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THE 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLII, N.H.. 
 
 CONTAINING THE 
 
 ADDRESS BY CHARLES MASON, 
 
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 June 17, 1852; 
 
 A REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON, 
 
 22, School Street. 
 
 1855. 
 

 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855 
 BY LEVI W. LEONARD, 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of New Uampshi; 
 
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 P E E F A C E. 
 
 It has become quite common at the present day, especially in New 
 England, to publish histories of towns. The practice is a good 
 one. The traditions of past events are always fading from the 
 memories of successive generations ; and, unless they are written 
 and printed, many of them will be lost beyond recovery. It hap- 
 pens already that the existing inhabitants of towns, the histories of 
 which have not been published, are but slightly acquainted with 
 the events that moved the hearts, and aroused the energies, of their 
 progenitors. This has been made very evident in our case by 
 many unsuccessful attempts to obtain information in reference to 
 the early history of Dublin. Passing events have so absorbed 
 interest and attention, that the transactions of former times — 
 transactions, too, which have made or marred their own fortunes — 
 have received little or no consideration. The aged, it is true, are 
 apt to dwell upon the past ; while the young look intently to the 
 future, speculating more upon what will be than upon what has 
 been. But the history of the past, even in a small town, contains 
 lessons from which those who now live, even the young, may learn 
 wisdom for the futui-e. Many instructors of youth have urged the 
 importance of beginning the study of geography with that of their 
 own town. If they are right, then the same may be urged, to 
 some extent, with regard to history, which, if thus begun, cannot 
 fail to have in the minds of the young a more living reality. 
 
To some persons it may seem a work of little labor to prepare 
 a history of a small, retired country town, whose existence dates 
 back only one hundred years. To others it may seem to be a 
 labor not worth the pains. The Committee of Publication are 
 experimentally certain that what they have done with regard to 
 the preparation of the " History of Dublin " has cost them no small 
 amount of labor. Of what value the result of their labor may 
 prove to be must be left to the judgments of those who read the 
 book. These judgments will be various. Some persons will not 
 find in it what they looked for, and others will find what they did 
 not look for. Both may feel disappointment, and perchance find 
 fault. To the native-born citizens of Dublin, whether resident or 
 emigrant, we trust the book will not be wholly without interest. 
 
 It was not the design of the Publishing Committee at first to 
 make so large a book. The printing of the Address, with the 
 Proceedings of the Centennial Celebration, and some documents 
 alluded to in the Address, was all that was contemplated. But, on 
 further consideration, they concluded to add other matter, which 
 could not properly be comprehended in an address on a public 
 occasion. Some repetition of facts stated in the Address were 
 introduced, in order to keep up a connection in the matter added, 
 and to avoid too frequent reference. Although a large portion of 
 the additions are rather materials for a history than a history itself, 
 yet, in connection with the Address and the Proceedings of the 
 Centennial Celebration, we trust the book will be found to contain 
 a tolerably complete history of the town from its first settlement to 
 the present time. 
 
 The Registers of Families occupy more space than was at first 
 apprehended. In order to make them uniform, it was found neces- 
 sary to recopy the whole number furnished. Many of them, how- 
 ever, were gathered from the recollections of individuals, and from 
 the scanty and imperfect records of the town-clerks who held the 
 office previous to 1820. As these Registers are principally made 
 up of names and dates, no one should be surprised if numerous 
 errors are discovered. Frequently, the Registers handed to the 
 Committee diifered as to dates from the town-records. It was not 
 in our power, in most instances of this kind, to determine which 
 
PREFACE, ^ V 
 
 were correct. Sometimes one Kegister was found to be inconsistent 
 with another, which gave dates respecting the same person. In 
 such cases, we occasionally discovered, as we believed, the true 
 date ; and this will account for the variations from the original 
 copies, which the persons who furnished them may perhaps regard 
 as errors. Of the soldiers of the Revolution, we have inserted 
 nearly in full all the notices that were received. The living resi- 
 dents of Dublin are left to the future historian. The names of 
 those who have held offices in town will be found under their 
 appropriate heads in the course of the history. If the Register of 
 any family is omitted, it is because none was received, or could be 
 gathered from any accessible sources of information. 
 
 To the persons who have aided us in collecting materials for this 
 book, we tender our thanks. We offer it to the town, which has 
 taken the responsibility of its publication, as the best we could 
 prepare during the time we were employed upon it. Taking all 
 circumstances into consideration, we do not feel that there has been 
 any needless delay. A copy of the Address was not received till 
 nearly a year after its delivery. Sickness in the family of the 
 Chairman of the Committee, and his residence, most of the time, 
 during the last year and a half, in another town, have also contri- 
 buted to hinder the progress of the work. The map which we 
 prefix to the book is believed to be as correct as could be made 
 without an accurate and expensive survey by measurement of the 
 whole town. Many parts of it were drawn from actual measure- 
 ment ; and its errors, if any shall be discovered, will be found to 
 be less numerous, we think, than in most other town-maps. 
 
 The portraits, with the exceptions hereafter mentioned, were 
 furnished by the persons whom they represent, or by their friends. 
 The plates for the porti-aits of Samuel Appleton and Dr. Twitchell 
 were kindly furnished, for the taking of impressions from them ; the 
 first by Mrs. Appleton, and the second by Dr. G. W. Twitchell. 
 The plate for the porti-ait of L. W. Leonard was the same that 
 was procured by his friends in 1850. The portrait of Mr. Sprague 
 was lithographed from the original painting by Belknap. 
 
 Mr. Lawson Belknap, a member of the Committee of Publica- 
 tion, died Oct. 3, 1853. He was active and earnest in his efforts 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 to collect information respecting the history of Dublin, his native 
 town. Had he lived, he would have afforded us much aid in 
 preparing the Eegister of Families, which were not begun to be 
 collected till after his death. 
 
 The Chairman of the Committee of Publication may here be 
 permitted to say, that he is not responsible for the insertion of 
 the laudatory remarks respecting himself, contained in some of the 
 addresses made at the Centennial Celebration. Over this portion 
 of the book he had no control. He could not, with propriety, 
 either erase or modify what the gentlemen thought fit to offer for 
 publication. 
 
 The names on the list of emigrants from Dublin, collected and 
 arranged by Mr. Fisk, a member of the Committee of Publication, 
 have been added in the belief that to many persons it will be grati- 
 fying to have old friends and fellow-townsmen thus brought to their 
 recollection. Though some of them removed from town before 
 most of the persons now living here were born, we cannot think 
 that their nkmes will be read with entire indifference ; for they once 
 had their home here, and many of them strove with their fellOw- 
 townsmen to promote the common welfare. A large portion of 
 them are no longer alive; but their children, in many instances, 
 survive, and have doubtless heard from the lips of their parents 
 some account of their temporary sojourn in Dublin. Though they 
 never saw our hills and valleys, nor the faces of those who now 
 dwell here, yet they cannot but feel some interest in the town from 
 which their fathers and mothers emigrated. The list is a long one ; 
 and it shows that, though the town has not increased in population 
 of late years, yet Dublin has furnished a large number of persons 
 for the settlement of new states, and for the cities and manufac- 
 turing villages of New England. 
 
 With regard to the spelling of names, there will not be found a 
 uniformity in all parts of the book. The records and papers used 
 as sources of information exhibited no little variety in this respect. 
 The same name was, in many cases, variously spelled ; and our 
 copy was often conformed to the original documents. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Address by Charles Mason . 3 
 Proceedings of Centennial 
 
 Celebration 49 
 
 History of Dublin, Situa- 
 tion, &c 117 
 
 Dublin under the Masonian 
 
 Proprietors 124 
 
 Names of Proprietors . . . 128 
 
 Incorporation of Dublin . . 139 
 
 Invoice of 1771 142 
 
 Warnings out of Town . . 144 
 Revolutionary War . . . 148 
 Eccleslastical History . . 152 
 Second Congregational So- 
 ciety . . .■ 182 
 
 The Baptist Church . . . 190 
 
 Sacred Music, &c 196 
 
 New Meeting Houses . . . 201 
 Population at different Pe- 
 riods 208 
 
 Census of the United States 209 
 Summary of Census .... 220 
 Political and Municipal His- 
 tory 222 
 
 Town Officers 229 
 
 Votes for Chief Magistrate 235 
 
 Valuation, Taxes .... 237 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Surplus Revenue .... 242 
 
 Pauperism 242 
 
 School AND Ministerial Funds 243 
 
 Post Office, Mail Stage . . 245 
 
 Schools and School-houses . 246 
 
 View of School-house No. 1 252 
 
 Inspection of Schools , . . 254 
 
 School Committee .... 255 
 
 Appleton Fund 259 
 
 Libraries 261 
 
 Graduates of Colleges . . 264 
 
 Physicians 264 
 
 Sickness, Mortality . . . 265 
 
 Temperance Reformation. . 268 
 
 Altemont Lodge 270 
 
 Merchants or Traders . . 271 
 
 Mechanics 272 
 
 Manufactures, &c 273 
 
 Military Affairs .... 277 
 
 Hardships of Early Settlers 279 
 
 Anecdotes 281 
 
 Fatal Casualties 286 
 
 Justices of the Peace . . . 287 
 
 Miscellaneous Items . . . 288 
 
 Occupants of Lots .... 291 
 
 Register op Families . . . 309 
 
 Emigrants 424 
 
LOCATION OF ENGRAVINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS. 
 
 Map. 
 
 De. Twitchell .... facing titlepage. 
 
 Charles Mason 3 
 
 JoNATH-iN K. Smith 54 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Morse 61 
 
 Samuel Appleton 88 
 
 Daniel Elliot 105 
 
 Rev. E. Sprague 162 
 
 Ret. L. W. Leonard 180 
 
 Solomon Piper 199 
 
 Old Church on the Hill . . . 205 
 
 New Conqeegational Church . . 207 
 
 RuFUS Piper 23.3 
 
 Isaac Appleton 313 
 
 Aaron Appleton 314 
 
 John Bixby 318 
 
 John Crombie, Jun 326 
 
 A. H. FisK 336 
 
 WiLLLAM Greenwood 344 
 
 Ebenezer Greenwood 346 
 
 James Hatward 352 
 
 Moses Marshall 362 
 
 Thaddeus p. Mason 366 
 
 Cyrus Piper 383 
 
 John Piper 384 
 
 Charles Whittemore 412 
 
ADDRESS 
 
 BY CHARLES MASON. 
 
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ADDRESS 
 
 Whether a particular settlement were made within the 
 limits of this town or of that, or when made, or by whom, 
 are questions which, in themselves, may be of little moment. 
 But from our habits of viewing things, and from the relation 
 in wliich we stand to them, matters of this kind sometimes 
 assume a grave significance, and become invested with a 
 peculiar interest. "We are accustomed, for some purposes, 
 to consider a given portion of territory, or period of time, as 
 detached from the rest, and possessed in itself of the attri- 
 butes of unity and completeness. Thus, we are used to look 
 upon our native town as a separate domain, having a history 
 of its own, constituting a distinct chapter, — a chapter, too, 
 of deep and absorbing interest to us, however obscure and 
 unimportant the place it may hold in the annals of the world 
 at large. In the same way, we attach a like idea to a speci- 
 fied measure of duration, — to a year or a century ; which, 
 when we have once fixed the beginning and the end, wears 
 a seeming of entirety, — becomes something that we can con- 
 template as one ; as though it were a piece clipped from the 
 web of time, and submitted, as an isolated, tangible reality, 
 to our deliberate inspection. 
 
 We are assembled today upon the Hundredth Anniversary 
 of the settlement of this town. We stand upon the confines 
 of two mighty conventional tracts of time, — uj)on that nai'- 
 
4fc CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 row belt, the living present, which divides the dead, receding 
 past, from the new-born, advancing century. We are the 
 remnant, shattered and scanty, of the generations which the 
 first centenary of its inhabited existence has gathered within 
 the borders of our town, — the balance, which, in the final 
 closing up of its own affairs, it now transfers to the account 
 of its successor. 
 
 It is fitting in us to commemorate an event which natu- 
 rally carries back our thoughts to the time when the history 
 of the town, as the abode of civilized man, takes its date ; 
 when the first hardy adventurer dared to brave the toils and 
 hardships and privations of a wilderness-life, and the sounds 
 of human labor were, for the first time, heard in the depths 
 of the primeval forest, where before silence reigned, and 
 nature slept, undisturbed save by the voice of the thunder, 
 the roar of winds, and the wild beasts' howl. And it well 
 becomes us to trace and contemplate the course of events, as, 
 from that primal day, tlu'ough the long progress of a hundred 
 years, it has swept adown the stream of time. 
 
 In performing the duty which, by the kindness of the 
 committee, has been assigned to me, I shall endeavor to 
 bring to view such incidents in our local history as seem to 
 be of most interest and importance. There are no extraor- 
 dinary events to be recounted. Nothing of a very remark- 
 able character has ever taken place in the town. With the 
 exception of a single individual (Dr. Amos Twitchell), who 
 attained to eminence in his profession as a surgeon, it has 
 produced no men particularly distinguished for talents or 
 learning or enterprise, or any other of the qualities or pos- 
 sessions which go to make up vulgar greatness. 
 
 Neither would we regard it as an especial calamity, that 
 we have in our history so little that is allied to fame. It is 
 but the common lot of humanity. As it is of familiar, every- 
 day incidents, mainly, that the texture of life is woven ; so, of 
 the grand aggregate of human existence, by far the greater, 
 and, in that view, the more important part, is lived and suf- 
 fered and enjoyed by humble mediocrity. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 5 
 
 We claim, then, for ourselves but to be mere common 
 liuman people ; and as such, we are here today. We are 
 assembled as townsmen, kindred, friends, for our own proper 
 satisfaction and purposes. Dealing with common, homely 
 materials, I shall pretend to nothing beyond treating them 
 in corresponding style. I shall undertake neither to philo- 
 sophize upon facts, nor to expatiate upon fancies. 
 
 The tract of land, constituting the town of Dublin, was 
 originally granted, by the proprietors of land purchased of 
 John Tufton Mason, to Matthew Thornton and thirty -nine 
 others named in the grant. These forty grantees resided in 
 different towns, mostly in the middle and eastern parts of 
 .New Hampsliire. None of them, it is presumed, ever be- 
 came settlers in the township. The deed of grant, which 
 bears date, November S, 1749, was given by Col. Joseph 
 Blanchard, of Dunstable, pursuant, as the recital states, to 
 the power vested in him by the proprietors, by a vote passed 
 at a meeting held at Portsmouth, in June preceding. Tliis 
 grant, embracing a territory of thirty-five square miles, — 
 being seven miles in length and five in breadth, — was made 
 upon certain conditions, of which the most important were 
 the following : — 
 
 The whole tract of land was to be divided into seventy- 
 one equal shares, each share to contain three lots, equitably 
 coupled together, and to be drawn for, at Dunstable, on or 
 before the first day of July, 1750. 
 
 Three shares were to be appropriated, free of all charge, 
 " one for the first settled minister in the town, one for the 
 support of the ministry, and one for the school there, for 
 ever ; " and one lot of each of these three shares was to be 
 first laid out, near the middle of the town, in the most con- 
 venient place, and lots coupled to them, so as not to be 
 drawn for. 
 
 The lots were to be laid out at the expense of the grantees, 
 and within four years from the date of the grant, forty of the 
 shares, or rights, as they were called, were to be entered upon, 
 
6 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 and three acres of land, at the least, cleared, inclosed and 
 fitted np for mowmg or tillage ; and, within six months then 
 next, there was to be, on each of these forty settling shares, 
 a house built, the room sixteen feet square, at the least, fitted 
 and fui-nished for comfortable dwelling, and some person 
 resident in it, and to continue inhabitancy there for three 
 years, with the additional improvement of two acres a year 
 for each settler. 
 
 A good, convenient meeting-house was to be built, as near 
 the centre of the town as might be with convenience, within 
 six years from the date of the grant, and ten acres reserved 
 there for public use. 
 
 All white-pine trees, fit for masting his majesty's royal 
 navy, were granted to him and his heirs and successors for 
 ever. 
 
 There was a proviso, that, in case of any Indian war hap- 
 pening within any of the terms and limitations for doing 
 the duty conditioned in the grant, the same time should be 
 allowed for the respective matters after such impediment 
 should be removed. 
 
 The township was accordingly divided into lots, making 
 ten ranges running through it from east to west, with twenty- 
 two lots in each range, or two hundred and twenty lots in 
 all. The lots varied considerably, especially in length. They 
 were drawn for on the first Tuesday of June, 1750. The 
 seventy-one shares, of three lots each, would, of course, leave 
 seven lots undrawn. Some of these, though not all, were 
 upon the Monadnock. 
 
 The terms of settlement and the like, imposed by the grant, 
 cannot have been complied with, to the extent specified, till 
 certainly more than ten years later than the times prescribed. 
 Whether the grantors dispensed with the conditions as to 
 time, on the score of Indian wars apprehended, or for any 
 other cause tacitly waived those conditions, or whether they 
 granted an extension of the times, does not appear. 
 
 Of the first settlement of the town, but little is known with 
 accuracy or certainty. The first settler was "William Thornton, 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 7 
 
 who established himself where Mr. Isaac Appleton now lives, 
 probably in the year 1752. His daughter, Molly Thornton, 
 it is said, was the first child born in the township. He 
 remained but a few years, — it is not known how long, — 
 when he abandoned his settlement, it is supposed through 
 fear of the Indians, and never returned. He was a brother 
 of Matthew Thornton, who was the first named, as he was 
 by far the most distinguished, of the proprietors of the town- 
 ship, and was much the largest landowner in it ; having, at 
 one time, it would appear, twenty-eight shares, or eighty-four 
 lots. Matthew Thornton was born in Ireland. He was a 
 physician, and settled first at Londonderry, but afterwards 
 resided in Merrimack. He was a colonel of militia, a delegate 
 to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration 
 of Independence. He was also a Judge of the Superior Court 
 of New Hampshire, and was, in short, one of the leading 
 men of the State. 
 
 The settlers who next came into the township were Scotch- 
 Irish, as they were called, being the descendants of Scotch 
 people who had settled in the north of Ireland, whence they 
 came to this country, and established themselves at London- 
 derry and elsewhere, and, at a later date, settled in Peter- 
 borough and numerous other towns. As early as 1760, or 
 thereabouts, there were in the town, of this description of 
 persons, John Alexander ; William McNee ; Alexander Scott, 
 and William Scott, his son ; James Taggart, and his son, 
 William Taggart ; and perhaps others. They came mostly 
 from Peterborough. Henry Strongman came at a later day. 
 With the exception of him, none of this class of settlers 
 became permanent inhabitants of the township. They left 
 probably at different times, but all prior to the year 1771, as 
 none of them are found upon the tax-list of that year. Most 
 or all of them returned to Peterborough. This WiUiam 
 Scott is the same Captain William Scott, of Peterborough, 
 who, in his youth, served in the French War, and who 
 signalized himself by gallant achievements during the war 
 of the Revolution, and by no less heroic deeds in scenes of 
 
8 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 danger afterwards. He is said to have settled, when in 
 Dublin, on the lot where Mr. John Gleason now lives. 
 
 As early as 1762, several of the settlers from Sherborn, 
 Mass., were in the township, and worked upon the roads. 
 Probably none of them established themselves here that year. 
 During the next two years, several became permanent inhab- 
 itants. Among the earliest settlers were Thomas Morse, 
 Levi Partridge, William Greenwood, Samuel Twitchell, 
 Joseph Twitchell, Jr., Ivory Perry, Benjamin Mason, Moses 
 Adams, Silas Stone and Eli Morse. 
 
 Of the first settlers, Captain Thomas Morse appears to 
 have been the leading man. He was doubtless the oldest 
 person in the settlement, being sixty -three or sixty-four years 
 of age when he came to reside here. He was a man of 
 stability and force of character, and, it is said, of remarkable 
 shrewdness. Withal, he was ardently attached to the cause 
 of liberty. He was the first captain of the earliest military 
 company in the town. His commission bore date June 2, 
 1774. 
 
 It would seem that a road was opened through the town- 
 ship as early certainly as 1762, as in the record of a meeting 
 of the proprietors, held in November of that year, '^the 
 main road through the town" is spoken of; and a committee 
 was, at that same meeting, appointed to lay out from it a road 
 " from near the centre to the south part of the town, and 
 another from the centre to the north-west part of the town, 
 where the settlers are beginning," with authority to " employ 
 proper help to open and clear the same, so that it be feasible 
 travelling." The sum of ten pounds, old tenor, was assessed 
 upon each right (of which there were fifty), in the township, 
 liable to the payment of taxes, to be expended upon the 
 roads. As may well be imagined, the roads in those times 
 were of the most rude and primitive description ; being, in 
 fact, little more than openings cut through the dense, con- 
 tinuous woods, with some shght demonstration towards a 
 partial removal of the rocks, logs and stumps, and levelling 
 of the grosser inequalities of the surface. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 9 
 
 At a meeting of the proprietors, held Feb. 14, 1764, a 
 committee was chosen " to agree with some person to build 
 a bridge over the Mill Brook (so called), the east side of the 
 town, and also a bridge over the Half-way Brook, by Thomas 
 Morse's, by letting out the same to be done by the great ; 
 and, if that cannot be 'done, to employ suitable persons by 
 the day, and bring in their accounts." 
 
 The two meetings of the proprietors already mentioned 
 were held at Dunstable. In September, 1764, their first 
 meeting in the township was held at the house of WilHam 
 Greenwood. Eli Morse was chosen proprietors' clerk ; and 
 he continued to hold the office ever after, and left a record, 
 which is still preserved, of the doings at their meetings. At 
 this first meeting, it was voted, that six hundred pounds, old 
 tenor, be raised upon the rights subject to taxation ; four 
 hundred pounds to be laid out on the main road and bridges, 
 and the remainder "to be given for the encouragement of 
 the person who shall erect a saw-mill in the town." It is 
 presumed that Eli Morse built the first saw-mill in the town, 
 and received this encouragement money. 
 
 In May, 1766, one dollar on each right, making fifty 
 dollars, was voted "for encouragement to Eli Morse for 
 building a grist-mill on the stream near his house, provided 
 he shall get it completed in a year and a half from this time." 
 It is likely that he complied with the condition, and that his 
 grist-mill was the earliest erected in the township. Samuel 
 Twitchell's mill is mentioned in the record of the meeting 
 of Dec. 22, 1768. At this time, a road was granted from 
 Moses Adams's to William Beal's, in the north-west part of 
 the town, and from that road to No. 6 (Packersfield) line ; 
 also a road from that near Samuel Twitchell's to Middle- 
 town (Jaffi-ey) line. These roads doubtless opened the first 
 communication with the towns adjoining on the north and 
 south. 
 
 The first meeting-house was built by the proprietors, by 
 taxes assessed upon their shares. At their first meeting held 
 in the township, in September, 1764, they fixed the place 
 2 
 
10 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 where the meeting-house should stand, "by marking a, tree, 
 and cutting down several small trees, near the east line of 
 the eleventh lot in the sixth range, where the land is to 
 be set off for the purpose, as also for a burying-place and 
 training-field." Th'e spot thus selected, and on which the 
 meeting-house was eventually built, is upon the high ground, 
 across the old road, northerly, from the burying-ground. 
 Nothing appears to have been done about the matter the next 
 year, and nothing the year succeeding, beyond choosing a 
 committee to measure off the ten acres, and put up bounds. 
 
 A meeting of the proprietors in May, 1767, is stated to 
 have been " warned by Reuben Kidder, Esq., a justice of the 
 peace, according to law." He lived in New Ipswich, and 
 attended and presided at the meeting, at an expense to the 
 proprietors of eight shillings, as appears by his receipt. 
 Probably the importance of the business to be transacted 
 induced them to take this precaution, in order to prevent all 
 chance for calling in question the validity of their doings. 
 At this meeting, they voted to build a meeting-house " fifty 
 feet long, thirty-eight feet wide, and proportionable as to the 
 height ; " and chose Moses Adams, Henry Strongman, and 
 William Greenwood, a committee " to take care to effect the 
 work." They also voted to raise four dollars by tax on each 
 right, to build the meeting-house. 
 
 They were not precipitate in entering upon the work, 
 however, it would seem ; since at their next meeting, which 
 was in December, 1768, more than a year and a half after- 
 wards, they tried a vote to see if the proprietors would 
 reconsider their former vote relating to the dimensions of the 
 meeting-house. But they refused to reconsider, and voted 
 to build the house of the fojmer dimensions ; and also raised 
 three dollars more on each share towards building it. 
 
 In February, 1771, they granted five dollars on each right, 
 to carry on the building of the meeting-house. These thi-ee 
 assessments, amounting to twelve dollars on a share, or six 
 hundred dollars in the whole, are all the money ever raised 
 by the proprietors for the purpose. From a memorandum. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 11 
 
 headed "An AccoLint of what hath been done toward 
 Building the Meeting-house/' and bearing date Dec. 12^ 
 1772, it appears, that, of the amount then expended (about 
 <£ 1,250, old tenor), above one half was paid to "William 
 Greenwood, who was a carpenter, and had the charge of 
 building the house. He was paid in sums varying from ten 
 shillings to fifteen pounds twelve shillings, lawful money, at 
 sundry dates between October, 1769, and October, 1773, as 
 his receipts show, which, to the number of twenty-four, are 
 found among the papers of Eli Morse. 
 
 "When the meeting-house was so far finished as to be 
 occupied, does not appear. It seems probable, however, that 
 it took at least two years to bring it to that stage. The first 
 town-meeting held in it was Sept. 10, 1771. It was used 
 for public worship the ensuing winter. 
 
 From 1763, the population of the township increased with 
 considerable rapidity. New settlers came in from various 
 places, — Sherborn, Natick, Medfield, HoUiston, Framing- 
 ham, Temple, Amherst and elsewhere. Of the earlier 
 settlers, by far the greater number came from Sherborn. 
 There is no_ means of ascertaining what was the population 
 of the town at any date prior to 1775, when it was three 
 hundred and jive. A census of New Hampshire was taken 
 in 1767, by the selectmen of each town and place ; but there 
 is no return from this township. There was probably no 
 formal organization existing at that time, and consequently 
 no ofiicers to take the census. 
 
 A political organization of the inhabitants was efiected in 
 1768, as appears by a record among the old papers of the 
 town, which recites, that, " at a meeting of the inhabitants 
 of Monadnock No. 3, by order of the General Court," held 
 Nov. 16, 1768, John Goffe, Esq., moderator, the following 
 ofiicers were chosen : Moses Adams, Eli Morse, John Muz- 
 zey, assessors ; Joseph Greenwood, clerk ; Henry Strongman, 
 collector ; Moses Adams, commissioner of assessment. Ap- 
 pended, of the same date, is a certificate of the Justice that 
 the above officers were legally chosen, according to an act 
 
12 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 of the General Court, and were sworn to the faithful dis- 
 charge of their respective offices. This John Goife is pre- 
 sumed to have been Colonel John Goffe, of Bedford. The 
 organization thus established was preserved ; and like officers 
 were chosen, annually, in March, till the town was incor- 
 porated. 
 
 The incorporation of the town took place in March, 1771. 
 The petition for the purpose, to the Governor of the Pro- 
 vince, appears to have been signed by Josiah Willard, Jr., as 
 " the agent for and in behalf of the inhabitants and settlers." 
 It sets forth, as the main ground of the application, that Dub- 
 lin is rated among the towns and parishes in the Province for 
 the Province-tax, and that the place " is not legally qualified 
 to raise and collect said taxes, whereby they may be construed 
 delinquents if the same should be omitted." The petitioner 
 also begs leave to suggest to his Excellency, " that the said 
 Dublin is presumed to be sufficiently inhabited and conve- 
 nient for incorporation." The petition was dated March 
 25th, and a charter was forthwith granted, bearing date the 
 29th of the same month. 
 
 For his services in this behalf, Mr. Willard received from 
 the town thirty-two dollars, as appears by his receipt, dated 
 Keene, Oct. 10, 1771. To meet this expenditure, the town, 
 at the second town-meeting, held May 29, 1771, made a 
 specific appropriation ; though it seems they had not got 
 their ideas up fully to the exigency of the case, as the sum 
 they appropriated was less by two dollars and a half than 
 the amount of the bill. Besides the money paid him by the 
 town, he received, as is shown by his receipt, seven shilhngs 
 and sixpence, "in full satisfaction for services done the pro- 
 prietors of Dublin in obtaining a charter." 
 
 The charter thus granted was, doubtless, substantially the 
 same as was usually granted to towns, in those times. It 
 issues in the name of *^ George the Third, by the grace of 
 God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of the Faith, and so forth." It contains a reservation of all 
 white-pine trees upon the land " fit for the use of our Royal 
 
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 Navy." This reservation of pine sliip-timber was in pur- 
 suance of Acts of Parliament relating to tlie preservation of 
 his Majesty's woods in America. We do not, however, learn 
 that any requisition for the article was ever made upon the 
 township, either prior or subsequent to the act of incorpora- 
 tion. 
 
 The town was incorporated by the name of Dublin. In 
 the petition for incorporation, it is described as the tract of 
 land " commonly called and known by the name of Dublin 
 (or Monadnock No. 3)." When or how long it had been 
 commonly known by the name of Dublin, does not appear. 
 Up to that time, the name does not occur, so far as I have 
 seen, in any of the papers of the proprietors, or of the town- 
 ship. It is commonly understood that the town was named 
 from Dublin, Ireland. Why it should have been is not 
 obvious, as it is pretty manifest that, before the incorporation 
 of the town, all the Scotch-Irish who had ever been resident 
 in it had removed, with the exception of one, — Henry 
 Strongman. But he, it is said, was born in Dublin ; and 
 that circumstance may have settled the point. At all events, 
 it is just as hard to tell why it should not have been so 
 named, since it must necessarily have some name, and it 
 might as well be called Dublin as any thing else. 
 
 In the deed of grant from the proprietors, the township 
 was described as " North Monadnock, or Number Thi-ee," 
 the names being in the alternative. In the papers of the 
 original proprietors' clerk, Joseph Blanchard, Jr., and others 
 emanating from non-residents, it is styled, pretty uniformly, 
 "The North Monadnock Township." By the residents, 
 it appears to have been called, commonly, " Monadnock 
 No. 3." Sometimes the two designations were run together, 
 making it "North Monadnock Number 3." 
 
 To understand why either the " North " or the " Number " 
 should have been applied, it is to be borne in mind, that 
 " Monadnock " was a name of pretty extensive use in these 
 regions. Thus, Rindge, otherwise called Rowley Canada, 
 was Monadnock No. 1 ; Jaffrey, called Middle Monadnock, 
 
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 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 or sometimes Middletown, was Monadnock No, 2 ; Dublin, 
 or North Monadnock, was Monadnock No. 3 ; Fitzwilliam, 
 Monadnock No. 4 ; Marlborougk, called originally New 
 Marlborough, was Monadnock No. 5; Nelson, formerly 
 Packersfield, was Monadnock No. 6 ; Stoddard, which was 
 Limerick, was, it is presumed, Monadnock No. 7 ; and 
 Washington, formerly Camden, was Monadnock No. 8. 
 
 The meeting for the organization of the town, under the 
 charter, was called, as provided in the instrument, by Thomas 
 Morse, and was held May 6, 1771. Mr. Morse was mode- 
 rator. The first board of selectmen, then chosen, were 
 Thomas Morse, Henry Strongman, and Benjamin Mason. 
 Joseph Greenwood was chosen town-clerk. 
 
 Mr. Greenwood, for twenty years or more next after this 
 time, was by far the most prominent business-man in the 
 town. He was town-clerk in 1771, and from 1776 for 
 seventeen years successively, during wliich time he was also 
 selectman ten years, and town-treasurer some part of the 
 time. He represented Dublin in the Convention of Delegates 
 which met at Exeter, May 17, 1775. He was likewise a 
 noted schoolmaster. Furthermore, he was the first justice of 
 the peace in the town. For some years, they had been 
 obliged to send for a justice of the peace from a distance, 
 when one was required. In the treasurer's account, settled 
 in 1776, is found an item, " Paid Esq. Hale, for swearing 
 town-officers, two years, twelve shillings." Precisely when 
 Mr. Greenwood was appointed, does not appear ; but it was 
 before May, 1777. He and Samuel Twitchell and Reuben 
 Morse, were, I conclude, the only justices of the peace in 
 the town, until several years after the commencement of 
 this century. He appears to have been a capable man, and 
 to have done his business usually in a very correct and schol- 
 arly manner. 
 
 The subject of raising money to hire preacliing was seve- 
 ral times brought before the meetings of the proprietors ; 
 but it does not appear that the proprietors, as such, ever 
 raised and applied any money for that purpose. Whatever 
 
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 preaching the settlers had, and it must have been very little, 
 before the town was incorporated, was paid for, if at all, by 
 individuals. It is said the first sermon preached in the 
 township was at the house of Eli Morse, in the autumn of 
 1T67, by the Rev. Samuel Locke, of Sherborn, afterwards 
 President of Harvard College. 
 
 At the second town-meeting, held May 29, 1771, the 
 town granted fifteen pounds for preacliing. The money 
 appears to have been expended in the course of the summer ; 
 as, in September of the same year, they voted to have a 
 month's preaching that fall, and granted nine pounds for the 
 purpose. 
 
 On the 17th of October, 1771, the town made choice of 
 Mr. Joseph Farrar for their gospel minister. He was a 
 native of Lincoln, Mass., and graduated at Harvard Col- 
 lege in 1767. They voted to give him, as a settlement, 
 thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence, in addition to 
 the right of land (three lots) to which, as the first settled 
 minister, he would be entitled under the original grant, and 
 to clear twenty acres of land in one of the lots. The 
 salary was to be "forty pounds ($133.33) the first year, 
 and to rise two pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence a 
 year, till it gets to fifty-three pounds six shillings and eight- 
 pence, so to continue." In January, 1772, the town voted 
 some prospective increase in the salary, which, however, as 
 the case resulted, never became of any practical conse- 
 quence. 
 
 Mr. Farrar seems to have experienced considerable diffi- 
 culty in deciding the momentous question. But on the 3d 
 of February, in a letter setting forth, at length, his endeavors, 
 through reflection, prayer, and taking the advice of the rev- 
 erend fathers, to come to a right determination, he expressed 
 his acceptance of the office. 
 
 As the laws then were, the freeholders of each town, con- 
 vened in public town-meeting, had the right to agree with a 
 minister for the town, and determine what annual salary 
 should be allowed to him, and such minister was to be 
 
16 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 accounted the settled minister of the town ; and the select- 
 men were to make rates and assessments nj^on the inhabitants 
 of the town for the payment of his salary, in the same man- 
 ner as for defraying other town-charges. Only such as were 
 conscientiously of a different persuasion, and constantly at- 
 tended the public worship of God on the Lord's day accord- 
 ing to their own persuasion, were entitled to be excused 
 from paying towards the support of the ministry of the 
 town. 
 
 In this case, the arrangement was made, substantially, 
 through the ordinary town-meetings. But before the ordi- 
 nation took place, a meeting of the freeholders was held, at 
 which it was voted to concur with what the voters had done 
 with regard to giving Mr. Farrar a call to settle as their gos- 
 pel minister. The ordination was on the 10th of June, 1772. 
 A church was formed at the same time. 
 
 The connection between Mr. Farrar and his charge was 
 not of long continuance. In September, 1775, we find a 
 town-meeting, called, upon three days' notice only, by the 
 town-clerk, "by order of the selectmen," as the warrant 
 states, " to consider the unhappy difficulty subsisting betwixt 
 Mr. Farrar and his people, and to agree upon some proper 
 means to settle the same." A committee was sent by the 
 meeting to desire Mr. Farrar to come into the meeting-house, 
 to see if he would join in calling a fast. It is not stated 
 whether or not he came. The meeting voted to send for five 
 ministers named, to come on the first Tuesday of October, 
 and join with them in keeping a day of fasting and prayer, 
 and also to give them advice concerning the difficulty in ques- 
 tion. It does not appear whether such a fast was held. But, 
 on the 26th of October, the town voted " to dismiss Mr. 
 Farrar, upon his request for a dismissal, provided he don't 
 settle the difficulty between him and the town, before the 
 town meet again on adjournment." 
 
 These difficulties, growing out of a disordered state of his 
 mind, amounting to partial insanity, led to the calling, by 
 the concurrence of the church and the town, of a council. 
 
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 which assembled December 6, 1775 ; and its result was de- 
 clared on the next day, and accepted by the parties. In this 
 result, the council state it as their opinion, " that, in the 
 instances complained of,* the Rev. Mr. Farrar has given the 
 church real cause of uneasiness, but that it has proceeded 
 from bodily diseases, which have greatly affected his mind, 
 and not from any moral cause." At the end of six months, 
 during which time it is supposed his pastoral duties were 
 suspended, the difficulties still existing, he was, upon his 
 own request, in pursuance of the result of the council, on 
 the 7th of June, 1776, dismissed fi-om his pastoral relation, 
 by both the church and the town. 
 
 At a town-meeting, held on the same day on which Mr. 
 Farrar was dismissed, the selectmen were instructed to hire 
 preaching six months, and to procure three preachers, if they 
 could find them. It appears from receipts existing, that 
 they had several preachers ; but they made no choice of a 
 minister till August, 1777, when they voted to settle Mr. 
 Edward Sprague, at a salary of sixty pounds ($200) a year. 
 They voted also to give liim, as a settlement, ten pounds a 
 year, until it should make one hundred pounds, — provided 
 he should continue to be their gospel minister for the term 
 of ten years, — and to furnish him thirty cords of fire-wood, 
 annually. By a subsequent arrangement, the hundred pounds 
 settlement-money was commuted, by his taking a lot of land 
 (No. 22 in the 5th range), — he acknowledging payment of it 
 in that way, and giving up all claim to the ministry lands of 
 the town. 
 
 Mr. Sprague accepted the call upon the terms stated ; and, 
 on the 12th of November, 1777, his ordination took place. 
 The sermon was preached by the Rev. Samuel Langdon, 
 D. D., President of Harvard College, and was published. 
 
 Of the part which the inhabitants of this town took in the 
 Revolutionary War, there is no very accurate knowledge, — 
 though there seems to be no doubt that they cooperated 
 heartily and unanimously in the movement for indepen- 
 dence. 
 
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 In March, 1775, the town chose a committee of inspec- 
 tion, who were to see that the Resolves of the Continental 
 Congress be enforced. The only notice I have found of their 
 doings is contained in a paper, which, as it is rather a curi- 
 osity in its way, I transcribe. In form, it appears like a regu- 
 lar legal adjudication upon a matter which would seem to be 
 of private right. It runs as follows : — 
 
 " Dublin, July 25, 1775. — Whereas the Committee of 
 Inspection in this town have this day met to consider of the 
 complaint made by Ebenezer Hill against Willard Hunt, 
 wherein said Hill complains that said Hunt hath in an unjust 
 manner seized his property in taking possession of some hay 
 which he had on a meadow belonging to Samuel Ames, Jr. ; 
 and it appears to us by evidence that the hay is Hill's pro- 
 perty, and that Hunt hath seized on it in an unjust and vio- 
 lent manner : 
 
 " Therefore, voted that said Hunt immediately desist and 
 let said Hill enjoy his property, or he shall be treated as a 
 disorderly person and an enemy to the peace and good order 
 of society. 
 
 " Voted that the above pass as a resolve of this committee. 
 Ben J A. Mason, Chairman." 
 
 If the facts were proved, the judgment was certainly a 
 righteous one, and very moderate and forbearing towards the 
 delinquent. 
 
 In March, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a Ee- 
 solve, recommending to the several assemblies, conventions 
 and councils, or committees of safety, of the United Colonies, 
 immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their 
 respective Colonies, who were notoriously disaffected to the 
 cause of America, or who refused to associate to defend, by 
 arms, the Colonies against the hostile attempts of Great 
 Britain. A copy of this Resolution was transmitted to the 
 selectmen of the several towns, by the Committee of Safety 
 for the Colony of New Hampshire, with a circular from 
 them, bearing date April 12, 1776, of the following tenor : 
 " In order to carry the underwritten Resolve of the honor- 
 
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 able Continental Congress into execution, you are requested 
 to desire all males above twenty-one years of age (lunatics, 
 idiots and Negroes excepted), to sign the Declaration on this 
 paper ; and, when so done, to make return thereof, together 
 with the name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the 
 same, to the General Assembly, or Committee of Safety of 
 this Colony. — M, Weare, Chairman." 
 
 The declaration referred to was as follows : " In conse- 
 quence of the above Resolution of the Continental Congress, 
 and to show our determination in joining our American 
 brethren in defending the lives, liberties, and properties of 
 the inhabitants of the United Colonies : 
 
 "We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and 
 promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risk 
 of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile pro- 
 ceedings of the British fleets and armies against the united 
 American Colonies." 
 
 The retiu'n from Dublin, which is not dated, but wliich, 
 was made probably in May or June, 1776, has appended to 
 the list of names this certificate : " In compliance with your 
 request, we have desired all the males in our town, above 
 twenty-one years of age, to sign to the declaration on this 
 paper, which they all did without any dispute. - — Test : 
 Joseph Greenwood, Simeon Bullard, John Muzzey, Se- 
 lectmen of Dublin." 
 
 The list of signers contains fifty-seven names, — which 
 may, therefore, be taken to have been the entire male popu- 
 lation of the town, above the age of twenty-one years, at 
 that time, excepting those, of whom there were doubtless 
 some, that were absent in the military service or otherwise. 
 The unanimity with which the declaration was subscribed 
 may be taken as some evidence of the spirit which animated 
 the people of the town. The circumstances, it must be con- 
 fessed, were not the best adapted to insure an entirely free 
 and independent expression of opinion ; and it may perhaps 
 be doubted whether, in the actual state of the case, it re- 
 quired more moral courage to sign the paper than to refuse 
 
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 SO to do. There is no reason, however, to suppose that the 
 people of Dublin were not unitedly, and of their own free 
 will, ardently attached to the cause of liberty. 
 
 How many and who actually served in the war, and when, 
 where, and how long, it is impossible to ascertain with any 
 great precision. Dublin had four men, at least, at Bunker 
 Hill, namely : Jonathan Morse, Richard Gilchrist, Thomas 
 Green and John Swan. The last named of these, it is said 
 by Mr. Dunbar, in his history of Peterborough, w^as on 
 duty, but not in the battle. Mr. Gilclirist probably saved 
 the life of his friend Green, who was severely wounded, 
 bearing him off u'pon his back, in a fainting and almost 
 expiring state, from the field of battle, to Medford. Mr. 
 Dunbar puts down Gilchrist, Green and Swan, as belonging 
 to Peterborough. But they were all three taxed for a poll- 
 tax, in Dublin, in 1775, and must, therefore, have resided 
 here on the first of April, of that year, Mr. Gilchrist, it is 
 •presumed, never lived in Peterborough. 
 
 John Swan appears to have been a very patriotic indivi- 
 dual. I have come across a scrap of paper, without direction, 
 date or signature, which reads as follows : " Whereas Mr. 
 John Swan hath a desire to serve his country in the Conti- 
 nental Army, we, the Committee of Safety in Dublin, can 
 recommend him to be a true friend to the cause of American 
 liberty ; and, if your honors shall see cause to give him any 
 command in said army, we hope he will be of service to the 
 public." In after times he is dignified with the title of 
 Lieutenant Swan. In what service he obtained the distinc- 
 tion, I do not know. It seems that he died soon after 1780. 
 A parcel of bills against his estate may be found among the 
 old papers of the town, which appear to have been presented 
 before some tribunal for allowance. They exhibit some 
 curious particulars. One document reads thus : " Dublin, 
 July the 10, 1783. This may certify that it is our judg- 
 ment that Mr. Barnabas Wood must have six pounds twelve 
 shillings, as a reward for his ox, out of the estate of John 
 Swan. — Moses Adams, Benjamin Learned." 
 
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 A bill to Robert Blood is made up of sundry bowls of West 
 India toddy^ mugs of flip, and other 'kindred spirits, with an 
 occasional intermixture of victuals, lodging and horse keep- 
 ing. It would seem, however, that he did not spend his 
 money upon these vanities, as the bill had been standing so 
 long that it was charged with eight years' interest. 
 
 Jonathan Morse must have been out during the greater 
 part of the war. The author of the " Memorial of the 
 Morses " represents him to have been in the battles of 
 Bunker Hill, Bennington, Ticonderoga and Monmouth, and 
 to have signalized himself by deeds of daring and acts of 
 magnanimity, some of which he recounts, and concludes 
 with saying, " In short, Jonathan was so humane and honest, 
 so rough and ready, that, had he lived to this time, he might 
 have been President of the United States." 
 
 Thomas Hardy was in the service for some time. There 
 is a note given to him by the selectmen, on behalf of the 
 town, dated April 17, 1778, for sixty pounds, payable within 
 ten months, — and one of like amount, date and tenor, 
 to Jonathan Morse. 
 
 In April, 1777, the town voted " to give one hundred 
 dollars to each man sent for to this town to join the three 
 battalions now raising in this State." 
 
 In August of the same year, they made a contribution of 
 " material aid " to the cause, which, though not of great 
 magnitude, was of a kind to make some noise in the camp. 
 The receipt shows what it was. " Dublin, August 3, 1777. 
 Received of the Committe of this town, two tin kittles, for 
 the yuse of Genral Starks Briggade, Prised 14 shillings. 
 Received by me, — Samson Powers." 
 
 At the March meeting, in 1779, a committee was chosen to 
 hire three soldiers for the Continental Battalions, during the 
 war. The soldiers were not forthcoming, it would seem. In 
 February, 1781, a committee was chosen to hire the to^vn's 
 quota of men, to serve in the Continental Army for three 
 years, or during the war, and empowered to engage, on 
 behalf the town, for payment of their hire. 
 
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 The three soldiers appear to have been found, eventually. 
 One was Jonathan Morse. One was John Stone. The terms 
 on which the latter was hired appear, in part, from a receipt 
 given by him to the committee. It is dated March 19, 1781, 
 and sets forth that whereas he had received from the com- 
 mittee three notes (the amount of them is not stated), for 
 which he was to serve three years in the Continental Army, 
 unless sooner discharged, he promises that, if he does not 
 serve above six months, he will have the contents of but one 
 note ; if not above eighteen months, the contents of but 
 two notes ; and if he is gone two years, he will have but two 
 notes. Mr. Stone probably died in the war or soon after its 
 close, as in December, 1788, the town passed a vote, " that 
 the selectmen make such consideration to the widow Stone 
 as they may think reasonable, on account of the advantage 
 the town had of the depreciation of her late husband's 
 wages ; " — a very proper and honorable vote, certainly. 
 
 The other soldier I presume to have been Hart Balch, — 
 as I find that in November, 1787, the town voted him five 
 dollars, for the damage he had sustained by not having the 
 land cleared according to bargain, which the town was to 
 clear for him, for his service done in the army. There is 
 also a receipt of his, dated April 26, 1784, acknowledging 
 the receipt from the town, of keeping for a cow, fire-wood 
 and house-room, for one year. 
 
 It was a part of the arrangement, that the soldiers' work 
 upon their land, and the like, should be carried on, in their 
 absence, by the town. In April, 1781, a committee was 
 chosen, to appraise the labor to be done for the soldiers for 
 the year, and to divide the town into classes, " so that each 
 man may know what he is to do, and where to do it," — a 
 very practical, common-sense reason. The same course was 
 pursued in subsequent years. In 1783, the town voted to 
 receive rye, at five shillings a bushel, for paying the soldiers' 
 hire. Rye, by the way, was common currency, in those 
 days. Not only did private individuals make their contracts 
 payable in that article, but the town-treasurer frequently 
 
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 gave and received; on belialf of the town, notes and obliga- 
 tions payable in the same way. 
 
 To provide the means of supporting its soldiers in the 
 army, it became necessary for the State to levy taxes upon 
 the towns. Sometimes the taxation was in the nature of 
 raising a stated amount of specific articles, instead of money. 
 Thus, they had a " beef-tax ; " and in August, 1781, an act 
 was passed for supplying the Continental Army with ten 
 thousand gallons of West India rum, — of which the share 
 assessed upon Dublin was forty-six and a half gallons. Any 
 town neglecting seasonably to furnish its proportion, was to 
 forfeit " one Spanish milled dollar or other silver or gold 
 equivalent, for each gallon in arrears." Instead of the West 
 India, "good New England rum, in the proportion of six 
 quarts of the latter to one gallon of the former," might be 
 furnished as a substitute. It appears that Dublin, for some 
 cause, failed to furnish its proportion of the article, — as the 
 receipt of a deputy-sheriff shows the payment, at a subse- 
 quent time, by one of the selectmen, of the amount of the 
 town's " rum-tax and cost," upon an extent, or execution. 
 We can hardly, in view of the prevailing sentiments and 
 customs of the times, pay our ancestors the compliment of 
 supposing that their omission to provide the article, in specie, 
 arose from any conscientious scruples, on their part, as to the 
 propriety of the use of it. 
 
 After the war was over, our townsmen cast about to see 
 what was the condition of their military stores. In June, 
 1783, they chose a committee to examine the town-stock of 
 powder, and dispose of it, if necessary. It appears that it 
 was disposed of, some time afterwards, as in November, 
 1786, they voted to apj^rove of what the selectmen had 
 done in selling the town's powder. But, not to seem want- 
 ing in respect to the art military, they voted that the 
 selectmen " take four dollars of the powder-money and buy 
 a drum and fife for the training company ; " and that the 
 rest of the money be applied to purchasing ammunition for 
 the town. 
 
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 Before the Revolution, the usual form for the commence- 
 ment of town-meeting warrants was, " These are in his 
 majesty's name, to will and require you forthwith to notify 
 and warn all the freeholders and other inhabitants of Dublin, 
 qualified to vote in town-affairs," &c. This form continued 
 to be used until March, 1775, inclusive. Then, for a time, 
 it was, " You are required to notify," &c., without specifying 
 the authority by which the requisition was made. After 
 July S, 1776, as provided by the General Court, it was, " In 
 the name of the government and people of the Colony of 
 New Hampshire." By an act of the General Court, of Sept. 
 11, 1776, the colony assumed the name of "the State of 
 New Hampshire ; " and thenceforth the warrant opens, " In 
 the name of the government and jieople of the State of New 
 Hampshire." 
 
 The Federal Constitution having been framed and pre- 
 sented for ratification, and a Convention being about to 
 assemble, in New Hampshire, to act upon it, a town-meeting 
 was called, in January, 1788, to take the matter into consid- 
 eration. At the meeting, a committee was chosen, to con- 
 sider the subject ; and the meeting adjourned, for a week, to 
 hear their report. No report was made at the adjournment ; 
 but another committee was chosen, and thereupon the meet- 
 ing was adjourned for a week more, when, the record states, 
 " Met according to adjournment, and voted to dissolve the 
 meeting." No reason is intimated why no action was taken 
 in the case. A failure so marked and deliberate, to declare 
 for the instrument, had it occurred in these days of constitu- 
 tional enlightenment, there is reason to apprehend, would 
 have subjected the delinquents to the grave suspicion of 
 lacking patriotism. 
 
 There was no one chosen from Dublin as a delegate to 
 the Convention which was to decide upon the ratification 
 of the Constitution. But Samuel Griffin, who was chosen 
 from Packersfield, it is presumed, represented Dublin also, 
 as it appears from the treasurer's accounts that the latter 
 
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 town paid a portion of his expenses for attendance at the 
 Convention. 
 
 Dublin and Packersfield were, at first, classed together for 
 the choice of representative to the General Court, — the 
 member being taken from the one town and the other, alter- 
 nately. Samuel Griffin, of Packersfield, was chosen in 1789, 
 and again in 1791 ; whilst, on the part of Dublin, Reuben 
 Morse was sent in 1790, and Samuel Twitchell in 1792. 
 After the last-named year, Dublin was entitled, of itself, to 
 send a representative. 
 
 The price paid officials in the town's service, such as 
 selectmen, committees and the like, was, for a long time, 
 pretty uniformly three shillings a day, — except for running 
 town-lines, which was regularly four shillings. In 1795, 
 the selectmen charged four shillings a day ; in 1800, ninety 
 cents ; and, soon after that, it came to be a dollar a day, which 
 is presumed ever since to have been the standing price. 
 
 In early times, and up to the year 1791, when an act was 
 passed relieving them from that duty, the constables were, 
 by virtue of their office, collectors of taxes. Every man in 
 town was obliged, with certain Kmitations, to serve as con- 
 stable, when chosen, under a penalty of three pounds. The 
 collection of the taxes was, of coiirse, rather an onerous ser- 
 vice ; and, when the population became considerable, rendered 
 it difficult to get constables who would willingly perform the 
 duty. As early as 1785, the town allowed the constables 
 something for their services ; and, soon after, the practice was 
 introduced of venduing the collection of the taxes. Fom-- 
 pence-halfpenny was about the common rate paid for col- 
 lecting. 
 
 All bills and accounts against the town were requu-ed to 
 be brought before the inhabitants, in town-meeting assem- 
 bled, for allowance. This was uniformly done, until the 
 year 1814, when, by a vote of the town, the allowance of 
 such claims was submitted to the selectmen ; and, unless in 
 respect to the accounts of the selectmen themselves, that 
 has doubtless been the practice ever since. In like jjianner. 
 
26 CENTENNIAL ADDKESS. 
 
 the abatement of taxes was always by vote in town-meeting. 
 In matters of this kind, while the pubhc convenience has 
 been subserved by the change, the practice, it will be per- 
 ceived, has been growing less democratic, — the people 
 having entrusted to their agents the doing of many things 
 which formerly they attended to themselves in town-meet- 
 ings. 
 
 The town has, at times, been subjected to considerable 
 expense for supporting paupers, and assisting needy people. 
 In the earlier days of its history, the practice was adopted 
 of warning new-comers out of town, with a view to prevent 
 their acquiring a legal settlement. This had to be done 
 within a year after the person came into the town. There 
 is a list preserved of the persons included in the successive 
 warnings, made once a year or oftener, commencing in 1778, 
 and extending through a period of ten years ; and undoubt- 
 edly the practice was continued afterwards. They seem, 
 certainly at first, to have warned out all, indiscriminately, — 
 without regard to their condition or ability to support them- 
 selves, — as the list contains some of the most substantial 
 inhabitants, being headed by Nathan Bixby, who came from 
 Framingham, in 1777, and who, for many years, was com- 
 monly the largest tax-payer in the town. 
 
 There were, however, some, at an early day, whom the 
 town had to assist. The family of Jabez Puffer, — a most 
 unfortunate family, — received such aid as early as 1779. 
 For several years, they were supplied by the town, with 
 articles of subsistence and necessaries, — and very liberally 
 supplied, it would seem ; as these items, for a long while, con- 
 stitute one of the main staples of the town-expenditures. 
 
 At length, the wisdom of somebody devised the scheme 
 of venduing the toioii's poor, as it was expressed. The ex- 
 periment was first tried in 1795, and was so successful that 
 the practice was continued, certainly till 1822. It is one of 
 the most exceptionable practices that ever obtained in the 
 town. It was aggravated tenfold by the custom of famish- 
 ing, at the expense of the town, on those occasions, intoxi- 
 
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 eating drinks, for those who were present, serving to make 
 the most prompt bidders of a class of men the least fitted to 
 have charge of the bartered victims. "Whether this custom 
 prevailed from the first, I am not advised ; but certainly it 
 was in vogue in comparatively recent times, — from 1814 
 to 1822. The treasurer's accounts, for almost every year 
 during that period, contain items for "liquor furnished at 
 the time the poor were put out," and on other occasions when 
 it was thought necessary to stimulate men's ideas, and make 
 them do things which they would not do when in the full 
 possession of their sober senses. Thus, in 1815, there is a 
 bill of nine mugs of toddy, at the time the poor of the town 
 were let out; two mugs at the letting out of the school- 
 house by Drury Morse's ; and fifteen mugs at the venduing 
 of the town-land, — the price, twenty -five cents a mug. 
 The practice in question, as well as the aggravation thus 
 superinduced, may claim the benefit of the plea of common 
 usage, to go, in extenuation, for what it is worth. 
 
 Our townsmen were sometimes sorely tried by the depre- 
 dations of wild beasts and mischievous birds. In the. earlier 
 days of the settlement, bears haunted the vicinity of the 
 cultivated lands ; and, though scarcely dangerous to human 
 life, they were a terror to the inhabitants, and were sadly 
 destructive especially of the corn-fields. To a much later 
 time, wolves, which found a retreat in the rock-cleft chasms 
 of the Monadnock's ragged sides, in their nocturnal incur- 
 sions into the sheep-folds and pastures, made deadly havoc 
 of the flocks. A call for the redress of a grievance of this 
 kind was made, through the town-warrant, in August, 1792, 
 in the shape of an article, " to see if the town will give any 
 encouragement for killing wolves." The town responded to 
 the appeal by voting to give a bounty of eight dollars to any 
 of the inhabitants of this town, who should, before the 
 twentieth day of the next March, kill any wolf found within 
 the limits of Dublin, Jaffrey, E,indge, Fitzwilliam or Marl- 
 borough ; also to give to any inhabitant of any of the other 
 towns named, the same bounty for killing any wolf found in 
 
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 either of these towns, which the respective towns shall give 
 for killing wolves ; — provided, that such towns will give 
 the inhabitants of Dublin the same bounty which they 
 give their own inhabitants. 
 
 We have here an exemplification of the doctrine of comity, 
 and fair reciprocity, between the towns, as well as a practical 
 illustration of the theory of intervention on their part, to 
 secure non-interventio|i on the part of the wolves. How 
 many of these latter suffered under the operation of this 
 sanguinary edict, we know not ; but certain it is, from 
 receipts for the bounty, paid upon certificates of the fact 
 from the selectmen of Jaffrey, that Captain Benjamin Spaul- 
 ding caught a grown wolf, in Jaffrey, which he killed on the 
 5th of September, 1792, and another about the first of 
 November following. He must have been a terror to all 
 surviving wolves, if any there were. 
 
 In June, 1799, it was voted, upon like principles of reci- 
 procity, to give, for one year, ten dollars for killing a wolf a 
 year old, and five dollars for a younger one, within either of 
 the towns of Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Marlborough and 
 Packersfield. 
 
 In March, 1805, the town voted to give a bounty of 
 twenty-five cents on all old crows, and twelve and a half 
 cents on all young ones, killed within the town, in May and 
 June next. As the crow is fabled to live a hundi-ed years, 
 it might become a nice question of casuistry, at what age the 
 creature could be said to be old. But, as the maxim is, that 
 the evil intent makes up for deficiency of age, it may be 
 presumed they deemed the crow old, as soon as it became 
 capable of doing mischief. 
 
 These things, apparently so trivial, show, nevertheless, 
 the temper of the men. They aimed at a practical result, 
 and looked steadily to that. In offering a bounty upon these 
 animals, they were evidently not actuated by any special 
 enmity to the wolves or the crows : they did not, according 
 to the modern doctrine, demand indemnity for the past, also, 
 but only sought security for the future. Hence they grad- 
 
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 uated their rewards to meet the estimated exigency, calcu- 
 lating the chances that the juvenile wolf or crow would 
 attain to the full maturity of wolf or crowhood, and become 
 a permanent settler in the vicinage. They seem, however, 
 to have come to the conclusion, that they had underrated the 
 vitality and inhabitativeness of the crow ; for, upon the next 
 occasion of their legislating upon the subject (in 1811), we 
 find them offering twenty-five cents on old crows, and seven- 
 teen cents on young ones. 
 
 The town has, from time to time, extended its countenance, 
 though to a limited extent, to the military. The memorable 
 grant, in 1786, of four dollars, to buy a drum and fife, has 
 been already noticed. In 1807, the town, through a com- 
 mittee appointed for the purpose, petitioned the General 
 Court for an artillery company. That body responded to the 
 application for one thing by granting another, which was 
 probably just as good. They authorized the formation of a 
 company of grenadiers ; and the town, the next year, voted to 
 accept the substitute, and chose a committee to consult with 
 the field-officers concerning the rank which the company 
 should hold in the regiment. Military and fire companies 
 are always sensitive upon this matter of rank. 
 
 At the March meeting in 1809, a vote was passed em- 
 powering the selectmen to furnish the grenadier company 
 with a stand of colors, if they should think best. It seems 
 that, for some cause, they failed to do it ; for in November, 
 1810, the town voted, peremptorily, that the selectmen fur- 
 nish the company with a stand of colors ; which was done 
 soon after, at an expense of twenty-five dollars. The com- 
 pany continued to perform its warlike achievements under 
 that standard, until, having become faded and tattered, it 
 was superseded by another, which was presented to the 
 company by a former resident of the town. 
 
 I have stated that the proprietors of the township had 
 expended about six hundred dollars upon the meeting-house, 
 by the year 1773. In April of that year, they voted not to 
 raise any more money, at present, for that purpose. This 
 
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 was the last meeting held by the proprietors, until, ten years 
 later (Sept. 11, 1783), a meeting was called, "to see if the 
 proprietors would finish building the meeting-house, or give 
 it to the town ; " and it was voted to give it to the town, as 
 their property. 
 
 At a town-meeting, held Oct. 13th of the same year, it was 
 voted to accept of the meeting-house, as a donation from the 
 proprietors. At the same time, they voted to finish the 
 house, and sell the pew-ground in it, except one pew on 
 the right hand of the pulpit. Precisely how piuch had been 
 done to the meeting-house, up to that time, is not known. 
 Doubtless it was only rough-boarded upon the outside. The 
 pew-ground was planned out in 1773 ; but it is presumed 
 that no pews were built, and probably no pulpit, till after 
 the house came into the possession of the town. It had then 
 been used for a meeting-house some twelve years, and Mr. ^ 
 Sprague had been settled six years. 
 
 The peiv-ground, as it was termed, which was the space 
 upon the floor on which the pews were to be built, was sold, 
 in separate lots, to the highest bidder, with the restrictions 
 that no man be allowed to purchase a pew-lot, but an inliab- 
 itjint of the town ; that the purchasers build the pews 
 uniform, with handsome panel-work and a handsome banister 
 on the top ; that pews on the walls of the house the owners 
 should ceil up as high as the bottom of the windows ; and 
 that the floor of the pews should not be raised above eight 
 inches from the floor of the house. The purchaser was 
 required to build his pew when called on by the committee 
 appointed to finish the meeting-house, or he forfeited his lot. 
 There was a further provision in these words : " Every 
 person that owns a pew shall occupy no other seat in the 
 meeting-house, until his pew be as full seated as is comfort- 
 able for those that seat it ; and, if any person owns more 
 than one pew, he shall not shut it up, and keep people from 
 sitting in it." 
 
 The amount expended at this time appears, from a paper 
 entitled " The Account of what the Committee have laid out 
 
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 toward finishing the Meeting House," to have been about 
 six hundred dollars, — about the same sum that was origi- 
 nally laid out upon it. But this seems not to have fully 
 satisfied everybody, since, in 1788, we find, in the town- 
 meeting warrant, an article, " to see what method the town 
 will take to finish the meeting-house." The article was, 
 however, passed over " to some future meeting ; " and it is 
 a grave question, if, indeed, there be any question about it, 
 whether, in fact, the meeting-house was ever finished at all. 
 
 The salary of Mr. Sprague, — sixty pounds, or two hun- 
 dred dollars, — not extravagantly large at the best, was soon 
 rendered wholly inadequate by the depreciation of paper- 
 money, which began in 1777, and went on so rapidly, that, 
 by 1781, it had become nearly worthless. At the March 
 meeting in 1779, the town voted to give Mr. Sprague one 
 hundred and sixty pounds salary that year. In September 
 following, they voted to make his salary as good to him that 
 year as it was when he was settled ; and, for that purj)ose, 
 to give him nine hundred pounds salary, — including what 
 was granted him in March. But even this sum, nominally 
 fifteen times the amount, he undoubtedly found, before he 
 got it, to be quite unequal, in actual value, to the original 
 salary. To give some idea of the extent of the deprecia- 
 tion, even while the paper-money continued to be used as a 
 standard of value, it may be stated, that the town was 
 assessed for state-tax, in 1780, ten thousand and thirty-seven 
 pounds five shillings, — not old tenor, but lawful money, 
 — equal to $33,457.50. Rye sold for fifteen pounds, or fifty 
 dollars, a bushel ; and other things in proportion. 
 
 But the people soon abandoned the task of making their 
 computations by the depreciating currency, and resorted to 
 a more substantial standard. In 1780, we find them voting 
 Mr. Sprague tAvo hundred bushels of rye, or the value 
 thereof in beef, pork, Indian corn, butter, cheese, sheep's 
 wool, flax or any other article that shall be acceptable to 
 him, as a salary for that year ; allowing, for rye, six shillings 
 a bushel ; Indian corn, five shillings and fourpence ; butter, 
 
32 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 one shilling a pound ; cheese, eightpence ; sheep's wool, 
 two shillings and threepence ; flax, one shilling ; beef, three- 
 pence three farthings ; and pork, fivepence. 
 
 The next year they voted him the same salary, — two hun- 
 dred bushels of rye, or the value thereof in other articles, at 
 the same rates as last year, — to be delivered at liis house by 
 those who were to pay it. It will readily occur to any one, 
 that this method of receiving his salary could not have been 
 particiilarly convenient, nor was likely to be peculiarly ad- 
 vantageous to him. There is an anecdote widely circulated 
 of Mr. Sprague, that his people once proposed to increase 
 his salary, but that he begged them not to do it, since it 
 plagued him almost to death to get what they agreed to give 
 him at first. Considering the way in which his salary was 
 paid, one can readily appreciate the feeling which must have 
 prompted the deprecatory reply that was thus given, or cer- 
 tainly might well have been, had the proposal in question 
 actually been made. 
 
 The difficulties growing out of the depreciation of the 
 currency, coupled with some others relative to Mr. Sprague's 
 improvement of certain of the town's land, led to rather a 
 sharp encounter between him and the town, in 1781, in 
 which he sent to them two or three letters, couched in 
 language very plain, and not slightly tart. The troubles, 
 however, were amicably adjusted. The next year the town 
 voted Mr. Sprague, for his salary, " two hundi-ed hard dol- 
 lars, or two hundred bushels of rye." 
 
 In 1801, Mr. Sprague, having received from the estate of 
 his father, Avho died three or four years before that time, a 
 considerable amount of money, made a proposition to the 
 town, which was accepted, to relinquish his salary entii'ely, 
 upon certain conditions. A letter from him was laid before 
 the town, setting forth that, in consequence of bodily indis- 
 position and infirmities, he had been advised by the best 
 physicians to a change of air and situation, and not to re- 
 tain a permanent residence in Dublin ; and he proposed to 
 relinquish, from the 12th of May, 1801, his annual salary 
 
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 of sixty pounds, and thirty cords of wood, but to retain his 
 pastoral connection with the church, and the right of sup- 
 ])lying the pulpit with men of piety and good abilities, when 
 lie might find it inexpedient to preach himself, — the town 
 paying such preachers for their services. Upon the accept- 
 ance of the proposition by the town, he sent in a formal 
 release of his salary. Notwithstanding this arrangement, it is 
 understood that Mr. Sprague, during the rest of his lifetime, 
 Avas absent very little from Dublin, and that he continued 
 liimself to preach, for the most part, though he had fre- 
 quently other persons to preach for him ; but, it is presumed, 
 this was never attended with any expense to the town. 
 
 After the matter of the reliquishment of his salary was 
 adjusted, no further mention, except incidentally, is made of 
 Mr. Sprague, in the town-records, until, at the March meet- 
 ing in 1818, it was voted to erect a monument to perpetuate 
 his memory. He died on the sixteenth day of December, 
 1817. His death was occasioned by an injury received 
 in being thrown from his carriage, a week previous. The 
 Rev. Elijah Dunbar, of Peterborough, preached the sermon, 
 at his funeral, which was subsequently printed, by a vote of 
 the town. 
 
 Mr. Sprague was born in Boston, May 20, 1750, and 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1770. He was a son of 
 Dr. John Sprague, a physician of very considerable emi- 
 nence, who resided in Boston, and afterwards in Dedham, 
 and who accumulated a large property. 
 
 Probably no other man who lived hereabouts, in those 
 times, had or still has so general a notoriety, throughout a 
 region of considerable extent, as Mr. Sprague. He is com- 
 monly spoken of in connection with the thousand anecdotes 
 related of him, many of which, so far as he was concerned, 
 l)vol)ably had none, and others but a slight foundation in 
 fiict. These anecdotes are of a kind to give the impression, 
 that he must have been exceedingly ignorant and shallow. 
 Such, however, is said not to have been the case. Living, as 
 he always had, in and about the large town of Boston, he 
 
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 was undoubtedly not well versed in the business and cus- 
 toms of agricultural life ; and he had no great aptitude or 
 taste for acquainting himself with such matters. He is said 
 to have been a good scholar, and to have kept himself well 
 informed, by reading and otherwise, of what was going on 
 in the world. He was not, however, given to close applica- 
 tion to professional studies, or to an elaborate preparation for 
 his public exercises. 
 
 He was preeminently of a social and jovial character, fond 
 of conversation, anecdote, repartee and good cheer. He is 
 reported to have possessed, in a marked degree, the qualities 
 of shrewdness and sharpness of intellect ; and in the en- 
 counter of wits with his clerical bretlrren, which was not 
 unusual in those days, his opponent was quite as likely as 
 himself to come off second best. He was a man of the most 
 kindly, generous disposition, and of ready sympathy with 
 affliction and distress. 
 
 " As a minister of the gospel," it is said by Mr. Dunbar, 
 in his funeral sermon, " Mr. Sprague was considered as 
 excelling more particularly in his pathetic addresses, and 
 sermons on funeral occasions, and generally in his public 
 prayers." Of his sermons, generally, I doubt whether much 
 can be said to their advantage. It is presumed he had not 
 the industry and application necessary to prepare them thor- 
 oughly and carefully. Those that he left are written in a 
 character and hand so completely illegible, that nobody, so 
 far as I have heard, unless it were Mr. Dunbar, has ever 
 pretended to the ability to decipher them ; and I have been 
 told, it was not always without considerable difficulty that he 
 could read his sermons himself. 
 
 In his will, made three days before his death, Mr. Sprague 
 gave to the town of Dublin five thousand dollars, to be left 
 at interest for ever, for the support of the Christian religion, 
 in the Congregational Society, in the town. After giving to 
 Dr. Moses Kidder two thousand dollars, making some other 
 bequests of small amount, and leaving to his wife the use 
 of the rest of his estate during her lifetime, he gave to the 
 
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 town of Dublin all the remainder of his estate, " to be kept 
 for schooling in said Dublin." Mrs. Sprague dying soon 
 after, this fund, amounting to nearly ten thousand dollars, 
 came into possession ; and the income of it has ever since 
 been applied to the support of the pubhc common schools. 
 
 The subject of building a new meeting-house began to be 
 agitated soon after the commencement of the present century. 
 At the March meeting in 1808, the town voted to build a 
 new meeting-house. But nothing came of it. In November; 
 1810, they voted to accept the report of a committee from 
 out of town, for fixing the spot, and chose a committee to 
 let out the building of the house. The spot selected was 
 upon land of Cyrus Chamberlain, probably not far from the 
 place where the brick church now stands. But there was 
 dissatisfaction in regard to the location. Some desired that 
 it should be built upon the school-house hill. There was a 
 succession of exciting town-meetings in 1811, which, how- 
 ever, resulted in nothing. 
 
 Here the matter subsided, and rested till 1815, when it 
 was again voted to build a new meeting-house, and to set 
 it on the school-house hill. But this proving unsatisfactory, 
 in March, 1817, a committee was raised, consisting of four 
 from the east and four from the west part of the town, to 
 agree upon a spot for the house. This committee made a 
 report, at the same meeting, which was accepted, and which 
 was, "to set the meeting-house north of Joseph Appleton's 
 blacksmith's shop, and turn the road south of the potash, to 
 the post-guide south of Esquire Snow's, from thence south 
 of the burial-ground, across the point of the pond," — 
 where the road now is. 
 
 The road thus proposed was laid out by the selectmen ; 
 but the town, at a town-meeting held June 2, voted against 
 accepting it, and, by consequence, against building the house 
 upon the spot designated. At the same time, it was voted 
 to build a meeting-house upon the school-house hill, and to 
 have it done in a year from the next November. At an 
 adjournment of this meeting, on the 23d of June, a report 
 
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 of a committee, fixing the spot where the house was finally 
 built, was accepted by a vote of eighty to thirty-seven. This 
 vote was decisive of the matter, and the house was built 
 accordingly. It was raised in June, 1818. The raising 
 occupied two or three days, and was regarded as a momen- 
 tous occasion. Former residents of the town took that 
 opportunity to revisit their kindred and friends, and the 
 people of the neighboring towns flocked in to witness the 
 achievement. The house was built by Messrs. Cutting, of 
 Templeton, Mass. ; and Kilburn, of Fitzwilliam, and was 
 finished in the course of the season. The dedication, which 
 took place on the 3d of December following, was very 
 numerously attended. The Rev. Thomas Beede, of "Wilton, 
 delivered the sermon, on that occasion. 
 
 After the death of Mr. Sprague, the pulpit was supplied 
 by several candidates. Mr. Levi W. Leonard commenced 
 preaching as a candidate on the first Sunday of April, 1820. 
 In June succeeding, he was invited to settle as the minister 
 of the First Congregational Church and Society, and accepted 
 the invitation. His ordination took place Sept. 6, 1820. 
 The sermon on the occasion was preached by the Kev. Henry 
 Ware, Sen., D. D., of Harvard University. 
 
 A Baptist church was organized in Dublin in 1785. 
 Elder Elijah Willard was ordained June 5, 1793. A meet- 
 ing-house was built, soon after, upon the Bemis Farm, where 
 it stood until recently, when it was removed further west, 
 and fitted up anew. Mr. Willard continued to preach till 
 near the time of his death, which took place in August, 
 1839, at the age of eighty-eight years. 
 
 The Trinitarian Congregational church was formed Nov- 
 ember 21, 1827. Their meeting-house was built in 1835. 
 They were supplied by different preachers, but had no settled 
 minister till October, 1840, when the Rev. Henry A. Ken- 
 dall was ordained. He was dismissed, at his own request, 
 in July, 1850 ; and the Rev. Alonzo Hayes was installed in 
 April following. 
 
 A Methodist meeting-house was built in the northwest 
 
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 part of the town, about ten years ago. A part of the society 
 are inhabitants of Dublin, — as are also some members of 
 the religious society at Harrisville. 
 
 The first mention that is made of schools, in the town- 
 records, is in July, 1773, when the town granted four pounds 
 " to keep a woman's school, to be kept in three parts of the 
 town." For the next three years, they granted six pounds a 
 year, to be laid out in like manner. 
 
 In 1778, it was voted to build two school-houses, one in 
 the northwest part of the town, the other in the east part. 
 But it seems they were never built, and it is presumed that 
 up to the year 1784 there was no school-house in the town. 
 In that year a vote was passed to build seven school-houses, 
 at the cost of the town. This vote was carried into effect, 
 eventually, though it was several years before the houses 
 Avere all completed. The town voted one hundred and fifty 
 pounds for the pui-pose, to be assessed and divided into seven 
 equal parts, and to " give each man liberty to work or find 
 stuff for said housen, to pay his rate." 
 
 A good deal of difficulty was experienced in fixing the loca- 
 tion of some of the school-houses, particularly that " for the 
 street," which was finally built by Moses Greenwood's, and 
 that " for the northwest part of the town." Instead of the 
 one originally provided for, it was determined, in 1791, to 
 build two houses in the northwest part, — one west of Eli 
 Greenwood's, and the other near Andrew Alhson's. It was 
 " voted that the selectmen shall prefix the places for said 
 school-housen, and determine the bigness of them, and that 
 they let out said housen to be built by the great ; provided 
 they don't give more than forty -five pound for building both 
 school-housen." Possibly the selectmen may have felt con- 
 strained to leave the money to accumulate for a time, — as it 
 appears, by the records that the house by Andrew Allison's 
 was not accepted by the town till 1799. In the meantime 
 the school-house by Moses Greenwood's was given up, and 
 in its stead one was built in the middle of the town, and 
 another by Drury Morse's, in 1795. There were now nine 
 
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 districts. The tenth was formed about the year 1805, by 
 the division of the northeast district. 
 
 The school-houses which were first built, it may safely be 
 presumed, were but rude structures, small in dimensions, 
 rough in workmanship, and inconvenient and uncomfortable 
 in their arrangements. They cost about thirty pounds, or a 
 hundred dollars, each, — several of them considerably less 
 than that sum. The two which it was first voted to build 
 were to be " 25 by 20 feet." The town had but fairly got 
 around with building the school-houses, when it became 
 necessary to repair them ; and, before many years, several of 
 them required to be renewed. At the March meeting in 
 1809, it was voted to build a new school-house in each dis- 
 trict that was destitute of one. Under this vote, it appears 
 that houses were built in the southwest district, the south, 
 and the southeast, — at an average cost of about one hun- 
 dred and seventy dollars. A house was built by Drury 
 Morse's in 1815, and in 1817 one by Eli Greenwood's, and 
 another by Eli Hamilton's. These houses cost about two 
 hundred and twenty -five dollars apiece. 
 
 The grants of school-money were at first very irregular. 
 For several years there is no record of any money having 
 been raised. In 1787, the sum granted was fifty pounds, 
 or ^166.67. It rose gradually in amount, but never ex- 
 ceeded thi'ee hundred dollars, till 1805, when it was raised 
 to four hundred and fifty dollars, which continued ever to be 
 the sum till 1820. It should be observed, however, that, 
 prior to 1805, the board of the teachers had always been 
 paid by the town from its general funds, and was not taken 
 out of the school-money. But, after that time, each district 
 was required to pay the board of its teachers out of its pro- 
 portion of the school-money. 
 
 While the town paid for the board, the price was pretty 
 uniformly four shillings a week for boarding a schoolmaster, 
 and two shillings and sixpence for a schoolmistress, until 
 1795, or thereabouts, when it had come to be six shillings 
 and four shillings respectively. The wages paid to teachers 
 
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 can be ascertained but in few instances. In 1788, Alexan- 
 der Eames was paid for two months, five pounds four shill- 
 ings, or eight dollars and sixty-seven cents, a month, which 
 was probably higher than the average price. In 1790, Sam- 
 uel Appleton had eight dollars a month, for nine weeks. It 
 is said he was paid in rye, which Mr. Ivory Perry carried to 
 him at New Ipswich, where he then lived. The same year, 
 1790, Sarah Twitchell was paid for eight weeks, at the rate 
 of forty-four cents a week, — which was probably about the 
 usual price for female teachers at that time. It rose by 
 degrees till about the year 1800, from which time, for twen- 
 ty-five or thirty years, the common price was a dollar a 
 week. 
 
 The school-fund of the town, derived mainly from the 
 bequest of Mr. Sprague, and a small part from the proceeds 
 of sales of the school-lands, amounts now to upwards of 
 $11,000. The income of this fund became available in 
 1820, and has since been applied for the support of schools. 
 From that time, the town has never raised a school-tax, 
 under that name ; but to the income of this fund, and the 
 money received from the State, known as the "Literary 
 Fund," there has been added, from the general funds of the 
 town, sufficient to make up the sum divided, which has been 
 sometimes one thousand dollars, sometimes less, and, for the 
 last three or four years, more than that amount. 
 
 In 1806, Mr. Sprague and eleven others were chosen a 
 committee to inspect the schools in the town. This is 
 presumed to have been the first school-committee. A like 
 committee was chosen in 1809, and again in 1818 and 1819. 
 In 1821, as the record shows, "The town chose the Rev. 
 Levi W. Leonard, the principal committee-man, to visit the 
 schools in the several districts, in tlris town, with the agent 
 belonging to the district which is to be visited, whose duty 
 it is to inform Mr. Leonard of the time he is desired to 
 attend for that purpose." At the March meeting in 1823, 
 a report upon the schools was made to the town. Every 
 yeai- since that time, a written report has been prepared. 
 
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 which, with a single exception, has been read in town-meet- 
 ing, and for the last ten years has been printed for the use 
 of the inhabitants. Mr. Leonard has been upon the school- 
 committee every year since 1821. For many years he was 
 in the habit of visiting every school, summer and winter, at 
 its commencement and close, — a service which he never 
 failed to perform unless prevented by some necessity. The 
 men who, from year to year, have been associated with him 
 upon the committee, have generally been efficient and well 
 qualified for the duty ; and altogether the schools of this 
 town, for the last thirty years, have had the benefit of a 
 supervision, it may safely be asserted, superior to that enjoyed 
 by the schools of any other town in the State. 
 
 The schools of Dublin have long been deservedly famed 
 for their excellence ; and they may well be regarded by the 
 inhabitants of the town with emotions of mingled satisfac- 
 tion and pride. And it is but an act of simple justice in 
 us, who have enjoyed theu- advantages, here publicly to ac- 
 knowledge our especial obligations to their two principal 
 benefactors, — to the second minister of the town and his 
 successor, — of whom, speaking generally, and without dis- 
 paragement to others, it may be truly said, the former 
 furnished the capital, the latter the lahor, by the combined 
 agency of wliich the beautiful structure of our common 
 schools was reared. 
 
 It has been the lot of the town, for the last half-century 
 nearly, instead of advancing, rather to retrograde, in point 
 of population and wealth. As an agricultural town, which 
 almost exclusively it has been, its soil, comparatively sterile 
 and hard of cultivation, yields a comfortable subsistence but 
 to the most patient, persevering industry, and downright 
 hard work. Richer soils and milder climate have lured 
 many to engage in agriculture elsewhere, while many more 
 have been withdrawn to follow other pursuits. From these 
 causes, whether to their own advantage always it were use- 
 less here to inquire, it has happened, that a large proportion, 
 especially of those in the prime and vigor of life, have, of 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 41 
 
 late, left the homes of their youth to seek their fortunes in 
 other scenes. Scattered all through the wide domain of our 
 country, may be found the sons and daughters of Dublin, 
 pursuing theii' various avocations. 
 
 But, wherever they may be, whatever may be their pur- 
 suits, truth, I believe, will warrant the assertion, that seldom, 
 indeed, have they been known to bring dishonor upon the 
 place of their birth. The habits of industry, economy and 
 sobriety, of staid, correct deportment, of honesty and integ- 
 rity, of kindness and humanity, to which they were here 
 trained, they very generally still . retain with a firm grasp, 
 and exercise in their adopted homes ; so that, however this 
 constant drain upon its population may have diminished the 
 industrial energies, and impaired the prosperity, of the town, 
 there is yet the reflection, that the force thus withdrawn has 
 not been lost, but has been brought to bear perhaps with 
 more effect, and where it was more needed. 
 
 The apparent natural disadvantages under which the town 
 has labored have not been wholly without resulting advan- 
 tages. Our rigorous climate is nevertheless, in the main, 
 healthful and invigorating, fitted to produce a hardy, robust, 
 energetic people. Our stubborn soil, while it has demanded 
 of its inhabitants unremitting labor to insure a livelihood, 
 has, at least, albeit in a measure by necessity, saved them 
 from indolence, extravagance and many of the temptations 
 to vice, and has inured them to habits of industry, frugality 
 and virtue. This state of things, though not altogether the 
 most agreeable, it admits not of a doubt, is more conducive, 
 alike to the happiness and the permanent welfare of a people, 
 than the possession of the richest soil, if coupled with its 
 usual, though not necessary, concomitants, — idleness, dissi- 
 pation and low amusements. 
 
 To an indifierent observer, regarding merely its rugged, 
 rocky surface, its bleak hills, its piercing winds and drifting 
 snows, our town might seem to possess few attractions. 
 But to us, in whose minds its memories are intertwined with 
 so much that is dearest in life, it may be permitted to regard 
 
42 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 it with sentiments such as we cherish towai'ds no other place. 
 Here we first awoke to conscious being. Here we first 
 experienced alike the joys and the sorrows of sentient, 
 rational life. Here were the homes of our early years. 
 Here are the graves of our fathers. 
 
 Neither, by any means, is the town devoid of scenes of 
 natural beauty, and objects of interest. "Witness the gran- 
 deur of its forests, studded with majestic trees, in the 
 summer crowned with verdant foliage, which, touched by 
 the autumnal frosts, assumes such richly variegated yet 
 sombre hues ; in the winter, standing, snow-imbedded, with 
 their naked arms battling the fury of the blast ; or on a 
 bright morning, after one of those storms of mingled snow 
 and hail, sleet and rain, see every branch and twig, cased in 
 transparent ice, flashing in the sunlight, with all the shifting 
 colors of the rainbow. Mark the rugged hills, the deep, 
 secluded dells, the cultivated fields, the ponds, embosomed 
 in dense, wild woods, or opening upon cleared grounds. 
 "Where, for instance, can be found a sheet of water more 
 beautiful than the old " meeting-house pond," with its cool, 
 crystal waters, and clear, sandy shore, so congenial to its 
 delicious inhabitant, the trout ; with its glassy surface now 
 sleeping in the sparkling sunshine, now iiplifted by the 
 winds in tiny, silver-crested waves ? 
 
 Here, too, we have the Monadnock, rising in cold, proud, 
 isolated grandeur, an emblem at once of the essential sta- 
 bility and the superficial changes of nature. Its rugged 
 sides, now compact of bald, cragged rock, were formerly 
 covered with trees almost to its summit. But, years ago, 
 the ravening fire, kindled whether by accident or design, 
 spread over a great part of the superior portion of the moun- 
 tain, killing every tree and shi-ub wherever it went. The 
 dead trees, decaying and falling, furnished materials for 
 another conflagration, which occurred within the memory of 
 many of us. Some thirty years ago, in the latter part of a 
 dry summer, the fire from a charing on the side of the 
 mountain made its way up to the higher regions, where. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 43 
 
 feeding upon the decayed wood, and nourislied by the Avind 
 and the drought, it extended itself over almost the entire 
 northern side. As the daylight paled, giving place to the 
 darkness of night, there might be seen from out the dense 
 sea of livid, flame-tinged smoke, in which the mountain 
 was enveloped by day, countless fires lighting up all along 
 the extended range, glowing with a more vivid brightness 
 as the darkness thickened, until the whole mountain-side 
 blazed with its myriad tongues of waving flame. It was a 
 spectacle beautiful and grand in itself, but rendered sublime 
 and awful by the thought of the dread power of the devour- 
 ing element, and of the terrible destruction that must ensue, 
 if, the wind and the di'ought continuing, it should burst its 
 mountain-barrier, and invade the domains of man. But 
 fortunately, before such a catastrophe was reached, a drench- 
 ing rain extinguished the fire, and thus put an end at once 
 to the grandeur and the terror of the scene. 
 
 Here, formerly, in the mountain-fastnesses, wild beasts 
 had their haunts, whence they issued forth, making havoc 
 and devastation of the cattle and flocks and crops. When 
 wearied out, at length, by their repeated depredations, or 
 stimulated by the love of adventure, the hardy yeomen of 
 the contiguous towns, with their muskets and other weapons 
 of offence, by a concerted movement, were wont to turn out, 
 and surround the mountain, carrying destruction into their 
 places of fancied security. In later days, the adventurous 
 fox-hunter, mounted upon his clumsy snow-shoes, following 
 his hounds in pursuit of the wary game, braving the intens- 
 est cold, has often been led a weary chase over the Monad- 
 nock's snow-buried sides. 
 
 The summit of the mountain, standing lofty and lonely, 
 has ever been watched with interest, as an index of the 
 weather. Enshrouded in dense clouds, or veiled in impene- 
 trable mist, it bespeaks the present genius of the impending 
 storm. There, too, dwells the hidden force, which, in the 
 sultry heats of summer, attracts the cloud, "surcharged 
 with wrathful vapor," from whose dark bosom darts the 
 
44 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 crinkling lightning, and the descending thunder-bolt bursts, 
 shivering the rocks, cleaving deep fissures, or tumbling huge 
 fragments down the precipices. 
 
 Neither should we omit to mention the brightness and 
 beauty of the sunlight, wliich, in a clear evening, lingers 
 around the top of the mountain, as if loath to depart ; nor 
 the glittering display, when, on a winter's afternoon, the 
 scattered slanting rays of the descending sun are thi-own 
 from the surface of the ice-encrusted snow ; nor yet the 
 cold, dazzling brilliancy which, in a winter's sunrise, encir- 
 cles its snowy head ; nor, finally, that more enchanting 
 sight, vouchsafed to imagination's credulous vision, which, 
 in the soft beauty of a moonlit summer's evening, was 
 charmed with the pure light of the flaming, storied car- 
 buncle. 
 
 Amidst these rude and primitive aspects of nature, not 
 destitute of beauty and grandeur, but in which, neverthe- 
 less, the stern, the hard and the real so strongly predominate, 
 our town has reared a race of plain, earnest, unpretending, 
 matter-of-fact men, of good common sense, of solidity of 
 character, industrious and frugal, exempt in a good measure 
 from the frivolities and vices, while wanting in the graces 
 and adornments, of a more refined, polished and luxurious 
 state of society ; men who, as a general thing, may with 
 considerable confidence be relied upon to he more than they 
 profess, to do more than they promise. 
 
 And now my part in the performances of this day at length 
 draws to its close. The occasion, which has brought us 
 together, as it is to us wholly novel, is one of the like of 
 which not an individual here present shall witness the re- 
 currence. It is an occasion which, appealing to early and 
 happy recollections, has led many a wanderer back, to witness 
 once more scenes long unvisited, not forgotten ; and to meet 
 kindred and friends from whom he has been separated by 
 years of absence. Many of us, who went out from this our 
 birthplace, are here. Many more, who went forth with us, 
 have not returned, nor ever shall; whilst of multitudes 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDEESS. 45 
 
 whom we left here, aye, of some who set out in life long 
 after ourselves, " time's effacing fingers " are already obliter- 
 ating the inscriptions upon their tombstones. Let us accept 
 with gratitude the occasion which has drawn together so 
 many of the living, to interchange friendly greetings, chas- 
 tened though our joy must needs be, and tinged with a shade 
 of melancholy, by the remembrance of the absent dead, and 
 the consciousness of the ravages of time. 
 
PROCEEDINGS 
 
 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
PROCEEDINdS. 
 
 A MEETING of persons interested in celebrating, in an appro- 
 priate manner, the close of a century since the settlement of 
 the town, was held at the Town Hall, Feb. 14, 1852. 
 
 RuFus Piper, Esq., was chosen Chairman; and Warren 
 L. FiSKE, Secretary. 
 
 A Committee, consisting of Henry C. Piper, Eansom N. 
 Porter, and Jesse Morse, was chosen to get an article 
 inserted in the warrant for the annual town-meeting, to see 
 if the town would take any measures to bring about such a 
 celebration ; and also to recommend a plan for conducting 
 the same. 
 
 At the same meeting, it was voted to choose a Committee 
 of two from each school district, to collect facts and inci- 
 dents relating to the history of the town since its first settle- 
 ment in 1753. 
 
 Chose — 
 
 For District No. 1, Rev. Levi W. Leonard, D.D. and Rufus Piper, Esq. 
 „ 2, John Brooks and Abijah Richardson. 
 ,, 3, Lawson Belknap and Zaman A. Gowing. 
 ,, 4, Joseph Evleth and Dexter Derby. 
 ,, 5, Deacon Jesse Morse and Cyrus Frost, Esq. 
 ,, 6, Thomas Fisk, Esq., and Jonathan K. Smith. 
 ,, 7, Aaron Smith and Rev. Henry' Archibald. 
 „ 8, Lovell Harris and Silas P. Frost. 
 „ 9, RuEL Brigham and Lewis P. Randolph. 
 ,, 10, Nahum Warren and John Gilchrest. 
 
 The plan proposed by the Committee first named, and 
 adopted by the town in town-meeting, was to choose a Chief 
 Marshal by ballot, to conduct the exercises on the day of 
 celebration, so far as is customary for such an officer to do 
 so, and also to choose a Committee of Arrangements, con- 
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 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 sisting of one member from each school district, — the Chief 
 Marshal to act as Chairman of said Committee, and that he 
 appoint as many Deputy Marshals as he may tliink proper. 
 
 RuFUS Piper, Esq., was chosen Chief Marshal. 
 
 The following-named persons, all natives of Dublin, were 
 chosen for the Committee of Arrano'ements, viz. : — 
 
 District No. 1 , Asa H. Fisk. 
 
 ,, „ 2, Luke Richardson. 
 „ ,, 3, Almerin Gowing. 
 ,, ,, 4, Jacob Gleason. 
 „ ,, 5, Jesse Morse. 
 
 District No. 6, Jonathan K. Smith. 
 ,, ,, 7, Aaron Smith. 
 ,, ,, 8, Amos E. Perry. 
 ,, ,, 9, Jonathan Townsend. 
 „ ,, 10, Bela Morse. 
 
 The first meeting of the Committee of Arrangements took 
 place on Tuesday the first day of April, when the organiza- 
 tion of the Board was completed by choosing Asa H. Fisk, 
 Esq., Secretary. 
 
 It was voted to hold the celebration on Tuesday, June 17, 
 1852. 
 
 Voted to invite Charles Mason, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass., 
 a native of Dublin, to give an address on the occasion. 
 
 Chose Rev. Levi W. Leonard, D.D., Jonathan K. Smith, 
 Lawson Belknap, Thomas Fisk, Esq., and Henry C. Piper, 
 Committee of Publication. 
 
 Chose Rev. Dr. Leonard and Rev. Alonzo Hayes to confer 
 with the several choirs of singers in town, relative to fur- 
 nishing sacred music on the day of celebration, and to select 
 appropriate pieces for performance. 
 
 Chose Jonathan K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, and Dr. Ransom 
 N. Porter, to invite guests, and also to prepare sentiments, 
 and make arrangements to have them responded to. 
 
 Chose Moses Mai'shall, Esq., Thaddeus Morse, and Jesse 
 Morse, to gather statistics in regard to the physicians, tra- 
 ders, and mechanics, of Dublin. Chose Rev. Dr. Leonard and 
 Rev. Mr. Hayes to do the same by ecclesiastical matters. 
 
 Chose Ebenezer Greenwood on town and county officers. 
 
 Chose jNIoses Marshall, John W. Learned, and Richard 
 Strong, Esq., to get the names of the revolutionary officers 
 and soldiers of Dublin, and all other matters relating to 
 these "times that tried men's souls." 
 
 Chose Jesse INIorse, Moses Adams, and John Piper, to 
 make out a list of militia officers of Dublin, and get other 
 matters relating to the militia. 
 
 Chose Rev. Dr. Leonard, Jonathan K. Smith, and Thomas 
 Fisk, Esq., on the subject of common schools. 
 
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 Chose Rev. Dr. Leonard, Dr. Asa Heald, and Dr. R. N. 
 Porter, to collect facts relative to health., sickness, and dis- 
 eases in Dublin. 
 
 On the 8th of May, the Committee of Arrangements 
 again met, and chose Jonathan K. Smith President of the 
 day; and John Wilson Learned, Richard Strong, Moses 
 Marshall, Benjamin Mai'shall, and Abijah Richardson,.. Vice- 
 Presidents. 
 
 Chose Asa H. Fisk and Henry C. Pij^er toast-masters. 
 
 May 29, the Committee met and voted that on the day 
 of celebration the tables be set in picnic style, furnished 
 by voluntary contributions from the inhabitants of the 
 town, and that the refreshments be gratuitous to all who 
 attend. 
 
 Chose Ebenezer Greenwood, Calvin Learned, and Charles 
 A. Hamilton, a Committee to prepare a place suitable to 
 convene the people for dinner, and other purposes on that 
 occasion, arrange the seats and tables, take charge of the food 
 as it is brought in, superintend setting the tables, and appoint 
 assistants for waiting upon the people, &c. 
 
 Chose Thaddeus Morse, Ephraim Foster, and Asa Heald, 
 the Selectmen of Dublin, a Committee of Finance to provide 
 funds to carry through the celebration agreeably to the vote 
 of the town. 
 
 Chose Rufus Piper, Jonathan K. Smith, and Asa H. Fisk, 
 to report a Programme of Exercises and Order of Procession 
 on the day of celebration. 
 
 June 8, Voted, that the table be set in the grove near the 
 new road, south of the town-house, on land of Mr. Joseph 
 Perry. 
 
 Chose Dr. R. N. Porter, Col. Rufus Piper, George A. 
 Gowing, Joseph Perry, Samuel F. Townsend, Henry C. 
 Piper, and their ladies, to decorate, in a tasteful and proper 
 manner for the occasion, the church occupied by the First 
 Congregational Society, and build a stage therein for the 
 speakers. 
 
 Chose Daniel Fiske, John Piper, and Franklin Bond, to 
 procure movable seats for the aisles of the church. 
 
 footed to meet at the town-house on the day of celebration, 
 at nine o'clock, a.m. 
 
 June L5, the Committee of Arrangements met, and chose 
 Jonathan K. Smith, Luke Richardson, and Jacob Gleason, to 
 
52 TROCEEDINGS. 
 
 assign the several religious exercises of the day to the 
 different clergymen present. 
 
 Requested the Selectmen to appoint a suitable number of 
 constables to act, if necessary, on the day of celebration. 
 
 Calvin Mason was appointed to act on the day of celebra- 
 tion as a member of the Committee of Arrangements, in 
 place of Jonathan K. Smith, who is to act as President of 
 the day. 
 
 The Chief Marshal appointed the following persons as 
 Deputy Marshals, namely : Col. Cyrus Frost, Col. Charles 
 W. Pierce, Capt. Joseph Evleth, Capt. Dexter Mason, Capt. 
 Jason Phelps, Capt. Curtis Smith, Capt. Henry C. Piper, 
 Capt. Josej)!! W. Powers, and Mr. Lyman Russell. 
 
 June 17, 1852, the Committee met at 8 o'clock, a.m., and 
 voted, that, as the meeting-house cannot convene the nume- 
 rous assemblage, the procession, when formed, march imme- 
 diately to the grove, and occupy the seats there for the 
 exercises of the day. 
 
 The national flag was kindly furnished for the occasion by 
 Mr. James G. Piper, of Boston ; and its ample folds were 
 spread to the breeze on " Meeting-house Hill," at an early 
 hour, amid the firing of cannon and other marks of re- 
 joicing. 
 
 A large inscription, extending across the front of the 
 meeting-house, was furnished by Messrs. Orlando and 
 Charles Marshall, in the following words : — 
 
 "WE WELCOME THE ABSENT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUBLIN 
 TO THEIR NATIVE HOME." 
 
 The interior of the church was neatly and very tastefully 
 ornamented with evergreens, &c., for the occasion. 
 
 At half-past nine o'clock, the procession was formed on 
 the common in fi-ont of the meeting-house, in the following 
 order, viz. : — 
 
 CHIEF MAESHAL. 
 
 BAND OF MUSIC. 
 
 PRESIDENT AND ORATOR OF THE DAT. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
 
 CLERGY. 
 
 COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
 SPECIALLY INVITED GUESTS. 
 
 SINGERS. 
 
 CITIZENS FROM OTHER TOWNS. 
 
 CITIZENS OF DUBLIN. 
 
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 At ten o'clock, the procession marched, to the grove, where, 
 under the direction of the Table Committee, seats were pro- 
 vided for over two thousand persons, arranged in semicircular 
 form, with the speakers' stand, and platform for band and 
 singers, in the centre, and the tables on each wing, extending 
 about ten rods from the centre, in front. 
 
 The seats were all filled, and many were obliged to stand 
 during the exercises. 
 
 The vast assembly having been seated, and called to order 
 by the President of the day in a short address, the exercises 
 commenced with — 
 
 1. Voluntary, by the band. 
 
 2. Invocation, by Rev. Alonzo Hayes, Pastor of First Trini- 
 tarian Congregational Society. 
 
 3. Anthem, by the choir. 
 
 4. Selections from Scripture, by Rev. Levi W. Leonard, D.D., 
 Pastor of First Congregational Society. 
 
 5. Prayer, by Rev. Samuel F. Clark, of Athol, Mass., a 
 native of Dublin. 
 
 6. Anthem, by the choir. 
 
 7. Address, by Charles Mason, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass., a 
 native of Dublin. 
 
 8. The following hymn, by J. K. Smith, was read by Rev. 
 S. F. Clark, and sung to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " by 
 the assembly at large, led by the choir : — 
 
 An hundred years ! what wondrous change 
 
 A century has wrought ! 
 With deeds, events, and doings strange, 
 
 Its passing years are fraught. 
 Stern old Monadnock, 'mid a flock 
 
 Of liillocks great and small, 
 Reared then, as now, his crown of rock, 
 
 The monarch of them all. 
 
 But o'er the landscape round him spread 
 
 No human dwellings rise : 
 One mighty forest lifts its head 
 
 Exulting to the skies. 
 But, as our fathers, here and there, 
 
 Among the groves are seen, 
 Ere long their rude log-huts appear, 
 
 And fields arrayed in green. 
 
 And lo ! these lowly homes to grace, 
 
 Fond female hearts incHne ; 
 To rear, in this their distant place, 
 
 Affection's magic shrine. 
 Thus gloomy forests disappear, 
 
 And homes their joys impart, 
 Whence merry childhood's words of cheer 
 
 Come ringing to the heart. 
 
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 Time passes on ; and years of toil 
 
 Their pressing wants supply, 
 Drawn from the ti-easures of the soil 
 
 By sturdy industry. 
 And yet their views were not confined 
 
 To tilings of earthly need : 
 They saw neglected soul and mind 
 
 Might make them poor indeed. 
 
 And soon the church, in modest pride, 
 
 Adorns the forest-glade ; 
 And then the school-house, by its side, 
 
 Sends forth its timely aid. 
 The church and school-house still are ours, 
 
 By our wise fathers given : 
 This can unfold our mental powers ; 
 
 That, point the way to heaven. 
 
 9. Prayer, by Rev. Henry Akchibald, late Baptist Minister 
 of Dublin. 
 
 10. Singing, by the choir. 
 
 11. Benediction, by Rev. Henky A. Kendall, formerly Minis- 
 ter of Dublin. 
 
 AT TABLE. 
 
 1. Blessing invoked by Rev. George F. Clark, of Norton, 
 Mass., a native of Dublin. 
 
 2. Repast. 
 
 3. Thanks, by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D.D., of Keene. 
 
 Recess of Thirty Minutes. 
 
 The multitude of people were fed most abundantly, and 
 gratuitously ; and much food was left unconsumed. 
 
 AFTERNOON. 
 
 Order being restored, the afternoon-exercises were as fol- 
 lows, viz. : — 
 
 1. Music, by the band. 
 
 2. The President called for the first sentiment, which was 
 as follows : — 
 
 " The First Centennial of Dublin — An occasion of « welcome home ' to our 
 friends from abroad, of solemu reflections for the past, of hopeful anticipations for 
 the future." 
 
 To this sentiment the President of the day, Jonathan K. 
 Smith responded as follows : — 
 
 It becomes my pleasing duty, as the organ of my fellow- 
 townsmen, to extend to our former townsmen, who have 
 come up here to unite with us on this interesting occasion, 
 a cordial "welcome home." And I am sure I do but express 
 the unanimous wish of the people of Dublin, when I give 
 
Aj::m^^^'^'^'' 
 
PROCEEDINGS. 55 
 
 them more than a mere formal reception here. Welcome, 
 thrice welcome, my friends, to our festival ; welcome to our 
 homes and our hearts ! [Three cheers.] We thank you, 
 brethren, for leaving your homes and your several occupa- 
 tions, to cheer us by your presence, and animate us by your 
 words of counsel, encouragement, or admonition. And I 
 trust the occasion will be improved to the utmost in social 
 intercourse, and in communing with each other ; and that a 
 friendly, fraternal feeling, like the electric current, will pass 
 freely from heart to heart, till the whole assembly is pervaded 
 by its benign and heaven-born influence. 
 
 The occasion naturally suggests a retrospective view of the 
 past. We have arrived at one of those eminences in the 
 pathway of life, whence we can look back through a long 
 vista of years. In the dim distance we see, first, a single 
 family coming over the line from the east, and commencing 
 the settlement of the town. One by one, the sturdy pio- 
 neers arrive ; and we see their settlements scattered here 
 and there amidst the dense wilderness that surrounds them. 
 
 (Gradually, their encroachments upon the domain of the 
 forest become visible ; and, at length, broad fields and waving 
 harvests minister to their necessities, and supply their urgent 
 wants. The venerable forms of our fathers and mothers rise 
 up before us, in their honest simplicity of character ; and we 
 behold with admiration their strenuous and persevering efforts 
 to change the wilderness to blooming fields for the benefit 
 of their descendants. Their earnest, self-denying exertions, 
 their daily and severe privations, their toils and hardships 
 for the welfare of coming generations, bespeak our admira- 
 tion for them as men, and invite our gratitude towards them 
 as public benefactors. 
 
 When we contemplate the great disadvantages, both physi- 
 cal and mental, which they had to encounter, and compare, 
 or rather contrast, these with the present state of things, we 
 can scarcely fail of being grateful to a kind Providence, that 
 our lot was cast in more favored times, and under more 
 auspicious circumstances. 
 
 Surrounded as we are with the necessaries, the luxuries, 
 and conveniences of life, it is difficult for us to conceive the 
 hardships and privations to which they were subjected. 
 Without roads or carriages, or even beasts of burden, their 
 own brawny shoulders bore their grain to the distant mill, 
 with no other guide than marks upon the trees. With the 
 
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 lofty forests frowning upon them on every side, it was their 
 mission to " go ahead " with their own powers of locomotion, 
 and " make the wilderness blossom as the rose." 
 
 A century has elapsed since the incipient settlement of this 
 town. During this period, what changes have occurred ! 
 How different the aspect of every thing around us ! Yonder 
 mountain, indeed, still presents its serene brow to invite our 
 contemplation, and the smiling lakelet at its foot still mirrors 
 the benignant heaven above it ; but all else how changed ! 
 Our fathers and mothers, — where are they ? Their bodies 
 mingle with the dust of yonder " village of graves ; " their 
 spirits are with Him who gave them. And with them have 
 passed away the primitive habits and manners and customs 
 which then prevailed. These have given place to other cus- 
 toms and usages ; in some respects far better, in others not 
 so good. 
 
 The century we are reviewing has been distinguished for 
 rapid advances in the arts and sciences. Art has been the 
 handmaid of science, and science has directed the labors of 
 art, until results almost miraculous have been realized. We 
 harness steam to our carriages, and fly, as on the wings of the 
 wind, along our iron roads. The broad Atlantic has been 
 shorn of its dimensions, and Europe brought almost within 
 hail of our shores. And the very lightning has been dis- 
 armed of its thunderbolts, and is sent as an errand-boy to do 
 our bidding. The means of mental improvement here have 
 been almost infinitely multiplied. The log school-house has 
 given place to the elegant structure ; the four-pound appro- 
 priation has gone up to more than three hundred ; and, 
 instead of a school in three places, 'Hhe schoolmaster has 
 been abroad " tlirough the length and breadth of the town. 
 Have the intelligence and virtue of the present generation 
 kept pace with their far greater privileges ? Happy will it 
 be for us if the shades of our fathers do not rise up, and 
 condemn us for a misuse of the ten talents committed to our 
 keeping. 
 
 What changes have occurred in the nations and govern- 
 ments of the earth during the period now under considera- 
 tion ! Thrones and dynasties have tottered and fallen ; 
 nations have been swept away by its unceasing current ; and 
 others, then unknown, have come into being, and risen to 
 power. The whole life of Bonaparte has been comprised 
 within it, and the public life of Washington is included in 
 
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 the first half of it ; — the one sweeping, meteor-like, across 
 the political firmament, consumed by its own brightness ; 
 and the other, the pole-star of liberty, towards which the 
 eyes of the nations are still turned in admiration and hope, — 
 striking examples for warning or imitation. 
 
 But the century, with all its scenes and events, is now 
 among the things that were. Its successive generations of 
 men have come upon the stage and passed off, in the fulfil- 
 ment of nature's law, and we are left in their places. We, 
 too, must successively yield our places in life to others. 
 
 The youngest among us cannot hope to witness the second 
 centennial of Dublin. Long ere that shall come, this whole 
 congregation will " sleep the sleep that knows no waking " 
 on earth. What is to transpire during the coming century 
 cannot be foretold, and it is useless to conjecture. From 
 what has taken place in the past, we may reasonably expect 
 an accelerated progress in the several departments of art and 
 science and discovery. Let us hope it will also be fruitful 
 of means for improving the physical, intellectual, social, and 
 moral condition of man. If this town is " a good one to 
 emigrate from," let the specimens we send abroad testify to 
 our faithfulness in educating them ; and may those remaining 
 here ever sustain the reputation of our common mother, so 
 that the former may not blush to own the place of their 
 nativity. 
 
 Once more, my friends, I welcome you to your native 
 town. 
 
 Though wintry wnds come stealing 
 
 Along our northern hills, 
 Oiu: hearts' warm fount of feeling 
 
 Nor time nor absence chills. 
 
 The choir sung "Greeting Glee." 
 
 The following letter from Aaron Appleton, Esq., of 
 Keene, was read : — 
 
 Kekne, June 7, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
 of your favor of the 15th ult., inviting me to attend the cele- 
 bration of the hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the 
 town of Dublin, on Thursday, the ITtli inst. 
 
 Be pleased, gentlemen, to accept my sincere thanks for this 
 mark of their attention. The object proposed by the people 
 of Dublin, which will assemble together natives of the town 
 and persons who have resided there, as well as others, meets 
 
58 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 my cordial approbation. It is now many years since I resided 
 in Dublin ; but I have oftentimes visited it, and have always 
 taken an interest in its welfare and prosperity. It would 
 afford me much, pleasure to join in the festivities of the occa- 
 sion. I regret to say, however, that my ill-health will not 
 permit me to accept your polite invitation. 
 
 "With best wishes for the success of the celebration, and 
 for your own personal happiness, I remain, gentlemen, very 
 respectfully. Your friend and servant, 
 
 Aaron Appleton. 
 
 Messrs. Jona. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, and Ransom N. Poeter, 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 
 3. The second sentiment was read : — 
 
 "The Primitive Inhabitants of Dublin. — Simple in manner, wise in delibera- 
 tion, energetic and persevering in action, — their hardships and their virtues have 
 consecrated their memories to the admiration of posterity, and should lead us to prize 
 the privileges vye enjoy." 
 
 Music by Band. 
 Letter from Thomas Hardy, Esq. 
 
 Dover, July 5, 1852. 
 Gentlemen, — I received your circular, inviting me to 
 attend your centennial celebration in Dublin on the 17th ult., 
 the 2d inst. Of course, it was rather too late to be present 
 on that occasion. It bears the post-mark of June 4. The 
 postmaster informed me it arrived the preceding evening ; 
 so that it must either have slept in some office several weeks, 
 or have been carried round " Eobin Hood's barn " the same 
 length of time. I assure you, gentlemen, nothing would 
 have given me greater pleasure than to have taken a part in 
 that social and festive meeting. To have been there would 
 have brought fresh to my recollection scenes that are now 
 numbered with things past and gone, and which " the me- 
 mory fondly delights to recall," Had I been present on 
 that occasion, I should probably have met some of my old 
 contemporaries and friends, with whom I was once well ac- 
 quainted, though most of them have immerged in the ocean 
 of eternity. I rejoice that " Dublin is what she is ; " and 
 that the cause of education is '^ still upward and onward," 
 receiving aid from patriotic fathers and matron-mothers. I 
 have seen a laconic account of your celebration in the 
 " prints ; " and, judging from that, conclude you had a splen- 
 did one. I would like to see it more in detail, which I 
 presume might be found in a Keene paper. Accept, gentle- 
 
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 men, niy'cordial thanks for your polite invitation, while I am 
 thine, in every laudable undertaking, 
 
 Thos. Hardy. 
 
