'M Class J. Book., ,H'lVV' Gopyiight W COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT! HISTORT TO^V^' OF HO I. LIS, NEW IIAMTSHIRE. /•'roiii its /■''irst Scttlenn)/! io t/ic I'ear iHji;. WITH MANY 1?IOC;i:AI'1IICAI. SKETCHKS ok its EAKI.V SK'ITI.KKS TH?:iH DESCKNDANTS, AXD OTHER RESIDENTS. Il.I.r.STR ATKD WITH MaVS AND EnOR AVINflS. BY SAMUEL T. WORCESTER. IN MF.MOKIAM MAJOKl'M. •Only tlif actions of the just »nicll sweet and hlossnm in the ilu*.!.' A . W 1 Iv L I AMS cV: (M) :.' s :; \V a s h i x g t o n S r k v v. \ . 1879. 7/ T7\ J^! Entered according to Act of Congress April, 1879, BY SAMUEL T. WORCESTER, In tlie office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Pr,:^s of O. C. Moore, ynshiio. jV. Jl. TO THE INHABITANTS OF HOLLIS, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF ITS EARLV SETTLERS WHEREVER SCATTERED, AND TO AI.I. WHO HA^'E RESIDED IN THE TOWN, THIS HISTORY IS RESPECTFUM.V INSCRIBED, RV THEIR FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. LIST AND PLACE OF ENGRAVINGS. ;}. 4. '). (5. 7. 8. f). 10. 11. 12. i:5. u. 15. 1«. 17. 18. 10. 20. 21. 24. 2."). Map of Mollis, (facing title page) Map of 01(1 Dunstable, Holies, Merrimack and Mouse First and Second Meeting House .... Portrait of Dea. Daniel P^merson .... Portraits of Hon. Ralph E. Tenney and Wife . The Tenney Homestead Portraits of Jesse Worcester and Wife. The Worcester Homestead The Soldiers' Monument Portrait of Lieut. John H. Worcester Portrait of Lieut. Charles H. Farley Portrait of Rev. Eli Smith Po/-trait of Rev. Pliny 15. Day, d. i>. . The Third Hollis Meeting-House as Remodelled in 1840 The High School House Portrait of Miss Mary S. Farley .... Portrait of Hon. Benjamin M. Farley . Portrait of Sanuiel T. Worcester .... Portrait of Joseph E. Worcester, i,l. d. Portrait of Rev. llalpli Emerson, d. d. . Portrait of Rev. Samuel Worcestei', d. d. Portrait of Rev. Calelj J. Tenney, d. d. . Portrait of Rev. Noah Worcester, d. i>. Portrait of Hon. Henry G. Little .... Portrait of faither Prcscott Hubbard . Page. (U 200- 214 21.3 21 G - 217 220 231- 238 ■ 240- 24.''. 281 282 202 20 f. 208 300 302 304 314 331 332 TO THE READER. As this book \vill be found to contain very many short biograph- ical personal sketches, it is hoped tliat it will not be looked upon as a matter of unpardonable egotism should it be introduced to the charitable reader with tlie like brief sketch of itself. Though a. native of Ilollis, the home of an honored ancestry for a hundred years and more, and mv own. in ciiildhood and \outli. it has not been so for the last fiftv years and more. It was my fortune to begin and spend a busy professional life of between thirty and forty years in a distant western State. I am not aware that while living in Hollis I gained more knowl- edge of its earh- liistorv and people than would ordinarily fall to the lot of other voung persons in the like circumstances, and the many years of my absence from New England tended ratlier to lessen than add to the little I had before acquiretl. But some vears after mv return to New Hampshire, having occasion when on a visit to Ilollis to examine one or more volumes of its early town records. I chanced to find in the same depository witli tlicm manv miscellaneous papers and documents, some scattered and loose, and the rest in ill-assorted packages — all relating to the early history of the town prior to or during the war of the Revolu- tion. A cursorv examination of these ancient dociunents. in con- nection with the older worn and mutilated volumes of the town records, interested me. Ilavmg at the time some leisure at com- mand, I said to the Town Clerk who had these papers in charge, that if he would entrust them for a time to me. I would put them in a better condition for permanent preservation. \\'ith this under- standing they were confided to me. Having procured for my pin- pose a large blank book, intended as a sort of supplement to the town records. I hatl it labelled "Ilollis Historical Documents." 6 TO THE READER. Into this book I caused to be inserted and bound all those ancient documents pertaining to the early history of the town. I also caused to be copied into the same volume a large number of original docu- ments and records relating to its early history found in the offices of the Secretary of State and Adjutant General, both in Boston and Concord. There were also copied into the same book from the town records and methodically arranged, such other matters as were thought pertinent to its civil, ecclesiastical and educational history. In the meantime, as 1 had leisure, I had written a number of articles relating to the early settlement and Revolutionary history of the town, some of which had been published in the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register, and several, in other periodicals. All this however had been done W'ithout any purpose on my part of preparing for the press a connected history of the tow'n, but yet with the hope that the materials so gathered might be preserved and some time used m the compilation of such history, by some one more competent to the task and less a novice in this kind of literary labor. These fugitive historical scraps, as they had l)een published from time to time, had been read by some of the people of the town, and may have led to the insertion of an article in the warrant for the annual jSlarch meeting in 187^5 " ^o see if the town would authorize the Selectmen to contract with some person to prepare and publish the early history of the town at its expense." By invi- tation I attended that meeting, and by request stated what had been done with the historical documents which had been entrusted to me. I also expressed my concurrence in the sentiment, strongly expressed by others, that a history of the town ought to be w^'itten, and also stated that though I had no pm-pose or wish myself to undertake the task, yet if some other person, satisfactory to the town, would under- take it, I would cheerfully and gratuitously place in his hands such materials for it as I had gathered, and also gi^■e such further aid, if desired, as convenient to me. After some further discussion of the question by others, the meeting unanimously '" voted to refer the article relating to the publishing the early history of HolHs to the Selectmen, and that they be authorized to borrow money for the completion of the object, if in their judgment they should think it advisable, and that they be authorized to employ a committee to act with them." TO THE KEAnnR. 7 The Selectmen chosen at that meeting were Messrs. Timotliy E. Flagg, John A. Coburn and Charles \V. Hardy, who shortly after- wards appointed as a committee to act with them. Messrs. John N. Worcester, Joseph E. Smith, John Farley and Charles S. Spalding. In tlie meanwhile, no one else having been found to prepare a his- tory of the town as contemplated by the vote of the meeting, the wish was strongly expressed by tlie Selectmen and committee, that I would consent to undertake it. After one or more interviews with them, but without any specific proposals upon the subject on their part, or promises on mv own. I set myself about gathering additional materials for the work, and putting in the shape and order in which they now appear, such as I had before collected. It is needless tor mc here to speak of all the motives that led me to wai\ e mv objections to undertaking the task and going on with tlie compilation of this history, as I have now done. But among those motives, I may be permitted to say, was a sincere filial regard, not to say veneration, for the memorv and character of the early settlers of the town as shown by the records of their doings, among whom, and its inhabitants afterwards, were three generations of both my paternal and maternal ancestors. I also participated in the sen- timent felt and expressed by many others that it was but doing tardy justice to their memories, that their history should now be Avritten. accompanied by the fear, also often expressed by those interested, that otherwise it might not be soon, if ever. done. In my \ iew it would also be needless, as well as tedious, here to enumerate the many books and public documents which have been consulted in the collecting of the facts presented in this histoiy. The references to them, at least for the most part, will si ff ciently appear to the patient reader in their proper connection. Suffice it to sav that it has been mv aim to gather these facts from all such pertinent original documents as were at m\ command, and from all other sources that seemed to me authentic and trustworthy, whether books, letters of correspondents or well-established traditicv . It has been said by a late author. •• that one must write a book to know how courteous the world can be." It has been my fortune in the compilation of this history very fully and most cordially to appreciate that sentiment, and I take unfeigned pleasure in expres- sing my grateful acknowledgements- to the very many correspon. dents who have aided me. and also to the librarians of the libraries I have had occasion to visit, and to the custodians of the pul lie S TO THE HEADEfJ. I'ccorcLs at Boston and Concord for their imiforni courtesy and kindly s'smpath'V' \\ ith mv work. M\' thanks arc also due to the Select- men of Hollis. and to the Publication Committee, for the active in- terest the\- have manifested in the undertaking^-, and likewise to the people of the town for their imanimity and good wishes in respect to it. 1 further take leave to express my oblij^ations to ni}- brother John N. Worcester, for the man\ matters furnished by him pertain- hig to the local histor\ of the to\vn. and also in respect to the per- sonal history of many of its citizens, in regard to whom my own information and memorv were at fault. The readers of this his- tory, as well as myself personally, are also indebted to the town for the engravings it has furnished, and to the individuals who have gratuitioush' pro\ided the portraits with which the liook is embellished. For the last four years, the gathering of the materials for this work, and its compilation, have Inisily, and for the most part pleas- antly, emplo^■ed verv many of my leisure hours. Conscious as an\- one need he of its incompleteness and shortcomings, yet hoping to some extent it ma\- meet the reasonable expectations of the present inhabitants of Hollis and the widely scattered descendants of the early settlers of the town, the work is respectfully dedicated to them in the hope that the lessons of virtue, piety and patriotism taught in the lives, doings and example of their worthy ancestors will not soon fade from the memory of their posterity. S. T. W. Nashua, N. H., April. 1S79. CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1. OLD DUNSTABLE. 1073 to 1739. Charters of the Plymouth aiul Massachusetts Companies; Grants of New Hampshire to Capt. Johu Masou ; Charter of Okl Dun- stable ; Grantees anil Proprietors ; Origin of the Name ; Compact of the Grantees and Settlers; House Lots laid out; King Philip's War; First Meeting House and Minister ; First Birth, Marriage and Death ; King William's War; Queen Anne's War; Capt. Lovewell's Fight; The Return of Peace and its Effects; Population; First Dismemberments of Old Dunstable 17—30. CHAPTER n. WEST DUNSTABLE. 1730 to 1739. Names of the First Settlers of West Dunstable, and where they Settled; Towns from which they came; First Petition for a Town Charter ; Names of the Petitioners ; Second Petition for a Town Charter ; Names of the Signers; liemonstrance against the Second Petition; West Dunstable Chartered as a Parish 31—39. CHAPTER in. THE PARISH OK WEST DUNSTABLE. 1739 to 174G. Its Area and Boundaries; The Tax of Non-residents; The First Parish Meeting and First Parish Officers ; The First Meeting- House and its Location ; The First Parish Tax; The Non-Resident Tax and Disposal of It ; The District of Dunstable ; Settlement of the new Province Line ; Effects of the Decision ; Preaching, and the Manner of Providing It; The Call to Rev. Mr. Emerson, the First Minister; The Settlement of Mr. Emerson, his Salary and how paiil: Old Tenor Currency -^0 — 56. lO CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. IIOLLIS. 174G to 1750. The Charter of Hollis; Charter of the new Towns of Dim- stable, Merrimack and Monsou; Original Boundaries of those Towns; Name of Hollis and its Origin ; The First Town Meeting and First Town Officers ; The Second Meeting-House : Petition for a Laud Tax ; Stocks and Whipping Post; Pews and Pew Grouuil and to whom soUl : Care of the Meeting-House; Singing 'u — ";?. CHAPTER V. BORDER TROUBLES WITH DUNSTABLE. 174G to 1773. The One Pine Hill Controversy; First Petition for the Annex- ation of One Pine Hill to Hollis ; Second Petition foi' the Annexation of One Pine Hill: Contest in the General Court; One Pine Hill Finalh' An- nexed to Hollis ; Second Border Controversy with Dunstable ; The Nashua Piver Bridge, and Dispute in rcs])ect to the Building and Sup- port of it; Compromise and Final Settlement . . . 74 — 84. CHAPTER \T. HLSTORV OF .MONSON. 1740 to 1770. First Town Election in Monsou, and First Town Officers; Town Officers from 174C to 1770; Petition to the General Court for Scouts and Guards ; Petition to be Believed from Taxation ; Unsuccess- ful Efforts to Maintain a School, to Support Preaching, Build a Meeting- House or Find a Meeting-House place : Bepeal of the Charter and Division . of the Town: The Mile Slip, Charters of Baby, Wilton. IMason. Duxbury and Milford s.-,— (13 CHAPTER Vn. MILITARY HISTORY. 174() to I7(;:'.. The Provincial Militia Law: First Militia Company in Hollis and its Officers; French and Indian War of 1744; Petitions for Garrisons and Scouts: The French and Indian War of 1754; Hollis Officers and Soldiers in the War of 1754 !»4— iOl- CONTEXTS. ir CHAPTER VIII. COLONIAL SCIIOOL LAW AND SCHOOLS. I74Gtol775. ScliooLs.iu llollis bclbre tlit' Revolution ; School Taxes; School S(|Uiulroiis or Districts ; The First School-Houses ; The Hollis Grammar School ; Teacliers ol" the Grammar School ; Names of Ilollis Graduates of College, and of Ministers and Physicians not Graduates born before 1775; Letter of Gov. John Wentworth to Rev. Mr. Emerson 102—108. CHAPTER TX. EARLY COLONIAL LAWS. 174G to 1775. Town oflicers and their duties: Moderators of the Town Meetings; Selectmen; Constables; Field-Drivers; Tithing-Mtn ; Hog- Reeves ; Deer-Reeves ; Wolves and Rattlesnakes ; "Voters and tlieir Qual- ilications: Houses of Correction; The Stocks and Whipping-Post; Profane Cursing and Swearing; Defamation; Insolence to Women; Petit Larceny ; The I'oor and their Support ; Warning out of Town ; Slavery in New Hampshire before the Revolution ; Mode of Selling Negro Slaves 109—117 CHAPTER X. THE NEW HAMI'SIIIUE GENERAL COURT. 1741 to 1775. Members of the New Hampshire General Court from Hollis and Dunstable before 1775. Justices of the Peace; Division of New Hampshire into Counties : Organization of Hillsborough County; County Otticers from Hollis: Tlie Pine Tree Law, its Unpopularity, and Trouble in Enforcing It ; Riot at Weare and Trial of the Rioters ; Gov. John Wentworth; His Personal Popularity: Address to, from the people of Hollis; The First Trial for Murder in Hillsborough County: Pica of tl.e Benetit of Clergy; Poi)Ulati()n of Hollis and other old Dunstable Towns in. 1775; The Charter and t-CttUnient of I'lyniouth by Emigrants from Hollis 118—127. CHAPTER XI. BIOGRAPHICAL. 1730 to 1754. Rrief Biographical Sketches of a portion of the Early Settlers of Hollis from the year 17oU to the French and Indiar. AVar of 1754 ; Full Lists of the names of the Tax Payers on the Hollis Tax Lists, Jan. 1, 1 775, with the Last Tax Assessed by the Authority of the Kii'g 128—108. 12 , CONTEXTS. CHAPTER XII. THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION. 1774 aud 177.j. Ilollifs Town Meetings; I'atriotie riesoliitious : HoUls Militia Companies ; Tiie Alarm List ; Capt. Wright's Company ; Capt. Worces- ter's Company; First, Second aud Third County Congresses at Amlierst; Delegates to; Hollis Company of Minute Men to Lexington and Cam- bridge, April 19, 1775; Officers and Eoll of this Company: Wages Paid by the Town 139_148. CHAPTER XIII. WAR OF THE RKX'OLUTION. 1775. Hollis Company at the Eattle of Bunker Hill ; Company Eoll. Descrii)- tive List ; Hollis Men in Other Companies ; Commission of Capt. ]:)ow : The Battle of Bunker Hill ; The March from Cambridge under Col. Pres- cott; Other Hollis aud New Hampshire Soldiers in Col. Prcscott's Regi- ment; Names of the Hollis Men Killed and Wounded at Bunker Hill; Loss of Equipments of the Hollis Men in the Battle; The New Hamp- shire Reinforcements in December, 1775; Desertion of the Connecticut Troops ; Letter of Gen. Sullivan to the New Hampshire Committee of Safe^.y; Capt. Worcester's Company to Cambridge in December: Num- ber of Hollis Soldiers the First Year of the War, and their Wages; Amount Paid l)y the Town: The Military Coat \'oted as a Bounty: Story of a Patriotic lluUis Woman U'.t— ir.2. CHAPTER XIV. U"AR OF THE REVOLUTION CONTINUED. 177G. Names of the Hollis Soldiers the Second Year of the War; Volun- teers in the Continental Army; In Col. Wingate's Regiment to Ticonder- oga; In Col. Long's Regiment; In Col. Baldwin's Regiment to White Plains; In Col. Gilman's Regiment; Names in the Return of Capt. Goss; The Hollis Tories 1G3— 1G8. CHAPTER XV. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE WAR. 1777. Committee of Safety for 1777: The Town's Quota for the Continental Army: Names of the Thirty Continental Soldiers for 1777: Patriotic Pledges ol Forty-eight Hollis Minute Men ; The Ticonderoga Alarm : Company of Capt. Emerson ; Its Marches to Walpole and Cavendish, Vt. ; Company of Capt. Goss ; Hollis Soldiers at the Battle of Bennington ; Wages of the Men, and Amount Paid by the Town in 1777; Depreciation of the Continental Paper Money, and Law to Fix Prices . 109—177. CONTENTS. 13 CHAPTER XVI. THE FOURTH AND ITKTH VKARS OF THE WAK. 1778 aud 1779. l)oiii;is of the Town ML'etiiif:;s ami History of the War cou- tinuod; Committees of Safety in 1778 and 1779; Continental Soldiers for 1778 and 1779, Names of the men engaj;ed, and Wages and Bounties paid them; Volunteers to Khode Island in 177S: Capt. Emerson's Mounted Company; Wages; Soldiers' Families; Leonard Whiting's War Tax; Volunteers for Khode Island and Portsmoutli in 1779; Capt. Emerson's Commission ; Convention to fix Prices; Continued Deprecia- tion of Paper Money ; Small Pox in llollis .... 178—187. CHAPTER XVn. THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH YEARS OF THE WAR. 1780 and 1781. Votes and Kosolutions of -tlie Town Meetings ; llollis Con- tinental Quotas in 1780 and 1781; their Wages and how paid ; Militia for West Point and the Northern Frontier in 1780; Names of the men and their Wages ; Beef for the .\rmy in 1780 and 1781, and how obtained ; The town divided into Classes ; Reduction of the New Hampshire Troops aud of the llollis Quota; Rum for tlie Army in 1781 ; New Call for Soldiers 1S8 — 19:5. CHAPTER XV HI. THE LAST YEARS OF THE WAR. 17^(2 and 1783. New Plan of Government; The New Hampshire Rangers in 1782; Last Soldier of the llollis Quota; Numl)er and Names of the llollis .Soldiers ; Sentiments of the People in respect to the Return of the Tories; The last War Tax ; llollis Revolutionary Records and Docu- ments; Lists of the Committees of Safety; Names of Commissioned Officers, and of Hollis Soldiers lost in the War . . . 194—202. CHAPTER XIX. EIST OF THE HOLLIS SOLDIERS. -Mphabetical List of the names of the Hollis Soldiers in the War of the Revolution, showing in what Years they enlisted, and when, and how long thev were in the Service 203 — 20G. H fo\-i' !■;,%• IS. CHAI'TIIK XX, I!Io(;kai'iii( Ar.. BricC I'.iojinipiiicnl Skcldics olii I'lul.ion ollhc llollis I.'m nliiliniiiiry OOlccrs iiiul Soldiers 207 — 217. ciiAi*'ri':i< XXI. WAI! ()V 1812. AND WAH Ol' Mil, |{ I, I! I.l.l .Ht N . 1H]2 1() IHl.-,. Mollis Soldiers ill llie War oT |.h|l', in llie i;<7;idiir y\i my and also for Hie |)( ri-ncc of rort-iiKnitli. ]^(',] lo jflfiri. Soldiers I'lirnislied Croni llie 'I'ouii in Die Seveial Years of llic \Vai- Idi- I he Sii|)))ression oCtJie |{el)r-Hioii ; l{ev,inienls in vvliieh I hey Kll- listed, v\illi Hie Dnii- of Kidistinent and 'I'iine of Service and Diseliarae ; < 'asiiallies ; Soldiers' Aid Sociely; Soldiers' .Moiiiiini-nl ; ('apt. Natliiui IVl. Ames: ],l. .|(,|iii II. Worecsler: M.CIiarles II, l-'.-irlev . 'J\H--2'M. cny\i"ri:i< xxii. IX ( I.ICSIAS IKAI. HIS I ()\i\ . 171:1 lo l.sT'.t. 'llie ('oniiiejial ional Cliiireli and Society; I'irsl Meinhers Of I lie ( liiircii ; M ein Iters (iT the ( Inircli l)er(»re 1 li<- i;e\ olid ion : Ministers oC tlie Society; I{e\ . Mr. I-jner-on : K'ev. .Mr. Sinilli: l.'ev. ,Mr. I'crry ; j{ev_ .Mr. Aiken: l!e\ . M r. Oordfni : K'ev . I )r. I )ay : Kcs . .\1 r. Kelsey ; Kev. Mr. Seoll : De.ii'ons --' to IS7H . . . LT)!*— 263. c'ii.\i"'n:K \\\ t' S'lA I IS lie Al. IIISIOKN . Arcii; Soil; I'l-odiiction.s ; |»'i\ cis, I'oihIs iiml iliooks; ['"orcsl Trci','-, I-iiiiiIkt uikI ('oopfriii;^ ; l'o|iiiliilioii ; liirllis mid Dt-atiis; I'o.st ( >l)l('r iiiiil Tost Masters; 'I'aveiii Keepers Iroiii l7!tL' to ISiM ; .Iiistiees ol' tlie reiiee ; Uilli;il ( IroilinK : I'lililie i;o;i(l> ; llollis ! nsliraiice ('nlil|i;ni\ . L't! I — "J"'-'. (•ii.\i»'I'i:k \\\i. ICDlCAl l(».\ Al. Ills I'OKS . I77."i lo I,s7'.i. 'i'li<- i'lilijic Scliools ; School l-aws ami Sciiool 'Taxes ; School Districts; "llollis Sixty Years Aj^o;" Slate's Literary Fund; School Coiiuintlees ; School Statistics in IH7:?; 'I'lie llipli Scliool ; Miss Mary S. l''arley ; 'I'he Social Library; llollis I,yceiiiii and rnl)lii' Lectures; (Irad- iiatos ol" (.'ollei-e I'roin I7."it to l.s7,s 27!?— 28"). tii.\i'ri:K \\\ii. IIKX.K Ai'in'. nionraiiliic.d Skdrhrs of (liadiiates of Harvard :ind Vale L'ulle^cs iVoiii 17r>l to Is7(' 2S(i— 301. cii.\ri'i:K xwiii. Ill( K.U AI'IIV. Uiojiiaidiii'id Skelches of (iraduales of Dartinontli. ,MiddlclMir_\ , IJrown, Aiiihersl. I'nion. Mary\ille and (In-einille Colleiic- IVoni I7!i."> tf> IS7: .".(12— ;u;t. l6 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXIX. BIOGRAPHY. Biographical Sketolie?; of Miui.■^tel•^. Physicians ami Lawyers uot Graduates of College 31+ — 323. CHAPTER XXX. BIOGRAPHY. Physicians who have Settled in and Practised their Profession in HoUis. and Miscellaneous Biographical Sketches, viz., of Nathan Thayer, James Blood, James Parker. .Jnn., Henry G. Little, Lntlier P. Hubbard. Joseph Wheat, Dr. John Jones and Stephen Y. French . . :V2-i — 340. CHAPTER XXXI. LONGEVITY. Names of Such Persons as have Deceased since the War of the IJevolutiou at the Age of Eighty Years or More, whose Ages with the Date of their Decease have been ascertained 341 — 342. CHAPTER XXXII. MARRIAGE; 1743 to 1>77. Marriages to be found Eecorded in the Records of the District of Dunstable — In the First Three Volumes of the Original HoUis Records, and also in the other Hollis Records of Marriages from 1743 to 1^77 343— 3.;i. CHAPTER XXXIII. FAMILY REGISTERS. 1739 to 1800. Family Registers of Bia-ths in Hollis from 1739 to ISOO, copied mainly from the First Three Volumes of the Hollis Records, also pre- senting, when ascertained, the Date of the Marriage of the Parents, the Time of the Death of the Father, and the Full Maiden or Family Name of the Mother • 362. HISTORY OF HOLLIS. CHAPTER I . Charters of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Companies. Grants ok New Hampshire to Capt. John Mason. — Char- ter OF Dunstable, and history of that town from 1673 to 1739. When North America was first discovered by European navigators, the foct of discovery, coupled with some act of possession, was re- garded by the common consent of European governments as giving a sufficient legal title to the sovereign or government in whose ser- vice the navigator was employed to all lands so discovered. By vir- tue of such discover}', prior to the settlement of any part of New England, the largest part of the continent of North America had become, as was claimed, the property' of the sovereigns of Great Britain, and rightfully subject to their disposal, with little or no re- gard to the possession and interests of the native inhabitants. In the exercise of this supposed right, King James I. in the year 1620, by his letters patent granted to the Council of Plymouth, a company instituted " for the planting, ordering and governing New England, " " all that part of North America lying between the 40th and 48th degrees of north latitude, and of the same breadth through- out the main land from sea to sea." In the following year, (1621,) the Plymouth company granted to Capt. John Mason, a merchant of London, and a member of this company, '• all the land from the river Naumkeag round Cape Ann to the river Merrimack ; and up each of those rivers to the farthest head of them ; then to cross over from the head of the one to the head of the other."* ♦Holmes' Annals, Vol. I, pp. 164, 165. (2) l8 PROVINCIAL CHARTERS. [162O tO 1639 111 1629 Capt. Mason procured a new patent from the Plymouth company. By this second patent that company conveyed to Mason " all the land from the middle of iMerrimack river, near its mouth ; thence northward along the coast to the Piscataqua, thence up that river to its farthest head ; thence northwestward sixty miles from the first entrance of that river ; also up the Merrimack to its farthest head and so for\vard up into the land westward sixty miles ; thence to cross over to the end of the sixty miles from the mouth of the Pis- cataqua river, with all islands within five leagues of the coast."* On the 19th of jMarch, 163S, the Plymouth company, by their letters patent, granted and sold to Sir Henry Roswxll and his asso- ciates -'all that part of New England lying between three miles to the northward of Merrimack river and three miles to the south^vard of Charles river, and in length within the described breadth from the Atlantic Ocean to the South vSea." This grant to Sir Henry Roswell and his associates was afterwards in the year 1629 confirmed by King Charles I. by letters patent, incorporating these grantees of the Plymouth Company by the name of the Governor and Com- pany of Massachusetts Bay in New England," with ^^erpetual suc- cession, with the right to elect forever out of the freemen of the com- pany, a Governor, deputy Governor and eighteen assistants, and to make laws not repugnant to the laws of England. f It may be readilv seen that these several grants to JNIason and the Massachusetts company conflicted, a large tract of the same territory being embraced within the limits of each of them. As will appear in the secj[uel, this conflict of boundaries many years afterwards be- came the occasion of much trouble and tedious litigation between the heirs of Mason and New Hampshire on one side and Massachu- setts on the other. Holding under this grant of the Plymouth Com- pany, confirmed l\y the Royal Charter, the Massachusetts Company, afterwards acting through the General Court of the Province, from time to time made grants of land to individuals, corporations and companies, for Plantations and Townships. Such grants were made upon petition for them to the General Court, and were usually coupled with such conditions as it was believed would promote the common interest of the province and the welfare of the settlers. In this man- ner townships were originally granted, and became organized in Massachusetts without any more formal act of incorporation, and the *IIolines' Annals, Vol. I, p. 199. fid, pp. 193, 195. 1673] CHARTER OF DUXSTABLE. lO grantees named in the charter thus invested with the title to all the land within the boundaries of the township, subject to such condi- tions as might be imposed by the act making the grant. For many years prior to 1679, the Provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts had been under the same government, but in that year, upon petition to the King, they were separated, and New Hampshire became a '' royal province," the King being represented in its government by a Governor and Council of his own appoint- ment. After this scparatitju tlic like grants of tf)wn^llips and town charters were made in New Hampshire, as in Massachusetts, those in Xew Hampshire being granted by the Governor and Council of the province in the name of the King, subject to such conditions and limitations as were expressed in the charters, and supposed to be approved by the King. CHARTER OF DUXSTARLE. The old township of Dimstable. of which the present town of Hollis was a part, was chartered by the General Court of Massachu- setts Oct. 16, 1673, O. S., corresponding to Oct. 27, 1673, X. S. More than one half of Dunstable, as chartered, was in the territorv in dispute between the two provinces, but at the date of its charter, and for more than sixty years' afterwards, it was supposed to be wholly in Massachusetts, and formed a part of the count}- of Middlesex. It included within its chartered boundaries the present town of Tyngsborough, the east part of Dunstable, a narrow triangular gore on the north side of Pepperell, and a considerable tract in the north- east corner of Townsend — all still in Massachusetts. In the state of New Hampshire it embraced the towns of LitchHeld and Hudson, the south-west part of Londonderr\- and tlie west part of Pelham, on the east side of Merrimack river ; and on the west side of that river nearly all the present towns of Nashua and Hollis, all of Amherst and Merrimack south of the .Souhegan river, and about two-thirds of each of the towns of Milford and Brookline. The part of Dunstable west of the Merrimack was bounded north by the Souhegan river, south by Chelmsford and Groton, as previ- ously chartered, and in part by " country land" (land not then in any chartered town), and west by a line running due north from its southwest corner to Dram Cup Hill, on the Souhegan, now in the town of Milford. The extreme length of the township from north to south, from the north line of Litchfield to Chelmsford, following 20 CHARTER OF DUNSTABLE. [1^73 the course of the Merrimack was about seventeen miles ; its least length from the north line of Groton to the nearest point of vSouhe- gan river not far from ten miles. Its greatest breadth east and west coidd not have been less than sixteen miles, the whole comprising an area of near two hundred square miles or 128,000 acres. It was still, at that time, a favorite home of the savage, covered for the most part with the dense native forests, abounding in game, and its ri^-ers with fish, the Merrimack flowing from north to south near its centre, the vSouhcgan on its northern border, and the Nashua and Nissitissit in the south and southwest. Besides all these beau- tiful rivers it was watered by hundreds of crystal brooks and springs, and cremmed anions: its hills and vallevs with scores of clear and picturesque ponds. From out this fair domain, between the years 1655 and 1673, many grants had been made l\y the General Court of Massachusetts of "Farms," so called, to individuals and corporations, mostly along the Merrimack and Souhegan, varying in quantity from three hun- dred to fifteen hundred acres, and amounting in all to fourteen thou- sand acres or more. The last of these grants, bearing date October II, 1673, O. vS., but a few days before the charter, was made to the Boston Artillery Company, since known by the well-earned name and title of the " Ancient and Honorable." This last grant was of one thousand acres, and was laid out on the north side of the Nashua river, at its intersection with the Merrimack, extending north along the Merrimack about one and a half miles, and on the Nashua to Spectacle meadow and brook, about two miles, and including all the comj^act part of the city of Nashua north of the river. It appears from the history of the Artillery Company that about seventy years afterwards the company sold this tract to Col. Joseph Blanchard, a gentleman of much note in the early history of Dunstable. The re- membrance of this grant has been affectionately perpetuated to our times in the name of a small basin of water on the North Common in Nashua, near the central part of the tract given to the Artillery Company, and still known as "• Artillery Pond." PETITION FOR THE CHARTER. The petition for this charter was dated Sept. 15, 1673, O. S., and was signed by Thomas Brattle, Jonathan Tyng, and twenty-four others, including a part of the owners of the "Farms" previously granted. The petitioners stated as reasons for granting the charter that " the Land described in the Petition Was of little Capacity- as it 1673] CHAKTKK OF DUNSTABLE. 21 then was to do tlic country senice" — " that a considerable number of persons of sober and orderly conversation, who stood in great need of accommodations were ready to make improvement of this vacant Land with whom the owners of the ' farms ' previously granted were ready to join and Encourage." The petition then concludes as follows: "■ Yo"" Petitioners therefore Humbly request the favour of this Honored Court that they will please to grant the said Tract of Land to vo"" Petitioners and to such as will Joyne witii tiicni in the settlement of the Land aforementioned so that those who have already improved their Farmcs there and others also Who speedily intend to doe tlie like mav be in a wav for the Enjoyment of the Publique or- dinances of God ; ribr without which the greatest part of the yearc they will be deprived of; the farmes lying far remoat from any towns ; and farther that this Llonoured Court will please to grant the like Immunities to this Plantation as they in their favors have for- merly granted to other new Plantations. So shall your Petitioners be ever engaged to prav &c. Tiios. Edwakds, Tuo. WiiEELEK, Senior. Peter Bclkelev. John Parkek. John Morss, Senior. Samuel Comhs. James Parker, Junior. JosiAH Parker. Joseph I'arker. Nath. Blood. Koh't Parkis. John Jolliffe. Zafenea Eono. Thomas Brattle. Jonathan Tvnc;. JosEi'i! Wheeler. James Parker, Senior. Rob't Gibbs. John Turner. Sampson Sheafe. Sa^^iuel Scarlet. William Lakin. Abraham Parker. James Knai'f. Robert Proctor. Simon Willard." The petition was granted, and the charter or act of incorporation, as copied from the original manviscript record, is in the words fol- lowing: "Tlic .Mafifistrates Judpe it Meet to g-rant the Petitioners Request herein; Provided that a farnie of Five Hundred Acres of I'pland & Meadow be laved out for the Publick use, and that they so proceed in settling ye Plantation as to finish it out witliin three years & procure & niain- tayne an able & Orthodox minister amongst them ; the Magistrs have passed this, their brethren the Deputies hereto consenting. EDWAIU) K.\WSON, Secret. 16 October 1673. The Deputves consent hereto. WII.I.IA>r TORREV, Clericls." vSuch. in those times, and for manv vears after, were the usual con ditions upon which the General Court of Massachusetts granted charters for towns. The procuring and maintenance of an '^ able a>id ortJiodox" minister was an indispensable condition, and in case a Town should be destitute of such lazvful minister for six consecu- tive months, it was made tlic dutv of the Court of Sessions, at the 23 DUNSTABLE. L^*^73 ^^ ^739 charge of the town, to procure and settle one that would answer the Law. Bv ''finishing," or '' finishing out the Plantation within three years," was undoubtedly meant, the procuring within that time of such number of settlers as would be competent to the support of such minister and the building of a meeting-house. That such was the meaning of the words '' finish out the Plantation within three years" is more than implied in the action of the petitioners, and in the conditions upon which at the time, they made grants of '' House Lotts," so called, to actual settlers ; each settler being required by his contract to " clear, fence, break up, build a house, and Live upon his Lot within three years " from the date of the charter under the penalty of forfeiture. By the granting of this charter, the Twenty- Six Petitioners became the owners of all the ungranted Lands within the Boundaries of Old Dunstable, which, if equally shared, would have given to each of them not less than four thousand acres. About twelve years later, for the consideration of £20, as is said, the title of the Proprietors was confirmed by the Naticook & Wamesit In- dians — the Naticooks then living about Thornton's Ferry, the Wam- esits near Pawtucket Falls. GRANTEES AND PROPRIETORS. Many of the grantees of the *" Farms" as well as of the petitioners for the charter were at the time men of note in the Province. Among the former were John Endicott, Governor of Massachusetts, and William Brenton, afterwards Governor of Rhode Island. Among the latter were William Brattle, whose name is perpetuated in Brattle Street, Brattle Street Church, and Brattle's End, Dun- stable ; Peter Bulkelev, a fellow of Harvard College and Speaker of the Provincial Assembly ; Sampson Sheafe, a member of the Provin- cial Council of New Plam^^shire, and others of no less note. PERAMBULATION AND SURVEY. The Spring next after its incorporation, Dunstable was perambu- lated and the boundaries of the town established and marked by Jonathan Danforth of Billerica, who had laid ofi' the grant to the Boston Artillery Company the fiill previous, the towns of Chelms- ford and Groton some years before, and who is spoken of in Mr. Farmer's biographical notice of him as one of the most eminent sur- veyors of his time. In an elegy written in memory of Mr. Danforth, it is said of him : " He rode the circuit; chained great towns and farms To good behavior; and by well marked stations He fixed their bounds for many generations." 1673 to 1739] DUNSTABLE. 23 NAMi:, KTC. The name Dunstable is said to have been given to the new town in compliment to Madam Mary Tyng, wife of Hon. Edward Tyng, and mother of Jonathan Tyng, one of the grantees in the charter, Madam Tyng having come from a city of the same name in Bed- fordshire, in the southerly part of England. This charter of Dunstable is older by near sixty years than that of any town in New Hamp- shire west of the Merrimack, that of Rumford, now Concord, in- corporated in 1733, being among the next oldest. COMTACT OF THE GRANTEES. Before taking possession or making any division of their ample domains, the grantees, following the prudent example of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower, entered into a social wrilteu compact regulating their future polity in respect to the disposition and settlement of the town. In this compact, among other matters, it was agreed that each accepted settler, as a personal right should have a " house lott" of ten acres, one acre to be added to the ten for each £20 of estate, but no " house lott" to exceed thirty acres ; and all after-divisions of the common land to be apportioned according to house lots. These lots were to be laid out in the same neighborhood and ad- joining each other, for convenience of defence in case of hostile at- tack. " If any settler should fail to pay his dues or taxes, his lot to be seized by the town and held till payment." " To the end that they might live in peace and love with each other, every settler was to fence his garden, orchard and cornfield with a sufficient fence, four rails in height ; and all land not fenced was to be free and com- mon to all the cattle of the proprietors." HOUSE LOTS LAID OFF AND SETTLEMENT BEGUN. These house lots, said to have been about eightv in all, were laid out not long afterwards, contiguous to each other, beginning at the "Neck," so called, near the mouth of Salmon Brook, and extending southerlv along tliat lirook. the Merrimack ri\cr and the main road in the direction towards the ancient burial ground near the present state line. Near by, and not tar from the site of the old school- house in the present Harbor School District, the first fort or garri- son house was built, to which the settlers could retire in case of ■danger. It is very evident that settlements had been begun on these house 24 DUNSTABLE. [^^73 tO 1 739 lots as early as the spring of 1674, as we find on the town records, that on the nth of May of that year, at a meeting of the "Farmers," "Proprietors" under the charter, and "township men" or new settlers, it was "voted that the first meeting-house should be built between Salmon Brook and the house of Lieutenant Wheeler as convenient as may be for the accommodation of both." Thus was begun, in the wilderness, two hundred years ago, the infant settlement at Salmon Brook. For sixty years afterwards, it stood there, solitary and alone, no town north of it tliis side of Canada ; none east of it, in New Hampshire to the west of Exeter — fifty miles ; none to the south-east, south or south-west, nearer than Chelmsford, Groton and Lancaster, at the respective distances of fourteen, fifteen and twenty-five miles. KixG Philip's war. The next year, in the summer of 1675, the bloody war begun by the crafty and cruel King Philip for the extermination of the English, broke upon the New England Colonies. The new towns of Lancaster, Groton and Chelmsford were attacked and burnt, their inhabitants murdered, carried into captivity or driven from their homes. With the exception of the brave Jonathan Tyng, every settler at Dunstable fled. Tyng alone refused to leave, and fortify- ing his house he resolved to defend it to the last. He petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for a little ''guard of three or four men," saying in his petition "that he was living in the uppermost house on the Merrimack, lying open to the enemy, but so seated as to be, as it were, a watch-house for the neighboring towns." The petition was granted, and with this little Spartan band, Tyng stoutly defended his rude castle and held the town till the end of the war. Jonathan Tyng thus nobly and gallantly earned the honor of being the first permanent settler of Dunstable, and of all of that part of New Hampshire west of the Merrimack, and of having his name perpetuated by a grateful posterity in that of the town of Tyngsborough. In 167S, peace came again ; the fugitive settlers at Salmon Brook, or such of them as had survived the war, were at liberty to return, and the same year it is said, the first meeting-house was built. At one of their town meetings, about this time, it \vas "voted that the number of settlers might be increased but not so as to exceed eighty families in all." In 1679 the plantation \vas at last '\fi)iisJicd onf" by the "procuring and maintaining" the Rev. Thomas Weld as 1673101739] DUNSTABLE. 25 their first •' learned and orthodox minister amongst them." Under the ministration of Mr. Weld, the settlement so increased and pros- pered that in 1685 it became necessary to build a larger meeting- house, '* about the size of the one at Groton," as the town records have it. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. In the ancient records of births, marriages and deaths, we find that the first recorded birth was that of William, son of Jonathan and Mary Tyng, April 22. 1679. The first marriage that of John Sollendine, the Alichael Angelo of the first meeting-house, and the architect of the first bridge across Salmon Bnjok, Aug. 2, 1680. The first recorded death that of the Hon. Edward Tyng, Dec. 22, 1 68 1 , aged 8 1 . KING William's war. After an unquiet peace for about ten years, the beginning of the war, known in history as " King William's," was signalized in New England by the treacherous and horrible murder of !Major Waldron and twenty-two other inhabitants of Dover by the Penacook and Eastern Indians, and the carrying oft' a still larger number as cap- tives to Canada. The same party of savages had planned an attack at the same time upon Dunstable, but its execution was prevented by a timely discovery of the plot. Two companies of mounted scouts of twenty men each, afterwards reinforced by fifty, were promptlv de- tailed to patrol the woods from Lancaster to Dunstable. Hut these precautions diil not save the settlement at Salmon Brook from attack and massacre. The town records tell in graphic words, said to be in the handwriting of Mr. W^eld, their first minister, the sad tale of two of these attacks. , Anno Domini 1691. Benjamin Hassell Senior "1 -it- 1 • u Anna IhisscU his wife W ere sla.n hv our Benjamin Hassell, their son, l J,'"''/'" tnem.es Mary Marks, Daughter of ^^■•'*• ' '" ^''^ E^'^" i'atrick Marks J "'"*?• Obadiah Perr^- and ) ^'"'^ ^^ '^'-' ha"d of our In- Christopher I^errv ?^'-'" Enem.es Sept. 2S, 1691, ' - J in llie morninu:^. There were at this time in the settlement at Salmon Brook, four garrison houses, two of them having four soldiers each, one six and another seven. Such garrison houses, as descril^ed bv Dr. Belknap, were surrounded with walls of timber built up to the eaves, with the gates as well as the house doors secured h\ iron b(jlts and bars. So 26 , DUNSTABLE. [1^73 tO 1 739 much had the settlement been reduced by this war that in 1696 two- thirds of the inhabitants had fled, and in 1699 there were but twenty heads of families to contribute to the minister's wood rate. This •war lasted ten years. Cotton Mather, who wrote its history, calls them '"'■ Decefi?u'H?fi Luctiwsufn'" — the decade of sorrows. QLIEEN AXXE's WAR. In the year 1703, after a short truce, the war known as Qiie.en Anne's, broke upon the colonies, and also lasted ten years. The •scholarly Penhallow, who, as a member of the New Hampshire Council, was an actor in it, and who wrote the history of the Indian wars, from 1703 to 1726, inscribes the title-page of his book with the :6ad, classic words : — " Nescio tu quibus es, Lector, lecturus ocellis Hoc scio, quod siccis, scribere non potui." (With what eyes, O reader, you will read this tale, I know not, This I do know, mine were not dry when writing it.) The Eastern and Canadian Indians again took part with the French, and in the course of a few weeks more than two hundred .settlers along our northern frontier were killed or captured and taken to Canada. " Terror itbique /rcvwcr, "says Penhallow — "fear and trembling everywhere." In this war, the General Court, in retaliation of the example of the government of Canada, offered a bounty of JC40 each for Indian scalps. Capt. John Tyng, of Dunstable, was the first to avail him- self of this grim bounty, and went, in the depth of winter, says the historian, to the Indian headquarters and got five, for which he was paid £200. Early in the war the garrison house of Robert Parris, in the south part of the settlement, was attacked, and himself, wife and one daughter killed. In 1706, the Weld Garrison, so called, then occupied by twenty troopers, was surprised bv the savages, and one-half of the soldiers killed. The same party murdered six of the inhabitants of the town. The story of this last massacre is thus told in the town records : — Nathan Blanchard 1 Lydia Blanchard his wife . | Dyed July Susannah Blanchard his daughter J- 3, 171x1, at Mrs. Hannah Blanchard | niglit. Goody Cumings wife of Jolin Cumings. J Racliel Gahisha, Dved July 3, 170(3. At this time, including a lilock-housc built by the government, there were seven garrison houses in the settlement, each having one or more soldiers, the town being still a " Watch-house''^ for the interior settlements. 1673 to 1739] DUNSTARLE. 27 lovewell's WAU. In 1 713 the Peace of Utrecht put an end to Qiicen Anne's War. A treacherous peace followed, till 1723, when the war was renewed. Dunstable, still on the extreme frontier, was attacked, two of her cit- izens captured and carried to Canada by a party of the enemy. The savages were pursued by soldiers from the town, who were am- bushed, eight of them slaughtered, and all buried in the same grave. The following epitaph in the ancient burial ground, " spelt by the unlettered Muse," tells the bloody tale. " MEMENTO MORI. " Here lies the body of Thomas Lund who departed " this life Sept. 24, 1724, in the 42d year of his age. " This man, with seven more that lies in this grave, " Was all slew in a day by the Indians." In the month of November after this slaughter, the " worthy Cap- tain Lovewell " and his company of fearless and hardy men volun- teered to ''range the woods full wide" and fight the Indians for a year. I need not in this place repeat the story of the first, the sec- ond, or the last expedition of this band of daring backwoodsmen, "What time the noble Lovewell came With fifty men from Dunstable The cruel Pequot tribe to tame With arms and bloodshed terrible, all familiar from our childhood as household words. From that day to our own, in our sober histories, in works of fiction, in oral tra- dition, in our most popular New England ballads, the names of *' worthy Captain Lovewell" and Dunstable have been joined to- gether, as it were, in holy wedlock, never to be put asunder. Of the seventy savages in the desperate conflict at Pequawkett, according to Penhallow forty were killed on the field and eighteen mortally wounded. Of the thirty-four men of Lovewell's company, in the battle fifteen were killed, including all the ofiicers, besides many wounded. Well and worthily has a New Hampshire bard, upon visiting the battlefield one hundred years afterwards, sung of them, "Ah! Where are the soldiers that fought here of yore! The sod is upon them, they'll struggle no more, The hatchet is fallen — the red man is low. But near him reposes the arm of his foe. The names of the fallen the traveller leaves Cut out with his knife on the bark of the trees. But little avail his affectionate arts, For the names of the fallen are graved on our hearts. Sleep, soldiers of merit! Sleep, gallants of yore, The hatchet is fallen, the struggle is o'er. While the fir tree is green or the wind rolls a wave. The tear drop shall brighten the turf of tlie brave." 28 DUNSTABLE. [^^73 tO 1 739 Though the combatants were so few, and this bloody conflict ap- jDarently a drawn battle (neither party being in a condition to pur- sue the other) yet so far as related to New England it had all the re- sults of a decisive and complete victory. It was the last battle of the war ; the power of the hoi^tile savages was forever broken, and such of them as were left gradually withdrew from their ancient haunts and hunting-grovmds in New England to the French settlements in Canada. Peace followed the ensuing winter, and from that time to the present the little settlement at .Salmon Brook, so persistentlv and bravely defended for the preceding fifty years, has never l)een inva- ded by a hostile savage. From the breaking out of King William's War to the making of this peace was a period of thirtv-seven vears, twenty-three of this savage warfare, and but fourteen of treacher- ous, uncertain peace. During all these sad vears the settlers in this ancient town, feeble and few in numbers, but always trusting in God, and literally keeping *" their powder dry," were yet ever firm and defiant. Living for the most part in garrisons, felling the forests and planting their fields with their arms ready at hand — listening to the sermon on Sunday with their loaded muskets by their seats, or stacked at the meeting-house door — their bravest men waylaid and slaughtered — their wives and children massacred in their houses, or hin^ried oft' to a captivity often worse than death — thev maintained this out-post of our modern Christian civilization with heroic courage to the end. When we turn our eyes backward to tlie bloody scenes, to the ter- rors and sorrows of the past, and contrast those scenes and those sorrows with the peace and blessings of the present, and call to mind to what extent this quiet and these blessings are due to the sacrifices and sufterings of the early pioneers of Dunstable, what heart not palsied, can fail to throb with emotions of gratitude to our common Father for so worthy an ancestry. It would l)e forgetfulness of a duty we owe alike to ourselves, to those who shall come after us when we are gone, to the institutions civil and religious they did so much to establish, and to our common humanity, should we neglect so far as in us lies to perpetuate the re- membrance of their worthy and noble deeds. 1673 to 1739] DUNSTABLE. 29 POPULATION'. The population of Dunstable at this period, as stated by Mr. Fox, was as follows : 16S0, 30 families, or about I30 inhabitants. 1701, 35 " " " 100 " 1711, 13 " " " S6 " 1730. SO " " " 250 " THE EFFECTS OF THE RETURN OF PEACE. With the return of peace, both the town of Dunstable and all the country round, begun to experience a degree of prosperity never en- joyed before, and settlements were soon extended north and west of the Nashua, and east of the Merrimack. As we have already seen, no town before that time had been chartered north or west of Dun- stable, in what is now New Hampshire, for the preceding fifty years. But such was the benign influence of peace, that within sixteen years after '' Lovewell's Fight" twenty-eight towns, now in New Hampshire, had been chartered or granted by the General Court of Massachusetts, and more or less settled, extending north on the Mer- rimack, to Stevenstown (now Franklin and Salisbury) about sixty miles, and on the Connecticut to No 4, now Charlcstown, near seventy miles. FIRST DISMEMBERMENTS OF DUNSTABLE. About this period, or a little before, began the legislative dismem- berments and mutilations of the body politic of the town of Dunsta- ble — afterwards continued with more or less frequency for near a century — a treatment little less unkind and cruel in its way than that suflered by the early settlers from the savages. The first of these ex- cisions was in the year 1722 when its north-east extremity was cut off, to fill up a corner of the Town of Londondeny. The next, in 1731, when a small slice of it of about eighty acres, was taken from near its south-west corner to piece out a side of Townsend. In the year 1732, all the remainder of the old town on the east side of the Merrimack, extending from the north line of Litchfield to Chelmsford, was incorporated into a new town then called Not- tingham. In the year 1734, the north part of the then new town of Notting- ham, and a part of the present town of Merrimack, south of the Souhegan, at the junction of that river with the Merrimack, were incorporated into a town then and still called Litchfield. 30 DUNSTABLE. " [.^^73 tO 1 739 Both of these towns being incorporated by the General Conrt of Massachusetts, were required within three years from the date of their respective charters to be "finished out" by procuring and "set- tling in each of them a learned and orthodox minister of good con- versation, and making effectual provision for his comfortable and honorable support." In 1739 that part of Dunstable lying west of the present east line of Hollis and the Nashua river was incorporated as a parish, known by the name of the West Parish of Dunstable. This charter of West Dunstable, as also that of Nottingham, authorized the assess- ment of a tax of two pence per acre upon all lands of non-resident owners, within their chartered limits for the space of five vears for the building of a meeting house and the support of the ministry. The incorporation of West Dunstable was the last legislative act of the General Court of Massachusetts affecting that part of the old town now in New Hampshire. 1730 to 1739-] SETTLEMENT OF WEST DUNSTABLE. 3I CHAPTER II. CHARTER OF THE PARISH OF WEST DUNSTABLE. ITS SETTLEMENT AND HISTORY FROM I 73O TO I 739" Under the Laws of the Province of Massachusetts, in force at the time, the twenty-six petitioners for the charter of Dunstable, "with such as might joyn with them in the settlement," became owners in fee simple, as tenants in common, of all the ungranted land within the boundaries of the township. In the year 1682, shortly after the , close of King Philip's war, a meeting of these proprietors was held, \ who formed themselves into an association for the purpose of settling their several rights — of making divisions of their lands from time to time among themselves in the modes and proportions mutually agreed upon — and also for the making of sales and setting oft" the lands disposed of to purchasers and actual settlers. The meetings of these original proprietors, and of those who suc- ceeded to their estates, afterwards continued to be held (sometimes at intervals of many years,) for more than a century-, the last of them as late as 1816. The doings of this association, including the partitions and sales of land made by the proprietors were carefully recorded in books kept by them for the purpose, now worn and mutilated, but still to be found in the office of the city clerk of Nashua. Before the year 1729, most of the land of these proprietors lying in the present towns of Nashua, Hudson and Litchfield, N. H., and Tyngsborough and Dunstable, Mass., had changed ownership, and much of it was then in the occupation of actual settlers. Previous to that year, no record of any sale or grant to any one of the early settlers of Hollis of land in that town is to be found in the books kept by these proprietors. But in the month of Januarv, 1729-30, O. S., as is shown by these records, the modest quantity of 37 1-2 acres was set oft' by the proprietors to Peter Powers, in the right of John Usher. The survey of it was made by Col. Joseph Blanchard, 32 SETTLEMENT OF DUXSTABLE. [l730tO 1 739 an honored citizen of Dunstable, and a noted surveyor of the time, and was set oft' to Powers by Henry Farwell, Joseph French ami WilHam Lund as a committee acting for the association. This tract is described in the record as lying in that part of Dunstable called " Nissitissit," which was the Indian name of Hollis. It was laid out in an oblong i30 rods cast and west, and 50 rods from north to south. Some years afterwards, as is shown by these records of the proprie- tors there were set oft' to Powers as purchaser and grantee, in a simi- lar way several other tracts of land in Hollis, amounting in all to nearly 1400 acres, among which was one tract of 1000 acres lying between Long and Pennichuck ponds, but he is the only person among the early settlers of Hollis whose name is found as a grantee upon the books of that association. Mr. Powers, afterward known as " Capt. Powers," and as a lead- ing and prominent citizen of Hollis, was born at Littleton, Mass., in 1707. In 173S he was married to Anna Keyes of Chelmsford, and the same year removed with his wife to that part of Dunstable now known as Nashua. During the summer and fall of 1730, he made the first clearing and built the first dwelling house in Hollis. In the month of January, 1731, with his wife and two infant children he made his way through the then dense, unbroken forest to his new home and thus became the first permanent settler of the town. The site of this humble dwelling, no doubt built of logs, was about one- half mile N. W. of the present Hollis meeting-house, but a short distance from the house formerly owned by Thomas Cumings, after- wards by his son-in-law, Mr. John S. Heywood, now deceased, where vestiges of the old cellar, as is said, may be still seen. For nearly two years this family had no neighbor within about ten miles of them. On the 9th of March, 1732, their eldest daughter, Anna Powers, was born, who was the first child of English descent born in the town. In the summer of 1732, Eleazer Flagg from Concord, Mass., settled in the S. W. part of the town, on or near the place after- wards owned by his grandson, Capt. Reuben Flagg, and now by Timothy E. Flagg, Esq., about two miles from Mr. Powers. The house of Mr. Flagg is said to have been fortified against the attacks of the Indians, and was used as a garrison house. Mr. F. was the second settler. The third fiimily is said to have been that of Thomas Dinsmore from Bedford, Mass., who settled on the farm now- owned by John Coburn, Esq., about one and a half miles south of the meeting-house, on the road from Hollis to Pepperell. In the year 1736 the number of settlers is said to have increased to nine fiimilies. 1730 to 1739.] SKTTI.KMKXT OF WKST Dl'NSTABLE. 33 The whole of the township of Dunstable, as we have already stated, from the date of the charter, till the new province line was settled in the sprinjjj of 1741, was believed to ])e in the county of Alidillesex and a part of it. The office of the Register of Deeds for that coiuitv was and still is at Cainbridt^e, where, bv the province law of the time, the deeds of all real estate within the countv wcreto be recoi'ded. But no records of deeds of land in llollis, to persons known to have been early inhabitants of the town, are to be found in that office of a date prior to 1731. Subsequent however to 1731 and l^efore the spring of 1741 it is shown by these records that between those dates a very considerable number of deeds of land now in llollis were made to the earlv set- tlers of the town. iSIany of these deeds, in addition to their date, a description of the land sold, and the name of the grantee, give also his occupation, and place of former residence. Among these deeds of land in Hollis, made before i74i« '^I'c to be found the following names of the early settlers of the town as grantees, viz.. Thomas Dinsmore, weaver, David Nevins. carpenter, and widow Margaret Nevins. all of Bedford, Mass. : William Xevins, of Xewton. Mass., husbandman : Jonathan Danforth and Joseph Farley, of J?illerica ; Eleazar Flagg and Jonathan Melvin, of Concord ; Enoch Hunt and James McDonald, of Groton ; Stephen Harris, of Littleton, and Samuel Cumings, of Groton. Dunstable, as originally chartered, as we have seen, ^vas bounded on the south, in part, by the north line of Groton. As chartered in 1655. Groton lay on each side of the Nashua River, its north- easterly corner being about two miles east of that river, at a place, then and still known as Buck ]Meadovv, now in the town of Nashua, about one half mile from the south line of tliattown. The original north-west corner of Groton was in the line between the towns of Pepperell and Townscnd, Mass., about one mile south of the present south line of New Hampshire. This corner is still marked bv a stone monument now standing on the farm of Addison Wood. This old north line of Groton crossed the Nashua river, and the present state line at a point very near the Hollis Depot on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad. In the simimcr and fall of 173S, a few of the settlers then li\ ing hi the north part of Groton, and most of those residing in the west part of Dunstable, became desirous of being organized into a new township, and together with a considerable nimiber of non-resident (3) 34 SETTI.EMKN'i' OK WEST DUNSTABLK. [ I 73O tO 1/39. proprietors, these settlers united in a petition tt) the JMassaelnisctts General Court for a township charter. The reasons for this appli- cation for a township charter are very clearly and pertinently set forth in the following petitions, the originals of which, with the doings of the General Coint in respect to them, have been preserved in the office of the vSecretary of State at Boston. PETITION' OF THE INHABITANTS OF DL'NSTAULl-: AND (iROTON FOR A TOWN CHARTER. •'To his E\eellenc\' jon'' Belcher. Escp, Captain (General and Governor In chief, \ no means be prcjndicial to the I'owii of Dunstable or Gnjton. (it not coming witliin six miles or tliereabonts of either of their Meetiny' Houses at the nearest place) to be taken offtVom them and elected into a separate Townshi]). ■• That thers is alreaiK settleil in the bonnon mature consideration on the whole the committee then report what in their opinion may be proper for the Court t(_) do in answer thereto. Sent up for concurrence. J. C^uixcY. Speaker. In Council jan-' cj"' 1738-9. Read and concurred, aiul Thomas Berry Esq'' is joined in the ail'air. Simon FitosT Dep'-' vSec" . Consented to. J. Beeciier." A very large maiorit\' of the settlers whose names ap])ear on the abo\e Petition liyed in the Avest part of Dunstable. Man\- of the settlers resi^Iing at the time in the north part of (jioton were not satislied with this Petition, but wanted a much larger part of the new township to be taken from (irotou than \\ as contemplated li\' the signers of this first Petition. \\'ith this purpose in ^•iew these settlers in Groton, with such of the residents of the west part of Dunstable as were willing to join with them, presented a second Petition to the General Court for a tow nship to be formed from the two towns. This second Petition liearing date Dec. 12, 1739, was as toUows : To his Excellency Jonathan Belchei". Escj.. Captain General and Governor-in-Chief, ccc. iKic. "The Petition of Richard Warner and otliers, Inhabitants of the Tt.wns of (ircton and Dunstable, most humbly sheweth : '• Tliat yonr Petitioners dwell verv far from the place of Pnblic Worship in either of said 'rowns — many of them cijjlit miles distant; and some more, and none less than diuv miles; whereof your Petitioners are put to great Diflficulties in Travelling on the Lord's Day with ou 1739-] KKMONSTKAXCK AGAINST THE SIXONI) PKTrriO.N. 37 Kiiniilics. Vour Pi-titioncrs IhcrefDrc pray your Kxcelk-iicy and Ilnnnrs to take llicir tircuin stances into your wise and compassionate consideration, and that a part of tlie Town of Gro- ton, — I'cLrinning at tlie I^ine between Groton and Dvinstable, where it crosses Lancaster (Nash- ua) Uiver, and so up the said River until it comes to a place called and knfiwii hy tlic name of Joseph Blood's Ford Way cui said River — thence a West I'oint till it comes to Townscnd Line, vVc, with such a part anil so much of the Town of Dunstahle, as this Honorable Cf)url in their ji;^reat Wisdom shall think proper, with the Iidiahitants Ihereon, may be parceled into a separate and distinct Township, that so they may attend the Public worshij) of (jod with more Ease than at present they can by reason of the great distance they live from the places thereof as aforesaid. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray, &c. INHAIUTANTS OF GUOTOX. Kkiiakd Wakner, Euenezkr Piekce, William Blood, Benjamin Swallow, Samuel Fisk, Jekemiaii Lawrence, William Allen, John Greene, Stephen Eames. Isaac Williams, Josiah Tcckek, EuENEZER Cmlson, Zechariaii Lawkence, Jcn., INHABITANTS OF DUNSTABLE, Enoch Hint, Gideon Honev, Samuel Farlev, Eleazek Fi.Ar.G, Josiah Blood, William Adams, Samuel Ccminos. Samuel Parker, Philii' Woolerich, William Blanciiard, Shortly after tlic presentation of this second Petition most of the settlers in Diinstal>le united in a Remonstrance a<;ainst any part of Dunstable beinji^ set to Groton, and appointed Abraham Taylor, Jun., and Peter Powers to show forth their ''earnest desire that a Town- sliip be made entirely of Dunstable Land." This Remonstrance was tlated at Dunstable. Dec. 21. 1739. and was as follows : " We the Sub'rs Inhrdi'ts of ye Town of Dunstable, and resident in lliat part of it called Xis- sitisilt. Do hereby Authcirize and fully Empower Abraham Taylor, Jiui., and Peter Powers to represent to the General Court our unwillingness that any part of Dunstahle should be sett to (Jroton to make a Township or Parish and to shew forth our Earnest Desire that a Township be made entirely out of Dunstable Land, Extendino; Six Miles North from Groton Line which will bring' them on the Line on ye Brake of Land and just include the present settlement; or otherwise as ye IIonoral>le Committee Reported, and Agreeable to the teilour thereof, as the Honorable Court shall see meet, and as in Duty bound, &c. 'I'iiomas Dinsmore, James Whitinc, Peter Wheeler, Jerahmael CuMiNGs, James McDaniels, David Nevi.vs, Joseph Whitcomh, Randall McDaniels, Thomas Nevins, Jonathan Mklvin, Joseph McDaniels, Nathaniel Blood, William Adams, W\lliam Coliiurn, William Siiattuck, \yiLLiAM Wilson, Robert Coliiurn, Joshua Wright, Moses Proctor, Stephen Harris, Henry Barton." in:Pt)RT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BV THE GENERAL COURT. " The committee appointed on the petition of the inhabitants and proprietors situated on the westerly side of Dunstable and northerly side of Groton, after notifying all parties, having repaired to the lands petitioned to be erected into a township and carefidly viewed the same, find a very good tract of land in Dunstable, west of Nashaway river, between said river and Souhegan river, extending from Groton New Grant and Townsend line six miles east lying in 3^ WEST DUNSTABLE CHAHTEU. [l739- a very coiiiiniiiliuu> loiin lor a townsliip, and (in said laiuU tliurc is now al)iiut twenty families and many more ^rltliny. 'I'hat nonu of tlu- inhabitants live nearer to a meetmg-house than seven miles, and if lhe\ l;(i t.) tlieir town ha\e to pass over a ferry the greater part of the year. We also find in ( .rotnn a snffuient quantity of land aceonimodable for settlement, and a considerable number of Inhabitants thereon, that in some short time, when they are well agreed, maybe erected into a Precinct oi- Parisli. and that it will be very inconvenient to erect a township in the form prayed loi-. * '" The committee are of o|iinion that the Petitioners in Dnnstalile are under such circnmustances its necessitates them to ask relief which will be fully obtained by their being made a township. ■"'* The committee are further of the oijinion that it will be greatly for the good and interest of the township that the non-resident proprietors have liberty of voting with the inhabitants as to the Building and Placing a meeting-house and that the lands be ecpially taxed, and that lor the sup- port of the Gospel ministry among them the lands of the non-resident Proprietors be taxed at two pence per acre for the space of tive years. All which is humblv submitted in behalf of the committee. TnoM.\s BhKHV." ACTION OJ' THE GENERAL COI:kT UPON THE UEPOUT OE THE COMMITTEE. "In Council Dec. 27, 1730. Read and ordered thai this report lie so far accepted lliat the lands mentioned and described therein with the inhabitants there be erected into a separate and distinct Precinct and the said inhabitants are herebv \ested with all such powers and privileges as any other Precinct in this Province have oi- by law ought to have or enjoy. And they are also em])oweied to assess and lay a tax of two pence per acre per annum for the space of five years on all the uniniind\ed lands belonging to the non-resident proprietors to be applieil to the su]>port of the ministry according to the said Report. Sent down for concurrence. Simon I-'kdst. Dep'ty Sec'ty. In the House of Reiiresentatives, Dec. zS, 17J0 Read and concmred. J Qt'i.Nc v. Speaker. Consenteii to. ]. Helciiek. Such ;it that tla\' was the motlc of procectlin^'. and such tlie coikH- tions under which townships and precincts or parislies were char- tered b\' tile (ieiieral Court of Ma.ssachusetts. .\ parish was an ecclesiastical tli\ ision of a township. X'ested with the powei% (liv the taxation of its iidiabitants) and charg'ed with the duty of building a meeting-house, and niaintaining a "learned and orthodox minister." By the foregoing act of the General Coinl. that part of the old town of Dunstable, described in the report of the committee. iK^came a parish, known for some vears after\vards as Jl'rs/ Dunstable. For all municipal purposes, other than ecclesiastical, it still remained a part of the old town. The new parish was bounded on the north by the vSouhegtm ri\er, on the .South by Groton, and west b\' the w-est line of the old town. On the east it was boundetl in part bv the Nashua ri\er. and in part by a north and south line extending from that river to the Souhegan somewhat farther to the east than the present east line of Ilollis, and in the records of the proceedings ^739*] SKTTI.KItS IN W KSI DINSTAIUJ; IN I 739. 39 had some years afterwards, before the Governor and Council of New Hampshire for a chaiii^e of the eastern houndar\ of Ilc^llis. the parish of West Dunstable is said to ha\e contained an area f)f 70,000 acres. At the date of the charter the rude, primiti\c dwellinj^s of the settlers who hail petitioned for it. with tlieir stump-covered embrvo farms, were widely and sparsely scattered o\ er a larj^e part of the new parish. Robert and William Colbura. David, Thomas and \Villiam Xevins. Stephen Harris and Philip Woolerich liad located on the south side ot tlie extinct town of ]\b:)ns()n. now the north part of Hollis ; Samuel Farley, fames. Joseph and Randall McDaniels, Melvin and Whitcomb. in the easterlv part of Brookline. formerly the west part of Hollis. The house of Abraham Ta\!or was about 60 rods north of the present meetinj^-house in Hollis. on land now owned bv Henrv Blood ; that of Samuel Cumin>i^s about 30 rods west of the meeting-house on the place now owned by Levi Abbot; that of Benjamin Farley, the inn-keeper, on the road leading to the south of the meeting-house, being a part of the same house now owned b\ Taylor G. Worcester; Jerahmael Cumings ^lived on the same road, with Farlev. about 1-2 mile farther south; Josiah l^lood, also on the same road, about 3-4 of a mile from Cumings, now known as the Fox place ; Joshua Wright about 1-2 mile east of Blood on the farm now owned by the heirs of his grandson. Miles J. Wright: William Blanchard in the east part of the tins:\ioke Amos Philips Gideon Bemoney, 1739 l^** '74'5-] I'AKIMI ol- WKST I)lNSTAni.I£. 43 r>\ a pr()\incc law . then in force, all male ix-rsons of the aj^c ol cifjihtceii vcars aiul over, w ith tiic exception of the u^ovcnior, settled ministers, and a few others, were subject to a poll-tax. The above tax-list mav be presumed to contain the names ot' all male persons above that aj^e at tiiat time inhabitants of the parish. Six of the list arc chari^cd with a poll-tax only ; the remaining twenty-three, in- cludinii^ the wido\v Xevins. with 1)oth a poll and property-tax. Of tile abo\e tax of about t'i6. very near t'13. or more than three- fourths of it. were assessed on twenty-eight persons as a poll-tax. and less than €3 upon real and personal estate. The sum assessed upon each poll was 9s. 2d., while the highest property-tax was only 6s. yd. I may have occasion, in another connection, to advert again to this matter of taxation. TIIK NOX-RKSIDKNT's MOXKV, OIJ NON-KESIDKNI 1 AX Ol 21). TlIK ACRK AND THE DISPOSAL Ol- IT. As this tax was a matter of much interest and some trouble to the residents of the parish, it is entitled to further notice as illustrating the laws and usages of the good people of that time, and especially the ways and means which w ere supposed to be lawful and right tor the raising of mone\- for the support of " learned, able and orthodox ministers." The warrant for the third parish-meeting, held in March. 1740. with other articles to be voted on. contained the following: I St. --To see what Encouragement the People will give to any Person or Persons for Killing Rattlesnakes in this parish. 2d. '• To see if the Parish will agree to dispose of the Non-Resi- dent moncv that shall be due and coming to this Parish tor the space of five years from the first of January last to any Person or Person!^ who shall agree to -Support the Gospel in this Parish. .\t the above meeting it was voted : I St. "-That if anv person shall make it appear to the Committee of the Parish that he has killed one or more Rattlesnakes in this Precinct, in this present year, he shall have paid to him one shilling for everv such snake so killed, out f)f the Parish Treasury." Also unanimouslv voted. •• That Peter Powers & Abraham Taylor shall ha\ e the Total of all such sum or sums of money as is or shall be assessed on Land belonging to non-Resident Proprietors of this Parish for the space of ii\e years from the ist of January last, on condition that the said Powers and Taylor shall vS: do oblige them- 44 PARISH OF WEST DUXSTABLE. [^739 tO 1 74^' selves & Heirs \\itli sufficient sccuvit}' to maintain and constantly support Preaching- in this Precinct for ye full term of ye said five years and Erect a Meeting House for the Public Worship of God agreeable to the tenor of the vote of said parish and' likewise fully acquit and discharge said Parish from the cost »-\: charges that have been expended in being set oft'frcjm Dunstalile & lieing erected into a separate Precinct — and also from the cost and & charges that has been expended in getting Timber for a Bridge across Nashaway River, and also to piw Mr. l^nderwood for his Preaching witli us in this Parish. " The question was once asked. "Of wliom do the Kings of the Earth take custom or tribute, of their own children or of strangers?" The answer was, "Of strangers. " It would seem from the doings of the above meeting that the early settlers of the ^vest parish of Dun- stable had taken lessons in finance from the "Kings of the Earth." Within about a vear from the time of this meeting", after a long and angry controversy, the new province line between New-Hamp- shire and Massachusetts was surA e\ed and established where the .State line now is. ]Much to the chagrin and disappointment of the inhabitants, that part of the old town of Dunstable now known as Hollis, was found to l)e in New-Hampshire. In consec[uence of this decision, the charter of the west parisli in Dunstal)le. granted by the general court of Massachusetts, was \ii-tuall\- amiulled. that general court having had at the time no power to grant it. With the cliarter the legal right to assess this tax of two ]:)ence the acre on the land of non-residents was also lost, and with the tax the Acrv thriftx' bargain with Messrs. Powers and Taylor in respect to the disposal of it. In this dilemma, the inhabitants promptly met (Feb. 19. i 741-2.) and "voted to petition the Grate and General Court of N. Hampshire that the Parish be made a Township, and also that tlie Parish mav have power to ccdlect of delinquent persons, the se^■eral sums thev may have been assessed at agreealile to the Lawsof tlie Massachusetts Province." But instead of granting this petition for a toAvnship-charter and to legalize the non-resident tax. tlie general comt, in ^larch. 1742. or- ganized all that part of old Dun.stalile nortli of the new province line and west of Merrimack ri\ cr. into a "District" for the collection of province taxes, with authorit\ for tliat purpose onlv, to elect district- assessors or selectmen, and a district-clerk and collectors of taxes. The first meeting for the election of District-officers, was lield umlcr the direction of a committee of the general court, probabh' in the east 1739 ^'^* '74^-] I'AKISII OF WKST DINSTAHLK. 4:; parish, April 23. i/j-- Al this meeting^, Abraham Taylor was chosen clerk ; .\bruhaiu Taylor, Thomas IIar\vood, Samuel Cum- ings and Jonathan L()\ ewell selectmen. The record for the year 1743 is lost. In 1744, John Boynton was district clerk ; and John Boynton, Jonathan Lovewell and Jerahmael Cumings, selectmen or assessors. In 1745, John Boynton was district clerk; John Boyn- ton, Jonathan Lovewell, and Jefahniael Cuniings assessors or .selectmen. SKTTMiMENT OF THE NEW I>KO\lXCE LINE. For a long time prior t<) the year 1739 the boundary line between the provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts iiad liccn the subject of protracted and acrimonious controversy. Al)()ut seventy vears before, Governor Endicott of Massachusetts had caused a mon- imient to be fixed three miles northward of the junction of the two rivers forming the ]SIerrimack in the present county of Belknap, and Massachusetts claimed all the territory in the present state of New Hampshire south of an east and west line passing through that point, and also all within three miles both east and north of the Merrimack. On the other hand. New Hampshire claimed all the territory Iving north of a line running due east and west through a point within three miles of the Merrimack, on its north side near its mouth. At last a roval commission was appointed to settle this controversy, which met for the purpose at Hampton Falls in this state in the year 1737, the General Court of each province attending the sittings of this commission. The Governor of Alassachusetts in his coach, and the memliers of the General Court of that Province mounted on horseback, formed themselves into a procession at Boston, and marched in state to Hampton Falls to be present at the sessions of this tri- bunal. A description of this cavalcade has^ome down to us. as told bv a wit of the time to a son of the Emerald Isle, in the following pasquinade, which I present as illustrating the customs of the colo- nial governments under the royal charters. " Dear Paddy you ne'er did heliold such a sifjht, As yesterday mornin 1743- [^739'^** '74'^'' At a parish nicctinjj,- Dec. 28. 1741. among the accA ri<;. iiis SETTLEMENT AM) SAEAin". AXD IIIE WA^S AND MKAXS oh' i>Ro\iDi\(", rr. •• Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of the West I'arish in Dunsla- Ide regularh- assendiled January 17. 174-'. 3. Aliraham d'aylor chosen moderator. •• I'nanimonsK \ oted and chose Mi". Daniel Emerson toi' their (iospel Minister to take the Pastoral care of the Flock of Christ in said Place. Also. •• UnanimousK voted antl agreed to gi\e said Mr. lilmerson (on condition of his acceptance) for and towaid his .Settlement ±'400. common currenc\ or t'loo of the Alassachusetts last Emition. Also •• Unanimoush \oted to give said Minister for his yearly Sallcry. During his MinistiA in said Place such a certain sum of 13ills of Credit as will lie eciual to tift\ Pounds of the Massachusetts last Emition (new). Also, ly^cj lo ly^G-l snTTLi:>[KNT ok mh. i;mi:hson. *• \'otcHl to give Thirty Cords of l-'irt' Wood. C'i>rd WDoil Lfni;lli att said Ministers Door yearK . Also. •• Voted and chose .Vbrahani ra\ lor. Samuel IJrow n. l.iiocli Hunt, Eleazcr Flagg. Samuel Cumings. Peter Powers. William Colburn, Stephen Harris and Robert l^lood to wait u])on said Mr. Emerson and communicate imto him tlie mintls and Pro])osa!s ot' said Parish and ilesire his answer therein in con\enient time. '• In testimcjny w iiereot' we have hereunto set our hands the Dav above said."' Sa.mlki. Hrown Abkaham Tavi.ok Enoch Hint William Siiattcck William Coliuhn Stf.i-iien IIakkis Elea/ek Flagg Benjamin Faki.ev JekAIIMAEI. ClMINGS SAMI-EL Cl MINGS David Nevins Joshua Wkigiit James Stewakt SrEniEN Ames RouEKT Blood Benj. Blanchakd Zedekiah Dkikv Heteh Powers Jonathan Dankorth Samiel Farley William .Vdams Nicholas F'rencii Zerlhhahei. Kemi' Peter Wheeler JosiAii Brown William Blanchari> Henry Barton N'atiianiel Blood F^lnatiian Blood David Lowell Thomas Nevins Thomas Patch Nathaniel BLoiw.Err Moses Proctor John Brown Daniel Kendall JosiAii Blood William Nevins Samcel DolC.LASS Joseph McDanikls James Mc Daniels James Whiting Joseph F'arlkv Makins; in all 4^ iiaiiies. The parish committee were ijrom]^! in communicatini^ the lore- going call to Mr. Emerson, and on the 4lh ot' the follow ino; March a meeting was called to consider his answer, which was entered u]:)on the record as follows : •■ To the Iidiabitants of the West Parish in nunstal)le." ••Whereas it has pleased the C/reat (iod (wlio has llu- Hearts of all men in his Hands) — to disjjose and incline \our hearts to in\ite me U) take the oversight of vou and to Laboiu' among \ ou in Word and Doctrine as appears bv a vote preferred to me Iw the Committee. l)earing date Jan. ij. 174-. ,v 1 have fi^om thai lime takin that im- portant matter into tiie most close consideration and ha\e asked the best advice and am (after many and great difficulties in the wav) come to this conclusion without Hesitation \i/. : •• If you will fullfill your Promis as to the £400 Settlement in old Tenor, only that the one part of it be in Fortv Acres of (Jood Land, near and convenient to the Meeting House, firmlv antl forever con- vaied to me. and the other Part to be paid in Bills of Publique credit within a year from the date of this Answer And that for mv yearh Sallary you give me such a certain vSum of Bills of Publique credit Acarlv. as shall be equal to i :;o ounces of coined Sihcr. which ^2 SETTLEMENT O!' MR. E.MEliSOX is the sum }<.)U j^ropusc- [1739 to 1746. -together \^■ith Thirt\ Curds of \\'oot! Cord Wood Length deli\ercdat my Door And :it\cr your Parish Town or Distriet shall hy the Providenee oi'Ciod lie inereascd to the numhcr of 100 Families (and not desired or expeeted till then) you make an addition to m\' \earl\ vSa.Uary of ii\'e ounees ot eoined vSil- Ycr per a ear till the same shall he equal to 200 Ounces of coined ■Silver — th.ere to al)ide till the numher of your Families arise to 150 — and tlien to Raise Five Ounces of Coined ,Sil\cr per year till it arrives at 210 Ounces of Coined Siher — and tliere to abide and be no more, which is equal to i'70. of the Massachusetts last Emiti(.>n — Alwavs expecting the Thirty Cords of \Vood — And that these .Se\er.d vSums oi" Simi l)e continued to me, so long as T continue a Ghospel Minister o\-er m:)u — Always and in an espetial 3Tiauner expecting th.at \-ou will be Helpers with me by Prayer "Now if these before mentioned conditions be freely and \-olun- tarilv acted on and secured lo me — as you promist in the call — then 1 as frcch' and willingh accept of the call and freely sul)scril)e nivself \()urs to ser\'e in the work of the (ihospel AIinistr\- During Life. ••Dunstable West Pi'ecinct ?»iLirch y' qthi 1743. •• Da\ii:i. Emi:!;s()\." The record continues. ••It was tliereupon \'oted and agreed to -accept tb.e Terms Mr. Lmersf)n j)roposed in his answer l)outh as to settlement and sallar\' — Also Voted that Samuel l>ro^,vn, Abraham Tavlor. Peter Pov\ers. Eleazei' Flagg and vSanuicl Cumings lie a committee to consult with Mr. Emerson in the clioice of a council." On the same dav and at the same meeting, as it appears in the I'ecord. a mutual advhtional agreement was entered into by the tax pavers, and signed 1)\' most of them, with a preamble setting forth tlie reasons that made this new agi'ecment !iecessar\-. tlie important parts of which are as follows : "'Whereas his maiest\' b\" the late detci'minatioii of tlie Northern Boimdarv of the ]\Lissachusetts has left us the Snbscriliers. Inhalii- tants of the Westerly part of Dunstable out c)f the Pro\ince to which we always supposed we belonged, and imder whose Laws wc Exercised the Privileges of a Parish — Init bv the said de- termination it is supposed by some that said Lihaliitants are Dis- ■(|ualitied to make any Act, Agreement or Determination b\- a ma- jority of voters as they othei'wise might ha\'e done that should be Effectual to compel Persons to pa\- their honest Proportion of all '739^'* i7-(6.] coNTKAcr wrni mk. icmi.msox. 53 Mich R;itc's and ncccssar\' clKirt^vs that shall arise in calliiiL;- settling aiul niaintainiii<^ a minister. •"Xow therefore that we iiia\ ICiiJdv the Henelit of the Ghospel ordinances anionj^st us we have come into the follow in^ aLCreemeut and ohlij^ation viz." The contract w ith Mr. I'merson is set lorlh in this new agree- ment, verl)atim. and the record then continues as tollows : •• AUso agreetl that in the Payment of the Ministers .Settlement Sc Sallary the assessors hereafter to be chosen Proportion such a cer- tain part thereof to each Pole that when the Remainder thereof shall be levietl upon Each Persons' Real and Personal Kstate, agreeable to the Rules cjf the Massachusetts Province, that the highest Paver upon Estates shall he equal to a single Pole."' * * * * ••To the Performance of the aforewritten agreement we hereby covenant and oliligc ourselves in the Penal sum of i'loo, till such time as this societ\' lie incorporated a ilistinct Town or Parish." Thirty-se\en names were signed to this agreement, some of which were not upon the call. This agreement, as w ill be readilv seen, was a voluntary compact, entered into by tJKJse who signed it as their best expedient for the lack of a town or parish charter. Some other matters suggested by this contract between Mr. bZmerson antl his societ\" are worthv of a few passing remarks, as illustrating the laws, customs ancl prevailing sentiments of the times as well in civil as in church aH'airs. 1st. It was agreed in this contract that the new minister for the present should receive for his yearlv salarv i ^o ounces vii coined silver, or their equal value in bills of public credit, the paper monev of that day, and also 30 cords of wood. \\'lien the number of families in the societ\ sliould reach foo. the ounces per \ear were to be adtled, till the salar\ should amount to ioo ounces. ;;nd it might afterwards be increa.sed to 210 ounces. The oz. Tro\ . used in N\eighing the precious metals, contains 480 grains. The ^Vmerican siher dollar contains .ji 2 1-2 of those grains, making the value of the oz. of silver coin $1 . 14 : 1^0 oz. = ipi7i : Joooz. =$.228: and 2 10 oz. =$239.40. in slanda id federal Mr. Emerson was ordained April 20. 1743. and he continued a taithtul. \enerale(l and popular minister of that societ\ till Nov. 27. 1793, a period of more than tlft\ \ears, without a change, •• or wish to change his place."' \' the latter date the Rev. Eli Smith, w ho 54 LoxTi". AC r WITH mi;. i-;.mi-:i!sox. [i739^" ^74'^- had married his L;ra;id-daii;^htcr. was settled as his colleague. Mr. Emersi)]! retaining one-half ot his sa]ar\ till his decease. Sept. ^o, i8c:)i. at the age ofS:^ \ ears. Dui'ing that long period the salar\- of the minister, in accordance with the tenor of their contract, was assessed upon the inhabitants of the town a.t the annual ?\larch meetings, and al\\a\s \otcd. so fir as appears fron-i the recorvl. without dissent or opposition. ^Vs we ha\e seen, in the acceptance ot the pro]:)osals made to him b\' the societx . Ml'. I'^merson closeil his answer with the words. •• ^'oiu^s to ser\e in the wori< of the ( ihospel ministrx' during life."" ^\'e JKne in the pas- torate ol ^4r. I'Lmerson. an a]5t illustration ot what was undei'stood In our ancestors i _^c) \ears ago. b\' the settlement ot a ministei' in a count)'\ town in \e\\ h^ngland. ••(lui'ing lite." 2(1. We ha\e seen thai the societ\ in their proposals to the candi- date agieed to gi\'e him such a sum in bills of public cre(iitas would ])e e(iual to t'^o of the ■•Massachusetts last l'"mition."" 44iis Alassa- chuselts last emission was. at that dale, the latest issue of paper mone\ b\ that ]iro\ince. one pountl oi which, at that time, was worth $3-3,^ in coin, but like all ]:)ape)' mone\ was \er\- liable to de- j:)reciate. Xot intending tiiat the \alue ol" his pastoral ser\ ices should depreciate, aspaper moiie\ might. Mi', b.mersonin accepting the call. s\ith ^omewhai ot worldK wistion.i. not to sa\' ^ an.i\ this thoughtlul caution, he secured to himself loi' the iollow ing tiftx' \ears and more. a. fixed hard nionex' l)asis fi'- t!ie \alue of his parochi.il du.ties. a liasis e\"ei' ai'terwards rc" sp^ected b\ (he ])eoi)le of the town. The \ariable and uncei'tain \ alue ol" the ]")a)~ier mone\' in use in Xew llampsiiii-e. as show 11 lr\ tlie town records, from 1741 till near the i-e\oluti'>nary war. and also duiing that ^\'ar. is the Itest commentary u.pon the caution and foresight of Mr. b]merson in mak- ing his contract as he did. The General Coui't of Massachusetts first issued bills of' credit, as niouew in 1690. of \-\hich a fac simile is to l)e foimd in the !!istoi-ical Collections of that state f >r the \-car 18O3. In the yeai- i 74S that }>ro\ince h.ad its bills of credit In circu- lation, issued at dilU'i'ent limes, to the nominal amount of A':;. 200.000. These i)ills of ci-edii at that time had so de]:>reciated that L'l in siher was equal in \alue lo i'l 1 in papei'. Alxait ihat time this pai)er nione_\ \'\ as redeemed at that rate(ele\en f)i' one) in Spanish dollars, whicli hatl been recei\-ed from lingland in paxment oi' the ser\ ices '739'^" ^74*^'-] '"'• '"-" I'-^oi; i'aim.k mom.n ol' iIk' M;i-->;iclui^c'tts tioo])^. ;U tile sic^c and ca|)UirL- ot Louisljiirj^-. in 1/4^. I>iit ill W'w 1 lampshire. from \J\i to 176^. there ajjpcar.s to have heeii \er\ little if any metallic nioiiL-x in use as a medium of exchaii<^e. As shown by the town records, the taxes tor all pur- poses, duriiit;' that period, were assessed and collected in some sort ot" l^aper nK^ney. Even the names by w hicli the \arious kinds and issues of this currency were known at the time, are to most of the ])reseiit generation an unsohed riddle. .