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Primarily transcribed, with minor editing, by Ann McRoden Mensch and Sandra Boudrou, from: An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H., by Charles S. Spaulding, published in Nashua, N. H. : The Telegraph Press, 1915. Printed books and other documents and resources may be subject to errors, such as typographical errors and errors of memory. It is, therefore, recommended that additional resources may be consulted to verify, support, or refute the information contained in the biographical sketches. Google books now has a scanned, searchable copy of this book online - see An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H., by Charles S. Spaulding, published in Nashua, N. H. : The Telegraph Press, 1915. Google books also has a scanned, searchable copy of History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, From its First Settlement to the Year 1879..., by Samuel Thomas Worcester, Boston : A. Williams & Co., 1879.
[p. 9] Hannah, born December, 22, 1725, married William Searles, August 6, 1747, residence Hollis and Temple, N. H.; Susannah, born July 8, 1727, married Capt. Ebenezer Melvin in 1747, residence Monson; Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H.; Thomas, Jr., born March 5, 1731, residence in Temple; John, born January 24, 1733; Eliphalet, born December 23, 1734, married Hannah Treadwell, October 5, 1757, residence Washington, N. H.; Abel, born December 27, 1736. Mr. Dinsmore purchased land in West Dunstable, made a clearing, erected his log hut, etc., as early as 1733. He was said to be the third settler in West Dunstable. This place was situated in the south part of the town of Hollis, known as the Eastman place. Mr. Dinsmore was quite prominent in Parish affairs. It was through his influence that the Parish voted to put the first meeting house on his land; this vote was reconsidered through the influence of those living in the northern part of the Precinct. In consequence of this and other matters, Mr. Dinsmore removed back to Bedford in September 1741 and remained until September 1745. He was influential in getting Patch Corner people set off to Monson on chartering of Hollis. Mr. Dinsmore died December 10, 1748, and is buried in the old yard, Hollis. Mrs. Dinsmore died July 23, 1767, and is buried in the old yard, Hollis. This family all removed to Temple, N. H., before 1770. + Spaulding inserted the word "all" here. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 31] mr. Dinsmore served in the war of the Revolution, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill in Capt. Ezra Townes' company, Col. James Reed's regiment, together with eighteen other Temple soldiers, including Wilder Kidder, the famous fifer. His children as found recorded were: Abraham, Jr., born in Hollis, January 17, 1753; married Love Leeman, November 26, 1776. Zebadiah, born in Hollis, January 17, 1755; married Elizabeth Todd, March 13, 1777, residence Temple; Lydia, born in Hollis, January 24, 1757; Hannah, born in Hollis, March 2, 1759; Phebe, born in Hollis, May 17, 1761; Thomas, born in Hollis, august 14, 1763; John, born in Temple, November 23, 1765; Amos, born in Temple, February 29, 1768, married Mrs. Rachel Stone, January 5, 1794, residence Temple; Abel, born in Temple, June 4, 1770; Mary, born in Temple, August 16, 1772, married Asa Severance, November 25, 1788, residence Temple. Mrs. Lydia, wife of Abraham, died September 13, 1774. Mr. Dinsmore died in Temple. [ Return to Menu ]
William
ARBUCKLE [b. 1700, d. unknown]
p. 5
This biography for Daniel Bailey was
transcribed by Sandra Boudrou, a
BAILEY family descendant. Daniel Bailey, Sr., son of Benjamin, formerly from Salem, Mass., and Mary Parmenter Bailey, was born in Middleton, Mass., March 18, 1728. He married Rebekah Farnsworth, daughter of Joseph Farnsworth of Groton, Mass., in 1751, and settled in Stowe. Mr. Bailey, prior to 1759, purchased the Moses Saunders estate in Monson, N.H., and removed there. He built the old house in the place of a log hut, and soon after repaired the old saw mill and carried on milling. Mr. Bailey served in the French war. He also served in the war of the revolution, at Cambridge three months in 1775, in the northern campaign in 1777, at Rhode Island in 1778 and 1779. He was a large land holder.
His children were:
Mr. Bailey died
January 15, 1798, aged about 70. Mrs. Rebekah, his wife, died June
8, 1805, age 73. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou, a BAILEY family descendant. Capt. Daniel Bailey, Jr., son of Daniel and Rebekah Farnsworth Bailey, was born in Stowe, Mass., December 8, 1755. He came to Monson with his father when only about four years old. He was engaged in farming and milling, and was guardian for minor heirs, arc. Mr. Bailey served in the war of the revolution in Col Naham Baldwin's regiment, in Capt. William Reed's company, for New York five months. He was at the battle of White Plains. Mr. Bailey succeeded to the homestead situated in the northwest part of Hollis. He was prominent in military affairs and was Captain of State militia. He served the town of Hollis as one of their Selectmen 10 years between 1802 and 1816. He represented Hollis in the New Hampshire General Court of 1813; was superintendent of the first Sabbath School in Hollis, organized in 1821. Mr. Bailey married Elizabeth French, daughter of Gen. William French, March 4, 1784 who died July 25, 1817. He married for his second wife Mrs. Mary (Boyden) Read, Lawrence, April 2, 1818. His children were as follows:
Elizabeth, born in Hollis, September 25,1784,
died July 25, 1816 of consumption: unmarried.
Mrs. Mary Bailey, his wife died September 3,
1842, aged 84. [ Return to Menu ] This biography for Daniel Bailey, 3rd. was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou, a BAILEY family descendant. Daniel Bailey, 3rd son of Captain Daniel Bailey and Elizabeth French Bailey, was born in Hollis, December 31, 1793. He married Lucy Baldwin in November 1821 and succeeded to the homestead farm; he was an honest and industrious citizen of the town. Mr. Bailey as did his father before him, carried on hard wood coopering to some extent, hireing help to make barrels, he used to team them to Boston, crrying provision enough to last the round trip. Aside from Coopering business he was engaged in farming and milling, doing a prosperous business, was considered one of the well-to-do farmers of Hollis. Mr. Bailey never enjoyed very good health, and after a season of illness he succumbed to that dread destroyer consumption, causing his death in his 35th year. His children were:
Daniel, 4th born August 13, 1822; married Addie
Burt, in 1884; residence,
Mr. Bailey died at his home in Hollis
_____1828. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou, a BAILEY family descendant. Joel Bailey, son of Daniel, Sr., and Rebekah Farnsworth Bailey, was born in Stowe, Mass. December 11, 1751. He came to Monson with his father when he was eight years old. He enlistted into the war of the Revolution at Cambridge in 1775, eight months at West Point; three months in 1780. Mr. Bailey was a great hunter of wild animals; the black bear, the wolf, the wild cat or panther, then roamed the forests at will. He was also a renowned coon hunter. His father gave him fifty acres of land for a homestead, (of which he had the same amount for all his children). His father built him a house, which is still (1909) standing, situated about sixty rods northwest of the Bailey schoolhouse off the Milford road, more recently known as the stimson place. The house was built about 1775. Mr. Bailey married Mary Wheeler, oldest daughter of James Wheeler, Jr. in 1776. Mr. Bailey had no children. His kinsman,Leonard Bailey, cared for him in his old age, and had the property. Mr. Bailey died December 28, 1815, aged 64. Mrs. Mary Bailey, his wife, died June 30, 1842, aged 90. [ Return to Menu ]
Henry BARTON [b. 1706, d. 1760] p. 10
p. 75
Benjamin Blanchard, Sr., son
of Benjamin and Elizabeth Blanchard, was born in Andover, Mass., 1696.
He married Mary Abbott in 1719. He was engaged in farming as was most
of the early settlers of New England.
Mr. Blanchard removed to West
Dunstable in 1743, and settled about one mile southeast of the
meeting-house on land recently owned by a farmer, Charles Richardson.
He signed a petition to the
General Court of New Hampshire, asking for a scout to guard and protect
them against Indian invasion, dated June 18, 1744. Mr. Blanchard was a
lenial descendant of Deacon John Blanchard, a prominent character in the
new settlement of Andover.
His children as found
recorded were: Benjamin, Jr., born in Andover, in 1720; married Kesiah
Hastings, December 31, 1744. Annie, born in Andover, November 22, 1722;
married Jonathan Danforth, May 24, 1743. Jacob, born in Andover in
1725; married Elizabeth Lawrence in November, 1745. Joshua, born in
Andover in 1727; married Sarah Burge, September 12, 1747; residence
Hollis.
Mr. Blanchard's name
disappears from the records here after 1753.
p. 76
Benjamin Blanchard, Jr., son
of Benjamin and Mary Abbott Blanchard, was born in Andover, Mass., in
1720. He married Kesiah Hastings, December 31, 1744. Mr. Blanchard
came to West Dunstable with his father in 1743.
He served the town of Hollis
as one of their Selectmen for the years of 1750 and 1754. Mr. Blanchard
removed from Hollis to Peacham, Vt., at a place called Danvil Mills,
some time during the year 1769. He had remained on the homestead until
this time.
His children were: Benjamin,
3rd, born in West Dunstable, November 15, 1745. Kesiah, born in Hollis,
March 26, 1747; married Jeremiah Wheeler, February 15, 1770. Abial,
born in Hollis, January 9, 1749; died October 3, 1749. Jonathan, born
June 28, 1750. Abial, born December 1, 1751. Isaac, born April 14,
1753. Dorcas, born in Hollis, February 25, 1755; died young. Peter,
born in Hollis, August 27, 1756. Dorcas, born February 25, 1757. Joel,
born in Hollis, August 27, 1759. Abel, born in Hollis, February 17,
1761. Reuben, born in Hollis, February 1, 1763. Betty, born in Hollis,
January 21, 1765. Simon, born in Hollis, April 10, 1766.
Samuel
BROWN, Sr. [b. July 20, 1686, d. Feb. 22, 1755] p. 77 Lieutenant
Josiah BROWN [b. 3 May 1720, d. 1787 or early in 1788] p. 78
This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Dr. John BROWN [b. 1724, d.