 JoNA. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, R. N. Porter, 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 
 4. Third regular sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Revolutionary Soldiers. — Their names may not have come down to us 
 to be entwined with laurel ; but the work of their hands survives, — a crown of glory 
 to the people, a star of hope to the nations." 
 
 QUADRETTE — " IIAIL, YE HeROES," &C. 
 
 Mr. Lawson Belknap made some interesting extempo- 
 raneous remarks, interspersed with anecdotes, showing the 
 spirit and energy displayed by the people of this town during 
 the War of the Revolution, and the dangers and hardships 
 encountered in defence of the country. 
 • 
 
 The following sentiment was sent by John Elliot, Esq., 
 of Keene, formerly of Dublin : — 
 
 " The Patriots op Bunker's Hill, — Among whom, seventy-seven years ago 
 this day, my father, and the fathers or grandfathers of many of you, struck the first 
 blow for the freedom of their homes : may the memory of their virtue and devotion 
 be with us, as abiding and ennobling as the hills that shadow their graves." 
 
 5. Fourth sentiment : — 
 
 "Our Forefathers. — The times in which they lived may be sneered at as the 
 ' old pod auger times.' The men themselves may be laughed at, for carrying a stone 
 in one end of the sack to balance the grain in the other ; but well would it be for those 
 who deride them to imitate their many good qualities. Though humble, yet they 
 were virtuous and respectable." 
 
 Chorus — "Hail Happy Day," &c. 
 
 Samuel Morse, Esq., of Croydon, formerly of Dublin, 
 responded to this sentiment, and had spoken but a fev/ 
 minutes, when a clap of thunder admonished the assembly 
 to seek some better shelter than the dense foliage of the 
 grove. They accordingly adjourned to the meeting-house, 
 and held the remaining exercises there. INIr. Morse declined 
 saying more ; and, from the peculiar circumstances, no notes 
 were taken of what he did say. 
 
 By Daniel Elliot, M.D. : — 
 
 "The Memory of the Three Morses — Deacon Eli, Squire Reuben, and Major 
 John; worthy specimens of ih^ ■primary granite formation of the town of Dublin: may 
 ' chips of the old block ' never be wanting among you." 
 
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 Letter of Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D. 
 
 Peterborough, June 12, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I thank you for the invitation to attend the 
 celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the settlement of 
 Dublin. If the infirmities of fourscore and six yeai's per- 
 mit, I shall gladly attend. [He did attend.] 
 
 It gives me high satisfaction that the people of Dublin 
 propose to hold a centennial celebration commemorative of 
 the settlement of the town. The hardships, privations, and 
 dangers which the first settlers endured ought to be remem- 
 bered ; and the courage, fortitude, self-denial, and patient 
 toil which they exercised, ought never to be forgotten. The 
 first tliird of the century was peculiarly trying. Severe 
 labor, hard fare, provisions scarce and distant, camp in the 
 woods, bad or no roads, few in number, exposed to cruel 
 savages in the French war of 1755, sufiieriif^s in the Kevo- 
 lutionary "War, able-bodied men called to the army, money 
 scarce or depreciated, were some of the difficulties to be 
 encountered. Having been born in the woods, some of these 
 trials are fresh in my memory ; others were repeated by those 
 who endured them. 
 
 The second third of the century was less trying. Labor 
 was less severe, farms and buildings were greatly improved, 
 the number of inhabitants increased, roads made and im- 
 proved, and plenty and prosperity enjoyed. 
 
 The last thii'd of the century has been attended with great 
 improvement and prosperity. Farms have been well culti- 
 vated, houses built and repaired, convenience and comfort 
 have been sought, the improvement of the roads has claimed 
 much attention and labor, and the value of property has been 
 increased. 
 
 Much has been successfully done for the social, intellec- 
 tual, moral, and religiovis education of the young. The dis- 
 tricts are supplied with good and convenient school-houses ; 
 teachers are well qualified, parents and others regard the 
 schools with deeper interest, and are r^dy to furnish facili- 
 ties for their improvement. 
 
 The Sunday-school has been well attended, and been very 
 beneficial in forming the moral and religious character of the 
 rising generations. Valuable libraries are provided for 
 the young, and for those who have ceased to resort to the 
 school-house for instruction. The church has been ably and 
 

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 faithfully supplied, and been well attended ; and harmony 
 and peace have been enjoyed in the town. 
 
 For the last quarter of the century past, I have, with much 
 satisfaction, witnessed the constant improvement in Dublin ; 
 especially in what pertains to the social, moral, and religious 
 culture of the young. I cordially congratulate the people 
 on the present prosperous condition and prospects of the 
 town ; and I rejoice to believe that they will continue to 
 advance in what is excellent and praiseworthy. 
 
 Wishing, gentlemen, that you may have a joyous and 
 happy celebration, I am respectfully your friend, 
 
 Abiel Abbot. 
 
 To JoNA. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, Ransom N. Porter, 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 
 6. Fifth sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Foremothers. — Their spinning-jenny spun but one thread ; their power- 
 loom was propelled by their own muscles ; their piano * discoursed sweet music ' from 
 the linen-wheel; their pleasure-carriage, the old horse with saddle and pillion; their 
 tea and coffee, an infusion of pork and beans, — models for wives, patterns for 
 mothers." 
 
 Song — "Oxm Glorious Yankee Nation." 
 
 Communication from Dr. Ebenezer Morse, of Walpole. 
 
 Mr. President, — At the invitation of your Committee, I 
 have come once more to revisit my native hills, survey the 
 beautiful prospects, admire the crystal ponds, and listen to 
 the melody of the murmuring streams. These, I find, 
 retain all their pristine beauty with wliich they were clothed 
 sixty-seven years ago, when I first inhaled the pure atmo- 
 sphere which ahvays plays around these beautiful heights 
 between Merrimac and Connecticut rivers. I have come 
 also to mingle my congratulations with other residents of 
 this my native town on this exhilarating festival. 
 
 After an absence of more than forty years, it is to be ex- 
 pected that I should see many new faces ; and I find it so. 
 Not one in a hundi-ed is familiar to my eye. Our fathers 
 and mothers meet us here no more ; our brothers and sisters, 
 nephews and nieces, have mostly gone to distant lands, or 
 are grown out of our recognition. Where are the Green- 
 woods, skilful workers of wood and iron, whose faces we 
 used to see every Sunday ? Where are the different families 
 of Twitchells, that we were accustomed to see holding the 
 breaking-up plough or tending mills ? Where are the 
 Morses and Masons, whose mingled blood flows in my veins. 
 
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 and whose presence we were always sure to greet on every 
 public day ? 
 
 Alas ! yonder gravestones can silently tell 
 
 The place where their bodies now peaceably dwell. 
 
 On visiting my native place, my memory is clustered with 
 a thousand recollections dear to my heart ; and if I revert 
 to them on this occasion, before responding to the sentiment 
 that was last read, I trust I shall be pardoned for the digres- 
 sion. 
 
 There's a ^dtching enchantment in that little grove 
 AVhere we children and lambs in the shade loved to rove, 
 Till " old crazy Stanford " was seen there one day, 
 Which spoiled all our innocent frolic and play. 
 The rocks in the fields where we labored can show 
 The marks of the harrow, plough, shovel, and hoe. 
 I can see all the brooks where the trout used to play. 
 The meadows and ponds where we fished and made hay ; 
 Can hear the shriU notes of the loon, which so fond 
 Is caUiug her mate from a neighboring pond. 
 
 That primitive church, alas ! where is it now, 
 Where our fathers and mothers in faith loved to bow ? 
 By the side of Beech Mountain for years it had stood. 
 Recording the prayers of the pious and good. 
 I remember the pews with their pretty turned slats. 
 And the posts where the men used to hang up their hats. 
 These last were a happy resort for the head. 
 And lengthened the naps when long sermons were read. 
 But the music awoke every one to admire, 
 ^Vhen they heard Ensign Twitchell lead off in the quire. 
 That christening-font very seldom was dry, 
 Where Christ, with his blessing on children, was nigh. 
 Here Sprague taught the truths which religion adorn, 
 Afid left all his treasures for children unborn. 
 That bright crj'stal spring near the chmxh never dried, 
 Where we boys used to eat bread and cheese by its side. 
 Here we spent our long noonings, of which we were fond, 
 And picked the sweet berries that gi-ew round the pond. 
 
 But these scenes to which I have alluded have mostly 
 passed away; still memory lingers around those spots in 
 which youth has so many hallowed associations. But one 
 object, and a very prominent one, in the features of Dub- 
 lin scenery, remains very little altered during the last fifty 
 years, or even the last six thousand years ; and that is old 
 Monadnoc. 
 
 There he stands, gazing far up in the sky, 
 Expecting a kiss from the clouds that pass by. 
 His head is quite bald, and has been growing gray 
 Since Adam and Eve saw the light of the day. 
 His nightcajj of fog always keeps on his head, 
 Till all the damp clouds to the ocean have fled. 
 
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 His jacket and coat that he formerly wore, 
 Composed of short spruces, are seen there no more ; 
 In a lire with high wind he once happened to lose 'em, 
 And the brilliant carbuncle he wore in his bosom. 
 In these tangled forests the wolves used to roam. 
 And howl through the woods when their whelps were half grown ; 
 And well I remember Avhen my uncle Ben 
 Brought three home alive, which he took from their den. 
 And many a sheep, from their ravenous bite, 
 Have had their blood sucked from their throats in one night. 
 But a wolf-hunt is called from the neighboring tOAvns, 
 They take up their march with a whoop and a hollo ! 
 And a ring of sharp-shooters the mountain surrounds. 
 The hounds take the lead, and the hunters aU follow ; 
 But the wolves were too cunning, so hide in their den, 
 Aaid never were seen by the hounds or the men. 
 AU the game of the hunt is a great lazy bear, 
 Whose flesh, when well roasted, the company share. 
 
 But our mothers must now claim our especial attention. 
 Mine was born one liunclred and two years ago, was married 
 at sixteen, and, at the commencement of the Revolutionary- 
 War, had four children. Notwithstanding this care on her 
 hands, she was ready and willing to assist in getting the hay 
 while my father was in the army ; and was also compelled to 
 listen to the roar of the cannon, as it came from the plains of 
 Bennington, where her husband was fighting the battles 
 of his country's freedom. And I have heard old Mr. John- 
 son say, that, on the 17th of June, seventy-seven years ago 
 to-day, he was half-hilling his corn ; and, every time he 
 stopped to rest on his hoe-handle, he could hear the distant 
 roar of the cannon, which was then dealing death on the 
 heights of Bunker Hill. These were times that truly tried 
 men's souls, and women's souls too ; for they knew not but 
 the very same cannon were making themselves widows, and 
 their children fatherless. 
 
 Biit fortitude, courage, and freedom were there, 
 Which the men and the women must equally share. 
 
 In the sentiment that has been read, allusion has been 
 made to the old-fashioned pillion. These, in every sense of 
 the word, were p/eoswre-carriages, and the only ones in use 
 till 1818. In parties of pleasure, as well as of business, 
 they were considered both safe and commodious. Dr. Caus- 
 tic, who wrote more than fifty years ago, describing a fancy 
 ball, says, — 
 
 " My girl, the prettiest of a million, 
 Shall ride behind me on a pillion." 
 
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 And it was no unusual sight to see a couple start for a 
 ball in that pleasant and cozy mode of conveyance. In one 
 instance which I witnessed, a skittish horse was so frightened 
 with the white dress, pink sash, and flowing ribbons of the 
 ball-dress, that he could not be brought within six feet of 
 the object of his fears ; but the young belle had the agility to 
 leap from the top bar of a four-rail fence, and land herself 
 safely on the pillion ; and, when her arm was fairly round 
 the waist of her beaiv, there was no danger of being thrown ; 
 for the more the horse reared, and the faster he cantered, the 
 tighter she clung to the object of her affections. 
 
 But a good substantial horse-block, with which every door- 
 yard was furnished, the ascent and descent to and from these 
 pleasure-carriages was rendered both easy and commodious. 
 There was one always in repair at each end of the old meet- 
 ing-house, for public use ; and I have heard my father say, 
 that, when he and mother started from church, the old mare 
 never broke her trot, up hill and down, till they got home. 
 And, after the introduction of four-wheeled carriages, you 
 could not persuade a prudent woman, who had for fifteen or 
 twenty years enjoyed the safe and easy seat of a pillion, to 
 expose herself to the danger and complicated movements of 
 a wagon under the price of a broken neck. 
 
 Our mothers also knew how to make bean-porridge, and 
 always recommended it by example as well as precept. 
 It was a standard dish for supper, and never produced the 
 night-mare, which is the effect of many dishes now in use. 
 It was a fancy dish too ; so much so as to be put into rhyme, 
 and every child was taught to sing, — 
 
 " Bean-porridge hot, bean-porridge cold, 
 Bean-porridge in the pot nine days old ; " 
 
 accompanied with clapping of hands with as much zest as 
 " Old Dan Tucker " or " Uncle Ned " are at the present 
 day. But, when I came upon the stage, bread and cider 
 and milk-porridge took the place of the fancy dish of our 
 fathers and mothers, and finally banished the porridge-pot 
 from the chimney corner, where it usually stood with its 
 contents unexhausted for at least nine days. 
 
 The last view we shall take of our mothers must be at 
 the musical spinning-wheel. There they spun but one 
 thread at a time ; but that was a long one and a strong one. 
 It happily resembled the thread of life, which they spun to 
 
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 a good old age. This, too, was even, smooth, strong, and 
 endurmg ; never got tangled or snarled with the petty jars 
 which too often disturb the votaries of a fashionable life. 
 
 A daughter's outfit at her marriage, in those days, was 
 considered incomplete without a spinning-wheel. And why 
 should it not be, since, without that useful instrument of 
 domestic industry, their children must have gone without 
 sliirts. There were no " factory girls " then ; but all the 
 women were manufactorj girls, and scarcely an article of 
 clothing was used in the family that was not spun and wove 
 by the skill and industry of females. There was no muslin 
 to work but that made of flax and wool, no embroidery but 
 that wrought in the checkered apron, no cushions to stuff" 
 but the pillion, no gymnastics but the wheel and loom, no 
 pound-cake to cook but that made of rye and Indian, no 
 lacing cords but the woollen apron-strings. And what were 
 the physical results? Why, rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes, 
 vigorous minds, strong muscles, good appetite, hardy con- 
 stitutions, courageous hearts, and kind souls. Compare the 
 effeminacy of our present fashionable females with the hardy, 
 healthy, enduring, and useful mothers of fifty years ago ; and 
 then think what will be the helpless condition of the females 
 of the next hundred years, if they suffer themselves to con- 
 tinue under the deteriorating influence of custom, fashions, 
 and the false pretensions of refinement. The persevering 
 industry, the fi-ugal economy, the useful employment, and 
 energy of character of our mothers ought to be written on 
 the hearts of the present generation as an everlasting memo- 
 rial of departed worth, and recorded in the town-records for 
 an admonition to those who shall celebrate the next centen- 
 nial festival of Dublin. 
 
 But I have something more to say about the musical foot- 
 wheel, the mention of which reminds me of a short chapter 
 in my own history, which I beg the privilege to abbreviate. 
 
 Forty-eight years ago I wrote a sonnet, describing the 
 personal beauties, the mental accomplishments, but more 
 particularly the industrious habits and admirable skill, of a 
 certain young lady, with whose united charms I was more 
 than half in love. She is probably present now, lives in 
 this town, has a family of children, and no doubt makes a 
 good wife. I must further add, that I never had the courage 
 to show her the sonnet : had I done so, the destiny of both 
 of us might have been materially altered through life. I 
 
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 do not recollect all that I wrote of her domestic qualifica- 
 tions ; but one couplet, relating to the foot-wheel, is still 
 fresh in my memory, which I will repeat : — 
 
 With merry heart I saw her twist off 
 The magic thread from her pine distaff. 
 
 I make this quotation from one of my juvenile produc- 
 tions, not on account of its poetical beauties, or to refresh 
 the memory of one I so much esteemed, but to show the 
 high estimation in which the industrious and useful em- 
 ployments of young ladies were held in former times, so 
 much so as to be celebrated in songs and sonnets ; and I 
 venture the assertion, that an expert performer on the foot- 
 wheel, forty or fifty years ago, was as much toasted, compli- 
 mented, and admired for her execution on that instrument, 
 as the fashionable drummers on the modern piano are at the 
 present day. 
 
 Oh ! the kitchen was a delectable hall for such musical 
 concerts. 
 
 The boys dressed the flax, and the girls spun the tow, 
 
 And the music of mother's foot- wheel was not slow. 
 
 The flax on the bended pine distaff was spread. 
 
 With squash-shell of water to moisten her thread. 
 
 Such were the pianos our mothers woiild keep, 
 
 Which they played on while spinning their children to sleep. 
 
 My mother's, I'm sure, must have borne off the medal ; 
 
 For she always was placing her foot on the pedal. 
 
 The warp and the filling were piled in the room, 
 
 Till the web was completed and fit for the loom. 
 
 Then labor was pleasure, and industry smiled, 
 
 While the wheel and the loom every trouble begtdled ; 
 
 And here, at the distaff, the good wives were made, 
 
 Where Solomon's precepts were fully obeyed. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I intended to have been present at your cen- 
 tennial celebration, and have prepared some remarks, by way 
 of response to a sentiment sent me, for the occasion ; but 
 numerous other avocations, I fear, will prevent my being 
 present, though my sympathies will be with you. Should 
 you deem them appropriate, you may cause them to be read, 
 as the sentiments of E. Mokse. 
 
 Walpole, June 14, 1852. 
 
 7. Sixth sentiment : — 
 
 " The late Rev. Edward Sprague, — As noted for liberality as for eccentricity. 
 Generations unborn shall rise up, and bless his memory." 
 
 Song — "Forget not the Dead," Ac. 
 
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 Mr. Moses Corey, being present, remarked that he lived 
 for a considei'able time in the family of Mr, Sprague, in a 
 situation that gave him many opportunities of knowing his 
 opinions, views, and feelings ; and he could testify, from 
 his own knowledge, to the truth of the idea embodied in 
 the above sentiment. He related several anecdotes illustra- 
 tive of his liberality in religious opinions, as well as his 
 eccentricity in common affairs. His religious views were 
 different from those of most of the clergymen of his own 
 denomination in the vicinity. 
 
 8. Severith sentiment : — 
 
 " Emigrants from Dublin, present and absent, — Scattered from Maine to 
 California. May the principles here inculcated in youth prove a shield in the hour 
 of trial, and make each one a fountain sending forth similar influences to others ! " 
 
 Music by the Band. 
 
 To this sentiment Mr. James G. Piper, of Boston, re- 
 sponded as follows : — 
 
 Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — In attempting 
 to speak here, I labor under great disadvantages ; for this is 
 a centennial meeting, embracing in its subjects for our con- 
 sideration the events of a hundred years, nearly seventy of 
 which had rolled their seasons past ere I was born. I stand 
 before many who can discourse familiarly upon occurrences 
 that passed under their immediate observation years before I 
 had opened my eyes to the light of day, and were eye-wit- 
 nesses to scenes of which I know nothing except by hearsay. 
 Therefore I feel embarrassed, and more inclined to make my 
 bow and sit down than to proceed. But I know you are 
 kind and indulgent, and will pardon me for being born so 
 late in the century, and make all just allowance for my 
 youth and inexperience. In making my speech, I suppose 
 I ought to begin at the beginning, in the year one of the 
 town. But here I am baffled in the outset ; for I cannot 
 look back thirty years before things appear so shady and 
 indistinct, that I can scarcely discern a single object. One 
 step farther, and I am completely befogged ; and any attempt 
 at exploration is as fruitless as the search for Sir John 
 Franklin. 
 
 But the " emigrants from Dublin " have been kindly 
 noticed here ; and it so happens that I am one of that class, 
 resident down in the Old Bay State ; a State in some re- 
 spects second to none in the Union, and which we venerate 
 
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 next to our own good Granite State ; for it is the native State 
 of many of our ancestors. There is Plymouth Rock ; there, 
 too, are Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill ; and this day 
 is not only the anniversary of the settlement of this town, 
 but likewise of the battle of Bunker Hill. Since then, how 
 changed ! Before the settler's axe, the primeval forests have 
 bowed ; and their ashes now fertilize the soil you cultivate. 
 The thunder-drums of war have beat and ceased. The old 
 heroes are gone. 
 
 " They sleep their last sleep ; 
 They have fought their last battle ; 
 No sound can awake them to glory again." 
 
 But the glory of theii- deeds shall last, and their names be 
 surrounded with a halo of glory ; and such a fame shall be 
 theirs as before them no mortals had won. 
 
 Yes, I am a son of Dublin, and love to be asked where I 
 hail from. I always answer promptly. Once, when a resi- 
 dent in Worcester, Mass., a man there, a native of the north 
 part of the State, said to me, by way of a wipe, that he did 
 not see how it happened that such a hard, hilly place ever 
 became settled. I answered that many of the first settlers 
 came fi'om Massachusetts, having too much enterprise to stay 
 there, especially in the part where his father lived. I did 
 not wish to be uncivil ; but we all know that either State 
 has plenty of hills and rocks, and produces abundance of 
 spoonhunt and mulleins. But people are not to be judged 
 by soil and climate alone : their churches and school-houses 
 are to be noticed ; and Dublin has them both, and they 
 have their influence upon the people. The farms here are 
 not so productive as in some other parts, nor do the people 
 boast of their- interest-money and stocks ; yet the Savings 
 Bank at Keene and Freeman's Bank at Boston have their 
 Dublin depositors and shareholders. But, if Dublin is such 
 a good place, why do so many leave it, and even go back to 
 Massachusetts, which the enterprise of their ancestors led 
 them to leave ? Since this town was settled, great changes 
 have taken place. Railroads have been built from city to 
 city, and into the heart of the country, and we have been 
 induced to try our luck abroad ; but I confess, come to 
 return, and see how well off" those are we left, how inde- 
 pendent and easy they live, I am almost sorry I ever left ; 
 for, after all, in the words of Burns, — 
 
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 " There's nac hame like the hame o' youth, 
 Nae ither land sae fair ; 
 Nae ither faces look sae kind 
 As the smilin' faces there." 
 
 An old Scotch lady, who was born during the passage of 
 her parents to this country, used to say she was not born on 
 the Eastern nor the Western Continent, nor anywhere else 
 on the face of the earth. Now, I think it quite unfortunate 
 not to be born somewhere on the face of the earth ; and I 
 am thankful, in the first place, that I had the good luck to 
 be born somewhere, and, in the second place, that I was 
 born in so good a place as Dublin. 
 
 But whither have the emigrants from Dublin gone ? The 
 east, the west, the north, the south, can answer. To trace 
 their paths, you must stretch away over yonder Green Moun- 
 tain ridge, that floats, as it were, against the sky of your 
 western horizon ; over the Alleghanies, to the prairies of the 
 far-distant "West ; out among the Middle States, and down 
 among the sunny Southern ; ay, follow the banks of the 
 River Platte till you have crossed Nebraska, and reached 
 the Uocky Mountains ; pass through the gorge, and traverse 
 the wild Indian deserts, where not a sound strikes the ear 
 save the yell of the savage, or yelp of the kiota ; and pass 
 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, down among the golden 
 gulches of California ; and even there shall you find Dublin 
 represented. Her sons have traversed the Eastern Ocean and 
 the Western Ocean ; doubled Cape Horn, and doubled Good 
 Hope ; sailed all around the globe ; and long ago would 
 have been to the moon, had any conveyance thither been 
 discovered. It is quite evident that the character of the 
 natives of Dublin is somewhat migratory ; but I am sure 
 none will ever forget or cease to venerate his native town ; 
 and may those good principles early inculcated ever guide 
 them, whether at home or abroad, on the ocean or the 
 land ! 
 
 Finally, Mr. President, and fathers and mothers, sisters 
 and brothers, in closing allow me to propose — The Progress 
 of Dublin. 
 
 If, at the centennial which we now celebi'ate, we can look 
 back to the past and perceive progress, may those who shall 
 celebrate the next, while, like the sleepers in yonder green 
 graveyard, we, too, shall be sleeping, look back to still 
 greater ; and so may this progress go on, from century to cen- 
 tury, through all coming time, till time itself shall cease ! 
 
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 Letter from Mr. Charles WfiittemcA-e. 
 
 New York, 9th of June, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Yours of the 31st ult., inviting my lady 
 and self to attend your celebration, was duly received. 
 
 In ordinary times we should not have failed to comply 
 with your kind invitation. It would have afforded us great 
 pleasure to meet our old townsfolks, and commemorate the 
 hundredth year of the settlement of our native town. But 
 circumstances, which I need not detail, will not permit us 
 to do so. 
 
 A thought, however, has struck me, that I can do some- 
 thing to make the people who may assemble, glad on this 
 occasion. I therefore propose to send, on Friday or Satur- 
 day next, a barrel of syrup suitable for lemonade, which 
 will make from 250 to 800 gallons of pleasant drink. I 
 will send it by railroad to Keene, directed to Jonathan K. 
 Smith, Esq., Dublin, N. H. 
 
 Permit me to offer as a sentiment, — 
 
 " The Good People of my Native Mountain Home. — May temperance in all 
 things, and especially in strong drinks, prevail among all, both old and young." 
 
 Your Friend, 
 
 Charles Whittemore. 
 
 J. K. Smith, A. H. Fisk, R. N. Porter, 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 
 The syrup mentioned in the foregoing letter was duly 
 received, and contributed not a little to the comfort and 
 pleasure of the occasion. The heat of the weather made it 
 peculiarly grateful to the taste of the people. There was 
 more than sufficient for the wants of the multitude of thirsty 
 men, women, and children, who were present. 
 
 J. K. Smith offered the following sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Pleasant Beverage from New York. — Like prosperity, the sweet alone 
 would cloy us; like adversity, the acid alone would be unendurable: properly min- 
 gled, just adapted to our natures, — pleasant, grateful, refreshing." 
 
 Letter of Mr. James J. Perry. 
 
 South Danvers, Mass., June 8, 1852. 
 Your circular, tendering your very polite and cordial invita- 
 tion to attend your centennial celebration, was duly received. 
 It would give us the highest satisfaction, could we be present 
 
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 and participate in the festivities of the day. We might there 
 meet, greet, and take by the hand, many that were long our 
 youthful companions in by-gone days. But Danvers has a 
 similar celebration (her two hundredth) the day before ; and 
 it is impossible to be present at both. 
 I propose as a sentiment — 
 
 " Dublin. — May she have many sons and daughters ' to rise up, and call her 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 Jas. J. Perry. 
 
 Messrs. Smith, Fisk, and Porter. 
 
 Letter of Rev. James Tisdale. 
 
 Shdtesbury, June 11, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — We are much obliged to you for an invi- 
 tation to attend the centennial celebration at Dublin ; but 
 my health at present is hardly adequate to the duties that 
 devolve upon me, and that must be our excuse for non- 
 attendance. 
 
 That it would be highly gratifying to us both to be pre- 
 sent, we need not say. Six years we resided in Dublin. 
 During that time, we formed many interesting acquaintances, 
 and received many kind expressions of regard. Some who 
 have departed this life are cherished in our recollection ; and 
 others that are living have not been forgotten. The industry 
 of the inhabitants, the well-disciplined schools, and well- 
 conducted lyceum, are remembered by us. And, if the 
 providence of God had permitted us to be present on the 
 17th of June, it could not have failed to be an interesting 
 day to us, as it must be to great numbers that will be 
 present. 
 
 Allow me to present the following sentiment : — 
 
 "To THE Youth of Dublin. —Would you be favored, blessed, successful, and 
 influential, be obedient to your parents, attentive to the aged, respectful to your 
 superiors, and kind to all." 
 
 AVe present our special respects to the members of the 
 Committee, and kind remembrance to friends and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 In behalf of Mrs. Tisdale and myself, 
 
 James Tisdale, 
 
 Col. Jonathan K. Smith, Asa II. Fisk, Esq., 
 Dr. Ransom N. Porter. 
 
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 Letter from Dr. Ambrose Lawrence. 
 
 Lowell, June 4, 1852. 
 
 Messrs., — Your favor of the 31st ult, inviting me to be 
 present at the " First Centennial of Dubhn," was duly 
 received. 
 
 I can only return you, gentlemen, my sincere thanks for 
 your kindness in extending your invitation to me, once an 
 unworthy resident of your town. Previous engagements, 
 requiring my presence elsewhere on that day, will, I hope, 
 be considered a sufficient excuse for what would seem almost 
 a duty. 
 
 Allow me to conclude by offering you, as a sentiment, — 
 
 " Dublin. — She has passed one hundred years in prosperity: may she never pass 
 one year of adversity." 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 Ambrose Lawrence. 
 
 To JoNA. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, Ransom N. Porter, 
 Committee. 
 
 9. Eighth sentiment : — 
 
 •'Natives of Dublin who hate not Emigrated. — The grandeur and beauty 
 of our natural scenery, and the superior advantages for moral, social, and intellectual 
 culture, have outweighed in our minds the splendor of the city and the fertility of the 
 prairie, and induced us to cluster around the old hearthstone and the graves of our 
 fathers and kindred." 
 
 A Glee — "Home." 
 
 10. Ninth sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Clergymen. — While we would duly honor all who have held the sacred 
 office among us, we gratefully recognize one, who, at his decease, contributed liberally 
 of his wealth for the intellectual, moral, and religious improvement of future genera- 
 tions; and another, who long has been, and still is, drawing freely from the treasures 
 of his head and heart to promote the same great object." 
 
 Rev. Levi W. Leonard spoke in substance as follows : — 
 Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — I am called upon 
 to respond to the sentiment just read. The first clergyman 
 of this town was the Pev. Joseph Farrar. He was ordained 
 here fourscore years ago this very month, twenty years after 
 the date of the first settlement, one year after the town was 
 incorporated. Few persons now living here ever saw him. 
 That he was well qualified for his office, so far as learning 
 and piety were concerned, has been often certified to me by 
 persons who knew him in the days of his residence in this 
 
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 town. During the first two years of his ministry, we have 
 reason to beheve that he was a successful and acceptable 
 preacher and pastor. But ill health wrought a change in 
 him, which was manifested by a partial aberration of intel- 
 lect. He entertained strange and unfounded suspicions with 
 regard to the conduct of some of his flock. On the side of 
 the hill back of the old church, he built a small house, and 
 there lived, for a time, alone. Such difficulties arose, in 
 consequence of his singular conduct, that his services were 
 deemed no longer useful. A council was called ; and, upon 
 his request, a dismission was granted, at the end of the 
 fourth year of his ministry. 
 
 The successor of Mr. Farrar was the Eev. Edward Sprague. 
 Although nearly thirty-five years have elapsed since his 
 decease, yet many of you who are now present have seen 
 his face and heard his voice. During the space of forty 
 years, he was the minister of the Congregational Society of 
 Dublin. In the first half of his ministry, it is evident, from 
 what was stated in the address at the grove, that he was 
 straitened in pecuniary means. But at length, by inheriting 
 a portion of his father's estate, he became rich. He then 
 relinquished his salary ; and, during sixteen years, he sup- 
 plied the pulpit, and performed other duties of his office, 
 neither asking nor receiving any pay. 
 
 That he felt deeply in his heart for the welfare of the 
 people of Dublin, cannot be doubted. With small excep- 
 tion, he bequeathed them his whole property. To the society 
 of which he was pastor, he gave a specified sum ; and the rest 
 for the benefit of the common schools. 
 
 In the changes of circumstances, interests, and feelings, 
 which are ever taking place, it is too common for the grateful 
 remembrance of departed benefactors to become fainter and 
 fainter, till, at length, little is retained besides their names. 
 
 The character of Mr, Sprague, drawn by the hand of a 
 personal friend, is inscribed on the monument erected over 
 the spot where his mortal part was laid in the earth. As you 
 repair to that field where the dead repose, and there recall 
 the memory of the friends who have gone before you, you 
 will not fail, on some such occasions, to read the words 
 chiselled in hard lines upon that marble slab. Let such an 
 act awaken in your hearts a deep feeling of gratitude and a 
 lively sense of obligation. But grateful feelings and kind 
 remembrances are not all that we owe to such a benefactor. 
 
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 It is our duty, so far as we can with truth, to defend his 
 reputation, and especially to remove those misapprehensions 
 which, in his case, have widely prevailed. 
 
 Persons whose characters are marked by striking pecu- 
 liarities are very liable to be judged erroneously. Their 
 deviation from the common forms of society exposes them to 
 be considered as wrong in intention, when wrong is far from 
 their thoughts. During the whole course of Mr. Sprague's 
 education, he mingled very little with the world around him. 
 From unacquaintance with the ways and manners of a life in 
 the country, and having never been trained in the methods 
 of New England thrift-making, he was exposed to being 
 easily overreached in such business-transactions as were 
 necessaiy in his domestic arrangements ; and there were not 
 wanting persons who would remind him that he had been 
 cheated in a bargain or purchase. This rendered him some- 
 what suspicious of those with whom he had dealings ; and 
 his ways of protecting himself were apt to partake of his 
 peculiar characteristics. 
 
 During the period of Mr. Sprague's ministry, it was almost 
 universal with those who made public donations for educa- 
 tional purposes, to establish academies, or to found professor- 
 ships in colleges, which should bear their names ; and many 
 persons, no doubt, thought it strange that a wealthy clergy- 
 man should so far mistake the interest of his fame with 
 posterity as to bequeathe his property for the support of 
 common schools. But what has been the result of subse- 
 quent inquiry in reference to tliis subject ? Public opinion 
 has undergone a change. Although academies and colleges 
 are still duly valued, yet common schools, through the 
 efficient labors of Horace Mann, are deemed not less impor- 
 tant ; and, as in them the mass of the people are to be 
 instructed and trained, they are regarded by many as of 
 higher importance. It was the deliberate opinion of Mr. 
 Sprague, formed long before his last sickness, that the 
 improvement of common schools was an object of such 
 moment as to deserve the special aid and countenance of the 
 friends of education. He decided, therefore, in favor of 
 common schools. 
 
 For this decision, the successive generations of Dubhn 
 will warmly cherish his memory. They will not forget that 
 he sacrificed the common ambition of having his name 
 attached to a single institution, and bequeathed the largest 
 
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 portion of his estate for increasing the efficiency and useful- 
 ness of those unobtrusive seminaries in which the minds and 
 hearts of the children and youth who dwell here may be 
 formed, we will hope and pray, for righteousness on earth, 
 and blessedness in heaven. 
 
 Of the Rev. Elijah Willard, the first pastor of the Baptist 
 Church, I can say that all my intercourse and communication 
 with him was friendly and pleasant, and such as to make me 
 regard him as a faithful Christian minister, seeking the sal- 
 vation of the people of his charge. His fervency and sym- 
 pathy with the afflicted on funeral occasions are well known 
 to many, both of his own people, and of other inhabitants of 
 the town. To si)eak more particularly of his character and 
 success as a pastor and preacher, belongs to others more than 
 to myself. It is enough for me to say, that, after a ministry 
 of nearly forty years, he came to his grave at the advanced 
 age of eighty-eight ; and that, as a clergyman and a citizen, 
 we believe he will be kindly remembered by all who become 
 acquainted with his character and services. 
 
 Of the other clergymen who have labored in this town as 
 ministers of the gospel of Christ during my residence here, 
 all are living, so far as I know, except the Rev. Samuel 
 Harris. He preached for the First Trinitarian Congrega- 
 tional Society some two or three years. He had been settled 
 at Windham, in this State. Though his period of service 
 here was short, yet he is remembered as a man of an amia- 
 ble, substantial character ; a ]3reacher of fair ability, but too 
 distrustful of himself to gain marked attention, yet well 
 esteemed by all who knew him. 
 
 Of the living clergymen, and of myself, I shall say nothing. 
 Some, indeed, are not present, whose faces we should be glad 
 to see on this occasion. But our days of service are not yet 
 ended. Ere long, however, we shall all pass from time to 
 eternity. While our days are drawing to their close, we 
 may be permitted to indulge the hope that we shall not be 
 wholly forgotten by those for whom it has been our duty to 
 labor as ministers of Christ ; and, were we to put up together 
 a prayer to the Father of all, we should, I doubt not, all 
 unite in beseeching him to endue you with wisdom from on 
 high, and to enable you so to improve your social, educa- 
 tional, and religious privileges, that, when you go hence, 
 you may be greeted with " a welcome to the joy of your 
 Lord." 
 
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 Cincinnati, 0., June 12, 1852. 
 Dear Sirs, — It would have given me true pleasure to have 
 been present at your first centennial celebration ; and I thank 
 you for your kind invitation. But the occasion comes too 
 early in the season for my acceptance of it ; and I must 
 content myself with this very imperfect acknowledgment of 
 your remembrance, A host of pleasing memories surrounds 
 the name of Dublin ; and, whenever I entered the town — 
 as I have done how many, many times, in days departed, 
 and hallowed in the heart and memory — to exchange with 
 that most excellent pastor who is one of the high priests of 
 New Hampshire in more senses than one, a purer air, 
 morally as well as physically, seemed to surroimd me and 
 exhilarate me. All praise and honor to the noble towns of 
 education, temperance, religion, freedom, righteousness, and 
 peace, in New England, of which yours is one of the purest, 
 highest, and most celebrated, where the least has been done 
 by nature, and the most has been done by man ! The glory 
 of the workmen is their work. I give you, then, as a 
 sentiment, — 
 
 "Dublin. — 'A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid; ' and this one need not 
 hide, ought not to bo hid, and cannot be hid." 
 
 INIost respectfully, your friend, 
 
 A. A. LiVERMORE. 
 
 To Messrs. FisK, Smith, and Porter. 
 
 11. Tenth sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Sabbath Schools, — Moulding the plastic minds of our youth ; so that, by 
 divine aid, they may become • vessels of honor ' in the Christian church." 
 
 Rev. Samuel F. Clark, of Athol, Mass., a native of 
 Dublin, made the following remarks : — 
 
 If I am not mistaken, Mr. President and friends, it was 
 in this town that the boy in the field, when tauntingly inter- 
 rogated by a passing stranger with the inquiry, " What do 
 you raise on these barren hills ? " aptly responded, " Our 
 soil is rather hard and cold and broken, and we can raise 
 little else ; so we build school-houses, and raise mew." 
 
 Some towns excel in agriculture, some in mechanical, and 
 some in commercial piirsuits. Ours has gained distinction 
 in neither of these. The branch of enterprise in which this 
 town has been most successful is that of " raising men." 
 "We do not claim among her sons and daughters many who 
 are noted for what is deemed a high eminence. But Ave do 
 
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 claim that those who have been nurtured on these hills have 
 attained to a high level of intelligence, enterprise, and virtue. 
 Other towns may boast of more great names ; but very few, 
 indeed, can offer so high a standard of general excellence as 
 must be indisputably conceded to this. While it is true of 
 those born here, that few have been known to fame, it is 
 also true that fewer have been known to infamy. As few 
 have occupied places of rank in business, literature, or the 
 professions ; so there have been few who have been drones 
 in society, and burdens to the community. No town can 
 rejoice in greater freedom from such incumbrances than this. 
 Those who have remained here, or have gone out from their 
 native town, have generally been industrious, enterprising 
 citizens ; such as society always relies upon for supjDort, and 
 of whom it may well be said, at last, " The world has been 
 better for their having lived in it." It is in the nurture and 
 culture of such citizens that this town has gained a no 
 unenviable distinction. 
 
 And now, Mr. President, permit me to advert to the 
 cause of this very desirable success ; and, in doing so, it is 
 presumed that the generation wliich is passing away will 
 excuse it in us, as one of the pardonable foibles of youth, if 
 we assume that this distinction is of modern attainment ; 
 nor will you, Mr. President, I presume, take exception, if 
 I search no farther back for tliis cause than our minds 
 may be borne by the sentiment to which I am called to 
 respond. 
 
 No town, it is believed, has enjoyed a more happy sabbath- 
 school influence than has been exerted here for the last 
 thirty years ; and we doubt not that to this influence may 
 be attributed no small degree of the excellence of character 
 which we who are emigrants are always proud to hear 
 ascribed to the home of our childhood. Of course, in 
 making this remark, I do not forget the high grade of our 
 common-schools, nor by whose influence they have been thus 
 elevated ; but of their- success it is not to-day my province 
 to speak. I may say, however, that the most favored means 
 for intellectual culture can avail nothing desirable, unless 
 such culture be accompanied with proper moral and religious 
 instruction ; and I am happy to add, that here the two have 
 been most happily combined and directed by the same guar- 
 dian-influence. 
 
 Of the Sunday-schools of Dublin, T am familiarlv ac- 
 
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 quainted with but one, and consequently am not able to 
 speak of the statistics or success of the others. This I 
 regret ; but I trust there is some one present who is able to 
 do them ample justice. To the seasons which I have spent 
 in the school connected Avith the First Parish, I shall always 
 revert as among the most profitable and fondly cherished 
 hours of my childhood and youth ; and these associations are 
 all the more dear to me, because she who so amiably shares 
 my truest affections ever turns as fondly as myself to these 
 scenes of her early and later religious imj)ressions. 
 
 This school was established in the year 1823, and num- 
 bered, at that time, one hundi'ed and twenty-two pupils, of 
 whom but seventeen are now residents of the town. It has 
 continued to flourish from that time to this under the care 
 of the same devoted pastor, and many of the same faithful 
 friends, who cherished its incipient growth. It now em- 
 braces one hundred and sixty pupils, which is not far from 
 its usual number. A very gratifying feature in tliis school 
 is the unusual number of young ladies and gentlemen who 
 are constant in their attendance upon its instructions ; and, 
 indeed, in all its desirable features, I may safely say, this 
 excels any of the very many similar schools with which my 
 experience as a teacher, superintendent, and jDastor, has given 
 me an acquaintance, both in the country and the city. Con- 
 sequently, its influence upon the young has been marked, so 
 much so as to be observable to strangers ; and I remember 
 that an old gentleman of high respectability in an adjoining 
 town once remarked to me, that he always knew when he had 
 crossed the line between the towns by the deportment of the 
 boys ; for, said he, the last boy, as a traveller passes in, is 
 sure to thi-ow a stone after his carriage, while the first boy 
 he meets in Dublin is as sure to take off his hat and make a 
 bow. Experience in various places has convinced me, that 
 this is but a fair illustration of the happy success of our 
 sabbath-schools. 
 
 And what, now, may we ask, is the secret of the superior 
 influence of this school ? For such results do not come by 
 chance. 
 
 Undoubtedly the secret is traceable to more than one 
 cause. Connected with this school have been devoted su- 
 perintendents and faitliful teachers, without whose aid very 
 little could have been attained ; but all these, we venture to 
 affirm, will concede to another the higher wisdom and devo- 
 
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 tion which have been the directing influence over this and 
 the common-schools. No pastor has ever devoted himself 
 more assiduously to the culture of the young, or done more 
 for their improvement, than he who has just left this stand, 
 and who, in his remarks, has been too modest to say any 
 thing of himself; but to whom, for his untuing efforts in 
 our behalf, we who have grown up under his care owe a 
 lasting debt of gratitude. 
 
 I will not now speak of the superior intellectual, moral, 
 and religious influence which his public teaching and social 
 intercourse have shed over the young in this town ; for that 
 is obvious to all. But there are other means which have 
 been prodigally used for our benefit, and yet so modestly 
 that I fear few of us have ever been sensible of their 
 origin. 
 
 I am sure that I need not remind very many who hear 
 me, how, when we were children, we used to repair to the 
 minister's study, in the old tavern-house, wdiich is soon to 
 give place to the new church, — a fitting spot, already conse- 
 crated in our memories by the associations to which I allude, 
 — for those little books which his personal kindness always 
 provided so liberally to culture our early love for reading. 
 Thus were those books, furnished at his expense, carried 
 into almost every family in town, till, at length, they at- 
 tracted the attention of a practising physician. Dr. Cai'ter, 
 who, perceiving their happy influence, took the matter in 
 hand, and soon induced the people to establish the present 
 juvenile library. The three hundred books then already in 
 circulation were presented by the minister ; and from this 
 gratuitous nucleus has grown this library, which now num- 
 bers nearly two thousand volumes, and w^hich, under the 
 direction of its librarian,* has done more than any other 
 influence to mould the acknowledged intellectual character 
 of this tow^n. 
 
 Neither is it necessary for me to remind those w^ho have 
 been pupils in this Sunday-school of the annual present of 
 books which has been awarded to each scholar since the first 
 organization of the school. But perhaps all may not be 
 aware, that, for these, they have been chiefly indebted to 
 him who has just declined saying any thing of what he has 
 done himself, as they are also for all the manuals which have 
 been used in the school for thirty years. 
 
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 I am aware, that, were I to wait for his permission before 
 divulging these facts to the public, I should be obliged to 
 wait till the next centennial ; so I have deferred asking it ; 
 nor do I think we are under any obligations to consult him 
 at all in this matter. 
 
 I have lately had occasion to refer to the records of the 
 library and the Sunday-school ; and, in looking them over, 
 my eye rested on some items of expenses which modesty 
 ought not longer to be allowed to conceal. I will not say 
 that I obtained the perusal of these records under false 
 pretences, because that would hardly be honorable to my- 
 self. But I can say that I did not avow my whole purpose 
 in requesting a sight at them ; for it was not necessary to do 
 so ; and besides, if I had, my principal design in seeking 
 access to them, which was to be able to show the pecuniary 
 expense which the pastor of this school has incurred for the 
 library and the school, might have been defeated. The 
 result of my investigations and inquiries may be told in few 
 words. The money paid by the minister for the three hun- 
 dred books first given to the library, together with subsequent 
 donations, would, if put at interest at the time of the several 
 donations, amount now to more than |510 ; nor does this 
 include the expense of paper for covering the library, wliich, 
 together with the whole care of the books for thirty years, 
 has been a gratuitous oifering of the librarian. I find also 
 that the money which the pastor has paid annually for 
 manuals and presents for one hundi'ed and fifty or sixty 
 scholars of the sabbath-school, if put at interest at the time 
 of the several payments, would now amount to upwards of 
 $1,114, which, added to the sum expended on the library, 
 swells the amount of his free-will offering for the benefit of 
 his pupils to the large sum of $1,624. 
 
 In these facts, the reflecting mind will not fail to discover 
 the secret of the uncommon success of this school, and of the 
 high excellence which this town has attained in consequence. 
 Nor do these figures reveal our pastor's beneficence in 
 but a single department of his numerous spheres of useful- 
 ness. I say our pastor ; because, when he was settled here, 
 and when he commenced these plans of usefulness, he was 
 the pastor of the town. There are others who can testify to 
 similar deeds from the same hand. Nor have I yet an- 
 nounced all I might reveal ; but I forbear the rest, as well 
 from other considerations as from want of time. 
 
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 Allow me now, Mr. President, to close these remarks with 
 the following sentiment ; in offering which, I do not forget 
 the former minister of this society, who has been remem- 
 bered with gratitude here to-day, nor yet others, present and 
 absent, who have contributed of theii' means for the benefit 
 of this town ; but, with many thanks to them all for their 
 liberality, allow me to offer — 
 
 " The Town of Bridgetvater, Mass. — Our pastor's native place ; Dublin's 
 greatest benefactor." 
 
 12. Eleventh sentiment : — 
 
 " Our Common Schools. — Under the guidance of one who has ever pointed 
 onward and *led the way,' they have risen from 'the District School as it was,' to a 
 condition of which we have no cause to be ashamed." 
 
 Jeremiah Bemis, Jr., Esq., now of Weathersfield, Vt., a 
 native son of Dublin, and a veteran teacher of thirty-seven 
 terms, responded in the following remarks : — 
 
 Mr. President, — In connection with a few words referring 
 to the invaluable services of " one who has led the way " so 
 successfully and so honorably for more than thirty years, I 
 hojie you will not deem it inappropriate for me to allude to 
 " the District School as it was " between the years 1795 and 
 1817. 
 
 During fifteen of the seventeen terms of my attendance 
 as a scholar in Dublin, and three terms of the eight in 
 Marlborough, my teachers were of the former town. I do 
 not remember hearing any one say, that either of them was 
 unfaithful in teaching, did not sustain good order, or, in 
 reclaiming delinquents, preferred not other expedients to 
 corporal inflictions ; but, when the former had been unavail- 
 able, it was then to be expected that their belief in the 
 utility of the latter would be practically manifested. And 
 may we not conclude that the other schools in town were 
 as well conducted ? 
 
 The terms were generally not so long as to prevent the 
 employment of an instructor in two districts in the same 
 winter ; and some scholars attended other schools, when their 
 own were not in operation. 
 
 Some of the school-houses were old and inconveniently 
 
 constructed ; others, though recently erected, and far more 
 
 convenient and comfortable than their predecessors, contained 
 
 seats and desks fashioned after a faulty model. In one of 
 
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 them was a stove, in which dry fuel was consumed ; and, 
 in each of the others which I had been in, a brick fireplace, 
 mostly supplied with green wood. But few of the books 
 were well adapted to the end designed ; and stationery 
 consisted not of "first-rate articles." No apparatus was 
 furnished to facilitate improvement ; nor a well-regulated 
 clock, to indicate to idle or tardy scholars precious and 
 inestimable time lost by them for ever, and also to admonish 
 the teacher if he came in too late. 
 
 Omitting other inconveniences, which caused, apparently, 
 but few if any discouragements, I wish to observe, that, 
 were I to form an opinion of the kindness of parents and 
 others' to teachers, the punctual attendance, studiousness, 
 good deportment, and improvement of scholars, in all the 
 districts in Dublin, by my experience, as an instructor during 
 eleven terms, in Jive of them, I should say, their worthy 
 efibrts tended, in no small degree, to encourage teachers in 
 discharging their duties. 
 
 And now, sir, allow me to say, that, while the " common- 
 schools " have been " under the guidance " of the " one " to 
 whom the sentiment refers, the light of science has been 
 copiously diffused, the "way" brilliantly illuminated, school- 
 terms lengthened, commodious school-houses built, and suit- 
 able books, including the Scriptures, used therein, — all 
 obstacles, perhaps, removed; and "they have risen" to their 
 present eminent " condition." 
 
 BQs thorough knowledge of " the way ; " liis excellent 
 character, that won the confidence, esteem, and respect of 
 those under " his guidance ; " his costly, gratuitous library ; 
 his oral and printed " Lectures on the Present Condition and 
 Wants of Common Schools," and on other topics connected 
 with them ; approved school-books, of which he is the 
 author ; his exertions, as a member of the Board of Super- 
 intending School Committee, from year to year ; and the aid 
 of " the Giver of every good and perfect gift," — are some 
 of his means applied in the accomplishment of his noble 
 purpose. 
 
 Superintending and prudential committees ; successful in- 
 structors of the " schools ; " parents and guardians who 
 subject their children and wards to judicious family govern- 
 ment, who discountenance the reading of such books and 
 prints as are mentally and morally detrimental ; the munifi- 
 cent bequest of the late Rev. E. Sprague for the annual 
 
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 benefit of the common-schools of this town ; they who exem- 
 plify their detestation of all intoxicating drinks as a beverage, 
 and their abhorrence of the habitual use of other banes 
 which enervate the mind, and partially or totally unfit it for 
 the reception of useful knowledge ; those whose influence is 
 against the " sum of all villany," and in favor of the "higher 
 law ; " and all who have " stayed up his hands " whilst he 
 has " pointed onward," or who have otherwise effectually 
 contributed to the progression, — these are such as (" under 
 his guidance ") have aided, either directly or indirectly, the 
 " one who has ever pointed onward, and ' led the way ' from 
 ' the District School as it was ' to a condition of which we 
 have no cause to be ashamed," 
 
 We are not, however, to infer that' the schools ever 
 incurred " shame " whilst moving " onivard,^^ or that they 
 will avoid it when not doing so. 
 
 If some, ascending the " hill of science," should imagine 
 themselves near its summit, and desire unnecessary repose, 
 the " one who " still leads " the way " would kindly and 
 immediately dispel the illusion ; or, should others be satisfied 
 with their present condition, and therefore wish to attain no 
 higher one, he would remind them of the certainty of their 
 retrogression, and consequent " sJiame,^' unless they keep 
 constantly moving " onivard.^' 
 
 But they will doubtless continue to follow their leader. 
 Rev. L. W. Leonard, D.D., till called to receive, as his 
 reward, " a crown of glory that fadeth not away." 
 
 Remarks of Rev. George F. Clark, of Norton, Mass. : — ■ 
 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, — I feel impressed 
 to add a few words to what has ah-eady been said in relation 
 to your Common Schools. Too much cannot be said in 
 their praise ; for no man can estimate — yea, no man can 
 conceive — the influence they have exerted upon the young 
 of your town, and are destined to exert upon future gene- 
 rations. 
 
 Grand and picturesque as ai-e your hills ; surpassingly 
 beautiful and enchanting as is yonder lake ; noble and 
 majestic as is Monadnoc, that " old mountain-king," rearing 
 aloft his bold head to the clouds, — yet far surpassing all 
 these, and interesting above them all, to the patriot and the 
 philanthropist, stand your common-schools, — those beacon 
 lights that bestud, like glittering emeralds, your rocky hills. 
 
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 and cast their mild radiance over your sequestered valleys, — 
 the noblest, the grandest feature of this rough, this rugged 
 place. Yes, Mr. President, it is not your hills and valleys, 
 your mountains and lakes, but your public schools, that 
 have given you a name in the world, — that have immor- 
 talized your town. But, sir, how happens it, that this 
 secluded mountain-town, shut out, in a great measure, from 
 the world at large, and possessing few of the educational 
 advantages of more favored districts, should possess schools 
 so excellent as to become models for the surrounding towns, 
 if not for the whole State ? There is — there must be — a 
 cause for this. Do you suppose, sir, that you or I would 
 ever have heard of Ban de la Roche, if Oberlin had not 
 dwelt there ? And how many, think you, would have 
 heard of Dublin schools, if our Oberlin had not come among 
 us ? Yes, the " sentiment," to which I respond, tells the 
 truth, — gives the secret of the whole matter, — when it 
 says, "Under the guidance of" him, "they have arisen" to 
 the high position they now occupy. Truly, as I can testify 
 from my own experience, having been both a pupil and a 
 teacher in your schools, he " has ever pointed onward, and 
 led the way." For thirty years, a faithful Palinurus, he has 
 stood at the helm. When he came here a stranger, he saw 
 in vision what is now a reality. Many were the obstacles 
 that stood in the way of his success. But, Columbus-like, 
 he has surmounted them all, and anchored, at last, at the 
 St. Salvador of his hopes. Through his untiring perseve- 
 rance, "The District School as it was " has given place to 
 those " of which you have no cause to be ashamed," of 
 which you may justly be proud. 
 
 It may perhaps be said, that "the noble bequest of a 
 former minister is the cause of the present prosperity of your 
 schools." That, no doubt, has had its influence. But 
 money alone could never have produced the results now 
 living before our eyes. Others, no doubt, have been worthy 
 coadjutors. But to the efforts of liim who for thirty years 
 has been Chairman of your Superintending Committee, your 
 schools mainly owe their elevated character. Frequent 
 visits to the schools, addresses to the cliildren, private con- 
 versation with the people, public lectures in the community 
 on the subject of education, are among the means he used to 
 accomplish the end designed. Again, the school-books he 
 has published, practically showing his own interest in the 
 
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 cause, have done much to awaken an interest in both parents 
 and children.* Silently, and without ostentation, he has 
 done his work. You owe to him a debt of gratitude you can 
 never repay. And, if you are deeply sensible you owe it, 
 from my knowledge of the man, I am sure he will ask no 
 other recompense. 
 
 My earliest recollections go back only to about the time 
 when our revered friend, to whom I have alluded, came 
 here, and gave a new impetus to the cause of general 
 intelligence. 
 
 On the extreme borders of the town, near where there is 
 now a flourishing village, in an old dilapidated dwelling- 
 house, with rough slabs taken from my grandfather's saw- 
 mill for seats, and these upheld by sticks driven into large 
 auger-holes, with nothing to support the feeble backs of the 
 feeble-minded boys and girls that sat thereon, I first made 
 my " bow " to the " school-marm," and placed my feet upon 
 the lowest round of "the ladder of learning." On one side 
 of the room, thus strangely metamorphosed into a " Temple 
 of Science," were ranged the long " dressers ; " where the 
 good dame of the house, with exquisite taste, had been 
 accustomed to display her pewter platters and wooden plates, 
 her brown earthern mugs and iron spoons ; while underneath 
 were the noble cupboards, where time and again she had 
 stored the bean porridge and hasty pudding, — those choice 
 viands of a former generation. And well I remember, that 
 some luckless youngsters, for childish pranks deemed hostile 
 to the peace and dignity of the place, would be elevated to 
 those rather high seats for " little shavers," or shut up in 
 the dark abodes beneath ; no doubt to typify the elevated 
 positions they were destined to attain in the world, or the 
 low and dark condition that awaited them, according to the 
 
 * He first gave us "The Literary and Scientific Class-book," — a work that never 
 was duly appreciated by the public generally, but which did much to create, in 
 the young of this town, a thirst for useful and instructive books. I well remem- 
 ber with what eagerness I devoured its pages, even before I was deemed old enough 
 to enter the "classes " for which it was "designed." Soon afterwards came " The 
 Sequel to the Easy Lessons," which is even now outliving, because intrinsically more 
 valuable than, most books of more modern date. A few years later, the young 
 gladly received " The North American Spelling-book." This, in its plan and 
 adaptation to the end designed, is far superior to any book, of like character, with 
 which I am acquainted. I know of no other book, whose reading and spelling 
 lessons are so admirably graded to the footsteps of the youthful mind. Still later, 
 we have an " Analysis of the Elementary Sounds of the English Language," with 
 an accompanying " Chart," — a work long needed, and earnestly called for, in our 
 schools, and, like every thing else, emanating from the same source, " perfect and 
 entire, wanting nothing." 
 
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 thickness of the case that enclosed their "mental apparatus." 
 Split sticks were sometimes placed upon our tongues and 
 ears, probably (for I could never fully understand their sig- 
 nificance) to teach us, poor urchins, that we must neither 
 tell, nor listen to, idle tales in school. 
 
 The school-books of that day were "few and far between." 
 And apparatus, for illustrating any of the studies pursued, 
 would have been deemed as great an innovation as, a short 
 time before, was the introduction of choirs into our meeting- 
 houses. In fact, almost the only apparatus I remember to 
 have seen in the schools, during my connection with them 
 as a pupil, was the ferule and the birch, with the occasional 
 addition of "green-hide." With these, the pedagogues of 
 both sexes were accustomed to stimulate the latent energies 
 of the scholars, give not a very gentle jog to their memories, 
 and quicken their tardy steps up the difficult heights they 
 essayed to climb. And I think I have some indistinct recol- 
 lection, that I was occasionally honored with the privilege of 
 letting others see how admirably this apparatus was adapted 
 to the end designed ! Still, my native modesty — my rather 
 deficient self-esteem — does not for a moment allow me to 
 suppose it was owing to my superior endowments for such 
 a purpose, that I was so frequently selected as the person 
 upon whom this interesting experiment was to be tried. 
 Perhaps, from some cause I was not then able to understand, 
 — wliich, even now, I do not fully comprehend, — I might 
 have been a particular favorite with the teacher. I certainly 
 think they were rather partial to me in that respect. 
 
 But those scenes are now past and gone. They live only 
 in the memory of those who were the actors or beholders of 
 them. The rod and the ferule — those relics of a semi-bar- 
 barous age — are fast losing their hold upon the affections of 
 this advancing and enlightened era. Already are they looked 
 upon with disgust, with horror. True, now and then, we 
 meet with them ; but they only serve to remind us of " the 
 District School as it was." Under a more benign, a more 
 Christian influence, are your schools now governed ; and in 
 no one respect, probably, have they made greater progress 
 than in this. Yet in almost all respects they may be taken 
 as models. In the discipline ; in the manner of imparting 
 instruction ; in the qualification of teachers ; in the means 
 of elucidating the studies ; in the interest awakened in the 
 young ; in their regular and punctual attendance ; in the ef- 
 
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 forts of their parents to second the endeavors of the teacher ; 
 in the new and commodious school-houses, — in all these, 
 are unmistakable evidences that the condition of your schools 
 is such that the blush of shame will not mantle your cheeks 
 when they are mentioned in your presence. 
 
 What is it that causes the young men of Dublin to be 
 so respected abroad, and the young maidens to be sought 
 for from afar ? What is it that makes the genus " loafer,^" 
 especially among the young, such a curiosity here ? What 
 is it that gives such thrift and enterprise to the inhabitants 
 generally? The superior advantages you have afforded the 
 young for acquiring a generous culture, afford a true answer 
 to these queries. 
 
 But, my friends, there are others yet to be heard, and I 
 must hasten on. I have spoken of the past ; the present 
 you know ; and now a word, in closing, in regard to the 
 future. Excellent as your schools now are, do not harbor 
 the thought that they have attained the zenith of their use- 
 fulness, their efficiency. Be not satisfied with the present. 
 Bear in mind that the world is advancing. What is excellent 
 now, will be only mediocrity in the future. To meet the 
 demands of the generations now struggling into life, your 
 schools must go higher than they now are. A hundred years 
 hence, may we not expect that Dublin schools will be as 
 much in advance of what they now are, as they now tower 
 above the first apologies for schools the early settlers, in their 
 poverty, were able to set up ? Who can calculate how high 
 a rank a century will give your common-schools ? Who can 
 set bounds to the means they will afford for the development 
 of the human mind ? All that now appertains to the school 
 and school-room will, a century hence, be considered as 
 mere baubles and child's play, alongside of what will then 
 be enjoyed. These noble school-houses you have lately 
 erected, which have added no little to your fame, will then 
 be among the things that were. Far nobler and more splen- 
 did houses will have been erected in their stead, which, 
 without any figure of speech, may, in truth, be called 
 " temples of science." 
 
 Go on, therefore, ye of the present day. Do your part 
 towards the accomplishment of such a result. Cherish these 
 noble institutions as the " apple of your eye ; " for they are 
 the main pillars and supports of our republican institutions. 
 By affording a good and generous culture to the young, they 
 alone will " save " and perpetuate the " Union." 
 
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 Seek, then, to give your children the endviring riches of a 
 true and living education, — an education fit for the age that 
 is approaching, in which they are to act ; fit for American 
 freemen to possess ; and, above all, fit for those destined for 
 an immortal existence in a higher and holier sphere. 
 
 In conclusion, Mr. President, permit me to give as a 
 sentiment, — 
 
 " Dublin. — May her Common Schools ever be such as to encircle her name with 
 a halo of true glory." 
 
 From Savmel AppJeton, Esq. 
 
 Boston, June 15, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
 of your letter of the 15th ult,, requesting, in behalf of the 
 Committee of Arrangements, my personal attendance at the 
 celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the settlement 
 of the town of Dublin, on the 17th inst. For this polite 
 invitation, gentlemen, I return you my sincere thanks. It 
 would afford me much pleasui-e to join in the celebration 
 proposed by the people of Dublin ; and I regret that my 
 age and bodily infirmities will compel me to be absent on 
 that occasion. 
 
 I have always taken an interest in the town of Dublin. 
 In or about the year 1T86, I resided there for four months, 
 and was engaged, during that time, in teaching two different 
 schools, say of two months each, at eight dollars per month. 
 One of the districts was in the Street, as it was then called ; 
 the other was in the easterly part of the town, near Peter- 
 borough. In this latter district, it was arranged for the 
 schoolmaster to live with the family that would board and 
 lodge him the cheapest. Having been informed where I was 
 to board, I set out for my new home on foot, carrjdng the 
 greater part of my wardrobe on my back, and the remainder 
 tied up in a bandanna handkerchief. On arriving at the place 
 of my destination, I found my host and hostess, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fairbanks, ready, and apparently glad to see me. They 
 were to receive, for my board, lodging, and washing, sixty- 
 seven cents per week. Their house was made of logs, with 
 only one room in it, which served for parlor, kitchen, and 
 bedroom. I slept on a trundle-bed, which, during the day, 
 was wheeled under the large bed, where the master and 
 mistress of the house reposed during the night. Every 
 
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 morning and evening, there were family-prayers, and readings 
 from the Bible, in which I sometimes took an active part. . . . 
 After spending two weeks at Mr. Fairbanks's, I removed to 
 Mr. Perry's. He was a good farmer, his wife an excellent 
 housekeeper ; and I finished my school-term very pleasantly 
 to myself, and, I believe, very satisfactorily to my employers. 
 
 Since that time, great improvements have been made in the 
 public schools of Dublin. I am informed that it contains as 
 good schools, and turns out as competent teachers, as any 
 town in New Hampshire. In consideration of the " good 
 and healthful condition " of its public schools, and of the 
 " spirit of improvement " which appears to animate those 
 who are engaged in them, I am induced to send to the town 
 of Dublin my check for the sum of one thousand dollars, to 
 be appropriated to educational purposes in such manner as 
 the Superintending School Committee shall deem expedient. 
 
 With best wishes for the welfare and progress of the 
 public schools of Dublin, for the happiness of its citizens, 
 and the success of the approaching celebration, I remain, 
 gentlemen, very respectfully, 
 
 Your friend and obedient servant, 
 
 Samuel Appleton. 
 
 JoNA. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, Kansom N. Porter, 
 Sub-committee. 
 
 Toast from Samuel Appleton : — 
 
 "The Common Schools of Dublin. — Uncommon in excellence." 
 
 From Hon. James Batcheller, of Marlborough, one of the Counsellors 
 of the State of New Hampshire. 
 
 Concord, June 8, 1852. 
 Gentlemen, — Your communication, inviting me to attend 
 the centennial anniversary of the settlement of Dublin, has 
 just been received. I regret that my present situation will 
 deprive me of the pleasure of being present. The compari- 
 son of the condition of the town of Dublin for the first 
 fifty years with its present condition must be highly grati- 
 fying to the present inhabitants. In some respects, no 
 border -town can boast of so great improvement. For the 
 want of water-privileges, manufacturing establishments are 
 confined to the extreme border of the town, thus preventing 
 a rapid increase of your central village. But, in agriculture, 
 Dublin has kept pace with the most favored town in the 
 
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 vicinity. But the proud, I may almost say the enviable, 
 condition of Dublin consists in the improvement of your 
 common schools, and, as a sure consequence, the general 
 diffusion of knowledge and science among all the citizens. 
 The generous bequest of the late Rev. Mr, Sprague contri- 
 buted essentially to this happy result. But living individuals 
 (whom it would be fulsome flattery to name) have done 
 every thing in their power to bring about the present happy 
 state of things. Their names ought to be inscribed on 
 marble, and handed down to the latest posterity. I can say, 
 without fear of contradiction, that no town in New Hamp- 
 shire can boast of a population of gentlemen, farmers, and 
 mechanics, equal in intelligence, academic and common- 
 school education, with those of Dublin. Healthful industry, 
 without slavish drudgery ; frugal economy, without penuri- 
 ousness ; hearty generosity, without wasteful extravagance ; 
 sympathy for the poor, the downtrodden, and oppressed, 
 with practical efforts for their relief, — these traits of cha- 
 racter belong to most of the people of Dublin. These 
 results, I again repeat, are the fruits of your unceasing and 
 successful efforts to elevate the standard of your common 
 schools. — Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 James Batcheller. 
 
 Col. J. K. Smith, A. H. Fisk, Esq., R. N. Pokteu, M.D., 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 
 From Bon. William Parker, of Francestown. 
 
 Francestown, June 10, 1852. 
 
 My dear Sirs, — Your kind note, inviting myself and 
 family to partake in the celebration on the 17th of June, 
 was duly received and highly appreciated. 
 
 There is more than the invitation which is pleasing to me. 
 Your object is to celebrate the one hundredth year from the 
 first settlement of the town of Dublin. "What will be more 
 interesting to them than to carry your people back in idea, 
 as well as you can, to the first tree that was fallen, and by 
 whom, or to the first cabin that was built of logs, the first 
 church that was erected, and the first minister who was 
 invited to settle with the few scattered inhabitants ? No 
 subject would be more pleasing to me ; and, gentlemen, it 
 makes a history not only valuable and interesting to the 
 present, but to all coming generations. 
 
 The day you have chosen for your celebration — the 
 
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 anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill — is one of many 
 others full of interest to the people of this country. jNIark 
 the difference between that day and the present. Then all 
 was doubt and fearful anxiety : at the present time, this is a 
 great nation, with a government of the people, enjoying 
 more of the divine blessings than any other nation on earth. 
 
 The few but pleasant years which it was my good fortune, 
 in my youthful days, to spend in good old Dublin, sitting 
 under the teachings of good old Parson Sprague, at the base 
 of old Monadnock, on the shore of the pond, which poured 
 forth its pure waters, and the kind and Clmstian-like treat- 
 ment which I received from all the inhabitants, make it one 
 of the most interesting places to me on earth. I assure you, 
 gentlemen, that it would give me great pleasure to be pre- 
 sent on the day of your celebration ; but my engagements 
 are of such a character as will deprive me of partaking the 
 festivities of the day. 
 
 You will please to accept for yourselves and all your 
 people my best wishes and kind regards. 
 
 Yours most respectfully, 
 
 William Parkek. 
 
 Messrs. Jona. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, Ransom N. Porter, 
 Sub-committee, Dublin, New Hampshire. 
 
 P. S. Permit me to offer you a sentiment : — 
 
 " Your District Schools and School-houses. — In these, no town in the State 
 is before you. Great credit, therefore, is due to Parson Sprague, and his successor. 
 Rev. Dr. Leonard." 
 
 From John H. Foster, M.D., of Chicago, 111. 
 
 Chicago, June 10, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — The reception of your very civil invitation 
 to visit Dublin, and aid in celebrating the hundredth anniver- 
 sary, afforded me much pleasure and gratification, inasmuch 
 as it is some evidence that I am not altogether forgotten by 
 my Dublin friends and acquaintance. 
 
 I should like much to attend this (that is to be) celebrated 
 celebration, and learn something of the early struggles and 
 privations, and ultimate success and prosperity, of the first 
 inhabitants of Dublin, and especially to see, and take by the 
 hand, my old associates and friends ; but the cares of the 
 world are likely to choke the good seed that your invitation 
 has implanted in my breast, and prevent its bearing fruit at 
 this time. 
 
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 I know not, if, on such occasions, it is customary to be 
 sentimental, and drink cold-water toasts ; but, in case it is, I 
 ask leave to give the following : — 
 
 "The uncommon Schools of Dublin — are features as prominent in her moral, 
 as are the hills and mountains in her physical geography." 
 
 EespectfuUy yours, 
 
 John H. Foster. 
 
 To JoNA. K. Smith, Asa II. I'isk, 
 and Ransom N. Porter. 
 
 From Reo Adams, late of Dublin. 
 
 Keene, Ohio, June 10, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Your circular, inviting myself and lady to 
 participate in the celebration of the hundi-edth anniversary 
 of the settlement of Dublin, is just received. 
 
 In reply, I would say, that I should be very happy to be 
 present on that interesting occasion, as I have no doubt it 
 will be. But, owing to the delay of the mail, the notice is 
 too short ; and my avocations are such as to deprive me of 
 the pleasure of an interview with my Dublin friends at that 
 time. Please accept my thanks for this communication, and 
 my good wishes for the success of your celebration. I take 
 an honest pride in the standing of my native town, pai'ticu- 
 larly in regard to education. I see by the reports of school- 
 committees, and other ways, that she stands highest among 
 the high in this respect ; and this regard for her past history 
 is highly honorable to the intelligence of her citizens. I 
 send the following sentiment for your consideration : — 
 
 " The Common-school System, as exemplified in your excellent Schools, — 
 The watch-tower of our liberties. Let that be flourishing, and the country is 
 safe." 
 
 Go on, gentlemen, with your celebration ; do it up hand- 
 somely, as I have no doubt you will ; and my best wishes 
 are with you. 
 
 Reo Adams. 
 
 To J. K. Smith and others. 
 
 13. Twelfth sentiment : — 
 
 " The late Amos Twitchell, M. D., of Keene, — Pre-eminent in his profes- 
 sion ; — a man whom this or any other town might be proud to own as a son. His 
 example admonishes all who would excel, to 'aim high.' " 
 
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 Dr. Albert Smith, of Peterborough, responded : — 
 
 INIr. President, — Having been requested to respond to 
 the sentiment just read, you may be assured that I have 
 undertaken it with great reluctance, from the fear of my 
 inabiHty to do any tiring like justice to such a theme. 
 Since he left no son, nor near kindred, who could respond 
 this day to your kind remembrance of him, that duty has 
 fallen on me, who can only claim a kindred profession with 
 him, and an admiration and profound respect for the man. 
 My acquaintance with him had been long and pleasant ; and 
 sad is it to me, that any one but himself should now stand 
 here to respond on this occasion. A year since, I had occa- 
 sion, by appointment, to make a commemorative discourse 
 on his life and character, before the New Hampshire State 
 Medical Society, in which I could but bai'ely do justice to 
 liim, much less in the brief moments allotted to the speakers 
 of this day. 
 
 With what delight would he meet you this day, if his 
 life had been spared ! If it is permitted to departed spirits 
 to know what is passing in this world, and to be near 
 to living friends, may we not hope that he, and many 
 other departed ones, are now hovering over these scenes, 
 and intensely watching the proceedings of this important 
 day? 
 
 Would that he could stand here bodily, and, instead of 
 my poor eulogy, addi-ess you himself! How would the 
 broad and manly features of liis face kindle, as he surveys 
 this immense multitude, to every one of whom, great and 
 small, his name is familiar as a household word ! His eyes, 
 always so keen and expressive, how would they glow and 
 twinkle, — his noble and majestic form rise in dignity before 
 you, as he would address you in the tlirilling emotion of an 
 overflowing heart ! Would he not use language something 
 like this ? — 
 
 " My kind friends, — This is a great occasion to me. 
 Nothing could afford me more pleasure than to be remem- 
 bered and recognized as a son of Dublin this day. I am 
 not an exception to the general law, that the earliest asso- 
 ciations and impressions are the last to be effaced. Towards 
 this, my native town, I have always entertained a strong 
 affection, which no separation, no increasing wealth or wide- 
 spread reputation, can estrange ; and in all my active life, 
 never have professional calls, from any quarter, however 
 
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 distant or honorable they may have been to me, been re- 
 sponded to with more alacrity and satisfaction than to the 
 inhabitants of these, my native hills. Night or day, in 
 storm or sunshine, has it always been pleasant to me to 
 serve you. I have always felt a more than paternal regard 
 towards you ; and your confidence and reliance on me, as 
 your medical adviser, has always been a source of sincere 
 pleasure. You all very well know, that no storms that ever 
 howled round this mountain in sternest winter ever pre- 
 vented me from attending to any pressing or urgent call, 
 when any of you or yours were in distress or danger. Such 
 as I am, always have I been at your service. 
 
 " Could I forget Dublin ? Could I forget that here sleep 
 the remains of all my early friends ; my father ; my mother ; 
 yes, my mother, — that noble woman, to whom I owe so 
 much, and to whom, under Heaven, I am indebted for all 
 that I am ? Believe me, my friends, no stronger tie was 
 needed to bind me to my native town, than that my mother 
 sleeps here. Her memory, as it was the first of my impres- 
 sions, so will it be the last. Such a mother ! There may 
 have been many as good ; sure, none better. 
 
 " Living but a short distance from Dublin, through a 
 long life, have I watched with much interest the progress 
 of my native town ; and nothing has given me more plea- 
 sure than to see the very great advancement made during 
 the few past years. Though you may have but few sons to 
 present this day, who have been very prominent in the 
 many varied walks of life, yet you can offer what is of 
 vastly more value and of greater honor, — jewels of the 
 finest lustre from every hill and valley of this diversified 
 and mountainous town. 
 
 " Such instances of universal mental culture, such general 
 intellectual and moral development, as are here met with on 
 every hand, are worth all the reputation of having a few 
 names which stand high in the world's estimation, while the 
 community might be correspondingly low. Go on with your 
 good work ; be earnest, be zealous ; let no effort be spared 
 to rear up men and women who shall be specimens of intel- 
 ligence and integrity ; always bearing in mind that there is 
 nothing in this world worth caring for but knowledge and 
 virtue. You have my heartiest wishes for your prosperity. 
 In all human probability, it will not be permitted to me to 
 witness many future changes in the affairs of this town ; for 
 
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 old age and its infirmities must soon be creeping on, and I 
 cannot escape its inexorable decree ; but I may be pardoned 
 in humbly imploring, that, when I change my earthly state, 
 I may be called with the ' harness on,' and in the full vigor 
 of my mind." 
 
 I have thus very imperfectly represented what I suppose 
 Dr. Twitchell might have said, could he stand here and 
 address you on this occasion. I need hardly say to you, that 
 it is no easy matter for any one to imagine what such a man 
 would say, and, much more, attempt to make a poor imita- 
 tion of his thoughts and speech. 
 
 Well did a kind Providence accord to the oft-expressed 
 wish of our excellent friend : he was called home in his full 
 mental vigor, before hebetude or mental decay had touched 
 him, before he had lost one jot or tittle of his ability or skill. 
 Blessed memory of the great and good physician ! ten times 
 more blessed in our affections than to our ambition to call 
 him great ! 
 
 In the language of the sentiment, well may this town be 
 proud of such a son as Dr. Twitchell : such descendants 
 always bring honor to the domestic hearth, and no less to the 
 place of their birth. Never was there a better specimen of 
 om- race physically, — his exterior large, stately, command- 
 ing ; his head massive, with a high intellectual forehead ; 
 piercing eyes, that looked keenly enough on some occasions ; 
 a countenance strongly •exhibiting confidence and self-reli- 
 ance, — enough truly in physical conformation to make a 
 man in the truest sense of the word. And such he was ; 
 and he was no less superior and commanding intellectually 
 than he was physically. He possessed a strongly-developed 
 intellect of the first order, together with a wondrous and 
 peculiar vein of wit, humor, sarcasm, and fun, that led his 
 biographer to term some of his mirthful effusions as Twitch- 
 ellian. There was something in his personal appearance 
 alone, without a particle of haughtiness or pride, which were 
 entirely foreign to his nature, that forcibly impressed stran- 
 gers with the idea that he was no common man. And how 
 strongly would this opinion be confirmed, if he opened his 
 mouth ! for truly such originality, such power and force of 
 thought, such funds of humor and anecdote, would appear, 
 as no man could utter who was not among the gifted of his 
 race. What Dr. Johnson said of Burke applies to him with 
 equal force : " If," says he, " a man were to go by chance at 
 
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 the same time with Burke under a shed to shun a shower, 
 he would say, ^This is an extraordinary man.' If Burke 
 should go into a stable to see his horse dressed, the ostler 
 would say, ' We have an extraordinary man here.' " We 
 can say, with great truth, that Dr. Twitchell was an extraor- 
 dinary man, a superior man, a great man. He was great in 
 all his purposes, great in his life, determined in his will, and 
 possessed of that indomitable perseverance that is ever con- 
 nected with the highest success of human life. He was 
 never daunted ; he met every case with skill, self-possession, 
 perseverance, and unwearied effort, as long as there was any 
 hope. He discarded from his vocabulary altogether the 
 word fail ; and consequently he often succeeded when the 
 chance seemed hopeless. 
 
 Dr. Twitchell was an extraordinary man in his natural 
 endowments ; and, wherever he might have been placed, 
 and in whatever sphere, he was destined to excel. But he 
 did not owe all his superiority to nature and genius alone, 
 great as it was : it was only attained by long and hard study, 
 — by careful observation and experience, by constant training 
 and application to the last day of his life. He was not what 
 might be called a learned man, a man of books and book- 
 knowledge ; his active and laborious life forbade it ; yet few 
 men had more reliable knowledge at their command, know- 
 ledge that was always just ready when it was wanted ; and 
 few men were better " posted up " in all the improvements, 
 new remedies, or important discoveries, in his profession. 
 He always had knowledge for every case ; and he had, 
 above other men, a kind of intuition, by wliich he arrived 
 at conclusions in the investigation of diseases in a moment 
 of time, while other minds were slowly going through all 
 the processes of a careful examination to arrive at the same 
 result. However rapidly he might have reached his conclu- 
 sions, it was not safe to hold the opposite ojainion, if one 
 were solicitous to be in the right. 
 
 This wonderful faculty of his, called in medicine Diagnosis, 
 often unsealed the dark recesses of disease ', often rendered 
 that which before seemed unintelligible, plain and clear, 
 and brought in light where only darkness had prevailed 
 before. So rapid were his investigations, and so easily did 
 he appear to reach his conclusions, that many who saw him 
 could think it only a superior kind of guessing. Yet no 
 man had better reasons for his opinions ; and he could make 
 
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 all these so clear and plain, that even those unacquainted 
 with the human form could readily apprehend, from his 
 forcible and peculiar representations, what part of the system 
 was diseased, how much danger it portended, and on what 
 principle the cure should be attempted. It was now made 
 so plain, that the wonder was, that all this was not seen 
 before. Against the opathics and isms of the day, he was 
 accustomed to utter no measured invectives and cutting sar- 
 casms. " That men and women uneducated in the healing 
 art should have the presumption to descant upon the prin- 
 ciples of homoeopathy or hydi'opathy, or any other of the 
 new-fangled systems of empiricism, as though they could 
 understand their vast superiority over the long-established 
 system of medicine, and be ready to utter invectives and 
 anathemas with all that confidence which ignorance usually 
 inspires, was to him a monstrous absurdity. It may be well 
 imagined, that he met all such cases with the most stinging 
 sarcasm. He would have considered it a prostitution of 
 reason to have called in its aid to weed out what had its 
 only foundation in self-interest or caprice." He abhorred 
 quackery of all the hateful things in the world, not less in 
 medicine than in religion or any thing else. 
 
 He was by many supposed to be a skeptic, because he 
 could not endure cant and hypocrisy, — because he scorned 
 pretension where there was no heart. We have every 
 reason to believe, that he possessed an unqualified belief in 
 God and Immortality. He always reverenced the true 
 manifestations of piety, wherever exhibited. When a female 
 acquaintance (says his biographer), while under high religious 
 excitement, with the kindest intentio\is and the utmost sin- 
 cerity, called to converse with him, saying that God had 
 sent her to speak boldly to him on the state of his soul, and 
 urging him through religion and the church to prepare for 
 death that might happen to him at any moment, — he heard 
 her with gentleness, and thanked her for her kind thoughts, 
 and concluded by saying, " But, my friend, you are mis- 
 taken. God never told you to call on me. He knows my 
 heart better than any one else, and I know he never sent 
 you. Our prayers," he said, " should arise in every action 
 of our lives ; and we should be continually prepared for 
 death, by always living rightly." Noble thought, kindly 
 expressed by a true heart ! 
 
 The time and occasion will not permit me to speak of his 
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 professional qualifications. I need only say, that such was 
 his reputation as a surgeon and physician, that he was univer- 
 sally acknowledged to rank among the most eminent of New 
 England. Indeed, his bold and successful operations carried 
 his fame to every part of our country; nor was his name 
 unknown to the profession in the old world. 
 
 But, alas ! as has been beautifully said, " His life died 
 with him." So few and meagre are the writings he has 
 left, and these so unworthy of his great fame, that it mvist 
 be said that he now only lives in tradition and in the transi- 
 tory memories of the living. 
 
 Fame thus transmitted, how uncertain and short-lived ! 
 Such great beacon-lights of their age should rear to them- 
 selves, in their lives, some permanent work, that may be a 
 durable monument to their fame. 
 
 In the death of such a man, how much do we regret that 
 such stores of experience, of knowledge, of tact and skill, 
 should all perish at once ? But this is the unalterable decree 
 of our nature : our light, however bright, — however wide it 
 may throw its beams, and however much illumine the dark 
 places and dark scenes of earth, — must go out. This excel- 
 lent man bowed to the common lot of all ; and, while we 
 ought to rejoice that he was spared in his usefulness and 
 prime to the allotted period of human life, threescore years 
 and ten, nevertheless we cannot but follow his departure 
 with sincere sorow, because — 
 
 " He was a man, take him for all in all, 
 We shall not look npon his like again." 
 
 How worthy of commemoration is such a man on an occasion 
 like this ! How many pleasant memories cluster round his 
 name, as we here utter it on the first Centennial of Dublin ! 
 May distant posterity learn his character and fame ; and 
 may his life of good deeds, benevolent acts, and untiring 
 devotion to the good of his fellow-man, be so deeply im- 
 pressed upon the history of our times, that future aspirants 
 for fame may learn that it is only to be attained through 
 excellence, goodness, and usefulness. 
 
 I close with the following sentiment, suggested by these 
 remarks : — 
 
 "Gkeatness and Goodness, — Though not now always associated. May the 
 time soon be hastened, when to be great is to be good.'' 
 
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 14. Thirteenth sentiment : — 
 
 " OuB Departed Friends. — 
 
 " Friend after friend departs. 
 Who has not lost a friend'? " 
 Nay, " Not lost, but gone before." 
 
 Music — "Strike the Harp gently," &c. 
 
 15. Fourteenth sentiment : — 
 
 "Our Female Friends, — Forming the mind and character of youth, smooth- 
 ing the asperity of manhood, and soothing the infirmity of age. Their intellectual 
 and moral culture is the best guarantee for the welfare and happiness of those who 
 come after us." 
 
 To this, Mrs. J. K. Smith responded as follows : — 
 
 If the sentiment just read was intended by the committee, 
 or is considered by others, as a compliment to the ladies, I 
 reply that it is but simple justice. If it was meant as flattery, 
 I take them at their word because it is true. By taking this 
 position, I claim for my sex nothing beyond or above what 
 is clearly indicated by the allotment of Providence. The 
 traits of character here enumerated are those in which wo- 
 man is peculiarly qualified to excel, — those in which it 
 w^ould be unfeminine not to excel, — those in which it was 
 clearly designed by our Maker that she should excel. The 
 possession of these qualities, therefore, implies no peculiar 
 merit ; but the absence of them in a female indicates a great 
 deficiency in the true female character. The sexes have dif- 
 ferent offices to perform in the economy of social life, and 
 admirably are they fitted by nature for the places assigned 
 them. The one is qualified to make up the deficiencies of 
 the other, that united they may make as perfect a home as is 
 consistent with the imperfections of mortality. As has been 
 said or sung, — 
 
 " Man is the rugged, lofty pine ; 
 Wo7na7i, the soft and flexile \'inc, 
 ■WTiose clasping tendrils round it tA\'iue, 
 And deck its rough bark sweetly o'er." 
 
 But although, as I said, the possession of these qualifica- 
 tions implies no merit, it does imply a great, a fearful 
 responsibility. The character of the young, the comfort 
 and welfare of all, is in some measure put into our hands ; 
 and woe be to us if we pervert or misapply our power. 
 Who can take the infant, and unfold the budding beauties 
 
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 of his mind like the mother ? — who, like her, draw forth his 
 affections, and develop the moral nature implanted in his 
 soul ? Who, like her, can lead the child along the rough 
 pathway of life, and make it a "path of pleasantness and 
 peace," because the path of virtue ? The latent powers of 
 his mind, the blushing flowrets of his soul, come forth at 
 her bidding, or they remain in their dark recesses for ever. 
 
 And man, too, in his highest estate, how much of his 
 comfort and happiness depends on the character of his wife ? 
 It has been said, that the greatest man must " ask leave " of 
 his wife to prosper, or to be happy. And there is very 
 much of truth in the remark. 
 
 In sickness or sorrow, or old age, whose hands can bring 
 alleviation, whose words cheer and bless, whose sympathy 
 and affection bring all our better feelings into action, like 
 the kind ministrations of the wife or mother or daughter ? 
 
 Standing thus at the very fountain of social and domestic 
 life, on her it greatly depends whether the streams issuing 
 therefrom shall be sweet or bitter. Ministering at the altar 
 of connubial intercourse, the happiness or misery of her 
 household is in her keeping. Hapjjy would it be for many 
 a family, if the female head duly appreciated her position, 
 and cheerfully and conscientiously performed all the duties 
 it imposes. 
 
 In the performance of these duties, the females of the 
 present day may well take lessons from the generations that 
 have preceded them here. The trials and hardships of the 
 mothers of the town drew out many admu'able traits in their 
 character. Patience under privation, fortitude in suffering, 
 firmness in danger, and skill in all domestic accomplish- 
 ments, qualified them for their position as the pioneers of 
 civilization ; and, at the same time, the circumstances in 
 which they were placed served to develop these very qualities 
 they so much needed. If the present generation is largely 
 indebted, for the character they sustain, to the worthy females 
 of the past century, ought not we to see to it that the 
 generations of the next century are under equal obligations 
 to us ? If we duly appreciate the importance of the position 
 we occupy, and conscientiously discharge the momentous 
 trusts committed to us, then indeed will the "welfare and 
 happiness of those who come after us " be comparatively 
 secure, and the blessings accruing to the present generation 
 greatly enhanced. 
 
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 16. Fifteenth sentiment : — 
 
 "The Contributions of Dublin to the Population of our Large Cities. — 
 Among them are men whose untiring business-habits have enabled them to amass 
 much wealth; but their gold has not encrusted their hearts. We trust their liberality 
 and benevolence will continue to increase in a ratio proportionate to their additional 
 means." 
 
 Solomon Pipee, Esq., of Boston, spoke as follows : — 
 
 Mr. President, — I have been called upon to respond to a 
 very flattering sentiment. I only regret it is not better 
 deserved. I am unaccustomed to public speaking, and shall 
 not attempt to make a speech. In the few remarks I propose 
 to offer, I trust I shall be pardoned if I follow my own 
 inclination, rather than the suggestions of the sentiment, and 
 speak of my native town and its interests. 
 
 Public speaking was not among the branches taught in the 
 schools of my day. The condition of the schools in Dublin 
 at that day would compare very unfavorably with those of 
 the present time. Our schools were then kej^t but a small 
 portion of the year. The school-houses were small, incon- 
 venient, and uncomfortable. Old hats were the common 
 substitute for broken panes of glass ; and it was not unusual, 
 on a cold morning, for a detachment of the larger boys to be 
 sent into the adjacent fields to collect decayed stumps to 
 replenish the fire ; and a large portion of the time of the 
 scholars was spent in vain attempts to keep themselves 
 comfortable. 
 
 Just forty -two years ago, at the age of nearly twenty-one, 
 I shouldered my bundle, containing all my worldly effects, 
 and started for Boston on foot, in pursuit of employment. I 
 soon engaged in a business which I have ever since prose- 
 cuted on the same spot. During that comparatively long- 
 period of man's life, there has been no very striking change 
 in the physical appearance of my native town. The same 
 mountains and hills appear in the distance ; the same streams 
 trickle down their sides ; and generally the same houses and 
 fields and orchards are still in view. But, Mr. President, 
 the occupants of those houses, the cultivators of those fields, 
 where are they ? Alas ! where are they ? A generation has 
 passed away ; and their faces, once so familiar, with few 
 exceptions, are seen no more. At that time, I could call by 
 name nearly every man and woman in the town. Now I 
 feel almost among strangers. 
 
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 But the moral and intellectual change has been most 
 gratifying. For many years after I left the town, I was 
 rather ashamed to acknowledge the place of my nativity. 
 If I said I came from Dublin, the first remark was, " That 
 is the town where Parson Sprague lives, is it not ? " and then 
 would follow some half a dozen of the stale jokes attributed 
 to that old gentleman. But latterly a great change has been 
 wrought in the public mind, and Dublin is no longer a by- 
 word. Her praises are abroad, and her sons are no longer 
 ashamed of their parentage. Now it is said that Dublin is 
 the residence of Dr. Leonard, — Father Leonard, as some 
 familiarly call him. They go on to say, that Dr. Leonard 
 has done more to improve the moral and intellectual condition 
 of those under his influence than any other clergyman within 
 our knowledge. He has the best Sunday-school in the coun- 
 try. The common-schools and school-houses are a model 
 for all others. The children of both sexes are well behaved 
 and respectful, to a degree that attracts the notice and appro- 
 bation of the passing stranger ; and, of the numerous young 
 men who, from time to time, have gone out into the world, 
 hardly one is known not to have done credit to his native 
 town. 
 
 These are some of the blessed fruits of the well-directed 
 efforts of a devoted minister, seconded, as they certainly have 
 been, by the co-operation of many excellent men and women. 
 It is true that a little excitement occasionally arises among 
 the inhabitants about the location of a school-house, a road, 
 or a meeting-house, or perhaps about the music in the 
 church ; but these soon subside, and things move on harmo- 
 niously as before. 
 
 Allusion has been made to the late Parson Sprague ; and 
 I cannot forbear to add one word. Mr. Sprague was a very 
 peculiar man ; and I cannot say he was instrumental in do- 
 ing much good in his lifetime. But the noble bequests he 
 made in the disposition of his property conferred a lasting 
 blessing upon the town, and should be held in grateful re- 
 membrance. 
 
 Mr. President, I love my native town. Every thing con- 
 nected with it has a peculiar interest. The very mountains 
 and hills, the rocks and the streams, are endeared to me by 
 my earliest associations. Here were the scenes of my youth- 
 ful sports. It was here that the foundation of my future life 
 and character was laid. It is here that my dearest relatives 
 
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 and friends have ever lived ; and it is in yonder graveyard, 
 between the mountain and that beautiful lake, that the ashes 
 of my beloved parents and brothers and sisters repose. 
 Nothing that relates to Dublin escapes my notice, or is with- 
 out an interest ; and I trust, that, as long as consciousness 
 remains, the same feeling will reside in my breast. 
 
 Mr. President, I rejoice to see this day, and be able to 
 participate in the festivities of the occasion. It is good for 
 us to assemble on this anniversary, and look back to the day 
 of small things, and survey the distance we have travelled ; 
 to erect a landmark for future generations to refer to. It is 
 good for us, who have strayed from the land of our fathers, 
 once more to return, and greet each other and those we have 
 left behind at the old homestead ; and I thank God we this 
 day have the opportunity. 
 
 Dublin has a hard, stubborn soil, but, like the other parts 
 of the Granite State, from which we are proud to hail, 
 produces strong men and worften. Mr. President, in conclu- 
 sion, I would say to my brethren and friends. Go on and 
 persevere in the good works you have so well begun. Con- 
 tinue to cherish and support your churches and schools ; and 
 let no root of bitterness spring up to retard or mar your 
 progress. 
 
 Mr, President, I will conclude by offering the following 
 sentiment : — 
 
 "The Inhabitants of my Native Town. — May knowledge and virtue continue 
 to increase and abound to the latest posterity." 
 
 17. Sixteenth sentiment : — 
 
 "The American Flag, — A century ago, not thought of; three-fourths of a 
 century ago, despised and derided as a Apiece of striped bunting; ' now waving glo- 
 riously over thirty-one States at home, and invoked as a barrier against oppression 
 and tyranny abroad. (Thanks to our friend who has kindly furnished one for the 
 present occasion.)" 
 
 Tune — " Yankee Doodle." 
 
 Capt. Henry C. Piper responded : — 
 
 Mr. President, — The Flag of our Union, first raised in 
 a humble village, has advanced in successive strides from 
 the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico, and now 
 in triumph floats over the heads of more than twenty mil- 
 lions of the freest and happiest people of the earth. Nor 
 have these mighty ocean-barriers been sufficient to inclose it. 
 
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 Xhe winds have lent their aid, and upon their ready pinions 
 borne it to every accessible port between the polar oceans, 
 whether in Europe, Asia, Africa, or the green islands of the 
 far Pacific. 
 
 In the days of the Colonial Confederation in America, it 
 was hailed as an emblem in the clouds of the union of 
 thirteen sister, sovereign nations, to establish and maintain 
 civil and religious liberty ; in Europe as the sign of promise, 
 as the dawn of a day, which, though long obscured by the 
 clouds of ignorance and superstition and the gloom of des- 
 potism, will yet break forth in full perfection, illumined by 
 the light of universal freedom. To the teeming millions of 
 remoter regions, it has borne the gifts of civilization and 
 Christian truth. Ay ! it is a beacon fast becoming visible to 
 all mankind ; leading savage, barbarous, civilized and en- 
 lightened humanity onward and upward to that elevation the 
 Almighty intended they should occupy. 
 
 In the earlier days of the •Union, its upholders and de- 
 fenders were few in number, yet fearless and determined in 
 their purpose, with a firm faith in the equity of their cause. 
 Had their efforts resulted in a failure, their lives would have 
 been sacrificed, their estates confiscated, and all their bright 
 honors buried beneath the deepest ignominy their haughty 
 captors could heap upon the names of vanquished rebels. 
 
 But not so. There stood Washington ; great, good ; 
 the Father of American Independence, with manly bear- 
 ing ; the leader, military, afterwards both civil and military, 
 of that patriot-band; — Jefierson and Adams, the author and 
 defender of the Declaration of Independence ; — Lafayette, 
 who declared resistance to oppression one of the most sacred 
 of duties, rendering indispensable service in the revolu- 
 tionary contest, second in wisdom and true valor to none 
 but tiae immortal Washington; — Hamilton, Arthur Lee, 
 Richard Henry Lee, Franklin, Hancock, Green, Knox, and 
 a few others, in all not too numerous to assemble in a town- 
 hall of ordinary dimensions, yet invincible. 
 
 In later days of our republic, as in 1812 and 1815, we 
 find in the hour of danger a more numerous throng clus- 
 tered around our standard, and upon the pages of our 
 history new names, — a Clay, a Bayard, and another Adams ; 
 in the tented field a Scott, a Jackson, a Taylor ; and on 
 the ocean a Hull, a Decatur, a Bainbridge, and a Perry ; 
 all bold and fearless, even unto death, when that sacred 
 
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 banner was assailed, their country invaded, and their fire- 
 sides in danger. 
 
 And who now support our flagstaff, and uphold the union 
 of these states ? Ah ! yes, men still are found of spotless 
 patriotism, and, I had almost said, of godlike wisdom and 
 mental greatness, ever rea4y to risk " life," " fortune, " and 
 " honor," that the great American example may not falter 
 Avhile they live. May our nation ever be favored with such 
 men to guide us in the council-chamber, and lead us in the 
 battle-field ! 
 
 But, sir, the sun of this last day of a hundi'ed years 
 since civilization first marked these hills and vales is fast 
 declining. Never again shall another morn, numbered and 
 marked as this has been, unseal our eyelids, or cause our 
 heaits to leap with joy, and our lips to move in celebration 
 for the national, state, and town prosperity we have so long 
 enjoyed. I will not trespass on so precious time. 
 
 " The Flag of our Union : long may it wave 
 O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave, — " 
 
 as long as sustenance for man shall be produced from the 
 earth, or di-awn up fi-om the sea ; till all the sons of America 
 be as plants grown up in their youth, and her daughters as 
 corner-stones polished after the similitude of a palace. 
 
 18. Seventeenth sentiment: — 
 
 "Old Monadnock. — 
 
 ' And while a world of human pride, 
 With all its grandeur melts away. 
 And spreads around thy rocky side 
 The broken fragments of decay ; 
 Oh! let us learn from thee to rise. 
 
 All time and change and chance defying. 
 Still pointing upward to the skies. 
 
 And on the inward strength relying.' " 
 
 Daniel Elliot, M.D., of Marlborough, N. Y., sent the 
 following : — 
 
 Maelboro', N.Y., June 10, 1852. 
 Gentlemen, — I have received your invitation to be pre- 
 sent at the centennial celebration of the settlement of my 
 native town on the 17th instant. I need not assure you of 
 the great pleasure it would afford me to be among you on 
 that interesting occasion ; to exchange congratulations, recall 
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106 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 reminiscences, and mingle sympathies, with such as remain 
 from among the friends of my boyhood. But circumstances 
 beyond my control will deprive me of that gratification. I 
 pray you to accept my thanks for your kind and flattering 
 invitation, and to offer to my brethren of the good old town 
 of Dublin my hearty congratulations on their prosperous 
 condition, and my earnest wishes for their onward and 
 upward progress. The committee will also accept my grate- 
 ful acknowledgments for the part assigned me in the exercises 
 of the day, — to speak to " Old Monadnock," my venerable 
 and long-cherished friend ! Nothing could be more con- 
 genial to my feelings. His image, in all its aspects, is 
 ineffaceably impressed upon the tablets of my memory. His 
 very name strikes a cord within me, that vibrates as to the 
 sound of grand and solemn music. His idea is part and 
 parcel of my being ; and to his influence on my young 
 imagination do I owe much of the enjoyment I have derived 
 from nature's varied works. I remember him when clothed 
 with verdant foliage to the very summit. I saw, year after 
 year, the devouring flames climbing his lofty sides, exhibiting 
 him to the surrounding country as a dread volcano or a 
 giant beacon, till half his leafy mantle disappeared. But I 
 like him best in naked majesty, — bald, hoary, stern, asserting 
 his own fixed character. Many a toilsome pilgrimage have 
 I made to his lofty summit, to feast upon the wide-spread 
 banquet for the eye that stretches in all directions from his 
 base. I have spread my blanket on the mossy rocks of his 
 bleak and hoary brow, watching the brilliant stars through 
 the solemn stillness of the night, to catch the first gleaming 
 of the dawn, and hail the earliest beams of the rising sun, 
 while all below was dim and misty ; and richly did the glory 
 of the scene repay the toil. 
 
 I have visited mountains more known to fame, — have 
 stood on higher elevations ; but from no point have I found the 
 view so satisfactory — uniting so much of grandeur, beauty, 
 variety, and extent — as from the brow of old Monadnock. 
 I hail him Ki7ig of mountains ! May his " shadow never 
 be less ! " 
 
 Thus far had I indulged in pleasant reminiscences of my 
 exalted friend, seated in a dreamy mood, before his ample 
 portraiture, that hangs upon my wall, when suddenly there 
 seemed a strange commotion on the canvas. Clouds rolled 
 up and crowned his head, as with a turban ; a mild, electric 
 
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 light played through them ; and there was a heaving of his 
 sides, as from strong internal throes. Across the view floated 
 a mist, which gradually, and with more and more distinct- 
 ness, assumed the "form and fashion of a man." I knew 
 him for the Genius of the mountain, and bowed in silent 
 reverence. 
 
 " Presuming mortal! " said the shadowy form, "how dare 
 thou answer, when 'tis mine to give response to the loyal 
 greetings of my subjects ? What canst thou, the insect of a 
 day, know of me or of my history ? Thou speakest of having 
 seen me crowned with green, as if it were in the olden time, 
 — my very youth. Such is the littleness of man's concep- 
 tion ! Couldst thou look back into the past with me, thou 
 mightst learn to scorn the measure of what men call 
 antiquity. A brief glance beliind the veil is all I deign to 
 give thee, in reward of thy tried loyalty. I will not reveal 
 the mystery of my birth, — in what chaotic and far-distant 
 period, — by what mighty force, — amid what earth-rending 
 convulsions, my massive body was uphoven to the light 
 of day. Barren ages passed, and my naked form was still 
 standing solitary amid a waste of waters. Where the forests 
 now girdle my sides, then gambolled the rude monsters 
 of the deep. As time rolled on, I gladly hailed the com- 
 panionship of peak after peak emerging to the view within 
 my wide horizon. Other untold ages passed, and behold 
 me clothed in waving foliage, — the waters gathered to their 
 place, and the wide-spread earth below me rich in luxuriant 
 verdure. Then was my holyday. Beast and bird coursed 
 freely round my sides, drank at my clear fountains, and 
 reposed beneath the shadow of my rocks. The winds played 
 gaily through the forest; and, when the thunder-clouds 
 approached, I lured them to me, and sported with the 
 forked lightning. In time appeared before me a new 
 class of beings in the form of man, rude and unsettled. 
 They saw the earliest sunbeams ever salute my brow, and 
 the clouds gather about me, as if obedient to my call, before 
 the storm broke below. With superstitious awe they wor- 
 shipped, and Monadnock, the Thunder-father, named me. 
 Centuries moved on their course, fruitless of change, when a 
 new era dawned. In all directions, I perceived large inroads 
 on the forests. Towering smoke by day, and gleaming fires 
 by night, attested that a new race of men had invaded my 
 domains. Not without indignation did I note their sacri- 
 
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 legious warfare on the primeval forests at my feet. At length 
 a new prospect lay before me, — lakes, rescued from obscuri- 
 ty, and gleaming in the sun ; hills and valleys, clothed with 
 the rich and varying tints of culture ; the countless habita- 
 tions of a stable race, with clustering villages and heaven- 
 pointing spires. It was a goodly scene, and I forgave the 
 rude disturbers of my solitude, — nay, hailed them friends. 
 
 " And first in my regards stand these, my faithful and 
 long-cherished sons, who now, on their grand festival, forget 
 not to invoke my name with reverence. They have sat 
 beneath my shadow for a century ; and more of my spirit 
 has been shed upon them than on my other subjects. Three 
 generations have passed before me, rich in granitic virtues. 
 In yonder fields, near the pure waters of the quiet lake, lies 
 many a venerable head, whose strength of intellect, unsoiled 
 integrity, and unwavering sense of right, have done due 
 honor to their pilgrim-sires. Bid their descendants emulate 
 their fathers in all their manly virtues. Let them thank 
 Heaven that light has been shed abroad among them by an 
 untii'ing hand, whose mission was to purify and elevate the 
 young. On the broad foundation thus secured, tell them to 
 build with ever-upward view. From the piu-e region of my 
 lofty seat, I breathe my blessing on them. May they stand 
 firm in virtue, relying on the ' Kock of Ages ' ! " 
 
 The vision passed : you have the message, — and my 
 duty ends. 
 
 Danl. Elliot. 
 
 To Messrs. J. K. Smith, A. H. Fisk, and R. N. Porter, 
 Committee. 
 
 The following sentiment was offered by J. K. Smith : — 
 
 " The Liberty op the Press. — Having been guarded for fifty years by a trusty 
 ' Sentinel,' we consider it safe now, if he is relieved from his post." 
 
 Hon. John Prentiss, of Keene, for fifty years editor of 
 the " New Hampshire Sentinel," sent the following ; he 
 being obliged to leave before the close of the celebration : — 
 
 Mr. President, — I should have availed myself of the 
 great occasion of this centennial celebration, had I not been 
 honored by an invitation from your committee. Besides the 
 pleasure anticipated from greeting many friends, other than 
 the present residents, and natives who have come up from 
 abroad, once more to visit the scenes of their youth, my 
 
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 forty-eight years of intercourse with so many of the fathers 
 and the sons of Dublin, as contributors to the support of 
 the press I established in the last century, imposed obliga- 
 tions to be present on this joyous occasion. 
 
 Before railroads, or even stages, were established, a large 
 number of your most respectable men in Dublin, as well as 
 in most of the other towns in the county, became voluntary 
 post-riders, by clubbing and engaging to see the bundle of 
 Sentinels deposited at the place assigned on the day of pub- 
 lication. In some of the smaller towns, twenty-six would 
 unite, and go to Keene twice a year ; in others larger, fifty- 
 two, and so go only once a year ; and, again, in others, even 
 seventy -five and more. As it was my duty to notify, " Your 
 turn next," — and many present doubtless remember these 
 primitive times, — they could generally make other business, 
 and so, by saving a regular post-rider's fee, did not think it 
 a hardship. Each man also _p«ifZ doivn, satisfied that the con- 
 sideration was a little more valuable than even the hard-earned 
 money in their pockets ; and this kept the ribs of the press 
 well oiled. 
 
 Most subscribers, insulated at that period, depended on 
 my press for their weekly history of occurring events, foreign 
 and domestic ; and this consideration imposed a bounden 
 duty to present things truly, and live up to my motto, some 
 twenty years at the head of the paper, viz. : " I will speak of 
 the things I have seen, and touch uj)on those reported, that 
 the people may consider the whole matter." 
 
 The Press is a vast engine, in a free country, for good or 
 evil, according as it is conducted, with honesty and intelli- 
 gence, or by the unprincipled or ignorant. That I had the 
 countenance of good men, aside from sectarian prejudice, for 
 a series of years, I can only infer from constant support for so 
 long a period, and from the fathers in Dublin in particular. 
 I have an anecdote to relate in proof. One paper-morning, 
 Mr. Huntington, the proprietor and driver of the stage to 
 Peterborough, started at the usual hour ; and, after proceed- 
 ing about a mile, he recollected that he had forgotten the 
 Dublin and other bundles of papers. He wheeled about, 
 and came diiving up to the office. " What's the matter ? " 
 " Why, I left the papers, and I should not dare to drive 
 through Dublin without them : they would kill me out- 
 right ! " 
 
 I am glad that on this occasion justice has been done to 
 
110 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 the character of Dublin's great benefactor, the late E,ev. Mr. 
 Sprague. I knew him pretty well. Half a century ago this 
 month, I dined at his hospitable mansion ; and, afterwards, 
 had with him frequent intercourse. He was eccentric, and 
 often amused himself by questions and remarks, wliich gave 
 rise to a hundred strange anecdotes, in which his language 
 was often distorted, with additions to give it point. Thus I 
 have heard that, once preaching upon the importance of faith, 
 he said it could remove mountains, even Monadnock ; but, 
 looking up, that hillock being visible from the pulpit, he is 
 said to have added, " hardly.'^ The latter portion was pro- 
 bably added by some one else. About the time I first visited 
 him, the late Rev. Mr. Dunbar was settled at Peterborough. 
 He told me he was in Peterborough when Mr. Dunbar was 
 preaching as a candidate, and several of the old Presbyterians 
 (Scotch-Irish) came round him, and asked : " Mr. Sprague, 
 what shall we do with this Mr. Dun-6«r ? " " What's the 
 matter ? " " Why, he preaches nothing but works,, works, 
 works." '' Oh ! " replied INIr. Sprague, " if that is all, you will 
 never be hurt ; it will do you good ; for never did a people 
 more need such preaching than those of Peterborough." The 
 encounter of wits was the keenest with his brother Ains- 
 worth, of JaiFrey, who often visited him. Mr. Sprague's 
 religious views were decidedly anti-Calvinistic. One day, it 
 is said, he took Mr. Ainsworth into his four-horse coach for 
 a ride. On going down hill, the coachman wliipped up the 
 horses to a degree to alarm Mr. Ainsworth, who called out, 
 " Mr. Sprague, we should certainly be smashed at this rate ! " 
 " What's the matter, brother Ainsworth ? never fear. You 
 know that, if it is decreed we are to be smashed, we can't 
 help it ; so we may as well be quiet ! " In the pulpit, Mr. 
 Sprague was solemn in his exhortations to attend to the great 
 concern of the soul's welfare. 
 
 Though it doth not become us to say too much in praise 
 of living benefactors, I cannot forbear, as it belongs to the 
 liistory of Dublin, as well as that it is connected with the 
 press, to say that, within the last ten or fifteen years, scarcely 
 less than one hundred short essays — moral hints for the 
 young, in aid of a higher standard for our common schools, 
 and to promote the cause of. temperance — have been the 
 production of a citizen of Dublin, high in your confidence, 
 and highly respected where ever known. 
 
