Vital Records Of The Town of Keene, New Hampshire

Compiled from the Town Records,
First Church & Family Records,
the Original Fisher Record & the Newspapers

Frank H. Whitcomb, City Clerk
Authorized by vote of the City Council, 1 Jun 1905

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

Additions and Corrections. The following additional records and corrections were received too late to be inserted in the main body of the work. Discrepancies in the spelling of proper names were common in the early days and uniformity has not been attempted; discrepancies sometimes appear in the dates relating to the same person, when taken in one instance from the town record and in another from the family record. No attempt has been made to eliminate apparent errors, but such as have been detected have been noted in the text. ADDITIONS. Abbott John True, b. Antrim, N.H., Apr. 26, 1850, and Alice Elkins Merriman, b. Potton, Ca., Aug. 4, 1847. Children: Charles Merriman, b. Needham, Mass., Nov. 23, 1874; Amy Louise, b. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 16, 1877, m. John Eliot Allen, Keene; Sarah Cheney, b. Keene, Oct. 3, 1879, d. here June 28, 1884. Allen Benjamin Franklin, b. Surry, N.H., Dec. 2, 1838, and Nellie Irene, Webster, b. Gilsum, N.H., Oct. 20, 1841. Children: Frank Webster, b. Sept. 15, 1869; Ida Mary, b. Mar. 11, 1874. Allen Daniel, b. Surry, Nov. 4, 1795, and Deidamia Wilbur, b. Westmoreland, Apr. 16, 1800. Children b. Surry: Phebe Wilbur, b. Oct. 10, 1817; Susan Deidamia, b. May 22, 1820; Daniel, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1822; Hananiah Wilbur, b. Dec. 11, 1823; Emily, b. Oct. 5, 1825; Hiram Britton, b. Apr. 20, 1828; Joshua Britton, b. Jan. 19, 1830; Emily Triphena, b. Jan. 26, 1832; Levi, b. Jan. 18, 1834; Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 13, 1836; Benjamin Franklin, b. Dec. 2, 1838, m. Nellie Irene Webster (b. Gilsum, Oct. 20, 1841); William Brockway, b. Feb. 14, 1841; Daniel, Jr., b. Keene, June 28, 1843; Lucius Lorenzo, b. Sept. 26, 1845. Barrett Thomas Francis, b. Hadley, N.Y., Feb. 24, 1833, and Sarah Experience Hastings, b. Sullivan, June 25, 1837. Children: Abijah Hastings, b. Marlow, Mar. 24, 1859; Sarah Adelaide, b. Marlow, Mar. 1, 1862; John Francis, b. Mar. 1, 1864; Henry Levi, b. June 6, 1866; Herbert Thomas, b. Mar. 22, 1868; Esther Laurena, b. Oct. 16, 1870. Beal Flavel, b. Hanson, Mass., Jan. 16, 1851, son of Edwin and Sarah Douglas (Gibson) Beal and Ellen Frances Bates, b. Hanson, Mass. July 26, 1852, d. Keene, Oct. 2, 1884, daughter of Elbridge Gerry and Clara (Waterman) Bates. Children: Ernest Gibson, b. Aug. 26, 1880: Percy Alonzo, b. Dec. 26, 1883. Flavel Beal, m. 2d, Abbie Ann Harriet Nims, b. Sullivan, N.H., Aug. 2, 1850. Child: Clifford Francis. b. May 6, 1888, d. July 31, 1888. Beal Joseph Reynold, b. Nelson, N.H., Aug. 18, 1834, and Eleanor Jane Cummings, b. Marlboro, N.H., Aug. 2, 1831. Child: Jessie Gertrude, b. Nov. 12, 1861. Billings Chauncey Blake, b. Keene, May 29, 1810, and Emeline Crosby, b. Dummerston, May 2, 1809. Children: Sarah Jane, b. Roxbury, Sept. 29, 1839; Ellen Maria, b. Roxbury, July 21, 1841; and the following named in Keene: George Sidney, b. Dec. 8, 1843; a daughter, b. May 21, 1845; Chauncey Blake Billings, m. 2d, Caroline Maria Thayer, b. Dummerston, Aug. 5, 1822. Children: Frederick Eugene, b. Aug. 22, 1847; Ida Emeline, b. May 31, 1851; Charles Henry, b. July 17, 1853; Abbie Thayer, b. May 24, 1857; Chauncey Blake Billings, m. 3d, Mrs. Priscilla Wight Thompson, b. Westmoreland, Jan. 19, 1829. Child: Susie Priscilla, b. Aug. 15, 1875. Bisco Leonard, b. Walpole, June 9, 1800, and Lucy Ann Dodge, b. Whitestown, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1832. Children: Esther Melicent, b. Apr. 3, 1855; Anna, b. July 2, 1857; Helen Maria, b. May 7, 1860. Blaisdell George Wahington, b. Charlestown, Mass., ----, 1837, and Lucy Victoria Griffith, b. Winches¬ter, N.H., ----, 1839. Children: Bertie Sargent, b. ----, 1874; George Henry, b. ----, 1876; Eugene Loring, b. ----, 1880. Blake Ira, b. Keene, Feb. 5, 1785, and Mary Seamans, b. Providence, R.I., Aug. 21, 1787. Children: Frances Seamans, b. Nov. 5, 1808; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 22, 1810; Charles, b. Jan. 18, 1812, all at Chester, Vt. Briggs Warren Stiles, b. Keene, June 23, 1801, and Eliza Barnett, b. Walpole, Aug. 2, 1802. Children: Frances E., b. June 19, 1834; Lewis L., b. Mar. 6, 1836; Sophronia J., b. Mar. 28, 1838; George Warren, b. Mar. 9, 1841; Charles H., b. Jan. 20, 1843. Briggs Wilder, b. Keene, May 28, 1794, and Sally Lebourveau. b. Keene, July 24, 1785. Children: Lydia Wilder, b. Templeton, Mass., ----, 1823; Charles Sumner, b. Templeton,. Mass., ----, 1827. Brown Alonzo Oliver, b. Sullivan, July 6, 1829, son of Oliver and Mary (Mason), and Ellen Jane Spaulding, b. Sullivan, Aug. 29, 1837, daughter of Dauphin and Eleanor (Kingsbury) Spaulding; he died at Marlow, Feb. 16, 1901. Children: Elizabeth Alice, b. Sullivan, May 30. 