\mon54- these names we shall tind on tlie records: ••mamifactor\' bills." '"Mass. old tenor." ••.\. II. old tenor." "Mass. new tenor." ••N. 11. new tenor." "Mass. new emission." •• \. II. new ■emission." •• lawful money." i\:c.. ».\:c. : all apparentU ditleriii^- in \alue as well as in name. I'rior to 1760 the number of t'ainilies in Mr. ICmerson's sf)ciet\ had not increasetl to one hundred. consequeiitlN' he w as not \ et entitled to an increase of his salarv bexond the \alue of i:;ooz. of silver, or of that of the t'^o of the Massachusetts last emission, as it was at the time of his settlement. Vnv the payment of this sakiry (ecpial as we ha\ e seen to $171 in federal mone\). weHiultliat the inhabitants were assessed, in the years named below . the followini^- sums in the pajicr mone\ then in use. 1753- -777- lo^ ')''• ^^- I- 17(^10. t'404. 9\ 8''. Mass. (). T 1761. i'415. 6\ X. II. X. Tenor. 1763. 1-447. '5~- ^^''- ^"- 'I- ('• '^'• 1770. t'67. 13". S''. L. M. or sihei- money. In the year last named pa])er money appe;irs to ha\ e t^one w liolh out of use. The like \ariation in the \alue of this currenc\ is shown in the prices fixed for the tliiity cords of wood to be furnished vearl\- to the minister. This wood was commonb assessed upon the tax ]5a\ers tVom \ear to \ear in kiiul. each of them beiiiL;' required to t'urnish at the minister's door ii certain number of feet. If not delivered at the time fixed bv \()te of the tow 11. the (leiiiU|neiit was to pd\ for it at a price xoted at the pre\ ions March meetin;^-. The jirice of a cord of wood fixed in this way for diflerent vears was: for 1748. t'l.: 17SO. £'2. 10'; 1760. .iKi. : 1770. T,\ 6''. htwful o|- siher money, ecpial to 1ift\ -eii^ht cents. 3d. \\ e shall also tind. Iw examination of these records, that the mode of assessin<4 taxes at that time, and the wa\' in which thev were apportioned between polls and estates, were radicalh dilVereiit from our modern \ lews and iisaj^es. W e lia\ e seen, in the a<^reemeiil entered into amoii'L; themselves J)\ the members nl" Mi', laiierson's societx . that b\ mutual consent 56 TIIK OI.D TEXOK PAPKK MO^•E^^ [1/39 to '74'^^' they Hxcd upt^n a basis of taxation, as to polls and property, which, as stated in that instrument, '• was agreeable to the rule ot' the ]\Ias- sachusetts province." This rule was to the effect, that the tax tor the support of the minister should be so apportioned amon<4' such as had real and personal estate and those suliject to a poll tax only, in such way that a single poll tax should be equal to the highest tax on propert\'. In other \vords. the ^\ hole amoimt of the propert^■ tax of the richest man in the town could be no more in amount than t\vice the poll tax of the poorest who was taxed at all. Under the law of Alassachirsetts, as \ye ha\e before seen, male persons w ere subject to a poll tax at eighteen, and the same law was at the time in force in Xe\y Hampshire. In illustration of this rule of taxation. 1 will cite an example or two. The fn-st tax after the ordination of Mr. h^merson was for £35, assessed to pa\ tor the entertainment of the ordaining council. Ot that sum, t'27. ()\, or more than three-foinths of it. were assessed upon lifty-seyen persons as a poll tax. and the balance, less than f8, upon propert\'. The next tax was foi- £635. 9s. 6(1. for Mr. h^merson's Ncttlement and salary for the first year. Of that sum, £'418. 9s. 6(1. were assessed as a poll tax on sixt\-t\\'o persons, or about t\yo-thirds ot the whole. ^Vs in taxes assessed for other ])in"poses. so in those tor the supi)ort of the minislrw there was no law for the exemption of the person or propert\- (jf an\ one except by xote of the town. The law in this- respect appears to haye been in full accord with popular sentiment, and the majority of tlie people were su.fliciently tenacious ot their legal rights under il. As an instance of public sentiment upon ihe question. ^\ e lind that as late as 1785. Mr. Edward SpaKhng had an article inserted in the \varrant for the annual March iiieeting : •• To^ see if it were the minds of .the people to exempt his estate from min- isterial tax. for the reason that he belonged to the Baptist denomina- tion." This (|uestion being subnutted to the meeting, ••the minds of the people'" found expression in the tbllow ing clear and emphatic terms: •• \'ole(b that tlie estate of Edward S])al(ling shall not lie treed from minister's tax for the time ]:)ast. present, or to come." CHARTKK OK HOI. I. IS. 5/ C II A V T ]■: R IV. • 1746 TO 1750. CIIAUTKR OF MOLLIS. ETC. ORIGIN OK TIIK NAME, FIRST TOWN MEETING. SECOND MEETINf} rlOl'SE. P1-:\V (JROUNO AND PEWS. CAKE OF THE M EIITINCJ-HOISE. LAND TAX. SINGINC;. ETC. The district organization of all that part of old Dunstable lying north of the new Prf)vince line, and west of the Merrimack river, con- tinued unchani^ed from 1742 till the sjiring of 1746. This district organization, as we have seen, was for the single purpose of assess- ing and collecting Province taxes. Earlv in the vear 1746. the Governor and Council, w ith a view to the di\ ision of this district into townships, appointed ti\e Commissioners to examine the ter- ritory :uul to report in \\ hat way it could be I)est subdivided into township corporations. At the last public meeting of the inhabitants of West Dunstable, held Feb. iS. 1746. John Boynton. Thomas Dinsmore. and Benja- min Parker were appointed a committee on the ])arl of the people to meet those Commissioners and to represent to them the ^vishes of the settlers in West Dunstalde in respect to the proposed incorpor- ations. These Commissioners conxened at the East parish. Thev were waited upon there, as is said. b\ the Committee from West Dunstable and recjuested to \ isit and \ iew the west part of the Dis- trict ; but the Commissioners declined going anv farther to the \\ e^t. In pursuance of the report of this commission, the district of Dun- stable was very soon tlivided and incorporated into the four to\\ nships of Dunstable, Holies. Merrimack and Monsf)n. With the exception of their boimdaries. the charters of these townships were siibstan- tialb alike, those of Dunstable and Monson. being dated Apiil i, that of Merrimack. A])ril 2. and tliat of Ilollis. April t,. i 74'^>. 5S CHARTKK ()!• IIOIJ,lS. (.■iiAiiri:!; oi' iioi.r.is. [174^ to 17^0. *• Province of XcAV Hanii:)sliiic. 1 ,, , .. ,1 , ^^_, (_TC()i'gc the Secoiul. n\ the , I ! Grace of God of Great l^rit- ■j Seal I ain. France and Ireland. Kiiii^-. ^ j I Defender of the Faith. &c. Enjow •• ^Vnd it appearing' to ns to lie conducixe to the (Jeiieral (ioinl of our said Pro\ince as well as of said Inliabitants in particular. I)\ main- taining- (jood order and I^ncouraging the Culture of the Lantl that the same shall he Done. Know ye therelore that Wee of our .Spe- cial Grace, certain Know ledge and tor the Encouragement and Pro- moting the Good Purposes and luids afoix'said : — B\- and with the ad\'ice of our trusty ant! l)elo\ed P)enning \\'entw resaid. hountled as t'ollows \-i/.. l>eginning at Xasliawa\ Ri^ er where the Xoi'therh- Bon!idar\ Line of tlie Pro\ince of Massachusetts \]:\\ ci-(.sses that Ri\er: Tlien running Xoi'th f^igiity Degrees \\'est on said Line vSi\ miles and Xinety Six Kods: ThenXorthlw tJR- needle on Dunstahle An- tient Dead Line four>Jiles and one llundred and I'\)i-t\- Ro(!s ; Then South Eighty Degrees ICast by the Xeetlle to ]\huldy iJrook : Then hy Muddy iJrool^ into Flint's Pont! ; Then In Flint's i5roolx to Xa.shaway Pi\er; d'hen by Xashawa\ River to tlie Place Wdiere it first began; And (the\- who) sliall iidiabit the same be and 1)\' these Pi'esents are dechii-etl and ord. lined to be a. 'I'ow n Corporate and are herein' Erected an.d Incorporated into a l)odi\- Corporate and Cor- poration to ha\e ct)ntinuance !'oi-e\'er b\ tlie name of I lollcs With all the Powers antl Authorities. Prix ileges. Immunities and Fran- chises \\ hich other Towns \vithin tjur said Pro^dnce or an}' of them >fEl^f^^ ^\^ Copy or a pian OMnisACKOFJHc Originai Chahtch THIS 5'~DAY or APftIL /746 JH£OO0fi£ AtHJMSON Secr'\ OUNSTAILE.HOLLES. M E R R I M A C K.'°M N S N. '^ A5 CH/SRTCR ED April, J 74^6 ec-^ ''one's ^ / r^ acs^QAi 17|6.] t IIAIMI.Its ol 1)1 \S I Al'.ll.. MON.sON. i:if. 59 ])\ Law lia\L' and l'".ni()\. To liaxi.' and lo liold tin.- said Powers and Aiilh<)rilii.'s. Iinniunities and l'"raneliises to llicni llic said In- lial)ilants and ihoir Sulccssois Ioicnlt. "• .l/zct7\'s A'cscrz'/z/i;' to us our J Icirs and Successors. . \ll W liilc /'///(■ 7'rccs i;ro-j..'///i;a)/i/ />c/i/i^\ and wJiic/i shall hereafter i^roiv on said J'ract of J^and fit for the //se of our Jioyal Xavy : .Mso the Pow cr of Di\ idiiii^ tlic Said 'I'ow n to us our Ilcirs and Successors w hen it shall appear necessar\ or con\enienl lor the henelit ot the Jidiahilants thereol". ••-\nd as the Sexeial Towns Within our said Pro\ ince are 1)\ the Law tliercof Enal)led and Authorized to Asseinhle and hy the Ahi- joritv ot' \'otes lo ehuse all such ollleers as are mentioned in Said Law. We do h\ these Presents noininale Col. Joseph Blanchard to call the first meeting- ot' the Said Inhahitants to he held within the Saiil Town at an\ time w ithin thirtx days from the date hereof. (iiNiu'L^ \l-\ his E\cellenc\'s Command with the adx ice of Council, Tiii:oi)OK]d .\.-nN.iNS()N. Scct'y. BOL"XDAiiii:s (»i niNsrAr.i.i:. as ciiAirri:iii:i) aim;ii. i. 1746. •• Hc'j^inninj^- at the Ri\ er Merrimack at the Xorthern boundary Line of the Proxince of Massachusetts Hay and runs from the Ri\er Merrimack. North. Ei^litv Dei^rees. West. I'n e miles and t'orty rods lo Nashua River. Then b\ said Ri\er to Flint's lirook ; thence In Flint's Brook into Flint's pond : then In a run of water into Muddy ))r()ok. and dow n Mu(ld\ brook into Peiuiichuck ]5ond : then In Pennichuck hrook into Merrimack ri\ er to the place where it hrst l)C.ijun." nOfNOAIlIKS OI" MONSOX. •• ncLjinninn at the West Line of Dunstahle. old Town, four miles and one hundred and forty rods north. In the magnet, ot the north- ern boiuularv line of the Pro\ince of Massachusetts Ba\ : then south- 6o CHARTERS OV Dl'XSTABI.E. ^[OXSOX, ETC. [1746. erl}- eighty degrees, east, to Miuldy brook : then h\ that lirocjk to Peniiicluick p(jn(l and from the north end of saitl p(jnd. north. In- the niagnet. to Sonhegan river; tlien ])v the saitl river to the liead hue on the west side of oUl Dnnstal)le ; tlien sonth, l^v the niagnet. on tliat Hne lo llie phice where it begnn."" ORIGINAL BOIXDARIES Ol" MERRIMACK. '•• Ik'giiming at the Merrimack viwy where Pennichucl-: brook comes into that ri\er ; then bv Peimichnck l)rook to Fennichnck pond: then due north, liy tlie magnet, to Sonhegan river: thenb\- that ri\er to ^lerrimack river : then on the west side of >derrimack ri\er to th.e place >vhere it Hrst Itegnn." On the 5tli (ki.y of June. 1750. that {)art of the present town of Merrimack north of the Soulicgan. was ann.exed to that to\vn 1)\- an amendment of its original charter. ^Ay>/////_^'7/<:7w J/V.s-/. //c?u' Iludsoii. on the east side of ]Men-imack river, being, as at first incorporated, wholh' within ancient Dim- stable, and rvlhaiii^ embracing its extreme eastern part were also iiicorporated as toxcus Iw the (TOAcrnor and Council of New Hamp- shire, in 174'^^- I.itchficld. as chartered b\- the (General Coint of ^fassachuscLts. in 1 734- ^'^ \ve base seen. la\- upon lioth sides of the ^Merrimack, was also within old Dunstalile. That part of Litch- tieh! on the east side of the Merrimack was chartered as a town b\ the ( ro\ ernor and Council of New Hampshire. June ^. 17-J9. All these New Hampshire town charters, unlike those granted b\' the (ienerad Court of Arassacbusctls. \\ere wholh' silent in respect to the •• settlement aiid ma.intainance of able arid orth(.)dox minis- ters " and the building of meeting-houses. IJeiming WeiUworth. at that time the ro\;d (jo\ernor of New I lampshire. was an ICjjisco- paban and a zealous adherent of the Church of England, and it m;iy well be supposed that he h:id no special s\-mpath\ with the current orthodoxNof the times as taught in the Cambritlge Platfirni and the AssembU's Catechism. Instead of the like contlitions as in the Massachusetts charters in respect to orthodox ministers and meeting-houses. (jo\ernor Wentworlh in these New Hampshire charters expressh reserxecL for the use of the ro\al nav^ . all suitable white pine trees then g"rowing and being and which should afterwards grow in the towns so chartered, thus I'ix in«i' for the use of His Maiest\'s na\ \ all such i7-|6.] Tin; NAMi; oi" mollis and n^ ork.in. 6i trees as were best adapted to tlie hiiildiiiy of ortliodox mectiiv^- lioiises. By a Piovincc Law of New I Ianii:)shirc. passed in i/ij. il w ;i> enacted. •■That it should l)e hiwful for the free-hohlers of a town, convened in puhlie Town Meetinti^ to make choice of a minister for the supplv f)f said town, and to ajj^ree \vhat annual salarv should lie paid him," and it was made tiie duty of the selectmen '• to make Rates upon the Inhabitants of the town for the pavmcnt of the Salary of the minister in the same manner as for other to\vn charges." When a minister was chosen and settled under this law. all the tax-jjayers in the town were liable to be taxed for his sup- port, it making no tlitTerence. as it would seem, li^ to this liabilit\ , Avhcther the minister were a Calvinist. Episcopalian. Presbyterian. Baptist, or New Light. " Or Li-ilit tli:it ^liiiics when few arc ni;rli, lur .Si)iriui;il trades t'> cozen hv." In Alassachusetts, at that time, as hr.s been shown, no minister .satisfied the law ludess •• able, learned and orthodox." 'niL XAML Axn rrs oimgin. \\'itliin m\' remembrance, there has bcju mucli controvers\- upon the cjuestion whether the name of Ilollis should l)c spelt with the Jcttcr / or c in the last syllable, and also as to the person in whose honor the town ^yas named. Mr. Farmer, in his Gazetteer of New Hampshire, spells it with an /. and tells us that the name was either derived from the Duke of Newcastle, whose family name was Ilollis. or from Thomas Ilollis. a distinguished licncfactor of Harvard Col- lege ; iSIr. Farmer spelling both names •• //c///.s-." Hon. J, B. Hill, in his history of Mason, says the name was derived tVom that of the Duke of Newcastle, whose famil\ name was Holies : Mr. Hill using the letter c in the last syllable. Frcjm the best evidence at my com- mand upon the c|uestion, I ha\e no doidit that Mr. Hill is correct, lioth in the orthography of the name and also in that of the j^erson for whom the town was called. In the original record of the tow n cliarter. now at Concord, and in the copy of the charter on the Ilollis record, the name is spelt Holies. In the town records t'or the twentv-ilve years and more before the war of the revolution tlie name occurs hundreds of times, and. so far as I have seen, is uni- formly spelt Holies as in the charter, and is so spelt in the New Hampshire Laws published as late as iSi^. 6: TIIK NAME OF irOLI.IS AND I'lS OUIGIX, [1746. At the time Ilollis was chartered. I^eiininti,' W'entwortli. as we ha\'e seen, was <;'u\ernor. AJr. \\'eiit\\orth was aj^pointed to that ottice m I 741. ar.d lield it till 1765. He \vas imlebted to the Dvike of Newcastle for this appointment, wlio was at the time, and for some years after, secretary of state tor the colonies, this commission costin!4' the friends of (jov. Wentworthi £"300 in fees and expenses o^ solicitation. In a work entitled "• Hurke's Extinct Peerag'es of Great Britain," no\v in tlie lil)rar\ of the New Enodand Historic, , (jcnealogical Societ\' in [Boston. I fmd that the original name of this Did-:e of Newcastle was Thomas Pelham. (an English baron). This Thomas Pelham ( \\ hose mother was (irace Plolles) a\ as a nephew and the adopted son and heir of his nncle, the preceding Dnke of Newcastle, who was childless, and whose famih name was Holies. Upon the death of the old dnke (his nncle). this nephew succeeded to his estates and tules. and assnmetl his tamiK name and was afterward known as Thomas Pelham Holies. It was \ er\' much a custom with (ton . \\ entworth to name towns in NTav I lampshire. chartered 1>\' him. in honor ot his friends and patrons connectetl Avith the home gxnernment. Tlie towns of Mon- son. Hollis and Pelham were all chartered the same vear, 174^'- ^''i*^' while the Dnke of Ne\\ castle (Thomas Pelham Holies) was still secretar\' of state tor the colonies. Moiison was the tamih' name ot one of the hoard ot tlie Lords ot colonial trade, and that fact. I aj)- prehend, accounts tor the name ot the extinct lo\\'n of ^Slonson. Pelham. the original famih name ot this Didi.. Mr 1 11 1 7»i 174^ to 1750.] THK SKCOND MEETING-HOUSE. 65 At the second town meeting in Ilollis, held May 20, 1746, " Voted unanimously to take on us the obligation to Mr. Emerson, as it now stands in the covenant for his yearly Salary so long as he remains our minister, and to raise £200, O.T., for his Salery the year ensuing." " Chose Jonathan Danforth and Benjamin P'arlcy to run y'' Line between Holies and Monson." "Also voted to peti- tion y" General Court of Massachusetts Bay for some Solders We being in Grutt Danger from y'^ enemy." "Also voted that the Book we have used for the Parish Records, be used for a Town Book." The third meeting of the town was called June 13, 1746, for the following purposes : " To see if the town will build a House for the Public worship of God." "To see if the town will Accept the Timber which is hewn and drawn together to build a House with, and chose a Committee to take charge of said Work." " To see if the Town will accept the acre of Land that was given the Parish to Sett the Meeting House on and for a Burying Place." " To see if the town will vote that the money due from Capt. Pow- ers shall be laid out in ammunition for a town Stock." " To see if the Town will provide a Pound and Stocks." At this meeting the Town voted as follows : I St, " To build a House for the Public Worship of God." 2d, " To accept the Timber that was prepared for said use to build said House with." 3d, "Chose Benjamin Farley, Benjamin Blanchard, and Capt. Powers a Committee to take care and see that said House is built." 4th, •' To accept the Land that was given to the Parish to Sett the Meeting House on and for a Burying Ground." 5th, "That the Money due from Capt. Powers, shall be laid out to buy Powder, Bullets and Flints for a Town Stock." 6th, " To accept the old Pound for the present year and tliat the Selectmen provide Stocks." Itappears from the doingsof a Town Meeting held tlKsamc year, a few months later, that Josiah Conant had been employed ])y the Selectmen to make the Stocks for the town, and that his account for making them was then accepted. The Pillory for the confinement of the head and hands of the oflender. Stocks for his feet, and the Whipping Post with the cat o" fiific tails for his liack, were in common use with our ancestoi-s (4) 66 IlIE SIX'OM) MKE'J'IXCJ-HOUSK. [174610 I7SO- of the last century, for the punishment of minor offences. A person, for instance, found guilty of profane swearing, for a first offence, was fined one Shilling — if not able to pa}', he was set in the town stocks for two hours ; for more than one profane oath at the same time, or for a second offence, he was set in the stocks for three hours. The lloUis Whipping Post, stanchng on the west side of the Hollis Common, was in practical use after the beginning of the present centin^y, and is still remembered by persons now Hying. After the meeting of the 13th of June, such progress was made with the new meeting-house, that a special town meeting was called on the 38th of the following July, at which it was " voted that v* Meeting House be raised on the 13th of August next (1746). "Also Voted that y*" Com'" provide Victuals and Drink for y*^ Peo- ple on Raising Day. and bring it to the Fraim at noon. If they Cant Get it among our Friends to Provide it Themselves." To the doings of the last two meetings there \vas a \cv\ earnest and persistent oppositic^i in respect to the location of the new meeting-house, and the building and raising it at that time, by a very considerable number of settlers then living in the west end of the town, most of them in tliat part of Hollis, some years afterwards set ofi" to the present t<:>wn of Brookline. Eight of these settlers had a written protest against the proceedings of these meetings en- tered upon the town records, setting forth their objections. After the meeting of the 2Sth of Juh , fixing the "'Raising Day" for the 13th of August, thirteen of them united in a petition and complaint to the General Court of New Hampshire, dated August 5, 1746. stating their grie^■ance^. and pra\ ing for the "•Appointment of a Committee to view the situation — and to fix upon a place for the Meeting-House, and that the Raising of it might be postponed till this Committee could re])ort." This petition conceded that the proposed '■'■ location for the Meet- ing-House was just and reasonable for the Parish of West Dunsta- ble, as incorporated seven years before by the General Court of Massachusetts, but that it was unjust and unecjual for the town of Holies as it then was. lliat by the late Act incorporating the town, above three miles uff of the east end of the old parish were set to Dunstable bringing the east line of Holies within a mile and one half of the Meeting-House place. That the west line of Holies was near five miles from the Meeting-House jDlace. and some inhabitants i74<'i<> '75<^-] '"'""- ^i-»^'<''>''" Nn;i:riN(;-ii()i-sK. 67 alreacK sc-tlK-d at tlic outside. That tlu- ixtilioiicrs with otlicrs had aj^plicd to the Selectmen of Holies to call another nicetin<^ to consider the injustice of this location, hut that their applica- tion had been refuseti. That if llie Meeting-House should i)e built at the place jirojiosed it would discourage settlements in the west end of the town, but that when further settlements should be made, the house would have to be pulled down, many chanj^es made in the Hi'^hways — thev loaded with j^reat changes. — and room left for much contention and disturbance." This Petition was signed by Stephen Ames. William Adams, Samuel Douglas. Isaac Farrar, James, Joseph and Randall McDan- iels. John and Jonathan Mclvin, Samuel Parker, Moses Proctor, James Whiting, and Jasher Wyman. It was presented to the Gen- eral Court bv Stephen Ames as agent of the Petitioners, read, con- sidered and dismissed by the House of, Representati\es on the nth of August, two days before "■ Raising Day." so that the ••Raising" was not interrupted or postponetl. Afterwards, while the work on the new meeting-house was in progress, at a special town meeting held on the 22(1 of Dec. 1746. the tow n "Voted to Raise two Pence per acre Lawt'ul Money avearon all the Land in the Town of Holies for five years for y* support of the Gospel, and v*" Arising charges of said town, and to Petition v* Generall Court for strength to Gather, and (jct v*" money of Non- Residents. And Allso Chose Samuel Cumings to prefer said Pe- tition, and any other that may be thought proper and beneficiall for v*" Tow n." l-2arl\ in the follow ing spring, Mr. Cumings, as agent tor the t(»w n. piesented to the General Court the following petition for the passage o\' the proposed law . This petition may interest some of us at the present dav. as clearly and forcibly setting forth the reasons that influenced the people of the town in asking for the law in question, autl also as showing the popular sentiment of the limes in respect to the justice and policy of taxing the propertV of non-resi- iletit landholders for the support of ministers and building meeting- houses. 68 THE SECOXD MEETIXG-HOUSE. [1746 tO I75O. COPY OF THE PETITION'. "^1 To his Excellency Benning Went- I worth. Esq., Gov., &c.. The -r, • rx- TT , • '■ Hon'''^ his Majesty's Council & •-rrovn-iceot >,e\v Hampshire ," tt r -t. . . ^ I Mouse or Representatives m Lren- Assembly convened. March 3i\ J 1747- '• The Petition of Sam"' Cumings in Behalf of the Town of Holies, Humbly Sheweth, That the s"^ Town has Lately settled A Minis- ter and are now building a Meeting-House for the Publick Wor- ship of God there. ■• That the settlers of s'' Town have but lately entered thereon, and altho a considerable progress in Agriculture has been made (the only way we have for our support) vet find these charges very burthensome. "That a considerable part of the best Lands in s'^ Town belong to non-resident propri"^ who make no Improvement. "• That by the arduous begining the settlement & heavy charges bv us alreadv paid has greatlv advanced their Lards and they are still rising in value Equal as the Resident propri'^ tho the charges hitherto and for the future must Lye on y- settlers only, unless we obtain the assistance of this Hon^" court." •• ^^'herefore vour Pef most humbly prays that y' Excellency and Hon" would take the Premises into consideration, and grant the Whole of the Lands in s'^ Township may be taxed annually for five years next coming two pence new tenor p. acre to be apply ed for the su Import of the minister and finishing y^ Meeting-House and by Law Enabling us to collect the same & y' Pet" as in Duty Bound shall prav &c. Samuel Cumixgs." This petition was favorably considered by the General Court, and on the following 14th of May. 1747. an Act was passed taxing all the lands in Hollis at two pence per acre for the support of the min- ister and finishing the meeting-house, but limiting the law to four vears. In the meanwhile the work on the new edifice went on. and such progress was aftenvards made with the enterprise, that in about two years after •• Raising Day," a plan of the •• Pew Ground," as it was called, was made by a Committee appointed by the town and ac- cepted by vote of a town meeting. The plan of this Pew Ground embraced a space on the lower floor next the v.-alls, wide enough 1746 to 1750.] THE SECOND MEETING-HOUSE. 69 for a single range of pews on each of the four sides, and this space was apportioned into sites or ground for about 20 pews. At a town meeting on the 12th of September. 174S. this Pew Ground was dis- posed of bv vote of the town as follows : •• Voted that the highest in pay on Real Estate have the Pew Ground on their paving £200, Old Tenor, to be applied towards fin- ishing the Meeting-House and the Pew men are to take their Pews for Themselves and Wives, the man and his wife to be seated ac- cording to'their Pay." That is, as I interpret this record, the men who at that time paid the highest taxes on real estate were to have the luxurv* of own- ing and sitting in separate pews, the wife being indulged with the privilege of sitting in the same pew with her husband upon the con- dition that the purchasers of the pew ground should build the walls of their pews, and pay £200 Old Tenor towards the completion of the building. InDecember. 174S. this pew ground was disposed of bv lot — those entitled to do so drawing for choice. Down to this day the records of the to\\"n sho\v the amount of the premium paid for each pew. by whom it was paid, and the precise location of each pew in the meeting-house, "with the man and his wife seated in it according to pav on Real Estate.'" can be as readilv understood from this record, as from an ocular view. *• Mr. Enoch Hunt" drew the first choice, paid for it £14, O. T.. and chose the second pew at the right hand of the pulpit. Mr. Elias Smith drew the second choice, paid £14. O. T.. and chose the seeond pew at the left hand of the pulpit. •• Capt. Peter Powers," third choice, paid for it £13, O. T.. and chose the first pew on the left hand of the front door. Lt. Benjamin Farley, eighth choice, and took the third pew at the right hand of the east door, and paid for it £n. O. T. Dr. Samuel Cumings. thirteenth choice : paid for it £9. los., O. T.. and took the first pew at tlie left hand of the west door. And so of the others. The pulpit was not yet built : but at the annual To\vn Meeting in 1749 it was '* Voted to Bould the Pulpit and the Ministerial Pew and Stars as soon as the Bords wold do to work." It was not told how soon the "• Bords wold do to work." yet it appears that when that part of the joiners work was first done, it was not thought so good as it -should have been, as I find at the annual meeting in 1754 the town •• \"oted that the Pew before the Pulpit be taken down, if there ma\ be a i;ood Hansom Pew for the town built, and a 70 THE SliCOXD MliKTING-IUH'SE. [ 1 74^ tO I'J^O. convenient Deacons' seat and good Hansom stairs to go to the Pulpit." At the above annual meeting in i 749 it was put to vote ''To see it' the Town would build two Porches to y" Meeting House, and it passed in the Negative." The question in respect to the building of j^orches to the meeting- house was many times discussed in the town meetings for the next twentv vears. But none were built till about the year 1772. when a small one was erected on the sf)uth side of the meeting house, for passing into the main building. One on the east side high and large enough tor galler\' stairs to the "Women's (iallcrw" and one on the west side for stairs to the "Men's (Taller\." with a bclfr\- and steeple. This ancient second church edilice of llollis. as originallv com- pleted, long ago was tlust, and has passed awav among the things that once were but ;ire not. All th;it was mortal of the worthy people who built ami worshipped in it is also dust, and for nearlv a centurv has reposed iii the humble clun'cli-\ard hard by. Yet from . the minutes and hints preserved by them in their town records it would not require the genius of a Cuvier or .\gassiz to reconstruct this ancient ediiice. both as to its interior and exterior, and to pre- sent in vivid perspective the old congregation of worshippers as it would have appeared to the eve of a looker-oii one hundred and twentv vears ago. The stumps of the sturdv forest trees that had grown ting at tiie same time •• not to change their jMeeting-House Place." After this last defeat o})en hostilities were suspendeti till the spring of 1763, when the contest was renewed and a second peti- tion presented to the (General Court bv Col. Samuel Plobart as at- torney for the settlers at One Pine Hill. In this petition Col. Hobart says that ••about the \eai' 1747 ( •" ) • (1746). a Conimittee of five, two of them from Dunstable, was ap- ijointed bv the Governor &c.. to view the Lands about Merrymac River to see in what manner it was Best to Bound them in the In- corporations. * * that this Cf)mmittee went no Farther Westward than the Old To\vn of Dunstable. That a Com'" came down from Holies, and desired this Com'"" to g(j and view the Situation at Holies and One Pine Hill, and urged it hard. But the Com"" could not be prevailed on to go any fmlher that wa} . (the opj^osition we judge being made by Dunstable). * * vSoon after Dunstable was Incorporated they got into Partys about .Settling Mr. I>ird. Each Party Courted Pine Hill's Assistance, ]:)romising to vote them ofl to Holies as soon as the matter was settled : and so Pine PI ill was fed with Si/g-ar Plums for a number of years, till at length Dimsta- ble cast ofl" the mask and now appears in their True Colours. * * * * Under the Government of Massachusetts we belonged to Holies, and helpt Build a large Meeting-House and it was set to 1746101763-] IIIK ONE PINK IlILI. i:ONTRO\KH.SV. 79 iicconimodale us. and liclpt settle a minister not in the least Doubt- ing but wc should always belong tliere." * * "We have ever since attencled the Public \\ Oiship of God at Holies and paid oui" l\ixes to the Minister there, tho. in the mean time we have been called on to pay Ministerial Rates with Dunsta- l)le in full proportion, except some trifling abatement they made us to keep us quiet. We know of no other Real objection that Dun- stable has to our going ofV, but reducing them to too small a num- ber to maintain the Gospel. But if their Inclinations can be judged by their practice it can't be tho't that they have any inclination to settle a minister * * Dunstable as it lyes noAv consists of about 100 Families * * All we ask to be set ofl' is but about twelve. * * So that their opposition must arise from some other quarter to keep us as whips to drive out every minister that comes among them, for ihev are always divided and which side we take must carry the Da} ." The Selectmen of Dunstable, on being notilied of this petition, at once called a town meeting which voted to continue their defence, and appointed a committee of three to answer the petition. This answer begun with the assertion that this '' Complaint of the People of One Pine Hill was groundless and u7ircasonablc. * * As to Dunstable Meeting-House which Petitioners complain of as being at so great a distance from them, it was owing to themselves — for manv of them \oted to have it where it is — and none of them against it. * * That they so acted and voted for fear it might be movcil to a place more just and equal and so they be prevented from being set otVto Holies. * * As in Times past so they arc now stired up by some Holies People to bring this petition in order to uphold the unjust Proceedings of Holies in setting their meeting- house where it is. * * And now Holies are endeavoring to have the south part of Monson anexed to them, and should that be don and also the Westerly half of Dunstable then their meeting-house where it now is will be aboute right. So could it now be obtained to breake up and ruin two Towns it may hereafter be something of a cover to hide the inicjuity of Holies and help the private interests of some mercenary persons, but can't pos.sably promote the Public Good nor help the Interest of these Towns." The case was argued on both sides, and the evidence and argu- ments convinced the General Court that One Pine Hill with its Inhabitants ought no longer to remain a part of Dunstable. Ac- cordingly, on the 13th of December. 1763. an act was passed. 8o THE ONE PINE HILL CONTROVERSY. [1746101763. entitled, " An Act Annexing One Pine Hill to Holies." This act was prefaced by a preamble in which it was stated ''That sundry inhabitants of Dunstable had petitioned the General Assembly, stating that they were more conveniently situated to belong to Holies than to Dunstable — That Dunstable is large, rich and able to spare them — which reasons and the arguments and objections having been duly weighed, and it appearing reasonable to grant the Petition. * * Therefore be it enacted, &c." Then follows a description of the part of Dunstable to be annexed to Hollis, in accordance with a survey and plan made by Samuel Cumings, the surveyor for Hollis and now at Concord. In running this new east line of the town this survey begun at the Pine tree standing on the hill called One Pine Hill, thence south 13 1-2°, west 373 rods to Nashua river. The line was then run northerly, begin- ning again at the same Pine tree, one mile and 335 rods — thence westwardly one mile and 23 rods to the northeast corner of Hollis as chartered in 1746 — thus taking from Dunstable all that part of Hollis as it now is, east of Flint's l)rook and pond and Muddy brook. This once famous pine tree, thus made to mark the boundary of the belligerent towns, and which gave its name to One Pine Hill, is now no more. It is said to have been a tall, straight pitch pine, near a hundred feet high, with no other tree of its species near it, stand- " ing solitary and alone on the summit of the hill. In early times, be- ing conspicuous in all directions for a long distance, it served as a beacon to mark a place of rendezvous for backwoodsmen and deer- hunters, whose names in scores were cut in its bark, from its roots many feet upward. Thus at last ended by conquest the war between Dunstable and One Pine Hill and its ever faithful allies of Hollis, a war which had lasted, with varied fortune, nearly twice as long as the siege of Troy — more than twice as long as our war of the Revolution, and, sad to tell, no Homer has yet sung its heroes — no Marshall told its history. , SECOND BORDER TROUBLE WITH DUNSTABLE, NASHUA RIVER BRIDGE, COMPROMISE. A second border trouble, in respect to the boundary between Hollis and Dunstable, began soon after the conquest of One Pine Plill. This controversy grew out of a question in respect to the support of an expensive bridge across the Nashua river, in the 1746 to 1763.] SKCOND BOKDRK CONTROVKRSV. 81 south-east part of llollis, near the place, in the lloUis Records at first called " Lawrence's Mills," afterwards "Jaquith's," antl in our times known as " Runnell's Mills." A bridge at this place was very necessary to the people of llollis, being on their main road to mar- ket ; but much less needed by Dunstable. So indispcnsal)lc was this bridge to llollis, that in 174O' ^s we have seen, provision was made for building it out of the "■ non-resident tax of 2d. per acre " granted by the parish charter for the support of the ministry. ]Jut that tax being lost, with the parish charter, I do not find sufficient evidence that any bridge was built at that place till many years after the charter of llollis and Dimstablc as towns. These charters, as has been seen, made the Nashua river from the Province line to Flint's Brook the lioundary of the two towns ; the south line of Dun- stable beginning at Merrimack river, and ruiming on the Province line *'/o" the Nashua, and the soutli line of llollis. beginning "a/'' the Nashua, and running wcstwartlly on the Province line six miles and ninety-six rods. A New Hampshire court in these times would have probably held that this charter descriptive of this boundary would have divided the river equally between the two towns, leaving the town line in the middle or ^/i! read of the stream, instead of on its banks, and each town under equal obligation to build the bridge. But we shall see by and by that the town meetings in Mollis and Dunstable did not take this view of the law. In the early Hollis records there are many references to this bridge,, and to the troubles in respect to it. The first of these is found in the record of the March meeting, in 1751 when the town voted to help build a bridge "across Nashua river near Dea. Cum- ings." From tliis vote it is evident that the bridge had not been then built, and that Dunstable was expected to help build it. At the annual meeting in 1756, Hollis " chose Capt. Peter Pow- ers, Samuel Cumings and Benjamin Abbott a Com''''^ to see if Dun- stable will joyn with Holies to bould a Bridge over Nashua river in some convenant Place where tlie Road is laid out from Holies to Dunstable." It seems that Dunstable did not accept tliis invitation of the Hollis committee, for it is found that a special town meeting in Hollis, in 1760, chose a "committee to Petition the General] Court for a Lottery to Bould a Bridge over Nashua river if they think fit." But the "Gencrall" Court did not " think fit" to grant a Lottery, as it appears that at the annual meeting in 1761, the town without calling on Dunstable for help " Voted to have a Bridge (6) 82 SECOND BORDER CONTROVERSY. [1746101763. built over Nashua ri\cr near Lawrence's Mills." aud chose a com- mittee to obtain subscriptions for it. The nevt year, 1762, the town " Voted to raise AJouev to pa\- for the I>uil(lin SL-lcctinei> John Burns J William Nevins J James Wheeler j ^'=°" Viewers Thomas Nkvins, Constable At this meeting the town voted to build a pound, and also "to buy a suteable Book to Record Votes in, and other things as the town shall see meet." During the twenty-four and one-half years of the corporate exist- ence of Monson, I find from the record of votes kept in this " sute- able Book," that the persons named in the following lists were chosen at the annual town meetings to the respective offices of moderator, town clerk and selectmen, the number of times set opposite their names. Moderator^ — William Nevins, twelve times ; Benjamin 86 HISTORY OK MONSON. [^74*^ tO 1770. Hopkins, seven times ; Robert Colburn and Benjamin Kenrick, twice each ; Nathan Hntchinson, once. Toxvn Clerk — Robert Colburn, thirteen times ; Benjamin Kenrick, nine times ; Archelaus Towne, three times. Selcchncfi — Robert Colljurn, fifteen times ; William Nevins, fourteen times ; Benjamin Hopkins and Benjamin Kenrick, ten times each ; Nathan Hutchinson, six times ; Josiah' Crosby, four times ; John Brown and Archelaus Towne, three times each ; Daniel Kenrick and Samuel Leeman, twice each ; Thomas Burns, Benjamin Farley, Joseph Gould, William Jones, Thomas Nevins and Jonathan Taylor, once each. . At the time Monson was chartered, the French and Indian W^ar, (begun in 1744,) was still raging. A petition dated May 13, 1747, presented by the inhabitants of Monson to the New Hampshire General Court for soldiers for a guard, shows the extent and condi- tion of the settlement at that time. This petition has fourteen names appended to it, probably those of all the householders then in the town. In this petition they say : " That the town has just begim to settle, and but about fifteen families there — That they are one of the FrontierTowns West of the Merrimack River and the most northerly one already incorporated, lying between Holies and the new Plantation called Souhegan West. Could we be assisted by soldiers in such competent numbers as might enable us to Defend our Selves, we shall chcarfully endeavor to stay there by which we shall serve as a Barrier in part to Holies, Merrimack and Dimstable. That last year we were Favored by Soldiers from the Massachusetts that prevented our Drawing ofl'." * * In answer to this petition, and one similar to it from Souhegan West, (now Amherst) the General Court gave orders for the raising of "fifteen good efiective men to scout and guard Souhegan W^est and Monson till the 33d of the following October." A petition of the selectmen of Monson to the General Court, six years later, dated April 25, 1753, asking that the inhabitants might be relieved from the payment of Province taxes, tells the story of the sad financial condition of the settlers at that time. In this petition the selectmen tell the General Court that there were then in Monson, "But thirty-six Poles in the whole, severall of them transiently hired for a short space to Labor, * * without any Estate. But twenty-one Houses, chiefly small cottages only, for a present shel- ter, the charge of Building yet to come on. That they are all plain men Dwelling in these Tents ; Husbandry their employment, their 1746 to 1 770. J HISTORY OK MONSON. 87 Improvements very small, their Lands yet to Svibduc. The Prog- ress much retarded by the necessity to \vork out of town the prime part of the year * * to procure Provisions. * * Thefevyset- lers are scattered all ah' the Town. Much Laliour has & must be spent in making antl opening Roads and Bridges * * a burthen too heavy for the small, weak nimiber that is there. * * * They therefore apprehend themselves utterly unable to Bear any Portion of the Publick Taxes, as yet, * * but hope that their small Be- gining in Time may become usefull if the\- ma\ be nurssed and favoured now in their Infancy." What, if anything, was done by the General Court in answer to this pathetic petition, in respect to '' nurssing" the infant sujipliant, does not appear in the Provincial records.' SCnOOI.S, I'KKACHINO, M KKTING-HOISK .WD M KIC riNC.-HOUSK PLACE. It is shown In the records of the doings of tlie annual town meet- ings in Monson that the attention of the inhabitants was many times called to all of these topics, but always in vain. Sc/wo/s. An article first appeared in the warrant for the annual town meeting in i7S3- '' To see if the town would raise a sinn of money ibr a school .'^" ''Passed in the negative." The like articles were inserted in the warrants for the annual town'meetings in 1756 and 1760, and in each year, as before, ''passed in the negative." After 1760, I do not find that any eflbrt was made^for a tax either for a school-house or school. Preaching-. In the year 1749, 1751- i75-- ^754 and 1757, the (juestion of raising a tax for the •' support of Preaching amongst them" was brought before the annual town meetings, and each year either ''passed in the negative," or was not acted on at ail. But in 1763 the town '' Voted a tax of t'300, C). T., to support the Gos- pel, each person to pay \\ here they hear.'"' Yet it seems that this tax was not collected, the town the next year having voted to " sink'' it. In 1764, at the annual meeting, a vote was passed '' To Raise £400, O. T., to make satisfaction to the Towns of Holies and Amherst for tlie Privileges we Enjoy in attending Meeting with theni." But at a subseciuent town meeting, in 1767, "Voted that the iu(»ne\ Raised in 17('4- ;>"d assessed for the Towns of Holies and Amherst shall not l)e collected," so that it does not appear that any tax was ever collected in Monson, to pay for preaching either in the town or out of it. 88 HISTORY OF MONSON. [^746 tO 1 770. Building a Meeting- House. Between the years 1753 and 1767^ an article several times was inserted in the warrant for the annual town meeting to " see if the town will Vote to be taxed for the Building of a Meeting-House and Settling the Gospel amongst them." And also "To see if the Town will Petition the General Court for a tax on the Land of Residents and non Residents to build a Meeting-House and setel the Gospel." These various pro- posals all alike " passed in the negative ;" as also did a proposition, introduced in 1760 " to build a Meeting-house at the most conven- ient place near the Center of the Town or '•pick'' a new one." In 1763, and again in 1765, Monson was coupled with Merrimack in sending a Representative to the New Hampshire General Court. In the former year these towns were represented ])y Major Joseph Blanchard, and in 1765, by Capt. John Chamberlain, both supposed to live in Merrimack. At the census of New Hampshire taken in 1767, the population of Monson was 393. PROPOSALS TO divide; the town, and final repeal of the CHARTER. The people of Monson, like their neighbors of Hollis, do not at any time seem to have been well content with their chartered boundaries. Several expedients in different years came before the annual town meetings proposing changes in the chartered limits of the town, some of them favoring additions to its territory, others, a division of it in various ways. Among the rest was a pro- posal adopted at the March meeting in 1760 " To annex the Land on the south side of Monson to Holies, and to Petition the Governor and Council for such part of Souhegan West to be added to the Remainder of Monson as will be sufficient to maintain the Gospel, and other incidental charges." Again in 1761, the town "Voted ta set oft' one mile and a half on the south side of Monson to Holies." This last vote it would seem was passed to favor a petition of Hollis to the General Court for the like purpose. After this date all ques- tions looking t(j a change in the boundaries of the town seem ta have rested till the year 1770, when the people of Monson, having bandoned all hope of maintaining preaching, or of " settling the Gospel among them," or of building a meeting-house, or even of finding a suitable " Meeting-house Place," petitioned the General Court to put a final end to their unhappy and troubled corporate life by a repeal of their charter. In their petition for this repeal. 1769.] INCORPOHATION OF KAHY. 89 they told the General Court as a reason for it, " That the Land in and about the Center of Monson is so very poor, Broken, Baron and uneaven, as cannot admit of many Settlers, so that those Families that are in Town, are almost all planted in the Extreme parts of it." * * * " W'c have no prospect of ever Huildin<^ a Meeting-House in the Center or elsewhere, any ways to accommodate us, by which Difficulties we think the Gospel will not be settled among us while in the present situation. We therefore pray, &c." The consent of Hollis to accept of two miles in width of the south side of the suppliant town, and of Amherst all the residue, having been first obtained, an Act was passed by the General Court, July 4, 1770, dividing Monson by an East and West line passing very near its centre, annexing the south part to Hollis and the north to Amherst. In this way, and in answer to its own humble entreaties, this ancient town voluntarily surrendered its right to municipal life, and for more than a century has been effaced from the map of Newr Hampshire, and all memory or tradition of it is now nearly lost to the present generation. Since the corporate death of Monson, its remains have been subdivided into four fragments, the largest of them being in the body politic of Milford, the smallest in Brookline, the remainder about equally divided between Amherst and Hollis. INCORPORATION OF RABY, WILTON AND MASON. THE MILE SLIP. DUXBURY. MILPORD. The west line of Hollis and Monson, as chartered in 1746, as al- ready shown, was the original west line of old Dunstable, running due south by the needle from Souhcgan river to the new Province line. The towns of Wilton and Mason, granted l)y tlie " Masonian " proprietors in i749i were afterwards chartered with the same boun- daries as granted — Wilton in 1763 and Mason in 176S. The east line of these towns also run due south from the Souhegan river to *he Province line, parallel with and about one mile distant from the west line of Hollis and Monson. thus leaving, in the intermediate space, a tract of unincorporated territorv, about a mile wide, and extending from the .Souhegan river to the Province line. This tract of land, at that time, and for some years later, was known as the '^ Mile Slip" but often in the old records called the " Mile Strip,'' and sometimes " Strip tozvti.'' A considerable number of families had settled on the Mile Slip, who naturally felt the need of a town charter. Their near neighbors at tlie west end of Hollis. as has 90 I>fCORPORATION OF RABY. [^1^6^. been seen, some years V)efore had felt themselves mnch aggrieved at the location of the Hollis meeting-house, so far from themselves and so near to the east end of their town. Whether willing or not, these settlers in the west end of Hollis, as the Province laws then were, were taxable, both in person and estate, for the building of the meeting house and support of the ministry there, the same as the rest of the inhabitants. Tliey hail now, for many years, impa- tiently borne this injustice. So long as the boundaries of Hollis re- mained as fixed in the original charter of the town, these west end settlers doubtless cherished the hope that at some time in the future better justice would be done them, either by the erection of a new meeting-house, or the removal of the one already built nearer to the centre of the town. But all hope of this sort forever vanished in the year 1763, on the annexation of One Pine Hill to the east end of Hollis, thus bringing the centre (^f the town about two miles nearer to the west end, and the meeting-house so much nearer to the centre. The people in the other parts of Hollis were doubtless de- sirous of quieting the murmurs of their discontented and trouble- some townsmen at the west end, provided it could be done consis- tently with the geographical symmetry and pecuniary interests of the old town. With this end in view, the expedient of forming a new town from this " JVIile Slip," and the west end of Hollis, was first brought to the attention of the people of Hollis at their annual town meeting in the spring of 1764, less than three months after the conquest of One Pine Hill. At that meeting the town '•• Voted To measure East from the Meeting House to the Town Line — and then to Measure J/V.v/ tVom the Meeting House the same Length of Line — And all West by a North and South Line to be set off to the One Alile Strip so called." The like vote was passed at the annual town niccling in 1768. In 1769, about ;i year after this last vote, the south part of the Mile Slip and a tract of territory about one mile and one-fourth wide, from otV the west <:\\(\ of Hollis. were incorj^orated into a town by the name of Rabv, so called from a town of tiiat name, in the county of Diuhani. in the north part of England, from which some of its settlers llrst emigrated. It ap])ears from the documents and records relating to Rab\-. that the petitioners for the charter asked for and expected a tract of land two miles in width from the west end of Hollis to be united with the Mile Slip. It is also evident that the people of Hollis were willing to spare the two miles, 1776.] MILU-SLII' AND DUXBUKY. 9I provided it could be done and still leave their meeting-house equally distant from the new east and west lines, otherwise they were not willing. I infer from the language used in the charter of Raby, that the Governor and Council tried to ilo their best to satisfy both parties — that is, to give to Raby the two miles, and also to leave the HoUis meeting-house no nearer the new west line than it then was to the east line. Accordingly, with this end in view, they described the south-east corner of the new town as being "at a stake and stones about two miles from the South West corner of Ilollis (as Mollis then was) thence North by the needle to the North line of HoUis, leaving the meeting house in the middle between tliis line and the East line of said Ilollis." But unfortunately the west line of Ilollis did not extend far enough towards the setting sun, bv three-fourths of a mile, to give to Raby the coveted two miles, and at the same time to leave the Ilollis meeting-house at equal distances from the east and west lines of the town. It not lieing possible to satisfy both conditions, the sur- veyor who run the town line appears to have come to the conclu- sion that it was of more importance that the Mollis meeting-house should be equally distant from the east and west lines of the town, than that the i^eople of Raby should have all the land they expected. Accordingly the line was so established as to take from Mollis a tract of land about one mile and one-fourth in width, instead of two miles, and leaving Ilollis meeting-house the same distance from the east line of Raby as it was from the west line of Dunstable. The people of Raby were evidently disappointed with this result, and the next year, at the annual town meeting in Ilollis. an article was mserted in the warrant, "'To see if the town would set olVto Raby the Families and Lands they expected." This question being sub- mitted to the meeting, it was " passed in the negative," and the meeting-house in Ilollis continued, for many years after, to divide equally — a straight line passing through it — between the new west and east lines of the town. The town of Raby, as at first chartered, was but about two and one-half miles wide, and contained not more than twelve square miles — an area not much more than one-thirtl of that of Mollis. The people of that town were not content with these narrow limits, but the war and troubles of the Revolution soon coming on, this discontent was allowed to sleep till the war was well over. But in 1785, two years after the war was ended, the people of Raby presented their grievances to the General Court 93 MILE-SLIP AND DUXBURY. {.^11^' in a petition setting forth the small population and narrow limits of their town, together with the alleged mistake in their boundaries when chartered, occasioned as was charged by the "wrongs or sharp practice of Hollis," and asking for the annexation from Hollis of three-fourths of a mile more. Upon notice of this petition a town meeting was soon called in Hollis and resolutions adopted to oppose it, and Capt. Daniel Emerson, at that time their Repre- sentative in the General Court, was instructed to use his influence against it. Notwithstanding the stout opposition of Hollis, the General Court decided that Raby was in the right, and passed an act setting off from the west end of Hollis to Raby another tract of territory of the uniform width of three-fourths of a mile. This last annexation to Raby left the length of the south line of Hollis four miles and eighty-five rods instead of six miles and ninety-six rods as in the original charter. In 1796 the name of Raby was changed to Brookline by an act of the General Court upon a petition of the in- habitants of the town. In the year 1776, upon application to the General Court of its in- habitants, the north part of the Mile S//p, including a tract of terri- tory of about one thousand acres, known as the Duxbury School Farm^ was invested with limited town privileges. In a census of New Hampshire taken in 1767, the Mile Slip had sixty-nine inhabi- tants ; in that taken in 1775, it had eiglity-three. In the census of 1790 it was called Dnxbury^ and tlicn had a population of one hun- dred and sixty-nine. In 1794 the town of Milford was incorporated. The act charter- ing Milford was entitled "an act to incorporate the south westerly part of Amherst — the north-westerly part of Hollis — theiMile Slip and Duxbury School Farm, into a town." Milford, as incorporated^ included a small part of Amherst north of the Souhegan river, much the largest portion of that part of the old town of Monson, which by the division of Monson in 1770 had been annexed to Amherst; _ all of the Mile vSlip not included in Raby, with the Duxbury School Farm, and an area of from 1000 to 1 500 acres taken from the north- west corner of Hollis. It does liot appear that the people of Hollis made any opposition to this contribution to the territory of their new neighbor. The inhabitants living on the territory annexed were nearer to the village in Milford than to the meeting-house in Hollis, and probably, without objection, acquiesced in the transfer. This tract annexed to Milford is the last loss or gain in tenitory which has fal|en to the lot of Hollis for the last three-quarters of 1776.] INCORPORATION OF MILFORD. 93 a century and more. Diirinj^ that period the town has remained of the same shape and dimensions, as left at the incorporation of Mil- ford, without any encroachment from its nei<2jhbors since, or cflbrt on the part of its inliahilanls to extend their borders. According to a survey and plan of the town, (now at Concord), made in the year 1806 by Nathan Colburn, a IloUis surveyor, still remembered, IloUis, as it then was, and still is, contains an area of 19,620 acres, or about 30 2-3 square miles, a territory not very much diHering in ex- tent from that of the town as first chartered. In all these many border troubles and controversies, w'hich I have taken occasion to notice, it cannot but be observed that the people of HoUis have uni- formly had a wakeful eye to their own rights and interests, that they at all times vigorously and vigilantly endeavored to hold their own, and the present generation will find little i-eason to reproach the memory of their ancestors for not guarding and striving to perpet- uate the rights and interests of those who should come after them, Q^ -I'HK PROVINCIAL Mll.lTlA UAW. [^744 CHAPTER VII . THE PROVINCIAI. MILl'IIA LAW. FIRST MILITIA COMPANY IN HOLLIS. IIOLI.IS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS OF 1 744 AND 1751^. PETITIONS FOR GUARDS. NAMES OF OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS. I 744 TO 1 763. A law enacted by the New Hampshire General Court in the year 171S, required all able bodied male persons between the ages of sixteen and sixty, with the exceptions mentioned below, to do military duty. These exceptions included members of the Gener- al Court, ministers, deacons, schoolmasters, physicians, justices of the peace, millers, ferrymen, and such persons as had before held a military commission. Each private soldier was required to be fur- nished with a "^ Fire Lock^ Snap Sac/;, CartoncJi Box. Worm a??d Pri?nitig Wire, i Potn/d of Gtm Pozvder, 20 Bullets. a??d 12 Blints. " and to train four days in the year, and to muster once in three years." It was also made the duty of each town in the Pro- vince to keep on hand a stock of ammunition for the town's use, consisting of " one barrel of good Gun powdei". 100 ])ounds of bullets and 300 flints, for every sixty .Soldiers," and also to provide arms and ammunition for such poor soldiers as were not able to sup- ply themselves. This law. with but little change, remained in force till the war of the Revolution, and it explains the reasons for many votes found in the records of Ilollis for the assessment of '* Rates " for the " town stock of ammunition."* In May 1744, the General Court j^assed an Act organizing the 6th Regiment of New Hampshire militia. This regiment, of which Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable was Colonel, embraced the mili- tia companies of a large jiart of the territory acquired by the set- tlement of the new Province line in 174I1 l)eing the towns and dis- tricts then known as Dunstable, the West Parish of Dunstable, Rumford, (now Concord), Nottingham, (now Hudson), Souhegan *Province Laws, pp. 92, 97. 1744-J I'IKST MIMTIA tOMi'ANY. 95 East, (now Bedford.) .Souhcijan West, (now Amherst), and some others, makin<2^ in all nine companies, of which that in West Dun- stable was tlie ninth. Of this last company, Peter Powers was ap- pointed Captain by the Governor and Council.* As we find in the Ilollis records, shortly after the appointment of Captain Powers, the title of Li'cjttcnani prefixed to the name of Benjamin Farley, of Itfisig'n to that of Jerahmael Cumings, and of Sergeant io the name of James Stewart, there can be but little doubt that those persons held the offices indicated, in the first militia company of West Dunsta- ble. In those times of peril, when it was necessary for the defence of the hearth-stone and family from the midnight assault and scalp- ing knife of the savage, that each citizen should be a soldier, military titles, as in after times, had not become an empty compli- ment. Such titles as Captain, Lieutenant and Rnsign indicated that the persons known by them were distinguished among their townsmen for such qualities as were most useful and most needed for the conunon safetv. and for thai reason most valued and lion- ored. When once duly bestowed, thev virtuallv became a ])art of the name of such persons as were entitled to them, to be used alike in social intercourse and in the public records. From the year 1745 to January 26, 1775, we find no roll of the Ilollis militia company, nor have the names of its officers come down to us except as those names have been preserved in the Ilollis tax lists, and other public documents, with their rank or title pre- fixed. It appears from an original roll of the Ilollis militia com- pany of the last date, still existing, supposed to be in the handwrit- ing of the town clerk of the time, that inclusive of officers Ilollis then had 224 soldiers liable to do military duty, that being the num- ber of names on this roll. Of this company Joshua Wright was Captain, Reuben Dow Lieutenant, and Noah Worcester Ensign. In addition to the military officers alreadv mentioned, we find on the Ilollis tax lists and other puV)lic documents prior to 1775. many names of Ilollis men with militarv titles, most if not all of whom may be presumed to have held the commissions indicated h\ their several titles in the militia companv of Ilollis. Captains — Benja- min Abbot, Zedekiah Drury and Leonard Whiting. Lieutenants, — Robert Colburn, Amos Eastman. vSamuel Farley. David Farns- worth, Amos Fisk, Samuel Gridlev and James Taylor. Linsigtis — Stephen Ames, Josiah Brown, Jonas Flagg, Daniel Merrill and Benjamin Parker. *Prov. Papers' Vol. 5, p. 232. 96 PETITION FOR GUARDS. I744-] THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR OF 1 744* In the month of March, 1744, the French and Indian war was beo-un, in which the Massachnsetts and New Hampshire troops un- dertook the chivah-ous expedition for the capture of Louisburg.* This warhisted till October, 1748. As in former wars, the Canada and Eastern Indians took sides with the French, who, coming in large numbers from Canada and Nova Scotia, prowled around our defenceless settlements, waylaying, murdering and scalping, or taking captive to Canada the settlers in the frontier towns, some of which no farther oft" than Peterborough, Lyndeborough and New Boston, were wholly deserted. The inhabitants of Hollis, Monson, Souhcgan East, Souhegan West, and other places west of the Mer- rimack river, repeatedly petitioned the General Court for scouts and garrisons for their protection. Among the earliest of these petitions was one from the old Parish of West Dunstable. On the iSth of June, 1744, about three months after war was declared, at a meeting of the inhabitants of West Dun- stable, James Stewart was chosen their delegate to present this peti- tion to the General Court. The Commission of Mr. Stewart for this purpose was in writing, signed by all, or very nearly all of the householders then in West Dunstable, forty-five in number, and was in substance as follows : '• Dunstable, June iS, 1744. " Wee, the Inhabitants of the West Parish in the District of Dun- stable, do hereby authorise and depute Mr. James Stewart in our names and behalf, to make proper application to the Government of New Hampshire, vSetting forth our being situated on the Frontier, and exposed to the Enemy, and the Necessity wee are in of a Guard, and Pray for a Sutable and Seasonable Relief there. " Voted to Request Six Garasons and twenty-five soldiers." Capt. Peter Powers William Colburn • Lieut. Benjamin Farley Samuel Comings Ensign Jekahmael Comings Jonathan Danford William Adams Stephen Ames Henry Barton Benjamin Blanchard Benjamin Blanchard, Jr William Blanchard Elnathan Blood J031AH Blood Nathaniel Blood John BovNTON.Jun John Brown JosiAH Brown Rev. Daniel Emerson Samuel Farley Joseph Farley Nicholas French Stephen Harris William Hartwell Stephen Hazeltine Josiah Hobart Enoch Hunt Zerubbabel Kemp Jonathan Lovejoy James McDaniels Joseph McDaniels Randall McDaniels Jonathan Melvin David Nevins Thomas Nevins Benjamin Parker Samuel Parker Thomas Patch John Phelps Amos Philips Moses Proctor James Wheeler Peter Wheeler Francis Worcester, Jr Joshua Wright. "t ♦Holmes Annals, Vol. 3, p. 2\. fProv. Papers, Vol. 9, p. 195. 1744 ^^ '747-] PETITIONS for cjuakds. 97 The following extracts from the petition soon after presented by Mr. Stewart set forth tlic reasons for it and the conditir)n of the set- tlement at the time. " Tlie Memorial and Petition of James Stewart, in the name and behalf of the inhalntants of the West Parish of Dunstable, Humbly sheweth. That said Parish has been settled about 14 years, and a Gospell Minister ordained above a year. * * That many Thou- sand Pounds has been spent in clearing and cultivating the Land there, and some Thousands more in Building Houses, Barns and Fences. * * * The breaking up of which Settlements will not only ruin the Memorialists, but greatly diserve his Majesty's Interest." '' That it was by long and importunate Intercession of this Prov- ince (and not of the Memorialists seeking) that they are cast under the immediate care of this Government, which they conceive gives them so much the better right to its Protection. That as War is already declared against France, and a Rupture with the Indians hourly expected, your Memorialists, imlcss they have speedy help, will soon be oblidged to leave their Settlements. * * Wherefore your Memorialists most humbly supplicate * * such seasonable Relief as may enable them to subsist in the war, and (be) secure against the Ravages and Devastations of a blood thirsty and Merciless Enemy." Near three years later, about one year after Hollis was chartered as a town, (the war still raging) at a town meeting held in April, 1747, Samuel Cumings was appointed a delegate to present to the General Court a second petition for '•srouLs''' and ''■ ouards.'''' The subjoined extracts from the petition of this delegate show the con- dition and needs of the town at that time. He says to the General Court in this petition, "That Holies is a Frontier town much exposed to Danger from the Indian Enemy, and the number of Effective men belonging tfi the same not exceeding fifty, who have all or most of them Families to take care of and being mostly new settlers, have much Labour on their hands to subdue and cultivate their Lands. That their situation is such that they dare not to ven- ture to work without a guard * * which if they cannot have they must spend their time in zi'atchiiiir and ^vardiug. in which case their families must sutler for want of the necessaries of life. * * * And they Humbly pray that they may be allowed a scout of ten or a dozen men for the ensuing season till the Danger of the Summer (T) 98 FRENCH WAR FROM 1 754 'l'<-' l7^3- and Fall of tlie \car*is o\er and the haiAcst ])ast * * and as in duty bound Sic."'* In reply to these and oilier like petitions from the frontier settlements and to\vns ^vest of and near the Merrimaek in similar perils, the General Coini at several different times detailed detachments of soldiers as patrols to scout through the woods Avest of that ri\ei", and at one time voted a force of ninety scouts to patrol the forests from the mouth of the Contoocook ri\'er to Holies. During this war the grim government bounty for Indian scalps for the enc(jm"agement of sct)uts and Indian hunters Avas increased by vote of the General Court from t'loo, paid for them in Lo\eweir.s war, to £.Jt^o, O. T., and at one time to £400, O. T., for each Indian scalp taken west of Nova Scotia, and produced to the Governor and Council. Prol)abl\' owing to the efforts of the government, united with the vigilance of the settlers, it does not appear that any attack was made upon Ilollis or any of the adjoining" towns. I do not find that Ilollis furnished any soldiers for the New Hampshire regiments raised in this \var, antl not more than two or three Ilollis names appear in the printed lists of New Hampshire " scouts" pub- lished in the report of the Adjutant General for 1866. The pro- tection of their own families and firesides Avas the first, and wt)ukl seem the only military duty, in these years, asked or expected of the settlers in the towns on the extreme frontier. THE WAR ITS WHICH cy^UiBEC WAS lAKlCN AND CANADA CONq_UERED. In 1754^ about eight > ears after the peace of Aix La Chapelle, the last French and Indian A\'ar was begun, which endetl in the capture of C^^uebec antl the ihial concjuest of Canada.! Ilollis in this war was no longer on the extreme frontier, and Avas much less exposed to the attacks of the sa\ages than in the preceding war. During the eight >ears of peace, the popidation of the town had very considerably increased, and its soldiers seem to have done their whole duty in filling up the ranks of the New Hampshire regiments called for by the (Tovernment. In the roll of a small detachment of New Ilampsliire troops posted on the Connecticut river in the fall of 1754, and to be found in the report of the Adjutant General for 1 866, above referred to, I find the names of John Cunrings, James French. Jonathan Hubbard, (Ilobart) vSamuel Parker and James Whiting, all names appearing on the Ilollis records and belie\ed to have been HoUis soldiers. *Pr()v. Rapers, A'ol. 9, p. ^(X). tHnlmes' Aniuils, Vol. 2. \k 5. I-'RENCH WAR FROM 175.I TO I 763. 99 In 1755. New Hampshire raised a regiment eommaniled \^y Col. Joseph Blanchard, to aid in the expedition against tlie French forts at Crown Point on the west shore of Lake Champlain. Of this regi- ment. Rev. Daniel Emerson was Chaplain, Dr. John Hale, Sur- geon's Mate, and Jonathan Hubbard, (Hol)art) Adjutant, all of Hollis.* Nearly two-thirds of the Third Compau} of this regiment were also Hollis men. Of this company, Peter Powers was Captain. Benjamin Abbot, Lieutenant; William Cumings, Ensign ; James Colburn, Clerk ; David Hubbard, (Hobart) and Samuel Cumings, Sergeants; Jonathan Powers, Enoch Noyes, Stephen Ha/eltineand James Brown, Corporals, and Samuel Brown. Drummer, all of Hollis. Among the private soldiers, or se?i////c/s, we recognize the following Hollis names, viz. : Jacob Abbot, Ebenczer Ball. Samuel Barrett, Jabez Davis, John Flagg, Jonathan Fowler, Josiah French, John Goodhue, James Hill, George Lesley, Christopher Lovejoy, Levi Pow^ers, Stephen Powers, Whitcomb Powers, Isaac Stearns, v Nathaniel Townsend, Daniel Wheeler. James Wheeler. Peter Wheeler and John Willoughby. making in all thirt\-four Hollis men in this regiment. In August I757r after the capture of Fort William Henr\ bv the French and Indians, a battalion of two hundred and fiftv New Hampshire troops was raised for the defence of Fort Edward, near Lake George, commanded by Major Thomas Tash. In the first company of this battalion there were eleven Hollis soldiers, viz. : Benjamin Abbot, Jacob Abbot, Stephen Ames, Ephraim Blood. Elnathan Blood, Robert Campbell, Timothy Emerson, John Hale. Samuel Hobart, (Sergt.) Jonathan Hobart and John Willoughby. In 175S, a regiment of New Hampshire troops was raised, com- manded by Col. John Hart of Portsmouth, a part of which was ordered to join a second expedition against Louisburg, antl the remainder to serve on the western frontier. Of this regiment Rev. Daniel Emerson was Chaplain, and Dr. John Hale. Surgeon. Of its Sixth company, Ebenezer Jaquith \vas Second Lieutenant and Josiah Brown, Ensign. Besides the foregoing, there were also in the same company sixteen Hollis soldiers, making in all twentx Hollis men in this regiment, viz. : Nathaniel Blood, Joseph East- erbrook, Jonathan Fowler, James French, Samuel Ilazeltine, James Hubbard, (Hobart), Thomas Nevins, Ebenezer Pierce, Whitcomb *V'ol. 2, Adjt. Gen. Rep. for 1SO6. pp. , Veil. 2, pp. 191, 21,5, 2i.j, 333. 3.(.i. FRENCH WAR FROM 1 754 TO 1 763. lOf it was to their courage, constancy and sufferings that we owe the rich inheritance they have transmitted to iis. We would gUidly know much more than it is now possible to learn of the personal history of these early pioneers of the town and State, Init knowing as we do how soon the memorials of the dead fade from the recol- lections of the living, we may well be grateful that even the names of so many of these brave defenders of their country have come down to our times. The militia company in Ilollis, from the year 176S, formed a part of the 5th Regiment of the New Hampshire militia till the begin- ning of the war of the Revolution. From 1768 to 1775, the field officers of that regiment were Edward G. Lutwyche of Merrimack, Colonel ; its Lieut. Colonel was Dr. John Hale, and Samuel Ho- bart its Major. Col. Lutwyche was a loyalist or tory, and is said to have left the country near the beginning of the war. Major Hobart was appointed Colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Regi- ment of minute men, by the New ILimpshire Provincial Congress in September 1775, and in November of the same year, Lieut. Col. Hale was elected Colonel of the 5th Regiment of New Hampshire militia. COLONIAL SCHOOL LAW. CHAPTER \^ I I 1 . COLONIAL SCHOOL LAW. SCHOOLS IN HOLLIS BEFORE THE REV- OLUTION. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SCHOOL HOUSES. THE GRAM- MAR SCHOOL. TEACHERS OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. COL- LEGE GRADUATES, ETC., BEFORE iSoO. — LETTER OF GOV. JOHN WENTWORTH TO REV. MR. EMERSON. 1 74*^ "^^ ^775- By a Colonial law of New Hampshire passed in 17 19, and re- maining in force withont any important change till after the Revo- lution, it was enacted " that each Town in the Province having the number of fifty house holders shall be constantly provided of a schoolmaster to teach children to read and write, and when any town has one himdred families or house holders, there shall also be a Grammar School set up and kept. * * And some dis- creet person of good conversation, well instructed iu the to7tgucs^ shall be procmx'd to be master thereof. * * Everv such school master to I)e suitrdih' encouraged and paid by the inhabitants. * * And the .Selectmen of Towns are hereby Empowered to agree with such school masters for Salary, and to raise money by way of Rate upon the Inhabitants to pay the same." The law also provided that "If any such Town should neglect the due obsenance of the Law for the space of six months, it should incur a Penalty of £20." In 1 731 this law was so amended in respect to towns having one hun- dred families, as to subject the selectmen, instead of the town, to a fine of £20, if their town for one month should be without a gram- mar school. The above law was unlike the New Hampshire School Laws in force during the present century in many important particulars. I St. It provided for a single school only for teaching children to read and write, in towns having fifty families and less than one hun- dred ; and for a grammar school in which the " tongues" or dead languages were to be taught in towns having one hundred families or more. 17}<1 to I77=;-J SCItOOl, lAXKS. IO_^ Jiid. It was wh()ll\- silent as to school-houses, school districts and school committees. 3(1. It contemplated the empIo\meni of male teachers only, ' ' School Masters'' 4th. The hirinjj^ of •• School Masters" — the whole management of the schools and the '• raisinoj of money by way of Rates" was en- trusted wholly to the selectmen. 5th. It required, in its terms, both the school for teaching reading iind writing, and also that f(jr teaching the ''Tongues" to be kept *' constantly." The foregoing suggestions in respect to the province school law tend to explain many matters relating to schools to be found in the early Hollis records, otherwise not so readily understood. The first reference to public schools to be found in these records is in the doings of the annual town meeting of March, i749- ^ few days previous to that meeting, the old first meeting-house had been oflercd for sale at public auction and bid oft' at £49, O. T., and it was then " \'oted that the money the old meeting-house sold for be applied to the building of a school-house." Hut it afterwards appears from the records that this i'49, O. T., was not paid, and that the old meeting-house still continued to l)elong to the tow^n. In tlie vear 17^0 there were eighty-nine names on the tax list, and the number of families then in the town was doubtless fitty or more, ■A number making it the duty of the town ''to provide a School Master to teach children to read and write." In that year the ftrst tax was assessed for a public school amounting to €50, (). T. I'^rom that time till the war of the Revolution and after, with the excep- tion of the vears 1752, '53, "54. and 1756. the town at its aimual meeting continued to vote a yearly tax for "a School" or '"the School," varying in amoimt from L'30. in silver or lawful money, to £800, O. T. In 1780. when the continental paper money had become so depreciated as to be nearly worthless, the nominal amount of the school tax in that currency was €4.000. I-"rom 17=50 tiovabJc or ^''perambtilatory'''' school. The earliest approximation to any permanent local division of the town for school purposes is to be found in the records for i757- The town that year voted £400,0. T. for "a school," •• and that it be granted to every suitable number of persons that shall agree together in any part of the town (to have) their proportion for keeping a school among themselves, and those tliat dont joyn, their money is to be paid into the treasury for a school in the mitldle of the town." The like vote continued to be passed for many years after. These associations were wholly voluntary on the part o' those who united in them, and are called in the records, " School C/assc's" " School Societies " and sometimes " School Squadron s.,'" but in no instance, in the early records, "school districts." In 1760 a connnittee was chosen " to divide the town for schools, and to ap- portion the money between the summer and winter schools." 174610 '775-] '""- ''KAMMAR SCHOOL. I05 In 1 761, Dca. Worcester, Bciijaiuin Abbot. James Jewett, Ste- phen Ames and Samuel Cumings were chosen a committee to fix phices for school-houses, and the next Near. 1762, the town ''voted that school houses should be built when there is a sufficient number that shall sign to any certain place to build the houses and each party is to build their own house." This is the last reference I iind in the town records to school-houses, and 1 think there is no reason- able doubt that such houses were built in accordance with that vote, but if so, how manv, when, in what ]:)arts of the town, and at what cost, these records do not tell iis. In 1771 the town •' voted £36, in Lawful Mcjney, (or silver) for schools to be laid out in the usual manner" and "that Mr. Emerson keep the Grannnar Sclujol for the t(nvn as usual, viz, : to teach all those in the town that shall present themselves in the lan<^uages." The foregoin<2r vote is the earliest notice of the Ilollis Grammar School to be found in the records. ])ut the words •• as ttsi/ar' imply that such a school had been kept for some years before. According; to the census of the town taken in 1767, Ilollis then contained S09 inhabitants, and then had 150 names on its tax lists, and without doubt there were then in the tow n more than 100 fam- ilies. If so it was the duty of the inhabitants, under the existing school hnvs, as early as that year, and probably eai'lier, to establish a gi'ammar-school. In 1774 the town ''Voted that the grammar- school should be kept the whole year in tlie four southern sq7(ad- ro7is^ the other squadrons to school out their money as usual." As that part of the town north of the meeting-house was somewhat larger in extent than the part south of it. we may fairly presume, that in 1774. there were as many as eight '•School Squadrons" in the town, and not luilikelv as many school-houses. In 1775 the town •• \'()te(l that Mr. William Cumiii^s keep the grammar-school." The foregoing are all the minutes to be founil upon the town re- cords relative to the Ilollis grammar-school, before the war of the Revolution, and we infer from them that such of the Ilollis \outh as wished for instruction in the " tongues." were taught by the Rev. Mr. Emerson, till the vear 177S' Nvhen he was succeeded by Mr. Cumings. The name of tliis Mr. Cumings is found upon one of the Ilollis military rolls in 177s with the title of •• Schocd-Master." He was for many years a teacher in the Ilollis schools, and long after his decease was gratefulK and atlectionately remembered, as "Master Cumings." In the two last \ ears of the war, and several ro6 RE\'. MR. EMERSON. [^746 ^O 1775- years after it. he held the office of Town Clerk, and the IloUis records of the time still exhibit abundant evidence of his neat and elegant penmanship, and of his ability not only to write his mother tongue correctly and in good taste, but also to garnish the produc- tions of his pen with a somew'hat pedantic display of his knowd- edge of Latin. It is very evident from documents that yet exist, that the youth of Hollis, before the Revolution, were taught to "read and write." as required in the existing school law. I have seen and examined more than one himdred of the original signatures of the Hollis revo- lutionary soldiers, all, with but rare exceptions, written in a fair, legil)le hand, and but two " marksmen " among them all, and these supposed not to have been born in the town. Judging from the published histories of many towns, which I have read, it is very certain that the schools in Hollis were better cared tor than in many towns both older and more populous. It was not uncommon, both in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, for towns or their selectmen to be indicted and fined for their neglect to ccMuph with the school laws. Other towns sometimes voted to indemnify their selectmen for such neglects. — it costing less money to pay the fines than to support the schools. But no such vote is to be foinul in the doings of any Hollis town meeting, nor have I learned that any criminal complaint was ever made against the town or its selectmen for vio- lation of the school laws. This comparatively good condition of the public schools in Hollis is imdcjubtedly due, in great measiu'e, to the efforts of their worthy minister, IMr. Emerson, and some of the prominent early settlers of the to\vn, and the active interest they took in the cause of popidar education. •• l"he good which men do," as well as "the evil." lives after them, and there can be no doubt tliat the salutary influence of Mr. Emerson and his compeers, felt alike by parents and the youth of Hollis, continued long after their decease. Some of the good fruits of this influence were to be seen in the imusually large luunber of the Hollis youth, born diu'ing the life of Mr. Emerson, who sought the achantages of a collegiate and profes- sional education. In the short biographical notices that I have read of Mr. b^merson it was s:iid of him that he was '"a popular and suc- cessful minister," antl that •• his praise was in all the churches." The youth of Hollis wdu> were born and grew up under his ministry, no doubt could say with equal truth, that his praise was in all the l746tOI77S-] COLI.KOK CKADl^ATES FiKFOUK iSoO. 107 schools. Mr. Emerson, as \vc have seen, was setlletl ui the ministry over his society m 1743, and his connection willi it as sole and asso- ciate pastor, continued till his death in 1801 , a jieriod of fifty-sixyears. It will be seen from the lists of Ilollis graduates of colleges, and of ministers, physicians and lawvers, not graduates, that eleven of the youth of Ilollis, born before the war of the Revoluticjn, were gradu- ates of colleges, and an equal number, not graduates, also born be- fore 1775, became ministers or physicians, It may also be seen that Hollis furnished twenty-eight graduates of colleges, born between the years 1775, and iSoo, during the pastorate of Mr. Emerson, a number equal to more than one for each year during the last quarter of the last centiny. The names of the HolUs Graduates of Colleges^ and of Minis- ters and Physicians., not Graduates^ born before 1773., are fre- setitcd in tlic foUoivifig Lists : GRADUATES OF COLLEGES. Rev. Peter Powers born 173S ■' JosiAH Goodhue " "735 Henry CuMiNGS, D. D. "739 " Joseph Emerson ■' 1/59 Dr. Samlel Emerson " 1764 Rev. JosiAH Burgk 1766 Rev. Samuel Worcester, D. D. born 1770 " Daniel Emerson, Jun. " 1771 Jacob A.CuMiNGS " i77» " David Jewett " 1773 Abel Farle\ " 1773 MINISTERS AND PHYSICIANS NOT GRADUATES. Rev. Leonard Worcester born 1767 " Thomas Worcester " 1768 " David Smith ' " 1769 Dr. Joseph F.Eastman " 1773 Rev. David Brown " 1773 Dr. AnijAH Wright born 1746 " Peter Emerson " '749 Rev. Samuel Ambrose " '757 " XoAH Worcester, D. D. " '7SS " Joseph Wheat " '759 Dr. William Hale " 1 76 J The )iaiiics of the Ilollis the years IJ7S and j8oo arc Joseph Emerson, 2d' born MiGHiLL Blood " Manasseh Smith " Stephen Farley Jun. " Caleb J. Tenney " Jonathan B. Eastman " Nehemiah IIardv " Benjamin Burge " Joseph E. Smith " Benjamin M. Farley " Joseph E. Worcester " Grant Powers " Fifield Holt " Noah Hardy " Graduates of Colleges born betzi.-een presented belozv : 1777 Daniel Kendrick '777 WiLLi.vM Tenney 1779 Eli Smith, Jr 1779 Ralph Emerson 17S0 Leonard Jewett 1750 John Proctor 1751 S.AMUEL E. Smith 1753 Luke Eastm.vn 1752 George F. F'arlev '7S3 Wm. p. Kendrick fjS.\ D.vviD P. Smith 1754 Solomon Hardy 1784 Eli N. Sawtellk 1785 Taylor G. Worcester born '7SS '7SS 17S7 17S7 17S7 17S7 17SS 1790 '793 '794 '79S 1796 '799 '799 I08 LETTER OF GOV. JOHN WENTAVORTH. [^77'^- I am indebted to my kind friend tlie late Rev. Dr. Bouton, for the following very sensible and graceful letter written to Mr. Emerson, in 1770, by Gov. John Wentworth, upon committing" to the tutor- ship of Mr. Emerson, a young orphan nephew. The letter is alike creditable to the head and heart of Gov. Wentworth, and is pleasant and pertinent evidence that the good reputation of Mr. Emerson as an instructor of youth and friend of education was well understood beyond the limits of Hollis. •'Wentworth House, Wolfeborough, j 28. July 1770. I " 7^/ie Rev. ]\Ir. Emerson at Hollis^ '■'•Rev. S/r : — Inconsequence of a letcer 1 have just received from Major liobart, who w^'ites me that \ou are ready to receive my nephew, Alark Wentworth, and to take charge of his Education, I herewith send him and Earnestly beg your greatest care of his health and instruction. lie is a fine boy, of great .Spirit, which naturall}' leads him to playful negligence. He has also acquired idle habits which will be easily reformed under a strict discipline, equally removed from cruelty and levity. He must kno\\ that you in all things are to be obeyed and never suffer any sort of dis- obedience to your orders. This is moie peculiarly necessary for him, as he has to be brought up in the Navy, where implicit obe- dience is necessarv for the service and for him. As to his diet, I prefer simple, plain, and plentiful ; his tender age admits no other instruction than reading and writing. But no age is too tender to receive inculcations of practical neatness, honor and \ irtue. Witli these, enriched by a just habitual pietv, he caimot fail of being a good man, the first great object of Education. I hope hereafter to have opportunity to confer with a ou upon a future course of learn- ing adapted to Ids genius and profession. in the mean time 1 beg leave to assure you, that 1 can never think any. expense too great which he benefits by. and therefore gladl\' commit him to your care, not doubting but 1 shall rejoice in making you the most grateful ac- knowledgements for his improvement, wliich is the greatest and most earnest desire of Rev'' .Sir. "^'our most humble .Servant. Johx Wentworth." EABI-V COI.ONIAI. LAWS. t09 C H A P T E R I X . EARKV COLONIAL LAWS. TOWN OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. MODERATORS. SELECTMEN. CONSTABLES. FIELD DRI\'ERS. TITIIINO MEN. HOGREEVES. DEER REEVES AND DEER. WOLVES AND RATTLESNAKES. Ql'ALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS. HOUSES OF CORRECTION. THE POOR AND THEIR SUPPORT. WARNING TO LEAVE TOWN. SLAVERY tN NEW FFAMPSHIRE. I 74^ tO '775- The town officers authorized to be elected at the annual town meeting in March, before the Revolution, were a Moderator for the town meetings, Town clerk. Treasurer, Selectmen or " Toiuns- men" Constables, Fence viewers, Field Drivers or "Haywards," Sur- veyors of highways, Survej'ors of lumber. Sealers of weights and measures. Sealers of leather. Tithing-men, Deer-Reeves, I log- reeves. Pound-keepers. Overseers of the poor, and Overseers of houses of correction. The Aloderator then, as now. was the presiding officer of the town meeting. Xo person was allowed to speak in meeting with- out leave of that dignitary, nor ••when any other person was speaking orderlv," and all persons were to be silent at the request of the Moderator under the penalty of five shillings.* The number of Selectmen might be three, five, seven or nine. Before the Revolution the nimiber chosen in IloUis was either three or five, the last inmibcr liaving been chosen in fourteen out of twenty-nine years from 1746 to 1775. The selectmen were paid or not paid for their services, as decided by vote of the town at their election — the town sometimes voting to pay them for their time and expenses, sometimes their expenses only — and occasionallv that they should have no pay for either. In respect to several matters of public concern the Selectmen, under the colonv laws, had much •Cnl. L;nvs. ji. -•. 