 In one of these essays, the importance of Institutes, for the 
 
PROCEEDINGS. Ill 
 
 better qualification of common-school teachers, was dwelt 
 upon with much earnestness. This was followed by the 
 ofier of $10 by one individual towards the expenses; and 
 the next week brought the pledge of $10 more from Dub- 
 lin. The subscription was speedily filled. After two or 
 three yeai-s, the legislature authorized towns to raise money 
 for the object, and now provision is made by law. The 
 example of Chesliire was followed by several other counties ; 
 and, under the present efficient Board of County Commis- 
 sioners, these excellent substitutes for normal schools will, 
 I trust, be continued. 
 
 I offer as a sentiment, — 
 
 • 
 
 "DrBLiN. — Elevated in its position by nature, it is not less so by the high 
 ground it occupies in its moral and religious standing; its early action, in banishing 
 from within its limits the sale of intoxicating drinks; and as tbe pioneer, under the 
 Oberlin of our country, in promoting education, as manifested in the vast improve- 
 ment of our common schools and school-houses." 
 
 The following sentiment was proposed by J. K. Smith : — 
 
 " Beard's Telegraph, — Transmitting intelligence with less rapidity than 
 Jlorse's, but in a language that all can read and understand." 
 
 Mr. Beard sent the following response : — 
 
 INIr. President, — "When it was announced, sometime ago, 
 that you were going to have a centennial celebration here, I 
 formed the purpose, at once, to be present ; but with no in- 
 tention of making, or expectation of being called upon to 
 make, either a speech or a response to a sentiment which, by 
 any process, could be made to appear as designed to involve 
 me in any such duty ; though a kind fr-iend has suggested 
 that I ought to say a word for Old Nelson. Sir-, it was my 
 good fortune to be born, and to spend the years of early boy- 
 hood, in that most excellent town ; but I have been a wan- 
 derer long fr'om the old familiar haunts of my childhood, 
 and her good people' will hardly recognize my right to speak 
 for them. I take it that Nelson is here to speak for herself, 
 if there is any need, by a more fitting tongue than mine ; 
 and yet I would most gladly say a word for her myself, if 
 there were need. Hers are my own native hills ; and though 
 my family -name even exists there only in the record of the 
 past, and I am almost literally a stranger there, — almost 
 without kith or kin of any name, — I feel the strongest 
 attachment to her rugged soil, and enjoy, more than any other 
 
112 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 of my wanderings, my occasional visits — unknowing and 
 unknown — to the now deserted homestead of ray fathers, 
 and the graves of the loved ones who sleep in the old church- 
 yard. God bless her, and her hardy sons everywhere ! 
 
 Undoubtedly, Nelson has some right to be heard here to- 
 day. In the early history of your town, the twain were 
 joined together for more purposes than one. I believe the 
 father of the late Dr. Twitchell, of Keene, once represented 
 the town of Dublin and Nelson (then Packerslield, and 
 after the name was changed, called, " for short " I suppose, 
 Pecker-Nelson by the " outside barbarians," sometimes) in 
 the General Court ; and the connection, for the purpose of 
 representation, was kept up, I cannot tell how long. But 
 there was another way in which the two towns were asso- 
 ciated, which took a much stronger hold upon my mind than 
 any mere civil union. I don't know, Mr. President, that you 
 or many of the present citizens of Dublin have a very vivid 
 recollection of the Old Nelson and Dublin "Troop." But I 
 shall never forget it. To my boyish eyes, there was not in 
 the whole wide world, to the best of my knowledge and be- 
 lief, any thing in the military line to compare with it. You 
 had your own military pet here, whose acquaintance I after- 
 wards made; and that may have helped somewhat to modify 
 my extravagant ideas of the " Troop." I refer to the old 
 "Dublin Grenadiers," long since gone the way of all the 
 military portion of the earth in New Hampshire. But those 
 " Troopers," with their scarlet coats and trousers, their big 
 bear-skin caps and bobbing red feathers, their broad black 
 sword-belts and glistening brass breastplates, their long 
 bloody-looking swords and piratical-looking pistols, and their 
 elaborately, if not gorgeously, caparisoned chargers, — was 
 there ever any thing more attractive ? But these same pis- 
 tols, and these "troopers," — " distance lent enchantment to 
 the view." I was mortally afraid of the one, and hardly 
 dared venture on a close intimacy with the other. It will 
 not do, Mr. President, for me to suggest here that you your- 
 self might have been, for aught that I know, one of those 
 same " Dublin Troopers " who used so terribly to " frighten 
 me fr-om my propriety." But, if you do not remember, you 
 must have heard of the military customs of that day. My 
 father had the honor — and it was an honor then — to com- 
 mand that company of " ostentatious dragoons ; " and, when 
 the parade was in Nelson, they used to come round that way. 
 
PROCEEDINGS. 113 
 
 — these " Dublin Troopers," There are men here to-day 
 who have stopped, more than once, down by the watering- 
 trough, with the tops of their scarlet plumes in sight from 
 the house, while they loaded those formidable pistols to the 
 very muzzle, to give the Cap^n a waker. And when they 
 rode up in single file, and each " delivered his fire " at the 
 unoflfending door-sill, I must confess that, for the instant, I 
 lost a little of my admiration for their gaudy trappings. Aside 
 from that, the days when the " troop rode " in Nelson were 
 days to be marked and remembered. 
 
 But enough of this, and enough of any thing from me, at 
 this time, when there is so much to be said, and so many to 
 say it. I thank you sincerely for the honor of an invitation 
 to be with you to-day. I am glad to meet the citizens of 
 Dublin, and the returned wanderers from the old paternal 
 roofs, on an occasion of so much interest to them. I thank 
 you for the compliment, personal to myself, to which I have 
 attempted to respond. If the " random shots " which I 
 have " let off," and the reminiscences which the occasion 
 has called up to my own mind, shall have recalled any plea- 
 sant memories of scenes lang syne, in which those most dear 
 to me took part, and who now ''sleep in the valley," away 
 from their native hills, they will have more than answered 
 my hopes. 
 
 In conclusion, let me pay a compliment to your town for 
 the high stand she has taken in every thing that exalts a 
 town or a nation. Her devotion to religion, to morality, and 
 to education, has given her a name to be honored ; while 
 religion, morality, and education are any thing but a name. 
 
 "Farewell," — Sung by the Choir. 
 
 The meeting was adjourned for a hundred years. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, N. H. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, N. H, 
 
 SITUATION. BOUNDARIES, SOIL, CLIMATE, &c. 
 
 The town of Dublin, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 
 is situated in latitude 42° 54' north, and longitude 72° 03' 
 west, from London. It is bounded on the north by Hancock 
 and Nelson, on the south by Jaffrey and Marlborough, on 
 the west by Marlborough and E,oxbmy, and on the east by 
 Peterborough and Hancock. It is forty-four miles from 
 Concord, the capital of the state ; twelve miles in a south- 
 easterly direction from Keene, the shiretown of the county ; 
 and seventy miles from Boston. 
 
 Dublin has the same diversity of hill and valley that is 
 found in the other towns in this section of the state. It is 
 distinguished, however, by having, in its south-westerly 
 border, a large part of the grand Monadnock Mountain. 
 The boundary line between Dublin and Jaffrey crosses the 
 mountain, passing near its summit. The highest point of 
 Monadnock, according to Dr. Dana, who ascertained the 
 height by a barometer in the year 1816, is 3,450 feet above 
 the level of the ocean. Its elevation above the surrounding 
 country renders it, from a great distance, a conspicuous ob- 
 ject. Its summit is visible from the top of the State-house 
 in Boston; and it is said to be a landmark for sailors on 
 approaching certain parts of the seacoast. Its highest point 
 above the level of a pond in the centre of the town, usually 
 called Centre Pond, but sometimes Monadnock Lake, is 
 1,581 feet. The highest elevation of land next to that of 
 
118 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Monadnock is Beech Mountain or Beech Hill, situated north 
 of the centre of the town. It is 391 feet above the level of 
 the pond. These heights were ascertained by measuring a line 
 on the frozen pond for a base, taking the angle at each end, 
 and making the usual calculations by trigonometry. 
 
 From the top of Beech Mountain, — so called from the 
 large number of beech-trees with which it was formerly 
 covered, — a beautiful view may be obtained, both of the 
 Contoocook and Connecticut river-valleys, and especially of 
 the Green Mountains in Vermont, as they rise in the form 
 of successive terraces from the Connecticut River. From 
 the same place, the Kearsarge and Ascutney Mountains may 
 be seen ; also the Saddleback and other mountains beyond 
 the river Merrimack ; and, when the atmosphere is favorable, 
 the summit of one of the White Mountains is visible, look- 
 ing like a thin, white, stationary cloud, a little above the 
 horizon. 
 
 The ponds in Dublin, besides Centre Pond, are Long 
 Pond in the north part of the town, and several others of 
 less size, the position of which may be found on the map. 
 The streams of water, that rise east of the elevated land 
 which divides the town into two parts, run into the Contoo- 
 cook River, and thence into the Merrimack above the city of 
 Concord ; and those that rise on the west side run into the 
 Ashuelot, and thence into the Connecticut. The rise and 
 direction of the several streams of water are indicated on 
 the map. By far the largest portion of the water in Centre 
 Pond is supplied by springs, which have their outlets beneath 
 its surface. The bottom of the pond is mostly a pure whitish 
 sand. It varies greatly as to its depth. It has been sounded 
 where the depth was one hundred feet ; but the deep places 
 in general are not more than sixty feet. The water is beau- 
 tifully clear. The ice in some seasons is two feet thick, 
 and, when preserved for iise in summer, is found to be of 
 the very best quality. 
 
 The most valuable fish in Centre Pond are trout. As to 
 flavor and other qualities, they have been pronounced, by 
 persons whose good taste in such matters was unquestion- 
 able, inferior to none which the waters of New Hampshire 
 yield. But unfortunately these excellent fish, which, in 
 former days could be caught at almost any time, have 
 become scarce. No pains has been taken to preserve them. 
 At the season for spawning, which is during the last days 
 
HISTOKV OV DLIJLIX. 119 
 
 of September and the first of October, they come towards 
 the shore at a jutting point of land on the west side of the 
 pond. The numbers caught annually are small ; and, unless 
 measures are taken for protecting and increasing them, they 
 must at length be exterminated. Whether the methods 
 recently adopted in France for breeding fish could be suc- 
 cessfully pursued here, may be worthy of consideration. 
 Long Pond yields good pickerel, but no trout. Pickerel 
 and trout, it is said, are not found in the same pond. The 
 former, with their capacious mouths and numerous sharp 
 teeth, are able to destroy the latter. Trouts are found in 
 the brooks of Dublin, and they may be taken at any season 
 suitable for fishing. They are so small, however, that 
 a few scores of them are required to make a meal for a 
 family. 
 
 The native forest-trees of Dublin are beech, rock or 
 sugar maple, white maple, spruce, hemlock, fir, white pine, 
 red oak, larch or hackmatack, elm, wild cherry, bass-wood, 
 the several kinds of birch, chestnut, butternut, ash, and 
 such other trees and shrubs as are common in this latitude 
 and at our elevation above the sea. White oak, hickory, 
 and pitch-pine are not found here ; and, except the latter, it 
 is doubtful whether they ever existed within our limits as 
 a native growth. The beautiful mountain-ash is found on 
 some hills, and the evergreen arbor vita on the east side of 
 Centre Pond. 
 
 The wild fi'uits are the upright blackberry, raspberry, 
 low and high blueberry, checkerberry, strawberry, and, in 
 some spots, the black huckleberry. The shadberry is com- 
 mon. The white blossoms appear early in the spring. It 
 is seldom that many of the berries remain upon the trees 
 till they are ripe. Their taste is a pleasant, mild acid, and 
 children are fond of them ; but, if many are eaten with the 
 stones, they are apt to produce a slight sickness, or nausea. 
 Low blueberries are most abundant on the sides of the 
 Monadnock Mountain. They ripen there later than in 
 other situations. Large quantities are gathered in some 
 seasons. The high blackberries often yield a plentiful 
 supply, constitute a healthful fruit, and are much used. 
 Strawberries are less abundant than in former days, when 
 the land was first cultivated. Raspberries are often found 
 by the sides of the travelled roads, and their fragrance is 
 grateful. 
 
120 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 The wild animals were the same as in the other settle- 
 ments of this vicinity, — bears, wolves, deer, moose, cata- 
 mounts, foxes, raccoons, woodchucks, hedgehogs, squirrels, 
 rabbits, otters, minks, muskrats, and some others. Wild 
 turkeys, in the early times of the settlement, were frequently 
 taken, Timothy Adams, 2d, who first settled lot 12, range 9, 
 found, on one occasion, a nest containing fourteen eggs, on 
 which a turkey was sitting. He took the eggs, and put 
 them under a hen ; after a few days, each egg .produced a 
 young turkey, and the whole brood were raised and sent to 
 Boston for a market. 
 
 The objects of natural history in New Hampshire have 
 never been thoroughly investigated and described. Dr. 
 Jackson's Geological Survey of the State is a valuable work, 
 but less complete than the importance of the subject demands. 
 The surveys made by legislative authority in Massachusetts 
 and New York include all the branches of natural history. 
 Parts of the works published by these states are applicable 
 to New Hampshire, and much may be learned from them 
 respecting our own natural history. Dr. Harris's " Treatise 
 on some of the Insects of New England which are injurious 
 to Vegetation," should be consulted by every farmer. In- 
 sects, though small in size, often become formidable by their 
 numbers. Their destructive power is far greater than that 
 of crows and foxes, for the heads of which the state has 
 sometimes ojSered a bounty. Within the limits of Dublin, 
 more than two thousand diiferent species of insects have 
 been collected. Many more would be discovered by further 
 investigations. 
 
 The climate of Dublin is what might be expected from 
 its elevation above the ocean. The winds are often strong, 
 but the air is pure and bracing. The evenings and mornings 
 of the hot season are generally cool and refreshing. The 
 snow in winter is often deep, and remains longer on the 
 ground in the spring than in the towns which border on 
 Connecticut and Merrimack rivers ; but the thermometer 
 on the hills does not sink so low, on the cold, frosty morn- 
 ings of winter, as in the latter situations. Stage-drivers, 
 that start early from the valleys, are always glad to reach 
 the higher land. It is the strong wind and the drifting 
 snow that make travelling over the hills in the winter un- 
 comfortable and difficult. Due regard has not been paid 
 to the preserving of the forests, with reference to the protec- 
 
HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 121 
 
 tion of buildings and cultivated fields from the violence of 
 the winds. The crops on the hills are less exposed than 
 those in the valleys to early and late frosts. 
 
 From four daily observations, during the year 1852, the 
 mean of the thermometer for each month was as follows : — 
 January, 14.3 ; February, 19.9 ; March, 26.2 ; April, 33.5 ; 
 May, 49.7 ; June, 62.7 ; July, 68.2 ; August, 62.1 ; Sep- 
 tember, 57.7 ; October, 45.8 ; November, 28.3 ; December, 
 27.9. The minimum, January 20th, was 16 below zero; 
 and the maximum, July 9th, was 91 above zero. The 
 changes from a higher to a lower temperature are sometimes 
 sudden. The thermometer on one occasion sank from 81 
 to 43 in less than nine hours. This, however, is an extreme 
 case. 
 
 The geological formation of Dublin is primitive. The 
 land is rocky, and the soil hard to cultivate. A few farms 
 in the easterly part of the town have portions of sandy or 
 gravelly land. Although the soil is hard, yet, under good 
 cultivation, it produces fair crops of Indian corn, oats, barley, 
 and potatoes. On many farms, wheat is raised. For this 
 crop, the land must be well prepared and well manured. 
 When treated with leeched ashes, the yield is greater. It 
 is sown here in the spring. Rye may be grown on the 
 sandy lands ; and it is common, on the first clearing of a 
 piece of land, to rake in rye in the autumn, after the ground 
 has been burned over. Much of the pasture-land is covered 
 with what is called white grass. It goes to seed early in the 
 season, and for the rest of the year gives a white appearance 
 to the fields in which it predominates. Whether these pas- 
 tures can be recruited without cultivation and manuring is 
 a problem which has not yet been practically solved. On 
 some of these pastures, a young growth of spruce, and 
 occasionally of pine, is beginning to appear. This is a de- 
 cided improvement on the sterile aspect presented by a ripe 
 growth of white grass. One of the early settlers of the 
 town said that it was represented to liim before he came, 
 and as an inducement to purchase a farm, that the land in 
 Dublin was so fertile that ''it would never need any manure." 
 Settlers were soon undeceived with regard to such repre- 
 sentations, but the land well repays a generous culture ; and, 
 as labor has become less easily attainable and more costly, 
 the practice has become more common of cultivating a less 
 number of acres. Necessity is compelling the tillers of the 
 
122 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 soil to pay more attention to tlie science of agriculture, and 
 to adopt such methods for improvement as have been prac- 
 tically tested. 
 
 Dr. Jackson, the state geologist, in his final report, 1844, 
 says, "Bogs of peat were observed near the road through 
 Dublin, and the peat may be economically employed in 
 making compost for agricultural use. Drift scratches are 
 common on the rocks, and run north and south." 
 
 Specimens of soil from the farm of Thomas Fisk, Esq., 
 were sent to Dr. Jackson ; and the following are his analysis 
 of the same, in his " Appendix to Agricultural Geology and 
 Chemistry," pages 335, 336. 
 
 Analysis of Soil, Grass-land, from Thomas Fisk's, Dublin. 
 No. 1. 
 Chemical analysis of 1 00 grains gave — 
 
 Water 3.8 
 
 Vegetable matter 8.6 
 
 Siliceous matter 77.6 
 
 Alumina and peroxide iron . . 8.0 
 
 Salts of lime 0.4 
 
 Phosphate magnesia .... 0.6 
 
 99.0 
 Loss 1.0 
 
 100.0 
 
 Soil No. 2. — Subsoil, granite. 
 Chemical analysis of 100 grains yielded — 
 
 Water 1.8 
 
 Vegetable matter 5.4 
 
 Siliceous matter 84.4 
 
 Alumina and peroxide iron . . 6.8 
 
 Salts of lime 0.3 
 
 Magnesia 0.8 
 
 99.5 
 Alkalies and loss .... 0.5 
 
 100.0 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 123 
 
 Soil No. 3. 
 Chemical analysis of 100 grains yielded — 
 
 "Water 5.6 
 
 Vegetable matter 5.4 
 
 Siliceous matter 76.2 
 
 Peroxide iron 10.8 
 
 Salts of lime 0.6 
 
 98.6 
 Loss 1.4 
 
 100.0 
 Soil No. 4. 
 Chemical analysis of 100 grains yielded — 
 
 Water 3.2 
 
 Vegetable matter 7.0 
 
 Siliceous matter 80.4 
 
 Peroxide iron 9.0 
 
 Salts of lime 1.4 
 
 Magnesia 0.3 
 
 101.3 
 
 In the above-named Appendix, the constituents of soils 
 from various parts of the state are given. 
 
 We give here the statistics of agricultural produce for the 
 year 1838: — 
 
 Number of acres of wheat sown 19^ 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 1,771 
 
 „ „ acres of rye sown on ploughed land ... 34 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 340 
 
 „ „ acres sown with barley 112 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 2,734 
 
 „ „ acres sown with oats 101 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 2,717 
 
 „ „ acres planted with Indian corn 121| 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 3,455 
 
 „ „ acres planted with potatoes 199^ 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 35,817 
 
 „ „ acres sown with ruta-baga 7^ 
 
 „ „ bushels raised 3,976 
 
 „ „ bushels of mangel-wurzel and sugar beets . 204 
 
 „ „ pounds of maple sugar 21,300 
 
124 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 It was remarked, with regard to the crops of 1838, that 
 the season was unfavorable for some of them, particularly 
 the root-crops. Wheat was not so good as in the previous 
 year. The wheat-crop ranged from 7 to 36 bushels per 
 acre ; and it is worthy of notice that the two extremes were 
 in the same neighborhood, and on similar soil. 
 
 DUBLIN UNDER THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS. 
 
 The following is a copy of the charter to which Mr. 
 Mason refers in his address. The spelling of the original 
 has been preserved : — 
 
 "Province of Neav Hampshire. 
 
 *' Pursuant to the Power and Authority Granted and Vested in me 
 by the Proprietors of Lands Purchased of John Tufton Mason 
 Esq' in the Province of New Hampshire By their Vote passed 
 at their Meeting held at Portsmouth In said Province the 16th 
 day of June AD. 1749,— 
 
 " I do by these Presents on the Terms and Limitations hereafter 
 Expressed Give & Grant all the right possession & Property of 
 the Proprit" afores*^ unto Mathew Thornton Sampson Stoddard 
 William Spaulding Joseph French Zechariah Stearnes Peter 
 Powers Robert Fletcher Junier Eleaz"' Blanchard Foster Went- 
 worth Josiah Swan Isaac Rindge John Rindge Ezekiel Carpenter 
 Benjam" Bellows John Combs Stephen Powers Henry Wallis 
 Samuel Kenny Ebenezer Gillson Jeremiah Norcross Isaiah Lewis 
 Ezra Carpenter Enos Lawrence William Cummings Mark Hunkin 
 Joseph Jackson Thomas Wibird Jeremiah Lawrence John Usher 
 Nathan^ Page David Page Samuel Farley Daniel Emerson Joseph 
 Blanchard Jun"^ Thomas Parker Jun"" Anthony Wibird Francis 
 Worster Jonathan Cummings David Wilson Clement March Esq"' 
 of in or to That Tract of Land or Township Call North Menad- 
 nock or Number three, Bounded as followeth Beginning at a 
 Beach Tree being the Northeast Corner of Middle Menadnock 
 Township & runs North Eighty Degrees West Seven Miles To a 
 Hemlock tree marked from thence Runing North by the Needle five 
 Miles to a Tree marked from thence Runing South Eighty degrees 
 East Seven miles to a Hemlock Tree Marked from thence Runing 
 South by the Needle five Miles to the first Bounds Mentioned 
 
 " To Have and to hold to them their Heirs &c assigns Excepting 
 as afores'' & on the following Terms and Conditions 
 
 " That is to say) that the whole Tract of Land be Devided into 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIX. ^ 125 
 
 Seventy one Equal Shares & that Each Share Contain Three 
 Lots Equitable Coupled Together & Drawn for at Dunstable at or 
 before the first Day of July next in some Equitable manner — 
 That Three of the afores*^ Shares be Granted & appropriated free 
 of all Charge one for the first settled Minister in s'^ Town one for 
 the support of the Ministry & one for the School there for ever & 
 one Lott for each said three Shares to be first Layed out in the 
 Most Convenient place near the Middle of said Town & Lotts 
 coupled to them so as not to be Drawn for 
 
 " That Eighteen of the said Shares be reserved for the Grantors 
 of the Premises their Heirs & assigns for Ever and acquited from 
 all Duty & Charge untill improved by the Owners or Som holding 
 under them Respectively, that other Owners of the said Rights 
 make Settlem' at their own Expence in the following Manner Viz' 
 all the Lotts to be Layed out at the Grantees Expence that all the 
 Lotts in said Township be subjected to have all necessary Roads 
 Laid out through them free from Charge as hereafter there shall 
 be Occasion that within four Years from the Date hereof forty of 
 the said Rights or Shares belonging to aforementioned Grantees 
 Viz* W"* Spaulding Joseph French Zachariah Stearnes Robert 
 Fletcher Jun"" Josiah Swan John Rindge John Combs Stephen 
 Powers Henry Wallis Samuel Kenny Ebenezer Gillson Jere'' 
 Norcross Ezekiel Carpenter Ezra Carpenter Enos Lawrence 
 William Cummings Mark Hunkin Joseph Jackson Thomas Wibird 
 Jere"* Lawrence John Usher Nathaniel Page David Page Sam' 
 Farley Daniel Emerson Anthony Wibird Francis Worster Jon" 
 Cummings David Willson Isaiah Lewis Sampson Stoddard Ben- 
 jam" Bellows Thomas Parker Jun"^ one settlement each, Peter 
 Powers four Shares Mathew Thornton three Shares — Be entered 
 upon & three Acres of Land at the least Cleared & inclosed & 
 fited for mowing or Tillage & that within six Months then next 
 coming there be on each of the said forty settling shares a House 
 built the Room Sixteen feet Square at the Least fitted & finished 
 for Comfortable Dwelling therein & some Person Resident therein 
 & continue Inhabitancy or Residence these [three ?] years then 
 next Coming with the additional Improvem'' of Two Acres Each 
 Year for Each Settler, that Each of the s*^ Grantees at the Exe- 
 cuting of this Instrum' pay twenty pounds Old Tenor to Defray 
 the Necessary Charges Risen & arising in said Township to be 
 deposited in the hand of such Person as the Grantees shall chuse 
 Being a Freeholder and Resident in the Province of New Hamp- 
 shire, That a good Convenient Meeting House be built in s*^ 
 Township as near the cenf of the Town as may be with conve- 
 niance within six years from this Date & Ten Acres of Land 
 Reserved there for Public Use — That the afores*^ Grantees or 
 their Assigns by a Maj'' Vote in public Meetings assess Such 
 further Sums of Money as they shall think Necessary for com- 
 pleating & carrying forward the Settlera' afores'^ & any of the 
 
126 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Grantees Exclusive of the three Public Lotts who shall neglect 
 for the space of three Months next after such assessments shall be 
 Granted, to pay the same, so much of such Delinq'^ Right Respec- 
 tively shall or may be sold as will pay the Tax and all Charges 
 arising thereon by a Com*^ of the Grantees appointed for that 
 purpose — That all White Pine Trees fit for Masting his Majestyes 
 Royal Navy Growing on said Tract of Land be and hereby are 
 Granted to His Majesty his Heirs and successors for Ever, & in 
 case any of the Grantees shall Neglect or Refuse to perform any 
 of the articles aforementioned he shall forfit his Share & Right in 
 said Township and Every Part and Parcell thereof to those of the 
 s^ Grantees that shall have Complyed with the Conditions on their 
 Part herein Expressed & it shall & may be Lawful for any Person 
 by their Authority to Enter into & upon the Right of Such Delin- 
 quent Owner & Every part thereof in the name of the Whole of 
 the Settlement That shall have fulfilled as afores*^ & him to amove 
 out of & Expell, for their Use their Heirs & Assigns provided 
 they settle or cause settled Each Such Delinq*' Rights within the 
 Term of one Year at the furthest from the Period that is by this 
 Indenture Stipulated to be Done as the Condition of this Grant & 
 fully Discharge & Comply with the whole duty Such Delinq' ought 
 to have Done within one Year from Time to Time after the 
 Respective Periods thereof, and in case the said Grantees fullfiUing 
 on their Part as afores*^ shall Neglect fullfiUing as afores*^ the Duty 
 of any Delinq* Owner nor he himself perform as aforesaid — That 
 then such Share or Shares shall be forfited Revert & Belong to 
 the Grantors their Heirs & Assigns to be wholly at their Disposall, 
 allways Provided there be no Indian War within any of the terms 
 and Limitations afores"* for Doeing the Duty conditioned in this 
 Grant & in case that should happen then some time to be allowed 
 for the Respective Matters afores^ after Such Impedim' Shall be 
 Removed 
 
 " Lastly the said Grantors Do hereby promise the said Grantees 
 their Heirs & Assigns to Defend through the Law to King and 
 Councill if need be one Action that shall or may be Brought 
 ai-ainst them or Number of them by any Person or Persons what- 
 soever Claiming the s*^ Lands or any part thereof by any other 
 Title than that of the s*^ Grantors or that by which they hold or 
 Derive there's from Provided the s** Grantors are avouch* in to 
 Defend the same & that in Case on final Tryal the same shall be 
 recovered against the Grantors for the said Lands Improvements 
 & Expence in Bringing forward the Settlem' the Grantees shall 
 Recover Nothing over against the s** Grantors — and further that 
 the said Grantors will pay the Necessary Expence of Time & 
 Money that any other person or persons shall be put to by any 
 other Suit or Suits that shall be brought against them or any 
 Number of them the said Grantees for Tryal of the Title Before 
 one Suit shall be fully Determined in the Law. In Witness 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 127 
 
 Whereof I the s*^ Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable have hereunto 
 set my hand and seal this third Day of November AD. 1749. 
 
 "Joseph Blanchard [seal] 
 
 "A True Coppy of the Grant of the North Menadnock Township 
 " Attest Joseph Blanchard Jun'' Prop' Clerk 
 
 " The foregoing grant of y^ Tract of Land called the North Ma- 
 nadnock or number three was returned by Joseph Blanchard 
 Esq"" Deceas"^ to the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John 
 Tufton Mason Esq'' in New-Hampshire as a true copy of the 
 Grant he made to the Grantees within mentioned in behalf of 
 said Proprietors. 
 
 " Examined the 4th day of August 1768 
 
 by Geo. Jaffrey Prop" CI." 
 
 The charter required that the shares should be drawn on 
 or before the first day of July, 1750. On the first Tuesday 
 of June in the said year, the drawing took place. We 
 insert here a table of the shares, with the lots drawn an- 
 nexed, according to a copy of the same as certified by the 
 clerk of the proprietors. 
 
 A LIST OF THE PROPRIETORS OF NORTH MONADNOCK TOWNSHIP. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 ,d 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 P 
 
 a 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 & 
 
 z 
 
 ^ 
 
 Mathew Thornton, Esq 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 Sampson Stoddard, Esq 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 William Spaulding 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 Capt. Joseph French 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Joseph Blanchard, Esq 
 
 5 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 21 
 
 2 
 
 Thomas Packer, Esq 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 Josiah Brown 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 1 
 
 Mathew Thornton, Esq 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 Zachariah Stearns . . . . ^ . 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Peter Powers 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 8 
 
 Robert Fletcher, Esq 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 
 21 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 Daniel Pierce and ■> 
 
 Mrs. Marv Moor 5 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 3 
 
 1 Jotham Odiorne, Esq 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 Clement March, Esq 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 16 
 
 *10 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 Eleazcr Blanchard 
 
 ^n 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 Foster Wentworth 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 Josiah Swan 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 Isaac Rindge 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 10 
 
 Joshua Pierce, Esq 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 Mark Hunkin Wentworth, Esq. . 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 George Jaffrey 
 
 21 
 
 2 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 Theodore Atkinson, Esq. . . . 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
128 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 List of the Proprietors of North Monadnock. {Continued.) 
 
 KAMBS. 
 
 Samuel Solly and ) 
 Clement March, Esq. ) 
 
 John Rindge 
 
 Ezekiel Carpenter . . 
 Benjamin Bellows . . . 
 Peter Powers .... 
 Peter Powers . . . . 
 Stephen Powers . . . 
 
 John Combs 
 
 Henry WaUis .... 
 Samuel Kenny . . . . 
 Benjamin Bellows . . 
 Ebenezer Gillson . . . 
 Jeremiah Norcross . . 
 
 Isaiah Lewis 
 
 Mathew Livermore . . 
 Ezra Carpenter . . . . 
 Enos LawTance . . . 
 John Wentworth, Esq. 
 Peter Powers .... 
 William Cimimings . . 
 Mark Hunkin .... 
 Thomas WaUingford, Esq. 
 Richard Wibird, Esq. . 
 
 Minister -lots 
 
 School-lots 
 
 Joseph Jackson . . . . 
 Thomas Wibird . . . 
 
 Miiustry-lots 
 
 Jeremiah Lawrance . . 
 
 John Usher 
 
 Nathaniel Page . . . 
 Nathaniel Meserve, Esq. . 
 John MofFatt .... 
 
 David Page 
 
 William Parker, Esq. . 
 Mathew Thornton, Esq. . 
 Samuel Farley . . . 
 Daniel Emerson . . . 
 Joseph Blanchard, jun. . 
 Thomas Parker, jun. . . 
 Peter Powers .... 
 Anthony Wibird . . . 
 Francis Worster . . , 
 John T. Mason and } 
 Jno. Tomlinson, Esqrs. ) 
 Peter Powers .... 
 Jonathan Cumings . . . 
 Eleazer Blanchard . . 
 
 John Rindge 
 
 David Wilson .... 
 
 23 20 
 
 24 7 
 25 
 26 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 34 
 35 
 36 
 37 
 38 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 129 
 
 "The above is a coppy of the Proprietors of North Menadnock 
 Township with the number of the Lotts &c, by them drawn the 
 first day of June 1750 
 
 " Attest ^ Joseph Blanchaed Jr. Pro. Cler. 
 
 "The within is a true copy of the names of the owners & 
 draught of the Lotts in the North Menadnock Township, as re- 
 turned to the Proprietors of y® Lands purchased of John Tufton 
 Mason Esq'' in New Hampshire, by Joseph Blaiicfiard Esq"" 
 Deceased. 
 
 "Examined y* 4th day of August 1768 — 
 
 ^ Geo. Jaffrey Prop" Cler. 
 
 The foregoing draught of shares, though attested as a 
 true copy, has several errors. Peter Powers and Theodore 
 Atkinson each is put down as having drawn lot 19 in the 
 tliird range, and Clement March and Richard Wibird as 
 having drawn lot 3 in the tenth range. Lot 21, in the first 
 range, is given twice to John Rindge. From an old tax-list, 
 it is ascertained that he drew lots 20 and 21 in the said 
 range. Of the other errors, there is no record by which we 
 have been able to correct them. 
 
 Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, was agent of the original 
 purchasers of Mason's claim. As he was a surveyor, he was 
 employed, it is supposed, in running the lines for Monad- 
 nock No. 3, and for dividing the same into ranges and lots. 
 It will be observed that eighteen shares were reserved in the 
 charter for the grantors to be "acquitted of all duty and 
 charge until improved by the owners." The names of the 
 grantors were Theodore Atkinson, Mark Hunkin Went- 
 worth, Richard "Wibird, John Wentworth, George JafFrey, 
 Samuel Moore, Nathaniel Meserve, Thomas Packer, Thomas 
 WalHngford, Jotham Odiorne, Joshua Pierce, and John 
 Moffat. To these twelve persons. Mason sold his claim to 
 lands in New Hampshire for fifteen hundred pounds cur- 
 rency. Theodore Atkinson's share was three-fifteenths ; and 
 M. H. Wentworth's, two-fifteenths. It is probable that 
 Atkinson or Wentworth had sold a share to Josiah Brown, 
 •whose name is in the draught, but not in the charter. The 
 names also of Samuel Solly, Daniel Pierce, John T. Mason, 
 and Jno. Thomlinson, are in the draught as owners of parts 
 of shai'es. In what manner the shares and lots were drawn 
 is not known. Owing to the different values of the lots, there 
 were some blanks in the lottery ; and to some of the proprie- 
 tors the speculation must have proved worthless. Dublin 
 17 
 
130 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 was then an unbroken forest. It is not probable that the 
 Indians ever made it a place of residence, any longer than 
 they were occupied in hunting and fishing. A few broken 
 Indian implements have been found in some parts of the 
 town. They were dropped, no doubt, as was common, du- 
 ring their hunting excursions. 
 
 After the drawing of the lots, the owners must have been 
 desirous of ascertaining the value of then- property. Living, 
 as most of them did, in the eastern part of the state, few of 
 them probably ever came, and made a personal examination 
 of the situation and quality of their lots. It may be pre- 
 sumed, however, that Matthew Thornton failed not to go 
 himself to the place where he encouraged his brother to 
 settle. We may believe, too, that, previous to the year 
 1752, he had begun to purchase shares and lots of the other 
 proprietors. He must have been well acquainted with many 
 of the inhabitants of Peterborough. The lot (number 1, 
 range 6) on which William Thornton settled, was chosen 
 probably for its proximity to Peterborough. As Judge 
 Thornton owned, at one time, more than a third part of all 
 the land in Dublin, he would of course take a deep interest 
 in the settlement of the town and the prosperity of its 
 inhabitants. This he ever did. Some of the early settlers 
 were personally acquainted with him. Captain Andrew 
 Allison said that Judge Thornton used occasionally to call 
 at his father's house in Londonderry, and spend an evening. 
 He was himself but a boy ; but he well remembered the 
 delight with which he was wont to listen to Mr. Thornton's 
 conversation, for he was always telling stories and giving 
 anecdotes such as a boy loved to hear. This corresponds 
 with what has been said of him in a brief sketch of his life : 
 " In private life he was one of the most companionable of men. 
 The young and the old were alike sharers in the agreeable 
 versatility of his powers, — in the inexhaustible stock of in- 
 formation which a long and industrious life had accumulated. 
 His memory was well stored with a large fund of entertain- 
 ing and instructive anecdotes, which he could apply upon any 
 incident, or subject of conversation." — N. H. Hist. Coll., v. i. 
 
 The location of William Thornton was on lot T, range 6. 
 Of how many persons his family consisted, or how long he 
 remained on his farm, is not known. That he abandoned 
 his farm through fear of the Canadian Indians, has ever 
 been a tradition. This is confirmed by the fact that his resi- 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 131 
 
 dence here was during the war between the French and 
 English, which resulted in the conquest of Canada. It was 
 the course ever pursued by the Indians upon the renewal of 
 a war between the English and French, to commence their 
 attacks upon the frontiers of New Hampshire. In August, 
 1754, they broke into the house of James Johnson at num- 
 ber four (Charlestown), in the morning, before any of the 
 family were awake, and took him with his wife and three 
 children, her sister, and two men. The news of such an 
 event, and others of a similar character, could not have been 
 otherwise than alarming to a family situated as Mr. Thornton's 
 was. When he left, he took all his movable property with 
 him, except a grindstone and a breaking-up hoe. Some years 
 after Mr. Appleton occupied the farm, he found the said grind- 
 stone, while ploughing the field in which it had been buried. 
 
 By whom, and in what year, the next settlement was 
 made, there is no authentic account. It is known that some 
 families from Peterborough were residents here before the 
 close of the French war. Alexander Scott resided on the lot 
 where Thaddeus Morse now lives. He is said to have kept 
 a tavern, or to have furnished entertainment for those per- 
 sons, especially soldiers, who passed from Peterborough to 
 Keene. An old soldier stated that in 1759 a detachment 
 of colonial troops passed through the town to join the 
 British army on the lakes. William Scott, son of Alex- 
 ander, lived on the farm (lot 13, range 6) now owned by 
 John Gleason. The Hon. John Scott, son of William, was 
 born there. He was heard to say, that he well remembered, 
 when quite young, playing with his brothers on the shore of 
 the pond, and that occasionally their play was pushing one 
 another from the fallen trees or slippery logs into the water. 
 Rev. E. Dunbar, in liis description of Peterborough, says 
 that William Scott was a soldier in the war in Canada in 
 1758 and 1759. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the 
 battle of Bunker Hill. He was carried to Halifax, whence 
 he escaped, and rejoined his regiment at New York. He 
 received a captain's commission in 1777, was a volunteer at 
 the taking of Burgoyne, and remained in the service of his 
 country till the close of the war. — N. H. Hist. Coll., vol. i. 
 
 The other settlers from Peterborough were William 
 McNee (now changed to Nay), John Alexander, and 
 James Taggart. These were of Scotch-Irish descent, as 
 was Henry Strongman (now Strong), who settled on the 
 
132 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 farm (lot 5, range 6) now owned by Augustine "Wood. Wil- 
 liam McNee lived on or near the spot recently owned by 
 Cyrus Piper. Mr. McNee was, after removing back to 
 Peterborough, a deacon or ruling elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church. His son Robert was the first male child born in 
 Dublin. James Taggart had a son named William, and the 
 residence of the family was at the place where Corydon 
 Jones now lives (lot 8, range 5). John Alexander settled 
 on lot 7, range 5. His house was near the spot on which 
 Samuel Davison's brick house now stands. He is said to 
 have lived at one time on lot 7, range 7 ; now owned by 
 Luke Pichardson. Mr. Alexander was somewhat distin- 
 guished for his extravagant and incredible stories, which he 
 narrated with assumed gravity, amusing himself with the 
 staring wonder of credulous listeners. He removed to the 
 State of Vermont, where he died. 
 
 The first permanent English settler in Dublin is believed 
 to have been Thomas ISIorse. He came from Sherborn, 
 Mass., in the autumn of 1762, and lived on the farm (lot 16, 
 range 5) now owned by his grandson Jesse Morse. It can- 
 not be doubted that he had been in the town, cleared land, 
 and prepared a house for his family, before the year above 
 named. It has been told, that on one of his journeys to Dub- 
 lin, previous to the removal of his family, his dog was with 
 him. This dog was afraid of thunder, and, when at home, 
 was in the habit, duiing a thunder-shower, of running into 
 the house, and retreating beneath a bed. In the afternoon, 
 one day, while Mr. Morse and his dog, accompanied by John 
 Alexander, were in the woods, Mr. Alexander, for the pur- 
 pose of lighting his pipe, flashed some powder from the pan 
 of his gun. The dog, probably mistaking the flash for hght- 
 ning, manifested his usual signs of fear, and ran away from 
 his master. When the family at Sherborn arose the next 
 morning, the dog was at the door. A bed has often been 
 recommended as a safe place for reclining during a thunder- 
 storm. Whether the dog had an instinctive sagacity which 
 led him to conclude that under the bed was equally safe, may 
 be questioned. We have heard of other dogs, however, 
 who pursued the same course. 
 
 William Greenwood was the first settler on the farm (lot 8, 
 range 6) now owned by Pufus Piper. He was a carpenter. 
 He was killed by the falling of the timbers at the raising of 
 a barn, which is still standing on the farm of Calvin Learned. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 133 
 
 Samuel Twitchell was heard to say, a few weeks before 
 he died, in 1820, that he was the third person who became 
 a settler, and remained permanently in DubHn. The first 
 night of his being in the town, he slept by the side of a 
 large rock. The rock is still in its old place, and is noted 
 for the circumstance above named. Mr. Twitchell was then 
 a young man without a family. His father, Joseph Twitch- 
 ell, of Sherborn, was an agent of the proprietors, or a part 
 of them, for procuring settlers and for the sale of lands. 
 
 After the close of the French war, there was a numerous 
 emigration fi'om Massachusetts into New Hampshire. The 
 proprietors of the unsold lands in the southern townships 
 offered strong inducements to young men to purchase farms, 
 and remove thither. As an agent. Captain Twitchell was 
 faithful and efficient ; and, through his instrumentality, many 
 settlers bought land in Dublin, and became permanent resi- 
 dents. Most of his children — five sons and three daugh- 
 ters — became at length inhabitants of Dublin. He took 
 frequent journeys to Portsmouth ; and, when he visited his 
 children, he came sometimes with an ox-cart, loaded with 
 provisions, furniture, and such articles as new settlers could 
 not procure at home. 
 
 With regard to the precise times at which many of the 
 first settlers came to Dublin, there is no definite information. 
 Some of them came up from Sherborn, began to clear land, 
 worked on the roads, and built log-cabins, before they settled 
 permanently. Among the papers left by Eli Morse, there 
 are lists of persons who worked on the roads in North 
 Monadnock No. 3. The following is a copy of one that 
 contains a list for three successive years : — 
 
 1760. John Alexander, thirteen days' work. 
 
 1761. John Alexander, eight days' work. 
 William McNee, six days' work. 
 James Taggart, one day and a half. 
 
 1762. John Alexander, five days' work. 
 William McNee, two days and one half. 
 James Taggart, two days and one half. 
 William Taggart, one day at the highway. 
 Henry Strongman, four days' work. 
 Samuel Twitchell, three days and one half. 
 Levi Partridge, two days' work. 
 William Greenwood, six days' work. 
 
 Joseph Twitchell, jun., two days and a half work. 
 
134 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 A list of the persons who worked on the roads in 1763 
 has not been found; but that for the years 1764 and 1765 is 
 as follows : — 
 
 Nathaniel Bartlett. 
 Benjamin Mason. 
 Moses Adams. 
 Samuel Twitchell. 
 
 Henry Strongman. 
 Thomas Morse. 
 Moses Johnson. 
 Micah Morse. 
 
 Joseph Twitchell, jnn. ' Joshua Lealand. 
 
 Amos Fisk. ! Joseph Twitchell. 
 
 John Robinson. 1 Samuel Eames. 
 
 Ebenezer Twitchell. 
 William McNee. 
 John Alexander. 
 Eli Morse. 
 Thomas Morrison. 
 
 Ivorj Perry. 
 Amos Perry. 
 William Greenwood. 
 Daniel Morse. 
 
 How many of the above-named persons were actually 
 settled in town at the time they worked on the roads, is not 
 known. Thomas Morrison and Joshua Lealand did not 
 become permanent settlers. In the list of 1766 are the 
 following additional names : Caleb Greenwood, Joseph Ad- 
 ams, Samuel Ames, jun. (Eames ?), and Silas Stone. In the 
 list of 1767 are William Beal, John Wight, John Muzzey, 
 Reuben Morse, David Morse, and Thaddeus Mason. In the 
 list of 1768 are Joel Wight, Eleazer Twitchell, and Ezra 
 Twitchell. In 1769, only three new names were added, — 
 Bat Goyer (Bartholomew), Isaac and Moses Mason. The 
 whole number of persons taxed for roads, this year, was 
 forty-five. As in former years, a few were non-residents. 
 In the year 1770, we find the names of William Eider, Elias 
 and Jonathan Knowlton ; and, in 1771, the number of tax- 
 payers for a county-rate was fifty-five. The names added 
 this year were Asa Norcross, Caleb Hill, Simeon Johnson, 
 John Ranstead, David Johnson, Daniel Wood, Rufus Hunt- 
 ley, Nathaniel Bates, Benoni Death, Joseph Drury, John 
 Swan, and Joseph Turner. 
 
 In the year 1764, Eli Morse was chosen clerk of the pro- 
 prietors ; and the brief records which he kept from that date 
 till 1773 have been preserved. From 1773 to 1783, no meet- 
 ings appear to have been held. In 1783 the proprietors 
 met, and in 1784. The last meeting was in 1785. Joseph 
 Blanchard, of Dunstable, was clerk till Mr. Morse was cho- 
 sen ; but of his records, little, known to us, remains. Some 
 of the transactions of the proprietors are worthy of notice, 
 
HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 135 
 
 as showing what they deemed most important to be done in 
 those early years of the settlement. We shall give such 
 extracts from the records of Deacon Morse as seem to us 
 most interesting : — 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of North Monadnock Town- 
 ship, held at the house of William Greenwood in said township, on 
 Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1764, chose Robert Boyes, Esq., moderator. 
 Then chose Eli Morse proprietor's clerk ; then chose Moses Ad- 
 ams to join with the former committee chosen to build the bridges 
 over the Mill Brook, and the brook by Mr. Thomas Morse's, in 
 the room of Mr. Samuel Allison. Then voted that Wm. McNee 
 be added to the committee chosen to repair the main road through 
 the town, in the room of Mr. Joseph Twitchell ; which road is to 
 be repaired as soon as possible. Then voted that six hundred 
 pounds, old tenor, be raised on the rights in this propriety, sub- 
 ject to the payment of taxes, and collected by Thomas Morse, who 
 is hereby impowered to receive the same, and, in case of any delin- 
 quency of payment by any of the owners in said township, as 
 aforesaid, for Matthew Thornton and Joseph Blanchard, Esq., and 
 Mr. Thomas Morse, or the major part of them, to sell so much of 
 such delinquents' interest in said town as will be sufficient to pay 
 the tax and incidental charges ; and that four hundred pounds of 
 said money be laid out on the main road and the bridges afore- 
 said ; and the remainder be given for the encouragement of the 
 person who shall build a saw-mill in said town. Then chose Justice 
 Boyes, Joseph Blanchard, and "William Wallace, to fix on the place 
 where the meeting-house shall stand ; who accordingly proceeded 
 on said business immediately, with a number of the proprietors, 
 and viewed the place for the meeting-house to stand, and fixed the 
 same by marking a tree and cutting down several small trees near 
 the east line of the eleventh lot in the sixth range, where the land 
 is to be set off for that purpose, as also for a burying-place and a 
 training field. Then voted that the work that is to be done on the 
 road and bridges aforesaid be done by the tenth day of Novem- 
 ber next. Then voted that the committee for roads lay out a road 
 from the main road a little to the east of John Alexander's lot, 
 where he lives, southardly, so as to accommodate Caleb Green- 
 wood and Nathaniel Bartlett, and open the same so as people 
 can pass." 
 
 The meeting of the proprietors for the year 1765 was 
 held at the house of Thomas Morse, June 4th ; Joseph 
 Twitchell, moderator. At this meeting, accounts were pre- 
 sented and accepted, and "ten pounds, old tenor, assessed 
 on each right, to be laid out on the roads in said township, 
 including the two hundred pounds that hath been laid out 
 more than hath been granted." 
 
136 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 "May 14, 1776. — At a meeting of the proprietors of Monad- 
 nock No. 3, held at the house of Mr. Thomas Morse, in said 
 township, — chose Thomas Morse moderator. Then voted four 
 dollars to be raised on each right for repairing roads in said 
 township. . . . Then voted one dollar on each right to hire preach- 
 ing in said township. Then voted one dollar on each right for 
 encouragement of Eli Morse, for building a grist-mill on the stream 
 near his house, provided he shall get said mill completed in a year 
 and a half from this time. . . . Granted a road from Ivory Perry's 
 place northwardly to the main road; also granted a road from 
 Jonas Fisk's house, leading to the middle of the town, where the 
 committee shall think best. Chose Wm. Greenwood, Eli Morse, 
 and Wm. Scott, for a committee to measure off the ten acres for 
 the meeting-house, &;c., and to make bounds for the same. Also 
 chose Wm. Greenwood to provide a preacher for two or three 
 sabbaths, as soon as may be. Thomas Morse, Moderator." 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of Monadnock No. 3, in the 
 province of New Hampshire, warned by Reuben Kidder, Esq., 
 Justice of Peace in said province, according to law, and assem- 
 bled on the 27th day of May, 1767, Reuben Kidder, Esq., was 
 chosen moderator to regulate said meeting. 
 
 "Attest: Eli Morse, Proprietors' Clerk. 
 
 " Then voted to build a meeting-house fifty feet long and thirty- 
 eight feet wide, and proportionable as to the height. Then voted 
 to choose a committee to take care and effect the work ; and chose 
 Moses Adams, Henry Strongman, and William Greenwood, for 
 said committee. Then voted to raise money to build said meeting- 
 house. Then voted to raise four dollars by tax on each right. 
 Then voted to confirm all former votes, excepting the vote to raise 
 money to pay for preaching. Then voted that the dollar granted 
 and taxed to hire preaching be for to pay for clearing the meeting- 
 house land, and other necessary charges that have or may arise. 
 Then voted that the proprietors' meetings be notified and warned 
 by their clerk, when there is need, and application made to him by 
 a sufficient number of said proprietors, by posting up a notification 
 at some public place at Londonderry, Dunstable, and Dublin. 
 Then chose Eli Morse to collect the above taxes ; also chose the 
 former committee to sell the delinquents' land ; also voted that the 
 committee for building the meeting-house be a committee to see 
 to laying out the money gi-anted to clear the meeting-house land. 
 Voted to choose a committee to consult with Middletown commit- 
 tee, and lay out a road to Middletown ; and chose Samuel Twitchell, 
 Joseph Twitchell, and William McNee, for said committee. Then 
 voted that the committee, chosen to lay out roads, lay out a road 
 or roads to accommodate Moses Johnson and William Taggart to 
 come to the great road. Then voted Doctor Thornton and Reu- 
 ben Kidder be employed to apply to the lord proprietors to have 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 137 
 
 our charter lengthened to June, 1768. All passed in the affir- 
 mative. Reuben Kidder, Moderator." 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of North Monadnock No. 3, 
 held at Joseph Greenwood's, in said township, on Thursday, the 
 22d day of December, 1768, — chose Thomas Morse moderator. 
 
 Granted a road from John Wight's to John Muzzey's ; 
 
 also a road from Moses Adams's to William Beals's; also from 
 that road to No. 6 line ; also granted a road from Caleb Green- 
 wood's to Samuel Twitchell's mill ; also granted a road from the 
 road near Samuel Twitchell's to Middle Town line. Then tried 
 a vote to see if the proprietors would reconsider the vote, passed 
 at the last meeting, relating to the dimensions of the meeting- 
 house : passed in the negative. Also voted to build said meeting- 
 house at the former dimensions. Then voted to raise three 
 dollars on each right to be laid out towards building the meet- 
 house. Chose Eli Morse to collect the same. Then adjourned 
 to the 16th day of January next. 
 
 "Jan. 16, 1767, met by adjournment. Then voted a road to 
 be laid out from Isaac Bond's house to the road laid out to Ivory 
 Perry's lot ; also accepted Thomas Morse's account of two pound 
 eight shillings for two journeys to Merrimack and one journey to 
 Esq. Kidder's, and cash paid for notifying meetings, &c. ; also 
 voted Eli Morse fifteen shillings, cash paid to Esq. Kidder, and 
 going to Londonderry to notify a meeting. Adjourned to the 13th 
 of March next. Then met, and granted a road from Benjamin 
 Learned's lot to the road leading from Samuel Twitchell's to the 
 middle of the town ; also accepted the surveyors' accounts then 
 brought in. Thomas Morse, Moderator." 
 
 The next meeting of the proprietors was held at the house 
 of Thomas Morse, Oct. 18, 1769 ; Moses Adams, moderator. 
 After accepting surveyors' accounts, " which were then and 
 before brought in," Eli Morse, Moses Adams, and Joseph 
 Twitchell, were chosen a committee to make bounds to the 
 main road to the width of three roads, and " to lay out or 
 alter any road as shall be for the best of sa^d township." 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of Monadnock No. 3, held at 
 the house of William Greenwood, January 23, 1770, chose Thomas 
 Morse moderator. Then voted to raise six dollars by tax on each 
 right to repair the roads in said township. Then voted to lay out 
 one-half of the money on the main road, and forty-five dollars to 
 be laid out south of the main road, and the other hundred and five 
 to pay the arrearages already worked out, and to repair the roads 
 north of the main road. Then chose Levi Partridge, Eli Morse, 
 and Asa Norcross, for the north side ; and chose Joseph Twitchell 
 for the south side." 
 
 18 
 
138 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 " Feb. 14, 1771. — The proprietors of Monadnock No. 3, met at 
 the house of Eli Morse, chose William Greenwood moderator. 
 Then granted five dollars on each right to carry on the building of 
 the meeting-house in said town. Then chose Joseph Greenwood 
 to collect the above grant. Then chose Eli Morse, Joseph Twit- 
 chell, and Levi Partridge, assessors for said proprietry ; also chose 
 Eli Morse for treasurer. Then chose Moses Adams, William 
 Greenwood, and Eli Morse, for a committee to sell the delinquent 
 proprietors' land to pay their taxes." 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of Monadnock No. 3, assem- 
 bled at the meeting-house in said town on Thursday, the 8th day 
 of April, 1773, chose Mr. Thomas Morse moderator to regulate 
 said meeting. Then chose John Muzzey, Eli Morse, and Benjamin 
 Mason, a committee to receive and examine the accounts brought 
 against the propriety. Then voted to not raise any more money 
 at present for the meeting-house. Then chose William Greenwood, 
 Henry Strongman, and Moses Adams, to plan out the pew-ground 
 in the meeting-house. Then voted that this meeting be adjourned 
 to the 10th day of June next. Then to receive the report of the 
 committee that is chosen to receive and examine the accounts that 
 are outstanding against the proprietry, and to receive from the com- 
 mittee the plan of the pews that are to be builded in the meeting- 
 house." 
 
 " June y* 10th, 1773, met by adjournment. Then voted to ac- 
 cept the plan of the pews made by the committee chosen for that 
 purpose. Then adjourned to the first Monday in July next ; but 
 never met." 
 
 There is no record of any meeting of the proprietors till 
 that inserted below. The town was incorporated, and the 
 interest of the proprietors did not require meetings as in 
 former days. Many of the lots, however, at this date had 
 not been purchased by actual settlers. The meeting-house 
 was still owned by the proprietors ; and the occasion of call- 
 ing the following meeting was, no doubt, for the purpose of 
 offering the meeting-house to the town. No other business 
 appears to have been transacted at that time, nor at any 
 meeting afterwards. 
 
 " At a meeting of the proprietors of Monadnock No. 3, met at 
 the meeting-house in said township, on Thursday, the eleventh day 
 of September, 1783, made choice of Capt. Moses Adams for a 
 moderator. 
 
 " Attest : Eli Morse, Prop' Clerk." 
 
 " Then voted to give the meeting-house to the town as their 
 property. Then voted to choose a committee to assist the clerk 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 139 
 
 in examining the accounts. Then chose Capt. Adams and Mr. 
 Henry Strongman for said committee." 
 
 Several other meetings were held ; but no votes were passed 
 except a vote to adjourn. The last meeting was held at the 
 meeting-house, March 3, 1785 : it was adjourned to the last 
 Wednesday in May, " to meet at the meeting-house at two 
 o'clock, afternoon." There is no further record of the doings 
 of the proprietors of Dublin. 
 
 INCORPORATION OF DUBLIN. — VOTERS. — INVOICE OF 1771. 
 — WARNINGS OUT OF TOWN.— PRICES OF SUNDRY COM- 
 MODITIES. 
 
 Previous to the incorporation of Dublin, as stated in Mr. 
 Mason's address, there was a partial organization. This 
 took place November 16, 1768 ; but, as it was not suiRcient 
 for all the purposes of a town-body -poHtic, a formal charter 
 was required, of which the following is a copy. The origi- 
 nal charter, with the autograph of Governor Wentworth, 
 is still in existence, though in a worn and somewhat muti- 
 lated condition. 
 
 " Province of New Hampshire. 
 
 " George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. 
 
 " To all people to whom these presents come, Greeting : Whereas 
 our Loyal subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our 
 Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, commonly called and 
 known by the name of Dublin or Monadnock N©. 3, containing by 
 estimation about six miles square. Having humbly petitioned and 
 requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a 
 Township, and enfranchised with the same Powers and Privileges 
 which other Towns within our said Province by Law have and 
 enjoy. And it appearing unto us to be conducive to the General 
 good of our said Province, as well as of the Inhabitants in particu- 
 lar, by maintaining good order and encouraging the culture of the 
 land, that the Same should be done : Know ye, that we, of our spe- 
 cial Grace and certain Knowledge, and for the encouragement and 
 promotion of the Good Purposes and ends aforesaid, by and with 
 the Advice of our Trusty and well-beloved John Wentworth, Es- 
 
140 HISTORY OF DUBLIlSr. 
 
 quire, our Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and of our Council 
 of the same, have erected and ordained, and by these presents, for 
 us, our Heirs and successors, do will and ordain that the Inhabi- 
 tants of the said Tract of Land and others, who shall improve and 
 inhabit thereon hereafter, the same being butted and bounded as 
 follows, viz'. Beginning at a Beech Tree, being the North East 
 Corner of Middle Monadnock Township, and runs North eighty 
 degrees West seven miles to a Hemlock Tree marked, from thence 
 running North by the Needle five miles to a Tree marked, from 
 thence running South eighty degrees East seven miles to a Hem- 
 lock Tree marked, from thence running South by the Needle Five 
 Miles to the first Bounds mentioned : Be and they are hereby 
 declared to be a Town corporate, and are hereby erected and in- 
 corporated into a Body Politick and corporate to have continuance 
 for Ever by the name of Dublin ; with all the Powers and Authori- 
 ties, Privileges, Immunities, and Franchises, which any other Towns 
 in said Province by Law hold and enjoy to the said Inhabitants, or 
 those who shall hereafter inhabit there, and to their Successors for 
 ever. Always reserving to us, our heirs and Successors, All 
 White Pine Trees that are or shall be found being or growing 
 within or upon said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal 
 Navy, — Reserving also to us, our heirs and Successors, the Right 
 of dividing said Town, when it shall appear necessary and conve- 
 nient for the Inhabitants thereof. Provided nevertheless, and 
 'Tis hereby declared, that this Charter and Grant is not intended, 
 and shall not in any manner be construed, to afiect the private Pro- 
 perty of the soil within the Limits aforesaid. And as the several 
 Towns within our said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled 
 and authorized to assemble and by the Majority of the Voters 
 present to choose all such officers and transact such affairs as in 
 the said Laws are declared, We do by these Presents nominate 
 and appoint Thomas Morse of said Town to call the first Meeting of 
 said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any Time 
 within Seventy Days from the Date hereof, giving legal Notice 
 of the Time and design of holding such Meeting ; after which the 
 annual Meeting of said Town shall be held for the choice of said 
 officers and the Purposes aforesaid on the first Tuesday of March, 
 annually. 
 
 In Testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of our said 
 Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Governor and 
 Command ER-in-chief aforesaid, the twenty-ninth day of March, in 
 the eleventh year of our Reign, Annoque dora : 1771. 
 
 J. Wentworth. 
 
 By his Excellency's Command, with Advice of Council, 
 
 Theodore Atkinson, Sec. 
 
 Recorded Lib. 1°. Fol. 379, 380. 
 
 " Attest : Theodore Atkinson, Sec. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 141 
 
 Respecting the name of the town, the late Thaddeus INIorse, 
 Esq., said that he heard, when a boy, a discussion with re- 
 gard to the subject ; and that he distinctly remembered the 
 name Dublin was chosen, because the earliest settlers were 
 Scotch-Irish, and the capital of their native country was 
 Dublin. 
 
 The whole number of voters in Dublin, in 1770, was only 
 twenty-tlu-ee. A list of these voters, certified by Joseph 
 Twitchell and John Muzzey, two of the assessors of that 
 year, contains the following names : Levi Partridge, Tho- 
 mas Morse, Eli Morse, William Greenwood, Joseph Green- 
 wood, Joseph Adams, Asa Norcross, Henry Strongman, Silas 
 Stone, Ivory Perry, Samuel Twitchell, Moses INIason, Joel 
 Wight, Joseph Twitchell, Ebenezer Twitchell, Reuben 
 Morse, Daniel Morse, Benjamin ^Nlason, INIoses Adams, John 
 Muzzey, Eleazer Twitchell, Joshua Lealand, Edward West 
 Perry. 
 
 The qualification for a voter at that period was " twenty 
 pounds estate, to one single rate, beside the poll." The tax 
 upon a poll was established by law at eighteen shillings. 
 But by a temporary law, which was to be " in force for the 
 space of three years and no longer, from the 12th of April, 
 1770," — " every person ratable for thiity shillings ratable 
 estate, including his poll, shall be deemed a legal voter, in 
 all the affairs of the town or parish where he dwells, except 
 choosing rej)resentatives." By tliis temporary law, the se- 
 lectmen were required " to make a perfect invoice of each 
 person's polls and ratable estate in eight columns, viz. one 
 column for the amount of each person's poll, one for the 
 amount of each person's improved lands, one for the amount 
 of slaves, one for the amount of live stock, one for real estate, 
 one for stock at interest or in trade, one for faculty, and one 
 column for the sum total of what each person is to be rated 
 for as aforesaid." 
 
 The invoice for the year 1771, taken by Eli Morse, com- 
 missioner of assessment, has been found. Under the head- 
 ings of slaves, and also of faculty, no person is assessed, — 
 in the first case, because no person owned a slave, and, in the 
 second, because it was left to the discretion of the selectmen 
 to tax the faculty of a person or not. The wording of the 
 law was, " Any person's faculty may be estimated by the se- 
 lectmen of each town or parish at their discretion, not exceed- 
 ing twenty pounds ratable estate." Under the heading of 
 
Ui 
 
 HISTOEY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Stock at interest or in trade, only one man, Henry Strongman, 
 is assessed ; and the sum is four shillings. Omitting all the 
 headings except the eighth, or the sum total of each man's 
 tax, we insert the names of the tax-payers of 1771. In the 
 arrangement of names, instead of adopting the order of the 
 alphabet, the assessor appears to have begun with the most 
 westerly man on the great road, then to have proceeded east- 
 erly, then westerly through the south part of the town, and 
 lastlv from east to west on the north side of the town. 
 
 
 
 TAX OF 1771. 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 (!. 
 
 Levi Partridge, 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 G 
 
 Daniel Morse, 
 
 
 10 
 
 C, 
 
 Thomas Morse, 
 
 ;i 
 
 10 
 
 () 
 
 Moses Adams, 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Eli Morse, 
 
 ;; 
 
 1 
 
 G 
 
 William Beal, 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Joshua Lealand, 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 John Wight, 
 
 
 ;) 
 
 G 
 
 William Greenwood, 
 
 ;} 
 
 7 
 
 () 
 
 John Muzzey, 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 Joseph Adams, 
 
 2 
 
 G 
 
 G 
 
 Elias Knowlton, 
 
 
 
 
 G 
 
 Asa Norcross, 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 John Knowlton, 
 
 
 2 
 
 ('> 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Robert Muzzey, 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Josiah Greenwood, 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 G 
 
 Ezra Twitchell, 
 
 
 15 
 
 G 
 
 Caleb Hill, 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 G 
 
 Joseph Mason, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Henry Strongman, 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 David Johnson, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Silas Stone, 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 Daniel Greenwood, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Ivory Perry, 
 
 1 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Knowlton, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Isaac Bond, 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Samuel Ames, jun.. 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Samuel Twitchell, 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 G 
 
 Daniel Wood, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 
 Moses Mason, 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Rufus Huntley, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Simeon BuUard, 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Nathaniel Bates, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Joseph Twitchell, 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 G 
 
 Gershom Twitchell, 
 
 (1 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Leai'ned, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Joseph Turner, 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 Simeon Johnson, 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 Joseph Drury, 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Moses Johnson, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 Benoni Death, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 G 
 
 Ebenezer Twitchell, 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 John Swan, 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Joseph Morse, 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 Caleb Greenwood, 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Eleazer Twitchell, 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 Thomas Muzzey, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Reuben Morse, 
 
 1 
 
 18 
 
 G 
 
 John Morrison, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — . 
 
 John Ranstead, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 Sum total, £ 
 
 73 
 
 18 
 
 G 
 
 Daniel Morse, 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 Q 
 
 
 
 
 
 Benjamin Mason, 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 G 
 
 Or 
 
 $24G.42. 
 
 In the invoice from which the foregoing list of taxes is 
 taken, forty-six polls are reckoned, — Thomas Morse, Wil- 
 liam Greenwood, Joseph Adams, and Moses Adams, each 
 paying for two polls. All males, eighteen years of age and 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN.' 143 
 
 upwards, were required at this time to pay a poll-tax. Those 
 persons whose tax is less than eighteen shillings were, most 
 of them, probably non-residents. Caleb Hill, Isaac Bond, 
 Jos. Morse, and Eleazer Twitchell, were taxed for lands and 
 live stock ; and the rest for lands only. 
 
 The new names in the invoice for 1772 are Thomas 
 Greenwood, Moses Pratt, Uriah Coller (Collier?), John 
 Bullard, Timothy Adams, William Strongman, Gardner 
 Town, Bartholomew Goyer, and Samuel Johnson. 
 
 In the invoice of 1773, the new names are Thomas 
 Alden, Jabez Puifer, Caleb Stanford, Eli Greenwood, James 
 Chamberlain, James Rollins, James Adams, Moses Green- 
 wood, Silas Stone, jun., Ebenezer Hill, and Ithamer Johnson. 
 
 In 1774, the names added are Ezra Morse, Abel Twitch- 
 ell, Willard Hunt, Stephen Twitchell, Gershom Twitchell, 
 jun., Abijah Twitchell, William Bedlow, Isaac Adams, and 
 Capt. Joseph Twitchell. 
 
 In 1775, the additional names are Pichard Strongman, 
 Thomas Green, Pichard Gilchrest, Josiah Stanford, Phinehas 
 Stanford, William Yeardley, and Nathaniel Belknap. 
 
 The invoice for 1776 has not been found; but in 1777 
 are the following new names : John Morse, Joshua Green- 
 wood, Edward Cheney, Samuel Williams, Jabez Partridge, 
 Oliver Wright, William Blanchard, Jonathan Sawyer, 
 Simeon Stickney, Thomas Lewis, Dr. Burnap, and Daniel 
 Hinds. ' 
 
 In 1778, we find the names added are Amos Emery, 
 John French, Edmund Taylor, Aaron Marshall, Ebenezer 
 Cobb, Samuel Stone, Israel Turner, Samuel Jones, John 
 Farnum, Joshua Farnum, John Stroud, Josiah Reed, Asa 
 Pratt, Joshua Stanford, Ward Eddy, James Cochi-an, Thomas 
 Wakefield, Nathan Bixby, John Learned, John Foster, Silas 
 Taylor, Simeon Holt, and Rebecca Greenwood. 
 
 For the years succeeding 1778, no invoice has been found 
 till 1793, when, for the first time, it was copied into the 
 town-clerk's book of records. What we have taken, how- 
 ever, from the old invoices in existence will serve to show 
 the dates at which many individuals first settled in Dublin, 
 or became of sufficient age to be taxed. 
 
 Another means of ascertaining the progress of the settle- 
 ments in Dublin are the dates of the warnings out of toAvn. 
 We insert all that have been found, arranged according to 
 the order of years. Against many of the names is the date 
 
144 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 at which the person or family came to town. Sometimes 
 the day of the month, and sometimes the month only, is 
 noted. Occasionally, the name of the town from which they 
 came is mentioned. 
 
 1777. 
 
 John Learned and Mary Learn- 
 ed ; John, Daniel, Abigail, 
 Mary, and Sarah Learned. 
 From Temple, June. 
 
 Isaac and Abigail Somes, Dor- 
 cas Somes. 
 
 Elizabeth and Anna Morse. 
 June IG. 
 
 1778. 
 
 Nathan and Martha Bixby ; 
 Nathan, Martha, and Mary 
 Bixby. 
 
 Jason Harris and Mary Harding. 
 From Framingham, January. 
 
 Mary Jeffs. From Mason, 
 
 Joshua Stanley. July 1. 
 
 Abner Hinds ; Henry Stone. 
 
 William, Agnes, and Samuel 
 Gilchrest. 
 
 Thomas and Elizabeth "Wake- 
 field ; Thomas and Othniel 
 "Wakefield. From Amherst. 
 
 Abiel Morse ; Mary Borden ; 
 John Foster ; Silas Taylor ; 
 Widow Sarah Cheney. 
 
 Aaron Marshall and Esther 
 Marshall ; Benjamin and Be- 
 riah Marshall. From Temple. 
 
 Ebenezer and Abigail Cobb, 
 and Betty Cobb. From 
 Temple, Feb. 14. 
 
 Amos Emery and Lueretia 
 Emery, and Amos Emery. 
 From Temple, March 3. 
 
 John and Susannah French ; 
 John French, jun. From 
 Packersfield. Also Israel 
 Turner. 
 
 David and Lucy Marshall ; Da- 
 vid Marshall, jun. From 
 Packersfield, May 15. 
 
 John Caldwell. 
 
 1779. 
 
 David Gray and Judith Nutting ; 
 David and Judith Nutting. 
 From Temple, Jan. 21. 
 
 Molly Smith and Mary Nutting. 
 April 20. 
 
 Samuel and Anna Jones ; Betty 
 Jones ; Bascom Whitney. 
 
 Marstin and Abigail Holt ; Mo- 
 ses and Amos Holt. From 
 Holden, Feb. 2. 
 
 David Townsend and Judith 
 Townsend. March 9. 
 
 David Townsend and Abigail 
 Townsend. May. 
 
 Thaddeus and Marcy Gaffield ; 
 Hepzibath and Mary Gaffield. 
 
 Joseph Barrett. October. 
 
 Bezaleel Barton. Feb. 16. 
 
 Henry and Sarah Stewart ; Sa- 
 rah, Lucy, and Polly Stewart. 
 From Amherst, June. 
 
 Hart Balch, Joel and Nathan 
 Balch, and Sally Williams. 
 October. 
 
 David and Hannah EUiot. Ja- 
 nuary 9. 
 
 Priscilla Twitchell. June 9. 
 
 Ebenezer and Elizabeth Emes ; 
 Betsey Emes. July 18. 
 
 John and Rachel Elliot ; Mer- 
 riam and Andrew Elliot. 
 May 2. 
 
 Polly Waite. Oct. 26. 
 
 Lydia Leman. Aug. 21. 
 
 1780. 
 
 Seth and Catharine Cobb ; Ca- 
 tharine, Ithamer, Lydia, Da- 
 vid Perry and Simeon Cobb. 
 From Packersfield, March, 
 
 William and Lucy Haven. 
 March 10. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 145 
 
 John Whitney. March 10. 
 
 Submit Farwell; Hannah Far- 
 well. March 7. 
 
 Stephen Bent. March 28. 
 
 Mary Wheeler. March 29. 
 
 Mary Bent. Dec. 8. 
 
 Joel Winship ; Azubah Green- 
 wood. 
 
 Thomas and Ruth Neal. 
 
 Phebe Norcross. June 20. 
 
 Joanna Springer ; Thomas 
 Winch. January. 
 
 Philip and Anna Mills. Janu- 
 ary. 
 
 Ichabod and Sarah Rowell ; Sa- 
 rah, Jacob, Hannah, Richard, 
 Mary, Philip, and Dorothy 
 Rowell. July. 
 
 1781. 
 
 Thomas and Mary White ; Ma- 
 ry, Esther, Susanna, and Oli- 
 ver White. Jan. 5. 
 
 Ezra and Anna Winch. March 
 30. 
 
 Joseph and Rebecca Hayward. 
 July 1. Samuel Prescott, 
 Rebecca, Betty, and Lucy 
 Hayward. Jan. 19. 
 
 Jonathan Wiley ; Tamesin 
 Wiley ; Benjamin Wiley. 
 March. 
 
 Isaac Greenwood. January 
 28. 
 
 William and Sarah Maxwell ; 
 William and Mary Maxwell. 
 March. 
 
 Rebecca Willson. March. 
 
 James and Phebe Houghton ; 
 Silvanus, Rinde, Bethiah, 
 Asenath, Experience, and 
 Molly Houghton. July. 
 
 Joseph Eaton and Catharine 
 Eaton ; Joseph Eaton, jun. 
 June. 
 
 Thomas and Betty Bryant ; 
 Chandler and Reuben Bryant. 
 June. 
 
 1782. 
 David and Anna Ames. March. 
 Richard and Lydia Wheeler ; 
 
 David and Hannah Wheeler. 
 
 Febi'uary. 
 Abel and Hannah Wilder ; Abel 
 
 and Betsey Wilder. 
 Mary Winch ; Sarah Morse. 
 Jonathan and Hannah Adams ; 
 
 Joseph Adams. 
 Richard and Olive Phillips. 
 Rebecca Evans. 
 Thomas Goof, D. Goof, and 
 
 Thomas Goof. Nov. 25. 
 Stephen and Jane Ames. May 
 
 15. 
 Samuel Hogg and Sarah Hogg; 
 
 Mary, Joseph, Nancy, and 
 
 Rachel Hogg. April 29. 
 Jonathan Ames. April. 
 
 1783. 
 
 Francis Blood. March 25. 
 
 Elizabeth Bent. 
 
 Samuel Derby. Feb. 18. 
 
 Lydia Hinds. July 15. 
 
 Daniel Simonds. 
 
 John and Mary French ; Abi- 
 gail, Rebecca, William, Ebe- 
 nezer, Whitcomb, and John 
 French, jun. March 28. 
 
 Edward Simonds ; Abigail 
 Gross. Feb. 20. 
 
 1784. 
 Phinehas Gleason, Daniel Glea- 
 
 son. March. 
 John and Susanna Barrett, and 
 
 Arathusa Barrett. From 
 
 Mason, October. 
 Aiah Hinds, Lucy Hinds, Lydia 
 
 Hinds. October. 
 Oldham and Deborah Gates. 
 
 June. 
 Jonathan and Eunice French. 
 
 October. 
 Robert and Elizabeth Fisk ; 
 
 Robert Fisk. June. 
 
146 
 
 HISTOKY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 Jonathan Barrett, Phebe Bar- 
 rett ; Moses, Elias, and Phebe 
 Barrett. August. 
 
 Fortune Little ; Benjamin 
 Hills ; Zephauiah Tubbs. 
 December. 
 
 1785. 
 
 Betty Williams. From Am- 
 herst, March. 
 
 Alexander Emes. March. 
 
 Amos and Betty Babcock. 
 March. 
 
 1786. 
 
 Sally Smith. September. 
 
 James Houghton, jun. May. 
 
 Elijah and Sarah Kemp ; James 
 Kemp. August. 
 
 Joseph and Betty Abbot ; Jo- 
 seph Abbot. June 15. 
 
 Joseph Robbins ; Polly Robbins ; 
 Fanny, daughter of Polly. 
 July. 
 
 1787. 
 
 Aaron Swan. From JaiFrey, 
 February. 
 
 Israel and Deliverance May- 
 nard; Dilly Maynard. Ja- 
 nuary. 
 
 Abel and Margaret Maynard ; 
 Lucinda and Betsey May- 
 nard ; Judith Nicholas. Jan. 
 20. 
 
 Lucy Stewart. March 2. 
 
 1788. 
 
 Daniel and Hannah White ; 
 Daniel, Nathaniel, Hannah, 
 and Anna White. 
 
 James and Elizabeth Taggart ; 
 Bai-bara, William, Elizabeth, 
 Margaret, Rebecca, James, 
 John, and Washington Tag- 
 gart. 
 
 James and Anne McDaniels ; 
 Alexander and John McDa- 
 niels. 
 
 Stephen and Sarah Russell ; 
 Jedediah, Stephen, Andrew, 
 Sarah, and Rebecca Russell. 
 
 John and Phebe Wright ; Tal- 
 latha, William, Betty, Katy, 
 and Ruth Wright. 
 
 Mary and Hannah Whitney. 
 
 Moses Marshall. 
 
 Nathan Adams. 
 
 Abraham Jackson. 
 
 Lydia Jackson. 
 
 Rhoda Wetherbee. 
 
 The following names appear for the first time in the town- 
 records at the years annexed : — 
 
 Andrew Allison . . 
 
 . 1781 
 
 Thomas Hardy . . 
 
 . 1785 
 
 Benjamin Smith 
 
 . 1785 
 
 Asa Pierce . - . . 
 
 . 1788 
 
 Asa Fairbanks . . 
 
 . 1786 
 
 Samuel Fisher . . 
 
 . 1787 
 
 James Mills . . . 
 
 . 1781 
 
 John Stone . . . 
 
 . 1787 
 
 From the date of incorporation to the commencement of 
 the revolutionary war, the business of the town appears to 
 have been chiefly concerned with making and repairing 
 roads, settling a minister, and providing a house for public 
 worship. The difficulties, which began soon after Mr. Far- 
 rar's settlement, must have proved a severe trial to a people 
 so recently established on new lands ; and the additional 
 expense for councils and various incidentals was a matter of 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 147 
 
 no small consideration. Much labor had been bestowed 
 upon the ministerial land, and its value was thereby in- 
 creased. One right, or three lots, belonged to the first 
 minister ; and it was purchased of him by the town, and 
 afterwards became a source of income. The second minister 
 was settled in the midst of the Revolution; and to raise 
 money for paying soldiers, besides paying the minister's 
 salary, and all ordinary expenses, was no easy task for the 
 managers of their municipal affairs. In consequence of 
 the variable prices of labor, and of the articles for subsist- 
 ence and clothing, a committee was chosen to establish 
 and limit prices. As a matter that may be interesting to 
 some persons, we insert the report of the said commit- 
 tee : — 
 
 " Dublin, July 10, 1777. — We, the subscribers, being appointed 
 by the town of Dublin to state the prices of sundry commodi- 
 ties, transferable from one person to another, having met and 
 considered the matter, have resolved that the prices hereafter 
 annexed shall be the prices for all such articles within our town, 
 viz. : — 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Wheat, per bushel 6 
 
 Rye and malt, per bushel . . . . ..040 
 
 Indian corn, per bushel 3 
 
 Oats, per bushel . . . . . • .018 
 
 Peas, per bushel 6 
 
 Beans, per bushel 6 
 
 Cheese, per pound . . . . . . . 6 
 
 Butter, per pound 9 
 
 Carriage of salt, for every ten miles land carriage, per 
 
 bushel 10 
 
 Flax, per pound 10 
 
 Sheep's wool, per pound 2 2 
 
 Yarn stockings, per pair . . . , . 6 
 
 Men's all-wool cloth well dressed, per yard . .080 
 
 Men's farming labor, July and August, per month . 3 
 
 And by the day 3 
 
 May, June, and September, per month . . 2 10 
 
 And by the day 2 6 
 
 April and October, per month . . . . 1 15 
 
 And by the day 2 3 
 
 February, March, and November, per month . 14 
 
 And by the day 2 
 
 December and January, per month . . . 18 
 Carpenters and house-joiners, per day . . .040 
 
148 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Mill-wright and mason, per day 
 Hay in the field, per ton 
 Hay after secured, per ton 
 Making men's shoes, per pair 
 And others in proportion. 
 Pasturing a horse, per week 
 Pasturing oxen, per week 
 Pasturing a cow, per week 
 A yoke of oxen, per day's work 
 Pasturing a horse, per night 
 Keeping a horse by hay, per night 
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 DUBLIN DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 
 
 The main points of interest, with regard to the part taken 
 by the people of Dublin in the war of the Revolution, are 
 noticed by Mr. Mason in his address. The first indication 
 which the clerk's records give that the town anticipated war, 
 and meant to be prepared for it, is a vote passed Nov. 28, 
 1774 : " Granted twelve pounds to provide a town-stock of 
 ammunition." The Committee of Inspection, chosen March 
 7, 1775, " to see that the resolves of the Continental Con- 
 gress be observed," were William Greenwood, Samuel 
 Twitchell, Joseph Greenwood, John Swan, and Benjamin 
 Mason. At an adjourned meeting, May 31, Thaddeus Ma- 
 son and James Chamberlain were added to the above-named 
 committee. The names of the persons who signed the 
 declaration contained in the address are — 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 149 
 
 John Swan. 
 Richard Gilchrest. 
 Thomas Morse. 
 Eli Morse. 
 Joseph Greenwood. 
 Moses Adams. 
 Daniel Morse. 
 Joseph Twitchel. 
 Ebenezer Twitchel. 
 Samuel Twitchel. 
 Stephen Twitchel. 
 Simeon Johnson. 
 Ivory Perry. 
 Benjamin Learned. 
 John Morse. 
 Henry Strongman. 
 Joseph Adams. 
 Benjamin Mason. 
 William Greenwood. 
 Levi Pai-tridge. 
 Timothy Adams. 
 Eli Greenwood. 
 John Knowlton. 
 Simeon BuUard. 
 John Muzzey. 
 Moses Johnson. 
 Reuben Morse. 
 Richard Strongman. 
 Ithamer Johnson. 
 
 Silas Stone, jun. 
 Ezra Morse. 
 Isaac Morse. 
 Isaac Bond. 
 Silas Stone. 
 Thomas Alden. 
 Josiah Greenwood. 
 Moses Greenwood. 
 James Rollins. 
 James Chamberlain. 
 Thomas Lewis. 
 Samuel Williams. 
 Ebenezer Hill. 
 Abijah Twitchel. 
 Nathaniel Bate. 
 William Strongman. 
 William Yardley. 
 John Wight. 
 Thomas Muzzey. 
 Moses Pratt. 
 Gershom Twitchel. 
 Caleb Stanford. 
 Jabez Puffer. 
 Phinehas Stanford. 
 Nathan Burnap. 
 Gershom Twitchel, jun. 
 Gardner Town. 
 Oliver Wrierht. 
 
 The names of the sokliers of the Revolution, so far as has 
 been ascertained, are — 
 
 John Swan. 
 Richard Gilchrest. 
 Thomas Green. 
 Thomas Morse. 
 John Morse. 
 Henry Strongman. 
 William Greenwood. 
 Eli Greenwood. 
 Reuben Morse. 
 Richard Strongman. 
 Ithamer Johnson. 
 Ezra Morse. 
 James Chamberlain. 
 
 Nathaniel Bates. 
 Samuel Twitchel. 
 Lieut. Robert Muzzey. 
 Hart Balch. 
 James Mills. 
 Joshua Greenwood, 1st. 
 Jonathan Morse. 
 Micah Morse. 
 Micah Morse, 2d. 
 Jabez Puffer. 
 Thomas Hardy. 
 
 John Stone. 
 
 Benjamin Mason. 
 
 The above are supposed to be the only persons who 
 served in the war, while citizens of Dublin. Some of them 
 
150 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 were out on short terms. Other persons, that afterwards 
 resided in Dublin, were soldiers in the said war. Their 
 names are Benjamin Smith, Alexander Ernes, David Town- 
 send, Solomon Piper, Francis Appleton, Abijah Richardson, 
 Richard Phillips, Nathaniel Belknap, Asa Fairbanks, John 
 Russell, Silas Pierce, Josiah Allen, Joshua Farnum. John 
 Wight, 1st, as stated by liis son Jonas Wight, was at Ben- 
 nington at the time of the battle, but was not in the action, 
 being employed at the time in nursing the sick. At a sub- 
 sequent period he again went into the army, and remained 
 one year, but was in no battle. 
 
 Robert Muzzey, at the commencement of the revolu- 
 tionary war, sold his farm, and returned to HoUiston, Mass., 
 where he obtained a lieutenant's commission, and with Cap- 
 tain enlisted a company and joined the army. The 
 
 stories which he told in after-years of his adventures were 
 not always credited by those who heard them ; but the fol- 
 lowing, though wanting confirmation, is given as related by 
 Jonas Wight, who, no doubt, heard the substance of it from 
 the lips of Mr. Muzzey. " He was in several battles," he 
 said, " in one of which his captain was killed, and the com- 
 mand of the company devolved on him. While under the 
 command of General Wayne, he went with a detachment of 
 volunteers to reduce Stony Point Fort. The design was to 
 approach the fort under cover of the night, take it by sur- 
 prise, and carry it at the point of the bayonet. Orders, 
 therefore, were given that no man should charge his mus- 
 ket. While on the march, one of his company stepped 
 from the ranks, and commenced loading his gun. Muzzey 
 went to him, and commanded him to desist ; but, the man 
 still persisting in disobeying the order, he killed him on the 
 spot, by running him through with his sword. On arriving 
 at the fort, he was the first man that entered it. He was 
 confronted by a British officer, whom he ordered to surren- 
 der ; but the officer, instead of complying, presented a pistol, 
 and attempted to discharge it at Muzzey's head ; but it only 
 flashed in the pan, upon which Muzzey ran him through the 
 body, and he fell dead at his feet. The fort was taken and 
 destroyed." On leaving the army, near the close of the 
 war, Muzzey returned to Dublin, and settled on lot 16, 
 range 7. He brought with him the uniform of the officer, 
 whom, as he said, he had slain in the fort. In the coat was 
 the rent which he made when he killed the owner, and upon 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 151 
 
 it there still remains stains of blood. Mr. Muzzey is repre- 
 sented as having been eccentric in conduct, and distinguished 
 for his high spirit and rashness. 
 
 Richard Gilchrest, like most old soldiers, was fond of 
 " fighting his battles o'er again ; " and some of his narratives, 
 if they could be obtained, would be worthy of preservation. 
 He was a tall, robust, athletic man, of great resolution and 
 undoubted courage. His attachment to his friends was 
 strong, and for their relief he was ever ready to sacrifice 
 personal considerations. His strength, and power of endu- 
 rance, were thoroughly tested in liis exploit of removing 
 from the battle-ground of Bunker Hill his wounded friend, 
 William Green. It was a hot day ; and, with such a burden, 
 he became, before he reached Medford, exceedingly thirsty. 
 He saw persons standing round a barrel, the head of which 
 was taken out, and drinking fi'om a pint tin cup what he 
 supposed to be water. He eagerly laid hold of the cup, 
 filled it fi-om the barrel, and did not discover, he said, that 
 it was rum till after the contents of the cup were exhaust- 
 ed. " But," he always added, " I was not intoxicated 
 by it, no ! no more than if it had really been so much 
 water." 
 
 John jNIorse and Jonathan Morse were the sons of Captain 
 Thomas Morse. In the "Memorial of the Morses," they 
 are spoken of as follows : — 
 
 " Major John Morse served two campaigns in the war of the 
 Revolution without compensation, and contributed to hire three 
 other soldiers ; and, after the war, settled with his father on the 
 farm. At the age of twenty-three, he was chosen to represent 
 Dublin and Marlborough in the Legislature of New Hampshire, 
 but declined. Subsequently, and at sundry times, he accepted the 
 office from the citizens of Dublin, the duties of which he discharged 
 with honor to himself and his constituents ; and he has left a repu- 
 tation for sound sense, cool deliberation, strict integrity, and 
 promptitude in fulfilling his engagements." — "Jonathan Morse 
 inherited the mirthful and combative propensities characteristic of 
 at least six generations of Joseph Morse's descendants. At the age 
 of nineteen, with attainments equivalent to a modern backwoods 
 education, he entered the army, and bravely fought in the battles 
 of Bunker Hill, Bennington, Ticonderoga, and Monmouth. At 
 Bennington, he captured three Hessians, and took their arms. 
 At Ticonderoga, he took aim, and brought down a British officer ; 
 and, on approaching the expiring man, who was begging for drink, 
 he administered to him from his own canteen." 
 
152 HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 War with Great Britain, 1812. — A large majority of the 
 voters in Dublin were opposed to this wax. Only one per- 
 son, George Washington Phillips, is known to us as having 
 voluntarily enlisted as a soldier. He died in the service 
 before the close of the war. A draft of soldiers being 
 ordered for the defence of Portsmouth, the town voted " to 
 make the soldiers' wages up to $15 per month, including 
 what they receive from the government." The following 
 persons received the sums annexed to their names for this 
 service : — 
 
 Asa Fiske, for his son going to Portsmouth as a soldier » $16.07 
 Fi-ancis Appleton, for procuring a man in room of his son 
 
 Ashley 10.75 
 
 Jackson Greenwood, going to Portsmouth as a soldier . 16.07 
 
 Rufus Symonds, „ „ „ „ • • 10.94 
 
 Abijah Williams, „ „ „ „ . . 10.92 
 
 Roswell Green, „ „ „ „ . . 10.92 
 
 Joseph Twitchell, 2d, „ „ „ „ . • 10.92 
 
 John White, (Wight ?) „ „ „ „ . . 10.92 
 
 Jonas White, (Wight?),, „ „ „ • • 16.07 
 
 Timothy BuUard, „ „ „ „ • • 10.92 
 
 Nathan Bullard, „ „ „ „ • . 16.07 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, jun., for Matthew Scripture .... 16.07 
 
 The British naval force did not attack Portsmouth, as was 
 apprehended ; and the soldiers, after a few weeks, returned to 
 their homes. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 
 
 The ecclesiastical records of Dublin are deficient. The 
 Rev. Joseph Farrar left no book in which the proceedings of 
 the church during his ministry were recorded. We are 
 obliged, therefore, to depend upon the records of the town, 
 and upon papers which were preserved by Deacon Eli 
 Morse. The invitation to Mr. Farrar was given before a 
 church was organized. The committee chosen *Uo treat 
 with Mr. Farrar " were Eli Morse, Moses Adams, William 
 Greenwood, Joseph Twitchell, and Levi Partridge. The 
 whole population of Dublin at that time, Oct. 17, 1771, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 153 
 
 must have been less than three hundred, — probably not 
 more than two hundred and fifty ; for, in the year 1775, it 
 was only three hundred and five ; and some new families, 
 in the meantime, had settled in the town. The answer of 
 Mr. Farrar is dated at New Ipswich, Feb. 3, 1772. The 
 following is a copy of the same : — 
 
 " To the InhaUtants of the Toion of Dublin. 
 
 "Gentlemen, — AYhereas on the 17th day of October, 1771, you 
 were pleased to give me an invitation to settle with you in the 
 gospel-ministry, and that being an affair of the greatest importance, 
 I have therefore taken the same into serious and deliberate con- 
 sideration, seeking to God for that wisdom which is profitable to 
 direct. And because in the multitude of counsellors there is 
 safety, 1 have therefore taken the advice of my reverend fathers 
 in the ministry, and have come to a determination with regard to 
 my settlement with you, and accordingly do accept of your friendly 
 invitation. And now, sirs, sensible of my own insufficiency for 
 such an arduous, important, and glorious work, 1 desire my depen- 
 dence may be upon Him whose wisdom, grace, and strength are 
 sufficient for me ; and, being fully persuaded of your benevolence 
 and good-will towards me, I beg that you would strive together 
 with me in your prayers to God for me, that I may have all that 
 prudence, discretion, wisdom, grace, and strength, which are neces- 
 sary to have my deportment decent and regular, my conversation 
 as becomes the gospel, and my public ministrations and labors 
 profitable and instructive. Cease not to pray for me that I may be 
 qualified and adorned with every Christian grace and virtue, and 
 every ministerial gift ; and that, by hearty fidelity in my labors, I 
 may have your cordial affections attached to me, be instrumental 
 of converting many souls, and at last receive the reward of a faith- 
 ful laborer, and rejoice with you for ever in the kingdom of glory. 
 I shall conclude, wishing you all outward prosperity, especially that 
 your souls may be in health and prosper, that you may always enjoy 
 the divine presence and conduct, in all your proceedings maintain- 
 ing the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, — that you may 
 all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son 
 of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the 
 fulness of Christ. In token whereof, I subscribe, your sincere 
 friend, 
 
 Joseph Farrar. 
 
 " P. S. — I desire this may be read in public. And I desire like- 
 wise to know whether the people in Dublin are willing that I 
 should be allowed two or three sabbaths in a year to visit my 
 friends at a distance with greater conveniency, if I should settle 
 with you." 
 
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154 HISTORY OF DUBIJN. 
 
 The above document, in the handwriting of Mr. Farrar, 
 may be found, pasted to the inside of the cover of the first 
 book of town-records. The chii-ography is uniform, per- 
 fectly legible, and indicates a practised penman. 
 
 At a town-meeting, Mai'ch 3, 1772, " Voted to have the 
 ordination the tenth day of June next. Voted to send to 
 the following churches to attend the ordination, viz. : the 
 church in Lincoln, the church in "Weston, the church in 
 Groton, the church in New Ipswich, the church in Sherborn, 
 the church in Monadnock No. 4 (Fitzwilliam)." 
 
 According to the above vote, Mr. Farrar was ordained on 
 the tenth day of June. "What pastors and delegates were 
 present, who preached the sermon, and performed the other 
 services of the occasion, is not known. 
 
 A church was organized on the same day of the ordina- 
 tion. There is no record of the names of the members. 
 The following is a copy of their covenant : — 
 
 "A Covenant, which sundry church-members, inhabitants of the 
 town of Dublin, entered into at their embodying into a distinct 
 church : 
 
 " We do, under a believing sense of our unworthiness of such a 
 favor, and unfitness for such a business, yet apprehending ourselves 
 to be called of God to put ourselves in a way of church-commu- 
 nion together, and to seek the settlement of all the gospel-institu- 
 tions among us, do therefore, in order thereunto, and for the better 
 promoting thereof, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ for help, 
 covenant as follows : — 
 
 "1. We profess to believe the Sacred Scriptures of the Old and 
 New Testament to be the word of God, and the rule of our faith 
 and manners. 
 
 " 2. We do also combine to walk together as a particular church 
 of Christ according to all these holy rules of the gospel, pre- 
 scribed to such a society, so far as we do or shall understand the 
 mind of God, revealed to us in this respect. 
 
 " 3. We do recognize the covenant of grace, in which we pro- 
 fessedly acknowledge ourselves devoted to the service of the only 
 true God, our Supreme Lord, and to the Lord Jesus Christ, the 
 Prophet, Priest, and King of his church, unto the conduct of whose 
 Spirit we submit ourselves, and on whom alone we rely for jjar- 
 don, grace, and glory ; to whom we bind ourselves in an everlasting 
 covenant never to be forgotten. 
 
 " 4. We likewise give ourselves one unto another in the Lord to 
 cleave to each other as fellow-members of one body in brotherly 
 love, and holy watchfulness over one another for mutual edifica- 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 155 
 
 tion, and to submit ourselves to all the holy administrations 
 appointed by Him who is the Head of the church, dispensed 
 according to the rules of the gospel, and to give our steady 
 attendance on all the public ordinances of Christ's institutions, 
 walking orderly as becometh saints. 
 
 " 5. We do also acknowledge our posterity to be included with 
 us in the gospel-covenant ; and, blessing God for such a favor, do 
 promise to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the 
 Lord with the greatest care. 
 
 " 6. Further, we promise to be careful to procure the settlement 
 and continuance among us of such officer or officers as are ap- 
 pointed by Christ, the Chief Shepherd, for the edification of his 
 church, and accordingly to do our duty faithfully for their main- 
 tenance and encourag«ment, and to carry towards them as it 
 becomes us. 
 
 " 7. Finally, we do acknowledge and promise to preserve com- 
 munion with the orderly, regular, and faithful churches of Christ in 
 all such ways as we shall judge agreeable to the gospel. Now, the 
 good Lord be merciful unto us ; and, as he hath put it into our 
 hearts thus to devote ourselves to him, may he pity and pardon 
 our frailties, humble us out of all carnal confidence, and keep it 
 for ever upon our hearts to be faithful to him and to one another 
 for his praise and our everlasting good, for Christ Jesus his sake, 
 to whom be glory for ever. Amen." 
 
 The people of Dublin had preaching occasionally before 
 the town was incorporated. The earliest intimation that this 
 was the case is found in the following letter : — 
 
 "Keene, May 28, 1764. 
 " To Mr. Thomas Morse : Sir, — I received yours this day, in 
 which you desired me to inform you when I can attend your lec- 
 ture. I have considered it, and will do my endeavor to wait on 
 you next week, on Wednesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon. 
 " I am, Sir, yours, 
 
 " Clement Sumner." 
 
 It is probable that other ministers in the vicinity preached, 
 at different times, for the new settlers in Dublin. Having 
 come j6:om towns in which the institutions of Christianity 
 were maintained, they severely felt the deprivations to which 
 they were subjected, and they would not fail to secure a 
 preacher as often as practicable ; if not on the sabbath, yet 
 on week-days. The widow of Ivory Perry, when at the age 
 of ninety-two, had a distinct recollection of many events in 
 the early history of the town ; and she said, that the Rev. 
 Mr. Locke, of Sherborn, rode to Dublin on horseback, in 
 
156 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 the autumn of 1767, and preached on the sabbath at the 
 house of Eli Morse ; and that, on the same day, he baptized 
 a daughter of Mr. Morse, to whom the name Sally, or Sarah, 
 was given. Thaddeus Morse, Esq., a son of Eli Morse, 
 was, at that time, four or five years old ; and he was heard 
 to say, that he distinctly remembered the occasion, and 
 especially a question which he put to his mother, after 
 hearing some conversation about Mr. Locke's coming there 
 to preach. " I asked her," he said, " what do folks do 
 when they preach ? " Mrs. Perry thought that a Mr. Wil- 
 liams preached once or twice at the house of William 
 Greenwood. Mr. Farrar preached twelve sabbaths before 
 he received an invitation to settle. This is shown by a 
 receipt in full, which he gave to Thomas Morse and Henry 
 Strongman. The amount received was fourteen pounds 
 eight shillings, or four dollars per sabbath. 
 
 The salary voted to Mr. Farrar (£40, or $133.33) seems 
 very small, when compared with the salaries of the present 
 day. But we know that money was more valuable at that 
 period. By an account-book of Deacon Eli Morse's, it 
 appears that the Kev. Joseph Farrar boarded for some time 
 in his family, and the charge per week was only four shil- 
 lings. If other things were proportionally as cheap as 
 board, then Mr. Farrar's salary of forty pounds, with the 
 right to land, and the addition granted as the town increased, 
 would more than equal in real value such salaries as are 
 paid, at the present day, in towns whose inhabitants are 
 chiefly devoted to agriculture. 
 
 From the account given by those who lived at the period 
 of Mr. Farrar's ministry, he was considered as a man of 
 more than ordinary talents, and faithful in discharging the 
 duties of his office. But, after two or three years, his health 
 became poor, and he began to entertain strange fancies. He 
 imagined that he had persons in his flock, especially certain 
 women, who were plotting against him, or stri^dng, by im- 
 proper means, to monopolize his favorable regards. He 
 erected a small house on his lot of land, and for a time 
 lived in it entirely alone. His mind, however, became 
 so impressed with the reality of his imaginations, that he 
 introduced the subject into his public prayers on the sab- 
 bath. This could not be borne without remonstrance from 
 some of his people, and a general dissatisfaction soon pre- 
 vailed. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIX. 
 
 157 
 
 After several town-meetings had been held, and votes 
 passed as stated in the address, the church took up the sub- 
 ject ; and, at a meeting, Nov. 20, 1775, chose Dea:;cn Eli 
 Morse moderator. 
 
 " Then voted to call a council of churches to hear the difficul- 
 ties subsisting in the church, and to give advice. 
 
 " Voted to send to five churches, viz. : the church at New Ips- 
 wich, the church at Swanzey, the church at Fitzwilliam, the chur ;h 
 at Sherborn, and the church at Temple. 
 
 "Then chose Deacon Eli Morse, Deacon Benjamin Learned, 
 Joseph Greenwood, William Greenwood, and Joseph Twitchell, 
 for a committee to send the letters missive to the churches above 
 named, to provide entertainment for said council, and to lay the 
 difficulties before the council." 
 
 The council were to meet on the 6th of December ; and, 
 on that day, thi-ee of the pastors, with seven delegates, 
 met, and the following is the result ; the original of which, 
 in the handwriting of Rev. Mr. Goddard, has been pre- 
 served : — 
 
 "The churches of Christ in New Ipswich, Swanzey, Fitzwil- 
 liam, by their elders and delegates, and the church of Temple by 
 their delegates, having met at Dublin at the house of Mr. Joseph 
 Greenwood, in consequence of letters missive from the brethren 
 of the church in Dublin, — previous to their forming into an eccle- 
 siastical council, desired the Rev. Mr. Farrar, of Dublin, and the 
 church under his pastoral care, to try if they could come into 
 measures for a mutual council ; and, upon the brethren exhibiting 
 their articles of grievance against the Rev. Mr. Farrar, and signi- 
 fying that they were all the matters of complaint they had against 
 him, he readily agreed to join with them in requesting the churches 
 now met to form into an ecclesiastical council, and take them under 
 their consideration, and give their advice ; and that the council 
 should be to all intents as though Mr. Farrar had joined with the 
 church in sending out the letters missive. Whereupon — 
 
 " The churches aforesaid, at the mutual desire of the pastor and 
 church in Dublin, formed into an ecclesiastical council on Decem- 
 ber 6th, 1775, and chose the Rev. Mr. Farrar, of New Ipswich, 
 moderator ; and the Rev. Mr. Goddard, of Swanzey, scribe ; and 
 after solemn and fervent prayer to the Father of lights and Head 
 of all gracious influences for light and direction, took into their 
 serious consideration the unhappy uneasiness subsisting between 
 the reverend pastor and the church, and, after a full hearing and 
 carefiil examination, came into the following resolves : — 
 
158 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 "1. It is the opinion of this council, that, in the instances com- 
 plained of, the Rev. Mr. Farrar has given the church real cause 
 for uneasiness ; but that it has proceeded from bodily disorders, 
 which have greatly affected his mind, and not from any moral 
 cause. 
 
 " 2. Although the brethren of the church may not, in this time 
 of difficulty and temptation, in the particular instance of calling 
 this council, have acted with so much prudence and caution as we 
 could have wished ; yet it is our opinion, that, making proper 
 allowances for infirmities and temptations, and duly exercising 
 Christian charity, there is nothing but what may be mutually over- 
 looked and forgiven both by the pastor and the people. 
 
 " 3. Although under present circumstances we cannot think it 
 would be either for the glory of God, or for the comfort and edi- 
 fication either of the Rev. Mr. Farrar, or the people of God in 
 this place, for him to proceed in his administrations unto them at 
 present; yet, considering the sacredness and importance of the 
 relation between a minister of Christ and his people, we cannot 
 think that that relation ought ever to be rashly and hastily dis- 
 solved ; and, considering the cause from which we apprehend the 
 uneasiness has arisen, we cannot but hope, that, by the blessing of 
 God in the use of proper medicines, Mr. Farrar may be restored 
 to health and usefulness again, and he and this people be mutually 
 happy in their present relation. 
 
 " Therefore we would seriously advise, that the Rev. Mr. Far- 
 rar be suspended from the exercise of his ministerial office in this 
 place for the space of six months ; and, in the meantime, we would 
 earnestly recommend to him that he would apply himself to some 
 able and experienced physician. At the same time, we would 
 seriously advise and earnestly recommend it to the beloved flock, 
 that they also, for the above said term, continue in the exercise of 
 that Christian patience, charity, and moderation, under their pre- 
 sent troubles, which they have heretofore exercised, in general, to 
 a very remarkable and commendable degree; hoping that their 
 reverend pastor may be restored to health and a sound mind, and 
 that their present uneasiness may be fully removed ; but, if the 
 present uneasiness should remain at the end of that term, and 
 matters of difficulty not be accommodated, we then advise that 
 the Rev. Mr. Farrar ask, and the church vote, a dissolution of the 
 relation, under the moderation of the two senior pastors of this 
 council, who are thereupon to declare the relation dissolved. 
 
 " Upon the whole, we can't but sincerely lament the unhappy 
 difficulties which have sprung up to the disturbance of that peace 
 which has been happily enjoyed in this place heretofore ; and 
 would recommend it to all who are immediately concerned herein, 
 to be much in the exercise of prayer and watchfulness ; that they 
 mutually study the things that make for peace, and wherewith one 
 may edify another ; praying that the God of peace would enrich 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 159 
 
 them with all spiritual blessings, and promote the interests of his 
 kingdom among them. 
 
 " Stephen Faerab, Moderator. 
 " Zedekiah Drury. Benjamin Brigham. 
 
 Samuel Hills. Edward Goddard, Scribe. 
 
 John Cragin, jun. 
 
 Isaac Appleton. 
 
 Benjamin Gibbs. 
 
 John Lock. 
 
 John Hassett. 
 
 "A true copy. Attest: Edw. Goddard, Scribe. 
 
 «*DuBLiir, Dec. 7, 1775." 
 
 " This result being published to the pastor and church in Dublin, 
 the pastor, being asked whether he could accept it, signified his 
 acceptance, with this reserve, that it should not be construed in 
 any way, to cut himself off from seeking further light and satis- 
 faction. 
 
 " The church also unanimously signified their compliance with 
 the result ; with the proviso, that Mr. Farrar's salary cease during 
 his suspension, to which Mr. Farrar also agreed, in presence of 
 the council. Attest : Edw. Goddard, Scribe." 
 
 During Mr. Farrar's suspension from the exercise of the 
 ministerial office, the town employed Mr. Benjamin Chad- 
 wick to preach. Tliis is known from charges for board and 
 horse-keeping made in the town-records, and from a receipt, 
 signed by him, dated April 3, 1776. 
 
 Before the term of suspension expired, the two senior 
 pastors of the council were requested to meet at Dublin, 
 and dismiss Mr. Farrar. The foUowmg is the record of the 
 proceedings on the occasion : — 
 
 " Agreeable to the result of an ecclesiastical council, met at 
 Dublin, Dec. 6, 1775, the Rev. Mr. Farrar and the church being 
 together, Mr. Farrar presented the following paper to the church: — 
 
 " To the Church of Christ in Dublin. 
 
 " Brethren, — An uneasiness remaining on my part, as to the 
 matter referred to in the result of the council convened at Dublin, 
 Dec. 6, 1775 ; and as, by your and my acceptance of their result, 
 I am obliged to ask, and you to grant, a dissolution of my pastoral 
 relation to you on June 7, 177G, — agreeably thereto, I ask you 
 to vote a dissolution of my pastoral relations to you. 
 
 "Joseph Farrar. 
 
 "Dublin, June 7, 1776." 
 
160 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 " The above being communicated, it was then proposed to the 
 church that they would dismiss the Rev. Mr. Joseph Farrar from 
 his relation to them as pastor. 
 
 " Passed unanimously in the affirmative. 
 
 "Attest : Stephen Farrar. 
 
 Benjamin Brigham." 
 
 At a meeting of the inhabitants on the same day, June 7, 
 " Voted the dismission of Mr. Joseph Farrar fi:om his 
 pastoral relations to the town. Voted that the selectmen 
 liire preaching six months ; to provide three preachers, if 
 they can find them ; preaching to begin as soon as may 
 be." 
 
 Whether the selectmen found three preachers, and em- 
 ployed them, that year, is not known ; but, from receipts 
 that have been preserved, it appears that two preachers 
 were obtained; for, July 30, 1776, Cornelius Waters received 
 four pounds sixteen shillings for preaching four sabbaths ; 
 and, Dec. 16, 1776, Aaron Hutchinson, jun., received a like 
 sum for the same number of sabbaths. Mr. Waters was 
 afterwards settled in Ashby, Mass. 
 
 There was some difficulty in coming to a final settlement 
 with Mr. Farrar ; and a town-meeting. May 19, 1777, 
 " voted to buy Mr. Joseph Farrar's land in this town ; and 
 that Capt. Thomas Morse and Capt. Moses Adams be a 
 committee to go to Mr. Farrar, and purchase said land for 
 the town." 
 
 The above committee effected the purchase of the land 
 and the house ; but it appears that Mr. Farrar did not clear 
 the house of incumbrance ; and in January, 1778, the com- 
 mittee gave Eli Morse a power of attorney, in the following 
 form : — 
 
 " Know all men by these presents, that we, Thomas Morse and 
 Moses Adams, both of Dublin, in the county of Cheshire and 
 State of New Hampshire (gentlemen), for divers considerations 
 and good causes hereunto moving us, have made, ordained, con- 
 stituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, ordain, 
 constitute, and appoint, our trusty friend, Eli Morse, of Dublin 
 aforesaid (yeoman), our lawful attorney to notify and warn Mr. 
 Joseph Farrar, of Lincoln, in the county of Middlesex, and State 
 of Massachusetts Bay (clerk), forthwith to clear the house of all 
 incumbrance, which we, the said Thomas Morse and Moses Adams, 
 bought of said Farrar. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 161 
 
 " In witness whereof, we have set our hands and seals, this eighth 
 day of January, 1778. 
 
 "Thomas Morse. [Seal.] 
 Moses Adams. [Seal.] 
 
 " Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us. 
 Attest : " John Muzzy. 
 
 Simeon Bullard." 
 
 It is probable that the Kev. Mr. Farrar had enlisted in 
 the army before he could conveniently move his eflfects ; and 
 though the town of Lincoln was his home, yet he was 
 absent, and could not attend to the matter. It is known 
 that he servM as a chaplain, for a time, in the revolutionary 
 war; but when and where he enlisted, or how long he 
 served, is not known. Great pains were taken after his 
 death to ascertain the facts in the case, that his widow might 
 obtain the pension, which was her due, but, as we suppose, 
 without success. The incumbrance, for the removal of 
 which the above power of attorney was given, remained ; 
 and the removal was effected at last by a civil process. 
 
 The difficulties by which Mr. Farrar's ministry was ter- 
 minated, produced among his people an alienation of feeling 
 which caused them to have little interest in him in subse- 
 quent years. Although he was afterwards settled in the 
 town of Dummerston, Vt., not many miles distant, yet few 
 persons in Dublin knew whither he went, or what fortunes 
 befell him. 
 