1862; Kate Adelle, b. Sullivan, Apr. 13, 1864; Frank Walter, b. Keene, Feb. 27, 1868; Winfred Marshall, b. Keene, Dec. 11, 1871; Bertram Dauphin, b. Keene, Jan. 31, 1875. Brown Amasa, Jr., b. Sullivan, Feb. 28, 1801, d. at Keene, Jan. 5, 1870, son of Amasa and Mary, or Polly, (Gleason) Brown. He was first m. to Eunice S. Metcalf of Keene, b. about 1800, d. at Keene, Dec. 7, 1839, 39 y.; 2d wife, Lucy Stiles, b. Oct. 16, 1804, place not stated, d. at Keene, Dec. 4, 1885; child by second wife. Child: Harriet Eliza, b. Keene, May ----, 1847, d. here, Aug. 27, 1861. Brown Calvin, b. Keene, May 1, 1792, and Sally Dwinnell, b. Surry, Sept. 4, 1793. Children: John, b. Jan. 31, 1815; Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1816; George, b. July 26, 1819; Luther A., b. Dec. 25, 1821; and the following named in Rockingham, Vt.; Asa, b. Sept. 29, 1825; Calvin, b. Jan. 26, 1827. Brown William, b. Sullivan, Dec. 19, 1798, son of Amasa and Mary (called Polly) (Gleason) Brown, and Ann Underwood Fiske, b. Holliston, Mass., Dec. 27, 1798, daughter of Levi and Jemima (Underwood) Fiske. Children: Anne Maria, b. Sullivan, Nov. 29, 1827, d. there, Aug. 24, 1837; Josephine Frances, b. Sullivan, Dec. 4, 1829, lives in Keene; Lucy Cornelia, b. Sullivan, Nov. 5, 1836, d. at Keene: Mar. 20, 1844; Anne Maria, b. Keene, Aug. 16, 1841, lives here. Buckminster William Henry, b. Roxbury, N.H., Jan. 19, 1839, and Elizabeth Dudley Smith, b. Westmoreland, N.H., May 20, 1845. Child: Harry Franklin, b. July 26, 1873. Burdett William Edgar, b. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 5, 1852, son of Hervey and Laura Louisa (Cobb) Burdett, and Alice Clementine Messenger, b. Stoddard, Jan. 28, 1851, daughter of Silas and Arvilla Lucilva (Copeland) Messenger. Children: Arthur Dwight, b. Munsonville, Nov. 15, 1872; Leroy, b. Munsonville, Aug. 4, 1874; Grace Winifred, b. Keene, Jan. 15, 1879; William Edgar, Jr., b. Keene, Apr. 9, 1881; John Dean, b. Keene, Aug. 20, 1884; Lora Inez, b. Sullivan, Nov. 25, 1886; Alice, b. Keene, Sept. 9, 1891. Calef David Robert, b. Keene, N.H., Nov. 28, 1836, and Mary Maria Barker, b. Westmoreland, N.H., Sept. 7, 1835. Children: Robert Stephen, b. May 21, 1869; Nellie Barker, b. July 1, 1875. Carpenter Gregory, b. Canada, Oct. 12, 1836, and Bridget Lahiff, b. Ireland, Jan. 25, 1844. Children: Thomas E., b. Oct. 11, 1864; George H., b. May 21, 1868; Mary A., b. Jan. 28, 1872; Lewis J., b. Mar. 13, 1873; Fred L., b. Mar. 16, 1875; David W., b. Jan. 30, 1880; Alice M., b. Apr. 9, 1884. Carter Charles, b. Sullivan, Apr, 17, 1788; d. at Keene, Oct. 20, 1817, the result of having been fatally shot, by James Sumner, accidentally as alleged, May 21, 1817. He was son of Elijah (later of Keene) and Sally (Bridge) Carter, m. Mary Woods, b. Sullivan, Jan. 9, 1791, daughter of Enoch and Abigail (Butterfield) Woods. Children: Oscar C. B., b. in Keene; Amanda, b. in Keene, in 1813, d. unm. Clark Benjamin, b. Keene, July 3, 1768. Children: Benjamin Shaw, (was town clerk of Branby, Vt., 1823-4); Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1801, d. Keene, Oct. 15, 1878, 76 y.; Louisa B., b. Apr. 30, 1811, Springfield, Vt., m. Mr. Hale; Stella Washburn, b. Oct. 22, 1813, m. Mr. Stevens, d. Oberlin, O. Clark Eben (or Ebenezer), b. Keene, N.H., Oct. 17, 1800, and Maria Monroe, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Dec. 23, 1815. Child: Charles Henry, b. Feb. 18, 1861. Clark Martin Van Buren, b. Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 19, 1841, and Mary Ellen Scovill, b. Walpole, Apr. 27, 1842. Children: George Henry, b. Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 17, 1867, d. Keene, unm.; Ellen Elizabeth, b. Ludlow, Vt., Feb. 6, 1872, m. Henry Rumford Thompson, b. Springfield, Vt., on Nov. 9, 1898, at Keene; Lena Agnes, b. June 13, 1877. Cole Daniel Reed, b. Gilsum, N.H., Aug. 20, 1835 and Adeliza Jones, b. Marlow, Jan. 3, 1838. Children: Frank Albert, b. Sept. 18, 1861; Hattie Ellen, b. July 24, 1870. Comstock Dauphin White, b. Sullivan, Jan. 3, 1815, son of William and Martha (Jewett) Comstock, and Betsey Haynes Hart, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Mar. 12, 1819, d. at Keene, July 15, 1864; daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Haynes) Hart. They were m. Nov. 10, 1841, at Keene by Rev. Mark Carpenter; and Frances J. (Hart) Howard, second wife of D. W. Comstock, and sister of the preceding wife, was widow of Ahaz E. Howard, and daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Haynes) Hart. They were married at Keene, Oct. 4, 1865 by Rev. Mark Carpenter. Children; Elizabeth Frances, b. Dec. 11, 1842, d. here, Aug. 20, 1843; Mary C., b. Keene, June 14, 1844, d. here, June 28, 1844; Charles Frank, b. Keene, June 28, 1847, d. here, June 30, 1847; Everett Dauphin, b. Keene, Sept. 22, 1851; George Addison, b. Keene, July 26, 1866, d. here, July 26, 1866; Gertrude Hart, b. Keene, Oct. 21, 1868; Edward Albert, b. Keene, June 4, 1872, d. at Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 15, 1883. Daniels James (son of Ezra and Pamela), b. Keene and Hannah Sprague Wilder, b. Keene. Children: Sabrina, b. Keene, d. Keene, Jan. 17, 1854, 20 y.; George, b. Sept. 30, 1836; Joseph, b. Apr. 2, 1838, lives Ilion, N.Y.; Josephine, b. Keene, m. Curtis Field, lives in California; Mary, b. Keene, m. ---- Handy, lives in Iowa; Susan, b. Keene, m. Albert O. Field, lives in Boston, Mass.; Elizabeth, b. Keene, m. at New Haven, Conn., a Mr. Smith of New Haven. Darling David, b. Apr. 14, 1753, m. Esther Metcalf, b. Nov. ----, 1761, Feb. 15, 1781; m. 2d, Molly Woods, b. Nov. 3, 1766, Sept. 24, 1793; m. 3d, Matilda Bowditch, on Aug. 27, 1818. Children: John Metcalf, b. Nov. 8, 1782; Esther, b. Apr. 23, 1784, d. Apr. 27, 1785; Nancy, b. Oct. 4, 1786; Fanny, b. Dec. 18, 1788, d. June 2, 1860; David, b. July 19, 1791, d. Oct. 15, 1876; Molly, b. Sept. 10, 1794, d. Sept. 10, 1794; Lydia, b. Sept. 