1776]
p. 79 Dr. John Brown, son of Samuel, Sr., and Elizabeth Wheeler Brown was born in Byfield Parish, Rowley, Mass., in March, 1724. He married first, Kesiah Wheeler, daughter of James Wheeler. He moved from Rowley with his father in 1729, where in his youth he assisted his father in hotel keeping, removing to West Dunstable in 1741 and settling on land grant of his father's; erecting his log hut and marrying Kesiah Wheeler, October 9, 1744. Mr. Brown removed to Monson, N. H., about 1750, where he became the only physician that Monson ever had, so far as we have any account. He served the town as one of their Selectmen for the years of 1756, 1757 and 1758. He served in the old French war under the command of Lieut. Col. John Goffe in the Crown Point expedition of 1757. Mr. Brown was one of the grantees of Plymouth, N. H., where he removed in 1766. His wife, Kesiah, died October 31, 1760, and he married for his second wife, Martha Jewett, of Rowley, February 18, 1761. His children were: Silas, born in West Dunstable, August 11, 1745; married Lucy Wheeler, October 8, 1765; residence Plymouth, John, Jr., born in Hollis, January 27, 1747; married Abigail Phillips in 1773; residence Plymouth. Kesiah, born December 23, 1749; married William Hobart, November 10, 1766; residence Campton. Abigail, born in Monson, June 10, 1754; married Samuel Shaw, June 24, 1774. Phineas, born in Monson, November 24, 1756. Rebekah, born in Monson, September 1, 1758. Elizabeth, born September 10, 1760; married Nehemiah Phillips. Martha, born April 18, 1762. Sarah, born March 24, 1764. Stephen, born in Plymouth, April 18, 1766; married Anna Davis, December 18, 1788; died May 4, 1839. Mr. Brown died May 6, 1776, aged 52. Samuel
BROWN, Junior [b. 31 October 1737, d. unknown] p. 80
Lieutenant Robert COLBURN [b. 21 March, 1717, d. 9 July, 1783, age 66]
[p. 34]
William Colburn, son of
Robert Colburn, was born in Dracut, Mass., in December, 1689; married
Margaret Woolley, February 29, 1715, and settled on the old French
garrison farm in Billerica, Mass., which came within the limits of
Bedford, Mass., on the chartering of that town in 1729. Mr. Colburn,
with others, removed from Bedford to West Dunstable in the spring of
1738, and settled at a point on the hill, north of Patch Corner, where
he erected a large log hut, used a portion of the year of 1747 as a
garrison by a scout or guard of fifteen men sent by the New Hampshire
General Court to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian
invasion. Mr. Colburn was the ancestor of nearly all the Colburns of
Hollis.
His children were as
follows: Lieutenant Robert, born in Billerica in 1717; married first,
Elizabeth Leeman, March 2, 1745, who died in 1746; married second,
Elizabeth Smith, March 21, 1747. Keziah, born in Billerica in 1721;
married Jonathan Taylor, October 27, 1747. Jemima, born in Billerica in
1724; no record. William, Jr., born in Billerica in 1726; married
Abigail Wheeler, July 26, 1757; died February 7, 1776.
Mr. Colburn died April 3,
1769, aged 79. Mrs. Margery, his wife, died February 16, 1774, aged
84. They are buried at the northeast corner of the old Church yard at
Hollis. Some of the Colburns landed in Ipswich, Mass. Edward Colburn
went from Ipswich to Dracut, about 1655.
This biography was transcribed by Sandra
Boudrou.
p. 44
Jonathan Danforth, Jr., son of Jonathan and Anna Blanchard Danforth, was born in West Dunstable, July 20, 1745. Mr. Danforth located in Monson about 1766, and built a saw mill on Witch brook in company with Jonathan Lund of Monson. The mill stood where the dividing line came between the Rogers and Spalding farms at North Hollis at the Amherst line. Subsequently, Mr. Danforth erected a house and grist mill at the "Kendall mill place" on Witch brook at North Hollis. Later he bought thirty-six acres of land of Abraham Leeman, where he resided the rest of his days. He occupied a prominent position in town, and served as moderator at some special meetings. He was guardian for Nathan Nevins who became twenty-one in 1791, and Mr. Danforth sold his property here to Hezekiah Kendall of Wilmington in October 1791. He married Hannah Leeman in 1769. His children were: Hannah, born May 5, 1770; married Jermathael Bowers, February 10, 1791. Jonathan, born July 27, 1772. Elizabeth born May 10, 1774. Leonard, born April 9, 1777; married Polly Henry, April 23, 1801. David, born May 15, 1779. Luther, born October 23, 1781. Anna, born July 18, 1783. Asa, born October 14, 1785. Rebecca, born March 23, 1788. Mr. Danforth died August, 1782. Most of this family went to Mont Vernon, N. H. [ Return to Menu ]
This biography was transcribed by Sandra
Boudrou.
p. 43
Jonathan Danforth, Sr., son of Jonathan, a grandson of Jonathan the distinguished land surveyor, was born November 10, 1714. He came to West Dunstable in 1741; married Anna Blanchard, daughter of Benjamin Blanchard, May 24, 1743, and settled on the farm west of Cyrus F. Burge on the Depot road. Mr. Danforth was a descendant of Nicholas Danforth, who migrated to this country from England in 1632, to escape the knighthood that King Charles sought to impose upon him in consequence of his great wealth. Mr. Danforth's children were: Anna, born in West Dunstable, February 7, 1744. Jonathan, Jr., born in West Dunstable, July 20, 1745; married Hannah Leeman in 1769. David, born in West Dunstable, January 24, 1747. Mr. Danforth died March 3, 1747, aged 32. p. 33 Zedekiah Drury came to West Dunstable in 1741, and located in what is now the south part of Hollis, on the farm now (1909) owned and occupied by Frank B. Spaulding. Mr. Drury was a blacksmith by trade. He was also engaged in farming while here. He moved to Temple, N. H., prior to 1768, as the first town meeting was held there at his house, September 26, 1768. He was chosen moderator at the annual town meeting of 1773. January 7, 1776, Mr. Drury, with fifteen other Temple soldiers, enlisted into the Continental army for one year. He died in the service, it was said, from malaria fever, which prevailed in August of that year. As found in the records, the following are his children: Capt. Zedekiah, Jr., born _____. Ebenezer, born _____; married Marian _____. Captain Gersham, born _____; married first, Mary Hawkins, June 11, 1783, second, he married Eliza Richards; died December 1, 1792. William, b _____; married Elizabeth _____. Daniel _____. Thomas _____. Mary _____; married John Tenny, July 14, 1773. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 84-85] His children were as follows: David, Jr., born in Monson, September 7, 1767; married Sally Hood, May 25, 1790; died May 1, 1832. Jacob, born in Monson, March 26, 1769; married first Abigail Hill, March 1, 1792, who died July 12, 1814, Amherst; married second time, Rachel Lund, February 7, 1819; died August 26, 1842. Hezekiah, born in Monson, May 2, 1771; married Betty Farley in 1792; residence Hillsboro and Hollis; left his family in 1818; went to New York and Illinois; married second time, a Mrs. Potter. Daniel, born April 3, 1773; died August 31, 1775. Daniel, born in Monson, January 26, 1776; married Ruth Boutelle, april 1, 1803; residence Milford; died February 24, 1856; married second time, Lydia Lund, October 2, 1821. Phebe, born in Monson, December 20, 1778; married Aaron Whitney, March 16, 1797; died January 31, 1800. Hannah, born in Monson, April 21, 1781; married William B. King, November 26, 1801; died January 27, 1855. John, born in Monson, September 5, 1784; married Lucretia Buell, February 21, 1808; residence Newport; died October 5, 1832. Jesse, born in Monson, December 19, 1786; died April 28, 1790. Elizabeth and Ebenezer, born May 10, 1789; Elizabeth married Joseph Pierce December 27, 1810; residence Merrimack; died August 9, 1855. Ebenezer, married Salome Wright, February 22, 1813; residence homestead; died September 3, 1867. James, born in Monson, May 6, 1791; married Hannah Hall, December 31, 1812; residence South Merrimack; died July 23, 1854. Silas, born in Monson, January 8, 1794; married Sarah Thatcher, June, 1818.
Mr. Duncklee died
August 13, 1826, aged 80. Mrs. Phebe Duncklee, his wife, died
January, 1839, aged 89. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 86] His children were: Hezekiah, born in Hillsboro, February 14, 1793; married Eliza Tucker in 1841; residence Potsdam and Addison, Ill.; died July 25, 1852. Elizabeth, born in Hillsboro, February 23, 1795; married Eben Shedd, August 5, 1817; residence Hollis; married second time, John Cutter; died September 23, 1877. Ebenezer, born in Hillsboro, March 22, 1797; married Amy Highley, January 24, 1824; residence Du Page Co., Ill.; married second time, Ruth L. Hanson, September 9, 1853; died July 22, 1864. Leafy, born in Hillsboro, January 17, 1799; married Ebenezer Farley, September 16, 1817; residence Hollis; died March 12, 1877. Roxana L., born in Hillsboro, April 30, 1801; married Samuel L. Hardy, August 19, 1821; residence Hollis; died November 7, 1835. Curtis, born in Hillsboro, June 3, 1803; married Rebecca Duncklee, October 10, 1825; died September 26, 1857. Nancy, born in Hillsbobo, May 8, 1806; married Augustus Ingalls, May 26, 1833; residence Du Page County, Illinois; died August 10, 1845. Lucinda, born June 3, 1808; married Leonard Coombs, November 16, 1830; residence Hollis; married second, Daniel Bixby, November 18, 1855; residence Francestown; died July 28, 1898.
This family
subsequently resided at the Cobbitt Place, North Hollis. Mrs. Betsey
Farley Duncklee died at Corett Mill, August 6, 1820.
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[p. 87] His children were as follows: Marietta, born in Milford, October, 1825; died November 26, 1826. Martha, Jr., born in Milford, January 10, 1827; married Nathan Crossman, April 21, 1846; residence Crown Point; had 12 children; died June 3, 1888. Daniel C., born in Milford, June 22, 1829; married Elizabeth Stackhouse, January 10, 1866; residence Iowa; died August 5, 1901. Nancy Alvira, born in Milford, February 7, 1832; married Royal Z. Bennett, February 22, 1848; residence Horicon, N. Y.; had 12 children. Hezekiah, born in Milford, November 20, 1836; died in March, 1865; soldier; of small pox, in Oiwa. Huldia Ann, born April 22, 1840; married Alonzo S. Kellogg, August 7, 1861; residence Iowa. Martin B., born in Milford, February 9, 1843; died March, 1865, in Soldiers Hospital, Helena, Ark. Cyrus E., born in Milford, December 20, 1847, in Ticonderoga; residence Iowa.
Mr. Duncklee died
September 26, 1857, at Palo Linn Co., Iowa. His wife, Rebecca,
married for second husband, John Sharp, July 1862, and removed to near
Shellsburg, Iowa, where she died, June 3, 1887. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 64]
Deacon Daniel Emerson, Jr.,
son of Rev. Daniel and Hannah Emerson, was born in Hollis, December 15,
1746. He married Anna Fletcher, November 17, 1768. Chosen Deacon of
the Hollis church in 1775. Appointed Coroner and High Sheriff of
Hillsboro county in 1775. He was Captain of the Hollis company that
went to Ticonderoga in July of that year, and was also Captain of the
company enlisted in Hollis in June, 1777, upon the Ticonderoga alarm.
He was also in 1778 Captain of a mounted Hollis company that went to
Rhode Island in the summer of that year; and also of a company in
Colonel Mooney's regiment raised for the defense of Rhode Island in
1779. Captain Emerson was Town Clerk and first Selectman in 1780 and
1781; a member of the New Hampshire Council in 1787, of the New
Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1791; and a Representative to the
New Hampshire General Court in nineteen different years, between 1780
and 1812. He was a farmer and resided in the middle of town. He was a
man of large influence in church and town affairs.