 From a memoir of the "Farrar Family" in the New 
 England Historical and Genealogical Register of October, 
 1852, we take the following account of Joseph Farrar, the 
 first minister of Dublin : — 
 
 " Joseph Farrar, third and youngest son of George Farrar, of 
 Lincoln, was born June 30, 1744 ; graduated at Harvard in 1767 ; 
 settled as a minister in New Hampshire, June 10, 1772; dis- 
 missed June 10, 1776 ; married Mary Brooks, of Grafton, Mass., 
 July 28, 1779 ; installed at Dummerston, Vt., August 24, 1779 ; 
 dismissed, 1783 ; again settled at Eden, Vt., December 15, 1812, 
 till December 14, 1815; removed to Petersham, Mass., where he 
 died April 5, 1816, se. 72. His wife, born February 4, 1755, 
 still lives (October, 1852) at Petersham. Children: 1. Joseph, 
 born April 4, 1780 ; married November 9, 1806 ; farmer in Peters- 
 ham ; has two sons, Gardner F., in Fitchburg, and Joseph, in 
 Lowell. 2. Mary, born October 18, 1781; died April 13, 1786. 
 3. Joel Brooks, born July 28, 1784; died April 13, 1786. 4. 
 21 
 
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 Keuel, born November 5, 1786, lives in Petersham. 5. Anna, 
 
 born February 10, 1789; married January 30, 1815, 1st, 
 
 Stevens ; 2d, Josiah S. Prentice, of Oxford, Mass., September 7, 
 1828. 7. Sally, born January 20, 1794; married June, 1843. 
 8. Humphrey, born August 13, 1798; married June, 1827; lives 
 in Petersham. Rev. Joseph Farrar was a man of great eccen- 
 tricity, amounting occasionally to absolute derangement of mind." 
 
 Judge Timothy Farrar, of New Ipswich, was his cousin 
 and classmate. 
 
 At a town-meeting, August 6, 1777, "the town made 
 choice of Mr. Edward Sprague, to settle with them as their 
 gospel-minister." How many sabbaths he had preached as a 
 candidate is not known ; but an affirmative answer was given 
 to the invitation of the town, of which the following is a 
 copy : — 
 
 « Dublin, Oct. 25, 1777. 
 " To the Inhabitants of Dublin. 
 
 " My dear Friends, — The great and glorious God, who has the 
 hearts of all men in his hands, has put it into your hearts to make 
 choice of me to settle with you in the gospel-ministry, August 6, 
 1777. My mind, O my friends ! is impressed with the solemnity 
 of the business. As great and important as it is, with a depen- 
 dence upon the all-sutficient Saviour for grace and wisdom to fulfil 
 my ministry, I accept your invitation, and ask your prayers for me 
 that I may be an instrument of great good to your souls, of bringing 
 home to my Saviour the hardened and impenitent, of awakening 
 the careless and secure to save them from death, — eternal death. 
 Pray for me that I may so carefully discharge my duty to your 
 souls as that at last I may be accepted, and have you for my crown 
 of rejoicing in the day of the Lord. 
 
 " I subscribe myself your affectionate friend, 
 
 "Edward Sprague. 
 
 "N. B. — The liberty granted to Mr. Farrar, of two or three 
 sabbaths to visit my friends, who hve at a distance, I ask of you." 
 
 The following is an extract from the church-records, as 
 begun by Mr. Sprague : — 
 
 "Dublin, Nov. 12, 1777. 
 " The first church of Christ in Cambridge by their delegates, 
 the church of Christ in New Ipswich, Townsend, and Fitzwilliam, 
 by their elders and delegates, having convened at Dublin on 
 November 12, 1777, in consequence of letters missive from the 
 church of Christ in Dublin, and after having read the letter mis- 
 sive: 1. Voted that they would form into an ecclesiastical council. 
 
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 163 
 
 2. Voted and made choice of the Rev. Dr. Langdon to be mode- 
 rator of the council. And after prayer to God, the Father of 
 lights, for direction and assistance in the important transaction, voted 
 that Rev. Mr. Brigham should be the scribe of the council. The 
 council then proceeded to the business for which they were con- 
 vened ; and having made inquiry, and found that the church had in 
 a proper way and manner called Mr. Sprague to the work of the 
 gospel-ministry among them, and being satisfied with regard to Mr. 
 Sprague's principles and qualifications for the gospel-ministry, 
 voted that they would proceed to the ordination of Mr. Edward 
 Sprague to the work of the gospel-ministry in Dublin, and to the 
 pastoral care of that church. Voted that the Rev. Mr. Farrar, of 
 New Ipswich, give the charge ; that the Rev. Mr. Dix, of Town- 
 send, should make the prayer before the charge, and give the right 
 hand of fellowship ; that the Rev. Mr. Brigham, of Fitzwilliam, 
 should make the introductory prayer ; and the Rev. Dr. Langdon, 
 the concluding prayer. 
 
 " A copy from the minutes. 
 
 " Benjamin Brigham, Scribe to said Council." 
 
 The sermon at Mr. Sprague's ordination was preached by 
 the Rev. Dr. Langdon, who was then the President of Har- 
 vard College. The sermon was printed at Boston, by Tho- 
 mas and John Fleet, and some copies are still in existence. 
 The text was in 1 Thess. ii. 13. 
 
 It was customary in former times for ministers to receive 
 a " settlement." This word, in the sense then used, is not 
 understood by many at the present day. The " settlement " 
 constituted no part of the minister's salary. It was a gift to 
 young ministers, made on the well-grounded supposition that 
 they needed some aid after completing their education to 
 enable them to begin their ministry without incurring debts, 
 and sometimes to pay debts which they had already incurred. 
 It is seldom that we hear of ministers' receiving a " settle- 
 ment " in these days. Mr. Sprague, by an instrument exe- 
 cuted Nov. 20, 1777, relinquished his "settlement" for a 
 lease of the ministry-lot, number twenty-two in the fifth 
 range. 
 
 " Received of the town of Dublin, whereof I am now the 
 gospel-minister, the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money, 
 granted me by the said town as a free gift in consideration of my 
 settlement among them ; the aforesaid sum being paid me by their 
 lease of the ministry-lot, number twenty-two in the fifth range, in 
 said town ; and I do hereby, on the aforesaid consideration, wholly 
 and absolutely renounce and give up to the town all claims and 
 
164 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 demands whatever which I have, or ought to have, to any other 
 part or parcel of the ministry-lands in said town, by virtue of my 
 being the present minister of the said town. As witness my hand, 
 the day and date above written. 
 
 " Edward Sprague." 
 
 The signing of the above in the town-records is an auto- 
 graph, not a copy by the clerk. 
 
 The handwriting of Mr. Sprague, as he advanced in life, 
 became so illegible that the most expert at deciphering bad 
 penmanship have failed of success. The Rev. Mr. Farrar 
 wrote a very fair and legible hand ; and he was employed by 
 some of his parishioners to draft various papers and legal 
 instruments, a few of which are still preserved. 
 
 At the commencement of Mr. Sprague's ministry, Eli 
 Morse and Benjamin Learned were deacons of the church ; 
 and the number of church-members, compared with the 
 population of the town, and with the number in other places, 
 was respectable. A large portion of them were members of 
 churches before they removed to Dublin. Some, no doubt, 
 had become members during Mr. Farrar's ministry. From 
 the imperfect records of Mr. Sprague, it appears that the 
 following persons were members of the church at the time 
 of his ordination : — 
 
 Eli Morse and wife. 
 Benjamin Learned and wife. 
 Moses Adams. 
 Benjamin Mason and wife. 
 Gershom Twitchell. 
 Gershom Twitchell, jun. and wife. 
 Joseph Greenwood and wife. 
 James Chamberlain and wife. 
 Widow of William Greenwood. 
 Ezra Twitchel and wife. 
 Samuel Twitchel and wife. 
 Joseph Twitchel and wife. 
 Ebenezer Twitchel and wife. 
 Daniel Morse and wife. 
 
 Wife of Joseph Adams. 
 
 Ebenezer Hill and wife. 
 
 Thaddeus Mason and wife. 
 
 Eeuben Morse. 
 
 Widow (Silas) Stone. - 
 
 Wife of Joel White (Wight?). 
 
 Widow Johnson. 
 
 Gardner Town. 
 
 Mrs. Bond (wife of Isaac B.). 
 
 Widow (?) Mason. 
 
 Wife of James Rollins. 
 
 Wife of Phinehas Stanford. 
 
 Wife of Josiah Stanford. 
 
 Whole number, forty. 
 
 At a meeting of the church, Dec. 7, 1777, "Voted that 
 those persons who have owned the covenant, upon declaring 
 the same, and promising to bring a certificate to evidence 
 their connection with a regular standing church, shall have 
 the privilege of baptism for their children. But on May 11, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 165 
 
 1778, the church " voted that no person should have the 
 privilege of baptism for their children, unless one or the 
 other of their parents are in full communion." This means, 
 unless one or the other of the parents of the children offered 
 for baptism be in full communion. 
 
 The church-members, admitted by letters of recommen- 
 dation from other churches, are, as nearly as can be ascer- 
 tained, the following : — 
 
 Thomas Lewis, and Molly his wife, from Amherst. 
 Thomas Wakefield and wife, from Amherst. 
 David Townsend and wife, from Temple. 
 Philip Mills and wife, from Needham. 
 John Pain and wife, from Needham. 
 Thomas Hardy and wife, from Hollis. 
 Thomas Bryant and wife, from Concord. 
 Mrs. Abigail Holt (wife of Marstin H.). 
 
 Persons admitted to Full Communion by Direct Application. 
 
 Eebecca Greenwood, Dec. 28, 1777. 
 
 Lydia Emery, Jan. 11, 1778. 
 
 Elizabeth Greenwood, wife of Moses G., Feb. 15, 1778. 
 
 Abel Twitchel and wife. 
 
 Samuel Williams and wife. 
 
 John Bryant of Jaffrey, March 1, 1778. 
 
 Timothy Adams, and Mary his wife. 
 
 Dorcas Somes (married Hart Balch). 
 
 Lydia Adams, wife of Isaac Adams, April 26, 1778. 
 
 Esther Stanford, April 30, 1778. 
 
 Richard Gilchrest and Mary, May 17, 1778. 
 
 Moses Greenwood, May 24, 1778. 
 
 Hannah Yeardly, June 14, 1778. 
 
 John Learned and wife, July 5, 1778. 
 
 Edward Cheney and wife, April 25, 1779. 
 
 Mrs. Jones (Anna), Aug. 13, 1780, wife of Samuel J. 
 
 Jabez Puffer, May 20, 1780. 
 
 Miss Puffer, June 17, 1780. 
 
 Stephen Twitchel and wife, March 30, 1783. 
 
 Joseph Hayward and wife. May 25, 1783. 
 
 Esther Marshall, wife of Aaron M., May 25, 1783. 
 
 Mary Smith, wife of Benjamin S., May 25, 1783. 
 
 Nathan Wily ; Abigail Townsend, June, 1783. 
 
 David Gray Nutting, and .Judith his wife, June, 1783. 
 
 Mary Morse, wife of Drury M., June, 1783. 
 
 Jonathan Adams and wife, Nabby Adams, Aug. 31, 1783. 
 
 Ward Eddy, Sept. 28, 1783. 
 
166 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Daniel Morse, Dec. 17, 1783. 
 
 Fanny Ames, wife of Jonathan A., Aug. 1, 1784. 
 
 Sarah Bond, Aug. 14, 1785. 
 
 Micah Morse, Nov. 1785. 
 
 Betty Harris, Nov. 12, 1786, wife of Jason H. 
 
 Molly Wheeler, April 1, 1787. 
 
 Amos Babcock and wife, Nov. 29, 1789. 
 
 Margaret Maynard, wife of Dr. Maynard, 1789. 
 
 Francis Appleton and wife, Jan. 3, 1790. 
 
 Polly Farnam, Jan. 17, 1790, wife of Joshua F, 
 
 Andrew Allison, and Sally his wife, July 18, 1790. 
 
 Lydia Morrison, Aug. 8, 1790. 
 
 Stephen Bent, Feb. 1791. 
 
 Wife of Nathaniel Greenwood, July 22, 1792. 
 
 The above names are all that can be found in Mr. 
 Sprague's records. Other persons were admitted, and among 
 the known members of the church were : — 
 
 Daniel Morse, jun., and wife. 
 
 Mrs. Daniel Warren. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Ward, wife of Samuel W. 
 
 Mrs. John Perry. 
 
 Asa Fisk, 1st, and wife. 
 
 Mrs. Solomon Piper. 
 
 Miss Mary Appleton. 
 
 Abijah Richardson and wife, from Woburn, Mass. 
 
 John Snow and wife, from Sterling. 
 
 Jonathan Perry and wife, from West Cambridge. 
 
 Stephen J. Woods and wife, from Sterling. 
 
 Sarah Jones. 
 
 Mrs. Joseph Hayward, jun. 
 
 Miss Betsey Rollins. 
 
 Mrs. Jonas Davis. 
 
 The principal events in Mr. Sprague's ministry, and the 
 chief points in his character, are noticed in the address. 
 From what is there said, it is evidept that one of his greatest 
 trials, in the first years of his ministry, was the depreciation 
 of the nominal value of his salary, and the method adopted 
 of paying it in agricultural produce. His father is said to 
 have been ready to help him, when a request for that pur- 
 pose was made. It is a tradition that, on one occasion, Mr, 
 Sprague asked his father for fifty pounds, and that it was 
 counted out in lawful money, amounting to one hundred and 
 sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. But the son exclaimed. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 167 
 
 on ascertaining the real amount, " Oh, sir ! I did not want it 
 in lawful money, but fifty pounds, old tenor." This sum in 
 the latter currency would have been a little more than 
 twenty-two dollars, which was said to be what he actually 
 took, his father not insisting upon his taking the whole. 
 
 Mr. Sprague was educated without depending upon him- 
 self. His father paid his bills ; and, as to worldly matters in 
 general, the son did not concern himself about them till too 
 late in life to become well prepared for managing them with 
 good success. He was unacquainted with the operations of 
 husbandry, and especially as carried on in a town so recently 
 settled as that of Dublin. His ignorance with regard to such 
 matters caused him to be regarded by some persons with less 
 respect than he deserved. Many of the anecdotes that have 
 been circulated in connection with his name had not their 
 origin with him ; and such as are correctly applied may be 
 attributed, in a great measure, to the cu-cumstances of his 
 early life. Some persons, perceiving his want of a know- 
 ledge of things quite familiar to those who had always lived 
 in the country, were tempted to engage with him in practi- 
 cal jokes for their own and others' amusement. A clergyman 
 of an adjoining town is reported to have been neither back- 
 ward nor unsuccessful in efforts of this kind. They required 
 no greater amount of cunning trickery than is sometimes 
 exhibited on the first day of April, or is occasionally prac- 
 tised upon childi-en. 
 
 Mr. Sprague, in some respects, had the simplicity of a 
 child ; but he often surprised those who knew him only 
 from report, by his shrewdness of remark and readiness at 
 repartee. Many a one, who felt strong in his own power 
 against an opponent in a contest of wit, found himself de- 
 feated in an encounter with Mr. Sprague. When he had 
 obtained the advantage in these contests, he was apt to show 
 little mercy to his opponent. He would give no quarter, but 
 press on, and take his own time for ceasing to use his 
 advantage. 
 
 When a Baptist society was formed in the north-west part 
 of the town, some of the members of Mr. Sprague 's church 
 embraced the views of the Baptists, This was, of course, 
 a matter of some perplexity and trouble. But, if we may 
 judge from the following anecdote, he was not impatient nor 
 unforbearing towards the absenting persons. It is said that 
 one of these members, who had left his meeting, called upon 
 
168 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 him, and inquired why he (Mr. Sprague) had not visited 
 him and reproved him for non-attendance on public worship, 
 or why he had not dealt with him according to Scripture. 
 Mr. Sprague's reply was, '' I have." "In what wayV asked 
 the man. ''According to the directions of the apostle" said 
 Mr. Sprague : " Mark them that cause divisions and offences 
 contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid 
 them." 
 
 On the death of his father, Mr. Sprague shared in the 
 inheritance of a large estate. As to what he should receive, 
 he compromised the matter, and agreed to take for his share 
 of real estate thirty thousand dollars, excepting land and 
 buildings in Cambridge, of which he kept possession till his 
 death. It has been supposed by many, that what he received 
 was considerably less than he might have obtained by a 
 division of the property according to the law of inheritance. 
 But he said that it was enough for him, — more than he 
 should ever want. 
 
 This great change in Mr. Sprague's pecuniary circum- 
 stances rendered him independent of the want of a salary; 
 and, in the year 1801, he formally relinquished the same. 
 His reasons for taking this step, and the conditions on 
 which it was made, may be found in the following instru- 
 ment : — 
 
 " Whereas the town of Dublin has this day complied with the 
 proposals I made them through a letter addressed to the select- 
 men of said Dublin, and by them to be communicated to the town 
 at a meeting legally warned for that purpose ; said letter bearing 
 date April 10, A.D. 1801 ; and implying and importing in sub- 
 stance as follows, viz., that, in consequence of bodily indisposition 
 and infirmities, I had advised with the best physicians, who had 
 all unanimously recommended to me, for the benefit and recovery 
 of my health, a change of air and situation, and not to retain a per- 
 manent residence in Dublin ; and that, influenced by these conside- 
 rations, I did by said letter relinquish, from and after the 12th day 
 of May next (which will complete twenty-three years and six 
 months from my ordination), my annual salary of sixty pounds 
 and thirty cords of wood ; retaining, however, my pastoral rela- 
 tion and connection with the church of Dublin, and the right of 
 supplying the pulpit with men of piety and good abilities, when 
 I found it inexpedient to preach myself; the town paying said 
 candidates for their service. 
 
 "This -is, therefore, formally to relinquish, and I do hereby 
 relinquish, my said annual salary of sixty pounds and thirty cords 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 169 
 
 of wood, from and after the said twelfth day of May, A.D. 1801, 
 on the condition above expressed. 
 
 " In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 
 fourth day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and one. 
 
 Edward Sprague. 
 " Signed in presence of us, 
 " Elijah Dunbar. 
 Ward Eddy. 
 
 In consequence of the foregoing agreement, the minister- 
 lax, for 1801 was the last which the town raised to be paid 
 to Mr. Sprague. The whole amount of the assessment for 
 this year was only half of the usual sum, or the salary for six 
 months. In the year previous to 1801, the taxes for the 
 minister's salary varied in amount to individual tax-payers 
 $3.92 to 35 cts., the last being a tax on a poll. Only four 
 persons paid over three dollars, thirty paid from two to three 
 dollars, seventy paid from one to two dollars, and seventy- 
 one paid less than one dollar. Thirty-three persons paid no 
 minister-tax for that year. Most of these last belonged, 
 probably, to the Baptist denomination. The amount of 
 minister-tax for the year 1800 was $225.25. From the 
 year 1801 to 1818, the town raised no money for preach- 
 ing- 
 Mr. Sprague, according to his design of removing from 
 Dublin, purchased a house in Keene, and established him- 
 self there with his wife, continuing to supply the pulpit at 
 Dublin. He retained his house in Dublin and kept it fur- 
 nished, but, after a short period, spent the greater part of the 
 year at his old home, his wife remaining at Keene. Occa- 
 sionally, he hired persons to preach in his pulpit ; but it is 
 not known that he ever charged the town for their services. 
 During the vrinter months, he did not preach in the meeting- 
 house, but in a hall, which he owned, situated a mile east of 
 the first meeting-house. 
 
 Under the impression that money invested in real estate 
 was the most secui-e, Mr. Sprague purchased several farms, 
 which he rented, or let out at the halves. Under such 
 supervision as he was able to give, this mode of investing 
 his capital did not yield a high percentage of income. The 
 farms depreciated in value, and Mr. Sprague was wont to 
 say with respect to those that were taken at the halves, 
 " My half didn't grow." But, so far as pecuniary matters 
 were concerned, he was at ease. He rode at times in a 
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 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 coach drawn by four horses. His coach was furnished with 
 lamps, and he was fond of riding in the evening with the 
 lamps biu'ning. He was distinguished for his hospitality. 
 His house was always open to the reception of company. 
 His table was plentifully supplied with the best that could 
 be obtained in Dublin, and not unfrequently he sent to 
 Boston for such articles as could not be procured at home. 
 The walls of his rooms were hung with a variety of paint- 
 ings and engravings, which, as he said, were designed to 
 attract and entertain company ; but which, in general, were 
 indifferent as to their execution. He took great apparent 
 satisfaction in exhibiting them to persons, strangers, or 
 friends, who called upon him. 
 
 Mr. Sprague was the friend and patron of sacred music 
 in his society. During the last years of his life, he con- 
 tributed liberally for its encouragement. He is said to have 
 been particularly fond of hearing the " Ode on Science " * 
 performed ; and it was frequently sung at his request, either 
 in the church or at some occasional meeting of the choir. 
 He took a deep interest in the revolutionary struggle ; 
 and this patriotic song rekindled, no doubt, the feelings of 
 joy and gratitude which arose in his breast at the successful 
 issue of American resistance to British oppression. He 
 regarded a well-organized militia as necessary for national 
 defence. On one occasion, he delivered an address to 
 a company of soldiers assembled in liis church in mili- 
 tary costume. He read the newspapers of the day with 
 more than ordinary interest ; and he took much pleasure 
 in telling the news to his friends and neighbors, which 
 
 * Ode on Science. — Set to music by Sumner. 
 
 The morning sun shines from the East, 
 And spreads his glories to the West; 
 All nations with his beams are blest, 
 
 Where'er his radiant light appears: 
 So Science spreads her lucid ray 
 O'er lands that long in darkness lay; 
 She visits fair Columbia, 
 
 And sets her sons among the stars. 
 
 Fair Freedom, her attendant, waits 
 To bless the portals of her gates. 
 To crown the young and rising States 
 
 With laurels of immortal day: 
 The British yoke, the Gallic chain. 
 Were urged upon our sons in vain ; 
 All haughty tyrants we disdain. 
 
 And shout, Long live America. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 1*71 
 
 he did with such comments or incidental remarks as he 
 supposed would render the news more interesting and 
 profitable. 
 
 The bodily infirmities of Mr. Sprague, during the latter 
 part of his life were so great that he frequently deemed it 
 necessary to have the advice of a physician. He reposed 
 much confidence in the skill of Dr. Moses Kidder, who 
 settled in Dublin a few years before his death. He was 
 fond of him as a companion as well as a physician, and his 
 desire to retain him in town was manifested in his will. 
 He bequeathed him two thousand dollars, on condition that 
 he remained in town during his (Mr. Sprague's) natural life. 
 Mr. Sprague first proposed to Dr. Kidder to bequeathe him 
 the above sum on condition that he remained in town as a 
 physician during his (Dr. Kidder's) natural life ; but such a 
 bequest was absolutely declined. 
 
 The death of Mr. Sprague was occasioned by the over- 
 turning of a carriage. He had a limb broken, and he was 
 otherwise injured. This happened on the evening of the 
 9th of December, 1817, as he was returning from a wedding 
 which he had attended at the house of Deacon Benjamin 
 Learned. On the 13th of the same month, as the broken 
 limb, instead of uniting and healing, was evidently tending 
 to mortification, he was reminded of his danger. Feeling 
 much less pain than he had done, he thought that his friends 
 were needlessly alarmed. On being assured by his physi- 
 cian that his life was in danger, he requested the attendance 
 of Thaddeus Morse, Esq., who, according to Mr. Sprague's 
 directions, wrote his last will and testament, and had the 
 same duly witnessed. He lived till the morning of the 
 16th of December. His funeral was on the 18th of Decem- 
 ber ; and a sermon on the occasion was preached by the Rev. 
 Elijah Dunbar, of Peterborough. By a vote and at the 
 expense of the town, two hundred and fifty copies of the 
 said sermon were printed. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Sprague, the wife of the Rev. E. Sprague, 
 died at her residence in Keene, July 9, 1818. She had 
 entered her eighty-first year. Her maiden name was Fitch. 
 She sustained, it is said, " a Chi'istian character of peculiar 
 excellence." She resided at Keene nearly all the time after 
 her removal thither. She visited her husband at Dublin 
 occasionally ; but he more frequently visited her. The 
 inscriptions on the monuments, erected to the memory 
 
172 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Sprague, were composed by the Rev. E. 
 Dunbar. 
 
 In addressing Mrs. Spragne at the funeral of her hxisband, 
 Mr. Dunbar's words are : " A filial sensibility carries back 
 my recollection thi-ough a period of almost twenty years since 
 my acquaintance began with yourself, and your late worthy 
 and reverend consort, whose remains are now to be consigned 
 to the grave. The numerous proofs of sincere and personal 
 friendship ; the time I have spent under your hospitable 
 roof, and the subsequent harmonious intercourse of so long 
 a period as has elapsed since my settlement in this vicinity, 
 cannot fail of impressing my mind in a peculiar manner. 
 This friendship and partiality, continued to the very close 
 of life, has now placed me in this desk ; and I need 
 not observe to you, madam, how much more congenial it 
 would have been to my feelings, had I now been at liberty 
 silently to mingle my sympathies with your sorrows. ... I 
 cannot, however, remain heedless of the last request of a 
 venerable and constant friend in Christ, and father in the 
 sacred ministry of the gospel, whose earthly labors are now 
 closed for ever, and whose soul has returned to God who 
 gave it." 
 
 Of Mr. Sprague, Mr. Dunbar says, " As a minister of the 
 gospel, he was considered as excelling more particularly in 
 his pathetic addresses, and sermons on funeral occasions, 
 and generally in his public prayers." It was the custom 
 of Mr. Sprague at funerals to speak of the characters of the 
 persons deceased with more particularity than is common at 
 the present day, and some of his parishioners were inclined 
 to think that he was too much influenced in his remarks by 
 his personal feelings of favor or dislike. He had a strong 
 sympathy with the distressed, and much facility in the 
 expression of his feelings on all occasions in which distress 
 and affliction were outwardly manifested. 
 
 " The Last Will and Testament of the Rev. Edward Sprague. 
 
 " In the name of God, Amen, — I, Edward Sprague, of Dublin, 
 in the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, clerk, 
 do make this my last will and testament. Conscious that I was 
 born to die, that my body must return to dust, and my soul to God 
 who gave it, to him I cheerfully resign the same, in full confidence 
 that he will do with me what is right, and that (though worms 
 destroy my body) in my flesh I shall see God, and humbly hoping 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 173 
 
 that I shall have acted well my part, relying on the merits of 
 Jesus Christ, and be happy with him for ever. 
 
 " And as to the worldly estate which God has been pleased to 
 bestow upon me, my debts and funeral charges being first paid by 
 my executor, hereafter named, I give and devise the residue thereof 
 in manner following, viz. : — 
 
 " 1st, I give to the town of Dublin the sum of five thousand dol- 
 lars, to be kept at interest by the said town for ever, for the sole 
 purpose of supporting the Christian religion in the Congregational 
 Society (so called) in said town, the interest thereof to be paid 
 quarter-yearly to the minister of the Congregationalist persua- 
 sion who shall be regularly ordained and statedly preach in said 
 society. 
 
 " 2d, I give to my nephews and nieces one dollar each. 
 
 " 3d, I give to my beloved wife, Hannah Sprague, all my house- 
 hold furniture, and the interest of all sums of money which shall 
 be on hand, or due at the time of my decease, after the payment 
 of the above-mentioned sums, and the use of all my other estate 
 both real and personal, during her natural life. 
 
 " 4th, I give to Dr. Moses Kidder two thousand dollars, provided 
 he tarry in the town of Dublin physician during my natural 
 life. 
 
 " oth, I give to John Twitchell and Alline Newhall three hun- 
 dred dollars each, provided they stay in my service during my 
 natural life to my satisfaction. 
 
 " 6th, I give the town of Dublin all the remainder of said estate, 
 including all my propei'ty not before given or devised by this will, 
 to be kept for the use of schooling in said Dublin. And I hereby 
 appoint Elijah Parker, of Keene, in the county of Cheshire, Es- 
 quire, executor of this my last Avill and testament, and hereby 
 revoke all other wills by me made. 
 
 " In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 
 thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 eight hundred and seventeen. 
 
 his 
 
 "Edward x Sprague. [Seal.] 
 
 mark. 
 
 " Signed, sealed, published, and delivered by the testator, as his 
 last will and testament, in presence of us, who hereunto subscribe 
 our names in his presence, and in presence of each other. 
 
 "Thads. Morse. 
 Wm. Greenwood, 2nd. 
 Jesse Learned." 
 
 " State of New Hampshire, 
 Cheshire, ss. — Probate Office, May 13, 1853. 
 
 « [Seal.] I, Geo. W. Sturtevant, Register of the Court of Pro- 
 bate in and for said county, hereby certify that the within is a 
 
174 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 true copy of the will of Edward Sprague, late of Dublin, in said 
 county, deceased, and now on file in this office. In witness whereof, 
 I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, at Keene, 
 this 13th day of May, A.D. 1853. 
 
 " Geo. W. Sturtevant." 
 
 '■'■The Decree of the Judge of Probate, establishing the Will of 
 Rev. E. Sprague. 
 
 " State of New Hampshike, 
 Cheshire, ss. 
 
 " To all people to whom these presents shall come. Greeting : 
 
 "[Seal.] Know ye that on the day of the date hereof, before 
 me, at Jeffrey, in said county, the instrument which is here- 
 unto annexed (purporting to be the last will and testament of the 
 Reverend Edward Sprague, late of Dublin, in said county, de- 
 ceased) was presented for probate by Elijah Parker, Esq., the 
 executor therein named. Thaddeus Morse, Esq., and William 
 Greenwood, 2d, both of Dublin, two of the witnesses, whose names 
 are thereto subscribed, being then present, made solemn oath that 
 they saw the said testator sign, seal, the said instrument. That he 
 was then, to the best of their judgment, of sound and disposing 
 mind ; and that they, together with Jesse Learned, subscribed their 
 names together as witnesses to the execution thereof, in the pre- 
 sence of said testator. 
 
 " I do therefore prove, approve, and allow of the said instru- 
 ment as the last will and testament of said deceased, do hereby 
 decree the administration thereof in all matters, the same concern- 
 ing, and of his estate whereof he died seized and possessed in 
 said State unto him the said executor, well and faithfully to exe- 
 cute the will and testament, and to administer the estate of said 
 deceased according to the same, who accepted of his said trust, and 
 gave bond to pay the debts and legacies due from the estate of 
 said deceased, and likewise to return a true and perfect inventory 
 of all the estate which belonged to said deceased into the probate 
 office for said county, within three months ; and that he shall 
 render an account (upon oath) of his proceedings therein, when 
 lawfully thereto required. 
 
 " In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the 
 seal of the Court of Probate for said county. Dated at Jeffrey 
 aforesaid, the third day of February, anno Domini one thousand 
 eight hundred and eighteen. 
 
 " Abel Parker, Judge of Probate." 
 
 The following are tlie inscriptions on the monuments of 
 the Rev. Edward Sprague and Mrs. Hannah Sprague : — 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 175 
 
 MEMENTO MORI. 
 
 3in JWcmorjj 
 
 OP THE 
 
 REV. EDWARD SPRAGUE, A.M. 
 
 The Second Pastor of the Church in Dublin, who, for more than 
 forty years, preached the word of God and broke the bread of 
 life to this Christian Society. He entered on the stage of public 
 action at the commencement of the late glorious Revolution, of 
 which he was a zealous advocate, fully imbibing its spirit, and 
 remaining through life the friend of liberty, civil and religious. 
 He feared God above many from his youth, sincerely devoted 
 himself to his service in the gospel of his Son, and united 
 orthodoxy with charity. Possessing a large estate, his regard 
 for the town in which he lived prompted him, after making a 
 few legacies to particular friends, to bequeath them the remain- 
 der of his property for the pious and laudable purposes of 
 supporting the gospel and schools. Having been in private life 
 cheerful and courteous, ' a lover of good men and given to 
 hospitality ; ' having, in the discharge of ministerial duty, been 
 assiduous, solemn, faithful ; at length, laden with accumulated 
 infirmities and hastened by a fatal occurrence, he languished a 
 few days, and then calmly fell asleep in a firm belief of that 
 gospel he preached to others. 
 
 ' Let fainting nature sink to rest 
 AVithin its clay-ccld bed. 
 Till, with refulgent glory drest. 
 It wakens from the dead; 
 What though the body in the dust be laid. 
 Breathless and mouldering in the awful shade! 
 Faith views a bright reversion in the skies. 
 When all the saints, reanimated, rise.' 
 
 NATUS BOSTONIyE MAII 20, 1750, LAUREA BACCALATJRIALI CANTABRIGI.E 
 
 DONATUS 1770, MAGISTRAI.I 1773, PASTORALI OFFICIO 
 
 INDUCTUS OCT. 12, 1777, DECESSIT DEC. iC, 1717, 
 
 ANNOQUE ^ETATIS SU^ C8. 
 
 ' Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.' " 
 
 "BENEATH THIS STONE LIES THE MORTAL PART 
 
 OF 
 
 MRS. HANNAH SPRAGUE, 
 
 CONSORT OF THE REV. EDWARD SPRAGUE, 
 Who died July 10, 1818, aged eighty years. 
 
 In the several spheres of a wife, a neighbor, a Christian, and 
 partner in the ministerial relations, she moved with dignity, 
 usefulness, and secured esteem. The religion of Jesus was the 
 choice and ornament of her youth, the guide and support of 
 
176 HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 her ripei' years, and the refuge and solace of her declining 
 age. While her hopes of salvation rested entirely on the 
 unmerited grace of God in Christ, she had no confidence in 
 any faith but that which works by love. Her benevolence, 
 ever active, met the needy at the door ; and the poor she never 
 sent empty away. She was the faithful almoner of the goods 
 entrusted her by Providence ; and it could be truly said of her, 
 that ' she fed the hungry, clothed the naked, visited the sick, 
 and entertained the stranger.' The cause of Zion lay near her 
 heart in life, and was not forgotten at her death. That her 
 property might aid this cause, when she sleeps in dust, she 
 bequeathed the principal part of her estate to the New Hamp- 
 shire Missionary Society. Reader, if thou hast wealth, influence, 
 piety, learn the art of employing thy talents in doing good ; and 
 thou shalt never want a surviving friend to write over thy 
 grave, ' The memory of the just is blessed ; ' nor a smiling 
 Saviour, in the great day, to hail thee with, ' Well done, thou 
 good and faithful servant ; enter into the joy of thy Lord.' " 
 
 As the cliurch was without a pastor, and as no covenant 
 could be found among the papers left by Mr. Sprague, Rev. 
 Mr. Dunbar was requested to meet the members. He ac- 
 ceded to the request, and the following is the record of the 
 meeting in the handwriting of Andi-ew Allison, who had 
 been chosen clerk : — 
 
 " At a meeting of the church in Dublin, 2d November, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the 
 Rev. Elijah Dunbar, moderator: — 
 
 " Voted to adopt the copy of the old original covenant that the 
 Rev. Edward Sprague formed his church by, when he first settled 
 in this town. 
 
 " Voted to subscribe our names to it for the future government 
 of the church in Dublin." 
 
 The following is the covenant referred to in the above 
 votes, with the names annexed of the persons who sub- 
 scribed it. The original copy is still preserved, as transcribed 
 by Mr. Dunbar from a copy which he found many years 
 before in the possession of Mr. Sprague, and which he be- 
 lieved to be the same that was used by the Rev. Dr. Apple- 
 ton, of Cambridge, Mass. : — 
 
 " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, apprehending our- 
 selves called of God into a sacred fellowship with one another 
 in the profession and practice of the holy Christian religion, as a 
 particular church of the Lord Jesus, do solemnly covenant with 
 God and with one another, as follows : — 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 17T 
 
 " In the first place, we avouch the Lord this day to be our God, 
 yielding ourselves to him to be his servants, and choosing him to 
 be our portion for ever ; we give u^) ourselves unto the God whose 
 name alone is Jehovah, to be his people, to walk in his ways, and 
 to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, 
 and to hearken unto his voice, declaring our firm assent unto the 
 truths, and hearty consent unto the terms, of the gospel. We 
 accept of Jesus Christ in all his glorious offices, prophetical, 
 priestly, and kingly ; and depend on him, in the way which he hath 
 prescribed, for instruction, pardon, and eternal life. We profess 
 our serious resolution to deny, as the grace of God teaches us, all 
 ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and 
 godly in this present world; to endeavor that our conversation 
 may be such as becomes and adorns the gospel. We promise, by 
 the help of God's grace, to walk together in all ways of holy 
 communion as brethren in the family of Christ and children of 
 our Father who is in heaven ; to keep the faith and observe the 
 order of the gospel ; carefully to support and conscientiously to 
 attend the public worship of God in all the instituted duties thereof, 
 and to submit to the discipline of his kingdom ; to watch over one 
 another with Christian circumspection, and endeavor our mutual 
 edification in holiness and comfort. 
 
 " Furthermore, we dedicate our offspring with ourselves unto 
 the Lord, engaging to bring them up in his nurture and admonition, 
 and, as far as in us lies, to transmit the ordinances of God pure 
 and entire unto them. 
 
 ' " All this we do in the presence and fear of God, with a deep 
 sense of our unworthiness to be admitted into covenant with him 
 and to enjoy the privileges of the church evangelical, and our 
 own insufficiency to perform the duties without his gracious assist- 
 ance ; and we do therefore rely on and pray to the God of grace 
 and peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, that through the blood 
 of the everlasting covenant he would make us perfect in every 
 good work, to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing 
 in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Samuel Twitchell. 
 James Chamberlain. 
 Ebenezer Tavitciiell. 
 Thaddeus Mason. 
 Ebenezer Hill. 
 Moses Greenwood. 
 
 Abel Twitchell. 
 Richard Gilciiuest. 
 Andrew Allison. 
 Jonathan Perry. 
 Francis Appleton. 
 Asa Fisk." 
 
 After the death of Mr. Sprague, the pulpit was supplied 
 for a time by the clergymen of the vicinity, who, according 
 to customary usage, gave each one day's ])reaching. But, 
 
178 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 as the benefit of sucli labors would not fall upon the widow, 
 her husband having no salary, the question arose whether 
 these clergymen should be paid for their services. Accord- 
 ingly, an article was inserted in the warrant for a town- 
 meeting, February 20, 1818, "to see if the town will 
 make any compensation to those clergymen who have 
 preached here since Mr. Sprague's decease." The said 
 article was dismissed. At the same meeting, " Voted that 
 the selectmen be directed to return the thanks of the town 
 to the Kev. Mr. Dunbar for his discourse delivered at the 
 funeral of the E.ev. Edward Sprague, and request a copy 
 of him for the press." Two hundred and fifty copies were 
 ordered to be procured. " Voted to raise two hundred dol- 
 lars to procure preaching this year ensuing. Chose Deacon 
 Francis Appleton, Abel Twitchell, and Cyrus Chamberlain, to 
 provide preaching." 
 
 The preacher procured was Mr. Edmund Quincy Sewall, 
 son of Judge Samuel Sewall, of Massachusetts, a graduate 
 of Harvard College, 1815, and of the Cambridge Theologi- 
 cal School. 
 
 At a town-meeting, July 6, 1818, "Voted to give Mr. 
 Edmund Q. Sewall a call to settle in this town as a gospel- 
 minister, seventy-six in favor, and forty-four against it." A 
 committee was then chosen to propose a salary, and said 9 
 committee "proposed that the town give Mr. Sewall five 
 hundred dollars, a yearly salary, so long as he shall supply 
 the desk or be their gospel-minister ; which report was 
 accepted." 
 
 Mr. Sewall returned a negative answer to the call he had 
 received ; but, as many persons were much interested in him, 
 an article was inserted in the warrant for a town-meeting, 
 November 11, 1818, "to see if the town will recall Mr. 
 Edmund Q. Sewall as a minister of the gospel in this place, 
 or act any thing respecting the same." On this article, 
 " Voted that the yeas and nays be taken ; . . . . and there 
 were ninety-six in favor, and seventy in the negative. It 
 was then " voted to choose a committee of three to nomi- 
 nate a committee of three to propose a sum to offer Mr. 
 Sewall as a salary." But, instead of proceeding to choose 
 said committee, it was " voted to act no further on the arti- 
 cle at the present time." This vote was, in effect, laying the 
 whole subject on the table. It was called up at a meeting 
 held December 1, 1818. One article in the warrant was 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 179 
 
 " to see what compensation the town will give Mr. Edmund 
 Q. Sewall to settle as a minister of the gospel in this place, 
 or act any thing respecting the same." This article was dis- 
 missed, and a committee was chosen, consisting of the select- 
 men, to hire preaching ; one hundred and fifty dollars having 
 been voted for that purpose. Mr. Sewall was settled in 
 1819 in Barnstable, Mass.; then in Amherst, N. H. ; and 
 again in Scituate, Mass. 
 
 The candidates employed under the foregoing and subse- 
 quent votes of the town, so far as we have ascertained, were 
 Thomas Tracy, afterwards settled at Saco, Me. ; Rev. Ste- 
 phen Farley, dismissed from Claremont, N.H. ; David Reed, 
 publisher and proprietor of the '' Christian Register " at 
 Boston ; Elisha Fuller, son of Rev. Timothy Fuller, of Mer- 
 rimack, N.H., now an attorney in Worcester, Mass. ; Ste- 
 vens Everett, afterwards settled at Augusta, Me. ; and Silas 
 Allen. 
 
 The law of the State, called " the Toleration Law," was 
 passed at the June session of the Legislature in the year 
 1819; and the First Congregational Society was organized, in 
 accordance with the requisitions of that act, in the winter of 
 1819-20. A part of the preamble to the constitution and 
 by-laws of said society is as follows : — 
 
 " In conformity to an act of the Legislature of this State, passed 
 June, A.D. 1819, by which it is rendered illegal for towns, as cor- 
 porate bodies, to raise money for the support of the gospel, — 
 which act authorizes any number of persons to associate themselves 
 together into a society for moral and religious purposes, — there- 
 fore, we, the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Dublin, 
 deeming religion, piety, and morality important to the present 
 and future interests of mankind, have associated ourselves into a 
 society for the above purposes, to be known and designated by 
 the name of the First Congregational Society in Dublin." 
 
 Mr. Leonard began to preach as a candidate for the above 
 society, the first Sunday in April, 1820 ; and, after supplying 
 the desk six sabbaths and on the annual fast, he received an 
 invitation from the church and society to settle as their 
 minister, with the offer of an annual salary of six hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 The following are copies of the records of the church 
 and society in reference to the call and settlement of Mr. 
 Leonard : — 
 
180 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 "Dublin, May 20, 1820. — Voted to give Levi W. Leonard a 
 call to settle with us, as our gospel-minister. 
 
 " Andrew Allison, Clerk for the Church." 
 
 " Dublin, May 20, 1820. 
 
 "The First Congregational Society met at the Old Centre 
 Meeting-house in Dublin, agreeably to notice ; chose Capt. Moses 
 Marshall moderator. 
 
 " Voted to give the Rev. Levi W. Leonard a call to settle in 
 the ministry over the society in Dublin. 
 
 " Voted that the society give the Rev. Levi W. Leonard a 
 salary of six hundred dollars annually, including the legacy, so 
 long as he continues minister over the society. 
 
 " Voted that the standing committee of the society inform Rev. 
 Mr. Leonard of the result of this meeting, and request him to 
 return to Dublin as soon as convenient. 
 
 " To which the Rev. L. W. Leonard returned the following 
 reply: — 
 
 " To the Congregational Church and Society in Dublin. 
 
 " Christian Brethren and Friends, — Having received an invita- 
 tion by your committee to take upon me the sacred and important 
 office of a Christian minister and religious instructor among you, 
 and having solemnly and prayerfully deliberated on the subject, 
 I have determined to accept the invitation. 
 
 " The arduous nature of the work which I am about to under- 
 take, the high responsibility of the ministerial office, and the fearful 
 consequences of unskilfulness or unfaithfulness in the performance 
 of its duties, are considerations which fill my mind with much 
 solicitude. But the motives and views which have led me to 
 devote myself to the work of the ministry, the degree of unanimity 
 with which you have invited me, the sense of duty which has 
 disposed me to accept your invitation, and a firm reliance on divine 
 aid to support me in time of trouble and difficulty, encourage the 
 pleasing hope that my labors wiU be attended with the blessing of 
 Heaven. In this interesting and solemn undertaking I shall need 
 your kind assistance ; and I humbly ask your united prayers, that, 
 if it should please the holy Author of our religion to consecrate 
 me to his service among you as a minister of Jesus Chi'ist, he 
 would, in the rich abundance of his goodness, endow his servant 
 with all those gifts and graces requisite to adorn the profession ; 
 that this people may be of the same mind one towards another, 
 united in the bonds of charity, supported by the blessed consolations 
 of the gospel, and built up in faith and holiness unto eternal life. 
 
 " The attentions which you have shown me, and the favorable 
 opinion which you have expressed by calling me to discharge the 
 duties of so important a station, deserve and obtain my warmest 
 gratitude. That your just demands and expectations may be 
 
ENGRAVED :BY T.B.WELGH fPHn,A<'/ FROM M DAGUERREOTYPE 
 
 BY JOHN A . WHIPPLE. 
 
 LKliEWalLEWO W. Q.[^(n)ii^^[E?iD)„ 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 181 
 
 fulfilled is my most earnest prayer. — With sentiments of high 
 respect, your friend and servant, Levi W. Leonard. 
 
 " A true copy. 
 
 " Witness : Joseph Appleton, Clerk of the Society." 
 
 At a meeting of the church, Aug. 4, 1820, the call, given 
 in May, was renewed, and it was " voted to choose a commit- 
 tee of three from the church, to assist in choosing a council 
 with Mr. Leonard in respect to his settlement with us as our 
 gospel-minister. Voted that the committee be John Snow, 
 Abel Twitchell and Andrew Allison. — Francis Appleton, 
 Moderator." 
 
 The above-named committee with three others, chosen by 
 the society, met Aug. 4, and prepared the following letter 
 missive, which was sent to the churches in Harvard Univer- 
 sity ; Concord, Mass. ; Wilton, N.H. ; Peterborough, N.H. ; 
 Dover, Mass. ; Keene, N. H. ; Swanzey, N. H. ; Sterling, 
 Mass. ; Dedham, Mass. ; Lexington, Mass. ; and Littleton, 
 Mass. : — 
 
 " To the Church of Christ in . 
 
 " Christian Brethren, — The Congregational Church and Society 
 in Dublin, N. H., having, with great unanimity, invited Mr. Levi 
 W. Leonard to settle with them as their Christian minister, and 
 he having accepted the invitation, request you, by your pastor and 
 delegates, to assist at his ordination on Wednesday, the sixth day 
 of September next. 
 
 " Yours, with sentiments of respect and Christian charity." 
 
 The following is the result of the council that convened 
 on the occasion of Mr. Leonard's ordination : — 
 
 « Dublin, Sept. G, 1820. 
 " By virtue of letters missive from the Congregational Church 
 and Society in said town, the following arc the churches present 
 by their pastors and delegates, for the purpose of ordaining Mr. 
 Levi W. Leonard as their pastor, viz. : — 
 
 Church in Harvard University 
 Church in Littleton . . . 
 Church in Dover .... 
 Church in Sterling . . . 
 
 Church in Peterborough . . 
 
 Church in Keene .... 
 
 Church in Swanzey , . . 
 Church in AVilton ... 
 
 Pastors, 
 Rev. Dr. Ware 
 
 Rev. Mr. Foster 
 Rev. Mr. Sanger 
 
 Rev. Mr. Dunbar 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bakstow 
 
 Rev. Mr. Chandler 
 Rev. Mr. Beede . 
 
 Delegates. 
 . Mr. Ingersoll. 
 < Deacon Hartwell. 
 \ Mr. Kimball. 
 . Mr. Battle. 
 5 Mr. Thayer. 
 \ Mr, Palmer. 
 5 Deacon Smith. 
 X Deacon Holmes. 
 5 Capt. Blake. 
 \ Mr. Ellis. 
 . Capt. J. Dickenson. 
 
 . Mr. LlVERMORE. 
 
182 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 " The council, being formed by choosing Rev. Mr. Foster mode- 
 rator, by whom the throne of grace was first addressed for guidance 
 and direction, then proceeded to the business for which they had 
 assembled. The Rev. Mr. Chandler was chosen scribe. 
 
 " The inquiries relative to the proceedings of the church and 
 society being made, and the council being satisfied therewith, 
 then proceeded to the examination of the candidate ; being satis- 
 fied also with his views of the Christian system, and with his 
 moral and literary qualifications, they voted to proceed to his 
 ordination. 
 
 " The assignment of the parts was as follows, viz. : — 
 
 Introductory prayer and sermon, by 
 Consecrating prayer . . . 
 
 Charge 
 
 Right hand of fellowship . 
 Charge to the people . . 
 Concluding prayer . . . 
 
 Rev. Dr. Ware. 
 Rev. Mr. Beede. 
 Rev. Mr. Pouter. 
 Rev. Mr. Sanger. 
 Rev. Mr. Dunbar. 
 Rev. Mr. Chandler. 
 
 "It was now voted to adjourn for half an hour, then to be in 
 readiness to repair to the meeting-house in order to attend to the 
 public religious services of the occasion. 
 
 " A true copy. 
 
 "Attest: Joshua Chandler, Scribe." 
 
 The whole number of members added to the First Con- 
 gregational Church, since the ordination of Mr. Leonard, is 
 one hundred and eleven by direct application, and seven 
 from other churches. The whole number of baptisms has 
 been one hundred and seventy-nine, and of marriages by the 
 pastor of this chui-ch, two hundred and twenty-six, a few of 
 them in the adjacent towns. 
 
 In the year 1821, Mr. Benjamin Perry presented to the 
 church a baptismal basin ; and, in 1822, Mr. Joseph Apple- 
 ton gave a chair for use at the communion-table ; for each of 
 which gifts the church voted thanks to the donors. 
 
 SECOND CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 From the commencement of Mr. Leonard's ministry, a few 
 members of his church had not been satisfied with some 
 of his doctrinal opinions. In the year 1827, measures 
 began to be taken by them for the formation of another 
 church and society. In June of that year. Deacon Woods 
 resigned his office by sending to the pastor the following 
 letter : — 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 183 
 
 "Dublin, June 23, 1827. 
 " Rev. Levi "W. Leonard, — Deeming it my duty, under present 
 circumstances and particular reasons, to resign my office in the 
 church, I therefore give up the same. — Yours with respect, 
 
 " Stephen J. Woods." 
 
 The resignation was accepted ; and, in September of the 
 same year, the following request was made : — 
 
 " To the Congregational Church in Dublin. 
 
 "Reverend and beloved, — We, the undersigned, members of 
 your body, respectfully request of you a dismission, and a recom- 
 mendation of our moral and Christian character. As the reason 
 why we present this request, we beg leave to state that we differ 
 so widely from you in our views of certain doctrines of the gospel 
 which we consider fundamental, that we are unable to walk with 
 you in Christian fellowship, and believe that our better edification 
 and the cause of truth would be promoted by our being discon- 
 nected from you, and formed into a separate church. 
 
 "Stephen J. Woods. 
 Abijah Richardson. 
 Lucy Hardy. 
 
 Martha Woods. 
 Elizabeth Richardson. 
 Rebeckah Hay." 
 
 At a meeting of the First Congregational Church, Septem- 
 ber 30, 1827, " Voted that the request signed by the above- 
 mentioned members of this church be granted." 
 
 The result of the movement was the organization of a 
 new society, which at first was designated as " the Second 
 Congregational Society ; " but the name was changed, after 
 two years, to that of " the First Trinitarian Congregational 
 Society," by which it is still known. 
 
 The following is ah extract from the records of the Trini- 
 tarian Congregational Church : — 
 
 " Agreeably to letters missive from several Christian brethren 
 lately members of the church under the pastoral care of the Rev. 
 L. W. Leonard, an ecclesiastical council was convened at the 
 house of Joseph Appleton, Esq., in Dublin, at ten o'clock, a.m., 
 Nov. 21, 1827, for the purpose of forming them into a Ti'initarian 
 Congregational Church. There were present the following pastors 
 and delegates, viz. : — 
 
 " Rev. Moses Bradford, without a pastoral charge ; Rev. Gad 
 Newell and Br. Josiah Richardson, from the church in Nelson ; 
 Rev. Peter Holt and Deacon John Field, from Presbyterian 
 Church, Peterborough ; Rev. Z. S. Barstow and Deacon C. H. 
 Jaquith, from church in Keene. 
 
184 HISTORY OF- DUBLIN. 
 
 "The council was organized by choosing Rev. M. Bradford 
 moderator, and Rev. Z. S. Barstow scribe ; and it was opened with 
 prayer by the moderator. 
 
 " The council proceeded to inquire of the brethren that convened 
 them what communication they had to make concerning the busi- 
 ness which they wish to have accomplished. Accordingly, the 
 brethren presented a document from the church connected with 
 the First Congregational Society in Dublin, certifying their regular 
 standing in the clmrch, and dismissing them from that church 
 Avhenever they shall have formed themselves into another body. 
 
 " The council inquii'ed what was intended in the letter missive 
 by their differing essentially from the church from which they 
 separate ; and, in answer to the question, it was made evident that 
 these brethren hold to the great doctrines of the gospel in accord- 
 ance with the principles of the fathers of New England. 
 
 " Wherefore, Voted that Stephen J. "Woods, Abijah Richardson, 
 Thomas Hay, Luke Richardson, Martha Woods, Lucy Hardy, 
 Rebeckah Hay, and Elizabeth Richardson, be constituted a Trini- 
 tarian Congregational Church. 
 
 " Voted that the public exercises be performed in the following 
 manner : that the Rev. Gad Newell make the first prayer. Rev. 
 Mr. Barstow preach the sermon, Rev. Mr. Bradford attend to the 
 business of constituting the church, and the Rev. Mr. Holt make 
 the concluding prayer. 
 
 " Proceeded to the meeting-house, performed the parts assigned, 
 and constituted a Trinitarian Congregational Church. 
 
 " Accepted the above as the minutes of the council. 
 
 " Attest : Moses Bradford, Moderator. 
 
 Z. S. Barstow, Scribe. 
 
 "Nov. 21, 1827. — The church being formed, the members pro- 
 ceeded to choose the Rev. Gad Newell moderator; chose Luke 
 Richardson clerk ; chose Stephen J. Woods deacon." 
 
 The confession of faith and covenant adopted on the occa- 
 sion was the same as that usually received by the churches 
 of the INIonadnock Association, which has been printed, and 
 copies of which may be readily obtained. 
 
 At a meeting of the First Congregational Society, March 
 20, 1827, the ifollowing vote was passed : — 
 
 " Voted that, in case the Second Congregational Society make 
 arrangements to have preaching the ensuing year, the standing 
 committee of the First Congregational Society be requested to 
 invite said Second Congregational Society to occupy the new 
 meeting-house at such time or times as it may be the pleasure of 
 said society to provide preaching, to the full extent according to 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 185 
 
 their numbers, and so mncb further as the officers of the First 
 Congregational Society, witli the advice and consent of Rev. Mr. 
 Leonard and the selectmen, may deem expedient, for the term of 
 one yeai-." 
 
 A similar vote was passed March 18, 1828, with this 
 difference, however, that "the standing committee of the 
 First Society meet the committee of the Second Congrega- 
 tional Society for the purpose of dividing the sabbaths to 
 which said societies are entitled." In March, 1829, the 
 vote of the society was " that the First Trinitarian Congre- 
 gational Society in Dublin have leave to occupy the meeting- 
 house every thirteenth sabbath, the ensuing year." 
 
 While the Second Congregational Society occupied the 
 meeting-house their proportion of the year, the town refused 
 to grant them the use of the Town Hall ; but, in 1829, the 
 town "voted that the Second Congregational Society have 
 leave to occupy the Town Hall twelve sabbaths, and that the 
 First Congregational Society have the same privilege." 
 
 In March, 1830, the vote of the town was, " that the 
 Trinitarian Congregational Society in Dublin have leave to 
 occupy the Town Hall for purposes of religious worship the 
 ensuing year, on condition that they relinquish their privi- 
 lege of occupying the new meeting-house on sabbath-days, 
 and insure the Town House from injury by reason of their 
 occupying the same." The society took the hall with the 
 above condition, and occupied it till their brick church was 
 completed in 1836. In the meantime, different preachers 
 were employed. The Rev. Samuel Harris remained as the 
 hired pastor two years. The church was dedicated in 1836 ; 
 and the sermon on the occasion was preached by the Rev. 
 Dr. Bouton, of Concord, N. H. Rev. James Tisdale, who 
 graduated at Brown University, R. I., was engaged in the 
 summer of 1836, and supplied the desk during the three 
 subsequent years. He was a man of various learning, ear- 
 nest and active in the cause of popular education, and a 
 ready debater in the Lyceum. As he was about to remove 
 his family to Gilsum in 1841, the following resolution was 
 unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Dublin Lyceum : — 
 
 " Resolved, That the thanks of the members of the Dublin 
 
 Lyceum be presented to the Rev. James Tisdale for the interest 
 
 ■which he has taken in our exercises during his residence in town, 
 
 and for tbe efhcient aid which he has rendered by delivering lec- 
 
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186 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 tures, writing for and conducting the paper, making reports on 
 subjects assigned, and engaging in the debates ; and that we wish 
 him and his family success and prosperity in the new field of labor 
 he is about to occupy." 
 
 Mr. Henry A. Kendall received a call from the chnrch 
 and society to settle as their minister, September, 1840. 
 Mr. Kendall's reply to the church was as follows : — 
 
 " To the Committee of the Trinitarian Congregational Church in 
 Dublin. 
 
 " Christian Brethren, — Having been called, in the providence 
 of God, to labor with you for a season in the cause of Christ, and 
 having now received a call from you to become your pastor, I have 
 sought divine direction in regard to my continuing with you ; and 
 feeling that God has opened the way for me still to labor with and 
 for you, in promoting his kingdom in this place, I do therefore 
 accept your call, praying that the God of all grace would enable 
 us to do his will in the faithful discharge of the duties of our rela- 
 tions one to another, and to our common Lord. — And subscribe 
 myself yours in Christian love and fellowship, 
 
 " Henry A. Kendall. 
 " To Luke Richardson, Malachi Richardson, 
 Committee of the Church. 
 
 " Dublin, Sept. 18, 1840." 
 
 « Dublin, Oct. 20, 1840. 
 
 " The following pastors and delegates, invited by letters missive 
 from the Trinitarian Congregational Church and Society in Dublin, 
 met at the house of Mr. Luke Richardson, at two o'clock, p.m. : — 
 
 Pastors. Delegates. 
 
 Church in Keene . . . Rev. Z. S. Barstow 
 
 Church in Rindge . . . Rev. A. W. Burnham . Deacon Eben. Brown. 
 Church in Hancock . . Rev. Archibald Burgess Deacon Stephen Wood. 
 Church in Jaifrey . . . Rev. J. D. Crosby . . Deacon Phinehas Spalding. 
 
 Church in Nelson Br. Samuel Griefin. 
 
 Church in New Ipswich . Rev. Samuel Lee . . . Deacon Isaac Adams. 
 Church in Marlborough . Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor Br. Thomas Tolman. 
 Church in Mont Vernon Br. Daniel Kendall. 
 
 " They were organized as an ecclesiastical council by the choice 
 of Rev. Mr. Burgess moderator, and Rev. Mr. Lee scribe. Prayer 
 was oifered by the moderator. 
 
 " The doings of the church and society in the call of Mr. Ken- 
 dall, and his reply to the same, also his certificate of church mem- 
 bership, and his license to preach the gospel, were presented, and 
 voted satisfactory. Voted to proceed to the ordination of Mr. 
 Kendall as pastor of the Trinitarian Church, to-morrow at ten 
 o'clock. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 187 
 
 " The public services were assigned as follows : ■ 
 
 Invocation and reading of the Scriptures, by 
 
 Introductory prayer , 
 
 Sermon by Prof. Warner; in his absence 
 
 Ordaining prayer 
 
 Fellowship of the churches 
 
 Address to the people 
 
 Concluding prayer 
 
 Rev. jAlfES TiSDALE. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Crosby. 
 Rev. Mr. Burgess. 
 Rev. Mr. Barstow. 
 Rev. Mr. French. 
 Rev. Mr. Lee. 
 Rev. Mr. Grosvenor. 
 
 " Church-meeting, May 14, 1842, at the meeting-house ; opened 
 by reading Matt, xviii. 21 — 35, and prayer." 
 
 The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously 
 adopted, viz. : — 
 
 " Believing that holding slaves is contrary to the spirit of the 
 gospel, and consequently inconsistent with Christian charactei', we 
 therefore as a church of Christ, — 
 
 " Resolve, 1. That we deplore the existence of the sin of slavery 
 in the church. 2. That we cannot and do not recognize the slave- 
 holder continuing such, as a worthy follower of Jesus Christ. 
 3. That we cannot fellowship those who thus walk, as we think, 
 contrary to the gospel-rule, and therefore must not invite them to 
 our communion." 
 
 June 4, 1850, Rev. H. A. Kendall requested a dismission. 
 An ecclesiastical council was called, and met July 18, 1850. 
 The result of the council was, that the pastoral relations 
 between Rev. Mr. Kendall and his people be dissolved. 
 The following is an extract from said result : — 
 
 " In coming to this decision, the council are happy that nothing 
 has come to their knowledge which injuriously affects the Chris- 
 tian and ministerial character of the pastor ; but, on the contrary, 
 they are highly gratified in witnessing the meekness which he has 
 manifested, and particularly his earnest desire and willingness to 
 make sacrifices for the future peace and prosperity of the church 
 of Christ in this place ; and it gives us pleasure to recommend 
 him as a devoted and faithful minister of the gospel." 
 
 " Feb. 4, 1851, the Trinitarian Congregational Church voted 
 unanimously to present a call to the Rev. Alonzo Hayes to become 
 their pastor." 
 
 The answer of Mr. Hayes was as follows : — 
 
 " Respected Brethren, — The many marks of kindness you 
 have shown me, and the interest you have manifested in my labors 
 among you, encourage me to believe that a minister will find 
 among you those motives to diligence and those sources of happi- 
 ness in the prosecution of his work in the ministry, which are 
 
188 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 denied to many in this changing age, when so many seem indif- 
 ferent both to the gospel and those who preach it. 
 
 " When I regard your circumstances as a church and people, I 
 feel deeply interested in your welfare, and earnestly desire that 
 God would pour out his Spirit and quicken his people, and bring 
 many souls into the fold of Christ. 
 
 " Difficulties must be met and sacrifices made by me. But these 
 are things the minister of Christ must expect, and which I have 
 long since resolved should never deter me from laboring in the 
 field where the providence of God seemed to call. Encouraged to 
 believe that I am acting under the direction of the Great Head 
 of the church, on whom I rely for his blessing and guidance, I 
 accept the invitation of this church and society to become their 
 pastor, believing that the friends of Christ will ever co-operate with 
 me in every good work, and never cease to pray that my labors 
 among you may be blessed. 
 
 " I accept your invitation, provided you give me three sabbaths 
 in a year, and pay the salary semi-annually. 
 
 " Yours truly, Alonzo Hates." 
 
 Eev. Mr. Hayes resigned his pastoral oflSce in March, 
 1853, and removed to Washington, D. C. 
 
 The whole number of members of the church in 1852 
 was forty-six. The deacons are Jesse Morse and Abijah 
 Richardson. 
 
 DEACONS OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 There is no record of the time when the first deacons were 
 chosen. EH Morse and Benjamin Learned were in office 
 when Mr. Sprague was ordained, and were elected pro- 
 bably about the time of Mr. Tarrar's settlement, June, 1772. 
 Deacon Morse resigned his office, it is supposed, in 1795 ; 
 and Francis Appleton was chosen in his place in Sep- 
 tember of that year. Deacon Morse died July 18, 1814, 
 aged ninety -two. Deacon Learned died Sept. 5, 1818, aged 
 seventy-seven. Stephen Jewett "Woods was chosen deacon, 
 June 4, 1818. He came with his family from Sterling, Mass. 
 After resigning his office in the First Church, he was chosen 
 a deacon in the Second Church, and continued in the same 
 till his removal to Dunstable, Mass. Deacon Appleton 
 resigned his office, Nov. 6, 1831; and the following is an 
 extract from the church-records of that date : — 
 
 " At a meeting of the church after divine service. Deacon Fran- 
 cis Appleton tendered his resignation, upon which the following 
 resolutions, offered by J. K. Smith, passed unanimously : — ' Re- 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 189 
 
 solved, That, in consideration of the long and faithful services 
 rendered this church by Francis Appleton in the office of deacon, 
 his request to tender his resignation be accepted ; and that, while 
 we express to him our regret for his determination, we also 
 express our gratitude and thankfulness for the fidelity with which 
 he has discharged the duties pertaining to his office.' " 
 
 Cyrus Chamberlain and Ebenezer Perry were chosen dea- 
 cons, April 27, 1832. Mr. Chamberlain with his family 
 removed to Pembroke, N.Y., in 1835, and Jonathan K. 
 Smith, July 1, 1836, was chosen in his place. Deacon Perry, 
 in 1846, removed to Peterborough, and continued to hold 
 his office till 1850, when the following letter, tendering his 
 resignation, was received : — 
 
 " Peterborough, Nov. 25, 1850. 
 
 " To the First Congregational Church in Dublin under the pastoral 
 care of Dr. Leonard. 
 
 " Brethren and Sisters, — It is now more than four years since I 
 removed from the town. Though located on the borders, circum- 
 stances rather than my wishes have made it inconvenient for me 
 ' faithfully to attend and conscientiously to support ' with you the 
 institutions of religion. I have long indulged the hope that some 
 wave of Providence would carry me back, — that the ' cloud by day 
 or pillar of fire by night ' would indicate a resting place where I 
 might spend my days in the place of my nativity, surrounded by 
 time-hallowed associations of early years and Christian fellowship, 
 and lay my bones at last with those of my fathers and kindred. 
 But the future prospect is, as yet, undefined. Under these circum- 
 stances it seems improper that I should longer retain an office, the 
 duties of which have been so imperfectly performed. Justice to 
 our pastor, to my colleague in office, to you, as well as to myself, 
 clearly indicate the propriety of my resignation. 
 
 " AVith many thanks for your forbearance and Christian courtesy, 
 I therefore request you to appoint some worthy brother to Jill the 
 place which, for some time past, I have merely occupied. 
 
 " In resigning office in the church, I would, with your permis- 
 sion, retain a membership till duty shall point to a different con- 
 nection. 
 
 Communion Service. —It was the practice of the First Church, from the begin- 
 ning, or at least from an early period, to observe the right of the Lord's Supper 
 only four times in a year; namely, on the first sabbaths in May, July, September, 
 and November. Without a stuve to warm the meeting-house, the sitting in the 
 church, after the morning exercises, was too uncomfortable for profitable attention to 
 such a service. Since the year 1842, however, the house being warmed, the rite of 
 the Supper has been observed six times in a year, or every two months. Except in 
 the winter, there has usually been a lecture in the afternoon of the Friday before the 
 Communion. 
 
19!2 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 reward," reserved for those who have been " faitliful unto 
 death." 
 
 When the church was re-organized, or renewed their cove- 
 nant in 1829, only two of the original members of the 
 church, one male and one female, remained to them ; and 
 they died soon after. Forty-two others, thirteen males and 
 twenty-nine females, united with them at this time. Dec. 
 25, 1849, a vote was passed for another renewal of their 
 covenant. During the intervening period of twenty years, 
 there were added to the church by baptism one hundred and 
 seven, by letter thirty-four, and five former members restored ; 
 making a total of one hundred and forty-six, which, with 
 the forty-two that renewed the covenant in 1829, makes the 
 whole number of members in that period one hundred and 
 eighty-eight ; ninety -three males and ninety-five females. 
 Twenty-six died during the said period, seventy-seven were 
 dismissed to other churches, and sixteen were di'opped or 
 excluded ; leaving sixty-three nominal members. Some had 
 removed to other places, without taking a regular dismissal. 
 Elder McGregory's name does not appear among the church- 
 members, and it is not known precisely at what time he left 
 town. Mr. Clark Sibley preached to the people before 1831, 
 but the records are silent as to the time when he began. In 
 April, 1831, the church voted to send for a council to ordain 
 him, and he was ordained June 2d of that year. He was 
 succeeded by 'Rev. Harrison W. Strong, respecting whom 
 there is no record. He was settled in New Ipswich in 
 1843. Feb. 23, 1839, Mr. James P. Appleton was received 
 into the church by letter from the church of Plymouth, 
 and ordained as colleague with Elder Willard. He was 
 dismissed May 1, 1840. The desk was supplied for a time 
 by Mr. D. P. French. Feb. 27, 1842, Elder Henry 
 Tonkin became their minister. He was dismissed March 
 29, 1843. During the two following years, the desk was 
 supplied by Mr. E. D. Farr, from New Hampton, and 
 by Mr. INIilton W. Ball, of Unity. Elder Warren Cooper 
 of Winchendon, Mass., came in August, 1845, and con- 
 tinued till 1848. He was succeeded by Elder Charles 
 Cummings, who labored with much efficiency to build up 
 the church. The church voted, Dec. 15, 1849, to re-organize, 
 with a view to the enjoyment of a closer walk with each 
 other, and with their Lord and Master ; but, the initiatory 
 steps for this measure were scarcely taken, before their 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 193 
 
 beloved pastor was suddenly taken from the service of the 
 church below to join in the more exalted service of that 
 above. The sudden bereavement seemed to the smitten 
 flock like a personal affliction, and probably quickened their 
 movements in re-organizing the church on a plan he sug- 
 gested as more efficient in promoting their spiritual enjoy- 
 ment and growth in grace. 
 
 Sixty members of the church, twenty-five males and 
 thirty-five females, renewed their covenant-engagements at 
 the commencement of the year 1850. Up to this time 
 (June, 1852), there have been five additions by letter and 
 one by baptism, making a total of sixty-six. Twelve of 
 these have been dismissed to other churches ; six have died ; 
 and several have removed to other places, without having, 
 as yet, obtained a dismission. 
 
 Elder Henry Archibald supplied preaching until the 
 spring of 1853, when Elder Lyman Culver, from Gilmanton, 
 succeeded him as pastor of the church. 
 
 The first meeting-house for the use of this society was 
 built in the year 1797. It was built in the usual style of 
 chiu'ch-architecture at that day ; the main building being 
 forty feet by thirty on the ground, with a porch at each end. 
 It was built near the east line of lot No. 20, in the ninth 
 range, and, as was then customary, located on the top of a 
 hill. In 1830, the porches were taken ofi", and the house 
 repaired. In 1844, the house was removed to its present 
 location, on lot 21, and fitted up in modern style. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAI, CHURCH. 
 
 There had been a few Methodists in the north-west part 
 of the town for more than forty years, who classed them- 
 selves with the members of the same church in Marlborough, 
 and formed part of a circuit, holding their meetings at 
 private dwellings until the year 1842. In this year, they 
 erected a meeting-house in Dublin, on the road leading from 
 Pottersville to ISIarlborough. 
 
 Elder Dudley, a local preacher, was theu' minister for 
 several years ; and, in 1852, Kev. Ira Carter was stationed 
 there. Several of the persons who officiated in this circuit 
 in its early day, became, in after-years, distinguished and 
 eminent men. Among these were the eccentric Lorenzo 
 Dow ; the late Bishop Hedding ; and TNLartin Ruter, after- 
 25 
 
192 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 reward," reserved for those who have been " faithful unto 
 death." 
 
 When the church was re-organized, or renewed their cove- 
 nant in 1829, only two of the original members of the 
 church, one male and one female, remained to them ; and 
 they died soon after. Forty-two others, thirteen males and 
 twenty-nine females, united with them at this time. Dec. 
 25, 1849, a vote was passed for another renewal of their 
 covenant. During the intervening period of twenty years, 
 there were added to the church by baptism one hundred and 
 seven, by letter thirty-four, and five former members restored ; 
 making a total of one hundred and forty-six, which, with 
 the forty-two that renewed the covenant in 1829, makes the 
 whole number of members in that period one hundred and 
 eighty-eight ; ninety -three males and ninety-five females. 
 Twenty-six died during the said period, seventy-seven were 
 dismissed to other churches, and sixteen were di'opped or 
 excluded ; leaving sixty-three nominal members. Some had 
 removed to other places, without taking a regular dismissal. 
 Elder McGregory's name does not appear among the church- 
 members, and it is not known precisely at what time he left 
 town. Mr. Clark Sibley preached to the people before 1831, 
 but the records are silent as to the time when he began. In 
 April, 1831, the church voted to send for a council to ordain 
 him, and he was ordained June 2d of that year. He was 
 succeeded by Kev. Harrison W. Strong, respecting whom 
 there is no record. He was settled in New Ipswich in 
 1843. Feb. 23, 1839, Mr. James P. Appleton was received 
 into the church by letter from the church of Plymouth, 
 and ordained as colleague with Elder Willard. He was 
 dismissed May 1, 1840. The desk was supplied for a time 
 by Mr. D. P. French. Feb. 27, 1842, Elder Henry 
 Tonkin became their minister. He was dismissed JNIarch 
 29, 1843. During the two following years, the desk was 
 supplied by Mr. E. D. Farr, from New Hampton, and 
 by Mr. ISIilton W. Ball, of Unity. Elder Warren Cooper 
 of Winchendon, Mass., came in August, 1845, and con- 
 tinued till 1848. He was succeeded by Elder Charles 
 Cummings, who labored with much efficiency to build up 
 the church. The church voted, Dec. 15, 1849, to re-organize, 
 with a view to the enjoyment of a closer walk with each 
 other, and with their Lord and Master ; but, the initiatory 
 steps for this measure were scarcelv taken, before their 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 193 
 
 beloved pastor was suddenly taken from the service of the 
 church below to join in the more exalted service of that 
 above. The sudden bereavement seemed to the smitten 
 flock like a personal affliction, and probably quickened their 
 movements in re-organizing the church on a plan he sug- 
 gested as more efficient in promoting their spiritual enjoy- 
 ment and growth in grace. 
 
 Sixty members of the church, twenty-five males and 
 thirty-five females, renewed their covenant-engagements at 
 the commencement of the year 1850. Up to this time 
 (June, 1852), there have been five additions by letter and 
 one by baptism, making a total of sixty-six. Twelve of 
 these have been dismissed to other churches ; six have died ; 
 and several have removed to other places, without having, 
 as yet, obtained a dismission. 
 
 Elder Henry Ai-chibald supplied preaching until the 
 spring of 1852, when Elder Lyman Culver, from Gilmanton, 
 succeeded him as pastor of the church. 
 
 The first meeting-house for the use of this society was 
 built in the year 1797. It was built in the usual style of 
 chuixh-architecture at that day ; the main building being 
 forty feet by thirty on the ground, with a porch at each end. 
 It was built near the east line of lot No. 20, in the ninth 
 range, and, as was then customary, located on the top of a 
 hill. In 1830, the porches were taken off, and the house 
 repaired. In 1844, the house was removed to its present 
 location, on lot 21, and fitted up in modern style. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 There had been a few Methodists in the north-west part 
 of the town for more than forty years, who classed them- 
 selves with the members of the same church in Marlborough, 
 and formed part of a circuit, holding their meetings at 
 private dwellings until the year 1842. In this year, they 
 erected a meeting-house in Dublin, on the road leading from 
 Pottersville to Marlborough. 
 
 Elder Dudley, a local preacher, was their minister for 
 several years ; and, in 1852, Rev. Ira Carter was stationed 
 there. Several of the persons who officiated in this circuit 
 in its early day, became, in after-years, distinguished and 
 eminent men. Among these were the eccentric Lorenzo 
 Dow ; the late Bishop Hedding ; and INTartin Ilutcr, after- 
 
194 HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 wards president of a southern nniversity, and, when he died, 
 a bishop in the southern branch of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 During the years 1843 and 1843, some persons were 
 interested in the doctrines of the Second Advent, or Miller- 
 ism, as it was then called. Meetings were held in the 
 Baptist Church, but the excitement soon subsided ; and it is 
 not known that there are at the present time any adherents 
 to the Second Advent doctrines in the town. 
 
 During the prevalence of Mormonism in Peterborough, 
 one of the ministers. Elder McGinn, held two meetings in 
 town ; the first in the Town Hall, and the second in the 
 First Congregational Church. His success in making con- 
 versions to the Mormon faith was very small. 
 
 MINISTERIAL EXCHANGES. 
 
 At the time Mr. Leonard was ordained, and especially in 
 subsequent years, the subject of ministerial exchanges 
 excited much interest. Mr. Leonard had always expressed 
 his readiness to exchange pulpit-services with ministers of 
 all denominations, claiming the right of deciding for himself 
 upon the propriety or expediency of an exchange. The 
 Fii'st Congregational Society, at their annual meeting, March 
 20, 1827, after voting to the Second Congregational Society 
 their proportion of sabbaths, " to the full extent according 
 to numbers," " Yoted that the members of the First Con- 
 gregational Society are willing that the Rev. Mr. Leonard 
 should exchange services with all regularly ordained clergy- 
 men in good standing, without reference to particular tenets, 
 sects, or denominations, as his judgment and discretion may 
 dictate." This vote was renewed twice in after-years ; first 
 in 1830, and again in 1839. 
 
 WARMING THE CHURCH. 
 
 At a meeting of the town, June 5, 1820, " Voted that 
 the First Congregational Society in Dublin have the use of 
 the new meeting-house, for the purpose of attending public 
 worship and other ecclesiastical purposes, reserving to the 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 195 
 
 owners of pews their riglit." The seats for the singers 
 were not included in the above vote. The above vote was 
 not considered as authority for warming the house with a 
 stove. Accordingly, the following article was inserted in 
 the warrant for a town -meeting, March 12, 1822 : " To see 
 if the town will consent that the Congregational Society put 
 a stove into the new meeting-house." The town "voted 
 against having a stove put into the new meeting-house." 
 In consequence of the above refusal, the society, Dec. 31, 
 1823, '^ voted to have only one service on sabbath-days, 
 until the annual meeting in March next ; the service to 
 commence precisely at 12 o'clock at noon." This arrange- 
 ment did not prove satisfactory ; and, in subsequent winters, 
 when the severity of the cold was very great, the school- 
 house on the liill, as it could easily be warmed, was taken 
 as a place of worship. In 1827, the town gave leave to have 
 a stove placed in the chui'ch ; but some men of influence 
 were still opposed to the measure, and a stove was not 
 procured. But, in the year 1830, many persons were 
 determined that the place of worship should be made com- 
 fortable ; a subscription was raised for procuring two stoves 
 for the meeting-house ; and they obtained a policy of in- 
 surance for the house, in case of its being burned in conse- 
 quence of putting up the stoves. A short experience in 
 a warm church changed public opinion ; no more objections 
 were ever expressed ; and those who had been most opposed 
 to stoves seemed equally with the rest to rejoice in the 
 comfort of their warmth. 
 
 THE RIGHT OF THE TOWN IN THE MEETING-HOUSE. 
 
 As the meeting-house of the First Congregational Society 
 was built by the town before the passage of the " Toleration 
 Law," the town held a right of property in it. On several 
 occasions, propositions were made to sell the town's right ; 
 but they all failed of adoption till 1847. The following 
 article was inserted in the warrant for town-meeting of that 
 year : "To see what order the town will take in regard to 
 the meeting-house built by the town, or act any way in 
 relation to said house." The result was: "Voted that the 
 town sell at auction all the right they own in the meeting- 
 house built by the town." " Voted that the selectmen give 
 notice of the time of sale." At a meeting, July 8th of the 
 
196 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 same year, Calvin Mason was chosen an agent, with authority 
 " to convey to the purchaser all the right, interest, and 
 property, that the town own in said house." In accordance 
 with the foregoing votes, the house was sold by auction, and 
 purchased by Thaddeus Morse. At a meeting of the First 
 Congregational Society, Oct. 8, *' Voted that the society 
 purchase the right to the centre meeting-house bought by 
 Thaddeus Morse." The said right was purchased of Mr. 
 Morse by the society for what it cost him. 
 
 SACRED MUSIC, SINGING-MASTERS, SINGING-SCHOOLS. 
 
 Owing to the want of psalm or hymn-books, it was the 
 practice, in the early days of Dublin church, as in other 
 churches, for the minister to read the whole hymn ; and, after 
 that, one of the deacons read one line, which the choir sang, 
 and then he read another, which was also sung ; and so on, 
 reading and singing alternating till the hymn was finished. 
 Even after the choir were supplied with books, the practice 
 was not wholly discontinued. The deacon, however, in 
 such a case, would read two lines or a stanza, which the 
 choir sang after him, using their books at the same time. 
 When the practice was changed in Dublin is not known ; 
 but it has been said, that one of the deacons was disturbed 
 by the change, and expressed much dissatisfaction. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, Esq., is said to have been the first 
 leader of the singers in the Dublin church. Among those 
 who were leaders after him, we find the following names, 
 but the list may not be complete : Ebenezer Twitchell, 
 Benjamin Mason, Kimball Ames, John Perry, Joseph 
 Twitchell, jun., Joshua Flint, Samuel Fisher, Nahum War- 
 ren, Moses Adams, jun., Abraham Mead, Reuben W. 
 Twitchell, Benjamin F. Morse, Corydon Jones, and Joseph 
 Morse. 
 
 The first teacher of sacred music in Dublin is supposed 
 to have been Joseph Abbot, whose school was furnished 
 with a room in the house of the Rev. Mr. Sprague. The 
 names of other instructors in this branch are imperfectly 
 remembered. We give the following, the Christian names 
 of many of them being unknown : Pratt ; Ham- 
 ilton ; Jacob P. Willard, of Ashby, Mass. ; Cutter ; 
 
 N. D. Gould ; James Robbins, of Temi^leton, Mass. ; John 
 Clark, of New Ipswich ; Barrett ; Samuel Slade, of 
 
HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 197 
 
 Alstead ; Nahum Warren ; Col. Newhall, of Boston ; 
 
 Charles S. Symonds ; Mason, of Shrewsbury, Mass. ; 
 
 Moses Adams, jun. ; Sanborn ; Hutcliins ; 
 
 Peter Clark, of New Ipswich ; C. S. Crossman ; Osgood 
 Collister. 
 
 For the support of singing-schools, the town made occa- 
 sional appropriations of money. In 1819, fifty dollars were 
 voted for that purpose, to be laid out at the discretion of the 
 selectmen. Mr. Robbins was employed as the teacher. A 
 portion of the singers in town were dissatisfied. Another 
 teacher was engaged by the opposing party, and two singing- 
 schools were kept. The controversy was ostensibly about 
 the style of singing ; Mr. Robbins, it was alleged, teaching 
 his pupils to sing with undue loudness, and without suitable 
 expression. The result was that two choirs of singers were 
 formed, each claiming the seats in the church, and each 
 having its leader. On the first sabbath in April, 1820, a 
 candidate for the ministry began to preach, and both choirs 
 assembled in the church ; one occupying the seats designed 
 for the singers, and the other the free seats in the side 
 gallery. The service began with the reading of a hymn. 
 The leaders named different tunes ; the pitch for each tune 
 was given, and the hymn was sung by each choir, making, 
 at times, no small discord. The preacher supposing, or 
 hoping, that singing once in this way would prove satis- 
 factory to both parties, and that they would not attempt to 
 sing different tunes together a second time, read another 
 hymn ; but different tunes were again named and sung ; 
 the opposing party, however, having selected a tune with a 
 slow movement, had the advantage, or privilege, of singino- 
 the last stanza alone. Before the minister proceeded in the 
 service, Mr. Alexander Emes arose from a pew in the north- 
 west corner of the gallery, and addressed both choirs, re- 
 proving them for suffering any circumstances to lead to such 
 an exhibition in the house of God, reminding them of the 
 encouragement which the town had given for their instruc- 
 tion in sacred music, and of the obligation that rested upon 
 them of engaging in the performance of that part of divine 
 worship in a decent and orderly manner. No more hymns 
 were read on that day, nor on the day of public fast, which 
 occurred in that week ; because it was perceived that both 
 choirs were present, and would probably sing as before, in 
 case a hymn should be read. As the town had reserved the 
 
198 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 control of the singers' seats, a meeting was called for the 
 purpose of deciding who should have the right to occupy 
 them as leaders of the choir. In the meantime, however, 
 both choirs agreed to sing together, provided Mr. Henry 
 Whitcomb, then a resident, would take the lead. He did 
 so, and continued to lead till the decision of the town was 
 obtained. The article in reference to this subject, inserted 
 in the warrant for town-meeting, was, " To see what method 
 the town will take to ensure and establish regularity and 
 harmony in our public religious services, particularly in the 
 department of sacred music, or act any thing in relation to 
 measures to restore and perpetuate order in the musical de- 
 partment." The action taken by the town in reference to the 
 above article was as follows : " Voted to choose leaders, to 
 take the lead of the singing in this town for one year, and that 
 they be chosen by ballot. Chose Joshua Flint, Abijah Rich- 
 ardson, jun., and Jeremiah Greenwood, leaders on the tenor ; 
 chose Zadock Chapman, Luke Richardson, and Cyrus Ma- 
 son, on the bass. Voted to give up the front seats in the 
 gallery of the new meeting-house for one year, for the use 
 of the singers, or leaders above named, and all those who 
 may sing peaceably under them." In the succeeding winter. 
 Deacon John Clark, of New Ipswich, was employed to 
 teach a singing-school. It was a union-school, and, at its 
 close, a society was formed with a constitution, which 
 secured the regular conduct of the singing in the church ; 
 and in some of its main features is still observed. 
 
 BIBLE AND HYIIN-BOOKS. 
 
 At the opening of the new meeting-house for public wor- 
 ship, Mr. Solomon Piper, of Boston, presented a Bible and 
 two hymn-books, bound in a substantial and costly manner, 
 for the pulpit. The Bible is still used, having been re- 
 bound. The hymns used in the choir and congregation, till 
 the autumn of 1822, were those of Dr. "Watts. At that 
 time, Dabney's Collection was introduced, and continued to 
 be used till June, 1845. A committee of the Cheshire 
 Pastoral Association, consisting of L. W. Leonard, A. A. 
 Livermore, W. W. Whitwell, and C. Cutler, had prepared 
 a collection of hymns, entitled, '' Christian Hymns, for 
 Public and Private Worship." This book was introduced, 
 and is still used, by the First Congregational Society in 
 
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 199 
 
 Dublin ; and It has been adopted by more than sixty societies 
 in other places. 
 
 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 No instruments, except a pitch-pipe, were used in the 
 church till some years after 1790, when a bass-viol was 
 introduced and played by Amos Babcock. He was the 
 maker of the said instrument. He was apprehensive that 
 taking it to the church would create dissatisfaction. Moses 
 Marshall urged him to take such a step, and offered to carry 
 the viol into the singers' seats, if he would use it. Mr. 
 Babcock consented. The viol was placed in the front seat ; 
 and though some were opposed, yet, as Mr. Sprague was 
 decidedly in favor of the instrument's being used in the 
 choir, it occasioned no serious disturbance. After Mr. Bab- 
 cock, Moses Marshall played the bass-viol in the church 
 through a period of fifteen years. In subsequent years, 
 many instruments of different kinds were used, — violins, 
 flutes, clarionets, and bassoons. Richard Phillips, 2d, was 
 distinguished for his power of execution on the double bass- 
 viol, and on the wind instrument called the "trombone," 
 which he occasionally took into the church. 
 
 The meeting-house on the hill was taken down in 1852 ; 
 but, before the present house was completed, the following 
 letter was received by the executive committee of the so- 
 ciety : — 
 
 " To the First Congregational Society in Dublin. 
 
 " "Wishing to pi-omote the harmony and good fellowship of the 
 religious society of my own denomination in my native town, I 
 hereby present an organ to be placed in your new meeting-house, 
 for the purpose of aiding in public worship ; at all times to be 
 under the immediate care and control of the executive committee 
 of said society and their successors in office. 
 
 " With the highest regards for your temporal and spiritual wel- 
 fare, I remain your faithful friend and humble servant, 
 
 " Solo. Piper. 
 
 "Boston, Feb. 25,1853." 
 
 To the above letter the following reply was made : — 
 " First Congregational Society of Dublin to Solomon Piper, Esq. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — "We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your favor 
 of the 25th instant, addressed to our society, in which you are 
 
200 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 pleased, for reasons assigned, to present an organ to be placed 
 in our new meeting-house for the purpose of aiding in public wor- 
 ship. A fine-toned and beautiful instrument has also come to 
 hand, and is duly installed in its place. 
 
 " We could not repress the expression of our feelings towards 
 you until we have a regular legal meeting. The society, therefore, 
 held an informal meeting, which was numerously attended ; and the 
 undersigned were appointed a committee to express to you the 
 gratitude of the society for your munificent, timely, and appro- 
 priate gift. It is munificent, on account of its cost and its intrinsic 
 value, compared with any advantages you have personally received 
 from your native town ; timely, as it comes to us just in season to 
 be the crowning glory of our new church ; and appropriate, be- 
 cause, being a combination of harmonies itself, it is tyj^ical of that 
 ' harmony and good fellowship ' which should ever characterize 
 members of the same religious society ; and, in our case, we think 
 it will aid materially in bringing about what it typifies. We trust 
 that it will indeed prove an aid to our public worship ; that its 
 sweet sounds will rightly attune our hearts to the praise of God, 
 and lift our thoughts reverently from our frail temple to that house 
 not made with hands, ' which is eternal in the heavens.' 
 
 " Be pleased, dear sir, to accept the unfeigned thanks of the 
 society, whose welfare you have so much at heart, and our per- 
 sonal wishes that every blessing may be yours, both in time and 
 eternity. 
 
 " Very gratefully and respectfully, your friends and servants, 
 "JoNA. K. Smith,") 
 Asa H. Fisk, y Committee. 
 Asa Heald, ) 
 
 "Dublin, Feb. 28, 1853." 
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 
 
 The suggestion to establish a Sunday-school for children 
 and youth in the First Congregational Society was first made 
 to the pastor by Moses Adams, jun., in the spring of 1823. 
 He has retained a connection with the said school, as one of 
 the superintendents or teachers, every year since its estab- 
 lishment. At the first organization of the school, the school- 
 committee of the town were constituted superintendents. 
 This arrangement was continued, in part, till 1839, when 
 the society, at their annual meeting, " voted that the standing 
 committee nominate the superintendents of the Sabbath- 
 school. Nominated and chose Rev. Levi W. Leonard, 
 Thomas Fisk, Thaddeus Morse, jun., Moses Adams, jun." 
 Besides the persons above named, there have been associated 
 with the pastor of the society, as superintendents of the 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 201 
 
 school, Jonathan K. Smith, Ebenezer Perry, and Ransom N. 
 Porter. In 1839, the school was re-organized, and a new 
 classification adopted. The number of jjnpils increased, 
 and a deeper interest was felt by parents and guardians. In 
 the early period of the school, the number of female ex- 
 ceeded the number of male pupils ; but, as the older pupils 
 began to remain in the school after the age in which it had 
 been customary for them to leave, the number of males 
 became at length larger than that of the females. In 1852, 
 the female pupils were most numerous. 
 
 For many years past to the present time, books of a suita- 
 ble character have been given to all the pupils at the close 
 of each term ; and, for aiding this object, Solomon Piper, 
 Esq., of Boston, has for a long time liberally contributed. 
 
 Moses Adams, jun., J. K. Smith, and L. W. Leonard, have 
 been constituted life-members of the Boston vSunday-school 
 Society ; the first by a friend of Sunday-schools, the last two 
 by the pupils of this school. 
 
 NEW MEETING-HOUSES. 
 
 After the vote of March, 1808, " to build a new meeting- 
 house," a committee of nine were chosen " to pitch upon a 
 place to set the meeting-house." This committee consisted 
 of Samuel Twitchell, Esq., Asa Fisk, jun., Eli Greenwood, 
 Phinehas Gleason, David Townsend, Isaac Appleton, Thad- 
 deus Morse, Esq., John Morse, and Aaron Appleton. They 
 were required to make their report in August. No report 
 was made in August ; but in March, 1809, an article was 
 inserted in the warrant " to see what method the town will 
 take to agree where the new meeting-house shall be built, 
 or act any thing relating thereto." The article was dis- 
 missed. In March, 1810, the article was "to see if the 
 town will build a new meeting-house, or repair the old one." 
 This article met the same fate as that of 1809; but in 
 August, 1810, the town chose " Esq. Griffin, of Packersfield ; 
 Esq. Farrar, of Marlborough; Esq. Gates, of Hancock; 
 Lieut. Buss, of Jaifrey ; and Mr. Oliver Carter, of Peterbor- 
 ough, to pitch upon a spot for the meeting-house to stand 
 upon in this town." This committee reported Nov. 26, 
 same year, and their report was accepted ; but the record 
 does not say what spot they pitched upon for said meeting- 
 house ; but it is supposed to have been north of Joseph 
 
202 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Appleton's blacksmith's shop. At an adjourned meeting, 
 Nov. 28, the town voted " to do something relative to 
 building a new meeting-house." What was meant by 
 " something " in the foregoing vote is manifest from the 
 succeeding votes : *' Voted to choose a committee to let out 
 the putting-up of a frame for a meeting-house. Richard 
 Gilchrest, Thaddeus Morse, and Aaron Appleton, were 
 chosen for said committee. Voted that the frame should be 
 raised one year from next June. Voted that the said com- 
 mittee provide suitable underpinning stones, and door-steps ; 
 likewise materials suitable to cover the outside of the frame, 
 and to have it done the same season that the frame is put 
 up. Voted that the committee have liberty to get timber on 
 the town's lands. Voted that the selectmen procure a deed 
 of the meeting-house spot." 
 
 The report of a committee, who drew a plan for the new 
 meeting-house, had been accepted ; and, in view of the whole 
 matter, it would have been reasonable to suppose that in less 
 than two years the house would be completed. But at the 
 annual meeting in March, 1811, although an attempt to 
 postpone the building of the house failed, and two of the 
 committee, R. Gilchi-est and T. Morse, declined serving, yet 
 others were appointed in their places ; and said committee 
 were " empowered to sell public lands," and the vote was 
 still against the spot on school-house hill. But another 
 meeting was called April 30, and the town " voted to dis- 
 miss the committee that were appointed to make prepara- 
 tions for building a new meeting-house, and to pay them 
 honorably for what services they have done respecting the 
 same." The vote to sell public lands was reconsidered. 
 The subject, however, was not to rest here ; for. May 27, 
 another meeting was held, and the town " voted to set the 
 meeting-house on school-house hill ; " also " voted to rein- 
 state the former committee to their office, and that they go 
 on with the business that they were appointed for." "Then 
 voted to set the meeting-house in Esq. Snow's field. Voted 
 against repairing the old meeting-house ; and chose Mr. 
 Evleth, Capt. Gleason, and Major Morse, to fix the spot to 
 set the meeting-house upon." The selectmen were autho- 
 rized to purchase land for the house on school-house hill ; and 
 eighty dollars were voted to prepare the land. Here there 
 seemed to be progress ; but not so ; for Sept. 24, same year, 
 the town " voted that they are not prepared to build a 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 203 
 
 meeting-house on the school-house hill ; " also, " voted to 
 repair the old meeting-house." This was a triumph for the 
 opposers of building a new meeting-house. But the advo- 
 cates for a new house called a meeting on the eleventh day 
 of November ; and the articles which had reference to the old 
 subject were " to see if the town will excuse those people 
 denominated Baptist and Methodist from paying any thing 
 towards building a new meeting-house, provided the town 
 should ever build one, or act any thing relating thereto." 
 This article was passed over. Then the next article was 
 taken up for consideration. It was as follows : ^' To see if 
 the town will bind themselves by their vote to build a meet- 
 ing-house on the spot of ground that shall be thought the 
 most suitable by a disinterested committee chosen from the 
 five adjoining towns." This article was dismissed ; and 
 the new meeting-house project was again defeated. 
 
 The subject of building a new meeting-house was not 
 brought forward again till the third day of July, 1815. It 
 was laid on the shelf during the whole time of the war with 
 Great Britain ; but now the Dublin meeting-house war was 
 revived, and the article in the warrant was *'to see if the 
 town will build a new meeting-house, or repair the old one, 
 or act any thing respecting a meeting-house," Notwith- 
 standing the vote of 1811 to repair the old house, it seems 
 that nothing had been done ; and now the town voted against 
 repairing it. Then " voted to set a new meeting-house on 
 the school-house hill." " Voted to choose a committee of 
 three to stake out a spot for the meeting-house, and to see 
 how it can be purchased of the owner or owners for the use 
 of the town, and report at some future meeting. Chose for 
 the committee Whitcomb French, Thaddeus Morse, and 
 Samuel Fisk." 
 
 Here was another beginning ; but at a meeting on the 
 fourth of September, same year, the town voted to postpone 
 acting on the subject. Postponing, however, was not dis- 
 missing the subject. Accordingly, in March, 1816, the 
 town " voted to accept of the report of the committee which 
 were appointed to stake out a spot for a new meeting-house 
 on the school-house hill ; which report is to purchase about 
 one acre of land of Aaron Appleton, and one acre of John 
 Snow, Esq., which land can be had for one hundred dollars 
 per acre." Nothing more was voted or done with respect to 
 a new meeting-house, till March, 1817, when the question 
 
204 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 respecting the spot again came up, and the town " voted to 
 choose two men to nominate a committee of eight, — four 
 to belong to the west part, and four to the east part of the 
 town, — to agree upon a spot for the new meeting-house to 
 stand upon. Chose Isaac Appleton and Phinehas Gleason 
 as the committee of nomination ; and they nominated Thad- 
 deus Mason, Samuel Fisk, Amos Emery, David Townsend, 
 Kuggles Smith, Joseph Gowing, Joseph Hayward, jun., and 
 Stephen J. Woods, which nomination was accepted ; and the 
 town voted that they make their report at this meeting." 
 The committee reported that " the meeting-house be set 
 north of Joseph Appleton's blacksmith-shop, and that the 
 road be turned south of the Potash to the post-guide south 
 of Esq. Snow's, and thence south of the burial-ground across 
 the point of the pond to intersect the road that leads from 
 the old meeting-house to Captain Hayward's." " Chose a 
 committee of five to agree for the spot for the meeting-house 
 to stand upon, — to procure materials to build said house 
 with." 
 
 On the eighth of June, 1817, the "long agony" about a 
 new meeting-house was over, but not without changing the 
 spot. In the first place, the town voted against turning the 
 road according to the committee's report, which had been 
 accepted. Next they voted against building the meeting- 
 house north of Joseph Appleton's blacksmith's shop. Then 
 " voted to build a meeting-house on the school-house hill, 
 and have it completed in one year from November next." 
 After this, strange as it may appear, the town " voted to 
 build the meeting-house on the spot where the old meeting- 
 house now stands, in preference to building it on the school- 
 house hill." In favor of the old spot, forty-four ; against it, 
 thirty-three. This last vote was reconsidered immediately ; 
 and then the town " voted to choose a committee of five to 
 procure a spot to build the meeting-house upon, and procure 
 materials for building said house with. Chose for the com- 
 mittee Capt. Ebenezer Eichardson, Thaddeus Morse, Esq., 
 Lieut. Thaddeus Mason, jun., Rufus Piper, and Samuel 
 Fisk." At an adjourned meeting, June 23, the committee 
 reported in favor of the spot on the school-house hill, and 
 theu- report was accepted by a vote of eighty against thirty- 
 seven. John Crombie was appointed on the building-com- 
 mittee in the place of Samuel Fisk, who asked to be excused. 
 Joshua Greenwood and Moses Marshall were chosen in addi- 
 
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 205 
 
 tion to the meeting-house committee. The building com- 
 mittee were to make the house " after the plan of Ashby, or 
 Fitzwilliam, or any other they may think proper," They 
 were directed to purchase the materials, and to let out the 
 building of the same. The selectmen were instructed to level 
 the meeting-house spot. In October, two hundred dollars 
 were raised for this purpose. 
 
 The change of the town's vote, with regard to the spot on 
 the eighth of June, was owing, in part, to the high price asked 
 for the land, and in part to the expense of making the road 
 which was recommended by the committee. The making of 
 this road would have given the west part of the town more 
 easy access to the meeting-house, if situated as proposed ; that 
 is, on a spot a little north-east of the present brick church, 
 Mr, Sprague, it is said, was strongly opposed to the spot on 
 the hill, on account of its bleak position. He is reported 
 to have said that he never would preach in a house placed 
 there. 
 
 After the meeting-house on the hill came into possession 
 of the First Congregational {Society, so far as the right or 
 ownership of the town was concerned, the question of repair- 
 ing the house, or of taking it down and using its materials 
 in the erection of another house on some other spot, was 
 frequently discussed. The old house, standing in a bleak 
 position, had suffered from its exposure to the winds and 
 rains, and considerable expense would have to be incurred in 
 order to have it thoroughly repaired. An article in the 
 warrant for the annual meeting of the society, March 21, 
 1848, " to see what measures, if any, the society will take to 
 move, altar, or repair their meeting-house the coming sea- 
 son," was dismissed. In 18-19, the society "voted that a 
 committee of five be raised to ascertain the cost of a site or 
 sites for a meeting-house, the probable expense of taking 
 down the old house and rebuilding it in a suitable form, and 
 how funds can be raised to pay for the same ; together with 
 such other information as they may be able to obtain, in 
 order that the society may have a full understanding of the 
 subject ; and report at a future meeting. Calvin Mason, 
 Rufus Piper, Jacob Gleason, Jesse R. Appleton, and Epliraim 
 Foster, were chosen said committee." 
 
 At the annual meeting, Jan. 8, 1850, the above-named 
 committee made a report favorable to the removal of the 
 meeting-house ; and Calvin Mason, Jacob Gleason, and Jesse 
 
206 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 R. Appleton, were cliosen a committee to take measures " to 
 have the pews in the centre meeting-house appraised by a 
 disinterested committee, and report at the next meeting." 
 An article to hear the report of this committee, Jan. 14, 
 1851, was dismissed; and the society "voted to instruct the 
 executive committee to examine the meeting-house, and 
 cause to be made such repairs as they may deem expedient." 
 The committee did not think it expedient to make repairs ; 
 and the annual meeting, Jan. 13, 1852, the society " voted 
 — yeas, thirty-three ; nays, nine — that the church be taken 
 down, and a new one built on a plan approved by the society, 
 on land of Josephus Snow, southwardly of Rev. Mr. Leon- 
 ard's house, provided funds can be raised by voluntary sub- 
 scription ; and provided, further, that the pew-owners can 
 be settled with on reasonable terms. Voted that a committee 
 of tliree be chosen by ballot to report to the society the 
 proper method of settling with the pew-owners, the probable 
 cost and plan of a meeting-house. Chose J. K. Smith, Cal- 
 vin Mason, and Charles W. Pierce, for said committee." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, Feb. S, a report was read by 
 the committee, in which they said that progress had been 
 made in reference to settling with the pew-owners ; and that 
 they estimated the expense of taking down the old church 
 and erecting a new one at two thousand dollars. The society 
 then voted that said committee continue their inquiries on 
 the subjects referred to them. The meeting was adjourned 
 to Feb. 23. In the meantime, many persons joined the 
 society who were opposed to the location of the church in 
 the place where it had been voted to erect it ; and after the 
 committee, who were instructed to continue inquiries, had 
 presented a report, a motion was made " to reconsider the 
 vote to build a new meeting-house on the spot that is now 
 contemplated." The yeas and nays were called for ; and the 
 result was, yeas, thirty-two ; nays, thirty-two. The mod- 
 erator voting made the number of yeas and nays equal ; 
 consequently it was not declared a vote to reconsider. The 
 meeting was adjourned to the first Monday in April. 
 
 At the adjourned meeting, the following resolution, with 
 the preamble, was adopted : yeas, fifty-three ; nays, none : — 
 
 " Whereas there is a division of opinion among the members of 
 the First Congregational Society in Dublin as to the proper site 
 of a new church, therefore — 
 
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 " Resolved, That the question of the location of a new church be 
 referred to a disinterested committee." 
 
 The rest of the resolution prescribes the mode of appoint- 
 ing this committee, and includes a reconsideration of the 
 former vote respecting the location of the church on the land 
 of Josephus Snow. 
 
 At the same meeting, the following resolution, with the 
 preamble, was adopted : yeas, thirty-four ; nays, none : — 
 
 " Whereas the decision of a disinterested committee should be 
 final, therefore — 
 
 " Resolved, That we, as individuals, will not in any way directly 
 or indirectly oppose the decision of the committee, or countenance 
 it in others ; neither will we oppose the erection of a new church 
 upon the spot which they may designate." 
 
 The committee to whom the location of the church was 
 referred, were Messrs. Leonard Stone, of Templeton, Mass., 
 Thomas Stevens, of Pepperell, Mass., and Howard Gates, of 
 Ashby, Mass. The essential part of the report of the above 
 committee was : " We are unanimously of oj)inion that the 
 meeting-house should be erected on or near where the house 
 of Daniel Fiske now stands." 
 
 The whole matter of building the new meeting-house was 
 referred to the stockholders. A share was twenty dollars ; 
 and the following is the list of said stockholders, with the 
 number of shares taken by each annexed. The building- 
 committee were Jonathan K. Smith, Charles A. Hamilton, 
 and Charles W. Pierce : — 
 
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 Thaddeus Morse . . 
 Jacob Gleason . . . 
 Jesse R. Appleton . , 
 Daniel Fiske .... 
 Dexter Derby . . , 
 Charles W. Pierce . . 
 James Moore . . . , 
 Almerin Gowing 
 Asa H. Fisk .... 
 John Piper . . . , 
 Rufus and Henry C. Piper 
 Joseph Morse . . 
 Asa Fisk ..... 
 Samuel F. Townsend 
 Ruel Brigham . . 
 
 15 
 10 
 
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 3 
 
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 1 
 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Charles W. Gowing ... 1 
 First Congregational Society, 
 
 by Jona. K. Smith, agent 6 
 
 Warren L. Fiske .... 1 
 
 Moses Adams 2 
 
 Isaiah Adams 1 
 
 Solomon Piper .... 5 
 
 Jesse R. Appleton ... 5 
 
 Charles E. Townsend . . 1 
 
 Jonathan K. Smith ... 5 
 
 Calvin Mason 4 
 
 Calvin Learned .... 5 
 
 Ebenezer Greenwood . . 2 
 
 Hervey Learned .... 3 
 
 Joseph Evleth 2 
 
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 HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 SHARES. 
 
 NAMES. SHARES. 
 
 Ephraim Foster . . 
 
 . 3 
 
 AVilliam Darracott . . 
 
 2 
 
 Daniel Townsend . . 
 
 . 1 
 
 Cyrus E. Hardy . . . 
 
 2 
 
 Charles A. Hamilton . 
 
 . 5 
 
 Roland Farnum . . . 
 
 1 
 
 Lewis P. Randolph . 
 
 . 1 
 
 Silas P. Frost .... 
 
 1 
 
 Mrs. Amy C. Hay ward 
 
 . 1 
 
 Elliot Twitchell . . . 
 
 1 
 
 Dexter Mason . . . 
 
 . 5 
 
 R. N. Porter .... 
 
 3 
 
 James Allison . . . 
 
 . 2 
 
 Levi W. Leonard . . 
 
 5 
 
 Cyrus Frost . . . 
 
 . 3 
 
 Lewis P. Randolph . . 
 
 3 
 
 The new house was dedicated March 2, 1853. The ser- 
 mon, by the pastor, was printed at the request of the society. 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 A census of the inhabitants of New Hampshire was taken 
 in 1775. The population of Dublin at that time was 305. 
 Among papers left by Deacon Eli Morse, there is one con- 
 taining the particulars of the census in qu.estion. Unfortu- 
 nately a part of it is torn off; but enough is preserved to 
 show that there were then forty-eight families in Dublin ; 
 forty-six married females, and sixty-nine unmarried. The 
 number of males, therefore, must have been one hundred 
 and eighty-nine. So far as appears, only one man, Thomas 
 Morse, was over sixty years of age. Against the name of 
 Gardner Town is the following record: "slave, one." His 
 name was Csesar Freeman. Some of his descendants have 
 been town-paupers. 
 
 The population of Dublin at different periods, as taken by 
 the United States, was, in 1790, 901; in 1800, 1188; in 
 1810, 1184; in 1820, 1260; in 1830, 1218; in 1840, 
 1075 ; in 1850, 1088. The population of 1820 was put 
 down in the " New Hampshire Annual Register " as 1620, 
 instead of 1260 ; and so continued for many years. 
 
 The census of the United States has been taken in the 
 month of June. In January of the years 1840, 1845, and 
 1850, the minister of First Society, aided by a person in 
 each school-district, took a census ; and the classification was 
 according to ages, — children under one year old making the 
 first class ; those from one to five years old, the second ; and 
 then a class for every five years. On the next page, we give 
 a summary of the population as thus enumerated : — 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 209 
 
 Under one year .... 
 From one to five .... 
 
 five to ten .... 
 
 ten to fifteen . . . 
 
 fifteen to twenty . . 
 
 twenty to twenty -five 
 
 twenty*five to thirty . 
 
 thirty to thirty-five . 
 
 thirty-five to forty 
 
 forty to forty-five . . 
 
 forty-five to fifty . 
 
 fifty to fifty-five . . 
 
 fifty-five to sixty . 
 
 sixty to sixty-five 
 
 sixty-five to seventy . 
 
 seventy to seventy-five 
 
 seventy-five to eighty 
 
 eighty to eighty-five . 
 
 eighty-five to ninety . 
 
 ninety to one hundred 
 
 Total 
 
 Males . 
 Females 
 
 18i0. 
 
 28 
 
 112 
 
 119 
 
 115 
 
 127 
 
 72 
 
 80 
 
 72 
 
 58 
 
 75 
 
 45 
 
 52 
 
 35 
 
 28 
 
 19 
 
 26 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1097 
 
 543 
 554 
 
 1845. 
 
 1850. 
 
 28 . 
 
 . . 27 
 
 110 . 
 
 . 90 
 
 112 . 
 
 . 100 
 
 117 . 
 
 . 120 
 
 100 . 
 
 . Ill 
 
 100 . 
 
 . 73 
 
 62 . 
 
 . 59 
 
 68 . 
 
 . 59 
 
 68 . 
 
 . 55 
 
 54 . 
 
 . 61 
 
 65 . 
 
 . 59 
 
 47 . 
 
 . 54 
 
 49 . 
 
 . 45 
 
 24 . 
 
 . 40 
 
 21 . 
 
 . 22 
 
 14 . 
 
 . 15 
 
 23 . 
 
 . 16 
 
 7 . 
 
 . 16 
 
 6 . 
 
 7 
 
 2 . 
 
 3 
 
 077 . 
 
 . 1032 
 
 541 . 
 
 . 515 
 
 536 . 
 
 . 517 
 
 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF DUBLIN FOR 1850, 
 
 TAKEN FROM AN AUTHENTICATED COPY, DEPOSITED IN THE OFFICE OF THE 
 CLERK OF THE COURTS IN CHESHIRE COUNTY, AND ARRANGED ALPHA- 
 BETICALLY. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Place of 
 Birth. 
 
 Name. 
 
 A.e.^^-H?^ 
 
 Adams, Moses . . . 
 