1 lO lOAV^N OFFICERS. [174610 1775- more power and a wider field of duty tliaii at tlie present day. Tlie law not providing for other assessors of taxes it was made the duty of the .Selectmen to assess all the polls and estates of the inhab- itants according to the known ability of each person for the support of the ministry, schools, the poor, and for all other town e>qDenses.* They also had the whole charge of the public schools, including the providing of suitable buildings or rooms for teaching, and the em- ployment and paying of teachers, j Constables. One of the principal duties of Constables was to collect the taxes. Till the >ear 1765, but one Constable was elected in Ilollis who was charged with the collection of the taxes for the whole town. After that year two were chosen, one of whom was for the west side or west half of the town, the other for the east half. Two corresponding tax lists were made, one for each con- stable, the one list containing the names of the taxpayers in the western division, the other those in the eastern. Picid Drivers. This office in this state has long since grown into disuse. In colonial times it was the duty of these officers to- take up and impoimd neat cattle and other domestic animals found unlawfully running at large in the highways or upon the common land. For many years after the first settlement of Hollis, a very large part of the imimproved land was unfenced, the rights of the owners of such lands being in common. These conmion lands fur- nished much valuable pasturage, and liy the Province law neat cattle and other domestic animals were not permitted to feed upon them without the consent of the land owners. If such animals were found at large upon such lands without the consent of the owners, it was the duty of the Field Driver to impound them, for which service he was allowed one shilling each for horses and neat cattle, and three pence each for sheep and swine, to be paid by the owner of the animals. As early as i747 the town meeting in Hollis "voted that the cattle belonging to the town be booked within a week and go at large upon the commons this year, and to proceed with cattle that dont belong to the town according to the law of the Province." The next year it was *•' voted that residents and non-residents turn out cattle according to their rights, and that all otiiers l)e driven away." The like votes for the protection of the commons contin- ued to be passed for man}- >'ears after. *Col. I,:i\vs, ji, 138. tCol. I.aus. pi>. 1^3. 163. iy^6 U^ '77'^'-] TOWN OIIICKKS. Ill Tit/iim^- Men. I'hc ancient olHcc of Tilliinn-Man lias also l)c- conic obsolete, and the i/a/iic^ once a terror to riule and \va\\var(l \()iitli, \CY\ nearly so. It was anionic the duties of these ollicers U) inspect licensed houses, and to inform of all disorders in them. Also to inlorm of all idle and disorderly persons, profane swearers, and Sabhalh breakers, and to aid in their arrest and punishment. They carried as a badtje of their office a black staff tw(j feet long, tippeil at one end for about three inches with brass or pewter.* It was customary in Hollis to choose four of these officers, two of whom were known as Tithingmen '■'below.,'' the other two as Tith- ingmen " above."' All of them were expected to attend meeting on the Sabbath — the first two to ha\ e their seats on the lower floor, and to take note of all disorder and irreverence "below," the other two to be installed in the gallery, and to observe and report all dis- turbances and breaches of decorum '' above." Hog-reeves. By a law of the Province passed in 1719, swine \vere not permitted to run at large, between the first day of Apri! and the first dav of October, without being yoked and rung in the way described in the law, and two persons were required to be chosen at the yearly town meeting to enforce the Act. The "regulation" hog yoke was to be of wood, to be in length ecjual to the depth o^' the swine's neck, above the neck, and half as long be- low. The ring was to be of strong flexil)le iron wire inserted in the to]) of the nose to prevent rooting, the ends of the wire being so twisted together as to project one inch above the nose.t I>\- the custom of the town all the young men of Mollis, married within the year next preceding the anruial elections, were entitled to the com- pliment of being cfiosen to this responsible office. Deer ICeeves. The forests in most parts of New Ilampshi.e for many years after its first settlement abounded with deer. Both the flesh and skins of these animals being of great value to the settlers, laws were passed to punish the killing of them at such seasons as would diminish their increase. By a Province law of 1 741 it was made a crime to kill deer between the last da\ of December ami the first day of August. An oil'ender against this law was liable to a fine of £10. If not able to pay he might be sen- tenced to \vork forty days for the Government, and fifty days if he should ofi'end a second time. It was made the duty of the town at the annual election to choose two ofliccrs, known as Deer Reeves *Col. Laws, p. sS. tCoI. Laws, p. 173. 113 VOTERS AND THEIR (QUALIFICATIONS. [1764101775. or Deer Keepers^ to see that this law was obsened, with power to enter and search all places where they had cause to suspect that the skins or flesh of deer, unlawfully killed, was concealed. The first Deer Reeves in Hollis were Samuel Farlev, Josiah Brown -.xwiX William Adams, chosen in i747-~thc last, John Cmnings and Elnathan Blood, in 1766. Wolves and Rattlesnakes. Wolves, the natural and incorrigible enemies both of deer and man. also abounded at the early settle- ment of the town, as also did Rattlesnakes, and were the objects of wholly different laws and policv from those adopted in regard to deer. By a province law passed in 1719, towns were empowered to pay a bounty of 20s. per. head, (subsequently increased) for kill- ing grown wolves, and one-half of the like bounty for " wolf whelps." In pin-suance of this law and its amendments, in the years 1760 and 1 761, the town voted to pay any Hollis man, who should kill a wolf within the town a bounty of 40s. and in 1766 this bounty was increased to $10.00. The policy of extermination in respect to Rattlesnakes^ with which parts of the town were then infested, was adopted earlier than that in regard to wolves. At tlie third parish meeting, held in West Dunstable, in ■March, 1740, it was •' \"oted that if any person should make it appear to the Parish Connnittee that during the yeai' he had killed one or more rattlesnakes within the parish, he shall be paid from the parish treasury one .Shilling for each snake so killed." ^'oters and their qualifications. Prior to the Revolution, tiie qualifications for voting in town meetings varied with the objects of the meetings. To l)e qualified to vote tor town otficers, the per- son offering his vote was recjuircd to be a free holder in the town or to have other taxable estate of the value of £20.* In the choice and settlement of a minister for a town or parish, and fixing his salary, the right to vote was limited to the owners of real estate. t Nothwithstanding this restriction of the right to vote, the taxes for the support of the minister were assessed by the .Se- lectmen on land, personal estate a/td polls in the same manner as taxes for other town charges. To be competent to vote for a dele- gate to the General Court, the elector was required to be the owner of real estate in the town of the value of £50, and the can- didate, in order to be eligible to that office, to be possessed of real estate of the value of £300. *Co!. I.aw';, |>. i;,;. \\h. p. 55. 1746 tt> 1775-] '"'1^- STOCKS AM) WIIII'PING POST. "ll^ Houses of Correction. A province law passed in 1719 provided for the erection and rej^adation of Hotises of Correction "for the keeping, correcting and setting to work of rogues., vagabonds., common beggars and /^icv/and idle persons'' Such persons on con- viction before the Court of .Sessions or a Justice of the Peace were to be sent to the House of Correction and set to work under the mas- ter or overseer of that institution. Upon his admission, the unlucky culprit was to be put in shackles or to be whipped, not to exceed ten stripes, unless the \varrant for his commitment directed other- wise. By an act of the General Assembly adopted in 1766, the law for the maintenance of Houses of Correction was extended to towns with the like powers and duties in respect to them.* It appears from the following vote of a special town meeting, on the iSth of March, 1773. that the people of Holiis had availed themselves of the right to establish such an institution for the town. It was then " Voted that Capt. Joshua Wright be overseer of the House of Cor- rection, and take all who may be sent there according to law." The foregoing vote is the only notice I find in the records of such an asylum for rogues and vagabonds. Both the records and traditions are alike silent in respect to the place of its location and the time it was continued, and also as to the names and numbers of its inmates, sent to the overseer to be welcomed on their introduction with shackles and stripes. The Stocks and M'hipping Post. The punishment of malefac- tors, " by making their feet of the oficnder fast in the stocks," is as ancient as the da}'s of Job,t and it is very evident from the recorded experiences of the Apostles Paul and Silas that neither the stocks nor whipping posts were imknown in their times. Sustained alike by abimdant liiblical precedent as well as by the laws of the ])rovince, our order-loving ancestors were not slow in j^roviding their town with both of these terrors of evil-doers. At a special town meeting in June, 1746, about two months after the town was incorporated, •• Voted that the Selectmen provide stocks ;" and at a town meeting in the month of January next after. '' Voted to Accept the Account of Josiah Conant for making the Stocks." The town whipjjing- post, the fitting companion of the stocks, held its place near the front of the meeting-house, not far from the west line of the common, till after the commencement of the present century, and was in use *Col. Laws, pp. 74, 139, 202. tjob, Chap. 13, V. ay. (8) 114 "^"^ SIOCKS AND \V1IIPIMN(; POST. [174610 1/75. within the niemory of persons still living, with its inseparable asso- ciate, the " cat o' nine tails." The varied practical uses to \vhich the stocks and whipping-post were applied may be readily inferred by reference to a few of the cotemporary criminal laws for the pun- ishment of minor offen.ces. most of which were within the jurisdic- tion of justices of the peace. vSomc of these punishments were as follows ; Profane Cursi)ig and Sxvcariiig. •• For the first offence — a fine of one shilling. '' If not paid the culprit to be set in the stocks two hours — For more than one profane Oath at the same time — a fine of two shillings and to lie set in the stocks not more than three hours." DrKuhcniicss. " For lirst offence, a line of 5 shillings — if not able to pay, the convict to be set in the stocks not more than three hours." Dcfaiuatioii . If tbimd guilty the oflender to be fined 20 shillings. If not paid to be set in the stocks not more than three hours.* Robbing Gardens and Orchards. If the prisoner was not able to pay his fine to be set in the stocks or whipped at the discretion of the Justice, t Insolcnce^or Molcnce to Women on the Highway. For first offence, whipping not exceeding ten stripes. For second offence, to be burnt in the haiid.f Petit Larceny. The offender to forfeit treble the value of the property stolen, and to be fined not exceeding £5, or whipped not more than twenty stripes. If not paid, the culprit to be sold for a term of time to be fixed at the discretion of the court. The following sentence of one Char/cs jVetvton, convicted of steal- ing property of the value of three shillings, is copied from the early coiu-t records of (jrafton County. It is here presented as illustrat- ing the state of the law in like cases in the times of King George. The person froiu whom the property was stolen, and who was charged with the duty of selling the culprit into servitude, was Dea. yoJm WilloiigJiby, one of the many worthy emigrants from Fiollis, to Plymouth just before the \\ar of the Revolution. " Grafton, ss. Superior Courts yii>i<-' Terni^ '774- " Dominus Rex. \-. Charles Newton. It is considered by the Court that the said Charles Newton pay a fine to his Majesty of *Col. Laws. p. 31. fCoI. Laws, p. 1S9. 174610 lyZv] '"'■- ''^"^'^ -^^'^ T11B.11: siiM'ouT. 115 Ten Shillings, or he whipped ten stripes on the naketl l)aek hy llie hands of the common whippcr, hetwcen tlie hours of 1 1 o'clock A. M., and 2 o'clock, P. M., to-morrow, heing the i6th day of June, A. D., 1774. — Also that he pay t(^ John Willoughln nine shillings, heing treble the value of the goods stolen and costs of prosecution. That in want of the pa) ment of the saitl nine shil- lings and cost, he be sold into senitude by the saitl W'illoughby to any of his Alajesty's liege subjects for the Term of wSix months to commence on the 1 ^ih davof Jmie, A. I). i77Si- ^md that he stand committeil till sentence be performed." •• Attest, Geougk King, C/'X'." TJie Poor a)id f/ict'r Support. By a law of the province (jf 1 7 19. continued in force till long after the Revolution, all persons having dwelt in a town for three months, without being legally warned to depart, became inhabitants, and in case of inability to support themselves from sickness or other cause, were required to be relieved by the town. \^\ the same law the town could protect itself from the risk of the liability for the support of all new- comers by warning them to leave town within the three months after their Hrst coming. By an Act passed in 1771- the time for this warning to leave was extended to one year. The warrant for this "Warning out," as it was called, was issuetl by the selectmen to a constable, commanding the new comer to depart from the town within a time fixed in the warrant, and in case of his neglect to leave, the law authorized the issuing of a second warrant for hi:^ removal to his former residence. If a person so remo\ed after- wards returned, he coidd be dealt with as a ■• vagabonil," and sent to the house of correction. The province laws of the times provided for the election bv towns of Overseers of the Poor, and in 1749, Capt. Peter Powers^ Zedekiah Drinv. and Nathaniel Townscnd were chosen to that (jflice. This is the only instance I find in the earlv records of an election to that office, and the instances were vcrv rare in which any special tax was levied for the support of the j^oor. The care of the poor as well as the protection of the town from the increase of paupers by the "Warning out" of new settlers appear to have been left wholly to the selectmen. It is very evident from the mauN entries upon the records of the issuing and return of these notices that this harsh and invidious duty of warning new settlers to lea\ e Il6 AFRICAN SI.A\'ERV. [174610x775, the town was verv diligently performed by the Hollis selectmen and constables from its first settlement, till near the commence- ment of the present century. The first of these notices found in the records was in June, 17465 the year of the charter, and was directed to Wid. Mary Blanchard. The next in time, now to be found, was dated Julv 6. i749- ^^nd served upon James Ferguson and John Thompson, requiring them "to depart from the town in 14 davs." Between 1746 and i797 there are records of nearl}^ two hundred of the like warrants and notices, a part of them to single individuals, but much the largest Dortion embracing wdiolc families, giving the names of the husband, ^vife and children. All new comers, indiscriminately, appear to liave been exposed to these inhospitable notices, whether likely to become paupers or not. As evidence of this lack of discrimination, 1 find in these warrants between 1767 and 1774, the names of no less than seven persons wdio were afterwards Hollis soldiers in the Rev- olution, and the like number who had been in the arrn^•, and were \varned to leave after the war was ended. It is very evident, how- over, that the persons so warned did not ordinarily obey this sum- mons to leave, nor does it appear that they were expected to do so, as we find in these warrants not only the names of so many Hollis soldiers, wdio did not go away, but also the names of many others, who were served with the like notices, and afterwards remained, and became substantial freeholders and valuable and respected citi- zens. It is but just to sa\- that this odious and l)arbarous custom had the sanction of a general la%v of the province, and I find no reason to believe that it was executed more oflensivel}- in Hollis than in other New Hampshire towns. S/avcrv- African slaver}- existed in New Hampshire under the sanction of the province laws till near the close of the war of the Revolution. According to a census taken in 1767- ^^^^ whole pop- ulation of the province was 53,700. of w'hich number 3S4 were slaves, of whom there were two in Hollis. In i775 ^'""^ wdiole pop- ulation of New Hampshire had increased to 83,200. and the slaves to 656, of wdiom foin- were in Hollis. I am indebted to a granddaughter of Col. David Webster for the original deed of sale made to him of tw^o negro slaves. A copy of this deed is presented below, showing the mode of transferring the supposed legal title to this kind of property in human flesh in accordance with the laws then in force in New England. Col. 1746101775-] AFRICAN SLAVERY. \lj Webster was a distinguished New Hampshire oHicer in the war of the Rcvokition, who tor some years before the war resided in IloUis, and removed from IIolHs to Plymouth about the year ijS^. " Know all Men by these Presents that I Jacob Whittier of Mc- thuen in the County of Essex in tiie Province of Massachusetts Bay, Yeoman, in consideration of the Sum Sixty pounds lawful money paid me by David Webster of Plymouth in the Province ot~ N. Hampshire, Gent, have sold and by these Presents do sell unto the said David Webster, one negro man namcil Cicero, and also one Negro Woman, named Dinah, both being servants for life, and now in my possession. To have and to hold the said Negroes during the natural life of each of them Respectively to the said David Webster, his heirs and assigns, according to the common usage and Laws of said Provinces. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 13th day of December .Vnno Domini 1769, in the loth year of liis Majesty's reign. Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us. Jacob Whittirr. -I Seal, i Eben V. Barker. AniGAir, Barker. Il8 THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENERAI, COURT. C H A P 'r E R X . THE \EW HAMPSHIRE GENERAL COURT. MEMBERS EROM TTOELIS AND THE OLD DUNSTABLE TOWNS BEEORE THE REVOI-UTION. CONTESTED ELECTION IN 1762. DUTSION OE THE PROVINCE INTO COUNTIES. ORGANIZATION OE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, COUNTY OFEICERS EROM IIOLLIS. THE PINE TREP: LAW. ITS UNPOPULARITY AND TROUBLE IN ENEORCING IT. RIOT AT WEARE. GOV. JOHN WP:NTW0RTH. HIS PERSONAL POPU- LARITY. ADDRESS EROM THE PEOPLE OE HOLLIS. JURORS TO HOLLIS. THE FIRST TRIAL FOR MURDER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. POPULATION BEFORE 1775. I74I TO l77S. THE NEW HAMPSIHRE GENERy\L COUR'l . From 1741 1 (the year when the new province line was settled) , till 1775' the New Hampshire General Coiut consisted of a Gover- nor and twelve Councillors appointed bv the King, and a House of Representatives varying in nimi1)cr from thirteen to thirty-one, elected by the towns. The only member of the Governor's Council, from the towns formed out of the territory of Old Dunstable, was Col. Joseph Blanchard. a resident of the new town of the same name, who was appointed in 1741- 'Hid held his ofHce till his death in 1758. MEMBERS Ol" THE 7IOUSE FROM HOLLIS AND THE OLD DUNSTABLE TOWNS. There was no member of the House of Representatives from either of the old Dunstable towns till 1752. when Jonathan Lovew^ell was chosen for Dunstable and Merrimack. From 176210 1768 these towns were coupled together and represented as follows: 1762. Dunstable and Hollis — Dr. John Hale. Merrimack and Monson — Joseph Blanchard, Esq. Nottingham West and Litchfield — Capt. Samuel Greeley. 1768. Dunstable and Hollis — Dr. John Hale. Merrimack and Monson — Capt. John Chamberlain. Nottingham West and Litchfield — -James Underwood, Esq. 1/4' to 1775.] A eONTKSTEi:) liLFXTIO.N. 119 I find the following scrap of characteristic political history in respect to the election for IloUis and Dunstable in 1762, in the New Hampshire Historical Collections (v. 1, p. 57) which is here pre- sented as follows : ••What is now HoUis was formerly the West Parish of Dunsta- ble. For a number of years after Hollis was incorporated, the two towns were classed together to send a man to represent thein to the General Court. Dunstable being the older town, required the Elec- tions to be uniformly held there, until Hollis became the most populous, when it was requested by Hollis that they should be held in those towns alternately, that Each might have an Equal chance. But Dunstable did not consent to this proposal. Hollis feeling some resentment, mustered all its forces, leaving at liome scarcely man or horse. Previouslv to this time the person cnoscn had been uniformly selected from Dunstable. But on this occasion the peo- ple of Dunstable, finding thev were outnumbered, their town clerk mounted a pile of shingles and called on the inhabitants to bring in their votes for Moderator for Dunstable. The town clerk of Hollis moimted another pile and called on the inhabitants of Dunstable and Hollis to bring in their votes for Moderator for Dunstable and Hollis. The result was that Lovewell, Esq., was declared Moderator for Dunstable and Dea. Francis Worcester Moderator for Dunstable and Hollis. Each Moderator proceeded in the same manner to call the votes for Representative. Jonathan Lovewell, Esq.." was declared chosen to represent Dunstable and Dr. John Hale was declared chosen to represent Dunstable and Hollis. Accord- inglv both repaired to Portsmouth to attend the General Court. Lovewell was allowed to take his seat, and Hale rejected. Hale, bowever, instead of returning home, took measures to acquaint the Governor with what had transpired and waited the issue. It was not long before Secretarv Theodore Atkinson came into the House and proclaimed aloud. • I have special orders from his Excellency to dissolve this House : Accordingly you are dissolved." • (iod save the King.'' " It appears from the Journal of the House that the election of both Lovewell and Hale was set aside, and the House immediately dissolved by the Governor. A very few days after, a second elec- tion was held, and Hale was returned by the sherifl". and at once obtained his seat without further objection.* *Prov. Papers, Vol. 6, p. 806. J20 ORGANIZATION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. [l??!- Dr. Hale was afterwards re-elected and continued to represent Hollis and Dunstable till 1/68, when he was succeeded by Col. Samuel Hobart, who, as appears from the Journal, represented Hollis oidy for the next six years till the Revolution. In 1767 Dr. Hale was Lieut. Colonel of the Regiment of Militia to which HoLlis was attached, and Col. Hobart, Major of the same regiment. In 1775, Hale was appointed Colonel of tliat regiment, and Hobart Colonel of the Second New Hampshire Regiment of Minute Men, ordered to be raised by the New Hampshire Provincial Congress in September, 1775.* JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Before the Revolution, Justices of the Peace as well as the (jov- ernor and Council held their commissions, as Magistrates, from the King. The only pej"sons in Hollis known or supposed to have 1)een so commissioned were Samuel Cumiiigs, Sen., the first Tow'u clerk, his son Samuel Cumings, Jun., John Hale, Samuel Hobart and L3enjamii\ Whiting, the first sherifi' of Hiilsliorough County. Samuel Cumings, Jun., and Whiting were Loyalists or Tories, and are supposed to have left the State early in 1777 and never after- wards returned, and together with Thomas Cinuings, a brother of the former, were proscribed by an act of the A'ew liampshire General Court passed- in 177S, forbidden to return and their estates confiscated.! ORGANIZATION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Previously to 1771 there had been no division of New Hampshire into counties. Till that vear the province, in law. was Init a single county, and the courts of law, as well as the sessions of tlie (jcn- cral Court, were ordinarily held at Portsmouth, ne»ir the S. E. cor- ner of the province. That part of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers had for many years been largely settled, and the settlers west of the Merrimack had for a long time been greatly dissatisfied with the inconvenience, dela\s and ex- pense incident to their being so remote from the courts of justice and seat of government. As early as 1754 tlie people of Hollis, with a very large portion of the settlers west of the ISIerrimack. united in petitions to the General Court setting forth their grievances. ''Prov. Papers, Veil, i'., pp. (jo;, dji. fBclkniip's Hist'iiy of \. II., l>.',5Si. 177--] T>>'- i'i>iV: TRKK I.AW. 121 aiul piayin<^ for a division of the pro\ iiicc into counties. But no such division was made till 1771. On the 19th of March of that year the General Court passed an act dividing the province into the live original counties of Rockingham, StraiVord, Hillsborough, Grafton and Cheshire. These counties were so named by Gover- nor Wentworth in honor of some of his friends in England con- nected with the English government.* The county of Hillsborough was organized the same year, with the county seat at Amherst. The town meeting in Hollis, held in x\ugust of that year, "Voted to raise £100, for a prison at Amherst, provided it should be built on the South side of the Souhegan river." Two of the Hrst Judges of the Court of Sessions for the county were Matthew Thornton, of Merrimack, and Samuel Hobart, of IloUis. Benjamin Whiting, also of Ilollis, was the first high Sheriir, and Hobart the first county Treasurer and Register of Deeds, his ofHce being kept in Hollis. rilK PIXE TREE LAW, ITS UNPOPULARITY AXD TROUBLE IN EXFORCIXG IT. It will be remembered by the careful reader of the town char- ter of Hollis that all IVkite Pi)ic Trees growing within the town and fit "for the I'oyal navy" were reserved to the King for that use. The same reservations of white pine trees for the like pur- pose were made in other New Hampshire town charters granted by the royal governors. As early as 1722, the New Hampshire General Court passed an act making it a penal offence for any person to cut White Pine Trees of twelve inches in diameter and over, a law that was continued in force till the Revolution. By this law the fine for cutting such trees of 12 inches in diameter was £5, — 12 to 18 inches in diameter, £10, — from iS to 24 inches, £20, — exceeding 24 inches, £^0, — and all lumber made from trees unlaw- fully cut was forfeited to the King.f It may \yell be supposed that this law was not popular with the New Hampshire owners of saw mills, and farmers whose lands abounded with those trees, which were quite as useful and needful for the dwelling-houses and meeting-houses of the inhabitants as for the King's navy. At the time Hillsborough County was •Belknap, p. 344. fCol. Laws, pp. 226, 229. 122 PINE TREE RIOT AT WEARE. [iTT^- organized, Gov. John Wentvvorth held the office of •' Surveyor oj the Ki?i^\s ll^oods" coupled with the iiuthority and duty of enforc- ing this hated law, and he had in different parts of the province his deputies to aid in its execution. It was among the duties of these debilities, at the expense of the land owner, to mark all of the Ki}ig' s Pine Trees^ on land proposed to be cleared, before the owner should begin his clearing. If lumber made from the King's trees, marked or unmarked, was found at saw-mills or else- where, it was made the duty of the deputies to seize and sell it for the benefit of his Majesty's treasury- PINE TREE RIOT IN WEARE. In the spring of 1773 an incident occurred in the town of Weare, in the northerly part of Hillsborough county, that well illustrates the bitter and settled hostility of public sentiment to this odious law. A citizen of that town of the name of jMitdgctt^ with others, had been charged In' a deputy surveyor with unlawfulh' cutting the king's trees, the lumber made from which was then at one of the saw-mills in Weare. A complaint was made against the offender and a warrant issued for his arrest, and put into the hands of Sherifl' Whiting for execution. The slieriti", taking with him an assistant, repaired forthwith to Weare and made prisoner (jf the accused. The arrest being late in the afternoon, the prisoner suggested that if the officer would wait till the next morning he would furnish the necessar\ bail for liis appearance to the next court. The sheriH' acquiesced in this suggestion, and he, with his assistants, went to a tavern near bv to ])ass the night. 'I'he coming of the sheritV, with the nature (jt his mission, to Weare. was very soon made known to the townsmen of the accused, wiio. to the number of twenty or more, met together, and during the night made their plans for bail of a ditrerent sort from that understood by the sheriff the evening before. Very earlv in the morning, while the sherifi' was yet in bed, he was roused from his slumbers by his prisoner who told him that his bail was \vaiting at his door. Whiting complained at being so early disturbed in Jiis slumbers. The ])roposc(l liail, however, witliout ^vaiting to listen t(j anv com})laints of tiiis kind, promptly entered liis sleeping-ioom. each, lurnished with a tough, flexible switch, an implement better adapted for making his mark upon the back of the sheriH' than for writing the name of the bail at the foot of a bail bond. Without allowing their victim time to dress 177--] r'lNK TREK RIOT AT WKARE. 1 23 himself, one of the compam . as is said, held him by his hands, and another by his feet, while the rest in turn proceeded to make their marks upon the naked back of the sherifl' more to their own satis- faction than for his comfort or dcliathies of the bench were quite as much with the prisoners at the bar and popular sentiment, as with the sheriff' and the Pine tree law. This law as it was enforced was more oppres- sive and offensive to the people of those times than the .Stamp tax and Tea tax, and there is little doubt that the attempted execution of it contributed quite as much as eitlicr or both of those laws to the remarkable unanimity of the New Hampshire yeomanry in their hostility to the British Government in the civil war that soon followed. CHARACTER OF GOVERNOR WENTWORTir. Notwithstanding Governor Wentw^orth continued to hold this odious office of '• Surveyor of the King's Woods," he was personally verv popular with the people of New Hampshire till the out-break 124 ADDRESS TO GOV. JOHN WENTWORTH. [l772« of the war, when, still adhering to the cause of the King, he left the country. Mr. .Saliine, in his Biographies of the Tories of the Revolution, says of him : ''That his talents were of a high order, his judgment sound, and his views liberal. That he was a friend of learning, gave to Dartmouth College its Charter, did much to encourage Agriculture and to promtjte the settlement of tlie province ; Zealously labored to increase its importance, and at the last retired from his official trusts with a character uninipeached. and with the respect of his political opponents.*" Still, in the face of this great popularity, Peter Livius, one of his council, having been disappointed in his ambition for office, became his bitter enemy, and in the summer of 1/7-'' iii''<^lc> complaint against the governor to the home government, charging him, among other things, with oppression in otfice and corrupt interference with the courts of justice. COMPr,IME.\'TARV ADDRESS TO (k)VERNOR WENT W( )iirH. In reference to this attack upon Coveinor \Vent\\()rth, the people of Hollis, at their annual town meeting in 1773^ unanimously Noted a highly complimentan' address to him, the most of which is copied in the following extracts from the record oi' the meeting: •• A/ay il please voiir lixccllciicy : '•• We, the inhabitants of Holies, being assembled at our amuial town meeting, having been informed that Peter Li\ius, Esq.. lias presented a memorial to tlie Lords of Trade. '■ * wherein it is signified that vour Excellency, together with the Honorable Council, have obstructed the channels of Justice in this Province. &c., &c. * * We, the Inhabitants of Holies, being sensible of the many obligations this county and Province are under to \ our Excellency, for the repeated and continued instances of \ oiu' goodness to them * * in all respects but more especiallv in }our unwearied endeav- ors that Justice might be didy and impartially administered ; * * We beg leave to assure your Excellency that we shall hold ourselves in the greatest readiness to Iiear testimony against all such false aspersions of your Excellency's administiation. and think ourselves in duty bound to give our \(Mce publickly — and we do it cheertully and sincerely in favor of your Excellency's Administration * * * *Sabine, Vol. 2, |). 411. 177--] FIRST IIIIAL lOH MIUDKK AI' AM1IKR.ST. 1^5 and wo lVa\ e no doubt that it lias been to the satisfaction of the people of this county and province * * We beg leave to add that it is our earnest desire that the Divine Blessing may attend your Excellency, and that you may be continuctl in the important place you now fill for many years to come. '•Voted that Hon. Samuel Ilobarl and Col. John Hale, Esq.. wait on his Excellency with this address." ITHST JintOltS FROM lIOl.LIS. The names of the inst and onl\- jurors from Hollis. to the courts held at Portsmouth, to be found in the records are underthe date of July 24. 1769. when Ensign Stephen Ames was '■^chosen'''' Grand Juror and Noah Worcester. Petit Juror. The first Superior Court for Hillsborough Count}' was held at Amherst in September, 1771- The Grand Jurors from Hollis for this court were Lt. Reuben Dow and William Ncvins — Petit Jurors. Capt. Joshua Wright and Dea, Stephen Jcwett. riKST TmAI, FOR MIRDER AT AMHERST. The first trial for a capital crime in Hillsborough Countv was that of Israel \\'ilkins, Jun.. of Hollis, who was tried upon an indictment found against him by the Grand Jury in vSeptember, 1773. charging him with the murder of his father, Israel Wilkins, Sen., at Hollis. Nov 2, 1772. It appears from the proceedings and indictment that this homicide was tlie rcjsult of a sudden quarrel, in which the de- ceased was mortally wounded, "by a blow upon the head with a certain billet of wood in the hand of the defendant of the value 3d. thereby giving the said deceased upon his left temple, a mortal wound, of the length of three inches and the depth of one inch, of which mortal wound the said deceased, after languishing for the space of tliree days, then and there died." So says the indictment. The jury upon the evidence found the defendant guilty of juan- slaughtcr ow\\ , that crime being at that time punishable with death, the same as premeditated murder. The record of the trial, after reciting the arraignment and plea of the prisoner, the doings of the court, and the verdict of the jury, concludes as follows: ''It being demanded of the said Israel Wilkins. Jun., Why sentence of Death should not be passed upon him. the said Wilkins prayed the bcncjit of clergy, which was granted. Whereupon the prisoner, the said Wilkins, was burned with a hot iron in the form of the letter T. on 125 POPULATION. ['77^- the brawny part ot the thumb of his left liaiul, and it is further con- sidered that tlie said Wilkins forfeit all his Goods and Chattels t<^ the King." Not havino- space in this connection to speak of the 'A^ '755- 107. 17(0, 117. 1765, 131- '767. 161. By the Provincial census, taken in 1767. the population of the old Dunstable towns was as below : Dun.st;iMe, 520. Merrimack, 400. .Nottini;h:iin West, 583. Holies, Sfx). Litchfield, 234. Mcinsnii, 29S. At that time Dunstable had four sla\cs. Hollis and Nottingham West two each, Litchtield twelve, Merrimack three, Monson none. In 1775. in September of that year, a second census w^as taken by the New Hampshire convention. The following statistics relat- ing to the old Dunstable towns are taken from that census : Dunstable, whole pop., 705. Men in the aniiv. 40. Slaves, 7. Hollis, •' " 1.255. " '■ " '■ 'w- " 4- Litchfield, " " 2S4. " " " " 13. " 10. Merrimack, " " 606. " •' " " ig. " i ;. Nottingham West, " " 649. '■ " " •• 22. " 4. Total, .'vt*'- 154. 3S. Before the taking of that census, Hollis iiad lost eleven of her .soldiers, of whom nine had been killed, and tAvo died of disease. THE SETTLEMENT OF PLVMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. A HOLLI.s COLONY. The war for the conquest of Canada ended in 1761. Many of the soldiers from Hollis wdio had been in that war, in their toilsome marches through the northern wilderness, had become acquainted 1765.] SKTTLKMENT AT PLYMOUTH. 12/ witli the line country on the upper branches of the Connecticut and Merrimack. They returned to tlicir homes with so favorable im- pressions of that part of New Hampshire, that in the fall of 1762. a party of eif^ht men from HoUis went to what is now Plymouth, to explore the country with a view to settlement there. This ex- ploration, with their report of it, residtcd the next year in obtain- ing a charter of the town of Plymouth from Benning Wentworth, then Governor, dated July 16, 1763. Of about sixty jriantees named in this charter, near two-thirds were Ilollis men. Emigra- tion from Ilollis at once commenced, and within the next three years a large numlier of the former residents of Ilollis became set- tlers in Plymouth, of whom many were afterwards known as in- fluential and respected citizens of that town. Among them were Col. David Ilobart, afterwards distinguished for his bravery and good conduct as the Colonel of a New Hampshire Regiment imder Gen. Stark at the battle of Bennington, and Col. David Webster, who commanded a Regiment of New Hampshire troops at the taking of Bin-goyne at Saratoga, and was aftei-vvards sherift' of Grafton County. Besides the foregoing, there were Dea. Francis Worcester, for many years a deacon of the Hollis chiu'ch and town treasurer, and afterwards a representative to the General Court from Plymouth in the war of the Revolution ; also three Captains of companies in the army, viz. : Jotham Cumings, John Willoughby and Amos Webster, the last of whom was killed at the battle at Saratoga in the command of a company of infantry attached to Col. Morgan's famous rifle corps.* *New Hampshire Hist. Coll., Vol. 3, p. 374. 128 EARLY SETTLERS OF HOLLIS. [l730tO 1 760. C H A P T E R X 1 . BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF A PORTION OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF HOLLIS PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH WAR OF 1 754- ABBOT, CAPT. BENJAMIN was fi-oni Amli)vcr, Mass. His name was on the Hollis Tax Lists in 1750- I" ^755 '^^ "^^'^^ Lieutenant in Capt. Power's corn- pan}'. Col, l^lanchard's regiment, in the expedition to Crown Point, and was again in the army in 1757. He was selectman in 1752, '53 and '54. 11 '.s son Benjamin was a soldier in the Revolution. Diedjaniiary5, 1776, ffit. 46. ADAMS, WILLIAM was in West Dunstable in 173S, and signed the petition for the charter of West Dunstable. Married INIary vSpears, Ma}- 29, 1744. Was a town officer in 1746. His son William \vas a soldier at Bim- kcr Hill and Bennington. Died August 3. 17^7- ^^t. 39. AMES. ENSIGN STEPHEN came from Groton, Mass. JNIarried Jane Robbins in Groton. in 1 731. Was in West Dunstable in 1739, selectman in 1747 and 1748, and was a soldier in the French war in 1757. Re2)resentati\e to the New Hampshire General Court, in 17/=;, '76 and '77. His sons Jonathan and David were soldiers in the Revolution. BALL, EBENEZER came from Concord. Mass. His name was on the Hollis Tax List in 1749^ iiiifl he was a soldier in the French war in 17=5^, in the comjoany of Capt. Powers. His sons Ebenezer. Nathaniel, Wil- liam and John were soldiers in the Revolution. BAILEY, DANIEL was from Marlborough, Mass. Settled in the part of Hollis known as Monson, al>out the year 1754. Himself and three of his sons, viz. Joel, Andrew and Daniel, Jun., were Revolutionary soldiers. Died January 15. 1798, act. 69. 1730 to 1760.] F.AFir.'S' SKTTLERS OF HOI.MS. I 29 IJAinoN, HKNKV was ill West Dunstable in 1738 and signed the petition for the char- ter. Was Pari sli Assessor in 1741 and Collector in 1743. Died April 20, 1760, a3t. 54. BI.ANCIIARD, BENJAMIN is supposed to have come from Dunstable, N. II. He was in West Dunstable, in 1743, and signed the call to Rev. Mr. Emerson. Married Kezia Hastings Dec. 31, 1744. Was tithing-man in 1747^ and selectman in 1750 and 1754. ULOon, KLNAIHAN supposed from Groton, Mass. His name is on the first tax list for West Dunstable, in 1740. Married Elizabeth Boynton in Groton, in 1741. He was a soldier in the French war in i757' ''i"<^l selectman in i 773. BLOOD, JOSIAIl was from Dracut, Mass. Was in West Dunstable in 173S and signed the petition for the charter ; was a soldier in the Revolution, as was also his son Josiah. Jr.. and is suj^poscd to have died at Ti- conderoga in September. 1776. BLOOD. NATHANIEL •supposed from Groton. Mass. He was in West Dunstable in 173S and signed the petition for the cliarter. and was a soldier in the French war in 1758. Five of his sons, viz., Nathaniel. Francis, Daniel, Timothy and Nathan, were soldiers in the Revolution, the last named of whom was killed at i3unkcr Hill. BOVNTf)N, DEA. JOHN supposed from Newbury, Mass. Was in West Dunstable in 1743 ; parish clerk in 1744. Married Ruth Jcwett of Rowley in 1745. Chosen deacon in 1755, and selectman in 17^8. 1761. and 1762, etc. His sons John and Jacob were soldiers in the Revolution, the last of whom was killed at Bunker Hill. Died Oct. 29, 17S7, xt. 67. ROVNTON, JR.. JOHN supposed also from Newbury. He was in West Dunstable in 1745. Married Lydia Jewett of Rowley, in May. '745- His sons, Isaac and loel, were Revolutionarv soldiers. (9) 130 EARLY SETTLERS OK HOLLIS. [l7.SO to 1 760. BOVXTON. JOSHUA was in West Dunstable in 174S' '^^^^ •' town otHcer in 1747. Three of his sons, viz., Joshua, |un.. Benjamin and Elias, were soldiers in the Revolution. ■BROWN, ENSKJN, JOSIAH came Irom Salem, Mass., and was in West Dunstable in 1.743. '^"^^ a town officer in 1747 iiUfl i74^- ^^^ ^"^'^^ '^^ ensign in the French Wixr in 175S. Removed to Plymouth, N. H.. in 1764. BKOWX, j(JJI\ was also from Salem, and was in West Dunstable in 1743 and signed the call to Rev. Mr. Emerson. Married Kezia Wheeler October 9, 1744. Died May 6, 1776. BURGE, EPJIKAIM was from Chelmsford, Mass. .Settled in HoUis about 1760. Was a soldier in Capt. Emerson's company in i777- ^'^ oldest son Ephraim B., Jun., was for many vears a deacon of the Hollis church, and his sons, Rev. Josiaii B. and Dr. Benjamin B., were graduates of Harvard College. (q. v.) Died July 3i, 17S4, :pt. 46. CONAXr. 1 OS I All was from Salem, Mass. Came to West Dunstable in 1744. Mar- ried Catharine Emerson, February, 1745. His two sons, Josiah, Jun., and Abel, were soldiers in the Revolution, and both deacons of the Hollis church. Died December 14, 1756, ;et. 44. COLBUKX, LHtUr. KOBERT came from Billerica, Mass., was in West Dunstal)le in 1738, and signed the petition for the charter. Married Elizabeth vSniith in 1747. Settled in the part of Hollis known as Monson. His sons, Robert, Benjamin and Nathan, were Revolutionary soldiers. Died July 9, 1783. a?t. 66. Cl'MINGS, ESq^.. SAMUEL was born in Groton, Mass., March 6, 1709; married Prudence Lawrence of Groton, July iS, 1732. Was in West Dunstable in 1 739 and signed the second petition tor the charter. He was the first justice of the peace in Hollis and was chosen town clerlv in twenty-two different years, between 1746 and 1770. He was 1^3^ to 1760.] . KAIU.V SlCTTMir.S 01 IIOI.I.IS. I^I sergeant in Capt. I'oweis's coinpauN in the Freneli war in 1755- Two of liis sons. Saniutl aiul Tlionias. were lo\aIists in the Revo- hition, and Benjamin, his voungest sun. was a Continental sohlier. Died January 18, 177.:. a-l. 62. Cl'Ml.ViiS, JKRAIIMAKI, was a l)r<>ther oi' .Samuel Ciuuings, and horn in Cjroton. Octolier 10. 1711. Married Hannah FarwcU in 1736; was in West Dunstable in 1738, and signed the first petition for the cliarter. He was the father of Re\ . Henr\ Cinnings, D. D.. the first minister of Bil- lerica, and of Capt. Jotham Cumings, a soldier in the French w ar of 1755- and an officer in the war of the Revolution. Died Octolier 25, 1747, ict. 36. CUMINGS, DEA. WILLIAM is supposed to have come from Groton. and was in West Dimstable in 1744. and chosen Deacon of the Hollis cluuch in 1745. He was ensign in the French war in 17^^- in the company of Capt. Powers, and all his three sons, Ebcnezer. W illiam and Philij). were soldiers in the Revolution. Died vSeptember 9. 1758. ict. 46. DANKOKTII, lONATlIAX came tVom Billerica. and was m West Dunstable in 1743. and signed the call to Rev. Mr. limerson. He was a grandson of the noted Massachusetts siuveyor of the same name, and was a town officer iir 1746. Died March 3. 1747. ;et. 33. DINSMOm:, THOMAS came from Bedford, Mass., was in W^cst Dunstable previous to 1736. and was the third settler, and lived on the farm in Hollis now owned by John Coburn on the road to Pepperell. Died December 10. 174S. OKri;V, ZKOEKIAII was also trom Bedford, and by trade a blacksmith ; was in West Dunstable in 1743, and signed the call to Mr. Emerson. About the year 1765 he removed to Temple, N. H. FARLKV, LIEUT. SAMIKL came from Bedford. Mass.. was in West Dunstable in i'jyj- and was a petitioner for the charter. Married Hannah Brown October 7, 1744. His son Benjamin was a .soldier in the Revolution. Died November 23. 1797. a-t. 79. IT,2 EAKLV SETTLERS OF IIOI.I.IS. [l730 to 1 760. lAULKV. 1,1 EIT. r.EXJA.MIX was also from Ik-dtorcl. Was in West Dunstable in 1 73S and a ])etitioner tor the charter and was the tirst iini keeper in West Dun- stable. He lived tirst on the tarni now owned by T. G. Worcester, about one-fourth of a mile south of the meeting-house. He was parish assessor in 1740 and 1741. and selectman in 1746. Three of his sons. El)enezer. Christopher and Stephen, were Revolutionary soldiers. Died November 33, 1797- in his Soth vear. FAIM.K^', JOSEPH came from 15illcrica. and was in West Dunstable in 1743. Killed bv the fall of a tree. November 24. 1763. a't. 4(). ii.Ac.c. i:i.K. \zf:i; came from Concord. Mass.. and was the second settler in West Dunstable. lie li\ed in the south-west pAV{ of the town, and during the P'rench war of 1744 his house was tortilied as a guard house. He was parisii assessor in i74-- ^''^ ^*"i John was a soldier in the French war. i7S^- and his son lonas in that of the Re\(4ution. Died August 14. 17^7. ;i't. ^3. ilAl;l)^. i'iii.\i;as came to lloUisfrom Hradtord, Mass. Ilis name is lirst on thelloUis tax lists in 17^2. lie was a soldier in the garrison at Poi"tsmouth, N. H.. in 1776. and his sons. I'hineas. Thomas. Noah and [esse, were all sokliers in the army. Died March 7. KS13. a:;t. 86. HARRIS. STEI'IIEX was from Littleton. Mass.. and settled in what is now the north- part of Hollis about 173s. He was a petitioner for the charter of West Dunstable in 173N. and first treasurer of A\'est Dunstable in [740. Died Se]:)tember 20. i77^- a't. 7^- JEWETT, DEA. STEIMIEX is sup]jose(.l to lia\e come to Hollis from Ro\\le\. Mass.. in 17SI1 and married Hannah (Farwell) Cumings. Axidow of Ensign Jcrah- mael Cumings, in 17V-- He was chosen selectman in 1766. deacon of the Hollis church in 1770. and a delegate to the Count\' Con- gress at Amherst in i774 and 1775. All of his three sons. Steph- en, Jun.. Noah and Jonathan, were sokliers in the Revoluti(^n, Diet! May 23. 1S03, ;rt. 75. 1730 to 1760.] KARI.Y SKITLKHS IN IIOI.I.IS. 1^3 KKMl'. ZKIMBHABKI, was born in Groton. Mass., October 12. 1705. Married Abigail Lawrence, in Groton, November 23. 1737. N\ :is in West Dunsta- ble in 1743. and a town officer in 174S. M( DONAl.D. JAMES also came tVom (jroton and was in West l^unslalile in 1739. and a signer ot' the seconil petition for the charter. lie was a town officer in 174S and a soldier in 1777 in the company ot" Capt. Goss. Died April I I . i.Soi . let. 83. NK\1NS. WILLIAM i;ame from Xcwton, Mass.. and his name appears in the Hrst tax list in West Dunstable in 1740. He was selectman in 1771 and 1^/2. and moderator in 1773 and 1774. Five of his sons. viz.. \\ illiam. Joseph. Benjamin. John and Phineas. were Revolutionar\ soldiers. Died February 15. 17S5. let. 67. m:\ins. Dwin was from Bedford. Alass.. and was in West Dunstal)le in i 73S and signed the first petition for the charter. He was parish collector in 1741. Removed from Hollis to Plymouth among the first settlers of Plymouth. NOVKS. DEA. ENOCH came from Newbury, Mass. His name first appears on the Hollis tax lists in i747- He was selectman in ij^i- and chosen deacon in 1755. His two sons, Enoch and Elijah, were soldiers in the Revo- lution. Died Se])teniber 1796. ;et. 80. 1" All II. DKA. rilONfAS was from Groton. Married .\.mia Gilson in 1741. in Groton. He was in West Dunstable in i743- and was chosen deacon in 1745. His sons. Thomas and Da\ id. were soldiers in the Revolution. Died May 1. 1754. a-t. 40. rool.. W II.I.IAM was iVom Reading. Mass. Married Hannah XichoK. at Reading. June 19. 1751. and came to Hollis during the French war of 1754. his name being first found on the Hollis tax lists in 17^8. lie was selectman in 1771. Dietl in H(dlis. October 27. 1795. a-t. 70. His oldest son. William W .. was a soldier in the Re\(»lulion in 1 77^. and 134 KAUI.V SKTTLKliS IN HOLLIS. {_^7^0 to 1760, a^ain in 177^- James, the second son. settled in Maine, and be- came a successful merchant. His voungest son. Hon. Benjamin Pool, born January 17. 1771- settled in Ilollis. and was manv times clioscn to important town offices. He was justice of the peace from j8ioto 1822. and justice of the peace and cjuorum from 1S22 till his tlecease. lie was also rej^resentativc to the New Hampshire General Court from 1804 to 1809. and wState senator in the years 1818. "ic). "20 and '21. Beside these three sons. Mr. Pool had ele\en daughters, ten of whom lived to adult age. and were all married, and most of them became the mothers of large families, lie died .\pril 20. 1836. ;rt. 6=;. POWKKS. CAl'T. I'KriCIt '.\a> the first settler in Hollis. Was liorn in Littleton. Mass.. and married Anna Keyes of Chelmsford in 1728. .Settled in West Dun- stable in 1730. He was parish committee in 1740 and held many other important parish anfl town offices. He was the first Captain ot the West Dunstable militia, the commander of an expedition to explore the Coos country in 1754. and captain of the Hollis com- pany in the ex])edition to Crown P(jint in 17^^- Stephen. Whit- comb and Levi, three of his sons, were soldiers in the French war in the same c(jmpany : and four of them. viz.. vStephen. Francis. Xahum and Samson ^vere soldiers in the Re\"oliition. Died August 22. 1757. ;et. 56. PROCTOK. MOSES came trom Chelmsford. Mass. Was in West Dunstable in 1738. and signed the first petition for the charter. Lie settled in the wx^st part of the town on Proctor hill, \vhich was named for him. His name is found on the hrst West Dunstable tax list in 1740. and he was selectman in 1749. The life of ]\fr. Proctor is said to have been shortened by the bite of a rattlesnake, and he afterwards waged so successful a war of extermination against those reptiles that no rattlesnakes have been known in Hollis since his death. Died May 21. 1780. a-t. 73. TAVLOK. ABRAHAM was born in Concord. Mass.. and came to West Dunstable pre\ i- ously to 173S. and was agent of the inhabitants with Capt. Powers in obtaining the charter. In 1740 he gave the land for the Hollis meeting-house, burial ground and commcMi. He was parish asses- sor in 1740. '41. '42 and '43. Died June 3. 1743. it't. 36. l7;^Ot(» 1760.] KAIU.^ SEiri.KKS IN MOLLIS. I3; TEN\\, W II.I.IAM canic to Ilollis fnjin RdwIcv. ^liiss. His name iippears first t>n the Hollis tax lists in 1747. He was selectman in 1769 and 1770. His son. Capt. William Tenny. was a soldier in the Revolution. Died March 22. 1783. ict. 61. WHEELER, PETEK i> said to have come from Salem, Mass.. and settled in the part of Hollis known as Monson. He was a petitioner for the charter of West Dunstable in 1738. and his name was on the first West Dun- stable tax list in 1740. He is said to have been noted in his day for his exploits and success in hunting, especially of bears. He was a soldier in the French war in 1755. and his sons, Ebenezer and Lebbeus. were soldiers in the Revolution. Died March 28. 1772, ast. 67. WILLOLGIIBV, JOHN came from Billerica. He was in West Dunstable in 1745 'ind was a soldier in the French war. in the years 1755, i757- ^md i75^- ^'^ son, John W.. Jim., was a captain in the \var of the Revolution in the regiment of Col. Webster. Died Februar\ 2. 1793. a^t. 8v W'ORCESTER. REV. FRANCLS was born in Bradford, Mass.. June 7. 1698. Married Abigail Carleton. of Rowley, in 1720. Was settled as a Congregational minister in Sandwich, Mass., for ten years before coming to Hollis. Removed to Hollis in 1750. Afterwards preached as an evangelist in New Hampshire, but was not again settled in the ministry. He was the author of a small volume of '' Meditations " in verse, written in his sixtieth year. Also of several moral and religious essays reprinted in 1760, entitled •* A Bridle for Sinners and a Spur for Saints." His oldest son was Dea. Francis Worcester. His second son, Jesse, was a soldier in the French war, was taken prisoner, and died at Montreal, in 1757. His youngest son was Capt. Noah Worcester. Died October 14. 1783. a't. 85. WORCESTER. DKA. K15ANCIS was the oldest son of Rev. Francis Worcester. Born at Bradford, March 30, 1721. Married Hannah Boynton, of Newbury. Mass.. October 28, 1741. Came to W^est Dunstable in 1744. Was chosen deacon of the Hollis church in 1746. He was selectman in Hollis r36 HOLLIS TAX LIST. [•775' six years, moderator of the annual town meeting eleven years, and town treasurer twenty years, between 1746 and 1768. In 176S he removed to Plymouth, N. H., and was deacon of the church at Ply- mouth ; representative to New Hampshire General Court in i777 and 1778, and State coinicillor in 1780. 1781 and 1783. Died Oc- tober 19, 1800, ;et. 79. WRIGHT, CAPT. JOSHUA came from VVoburn, Mass.. was in West Dunstable in i739- 'i^i^' signed the second petition for the charter. He was selectman in 1749 and 1769. A soldier in the French war in 1760. and Captain of the Hollis militia company, in i775i 'iii<-l previously. His sons. Lemuel and Uriah, were soldiers in the Revolution. Died August 5. 1776. itt. 60. IIOLI.IS TAX LISTS. NAMES ON THE HOLLIS -'EAST SIDE" AND --WESr SIDE" rAX LISTS IN JANUARY I, 1 775. The following lists, copied from the records, present all the names of the tax payers, January i, 1775. then on the Hollis tax lists, with the amount of the province tax for 1774, assessed to each in pounds, shillings and pence. This was the last tax collected in Hollis under the authority of the King. The names marked thus* will be found in the lists of the Hollis soldiers in the Revolution. ON THE EAST SIDE. Wd. EH^^abcth Abbot, Jeremiah Ames, Ens. Stephen Ames, *jonathan Ames, N.ithaniel Ball, ♦Nathaniel Ball, Jnn., Wd. Abigail Barron, Phineas Bennett, Joshna Blancliard, *Josiah Blood, *Josiah Blood, Jan., ♦Nathaniel Blood, ♦Francis Blood, Ebenezer Blood, ♦Nathan Blood, Caleb Blood, Dca. John Boynton, ♦Joshua Boynton, ♦Benjamin Boynton, 7 8 6 6 4 9 3 1 1 John Hoynton, Jnn., ♦William Brooks, ♦John Brooks, ♦Ephraim Burge, ♦John Campbell, ♦Sam'l Chamberlain. ♦James Colbiirn, ♦Josiah Conant, Sam'l Cumings, Esq. ♦John Cumings, ♦Lt. Reuben Dow, Peter Ends Lt. Amos Eastman, ♦Amos Eastman, Jnn ♦Jonathan Eastman, ♦Christopher Farley. Lt. Sam'l Farley, Benjamin Farmer. ♦Minott Farmer, '775-] IK^M.IS TAX LISI . '37 *D;ivicl Karnsworth, *Ens. Jonas Flagg, James French, John French, Josiah French, •Timolliy French, ■•John Goss, *C<)1. John Hale, *Leinuel H;irdy, ♦Samuel Hill, *IIon. Samuel Mobart, Shubael Ilobart, *Farnietcr Honey, Kichard Hopkins, ♦Ephraim How, ♦Joseph How, Wd. Hannah Hunt, Josiah Hunt, ♦Ebenczer Jaquith, *Thonias Jaqviith, ♦Jacob Jewett, Dea. Stephen Jewett, Dea. Nath'l Jewett, ♦Ebenezer Jewett, Edward John, ♦Samuel Jewett, Zach'h Kemp, ♦Israel Kinney, Oliver Lawrence, Zach'h I,awrence, Zach'h Lawrence, Jun. Joseph Lesley, ♦Jonas Lesley, -Chris'r Lovejoy, Daniel Lovejoy, Daniel Lovejoy, Jun., Wid. Patience Martin, Ens. Daniel Merrill, ♦James McConnor, Dea. Enoch Noves, s. d. 8 3 James Nutting, 7 S Benjamin Parker, 3 i Elea'r Parker, 4 s Sam'l Parker, 5 2 Sam'l Parker, Jun., 3 *Ephraiin Pierce, 7 6 ♦Solomon Pierce, '4 z Barzillai Pierce, 4 9 Kichard Pierce, i 3 Simon Pierce, 3 S Jona. Philbrick, 8 8 Wd. Anna Powers, a 3 ♦Samson Powers, 2 8 ♦Stephen Powers, 2 3 William Pool, 4 2 Cyrus Proctor, I 2 Moses Proctor, 4 s ♦Moses Proctor, Jun., 6 5 Philip Proctor, 6 3 Xehemiah Ranger, 7 5 William Read, 8 5 ♦James Rideout, lO o William Searl, 4 Ebenezer Shed, 2 6 Abel Shipley, 7 II Joshua Simonds, S 2 Jacob Smith, 2 5 ♦Joshua Smith, 14 3 ♦Isaac Stearns, 7 II ♦Caleb Stiles, 3 6 Edward Taylor. S 3 Benjamin Tenney 2 6 William Tenney, 2 5 ♦William Tenney, |un., 6 3 Daniel Wheeler, i 3 ♦Ens. Noali Worcester, 1 6 Capt. Joshua Wright, S ♦Leniue! Wright, i 3 Timothy Wyman, 7 S 2 9 6 S 3 9 4 S .■; • 6 s II I 6 2 3 6 2 4 3 2 3 4 9 2 II y o 2 S 2 6 12 4 ON THE WEST SIDE. Samuel Abbot, ♦John Atwell, Benjamin Austin, ♦Daniel Bailey, ♦Joel Bailey, ♦Joseph Bailey, ♦Richard Bailey, Timothy Bailey, ♦Ebenezer Ball, ♦Eleazer Ball. ♦Joshua Blanchard. Jun. ♦Ebenezer Ball, Jr., ♦Daniel Blood, 2 3 ♦Daniel Blood, Jun., 7 3 EInathan Blood, 4 ♦Jonas Blood, 9 ♦Abel Brown, 3 JosepI: Brown, lO William Brown, 6 Edward Carter, ,^ ♦Edward Carter, Jun., 6 S 6 Lt. Robert Colburn. ♦Robert Colburn, Jun. 3 William Colburn, 2 1 1 ♦John Conroy, 2 9 ♦John Conroy. Jun.. 138 HOLLIS TAX LIST. ['775- *Sainuel Coiiroy, Timothy Cook, , *Philip Cumings, Jonathan Danforth, *Jacoh Danforth, *Tliomas Emerson, *Dan'I Emerson, Jun., Joseph Estabrooks, *CaIcb Farley, Ebenezer Farley, *Ebenezer Farley, J uii *Janies Fisk, Oliver Fletcher, Ephraim Frencli, *Isaac French, *Nehemiah Frencli, Nicholas French, *\Villiani Frencli, John Goodhue, ~~ *Samuel Goodhue, Samuel Gridlev, Moses Iladley, *Aaron Hardy, *Neheniiah Hardy, *Phineas Hardy. *Phineas Hardy, Jun., Stephen Harris, Samuel Hayden, *John Hobart, Jonathan Hobart, *jona. Hobart, Jun., Jacob Jewett, Jr., *James Jewett, *Edward Joiinson, *Sanuiel Johnson, *Daniel Kendiick, *Abner Keyes, Abra'ni Lceniaii, .Sam'l Leenian, *Sam"l Leemaii, Jun.. Israel Mead, *James McDaniels, *DanieI Mooar, *Joseph Minott, William Nevins, *\Vin. Nevins, Jun., *Benj'n Nevins, *Joseph Nevins, Whole number marked thus *. a.s £ s. d. J 3 Benj'n Nurse, J 9 Josiah Parker, - 8 *TIiomas Patch, John Phelps, S 1 1 *Nathan Phelps, *John Philbrick, s Thomas Powers, ■J 3 *Thomas Pratt, 7 b *Ezekiel Proctor, 6 Benj'n Reed, 4 3 *Jacob Reed, 2, 5 ^Jonathan Russ, i .S *Benj'n Saunderson, 2 5 * Robert Seaver, 2. 3 *Jerem'h Shattuck, ■z 9 *Wni. Shattuck, ,i 3 Zach'h Shattuck, 1 1 *Zach'h Shattuck, Jun. 4 2 Benj'n Simpson, 6 2 Thomas Smith, 2 1 1 \Vd. Mary Smith, ,5 2 *Joseph Stearns, 4 V Sam'l Stearns, Jr., J h [saac Stevens, 4 .5 *Isaac Stevens, Juu., .; ; ^Jonathan Taylor, 4 s •*David Wallingford, S Solomon Wheat, 4 3 *Thomas Wheat, 6 3 *Thomas Wheat, Jun., 2 3 *E;benezer Wheeler, 5 S *Lebbeus Wheeler, S 1 1 *Thaddeus Wheeler, 2 s Benj'n Whiting, Esq., J Capt. Leonard Whiting, 7 1 1 *Bray Wilkins, 3 ' 9 *Jonas Willoughby, .\ John Willoughby, _^ 2 Sam'l Willoughbv, 2 _; *Israel Wilkins, I 5 *Ne!ieniiah Woods, .=; 6 *Benj'n Wright, 2 9 Sam'l Wriglit, 3 6 *Sam'l Wright, jun., O 2 *Jesse Wyman, 4 1 1 Timo. W"ym:ui, Jun., 2 3 *Ebenezer Youngiiian, - 9 *Nicholas Youngman, of names on the above tax-li.sts, 239 havint:^ l^een in the army. 130. 2 6 6 S 4 11 7 2 2 3 3 9 4 2 3 2 •i 2 3 3 6 3 S ■2. 3 3 6 ."; II 3 3 3 s 3 6 9 8 2 6 4 3 2 S 2 s 7 3 6 6 9 1 I 6 3 6 4 6 2 3 5 2 6 2 3 6 3 8 S 7 2 4 2 3 6 6 3 3 8 3 g Number THE BH(:u\M\<; oi" iHK PkK\'om'tic)N. 139 C H A V T i: R XII. THE BEGINNING OK TMK ia:\ OLITION. HOI, LIS TOWN MEETINGS. PATRIOTIC UESOLl'TIONS, HOLI.IS MILITIA. ALAKM LIST. THE COUNTY CONGRESS AT AMHERST. COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN TO LEXINGTON AND CAMBRIDGE AI'IML I9. OEEICERS AND ROLL OK THIS COMPANY. WAGES OI- 1 HE MEN. Written liistoiv as well as tradition, aiul the provincial and early vState records, alike with the recortis of many of the older towns in New Hampshire, bear ample testimony to the unanimity, courage, constancy and sacrifices of the people of the then proyince in the cause of our national independence. The town meeting; of those times, the family gathering of a sturdy, giaye and thoughtful yeo- manry, was near of kin and the next door neighl)or to the family altar and hearth-stone. It was an original New England invention — the rude, it may be, but fitting cradle of American Independence — alike the admiration and despair of the friends of constitutional libert\' the world over. "Stern rugged nurse, thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore. What sorrow was thou badst her know." One could hardly find or hope for a better or more perfect work- ing model of this novel political machinery than was to be met with in the town meetings of Hollis from the year i775 to 1783- There is abundant evidence that the like spirit and patriotism animated many of the other New Hampshire towns as were manifested in the town meetings and doings of the people of HoIIis. though it is be- lieved that in but few of them were their revolutionary records and documents, at the time, so carefully kept, and since then so well preserved. In what I have to say of the doings of Hollis, in the Revolution, it is not my wish or purpose to make any invidious com- parison between those doings and what was done in the same cause in the same vears bv other New Hampshire towns, but rather to J4O WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. [^775' present this sketch of Hollis as an ilhistration CAMBKIDGK. Late at ni^jlit nn the iSth of .Vpril the (ietachnient of British troops under comniaiul of Lt. Col. !-^in!t]i crossed over from Bos- ton common to East Cambridge on their march to Lexingtcni and Concord. The distance from Hollis to Cambridge, by the roads then travelleil, was torty-two miles. The alarm of this expedition was at once spread through the country by mounted express. Ac- cording to well established tradition the news of it was brought to Hollis about noon of the [9th, by Dea. John Boynton. who lived in the south part of the town, near the province line, and was one of the committee of observation. Dea. Boynton came riding through the town at the top of in'sliorse's speed, calling out to his townsmen, as he passed, •• the /\con/ars arc coming and killiiTg mtr mcfi.''' Dea. Boynton {as the tradition tells the story), riding at full speed, and out of breath, announced his message at the door of Capt. Wor- cester, another member of the same committee, living a little south of the Hollis common, \slio had just risen from his diimer, and was then standing at his looking glass with his face well lathered, and in the act of shaving. Capt. Worcester, without stopping to finish his work, with his face still whitened for the razor, at once dropped that instrument, hurried to his stable, moimted his hor.se, and in that plight assisted in spreading the alarm. Other mounted mes- sengers were soon despatched to the several parts oi the town to carry the news, and in the afternoon of the saiiie day ninety-two minute men were rallied and met on the Hollis common, with' their muskets, — each with his powder horn, and one pound ot |)owder from the town's stock and twenty bullets. A stor\' is told in the same connection of five lirothers of the name of Nevins, then li\ ing in the nortli part of the toyvn, all of whom were afterwards in tlie army, which illustrates the spirit and promptness with which these minute men met this alarm. Early in the afternoon of the 19th of April three of these brothers were at work with their crowbars in digging stone for a farm wall at a .short distance from their home. At the coming in sight of the messenger, they had partially raised from its place a large flat stone embedded in a fiirm roadway. -Seeing the messenger spurring towards them :it full speed, one of the brothers put a small boulder under the large stone to keep it in the position to which it had been raised, and all stopped and listened to the message of the horseman. «775-] MINUTK MKN 1 () C AM ItK I ix. I-.. H7 Upon liearint^ it, leaving the .stone as it was in the roacl\sa\, with the little boulder under it, they hastened to the house, and all three of them, with their guns and equipments, hurried to the llollis common to join their company. One of those brothers was after- wards killed at Bunker Hill ; another, the spring following, lost his life in the service in New York. As a family memento of this inci- dent, this large stone, with the small one supporting it, was per- mitted to remain for more than seventy years afterward, in the same position in which the brothers had left it on the 19th of April. Having made choice, the same afternoon, of Reuben Dow as Captain, John (joss, first Lieutenant, and John Cumings, 2d Lieu- tenant, this company on the evening of the [9th, or before day- light the next morning, was on its march from Hollis to Cambridge. The names of all the officers of the company, and also of the private soldiers, are presented in the list below, copied from an original company roll, preserved by Capt. Dow, and now with the Hollis documents, showing the date of enlistment, time of service, daily wages of officers and privates, pay for travel from Hollis to Cam- bridge, and back, and the amount of money paid to each of them by the town. This document is entitled, " A Muster KoU of Capt. Reuben Dow's Company of Minute Men who marched from Holies the 19th of April, 177^," and may be found in full, in the October number of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. ' pp. 2S2, 283. Reuben Dow, Capt., John Goss, ist Lieut., John Cuinin>^s, 2d. Lieut.. Nathan Blood, .Ser^. Joshua Boynton, " William Nevins, " Minot Farmer, " Samson Powers, Corp'l, James Mcintosh, •' James McConnor, " Kphraim Blood, " David Farnsworth, drumnit Noal) Worcester, Jr., Fifer, Benjamin Abbot, Private. David Ames, Jonathan Ames. John Atwell, Eheiiezer Ball. Nathaniel Ball. Job Bailey, Joel Bailey, Joseph Bailey. Richard Bailey, Private. Daniel Blood, '• Francis Flood, " Jonas Blood. " Benj'n Boynton, " Klias Boynton, " Abel Brown, •' John Campbell, James Colburn, ■• Nathan Colburn. Thomas Colburn, •' Samuel Conroy, Benj'n Cuminjfs Jacob Danforth, James Dickey, Amos Eastman, '• Jonathan Kastman, " -Benj'n Farley, " - Kbenczcr Farley, " James Fisk, " Josi.ah Fisk, W'illiam French, •• Ebcnczer (iilson. Private Manuel Grace. " Aaron Hardy. Samuel Hill, Samuel Hoslcv, Ephraim How, '• ' Ebenezcr Jaquilh. Samuel Jewe^, '" Edward Johnson. Sam'l Johnson, Thom.'is Kemp, " .■\bncr Keyes, '- Isr.ael Kinney, " Samuel Leeman, '• Randall McDaniels,"^ Joseph Minot, '' Benjamin Nevins, Joseph Nevins, "■ Thomas Patch, Nathan Phelps, John Philbrick, •"• Ephraim Pierce,. "• $4^ MINUTE MEN TO CAMBRIDGE. [l775- Nahum Powers, Private. Amos Taylor, Private Bray Wilkins, Private, Thomas Pratt, " Daniel Taylor, " Israel Wilkins, " Ezekiel Proctor. " William Tenney, " William Wood, " Jacob Reed, " David Walling^ford, " Benjamin Wright, " Jonathan Russ, " Nathaniel Wheat, " Benj. Wright, Jun., " Benjamin Sanders, " Thomas Whe.it, " Uriah Wright, " Robert Seaver. " Ebenezer Wheeler, " Jesse Wyman, " Jacob Spalding, " Thaddeus Wheeler, " Ebenezer Youngman, private. Isaac Stearns. " Lcbheus Wheeler, " Thirty-nine of the privates of the company, after an absence of from five to twelve day.s, returned to Hoilis. The remaining fifty- three, with but few if any exceptions, .stayed at Cambridge and vohmteered in other companies to serve for eight months. Much the largest part of those who remained at Cambridge re-enlisted for eight months in a new company under Capt. Dow, of which John Goss was al.so ist Lieutenant, and John Cumings, 2d Lieuten- ant. This company was afterwards mustered into the Massachu- setts regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott, the hero of Bunker Hill, who at the time lived near the north line of the ad- joining town of Pepperell, a large part of his farm being in Hoilis. Thomas Colburn and Ebenezer Youngman, two of these minute men, enlisted in the company of Capt. Moor, of Groton, Mass., in the same regiment, and were both killed in the fight at Bunker Hill. \l Job Bailey, Ephraim How. and Samuel Leeman, three others of them, joined the company of Capt. Levi Spalding of Nottingham West, (now Hudson) in the New Hampshire regiment, that fought at Bunker Hill under Col. Reed, and were all present in the battle. Six others of them, viz., Joel Bailey, Richard Bailey, Nathan Col- burn, Abner Keyes, David Wallingford, and Bray Wilkins, volun- teered in the company of Capt. Archelaus Town, of Amherst, New Hampshire, afterwards mustered into the 27th Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Col. Hutchinson. Of this company, Wallingford was 2d Lieutenant, and Wilkins, one of the Sergeants. It is shown by the original company roll of the Hoilis minute men, that the wages paid to the private soldiers of the company were one shilling and five pence per day, equal to about 24 cents in federal money. They were also paid one penny a mile each way for travel, making in all S4d. or 7s., the distance from Hoilis to Cambridge being 43 miles. The wages of the Captain were 4s. 6d., or about 75 cents per day; those of the ist Lieutenant, 2S. lod. ; of the 2d Lieutenant, 2s. 6d. ; of the Sergeants, is. 8 3-4, or some less than 30 cents per day. The full amount paid by the own for the services of this company, as shown by this same roll, was £65. I 2s. 7d. 1775-] MOLLIS MEN AT BUNKER HILL. I49 CHAPTER XIII. 1775 CONTINUED. HOLLIS COMPANY AT BUNKER HILL. ROI.I-r AND DESCRIPTIVE LIST. CAPT. DOW's COMMISSION. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. HOLLIS MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED. LOSS OF EQUIPMENTS. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REINFORCEMENTS. CAPT. Worcester's company. — number of hollis soldiers IX 1775 AND their wages. — MILITARY COATS. STORY OF A PATRIOTIC HOLLIS WOMAN. The new company of Capt. Dow, enlisted at Cambridj^c. for eight months, including its officers, consisted of fifty-nine men, that number making a full company under the law of Massachusetts for organizing the troops of that province. It is shown by an origi- nal return roll of this company, dated October 6, 1775, presenting the names of the dead and wounded as well as of those then living, now in the office of the Secretary of vStatc. at Boston, that all the men were from Ilollis. This roll is preserved with the other com- pany rolls of the regiment of Col. Prescott. and it may be seen on inspection of them that Capt. Dow's was the only company of the regiment, in whicli all the officers and privates were from one and the same town. The names of the officers and privates of the company, as first organized, are here presented, copied from an original roll pre- served in the family of Capt. Dow. Captain, Reuben Dow ; i si Lieutenant^ John Goss ; ZiS Lieutenant, John Cumings. Ser- geants^ ist, Nathan Blood: z>\, Josliua Boynlon ; 3d. William Nevins ; 4tli, Minot Farmer. Corporals, ist, Samson Powers : 2d, James Mcintosh ; 3d, James McConnor ; 4th, Ephraim Pierce. Lfrumtner, David Farnsworth. Fifer, Noah Worcester. Jun. 1'1UV.\TES. William Adams, Jacob Boynton. Benjamin Cuniin^i, David Ames, Abel Brown, Philip Cumings. Ebenczcr Ball, John Campbell, Peter Cumings. Francis Blood, Wilder Chamberluin. Evan Dow, Elias Boyoton, AbelConant, Caleb Eustman. 150 HOI. MS MEN AT BITNKER HILL. [1775- Xehcmiah Pierce. John Platts, Peter Poor, Nalium Powers. Francis Powers, Jonathan Powers. Thomas Pn-itt, Ezckiel Proctor. Jacob Read, Jeremiali .Sliattuck. Jacob Spalding. -^ Isaac Stearns, Amos Taylor, , Daniel Taylor, Moses Thurston, Ebenezer Townsend Thomas Wheat, Lebbeus Wheeler, William Wood. Uriah AVrisrht. William Elliot. James F'isk, Josiah Fisk, Samuel Hill. Isaac Ilobart, Samuel Hosley, Samuel Jewett, Thomas Kemp, Israel Kinney, Phincas Nevins, Nathaniel Patten, Five members of the company, viz., the zd. Lieut., John Cuming.s ; Ebenezer Ball, Ephraim Blood, Jonathan Powers and Isaac Stearns, were soldiers in the last French and Indian war. l)cgun in the year /754. and which resulted in the final conquest of Canada. An original descriptive roll of fifty of the non-commissioned t)fficers and private soldiers of the company still exists, showing their height, age and complexion. From this roll it appears that Jonathan Powers, who was of the age of sixty years, was the oldest, and that Peter Cumings, a son of the zd Lieutenant, and but thir- teen, was the youngest. The next youngest, was Noah Worcester, Jun., the fifer, who was sixteen the November previous. The four tallest of the men were each six feet in height — the shortest was the boy, Peter Cumings, who was but i\\(i feet. Fourteen of the men were of " dark" complexion, the remaining thirty-six. '* light." COPV OF IHE DESCRIPTIVE ROLL. William Adams .JO Light, 5 ft- 5 in- J.ames McConnev 31 Light, Sft- 7 in. Ebenezer Ball 45 Dark. 5 ft- 6 in. James Mclntosli i^ " Sft- 6 in. Nathan Blood 28 Light, ;>ft. Phineas Nevius 17 sft. 6 in. Francis Blood -7 oft. Nathaniel Patten 4' Dark, sft. 6 in. Epliraini Hlood .W •' 5 ft. 11 in. Nehemiah Pierce 20 Lia-ht, sft- 7 in. Jacob Boyiiton '9 Dark, sft- 9 in. John Platts 27 •' sft- 9 in. Elias Bnynton 20 " .5 ft- 10 in. Peter Poor 21 5 ft- S in- Joshua Boynton 30 Light, 5 ft- 6 in. Nahum Powers 35 Dark, sft- 9 in. John Campbell 20 Sft. in. Francis Powers 33 Light, sft- 6 in. Abel Conant 19 " Sft. 6 in. Jonathan Powers 00 " sft. 9 in. Philip Cumings 27 " 5 ft- 6 in. Samson Powers 26 Sft. 6 in. Benjamin Cumings '9 " S ft. 11 in. Thomas Pratt 35 " sft- 10 in. Peter Cumings 13 " sft- Ezekiel Proctor 40 Dark. sft- 6 in. Evan Dow 21 '• 5 ft- 6 in. Jacob Read 4S •■ sft- ID in. Caleb Eastman 22 Dark, sft- S in. Jeremiah Sh.attuck 20 '• sft- ID in. William Elliot 30 LiglH, Sft. 7 in. Jacob Spalding 20 Light, sft. 4 in. Minot F"armer 35 " sft- 8iu. Isaac Stearns 38 " sft. 5 '1- 8 in. David Farnsworth 21 6 ft. Amos Taj'lor 27 " sft. James Fisk 37 Dark, 5 ft- in. Moses Thurston 48 " .5 ft- 6 in. Josiah Fisk 20 Light, 5 ft- S '"- Ebenezer Townsend 22 " sft- 10 in. Samuel Hill 21 6 ft. Thomas Wheat 24 Dark, 5 ft- S in. Isaac Hobarl 19 " Sft. 6 in. Lebbeus Wheeler 23 Light, Sft. 6 in. Samuel Hosley 23 " Sft- 7 in. William Wood 23 sft- 6 in. .Samuel Jewett '9 Dark, sft- 6 in. Noah Worcester, Jr. 16 sft- 10 in. Thomas Kemp 27 sft- 7 in. Uriah Wright 31 Daik, sft- 6 in. 1775'] HOLI.IS MKN AT BUNKKl! IIII.I.. 151 Besides the fifty-nine eight months' men in the company of Capt. Dow, Thomas Colburn, Samuel Conroy, Samuel Wright, and Ebcnezer Youngman, enlisted in the company of Capt. Moor, of Groton, in the same regiment, and eight other Mollis soldiers, viz., Andrew Bailey, Job Bailey. Phineas Hardy, Thomas Hardy, Ephraim How, Samuel Leeman,Jun., Ephraim Rolfe, and Ephraim Smith, enlisted in the company of Capt. Spalding, in the New Hampshire regiment under Col. Reed, and all of them were present at the battle of Bunker Hill. Joel Bailey, Richard Bailey, Josiah ^ Bruce, Nathan Colburn. Joseph French,'^Nehemiah French, Abner Keyes, David Wallingford and Bray Wilkins. nine other HoUis men, enlisted for the like time in the company of Capt Towne of Amherst, which, as appears from the company roll, still preserved, afterwards joined the 27th Massachusetts regiment, which served at the siege of Boston under Col. Hutchinson. These several nuni" bers, added to the fifty-nine names in the company roll of Capt. Dow, make in all, eighty eight months' soldiers who went from Hollis in the spring or early in the summer of i775- The original commission of Capt. Dow. dated May 19, i775' with the autograph signature of Gen. Josepii Warren, president pro tem. of the Massachusetts Congress, who was killed at Bunker Hill about four weeks after, is now among the Hollis documents. A copy of this commission is here presented. •• Til K CoNHiKicss OF TifK Colon's ok MAssAcmrsK ris Bay. "To Rkubev Dow, gentleman. •• Greeting : •• We reposing especial trust and confidence in your coinage and good conduct, do by these presents constitute and appoint you, the said Reuben Dow, to be Captain in the company in the Regi- ment of foot commanded by William Pvescott, Esq.. Colonel, raised by the Congress aforesaid for the defence of said colony. ■•Vou are. therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain in leading, ordering and exercising the said com pany in arms, both inferior oflicers and soldiers, and to keep them in good order and discipline; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain ; and you are, yourself, to observe and follow such orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from the General and commander in chief of the forces 152 HOLMS MEN AT BUNKKR HILL. ['775 raised in the colony aforesaid, for the defence of the same, or any other your superior officers according to military rules and discf- pline in war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. " By order of tlie Congress, "Jos. Warhkn, President P. T. "Watertown, the 19th of May, A. D.. 1775. '' Sam'. Freeman, Secretary P. T.'' The regiment of Col. Prescott, with other Massachusetts regi- ments, was stationed at Cambridge till the battle of Bunker Hill. About nine o'clock on the night of the i6th of June the companic;-; of Captains Dow and Moor, with the regiment of Col. Prescott. and detachments from twt) or three other regiments. b\ orders of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, with their arms, spades and other intrenching tools, marched from Cambridge common to Charlestown, and took possession of the heights upon which, the next day, was fought the battle of Bunker Hill. Col. Prescott was at the head of the detachment, in a simple appropriate uniform, with a blue coat and three cornered hat. Two Sergeants carrying dark lanterns were in front of him, and the intrenching tools in carts in the rear. The men had been ordered to take with them in their knapsacks, one day's rations, but many of them neglected to obey this order. After one or more halts, for consultation of the officers, the detachment reached the hill to be fortified abt)ut midnight. Working with their spades and pickaxes the vs hole of the rest of the night and the next forenoon in the intense heat of ;< ]une sun, without sleep and many of them suffering for the want of food and drink, they threw uj) the redoubt, which their heroism soon made foreyer memorable. To inspire his men vyith coiu'age and confidence \yhile busy with their intrenching tools, the gallant Prescott, on the forenoon of the 17th, mounted the parapet of the redouf)t, and continued to \yalk leisurely around on the toj:) of it in full yieyy of the British .ships and troops, inspecting the works, giving directions to his officers and men, encouraging them by his example and approval, or amusing them by his humor. (ien. Gage, seeing through his spy glass, the tall, commanding form of Prescott, asked of Willard, one of the Council, '"who he was?'*" Willard replied, "He is my brother-in-law." " VV'ill he fight.''" again asked Gage. '"Yes, Sir;" said Willard, '-he is an obf soldier, and will fight to the last drop of blood in him." 1 775-] HOLMS MEN AT BUNKER HIM-. 1 53 The men, hungr}^^ and weary, having worked through the night and till noon of the next day, without sleep, and many of them with- out food or drink, some of their officers, in view of the impending conflict, urged Col. Prescott to send a request to Gen. Ward, com- manding at Cambridge, that the men who had built the fort might be relieved and fresh troops might be sent over for its defence. Col. Prescott fully understood the spirit and temper of his men — many of them were his neighbors, and he promptly said to tlie officers making that request, that he would not consent to their relief. '■ The men," said he, " who have raised these woi'ks will best defend them ; they have had the merit of the labor and should have the honor of victory, if attacked." Very many histories of the battle of Bunker Hill have already been written. It is not my purpose to add another, but simply to tell, in few words, the share the town of Ilollis and HoUis soldiers had in it. MOLLIS. ANO OTHER NEW HAMPSHIRE SOLDIERS IN COL. PRESCOTT's REGIMENT. Besides the company of Capt. Dow, and the four Ilollis soldiers in the company of Capt. Moor, it is shown by the original return rolls of Col. Prescott's regiment, now at Boston, that there were fifty or more other New Hampshire soldiers in the same regiment, mostly from towns in the vicinity of Hollis. Of these, eleven were from Merrimack, eleven from Londonderry, seven from Raby (now Brookline), others from Amherst, Mason, New Ipswich, and other towns, making in all between one hundred and ten and one hundred and twenty New Hampshire men in that regiment. Yet, so far as I am aware, no New Hampshire history of the battle of Bunker Hill makes any reference to the New Hampshire soldiers in the regiment of Col. Prescott. It is said in " Frothingham's Siege of Boston.'' page 401, that not more than three hundred of Col. Prescott's regiment marched with him to Charlestown on the night of the i6th of June. If such was the fact, it is not improbable that one-fourth of the three hundred were New Hampshire soldiers, and at least one-sixlli of them from Hollis. CASUALITES. James Fisk and Jeremiah Shattuck, two of Capt. Dow's company, died of sickness, at Cambridge, on the 29th of May. Caleb Eastman was killed at Cambridge, two days after the battle, by the r54 CASUALTIES IN THE BATTLE. [l775- accidental bursting of his gun. Nathan Blood, the ist Sergeant, Jacob Boynton, Isaac Hobart, Phineas Nevins, Peter Poor and Thomas Wheat, of Capt. Dow's company, and also Thomas Colburn and Ebenezer Youngman, two of the Hollis soldiers in Capt. Moor's company, were killed in the battle, making eight in all lost on the field, and a total loss of eleven. There were also six of the Hollis company wounded in the battle, viz., Reuben Dow, the Captain, Ephraim Blood, Francis Blood, Francis Powers, Thomas Pratt and William Wood ; Dow and Wood, so severely that they were afterwards pensioners for life. The nvmiber of icilled 'n Col. Prescott's regiment, (according to Frothingham, page 193,) was forty-two : wounded, twenty-eight. Of the killed in that regi- ment, the loss of Hollis was nearly one-fifth, and more than that proportion of the w'ounded. From a letter written by Col. Stark, to Matthew Thornton, two days after the battle, it appears that the loss of his own regiment in killed and missing was fifteen, that of the regiment of Col. Reed, but tour, making nineteen in all.* From tlie above statements, it appears that the loss of Hollis, in killed, was fully equal to two- iifths of the killed and missing in the Iwo Ne\\ Hampshire regi- ments, and greater, as is belie\'ed, than that of any other town in New Hampshire or Massachusetts. It is shown by the return rolls at Boston, that the town of Pep])erell lost six in killed, which is believed to be the next largest loss of a single town. Of the Hollis men, above named, who had died of disease or been killed, Fisk, Shattuck. J31ood and Wheat \vcre married and heads of families. Boynton. Eastman, Hobart. Yoimgman, Nevins and Poor, were young, unmarried men. the oldest supposed to i)e 22, and the youngest but 17. LOSS 01. iC(}Uii*MKNr.s. icix;.. IN 1111': j'.Arri,!.;. It is shown l)y the rolls of Capt. Dow's comjjany, that liis uneii fnrjiished all their own ccjuipmenls. and also their clothes, as did the soldiers generally, the tirst year of the war. The following statement, to which are appended the names of twenty-eight mem- bers of the company, pi'esent at tlic battle, not including the commissioned officers, or the killed, exhibits the articles lost by each of them, with their estimated value. ♦New Hampshire Hist. Coll., Vol. 2, p. 145.' 1 775-] 'OSS OF EqyiPMENTS. 155 "Cambridge, Dec. 22, i775-" •'This ma) certify that we the subscribers in Capt. Reuben Dovv's company, in Col. William Prescott's regiment, in the Conti- nental army, that we lost the following articles, in the late engage- ment on Bunker Hill on the 17th of June last." William Adams i knapsack, is., , value £o is- d. David Ames, i knapsack is. 4d. i tuinpline is. 3d., " 26 Ephraim Blood, i knapsack is. Sd. i tumpline is. 4d. i gun £3. 14s., " 2 17 Francis Blood, i knapsack is. 4d. 1 tumpline is. 2d., "26 Elias Boynton, i gun £2, 3S., "22 Abel Brown, i tumpline is. 2., i gun iSs., 1 cartridge box 4s., "232 Wilder Chamberlain, i knapsack is 4d., " ' 4 Abel Conant, i knapsack is. 8d., i tumpline is. 4d., '" Benjamin Cumings, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 4d., " Minot Farmer, i knapsack is. 4d., i tumpline is 4d., i sword los., " David Farnsworth, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 2d., '" Josiali Fisk, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. sd., i cartridge box 4s. Sd. " Samuel Hill, i knapsack is. 4d., 1 tumpline is. Sd., " Samuel Jewett, i knapsack is. 8d., i tumpline is. 2 d., " Israel Kinney, i knapsack is. 4d., i tumpline is. 2d., " James McConnor, i knapsack, is. 4d., i tumpline, is. 2d. i gun £3, 2s. 1 hat 12s " James Mcintosh, 1 knapsack i s. Sd., i tumpline is. 4d., i jacket Ss, " William Nevins, 1 knapsack is. Sd., 1 tumpline is. 4d., i jacket £1, 4s., " Nathaniel Patten, 1 knapsack is 4d., i tumpline is 3d., 1 jacket i6s., '" Nehemiah Pierce, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 4d., i hat iSs., " Kr..ncis Powers, 1 gun £3, 14s., i bayonet 6s., " Nalium Powers, i knaps'k is. 4d., 1 tuinp'e is, 3d., hat 3s., jacket Ss., bayonet 6s '• Thomas Pratt, i knapsack is. 4d., i tumpline is. 3d., i gun £1, 16s., " Isaac Stearns, 1 knapsack is. 4d., i gun £2, 14s., " Lebbeus Wheeler, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 2d., 1 hat 6s.. " Noah Worcester, Jun., i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 3d., " ^ 'o William Wood, i knapsack is. Sd., i tumpline is. 2d., 1 gun £2, Ss.. " 2 10 10 Uriah Wright, i knapsack is. Sd., 1 tumpline is. 3d., " 211 It appears from the above certificate, that twenty-five of these men lost their knapsacks, twenty-three their tumplines,* eight their guns, three their cartridge boxes, two their bayonets, and one his sword; five of them their short coats or "Jackets," and three their hats. How many of Capt. Dow's company, besides the killed and com- missioned officers, were present in the battle and lost no part of their equipments, cannot now be kno^vn — doubtless some, and it may be most of them. The following copy of an original certificate in the hand writing of Capt. Dow, and preserved by him, with other papers relating to his company, shows the loss of equipments of the six men belonging to it, killed in the battle. *A Tump-line was a strap to be placed across the forehead, to assist a man in carrying a pack on his back. — Worcester's Quarto Dictionary. 3 s 2 10 7 8 i 2 10 2 6 16 6 '3 7 iS 1 6 10 6 18 6 15 4 8 10 156 LOSS OF EQUIPMENTS. ['775 Cambridge, Dec. 22. 1775." " Nathan Blood, Isaac Hobart. Jacob Boynton. Thomas Wheat, Peter Poor, Phhieas Nevins." " The men whose names are above written belonged to Capt- Dow's company, and Col. William Prescott's regiment and were all killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June last, and were furnished each of them with a good gun, judged to be worth Eight Dollars apiece — also were furnished with other materials, viz. Cartridge Boxes, Knapsacks and Tump-lines — and were well clothed for soldiers — Also had each of them a good blanket. Nathan Blood had a good Hanger." It appears that the eight Hollis men in Capt. Spalding's company, in the New Hampshire regiment of Col. Reed, were all present in the battle, and that each of them lost portions of his clothing or equipments, as is shown from the returns of losses made after the battle, now to be found in the "New Hampshire Provincial Pa- pers," Volume 6, page S92." These losses with their appraised value were as follows : Andrew Bailey, i coat, i sliirt, trousers, stocking;,, value, £i. 6s. SJ Job Bailey, i cartiicijje box, knapsack, and shiit, " 15 Phineas Hardy, 1 blanket, coat, shirt, breeches, •• 1 iz ThomiLS Hardy, i blanket, coat, jacket, stockings, •• 2 6 S Ephraim How, i gun, breeches and shirt, •' 151 Samuel Leeman, 3 coats and i bl.onket, " j '3 1 Ephraim Rolfe, i grun, blanket, shirt, stockings, •• 3 9 4 Ephraim Smith, 1 knapsack, shirt, stockings, •' n 4 At this late day it is difficult to ascertain all the reasons that may have induced the company of Capt. Dow to join the Massachusetts regiment of Col. Prescott. But the following well established facts undoubtedly had much influence. Col. Prescott at the time lived upon his farm on the north side of Pepperell. adjoining Hollis, (still the country seat of his descendants) a large pari of the farm then being in Hollis. Capt. Dow and Lieut. Goss lived in the south part of Hollis, and were the neighbors and friends of Col. Prescott. A very large part of the early settlers of Hollis were from Billerica, Chelmsford, Groton and Pepperell and other towns in Middlesex county in which most of the companies in Col. Prescott's regiment were enlisted. It may be added to these reasons, that Col. John Hale, one of the leading friends of the Revolution, in Hollis, was a brother-in-law of Col. Prescott. he having married Abigail Hale, a sister of Col. Hale. '775-] "^"^ ^'^^^ HAMPSHIRE REINFORCEMENTS. I57 THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REINFORCEMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1775- The time of service of the men enlisted for eight months expired in December. On the 30th of November an express was sent by Gen. Sullivan, then in command of the Continental troops at Win- ter Hill, near Boston, to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, informing them that the Connecticut regiments had refused to remain longer in the service, and urging for reinforcements from New Hampshire to supply their places. LET! ER OF GEN. SUKI.IVAN TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMITTKK OF SAFETY, " WixNTER Hill, Nov. 30, 1775. •' Sirs: Gen. Washington has sent to New Hampshire for thirty- amuel and Thomas Cumings. two of the HoUis tories before mentioned, anil also of IJenjamin Cumings, a younger brother, who was in the company of Capt. Dow at Bunker Hill, and was afterwards a soldier in the Continental army. It ajipears from the llollis Records of Births and Marriages, that Prudence Cumings was 1)orn at the parish of West Dunstable, now Hollis, Nov. 26, 1740, and that she was married to l^axid Wright, of Pep- perell, Dec. 28, 1761. 1776.] WAR OF THK HENOLUTIOn. 