His children were: Anna,
born August 20, 1769; married Eli Smith May 7, 1794; residence Hollis.
Daniel 3rd, born July 15, 1771; died November 16, 1808. Hannah, born
December 7, 1773. Joseph, born October 13, 1777; died May 13, 1833.
Ralph, born August 18, 1787. Samuel, born, November 9, 1791. William,
born November 9, 1791; married Sarah Jewett, April 18, 1814; married
second time, Mary Rice; died December 3, 1873.
Mr. Emerson died October 4,
1820, aged 74.
Rev. Daniel EMERSON [b. 1716 d.
1801]
p.62 [ Return to Menu ] p. 66 Moses Emerson was born in Haverhill, February 3, 1738. He came to Monson in his youth. He served in the old French war in Capt. Peter Powers' company, regiment of Col. Joseph Blanchard, for the Crown Point expedition of 1755. Married Rebecca _______ about 1760, and settled on what has subsequently been known as the Atwood place, situated in extreme northwest part of Hollis, on the road leading from the Bailey schoolhouse to Federal hill in Milford. Mr. Emerson was the first settler at this place so far as we have any history. He was taxed in Hollis from 1770 to 1784. His son Benjamin was taxed from 1784 to 1794, when they sold this farm in 1795 to Ebenezer Baldwin of Ashby, Mass. This family then removed to Hebron or Groton of this state. The births of three children are found recorded in the old records, viz: Benjamin, born in 1761. Moses, born about 1764; married Rebecca Hesteton, January 24, 1793; residence Deering, N. H. Betty, born about 1768. p.68
Deacon Timothy EMERSON [b. ______,d._____]
[p. 65]
Col. William Emerson, son of
Deacon Daniel and Anna Fletcher, was born in Hollis, November 29, 1791.
He married Sarah Jewett, daughter of Deacon Stephen Jewett, April 18,
1814. She died August 24, 1837. He married for his second wife, Mary
Rice. He settled at old Emerson homestead and engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
Mr. Emerson was prominent in
militia affairs. He was promoted through all the grades from
non-commissioned officer to Colonel of the regiment. It was said of him
that he was haughty and proud, and felt in his glory when in front of
the regiment, and took great delight in commanding it. He was disliked
by some of the line officers. Mr. Emerson served the town as one of
their Selectmen in 1825. He was chosen Deacon of the Congregational
church in Hollis in 1832. He served as ensign in the war of 1812. He
resided in Hollis until about 1838, when he removed to Nashua, then to
Auburn, Mass., where he died.
His children were: William,
Jr., born April 29, 1815; died September 24, 1834. Sarah M., born March
3, 1817. Charles H., born February 24, 1819; married Caroline Hayward.
Mary J., born August 11, 1821; died unmarried August 24, 1855. Daniel
L., born September 20, 1823; married Ellen A. Hendrick; died in 1845.
Mr. Emerson died December 3,
1873, aged 82.
Benjamin
FARLEY [b. 1708, d. 1787] p. 11 Ebenezer
FARLEY [b. 1747, d. 1827] p. 190 Ebenezer
FARLEY [b. 1774, d. 1860] p. 191 Oliver
FARWELL, Jr. [b. June 21, 1741, d. Oct. 1822] p. 70
Jonathan FOSTER [b. 1758, d. May 17, 1813] p. 69
This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
General William FRENCH [b. 1713, d.
1793]
p. 54 Gen. William French, son of Deacon William and Mehitable Patten French, was born in Billerica, Mass., January 25, 1713, residing on the homestead during his youth, manifesting a lively interest in military affairs. He rose through all the grades from a private to Brigade General. He married Tabitha ______in January, 1737. His children were: Jonathan, born in Billerica, October 10, 1737; married Abigail Hosley in 1761; residence Billerica. William, Jr., born in Billerica, February 16, 1739; married Lucy Remick, July 25, 1776; residence Hollis and Bedford. Joseph, born in Billerica, December 10, 1740; married Mary Youngman, February 1, 1771; residence Hollis and Bedford. Tabitha, born in Billerica, December 31, 1742; married ______Carleton; residence in Billerica. Benjamin, born in Billerica, February 18, 1744; married Bethsheba Hill, November 6, 1776; residence Dracut and Milford, N. H. Nehemiah, born in Billerica, March 29, 1746; married Submit _____1771; residence Lyndeboro, N. H. Stephen, born in Billerica, December 31, 1748; married Dolly Colburn in 1773; residence Bedford, N. H. Ephraim, born in Billerica, November 10, 1751; married Hannah Melendy in 1777; residence Amherst, N. H. David, born in Billerica, September 15, 1754; married Lydia Parker, March 5, 1778; residence Bedford; died June 13, 1790. Mehitable, born August 18, 1756; married Job Bailey, August 18, 1776; residence Wilton, N. H. Elizabeth, born August 18, 1756; married Daniel Bailey, March 4, 1784; residence Hollis; died July 25, 1817. Mary, born in Billerica in 1758. General French was an administrator of his father's estate in 1745, retaining the homestead until October 8, 1766, when he sold it and removed the next year from Billerica to Monson, which was afterward Hollis; first settler of a place since known as Cobbett's mill on Witch brook. Mr. French had a sister, Sarah, who married a Kittredge and a Kidder that lived in the neighborhood. Mr. French built a saw mill, which he operated until about 1785, when he and a number of his sons went to Bedford, N. H., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was the ancestor of many of the Frenchs. Mr. French died in 1793, aged 80 years. [ Return to Menu ]
Calvin FRY [b. _______ d. ________] p. 4 Deacon
Samuel GOODHUE [b. 6 April, 1696, d. 7 November, 1785, age 90] p.81 Abijah
GOULD, Senior [b. December 12, 1735, d. January 12, 1818, age 82] p. 89
Deacon
Ambrose GOULD [b. 1777, d. 1842, age 65] p. 90
This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou. Joseph GOULD [b. 1773, d. 15 January 1809, aged 76]
Deacon Aaron HARDY [b. 1771, d.
_____]
p. 218 Deacon Aaron Hardy, son of Aaron and Abigail Dutton Hardy, was born in Tewksbury, Mass., October 24, 1771. He married Sally Shattuck, February 12, 1795. She was the daughter of Zachariah Shattuck, Jr., born in Hollis, May 4, 1774. Mr. Hardy came to Hollis with his parents in the spring of 1774, while only about two years and a half old. They settled at the Hardy homestead near Flint's Pond. At about the age of twenty one, Mr. Hardy went to Lempster, N. H., purchased a homestead whereon he settled immediately after his marriage. He became a respected citizen of the town, was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church. In 1834 or 1835, Deacon Hardy returned to Hollis, and settled at the top of Long Hill, where Will H. Lund, now (1913) lives. His children were: Aaron, Jr., born in Lempster, December 1, 1795; studied for the Ministry; died of yellow fever, October 21, 1826. James, born in Lempster, December 30, 1797; married Lucy Hurt, January 1, 1824; residence, Hollis; died April 22, 1884. Reuben, born in Lempster, December 10, 1799; married Harriet Hurd, January, 1826; died January 4, 1884. Sarah, born in Lempster, May 7, 1802; died unmarried, January 2, 1833. Infant Daughter, born in Lempster, March 18, 1804; died April 28, 1804. Mary, born in Lempster, March 17, 1805; died unmarried, January 16, 1859, at Hollis, Tryphene born in Lempster, June 3, 1807; died August 19, 1809, at Lempster. Hiram born in Lempster, February 12, 1810; married Mrs. Pamelia (Kittredge), Saunderson, April 22, 1840; died February 15, 1884. Truman, born in Lempster, April 12, 1812; married Ellen Beal in 1837; died January 7, 1889. John, born in Lempster, June 18, 1814; married Hannah Farley, January 1, 1846; died January 7, 1847. Solon, born in Lempster, April 3, 1817; married Martha Chenery, April 22, 1846; died March 18, 1903. Mr. Hardy died suddenly. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Deacon Enos HARDY [b. 1772, d.
1857]
p. 217 Deacon Enos Hardy, son of Levi and Sarah Hardy, was born March 20, 1772. In his youth he learned the Blacksmith's trade which he followed for many years. He married Mary Lund, November 10, 1797. She was the daughter of Ephraim and Alice Wheeler Lund, and settled at the North part of Hollis village, and became the village blacksmith. The clock which Deacon Hardy caused to be put upon his barn, was all the way people had of knowing when it was meeting time, until 1821, when the bell was placed in the cupola of the meeting-house. Mr. Hardy was chosen Deacon of the Hollis Church in 1816, which office he continued to hold until about 1832. His children were: Mary, born in Hollis, December 3, 1798; married Amos B. Minot, November 25, 1819. Ephraim L., born in Hollis, October 14, 1801; married Susannah Jewett, in 1828; residence, Brookline; died November 28, 1875. Alvah, born in Hollis, September 6, 1803. Levi, born in Hollis, September 16, 1807. Louisa, born in Hollis, February 10, 1811; married William Flagg, October 4, 1837. Sarah Ann, born in Hollis, March 21, 1816. About 1838, Deacon Hardy went to reside with his son, Ephraim at Brookline, and died there May 18, 1857. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Captain James HARDY [b. 1792, d.
___]
p. 215 Captain James Hardy, son of Phineas, Jr., and Sibbel Shattuck, was born in Hollis, September 7, 1792. He married Mary Smith, April 18, 1816, and settled for a time on the Pepperell road, south of Butterfield Hill, since known as the Samuel Little Place. Mr. Hardy was quite prominent in military affairs, having served as Captain of the Hollis Stark Grenadiers, a Light Infantry Company, belonging to the old fifth Regiment of State Militia. Captain Hardy was a brother of Doctor Noah Hardy, and a prominent citizen of the town, engaged in agricultural pursuits. His children were: James, Jr., born in Hollis. Noah. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Jesse HARDY
(1760-1816)
[p. 210] Jesse Hardy, Sr., was the son of Phineas, Jr., and Abigail Gage Hardy, was born in Hollis, December 19, 1760. His boyhood days were spent on the old homestead as was that of most of New England boys. He married Rebecca Bailey, January 3, 1788, and settled on a part of the home farm situated on the hill west of Long Pond, so long known as the Amos Hardy place. Mr. Hardy's wife died February 19, 1792. He married November 25, 1793, Rhoda Wood for his second wife. She was the daughter of Abijah Wood. Mr. Hardy was an industrious farmer and an honest and respected citizen of the town. He buried his second wife________; and married a widow, Mary Smith, for his third. He served in the war of the Revolution at West Point three months in 1780. His children were: Rebecca, born in Hollis, February 6, 1789; married William Colburn, May 14, 1810. Martha, born in Hollis, August 16, 1790; married Oliver Willoby, Jr., June 20, 1811. Jesse, born in Hollis, February 29, 1792, and died March 9, 1793. Jesse, born in Hollis, July 20, 1794; married Eliza Mooar, November 19, 1819; residence Hollis. Joel born in Hollis, February 16, 1796; married Eliza Johnson, October 30, 1823; residence, Hollis. Amos, born in Hollis, September 12, 1797; married Mary Cumings, November 23, 1817; residence homestead. Eli, born in Hollis, September 16, 1799; married Eunice . Williams, residence, Hollis. Luther, born in Hollis, December 20, 1802; married Hannah W. Sawtelle, February 22, 1830; residence, Hollis and Francistown. Phineas, born in Hollis, April 29, 1805; died September 20, 1808. Daniel, born in Hollis, September 8, 1808; he was drowned in Long Pond one Sunday, in the summer of 1818, when about ten years old. Mr. Jesse Hardy, died at his home in Hollis, December 29, 1816, age 56. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Isaac HARDY (b. 1763, d.