10, 1794, d. Sept. 10, 1794; Elijah, b. Dec. 28, 1795, d. June 28, 1855; Mary, b. Dec. 24, b. July 18, 1798, d. Calvin, b. Feb. 10, 1800; b. Ester, b. July 14, 1801, d. Oct. 18, 1870; William, b. Nov. 11, 1803, d. Nov. 11, 1812; James, b. June 15, 1805, d. Apr. 16, 1861; Daniel, b. May 15, 1807; Harriet, b. Aug. 1, 1809, d. Nov. 9, 1812. Mrs. Esther Darling, d. Feb. 16, 1793; Mrs. Molly Darling, d. Mar. 24, 1817, town record, 1818, 53 y.; Mrs. Matilda Darling, d. Jan. ----, 1861. Darling James Homer, b. Cambridge, Vt., July 25, 1838, and Caroline Mersilvia Burnham, b. Rindge, N.H., Mar. 3, 1831. Child: Mary Burnham, b. Keene, ----, 1870, d. Keene, Feb. 19, 1871, 6 m. Mrs. Caroline M. Darling, d. Keene, Nov. 5, 1874, 43 y., daughter of Rev. Dr. Burnham. Davenport James L., b. Hinsdale, Jan. 27, 1845, and Ella A. Carpenter, b. Swanzey, Apr. 30, 1848. Children: Mary Josephine, b. Sept. 16. 1870; Fannie Arabella, b. Feb. 1, 1872. Davis Francis, b. Keene, Sept. 27, 1823, and Sophronia Nourse, b. Keene, May 2, 1825. Children: Susan Estella, b. Feb. 12, 1846; Edna Melissa, b. Feb. 7, 1848; Ellen Melissa, b. Sept. ----, 1849; William Henry, b. Nov. 27, 1852. Dickinson Daniel, b. Keene, Mar. 8, 1812, and Emily Milliken Smith, b. Royalton, Vt., Apr. 30, 1811. Children: Henry Daniel, b. Keene, Apr. 26, 1840; Ellen Marie, b. Swanzey, Jan. 9, 1846. Dickinson Henry Daniel, b. Keene, Apr. 26, 1840, and Loretta Estella Curtis, b. Swanzey, Dec. 23, 1844. Children: Frank Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1865; Viva May, b. Feb. 20, 1885. Dickinson William, b. Keene, Aug. 23, 1816, and Sarah Greenwood, b. Dublin, Nov. 11, 1819. Children: George Francis, b. Apr. 26, 1848; Ella Maria, b. May 14, 1857. Dort Obed, b. Surry, Apr. 6, 1804 (according to Surry records, which give the very precise date, "Friday morning, Apr. 6, 1804," which corrects Hayward's Gilsum), son of Eli and Joanna (Newton) Dort, and Louisa Brown, b. Sullivan, June 10, 1818, daughter of Amasa and Mary or Polly (Gleason) Brown. Child: Lewis Edgar, b. undoubtedly in Keene, in 1849, d. in Keene, May 5, 1854, 4 y., 6 m., buried in Ash Swamp cemetery. Drown George Perry Bates, b. Pawtucket, R.I., Oct. 24, 1828, and Elizabeth Kingsbury, b. Keene, Jan. 3, 1827. Children: George Perry, b. May ----, 1856, d. July 29, 1856, 2 m.; Frank Herbert, b. May 2, 1858, d. unm.; Edward Payson, b. Apr. 30, 1865, d. Malden, Mass., 1905, family there. Drummer Charles H., b. Keene, Dec. 18, 1837, (another family record, 1838), and Lauraett Ellis, b. Keene, Mar. 26, 1840. Children: Ostinello W., b. Aug. 5, 1866; Mary A., b. Oct. 7, 1868; Linn E., b. Dec. 28, 1871. Drummer John A., b. Burlington, Vt., Feb. 1, 1817, and Arvilla Susan, b. Keene, d. Keene, Feb. 16, 1873. Children: Charles H., b. Dec. 18, 1837; John A., b. June 25, 1841; William F., b. Feb. 3, 1843; Frank; Calvin H.; George W.; Mary. Dunbar John Danforth, b. Charlton, Mass., May 20, 1822, and Carolina Augusta Whiting, b. Uxbridge, Mass., Apr. 23, 1842. Children: Kathrina, b. Jan. 14, 1869; John Danforth, b. Dec. 16, 1872, d. Aug. 16, 1873; Fannie Augusta, b. June 10, 1874, d. unm.; John Danforth, b. Jan. 19, 1876. Edgerly Arthur, b. Gilmanton, N.H., Jan. 18, 1834, and Mary Elizabeth Greene, b. Swanzey, N.H., Aug. 17, 1842. Children: Anne Elizabeth, b. Keene, Mar. 9, 1875, d. young; the following named in Swanzey: Sara Gertrude, b. May 19, 1877; Anne Richardson, b. Oct. 12, 1878; Helen May Elizabeth, b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 3, 1883, lived 4 y. Ellis Charles Henry, b. Keene, Sept. 13, 1818, and Mary Esther Russell, b. Keene, Mar. 23, 1842. Children: Charles Walter, b. Feb. 11, 1876; Florence Lucinda, b. Jan. 15, 1879; Leon Tarbell, b. Aug. 23, 1880. Ellis Marcus, b. Royalton, Vt., Sept. 1, 1845, and Katharine Charlotte Goodnow, b. Keene, Nov. 13, 1845. Children: Marjie Abbie, b. June 25, 1875; Carleton, b. Sept. 20, 1876; Gertrude Catharine, b. Feb. 8, 1878; Ruth Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1882; Theodore, b. May 7, 1884. Felt Luther Webb, b. Rockingham, Vt., May 24, 1833, and Aurelia Theresa Wright, b. Winchester, Oct. 24, 1836. Child: Jennie, b. May 28, 1859, m. Milan H. Johnson, Keene. Follansbee George Henry, b. Ware, N.H., Jan. 17, 1847, and Harriet Malinda Fowler, b. Cambridge, N.Y., July 3, 1848. Children: Albert J., b. May 23, 1876; Mary Frances, b. Nov. 21, 1888. Foster Benjamin Franklin, b. Fitzwilliam, Aug. 29, 1811, and Electa Beebe, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 7, 1811. Children: The following named in East Westmoreland: Amos Parker, b. Nov. 15, 1833; Eunice Allene, b. Feb. 12, 1835; Adin, b. Nov. 28, 1837; Esther Dorothy, b. Keene, Dec. 10, 1839, m. Alfred Allen Perry; the following named in Surry: Addison John, b. Mar. 21, 1841; Allison Henry, b. Mar. 31, 1843; Ella Hannah, b. Mar. 7, 1846; Anson Frank, b. Dec. 5, 1848. Giffin Charles, b. Sutton, Vt., July 12, 1837, and Hannah T. Carey, b. Lempster, N.H., Aug. 22, 1838. Children: Fred Wilson, b. Marlow, N.H., Mar. 7, 1860, d. Keene, Mar. 14, 1875; Etta Eudora, b. Marlow, July 19, 1862, m. Marshall E. Dana. Giffin Henry, b. Sutton, Vt., Oct. 29, 1832, and Harriet S. Tinker, b. Lempster, N.H., Apr. 18, 1839. Child: George Henry, b. Marlow, Aug. 28, 1862. Gillette Orville Harmon, b. Granville, Mass., Sept. 3, 1831, and Mary Miranda Stiles, b. Keene, July 28, 1833. Children: Edgar Evans, b. Apr. 10, 1858; Martha Louise, b. Apr. 18, 1862; Harry Clark, b. May 