 54. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Appleton, Isaac . 
 
 . 88. N.H. 
 
 Sally . . . 
 
 48. 
 
 ^j 
 
 David 
 
 . 53. „ 
 
 Emily . . . 
 
 26. 
 
 ) J 
 
 Maria Burpee 
 
 . 22. „ 
 
 Eliza . . . 
 
 24. 
 
 
 Abbot Burpee 
 
 . 20. „ 
 
 Henry A. . . 
 
 12. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Appleton, Jesse R. 
 
 . 41. „ 
 
 Frederick M. . 
 
 9. 
 
 
 Caroline Snow 
 
 . 49. „ 
 
 George W. Mason 
 
 21. 
 
 J, 
 
 Atwood, Silas 
 
 • 28. „ 
 
 Adams, Isaiah . . . 
 
 53. 
 
 j^ 
 
 Charlotte 1 
 
 1 . 24. „ 
 
 Hannah . . . 
 
 77. 
 
 jj 
 
 Auty, Thomas . 
 
 . 34. Eng. 
 
 Oilman Twitchell . 
 
 48. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Frances . 
 
 . 33. „ 
 
 Allison, Eli ... . 
 
 57. 
 
 ^j 
 
 Emma . . 
 
 . 13. „ 
 
 Persis . . . 
 
 52. 
 
 J, 
 
 Mary . . 
 
 • 11. „ 
 
 James . . . 
 
 20. 
 
 >5 
 
 Charles T. 
 
 • 8- „ 
 
 27 
 
210 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Name. 
 
 ,„„ Place of 
 ^se- Birth. 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„„ Place of 
 ^S^- Birth. 
 
 Sarah A. . . 
 
 . 5. N.H. 
 
 Bowers,. Luther . 
 
 . 62. N.H. 
 
 George S. 
 
 . 3. „ 
 
 Nancy Miller 
 
 . 48. „ 
 
 Anna E. . . 
 
 . l.Mass. 
 
 Brigham, Ruel . 
 
 . 42. „ 
 
 Bubcock, Daniel H. 
 
 . 39. 0. 
 
 Maria J. 
 
 . 18. N.Y. 
 
 Amanda . 
 
 . 37. Mass. 
 
 Jane . 
 
 . 12. N.H. 
 
 Sophia 
 
 . 42. „ 
 
 Dorcas 
 
 . 82. Mass. 
 
 Frances Avery . 
 
 . 44. „ 
 
 Brooks, John 
 
 . 43. N.H. 
 
 Baldwin, James A. . 
 
 . 39. „ 
 
 Harriot E. 
 
 . 31. „ 
 
 Catherine 
 
 W. 33. Va. 
 
 Anstis R. 
 
 . 3. „ 
 
 Sarah L. . 
 
 . 11. N.H. 
 
 Marcus Snow 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Ellen S. . 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Brooks, Jonas H. 
 
 . 34. „ 
 
 Eliza C. . 
 
 7. ,, 
 
 Julia F. . 
 
 . 29. „ 
 
 Emily F. . 
 
 . 5. ,, 
 
 Charles . 
 
 . . 6. „ 
 
 Charles A 
 
 2. ,, 
 
 Zebuda . 
 
 . . 3. „ 
 
 Bancroft, Allen . . 
 
 .■ 33.' ;, 
 
 Alfred . 
 
 1. „ 
 
 Sarah . 
 
 . 31. ,, 
 
 BuUard, George . 
 
 . . 32. „ 
 
 Clinton 
 
 . 5. „ 
 
 Sophronia 
 
 . . 29. „ 
 
 Norris . 
 
 • 1. „ 
 
 Ellen S. 
 
 . 7. „ 
 
 Archelaus Wils 
 
 on 72. „ 
 
 Adelia C. 
 
 . 3. „ 
 
 Beal, Persia . . 
 
 . 41. „ 
 
 Chancelor Furbush 17. ,, 
 
 Emily . . 
 
 • 43. „ 
 
 Francis M. Cragin 15. ,, 
 
 Mary J. . 
 
 . 17. Mass. 
 
 Almeda Bullard . 17. „ 
 
 George T. . 
 
 . 13. N.H. 
 
 Burnham, Nathaniel . 54. Vt. 
 
 Caroline A. 
 
 . 11. „ 
 
 Mary . 
 
 . . 45. N.H. 
 
 William Y. 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Sarah B. 
 
 . 20. „ 
 
 Andrew J. 
 
 . 6. „ 
 
 Nathaniel . 14. „ 
 
 Nelson L. . 
 
 . 1. ,, 
 
 John . 
 
 . . 10. „ 
 
 Belknap, Lawson 
 
 . 50. „ 
 
 Lucy K. 
 
 . . 8. „ 
 
 Sally . 
 
 . . 50. „ 
 
 Emma E 
 
 . 7. „ 
 
 Rebecca 
 
 . 85. Mass. 
 
 Abel W. 
 
 . 4. „ 
 
 Sally . 
 
 . 45. N.H. 
 
 Burpee, Ebenezer 
 
 . . 50. „ 
 
 Marion W. Sno 
 
 w . 7. „ 
 
 Dorcas . 
 
 . . 46. „ 
 
 Bemis, Jeremiah 
 
 . 85. Mass. 
 
 Asaph E. 
 
 . . 15. „ 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 . . 84. „ 
 
 Elmira . 
 
 . • 11. „ 
 
 Lucretia Lewis 
 
 . 59. N.H. 
 
 George . 
 
 • • 9. „ 
 
 George U. Lew 
 
 is . 26. „ 
 
 Joseph A. 
 
 . . 4. „ 
 
 James E. Lewi 
 
 s . 18. Vt. 
 
 Chamberlain, James . 53. „ 
 
 Horace 0. Lew 
 
 is . 14. N.H. 
 
 Anna 
 
 . 48. „ 
 
 Bemis, Thomas . 
 
 . . 57. „ 
 
 Elvira E. 12. „ 
 
 Ann . . 
 
 . . 52. Mass. 
 
 Maro J. . 8. ,, 
 
 George W. 
 
 . . 25. N.H. 
 
 Sarah C. Flint 
 
 . . 24. „ 
 
 Mary A. . 
 
 . . 23. „ 
 
 Chandler, George W. . 24. Mass. 
 
 Samuel D. 
 
 . . 17. . „ 
 
 Hannah C. . 18. N.H. 
 
 Charles G. 
 
 . . 1. „ 
 
 John P. Towne . 22. „ 
 
 Bemis, Elbridge G. 
 
 • 27. „ 
 
 Cleveland, Charles M. . 25. Mass. 
 
 Lavina M. 
 
 • . 24. „ 
 
 Nancy G. . 26. ,, 
 
 Elizabeth A 
 
 . 3. „ 
 
 Charles A. . 1. „ 
 
 Blodgett, Sylvester 
 
 . . 43. „ 
 
 Cochran, Clark C. 
 
 . . 43. N.H. 
 
 Adelia 
 
 . . 33. Mass. 
 
 Rebecca 
 
 . . 36. „ 
 
 Helen R. 
 
 . . 10. Vt. 
 
 ]\Iary C. 
 
 . . 13. „ 
 
 Bond, Franklin . 
 
 . . 49. N.H. 
 
 John C. 
 
 • . 7. „ 
 
 Mary . . 
 
 . . 42. „ 
 
 James I. 
 
 . . 4. „ 
 
 George F. 
 
 . . 23. „ 
 
 Gove Mudget 
 
 . . 21. „ 
 
 MaryM. . 
 
 . . 8. „ 
 
 Betsey Crombie . 67. „ 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 211 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„. Place of 
 ^«- Birth. 
 
 Corey, Moses 
 
 . . 63.N.H. 
 
 Hannah L. 
 
 • • 44. „ 
 
 Albert L. 
 
 . . 20. „ 
 
 Elizabeth T. 
 
 . 18. „ 
 
 Corey, Charles . 
 
 . . 53. ,, 
 
 Eliza . . 
 
 . . 52. „ 
 
 Webster . 
 
 . . 23. „ 
 
 Charles, jun 
 
 . . 20. „ 
 
 Eliza J. . 
 
 . . 18. „ 
 
 Elvira M. 
 
 . . 17. „ 
 
 Milan . 
 
 . . 15. „ 
 
 Cragin, Moses . 
 
 . . 45. „ 
 
 Christina 
 
 . . 45. „ 
 
 Julia A. 
 
 . . 15. N.Y. 
 
 George W. 
 
 . . 14. „ 
 
 Mary E. 
 
 . . 12. „ 
 
 Emeline A . 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Charles 0. 
 
 7. 
 
 Emma . 
 
 '. . 3! ]] 
 
 Currier, William G 
 
 . 37. Vt. 
 
 Rebecca H 
 
 . 36. „ 
 
 William S. 
 
 . lO.N.H. 
 
 Martha A. 
 
 2. 
 
 James H. Broo 
 
 ks . 30. ',' 
 
 Asa Fairbanks 
 
 • • 22. „ 
 
 James Estey 
 
 . 26. „ 
 
 Josiah Manley 
 
 . 18. Vt. 
 
 Benjamin Wilc( 
 
 )x . 35. Ca. 
 
 George G. Woe 
 
 d . 23.N.H. 
 
 Martha Corey 
 
 • 71. „ 
 
 Charles Seaver 
 
 • 23. „ 
 
 Henry J. Farw 
 
 Bll. 20. „ 
 
 Darling, Luther . 
 
 • 45. „ 
 
 Lydia . 
 
 • 41. „ 
 
 Benjamin ] 
 
 '. . 16. „ 
 
 Josiah M. 
 
 • 12. ,, 
 
 Lydia A. 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Mary J. 
 
 • 6. „ 
 
 Mehitable 
 
 A.. 4. „ 
 
 Susan M. 
 
 • 2. „ 
 
 John . 
 
 • T^^. ,. 
 
 Darracott, William 
 
 . 46. Vt. 
 
 Julia . 
 
 . 44.N.H. 
 
 Sarah J. 
 
 • 13. „ 
 
 Betsey M 
 
 • . 11. „ 
 
 Julia R. 
 
 • 5. „ 
 
 Levi Johnson 
 
 . 83. Mass. 
 
 Sarah Johnson 
 
 . 76. „ 
 
 Asahel BuUard 
 
 . 64.N.H. 
 
 Davis, Jonas . . 
 
 . 78. Mass. 
 
 Abigail . 
 
 . 72.N.H. 
 
 Davis, William . 
 
 . 53. „ 
 
 Annis 
 
 . 60. Mass. 
 
 Betsey . 
 
 • 74. „ 
 
 Name. 
 
 , _„ Place of 
 Age- Birth. 
 
 Betsey Lovell 
 
 . . 53. Mass. 
 
 Mandana M. Shat- 
 
 tuck . . 
 
 . . 18. N.H. 
 
 Davis, Peter . . 
 
 . . 50. „ 
 
 Dorothy L. 
 
 . . 39. „ 
 
 Lorenzo . 
 
 . . 20. „ 
 
 William . 
 
 . . 18. „ 
 
 Ann L. . 
 
 . . 15. „ 
 
 George S. 
 
 • . 11. „ 
 
 Davis, Van Ness 
 
 . . 26. Vt. 
 
 Mary W. 
 
 . 26. N.H. 
 
 Frank A. 
 
 . . 2. Mass. 
 
 Eliza J. . 
 
 . i.N.H. 
 
 Davison, Samuel 
 
 . 62. „ 
 
 INIary . 
 Harriet Childs 
 
 . . 56. „ 
 
 . 50. „ 
 
 William Betts 
 
 . 11. N.Y. 
 
 Dearborn, Benjamin 
 
 . 66. N.H. 
 
 Lucy . 
 
 . 63. Mass. 
 
 Derby, Sherman 
 
 . 41. „ 
 
 Dorothy C. 
 
 . 41. „ 
 
 Lucy A. . 
 
 . 11. N.H. 
 
 Nathan M. 
 
 . 8. „ 
 
 Roger S. 
 
 . . 5. „ 
 
 Eliza R. . 
 
 • 3. „ 
 
 Hannah A. 
 
 • 1- „ 
 
 Hannah . 
 
 . 83. Conn. 
 
 Lucy Broad 
 Derby, Dexter . 
 
 . 66. Mass. 
 
 . 39. N.H. 
 
 Julia . . 
 
 . 31. „ 
 
 Samuel C. 
 
 . 8. „ 
 
 Emily E. 
 
 • 3. „ 
 
 Peter Grant 
 
 . 24. Scot. 
 
 Eaton, Moses 
 
 . 53. N.H. 
 
 Rebecca . 
 
 . 51. Mass. 
 
 Luther P. 
 
 . 13. N.H. 
 
 Mary R. . 
 
 . 11. „ 
 
 Sarah E. 
 
 . 10. „ 
 
 Eaves, Joseph . 
 
 . 34. Mass. 
 
 Rebecca N. 
 
 . 38. „ 
 
 Emerson, Joseph 
 
 . 73. „ 
 
 Lucy . 
 
 . 62. „ 
 
 Emery, Cyrus 
 
 . 67. N.H. 
 
 Jonathan 
 
 . 65. „ 
 
 Elizabeth Work 
 
 s . 61. Mass. 
 
 Emery, Levi . . 
 
 . 55. N.H. 
 
 Elvira . . 
 
 • 45. „ 
 
 Orlando Fogg . 
 
 . 18. „ 
 
 Evleth, Joseph . 
 
 • 54. „ 
 
 Seba . . 
 
 • 51. „ 
 
 Clayton M. . 
 
 • 20. ,, 
 
 L.Valeria . 
 
 . 18. „ 
 
 S. Ladoria 
 
 • 16. „ 
 
 L. Emogene 
 
 ■ 15. „ 
 
212 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Place of 
 Birth. i 
 
 S. Ravania . . 
 
 12.] 
 
 sf.H. ! 
 
 CarleroB. . . 
 
 9. 
 
 ,. i 
 
 Fairbanks, Moses . . 
 
 63. 
 
 
 Jane . . . 
 
 55. 
 
 " 1 
 
 Fairbanks, Moses A. . 
 
 29. 
 
 
 Abigail . . 
 
 29. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Mary S. . 
 
 5. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Albert H. . 
 
 3. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Ellen L. . 
 
 2. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Farnsworth, Timothy . 
 
 80.* 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Sally . . 
 
 74. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Eliza Lawrence 
 
 53. 
 
 
 Emily Lawrence . 
 
 12. 
 
 
 Farnsworth, William J. 
 
 43. 
 
 
 Elvira . . 
 
 38. 
 
 
 Elvira M. 
 
 19, 
 
 
 Emily J. . 
 
 16. 
 
 
 WilliamG. 
 
 14. 
 
 
 Julia P. . 
 
 11. 
 
 
 John M. • 
 
 8. 
 
 
 Farnum, Roland . . 
 
 49. 
 
 
 Mary W. . . 
 
 49. 
 
 
 Martha S. . 
 
 20. 
 
 
 John M. . . 
 
 18. 
 
 
 Clarissa F. . 
 
 15. 
 
 
 Henry A. . . 
 William E. Bryant 
 
 6. 
 
 
 15. 
 
 
 Fax well, Samuel . . 
 
 49. 
 
 
 Lucinda . . 
 
 45. 
 
 
 Henry . . . 
 
 20. 
 
 
 Mary . . . 
 
 15. 
 
 
 Josephine . . 
 
 13. 
 
 
 Charles . . 
 
 11. 
 
 
 Augusta . . 
 
 10. 
 
 
 John 
 
 8. 
 
 
 Frances . . 
 
 6. 
 
 
 Fisk, Asa 
 
 51. 
 
 
 PrisciUa . . . 
 
 37. 
 
 
 Charles R. . . 
 
 7. 
 
 
 Jane Ranstead . . 
 
 21. 
 
 
 Joshua Stanford 
 
 97. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Fisk, Thomas . . . 
 
 47. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Sophia . . . . 
 
 43. 
 
 >> 
 
 Jesse A. . . . 
 
 13. 
 
 
 Arabella S. . . 
 
 6. 
 
 )) 
 
 Eliza Gould . . . 
 
 21. 
 
 
 Henry Gould . . 
 
 23. 
 
 J, 
 
 Sidney Twitchell . 
 
 18. 
 
 9) 
 
 Fisk, Asa H. . . . 
 
 38. 
 
 
 Caroline . . . 
 
 29. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Caroline P. . . 
 
 8. 
 
 >) 
 
 JohnH. . . . 
 
 6. 
 
 
 Cynthia . . . 
 
 71. 
 
 M'a'ss. 
 
 Fiske, Parker . . . 
 
 57. 
 
 „ 
 
 Mary B. . 
 Eunice P. 
 Levi W. . 
 MaryE. . 
 Fiske, Daniel 
 
 Esther . 
 Dianthe L. 
 Warren L. 
 George D. 
 Sarah M. 
 Charles W. 
 Josephine E. 
 Foster, Ephraim 
 Elizabeth 
 Heni-y 
 John . . 
 Andrew B. 
 Frederick 
 Frost, Cyrus . . 
 Caroline . 
 Laura S. . 
 Jonathan . 
 Sarah E. . 
 Harriet C. 
 Amanda C. 
 Frost, Cyrus, 2d 
 Betsey 
 Charles A. 
 Sarah E. . 
 Cynthia A. 
 Abigail Russell 
 Frost, Silas P. 
 Betsey E. 
 Marshall Jaquith . 
 Gilchrest, John . . . 
 Margaret 
 Hannah A. . 
 Granville B. 
 Elizabeth M. 
 Margaret Green- 
 wood . . . . 
 Emogene Green- 
 wood . . . . 
 Gleason, Phinehas . . 
 Sarah . . . 
 Charles C. . 
 Jonathan S. . 
 Clorinda . . 
 Gleason, John . . . 
 Harriet . . 
 Harriet . . 
 George W. . 
 Sarah . . . 
 Michael Coin . . 
 
 . riace oi 
 ■^Se- Birtli. 
 
 61. N.H. 
 
 28. „ 
 
 25. „ 
 20. „ 
 51. Mass. 
 
 51. N.H. 
 
 26. „ 
 24. „ 
 
 19. „ 
 22. „ 
 
 16. „ 
 11. „ 
 59. „ 
 47. „ 
 
 20. „ 
 
 17. „ 
 13. „ 
 11. „ 
 
 52. „ 
 50. Mass. 
 20. N.H. 
 17. 
 14. 
 12. 
 10. 
 43. 
 42. 
 11. 
 10. 
 
 6. 
 75. 
 30. 
 25. 
 22. 
 54! 
 54. 
 18. 
 15. 
 13. 
 
 29. 
 
 6. 
 53. 
 47. 
 17. 
 15. 
 13. 
 42. 
 41. 
 13. 
 12. 
 
 1. 
 28. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 213 
 
 k 
 
 Name. 
 
 ^Se. Birtl 
 
 of s 
 
 Name. 
 
 
 ._„ Place of 
 Ae^- Birth. 
 
 Gleason, Jacob . • . 
 
 4L N.H. 
 
 Harriet . 
 
 30. N.H. 
 
 Clarissa . . 
 
 44. „ 
 
 LeroyP. . 
 
 12. „ 
 
 James . . . 
 
 14. „ 
 
 Washing- 
 
 
 Henry H. . . 
 
 10. „ 
 
 ton H. H. 
 
 8. „ 
 
 Martha A. Wilson 
 
 33. „ 
 
 Hale, Benjamin 0. . . 
 
 34. „ 
 
 Thomas French 
 
 61. „ 
 
 Lydia .... 
 
 32. ,, 
 
 Gowing, Moses G. . . 
 
 51. „ 
 
 Lydia M. . 
 
 8. ,, 
 
 Lucy . . . 
 Betsey M. 
 Calvin C. . . 
 
 48. „ 
 
 MaryL. . . . 
 
 3. „ 
 
 25. „ 
 
 Hale, Samuel W. . . 
 
 27. Mass. 
 
 18. „ 
 
 Amelia M. . . 
 
 18. N.H. 
 
 Gowing, Almerin . . 
 
 50. „ 
 
 Hamilton, Eli ... 
 
 67. Mass. 
 
 Sally . . . 
 
 43. „ 
 
 Mary . . . 
 
 65. N.H. 
 
 George A. 
 Ellen A. . . 
 
 22. „ 
 
 Hamilton, Charles A. . 
 
 35. „ 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Susan . . 
 
 37. Mass. 
 
 Elbridge J. . 
 
 12. „ 
 
 Charles . . 
 
 13. N.H. 
 
 Adelaide L. . 
 
 8. „ 
 
 Edwin . . 
 
 8. „ 
 
 Gowing, Zaman A. . . 
 
 38. „ 
 
 Horace . . 
 
 i- " 
 
 Mary . . . 
 Emily A. . . 
 
 31. „ 
 
 Handy, George . . . 
 
 38. ,, 
 
 1. „ 
 
 Julia A. . . 
 
 22. „ 
 
 Mary Greenwood . 
 
 67. „ 
 
 George E. . . 
 
 6. „ 
 
 Lavater L. Gowing 
 
 23. „ 
 
 James Darling 
 
 14. „ 
 
 Gowiog, Charles W. . 
 Julia . . . 
 
 30. „ 
 
 Caroline Farwell . 
 
 17. „ 
 
 23. „ 
 
 Hardy, Benjamin P. . 
 
 44. „ 
 
 Gowing, Koswell . . 
 
 38. „ 
 
 Mary . 
 
 
 40. ,, 
 
 Jane B. . . 
 
 33. „ 
 
 Lavina . 
 
 
 15. ,, 
 
 Roxana C. 
 
 13. „ 
 
 Angeline 
 
 
 14. „ 
 
 Ruthen A. . 
 
 11. „ 
 
 Harlan P. 
 
 
 12. „ 
 
 Harriet . . 
 
 35. ,, 
 
 Elvira . 
 
 
 10. „ 
 
 Greenwood, Asenath . 
 
 72. 
 
 Solomon S. 
 
 
 7. 5» 
 
 Olive . . 
 
 39! r, 
 
 Clarissa L. 
 
 
 5. „ 
 
 Greenwood, Arba . . 
 
 59. „ 
 
 Elizabeth A 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Nancy S. . 
 
 49. Mass. 
 
 Mark A. 
 
 
 i'. ',', 
 
 Greenwood, Jackson . 
 
 54. N.H. 
 
 Solomon 
 
 
 82. „ 
 
 Hannah . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Hardy, Cyrus E. 
 
 
 31. „ 
 
 Walter J. 
 
 23. „ 
 
 Sarah A. 
 
 
 33. „ 
 
 Martha E. 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Eugene W. 
 
 
 4. „ 
 
 Francis 
 
 h. „ 
 
 Solon A. 
 
 
 3. „ 
 
 Frances M.Stratton 
 
 7. Mass. 
 
 Abby S. . 
 
 
 1. ., 
 
 Rosannah Heslin . 
 
 26. Eng. 
 i.N.H. 
 
 Daniel W. 
 
 
 19. „ 
 
 George H. Heslin . 
 
 Harris, Lovell . 
 
 
 47. „ 
 
 Greenwood, Ebenezer . 
 
 37. „ 
 
 Caroline M. B. 
 
 37. „ 
 
 Lucy . 
 
 33. 
 
 
 Sarah E. . 
 
 15. „ 
 
 Lucy M. 
 
 13. 
 
 
 George A. Foster 
 
 26. „ 
 
 Mark T. 
 
 11. 
 
 
 Charles L. Graves 
 
 21. „ 
 
 EbenezerT 
 
 9. 
 
 
 George Yeardly 
 
 26. „ 
 
 JonathanA 
 
 . 6. 
 
 
 Hatch, Leonard K. 
 
 33. „ 
 
 George L. 
 
 \h 
 
 
 Sarah L. 
 
 32. N.Y 
 
 Lucy Smith 
 Greenwood, Horatio 
 
 73. Mass. 
 
 Elmira M. . 
 
 . 5. Vt. 
 
 35. N.H. 
 
 William Bigwood 
 
 . 58. Eng 
 
 Sophronia 
 
 34. „ 
 
 Robert Young . 
 
 . 23. Ire. 
 
 Charles A 
 
 7. )) 
 
 Gardner ]McIsham 
 
 15. N.H 
 
 Mary A. 
 
 . 5. „ 
 
 Urbala Mack . 
 
 . 97. „ 
 
 Ellen S. 
 
 tV " 
 
 Ursula Howard 
 
 . 17. „ 
 
 Greenwood, PrentissW 
 
 . 34. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Rebecca Tenn;; 
 
 7 
 
 • 21. ,, 
 
214 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„„ Place of 
 
 Name. 
 
 Louisa Upton 
 Sarah Griffin 
 
 . 39.N.H. 
 
 Sarah A. . . 
 
 oo 
 
 Jones, Corydon . . 
 
 Mary Twitch ell 
 
 '. 35! r, 
 
 Abigail G. . 
 
 Charles Todd 
 
 . 45. ,, 
 
 Hannah Piper . 
 
 Hay, Rebecca 
 
 . 84. „ 
 
 Kendall, Henry A. . 
 Harriet G._ 
 
 Martha Hadley 
 
 . 38. Mass. 
 
 Hay, Joseph F. . 
 
 . 50.N.H. 
 
 Henry A. jun 
 
 Nancy . . 
 
 • 47. „ 
 
 Samuel A. 
 
 De Lafeyette 
 
 • 15- ,, 
 
 Sarah H. . 
 
 Isabel H. . 
 
 . 13. „ 
 
 Keziah E. Billings 
 
 Samuel Stone 
 
 . 30. „ 
 
 Knight, Josiah H. . 
 
 Hay ward, James 
 
 . 30. „ 
 
 Martha . . 
 
 Amy C. 
 
 . 31.N.Y. 
 
 Hannah 
 
 Emily A. 
 
 H. 4. N.H. 
 
 Hosea . . 
 
 Alfred J. 
 
 M. I. „ 
 
 Harriet M. 
 
 Heald, Asa . . 
 
 • 52. „ 
 
 Joel . . . 
 
 F-hnira . 
 
 • 44. „ 
 
 Caroline M. 
 
 Maria E. 
 
 • 16. „ 
 
 John . . 
 
 Charles H. 
 
 • 14. „ 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 Heald, Jefferson 
 
 . 43. „ 
 
 Knowlton, Silas . . 
 
 Mary A. 
 
 . 44. Conn. 
 
 Betsey . 
 
 Alfred W. 
 
 . 13. N.H. 
 
 Harriet E. 
 
 William P. 
 
 • 10. „ 
 
 Asa . . 
 
 I\Iary A. 
 
 • 8. „ 
 
 Mary Thwing . 
 
 Sarah E. 
 
 • 4. „ 
 
 Washington W. 
 
 George J. 
 
 • 1- „ 
 
 Thwing . . 
 
 Sally Smith 
 
 . 66. Mass. 
 
 Learned, Harvey 
 
 Heard, Henry . 
 
 • 64. „ 
 
 Elvira D. . 
 
 INIalinda . 
 
 . 53. N.H. 
 
 Harvey D. 
 
 Heath, Morris M. 
 
 . 29. „ 
 
 Franklin D. 
 
 Sarah R. 
 
 . 27. ;, 
 
 Betsey M. 
 
 Marsena M. 
 
 7. ,, 
 
 Webster D. 
 
 William K. 
 
 • 5. „ 
 
 Adams D. 
 
 Sarah L. 
 
 • 3. „ 
 
 Lovisa D. 
 
 Charles . . 
 
 • i- „ 
 
 Lewis D. . 
 
 Holt, Nathaniel . 
 
 . 64. „ 
 
 Marion D. 
 
 Hannah . 
 
 • 48. „ 
 
 Elnora M. 
 
 Hannah Burns 
 
 • ''^- ») 
 
 Willard D. 
 
 Holt, Nathan . 
 
 • 47. „ 
 
 Dwight . 
 
 Rhoda . . 
 
 . 43. „ 
 
 Learned, Calvin . . 
 
 Lewman . 
 
 . 16. „ 
 
 Cynthia M. 
 
 Henry H. . 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 John C. . 
 
 Nehemiah 
 
 . 59. „ 
 
 Emeline S. 
 
 Esther Eaton 
 
 . 87. Mass. 
 
 JohnW. . . 
 
 Hubbard, Albert G. 
 
 . 31. N.H. 
 
 Leonard, Levi W. . 
 
 Lydia J. 
 
 • 27. „ 
 
 Ellen E. . . 
 
 Ellen M. 
 
 H. 6. „ 
 
 Abby S. Mason 
 
 Jones, Lucy . . 
 
 . 65. Mass. 
 
 Locke, Jonathan 
 
 Jones, Samuel . 
 
 . 63. N.H. 
 
 Nancy . . . 
 
 Mary . . 
 
 . 65. „ 
 
 Marshall, Benjamin 
 
 Jones, Daniel G. 
 
 . 39. „ 
 
 Anna . . . 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 • 32. „ 
 
 Amelia J. 
 
 Mary E. . 
 
 • 9. „ 
 
 Marshall, Moses 
 
 Nancy A. 
 
 • 6. „ 
 
 Lucy . . 
 
 , _„ Place of 
 ^e«- Birth. 
 
 l.N.H. 
 
 31. „ 
 
 32. „ 
 
 14.Penn. 
 
 39. Mass. 
 
 38. N.H. 
 
 5. „ 
 
 3. „ 
 
 J 
 
 t- n 
 
 42. Vt. 
 
 43. Mass. 
 
 35. N.H. 
 
 16. „ 
 
 14. , 
 
 
 12. , 
 
 
 9. , 
 
 
 
 
 ' • J 
 
 
 5. , 
 
 
 1- , 
 
 
 56. , 
 
 
 53. , 
 
 
 17. , 
 
 
 16. , 
 
 
 38. , 
 
 
 3. Mass. 
 
 51. N.H. 
 
 46. „ 
 
 20. „ 
 
 18. „ 
 
 16. „ 
 
 14. „ 
 
 12. „ 
 
 10. „ 
 
 8. „ 
 
 6. „ 
 
 4. „ 
 
 2. „ 
 
 h „ 
 
 46. „ 
 
 45. „ 
 
 15. „ 
 
 7. „ 
 
 84. Mass. 
 
 60. „ 
 
 3. N.H. 
 
 25. „ 
 
 65. „ 
 
 64. Vt. 
 
 74. N.H. 
 
 78. Mass. 
 
 12. „ 
 
 74. , 
 
 

 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 215 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„ Place of 1 
 -*-Se- Birth. 1 
 
 Name. 
 
 ■ „„ Place of 
 ■*ee- Birth. 
 
 Mary A. . 
 
 . 32.] 
 
 ^.H. 
 
 Moore, James . . . 
 
 32. N.H. 
 
 Charles Preston 
 
 . 19. 
 
 
 Elmira . . . 
 
 25. „ 
 
 Marvin, Levi . . . 
 
 . 33. 
 
 
 INIary E. . . . 
 
 1- „ 
 
 Hannah 
 
 . 32. 
 
 
 Jane Butterfield . 
 
 13. „ 
 
 Edwin . . 
 
 7. 
 
 
 John Butterfield . 
 
 11. „ 
 
 Emily . . 
 
 . 6. 
 
 
 Morse, Jesse .... 
 
 57. „ 
 
 Susan . . 
 
 . 4. 
 
 
 Hannah . . . 
 
 83. „ 
 
 Oscar . . 
 
 . 3. 
 
 
 Abigail . . . 
 
 62. „ 
 
 Helen . . 
 
 . 1. 
 
 
 John Phillips . . 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Mason, Thaddeus . 
 
 . 79. 
 
 
 Morse, Peter . . . 
 
 50. ,, 
 
 Lydia . 
 
 . 74. 
 
 
 Hannah . . . 
 
 48. „ 
 
 Mason, Calvin . 
 
 . 52. 
 
 
 Hannah . . . 
 
 23. „ 
 
 Rebecca . 
 
 . 48. 
 
 
 Ann M. . . . 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Charles K. 
 
 . 20. 
 
 
 George H. . . 
 
 14. „ 
 
 Mason, Dexter . 
 
 . 47. 
 
 
 Henry H. . . 
 
 8. „ 
 
 Harriet G. 
 
 . 25. 
 
 
 Morse, Thaddeus . . 
 
 50. „ 
 
 James A. 
 
 . 17. 
 
 
 Serena . . . 
 
 46. „ 
 
 Lydia E. 
 
 . 15. 
 
 
 S. Jane . . . 
 
 21. „ 
 
 Milton D. 
 
 f . 
 
 
 Ellen .... 
 
 18. „ 
 
 Mason, Thaddeus P 
 
 32 
 
 ,j 
 
 John R. . . . 
 
 15. „ 
 
 Fidelia P. 
 
 ". 26! 
 
 j^ 
 
 Harriet A. . . 
 
 10. .„ 
 
 Charles H. 
 
 . 5. 
 
 ,j 
 
 Francis A. . . 
 
 7- ,, 
 
 Harriet E. 
 
 . 4. 
 
 
 Asenath . . . 
 
 57. „ 
 
 George Petts 
 
 . 18. 
 
 )> 
 
 Morse, Joseph . . . 
 
 34. „ 
 
 Mason, Samuel . 
 
 . 55. 
 
 
 Jane W. . . 
 
 31. „ 
 
 Anna 
 
 . 4G. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Emily L. . . 
 
 10. „ 
 
 Franklin 
 
 . . 14. 
 
 
 Charles W. 
 
 1. „ 
 
 James A. 
 
 . 11. 
 
 J, 
 
 Morse, Belinda . . . 
 
 39. Me. 
 
 Mason, Stephen S. 
 
 . 28. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Lydia A. . . 
 
 15. N.H. 
 
 Lucy A. . 
 
 . . 23. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Morse, Bela . . . . 
 
 38. „ 
 
 Hartley D. 
 
 . 2. 
 
 ,, 
 
 JVIary .... 
 
 36. „ 
 
 Oren L. 
 
 4. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Morse, Benjamin F. 
 
 31. „ 
 
 Orson L. 
 
 . . 4. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Harriott L. . . 
 
 29. „ 
 
 Laura K. Colle 
 
 ster 16. 
 
 
 BelaB. . . . 
 
 7. ,, 
 
 Mason, Elijah W. 
 
 . . 24. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 Needham, John E. . . 
 
 29. „ 
 
 Clarissa . 
 
 . . 26. 
 
 Me. 
 
 Susan . . 
 
 30. „ 
 
 Mason, Cyrus . 
 
 . . 54. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Thirza E. . 
 
 7. 5, 
 
 Abigail . 
 David . 
 
 . . 46. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 MargiannaA. 
 
 4. „ 
 
 . . 24. 
 
 J, 
 
 James A. 
 
 1- M 
 
 Charles W. 
 
 . 13. 
 
 " 
 
 Parker, John A. . . 
 
 24. „ 
 
 Zaman . 
 
 . . 10. 
 
 
 Emeline . . 
 
 32. „ 
 
 John H. 
 
 . . 3. 
 
 
 Frances J. . . 
 
 2. „ 
 
 Betsey Allison 
 
 . 83. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Mary E. . . 
 
 tV- >, 
 
 Mathews, Ebenezer 
 
 . 32. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Perkins, Charles P. . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Irena . 
 
 . . 28. 
 
 j; 
 
 Mrs. C. P. . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Franklin 
 
 K. 7. 
 
 
 Perry, John . . . . 
 
 80. „ 
 
 Maynard, Lucinda 
 
 . . 67. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Esther . . . 
 
 69. „ 
 
 Esther Sargent 
 
 . 62. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Thomas . . . 
 
 46. „ 
 
 Mary D. Hami 
 
 ton 38. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Orpha B. . . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 George A.Ham 
 
 Iton 14. 
 
 
 Mary A. . . . 
 
 38. „ 
 
 Mary E. Sarge 
 
 nt . 6. Mass. 
 
 Elbridge Snow 
 
 15. „ 
 
 Eliza J. D.Mu 
 
 nroe 32. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Perry, John, jun. . . 
 
 42. „ 
 
 Moore, Samuel . 
 
 . . 64. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Elmira . . . 
 
 43. Mass. 
 
 Abigail . 
 
 . . 72 
 
 „ 
 
 1 Catherine . . 
 
 12. N.H. 
 
216 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 INIary . . . 
 
 9. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Elizabeth . 
 
 G. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Harriet . . 
 
 4. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Edwin . . 
 
 2. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Perry, Amos E. . . 
 
 si; 
 
 ,, 
 
 Sophia . . 
 
 22 
 
 ,, 
 
 Henrico . . 
 
 "2. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Frederick . 
 
 i. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Leonard Stone . 
 
 23. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Perry, Moses K. 
 
 29. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Louisa . . 
 
 23. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Ellen M. . . 
 
 I. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Beniamiu W. Stan 
 
 
 
 ley. . . . 
 
 70. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Lydia Stanley . 
 
 C6. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Perry, Susan . . . 
 
 58. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Joseph . . 
 
 31. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Maria . . 
 
 26. 
 
 Me. 
 
 Lydia . . . 
 
 21. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Allen T. . . 
 
 9. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Ransom N. Porter 
 
 2G. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Royal H. Porter 
 
 24. 
 
 J, 
 
 Perry, Charles . . 
 
 47. 
 
 
 Mary A. . . 
 
 40. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Charles F. . 
 
 3. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Lucius M. Bangs 
 
 13. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Perry, Thomas, 2d . 
 
 44. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Cynthia . . 
 
 41. 
 
 Vt. 
 
 Nancy A. 
 
 6. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Mary C. . . 
 
 4. 
 
 5> 
 
 Perry, Ivory . . . 
 
 37. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Hannah . . 
 
 25. 
 
 ,, 
 
 George . . 
 
 t- 
 
 ,, 
 
 Sarah S. . . 
 
 3. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Lucy P. . . 
 
 70. 
 
 J> 
 
 Lucy . . . 
 
 39. 
 
 
 Phelps, Jason . . 
 
 41. 
 
 ,, 
 
 MaryW. . 
 
 34. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Mary R. . 
 
 11. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Sarah M. . 
 
 6. 
 
 5) 
 
 Martha J. . 
 
 4. 
 
 
 William P. 
 
 2. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Jabez Wight . 
 
 85. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Betsey Wight . 
 
 81. 
 
 N.Y. 
 
 Phelps, Francis . . 
 
 33. 
 
 Vt. 
 
 Achsah . . 
 
 29. 
 
 ,) 
 
 Catherine H. 
 
 3. 
 
 
 Levi Knowlton 
 
 19. 
 
 n!h. 
 
 Phelps, Joseph . . 
 
 24. 
 
 vt. 
 
 Dianthe S. . 
 
 22. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Phillips, Richard . 
 
 50. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Olive . . 
 
 65. 
 
 „ 
 
 William . 
 
 18. 
 
 " 
 
 Pierce, Charles W. 
 
 38. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Abigail G. . . 
 
 Phebe . . . 
 
 Charles H. . . 
 
 James E. . . 
 
 Asaph W. . . 
 
 Harriet E. . . 
 
 Almerin G. . 
 
 Rufus P. . . 
 
 Eudora F. . . 
 
 Willard . . . 
 
 Piper, Rufus .... 
 
 Anna .... 
 
 Henry C. . . 
 
 Piper, Cyrus .... 
 
 Catherine 
 
 Eliza J. . . . 
 
 Ellen .... 
 
 Calvin 
 
 Martha P. Snow . 
 
 Piper, John .... 
 
 Prudence . . 
 
 Henrietta . . 
 
 William H. . . 
 
 John Bachellor 
 
 Piper, Julia .... 
 
 Piper, Jonas B. . . . 
 
 Elizabeth M. . 
 
 Powers, Asa .... 
 
 Rachel . . . 
 
 Powers, Elliot . . . 
 
 ^lary . . 
 
 Joseph W. 
 
 Lydia R. . . 
 
 George E. . . 
 
 Proctor, Harvey A. 
 
 Lucy A. . . 
 James E. Avery . 
 Sanford M. Avery 
 Proctor, Abram W. 
 
 Nancy . . . 
 
 Josephine M. . 
 
 Remick, Isaac . . . 
 
 Anna . . . 
 
 Richardson, Abijah 
 
 Mary H. . 
 
 Mary R. . 
 
 Abigail 
 
 Samuel A. 
 
 George R. Avery . 
 
 Richardson, Luke . . 
 
 Lucy B. , 
 
 Harriet J. Phillips 
 
 Joseph 0. Donnell 
 
 Richardson, Malachi . 
 
 Ase. B„th. 
 
 39. N.H. 
 
 14. „ 
 
 12. „ 
 
 10. „ 
 
 9. „ 
 
 7- ,, 
 
 6. „ 
 
 4. „ 
 o 
 
 1! ]] 
 
 59. „ 
 
 57. „ 
 97 
 
 57. „ 
 
 57. „ 
 
 21. „ 
 
 18. „ 
 
 26. „ 
 
 1. „ 
 
 53. „ 
 
 50. „ 
 
 12. „ 
 S.Penn. 
 
 14. Mass. 
 55. N.H. 
 29. „ 
 
 21. „ 
 75. „ 
 72. „ 
 49. „ 
 47. „ 
 
 27. „ 
 
 20. ,, 
 17. „ 
 
 22. „ 
 
 21. „ 
 11. „ 
 
 9. „ 
 20. „ 
 
 19. Mass. 
 h. „ 
 
 55. Vt. 
 55. N.H. 
 65. Mass. 
 
 54. N.H. 
 26. „ 
 
 22. „ 
 19. „ 
 
 13. „ 
 54. „ 
 44. Mass. 
 
 15. N.H. 
 15. „ 
 
 51. ,, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 217 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„. Place of 
 Aee. Birth. 
 
 Name. 
 
 . Place of 
 Age- Birth. 
 
 Taraesin . 
 
 39.N.H. 
 
 Amelia E. . 
 
 . 2. Mass. 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 12. „ 
 
 Theodore C 
 
 . i.N.H. 
 
 Luke F. . 
 
 10. „ 
 
 Russell, Lyman . 
 
 . 42. „ 
 
 MalachiW. 
 
 7. „ 
 
 Ursula . . 
 
 . 32. „ 
 
 Mary E. . 
 
 4. „ 
 
 Cyrus E. 
 
 • J- " 
 
 Emily A. . 
 
 h- „ 
 
 Mary . . 
 
 . 63. „ 
 
 Elizabeth . 
 
 87. Mass. 
 
 Russell, James L. 
 
 . 36. „ 
 
 Richardson, Aaron . . 
 
 44. „ 
 
 Anna P. . 
 
 . 28. „ 
 
 Abigail 
 
 35.N.H. 
 
 Mary C. 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 Sarah . . 
 
 80. Mass. 
 
 Lyman A. . 
 
 • I' " 
 
 Richardson, William B. 
 
 42. N.H. 
 
 Edward G. 
 
 . 4. „ 
 
 Harriet N. 
 
 32. „ 
 
 James E. . 
 
 . h „ 
 
 W.Warren 
 
 12. „ 
 
 Russell, Levi 
 
 • 43. „ 
 
 Cai-olinc G. 
 
 10. „ 
 
 Eliza H. . 
 
 . 36. „ 
 
 HerbertW. 
 
 4. „ 
 
 James W. 
 
 . 8. „ 
 
 Robb, Thomas . . . 
 
 49. „ 
 
 Edwin J. 
 
 . 7. „ 
 
 Mary A. . . . 
 
 39. Mass. 
 
 Philena Archer 
 
 . 34. Vt. 
 
 Joseph W. . . 
 
 15. N.H. 
 
 Sargent, Amos . 
 
 . 63. N.H. 
 
 William P. . . 
 
 13. „ 
 
 Lucy . 
 
 . 57. „ 
 
 Sarah E. . . . 
 
 10. „ 
 
 Lucy M. Hardy 
 
 . 11. 5, 
 
 Eliza A. . . . 
 
 7. „ 
 
 Smith, Samuel . 
 
 . 6G. „ 
 
 Robbins, Amos . . . 
 
 45. „ 
 
 Caroline . 
 
 . 51. Mass. 
 
 Philena . . 
 
 42. „ 
 
 Asenath . . 
 
 . 36. N.H. 
 
 George . . 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Charles F. Rop( 
 Smith, Jonathan K. 
 
 Jr . 2. „ 
 
 Charles . . 
 
 16. „ 
 
 . 52. „ 
 
 Francis . . 
 
 9. „ 
 
 Mary L. . 
 
 . 38. „ 
 
 MinotH. . . 
 
 7. „ 
 
 Charles H. 
 
 . 9. Vt. 
 
 Horace . . 
 
 4. „ 
 
 iMary J. . 
 
 . 4. Mass. 
 
 Almaria . . 
 
 1. „ 
 
 Abigail Tuel 
 
 . 72. „ 
 
 Levi . . . 
 
 21. „ 
 
 Sylvester Due 
 
 . 18. N.H. 
 
 Robbins, Jacob . . . 
 
 42. „ 
 
 George Bernarc 
 
 . 14. Mass. 
 
 Jane W. . . 
 
 45. „ 
 
 Smith, Curtis 
 
 . 42. N.H. 
 
 Sarah E. . . 
 
 17. „ 
 
 Caroline . 
 
 . 33. „ 
 
 Joseph . . . 
 
 11. „ 
 
 Ruggles . 
 
 . 9. „ 
 
 William B. . 
 
 9. „ 
 
 Sarah C. 
 
 . 5. „ 
 
 Charles B. . 
 
 5. „ 
 
 Clarinda Jones 
 
 . 23. „ 
 
 Ross, Mirick . . . . 
 
 37. Mass. 
 
 Smith, Ira . . 
 
 . 5L „ 
 
 Sarah . . . . 
 
 32. N.H. 
 
 Mary . . 
 
 . . 48. „ 
 
 Mirick H. . . . 
 
 8. „ 
 
 Franklin A. 
 
 . 19. „ 
 
 Rebecca J. . . 
 
 6. „ 
 
 Charles J. 
 
 . 15. „ 
 
 William W. . . 
 
 4. „ 
 
 Smith, Ira P. . 
 
 . 26. „ 
 
 Sarah A. . . . 
 
 2. „ 
 
 Fanny B. 
 
 . . 28. „ 
 
 Joseph M. . . 
 
 tV- 5 5 
 
 Smith, Ira . . 
 
 . 34. Mass. 
 
 Rugg, William B. . . 
 
 28. Mass. 
 
 Abby . 
 
 . . .30. N.H. 
 
 Mary . . . . 
 
 25. „ 
 
 Abby F. . 
 
 . 7. Mass. 
 
 Francis A. . . 
 
 4. „ 
 
 Charles E. 
 
 ■ • 4. „ 
 
 Merril E. . . . 
 
 2. „ 
 
 Smith, Aaron 
 
 . . 28. N.H. 
 
 Russell, Ebenezer . . 
 
 52. N.H. 
 
 Ruth . . 
 
 . . 63. „ 
 
 Olive . . . 
 
 49. „ 
 
 Smith, Calvin . 
 
 . 23. „ 
 
 Jonathan M. . 
 
 20. „ 
 
 Mary . . 
 Ruth . . 
 
 . . 22. „ 
 
 Allen K. . . 
 
 16. „ 
 
 . . §. ,5 
 
 Charles J. . . 
 
 13. „ 
 
 Snow, John . . 
 
 . 68. Mass. 
 
 Russell, Osgood N. . . 
 
 23. ;; 
 
 Eveline . 
 
 . 47. N.H. 
 
 Amelia A. N. 
 
 22. Me. 
 
 Jesse Learned 
 
 . . 64. „ 
 
 28 
 
218 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Name. 
 
 .„„ Place of 
 •*Se- Birth. 
 
 Name. 
 
 A.e.^]ll^,?/ 
 
 Snow, Joseph US . 
 
 . . 61. Mass. 
 
 Towne, Cornelius . . 
 
 78. Mass. 
 
 Eleanor . 
 
 . . 57. Ire. 
 
 Hannah . . . 
 
 82. N.H. 
 
 Maria . . 
 
 . . 16. N.H. 
 
 Elijah W. . . 
 
 43. „ 
 
 Enos Farnum 
 
 . . 57. „ 
 
 Townsend, David . . 
 
 66. „ 
 
 Southwick, Dorcas 
 
 . . 62. „ 
 
 Dorothy 
 
 63. „ 
 
 Martha 
 
 . 26. „ 
 
 Tovrnsend, Daniel . . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Southwick, Augustus . 33. ,, 
 
 Betsey . . 
 
 38. „ 
 
 ^lary H 
 
 . . 29. „ 
 
 Milan . . 
 
 13. „ 
 
 Frederick A. 5. „ 
 
 Alvin . . 
 
 10. „ 
 
 JedediahK. 2. ,, 
 
 John Sias . . . 
 
 80. „ 
 
 Silas M 
 
 • 1- ., 
 
 Hannah Hill . . 
 
 76. „ 
 
 Stanley, Joshua . 
 
 . . 63. „ 
 
 Persis Hinds . . 
 
 67. „ 
 
 i\Iargarefc 
 
 . . 62. „ 
 
 Eunice Adams . . 
 
 62. „ 
 
 Wallace J. 
 
 • 20. „ 
 
 Kinny Knowlton . 
 
 61. „ 
 
 Charles M. Wilder 10. „ 
 
 Polly Knowlton . 
 
 57. „ 
 
 Stanley, Simeon . 
 
 . . 56. „ 
 
 Lucy Adams 
 
 57. „ 
 
 Mary . 
 
 . 53. „ 
 
 Rosana Bowers 
 
 51. „ 
 
 Mary A. 
 
 . 20. „ 
 
 Francis Farnsworth 
 
 41. „ 
 
 Frederick M. . 14. „ 
 
 Susan Perry . . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Daphne A. 
 
 . 11. „ 
 
 Eliza Smith . . 
 
 39. „ 
 
 Ruth . 
 
 . 70. Mass. 
 
 Townsend, David, jun. 
 
 23. ., 
 
 Charlotte Rice 
 
 . 83. „ 
 
 Tamesin 
 
 26. „ 
 
 Abraham Wilkins 49. „ 
 
 Tovrasend, Jonathan . 
 
 64. „ 
 
 George Wilkins 
 
 . 11. N.H. 
 
 Cynthia F. 
 
 6L „ 
 
 Stevens, Levi 
 
 • 31. „ 
 
 Elmira A. . 
 
 25. „ 
 
 Caroline 
 
 . 24. „ 
 
 Townsend, Charles E. . 
 
 40. „ 
 
 Stone, Alona . . 
 
 • 54. „ 
 
 Emeline 
 
 39. „ 
 
 Stone, John . . 
 
 • 31. „ 
 
 Cynthia M. 
 Beriah Emes . . 
 
 5. „ 
 
 Hannah S. 
 
 . 30. „ 
 
 77. „ 
 
 Ellen M. . 
 
 . 6. Mich. 
 
 Townsend, Samuel F. . 
 
 32. ;, 
 
 Nancy E. 
 
 . 5. „ 
 
 Betsey G. . 
 
 30. „ 
 
 Amelia D. 
 
 . 2. N.H. 
 
 Helen E. Twitchell 
 
 8. Mass. 
 
 Lucy A. . 
 
 • tV " 
 
 Lydia Fisher . . 
 
 65. N.H. 
 
 Strong, Richard . 
 
 • 70. „ 
 
 Townsend, Jabez B. . 
 
 24. „ 
 
 Sally . 
 
 . 64. „ 
 
 Charles M. 
 
 21. „ 
 
 Abigail Rollins 
 
 . 83. „ 
 
 Betsey . . 
 
 51. „ 
 
 Symonds, Sylvester 
 
 T. 27. „ 
 
 JIary A. 
 
 28. „ 
 
 E. Jane 
 
 • 27. „ 
 
 L. Elizabeth 
 
 15. „ 
 
 Anna L. 1 
 
 L . 3. „ 
 
 Twitchell, Joseph . . 
 
 63. „ 
 
 Emma A. 
 
 • 1. „ 
 
 Hannah . . 
 
 58. „ 
 
 Taggard, Samuel L. 
 
 • 40. „ 
 
 Emma M. . 
 
 16. „ 
 
 Silence 
 
 . 35. „ 
 
 Lewis P. Randolph 
 
 24. „ 
 
 Ellen . 
 
 • 9. „ 
 
 Twitchell, Moses . . 
 
 50. „ ■ 
 
 Betsey French 
 
 . 38. „ 
 
 Martha . . 
 
 59. „ 
 
 Thomas, Richard 
 
 • 42. „ 
 
 Betsey . . 
 
 56. „ 
 
 Nancy D. 
 
 . 43. Mass. 
 
 Jefferson Scripture 
 
 21. „ 
 
 Eli . . 
 
 . 15. N.H. 
 
 Twitchell, Calvin . . 
 
 49. „ 
 
 Caroline 
 
 . 13. „ 
 
 Arvilla . . 
 
 28. „ 
 
 Augustus I 
 
 K. . 10. „ 
 
 Julia M. . 
 
 6. „ 
 
 Dexter H. 
 
 • 7. „ 
 
 Luther E. . 
 
 4. „ 
 
 Joseph W. 
 
 • 4. „ 
 
 Emma . . 
 
 85. Mass. 
 
 Benjamin Wilso 
 
 n . 26. „ 
 
 Upton, Nehemiah . . 
 
 70. N.H. 
 
 Nancy F. Wilsc 
 
 n . 21. „ 
 
 Mary. . . . 
 
 55. „ 
 
 Mary E. Wilsoi 
 
 1 . 1. „ 
 
 Charles . . . 
 
 13. ,, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 219 
 
 Lucy S. Brown 
 Wait, Franklin . 
 Paulina . 
 George W. 
 Wait, Thomas B. 
 Harriet L. 
 Ware, Franklin J. 
 INIary A. . 
 Warren, Nahum 
 Sarah . 
 Mary E. 
 Sarah J. 
 Abby A. 
 George W. 
 Martha A. 
 Ellen M. 
 Emily A. 
 Julia A. 
 Warren, Jesse . 
 Sarah J. 
 John F. 
 Maria . 
 John . 
 James L. Wilk 
 Wells, Thomas . 
 Phebe . 
 Wheeler, Amos . 
 Susan . 
 Susan . 
 Henry P. 
 White, Chloe . 
 Wight, Josiah . 
 Rebecca . 
 Jonas 
 Susannah 
 Willard, Betsey . 
 
 Hannah Mason 
 Willard, Levi 
 
 Irene . 
 
 Zopher 
 
 David . 
 
 Rachel 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Charles J. 
 
 Emily . 
 
 Harriet 
 
 Levi 
 
 Benjamin 
 
 ins 
 
 27.N.H. 
 
 52. „ 
 
 44. „ 
 
 12. „ 
 
 23. „ 
 
 19. „ 
 
 31. „ 
 27. „ 
 55. ,, 
 40. „ 
 11. „ 
 10. „ 
 
 8. „ 
 
 5. „ 
 4. „ 
 
 2. ,, 
 
 36*. ',', 
 
 32. „ 
 
 3. „ 
 J. „ 
 
 63. „ 
 24. Vt. 
 24. N.H. 
 20. „ 
 58. Mass. 
 56. „ 
 17. „ 
 21. 
 73. 
 65. „ 
 56. „ 
 27. „ 
 77. „ 
 71. Mass. 
 65. N.H. 
 54. „ 
 43. „ 
 21. „ 
 19. „ 
 17. „ 
 16. „ 
 14. „ 
 11. „ 
 . 9. „ 
 . 7. „ 
 5. „ 
 
 N.H. 
 
 Milton B. 
 Irene . 
 Wilson, Abijah . 
 Betsey . 
 Wood, Isaiah 
 
 Lucinda . 
 Lucinda J. 
 Wood, Augustine 
 Elizabeth 
 Curtis A. 
 Emily 
 Wood, Achsah . 
 Wood, George . 
 Sarah 
 George W. 
 Curtis S. 
 Theodore A 
 Wood, David A. 
 Sarah L. 
 Edwin A. 
 Daniel 
 Woodward, Cyrus W 
 Mary 
 Albert A 
 Sarah M 
 Ellen L 
 Joseph 
 John Gove . 
 Lydia Ilerrick 
 Worsley, Robert 
 Ruth . 
 Rebecca 
 Wright, George L. 
 Ellen B. 
 Osgood F. 
 Ellen . 
 Yeardley, William 
 Mary . 
 Rhoda 
 Yeardley, William, 
 Yeardley, Joseph B 
 Han-iet A 
 Gershom ^lorse 
 Yeardley, Horace 
 Sarah . 
 William 
 Sarah . 
 Harriet 
 
 jun. 
 
 W. 
 
 2. N.H. 
 
 h „ 
 64. „ 
 60. „ 
 
 45. „ 
 
 46. Mass. 
 17. „ 
 38. N.H. 
 30. „ 
 
 4. „ 
 40. „ 
 
 60. „ 
 32. „ 
 
 29. Eng. 
 6. Penn. 
 4. „ 
 1. „ 
 
 30. N.H. 
 28. „ 
 
 4. „ 
 
 61. „ 
 
 30. 
 
 jj 
 
 10. 
 
 
 8. 
 
 jj 
 
 A- 
 
 ,, 
 
 2L 
 
 ,, 
 
 72. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 20. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 71. 
 
 ,, 
 
 61. 
 
 ,, 
 
 27. 
 
 ,, 
 
 33. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 25. 
 
 Vt. 
 
 2. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 |. 
 
 n!h. 
 
 65. 
 
 j> 
 
 26. 
 
 
 24. 
 
 jj 
 
 45. 
 
 J, 
 
 39. 
 
 ,, 
 
 30. 
 
 Mass 
 
 75. 
 
 ,^ 
 
 30. 
 
 n!h. 
 
 25. 
 
 ^lass 
 
 7. 
 
 N.H. 
 
 5 
 
 )) 
 
 4 
 
 
220 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 Whole number of houses inhabited 
 ,, families . 
 
 male inhabitants . 
 
 female inhabitants . 
 
 inhabitants .... 
 
 formers over twenty-one years 
 
 shoemakers .... 
 
 carpenters 
 
 wooden-ware manufacturers 
 
 manufacturers . 
 
 clei'gymen 
 
 physicians 
 
 harness-makers 
 
 grave-stone manuflicturers 
 
 shoe-peg manufacturers 
 
 merchants 
 
 ,, machinists . 
 ,, blacksmiths 
 ,, clothiers 
 ,, boxmakers 
 ,, millwrights . 
 ,, house Wrights . 
 ,, painters 
 ,, tanners 
 ,, drovers 
 ,, butchers . 
 ,, teamsters 
 ,, millers 
 ,, potters 
 Acres of improved land 
 
 ,, ,, unimproved land 
 Cash value of fiirms .... 
 forming implements 
 live stock 
 orchard products 
 garden products 
 animals slaughtered . 
 home manufactures 
 clothes-pin manufactures 
 washboard manufactures . 
 mop-handle manufactures . 
 woollen cloth manufactures 
 grave-stone manufactures . 
 shoe-peg manufactures . 
 shoe manufacturers 
 shoe-bos manufactures . 
 earthen-ware manufactures . 
 machinery manufactures, &c. 
 
 Number of horses 
 
 ,, ,, milch cows 
 
 ,, ,, working oxen .... 
 
 „ ,, other cattle 
 
 „ „ sheep 
 
 ,, ,, swine .... 
 Bushels of wheat 
 
 214 
 
 229 
 
 544 
 
 544 
 
 ,088 
 
 196 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 22 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 17,657 
 
 . 4,540 
 
 $266,325 
 
 8,435 
 
 48,639 
 
 . 1,743 
 
 777 
 
 . 11,464 
 
 2,522 
 
 . 2,280 
 
 4,500 
 
 . 1,000 
 
 52,800 
 
 . 1,500 
 
 3,000 
 
 1,100 
 
 2,500 
 
 . 1,500 
 
 3,400 
 
 190 
 
 618 
 
 290 
 
 758 
 
 2,316 
 
 336 
 
 495 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 221 
 
 Bushels of rye _ . . . . 598 
 
 ,, ,, Indian corn 5,784 
 
 „ ,, oats 2,138 
 
 ,, ,, peas and beans ....... 293 
 
 ,, ,, potatoes 19,145 
 
 ,, „ barley 2,610 
 
 ,, ,, grass-seed ........ 31 
 
 Pounds of wool 6,944 
 
 „ ,, butter 42,940 
 
 ,, cheese 21,325 
 
 „ „ hops 386 
 
 ,, ,, maple sugar 17,300 
 
 ,, ,, beeswax and honey ...... 170 
 
 Tons of hay 3,821 
 
 Gallons of molasses ........ 633 
 
 Gross of clothes-pins manufactured 66,000 
 
 Dozens of washboards 4,000 
 
 Bushels of shoe-pegs ........ 4,000 
 
 Pairs of sale shoes 2,000 
 
 Yards of woollen cloth 66,000 
 
 Dozens of earthen- ware ....... 1,500 
 
 Feet of shoe-boxes 225,000 
 
 „ ,, boards 435,000 
 
 Pairs of grave-stones 125 
 
 Bushels of grain ground 10,000 
 
 VALUE OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE 
 
 FOLLowiNa articles: — 
 
 Wood for clothes-pins $745 
 
 Boards for washboards ........ 500 
 
 Wood and irons for mop-handles ....... 200 
 
 Wool for woollen cloth ........ 31,200 
 
 Wood and other articles for woollen cloth 4,450 
 
 Stone for grave-stones ........ 730 
 
 Timber for shoe-pegs ......... 3,000 
 
 Leather for shoes 390 
 
 Other articles for shoes ........ 25 
 
 Boards for shoe-boxes ........ 1,238 
 
 Other articles for shoe-boxes ....... 50 
 
 Clay for earthen-ware 36 
 
 Wood and lead for earthen- ware 180 
 
 Iron and steel for machinery 925 
 
 Coal and other articles for machinery 284 
 
 capital employed in the manufacture of the following 
 articles : — 
 
 Wooden ware $7,000 
 
 Woollen cloth 28,000 
 
 Shoe-boxes 4,000 
 
 Shoe-pegs 2,500 
 
 Grave-stones 344 
 
 Shoes 150 
 
 Earthen-ware 900 
 
 Blacksmithing and machinery 3,000 
 
»»» HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Average monthly wages of farm hands, including board . . $13.00 
 
 Average wages of day-laborer, with board .... 0.75 
 
 Average wages of day-laborer without board .... 1.00 
 
 Average day wages of carpenter with board . . . . 150 
 
 Average day wages of carpenter without board . . . . 1.75 
 
 Weekly wages to female domestics with board . . . 1.75 
 
 POLITICAL AND MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 
 
 The town-records, for many years after Dublin was incor- 
 porated, were very brief. Even during the period of the 
 Revolution, the records of political actions are few. After 
 the Declaration of Independence, a provisional state govern- 
 ment was formed ; and, by the record of a vote passed Jan- 
 uary 22, 1778, it appears that the articles of confederation 
 and perpetual union of the United States were brought 
 before a meeting of the inhabitants for their consideration. 
 The said record is as follows : — 
 
 " After reading the articles of confederation, adjourned to the 
 house of Mr. Sprague: then — 
 
 "Voted to accept of the articles of confederation and perpetual 
 union, except the 8th article ; and that the alteration in that article 
 be, that all personal estate be taxed by the United States as well 
 as real estate. 
 
 " Voted that the representative of this town should use his in- 
 fluence that there be a full and free representation convened to 
 lay a lasting plan of government for this State." 
 
 The convention alluded to in the above vote assembled 
 at Concord, June 10, 1778. Who the representative of 
 Dublin was, the records do not show. The town may have 
 united with one of the adjacent towns for the purpose of 
 choosing a representative. It has been said that none were 
 sent from Dublin, Stoddard, Marlborough, or Packersfield. 
 From the following record of a town-meeting, held July 19, 
 1779, it appears that the convention prepared and sent 
 abroad a system of government. 
 
 "The Declaration of Rights and Plan of Government being 
 read, voted to adjourn to the first Tuesday in September next, at 
 nine o'clock in the morning." 
 
 " Tuesday, Sept. 7, 9 o'clock. — Met on adjournment. The Mo- 
 derator took his seat. The Declaration of Rights and Plan of 
 Government being read and debated, the question being put for 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 223 
 
 receiving the same, it passed in the negative; fifteen against it, 
 seven for it." 
 
 It was rejected by a majority of votes in the State. An- 
 other convention vi^as appointed, and met June, 1781. Before 
 proposing a plan of government that was wholly accepted, 
 it held nine sessions, and did not close till October, 1783. 
 At a town-meeting, "March 26, 1782, Amos Emery and 
 Reuben Morse were chosen to go to the convention for 
 forming a plan of government," Apian was passed, printed, 
 and sent to every town, previous to March, 1782. The 
 people were desii-ed to state their objections, and return them. 
 There is no record in the town's book of any vote upon the 
 plan sent out. A manuscript, however, has been found 
 among those preserved by the several town-clerks, by which 
 it would seem that Dublin did not neglect to consider the 
 said plan ; for one article in the warrant for the above- 
 named meeting was, *' To see if the town will make a 
 return of their approbation or disapprobation of the plan of 
 government." It is not probable that they sent two mem- 
 bers to the convention, without furnishing them with some 
 instructions. The only difficulty concerning the manuscript 
 is the date, it being March 25th, instead of March 26th. 
 This may have been an error in copying ; for it is not in the 
 handwriting of Joseph Greenwood, the town-clerk at that 
 time. As it was a lengthy document, the delegates would 
 be likely to be furnished with the original, and a copy taken 
 for preservation at home. We give the document as inter- 
 esting, if not authentic : — 
 
 "At the annual Town Meeting, March 25th, 1782, — An Ai-ticle 
 being inserted in the "Warrant to Act upon the proposed Constitu- 
 tion of Government, Voted that the following Alterations should 
 be made : — 
 
 « 1st. The 17th Article of the Bill of Rights provides, ' That, in 
 criminal prosecutions, the trial of Facts in the Vicinity where they 
 happen, is so essential to the Security of the Life, Liberty, and Es- 
 tate of the Citizen, that no Crime or offence ought to be tried in 
 any other County than where it is committed.' This Town thinks 
 it would be proper to add, unless in cases of necessity, where the 
 general Court shall judge it proper to make a particular Act to 
 the contrary. And for this Reason, that such may be the par- 
 ticular Circumstances of some particular County, by Reason of 
 Disaffection, that it may be impossible to convict offenders and 
 bring them to Condign Punishment. 
 
224 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 " 2dly. The 23d Article of the Bill of Rights provides Against 
 all retrospective Laws. But this Town humbly Conceive, That, 
 under some particular Circumstances, they are highly necessary, in 
 particular in publick Convulsions ; for it cannot be supposed, that 
 in this imperfect state of things, that Punishments can be affixed 
 to all the Violations of the Law of Nature. 
 
 " With respect to the Gth Article of the Bill of Rights, This 
 Town are Unanimously of the Opinion, that it ought to be Added, 
 after the second Paragraph, That every Denomination of Chris- 
 tians shall pay their proportion to the Support of Publick Teach- 
 ers. And every Individual shall pay to the support of that 
 Publick Teacher upon whose Instructions he shall choose to 
 attend. 
 
 " 3dli/. In the 30th page of the Constitution, it is provided, 
 ' That no Bill or resolve of Senate or House of Representatives 
 shall become a Law, or have force as such, until it be laid before 
 the Governor for his revisal. And if he, upon revision, Approve 
 thereof, he shall signify his Approbation by signing the same. But 
 if he has any objection to the passing such Bill or Resolve, he 
 shall return the same, together with his objections thereto, in 
 writing, to the Senate or House of Representatives, in whichsoever 
 the same Originated ; who shall enter the Objections, sent down 
 by the Governor, at Large on their Records, and proceed to recon- 
 sider sd. Bill or Resolve. But if, upon reconsideration, three 
 Quarters of sd. Senate, or House of Representatives, shall, not- 
 withstanding sd. Objections, Agree to pass the same, it shall, 
 together with the Objection, be sent to the other Branch of the 
 Legislature, where it shall also be reconsidered ; and, if Approved 
 by three Quarters of the Members present, it shall have the Force 
 of a Law.' "With regard to this Paragrapht, this Town are unani- 
 mously of the Opinion, that after a reconsideration of the Bill or 
 resolve, as above, if a Major Part of the Members present approve 
 of the same, it ought to have the Force of a Law ; and for this 
 Reason, that no Bill ought to require more to support it Against 
 Objections, than was necessary to form it. It may be presumed 
 that every Reasonable Objection will be oiFered previously to the 
 passing the Bill. 
 
 itkly. In the 33d and 34th page of the Constitution, It is pro- 
 vided that every Male Inhabitant of each Town or Parish with 
 town Privileges, in the several Counties in this State, of twenty- 
 one years of Age and Upwards, having a freehold Estate in his 
 own Right, of the Value of one Hundred Pounds, situate in this 
 state, or other Estate to that Amount, shall have a Right to vote 
 for Senators. 'Ihis Town is of the Opinion that forty pounds Es- 
 tate is sufficient to entitle a man to a Vote for the first Branch of 
 Legislature; Because the greater Part of this State is in its 
 Minority, and Therefore the freeholds are low in Value. And We 
 think that it is as Reasonable that forty pounds should entitle a 
 Man to this Vote, as fifty pounds in the Bay State. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 225 
 
 " Uhhj. With respect to the Representation, this Town Agrees 
 with the proposed Number of fifty at first. And the County of 
 Rockingham for ever to remain at the Number of 20. And the 
 other Counties to begin at their several proposed Numbers ; and 
 then to increase in their Number of Representatives as their 
 Rateable Poles increase, until their Number advances to 20, and 
 there stop. And the several Representatives to be chosen in the 
 following Manner : — The present general Court to divide the 
 several Counties into Districts, as near as may be, without splitting 
 Towns or Parishes ; and the several Districts to choose their Re- 
 presentative in one of these Ways : 1. Let the several Towns be 
 notifyed to Meet at the Meeting House in the West Town, the 1st 
 year, and let the Election be preceded with a Sermon or an Oration 
 upon free Government, where a Preacher or an Orator can be 
 provided ; and the 2nd Year, at the Meeting House in the second 
 West Town ; and so on, in Turns. Or, if this is thot. too trouble- 
 som, Let every Town at their Annual Meeting, or at the meeting 
 called to choose a Governor, put in their Votes for A Representa- 
 tive. And the Select Men and Town Clerk, of the several Towns 
 in the District, Meet together in some most convenient Place, and 
 sort the Votes of the several Towns. And if any one is chosen, 
 it is well ; if not, Let the four highest that are voted for, if there 
 are so many voted for, if not, as many as there are, and put their 
 Names into a Box, and let one be drawn out, Which Shall be the 
 Person to Represent the District. 
 
 " bly. It is provided in the 48th page of the Constitution, ' That 
 all judicial olficers, the Attorney-Genei'al, Solicitor-General, and 
 all Sheriffs, Coroners, Register of Probate, and other Civil officers, 
 except such as are otherways elected and Appointed by this Con- 
 stitution, or the Laws of the State, and all officers of the Militia 
 and navy, shall be nominated and Appointed by the Governor, by 
 and with the Advice or Consent of the Council.' With respect 
 to these Appointments, this Town are clearly of the Opinion it 
 will greatly Conduce to the Publick Welfare, that many of these 
 oflicers be Appointed by the general Court, such as the Justices of 
 the superior and inferior Court, Sheriff's, Coroners, Registers of 
 Probates, and other Civil Officers ; and Major-Generals and Briga- 
 dier-Generals in the Militia. Because the General Court is Com- 
 posed of a Collection of Men from the several Parts of the State, 
 and Therefore must be best Acquainted with the Men qualified 
 for such important Posts and offices. 
 
 " And with respect to the Justices of the Peace, this Town judge 
 the Present mode salutary and good, that the Justices be recom- 
 mended by the Towns where they are Wanted, and Appointed by 
 the Court; for the several Towns must needs know best, who 
 among them is qualified to keep the Peace, and Discharge the Du- 
 ties of a Justice of the Peace. And with Respect to the Officers of 
 the Continental Army, this Town is of the Opinion, that the Ap' 
 pointment of them should be made by the General Court, for the 
 
»»6 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Reasons just above recited. And with Respect to the officers of 
 the Militias, this Town judge it proper, that the soldiers of the 
 Companies, with the Men in the alarm List, choose the Captains, 
 Subalterns, and the non-commission officers. Because the imme- 
 diate Design of Military Discipline is to teach the soldiers the Art 
 of War ; and as Men commonly receive Instruction more readily 
 from Instructors of their own Choosing than from others, so the 
 choosing their own officers, especially those that have the imme- 
 diate Command and Discipline of the Soldiers, will not only, in 
 our opinion, tend to promote Peace and Union in the Companies, 
 but also the knowledge of the Art of War. 
 
 "This Town also proposes that the Commissioned officers of 
 the several Companies choose their Field-officers. And when 
 any officer, whether Field, Capt., or Subaltern, is chosen and ac- 
 cepted, he shall do his Duty, and keep up good, strict Discipline ; 
 and not be suffered to resign, without Leave from his superior 
 officers. 
 
 " And whereas it is provided in the 50th page of the Constitu- 
 tion, ' that no Person shall be eligible as Governor of this State 
 more than three Years in seven.' With respect to this, this Town 
 is Unanimously of the Opinion, that this is a great Abridgement of 
 Liberty. That the People of this State have a full and just Right 
 to choose any Man, qualified as prescribed, as many Years succes- 
 sively as they shall judge proper. 
 
 " This Town likewise proposes, that the several Counties in this 
 State be divided into two or More Districts, and that Judges of 
 Probate and Registers of Probate be Appointed for each District 
 Because this will greatly ease the subject, with respect to the 
 charge of travelling. 
 
 " And for the same Reason, this Town proposes, that every Town 
 Clerk shall be Register of Deeds in his own Town ; and record all 
 Deeds given of Land in his Town. And that the several Towns 
 in this State be directed and required to provide such Clerks as 
 can write a good Legible Hand. And Furthermore, It is provided 
 in the 63d page, that no Justice's Commission shall continue for 
 more than five years. This Provision appears to this ToAvn en- 
 tirely needless ; for if a Justice of the Peace discharges the duties 
 of his office with Ability and Fidelity, there is no Reason why he 
 should not be Continued ; and if he does not, let him be impeached 
 and set aside." 
 
 Tlie second plan of government, sent out by the conven- 
 tion, was approved by the people. At a tow^n-meeting in 
 Dublin, March 4, 1783, the decision was, "Voted to accept 
 of the plan of government ; twenty -five for the plan, the 
 other six offered no objection." The new plan was not fin- 
 ished till Oct. 31, of that year. It was printed a thii'd time, 
 and declared to be the Constitution of New Hampshire, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 22T 
 
 June 2, 1784. This Constitution may be found in the 
 copies of the laws of New Hampshire, published between 
 the years 1784 and 1793. 
 
 With regard to the Federal Constitution, the action, or 
 rather non-action, of the town is described in the Addi-ess. 
 The State Constitution of 1784 was amended, and as 
 amended went into operation in June, 1792. A warrant 
 for a town-meeting, to be held the 7th clay of May, has been 
 found, in which is the following article: "To take into 
 consideration the amendments of the Constitution, and to 
 act thereon as they shall see cause, agreeably to the requisi- 
 tions of the convention." The doings of this meeting are 
 not to be found in the town-records, nor is there any notice 
 of the choice of a delegate to attend the convention. 
 
 No convention was called to revise or alter the Constitu- 
 tion of 1792, till 1850. By order of the legislature, the 
 people voted in March upon the question, which was decided 
 in the affirmative. On all previous occasions of taking a 
 vote on this subject, the vote of Dublin had been in the 
 negative ; but now it was sixty -nine in favor of, and only 
 seventeen against, calling a convention. The delegate chosen, 
 Oct. 8, was Levi W. Leonard. 
 
 T}ie convention met in November ; and at the annual 
 town-meeting, the March following, fifteen questions, in- 
 volving alterations and amendments of the Constitution, 
 were submitted to the people. They were all rejected, not 
 one having two-thirds of the votes in its favor. 
 
 The Azotes upon the several questions in Dublin were as 
 follows. They were decided by polling the house : — 
 
 Quest. 1. Do you approve of the Bill of Rights, as amended by 
 the Convention? Yeas, 91; nays, 8. 
 
 „ 2. Do you approve of a House of Representatives to be 
 constituted and chosen, as provided in the amended 
 Constitution? Yeas, 90; nays, 21. 
 
 „ 3. Do you approve of a Senate to be constituted and chosen, 
 as provided in the amended Constitution ? Yeas, 54 ; 
 nays, 40. 
 
 „ 4. Do you approve of the provision adopted by the Con- 
 vention, on the subject of Governor and Lieutenant 
 Governor? Yeas, 72; nays, 20. 
 
 „ 5. Do you approve of the biennial elections of Governor, 
 Lieutenant-Governor, and Legislature, and biennial 
 sessions of the Legislature, as adopted by the Con- 
 vention? Yeas, 5; nays, 114. 
 
228 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Quest. 6. Do you approve of the amendments proposed by the 
 Convention, in relation to the election and appoint- 
 ment of County Judges, Judges of Probate, and other 
 public officers, and their terms of office ? Yeas, 50 ; 
 nays, 40. 
 
 7. Do you approve of the amendments proposed relating to 
 Trial Justices and Courts, and their Jurisdiction ? 
 Yeas, 96 ; nays, 12. 
 
 8. Do you approve of the abolition of the religious test 
 and property qualifications, as proposed in the amended 
 Constitution? Yeas, 91; nays, 14. 
 
 9. Do you approve of the mode of making future amend- 
 ments to the Constitution, as proposed in the amended 
 Constitution? Yeas, 83; nays, 12. 
 
 10. Do you approve of the amendment, providing that the 
 Judges of the Supi-eme Court and the Attorney-Gene- 
 ral shall be elected by the people, and the tenure of 
 their office? Yeas, 19 ; nays, 21. 
 
 11. Do you approve of the amendment requiring the election 
 of a Superintendent of Public Instruction, as provided 
 in the amended Constitution ? Yeas, 75 ; nays, 20. 
 
 12. Do you approve of the amendment requiring the election 
 of a Commissioner of Agriculture, as provided in the 
 amended Constitution? Yeas, 66; nays, 27. 
 
 13. Do you approve of the amendment, provided in the 
 amended Constitution for deciding all elections fcy a 
 plurality vote? Yeas, 11 ; nays, 103. 
 
 14. Do you approve of the amendment abolishing the Coun- 
 cil? Yeas, 89; nays, 11. 
 
 15. Do you approve of the other alterations and amend- 
 
 ments, as made in the amended Constitution ? Yeas, 
 69 ; nays, 8. 
 
 As none of the above articles had two-thirds of the votes 
 cast in favor, in the State, the convention proposed the fol- 
 lowing amendments, to be accepted or rejected at the annual 
 town-meeting, March, 1852: 1st, To abolish the property 
 qualification ; 2d, To abolish the religious test ; 3d, To 
 empower the legislature to originate amendments, and send 
 them out to the people for acceptance or rejection. The 
 first proposition was accepted by a two-thirds vote of the 
 people, and the other two were rejected. The votes of 
 Dublin were: for the first, yeas 81, nays 4; for the second, 
 yeas 70, nays 14 ; and for the third, yeas 75, nays 4. 
 
 It will be perceived, that, of the fifteen propositions which 
 the convention sent forth, there was a two-thirds vote in 
 Dublin for ten. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 229 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 1771. 
 
 Thomas Morse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Henry Strongman, ^ 
 Benjamin Mason, \ Selectmen. 
 Eli Morse, ) 
 
 1772. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Moses Adams, ^ Selectmen 
 
 Eli Morse, > and 
 
 Joseph Twitchel, ) Assessors. 
 
 1773. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Eli Morse, Town Clerk. 
 Eli Morse, ^ 
 
 Samuel Twitchel, V Selectmen. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 1774. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Eli Morse, Town Clerk. 
 Eli Morse, ^ 
 
 Moses Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, ) 
 
 1775. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Eli Morse, Town Clerk. 
 Eli Morse, ^ 
 
 Moses Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, ) 
 
 1776. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ") 
 Simeon Bullard, > Selectmen. 
 
 John Muzzey, ) 
 
 1777. 
 Eli Morse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 John Muzzey, ^ 
 
 S Selectmen. 
 
 Reuben Morse, 
 Simeon Bullard, 
 
 
 1778. 
 William Greenwood, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ^ 
 Eli Morse, > Selectmen. 
 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 1779. 
 Moses Adams, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ^ 
 Moses Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 1780. 
 William Greenwood, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, "] 
 Simeon Johnson, j 
 Thaddeus Mason, S Selectmen. 
 Ezra Twitchel, [ 
 
 Simeon Bullard, J 
 
 1781. 
 Eli Morse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ~| 
 
 Reuben Morse, 
 Amos Emery, 
 Eli Morse, 
 Nathan Bixby, 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 1782. 
 Samuel Twitchel, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ^ 
 
 > Selectmen. 
 
 Moses Adams, 
 Reuben Morse, 
 
 
 1783. 
 Samuel Twitchel, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 Joseph Hayward, \ Selectmen. 
 Thaddeus Mason, ) 
 
 1784. 
 Eli Morse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Joseph Greenwood, ) 
 Amos Emery, > Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, ) 
 
230 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 1785. 
 Stephen Ames, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Stephen Ames, ^ 
 
 Reuben Morse, S Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, ) 
 
 1786. 
 Reuben INIorse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 John Muzzey, j. Selectmen. 
 
 Benjamin Learned, ) 
 
 1787. 
 Benjamin Learned, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 John Morse, > Selectmen. 
 
 Benjamin Learned, ) 
 
 1788. 
 David Elliot, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 David Elliot, > Selectmen. 
 
 Samuel Twitchel, ) 
 
 1789. 
 John !Morse, ^loderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Tovra Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 Samuel Twitchel, > Selectmen. 
 John Morse, ) 
 
 1790. 
 John !Morse, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 David Elliot, V Selectmen. 
 
 John Morse, ) 
 
 Reuben Morse, Representative for 
 Dublin and Packersfield. 
 
 1791. 
 Samuel Twitchel, Moderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben ^lorse, ^ 
 
 Andrew Allison, V Selectmen. 
 Nathan Bixby, ) 
 
 1792. 
 John Morse, INIoderator. 
 Joseph Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, \ 
 
 John Morse, > Selectmen. 
 
 Samuel Twitchel, ) 
 Samuel Twitchel, Representative of 
 Dublin and Packersfield. 
 
 1793. 
 Benjamin Learned, Moderator. 
 James Emes, Town Clerk. 
 Nathan Bixby, ^ 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, V Selectmen. 
 Alexander Emes, ) 
 Samuel Twitchel, Representative. 
 
 1794. 
 Samuel Twitchell, Moderator. 
 Andrew Allison, Town Clerk. 
 Nathan Bixby, \ 
 
 James Emes, > Selectmen. 
 
 Silas Pierce, ) 
 
 Samuel Twitchell, Representative. 
 
 1795. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Andrew Allison, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 Andrew Allison, > Selectmen. 
 Isaac Appleton, j 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, Representative. 
 
 1796. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Andrew Allison, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, \ Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Thaddeus Mason, Representative. 
 
 1797. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Andrew Allison, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 Isaac Appleton, V Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Thaddeus Mason, Representative. 
 
 1798. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Mason, ) 
 James Emes, > Selectmen. 
 
 Isaac Appleton, ) 
 
 John Morse, Representative. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 231 
 
 1799. 
 John :Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, > Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 John JNIorse, Representative. 
 
 1800. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 Isaac Appleton, S Selectmen. 
 
 John Perry, ) 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, Representative. 
 
 1801. 
 Andrew Allison, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Isaac Appleton, ^ 
 
 John Morse, > Selectmen. 
 
 John Perry, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1802. 
 Andrew Allison, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Isaac Appleton, ^ 
 
 Andrew Allison, > Selectmen. 
 Thaddeus Mason, ) 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1803. 
 John Morse, INIoderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Andrew Allison, \ 
 Reuben Morse, > Selectmen. 
 
 Isaac Appleton, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1804. 
 John Snow, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Snow, ^ 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, V Selectmen. 
 Robert Muzzey, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1805. 
 John ]\Iorse, ]\Ioderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Snow, ^ 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, > Selectmen. 
 John Muzzey, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1806. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Snow, ) 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, > Selectmen. 
 Robert Muzzey, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1807. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Reuben Morse, ^ 
 
 Isaac Appleton, > Selectmen. 
 
 Aaron Appleton, ) 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1808. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Samuel Hamilton, ^ 
 Andrew Allison, > Selectmen. 
 
 John Snow, ) 
 
 Andrew Allison, Representative. 
 
 1809. 
 John Morse, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Morse, ^ 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, > Selectmen. 
 Ruggles Smith, ) 
 
 John Morse, Representative. 
 
 1810. 
 Andrew Allison, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Samuel Hamilton, \ 
 John Snow, > Selectmen. 
 
 Samuel Fisk, ) 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, Representative. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Moderator. 
 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 
 John Snow, ^ 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, > Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, Representative. 
 
 1812. 
 Isaac Appleton, IModerator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Isaac Appleton, > Selectmen. 
 
 John Morse, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 1813. 
 Isaac Appleton, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Samuel Hamilton, ) 
 Tliaddeus Morse, J. Selectmen. 
 Ebenr. Richardson, ) 
 Samuel Hamilton, Representative. 
 
 1820. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Tago;art,jr., ^ 
 Thaddeus Mason, jr., ^Selectmen. 
 Samuel Adams, ) 
 
 John Taggart, jun. , Representative. 
 
 1814. 
 Samuel Fisk, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Samuel Hamilton, ) 
 Thaddeus Morse, > Selectmen. 
 Ebenr. Richardson, ) 
 Samuel Hamilton, Representative. 
 
 1821. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Taggart, jun., ) 
 Samuel Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Rufus Piper, ) 
 
 Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1815. 
 Samuel Fisk, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Ebenr. Richardson, > Selectmen. 
 Moses Marshall, ) 
 Samuel Hamilton, Representative. 
 
 1816. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ^ 
 Whitcomb French, > Selectmen. 
 John Crombie, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1817. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Isaac Appleton, ^ 
 
 David Richardson, > Selectmen. 
 Richard Strong, ) 
 
 Isaac Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1818. 
 Moses ^Marshall, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Richard Strong, \ 
 
 John Taggart, jr. , > Selectmen. 
 Thaddeus Mason, jr., ) 
 Andrew Allison, Representative. 
 
 1819. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Richard Strong, S Selectmen. 
 
 John Taggart, jun., ) 
 Moses Marshall, Representative. 
 
 1822. 
 Zadock Chapman, ^loderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Taggart, jun., \ 
 Samuel Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Rufus Piper, ) 
 
 Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1823. 
 David Richardson, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Taggart, jun., ^ 
 Samuel Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Rufus Piper, j 
 
 i Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
 I 1824. 
 
 John Morse, 2d, Moderator. 
 I Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 
 John Taggart, jun., ^ 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, 1 Selectmen. 
 
 ]\Ioses Corey, ) 
 
 Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1825. 
 John INIorse, 2d, Moderator. 
 Cyrus Chamberlain, Town Clerk. 
 John Taggart, jun., ) 
 Samuel Adams, > Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Appleton, ) 
 Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
 1826. 
 John Morse, 2d, Moderator 
 Joseph Appleton, Town Clerk. 
 
 John Taggart, jun., ^ 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Appleton, 
 
 Jona. K. Smith, ) 
 
 Joseph Appleton, Representative. 
 
234 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 1841. 
 Rufus Piper, Moderator. 
 Dexter INIason, Town Clerk. 
 Lawson Belknap, ^ 
 William Davis, J> Selectmen . 
 
 Phinehas Gleason, ) 
 Calvin Mason, Representative. 
 
 1842. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Dexter Mason, Town Clerk. 
 Jona. K. Smith, ^ 
 
 Samuel Allison, > Selectmen. 
 
 Jacob Gleason, j 
 
 Calvin Mason, Representative. 
 
 1843. 
 Rufus Piper, Moderator. 
 Asa Heald, Town Clerk. 
 Jona. K. Smith, '\ 
 
 Samuel Allison, > Selectmen. 
 
 Jacob Gleason, j 
 
 Moses Marshall, Representative. 
 
 1844. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Asa Heald, Town Clerk. 
 Jona. K. Smith, '\ 
 Samuel Allison, > Selectmen. 
 
 Dexter Derby, ) 
 
 Moses Marshall, Representative. 
 
 1845. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Asa Heald, Town Clerk. 
 Jona. K. Smith, ^ 
 Dexter Derby, \ Selectmen. 
 
 Calvin Mason, ) 
 
 Moses Marshall, Representative. 
 
 1846. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Calvin Mason, ^ 
 
 Hervey Learned, > Selectmen. 
 Cyrus Frost, ) 
 
 Moses Marshall, Representative. 
 
 1847. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Calvin Mason, ) 
 
 Cyrus Frost, > Selectmen. 
 
 Ephraim Foster, ) 
 Thomas Fisk, Representative. 
 
 1848. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Cyrus Frost, J 
 
 Ephraim Foster, > Selectmen. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Cyrus Frost, Representative. 
 
 1849. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 E. Foster, \ 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, i Selectmen. 
 Levi Willard, ) 
 
 Cyrus Frost, Representative. 
 
 1850. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ^ 
 Levi Willard, > Selectmen. 
 
 Phinehas Gleason, ) 
 Jacob Gleason, Representative. 
 
 1851. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, ) 
 Ephraim Foster, > Selectmen. 
 Asa Heald, ) 
 
 Jacob Gleason, Representative. 
 
 1852. 
 Dexter Derby, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Thaddeus Morse, \ 
 Ephraim Foster, > Selectmen. 
 Asa Heald, ) 
 
 Lovell Harris, Representative. 
 
 1853. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Asa Heald, \ 
 
 Dexter Mason, > Selectmen. 
 
 Aaron Smith, ) 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, Representative. 
 
 1854. 
 Thomas Fisk, Moderator. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Town Clerk. 
 Dexter Mason, ^ 
 
 Aaron Smith, > Selectmen. 
 
 Joseph Perry, ) 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, Representative. 
 
HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 235 
 
 The persons who have officiated as Town Treasurers are 
 Joseph Twitchell, Eli Morse, Joseph Greenwood, Eeuben 
 Morse, John Morse, Thaddeus Morse, Cyrus Chamberlain, 
 Benjamin Perry, Cyrus Piper, Curtis Smith, Joseph Thurs- 
 ton, Ebenezer Greenwood, and Joseph Perry. 
 
 From 1794 to 1813, and from 1826 to 1832, the chair- 
 man of the selectmen officiated as Treasurer. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 1784. 
 
 George Atkinson t 
 
 15 
 
 
 Meshech Weare . 
 
 2 
 
 1785. 
 
 John Langdon . 
 
 28 
 
 1786. 
 
 John Langdon * . 
 
 27 
 
 1787. 
 
 John Langdon . 
 
 28 
 
 1788. 
 
 John Langdon . 
 
 31 
 
 
 Josiah Bartlett * . 
 
 1 
 
 
 John SulUvan * . 
 
 1 
 
 1789. 
 
 John SulHvan 
 
 15 
 
 
 Josiah Bartlett * 
 
 2 
 
 1790. 
 
 John Pickering t 
 
 18 
 
 1791. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett . 
 
 26 
 
 1792. 
 
 Josiah Bartlett . 
 
 23 
 
 VOTES FOR CHIEF MAGISTRATE. 
 
 The Chief Magistrates of New Hampshire were styled 
 " President " from 1716 to 1793, when, on a revision of the 
 Constitution, the title " Governor " was adopted. Meshech 
 "Weare was President from 1776 to 1784, inclusive. The 
 names with a * were not elected in that year ; and with a f, 
 never elected. 
 
 VOTES. 
 
 1800. John Taylor Gilman 50 
 John Langdon * . . 1 
 
 1801. John Taylor Gilman 68 
 Timothy Farrar f • 4 
 
 1802. John Taylor Gilman 79 
 John Langdon * . . 27 
 
 1803. John Taylor Gilman 75 
 John Langdon * . . 27 
 
 1804. John Taylor Gilman 83 
 John Langdon * . . 41 
 
 1805. John Taylor Gilman* 126 
 John Langdon . . 56 
 
 1806. Timothy Farrar f . 55 
 John Langdon . . 48 
 Jeremiah Smith* . 10 
 
 1807. Jeremiah Smith * . 50 
 John Landon ... 44 
 Timothy Farrar f • 6 
 
 1808. Jeremiah Smith* . 36 
 John Langdon . . 46 
 Timothy Farrar f • 13 
 
 Scattering ... 2 
 
 1809. Jeremiah Smith . .115 
 John Langdon * . . 48 
 
 1810. Jeremiah Smith * . 126 
 John Langdon . . 69 
 
 1811. Jeremiah Smith * . 123 
 John Langdon . . 74 
 
 1812. John Taylor Gilman* 114 
 William Plumer . . 67 
 
 1793. 
 1794. 
 
 1795. 
 1796. 
 
 1797. 
 
 1798. 
 
 - ■' <•■ 
 
 Josiah Bartlett . . 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 John Langdon * . . 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 John Prentice t • • 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 Scattering . . . 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 Oliver Peabody t • 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 Oliver Peabody t • 
 
 32 
 45 
 
 7 
 43 
 28 
 13 
 29 
 
 2 
 32 
 18 
 30 
 
 1 
 
236 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 1813. 
 
 John Taylor Gilraan 
 
 150 
 
 1835. 
 
 Joseph Healy f • • 
 
 147 
 
 
 William Plumer* . 
 
 55 
 
 
 William Badger . . 
 
 58 
 
 1814 
 
 John Taylox" Gilman 
 
 161 
 
 1836 
 
 George SuUivan t • 
 
 112 
 
 
 William Plumer * . 
 
 59 
 
 
 Isaac Hill . . . . 
 
 55 
 
 1815 
 
 John Taylor Gilman 
 
 151 
 
 1837. 
 
 George Sullivan t • 
 
 54 
 
 
 William Plumer * . 
 
 02 
 
 
 Isaac Hill . . . 
 
 29 
 
 1816 
 
 James Sheafe f • • 
 
 1G5 
 
 
 John Page * . . . 
 
 1 
 
 
 William Plumer 
 
 09 
 
 1838. 
 
 James Wilson f . . 
 
 170 
 
 1817 
 
 Jeremiah Mason f . 
 
 109 
 
 
 Isaac Hill . . . . 
 
 70 
 
 
 William Plumer. . 
 
 06 
 
 1839. 
 
 James Wilson f . . 
 
 165 
 
 1818 
 
 Jeremiah Mason f . 
 
 132 
 
 
 John Page . . . 
 
 72 
 
 
 William Plumer . 
 
 74 
 
 1840. 
 
 Enos Stevens f . . 
 
 148 
 
 1819 
 
 William Hale f • • 
 
 95 
 
 
 John Page . . . 
 
 66 
 
 
 Samuel Bell . . . 
 
 41 
 
 
 George Kent f . • 
 
 4 
 
 1820 
 
 Levi Jackson f • • 
 
 57 
 
 1841. 
 
 Enos Stevens f . . 
 
 143 
 
 
 Samuel Bell . . . 
 
 49 
 
 
 John Page . . . 
 
 60 
 
 1821. 
 
 Levi Jackson f • • 
 
 86 
 
 
 Daniel Hoit f . • 
 
 8 
 
 
 Samuel Bell . . . 
 
 57 
 
 1842. 
 
 Enos Stevens t • • 
 
 93 
 
 1822 
 
 Samuel Bell . . . 
 
 98 
 
 
 Henry Hubbard . . 
 
 57 
 
 
 Scattering . , . 
 
 2 
 
 
 John H. White f • 
 
 22 
 
 1823. 
 
 Levi Woodbury . . 
 
 116 
 
 
 Daniel Hoit f • • 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor * 
 
 41 
 
 1843. 
 
 Anthony Colby * . 
 
 111 
 
 1824. 
 
 Jeremiah Smith * . 
 
 121 
 
 
 Henry Hubbard 
 
 29 
 
 
 David L, Morril 
 
 38 
 
 
 John H. White f • 
 
 7 
 
 
 Levi Woodbury * . 
 
 8 
 
 
 Daniel Hoit f • • 
 
 12 
 
 
 Jeremiah Mason f . 
 
 1 
 
 1844. 
 
 Anthony Colby * 
 
 127 
 
 1825. 
 
 David L. Morril 
 
 160 
 
 
 John H. Steele . . 
 
 51 
 
 
 Levi Woodbury * . 
 
 1 
 
 
 John H. White f • 
 
 1 
 
 1826. 
 
 David L. Morril 
 
 128 
 
 
 Daniel Hoit t . • 
 
 15 
 
 
 Benjamin Pierce * . 
 
 20 
 
 1845. 
 
 Anthony Colby * 
 
 104 
 
 
 Jeremiah Mason f . 
 
 1 
 
 
 John H. Steele . . 
 
 38 
 
 1827. 
 
 David L. Morril * . 
 
 20 
 
 
 Daniel Hoit f • • 
 
 21 
 
 
 Benjamin Pierce 
 
 73 
 
 
 Scattering . . 
 
 2 
 
 
 Isaac Hill* . . . 
 
 3 
 
 1846. 
 
 Anthony Colby, 
 
 133 
 
 1828. 
 
 John Bell . . . . 
 
 150 
 
 
 Jared W. Williams * 
 
 50 
 
 
 Benjamin Pierce * . 
 
 24 
 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry f 
 
 19 
 
 1829. 
 
 John Bell* . . . 
 
 158 
 
 1847. 
 
 Anthony Colby* . 
 
 130 
 
 
 Benjamin Pierce . 
 
 44 
 
 
 Jared W. Williams 
 
 54 
 
 1830. 
 
 Timothy Upham f . 
 
 159 
 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry f 
 
 39 
 
 
 Matthew Harvey . 
 
 44 
 
 1848. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry f 
 
 173 
 
 1831. 
 
 Ichabod Bartlett f • 
 
 158 
 
 
 Jared W. Williams . 
 
 51 
 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 
 52 
 
 
 Anthony Colby * 
 
 1 
 
 1832. 
 
 Ichabod Bartlett t . 
 
 137 
 
 1849. 
 
 Levi Chamberlain! 
 
 106 
 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 
 50 
 
 
 Nathaniel S. Berry f 
 
 64 
 
 1833. 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 
 108 
 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 
 44 
 
 
 Arthur Livermore f 
 
 14 
 
 1850. 
 
 Levi Chamberlain f 
 
 92 
 
 
 Scattering . . . 
 
 2 
 
 
 Nathaniels. Berry t 
 
 51 
 
 1834. 
 
 William Badger 
 Joseph Healy t • • 
 
 31 
 
 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 
 41 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 237 
 
 100 
 
 1853. 
 
 James Bell f • • 
 
 88 
 
 61 
 
 
 John H. White f 
 
 61 
 
 40 
 
 
 Noah Martin . . 
 
 55 
 
 1 
 
 1854. 
 
 Jared Perkins f . 
 
 77 
 
 90 
 
 
 James Bell f • - 
 
 56 
 
 62 
 
 
 Nathaniel B. Baker 
 
 47 
 
 52 
 
 
 
 
 1851. Thomas E. Sawyer t 
 John Atwood f • ■. 
 Samuel Dinsmoor . 
 Nathaniel S. Berry f 
 
 1852. Thomas E. Sawyer t 
 John Atwood f • • 
 Noah Martin . . 
 
 From the small number of votes cast for chief magistrate 
 during many years after a State Constitution was adopted, 
 it would appear as if little interest was felt in the election 
 of that officer. In 1793, the whole number of voters must 
 have exceeded two hundred ; but the votes for governor were 
 only thirty-two. The number of voters in New Hampshire 
 is larger than the number of ratable polls ; for men, who are 
 seventy years of age and upwards, are legal voters, but are 
 not required to pay a poll-tax. The number of ratable polls 
 in Dublin, as shown by the record of invoice and taxes, was, 
 for the years prefixed, as follows : — 
 
 TEARS. 
 
 1793 
 1794 
 1795 
 1796 
 1797 
 1798 
 1799 
 1800 
 1802 
 1805 
 1810 
 1812 
 1815 
 
 POLLS. 
 
 200 
 199 
 200 
 187 
 190 
 185 
 173 
 183 
 182 
 192 
 202 
 219 
 224 
 
 TEARS. 
 
 1817 
 1819 
 1820 
 1825 
 1827 
 1830 
 1835 
 1838 
 1840 
 1842 
 1845 
 1846 
 
 POLLS. 
 
 220 
 227 
 232 
 224 
 231 
 235 
 237 
 232 
 234 
 235 
 229 
 231 
 
 The annual town-meeting in New Hampshire comes at 
 an unfavorable season for the attendance of old people, and 
 persons in feeble health. The largest vote ever cast in 
 Dublin for governor was in 1838 ; James Wilson and Isaac 
 Hill being candidates. The day was warm and pleasant, 
 and few persons able to leave home were absent. 
 
 VALUATION. TAXES. 
 
 The valuation of the personal and real estate, taken an- 
 nually by the selectmen for the purpose of taxation, has 
 varied from time to time ; but, for want of necessary docu- 
 
238 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 ments, the yearly summaries cannot be given. A plan of 
 the east-half of the town has been found, containing the 
 selectmen's appraisal of the several lots that were consid- 
 ered as of any value. This plan must have been made as 
 early as 1778. We have found another plan, dated 1798, 
 which contains the appraisal of the whole town. 
 
 We give the valuation of the lots on the fifth and sixth 
 ranges, for both years, beginning at the twelfth lot : — 
 
 Range 5, Lots 12 
 
 18 19 20 21 
 
 1798 
 
 £60 66 150 83 160 80 60 80 Q6 85 120 
 
 Range 6, Lots 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
 
 1778 . . £72 15 70 40 - 84 36 42 30 24 30 
 1798 . . £160 70 75 100 - 126 83 60 70 70 60 
 
 The whole amount of appraisal in 1798 was £15,261, or 
 $50,870.00. The amount in each of the ranges was as 
 follows : — 
 
 Range 1. 
 » 2. 
 „ 3. 
 „ 4. 
 „ 5. 
 
 £1203, or $4010.00 
 
 1308, or 4360.00 
 
 1597, or 5323.331- 
 
 1548, or 5160.00 
 
 1972, or 6573.33^ 
 
 Range 6. £1949, or $6496.66f 
 
 „ 7. 1299, or 4330.00 
 
 „ 8. 1586, or 5286.66| 
 
 „ 9. 1736, or 5786.66f 
 
 „ 10. 1063, or 3543.33| 
 
 In 1833, the real estate in Dublin was appraised at 
 $201,692.00. In 1837, the summaries of the invoice, as 
 taken by the selectmen, were as follows : — 
 
 Total amount of real estate 
 
 » „ „ mills • • •_ 
 
 „ „ „ factory buildings 
 
 „ „ „ stock in trade and machinery . 
 
 „ „ „ carriages , 
 
 Horses four years old and upwards 224, appraised 
 
 „ two and three years old . 85, 
 Oxen four years old and upwards 283, 
 Cows „ „ „ „ „ 624, 
 
 Stock two and three years old . 502, 
 
 Sheep 2,740, 
 
 Money at interest 
 
 Total amount of appraisal 
 229 polls, at $1.50 each . . . 
 
 $244,943.00 
 3,100.00 
 9,000.00 
 6,015.00 
 1,713.00 
 
 10,375.00 
 2,428.00 
 
 11,138.00 
 
 14,406.00 
 7,828.00 
 7,154.00 
 
 37,720.00 
 
 $355,820.00 
 $343.50 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 239 
 
 In 1852, an inventory of property in Dublin for 1851— 
 1852, was printed by the legislature, with that of other 
 towns. The following items are taken from that docu- 
 ment : — 
 
 Number atid Value of Polls. 
 
 1851. 246 ... . $73,800 
 
 1852. 262 ... . 62,880 
 
 Number and Value of Horses. 
 
 1851. 200 ... . $9,399 
 
 1852. 206 ... . 10,770 
 
 Number and Value of Neat StocJi, 
 
 1851. 1406 .... $26,379 
 
 1852. 1349 .... 28,554 
 
 Number and Value of Sheep. 
 
 1851. 1973 .... $3,308 
 
 1852. 2191 .... 3,940 
 
 Value of Carriages. 
 
 1851. 
 1852. 
 
 ^300 
 330 
 
 Money at Interest, on Hand or Deposit. 
 
 1851 $68,015 
 
 1852 71,971 
 
 Stock in Trade. 
 
 1851 $9,810 
 
 1852 9,980 
 
 Value of Mills and Carding Machines. 
 
 1851 ". $19,500 
 
 1852 26,100 
 
 Anioimt of Inventory. 
 
 1851. ..... $439,401 
 
 1852 454,472 
 
 Amount exclusive of Value of Polls. 
 
 1851 $365,601 
 
 1852 391,592 
 
 The proportion of state-taxes in every thousand dollars, 
 which Dublin has been required to pay, has varied at the 
 several occasions on which the apportionment was made. 
 Since 1816, our proportion has been growing less, not be- 
 cause Dublin has decreased in wealth, but because other 
 towns have increased in larger measure. The following is 
 the state-valuations from 1816 to 1852: — 
 
 1816 
 1820 
 1824 
 1832 
 1836 
 
 $5.66 
 5.11 
 5.11 
 5.09 
 5.10 
 
 1840 
 1844 
 1848 
 1852 
 
 $4.67 
 4.46 
 4.04 
 3.97 
 
 It may be a matter of interest for some persons to know 
 the amount of money, voted in each year, from 1771 to 
 1854:, for the usual purposes of taxation : — 
 
 Note. — There was deposited in the Cheshire Institution for Savings, April 1, 
 1852, thirty-three thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars, by persons belong- 
 ing to Dublin; of which sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty-eight dollars were 
 the deposits of females. 
 
240 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 
 Town 
 
 High- 
 
 Schoo 
 
 ■ 
 
 Charges 
 
 ways. 
 
 
 1771. 
 
 £3 
 
 £8 
 
 
 1772. 
 
 6 
 
 24 
 
 
 1773. 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 £4 
 
 1774. 
 
 6 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 1775. 
 
 6 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 1776. 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 1777. 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 1778. 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 14 
 
 1779. 
 
 400 
 
 400 
 
 100 
 
 1780. 
 
 3000 
 
 1600 
 
 100 
 
 1781. 
 
 2000 2000 
 
 100 
 
 1782. 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 1783. 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 1784. 
 
 60 
 
 15 
 
 8 
 
 1785. 
 
 40 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 1786. 
 
 30 
 
 90 
 
 8 
 
 1787. 
 
 60 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 1788. 
 
 50 
 
 120 
 
 50 
 
 1789. 
 
 60 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 1790. 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 1791. 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 45 
 
 1792. 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 1793. 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 60 
 
 1794. 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 1795. 
 
 120 
 
 120 
 
 60 
 
 1796. 
 
 60 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 1797. 
 
 00 
 
 $400 
 
 80 
 
 1798. 
 
 90 
 
 400 
 
 $300 
 
 1799. 
 
 $300 
 
 510 
 
 300 
 
 1800. 
 
 480 
 
 400 
 
 200 
 
 1801. 
 
 200 
 
 410 
 
 200 
 
 1802. 
 
 250 
 
 500 
 
 300 
 
 1803. 
 
 400 
 
 845 
 
 300 
 
 1804. 
 
 300 
 
 800 
 
 300 
 
 1805. 
 
 600 1000 
 
 450 
 
 1806. 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 1807. 
 
 1000 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 1808. 
 
 400 
 
 600 
 
 450 
 
 1809. 
 
 700 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 1810. 
 
 600 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 1811. 
 
 700 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 For clearing minister lot .... £6 
 
 To clear and fence public land . . 24 13 6 
 
 To clear 12 acres for Joseph Farrar . 27 
 
 To purchase ammunition .... 12 
 
 To repair the great bridge .... 10 
 
 To purchase ammunition .... 18 
 
 In addition to interest-money. 
 
 Voted to Mr. Sprague .... 1060 
 
 Voted that collectors should not col- 
 lect the town-tax in old continental 
 money ; that the town-tax should 
 be paid in rye at $3 per bushel, or 
 in hard money, as the selectmen 
 shall order. 
 
 To build school-houses 150 
 
 Voted to sink £30 of the outstanding 
 taxes that are in poor peoples' hands. 
 
 Voted to layout £40 on the great road. 
 Voted £45 for two school-houses. 
 
 Voted to divide school-money into 
 eight parts, according to number of 
 school-houses. 
 
 Voted to let Mrs. Puffer live in town- 
 house, with two of her children. 
 
 To assist Benjamin Wiley to remove 
 
 from town $25.00 
 
 Voted to fence the burial-field. 
 Voted to provide a hearse. 
 
 Voted to accept of a company of gren- 
 adiers. 
 
 Voted a stand of colors to grenadier 
 company. 
 
 Voted to exempt Rev. E. Sprague'a 
 property from taxation. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 241 
 
 ^-- s?,. 
 
 High- 
 ways. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Incidentala. 
 
 
 1812. $300 $800 $450 
 
 
 
 1813. 300 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 1814. 600 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 1815. 700 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 1816. 800 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 1817. 900 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 1818. 2000 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 To procure preaching 
 
 $200 00 
 
 1819. 500 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 
 
 300.00 
 
 1820. 1000 
 
 800 
 
 
 What the law required. 
 
 
 1821. 2000 
 
 800 
 
 459.90 
 
 
 1822. 1300 
 
 800 
 
 
 Interest of school-funds appropriated. 
 
 
 1823. 1300 
 
 800 
 
 
 55 5» 
 
 
 1824. 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 
 1825. 800 
 
 800 
 
 
 )5 
 
 
 1826. 400 
 
 800 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1827. 900 
 
 1200 
 
 700 
 
 One-half of school-money equally 
 among districts ; one-half do. accord- 
 ing to No. of scholars in each district. 
 
 
 1828. 900 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 1829. 900 
 
 1000 
 
 900 
 
 Voted for a singing-school .... 
 
 $50.00 
 
 1830. 1150 
 
 800 
 
 900 
 
 Voted for improving the common (it was 
 never applied) 
 
 25.00 
 
 1831. 1200 1100 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1832. 1.300 
 
 800 
 
 900 
 
 From literary fund for schools . . . 
 
 200 00 
 
 1833. 2000 
 
 800 
 
 680 
 
 For schools, voted proceeds of school- 
 . funds, and no more. 
 
 
 1834. 2000 
 
 800 
 
 680 
 
 51 
 
 
 1835. 1500 
 
 800 
 
 680 
 
 M 
 
 
 1836. 1600 
 
 900 
 
 680 
 
 Voted to raise in addition to proceeds 
 of school-funds 
 
 200.00 
 
 1837. 2000 
 
 900 
 
 800 
 
 
 200.00 
 
 1838. 1500 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 
 
 1839. 2000 
 
 900 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1840. 2000 
 
 800 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1841. 2500 
 
 1000 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1842. 2500 
 
 900 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1843. 2000 
 
 900 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1844. 2000 
 
 900 
 
 800 
 
 
 
 1845. 800 
 
 900 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1846. 900 
 
 900 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 1847. 1200 1200 
 
 900 
 
 Literary fund included 
 
 42.15 
 
 1848. 1100 
 
 1200 
 
 900 
 
 ,, 
 
 46.96 
 
 1849. 1400 
 
 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 Literary fund to be added 
 
 45.34 
 
 1850. 1500 
 
 1200 1000 
 
 ») 
 
 
 1851. 2300 
 
 1200 1000* 
 
 
 
 1852. 2300 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 1853. 2000 
 
 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 51 
 
 60.82 
 
 1854. 2000 
 
 1200 1000 
 
 " " " " 
 
 
 * Voted to purchase ten copies of Worcester's large Dictionary, and to place a 
 copy in each school-room for the use of teacher and pupils. 
 