_____)
[p.211] Isaac Hardy, son of Phineas and Abigail Gage Hardy, was born in Hollis, July 9, 1763; of his early life, we have no history. He married Submit Wheat, November 13, 1788, who died May 26, 1793. Mr. Hardy then married for a second wife, Mehitable Boynton, July 3, 1794, and settled in that part of Hollis, known as Shabkin, near Wheeler village so called, engaged in farming; one of those quiet and unassuming citizens. So far as the use of money was concerned, it required very little in those days to maintain a family compared to what it does now. Their main effort was to collect silver money enough in the course of the year to pay their taxes. His children were: Isaac, born in Hollis, September 8, 1789. Abraham Temple, born in Hollis, May 7, 1792; married. Jacob, born in Hollis, November 14, 1795; ordained in the Ministry at Strong, Maine, where he died March 1, 1833. Deacon John Boynton, born November 6, 1797; married Martha Kendall, September 2, 1814; died April 19, 1880. Abraham Temple Hardy, who done so much to build the Baptist Church and society here in Hollis. He resided at the old Emerson house in Hollis village; he sold out and removed to Salem, Mass., in April. 1841. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Moses HARDY, Senior (b. 1765, d.
____)
[p. 212] Moses Hardy, Sr., son of Phineas, Sr., and Abigail Gage Hardy, was born in Hollis, May 17, 1765. He married Abigail Wheat, November 9, 1790, and settled on what was formerly belonging to the Wheat Estate, situated in the east part of the town, engaged in farming. He raised up a large family of boys, and all but one, belonged to the old Federal and Whig parties as did their ancestors before them. Like a large majority of New England farmers of his day, he was prosperous and got a good living. Those were old stage coach days; people went slow and sure. His children were: Moses, born in Hollis, September 1, 1791; died September 28, 1794. Thomas Wheat, born in Hollis, June 6, 1794; married Mehitable Blood, January 25, 1821. Moses, Jr., born in Hollis, September 1, 1795; married Rebecca Farley; residence, Hollis. Reuben, born in Hollis, September 12, 1799; married Abigail Stearns, November 19, 1840; residence, Hollis; died July 6, 1863. Abigail, born in Hollis October 3, 1801; married Enoch Farley, April 16, 1822; residence, Hollis. Phineas, born in Hollis, May 1, 1803; married his Brother Leonard's widow, Rebecca Colburn, October 18, 1840. Leonard, born in Hollis, January 20, 1806; married Rebecca Colburn; residence, Hollis. Nathaniel, born in Hollis, January 27, 1808; married Hannah E. Parker, November 28, 1832, residence, Hollis. Joseph Wheat, born in Hollis, June 21, 1813; married Charlotte Butterfield. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Dr. Noah HARDY [b. 1785, d.
1850]
p. 214 Dr. Noah Hardy, son of Phineas and Sibbel Shattuck Hardy, was born in Hollis, March 23, 1785. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1812. Studied medicine, and settled in Hollis, as a Physician, about 1814, and practiced here until his death. He was a member of the town superintending school committee for ten years, between the years of 1828 and 1849. He also served the town as first Selectman, and town clerk in 1830 and 1831. At the March election of 1830, the town gave Timothy Uphan the National Republican or John Q. Adams, candidate for Governor nineteen majority. Mr. Hardy belonging to this same party was easily elected one of the Selectmen; the next year, 1831, the town went over to the Jackson party, and gave Samuel Dinsmore four majority for Governor, but still the town chose Mr. Hardy Selectman. Dr. Hardy married Betsey Farley, November 9, 1817, and settled at the old Leonard Whiting Hotel place, in Hollis village, where he remained during his life time, respected by all who knew him. He had no children. Mr. Hardy died at his home in Hollis, December 25, 1850. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Phineas HARDY, Sr. (b. 1726, d.
1813)
[p. 208]
Phineas Hardy, Sr.,
son of Thomas and Martha Hardy, was born in Bradford, Mass., Jul 11,
1726. He married Abigail Gage, in May, 1749, and settled in Bradford
until the spring of 1751, when he removed to Hollis, N. H., and settled on
land purchased of John Atwell, Sr., situated at the south end of Long
Pond. Mr. Hardy soon engaged in agricultural pursuits, and became a
respected citizen of the town. He enlisted into the Colonial Army in
1776, and was stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., three months. Mr.
Hardy's political views coincided with the old Federal party, was an
adherent of John Adams and a warm supporter of his
administration.
His children were as
follows: Elizabeth, born at Bradford, July 22, 1750; married Thomas
Wakefield, November 25, 1773; residence, Amherst. Martha, born in
Hollis, June 24, 1752; died August 31, 1753. Phineas,
Jr., born in Hollis, June 25, 1754; married Sibbel Shattuck about
1782; residence, homestead. Thomas, born in Hollis, June 11, 1756;
married Lucy Colburn, January 1, 1784; residence, Dublin. Deacon
Noah, born in Hollis, September 17, 1758; married Sarah Spofford;
residence, Nelson, N. H.; died December 21, 1835; Jesse, born in Hollis,
December 19, 1760; married Rebecca Bailey, January 3, 1788; married for
second wife, Rhoda Wood; residence, Hollis; married 3rd, Widow Mary
Smith. Isaac, born in Hollis, born 9, 1763; married Mehitable
Boynton, July 3, 1799; married Submit Wheat, November 13, 1788. Moses,
born in Hollis, May, 1765; married Abigail Wheat, November 9, 1790;
residence Hollis. Solomon,
born in Hollis, August 1, 1767; married Mary Bailey, November 1795;
residence, Hollis.
Mr. Hardy died at his
home in Hollis, March 7, 1813, age 86. Mrs. Abigail Hardy, died at
her home, April 12, 1808, age 82.
In 1764, Mr. Hardy
built the gambret-roof house at the head of Long Pond, now standing (1912)
in a good State of preservation and occupied by George A. Colburn.
This homestead was owned and occupied by the Hardy family about one
hundred
years.
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Phineas HARDY
(1754-1835)
[p. 209]
Phineas Hardy, Jr.,
son of Phineas, Sr., and Abigail Gage Hardy, was born in Hollis, June 25,
1754. He remained at home assisting his parents during his
minority. He joined the Hollis minute-men prior to the war of the
Revolution, and enlisted into Captain Levi Spalding's company of Colonel
James Reed's regiment, and was present with his company at the battle of
Bunker Hill, and was at Portsmouth, N. H., three months in 1776, at
Cambridge, eight months in 1775. Mr. Hardy married Sibbel Shattuck,
in 1782, and settled at the old homestead and cared for his parents;
engaged in farming, at that time farmers raised nearly all that was
required for family use. They carried surplus products to Boston
market in those days, often times in an ox cart.
His children
were: Isaac, born in Hollis, November 17, 1782; killed at the battle
of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. Dr.
Noah, born in Hollis, March 23, 1785; married Betsey Farley, November
9, 1817; residence, Hollis. Sibbel, born in Hollis, August 5, 1787;
died unmarried at homestead, in 1846. Hannah, born in Hollis,
September 29, 1789; died unmarried at homestead, June 24, 1821. Captain
James, born in Hollis, September 7, 1792; married Mary Smith, April
18, 1816; residence, Hollis. Submit, born in Hollis, May 13, 1795;
married Moses Wood; residence, Hollis. Samuel
L., born in Hollis, May 18, 1798; married Roxana Duncklee, August 19,
1821; residence Hollis. Elizabeth, born in Hollis, April 13, 1803;
married Abial Steele, November 4, 1838; residence, Amherst. John G.
Hardy, born in Hollis, April 7, 1805; died October 21,
1808.
Mr. Hardy died at his home, May 7, 1835, age
81.
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Samuel Lewis HARDY [b. 1798, d.
1829]
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Solomon HARDY [b. 1767, d.
1852]
Solomon Hardy, son of Phineas, Sr., and Abigail Gage Hardy, was born in Hollis, August 1, 1767. Married Mary Bailey, November, 1795, and settled in the Northwest part of Hollis, on land formerly owned by Mrs. Hardy's father, Daniel Bailey who it was said, had land enough to give all his sons and daughters a fifty acre farm. Mr. Hardy's life work was farming always providing well for his family, but remained in moderate circumstances. His religious views were strictly Orthodox. A veritable armenian, and so exacting as any Pharisee. Mr. Hardy was a constant attendant upon public worship; carrying his family to meeting in the summer time in an ox cart; in winter he would carry them on a sled. Nearly every Sabbath, he could be seen trudging along beside his team, swinging a little short whip and saying: "haw, Buck, haw Broad." This family removed to Dublin, N. H., in the spring of 1847. His children were: Solomon, Jr., born in Hollis, September 7, 1796. Studied for the Ministry; died September 18, 1842. Mary, born in Hollis, August 8, 1798; married Gardner Mooar, June 8, 1820; died March 16, 1863. Achsah, born in Hollis, February 29, 1800; married Daniel Greenwood; residence, Dublin, N. H. Rebecca, born in Hollis, in 1802; married Daniel Greenwood, January 2, 1822; residence, Dublin, N. H. Capt. Benjamin Page, born in Hollis, in 1804; married Mary Colburn, November 8, 1832; residence, homestead and Dublin, N. H. Clarissa, born in Hollis, April 26, 1808; died in 1840, unmarried. Mr. Solomon Hardy, died at his home, in Dublin, May 11, 1852. Mrs. Solomon Hardy, died at her home, in Dublin, March____, 1852. [ Return to Menu ] Stephen
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Enoch JEWETT [b. 1757, d. 1849]
p. 163
Enoch Jewett, was born in Rowley, Mass., in 1757. He came to Dunstable prior to 1775, is credited to Dunstable quota in the war of the Revolution, wherein he served six years and a half. He said he went into the battle of Saratoga with an old shot gun; as the enemy retreated he saw a dead Hessian with a fine gun, whom he took the liberty to trade even with. This gun he brought home with him from the army, and used to exhibit it to his neighbors with a good deal of pride. Mr. Jewett married Lydia, daughter of Daniel Pike of Dunstable, January 8, 1778, residing here until the spring of 1784, when he settled at the base of Rocky pond hill, in Hollis, N. H., at a place called the old house flat. In August, 1784, he was warned out-of-town by the Selectmen. His children were: Sarah, born in Dunstable, in 1780; married Benjamin Austin, March 19, 1800; residence, Austin City. Betsey, born in Dunstable, in 1782; married Jonas French. Lydia, born in Dunstable, November 22, 1787; married Nathan Colburn, January 14, 1808; residence, Hollis. Isaac, born in Dunstable, _______, 1778; married Polly Proctor, July 23, 1800; residence, Nashville, Tenn. Daniel, born in Dunstable, in 1793; married Elizabeth Brown February 4, 1824; residence, Detroit, Mich. Moses, born in Dunstable, in 1795; married Julia Webb; residence, California. George, born in Dunstable, April 21, 1799; attempted to commit suicide; ran away. Enoch, Jr., born in November, 1800; married Hannah Wright, March 1, 1821. Mr. Jewett buried his wife, Lydia, May 22, 1837. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Bailey Willoby, widow of Oliver Willoby, October 26, 1837. She died March 9, 1840. Mr. Jewett died January 8, 1849, aged 92 years. Joseph Jewett, a native of Yorkshire, England, came to America in 1639, settled in Rowley, Mass., in 1640. Enoch Jewett served in Captain Kendall's company, first Middlesex regiment.