26, 1871; Sanford Elisha, b. Sept. 9, 1876. Goodnow Daniel, b. Sudbury, Mass., Dec. 2, 1790, and Matilda Chase, b. Sangersfleld, N.Y., Dec. 29, 1802. Children: Daniel Henry, b. Apr. 26, 1827; Harvey Chase, b. Dec. 6, 1829, (at Westmoreland); Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1832, (Westmoreland); Sarah Matilda, b. Mar. 5, 1835, (Westmoreland); Eliza Jane, b. June 30, 1838; Harriet Frances, b. May 24, 1841; Charlotte Catherine, b. Nov. 13, 1848. Greene Charles, b. Swanzey, N.H., Oct. 22, 1837, and Lavania Maria Aldrich, b. Swanzey, N.H., Apr. 14, 1838. Children: Ernest Langdon, b. Swanzey, Feb. 25, 1863; Wilfred Aldrich, b. Swanzey, Mar. 25, 1865; the following named in Keene: Harry Linwood, b. Feb. 24, 1868; Myrtle May, b. Aug. 18, 1870; Chester Milton, b. Aug. 9, 1875; Bert Herman, b. Dec. 8, 1879. Grimes Alexander Hamilton, b. Keene, Apr. 15, 1829, and Frances Eliza Briggs, b. Keene, June 19, 1834. Children: Son, b. Sept. ----, 1860, d. unm.; Sophrona Eliza, b. July 9, 1863; Mary Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1867, d. June 17, 1870; Daughter, b. Nov. 13, 1871, d. unm. Grimes Jesse, b. Pelham, Mass., June 2, 1792, and Lucinda Whitcomb, b. Leominster, Mass., Dec. 22, 1796. Children: Emily, b. June 19, 1824; Chauncey Alexander, b. Jan. 29, 1828; James Albert, b. Sept. 9, 1830; Jesse Franklin, b. Oct. 25, 1833; Ellen Miranda, b. Dec. 1, 1841. Griswold Francis Damon, b. Dalton, N.H., Mar. 21, 1840, and Martha Jane Steele, b. Saxton's River, Vt., Aug. 15, 1849. Children: the following named at Saxton's River, Vt.: George Steele, b. Dec. 29, 1867; Fred Damon, b. Oct. 17, 1869; Harry Herbert, b. Oct. 26, 1871; the following named in Keene: Infant son, b. Jan. 14, 1874; Guy Ernest, b. Oct. 11, 1875; Grace, b. Aug. 13, 1877; Arthur Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1880; Mabel, b. June 22, 1883; Annie, b. Apr. 27, 1886; Katherine, b. Nov. 4, 1888; Paul Clifford, b. Oct. 8, 1891. Gurler Sewall, b. Nelson, Feb. 6, 1813. and Emily Blake, b. Keene, June ----, 1813. Children: Esther Maria, b. Apr. 8, 1839, d. unm.; Emily Ann, b. Oct. 30, 1840, d. unm.; Julia Louisa, b. Nov. 10, 1843, m. Harrison Maynard; Rosetta Harris, b. Apr. 8, 1849, m. Myron C. Elis, d. June 16, 1881. Hall Henry William, b. Orange, Mass., Mar. 10, 1852, and Julia Elizabeth Griffin, b. Ticonderoga, N.Y., Mar. 2, 1855. Children: Mary Maud, b. Nov. 30, 1874; Cora Griffin, b. Nov. 21, 1877; Alfred Hendrick, b. June 15, 1884; Bernice Anna French, b. June 15, 1890; Earl Dexter, b. Sept. 14, 1894; Harrold Kittredge, b. Aug. 11, 1897. Hamblet Albert Horace, b. Keene, June 8, 1848, and Mary E. Hammond, b. Swanzey, July 8, 1851. Children: Cora May, b. Sept. 10, 1876; George Albert, b. Feb. 20, 1878; Hattie Jane, b. May 17, 1880, m. Don Stillman Cummings; Carrie Emeline, b. May 28, 1882, m. Forrest L. Carey; Fred Oliver Horace, b. Feb. 7, 1884; Herbert Gonyou, b. Nov. 13, 1887. Hamblet Horace (son of Benjamin and Lucy Willis Hamblet), b. Swanzey, Jan. 5, 1817, d. Aug. 9, 1889, and Olive Stone (daughter of Simon Stone of Keene) m. Jan. 8, 1840, d. July 12, 1845. Child: Lucy Jane, b. July 24, 1841, m. James Dean Wheeler, d. Jan. 20, 1879; m. second, 1847, Nancy S. Loomis, b. Alstead, Sept. 10, 1817. Children: Albert Horace, b. June 8, 1848; Mary Olive, b. May 17, 1855, m. 1878, Charles Herbert Clark. Harrington Nahum Barnard, b. Northboro, Mass., Sept. 4, 1818 and Mary Elizabeth Buxton, b. Westmoreland, N.H., Nov. 2, 1824. Children: William Miles, b. Apr. 13, 1855; Charles Edwin, b. May 2, 1857; infant son, b. June 16, 1861. Harrington Nahum Barnard and Emma Anna Cooper, b. Alstead, N.H., Mar. 30, 1843. Children: Mary Emma, b. Nov. 28, 1863, d. Mar. 16, 1864; Edith Rachel, b. Oct. 28. 1865; Helen Eliza, b. Sept. 14, 1869, d. Nov. 27, 1883. Hastings George Everett, b. Chesterfield, N.H., Aug. 17, 1838, and Sarah Maria Nims, b. Keene, Oct. 31, 1842. Children: Eugene Lanmon, b. Keene, June 24, 1864; John Augustine, b. Nashua, July 29, 1877; George Everett, b. Manchester, Mar. 10, 1879. Hemphill Eugene Freeland, b. Acworth, Nov. 13, 1847 and Emily Frances Willard, b. Keene, Apr. 13, 1850. Children: Eugene A., b. Dec. 27, 1870; Wilfred, b. Jan. 31, 1873; Walter M., b. Taunton, Mass., Jan. 23, 1875. Holman Edward, b. Chesterfield, ----, 1794-5 and Lovina Stone, b. Fitzwilliam, ----, 1794-5. Children: Edward Gardner, b. Fitzwilliam, July 11, 1816; Joseph Willard, b. Fitzwilliam, Dec. 1, 1817; Lucinda, b. Fitzwilliam, Mar. 6, 1820; and the following named in Keene: Mary Harris, b. Feb. 8, 1822; Martha Heminway, b. Oct. 25, 1823; Eliza, b. Oct. 6, 1825; David, b. Sept. 8, 1827; Lovina, b. June 20, 1829; Ira Blanchard, b. June 18, 1831; Sylvanus Heminway, b. May 1, 1835. Holman Sylvanus Heminway, b. Keene, May 1, 1835, and Mary Grace Fleming, b. Barnston, P.Q., Aug. 1, 1846. Children: John Edward, b. Dec. 15, 1870; Annie Mabel, b. Apr. 27, 1875. Hubbard George Cannon, b. Sullivan, Apr. 14, 1827, son of George and Nancy (Cannon) Hubbard, and Abigail Delight Huntley, b. Alstead, July 30, 1827, daughter of Amos and Betsey (Baker) Huntley. Children: Fannie Emma, b. Keene, Aug. 20, 1850, d. Sullivan, Aug. 16, 1872; Osman Huntley, b. Sullivan, July 23, 1862, m. adopted daughter of late George B. Rawson, Gilsum; Charles Lincoln, b. Surry, Oct. 12, 1866. Hubbard Roswell, b. in Northfield, Mass., Nov. 15, 1756, son of Rev. John Hubbard of that town and Anna (Hunt) Hubbard. His father was a graduate of