%^Z HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 In the amounts raised in 1778, and in the three following 
 years, we perceive the effect of the depreciation of the 
 currency in which the appropriations were at that time 
 reckoned. In after years, the sums are put down in 
 lawful money, till dollars and cents became the usual reck- 
 oning. The old tenor currency was used in the early days 
 of the town, of which one hundred pounds were equal to 
 £13. 65. 8^., or forty-five shillings equal to one dollar. 
 
 The making of new roads has been a chief source of ex- 
 pense to the town of Dublin. The first roads were made, 
 in most instances, on the lines of lots ; and, of course, many 
 expensive alterations have been required in subsequent 
 years. Seldom has there been a town-meeting since the 
 date of incorporation, when roads were not a topic of discus- 
 sion, and frequently sharp contests have arisen between the 
 advocates and opposers of new roads. A full, or even a 
 partial, history of roads in Dublin would require more time 
 and labor than we are able to bestow ; and many persons 
 would say, probably, that the value was far below the cost. 
 
 SURPLUS REVENUE. 
 
 At a town-meeting, November 1, 1836, it was " voted 
 that the legally qualified voters of Dublin highly approve 
 of the Act of Congress of the last session for distributing 
 the surplus revenue among the several States ; and that our 
 representative. Captain E-ichard Strong, be instructed to 
 use his influence in the State Legislature to procure the 
 acceptance by the legislature of the amount which will 
 rightfully belong to this State." At the next session of the 
 legislature, an act was passed providing for the disposition 
 of said revenue ; and Richard Strong was chosen in 1837 
 the agent of Dublin to receive the same, and "loan it to 
 persons in town in sums not exceeding eight hundred dol- 
 lars, nor less than one hundred dollars, to any one person." 
 
 PAUPERISM. 
 
 The care of the town's poor, whether supported by the 
 lowest bidder, or placed by the selectmen in such families 
 as were willing to take them for a reasonable compensation, 
 was ever a source of perplexity, and sometimes of dissatis- 
 faction. The selectmen of New Hampshire are overseers of 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 248 
 
 the poor ex officio, when no person is specially chosen for 
 the purpose. It is their duty to see that paupers are duly 
 provided for; and, if they deem it expedient, they can re- 
 move the poor from one place to another. This was the 
 case when paupers were disposed of by " venduing them," 
 as is described in the Address. But it was difficult to find 
 a suitable place for a whole family ; and occasionally a family, 
 when furnished with a habitation, could do much toward 
 their own support. The town, therefore, in 1786, erected 
 a house on lot 10, range 4, and granted to Jabez Puffer and 
 his family the privilege of occupying it. It was called, 
 not the alms-house, but the town-house. It was occupied 
 during many years by John Paine and family. He removed 
 to the state of Maine in 1823, and the land was sold in that 
 year. 
 
 At the annual meeting, 1837, the town ''voted to take 
 measures to purchase a farm on which to support the town- 
 paupers." For purchasing said farm, Moses Corey, Richard 
 Strong, and Samuel Derby, were chosen a committee ; and 
 they bought the farm of Joshua Flint, situated on lot 4, 
 range 10. In 1838, " Jonathan K. fSmith was chosen over- 
 seer of the poor, with power to stock the farm and procure 
 help to carry it on." In 1839, the town "voted that the 
 agent appointed to receive and take charge of the surplus 
 revenue, deposited with this town, be instructed to take so 
 much of said money as will pay for the Poor Farm, and 
 appropriate it for that purpose." The buildings on the farm 
 were repaired, some additions were made, and, by a vote of 
 the town, the alms-house was, in accordance with a law 
 of the State, established as a house of correction ; and 
 a portion of it was prepared and appropriated for such a 
 purpose. 
 
 SCHOOL AND MINISTERIAL FUNDS. 
 
 The several lots of land, which the original proprietors of 
 Dublin reserved for the support of schools and the ministry, 
 were sold by the town at different periods, as appears from a 
 report made to the town at a meeting, June 5, 1820. We 
 give the report as contained in the record of the meeting 
 above named : — 
 
 " "We, the undersigned, a committee appointed to ascertain the 
 sums arising from the sales of public lands, as sold by the town of 
 Dublin, find — 
 
244 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 The ministry land, lot No. 6, in the 4th range, sold May 9, 1782, for the 
 
 sum of $433.33 
 
 Lot No. 22, in the 5th range, sold Nor. 27, 1777, for 333.33 
 
 Lot No. 13, in the 9th range, sold Oct. 27, 1777, for 673.34 
 
 1,440.00 
 Interest from May 12, 1801, to June 5, 1820 1,647.12 
 
 Total amount of ministry money $3,087.12 
 
 School land, | of lot No. 10, in the 4th range, sold June, 1815, for . . . $916.15 
 
 Lot No. 22, in the 4th range, sold Oct. 27, 1777, for 403.33 
 
 Lot No. 8, in the 8th range, sold May 18, 1782, for 206.67 
 
 Amount of school-money $1,576.15 
 
 "John Crombie, ) ^ 
 
 rri i\r I Committee. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, j 
 
 "June 5, 1820." 
 
 The foregoing statement was laid before tlie town at a 
 legal meeting held the fifth day of June, 1820, at which 
 time it was accepted by the town. At the same meeting, 
 the town " voted that the interest of the above sums should 
 be appropriated agreeably to the charter of said town." 
 
 According to a- statement made in 1852 by Cyrus Piper, 
 at that time one of the agents of the town for managing its 
 funds, the fund for the support of schools was eleven thou- 
 sand three hundred twenty-eight dollars and ninety-six 
 cents, the greater part of which was given to the town by 
 Rev. E. Sprague. 
 
 Respecting the five thousand dollars bequeathed to the 
 town by Mr. Sprague, the town voted, June 5, 1820, " That 
 the First Congregational Society in the town of Dublin take 
 the charge of, with power to control, the five thousand dol- 
 lars bequeathed to said town by the late Rev. Edward 
 Sprague, for the support of the ministry in said town, and 
 to make use of and apply the interest of the same agreeably 
 to the tenor of said Sprague's last will and testament." 
 
 At the same meeting the following vote was passed : — 
 "Voted that the interest of the money raised from the 
 sales of ministerial and school lands, shall be appropriated 
 agreeably to the charter of said town." 
 
 The interest of the ministerial land-fund was given at 
 this time, and till the year 1842 to the First Congregational 
 Society, when it was divided among the three religious socie- 
 ties in town by a committee chosen for the purpose. The 
 committee were Thaddeus Morse, Augustine Wood, and 
 Levi Willard, who were directed to divide said interest 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 245 
 
 " among the several religious societies in town, according to 
 their valuation in the assessment of public taxes." 
 
 With regard to the management of the property be- 
 queathed to the town by Mr. Sprague, three agents, Dr. 
 Moses Kidder, Thaddeus Morse, Esq., and Mr. David 
 Townsend, were chosen, Feb. 2, 1819, to take possession of 
 the estate ; and the town " voted to ratify, allow, and make 
 firm in law, all the doings of said agents, done in their 
 capacity in behalf of said town." Dr. Kidder removed to 
 Ashby, Mass., in 1820 ; and the town refused to choose an 
 agent in his place. In 1823, Richard Strong was chosen 
 agent instead of David Townsend. Thaddeus Morse was 
 retained in the office of agent till 1842, a period of twenty- 
 three years, when he resigned. Richard Strong resigned in 
 1847, having served twenty-four years. Thomas Fisk was 
 chosen in the place of Thaddeus Morse, and Cyrus Piper 
 in place of Richard Strong. Thomas Fisk and Rufus Piper 
 are the present agents. Since the funding of Mr. Sprague's 
 bequests, and of the school and ministerial land-sales, these 
 agents have had the management of all the funds which be- 
 long to the town. In 1843, the First Congregational Society 
 appointed Thomas Fisk as agent, in connection with Richard 
 Strong, to manage its funds. The funded property of Dub- 
 lin is not invested in stocks, but loaned to individuals on 
 what is deemed good security. It has been judiciously man- 
 aged. No loss is known, to have been incurred. 
 
 POST OFFICE. MAIL STAGE. 
 
 A post-office was established in Dublin in 1813 or '14, 
 and Cyrus Chamberlain was appointed postmaster. He held 
 the office till 1835, when he removed from town. The route 
 was from Brattleborough, Vt., to Portsmouth, N. H., tlirough 
 Keene, Peterborough, Amherst, and Exeter, a distance of 
 ninety-five miles. The mail was carried each way once a 
 week in a one-horse wagon. It was carried many years by 
 Mr. Gibbs and his son Asa Gibbs. The former was killed 
 by falling with his wagon from a bridge in the village of 
 Peterborough. i\-sa Heald succeeded Mr. Chamberlain as 
 postmaster, and remained in office till 1849, when Ebene- 
 zer Greenwood was appointed in his place. Asa Heald was 
 re-appointed in 1853. 
 
 A stage with four horses began to run from Brattlebo- 
 
246 HISTOKY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 rough to Nashua in 1828. The proprietors were George 
 W. Center and I. Newton Cunningham of Peterborough. 
 This stage passed, at first, each way every other day, and 
 carried the mail. It was established afterwards each way 
 every day. This arrangement, however, was not found profi- 
 table for the department, and was discontinued after two or 
 three years. A stage has since run, carrying the mail, each 
 way every other day. Peterborough, six miles east from 
 Dublin, has a mail from Boston every day. A stage passes, 
 with a mail, from Peterborough through Harrisville to Mun- 
 sonville in Nelson, every other day, returning the next 
 day. The postmaster at Harrisville is C. C. P. Harris. 
 
 A post-office in Potters ville was established in 1850. 
 The route is from Marlborough to Harrisville. The first 
 postmaster was Aaron Smith; and the next, Osgood N. Eus- 
 sell. The present postmaster is Eev. Lyman Culver. 
 
 SCHOOLS. SCHOOL HOUSES. 
 
 Respecting the education of the Scotch-Irish who first 
 settled in Dublin, we have no definite information. As they 
 were Protestants, and came from the north of Ireland, it may 
 be presumed that they had had the advantage of such schools 
 or instruction as that part of the country afforded. John 
 Alexander, it has been said, was unable to read. Henry 
 Strongman, who was the only one that remained till the 
 town was incorporated, was a prominent man in managing 
 the municipal affairs ; and his literary qualifications appear to 
 have been sufficient for the purpose. 
 
 Those settlers that came from Sherborn and its vicinity 
 received their education in such common schools as were 
 then maintained in their respective towns. Some of them 
 are reported to have said that their privilege of attending 
 school was confined to a few short terms, but that these 
 were well improved, and not only so, but the hours of lei' 
 sure at home were well improved also. Although no 
 appropriation of money for schools was made by the town 
 till the year 1773, yet it cannot be supposed that some 
 means were not used for the instruction of children and 
 youth, either at home by parents, or in neighborhoods by 
 private teachers. The sum first granted, four pounds, " to 
 keep a woman's school in three parts of the town," seems 
 to us of the present day altogether inadequate for such an 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 247 
 
 object. Four pounds, equal to thirteen dollars and thirty- 
 three cents, would give to each school only four dollars and 
 forty-four cents. But if the board of the teacher was paid by 
 the town, or by the parents of the children, and a room pro- 
 vided and furnished without charge, then the four dollars 
 and forty-four cents would give ten weeks' schooling, pro- 
 vided the teachers received for wages only forty-four cents 
 per week ; and it is known, that, even after this date, female 
 teachers received no more. In what parts of the town, or 
 by whom, the said three schools were kept, is not known. 
 For the three years succeeding 1T73, six pounds, or twenty 
 dollars, were granted for schools ; but, in 1777, no money 
 was raised for that object, and, if schools were kept, they 
 were supported by private subscription. Owing to the pres- 
 sure of the times, a project was entertained to sell the school- 
 lands ; and a vote to that effect was passed, but the lands 
 were not sold. No attempt was made to erect school-houses 
 till 1778, when it was voted to build two school-houses ; one 
 in the east, and one in the west, part of the town. Commit- 
 tees were chosen to build said school-houses : for the north- 
 west part of the town, Moses Adams, Reuben Morse, and 
 Eli Greenwood; and, for the east part, William Greenwood, 
 Simeon Johnson, and Oliver Wright. There is no record 
 showing that these houses were ever built. 
 
 In 1779, the vote of the town was " to raise one hundred 
 pounds for a school the present year." This sum must have 
 been reckoned in continental money, of which, at that time, 
 it took five pounds and six shillings to make one dollar. 
 The salary voted to Mr. Sprague in this year was £1060; 
 which sum, at the above rate, would amount to $200, his 
 stipulated salary. The sum raised for schools, therefore, 
 was $19.80. In 1780, granting money for a school was left 
 to selectmen, "to assess what they think proper." In 1781, 
 no money for a school was granted ; but, in 1782, the town 
 voted to raise eight pounds, or $26.67, and the selectmen 
 were directed " to divide the town into five parts for school- 
 ing, and give each part their proportion of the school-money, 
 and each part shall lay out their money within the year in 
 such schooling as they think best." 
 
 In 1783, no money was granted for schooling ; but it was 
 *' voted to have the money, which the town have at interest, 
 lay for the support of a school." In 1784, no money was 
 raised ; but it was " voted, Dec. 17, to build seven school- 
 
248 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 housen at the cost of the toAvn." A committee "to divide 
 the town into districts " was chosen, consisting of Stephen 
 Ames, Moses Adams, Benjamin Learned, Eeuben Morse, 
 Ivory Perry, John Morse, and Ebenezer Twitchell ; and it 
 was " voted that the said committee pitch upon the places 
 for each school-house, provided the district can't agree, and 
 also say how big each school-house shall be, and make report 
 to the town at their next meeting on adjournment." At the 
 adjourned meeting, Jan. 10, the town "voted to have 
 another district, and chose Ezra Twitchell to join the com- 
 mittee for dividing the town into districts." At an ad- 
 journed meeting, Jan. 31, "Voted to reconsider the vote for 
 the eighth district. Voted to divide the middle district at 
 the meeting-house, the east part, as far- as James Houghton's, 
 to make a district. Voted to accept of the rest of the dis- 
 tricts as the committee has laid them out. Then chose com- 
 mittees to build the school-housen : chose Joseph Green- 
 wood, James Rollins, Joshua Greenwood, for the street ; 
 John Muzzy, Capt. Moses Adams, Eli Greenwood, for the 
 north-west school-house ; Reuben Morse, Thaddeus Mason, 
 Joshua Twitchell, for the north ; Ivory Perry, Richard Gil- 
 christ, Joshua Stanley, for the south-east ; Joseph Twitchell, 
 Simeon Bullard, Nathan Bixby, for the south-west ; David 
 Townsend, jun., Amos Emery, Ebenezer Twitchell, for the 
 north-east ; John Morse, Thomas Wakefield, and Samuel 
 Williams, for the south-west school-house." 
 
 In October, 1785, the town " voted to grant one hundred 
 and fifty pounds, to be assessed and divided into seven equal 
 parts, and a list thereof committed to each committee that 
 was chosen to build the school-housen ; and they shall give 
 each man liberty to work or find stuff for said housen to pay 
 his rate ; and, if any person neglect or refuse to do his pro- 
 portion, the committee shall return his list to the selectmen, 
 and the selectmen shall give the list of such delinquent to 
 the constable to collect, and the money shall be paid into the 
 respective districts where it belongs." 
 
 It was not easy to satisfy the people of some of the 
 districts with the location of their school-houses. At a 
 town-meeting, March, 1786, it was voted "to build a 
 school-house by the meeting-house ; to set the school-house 
 (proposed to be set by Josiah Greenwood's) between Rich- 
 ard Strongman's and John Stone's ; to set the north-east 
 school-house near Gardner Town's, at the place staked out 
 
HISTOKY OF DUBLIN. 249 
 
 by tlie committee ; to set a school-house by Gershom Twitch- 
 ell's, jun. ; to accept of the place for a school-house near 
 Ebenezer Emes's ; to set a school-house by Mr. Rowel's ; to 
 set a school-house on the road between Capt. Adams's and 
 Ezra Morse's, at the crotch of the roads turning to Packers- 
 field, on said Adams's land." " Chose Deacon Eli Morse 
 to take care and see to the building of the school-house by 
 the meeting-house." 
 
 The people who lived on the east side of the hill suc- 
 ceeded in preventing the building of a school-house by the 
 meeting-house. Their cliildren, in order to reach it, would 
 have been obliged to pass over the hill ; and a house was 
 erected near Moses Greenwood's. There was opposition 
 also to the location of a school-house west of Capt. Adams's; 
 and, although money had been collected for building the 
 same, yet the west part of the district had sufficient influ- 
 ence to cause the erection to be postponed; and, in 1791, 
 the town voted that said house should be built " on the road 
 between Ezra Morse's and Mr. Hale's, near the line between 
 their lots." This vote was reconsidered at an adjourned 
 meeting ; and the contest was not ended till September, 
 1792, when the town " voted forty-five pounds to build two 
 school-housen in the north-west part of the town, including 
 what John Muzzy has in his hands for building a school- 
 house." The said houses were to be located, one west of 
 Eli Greenwood's, and the other between Joshua Earnum's 
 and Andrew Allison's. 
 
 The house near Moses Greenwood's, voted to be built in 
 1778, was not finished and accepted till March 13, 1792, 
 when Joseph Greenwood's account for building said house 
 was allowed (£32. 3. 11., or .f 107.27). 
 
 At the town-meeting of March, 1794, the contest for a 
 school-house in the middle of the town was renewed, and 
 the following votes were passed : " Voted to build a school- 
 house near the middle of the town. Voted to move the 
 school-house that stands at Moses Greenwood's. Voted that 
 the school-house by Moses Greenwood's be moved down to 
 the road below Drury Morse's, that comes from Francis 
 Appleton's. Voted that the selectmen move the school- 
 house that is by Moses Greenwood's, in the way they think 
 best. Voted that the school-house that is to be built in the 
 middle of the town be vendued to the lowest bidder by 
 the selectmen. Voted to have the school-house that is to 
 3i 
 
250 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 be built in the middle of the town finished in one year and 
 nine months from the time it is vendued off." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, April 1, 1794, "Voted to divide 
 the school-money into eight parts according to the number 
 of school-houses. Voted to choose a committee to divide 
 the school-money, and take the number of scholars. Voted 
 that no scholar under four years old, or upwards of twenty- 
 one, shall be numbered. Voted that the town give no more 
 than four shillings per week for boarding schoolmasters, 
 unless they pay it out of their school-money." 
 
 The school-house in the middle of the town was struck 
 off to Captain Jonathan Hoar ; and at the March meeting, 
 1795, the selectmen were appointed a committee to consult 
 with him in building the same. The location was on the 
 hill, near the spot on which the second meeting-house stood : 
 hence it was afterwards called School-house Hill. It would 
 seem that Mr. Hoar exceeded his obligation in the finishing 
 of the house ; for, in 1796, the town voted to pay him " ten 
 dollars for the work done to the school-house more than his 
 bond obliged him to do." 
 
 The building of the school-house by Drury Morse's was 
 struck ofi" to Philip Mills for twenty-seven pounds and six 
 shillings, Oct. 5, 1795 ; and at the same time the following 
 vote was passed, which shows that the town considered 
 Philip Mills's word as good as his bond : " Voted to accept 
 Lieut. Philip Mills's word in room of a bondsman ; and he 
 promises to build and finish off" the school-house by Drury 
 Morse's, by the first of December, 1795, and the selectmen 
 are to pay him in five months after it is finished off." 
 
 The school-house by Moses Greenwood's, standing on the 
 north-east corner of lot 7, in the 5th range, was sold to 
 Gardner Town, February, 1796, for forty-three dollars and 
 thirty-three cents. Thus ended, for the time being, a long 
 controversy respecting the location of a school-house in the 
 middle of the town. But it was renewed a quarter of a 
 century afterwards ; a vote of the town was obtained, March 
 22, 1825, to build a school-house on or near the same spot. 
 A committee was chosen to build the same, who proceeded 
 to locate the house, and the foundation was laid ; but, at a 
 meeting of the town on the 23d day of April, the following 
 vote was passed : " Voted to disannul and make void the 
 vote passed at the adjournment of the last annual meeting, 
 which was to build a school-house near Jackson Green- 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 251 
 
 wood's. Voted to dismiss the committee chosen to build 
 said house from any further services, as it respects building 
 a school-house near Jackson Greenwood's, and to pay them 
 honorably for the services they have done relating thereto." 
 
 Subsequent to 1796, and previous to the above date, vari- 
 ous attempts were made to alter some of the school-dis- 
 tricts, or to change the location of the houses. The house 
 betAveen Joshua Farnum's and Andrew Allison's was not 
 finished and accepted by the town till 1799. The district 
 in the north-east part of the town was divided in 1805 ; and 
 thus there were ten school-districts, which, with little altera- 
 tion, remained till 1840. In the meantime, however, much 
 dissatisfaction existed with regard to the situation of the 
 school-houses in districts Nos. 1, 3, and 9.* 
 
 An unsuccessful attempt was made in 1820 to unite dis- 
 tricts 9 and 10. In 1820, part of the money in district No. 1 
 was appropriated for a school at the east end of the dis- 
 trict ; and the same was done for summer-schools in the two 
 or three succeeding years. In district No. 3, attempts were 
 made at different times to remove the school-house, or to 
 divide the district. Dublin was not divided into school-dis- 
 tricts by metes and bounds till the year 1840. Before this 
 date, the school-houses were built at the expense of the 
 town, and the districts were nominal in a legal sense; for 
 the law said, that " any town not divided as aforesaid (by 
 metes and bounds) shall be considered as one district." 
 Earnest efforts were frequently made, as the town-records 
 show, to have the town districted for schools " according to 
 law," as it was commonly expressed. In 1839, an act was 
 passed by the legislature, requiring the selectmen, on ap- 
 plication in writing of ten legal voters, forthwith to divide 
 the town into districts, and define their boundaries." As 
 the districting of the town could be no longer delayed, at the 
 annual meeting in 1840, the town chose Hon. Levi Fisk of 
 Jaffrey, Doctor Albert Smith of Peterborough, and Charles 
 Holman, jun., of Marlborough, to divide the town into 
 school-districts. This was done in the month of May 
 following ; and, with some slight alterations, the school- 
 districts remain the same at this day. By the new arrange- 
 ment, the west end of district No. 1 was added to district 
 
 * The selectmen were directed to number the districts in 1816; and the same 
 numbers are attached to them now wliich were applied at that time, though altera- 
 tions have been made in the limits of some of the districts. 
 
252 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 253 
 
 No. 6. In this last-named district, the first school-house was 
 erected that contained single seats, graduated to accommo- 
 date the sizes of pupils of different ages. The school-room 
 under the town-house, built in 1823, was given up, and a 
 new one erected on lot 8, range 6. A view of this school- 
 house, and a plan of the school-room, were inserted in the 
 State Commissioner's Report for 1849. We insert the same 
 here, with a brief description of the engravings. 
 
 Description. — The building is forty-two feet by thirty on 
 the ground, and eleven feet high in the school-room between 
 the finishing. The school-room is twenty-nine by thirty- 
 five feet inside. There are sixty-four seats, and as many 
 desks, each furnished with a shelf for books. The seats are in 
 the form of a wooden chair-bottom, and are of various sizes, 
 from sixteen inches down to ten in height. The height 
 of the desks is from thirty to twenty inches. The teacher's 
 desk is on a platform raised fifteen inches, in the centre of 
 the front of the room, with a small room behind it for the 
 use of the teacher, or for a recitation-room for the younger 
 pupils to recite to monitors. The entries may be used for 
 the same purpose. The room is furnished with two venti- 
 lators, wliich open into the attic story ; the two windows of 
 which can be raised, so that any excess of heat or impurity 
 of the air of the school-room can be soon removed. 
 
 References to the Plan. — A, Teacher's Desk. — B, Plat- 
 form. — C, C, Step to ascend the Platform. — D, Stove. — 
 E,E, Pipe. — F, Teacher's Room.— G, Entries. — H, H, H, 
 Desks for Pupils. — 1,1,1, Seats. — J, J, End view of Desks. 
 K, K, End view of Seats. — L, L, L, AVindows. — M, M, M, 
 Doors. — N, N, Recitation-seats. — The letter H, behind the 
 Teacher's Desk, should be B. 
 
 In the year 1841, a new school-house was built in district 
 No. 7, and another in district No. 4. The first was con- 
 structed with single seats ; and the last with seats, of wliich 
 each is designed to accommodate two pupils. In 1845, a well- 
 constructed and substantial school-house was built in district 
 No. 2. In this house, each pupil has a seat, similar in form 
 to the seats in the school-room of district No. 1. Since 1840, 
 the school-house in district No. 4 has been enlarged ; and the 
 rooms in some of the others have been improved. The de- 
 
254 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 facing of tlie school-rooms by cutting the desks, or by other 
 means, has not been practised since the houses became the 
 property of the several districts. In 1820, only one school- 
 room was warmed with a stove. This stove was in the old 
 school-house of district No. 1. In the new school-room of 
 1823 was a fireplace, and it was used the first winter, taking 
 a cord of wood per week ; and even that, on cold and windy 
 days, did not keep all the pupils duly comfortable. The 
 next winter, a stove was used ; and it was found that one- 
 fourth of a cord per week was sufficient, if the wood was 
 dry, and the fire properly managed. 
 
 IXSPECTION OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 Before the passage of the school-law of 1827, the select- 
 men were, ex officio, a committee for inspecting schools, 
 unless others were chosen for that purpose. No other per- 
 sons were chosen, except in the folloAving years, till 1821 : 
 in 1806, Edward Sprague, Aaron Appleton, Adam Johnson, 
 Asa Fisk, jun., Alexander Emes, John Perry, Moses Mar- 
 shall, Artemas Childs, John Snow, Robert Muzzy, Thaddeus 
 Morse, and Reuben Muzzy ; in 1809, Rev. Edward Sprague, 
 Aaron Appleton, and Adam Johnson ; in 1810, Adam John- 
 son, Aaron Appleton, Ruggles Smith, Isaac Appleton, Asa 
 Fisk, John Perry, Samuel Twitchell, jun., Andrew Allison, 
 Thaddeus Morse, andEbenezer Richardson; in 1818, Adam 
 Johnson, Moses Kidder, and Joseph Appleton. It is not 
 known that the above-named inspectors made any report of 
 the condition of the several schools. Many of them had 
 been successful instructors, and their influence in improving 
 the schools which they inspected must have been effective. 
 
 At the annual meeting, March, 1821, the town " chose 
 the Rev. Levi W. Leonard the principal committee-man to 
 visit the schools in the several districts with the agent 
 belonging to the district which is to be visited, whose duty 
 it is to inform the Rev. Mr. Leonard of the time he is desired 
 to attend for that purpose." The following persons were 
 school-agents for that year: District No. 1, Moses Marshall; 
 No. 2, John Taggart, jun. ; No. 3, Jonas B. Piper ; No. 4, 
 Moses Corey ; No. 5, Ebenezer Richardson ; No. 6, Moses 
 Adams, jun. ; No. 7, Ruggles Smith ; No. 8, Eli Hamilton ; 
 No. 9, John Crombie ; No. 10, Benjamin Marshall. In the 
 course of the year, Mr. Leonard issued a printed circular, in 
 which a list of books was named, and their uniform use in 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 255 
 
 the several schools recommended. In the year 1822, five 
 persons were chosen for the school-committee ; and the same 
 number were annually chosen till 1852, when the law was 
 altered, and the superintending school-committee limited to 
 three. The following is a list of the school-committee of 
 Dublin from 1822 to 1853, inclusive : — 
 
 1822. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Moses Hardy. 
 John Taggart, jun. 
 Dr. Stephen H. Spalding. 
 
 1823. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 John Morse, 2d. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 John Taggart, jun. 
 
 1824. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Dr. Asa Heald. 
 
 1825. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Moses Hardy. 
 John Morse, 2d. 
 
 1826. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Dexter Mason. 
 Charles Mason, 1st. 
 
 1827. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Dexter Mason. 
 Nahum Warren. 
 
 1828. 
 Levi "W. Leonard. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 
 1829. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Cyrus Frost, 1st. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Dr. John H. Foster. 
 
 1830. 
 Levi "W. Leonard. 
 John H. Foster. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 
 1831. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 John H. Foster. 
 
 1832. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Asa Heald. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 
 1833. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Asa Fisk, 2d. 
 John H. Foster. 
 
256 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 
 
 1834 
 
 Levi W, Leonard. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 Asa Fisk, 2d. 
 
 1835. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 
 1836. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Asa Fisk, 2d. 
 John Perry, jun. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 
 1837. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Dr. Simeon S. Stickney. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Dexter Derby. 
 Daniel G. Joaes. 
 
 1838. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Rev. James Tisdale. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Moses Adams, jun. 
 
 1839. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 James Tisdale. 
 Dexter Derby. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 
 1840. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 James Tisdale. ) 
 Thomas Fisk. | 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 
 1841. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Eev. Henry A. Kendall. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 
 1842. 
 Levi "W. Leonard. 
 Henry A. Kendall. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 
 1843. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Henry A. Kendall. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 Dexter Derby. 
 
 1844. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Henry A. Kendall. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason- 
 
 1845. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Henry A. Kendall. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Cyrus E. Hardy. 
 
 1846. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Rev. Warren Cooper. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 
 1847. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Warren Cooper. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 Lawson Belknap. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 257 
 
 1848. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 Cyrus E. Hardy. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 
 1849. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 Dr. Eansom N. Porter. 
 Lawson Belknap. 
 
 1850. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Rev. Daniel H. Babcock. 
 Ransom N. Porter. 
 Aaron Smith. 
 
 1851. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Rev. Alonzo Hayes. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Ransom N. Porter. 
 
 1852. 
 Levi "W. Leonard. 
 Alonzo Hayes. 
 Ransom N. Porter. ") 
 Jonathan K. Smith, j 
 
 1853. 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 Dr. John G. Parker. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 
 Note. — Where a brace is used, the first person named in it resigned, and the 
 other was appointed in his place. 
 
 In 1822, at tlie suggestion of one of the committee, 
 Moses Adams, jun., a printed form for returning the names, 
 ages, books, and studies of pupils in the schools, was deliv- 
 ered to each teacher. The requisite returns were made ; and, 
 with the aid of these returns, a full report of the condition 
 of the schools, with suggestions for their improvement, was 
 prepared and read at the annual town-meeting in March, 
 1823. Similar forms were furnished in subsequent years, 
 and reports prepared, and, with one exception, read at the 
 annual meetings in March. The first report printed was 
 that for the years 1842-43. It was printed at the expense 
 of such individuals as chose to purchase it ; but the next 
 year the town voted that a sufficient number of copies of the 
 report of the superintending school-committee be printed 
 at the expense of the town to supply each family with*one. 
 The printing of the school-report has been continued at 
 the expense of the town to the present time ; each voter or 
 tax -payer receiving a copy of the same, and the committee 
 one hundred copies. It will be perceived that most of the 
 members of the school-committee in Dublin have been lay- 
 men ; and the chairman of the committee considers it due to 
 them to say, that, serving on said committee for many years. 
 
258 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 as several of them have done, with punctuality and fidelity, 
 gratuitously devoting much time to the examining of teach- 
 ers and the inspection of schools, they are justly entitled to 
 the grateful regards of those for whom they have thus 
 labored. 
 
 "With the decrease of the population, there has been a 
 decrease of the number of pupils in the schools. In 1821, 
 and till 1830, the whole number of pupils attending the 
 several schools was about four hundi-ed and fifty in each 
 year. During the years following the above-named period, 
 the number of pupils has varied ; but on the average there 
 have been not far from three hundred and fifty in attend- 
 ance, or about one third part of the population. The fol- 
 lowing is an extract from the conclusion of the school- 
 report for 1850-51: "The reading of this report closes 
 the thirtieth year in which the chairman of your commit- 
 tee has been engaged in superintending the schools in this 
 town. He has made to them more than a thousand visits. 
 He has spent much time in examining teachers and preparing 
 reports, and in other ways endeavored to sustain and im- 
 prove the schools. He says this in no spirit of boasting. It 
 has been a labor which he loved, and it will ever remain a 
 source of gratifying recollection. He has not labored alone 
 and unaided. His associates on the committee have been 
 faithful and self-sacrificing ; and, with no exceptions worth 
 naming, the people of the town have extended a generous 
 confidence to the measures and efforts of their superintend- 
 ing school-committee. Let the same harmonious action, 
 and the same spuit of improvement, continue for another 
 period of thirty years, and your schools will be so perfected 
 that the period just closed will seem like a day of small 
 things." 
 
 Schools for instruction in what are termed the higher 
 branches of education have been kept at various times du- 
 ring the last thirty years. In the autumn of 1823, a school 
 was taught by Levi W. Leonard ; in 1828, by Samuel Bar- 
 rett, of Ashby, Mass. ; in 1831, by Thomas Fisk ; in 1835, 
 by William C. Richards; in 1837, 1845, and 1851, by 
 Mark True; in 1839, by George F. Clark; in 1841 and 
 1843, by Thaddeus P. Mason ; in 1847, by Eansom N. Por- 
 ter ; in 1848, by Henry C. Piper and Pansom N. Porter; 
 in 1850, by John D. Crehorc, of Walpole ; and in 1853, by 
 Charles Corey, jun. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 259 
 
 A session of the Cheshire County Teachers' Institute was 
 held in Dublin in October, 1846, and continued four weeks. 
 The principal instructor was the Eev. John Goldsbury, of 
 Warwick, Mass. 
 
 THE APPLKTON FUND. 
 
 As the letter of Samuel Appleton, contained on pages 88 
 and 89, was not so explicit as to the mode of appropri- 
 ating his gift of a thousand dollars as was thought to be 
 desirable, the Chairman of the Committee of Invitation to 
 the Centennial Celebration wrote to Mr. Appleton on the 
 subject, and obtained the following re-plj : — 
 
 "Boston, July 13, 1852. 
 "Gentlemen, — I have received your favor of the 18th ult., 
 acknowledging the receipt of my letter of the 15th, with my check 
 for one thousand dollars. For this attention, and the friendly ex- 
 pressions contained in your letter, I return my sincere thanks. It 
 affords rae gratification to learn that the celebration 'passed off 
 very pleasantly ; ' and I am happy if I have, in any way, contri- 
 *buted to the enjoyment of that interesting occasion. 
 
 " Towards the close of the communication, you call my attention 
 to the subject of the appropriation of the one thousand dollars 
 presented by me for educational purposes to the town of Dublin. 
 In answer to your inquiries upon that subject, I would say, that, 
 having implicit confidence in the present superintending school- 
 committee, it was my intention to place the thousand dollars 
 entirely under their control, to be laid out without any restrictions 
 or qualifications on my part in the manner deemed by them most 
 expedient. I trust this reply is sufficiently explicit. The delay 
 in sending this letter has been occasioned by indisposition and my 
 advanced age, which is now upwards of eighty-six years. 
 
 " With the best wishes for the continued prosperity of Dublin, 
 and its great ornament, the common schools, I remain your friend 
 and obedient servant, Saml. Appleton. 
 
 «' To JoNA. K. Smith, Asa H. Fisk, and Ransom N. Porter, 
 Committee of Invitation." 
 
 In consequence of the foregoing letter, the superintending 
 school-committee, chosen by the town of Dublin at the 
 annual meeting March, 1852, namely Levi W. Leonard, 
 Alonzo Hayes, and Ransom N. Porter, have, by the authority 
 vested in them, adopted the following rules and regulations 
 for managing and appropriating the thousand dollars and its 
 
260 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 proceeds, and, in honor of the benevolent donor, have funded 
 the gift, and named it the Appleton Fund. 
 
 " Samuel Appleton, Esq., of Boston, Mass., having presented to 
 the town of Dublin, in the State of New Hampshire, one thousand 
 dollars for educational purposes, to be applied as the superin- 
 tending school-committee of the town shall deem expedient, the 
 undersigned do hereby adopt the following rules and regulations 
 for the management and appropriation thereof: — 
 
 " 1. The said thousand dollars shall be kept at interest for ever, 
 and be denominated the Appleton Fund. 
 
 " 2. All proceeds from the fund shall be subject to the draught of 
 the trustees, and shall be applied to the purchase of apparatus for 
 the public schools of Dublin, for courses of free lectures, for the 
 support or in aid of high schools, and for such other purposes of 
 education as the trustees of said fund may deem expedient. 
 
 " 3. The trustees shall appoint an agent, who shall act as trea- 
 surer ; whose duty it shall be to keep the money safely and profita- 
 bly invested, and pay out the proceeds of the same on the order 
 of the trustees. 8aid agent, having had his appointment approved 
 by the selectmen, and having subscribed his name to the rules and 
 regulations of the trustees, shall be qualified to enter upon the 
 duties of his office. The state of the treasury and security of the 
 investment shall be examined annually by a committee chosen by 
 the town, and reported to the same. The trustees may remove 
 said agent fi'om office, when, in their opinion, the safety of the 
 fund and its proceeds requires it. Said agent shall deliver to his 
 successor in office, or to the trustees, all moneys and papers per- 
 taining to said fund in his possession. 
 
 "4. The term of office of the trustees shall be fifteen years, 
 except that of the present board ; the term of office of R. N. Porter 
 shall expire in five years, and that of Alonzo Hayes in ten years, 
 from this date. 
 
 " 5. The trustees shall be chosen by the joint ballot of the two 
 remaining trustees and the selectmen, and the jierson having a 
 majority of their votes shall be declared elected; and the person 
 thus elected, having subscribed his name to the rules and regula- 
 tions of the trustees, shall be qualified to enter upon the duties of 
 his office. Vacancies occurring by death, resignation, or removal 
 from town, shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired 
 term. 
 
 " 6. The trustees shall keep a faithful and impartial record of all 
 their appropriations and proceedings of regular meetings, and 
 make a detailed report of the same to the town at the annual 
 meeting of each year. 
 
 " 7. Meetings for the choice of trustees shall be called by the 
 remaining trustees, or, in their neglect to perform the duty, by 
 the selectmen ; a written notice stating the time and place of the 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 261 
 
 meeting having been served upon the selectmen or trustees, as 
 the case may be, one week, at least, previous to the time of holding 
 the meeting. Four members shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 " Levi W. Leonard, "^ superintending 
 
 AlONZO Hayes, L School committee 
 
 R. N. Porter, ) DubUn,N.H. 
 "Thomas Fisk, 
 
 Agent of the Trustees. 
 " Dublin, N. H., July 30, 1852." 
 
 A portion of the interest of the Appleton Fund has been 
 applied to the purchase of five sets of Dr. Cutter's physio- 
 logical charts, a tellurian globe, and ten maps of New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Several sets of Holbrook's apparatus for the use of schools 
 were gratuitously furnished in former years by Jona. K. 
 Smith. 
 
 LIBRARIES. 
 
 The Dublin Social Library was established in 1793. The 
 first meeting was held Oct. 29, and Isaac Appleton was 
 chosen clerk. A committee was chosen for purchasing books, 
 consisting of Reuben Morse, James Adams, Samuel Twitch- 
 ell, and Isaac Appleton. Moses Greenwood was the first 
 librarian. The cost of the first purchase of books was 
 $56.60. The price of a share in the library was two dollars. 
 In 1795, Eli Adams was chosen librarian, and his successor 
 in 1800 was Dr. Samuel Hamilton. Other librarians were 
 Aaron Appleton, Moses "Marshall, Cyrus Chamberlain, and 
 Joseph Appleton. For several years, the librarian received 
 for his services four dollars per year. In 1805, the vote 
 was " to allow Aaron Appleton two dollars for keeping the 
 library." In 1798, the whole number of books was ninety- 
 three, and Moses Greenwood paid Matthew Aikin, of Peter- 
 borough, $11.25 for covering them with sheepskin. The 
 same covers are on some of the books at the present day. A 
 privilege of reading the books was granted to Rev. Eclward 
 Sprague and Rev. Elijah Willard. This library was incor- 
 porated in 1797, by an act of the legislature ; and the 
 members were authorized " to enjoin penalties of disfran- 
 chisement, or fine not exceeding three dollars, and make, 
 purchase, and receive subscriptions, grants, and donations of 
 
Zb2 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 personal estate, not exceeding the sum of one thousand 
 dollars, exclusive of the books contained in said library." 
 During the ten years previous to 1824, the society seldom 
 raised any money for the purchase of books ; and, of course, 
 the interest of the members was much abated. 
 
 In 1824, a society was formed, and called the Dublin 
 Literary Society. Its object was, not only to establish a 
 new library in town, but to hold meetings for literary pur- 
 poses. For several years, such meetings were held during 
 the winter season ; and they were found useful for those who 
 were employed as instructors in the public schools. The fee 
 for admission was two dollars, and an annual assessment of 
 twenty-five cents was required. In 1825, seventy-one vol- 
 umes of books were purchased, a book-case procured, and 
 a Gardner's terrestrial globe. The society was incorporated 
 in 1824, and it was allowed '' to hold personal property not 
 exceeding two thousand dollars." In 1834, the price of a 
 share was reduced to one dollar and fifty cents. In 1835, 
 the old Social Library and the Library of the Literary So- 
 ciety were united under the name of Dublin Union Library. 
 L. W. Leonard has been treasurer and librarian of both 
 these libraries from their first establishment to the present 
 time. Any person in Dublin may have the privilege of 
 reading the books in the Union Library for one year by 
 paying thirty-seven and one half cents. The whole number 
 of volumes in 1851 was four hundred and thirty-eight. . 
 
 The Ladies' Library was founded in 1799, and contained 
 in 1851 one hundred and sixty-one volumes. For many 
 years Mrs.' Lucy Marshall has been librarian. 
 
 The Dublin Juvenile Library was instituted in 1822. The 
 use of its books is fi-ee to all persons in town. It has on its 
 catalogue one thousand nine hundred and ninety volumes ; 
 but some are lost, and others are worn out. Since 1825, 
 this library has been sustained by the voluntary subscrip- 
 tion of persons in the several school-districts. 
 
 Rees's Cyclopaedia of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, con- 
 sisting of forty quarto volumes, was pui'chased by a company 
 organized for the purpose in the winter of 1824. 
 
 DUBLIN LYCEUM. 
 
 The Dublin Literary Society having united its library with 
 that of the Dublin Social Library, and entered upon a new 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 26S 
 
 organization, it was voted at a meeting on the 7th of October, 
 1836, that the society resolve itself into a lyceum, and retain 
 its present form of organization and its present officers for 
 the ensuing year, viz. : Levi W. Leonard, President ; Thomas 
 Fisk, Vice-president ; Jonathan K. Smith, Secretary. 
 
 The lyceum thus instituted, held meetings from November 
 to March in each year. Its last meeting was March 18, 
 1844. A town Common School Association having been 
 organized, its exercises superseded those of the lyceum. 
 The exercises of the lyceum consisted of lectures, debates, 
 and reports on various subjects previously assigned. A 
 paper called the Rural Repository was read at each meeting, 
 containing voluntary communications from different persons 
 of both sexes. The persons who officiated as presidents of 
 this lyceum were Rufus Piper, Hervey Learned, Thomas 
 risk, and Jonathan K. Smith. 
 
 In 1839, the young people of Dublin formed a *^ Society 
 for Mutual Improvement," which was usually called the 
 *' Young Lyceum." They held meetings every other "Wednes- 
 day evening, alternating with the Dublin Lyceum, which in 
 the previous years had met every week. The exercises in 
 the young people's society were — a lecture occasionally, 
 declamations, the reading of a paper called the Ladies' Mis- 
 cellany, another called "Wednesday Evening Post, which was 
 followed by a debate on some subject previously announced. 
 
 The following are the names of some of the persons who 
 gratuitously delivered lectures before one or the other of the 
 above-mentioned lyceums : Rev. A. A. Livermore, of Keene ; 
 Charles Mason, Esq., of Fitchburgh, Mass. ; Roswell D. 
 Hitchcock, preceptor of Jaffrey Academy ; Amos A. Parker, 
 Esq., of Fitzwilliam ; Rev. Stillman Clark, and John Conant, 
 Esq., of Jaffrey ; Harry Brickett, of Jaffrey Academy ; Rev. 
 C. Cutler, Dr. Albert Smith, Hon. John H. Steele, Mr. 
 Addison White, David J. Clai-ke, Esq., Frederic S. Ains- 
 worth, and George "Walker, of Peterborough. 
 
 The meetings of the Common School Association were 
 held during the winter months in the several school-districts, 
 two or more in each week. The meetings of this association 
 were often well attended ; and they have been regarded as 
 exerting a favorable influence upon the schools. Lectures 
 were delivered on educational subjects ; and a great variety of 
 topics, relating to the instruction, discipline, and improve- 
 ment of common schools, were discussed in a free and social 
 
264 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 manner. The meetings of this association were continued in 
 the winter of 1853-54. 
 
 The annals of Dublin for a series of five years, beginning 
 with 1839, were prepared by the pastor of the first church, 
 and read at the close of each year before the Dublin Lyceum. 
 Although the events of a town "remote from cities" may 
 prove of little or no importance in the history of a State, yet 
 many things valuable and interesting for the descendants of 
 the people may thus be preserved. Had the annals of Dub- 
 lin been written and preserved from the time of its first 
 settlement, they would have saved the committee of publica- 
 tion a great amount of time and labor, and have prevented 
 most of the errors which may be discovered with regard to 
 dates. The records kept by a town-clerk contain only a 
 small part of what is necessary to a full history of a place. 
 
 GRADUATES OF COLLEGES. 
 
 Amos Twitchell, Dartmouth College 1802. 
 
 Amos Allen, „ „ 1808. 
 
 1810. 
 
 1811. 
 
 1812. 
 
 1812. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Charles Mason, Harvard College 1834. 
 
 Frederic Jones 1835. 
 
 George Faber Clark, Theological School, Cambridge . . 1846. 
 
 Samuel Fulton Clark, „ „ „ . . 1847. 
 
 Ebenezer Morse, 
 Samuel Morse, 
 John Bixby, 
 Thomas Hardy, 
 Daniel Elliot, 
 
 PHYSICIANS OF DUBLIN. * 
 
 The first physician who resided in Dublin was Nathan 
 Burnap. He was in town as early as 1776, and lived on the 
 twelfth lot of the sixth range. Respecting his professional 
 qualifications or the extent of his practice, tradition is silent. 
 Dr. Young, of Peterborough, was much employed by the 
 people in the east part of Dublin, before as well as after 
 the above date. The name of Dr. Ward Eddy occurs in the 
 clerk's records in 1781, that of Dr. Abel Maynard in 1787, 
 and that of Dr. Benjamin Hills in 1794. Dr. Samuel Ham- 
 ilton was clerk of the Dublin Social Library in 1794, and he 
 appears to have been the principal physician in town till his 
 removal in 1815. He was a representative to the general 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 265 
 
 court, a selectmau, a merchant, and for many years had 
 much influence m managmg the business of the town. He 
 was succeeded by Dr. Moses Kidder, who removed to Ashby, 
 Mass., in 1819. Dr. Stephen H. Spalding came to Dublin 
 from Littleton, Mass., in the same year ; having purchased 
 the house and land owned by Dr. Kidder. Dr. Asa Heald 
 bought the same of Dr. Spalding, who in 1823 removed to 
 Natick, Mass. Dr. David Carter, who had been a physician 
 in Marlborough and Peterborough, settled in Dublin in 
 1824, and died January, 1828. He was succeeded by Dr. 
 John H. Foster, from Ashby, Mass., who removed in 1833 
 to Chicago, 111., where he now resides. Dr. Simeon S. 
 Sticknev, from Townsend, Mass., began practice in Dublin 
 in 1836, and removed to Milford, N. H., in 1837. Dr. 
 Eaton, from Fitzwilliam, took the place of Dr. Stickney, but 
 left town the next year. In 1848, Dr. Ransom N. Porter, 
 from New Salem, Mass., began to practise medicine in 
 Dublin, and remained till 1852, when Dr. John G. Parker, 
 from Peterborough, took his place. Dr. Heald and Dr. 
 Parker are the present physicians. 
 
 Several persons besides those above named, have, for short 
 periods, practised medicine in Dublin : Dr. White, Dr. 
 Peabody, Dr. Beede, Dr. Pettes, Dr. Hitchcock, and Dr. 
 Barton. Physicians in the neighboring towns have had, 
 at times, much practice in Dublin, especially in those parts 
 of the town adjacent to their own. Dr. Kidder, during 
 his residence here, is said to have been the physician for 
 nearly all the families in town. The whole business of the 
 place would afford one physician a fair support ; but, when it 
 is so divided and subdivided as it has been at some periods, 
 it will not be so easy for a doctor to sustain himself with- 
 out some means independent of his profession. 
 
 SICKNESS. MORTALITY. 
 
 In the early period of the settlement of Dublin, it has 
 been said that fever and ague was an occasional disease ; but 
 for many years past it has been unknown here, unless con- 
 tracted in some other region. Xo full record of births, 
 deaths, ages, and diseases, has been kept in this town. In 
 the partial records in the office of the town-clerk, we find 
 the births pretty fully recorded, but only a small portion 
 of the deaths. In the year 1777, the dysentery prevailed, 
 and twenty deaths are recorded as having occurred in the 
 
 3i 
 
Under one year of age . . 
 
 . 63 
 
 From forty-five to fifty . . 
 
 From one to five years . . 
 
 . 75 
 
 „ fifty to fifty-five . . 
 
 ,, five to ten . . . . 
 
 . 20 
 
 „ fifty-five to sixty . . 
 
 „ ten to fifteen . . . 
 
 . 26 
 
 ,, sixty to sixty-five 
 
 ,, fifteen to twenty . . 
 
 . 6 
 
 ,, sixty-five to seventy . 
 
 ,, tvFenty to tvrenty-five 
 
 . 42 
 
 ,, seventy to seventy-five 
 
 „ tvrenty-five to thirty 
 
 . 14 
 
 ,, seventy -five to eighty 
 
 „ thirty to thirty-five . 
 ,, thirty-five to forty . 
 
 . 31 
 
 ,, eighty to eighty-five 
 
 . 10 
 
 ,, eighty-five to ninety . 
 
 „ forty to forty-five . 
 
 . 30 
 
 ,, ninety to one hundred 
 
 266 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 montlis of July, August, and September. All except one, 
 Abigail Mitchell, were children or youth. There were only 
 three other deaths recorded for the whole year. 
 
 From January, 1820, to January, 1852, a full record of 
 deaths was kept by the pastor of the First Church. The 
 ages of the persons who died, and their diseases, when 
 known, are noted in this record. 
 
 The following table shows the number of deaths at differ- 
 ent ages in periods of five years : — 
 
 9 
 18 
 14 
 28 
 13 
 40 
 23 
 34 
 14 
 
 8 
 Whole number, five hundred and twenty ; average per year, sixteen and 
 one -fourth. 
 
 The average population for the thiity-two years previous 
 to 1852 was 1167; and, of course, the number of deaths 
 per annum must have been one out of seventy-one and 
 four-fifths, or one and thirty-nine hundredths per cent. The 
 United States census makes the annual deaths per cent in 
 the New England States, one and fifty-five hundredths, or 
 one death out of sixty-four persons. In the Middle States, 
 with Ohio, the annual per centage of deaths is the same as 
 that of Dublin (1.39) ; nearly one death to every seventy- 
 two of the population. 
 
 From 1820 to 1852, eighty-seven persons died of con- 
 sumption. No other disease has proved so fatal. It has 
 been supposed by some that it is more prevalent here than 
 in other places ; but, by examining other bills of mortality, 
 we find that an equally large proportion of deaths are 
 ascribed to this disease in many towns of New England. 
 
 The number of deaths in Dublin, during the above period, 
 from scarlet fever, was twenty-four ; from dysentery, eigh- 
 teen ; from typhoid fever, thirty ; and from croup, fifteen. 
 
 The number of deaths in each month of twenty-five years, 
 beginning with 1820, was as follows : In the month of 
 January, 38; February, 38; March, 38; April, 33; May, 
 37; June, 33; July, 28; August, 36; September, 30; 
 October, 43 ; November, 38 ; December, 43. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 267 
 
 It will be perceived that a large number of persons in Dub- 
 lin have survived the age of seventy years, the whole num- 
 ber being one hundred and nineteen ; that is, one death of 
 every four and one-third. According to tables kept in 
 Prussia, the persons dying over seventy years of age were 
 one to eight and one-half. In Concord, N.H., a record of 
 deaths from 1805 to 1820 showed that one out of six attained 
 the age of seventy and upwards. 
 
 The following persons survived the age of ninety years : 
 Daniel Albert, 96 ; Ebenezer Hill, 91 ; Widow Carlton, 92 ; 
 Widow EoUins, 98; Widow Kezia (Ivory) Perry, 94; 
 Widow Lydia (Samuel) Fisher, 96 ; Widow Olive (Richard) 
 Phillips, 95 ; Deacon Francis Appleton, 90. 
 
 Joshua Stanford was born in Sudbury, Mass., March 27, 
 1753 ; and he is still living (August, 1854), in the one hun- 
 dred and second year of his age. He is still able to do some 
 Avork. He can read without glasses ; but his hearing is very 
 imperfect. 
 
 THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION. 
 
 It was not easy for the first settlers of Dublin to obtain 
 intoxicating drink : even cider must have been scarce, for 
 then orchards were not grown. But, as in those days the 
 moderate use of rum was not considered injurious, the article 
 was occasionally introduced. It appears from the book in 
 which Eli Morse kept his accounts, that he sold not only 
 corn and rye from liis grist-mill and boards from his saw-mill, 
 but some other articles, such as paper, leather, scythes ; and, 
 in 1770, there is the following heading extending across two 
 pages: '^An account of what Rum each man hath drawd." 
 The drawing of tliis rum was continued from the last of 
 April to the first of September, and the whole quantity 
 draAvn was twenty-eight gallons and one quart. It would 
 seem, therefore, that a barrel of rum had held out four 
 months. The quantity of rum used in town increased with 
 the facilities for obtaining it. The selling of it was deemed 
 a creditable occupation. From receipts left by Thomas 
 INIorse, it appears that he paid excise on spirituous liquor 
 which he sold in 1773-75. One of these receipts, for the 
 sum of fifteen shillings and fourpence, is signed by Richard 
 Jenness. Another, dated Keene, Jan. 1 1, 1774, is signed by 
 Robert Gillmore. 
 
 No licenses to keep tavern and sell spirituous liquor are 
 
'iOf> HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 recorded till 1793, when James Adams, widow Betty Strong- 
 man, and John Morse, were licensed to keep tavern ; and 
 Phillip Mills, and Joseph Haywood, to retail spirituous 
 liquor. In 1794, Eli Greenwood was licensed to keep a 
 tavern. In the same year, Eli Adams was licensed as a re- 
 tailer of liquors and an innholder. These licenses were 
 renewed from year to year. Among those who engaged in 
 this business are found Aaron Appleton, Nathan Whitte- 
 more, Samuel Hamilton, Moses Marshall, Joseph Rollins, 
 John Strong, Whitcomb French, Robert White, Jonathan 
 Flood Southwick, Cyrus Chamberlain, Moses Wark, Joseph 
 Appleton, Cyrus Piper, Asa Heald, Joseph Morse, Gordon 
 Gould, and some others. 
 
 The customs of Dublin with regard to the use of intoxi- 
 cating drinks were the same as in other places of the vicinity. 
 On funeral occasions, liquor was handed round to the mour- 
 ners ; and, though many did not approve of it, yet none had 
 the independence to discontinue the practice, till some of the 
 principal inhabitants agreed to do so in case of a funeral in 
 their families. In this way, the practice was generally abol- 
 ished, before a society was formed for the promotion of 
 temperance. In April, 1833, Jonathan Kittridge, Esq., of 
 Canaan, N.H., agent of a temperance society, gave a lec- 
 ture in the First Church ; after which, fifty persons agreed to 
 organize as a society, and take the pledge of abstinence from 
 all distilled liquors. On May 5th, the society was organized 
 by the choice of the following officers : Samuel Adams, 
 President ; Jesse Morse, Vice-President ; Jonathan K. Smith, 
 Secretary ; and Thomas Fisk, Luke Richardson, Ebenezer 
 Perry, and Daniel Fiske, Executive Committee. In suc- 
 ceeding years, the efforts of this society were attended with 
 various success. On the fourth of July, 1839, there was, in 
 the forenoon, a celebration of the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence in the usual form. The Dublin Grenadier Company 
 paraded ; a procession was formed, and marched to Centre 
 Meeting-house ; where a prayer was offered by Rev. James 
 Tisdale, the Declaration of Independence read by Dr. Albert 
 Smith, of Peterborough, and an address delivered by Rev. L. 
 W. Leonard ; after which, the procession was again formed, 
 and proceeded to the American Hotel, in front of which, under 
 an arbor, a dinner was provided by Mr. Joseph Morse. 
 
 In the afternoon of the same day, there was a temperance 
 celebration, with an address by John Preston, Esq., of New 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 269 
 
 Ipswich. According to a resolution of the Dublin Tempe- 
 rance Society, lectures were delivered in the several school 
 districts ; and, in the course of the season, sixty new members 
 were added ; making, in the whole, three hundi-ed and thirty. 
 
 In 1841, the temperance reformation received a new 
 impulse from those who had themselves been intemperate. 
 The societies formed under this impulse were generally 
 called Washingtonian Societies. Their pledge was total 
 abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. Many old societies 
 were re-organized with this pledge in their constitutions. In 
 March, 1842, the Young People's Total Abstinence Society 
 w^as formed in Dublin ; and, before the close of the year, 
 the number of names subscribed to its pledge was three 
 hundred and thirty-one. About one hundred of these were 
 on the pledge of the former society. The whole number of 
 persons, therefore, that had subscribed to temperance pledges 
 up to January, 1843, was five hundred and thirty. The 
 officers of the Total Abstinence Society in 1842 were — Presi- 
 dent, Thaddeus P. Mason ; Vice-Presidents, Augustine 
 Wood, Corydon Jones, Charles B. Marshall; Eecording 
 Secretary, James Hayward ; Corresponding Secretary, Charles 
 B. Marshall ; Treasurer, Henry Hathorne. Sept. 7, a lecture 
 was delivered in the Centre Meeting-house, by J. H. W. 
 Hawkins. 
 
 There was a second temperance celebration in Dublin on 
 the 4th of July, 1843. Rev. Zebulon Jones, of Peter- 
 borough, delivered an address, and a collation was provided 
 by the ladies in the Grove, on the side of Beech Hill, back 
 of the Brick Church. In 1844, July 4th, the pupils of all 
 the summer schools, with their teachers, assembled first in 
 the Centre Meeting-house, where Mr. Nelson Scott, of Han- 
 cock, delivered an appropriate address ; after which, the 
 pupils, parents, and others repaired to the Grove above men- 
 tioned, where, after partaking of refreshments, sentiments 
 were announced and speeches made. This celebration was 
 conducted on the principles of temperance, and had the good 
 effect of increasing an interest in the welfare of common 
 schools. 
 
 The Legislature passed a law in 1843, by which it was 
 left optional with the selectmen of a town to license or not 
 the sale of intoxicating drinks as a beverage. At the an- 
 nual meeting in March, 1844, the license-question was the 
 main point in the choice of selectmen. The party opposed 
 
270 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 to granting license prevailed, casting one hundred and thirty 
 votes against fifty-eight. Since that time, no license for the 
 sale of intoxicating drinks as a beverage has been granted in 
 Dublin. An address, delivered by Charles Mason, of Fitch- 
 burg, Mass., Nov. 18, 1844, on taking legal measures to 
 restrict the sale of intoxicating drinks, was published at the 
 request of the hearers. 
 
 ALTEMONT LODGE. 
 
 The charter of Altemont Lodge, No. 26, which was estab- 
 lished in Dublin, was granted June 14, Anno Lucis 5815, 
 to Amos Heald, Stephen Harrington, Richard Strong, Adam 
 Johnson, Levi Fisk, Joseph Hayward, jun., Asa Fisk, Benja- 
 min Hills, and Alexander Millikin. A dispensation from 
 the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire "empowered the said 
 Amos Heald and others to assemble at Dublin as a Lodge 
 of Masons, to perfect themselves in the several duties of 
 Masonry ; to make choice of officers ; to make regulations 
 and by-laws, and to admit candidates in the first degree of 
 Masonry, all according to ancient customs of Masonry, and 
 to be called Altemont Lodge." This warrant of dispensaton 
 was to continue in full force and authority till the second 
 Wednesday of June, Anno Lucis 5816, unless the lodge 
 was sooner installed. The first meeting, by virtue of this 
 dispensation, was held at Freemasons' (Cyrus Chamberlain's) 
 Hall in Dublin (in the house now owned by Daniel Fiske), 
 July 3, A.L. 5815. 
 
 The first officers of the lodge were — Wpf 1. Amos Heald, 
 Master ; Stephen Harrington, Senior Warden ; Richard Strong, 
 Junior Warden; Asa Fisk, Treasurer ; Peter Tuttle, Secre- 
 tary ; Levi Fisk, Senior Deacon ; William Warren, Junior 
 Deacon ; Aaron Lawrence, Joseph Gowing, Stewards ; David 
 Ames, jun., Tyler. 
 
 At this meeting, Asa Fisk, Richard Strong, and Levi Fisk, 
 were chosen a committee to report by-laws for the govern- 
 ment of the lodge ; and, at the next meeting, the by-laws 
 were enacted as reported by the committee. 
 
 The by-laws contained thirty-two articles, and were signed 
 by the officers and members of the lodge. 
 
 On the 18th day of September, A.L. 5816, the lodge 
 was consecrated in form by Rt. Wpfl. Broughton White, 
 Deputy Grand Master, and the officers duly installed. A 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 271 
 
 sermon was delivered on the occasion by Rev. Thomas 
 Beede, of "Wilton, who at that time held the office of Grand 
 Secretary in New Hampsliire. 
 
 At a meeting of the lodge, May 7, A.L. 5816, the fol- 
 lowing vote was passed : " Voted to exclude the use of 
 ardent spirit in this lodge, and substitute therefor crackers, 
 cheese, and cider." 
 
 The subject of removing the lodge from Dublin to Peter- 
 borough began to be agitated at a communication of the 
 lodge, held at their hall in Dublin, May, 15, A.L. 5825; 
 when Whpfls. Amos Heald, Peter Tuttle, and Levi Fisk, 
 and Brs. Henry Whitcomb and OHver Heald, were chosen a 
 committee to report whether, in their opinion, the interest of 
 masonry would be promoted by a removal of this lodge from 
 Dublin to Peterborough. This committee reported, "that, if 
 the lodge can be removed from Dublin to Peterborough 
 without disturbing the harmony of the lodge, it will be for 
 the good of masonry to have it removed." The report was 
 accepted, and measures were taken, which resulted in the re- 
 moval of the lodge to Bernard Whittemore's Hall in Peter- 
 borough. Few, if any, of the masons in Dublin followed it. 
 One after another, as appears by the records, withdrew his 
 membership ; and some never met with the lodge again. 
 The members in Dublin were — Richard Strong, Adam 
 Johnson, Joseph Appleton, Henry Whitcomb, Eli Green- 
 wood, jun., Jonas Clark, Robert Muzzy, Asa Fisk, Joseph 
 Hay ward, jun., Samuel Davison, Asa Heald, Charles Mason, 
 Moses Marshall, Joseph Gowing, Cyrus Chamberlain, Elijah 
 B. Kimball, Benjamin Perry, Simeon Stanley, Gilbert Tuel. 
 
 June 24, 1822, St. John's day was celebrated by the Alte- 
 mont Lodge, on which occasion a discourse was delivered by 
 Rev. Seth E. Winslow, then a minister of Troy in this 
 State. 
 
 MERCHANTS OR TRADERS. 
 
 Joseph Abbot, Nathan Adams, James Adams, Eli Adams, Aaron 
 Appleton, Joseph Appleton, at the Appleton Stand. 
 
 Joseph Ilayward, at his house. 
 
 Samuel Hamilton, William Pulsifer, Henry Whitcomb, Cyrus 
 Piper, at the old store on " the Flat." 
 
 Jonathan F. Southwick, Levi Willard,* May and Davis, James 
 Lewis, Robert Worsley, jMoses Wark, in Pottersville. 
 
 * L. Willard carried on the watch and clock repairing business. 
 
TCrZ HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Davison and Moore, James Cochran, Samuel L. Taggard, John M. 
 and Samuel W. Hale, Oliver Whitcomb, Cyrus Piper, Cyrus 
 Piper, jun., at the new store built by Samuel Davison. 
 
 Gershom Twitchell, on lot thirteen, range nine. 
 
 C. P. Perkins, Upham and Clement, in Harrisville. 
 
 Ebenezer Greenwood, Union Store, 292, near the new church of 
 the First Congregational Society. 
 
 MECHANICS. 
 
 1. Carjjenters. — Moses Mason, Benjamin Mason, Joshua Green- 
 
 wood, Samuel Jones, sen., Amos Babcock, John Crombie, 
 Daniel Boutell, Ebenezer Richardson, Abel Wilder, Nehe- 
 miah Upton, Rufus Piper, Reuben Twitchell, .John Wilder, 
 Cyrus Frost, Ebenezer Burpee, Charles Perry, Augustine 
 Snow, George AVorsley, Reuben W. Twitchell, Drury Mar- 
 shall, Leonard Snow, Heni'y Morse, Benjamin F. Morse, 
 James G. Piper, Clark C. Cochran, Henry C. Piper. 
 
 2. Blacksmiths. — Moses Johnson, Nathan Bixby, John French, 
 
 jun., William Maxwell, Jason Harris, Joshua Greenwood, 
 2d., Elisha Knowlton, Ebenezer B. Wallingsford, Deeriug 
 Farrar, Benjamin Wallingsford, Benjamin Marshall, Richard 
 Phillips, David Richardson, Samuel Gillson, AVilliam Stan- 
 ley, Simeon Stanley, Moses Perry, Samuel Moor, Benjamin 
 Darling, Benjamin Wallingsford, Abraham Shattuck, John 
 Sanders, Joseph Thurston, Daniel H. Mason, Luther Hem- 
 ingway, T. Osgood Wilson, Abijah Wilson, Maynard Wilson, 
 Elias Joslin, Aaron Richardson, Washington Proctor. 
 
 3. Shoemakers. — Marstin Holt, Gershom Twitchell, Samuel Tag- 
 
 gard, Solomon Davis, Samuel Ames, Oliver Stone, Solomon 
 Morse, Cyrus Piper, Joseph F. Hayes, John Piper, Jackson 
 Greenwood, Thomas Perry, Ebenezer Greenwood, Horatio 
 Greenwood, James Bullard, James Grimes, Josiah Bemis, 
 Levi Conant, Samuel Stone, Joseph Morse, Cyrus E. Hardy. 
 
 4. Tanners and Curriers. — Micah Morse, Joseph Hay ward, jun., 
 
 Minot Hayward, Curtis Smith, James Hayward. 
 
 5. Wheehvrights. — Richard Rowel, William Greenwood, Jeremiah 
 
 Greenwood, AUine Newell, Luke Belknap. 
 
 6. Millwrights. — Moses Marshall, Gilbert Tuel. 
 
 7. Chair-makers and House-painiers. — Paul Nelson, Orlando 
 
 Twitchell, Jason Phelps. 
 
 8. Masons. — Jeremiah Barrett, Edward Wilson, Asa Fisk, Jona- 
 
 than Dodge. 
 
 9. Stone Cutters. — Bela Morse, Joshua Stanley, Thomas Perry, 
 
 2d., Silas P. Frost. 
 
 10. Gravestone Cutters. — Francis Phelps, Joseph Phelps, Levi 
 
 Knowlton. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 273 
 
 MANUFACTURES, ETC. 
 
 Harrisville. — What is called Harrisville is partly in Nel- 
 son and partly in Dublin, on lot thirteen, range ten. This 
 lot was first settled about 1774 by Abel Twitchell, who 
 built a grist-mill and a saw-mill, immediately after settling, 
 both under the same roof. The building was burned down ; 
 but how long after its erection, we do not know. It was 
 soon rebuilt. At an early date, Jason Harris built a black7 
 smith and a trip-hammer shop on the site of the present 
 Wilson Stand. On the same stream of water, Jonas Clark, 
 in 1799, built and put in operation a clothing-mill, or a mill 
 for fulling and dressing cloth. In this mill, Mrs. Clark spun 
 linen thread by water-power, a single thread at a time. Mr. 
 Clark sold his mill to James Horsley in 1804, and removed 
 with his family to Shipton, Lower Canada, now called Ca- 
 nada East, where he resided till 1819, when he returned to 
 Dublin. 
 
 A machine for carding wool was set up in the grist-mill 
 by Bethuel Harris and Abel Twitchell, before Mr. Clark sold 
 out. This machine has been supposed to be the second one 
 that was run in the United States. Messrs. Harris and 
 Twitchell purchased the clothing-stand of Mr. Horsley, and 
 united the business of carding wool and dressing cloth, in 
 one building, situated on the spot where the mill of Messrs. 
 C. P. Harris and A. S. Hutchinson now stands. 
 
 The mill now owned by Harris and Hutchinson was built 
 in 1823 by Bethuel and Cyrus Harris. As soon as it was 
 finished, Milan Harris put in macliinery for manufacturing 
 woollen cloths, which were dressed by B, and C. Harris. 
 Subsequently a company was formed consisting of the three 
 Messrs. Harrises. This company was dissolved in 1832 ; 
 Milan Harris leaving the same. 
 
 The first power-looms that were started in Harrisville 
 were put in operation by Milan Harris in 1823 or '4. In 
 1832 and '3, Milan Harris and A. S. Hutchinson built the 
 Upper Mill, as it is called, on the site of the old grist-mill 
 and saw-mill. It is now owned by Milan Harris, who has 
 kept it in constant operation ever since its erection. It 
 has two sets of machinery, doing, however, more than the 
 iisual work on account of its capacity. In this mill, from 
 twenty-five to thirty hands are employed; and the cloth 
 manufactured is called doeskin. The quantity of wool used 
 
274 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 is about fifty thousand pounds per yeai-, making from forty 
 to forty-five thousand yards of very fine superior black doe- 
 skin cloth ; outselling in price per yard nearly every other 
 mill in the United States, and even the majority of the Ger- 
 man doeskins. Said cloth is selling at this time at one 
 dollar per yard. 
 
 No account has been furnished of the amount of stock 
 used, and of cloth manufactured, in the mill of Messrs. 
 Harris and Hutchinson. "We have heard it estimated at 
 one half of that in the mill of Milan Harris. 
 
 In the years 1846 and '7, Cyrus Harris formed a com- 
 pany, and under his superintendence a large building was 
 erected. This structure is of granite, brought from the 
 quarry in Marlborough. It is four stories high, one hun- 
 dred and eleven feet long, and forty feet wide. The roof is 
 covered with slate. The health of Mr. Harris failed, and 
 he died in 1848. The building was subsequently sold to 
 Messrs. J. Colony and Sons, who in 1851 put in four sets of 
 machinery and twenty-four looms. A large boarding-house 
 and other buildings were erected by the Messrs. Colony ; and 
 the whole is now called the Chesliire Mills, The kind of cloth 
 manufactured is flannel, at the rate of one thousand yards per 
 day. It sells by the bale at thirty-two cents per yard. The 
 amount of sales per year is ninety-six thousand dollars. 
 
 Pottersville. — This village is situated in the north-west 
 corner of Dublin, and it takes its name from the manufac- 
 ture of pottery, which, in this place, consists of brown 
 earthen-ware. Clay of an excellent quality is found in in- 
 exhaustible quantities a few rods south of the school-house. 
 The business was commenced by David Thurston about the 
 year 1795. Jona. Flood Southwick, from Danvers, Mass., 
 purchased Mr. Thurston's shop, and continued the business 
 till his death, when it passed into the hands of Jedediah K. 
 Southwick. The non-intercourse and embargo acts and the 
 war with England gave such an impulse to the manufacture 
 of this kind of ware, that some eight or ten shops were built 
 in the vicinity. From the close of the war with England, 
 in 1815, to the present time, the business has been declin- 
 ing ; and there is now within the limits of this town only 
 one shop in operation. This declension was caused partly 
 by the low duties and large importations of cheap English 
 white-ware, and partly by the low price of tin-ware. The 
 business is now mostly confined to the making of large ware 
 
HISTOllY OF DUBLIN. 275 
 
 and flower-pots. The white- ware has entirely driven the 
 fancy-brown ware from the market. Thirty years ago, 
 brown earthen-ware was a kind of currency. Farmers in 
 the vicinity of the Potteries were glad to exchange their 
 surplus produce for it. They carried the ware to Vermont 
 and to Western Massachusetts, and exchanged it for cash or 
 grain, or such articles as were needed in their funilies. 
 
 The business is now carried on by Ebenezer Russell and 
 Son. Their shop stands on lot nineteen, range nine. They 
 manufacture one thousand five hundred dollars worth per 
 year. 
 
 The name of the first workman in Pottersville was Felton, 
 who came from Danvers, Mass. There was a pottery, in 
 the east part of lot sixteen, range nine, carried on by Na- 
 thaniel Furber ; and it has been said that he began the busi- 
 ness in Dublin. 
 
 WOODEN-WARE AND LUMBER. 
 
 The manufacture of articles of wooden-ware was begun 
 at the mills in the north-east part of Dublin, by George 
 Handy and Nathaniel Greely, in 1838. Mr. Greely, after 
 a few years, sold out to Mr. Handy, who continued the busi- 
 ness. The annual amount of sales of washboards, clothes- 
 pins, and mop-sticks, is stated to be eight thousand eight 
 hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars worth of lumber. 
 This mill is now owned (1853j by Asa Fairbanks. 
 
 The first saw-mill in the north-west part of the town was 
 built by Moses Adams, sen., on lot eighteen, range ten. 
 The second was built by Eli Greenwood, and stood where 
 Woodward's Mills now stand. It has been rebuilt several 
 times. In 1826, it was carried ofi" by a freshet on the same 
 night of the slide at the White Mountains. The first grist- 
 mill in this part of the town was built by jNIoses AVhitaker, 
 1796, on lot nineteen, range eight. It Avas in operation but 
 a few years. The running portion was bought by Abner 
 Smith, and added to the old Greenwood Mill. In 1834, a 
 saw-mill was built by Robert Worsley and Lyman Russell 
 on land owned by Mr. Worsley. It afterwards passed into 
 the hands of Messrs. Needham and Heath, who added a 
 clothes-pin shop. This mill is now run down, and not used. 
 
 In 1849, Messrs. Bemis, Symonds, and Co. erected a large 
 wooden-ware shop on the stream just below the " Great 
 
276 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Meadow." The next year, they built a saw -mill on the oppo- 
 site side of the stream. They manufacture two hundred 
 and fifty gross of mop-sticks at five dollars per gross, one 
 thousand five hundred dozen of washboards at one dollar 
 per dozen, and they sell one hundred and fifty thousand feet 
 of boards at seven dollars per thousand. 
 
 In 1850, George Handy built a large saw-mill and wooden- 
 ware manufactory on the site of that erected by Moses 
 Adams, sen. We have no account of the amount of sales 
 from this mill. Mr. Handy is not the present owner. 
 
 The old Greenwood Mill was rebuilt in 1842 by Cyrus 
 W. Woodward ; and it now consists of a saw-mill, grist-mill, 
 and wheelwright and carpenter's shop. When this mill was 
 owned by Luther Carlton, he used part of the water-power 
 for manufacturing starch, and worked up from ten to fifteen 
 thousand bushels of potatoes in a season. Mr. Carlton 
 came to Dublin from Lunenburg, Mass., and died in 1838. 
 
 Charles W. Pierce has a grist-mill and saw-mill on the 
 site of that first built by Samuel Twitchell, lot seven, range 
 one. He manufiictures seven thousand two hundred gross 
 of clothes-pins per year, at eight cents per gross. 
 
 Messrs. Amos E. and Moses K. Perry have a saw-mill in 
 Harrisville, which was first built and owned by Thaddeus P. 
 Mason. The amount of their manufactures of boxes for 
 cloth, shoes and boots, and various kinds of lumber, is two 
 thousand five hundred dollars per year. 
 
 A saw-mill was built by Samuel Allison on lot seventeen,' 
 range six, about 1830. It has been owned by Jeremiah 
 K. Needham, Charles W. Cleaveland, and Henry Holt. The 
 present owner is Micah Howe. Of the amount of manu- 
 factures in this mill we have no account. 
 
 SHOES AND SHOE-PEGS. 
 
 Besides the general manufacture of shoes for home con- 
 sumption, John Piper and Joseph F. Hayes manufacture in 
 each of their shops two thousand pairs of sale-shoes per 
 year, worth fifty cents per pair. Joseph Morse manufac- 
 tures two thousand five hundred pairs of shoes per year, 
 which are valued at one thousand five hundi-ed dollars. 
 Many females are employed in binding shoes for the above- 
 named manufacturers. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 277 
 
 The manufacture of shoe-pegs was begun by Ezra Rider, 
 on lot three, range five, where he owned a grist-mill and saw- 
 mill. Mr. Rider sold out to Joseph P. Frost and George 
 Bullard. The mills were afterwards purchased by Samuel 
 W. Hale, who manufactures five thousand bushels of shoe- 
 pegs per year, at seventy-five cents per bushel. Large quan- 
 tities of shoe-pegs have been sent to Europe, and sold in 
 Liverpool and Hamburg. 
 
 The total amount of sales in the above-named manufac- 
 tories is one hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred 
 and seventy-six dollars. "What the invested capital is, and 
 the annual cost of materials or stock, we have not been able 
 to ascertain. The business of these several manufactories 
 must vary from year to year ; and our statements are to be 
 taken for the year 1852. Since that date, the amount may 
 be more or less. 
 
 Col. Jonathan Locke has a clothing-mill in the south-east 
 part of the town, on lot five, range one, in which he cards 
 wool, and dresses cloth. Of the amount of his business we 
 have had no information. Benjamin Frost built a grist-mill 
 on this spot ; but, for want of suitable head and fall of water, 
 it was not profitable. He sold his mill and a small piece of 
 land to Nathan Hunt of Jaffi-ey, who built a house, barn, 
 and clothier's shop, and after a few years sold the whole to 
 Elijah B. Kimball, who set up a carding machine, and for a 
 number of years carded wool and dressed cloth. He sold to 
 Mr. Locke, the present owner, and removed to Peterborough. 
 
 MILITARY AFFAIRS. 
 
 The first pei'son who received a military commission in 
 Dublin was Thomas Morse. He was commissioned as cap- 
 tain of the eighth company of the sixteenth regiment. His 
 commission was dated at Portsmouth, the second day of June, 
 in the fourteenth year of the reign of George the Third, An- 
 noque Domini 1774, and signed by J. Wentworth. The next 
 captains were Moses Adams, Samuel Twitchell, and James 
 Chamberlain. Captain Chamberlain's commission was dated 
 at Portsmouth, Feb. 16, 1786. He served till 1793 ; when 
 the men, liable for military duty, were, by mutual agreement, 
 divided into two companies. The west half formed the first 
 
278 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 company of light infantry, and were commanded by John 
 Morse, taking post at the right of the first battallion of the 
 twelfth regiment. The east half formed the fifth company 
 as before, and was commanded by James Adams, who was 
 then a merchant on the Appleton Stand. He was succeeded 
 by Abel Wilder, who rose to the post of colonel. He was 
 followed by Moses Marshall, who served until 1806. The 
 captains of the light infantry after John Morse, who rose to 
 the post of major, were Phinehas Gleason, Andrew Allison, 
 and Robert Muzzy. Captain Muzzy signed an agreement 
 in 1806, to divide the regiment east and west, instead of 
 north and south. This brought the company of light in- 
 fantry to the post of the left of the regiment instead of the 
 right; and so great was the dissatisfaction caused by this 
 measui-e, that little was done till 1808, when the Legislature 
 incorporated a company of grenadiers, which took post on 
 the right of the regiment, and was commanded by Dr. 
 Samuel Hamilton. The company of grenadiers were dressed 
 in uniforms of strait scarlet coats, white pantaloons, black gai- 
 ters, and white belts. The uniform was afterwards changed 
 to blue. Twenty different persons have commanded this 
 company, of whom E,ufus Piper rose to the j^ost of colonel. 
 It was disbanded when under the command of Henry C. 
 Piper; and their arms, which had been furnished by the 
 State, were returned to the arsenal at Portsmouth, and their 
 records to the Adjutant-General. The following is a list 
 of the commanders of the grenadier company in the order of 
 their service : — 
 
 Samuel Hamilton. 
 John Crombie. 
 Samuel Mason. 
 Joseph Gowing. 
 Richard Strong. 
 Bela Morse. 
 John Taggart, jun. 
 Rufus Piper. 
 Samuel Allison. 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Joseph Evleth. 
 
 Almerin Gowing. 
 Dexter Mason. 
 Luke Knowlton. 
 Joseph Evleth. 
 Calvin Learned. 
 Charles A. Plarailton. 
 Jason Phelps. 
 Ebenezer Greenwood. 
 Joseph P. Frost. 
 Henry C. Piper. 
 
 The following is a list of the commanders of the infantry 
 company ; but the order of service is not in all cases cer- 
 tainly known : — 
 
HISTORT OF DUBLIN, 279 
 
 Joseph Hayward, jun. 
 
 Benjamin Wallingsford. 
 
 John Jones. 
 
 Jede. K. Southwick. 
 
 John Wight. 
 
 Moses Adams, jun., 2d. 
 
 Abraham Shattuck. 
 
 Samuel Adams. 
 
 Jona. K. Smith, who rose 
 
 to the post of Coloneh 
 Joel Hart. 
 Elias Hardy. 
 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 Jacob Gleason. 
 Curtis Smith. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 Cyrus E. Hardy. 
 Henry Heard, jun. 
 Cyrus Piper, jun. 
 Joseph W. Powers. 
 Thomas S. Corey. 
 Rufus W. Piper. 
 Lewis P. Randolph. 
 
 A company of cavalry, or troop, was formed, the members 
 of which belonged in part to Dublin, and in part to Nelson. 
 "We have no information respecting the time when this com- 
 pany was organized or disbanded. • The commanders who 
 resided in Dublin were John Warren, Nahum Warren, and 
 Simeon Stanley. 
 
 HARDSHIPS OF EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 Of the hardships endured by those who first came to 
 Dublin, it is not easy for the present generation to form an 
 adequate conception. It is true their situation was some- 
 what ameliorated by their proximity to Peterborough, where 
 a grist-mill was in operation ; but, during the deep snows of 
 winter, the roads were impassable for oxen or horses. It is 
 related that Mrs. William Greenwood, one morning in win- 
 ter, put on snow-shoes, took half a bushel of corn on her 
 shoulder, went by marked trees to Peterborough, had it 
 ground into meal, and returned to Dublin the same day. 
 
 The first log cabins, as they have been described to us by 
 Benjamin Marshall, were rude structures. Neither bricks, 
 nails, nor boards were accessible ; and for dwelling-places, 
 the pioneers in the settlement built with logs what would 
 now be called a pen, in dimensions about fifteen feet by 
 tW' elve, having two doors, one on the south side and the 
 other on the east. For a roof, they took spruce-bark, and tied 
 it to poles by means of withes or twisted twigs. For a cellar, 
 they dug the loose earth from the top of the ground, piled 
 up logs on three sides, then with bark and dirt the whole 
 was so covered as to exclude the frost. For a floor, they 
 split white ash into planks, and smoothed them with a narrow 
 
280 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 axe. One man, it is said, was at great expense to procure 
 boards for a roof; but, having made shingles, he fastened 
 them to the boards by wooden pegs. For a chimney, they 
 laid stone up to the mantel-tree, and then split laths, built 
 them up cob-house fashion, and plastered inside and outside 
 with clay mortar. If a few bricks could be obtained, they 
 would lay up a pile of flat stones two or three rods from the 
 house, and construct an oven on the top of the pile, using 
 clay for mortar. New comers were in the practice of taking 
 their dough to their neighbor's oven, when one was near 
 enough, or they baked their bread on the stone-hearth by 
 their own fire. 
 
 Though bears were occasionally troublesome, yet their 
 flesh was sometimes used as food, when they could be 
 caught. Eli Greenwood, son of William Greenwood, used 
 to relate, that, before he* was of age, he with his father and 
 brother came up at times to the west part of the town to 
 work upon the lots which had been given them, and that 
 on one occasion they had for several days no other meat 
 than a quarter of an old bear baked. He added that his 
 father, as twelve o'clock approached, was wont to say, " We 
 had better not eat dinner till late ; for, if we eat early, we 
 shall not be hungry enough to get down much of the old 
 bear." 
 
 In the year 1781, Aaron Marshall was troubled with 
 bears in his corn-field. He set two guns at the place where 
 the bear entered the field. The neighbors, being together 
 at a husking, heard the report of the guns, and all went to 
 see how it fared with the bear. They found him dead, car- 
 ried him to the house, laid him down on the floor, pulled 
 Benjamin Marshall, then a small boy, out of bed, and placed 
 him on the back of the bear. Wolves were troublesome as 
 late as the year 1790. One night in December of that yeai*, 
 they entered the barn-yard of Aaron Marshall, killed five or 
 six sheep, and ate them nearly all up. On opening the door 
 in the morning, a sheep stood on the step with an icicle of 
 blood hanging to her throat. About the same time, a lynx 
 or catamount attacked Mr. Marshall's geese, of which the 
 old gander gave warning by running to the house-door, and 
 screaming at the top of his voice. The animal was caught 
 the next night in a trap set for the purpose. One evening 
 in the year 1772, the wife of Ebenezer Cobb, who lived on 
 lot eight, range nine, heard her pig squeal, as if in great 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 281 
 
 distress. She caught her broom, ran to the pen, and found 
 a bear holdmg her pig by the top of Iris neck. Not willing 
 to lose her pig, she began to pound the bear with her 
 broom, calling at the same time for help ; and she drove him 
 off, and saved her pig, before any help came. 
 
 Mrs. Ivory Perry, after she was ninety years of age*, was 
 heard to say, that in the winter she used in the early days 
 of the town to ride to meeting on an ox-sled, but that she 
 sometimes went on foot. Returning alone from meeting, 
 one Sunday afternoon, she saw a wolf near where John 
 Brooks now lives. The wolf was walking along by the side 
 of the road. She thought it was a dog ; but, on seeing after- 
 wards a stuffed wolf-skin, she recognized it as belonging to 
 the same kind of animal that she saw on the road. Mrs. 
 Perry said that they were sometimes obliged to cut up their 
 corn to prevent bears from destroying it. On one occasion, 
 she went to the corn-field at the beginning of twilight to 
 gather ears of corn. She had filled her apron ; and her son 
 Jolin, then a small boy, had filled a basket. John suddenly 
 screamed out, " Mother, there is a bear ! " The bear sat 
 up on his haunches, eating green corn. She called the dog, 
 but he did not come ; and the bear, apparently undisturbed, 
 continued eating, wliile she and her son walked away. The 
 bear was seen again the next evening. 
 
 The habitations of the early settlers were not always 
 substantial log cabins ; but sometimes they were temporary 
 huts rather loosely put together, and, in one instance cer- 
 tainly, affording small protection against the inclemency of 
 the weather. We have good authority for the following 
 statement : Thomas Atwood, who settled on lot twenty-one, 
 range six, came to Dublin in the autumn, and lived the first 
 winter in a kind of shanty which had no chimney ; the fire 
 was made against the perpendicular side of a large rock. 
 In the course of the winter, they had a child born during a 
 storm of rain. The only way they could contrive to pre- 
 vent the rain from falling on INIrs. Atwood, was to extend 
 over her a side of leather which had been recently pur- 
 chased. 
 
 During the period of the Revolutionary War, there were 
 many instances of severe hardship. Those women especially, 
 whose husbands were in the army, experienced heavy trials. 
 We give an instance of one which exhibits both patriotic 
 fortitude and enduring domestic toil and perseverance. It is 
 36 
 
282 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 taken from a Sketch of the Life of Nathaniel Belknap, by 
 his son, Lawson Belknap : — 
 
 "In the summer of 1779, the situation of the American army 
 became somewhat critical, and a call was made for more troops. 
 Richard Gilchrest was selected to go ; but the situation of his 
 family was such as to make it necessary for him to be at home. 
 He requested Mr. Belknap to go in his stead. Mr. Belknap said 
 he would go, if his wife was willing. After the situation of the 
 army and the necessity of more men were explained to her, Mr. 
 Belknap put the question, ' Are you willing I should go ? ' It was 
 a trying moment, even for a woman of the Revolution. She had 
 two small children, the oldest but two and a half years old, three 
 cows, and some other young stock, and her husband would not 
 return before mid-winter. She turned to Mr. Gilchrest, and said, 
 * If we ai-e sick or need help, will you assist us ?' His answer was, 
 ' Yes.' Then turning to her husband, she said, " You may go and 
 fight, Mr. Gilchrest will take care of us.' During Mr. Belknap's 
 absence, Mrs. Belknap took care of her children and cattle, Mr. 
 Gilchrest assisting in bad weather, harvested her corn and pota- 
 toes ; and she worked at her loom so much, that money enough was 
 earned to purchase another cow, which she bought and paid for 
 before her husband's return. Mr. Belknap served six months, 
 was promoted to the post of orderly sergeant, and was discharged 
 in Rhode Island at the time of the great snow-storm, 1780. He 
 was engaged in no general battle, but took part in several skir- 
 mishes, in one of which his right-hand man fell, and he saw his 
 cousin's head split open by a British sabre. He received pay for 
 his services in paper money; the worth of which may be judged 
 from the fact, that while on his way home he paid fifty dollars for a 
 pair of snow-shoes, twenty-five dollars for a meal of victuals, and 
 five dollars for a glass of brandy." 
 
 From Mr. Belknap's Sketch, we make a few more ex- 
 tracts; as the facts stated indicate, in some respects, the 
 general hardships of the early settlers : — 
 
 " When Mr. Belknap moved his wife to Dublin, her marriage 
 portion from her father was one cow. As the grass on the newly 
 cleared land was abundant, there was a large supply of milk, a 
 part of which was lost for want of suitable vessels. These could 
 not be obtained at a nearer distance than New Ipswich. Mr. Bel- 
 knap started one morning on foot for New Ipswich, with a bag 
 under his arm to bring home whatever utensils he might purchase. 
 He procured two earthen pots ; one of which he put in each end of 
 his bag, and placed them on his shoulder. On returning home- 
 ward he met one of his townsmen in Peterborough, who kindly 
 oflFered to carry bis pots to Dublin. From the rough condition of 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 283 
 
 the roads, or, as Belknap rather thought, in consequence of having 
 taken too much flip, his friend let the pots swing together, and one 
 of them was broken and spoiled; and thus, after a journey through 
 the woods of more than thirty miles, he returned with only one 
 pot." 
 
 " Mr. Belknap suffered his part of loss from the destruction of 
 sheep by wolves. He had increased his flock to the number of 
 eight, and was not a little elated with the hope of having a plenty 
 of the warm woollens — which his wife well knew how to manu- 
 facture — wherewith to clothe himself and family. But, going one 
 morning to the rear of his buildings, he found the mangled remains 
 of his sheep, all of which had been torn in pieces by the wolves ; 
 and with them his faithful dog, that, in attempting to protect the 
 property of his master, had shared the same fate. On another 
 occasion, he had eleven out of thirteen sheep killed in a single 
 night." 
 
 " Mr. Belknap had erected a barn large enough to hold all his 
 crops; but on the 20th of October, 1788, a severe thunder-storm 
 passed over the town, and his barn was struck by lightning ; 
 and his hay, grain, and potatoes, with all his farming tools, were 
 destroyed. Nothing was saved except a single pumpkin, which 
 his son, seven years old, rescued from the burning building, and 
 rolled down the hill almost to the next neighbor's. The people of 
 the town immediately turned out, and erected another frame on the 
 same foundation ; and in a short space of time the new barn was 
 completed." 
 
 For many years after the first settlement of Dublin, there 
 were but few sleighs. The travelling was all on foot or 
 on horseback. The practice, from the south part of the town 
 to the great road, was, when the snow became deep, to begin 
 at Twitchell's Mills, and proceed to Moses Greenwood's, in 
 the following manner: The oxen and young cattle were 
 turned unyoked into the road, and one person went before 
 them to commence a track, and he was followed by the 
 cattle. When the man on the lead became tired, another 
 took his place. At each settlement, the fresh cattle were 
 put forward; and, by being thus driven in Indian file, a 
 good horse-path was made. 
 
 The food of the first settlers was of the plainest kind. 
 While clearing his farm, Mr. Belknap boarded at Samuel 
 Twitchell's during the season for work out of doors. His 
 food for a certain day, as he described it, would not seem at 
 all suitable for a laboring man in modern times. His break- 
 fast, he said, was bean-porridge ; his dinner, a piece of 
 baked pumpkin, with a thin slice of pork baked upon it ; 
 
284 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 and his supper, bean-porridge. For breakfast and supper, 
 bean-porridge was a common dish. Dinners were more 
 varied ; but Mr. Belknap was often heard to say, he believed 
 he had eaten a well-full of bean-porridge. No recipe is 
 given, that we know of, in modern books of cookery, for 
 the making of this article of food ; but, if it was water in 
 which meat had been boiled with beans added, it must have 
 commended itself in hard times by its nutritive qualities, 
 and, to the hard-working and hungry man, might not have 
 been unsavory to the taste. 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 Among the early settlers in school-district number three, 
 were John and Simeon Russell. They were brothers ; but 
 their dispositions were not of that character which contri- 
 butes to the peace and harmony of society. They were often 
 engaged in petty wrangling with each other, especially when 
 they had been partaking of the intoxicating cup. It hap- 
 pened that one of them found a swarm of wild bees in a 
 hollow tree standing on the land of the other, and he 
 claimed them as his property. The other claimed them on 
 the ground that they were on his land. Many an alter- 
 cation took place in relation to the bees. The time arrived 
 at length for taking the honey, and the finder started for 
 that purpose. He felled the tree ; but his brother, warned 
 probably by hearing the strokes of the axe, came to the 
 spot, and a sharp quarrel was begun. Both claimed the 
 bees, and both were determined to have them. The conten- 
 tion was continued for a long time ; but neither would yield. 
 At length one of them kindled a fire, as is generally done in 
 such cases, to destroy the bees. This enraged the other still 
 more, and the contest was renewed with additional vigor. 
 While they were thus struggling for the mastery, the fire 
 took strong hold of the tree, which proved to be dry, and 
 consumed the entire contents of the tree ; leaving the con- 
 tending brothers with bloody noses, but not one drop of 
 honey. Such is the result, if not literally, yet figuratively, 
 of many a quarrel. 
 
 Two members of the Baptist Church, a Mr. Rollins and a 
 Mr. Riggs, had a misunderstanding with regard to some 
 dealings between them ; and Mr. Riggs took occasion to call 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN, 285 
 
 his brother RolUns an old skin-jlint. Mr, Rollins considered 
 it scandalous, and reported his brother Riggs to the church 
 for discipline. A meeting was called, and presided over by- 
 Elder Willard. Mr. Rollins stated his grievance ; and the 
 brethen discussed the matter, and gave their opinions. The 
 Elder cautioned them against being hasty, and suggested the 
 propriety of ascertaining the definition of the opprobrious 
 epithet by consulting a dictionary. A messenger was sent 
 for a dictionary, and one was procured ; but they were 
 doomed to be disappointed, for the word could not be found. 
 In this dilemma, they felt somewhat perplexed ; but the 
 Elder proposed that Brother Riggs should state to the church 
 what he meant, when he called Brother Rollins an old skin- 
 flint. Mr, Riggs, who had been sitting in silence during 
 the whole proceedings, rose up and said, in a sonorous and 
 lisping manner, that was natural to him : " I meant that 
 brother Rollins was a right-doivn honest, clever man.'" 
 
 This must, of course, in the absence of other testimony, 
 have been deemed satisfactory, 
 
 William Spaulding, whose present residence is Cavendish, 
 Vt., lived eight years with Rev. Mr. Sprague, beginning in 
 1801. He often drove Mr. Sprague in his coach to Keene, 
 on a visit to Mrs. Sprague. On one occasion, he says, Dr. 
 DanieLAdams, with Dr. Nathan Smith, called on Mr. Sprague. 
 Rev, Mr. Ainsworth, who was present, was previously ac- 
 quainted with Dr. Smith, and, after shaking hands with him, 
 he said, " Shall I introduce to you Daddy Sprague ? " Mr, 
 Sprague, taking no notice apparently of the rude mode of 
 introduction, said, " I am happy to see you, sir ; I have often 
 heard of you as an eminent surgeon ; " and, putting his hand 
 on Mr. Ainsworth's shoulder, continued, " I have a foolish fel- 
 low here, and I want you to trepan him ; take out two ounces 
 of his brains, and put in a little common sense and decency." 
 
 A number of clergymen were present one evening at the 
 house of Mr. Sprague ; and, while he was out of the room, 
 they began to discuss the question of disinterested benevo- 
 lence, which, in that day, was a topic of no small interest. 
 Experiencing considerable difficulty in finding a satisfactory 
 example, they agreed to refer the matter to Mr. Sprague 
 for a decision. Accordingly, when he came in, Mr. Ains- 
 worth stated the point of discussion, and the difficulty which 
 
286 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 they encountered, and requested him to solve the question 
 by furnishing a satisfactory example. Mr. Sprague quickly 
 replied, " Surely, brethren, I find no difficulty in deciding. 
 I have a case in my mind, a clear and evident one ; one, in 
 short, that must for ever settle the question." But as he 
 hesitated, and seemed unwilling to state the case or example, 
 the brethren urged him to proceed. " Well," said he, " it 
 is the people of Jaifrey, who pay brother Ainsworth three 
 hundi-ed dollars a year for preaching, when they do not get, 
 nor expect to get, the least particle of benefit from it. That 
 is what I call pure, disinterested benevolence." 
 
 Moses Adams and John Muzzy were highly esteemed for 
 their sound judgment and strict integrity. They were often 
 called upon as referees to settle difficulties among their 
 neighbors. It is related that Mr. Adams, being requested 
 by John Farnum to act as referee in a case between him and 
 Dr. Nathaniel Breed of Nelson, for taking too much toll for 
 grinding his grain, inquired how much Farnum supposed 
 he had lost in that way. Mr. Adams, on being told, went 
 to his own grain, measured out the amount, delivered it to 
 Farnum, and thus settled the matter. 
 
 FATAL CASUALTIES. 
 
 The first death in Dublin was occasioned by the falling of 
 a tree. John Robinson had settled on lot ten, range one, 
 before Samuel Twitchell was married. Mr. Robinson had 
 built an oven ; and Mr. Twitchell, having commenced house- 
 keeping without one, took the dough for a batch of bread, on 
 an afternoon in 1767, and, accompanied by his wife, went to 
 Mr. Robinson's for the purpose of using the oven. Mr. 
 Twitchell inquired for Mr. Robinson, and Mrs. R. said he 
 was in the woods not far off chopping down trees ; but she 
 added that she had not heard the sound of his axe for some 
 little time. Mr. Twitchell repaired to the chopping, and 
 found his friend fatally injured by the falling of a tree, a 
 branch of which struck him as it fell. It is said that every 
 person in town was present at the funeral of Mr. Robinson. 
 By what clergyman the funeral service was performed is not 
 known to us. He was buried, it is said, without the limits 
 of the present graveyard, in the road south-east of the old 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 287 
 
 meeting-house spot, near the place where the hearse-house 
 formerly stood. 
 
 William Greenwood was killed by the falling of timbers 
 at the raising of a barn, June 27, 1782. 
 
 •Joseph Mason was killed by the falling of a tree, March, 
 1806. 
 
 Joel Kendall, a brother, and son, were killed by the same 
 stroke of lightning, June 1, 1806. 
 
 John Pratt had a son drowned previous to the year 1819. 
 
 Nathan Jones had a young daughter suffocated, November, 
 1822, by a bean in the trachea. 
 
 Nathaniel Watts, of Peterborough, was killed Oct. 14, 
 1822, by the premature explosion of a charge of powder 
 from a rock which he was blasting in the well of Joseph 
 Evleth. 
 
 In November, 1823, Peter Morse was so much injured by 
 the rolling of a log upon him, while at work in his saw -mill, 
 that his death occurred about a week afterwards. 
 
 In April, 1828, Minott Hayward was so injured by a fall 
 in a building wliich he was erecting, that he died after a few 
 days. 
 
 Elliot Due, a colored man, belonging to Hancock, was 
 found drowned, April 19, 1843, in the north part of Dublin, 
 in shallow water ; and intoxication was supposed to be the 
 cause of his falling, and of his inability to extricate himself. 
 
 Neverson Greenwood, February, 1845, on sliding from 
 a hay-mow, came forcibly upon the end of a pitchfork-handle, 
 which entered his body, and caused death in a few days. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
 
 The persons whose names have a star annexed have been 
 appointed justices of the peace and quorum. Those with 
 a dagger annexed never took the oath of office. Asa H. Fisk 
 is justice of the peace throughout the state. The names are 
 placed in the order of their appointment; but the precise 
 times are not known to us. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood. 
 Reuben Morse. 
 Samuel Twitcliell. 
 John Snow.* 
 Asa Fisk.f 
 
 Thaddeus Morse. 
 John Taggnrt, jun. 
 Joseph Appleton. 
 Rufus Piper. 
 Cyrus Frost. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Jonathan K. Smith.* 
 Asa Heald.* 
 Richard Strong.f 
 Nahum Warren.f 
 Asa H. Fisk.* 
 
 Thomas Fisk.* 
 Moses Marshall. 
 Aaron Smith. 
 Osgood N. Russell. 
 Milan W. Harris. 
 
 Jonathan K. Smith was county-treasurer in the years 
 1838 and '9, and road-commissioner in 1844, '5, and '6. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 
 
 Bible Society. — A Ladies' Bible Association was formed 
 in 1828, auxiliary to the New Hampshire Bible Society ; 
 and a contribution has been forwarded to the parent society 
 in each year since its formation. This association has con- 
 stituted the following persons life-members of the New 
 Hampshire Bible Society : Mrs. L. W. Leonard, Rev. James 
 Tisdale, Bev. Henry A. Kendall, Eev. Alonzo Hayes. Dea- 
 con Francis Appleton, by his own subscription, Avas consti- 
 tuted a life-member of the New Hampshire Bible Society. 
 
 In the year 1824, Bev. Levi W. Leonard was made a 
 life-member of the American Bible Society, by the subscrip- 
 tions of seventy ladies of his congregation, collected by Mrs. 
 Mary Warren. 
 
 Letter of Mattheiv Thornton. — The following is an origi- 
 nal letter from Matthew Thornton to Thomas Morse. It 
 shows the scarcity of writing-paper in that day; for it is all 
 written on one side of a piece of paper about six inches 
 long and three inches wide, yet folded and dkected on the 
 outside : — 
 
 " To Capt. Thomas Morse in Dublin. 
 
 " LoNDONDERKY, March 8tli, A.D. 1775. 
 
 " Good Old Friend, — I Long to hear from you and family ; 
 and, as the time that the men which Purchased Land from me in 
 your Town Set to pay is past, take the trouble to let them know 
 that they must Settle Immediately. Mrs. Thornton Joines with 
 me and sends Compliments to your wife and family. — From, Sir, 
 Your Real friend and H'ble. Ser't., Matthew Thornton." 
 
 Province Tax, 1770. — The following receipt shows that 
 the province-tax on Dublin at that period was not a light 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 289 
 
 one, considering the small number of inhabitants and the 
 newness of the settlement : — 
 
 "province of new HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 "April, 1771. Received from Thomas Moss, by Major "Willard, 
 seven pounds five shillings eightpence one farthing, the Province- 
 tax of Dublin for the 1770. 
 
 "£7.5.81. '<H. Geo. Jaffrey, Treasurer." 
 
 Ccesar Freeman. — In the book which contains the town- 
 clerk's record of bii'ths is the following : — 
 
 " Cfesar Freeman, servant to Gardner Town, was twenty -one 
 years of age, July 8, 1790, at which time his said master gave him 
 his freedom." 
 
 Other colored persons lived in Dublin who had been 
 slaves. Whether they were ever held as slaves here is not 
 known. The names of Cajsar Lewis and Cato Boston are 
 found in the tax-list of 1793. Their names are not inserted 
 in succeeding tax-lists. 
 
 A colored man, whose name was Dupee, lived at one time 
 on lot three, range five. 
 
 Fortune Little, who lived on lot three, range ten, had 
 been a slave. He was brought from Africa at an early age, 
 and sold to a Mr. Little, of Shirley, Mass., but was liberated, 
 and removed to New Hampshire, when slavery ceased in the 
 Bay State. 
 
 Prices of various Articles in 1768-9. — Rye, per bushel, 
 sixty cents ; corn, per bushel, forty-five cents ; potatoes, per 
 bushel, thirteen cents ; oats, per bushel, thirty cents ; but- 
 ter, per pound, nine cents. Beef, two and a half cents per 
 pound. Boards, three dollars thirty-three cents per thou- 
 sand. The foregoing prices are taken from the account-book 
 of Deacon Eli Morse, in which is found the following : — 
 
 "June the 11th, 1770. Jonathan Knowlton began one year's 
 service. 
 
 "June, 1771. For one year's work, old ten., £112. 10. 0." 
 
 This sum was equal to fifty dollars. 
 
 June, 1770, John Wight is credited one dollar for three 
 days' work. The credit for two days' work of oxen is fifty- 
 three cents. 
 
290 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 In December, 1781, Ebenezer Twitchell was charged 
 fifty-one cents for two bushels of potatoes and " a crowing 
 Bidde." 
 
 The Burial-field, or Graveyard, was not enclosed for 
 many years after the settlement of the town. By a vote of 
 the town, a substantial stone wall was built around it. After 
 the new road was made south of the graveyard, the en- 
 trance to it was changed from the north side to the south- 
 west corner. A tomb was prepared, by a vote and at the 
 expense of the town, near the new entrance. It was de- 
 signed and is used for a place of deposit for the dead in 
 the winter. They are taken out and interred in the spring. 
 The burying-ground has been enlarged by extending it to 
 the new road on the west end, and by a piece of land on the 
 south side of the same. In May, 1840, a number of per- 
 sons assembled, as previously agreed upon, bringing various 
 kinds of trees, in setting out which they spent the afternoon. 
 The whole of the ground was not ornamented with trees 
 for want of time. The native growth of trees is left stand- 
 ing at the west end, and spots for new graves are mostly 
 selected in that part of the field. 
 
 Correction and Addition. — The school-house in district 
 number seven was built in 1840 instead of 1841, as stated 
 on page 253. The first school in this district was kept in 
 the house of John Stroud, by a Mr. Jonathan White, about 
 the year 1787. The room was furnished with shingle-blocks 
 for seats. The first school-house was built in 1794, and a 
 brick one on the same spot in 1817 or 1818, which was 
 used till the town was districted in 1840. The first female 
 teacher was Mrs. Joseph Bailey, who lived on lot twenty, 
 range nine. 
 
 History of District No. 3. — Mr. Lawson Belknap wrote 
 a history of this district, and read it at a meeting of the 
 inhabitants of the same in the winter of 1852-3. It con- 
 tains many interesting facts in reference to the schools and 
 the several teachers. From this history, which contains 
 fifty pages, closely written, we take the following notices : — 
 
 " Asa BuUard, of New Ipswich, was the first person employed 
 as a teacher in district No. 3, in the year 1785. The term of 
 school was six weeks ; three in the house of Ivory Perry, and 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 291 
 
 three in the log-house of Richard Gilchrest. Mr. Bullard was a 
 kind and successful teacher. He went to Boston, was principal of 
 the Franklin School ; Chief Justice Shaw being his assistant. He 
 graduated at Dartmouth College, studied medicine, and was a suc- 
 cessful practitioner. He was distinguished for his social powers 
 and for his active benevolence. It was said of him, that, at one 
 time, he almost entirely supported four poor families. He was 
 never rich. He died about 1826, much lamented by the poor." 
 
 "In the winter of 1786, the school was taught by Mr. Samuel 
 Appleton, of New Ipswich. He was a teacher of superior merit, 
 and gave perfect satisfaction both to parents and pupils. He con- 
 versed freely with his pupils ; and his kindness was especially 
 shown towards the little girls, whom he never sutfered to wade 
 through the snow-drifts, but carried them over in his arms." 
 
 Some statistics in reference to tliis district, as given by- 
 Mr. Belknap, are worthy of consideration : — 
 
 "In 1840, the whole population of the district was 121 ; males 
 56, females 65. The number of families 21, and of legal voters 24. 
 
 " In 1845, the population was 110 ; males 54, females 56 ; and the 
 number of votes 21. 
 
 "In 1850, the number had decreased to 96, and, on the 17th of 
 June, 1852, the whole number was only 84 ; males 39, females 45, 
 with only 16 legal voters. At this time (February, 1853), the 
 whole number of inhabitants is only 73 ; showing a decrease since 
 1840 of 48. 
 
 " The whole number of families in 1840 was 21, and now it is 
 only 14. The present number of legal voters is 15; showing a 
 decrease of 9 since 1840." 
 
 OCCUPANTS OF LOTS. 
 
 The first person named in the following list of occupants 
 and owners of lots or parts of lots in Dublin, is supposed to 
 have been the first settler. The other names are arranged, 
 as nearly as could be ascertained, in the order of their suc- 
 cession. In this respect there are doubtless many errors, 
 especially with regard to residents. The names of present 
 occupants or owners are in Italics. iNlany of the lots have 
 been divided and subdivided, and of course many farms are 
 composed of different lots. On many lots there have been 
 several settlements. When a dash ( — ) is placed before a 
 
292 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 name, it is meant to indicate the first settler on another part of 
 the lot ; but accuracy in this respect "was not attainable ; and, 
 where there have been many houses erected on the same lot, 
 we found the difficulty greatly increased. Our arrangement, 
 therefore, cannot, in all cases, be relied upon as correct. 
 There are contradictory statements on the subject, which it 
 has not been in our power to reconcile. Res. is annexed to 
 the names of those who were residents, not owners. Owner 
 annexed to a name shows that the person never resided on 
 the lot, though it was for a time his property. 
 
 Eange I. 
 
 Lot 1. Not settled, owned by non- 
 residents. A barn was 
 built upon it by Deacon 
 Holmes of Peterborough. 
 
 Lot 2. NORTH PART. 
 
 Silas Brown. 
 Solomon Piper, 1794. 
 Jonas B. Piper. 
 Artemas Piper. 
 William Fai-nsworth. 
 Charles Perry. 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 Amos Perry. 
 
 Isaac Bond, 1767. 
 
 Jonas Bond. 
 
 Jonas Brooks Piper. 
 
 Samuel Burns. 
 
 John Fife, from Jaffrey. 
 
 John Stone, from Swanzey. 
 
 Lot 3. NORTH PART. 
 