Deacon Noah JOHNSON [b. February 2, 1699 d. August 13, 1798] [p. 53] [ Return to Menu ] Benjamin KENDRICK [b. 1724, d. 1813] p. 50 Benjamin Kendrick, son of Caleb and Abigail Bowen Kendrick, was born in Newton, Mass., January 30, 1724. Mr. Kendrick for the purpose of occupying land which his father owned on the Souhegan river below Lyon's bridge in Monson, came up in the spring of 1749, and shortly after purchased 17 acres of Caleb Stiles, joining his other land, whereon he erected his rude dwelling. Mr. Kendrick married Sarah Harris, daughter of Stephen Harris of Hollis, March 1, 1750, and settled at a place known as "Amherst poor farm," where he spent the rest of his years. His children were: A son, who died in infancy, born in 1750. A daughter, who died in infancy, born in 1752. Stephen, born January 13, 1756; married Sarah Shepard in 1778. Sarah, born August 20, 1758; married Nathan Kendall, Jr. Abigail, born August 8, 1764; married Isaac Brooks, May 28, 1791. Anna, born October 30, 1768; married Gov. Benjamin Pierce, February 1, 1790. They were the parents of President Franklin Pierce who was inaugurated President of the United States, March 4, 1853. Mr. Kendrick was prominent in town affairs, having served the town of Monson nine years as Town Clerk, and eleven years as one of their Selectmen. Mr. Kendrick died November 13, 1813, aged 88. Mrs. Sarah Harris, his wife, died May 27, 1818, aged 88. John Kendrick, a native of Muddy River, England, was born in 1605, and migrated to Boston in `639. Subsequently, his descendants settled in Newton, Mass. [ Return to Menu ]
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Captain Daniel KENDRICK [b. 1735, d.
1789]
p. 51 Capt. Daniel Kendrick, son of Caleb and Abigail Kendrick, was born in Newton, Mass., October 4, 1735, a descendant of John Kendrick, born at Muddy River, England, in 1605, and came to Boston in 1639. Captain Kendrick married Hannah Harris, daughter of Stephen Harris, January 29, 1759, and settled at Patch Corner, then located in Monson. Mr. Kendrick was a prominent citizen. He had influence in town affairs, and served the town of Monson as one of their Selectmen in 1775, 1776 and 1777. He served in the war of the revolution, enlisting into Capt. Daniel Emerson's mounted company for Rhode Island in 1778. Mr. Kendrick gave the alarm of the British troops marching for Concord and Lexington, April 19, 1775, by firing a cannon as had been agreed upon. His children were: Elizabeth, born in Monson, December 26, 1759; married Timothy Jones, June 13, 1782; residence Amherst; died May, 1818; married for second husband, Andrew Leavitt. Daniel, Jr., born in Monson, May 26, 1761; married Mary Pool, February 15, 1782; died by hanging, May 13, 1790. Hannah, born in Monson, August 4, 1763; killed by her brother, John P., April 22, 1805, in a fit of insanity. Caleb, born in Monson, January 30, 1767; died March 17, 1789, age 22 years. Esther, born in Monson, November, 1773; died September, 1775, aged 22 months. Bowen, born in Monson, May 18, 1770; died September 1, 1778. John Peneuil, born in Monson, 1776, became deranged, died in Amherst jail, May 19, 1805. Mr. Kendrick was Captain of state militia. He died May 20, 1789. Mrs. Hannah Kendrick was killed by her son, John P., in a fit of insanity, April 22, 1805. Daniel KENDRICK, Jr. [b. 1761, d. 1790]
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p. 20
Nathaniel Leeman, son of
Samuel, Junior, and Love Wheeler Leeman, born in Hollis, August 6,
1759. In his youth, residing with his father, he worked at farming,
etc. He served in the war of the Revolution. In the Ticonderoga alarm,
he was at the battle of White Plains, belonging to the Hollis minute
men. Mr. Leeman married Peggy _______ in 1781, settled in Lyndeborough,
N. H., until the spring of 1786. He then returned to Hollis. He, with
his wife and family, were warned out of town by the selectmen in the
fall of 1786, as coming last from Lyndeborough.
Mr. Leeman is recorded in the
town records as retracting a slander on Benjamin Cummings, Jr., dated
February 1, 1788. He again removed to Lyndeborough in 1799. He
resided, while living in Hollis, on the old road leading from Hollis
village to Patch corner, at a point east from Long pond, and south of
the Esquire Wright place.
Tradition says that he had
children as follows: Peggy, born in Lyndeborough in 1781; Fanny, born
in Lyndeborough in 1783; Nathaniel, born ______in 1785. Mr. Leeman must
have been broken up as he returned to Hollis prior to 1818, always in
limited circumstances. He remained a town charge for several years,
previous to his death, which occurred at the town farm in June, 1838,
age 79. Supposed to be buried in East yard. He was the last of the
Leemans to reside in Hollis.
[p. 13]
His widow married
Philip Cromwell, a relative of Oliver, November 19, 1674. Mr.
Leeman's son, Samuel, born in 1643, married Mary Langley in 1665 and
settled in Groton, Mass. He served in the Narragansett war and
returned to Charlestown, and died there, leaving a son, Samuel, born in
Groton, April 29, 1667, who married Margaret _____ and settled in Reading,
Mass., in 1687. His wife died previous to 1715, as on September 3,
1715, he married Hannah Damon, and died in 1724, leaving a son, Samuel,
Jr., born in 1692, who was one of the pioneer settlers of West
Dunstable. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 14] He served the town of Monson as one of their selectmen for 1747 and 1749. In 1749 he moved to near Patch corner, Hollis. His children were: Margaret, born in Reading, October 12, 1717; Mary, born September 5, 1719, married Jonathan Pool in 1741; Samuel, Jr., born Septmeber 9, 1721, married Love Wheeler, November 25, 1746. She died August 15, 1775. He then married for his second wife, a widow, Amy Morse Wheeler, April 7, 1779. Abraham, born August 15, 1723, married Elizabeth Hastings, January 30, 1745. She died January 26, 1792. He married for his second wife Olive Jaquith, July 12, 1792. Elizabeth, born in 1725, married Lieut. Robert Colburn, March 2, 1745, died in 1746; Nathaniel, born in 1727, supposed to have died young, no record; Sarah, born in West Dunstable, December 5, 1737, married James Fisk, January 22, 1771, who died in service May 29, 1775 at Cambridge. she married for a second husband David Truell of Amherst, April 1780. Mr. Leeman died January 27, 1756, aged 64 years. Mrs. Leeman died March 15, 1760, aged 64 years. This family resided south of Patch corner, where Fred B. Wheeler lived in 1913. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 16] His wife, Love Wheeler, died August 15, 1775. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Amy Morse Wheeler, widow of Daniel Wheeler, and went to reside with her at Patch corner. Mr. Leeman was always in limited circumstances. Work and he had a falling out several years before he died. His children were: Mehitable, born in Monson, September 26, 1747, married Joshua Stiles, October 7, 1773, residence Lyndeborough; Samuel, 3rd, born in Hollis, August 7, 1749, killed at battle of Saratoga, October 10, 1777; Hannah, born in Hollis, October 15, 1751, died December 28, 1751; Love, born November 1, 1752, married Abraham Dinsmore, Jr., November 26, 1776, residence Temple; Mary, born November 9, 1754, married Zachariah Emery, June 25, 1778, residence Mason, N. H.; Hannah, born July 2, 1757, married Joshua Stiles, _____ residence Lyndeborough; Nathaniel, born August 6, 1759, married Peggy _____ 1781, residence Lyndeborough and Hollis; Lydia, born in Monson, December 9, 1761, married Stephen Lowell, Jr., December 12, 1782, residence Dunstable; Sarah, born at Spalding place August 31, 1764, no record; Abraham, born in Spalding place, May 13, 1769, died young.
Mr. Leeman died at
Patch corner in 1789. Mrs. Amy, his wife, went to Concord, N. H., to
reside with her son. She died November 30, 1821. Mr. Leeman
was a great storyteller. [ Return to Menu ]
[pp. 17-18] Elizabeth, born in Monson, February 24, 1747, married David Wallingsford, march 6, 1767. He died March 12, 1791. She married for her second husband, Nehemiah Barker, March 17, 1799, died August 4, 1822. Mary, born June 3, 1748; Abraham, born August 29, 1749, died same day; Hannah, born July 26, 1750, died December 24, 1750; Hannah, born October 1, 1751, married Jonathan Danforth in 1769, residence at Kendall Mills; Submit, born June 4, 1753, no record; Abraham, born Septmeber 8, 1754, died November 29, 1759; Esther, born August 8, 1756, married Zebulon Cram, December 30, 1783, residence Wilton, and Andover, Vt.; Abigail, born May 8, 1758, married Joseph Frost, July 28, 1785, residence Tewksbury, died July 21, 1786; Dorcas, born July 13, 1760, drowned in Witch brook at Kendall Mills, May 26, 1778. Mrs. Leeman died January 26, 1792. Mr. Leeman married for his second wife, Olive Davis Jaquith, July 12, 1792, wife of Adford Jaquith of Dunstable, whom she married November 14, 1776. He died in Mont Vernon. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 19] At the re-organization of the militia April 7, 1777, he enlisted in Capt. Isaac Fry's company, regiment of Col. Alexander Scammel as ensign and participated in all those battles against Gen. John Burgoyne, known as the northern campaign. He was killed at the battle of Saratoga in October, 1777. He was 28 years old and unmarried, the last of the Samuel Leemans and was said to be the tenth in descent wherin the eldest son was named Samuel.
Mr. Leeman purchased
the Spalding place of his father. The writer of this (Charles S.