163 'CHAPTER XIV. 1776. MOLLIS SOLDIERS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR. THK MOLLIS LOYALISTS OR TORIES. COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. At the annual March election of 1776 " Capt. Reuben Dow, Capt. Noah Worcester, Ensign Stephen Ames, Capt. Daniel Kcn- drick, Jacob Jewett, Oliver Lawrence, and Samuel Chamberlain," were chosen a Comjnittcc of Safety ; Noah Worcester, Stephen Ames, Daniel Kendrick, Jacob Jewett, and Oliver Lawrence, Select- men ; and on the 26th of November, at a special election, Stephen Ames was chosen Representative to the General Court for one year. MOLLIS SOLDIERS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR. In the year 1776 the seat of the war was removed from the vicin- ity of Boston to Canada, and tlie States of New York and New Jersey. But a few of the company or regimental rolls of tiie troops furnished from New Hampshire the second 3'ear of the war are now know'n to exist, or if in existence, some of the most interesting and important of them, supposed to be in the office of the Secretary of State at Washington, under the inhospitable rules of that office, are not accessible to the historical enquirer. 1 have examined the very few of them at Concord, but in these researches I have been obliged to rely mainly upon the tow'ii records and documents for the names, numbers, time of service and wages of the Hollis sol- 'diers for this year. •It appears from these documents that four Hollis soldiers, viz,, David Ames, Minot Farmer, David Patch and Eli Stiles, enlisted in the detachment of troops, under Gen. Arnold, who with so rjiuch privation and suffering, made their way, in the depth of winter, through the forests of Maine in 1775-6, by the way of Ken- ;T)ehec river, to Canada and Quebec. Minot Farmer, who had been 164 HOI.MS MEN IN THK CONTINENTAL AHMY. ['776- a Serg'eafit in Capt. Dovv's company' at Bunker Hill, was taken prisoner at the assault on (Quebec, and died in captivitx in the month of May of this year. In 1776. and afterwards till near the end of the war. New Hamp- shire I'urnished three regiments or battalions of regular troops, knoW'H as the ist, 2d and 3d New Hampshire Continental regi- ments, commanded severally by Colonels Cilley. Hale and Seam- mel. Dr. John Hale and his son-in-law. Dr. Jonathan Pool, both of Hollis, were respectively Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon of the 1st New Hampsiiire regiment, from i//''^ to 1780. Dr. Hale had previously been Colonel of the New Hampshire regiment of militia, to which HoUis was attached, which t)fFice he resigned in the month *)f June of the former year. The private soldiers in these Continental regiments were at first enlisted for a single year. Besides the vSurgcon and ^Vssistant Sur- geon for the 1st regiment, Hollis t'urnished tbr those regiments twentv-one men. a part of whom are said to ha\-e enlisted in the sixth comjxuiv of the ist regiment, commanded by Capt. John House of Hanover, and a part in the iirst company of the 3d regi- ment under Capt. Isaac Frye of Wilton. Of this last company Samuel Leeman, Jun., of Hollis, was Ensign. The history and doings of these gallant regiments are too well known to require or permit special comment here. They were in the hard-fought bat- tles of this year near New York city, and their bravery and good conduct were conspicuous in the victories won at Trenton and Princeton in New [ersey. The wages of the men paid by the town were £24 for the year, or £2 each per month. Their names were Elias Boynlon, Thoma;- Hard}', PCzra Proctor. Abel Brown, Israel Kinney, John Read, Abel Conant, Sam'l Leeman, Jun., Stephen Richardson. Benjamin Cuniings, William Nevins, Ephraim Rolfo, Stephen Conroy, Jonathan Parker, p^^phraiin Smith, Jacob Danforth, Thomas Pratt, Jacob Taylor, W'illiam Elliot, Ezekiel Proctor, Thomas Voungman. William Nevins is said to have been taken captive near New York city, and to have died while a prisoner, prol^ably in a British prison ship. Ezra Proctor, as shown by the Hollis records, was drowned at New York on the 15th of May of this year. HOLLIS MEN IN COL, WINGATE's REGIMENT. About the middle of July of this year a regiment of New Hamp- shire Volunteers was enlisted to re-enforce the army then in Can- ada and placed under the command of Col. Joshua Wingate of 1776.] HOLMS MKN IN OTHER REGIMENTS. 165 Dover. In the third company of this regiment, of which Daniel Emerson, Jan., of Ilollis was Captain, were twent3'-five Hollis sol- diers, supposed to have been in service about six months. The wages paid them by the town were £12 each. Inconse- quence of the retreat of the Continental troops from Canada, this regiment went no farther north than Ticonderoga. The names of these men were, David Ames, Samuel Hill, Solomon Pierce, " John Ball, John How, Joseph Stearns, Daniel Blood, Jun., Oliver Lawrence, Jnn., Isaac Stevens, Jvm., Josiah Blood, Elijah Noyes, Ebcnezer Townsend, Daniel Emerson, Jun., Capt. Enoch Noyes, Jun., Jesse Worcester, Thomas Emerson, Tliomas Patch, Lemuel Wright, Ralph Emerson, Nathaniel Patten, John Youno;man, Benjamin Farley, Jim., Sainnel Phelps, Nicholas Youngman. Josiah Fisk, It appears from an inventory of the eqiiiptneiits and clothing of Josiah Blood, one of these soldiers, now among the Hollis Docu- ments, dated at Mt. Independence, September 16. 1776, that he died in the army about that time. .MEN IN COL. long's KEGIMENT. Early in August of this year, a small regimentof seven companies was organized by order of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, afterwards commanded by Col. Pierce Long, and stationed at Newcastle, near Portsmouth. About the last of November, 1776, this regiment was ordered to tlie State of New "^Ork for the defence of Ticonderoga. In the third company of this regiment, of which Timothy Clements, of Hopkinton, was Captain, w ere t\velve Ilollis soldiers, supposed to have served about a year, and weie paid by the town £12 each, and whose names were Ebenezcr Ball, David Krcncii. Is.'iac Shattuck, ■> Larnard Cuniinj;s. Uichard Hopkins, Enoch Spauldint;. Caleb Farley, Abner Keyes, Tiiomas Wheat, Christoplier Farley, Stephen Powers, Samuel Worcester. Isaac Shattuck, one of these soldiers, a son of Zachariah Shattuck. and a vomig, inunarried luan. died in ibis service. MEN IN COI.. HALDWIN's RKGIMKNI'. In the month of Seplemlier. of this year, a regiment of New Hampshire troops was raised, commande*.! by Col. Nahum Baldwin, of Amherst, to reinforce the Continental army, then at White Plains, near New ^'ork cit\ . In the second company of this l66 I{OI,LIS SOLDIERS IN OTHER REGIMENTS. [1776. regiment of which William Reed was Captain, were twenty-one Hollis soldiers, who, with one exception, were paid by the town = £5 7^- c^ich, and supposed to have been in the service about three months. It is shown by a roll of this conipany, now at Concord, that the men on enlisting were paid a bounty of £6 each, and allowed a penny a mile for travel, and the same in lieu of a baggage wagon. The names of these men were ->^!' Daniel Bailey, Jun., Stephen Dow, Asa Lovcjoy, -^ Daniel Blood, Isaac E'rench, >. • - Ephraim Pierce, Tiniotliy Blood, /Stephen Goodhue, ' John Platts, Benjamin Boynton, Noahjewett, Benjamin Sanderson, Joel Boynton, Stephen Jewett, Jun., Joshua Smith, Edward Carter, Thomas Kemp, William Tcnney, Nathan Colburn, Jonas Lesley, Ebenczer Wheeler. MEN IN COL. GIL^rAN's REGIMENT. In the iiionth of Decemi)er of this year, another New Hampshire regiment was enlisted to reinforce the army in New York, com- manded by Col, David Oilman. In the second company of this reg- iment, of which William ^Valker, of Dunstable, (now Nashua) was Captain, there were thirteen Hollis soldiers, as appears by the rolls at Concord and Hollis documents, eight of whom were paid by the town £4 each, and are supposed to have been in the service for two months. The names of these men are presented in the following list: Samuel Chaniherlain, Jonathan Ilobart, David Sanderson, William Cumings, Samuel Johnson, William Shattuck, Amos Eastman, Randall McDaniels. Benjamin Wright:,^ Ebenezer Farley, James Rolfe, Jesse NVyman. John Hale, Jun., It is shown by the company roll at Concord, that the men were allowed £3, each, being advanced pay for one month and £2 2S. each for "■ billeting'" or expenses to New York. It is also shown by the " Great Return" above referred to made by the selectmen, that in 177^ ^''^"'' Hollis soldiers sej'ved in the garrison at Portsmouth, for about three months, (as is supposed) , they having been paid by the town £4 los. each. The names of these men were John Atwell, Andrew Bailey, Phineas Hardy, and Phineas Hardy, Jun. . OTHER HOLLIS SOLDIERS IN 1776 IN CAPT. GOSS'S " RETURN." i In. addition to the soldiers, for 1776, whose names appear in the foregoing lists, I tind in the " Return" made by Captain Goss, the 5776.] THE MOLLIS TOKIKS. 167 names of twenty-five others who in his •'Return" are crediteci with wages varying from £2 to £12, each, for services, as would appear in another expedition to Ticonderoga under Capt. Emerson. The names of these men, with the amount credited" to eacii of them, appear in the list below. N;ah.inicl IJall, £o. Thomas Jaquilh, £2. Daniel Mooar, £.5. Elnathau Blood, 3. Nathaniel Jcwett, 6. John Pl-elps, i2. William lirown, ,(. Jacob Jewetl, 6. Richard Pierce, 6. Ephraim Hurgc, 4. James Jewttt, 4. William Pool, 4. Deacon Goodhue, '■,. ^^ 4. Stephen Jcwelt, 4. Edward Taylor, 3. John Goodhue, ' U.y 4. Edward Johnson, 12. Solomon Wheat, 3. Lemuel Hardy, 6. Daniel Lovejoy, 3. Ensit;n Willoughby, 6. John Ilobart, 3. Daniel Merrill, 4. Nehcmiali Woods, 4. Ebenezer Jaquith, 2. From the foregoing lists it appears that 125 Ilollis men were in the army the whole or a part of the year 1776, a number nearly equal to one in ten of the whole population. Tlie amount paid by the town in 1776, as wages and bounties, according to the Great Return, was £1018, 7s. THE HOLLIS TOIUES OK LOYALISTS. As has been, in another connection, already stated, there were in Ilollis, at the commencement of the war, four of its citizens, viz., Benj'kmin and Leonard Whiting, and Samuel and Thomas Cumings, who were understood by their fellow townsmen to be loyalists or tories and opposed to the independence of the colonies. To these four should probably be added Richard Cutts vShannon, a lawyer from Portsmouth who had settled in Ilollis just before the Revolution. About the first of March, 1776, or it ma} be somewhat earlier, the four men first named were summoned for trial, upon a charge of the character referred to, before the Conmiittees of Safety of the towns of Hollis, Dunstable, Merrimack and Litchfield. Upon the petition of the accused, shortly after the first of jSlarch, the case was trans- ferred for hearing to the New Hampshire General Court then sitting at Exeter. Capt. Reuben Dow. of Ilollis, as chairman of the Committees of Safety, appeared before the General Court and filed his complaint in their behalf with the evidence charging all the accused as "persons suspected of ])ciiig inimical to the Rights and Liberties of the United Colonies." The accused appeared at the trial by their counsel and inade their defence, and at the final hear- ing on the 20th of June, following, it was decided that the testimony was not sufficient to sustain the complaint and all of them were l68 THE MOLLIS TORIES. L'^77^' discharged.* But events very soon proved that the suspicions and charges of the Committees of Safe t}) were well grounded. In the same month of June, as shown by tiie court records, Thomas Cumings was indicted before the Superior Court, and gave bail for his appearance to the following September term of the Court to answer to the charge. In the meanwhile he left his family, the town and country, failed to appear, forfeited his bond and never returned. Some months later, Samuel Cumings and Benjamin Whiting left the town and State, both leaving their families, and remained "■ absentees," and all the three died in exile. The names of all of them, with those of seventy-three other New Hampshire tories, were embraced in the "Act of Banishment," passed by the New Hampshire General Court, in November, 177S — the estates of Samuel Cumings and Benjamin Whitiug were confiscated, all of them forbidden to return under the penalty of transportation, and in case of a second return, they were to suffer death. It is to be inferred that Thomas Cumings and Wliiting both died within a very few years after leaving the country, Grace Whiting, the deserted wife of Sheriff Whiting, (as appears from the Hollis records) having been married to Burpee Ames, of Hollis, May 28, 1782, and upon her dtfcease, which occurred shortly after this mar- riage, Mr. Ames married for his second wife. Haimah Cumings, the deserted wife of Thomas Cumings. Capt. Leonard Whiting did not leave the country, but ccMitinued to reside in Hollis for many ^-ears after the way. Hut for a large portion of the years i777 '"^'^ ^77^ ^^^ ^^''^ imprisoned in the jail at Amherst, with several other accused persons, ull under the charge of being '' i)ii'}>iical to tJie RigJits and Liberties of tlic United Coiouies.'"\ It appears also that Richard Cutis Shannon, tiie Hollis lawyer, at the time, for a part of the year 1777 ^^'^'^ imprisoned in the jail at Amherst, with Whiting and others under the like charge. J Yet it seems tliat the offence of Mr. Shannon, whate\er it may have been, was afterwards so far forgotten or forgiven by tlie people of Hollis, that in the year 1782 he was chosen Representative of the town to the General Court. *Prov. P.-ipers, Vol. S, pp. 82, 106, 156. jN. H. Prov. Papers, Vol. S, p. 636. |N. H. Prov. P:ipers, Vol. S, pp. (kji, 656. [777'] WAK OF IHE KF.VOKUTION. 169 CHAP T E R X V . '777- WAR OK THE REVOLUTION CONTINUED. COMMITTEE; OK SAFETY FOR 1777- HOLLIS SOLDIERS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE WAR. PATRIOTIC AGREEMENT OF FORTY-EIGHT HOLLIS MINUTE MEN. THE TICONDEROGA ALARM. COMPANY TO BENNINGTON. DEPRECIATION OF CONTINENTAL PAPER MONEY. HOLLIS COMMITTEE OF SAFETY IN L777- From the 7\nv?i Records. An. T. M. Marc// j, J77/. — *' Voted and chose for a Committee of Safety, this year, Capt. Noah Worcester, Ensign Stephen Ames, Capt. Daniel Kendrick, Oliver Lawrence and Jacob Jewett, and also voted that we will stand by the Committee of Safety and defend them and do all we can to assist them in the cause of liberty. Chose Ca])t. Daniel Emerson Powder keeper, and Capt. Reuben Dow, Capt. John (ioss, Capt. Daniel Emerson, Capt. William Read and Dea. John Boynton a committee to make out a list of the men who have been in the army, in defence of American liberty, and set a valuation on their services." At a town meeting held on the 25th of the following November, this committee, in respect to these services, made the following report which was then accepted by the town, including in the report the HoUis soldiers who afterwards, the same year, went to Bennington and Portsmouth. "1775. To Ciinibridgc, £1, los. per inontli, S nioiillis, £12, s. 1776. To New York and Canada for the year, 24 1776. To Ticonderojja, each lime, 12 1776. To New York witli Capt. Reed, S 7 1776. To New York with Capt. Walker, 4 1777. To Bennington with Capt. Goss, . 7 1777. To Portsmouth i month, 1 10" ijo WAR OF THK REVOLUTION. [^777 THE town's (^^UOTA FOH THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. Special .Toxvn Meeting April 2^ ^777- "Voted to give each man that shall enlist for three years, or during the War to make out our Qiiota of thirty men £46, including the Continental and State's Bounty and to raise the money by Tax, and also that the Selectmen shall give Security to each man that enlists for the sum that is to be given to the thirty men by the town." THE town's C^UOTA FOR THE CONTINENTAI. ARMY. Adjcurned Special T'ojvn Meetings May 4. — Frofn the records. " The officers having received new orders to raise our men, (if they could not be got for three years, or during the war,) for eight or twelve months, if the town woidd supply their places with other men at the end of said time. Voted that the Committee appointed at this meeting should agree with the men for eight months. The Committee having reported that they had agreed with the men for eight months for £20, that sum was voted to them accordingly, and also that the Selectmen give security to the men to their satisfaction." HOLLIS SOLDIERS IN 1777, ' ^' "^"^J^" COntIN1:NTAL ARMY. In 1777' '"^s "^ ^^^ year preceding, the State of New Hampshire, under the laws and resolutions of Congress, was required to furnish three regiments for the regular Continental army, commanded sev- erally this year, as in 1776 by Colonels Cilley, Hale and Scammel. The men to be raised for these regiments were assigned by the New Flampshire State autJKjrities to the respective regiments of the State militia in proportion to their numbers and to the several towns, in accordance with the number of the militia in each town. The number so set to the town, was known as the town's " ^^uota" and the law made it the duty of the town to keep its "•Qj.iota" constantly fdled. The number set to Hollis, in this apportionment, was thirty^ and that lumilier continued to be the HolHs cjuota for the regular army, till near the end oi" the war. It is sliown by the returns of Col. Nichols, the commander of tlie regiment in 1777, to which the Mollis company of militia belonged, that i\\c thirty men whose names are in the lists below composed the Hollis quota for that year, antl were enlisted in the winter or spring of 1777. It appears from the same " return" that twenty of these men enlisted for three years and the rest for eight months. 777-] CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS IN 1 777 171 For thyee years. David Ames, Daniel Blood, Isaac Boyntoii, Ebenezer Cumings, Edward Carter, William Connick, Jacob Danforth, Ralph Emerson, John Godfrey, William Hale, For three years. Samuel Ilill, Asa Lovejoy, Nathaniel Patten. Thomas Pratt, Stephen Richardson, David Sanderson, Ebenezer Townsend, Lebbcus Wheeler, John Youngman, Thomas Youngman, For eight months. John Ball, Andrew Bailey, Joel Bailey, John Brooks, John Boynlon, 3d, James Colburn, Jonathan Parker, Nehemiah Pierce, Eli Stiles, Jacob Taylor. Twenty of the men in the ahove lists enlisted in the sixth company of the I St New Hampshire regiment, cominanded by Capt. John House, of Hanover, the rest of them, with but one or two excep- tions, in the first company of the 3d regiment of which Isaac Frye of Wilton was Captain. Of this last named company Samuel Leeman, Jun., of Hollis, was the Ensign, and was killed at one of the battles at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne and his army at Sara- toga in October, 1777. All three of the New Hampshire Conti- nental regiments fought in these battles and acquitted themselves with their accustomed fidelity and heroism. After the capture of Burgoyne and his army, the theatre of war was removed further south to New Jersey and the vicinity of Philadelphia. The New Hampshire troops being formed into a distinct brigade, shared in all the services and hardships of the campaign in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Kt the battle of Monmouth, a part of them, in- cluding the 1st New Hampshire regiment, under Col. Cilley, be- haved with such gallantry, as to merit and receive the particular ap- probation of Gen. Washington. Poorly shod, clad and fed, in the hard winter of i777~^' *^^^y patiently shared with their companions in arms the privations and sufferings at the ill-provided winter quarters in the huts at Valley Forge. The people of Hollis, at home, in the mean time, were not forgetful of the wants and sufferings of their townsmen in the firmy. 1 find from the Hollis documents still preserved, that about the first of January, 177S, there were collected by contribution, and sent to them in the camp at Valley Forge, "20 Fairs of Good Merchantable Shoes^ 20 Pairs of Good Wooleti Stockijigs^ 15 . Shirts made of Good Merchantable Cloth" besides many other . articles for the use and comfort of these soldiers. 1/2 AGREEMENT OF THE UOLI.IS MINUTE MI:n. ['777- PA'IRIOTIC AGUEEMENr OK THE HOI. LIS MINUTE MEN. Early in May 1777, Gen. Burgoyne assumed command of the large British army in Canada, composed of British Regulars, Hessians, Tories and Indians, collected and organized for the inva- sion of the Northern States, in tlie hope and expectation of put- ting a speedy end to the so-called rebellion. At the same time a formidable British fleet was cruising along the coast of New England ready for an attack upon the sea-board. The whole north was in constant and fearful alarm, uncertain upon what points the gathering storm would first break. The patriotic agreement below presented, drawn up at this crisis, and in view of the impending perils, is in the hand writing of its first signer, Capt. Reuben Dow, and is still preserved. It has append- ed to it the original autograph signatures of forty-eight Hollis min- ute men, and tersely tells the manner and spirit with whicli they were ready to meet and to aid in welcoming the invaders. As the names of the signers merit honorable mention and grateful remem- brance, they are also presented. " HoEEES, May 15, 1777. "^ " Whereas it appears that the enemies of the United States of America are laying every Plan in their power to ruin and destroy us — and it being hourly expected tiiat a Fleet and Army will arrive on some part of our coast in order to prosecute their wicked pur- pose — we apprehend it to be the Duty of all the Inhaliitants of these States to be in the greatest Readiness and Preparation to exert them- selves in defence of their country in this hour of danger." "•Wherefore we whose names arc hereunto subscribed do promise and engage to equip ourselves inmiediately, with Arms, Ammimition, «&c., and to be ready at a minute's warning by night or by day, to go and assist our Brethren wherever tliey may be attacked — that upon an alarnu* we will immediately appear upon the Parade at the Meeting House in Holies, and be under the com- mand of such ofliccr and oflicers as we shall choose ourselves or the major part of us, and that each of us will be pruvidetl with a good Horse in order that we the sooner may get to the place attacked." An alarm war. thitc guns lired in quick succession. '777-J THE TICONDEROGA ALARM. "73 " Reuben Dow, Daniel Emerson, Jun., Benjamin Abbot, Jonathan Ames, Benjamin Austin, Daniel Bailey, Jun., Eleazer Ball, William Ball, Daniel Blood, Jun., Francis Blood, Josiah Blood, Joshua Boynton, Eliphalet Brown, Ephraim Burge, Benjamin Colburn, Robert Colburn, Robert Colburn, Jun., Josiah Conant, John Cumingfi, Evan Dow, Stephen Dow, Amos Eastman, Jun., Benjamin Farley, Jun., Christopher Farley, Ebenezcr Farley, Stephen Farley, Josiah French, Jacob Jewett, Jun., Thomas Kemp, Oliver Lawrence, Oliver Lawrence, Jun., Nathaniel Leeman, Enoch Noyes, Jun., Solomon Pierce, Nathan Phelp.s, John Platts, Francis Powers, Abel Shipley, Isaac Stearns", James Taylor, William Tenney, Jun. Moses Thurston, Jun. Joseph Wheat, William Wood, Noah Worcester, Jun., Benjamin Wright, Lemuel Wright, Uriali Wright." THE TICONDEROGA ALARM. About the 30th of June of this year, Gen. Burgoyne with his fleet and army advanced up Lake Chaniplain, towards the important fortress at Ticonderoga, and soon after arrived with his forces -it Crown Point, within a few miles of it, where he halted for a short time. Upon the news of this advance, known as the '■^Ticonderoga Alarw^" a company was at once enlisted and organized at Hollis to aid in the defence of Ticonderoga. This company consisted of fifty-eight men, inclusive of officers, fifty of whom were from Hollis. The commissioned officers of this com- pany were Daniel Emerson, Jun., Captain, Robert Seaver ist Lieu- tenant, and David Wallingford 2d Lieutenant, all of Hollis. The compaiw started from Hollis on tlie 30th of June, (the same day the British troops took possession of Ticonderoga) made a rapid march of sixty-five miles to Walpole, there had orders to return and reached Hollis again on the 4th of July. The next day the com- pany received orders to march a second time for Ticonderoga, started on the 5th of July, proceeded as far as Cavendish, Vermont, (one hundred miles) and there met a New Hampshire regiment, under Col. Bellows, on their retreat, Ticonderoga having been abandoned by its garrison. At Cavendish the company had orders a second time to return home, reached Hollis on the 15th of July and was disbanded. The wages of the private soldiers on these expeditions were three shillings a day, and three pence a mile for travel . .174 HOLLIS COMPAN\ AT IJKNNINGTON. [1777- NAMES OF THE HOLLIS MEN IN THIS COMPANY. Danici Emerson, Jun., Capl. Robert Seaver, ist Lieut., David Wallingfoid, 2d Lieut. Josliua Boynton, Ser'gl, Ephraiin Huig^e, " Isaac Stearns, Corp., Noah Worcester, Jun., Fifer. Privates. Benjamin Abbot, Jonathan Ames, Eleazer Ball, William Ball, Daniel Bailey, Francis Bkx)d, Josiah Blood, Reuben Blood, Oliver Bowers, Eliphalet Brown, Benjamin Colburn, Stephen Conroy, William Cumings, Stephen Dow, Joseph Farley, Josiah Fibk, Nehemiah French, Lemuel Hardy, Noah Hardy, John Hobart, Joshua Hobart, Solomon Hobart, Ebenezer Jaquith, Ebenezer Jewett, Jonathan Jewett, Samuel Jewett, Nathaniel Leeman, Ephraim Lund, Samuel Merrill, Joseph Nevins, Elijah Noyes, Ephraim Pierce, Moses Proctor, Jacob Spalding, Moses Thurston, Jun., Ebenezer Townsend, Joseph Wheat, Abner Wheeler, Jonas Woods, Nehemiah Woods, Jesse Worcester, Lemvie! Wright, Uriali Wright. HOLLIS SOLDIERS AT BENNINGTON. Upon the news of the fall of Ticonderoga, the New Hampshire ■General Court promptly met on the 17th of July, and, in a session pf three days, adopted the most decisive and vigorous measiu'es for the defence of the country and to .stop tlie advance of Gen. Bur- goyne. An appeal was made to the New Hampshire militia and minute men whicli was at once responded to with the like spirit and patriotic devotion as in the years before. In th.e course of a very few days a brigade composed of three regiments of New Hampshire •volunteers was enlisted and organized, and placed under tlie com- mand of the brave and popular Gen. Stark, two of these regiments consisting of ten conapanics each, and one of them of but five. These- regiments were commanded severally by Colonels Nichols of Amherst, Stickney of Concord, and David Hobart of Plymouth, to which place he had removed from Hollis, a few years before. Of the 6th compam' of Col. Nichols' regiment, John Goss was Captain ^nd David Wallingford, 2d Lieutenant, both of Hollis. This coin- pany left Hollis on the 30th of Jidy, and was present and shared in •the honors of the brilliant and ever memorable battle and victory fought and won at liennington, mainly by the New Hampshire vol- untcers, on the Jbllowing i6th of August. The company afterwaids marched as far west as Stillwater, N. ^'., and was discharged oii the zSth of Se))tember, having been in service two months and nir.'i days. It is shcnvn by the Hollis documents and the ictui u of Capt, Goss now at Concord, that in his company there were foitv-two rnoM «777-] DEPRECIATION OF THE PAPEK CURHENCY '75 from Hollis, inclusive of ofticers, and that the wages paid the private soldiers were .€4 los, per month, and 3d. per mile tor travel. The names of these men were John Goss, C.ipt-, Thomas Kemp, David Wallingford, Second lA. Archibald Mcintosh, William Adams, Simeon Blood, Henry Bowers, Eliphalet Brown, John Campbell, John Connick, Jonathan French, Timothy French, Stephen Ilazcltinc, Joshua Ilobart, Ephraim How, Joseph How, y James McDonald, Samuel Merrill, Daniel Mooar, Jun. Jacob Mooar, Benjamin Messer, Benjamin Nevins, John Nevins, Ephraim Pierce, Francis Powers, Samson Powers, James Rideout, Stephen Runnells, Jonathan Kuss, ^ ICphraim Rolfe, '' Jonas Shed, Isaac Stearns, Joseph Stearns, Ebenc/er Townsend, Abner Wheeler, William Wood, — Jonas Woods, Nehemiah Woods, Noah Worcester, Jun., Benjamin Wrif^ht, Samuel Wright, Jesse Wyman. Two other IloUis soldiers, viz., Samuel Goodhue and Jesse Wor- :cester, served a part of this year in the garrison at Portsmouth, and iwere paid by the town £1, los. each. : I do not find tliat any Hollis soldier, this year, died of disease in the service or was killed in battle, with the exception of Ensign Samuel Leeman,Jun., killed at vSaratoga, at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne and his army. He was the son of Samuel Leeman, Sen., and liorn in Hollis, Aug. 7, 1749, ait. 28 years at the time of his death. In the foregoing lists of the Hollis soldiers fourteen of the names occur twice, the men having enlisted more than once. Making the proper deduction, it will appear that tliere are in these lists one hundred and ten different names — a number equal very nearly to pnc in eleven of the population. THE AMOUNT PAID BY THI': TOWN IN 1777 '''"^^ BOUNTIluS AND WAGES WAS AS FOIAX^WS : £ s. To thirty Conlincnt.'il Soldiers, £.20 each, £660, To men in Capt.Jiinergon's Company, " Ticondcroga alarm," 38.4. " To men in Capt. Goss' Company to Bennington, Rye •• 4. t'l Butter P, in, Tow Cloth per yard. 3, 3. Indian Corn, " 3. 6, Coffee, 1, 4. Flannel " " 6, Oats, '■ z, 0, Cotton, 3. 0, Linen Cloth" " 0, Peas, s, 0, Wool, ~, a. N. E. Rum, per .ijal.. 10, Beans. 6, t', I-lax, 1, 0, W. I. " " " 8, Salt. 10, 0. Pork 0. ^.1-2 , .Molasses. '• " 0. DEPRI'.CIA riON OK THE P.^P]';R CURRENCY. On the second of June, 1777, a special town meeting in Hollis w^as summoned to consider what should be done by the town in ref- erence to this law, from the record of which meeting we make the follow^ing extracts : " Voted to choose a Committee agreeably to the late Act of the General Court, called An Act in addition to an Act regulating Prices of Sundry articles therein etmmeratedy and that Capt. Reuben Dow, Dea. Enoch Noyes, Capt. Noah Wor- cester, Capt. Daniel Kendrick, and Capt. Daniel Emerson, be said committee." At a subsequent special town meeting, on the ^Sth of Septem- ber of the same year, called to consider the same subject, the town passed the following vote: ''Voted that we highly disapprove of the conduct of any persons in endeavoring to forestall or unrea- sonably raise the prices of the necessaries of Life ; and that we will I 777-] r^KPRKClATIOX OF TIIK PAPKR CUKKEN'CV. 1 77 hold every such person inimical to our j^rescnt cause ; and that we will treat all such Persons with neglect and will have no Dcal- hv^s with them, and tliat the Committee of Safety of the Town shall judge and determine wdien any Person shall transgress the true intent and meaning of this Vote, and shall post every such Per- son's name in the Public Houses in town and in the Public I'rints." But all these vigorous, well meant and patriotic efforts of the (icneral Court, town meetings, and 'Committees of Safety, to •check this growing evil, were wholly fruitless, and this paper cur- rencv. from month to month, continued to lessen in value, so that before the end of the war it became utterly worthless. The peo- ple of Ilollis. however, seem at last to have gained a sensible idea of the only practicable remedy for this excessive issue of irredeem- able promises to pay. as is shown by the doings and votes of a special town meeting on the 27th of November of this year. At this meeting, as appears from the record, the town " Voted, ist, To give our Representative, the following Instructions, viz., to use his Influence to s////^- our State moncv bv way of Taxes, and 3d, also Voted that it is our mind to pay a Tax of twelve double of what it was last year." (12) V-- 178 WAR OF THK RKVOJ.UTION. [^77^' C H A P T K R X \^ J . DOINGS OF TlIK TOWN MEETINGS AND IllSTOKV OF THE WAR CON- TINUED. — COMMITTEE OF SAFETY IN 177S. SOLDIER's FAMI- LIES. CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS IN 1778. VOLUNTEERS FOR' RHODE ISLAND.— C:0MMITTEF: OF SAFETY IN 1 779- CONVEN- TION TO FL\ PRICES. CONTINUED DliPRECIATION OF PAPER MONEY. SMALL POX IN HOLLIS. RESOLUTIONS AND X'OTES OI<' THE TOWN MEETINGS IN 1 778. AriicJcs of Confederation ami I'liio)/. On the i^^th ofNovcnl- bcr. 1777: the Continental Cons^ress adopted articles of confedera- tion and per])etual nnion of the States, to be sidimitted to the State.^ severally for their appro\al. On the 19th of Jannarv. 1778. a town meeting" in Ilollis was called to consider, aniong other things, these articles of confederation, at which ihe toA\ ii's appro\ al of them was expressed as follows: '' \"oted vnumimousK our approbation of the articles of confederation and per])etiial union recommended by the Continental Congress to all the States." The 7\i\v)i' s ."i^Kota for the Ariiiv. .\lso at the same meeting", "Voted that the Alilitia Othcers. Selectmen and Committee of .Safety of the town agree \\ ith the men to sui:»plv the places of our eight months' i"neti as cheap as t!ie\' can. and give the security of the Town for their services in the Continental Army." Coiumittee of Safety for fy/H. Aiiimat Tov:ii Meeting-^ March 2. 7778. •■ Chose foi" Committee of .Safety this year, Noah Wor- cester. Est}.. Mr. Oliver Lawrence. AJr. Edward Taylor, Dea. Enoch Noyes and aVIr. Nehcniiah Woods. Also \^oted that the .Selectmen take care of the Continental .Soldiers families if they stand in need." War 7 ax. Special Yown Afeetlng- April 6, lyyS. •• Voted to raise .€830, to be levied by a ']\ax on the Town to defray the chargen of otu" ten Continental men." 1778.] WAR OF THE RKV()I,lIT]ON. I 79 Soldiers' Pamilies. "Voted that Capt. Daniel Emerson, James Jewett and Jonathan Taylor, be a Committee to provide for the Continental Soldiers' Families, and that thcv have the Necessaries of life at the price stated in 1777- 'i^d that the o\erplus be paiti oitt of the To~jcn Treasury.''' Representatives to Concord. '• Chose Noali Worcester, Esq., and Dea. Enoch Noyes to represent this Town in the General Con- vention of the State to be held at Concord on the loth of June next." This convention was called in pursuance of a resolution of the General Court, to agree upon and present to the people for their acceptance a system or '' Plan for a State Government."* It ap^ pears that the plan of government agreed upon and proposed by this convention, on being submitted to the people, was rejected.! Soldiers for Rhode Islaiid. Special Toivn Meeting, yune 75, 1778. From the Tozvti Records. '^ A*" a meeting of the In- habitants of the town of Hollis, called on account of orders from Col. Nichols for four men to be raised from this town to go to Prov- idence to join Col. Peabody's regiment. Voted to give to each man that will enlist £3 3s. 6d. per month from the time thev shall en- list till discharged, and that if enough do not enlist, that the men who are drafted and go and serve shall receive the same sum ; and also voted that the Selectmen join with tlie commissioned officers to draft men at all times when there is occasion."' Soldiers' Families. Special 7\nvn J\/eetino\ Oct. j. 1778, "Voted that the Committee appointed to take care of the Conti- nental Soldiers' families adhere strictly to the law of the .State, in respect to them, and that they take care of the families of the Widows' Cumings and Wheeler as if their husbands were alive." The deceased soldiers referred to in this vote were Ebenezer Cum- ings and Lebbeus Wheeler, both of whom enlisted for three years in the Continental army in the spring of 1777. Cumings had died in the army of small pox, leaving (as appears from the Hollis records of births) a widow and eight children, among whom was Jacob Abbot Cumings, born Nov. 2, 1772, afterwards a graduate of Har- vard College, and the author of Cummings' .School Geography and other literary works. Wheeler was a son of Peter Wheeler, born in Hollis. October 15. 1750, and died in the army of "disease or wounds," July 10, 1778, leaving a widow^ and one child. *Prov. Papers, Vol. S, pp. 774 — J. t Belknap, p. 38.1. iSo KECRl'lTS FOR THK CONTINENTAL ARMY. [^77^- Rcprcsoitativc to General Court. Special Toxcn Meetings Dec. 7. /yyS. '' Chose Capt. Reuben Dow to represent the town in the General Assembly to he held at Exeter on the y\ ^\'ednesdav ot DeeenilKM" next." i;ilcruit.s for -riiE coxtinkxtal army. In the montli of J;innary. 177S, ten men were wanted to till the Ilollis Continental quota to supply the ])laces of the men who had enlisted for eight months only. On the 19th of that month, as we haAe seen, a speeial town meeting was prompth' ealled to supply this delieiency, and tlie vSelectmen, Committee of Safet\' with the militia ofHeers, were instruetedto engage the men and to pledge the .security of the town for their services. It is shown l)v the returns of Col. Nichols, (now at Concord) that these ten recruits were very .soon engaged and that most of them were mustered into the com- pany of Capt. John House, in the 1st New Hampshire Continental regiment. It appears from the '• Great Return " of the Selectmen of Hollis, that nine of them were paid from £40 6s. Sd. to £'^0 each. Their names were Joliii Aulil, Jolui Cnni-fiy.Jun., Jacnli Danlorth. RculiLii IJloDcI, .Stcphun Oiiiroy, iVatlianicl Patten, .Simeon Blood, William Cowen. Joel Proctor. Samuel Boyd, It is stated in the return of Col. Nichols that Auld and Cowen belonged to Merrimack, and Boyd U) Goftstown. but that they were all enlisted for and paid by Hollis. It appears from the rolls at Concord, that John Conroy,Jun., died in hospital at Danburv, Conn., in September of this year. He was the oldest son of John Conrov, Sen., and born in Hollis, December 28, 1761. Daniel Blood, another Hollis soldier, who enlisted for three years, in the spring of 1777, died in the army of " wounds or disease," November 38, 1778, making a loss by death this year of four of the Hollis Continental cjuota.* Men in Co/. Peadoc/y.s- Regiment. About the middle of June of this year, a lirigade of New Hampshire troops was raised for service in Rhode Island, commanded by Brig. Gen. Whipple. One of the regiments of this brigade was commanded by Col. St ephen Peabody, of Amherst. In the Second company of this regiment, of which Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington, was Captain, were three Hollis soldiers, viz., Jonathan Jevvett, Oliver Lawrence *Kidder'.s History of First N. H. Regiment, p. 1.54. 177S.] VOLUNTEERS FOK RHODE ISLAND IN 177S. 181 and Enoch Spalding. The regiment was discharged June 3, 1779, having been in the service six months and twenty-five days. The wages of the men were ^£4 los. per month, and they were allowed for travel in going to Rhode Island 3d. per mile, and Sd. per mile on their return home. The town paid the three llollis men a l)ounty of £6 each. HoUis Volunteers to Rhode Lsta/id in Ano'/ist^ ^77^- i'he brigade of Gen. Whipple was raised in the summer of 1778 to reinforce the Continental army in Rhode Island in a proposed attack upon the British troops then in possession of the island of Rhode Island. In this attack it was expected that a pow^erfid French fleet, then on the coast, under the command of Admiral Count D'Estaing, would co-operate with the arm>-. But the fleet having been dis- abled and dispersed by a violent storm just before the time fixed for the intended attack, the expedition failed. About the 6th of August of this year, a com]:)any cf volunteers to aid in this expedition was raised in Hollis. The company, includ- ing its ofiicers, consisted of forty-three men. It was commanded by Capt. Daniel Emerson, and was the ist company of a regiment commanded by Col. Moses Nichols of Amherst. The men were in the service from the 6th to the 28th of August, and were then dis- charged, in consequence of the misfortune to tlie French fleet. The wages of the private soldiers in this expedition were at the rate of £5 per month, and 8d. per mile for travel, one hundred miles each way, in going and returning. They were als(-) paid liy the town .£1 3s. each. It is to be inferred also that the men were all mounted and furnished their own horses, as it is shown 1)\ tlic return of Col.' Nichols that the company had forty-three horses, for w hicli they were allowed £10 each, making £430. The roll below ])rescnts a list of this company with its officers, all from llollis. Danitl Emerson, Ciipt., Xuthiinicl Bhioil, Jun.. Jacoli Jew i_u. ^d., Caleb Farley, Liout., riiuothy Rlooil, DankI Kiniln'iU, William Brooks, Ensign, 'riionias Carter, Asa Law rciiif, Daniel Bailey, Sergeant, Benjamin Colburii, Daniel Jlerrill, ]ini., Josiah Conant, •' Reuben Dow, Samuel Merrill, Stephen Runnells, •' josiah Fisk, Fi^lijah Noyes, Abel Conant, Corporal, Jonas Flasrg, Joiuithan Parker, Elias Boynton, " Jonathan F'rencli, William W. Pool, Evan Dow, •■ Stephen CJooclhui,-, Epliraiin RoHe, Andrew Bailey, FiK-r. David Hale, Jacob Spaldijii;, Privates. Jolm Hale, Jun., Joseph Wheat, Benjamin Abbot, . Noah Hardy, Jf;nas Woods, David Ames, Joshua Hobart, Noah Worcestir, Sen., John Atwell, Solomon Hobart. Jesse Woreeili'r. Nathaniel Blood, Jolm H(av. iSz CONTINENTAL Cy:jOTA KOK I779. ['7/9- It may he seen from the forcj^oing data, that inckidiug the town's cjuota of thh'ty Continental soldiers, Ilollis in i77^ ^^'"^^^ seventy-six men in the service, for the whole or a part of that year. VOTKS ANO KESOLl'TIONS OI'" TJIIC rOWN MliETlNGS IX I 779- Comniitfcc of Safety. Aunual 7^o~v/i Meetings March 7, ///p. '' Voted and chose Noah Worcester, Esq., Mr. Oliver Lawrence, Mr. Jacob Jewett, Ensign .Stephen Ames and Mr. Edward Taylor, Committee of Safety, Correspondence, and Inspection." Soldiers Faiiiilicf:. " Voted that the Overseers of the Poor take care of the Continental Soldiers" Families, and have particnlar regard to the families of those that have died in the army." Capt. Leoimrd \\7//fi//fs Ji'ar Rafc. '-Mr. Samnel Chamber- lain, one of the constables of Hollis, having informed the town that Capt. Leonard Whiting refnsed to pav his War Tax, Voted to defend saitl Cliamberlain and that he he indemnified in recovering the same, so far as he has acted according to law." qifOJA OF CONTINKXTAI. SOLDIERS. special 7'r5ti7/ Meeiiiio-. Marc// JJ . //'/(). "Chose Noah Wor- cester, Esq., Capt. Renben Dcnv. and Capt. Daniel Emerson, to take the method they shall think best and proper to get onr Qiiota of Continental men." Special l\r,^-u Meeting, Juiy .f, I7l9- " Voted that the Com- jiiittee chosen at the last meeting l)e joined with the vSelectmen, ami Militia officers to assist in getting our Continental jNIen. either by draft or otherwise as they shall think best for the town." Special Toivii Meeting, fidy rg^ ^779- " Voted ist, to raise the men called for to llll up the New Hampshire Battalions, being ovu" proportion of the CoiUinental Army, as a town for one year, and chose Ensign Jeremiah Ames, Dr. Jonathan Fox, and Jacob Jewett, Jun.. a Committee to hire for one year our nine Continen- tal Men." •' Z(\. Voted that said Committee be empowered to give the Town's Security to each of said nine men for an}- sum of money that they may agree with them for. and the Town to be responsible to said Committee iox said vSums, and the Committee's trouble in raising said men, and that the Selectmen be empowered to assess the Polls and Estates of this town the sum of monev that it shall cost to raise said men." '79-] CONTIXKNTAI, (^JL'OTA KOJl I 779. I S3 On the 2(\ of August, about two weeks utter this hist meeting, this committee made their report in writing to tiie town showing that they had engaged eight of the nine men wanted, with their names and tlie bounties agreed to be paid to each of them for the year's service. A copy of this report is presented below us follows : " The Inhabitants of the Town of Holies to Jeremiah Ames, Jonathan Fox and' Jacob Jewett, Jun., a Committee chosen by said Town to agi"ee with and hire nine men to go into the Continental Army for one year for said town. Dr. " Auff. 2, IJ/Q- To cash and our security given to Eight »ien as a Boioity from said 7hzcn to f ]:)i-ices of certain commodities and ne- cessaries, leaving it for the towns to state and limit the prices of others. The convention having hnishetl its work, a town meeting was called on the following 3ist of October to consider the report and proceedings of that body ami to determine what further should be done by the town. From the record of this meeting w"e quote as follows : PLAX OF IIXIXC; PRICKS BY rilE COXCORD COX\FNTIOX. special Vo'Cii Meeting., Oct. 2r. J'/y^). " Voted unanimously our entire approbation of the Proceedings of the Convention held at Concord, in September last .Stating Prices, &c." " Voted to pur- sue the Plan laid down bv the Comention for Stating Prices, and to State the Prices for articles for this town, not stated by the Con- vention — to see the Plan carried into eflcct — and to correspond with other towns, — anil chose Col. John Hale, Capt. Daniel Kcndrick, Dea. John Poynton, Capt. John Goss, Ephraim Burge, l']benezer Runnells, Jacob Jewett, Christopher Farley, Josiah Fisk and Lt. Ebenezcr Jewett, said Committee: .Vdjourned to Nov. 16. Adjoiiriieit Toicii Meeting. iVov. j6. lyyg. " Voted to accept the Report of the Conuuittee." In the mean time, previous to the i6th of Xo\ember. the fore- going committee prepared their report and submitted it to the meeting held on that day. The report was then accepted In the town as shown liy the record of the meeting as follows: l86 DEPRECIATION OF FAl'EK MONEY. [l779- Adjourned TtKVit Mcciino-. Nov. i6. JJJQ- " Voted to accept the Report of the Committee appointed on the 21st of October, and that each person in town govern himself accorchngly under the pcnaliy of being treated as an eneniv of //is Cou)itr\. ami that copies of the same be posted up in the piil>lic houses in town attested' by the town clerk. "At this meeting a paper that had been set up at RunncU's (Mills) by order of the town, attested by the town clerk, being- brought in and exhibited to the meeting much defaced, upon view of which, the Town voted unanimously their resentment of the matter, and that the Committee shoidd enquire into the affair and report at the next meetmg.'' Zachariah Lawrence jfun.. a //d //is offence. It appearing from the reportof the committee to the next town meeting, held on the 9th of December, that Zachariah Lawrence, Jun., was guilty of defac- ing the paper containing the list of prices set up by the town clerk at Runnells. " Voted that the Committee of vSafety be empowered to settle the aflair with Zachariah Lawrence, Jun.. for his offence in defacing a certain paper as they shall think proper, and that if said Lawrence refuses to settle to their satisfaction to pursue him in the law and make report to tlie town as soon as mav be." SCAI.K OF DEPllECIATION OI' PAl'EIt .M()NE\. In the vear 17S1. the New Hampshire General Court prepared and adopted what was called an '• .Vutliorized .Scale of Depreciation of Continental Paper Money." in accordance with vshich. contracts made at different dates during the war miglit be equitably settled with silver mones . The follo\\i ng table c()[)ied from that scale indicates the value of t'loo in silver as compared \\ ith its ecjuiva- lent in Continental paj^ei' monev in diHerent \ears as tixed by tlie General Court. JuiK-. 1777. .CiOd in silver i-cjual ti> £i Jn C<>iitiiH-nt;il p;»pcr. ■■ £57.*<. " illJIMXJ After the last date Continental paper nionex became W(.>rthless. SMALL POX LN HOLLLS. It is stated by Re\-. Grant Powers, in his Centeimial address, tlelivered in 1830, "That in the vear 1779 the small pox broke out 1777. .CiOd i .77S. £uxj 1771), XlLX- i7S(., £icxj 17S1, £100 I 779-] SMALI. POX IN IIOM.IS. 187 in the town, supposed to have been communicated by the Enemy of our Country, and two houses were improved as Hospitals. One of these houses was afterwards owned and occupied by Lemuel Wright, and the other by James Rideout. In the last named of these houses there were at one time more than one hundred patients. About one hundred and fifty j^ersons were inoculated, of whom three died, and five others who took the disease from exposure to the infection, also died." It appears from the town records that Col. John Hale was put in charge of these hospitals, with a supervisory committee, consisting of " Noah Worcester, Stephen Ames. Oliver Lawrence, Capt^-'s Daniel Emerson. Solomon Rogers, Dea. Stephen Jewett and Edward Taylor, who were to take security of Col. Hale and place him luider proper restrictions." jS8 war of the revolution. [1780. CHAPTER XVII. 1780 AND I 78 1. VOTES AND RESOLUTIONS. MOLLIS CONTINENIAI- q_UOTA. WAGES OF SOLDIERS. MILITIA FOR WEST POINT AND NORTHERN FRONTIER. THEIR WAGES AND BOUNTIES. TAXES ASSESSED TO PAY THEM. BEEF FOR THE ARMY IN 1 780, 17S1. — -REDUCTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS. REDUCTION OF ITIE HOLLIS Q_UOTA. TWELVE CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS CALLED FOR AND ENGAGED. THEIR NAMES. BEEF FOR THE ARMY IN 1 78 1 AND HOW OBTAINED. THE TOWN DIVIDED INTO CLASSES. NEW CALL FOR TWELVE SOLDIERS. RUM FOR THE ARMY. — REPRESENTATIVE IN I 78 1. VOTES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE TOWN MEETINGS IN 1780. Annual 7\nv)i Meetings ^larch d, lySo. "Chose Ephraim Burge, Lt. Ebenezer Jewett and Ebenezer Runnclls a committee to take care of vSoldiers' Families, and voted that the Selectmen and com- missioned officers settle with the Rhode Island men for 1779 and the men who went to Portsmouth last Fall, as to what they shall receive on account of the fall of Money, agreeably to our agree- ment with tliem, and also voted that Ebenezer Runnells, Noah Worcester and Jacob Jewett l)e a committee to procure the Grain for the last Continental men and settle with them and that the Select- men assess the amuimt on the Polls and Estates of the town." No new Connnittee of Safety was chosen this vear or after 1779. Ri;CRUITS FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY Special Town Meeting, Jnnc 28, /jSo. It is shown b\ the record of a special town meeting held [une iSth of this \ear, tliat there was then a deficiency of nine men in the Mollis Continental (luota. \t this meeting the town " voted to hire nine able-bodied men to seive in the Continental Army till the last tlay of December iie\t, and that Jonathan Fox, Jacob Jewett, Jun.. and Ephraini ' Niithaniel Patten, £510 ' Asa Lovcjny, £210 ■ Abel Lovejoy, £210 • Jesse Worcester, '• £210 • Lemuel Blood, £210 • Reuben Blood, £210 • Nathaniel Blood. " £210 Lawful Money, £2,190 17S0.] MILITIA TO WEST POINT. 189 Bnrge be a committee to hire said men. and to give security in behalf of the Town in any way they think proper," On the 4th of July, within a week after this meeting, this committee made the fol- lowing report of its doings : -' The Inhabitants of the Town of Hollis to Jonathan Fox, Jacob Jewett, Jun., and Ephraim Burge as a committee chosen by said Town to agree with and hire nine men to go into the Continental Army for six months for said Town. Dr. 'Jiilv 4. 1780. To cash and our security given to nine men. Viz. To Jacob Danforth, Cash, £210. 90 Bushels of Rye, & 10 Bushels of liui Corn. " Stephen Conroy, " £210 & 90 " " 79 90 " " and one Blanket. 90 " " and one Blanket. 90 " " and one Blanket. 90 " " and one Pair of Shoes. 90 " " and one Pair of Shoes. go " '■ and one Pair of Shoes. 799 Bushels of Rye, 3 Blankets, 3 Pair of Shoes. N. B. The wages of the nine si.x months' men belong to the Town." It appears from the above note that the full amount of the wages of these men was paid in advance by the town, the men being unwilling, probably on account of the state of the currency, to give credit to tlie vState or Congress. MILITIA TO WEST POINT. It is shown also by the "Great Return" of the Selectmen of Hollis before often referred to, that Abel BJood, another Hollis sol- dier, enlisted at the same time with these nine, in the Continental army, and was paid the like amount of wages. MILITIA FOR WEST POINT AND THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. Early in July of this year a further call was made upon the town for fifteen men for three months to aid in the defence of West Point, and for three others to serve for six months on the northern frontier. On the 3d of July a town meeting was called to act upon this subject, and also to raise money to pay the " nine" men who had enlisted in the Continental army. Special Tozvn Meeting-, y^^h' 3^-> ^7^0. Extracts from t/ic Record, '' Voted that the Selectmen procure the money for the nine men the committee have engaged the best wa}' they can, and that Dr. Jonathan Fox, Jacob Jewett, Jun., and Ephraim Burge be •a committee to assist in raising the eighteen men now called for." 190 MEX FOR WEST POINT. [lySl. Within about two weeks after this meeting, this committee made report to the town that they had procured fourteen of the men for three months to go to West Point and tv\'o of those to serve on the northern frontier. The bounties agreed upon for the men to go to West Point were to be paid wholly in eitlier rye or corn, as follows : to one of them thirty-five bushels of rye ; to two others, thirty bushels of corn each ; to another, forty-five bushels of corn ; to each often others, fifty Inishels of corn. These fourteen men were all to retain their government wages. To Simeon Blood and Thomas Youngman, the two men engaged to serve for six months on the northern frontier, the committee agreed to pay ninety bushels of rye and £310 each in money. — ^'tJic govcrnvicnt ivagcs of these tivo to helo7ig to the toivn'"' It appears from the "•Great Return," that two others, paid the like bounties with the fourteen, were engaged for West Point, making sixteen for that place, and the whole eighteen called for from the town. XAMES Ol'' THE MEN FOR WEST POINT. Andrew Bailey, Jesse Hanly, Silas Lawrence, Richard Bailey. Leirmel Hardy, Nathaniel Eeeman, Josiah Blood, Lieut. Ebenezer Jewell. Daniel Merrill, Jun., [ohn Conroy, Jacob Jewett, 3d., Stephen Parker, Stephen Dow, Nicholas Lawrence. Francis Grant Powers. Jonas Flagg, These sixteen men were enlisted in the company of Cant. William Rarron, in a regiment commanded by Col. Nichols. It is shown l)y the regimental rctiu'ns now with the army rolls at Concord, that these men were enlisted July 6, 17S0. and were dis- charged on the 32d of the following October, having been in the service three months and sixteen days. The wages paid by the government w^ere £134 per month and 6s. per mile for travel. It is stated in the Hollis Centennial address, that Francis Grant Powers, one of these sixteen soldiers, was killed at Crown Poirrt. He was a son of Francis Powers, and a grandson of Capt. Peter Powers, tlie first settler of Hollis. and was born January S. 1764. PAY ]"OR THE HOLLIS SOLDIERS. " Special Toxv)i Meeti>ig. November 33. 17S0. Chose Dr. Jonathan Fox, Jacoli Jewett, Jun.. and Mr. Ephraim Burge a committee to settle with the soldiers they have hired and report (o the town what sum of money to raise. Adjourned to December 5." Adjo7irncd Special Tovjn Meetings December 5, 17S0 1 781.] REDUCTION OV NEW HAMPSIIIUE QIJOTA, I9I The committee above appointed liaving reported in respect to the soldiers, " Voted to raise £33,000 to pay the money borrowed for said soldiers, and to procure the grain engaged to the three and six months men, and that Capt. Daniel Emerson, Mr. Ephraim Burge and T.ient. Ebcnezcr Jewctt be a committee to purchase said grain." I5EEF FOR THE ARMY. The town in August of this year was called upon to furnish 16,000 pounds of beef for the army, and at a town meeting held on the 31st of August the town voted a tax of £25,000 for the purchase of this 16,000 lbs. of beef, being at the rate of £1 lis. 6d., or some- what more than $5 per pound. On the 23d of November, 1780, Col. John Hale w-as chosen to represent the town in the General Court to be holden at Exeter on the 3d of the following December. REDUCTION OK NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS IN 1 78 1.. By an act of the General Court, passed January 12, 1 781, the number of New Hampshire troops for the regular army was reduced to one thousand three hundred and fifty-four, to be organized into two regiments, and to serve for three years or during the war. The number of men to be furnished for this force l)y Hollis was reduced from thirty, the old quota, to a new quota of but twenty. At that date, as appears from the army rolls, there were nine Continental soldiers in the army, who had been previously enlisted to serve during the war. The names of these soldiers were Samuel Boyd, Stciihcn Richardson, Eli Stiles, Thomas Pratt, Lemuel Rogers, Joseph Wheat, Joel Proctor, David Sanderson, Jabez Youngman. Boyd, Pratt, Proctor, Richardson, Sanderson and Youngman enlisted in the ist New Hampshire regiment, and were in that regiment December 31, 1783, and afterwards, as supposed, till the yegiment was discharged in 1783.* The time of the service of a large part of the Hollis quota having expired about this time, a town meeting was summoned on the 19th of February, 1781, to supply such deficiencies as might exist in the new quota. At this meeting Capt. Daniel Emerson, Dr. Jonathan Fox and Mr. Ephraim Burge were appointed a committee to enquire into the subject, to engage the soldiers w^anted, and to make report to the next town meeting. This committee afterwards, at the ♦Kidder's Histarj- of tst N. H. Regiment, p. 162. 192 COXTIXKXTAI. (^I'OTA. [l7^'- adjourned ajiniud town meeting held on the I2tli of March, made report, tliat twelve men were then wanted to complete tlie new quota. Upon this report being made, the town, at that meeting, instructed this committee to engage the men, and to give security in behalf of the town for such wages or bounties as they should agree witli them for, and also \oted a war tax of £Soo for the war charges of the year, and appointed " Noah Worcester, Esq., Jonathan TaNlor and John Atwcll. a committee to hire the money till this tax could be collected." liEEF VOR 'rilE ARAn" IX 1781. The town also at the same meeting voted a tax of £Soo, " new emission." to pmxhase the town's quota of beef for this year, and appointed Capt. Daniel Emerson. Ephraim Burge and Jeremiah Ames a committee to procure it. The report of the committee for hiring these twelve men is not found, and is probabl}' lost. But the returns and army rolls at Concord show that they all enlisted for three years, and the returns of the Ilollis Selectmen also show that the town paid each of them a bountv of £60, or $200. As the <:)ld Continental paper money had now l)ecome worthless these liounties were doubtless paid in specie or its equivalent, amounting in all to £720, or $2,400. Instead of entailing this amount as a debt upon the town to be paid by posterity, as has been too often done in more modern times in like cases, our ancestors at their annual town meeting assessed a war tax of £800 or $2,666.67, to meet it, to be collected and pa\d the same year. The names of these twelve itien were lohn Bonner, Benjiiniin W. Grait , SUphcn Parker, Elijah Clark, Isaac Ilobart, Ezekiel Proctor. Edward Deanc, Jacob Ilobart. James Rolfe, John Godfrey. John McHendley. Asahel Twiss. At a special town meeting held on the 14th of May of this year a resolution was adopted, that for the purpose of engaging soldiers in answer to future calls, the town should be divided into Classes, and the Selectmen and ]Mr. Ephraim Burge were chosen as a committee to " class the town." It appears that in pursuance of this resolu- tion the town was di\ ided into eight " classes." THE town's (^lO'rA OF BEEF FX)K 17S1. Sprcial Joiv// Mccf/z/g., June 25, 17S1. At this meeting the town ''Voted that as the town is now divided into eight classes, the quantity of beef we have to get be divided to each class according lySl.] NEW CALL FOR SOLDIERS. rc)^ to valuation, (except as to non-residents) and that the SLieciiaea set down each man's portion of beef to his name and that if any class or person refuse to pay their or his proportion of beef the same shall be committed to the Constable to collect, and tl'iat the Selectmen shall set such sum in specie to such delinquent as will be sufficient to pay for his proportion of beef." NEW CALL FOR SOLDIEF >. In the month of July of this year a requisition was niaJe by the State upon the town for twelve men to senx in the army for three months. In consequence of this call a town meeting was held on the 19th of July, at which it was "voted that the eight classes into which the town was divided should be so coupled that each two classes should procure three good effective men." The Great Return shows that nine of these three months' men were enlisted and paid by the town. No record or other evidence is foimd in respect to the other three. A bount}^ of £15, or $50 each, was paid to the nine men engaged. They enlisted in the company of Capt. John Mills, in a small, incomplete regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Reynolds of Londonderry. It is not known where this regiment was employed, or that in fact it ever left the State. The war at this time was substantially at an end, and the regiment soon disbanded, and most probably for these reasons, the three remaining Hollls men were not engaged. The names of the nine men in Capt. Mills' company were, Capt. William Brooks, Abner Keyes, B. Woods Parker, Asa Chamberlain, Daniel Merrill, Thomas Powell, Robert Connick, Jacob Mooar, Samuel Read. Including the nine three months' men and the twenty " Continentals," Hollis had this year in the service, in all, but twenty-nine soldiers, a number much less than that of any preceding year. RUM FOR THE ARMY. On the ist of October of this year a town meeting was called to see what method should be taken to procure ///e J^z/m required of the town for the army, and Robert McGaw was chosen agent of •^he town to provide it. The town's quota in gallons is not stated in the record but at a subsequent town meeting, in December of this year a tax of £100, or $333 was voted to pay for it, and the necessary charges of the town. (13) 194 WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. [1782. CHAPTER XVIIl. 17S2-S3. — i^lE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR. NEW PLAN OF GOV- ERNMEN). THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RANGERS IN 17S2. LAST SOLDIER O' ITIE IIOLLIS QUOTA. NUMBER AND NAMES OF HOLLIS SOLDIERS. SENTIMENTS IN RESPECT TO THE RETURN OF THE TORIES. LAST WAR TAX. HOLLIS RECORDS AND- DOCUMENTS. NAMES OF THE COMMITTEES OF SAFETY AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. SOLDIERS LOST IN THE WAR. NEW PLAN OF GOVERNMENT. In the month of June, 17S1, a vState Convention was held at Con- cord to agree upon and propose a new *•' Plan" or system of State Government. HolHs had no delegate in this convention, the town, in the month of May previous, having voted not to elect. In the month of September next afterwards the convention reported its ''plan" to be submitted to the people of the State at their town meetings. Early in January, 17S2, a town meeting was called in Hollis to consider this plan, at which a committee of sixteen was chosen to examine it and make report of their sentiments in respec to it at an adjoiu'ned meeting on the i6th of January. Upon the coming in of the report of this comfnittee, the town voted as follows ; " rst, to accept the Bill -of Rights with an amendment reported by the Committee." ■' 2d, To have a Governor under certain restric- tions, but that the power of the Governor set forth in the " Plan is too large." •' 3d, That the present mode of representation be adopted and that each town pay its own representative." This first plan reported by the convention was not accepted by a majority of the people of the vState and the convention again met and made a second report in September, 1782. A town meeting was called on the i6th of December of this year to consider and act upon this new report. The extracts from the record of the meeting presented l)elow exhibit the sentiments and doings of this 1782.] LAST SOLDIER OF THE MOLLIS tyjOTA. 1 95 meeting. '' Voted to reject said Plan of Government as it stands, yeas, lo, nays, 36." " It then being submitted to the town what amendment they would have instead of a Supreme Head to be styled a ' Governor,' Voted that we would choose to be governed similar to what we now are by a council and assembly — the President of the Coimcil to be the Supreme Head of the State and in the recess, the General Court to have a Committee of Safety to assist the President." It is said that this new plan was generally approved in the State but was not fully completed at the time news of peace arrived. The old form of government, having expired with the war, it was re- vived by the votes of the people and kept in force for one year longer. In the year following the new form was finished, and the name of " Governor " being changed to " President" it was printed a third time, and declared to be the civil Constitution of the State, and continued in force till the adoption of the present Constitution in September 1792. NEW HAMPSHIRE RANGERS IN 17S2. Although the danger was not supposed to be great, yet as a mat- ter of precaution, companies of New Hampshire Rangers were kept in service on the northern frontier, known as the '" Coos Coun- try," in the summer and fall of 17S2, to protect the inhabitants from threatened raids of the Indians in Canada. On the 4th of Julv of this year, Andrew Henderson of Hollis enlisted in a company of these Rangers, (in v\diich he was a Sergeant) commanded l)v Capt. Jonathan Smith of Surry. Also on the 6th of July Jonas Willoughby of Hollis volunteered in a company employed in the same service commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Webster of Salisbui-y, the father of Plon. Daniel Webster. These companies were dis- charged about the middle of November, having been in the service about four and one-half months. THE LAST SOLDIER OF" THE HOLLIS CONTINENTAL QUOTA. Previously to the beginningof 1782, active hostilities between the contending armies had virtually ended, yet the Continental Con- gress regarded it prudent that the ranks of the regular army should be kept filled. About the middle of July of this year, upon investiga- tion being made by a committee of the town, one man was found to be wanting in the Hollis quota. At a town meeting then held 196 NUMBER AND NAMES OF THE HOLLIS SOLDIERS. [lyS-- the tcnvn "' voted unanimoiislv that one man more be raised by the town to serve in the Continental army and that the committee for that pnrpose procure him at discretion, immediately." It appears from the regimental returns of Col. Nichols, that on the 15th ot July 17S2, Jabcz Youngman had enlisted as a soldier for Hollis for three years, thus making the Continental quota of the town com- plete. Youngman was the last soldier who volunteered for Hollis, and the only one called for this }ear for the regular army. His name is found on the roll of the ist New Hampshire Continental regi- ment, in December, 17^2, and he is supposed to have been in the ser\ice till the regiment was discharged, the next year, at the con- clusion of peace. The town paid him a bounty of £60 or $200, the same as paid to the Continental soldiers enlisted for three years, in 17S1 . M'.'MBER AND N'AMES OF THE IIOLLIS SOLDIERS. It will be found on examination of the various lists and rolls, still existing, of the Hollis soldiers in the Revolution, that most of them enlisted more than once, and many of them on three or more different occasions ; but counting each name but once, it will appear that Hollis, at different times during the war, as nearly as can now be ascertained, furnished, with but few exceptions, from its own citizens, more than three hundred soldiers who for a longer or short- er time were in the military service — a number but little less than one-fourth of its whole population. Of these soldiers, there was one each of the names of Abbot, Adams, iVmbrose, Atwell, Auld, Blanchard, Bonner, Boyd, Bruce, Burge, Campbell, Clark, Cowen, Danforth, Davis, Deane, Dickey, Elliot, Farmer, Farnsworth, Flagg, Foster, Gilson, Godfrey, Goss, Hazeltine, Henderson, Hill, Honey, Hopkins, Hosley, Kemp, Kendrick, Keyes, Kinney, Lesley, Lund, McConnor, McHendley, :Messer, Minot, Patten, Philbrick, Platts, Poor, Powell, Pratt, Richardson, Rideout, Rogers, Runnells, Russ, Seaver, Shed, Stevens, Tenney, Thurston, Townsend, Twiss, Wallingford, Wood and Wyman. Two each of the names of Ames, Brooks, Carter, Conant, Connick, Fisk, Grace, Jaquith, Johnson, Leeman, McDaniels, Mcintosh, Mooar, Noyes, Pool, Rolfe, vSanderson, Smith, Spalding, Stearns, Wilkins, Willoughby and Woods. Of the names of Bowers, Chamberlain, Dow, Eastman, 1782.] SENTIMENTS IN RESPECT TO THE TORIES. I97 Goodhue, How, Merrill, Parker, Patch, Phelps, Read and Stiles, three each. Four each of the names of Brown, Conroy, Hale, Lawrence, Lovejoy, Pierce, Proctor, .Shattuck and Worcester. Of the names of Ball, Colburn, Emerson, Nevins, Taylor, Wheat, Wheeler, Wright and Yovmgman, five each. Six of the name of Powers. Of the names of Bailey, Boynton, Cumings, Farley and French, seven each. Eight of the name of Hobart, nine of Jewett, ten of that of Hardy, and. sixteen of the name of Blood. Representative to the General Court. At a special town meet- ing held on the 28th of October of this year Richard Cutts Shannon was elected to represent the town in the General Court to be holden at Portsmouth in December 1782. jySj. Annual Town Meeting. Increase of the State Tax. At the annual A'larch meeting of this year the town " Voted to enlarge the State tax £200 to defray the necessary charges of the war, and chose Dea. Daniel Emerson, Noah Worcester, Esq., Capt. Daniel Kendrick and Ephraim Burge a committee to assist the Selectmen in settling with the Continental soldiers." THE SENTIMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HOLLIS IN RESPECT TO THE TORIES. As stated in the early part of this narrative, four of the citizens of Hollis were known as loyalists or tories, one of whom for a time was imprisoned for disloyalty. The remaining three left the coun- try early in the war, and their names were included in the act of confiscation, passed in 1778, by the New Hampshire General Court, and tlie}', witli many others, were forbidden to return to the country under the penalty of death. After the end of the war, the British Commissioners, in their negotiations for peace, were persistent in their eftbrts to provide for the return of the banished adherents of the crown, and the restora- tion of their confiscated estates ; and this subject was widely and warmly discussed by the American press of the time, and in the primary assemblies of the peo23le. A special town meeting in Hollis was called to consider this subject in the spring of 1783, •'and to see if the Town Would give their Representative any Instructions in respect to the Absentees from this State and their returning." As will appear from the follow^ing extract, which we copy from the record of that meeting, the sentiments of the people 198 SEXTIINIENTS IN Rp:SPECT TO THE TORIES. [1783- of the town upon this question found expression in language more vigorous and emphatic than forgetful or forgiving, as follows : '"* The minds of the people being tried in respect to the Returning of those Miserable Wretches imder the name of Tories, Absentees or Conspirators," " Voted unanimously that they shall not be allowed to return or regain their forfeited Possessions." '• Voted that a Committee be chosen to give the Representative of this Town j^articulhr Instructions which may convey to him the unanimous sentiments of the people in respect to the Absentees above mentioned." " Voted that Col. John Hale, Noah Worcester. Esq., Master Cumings, Dea. Bo^^nton, Captains Dow, Goss and Kendrick lie a Committee to give the Instructions above mentioned." Representative to tJie Genera/ Court. On the 26th of Decem- ber of this year Dea. Daniel Emerson was chosen Representative to the General Court to be held at Concord in June. Ainjual To'v?/ Alceting ISIareh 7, 1184. At the annual town meet- ing of this year Dea. Daniel Emerson was again chosen Representa- tive to the General Court to meet at Concord in June. At the same meeting the town "Voted to raise £210 to dcfrav the charges of foiu" Continental soldiers, viz., Elijah Clark. John Godfrey, Jacob Hobart and Jalx'z Youngman, and also that the selectmen should assist the Continental soldiers in ]:)referring a petition to the General Court for a redress of Grievances in respect to their ^vages." THE EAST TOWN MEETING IN RESPECT lO THE CONTINENTAL SOEDIERS, MAY 2, 17S5. "Voted that Noah W^orcestcr and Daniel Emerson. Esqrs., and Mr. William Cumings be a Ctimmittec to look into matters relating to the Continental soldiers and see how matters stand in relation to making them or any of them a consideration for their services, and report at a future meeting." At a special town meeting held afterwards on the 15th of Septem- ber this committee reported as follows: "That the Town in Justice ought to givey;vr_^rrt'//V to Thomas Pratt, David Sanderson, Joel Proctor, John Youngman and Thomas Wheat £18 to each of them, for their voluntary service in the Continental Army." This report was accepted by the town and a tax for the amount assessed at the same meeting. Such was the honorable and characteristic close of the Ilollis war meetings. '7^5-] '^"^'^ IIOLLIS RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS. 1 99 THE MOLLIS RECORDS AND REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS. Ill the foregoing narrative it has been my aim to gather as far us practicable, from authentic sources, and to present in as little space as was consistent with perspicuity and historical accuracy, the annual doings of the people of Ilollis in the seven years' war of the Revolution, and also somewhat of the sentiments and spirit which animated their efforts in the struggle for National Independence. Notwithstanding all the care I have used in my researches, it may be that some errors have escaped me. In vievv' of the lapse of one hundred years since our Revolution, and the long time since the last of the actors in its story have passed away, it would be passing strange if some mistakes have not unwittingly found their way into this narrative, which, if detected, I hope may be pardoned and corrected. But in the hope of avoid- ing important errors, I have in the main adhered closely to the Revolutionary documents and records of the State and town. These records and documents of Hollis which I have so freely used and copied, and which so fully tell of the doings and purposes of the men who made them, I cannot but look upon as a precious and sacred legacy to their posterity, and to the present and future inhabitants of the town. We find in them all no sentiment of our ancestors which we would forget, no recorded act which does not do honor to their memories. The story as here told to some who may read it may seem needlessly prolix, and in some of its details tedious, still I am conscious that very many matters have been omitted, highly creditable to the actors in them, which interested me to know, and which if told would doubtless interest others as well. Yet I trust that in this imperfect naiTative enough has been said, to satisfy all who have curiosity in such inquiries, that upon all occasions, from the beginning of the war to its end, our ancestors of Hollis did what at the time they believed to be their duty to their country, their own generation, and to their posterity, intelligently, promptl}-, and joati'iotically, with unfaltering courage, and the hope- ful assurance of final success. In 17741 when that dark and portentous war cloud \vas still in the horizon, undismayed by its threatenings. they proclaimed in the face of it and inscribed upon their public records, "■' lie xvill en- deavor at all times to mahttain onr liberties and privileges^ both civil and sacred, at the risk of 07/r lives and fortunes." When a few months later that cloud first burst at Lexington, the Hollis minute men with full ranks hastened to the scene of conflict. 20O MOLLIS RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS. [^7^5- On the night of the i6th of June the Hollis company, under the eye of the galhint Prescott, without sleep or food, were busy with their spades and pickaxes upon the earthworks at Bunker Hill. They were a part of that force, worn and weary with the work of the night, of whom it was curtly said by their brave Colonel, on the morning of the battle, in answer to a proposal to relieve them, -md call fresh troops to the defence of the works they had built — " T/ic 7Hcn who Iniilt tJiis fort xvill best defend it.'" In the fall after that battle, when the ranks of the army av Cambridge were thinned an^d weakened by the base desertion of the Connecticut regiments, another company, mainly of Hollis volun- teers, with the New Hampshire reinforcements, promptly marched to the seat of war to supply the places of the mutineers. In 1776 we find Hollis soldiers with the army in Canada, at Ticonderoga, in the garrisons at Portsmouth, at White Plains, and sharing in the l;)loody campaigns in New Jersey. The next year, when Gen. Burgoyne was on his march from Canada to Ticonderoga, a company of fifty or more Hollis minute men is seen hastening to its defence. The same summer, after the fall of that fortress, wx' find a company, chiefly of Hollis soldiers, under the gallant Stark at the decisive battle and brilliant victory at Bennington. In the hard winter of 1777-S, when their Conti- nental soldiers were in the ill-suj^plied camp at Valley Forge, some of them barefoot and in rags, the nimble fingers of their mothers and sisters at home are seen busy for their relief. In the summer of 177^' "when Rhode Island was threatened with invasion, a company of forty-three mounted Hollis soldiers marched to aid in the defence. When in 17S0 West Point was endangered by the base treason of Gen. Arnold, we have seen how readily our ancestors responded to the call for volunteers. And in 17S2, after the last battle of the war had been fouglit, when the Continental Congress thouglit it prudent to keep the ranks of the regular army filled, this last call was at once cheerfully and promptly met. If we follow the campaigns of the regular army we shall find the Hollis Continental cjuota in the New Hampshire regiments with VV^ashington at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and Germantown ; with Gen. Gates at Stillwater and Saratoga ; with Gen. wSullivan in the war against the Six Nations, and again with Washington at the final battles and surrender at Yorktown. The New Hampshire Continental regiments known as the " Hampshire Boys" from the beginning to end of the war, were noted for their 1 785-] IIOLUS COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. 20I fidelity to duty, their good conduct and intrepidity, and their commanders, the gallant Cilley, Poor and Scammell, could at all times rightfully say with the Trojan Hector, in face of the dangers of battle, " Where heroes war the foremost phice we claim, The first in danger as the first in fame." HOLLIS COMMITTEE OF SAFETY IN 1776. Capt. Reuben Dow, Capt. Noah Worcester, Ensign Stephen Ames, 1777- Noah Worcester, Stephen Ames, Daniel Kcndrick, Oliver Lawrence, Jacob Jewett, Capt. Daniel Kendrick, Jacob Jewett, 177S. Noah Worcester, Dea. Enoch Noyes. Oliver Lawrence, Nehemiah Woods, Edward Taylor, Oliver Lawrence, Samuel Chamberlain. 1779. Noah Worcester, Stephen Ames, Oliver Lawrence, Edward Taylor, Jacob Jewett. HOLLIS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Samuel Ilobart, Colonel of 3nd N. II. regiment of minute men, and paymaster of N. H. troops: in 1775. John Hale, I'ttei Emerson. Jonathan Pool. Regimental Surgeons, Assistant Surgeon, Captains. Reuben Dow, Daniel Emerson, Jun., John Goss, Noah Worcester. First Lieutenants. Caleb Farley, Ebenezer Jewett, Robert Seaver, David Wallinarford. Second Lieutenants . William Brooks, John Cumings, Samuel Leeman, Jun. HOLLIS SOLDIERS KILLED OR DIED IN THE ARMY OF DISEASE OR James Fisk, Jeremiah Sliattuck, Nathan Blood, Jacob Boynton, Thomas Colburn, Isaac Hobart, Phineas Nevins, Peter Poor, Thomas Wheat, Ebenezer Youngman. Caleb Eastman, Josiah Blood, Minot Farmer, William Nevins, Ezra Proctor, Isaac Shattuck, Samuel Leeman, Jun.. Ebenzer Cumings, Lebbeus Wheeler, John Conroy, Daniel Blood, Francis G. Powers, WOUNDS. died at Cambridge, killed at Bunker Hill, died May 29, 1775. May 29, 1775. June 17, 1775. killed Sept. 1776 May " May 15 " Oct. 1777- .77s. July 10 •' Sept. " Nov. 28 " 17S0 202 nOI.LIS SOLDIERS KIM-El) OR DIED, [^ySS- The number of names in the list of deaths, is twenty-two. The Rev. Grant Powers, in his Centennial Address, states the loss of Hollis in the war, in killed or by disease, at thirty. He probably included in that number eight 2:)ersons who in i779 tlied in Hollis of the small pox, which he tells us was supposed to have been communicated by the enemy. The eight who died of that disease, added to the twenty-two, woidd make the Ilollis loss of thirty as Mr. Powers states it. The Hollis soldiers who received pensions from tlie Government, on account of 2:)ermanent disabilities sufl'ered in the service, either from wounds or disease, were Capt. Reuben Dow, Ensign William Wood, Thomas Pratt, (all wounded at Bunker Hill) Samuel Boyd and .Stcplicn Richardson. 1783.] NAMES OF IIOI.I.IS SOLDIERS. 203 CHAPTER XIX. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF IIOLLIS SOLDIERS, SHOWING IN WHAT YEARS THEY ENLISTED WHEN AND HOW LONG THEY WERE IN THE SERVICE. (''^775 L." deiiotcs enlisted^ April ig^ ^775^fo^' I^cxiiigtoii a?id Cambridge ; " Cam." Cambridge ; "■' B. //.," at the Battle of Bunker Hill; " C. ^.," Continental Artfiy ; '■^ Port.,'" in Garrison at Portsmouth. N. H. ; " Wh. P.," at White Plains ; '• 77.," Tieonderoga ; '"'' 1777 Al. 7\" Ticonderoga Alarm., June., 1777; '•^ Ben" in the co?npany of Capt. Goss., at Ben- nington., jfuly lyy-/ : "• W. Pt." West Point; "7?. /.," Rhode Island ; *•' G. P." //ames in the Returii of Capt. Goss, p. ^6/.) Abbot, Bonjaniin, '75, L., '78, R. I., 22 d. -Adams, William, '75, Cam., B. H., S m. Ambrose, Samuel, '75, Cam., 3 mon. . Ames, David, '75, Cam., B. IL, 8 m., '76. C. A. I y, '77 C. A., 3 y. Ames, Jonathan, '75, L., '77 Al. T. Atwell, John, '7S, L., '76, Port., 3 m., '78, R. I., 22 d. Auld, John, '78, C. A., 2 y. Bailey, Andrew, 75, 'Cam., B. IL.Sm., '76, Port. 3 m., '77, C. A., 8 m. '78, R. I., 23 d. Bailey, Daniel, '75, Cam. 3 m., '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d., '79, R. I., 5 m. Bailey, Daniel, Jun., '76, Wh. P. 5 m. Bailey, Job, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Bailey, Joseph, '75, L. Bailey, Joel., '75, Cam., 8 ni.,'So, W. Pt., 3 m. Ball, Ebenezer, '75, Cam., B. IL, 8 ra., '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. Ball, Eleazer, '75, Cam. 3 m., '77, Al. T. Ball, John, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77 C. A., 8 m. Ball, Nathaniel, Jun., '75, I-. Ball, William, '77, Al. T. Blanchard, Joshua, "75, Cam. 3 m. Blood, Abel, '80, C. A., 6 m. Blood, Daniel, '75, Cam. 3 m., '77, C. A., 3 y. , Blood, Daniel, 2 d, '75, L., '76, Ti., 6 m. Pt. 8 m. Blcxxl, Elnathan, '76, Ti., G. R. Blood, Ephraim, '75, Cam. B. IL,8 mo. Blood, Francis, '75, Cam. B. IL, 8 m. Blood, Josiah, '76, Ti., 6 m. Blood, Josiah, Jun., '77, Al. T., 'So W. 3 m. Blood, I-emuel, 'So, C. A., 6 m. Blood, Nathan, '75, I^., '75, Cam. B. IL Blood, Nathaniel, '78, R. I., 22;!., 'So, C. A. 6 m. Blood, Nathaniel, Jun., '78, R. L, 22 d. Blood, Jonas, '75, I.. Blood, Reuben, '77, Al. 'J"., '7S, C. A., 2 y., 'So, C. A., 6 m. Blood, Simeon, '77, Ben., '78, C. A., 2 y., '80, N. Frontier, 6 m. Blood, Timothy, '76, Wh. P., 5 mo., '78, R. L 22 d. Bonner, John, 'Si, C. A., 3 y. Bowers, Henry, '77, Ben. Bowers, Jerathmael, '79, C. A., i y. Bowers, Oliver, '77, Al. T. Boyd, Samuel, '78, C. A., 2 y., '80, C. A. 3 y. Boynton, Benjamin, '75, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Boynton, Elias, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 ni., '76, C. A., I y., '7S, R. I., 22 d. Boynton, Isaac, '77, C. A. 3 y. 204 NAMES OF IIOI.LIS SOLDIERS. [1782. Boynton, Jacob, '75. Cam. B. H., 8 m. Boynton, Joel, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m Boynton, John, 3 d., '77, C. A., S m. Boynton, Joshua, '75, Cum. Ji. II., 8 m., '77, Al. T. Brooks, John, '77, C. A., 8 m. Brooks, Lt. William, '78, R. I., 22 d., '81, 3 m. Brown, Abel, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Brown, William, '76, Ti., G. R. Brown, Eliphalet, '75, Cam. 3 m., '77, Al. Ti., '77, Ben. Brown, Joseph, '76, N. V., 2 m. Bruce, Josiah, '75, Cam. 8 m. Burge, Ephraim, '77, Al. T. Campbell, John, '75, Cam. B. II., 8 m., '77, Ben. Carter, Edward, '76, Wli. P. 5 m., '77, C. A. 3y- Carter, Thomas, '78, R. I., 22 d. Chamberlain, Asa, '81, 3 m. Chamberlain, Samuel, '76, N. Y., 2 m. Chamberlain, Wilder, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Clark, Elijah, 'Si, C. A., 3 y. Colburn, Benj., '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d. Colburn, James, '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, C. A. 8 m. Colburn, N'athan, '75, L., '75, Cam. 8 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Colburn, Robt., '75, Cam. 3 m. Colburn, Thomas, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. JI., S m. Conant, Abel, '75, Cam. B. II., S m., '76, C. A., I y., '78. R. I., 22 d. Conant Josiah, '75, Cam. 3 m., '7S, R. I., 22 d. Connick, Robt., '81, 3 m. Connick William, '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'So, C. A., 6 m. , Cowen, William, '78, C. A., 2 y. Cumings, Benj., '75, L., '75, Cam. P>. II. S ni., '76, C. A., I y. Conroy,John, '75, Cam. 3 m., 'So, W. Pt., 3m. Conroy, John, Jun., '78, C. A. 2 y. Conroy, Samuel, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H., 8 ni. Conroy, Stephen, '76, C. A., 1 y., '78, C. A., 2 y., '80, C. A., 6 m. Cumings, Ebenezer, '77, C. A., 3 y. Cumings, En. John, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. 11. 8 m. Cumings, Larnard,'76, Port, and N. V., 12 m. Cumings, Peter, '75, Cam. B. II., S m. Cumings, Philip, '75, Cam. B. II., S m. Cumings, Wm., '76, N. Y., 2 m., '77, Al. T. Uanforth, Jacob, '76, C. A., i y., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'So, C. A., 6 m. Davis, Joshua, '76, Ti. 6 m. ' Dcane, Edward, 'Si, C. A. 3 y. Dickey, James, '75, L., '77, Al. T. Dow, Capt. Reuben, '75, \,., '75, Cam. IJ. I]., 8 mo., '78, R. I., 22 d. Dow, Evan, '75, Cam. B. II., 8 m,. '78, R. 1.. ■22 d. Dow, Stephen, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 m. Eastman, Amos, '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m. Eastman, Caleb, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Eastman, Jonathan, '75, L. Elliot, William, '75, Cam. B. II., 8 m., '76, C. A., : y. Emerson, Capt. Daniel, '76, Ti. 6 m., '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d., '79, R. I., s m. Emerson, Dr. Peter, '79, R. I., 5 m., Reg. Surg. Emerson, Ralph, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y. Emerson, Samuel, '79, R. I., 5 m. Emerson, Thomas, '76, Ti., 6 m. Farley, Benj., '75, L., '75, Cam. 3 m. Farley, Benj., Jun., '76, Ti., 6 m. Farley, Lt. Caleb, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 in., '78 R. I., 22 d. Farley, Christopher, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. ^ Farley, Ebenezer, '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m. Farley, Joseph, '75, Cam., 3 m. P'ailey, Stephen, '75, Cam., 3 m. Farmer, Minot, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II. S m. '76, C. A., I y. Farnswiirth, David, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Fisk, James, '75, L., '75, Cam. 8 m. Fisk, Josiah, '75, Cam. B. II., 8 m. Flagg, Jonas, '78, R. I., 22 d., 'So, W.Pt.,3 ni. Foster, Simeon, '79, C. A., 1 y. French, David, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. French, Isaac, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, Wh. P. 3 m. French, Jonathan, '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d. French, Joseph, '75, Cam., S m. ' French, Nehemiah, '75, Cam., S m., '77, Ai. T. French, Timothy, '76, N. Y., 2 m. French, William, '75, L. Gilson, Ebenezer, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m. Godfiey, John, '77, C. A., 3 y., 'Si, C. A. 3 y. ""Goodhue, Samuel, '77, Port. 1 m. Goodhue, John, '79, Port. 6 m. Goodhue, Stei^hen, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. '78 R. i., 22 d. Goss, Capt. John, '75 L., '75. Cam., 15. II., 8 m., '77, Ben. Grace, Benjamin W., 'Si, C. A., 3y. Grace, Manuel, '75, L. Hale, Dr. John, Reg. Surgeon from '76 to 'So> Hale, John, Jun., "76, N. Y ., 2 m., '78, R. I., 22 d. Hale, David, '7S, R. I., 22 d. Hale, William, '77, C. A., 3 y. Hardy, Aaron, '75, L. Hardy, Jesse, '80, \V. Pt., 3 m. Hardy, Lemuel, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 ni. Hardy, Joseph, '79, Port., 6 m. Hardy, Nehemiah, 75. Cam. 3 m. 1782.1 NAMES OF MOLLIS SOLDIERS. ICJ Hardy, Noah, '77, Al. T., '7S, R. I., 22 d. Lesley, Jonas, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Hardy, Phineas, '76, Port. 3 m. Lovejoy, Abel, 'So, C. A. 6 m. Hardy, Phineas, Jun., '75, Cam., B. 11. , S m., Lovejoy, Asa, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wli., P. J '76, Port., 3 m. m., '77, C. A., 3 y. Hardy, Silas, '79, Port., 6 m. Lovejoy, Daniel, '76, Ti., G. R. Hardy, Thomas, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, Lovejoy, Jonathan, Jun., '75, Cam., 3 m. C. A., I y. Lund, Ephraim, '75, Cam., 3 m. Henderson, Andrew, 'S3, N. Frontier, 6 m. McConnor, James, '75, Cam., B. IL, S m. Hill, Samuel, '75, Cam., B. II. , S m. '76, Ti., 6, McDaniels, James, '77, Ben. m. '77, C. A., 3 y. Hobart, Isaac, '75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Hobart, Isaac, 3d., 'Si, C. A., 3 y. Hobart, Jacob, 'Si, C. A., 3 y. Hobart, John, '77, Al. T., '79, R. I., 6 m. Hobart, Jonathan, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, N. Y., 2 m. Hobart, Joshua, 75, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 23 d. Hobart, Col. Samuel, '75, Paymaster. Hobart, Solomon, '77, AL T., '7S, R. I., 22 d. McDaniels, Randall, '75, L. McHendley, John, '81, C. A., 3y. Melntosh, Archibald, '77, Ben. Mcintosh, Jiimes, '77, Cam., B. H., S m. Merrill, Daniel, '76, Ti., G. R. Merrill, Daniel, Jan., '78, R. I., 22 d. 'So, W. Pt., 3 m., '81, 3 in. Merrill, Samuel, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben., '78 33 d. Messer, Benjamin, '77, Ben. Minot, Joseph, '75, L. Mooar, Daniel, '77 Ben. R. I. Honey, Parmeter, '75, Cam., 3 m. Hopkins, Richard, '76, Port., and N. Y., 12 m.l^looar, Jacob, '77, Ben., '81, 3 m Hosley, Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Nevins, Benjamin, '75, L., '77, Ben. How, Ephraim, '75, Cam. B.H., 8 m., '77 Ben. Nevins, John, '77, Ben. How, John', '76, Ti., '6^^!., '78, R. I m., '77 ; ., 22 a. How, Joseph, '75, Cam., 3 m. Jaquith, Ebenezer, '75, Cam., 3 m. Jaquith, Thomas, '75, Cam., 3 ni. Jewett, Lieut. Ebenezer, '77, Al. T. 3 m. Jewett, Jacob, '75, Cam., 3 in. Nevins, Joseph, '75, L., '77, Al. T. Nevins, Phineas, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Nevins, William, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. '76, C. A., I y. 'So, W. Pt., Noyes, Elijah, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Ti., 6m., '77 ALT., '78, R.L, 22d. Noyes, Enoch, Jun., '76, Ti., 6 in. Jewett, Jacob, 3d, '78, R. L, 32 d., 'So, W. Pt., Parker, Benjamin W., '81, 3 m. 3 m. Jewett, James, '76, Ti., G. R. Jewett, Jonathan, '78, R. I., 6 m. Jewett, Dea. Nathaniel, '76, Ti., G. R. Jewett, Noah, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Jewett, Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Jewett, Stephen, Jun., '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Johnson, Edward, '75, L. Johnson, Samuel, '76, N. Y., 3 m. Kemp, Thomas, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77 Ben. Kendrick, Capt. Daniel, '78, R. I., 32 d. Keyes, Abner, '75, Cam., 8 m., '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 111. 