Yale, in 1747 and a Congregational clergyman. Roswell's brother, John Hubbard, of Charlestown, N.H., was father of Hon. Henry Hubbard, governor of New Hampshire; and Elizabeth Church, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Church of Gilsum, was b. somewhere in Connecticut, Mar. 25, 1763, and d. at Sullivan, Mar. 6, 1816. He d. in Sullivan, Aug. 20, 1829. Children: A daughter, b. in Keene (now Sullivan), Sept. 10, 1786, d. here, same day; Roswell, Jr., b. Keene (now Sullivan), Sept. 20, 1787, d. at Port Henry, N.Y., Apr. 10, 1857; Fanny, b. Sullivan, Oct. 10, 1789, m. Erastns Kemp; George, b. Sullivan, Dec. 24, 1791, d. there, Mar. 25, 1795; Ellsworth, b. Sullivan, Aug. 9, 1793, father of Henry E. of Keene; Eliza, b. Sullivan, June 18, 1795, m. Benjamin Tyler of Sullivan; George, b. Sullivan, Sept. 4, 1797, father of George C.; Hezro, b. Sullivan, July 18, 1799, father of Wm. Hezro; Electa, b. Sullivan, July 29, 1801, d. there, June 18, 1802; Electa, b. Sullivan, July 28, 1803, d. there, Dec. 1, 1814; Mary Ann, b. Sullivan, Apr. 28, 1805, m. Samuel Osgood, 2d, of Sullivan; Samuel Church, b. Sullivan, Aug. 9, 1807, d. there, Dec. 3, 1814. Jones Young, b. Burlington, Vt., June 17, 1846, and Emma Jane Craig, b. Keene, Nov. 9, 1847. Children: George Young, b. July 15, 1867, d. Aug. 20, 1867; Bertha Iola, b. Jan. 8, 1875, m. Ira Joslin Prouty; Mabel Emma, b. Oct. 1, 1876. Kirk Reuben S., b. Springfield, Vt., Nov. 22, 1834, and Mary C. Long, b. Swanzey, N.H., Aug. 4, 1833. Children: Ida G., b. Springfield, Vt., Sept. 10, 1862; Fannie E., b. Springfield, July 7, 1868; Mary B., b. Springfield, Mar. 14, 1871; Walter R., b. Springfield, Dec. 1, 1874; Herbert N., b. Keene, Mar. 9, 1878. Knight James Moore, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 26, 1837, and Charlotte Kidder, b. Mt. Vernon, N. H., Jan. 9, 1841. Children: William Erwin, b. May 9, 1866; James McKelsey, b. Oct. 16, 1871. May Calvin, Jr., son of Calvin and Salome (Adams) May, b. Gilsum, Apr. 7, 1823, d. Keene, Sept. 20, 1862, m. Dec. 31, 1854, Jane Elmina Bemis, b. Surry, Oct. 27, 1829, d. Dublin, Apr. 5, 1904. Child: Mabel Estelle, b. Keene, May 21, 1859. After Calvin May, Jr.'s death, his widow, Jane Elmina, m. Joseph Willard Powers of Dublin. She was the latter's widow at the time of her death. Maxham Henry Cornelius, b. Berlin, Vt., May 18, 1847, and Lilla Jane Perry, b. Keene, Jan, 3, 1853. Children: Laura May, b. St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 16, 1876, m. Laurence Dana Colony, Keene; Henrietta Cornelia, b. Keene, Apr. 25, 1882, m. Albert Archer Metcalf, Keene. Maynard Prentiss Alonzo, b. Keene, Oct. 24, 1832, and Martha Jane Cook, b. Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 3, 1840. Children: Jennie Frances, b. July 26, 1862; Walter Prentiss, b. May 16, 1866. Martha Jane Cook Maynard, m. 2d, Andrew J Williams, Keene. Children: Lee Andrew Williams, b. May 14, 1882; Don Jason, b. Nov. 8, 1884; Lee Andrew, d. Feb. 4, 1905. McGregor Daniel, b. Southport, P.E.I., Dec. 25, 1847, and Ida Leora Barrett, b. Stoddard, July 2, 1852. Children: Harrie Erle, b. Dec. 21, 1879; Bessie May, b. Nov. 22, 1881; Robert Wilkinson, b. Nov. 19, 1884; Marguerite Barrett, b. Feb. 10, 1887. Metcalf Abijah, b. Keene, Oct. 9, 1795, and Martha Wood, b. East Alstead, Mar. 27, 1798. Child: Martha Wood, b. Apr. 26, 1838; m. 2d, Caroline E. Sturtevant, b. Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 17, 1810. Child: Sarah Eliza, b. Apr. 1, 1842. Henry N., adopted son, b. Jan. 30, 1833. Metcalf Albert William, b. Gilsum, Dec. 28, 1840, and Addie M. Starkey, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 10, 1851. Children: Edith Nettie, b. May 27, 1872; Albert Archer, b. Oct. 18, 1881; Robert Winchell, b. Apr. 4, 1884. Morse Charles Willis, b. Dublin, Dec. 8, 1848, and Angie Melissa Page, b. Amsterdam, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1845. Children: Albert Willis, b. Dec. 17, 1876; Florence Louise, b. July 3, 1881; Howard Warren, b. July 10, 1884. Muchmore Hadley Parkhurst, b. Lyme, Sept. 5, 1819, and Lydia Fidella Clark, b. Northampton, Mass., Feb. 28, 1823. Children: Levi Herbert, b. Jan. 10, 1854; Clark Whitney, b. July 30, 1858. Newman John, b. Morristown, Vt., June 27, 1786, son of Wm. and ---- Newman, and Mary Willis, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1785, daughter of Ben and Annis (Briggs) Willis. Children: Caroline, b. Keene, Sept. 8, 1811; Mary, b. Keene, June 19, 1813, d. here Aug. 6, 1817; Annis Eliza, b. Keene, Aug. 26, 1815, m. 1st, Wm. Smith of Gilsum and Sullivan; m. 2d, Jonathan Howard; George Washington, b. Keene, Nov. 18, 1818, (father of Geo. E. Newman); Charles Warren, b. Sullivan. May 8, 1821; Harriet, b. Sullivan, Jan. 11, 1824; m. Salmon Wright, (grandfather of Clarence W. Emerson); Henry Jackson, b. Gilsum, Apr. 10, 1826. Nims Francis Ormond, b. Sullivan, N.H., Jan. 10, 1846, son of Frederick Brown and Harriet (Wardwell) Nims, and Ella Louisa Hall, b. Walpole, Oct. 7, 1850, daughter of Oliver and Maryetta Louisa (Watkins) Hall. Child: Merton Francis, b. Mar. 18, 1874, in Keene, d. here, Nov. 14, 1882. Nims George Henry, b. Sullivan, Apr. 19, 1840, son of Frederick Brown and Harriet (Wardwell) Nims and Ruth Maria Hale, b. Rindge, Oct. 19, 1838, daughter of Moses and Ruth (Town) Hale. Child: Carrie Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1868. Mrs. Nims d. in Keene, June 18, 1891. George Henry Nims, m. 2d, Mary Mersylvia