Spaulding) had in his possession the old deed which Mr. Leeman gave to
Jonathan Spalding, dated January 25, 1775. [ Return to Menu ] This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
Jonathan LUND, Jr. [b. Sept.
1747, d. June 11, 1828] p.48
p. 239
Ephraim Lund, Jr., son
of Ephraim and Rachel Pierce Lund, was born in Dunstable, August 25,
1745. He learned the blacksmith trade while young. He went to
Plymouth, N. H., with his father, in 1765, and engaged in milling.
From this place they removed to Warren, N. H., in 1770, where they built a
mill, and continued in the business for several years.
Mr. Lund married Alice
Wheeler, May 12, 1772. She was a daughter of Peter Wheeler, of
Hollis. He removed to Hollis, in 1776, settling at the north part of
the village, and engaging in blacksmithing; this business he continued
until about 1800, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law, Deacon Enos
Hardy.
Mr. Lund served in the
war of the Revolution from Hollis, at Cambridge three months in 1775, and
in Captain Daniel Emerson's company, in 1777.
His children
were: Hannah, born in Warren, September 7, 1772. Sally, born
in Warren, March 8, 1774; married Samuel Barron, January 24, 1793.
Alice, born in Warren, April 19, 1776. Mary, born in Hollis, May 21,
1778; married Deacon Enos Hardy, November 10, 1797. Ephraim, born in
Hollis, August 14, 1780; died April 6, 1789. Stephen, born in
Hollis, October 29, 1783; married Rachel Shedd, January 22, 1806.
Ebenezer, born in Hollis, July 10, 1786; married ______; residence,
Brookline; died in 1832.
Mr. Ephraim Lund, died
August 28, 1820. Mrs. Alice Lund, died October 6,
1798.
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John
MARTIN [b. ______d._____]
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John Martin, who came from Billerica, Mass., in the
spring of 1738, with those other settlers to West Dunstable, and
located east of Patch Corner, at a place known as Martin's pasture.
There is a tradition that a Martin and a Wheeler came over from
England in the same ship, and that during the voyage, a Martin fell
overboard and a Wheeler rescued him. They agreed that wherever a
Wheeler went, that a Martin should go, and John Martin came at the
same time and settled not forty rods from James Wheeler. Mr. Martin
and his son John served in the old French War in Captain Powers'
company for the Crown Point expedition in 1755. That on one occasion
they gained permission of their captain to go to another regiment and
participate in a hard fought battle. They ran three miles to be in
the battle. They had a presentment that no bullet was ever made to
kill them. They were in many battles and never received a wound.
His children were: Abigail, born in 1739; married
Ephraim Ramsdell, January 21, 1758. John, Jr., born in 1741; _____
Rachel, born May 11, 1743; _____ Joseph, born June 24, 1750; _____.
Mr. Martin removed to Bedford, N. H., before the
Revolution. John Martin's wife's given name was Rachel.
Israel MEAD
[b. unknown, d. 1775]
[p. 47] His children were: Ebenezer, Jr., born in Monson, December 28, 1752; married Joanna Bailey, February 20, 1777; residence, Groton, N. H. Nathan, born in Monson, November 20, 1755. Eunice, born in Monson, February 9, 1759. Daniel, born in Monson, September 8, 1761. Susannah, born in Monson, October 23, 1764; married William Crawford in 1786; residence Plymouth. Seth, born in Hollis, April 28, 1767. Enoch, born in Hollis, August 20, 1769; married Mary Read, March 27, 1794; died October 27, 1824. Isaac, born in Groton, N. H., August 29, 1772; married Abigail Dearborn, March 27, 1796.
Captain Melvin with
four other families, viz: James Gould, James Hobart, Phineas Bennett
and Samuel Farley, removed to Groton, N. H., in the spring of 1770.
They were the first settlers there. Mr. [Melvin] removed to
Plymouth, N. H., in the spring of 1790, where he died.
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Samuel MURDOUGH [b. unknown, d. unknown]
Stearns NEEDHAM [b. 1754, d. 1830]
p.
201 Benjamin NEVINS [b. 1750, d. ___] Benjamin Nevins, son of William and Mary Hastings Nevins, was born in Monson, August 15, 1750. He married Annis Mooar, February 9, 1775. He resided in several places in Hollis and Milford, namely southeast of the "Taylor Duncklee Mill place," on Mooar's hill," and at Monson village place.
Mr. Nevins served in the war of
the Revolution; was at Lexington and battle of Bennington. In all he
was out about six months. Mr. Nevins worked some of the butchering
business. He used to go amongst the farmers killing hogs. He was
somewhat addicted to drink; it was said that he could drink more cider
than any man living. The following story is told of him, that while he
was returning from Amherst, where he had bought a jug each of molasses
and rum, and according to the custom of those days, he carried his
purchases in a bag thrown across the horse in front of the saddle, on
crossing a brook, the horse lowered his head to drink, and quickly the
rum and molasses were dashed upon the rocks. The stream has been called
the Taddy* Brook from that day to this.
His children were: Betty, born
December 7, 1775. Benjamin, Jr., born October 5, 1777; married
_____---. Lydia, born April 7, 1780. Sarah, born May 25, 1782; married
Thomas W. Stearns, September 6, 1814. William, born March 5, 1786.
This family removed to Maine about 1820.
*[This appears to be a typographical error in the source, and most likely should read "Toddy" Brook.]
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David Nevins, son of Thomas
and Margaret Nevins, was born in Nova Scotia in 1714. He went with his
mother to Newton, Mass., and later came to West Dunstable with the other
members of the family. He learned the carpenter's trade, and helped to
build the two first meeting houses in West Dunstable. He married Lois
Patch, daughter of Isaac Patch, of Groton, Mass., March 3, 1746, and
settled in Hollis on the old path east of Long Pond, where he resided
until 1764, when he removed to the west part of Plymouth, N. H.
Mr. Nevins served in the war
of the revolution from Plymouth, in the company of Capt. Edward Everett,
Colonel Bedel's regiment, in 1776. He enlisted into the Continental
service, March 21, 1777, and was reported dead the next year; this was a
mistake. His children, as follows, were all born in Hollis: John, born
October 12, 1748; died August 25, 1752. Lois, born October 20, 1749;
died September 5, 1752. Margaret, born February 3, 1752; married Samuel
Phelps, June 6, 1781; residence Hebron. Lois, born September 16, 1753;
married Joseph Ryan, April 8, 1798; residence Hebron. John, born April
18, 1755; married Hepsibah Hobart, October 31, 1782; residence,
Danville, Vt. David, born July 7, 1758; served in the Revolution; died
unmarried in 1783. Mr. Nevins died in Plymouth in February, 1778. His
wife died in Plymouth in 1782.
[p.27]
Joseph Nevins, son of William and
Mary Hastings Nevins, was born in Monson, July 20, 1748; married first,
Sarah Powers, February 20, 1772. She died June 27, 1781. He married
for second wife, Lucy Sawtelle, January, 1783. He succeeded to the
homestead in Hollis. His children were: Sarah, born December 3, 1772;
died young. Joseph, born June 20, died young. Phineas, born May 5,
1776; residence Bedford; died March, 1851. Sarah, born December 17,
1777; married Israel Thomas, September 13, 1814; residence Amherst.
Hannah, born June 13, 1779; married Josiah Kidder, December 19, 1809;
residence Amherst. Hepzibah, born June 6, 1781. Lucy, born December
30, 1783. Mary, born July 4, 1786; married Daniel Mooar, March 16,
1808. Anna, born March 23, 1789; married John French, March 14, 1810;
residence Bedford. Gardner, born February 18, 1792; died young.
Pamelia, born March 16, 1794. Gardner, born February 6, 1797; married
Esther R. Barnes, January 25, 1825; residence Bedford; died October 16,
1876. Susan, born April 12, 1799; married Otis Sheppard, March 12,
1818; residence Bedford. Joseph, born April 8, 1801; died unmarried in
Bedford, N. H., December 2, 1830.
Joseph Nevins served in the war of
the Revolution. Mr. Nevins' political views were extremely radical and
Federal, and was very bitter against Jefferson, and said if he was
elected President, the Bibles would all be destroyed, and the churches
would all be burned; and he said that Jefferson was an infidel, etc.
Nr. Nevins died of sun stroke in Capt. Isaac Parker's meadow, August 11,
1813. This family of Nevins was the last of Nevins to leave town, about
1825. Most of them went to Bedford, N. H.
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Thomas NEVINS [b.______
d._______]
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Deacon Thomas NEVINS, Junior [b. 1711, d.
1804]
p.22 Thomas Nevins, Jr., son of Thomas and Margaret Nevins, born on the Atlantic Ocean, March, 1711. Mr. Nevins came to Nova Scotia with his parents, and subsequently to Newton with his mother, and removed to West Dunstable, at Monson village, prior to 1738. He married Bridget Snow of Nottingham West, January 1, 1745. Mr. Nevins served in the old French war as a sergeant in Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's company, Colonel Hart's regiment 1758, and a selectman of Monson in 1759. He removed to the east part of Monson prior to 1758; came within the limits of Hollis in 1770; removed to Hebron in 1772; served as juryman at the County Court held in Amherst in January, 1772. His name is attached to a remonstrance against a petition to annex the Easterly side of Cockermouth to Plymouth. Late in life, he removed to Hanover, N. H., or near there, where he resided the remainder of his days. His children as found recorded were: Bridget, born in Monson, December 21, 1746; married John Jaquith, May 30, 1770; residence, Groton, N. H. Thomas, 3rd, born in Monson, May 25, 1748; married Rebecca Willoughby in 1770; residence, Hanover, N. Y. Henry, born in Monson in 1750, died same year. Lucy, born in Monson in 1752; married Jeremiah Blodgett, April 15, 1774; residence Plymouth, N. H., died July 1, 1804. Thomasin, born in Monson in 1754; married John Calf, November 13, 1776; residence Plymouth. She married for second husband, Sylvester Woodworth; died in 1829. Hannah, born in Monson, 1756; married Henry Phelps, ______; residence Groton, N. H.; died in 1806. Sarah, born in Monson, February 15, 1759; married Nathaniel Ball in 1774; residence Hebron; died August 8, 1843. Fanny, born in Monson in 1761; married Simeon Bridgeman; residence Dorchester, Mass. Mr. Nevins resided at the Leonard Farley place from 1758 to 1772. He died in Hanover, N. Y., March, 1804, age 93.
[p.26]
Lieutenant William Nevins, Jr.,
son of William and Mary Nevins, was born in Monson, July 26, 1746. He
resided with his father, helping him on the farm as was the custom. He
married Rebecca Chamberlain, March 25, 1768, and shortly afterward
settled in Plymouth, N. H., where his children were born, as follows:
Rebecca, born December, 1768, married first, Gilson, and second, Leonard
Whiting, March 13, 1800; died January 9, 1857. Hannah, born in 1770;
married Joshua Thornton, November 24, 1790; residence Plymouth; died
October 2, 1828. William, born in 1773; was a school teacher; he died
unmarried, December 29, 1810. Susannah, born December 2, 1776; married
Moses George, March 25, 1800; residence Plymouth. He died March 9,
1841. Mr. Nevins joined the Hollis minute men in 1775. He was at work
prying stone on his father's farm on the afternoon of April 19, 1775.