'Si, 3 m. Kinney, Israel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, C. A., ly. Lawrence, Asa, '78, R. I., 22 d. Lawrence, Nicholas, 'So, W. Pt., 3 m. Lawrence, Oliver, '75, Cam., 3 m., '78, R. I., 6 in. Lawrence, Silas, '80, W. Pt., 3 m. Leenian, Nathaniel, '77, Al. T., 'So, W. Pt., 3 in. Leeman, Ensign Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 Poor, Peter, '75, Cam., B. IL, 8 m m., '76, C. A., I y., '77, C. A., 3 y. Powell, Thomas, 'Si, 3 m. Parker, Jonathan, '76, C. A., i y., '77, C. A., 8 m., '78, R. L, 22 d. Parker, Stephen, 'So, W. Pt., 3 m., 'Si, C. A., 3 v. Patch, David, '76, C. A., i y. Patch, Daniel, '75, Cam., 3 in. Patch, Thomas, '75, L., '76 Ti., 6 m. Patten, Nathaniel, '75, Cam., B. H.,8 m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y., '80, C. A., 6 m. Phelps, John, '76, Ti., G. R. Phelps, Nathan, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m. Phelps, Samuel, '76, Ti., 6 in. Philbrick, John, '75, L. Pierce, Ephraim, '75, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77 Al. T., '77, Ben., '79, C. A., ly. Pierce, Nehemiah, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, C. A., 8 m. Pierce, .Solomon, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Ti., 6 m. Pierce, Richard, '76' Ti., G. R. Platts, John, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 in., '76 Wh. P. Sm. Pool, Dr. Jonathan, Assist. Surgeon, '76 to 'So Pool, William, '76, Ti., G. R. Pool, William W., '75, Cam., 3 m., '78, R. I. 23 d. 2o6 NAMES OF HOLLIS SOLDIERS. [178.. Powers, Francis, '7"5, Cam., B. II., Sm., '77, Ben. Powers, Francis G., '79, C. A., i y., 'So, W. Pt., 3 m. Powers, Jonathan, '75, Cam., B. H.Sni. Powers, Nahum, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II. Sm. Powers, Samson, '75, !>., '75, Cam., B. II. S in. '77, Ben. Powers, Stephen, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. Pratt, Thomas, '75, L., '75 Cam., B. H.Sm. '76, C. A. I y ., '77, C. A., 3 y., '81 , for the war. Proctor, Ezekiel, '75, L.,'75, Cam., B. H., Sm. '76, C. A., I y. 'S^CA., 3y. Proctor, Ezra, '76, C. A., i y. Proctor, Joel, '78, C.A.,2 y., '81, tor the war. Proctor, Moses, '77, Al. T. Read, Jacob, '75, I-., '75, Cam., B. II., S ni. Read, Jolin, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, C. A. i y. Read, Samuel, '81, 3 m. Richardson, Stephen, '76, C. A., i y., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'Si, C. A. for the war. Rideout, James, '77, Ben. Rogers, Lemuel, '81, C. A., for the war. Rolfe, Ephraim, '75, Cam., B. II., S m., '77, Ben- '78, R. I. 2j d. Kolfe, James, 'Si, C. A. 3 y. Runnells, Stephen, '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d. Russ, Jonathan, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben. Saunderson, Benjamin, '75, L., '76, \Vh. P., 5 m. Saunderson, David, '76, N'. V., 2 m., '77, C. A. 3 y., '80, for tlie war. Seaver, Robert, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., "77, Al. T. Sliattuck, Isaac, '70, I'ort. and N. V., 12 m. Shattuck, Jeremiah, '75, Cam. S ni. Shattuck, William, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, N. "S'. 2 ni. Shattuck, Zacluiriah, '75, Cam. 3 ni. Shed, Jonas, 77, Ben. Smith, Ephraim, '75, Cam., B. II. S m., "76, C. A., I y. Smith, Joshua, '76, Wh. P., 3 m. .Spantding-, Enoch, '70, Port, and X. V., 12 ni. '78, K. I., 6 ni. Spanlding, Jacob, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. 11. S m. '77, ALT., '78, K. ]., 22 d. Stearns, Isaac, '75, I^., '75, Cam., B. II., S m. '77, Al. T., '77. Ben. Stearns, Joseph, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, Ben., '79, C. A. I y. Stevens, Isaac, Jun., '7(>, Ti., o m. Stiles, Caleb, '79, C. A., i y. Stiles, Caleb, Jun., '79, C. A., i y. Stiles, Eli, '76, C. A., 1 y., '77, C. A., S m.."So, C. A., for the war. Taylor, Amos, '75, I^., '75, Cam. B. II., S ni. Taylor, Daniel. '75, L., '75, C. B. 11., S ni. Taylor .Edward, '70, Ti., (J. II. Taylor, Jacob, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, C. A., 1 y., '77, C. A., S m. Taylor, Jonathan, '75, Cam. 3 m. Tenney, Wm., Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Thurston, Moses, '75, Cam., B. II., S m. Townsend, Ebenezer, '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y. Twiss, Asahel, 'Si, C. A., 3 y. Wallingford, Lt. David, '75, Cam., 8 m., '77, ALT., '77, Ben. Wheat, Joseph, '77, Al. Ti., '78, R. L, 23 d., '79, C. A., I y., 'So, for the war. Wheat, Nathaniel, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m. Wheat, Solomon, '76, Ti., G. R. Wheat, Thomas, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. Wheat, Thomas, Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II., S m. Wheele_r, Abner, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben. Wheel'er, Ebenezer, '75, L., '76, Wh. P. 5 m. Wheeler, James, Jun., '75, Cam., 3 m. Wheeler, Lebbeus, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '77, C. A.,3y. Wheeler, Thaddeus, '75, L. Wilkins, Bray, '75, L., '75, Cam., S m. Wilkins, Israel, '75, L. Willoughby, Jonas, '82, N. Frontier, 6 m. WiUoughby, Samuel, '76, Ti., G. R. Wood, William, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. II., 8 m., '77, Ben. Woods, Jonas, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben., 78, R. I., 22 d. Woods, Nehemiah, '77, Al. T. Worcester, Capt. Noah, '75, Cam. 3 m., '7S, U. I., 22 d. Worcester, Noah, Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., K. II.. 8 m., '77, Ben. Worcester, Jesse, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, ALT., '77, Port. 1 m., '7S, R. I., 22 d., 'So, C. A. 6 m. Worcester, Samuel, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m. Wright, Benj., '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m. Wright, Benj., Jun., '75, L. Wright, Lemuel, '76, Ti.. 6 m., '77, Al. T. Wright, Sannicl, '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., '77, Ben. Wright, Uriah, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., •77. Al. T. Wvman, Jesse, '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m., '77, Ben. Youngman, Ebene/.er, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H. 8 m. Youngman, Jahe/, 'S2, during war. Youngman, John, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'So, C. A., for the war. Youngman, Nicholas, '76, Ti. 6 m. A'oungman, Thomas, '76, C. A., i y., '77t t,'. A., 3 y., 'So, N. Frontier, 6 m. BIOGRAPHICAT. SKETCHES. 207 CHAPTER XX. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE HOLLIS REVOLU- TIONARY OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS. BLOOD, NATHAN SOU of Nathaniel Blood, was born in Mollis April 4, 1747. Married Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Dea. Enoch Noyes, April 16, 1772- Enlisted April 19, 1775, and was First Sergeant in the company of Capt. Dow at Bunker Hill, where he was killed June 17, i775- BROOKS, LIEUT. WH.LIAM came to Hollis about 1757. Married Abigail Kemp, in Hollis, March 39, 1759. Enlisted in 177S in Captain Emerson's company to Rhode Island, in which he was Second Lieutenant. Enlisted again in 1781, in the company of Capt. Mills, regiment of Col. Reynolds. Removed from Hollis after the Revolution. CONANT, DEA. JOSIAH son of Josiah Conant. Born in Hollis, October 17, 1746. Enlisted December, 1775, in the company of Capt. Worcester for Cambridge. Enlisted again in 1778 in the company of Capt. Emerson for Rhode Island, in which he was Sergeant. Deacon of the Hollis church in 1787, till his death in Hollis, August 3i, 1807, ^^- ^^^ CONANT, DEA. ABEL son of Josiah Conant, born in Hollis October 3, 1755. Enlisted April 19, i775r and was in the company of Capt. Dow at the battle of Bunker Hill. Enlisted in 1776 in the Continental army for one year, and in 1778 in Capt, Emerson's company for Rhode Lsland. Married Pegga Jewett in Hollis, November 20, 1781. Chosen a deacon of the Hollis church in 1787. Removed to Hardwick, Vt., in 1813, where he died May 2, 1844, ^^- ^^• CUMINGS, ENSIGN JOHN born in Groton, Mass., March 16, 1737. His name was on the Hollis tax lists in 1758. Enlisted April 19, i775i and was Ensign 2o8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. or Second Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Dow at Bunker Hill. Removed after the war to Hancock, as is supposed. CUMINGS, CAPT. JOTIIAM son of Jerahmael Cumings, and a younajer brother of Henry Cumings, D.D.,of Billerica, ATass. Born December 19, 1741. He was a soldier in the French war in 1758- Married Anna Brown, of Hollis, April 27, 1763. Removed from Hollis to Plymouth, N. H., in 1764. Was Lieutenant in a company of New Hampshire Rangers in i775 ^^'^^^ ^"^'^^ for many years a deacon of the Plymouth church. Died at Plymouth, April i, iSoS, vet. 66. CUMINGS, WILLIAM was born in Groton, Mass., October 2, 1741. Came to Hollis about the year 1760. Married Mehitabel Eastman of Hollis, June 28, 1768. Was Master of the Hollis Grammar School in 177=^, and for many years after. Was Town Clerk and First .Selectman in Hollis in 177^ '*"'^' ^77- — "^^^^^ again from 1782 to 17S8 inclusive. Enlisted in the army in 1776 and again in 1777. About the year 1790 he removed to Hebron, N. H., where he died October 2, 1831, ret. 90. DOW, CAPT. REUBEN came from Salem, N. H., and was in Hollis in 1761, and vSelectman in 1769 and i77°- Lieutenant of the Hollis Militia company in January, i775- Chosen captain of the Hollis company of Minute men to Cambridge, April 19, 177"^. Commissioned as captain of the Hollis company in Col. William Prcscott's regiment, May 19, 1775. Wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill and was afterwards a United States' pensioner for life. He was chairman of the Hollis Committee of Safety in 1776, and Representative to the New Hampshire General Court in 1778. His two sons, Evan and Stephen, were Revolutionary soldiers. Died February 11, 181 1, a^t. 81. EASTMAN, LIEUT. AMOS was a son of Amos Eastman, Senior, born in Penacook, now Concord, N. IL, April 28, i7'^ii and came to Hollis with his father about the year 1759. Married Ruth Flagg, of Hollis, January 6, 1774. Enlisted April 19, 1775, and again in 1776 in the' regiment of Col. Gilman. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace, and Town clerk and First Selectman in 1S06. Died August 2, 1832, set. 81. cy- -?^ Z-n his 82d year. WORCESTER, JESSE ■ 2d son of Capt. Noah Worcester, born in Hollis, April ?>o,i7^^ ■ Enlisted July. 1776, in the company of Capt. Emerson, for licon- deroga: in 1777 in the garrison at Portsmouth; in 1773- "i Capt. r^ VJ \ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 21 7 Emerson's company to Rhode Island, and in 17S0 in the Continental Army. In June, 1782, he married Sarah Parker of Hollis, by whom he had nine sons and six daughters, who all lived to adult age, and fourteen of whom became teachers in the pviblic schools or academies. In 1782, he removed to Bedford, New Hampshire, and returned again to Hollis in 17945 ^^'^tl settled upon his ancestral homestead, where he resided till his decease, Jan. 20, 1834, in his 73d year. Mr. Worcester was for many years a teacher in the pub- lic schools in Bedford and Hollis, an occasional contributor to the public journals of the day, and was the author of an unpublished work called the " Chronicles of JVlssltlsslL" Seven of his nine sons aspired to a collegiate education. The eldest, Jesse Worcester, Juu., died after being prepared to enter the Junior class at Dart- mouth. The youngest, David, after spending two years at Harvard, left college and became a teacher. Joseph E. and Henry A., were graduates of Yale; Taylor G., Samuel T., and Frederick A. of HaiA'ard. The third son, Leonard, was a machinist; John N., the fifth son, settled in Hollis as a farmer, at first upon the paternal homestead, and v>as chosen State Councillor in the years 185S and 1859. 2l8 THE WAR OF l8l3. [iSlJ. CHAPTER XXI. HOLLIS IN THE WAR OF I Si 2. AND IN THE WAR OF THE RE- BELLION. HOLLIS SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF l8l2. SOLDIERS FURNISHED FROM THE TOWN FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION. REGIMENTS IN WHICH THEY ENLISTED. DATE OF ENLISTMENT, AND TIME OF SERVICE. CASUALTIES, ETC. soldier's AID SOCIETY AND SOLDIER's MONUMENT. CAPT. AMES. LIEUT. WORCESTER. LIEUT. FARLEY. The Declaration of War by the United States against Great Britain in iSi3 was not generally appi^oved in New England, nor in this part of it was this war afterwards popular. Party feeling in respect to it was highly excited and violent, and but little was done in the first years of the war to favor voluntary enlistments. A decided majority of the voters in Hollis shared strongly in this common sentiment of disapproval. No special call is known to have been made upon the town for the regular army, either for drafted men or volunteers, and but few Ilollis men are known to have enlisted in the regular service, and of those few it is now dilhcidt to learn the names or number. Capt. Jonathan B. Eastman, of Ilollis, was at the time a Captain in the regular army and afterwards promoted to United States' Paymaster, and Capt. Levi Powers, a son of Samson Powers, was employed as a recruiting officer, and is said to have held a commis- sion as captain in the army. In the report of the Adjutant-General for iS6S, I find the names of Jacob Ilobart and Benjamin Ranger, two Ilollis soldiers, who enlisted in the regular army in 1812. Besides Ilobart and Ranger, Abel Brown, William N. Lovejoy'and Isaac Hardy are known to ha\e been in the regular service. Lovejoy died of disease in the service, and Hardy, who was in the navy, was killed in the naval batttle on Lake Erie, fought under Com. Perry, September 10, 1S13. l86l.] WAR OF THE REBELLION. 219 In the summer and early in the fall of 1814, a powerful British fleet was cruising along the north coast of New England, and an attack w as apprehended upon Portsmouth. In consequence of this apprehension, Gov. Gilman issued a proclamation, calling for New Hampshire troops for the defence of that city, and a number of regiments of " Detached Militia," so called, was raised for this pur- pose — some for sixty and the rest for ninety days, and ordered to Portsmouth. The whole number of men assigned to Hollis not having been obtained by voluntary enlistment, a draft was ordered from the two Hollis militia companies to supply the deficiency. In view of this draft at a special town meeting held October 17, 18 14, the town voted to " each of the soldiers who had been drafted $15 per month, including their Continental pay." In the report of the Adjutant General for 1868, above referred to, I find the following names of Hollis men who went to Portsmouth, viz., William Emerson, who was an Ensign in the regiment of Lieut. Col. Foot, and Daniel Lawrence, Jun., and Phineas Cumings who served in a regiment of artillery. Besides the men above named I find in that report credited to Hollis, the names of Leonard Blood, Isaac Butterfield, John Butterfield, John Drew, Ilezekiah Kendall and David Powers. It is also known that Ephraini Burge, Jun., and Nathaniel Hobart, names not found in that report, were also soldiers from Hollis for the defence of Portsmouth. Some of the men above named are known to have been volunteers, the rest of them were drafted, or were substitutes for drafted men. LISTS OF THE NAMES OF THE SOLDIERS FURNISHED BY HOLLIS IN THE WAR FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SOUTHERN REBELLIQN. There is not in this history space, nor is it pertinent here to speak at length of what was done by the people of New Hampshire in aid of the National Government in the war for the suppression of the late Southern Rebellion. Nor is it needful here to tell. The story of the doings of the State in this war has been well, if not fullv told in histories already written and now before the public. In addition to these histories the names of the officers and private soldiers in the twenty or more regiments raised in the State, telling also of their campaigns and the parts of the country where they served and of the many battles in which they fought, have been published by authority of the State in an official State record of the war. Suffice it here to say, that in this war to save the nation and to perpetuate the union of the States, which the people of New Hampshire, one hundred 220 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. [lS6l- years ago so freely and nobly shed their blood and lavishe.l their treasure to establish, the good name and fair fame of the State suflered no dishonor. In the war of the Rebellion as in that of the Revolution, each call upon the State for enlistments and re-enforce- ments was promptly and cheerfully met, and in the war to save the nation, as in that in w hicli its indejDcndence vas won, the New Hampshire regiments were distinguished for their intrepidity, good conduct and devotion to duty. In most of the great and hard fought battles of the war, the blood of New liamj^shire men flowed freely and mingled in full proportion with that of the brave soldiers from all the other loyal States, and their graves are marked and numbered b}' thousands in the cemeteries about the battle-fiekls where they fell and near the hospitals in which they pined and died. The people of Hollis in this fearful struggle for the nation's life were at no time forgetful of their duty to their country, or of the memory and example of their worthy and j3atriotic ancestors. As in the war of the Revolution so in that of the Rebellion, the quota of soldiers allotted b}' the vState to the town, on the many calls for troops, was not only as then promptly filled, but it appears from the official returns, that the numberactually furnished, as in many other New Hampshire towns, was in excess of the number required. The names of the Hollis soldiers, with the date of their enlistment or mustering, time of service, and the regiments and companies in which they served, are presented in the following lists. HOLLIS SOLDIERS ENLISTED IN 1861, IST NEW HAMPSHIRE REG- IMENT. This regiment was raiserl in answer to the call of President Lin- colh of April 15, 1S61, for 75,000 men for three nionths. This regiment was commanded by Col. Mason W. Tappan of Bradford, • — had its rendezvous at Concord — was mustered in that place on the 4th of May — left for Washington and the seat of war on the 25th — and upon the expiration of its term of service, returned to and was mustered out at Concord on 'the following 9th of August. This first regiment, for most of its terni of service was on duty along the Potomac river, between Washington and Harper's Ferry. It was engaged in some skirmishes with the enemy, but in no mem- orable battle. All the other regiments raised in New Hampshire in i86i,were enlisted under the call of the President, for three years. The Hollis men in this regiment were, French, William F. Enlisttd, company F, May 3, 1S61. Mustered out August 9, i86«. J.-iquiUi, Asa W. Enlisted, company F, May 3, 1S61, Mustered out, August 9, 1S61. l86lj THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 221 SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGLMENT ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS. This regiment had its rendezvous at Portsmouth, and was com- manded by Col. Gihiian Marston of Exeter. The men were en- listed in the months of May and June, and the regiment w^as mus- tered in on the 4th of June and left Portsmouth for Washington and Virginia on the 20th of that month. This regiment was present at the first battle at Bull Run, at Gettysburg, and most of the great battles of the war fought in Virginia. IIOI^LIS SOLDIERS IN THE SECOND REGIMENT. Beard, Samuel J. Enlisted June 5, iS5i, company G. Wounded at Fair Oaks, Virginia, June 25, 1S62. Discharged for disability, December 9, 1S63. Worcester, George. Enlisted, company C, June i, 1S61. Mustered out June 21, 1S64. Greeley, George P. Appointed Assistant Surgeon, May 3,1861. Resigned June 3, 1861. Ap. pointed Assistant Surgeon Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, August i, 1S61. Promoted to Surgeon October S, 1S62. Honorably discharged, October 33, 1S64. THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS, AUGUST, 1 86 1. This regiment was organized at Concord. Its first Colonel w^as Enoch Q. Fellows of Sandwich, who resigned June 26, 1S62, and was succeeded by Col. John H. Jackson of Portsmouth, who upon being honorably discharged, February 24, 1864, was succeeded by Col. John Bedel of Bath. The regiment was enlisted under the Act of Congress of July 22, 1S61, authorizing the enlistment of 500,000 volunteers for three 5'ears, and was mustered into the United States service about the last of August. It left Concord September 3, for Long Island, thence on the 14th to Washington, and from Washington, on the following 19th of October, it was or- dered to the seat of war in South Carolina. It was on duty in South Carolina and Florida till the spring of 1864, and in the mean- while was present at nearly all the battles in those States, including the blood}' assault upon Fort Wagner. Tlie regiment was ordered to Virginia near the last of April, 1864, and was in most of the battles afterwards fought in that State till the end of the war. The Hollis soldiers, whose names appear below, enlisted in com- pany F., of this regiment, Aug. 23, 1861. Blood, Stillman. Re-enlisted February 13, 1S64. Mustered out, May 15, iSfSc. Chase, Charles F. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, 3d Soutli Carolina Volunteer.s. Chase, James L. Wounded June ij, iS'Sj. Re-cniisted February 13, 1S64. Conroy, Leonard. Mustered out, August 23, 1864. Davis, Caleb. Wounded August 16, 1S64. Mustered out, August S3, 1S64. Doherty, John O, Discharged for disability, September 15, iS6j. 232 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. [iS&l. FOURTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. This regiment was enlisted and organized at Manchester, was mustered in at Manchester, September, iS6i, and left that city for South Carolina, by way of Washington and Fortress Monroe, Sep- tember 37, under command of Col. Thomas J. Whipple of Laconia. It was on duty in South Carolina and Florida till April, 1S64, when it was ordered to Virginia, and was in service in that State and North Carolina till the close of the war. Among the many battles in which it fought was the assault on Fort Wagner, July, 1863, the battle of Bermuda Hundred, Va., May, 1S64, and in that at Fort Fisher, N. C, January, 1865. In company B, of this regiment, were two IloUis soldiers who enlisted September iS, 1S61, and whose names were Jewett, Perley J., who died of disease at Morris Island, S. C, December 3, 1863. Mansfield, William. Mustered out September 27, 1864. SEVENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT, ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS. This regiment was also enlisted and had its rendezvous at Manchester and was mustered into the United States service Decem- ber 14, 1 86 1, under Col. Haldimand S. Putnam, of Cornish. Col. Putnam was killed July i8, 1863, in the assault on Fort Wagner, and was succeeded in the command by Col. Joseph C. Abbott, of Manchester. The regiment left Manchester, for Florida, by the way of New York, January 14, 1862, and was in the service in Florida and South Carolina till April 1S64, when it was ordered to. Virginia. While in the two former States, among other battles in which this regiment was engaged, it was present and lost heavily in the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, and also at the bloody and disastrous battle at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1S64. After coming north it was present and engaged in many of the battles near Richmond, Va., and also in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C. In company H of this regiment were forty-one Hollis soldiers, mustered in for three years, December 14, 1S61, the survivors of whom not before (fis- charged or re-enlisted, were mustered out at the expiration of their term, at Manchester, December 22, 1S64. The names of these men are presented in the following list: Ames, Nathan M. Commissioned Captain of Company II, December 14, 1S61. Mustered out. December 22, 1S64. Austin, Mark J. Promoted to Fifth Sergeant December 14, iS6i. Mustered out December 83^ 1864. l86l.] THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 223 Ball, Henry. Accidentally killed himself at Beaufort, S. C, June 36, 1863. Bartemus, George H. Mustered out December Z2, 1S64. Bills, John P. Killed at Fort Wagner, July iS, 1S63. Boynton, John F. Wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864. Re-enlisted February 28, 1864. Promoted to Corporal January 26, 1S65. Promoted to Sergeant June 13, 1865. Mus- tered out July 20, 1865. Burge, Charles H. Discharged for disability at St. Augustine, Fla., January 4, 1863. Burge, George A. Promoted to Coiporal May 25, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant December 9, 1863. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Coburn, John A. Promoted to Fourth Sergeant December 14, 1861. First Sergeant Decemberi 28, 1863. Re-enlisted Veteran, February 28, 1864. Promoted to Captain Company E, December 12, 1864. Mustered out July 20, 1S65. Colburn, Edward S. Transferred to Invalid Corps, March 29, 1S64. Colburn, Josiali. Wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 20, 1864. Mustered out December 23, 1S64. Colburn, Daniel W. Promoted to Corporal December 14, i86i. Died of disease, at Holliff February 28, 1862. Day, Henry M. H. Promoted to Corporal December 14, 1861. Wounded at Olustee, Fla. February 20, 1864. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Duncklee, Ebenezer P. Discharged for disability, February, 1S62. Farley, Benjamin L. Discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, Fla., June 26, 1S62. Farley, Charles H. Promoted to First Sergeant, December 14, 1861. Second Lieutenant June 30, 1862. First Lieutenant August 6, 1863. Wounded, mortally, .at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864. Fletcher Charles H. Died of disease at Beaufort, S. C, August lo, 1S62. Hayden, Daniel W. Promoted to Corporal December 5, 1862. Wounded at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Promoted to Sergeant February 3, 1864. Wounded at Olustee, February 20, 1864. Discharged for disability April 29, 1864. Hayden, John W. Promoted to Corporal December 14, 1S61. Died of disease at New York City, February 8, 1862. Hayden, J. Newton. Wounded May 14, 1864. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Hills, Albert F. Wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1S64. Mustered out December 32, 1864. Hills, Alfred F., Mustered out December 22, 1S64. Hobart, Jonathan B. Died of disease at Morris Island, S. C, August 23, 1S63. Hood, Frank P. Wounded at Fort Wagner, July iS, 1863. Discharged on account of wounds Nov. 25, 1863. Howard, James C. Wounded at Fort Wagner July 18, 1863. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Howe, Norman R. Promoted to Corporal, December 14, 1S61. Died of disease at Beaufort, S. C, Aug. 15, 1862. Jaquith, George D. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Lovejoy, Francis. Promoted to 3d Sergeant December 14, 1861. To 2d Lieutenant, August 6, 1863. Honorably discharged April 28, 1864. Lund, John. Discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, Florida, June 26, 1862. Lund, William. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 29, 1S64. Mustered out December 22, 1S64. Price, Stephen H. Promoted to Corporal, Dec. 14, 1861. Re-enlisted Veteran, February 28,1864. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Rideout, Charles G. Mustered out December 23, 1864. Smith, Freeman H. Discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, July 20, 1863. Spalding, Wm. F. Promoted to ist Sergeant, December 14, 1S61. To ist Lieutenant, July 18, 1863, Company C. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Spalding, Winslow J. Promoted to Corporal October 10, 1S62. Promoted to Sergeant. Cap- tured at Fort Wagner July 18, 1863. Exchanged, January 21, 1864. Mustered out Decem- ber 22, 1864. Truell, Nathaniel L. Promoted to Corporal December 14, 1S61. Mustered out December 33, 1S64. Worcester, Charles H. Promoted to Corporal December 14, 1S61. To Sergeant, October 9, 1863. Wounded near Richmond, Virginia, October i, 1864. Mustered out December ^a, 1864. 224 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. [1862. Worcester, John H. Promoted to 2d Lieutenant, December 14, 1861. To ist Lieutenant, June 30,1862, Mortally wounded, July iS, 1S63, at Fort Wagner. Died of wounds July 36, 1S63, Worcester, William. Mustered out December 22, 1864. Wright, Ezra S. Mustered out December 23, 1S64. Wright, Mathaniel H. Died of disease at St. Augustine, Florida, November 37, 1863. EIGHTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. This regiment \vas;ilso enlisted at Manchester in tlic fall and early in the winter of 1S61, and was mustered in at Manchester Decem- ber 23, 1861, commanded by Col. ITawkcs Fearing, Jun., of that city. It left Manchester Jan. 24, 1S62, for Ship Island, Mississippi, by the way of Boston, and was afterwards in the service in Louisiana and other States bordering on the Mississippi river till the expiration of its term of enlistment. The Hollis soldiers named below enlisted for three years in this regiment in the fall or winter of 1861. Austin, Albert S. Company E, enlisted December 30. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April, 1S64. Conant, Andrew H. Company E, enlisted December 20. Promoted to Corporal, February 14, 1863'. Re-enlisted, January 4, 1S64. Died atNatches, Miss., October 10, 1865. Elkins, Freeman. Company E, enlisted December 20. Discharged for disability, at Ship Island, Miss., April 10, 1S62. Jones, James, W. D. Company A, enli.'^tcd October 25. Died at camp Kearney. La., Octo- ber 26, 1862. Patch, Joseph T. Company A, enlisted October 25. Discharged for disability. Died at Nashua, July iS, 1S63. Prior to the month u( August, 1S62, no bounties to volunteers, to fill the quota of Hollis in the war, had been ofiered or paid by the town. Till that date all the several calls upon the town for enlist- ments had been cheerfully and fully met by its patriotic young men. But owing in par*^^ to the large number of Hollis men then in the army, and in part also to a depreciation of the paper currency then in use, the calls for enlistments after the first of August, 1S62, were not so promptly filled. In view of this state of focts, and to stimu- late enlistments, the town, at a meeting held on the 12th of August of that year, " voted to pay a bounty of $200 to any inhabitant of Hollis who would enlist for three years, or during the war, or should volunteer or be drafted for nine months, and be mustered into the United States service." In pursuance of this vote the town paid as bounties to thirty tnen, between the first of September, 1862, and July first, 1863, $200 each, amounting to ^6,000. Most of -these men enlisted for nine months in the 15th New Hampshire regi- ment; the rest in other regiments for three years. l862.] THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 225 FIFTEENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. This regiment was raised for nine months, under the call of Pres- ident Lincoln for 300,000 men for that time. It had its rendezvous at Concord, and was mustered into service at that place November 12, 1862, under the command of Col. John W. Kingman of Dur- ham. It left Concord the next day for New Orleans, and afterwards served, its time with the union army in Louisiana. The regiment reached New Orleans on Christmas day, and was engaged in garri- son and guard duty near that city till about the 3oth of May, 1863, many of the men in the meantime having suffered much from the diseases of the climate. About the last of May, it was ordered, with other regiments, to Port Hudson, and shared in the sanguinary but finally successful siege of that place, which ended in its uncon- ditional surrender on the 9th of July following. At the expiration of its term of service the regiment returned to Concord, and was mustered out on the 13th of August. In company E of this regi- ment, commanded by Capt. William E. Stearns of Manchester, and of which Francis A. Wood of Hollis was 2d Lieutenant, were twenty-two Hollis soldiers, enlisted between October 9 and Novem- ber 2, 1862, all of whom, with the exception of John C. Smith, returned and were mustered out with the regiment. The names of these men are presented in the following list : Adams, Charles F. Hayden, Samuel F. Smith, John C. Died of disease Annis, George H. Hull, George S. at Hollis, August, lo, 1863- Chamberlain, Caleb W. Patch, Granville P. Tenney, George F. Colburn, Ai Pond, Aaron Vandyke, Isaac Hamblet, Charles S. Pond, Frank E. Willoby, Harvey M. Hanscom, Alfred A. Portwine, Rufus Willoby, Oliver H. Hardy, Isaac Rideout, David J. AVood, Francis A., 2d Lieu- Hardy, John H. Smith, Freeman H. tenant. OTHER HOLLIS SOLDIERS ENLISTED IN 1 862. Cameron, Henry G. Enlisted company I, 13th regiment, September 20, 1S62. Promoted to Sergeant. Discharged for disability at Falmouth, Virginia, January 14, 1863. Chickering, Frank N. Enlisted company B, 2d regiment Aug 21, 1S62. Promoted to Sergeant. Wounded June 3, 1S64. Mustered out June 9, 1865. Jaquith, John G. Enlisted company H, 7th regiment, March 14, rS62. Mustered out, April ai, 1S65. Roby, David T. Enlisted company I, 13th regiment, September 20, 1S62. Wounded Septeni. bcr 30, 1864. Mustered out June 21, 1S65. Smithwick, Peter. Enlisted company E, 13th regiment, September 26, 1S62. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 31, 1864. Sullivan, Joseph. Enlisted company B, 10th regiment, August 25, 1862. Mustered out May 16, 1S65. Woods, John L. Enlisted August 31, 1S62, company B, 2d regiment. Discharged for disabil itv June 23, 1S63. , (15) 326 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. [1S63 MOLLIS SOLDIERS ENLISTED AND DRAFTED IN 1863. Baker, Patrick. Enlisted December 7, 1863, company 11, 7th regiment. Mustered out July ao, 1865. Buss, Joseph. Enlisted December 7, 1863, company A, 12th regiment. Died of disease at Fort Munroe, Virginia, October 13, 1S64. Bills, Jason W. Enlisted August 14, 1863, company A, heavy Artillery. Mustered out Sep- tember II, 1865. Hale, Charles A. Enlisted May 18, 1863, company H, 7th regiment. Wounded July i8, 1863 1 at Fort Wagner. May 10, 1864, at Drury's Bluff, Virginia. June 16, 1864, at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Hall, Harvey M. Enlisted November 4, 1S63, company C, 9th regiment. Died of disease at Washington, D. C, September i, 1864. Kendall, Hiram R. Drafted September i, 1S63, company G, 8th regiment. Died of disease at Natchez, Miss., November 3, 1864. In the month of July 1863, ten .soldiers were lacking to fill the Hollis quota, and for want of voluntary enli.stments, ten of the Hollis enrolled men were drafted, all of whom, with the exception of Hiram R. Kendall, above named, furnished non-resident substi- tutes at an average cost of about $500, of which the town paid $300 as a bounty; the town at a meeting September 3, 1863, having voted to pay that .sum as a bounty to every drafted man of the town or his substitute, after having licen for ten days mustered into the United vStates .service. In October of this A'ear a further call was made upon the town for fourteen men to fill its quota, twelve of whom, (all non-resi- dents) were engaged by the Selectmen, and who were paid boun- ties bv the town averaging about $235 each, in addition to a State bount\- of $300. Patrick Baker and Joseph Buss, two resident volunteer citizens, made up the tnimlK-r then called for, each of whom was paid a bounty by the town of $300 in addition to that paid by the State. HOLLIS SOLDIERS FURNISHED IN 1 864. Three veteran Hollis soldiers, whose terms of service were aliout to expire, rc-enlisted under a call made by the President in Feb- ruary of this year, viz., John F. kJoynton. John A. Coburn and Stephen II. Price, all of whom were mustered out in July 1S65. The town's cjuota being still deficient, about the first of March 1864, six other Hollis enrolled men were drafted, each of whom, at the cost to himself of about $315, furnished a non-resident substitute — these substitutes being also paid a bounty by the town of $300 each. At a town meeting held June ii, of this year, Enoch Farley, Esq., one of the Selectmen for 1864. was appointed sole a^ent in i86i to 1S65.] soldiers' aid society. 227 behalf of the town to engage men to fill all future calls. After- wards, about the middle of July, a further requisition was made upon the town for twenty-eight additional men who were enlisted for three years. Only three residents of Hollis enlisted under this call, viz., Charles S. Hamblet, September 6, 1864, in the heavy artil- lery, and Aaron Pond, September 26, and Charles F. Chase, Dec. 28, 1864, in the Veteran Reserve Corps. These were the last resi- dents of Hollis who enlisted in this war. The remaining twenty- five of the twenty-eight, all non-residents and most of them aliens, were engaged by the agent of the town, the whole twenty-eight being paid bounties averaging to each about $680, including the bounty paid by the State and that of $300 paid by the town. soldiers furnished in 1865. At a meeting held on the 5th of January of this year, the town " voted to pay a bounty of $300 to any enrolled man of the town, or citizen of the town who would himself enlist or furnish a sub- stitute to fill the quota of the town in anticipation of future calls to the amount of the town's quota for 500,000 men in addition to the present call for 300,000." In pursuance of this vote, sixteen enrolled citizens of the town engaged substitutes at the average cost of about $816 each, of a\ liich sum the town paid as a bounty, $300, and the State also $300. In the foregoing recitals I have purposely omitted the names of all the non-resident substitutes who were engaged during the last years of this war. I am glad to be able to say that none of them were citi- zens or residents of Hollis. With but few exceptions they were all aliens, belonging mainly to that class of worthless vagabonds, known at the time as "Bounty Jumpers," of no service in the army .^ a curse to the country, and a reproach to human natanc. THE HOLLIS SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. The history of Hollis in the war of the Rebellion would be ini- pardonably incomplete should it fail to tell of the patient, faithful and fruitful labors of the Hollis ladies. Like their grandmothers in the war of the Revolution, they were at all times mindful of their fathers, sons and brothers in the field, camp and hospital, and not forgetful of those of them in the rebel prisons. In the year 1861. near the beginning of the war, a Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society was organized, and continued in active and successful operation till its close. 338 soldiers' aid society. [i86i to 1S65. The president of this society was Mrs. Taylor G. Worcester — its Treasurer, ]VIi"s. Pliny B. Day — and its Directors in different vears, Mrs. James Ball, Mrs. Cyrus Burge, Mrs. Levi Abbot, Mrs. William P. Saunderson, Mrs John S. He3wood. and Misses Roxana Read, Elizabeth Fletcher, and Martha Worcester. It had a numerous membership, but unfortunately for the histori- cal chronicler, it preserved no written record of its members nor of its very liberal contributions in various ways to the needs and com- forts of the men in the army. A better and more fitting record of their good works than that kept in day books and ledgers still exists in the hearts and memories of the grateful recipients of tlicir bounty. Besides the work done for the soldiers, liy these ladies at their own homes, thcv continued to meet during the war on the afternoon of the first Tuesday of each month (and at times much oftener) to fashion, make and provide articles of necessity and comfort, such as lint, bandages, comfortable clothing and bedding, canned fruits, wines, etc., for the sick and wounded in the hospitals, and neces- saries for the use, convenience and health of the men in the field and camp, and al^>o for the relief of such of them as were doomed to pine and sulVer in the infamous rebel prisons. The value of these o-ood deeds and kind offices is not to be estimated in '' greenbacks " or o-olcl. Still, Rev. Dr. Day in his anniversary New Years' ser- mons during the war. as well as before and after it, was accustomed to present a statement of the amount of the contributions of the peo]:)le of his society to the various benevolent enterprises of the time, including with the rest during the war the estimated ap- praised value in money of the yearly contributions of the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid .Societv to the comforts and wants of the men in the army. Unfortunatelv these ainuial sermons of Dr. Day during the war, with but one or two exceptions, cannot now be found. But the true estimated monev value of these contributions for the four years of the war may be proximately gathered from his annual sermon, still preserved, delivered in January 1S64, from which it appears that these benefactions for the soldiers and freedmen for the year 1S63 were appraised in cash, at somewhat more than v$ 1,500, and it may be added, that it is believed, by the late officers and members of the society most conversant with its doings, that the entire cash value of its contributions during the war, including the money donated by its members, was not less than $4,000. S()i.i)ii:i;s" \io\i \ii,:\ r i-ni:rT..)()n\n.\\()U(i-:-^Tn! lVLl-:iT.(:iL\.S.ll.KAHI.i;\. coni'.\\T;i!STi:i'. n.{ ()i.i;n;\ ( ()|. N()K\|.\\ l!.ll()\Vi: ( nKl'..l()H\ W H.\M)I N tIKXl!Y DAM. -JOHN }'. mi.i.s .lOSl.l'H I- HUSS ('HAFU.KS H FLKKHKH THOSE THAT FELL 1LVKV1:yM. ILM.l,. Jt)NATHAN'l(iiUlUia- PKHI.KY J .,1 KWKTT. JA^IKSW.U-IONKS. llllUM H.HTNDAJJ,. .JOSl-niT.PATGU, ,1()HN CSMHH S^l.NKSTh'H TAVTihT-lEH. X.AHLWIEL LTANTilC.HT 1 873-] soldiers' monument. 229 the mollis post of the grand army, The JoiLN II. Worcester Post of the Grand Army, having twenty-six members, was organized April i, 1875. The officers of the Post then chosen were Capt. John A. Coburn, Commander, Francis Lovejoy, Senior vice Commander, Charles H. Worcester, Junior vice Commander, and Daniel W. Ilayden, Adjutant. the soldiers' MONUMENT. Not very long after the end of the war of the Rebellion, the ques- tion was brought before the people of the town of providing some suitable monument in honor of Ihe Hollis soldiers whose lives had been sacrificed in the service of the country in the war to save the nation, and also in that in which its independence was won. The interest felt in this subject shortly afterwards led to a volun- tary subscription for this purpose on the part of the citizens of near $800, and finally resulted in a vote of the town at its annual meet- ing in March 1872, to raise by tax a sum not exceeding $2,500, for the erection of a monument in memory of the IloUis soldiers, who perished " in the war of the Revolution, in that of 181 2, and in the war of the Rebellion." At the same meeting a committee, consisting of Dea. Noah Farley, Capt. John A. Coburn, George H. Bartemus, Henry G. Cameron, Isaac Vandyke, Levi Abbot, Charles F. Chase, William E. Howe, and Nathaniel L. Truell, was ap- pointed to locate and contract for the monument. The action of this committee, in July following, resulted in the selection of the site for the monument where it now stands, on the Hollis common, about five rods south of the meeting-house, and afterwards in making a contract for its erection, with Moses Davis of Nashua as architect and builder, in accordance with a plan made by him and approved by the committee. This monument as it now stands is of the best Concord granite, of four equal sides, all smoothly cut or polished, and its several parts all artistically and symmetrically proportioned to each other. Including its base, die and shaft, it is 22 1-2 feet in height, six feet square at its foundation, its diameter gradually growing less from its base to the vertex. On the east side of the die are inscribed the names of eighteen Hollis soldiers lost in the Rebellion. Uj^on its west side are the words, •' In honor of the Hollis soldiers who fell in the wars of i775 '^^^^ '" 1S12." The names of tliose lost in the Revolution were not inscribed upon the monument at the time it 230 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. was erected, for the reason that the committee had not then suc- ceeded in obtaining a complete list of them. But from careful in- vestigation since made, it is believed that this list is now full, as presented on page 201 of this history, and there seems no longer sufficient reason for further delay in the inscription of their names on the monument, as originally designed. The entire cost of this monument, including the foundation and curbing, was $3120.77, of which sum $790.37 were paid by private subscription of the citizens, and the balance $1330.40, by the town. The dedication took place at the Hollis meeting-house, on the afternoon of Decoration day, (May 30) 1873, the graves of the fallen soldiers having been first strewed with flowers, by the comrades now belonging to the (Hollis) John H. Worcester Post of the Grand Army, and the pulpit and windows of the church beautifully gar- landed with bouquets. The exercises consisted, first of music by the Hollis Brass Band, next of singing by choirs of children, then prayer by Rev. Mr. Laird, followed by patriotic songs and hymns by the Hollis church choir. The dedicatory address was delivered l>y Rev. Charles Wetherby of Nashua, in which he paid an elo- quent and just tribute to the early settlers of Hollis, especially to the virtues, courage and patriotism of the Revolutionary fathers of the town, and to the Hollis soldiers in the war of the Rebellion, whose liravery antl good conduct had proved them worth}' descend- ants of their Revolutionary ancestors — not forgetting to commend the liberal and grateful spirit of the people of the town as mani- fested in the erection of so chaste, appropriate and durable a mon- ument to perpetuate to future generations the memory and names of their fellow townsmen who had thus given their lives for their country. AMES, CAPT. NATHAN M. (ByJ.H. H.) was the only son of William Ames, Esq., and Lydia (Merrill) Ames, and was born in Hollis June 4, 1827. Capt. Ames settled in Hollis as a farmer and continued in that business till the breaking out of the civil war in 1861. Naturally vigorous and active, he manifested great energy in all enterprises he undertook, and was earnestly engaged in the promotion of the agricultural interests of the town. At the age of eighteen, he held a position in the staff of the brigade with which he was connected in the militia of the State, ^-tryr'i'-y c^^j I ^-y BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 23 I and in i860 he organized a temporary militia company in Hollis, called the Hollis Phalanx^ of which he was first Lieutenant. This company attended the Muster of that year at Nashua, and won great praise for its soldierly appearance and discipline. Many of the members of this company formed the nucleus of the organiza- tions that enlisted from Hollis in the civil war that soon followed. When the war broke out Capt, Ames at once^begun the labor of recruiting a company for the service. His original purpose was to have his company mustered into the Fifth New Hampshire Regi- ment of infantry. But the ranks of that regiment having been filled, before his company was complete, he concluded to have it united with the Seventh New Hampshire infantry. He was with his regiment during most of its period of service till its discharge. In 1863, for a short time, he was Provost Marshal at Fernandina, Florida, and in the summer of 1864116 was appointed Chief of Ambulance in the Tenth Army Corps, at Bermuda Hundied, Va. While in this position he was assigned to a place on the staff' of Gen. Birney. At the expiration of the time for which his company had enlisted,' he returned with it to New Hampshire, and resumed his former occupation on his farm in Hollis. In 1870 he removed from Hollis to Vineland, N. J., where he bought a farm and engaged in the cultivation of fruits for the Philadelphia market. Although he made this change for the reason that from his experience of army life at the South, he believed that the climate of New Jersey would be better adapted to his health than that of New Hampshire, yet earlv in 1872, he was attacked with bronchial consumption of which he died September 5, 1873, ast. 45. Captain Ames was married June 20, 1848, to Miss Asenath Hardy, of Hollis, who now survives, and by whom he had three children, who survived him at his decease. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father, and at all times, in whatever position in life he was placed, he was ever ready to do his duty conscientiously, faithfully and promptly. WORCESTEK, LIEUT. JOHN U. son of John N. and Sarah (Holden) Worcester, was born in Hollis, January 18, 1839. ^" ^^'-^ boyhood he attended the public schools in Hollis, and afterwards had the benefit of a good academic educa- tion. Before the Southern Rebellion he had been a student at the law school at Cambridge, and at the commencement of the civil 232 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. war he was nearly ready to engage in the practice of his intended profession with flattering prospects of success. But when the nation summoned its young men to its defence, his love of country and stern sense of duty found from him a prompt response. In the summer of 1861, he enlisted as a private soldier in Com- pany H, of the Seventh New Hampshire regiment, and upon its organization was chosen Second Lieutenant of his company. In June, 1862, upon the resignation of the First Lieutenant, (Potter,) Lieutenant Worcester was promoted to his place, and was after- wards constantly in the service with his regiment, in Florida and South Carolina, till his decease at Hilton Head, S. C, July 26, 1S63, ict. 24 years and 6 months. The vSeventh regiment was present and took part in the fearful and bloody assault upon Fort Wagner, S. C, on the evening of July 18, 1863. Lieutenant Worcester having succeeded, at the head of his men, in gaining the top of the parapet of the Fort, while cheering them on, was severely wounded in his left leg, so that when the order to retreat was given, he was unable to leave the field. Having remained all night on the battle ground, he was taken prisoner, the next morning, carried into Charleston, his leg amputated, and on the 25th he was returned under a flag of truce, sent to Hilton Head and put on board a vessel to be sent north with other wounded men. But the following night the gangrene struck his limb, and before morning he breathed his last. When he found he could not live, he calmly resigned himself to his fate, and said to a wounded comrade lying at his side, " Give my love to my wtv;, and say to them that I shall be ivith them no more^ and tell my friends at home all you knozu of me." His remains were buried at Hilton Head, under a military escort, and afterwards disinterred, taken to Hollis and buried in the family cemetery. In a tribute to his memory on the occasion of his funeral at Hollis, Rev. Dr. Day said of him, •' Lieutenant Worcester was just the man the country wanted. Firm in his convictions, active and forcible, he was a right arm of strength in her service. Nature had fitted him for a popular and successful ofhcer. His form was large and com- manding. He had a happy faculty of mingling with his men freely and sociallv. and yet maintaining a complete command of them. It was a command, not common in the army — that of respect and love. He endeavored to make the most of his men by increasing their virtues. His covmsel and example were always against the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 233 use of intoxicating drinks, tobacco, profanity and gambling, and he knew how to urge his views upon others without giving offence." Dr. Boynton, the regimental Surgeon, wrote of him, " No officer in the regiment was before Lieutenant Worcester in promise. He was a general favorite with officers and men, and no one whose lot it was to fall on that fatal night was more universally lamented." Lieutenant Potter, to whose place Lieutenant Worcester was pro- moted, in a short obituary notice says of him : " Lieutenant Worcester in the discharge of every duty was faithful and persever- ing. No effort was too great for him if he could benefit the condi- tion of a private soldier or sei've a friend. Such honesty — such fidelity — such energy and such kindness won for him the highest esteem of all who knew him. His character was unexceptionable — his habits strictly temperate — his principles unwavering. His service short, faithful and earnest, is ended. But his example still lives, and will be felt so long as a remnant of his company shall survive." The John H. Worcester Post of the Grand Army, composed of his sui"viving comrades in the war, in and about Hollis, was so named, on its organization, from an affectionate aud respectful regard for his memory. FARLEY, LIEUT. CHARLES H. son of Dea. Leonard W. and Clarissa (Butterfield) Farley, was born in Hollis July 31, 1835, ^"'^^ *^^'^^^ ^^ Lake City, Florida, February 24, 1864, Eet. 28 years and six months. Calmly weighing the con- sequences, and acting from .1 deep sense of duty, he was among the first of the young men of Hollis to enlist in the service of his coun- try. Early in the fall of 1861 he volunteered as a private soldier in the 7th New Hampshire regiment, and on the organization of Com- pany H he was appointed Orderly Sergeant. June 30, 1862, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, and to ist Lieutenant August 6, 1863. He faithfully served with his regiment in Florida and South Carolina through the years 1862 and 1863, and till mortally wounded at the battle of Olustee, Florida, February 20, 1864. Lieut. Farley was one of the gallant band who fought their way into Fort Wagner on the night of July 18, 1863. Wading the ditch and scaling the parapet under a raking fire of the enemy, he stood by the side of the brave and lamented Col. Putnam, when he fell, fighting the enemy hand to hand with his revolver. He was twice 234 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. struck with balls, one passing through his clothes, without serious injury, the other warded off by the testament in his pocket which probably saved his life. He remained till the fall of Col. Putnam and the retreat ordered. The battle of Olustee commenced on the afternoon of February 30, and Lieutenant Farley was mortally wounded in the first part of it. The Union troops were soon driven from the part of the field where he fell, and he was taken prisoner, and carried by the enemy to Lake City, about twenty miles distant. He was found the next day in a confederate hospital by two ladies formerly from New Hampshire, taken to their own home and kindly cared for by them, and also by the rebel Surgeon. But all eflbrts to save his life were unavailing, and he expired four days after the battle. His funeral was attended by the Mayor of Lake City, his remains kindly in- terred in the public burial ground, and afterwards removed for burial at HoUis in the family burial lot. Rev. Dr. Day in a tribute to his memory, delivered at his funeral at Hollis, says of Lieutenant Farley, *■' That at the early age of sixteen he made a public profes- sion of religion and united with the Baptist church in Hollis, and ever after till his death lived a consistent Christian life. He never fell into any of the vices so common in the camp, never resorted to the gaming table, to the intoxicating cup nor to the fumes of the poisonous weed. As an officer he was a universal favorite. The soldiers knew him so well, that for him to indicate his wishes, was authority. He never threatened, censured harshly nor spoke defiantly. His courage was never doubted, and no one ever saw him agitated, hurried or disconcerted on the eve of battle. He was calm, self-possessed and trustful in that Providence in which he had been taught to believe,, and which was a cardinal point in his religious faith." BCCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 235 CHAPTER XXII. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY. MEMBERSHIP. MINISTERS. MR. EMERSON, MR. SMITH, MR. PERRY, MR. AIKEN, MR. GORDON, DR. DAY, MR. LAIRD, MR. KELSEY, MR. SCOTT. DEACONS. YOUNG MEN's ASSOCIATION. THIRD MEETING- HOUSE. PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA- TION. FEMALE CHARITABLE SOCIETY. BAPTIST SOCIETY. In a former chapter I have spoken of the efforts of the first set- tlers of Hollis, while yet a parish, in providing for the support of the ministry — of the building of their first and second meeting- houses — of the call and settlement of Rev. Daniel Emerson, the first and only minister of the church for some more than fifty years — of his character, public spirit, the high esteem in which he was held, and his favorable influence in the town through all its early history. There is now to be found no existing record of the original forma- tion of his church, and the well authenticated facts in respect to its history for the first fifty years of its existence are but few. As Mr. Emerson was ordained April 20, 1743, it is supposed that the church was organized either at that time, or but a short time before. It is stated in a short historical manual of the church published in 1871, that its first sacrament or communion service, was celebrated June 5, 1743. It appears from the church records, that on the 31st of July, 1745' i^ church covenant then '■' rencxved'' and adopted, was signed by ten persons, besides the pastor, that number proba- bly including all its male members at that date, viz. Daniel Emerson, JerahmacI Cumings, Natlianiel Blood, John Boyiiton, Benjamin Blanchard, Joseph Fletciier Henry Barton, Elias Smith, Jonathan Danforth. Samuel Brown, Enoch Hunt, It is shown by the same original records that on the 25th of De- cember, 1745, William Cumings and Thomas Patch were chosen 336 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. its first deacons, and that February 17, 1747, Francis Worcester, Jun., was chosen the third deacon. As no confession of faith is mentioned or referred to in the records previously to i794i it is supposed that none was formally adopted before that time. A Creed or Confessioti of Faith adopted in that year, and the covenant in previous use, were revised in 1 83 1, and continued without change, (as is stated in the church manual), till 1871, when they were revised and adopted as they now are. It is said also in the same manual, that for the first fifty years, no records were kept of the members admitted to the church, but that incidental statements show "that from the beginning, it enjoyed the labors of a faithful and successful ministry." In 1755, during the last French and Indian war, Mr. Emerson asked permission of his church to be absent for a time, as chaplain to the regiment of Col. Joseph Blanchard in the expedition of the army to Crown Point. In a meeting of the church to consider the request, it appears that forty-seven members voted, a number nearly equal to one-half of the tax payers at that time, the latter numbering that year but one Inm- dred and seven. The following names of members of the church, copied from this manual, are found on the Ilollis tax lists, as resident tax payers be- fore the war of the Revolution, viz., Benjamin Abbot, John Ahvell, Henry Barton, Benjamin Blanchard, Nathaniel Blood, John Boynton, Josiah Brown, Samuel Brown, Ephraim Burge, Robert Colburn, William Colburn, Josiah Conant, Jerahraael Cumings, John Cumings, Samuel Cumings, William Cumings, Jonathan Danfortli, Thomas Dinsmore, Zedekiah Drury, Amos Eastman, Daniel Emerson, Jun., Benjamin Farley, Samuel Farley, Amos Fisk, Eleazer Flagg, Samuel Goodhue, John Goss, John Hale, Phineas Hardy, David Hobart, Samuel Hobart, Enoch Hunt, Stephen Jewett, Ebenezer Jewett, Abraham Lecman, Samuel Leeman, Jonathan Lovejoy, William Nevins, Enoch Noyes, Thomas Patch, Peter Powers, Moses Proctor, William Shattuck, Zachariah Shattuck, Elias Smith, Jonathan Taylor, Nathaniel Townscncl, John Willoughby, Francis Worcester, Noah Worcester, Benjamin Wright. At the close of JMr. Emerson's active ministry, in 1793, the resi- dent members of the church numbered about two hundred. Rev. Dr. Davis, in his Centennial address before the HoUis as- sociation of ministers in September, 1862, after short biographical sketches of some other of the early members of that association, in ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. . 237 speaking of Mr. Emerson, says of him, " Of tVie Rev. Daniel Em- son of HoUis we have more distinct notions derived from sketches furnished by his distinguislied grandsons. He was a man of large and active intellect, a convert of Whitefield, and partaking largely of his spirit, he wa? uniformly evangelical, 'and often a very eloquent preacher. His chief excellencies in preaching were sound doctrine, deep feeling and zeal at times almost overwhelming. His labors were by no means confined to the pulpit. He was interested in public affairs, serving as chaplain in the army^and accompanying it to Crown Point.* An able counsellor, he was often called from home to aid feeble churches. Interested in the cause of ministerial education, and inuch blessed with revivals of religion, among his own people, he animated a large number of young men to become preachers of the gospel. Very assiduous in his attendance on the meetings of this association, he manifested an energy like that of Baxter, whom in person he was said to resemble. From his talents and position the Hollis minister was for man}^ years a leading mind in the association." In, another connection I have spoken of the interest Mr. Emerson manifested in the cavise of popular education and of the indebtedness of the youth of Hollis to him on that account. Upon the monument erected over his grave in the Hollis central burial ground is inscribed the following epitaph : " Beneath this Monument lies the Mortal part ot Rev. Daniel Emerson. He was born at Reading, Mass., May 20, 1716. ' Graduated at Ilan'ard University, 1739 And was ordained April 20, 1743 to the Pastoral care Of the Church and Congregation in Hollis Which then consisted of only 30 Families. He was an honest man, given to Hospitality; An affectionate Husband and tender Parent; A faithful Friend and Patriotic Citizen; An Evangelical, zealous and unusually successful Preacher Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Highly Esteemed by his people, his praise was in all the Churche=;. A. D. 1793, he voluntarily relinquished one-half his Salary To promote the settlement of a Colleague, From which time his pious walk and occasional labors Evinced an unabating love for the cause of Christ, Until natui-e failed and he fell asleep in Jesus, September 30, iSoi, aged 85 years. *When at Crown Point it is said of him that when the men of his regiment Were ordered to present their arms for inspection, Mr. Emerson presented his Bible to the inspecting officer 3.S his weapon. 238 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. Upon the same monument is also inscribed the following epitaph in memory of his beloved and venerated consort. "Here are also deposited the remains of Hannah Emerson, wife of the above and Daughter of Rev. Joseph Emerson of Maiden. She lived a pattern of filial obedience, respect and affection, And an example of conjugal love and duty; A most tender, indulgent and faithful Parent, The delight of her Friends and ornament of the Church ; She lived the life of a true Disciple of Christ, In the constant exercise of active faith in His promises. And died is triumphant hope of everlasting life in tliose Regions where Charity never faileth, February 38, i8i3, aged go." Mr. Emerson and Mrs. Emerson were the parents of thirteen children — seven sons and six daughters. Two of the sons, Joseph and Samuel, were graduates of Harvard College. { Mc t'oiiiicr, John Atwell, Jun.. *Calch Eastman *VVilliani Nc\ ins, Jun., Andrew Bailey, Jonathan Eastman, Elijah Jsoycs, John Rail, *Wiiliani Elliot, Enoch Noycs, Jmi., Nathaniel IJall, Daniel Emerson, Jun., Thomas Patch, Daniel Blood, Christopher Farley, William W. T'col, *Nathan BliK>d. *Josiah Fisk, John PliilbricK. TMiin) cox(;ina;,vri()NAL \ii:i:ting iioisi: ucii.T i.'U) I- i:i:(()NMiii ( ri':n \Hvn. THIRD MEETING-HOUSK. 345 Benjamin Boynton, John Boynton, 'Joshua Boynton, •Jacob Boynton, janies (.'olburn, Jotham Cumings, *PhiHp Cumings, William Cumings, Joshua Davis, Joseph French, Jacob Jewett, Jun., Jonathan Jewett, Noah Jewett, Stephen Jewett, Jun., Abner Keyes, Asa Lovejoy, Jonathan Lovejoy, Ephraim I.und, *Nahum Powers, *Thomas Pratt. Edward Taylor, Jacob Taylor, William Tenney, Amos Webster, *Noah Worcester, Jun. Jesse Worcester, Samuel Worcester. THE THIRD IIOLLIS MEETINCJ HOUSE. At the annual town meeting in 1799, an article was inserted in the warrant " 7"o sec if the tozvn would build a netv fleeting' House or repair the old one." At that meeting the town '' voted to build a new Aleeting House in three years," and chose the fol- lowing committee to decide where it should be placed, viz., David Danforth of Amherst, Jeremiah Pritchard of New Ipswich, Jacob Blodgett of Townsend, James l^razier of Pepperell and Frederick French of Dunstable. The report of this committee was soon after made and formally accepted. At the same meeting Emerson Smith, David Smith and Benjamin Wright were appointed a com* mittee to report a •• Plan '' for the new house, which they did the same season — this plan^ as appears, having been copied from that of the meeting-house at Billerica, which with some modifications was accepted and adopted. The foregoing proceedings seem to have contemplated that the new meeting-house should l)e built at the expense of the town ; but at a town meeting in May. iSoi, the town '• voted to proceed with the building provided it could be erected without a Town tax " and then chose a committee to devise the means to effect it. and at the same time to pav the owners of pews in tlie old meeting-house the appraised \ alue of their pews. This committee of •• ivavs and means''' consisted of Daniel Emerson, Esq., Noah Worcester, Jere- miah Ames, Daniel Emerson, 3d, William Brown, Solomon W'lieat, Ephraim Burge, Amos Eastman and Da^ id Smith. In the following September, this ct)mmittee made a report (which was adopted) to the effect •• that the tow n should choose a com- mittee to sell the pews, as described in the • plan,' reserving a min- isterial pew. and everv seventh pew bek)W". ant! each Hfth pew in the gallery, till the rest should be sold. If tiie sales should fall short of the cost of the house — the purchasers of the pews to make good the deficiencv^ — if thev shoidd exceed the cost, tlie purchasers to have the excess in proportion to the amounts se\eral]v paid bv 346 THIRD MEETING-HOUSE. them." The committee afterwards chosen to make tliese sales con- sisted of Dea. Daniel Emerson, Benjamin Wright, William Ten- aiey, Amo.s Eastman, and William Brown. After the new plan was adopted, the town voted that the new house should be finished on or before November ist, 1803, but af- terwanls \ otcd to extend tlie time one year longer. At the annual town meeting in March, 1S04, the town instructed the building committee to take down the old house at the expense of the pur- chasers of the jiews in the new house, and also voted that the '• new house might be finished with a tower and steeple if it could be done \vithout expense to the town." The foregoing was the last town meeting lield in respect to the building of the third meeting-house. This new meeting-house (Iniilt as is supposed) substantiallv after the model of that at Billerica, was Hnished in the fiill of 1S04. It •continued to l^e occupied, as originally constructed, without mate- rial change outside or inside, till the vear 1S49. when its west end was turned around to the south — its south side to the east, and the whole building remodelled, renovated, and altered substantiallv to the condition in which it now is. Hundreds of people still living have a vivid remembrance of it as originally constructed and finished. It stood upon the same spot with the first meeting-house built in Ilollis more than sixty years before, the main building being sixty-eight feet long, east and west, and fifty-four feet wide north and south. It w^as two stories in height, well clapboarded and pairited white, with windows of twent\ -four panes eacli of glass, nine inches liy twelve, on its sides and ends, and porches on its Iwo ends and south side, with a wide door in each porch opening into the main building or audience room. The east porch was of two stories with entrance doors on the east and south sides, with a stairway ascending to the east or ivomcii' s gallery. The south porch was of but one stor}' with out- side doors on its east, south and west sides. The west porch was also of two stories, with stairs to the west or vioi s gallery, and sur- mounted with a belfr}-, cupola and steeple. All of the outside doors of the porches had well finished steps or stairways of hammered stone for ascent to them, and those at the east and west porches were each furnished at one end with a neatly finished and convenient horse-block of the like hammered stone. The pulpit stood at the middle of the north wall of the audience room, facing south, with stairs on each side of it, and the seats for THIRD MEETING-HOUSE. 247 the four deacons, and the communion table hung on hhiges directly below, in front, the central broad aisle leading to it from the inside door of the south porch. There was in front of the deacons' seat an aisle extending east and west across the audience room, separating the north wall pews, from two ranges of long free seats for the aged and dcaf\ one-half of these free seats being east of the broad aisle, for xvo7nen — the other half west of that aisle, for men. The pews were six feet long, east and west, and five feet wide, neatly panelled and painted, the partitions between them being fin- ished at the top with a miniature balustrade. There were in al' ninety-five of them, of which sixty-eight were below and twenty- seven in the gallery. There was a single row of them next to the wall on the lower floor, with a step or stair in. front of each pew, all raised a foot or more above the outside aisles leading to them, which with the wall pews, extended around on the two sides and both ends of the audience room. Of these wall pews there were ten, (including those in the corners,) on each of the north and south sides of the lower floor, and six at each end. Of those on the sides five were on the east and five on the west side of the south door, and five on the right side, and five on the left of the pulpit. Of those iit the ends, three were on each side of the east and west doors. The intermediate space between the four outside aisles, (includ- ing the long seats for the aged.) was occupied with six rows of six pews each, all parallel with the broad or central aisle — there being three rows on each side of it — the east and west rows of the six be- ing separated from the others b}- a narrow alley leading from the south aisle to the long seats for the aged. The gallery, supported by round, wooden, well painted Ionic columns was finished in front with panel work, and a heavy cornice, and extended around on the south side and east and west ends of the audience room, with a range of pews next to the walls, eleven of them being on the south side and eight at each end, with aisles lead- ing to them. The front part of the south gallery was appropriated to the singers. The front part of the east gallery, not occupied by pews, was furnished with long, unpainted free seats for women, and was known as the " women's gallery." The corresponding portion of that on the west end was provided with the like kind of free seats for men and known as the '*■ men's gallery." The pews were all provided with panelled and painted doors hung on hinges, and with wide, hard uncushioned seats on the side ^4S PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. facing the pulpit, each about two feet long, and also with like seats in the corners, all also hung on hinges. In those times, the wor- shippers, as was the custom, stood during prayers. When they rose their seats were all lifted up and turned back against the sides of the pews. At the close of each prayer the " amen "" of the minister was the signal for carelessly dropping the seats again to their places with a noise and rattle not unlike a musketry salute of a raw, poorly drilled militia company. Some of these pews were supplied with flag-bottomed arm chairs for tlic grand-parents, and most f)f them with long, narrow "■ leaning boards," so called, to he placed lengtli- wise of the pews in fnMit of the occupants as they sat, upon which they might rest their listless heads, when their '' drowsv powers " "■ot the better of fheir interest in the services. The top ceiling of the audience room was slightly arched and painted of a light sky- blue, with a dark, angry, portentous thunder-cloud in its north west corner. With but few if any exceptions, there were no blinds to the windows on the outside to protect the patient audience from the heat and sun in summer, nor curtains nor shades on the inside — nor stoves nor furnaces to soften the cold of winter. The principal substitutes in winter for these last modern luxuries, were warm fur murt's and tippets for the hands, arms and necks of such of the gentler sex as could aftbrd them, and thick socks of fur or wool for the feet, but mtn-e than all the small tin hand stove with Its little basin of bright coals and ashes carried in the hand to the pews by the younger members of the family and kindly and C}uietly slipped around from one pair of cold feet to another. No sovmd of a church-going liell was ever heard from the belfry of this meeting-house till 1821. In that } ear a subscription was raised by the people of the town of near v$740 for the purchase of one, and a bell weighing 1263 lbs. bought and hung the same year. This bell proved to be of a very tine tone, but about twenty years aftei'wards it was unfortunately cracketl, and taken down and sold, and the one now in use procured by a like subscription and hung in its place. THK IIOLI.IS PIUI^AX rUlJOPIC SOCIKTV. On the 15th January, 1801, thirty or more of the citizens of llollis, interested in the maintenance of the ministry in the Con- gregational society, met for the purpose of devising a -'plan" for its permanent support without taxation. At that meeting, a preamb FJHLANTIIROPIC SOCIETY. 249 was reported, adopted and signed by them, expressive of tiieir wishes and purposes, a substantial copy of which with the names of the signers, is here presented, as foHows : '• Considering the gospel of Jesus Christ the sole foundation and source of happiness to man, * * — and that this gospel should be re- spectably maintained and publicly taught in such way as will most harmoniously tend to promote public tranquility and individual piet}', * * — we the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Hollis, do here- by associate ourselves together under the name of the '■ Hollis Philafit/iropic Society " for the purpose of devising, according to the best of our ability, some plan for the perpetual support of the gospel in the town in which we live, and although we dare not promise ourselves a speedy accomplishment of our purposes, yet we view it of such consequence to the well being of society that we deem it an object highly worthy of our attention, and that we can- not transmit to posterity a more valuable legacy." Signed, Noali Wiircestcr, Daniel Kmersiiii, Jan., Stephen Jcwett, Ephraini Burge, Nathan Colhnrn, Thomas Farley, Nathan Holt, Daniel Emerson, 3d, Solomon Wheat, David Smith, David Burge, John Ball, Henoni Cutter, Wilder Chamberlain, Jesse Hardy, Jesse Worcester, Daniel Lawrence, James Bradbury, William Merril!, Josiah Conant, Jun., William Brown, David Hale, William Tenney, Benjamin Wright, David Ilolden, Amos Eastman, Jun. Reuben Flagg, Eli Smith, William Ferguson, Aaron Bailey, Samuel Smith, Enos Hardy, Timothy Lawrence. At that meeting a committee, consisting of Daniel Emerson, 3d. Noah Worcester, Jesse Worcester, Stephen Jewett, and Ephraim Burge, was appointed to prepare and report a plan and rides for carrying into effect the objects of the association. These proceed- ings, with the report of this committee finally resulted in procuring from the General Court an Act of Incorporation, authorizing the association to raise funds by donation and contri]:)ution. the income of which (as contemplated) might permanently support the minis- try in this church and societv. The association began its operations for the objects proposed the same year, and has continued in exis- tence, under its original and amended charters, from that time to the present. The original charter provided that when the funds of this asso- ciation should reach the sum of v$7,ooo, five-sixths of its income should be paid to the Selectmen of Hollis for the time being for the support of the gospel in this church and society. In 1S31. tlie 350 , BEXEVOLEXT ASSOCIATION. original charter was altered, authorizing the association, when its funds should amount to $3,500. to pay to the standing committee of that society twelve-thirteenths of its yearly income. In the year 1S32 the invested funds of the association, having increased to $3,536, the association that year paid $200 of its income for the support of the ministry in that society, and continued to pay the like Sinn yearly till 1S49, — from 1S49 to 1S54, $250 per year. Since 1S54, t^^^ average annual amount so paid has been near $26'j. It appears from the annual report of the association, made in Jan- uary 1S78. that its permanent fund, including interest, had increased to $5,703.95. THE IIOLLIS BEXE\"OLEXT ASSOCIATIOX. If the amoimt of tlie contributions in money of the Congrega- tional society in Hollis in aid of the various charitable and reli- gious enterprises of the day does not equal that of some other larger and more wealthy societies in the comity, still it is believed that in this respect its good name will not sutler in comparison with most of them. In January. 1S36. a charitable organization was formed, composed of its leading members, which then adopted the name, and has since been known, as the •• Hollis Benevolent As- sociation.''' It appears from the written Constitution of this asso- ciation, that it was one of its main purposes, by means of a single organization, in place of several, to furnish material aid to each of the charitable religious enterprises of the day, in which the members of this association felt interested. These enterprises included the Bible Society. Foreign and Domestic Missions, the Tract. Educa- tion, and vSabbath .School Societies. It is shown by the accoimts of its doings, kept in the records of this association, that the amount in money contributed to its objects for the first six years of its exis- tence, was $3,644. being at the rate of $607 per year. It also ap- pears that tlie amount raised bv it from 1S53, ^^ 1869, (being six- teen years of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Dav) was very nearly equal to an annual average of $500. and making an aggregate of $7,794. THE HOLLIS FEMALE READIXG AND CHARirABLE SOCIETY. This association composed of ladies belonging to the Congrega- tional church and society was formed in the year 1829, and has been in active operation from that year to the present. It appears from its Constitution, then adopted, that its leading objects were the pro- FEMALE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. 251 promotion of social intercourse, mental culture and improvement, and active and worthy charities. Its regular meetings were to be held during the entire 3"car on the first Thursday afternoon of eacli month, and while listening to some usefid and instructive reading by one of its members, the time of the rest was to be occupied in working for some object of beneficence to ])e approved by a majority of them. The records of the doings (.>( this societ\' have been, from \ear to year, neatly written out and kept for near half a century. One of the primarv olijects of its charities seems to have been to aid tlie un- fortunate, deserving poor at home. Init the amount of its benefactions bestowed in this wav docs not appear in its records, nor in the early years of its existence was the animal report of its treasurer recorded at all. vStill, though the record of its good works is thus incomplete, yet it is shown by the report for 1S7S of its present secretary, Mrs. Jefferson Farle}-. that it appears from these records that more than $1,000 have been received by the societv. mainlv from self-imposed taxes and fees for membership. Aside from its home charities and work, the objects of the bounty of the association have been many and various, including in them. Home and Foreign Missions and Missionaries, the Seaman's Friends' Society, the Home of the Friendless in New York citv. and the New Hampshire Orphan's Asylum, at Franklin. As the fruits of the labors and beneficence of these busy and faithful workers, boxes filled with clothing, bedding, and other valuable articles for household use have been made by them and from year to year forwarded to their destination in aid of the charitable enterprises above named, of the aggregate appraised value of $3,305. THE HOLLIS BAPTIST SOCIETY. It appears from the published minutes of the 15oston and New Hampshire Baptist Association, that a Baptist church existed in Hollis as early as 1791. and that in the years iSio and iSii it num- bered forty-nine members, but I do not find that the society then had either minister or meeting-house. As those " minutes" contain no report of an)- Baptist church in Hollis between 181 1 and 1836 it is to be presumed that the church first formed, was dissolved soon after 181 1. But it is within the recollection of many persons now living, that between the years 1816 and 1823, Rev. Benjamin Paul, a very worthy colored Baptist minister, had charge of a small Baptist 252 BAPTIST SOCIETY. society composed of members living in part in the east part of Hollis and partly in Dunstable. No record of this society is known to exist and it is supposed also to have been dissolved. After 1823 no Baptist st)ciety is known to ha\e l)een formed in Hollis till March 31. 1S36, when a ne^v society of that denomina- tion was organized, and the following officers then chosen, viz., William N. Bradstreet and Amos Ilagget, Directors ; William F. Burrows, Clerk : William N. Bradstreet, Treasiu'er, and Asa Jacjuith, Collector. The church was formed June 6, 1837, then consisting of twent\-eight members, and took the name of the •' First Baptist Church in Hollis." The Deacons of the church at that time chosen were Abraham Temple Hardy and Amos Hagget. In April 1841, on the removal of Dea. Hardy from the town, Dea. Leonard W. Farlev was electetl in his place. The church from the time of its formation continued to increase, from year to year, till September 1S43, when it consisted of one hundred members, with a .Sal^bath school of one hundred and twentv pupils. After 1843, its numbers gradually diminished. The clergymen who have acted as pastors of the church have officiated in the following order : Rc\ . Phineas Richardson, Rev. Daniel P. Deming, Rev. H. W. Dalton, Rev. Bartlett Pease and Rev. George B. Bills. In the year 1S3S this society built a con^■enient and substantial meet- ing-house, on the east side of the Hollis common. \\ ith Hftv pews, and at a cost of $2,000. Rev. Mr. Richardson is saiil to ha\ e begun to preach in Hollis the year before this societv was formetl, and was a popular, faithfid and successfid pastor of the church for al>out twelve \ears. He was l)orn in Methuen, Mass., February 2. 1787- ="''<^1 "^vas self educated, with the exception of studying for a few months with Rev. Dr. Chaplin of Danvers. He was ordained to the work of the ministry at Methuen. in 1S17. anti was for some years afterwards employed as an evangelist, but for eighteen years next pre\ ious to his coming to Hollis he was pastor of the Baptist church in (7ilmant(jn, N. IL Mr. Richardson resigned hispastt,)rate in Hollis on accoiuit of feeble health and removed to Lawrence, Alass. His last pastorate of four years was at New Hampton, N. H. Died at Lawrence. January 25, i860, in his 83d \ear. Mr. Richardson was succeeded in the pastorate at Hollis by Rev. Air. Deming who supplied the pulpit for about six years, till the year 18=54, ^vhen he removed to (jotfstown. and was pastoi" of the BAPTIST SOCTETV. 253 Baptist church at Goftstown for the next four years. Upon liis re- moval from Goftstown he became the pastor of the Baptist church at Cornish, N. II. for the next seven years. Mr. Deming (1S79) "*^^'^ resides in Phiinfield, N. H. He vv^as succeeded in Hollis by Rev. Mr. Dalton, who officiated as pastor for about two years, and upon his removal the church was supplied for a short time by Rev. Mr. Pease, who was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Bills, the last minister of the society, for about a year. For the last sixteen years, the church has had no minister or stated preaching, and in the year 1869, in pursuance of a vote of tlie society, the meeting-house, l)uilt in 1838, was sold, taken down and removed to Nashua. 254 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. CHAPTER XXIII. PARISH OFFICERS OF WEST DUNSTABLE FROM I 739, TO 1746. OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT OF DUNSTABLE PROM 1 742 TO 1746. FULL LISTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF HOLLIS FOR THE FIRST AND THIRD YEARS. MODERATORS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS. TOWN CLERKS. — TREASURERS AND SELECT- ISIEN FROM 1746 TO 1 878. PARISH OFFICERS OF WEST DUNSTABLE. I^/rst Jl lectio II yainiary 2. jyjg-40. O. S. Abraham Ta^'lor, Modci-ator. Ste])lien llariis, Treasiirer. Abraham Taylor, Assessor. Benjamin Farley, Auditor. Peter Powers, " Moses Proctor, " Benjamin Farley, " Abraham Taylor, Com. to run Parish li:)e>. Moses Proctor, Collector. Peter Powers, " " " Thomas Dinsmore, Collector non-resiilent Thomas Dinsmore, " " " Taxes. .Scco//d Election, MarcJi^ 1740-1, O. S. Peter Powers, Moderator. . Thomas Dinsmore, Treasurer. Abraham Taj'lor, Clerk. Stephen Harris, Parish Committee, Benjamin Farley, Assessor. Thomas Dinsmore, " " Willam Colburn, " Peter Powers, " " Jeralimael Cumintfs, '• Da\ id Ne%ins, Collector. Third Election. March ./, IJ42-J., O. S. Abraham Taylor, Moderator. Pllea/.er Flag-g, Assessor. Abraham Taylor, Clerk. Enoch Hunt, " Peter Powers, Collector. Jonathan Danforth " Abraham Taylor, Assessor. Thomas Patch, " Fourth Eiectioi/, March, iy4J-4, O. S. Samuel Cumings, Moderator. Jonathan Danforth, Assessor. John Boynton, Clerk. Jerahm.ael Cumings, Treasurer. John Boynton, Assessor. .Sephen Harris, Collector. .Samuel Cumings, " Henry Barton, " DISTRICT AND TOWN OFFICERS. 255 Fifth Election, MarcJi 12, 77^^-5, O. S. Samuel Brown, Moderator. John Boynton, Clerk. John Boynton, Assessor. Elias Smith, Treasurer. Thomas Patch, " Josiah Blood, Collector. Jerahmael Cuinings, " Stephen Ames, " OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT OF DUNSTABLE, FROM 1 743 TO 1 746. The district of Dunstal^le, as we have stated, (pp. 44, 45, ante.) was organized by tlie New Hampshire General Court in March, 1742, tor the purpose of assessing and collecting province taxes, and com- prised all the territory afterwards embraced in the towns of Dun- stable, Hollis, Merrimack and Monson, as chartered in April, 1746. The meetings for the choice of district officers appear to have been held, alternately, in the East Parish of Dunstable, and at the old or Hrst meeting-house in West Dunstable. The district officers chosen at these meetings were, a Moderator, Clerk, Assessors and Collec- tors, and w^ere about equally divided in respect to residence, between the East and West Parishes. Of the officers named in the lists below, Blanchard, Harwood, Lovewell, Lund and Parker lived in the East Parish, and Boynton, the two Cumings, Hunt, Proctor, Smith and Taylor in West Dunstable, now Hollis. First District Election^ April 2J, ^742. Joseph Blanchard, Moderator. Abraham Taylor, Assessor. Abraham Taylor, Clerk. Thomas Harwood, '< Enoch Hunt, Collector. Samuel Cumings, " Henry Parker, " Jonathan Lovewell, " Second Election^ September 18, J 744. Joseph Blanchard, Moderator. John Boynton, Assessor. John Boynton, Clerk. Jonathan Lovewell, " Jerahmael Cumings, " Third Election^ September ig, ^745- Elias Smith, Moderator. John Boynton, Assessor. John Boynton, Clerk. Jonathan Lovewell, " Moses Proctor, Collector. •• Jerahmael Cumings, " Jonathan Lund, " The charter of Hollis as a town, as we ha\e seen, was dated April 3, 1746, and the town officers chosen at the tiist and second town elections, are presented in the lists below. First Town Election, April 28^ ^7\^- Samuel Cumings, Moderator. Thomas Dinsmore, Surveyor of Highways. Samuel Cumings, Clerk. Francis Phelps, " <• Samuel Cumings, Selectman. Nicholas French, " ■■ Benjamin Farley, " James Mc Daniels, '" •• 256 DISTRICT AND TOWN OFFICERS. Fniiicis Worcester, Selectman. Samuel Parker, Surveyor of Ilig-liways. Elias Smith, Constable. Nicholas French, Hog- Reeve. James Stewart, Tithing man. William Adams, " Christo|)her Lovejoy, " Elias Smith, Pound Keeper. Jonathan Danforth, Fence \'iewer. Elias Smith, Sealer of Weiglits and Mc-isures. Benjamin Blanchard, " Samuel Brown, Sealer of Leather. y^Jiird Tov:ii Electio>i^ March 7, iJi^S. Samuel Cumings, Moderator and Clerk. Josiah IMood, Fence Viewer. F'rancis Worcester, Treasurer. Josiah Brown, " •' Samuel Cumings, Selectman, Samuel Farley, Field Driver. Benjamin Farley, " Wm. Blanchard, " " Samuel Brown, " Wm. Shattuck, " " Stephen Ames, " Zedekiah Drury, Surveyor of Highways. Elias Smith, " p-rancis Phelps, " " " Benjamin Blanchard, Constable. Benj. Blanchard, Jr., " " " Josiah Conant, Tithing Man. James McDonald, " " " Nathaniel Blood, " " Nathaniel Blood, " " " Nicholas French, Hog Reeve. Sam'l Brown, Sealer of Weights and Measure.^ D.ivid Nevins, " " William Tenney, Sealer of Leather, Z'jrubbabel Kemp, " " Zedekiah Drury, Deer Reeve, Elias Smith, Pound Keeper. Samuel Farley, " " Such as shown in the preceding list.s were the town officers, chosen at the annual March meetings in HolH.s, in most years, from 1746 till the war of the Revolution and for some years afterwards. Under the Province laws in force before the Revolution, the number of wSelectmen. as has been before said, might vary in different years, a town being at lilierty at its annual meeting to choose either three, five, seven or nine of these officers as might be decided at the time, by vote of the town. Before the Revolution the nimiber of Select- men annualK' chosen in Hollis was cither three or five, each of these numbers having been elected about an equal number of times. The following lists present the names of the persons who have held the several offices of Moderat(jr of the aiuiual town meetings, Town Clerk. Treasurer and Selectmen from the year 1746 to 1S7S with the years in whicli they were respectively chosen. .MODERATORS Ol' THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS. Samuel Cumings, 174<>. '47, "4S, '40 and "55. Jonathan Danforth, 17S9. Francis Worcester, 1750, '51, "5-> 'S.5' ',S4' '5^' '^JO, Reuben Dow, 1791. '62, '63, '64 and '68. Daniel Emerson, 1798, iSoi, '02, '03, '04, an.i Samuel Goodhue, 1756 and '57. 