Sherwin, b. Rindge, Oct. 11, 1844, daughter of Julius Celario and Silence J. (Adams) Sherwin. Nims Marshall Wilson, b. Sullivan, May 28, 1842, son of Frederick Brown Nims and Harriet Wardwell, his wife, Ella Maria Goodnow, b. Sullivan, Mar. 11, 1847, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Buss) Goodnow. Child: Harry Dwight, b. Keene, Jan. 9, 1875. Nims Samuel, b. Sullivan, N.H., Dec. 3, 1837, and Maria Adelaide Chase, b. Nelson, N.H., Aug. 27, 1846, daughter of Lorin H. Chase and Mary Burpee. Child: Adelaide Hubbard, b. Newport, N.H., Apr. 3, 1867, m. Frank R. Matthews, Keene. Page Liberty, b. Keene, Apr. 2, 1805, d. Keene, Nov. 5, 1889, and Clarissa Britton, b. Westmoreland, N.H., Jan. 6, 1814. Children: Fessenden L., b. Sept. 14, 1834, Westmoreland, d. Keene, Nov. 6, 1871; Simeon, b. Keene, Aug. 28, 1837, d. Keene, Mar. 11, 1838; Rufus H., b. Westmoreland, May 15, 1839, d. there, Dec. 26, 1856; Clarissa S., b. Westmoreland, Nov. 19, 1841, m. Charles I. Proctor; Martha Jane, b. Westmoreland, Sept. 14, 1851, d. there, Oct. 12, 1852; Everett C., b. Westmoreland, d. Dec. 1, 1853. Parker Addison Leslie, b. Phillipston, Mass., June 28, 1831, and Mary Melvina Buxton, b. Nelson, N.H., Feb. 19, 1835. Children b. Phillipston: Henry Eugene, b. Mar. 22, 1859; Ida Elmira, b. Oct. 31, 1861; and the following named in Keene: Ernest Leslie, b. Jan. 22, 1867; Alice Mabel, b. Feb. 26, 1873. Perry Alfred Allen, b. Westmoreland, July 26, 1833, and Esther Dorothy Foster, b. Keene, Dec. 10, 1839. Children: Herbert Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1859; Anna Eugenia, b. Jan. 20, 1859; George Washington, b. Jan. 11, 1861. Perry Joseph, b. Westminster, Mass., May 30, 1788, and Lydia Peters, b. Wentworth, Feb. 23, 1787. Children: Joseph G., b. New York, N.Y., Apr. 8, 1825; John R., b. Keene. May 8, 1829. Perry Joseph Franklin, b. Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 1, 1824, and Celia Lenora Kimball, b. North Turner, Me., Apr. 9, 1825. Children: Joseph Franklin, Jr., b. Biddeford, Me., July 11, 1845; Ellen Ruby, b. Biddeford, Me., July 13, 1847; Charlie Josiah, b. Keene, Sept. 20, 1861. Perry Silas, b. Apr. 14, 1763, and Catharine Hale, b. May 5, 1764, of Leominster, Mass., came to Keene in 1800 or earlier. Children: Nancy, b. Sept. 29, 1783; John, b. June 18, 1785; Joseph, b. May 30, 1788; James, b. Apr. 25, 1790; Abel, b. Mar. 22, 1793; Silas, Jr., b. May 9, 1795; Horace, b. Mar. 21, 1797; Sarah, b. July 13, 1800; Milton, b. July 16, 1802; Louisa, b. June 13, 1804. Petts Lyman Parker, b. Weston, Vt., Nov. 11, 1813, d. at Keene, Nov. 6, 1879, son of David and Clarissa (Parker) Petts, whose later years were spent at Munsonville. David Petts was the son of Jonathan Petts of Stoddard. Lyman P. Petts was a brother of David, father of Ferdinand Petts, m. Nancy Maria Seward, b. Sullivan, Aug. 2, 1815, d. at Keene, Jan. 22, 1877. Children: Henry Lyman, b. Gilsum, Dec. 12, 1836, d. there, Aug. 12, 1838; Emogene Amanda, b. Gilsum, Dec. 23, 1839, the first wife of Chas. H. Nye, now of Keene; Nancy Seward, b. Sullivan, Sept. 1, 1841, Mrs. Dascomb Wright Baker of Keene; Henry Lyman, b. Sullivan, Mar. 23, 1843, d. in Keene, Sept. 9, 1901; Julia Ann, b. Sullivan, Jan. 2, 1847, d. in Keene, Dec. 22, 1869, on the third day after her marriage to Hiram Methuselah Greeley; Love Celeste, b. Keene, Apr. 25, 1850, m. Samuel Waldo Jones of S. Weymouth, Mass.; Mary Ellen, b. Keene, Mar. 10, 1852, m. James A. Patterson, res. Winchendon, Mass.; Clarissa Maria, b. Keene, Aug. 12, 1854, d. here, unm. Mar. 27, 1872. Lyman(Petts) Alvin, natural son of Clarissa Maria Petts, was b. in Keene, Feb. 11, 1872, d. here, Feb. 25, 1872. Pittsinger Edward, b. West Hampton, Mass., Nov. 29, 1821, d. Mount Vernon, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1899, and Charity E. Congdon, b. Blandford, Mass., Mar. 1, 1829, d. Mount Vernon, N.Y., Mar. 12, 1904. Children: Mary Lizzie, b. Chicopee, Mass., Sept. 20, 1849, d. and buried at Chesterfield, Mass., Sept. 28, 1850; and the following named at Keene: Edward Christopher, b. Jan. 15, 1851, d. Jan. 28, 1854; Mary Edith, b. Sept. 3, 1852, d. Sept. 7, 1867; Grace Good, b. Sept. 7, 1854, d. Oct. 19, 1855; daughter, b. and d. July 12, 1857; Bertha Grace, b. May 9, 1859. Proctor John, b. Sullivan, May 29, 1823, son of James Locke and Ruth (Spaulding) Proctor, and Jane Elizabeth Kellogg, b. Morristown, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1830, d. at Keene, Mar. 22, 1905; daughter of Chester and Phebe (Wood) Kellogg. He died at Keene, June 28, 1890. Children: Nellie Elizabeth, b. Keene, Nov. 22, 1860, d. here, Dec. 28, 1860; Clara Frances, b. Keene, Oct. 27, 1862, m. Thomas Nelson Woodward; Lilla May, b. Keene, Jan. 1, 1864, m. Chas. Edwin Harrington; Frederick William, b. Keene, May 4, 1868, d. in Keene, Mar. 24, 1905; Frank Leslie, b. Keene, Aug. 25, 1872, d. at Keene, Sept. 29, 1872; George Burnham, b. Keene, Nov. 8, 1874. Sawyer George Gordon, b. Keene, N.H., Dec. 24, 1825, and Helen Maria Shelley, b. Keene, N.H., Jan. 29, 1829. Children: Fred Josiah, b. May 1, 1858; Jennie Eloise, b. Feb. 21, 1861; Joseph Frank, b. Feb. 7, 1864. Shaw Elbridge Ansel, b. Alstead, N.H., Jan. 7, 1847, and Mary Helen Sawyer, b. Keene, N.H., Feb. 13, 1855. Children: Frank Nelson, b. June 13, 1875; Walter Ansel, b. Apr. 21, 1877, d. Sept. 8, 1877; Florence Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1884. Mr. Shaw was son of Ansel and Hannah (Jones) Shaw. He