On receiving word that the British were marching to Concord and
Lexington, he immediately joined his comrades on Hollis Common, helped
to choose Reuben Dow captain, and proceeded to Cambridge. He was in the
battle of Bunker Hill, and remained in the army eight months. Enlisted
into the Continental army; House's company 6th of the First N. H.
Regiment, under command of Col. Joseph Cilley, and while on duty at the
battle of White Plains, was taken prisoner, and put in a British prison
ship, where he died in October, 1776.
His widow continued her residence
at Plymouth. Mr. Nevins was one of the selectmen of Plymouth for the
years 1770 and 1771.
[p. 24 & 25]
William Nevins, Sr., son of
Thomas and Margaret Nevins, born in Nova Scotia in 1718. He came to
Newton, and later to West Dunstable with his mother. He was engaged in
subduing the forests, making paths, fighting wild men and wild beasts.
There is a well authenticated tradition that he married Mary Woolerich,
daughter of Phillip Woolerich, prior to 1745; that she died in the
summer of 1746; and he married Mary Hastings, November 8, 1746, for his
second wife. He settled first at Monson center, but removed to the
Major James Wheeler place, near Pennichuck pond, in the east part of
Monson, but coming into Hollis on the division of Monson. He was a man
of considerable influence in town affairs, having served the town
twenty-seven times as moderator, and having been one of the selectmen
for sixteen years.
His children were: William,
Jr., born in Monson, July 26, 1746; married Rebecca Chamberlain, March
24, 1768; residence Plymouth. Joseph, born in Monson, July 20, 1748;
married first, Sarah Powers, February 20, 1772; married for second wife,
Lucy Sawtell, in 1783. Benjamin, born in Monson, August 15, 1750;
married Annis Mooar, February 9, 1775; he went to Maine. Mary, born
August 2, 1752; married Timothy Wheeler, September 8, 1773; residence
Amherst. John, born February 26, 1775; married Mary Hazeltine, April
17, 1782; residence Groton, N. H. Phineas, born February 26, 1758. He
was killed at the Battle of "Bunker Hill," June 17, 1775. Lydia, born
July 16, 1760; married Daniel Mooar, Jr., in 1780, residence, Hollis.
Elizabeth, born October 17, 1762; married William Brown in 1789;
residence in Hollis. Rebecca, born July 1, 1765; married Joseph Lakeman,
December 24, 1788; residence, Amherst; died July 9, 1844. Nathan, born
February 28, 1770; married Mary ________ , June 1791; residence Groton;
died in 1798.
Mr. Nevins died February 15,
1785, aged 67. Mrs. Nevins died in the fall of 1792; no grave stone.
Five of Mr. Nevins' sons served in the war of the Revolution.
[pp. 6-7] Mr. Powers became a noted backwoodsman and colonial land surveyor. He was employed much of the time in laying out farms and townships, receiving his pay mostly in land. At one time he owned fifteen (1500) hundred acres, lying south of the Rogers and Fry grants, at the north part of Hollis. Mr. Powers was also distinguished as a militia officer in the old French war, having by his personal efforts raised a company in Dunstable and vicinity. He was commissioned captain of this company by Governor Wentworth. In 1754 he was sent to Coos meadows, so-called, to demolish a fort which, it was rumored, the French were building, but he encountered no opposition. mr. Powers' children, as found recorded, were: Rev. Peter, Jr., born in Dunstable, November 29, 1728, died in Maine, May 13, 1800, residence, Haverhill, N. H.,; Stephen, born October 28, 1729, married Lucy Cummings of Dunstable, January 5, 1757; Anna, born in West Dunstable, March 9, 1732, married Benjamin Hopkins in 1753, died april 9, 1812; Whitcomb,, born October 10, 1733, married Mary Dolliver, May 20, 1755, second marriage, Elizabeth Lawrence, October 18, 1759; Phebe, born February 5, 1735, married Joseph Bates, April 8, 1756, residence New Ipswich; Alice, born, December 30, 1736, died unmarried February 13, 1825, aged 88; Levi, born June 3, 1739; Nahum, born April 11, 1741, married Mary Wheat, February 7, 1769, residence Plymouth, N. H.; Francis, born July 15, 1742, married Elizabeth Cummings, residence Hollis, had twelve children, killed by lightning July, 1796; Fanna, born April 19, 1744, died young; Philip, born May 20, 1746; Samson, born March 12, 1748, married Elizabeth Abbott, residence Temple, January 9, 1822; Fanna, born March 22, 1750. Mr. Powers was a prominent citizen in the new settlement; held many offices of trust with no other reward than to feel that he had done his duty. He died August 27, 1757, of fever, age 50 years; buried in church yard at Hollis. His wife, Anna, died September 21, 1798, age 90, buried in church yard at Hollis. Mr. Powers served in the French war as captain of a company raised for the Crown Point expedition of 1755, from April 24 to November 31. [ Return to Menu ]
[p. 8] Mr. Powers built and put in operation a grist mill which was supposed to be the first one in this section. This mill was located on the brook running from Long to Pennychuck ponds. At that time and for a hundred years after, the farmers raised all the grain they used, and the grist mills in those days were well patronized institutions. There is in the Monson record an account of the birth of one daughter, Hannah, born February 25, 1752, and a daughter Hephzibah, married Capt. Wm. Brooks, September 20, 1787.
Mrs. Hephzibah, wife
of Thomas Powers, died March 15, 1789. Mr. Thomas Powers died
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Moses SAUNDERS
[b._____d.______]
p. 29
Moses Saunders, a
connection of Elijah Saunders, the beggar. A native of Marlborough,
Mass., where he came from in the spring of 1738, settled in West Dunstable
at the Bailey place; commenced a clearing, built his log hut, erected a
saw mill soon after, which was the first saw mill built in West
Dunstable. It was said that the lumber for the first meeting house
was sawed at Mr. Saunders' mill. At the time of the Indian war in
1747, Mr. Saunders thought he saw Indians lurking about his mill. As
Dr. Belknap said, "they wished to destroy every mill and its owner," whom
they charged with destroying their hunting grounds, Mr. Saunders became
alarmed for his personal safety and removed to Westboro, Mass., where he
bought a large farm, and resided there the remainder of his days.
His West Dunstable estate, after a few years, passed into the hands of
Daniel Bailey.
His children, as found recorded in the Monson records, were as follows: All born in West Dunstable. Abigail, born May 7, 1741. Sarah, born September 7, 1742. Moses, born April 22, 1744. Stephen, born January 16, 1746. [ Return to Menu ] William SEARLE, Jr. (b. 1723)
[p. 32] There is an account of a sad story connected with the history of Mr. Searle's family; that on the afternoon of August 15, 1777, during a violent thunder storm, the lightning struck the house and killed two of his children, viz' Jonathan, aged 12 years, and Hannah, aged 10. They were buried in one grave the next day. Mr. Searle's chidlren were: Elizabeth, born in Hollis, July 16, 1748, married Obediah Eastman, February 8, 1774; William, born in Hollis, March 22, 1750, married Elieanor Straw in 1777, residence in Temple, died April 22, 1813; Hannah, born in Hollis, April 19, 1752, died young; Joseph, born in Hollis, May 13, 1755, married Persis _____ about 1777, residence Temple; Sarah, born in Hollis, January 7, 1758; Mary, born in Hollis, March 18, 1760; John, born in Hollis, August 6, 1762; Jonathan, born in Hollis, May 29, 1765, killed by lightning at his home in Temple, august 15, 1777; Hannah, born in Hollis, June 11, 1767; killed by lightning at her home in Temple, August 15, 1777; Lucy, born in Hollis, August 26, 1769, she was saved from being killed by the lightning at her home in Temple, August 15, 1777. Lucy stood between Jonathan and Hannah when the lightning struck and escaped unharmed. She married Silas Durkee, July 12, 1785; residence Temple. Mr. Searle served as one of the selectmen in 1782. [ Return to Menu ]
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Zachariah SHATTUCK [b. 1724, d. 1809]
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[p. 30]
Elias Smith, son of Deacon Francis
and Ruth Maverick Smith, was born in South Reading, Mass., in 1698. He
married Elizabeth Emerson, sister of the Rev. Daniel Emerson, pastor of
the first church in West Dunstable, December 31, 1724, residing in
Reading, and Salisbury, Mass., until about 1744, when he removed to West
Dunstable, and probably was the first settler at the Price place,
situated on the street west of the meeting house.
He became the village blacksmith,
as tradition says he had a blacksmith shop here. He was a large land
holder, owning several hundred acres in the west part of Hollis, of
which a large portion was transmitted to his daughter Elizabeth, who
married Lieut. Robert Colburn. Mr. Smith was chosen treasurer of the
church in 1745; appointed Pound Keeper in 1746, and Constable in 1747;
elected one of the selectmen in 1748. He served in the old French war
as sergeant in Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment, Co. 9, Capt. Nathaniel
Folsom commanding, in the Crown Point expedition of 1755. His children,
so far as found available, were: Elizabeth, born in Reading in 1725;
married Robert Colburn, March 21, 1747. Mary, born in Reading in 1737;
died August 22, 1761, age 24 years. Anna, born in Reading in 1740; died
August 20, 1761, age 21 years.
Mr. Elias Smith died August 29,
1761, in the 64th year of his age. Mrs. Elizabeth, his wife, died March
23, 1775, in the 76th year of her age. Moses Smith, son of Elias Smith,
was born in 1730; married Mary Boynton, January 29, 1756; resided in
Hollis; died August 25, 1761, age 31, leaving a son, Moses, born in
1761, who was dissipated.
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Lieut. David
Wallingsford, son of Jonathan Wallingsford, was born in Bradford, Mass.,
Septmeber 25, 1744. A descendant of Nicholas Wallingsford, who
emigrated, when a boy, in the ship "Confidence" from London to Boston in
1638. Lieutenant Wallingsford came to Monson in 1765. He
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted in the war of the
Revolution in Captain Dow's company for Concord and Lexington. He
was at the battle of Bunker Hill; was Lieutenant of Capt. Archelaus Town's
company at the battle of Bennington, and in the northern campaign, was one
of the first to order his men at the battle of Bennington to fire on the
British and Hessians. He was paid off in worthless Continental money
at the close of the war. He had the misfortune to lose his house by
fire. Soon after his return Mr. Wallingsford married Elizabeth
Leeman, March 6, 1767.