'ori. lohn Hale, 1761, '65, '(36, '67, '60, '70, '71, '72 and Amos Eastman, 1S05 and 1S06. '82. Samson Powers, 1807. William Nevins, 177;; and 1774. Benjamin W. Parker, 1808. Benjamin Abbot, 1759. Stephen Jewett, Jun., i8ioand iSii. Stephen Jewett, 1776. Josepli F. Eastman, 1812, '13, '14, '15, '17, 't'i, E'loch Noyes, 1777, '7S, and '79. '19 '22, '23, '25, '26, '29, '30, '31 and 1834. John Boynton, i7Soand 'Si. Ambrose Gould, 1816. Noah Worcester, 1783, '84, '85, '86, 'S7, "88, '90, Benjamin M. Farley, 1S20, '24, '38 and 1S39. '93, '93, '94, "95, '96, '97, '99 and iSoo. Jonathan B. Eastman, 1S21. MODERATORS AND TOWN CI.ERKS. -?57 William Emerson, 1827 and 1828. Benjamin Pool, 1832, '33. Ralph E. Tenney, 183S to 1837, 'S40 to 1S44, '46, 'SI, '52. StillmanSpauIding, 184S, 184710 1853, '56, 1861, to 1S64, '69, '71, '72, '74, '75, '77, '78. Reuben Baldwin, 1854. Ambrose II. Wood, 1855- Luther Proctor, 1S57 to i860, '67, '70, '73. Timothy E. Flagg, 1S65, '66, '76. Nathan M. Ames, 1868. TOWN CLERKS FROM 1 746 TO 1 878, Samuel Cumings, 1746 to 1770, except 1753, '54, and '66. Samuel Goodhue, 1753, '54. John Hale, 1766. William Cumings, 1771, '72, and 17S2 to 17SS. Samuel Cumings, Jun., 1773, '74. Noah Worcester, 1775 to 1779. Daniel Emerson, 17S0, 17S1. Solomon ^Vheat, 17S9 to 1793, iSoo, iSoi, and 1809 to 1816, except 1812 and 1S13. Jesse Worcester, 1799. Daniel Emerson, Jun., 1S02 to iSoj. Amos Eastman, 1S06.. Benjamin Pool, 1S07, 180S. Ambrose Gould, 1812, 1813. Christopher P. Farley, 1S17 to 1819. Benjamin M. Farley, 1820 to 1S23. AVilliam Ames, 1S23, '24. Jonathan T. Wright, 1825 to '29. Noah Hardy, 1830, 1831. Joi^eph E. Smith, 1832, '33, '42, '46, '47, and 1854 to '59. Moses Proctor, 1834, '35- William P. Hale, 1S36, '37, '39, '40, '41, 'JO, 'Ji. Edward Emerson, 1S3S and 1S52. Reuben Baldwin, 1843 to '45, '61, '62. JohnCoburn, 1848. William P. Saundcrson, 1849. Luther Proctor, 1S53 and '60. William A. Trow, 1863 to '65. Ebenezer T. Wheeler, 1S66 to '70. Isaac Hardy, 1S71 to '74. George A. Burge, 1875 to '78. TOWN TREASURERS FROM 1 746 TO 1878. John Boynton, 1746, '47. Francis Worcester, 174S to 1767. Samuel Cumings, 1768 to 1770. Noah Worcester, 1771 to 1773. Daniel Emerson, 1774 to 1779, '1 Josiah Conant, 17S0. Solomon Rogers, 1781 to 1785. Christopher Farley, 1786 to 1788. Benjamin Wright, 1789 to 1797 1806. Peleg Lawrence, 1S06 to 1S08. Joseph F. Eastman, 1800 to 1817. Josiah Conant, 1818 to 1S30. Benjamin Farley, 1831 to 1849, except 1833. Moses Proctor, 1S33. Ebenezer Baldwin, 1S50, '51, '52, '53. '98, 99. Joseph Gates, 1854. Christopher F. Smith, 1855. David W. Sawtell, 1856 to 1S60. Edward Hardy, 1861 to 1S64. and 1800 to Charles B. Richardson, 1865 to 1874. Henry N. Smith, 1875. George A. Burge, 1S76. Silas M. Spaulding, 1877, '78. SELECTMEN FROM 1 746 TO 1 878. Samuel Cumings, 1746 to 1770, except 1753, 1754 and 1766. Benjamin Farley, 1746, '47, and 1748. Francis Worcester, 1746, '47, '48, '62, '63 and ■765- Stephen Ames, 1747, '48, '62, '67, '73, '75, '76, •77, and 1779. Nathaniel Townsend, 1747 and '52. Samuel Brown, 1748. Elias Smith, 174S. Enoch Hunt, 1749. Joshua Wright, 1749 and 1767. Moses Proctor, 1749. Enoch Noyes, 1749, 1751 to 1754, 1756 to 1760, .778. (17) '7S6- Samuel Goodhue, 1750, '51, '53, '54, and Benjamin Blanchard, 1750 and 1754. Zachariah Lawrence, 1754 and 1757. John Cumings, 1751. Josiah Conant, 175 1 and 1755. Benjamin Abbot, 1732, '53, '54, '59, '60, and 1 761. John Boynton, 1758, '61, '62, '66, '68, '80, and .781. John Hale, 1761, '64, and 1766. Abel Webster, 1761. Stephen Webster, 1762, '63 and 1765. Samuel Hobart, 1764 and 1766. .Stephen Jewett, 1766. Jonas Flagg, 1766. 258 SELECTMEN. Caleb Farley, xy&j. Jonathan Philbrick, 1767 and 1768. Noah Worcester, 1769, '75, '76, '77, '78 and '79. Reuben Dow, 1769, '70, '7S and 178S. William Tcnney, 1769. James Jewctt, I7'i9. William Brown, 1771, '72, '05, and 1796. William Pool, 1771. Ebenezer Kendall, 1771, '72. William Cumings, I77i,'72, and 17S2 to 17SS. William Nevins, 1771 and 1772. Samuel Cumings, Jun., 1773 and 1774. Jacob Jewctt, Jun., 1773, '75. '76. Nathaniel Ball, 1773. Klnathan Blood, 1773. \ Amos Eastman, 1772. Leonard Whiting, 1774. John Goss, 1774, '80, '85, '86, 'S7, '88. Daniel Kendrick, 1775, '76 and 1777. Oliver Lawrence, 1775, '76 and 1770- Daniel Emerson, 17S0, '81. Jonathan ¥ox, 17S0 and 17S1. William Read, 1780. Solomon Wardwell, 17S2 'S3. Ebenezer Jewett, 17S2, '83, '84. Jereniiali Pritchard, 1784. Jeremiah Ames, 1785, '86. Thaddeus Wheeler, 1787, '8y, '90, 1806, "07 and iSoS. Nathan Colburn, 17S9, '<>o, '91, '93, "94, and "97. Jonas Willouglihy, 17S9. Solomon Wheat, 1789 to 179S, iSoo, '01, '09. '10, 'i I, '14. '15 and '16. Jonathan Danforth. 17S9. William Tcnney, Jun., 1791, '92. "93. "94. "98. '99 and iSoo. Ephraim Burge, 1795 and 1796. Jesse Worcester, 1797, '99 and 1800. Benjamin Wright, 179S, '99. Benjamin Pool, iSoi to iSoS, 1833, "34. Stephen Dow, iSoi. Daniel Bailey, iSn>. '03, '04. "05. '09, 'ici. '11. '12, and 1S13. Amos Eastman, Jun., iHi/i. Samson Powers, 1S07 and iSoS. Enos Hardy, 1809, '10, '12 and 1S19. David Hale, iSi i. Ambrose Gould, 1812 and 1S13. Jonathan Saunderson, 1SJ3, '14, 'ij, 'i6and '17. Benjamin M. Farley, 1S15, '16, "17, '18, '20, '21, '23, '25, '26, '27, '28, and '29. Christopher P. Farley, 1814, '17, '18, and '19. Kathaniel Jewctt, 1S18. Jonathan T. Whcckr, 1S19, '20 and '21. Wii;iam Ames, 1820, '21, '22, '23 and '24. Ralph W. Jewctt, 1S22. Thomas Cumings, 1823 and 1S24. Jonathan T. Wright, 1823 to 1829 and 1835. WilliamEmerson, 1825. Ralph E. Tcnney, 1826, '27, "28. '30, '31, 3a. Benjamin F'arley, 1829. Noah Hardy, 1830 and '31. William Hale, 1830, '31, '32. Joseph E. Smith, 1S32, '33, '42, "46, '47. ijid 1854 to 1859. William Merrill, 1S33 and '34. Moses Proctor, 1834 and '35. Leonard F'arley, 1835, '36, '39. William P. Hale, 1836, '37, '39, "40, "41, "50, '51. Almon D. Marshall, 1S36, '37. Phillips Wood, 1837, '38- John N. Worcester, 1S38. Edward Emerson, 1838 and '52. Ezekiel M. Bradley, 1839, '40. James Wheeler, 1S40, "41. Samuel Little, 1841, '43. John Farley, 1842, '43. Reuben Baldwin, 1S43, '44, '45. '61, 'Oj. John L. Pool, 1843 to '46. Wm. P. Saunderson, 1S47. 49- Amos Hardy, 1844, '45, "46. Thomas Brown, 1847. John Coburn, 1S4S. David J. Wright, 184S, '49. Wm. N. Tcnney, 184S, '49. Luther Proctor, 1850, '51, '52. 53, "60, '70, 'yi- Neheniiah Boutwell, i8w. Noah Johnson, iSsi. Nathan M. Ames, 1S52, '53, "54, '65. Stillman Spaulding, 1S53. James W. Wheeler, 1854, '56, '57. Dexter Greenwood, 1S55. Daniel Bailev, 1S55. Warner Read, 1856, '57. Edward Hardy, 1S5S, '59. Ebenezer T. Wheeler, 185S. Joseph D. Parker, 1S59, '<»• David M. Farley, iS6<5. John Mooar, 1861. Jefferson Farley, 1S61, '62. Enoch F'arley, 1862, '63, '64. Wm. A. Trow, 1863, '64. Oliver P. Eastman, 1863, '64. Charles A. Read, 1865, '(36, '67. Francis A. Wood, 1S65. Enoch J. Colburn, 1866. John Woods, 1S66 to '69. Frederick A. Wood, 1S67 to '69. Charles \1. Worcester, 1S68. George Moore, 1S69, '70. Daniel M. Smith, 1870, '71. George A. Burgc, 1871 to '73. Silas ]SL Spaulding, 1872 to '7c;> James E. Hills, 1872 to 1S75. Adkins J. Turner, 1S74, '75. Timothy E. F'lagg, 1S76 to '78. John A. Cobu n, 1876 to '78. Charles W. Hardy, 187O to '78. POLITICAL HISTORY- 259 C H A P 1' E R X X I V . REPRESENTATIVES AND DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL COURT, ETC., FROM 1739 TO 1S78. VOTES FOR STATE PRESIDENT FROM 1784 TO 1792. — VOTES FOR GOVERNOR FROM 1 792 TO 1 878. DELEGATES. 1739. Abraham Taylor and Peter Powers, delegates ol' the settlers in West Dunstable to the Massachusetts General Courtupon their petition for a Charter. 1744, James Stewart, delegate of the inhabitants of West Dunstable to the New Hampshire General Court, to present their peti- tion for Garrisons and Soldiers for protection against the Indians. 1746. Stephen Ames, delegate of the settlers in the west part of Hollis to the New Hampshire General Court, upon their petition for a committee to locate the new Meeting House. 1747. Samuel Cumings, delegate of the town to the New Hamp- shire General Court, upon its petition for an act for taxing the /and of non-residents for the support of the ministry, and also upon the petition of the town for seonts for frotec- tiofi against the Indians. REPRESEXTAri\'KS TO THE GENERAL COURT BEFOKK ITIK REVOLUTION. 1762 to 1768, Dr. John Hale, Representative to the New Hamp- shire General Court, six years, from 1762 to 176S. 1768 to 1774, Col. Samuel Hobart, Representative to the New Hampshire General Court, six years, from 176S to 1774. REPRESENTATIVES AND DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL COURT. CONVENTIONS, ETC., DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 1774, Stephen Ames, Reuben Dow and Stephen Jewett, delegates, to the First County Congress, at Amherst. Nov. 8, i774- z6o KEPRESENTATIVES AND DELEGATES. 1775, Stephen Jevvett and Enoch Noyes, delegates to the Second County Congress, held April 5, i775- William Nevins, Jeremiah Ames and Samuel Farley, dele- gates to the Third County Congress at Amherst, held May 2h 1775- Col. John Hale, delegate to the Provincial Convention at Exeter, January 35, 1775, to consult in respect to a Con- tinental Congress. Col. John Hale, Representative to the General Court at Portsmouth, February 23, 1775. Col. Samuel Hobart, delegate to the Provincial Congress at Exeter, April, 1775. Col. John Hale and Deacon Enoch Noyes, chosen delegates to the Provincial Congress to meet at Exeter, May 13, i77v Col. Ilale not being able to attend, Col. Hobart was elected in his place May 21. 1775, November 12. Stephen .Vmes chosen Representative to the General Court for one year. 1776, November 36, Stephen Ames again chosen Representative to the General Coiul for one year. 1777, November 25, Stephen Ames chosen Representative a third time to the General Court, for one year. . 1778, December 12, Capt. Reid^en Dow chosen Representative to the General Court. April 6, Capt. Noah Worcester and Dea. Enoch Noyes chosen delegates to the convention at Concord to form a '' new plan" of government. 1779, Col. John Hale. August 12, chosen delegate to the convention held at Concord, September 23, 1779, to ''state prices." December 2, Col. John Hale chosen Representative to the General Court. I 7S0, November 23, Col. Hale again chosen Representative to the General Covu't. 1 78 1, November 31, Capt. Daniel Emerson chosen Representative to the General Court. 1782, October 28, Richard Cutts Sliannon chosen Representative to the General Court. 1791, August 28, Capt. Daniel Emerson chosen delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention. VOTES FOR STATE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR. 261 REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT, FROM 1 783 TO 1 778. Cupt. Daniel Emerson, 17S3 to 1791, '98, '99, iSoi, '02, '03, '09, '10 364 STATISTICAI, HISTORY C H A P T E R X X V . jVREA. son.. PRODUCTIONS. STREAMS AND I'(JNDS. — FOKESl TREES. COOPERING. POPULATION. BIRTHS AND DEATHS. POSTMASTERS. TAVERN-KEEPERS. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. BURIAL GROUNDS. PUBLIC ROADS. MUTUAL INSURANCE COM- PANY. AREA, SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS. llollis is ill latitude 42 degrees, 44 minutes nortii. 1> ing on the south line of the State, and bounded north by Amherst and Milford," east by Nashua, south by Pepperell, Mass., and west by 13rookline. It is forty-two miles ncMthwest of Boston, and thirty-six south of Concord, and has an area of 19,620 acres or about 30 2-3 square miles. Its surface is much diversified with hills and \ alleys, but generally more level than that of most towns in the counts . there being no mountains, and Flint's and Birch hills, its highest eleva- tions, not exceeding about three hundred feet in height above the surrounding plains. The soil in ditlerent parts ^ aries ; a small portion of it being light and sandy, some of it in the north and west hard anil stony, but an unusual proportion of it in other sec- tions, consisting of a rich, somewhat pebbly or slatv loam, well adapted to pasturage, and the raising of hay, corn, small grains. fruits, potatoes and other vegetables. It lias, for mam' \ears, been noted for its abundance of good fruit, especiall}' apples, the produce of its orchards, according to tlie returns of the census, being- more in value than that of any otlier town in the county. That very excellent and popular apple, known as the -'Nod head," some- times called in fruit books, "■Jewelt's iinered," originated in llollis. about one hundred years ago, in the orchard of I)ea. Ste}:)hen Jewett, hence the last name. The town in all parts of it is well watered, scarcely any of its farms being without perennial brooks or springs. The householders of the town, from its hrst settlement, have been STATISTICAL HISTORY. 265 mostly farmers, with such numbers of traders, inn-keepers, black- smiths, carpenters, shoemakers and other mechanics as were needed for the wants of the other inhabitants. In the past, as now, the farms have been of moderate size, ordinarily varying from fifty acres to one hundred and fifty. The New Hampshire Gazetteer of 1874 says of it, "That Ilollis is one of the wealthiest towns in the county, and that e\ erything pertaining to the farms and farmhouses betokens an air of wealth and thrift." A compliment well deserved as to many of them, but subject to exceptions. In 1783, as shown by the census then taken, there were in the town 1,393 inhabitants, 174 dwelling-houses and 144 barns. Num- bers of those dwelling-houses are still standing, niany and it may be most of them of two stories, and of generous size. In 1800 the population had increased to 1,557, 'il^out 500 more than at present; and there can be no doubt that the number of farms and farm-houses in the town, and of acres tilled, was quite as large then as now, and also that the quantities of grain, and the numbers of oxen and sheep were larger. Sixty years ago the hay raised in the town was fed out on the farms where it grew. Now a large portion of it, with the other surplus agricultural and horticultural produce of the farms, finds its way to the neighboring markets. Then substantial and thrifty farmers had each his fiock of sheep and j^atch of flax, and the farmer's wife and daughters were skilled in the use of the distaft', spinning-wheel and hand-loom, for making the family cloth- ing from the wool and flax furnished from the farm. Now such implements of female thrift and industry are known only as histori- cal curiosities. Large quantities of excellent butler and also of cheese, of a much superior quality to that which the markets now furnish from our modern cheese factories, were made in the family, first for the family's use, l)ut with a generous surplus for sale. Now this industry to a very great extent has been abandoned, and in place of it, the milk produced in the town, to the amount, as reported, of 350,000 quarts yearly, is sent to market. Formerly large quantities of corn, rye and other grains raised in the town were also annually sent to market abroad ; now, to a considerable extent, Ilollis itself has become a market for the purchase of the like products. Still it may be that the aggregate wealth of tlie tcnvn, with its diminished population and lessened productions in some articles, is greater now than sixty years ago. In 1872 its assessed value for 266 ' RIVERS, PONDS AND BROOKS. taxation was $803,435, true value estimated at $1,205,152, — money at interest and stocks, $41,692, — money in Savings Banks, $168,710 — these items being larger, with but one or two exceptions, than the like items in any other town in the county, mainly agricultural. It is shown by the United .States census of 1870 that there were then in the town 10,805 acres of improved land, 203 horses, 1,171 neat cattle, 123 sheep and 237 swine, of the aggregate value of $72,425. Also that there were raised that year in the town 1,090 bushels of rye, 7,769 of corn. 6,844 ^^ ^'^^^^ '^"*^^ barley, 26 of wheat, 320 of peas and beans, 11.368 of potatoes, and t;ii pounds of wool. That there were also made 25,5 10 pounds of butter, 4,505 of cheese, and 2,370 of sugar. The value of the products of the orchard the same year was $10,436; of animals sold or slaughtered $16,183; gallons of milk sold, 88,310; tons of hay raised, 2,575 ; the aggre- gate value of farm products (including betterments) being $133,321. According to the same census there were then in the town seven saw-mills, with a capital of $13,000, employing thirteen hands, with a pay-roll of $3,000. and sawing 1.400.000 feet of lumber, of the value of $21,000; also one grain mill. The whole amount of capital then invested in manufactures of difl'ercnt kinds was $28,000, employing thirty-four men, with a pay-roll of $12,000, and with a product for the year of the value of $43,000. In 1820, as stated in Farmer's New Hampshire Gazetteer, there were in Hollis five grain mills, six saw mills, one clothing mill, one card- ing machine, one tannery, two taverns and four stores. In 1878 (as appears) but one grain mill, no clothing mill, carding machine, tannery or tavern, and but one store. RIVERS, PONDS AND BROOKS. As has been said already, the town, in all parts of it, is well watered. Its south-east part is crossed by the Nashua river, and it.s south-west by the Nissitisslt. Besides several smaller ponds, there are in the town four large ones, viz.. Flint's pond in the east. Rocky in the north-west, Pcnnichuck in the north-cast, and Long pond north of the centre, varying in area from fifty to one hundred acres. Brooks of considerable size form the outlet of each of these ponds, viz., Flint's brook, flowing into the Nashua, of Flint's pond ; Pen- nichuck, emptying into the Merrimack, of the pond of the same name, and also of Long pond, and Rocky Pond brook, flowing into the Nissitisslt, of Rocky pond. Many other, smaller brooks flow POPULATION. 267 into these ponds and rivers, some of which, as well as the rivers and the other brooks, furnish eligible sites for saw and other mills. FOREST TREES, LUMBER AND COOPERING. Since its first settlement, the forests of Hollis have abounded in a large variety of the most valuable forest trees, including white and other species of Oak, Pine, Chestnut, Walnut, White and Sugar Maple and many other kinds. The great abundance and good quality of its oak and chestnut timber, early in the present century, led many of the citizens of the town to engage in the manufacture of barrels and other casks for the Boston market, very many of the farmers having a cooper' s shop near the farm house. This busi- ness for many years was carried on to such extent that it was some- times said by their neighbors of other towns, "that all the Hollis folks were coopers, except their minister, and that he hooped his own cider barrels ! " The manufacture of casks of different kinds is still carried on to considerable extent, but by a less number of persons than formerly, pine lumber being now mainly used for this purpose, in place of oak and chestnut. POPULATION. No official provincial census of Hollis, taken prior to 1767, has come down to us. The best means now available for approximat- ing to the number of its inhabitants before that year, are furnished by the names of the tax payers, on the annual tax lists. The num- ber of names on the tax lists in West Dunstable, in 1740, was twenty-nine, — in 174=^, seventy- seven ; on the Hollis tax list in 1746, the year of its incorpoiation, fifty-three. The nvmiber of names found on these lists from 1746 to 1783, was as below. •74<^. S3- I7SS. 107- '76s- '3>- '775.(^1 the beginning of the war,) ^79. ■75°! 77- 1760, 117. '77i> 231. '783, (at the end of the war,) 393. One Pine Hill was annexed in 1763, and the south part of Mon- son in 1770, which accounts in part for the increase of names on the tax lists in 1765 and 1771. The whole population in 1767 was 809, including one male and one female slave. In 1775^ whole population 1,255, ^^ which four were slaves. According to the sev- eral censuses taken in different years since, the population was as presented below. '7S3. '392- 'Soo, 1557. iSao, 1543. 1S40, 1333. i860, 1317. 1790, 1441. iSio, 1529. 1S30, 1501. 1S50. 1293. 1S70, 1079. The whole population of New Hampshire in 1767 was 52,880; in 1775, 82,200. 268 POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM 1 794 TO 181S. It appears from the Hollis church records, as kept by Rev. Eli Smith from 1794 to 1818, that it was his custom to enter in those records, the yearl_v number of births in the town, with the name of the father of the several children born. It is shown by this re- cord, that for the twenty-five years from 1794 to 1S18. the number ol births in the town annually was as follows : "794. 41- '799. 3'>- 1S04, 45. 1S09, 32. 1S14, 27. '795. 46. iSoo, 2g. 1S05, 40. iSio, 33. ■Sis, 25. 1796, 50. iSoi, 55. 1S06, 37. iSii, 32. 1S16, 33. 1797. 57- iS03, 55. 1S07, 40. 1S12, 27. 1S17, iS. 1798, 41. 1803, SI. iSoS, 37. 1S13, 25. iSiS, II. Making in all 907 births in the twenty-five years. It is shown in Farmer's New Hampshire Gazetteer, published in 1823, that the number of dcatJis in Hollis for the same twentv-five years was 557. being- an excess of births over deaths of 340. POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS. The first postmaster appointed in Hollis was Major Ambrose (iould in the } ear 1818. Prior to that year, there had been no post- office in llolli.s, and letters and other matters sent by mail, ad- dressed to Hollis people, were sent to the postoffice at Amherst. The following list, copied mainly from the New Hampshire Annual Registers, exhibits the names of the Hollis postmasters from 1818 to 1879, with the years in which they severally held the office. Ambrose Gould, in Henoni G. Cutter, ' Moses Proctor, William Butterficld, • Franklin Wrig-ht, Jtdward Emerson, ' Iveuben l):ild\vin. In the year i794- with a population in the vState of 141,885, the number of postoffices in the State was but five. In 1802 — pop- ulation of the .State, 183,858. Number of postoffices, twenty-eight. In 181 8 — population. 214,460. Nimiber of postoffices, sixty-eight. !n 1S60 — population 326,073. Number of postoffices three hun- dred and seventy-two. .Since i860 the number of postoffices in the State is supposed to have considerably increased. 1A\'EKN KEEPERS FROM I 792 TO 182I. Witli but one or t\vo exceptions, I have been unable to learn the Bamcs of the V^iveri/ Keepers in Hollis previously to i79'^- ^" iSiS to 1S30. William N. Ttiiiicy, " 1S56 ^ • i?S*^. 1S30 ' ' >S3S. David W. Sawteil, " iSsS ' ' 1S62. "S3S " 1S36. Ebenezer T. Wheeler," 1S62 " ' 1867. i?36 ' ' 1S40. William A. Trc.w. " 1867 * ' iS7S. 1S40 • ' iS45- . Henry N. Smith. 1S75 ' ' '877- ■S4S ' ' 1^54. Georae A. Bnriie, " IS77 ' ' i87<'- 'S54 • ■ 1S56. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 269 that year the New Hampshire General Court passed an Act au- thorizing the Selectmen of towns to grant licenses to keep tavern to "suitable persons," having "accommodations" who might make application, with the right to sell by retail rum^ brandy^ -wine^ gin and other spirituous liqtiors — such license, unless renewed, to con- tinue but one year. It appears from a record of their doings kept by the Selectmen, that between the years 1792 and 1821, licenses to keep tavern in Hollis were granted to the several persons named below, and to most of them in several different years. In 1793? t^ William W. Pool and to widow Sarah Eastman; 1794 to Capt. Leonard Whiting; 1795 to Leonard Whiting, Jun. ; 1796 to Capt. B. Woods Parker, and John Smith ; 1806 to Daniel Emerson, Esq., Benjamin Pool, Daniel Merrill and Ambrose Gould ; 181 2 to Ben- jamin Farley, Peleg Lawrence and Nehemiah Woods ; 1818 to Charles Farley, Luther Parker and Joseph Patch; iSzi to Miss Mary Woods, Dr. Noah Hardy, and Samuel G. Jewett. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. The Justices of the Peace in Hollis, prior to the war of the Rev- olution, have been spoken of in a former chapter. During the war, (in the year 1777) Noah Worcester was appointed to this office and continued to hold it afterwards till his death in 1S17. Also during the war, or soon after it, Dea. Daniel Emerson was commissioned a Justice of the Peace and Qiiorum, which office he continued to hold till his decease in 1S20. From the close of the war till 1808, a period of near thirty years, with a population in Hollis averaging near i ^00, Messrs. Emerson and Worcester were the only Justices of the Peace in the town. For the next twenty-two years, from 1808 to 1830, but seven other citizens of Hollis were appointed to that office, viz., in 1808, Benjamin Pool, Amos Eastman and Wil- liam Ames; in 1813, Benjamin Farley; in 1816, Benjamin M. Farley; in 1822, Nathan Thayer, and in 1830, Christopher P. Farley. In the early civil history of our State, this office of Justice of the Peace involved responsible and very important public duties and also implied capacity on the part of such magistrates to discharge those duties intelligently and acceptably. But in view of the num- bers and frequency of such appointments for the last thirty years or more, with the supposed reasons for many of them, one may be permitted to doubt whether the office, in all cases, is now looked 270 niiRIAl. (JllOl'NDS. upon as involving .such tlutics to the pubHc, or conipetenc\ lor their performance. In nianv, not to say in a niajoritv of instances, the commission of Justice with the title conferred by it, seem to be looked upon as a matter of cheap fashionable ornament, intended for per- sonal gratilication ami distinction, ratlier than as of an\ important practical use to the pid)lic. Such commissions, as is understood, add one dollar each to the revenues of the State, and the New Hamp- sliire Governors and Coimcil have become exceedingly obliging and liberal in the issue of ollicial compliments of this sort to their fel- low citizens in all parts of the State — cspecialU to such of tliem as were kno\vn to be of like politics with themselves, "riiere is no evidence that the good people of Ilollis have been more boimtifullv favored with these complimentarv commissions llian the citizens of most towns in other parts of the vState. \ et it appears from the sta- tistics to be found in the New Hampshire Annual Registers, that since the year 1830, no less than fifty of the worlln citizens of Ilollis have been so favored, (an average of more than one a year), and that no less than twelve of them hekl such commissions in 1878. Of this last nmnber. four, as appears, were justices of the Peace for the State at large, having jurisdiction in all parts of it — and one. of the cjiiorum, all cx-ojfcio^ having the right to l)e addressed by the title of '• k^scjuire." — also to issue writs both in ci\ il and criminal cases — holil courts — and try causes — am! in all-])roper cases to join in Nvedlock, and read the riot act — the number of these officials in the town, each \\ ilh all these ])Owers and duties, being cc]ual li) one for each ninct\ of the \\ hole ol the present jiojiulation. HLii;iAi. (;i{Oi \i)s. There are now in the to\\n. in all. fi\ e oi those sacred reposito. ries of the remains of the dead, the most ancient of them near the meeting-house, older in fad than the tow n charier : the next oldest on the road to Andierst. in the north ])ari of the to\\ n. w ithin the limits of the extinct town of Monson ; one at Pine Hill in the east part ; a fomth about a mile st)uth of the meeling-liouse. on the road to Pe}:)perelk laid out about fifty >ears ago ; the lifth near a mile ca.st of the meeting-house, which has been in use about sixteen years. All of these grounds are of mcnlerate extent, no one ol them containing more than two or three acres. It may be that all of these sacred repositories are ke])t in as good condition, antl the graves, niommients and gravestones in th.em as well preserved and cared for THE PUBLIC ROADS. 271 nfi in most like public liurial grounds in this part of the State, which is saying but \ery little in their favor. Still no one of these ceme- teries in IloUis is now fenced, cared for and ornamented in a way to do justice to the feelings and sentiments which the descendants of its early inhabitants entertain of tlie moral worth of the many excel- lent and patriotic men, and exemplary and virtuous women, whose mortal dust reposes in them. If the attention of the people of I loll is is once properly called to this subject, no doubt should be indulged that in this matter, better justice would soon be done alike to themselves and to the memories of an ancestry of which they feel justly proud. ri\E I'UKLIC ROADS. 'l"hc pul)lic roads in llollis, now leading to Amherst, Pepperell, Nashua, Merrimack and Brookline, were originally laid out three rods wide, most of them substantially on the lines where they still run. Previous to or at the time the town was incorporated in 1746, it was divided into five road districts, and that number of Surveyors of Highways was chosen at the first town election. Between that date and the end of the war of the Revolution, the number of road districts was increased to twelve, with the like number of Surveyors of Highways. At that time it was the custom to determine by vote at the annual meeting, the amount of the yearly tax "for making and mending the highways" (all to be paid in labor on the roads) and also to fix by the like vote, the sum to be allowed for a day's work both of men and oxen. The amount of the road tax, as also the wages allowed for labor, varied in different years, according to the state of the currency. From 1746 to 1765, the money in circulation was mainly what was afterwards known, as the "Old Tenor" paper money. This currency fluctuated in value from year to year, and the amount of the road tax, and wages, varied with the value of the currency. For example, in 1752 the road tax was £400 O. T. — allowed for a day's work for a man 30 shillings — for a pair of oxen 10 shillings. In 1760, the road tax was £1000 — allowed for a day's work for a man £5, do. for oxen, 30 shillings. In 1768, after the' Old Tenor paper had gone out of use, and "lawful" or silver money had taken its place, the annual tax for "making and mending the highways," was £35 — allowed for a man's days work, 2 shillings and 5 pence, or about 40 cents, in Federal money — for a pair of oxen 12 1-2 pence, or about 18 cents. 272 HOM.IS INSUHANCE COMPANY. During the war of the Revohition, when tlie taxes were assessed and paid in tlie old Continental paper money, the amount of the road tax, and the wages for a day's work, fluctuated from year to year in like manner as from 1746 to 1765. The public roads in Hollis, as is evident from the town records, were an object of much attention, and appear to have been uniformly well cared for from its first settle- ment, and during the present century, at least, they have been kept well graded, smooth and safe, and now afford pleasant drives, whether for business or pleasiu'e, in all parts of the town. THE HOELIS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Some more than thirty years since, many ot the citizens of Hollis believing that they might secure themselves from losses by fire at less expense than through the joint stock, or other fire insurance companies then existing, resolved to try the experiment of a town organization for their mutual protection from such losses. With this purpose in view, a pul)lic meeting was held April 7, 1846, at the hall of Truman I lardy, of which Dr. Oliver vScripture was chairman, and resolutions (then reported upon tlie subject), adopted and signed by fifty-three of their number. At the same meeting, a committee of six of them, consisting of William P. .Saunderson, Joseph E. Smith, Leonard Farley, David J. Wright. Joel Hardy and Edward Emerson, was appointed to draft .a constitution and by-laws, and also to take the proper steps to obtain a charter for the association. These proceedings resulted in the procuring for the association an act of incorporation at the June session of the General Court of the same year, by the name of the " Hollis Mutual Fire Insurance Company." The company was organized August 3, 1S46, with the following officers then chosen, viz. : President, Ebenezer Fox ; vSecretary and Treasurer, Edward Emerson ; Directors, Leonard Farley, David J. Wright, David W. Sawtell, William P. vSaunderson, Joel Hardy and Ambrose H. Wood. The losses of this company for the thirty-two years of its existence to December i, 1S78, have been $3,081.74 ; amount of property insured $216,202 ; amoiuit of premium notes now held by the company, $13,174.95. The officers of the company the presentyear (1879) are. President, Edward ILirdy ; Secretary and Treasurer, Ebenezer T. Wheeler; Directors, Edward Hardy, Jefferson Farley, Silas M. Spaulding, Ira H. Proctor, Timothy E. Flagg, Joseph Gates and Isaac Vandyke. EDUCATIONAI. HISTORY. ■Vo CHAPTER XXVI. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SCHOOL LAWS AND TAXP:S. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. STATE LITERARY FUND. SCHOOL COMMITTEES. TEACHERS, THEIR qLTALIFICATIONS TO TEACH, AND EXAMINA- TION. THE HIGH SCHOOL. MISS MARY S. FARLEY. HOLLIS LIBRARY. LYCEUMS AND PUBLIC LECTURES. — GRADUATES OF COLLEGES. In a former chapter I have spoken of the school law in force in- New Hampshire prior to, and for some years after the Revokition, and somewhat of the public schools in Hollis under that law. It was shown by that law, that each New Hampshire town having fifty families was required to support a public school for teaching- children in the town to " read and write," and towns having one hundred families or more, to maintain a Grammar school in which the "tongues" or dead languages should be taught. These schools, as has been seen, were sustained by an annual tax, voted at the yearly March meeting, and were wholly under the charge and control of the Selectmen. This school law remained in force without material change till 17S9. The following exhibit presents the yearly amount of the school tax voted at the annual town meetings in Hollis, from 1750 for the following thirty-nine years. From 1 750 to 1 767, this tax was assessed in the "Old Tenor" paper currency ; from 1767 inclusive, to 1776 in " Lawful Money" or silver; during the war, in Continental paper money or New Hampshire bills of credit ; after the war, again in lawful money or silver. SCHOOL TAXES FROM 1 75O TO 17S9. In 1 75 1, £50, O. T. In 1752, 1753 and 1754, no school tax ; 1755, £100, O. T. In 1756, no school tax. In 1757, £200, O. T. : 1758, £300. In 1759, 1760. 1 761, 1762 and 1763, £400, yearly. [j, 274 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 1764 and 1765, £Soo, each year; 1766, £600. In 1767, £35, lawful money or silver. In 176S, 1769 and 1770, £30, lawful money each year. In 1771, 1772 and 1773, £30 lawful money, yearly. In 1774 and 1775, £50 lawful money, each year. In 1776 and P777, £50 ; ^778, £So ; 1779, £300; 1780, £4000, all in •Continental paper money. In 17S1 and 1782, £50 each year,- lawful money, and in 1783, £65; 1784, £50, all in lawful money. In 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 and 1789, £75, lawful money, yearly. THE SCHOOL LAW OF 1 789. An Act of the General Court passed in 1789, for the maintaining and regulating the New^ Hampshire public schools, repealed the school laws till that time in force, and made it the duty of the Se- lectmen, yearly to assess upon the inhabitants of each tovni £45 upon each 20 shillings of the town's proportion of the public taxes, for the teaching the children and youth of the town " reading, writing and arithmetic." It may be seen that by the law of 1789 that " arithmetic " was recjuired to be taught in the public schools, in addition to •' reading and writing." '* Shire towns and half shire towns," by the same law, were required to maintain a Grammar school, for teaching "Latin and Greek." This Act of 17S9 is supposed to have continued in force till 180'^. SCHOOL TAXES ASSESSED UNDER THE SCHOOL LAW OF I/Sg. In 1790, £90. In 1791, £85. In 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, £90 yearly. In 1796, $400. From 1797 to 1S03, inclusive, $450 yearly. In 1804 and 1805, $500 each year. In 1806, 1807 and 1808. $700 yearly. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I find no statute school law, in New Hampshire passed, previous to the year 1805, requiring or seeming in its terms to contemplate the division of towns, for school purposes into school districts. In that year an Act was passed by the General Court, conferring authority upon towns, at a legal meeting called for the purpose, to organize school districts (should the inhabitants so choose), and define their boundaries. This Act, a few years later, was so amended as to make this subdivision of the towns into school dis- tricts i7nperatlve upon the town authorities. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 275 Still, as has been before stated, it appears from the town records that some years before the Revolution Hollis was, in fact, divided into local subdistricts for the support of its public schools. These divisions appear to have been wholly voluntary on the part of such of the inhabitants as were affected by them, and as we have seen were called in the records, school '• classes," school "societies," or "squadrons," but I have not been able to find any record in respect to their location or the manner in which they were organized. How many of these school "classes" or "squadrons" thei^e may have been at the time the law was passed requiring towns to be divided into school districts, with fixed boundaries, cannot now be ascer- tained with certainty, but probably there were not less than eight or ten of them. It is shown by the town records that as early as the year i774 the town voted, " that the Grammar school should be kept the whole year in the four southern squadrons^ the other squadrons to school out their money as usual, except their propor- tion of the Grammar school." As the part of the town north of the meeting-house was quite as large in extent as that south of it, and probably quite as populous, there can be but little doubt that before the Revolution there were as many as eight or nine of these school ' squadrons." After the passage of the law requiring towns to be divided into school districts, with fixed boundaries, we find that as early as the year iSiS there were in Hollis as many as twelve of these districts, and this number, by subdivision, was afterwards increased to fourteen. These districts were designated numerically, from No. i to No. 14, and were also familiarly known and called by the fol- lowing names : No. I, Middle^ or Centre; ^o. 2, Pool; No. 3, Pine mil ; No. 4, Corner; No. 5, White; No. 6, Southivest ; No. 7, Red; No. 8, North; No. 9, Beaver Brook; No. 10, Northwest^ or Bailey; No. 11, Willoughby ;^o. 12, East; No. 13, Brick; No. 14, Hardy. This number of districts continued till 1874, when Nos. i, 5, 9, 13 and 14, known as the "Middle," "White,"" Beaver Brook," "Brick" and "Hardy," were united and consolidated into a single district, since known as the Utiion School District^ thus reducing the whole number of districts in the town to ten. Upon the union of these districts being consummated, the old school buildings in all of those five districts were abandoned for school purposes and sold, and the new Union district at once proceeded to purchase a beautiful and sightly school-house lot on Main street, near the centre of the 276 SCHOOL niSTHlCTS. town, and to erect upon it for the use of its schools, a spacious, commoclious, well-finished and furnished two-story school-house, with convenient and suitable out-buildings and fixtures at the cost of about $10,000, in which its schools have since been kept. In the year 1876, the "■ Pine Hill " and "East" districts were united into one, thus reducing the whole number of school districts in the town to ninc^ the present number. With perhaps the exception of the school in the first or middle district, I am aware of no special facts of general interest, which in any marked degree would distinguish the public schools in Hollis from the like country schools in most other New Hampshire country towns. For the first twenty-five years of the present cen- tury, all these schools, generally, if not uniformly, were kept by male teachers in winter, and by school mistresses in summer, and from well ascertained facts which have come to my knowledge, I am led to the Ijelief that the average attendance of pupils upon them fifty years ago was more than double of what it has been for the last twenty-five years. During the period last named, many and it may be most of these schools have been taught by female teachers both winter and summer. The following somewhat curious and unique facts pertaining to the "middle" school district in Hollis are below presented, substan- tially as published in the Nashua Weekly Telegraph about two years since. I am indebted for them to my brother, John N. Worcester, who has spent his life in 'Hollis, and has kept himself well posted in its local history, and who, w ith myself, in our boyhood, was a member of tlie school in that district. With but slight changes the article, as it appeared in the Telegrapli, was as follows : ••HOLLIS SIXTY YEARS AGO." ••In the year 181 3, there were in the First or Middle school dis- trict in Hollis forty-two dwelling-houses, at that time occupied by forty-eight families, including widowed mothers whose husbands, then deceased, had been residents of the district. Three of these forty-eight families had no children ; the remaining forty-five of them had had, in all, three hundred and eighty-four, averaging eight and eight-fifteenths to each fiimily. Nine of the forty-five families had six children each ; seven of them, seven each ; four of them eight each ; eight of them nine each ; four, ten each ; two, eleven each ; three, twelve each ; two, thirteen each ; one fourteen, one fifteen, and one sixteen. scnooi. TAXES. 277 *' Of these three hundred and eighty-four children, three hundred and twenty-nine lived to adult age ; sixteen of the fathers of them were soldiers in the war of the Revolution ; and twenty-two of the sons born in twelve of these families had the benefit of a collegiate education. " Both the father and mother of one of these f.imilies of twelve children are still living, (March i, 1879), the father in his 93d year, the mother in her SSth, they having been married November 21, 181 1, sixty-seven years ago. The several mothers of the rest of the three hundred and eighty-four children are all deceased. The respective ages of forty-two of these forty-five mothers, at the time of their decease, are known. " The sum of the ages of twelve of the forty-two was six hundred and twenty-three years, making the average age of each of the rwelve, fifty-one and eleven-twelfths years. The aggregate ages of twelve others of the forty-two were nine hundred and twenty-two years, making their average age seventy-six and ten-twelfths years. The sum of the ages of the remaining eighteen of the forty-two was fifteen hundred and ninety years, making the average of the eighteen, eighty-eight and one-third years. The foregoing data have been gathered from sources believed to be correct and reliable, and they may interest others as well as myself who take pleasure in recalling memories of "Olden Times." school taxes from 1808 to 1828. In 1808 the law relating to the amount of taxes to be raised for the public schools was so amended as to require each town to raise for its schools a sum equal to $70 for every one dollar of the town's portion of the public taxes. In 1827 this per centage was increased to $90 for each one dollar of the town's share of other public taxes. The amount of school taxes, annually assessed in Hollis under these laws from 1808 to 1828, was as follows : In 1809, $500. In 1810, 181 1 and 1 81 3, $700 each year. In 1813, $500. From 1814 to 1828 inclusive, $700 each year. THE state's literary SCHOOL FUND. In the year 1828 a law was passed by the General Court in pur- suance of which all the banks in the State were taxed at the rate of one-half of one per cent, on their capital stock for the support of 278 SCHOOL TAXES. the public schools. The tax so raised was known as the State's Lfiterary Fund^ and was required to be divided among the towns in the proportion of each town's share of the public State tax. The share of Ilollis in this fund has greatly varied in the several years from 1828 to 1878, amounting in some years to about $250, and in others to less than $100. Since the year 1828 the law in respect to the amount of taxes to be assessed for the jDublic schools has been several times changed. Previously to 1S42, the percentage to be assessed on the town's pro- portion of the State tax was increased from $90 to $100 upon each dollar of the town's proportion of that tax ; and again in 1852 this percentage was increased to $135. and at last in 1867 to $350 upon each dollar of the town's share of other public taxes. SCHOOL TAXES FROM 1 828 TO 187S. In addition to the Literary Fund, there were assessed for the pub- lic schools in Ilollis in each of the years named below, the following sums annually, viz., 1829 and 1830, $700; 1831, $660; 1832 and 1833, $700; 1834, ''^35 ^'^^^ 1836, $800; 1837, $600; 1S38, 1839, 1840, $700; 1841, '42, '43. '44, '45, '46, '47, '48 and 1849, $Soo ; 1850, $1000; 1851 and 1852, $Soo ; 1853 and 1854, $1000; 1855? '56, '57, 's8, 'S9, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64 and 1861^. "the amount only 'required by law." 1866. $300, in addition to the amount required by law; 1867, 'G$>, '69, '70, '71 and 1872, the amount only required by law; 1873, v$i5oo; 1874, '75 and 1876, the amount required by law ; 1877, $400 in addition ; 1878. $^00 in addition. COMMITTEKS 'lO VLSI'r AND KXAMIXE SCHOOLS. By tlie law in force in New Hampshire for abc^ut twenty years prior to 1827, each town in the State, at its annual meeting, was re- quired to appoint thi^ee or more suitable persons to visit and examine all the public scliools in the town, at such times as might be con- venient. The first appointment of committees for this purpose, to be found in the Ilollis records, was in the year 1806. This first committee consisted of Rev. Eli Smith, Dea. Daniel Emerson, Ensign Samuel Willoughby, Capt. Leonard Whiting and Mr. Amos Eastman. The powers and duties of these committees appear to have been limited to the visiting and examination of the schools without any authority to examine teachers. SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 279 EXAMINATION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS. It was enacted by the school law passed in 1808, that no person should be deemed qualified to teach a public school in this State " unless he or she should produce to the Selectmen or School Com- mittee a certificate from some able and reputable Grammar School Master, Minister of the Gospel, or President, Professor, or Tutor in some college, that he or she is well qualified to teach such school ; and also a certificate of good moral character, from the Selectmen, or Minister of the Parish to which the candidate belonged. Pro- vided, (however) that the qualifications of School Mistresses be re- quired to extend no further than that they should be able to teach the vari07is sozaids and poivcrs of the letters of tJic Ei/gUsJi lan- gtiagc^ Readings 'Wi-iting and English Gravimar.'" It may be observed that this law did not require female teachers to be ex- amined at all in respect to their qualifications to teach Arithmetic. In the year 1827 this school law was so amended as to require female teachers as well as male to be Cjualified to teach the rudiments of Arithmetic and Geography ; and, again, some years afterwards, it was so changed as to require all teachers in the public schools to be qualified to teach the elements of History and such other suitable studies as the School Committee should judge proper for the school. EXAMINING SCHOOL COMMITTEES FROM lSo6 TO 1 827. Rev. Eli Smith, 1806, '08, 'co, '10. '12. and Ambrose Gould, iSi i, '15, and 1820. from 1812 to 1S27. John French, 1S12, '13, '14, and 1815. Dea. Daniel Emerson, iSc6 and iSii. Abijah Gould, 1S15, '17, 'i8, '19 and 1S21. Ensign Samuel Willougbby, iSc6 and 1810. Dr. Noah Hardy, from 1816 to 1827. C apt. Leonard Whiting, i8c6. Nathan Thayer, 1S17, '18, '21, '22, '25 and 1S27. Amos Eastman, 1806 and 1807. Dr. Peter Manning, 1S17. Noah Worcester, 1S07. Capt. Jonathan B. Eastman, 1S17, '18, '19, '2t, William Brown, 1S07, 'oS, '09, '12, '13. and '22, and 1S24. 1S16. Dr. Joseph F. Eastman, 1S23 and 1S24. Dea. Stephen Jewett, 1S08. William Emerson, 1823 and 1S25. Dea. Ephraim Burge, 1S09. Capt. Jonathan T. Wright, 1S25 and 1S27. Benjamin M. Farley, 1809, '12, '13, '14. "15, William Ames, 1S26 and 1827 '16, and from 1819 to 1826. Ralph E. Tenney. 1S27. Jesse Worcester, iSii, '16, '20, and 1S26. SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. In the year 1827, this school law was amended in respect to school committees, making it the duty of towns at their annual meetings to elect or appoint a Superintending School Committee of not less than three in number, whose duty it should be to exam ine all candidates for teaching in the public schools of the town, and .^8o SCHOOL COMMITTEES. also to visit and inspect each of the schools at least twice in each year. Under this law, the vSuperintending Committee in Hollis varied in number in difierent years, from three to seven. Some years afterwards the law w^as so altered as to permit the town to elect by ballot for this committee so many persons only as the voters at the annual meeting might think fit. In pursuance of this law, so amended, the town at several of its annual meetings elected but one person as Superintending Committee, the person so elected being charged with the whole duty of examining candi- dates for teaching, and visiting and inspecting the schools. MEMBERS OF THE SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES FROM 1827 TO 1878. Rev. Eli Smith, iSaS, '29 and 1830. Joseph F. Eastman, Jan., 1841 and 1842. Dr. Noah Hardy, 1828, '39, '31, '32, '37, '.^8, William P. Hale, 1843 and 1844. '39, '40, '43 and 1S49. Rev. James Aiken, 1844. William Ames, 182S, '33, '34, 'i^, '36, '37, and William P. Saunderson, 1845 and 1846. i84o. • Nathan Willoughby, 1847 and 184S. Nathan Thayer, 182S, '29 and 1830. Dr. John L. Colhy, 184S. Joseph Greeley., 1S29. Cyrus Burge, 1S49. Rev. Leonard Jewett, 1829, '45 and 1846. James Blood, iS49and 1850. Benjamin M. Farley, 1830, '31, '32, '33, '35, '37, Rev. Daniel P. Deming, 1850. '38, '39, '41, '42 and 1S43. Dr. Lockhart B. Farrar, 1850. Edward Emerson, 1830, '31, '32, '36, '42, '47, Timothy E. Flagg, 1851 and 1852. and 1854. Andrew Willoby, 1852, '53, and 1854. John N. Worcester, 1S30, '31, '32 and 1847. Nathan M. Ames, 1852 and 1S5S. Rev. David Perry, from 1S31 to 1842, and Dr. Henry Boynton, 1855, '56 and 1857. 1871. Rev. Pliny B. Day, from 1854 to 1866. Dr. Oliver Scripture, 1S33. Dr. Henry W. Willoughby, 1855, '56, 'S7, 'jS, Moses Proctor, 1833 and 1838. 'S9, '62, '67, '68, '69 and 1870. Joseph E. Smith, 1S34, '35, '36, '43, '44, '51, and Dr. George P. Greeley, i860. 1852. Dea. James D. Hills, 1S61. Taylor G. Worcester, 1834, '35, '36, '38, '44, '48, David Worcester, 1867. '60 and 1S71. Rev. James Laird, 1871 and 1872- Rev. Phineas Richardson, from 1S39 to 1S44. Levi Abbot, 1873, '74, '75 and 1S7S. Benjamin F. Farley, 184S and 1846. Rev. Hiram L. Kelsey, 1876 and 1877. STATISTICS OF THE HOLLIS SCHOOLS IN 1 873. According to the report of the State Superintendent of the New Hampshire Public Schools for 1873, the year previous to the for- mation of the Union School District in Hollis, there were then in the town fourteen school districts, two hundred and sixty-two children and youth of school age, with an average attendance of two hundred and four — value of school-houses, $3,000, or about $215 average value — amount of money for the year raised for schools, $2,245.36, being $8.56 per scholar, for those of school age. ii S IlKWI S(W1()()L. KS'lAliLlSHKI) 1(!77 HIGH SCHOOL. 30I THE HOLLIS HIGH SCHOOL. In several different years prior to 1S76, earnest efforts had been made by many of the friends of popular education in Hollis to estab- lish a High School., as authorized by the law of the State, of which the youth in all parts of the town might enjoy the benefit, and a number of town meetings had been held specially to consider the question. But previously to the year above named all such efforts had wholly failed. This worthy and beneficent object has however been at last hap- pily accomplished by means of the generous bequest of Miss Mary S. Farley, the only daughter and heir-at-law of Capt. Christopher P. Farley, a grandson of Lieut. Benjamin Fai'ley, one of the first settlers of the town. Miss Farley deceased July 27, 1875, leaving by her will a legacy to the town of near $10,000, the annual interest of which was to be used for the support of a High School for the benefit of the whole town, on condition that the town would accept it by providing within two years from her decease a suitable site and buildings for such a school near the centre of the town, and also for the future would take proper care of her family burial lot in the south burial ground. If the town should not accept the legacy with the conditions annexed to it, then it was to be paid to the Trustees of the New Hampshire Orphans' Home at Franklin. On the 14th of May, 1S76, a special town meeting was held to consider this bequest, at which the town voted to accept it, and at the same meeting voted to provide a school-house in compliance with the conditions of the will. At a subsequent town meeting, on the second day of September following, it was voted to organize the town into a High School District in accordance with the State law. Afterwards, at a meeting of the Union School District in the November following, that district voted for a nominal consideration, to convey to the High School District one equal undivided half of its school lot, and the whole of the second story of its school build- ing for the use and accommodation of the High School, with all such appertaining rights and privileges as would be proper and needful for its occupation for school purposes. This vote on the 7th of January, 1877, was consummated and made effectual by a deed of the premises made by the Union District to the High School Dis- trict, to the acceptance of the latter. A high school for the benefit of the youth of the whole town has thus been fortunately provided and made permanent, and now for near two years has been in successful operation. 282 SKETCH OF MISS FARLEY. MISS MARY SHERWIN F^ARLEY, (By Gen.^T. S., her cousin.) daughter of Capt. Christopher P. and Mary (Sherwin) Farley, was born in Hollis, Nov. 2, 1813. Her iather was a grandson of Lt. Benjamin Farley, one of the earliest settlers in Hollis, and followed the business of tanning, by which he acquired an ample estate, and was justly esteemed for his uprightness and sound judgment. January 18, 1813, he married Mary Sherwin, daughter of David Sherwin, of New Ipswich, who died about two weeks after the birth of her daughter. Left so soon a widower, the aflcctions and hopes of the father, perhaps, turned the more strongly to his child, whose life in her infancy seemed to hang upon the mo;4t slender thread. In her early years she was most tenderly cared for by a sister of her father. Her health, exceedingly frail and delicate from her birth, was never vigorous. In her girlhood, she could rarely join in the pastimes of those of her own age, nor was she ever able to attend regularly upon the school terms, though for one year, when of the age of lifteen, she was placed in a boarding school. While her father lived, the two were almost constant companions. She accompanied him in his walks and rides, became familiar with his interests and business — in this way gaining practical knowledge and habits of thought, which helped to form her character, and w'ere of great value to her. After the death of her father, July 22, 1848, (a loss to her that few can realize), she continued to live at tlie paternal homestead till her deatli, July 27, 1875. Occupied with the care of her pleasant farm, busying herself in the culture of flowers, making occasional journeys to visit friends, and oftener in the hope of gaining health and strength, she passed a life, though not eventful, yet marked through its whole course by acts of kindness and charity. In matters of business she was me- thodical and exact, manifesting more than usual insight and good judgment in the management of her aflairs. But above all it was her aim to be just to others. She was in the highest degree con- scientious, and would at any time sacrifice her own interest rather than that another should sutler w rong. Her memory of persons and events was uncommonly cjuick and retentive. Matters of history gained from her reading were rarely forgotten. Her recollection of dates and places was somewhat phe- nomenal, and she often surprised her friends by recounting events in their own lives, which had quite escaped the memory of all but herself. ^-^^^^ ^ y^^^-t^-y_ THE HOLLIS I.IBRARY. 283 Firm and sincere in her friendships, she attracted to herself all those of her acquaintance who knew her sufficiently well to appre- ciate the kindliness, generosity and purity of her character. No- where could a more cordial hospitality be found than in her pleas- ant old fashioned homestead, standing amidst fertile, well cultivated acres, and shaded by the huge buttonwood in the door yard. She had a strong affection for children and young people — en- joyed having them about her — entered into their sports and plans — encouraged their eflbrts for improvement and often gave them sub- stantial aid. She was at all times deeply interested in the prosj^er- ity and welfare of her native town, and especially in its public schools, and besides her other benefactions for them, during life, bequeathing by her last will, as we have seen, a fund of near $10,000 for the endowment and permanent support of a High school. In addition to other charitable benefactions bequeathed by her will, was a legacy of $5,000 to the funds of the New Hamp- shire Orphan Asylum at Franklin. THE HOLLIS SOCIAL LIBRARY. The Hollis Social Library, so called, was incorporated by an act of the General Court, June 11, i799i '^"d is believed to be one of the oldest associations of the kind in the State. The corporators named in the charter were Rev. Daniel Emerson, then in his 84th year, Rev. Eli Smith, Noah Worcester and Daniel Emerson, Jun., who, with their associates, w^ere made a body corporate, with per- petual succession, with power to establish and maintain a lil^rary, and to make all needful rules and by-laws in respect to it. The original capital was $1,000 — since increased by an amendment of the charter to $50,000. The two last-named corporators were au- thorized to call the first meeting, and under this chart r a small library of from one hundred to three hundred well chosen books was soon collected, which number has since been increased to between nineteen hundred and two thousand bound volumes, besides pamphlets. The officers of the Association consist of a President, three Direc- tors, Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian, chosen annually. Any inhabitant of the town could become a member of the Association, and entitled to the privileges of the library, upon paying an initia- tion fee of fifty cents, being afterwards chargeable with an annual tax of twentv-five cents, afterwards increased to fiftv cents. The 284 HOLLIS LYCEUM. number of names now on the list of membership is one hundred and sixty-seven. This library for many years after its establishment was kept at the house of the librarian, elected from time to time, but since the year 185 1 it has been kept in a room, provided and fur- nished for it liy its directors, in the Congregational meeting-house. The books furnished to the people of Hollis from this library have been of great use to them, from the time of its foimdation, in the promotion of useful knov^dedge and in cultivating and supplying a taste for reading among the inhabitants generally, the extent of which may in some measure be seen from the fact stated in one of the last annual reports, that in the preceding year there had been given out to be read between twenty-four hundred and twenty-five hundred volumes, the same book, however, in many instances, having been given out more than once. THE HOLLIS LYCEUM AND PUBLIC LECTURES. During most of the winters since 185 1, either lyceums or courses of public lectures have been maintained in Hollis for the intellec- tual entertainment and improvement of its citizens. The constitu- ■ tion of the lyceum has commonly provided for a monthly election of its officers, and also for its exercises, including select readings and recitations, vocal and instrumental music, a discussion of some topic or question of general interest to its members, and a paper, known as the "Lyceum Reporter," edited by some of its lady mem- bers, appointed for that purpose. The exercises of this association have usually been public. Separate committees have ordinarily provided for the selection of the subjects for these exercises, and the assignment and acceptance of their various parts, and when these duties of the committees have been faithfully performed, the public interest in them has been so general as to insure a large attendance at the meetings. The public lectures have commonly been provided for by volun- tary subscriptions of the citizens, and have been free to all who wished to attend them. They have embraced a great variety of subjects of interest, and some of the lecturers engaged have been persons of distinction in this and other States. Also a club for the rehearsal and acting of dramas has occasionally existed, and public entertainments given by it, highly creditable to the performers, and very acceptable to the audiences. This club at present numbers about fifty members. GRADUATES OF COLLEGES. 285 GRADUATES OK COLLEGE FROM HOLUS, WITH THE YEARS OF THEIR GRADUATION. Graduates of Harvard College. Peter Powers, '754 Joseph E. Smith, i8yarnith of his ailections and the strength of his virtues."* KK\'. ItALPH EMERSON, D. 1).. was a son of Dea. Daniel and Ama (Fletcher) Emerson, born in Hollis, August iS, 17S7. Graduated at Vale in 1811. and at the Theological seminary at Andover in 1S14. He was tutor at Yale college from 1S14 to 1816 ; ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Norfolk, Conn., 1S16, where he remained till 1S29. when he was appointed Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology in the Theological seminary at Andover. He continued to discharge the duties of that professorship with eminent abilit\ for twenty-five years, till 1S54. when he resigned. He afterwards resided in Newburyport, JSIass.. for about five years, and then removed to Rockport, 111., where he died Ma\ joth. 1863. a't. 75. Publications: Prof. Emerson was tlic autlior of an interesting and appreciative '■'•Biography" of his brother, Rev. Joseph Emerson, pub- lished in 1834, and also of a translation of Wiggin's ''Angustinism" and ''Pelagianism," witli copious notes, published in 1S40. He \yas also a freciuent and able contributor to the " Bibliotheca Sacra" the '•• Christian Spectator." and to other theological publications.! • RE\'. HEXRV A. WORCESTER. son of Jesse and .Sarali (Parker) \W)rcester. born in llollis. Sep- tember 32, 181 3 ; graduated at ^'ale college in 1828 ; studied for the ministry at the theological seminary at New Haven, and was licensed to preach in 1833. ^^'"- ^^ <^i'eester embraced the doctrines of the New Jerusalem chinxh.as taught in the writings of Emanuel vSwedcnborg, and commenced preaching to the New Jerusalem society at Abington, Mass.. in 1833. After remaining at Abington for some months, he removed to Portland, Me., and was the acting- minister of the New Jerusalem societies in Portland, Bath and Gar- diner, till his decease at Portland. ]Ma\- 24. i84i,a't. 38. A small \()lume containing t\\elve of liis sermons, on xarious doctrinal sub- jects, was published in 1837. and he was also tlie author of a small work on the ■•' Sabbath," which has been reprinted since his death. •■*See also Allibone's Dictionary of Authors, \'o\. 3, pp. 2S3S-39. fSee Allen's American Biographical Dictionary, p. 305. GUADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE. 3OI 111 ;in ()l)ituai"y notice of Mr. Worcester, published soon after !iis lecease, it was said of him "tliat his amiable, frank and social qual- ties gained him many warni friends, and his character and acquire- nents were such as to ensure to him universal esteem." REV. JOSEPH EALERSON, 5on of Rev. Daniel and Esther (Frothingham) Emerson, was born September 4, 1808, graduated at Yale college in 1S30, and at the The- ological seminary at Andover in 1835. Ordained October 13, 1S36. Mr. Emerson was agent of the American Education Society from 1S36 to 1S39, '^"*^' agent of the Western College Society from 1849 to 1853. Settled as pastor of the Congregational church at Rock- ford, 111., from 1S54 to 1S59; District Secretary of the American Foreign Christian Union from 1S59 ^^ 1S71, and District Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M. from 1S71 to - — — . He now resides (1S79) in Andover, Mass.* BENJAMIN' F. FARLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, son of Benjamin M., and Lucretia (Gardner) Farley, born Novem- ber 20, 1S08, graduated at Yale college in 1833, read law in the office of his father in Hollis, and for a time practised his profession with him. Afterwards he engaged in mercantile business, and also in farming; now (1S79) resides in Worcester, Mass. RALPH H. CUTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. son of John H. and Susan (Poole) Cutter, born in Louisville, Ky., November 4, 1S35, came to Hollis with his parents in 1849, gradu- ated at Yale college in 1S5S, reail law in Nashua, N. H., and for some years practised his profession in that place, — afterwards re- moved to the State of Georgia. His father, John H. Cutter, son of Dr. Benoni Cutter, was born in Hollis. August 16, 1S07, was settled for many years in business at Louisville, and afterwards returned with his family and .settled in Hollis. *Andover Triennial Cataloafue. Vtl ' BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. CHAPTER X X \^ I I I . GRADUATES OF DARTMOUTH, MIDDLEBURY, AMHERST AND OTHER COLLEGES. REV. SAMUEL WORCESTER, D. D., son of Noah and Lydia (Taylor) Worcester, was born in Hollis, November i. 1770. He labored on the farm of his father in Hollis. till 1791. and after attaining to his twenty-first Near, prepared for college, partly at the academy at New Ipswich, and in part with Rev. Dr. Wood in Boscawen ; entered Dartmouth college in 1792, and graduated in 1795. He was preceptor of New Ipswich academy in 1796; afterwards studied for the ministry with the Rev. Dr. Austin in Worcester, Mass.. and was ordained as pastor of the Congregational churcli and society at Fitchburg, Mass., vSeptember 27, 1797- He was dismissed at Fitchburg. by mutual council. Septemlier S, 1S02 : afterwards installed as pastor of the Tabernacle church in vSalem Mass.. April 20. 1S03. and chosen Professor of Theology at Dartmouth college June 1S04, which ap- pointment lie declined. •* In iSio, at the first meeting of A. B. C. F. iSI.. he was chosen Corresponding Secretary of the Board, and peformed the duties of that oftice with eminent ability and success, in connection with the pastorate of the Tabernacle church, till July. 1S19. when he was relieved of a part of his duties as pastor by the settlement of a colleague." These relations with the /American Board and the Tabernacle church continued till his decease, at Brainerd, East Tennessee, June 7, 1S21. in his fifty-first year. He was buried at Brainerd and a monument erected there by the Board to his memory, with the following inscription from the pen of Hon. Jeremiah Evarts, his successor, as Corresponding Secretary : •'As a minister of the Gospel, Dr. Worcester labored for more than tvyenty years with zeal, fidelity and success. As a distinguished agent in exciting and directing the missionary enterprise of the American churches, he displayed eminent talents, and was impelled ^ /ITCTV ce^FA^ GRADUATES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. 303 by an ardent desire for the salvation of the heathen. To the promo- tion of this divine work he appHed all his faculties till exhausted by his arduous labors he fell asleep in Jesus while on a visit of kind- ness to the Cherokee people." His remains were afterwards dis- interred and removed to vSalem in 1S44, and deposited in the Har- mony Grove cemetery. He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Princeton college in iSii. Very many of the sermons, public addresses and other writings of Dr. Worcester have been published, and among them the following: ''Orations," at Dartmouth college, July 4, 1795 ; at New Ipswich, July 4, 1796; '• On the Death of Washington," at Fitchburg, iSoo. "Sermons." Six sermons on ''Eternal Judg- ment." iSoo; "Farewell," at Fitchburg, iSo3 ; "Dedication" sermon at Beverly, 1S03 ; " Righteousness as conducive to Happi- ness," 1804 ; " The Messiah of the Scriptures," iSoS ; '' Funeral of Mrs. Eleanor Emerson," 1S09 ; "Ordination of Rev. E. L. Parker,'' iSio; "State Fast." and at the "Ordination" of Rev. Henr}- Griffin. iSii ; " National Fast," 1S12 ; " Before the Foreign Mis- sionarvSocietv of Salem, 1S13 ; "Funeral of Rev. Rufus Anderson," 1S14: "Paul on Mars Hill," 1S15 : " At the First Anniversary of the American Education Society." 1S16 ; '• Before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance," 1817 ; " Posthumous Sermons," one volume duodecimo, pp. 500, 1833 ; " Letters to the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, on Baptism. 1807 ; three letters to Rev. Dr. Channing. on " American Unitarianism." 1815 ; " Christian Psalmody." and " Watt's Entire and Select Hymns," 1818. "His letters to Dr. Channing, in connection with the Unitarian Controversy, have been considered as almost unrivalled specimens of polemic theological discussion, and his published sermons are rich in evangelical thought, logically and luminouslv presented."* REV. ABEL FARLEY. son of Capt. Caleb and Elizabeth Farley, was born in Hollis, July 17, 1773, graduated at Dartmouth college, 1798, and studied for the ministry in Hollis, with Rev. Eli Smith. Ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Manchester, Vermont, February 6, 1805. Resigned at Manchester in 181 2; afteiAvards removed to Goshen, ISIassachusetts, and was the acting pastor of the Congre- gational church at Goshen, till his death at that place, March 23, 1817, s ot him, "■ That he was a man of childlike simplicity and Christian tenderness, but of an iron piu'pose. resolute, fearless and immo\ - able." Died at Waltham, Mass., July 16. 1841. a't. 67. An interesting event in respect to Mr. Jewett was the Innial oi' his remains at Rockport, July 13. 1856, fifteen years after his death ; a sermon being preached on the occasion bN his son. Rev. ^ViIliam R. Jewett, then of Plymouth, N. II.. wlio also made an address at the grave, which was responded to on the part of tlie peo])le b\ Dr. Benjamin Haskell. lAPT. JO.NATILVX I!. KAST.\L\X. son of Jonathan and .Sarah (Fletcher) Eastman, horn in Ilollis. January 8, 17S0, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1803, enlisted in the United States army, and was appointed Ensign the same year. Lieutenant in 1805, and Captain in 1813. .Soon after this last *Sprague's American Pulpit. Vol. 2, pp. 47^, 474, 47:;. and Allen's Amfri(.;in Bir.>g;rapliv PP- 744, 7S.S- (20) 3o6 BIOGRAl'HICAL SKETCHES. appointment, Capt. Eastman left the army and retnrned to Hollis, there passed the rest of his life, and died in Hollis April 26. 1837, set. 47. Capt. Eastman was with the American army in Canada, in 1S12, at the time of its snrrender l*y (ien. Ilnll. and was then United States paymastei". XEHEMIAH HAKD^', jUX.. \l fOltXEV AI" LAW. son of Nehemiah and Abigail IIard\, born in Hollis. April 10, 1781. and ;^radiiated at Dartmonth college in 1803. Read law in Boston, but did not practise his profession. Removed to Wilming- ton, North Carolina, in 1S07. and there engaged in mercantile pin^- suits : and afteiwards, in 1S15. remo\ cd to Tennessee and died at Wesley in that vState. August 26. i ^^f;. a't. ^S. Ki<:v. sFEiMiKx i AI;I,l•:^•. rn., >,on of Stejihen antl Mar\ (Shnttuck) l^ulex . l)orii in Hollis. Octo- ber 24, i779' gi'''('i'»ited at Dartmouth college in 1S04. Ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Claremont, New Hani]:)- shire. December 24. 1S06. Dismissed Ajiril 21. iSic). Afterwards he was for several veais preceptoi- of the Acadcmv at Atkinson, New Hampshire, in the mean time supplving the pidpit of the Congregational society in that town. He was reputed to be an ex- cellent and accomplished scholar, a read\ wi^iter. and was a volum- inous contributor to the periodicals of the dd\ . Died at Amesburv, Mass.. Sept. 20. 1851. let. 71. RE\'. El, I S.Mnil. R'X.. son of Rev. Eli and Catharine (Sheldon) Smith, born in vSundei- land. Mass., July 16, 1787, and came to Hollis with his fither in 1793. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1809. Studied for the ministr\ in Philadelphia, and \\ as first settled as j^astor of a Pres- byterian church in Frankfort, K\ . He was pastor of the chuich at Frankfort for about ten years, and was afterwards, in 1829, installed as pastor of a Presbyterian church in Paris, K\ . It is said of him "'that his rank as a minister was mferior to that of no one of his cotemporaries in Kentuck\.'" Died at b^rankfort. Oct. 23. 1839, ;et. 52. UlEiaAM TEX'XE^-. RX.. AIIOliXEV AI' EAW. son of Capt. William and Phebe ( Jewett) TemKA', born in Hollis, September 12, 1785- Graduated i8g8. reatl law at the law schc>ol of Judges Reeves and Gould in I>itchfiel(l. Ct. \\'as admitted to GRADUATES 0(- DARTMOUTH COI.LEGE. 307 the bar in Hoston in 181 1, and first settled in his profession in vSaleni in 1813 ; removed from Salem to Newmarket, N. H., in 1815, and practised his profession at that place till his decease, Septem- ber 13, 1S3S, lEt. t^^. Mr. Tenney was assistant clerk of the New Ilamjjshirc Senate in 1823. REV. LEONARD JEWETT, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Cummings) Jewett, born in Hollis, Octobers, 1787. Graduated at Dartmouth college, 1810, and at the Theological seminary at Andover in 1813. Was licensed to preach and employed for several years as a home missionarv in the vStates of New York and New Plampshire. He was afterwards ordained as pastor of the Congregational churcii at Temple, N. H., March 6, 1833. Resigned on account of impaired health in 1844, and afterwards resided in Hollis till his decease. February 16, 1862, :et. 74. REV. (JRANT l'OWER.S. 5on of Samson and Elizabeth (Nutting) Powers, and grandson of Capt. Peter Powers, the first settler of Hollis, was born in Hollis, March 31. 1784. and graduated at Dartmouth college in 1810. Studied for the ministry witli Rev. Dr. Burton. Thetford, Vt. Or- dained as pastor of the Congregational church at Haverhill, N. H., lanuary 4, 1815. Dismissed at Haverhill, April 28,1829. Installed as pastor of the Congregational church at Goshen, Ct., August 27. of the same year, and continued pastor of the church at Goshen till his death. April 10. 1841. a't. 57. In a biographical sketcli of Mr. Powers, it is said of him. •• That as a preacher he was able, ingenious, faithful and instructive. That he was endued with much practical wisdom, with imcommon frankness and candor, and great generosity, and that he was highly esteemed for his talents and vir- tues, and his eminent and agreeable social qualities." He was a ready and popular writer, and an earnest and eloquent public speaker, and the productions of his pen display great good taste, versatility, and literary ability. Publications, — among his published writings are the following : Sermon.s — "' At the ordination of Rev. E. J. Boardman," 1822 ; " At the ordination of Rev. J. D. Farns- worth." 1827; "At the funeral of Rev. William Andrews," 1838; "'Centennial Address at Hollis," 1830; "Centennial Address at Goshen. Ct.," 1838 : " An Essay upon the Influence of the Imagina- tion upon the Nervous System." 1828 ; " Historical Sketches of the Coos Country," 1S41.* *Drake's Biog^riipliical Dictionary, p. 735. Allon'.s Bioo^raphical Dictionary, p. 675. 30S HIOGKAPIIK AI. SKKTCIIHS. NOAH HAKin', M. !>., son of Phineas ami Silnl (vShattuck) Hardy, was l)orn in llollis. March 33. i/Sv (graduated at Dartmouth college. 1812: studied niechcinc and settled as a physician in IloUis. almut the year 1S14, and practised Ids profession there till his death at llollis, Dccemher 2=^, iS^^O. ;et. 6v He was nnich respected in his profession, and also for his andable and cxcmplar\ character. lA'KE ICASTMAN. AI'IOKXIA' Ar LAW. son of Lt. .Vnios and Ruth ( Fla Sterling, ^lass. ; thence to Dracut. and subsecjuentlv settled in Lowell, as a teacher of niusic. for which he was distinguished. Died at Lowell. Febi-uary 3. 1847. ;et. ^6. i;k\ . 1) wii) i'A(;k sMirii. son of Rey. Da\ id and Hepzihah (Worcester) Smitli. horn in Hollis. September 20. 1795. (Jraduated at Dartmouth College. 1823 ; Studietl tor the ministry with Rev. Dr. Wood of Boscavvcn. N. H. ; ordained as pastor of the Congregational chuixh at Sand- wich, N. H., ALiy 23. 1S27 : dismissed, June 28, 1832 ; afterwards installed as pastor of the Congregational church at Parsonslield, and Newfiehb iSLiine, Jidy 11. [S32 ; dismissed in J839. and sul)se- cpiently. AIa> 8, 184^, was settled in the ministr\ at (JreenHeld. X. IL Died at (ireentield. October 11. 18^0. a't. 55. KK\'. \\[1, 1,1AM 1'. liASl'MAN. son of Alpheus and Elizabeth (Ames) Eastman, born in Hollis .Sep- tember 20, 1813. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1842. and at the Theological seminar\' at Andoyer. in 184^ Ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Ne\y Comerstown. Ohio, in 1846. Dismissed at New Comerstown, and after\vards installed as a pas- tor of the Presliyterian church in Lnion. Ohio, and still (1879) resides in that State. I;K\'. ClIAKLKS C'UMMlXfJS. son of Thomas and Mary (Woolson) Cummings, born June 7- 1817. Graduated at Dartmouth college, 1842, and at the Theolog- ical seminary at Ando\er in 184^ Licensed to preach by the OKADUATES ()!■ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. 3O9 AiuloNcf Association in 1846. and after preaching for a short time, _!4a\ e u]) his profession, on account of impaired health. For the hist t\vent\- years or more he has heen principal ot" the Higli school in Medford. Mass.. where he still resides (1879)- ciiAiMJis H. .\r()()Ait. .\rrc)n\i;\ Ar law. son of (iardner and ^Slary (Jrlard\ ) Mooar. horn in llolhs. June l^. 1823. (irachiated at Dartmouth college, 1848. Read iawinCox- ington, Ky. , admitted to the har in 1850, and settled in his profes- sion at Covington. lie was judge of the Count\' Court of Kenton count\ . Kv.. from 18^8 to 1862. Still resides at Co\ington. EDWARD E. JOHNSON. .XITORNKV AT LA^V, son of Noah and Letitia (Claggett) Johnson, horn in Hollis, Octo- ber 21. 1842. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1864. Read law in Nashua, N. PL. settled in and now practises liis profession in Marll)orough. Mass.. having also an office in Boston. JOSEPH 15. PARKER, .ArrORXJiV AT LAW. son of )o.seph D. and Lucretia (Smith) Parker, born in Mollis, Sep- tember I, 1840. Graduated at Dartmouth college, 1869. For some years after leaving college he was a l)ookseller and stationer at Han over, afterwards read law in Nashua. N. II., and settled in his pro- fession at Nashua, where he now resides (1879)- Klt.WKLlN WORCESTER. ATTORXEV AT LAW. son of John N. and Sarah (llolden) Worcester, born in Hollis, (October 27, 1845. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1S70. Read hiw at the law school in Cambridge, practised his profession for a short time at Cambridge, and afterwards engaged in mercantile and manufacturing business with his brothers at Cambridge, and at Hollis, N. H. He was Representative from Hollis to the New Hampshire General Court in 1S77 and 1878. JOIl.N Jl. HARDY, ATTORNEY AV LAW. son of John and Hannah (Farley) Hardy, born in Hollis. P'ebruary 2, 1847. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1870. Read law in Boston and settled in the practice of his profession in that city. CH.\RI,ES L. DAY, son of Rev. Pliny B. and Mary (Chapin) Day, born in Hollis, April 28, 1854, Graduated at Dartmouth college, 1S77. Now (1879) I'cading law in Iowa. 3IO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. CEOKGE W. SAUNDERSON, son of William P. and Hannah (Marshall) Saunderson. born in Hollis, April 22, 1854. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1877. Now (1S79) reading law in Nashua. GRADUATES OF MIDDLEBURY COLI.EGE. }{EV. FIFIELI^ IlOI/r, son of FiHeld and Anna (Lakin) Holt, l)orn 1784; gratluated al Middlcbury college, 1810, and at the Theological seminary at Andover, in 1813. 'He was ordained as pastor of the Congrega- tional church and society at Bloomfield, Me., June 14 181^. where he remained till his decease, at Bloomfield. November i :;. 1830. :et. 45. RF;V. SOLOMON I1AK1)\ , son of .Solomon and Mary (Bailey) Hard\ , born in Hollis, Septem- ber 37, 1796; graduated at Middlebury college, 1824, and at the Theological seminary at Andover, in 1827. Mr. Hardy was ordained as a home missionary, at Andover, November 10, 1..S27. He afterwards preached, as '• stated supply " or acting pastor, for a number of years for several chinches and societies in Illinois and Massachusetts, and died while so engaged at Eastham. Mass.. Sep- tember 18, i842,;et. 4S. (iRADUATES OF BROWX UX I \' KRSII ^•. REV. DANIEL KENDRICK, son of Capt. Daniel and Mary (Pool) Kendrick, born in Hollis. March 30, 178s i graduated at Brown Universit\' in iSio: stuilied for the ministry with Rev. Caleb J. Tenney. D. D.. at Newport. R. I. Ordained pastor of the Congregational churcli and society at Pittston. Me., November 28. 181 2. Died at Wilton. Me.. May. 1868, let. 83. rf:v. LUTHER sMrrn, son of Rev. Eli and ^\ma (Emerson) Smith, boni in Hollis. An- gust II, iSoo; graduated at Brown University. 1824: read law with Hon. B. M. Farley, in Hollis : afterwards studied for the min- istry with his brother. Rev. Eli Smith. Jniu. at Frankfort. Ky. : subsequently established, and tor manv years conducted an acad- emy in Bourbon county, Ky. : June 8, 1874. he was settled in tlic ministry as pastor of the Presbyterian chvn-ch and society, at Zanes- field, Ohio, where he still resides. (jRADlTATES OF AMIIEKST COLLEGK. 3II THOMAS ABBOT FARLEY, son of Dea. Thomas and Susannali (Burge) Farley, born in IloUis. July 8. 1S13; graduated at Amherst college in 1838, and at An- dover Theological seminary in 1841. Died in Hollis. August 26, 1841. a short time after graduating at Andover. mt. 28. REV. AMOS K. SHATTUCK, son of Amos and Margaret (Ball) Shattuck, born in llollis,Juiv 9, 1832. Graduated at Amherst college, 1S59, and at the Union Theological seminary in New York in 1862, Preached for several years in Surry and Charlestown. N. H., and ordained as pastor ot a Congreg itional church at Durham. Me.. June 3, 1868. Dismissed at Durham, and afterwards preached in Worcester, Vt.. and Hatch- ville, Mass., till April, 1872. when he ceased to preach on account of ill health. Now resides in Hollis. GRADUATES OF MAKY\TELE COLLEGE. JEXX. RE\'. I'HILLIPS WOOD. son of Dea. Phillips and Dorothy (Davis) Wood, born in Hollis. July 12. 1801. Graduated at Maryville college in 1831. .Studied for the ministry at the Theological seminary at Alaryville. and was afterwards ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Blounts- ville, Tenn. Subsequentlv removed to Piqua, Ohio, where he died June 11. 18^6. xt. 54. LEONARD WOOD, NL D.. son of Dea. Phillips and Dorothy (Da\is) Woocb l)(>rn in Hollis. October 22. 1805. Graduated at Maryville cc^Uege in 1832. Studied medicine, and settled in his profession at Mary\ iUe. where he died. August, 1S54, a't. 48. i?i':.\jAM!\ y. i;Mi:K>o\. son oi" Re\'. Daniel and b^sther ( Frotliinghani ) ICnicrson. horn in Hollis. Juh' 3. 1806. .(Jraduated at Union coUge. N. ^'.. 1830. Read law in Hollis, and .settled in his profession, first in Townsend. Mass.. and afterwards removed to Nashua. N. II.. wlicre he still resides in tlie practice of liis piofession. RE\'. ELI \-. SAWTELL. D. D.. son of John and Martha (W'allingford) Sawtell, was horn in Mil- ford, N. H., September 8, l799. and came to Hollis to reside when of the age of ten years, his father being a fannei". in \ erN moderate ^12 r.i()(;i;AiMiic Ai. sKiricniis. circumstaiRC'N. In his carh boylioovl. youiiii,- Eli woi'kcd upon tiic fariii witli his lather in Ilollis. hut l)cin<4- then of feeble constitution, farm work was Ibum! to be too hard for him, and when about the age of sixteen, lie was ajiprenticed to a shoemaker to learn his trade. In the fall of 1817. Rev. E\\ Smith. Jun.. then of Frank- fort. K\. . made a \isit to Ilollis. one purpose of which was. to en^M^e a small companx' of xoung- men. inclined to study for the ministr\. to -o to Tennessee to be educatetl. with that \iew. L'pon hearing- the public address of Mr. Smith u])on the subject, young Sawtell. then of the age of eighteen, anti t\v<.( other Ilollis young- men, of about the same age. made up their minds to go to Ten- nessee the spiing following. Ihit when spring came, the courage of the other two failed. Ihider the agreement, made with his mastei". one \ear's serxice was still due on the contract ot appi'en- ticeship. IIa\ing made up his mind to go to Tennessee, he bought of his master this last gear's time, by giving him his note for $90, to be paid when he should return as a minister from Tennessee, wdiich debt was promptly p;ud eight years after on his first return to New lilngland. On the hrst of Ma\. 1818. Dr. Sawtell. then in his nineteenth \ear. started for Tennessee, a distance of eleven hundred miles (a large part of the way through the wilderness), on foot and alone, with his w hole w ardrobe. and library, consisting of a Bible, hymn- book and primer, tied up in a cotton handkerchief. In this plight, and with $14 foi' his expenses, he made his way to Maryville, Tenn., prepared for college at the school in that place, graduated at the college in Greenville. Teim.. in 1823. and at the theological seminarv at JNIaryville in 1825, and was licensed to preach the same year. After being employed for about a year in collecting funds for Maryville college, in the year 1826. he came on to New Eng- land and spent two years or more, in various States, as an evan. gelist. He afterwards returned to the west, and in 1829 was settled as pastor of a Presbyterian church in Louisville, Ky.. where he con- tinued till 1S36. In the year last named, he was appointed agent of the American Seamen's Friend Society, and went to Havre in France, where, through his efforts, a seamen's chapel was built and a church established, of which he became pastor till 1843, when he was appointed agent of the Foreign Evangelical Society, in the service of which he was employed for several years. This agency led to his travelling and preaching very extensively, in both CiltADLATK ()l {jKEEWIIAA-: LOlA.KGli ;i3 Europe and the Liiitcd .Slates, in the diseliarj^e of hi*^ duties, he havinS54. '^^'i^'" he accepted a second appointment to take charge of the seamen's chapel at Havre, ^vhere he continued for the next nine \ears. In 1863 he again returned to the United States, and for a vear or more ser\ed in the union army in the care of our sick and wounded soldiers. In March, iS6v he \vas again settled in the ministr\ , in charge of the Congregational chinch and society in Saratoga. N. Y., where he continued for about lour years, when, by reason of impaired sight and health, he resigned and remo\ed to lirooklyn, N. \'., and after some \'ears to Newmarket. N. J., where he still resides. Wliile in Europe Di-. .Sawtell received the honorary degree of D. D., from the college at Marv\ ille. Tenn. 3M BIOGRAPHICAL SKKTCliES. C H A P T E R X X I X MlNISTKns. IMI^•S1(.■IANS AND LAW'i KRS X(J T GllADrA IKS Or COI.l.KCE I!KV. NOAH WORCKS TKi:. !). n.. SOU of Noah and Lvdia (Tavlor) Worcester, ^vas lioni No\eml)er 28, j75'^- Thi; opportunities of Di-. W'orccstei^ for attending" school were limited to the short pu])lic schools in Ilollis. which, such as they \\ere. ended with the winter of 17^4-;;. In the spring- of 1775' ''t the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the arrn\ . and was in the Ilollis compan\ at the hattle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 he \\ent to Plymouth, X. II.. where he taught his tirst school. ha\ing (as he says in a short autobiograph\ ) •• never studied (jeograplnor (gram- mar, or e\'en had the benefit of a dictionar\ ."" While at Plymouth, he says: ■• After I became an inslructoi". 1 lelt the importance of learning, and exeited m\self to obtain it b\ such means as were in my powei'. 1 fouml m\self deficient in the art of writing, and being at PKmouth w hei"e. in the time of the \\ ar. it was difficult to procure paper. 1 wrote o\ei' a quautit\ nn(l at PKmouth." Again in 1777 'i*-' ''^''"^ '■'' '-'"'*-' ;ii'm\ . and was in the Mollis coni- ])anv at the battle of Pennington. ^\ heie. in his eighteenth \ear. lie was fife majcv. In .September. 1778. ha\ ing l)ought of his fathei' the remaining fourteen months ot his miiioritx. he went again to PKmouth with the expectation of spending his lite as a farmer. except as he might occasionalK" teach sciioi)]. The fall attei' he was married, on his twentv-first birthdax . In lySz he remoxed with his famiK to Tliornton. \. II.. \\ hei"e he had a small larm. anL^ f-f^C^ /j. MINIS'IKUS N'OT ORADIIATES. ' 315 keeping pen and Ink l)y his side to note d(n\ n an) important thoughts as they occurred. In this way he accustomed himself to a rigorous mental discipline, especially In the writing of dissertations on various theological subjects. In 1785 he addressed a letter, (which was afterwards published,) to Rev. John Murray, the noted Universalist preacher of that day, ••On the Origin of Evil." This was Dr. Worcester's first publica- tion, and soon brought him Into public notice, and prepared the way tor his introduction into the ministry. Upon the recommendation of the neighboring ministers he was licensed to preach in 1786, and on the iSth of Octol>er of that year was ordained as pastor of the Congregational church and society In Thornton. He liad lived in 'I'hornton for five years before his ordination, and in the meantime had been schoolmaster, selectman, town clerk, justice of the peace, and representative to the general court. I'rom 1S02 to 1S04 he was the first missionary (;f the New Hampshire Missionary So- ciety. In 1810 he remo\eti to .Salisbury. N. H., and for' three years was the assistant of Ids brother. I'liomas Worcester, as min- ister of that place. While at Salisbury he publisheil his well- known work entitled •' Bible News." which afterwards passed through many editions. In 1813. the monthly periodical called the ••Christian Disciple"' was established by a number of the prominent clergymen of Boston, and Dr. Worcester was invited to become its editor. On the acceptance of this in\itation he remo\ ed to Brighton, Mass., and continued to be the editor of thai periodical till 1818. While so engaged his mind became \erv deepl)' interested In the cause ot universal peace, and In 1814 he publlslied bis celebrated pamphlet entitled •• A .Solemn Re\Iew of tlie Custom of War." an essay that was many times republished in this coimtry and England, and was translated Into several foreign languages. The ]:)ublication of this pamphlet, not very long after, led to the formation of the Mas- sachusetts Peace vSocietv, of which Dr. Worcester was elected Sec- retary. In 1819 a quarterly periodical was established by this society, entitled the '• Friend of Peace," of wlilch I)r. Worcester was the editor and principal contrlbulor till the vear 1S28. Avlien he resigned on reaching his 70th year. His mind was afterwartls directed, with much earnestness, to the examination of fhe ([uestion of the connection of •• the Suflerings of Christ with the sahation of men.'" and In 1829 he published a 3l6 KIOGRAPIIICAI. SKK'l'C-HKS. small volume entitletl the •• Atoning Sacrifice — a Display ot Lonc. not of Wrath." In 1S31 he also published a small work entitled •• Causes and Evils of Contention among Christians," and in 1S33. his last work \vith the title ^" Last Thoughts on Important Subjects." Beside the above works he also published the follo\ving : Sermon, at the •• Ordination of Re\ . Thomas Worcester." and "Friendly Letter to Rev. Thomas Baldwin." 