 Owned by Solomon Piper 
 and his heirs, but no 
 building erected upon it. 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 Silas Brown. 
 James Rollins, jun. 
 Samuel Rollins. 
 William Davis. 
 Peter Davis. 
 Lorenzo Davis. 
 Lot 4. Francis Smith, from West- 
 ford, Mass. 
 
 Jeremiah Barrett. 
 James Rollins, jun. 
 Timothy Farnsworth. 
 James Nay. 
 Sally Farnsworth. 
 John A. Wheeler, from 
 Ashhy, Mass. 
 Lot 5. John Elliot, 1779. 
 Amos Russell. 
 Simeon Russell, South end. 
 
 — Benjamin Frost. 
 Cyrus Frost, 2d. 
 Joseph W. Powers. 
 William Howard, South- 
 east corner. 
 
 — Stephen Corey, E. side. 
 Isaac Sanderson, from Ma- 
 son. 
 
 John Nay, cabinet-maker. 
 John Russell. 
 Alvarus Lawrence. 
 Elbridge Baldwin. 
 James Baldwin, Res. 
 Sylvester Doyle, from Ire- 
 land. 
 
 — Nathan Hunt, clothier. 
 Elijah B. Kimball, „ 
 Jonathan Locke, ,, 
 
 Lot 6. Not settled. Several Own- 
 ers. 
 
 Lot 7. Samuel Twitchell, 1762. 
 Samuel Twitchell, jun. 
 Ephraim Foster, Owner. 
 Asa Borden. > 
 John Hambly. \ 
 John Taggart, jun. 
 Jacob Gleason. 
 Moses Rider, Res. 
 
 John Jones, ,, 
 
 Luther Barnes, ,, 
 
 William Rider, „ 
 
 Gershom Twitchell, jr., ,, 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 293 
 
 John Pierce, Res. 
 
 — William Stanley. 
 Reuben Barrett. 
 Charles W'. Pierce. 
 
 — Joseph P. Frost. 
 Silas P. Frost, Res. 
 Mrs. Wells, 
 
 — James Bowers. 
 Luther Bowers, Owner. 
 
 — Samuel Moore. ) 
 James Moore. \ 
 
 Lot 8. SOUTH PART. 
 
 Bartholomew Goyer, 1772. 
 Samuel Derby, 1783. 
 Dexler Derby. 
 
 NORTH PART. 
 
 Nathaniel Bates. 
 John Stroud. 
 Lot 9. Simeon Bullard. 
 Timothy Bullard. 
 Luther Bowers. 
 Alfred Godfrey, Res. 
 Lot 10. John Robinson, killed by 
 the fall of a tree, 1767. 
 INIoses Mason. 
 Moses Mason, jun. 
 Abraham Patch. 
 William Sawin. 
 Benjamin Sawin. 
 Adam Bailey. 
 John Jones. 
 Lucy Jones. 
 
 Rev. E. Sprague, Owner. 
 Lot 11. Wm. Gilchrest, removed 
 to Vermont. 
 Stephen Ames, 1782. 
 Jonathan Ames. 
 Aaron Appleton, Owner. 
 Nathan Jones, Res. 
 
 John Twitchell, Ist. „ 
 Lockhart Willard, „ 
 Everett Adams, ,, 
 
 Nathl. Wyman, ,, 
 
 Willard Z. Brooks of Han- 
 cock, Owner. House ta- 
 ken down. 
 Lot 12. Abel Parker. 
 Saml. Gowing. 
 Joab Evleth. 
 Joseph Evleth. 
 — Samuel Snow. 
 
 Ezra Snow. 
 Joseph N. Taft. 
 Roswell Gowing. 
 Willard Z. Brooks, Owner. 
 Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
 not settled. Occupied by 
 Monadnock Mountain. 
 Lot 21. Reuben Spalding. 
 Moses Spalding. 
 
 Owned by the Shakers. 
 Lot 22. Phinehas Farrar, annexed 
 to Marlborough in 1818. 
 
 Range II. 
 
 Lot 1. Not settled. 
 Lot 2. Ivory Perry. 
 
 Ivory Perry, jun. 
 
 George Perry. 
 
 Ivory Perry, Sd. 
 
 — Moses Perry. 
 Abel Wilder, Res. 
 
 — John Perry. 
 Thomas Perry. 
 
 — Charles Perry. House 
 burned in 1851, not re- 
 built. 
 
 Lot 3. Asa Fairbanks, 1786. 
 
 Moses Fairbanks. 
 
 James Derby, Res. 
 
 Jackson Greenwood. 
 
 John Perry, jun. 
 
 Lot 4. Not settled. 
 
 Lot 5. Israel Maynard. 
 
 Jona. Perry, ) ^ 
 Samuel Fisk! 5 Owners. 
 
 Jona. Bowers. 
 Luke Belknap. 
 Ebenezer Burpee. 
 Charles Perry. 
 
 — Charles Stanley. 
 Henry Heard. 
 
 Jona. Dodge, Res. 
 
 Marsh, ,, 
 
 Josiah Priest, ,, 
 
 Richard Phillips, 3d., „ 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 Lot 6. Robert Fisk, 1784. 
 
 William Maxwell, 1781. 
 Robert Millikin, Owner. 
 James Gowing. 
 Aimer in Gowing. 
 
 — Philip Mills. 
 
294 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 NORTH PART. 
 
 — Joel Wight. 
 
 Abraham Jaquith. 
 
 Samuel Gowing. 
 
 William Gowing. 
 
 Joseph Gowing. 
 
 Zaman A. Goioing. 
 Lot 7. Not settled. 
 Lot 8. Daniel White. 
 Lot 9. Gardner Town, 1772. 
 
 Samuel Emes. 
 
 Ebenezer Emes, 1779. 
 
 Alexander Emes, 1785. 
 
 Stephen J. Woods. 
 
 Ebenezer Burpee. 
 
 Harvey Wells. 
 
 William Rugg. 
 
 Moses Corey, Owner. 
 
 Stephen Coggswell. 
 
 School House, No. 4. 
 Lot 10. Joel Wight. 
 
 Timothy Adams. 
 
 Caldwell. 
 
 Caleb Hunt. 
 
 Isaac Hunt. 
 
 — Ebenezer Burpee. 
 
 Lot 11. Stephen Bent, 1780, re- 
 moved to Sterling, near 
 Lake Ontario. 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 — Moses Rider. 
 
 Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, not settled. 
 Lot 17. Benjamin Mason, jun. 
 Lot 18. Not settled. 
 Lot 19. James Adams. 
 
 Stephen Russell. 
 
 Lemuel Wheeler. 
 
 Daniel Gleason. 
 Lot 20. Phinehas Gleason, 1784. 
 
 John Gleason. 
 
 Phinehas Gleason, jun. 
 
 Asa Hemenway, Res. 
 
 Amos Wheeler. 
 
 Richard Thomas, Res. 
 
 G. P. Taylor, „ 
 Lot 21. Not settled. 
 Lot 22. Joel Porter, annexed to 
 Marlborough, 1818. 
 
 Range III. 
 
 Lot 1. Samuel Caldwell. 
 
 Samuel Hogg (name al- 
 tered to Shepherd),1782. 
 
 — James Taggart. 
 Thomas Hay. 
 William Hay, Owner. 
 Dexter Hay, Res. 
 
 William Gilchrest, ,, 
 Charles A. Hamilton, ,, 
 James Cavender, ,, 
 
 Jacob Robbins ,, 
 
 Lot 2. NORTH PART. 
 
 Josiah Allen. 
 Elihu Penniman. 
 Nehemiah Upton. 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 Asa Pierce. 
 
 Silas Pierce. 
 
 Samuel Davison. 
 
 Moses Fairbanks. 
 
 Abel Wilder, Res. 
 
 Jotham Hoar, ,, 
 
 Jonas Bond, ,, 
 
 Joshua Stanley, jun., ,, 
 Lot 3. Not settled. 
 Lot 4. William Stuart. 
 
 Joshua Stanley. 
 
 Simeon Stanley. 
 
 W. T. and C. Wheeler. 
 
 — Joshua Stanley, jun. 
 
 Wallace Stanley. 
 
 Benjamin F. Morse. 
 
 Fairfield, Owner. 
 
 Danl. G. Jones, Owner, 
 1853. 
 
 School House, No. 3. 
 Lot 5. Richard Gilchrest, 1775. 
 
 John Gilchrest. 
 
 Nathan B. Buss. 
 
 Hiram Barden, Res. 
 
 Harmon Robinson, ,, 
 
 Asa Fisk, Owner of part of 
 the lot. The house has 
 been taken down. 
 Lot 6. Nathaniel Belknap, 1775. 
 
 Nathaniel Belknap, jun. 
 
 Lawson Belknap. 
 
 — Jackson Greenwood. 
 Abel Wilder, Res. 
 Mary Belknap, ,, 
 
 Lot 7. Caleb Ward, from War- 
 wick, Mass. 
 Lot 8. Abner Hinds, 1778. 
 Abner Hinds, jun. 
 
 — Moses Corey. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 295 
 
 Lot 9. 
 
 Lot 10. 
 
 Lot 11. 
 
 Lots 12 
 Lot 14. 
 Lot 15. 
 Lot 16. 
 
 Lotl( 
 
 Lot 18. 
 
 Lot 19. 
 Lot 20. 
 
 Charles S. Kendall. 
 
 &mweZWif«/e,> Owners. 
 Nathan \\ hilney ,S 
 Joseph Twitch ell. 
 Joseph Twitchell, jun. 
 Hervey Learned. 
 Josephus Snow, Res. 
 Daniel Twitchell, ,, 
 Abraham Shattuck, ,, 
 Amos Babcock, 1785. 
 James Grimes. 
 Moses Rider. 
 Ezra Rider. 
 
 Ephraim Foster, Owner. 
 Daniel Twitchell, Res. 
 Israel ]\Iaynard, 
 Jesse Glover, 
 John Twitchell, 
 Elisha Knowlton, 
 Ilarvey Wells, 
 Daniel Hinds. 
 Nathan Bisby. 
 Jonathan jMason, Owner. 
 Ephraim Foster. 
 — Abel Munroe. 
 Samuel Ames. 
 Stephen Myrick. 
 and 13. Not settled. 
 Timothy Twitchell. 
 Not settled. 
 Paul Morse. 
 Amos Emery. 
 Jonathan Emery. 
 Nathan Holt. 
 Daniel Fiske, Owner. 
 Daniel Phillips, Res. 
 
 Richard Phillips, 3d. „ 
 Luther Freeman, ,, 
 
 Nathan Gleason. 
 Jonathan Hoar. 
 John Hoar. 
 Henry Heard. 
 Samuel Morse, Owner. 
 Abigail Morse, Owner, 
 
 South part. 
 George P. Taylor, Owner, 
 
 North part. 
 Daniel Gleasou. 
 Joseph Griffin. 
 Isaac Stowell. 
 Luther Freeman. 
 Luther Darling. 
 Daniel Gleason. 
 Nathan Winch. 
 James Sanders. 
 
 Lot 21. Jeremiah Demis. 
 
 Oliver Bemis. 
 
 Jeremiah W. Bemis. 
 
 John Lewis. 
 
 George U. Lewis. 
 Lot 22. Not settled. 
 
 Lotl. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Lot 4. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Lot 7. 
 
 Range IV. 
 
 Moses Johnson. 
 Nathan Whittemore. 
 James Rollins. 
 Mark Barker. 
 Seth Broad. 
 Nehemiah Upton. 
 Stephen Gibson. 
 Samuel Fisk, jun. 
 Nathaniel Burnham. 
 
 — James Robbe. 
 Thomas Robbe. 
 
 — James Robbe, jun. 
 Benjamin Heard, Owner. 
 Henry Heard, Res. 
 Moses A. Fairbanks. 
 
 Lot 2. Benjamin Learned, jun. 
 
 John Taggart. 
 
 John Taggart, jun. 
 
 Noah Smith. 
 
 John Brooks. 
 
 Josiah Greenwood. 
 
 Josiali Wait. 
 
 Micajah Martin. 
 
 Asa Poioers. 
 
 Elliot Poivers. 
 
 Benjamin Learned, jun. 
 
 Amos Learned. 
 
 Joseph Rollins. 
 
 Jefferson Heald. 
 Lot 5. John Swan. 
 
 Samuel Fisk. 
 
 Asa Fisk. 
 
 Ministry Lot. 
 
 Abner Maynard. 
 
 ■ Kemp. 
 
 Marstin Holt. 
 
 Moses Greenwood, jun. 
 
 — Joseph Whittemore and 
 others. 
 
 NORTH PART. 
 
 Joseph Whittemore. 
 Rufus Piper. 
 William Davis. 
 — John Pain, Res. 
 
296 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 SOUTH PART. 
 
 — Benjamin Wellington. 
 E. Sprague, Owner. 
 Asa Fisk. 
 Asa H. Fisk. 
 James Mills. 
 Daniel Wight. 
 Timothy Warren, Res. 
 Lot 8. Gardner Town. 
 
 John Learned, 1777. 
 Jonathan Perry. 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 Charles A. Hamilton. 
 
 EAST PART. 
 
 William Yeardly. 
 
 Samuel Ward. 
 
 James Emes. 
 Lot 9. Benjamin Learned. 
 
 Thaddeus Learned. 
 
 John Wilson Learned. 
 
 Calvin Learned. 
 
 Francis Phelps, Res. 
 
 Joseph Phelps, ,, 
 
 Moses Corey, ,, 
 Lot 10. Jabez PuflFer. 
 
 John Pain. 
 
 John Snow, jun. 
 
 — Charles Snow. 
 
 Enos Farnum. 
 Lot 11. Simeon Bullard. 
 
 Joel Wight. 
 
 Samuel Fisher. 
 
 Abel Maynard. 
 
 Aaron Apple ton. Owner. 
 
 Brown and Severance, Own- 
 ers. House taken down . 
 Lots 12 and 13. Not settled. 
 Lot 14. Saw-mill. This lot, once 
 owned by Rev. Edward 
 Sprague, sold to Peter 
 Morse. 
 Lot 15. Ralph Sanger, \ 
 
 Andrew Allison, > Owners. 
 
 Jona. Hoar, ) 
 
 Eli Allison. 
 Lot 16. Levi Partridge, 1762. 
 
 Benjamin Hills, Owner. 
 
 Henry Stewart, 1779. 
 
 Adam Caldwell, Res. 
 
 Elijah Carle. 
 
 David Mead. 
 
 Abner Sanger. 
 
 Rhoda Sanger. 
 
 Cyrus Emery. House ta- 
 ken down. 
 Lot 17. Thomas Steele, Owner. 
 
 Isaac Twitchell. 
 
 Jona. and Cyrus Emery. 
 Lot 18. Amos Morse. 
 Lot 19. Ichabod Rowell, 1780. 
 
 John Rollins. 
 
 James Rollins, Res. 
 
 Thaddeus Duncklee. 
 
 William Shattuck, Owner. 
 House taken down. 
 Lot 20. William Upton. 
 
 Levi Kemp, from Groton, 
 Mass. 
 
 School-house, No. 5. 
 
 — James Upton . No dwel- 
 ling-house now. 
 
 Lot 21. Isaac Morse. 
 
 Ebenezer Richardson. 
 Cyrus Frost, \st. 
 
 — David Richardson. 
 Aaron Richardson. 
 
 Lot 22. Jas. Cochran, from Jaffrey. 
 John Stone. 
 Samuel Stone. 
 William Durracott. 
 
 — John Stone, jun. 
 
 Silas Stone, son of Capt. 
 
 John Stone. 
 Richard Thomas, Res. 
 
 Range V. 
 
 Lots 1 and 2. Not settled. 
 Lot 3. James Houghton, 1781. 
 Paul Whittemore. 
 Drury Morse. 
 Ezra Rider. 
 Joseph P. Frost. 
 George Bullard. 
 !Mills, owned by Sarnl. W. 
 Hale and Nathan Whit- 
 ney. 
 Moses Greenwood, jun., 
 
 Res. 
 Franklin Wait, Res. 
 
 — Samuel Smith. 
 Hiram Barden, Res. 
 
 — Solomon Morse. 
 Jonas Clark. 
 Levi Marvin. 
 Rufus Symonds, Res. 
 
 Lot 4. Redhood Pike. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 297 
 
 Lot 5. 
 
 Lot 6. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Lots. 
 
 Joseph Eaton, 
 Josiah Greenwood. 
 Elijah Kemp. 
 Drury Morse. 
 Benjamin Marshall. } 
 James Chamberlain, j 
 
 — Jonas Bond. 
 Franklin Bond. 
 Rufus Symonds, Res. 
 James Greenwood, ,, 
 School-house, No. 2. 
 Silas Stone. 
 
 John Stone. 
 Edward Wilson. 
 Rev. E. Sprague, Owner. 
 Richard Strong. 
 Joseph R. Strong. 
 Charles W. Goiving. 
 James Rollins. 
 John Rollins. 
 Joseph Rollins. 
 Abraham Mead. 
 Levi Conant. 
 Horatio Greenwood. 
 Abel Duncklee, Res. 
 Charles Stanley, ,, 
 Daniel Jackman, ,, 
 Elliot Powers, ,, 
 
 — Moses Greenwood. 
 Moses G. Gowing. 
 
 — Moses Greenwood, jun. 
 John Alexander. 
 Joseph Greenwood. 
 James Mann. 
 
 William Davis. 
 Samuel Davison. 
 Isaac Greenwood, Res. 
 Solomon Morse, ,, 
 Gershom Morse, ,, 
 Luther Barnes, ,, 
 
 — Joseph F. Ha]). 
 
 — Asa Heald, Owner. 
 Samuel L. Taggard, Res. 
 Samuel W. Hale, 
 Nathan Whitney, ,, 
 
 — Store, built by Samuel 
 Davison, owned by Cy- 
 rus Piper. 
 
 Cyrus Piper, jun.. Res. 
 
 — Eli Hamilton. \ 
 Charles A. Hamilton. \ 
 Jackson Greenwood. 
 William Taggart. 
 Joseph Adams, 1770. 
 
 — Samuel Jones. 
 Samuel Jones, jun. 
 
 Res. 
 
 Lot 9, 
 
 Cory don Jones. 
 
 Dr. David Carter, 
 
 Hermon Robinson, 
 
 Samuel Adams, 
 
 Jas. Chamberlain, 2d., 
 
 Levi Conant, 
 
 Mrs. Prudence Minott, 
 
 Rebecca Pratt, 
 
 Mrs. Bela Morse, 
 
 James Chamberlain, 1773. 
 
 Rev. Edward Sprague. 
 
 Benjamin Perry. 
 
 Joseph Perry. 
 
 George A. Gowing. 
 
 — Joseph Abbot. 
 Eli and James Adams. 
 Eli Adams and Aaron Ap- 
 
 pleton. 
 Aaron Appleton. 
 Joseph Appleton. 
 Rev. Henry A. Kendall. 
 Samuel Appleton, Owner. 
 David Appleton , , , 
 
 L. W. Leonard, Res. 
 Moses Cragin, ,, 
 Daniel G. Jones, ,, 
 Alona Stone, ,, 
 
 — INIicah Morse, Tanner. 
 Rev. Joseph Farrar. 
 Rev. Edward Sprague. 
 John Snow. 
 Josephus Snow. 
 Thomas Wait. 
 
 — John Snow, jun. 
 Elisha Knowlton. 
 Mrs. Joseph Whittemore. 
 James Bullard. 
 Mrs. Joseph R. Strong. 
 Lewis P. Randolph, Owner. 
 Mrs. James Hayward. 
 Not settled. 
 Richard Phillips, 1782. 
 George W. Phillips. 
 Richard Phillips, 2d. } 
 William Phillips. J 
 
 Lot 13. Alexander Scott. 
 
 Eli Morse. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse. 
 
 Thaddeus Morse, jun. 
 Lot 14. Peter Morse. 
 
 Peter Morse, jun. 
 
 Not settled. 
 
 Thomas Morse. 
 
 John ]\Iorse. 
 
 Jesse Morse. 
 
 John Knowlton, 2d. 
 
 Lot 10. 
 
 Lot 11 
 Lot 12, 
 
 Lot 15. 
 Lot IG. 
 
 Lot r 
 
298 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Silas Knowlton. 
 Lot 18. Not settled. 
 Lot 19. Joseph Barrett. 
 
 William Rollins. 
 
 Abel Stevens. 
 
 Henry Heard. 
 
 Ebenezer Perry. 
 
 William Shattuck, Owner. 
 Lot 20. Samuel Williams. 
 
 Abijah Williams. 
 
 Josiah Bemis. 
 
 Benjamin P. Hardy. 
 
 — Thomas Lewis. 
 
 — Daniel Symonds. 
 Lemuel Wheeler. 
 Jacob Hart. 
 
 Joel Hart. 
 Lot 21. Thomas Wakefield, 1778. 
 Cyrus Wakefield. 
 David Hart. 
 Jesse Knowlton. 
 Jason Phelps, Owner. 
 
 — Elias Hardy. 
 
 — Thomas Hardy, 1784. 
 Moses Hardy. 
 
 Cyrus E. Hardy. 
 Lot 22. Capt. John Stone. 
 
 John C. Stone, Owner. 
 Amos Bobbins, Res. 
 
 — John Davis. 
 
 Range VI. 
 
 Lot 1. William Thornton, 1752. 
 
 — Abijah Richardson, jun. 
 Lot 2. Isaac Apple ton. 
 
 David Appleton. 
 John Twitchell, Res. 
 
 — Luke Richardson. Built 
 Mills. 
 
 Lot 3. Not settled. Owned by 
 
 Jesse R. Appleton. 
 Lot 4. Joseph Eaton, 1781. 
 
 Francis Appleton. 
 
 Jesse R. Appleton. 
 Lot 5. Henry Strongman. 
 
 Richard Strongman. 
 
 James Rollins. 
 
 John Millikin. 
 
 Salmon Wood. 
 
 Augustine Wood. 
 
 Benjamin Learned, Res. 
 Lot 6. William Strongman. 
 
 Joseph Rollins, jun. 
 
 John Dixon, Res. 
 
 Timothy Warren, Res. 
 Isaac Greenwood, ,, 
 Israel Maynard, ,, 
 Thomas Sherwin, ,, 
 Mrs. Asenath Greenwood, 
 
 Res. 
 William Allen Greenwood, 
 
 Owner. 
 
 — Isaac Greenwood, 1781. 
 Joshua Greenwood. 
 Joshua Greenwood, jun. 
 Jonas B. Piper, jun. 
 
 — Cyrus Piper. 
 Jackson Greenwood. 
 John Wilder. 
 William Burns. 
 Hannah Burns. > 
 Nathaniel Holt. \ 
 
 — Samuel Twitchell. 
 Lucy Gowing. 
 
 Ira Crombie, Res. 
 
 Sylvia Twitchell, ^ -loro 
 
 Betsey Twitchell, \ ^^^'^^ 
 
 George Wood, Res. 
 
 Jonas H. Brooks, ,, 
 Lot 7. William McNey. 
 
 Asa Norcross. 
 
 James Rollins. 
 
 Nathan Whittemore. 
 
 John JNIillikin. 
 
 Moses Marshall, Res. 
 
 Thomas Hay, ,, 
 
 Solomon Morse, ,, 
 
 Zadoc Chapman. 
 
 Henry Whitcomb, Res. 
 
 Dr. David Carter, ,, 
 
 Cyrus Piper. 
 
 Moses Cragin. 
 
 Solomon Piper, jun., Ow- 
 ner. 
 
 Mrs, Elvira Farnsworth, 
 Res. 
 
 — Dr. Samuel Hamilton. 
 John Sanders. 
 
 Joseph Thurston. 
 Daniel Boutell. 
 Josiah Greenwood. 
 
 — Nathan Whittemore. 
 Dr. Moses Kidder. 
 
 Dr. Stephen H. Spaulding. 
 Dr. Asa Heald. 
 Joseph F. Hay, Res. 
 Joseph Morse, ,, 
 Oliver Whitcomb, ,, 
 
 — Deering Farrar. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 299 
 
 Reuben Muzzy. 
 Ebenezer B. Wallingsford. 
 William Stanley, Res. 
 Cyrus Piper, Owner. 
 Mrs. Abigail Twitchell. 
 
 — Paul Nelson. 
 David Townsend. 
 Ajina Townsend. \ 
 Isaac Remick. ^ 
 
 Lot 8. William Greenwood, jun. 
 Joshua Greenwood. 
 Asa Greenwood. 
 Luther Smith. 
 Rufus Piper. > 
 Henry C. Piper. ^ 
 
 — John Piper. 
 
 — Mrs. Julia Piper. 
 
 — John Wilder. 
 Reuben W. Twitchell. 
 Luther Smith. 
 
 Eli Hamilton. 
 Henry Gould. 
 
 — Isaac Adams, a weaver. 
 Joseph Abbot, merchant. 
 School-house No. 1, built 
 
 1841. 
 
 — Wm. Greenwood, 2d. 
 Jeremiah Greenwood. 
 Alline Newell. 
 
 Curtis Smith. 
 Samuel L. Taggard. 
 Joseph Morse. 
 Mrs. Lucy Dearborn. 
 Thomas Perry, 2d, Res. 
 
 — Micah Morse. 
 Lot 9. James Rollins. 
 
 Cyrus Chamberlain. 
 
 Daniel Fishe. 
 
 James Chamberlain, 1st. 
 
 — Ebenezer Greenwood. 
 James A. Mason. 
 
 Rev. James Tisdale, Par- 
 sonage. 
 
 Rev. Henry A. Kendall, 
 Parsonage. 
 
 Rev. Alonzo Hayes, Par- 
 sonage. 
 
 Samuel L. Taggard, Res. 
 
 Jesse Morse, and others, 
 Owners. 
 
 Brick Church, built 1835, 
 dedicated 1836. 
 
 First Cong. Church, built 
 1852, dedicated March 2, 
 1853. 
 Lot 10. Joseph Farrar. 
 
 — Dr. Abel Maynard. 
 Abel Maynard, jun. 
 Lucinda Maynard. 
 Esther Sargent, Res. 
 
 — Reuben Twitchell. 
 Daniel Twitchell, 2d. 
 John Piper. 
 
 Levi W. Leonard. 
 
 — Moses Marshall. 
 
 — Marstin Holt, 1779. 
 Church on the Hill, taken 
 
 down in 1852. Part of 
 the burying-ground is on 
 this lot, and part of the 
 First Meeting-house was 
 also on it. 
 Lot 11. The largest part of the 
 burying-ground is on this 
 lot, and part of the old 
 meeting-house was also 
 here. 
 Lot 12. Abel Tvcitchell. 
 
 Dr. Nathan Burnap. 
 
 Nathan Bixby. 
 
 Joseph Hayward, 1781. 
 
 John Hayward. 
 
 Dexter Mason. 
 
 — Joseph Hayward, jun. 
 Minott Hayward. 
 James Hayward. 
 Samuel L. Taggard. 
 Samuel W. Hale, Owner. 
 Chas. A. Hamilton, Owner. 
 
 — Joel White, house burnt. 
 Benjamin Mason, jun. 
 Cyrus Mason. 
 
 — Benjamin Morse. 
 Lot 13. William Scott. 
 
 Robert Muzzy. 
 
 Thomas Alden. 
 
 Amos Jackson. 
 
 Joseph Hayward, jun., 
 Owner. 
 
 Samuel Adams. 
 
 Phinehas Gleason, jun. 
 
 John Gleason. 
 
 Silas Pierce, 2d., Res. 
 
 Salmon Blodgett, ,, 
 
 Jonas Clark, ,, 
 
 Lot 14. John Wilson Learned. 
 
 Asa Morse. 
 
 Roland Farnum. 
 Lot 15. Deacon John Knowlton. 
 
 Luther Barnes. 
 
 Luke Knowlton. 
 
 Thomas Fisk, built 1852. 
 
300 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 — Nathan Knowlton. 
 Lot 16. Andrew Allison. 
 Lot 17. Samuel Allison. 
 
 Jeremiah K. Needham. 
 
 Charles W. Cleaveland. 
 
 Henry Holt. 
 
 Micah Howe. 
 Lot 18. Not settled. 
 Lot 19. John Barrett, 1784. 
 
 — Joseph Barrett, 1779. 
 John Riggs. 
 
 Jonas Wight. 
 Lot 20. Levi Barrett. 
 
 Robert Muzzy, Owner in 
 
 part. 
 Samuel Adams, Owner in 
 
 part. 
 Piper and Jones, pasture. 
 Lot 21. Thomas Atwood. 
 
 — Samuel Lewis, North 
 part. 
 
 Samuel Williams, Owner, 
 East part. 
 
 — Oliver White. 
 Lot 22. Not settled. 
 
 Range VII. 
 
 Lot 1. John Morse, Owner. 
 Abijah Richardson. 
 Malachi Richardson. 
 
 — John Richardson. 
 Daniel Fiske, 
 Nathan Holt. 
 
 Lots 2, 3, and 4. Not settled. 
 Lot 5. Joseph Drury, taxed 1778. 
 
 Abel Wilder. 
 
 Jonathan Townsend. \ 
 
 Samuel F. Townsend. J 
 Lot 6. Hart Balch, 1779. 
 
 David Townsend, jun., 
 1779. 
 
 David Townsend, jr. , 2d. i 
 
 David Townsend, jr., Sd. ^ 
 Lot 7. John Alexander. 
 
 Ebenezer Emes, 1779. 
 
 William Davis. 
 
 John Rollins. 
 
 Artemas Childs. 
 
 Edward Sprague, Owner. 
 
 Asa Gibbs. 
 
 Luke Richardson, Owner. 
 
 Myricli Ross, Res. 
 Lot 8. Ebenezer Twitchell. 
 
 Abijah Twitchell. 
 
 Lots 9, 
 Lot 12. 
 
 Lot 13 
 
 Lot 14, 
 Lot 15, 
 
 Lot 16, 
 
 Lot 17 
 
 Lot 18 
 Lot 19 
 
 Lot 20 
 
 Lot 21 
 
 Seth Cobb, 1780. 
 Stephen Davis. 
 Seth Cobb, jun. House ta- 
 ken down. 
 10, and 11, not settled. 
 Gershom Twitchell, sen. 
 Isaac Twitchell. 
 
 — Joel Wight. 
 Eli Wight. 
 Luther Barnes. 
 William Hartwell. 
 Lyman Farnum. 
 Jonas H. Brooks. 
 Cornelius Towne, jun. 
 Not settled. 
 School-house No. 6, built 
 
 1840. 
 Zaccheus Watkins. 
 Elias Knowlton. 
 
 — Edward Cheney. 
 Thomas Fisk, Owner. 
 Thomas Muzzy. 
 Robert Muzzy. 
 Robert Muzzy, jun. 
 Joseph Whittemore. 
 Thomas Fisk. 
 Joshua Farnum, 1778. 
 En 08 Farnum. } 
 Joshua Farnum, jun. \ 
 Roland Farnum. 
 Ebenezer Atwood. 
 
 — Horace Yeardly. 
 John Brooks. 
 
 Joseph B. Yeardly, Res. 
 
 Arba S. Amsden, " 
 
 William Yeardly, Owner. 
 
 School-house No. 6, re- 
 moved 1840. 
 . Not settled, sold to Joshua 
 Farnum for an iron bar. 
 , John Wight. 
 
 Jonas Wight. 
 
 Jonas Wight, 2d. 
 
 S. W. Hale, Owner. 
 
 William Pratt, of Peter- 
 borough, Owner. 
 , Thomas White, 1781. 
 
 John White, Res. 
 
 John Twitchell, ,, 
 
 Thomas Sargent. 
 
 Cornelius Towne, jun. 
 
 No resident now. 
 . John Caldwell, 1778. 
 
 — Joseph Haven. 
 Ruggles Smith. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 301 
 
 John Gleason. 
 Josiah Fitch. 
 Lot 22. David Stanford. 
 Zebulon Norris. 
 Nealley Norris. 
 Asa Metcalf, Res. 
 
 Adam Templetpp, ,, 
 Amos Stanford, ,, 
 No resident now. 
 
 Range VIII. 
 
 Lot 1. John Clark. 
 
 Aaron Greenwood. 
 Neverson Greenwood. 
 Heirs of Neverson Grecn- 
 
 ivood. Owners. 
 James Lowe, Res. 
 Lot 2. Samuel Smith. 
 Asa Fiske. 
 Parker Fiske. > 
 Levi W. Fiske. \ 
 Lots 3 and 4. Not settled. 
 Lot 5. David Townsend, jun., 1st. 
 House burnt, and a new 
 one built by 
 
 — Amos Townsend. 
 Jabez P. Townsend. i 
 Charles M. Townsend. \ 
 
 Lot. 6. David Townsend, senior, 
 1779. 
 Dr. Abel Maynard. 
 Samuel Fisher. 
 Samuel Fisher, jun. 
 
 — D. Gray Nutting, 1779. 
 Benjamin Wiley, 1781. 
 No resident now. 
 
 Lot 7. Simeon Johnson. 
 
 Adam Johnson. 
 
 Ira Fuller. 
 
 Daniel Warren. 
 
 Nahum Warren. 
 
 Charles Corey. 
 
 School-house No. 9. 
 Lot 8. Jonathan Adams, 1782. 
 
 Joshua Flint. 
 
 John Pratt. 
 
 Daniel Twitchell, 2d. 
 
 Daniel G. Jones. 
 
 Bela Morse, Owner. 
 
 James Abbot, Res. 
 
 — Amos Emery. 
 John Crombie. 
 Clark C. Cochran, 
 
 Lot 9. Joseph Twitchell, Zd. 
 Lot 10. Jabez Puffer, 1773. 
 
 David Elliot, 1779. 
 
 James Demeritt. 
 
 Ellis Stedinan. 
 
 Josiah Wait. 
 
 Homer and Ladd, Owners. 
 
 David Townsend, jun., 2d., 
 Owner. 
 
 Franklin Wait, Res. 
 
 Harvey Allen, ,, 
 
 Benjamin Sawin, ,, 
 House taken down. 
 Lot 11. Jabez Puffer. 
 
 Daniel Morse. 
 
 Levi Morse. 
 
 Aaron Appleton, Owner. 
 
 Amos Stanford, Res. 
 
 John Gilchrest, ,, 
 
 Frankhn Wait, ,, 
 
 Edward Millikin. 
 
 Moses Twitchell, Owner, 
 1853. 
 Lot 12. Reuben Morse. 
 
 Bela Morse. 
 
 Bela Morse, jun. 
 
 Eli Hamilton. ) 
 
 Charles A. Hamilton, j 
 
 Samuel L. Taggard. 
 
 E. T. Burnham, Owner. 
 
 Quimby, ,, 
 
 Oilman Whittemore, Res. 
 Lot 13. Thaddeus Mason, sen. 
 
 John Mason. 
 
 Danl. Phillips, Res. House 
 burned. 
 
 Calvin Mason. 
 Lot 14. Dr. Ward Eddy. 
 
 — WillardHunt. 
 Isaac Hunt. 
 
 Spaulding. 
 
 No house now. 
 
 Lot 15. Not settled. 
 Lot 16. John Muzzy. 
 
 John Muzzy, jun. 
 
 Reuben Muzzy. 
 
 Isaac Fuller. 
 
 Jeremiah Stickney. 
 
 Jonas Brooks. 
 
 John Brooks. 
 
 Ebenezer B. Brooks. 
 
 Joseph B. Yeardly. 
 
 William Yeardly, jun., 2d. 
 
 Adam Templeton, Res. 
 
 David White, ,, 
 
 Ebenezer French, ,, 
 Lot 17. John Wight. 
 
 — Moses Adams, jun. 
 
302 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Moses Adams, jun., 2d. 
 
 — Josiah Reed. 
 Lot 18. Oldham Gates, 1784. 
 Lot 19. Moses Whi taker. 
 
 Matthew Davis. 
 
 Paul Fitch. 
 
 Cornelius Towne, jun. > 
 
 Ira Know! ton. j 
 
 Josiah Wight, Res. 
 Lot 20. Asa Pratt. 
 
 John Pratt. Lot 1. 
 
 Moses Riggs. 
 
 Samuel Lewis. 
 
 Timothy Pratt. 
 Lot 21. John Stroud, 1778. 
 
 Jonathan Flood Southwick. Lot 2. 
 
 — David Thurston. 
 Jedediah Kilburn South- 
 wick. I 
 
 Nathaniel Furber. 
 
 Augustus SoutJnvick. • Lot 3. 
 
 — John French, jun. ,1783. , 
 Robert Worsley. \ 
 
 — Jabez Wight. | 
 
 John Wight. > i Lot 4. 
 
 Asa Hemenway. \ 
 Aaron Smith. > \ 
 
 Elisha Smith. \ t Lot 5. 
 
 Aaron Smith, jun. 
 — Calvin Smith. 
 Morris M. Heath. 
 Mrs. Susan Currier. 
 Lot 22. William Greenwood, jun. 
 Arba Greenwood. 
 
 — Jonathan Russell. 
 Ebenezer Russell. 
 
 — Moses Riggs. 
 Luther Carlton. 
 
 Manning, Res. 
 
 Calvin Carlton. 
 Prescott Lewis. 
 Cyrus W. Woodward. 
 
 — John White, Res. 
 James Knowlton. 
 Jonathan Russell, jun. 
 James L. Russell. 
 John Gove. 
 Ira P. Smith. 
 Rev. Lyman Culver, Res. 
 Silas Bruce, ,, 
 Josiah H. Knight, ,, 
 John McFee, ,, 
 Eben. H. Russell, ,, j 
 
 — Prentiss Greenwood. j 
 
 John E. Needham. } Lot 6. 
 
 — Daniel Greenwood. 
 
 Josiah Lewis. 
 Mrs. Anna Lewis. 
 Josiah Bemis. 
 George W. Worsley. 
 William Richardson. 
 Methodist Church, built 
 1852. 
 
 Range IX. 
 
 Benjamin Marshall. 
 Bartholomew Persons. 
 AVilliam Page. 
 Abigail Warren. 
 Nahum Warren. 
 Daniel Warren. 
 Nahum Warren. 
 William Davis. 
 Moses Eaton. 
 John Gilchrest. 
 Not settled. Owned by 
 John Warren. } 
 Jesse Warren. \ 
 School-house No. 10. 
 John Hill. 
 Benjamin Wiley. 
 No house now. 
 Ebenezer Hill, 1773. 
 Jacob Damon. 
 Luke Richardson. 
 Kenny Knowlton, Res. 
 Daniel Townseyid. 
 
 — Moses Marshall. 
 James Burns. 
 George Handy. 
 Asa Fairbanjis. 
 
 — Charles Stanley. 
 
 — David Pierce. 
 Luther Pierce. 
 Albert G. Hubbard. 
 David Bagley, Res. 
 Horace W. Hyde, ,, 
 
 — Reo Adams. 
 James Adams. 
 Gilbert Tuel 
 George Handy. > 
 Nathaniel Greely. \ 
 Bela Morse. 
 Joseph Turner. 
 Franklin J. Ware, Res. 
 Harvey Ware, ,, 
 Numerous Residents. 
 
 — James Adams. 
 George Handy. 
 Gardner Town. 
 Thaddeus Twitchell. 
 
HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 303 
 
 Lot 7. 
 
 Lots. 
 
 Lot 9. 
 Lot 10. 
 
 Lot 11. 
 Lot 12. 
 
 Lot 13. 
 
 Lot 14 
 
 Lot 15 
 
 Abijah Twitchell, 2d. | 
 
 Elias Joslin. ! 
 
 Albert G. Hubbard. 
 Abijiih Twitchell, Ist. [ 
 
 Ebenezer Twitchell. 
 Calvin Twitchell. 
 Mrs. ArviUa Twitchell. 
 
 — Benjamin Smith. 
 Aaron Marshall, 1778. 
 Luke Richardson, Res. 
 Allen Billings, ,, 
 Alson Upton. 
 
 Ruel Brigham. 
 
 — Alexander Ernes. 
 Raymond Hunt, Res. 
 
 — Charles E. Toumsend. 
 
 — Ebenezer Cobb, 1778. 
 Not settled. 
 Jonathan ]\Iorse. 
 Timothy Adams. 
 Josiah Wait. 
 Franklin Wait. 
 Daniel Townsend. 
 David Townsend, jun.. Id., 
 
 Owner. 
 Sylvester Blodgett, Res. 
 John Todd, „ 
 
 And other Residents. 
 Joshua Twitchell. 
 Moses Tioitchell. 
 Stephen Twitchell, 1778. 
 Joseph Adams. 
 Timothy Adams. 
 James Burns. 
 Jona. Townsend, Owner. 
 No house now. 
 Gershom Twitchell, jun., 
 
 1774. 
 Josiah Twitchell. 
 Gershom Twitchell, jun., 
 
 2d. 
 Luther Twitchell. 
 John Twitchell, 2d. 
 Eli Hamilton. 
 Owned by Joseph F. Hay 
 
 and others. 
 School-house No. 8, till 
 
 1841. 
 No house now. 
 Benjamin Mason, sen. 
 Bela Mason. 
 Samuel Mason, jun. 
 Levi Emery. 
 
 — Dr. Benj 111118,1784. 
 . Josiah Stanford. 
 Phinehas Stanford. 
 
 Thaddeus Mason, jun. 
 Thaddeus P. Mason. 
 Phinehas Gleason, Res. 
 Owned by heirs of T. P. 
 Mason. 
 Lot 16. Moses Adams, sen. 
 James Adams. 
 Gilbert Tuel. 
 Jonathan K. Smith. 
 
 EAST PART. 
 
 Nathaniel Furber, a potter. 
 
 Ebenezer French, Res. 
 
 Hughenos Tyrrell, ,, 
 
 John Grimes and others. 
 Lot 17. Not settled. Owned by 
 
 /. K. Smith and Isaiah 
 Adams. 
 Lot 18. Samuel Adams. 
 
 Isaiah Adams. 
 Lot 19. Ezra Morse. 
 
 Ezra Morse, jun. 
 
 John ]\rorse, 2d. 
 I John Wight.^ 
 
 Susannah Wight. 
 
 William Wright. 
 
 Abel Duncklee. 
 
 Ebenezer B. Wallingsford. 
 
 Benjamin Wallingsford. 
 
 John Morse, 2d. 
 
 Ebenezer Russell. 
 Lot 20. Aaron Beals. 
 
 William Beals. 
 
 Joseph Haven. 
 
 Timothy Pratt. 
 
 James Bemis. 
 
 Thomas Bemis. 
 
 — Eli Bemis. 
 
 — John French, sen. 
 Whitcomb French, 1783. 
 Abraham Shattuck, Res. 
 John Twitchell, ,, 
 
 — Oldham Gates. 
 John Farnum. 
 Abel Blood. 
 James Rollins. 
 Benjamin Wallingsford. 
 Lyman Russell. ) 
 James L. Russell. 5 
 
 — James Rollins. 
 Simeon Stickney. 
 Jeremiah Stickney. 
 Whitcomb French. 
 Rev. Henry Tonkin, Res. 
 James A. Farwell. 
 
304 
 
 HISTORY OF DUBLIN. 
 
 Jason Phelps. 
 
 — Cornelius Towne. 
 Cornelius Towne, jun. 
 Elijah W. Towne. 
 
 — Elbridge G. Bemis, ^ js 
 George W. Bemis, > "| 
 Sylvester T. Symonds, ) ^ 
 Baptist Meeting-house, re- 
 moved 1843. 
 
 Lot 21. Eli Greenwood. 
 
 Eli Greenwood, jun. 
 Charles Mason. 
 Edward Hagar. 
 Josiah H. Knight. 
 Geo. W. Worsley. House 
 
 burned, 1842. 
 Joseph Eaves, Owner. 
 Joseph Emerson, Res. 
 Osgood N. Russell, ,, 
 
 — Lyman Russell. 
 Baptist Meeting-house re- 
 moved to this lot, 1843. 
 
 School-house No. 7. 
 
 — Levi Willard, now of 
 Swanzey. 
 
 Moses Wark. 
 
 Franijlin Wight. 
 
 Rev. AVarren Cooper. 
 
 Amos Sargent. 
 
 Reuben W. Twitchell, Res. 
 
 — Stephen S. Mason, 
 
 — Josiah H. Knight, 
 
 — Betsey Willard, ) ^ 
 Lot 22. Abner Smith. 
 
 Ira Smith. 
 
 Range X. 
 
 Lot 1. Not settled. 
 Lot 2. Not settled. Owned first 
 by Daniel Warren, now 
 by Moses Eaton. 
 Lot 3. William Bedlow, 1774. 
 
 Fortune Little, 1784. 
 
 Daniel Albert. 
 
 Ebenezer Pratt. 
 
 — John Warren. 
 
 Jesse Warren. 
 Lot 4. Oliver Pratt. 
 
 Jesse Pratt. 
 
 Abel Winship. 
 
 Joshua Flint. 
 
 Alms-house, Bela Morse, 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, not 
 settled. 
 
 Saw-mill on Lot 8. 
 Lot 13. Abel Twitchell. 
 
 Abel Twitchell, jun. 
 
 Cyrus Harris, Owner. 
 
 Allen Bancroft. 
 
 — Jason Harris. 
 Deering Farrar. 
 Abraham Shattuek. 
 Milan Harris. 
 
 — Lovell Harris. 
 
 — Thomas Taunt. 
 Isaiah Woods. 
 Boarding-house of Milan 
 
 Harris. 
 Boarding-house of Cheshire 
 Mills. 
 
 — Amos E. Perry, Saw- 
 mill. 
 
 Moses K. Perry. 
 Woollen Mill of Milan 
 
 Harris. 
 Woollen Mill of Bethuel 
 
 Harris. 
 Woollen Mill of Colony 
 
 (Cheshire Mills). 
 Samuel Farwcll. 
 
 — Thaddeus 0. Wilson. 
 Abijah Wilson, Res. 
 
 — Parsonage. 
 
 Rev. Otis 0. Whiton. 
 
 ,, Jeremiah Pomroy. 
 
 ,, Daniel H. Babcock. 
 
 „ William G. Tuttle. 
 Lot 14. Joel Wight. 
 
 William Yeardly. 
 William Yeardly, jun. 
 Horace Yeardley, Res. 
 — Phinehas Stanford, 1775. 
 Daniel Stanford. 
 James Blodgett. 
 Jonas Davis. 
 
 — Persia Beal. 
 
 Lot 15. Josiah Stanford, 1775. 
 John Mudge. 
 Dr. Benjamin Hills. 
 Daniel Fiske. } 
 Moses Eaton. \ 
 Gershom Morse. > 
 Addison Morse. ^ 
 Joseph B. Yeardly. 
 Silas P. Frost. 
 
 Lots 16 and 17, not settled. 
 
 Lot 18. ]\lill built by Moses Ad- 
 ams, sen. 
 
HISTOKY OF DIBLIX. 
 
 305 
 
 I at 
 
 Samuel Adams, ~| 
 James Derby, 
 Samuel Farwell, 
 George Handy, I ers. 
 Lewis Carpenter, 
 Clias. C. Seaver, J 
 John Wright, 1788. 
 Joel Pratt. 
 
 Craig, ) 
 
 Spencer, >Res. 
 
 Lowe, ) 
 
 Samuel Bryant. 
 Lewis Carpenter. 
 
 — Samuel Farwell. 
 George W. Seaver, Pies. 
 B. 0. Hale, Res. 
 
 — Cornelius Towne, jun. 
 Morris M. Heath. 
 
 Lot 19. Joel Kendall, killed 1806, 
 
 by lightning, with a bro- 
 ther and son, 
 
 Whitcomb French, jun. 
 
 Jesse Lawrence. 
 
 Charles Corey. 
 
 Sherman Derby. 
 Lot 20. Joseph Mason, killed by 
 the fell of a tree. 
 
 Samuel Mason. 
 
 Merrill Mason. 
 
 Samuel Mason, jrin. 
 Lot 21. Ebenezer Babcock. 
 
 Pvev. Elijah Willard. 
 
 Levi WiUard. 
 
 Stephen Spaulding Mason. 
 
 Vati Ness Davis. 
 Lot 22. Bela Greenwood. 
 
 Levi Willard, Owner. 
 
 No house now. 
 
REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Owing to the large number of families whose Registers have been collected, we have 
 been obliged to make use of many abbreviations, and to abridge some portions of the 
 matter that we should have been glad to insert in full. Many facts and dates, 
 however, which were not furnished, have been added by the Committee of Publication. 
 Although much time has been devoted to the preparation of these Registers, we are 
 fully aware that many imperfections and some errors will be discovered. AVe have 
 done the best we could with the materials furnished, and the sources of information 
 open to us. Those who have been engaged in compiling Family Registers will readily 
 understand the causes of the imperfections and errors, and will, we doubt not, be 
 lenient in their judgments with regard to what we have done. 
 
 In our arrangement, we have followed, with some slight variations, the plan 
 adopted by the Rev. John Langdon Sibley, in his "History of Union, Me." The 
 first settlers of families in this town, or the first heads or male members of families, 
 are indicated by small capitals ; their children, by Roman numerals; the grand- 
 children, by Arabic figures, with the names in small capitals; the great-grandchil- 
 dren, by Arabic figures in parenthesis; the great-great-grandchildren, by Arabic 
 figures, with the names in Italics; the sixth generation, by Arabic figures in brackets. 
 We give an example from the family of Benjamin Mason : — 
 
 Benjamin Mason, first settler of this family of Mason. 
 
 1. Thaddeus, son of BENJAivnN Mason. 
 3. Thaddeus, jun., grandson of do. 
 
 (1) Calvin, great-grandson of do. 
 
 2. Charles K., great-great-grandson of do. 
 [1]. Ellen Gertrude, sixtli generation. 
 
 Abbreviations. — a. for age or aged; b, for born ; c. for childless; ch. for child 
 or children; n.u. for names unknown; dr. for daughter; h. for husband; m. for 
 married; r. for resides or resided ; re. for removed ; M?n. for unmarried ; t«. for wife; 
 q. V. for see register of his or her family ; /. P. for Justice of the Peace ; Rep. for 
 Representative to the General Court. 
 
 As the ofiices and titles are given in the previous history, they will, with few 
 exceptions, be omitted in the Register. Where no place of residence is mentioned, 
 Dublin, in most cases, is to be understood. 
 
 When the children of the head of a family have descendants, they will be printed 
 in separate paragraphs ; but, when the record of two or more in succession is merely 
 of birth or birth and death, it will not be necessary thus to distinguish them. See 
 the last five children of Moses Adams, sen. 
 
KEGISTEE OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Moses Adams, from Sherborn, b. 1726, settled in Dublin, 1763, 
 on lot 16, range 9; m., first, Hepzibah Death, who d. before he 
 came to Dublin. Ch. : 
 
 I. John, m., Jan. 25, 1774, Mary Rollins, dr. of James R. sen.; 
 re. to Nelson, and then to Black River County, N.Y. 
 
 II. Hepzibah, b. Dec. 8, 1761; m., Apr. 28, 1784, Asa Fair- 
 banks, q. V. 
 
 Second w. Mary Swan, of Peterborough. Ch. : 
 
 III. Abigail, b. June 23, 1765; d. April 15, 1780. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1767 ; m., March 6, 1783, John Morse, 
 q. V. 
 
 V. Moses, b. Nov. 10, 1768 ; m., Jan. 10, 1793, Hannah Wilson, 
 ,b. June 27, 1772. Ch.: 1. Samuel, b. May 3, 1794; m., first, 
 
 Almira Kendall, who d. June 25, 1823 ; c. Second w., m., Dec. 3, 
 1824, Martha Broad, who d. June 20, 1825 ; c. Third w., m., Jan. 
 23, 1827, Azuba Broad; re. to Peterborough, 1837: ch. (1) 
 .John Quincy, b. Oct. 27, 1827 ; (2) Sarah B., b. July 18, 1829 ; 
 (3) Samuel, b. Sept. 14, 1831 ; (4) Hannah A.,b. July 8, 1833.— 
 2. Moses, b. Aug. 27, 1795; m., April 12, 1821, Sally Morse, b. 
 March 29, 1802, dr. of Thaddeus M., sen.: ch. (1) Harriet, b. 
 March 10, 1822, d. Oct. 1, 1833 ; (2) Emily, b. Feb. 18, 1824 ; 
 (3) Eliza, b. March 11, 1826; (4) Charles W., b. Jan. 29, 1828; 
 (5) Henry A., b. Dec. 11, 1837 ; (6) Frederic M., b. Oct. 27, 
 1840. — 3. IsAiAn, b. Jan. 11, 1797. 
 
 VI. James, b. April 3, 1770 ; d. June, 1810 ; m., Aug. 31, 1794, 
 Abigail Hay ward, dr. of Joseph H., b. Dec. 25, 1777. Ch. : 1. 
 Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1795; m., March 6, 1815, Samuel Farwell; 
 r. Nelson and Roxbury. — 2. Calvin, b. Dec. 18, 1796; m., 
 Sept. 6, 1821, Rebecca Farwell; re. to Ohio; d. Aug. 10, 
 1850.-3. Hannah, b.June 28,1798; d. Feb., 1801. — 4. Sarah, 
 b. Feb. 10, 1800; m., April 24, 1823, Jonathan K. Smith; she d. 
 Nov. 29, 1843 ; c — 5. REO,b. Aug. 9, 1802 ; m., first, June 7, 1831, 
 Susan Flint ; re. to Ohio. Second w., Hepzibah FHnt, both drs. of 
 Joshua F. — 6. James, b. Dec. 8, 1805; m., first, Jan. 24, 1833, 
 Emily Taggart. dr. of John T.. jun. ; she d. Aug., 1835. Second w., 
 
310 EEGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Mary Farvvell, dr. of Samuel F., sen., of Nelson ; d. April .17, 1842 : 
 ch. (I) James Marcellus, d. Sept. 10, 1844, aj. 7; (2) Mary 
 Elizabeth, d. Sept. 19, 1844, a?. 6; (3) Emily Maria, d. Sept. 10, 
 1844, a?. 4; (4) Charles Gaylord, d. Sept. 10, 1844, sb. 3. These 
 four ch. d. of dysentery, and three were buried Sept. 11. Third 
 w., m., Sept. 27, 1842, Louisa H. Gowing, dr. of Joseph G. ; ch. n.u. 
 
 — 7. John, b. Aug. 1 6, 1807 ; r. city of N.Y. — 8. Abigail, b. Dec. 
 3, 1809 ; m., June 11, 1829, Dexter Mason, q. v. ; she d. Aug. 2, 
 1843. 
 
 VIL Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1772 ; d. [?]. VIII. Samuel, b. Dee. 10, 
 1773; d. Aug. 27, 1777. IX. David, b. April 2, 1775; d. Aug. 
 17, 1777. X. David, b. Dec. 25, 1778 ; d. Dec. 18, 1779. XL 
 Jesse, b. Feb. 17, 1781 ; d. [?]. 
 
 JosErii Adams, from Framingham, Mass., m., Pratt; re. 
 
 first to Nova Scotia, where he remained but a short time, thence to 
 Dublin, the year not ascertained. He lived first on lot 8, range 5, 
 and last on lot 12, range 9, where he died. By his first w. he had 
 5 sons and 8 drs., and by his second w., "Widow Dorcas Winship, 2 
 drs. No register of the births of his ch. has been obtained. "We give 
 their names, numbering them without regard to priority of age. 
 I. John, m. and r., as is supposed, at Ilolliston, Mass. 
 
 II. Timothy, m., July 22, 1773, Mary Bullard, sister of Simeon 
 Bullard; two ch. d. in infancy. He d. 1818. An adopted dr., 
 Hannah Mellen, m. Hon. Levi Fisk, of Jaffrey, with whom, after 
 her h. d., Mrs. A. lived. She d. Feb. 24, 1825. 
 
 III. Jonathan, m. Ilannah Parkhurst ; re. to Dublin, 1782. Ch. : 
 1. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1780.— 2. Hannah, b. March 13, 1782. 
 
 — 3. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 27, 1785. — 4. Abigail, b. June 14, 
 1788. — 5. Sally, b. Oct. 22, 1790. — 6. Lucy, b. March 23, 
 1792. — 7. Eunice, b. Dec. 31, 1795. 
 
 IV. Elisha, m., Sept. 22, 1782, Comfort Twitchell, dr. of Ger- 
 
 shom T., sen. Ch.: 1. Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1783 ; m. Joslin 
 
 (deaf and dumb), of Jaffrey; she d. and he m. her sister Polly 
 for 2d w. — 2. Timothy, b. May 8, 1785 ; d. May 8, 1786. — 3. 
 Eunice, b. March 22, 1787. — 4. Polly, b. Feb. 23, 1789. 
 Mrs. Adams became insane, and Mr. A. re. to the State of Maine, 
 m. a second w. and had 7 ch. 
 
 V. Joseph, r. at Holliston, Mass. 
 
 VI. Catharine, m. Drury ; r. Fitzwilliam. 
 
 VII. Sarah, m. Abel Twitchell, q. v. 
 VIII. Elizabeth, m., June 8, 1786, Jason Harris, q. v. 
 IX. Molly (Mary), m. Josiah "Wait, q. v. ; sec. h. Drury Morse. 
 X. Prudence, m., 1772, Gershom Twitchell, jun., q. v. 
 XL Abigail, m., Nov. 6, 1783, Daniel Morse, jun., q. v. 
 XII. Hannah, m. Moses Pratt ; r. Holliston. 
 
 XIII. Deborah, m. Hemenway ; r. Holliston. 
 
 XIV "^ ~" 
 
 XV. Susannah, 
 
311 
 
 Timothy Adams, 2d., from Athol, Mass., nephew of Joseph 
 Adams, m. Deidamia Hemenway. Ch. : I. Dexter, b. Feb. 5, 1794. 
 II. Martin, b. Oct. 9, 1795. III. Iloland, b. July 12, 1797. IV. 
 Milly, b. July 2, 1799. — Mr. A. lived on the farm with his uncle, 
 whom he had agreed, it is said, to take care of in his old age. He 
 came to town 1796, and left 1805, He was employed, at several 
 times, as a teacher of sacred music. 
 
 Luther Adams, m., Oct. 2, 1792, Fanny Stanford. Ch. : I. 
 Polly, b. Jan. 9, 1793. II. James, b. Aug. 2, 1795. 
 
 Ephraim Adams, m., Oct. 15, 1795, Martha Mason. 
 
 Samuel Adams of Leicester, m., July 7, 1783, Anna Stone. 
 Ch.: L Amos, b. Nov. 26, 1783. 
 
 Eli and James Adams, merchants on the Appleton Stand. 
 James lived for a short time on lot 19, range 2. 
 
 Thomas Alden and Mary his w. were in Dublin as early as 
 1773. Ch. : I. Timothy, b. Nov. 23, 1771. IL Sally, b. April 24, 
 1778. HI. Deborah, b. March 8, 1780. IV. Polly, b. May 12, 
 1781. V. Rufus, b. Oct. 31, 1783. VL Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1787. 
 
 JosiAH Allen. — The following is an extract from a letter to 
 the Chairman of the Publishing Committee, by his son, Amos Allen, 
 Esq., of Newton, Mass. : — 
 
 " My father, the late Lieut. Josiah Allen, was born in 1755, in Weston, 
 Mass. His ancestors were originally from Wales, Eng. ; came to this 
 country at a very early period of our national history, and settled upon the 
 farm where my father was born, and which remained in possession of 
 the Allen family nearly or quite two hundred years. 
 
 " My father served as a soldier in our Kevolutionary war four years. His 
 first enlistment was in what was called the year service ; the second, in the 
 three years' service. Soon after leaving the army, he, with a Mr. Asa Pierce, 
 also of Weston, purchased the second lot in the third range in Dublin ; 
 which they divided equally between them. The northerly half was taken 
 by my father ; the southerly half, by Mr. Pierce. My father and Mr. Pierce 
 had married sisters ; and after clearing off a few acres, and preparing small 
 but comfortable dwellings, they, with their families, in 1786 or 7, moved to 
 Dublin. Mr. Pierce died a few years after, leaving two children. His 
 widow married Thomas Davison, and removed to Jaffrey. 
 
 " My mother's maiden name was Sarah Pike. She was born in Cross 
 Street, Boston. When the British troops occupied the town, her father and 
 his family moved to Charlestown ; and, when that town was burnt, they 
 went to Weston, where her father and mother died at an advanced age. My 
 mother died Feb. 3, 1791, at the age of 35 ; leaving, as survivors, myself 
 and my brother Charles, now of Northport, Me. My father married a second 
 wife, of the family of Lieut. William Kobbe, of Peterborough. She died a 
 few years before my father. They had eight children ; six of whom sur- 
 vived her, and are now alive, but have all deserted their native town. 
 
 ••My father remained in possession of his farm till about 1812. He then 
 sold it 'to Mr. N. Upton, and moved to Peterborough ; where he died, about 
 
312 REGISTEE OF FAMILIES. 
 
 twenty years since, very poor, and solely dependent upon the pension granted 
 by the government for his four j'^ears' service in the Revolution. In the 
 early years of his residence in Dublin, matters went well with him, and he 
 was respected. He was chosen Lieutenant in the company commanded 
 by Capt. James Adams, the trader. But in the latter years of my father's 
 residence in Dublin, affairs went badly with him. He was obliged to sell 
 his farm ; and he left the town nearly destitute ; but he retained his principles 
 of integrity, and his kind feelings as a neighbor and a friend." 
 
 Andrew Allison, from Londonderry, N. H., b. 1754; d. May 
 28, 1841 ; settled in Dublin, 1783, on land purchased (lots 16 and 
 17, range G) by his father, Samuel A. His first house was on lot 
 16. He m., Feb. 5, 1784, Sarah Morse, dr. of Deacon Eli M. She 
 was b. 1769, and d. July 2, 1801. Ch. : 
 I. Sarah, b. March 13, 1787. 
 
 II. Ebenezer, b. March 18, 1789; m. Phebe Phelps, 1816, and 
 r. at Brownville, N. Y. 
 
 III. Eli, b. Dec. 25, 1791 ; m., Dec. 30, 1817, Persis Learned, b. 
 Dec. 3, 1797, dr. of John W. L. Ch. : 1. Andrew, b. May 16, 1821 ; 
 d. Jan. 17, 1850. — 2. John W., b. March 15, 1823 ; m., June 26, 
 
 1853, Priscilla C. Allen, from Maine; r. in Boston. — 3. Samuel, 
 b. June 1, 1825 ; d. Dec. 10, 1834. — 4. Webster, b. July 12, 1827 ; 
 d. Dec. 21, 1834. — 5. James, b. March 13, 1830; m., March 9, 
 
 1854, Sarah Jane Darracott, dr. of William D. — 6. Sarah Jane, 
 b. Jan. 21, 1835; d. July 16, 1841. — 7. Persis J., b. Nov. 15, 
 1837; d. July 16, 1841. 
 
 IV. Samuel, b. March 20, 1795 ; m., Jan. 28, 1851, Mrs. Maria 
 Piper, widow of Artemas P. ; re. to Marlborough, N. H., March 29, 
 1848. Andrew Allison's second w. was Mrs. Betsey Evans, of 
 Peterborough, m. Oct., 1802. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. April 20, 1804; m., Nov. 25, 1823, Cyrus Mason, 
 son of Benjamin M., 2d, q. v. 
 
 Stephen Ames, and his w. Jane, from Mass., came to Dublin, 
 1782, and lived on lot 11, range 1 ; one of the selectmen and mode- 
 rator of a town-meeting, 1785 ; she d. Feb. 25, 1800, in the 90th 
 year of her age. He d. Feb. 19, 1801, in the 91st year of his age. 
 Their ch., as far as ascertained, were : 
 
 I. Jonathan, m. Fanny Powers, of Hollis, N. H. Ch. : 1. Jona- 
 than, b. 1777. — 2. Simon, b. 1779. — 3. Stephen Kimball, b. 
 Dec. 5, 1783. — 4. Rachel, b. June 30, 1785 ; r. Northfield, Mass. 
 
 — 5. Moody, b. Nov. 12, 1787. — 6. Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1789. 
 
 — 7. Fanny, m. Benjamin Darling, a blacksmith ; worked for 
 Aaron Appletou ; re. to State of N. Y., then to Northfield, Mass. — 
 There is no record of the ages of Jonathan, Simon, or Fanny ; and 
 our arrangement of them may not be correct. It is said there was 
 a son named Whitcomb. 
 
 II. David, and his w. Anna, came to Dublin, 1782. Ch. : 1. 
 Anna, b. April 21, 1782. — 2. Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1784. 
 
 III. A daughter, m. Emery, of .Jaffrey. 
 

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 Isaac Appleton, b. June 6, 1762 ; son of Deacon Isaac A., of 
 New Ipswich, and the 6th generation from Samuel Appleton, who 
 came from England to this country about 1636, and whose 2d son 
 was Samuel, a?. 11 years when his father came. The 5th ch. of the 
 2d Samuel was Isaac, b. 1664, at Ipswich, Mass. The 3d ch. of 
 Isaac was Isaac, b. 1704, at Ipswich, Mass. ; who m. Elizabeth 
 Sawyer; and their ch. were: 1. Deacon Isaac, and 2. Fi-ancis ; 
 both r. at New Ipswich. Deacon Isaac, b. May 31, 1731 ; m., April 
 24, 1760, Mary Adams, dr. of Joseph A., of Concord, Mass. Their 
 ch. were: 1. Isaac; 2. Joseph; 3. Samuel, b. June 22, 1766, d. 
 1853 ; 4. Aaron, q. v. Samuel, as stated in Mr. Mason's Address, 
 taught school in Dublin, and was the donor of the Dublin Appleton 
 Fund. A few weeks previous to bis death, he was heard to say 
 that, before he began the business of a merchant, he worked chop- 
 ping down trees on one of the lots of land which his father had 
 purchased in Dublin, and that he then thought of settling upon it. 
 But as it was in the month of June, and the weather very hot, he 
 was not satisfied with that kind of labor, and concluded to procure 
 a living in some other way. Accordingly, he left the woods, and 
 engaged in trade. The result is well known. The town of Dublin 
 will have reason to remember him with gratitude. Besides the 
 thousand dollars which he gave for educational purposes, he added 
 two hundred dollars more to aid in the publication of the Centennial 
 Address, and the accompanying history of the town. For a brief 
 sketch of his life, see the New England Historical and Genea- 
 logical Register, vol. viii., No. 1. Isaac settled in Dublin, 1785 ; 
 m., Dec. 9, 1788, Sarah Twitchell, b. Jan. 9, 1768, dr. of Ebenezer 
 T. His father had bought lots 1 and 2 in the 5th, and 1 and 2 in 
 the 6th range ; said lots being known as the " Thornton Farm." 
 Isaac settled on lot 2, range 6. His w. d. March 28, 1838 ; and he 
 d. Aug. 10, 1853. He had been much employed in the manage- 
 ment of town affairs ; and was chosen Rep. ten times. Ch. : 
 
 I. Sarah, b. March 5, 1790; m. James Todd, son of John T., of 
 Peterborough ; re. to Byron, N. Y. ; ch. n. u. 
 
 II. Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1791 ; m., March 24, 1818, Hannah 
 Knowlton, dr. of Elisha K., Rep., J. P. Ch.: 1. Joseph B., b. 
 March 9, 1819; m. and r. Amboy, 111.: ch. (1) Samuel Eugene; 
 (2) Abby Rosetta; (3) Maria Narcissa ; (4) Isaac Jewett; (5) 
 a daughter, b. Feb. 22, 1854. — 2. Mary Theriza, b. Oct. 20, 1820. 
 
 — 3. Isaac Henry Clay, b. July 20, 1827 ; d. March 28, 1830. 
 
 — 4. Celestia, b. [?]. — 5. Henry Clay, b. 1835 ; d. Feb. 25, 
 1837. — 6. Eugene, b. [?]. He (Joseph A.) d. May 7, 1840, at 
 New Ipswich. His widow m. Oliver Barrett, of New Ipswich. 
 
 III. Emily, b. May 15, 1794; m., June 9, 1825, Samuel Esta- 
 brook, of New Ipswich. She d. Sept. 9, 1842. Ch. n. u. 
 
 IV. David, b. July 16, 1796 ; r. on the homestead, um. 
 
 V. Mary, b. March 12, 1800; m., Jan. 30, 1823, Cyrus Davis, 
 of New Ipswich ; re. to 111., where he d. ; ch. n. u. ; second h., Asa 
 Holt, of Ashby. 
 
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314 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 VL Samuel, b. July 12, 1803; m., March 20, 1827, Emily 
 Hay ward, di'. of Joseph H., jun. ; d. June 20, 1830. Ch. : 1. Mart 
 
 Jane, m. Marr, Portland, Me. The widow of Samuel A. 
 
 m., June 4, 1833, Calvin Aikin, of Francestown ; re. to Boston, 
 where she died. 
 
 VII. Isaac, b. Feb. 21, 1806; d. Nov. 26, 1827, at Rochester, 
 N.Y. 
 
 VIII. Harriet, b. Dec. 1, 1811 ; m. Rev. Henry A. Kendall, q. v. 
 
 Aaron Appleton, son of Deacon Isaac A., of New Ipswich ; 
 b. Aug. 6, 1768 ; m. Eunice Adams, b. March 8, 1770, dr. of Deacon 
 Benjamin Adams, of New Ipswich. She died July 24, 1841, c. 
 Second w., Kezia Bixby. He d., June, 1852. Aaron Appleton 
 was, for many years, an enterprising and successful merchant in 
 Dublin ; and, while in trade here, he became the owner of three 
 farms, namely, that on lot 11, range 1; that on lot 11, range 4; 
 and another on lot 11, range 8. Of these farms he retained pos- 
 session till nearly the close of his life ; renting the first and last 
 named, and occupying the other as a pasture for cattle. After 
 removing to Keene, Mr. Appleton purchased the window-glass 
 manufactory, and put it into successful operation. In company 
 with John Elliot, he was engaged also in the usual business of a 
 merchant. 
 
 Francis Appleton, b. May 28, 1750, at Ipswich, Mass.; son 
 of Francis A., and brother of Jesse A., President of Bowdoin Col- 
 lege ; d. July 16, 1849 ; re. to New Ipswich with his parents, ae. 
 about 12; settled in Dublin, 1786; m., June 2, 1789, Polly (Mary) 
 Ripley,* b. Sept. 3, 1766; d. Aug. 2, 1840; member of the church 
 with his w., Jan. 3, 1790 ; Deacon, 1795 ; resigned, 1831, having 
 held the office 36 years. Ch. : 
 
 I. , b. March 9, 1790 ; d. March 10, 1790. 
 
 II. Polly (Mary), b. Sept. 22, 1792 ; m., Feb. 16, 1813, Jonathan 
 Warren, q. v. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. Feb. 12, 1795 ; d. Sept. 11, 1798. 
 
 IV. Ashley, b. Dec. 23, 1796 ; m., Jan. 27, 1823, Nancy Metcalf, 
 dr. of Capt. Thaddeus M., of Keene. Ch. : 1. George Ashley, 
 
 * William Ripley, from England to Hingham, 1635; d. 1656; ch. John and 
 Abraham. John d. Feb. 2, 1783; ch. 6 sons, John, Joshua, Jeremiah, Josiah, 
 Peter, and Hezekiah. Peter d. April 22, 1842, k. 74: ch. Peter, Nehemiah, Ezra, 
 Elizabeth, Sarah, and Lydia. Peter, jun., d. April 28, 1765, vs. 70: ch. Noah and 
 Nehemiah. Noah, b. Sept. 18, 1721, at Hingham; m., Dec. 20, 1743, Lydia Kent, 
 dr. of Ebenezer and Hannah K.; re. to Woodstock, Ct., Oct. 26, 1747; to Rutland 
 District (now Barre), Worcester County, Mass., May 26, 1762. They lived together 
 34 years and 10 months, and had 19 ch. Two of their ch. d. young; seventeen lived 
 and were m.; all but one had ch. Noah R. d. Sept. 28, 1788. She d. June 27, 
 1816, Ee. 91; leaving 13 ch., 105 grandch., and 96 great-grandch. Ch. of Noah R. 
 were: 1. Peter; 2. Silence; 3. -Rachel, d. young; 4. Noah; 5. Ezra (Rev. Dr. R., 
 of Concord, Mass., d., 1841, £e. 90); 6. Betty; 7. Rachel; 8. Lydia; 9. Laban, r. 
 JafiFrey; 10. Sarah, m. Dr. Adonijah Howe, of Jaffrey; 11. Lincoln, (Rev., Water- 
 ford, Me.); 12. Abigail; 13. Hannah; 14. Ebenezer; 15. Polly (Mary), m. Francis 
 Appleton; 16. Lucretia; 17. Parthenia, d. young; 18. N. Hobart; 19. Eli. 
 
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 b. Nov. 23, 1823 ; m., May 11, 1851, Fanny Reed Wooster, dr. of 
 Rev. John W., of Granby, Vt.: ch. (1) Flora Louella, b. Nov. 4, 
 1852. — 2. Francis Gilmax, b. June 15, 1825 ; d. April 27, 1849. 
 — 3. Nancy Metcalf, b. Oct. 26, 1831. 
 
 V. Francis Gilman, b. Feb. 24, 1799 ; m., Sept. 29, 1825, Mary 
 Hay ward, dr. of Joseph H., jun. ; r. Troy, N. Y. Ch. : 1. Alfred 
 Curtis, d. — 2. Mart Elizabeth. — 3. Frances. 
 
 VI. EHza, b. May 28, 1801 ; m., Dec. 31, 1823, John Gould, of 
 New Ipswich. She d., July 19, 1840. He d., 1840. Ch. : 1. 
 Henry, b. Feb. 25, 1827 ; m., June 15, 1852, Sarah C. Flint, dr. 
 of Joshua F. — 2. Eliza, b. May 14, 1829. 
 
 VII. Serena, b. June 1, 1804; m., June 28, 1823, Thaddeus 
 Morse, jun., q. v. 
 
 VIH. Sophia, b. Nov. 15, 1806 ; m., April 19, 1832, Thomas 
 Fisk, q. V. 
 
 IX. Jesse Ripley, b. April 25, 1809 ; m., April 13, 1841, Louisa 
 Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M., jun., d. Nov. 3, 1844. Second w. m., 
 March 11, 1852, Abbie Sophia Mason, dr. of Calvin M. Ch.: 1. 
 Ellen Rebecca, b. Nov. 30, 1853. 
 
 Asios Babcock, and his w. Betty, from Sherborn, lived on lot 
 10, range 3. Ch. : I. Alvin, b. Aug. 11, 1785. 11. Amos, b. Feb. 
 2, 1788. III. Benjamin, b. Aug. 3, 1790. IV. Leonard, b. March 
 1, 1794. 
 
 Ebenezer Babcock, and his w. Rhoda, from Sherborn, lived 
 on lot 21, range 10. Ch. : L Patience, b. April 11, 1788. IL 
 Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1791. IIL Ebenezer, b. May 15, 1793. This 
 family re. back to Sherborn. 
 
 Hart Balch, m., Sept. 27, 1779, Dorcas Somes, dr. of Isaac 
 and Abigail S. Ch.: L Deborah, b. Nov. 1, 1780. IL Hart, b. 
 Sept. 27, 1784. IIL Francis, b. Sept. 2, 1786. 
 
 Luther Barnes, m. Ruth Hardy ; both born in Westborough, 
 Mass. ; re. to Bradford, N. H., and in 1816 to Dublin, where they 
 r. till 1840, when they re. to Waltham, where he d. Ch. : 
 
 I. Gillam, m. and r. in Waltham. II. Parker, m., merchant and 
 florist in Boston. III. Seba, m., 1823, Joseph Evleth, q. v. IV. 
 Lucy, m., Nov. 28, 1838, Nelson Kidder ; re. to Lyndeborough. 
 V. Luther, m., and r. in Boston. VI. Elmira, m., 1841, Joshua 
 Shed ; re. to Michigan City, Ind., where she d. VII. Loring 
 Brigham, m. Parker ; r. in Boston ; ch. n. u. 
 
 Jeremiah Barrett, and his w. Sarah, from Carlisle, Mass., 
 lived on lot 4, range 1. He was a mason, and worked at his trade ; 
 making little or no improvement on his farm. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. 
 April 1, 1774. II. Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1775 ; d. Feb. 10, 1777. 
 IIL Lucy, b. Sept. 27, 1777; d. Jan. 21, 1788. IV. Susannah, 
 
316 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 b. March 7, 1779. V. Rebecca, b. May 10, 1782. VI. Rachel, b. 
 May 6, 1782. VII. Hazelelponi, b. Sept. IG, 1786. 
 
 John Barrett, and his w. Sarah, lived on lot 19, range 6. Ch. : 
 I. Levi, b. Oct. 24, 1784; d. Nov. 5, 1785. II. Lucinda, b. Feb. 
 12, 1786. His name was in the tax-list till 1809. 
 
 Persia Beal, m., March 14, 1833, Emily Yeardly, dr. of 
 William Y. Ch. : I. Mary Jane. II. George T. III. Caroline A. 
 IV. William Y. V. Andrew Jackson. VI. Nelson L. VII. 
 Franklin Pierce. 
 
 Nathaniel Belknap, b. Oct. 3, 1748, at Framingham, Mass. ; 
 m., 1777, Hannah Ayers, of BrookQeld, Mass. Ch. : 
 
 I. Eunice, b. March 8, 1778; m., 1800, Cyrus Twitchell ; r. 
 Milan, N. H. 
 
 II. Patty (Martha), b. March 23, 1779 ; m., April, 1800, Joseph 
 Whittemore, q. v. She d. Sept. 6, 1840. 
 
 III. WiUiam, b. Jan. 23, 1781 ; m. Betsey Barker. He d. Aug. 
 12, 1812, at Orangeburg, S. C. 
 
 IV. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 22, 1783; m., June, 1808, Sally Sawyer, 
 of Nelson ; r. in Goshen, Vt. 
 
 V. Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1785; m., Dec. 22, 1803, Peter 
 Twitchell ; r. Middlebury, Vt. She d. June 2, 1821. 
 
 VI. Luke, b. Oct. 19, 1787; d. Oct. 25, 1822 ; m., June, 1818, 
 Polly Felt. Ch. : 1. Mary. — 2. Rachel Maria. 
 
 VIL Rachel, b. Sept. 19, 1789 ; d. Nov. 15, 1849 ; m., Nov., 
 1839, Timothy Marshall ; r. Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Second w., Rebecca Clark, b. July 29, 1764, Townsend, Mass., 
 m. Nov. 26, 1797. 
 
 VHL Lawson, b. Oct. 3, 1799; d. Oct. 14, 1853; m.. May 8, 
 1832, Sally Munroe, b. March 16, 1800, Stoddard; c. 
 
 IX. Alonzo, b. Oct. 14, 1801 ; m., May, 1831, Cynthia Sophronia 
 Stewart, of Bergen, N. Y, b. Oct. 14, 1810, d. May, 1843. He d. 
 Nov. 8, 1843, at Shiawassee, Mich. X. Sally, b. July 25, 1804. 
 
 James Bemis, from Weston, Mass., b. Sept. 7, 1757 ; d. Dec. 15, 
 1832; settled in Dublin, 1793, lot 17, range 9 ; m., first, 1783, 
 Hannah Frost, dr. of Joseph F., Marlborough. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. 1785 ; d. 1829. 
 
 Second w. of James B., Lois Walker, of Sudbury, Mass. ; m. 
 1786; c. 
 
 II. Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1787 ; m. Benjamin Fairbanks, of Keene. 
 Ch. : 1. Madison. — 2. Franklin. — 3. Ward. 
 
 IIL James, b. March 15, 1789; d. July, 1807. 
 
 IV. Lois, b. April 12, 1791 ; m. John Knowlton; re. to State of 
 New York, where he d., leaving a large family. 
 
 V. Thomas, b. May 7, 1793 ; m., first, 1815, Sally Williams, who 
 d. June 22, 1818. Ch. : 1. Sally, b. July 22, 1816; d. Jan. 18, 
 1847. Second w., Anna Knight, of Sudbury, Mass.; m. 1821. 
 
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 Ch.: 2. Elbridge G., b. Oct. 5, 1822 ; m., July 21, 1844, Lavinia 
 M. Symonds, of Rindge : ch. (1) Lizzie A., b. May 25, 1847 ; (2) 
 Washington L, b. May 18, 1849 ; d. May 19, 1849 ; (3) Lillie Y., 
 b. Sept. 23, 1851; d. Jan. 19, 1853; (4)- Lillie S., b. April 27, 
 1853. — 3. Elizabeth J., b. March 11, 1824; m., May 1, 1845, 
 Sylvester T. Symonds, of Rindge : ch. (1) Anna L. A., b. Sept. 1, 
 1846, d. Feb. 1, 1854 ; (2) Emma J., b. May 8, 1847 ; (3) Ella J., 
 b. June 5, 1851, d. March 14, 1854; (4) Dana M., b. Dec. 8, 
 1853, d. Jan. 23, 1854. — 4. George W., b. Dec. 28, 1825 ; m., 
 Oct. 28, 1848, Mary A. Smith : ch. (1) Charles A., b. Sept. 1, 1849 ; 
 (2) George W., b. July 16, 1852. — 5. S. Dana, b. Feb. 8, 1833. 
 
 V. Josiah, b. Aug. 20, 1795 ; d. March 6, 1852 ; m., first, Esther 
 Riggs, of Cornish. Second w., Sybil Emery, of JafFrey. Ch. : 1. 
 Alvin J. — 2. Emery. Third w., m., Dec. 31, 1833, Sarah W. 
 Lewis : ch. 3. Sarah A. Fourth w., Rebecca Greenwood, of 
 Marlborough. He d. at Jaffrey. 
 
 VL Betsy, b. Oct. 15, 1797; d. Sept., 1799. 
 VIL Eli, b. April 7, 1800; d. Sept. 9, 1833. 
 
 VIII. Mercy, b. Sept. 12, 1804; m., Dec. 28, 1826, Luke 
 Knowlton, q. v. 
 
 James Bemis was a soldier of the Revolution. He enlisted at 
 the age of 18, and served three years. His father was much 
 opposed to his enlisting, because he was so young ; but, one day, 
 while chopping wood near the road, a party of men came along, 
 who were going to join the army at Boston. They told him the 
 news of the battle at Lexington ; and this so increased his ardor for 
 serving his country, that he struck his axe into a stump, declaring 
 that he would never take it out till he had struck a blow for the 
 liberty of his country. He joined the little party, and reached 
 the head-quarters of the army just before the ever-memorable 
 battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
 Jeremiah Bemis, from Weston, Mass. ; b. July 13, 1765 ; settled, 
 1795, on lot 21, range 3, purchased of Isaac Morse ; m., Sept., 1788, 
 Sarah Wright, of Marlborough, b. April 16, 1766. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jeremiah, b. May 43, 1789 ; m. Hannah Herrick, Marl- 
 borough ; r. Wethersfield, Vt. 
 
 IL Lucretia, b. Feb. 16, 1791 ; m., Dec. 14, 1811, John Lewis, 
 of Marlborough. Ch. : 1. Sarah W., b. Nov. 12, 1812 ; d. Dec. 14, 
 1840; m. Josiah Bemis. — 2. Lucretia B., b. Feb. 5, 1815; m. 
 Thomas White. — 3. Johx G., b. Dec. 24, 1817.-4. Horatio 0., 
 b. March 28, 1820. — 5. George W., b. Nov. 4, 1823. — 6. Mart 
 A., b. March 24, 1826. — 7. A dr., b. June 22, 1832, d. June 22, 
 1832. — 8. A SON, b. Aug. 22, 1834, d. Aug. 22, 1834.-9. James 
 Edmund, adopted son, b. May 23, 1832. — 10. Horace O., b. 
 July 11, 1838. 
 
 III. Oliver, b. Jan. 13, 1793 ; ra., Feb., 1817, Diadama Tolman, 
 of Marlborough; re., 1819, to Guildhall, Vt. Ch.: 1. Oliver, b. 
 1818. — 2. Leander, b. 1819. — 3. Louisa, b. 1820. 
 
318 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 IV. Horace, b. June 22, 1799; d. Nov. 20, 1801. V. Horace, 
 b. April 13, 1803. VI. A dr., b. April 4, 1807 ; d. 1807. 
 
 Nathan Bixbt, b. Nov. 20, 1745, at Framingbam, Mass. His 
 father's narae was Joseph, who was the son of an Englishman settled 
 in that town. N. Bixbj's mother's maiden name was Fairbanks. 
 He m., Oct. 3, 1771, Martha Twitchell, dr. of Joseph T. In 1776, 
 he volunteered as a soldier for 6 months ; though not legally subject 
 to military duty, owing to defect of sight. He marched into the 
 State of N. Y. ; was at the battle of White Plains. Next year, he 
 purchased of Simeon Bullard a lot of land in Dublin. In 1778, 
 he moved to Dublin with his wife and 3 surviving ch. He first 
 settled on lot 12, range 6. In 1779, he moved to lot 11, range 3, 
 where he lived till 1814, when he re. to Keene; d. Sept. 15, 1818. 
 His widow d. March 14, 1822. Ch. : 
 
 I. Julia, b. July 8, 1772 ; d. at Framingham, Jan. 28, 1776. 
 
 II. Nathan, b. Feb. 26, 1774. For some years merchant at 
 Charleston, S. C. ; d. March 6, 1818, at St. Mary's, Ga. 
 
 III. Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1775 ; m.. May 2, 1793, Abel Munroe ; 
 d. May 17, 1831, at Livermore, Me. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1777 ; m. Andrew Thorndike ; d. Nov. 7, 
 1833, at Livermore, Me. 
 
 V. Joseph, b. July 19, 1780, at Dublin; shipmaster and owner 
 many years; d. at Charleston, S. C, June 21, 1821. 
 
 VI. Julia, b. May 38, 1782; m. Alexander Millikin, of Peter- 
 borough ; r. Keene. 
 
 VII. Samuel, b. May 27, 1784 ; d. Jan. 26, 1796. 
 VIII. Deborah, b. July 2, 1786; m., John Elliot, q. v. 
 IX. James, b. July 4, 1788 ; shipmaster; d. March 10, 1^19. 
 X. John, b. June 17, 1790; graduated at Dartmouth College, 
 1812 ; re. to State of N. Y., 1813 ; attorney and counsellor at law 
 for many years in that State. 
 
 XI. Kezia, b. June 18, 1792 ; m. Aaron Appleton, Keene, for- 
 merly of Dublin, q. v. 
 
 Isaac Bond, from Sherborn, settled in Dublin, 1767, on south 
 half of lot 2, range 1 ; m. Abigail Greenwood, sister of William 
 Greenwood, 1st. Ch. : 
 
 I. Huldah, m. Seth Cobb, q. v. ; second h., Stephen Davis. 
 II. Jonas, m. Ednah Bodwell, of Methuen, Mass. He d. March 
 4, 1822, a;. 63. She d. Nov. 16, 1840, se. 76. 
 
 HI. Sarah, m. a Mr. Pratt, and re. to Vermont. 
 IV. Merriam, m. Whitcomb Powers ; r. Jaffrey. 
 
 V. Abigail, u. m. ; d. Dec. 3, 1837, «. 72. 
 VI. Isaac, re. to Chester, Vt. 
 
 VII. William, ra. Sally Spaulding, of Jaffrey ; re. to Caven- 
 dish, Vt. 
 
 Franklin Bond, adopted son of Jonas Bond, b. April 10, 1801 ; 
 
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 m., Dec. 23, 1824, Mary Emerson, b. Jan. 21, 1808, at Rindge. 
 Ch.: I. George Franklin, b. March 1, 1827; m., Feb. 21, 1854, 
 Emeline Hawkins, of Winchester, b. Oct. 5, 1832. II. Mary, b. 
 Jan. 8, 1842. 
 
 Daniel Boutell, and his w. Grace, lived on lot 7, range 6. 
 Ch.: I. Rocksena, b. Sept. 12, 1795. II. Persis, b. July 5, 1797. 
 III. Daniel, b. Oct. 8, 1800. IV. Lorendo, b. July 27, 1802. V. 
 Judith, b. June 4, 1804. VI. Cynthia, b. April 25, 1806. 
 
 James Bowers, from Rindge, d. Jan. 24, 1830, se. 84. His 
 widow d. June 10, 1840, a^. 78. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jonathan S., m. Elizabeth N. Several ch. Orinda m. Frank- 
 lin Twitchell, son of Daniel T., 2d, q. v. 
 
 II. Nancy, m. Paul Nelson. Ch. : 1. Nancy, m. William Pratt, 
 of Peterborough. — 2. Mart Ann, m. Thomas Robbe, son of 
 James R. Several other ch., n. u. 
 
 III. Luther, b. 1788, at Rindge; re. 1830, from Boston to the 
 " Bullard Farm," in Dublin ; m., April 8, 1834, Sarah Bullard, dr. 
 of Simeon B. She d. May 27, 1840. 
 
 IV. Levi, r. Boston. V. Charles, r. Boston. VI. Lydia, m. 
 Timothy Bullard, q. v. VII. Roxana, u. m. 
 
 Jonas Brigham, from Nelson ; b. May 22, 1758, in Sudbury, 
 Mass. ; d. Feb. 11, 1850 ; m., 1807, Dorcas Pratt, widow of Oliver 
 Pratt, q. V. ; re. to Dublin, 1835, on part of lots 8 and 9, range 9, 
 purchased of Alson Upton, formerly owned by Aaron Marshall. 
 Ch.: 
 
 L Ruel, b. May 30, 1808 ; m., June 2, 1835, Prudence Burns, dr. 
 of James B., b. Dec. 17, 1811 ; d. Oct. 11, 1848. Ch. : 1. Jane, b. 
 Jan. 19, 1838. — 2. George, b. Sept. 15, 1843; d. March 7, 1845. 
 Second w., m., Jan. 28, 1850, Maria J. Cragin, b. N. Y., Jan. 2, 
 1832, dr. of Moses C. 
 
 IL Mary H., b. April 1, 1818. 
 
 Seth Broad, from Needham, Mass. ; b. May 3, 1756 ; d. April 
 4, 1806; settled in Dublin, 1799, on lot 1, range 5; m. Azubah 
 Saunders, of Sturbridge, Mass., b. Oct. 28, 1763, sister of Rev. Dr. 
 Saunders, President of Vermont University, Burlington, and after- 
 wards pastor of the Congregational Society, Medfield, Mass. Mrs. 
 Broad d. May 12, 1824. Ch. : 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Feb. 19, 1782; m. Benjamin Stearns, of Mount 
 Vernon, N. 11. ; d. Williamstown, Vt., Sept. 6, 1827. 
 
 II. Mehitabel, b. Feb. 19, 1784; m. Nehemiah Upton, q. v. 
 
 IIL Enos, b. Jan. 28, 1787 ; d. July 19, 1815. 
 
 IV. Rebecca, b. April 15, 1789; m. James Wilson, of Peter- 
 borough; re. to Keene; d. June 26, 1835. 
 
 V. Martha, b. Sept. 17, 1791; m., Dec. 23, 1824, Samuel 
 Adams, q. v. 
 
320 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 VI. Azubah, b. March 6, 1794; m., Jan. 23, 1827, Samuel 
 Adams, q. v. 
 
 VII. Lydia, b. May 3, 1797; m., first, David Pike, of Mount 
 Vernon, N. H. ; re. to Montpelier, Vt. Second h., Abijali Wheeler. 
 She d. in Middlesex, Vt. 
 
 VIII. Sally, b. June 27, 1802 ; d. Feb. 13, 1827. 
 
 IX. Clarissa, b. April 5, 1805; m., Nov. 27, 1834, Jacob 
 Gleason, q. v. ; d. Aug. 21, 1853. 
 
 Jonas Brooks, b. Jaffrey, Jan. 27, 1772; m., 1799, Mary 
 Tilton, b. Jan. 23, 1777, in East Sudbury (now Wayland) ; re. 
 to Dublin, lot 16, range 8, Feb. 1816 ; then, 1840, to Marlborough, 
 where he d. Dec. 22, 1842. Ch. : 
 
 I. Mary W., b. Nov. 7, 1800 ; m., Nov. 13, 1828, Koland Far- 
 num, q. v. 
 
 II. John, b. Nov. 21, 1803 ; m., June 12, 1827, Adaline Twitchell, 
 dr. of Daniel T., 2d. Ch. : 1. Fidelia Maria, b. March 1 6, 1828. 
 — 2. George W., b. Jan. 24, 1834. — 3. Mary E., b. 1839. 
 
 III. Rebecca T., b. Dec. 1, 1805 ; m., Dec. 19, 1825, Minot 
 Haywood, q. v. Second h., William B. Powers; r. Eoyalton, Vt. 
 Ch. : 1. Mary E., b. Feb., 1843. 
 
 IV. Ebenezer A., b. Dec. 1, 1810; m., 1833, Henrietta Bruce, 
 of Petersham, Mass. Ch. : 1. Rosanna, d. — 2. Isaac M. — 3. 
 Henry. — 4. Caroline L. ; r. Nashua. 
 
 V. Elizabeth D., b. March 14, 1814. 
 
 VI. Jonas H., b. July 10, 1815 ; m., 1842, Julia Foster, of Fitz- 
 william. Ch. : 1. Charles. — 2. James, d. — 3. Zebuda, d. — 
 4. Alfred Lillbern. — 5. Julia. 
 
 VII. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1822; m., Eliza A. B. Hurlburt ; r. 
 Nashua. Ch. : 1. Mary Eliza. 
 
 Simeon Bullard, b. at New Ipswich, Aug. 30, 1745; d. Jan. 
 21, 1828; m. Ruth Adams, b. at Dunstable, Dec. 30, 1849. Ch. : 
 
 I. Ruth, b. Aug. 7, 1772. II. Azubah, b. July 20, 1774. III. 
 Caleb, b. Sept. 7, 1776 ; d. Jan. 1. 1777. IV. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 8, 
 1780; d. Jan. 15, 1811. V. Mary, b. May 20, 1782. VI. Sarah, 
 b. Feb. 20, 1784 ; m. Luther Bowers, q. v. VII. Asahel, b. March 
 13, 1786. 
 
 VIII. Timothy, b. Aug. 4, 1789; d. Aug. 23, 1833; m. Lydia 
 Bowers. Ch. : 1. Charles, b. Feb. 10, 1814. — 2. Caroline, b. 
 May 11, 1815. — 3. Clarissa, b. Dec. 4, 1816. — 4. George, b. 
 May 28, 1818; m. Sophronia Emery, of Jaffrey ; d. Nov. 1853: 
 ch. (1) Ellen S. ; (2) Adelia C — 5. Luther Sawyer, b. Nov. 18, 
 1819. — 6. Mary Adams, b. Oct. 13, 1821. — 7. John Allison, 
 b. Oct. 29, 1823. 
 
 IX. Nathan, b. July 18, 1792. 
 
 Nathaniel Burnham, b. March 2, 1796, at Greenfield, N. H. ; 
 m., first, Lucy Butler, b. 1801, dr. of Jonathan Butler, of Lynde- 
 borough. She d. Oct. 18, 1830, leaving one ch. : 
 
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 I. Sarab, b. Feb. 10, 1830 ; m., Dec. 8, 1852, George D. Bonner ; 
 r. Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 N. Burnham's second w., m., June 30, 1835, Mary Wilder, dr. of 
 Abel Wilder, b. in Dublin, July 27, 1804. Ch. : 
 
 II. Nathaniel, b. April IG, 1836. III. Mary, b. May 25, 1837 ; 
 d. Jan. 20, 1842. IV. John, b. Dec. 14, 1839. V. Lucy Kezia, b. 
 Aug. 29, 1841. VI. Emeline Emma, b. March 12, 1843. VII. 
 Abel W., b. Dec. 23, 1845. 
 
 James Burns, from Nelson, m. Mrs. Hannah (Twitchell) Gibbs, 
 widow of Zenas Gibbs, of Whitestown, N. Y. ; to whom she was m., 
 Oct. 12, 1794, and had three sons: 1. Zenas, b. Feb. 29, 1796.— 
 2. John, b. May 7, 1797. — 3. Ira, b. Jan. 5, 1798; r. Boston. 
 Mr. Burns d. April 28, 1838, x. 77. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. April 4, 
 1802 ; m., Nov. 15, 1849, Nathaniel Holt, of Milford; r. Dublin. 
 II. Christina, b. June 22, 1804; m., March 30, 1824, Moses Cragin, 
 of New Ipswich, q. v. III. James, b. Nov. 22, 1806; d. Nov. 16, 
 1832. IV. Samuel, b. June 9, 1807 ; m.. May 21, 1835, Melinda 
 Pierce, dr. of David P. V. Prudence, b. Dec. 17, 1811 ; m., June 
 2, 1835, Ruel Brigham, q. v. VI. Mary, b. Aug. 11, 1814; m. [?]. 
 VII. William, b. April 1, 1817 ; d. May 12, 1842. VIII. David, 
 b. July 6, 1820. 
 
 Ebenezer Burpee, m. Dorcas Bowman. Ch. : I. Lucy Jane, 
 b. April 8, 1824; m. Andrew J. Snow. II. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 1, 
 1826. IIL Eunice Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1827. IV. Abbot Bowman, 
 
 b. June 12, 1831 ; m. Lawrence. V. Asaph Ebenezer, b. 
 
 Feb. 2, 1836. VI. Martha Elmira, b. Sept. 2, 1838. 
 
 James Chamberlain (Capt.), from Sherborn to Dublin, 1772; 
 m. Hannah Adams, dr. of Isaac A. ; lived fii-st on lot 9, range 5. 
 He sold his house and farm to Rev. E. Sprague, and bought, on 
 the opposite side of the road, lot 9, range 6. He was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary Army, and, during the last years of his life, 
 received a pension from the United States. He d. Jan. 24, 1826, 
 ^.86. Ch.: 
 
 L Cyrus, b. 1770 ; m. Oct. 25, 1794, Julia Mason, dr. of Thad- 
 deus M. ; d., June 30, 1839, at Pembroke, Genesee County, N. Y., 
 to which place he removed, 1835. He held the office of Post- 
 master from the time a post-office was established in town till he 
 removed ; and he was town-clerk 28 years in succession, and once 
 afterwards. Ch. : 1. Clarissa, b. Aug. 31, 1795; m. Ashley 
 Hamilton, q. v. She d. at Lyons, N. Y., April 24, 1847. — 2. 
 James, b. March 20, 1797 ; m., Nov. 28, 1833, Anna Marshall, dr. of 
 Benjamin M. : ch. (1) Granville M., b. Jan. 14, 1835, d. Jan. 4, 
 1842; (2) Elvira E., b. Sept. 14, 1837; (3) Maro J., b. Aug. 29, 
 1841. — 3. LuCT, b. May 18, 1801; m., June 10, 1834, Lemuel 
 Lakin, of Hancock ; r. at Pembroke, N. Y. : ch. (1) Julia C, b. 
 May 26, 1835. — 4. Cyrus, b. Nov. 18, 1802. — 5. Julia, b. April 
 13, 1809 ; m., May 16, 1830, Lemuel Lakin ; d. at Rochester, N. Y., 
 
322 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 April 7, 1833. — G. Elvira, b. May 23, 1812; m., Jan., 1838, 
 Judah L. Peek, and r. at Wanpou, Dodge County, Wisconsin. 
 
 II. Polly (Mary), b. Sept. 24, 1773 ; m., Jan. 9, 1795, Elislia 
 Knowlton, q.v. 
 
 III. James, b. Dec. 3, 1781; d. June 23, 1785. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. March 14, 1788; m. Elisha Knowlton, q.v. 
 The second wife of Capt. James C, was Widow Mary Fisk, of 
 
 Leominster, Mass., m., April 25, 1801. 
 
 Zadoc Chapman, m., May 4, 1803, Esther Marshall, dr. of 
 Aaron M. ; a mason by trade ; had a large family of ch. ; r. in the 
 State of Maine. 
 
 Edward Cheney, and Abigail his w., lived on lot 15, range 7, 
 Ch. : I. Edward, b. Sept. 18, 1777. 
 
 Artemas Childs, b. Aug. IG, 1762, in Northborough, Mass. ; 
 d. Nov. 9, 1839 ; m. Lucy Keyes, dr. of Simon K., of Wilton, N. H., 
 b. Aug. 24, 1769, d. April 21, 1848; re. to Dublin, 1799; lived 
 on lot 7, range 7, bought of William Davis ; re. subsequently to 
 Ballston Spa, N. Y., where they died. Ch. : 
 
 L Mary, b. April 11, 1794; m., Feb. 22, 1812, Samuel Davison, 
 of Peterborough, b. June 3, 1788 ; re. to Dublin, 1815. 
 
 IL Lucy, b. Feb. 3, 1796 ; d. Nov. 23, 1823. III. Sally, b. Oct. 
 27, 1797 ; d. Aug. 27, 1822. IV. Harriet, b. Aug. 31, 1799. V. 
 Jane Pv., b. March 26, 1801. 
 
 VL Artemas J., b. Aug. 12, 1802 ; m. Nancy Dolloff, of Ballston 
 Spa; re. to Peoria, 111. Ch. : 1. Henry D., b. Nov., 1825 ; d. Sept. 
 3, 1827. — 2. Harriet. — 3. Llcretia. — 4. Alfred. 
 ^ai. John L., b. Jan. 20, 1804 ; d. Oct. 2, 1827. 
 
 Vin. Levi L., b. Feb. 23, 1806; m. Ann ; r. at Gaines, 
 
 N. Y. ; seven ch., three living. 
 
 IX. Emeline, b. Sept. 16, 1807; m. William E. Betts, of Ball- 
 ston Spa, where they reside. Ch. : 1. William C, b. Aug. 10, 
 1833; d., March 4, 1838, at Dublin. — 2. Henry D., b. Sept. 27, 
 1835. — 3. William C, b. Jan. 4, 1839. — 4. Charles, d. in 
 infancy. — 5. Sarah C, b. Oct. 17, 1844. 
 
 X. Leander W., b. Oct. 17, 1812; d. Oct. 9, 1826. 
 
 XL Horace A., b. July 17, 1814 ; m. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Dennett, 
 from Kentucky ; r. Centre Grove, 111. Ch., seven ; the oldest d. 
 
 Jonas Clark, b. June 3, 1775, at Townsend, Mass. ; son of 
 William and Sarah (Locke) C. She was b. at Concord, Mass., 
 June 9, 1717 ; d. March 29, 1776. William C. was the son of Wm. 
 and Eunice (Taylor) C, of Concord, b., probably at Boston, 1679, 
 son of Samuel (and Rachel) C, who came from England, according 
 to tradition, a', about 12, with his father Joseph. Samuel C. settled 
 in Concord, 1C86 ; d. Jan. 30, 1729-30. His w. d. Oct. 19, 1722. 
 Jonas C. came to Dublin, 1797 ; a clothier, first established this 
 business in Dublin ; built his mill on the spot where the old brick 
 
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 woollen-factory now stands, in Harrisville ; sold to James Horsley, 
 1804, and re. to Shipton, Canada East, Jan. 16, 1805 ; where he, 
 with his family, r. on land reclaimed by him from the wilderness, 
 until Oct. 25, 1819, when he re. to Dublin, and there r. till Nov. 23, 
 1849 ; r. at Peterborough. He m. Sarah Twitchell, dr. of Abel 
 and Sarah (Adams) T. Ch. : First four b. at Dublin ; the rest at 
 Shipton : 
 
 I. Elvira, b. Sept. 21, 1800; m., Sept. 21, 1826, Oliver Frost, of 
 JaiFrey; re. to McDonough, N. Y., where she d., July 1, 1833. 
 Ch.: 1. Elvira Clark, b. Feb. 19, 1829; d. March 19, 1829. 
 — 2. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 13, 1830; d. Sept. 8, 1831. 
 
 II. Maria, b. Feb. 23, 1802; um. ; r. at Peterborough, um. 
 
 III. Adaline, b. June 6, 1803; d. Feb. 20, 1807. 
 
 IV. Leander, b. Oct. 16, 1804; m., Dec. 30, 1841, Mary A. 
 Jones, dr. of Samuel J. When a young man, his leg was amputated 
 above the knee, in consequence of a severe injury by machinery at 
 Rockingham, Vt. His plan of life was thus changed ; he taught 
 school, and subsequently engaged in the shoe-manufactory ; r. at 
 Peterborough. Ch. : 1. Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1842 ; d. Sept. 15, 
 1843. — 2. Salma Martin, b. June 7, 1845 ; d. Aug. 11, 1848.— 
 3. Eugene, b. April 14, 1850. 
 
 V. William (Hon.), m., March 22, 1836, Clarissa Cutter, dr. of 
 John, jun., and Betsy (Crosby) C, of Jaffrey ; tanner and currier in 
 Jaffrey till INIarch, 1839 ; re. to Campton, N. H. ; largely engaged 
 in leather manufacturing, mercantile, shoe, and other business ; 
 much employed in public business ; State Senator for District No. 
 12, in 1849 and 1850; J. P. 14 years; and is now Postmaster at 
 Campton. Ch. : 1. Clara Cutter, b. Oct. 8, 1838. — 2. Emeline 
 Duncan, b. April 4, 1841; d. Jan. 31, 1843. — 3. William F., 
 b. Dec. 19, 1842. — 4. Charles Elmer, b. Dec. 12, 1844. — 5. 
 Emily Adams, b. Jan. 11, 1848. — 6. Ermina Demerry, b. Sept. 
 19, 1852. 
 
 VI. Melzar Wentworth, b. Dec. 6, 1812; m., 1837, Sabrina 
 Hobart Lincoln, of Hingham ; a baker ; r. at Hingham. Ch. : 1. 
 Andrew Jackson, b. Dec. 13, 1837. — 2. Mary Lewis, b. Oct, 
 10, 1839; d. March 18, 1843.-3. Adaline Augusta, b. Nov. 
 23,1841. — 4. Emma, b. Nov. 22, 1844. — 5. Francis Marion, 
 b. Sept. 20, 1846.-6. George Faber, b. April 16, 1848. 
 
 VIL Galen, b. March 28, 1814; m., April 27, 1839, Rebecca 
 McCoy, of Missouri. From Mo. he re. to Philadelphia, where his 
 w. d. He is now at San Francisco, Cal., um. Ch. : 1. Elvira 
 Missouri, b. April 20, 1840. — 2. Joseph Locke, b. Nov. 3, 
 1842. — 3. Mary Ann, b. July 16, 1844. — 4. Galen Alonzo, 
 b. May 30, 1846.-5. Solon McCoy, b. Feb. 7, 1848. 
 
 VIII. Sarah Adams, b. Feb. 13, 1816; a successful school- 
 teacher; um. ; d. at Campton, May 19, 1844; interred at Dublin. 
 
 IX. George Faber (Rev.), b. Feb. 24, 1817; m., April 1, 1847, 
 Harriet Emery, of Jaffrey ; a shoemaker till he had acquired means 
 for an education ; at JalFrey Academy several terms ; then at 
 
324 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Phillips Academy, Exeter ; three years at the Divinity School, Cam- 
 bridge, where he graduated, July, 184G; ordained at Charlemont, 
 Mass., Aug. 11, 1847 ; installed pastor of the First Congregational 
 Church and Society, Warwick, Mass., May 14, 1848, and at Norton, 
 Mass., over First Cong. Ch. and Soc, Aug. 11, 1852, of which he is 
 still the minister. 
 
 X. Samuel Fulton (Rev.), b. Feb. 24, 1818 ; m., April 30, 1848, 
 Mary E. Morse, dr. of Thaddeus M., jun. ; tanner and currier by 
 trade, and pursued the same till the means to commence an educa- 
 tion were obtained ; studied for a time with Rev. Dr. Abbot, of 
 Peterborough ; three years at PhilHps (Exeter) Academy, and 
 three years at the Divinity School, Cambridge, where he graduated, 
 July, 1847 ; ordained as pastor of the First Cong. Soc, Athol, 
 Mass., April 19, 1848, in which relation he still continues. His w. 
 d. April 1, 1853. The ladies of Athol have erected a chaste and 
 beautiful monument to her memory. Ch. : 1. Frank Appleton, 
 b. June 22, 1850. 
 
 XL Clarissa Caroline, b. June 6, 1819, and r. at Peterborough. 
 
 Ebenezer Cobb, and his w. Abigail, came from Temple, Feb. 
 14, 1778, and lived on lot 8, range 9. Ch. : I. Josiah, b. Aug. 1, 
 1778. IT. Nabby, b. Oct. 12, 1780. III. Sally, b. Aug. 15, 1783. 
 IV. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 3, 1787. His w. Abigail d. Dec. 9, 1788. 
 
 Second w., Olive . V. Timothy, b. Feb. 12, 1791. VI. 
 
 Hannah, b. June 7, 1793. 
 
 Seth Cobb, and his w. Catharine, from Packersfield (Nelson), 
 1780, and lived on lot 8, range 7. Ch. : I. Catharine. II. 
 Ithamer. III. Lydia. IV. David Perry. V. Simeon. 
 
 Catharine C, wife of Seth C, d. Dec. 11, 1789. Second w., 
 Huldah Bond, dr. of Isaac B. 
 
 VI. Huldah, b. Oct. 9, 1791. VII. Seth, b. Aug. 24, 179G; d. 
 Nov. 5, 1822. VIII. Ednah B., b. Oct. 12, 1798 ; d. Sept. 20, 1822. 
 
 Joseph Cobb, m., May 3, 1804, Hannah Yeardly. Ch. : I. 
 Charles, b. Sept. 'I'l, 1804. 
 
 James Cochran, b. in Ireland ; came to Dublin w^ith his w. and 
 three ch., about 1779, and settled on lot 22, range 4. Ch. : I. John 
 M. II. William. III. Jenny. Re. to Jaffrey, 1792. 
 
 Clark C. Cochran, from New Boston, N. H., 1845 ; b. March 
 8, 1807; m., April 14, 1835, Rebecca Crombie, dr. of John C. ; 
 purchased part of lot 8, range 8, of the heirs of John Crombie. 
 Ch. : I. Mary Celestia, b. at New Boston, Nov. 5, 1836. II. John 
 C, b. at New Boston, Feb. 7, 1843. III. James I., b. June 27, 
 1846. Re. to 111., 1854. 
 
 Levi Conant, from Littleton, Mass., 1837; m. Anna W. Mead, 
 
325 
 
 dr. of Abraham M., of L. Ch. : I. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1837. 
 11. Sherman, b. Dec. 31, 1839. III. Henry, b. Dec. 18, 1843. 
 Re. to Littleton, 1845. 
 
 Stephen Corey, b. in Harvard, Mass. ; m. Tryphena Wilder, 
 of Lancaster, Mass. ; came to Dublin, 1797 ; d. July 9, 1799. She 
 d. 1838. Ch. : 
 
 L Stephen, b. Sept. 12, 1777; m., Sept. 14, 1800, Martha 
 "Woods, of Peterborough ; he d. Aug., 1813 ; r. Vermont. Ch. : 1. 
 Stephen, b. Feb. 4, 1804; d. Feb. 12, 1814. — 2. Melinda, b. 
 Jan. 24, 180G ; m., April 1, 1849, George Hadley ; r. Peterborough. 
 
 — 3. Rebecca H., b. April 14, 1810; m., Feb. 7, 1837, William 
 G. Currier: ch. (1) William S., b. Sept. 28, 1837 ; (2) Martha A., 
 b. Jan. 15, 1845. — 4. Silas P., b. Sept. 16, 1813 ; m. May, 1837 : 
 ch. (1) Rebecca H., b. 1842 ; (2) Ella, b. 1845, r. Vermont. 
 
