., 1888; m. first, Edward Ford, 1 April, 1905, at Concord; divorced in 1906; m. second, Edward Brown of Province of Quebec, Canada, 23 May, 1909. No children. v. LOUISE CARMEN, b. 11 Oct., 1890; m. Frank P. O'BRIEN of Hoosic Falls, N.Y. Child: Dorothy O(6). O'BRIEN. vi. MARGURITE ARLENE, b. 30 May, 1892; d. 7 Sept., 1892. vii. ALLEN MONROE, b. 26 Dec., 1894. 8. THOMAS ALPHEUS(4), CHAPLAIN (Alpheus(3)) b. 1 Sept., 1867; m. Anna Smith of Newport. Children: i. ESTELLE(5), m. and lives in Greenfield, Mass. One child. ii. JESSIE C., m. Charles Wilder of Brattleboro, Vt. iii. ANNA C., resides Lynn, Mass.