1791. "Candid Discussion of Close Communion." 1794; •• Ne\v IIam]:)shire Election Sermon," 1800; "Reasons for declining to adopt the Baptist Theory and Practice." 1809; " Appeal to the Candid or Trinitarian Review:" 1814: "Thoughts on the Personality of the ^V<)rd of God :" anil *" Review of Atheism," 1816. Receivetl the honorary degree of A. M.. from Dartmouth college, in 1791. and that of D. D. from Harvard in 1818. Died at Brighton, October 31, 1837. ^'* ^^'^ 79*^'^ vcar. Ilis monument at Alt. Auburn Ijears the follow ing inscription ; " To XOAH WOKCESTER, I). I'.. Erected by his Friend.s In conimemoriition of his Zeal and LalH>is In the cause of Universal Peace, And the consistency of his cliaracter As a Christian Phihmtliropist and Divine." UEX'. LEONARD WORCESTER. son of Noah and Lydia (Taylor) Worcester, born January i, 1767. Mr. AVorcester went to Worcester, Mass.. in his youth, and served an apprenticeship to the printers' trade in the office of Isaiah Thomas, Esq.. a distinguished printer and publisher of that time. After reaching the age of majorit\ , he was, for several years, edi- tor, printer, and publisher of the newspaper called the " Massachu- setts Spv." In 1795, at the age of twenty-eight, he was chosen deacon of the first church in Worcester, of which Rev. Dr. Austin was pastor, and without any regular or systematic course of theo- logical studies he was licensed to preach by the Mendon Associa- tion. March 12. 1799, and was ordained as pastor of the Congrega- tional church and society in Peacham, Vt., October 30. 1799. He discharged the duties of his pastorate with much acceptance for thirty-eight years, till 1S37, when he left Peacham on account of impaired health. He afterwards resided in Littleton, N. H.. and St. johnsbiiry. Vt., until his decease at the place last named, May 28, 1846, iet. 79. Publications of Mr. Worcester. " Letters to Rev. Dr. Bancroft, on the doctrine of Election," 1794; Oration on the "Death of MINISTERS NOT GRADUATES. 317 Washington,'' iSoo; "Fast Day Sermon," 1S02 ; also Sermons on the following subjects — •' The Highway and Way"; -'On the Atonement;" "On Prayer;" ''On the Determination of God:" ••On the Trinity;" "Men their worst Enemies ;" '• The Chris- tian desirous to be with Christ ;" " A Defence of the Confession of Faith of the church at Peacham ;" at the " Ordination " of Rev. Elnathan Gridley and Rev. Samuel A. Worcester as Missionaries, 1835 ; •• On the Alton Outrage," 1837 ; ••At the close of his Min- istry," 1S39. Besides the a1)ove publications, Mr. Worcester was a frequent contributor to several of the religious periodicals of the time. He received the honorary degi'ee of A. M., from Middlc- liurv college in 1804, and from Dartmouth college in 1827.* REV. THOMAS WORCESTER, son of Noah and Lydia (Taylor) Worcester, born November 22. 176S. Mr. Worcester studied for the ministry with Rev. Daniel Emerson at Holl'.s and was ordained as pastor of the Congrega- tional church and society in Salisbury, N. H., November 9, 1791. Objections were made at the time, (by some of the ordaining coun- cil) to the ordination of the candidate, mainly, for the reason that he had not had the advantage of a •• college education." After considerable delay in consequence of this opposition. Judge Eben- ezer Webster, the ftither of Hon. Daniel Webster, and a member of the society, rose and addressed the council in an earnest and eloquent speech in which he said, " Mr. Moderator., zve have chosen this yoiiug vian for our ?ninister.. and zvc are satisjied zvith him: we have invited this council to ordain him. Sir, but if yoji do not sec ft to do it, (he added with determined emphasis) zve shall call another council that xvill .'' After this address the candidate was ordained without the call of a second council. In the year 1807, Hon. Daniel Webster, tlien a parishioner of Mr. Worcester, united with his church. At the time of so doing, Mr. Webster wrote out his own creed, or confession of faith, which he left with his pastor. The original document in the hand writ- ing of its author, after the decease of Mr. Worcester, was found among his papers, by his executor, Judge George W. Nesmith, and by him deposited in the library of the New Hampshire Historical Society at Concord, where it is still supposed to be. *Sprague's American Pulpit, Vol. 2, pp. 455, 4^. 318 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCMIKS. Sonic years after his settlement Mr. Worcester embraced the theological doctrines of his brother, Dr. Noah Worcester, as pre- sented in his work, called "• Bible News." On this account and also by reason of his failing health, he was dismissed by a mutual council, April 24, 1823. lie afterwards remained in vSalisbur> without charge till his death, December 24. 1831. ;et. 63. Me received the honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth college in 1S06. In Dr. .Sprague's biographical sketch it is said of Mr. Worcester that he was highly gifted " with the powc-rs of natural eloquence." Publications: •• Oration," July 4, i 79S, and ••Thanksgiving .Ser- mon" same year, afterwards Sermons as follows, at the "•ordina- tion" of Rev. Moses .Sawyer, 1S02 ; '•'• Little Children in Hea^•en.'■ 1803 ; '• On the Education of Children," 1804; '^ C)n the Glorv of Christ;" -'On the Testimony by which the Son of (Jod honored the Father," and '^ on the Sonship of Christ," 1810; "Concise view of the Glory of Christ," 181 i ; at the •• Funeral" of Joseph Wardwell, 1814 : "Letter" to Rev. Dr. Spring, 181 1 : "Eccle- siastical Usurpation Exposed," 1815 ; ■• Candid Letters to a Trini- tarian." 1817: •• I'^'iendly Letter to a Trinitarian IJrother." 1819.* kh;\-. oavu) hkowx, son of David and Rebecca Brown, born April 4, 1773. Studied for the ministrN in Ilollis, and was self-taught. Preached for a time in Ilollis antl vicinity as an li^vangelist. and was afterwards settled as a Raptist minister in western New ^'ork. Ki;\'. SAML'KI. AMI?i:()SK. The name of Mr. Ambrose is not found in the Ilollis records of births. He was a meml)er of the Ilollis ^'oung Men's Religious Association before the Revolution, and of the Ilollis militia com- pany in January, I'/'J^. and alsf) a soldier from Ilollis in the army at Cambridge in the fall of tliat year. Married Mary Goodhue, daughter of Dea. Samuel Gootlhue, of Ilollis, February 20, 1776. Removed to Plymouth, N. 11. , studied for the ministry, and was settled as pastor of the Baptist church in .Sutton, N. IL, April, 1782, and dismissed at .Sutton in March, 179S' was afterwards employed as a missionary, and in preaching to vacant churches. Died at .Sutton, May 30.1830. ;et. 77. *Spr;i join's American I'nlpit. Viil. S, ]>]>. 1Q3, io<). MINISTERS NOT CiRADllATKS. 319 RK V. JOSEPH WHEAT, son of Thomas and Mary (Bull) Wheat, born July i8, 1759. He was a soldier from Ilollis in the Continental army, and a brother of Thomas Wheat, Jun., wlio was killed at Bunker Hill. After the war he studied for the ministry, and was settled hs pastor of the Baptist church in Grafton. N. H., in August. 1801. Dismissed in '815. Died at Canaan. N. II.. October 28. 1837. xt. jS. REV. DANIl) SMiril. ^on of Emei'son and Mary (Page) vSmitii, born September 38. ij(^(~)- Mr. Smith learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and for sev- eral vears carried on that business in Hollis, and aided in building the third Hollis meeting-liouse in 1804. He afterwards studied for the ministry with Rev. Eli vSmith in Ilollis, and was first ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Temple, Maine, Februarv 21. 1810. Dismissed Januarv 27. i8iy. Afterwards installed as pastor of the Congregational church at Meredith, N. II.. March 23, 1819. Died at Meredith. August 18. 1824. mt. 54. RE\'. JACOK II \KI)^■. son of I^aac and Mehitable (Bovnton) Hardy, born November 14, 179V studied for the ministry at the Theological seminarv at Bangor, Me., and graduated at I>ang()r in 1824. Ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Strong, Me.. Julv 12, 1826. Died at Strong. March i. 1833. a-t. 37. HKX. IIKNKN' II. SAl'NDERSON. son of Jonathan and Lucy (Pool) vSaunderson, born .September I, 1810. Entered Ydlc college in 1828, and left in 1831, without grackiating. Studied for the ministrv at the Theological seminary at Andover. and graduated at Andover in 1842. Supplied the Con- gregational church at Ypsilanti. Mich., from October, 1845. to October. 1846. Ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Ludlow. Vt., April 20, 1848. Dismissed April, 18=53. Was pas- tor of the Congregational church at Wallingford, Vt., from May i. 1853. to May I. 1862: at Ludlow. Vt., from 1862 to 1864: at Charlestown, N. IL. from 1864 to 1S73. Now resides in Swanzey, N. II. Publications of Mr. vSaunderson, "Centennial address," at W^allingford. Vt.. 1873 : "• History of Wallingford," also an excel- lent •• IIistor\ of Charlestown.*" N. H.. 1S77. 320 lilOGRAlMIK AI. SK F.TClITiS. 1?E\'. EDWAIJI) JOIIXSOX. JL'X., son ot' Edward and .'~^arah (l^nicc) Johnson, born Octol)er 13. 1813. Received an academical education at ^Vndover. Mass. In 1S36 he ^vent as a missionaiA' school teacher to the .Sandwich Ishuuls. in the employ ot" the A. B. C. F. M. While engaoed as a teacher there he studied tor the ministry, and was ordained as pastor of a native church at VVaoli. in the island of Kauai, of which he was for man\' \cars the minister. Died in iS6raham and Mar\ (Hartshorn) Boynton. boin March 26, 1 7S9, studied .nedicine in llollis. and after\yards removed to antl settled ni the State of New York. I.L'KE LAWREXC'E. son of Daniel and Folly (Johnson) Eawrence, born April 14. 1803. Settled in his profession in Lunenburg. Mass. Died in ITollis, January 19. 1832. a't. 28. PlIVSICIANS NOT GRADUATES. 32 I CALVIN WHEELER, son ot" Zebulon and Mary (Kendiick) Wheeler, born Jinic 7. iSo^. Settled in his profession in Bristol, 111. JOHN R. SMITH, son of Rev. Eli and Ania (Emerson) Smith, born Febrnary 12, 1S07, stndied medicine in Paris, Ky., settled first in his profession at Paris, and afterwards in Lexington, Ky. He now (1S79) re- sides in the town of Vermont, Missonri. HENRY \V. WILLOUGHBY, son of Washington and Lucy (Saunderson) Willoughby, born De- cember 21, 1S16. Dr. Willoughby entered Amherst college in 1837. and left college in his junior year, without graduating. He after- wards studied medicine at the medical college in Philadelphia, and settled in his profession in Hollis, in 1855, where he still resides, in the practice of it (1879). JOHN G. WOOD. son of Moses and Submit (Plardy) Wood, born December 27. 1830. studied his profession in Philadelphia, and settled as a physician in Salem, Mass.. where he died. JACOB MOOAR. son of John and Rebecca (Abbot) Mooar, l)()rn March 7. 1831, studied his profession at Hanover and Manchester. N. IL, and settled as a physician in Manchester. JOSIAII M. BLOOD. son ot Ebenezcr and Elizabeth (Abbot) Blood, born fuly 3, 1832, studied his profession in Hollis, and also at the University in New York, settled as a physician in Temple, N. H.. and afterwards in Ashby, Mass. SAMUEL W. FLETCHER, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Corey) Fletcher, born September 18, 1831, studied his profession in Cambridge, Mass., New York city, and also in Paris, France. Settled in his profession in Pcpperell. Mass., where he now resides. (21) 322 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. WILLIAM H. CUTTER, son of John II. and Susan (Pool) Cutter, born July 17, 1S47, studied his profession at the medical school in Hanover, N. H., and settled as a physician in Hollis. LAWVERS BORN IN HOLLIS NOT GRADUATES OF COLLEGE. ABEL CONANT, son of Dea. Abel and Margaret ^Jewett) Conant, born June i, 1784. Read law with Col. W. Hastings, in Townsend, Mass. Admitted • to the bar at Concord, Mass., in 1813. He practised his profession in Townsend and New Ipswich, N. H., and in 1S34 I'emoved to Lowell, Mass., and his health having partially failed he relinquished his profession, and afterwards turned his attention to the study of Chemistry and Mechanics, and became a useful and successful inventor. At an early day he is said to have invented the seraphine or parlor organ, and not long after the hollow auger, so much used by wheelwrights. While he lived at Lowell, he invented and patented the mortise door lock, now in common use, and the man- ufacture of which gives employment to so many persons. lie after- wards discovered and patented the process of raising bread with cream of tartar or other acids, also now in common use, but the dif- ficulty of preventing infringements upon patent rights deprived Mr. Conant. to a great extent, of personal advantage from liis inven- tions. He is said to have made many other improvements of the like character, and, to the day of his death, was engaged in per- fecting several new inventions whicli he cx2:)ccte(l [soon to make public. His habits were simple, retiring and exemplary, and his mind and memory remarkably clear till his last hours. Died at Lowell, April 12. 1875. vet. 90. DANIEL MOOAH, ■son of Jacob and Dorcas (Hood) Mooar, born May 11, 1S15. He received an academical education at Milford, N. H., and Chester, Vt. Afterwards he went to Covington, Ky.. and read law at that place and at the law school in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1S43. "He settled and practised his profession in Covington for twenty-five years, and established a reputation as a profound lawyer, a safe counsellor — for business integrity, — and a high sense of honor, and several times filled the office of District LAWYER NOT GRADUATE. 323 Judge." His health having become partially impaired by too close application to business, and, having acquired an ample fortune, he afterwards removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where he still resides, and is there engaged in extensive business. In a biographical sketch of Juclge Mooar, published in the His- torical Atlas of Lee county, Iowa, in December, 1S73, i* is said of him " that he is now among the substantial and solid men of Keokuk, and a man of decided ability and varied information. * * Such men are real ornaments to any community and Keokuk has been fortunate in adding such an one to her citizens." 324 BIOGRAPHICAT, SKETCHES. C M AFTER X X X . PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE PRACTISED THEIR PROFESSION IN HOLMS, AND MISCEM-ANEOUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKICTCHES. DR. JOHN HALE. (See p. 311, ante.) DR. JONATHAN FO.\ was from Dracut, Mass. Married Zerviah Jones. Settled in Mollis as a physician in 1778, at the age of 24, and was regarded as a young man of much promise, and soon gained the esteem and con- fidence of the people. In the years 1779 and 17S0, he was several times appointed a memher of the Hollis committee for raising men for the army, in which service he was very efficient and successful. He died in ITollis, nuich lamented, October 26, 1782, at the early age of 28, his death \)eing regarded ;is a public loss. His only daugliter Zerviah, born February 16, 1779, became the wife of Rev. Samuel Worcester, D. D. His youngest son, Ebenezer. a man of great industry and business ability, after iKnng for many years set- tled in his business in vSalem, iVlass., afterwards removed to Hollis, and became the owner of the farm now known as the '' Fox place." where he died December 6, 1857, a-t. 74. DR. JO \ A THAN POOL. (See p. 214, a//f(\ ) DR. WILLI AAf HALE. (See p. 211, ante.) DR. BENONI CUTTER was a son of John and Susannah (Ha.stings) Cutter, born in New Ipswich, N. II., in 1771. He settled as a physician in Hollis in 1799, and married Phebe Tenney, oldest daughter of Capt. William [lOLLlS PHYSICIANS. 335 Tenney of Hollis, May 30, iSoo. He was greatly respected, both as a citizen and as a physician, and in the year 1814 was appointed to the office of deacon of the Hollis church. Died in Hollis, January 17, 1816, a^t. 44. DR. I'ETER MANNING was born in Townsend, Mass. He settled in Hollis as a physician in 18 14 or 1 81 5, and in 181 7 he was a member of the School Com- mittee. He removed from Hollis to Merrimack in 1S18, and con- tinued in the practice of his profession in Merrimack till 1S38, and afterwards removed to Lunenburg, Mass., where he died. DR. OLIVER SCRIPTURE, son of Oliver and Jane Scripture, born in Mason, N. H., June 16, 1783. Married Eliza, the youngest daughter of Hon. Timothy Farrar of New Ipswich. Dr. .Scripture settled in his profession in Hollis in the year 1S18, as successor to Dr. Manning, and continued his practice as a physician in Hollis till his death, November 7, i860, xt. 77. The inscription upon his tombstone, in the Hollis central burial ground, '^ The beloved Physician," is expressive of the affectionate esteem in which he was held by the people of the town. His father-in-law, Judge Farrar, passed the last years of his life in the family of Dr. Scripture, and died in Hollis, February 3i, 1849, *^- ^^^ years, 7 months, i3 days. DR. ORVaLEE M. COOPER was a native of Croydon, N. H., and graduated at the medical school at Hanover, in 1845. Dr. Cooper settled in his profession in Hollis, in 1S46, and died in Hollis, February, 1847. DR. JOIIX I,. COEBY, settled in Hollis as a physician in 1847, soon after the decease of Dr. Cooper, and in 1848 he was a member of the School Com- mittee in Hollis. In 1850 he removed from Hollis to Manchester, Mass., and about two years afterwards to Harlem, N. Y., where he is still supposed to reside. DR. LOCKIIART B. FARRAR was born in Walpole, N. H., and was a graduate of the medical school in Castleton, Vt. Settled in his profession in Hollis, in 1850, upon the removal of Dr. Colby. In 1852 he also removed from Hollis to Manchester, Mass., and afterwards to the State of Illinois. 326 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. DR. WILLIAM A. TRACY, son of Elisha L. Tracy, was born in Tunbridge, Vt., May 3, 1826. Attended medical lectures at Boston, Woodstock, Vt., and Hano- ver, N. H. Settled in his profession in Ilollis, succeeding Dr. Farrar in September, 1S52. Removed from Hollis to Nashua, in August, 1854, Appointed Surgeon of the 6th New Hampshire In- fantry, October 35, 1S61. Resigned on account of ill health, March it;, 1863, and returned to Nashua. Died at Nashua, March 15, 1S64, a;t. 37. DR. HENRY BOYNTOX, son of Isaac Boynton, l^orn in Pepperell, Mass. vStudied medicine at the medical school in Woodstock, Vt, Settled in his profession in Hollis in September, 1S54, as successor to Dr. Tracy. Prac- tised his profession in Hollis till 1S58, when he removed to Wood- stock, Vt., and was succeeded by Dr. George P. Greeley. Ap- pointed Assistant Surgeon of the 7th New Hampshire Infantry, October 15, 1S61. Resigned January 34, 1S64, and returned again to Woodstock. DR. HENRY W. WILLOUGHBY. (See page 331, ante.) DR. GEORGE R. GREELEY, son of Ezekiel Greeley, was born in Nashua, N. H. Attended medical lectures at Woodstock, Vt., Hanover, N, IL, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, where he graduated in 1857. Settled as a physician in Hollis in 1858. iVppointed Assistant vSurgeon of the vSecond New Hampshire regi- ment, May, 1861 ; .Surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire regi- ment, October 8, 1S63 ; honorably discharged, October 33, 1864. After leaving the army, he settled in his profession, fir.st in Boston, and afterwards, in 1873, removed to Nashua, where he still practises his profession (1S79). DR. ELLERY CHANNINCi CLARKE. was a son of Rev. .Stillman Clarke, and was born in Winchester, N. H., March 31, 1836; entered Harvard college in 1855, and left in 1857. Studied medicine with Professor Albert Smith of Peter- borough, N. II., and graduated at the medical college at Bur- lington, Vt., in i860. Settled in Ilollis in the spring of 1861, XATHAN THAYER. 327 succeeding Dr. Greeley. Appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Eighth New Hampshire United States Infantry, January i8, 1862 ; promoted to Surgeon, June 5, 1863 ; discharged for disability, August, 1864; afterwards settled in Westfield, Mass. DR. SYLV'ANUS BUNTON was born in Allenstown, N. H. Graduated at Dartmouth college in 1S40. Studied medicine in Baltimore. Settled in his profes- sion in Manchester, N. H., where he continued till June, 1864, and was then appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 7th New Hamp- shire U. S. regiment, and in August, 1864, was promoted to Sur- geon. Mustered out July 20, 1865, and after leaving the army, settled in his profession in Hollis, where he remained about three years, and then removed to Mont Vernon, N. H. DR. ADONIJAII W. HOWE, son of Dr. Luke Howe, was born in Jaftrey, N. H., September, 25, 1825. Graduated at the medical college in Hanover in 1850. Settled as a physician in Dunstable, Mass., in 1S51. Came to Hollis in March, 1861, Removed from Hollis in 1865, and now in 1879, resides in Greenville, N. H. DR. CHARLES G. COREY was born in Jaffrey, N. H. Graduated at the medical college in Hanover, N. H., in 1857. Settled in his profession in Hollis in 1867, where he remained from three to four years, and then removed to Greenville, N. H., and died at Greenville, October 19, 1878, xt. 54. NATHAN THAYER, (Contributed by Miss G. A. Bovtwell, a granddaughter.) son of Elijah and Sarah (Robinson) Thayer, was born in Milford, Mass., July 6, 1781. He was a descendant of Thomas Thayer, who came to this country from England about 1630, and settled in Brain- tree, which town is supposed to have been named by the Thajer family in honor of their English birth-place. A son of Thomas Thayer settled in that part of Mendon, Mass., which is now known as Milford, about 1665, and for successive generations, and for a period of over one hundred and tifty years, the ancestors of Mr. Thayer were citizens of that ancient town. At the early age of 328 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. seventeen, Mr. Thayer came to Ilollis '• to seek his fortune." He liad for his capital, a common school education, and a good knowl- edge of the trade of house painting. His name appears first on the Hollis tax lists in 1S03. Mr. Thayer was so good a workman that he was called frequently to Peppcrell, Groton, and even as fur away as Andover to pursue his trade. He took especial pleasure in the society of those places, and on his return would tell his chil- dren pleasant anecdotes of the Prescotts, Lawrences, and the learned professors of Andover. He was a welcome guest in many homes in those towns, and one of his daughters, who went to school in Andover, recalls with pleasure the consideration which she re- ceived on her father's account. For thirty years, Mr. Thayer employed his leisure of the winter months in teaching school. In the early part of this century, .schools of the higher grades were almost unknown, and all those inclined to study were dependent upon the district schools, and many young men, as well as the children, availed themselves of his instruction. He was an especially good grammarian, and by com- mon consent all knotty questions in grammar were referred to him by the other teachers. He was a member of the Hollis examining vSchool Committee in 1S17, 1S18, 1S21, 1822, 1S25, and 1S27; and of the .Superintending School Committee, in 1S28, 1829, and 1830. He was also a Justice of the Peace from 1822 to 1830, and a Representative to the New Hampshire General Court in 1812, 1819, 1S20, and 1821. April 2, 1807, he married Hannah Jewett, daughter of Dca. .Stephen Jewett, jun. .She died March 17, 1824. .She was the mother of six daugh- ters and one son, all but one (the fourth daughter) survived her. Mr. Thayer married ISlarch 27, 1S25, Mary Jewett, a sister of his first wife. She was the mother of two children, both of whom died in infancy. She died October 16, 1833. ^^'■- Thayer died October 21, 1S30, aet. 49. JAMES BLOOD, son of .Solomon and Priscilla (French) Blood, was born in Hollis, May 20, 1793, and died in Newburyport, Mass., June 27, 1S76, ast. 83 years. For the following obituary tribute to the memory of Mr. Blood, I am indebted to the Merrimack Family Visitor, published at Newburyport, of the date of July i, 1876. "Mr. Blood came to this city in the year 1S25, poor, respectable, industrious and JAMKS rAUKER. JUN. 329 intelligent. His life was a success, and in all controllable events just what he would ha\ c it. Wc doubt if he would materially change it if he had to live it over again. He enjoyed the most perfect health till old age. lie was one of the most industrious persons that ever lived, and his happiness was in his business. He loved to work for the sake of it, and would have continued to do so, though no gains should have come from it. But his business yielded its profits till his estate grew to exceed all his early expectations. His fellow citizens did not fail to appreciate his virtues, his integrity, his independent thought and straightforward action ; and they hon- ored him with a seat in the legislature, and many local offices, while, without his own solicitation, he was made Collector of Cus- toms under two national administrations. "Mr. Blood enjoyed life — in his nature he was happy. Under the gravity of his demeanor there vvas a quiet humor, and in the busiest moments of his most busy days, he was lively and witty — to old age ever seeing the bright side of events and the sunny spots of life. " He was a man of firm convictions and religious faith which never deserted him. Life and death to him were equally natural and desirable, and he had no wish to stay here when his mission on earth was accomplished, nor any fear that he should not awake from his last sleej? to renewed activities and joys. Death was not therefore shaded with fears, nor the grave with gloom. He went not like a cringing slave to punishment, but lay down quietly and hojDefully as to pleasant dreams His funeral was from his residence on Friday mornings appropriate in time, for he was one of those to say, ' bury mc in the mornings ^vhen the sun vnll be upon my grave.'' " JAMES PARKER, JUN., son of James and Betsey (Wright) Parker, was born in Hollis, April I, 1815, and died in vSpringfield, IMass., Jan, 3, 1874, iet. 58. The following appreciative biographical sketch of Mr. Parker is in substance to be found in the October number of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1S74, p. 475. " Mr. Parker was a native of Hollis. In 1833 he 'mounted the stage box' as a stage driver. In 1836 he became agent for Burt and Billings' stage line, between Worcester and Springfield, and con- tinued in that capacity till the Western railroad was opened, when like Ginery Twitchell and others who had shown eminent ability in managing the ' whip and ribbons,' he was taken into the new service 330 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. of transporting passengers and freight. Mr. Parker had charge of the first train of cars from Boston to Springfield, and his atten- tion to passengers and gentlemanly bearing soon proved that he was ' the right man in the right place.' His pleasant countenance and never-failing urbanity will long be remembered by the thousands wlio had occasion to pass over that road during many of the earlier years of its existence. " The first train from Boston to Springfield made the trip in exactly six horns, and Mr. Parker received many compliments, not only for what was regarded as remarkable speed, but also for his accurate observance of that ' old time table.' The train bearing among others, the directors of the road, left Boston at seven o'clock, A. M., and arrived at .Springfield at i o'clock, P. M.,- September 27, 1839. T'""*^ opening of the road was an event of such general rejoicing that it was publicly celebrated in Springfield upon the arrival of the first train under the command of Mr. Parker. So closely did Mr. Parker attend to his new duties, that for nineteen years after he entered upon them, he had been west of the Con- necticut river but once, and it was jocosely said of him, that he did not know how the Springfield Armory looked, as he had seen only its back side for fifteen years. When Mr. Parker resigned his posi- tion as conductor, he was appointed superintendent of the sleep- ing cars, between Boston and New York, and in April, 1S73, he was made superintendent of all the sleeping, parlor, passenger and baggage cars of all the trains between the two cities. During the twenty-nine years of his service as conductor, he is said to have travelled in that capacity, without serious accident to life or limb of his passengers, more than 1,500.000 miles, a distance equal to sixty times around the globe, and a greater distance, as is believed, than that of any other known railroatl conductor. •' Upon Mr. Parker's retirement from office, an elegant gold w^atch was presented to him by his friends who had often travelled under his assiduous care, and the employees of the road gave him a val- uable horse and carriage in token of their high appreciation of his services. In 1S71 and 1S73, he was elected a member of the Mas- sachusetts House of Representatives. His house was filled w^ith curiosities, old books, rare drawings, and other specimens of hand- icraft, which show that if he had devoted his life to art or to Archaj- logical pursuits, he would probably have liad but few superiors in these departments of knowledge. By reason of his interest in 7^iyVi.^A^^y^/:2i^^ HENRY OILMAN LITTLE. 33 1 these pursuits, he was admitted to a resident membership in the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, November 24, 1862, and he was also an honorary member of the New Hampshire Historical Society." HENRY OILMAN LITTLE was the sixth of the thirteen children of Abner B. and Nancy (Tenney) Little, and was born in Goflstown, N. H,, March 31, 1813. During his infancy, his parents removed to Hollis, where he lived till his eighteenth year, enjoying such advantages for educa- tion as were then aftbrded in the Beaver Brook district, viz., two months of school in winter, and three in summer. In 1830, he left his paternal home- in Hollis, and spent the next six years in Wethersfield, Ct., partly in study and teaching, and in part in labor. In March, 1836, ne married Fidelia M. Stoddard, of Newington, Ct., and removed to the then new State of Illinois, and the next year settled in Henry county, where he passed thirty years of an active and busy life, engaged in agriculture, and filling various important offices of public trust. During the first year of his resi- dence there he took part in organizing the county, and was elected Justice of the Peace, an office he held for twelve years and more. In 1850 he was High Sheriff', and Collector of the whole revenue of the county — at that time a position of great responsibility, there then being neither a safe, bank nor jail in the county. In 1S56 he was elected to the Illinois legislature, of which he was for two years a member. He was for five years President of the Henry County Agricultural Society, which he had helped to organize. He was probably at no time free from public trust and duty, either as an officer of State, the county, town, church or school board. In 1867 he removed to Grinnell, Iowa, on account of the educa- tional advantages aftbrded by the college at that place. Here for four successive terms he has been elected Ma3'or of that city, and for most of the time has served as school director, and trustee of the church and society, and at Grinnell, (as in his former home), many substantial and tasteful improvements will long bear witness to his skill and public spirit. In 1878 he was elected by the Iowa legislature one of the five trustees of the State Agricultural college, a post of high trust and great responsibility, involving the care of the endowment fund of a half million of dollars, together with the direction and management 332 BIOGRAPinCAI, SKETCHES. of the flourishino- college of two hundred and fifty students with its large faculty, and the college farni of eight hundred acres. At the age of sixtv-five Mr. Little remains with unbroken health, unabated vigor, energy and usefulness. Though afflicted by the loss of an only son at the age of sixteen, he has reared to woman- hood a family of five daughters, of Avhom three have graduated from college, and all are now married. lie has still, as always in the past, a cheerful, attractive and hospitable home, and as yet has no thought of retiring from active life. LUTHER PRESCOTT HUBBARD, was born in ilollis, June 30, iSoS, and was the oldest child of Luther and Hannah (Russell) Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard, in his childhood and youth, attended the public schools in the Middle dis- trict in Hollis, and w as for a short time a pupil in the Pinkerton academy at Derry. He helped to l)uild tlie lirst cotton mill in Nashua in 1S34 ; afterwards the Bunker hill monument, and also superintended the fitting of the granite for the Tremont hotel in Boston. His views in respect to and against the use of tol)acco have been widely published b}- the American Tract vSocicty, by the religious and secular press, and also in the vSailor's Magazine. Mr. Hubl)ard has been for twenty years a corresponding mem- ber of the Iowa State Historical .Society, and is an honorary mem- ber of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, and is the author of a Genealogy, entitled ''Descendants of George Ilublnird from 1600 to 1S72," pulilished in tlie \ear last named, and tracing his family line ten generations. The last fortv-five years of his life have l)een zealously, and usefully devoted, mostly tf) the interests of seamen. For many years he has been the financial agent of the American Seamen's Friend vSociety, and also Secretary of the New England vSociet}' of the city of New York, both of which offices he still holds and fills acceptably. He now resides in Greenwich. Connecticut, the State of his hon- ored progenitor, George Hubbard, one of the first settlers of \\'eth- ersfield. Ct.. in 1634, but has his office in New York cit} . JOSEPH WHEAT, AN OI.D-Tl.ME STA(iE.I)R I VER. Joseph Wheat, famous eighty years ago as a stage-dri\er, came to Ilollis in his youth, with his father, soon after the Revolution. JOSEPH WHEAT. "53^ He was liy trade a cooper, and l)iiilt and owned tlie honse on the main road leading from Ilollis to Amherst, which, in 1796, he sold to Dea. Enos Hardy, and which was for many years afterwards the well-known homestead of Deacon Hardy. .Soon after this sale, Wheat removed to Amherst and became interested in a line of stages, both as owner aiul driver, — the line rumiing from Concord and beyond to Boston. 1 am indebted mainly to Rev. Dr. Bonton's History of Concord for the following humorons anecdotes of this primitive stage driver.* " Of Joseph Wheat, who will be recollected as almost if not quite the first driver of a stage into Concord, and whose ?wse will be remembered loiig'^ I have two or three anecdotes. At one time being complained of l)y the people of Amherst, (one of the towns on his stage route,) that he did not give the customary notice of his approach by blowing a tin horn, he replied to this complaint through the Amherst Cabinet, ' that he was too poor to buy a tin horn, but that, in the future, when they should see his nose they might expect the stage in ten minutes.' '' Upon another occasion, stopping for his breakfast one frosty morning, a somewhat dainty passenger, sitting at the table opj^osite to him, and observing the effects of the cold coming from his nose, rudely requested Wheat to wipe it. ' Wipe it yourself,' coolly answered the driver, ' my nose is nearer to you than to me.' " Again, when driving his stage from Concord to Hanover, he met Rev. Dr. Wlieelock, president of the college, riding in his car- riage. As he was about to pass the jiresident, Wheat took hold of his nose and, turning it one side, said, ' I think, Air. President, you can pass now.' " Tt seems that Mr. Wheat, among other gifts and graces pertaining to his calling, had also that of verse 7naki}ig. As an illustration of the commendable change in the tastes and hal)its of the patrons of public stage coaches since the dram-drinking days of eighty years ago, we quote the closing stanza of one of Mr. Wheat's poetic ctlusions, giving notice to the public of his having estab- lished a new line of stages. "Come, my old Friends, ."ind take a seat In this new Line with Joseph Wheat, And when to your journey's end you've come, Your friend will treat with gfood old Rum." *Bouton's History of Concord, p. 577. 334 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Another similar poetic effusion of his was the following adver- tisement of his business as a cooper. " My advice to farmers all Is — Pick v'Hir apples as they fall. And if your cider's pure and sweet, Please buy your casks of Joseph Wheat." THE HOLLIS HERMITS. DR. JOHN JONES. There were two persons, formerly living in Hollis, somewhat famous in their day as " Hermits," viz., John Jones, commonly called " Dr. Jones," and Stephen Y. French, better known as *' Leather French." Jones, the first named, according to the tra- ditions of him, was the son of a wealthy British military officer of good family, born in England in the early part of the last century, and came to this country while yet a young man. After coming to America he is said to have lived a solitary, wandering life, till he came to Hollis soon after the war of the Revolution. Upon settling in Hollis, he bought for himself a patch of ground of about four acres in the north part of the town, at a distance from any public road, near Mooar's hill so called, and now a part of the farm of Lot Mooar. Here he built for himself a small humble dwelling, which he called his "Lone Cottage." He set out on his grounds an orchard of choice varieties of grafted apple and other fruit trees, and also many kinds of shrubs, herbs and flowers, which he took great pains to cultivate, and it is said of him that he was the first person to introduce grafted fruit into Hollis. In his youth Dr. Jones was crossed in love, as a result of which his mind became vuisettlcd and distracted, and his disappoint- ment ended in his eccentricities and wayward mode of life. He is reputed to have been educated for the pulpit, and at the early age of twenty, had had and accepted a call to settle in the min- istry, which was broken off by his disappointment and the untimely death of his lady love. He was a person naturally of bright intel- lect, of much humor and ready wit, reputed somewhat of a poet, and some of his effusions in verse have come down to the present day. Before coming to Hollis, he had written and published a long bal- lad, of near forty stanzas, telling the sad story of his life and troubles, entitled the " Major's only son and his True Love." My THE HOLLIS HERMITS. 335 limits do not allow me to copy but a few extracts from this ballad. In its first stanza, its author says, "Come all young people far and near, A lamentation you shall hear Of a young man and his True-Love ^ Whom he adored and prized above All riches." * * * * This ballad was learned by heart and sung sixty years ago by hundreds of the " young people" of Hollis and the neighboring towns, and also was often sung by the doctor himself in loiid, sad tones, when alone in his " Lone Cottage." It appears from the recitals in the ballad that both the father and mother of the doctor were persistently and irreconcilably opposed to his marrying the maid of his choice, as he says, " Because she was of low degree And came of a poor family." Angry at this opposition of the father and mother of the doctor, one day when Jones was visiting the young lady, her father said to him, as the ballad has it, "' My daughter is as good as you," and Turned this young man without his door And told him to come there no more." After this enforced separation the young lady took to her chamber, sickened, pined away and soon after died. Shortly before her death she sent her brother for the "yoiuig man," to whom she told the sad tale of her sickness and sorrow. Taking the engagement rings from her fingers just before her death she gave them to him, saying, "Keep them for my sake And always when these rings you see, Remember that I died for thee." * * / " Tears down his cheeks as fountains run, He cried, alas! 'I am undone. No comfort ever shall I have, Wiiile I go mourning to my grave.'" The "young man" attended the funeral of his betrothed as chief mourner, as the ballad has it, " Dressed in black from top to toe * * And after that distracted run, And so forever was undone, And wandered up and down, alone." While living in Hollis Jones supported himself in part by raising and preparing medicinal herbs, and various nostrums from them, which he peddled in Hollis and other towns near, hence his title of 3^6 RIOGRAPIIK Al. SKETCHES. " Doctor."' In his wanderings about the countjy he usually wore a broad brimmed hat with a mourning weed around it, and a long, plaid dressing gown. In his thus going about, he carried with him two baskets, one in each hand, the one of which he named the " Charity." the other the •• Pity basket." In these he carried for sale and barter his herbs and nostrums, and also " Liberty tea," so called, and, in their season, juniper berries, and scions for grafting, from his orchard, taking home with him, in the same baskets, the articles he got in exchange. lie also kept for sale copies of verses written by him, including tlic ballad telling the story of his troubles. Years ago, and within my own remembrance, many anecdotes were told of his impromptu verses and rhymes, and of his humor and wit. His age at his death, as inscribed on his gravestone, was sixty- nine, though he was supposed to have been somewdiat older. But on this suliject he was very taciturn, and inclined to keep the secret of his age to himself. At one time, an unmarried lady customer of his, to whom he had soJtl some of his ''Liberty tea," of the name of Phebe (herself of uncertain age), took occasion to cjuestion him upon this matter, in the hope of solving the mystery. The doctor, in reply, told her that " she might ask him just as many questions as s/ic was years old." Nettled at this evasive answer, Phebe reproachfully called him an "■ old cracked hddle of one doleful tune," and demanded of him to take back his •' Liberty tea " and return her m()ne\'. In rej^lv to tliis demand the doctoi' said to her, " Pliclif, my lU-ar, my i>\vii sweet honcv, ^'ou'vc L;ot your tea, ;itic1 I've Ljot my nuiiuT.'' It was his habit, as a spectator, to attend the courts at .\mherst. where, as he used to sa\ , the lawyers would try to get a ■• crumb of sport " out of him. i)\\ one occasion, having been l)antered h\ them for one of his impromptu stanzas, lie was afterwards invited by the host to eat at a second ta])le, tVom which the judges and law- yers had just risen from a dinner of roast poultry. Having finished his meal, on rising from the table, in place of his customary aftei" dinner grace, with one e^■e upon the hnvycrs. he gave expression to his sentiments in respect to his dinner and tlie _^'7/('.s7.s- at the first table in the tollowing terse couplet, ■•Cursed he tlie owls That pieked tliese fowls; Anil left tlie bones Kor Dr. [ones/' DR. JOHN JOXES. 337 For the following anecdote of Dr. Jones, I iun indebted to my friend, Hon. J. B. Hill, who tells nie that it was told him \)\ his father, Rev. Ebenezer Hill of Mason, who was cotempcjrary with Dr. Jones, and for many years a member of the HoUis Association of ministers. The doctor, as he savs of himself in his ballad, (having been educated for the ministry) at the time he lived in Hollis, was in the habit of attending the meetings of this Associa- tion of ministers, as well as the courts, not as a member^ but as one of the persons styled ^^ companv'' \n the records of the Associa- tion. On such occasions, he sometimes proposed for discussion questions in theology, which interested him, and at one time the following, "Was there ever a man that had a tongue which never told a lie, or a heart which never had an evil thought.'" This ques- tion was promptly answered by all present with a decided negative and " nailed wi' scripture." The doctor insisted on the affirma- tive — and said to them that he would prove that they were all wrong, and at once went to the door, and brought in one of his baskets, and uncovering it showed them the head and heart of a sheep, and pointing to them, exclaimed in triumph. • there is a tongue that never told a lie, and a heart that never had an evil thought, and they are both mine." On another occasion, calling at a liouse where lie \\ ished for din- ner, he said to the hostess, that if she would provide him one, he would write for her a suitable epitaph, two lines of which were to be composed before dinner, and two after. This l")argain being struck, he wrote for her the first two lines." •• Good old Sarah died ot' late, And just arrived at Heaven's i;;ite." The good lady concluded that these lines would tit lier case, and provided the dinner. But the entertaiiuiient not having been wholh' to the taste of the doctor, on rising from the table, and with one hand on the door latch, he added to the lirst two lines. •' Old (jabriel met her with a club And knocked her back to Beelzebub!" There were at that time, in Hollis, three young men to whom the doctor was strongly attached, and whom he called Ids adopted sons, viz., Thaddeus Wheeler, Jun., Timothy Emerson, and J. Coolidge Wheat, the last named, by trade, a stone cutter, and maker of grave- stones. During the life of Jones, and under his eye and direction. Wheat had made for him a large, neatly finished gravestone. fuUv (22) 33^ BlOCiKAPlIK AI. SKKTCIIKS. completed ;\nd lettered, except the date ot" his death, with the epi- taph insovihe(l upon it, t"urnishod by (ho doctor, and copioci from a stanza ot" his balhul. Hv liis will dated januarx i, i^oi. the little estate that the doctor lott was i;i\on to his three adopted sons, with the single conditiiMi. that Wheat shouUl linish and set up his grave- stone. This gravestone i> now to he t'ouiul standing at the grave v)t" the dcHMor. near the north end ot" the central Iniiial ground in H(>llis. with the loUow ing inscrijitic*!! : "Or. 1<>iin Jonkn, OicQ. •' In yo(itli l\o \v.-»> ;) scIkiUv hrijjlu. In lca!ninj>: lie look great deHght, He was A Majin's ^^•^;MA\ kukxcm Another soiiiew hat noted hermit, a native ot" IliiUis. was Stephen V. French, better kninxn by his acquired name o\ " Leather French."" a son ol" Joseph French, a Hollis soldier 0I" the Revolution, and Mary (^"ovu1gman) French, and was born in Ilollis. v^eptember 23. i^vSi. l-^arl\ in life he wandered to I"xeter in tlie v^tate ot" Maine, where t"or many years he lixed in his little cabin as a her- mit, solitary and alone. lion. John H. Hill, the author o\ tlie historv ot" Mason, who was settle*! in his prolession as a lawxer in Fxeter 1"or several xe.ns. an lli-^ II icl I H > I V , wupic'il Imiii ;i lilllc \<>liiiiu- ut pucins li\ I )a\ ul I'laiiui. I'!si|., laic t)( liaiifioi . Mc. wild w A' a iiati\c "I IlxcUi. "Id I.I.A I lii.K I m.Ncll. ••N'.ui liuw li.uiiilr.l llu- ihciiJi:, c,l my ^lcr|i, l.c-;itlifi !■ irm jj, Vmi liiivf ii'oiihlfti iiif ofiPii 1111(1 loiijj ; And iiiiw to give- rest lo tin* waves of my soul, l-futlxr I'lriH'li, Ifl iiif slug yoii ii tii)ii({. "I bii|i|i<>:>r llu mill wiiiltl limy siifpr, l.ciidicr l-rciich, For l( liiia iloiK' an too til'lcii lit- iViif, When tile Iniiri'iiiit^l tipiiit liiiei aniilclic'd up iu luirp, JiiHt lo slin»(iVr ihf (•iiivf III' llif poor. "Never llliiul, let llleill liiii|{li, lei tliein aiieer, l.etltlier I'^rsilfll, We will not be illsturhed liy them ImiK, I'or we'll step iislile from the liiitlle of life, While I ipieiitiiin iiihI »lng you iisoiii!;, "N'lPii well- pimr when you lived here helnw, l.euther I'lfiicli, Aiul you sullered iVoin hunger ;iiid cold, .\lld It wits well you eSLii|icd Iriini Ihe blomi :out the lil;c:.l .\l Ihe lime you nicw weiiiy iind 178s, 17S6, 1787. 1789, 1790, •79'. '793. '795. •797. '.798. j8oo, 1801, 1803, »8o8, 1809, )8ii, i8u, '813. 1S14, • 81S. 1816, May i-, Oct. 14, July 10, Nov. 7, June 2, Dec. 1.;, May 35, Oct. 5, Feb. 2, Sept. i3, May 20, Sept. 21, Oct. 2, Sept. 30, Feb. 7, Feb. 13, Mar. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 12, July 27- Mar. 20, ,\iig. 21 Feb. g. Feb. 28, Apr. 261 Mar. 7, May 24i Nov. 12, Sept. 24 Jan. 10. Nov. S, Not. 13. Widow Martlia Il.irdy, Rev. Francis Worcester, Wid. Hannali Farr, Dea. Samuel Goodhue, Wid. Mary Harri.s, Lt. Benjamin Farley, in hi: Wid. Lydia Ulrich, Wid. Sarah Kemp, Mrs. Su.saana Jewctt, Dea. Nathaniel Jcwett, John Willoughby, Wid. Lydia Taylor, Wid. Joanna Farley, Wid. Anna Powers, Wid. Hannah Hunt, Rev. Daniel Emerson, Ensign Benj. Parker, Mrs. Margaret Jewett, James Jewett, I^t. Amos Eastman, Mrs. Abigail Hardy, Wid. Ker.ia Taylor, Zachariah Shattuck, , Wid. Catharine Thurston Capt. Reuben Dow, Mr.s. Esther Scott, Wid. Abigail Wright, Wid. Hannah Emerson, Wid. Ruth Boynton, Phineas Hardy, Samuel Obcr, Wid. Mehitablc Eastman, , Nicholas Youngman, Kehemiah Woods, Wid. Elizabeth Shattuck, Wid. Alice Parker, S2yrs, .1S17, Aug. 13, ss' 181S, Jan. 2, 92 1S19, Apr. 27, 90 'S33. Jan. 31, Si 1825, Jan- 3. s Soth y " Feb. 13, 104. 4 m " June 7, 00 " .I"'y '7. hi 1826, Sept. 25, Si " Oct. 6, ss 1S27, Jan. 16, S3 " Jan. 2S, So " Mar. 7, (10 182S, Nov. 7, 94 1829, Jan. 7, ■ 5*5 " Jan. 29, S2 1S30, April 7, Sa •• Oct. 2, 85 1831, May SS " May 24, 82 July 2, 86 1S32, Feb. 28, 85 " May 7, , 90 " May a, 81 " Aug. 2, 9< - " Oct. 26, '833. Jan. 90 " April 5, 88 '834. Oct. 10, 86 " Nov. 6, So " Dec. 12, , 88 1S36, Feb. 19, 91 " April, S3 .8.?7. Jan. 13, , SS " 83 " Dec. 12, , Noah Worcester, Esq., Abijah Gould, Jonas Flagg, Wid. Susanna Pierce, Wid. Hannali Parker, Miss Alice Powers, Wid. Martha Flagg, Wid. Lydia Dow, I Benjamin Saunderson, Lt. Ebenezer Jewett, Wid. SaraJi Hardy, Lt. Ebenezer Farley, Silas Spaulding, Thomas Patch, Wid. Miriam Dix, Daniel Lovejoy, Wid. Sarah Ilolden, Wid. Elizabeth Hale, Wid. Sarah Lovejoy, Wid. Lydia Lovejoy, Wid. Hepzibah Worcester, Wid. Hannah Ames, Phineas Hardy, Jun., Silas Marshall, Amos Eastman, Esq., Lt. Samuel Willoughby, William Ball, Lt. Caleb Farley, Jonathan Hobart, Wid. SIbbel Spaulding, Abel Brown, Wid. Elizabetli Powers, Wid. Sarah Eastman, Stephen Farley, Benjamin Abbott, Capt. John Clapp, Si yrs 82 87 ss 95 SS 84 92 80 83 86 So So 85 90 83 90 98 83 84 .85 81 81 86 3i 86 84 102, 5 U) 81 342 LONGEVITY 1838, Dec. 12, Wid. Abigail Ober, 1839, Wid. Hannah W. Shattuck, " Nov. 1, Stephen Dow, 1S41, Jan. 4, Wid. Sarah Brown, " Oct. 10, Wid. Priscilla Blood, " Oct. 29, Wid. Betty Austin, 1842, Wid. Susannah Wood, " June 30, Wid. Mary Bailey, " Sept. 3, Mary, wife of Capt. D. Baile)', " Dec. 5, Miss Eunice Marshall, 1543, Apr. II, Silas French " June 3, Wid. Rutli Farley, " Oct. 19, Wid. Abigail Kittridge, " Dec. 8, Wid. Sibbel Proctor, 1544, Sept. 29, Moses Ames, JS47, Jan. I, Capt. William Brown, " Mar. 13, Capt. Daniel Bailey, " April 1, Wid. Sarah Worcester, " May II, Rev. Eli Smith, " Nov. 25, Jonas Woods, 1848, Mar. 9, Wid. Mary Rockwood, '' Dec. 30, Wid. Abigail Runnells, 1849, Jan. 21, Enoch Jewett, " June 4, David F"renc!i, " Oct. 5, Wid. Rebecca Ames, 1850, May 24, Wid. Mary jewett, " Aug. 23, Jonathan Saunderson, 1851, Mar. II, Wid. Abigail Colburn, " May 20, Wid. Rebecca Ball, " Aug. 4, Wid. Dorcas Mooar, " Sept. 24, James Jewell, 1852, F"eb. 13, Wid. Sarah BI.khI, " May II, Solomon Hardy, " Sept. 25, Daniel Merrill, 1853, Oct. 22, Wid. Azubah Wheeler, i 1554, July 31, Daniel Dow, " Oct. 10, Dr. William Hale, 1555, Mar. 25, Jonas Lawrence, " Sept. 28, Wid. Abigail Hardy, " Oct. 8, Samuel Smith, 1856, May 8, Phineas H. Holden, " Dec. 13, Ruth Hall, " Dec. 15, Wid. Betsey Burge, 1S57, Jan. 9, Wid. Rebecca Whiting, " May 18, Dea. Enos Hardy, " N0V.24, Wid. Sybil Holt, " Dec. 22, Capt. Isaac Parker, " Dec. 32, Lt. Edward Johnson, 185S, Aug. 19, Wid. Olive Proctor, " Oct. 10, Wid. Esther Hale, 1S60, Mar. 18, Simon Stone, " Aug. 4, Wid. Ama Smith, ". Aug. 4, Wi9 1S63, Si 1S64, 90 1865, 84 " 93 1S67, Si 1S68, S7 1S69, 93 " 90 " So 1S70, So " 1871. ss ,872, ss " S4 1S73, 84 " 90 '• S3 " IS74. 84 IS77 So " J"'y 30 8S " Sept. I. 82 1878,' Feb. 6, So •• Mar. (, 86 •• Apr. 3, >^3 1S79, Jan. 24, Nov. 3, Ebenezer Farley, Apr. 18, Capt. Thomas Proctor, Tan. 3, Wid. Olive Parker, Jan. 2, Wid. Fanny Lawrence, Oct. 18, Wid. Dorothy Wood, Jan. 26, Robert Colburn, " Miss Sarah F'.arley, Sept. 16, Benjamin M. Farley, Esq., Sept. 20, Dr. Joseph F. Eastman, Oct. 30, Nathan Colburn, May 13, Moses Truell, Apr. 25, Daniel Sliedd, Mar. 21, Wid. Hann;di Willoby, July 25, Wid. Sally Hardy, Sept. 26, Jonas Woods, Feb. Wid. Nancy Smith, Feb. 26, Maj. Jaines Wheeler, June 21, Jonas Blood, Wid. Hannah Hubbard, Jan. 9, Thaddeus Wheeler, Apr. 7, Mary Holden, Apr. iS, Thaddeus Marshall, May 6, Wid. Abigail Clough, Aug. 29, Wid. Estlier Wheeler, May 22, Capt. Jonathan T. Wright, Sept. iS, Simon Saunderson, Feb. 12, Asaph Spaulding, Feb. 21, Benjamin Ranger, May 14, John Shedd, June 12, Wid. SarahW. Richardson, Oct. 26, lames Farley, Dec. 3, Dea. William Emerson, Feb. 12, Mrs. Rebecca Baldwin, Feb. 25, Dea. Isaac Farlev, Feb. 26, Isaac Woods. May 17, Miss Polly Rockwood, Nov. 4, Wid. Susan Fox, Jan. 24, Wid. Lydia Colburn, Mar. II. Wid. Betsey H. Mooar, Mar. n, Wid. Bridget F'rench, June 25, Wid. Rebecca Blood, Dec. g, Wid. Sally Hale, Jan. 31, Joseph Shattuck, Jan. 31, Wid. Susanna Blood, Mar. 24, Capt. Jeremiah Dow, Ajir. Wid. Nancy Wright, Wid. Ruth Farley, , Oliver Willoby, Jesse Hardy, Ebenezer F'arley, Wid. Abigail Smith, Wid. Elizabeth Woodward, Fell. 22. Wid. Hannah Russell, Mar. S. Wid. Sarah Austin, 86yrf Si 89 87 84 86 S3 S« 93 So 84 S3 84 95 S7 86 84 96 90 97 SS 96 S2 84 S4 Si 93 80 Si S4 82 82 S7 90 S2 89 84 SS MARRIAGES IX CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 343 CHAPTER XXXII. MARRIAGES TO BE FOUND RECORDED IN THE RECORDS OF THE DISTRICT OK DUNSTABLE. 1743. Feb. 7. 17+4. Oct. 9< .^ Dec. Hi '745- Jan., 4. " Feb. 9. " Mar. 2, May 6. '< Nov. , Elias Dickey and Rose McDaniels.both of West Dunstable. Samuel Farley and Hannah Brown, " " John Brown and Kezia Wheeler, " " Benjamin Blanchard and Kezia Hastings, " " Thomas Nevins of W. Dunstable and Bridget Snow of Nottingham. Joseph Farley of W. Dunstable and Esther Spalding of Litchfield. Josiah Conant of West Dunstable and Catharine Emerson of Reading. Robert Colburn and Elizabeth Leeman, both of W. Dunstable. John Bovnton, Jun. of W. Dunstable and Lydia Jewett of Rowley. Jacob Blanchard and Elizabeth Lawrence, both of W.Dunstable. Wm. Shattuck of W. Dunstable and Experience Curtis of Nottingham. MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES OF THE HOLLIS RECORDS. Jonathan Danforth and Anna Blanchard. William Adams and Mary Spear. Rev. Daniel Emerson and Hannah Emerson of Maiden. Joshua Blanchard of Hollis and Sarah Burge, Chelmsford, "pnblish'd." Robert Colburn of Monson and Elizabeth Smith of Hollis, " Nathaniel Clement of Hancock and Wid. Hannah Cummings of H. pub. James Wheeler and Mary Rnttertield. Jonathan Melvin and Mary Brooks. Peter Wheeler and Mehitabel Jewett. Oliver Lawrence and Marj' Cummings. Eleazer Cumings and Martha Brown. Timothy Cook of Hollis and Abigail Wheat of Concord. Samuel Burge and Joanna Farley. Matthew Wallace and Jean Lesley. Whitcomb Powers and Mary Dolliver. Samuel Whittemore and Olive Blanchard. Josiah P'isk and Sarah Colburn. Aaron Colburn of Dracut and Phebe Harris of Holli'j. Josiah Blood of Hollis and Sarah Hej"wood of Chelmsford. John Astin and Sarah Hastings, both of Hollis. Moses Smith and Mary Boynton " " Samuel Brown and Mary Glene " " Joseph Bates of New Ipswich, and Phebe Powers of Hollis. Nehemiah Woods of Hollis, and Sarah Lakin of Groton. '74.^ .May H< 1744. " ^9. " .\ov. 7, '747. Sept. 12, " Mar. 21, '74S, Aug. 12, '750. Nov. I, '" Dec. 4. I7S". Mar. '9. '752. Dec. 27. '753. Apr. I, 1754. May 1, 1754. June 3, '755. May 6, 20, 37. " June 2| ** Nov. 6, 37. 175^. Jan. I, »9. " Mar, .35. r- " Apr. . 8, '7St>. Nov. 10, '757. Jan. S. " .S' " Feb. 2i, - .. July 11, " Aug. 2, " Sept. 1 3, " " IS. '7.";«. Feb. 23, " Apr. 20, " May 30, " Nov. 16, '759. Mar. 29, '• " 21, " Dec. 6, 1760, F-eb. 7, " Mar. 25, " Apr. 24, " July i€, ■ 344 MARRIAGES IN CflRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Edward Taylor and Sarah Sanders, both of Hollis. Stqphen Powers of Hollis and Lucy Cuiiiings of Dun.>table. John Brooks and Mary Kemp, both of Hollis. Noah Worcester and Lydia Taylor " " Joshua Smith of Hollis and Hannah Baidwin of Townsend, James Whiting of Hollis and Mary Douglas of Pepperell. Nathaniel BlancJinrd and Elizabeth Rolfe, both of Hollis. Thomas Colbiirn of Pepperell and F-sther Flagg of Hollis.. Ezekiel Jewett and Lucy Tcwnsend, both of Hollis. Apr. 20, Zerubbabel Kemp and Hannah Colburn, both of Hollis. Jacob Foster and Lydia Barrett, " " Jonathan Russ of Hollis and Lucy Kendall of Litchfield. William Brooks and Abigail Kemp, both of Hollis. Stephen Martin and Patience Worcester, " " Eleazer Stearns and Elizabeth Pierce, ^' ■' Caleb Stiles and ElizabetliTownsend, " " Richard Warner of Pepperell and Hannah Eastman " Nov. 3i MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 345 Josliua Davis and Doroth)' Wlieeler. Iiotli of Hollis. Daniel Lovejoy and Sarah AVynian. " " Joseph Pierce and Sarah Phelps, " " William Ciunings and Mehitable Eastman, hrith ot' Hollis. William Nevins and Rebekah Chamberlain, " " James Taylor of Hollis and Lois Hutterfield ot Dunstable. John Stearns of Hollis and Lucy Shedd of Dunstable. Samuel Cumings, Jun., and Lydia Webster, both of Hollis. 15, Benjamin Shattuck and Marj' Proctor, " " j6, Emerson Smith and Mary Page of Hollis. 17, Daniel Emerson, Jun., of Hollis and Ama Fletcher of Dunstable. Benjamin Astin and Betty Farley, both of Hollis. Abel Shipley and Lucy Farley, " " Francis Blood and Abigail Conroy, both of Hollis. James Foster of Temple and Hannah Jewett of Hollis. Solomon Blood and Priscilla French, both of Hollis. Josiah Conant of Hollis and Elizabeth Elliot of Mason. Nahum Powers and Mary Wheat, both of Hollis. Ebenezer Nutting and Elizabeth Abbot, botli of Hollis. Thomas Kemp and Mehitable Lovejoy, •• " Thaddeus Wheeler and Elizabeth Farmer, " "' Jonathan Bates of Ashby and Mehitable Willouglibv of Hollis, Zachariah Lawrence, Jun., and Rebekah Powers, both of Hollis. Jonas Bancroft of Worcester and Sarah Blood of Hollis. Isaac Pierce of Pepperell and Sarah Blood of Hollis. Jeremiah Wheelerof Concord and Kezia Blanchard of Hollis. Ebenezer Ball and Elizabeth Davis, both of Hollis. 6, John Pliilbrick and Sarah Jewett, " '• ' Isaac Stevens and Elizabeth Johnson, both of Hollis. James Fiske and Sarah Leeman, '• •' Joseph French and Mary Youngman, ■' " Cyrus Proctor and .Sibbel Farnsworth, '■ " Solomon Pierce and Lucy Parker, " " Timothy French and Anna Willoughbv " " Aug. I, James Colburn and Kezia Tavlor. " "■ " 29, .Solomon Wheat and Sarah Ball, " " Sept. 5, Amos Lamson and Mary .Stevens, " " Nov. 14, Edward Taylor and Mary Worcester, " " " 21, Jerahmael Bowers and Martha Tennev, " " " 2S, Zachariah Shattuck and Elizabeth Farley, " " Jesse Cluircliill of Plymouth, Mass., and Abigail Worcester. 1772, Jan. 14, Thomas Powell and Elizabeth Stevens, both of Hollis. .Simeon Lovejo)- and Grace Lovejov, " " Joseph Nevins and Sarah Powers, " •' Ephraim Lund and Alice Wheeler, •' *■ Apr. 16, Nathan Blood antl Elizabeth Noves, " " Benjamin Farmer of Hollis and Sarah Emerson ol' Nottingham West. Noah Worcester and Hepzibali Sherwin, lioth of Hollis. Jonathan Ames and Frances Powers, " '• Thomas Cumings and Hannah Pool, •' " Zachariah Kemp and Sarah Townsend. " " Timothy Wyman and Elizabeth Shattuck, " " John Phelps, Jun., of Hollis and Mary Lakin of Groton. Jacot) Lovejoy and Elizabeth Baxter, both of Hollis. Lebbeus Wheeler and Elizabeth Carter " '■ Apr. 22, John Kendall of Amherst and Molly Boynton of Hollis, " 2S, Joseph Brown and Lois Blood, both of Hollis. June 20, EJienezer Stearns and Rachel Ames, " " (23) " 24, " 24, Dec 12, " 15. Jan. 5' " 9. Feb. 7i June 22, Oct. s. " *7» " 19. Nov. 22, " 23. JjJn^ II) Feb. IS. Oct. iS, Dec. 6, Jan. 2, " 22, Feb. I, Mar. 10, " 19, May 3. Dec. 19. Jan. 14. " 22, Feb. 20, May l2, A pr. 16, Sept 6, " 30, Nov. 11, Dec. '7> 3. " 17, " 24, Feb. 16, Mar. I, 34^ MARRIAGES IX CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. '773' J"n^ 29- Joiuithan Emerson of Nottingham West and Sibbel Farmer ot Hollis. " Sept. 8, Timothy Wlicoler of Plymoutli and Mary Nevins of Hollis. " Oct. 7, Josluia Stile.sof Lyndeborough and Mehitahel Leenian of Hollis. " Nov. 25. Tliomas Wakclield of Amherst and Elizabeth Hardy of Hollis. Dec. 2j, Levi Fletcher and Esther Rennet, both of Hollis. '■ 30, Christopher Farley and Ruth Jewelt " " 177.1. Jan. 6, Amos Eastman and Kiitli F'la.yt;'. " " 13, Jonas Leslev and Elizahetli Dow, " " " •' 20, Jonas Blood and Molly Brown, " " ■" Fell. 10, John Goss and Catharine Conant. •' " ■""^ " " 17, Manasseh .Sniitli and Hannah Emcr.^i.n, " " " 34, Jolm Kneeland of Boston and Ann llobart of Hollis. " Feb. 24, Samuel Gcrrish of Boscawen and Lucy Noyes of Hollis. " S, Obadiah Eastman of Bath and Eliz;;beth Searle of Hollis. " June 2S, John Willoughby of Hrsllis, and Elizabetli Sprake of Billeric.T. " Aug. 4, Samson Powers and Elizabeth Nuttinsr, botli of Hollis. " Sept. 15, Stephen Hazleton and Esther II ildreth " " " 19, Samuel Cunningham and Sus;;nnali Carter, " " " Nov. 22, Samuel Conroy and Alice Blood, " '' *' " 24, Neliemiah Hardy and Molly Taylor, " " Benjamin Wright and Esther Taylor, " " John Smitli of Nottingham W. and Sarali Merrill of Hollis. Emerson Smith of Hollis and Abigail Avre. Jonathan Lovejoy and Rebekah Ball, both of Hollis. Benjamin Nevins and Annis Moore, both of Hollis. Joshua Blanchard, Jun., and Lucy French, both of Hollis. Timothy Blood and Sarah Dix, both of Hollis. Capt. Jonas Pollard of Westford and Mrs. Elizabeth Abbot oi H ollis Caleb Blood and Rebecca Hopkins, lioth of Hollis. David Hardy of Wilmington and Hannah Worcester of Hollis. Minot Farmer and Abigail Barron, both of Hollis. Timothy French and Hannah Wright, both of Hollis. Parmenter Honey and Sarah Hale, inith of Hollis. Nathaniel Ball and Martha Boynton, both of Hollis. Nathaniel Rideout and Susannah Spaulding, both of Hollis. Samuel Andirose and Mary Goodhue, both of Hollis. Jae-ob Putnam of Wilton and M'id. Patience Martin of Hollis. " " 1-, Ensign Daniel Merrill of Hollis and Jerusha A\'ilHams of Pejjperell. " " 25, William French, Jun., of Hollis and Lucy Fletcher of Chelmsford. Aug. iS, Job Bayley and Mehitable French, both of Hollis. " .Sept. 10, Josiah Hobart of Groton and Lucy Kendall of Hollis. " Nov. 3, Samuel Abbot and Susannah Hobart, both of Hollis. " Dec. 25, Thomas Jaquith and Rhoda Spaulding-, both of Hollis. ,1777, Feb. 30, Ebenezer Melvin of Cockermouth and Joanna Bayley of Hollis. May. S, James Colburn and Elizabeth Blood, both of Hollis. " Nov. 12, Daniel Mosher and Lydia Gilson, " " «' " iS, Nehemiah Pierce and Mary Hobart, " " " Dec. 4, John Ball of Temple and Hannah Farley of Hollis. " '• iS, Moses Thurston and Catharine Conant, both of Hollis. " " iS, Jonathan Hobart and Alice Wright, " " " " iS, Joseph Farley and Bridget Powers. " " 177S, Mar. 31, Joseph Stearns and Abigail Wheat, " " " April 9, Elijah Clark and Martha Runnells, " " " May 26, Joshua Boynton and Mary Parker, " " " June 9, William Ayers of Haverhill and Mary Runnells of Hollis. " Aug. 16. John Warren of New Ipswich and .Sarah Eastman of Hollis. " " 23. William Wood and Susannah Wright, both of Hollis. " Nov. 5, Samuel Worcester and Lois Boynton, " '" Dec. 15, Jan. 3. '* ^. Feb. 9> " 16, Mar. 16, .\pr. 20, May iS, Sept. '5. iS, Nov ■ 7- '• 30, Ian. , iS, I'Vb. 20, July 2. Jan. 2S, " 2S, Mar. 17. Apr • 7i " 13. MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 347 1778, Nov. s, Benjamin Boynton and Deborah Parker, both of Ilollis, " Nov. 16, Stephen Jewett, Jnn., and Elizabeth J'ool, " " * James Hopkin.s of Amherst and Mary Taylor of ilollis. 1779. Jan. 2S, Stephen Farley and Mary Shattuck, both of Hollis. Natlian Colburn and Abigail Shattuck, " " Jonathan Dix of Raby and Miriam Kneeland of Harvard. Samuel Lecman and Mary Wheeler, both of Hollis. Thomas Pratt and Anna Lawrence, " " " June 10, Dr. Ebenczer Rockwood and Mary Emerson, both of Hollis. " Nov. 25, Josiah Fisk and Mary Caldwell, " " " Dec. 9, John Shattuck of New Ipswich and Mary Farley of Hollis. 17S0, Mar. 9, Stephen Wright of Westford and Sarah Carter of Hollis. " " 29, Nehemiah Hardy of Tewksbury and Wid. Abigail Hardy of Hollis. " April David Truell of Amherst and Wid. Sarah Fisk of Hollis. " May 31, Samuel Hill and Jemima Wheeler, both of Hollis. " June 15, Simeon Blood and Rhoda Youngman, " " " " 15, Uriah Wright and Eunice Jewett, " " " June iS, Benjamin Farley, 2d, of Hollis and Lucy Fletcher of Dunstable. " July 13, Ebenezer Wheeler and Azubah Taylor, both of Hollis. " Aug. 24, Isaac Boynton and Mary Brooks, " " " " 24, Jonathan Parker and Naomi Parker, " " " Oct. 9, Thomas Merrill of Conway and Wid. Elizabeth Cuniings of Hollis. " " 17, William W. Pool and Sarah Farley, both of Hollis. " Nov. 21, Abraham Boynton of Pepperell and Mary Hartshorn of Hollis. " Dec. 7, Dr. Jonathan Pool and Elizabeth Hale, both of Hollis. " " 7, Stephen Runnells and Chloe Thurston, " " " " 7, Benjamin Cumings and Bridget Pool, " " 17S1, Jan. Abijah Hildreth ofTownsend and Hannah Smith of Hollis. " Feb. 9, William Ball and Elizabeth Colburri, both of Hollis. " Feb. 9, Enoch Noyes, Jun., of Cockermouth and Zillah Fox. ~ " Mar. 6, Bray Wilkins of Deering and Wid. Lucy Blanchard of Hollis. " Mar. 13, Lemuel Wright and Widow Mary Johnson, both of Hollis. " " 15, Aquilla Kimball of Bradford and Anna Tenney of Hollis. " " 22, David Ames and Anna Wright, both of Hollis. " Apr. 10, William Elliot of Pepperell and Sarah Honey of Hollis. " " 12, Caleb Farley, Jun., and Abigail Phelps, both of Hollis. " " 26, Jonas Woods and Lydia Hobart, " " " Nov. 19, Jacob Taylor and Betty Boynton, " " " " 19, Shubael Parker and Betty Brooks, " " " " 20, Abel Conant and Margaret Jewett, " " " Dec. 27, Lt. Jeremiah Pritchard of New Ipswich and Elizabeth Smith of Hollis. 1782, (an. 9, Nathaniel Blood and Martha Spear, both of Hollis. " " 17, Jonathan Hobart and Elizabeth Lakin, " " " Feb. 4, .Stephen Childs of Upton and Priscilla Wheat of Hollis. " " 6, Abel Lovejoy and Sarah Fox, both of Hollis. " " 13, John Connick of Hollis, and Abigail Hartshorn of Dunstable. " Feb. Daniel Kendrick and Mary Pool, both of Hollis. " Apr. 24, William Brooks, Jun., and Deborah Parker, both of Hollis. " " 24, John Ball and Mary Chamberlain, " " " May 7, Oliver Lawrence, Jun., and Lydia Dow, " " " " 16, Solomon Hobart and Abigail Brooks, " " " " 23, Simon Pierce, Jun., and Sarah Bo}-nton, '■ " " " 27, John Fox and Sarah Worcester, " " " " aS, Burpee Ames and Grace Whiting, " " " June Jesse Worcester and Sarah Parker, " " " " 13, Eliphalet Brown and .Sarah Wright, " " " " 13, Timothy Jones of Amherst and Elizabeth Kenrfck of Hollis. " Oct. 10, William .Spear, Jun., of New Ipswich and Sarah Emerson of Hollis. SyS-'. Nov >7S3. Apr '* May .< Oct. Dec. Sc'])t . ID, Dec. 2, " ■iS, " 20, 348 • .MARRIAGKS IN CIIKOXOLOGICAL ORDER. Stephen Bent ofDiil-.Iin and Elizalieth Darliy of Hollis. Josiah Woodlniry of Ilollis and Wid. Aliigail Whipple of Mason. Lt. Sanniel Farley of Ilollis and Elizabeth Powers of Mason. Thomas Carter and Polly Foot, both of Hollis. loseph Wheat and Wid. Bridget Farley, '• " Joel Proctor and Caty Blood, " '■ •' •■ 2^. Phineas F'letcher of Dunstable and Anna Burge of Hollis. 17S4, ]an. 1, Thomas Hardy of Dublin and Eucy Collnu-n of Hollis. •• 15, Jacob ^looar and Hannah Shattuck, bf>tii of Hollis. '• Feb. I-', Fllisha Wright and Anna Sanders, •• " ■' Mar. -I, Daniel Bayley and Elizabeth French, " " " iS. John Brooks and Elizabeth Woods, " " " .\pr. 4. Burpee Ames and Vrid. Hannah Cumings, both of Hollis. • ' " S, Rev. Isaac Bailey of Sterling and Elizabeth Emerson of Hollis. " '• 15, Benjamin Stearns and Elizabeth Holt, both of Hollis. " •' 27, Stephen Parker and Rachel Boynton, " " " .Mav 2, Henry Butterlield of Dunstable and Mary How of Hollis. •' •' 13, Ralph Emerson and Alice Ames, both of Hollis. " " 20, Nathaniel P.atten and Mehitable Blood, '• " " lune 12, Ensign John Senter and Wid. Esther F'arnsworth, l.ioth of Hollis •' " 17, Stephen Dow and Abigail Jewett, both of Hollis. Elijah Xoyes of Cockermouth and Mary Lewis of Hollis. Moses Proctor and Ruth Austin, both of Hollis. David Sanderson and Larana Shattuck, both of Hollis. George Abbot of Hollis and Naomi Tuttle of Littleton. F'rancis Worcester of Plymouth and Hannah Parker of Hollis. James Ctdburn and Susannah Hardy, both of Hollis. FROM THE JIOLLIS RECORDS OF ^LVRRLVGES. 1755. -May 12, Asa Baldwin and Rosalma Wheeler, both of Hollis. " •• •' ph.ineas Ames of Hancock and Mehitable Jewett of Hollis. •> •• 17, Aaron Bailey and Elizabeth Wallingford, both of Hollis. •' 24, lonas Willoughby and Prudence Saunders, " " June 12, Levi Parker of Westford and Abigail Pool of. Hollis. " 30. Capt. Samuel Douglas of Raby and Wid. Tabitha Fletcher of Hollis. " July 2S, Joseph Frost of Tewksbury and Abigail Leeman, of Hollis. " Sept. 21, David Wright and Polly Lowell, both of Hollis. •' Oct. 25, Life Baldwin and Polly Holt, " " " Nov. 24, Reuben Blood of Westminster and Lucy Ball of Hollis. " Dec. 26, James Ridcout, Jun., and Sarah Spalding, both of Hollis. 1756, Jan. 16, Peter Cumings of Hancock and Sarah Pierce of Hollis. " Feb. :6, Silas Hardy and Mary Flagg, both of Hollis. " '■ " John Edwards and Elizabeth Holden, both of Hollis. " Mar. S, Oliver Bacon of Jaft'rey and Rebecca Jewett of Hollis. " " 21, John Goddard, Jun., and Lucy Stiles, both of Hollis. " June 16, Silas Swallow of Dunstable and Lucy Emerson of Hollis. " " " Stephen Youngman and Abigail Brown, both of Hollis. " Oct. 26, John Bonner and Sarah Brooks, " " " Dec. 7, William Ball and Rebecca Kinney, " " 1787, Jan. 31, Oliver Willoughby and Sarah Bailey, " "' " Feb. 15, Benjamin Farley, 3d, of Hollis and Mary Blodgett of Dunstable. " " 23, James Grossman and Rebecca Proctor of Hollis. 1787, Apr. 26, John Goodhue and Rebecca Perham, both of Hollis. " ]une 3, David Hale and Elizabeth Holden, " " " Sept. 20, Capt. William Brooks and Hepzibah Powers, both of Hollis. " Nov. 13, Joel Boynton of Hopkinton and Betty Wallace of Hollis. Jan. Feb. it 7> Apr. Nov. '7> 17, 9. <^ '3i Dec. .i, " 16, Jan. ■29. I, " 16, " 20, Oct. '9: Dec. Feb. 9. Mar. ' 7> MARKIAGKS IX CIIKOXOI.OOICAL OKDKll. 349 ;7SS, Jan. j, Jesse Hardy and Rebecca Bailey, botli ot rioUis. Reuben llobart of Cockermouth and Isabel Colburn of IloUis. Caleb Stile-s, Jan., and Betty Pierce, both of Ilollis. Josiah Wheat and Sarah Keyes, " " Benjamin Woods Parker and Olive Pratt, '• " Isaac Hardy and Submit Wheat, - " " Jonas Flag-g- of (jilnianton and Lucy |e\vett of Ilollis. Thomas Kemp of Ilollis and Wid. Hannah Shattuck of Raby. Dea. Josiah Conant and Zerviah Foi, both of Hollis. -Vsiihel Twiss and Wid. Isabel Pierce, " " 17S9, Jan. I, David Holden, Jun., and Bridget Atwell, '• " Solomon Manning of Billerica and Olive P'rench of Ilollis. James Jewett and Lucy Farley, both of Ilollis. William Reed, Jun., and Betsey Burge, both of Ilollis. Daniel Meriill and Phebe Dow, " " Michael Carter and Rebecca Shattuck, '' " 1790, Feb. 9, Jonathan Hale and Catharine Mosher, " " Jacob Wheeler of Deering and Betsey Dix of Hollis. " May 6, Daniel Lawrence and Polly Johnson, both of Hollis. " July 3S, Shubacl llobart of Hollis and Wid. Prudence Parker of Groton. " Xov. 9, Moses Hardy and Abigail Wheat, both of Hollis. " " 24, Isaac Baldwin of Amherst and Bethiah Pool of Ilollis. *' " 35, Francis Blood and Wid. Abigail Farmer, both of Hollis. " " 30, Henry Wright of Ashby and Hannah Boynton of Hollis. '79') Jan. 6, Jacob Spaulding of Hillsborough and Mary Barker of Hollis. " Feb. 10, Jerathmael Bovvers and Hannah Danforth, both of Hollis. " " 15, Benjamin Jewett of Gilnianton and Rebecca Boynton of Hollis. Oliver Prescott, Jun., of Groton aud Nancy "Whiting of Hollis. Nathaniel Shattuck, Jun., and Hannah Ke3-es, both of Hollis. Samuel Shattuck and Lois Wheat, " " Thomas Hay, Jun., of Merrimack and Rebecca Pool of Hollis. Solomon Wheelerand Hannah Farley, both of Hollis. Jotham Rohbins of Dunstable and Hannah Fisk of Hollis. Samuel Runnells and'Abigail Smith, both of Hollis. " Oct. 18, Jonathan Saunderson and Lucy Pool, " " " " 24, Zebulon Wheeler and Wid. Mary Kendrick, both of Hollis. 1792, Jan. 31, Oliver Blodgett of Dunstable and Anna Shipley of Hollis. " Mar. 15, Ebenezer Jewett and Polly Rideout, both of Hollis. " July 12, Abraham Leeman of Hollis and Wid. Olive Jaquith of Dunstable. " Oct. 23, Joseph Whipple and Esther Pierce, both of Hollis. " Nov. 15, Abijah Shed and Joanna Farley, " " " Dec. 13, Jonas .Smith and Sally Pool, " " 1793, Jan. 24, Samuel Barron and Sally Lund, " " " " 38, Ephraim Burge and Patty Baldwin, " " " " 38, Leonard Whiting, Jun., and Betsey Conant, both of Hollis. " Nov. 21, James Bell and Elizabeth Shattuck, " " " " 2$, John Powers and Hannah Brooks, " " " Dec. 24, Joel Barker and Sally Foster, " " 1794, Feb. II, Solomon Wheat, Jun., and Hannah Cumings, " " " " 27, William Merrill of Hollis and Dolly Smith of Raby. " Mar. 7, Moses Ames and Rebecca Hale, both of Hollis. " Apr. 9, Solomon Wheelock of Leominster and Betsey Ball of Hollis. " May 7, Rev. Eli Smith and Ama Emerson, both of Hollis. " " 20, Jacob Mooar and Dorcas Hood, " " " June 9, Solomon Blood, Jim., and Hannah Kinney, " " " July 3> Isaac Hardy and Mehitable Boynton, " " " " 13, Benjamin Pool and Sally Fletcher, " " " " 20, Dr. William Hale and Esther Pool, " " " 22, Apr. 28, May 5> Aug ■ << " •^5' Sept. 20, •' 20, 350 MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 1794, Aug. 20, Daniel Dow and Sally Lovcjoy, both of Hollis. " " 27, Samuel I.ovejoy and Elizabeth Willoughby, both of Hollis. " Nov. 13, Nathaniel Shattuck of Hancock and Susannah Jewett of Hollis. " Dec. 16, Thomas Farley of Hollis and Polly Jewell of Dunstable. 1795, ]an. I, David Smith and Hepzihah Worcester, both of Hollis. " Feb. 12, Aaron Hardy of Lempster and Sally Shattuck of Hollis. Apr. 16, Abel Shattuck and Sally Blood, both of Hollis. " " 24, John Butterfield of Dunstable and Sally Blood of Hollis. " May 4, Stephen Lovejoy and Betsey Hood, both of Hollis. " " 30, James Bradbury and Catharine Conant, " " " Nov. 29, John Jewett and Jane Ames, " " 1796, Jan. 5, Aaron Smith and Ruth Farley, " " " " 14, Jonathan Eads and Anna Holt, " " " Feb. 10, David Burge and Betsey Mcintosh, " " ^-^ " Mar. 4, Silas French and Sally Reed, " " " " 10, William Willoughby of Hollis and Rebecca Adams of Dunstable. " 17, David Willoughby and Polly Wood, both of Hollis. " Apr. 19, Daniel Blood, Jan., and Esther Rideoul, " " William Read of Hollis and Wid. Elizabeth Shed of Chelmsford. Benjamin Barron and Sally Wood, both of Hollis. Timothy French of Dunstable and Bridget Farley of Hollis. Nathaniel Jewett and Sally Blood, both of Hollis. Ebenezer Farley, Jun., and Abigail Farmer, both of Hollis. David Powers of Dunstable and Polly Blanchard of Hollis. William Kemp and Sally Shattuck, both of Hollis. Edmund Williams of Pepperell and Abigail Eee of Hollis. Josiah Conant and Lucy Jewett, both of Hollis. Jacob Mosher and Mary Pierce, " " Josiah Hayden and Polly Patch, " " John Sawtell of Milford, and Martha Wallingford of Hollis. Jesse Danforth oi Amherst, and Sally Wheat of Hollis. Kendall Kittridge and Sally Whiting of Hollis. Abel Spauldingand Susannah Marshall, both of Hollis. Rev. Samuel Worcester of Fitchbiu'g and Zerviah Fox of Hollis. John Shed and Wid. Lucy Jewett, both of Hollis. 10, Enos Hardy and Mary Lund, " " 10, Ebenezer Baldwin and Lucy Wheat, " " 26, Levi Nutting of Pepperell, and Persis Eastman of Hollis. Amos Eastman and Wid. Deborah Woods, both of Hollis. Luther Wright of Westford and Priscilla Reed of Hollis. Daniel Bobbins of Dunstable and Betsy Hazelton of Hollis.—"—' James Atwell and Sarah Lawrence, both of Hollis. Jonas Blood and Priscilla Blood, " " " June 15, David Woods and Patty Brooks, " " " Nov. 2S, Uriah Reed and Betsey Shed, " " 1799, Jan. I, Eleazer Pierce and Sally Austin, " " " " 2, David French and Betsey Wheeler, " " " " 31, Pliineas H. Holden of Littleton and Betsey Jewett of Hollis. Nehemiah Barker and Elizabeth Wallingford, both of Hollis. Thomas Farley and Susannah Burge, " " .SamueL Smith and Margaret Smith, " " Solomon Pierce and Rebecca Austin, " " Nathan Holt and Sibbel Phelps, " " " 23, Dea. Thomas Walker of Sudbury and Mary Hayden of Hollis. lune 4, Eleazer Parker and .Susannah Flagg, both ol Hollis. " 11. Robert Colburn and Kezia Wright, " " Oct. 1, Samuel Conroy and Betsey Dix, *' " " II, Abel Spalding and Rebecca Ober, " " Jime 2, 9> Aug. 17. Sept, 4- " i5> Nov. 17, Dec. 2Z, " 29, Jan. 1, " iS, Apr. '9. " 19. " 24, Sept. 19, Oct. 20, Nov. S' Dec. 31. Feb. 9i " '5' Mar, • 4. " 29. Mar. 17, Apr. 16, May 13. " 16, MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 35 1 1799, Oct. 20, William Teaney and Judith Reed, both of Hollis. " Nov. 2S, Mose&S. Boj'nton of Hancock and Hannali Woodbury of HoUis. " " 2S, Ilezekiah Kendall of IloUis and Lucy Kidder of Amherst. iSoo, Jan. 2^, Peter Colburn and Rachel Patch, both of Hollis. " Feb. 24, Zachariah Alexander of Dunstable and Wid. Mary Messer of Hollis. " M;ir. 13, Leonard Whiting, Jun., and Wid. Rebecca Gilson, both of Holli.s. " " 13, Andrew Bunton of Pembroke and Lavinia Holden of Hollis. ^ " " 19, Benjamin Austin and .Sally Jewett, both of Hollis. '• " 26, Nathaniel Proctor and Olive Goddard, " " " Apr. 2S, Minot Wheeler and Sally Farley, " " " May 20, Dr. Benoni Cutter and Phebe Tenncy,- " " " July 23, Isaac Jewett and Polly Proctor,' " " " Oct. 2, Jacob Cobbett and Phebe Kinney, " " " Nov. 13, Thaddeus Wheeler and Sibbel Spauldinsr, " " " " 13, Reuben Killicutt of Hillsborough and Sally Shipley of Hollis. iSoi, Jan. 2, Samuel Parker of Greenfield and Hannah Rideoul of Hollis. " " 12, Josiah Blood and Sally Spaulding, both of Hollis. " F"eb. 3, Phillips Wood and Dorothy Davis, " " ■" May 31, James Jewell of Dunstable and Sail}' Hobart .of Hollis. " J"ly S> Ebenezer Perkins and Henrietta Goddard, both of Hollis. " Aug. 13, James Mosher and Hannah Pierce, " " " Nov. 26, David Rideout and Kezia Wood, " " " " 27, George Whitefield of Plymouth and Lydia Ranger of Hollis. " Dec. 7, Ebenezer Perkins and Betsey Austin, bothof Hollis. " " 24, Aaron Kinney and Sally Phelps, " " 1S02, Jan. 20, Abner B. Little of Salem, N. H., and Nancy Tenney of Hollis. Ambrose Gould of Greenfield .and .Susan Farley of Hollis. Joseph Evans of Marlow and Patty Boynton of Hollis. John Ober of Hollis and Sally Peacock of Amherst. Carshina Wood of Littleton and Betsey L. Lawrence of HoUis. Zachariah Ober and Abigail Hardy, both of Hollis. Nicholas How and Anna French, both of Hollis. Ebenezer Parkhurst of Dunstable, Mass., and Hannah Jewett of Hollis Nathan .Shattuck and Susanna Wood, both of Hollis. Jacob Pierce of Huntington, ,Vt., and Sarah Jewett of Hollis. William Marshall of Hudson and Polly Smith of Hollis. Emerson Parker and Rebecca Blood, both of Hollis. Jonathan Parker of Lexington and Anna Hobart of Hollis. Jesse Farley and Mary Plielps, both of Hollis. William Farley and Elizabeth Bobbins, both of Hollis. Daniel Merrill, 3d, and Abigail Colburn, " " " Sept. 22, Phineas Lovejoy and Abigail Ober, " " " •' 22, Aaron Brooks and Polly Austin, " " " Apr. S, Charles Eastman and Rebecca Spaulding, " " " May 16, Benjamin Fletcher and Abigail Kittridge, " " " Aug. 30, Gould Bobbins of Dunstable and Sarah Johnson of Hollis. " Oct. 10, Abijah Gould, Jun., and Mary .Shattuck, both of Hollis. ■•' " II, David Hardy and Anna Colburn, " " " " 29, David Roby of Dunstable and Ann Johnson of Hollis. " Nov. ij, Timothy Colburn of Milford and Mary Lovejoy of Hollis. 1S05. Jan. 9, Thomas Richardson of Packersfield and Polly Holt of HoUis. " " 26, Abijah Shed of Pepperell and Catharine Goss of Hollis. " Sept. Nathaniel Rideout and S.ar.ih Abbott, both of Hollis. " " 16, Nicholas Youngman and Wid. Lydia Hobart, both of Hollis. Sept. 16, Eleazer Hale of Dunstable and Sally Jewell of Hollis. " Oct. 30, Theodore Wheeler of Hollis and Susannah Hamlet of Dunstable. " Nov. aS, Benjamin W. Wright and Sarah Hardy, both of Hollis. " Dec. 26, Eli Hunt of Peterborough and Lydia Rideout of Hollis. " Feb. 17- I Apr. 4- 6, 10, -" June 10. :: Sept. 5' 7- " Nov. 25. 1S03, Jan. 19. '; Feb. IS. " Aug. ■IS, " Oct. 17, 1S04, Jan. 18, 26, 352 MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.. iSo6, Jan. i, William I''. Rlielps and Sukey Farley, botli of Ilnllis. " '• 22, Stephen Lund and Rachel Shed, " " " " 30, Daniel French of Ilardwick, Vt., and Lucy Gnss of llollis. " Feb. 12, Arteinas Thayer of Milford, Mass., and Elizabeth Jewett of Hollis. " Sept. 24, Isaac Mooar and Mary Blood, both of Hollis. " Oct. 30, Paul Davis of Mason and Lucy Pike of llollis. " Nov. 2, Lt. Caleb Farley and Wid. Lucy Shipley, both of Hollis. " Dec. iS, Luther Hubbard of Hollis and Hannah Russell of Carlisle, Mass. " " iS, Isaac Senter of Brookhne and Sally Ball of Hollis. )So7, Apr. 2, Nathan Thayer and Hannah Jewett, both of Hollis. " May 4, Foster Emerson and Ruth Proctor, " " " Sept. 17, Isaac Shattuck of Washington and Hannal] Mooar of Hollis. " " 17, Abijah Gould of Hollis and Mary T. Sargent of Milford. " Oct. 20, Samuel Jones, jun., of Sudbury and Lucy Phelps of Hollis. i " " 20, Ebenezer Youngman and Thankful Phelps, lioth of Hollis. " Nov. I, John Grover of Charlestown, Mass., and Rebecca Blood of Hollis. Joel IIow of Milford and Dorcas Colburn of Hollis. iSoS, Jan. 14, Nathan Colburn, Jun., and Lydia Jewett. both of Hollis. Henry Adams and Sarah Bradley, '• " John W. Kendall and Hannah Colburn, " " Daniel Mooar of Hollis and Mai"v Nevins of Amherst. Samuel Hideout and Mary Lovejoy, both of Hollis. Nehemiah Ranger and Esther Symonds, " " Isaac Farley and Charlotte Woods, '' " William Lovejov and Susannah Rideout, " " ]S09, Jan. 4, Timothy Colburn of Milford and Rebecca Ball of Hollis. Joshua Wright and Rebecca Willoughhy, both of Hollis. .Solomon Hobart of Hebron and Hannah Farley of Hollis. Feb. 5, Daniel French of Hardwick, Vt.. and Sarah Worcester of Hollis. " II, Lester Holt of Lyme and Lydia French of Hollis. " 21, James Rideout, 3d, and Edah Kinney, both of Hollis. " 2S, lonas Blood of Buckstov.-n, Me., and Eliza Rideout of Hollis. Apr. 26, Samuel Runnells of Bradf July iS, Oct. 17, Nov. !■ " 17. 23. Dec. 2S. " 2.S, .Mar. 2, .Apr. 4. Apr. IS, May I, June 2, " 6, " 13, " 28, July .=,<, Sept. 6, " 22, Oct. 10, Nov. 10, " 24, " 28, Dec. I, June 8, Dec. 28, Feb. 21, Mar. iS. Apr. 15. 554 MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 1816, Nov. 14, Oliver Stearns ot Mil ford and Mary \Villougliby of Hollis. " " 14, Christopher Farley and Constantina Cumings, both of HoUis. 1817, Mar. 13, Nathaniel Dow and Mary Ames, " " " " 13, John Armstrong and Rebecca Hobart, " " •" Apr. 10, Andrew Shattuck of Dunstable and Phebc Jewctt of IloUis. " " 33, James Wheeler and Dorcas Mooar, both of Hollis. " May 6, Loammi Spauldingof Temple and Esther Wright of HoUi*. " July 10, Amos Shattuck and Mary Ball, both of Hollis. " Aug. 4, Paul Davis of Mason and Martha Shed of Hollis. " " 5, Ebene^er Shed and Elizabeth Duncklee, both of Hollis. " Sept. 16, Ebenezer Farley, 3d, and Leafy Duncklee, " " •" Nov. 9, Dr. Noah Hardy and Betsey Farley, " " *' Nov. iS, Isaac Butterfield of Brookline and Abigail Pierce of Hollis. " " 20, Jonathan Lovejoy of Milford and Sarah Willoby of Hollis. " " 33, Amos Hardy and Mary Cumings, both of Hollis. " Dec. 2j, Ebenezer Blood and Betsey Abbott, " " " " 35, Daniel Walker of Marlborough, Mass., and Mary Hayden ot HoUis. iStS, Jan. I, Daniel Dow and Charlotte Farley, both of Hollis. " Feb. 5, Asa Jaquith and Esther Phelps, " " " " 36, Jeremiah Dow and .Sarah Eastman, " " " Mar. 6, John P. Gilson ot Dunstable and Rebecca Spaulding of Hollis, " Apr. 3, Capt. Daniel Bailey and Wid. Mary Lawrence, both of Hollis. William Brown, 3d, and Hannah Boynton, " " Ralph E. Tenney and Phebe C. Smith, " " Benjamin Farley, 4th, and Mehitable Blood, " " Benjamin Wright and Wid. Emma Bradley, " " Benjamin Carter of Wihr.ington and Mary Farley (.if Hollis. Moses Kendall of Tyngsborough and Mindwell Reed ot Hollis. Joseph Patch and Sally Johnson, both of Hollis. TS19, Apr. I, Moses Boynton, Jun., and Emma Lawrence, both of Hollis. Francis E. Fuller of Hardwick, Vt., and Martha Worcester of Hollia. Jesse Hardy and Eliza Mooar, both of Hollis. Amos B. Minot of Westniister, Mass., and Mary Hardy of Hoiii.«. Isaac French, Jun., and Rebecca Bush, both of Hollis. Leonard Bailey and Mary French, " " ' " " S, Gardner Mooar and Mary Hardy, " " " Nov. 5, Jonas Lawrence and F'anny Lawrence, " " " " 9, Minot Farley and Zeraiah Phelpfe, . " " 1S21. Jan. 4, Freedom French and Sarah Mooar, " " " " 35, Thomas W. Hardy and Mehit^able Blood, '■ " " " 30, Benjamin Farley, Esq., and Wid. Susannah Smith, both of HoUis. " Feb. 22, Joseph Rideout, Jun., and Sukey Ranger, " " " Maj-. 15, Dea. Stephen Thurston of Bedford and Sarah Burge of Hollis. Asa Beverlyof Amherst and Roxiina Lovejoy of Hollis. Amos Eastman and Wid. Lydia Mooar, both of Hollis. Jeremiah BuUard of Rindge and Priscilla Reed of HoUi.s. Samuel L. Hardy and Roxana Duncklee, both of Hollis. Jonathan P. Woods and Lucinda Baker, " " Royal Woods and Catharine Lovejoy, " " Joel Barker of Milford and Wid. Catharine Lovejoy of Hollis. 1833, Jan. 3, Daniel Greenwood of Dublin and Ribecca Hardy of Hollis. Daniel Iloltof Milford and Olive Proctor of Hollis. Phineas Cumings and Lucinda Lovejoy, both of Hollis. 1813, Apr. 31, Luther \\'right and Hannah Lillis, " " Calvin Willoughby and Lucinda Wheeler, " " " 17, Louis Cochran of Andover and Mary Abbott of Hollis. May 3», Stephen Lovejoy, Jun., .and Lucy Hobart, both of HoUiB. June 8, Ebenezer Beard of Boston and Anna Patch of Hollis. " 34, Aug. 14. Oct. I, " 39. Nov. 33, Dec. ^9. " 3'- Apr. I, Sept, ■30, Nov, ■ >9> " ^5, Dec. -. June S, June 36, July 4. Aug. 13, " '9. Oct. iS, " 21. Nov. 37. Jan. 3, " 33, Feb. 24. Apr. 31, May 1, MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 35 (^ 18^3, Oct. 30, Joel Hardy and Eliza Johnson, botli ot Hollis. 1S24, Feb. 4, Benjamin Wheeler and Rhoda Rideout, both of Hollis. " !Mar. 23, Abel Ball and Sally F'rench, " " " Apr. 29, Noah Farley and Ruth Lawrence, " " " " 29, William Kittredge of Harvard and Lucy Sauaderson oi HolUs. " May 13, Samuel Colburn of Groton and Sarah Woods of Hollis. " " 30, Benjamin Austin, Jun., and Hannah Pierce, both of Hollis. " July II, Jefferson Rockwood and .Sarah Lovejov, " " " Oct. iS, ^Villiam S. Bradbury and Elizabeth Emerson, " " " " 23, Leonard Blood of Hollis and Hannah Hale of Dunstable, N. H. Dec. S, Timothy Patch and Hannah Burns, both of Hollis. , " " 2S, Ehenezer White of Boston and Susan Hale of Hollis. 1S25, Jan. 5, John Minot of Westminster, Mass., and Wid. Mary Minol of Hollis. " Mar. 27, Nathan Thayer, Esq., and Mary Jewett, both oi HolUs. " Apr. 5, Benoni G. Cutter and Lucy Pool, " " " May I, Joel Parker and Eliza Crawford, •• '• " " 26, Daniel Lawrence of Hollis and Sarah Fletcher of Peppere II. " Oct. II, Francis E. F~uller of Hai-dwick, Vt., and Hannah Worcester ot Hollis. " " iS, Andrew Dean of Dunstable and Sarali Hale ot Hollis. " Nov. 17, Abel Farley and Elizabeth F"arley, both of Hollis. " " 24, Samuel C^uaid and -Sarah Boynton. " " " " 25, Jonathan Cragin of Clareinont and Marv Wright, 3d, of Hollis. " Dec. 14, Ralph W. Jewett and Betsey Farley, both of Hollis. " 16, Willard Blood of Dunstable and Sally Blood of Hollis. " " 27, Alvin Shed of New Ipswich and Laurinda Smith of Hollis. 1526, Jan. 19, Dea. Stephen Thurston of Bedford and Hannah Worcester ot Hollis. " Feb. 14, Washington Willoughby and Elizabeth Wheeler, both of Hollis. " June 28, Gilbert Brooks of Medford and Martha Burge of Hollis. " " 29, Silas Hardy of Westminster, Vt., and Abigail Hardy of Hollis. " Sept. 26, Ebenezer Sargent of Henrietta, N. Y., and Mary Wright of Hollis. " Nov. 12, George Sherburne and Susannah Runnells, both of Hollis. " " 15, Ichabod W. Saunderson Lind Hannah Ball, " " John N. Worcester and Sarah Ilulden, '• •' 1527, Feb. 13, Timotliy Hodgman and Charlotte Willoughby, " " Oliver Conroy of Hollis and Miranda Fisk of Dunstable. Eleazer T. Merrill and Susan Bro\\ii. both of Hollis. James Parker and Susan Woods, " " Leonard Chafin of Groton, Mass., and Mary Wright of Hollis. William Conant and Sarah Hale, both of Hollis. Calvin Wright of Hollis and Eunice Shattuck of Dunstable. William Gilbert of Francestown and Mary Ranger of Hollis. 1S2S, Apr. S, Henry Woods of Groton, Mass., and Hannah M. Thayer of Hollis. " " 17, John Parker and Mary Ann Gould, both of Hollis. May II, John L. Rix of Haverhill, N. H., and Elizabeth Hale of Hollis. " " 26, Alpheus Eastman of Hollis and Sally Williams of Warwick, Mass. " June 5, David Hoyt of Charlestown, :Mass., and Sarah N. Pool of Hollis. " Oct. 9, Rev. Darwin Adams of Camden, Me., and CatharineN. Smitli of Hollis. " " 2S, Hiram Wood and Annis S. Jewett, lioth of Hollis. " Dec. 30, Ebenezer Runnells and Wid. Lydia Hale, " " 1829, Jan. 19, Charles Gilson of Pepperell and Mary Colburn of Hollis. " .\pr. 7, Asahel Reed of Merrinuick and Priscilla R. French of Hollis. " " 9, Obadiah T. Eaton of New Ipswich and Clarissa Farley of HoUis. " " 9, Leonard Shipley of Dunstable and Sibbel Spalding of Hollis. Aug. 10. John B. Hill of Exeter, Me., and Achsah Parker of Hollis. " " 13, Alpheus Rideout and Lydia S. Powers, lioth of Hollis. " " 13, Mark Webster of Lowell, Mass., and Eunice Wright of Hollis. " Nov. 24, Capt. Leonard Blood. and Lucy Dow, both of Hollis. 1S30, Feb. 2, Leonard Hideout and Wid. Mary Davis. " Dec. 26, Feb. 13. Mar. S, " 16, July 13. Nov 16, " 19. Dec. 4. Apr s, Apr. '3. Dec. -■ I Mar. ID, 3'. Apr. r^ Mnv 17. June 0. Aug. 4. Sept. J2, Oct. 3. Nov. i7-> 356 MAKKIAGKS IN L IIKON'O I.OGICAI, ORDKft. sSjo, Feb. 10, Rev. Noah Kmer.son of Jiiildwin, Me., and Ama Smith of Hollis. " 22, Luther Hardy and Hannali W. Sawtell. both of Hollis. Elias Colburn and Thankful Rideout. " " Mark Dow and Cliarlotte BU)od, •' " lJ)aniel Wyman of Hillsborough and Louisa Mooar of Hollis. 