died, Keene, Apr. 13, 1894. Mrs. Shaw was daughter of Nelson Newton and Jemima (Nims) Sawyer. Smith James Henry, b. South Orange, Mass., June 15, 1836, and Ann Mary Black, b. Putney, Vt., Aug. 29, 1832. Children: Walter Henry, b. Apr. 12, 1870; Grace Eunice, b. Sept. 26, 1873. Sparks Luther Kendall, b. Windham, Vt., Apr. 30, 1833, and Harriet Sophia Brown, b. Perkinsville, Vt., Oct. 9, 1839. Children: Elmer Luther, b. Mar. 3, 1860; Fred Laton, b, Mar. 6, 1862; Charles W., b. Jan. 4, 1864; Arthur W., b. Jan. 29, 1868. Spaulding Dauphin, 2d, b. Sullivan, Oct. 23, 1826, son of Dexter and Nancy (Kingsbury) Spaulding, and Susan Rebecca Wilder, b. Sullivan, Jan. 22, 1835, d. in Westmoreland, Sept. 17, 1904, daughter of Allen Merrill and Caroline (Emerson) Wilder. Children: Nancy Caroline, b. Sullivan, Mar. 28, 1852, m. Charles Edwin Cater, of Waltham; Susan Adelaide, b. Sullivan, Apr. 27, 1856, m. Chauncy W. Nash; Daniel Webster, b. Sullivan, July 30, 1858; Dexter Merrill, b. Keene, Nov. 22, 1861. Spaulding Henry Otis, b. Sullivan, Sept. 2, 1835, son of Ashley and Clarissa (Keith) Spaulding, and Sarah Ellen Houghton, b. Sullivan, Sept. 10, 1833, d. Keene, Sept. 20, 1898, daughter of Daniel W. and Mireca (Nims) Houghton. Children. Daniel Minot, b. Sullivan, Sept. 10, 1859; Charles Henry, b. Marlboro, Nov. 5, 1862; a daughter, b. Keene, Oct. 20, 1869, d. here, Oct. 25, 1869; Nellie, b. Aug. 15, 1870. Spaulding James Franklin, b. Sullivan, May 25, 1833, son of Custis and Jerusha (Mason) Spaulding, and Mary Elizabeth Dudley, b. Mount Holly, Vt., May 9, 1836, daughter of Luther and Mary (Mason) Dudley. Children: George Wesley, b. Keene, July 23, 1856; Edgar Franklin, b. Keene, Dec. 11, 1858; Carrie Elizabeth, b. Winchendon, Mass., July 7, 1861; Louis Everett, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Sept. 3, 1865; Minnie Etta, b. Leominster, Mass., Aug. 17, 1873. Starkey Oren, b. Troy, June 15, 1814, and Aseneth Cole Harris, b. Richmond, Nov. ----, 1821. Child: Oren Marcena, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 23, 1843. Starkey Oren, b. Troy, June 15, 1814, and Sarah Olivia Stoddard, b. Chesterfield, Sept. 5, 1818. Children: Edward Harris, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Feb. 14, 1846; Ella Rose, b. Brattleboro, Sept. 22, 1848; Addle Maria, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 10, 1851, m. Albert William Metcalf; Ida Lind, b. Richmond, Aug. 17, 1854, m. Edwin R. Gerould; Charles Willis, b. Richmond, July 27, 1858. Stiles Abram, Jr., b. Nelson, Oct. 27, 1802, and Mary Goldsmith ToWns, b. Keene, Oct. 9, 1808, recorded Oct. 19, 1808, town records. Child: Mary Miranda, b. July 28, 1833, m. Orville H. Gillette. Sullivan Cornelius James, b. Rome, N.Y., July 1, 1839, and Bridget Kepple, b. Mallow, Ireland, Mar. 11, 1840. Children: Julia, b. Mar. 31, 1861; Margaret, b. Mar. 31, 1861; Cornelius Edward, b. Feb. 27, 1862; Mary, b. May 15, 1863; John, b. Nov. 30, 1864; Catharine, b. Aug. 9, 1866; George Kepple, b. May 15, 1871; Martin Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1872; Eugene, b. Jan. 17, 1874; Annie, b. Dec. 15, 1875; Elizabeth Agnes, b. 16, 1877. Taft Hollis, b. Nelson, N.H., Apr. 3, 1813, and Cynthia Elmira Adams, b. Keene, July 11, 1822. Children: Mary Jennie, b. Mar. 25, 1845; Helen Adela, b. Dec. 13, 1847; Edward Hollis, b. Aug. 17, 1860; Frederick Albert, b. Sept. 5, 1863; Florence May, b. May 1, 1865. Tottingham Charles Newton, b. Ashburnham, Mass., Sept. 11, 1828, and Rhobe Malinda Titus, b. Union, Me., Mar. 31, 1832. Children: Jessie Henrietta, b. Nov. 11, 1858; Charles Edward, b. May 29, 1865. Towns John, b. Keene, Feb. 22, 1786, and Nancy Heaton, b. Keene, Apr. 27, 1792. Children: Charles, b. July 30, 1816 (town records, July 29); Nancy Heaton, b. May 17, 1818; Sally Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1820; John, b. Feb. 3, 1822; Maria, b. May 15, 1824; George, b. Apr. 24, 1826; Mary Jane, b. Apr. 20, 1830; William, b. Jan. 8, 1835. Trask William Hunt, b. Keene, Sept. 1, 1821, and Esther Christianna Wright, b. Weathersfleld, Vt., July 15, 1840: Children: William W., b. June 2, 1864; Katherine M., b. May 1, 1867; Homer D., b. Aug. 22, 1869; George F. T., b. Oct. 8, 1871; Florence M., b. Nov. 28, 1877. White William Orne, b. Salem, Mass., Feb. 12, 1821, and Maragaret Eliot Harding, b. Barre, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1823. Children: Eliza Orne, b. Aug. 2, 1856; Daniel Appleton, b. Jan. 24, 1859, d. Mar. 5, 1859; a child, b. May 1, 1864, at Chicopee, Mass., hei name changed legally at Keene, to Rose White and the child thus and then legally adopted at Keene, by William Orne White and Margaret Eliot White, Dec. 18, 1866. Whitney George Edward, b. Westminster, Mass., June 5, 1831, son of Smyrna Whitney and Ruth Whitney (sic.), and Lura Lind Nims, b. Roxbury, N.H., Nov. 6, 1850, daughter of Gilman Nims and Charlotte Stone. Children: Charlotte Ruth, b. July 15, 1878; Mary Belle, b. Mar. 13, 1881; Ida Nims, b. Aug. 31, 1882; Ralph Edward, b. Apr. 20, 1890. Wilder Azel, b. Keene, Nov. 23, 1788, and Elvira Warner, b. Keene, Mar. 2, 1792. Children: Alvira Priscilla, b. Nov. 29, 1814; Charles Johnson, b. Oct. 12, 1816, family record, Sept. 12, 1816; Lucius Eastman, b. Aug. 15, 1818; Charles Johnson, 2d, b. July 7, 1821; Hepsey, b. Apr. 22, 1823; Azel Bradley, b. Apr. 3, 1825; Maria Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1827; Azel Bradley, 2d, b. Jan. 30, 1827; Laurette, b. Dec. 