Mr. Wallingsford died
March 12, 1791. His wife married Nehemiah Barker, March 17, 1799,
and died August 4, 1822. James
WHEELER, Junior [b. May 6, 1731, d. 1785] [p.57]
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James WHEELER, Senior [b. 1702, d. 1766]
[p. 35] James Wheeler, Sr., son of George and Abigail Hosmer Wheeler, was born in Concord, Mass., September 5, 1702. He married Mary Minot in 1725, and settled in Concord upon the chartering of Bedford in 1729. He came within the limits of that town without a change of residence. In the spring of 1738, Mr. Wheeler came from Bedford to West Dunstable with Mr. Colburn and others, and located about half a mile east of Patch Corner, at a place since known as the Benjamin Wheeler place. He became a prominent citizen in the new settlement. His name is the first name on a petition dated May 13, 1747, to the General Court of New Hampshire, asking for a scout to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian invasion. Mr. Wheeler served in the old French war in Capt. Peter Powers' company for the Crown Point expedition of 1755, from April 24, to November 11. He became a large land holder. His children were: Mary, born in Concord, October 11, 1725. Keziah, born in Concord, March 10, 1727; married John Brown, October 9, 1744; died October 31, 1760. Lydia, born in Concord, March 11, 1729; no record. James, Jr., born in Bedford, May 6, 1731; married Mary Butterfield, November 1, 1750. Elizabeth, born in Bedford, May 23, 1734. Daniel, born in Bedford, April 23, 1736; married Amy Morse, February 1, 1757; died in 1774 or 1775. Azubah, born in Bedford, October 29, 1738; married John Willoughby, Jr., May 30, 1758; residence Plymouth. Thaddeus, born in Bedford, December 16, 1742; married Elizabeth Farmer, October 17, 1769; residence on homestead. Mr. James Wheeler died in 1766, leaving the homestead to his son, Thaddeus. Mrs. Mary, his wife, was living at the close of the Revolution in 1783.
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p. 56 Captain Thomas Wheeler, son of Thomas Wheeler, who was born in Fairfield, England in 1618, came to this country with his father before 1640; married Ruth Wood, March 17, 1741. Mr. Wheeler was a renowned Indian fighter, and author of Indian anecdotes, published in Vol. 2, N. H. Historical Col. He served in the Narragansett war. He, with Captain Hutchinson, was sent with twenty men, August 2, 1675, to form a treaty with the Indians at Quaboag; they were drawn into ambush and suddenly fired upon, and eight of their number killed, and Mr. Wheeler was badly wounded. He was rescued by his son Thomas, then only 13 years old, who also was wounded. Captain Wheeler and his son, Joseph, held land grants in Dunstable, N. H., and as proprietors signed the petition for the charter of old Dunstable, dated September 19, 1673. He resided in Dunstable several years, and commanded a company sent to guard Dunstable and vicinity against Indian invasion. His children were: Alice, born in Concord, Mass., in December, 1641. Sarah, born in Concord, Mass., July 10, 1649. Joseph, born in Concord, Mass., August 18, 1651; married Mary Powers, March 1, 1681; residence Dunstable and Nashua. Ann, born in Concord, Mass., December 20, 1653. John, born in Concord, Mass., February 18, 1656. Mary, born in Concord, Mass., December 20, 1658. Thomas, born in Concord, Mass., March 29, 1662; married Hannah _______; residence, Groton, Mass. Mr. Wheeler died at Concord, Mass., December 16, 1686, age 68. Mr. Wheeler married for his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Beers Stearns, July 23, 1677. Mr. Wheeler was encamped for a season at Pine Hill, within the limits of Hollis. [p. 58] Daniel Wheeler, son of James and Mary Minot Wheeler, was born in Bedford, Mass., April 23, 1736. He came to West Dunstable with his father. He married Amy Morse, February 1, 1757, and settled at Patch Corner in Monson. He came within the limits of Hollis, July 4, 1770, without a change of residence. Mr. Wheeler served in the French war in Capt. Peter Powers' company for the Crown Point expedition of 1755. Mr. Wheeler was engaged in agricultural pursuits, as were most of the early settlers. This family all left Hollis prior to 1800. His children were: Lydia, born in Monson, November 24, 1757; married Joseph Adams; died in 1825. Abner, born in Monson, April 14, 1760; married Mary Ross; was at battle of Bennington. Jacob, born in Monson, March 5, 1763; married Elizabeth Dix, March 7, 1790; died April 25, 1829. Daniel, Jr., born March 18, 1765; bound out by Samuel Leeman to Ephraim Lund, a blacksmith, in 1782; married Chlve(sp?) White; residence Alstead, N. H.; died March 18, 1853. Benjamin, born in Monson, August 18, 1768; married Polly Fitch of Bedford, Mass.; residence, Concord, N. H. Hannah, born in Monson, 1772; married Joseph Flagg of Grafton, N. H.; married for second husband Deacon Nathaniel Hale of Orange, N. H.; died 1862, age 90. Mr. Wheeler died early in 1775. His widow, Amy Wheeler, married Samuel Leeman, April 7, 1779, for a second husband. They resided at the Wheeler homestead at Patch Corner. Mr. Leeman died in 1789. His wife resided here until May 26, 1803, when she went to live with her son at Concord, N. H. She died November 30, 1821.
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Peter Wheeler, Senior, son of
George and Abigail Hosmer Wheeler, was born in Concord, Mass., October
23, 1704; married Hannah Colburn in 1725, and settled in Concord, but
came within the limits of Bedford in 1729. He removed to West Dunstable
in the spring of 1738, and settled on the hill west of Long pond, where
his descendants have resided until within a few years. Mr. Wheeler was
famous for hunting wild animals, killing as many as three bears in one
night. He served in the old French War in Capt. Peter Powers' company,
in the Crown Point expedition of 1755.
His children as found recorded
were: Love, born in Concord, May 10, 1728; married Samuel Leeman,
November 25, 1746; died August 15, 1775. Peter, Jr., born in Concord in
1730; married Mehitable Jewett, March 19, 1751; residence Temple, N. H.
Hannah, born in Concord in 1734, no record. Mary, born in 1736; married
Samuel Brown, Jr., January 22, 1761; residence Mason, N. H. Betty, born
in 1738; married _____ November 6, 176_; residence Hollis; died _____.
Sally, born in West Dunstable in 1740, no record. Lucy, born in West
Dunstable, June 1, 1774; married Silas Brown, October 8, 1765; residence
Plymouth, N. H. Alice, born in West Dunstable, December 1, 1745;
married Ephraim Lund, May 12, 1772; residence Hollis. Ebenezer, born in
Hollis, July 15, 1748; married Azubah Taylor, July 13, 1780; residence
homestead. Lebbens, born in Hollis, October 15, 1750; married Elizabeth
Carter, March 1, 1773; died in service, 1778. Jemima, born in Hollis,
August 15, 1756; married Samuel Hill, May 31, 1780.
Mrs. Hannah, wife of Peter
Wheeler, died October 18, 1764, age 56. Mr. Wheeler died at homestead,
March 28, 1772, aged 68.
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Oliver WILLOBY, Sr. [b. 1764, d.
1834]
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This biography was transcribed by Sandra Boudrou.
p. 45 John Willoughby, son of John Willoughby of Billerica, was born in Billerica, Mass., December 25, 1707. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish origin but had resided in England a few generations, previous to migrating to this country. Mr. Willoughby married Anna Chamberlain of Billerica, March 27, 1735. He removed to West Dunstable in 1744. He served in the old French war, and was a grantee of Plymouth, N. H. His wife, Anna, died February 3, 1773. He married for a second wife Elizabeth Sprage of Billerica, June 28, 1774. His children, taken from Willoughby records, were as follows: Captain John, Jr., born in Billerica, December 24, 1735; married Azubah Wheeler, May 30, 1758; residence Plymouth. Jonas, born in Billerica, March 31, 1737; married Hannah Bates, July 10, 1760; residence Hollis; died 1791. Joseph, born in Billerica, February 17, 1739; went to Bennington, Vt. Anna, born in Billerica, May 30, 1741; married Timothy French, May 3, 1771; residence Hollis. Mary born in Billerica, February 26, 1743; died in 1752. Susannah, born in Billerica, May, 26, 1744; married Jonathan Powers, November 28, 1764; residence Dunstable; died September, 1828. Samuel, born in Billerica, February 13, 1745; married Elizabeth Jaquith, December 3, 1772; married second wife, Mary Gould; died October 26, 1821, age 86. Mehitable, born in Billerica, August 3, 1747; married Jonathan Bates, October 19, 1769. Rebecca, born in Billerica, February 13, 1749; married Thomas Nevins, Jr., in 1770; residence, Hebron, N. H. William, born in Billerica, September 2, 1751; died in November, 1773. Elizabeth, born in Billerica, April 3, 1753; married Samuel Lovejoy, August 27, 1794. Josiah, born in Billerica, July 30, 1755; died in 1757. Mr. John Willoughby died February 2, 1793, aged 85.
p. 39
Philip Woolrich, one of those
Scotch-Irish emigrants, who came to this country early in the
eighteenth century, whose ancestors fought at the siege of
Londonderry, was born in Ireland about 1683. He married Lydia _____
about 1711, and migrated to Nova Scotia, with the Nevins family, of
whom it was said, they were connected. Mr. Woolrich later settled in
Concord, Mass., and came within the limits of Bedford, from which
place he removed with those other families in the spring of 1738 to
West Dunstable, and settled near Patch Corner, remaining here only a
short time, when he removed to a farm southwest of Peter Powers, since
known as the Little place. His name disappears from the records here
after 1743. It appears by Fox's history of Dunstable, page 234, that
he resided in Dunstable many years; probably died there prior to 1763.
Of his children, little is
known. Probably they were born in Concord or Bedford, Mass. If those
records were available they might disclose some data. There is a
record of Philip, Jr., born about 1713; married Lydia Adams of
Westford, Mass., December 2, 1736. There is a tradition that Mary
Woolrich married William Nevins in 1745. In 1789, Widow Lydia
Woolrich died, aged 104 years and 4 months. She was at the time of
her death, and had been for a time, residing with Joseph Nevins in
Hollis. They called her Granny Ulrich; all this would go to show that
the two families were connected. This family's name was written
several different ways.
p.38
Thomas Wooley, son of Samuel Wooley, was born in
Bedford, Mass., about 1722. He came from Bedford to West Dunstable
with Mr. Colburn and others in the spring of 1738, bringing their
entire effects in an ox cart, plodding their way through the Dunstable
wilderness, guided only by marked trees.
He married Mary Williams of Hollis, March 7, 1742,
and settled at Patch Corner. Mr. Wooley was one of those who helped
to subdue the forests in the vicinity in which he lived. He built a
log hut and commenced farming for a living as did most people of those
days. He was a brother of Margaret Wooley, the wife of William
Colburn.
Mr. Wooley removed to Richmond, N. H., in 1765.
It is reported he had a daughter, Sarah, who married Reuben Parker,
June 19, 1759, and a sister, Rebecca Wooley, who married Edmond
Gardner of Northfield, November 16, 1772. We have no further record
of Thomas Wooley.
Mrs. Sarah Wooley Parker died in Richmond, N. H.,
December 20, 1779.
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