18,^1, Mar. 10, Abijah Fletcher of Westford and Louisa I^awrence of Hollis. Ebenczer Baldwin and Rebecca Bailey, both of Hollis. AVinslow Reed and Mary Pierce, " " Timothy U. Patch and Mary Proctor, " " Ira Beaman of Westminster, Mass., and Kezia Colburn of Hollis. P'ranklin Abbott of Milford and Indiana Proctor of Hollis. .Sullivan Howard of Mason and Elizabeth B. Little of Hollis. Douglas R. Patterson of Amherst and Dolly Ann Wood of Hollis. Asa Farley and Sibliel C. Holt, both of Hollis. Francis (ewett and Louisa Rideout, Silas Spalding: and Lucinda Wood, " " '• 2-u David W. Sawtell and Sarah P. Farley, " Dec. 22, David \\'oods of Hancock and Esther Wheeler of Hollis. J3. William Bowers of Dunstable and Mary Ann Hubbard of Hollis. iSji. Jan. 19, Daniel Shattuck and NLiry Ann Shatlr.ck, lioth of Hollis. ■' Feb. 27, Bradley Colburn and Naomi Boynton, " " " >Lar. 19, Jesse Templeton and .Sarah F'oster, " " Apr. 5, Nathaniel Hobart and Hannah Colburn, " •' May 17, Daniel Abbott of Dracut, Mass,, and Elsie Marshall of Hollis. " Nov. 2S, Nathaniel Hardy and Hannah K. P.Trkcr, both of Hollis. 1533, M'*!". 3, John IT. Cutter and Susah F. Pool, " '• " " .11, Daniel I''arlev and PoUv F'arley, " " Apr. 2, Jacob D. Austin and Lucv S. Wright, " " 9, William Wlicelcr of Milford and Xanty C. M. Utile of Holli.-. 25, .Moses Proctor and Indiana Don, both of Hollis. May 22, Joseph Ober and Khoda C. Colburn, " " June 26, Natlianiel F\ Howand Alniira Ridecuit, " " Aug. 27, Ambrose H. Wood and Mary Ann Colbni ri, both of Hollis. Jonathan W. Lovejov and Elizabeth Colburn. " " 1534, Feb. 20, John L. Pool and Mary Boynton, '■ " Ezekiel M. Bradley and Lvdia Dow, '• " George W. Hubbard of Pepperell and Emma Burge of Hollis. Mark W. Merrill of Dunstable and Catharine Hale of Hollis. D.tniel Edgcrly of Sanbmnton, and Mary H. Ste\ens ot Hollis. Mark F'arley and Mary S. Crosby, both of Hollis. Isaac Jewctt of Nashville, Teiin., and Lydia C. Cillnirn of Hollis. " 30, Luke Hale and Mary Morrison, lioth of Hollis. ■' Nov. 6, Benjamin G. Searles of Rowley, Mass., and Phchc C. Cutter of Hollis " " 16, Joel Blood and Rachel Lund, both of Hollis. " 27, Charles F. Hall and Martha Willoby, " 1S3S, Jan. 4, George Worcester of Hudson and Wid. Rachel Colburn of Hollis. " Feb. 26, Luke Putnam of Dunstable, N. IL, and Rebecca J. Hale of Hollis. " Mar. 5, En -Spalding of Chelmsford, Mass., and Ahara Spalding of Hollis. " Apr. 12, William Adams and Sarah Ann Adams, both of Hollis. " " 19, Ebenezer Ranger and Maria Tozer, " " " " 20, Charles Walker of New Ipswich and Hannah Walker of Hollis. " May 7, Alfred Knight of Lancaster and Mary Butterfield of Hollis, '• •• 21, Mark Mooar and Charlotte Wright, both of Hollis. Silas French and Esther Saunderson, " " James Burgess of Dunstable, N. H., and Caroline HoUlcn of Hollis. Stillman Spaulding and Ann Holden, both of Hollis. Daniel Livingston of I^owell and Sophronia Lund of Hollis. 1S30, Jan. iS, .\rtemas Hale and Mary Ann Wheat, both of Hollis. Oct. •24. Feb. 20, Apr. S, May II, '• -9- June 1. Aug. -5' Oct. s. Jvuie -3' Nov. ^4. '• Ht Dec, 3' Jan. iS, Mar. ,Vi June 2, J'l'y I, Oct. 13. " 13. Nov. 10, Dec. ■■!. .. zS, Apr. 6, (1 June Au-. 3 ' • Sept. -I. Oct. 4' MARRIAGES IN CHRONOI.OO ICAI- ORDER. 357 •iS.50, M:ir. ,v, Joseph D. Parker and Eucretia Smith, hoth of llollis. Varnuin Wheeler and Mary Wood, " " Gains Wrig^ht, Jun., and Naomi Parker, " " Elbridge Livingston of Lowell and Irene Lund of HoUis. Christopher F. Smith and Rachel R. F"arley, both of Hollis. Joseph Brown of Chester and Wid. Patty Patch of Hollis. Charles G. Clapp of Nortliainpton, Mass., and Sarah Lawrence of Hollis. George W. Parker and Mary Woods, both of Hollis. 1S37, Apr. 6, Thomas Lund of Hollis and Bridget French of Nashua. Warner Read and Louisa Wright, both of Hollis. John Kjirley and Hannah Blood, " " Alfred Farley and Lydia Farley, " " William Parker of Pepperell and Martha Patch of Hollis. William Flagg of West Boylston and Louisa Hardy of Hollis. ij, Rev. Dudley Phelps of Groton and Lucretia G. Farley of Hollis. '• 2b, Enoch Jewett and Wid. Sarah Willoby, both of Hollis. " Nov. 7, Jonas W. Jaqiiith and Mary J. Austin, " " " " 21, Freeman Wallace of Bethel, Vt., and Jane Farley of Hollis. 1S3S, Mar. 19, Eri McDaniells of Brookline and Ann Farley of Hollis. " Apr. 5, Isaac R. Lawrence and Marinda Wheeler, both of Hollis. " " 17, James Farley, Jun., and Martha T. Mooar, '• " " j6, Capt. Josiah Blood and Wid. Dorcas Spaulding, both of Hollis. Rev. Joseph Warren and Lydia Dale, " " Ethan Willoughby of Hollis and Julia Marshall of Hudson. Amos Wheeler of Nashua and Rebecca Wheeler of Hollis. .Samuel Bancroft of Pepperell and Hannah E. Hardy of Hollis. Abial Steele of Milledgeville, Ga., and Betsey Hardy " •' Moses Proctor of Boston and Elizabeth Conant of Hollis. 1S39, Mar. 7, Harvey A. Powers of Pepperell and Sarah Colburn of Hollis. Charles L. Colburn and Emeline Wright, both of Hollis. Cyrus Whitcomb of Fitchburg and Esther Ann Nichols of Hollis. EH Spalding of Pepperell and Harriet Eastman of Hollis. David J. Weight and Sarah J. Colburn, both of Hollis. 1840, Jan. 14, Theodore Wheeler, Jun., and Charlotte Wetherbee, both of Hollis Jacob Sinilding and Jane Ranger. " '• Charles A. Wood of Hollis and Hannah A. Washer of Nashua. S, Josiah Hayden and Submit Swallow, both of Hollis. " " S, Leonard Swan of Nashua and Sabrina Hale of Hollis. " iS, Phineas Hardy and Wid. Rebecca C. Hardy, both of Hollis. '• Nov. ly, Reuben Hardy of Hollis and .Vhigail Stearns of Merrimack. 1841, Mar. iS, Benjamin N. Stearns and Susan E. Colburn. both of Hollis. 1S43, Aug. iS, Ezra Shed and Lydia Reed, Sept. 15, W'illiani A. Colburn of Hollis and Mary Hardy of Hudson. " " 15, Jefferson Farley and Charlotte M. Farley, both of Hollis. 1543, Jan. 31, Charles B. Fletcher of Lyndon, Vt., and Lucy F. Farley of Hollis. " Mar. 13, Daniel D. F.Johnson and Fidelia Kemp, both of Hollis. " Apr. 4, William Hardy of Salem, Mass., and Ann M. Richardson of Hollis. " May 9, Daniel M. Smith of Hollis and Hannah Newton of Nashua. " " 10, Nathan Willoughby and Elizabeth A. Marshall, both of Hollis. " June 29, Charles O. Wood and Luella P. Hardy, " " " Nov. I, Leonard Lyon of Cambridge, Mass., and Mary D. P'arley of Hollis. " " 9, Reuben F. Foster of Concord, N. II., and Sarah E. Ames " " " Dec. 7, Horace Field and Sarah E. Farley, both of Hollis. " " 12, Silas S. W^heeler and Irene Wyman, " " 1544, Feb. 6, Andrew J. Spalding and Mary Ann Wheeler, both of Holli>. " " 22, John Coburn and Wid. Naomi Colburn, '■ " " June 13, John C. Bell and Sarah .A.. Dow, both of Hollis. June 20, July 7t 8, 19. Nov. 4- .Mar. 22, 7- Apr. Aug. I, Oct. 7- Jan. '4. May 12| Sept. 16. Oct. s, 35^ }k4ARKIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDEr/ )844, Nov. 13, Edwartl Emtrson of }lollis ;ind Hannah Cuniings Pierce of Boston. " " 19, Benjamin G. Searles and Alniira Buttertield, botli of Hollis. 1&4S, Jan. I, John Hardy and Hannah Farley, " " " " 29, Rufus N. Walling ford of Milford and Susan Farley of Hollis. " " 29, Nathaniel G. Fcrnald of Lowell and Harriet Farley of Hollis. " Mar. 6, Luther Proctor of Hollis and Frances P. Wallace of Pepperell. " Ajir. S, George Bancroft of Boston and Sarah G. Farley of Hollis. " " 16, Adolphus Stevens of Pepperell and Nancy J. Wallace of Hollis. " Aug. 5, William S. Young- of Fitcliburg and Sarah A. Wright of HoUisi. " Oct. 16, Calel> Brown of Nashua and Mary Ann Reed of Hollis. " 16, James S. Rideout and Harriet M. Hartshorn, both of Hollis. " " 21, James Little and Emeline Colburn, " " " Dec. 4, Charles Hale and Nancy Ranger, 11.. " " 9, Benjamin Whiting and Esther S. Wriglit, " " 1846, Jan. I, Mansfield Senter of Nashua and Mury Ann Willoby of Hollis. I " Mar. 26, Jonas Blood and Wid. Susannah Wheeler, both of Hollis. " May 12, Frederick Blood and Mehitabel Rideout, " " " Sept. 24, Charles P. Wood and ]Iarriet Mooar, •• '• Nov. 5, Ebenezer T. Wheeler and Mary Ann Blood, '• •• Nov. 16, Benjamin F. Steele of Wilton and Rachel Colburn of Hollis. 1S47, Apr. 25, Nehemiah Woods and Mary Ann Woods, both of Hollis. May 5, William P. Saunderson and Hannah C. Marshall, both of Hollis. " 6, Ralph J. Holden and Eliza Ann ILirdv, " " Nov.iS, James Blood and Emeline Wheeler, •• " Simeon A. Spalding of Hollis and Catharine P. Sawtell of Brooklinf., David W. Sawtell and Sarah J. Rideout, both of Hollis. Minot Wheeler of Hollis and Sarah Ann Hardy of liudson. John C. Foster of Milford and Sophia P. Farley of Hollis. Joseph Gates and Susan E. Lovejoy, both of Hollis. Jacob R. Bagley and Dorcas C. Woods, both of Hollis. 5. Oliver L. Dow of Hancock and Mary Ann Eastman of Hollis. " "11. Thomas S. Patch and Lucy A. Newton, b MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 359 1S55, Apr. II, Truman Ilurd of Nashua and Emeline Ridt'out of Mollis. " " 11, Noah Dow and Mary J. Patch, both of Mollis!. " St'pt. 5, Thomas Lund and Betsey Blood, " " " Oct. 3, Lutlier Cheney of Nashua and Lydia C. Winn of Mollis. 1555, Mar. 31, John R. Parker of Mollis and Cornelia M. Sawyer of Merrimack. " Apr. 5, Perry M. Farley and Sarah Farley, both of Mollis. " June 38, Samuel K. Rich of Boston and Frances A. Spauldinef of Mollis. " Sept. 13, Jabez A. Sawyer of Roxbury and Sarah C. Worcester of Mollis. " Dec. 13, Miram G. Felton of Amherst and Mrs. Jane Austin of Mollis. 1556, [an. I, Harvey N. Willoby of HoUis and Mary M. Pease of Weston. " " I, Abel .Spencer of Nashua and Melissa Willoby of HoUis. Albert S. Powers of Milford and .Sophia A. Spalding of HoUis. Isaac Fletcher of HoUis and Phebe J. Draper of Lyndeborough. D.avid M. Farley and Elvira Wheeler, both of HoUis. Samuel B. Blood and Sanih Wheeler, " " Caleb Farley and Sarah M. Patch, " " Josiah Colburn of HoUis and Rebecca Wood of Litchfield. Warren K. Lovejoy and Mary A. Wright, both of Mollis. Asa Noyes of Danvers and Mrs. Rebecca C. Hardy of HoUis. Levi Abbot and Matilda Abbot, both of HoUis. Francis Lovejoy and Ellen M. Hardy, both of HoUis. Charles Moses of New York and Susan Fox of IloUis. Nathaniel Pierce and Hannah M. Wheeler, both of HoUis. Apr. S, James T. Willoby of HoUis and Cornelia L. Pierce of Brooklinc. " 3Q, Charles F.Chase of Nashua and Susan A. Blood of Mollis. Nov. 24, Josiah Ilayden of HoUis and Mahala Millard. Mark L. Willobj- of HoUis and Maria A. Wentworth of Chelmsford. Jeremiah K. Needham of HoUis and Eliz.ibeth H. Carlton of Merrimack Daniel F. Runnels and Sarah E. Farley, both of HoUis. Oliver P. Eastman and Lucy A. Hardy, " " Charles H. Wright and Hattie E. Stratton, " " 1S59, Apr. 5, Milton J. Hardy of Decatur, 111., and Susan E. Cutter of Hollis. William Hale, Jun., and Mehit.able G. Blood, both of Hollis. Asa B. Eaton of Manchester, and Roaniia S. Farley of Hollis. Stephen W. Moore of Nashua and Julia Rideout of Hollis. i860, Mar. I, Timothy E. Flagg and Susan A. Proctor, both of HoUis. Charles Richardson of Marlborough and Rebecca F. Hardy of Hollis. John F. Smith and Mrs. Sarah Smith, both of HoUis. " June 28, Francis Tubbs and Mrs. Mary F. Lund, " " " Nov. 29, Albert Shedd and Mary A. Farley, " " " 29, William li. Gerrish of Boston and Eliza R. Willoby of HoUis. :S6i, Nov. 19, Alpheus Rideoift of Hollis and Hannali Russell of Lawrence. " Dec. 5, John R. Parker and Susan H. Farley, both of Mollis. 1S62, Apr. 7, Henry Smithwick of Hollis and Mary A. Smithwick of Nashua. " May 6, Silas M. Spalding and Louisa D. Bradley, both of HoUis. ■" Oct. 9, William F. Spaulding and Mary E.Farley, " " " Dec. ti, Dexter L. Blood of Hollis and Cornelia A. Lovejoy of Amherst. 1863,. Feb. 28, Albert H. Brooks of Townsend and Mary J. Hardy of Hollis. " May 19, Charles P. Ober and Louisa W. Hart, both of Hollis. " June 30, Charles S. Spaulding of Mollis and Mercian Barton of Lowell. " Nov. 4, Alfred Boynton of Pepperell and I.,ucy A. Colburn of Hollis, " Nov. 14, John H. Pool of Boston and Ellen L. Runnells of Hollis. 1564, June J, Hale Gage and Jane E. Patch, both of Hollis. Oct. II, E. C. Frost of Nashua and M. Elizabeth Hills of Hollis. 1565, Feb. 5, Waldo E. Hill and Elvira A. W,. Clinton .Sco\ille of Conesville, N. V.. and Eytiia l<'ields of Hollis.. ]osiah N. llayden and Clara E. Farley, botli of Hollis. Alonzo It. Wilson and Eva Shedd. William E. Howe of Hollis and Hattie (;. Lund of .Millord . Abel Colburn and Anna L. Ileywood, both of Hullis. David McKean of Amherst and Sarah M. Hodgeman of HoUis. Eugene A. Flagg of Worcester, Mass., and Katie F. Spaulding. .Nathaniel Wliitetield of l''raiu estrnvn. and Mrs. Laurinda Fowler ui: Mollis. William Worcester and Nellie IJ. Kead, both of Hollis. Charles A. L-ivejoy and I'Jlen M. Day, both of Hollis. Isaac W. Pierce of Pepi>erell and Lucy A. Blood of Holli,-,. 1S70. [an. o. William H.Jc.rdan of Glouce-ter, Mass.. ajid Harriet K. Worcester of. Ih.llis. •' 20. Samuel A. Woreesier aTul Li/./.ic 15. Day, b,.tli of Hollis. .Albert Wheeler of Uolli;- And .\delia S. Hubbard of Nashua. ]ames K. Hills and Sarah ]■ . ]• letcher. both of Hollis. George M. Bradlc o! Hollis and Maria L. Colburn of Hudson... Amos Fletcher of Hollis a.nd Maria K. Lee of Nashua. .Vliert J. Farley and Etta !•'. Wheeler, botli of H(dlis. Henry .S. Spaulding and liva I.Wheeler. Levi r..c'ra)ie of New Bedford and Julia Willoughby of Hollis. Norman V. Blood of (nnlon and Helen A. Smith of Hollis. " 15, Isaac F. Fletcher of Lyndon. \"t., and Elizabeth Merrill ol Hollis. Aug.i.'v John H. Hardy of Hollis and Jennie A. Conant of Littleton. Mass, Nov. 30, .\lbert V. Shipley of Nashua and Miriam B. Truell of Hollis. 1872, Feb. 5. David S. Drajjer of Lyndeborough and Cornelia H. Hall of Hollis. " 2S, CharlesA.Hale.il Mollis and l-lniogene Tlunnas of Hudson. " 2S, George Dou of Mollis and Le\ey \'. Draper of .Nashua. Albert Lovejoy of Hollis and Charlotte S. Barrett of Nashua. Horace Kideout and Ellen N. Hideout, both of Hollis. Edward S. Colburn, 2d, of Hollis and Abby J. Barnaby. Robert Morse and Grace Burnham, both of Hollis. Albert C. Meady of Bostcm and Carrie S. Pearse of Hollis. Ramsav C. Houtwell .. JUl) 2. Oct. 2, '• Nov. 2S, " " 2S. '■ Dec. ;„ 86S, Feb. 10, •' jVIar. 30, " Oct. 27, " Nov. 25, '• Dec. 1 , S6<;, Jan. 24, " Mar. 11, .. 20, Apr. 20, " May 19, '■ " .!7. " June 24, July :<>, " Sept. 14, - Nov. iS, '• Dec. ,i. Apr. '4. Mav 2S, Nov. 15- 24, Dec. S. 14, Ai.r. 20. Aug. ■ 7- " 21 . Sept. 4- Nov. 20, MARRIAGES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 361 1873, Feb. 13 " June 26 " Aug. 5 " Sept. 22 " Oct. 29 " Nov. 26; 1S74, Mar. 18, " June 2; " July 14 " 14, " " 20 " Aug. 21 *' Sept. 24 " Nov. 15 " Dec. 24 1875, Jan. 21 " Feb. 17 " Mar. 8 " " II " April 4 " June 2 " Aug. 3 " " iS, " Sept. 9 " 29, " Dec. 14 1876, Jan. " iS^ " Fen. 2 " " 2 " June 10 " Aug. 25 " Nov. 29 Dec. 8 1S77, Jan. I " 23 " 25 " Feb. 3, " Apr.2S: " May 30 Sept. 3 Nov. 14 (25) John L. Boynton of Pepperell and Josephine L. Fletcher of Ilollis. William D. Trow and Nellie A. Hale, both of HoUis. Nathan F. Abbott of Hartford, Ct., and Caroline A. Hills of Hollis. Alphonso H. Powers of Hollis and Frances H. Tufts of Litchfield. Ralph E. Tenney and Sallie A. Cutter, both of Hollis. Amos N. Truell and Clara M. Twiss, " " Samuel R. Merrill and Mary L. Smith, " " Leonard Butterfield and Rebecca Noyes, " " Wellington A. Hardy of New York and Mary C. Cutter of Hollis. William B. Wliitney of Columbus, Ind., and Lucy F. Cutter of Hollis. Stephen J. Smith and Mary E. Bradley, both of Hollis. Walker H. Blake of Hollis and Augusta E. Jones of Amherst. Henry T. Stimson of Boston and Nellie M. Woods of Hollis. Willard E. Wright and Nellie B. Gates, both of Hollis. Judson J. Willoughby of Hollis and Annie C Shattuck of Pepperell. B. F. Swan and Frances E. Longley, both of Hollis. Frank E. Nichols and Sarah A. Twiss, " " Charles H. Bills of Hollis and Lizzie Mooar of Haverhill. Theodore Brown of Portland, Me., and Clara A. Spaulding of Hollis. Hiram B. Fletcher of Hollis and Cora E. Vaughan of Providence. George H. Blood and H. Augusta Hills, both of Hollis. Elbridge J. Farley and Georgiana Hall, " " Charles E. Gates of Hollis and Adelia A. Peacock of Amherst. James Moore of Nashua and Henrietta L. Hardy of Hollis. George H. Lovejoy and Ella F. Lovejoy, both of Hollis. Henry L. Smith of Hollis and Fannie E. Frost of Arlington. Charles F. Holmes and Nellie M. Bills, both of Hollis. Ralph J. Holden and Loinda Colburn, " " Luman C. Drake of Framingham, Mass., and Annie E. Pierce of H. yames W. Woods of Hollis and Sarah E. Parker of Pepperell. Lewis G. Woods of Hollis and Nellie M. Plummer of Goffstown. Edward N. Brown of Merrimack and Lizzie M. Holden of Hollis... George F. Hale of Hollis and Addie L. Ruston of Cambridge.. Henry Parker of Hollis and Sarah Butterfield of Pelham. Thomas T. Hobart of Hollis and Fannie Woods of Nashua,. Charles F Adams and Sarah M. Pierce, both of Hollis. John N. W. Spaulding and Hattie M. Wheeler, both of Hollis.. Milton A. Parker and Nellie M. Nichols, " " Nathaniel H. Proctor of Hollis and Lizzie S. Billings of Acton.. John B. Calderwood and Abbie J. Cameron, both of Hollis. Frederick M. Hill and Ella L. Colburn, both of Hollis. George H. Stearns of Hollis and Laurinda E. Corliss of Hudson. Geo. A. Burge of Hollis and Anna W. Chickering ot Somerville, Mass. Albert Kemp of Groton and Clara M. Truell of Hollis. George A. Newton of Hollis and Mary l^ Swett of Brookline. 362 FAMILY REGISTERS. CHAPTER XXXIII. "FAMILY REGISTERS FROM 1 739 TO iSoO, COPIED MAINLY FROM THE IIOLLIS RECORDS. The following lists of Family Registers have been carefully com- piled, mainlv from the first three volumes of the Hollis records, in ^vhich they were originally entered, (without order or method,) for the most part on the margin, of the pages or fractional blank leaves, from the beginning to the end of each volume. In some cases a part only of the births in the family registers here presented were recorded at all in tl^iese thi'ee volumes — the rest ot them, in the same family in another book, known as the '•'Record or Book of Births." In such cases the names of the other children, not found in the first three volumes, have been copied from the ''Book of Births." The recorded births of a nimiber of the early Ilollis families have also been copied from the original records of the old to-wn of Monson, and a few others, have been transcril)cd from carefully preserved private family records. In these family registers, as entered on the Hollis records, only the first or Christian names of the mothers were recorded, not their full maiden names. In these lists, such family names of the mothers as were found in the Ilollis records of marriages have been added to their Christian names. The full maiden names of many others of these mothers, not ibund in the records of marriages, are also embraced in these lists, when obtained from sources believed to be correct. When not so obtained, the names of the mothers are left as found in the original recoixls. It is not to be presumed that? the family registers recorded in these first three volumes of the Hollis records embrace the families of all the early settlers of the town, or that the lists of births in all the families so recorded and here presented are zvholly complete. FAMILY REGISTERS. 363 It is known that the births in some of these early families were not so recorded, and it is also known that there were errors and omis- sions in some and probably in many of those that were recorded. Still it is believed that the Hollis records, in respect to the gene- alogies of its early settlers, are more full and better preserved than the like records of most of our older towns, and the information they furnish upon this subject is invaluable to such of their descend- ants as are interested in preserving the pedigree of their families. It has been the aim of the compiler to exhibit a faithful and accu- rate transcript of these family lists in a condensed and methodical form, and in such way as would be most convenient to the enquirer, without the toilsome and often fruitless task of a search through the hundreds of pages of the original documents. The whole number of family registers embraced in these lists, is 337, — the aggregate number of births in them, 2161, — making an average of nearly six and one half to each family, exclusive of such births as may have been omitted in the records. In thirteen of these families as here presented there was but one birth each ; in twenty-four of them but two each ; in thirty-six of them but three each ; in thirty-four but four each ; in thirty-four others, five each ; in forty-two of them, six each ; in thirty-six of them, seven each ; in twenty-seven,. eight each ; in thirty-four, nine each ; in twenty, ten each ; in fifteen, eleven each ; in six, twelve each ; in five, thirteen each ; in eight, fourteen each ; in two, fifteen each ; and in one, sixteen. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Abbot, Capt. Benjamin* and Elizabeth. Benjamin, born April 13, 1749. Elizabeth, " Feb. 22, 1751. Samuel, " Apr. 15, 1753. Mary, born Dec. 31, 1754, died Jan. 2, 1755. George, born Dec. 29, 1755- Joel, " Dec. 4, 1757. Jacob, " Apr. 12, 1760. *Died Jan. 5, 1776, a;t. 46. Adams:, William, Jiin., and Esther. Esther, born Apr. lo, .7S4 Mary, " Aug. I, :7S6 William, " June 3. .7S7 Levi, " Jan. 22, 17S9 Sarah, " Jan. s, 1 791 Samuel, •' Jan. s. '793 John, " Jan. 9. ■795 Lucy, " Aug-. 14. 1797 3^4 FAMILY REGISTERS. Abbot, Benjamin, Jun., ;md Sarah ^VIllGHT. Benjamin, Daniel, Jacob, Sarah, Tiniotliy W., Stephen, Betsey, Abigail, Benjamin, John, Abial, born Dee. i, 177S, d " Aug. 2$, T7S0. " Oct. 4, 17S3. " .Tul.v 3, 17SS- " May 4, 17SS. " Dec. 15, 1790. " June 23, 1793. " J;in. 9, 1796. " Oct. 22, iSoo. '■ July 2, 1S03. " Dec. 29, 1807. Abbot, George and N.\omi Tuttle. Married Dec. 29, 17S4. born Oct. 17, 17SS. George, Naomi, Betsey, Polly, William, Harriet, Feb. I, 1790. Jan. 1 1, 1792. Mar. u, 1796. June 14, 179S. July 21, 1S02. AdaiM.s, William* and Mary Spear. Married May 39, 1744. Mary, Lydia, Martha, Lucy, Sarah, William, born Oct. 31, 1745. " Oct. 14, 1747. " June 2S, 1749. " Aug. 17, 1751. " Feb. 19, 1754. " Apr. 15, 1756. *Died Au g-3. I 7S7 , .net. ^ 9- Ames, Ensign Stephen an d Jane Robbins. Marriec Apr. 14 '731- Jane, bo rn Dec. 6. 1733- Hannah, " A])r. 2S, 1737- Stephen, " Mar 4. 1739- Elizabeth " Feb. 10, 1742. Rachel, " Dec. 12, 1744. Jonathan, " Apr. II. '747- David, '* May 30, 1749. Ames, J jnathan and Frances Powers. Married Nov. II. 1772. Frances, Jonathan, Anna, born Sept. 5, 1773. " July ^3. 1775- " Dec. I, 1776. Ames, Ensign Jeremiah and Jane. Jane, born Sept. 28, 1770. Ames, Burpee* and Grace Whiting. Married May 28, 1782. Burpee, Jun., born Nov. 14,1782. Ames, Burpee and Hannah Cumings. Married April 4, 17S4. Jeremiah, born Oct. 25, 17S4. William, " Mar. 3, 1786. Betsey, " June 9, 1787. Nathan, " Oct. 29, 17SS. Poole, " Feb. 12, 1791, d. Joseph, " Feb. 29, 1793, d. Mary, " April 13, 1795. Joseph, " April 10, 1797. *Died Nov. iS, 1S36, xt. 78. AsTiN, Thom.\s and Beulah. Ruth, Phineas, Thomas, Ebenozer, Beulah, Rebecca, Mary, Jacob, Abner, Sarah, born Sept. 27, 1752 " Jan. 2S, 17SS " July II, 1758. " Aug. 16, 1760, " Nov. 16, 1762 " April 16, 1765 " Aug. iS, 1767 " April 6, 1770 " Aug. 26, 1773 " Jan. 26, 1775 AsTiN, John and .S.\r.\h Hastings. Married Jan. i, 1756. Sarah, John, Andrew, Mary, Martha, Benjamin, Aaron, Eldad, Andrew, born April" 3, 1757. " July 39, 1758. " Dec. 10, 1759, d. " June 12, 1761' " Mar. I, 1763. " Jan. 25, 1765. " July 19, 1766. " April 29, 1768. " April 12, 1770. AsTiN, Benj.\min and Betty Farley. Married Nov. 24, 176S. Betty, Benjamin, Stephen, born Mar. 22, 1770. " July 22, 1773. " Sept. 2, 1775. Atwell, John and Bridgett Cumings. 7 Married, Nov. 13, 1760. John, Jun., William C, Nathan, Jonathan, born June 6, 1761. " May 7, 1763. " June 15, 1766. " Feb. 31, 1768. FAMILY RECxISTERS. 365 Bridget, Ebenezer, Josiah R., James, Becca, born May 34, 1770 " Nov. 22, 1772 " Mar. 27, 177s " Feb. 3, 1777 " Jan. 28, 17S7 Ball, Ebenezer and Sarah. Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Sarah, William, Mehitable, John, Lucy, born Feb. 26, 1749- " Jan. 24, 1751. " May 26, 1753. " April 13, 1755. " Aug-. 3, 1757. " J^m- 7. 1759- Ball, Ebenezer, Jun., and Elizabeth Davis. Married Oct. iS, 1770. Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Abigail, Daniel, Sarah, David, Lucy, Phineas, ) Prudence, ) born Oct. 14, 1771. " Nov. 7, 1773. " Nov. 12, 1775. " Mar. 12, 1777. " Dec. 12, 1779. " Sept. 14, 17S2. " July 22, 1785. " July 24, 1788. B,\LL, Eleazer and Mary. Eleazer, born Jan. 12, 1770. Mary, " Dec. 3, 1771. Submit, born Mar. 27, 1777, d. Oct. 30, 17S1. Samuel, " Sept. 2S, 1779. Levissa, *' June 26, 17S1. Ball, John and Mollv Chamberlain Married April 24, 1782. born Jan. 21, 1783 Molly, Sarah, John, Lucy, Submit, Jesse, Ebenezer, Submit, Samuel, Calvin, Lucretia, March 3, 1785 April 21, 17S8 Jan. 24, 1790 May 23, 1792 Nov. 16, 1794 May II, 1796, April 10, 1798 Aug. 10, j8oo July, 1802 April 7, 1804 Ball, William and Elizabeth Colburn. Married Feb. 9, 1781. William, born Nov. 23, 1781, d. Ball, William* and Rebecca Kinmkv. Married Dec. 7, 1786. Abel, Amos, Rebecca, Abel, Margaret, James, Hannah, born Sept. S, 1787, d. " Nov. 15, 1789. " April I, 1791. " March 2, 1794. " July 9. 1796- " Ju'y 4. 1799- " Nov. 15, 1804. *Died Jan. 25, 1832, a;t. 76. William, Dec. 23, 1782. Barron, Samuel and Sally Lund. Married Jan. 24, 1793. Sally, Alice, Samuel born Nov. 29, 1793. " June S, 1796. " Sept. 4, 1799. Barton, Henry* and Sarah. Sarah, born Oct. 3, 1734. Mary, " Jan. 6, 1736. *Died April 20, 1760, a;t. 54. Bayley, Daniel* and R^bekah. Joel, born Dec. 11, 1751 " Jan. 4, 1754 Andrew, Daniel, Joanna, Rebecca, Sarah, Aaron, Mary, Dec. 8, 17SS Jan. 30, 1758. July 24, 1760 May 21, 1763 June 38, 1765 Nov. 16, 1768 ''Died Jan. 15, 1798, a;t. 69. Baylby, Rich.\rd and Hannah Shattuck. Hannah, Eleazer, Daniel, Job, born .May 27, 1778. " Feb. 30, 1779. " July I, 1781. " Aug. 5, 17S2. Bayley, Joseph and Abigail. Spencer, Samuel, Abigail, Joseph, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Dolly, born Feb. 2, I77S- " Sept. 7, 1776. " Oct. 14, 1779- " Dec. S, 1781. " Aug. 26, 17S4. " Dec. 24, 1786. " Feb. 21, 1789. Bayley, Timothy and Hannah. Hannah, Isaac, born Feb. 22, 1776. " July S. 1777- 366 FAMILY REGISTERS. Timotliy, Susannivli, John, Leonard, born Jan. 13, 17S0. " Ffb. 6, 178^. " July 7. 1784- " June 19, 17S7. Bayley, Daniel,* Jnn., and Elizabeth French. Married Mar. 4, 17S4. Elizabeth, born Sept. 25, 17S4 Rebecca, " July 12, 1786, Lydia, " April 21, 1789 Daniel, " Dec. 31, 1793 Mary, " Aug. 28, 1797 *Died Mar. 13, 1S47, a;t. 91. Bennet, Phineas and Mary'. Elijah, Tabitha, Elizabeth, twin, Ephraim, " Ithamar, Mary, Ephraim, born Mar. 24, 1753. " Aug. 2, 1756. " May 3, 1758. " May 3, 1758, d. " Aug. 31, 1759. " Feb. 10, 1762. " April 13, 1765. Bennett, Phine.\s, Jun., and Elizabeth. Ede, Elizabeth, Ezra, born Sept. 7, 17S0. " Nov. 3, 1782. " Nov. 21, 1784. Blanchard, Jo,shu.\ and Sarah Burge. Saiah, Joshua, David, Molly, John, Lucy, ^Married Sept., 1747. born Nov. " Oct. " Nov. " Aug. " Sept. " June 8, 174S. 21, 1750. 10, 1752. SO. 1754- ID, 1757- 4, 1760. Blanchard, Benj. and Kezia Hastings. Married Dec. 31, 1744. Benjamin, Kezia, Abial, Jonathan, Abial, Isaac, Dorcas, Peter, Dorcas, Joel, born Nov. 15, 1745. " Mar. 26, 1747. " J;"i- 9> '749, '1 " June 28, 1750. " Dec. I, 1751. " April 14, 1753. " Feb. 25, 175s, d. " Aug. 17, 1756. " Feb. 25, 1757. " Aug. 27, 1759. Abel, Reuben, Betty, Simon, born Feb. 17, 1761. " Feb. I, 1763. " Jan. 21, 1765. " April 10, 1766. Blanchard, Jacoh and Rebekaii Lawrence. Jacob, Jacoh, born Aug. 9, 1750, d, " Feb. 16, 1753. Blanchard, Joshua Jun., and LucY' French, Married Feb. 16, 1775. Joshua M., born July 26, 1775. Blood, JosiAH and S.\rah. Josiah, Ebenezer, Solomon, Sarah, Caleb, Jacob, Elizabeth, born July 18, 1743 " May 26, 174S " April 17, 1747 " May ig, 1750, " May 21, 1752 " July 24, 1762 " Mar. 27, 1766 Blood, Nathaniel* and Sarah. Nathaniel, Daniel, Sarah, Nathan, Francis, William, Timothy, orn Mar. 23, 1741 " Mar. 4. 1743 " Mar. 18, '74,'; " April 4, 1747 " June 16, 1749 " Nov. 12, I7.SI " Oct. "S, '754 *Died Nov. 11, 17S2 Blood, E lnathan ar d Elizabeth Boynt o> M irried Nov 26, 1741. Elizabeth born Oct. 20, 1742 d EInathan, " Dec. 4, '744 Elizabeth " May 22, 1747 Daniel, July 23, '749 Jonas, Oct. 2S. '75' Abel, July '3- '754 Caty, Oct. 20, 1760 Mehitabel Mar. ', '76s Blood, Daniel and Priscilla. Molly, born May 9, 1767. Sarah, " July 24, 1769. Daniel, " Feb. 2i>, 1771. FAMILY REGISTERS. 367 Blood, Eimiraim and Mary. Reuben, Amos, Ephniini, David, Enoch, Marv, born Aug. 10, 1761 " Mar. 10, 1763 " April 2?, 1764 " Dec 15, 1765 1769 " Sept. n, 1771 Blood, Fkancis and Abigail Conroy. Married Dec. 12, 176S. Abigail, Hannali, Francis, Sarah, Polly, Francis, Eliz.-ibeth, Nathan, Daniel, born Aug. 25, 17139 " I^ov. 12, 1771 " Feb. 15, 1774 " May 10, 1776, " Feb. 21, 1778, " Jan. 30. 17S0 " Jan. S, 1783 " Jan. 26, 17S4 " Mar. 27, 17S7 Blood, Solomon* and Priscilla' French. Married Jan. 5, 1769. Solomon. Sarah, Toseph, ) Mary, ' born Oct. 7, 1769. " Dec. 22, 1771. Blood, Daniel, 2d, and Sarah. Sarah, Daniel, MighiU, Sarah, born Jan. 4, 1775, d. " Feb. s, 1776. " Dec. 13, 1777. " Sept. iS, 1779. Blood, Elnatilvn, Jan., and Deborah Phelps. Married June 5, 1766. Nathan, Rebekah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Martha, born F'eb. 9, 177S " May 14, 1780 " June- 6, 1783 " Aug. S, 17S5 " April 6, 17S9 Blood, J vcoB* and Rachel. Elizabeth Sus.annah Rachel, ) Rhoda, ( Nancy, Sarah, born Aug. 14, 17S5 " Aug. 2S, 17S6 twins. " April 14, 17SS " Aug. 27, 1790 " Dec. II, 1791 *Died Sept. 11, iSoo, a^t. 38. Blood, Abel and Sarah. *Died Dec 6, iSo2, let. 5;; Blood Josi.vii* and Abigail Pierce. Married May 24, 1770. Joel, born Blare 1 7- 1 771. Mary, " July 10, 1773- Ebenczer, " Mar. iv 1775- Josiah, " Apr. 33. '777- Sarah, " April I, '779- Anna, " Apri 23- !7S3- Blood, Josiah and Sar.aii F rench. Benjamin born Mar. 16, 1789. Abigail, " Apri .i. 1791. Luther, " Mar. 3>, 1793- A ma, " Apr. 14. '797- *Died Jan . IS, iSi6, a;t. 73. Blood, Nathan* and Elizabeth N oyes. Married April 16, 1772. Nathan, born Apri 11. 1773- Elizabeth *Kil!ed " Feb. June 17, 1775. I3- ■77S- Mehitable Abel, born Dec. 11, 1788. " May S. 1791. Blood, Solomon, Jun., and Hannah Kinney. Married June 9, 1794. Hannah, bo rn Nov. 28, I79S- Sukey, " Sept. 3, 1798. Boynton JOS^HUA* and Martha. Joshua, born Nov. 28, 1743- Martha, " Aug. 29, >74S- Benjamin, " Feb. 21, >747- Mary, " June 10, 1749. Amos, " June II, 175'- Sarah, " July 12, I7S3- Elias, " Feb. 24, '7SS- Elizabeth, " April 4, 17S7- *Died Feb 4 '763- BoY'NTON, John, Jun., and Lytjia Jewett. M.irried May 17, 1745. Margaret, [emima, Samuoi, born Dec. 6, 1745. " Nov. 10, 1747. " Mar. 20, 1750. 368 FAMILY REGISTERS. Lydia, John, Isaac, Balo, Sarah, Joel, born Sept. 12, 1751. " Oct. iS, 1753. " April 3, 1755. " Sept. 26, 1756. " Dec. 26, 1757. " Mar. 22, 1759. BoYNTON, Dea. John* and Ruth Jewett. Jeremiah, born April 29, 1753 John, " Aug. ]i, 1754 Jacob, " Dec. 12, 1756 Ruth, " Sept. 10, 1758, Mehitable, " Jan. 21, 1761 Moses, " Sept. 25, 1763 Rebekah, " Nov. 20, 1765 *Died Oct. 29, 17S7, xt. 67. BoYNTON, Benjamin and Deborah Parker. Married Nov. 5, 177S. Sarah, born May 29, 1779. Deborah, " July 33, 17S1. Benjamin, " Dec. 21, 17S3, d. Benjamin, " Aug. 4, 17S6. Martha, " Oct. 12, 17SS. BoYNTON, Joshua, Jun., and Mary' P.^rker. Married May 26, 177S. Mary, born May 14, 17S4. Joshua, " Mar. 19, 17S6. Josiah, " Dec. 33, 17S7. Samuel, " Aug. 9, 17S9. BoYNTON, Moses and Hannah Lund. Hannah, Moses, Rebekah, Sarah, Naomi, Mary, Lucy, John, Eliza, Jacob, born Feb. 2, 1 70s " Mar. 3, 179S " Apri ,S' iSoi " Mav 20, 1S03 " J"iy 14. iSos " July IS. 1S07 " Apri i>, iSio " Sept. 9. 1S13 " June 21, 1S15 " Dec. 17. iSiS Bradbury, James and Catharine Conant. Married May 30, 1795. James, born Jan. 4, 179(5 Catharine, " Mar. 25, 179S. William S., " Feb. 14, 1800. Charles, " July 4, 1S02 Elizabeth, " Sept. iS, 1S04, Samuel F , " Dec. 25, 1S06 Josiah C, " Feb. 21, iSog Mary Ann, " May 17,1811 Bradley, Ithamar and Mehitable. Nehemiah born May 17, 1779. Ezekiel, " April 27, 17S1. Mehitable " Sept. 8, 1784. Ithamar, " June 22, 1790. Brooks, John and Mary Kemp Marr ed Jan. 5, 1757. Mary, born Dec. 3, I7S7- John, " Feb. 24, 1760 Nathan, " Aug. 26, 1767 Abigail, " Dec. 6, 1770 Hannah, " Aug. 20, 1772 Ruth, " Jan. 15, 1775 Brooks, Capt. William and Abigail Kemp. Marrie d March 29, 1759. William, born May i, 1760. Abigail, " July 19, 1762 Betsey, " July 33, 1764 Sarah, " July 6, 1766 Isaac, " Oct. 28, 176S Marah, " Feb. 15, 1771 Samuel, " Mar. 3, ■774 Martha, " Aug. 2i, 1776 Leonard, " Jan. 29, 1779 John, " Nov. n. 17S1 Susannah " Feb. 13, '7S3 Brown Josiah and Anna. Elizabeth born Oct. 14, 1742. Anna, " Oct. 23, 1744- Josiah, " Sept. 24, 1746, d. Mollv, " Sept. 4, 1748. Joseph, " Nov. S, 1750. Olive, " Nov. 1, 1752- Susannah " Aug. 20, 1754- Sarah, " Jan. 3, 1757- Josiah, " Jan. 31, I7S9- Brown, Samuel and Mary Glene. Marrit d March 26, 1756. Mary, born Jan. 1, 1757- William, " Nov. 13, 1758, d. Hannah, " Nov. 13, 1760. Brown Samuel and Mary Wheeler. Vlarriec January 32, 1761. Bridget, born Dec. 31 1761. Samuel, " Jan. 11, 1764. William, " Jan. 4, 1766 FAMILY REGISTERS. 3^9^ IJrown, John* and Kezia Wheeler. Married Oct. 9, 1744. born Aug. 11, 1745 " Jan. 27, 1747 Silas, John, Kezia, Abigail, Phineas, Rebekah, Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah, Dec. 23, 1749. June 10, 1754 Nov. 14, 1756. Sept. 21, 1758 Sept. 10, 1760 April S, 1762 Mar. 24, 1764 ♦Died May 6, 1770, aet. 43. Brown, D.wid and Rebek.vh. Rebekali, horn Dec. 13, 1769. David, " April 4, 1773. Brown, Willi.\m and Elizabeth Nevin William, born Mar, Betsey, " Oct. Sukey, " Nov. Nathan, " Aug Lucinda, " Sept II, 1790. 8, 1 791 5. 179s 22, 179S II, 1801 BuRGK, Ephraim* and Anna Abbot. Married Jan. 7, 1762. .\nna, Ephraim, JosiaJi, Jacob, Susannah, Susannah, .\bial, Sarah, Samuel, Benjamin, born Nov. 20, 1762. " June 7, 17O4. ■' April 15, 1766. ■' Jan. 7, 1768. • Dec. •' July " May " May •' Mar. " Aug. S, 1769, d. ■21. '773- •i?. '775- ■'< 1777- 23, 1779. S. 1782. *Died July 21, 1784, set. 46. BuRGE, Dea. Ephraim* and Patty Baldwin. .Married Jan. 28, 1793. Ephraim, born Nor. S, 1794. Patty, •' May 9, 1796. Anna, •' July 13, 179S. Clarissa, iCyrus, " Sept. 7, 1804. Emma, " Nov. 5, 1807. *Died March 3, 1843, set. 78. BuKPEi, Nathaniel and Ruth. Nabby, born June 5,1780. Sally, •' Jan. ji, 17S3. Nathaniel, " Nov. S, 1785. Benjamin D.. •' Dec. 30, 17S8. (26) Carter, Edward and Mary. Mary, Elizabeth, Susannah, Thomas, Sarah, born Nov. '9. i/S'- " Mar. 12, i7.';4- " June 6, 1756- " Sept. S. 1758. " June ■5. 1762. Carter, Edward, Jun., and Esther. Esther, Caty, Isaac P., Mary, Betsey, Edward, Thomas, Susannah, Jonathan, Loainmi, born Nov. 8, 1766. " July 8, 176S. " April 27. 1770. " May 27. 1772- " Sept. 30. 1773 " Aug. 8, >77S- " July i3> 1777- " Oct. '3, 1779- •' Mar. 24, 1782. " Dec. 21, 1784. Clark, Elijah and Martha Runnells, Married April 9, 1778. Hannah, born Mar. 6, 1779- Elijah, " Mar. 18, 17S1. Martha, " Feb. 19, 17S6. John R., •' Dec. 14, 17S9. Colburn, Lieut. Robert* and Elizabeth Smith. Married 1747. Robert, born April 9, 174S. Elizabeth. " Oct. 22, 1749, d- Benjamiu, Natlian, Benjamin, Peter, Elizabeth, Lucy, Anna, " May II, 1 75 1, d. " Nov. 6, 1753- " May s, '755- " Nov. 14, 175''- •' April 27, 1759- " Jan. 12, 1761. " Nov. 27, 1763- 17S3, oet. 66.- Colbur**, William* and Abigail. Isabel, Paul, William, born Aug. 16, 1758- " Oct. 4, 1761- " Jun« S, 1764. ""Died April 3, 1789, a-t. 79. CoLBUKN, Thomas and Esther Flagg. Married Sept. 15, 1757. born 1759- James, Ruth, John, Thomas June 12, 1763. Sept. 14, 1765. Nov. I, 1767. 370 FAMILY REGISTERS. CoLBURN, Robert, Jun., and Dorcas. Dorcas, Robert, Peter, Timothy, Hannah, Anna, Elizabeth, Washington, "VV'illiam, born Oct. la, 1773. " April 4. 1775- " Oct. 3:, T776. " Aug. 10, 177s. " April ID, 17S0. " Aug. 31, 17S1. " Jan. 16, 17S3. " April 30, 17S6. " March 3. 17S9. COLBURN, P.\LL anil Meiiitable. Mehitable, born Aug. 16, 17S2. Elizabeth, " Jan. 1784. CoLBiKN, Benjamin and E>ther. Esther, born May 39. 1779. Mary, " May 5, 17S3. Lucy, " Feb. ic, 17S5. Elizabeth, " June 2^, 17S7. Mehitablc, " May 16, 17S0. Hannah, " Mar. 31, 1791. Joseph, " May 30, 1793. John, " Jan. 34, 1795. Elias, " Feb. 15, 1797, d. Elias, " Oct. 15, iSoo. 'CoLBLKN, N.VTH.\N*and Abigail Sii.\ttuck. Married Jan. 3$, r779. Abigail, born Nov. i, I7?3. Nathan, " Mar. 31, 17S5. Rachel, " Dec. 11,1787. Susannah, " Feb. 19, 1790. Elizabeth, " Nov. 19, 1791. Nathaniel W ., " July 17, 1794. Daniel, " Oct. S, 1796. *Died Feb. 17, 1831, a-t. 78. CoLBURN, James* and Susannah Hardy. Married Feb. 14, 17S5. James, born Mar. 13, 17S6. Susannah, Sally, Hannah, Esther, Rutli, Sally, John, Bradlee, Amos, Mary, Almira, Louisa, " Dec. 30, 17S7. " Oct. 7, 17S9, d, " Dec. 37, 1791. " Feb. 36, 1794. " April 34, 1796. " May 3, 179S. " Aug. 33. 1799. " July 38, iSoi. " Jan. 13, 1S04. " Nov. 30, iSoj. " Oct. 38, 1S07. " Feb. 6, iSii. CoNANT,* Jo.siah and Cath.\rine Emerson. Married Feb. 9, 1745. Josiah, Catharine, Catharine, Abel. born Oct. 17, 1746. " Dec. 33. 1748, d. " Nov. 13, 1753. '' Oct. 3, ms- *Died Dec. 14, 1756, ;et. 44. CoNANT, Dea. Josi.vii* and Elizabeth Elliot. Married Jan. 9, 1769. losiali. Elizabeth, Catliarine, William, Mary, Abigail, Ruth, Elias, born Feb. 5, 1770. " Nov. 10, 1771. " Nov. 38, 1773. " Ian. 16, 1776. " Ja"' 7. 1778- " Aug. 30, 17S0. " Dec. 31, 17S3. " Se]it. 1785, d CoNA.NT, Dea. Josi.^H and Zekviaii Fox. Married Dec. 16, 17SS. Sar;;h, Joseph, Elias, Hannah, Sophia, F.li/.abcth, >rn Se])t. 34, 17S9 " J"'y 4. 1791 " Sept. II, 1793 " Feb. 39. 1794 " Feb. 16, I'jc/t " July 4, 1800 *Died August 31, 1807, xi. l'ona.s:t, Dea. Abel* and ALvkgaret Jevvett Married Nov. 30, 1781. Margaret, Abel, [ames, Catharine, born Aug. ^o, 1782 " June I, 17S4. " April 7, 17S6. " Dec. 39, 1787. Con.\nt, Dea. Abel and Lvdia Thurston. Susannali, Joseph, Daniel, Lydia, Rebekah, Moses T., John C, born May 36, 1791 " No%'. 34, 1793 " Dec. II, 1794 " April 26, 1796 " Nov. 3.8, 179S " Feb. 3, iSoi " Jan. 30, 1S03 *Died May 2, 1844, a;t. 88. CoNROV John and Lvdia. *Died Feb. 14, 1830, .-ct. 70. !<>hn, Sarah, Lydia, Thomas, born Dec. 38, 1761. " Sept. 13, 1764. " Jan. 29, 1766- " April 3, 1769. FAMILY REGISTERS. 371 William, William, Mary, born Aug. 3, 1771, cl. " Sept. 26, 1775. " Nov. 6, 1777. CoNROY Samuel and Alice Blood. Married Nov. 32, 1774. born July 9, 1779. " May 27, 17S1. Samuel, Alice, Jonas, Martha, Sarah, David, Nov. 7, 17S3. Dec. 7, 1785. Aug. 23, 1788. May 23, 1791. CoNROY Stephen and Rebecca Blodgett. Married Dec. 13, 1781. born Feb. 25, 17S2. CuMiNGS, Lieut. John and Rebecca. Betsey, EuniceJ John, Rebekah, Isaac, Oliver B., Feb. 13, 17S4. June 13, 17S7. April 26, 17S9. Feb. 9, 1795. Aug. 28, 1S02. CuMiNGS, Samuel* Esq., and Prudence Lawrence. Married July iS, 1732. Mary, born April 22, '734- , Sibbell, " Nov. I, >736- Prudence, " Nov. 26, ■740. Samuel, " Dec. 10, 1742. Thomas, " Aug. 21, .74S. Benjamin, " Nov. 25, 1757- *D ed Jan. iS, 1772, a:t. 63. CUMINGS, Jerahmael* and Hannah Farwell. Hannah, born July 13, '737- Henry, " Sept. 16, 1739- Jotham, " Dec. 29, 1741. Caty, " Feb. 38, '744- Betty, " July 17. 1746. *Died Oct. 21, 1747, xt. 36. CuMiNGS, Ebenezer* and Elizabeth, Abbott. "*" Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Abigail, Bridget, Lucy, Mary, Jacob A., Sarah, *Died 1778. born Nov. ^3. '7.i9 " Sept. IS. 1 761. " July 9. 1763- " June 16, ■765- " July 9. 1767. " Oct. 23. 1769. ■' Nov. 2, 1772. " Feb. 38, '77^ Peter, Rebecca, Sarah, John, Rebecca, Abigail, Asahel, Henry, Benaiah, orn Nov. 12, 1 761. " Mar. 2, P764, d. " Oct. s. 1766. " Mar. 8, 1769. " Aug. 28, 1771. " Feb. II) 1774- " Jan. 13. 1777- " Nov. I, 1779- " Mar. 21, 17S2. CuMiNGS, Samuel Jun. and Lydia Webster Married Nov. 3, 176S. Lydia, Sibbel, born Aug. 21, 1769. " May 17, 1771. Samuel, " May 30, 773- Prudence, ** Jan. 24, 1 77S- CuMiNGs, Philip and Mary. Philip, born Sept. I, 770. Thomas, " Aug. 7i 1772. Edward, " Nov. 17. 774- CUMINGS WiLLi.\M* and Mehitable > Eastman Married Jan. 28, 176S. William, horn Jan. 17. 1760. Jonathan, " Auff. 2. 1770 Daniel, " July 6, 1772 Leonard, " April 19. 1774 Caleb E., " Jan. 9. 1776 Sarah, " Dec. iS, 1777 Elizabeth, " April IS. 17S0 Molly, " M.iy iS, 17S2 Bradley, " April 13, 17S4 Hannah, " July 17. 1786 Luther, " May 6, 17S9 * Died Oct. 2, 1S31 xt. 90. CUMINGS, Lieut. Benjamin and Bridget Pool. Married Dec. 7 17S0. Benjamin, born Aug. 24, 1782. Btidget, " Feb. 3. .7S4. CUMINGS , Lieut. Benjamin an d S arah H olden Sarah, born June 7. 1787. Samuel, " Nov. 9 I7S8. Thomas, " Sept. iS, 1790. David, " Oct. 13. ■792. Phineas, « Mar. IS. 1795- Betsey, " April 10, 1797- William, " April 25, ■799 372 FAMILY REGISTERS. CuMiNGS, Thomas and Hannah Pool. Married Nov. 17, 1773. Hannah, Sarah, Thomas, born April i, 1775. 1774. " Nov. I, 1776. Danforth, Jona.* and Anna Blanchard. Married May 24, 174,1. Anna, Jonatlian, Pavid, horn Feb. 7, 17.44. " July 2". '745- " Jan. 24, 1747. *Died March 3, 1747, xt. 32. Danforth, Jonathan, Jun-i and Hannah Hannah, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Leonard, David, Luther, Anna, Asa, Rebecca, born May 5, 1770. " July 27, 1772. " May 10, 1774. " April 9, 1777. " May 15, 1779. " Oct. 23, 17S1. " July 19, 17S3. " Oct. 14, 17SS. " Mar. 23, 17SS. Danforth, Jacor and Anna. Jacob, Timothy, Anna, born Mar. 30, 1769. " June 2, 1771. '• M-"-- 9- I77.V D WIS, Joshua and Dorothy \\"heeler. Married Oct. 22, 1767. Simeon, Hannah. born Mar. 4, 17S4. " May 23,1786. DiNSMORE, Abraham and LvniA. Abraham, Zebadiah, Lydia, Hannah, Phebe, Tliomas, born Jan. 17, 1753. " Jan. 17, 1755. " Jan. 24, 1757. " Mar. 2, 1759. " May 17, 1761. " Aug. 14, 1763. Dow, Capt. Reuben* and Lydia Jones. Evan, Stephen, Lydia, Phebe, Daniel. Lois, born F'eb. 4, 1754. " Dec. 30, 1757. " May iS, 1762. " June 22, 1765. " Dec. 10, 1769. " Ji'ne 24, 1773. Dow, Stei'hen* and Abigail Tewett. Married June 17, 17S4. born Feb. 2, 17S6 " July 14, 17S7 Lois, .Stephen, Hannah, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Abigail, Elizabeth, *Died Nov. i. April 28, 1790 Aug. 21, 1792 Jan. S, 179s April 22, 1797 Dec. 24, iSoo , a-t. 82. Drury, Lieut. Zedekiah and Hannah Gershom, Zedekiah, Jon.athan, Ebenezer, Thomas, Natlian. Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, David, John, Samuel, born Dec. 31, 1739 Mar. I, 1742 Aug. 4, 1743 April 36, 1747 Nov. 23, 1748 Aug. 29, 1750 Aug. 27, 1752 Feb. 8, I7S7 May IS, 1759 Feb. 28, 1761 July 10, 1763 Eastman, Lieut. Amos* and Mehitable Bradley. Mehitable, Jonathan. Amos, Caleb, Sarah, Hannah, born June 25, I74<5. " July 19, 174S. " April 28, 1751. " Oct. 3, 1753. " Mar. 5, 1756. " Jan. 6. 1759. *Died Feb. 9, i8ii, a;t. Si. ♦Died March 6, iSoS, X't. 8S. Eastman, Jonathan* and Sarah F'letcher. Married Sept. 13, 1770. Joseph F., born Jan. 14, 1772. Jonathan B., " Jan. 8, 1780. *Died Dec. 29, 1790, net. 42. Eastman, Amos* and Ruth Flagg. Married Jan. 6, 1774. Ruth, Persis, Persis, Amos, Caleb, Charles, Hannah, Alpheus, Luke, *Died August 2, 1S32, .xt. Si. Oct. ^4. 1774- Dec. 1, 1775. d- Oct. 27. 1776. Aug. 4. 1778. May 4. 17S0. Feb. 4. 1782. June 2.S. 1783- Oct. 9, 1787. June 22, 1790. FAMILY REOrSTERS. 373 3EMKRSON, R ev. Daniel* and Hannah Emerson. Married Nov. 7, 1744- Hannah, born Sept. 30, 1745- Daniel, " Dec. 15, 1746. Mary, " Sept. 19. 1748, d. Peter, " Nov. 7, 1749. Lucy, " Oct. 29, 1751 Mary, " Nov. 14, 1753 Klizabeth " May S, I7SS Ebenezer, " Aug:. 14. I7S7 Joseph, " Sept. 2S, 1759 Ralph, " Mar. 4, 1761 Rebecca, " July 5. «762 Samuel, " Sept. 6, 1764 William, " Dec. II, 1765 ♦Died Sept. 30, iSoi, St. 85. Emerson Dea Daniel* and Ama Fletcher Married Nov. 17, 176S. Ama, born Aug. 20, 1769. | Daniel, " July IS. 1771 Hannah, " Dec. 7, 1775 Joseph, " Oct. 13, 1777 Ralph, " Aug. iS, 17S7 Samuel, William, twins, " Nov. 9, 1791. *Died Oct. 4. 1S20, st. 74. Emerson, Thomas and Judith. James, born Aug. 7, 1770. | Thomas, " Nov. 27. 1774 W^illiani, " Mar. 28, 1777 Daniel, " June 12, 17S0 John S., " Aug. 12, 17S3 Asa, " Sept. 20, 17S5 Emerson, Timothy and Huldah. Timothy, born Dec. 11, 1776. Aaron, " June 1 1, 1779. Stephen, " Mar. 29, 17S1. Huldah, " April I, 1783. Jesse, " May 15,1785- Emerson, Dr. Peter* and Molly. Susannah, born Dec. 10, 17S1. Rebecca, " May 29, 17S4. Mary, " June 7, 1786. Daniel, " Sept. 16, 17SS. Hannah, " June 25, 1 791. John, " April 7, 179S. * Died 1S27, a;t. 78. 1 Emerson, Ralph* and Alice Ambs. Married May 13, 17S4. Elizabeth, Alice, born Jan. 27, 1785. " Oct. 4, 1790. ♦Died Oct. 4, 1790, a;t. 29. Easterbrook, Joseph and Lydia. Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Joseph, born April 20, 1751. " Nov. 2, 1753. " Jan. 24. 1761. " Mar. 28, 1764. Farley, Lieut. Samuel and Hannah Brown. Married Oct. 9, 1744. Ebenezer, Samuel, Hannah, Benjamin, Anna, born Oct. 9, 1745 " Mar. 14, 1747 " Jan. 27, 1749 " Mar. II, 1756 " Feb. 19, 1768 F.\RLEY, Lieut. Benjamin* and Joanna Page. Joanna, Rebecca, Benjamin, Molly, Betty. Lucy, Ebenezer, Hannah, Christopher, Stephen, Hannah, Sarah, born April 21, 1733 " April 29, 1735 " June 21, 1737 " Nov. 25, 1739 " June 23, 1742 " Feb. 13, 1744 " Sept. 19, 1747 " Feb. 8, 1750, " April I, 1751 " Jan. 28, 1754 " Jan- 31. 1757 " Sept. 28, 1761 *Died Dec. 23, 17S9, a:t. 79. Farley, Capt. Caleb* and ELiz.\BETit Farley. Elizabeth, Joseph, Caleb, James, Benjamin, John, Thomas, Abel, born Aug. 24, 1755 " May 1,1757 " April 3, 1759 " April 12, 1761 " June 27, 1763 " May 1765 " Dec. 28, 1769 " July '7. '773 *Died April 5, 1S33, ret. 102 years, 5 mo. 374 FAMILY REGISTERS. Farley, Ebenezer* :ind Betty Wheeler. Married Nov. 6, 1766. Beiijaniin, Lucy, Joanna, Betty, Ebenezer, Hannah, John, Daniel, Jesse, Sarah, Rebecca, Susannah, James, orn Feb. I, 1707. " Sept. 3. 176S. " Mar. 23, 1770. " Mar. iS, 1773. " Mar. 4. 1774- " Dec. I, I77S- " Dec. 13. 1777- " Oct. 2S, ■779- " June 36, 17S1. " Apri 23. '7S3- " Dec. 13. 17S4 " Feb. 4. 17S7. " May ■21) 1791 "Died Jan. 28, 1S27, a;t. So. Farley, Chklstopher* and Rltii Jewett. >Lirried Dec. 30, 1773. Ruth, Amos, Christopher P., Susannah, James J., James J., Elizabeth, Christopher, born Sept. 19, 1774. " June 6, 1776. " Jan- 30. 1778. " Jan. 9, 17S0. " May 4, 17S2, d. " Jan. 12, 17S4. " July 28, 17S6. " Oct. S, 17SS. Abigail, born July 2js, I'jSO- William, " Oct. 21, 1787- Nathan, " Mar. 16, 17S9. Henry, " July 9, 1790. Elizabeth, " Sept. 14, 1791, d-- Isaac, " Feb. 15, 1793. Lucy, " April 16, 1794. Hannah, " July 17. '795- Sukey, " Dec. 2, 1796. Elizabeth, " Oct. 10, 1799. Oilman, " Jan. 13, 1S02. Farley, Lieut Benjamin and Maf.\ B lodgett. Marri .■d Feb. 15, 17S7. Mary, born July 27, 1785'- Benjamin, " May 3, 1790. Sarah, " May 5, 1793, 0, Noah, " Apr. 13, 1794, d- Leonard, " Sept. 23, 1796, d. Charlotte, " Oct. 22, 1797- Noah, " Feb. 10, iSoo. Abel, " Sept. 19, iSo2„ Leonard W., " Aug. 9, 1S05- Sarah, " Aug. II, 1S07. Caleb, " July 16, iSii. Farley, Benjamin and Lvcy Fletche». *Died June 21, 17SS, X't. 37. Farley, Josefii and Bridget Powers. Married Dec. iS, 1777. Bridget, born Mar. 4, 1778. Joseph, Feb. 7, 1780. Farley, Stephen* and M.\ry Shattuck Married Jan. 28, 1779. Stephen, Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth, twin, 1 Joanna, " d., ) Hannah, Christopher, Joanna, born Oct. 24, 1779 " Aug. 13, 17S1 " Aug. 21, 17S3 ■' Sept. iS, 1 785 1787 " Oct. 19, 17S9 " Aug. 10, 179! *Died Jan. 13, 1837, xt. 84. Farley, Caleb, Jun., and Abigail Phelp; Married April 12, 17S1. Caleb, James, John, born April 15, 17S2. " Sept. 27, 17S3. " Feb. 15, 1785. Married June 18, 17S0 Sarah, / twins, Betsey, \ Benjamin Mark, born June Lucy, Luther, Charles, Benjamin, George Frederic, Percy, Clarissa, Aug. 8, 1783. Dec. 26, 17S4- Dec. 25, 17S6.. Oct. 13, 17SS. Feb. 20, 1 791, • Apr. S, 1793. Sept. 13, 179S. Nov. 12, iSoi. Farley, Benj., Jun., and Anna Merrili- Benjamin, Anna, Polly, Rebckah, Enoch, Lucy, Merrill, Edward P. born Oct. 3, 17S9- " June 30, 179!. " Feb. iS, 1794. " Aug. 17, 1796. " July 22, 179S. " Oct. iS, iSo3> " May 0, 1806- " Dec. 26, 1808, Farmer, Minot* and Abigail Barrok, Married Sept. 15, 1775. Abigail, born Dec. i, 1775. ■^Died May lo, 1776, xt. 26. FAMILY REGISTERS. 375 Fi.sk, Lieut. Amos and Eliz.\betu Fl.vgg. M.irried March iS, 1762. ScUy. Hannah, Sarah, born Jan. 17, 1763. " J:i". 21, 1765. " Apr. 7, 1767. FrsK, Josi.vir and Mary C.vldwell. Married Nov. 35, 1779. Josiah, born Nov. 14, 17S1. Fletcher, Oliver and Tabith.a.. Thankful, Sibbel, Tabitha, Betty, Stephen, Rebecca, born July iS, I7t56, " Jan. 15, 176S " Feb. 5, 1770, " Feb. 3, 1772 " Dec. 1, 1773 " Oct. 19, 177s P'l.vgg, Eleazer* and Hannah. Fo.\, Dr. Jonathan* and Zerviah Jones. born Feb. :6, 1779. " May 17, 17S1. " April 6, 17S3. *Died Oct. 26, 17S2, a;t. 2S. French, Nichol.vs and Pkiscilla. Zerviah, Jonathan, Ebenczer, Timothy, Priscilla, Nicholas, Isaac, Lucy, Sarah, Jonathan, Sarah, David, born July 6, 1745. " Oct. 3, 1747. " June 30, 1750. " Sept. I, 1752^' " April 21, 1755. *' Aug. 3, t7SS, d. " Aug. 21, 1759. _ " April 22, 1762. " Oct. 3S, 1765. F"rench, John and Mary. Abigail, born Apr. 16, 1735. Esther, " Jan. 20, 1737. John, " May I, 1739. Mary, " June 16, 1741. Jerusha, " Feb. I, 1744. Elizabeth, " May II, 1745. Ruth, " Oct. 1746. Joseph. " J»ne 3. 1750. *D ed A igust 14, I7S7, a;t. 53. Fl.\gg, C ipt. J on AS and Martha Knight. Martlia, born Feb. 3, 1760. Jonas, " Mar. 10, 1762. Jerusha, " April 27, 1764. Mary, " Feb. 23, 1766. Reuben, " Aug. 10, 176S. Joseph, " Sept. ID, 1772. Flagg, Joseph and Hannah Boynton. Hannah, born Dec. 3, 1795. Foster, Edw.vrd and Phebe. Susannah, born Feb. 3, 1777. Elizabeth, " April 25, 1779. Patty, '■ May 19, 17S1. Bridget, " April 26, 17S3. Noah. '• Dec. 13, 17S4. William, " Dec. 5, 1786. benjamin, " Dec. 4, I7SS. Mary, Hepzibali, William, John, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Abigail, Whitcomb, Rebekah, Ebenczer, Joseph, born July 12, 1750 " Jan. 31, 1752 " May 19, 1754 " April S, 1757 " Aug. 23, 1759, " Jan. 9,1762 " Mar. 26, 1764 " Oct. 26, 1766 " Nov. 3, 176S " May 7, 1771 " July 23, 1773 French, Josiah and Sar.\h Astin. Married Nov. 27, 1760. Sarah, born Aug. 27, 1761. Rebekah, " July 31, 1763, d- Josiah, " June 27, 1765. Lucy, " Aug. 9, 1767. Daniel, " Feb. zS, 1771. William, " May 25, 1773. Nathan, " Feb. 9, 1778. Rebekah, " May 14. 17S0. French, J.\mes and Sar.'Vh Brooks. Married Sept. i, 1760. [ames, born June 6, 1762. Sarah, " Nov. 21, 1766. Elizabeth, " Mar. 8, 1769. Mary, " May 19, 1771. French, Timothy- and Ann.v Willoughby. Married May 3, 177 1. rimothy, born May S, 1772. Anna, " May 8, 1774. 376 FAMILY REGISTERS. French, Nehemiah and Submit. Submit, born Sept. 22, 1771. Nehemiah, " Dec. II, 1774- Abraham, " Jan. 21, 1777- French , Isaac and Lucy Wilkins. Lucy, born Sept. 30, ■779- Priscilla, / Sarah, \ twins. •' Mar. 6, 17S1. Isaac, " Oct. 30, 17S2. Susannah, •' Feb. 10, 17SS. Mark, " July IS. 1791. d. Mehitable, " Aug. 7, 1793- David, " Mar. 3:, 1794- Polly, " July 18, 1795- Lefa, " May 26, 1797- Mark, " Dec. 12, 1798. French, Joseph and Mary Voungman. Married Feb. i, 1771. born June S, 1772 Joseph, Mary, Ebenezer, Tabitha, Stephen Y Mittc, Martha, Mar. 14, 1774, Oct. 14, 1776 Mar. 20, 1779 Sept. 27,, 17S1 June 20, 17S4 Oct. 14, 17S6, GiLsoN, Eben'r and Elizabeth Lawrence. Married August 24, 17^19. Betty, born Aug. 16, 1775. Sarah, " May 19, 1779. Goodhue. John and Olive. John, born April 4, 1763. Samuel, " Apr. 30, 1765. Jonathan, " Oct. i, 1767. Ephraim, " July 11,1770. Joseph, " Jan. 9, 1774. Mary, " Dec. 3, 1776. Goss, Capt. John* and Catharine CoNA^,T Married Feb. 10, 1774. John, born Jan. 7, 1775. Goodhue, John, Jun., and Rebecca Perham. Married April 26, 17S7. Sarah, born Apr. 13, 17SS. Joseph A., •' Sept. 5, 1789. Josiah, " Mar. 19, 1792. Gould, James and M.\ry' Lovejoy. Married May 27, 1765. James, born Dec. 18,1765^. Phineas, " July 18,1767, Ralph W., " June 19, 1769. Hale, Col. John* and Elizabeth Hall. John, born Sept. 8, 1756. David, " June 8, 1758. Elizabeth, •' Sept. 28, 1760. William, " July 27, 1762,. Rebekah, " Mar. 26, 1765. *Died Oct. 32, 1791, xt. 60. Hardy, Phineas* and Abiga Elizabeth, born at Bradford July 22 Martha, born June 34- Phineas, " June 25, Thomas, ■' June 11, Noah, ■' Sept. 17, Jesse, ■' Dec. 19, Isaac, •' July 9, Moses, ■' May 17, Solomon, •' Aug-, i, *Died March 7, 1S13, a;t. 86. XL. '7S0 '7S2 1754 '756 ■758 1760 ■763 1765 1767 Hardy, Lemuel and Hannah Jewett Silas, born Mar. 13, 1763 Hannah, Susannah, Rebekah, Mary, David, Sarah, May II, 1765 July 17, 1767 Sept. 10, 1769 Feb. 10, 1772 June 19, 1775 Mar. 24, 1777 Samuel, Abel, Catharine, Lucy, Anna, Mark, Lu'.e, Elizabeth, Nov. 29, 1776. Oct. 23, 17S0. Oct. II, 17S2. Dec. 30, 17S4. Aug. 15, 17S7. Oct. 10, 17S9. June 13, 1792. Nov. 19, 1795. *Died Sept. 26, 1821, a:t. 82. Hardy, Aaron and Ai:igail Dutton. Aaron, born Oct. 24, 1771. Reuben, " Aug. 28, 1773. Abigail, " Oct. 12, 1775. *Died Dec. 26, 1775, xt. 33. H.\rdy, Nehemiah and Abigail. Married March 29, 17S0. Nehemiah, born Apr. 10,1781. Kendall, " Apr. 30, 1785. John, " Sept. 27, 17S7. Mary, " May 9, 1792. FAMILY REGISTERS. 377 Hardy, Isaac and Submit Wheat. Married Nov. 13, 17SS. Isaac, Abraham T., born Sept. 9, 1789. " May 7, 1794. Hakdy, Isaac and Mehitable Boynton. Married July 3, 1794. Jacob, John B., born Nov. 14, 1795. " Nov. 6, 1797. Hardy, Phineas* and Sibbel Shattuck. Isaac, Noah, Sibbel, Hannah, James, Submit, Samuel L., Elizabeth, John G., born Nov. 17, 77S2. " Mar. 23, 1785. " Aug. s, 17S7. " Sept. 29, 17S9. " Sept. 7, 1793. " May 13, 1795. " May iS, 1798. " April 13, 1S03. " April 7, 1805. ♦Died May 7, 1835, a;t. Si Hardy-, Enos* and Mary' Lund. Married Nov. 10, 1797. Mary, Ephraim L., Alvah, Levi, Louisa, Sarah Ann, " Dec. 3, 179S. " Oct. 14, 1801. " Sept. 16, 1S03. " Sept. 16, 1807. " Feb. 10, iSii. " Mar. 21, 1816. *Died May iS, 1857, a;t. S5. Hardt, Moses and Abigail Wheat. Marrie d Nov. 9, 1790. Moge», born April 1, 1791, d. Thomas W., " J-in. 6, 1794. Moses, " Sept. 4, 1795. John, " Sept. 24, 1797. Reuben, " Sept. 12, 1799. Abigail, " Oct. 3, iSoi. Phineas, " May I, iSoj. Leonard, " Jan. 30, 1806. Nathaniel, " June 27, 1808. Joseph W., " June 31, iSij. Hardy, Jessk and Rebekah Baylby. Married Jan. 3, 1788. Rebekah, Martha, (27) born Feb. 6, 17S9. " Aug. 16, 1790. Hardy, Jesse and Rhoda Wood. Jesse, born July 20, 1794. Joel, " Feb. 16, 1796. Amos, " Aug. 12, 1797. Eli, " Sept. 16, 1799. Luther, " Dec. 20, 1S02. Phineas, " April 29, 1805. Daniel, " Sept. 8, 180S. Harris Job an d Eleanor Harris. Married Feb. 14, 1764. Joseph, born May 16, I764- Mary, " May 2, 1767. Simon, " Mar. 26, 1770. Haskell, Joseph and Anna. Betsey, Joseph, Jane, Jeremiah, David, born Sept. 20. 1778. " Feb. 6, 17S0. " Sept. 27, 17S1. " Aug. 31, 1784. " Mar. 21, 1786. Hazelton, Stephen and Mary*. Stephen, Mary, John, born May 25, 1749. " Dec. 31, 1754. " June 8, 1757. Hazelton, Samuel and Molly". Benjamin, Mary, Rebecca, born Feb. 25, 1762. " Feb. 23, 1764. " Nov. 27, 1765. Hazelton, Stephen, Jun., and Esther Hildreth. Married Sept. 15, 1774. born Feb. 7, 1775. " Aug. 20, 1777. Esther, Stephen, Elizabeth, Rebekah, Anna, Oct. 24, 1779. Oct. S, 17S3. April 30, 1785. HoBART, Col. David and Sarah. born Jan. 15, 1745. " Dec. 22, 1747. " Feb. s. 1749- Hobart, Gershom and Alephia. Mary, Alephia, born Oct. 16, 1754. " Dec. 29. 1755. 37S FAMILY REGISTERS. HoBART, Jonathan and Lydia. Jonathan, born May 24, 1753 Joshua, " Dec. 6, 1754 Jeseph, " May 7, 1757 Lydia, " Feb. 24, 1760 Jacob, " May 24, 1763 Isaac, " June 13, 1764 Ruth, " April i, 1767 Asa, " Aug. 10, 1769, Sarah, " Sept. 27, 1771 Hor.AKT, Jonathan, Jun., and Elizabeth Lakin. M irried J in. 17, 17S2. Elizabeth born Kov. 24, 17S3. Sarah, Oct. iS, 17S4. Susannah , Sept. 3, 17S6. Polly, Oct. 23, 17SS. Jonathan, Sept. 37, 1793. Joshua, July 13, 1796. HoLDEN, David, Jun., and Bridget Atwell. Married Jan. i, 17S9. David, born July 31, 17S9. Cumiiigs, '• Aug. 16, 1790. Phincas 11., " i\Iay 6, 1792. HoTKiNs, Richard and Makv. Mary, born Oct. S, 1763. Richard, " June 12, 1765. Hannah, " April 4, I7'>9. Elizabeth, " Aug. 7, 1773. Achsah, " June 20, 1775. How, Ephr.\im and Marv. Nicholas, Ephraim, Mary, Betsey, John, Joseph, Sarah, Isaac, Samuel, born May 12, " April 19, " June 26, " May 30, " Oct. II, " Feb. 16, " June 16, " Dec. 2S, " Aug. 25, 17S1 17S3 >7SS 17S7 17S9, 1792 '794 1797 1799 jACti^iTH, Thomas and Rhoda Sfaulding. Married Dec. 25, 1776. born Nov. aS, 1777. Sept. s, 1779. Jaouith, Ebenezer and Rl'th. Ebcnczer, born Feb. 6, 1777. Rhoda, Thomas, Enoch, Daniel, Rebekah, Asa, Isaac, April 9, 17S1 Mar. 9, 17S3 April 12, 17S6, Dec. 31, 178S Apr. 25, 1791. Jewett, Samuel* and Sarah. Sarah, born Mar. 7, 1749 Mary, " April 22, 1751 Ruth, " May 10, 1753 Samuel, " Jan. i, 1756 Esther, *< June 29, 1758 Jacob, " Oct. 30, 1760 John, " April 4, 1763 Lucy, " April 2S, 1766. *Died Dec. 29, 1791, aet. 65. Jewett, Dea. Stephen* and Hann.\h (F.\rvvell) Cumings. Stephen, Rebekah, Noah, Jonathan, Lois, born Oct. 14, 1753. " Jan. 14, 1756. " Feb. II, 175?. " July 25, 1760. " May 21, 1763. *Died May 23, 1S03, ret. 75. Jewett, Ezekiel and Lucy Townsend. Married Feb. 23, 175S. Susannah, Nathaniel, Isaac, born Dec. 11, 175S. " April 27, 1760. " July s. 1763- Jewett, Ezekiel and Anna Williams. Married Feb. sS, 1765. Ezekiel, born May i, 1766. William, " Sept. i, 176S. Jewett, James* and Margaret. Ruth, Margaret, Eunice, born Sept. 3, 1755. " Oct. iS, I7SS. " Sept. 24, 1761. *Died April 9, 1S08, aet. 85. Jewett, Lieut. Ebenezer* and Mary Rideout. Married March 15, 1792. Ebenezer, born Feb. 13, 1793 Polly, Nathaniel, James, Francis, Susannah, Lydia, *Died Oct. 6, 1S2 Sept. 1 , 1794 July 21, 1796 Mar. 29, 1799 May 26, iSoi Dec. 16, 1S03 April 36, i3o6 a:t. 83. FAMILY REGISTERS. 379 Jewett, Jacob* and Mehitable Mitchell. Abigail, Mehitable, SuEannah, Hannah, Daniel, Ruth, Nathaniel,- Sarah, Elizabeth, Jacob, born June 14, 1763. " Mar. 9, 1765. " Feb, 14, 1767. " July 20, 1770. " July 20, 1772. " Sept. 27, 1774. " Jan. I, 1777. " Mar. 27, 1779. " June 2S, 17S1. " Mar. 7, 17S4. *Died April 23, 1S13, xt. 76. Jewett, Jacob, Jun., and Elizabeth Cl'vings. James, John, Jacob, David, Elizabeth, Lucy, Ralph W., Leonard, born Aug 22, 1767. " July 2, 1769. " June 14, 1770. " Aug. 16, 1773. " Oct. IS, I77S- " Aug. 9, 1777. " Dec. S, 1779. '• Oct. 2, 17S7. Jewett, James, Jun., and Lucy Farley. Married June 16, 17S9. James, born Sept. 13, 1789. Cumings, " Mar. I. 1793- Johnson, Jonathan and Sakah. Jewett, Dea. Stephen, Jun., and Elizabeth Pool. Married Nov. 16, 1778. Elizabeth, Stephen, Nancy, Hannah, William P., William P., Sarah, Polly, Noah, Samuel G., born June iS, 1779 " Ju'y 7. 17S1 " May II, 17S3 " Feb. 17, 17SS " Feb. 26, 17S7 " Feb. 4, 17S9, " Feb. 24, 1790 " July S, 1792, " Dec. 17, 1794 " Oct. 29, 179S *Died Feb. 22, 1S29, xt. 75. Jewett, John and Jane Ames. Married Nor. 29, 1795. John, Jeremiah A., born Sept. 13, 1796. '• May 2, 179S. Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Jonathan, Hannah, David, born Aug. 4, 1754. " May 30, 1756. " April 29, 1758. " June 14, 1760. " June 4, 1762. " July 4. 1764- Kemp, Zekubbabel and Abigail Lawrence. Married Nov. 23, 1737. Zerubbabel, Zechariah, born Feb. 24, 174S. " July 26, 1750. Kemp, Zerubbabel and Hannah Colbibn. Married April 20, 1758. Sarah, born Jan. 30,1759. John, " May 26, 1761. Kemp, Thomas and Mehitable Lovejoy. Married Oct. 5, 1769. Mehitable, Thomas, Asa, William, Zerubbabel, John, Aaron, M indwell. born Jan. 28, 1771. " M;'y 21. 177s " April iS, 1777 " July 26, 1779 " Jan. 20, 17S1 " April 13, 1785 " July 10, 17S7 Kemp, Thomas and Hannah Hobart Levi, Ralph, born Sept. 6, 179, " Mar. 28, 1796. Kendall, Ebenezer and Martha. Ebenezer, Martha, John W., Ilacy, born May 11, 1765. " June 26, 1767. " Dec. 16, 1769. " June 2, 1772. Kendall, Hezekiah and Abigail. Abigail, Luther, Lucy, Wiliard, Walter, born Aug. 26, 1793. " May 15, 1S02. " Mar. 15, 1S04. " Jan. 7, 1S06. " July 1 1, iSoS. Ke.ndrick, Capt. Daniel and Mary Pool • Married Feb 15, 17S2. Daniel, William P., born Mar. 30, 1785. " June 20, 1794. ;So FAMILY REGISTERS. Keyes, Abner and Mary. Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Esther, Anna, William, Rebekah, Abner, Elizabeth, Ruth, born Sept. 3, 1764. Aug Julv July Aug. Sept. Oct. J"iy Aug. Dec. Feb. . 14, 1766. 14, 176S. 2, 1770. 24, 1772. 15. 1774- 12, 1776. iu 177S. 2, 1780. 9, 17S2. 21, 1785. Kinney-, Isr.\el and Hannah. Rebekah, Israel, Hannah, Phebe, Moses, Aaron, Polly, Susannah, Edah, born Sept. 19, 1766. " Sept. 14, 176S. May Feb. Oct. Jan. Jan. Jan. Nov. 3. 1771- H. '773- is, 1775- ID, 177S. 22, 17S1. 5. 1783- I, 1755- Lawrence, Z.\ch. and Sarah L.wvrence. Married Dec. 5, 1734. Peter, born Aug. 20, 1745, d. Zachariah, " July 12, 1747. Tonas, " Oct. 19, 1751. Peter, " Oct. 8, :7S3. Josiah, " Nov. 2, 1756. Lawrence LIVER* and Mary Clmings Married D EC. 27, 1752. Mary, born Nov. 4, 1753. Oliver, " Oct. 7, I7SS. Peleg, " Aug. 17, 1757. Noah, " Nov. 30, 1760. Daniel, " April 26, 1762. Silas, " June 19, 1764. Molly, " May 25, 1767. Amos, " Aug. 6, 1769. Eben, " Oct. 25, 1771. Aaron, " May s, 1774. Sarah, " Oct. 4, 1777. *D ied April 2 1797, xt. 68. Lawrence, Zachariah, Jun., and Rebecca Powers. Married Nov. 22, 1769. Daniel, born Oct. 13, 1772. Zachariah, " July :S, 1777. Sarah, " Oct. 10, 1779. Rebecca, " June 13, 17S4. ' L.\wrence, Daniel and Polly Johnson. Polly, Betsey, Charlotte, Ruth, Daniel, AI)igail, Mark, Luke, Louisa, Caroline, Married May 6, 1790. born June " Oct. " Sept. " Nov. " April " June " Aug. " April " June " Mar. 16, 1791 20, 1792 s. 1794 21, 1796 7. 179S 10, iSoo. 20, iSoi 14, 1S03 14, 1S07 23, iSio Lee.\i.\n, Abraham and Eliz.\beth Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Hannah, Submit, Abraham, Esther, Abigail, Dorcas, Hastings. Married Jan. 30, 1745. born Feb. 24, " June 3, " July 26, " Oct. I, " June 4, " Sept. 8, " Aug. 8, " May 8, " July 13. 1746. 174S. 1750, d. 1751- I7S3- 1754- 1756. '7SS. 1760. Leeman, Samvel and Love Wheeler. ISIarried Nov. 7, 1746. Mehitable, Samuel, Love, Mary, Hannah, Nathaniel, Lydia, Sarah, Abraham, Lesley', Jonas and Eliz.\beth Dow. Married Jan. 13, 1774. Elizabeth, born Nov. 5, 1774 Jonas, " Mar. i, 1776 Samuel, " Feb. 23, 1778 Sarah, " Feb. 25, 17S0 Joseph, " April 7, 1782 George, " Feb. 2, 1785 Aug. 7, '/4/ ■749 Nov. I, 1753- Nov. 9. 1754 July 2, 17S7- Aug. £>! 1759- Dec. 9. 1 761. Aug. 31. 1764. May 13. 1769. LovEjoY, CHRiSTorHER and Anna. Anna, born May 26, 1743 22, :74s Christopher, Abial, Mehitable, Benjamin, Obadiah, John, Oct April 28, 1749 Mar. 10, 1751 Dec. 25, I7S3 June 13, 1756 May 2, 1758, FAMILY REGISTERS. 381 LovEjOY, Jonathan and Mary. Jonathan, Phineas, Daniel, Mary, Simeon, Jacob, Jonathan, Abial, Asa, Abel, Elizabeth, born May 23, 1743, d. " Nov. 23, 1744. " Feb. 23, 1746. " Sept. 27, 1747. " June 6, 1750. " Feb. 17, 1752. " July 3. '754- " Aug. 3, 1756. " Jan. 2S, 1758. " May 6, 1760. " Mar. 34, 1762. LovEjOY, Daniel and Sarah Wy'man Married Nov. 19, 1767. born Aug. 2, 176S " July 4. 1770 Daniel, Samuel, Stephen, Sarah, Phineas, Polly, Ralph, May 22, 1773 June 36, 1775 Nov. II, 1778 Oct. 16, 1784 Jan. 3, 1788 LovEjOY, Asa and Lydia Nevins. L,ydia, William Nevins, Elizabeth, Polly, Rebecca, born Nov. iS, 17S3 " Aug. 17, 1785 " July 28, 17S7 " Nov. 8, 1789 " Sept. 13, 1793 Lund, Ephraim and Alice Wheeler. Married May 12, 1772. born Sept. 7, 1772. " Mar. S, 1774. Hannah, Sarah, Alice, Mary, Ephraim, Stephen, Ebenezer, April 19, 1776. May 21, 1778. Aug. 14, 1780. Oct. 29, 1783. July 10, 1786. McDonald, James* and Susann Roxanna, born July 19, Randall, Susannah, Lucy, Mary, Elizabeth, James, John, April 14, Jan. 18, Feb. 8, April s, Nov. 10, Jan. 19, June 5, 1752- 1754- ■7S6. 1758. 1.760. 1 761. 1764. 1766. *Died April 11, iSoi, a;t. 83. Martin, Stephen and Anna. Stephen, born Sept. la, 1749. Jesse, " Aug. i, 1754. Martin, Steph'n and Patience Worcester Married May 21, 1759. born Mar. 3, 1760. Anna, Jirah, Elisha, Peter, June II, 1762. Sept. 32, 1764. May 27, 176S. Melvin, Jonathan and Mary Brooks. Married Dec. 4, 1750. Jonathan, born Jan. 14, 1752. Melvin, E benezer and Susannah. Ebenezer, born Dec. 28, 1753. Nathan, " Nov. 20, 1755. Eunice, " Feb. 9, 1759. Daniel, " Sept. 8, 1761. Susannah, " Oct. 23, 1764. Seth, " April 38, 1767. Enoch, " Aug. 20, 1769. Messer, Benjamin and Mary. Benjamin, born Mar. 27, 17S4. Merrill, Daniel and Mary Smith. Margaret, Samuel, Daniel, Henry, Mary, > Ruth, i Betty, William, Abigail, Margaret, twins. born Nov. 15, 1756. d. " Jan. I, 1759. " Mar. 31, 1761. " July 17. 1763- " Dec. 7, 1765. " April 17, 176S. " Feb. IS, 1770. " May 13, 1772. " Feb. I, 1776. Merrill, Samuel and Mary. Daniel, Samuel, Isaac, Mary, Elizabeth, born July i, 17S0. " Aug. 16, 17S2. " June 15, 17S4. " Mar. 14, 17S7. " June II, 1791. Merrill, Daniel* and Phebe Dow. Married Oct. 19, 17S9. born Sept. i, 1790 " June 10, 1792 Daniel, William, Lydia, Mary, Evan, Mark, " Nov. 9, 1794 " Sept. 13, 179S " Sept. 24, 1S02 " Sept. 30, 1S06 Died Sept. 25, 1852, a2t. 91. 382 FAMILY REGISTERS. Merrill, Lieut. William and Dolly Smith. Married Feb. 27, 1794. Hannah, born Feb. 9, 1795. William S., " Sept. 24, 1797. Miranda, " Mar. n, iScx). MoOAR, Daniel and Anna. Anna, born Dec. 2S, 1751. Martha, " Nov. 2, 1753. Daniel, " July 23, 1757. Jacob, " April S, 1761. Sarah, " Mar. 11, 1764. MooAK, Daniel, Jun., and Lydia Xevins. MosHER, Abijah and Hannah. Daniel, Isaac, David, Patty, Nathan, Ephraim, Sally, born Mar. 23, 17S1. " Feb. 14, 17S3. " Oct. 6, 1785. " June 12, 17SS. " Feb. 19, 1791. " April 26, 1794. " July IS. 1797- Moo.\R, Jacob* and Hannah Shattuck. Married Jan. 15, 17S4. Jacob, born July 29,1784. Abel, " Jan. 25, 17S6. Hannah, •' Oct. 21, 17S7. Nathan, " Aug. 12, 17S9. Moo.\R, Jacob and Dorc.\s Hood. Married May 20, 1794. George, Hannah, Sally, Hannah, born Feb. 19, 1777. " Oct. 6, i7Si,d^ " Sept. 12, 17S3. " Mar. 12, 1786. Nevins, Thomas and Bridget Snow. Married 1745. Bridget, born Dec. 21, 1746.- Thomas, " May 25, 1748. Nevins, Willi.^m* and M.\ry. William, Joseph,, Benjamin, Mary, John, Phineas, Lydia, Elizabeth, born July 26, ,1746. " July 20, 174S. " Aug. IS, 1750. " Aug. 2, 1752. " Feb. 26, 1755. " Feb. 23, 1758. " July 16, 1760. " Oct. 1762. *Died Feb. 15, 1785, xt. 66. Nevins, D,\vid and Lois P.\Tcn. Tohn, Margaret, Lois, John, David, born Oct. 12, 1748, d. " Feb. 3, 1752. " Sept. i6, 1753. " April 18, 1755. " Ju'y 7. 175S. Nevins, Ensign Willi.\m* and Rebecca Ch.^mberl.-mx. Gardner, born Jan. 4. I79S- ^Married >Lirch 2. , 176S. John, .1 Aug. Ill 1796. Susannah, born Dec. 2. 1776. Dorcas, *• Aug. 21 1798. Betsey, " Sept. 7> iSoo. *Died 1776, ret. 30- David, " April 15. 1802. , Jason, " Jan. I, 1804. Nevins, Joseph and Sarah Pow ERS. Louisa, " J-'iy 28, 1S06. Married Feb. 20, 1772. Luke, " July iS, 1 80S. Sally, " July 8, 1810. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1772, d Mark, • • Feb. 23. 1S13. Joseph, " June 10, 1774. d Daniel, " May II. 1815. Phineas, " Sarah, " May 5, Dec. 17, 1776. 1777- *Dicd Feb 2, 1S2S a;t. 66 Hannah, " Hepzibah, " June 13, June 6, 1779- 1 781. Mosher, Iames an d E L'JN'ICE Blood. Nevins, Joseph and Lucy Sawtell. Married May 7 1770. Lucy, born Dec. 30, I7S3- Catharine born Mar. 9. 1772. Pou'y, J">y 4. I7S6. Jacob, " June 3. 1774- Ama, ? " IMar. 23, 1789. Sarah, " Apri 3. 1777- Gardner, " F"eb. iS, 1792. d John, " May 31. 1779- Mitte, Mar. 16, 1794. Mary, " Jan. 23l I7S3- Gardner, " Feb. 6, ■797- Betty, ) Sukey, " April 12, 1799. Eunice, 1 twins, " Sept 25. 17S6. Jcteph, " April 8, iSoi. FAMILY REGISTERS. 383 Nbvins, Benjamin and Annis Moore. Married Feb. 9, i77S- Patty, born Dec. 7, 1775. Benjamin, " Oct. J, 1777. Lydia, " April 7, 17S0. Sarah, " May 25, 1782. William, " Mar. 5, 17S6. NOVES, Dea. Enoch* and Eliz.\beth. Elizabeth born Jan. 30, 1749. Lucy, " Feb. 16, 1752. Enoch, " Aug. 31,1754. Hannah, " Oct. 24, 1756. Elijah, " Oct. 3, 1758. Benjamin " Dec. 12, 1760, d. Jane, " Aug. I, 1762. Rebecca, " April 23, 1765. Benjamin , " Oct. 6, 1767. *Died Sept., 1796, set. So. Parker Samuel and Mary. Samuel, born April 7, 1740. Eleazer, " Mar. 30, 1744. Lemuel, " Mar. 4, 1747. Lucy, " Mar. 29, 1750. Mary, " Mar. 27, 1753. Esther, " May 21, 1755. Parker, Benjamin* and Alice Woods. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1763. Benjamin Woods, " Sept. 27, 1765. Patience, " Feb. 5, 1769. Ebenezer, " July 5, 1772. *Died Feb. 7, 1S02, a;t. S2. Parker, Stephen and Rachel. Parker, Benjamin Woods and Deborah Getchell. Mary B., Joseph D., born July 7, iSii. " April 17, 1S14. Jane, John B., born Nov. S, 1781. " Aug. 4, 17S6. Parker, Benjamin Woods* and Alice Pratt. Married Nov. 9, 17SS. Benjamin W., Olive, Calvin, John Manly, Luther, Lucinda, Iliram, George W., born Mar. S, 1789 " Nov. 4, 1790 " July 20, 1792 " Mar. 31, 1794 " Mar. 19, 1796 " July 16, 1797 " April 6, 1799 " Feb. 37, iSoi Parker, Capt. Isaac* and Olive Abbott Olive, born June 27, 1795 Hannah, " May 29, 1797 Achsah, " June 24, 1799 Isaac, " April 12,. iSoi John, " July 30, 1803 *Died Dec. 22, 1857, a;t. 88. Patch, Dea. Thomas* and Anna Gilson. Married March 25, 1742. Anna, born Nov. 20, 1742. Tliomas, Sarah, Joseph, David, Daniel, Jan. 17, 1745. Mar. 9, 1746. Aug. 24, 1749. Aug. 2, 1751. Oct. 9, 1753. *Died May i, 1754, set. 40. Patch, Thomas,* Jun., and Molly Thomas, Molly, Lydia, Richard, David, Rachel, Sarah, Daniel, Joseph, born Oct. 10, 177 1 " Mar. I, 1773 " Sept 21, 1774 " May 26, 1776 " Oct. 6, 1778 " May 27, 1780 " Aug. 21, 1783 " Sept. 7, 17S4 " Mar. 4, 1791- *Died Nov. 7, 1S2S, ajt. 85. Phelps, Francis and Phebe. Francis, born Aug. 15, i743- Timothy, " Sept. 10, 1745. Joseph, " June 19, 1748. Phebe, " May 6, 1750. Phelps, John and Deborah. John, born April 30, 1744- Sarah, Nathan, Henry, July 31, 1746. Sept. I, 1749. April iS, 1751. *Dicd Jan. 2, 1S30, st. 64. Phelps, John and Mary Lakin. Simeon Lakin, Sally, Luther, Betsey, born Mar. 4, 17S3. " June 5, 1785. " June 17, 1787. " Sept. 7, 17S9. 384 FAMILY REGISTERS. Phelps, Nathan and Mary Fletcher. Nathan, William p'letcher, Mary, Lucy, Thankful, Susannah, Leonard, Zeruiah, born Feb. i, 17S0. " Sept. 16, :7Si. " Sept. 14, 17S3. " Jan. 12, 17S6. " Sept. 27, 17SS. " July 24. ■792- " Oct. 12, 1795. " May 10, iSoo. Philbrick, Jonathan and Beulah. Jonathan, born July 3,1763. Thomas, " Dec. 1, 1765. Mary, " Feb. 16, 176S. Beulah, " Mar. 22, 1770. Isaac, " Sept. 3, 1773. James, " May 7, 177S. Philbrick, John and Sarah Jewett. Married Dec. 6, 1770. John, born Sept. 3, 1771. Sarah, " Sept. 16, 1773. Mary, " Aug. 10, 1777. Samuel, »' Aug. 22, 1779. Joel, " April 24, 17S1. Pierce, Ebenezer and Elizabeth. Daniel, born April 3, 1755. Mary, " June 5, 1757. Pierce, Ephraim and Esther Stone. Married March 11, 1766. Betty, born Sept. 26, 1766. " Jan. 26, 176S. Mary, Esther, Susannah, Sarah, Deborah, . Ephraim, Rebekah, John, May 19, 1770. April 23, 1772. Aug. II, 1774. April II, 1776. April 12, 177S. July 26, 17S1. May 8, 1784. Pierce, Richard and Susannah Jewett. Married May 22, 1766. Warner, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Jacob, Susannah, Isaac, Eunice, Abraham, Abigail, Daniel, born June 22, 1767. " Jan. 12, 1769. " Feb. iS, 1771. " Sept. 16, 1772. " July 23, 1774. " June 15, 1776. " Sept. 25, 1778. " Nov. 14, 17S0. " July 24- 1783. " Tec. 2S, 1788. Pierce, Solomon and Lucy Parker. Married March 19, 1771. Solomon, Lemuel, Eleazar, Lucy, Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Simon, Levi, Ephraim, born Sept. 2, 1771. " June 13, 1773. " April 4, 1775. " Jan. II, 1777. " Jan. I, 1779. " Mar. II, 17S1. " May 30, 1783. " Nov. 16, 1785. " July S, 17S9. " Mar. 29, 1792. Pierce, Nehemiah and Mary-. fJ-y^ p}l\<) f Nehemiah, born Feb. 5, 177S. Isaac, " Miir. 19, 17S0. William, 1 Marv i '^'"^' " Mar. 2S, 17S2. James, " May 9, 17S4. Pool, William* and Hannah Nichols. Married June 19, 1751. Hannah, Elizabeth, Meh liable, William Welsted, James, Abigail, Sarah, Bridget, Mary, Rebekah, Lucy, Benjamin, Bethiah, Sarah, born Dec. 20, 1751. " July 18, I7S3 " Feb. " May " Dec. " July " Dec. " Aug. '• Feb. " Mar. " Sept. " Jan. " Aug. 12. J7SS 6, 1756 2, 17S7 3>. I7S9 •S. >76o, 5. '762 4. 1764^ 29, 1766/1 6, 176S 17. >77' 3. 1772 Sept. 20, 1774 d. *Died Oct. 27, 1795, set. 70. Powe^rs, Capt. Peter* and Ann.< Keyks. Peter, Stephen, Anna, Whitcomb, Phebe, Alice, Levi, Nahum, Francis, Fanna, Philip, Samson, Fanna, born Nov. 29, 172S. " Oct. 28, 1729, " Mar. 9, 1732. " Oct. 10, 1733. " Feb. s, 1735. " Dec. 30, 1736. " June 3, 1739.. " April 1 1, 1741 . " July 15. 1742- " April 19, 1744, d. " May 20, 1746. " Mar. 12, 174S. •• Mar. 22, 17S0. *Died August 27, 1757, xt. 56. FAMILY REGISTERS. 385 Powers, Stephen and Lucy Cumings. Married Jan. 5, 1757. Lucy, Stephen, Rebecca, Peter, Bridget, Caleh, William, Catharine, born Oct. 20, 1758. " April 13, 1761. " April 30, 1763. " April 29, 1765. " Sept. s, 1767. " Sept. IS, 1769. " Dec. aS, 1771. " May I, 1775. Powers, Whitcomb and Mary Dolliver.- Married May 20, 1755. "Whitcomb, born April 17, 1756. Powers, Francis and Elizabeth Cumings. Married May S, 1763. Francis Grant, Elizabeth, Anna, Philip, Anna, Frances, Lucy, Lucy, James, Phebe, Francis, Levi, born Jan. S, 1764. " March 5, 1766. " Feb. 3, 176S, d. " Aug. 17, 1769. " April 13, 1771. " April 4, 1773. " June I, 1776, d " Mar. 13, 1779. " Sept. 15. 1781. " J-in- I. '7S4- " April 3, 17S7. " Mar. 19, 1791. Powers, Samson* and Elizabeth Nutting. Married August 4, 1774. Mary A., Samson, Peter, Joel, Grant, Levi, Anna, LTrsula, born Oct. 16, 1774. " Jan- 17. 1777- " Feb. 24, 1779. " Aug. S, 17S1. " Mar. 31, 1784. " Mar. 20, 1786. " Sept. II, 17S9. " Oct. 3, 1791. *Died Jan. 2, 1S22, xt. 73. Pratt, Thomas and Caty' Cumings. Married Sept. 27, 1764. born June 2, 1765. " May 9, 1767. David, Caty, Hannah, Jerahmael C, Betty, Molly, (28) July 29, 1769. April 12, 1772. Jan. 13, 1774. June 10, 1776. Pratt, Thomas and Anna Lawrence. Married April 13, 1779. Anna, born Sept. 25, 1779. Stephen, i Susannah, ( t'^'"^' " Oct. 24, 17S4. John, " Feb. iS, 1791. Proctor, Moses* and Mary Byam. Mary, Rebekah, Cyrus, Moses, Philip, born Dec. 31, 1741. " April IS, 1744. " Sept. 13, 1745. " Nov. 25, 1747. " Mar. 16, I7S0. *Died Aug. 21, 17S0, a-t. 73. Phoctor, Ezekiel and Elizabeth. Abijah, Hannah, Ezra, Hannah, Esther, born Aug. 13, 1772. " Dec. 16, 1774, d. " May IS, 1776. " Oct. s. '777- " Jan. 7, 17S1. Proctor, Cyrus and .Siubel Farnsworth. Married March 10, 1771. Cyrus, Timothy, Sibbel, Nathaniel, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Abigail, Amos, Anna, Mary, Susannah, born Jan. 16, 1772. " Mar. II, 1774.. " May 13, 1776. " F"eb. 16, 1778. " Jan- 3'. 17S0. " Jan. 10, 17S2, d. " Oct. 2S, 17S3. " June iS, 178s. " Jan. 25, 1787. " Dec. S, 17S8. " June 12, 1 791. " Sept. 7, 1793.. " Feb. 8, 1796. " June 18, 1799. Proctor, Moses, Jun., and Ruth Austin. Moses, Ruth, Aaron, born Sept. 15, 1786.. " Alar. iS, 17SS. " May 7, 1791.. Proctor, Joel and Katy. Joel, born June 38, 1784. Jonas, " May 24, 1786. i86 FAMILY REGISTERS. Ranger, Nehemiah and Lydia. Samuel, born Oct. 24, 1773. Lydia, " Oct. 20, 1779. Asahel, " Aug. 11, 17S1. Nehemiah, " Nov. S, 17S4. Reuben; " June 19, 1791. Benjamin, " Mar. 22, 1794. Reed, Capt. William* and Pkiscilla Emekv. born Feb. S, 1763, d. " Dec. 2, 1764. " July 2}, 1767. Samuel, Polly, William, Abel, Sila>,, Priscilla Asa, Sarab, Uriaii, Samuel, Abiirail, Rlnnells, STEriiE.\ and Chloe Thurj^ton. Married Dec. 7, 17S0. born Aug. 4, 17S1. " Sept. I, 17S5. twins, " Dec. 10, 17S7. Mary, Stephen, Hannah, Chloe, Ma ■• 33, 1709. " Jan. 27, 1771. " June 5, !773- " Nov. 27, 1775. " Nov. 30, 1777. " Nov. 13, 1779. '• Dec. 19, !7S3. " Feb. I, 17S6. 'Died July 13, '.S17, a-t. 77. Rekd, Jo.siiL.v Elizabeth, Josliua, Ilaur.ali. Anna, Judith, John, Thomas, and Elizabeth. born Mar. 9, 176S. " Mar. 23, 1770. " June 21, 1772. " Feb. 3, 1774. " Oct. 2S, 1776. " Sept. 13, 177S. " Jan. 7, 17S1. James, Polly, Joseph. Esther, Joseph, Hannah, David, Betsey, Lvdia, Ride JUT, J.wiei and Makv. horn April 20, 1765. " Nov. 12, 1767. Ian. 7, 1771, d. Mar. 0) 1772. Mar. 37. 177-1- Nov. I, 1776. Mav 3.?. '779- Ju'y I, 1 7-^3 • July 1, !7?7- RiDEouT, Nathaniel and Susanxaii SrAfLDING. Married Jan. iS, 1776. RuN.NELLS, Samuel and Abigail Smith. Married Sept. 20, 1791. Nathaniel, Asa, Samuel, Jonathan, Susannah, Diadema, Nathaniel, Gardner, ) TT ij 1 I twins, Huldah, * ' John, born May 2, 177S, d. " .'^ept. S, 1779. " Oct. 14, 17S0. " Sept. 17, 17S2. " Oct. iS, 17X4. " Sept. 20, !7S'i. " Mar. S, 17S?. June Jan. 9. '793- Frederick, Ebenezer, Hannah, Persis, Josiah, Susannah, .Samuel, born June 2S, 1793. " J^'-Iy S- 1794- " July 27, 1796. " Aug. 39, 179S. " Dec. I, iSoo. " Jan. 2S, 1803. " June 23, 1S05. Russ, Jo.n.vtiian and Lucv Kendall. Married Nov. 16, 17^?. Lucy, Jonathan, Ttadiel, Sarah, .Nathan, Hannah, born May 9, 1760. " Mar. 17, 1763. " May 30, 1764. " Dec. 25, 1766. " Mav 34, 1760. " Tan. 20, 1772. .Sander.son, Benja^vjin'* and Esther. David. Henjamin. Jeremiah, Ichabod, Submit, Richard W. Simon, Esther, John, Ichaliod W born Jan. 25. 1773. " Mar. 24. 1777. " Aug. 31, 1770. " July 21, 17S3, " June 7, I7?4. " Aug. 2S. 17SS. " Mar. 20, 1790. " June 22, 1795. " J;"'- 23. i7qS " Dec. S, 1S02. *Dicd Sept. 25, 1S26, xt. So. Saun'dersox, Ton'athan* and Lucv Pool Married Oct. iS, 179!. Lucy, Almira, Marinda, Jonathan, Jonathan, Almira, William P., Henry H., born Nov. 3^, 1793. " Mar. 29, 1796, d. " Mar. 1, 179S. " Dec. 21, iSoo, d. " Dec. 30, 1S03. " Dec. 33, 1S04. " Feb. II, 1S07. " Sept. 13, iSio. *Died August 23, 1S50, a-t. S4. FAMILY REGISTERS. 387 Sanderson, David and Laurana Siiattlck. Married Dec. 2S, 17S4. Peter, born July iS, 17S7. Sarll, William and Hannah Dinsmore. Married August 6, 1747. Elizabeth, William, Hannah, Joseph, Sarah, Mary, John, Jonathan, Hannah, Lucy, born July 16, 174S. " Mar. 22, 1750. " April 19, 1752, d. " May 13, 1755. " Jan. 7, 1758. " Mar. iS, 1760. " Aug. 6, 1762. " May 29, 1765. " June II, 1767. " Aug. 26, 1769. Shannon, Richard Cutts and Elizabeth. James N., Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Abigail, John Langdon, So])hia, born Aug. 16, 1774. " June 12, 1776. " Aug. 12, 177S. " Oct. 21, 17S0. " J"'y 4. i/Ss- " June 4, 1786. Shattick, Zechariah* and Elizabeth FiSK. Married March 3, 1747. Zechariah, born Nov. 24, 1747. Elizabeth, " May 15, 1750. Mary, 'TS.v Abigail, " June 10, 1755. Isaac died in the army, 1776. Samuel, Sibbel, " March, 1760. Daniel, " Feb. 24, 1767. Abel, " June 3, 1769. Nathan, " June 9, 1774. *Died March -20, 1809, a;t. 85. .SiiATTVCK, William* and Ruth. Rutli, William, Mary, born Nov. i, 1739. " Feb. 26, 1741. " Mar. I, 1743. Shattuck William and Exif.riem e Curtis. Married Nov. 26, 1745. Nathaniel, Experience, *Died March 13, 1761, aet 47.. Shattuck William and Zilpha Turner. Married April 2, 1761. Laurana, born May 12, 1762. Rebekah, " May 6, 1764. Priscilla, " Oct. 7, 1766. Sarah, " May 28, 1770. William, " Aug. 20, 1772. Lemuel, " Feb. 12, 1776. Shattuck, Zechariah and Elizabeth F arlev. Married Nov. 28, 1771. Elizabeth, born I773- Sarah, " May 4, 1774. Mary, " Mar. 9, 1776. Isaac, " April 9, 177S. Zechariah, " July 23, 17S1. Abel, " Sept. 21, 17S2. Joseph, " Jan. 20, 1785. Amos, " J-in- 11. 179.V Sii.\ttuck, Samuel and Lois Wheat. Married May 5, 1791. Samuel, born Mar. 25, 1792. Lois, " Oct. 20, 1793. Nathaniel, " June II, 1795. Isaac, " J;i"- 35, 1799. William, " Feb. 2, 1S02. S hed, John and Rachel. John, born June 17, 1791. Julia, " ^^sr. IS, 1793. Ebenezer, " Jan. 24, 1796. Sued, John and Lucy Jewett. Marrie d Nov. 5, 1707. Gardner, born Oct. 9, 179S. Luther, " April I, 1800. Shipley, Abel and Lucy Farley. Married Nov. 24, 1768. Abel, . born Oct. 28, 1769. Lucy, " Mar. 15, 1772. Anna, " Sept. 26, 1774. John, " June 4, 1776. Sarah, " June 3, 177S. Amos, " Mar. 5, 17S0. Benjamin, " Sept. 9, 17S2. Betty, " Sept. 26, 17S4. Page, " Mar. 20, 1787. iSS FAMILY REGISTERS. Smith, MosEb,* and Mary Boynton. Married Jan. 39, 1756. Mary, Elizabeth, Moses, born July 2, 1757. " April IS, 1759. " June 22, 1761. *Died August 25, 1761, act. 31. Smith, John and Sar.\h Merrill. Margaret, born April 22, 177S. Sarah, " April 25, 177S. Benjamin, " April 27, 17S0. Jerusha, " Oct. 4, 17S2. Daniel, " Aug. 13, 1786. *Died Nov. 8, 1S07, xi. 59. Smith, Manasseh and Haxn.\h Emerson. Married Feb. 17, 1774. Hannaii, Mary, Lydia, Manasseh, Joseph E., Lucy. Samuel E., born Oct. 17, 1774. •' Feb. 1, 1776. " Dec. 15, 1777. " Aug. 16, 1779. " Mar. 6, 17S2. " Sept. 22, 17S3. " Mar. 12, 17SS. Smith, Rev. David* and Hepzibah Worcester. Married Jan. i, 1795. David Page, born Sept. 20, 1795. Noah, " Sept. 7, 179S. Hepzibah L., " Sept. 7, iSoi. Emmons, " Dec. 7, 1S02. Martha, " July 14, 1S04. Mary, " Sep. 19, 1805. Hannah, " Sept. 10, 1S06. Lydia, " Aug. i, 180S. *Dicd Aug. iS, 1824, xt. 54. Smith, Rev. Eli* and C.vtharine Sheldon. Eli, born July 16, 17S7. Smith, Rev. Eli and Ama Emerson. Married May 7, 1794. Daniel E., born April 1, 1796. Ama, " Mar. 29, 179S. Luther, " Aug. 11, 1800. Catharine II., " Aug. 13, 1802. Joseph E., " Dec. 24, 1S04. John R., " Feb. 12, 1S07. *Died May 11, 1S47, a;t. 87. Smith, Emerson and Mary Page. Married Nov. i6, 176S. David. Samuel, born Sept. 2S, 1769. " Mar. 13, 1772. Smith, Emerson and Abig.vil Ayre. Married Jan. 4, 1775. Jesse, John, " April 12, 1777 Mary, " Oct. IS, 1779 Betty, " Aug. 20, 1782 Abigail, " Dec. 12, 17SS Hannah, " April 6, 17S7 Ralph, " Aug. 13, 1 791 Rebekah, " Jan. 28, '795 Joel, " June 13, 179S Spalding, Jacob and Esther Shed. Married 17S2. born Sept. 3, 17S2, d. " May 12, 17S4. Esther, Abigail, Esther, Abraham, Rachel, Isaac, Rebekah, Sally, Betsey, Jacob, Sybel, July S, 1786 July 17, 17S8 Aug. 28, 17S9 Oct. 13, 1791 Jan. iS, 1794 April 17, 1797 April 17, 1799 Mar. 8, 1S03 July 14, iSoS Stearns, Isa.\c and Rebecca Jewett. Married F'eb. 26, 1767. Rebekah, Sarah, Anna, Isaac, born Dec. 16, 1767. " Nov. 9, 1769. " Mar. 10, 1772. " Feb. 17, 1773. Ste.vrns, Joseph and Abigail Whe.\t. Married Mar. 31, 177S. Joseph, Thomas \V., Daniel, Abigail, born Mar. 21, 1779. " Nov. IS, 17S2. " Mar. 22, 17S5. " Sept. 12, 17S9. Stevens, Isaac, Jun., and Eliz.\beth Johnson. Married Jan. 2, 1771. Elizabeth, born Mar. 7, 1773. Isaac, " July i, 1774. Hannah, " April 19, 1776. Sarah B., " Dec. ,2, 1777. FAMILY REGISTERS. 389 Stewart, James and Mary. Tenney, W LLiAM* and Anna Jewett. James, born Oct. 15, 1742. Benjamin, born Oct. 38, 1746. Thomas, " Sept. 29, 1744. Martha, . '• April 13, 1749. Peter, " June 13, 1746. W^illiam, " Mar. 17, 1755. Jerathmael, " Mar. 14, 174S. Anna, *Died " Jan. 17, 1759. March 32, 1783, aet. 61. Stiles, Caleb and Married F \T \ R ^' To w IV w T? v r» ITl A K 1 X u vv r* ^ sb. 7, 1760. Tenney , Benjamin and Ruth. Lucy, born Dec. 21, 1762. Ruth, born Dec. 2, 1772. Caleb, " Feb. 17, 1765- Benjamin, " July 7. 1774- George, *' Jan. 20, " July 17, " Dec. 14, " May 30, " Oct. 12, 1767. 1769. 1770. 1773- 177S- Samuel, Natlianiel, Jonathan, Benjamin, Tenney, C; Phebe Jewett, Anna, Caleb Jewett, Nancy, ipt. William* and Phebe Jewett. born Oct. 12, 1777. " Feb. 21, 1779, d. Stiles, Eli and Sarah. " May 3, 1780. " Jan. 29, 1782. Sarah, Eavry \V., William, Rachel, David, born Oct. 6, " Aug. 27, " Oct. 12, " April II, " Oct. 27, 176S. 1770. ■773- 177S- 1777- William, William, Sally, Benjamin G., Ralph E., Lucinda, *Died " Mar. 20, 1784, d. " Sept. 12, 1785. " Oct. 22, 1786. " Dec. 8, 1788. " Oct. s, 1790. " July 16, 1793. June 16, 1S06, xt. 51. Taylor Abraham* and Lydia. born Jan. S, 1732, d. Olive, Thurston, Moses* and Hannah. Lydia, Leonard, Olive, Abraham, Sarah, Submit, " Oct. II, " Oct. 20, " Aug. 20, " Aug. II, " Oct. 24, " June 13, •733- 1735- 1737. 1739- 1741. 1743- Hannah, Moses, Chloe, Oilman, Mary, Lydia, born Sept. 10, 1744. " July II, 1746. " July IS. '74S. " July 19, 1750. " July 29. '753- " July 6, 1756. *Dicd June j. 1743. wt. 36. *Died April 6, iSoo, set. 79. Taylor, Edward and Mary. Wallingfore , Lt. David* and Elizabeth Daniel, born Mar. 24, 1749. Leeman. Joel, " Aug. 23, '752. Married March 6, 1767. Mary, Jacob, Anna, " June 19, " Aug. 21, " Aug. 2S, "754- 1756. '757- Jonathan, Sarah, Martha, David, born Sept. 10, 1770. " July s. 1772. " Mar. 26, 1774. " Nov. 26, 1776, d. Taylor, Jonathan* and Kbzia. David, " Oct. 12, 177S. Kczia, Azubah, Esther, born June 29, " Nov. 12, " Feb. 19, 749- I7SI- 17S4- Ebenezer, Benjamin, Joel, Hannah, " Oct. S, 17S0. " Jan. 24, 1782. " Jan. 22, 17S4. " June 29, 1785. *Died Ap HI 7. 17S9, ret. 69. Abigail, " Jan. 4, 1790. *Died March 12, 1791, a;t. 45. Taylor, Ja> Mai lES anH T.r»TG ■RiTT-rc-Dt lELD. ■ried April 21, 176S. Wardwell , Solomon and Bethiah. James, born April 16, 1769. Amos, born July 25, 1779. Lois, " June 4, 1770. Bethiah, " Feb. 2, 1782. Molly, " Jan. 31, 1772. Daniel, " Jan. II, 1784. 390 FAMILY REGISTERS. Webster, Abel and Hannah. Hannah, Nathaniel, Abel, Mehitable, Moses, , Elias, I Sarah, Lydia, twins, born April 26, 1750 " Nov. 23, 1753 " Dec. 7, I7S5 " Aug. 31,1757 " Aug.2S, 1759 " Mar. S, 1762, " Mar. 30, 1764 Wheat, Thomas and Mary. Mary, Abigail, Thomas, Sarah, PrisciUa, Nathaniel, Joseph, Josiah, . Lois, Hannah, born Oct. 29, 1746, d. " Aug. ij, 174S. " J"ly 7> '750- " April 23, 1752. " J"iy 3. 1754- " Jan. 20, 1756. " July iS, 1759. " Dec. iS, 1761. " June 22, 1765. " Feb. 16, 1767. Wheat Thomas and Sarah. Submit, Abigail Temple, Sarah, Mary, born July 27, 1769. " June 29, 1771. " J"iy s, 1773. " May 7, 1775. Wheat, Thomas,* Jun., and Ahigail. Benjamin, Benjamin, Lucy, ♦Killed at Bunker Hill June i born Jan. i, 1771, d. " Jan. I, 1772. " J;i"- 17. 177-t- et. 24. Wheat, Solomon and S.\rah Ball. !^Iarried August 29, 1771. Solomon, Josiah Coolidge, Sarah, Iiornjuly 7,1773. " J'ln- iS, 1775. " June 1 1, 1777. Wheat, Joseph and Bridget (Powers) Farley. Married Oct. 10, 17S3. Nathaniel, born April 11, 1784. Wheat, Josiah and Sarah Keyes. Married April 17, 17SS. Sarah, Ruth, . Mary, born Mar. 14, 17S9. " April 24, 179!. " Dec. 29, 1792. Wheat, Solomon, Jun., and Hannah CUMINGS. Married Feb. 11, 1704. William, James, Hannah, Elizabeth, Alary Ann, Caroline, born June 13, 1794. " Oct. 10, 1796. " F"eb. 13, iSoo. " Nov. 19, 1S02. " Aug. 29, 1S06. " Oct. 27, 1809. Wheeler, Peter* and Hannah. Lucy, Alice, Ebenezer, Lebbeus, Jemima, born June i, 1744 ". Dec. I, 1745 " .T"iy '5. 1748 " Oct. IS, 1750 " Aug. 15, 1756 *Died Mar. 2S, 1772, a;t. 67. Wheeler Peter and Mehitable Jewett. Married March 19, 1751. Wheat, Solomon and Deborah Kimball. Polly Kimball, Samuel, born May 10, 1787. " Feb. S, 1790. Wheat, Solomon and Elizabeth Rogers- Jonathan, Timothy, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joel, Daniel, born Oct. iS, 1795. " Mar. 25, 1797. " Aug. 10, 179S. " J'>'y S> 'Soo. " Oct. 2, 1S02. " April 7, 1S04. Mehitalile, Peter, Samuel, Esther, Hannah, Benjamin, Joseph, Jonatlian, Nathan, born Feb. 29, 1752. " Aug. 31, 1753 " July iS. '7SS " Ji'"- 7. '75S " Oct. 12, 1760, " July 29, 1763 " Nov. 15, 1766, " July 2, 176S " 'Slur. 19, 1774 Wheeler, James and Mary Bltterkield. Married Nov. i, 1750. James, Reuben, Mary, John, Levincey, Abiezer, Zebulon, born Jan. 29, 175 ". Jan. 30, 1755 " Nov. 2S, 1756 " July 2. 175S " Aug. 20, 1760 " Feb. 2, 1765 " Jan. 20, 1768 FAMILY RECtISTERS. 39' Wheeler, Timothv and Mary Nevins. Married Sept. 8, 1773- Timothy, born Jan. 12, 1774. Mary, Simon, " Oct. 2, 1775. " July 23, 1777. Wheeler, Lebbeus* and Elizabeth Carter. Married Mar i, 1773. Lucretia, born April 3, 1774. *Died July 10, 177S, aet. 27. Wheeler, Th.\ddeus and Elizabeth Farmer. Married Oct. 17, 1769. Elizabeth, born July 22, 1770 Thaddeus, " Oct. 10, 1773 Minot, " May i6, 1777 Theodore, " Jan. 7, 17S0 Amos, " July 13,1783 James, " Aug. 6, 17S5 Benjamin, " Oct. 16, 1790 Wheeler, Ehexezer* and Azubah Taylor. Married July 13, 17S0. Kc/.ia, born Sept. 17, 17S3. Jonathan Taylor, " Sept. 6, 17S7. *Died March 15, 1817, ast. 6S. Whiting, James and IIepzibah. Ilcpzibah, born July 8,1741. Whiting, James and MxVitY Dougl.\s. Married Aug. 2, 1757. James, born May 17, 1758. David, Mar. 18, 1760. Whiting, Benjamin and Grace. Frances Wentworth, born April 19, 1771. Martha, " Sept. 10, 1772. Grace, " April 16, 1775. Sarah, , " Nov. 23, 1776. Whiting, Capt. Leonard and Ann. Ann, Leonard, Mary, Grace, Abigail. Stephen, born Aug. 12, 1763. " Aug. 25, 1765. " Aug. 25, 1767. " Sept. !2, 1769. " Mar. 25, 1772. " Feb. 20, 1774. WiLLOUGHBY, JoHN* and Anna Chamberlain. Samuel, born Feb. 13, 1745. *Died Feb. 2, 1793, a;t. 8$. WiLLOUGHBY', JONAS and HaNNAH BaTES. Married Jul)' 10, 1760. Jonas, Oliver, David, William, born May 19, 1761. " June 2, 1764. " April 4, 1770. " June 17, 1774. WiLLOUGHBY', Samuel* and Elizabeth. Elizabeth, Samuel, born Aug. 27, 1774. " Mar. I, 1776. W'lLLOUGHBY', SaMIEL and M.YRY' Gol'ld. Mary, Ethan, Sarah, Beriah, Rehekah, Anna, Luther, Calvin, Washington, John, Joseph, born Aug. 3, 1777 '* Feb. 26, 1779 " Mar. 31, 1781 " Feb. 20, 1733 " May II, 17S5 " May 1 8, 17S7 " April 14, 1789 " Mar. 14, 1791 " April 13, 1793 " Dec. 23, 1795 " ^'^ov. 19- 1797 *Died Oct. 26, 1832, aet. 86. WiLLOLGHBY, JoNAs.Jun., and Prudence Saunders. Married May 24, 1785 Prudence, Jonas, Hannah, Anna, born Oct. 29, 17S7.' " Mar. 15, 1790. " May 7, 1792. " Mar. 22, 1795. WiLLOUGHBY, OLIVER and Sarah Baylev. Married Jan. 31, 17S7. Andrew, Oliver, born Aug. 3, 17S7. " July 17, 1789- WiLLOUGHBY, WiLLIAM and ReBECCA Adams. Married March 10, 1796. Rebecca, Samuel, William, born Dec. 12, 1797. " Oct. 2S, 1798. " April 12, i8oi. 39- FAMILY REGISTERS. Whipple, Joseph and Esther Pierce Married Oct. 23, 1792. born Maj' 6, 1793 " Feb. 19, 1795 Joseph, John, Betsey, Amos, Charles, Rowena, Irena, Nov. I, 1796 Sept. 12, 179S Mar. '7, iSoo Feb. 26, 1803 Aug. I, iSo6 Jonas, Lydia, Sally, Isaac, David, Asa, Betsey, Woods, Jonas and Lvdia IIobart. Married April 26, 1781. born Feb. 22, 1782 " Aug. 31,1784 Feb. S, 17S7 Feb. 16, 1792 July 21, 1794 Aug. 20, 1796, June 8, iSoi Wood, Ensign William* and Susannah Wright. Married Aug. 23, 1778. Susannah, William, Kezia, Ebenezer, Henry, Abigail, Sally, Betsey, Hannah, Polly, Mark, Grace, Mark, Harriet, born Dec. 28, 1779 " Sept. 24, 17S1 " Feb. j6, 1783 " Sept. 22, 1784 " June 9, 17S6 " Oct. 4, 17S7 " April i:, 1789 " Oct. 1, 1790 " Jan. 19, 1702 " Oct " Jan. " Oct *Dicd 1826, .-ct. 73. 1-2. 1793 22. 1795 Oct. 21, 1706 Feb. II, 1799 12, 1S05, Worcester, Dea. Francis* and IIannah BOYNTON. Married Oct. 28, 1741. born Nov. 5, 1742. Abigail, Francis, Jemima, Hannah, Sarah, Beulah, Mary, Lydia, John, Hannah, Francis, Bathsheba, Worcester, Rev. Francis* and Abigail Carlton. June 16, 1744, d. Jan. 22, 1746. Jan. 3, 174S, d. June iS, 1749. Oct. 29, 1750. Dec. 13, 1751. April 26, 1753. Dec. 31, 1755. Jan. 3, 1757. Oct. 27, 1758. April 21, 1763. Married April iS, 1720. Francis, Jesse, Hannah, Samuel, Noah, born Mar. 30, 1721. " Sept. 5, 1722. " Oct. 7, 1724. " May 7, 1731. " Oct. 4. 1735. *Died Oct. 14, 17S3, xt. 85. Worcester, Capt. Noah* and Lvdia Taylor. Married Feb. 22, 1757. Noah, born Nov. 25, 1758. Jesse, " April 30, 1761. Lydia, " Nov. 8, 1762. Sarah, " Mar. 24, 1765. Leonard, " Jan. i, 1767. Thomas, " Nov. 22, 176S. Samuel, " Nov. i, 1770. Worcester, Capt Sh Noah ERWIN. and Hepzibah Married Sept. 30, 1772. Hepzibah, born June 12, 1773. William, " Dec. 11,1774,4. William, " Nov. 29, 1775. Abigail, '* June 29, 1777. David, " April 30, 1779, r\RV Johnson. Married March 13, 1781. Youngman, Stephen and Abigail Brown. Married June 16, 17S6. Ehenezer, William, horn April 4, 17S7. " Oct. 30, 17SS. Lemuel, Joshua, Noah, Miles Johnson, licnianiin, born Mar. iS, 17S2. " I-"eb. 29, 17S4. " Jan. 13, 17S7. ■' Mar. 13, 1790. '• Mav 14, 1702. EKRATA AND COIIRECTIOXS. Tlic iTudcr will please note and cfirrccl liic lollowiii-i' errors r Paae i;U, liiK' 11. Cor "He" read Hon. •Mienjainin Tool." 1.")!, line ;;. Cor " L'apt. Moor" read ••Capl. Moors " '2[('>, Ijotloni line, for '• 177."." read '• 177.S." iMl, line i:; from liottoni, for "May !'.">, 1870" read ".\nii-. 20. 1S71. J 242, line 5 from top, for " 18.")8" read " 175S." 2()1, line 18. add " Geor.i^-e Moore, representative, I87!t." :314, line 4, for "November 28" read "November 2.'>." A'A, nth line from bottom, for "Baker" read "Parker." ">C)0, KJlli line from bottom, for ".Vbert " read *• AUxM't." ;!(!!, 18th line from toji. for "C'liai'les" read " (icoi-iic" "lil. 2(Mli line from bottom, for " llcni'v !-." r<'ad " Heni-v N." : r %'27 AMHERS T. ^. ^^^^FSmi ivi A P> ]C JLI ^^oH E.J.COLBURN, HOLLIS,N.H. -V.^,iS, . J^..^7^<'^^"T $i£^^ ^5 Td