20, 1829; Edward Bradley, b. Nov. 26, 1832. Wilder Charles Johnson, b. Keene, July 7, 1821, son of Azel and Elvira (Warner), and Almira Nims, b. Keene, Oct. 2, 1823, daughter of Roswell and Sarah (Wilson) Nims. Children: Charles Frederick, b. Keene, Aug. 27, 1847, drowned, by falling from a steamer in the Parana river, Argentina, Aug. 6, 1869; Helen Amanda, b. Keene, July 25, 1852, m. Charles Henry Beckler of Chicago; Azel Herbert, b. Boston, Mar. 28, 1854; Mary Elvira, b. Chicago, Ill., July 31, 1857. Wilkinson Solon Stone,. b. Marlboro, N.H., Mar. 22, 1828, and Chestina B. Holman, b. Marlboro, N.H., June 23, 1828. Child: Edward Holman, b. Marlboro, June 15, 1859. Willard George, b. Keene, Oct. 22, 1812, and Sarah Howe, b. Keene, June 9, 1817. Children: Sarah C., b. May 22, 1837; George H., b. Sept. 21, 1838; Ann E., b. Oct. 8, 1840; Mary L., b. Sept. 30, 1842; Emily F., b. Apr 13, 1850; Alice W., b. Jan. 27, 1857. Willard Lockhart, Jr., b. Keene, Feb. 16, 1789, and Sally Nurse, b. Keene, Apr. 3, 1790. Children: Lucius Stevens; George; William, b. Apr. 30, 1815; Lockhart; James; David Simmons. Willard Lucius Stevens, b. Keene, Feb. 25, 1843, and Annette Julia French, b. Walpole, Jan. 4, 1845. Children: Francis William, b. Mar. 16, 1870; Clinton French, b. May 13, 1873; Harry Stevens, b. Oct. 21, 1876, all at Jersey City, N.J. Willard William, b. Keene, Apr. 30, 1815, and Lucretia A. Marsh, b. Keene, Oct. 22, 1816. Children: Susan Ann, b. June 11, 1838; Cornelia, b. April 5, 1840; Lucius Stevens, b. Feb. 25, 1843; Willie Herbert, b. Mar. 3, 1854. Willis Benjamin, b. about 1762, place unknown, son of Benjamin, d. at Sullivan, Aug. 26, 1837, 75 y., and Annis Briggs, b. Norton, Mass., Sept. 25, 1759, d. Sullivan, Jan. 22, 1831, daughter of Elisha and Mary Briggs. Children: Mary, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1785, m. John Newman; Sarah (christened as Sally), b. Keene, about 1789, m. Robert Hall of Boston; Annis, b. Keene, May 25, 1794, m. Justus Chapin of Alstead; Asenath, b. Keene, date unknown, d. Keene, unm., June 10, 1824; Fanny, b. Keene, Dec. 6, 1798, m. Benjamin Ware of Gilsum. Woods Henry, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1811, and Susan Crosby, b. Dummerston, Vt., May 4, 1821. Children,: Infant son, b. Feb. 10, 1841; Anna Emeline, b. Dec. 3, 1845; Charles Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1848; Jennie Annette, b. Nov. 8, 1858. Woodward Albert Augustus, b. Roxbury, N.H., Feb. 5, 1840, and Martha Elizabeth Gunn, b. Gilsum, N.H., Jan. 14, 1840. Children: Alice, b. Dec. 21, 1868, d. July 8, 1869; Orville Albert, b. June 30, 1871; Mattie Louise, b. July 23, 1875. Woodward Cyrus Wakefield, b. Roxbury, N.H., July 4, 1813, and Mary Herrick Gove, b. Roxbury, N.H., July 14, 1819. Children b. Roxbury: Albert Augustus, b. Feb. 5, 1840; Sarah Mason, b. Feb. 16, 1842; in Harrisville: Daughter, b. Mar. 6, 1844, d. same day; George Gove, b. May 14, 1846, d. Nov. 9, 1847; Ellen Lydia, b. Dec. 12, 1849, m. George Albert Litchfield, b. Chesterfield, Mass., July 13, 1846; Herbert Ashley, b. Keene, May 20, 1856. Wright James, Jr., b. Keene, Nov. 12, 1776, d. here, June 18, 1851, son of James and Elizabeth (Rugg) Wright, and Lucy Nims, b. July 15, 1781, in Keene (now Roxbury), daughter of David, Jr., and Jemima (Carter) Nims, m. at Keene, Mar. 24, 1803, by Rev. A. Hall. Children: Mary, b. Keene, May 26, 1804, m. Phinehas Allen, she d. Charlestown, Vt., May 8, 1869, she had five children; James, b. Keene, Jan. 7, 1806, d. here, unm., Apr. 21, 1877; Alvin, b. Keene, June 4, 1807, d. here, unm., Aug. 27, 1843; Aaron, b. July 25, 1809, d. here, unm, Aug. 30, 1834, fatally injured in a pail factory; Lucy, b. Keene, Nov. 28, 1812, d. here, unm., July 13, 1848; Charles, b. Keene, Jan. 18, 1815, d. here, unm., June 2, 1834; Alba, b. Keene, Dec. 26, 1816, d. here, Dec. 5, 1851, m. Sarah Ann Buffum, later Mrs. Warren 0. Wilson, no children; David Nims, b. Keene, Nov. 26, 1819, d. Walpole, Oct. 16, 1900, m. Ann Weymouth, no children; Nahum, b. Keene, Sept. 24, 1821; Eliza, b. Keene, Sept. 21, 1823, m. Levi Smith. Wright Nahum, b. Keene, Sept. 24, 1821, d. here, Mar. 15, 1900, son of James, Jr., and Lucy (Nims) Wright, Ann Paulina Miller, first wife, b. Sullivan, Oct. 21, 1835, d. in Keene, Aug. 30, 1861, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Wilder, wife of Gilman Miller, they were m. at Keene, by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, May 21, 1857; Elmaetta Augusta Bingham, b. Sullivan, Sept. 30, 1842, still living, daughter of Alanson and Olive (Beverstock) Bingham, m. Sept. 30, 1863. Two children by 1st wife, one by 2d. Children: William David, b. Keene, Nov. 14, 1858, d. here, Feb. 27, 1860; Henry Alvin, b. Keene, July 14, 1861, d. Fort Clark, Texas, Oct. 18. 1884; Anha May Evangeline, b. Keene, June 6, 1876, m. John Fred Price of Keene. Wright Noah Pratt, b. Thetford, Vt., June 4, 1811, and Joanna Stanford, b. Milford, Mass., Dec. 28, 1813. Children: Aurelia Theresa, b. Winchester, Oct. 24, 1836, m. Luther Webb Felt, Keene; Alonzo Erastus, b. Winchester, Nov. 2, 1840; Diana Estella, b. Winchester, May 25, 1843, m. George F. Nichols, Keene; George Amos, b. Jan. 10, 1851. Wyman Isaac Henry, b. Keene, Mar. 28, 1839, and Ellen Maranda Grimes, b. Dec. 1, 1841. Children: Frank Henry, b. Apr. 14, 1864; George, b. July 19, 1865, d. Aug. 5, 1865; Charles Rutherford, b. Sept. 26, 1868; Clarence Albert, b. Aug. 3, 1871, d. July 31, 1872.