 II. Nancy, b. 1780; m. James Carravan ; r. New Haven, Ct. 
 
 III. Rebecca, b. March 13, 1785 ; d. Oct. 9, 1834. 
 
 IV. Moses, b. Jan. 11, 1787; m., June 16, 1814, Lydia Hinds, 
 b. Aug. -IG, 1788 ; dr. of Abner H. ; she d. Jan. 14, 1847. Ch. : 
 1. Rebecca T., b. May 18, 1815 ; d. Oct. 9, 1834.— 2. Benjamin, 
 b. Nov. 3, 1816; d. Feb. 19, 1838.-3. Moses, b. Feb. 8, 1818; 
 d. Jan 11, 1839.-4. John W., b. Sept. 2, 1821; m., Oct. 19, 
 1848, L. Maria Gleason, dr. of Phinehas G. : ch. (1) Albert C, b. 
 Sept. 8, 1849 ; r..in Maryland. — 5. Maro V., b. March 14, 1823 ; 
 m., Dec. 25, 1850^ Elizabeth Vandegrift; he d. April 3, 1850; she 
 d. Feb. 14, 1854; r. in Delaware. — G. Thomas S., b. Dec. 4, 
 1825; m.. May 20, 1852, Ellen Piper, dr. of Cyrus P.: ch. (1) 
 Maro v., b. June 29, 1853 ; r. in city of New York. — 7. Lydia E., 
 b, Nov. 13, 1827. — 8. Albert L., b. Nov. 8. 1829 ; r. in Delaware. 
 
 — 9. Elizabeth T., b. May 17, 1831 ; d. March 20, 1852. Moses 
 C.'s second w., m., Jan. 13, 1850, Hannah Learned, b. July 11, 
 1806, dr. of John W. L. 
 
 V. David, b. Feb. 28, 1790; m., 1817, Betsey Winship ; r. in 
 Jaffrey. Ch.: 1. Jesse, b. Oct. 21, 1818; d. Oct. 3, 1827. — 2. 
 John C, b. March 20, 1820; r. in Kentucky. — 3. Stephen, b. 
 Nov. 22, 1822; d. June 26, 1851. — 4. David, b. Dec. 17, 1827. 
 
 — 5. Charles G., b. Aug. 28, 1826. — 6. J. Munroe, b. Aug. 22, 
 1828 ; r. in Maryland. 
 
 VL Luther, b. 1792; d. 1795. 
 
 VIL Sarah, b. 1794; m. Abel Godfrey; d. 1849. 
 
 VHL Charles, b. May 3, 1797 ; m., Nov. 10, 1825, Eliza Derby, 
 
 b. Nov. 28, 1797, dr. of Samuel D. Ch. : 1. Webster, b. Aug. 28, 
 
 1827.-2. WiLLARD, b. Nov. 22, 1828; d. Sept. 13, 1830.-3. 
 
 Charles, b. Jan. 13, 1830 — 4. Eliza Jane, b. Sept. 29, 1831. 
 
 — 5. Elvira Maria, b. Jan. 6, 1833. — 6. Milan, b. Sept. 7, 
 1835. 
 
 John Crombie, from Londonderry, N. H. ; b. April 15, 1776; 
 i. July 29, 1847; m., 1800, Betsy Wilder, dr. of Col. Abel W. ; at 
 
326 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Dublin, 1803, on lot 8, range 8, north half, purchased of Aaron and 
 Benjamin Marshall. She was b. Dec. 26, 1780. Ch. : 
 
 I. Ira, b. Feb. 4, 1801 ; m., Aug. 5, 1824, Lucy Wilder ; r. at 
 Peterborough. Ch., n. u. 
 
 11. John, b. Feb., 1803; d. Feb. 15, 1803. 
 
 III. Moses, b. March 12, 1804; m., Nov. 4,1828, Louisa Morse, 
 dr. of Thaddeus M., sen. Ch. : 1. John, b. Feb., 1830. — 2. 
 Thaddeus M., b. Oct., 1831 ; r. 111. 
 
 IV. Abel Wilder, b. Aug. 3, 1806 ; m. 
 
 V. John, b. July 29, 1808; m. ; r. Rochester, N.Y. ; mer- 
 chant. Ch. : 1. n. u. 
 
 VL Hannah, b. March 26, 1811 ; d. Sept. 5, 1813. 
 VIL Rebecca, b. May 24, 1814; m. Clark C. Cochran, q. v. 
 VIIL Mary J., b. Feb. 10, 1817. 
 IX. Harriet E., b. Oct. 7, 1819; m. John Brooks, 2d. Ch. : 
 1. Anstis. 
 
 X. James, b. Jan. 11, 1822; r. Rochester, N.Y. 
 XL Betsy G., b. April 18, 1824; d. May 17, 1838. 
 
 Luther Darlixg, b. Mason. N. H., Dec. 19, 1807; re. to An- 
 trim, 1830 ; m., March 4, 1831, Lydia Knight, b. March 26, 1809, 
 dr. of Benjamin K. ; re. to Hancock, to Jafirey, and, in 1840, to 
 Dublin. Ch. : 
 
 I. Susan A., b. Aug. 1, 1832, Antrim; d. Oct. 8, 1846. 
 11. Benjamin Pierce, b. Feb. 14, 1834, Antrim. 
 HL James, b. May 31, 1836, Hancock. 
 
 IV. Josiah N., b. May 23, 1838, JafFrey. 
 
 V. Lydia Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1841. VI. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 15, 
 1843. VIL Mehitable A., b. Sept. 18, 1845. VIIL Susan Maria, 
 b. April 3, 1848. IX. Jonathan Emery, b. April 20, 1850. 
 
 William Darracott, b. Feb. 17, 1804, at Shrewsbury, Vt. ; 
 settled. May, 1833, on the farm formerly occupied by Samuel 
 Stone, lot 22, range 4; m.. May 1, 1834, Julia Johnson, b. April 
 17, 1806, dr. of Levi J., of Jaffrey. Ch. : 
 
 L Sarah Jane, b. May 27, 1837; m.. May 9, 1854, James 
 Allison. 
 
 IL Betsy Maria, b. April 29, 1839. IIL and IV., Twins, b. 
 May 2, 1843 ; d., the first. May 5, and the other. May 26, 1843. 
 
 V. Julia Rosetta, b. May 22, 1845. 
 
 William Davis, from Amherst, N. H. ; b. Sept., 1753 ; d. Aug. 
 28, 1819 ; settled in Dublin, 1793, on lot 7, range 7 ; m., April 3, 
 1794, Betsey Jones, dr. of Samuel Jones, sen. ; re., 1801, to lot 7, 
 range 5, and in 1804, to lot 3, range 1. Ch. : 
 
 L Daniel, b. Nov. 19, 1794; d. in Peru, Vt., March 25, 1853. 
 
 II. William, b. Feb. 21, 1797 ; m.. May 29, 1823, Annis Lovell, 
 of West Boylston, Mass. 
 
 IIL Peter, b. Sept. 10, 1799; d. Aug. 16, 1852 ; m., Oct., 1821, 
 
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327 
 
 Elizabetli Turner, of Peterborough. Ch. : 1. Joseph, b. Nov. 23, 
 1822; m., Sept. 25, 1847, Martha Hadley, of Peterborough, and r. 
 in P. Second w. of Peter Davis, m., Nov. 11, 1828, Louisa Royce, 
 of Marlow. Ch. : 2. Lorenzo, b. Feb. 26, 1830; m., Dec. 22, 
 1853, Mary E. Prescott, of Groton, Mass. — 3. William, b. Jan. 
 28, 1832. — 4. Ann Louisa, b. Aug. 9, 1834. — 5. George S., 
 b. Nov. 25, 1844. 
 
 IV. Lucy, b. March 20, 1802 ; m., Feb. 25, 1827, Aaron Saw- 
 tell, of Jafirey, and r. in J. 
 
 V. Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1804; d. Oct. 3, 1805. 
 
 VL Eliza, b. Feb. 8, 1807; m., Sept., 1828, David Robbins, of 
 JafFrey, and re. to Peru, Vt. 
 
 VIL Ruth, b. May 3, 1810; d. Aug. 15, 1834. 
 
 VIIL Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1812; m., Jan. 13, 1831, William 
 Hay ward, of Gilsum, and r. in Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 IX. Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1815 ; d. at Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 1, 
 1851 ; m., Aug. 8, 1847, Milton B. Barney, of Cumberland, R. I. 
 He d. at Lawrence, Dec. 31, 1849. 
 
 Samuel Derby, son of Thomas T. Derby and Elizabeth (Wright) 
 Derby ; b. Aug. 23, 1771, Hollis, N. H. ; 'd. Feb. 9, 1841 ; came to 
 Dublin with his step-father, Stephen Bent, se.. about 12. Jan. 30, 
 1796, he purchased of Bartholomew Goyer the farm on which he 
 spent the remainder of his life. He was an active, energetic man, 
 never afraid of hard work ; and often, at harvest-time, when the 
 moon favored, worked all night. He m., first, Aug. 21, 1796, Lois 
 Twitchell, dr. of Joseph T. She was b. Jan. 6, 1777, and d. Feb. 
 25, 1805. Ch. : 
 
 L Eliza, b. Nov. 28, 1797 ; m., Nov. 15, 1825, Charles Corey, q. v. 
 IL Dexter, b. Dec. 22, 1799 ; d. Mai-ch 21, 1802. 
 
 IIL Lucy, b. Nov. 27, 1801 ; m., March 18, 1824, Moses G. 
 Gowing, q.v. 
 
 IV. Lois, b. Feb. 12, 1805 ; m., March 18, 1834, Oliver Martin ; 
 r. in Walpole, N. H. Ch., n. u. 
 
 Second w., m., Feb. 23, 1806, Betsey Knowlton, dr. of Deacon 
 John Knowlton. She was b. May 14, 1781, and d. March 28, 
 1833. Ch. : 
 
 V. Elvira, b. Dec. 8, 1806; m., Dec. 20, 1825, Hervey 
 Learned, q. v. 
 
 VI. Mary Ann, b. May 17, 1808; m., Feb. 14, 1832, Luther D. 
 Knowlton, and r. at Walpole, N. H. 
 
 VIL Dexter, b. July 10, 1810; m., Dec. 17, 1840, Julia Piper, 
 dr. of Jonas Brooks Piper. Ch. : 1. Samuel Carroll, b. March 
 3, 1842. — 2. Emily Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1846. 
 
 VIIL Franklin, b. May 20, 1812; d. Sept. 6, 1836; m., 1835, 
 Susanna , of Boston. She d. May, 1836. 
 
 IX. Webster, b. July 28, 1814; d. April 22, 1835. 
 X. Betsey Jane, b. Nov. 27, 1819 ; m., Jan. 29, 1839, Charles 
 Whittemore, q. v. ; r. at Ravenswood, Long Island, N. Y. 
 
OZO REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 The third w. of Samuel Derby, m., May 29, 1834, Ruth Perry, 
 dr. of Jonathan P. She r. at Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 Moses Eaton, b. Aug. 3, 1796 (son of Moses Eaton, who d. in 
 Dublin, Feb., 1833, se. 80) ; came from Hancock, 1835; m., Nov. 
 21, 1835, Rebecca Pratt, dr. of John Pratt. She was b. July 2, 
 1798. Ch. : 
 
 I. Luther P., b. Dec. 25, 1836. II. Mary R., b. Aug. 11, 1838. 
 III. Sarah E., b. May 11, 1840. 
 
 Ward Eddy (Dr.), m., July 28, 1779, Rebecca Greenwood. 
 Ch. : I. Betsey, b. Feb. 27, 1780. 
 
 David Elliot, from Mason, N. H. (son of John Elliot, of 
 Bradford, Mass.); b. 1751, in Bradford; d. Jan. 4, 1793; settled 
 in Dublin, 1778, on lot 10, range 8, purchased of Jabez Puffer; 
 m., first, 1778, Hannah Adams, dr. of Deacon Benj. Adams, of 
 New Ipswich. She was b. Aug. 4, 1761, and d. Jan. 14, 1789. Ch.: 
 I. David, b. Nov. 20, 1779 ; d. Nov. 27, 1781. 
 
 II. Hannah, b. March 31, 1781 ; m., Sept., 1799, Amos Emery, 
 jun. ; re. to Windham, Vt. Ch., n. u. 
 
 III. John, b. July 9, 1783 ; r., after the death of his father, with 
 his uncle, Major Benj. Adams, in New Ipswich, till his majority. 
 In 1804, began trade in Chesterfield, N. H., in partnership with 
 Capt. Benj. Cooke. In 1809, m. Deborah Bixby, dr. of Nathan B., 
 and re. to Keene. For many years — a part of the time in con- 
 nection with Aaron Appleton, and again with his sons — he caiTied 
 on an extensive and prosperous business in general merchandise ; 
 interested also in the manufacture of window-glass. He has gra- 
 dually withdrawn from active business ; though, as President of the 
 Cheshire Bank, and Dii-ector in several corporate companies, he 
 still finds sufficient occupation. Ch. : 1. John Henry, graduated 
 
 at Harvard College, 1835 ; attorney-at-law ; m. Wheelock ; 
 
 f. Keene; ch., n. u, — 2. Jajies, m. ; r. Keene; ch., n.u. — 3. 
 Maria, um. 
 
 Second w. of David E. was Mrs. Lucy (Emery) Campbell, b. 
 April 28, 1756, in Townsend, Mass. ; m. Nov. 19, 1789 ; d. Jan. 23, 
 1846. Ch. : 
 
 IV. David, b. Nov. 8, 1790; d. Aug. 20, 1798. 
 
 V. Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1792 ; clerk in the store of Aaron Appleton, 
 at Dublin, from 1806 to 1809 ; then commenced classical studies; 
 entered Sophomore Class at Dartmouth College, and graduated, 
 1813. He studied medicine one year with Prof Perkins, Dartmouth 
 College, and one year with Dr. Twitchell, Keene. In the fall 
 of 1815, he went to the city of New York, and in the following 
 year engaged in a glass-manufacturing and trading enterprise ; in 
 conducting which, through a very extensive sliding-scale of profit 
 and loss, he spent ten years in Ulster County. In 1827, he re. to 
 New York City, and formed a connection with his brother-in-law, 
 
329 
 
 Augustus Greele, in the commission business, chiefly devoted to 
 paper and collateral objects. After the retirement of Mr. Greele, 
 the firm, for several years, was Elliot, Burnap, and Babcock. In 
 1843, he purchased a farm on the Hudson River, near Newburgh ; 
 built a house, and, in the following year, took possession ; and he 
 still r. there, disconnected from all city business. He m., LSI 8, in 
 New York, Abby Greele, b. 1793, dr. of Capt. Samuel G., of 
 Wilton, N. H. They have four ch., n. u. 
 
 David Elliot has been described to us as a man of marked 
 character, and worthy of some words of notice in the annals of 
 the town ot his adoption. In the spring of 1775, soon after the 
 commencement of hostilities at Lexington and Concord, Capt. 
 Towne was engaged in raising a company of volunteers in New 
 Ipswich, to join the confused army of avengers, then rolling in 
 from every quarter towards Boston. Among the few who came 
 from neighboring towns to join tliis patriotic band, were the brothers 
 David and John Elliot, from Mason. The company was soon 
 formed (65 in number), marched to Cambridge, and was attached 
 to Col. Reid's regiment, and there assigned the post of honor, the 
 right wing. At the battle of Bunker Hill, they were early on 
 the ground and in the hottest of the fight, though each man had but 
 a gill of powder and fifteen balls dealt out to him in the moi-ning. 
 David Elliot, like most of his company, had only his fowling-piece 
 for arms, which, after a few rapid discharges, became hot and 
 dangerous. Just then he discovered a good musket on the ground, 
 the owner having been killed or carried away. He seized the 
 prize, expended the remainder of his ammunition with it, brought 
 it off the field, and kept it to the day of his death. Capt. Towne's 
 company remained in service till the evacuation of Boston by the 
 British, in the spring following, and was then discharged. Among 
 the strong-headed men of Dublin in the olden time, Mr, Elliot 
 held a very respectable rank, and exercised an increasing influence. 
 He was much consulted in private matters, employed in the public 
 affairs of the town, and held a commission in the militia. He was 
 a member of the Baptist church. 
 
 Joiix Elliot, brother of David E., with his w. Rachel, came to 
 Dublin, May, 1779, and lived on lot 5, x-ange 1. Ch. : 
 
 I. Meriam, b. Dec. 16, 1771. 11. Andrew, b. June 27, 1776. 
 III. Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1779. 
 
 Amos EiiERY, and Lucretia his w., came from Temple, March 3, 
 1778 ; settled first on lot 8, range 8, then on lot 16, range 3. He 
 was b. in Townsend, Mass. Two of his brothers, twins, settled in 
 Jaffrey. He was a man of more than common intellectual power ; 
 a great reader of tlie books to which he had access ; and, till his 
 health failed, in 1817, exerting much influence in the affairs of the 
 town. His w. d. May 15, 1821, x. 68. He d. Nov. 2, 1827, se. 
 83. Ch. : 
 
 42 
 
330 REGISTER OF FAMILIE.-!. 
 
 I. Amos, m., Sept., 1799, Hannah Elliot, dr. of David E. II. 
 Lucy, b. Oct. 30, 1778. III. Esther, b. Dec. 30, 1780; m. John 
 Perry, q.v. IV. Cyrus, urn. V. Jonathan, m., Dec. 30, 1819, 
 Lucy Hoar, who d. May 18, 182G. VL Levi, m., April 19, 1831, 
 Elvira Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M., jun. 
 
 Ebenezer Emes, and Elizabeth his w., came to Dublin, July 18, 
 1779, and lived on lot 9, range 2. Samuel Emes, who lived on 
 this lot before Ebenezer came, may have been the father both of 
 Ebenezer and Alexander Emes. We have heard that Samuel 
 Emes used to come to Dublin on foot, and spend a part of the 
 season on his farm ; returning in the autumn with a heavy load 
 on his back. It is said that, in order to relieve himself, when he 
 became tired from the weight of his burden behind, he was wont 
 to take up quite a large stone in both hands ; and that, carrying 
 this stone awhile, he felt himself rested when he dropped it. 
 Ebenezer Emes's name appears in the tax-list, for the last time, 
 in 1798. Ch. : 
 
 L Eunice, b. July 9, 1780. IL Polly, b. Aug. 1, 1782. IH. 
 Patty, b. June 30, 1784. IV. Nelly, b. Aug. 15, 1786. V. Nancy, 
 b. Oct. 3, 1788. VI. Julia, b. Oct. 1, 1790. VII. Ebenezer, b. 
 Oct. 29, 1792. VIII. Nathan, b. April 30, 1797. 
 
 Alexander Emes, from Needham, Mass.; b. April 11, 1761 ; 
 d. Jan. 16, 1845 ; settled first on lot 9, range 2, Sept. 1, 1788 ; m., 
 first, Sept. 1, 1788, Sarah Bates, of JaflTrey, b. June 2, 1768, and 
 d. Jan. 10, 1790. They had one ch. : 
 
 I. Sally, b. Nov. 18, 1789 ; m. Farnum Fisk, and r. in Potsdam, 
 N. Y. She d. Sept. 12, 1838. 
 
 Second w. of A. E., m., Feb. 2, 1792, was Beriah Marshall, b. 
 June 7, 1773, dr. of Aaron Marshall. Mr. E. then re. to lots 8, in 
 ranges 9 and 10. Ch. : 
 
 IL Cynthia, b. Dec. 24, 1792 ; d. April 5, 1815. IIL Alex- 
 ander, b. May 5, 1795 ; d. Sept. 1, 1798. IV. Beriah, b. March 
 19, 1797 ; d. Sept. 6, 1798. V. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1799 ; d. Feb. 9, 
 1799. VL Elizabeth, b. Feb. 29, 1800; d. Feb. 29, 1800. VIL 
 Alexander, b. July 16, 1804; d. Oct. 23, 1822. VIIL Esther, b. 
 Sept. 2, 1806; d. Aug. 22, 1826. 
 
 IX. Maria, b. Sept. 29, 1808 ; m.. May 28, 1840, Elias Joslin, of 
 Stoddard, N. H. ; r. in Keene. Ch, : 1. Emeline Emes, b. Nov. 
 28, 1842. 
 
 X. Emeline, b. Dec. 22, 1810; m.. May 28, 1840, Charles E. 
 Townsend; r. on the Emes Farm. Ch. : 1. Cynthia, b. Sept. 24, 
 1844. — 2. Esther, b. March 27, 1849 ; d. April 2, 1849. 
 
 James Emes, with Ruth his w., came from Needham, Mass. ; 
 where their first three ch. were b. They lived on the east part of 
 lot 8, range 4. The name of J. E. appears in the tax-list, for the 
 last time, in 1805. He was town-clerk, 1793. Ch. : 
 
EVLETH. FAIRBANKS. 331 
 
 I. John, b. March 26, 1785. 11. Persis, b.May 29, 178G. III. 
 James, b. Feb. 9, 1789. IV. Ruth, b. March 4, 1793. V. Samuel, 
 b. April 23, 1795. VI. Maria, b. July 3, 1799. VII. Alexander, 
 b. March 16, 1802. 
 
 JoAB EvLETH, b. Princeton, Mass., Jan. 13, 1764; being the 
 fourth generation of his ancestor, who came from England. He 
 ra., 1794, Lydia Gowing, of Jaffrey ; b. Aug. 13, 1760; settled on 
 lots 12 and 13, range 1. She d. Sept. 30, 1830. He d. Aug. 29, 
 1847. Ch. : 
 
 I. Joseph, b. Nov. 5, 1795 ; r. on the homestead; m., 1823, Seba 
 Barnes, b. July 6, 1798, dr. of Luther B. Ch.: 1. Joseph 
 Granville, b. Feb. 13, 1824 ; m., Oct. 15, 1850, Ellen A. Gowing, 
 dr. of Almerin G. ; r. Philadelphia. — 2. Everett Mansfield, b. 
 Dec. 29, 1825 ; m., Nov. 6, 1851, E..Jane Piper, dr. of Cyrus Piper; 
 r. Marlborough, N. H. She d. March, 1854. — 3. Alvinzi Lau- 
 RiSTON, b. Nov. 8, 1827 ; d. Jan. 12, 1830. — 4. Clayton Marett, 
 b. Nov. 9, 1829. — 5. Lydia Valeria, b. April 3, 1832; m., 1853, 
 
 Cutter, of Jaffrey. — 6. Seba Ladoria, b. Jan. 4, 1834. — 
 
 7. Lucy Eaiigene, b. May 21, 1835. — 8. Sarah Ravania, b. 
 July 31, 1837. — 9. Carlero Barnes, b. March 17, 1841. 
 II. William, b. June 10, 1797; m. Sarah Lawrence. 
 
 in. Gilman, b. July 1, 1799 ; m. Laura Pratt. He d. Jan., 1841. 
 
 IV. Lydia, b. May 28, 1802; m., April 17, 1832, Abram Stan- 
 ley, of JaflFrey ; r. Chester, Vt. 
 
 V. Augusta, b. April 21, 1806; m.. May 18, 1830, Capt. Isaac 
 White, of Nelson, where they r. 
 
 Asa Fairbanks, from Sherborn, b. March 4, 1762 ; d. July 26, 
 1819 ; settled in Dublin, 1784, on lot 3, range 2, purchased by his 
 father. Deacon Ebenezer Fail-banks; m., April 28, 1784, Hepzibah 
 Adams, b. in Sherborn, Dec. 8, 1761, dr. of Capt. Moses Adams. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hepzibah, b. March 31, 1785; d. Oct. 13, 1843; m. Joseph 
 Gowing, q. v. 
 
 n. Asa, b. March 17, 1787 ; m., first, Polly Whitcomb ; had six 
 ch., of whom three are still living. She d. Sept. 24, 1838, ae. 53. 
 Second w., Sarah Heniston ; one ch. 
 
 III. Moses, b. Feb. 3, 1789 ; m. Jane Harper. Ch.: 1. Hepzi- 
 bah J., b. May 31, 1816; m., April 16, 1837, William S. Chad- 
 wick ; had two ch., and he d. Sept. 8, 1839. Second h., m., Oct., 
 1846, Luke Sweetser ; had one ch., and he d. July, 1850. — 2. 
 Moses A., b. Sept. 29, 1822 ; m., Aug. 9, 1844, Abigail Hadley, b. 
 Sept. 7, 1822: ch. (1) Mary S., b. Feb. 13, 1845; (2) Albert H., 
 b. Nov. 17, 1847 ; (3) Ellen L., b. Sept. 3, 1849 ; (4) Abby E., b. 
 May 23, 1851; (5) Ella J., b. May 23, 1851. — 3. Loretta, b. 
 June 2, 1823 ; m., Aug. 15, 1844, Solomon Garfield, and have one 
 ch. — 4. Asa, b. May 25, 1828 ; m., Dec. 21, 1852, Sarah A. Ware, 
 b. Oct. 15, 1834. 
 
 IV. Ebenezer, b. May 28, 1794 ; m., first, Betsey Wilder, b. 
 
332 REGISTER OF FAMILIES, 
 
 Nov. 6, 1794, in Peterborough, and d. Sept. 23, 1828 ; re. to Mount 
 Tabor, Vt., where they lived five years, and returned to Peter- 
 borough, 1822. Ch. : 1. Amaziah, b. Sept. 7, 1814, at Dublin, m., 
 first, Lucinda Pierce, who d. Aug. 17, 1841, si. 21 ; and m., 
 second, Mary-Ann Holt. — 2. Betsey, b. March 6, 1817, at Mount 
 Tabor ; m. Wm. M. Grimes. — 3. Nancy H., b. at Mount Tabor, 
 June 15, 1820 ; d. at Peterborough, Jan. 30, 1827. — 4. James W., 
 b, at Peterborough, Dec. 14, 1822; m. Lydia Searle. — 5. Loren- 
 zo, b. April 21, 1825 ; d. Feb. 22, 1827. — 6. Nancy A., b. May 
 29, 1828; m. Daniel Carter. — Second w. of Ebenezer Fairbanks 
 was Eleanor C. Farnsworth, dr. of Timothy F., of Dublin. Ch. by 
 second w. : 7. Eleanor H., b. Jan. 29, 1830 ; m. Levi Fairbanks. 
 — 8. Lorenzo A., b. Nov. 9, 1831 ; d. Aug. 8, 1833. — 9. Elvira 
 F., b. Oct. 28, 1833. — 10. George W., b. Oct. 14, 1835.— 11. 
 Merrick G., b. Jan. 9, 1838. — 12. Amna, b. Nov. 23, 1839.— 
 13. Josephine C, b. June 13, 1845. 
 
 Asa Fairbanks, sen., enlisted in the service of his country at the 
 age of fourteen ; and perfoi'raed guard-duty around military stores 
 in Sherborn, one summer season. At the age of sixteen, he 
 enlisted again, and joined the army at Rhode Island. Pie was 
 there employed, a portion of the time, as a ferryman from Tiverton 
 to Greenwich ; transporting soldiers, horses, provisions, ammunition, 
 &c. On one occasion, when returning with an empty boat, a stur- 
 geon of large size, being at play, jumped out of the water into the 
 boat, broke down the middle seat, and proved a troublesome pas- 
 senger. He sold it, on reaching the shore, for a gallon of rum. 
 At another time, he was ordered to take a load of soldiers across 
 the river by night, in company with six other boats. During the 
 passage, a severe tempest arose. It was stormy and dark. They 
 lost their pilot and lights ; and in this condition they were tossed 
 about by the waves, not knowing where they were, or whither 
 they were going. In the course of the night, they were drifted on 
 an island, and found another boat-load in the same condition. Only 
 one boat of the seven found its way, that night, across the river. 
 When morning came, they found they were near the enemy. As 
 boats crossed and recrossed the river, they made signals of distress ; 
 but they were not relieved till they had passed two days and two 
 nights without food or the means of making a fire to dry them- 
 selves. They were supposed by their officers to be lost. 
 
 At another time, when sleeping on the ground, a cry was heard, 
 " A cannon-ball is rolling towards us ! " He instantly sprang 
 up on his hands and knees ; the ball struck his cartridge-box, on 
 which his head, a few seconds before, was resting, and dashed it to 
 pieces ; it then struck a stone-wall, opened a gap, and, rolling a few 
 rods farther, stopped. 
 
 In the year 1780, he enlisted again for six months, and served a 
 portion of the time at West Point. He was there when Arnold 
 attempted to give it into the hands of the British. 
 
FARNSWORTH. FARNFM. 333 
 
 Timothy Farnsworth (son of Aaron F.), b. at Groton, Mas?., 
 Oct. 6, 1769 ; m., first, Elizabeth Robbe, dr. of the celebrated l)r. 
 Wm. Robbe,* of Peterborough. She was b. March 1, 1772; d. 
 Oct. 27, 1812. They lived a few years in Peterborough; moved 
 to Dublin in the spring of 1800, and settled on lot 5, range 1. Ch. : 
 I. Abigail, b. March 29, 1793; m. Richard P. Shattuck. 
 II. Eliza, b. Aug. 17, 1797; m. Alvarus Lawrence, q.v. 
 
 III. Jane, b. March 10, 1800 ; m. James Nay, of Peterborough. 
 
 IV. Eleanor, b. Jan. 28, 1802; m. Ebenezer Fairbanks, q.v. 
 V. Sally, b. Aug. 13, 1834. 
 
 VI. William, b. Jan. 15, 1807; m., Nov. 26, 1829, Elvira Piper ; 
 d. Nov. 14, 1851. Ch.: 1. Elvira Maria, b. March 13, 1831.— 
 2. Emily Jane, b. Jan. 25, 1834. — 3. William Granville, b. 
 Feb. 3, 1836. — 4. Julia, b. Sept. 14, 1838. — 5. John Merrill, 
 b. Sept. 12, 1841. — 6. James Maro, b. Aug. 17, 1845 ; d. Sept. 
 22, 1849. — 7. Walter Greenwood, b. Fe'b. 18, 1848; d. Sept. 
 29, 1849. 
 
 VII. Francis F., b. Dec. 24, 1809. 
 
 VIII. Timothy, b. Sept. 17, 1812; m. Sarah Dennis. 
 
 Second w. of Timothy F., sen., was the widow of George Nay, of 
 Peterborough, b. 1776, dr. of Daniel Clary, of New Ipswich. She 
 d. July 6, 1849. Ch. : 
 
 IX. Asa P., b. Jan. 14, 1815; m. Susan Mann. 
 
 Joshua Farnum, from Dracut, Mass. ; b. April 20, 1760 ; settled 
 in Dublin, March, 1782, on lots 17 and 18, range 7. His house 
 was on lot 17. He m., first, Dec. 19, 1782, Polly Brrden (Mary 
 Boidwell in the town-record). She was b. in Monson, INIass., Nov. 
 21, 1761, and d. Sept. 18, 1806. He d. July 1, 1837. Cli. : 
 
 I. Sally, b. Sept. 4, 1783 ; m., Oct. 19, 1813, Abel Adams ; r. in 
 Stoddard. 
 
 II. Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1784; m., Nov. 23, 1809, Samuel Jones, 
 jun., q.v. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. June 29, 1786; m. Ebenezer Atwood, and r. in 
 Roxbury, N. H. 
 
 IV. Clarissa, b. July 15, 1790; d. July 7, 1831. 
 
 V. Enos, b. Aug. 27, 1793; m., May 23, 1853, Eliza Houghton, 
 b. Jan. 8, 1809, in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 * Rev. E. Dunbar, in his "Description of Peterborough," published in the N.H. 
 Historical Collections, Aug., 1822, says: " Lieut. Wm. Robbe, seventh son of Wm. 
 R. and Agnes Patterson, was fully believed by his mother to be endued v^ith the 
 power of curing the king's-evil (scrofula). In her youth, she had supposed herself 
 cured of this disease by a man, reputed to be the seventh so7i, who traversed Ireland, 
 it was said, at his majesty's expense, and performed, it was believed, the most marvel- 
 lous cures, by gently rubbing the diseased person in the throat with his naked hand, 
 and, instead of taking a reward, bestowing a piece of silver. Mrs. Robbe charged 
 her son to attend gratuitously to all who should apply for relief, and to give each a 
 piece of silver; and he never refused his assistance to any who applied. Applications 
 were numerous, and frequent; and, after he was unable to lift his hands, they were 
 guided by others to impart the healing influence. It would require a volume," 
 according to Mr. Dunbar, " to record the extraordinary cures which have been 
 ascribed to his instrumentality." 
 
334 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 VL Joshua, b. Feb. 18, 1795 ; d. Stoddard, March 20, 1825 ; m., 
 July 20, 1820, Rhoda Manning. Ch. : 1. Heman. — 2. Frank- 
 lin. — 3. Rhoda. — 4. Adaliza. 
 
 VII. Emily (Millicent), b. Feb. 8, 1797; m., Oct. 18, 1835, 
 Enoch S. Howe ; r. Aurelius, Mich. 
 
 VIII. Hannah, b. Nov. 22, 1798 ; m., March 16, 1837, Cornelius 
 Towne, jun., q. v. 
 
 IX. Roland, b. Sept. 7, 1800; m., Nov. 13, 1828, Mary W. 
 Brooks, dr. of Jonas B. Ch.: 1. Martha S., b. Aug. 29, 1829 ; 
 m., May 1, 1853, Peter C. Grant; r. in Jefferson, 111. — 2. John 
 M., b. March 21, 1822. — 3. Clara F., b. June 29, 1834.-4. 
 Sarah J., b. Feb. 13, 1836; d. April 9, 1837.-5. Henry A., b. 
 Nov. 29, 1843. 
 
 X. Roxana, b. May 9, 1806; m., Nov. 24, 1831, Charles Fogg; 
 r. in Hancock. 
 
 Joshua F., sen., m., Jan. 27, 1807, Mrs. Abigail Kendall, widow 
 of Joel K. She d. Oct. 13, 1828. Ch. : 
 
 XI. Louisa, b. Nov. 26, 1810; ra., July 26, 1834, Charles Mason, 
 son of Samuel M., sen., and r. in Barry, III., q. v. 
 
 XII. Lyman K., b. June '2i), 1814; m. Eveline R. Cutter; r. in 
 Jaffrey. Ch. : 1. Charles L., and others, n. u. 
 
 John Farnum (brother of Joshua F.), with his wife Iluldah, 
 lived on lot 20, range 9. Ch. : 
 
 I. Archelaus Kenny, b. Nov. 24, 1779. 
 
 Deering Farrar, m. Polly . He was a blacksmith ; 
 
 worked in the Jason Harris Shop, and in the shop in lot 7, range 
 6. Ch. : 
 
 I. Deering, b. Sept. 4, 1808. IL Franklin, b. Feb. 16, 1811. 
 IIL Caroline, b. April 12, 1813. 
 
 Phinehas Farrar, b. Nov. 12, 1772; m.. May, 1794, Abigail 
 Stone, b. Sept. 18, 1773, dr. of Ehphalet S. ; d. Jan. 24, 1840. Ch. : 
 
 I. Cynthia, b. April 20, 1795 ; um ; a teacher at Ahmednuggar, 
 a missionary station in Hindoostan ; sailed from Boston, June 6, 
 1827. 
 
 IL Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1796; m., March 12, 1822, Dorcas 
 Cooledge, of Troy, N. H., dr. of Abram C. ; r. Armada, Mich. 
 
 III. Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1798 ; m., 1820, Asa Holman, Romeo, 
 Mich. 
 
 IV. Philinda, b. Feb. 24, 1801 ; m., March, 1821, George Lane, 
 son of John Lane, of Marlborough ; r. Boston. 
 
 V. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1802; um ; r. Romeo, Mich. 
 
 VI. Edmund W., b. Nov. 16, 1804; m., June 6, 1838, Harriet 
 Kerchdale, of Columbia, Tenn. ; r. Nasliville, Tenn. 
 
 VIL Ruth, b. Aug. 8, 1807 ; m., Nov. 16, 1829, Minot T. Lane, 
 son of John L. ; r. Detroit, Mich. 
 
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 VIIL Minot, b. Sept. 22, 1810; m.,May 27, 1834, Mabel Barnes, 
 of Whitesborough, N. Y. ; r. Marlborough, N. H. 
 IX. Caroline, b. March 21, 1813 ; d. Dec. 17, 1834. 
 X. Luther, b. Sept. 14, 1817 ; r. Romeo, Mich. 
 
 The above family lived on lot 22, range 1 ; which, by an act of 
 the Legislature, was annexed to Marlborough in 1818. The father, 
 Phinehas F., r. at Romeo, Mich. 
 
 Samuel Fisher, with his w. Lydia, lived, first, on lot 11, range 
 4; next, on lot 6, range 8. He d. 1795 or 6. She d. March, 1849, 
 ffi. 96. Ch.: 
 
 L Lydia, b. 1785. IL Dorothy, b. 1787 ; m. David Townsend, 
 jun., 2d., q.v. IIL Cynthia F., b. 1789; m. Jonathan Townsend, 
 q.v. IV. Samuel, m. ; ch., n.u.; r. Mason, N. H. 
 
 Miss Dolly Fisher, sister of Samuel F., sen., d. Feb., 1837, a3. 86. 
 
 Samuel Fisk, b. Nov. 28, 1768; settled in Dublin, 1791, on lot 
 5, range 4, where he d., Oct. 18, 1844. He was a great-grandson 
 of Samuel Fisk, who r. in Groton, Mass., as early as 1704. His 
 son Thomas, b. Feb. 21, 1712, re. to Pepperell, Mass., where he d. 
 April 3, 1754, leaving five children, among whom was Thomas, b. 
 March 12, 1745. Thomas m. Surah Shipley, dr. of John S. She 
 was of Scotch-Irish descent, b. Dec. 25, 1748, and d. Feb. 18, 1831. 
 Mr. Fisk was a Revolutionary soldier. In Jan., 1781, he re. with 
 his family from Pepperell to Jaffrey, and settled on the farm ad- 
 joining lots 4 and 5, range 1, in Dublin, where he d. March 15, 
 1818. His ch. were : Samuel, Asa, Levi, b. Feb. 16, 1775 ; Sarah, 
 b. March 22, 1779, d. April 21, 1844; Polly, b. Nov. 3, 1782, d. 
 June 14, 1804; Joel, b. Jan. 14, 1787, d. Jan. 19, 1823. — Samuel 
 Fisk, whose name is at the head of this notice, m., Jan. 17, 1793, 
 Mary Twitchell, dr. of Samuel T., Esq. She was b. Jan. 23, 1771, 
 and d. Dec. 19, 1834. Ch. : 
 
 L Asa, b. May 8, 1794; d. Aug. 24, 1796. 
 
 II. Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1795 ; m.. May 7, 1828, William Cogswell, 
 of Peterborough, where she now r. Ch. : 1. Willl4.m F., d. 
 drowned, June 27, 1847. — 2. Francis D. — 3. Lucas. — 4. 
 James B. 
 
 IIL Samuel, b. April 1, 1797 ; m., March 29, 1825, Betsey 
 Gleason, dr. of Phinehas G. ; settled first on lot 1, range 4, in 
 Dublin; re. to Peterborough, 1839. Ch. : 1. Elizabeth S., b. 
 May 18, 1826.— 2. Maria L., b. July 11, 1828.— 3. Amos T., 
 b. Aug. 27, 1831. 
 
 IV. Asa, b. Feb. 16, 1799; m., April 12, 1835, Priscilla Ran- 
 stead; r. on the homestead. Ch. : 1. Charles R., b. April 25, 
 1843. 
 
 V. Alice Wilson, b. Sept. 16, 1800; m., Feb. 28, 1826, Elias 
 Hardy, q. v. 
 
336 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 VL Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 1802; m., June 9, 1829, Ephraim 
 Foster, q. v. 
 
 VII. Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1804; um. 
 
 VIII. Julia T., b. July 22, 1808 ; m., April 16, 1835, Edward 
 Foster; re. to Lexington, Mass.; d. in Dublin, July 25, 1842. 
 Ch. : 1. Mary T. — 2. George. — 3. Derot. — 4. Julia C. 
 
 IX. Amos T., b. Jan. 23, 1811 ; d. May 29, 1814. 
 
 Asa Fisk, b. July 1, 1771 ; great-grandson of Samuel F., of 
 Groton, settled in Dublin, 1801, on the south part of lot 7, range 4, 
 purchased of Rev. E. Sprague, where he r. till he d., Aug. 8, 1848. 
 He was by trade a mason ; and, for neatness and thoroughness in 
 his work, it is believed he was excelled by few. He was for many 
 years in commission as J. P. ; but never officiated in that capacity. 
 He m., Aug. 4, 1800, Cynthia Mann, dr. of Nathan M., and grand- 
 daughter of Rev. Elislia Mann, a former minister of Wrentham, 
 Mass. She was b. in Marlborough, Mass., Oct. 5, 1778, but r. in 
 Jaffrey some years previous to her marriage. Ch. : 
 
 L Thomas, b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; m., April 19, 1832, Sophia Apple- 
 ton, youngest dr. of Deacon Francis A. She Avas b. Nov. 15, 1806. 
 They settled, April 21, 1832, on a farm, lots 15 and 16, range 7, 
 purchased of Joseph Whittemore ; r. there till 1852, when new 
 buildings were erected on lots 15, ranges 6 and 7, to which they re. 
 in Dec. of that year. Ch. : 1. Jesse A., b. June 7, 1836. — 2. 
 Arabella S., b. May 29, 1844. 
 
 IL Cynthia M., b. Sept. 2, 1804; m., Oct. 11, 1838, Calvin 
 Learned, q. v. 
 
 III. Asa H., b. March 23, 1812; m., May 24, 1838, Caroline 
 Ranstead, and r. on the homestead. Ch. : 1. Caroline P., b. Dec. 
 7, 1841. — 2. John H., b. Jan. 15, 1844. IV. Sally, b. Sept. 30, 
 1815 ; d. May 18, 1840. V. Amos,b. July 17, 1817 ; d. Aug. 15, 1819. 
 
 Asa Fiske, b. Oct. 7, 1764, in Holden, Mass.; d. July 2, 1829 ; 
 settled in Dublin, 1801, on lot 3, range 9. He m., first, Oct. 4, 
 1787, Dolly Warren, b. 1764, d. Aug. 6, 1818. Ch. : 
 
 I. Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1788; m., Dec. 5, 1809, Samuel Mathews, of 
 Hancock ; ch., n. u. He d., and her second husband was Benjamin 
 Dearborn. 
 
 II. and III. Twins, b. 1790; one d. in infancy, and the other, 
 named Parker, d. Aug. 30, 1793. 
 
 IV. A son, who d. in infancy. 
 
 V. Parker, b. Feb. 14, 1793 ; ra., Feb. 29, 1820, Mary B. Priest, 
 of Hancock. Ch.: 1. Eunice P., b. Feb. 18, 1822. — 2. Levi W., 
 b. April 29, 1825. — 3. Mary E., b. April 25, 1830. — 4. Asa P., 
 b. Dec. 23, 1832 ; d. Feb. 28, 1833. 
 
 VL Mary, b. March 29, 1796 ; m., March 13, 1817, Levi Priest, 
 of Hancock. 
 
 VII. Daniel, b. June 18, 1798; m., March 16, 1820, Esther 
 Eaton, dr. of Moses E., sen. Ch. : 1. Laura A., b, Sept. 4, 1821 ; 
 

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 m.. April 26, 1847, Mark True, of Francestown, graduated at 
 Dartmouth College ; Prof, of Latin and Greek Languages at New 
 Hampton Academy and Theological Seminary, 1846 and 7 ; Prin- 
 cipal of Hancock Literary and Scientific Institution, 1848 and 9 ; 
 r., 1854, at AVinchester, Mass. Mrs. L. A. True d. May 8, 1852 : 
 eh. (1) Abbot Fisk, b. April 4, 1852. — 2. Loise D., b. Aug. 25, 
 1823. — 3. Warren L., b. March 12, 1826. — 4. Sarah Maria, 
 b. April 13, 1828. — 5. George D., b. Sept. 27, 1830. — 6. 
 Charles W., b. June 14, 1833. — 7. Fraxcis W., b. Dec. 1, 1835. 
 — 8. Josephine, b. July 9, 1838. — 9. Henry A., b. June 1, 1841 ; 
 d. March 19, 1842.-10. Isabel, b. Dec. 2, 1843 ; d. Oct. 5, 1846. 
 
 Second w. of A. F., m., March 11, 1819, was Mrs. Esther Perry, 
 widow of Moses Perry. Ch. : 
 
 VIIL Dorothy S., b. Nov. 21, 1819 ; m., March 28, 1843, Isaac 
 F. Preston, of New Ipswich. Ch., n. u. ; r. Peterborough. 
 
 Joshua Flint, from Reading, Mass. ; b. April 6, 1782 ; settled in 
 Dublin, May 7, 1808, on lot 8, range 8 ; m., May 6, 1808, Susanna 
 Babcock, b. Jan. 23, 1785, youngest dr. of Nathan B., of Fitchburg, 
 Mass.; re. to Ashby, Mass., Dec. 25, 1812, and back to Dublin, 
 May 1, 1818 ; settled on lot 4, range 10, and re. to Roxbury, N. H., 
 Oct. 5, 1838, where he now resides. Ch. : 
 
 L Susan, b. March 18, 1809 ; d. April 3, 1839 ; m., June 2, 1831, 
 Reo Adams, son of James A. Ch. : 1. Ellen Maria, b. Jan. 27, 
 1832. — 2. George Clinton, b. April 18, 1833, — 3. Josephine 
 Amanda, b. Nov. 16, 1834. — 4. Mart Warren, b. Dec. 17, 
 1836. — 5. MiRON, b. March 19, 1839; d. July 12, 1839. 
 IL Ivers, b. Oct. 12, 1810; d. Nov. 19, 1810. 
 
 in. Maria, b. Sept. 26, 1813; d. Oct. 6, 1813. 
 
 IV. Ivers, b. Aug. 27, 1814; m., Dec. 19, 1840, Harriet Town- 
 send, b. Feb. 26, 1817, dr. of David T., jun., 2d; r. Roxbury, N.H. 
 Ch. : 1. Josephine Amanda, b. Oct. 19, 1841. — 2. Lavater 
 MuNROE, b. May 4, 1846. 
 
 V. Elmira Jane, b. Feb. 16, 1820; m., Aug. 30, 1842, Jairus 
 Collins, of Marlborough, N. H., b. April 13, 1816. 
 
 VI. Hephzibah Damon, b. Jan. 27, 1822; m., July 22, 1841, 
 Reo Adams ; r. in Keene, Ohio. Ch. : 1. Elbridge Gerrt, b. 
 April 18, 1842. — 2. Charles Flint, b. Jan. 5, 1850.-3. John, 
 b. April 23, 1852. 
 
 VIL Sarah Childs, b. Sept. 30, 1825 ; m., June 15, 1852, Henry 
 Gould, b. Feb. 25, 1827, son of John G., of New Ipswich ; r. in 
 Dublin. 
 
 Ephraim Foster, son of John F., of Winchester, N.H. ; b. Aug. 
 21, 1790; settled in Dublin, July 30, 1814, on the farm purchased 
 of Nathan Bixby by Jonathan Mason of Boston, lots 11 and 12, 
 range 3. He m., Dec. 1, 1816, Julia Rider, dr. of Moses R. She 
 was b. Dec. 31, 1796 ; d. Dec. 14, 1827. Ch. : 
 L John, b. May 28, 1819 ; d. June 23, 1820. 
 43 
 
338 KEGISTEK OF FAMILIES. 
 
 II. James, b. May 27, 1821 ; m., Dec, 1846, Elizabeth R. K. 
 Titcomb, of Newburyport; r. in Boston. He d. Nov. 13, 1854. 
 
 III. George, b. May 23, 1824; r. in California. 
 
 IV. Julia, b. Sept. 5, 1826 ; m., May 24, 1846, Charles W. 
 Gowing, son of Joseph G. 
 
 Mr. Foster re. to Walpole,N.H., Nov., 1822; returned to Dublin, 
 March 16, 1827; purchased Jonathan Mason's farm, which he for- 
 merly occupied; m., June 9, 1829, Betsey Fisk, b. Sept. 21, 1802, 
 dr. of Samuel F. Ch. : 
 
 V. Henry, b. April 28, 1830. VI. John, b. Nov. 9, 1832. 
 VII. Frederick, b. Nov. 2, 1834; d. Sept. 14, 1836. 
 VIII. Andrew Butler, b. Feb. 26, 1837. 
 
 IX. Frederick, b. Jan. 6, 1839. 
 
 He rented his farm in 1832, and re. to Walpole ; returning to 
 Dublin, 1842. 
 
 John French, b. May 27, 1727, at Woburn, Mass. Mary 
 
 Whitcomb, his w., b. June 19, 1731, at Bolton, Mass. He settled 
 
 first in Hollis, N. H., where all his ch. were born ; re. to Nelson, 
 
 and remained many years ; then to Dublin, March 28, 1783. Ch. : 
 
 I. Mary, b. July 12, 1750; m. Thomas White. 
 
 n. Hephzibah, b. Jan. 31, 1752; m. Edmund Taylor; d. at 
 Cavendish, Vt. 
 
 III. William, b. May 19, 1754; killed at the battle of Bunker 
 Hill. 
 
 IV. John, b. April 8, 1757; m. Susannah White; r. in Dublin 
 a long time ; had a large family ; d. at Northfield, Mass. 
 
 V. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1759 ; m. Eli Greenwood, q. v. 
 VI. Jonathan, b. Jan. 9, 1762; m. Eunice Carlton, of Rindge; 
 d. at Dublin. 
 
 VII. Abigail, b. March 20, 1764; m. Hadlock, of Wethers- 
 field, Vt. 
 
 VIII. Whitcomb, b. Oct. 26, 1767; m., Oct. 9, 1793, Sally 
 Patrick, of Fitzwilliam. Ch. : 1. Whitcomb (Col.), b. July 19, 
 1794; m. Mary Kendall, dr. of Joel K. ; r. in Peterborough: ch. 
 (1) Granville; (2) Henry, and others. — 2. Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 
 1796; m. Asenath English; d. May 12, 1838, at Albany, N. Y.— 
 3. Jerusha, b. Dec. 17, 1798; m. Abraham Shattuck, q. v. — 4. 
 Sumner, b. Dec. 23, 1800 ; m., first, Mandana Murray, Hinesbui-g, 
 Vt. ; r. in Illinois ; has buried two wives, and is now living with the 
 third. — 5. Stillman, b. Nov. 5, 1803 ; m. Lucy Winch, of Sulli- 
 van ; ch., n. u. — 6. Betset, b. Aug. 3, 1806 ; um. — 7. Malancy, 
 um. ; b. Feb. 11, 1810 ; r. in Peterborough. — 8. Abigail, b. Sept. 
 18, 1812; d. Oct. 12, 1812. — 9. Leander, b. Sept. 3, 1816; m. 
 Lois Farwell, of Nelson ; d. Aug. 27, 1840, at Swanzey, N. H. 
 
 IX. Rebecca, m. Enoch Foster ; d. at Roxbury, N. H. 
 
 X. Ebenezer, m. Polly Fisher, of Dublin ; d. at Norwich, Vt. 
 XI. Joseph, d. at Hollis, ae. 6 months. 
 
Luke French, from JafFrey; b. July 25, 1807; m., first, Jan. 
 26, 1832, Nancy W. Blanchard, dr. of Simeon B., b. 1809, and d. 
 June 20, 1838 ; re. to Dublin, March 11, 1853 ; settled on lot 8, 
 range 2, and lots 7 and 8, range 3. Ch. : 
 
 I. Susan E., b. Jan. 28, 1833. II. Richard, b. May 19, 1834. 
 III. Sarah M., b. Feb. 28, 183G; d. Jan. 12, 1842. IV. Preston 
 L., b. April 26, 1838. 
 
 Second w., m., Sept. 4, 1839, Lucy Spaulding, dr. of Deacon Abel 
 
 5. Ch. : 
 
 V. Sylvanus, b. May 11, 1840. VL Ermina S., b. Feb. 20, 
 1842. VIL Evander, b. April 7, 1843. VIIL Hannah C, b. Sept. 
 14, 1844; d. March 16, 1845. IX. Abel, b. Feb. 10, 1846. X. 
 Orford, b. Jan. 15, 1848. XL A son, b. Aug. 12, 1849 ; d. Aug. 
 12, 1849. XIL Merrill, b. Oct. 5, 1850. XIII. Emmons, b. April 
 23, 1853. 
 
 Benjamin Frost, from Jaffrey to Dublin, 1806 ; b. Dec. 1, 1778 ; 
 d. March 9, 1825 ; purchased part of lot 5, range 1, and built a 
 house; m., Dec. 18, 1806, Annis Pierce, of Jaffrey, b. April 12, 
 1783, dr. of Samuel Pierce. She d. Oct. 28, 1834. Ch. : 
 
 L Cyrus, b. May 12, 1807; m., first, Nov., 1829, Cynthia Nay, 
 of Sharon, N. H. She d. Jan. 20, 1837. Ch. : 1. Ltdia Ann, b. 
 July 30, 1831. Second w. of C. F. was Betsy McCoy, of Sharon, 
 m., Nov. 9, 1837. Ch.: 2. Charles Albert, b. Sept. 9, 1838. 
 — 3. Sarah Eliza, b. Dec. 15, 1839. — 4. Cynthia A., b. Aug. 
 
 6, 1843. — He lived on the homestead till March 13, 1852, when 
 he re. to Peterborough. 
 
 IL Annis, b. Dec. 30, 1808 ; m., Dec. 10, 1834, Edward M. Law- 
 rence, of Pepperell, Mass. He d. in Peterborough, Dec. 12, 1853. 
 Ch.: 1. Eliza Ann, b. in Groton, Oct. 4, 1836; m. Abbot B. 
 Burpee. — 2. Nancy L., b. in Dublin, April 6, 1841. — 3. Samuel 
 H., b. in Jaff"rey, May 13, 1844. — 4. Lydia M., b. in Dublin, May 
 5, 1847 ; d. July 9, 1850. — 5. Lydia M., b. in Jaff'rey, March 12, 
 1851 ; d. April 6, 1851. 
 
 in. Eliza, b. Oct. 17, 1811 ; d. April 14, 1835. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, b. June 25, 1813 ; m., Nov. 22, 1836, Lydia M. 
 White, of Deerfield, N. H. ; r. in Nashua, N. H. 
 
 V. Joseph P., b. June 19, 1815 ; m., Jan. 4, 1844, S. Eliza Cut- 
 ter, dr. of Abel C, of Jaffrey. Ch. : 1. Edith Eliza, b. Oct. 17, 
 1844. — 2. Joseph Albert, b. June 12, 1846; re. from Dublin 
 to Jaffrey, April 20, 1849. 
 
 VI. Albert, b. March 20, 1817; m., Feb. 21, 1843, Mary Bou- 
 tell, of Antrim ; re. to Salem, Mass., 1845 ; thence to Boston, and 
 in 1848 to Peterborough. Ch. : 1. George Albert, b. March 
 23, 1844. — 2. Mary Ellen, b. April 30, 1847.-3. Eugene 
 Leslie, b. Aug. 30, 1849; d. Aug. 21, 1852. — 4. Emma Jane, 
 b. July 17, 1851 ; d. Aug. 10, 1852. 
 
 VIL Silas P., b. Feb. 9, 1820; m., Feb. 9, 1849, Betsey E. 
 
3-10 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Mason, dr. of Cyrus M. Ch. : 1. Walter Clarence, b. March 
 11, 1851. — 2. Alfred Clinton, b. March 31, 1852. 
 
 Vin. Caleb Whitney, b. Feb. 9, 1822 ; m., in Boston, Nov. 29, 
 1849, Mrs. Rhoda D. Burgin, formerly of Lancaster, N. H. ; r. in 
 Boston. 
 
 Ctrus Frost (Col.), from Marlborough, N. H. ; m., Nov. 1, 
 1821, Caroline Richardson, dr. of Ebenezer R. ; settled on the 
 homestead of E. R. ; Rep. Ch. : 
 
 I. Almira, b. July 20, 1823 ; d. Dec. 21, 1823. II. Sarah Jane, 
 b. April 20, 1825 ; d. Feb. 5, 182G. III. Ebenezer R., b. May 26, 
 1828; r. in Boston. IV. Laura Sophia, b. May 16, 1830. V. 
 Edward Jonathan, b. June 17, 1833. VL Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 
 23, 1836. VIL Harriet Coolidge, b. Dec. 31, 1838. VIII. 
 Amanda Caroline, b. April 14, 1842. 
 
 Oldham Gates, with his w. Deborah, came to Dublin, June, 
 1784, and lived on lot 20, range 9. Ch. : 
 
 I. Nelly, b. Aug. 30, 1785. IL Amos, b. Aug. 29, 1787. III. 
 Ruth, b. Nov. 2, 1789. IV. Oldham, b. March 12, 1792. V. 
 Anna, b. June 15, 1794. VL Nathan, b. May 2, 1796. 
 
 Stephen Gibson, with his w. Eliza, lived on lot 1, range 4. 
 Ch. : L Eber, b. Nov. 14, 1810. IL Sally, b. June 13, 1812. 
 
 Richard Gilchrest, b. Feb. 22, 1753, in Lunenburg, Mass. 
 His father, William G., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1711; 
 went to Ireland, lived in the family of Robert Smith, and with 
 him emigrated to the United States in 1736. The w. of William 
 G. was Elizabeth White, b. in the County of Londonderry, Ireland, 
 and came to this country when she was four years old. They 
 had seven sons and four daughters. Richard was the third son ; 
 and, from 14 till 18 years of age, lived with William Smith. He 
 then lived two years with a Mr. Bellows, whose house, during 
 that time, was broken open, and robbed of some property. The 
 robber, whose name was Linsey or Lindsey, concealed himself 
 in the chamber of a house in Fitchburg ; and, being armed with 
 a loaded musket, threatened death to any one who should approach 
 him. Gilchrest ascended a ladder, entered the chamber, disarmed 
 and secured the robber, who was hung. Gilchrest worked a short 
 time in Littleton, driving a team, for which he was celebrated. 
 He then went to Swanzey, N. IL, and lived with an uncle. On the 
 20th of April, 1775, he was at work with several others, preparing 
 timber for a barn. Early in the day, the party heard that the 
 British troops had left Boston, and had killed a large number of 
 the Provincials. The question was asked, " Will you go ? " and 
 every one answered, " Yes." Thirteen persons were soon collected, 
 and went to Cambridge. Gilchrest was in the battle of Bunker 
 Hill, as described on page 151. He was afterwards out in an 
 
341 
 
 excursion on Noddle Island and Hog Island, under Gen. Putnam ; 
 in which a number of the British were killed, a schooner burned, 
 and a sloop of war sunk. In the winter of 1 875- 6, he returned to 
 Dublin, and was m. to Mary 8wan, dr. of John S. She was b. 
 Aug. 14, 1758, and d. Jan. 16, 1816, He purchased lot 5, range 3, 
 erected buildings on the same, and there spent the remainder of his 
 life. He served as constable and collector of taxes for many years ; 
 was distinguished as a successful catcher of rogues, and for making 
 them confess their crimes. When his neighbors were in trouble, 
 he was ever at hand to aflbrd aid. He w^as never weary of watch- 
 ing at the couch of the sick. Though he was rough in manner and 
 speech, yet he was kind at heart. Ch. by his first wife : 
 I. Elizabeth, b. 1777; d. 1777. 
 II. Elizabeth, b. Feb. G, 1778; d. Jan. 30, 1843. 
 
 III. Nancy, b. Feb. 27, 1780 ; m. Josiah Wait, q. v. 
 
 IV. Joshua, b. May 1, 1782 ; m. Mary Corey, of Milton, N. Y.; 
 d. May 20, 1842. 
 
 V. Sally, b. April 5, 1785 ; m. John Goodell, of Boston ; d. Sept. 
 6, 1835. 
 
 VI. Mary,b. April 15, 1787 ; m. John Warren, q. v. 
 
 VII. William, b. June 28, 1789; m. Sally Robbins, of Peter- 
 borough. 
 
 VIII. Hannah, b. June 14, 1793 ; m. Ezra Morse, jun. ; re. to 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 IX. John, b. Dec. 22, 1795 ; m., March 27, 1818, Margaret 
 Stanley, b. July 30, 1795. Ch. : 1. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1818; d. 
 Aug. 18, 1821. — 2. Margaret, b. Oct. 18, 1820; m. Neverson 
 Greenwood, q. v. — 3. Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1822; m. Joshua Lakin. 
 — 4. GiLMAN, b. Nov. 28, 1824; m. Jane Phillips. — 5. John T., 
 b. Sept. 16, 1827 ; m. Catharine Shelden. — 6. Charles I., b. Feb. 
 10, 1830. — 7. Augusta H., b. Feb. 11, 1832 ; m. John Rourk.— 
 8. Granville, b. Nov. 7, 1834. — 9. Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 14, 
 1837. 
 
 X. Gilman, b. Jan., 1800 ; d. Aug., 1837, in Troy, N. Y. 
 Second w. of R. G. Margaret Moore, of Peterboro' ; third w. 
 
 Eleanor Gray, of Peterboro', d. Jan. 10, 1833. He d. June 19, 1833. 
 
 Phinehas Gleason, though not one of the first, was one of the 
 early settlers ; and was well acquainted with the hardships and 
 privations to whicli the first settlers were exposed. He was the 
 first who began a settlement on the north side of Monadnock. He 
 was one year in the Revolutionary army ; and, for several years 
 before his death, he received a pension. He was from Sudbury, 
 now Wayland, Mass.; b. 1757; d. Dec. 10, 1840. He settled, 
 1784, on lots 20 and 21, range 2, purchased by himself. His first 
 house was on lot 20. He m., March 10, 1789, Hannah Rowell, dr. 
 of Ichabod Rowell. She was b. in Kingston, N. H., 1769, and d. 
 Oct. 6, 1838. Ch. : 
 
 I. Phinehas, d. in infancy. 
 
342 RFXilSTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 II. Rebecca, b. May 5, 1791; m., 1811, Ebenezer Collester, of 
 Marlborough; re. to Sullivan, and d. May 24, 1837. 
 
 III. Sally, b. Feb. 28, 1793; m., 1812, Asa Hemingway, of 
 Marlborough ; r. in Granville, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1795; m., first, 1815, Cephas Brown, of 
 Sullivan. He d. Aug., 1824, a3. 33. Ch. : 1. Mary C, b. Feb. 7, 
 1816; m. Joseph R. Strong, q.v. — 2. Calista, b. July IG, 1818; 
 m., June 8, 1846, Edmund Clark, of Royalton, Ohio. — 3. Cephas, 
 b. Sept. 3, 1820. — 4. Lucy S., b. June 23, 1823. — Second h. of 
 Widow Mary B. was Nehemiah Upton, q. v. 
 
 V. Phinehas, b. April 12, 1797; m., Nov. 20, 1823, Sarah P. 
 Smith, b. Aug. 10, 1802, dr. of Ruggles Smith. Ch. : 1. Eliza, b. 
 May 15, 1824; m., Sept. 12, 1844, Cyrus Piper, jun., q.v.; d. Feb. 
 
 4, 1845. — 2. L. Maria, b. April 27, 1826; m., Oct. 19, 1848, 
 John W. Corey, q.v. — 3. Charles R., b. Dec. 12, 1828; d. Sept. 
 
 5, 1832.-4. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 7, 1831; d. Aug. 20, 1832.— 
 5. Charles C, b. March 1, 1833. — 6. Jonathan S., b. April 10, 
 1835.-7. Clorinda, b. Feb. 26, 1837. — 8. Albert, b. April 
 19, 1843; d. Nov. 19, 1843. ./■ 
 
 . VL Betsey, b. June 15, 179/-; m., March 29, 1825, Samuel Fisk, 
 jun., q.v. 
 
 VIL Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1801 ; m., Dec. 27, 1825, Peter 
 Morse, q. v. 
 
 VIII. and IX. Two sons, d. in infancy. X. Lucy, b. 1805 ; d. 
 1807. 
 
 XL John, b. July 17, 1807; m., Sept. 22, 1835, Harriet Morse, 
 b. April 17, 1809, dr. of Thaddeus M., Esq. Ch. : 1. Harriet M., 
 b. June 27, 1836.-2. George W., b. Feb. 22, 1838. — 3. Ellen, 
 b. Dec. 8, 1839; d. Feb. 3, 1844. — 4. John, b. Feb. 17, 1842; d. 
 Feb. 5, 1844.-5. Alvin, b. May 5, 1846; d. March, 1847. — 6. 
 Sarah M., b. Jan. 17, 1849. — 7. Emma, b. Dec. 11, 1850. 
 
 XIL Jacob, b. May 3, 1809 ; m., Nov. 27, 1834, Clarissa Broad, 
 b. April 5, 1805, dr. of Seth B. Ch. : 1. James W., b. Sept. 23, 
 1835.-2. Henry Harrison, b. Dec. 21, 1837. 
 
 James Gowing, jun., b. April 16, 1763, son of James G., of 
 Lynnfield, Mass., who was b. Jan. 18, 1736; d. June 6, 1805; m. 
 Lydia Wellman, b. May 7, 1735, who d. Jan. 4, 1826. He was of 
 Scotch, and she of Welsh descent. They had twelve ch. : 1. Lydia, 
 b. Aug. 13, 1760; m. Joab Evleth, q.v. — 2. Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 
 1762 ; m. Betsey Hill; re. to Vermont. — 3. James, who settled in 
 Dublin, 1788, on lots 6 and 7, range 2, and d. Jan. 15, 1836. — 4. 
 Benjamin, b. Jan. 4, 1765; m. Polly Emery ; re. to Vermont. — 
 5. William, b. March 1, 1767; m. Abigail Miller; re. to Peter- 
 borough; d. Oct., 1854.-6. Aziel, b. June 10, 1769; m. Nancy 
 Taggart ; r. Jaffrey ; second w., Betsey Gibson ; re. to New York 
 State. — 7. Levi, b. May 16, 1771 ; m. Achsah Hill ; re. to Vermont. 
 — 8. Rosannah, b. May 10, 1773 ; m. Oliver Hale; re. to Vermont. — 
 9. Simeon (twin), b. July 3, 1775 ; m. Mary Frost ; I'e. to Vermont. 
 
343 
 
 — 10. Thirza, b. July 3, 1775, twin; m. Samuel White; re. to Peter- 
 borough. — 11. Joseph, q. V. — 12. Esther, b. in JaiFrey, June 5, 
 1780 ; m. Perley Fasset ; re. to Winchester, N. H. ; second h,, 
 Josiah Burbank. — James G., sen., re. from Lynnfield to Jaffrey, 
 1777. James Gowing, jun., m., 1792, Abigail Greenwood, dr. of 
 Moses G., sen. She was b, April 27, 1774, and d. Jan. 10, 
 1817. Ch.: 
 
 I. Anna, b. May 20, 1793 ; m. Rufus Piper, q, v. 
 II. Elmira, b. Nov. 21, 1794; m. Jackson Greenwood, q. v. 
 
 III. Moses a, b. June 25, 1797; m., March 17, 1824, Lucy 
 Derby, dr. of Samuel D. Ch. : 1. Maria B., b. March 16, 1825. 
 
 — 2. Lucy, b. June 7, 1827; d. June 13, 1827. — 3. Calvin 
 Clark, b. Aug. 14, 1831. 
 
 IV. Almerin, b. Oct. 1, 1799 ; m., Sept. 19, 1826, Sarah San- 
 ders, b. Aug. 9, 1806, dr. of Samuel S., of Jaffrey. Ch. : 1. 
 George A., b. Dec. 8, 1827 ; m., Oct. 15, 1850, Lydia S. Perry, 
 dr. of Benj. P.: ch. (1) Ellen, b. Aug. 9, 1851. — 2. Elizabeth 
 M., b. July 13, 1829; m., Sept. 29, 1846, Jonas B. Piper, q.v.— 
 3. Ellen A., b. Dec. 10, 1832 ; m., Oct. 15, 1850, J. Granville 
 Evleth; r. Philadelphia. — 4. Elbridge J., b. Jan. 26, 1838.— 
 5. Albert J., b. Jan. 26, 1838; d. Feb. 18, 1838. — 6. Addy L. 
 (Adelaide), b. March 8, 1842. 
 
 V. Harriet, d. in infancy. VI. Lyman, d. in infancy. 
 
 VIL Betsey,b. Sept. 22, 1805; m., Oct., 1824, Samuel Twitchell; 
 re. to Peterborough. She d. March 29, 1851. 
 
 VIII. James, d. in infancy. IX. Jonathan, d. in infancy. 
 
 X. Abigail G., b. May 15, 1810; m., May 27, 1835, Charles 
 W. Pierce, q. v. 
 
 XL James, d. in infancy. XII. Harriet, b. March 4, 1814, um. 
 
 The second w. of James G., jun., was Mrs. Lucy Wilder, of 
 Keene; m., Feb., 1818. Ch.: 
 
 XIIL James R., b. Dec. 14, 1818 ; d. at Boston, Sept. 7, 1842. 
 
 Joseph Gowing, eleventh ch. of James G., sen.; b. Dec. 12, 
 1777; d. Jan. 26, 1838; settled in Dublin, 1806, on lots 6 and 7, 
 range 2, purchased of his brother, William G. ; m., Nov. 17, 1807, 
 Hepzibah Fairbanks, b. March 31, 1785, dr. of Asa F. ; d. Oct. 13, 
 1843. Ch. : 
 
 L Asa F., b. Dec. 8, 1808 ; m., Dec. 2, 1845, Agnes Robbe. 
 Second w., m.. May 31, 1853, Catherine Robbe ; r. Peterborough. 
 
 IL Joseph M., b. April 8, 1810 ; m., Dec. 10, 1840, Harriet M. 
 Brown ; r. in Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 IIL Zaman A., b. Nov. 10, 1811; m., Oct. 11, 1842, Mary 
 Greenwood, b. Dec. 24, 1818, dr. of Aaron G. Ch. : 1. Eugene 
 L., b. May 11, 1844; d. Dec. 30, 1847.-2. Emily A., b. March 
 28, 1849. 
 
 IV. Louisa IL, b. June 7, 1814 ; m., Sept. 27, 1842, James Adams. 
 V. Amna A., b. March 7, 1817 ; m., Nov. 6, 1845, Abel Wilder, 
 jun. ; r. in Peterborough. 
 
344 REGISTEK OF FAMILIES. 
 
 VI. Charles W., b. Dec. 21, 1819; m., May 24, 1846, Julia 
 Foster, b. Sept. 5, 1826, dr. of Epbraim F. 
 
 VII. Lavater L., b. Jan. 17, 1827 ; d. Sept. 19, 1851. 
 
 VIII. Lydia R., b. Dec. 1, 1829 ; m., June 30, 1850, Joseph W. 
 Powers, q. v. 
 
 Bartholomew Goter, with his w. Joanna, was the first settler 
 on lot 8, range 1. He was a foreigner, said to have been b. in 
 France ; played upon the violin, and told fortunes with cards and 
 by inspecting the palms of hands. He sold his farm to Samuel 
 Derby, and re. to North Adams, Mass. Ch. : 
 
 I. Sarah, b. July 28, 1774; d. Aug. 12, 1774. II. Jemima, b. 
 Oct. 4, 1775. III. AVilliam Alexander, b. Nov. 4, 1777. IV. 
 Bartholomew, b. Nov. 4, 1779. V. Ebenezer, b. July 22, 1781. 
 VI. Deborah, b. March 5, 1785; d. Sept. 10, 1786. VII. Benja- 
 min, b. July 8, 1786. 
 
 William Greenwood, from Sherborn, worked on the roads in 
 Dublin, as early as 1762 ; settled on lot 8, range 6, in 1765 ; a car- 
 penter by trade, and was killed at the raising of the frame of a barn 
 belonging to Deacon Benjamin Learned, June 28, 1782, ^^^. 61. He 
 m. Abigail Death, of Sherborn, who d. Oct. 1, 1814, se. 91. Ch. : 
 
 I. Daniel, m. Rebecca . Ch. : 1. Simon,b. March 2, 1773. 
 
 II. Waitstill, m. Ebenezer Twitchell, q. v. ; d. June, 1788. 
 
 III. Elizabeth, m., Aug. 27, 1772, Moses Greenwood, q. v. 
 
 IV. Eli, b. 1751 ; m., Dec. 12, 1776, Betsey French, dr. of John 
 F., b. in Hollis, 1760, and d. in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1833. He came 
 to Dublin with his father, 1762; settled on a farm, given him by 
 his ftither, lot 21, range 9, where he d. Oct. 8, 1827. Ch. : 1. 
 Betsey, b. March 5, 1791 ; d. Jan. 8, 1818. — 2. LuciNDA,b. Nov., 
 1795; d. April 25, 1797. — 3. Eli, b. March 13, 1799; m., Sept. 
 25, 1822, Roxana Carlton, b. Jan. 20, 1801, dr. of Luther C, of 
 Lunenburg, Mass. Mr. Carlton re. to Dublin, and d. 1838. Ch. 
 of Eli G., jun.: (1) Arvada, b. Oct. 30, 1824; d. Nov. 21, 1824; 
 (2) Eliza M., b. Dec. 6, 1825, m., June 10, 1846, John P. Wight, 
 q. v., r. Troy, N. Y. ; (3) Zoa Ann, b. Oct. 4, 1829 ; (4) Martha 
 A., b. Aug. 24, 1832, d. Sept. 19, 1848; (5) Charles I., b. Nov. 
 12, 1837 ; (6) Sarah S., b. Dec. 10, 1838, d. Sept. 10, 1839. Eli 
 G., jun., re. to Marlborough, March, 1836, and to Nashua, April, 
 1842. 
 
 V. Joshua., m., Aug. 22, 1779, Hannah Twitchell, dr. of Gershom 
 T., sen., and settled on the homestead. Ch. : 1. Sarah, b. June 7, 
 1780 ; m. Philo Sage; r. in Richland, N. Y. — 2. Abner, b. Aug. 
 30, 1781 ; m. Polly Edson ; r. in the State of New York. — 3. 
 William, b. July 9, 1783 ; m. Betsey Morse, dr. of Thaddeus M., 
 sen.: ch. (1) George G.,' b. Nov. 13, 1808; (2) William A., b. 
 Aug. 14, 1811, m. Sophia Hopewell, r. Peoria, III. William Green- 
 wood, son of Joshua, was distinguished while in Dublin for his 
 ingenuity* as a mechanic ; and his portrait, which his friends have 
 
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gree:nwood. 345 
 
 furnished for this book, is a good representation of the features 
 and expression of his countenance in 1852, when he visited his 
 native town. — 4. Johx, b. Jan. 26, 1785 ; m., March, 1811, Polly 
 Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M., sen., and re. to Richland, N. Y. ; d., 
 and his widow still r. there : ch., six, n.u. — 5. Anna, b. April 11, 
 1787; m. "William Spaulding, of Cavendish, Vt. ; ch., n. u. — 6. 
 Joshua, b. Aug. 3, 1789 ; m. Eunice H. Bond ; r. Richland, N. Y. 
 — 7. Hannah, b. July 1, 1791; m., Dec. 22, 1814, Joseph 
 Twitchell, q. v., son of Joshua T. — 8. Jeremiah, b. June 1, 1793 ; 
 m. Dorcas Wilder, dr. of Col. Abel W.; r. Keene : ch. (1) Edward 
 Sprague, b. May 18, 1818, m.; (2) James Wilder, b. March 5, 
 1820, m.; (3) Cyrus, b. May 14, 1822, d. Oct. 25, 1822 ; (4) Han- 
 nah Sprague, m., Aug. 27, 1839, Jeremiah Lanphear, d. Dec. 5, 
 1842, ch. n.u.; (5) Julia, m.; (6) A daughter, d. Feb. 23, 1829, 
 fe. one year and seven months ; (7) Jeremiah ; (8) Electa, d. Aug. 
 3, 1837, £6. 7; (9) Albert, d. Feb., 1837, re. 2.-9. Julia, b. 
 March 29, 1795 ; d. Aug. 31, 179G.— 10. Asa, b. July 3, 1797; 
 m., Dec. 31, 1821, Mrs. Lucy Evans, widow of Heman E., dr. of 
 Benjamin Mason : ch. (1) Heman ; -(2) John, and others, n. u. ; 
 re. to Mai-lborough, N. H. ; built a house of granite ; his w. d. ; he 
 m. a second w., Mary Minot, dr. of John and Prudence (Twitchell) 
 M., and re. to Illinois. Mr. Asa Greenwood built the granite 
 bridge on the road from Keene to Swanzey; another in the village 
 of Peterborough, and the granite factory of the Messrs. Colony in 
 Harrisville. — 11. Prudence, b. Dec. 23, 1799; m.. May 11, 1819, 
 John Piper: ch. (1) Solomon, b. Feb. 10, 1820 ; m., Aug. 9, 1840, 
 Jane McMichael, of Philadelphia ; ch. 1. William Henry, b. July 
 3, 1841 ; 2. Georffe, b. Oct., 1842, d. July 19, 1850; 3. Mary A^me, 
 b, Sept., 1848, d. July 27, 1850. — For other ch, and grandch. of 
 John P., see article Solomon Piper. 
 
 YI. Hepzibah, m., Nov. 4, 1779, James Rollins, jun. ; re. to 
 Parkerstown, Yt. 
 
 YII. Abigail, m., Oct. 6, 1785, Joseph Rollins, q. v. 
 
 YIII. William, m. Azubah ; d. Aug. 30, 1830, se. 74. Ch. : 
 
 1. Azubah, b. March 3, 1783. — 2. Levice, b. Jan. 10, 1785.— 
 3. Sylvia, b. Feb. 4, 1787 ; d. May 21, 1830 ; um. — 4. Area, b. 
 
 June 12, 1790; ra. Betsey ■; d. May, 1836: ch. (1) Laura 
 
 Adeline, b. Sept. 17, 1813 ; (2) Prentiss William, b. Oct. 22, 1815, 
 m. Harriet Knowlton, dr. of Elisha K. ; ch. 1. Leroy P. ; 2. Wash- 
 ington H.H.; (3) Lumida Azubah, b. April 16, 1822. Second w. 
 
 of Arba G., Nancy S. ; d. 1854, ae. 53.-5. William, b. 
 
 Sept. 18,1791.-6. Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1794. — 7. Emily, b. 
 June 25, 1798. — 8. Elmina, b. Jan., 1816. 
 
 Joseph Greenwood, Esq., was an early settler in town, and 
 succeeded John Alexander on lot 7, range 5. He is said to have 
 been a carpenter and a weaver. He was employed as a teacher of 
 youth, and gave instruction in his own house. The town-records, 
 which he kept from the date of incorporation till 1793, are legibly 
 44 
 
346 
 
 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 written. In the record of births, we do not find the names of his 
 own children. His Avife's name was vSarah. Among the few deaths 
 recorded is the following: " Ebenezer Greenwood, son of Joseph 
 and Sarah Greenwood, deceased January oOth, 1780." He re- 
 moved with his family to the District of Maine, in 1793. See Mr. 
 Mason's Address, page 14 
 
 Moses Greenwood, from Newton, Mass. ; b. 1750 ; d. July 2, 
 1827 ; settled in Dublin, 1771, on lot 6, range 5 ; m., Aug, 27, 
 1772, Elizabeth Greenwood, b. 1754, in Sherborn ; came to Dublin 
 with her father's family, and d. April 5, 1827. Ch. : 
 
 I. Abigail, b. April 27, 1774; m. James Gowing, q. v. 
 
 II. Moses, b. June 29, 1776 ; m., 1792, Asenath Hill, b. Aug. 17, 
 1768, dr. of Ebenezer H. He d. Sept. 6, 1827. She d. May 31, 
 1851. Ch.: 1. Sene, b. Oct. 23, 1798; d. March 6, 1803.— 2. 
 Nathan, b. Aug. 22, 1800 ; m. Marinda Cragin, of New Ipswich ; 
 d. of cholera, 1832, in New York. — 3. Alvin, b. Dec. 7, 1802 ; m. 
 Sophia Wood, of Hancock; d. in Georgia. — 4. Asenath, b. July 
 8, 1804; m., March 3, 1824, Charles Cragin, of New Ipswich; d. 
 in Northville, N. Y. — 5. Moses, b. March 6, 1806; m. Serena 
 Willis, of Newton, Mass. ; re. to North Leeds, Me. — 6. William 
 Allen, b. Feb. 19, 1809; m., April 12, 1836, Martha Green, b. 
 April 25, .1813, of Northborough, Mass.; re. to Boston, 1833 : ch. 
 (1) William, b. July 16, 1837, d. Feb. 19, 1853 ; (2) Mary, b. Nov. 
 5, 1838 ; (3) Arthur, b. Sept. 4, 1835, d. April 3, 1846 ; (4) Annie, 
 b. Nov. 18, 1850. — 7. Olive, b. Oct. 21, 1810; um. — 8. Eben- 
 ezer, b. Oct. 23, 1812, in a log-house opposite the "Rider Mill," 
 lot 3, range 5 ; m., Nov. 19, 1835, Lucy Smith, b. Nov. 5, 1816, dr. 
 of Ruggles S. Mr. Greenwood has held the office of town-clerk 
 for nine successive years; and a portion of that time, town-treasurer. 
 He was Postmaster from 1849 to 1853. Ch. (1) Lucy Marcella, 
 b. Aug. 21, 1836 ; (2) Mark True, b. Nov. 18, 1838 ; (3) Eben- 
 ezer Tyler, b. Feb. 27, 1841 ; (4) Jonathan Allen, b. Jan. 16, 1844 ; 
 (5) George Leonard, b. July 16, 1849 ; (6) Sarah Maria, b. April 
 28, 1852.-9. Horatio, b. Oct. 21, 1811; m., Jan. 16, 1838, 
 Sophronia Wilson, b. Feb. 2, 1816, dr. of James W., 2d, of Keene, 
 granddr. of Seth Broad ; re., 1854, from lot 6, range 5, to the 
 "Belknap Farm," which he had purchased: ch. (1) Charles A., b. 
 March 8, 1839, d. Nov., 1839 ; (2) Charles A., b. July 24, 1842 ; 
 (3) Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1844; (4) Ellen S., b. Oct. 11, 1849; (5) 
 James F., b. Sept. 3, 1851. — 10. Edmund Quincy Sewall, b. 
 March 27, 1820; m., Nov. 8, 1843, Mary Jane Hill, b. March 27, 
 1822; r. Peterborough: ch. (1) Ellen W., b. Aug. 12, 1844; (2) 
 Almira L., b. May 1, 1846; (3) Charles E., b. July 3, 1848 ; (4) 
 Caroline A., b. April 19, 1851. 
 
 III. Aaron, b. Sept. 23, 1778 ; m. Mary Townsend, dr. of David 
 T. ; d. June 10, 1827. Ch. : 1. Tamesin, b. March 28, 1810 ; m., 
 March, 1837, Malachi Richardson, q. v. — 2. Neverson, b. April 
 20, 1812 ; m., Jan. 31, 1843, Margaret Gilchrest, dr. of John G. 
 
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GREENWOOD. 347 
 
 He d. FelD. 22, 1845 (see page 287): ch. (1) Emogene. — 3. 
 Charles, b. March 15, 1817 ; d. March 11, 1819. — 4. Mary, b. 
 Dec. 24, 1818 ; m., Oct. 11, 1842, Zaman A. Gowing, q.v. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. May 5, 1781; m., 1799, Jesse Ocldngton ; d. 
 Jan. 2, 1828. Ch. : 1. Horatio. — 2. Maria, m., Dec. 20, 1823, 
 Isaac Whitney, of Jaffrey. — 3. Benjamin. 
 
 V. Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1783 ; d. March 29, 1785. 
 
 VI. Samuel, b. June 27, 1786; m., 1827, m Lower Canada; d. 
 Aug. 3, 1830. 
 
 VII. James, b. June 23, 1788 ; m. Mary Syraonds. Ch. (first 
 three b. in Dublin, and the other two in Weld, Me., where they r.) : 
 1. Cyrus, b. Nov. IG, 1810. — 2. Joseph, b. 1815. — 3. Julia, b. 
 1816. — 4. James. — 5. Mary. 
 
 Joshua Greenwood, from Newton, Mass.; b. July 26, 1757 ; 
 d. Oct. 23, 1839; m., Jan. 12, 1786, Abigail Bird, of Needham, b. 
 Feb. 22, 1767, d. Aug. 9, 1830. He settled in Dublin, 1790, on the 
 west half of lot 6, range 6, and there died. He was a blacksmith 
 by trade. Ch. : 
 
 I. Abigail, b. April 28, 1786; m., 1806, Abel Twitchell, jun., q.v. 
 
 II. Joshua, b. July 15, 1788 ; d. Oct. 21, 1849 ; m. Sarah Davis, 
 of Hancock, who d. July 7, 1842; r. on tlie homestead. Ch. : 1. 
 Sarah, m., April 2, 1845, William Dickinson, of Keene. — 2. 
 Charles (Rev.), first, a preacher at Alstead, N. H. and NeAv 
 Market, N. H., in connection with the Methodists ; next, as a Con- 
 gregationalist, at Monimet Parish, Plymouth, Mass. ; m. Adaline 
 McGilvray, of Peterborough; r. North Chelsea, Mass. — 3. George. 
 — 4. Curtis. — 5. Henry. — 6. Munroe. 
 
 Second w. of Joshua G., jun., was Cochran, of New Boston, 
 
 N.H. Ch.: 1. Twins, d. — 2. A son, b. 1849 ; d. April 6, 1850. 
 
 III. Sarah, b. April 25, 1789. IV. Catharine, b. July 14, 1791 ; 
 m. Cyrus Piper, q. v. V. Mary, b. April 4, 1793 ; d. Aug. 24, 1819. 
 VI. Luther, b. Dec. 1, 1796; d. Aug. 20, 1832. VIL Calvin, b. 
 May i-I, 1801 ; d. July 20, 1813. VIIL Louisa, b. May 12, 1803 ; 
 um. IX. Lavina, b. April 16, 1807; d. Oct. 28, 1815. X. 
 Gilman, b. April 16, 1809; m., 1838, Balona Reed, of Maine ; 
 ch. n.u. He d. Nov. 7, 1851. 
 
 Josiah Greenwood, and Martha his w., lived on lot 3, range 4, 
 also on lot 7, range 6. Ch. : 
 
 L Josiah, b. June 15, 1770. IL John, b. Dec. 30, 1771. IIL 
 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1773. IV. Sabrah, b. Feb. 20, 1775 ; d. Aug. 
 17, 1777. V. Abigail, b. April 27, 1774. 
 
 Nathaniel Greenwood, m., June 24, 1782, Mary Mason, b. 
 March 22, 1760, dr. of Moses M., sen.; re. to Bethel, Me., 1792, 
 and there she d. Her li. m. again in 1825, and in 1840, r. at 
 Farmington, Me. Ch. : 
 
 I. Sarah, b. March 6, 1783. II. Ebenezer, b. July 30, 1785. 
 
348 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 III. Polly, b. April 4, 1787. IV. Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1789. V. 
 Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1790. — The following is a copy of a record 
 by the town-clerk, James Emes : " Thaddeus Greenwood, the son 
 to Nathaniel and Mary Greenwood, and Lydia Greenwood,- the 
 daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Greenwood, were born at Sud- 
 bury, Canada, January 14, 1794." It is probable that Bethel was 
 the place of this birth of twins, then called as in the record. 
 
 Isaac Greenwood (the son of Nathaniel, the son of Josiah, 
 the son of John, the son of Thomas, who came to this country in the 
 year 1667) was b. in Newton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1759. In the spring 
 of 1780, he bought his time (he was not twenty -one till the next 
 Aug.), and enlisted in the army of the Revolution. He served six 
 months at West Point, on the Hudson. He was thei'e at the time 
 of Arnold's plot ; and, had that traitor been successful, he would have 
 been surrendered with the troops to the British. He m., Feb. 26, 
 1784, Abigail Jackson, b. 1762, dr. of Deacon Joseph J., of Newton. 
 Immediately after his marriage, he settled in Dublin, on lot 6, range 
 6, which he purchased of William Strong. He r. in Dublin till 
 Feb., 1815, when he re. to Needham, Mass., where he d., Jan. 19, 
 1832. His w. survived him but a short time. Ch. : 
 I. Charles, b. Dec. 7, 1784; d. Dec. 29, 1787. 
 
 II. Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 178G; m. Amos Lyon, and r. in Lowell, 
 Mass. 
 
 IIL Charles, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; m. Susannah Kean ; r. in Wal- 
 tham, Mass., where he d. Nov. 22, 1820. 
 
 IV. Patty, b. May 4, 1791 ; d. Nov. 19, 1792. 
 V. Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1793 ; m. Abigail Perry, and r. in Dover, 
 Mass. 
 
 VI. Jackson, b. May 4, 1796; ra., first, Elmira Gowing, b. Nov. 
 21, 1794, d. May 11, 1845, dr. of James G. Ch. : 1. Walter, b. 
 July 5, 1827 ; m., March 9, 1850, Sarah B. Wight, b. Nov. 27, 
 1829, d. May 13, 1850, dr. of Capt. John W. : ch. (1) Frank. — 2. 
 Martha E., b. Aug. 19, 1832. Second w., m., July 9, 1846, Han- 
 nah Piper, dr. of Solomon P., sen. 
 
 VII. Abijah, b. June 13, 1792 ; m. Charlotte Mcintosh ; r. in 
 Needham. 
 
 VIIL Betsey, b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; m. John Morse ; r. in Natick. 
 IX. Lyman, b. April 22, 1806 ; m. Eliza Parker ; r. in Natick. 
 
 Bela Greenwood, from Sherborn, with his w. Mary, lived on 
 lot 22, i-ange 10. His name was last in the tax-list, 1795 ; and it is 
 supposed that he returned to Sherborn with his family about this 
 time. Ch. : 
 
 I. Persis, b. Jan. 5, 1784; d. May 10, 1784. IL Calvin, b. 
 Sept. 14, 1785. IIL Polly, b. Sept. 3, 1787. IV. Cyrus, b. Jan. 
 4, 1792. 
 
 Samuel Hamilton (Dr.), son of Lucretia IL, who came to 
 
HAMILTON. HANDY. HARDY. 349 
 
 Dublin, 1801, from Brookfield, Mass., a widow, d. 1805. Samuel 
 was the sixth of a family of ten ch. : 1. Hannah, b. May 3, 1760 ; 
 
 2. Silas, b. Aug. IC, 1762; 3. Asa, b. Dec. 28, 1763; 4. Lydia, 
 b. June 21, 1766 ; 5. Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1768; 6. Samuel, b. Nov. 
 5, 1770 ; 7. Dolly, b. May 23, 1772 ; 8. Luke, b. March 29, 1775 ; 
 9. Betsey, b. March 27, 1778; m. Eeuben Muzzy; 10. Eli, q. v. 
 
 Dr. Samuel H. m. Mehitable Bemis, of Brookfield, Mass. Ch. : 
 I. Ashley, b. Feb. 24, 1794; m. Clarissa Chamberlain, dr. of 
 
 Cyrus C. Ch.: 1. Julianna, b. Oct. 2, 1816; r. Palmyra, N. Y. 
 
 ■ — 2. Edmund Sewall, b. July 22, 1818 ; r. city of New York. — 
 
 3. Charles, r, Canandaigua, N. Y. Five other ch., n. u., have d. 
 11. Eliza, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; m. Silas Ball; re. to Rochester, N.Y. 
 
 III. Rebecca, b. June 16, 1798. IV. Harriet, b. Aug. 3, 1800. 
 V. Mary Fay, b. Nov. 7, 1802. 
 
 Eli HamiltoxN, b. April 19, 1781 ; m., Feb. 21, 1804, Mary 
 Twitchell, b. April 22, 1785, dr. of Gershom T., jun. He d. March 
 24, 1852. Ch. : 
 
 I. Horace, b. Nov. 19, 1805 ; d. Oct. 8, 1807. 
 
 ir. Horace Adams, b. Aug. 31, 1808; d. May 15, 1809. 
 
 ni. Hubbard Adams, b. Feb. 20, 1811; d. Jan. 20, 1840; m. 
 Mary D. Sargent, who d. July 2, 1852. Ch. : 1. Mary Jane, b. 
 Nov. 16, 1833 ; d. July 3, 1846. — 2. George Austin, b. March 
 5, 1836. 
 
 IV. Charles Augustus, b. Feb. 22, 1815; m., July 7, 1835, 
 Susan Perry, dr. of Benjamin P. Ch. : 1. Charles, b. Dec. 10, 
 1837. — 2. Edwin, b. Feb. 23, 1842. — 3. Horace, b. May 4, 
 1847. — 5. Oliver, b. April 10, 1852. 
 
 George Handy, from Rindge, began the manufactory of wooden- 
 ware at the mills on lot 5, range 9 ; came to Dublin, 1837 ; re. 1853 ; 
 first w. d. .Jan. 25, 1849; ch. : I. George E., b. 1844. Second w., 
 Julia A. Chapman, dr. of Moses Chapman, of Peterborough. 
 
 Thomas Hardy, b. in Hollis, N. H., June 11, 1756 ; d. July 25, 
 1816; purchased, July, 1777, part of lots 21, ranges 5 and 6, of his 
 brother-in-law Thomas Wakefield, who r. on the south part of lot 
 21, range 5. He was in the army of the Revolution three years ; 
 and was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, and 
 Trenton. He was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treachery. 
 When he was not in the army, he worked on his land ; clearing it, 
 and putting up buildings. He m., Jan., 1784, Lucy Colburn, of 
 Hollis, b. Jan. 12, 1761, d. Sept. 29, 1846. Ch. : 
 
 I. Thomas, b. Oct. 23, 1784; graduated at Dartmouth College, 
 1812; Preceptor of Chesterfield Academy; teacher in Exeter and 
 Boston; m., Sept., 1826, Sarah Folsom, of Exeter; r. at Dover, 
 N. H. ; ch. n. u. 
 
 n. Moses, b. Sept. 14, 1786; m., Oct. 3, 1813, Elizabeth Sar- 
 geant, of Marlborough. Ch. : 1. Eliza, b. May 8, 1814 ; d. Sept. 
 
352 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 I. Rebecca, d. July 10, 1785. 
 
 II. Betsey, ra., Aug. 14, 1793, Reuben Morse, jun. She cl. July 
 5, 1851, se. 80. Ch. : 1. Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1794. — 2. 
 Rebecca H., b. March 13, 1796; d. Dec. 30, 1847; m., 1826, 
 Charles Davis, of Milford, N. H. — 3. Reuben, b. March 23, 1805 ; 
 m., 1840, Melinda Lane. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. Nov. 22, 1772; d. March 14, 1846; m., Feb. 23, 
 1846, Sally Miuot, of Concord, Mass., b. Oct. 26, 1780, d. Dec. 8, 
 1824. Ch.: 1. MixoT, b. Dec. 3, 1800; d. April 21, 1828; m., 
 Dec. 19, 1826, Rebecca T. Brooks, dr. of Jonas B. : ch. (1) Sarah 
 Ann Willis. — 2. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1803; m., Sept. 29, 1825, 
 F. Oilman Appleton, q. v. — 3. Sally, b. July 1, 1805 ; d. Oct. 27, 
 1820. — 4. Emily, b. Jan. 2, 1808; m., March 20, 1827, Samuel 
 Appleton, q. v. ; second h., m., June 5, 1833, Calvin Aikin ; ch. n. u. 
 
 — 5. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 4, 1810 ; d. Feb. 6, 1810. — 6. Sylvia, 
 b. April 9, 1811 ; m., Nov. 28, 1833, William H. AVhittemore, of 
 Greenfield, N. H. ; ch., n. u. — 7. Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1813; m.. 
 May 15, 1838, George W. Bailey, of Greenfield ; r. Pittstown, N.Y. 
 
 — 8. Joseph Prescott, b. Feb. 24, 1816; d. Oct. 24, 1820.-9. 
 James, b. Jan. 23, 1820; d. Sept. 28, 1850; m., Oct. 24, 1844, 
 Amy C. Hoag, of Pittstown, N. Y. : ch. (1) Emily A. H., b. Sept. 
 12, 1845; (2j Alfred J. M., b. Sept. 12, 1849.-10. Sophia, b. 
 April 19, 1822; d. July 11, 1829. — The following are the ch. of 
 Joseph ri. by his third w. : 11. Charles P., b. July 7, 1833. — 12. 
 Joseph Franklin, b. Nov. 30, 1836. 
 
 IV. Charles Prescott, b. 1775; d. Feb. 17, 1854; m.. May 25, 
 1796, Sarah Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M. ; r. in Hancock; had 
 several ch., names not furnished. Second w., the widow of John 
 Mason. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. Dec. 25, 1777; m., Aug. 31, 1794, Jas. Adams, q.v. 
 VI. Lucy, b. Jan. 31, 1780 ; m. Ivory Perry, jun., q.v. 
 VII. Mary P., b. April 7, 1782 ; m. Stephen Harrington ; r. 
 Nelson, and then at Keene. 
 
 A'lII. John, b. June 4, 1785; d. Dec. 21, 1828, killed by the 
 wheels of his wagon passing over him ; m. Elizabeth Seaver, of 
 Roxbury, Mass., who d. April 2, 1835, c. 
 
 IX. Rebecca, b. Nov. 3, 1787 ; m., Nov. 27, 1823, Ward Eaton, 
 of Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 X. Hannah Fitch, b. July 23, 1790; m. William Parker; r. 
 Francestown ; ch. n. u. 
 
 Asa Heald (Dr.), b. in Nelson, May 6, 1798 ; M. D. at Bow- 
 doin College, May 6, 1823 ; settled in DubHn, Oct. 9, 1823, on lot 
 7, range 6. In 1827, built the house in which he now lives ; and 
 in 1839, erected a house on lot 7, range 5, part of which he pur- 
 chased. He m., Oct. 12, 1830, Elmira Saunderson, of Hollis, N.H. 
 She was b. Dec. 25, 1805. Ch. : 
 
 I. Elmira Max'ia, b. Aug. 28, 1833. II. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 
 17, 1835. 
 
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353 
 
 Jefferson Heald, from Nelson, brother of Dr. Asa H. ; b. 
 Dec. 25, 1806 ; re. to Dublin, 1827 ; m., April 3, 1836, Mary Ann 
 Powers, of Middletown, Conn., b. Feb. 13, 1806 ; r. on lot 4, range 
 4. Ch. : 
 
 I. Alfred Weston, b. Jan. 30, 1837. II. William Powers, b. 
 March 17, 1840. III. Mary Ann, b. May 17, 1842. IV. Sarah 
 Eliza, b. Sept. 6, 1845. V. George Jefferson, b. Aug. 6, 1848. 
 VI. Gilbert Atkins, b. Dec. 28, 1850. 
 
 Henry Heard, b. Oct. 28, 1785, in Wayland, Mass., formerly 
 East Sudbury; re. to Dublin, 1814, and r. on lot 17, range 3; m. 
 Mehitable Colburn, of Langdon, N. H., b. May, 1789 ; d. April 28, 
 1826. Ch. : 
 
 I. Henry, b. Feb. 18, 1816 ; m., April 30, 1840, OrriUa F. Grant, 
 b. in Alstead, July 6, 1813. Ch.: 1. George, b. July 17, 1841. 
 — 2. Emma Rot, b. July 17, 1844. — 3. Marion, b. June 30, 
 1848. — 4. Lucy Jane, b. July 26, 1850. — 7. Marcella, b. Oct. 
 23, 1852. 
 
 II. Benjamin, b. Oct. 18, 1817 ; d. March 7, 1853 ; m., Aug. 26, 
 1847. Ch.: 1. Mary M., b. July 4, 1848. — 2. Eugene Clin- 
 ton, b. Sept. 11, 1851. 
 
 III. Mary, b. April 25, 1820 ; m., Oct. 17, 1837, Augustine P. 
 Snow, q.v. 
 
 IV. Richard, b. Nov., 1823 ; m., Nov. 6, 1845, Sarah Jane Gun- 
 nison. Ch.: 1. Warren, b. Aug. 6, 1846. — 2. Walter C, b. 
 April 24, 1850; d. Sept. 24, 1850. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. May, 1824; d. Jan. 8, 1840. 
 
 VI. Samuel, b. Aug., 1825 ; m., Nov. 26, 1851, Mrs. Fidelia 
 Pike. Ch. : 1. Abby, b. Sept., 1852. 
 
 Second w. of Henry H., m., June 18, 1832, Mrs. Belinda Mans- 
 field, of Stoddard. Ch. : 
 
 VII. Hannah W., b. June 16, 1833. 
 
 Ebenezer Hill, from Sherborn ; b. 1744; d. Oct. 1, 1834; 
 settled in Dublin, 1773, on lot 5, range 7. He is put down, in the 
 register furnished, as having settled first on lot 4, range 2, which in 
 the list of occupants is said to have been " not settled." It is cer- 
 tain that he r. on lot 5, range 9. He m., Jan. 19, 1771, Esther 
 Pratt, of Sherborn, b. Nov. 20, 1748 ; d. April 4, 1834. Ch. : 
 
 I. Asahel, b. March 22, 1772 ; m. Ruth Rumrel, of New Ipswich ; 
 d. June 6, 1831. She d. Feb. 14, 1821. Ch.: 1. Alinda, m., 
 Oct. 21, 1821, John T. Richardson, q. v. ; and others, n. u. 
 
 II. Adam, b. Jan. 12, 1774; m. Rebecca Frost, of Pepperell ; 
 d. Ch. : 1. Sumner, b. June 15, 1799, in Townsend; re. to Bos- 
 ton; m. Abigail Hook. — 2. Rebecca, b. Sept. 30, 1801 ; m. Ed. 
 R. Broaders; r. in Boston. — 3. Mercy, b. May 1, 1803; d. — 
 4. RUFUS, b. April 19, 1807 ; d. — 5. Lucinda, b. Aug. 8, 1809; 
 m. Reuben Torrey. — 6. Converse, b. July 1, 1812; m. Dorothy 
 Garner; d. — 7. Jeremiah F., b. 1818; m. Susan Brown. 
 
 45 
 
354 REGISTER OF FAMILIES, 
 
 III. Asenath, d. young. IV. Ebenezer, d. young. 
 
 V. Asenath, b. Aug. 17, 1778 ; m. Moses Greenwood, jun., q. v. 
 
 VI. Abigail, b. Aug. 31, 1780; m. James Going, of Lunenburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 VII. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 13, 1783 ; re. to Boston ; m. Dorothy 
 Simonds, of Marlborough, Vt. ; d. Sept. 24, 1842. Ch. : 1. Abby S., 
 b. Jan. 8, 1817.— 2. Thomas Baldwin, b. June 27, 1818; d. 
 July 6, 1829. — 3. Martha Esther, b. Feb. 17, 1820; d. Aug. 
 8, 1822. — 4. Lucy S., b. June 17, 1822; re. to Mississippi; m. 
 William D. Dougherty, of St. Louis, Mo. ; d. in St. Louis, May 21, 
 1847.-5. Harriet E., b. July 28, 1824; d. Nov. 28, 1841.— 
 6. Ebenezer A., b. April 29, 1826.-7. John H., b. Sept. 17, 
 1828; d. Sept. 11, 1829. 
 
 VIII. Esther, b. July 7, 1785; m. Samuel Smith, q. v. 
 
 IX. Noah, b. Feb. 20, 1787 ; d. Nov. 21, 1821 ; re. to Boston ; 
 m. twice in a family of Chases ; Nancy, first w., had two ch., who d. ; 
 she d. Sarah, 2d w. Ch. : 1. Nancy, b. Jan. 24, 1813 ; m. Benj. 
 Sweetser; d. Dec. 2, 1836. — 2. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1814; 
 r. Boston ; m. Lucretia D. Mansfield, of Salem. — 3. Sarah F., b. 
 Dec. 26, 1816; m. Elbridge Lovejoy, of Lynn; d. May 10, 1842. 
 — 4. William S. W., b. Aug. 8, 1819 ; d. Sept., 1821. 
 
 X. Olive, b. July 15, 1789 ; m. Joel Shattuck, of Pepperell; c. 
 She d. Sept. 19, 1827. He d. April, 1832. 
 
 Benjamin Hills (Dr.), m., May 9, 1787, Mrs. Grace Warren ; 
 r. on lot 15, range 10; re. 1821. 
 
 Abner Hinds, b. in West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 25, 1750; d. 
 Oct. 27, 1834; m., April 1, 1782, Lydia Ball, of Concord, Mass., b. 
 Dec. 3, 1751 ; settled in Dublin, April, 1782, on lot 8, range 3. Ch. : 
 I. Persis, b. March 28, 1783 ; um. 
 
 IL Abner, b. Oct. 30, 1784; m., June 2, 1812 ; r. Milan, N. H. ; 
 d., supposed with his eldest son to have been murdered in the win- 
 ter of 1828, when hunting in the north-west part of Maine. She 
 d. Dec. 14, 1848. Ch.: 1. Benjamin F., b. March 17, 1813; d. 
 1828. — 2. Silas P., b. Oct. 23, 1815; r. Newark, N.J. — 3. 
 Eliza W., b. Jan. 23, 1819 ; d. Nov. 26, 1833. — 4. W. H. H., b. 
 Jan. 20, 1821 ; d. Sept. 3, 1824. — 5. Lorenzo, b. March 1 6, 1824 ; 
 d. Sept. 3, 1824. — 6. Aldridge C, b. May 1, 1827 ; r. in Ohio. 
 
 in. Lydia, b. Aug. 26, 1788; d. Jan. 14, 1847; m., June 16, 
 1814, Moses Corey, q. v. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, b. Nov. 9, 1790; d. Aug. 13, 1804. 
 
 Samuel Hogg, name altered to Shepherd, q. v. 
 
 Nathan Holt, from Nelson; b. April 25, 1803; re. to Dublin, 
 1817; settled first on lots 16 and 17, range 3, purchased of Jona- 
 than Emery; sold to Daniel Fiske, and re. to north half of lot 1, 
 range 7 ; m., Dec. 22, 1831, Rhoda Eaton, dr. of Moses E., sen., b. 
 June 13, 1806. Ch. : I. Lewman, b. Oct. 14, 1833. IL Henry 
 H., b. April 15, 1841. 
 
HOUGHTON. 
 
 HUBBARD. HUNT. JONES. 355 
 
 Marstin Holt, with his w. Abigail, from Holden, Mass., Feb. 
 2, 1779, lived on lot 10, range 6. Ch. : I. Moses. 11. Amos. 
 HI. Phebe, b. Feb. 13, 1785. 
 
 James Houghton, with his w. Phebe, and six children, came to 
 Dublin, July, 1781, and settled on lot 3, range 5. Ch. : I. Silvanus. 
 n. Rinde (Orinde), m., Nov. 25, 1790, Benjamin Learned, jun. 
 in. Bethiah, m., June 1, 1789, John Mason, son of Moses M., sen. 
 IV. Asenath. V. Experience. VI. Molly. James Houghton, jun., 
 came to Dublin, May, 1786. 
 
 Albert G. Hubbard, from Rindge; b. April 30, 1819; re. to 
 Dublin, Feb., 1839 ; bought, 1841, the " Pierce Farm," lot 5, range 
 9 ; m., Sept. 20, 1842, Lydia Jane Richardson, b. April 22, 1822, 
 dr. of Ruel R., of Peterborough ; re., 1847, to part of lots 6, in 
 ranges 7 and 8. Ch. : I. Ellen M., b. Aug. 4, 1843. II. Albert 
 Z., b. Aug. 9, 1853. 
 
 WiLLARD Hunt, with his w. Martha, lived on lot 14, range 8. 
 Ch.: I. Phebe, b. May 8, 17G4. II. Isaac, b. April 6, 1767; m. 
 Martha Knowlton, dr. of Deacon John K. Ch. : 1. Moses, b. Dec. 
 27, 1788.— 2. Aaron, b. Oct. 10, 1790. — 3. David, b. Dec. 26, 
 1792. — 4. Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1795. III. Lois, b. Feb. 23, 1770. 
 IV. Eunice, b. Aug. 10, 1772. V. Moses, b. Nov. 12, 1774. 
 
 Amos Jackson, m., Jan. 1, 1787, Judith Porter. Ch. : I. Janet, 
 b. May 23, 1790; d. IL Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1792; r. in Illinois. 
 IIL Janet, b. Dec. 29, 1793. IV. Abijah, b. July 2, 1795. V. 
 Amos, b. March 16, 1788. 
 
 Simeon Johnson, settled in Dublin as early as 1771, on lot 7, 
 range 8. He re. with his family, 1819, to Keene, Ohio. His dr. 
 Peggy (Margaret) m., July 31, 1783, Joshua Stanley, q.v. A son, 
 Silas, was b. Feb. 3, 1779. Another dr., Charlotte, m., Dec. 24, 
 1816, Reuben Rice, of Ashburnham, Mass. His son, Adam, m. 
 
 Patty ; was a successful teacher in the schools of Dublin ; 
 
 much employed, and often sought after for his ability to secure 
 good discipline in a disorderly schooh He was often rough in 
 manner ; but his literary qualifications were above the common 
 standard of his day. 
 
 Samuel Jones, from Framingham ; b. Jan. 5, 1746 ; d. Jan. 22, 
 1820; m., 1770, Anna Gates, of Framingham, b. Jan. 30, 1748, d. 
 Sept. 17, 1826; settled in Dublin on lot 8, range 5, March, 1777. 
 Ch.: L Betsey, b. Feb. 28, 1773; m., 1793, William Davis, q.v. 
 II. Anna, b. 1775; d. 1776. HI. Anna, b. July 27, 1778; m., 
 1801, David Bass, of Marlborough ; re. to Marlow. IV. John, b. 
 June 28, 1780; m., 1804, Mary Bass, of Marlborough; re. to 
 Marlow; d. 1846. V. Samuel, b. 1783; d. 1785. 
 
 VI. Samuel, b. Sept. 27, 1786; m., Nov. 23, 1809, Mary Far- 
 
356 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 num, b. Dec. 30, 1784, dr. of Joshua F. ; r. on the homestead, lot 
 8, range 5. Ch. : 1. Mary Ann, b. March 5, 1810 ; m., Dec. 30, 
 1841, Leander Clark, q. v. — 2. Daniel Gates, b. Feb. 24, 1811 ; 
 m., May 9, 1837, Elizabeth Warren, dr. of John W. ; re. to Jaffrey, 
 1840 ; present residence, Dublin : ch. (1) Mary Elizabeth, b. in 
 Jaffrey, June 12, 1840; (2) Nancy Adelaide, b. in Jaffrey, Sept. 2, 
 1843; (3) Sarah Adielle, b. in Peterborough, Oct. 25, 1848. — 3. 
 Aurora, b. Jan. 27, 1816; m., Oct. 1, 1835, Daniel H. Mason; r. 
 Sullivan; ch., n.u. — 4. Corydon, b. Dec. 4, 1818; m., Oct. 23, 
 1846, Abby G. Piper, dr. of Rufus P. ; r. on the homestead : ch. 
 (1) Anna Isabel, b. July 31, 1847, d. Sept. 22, 1849; (2) Walter 
 Buckminster, b. April 23, 1849, d. Sept. 19, 1849; (3) Abby 
 Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1850; (4) Emelia Sarah, b. July 11, 1853.— 
 5. Sarah A., b. June 27, 1821 ; d. Sept. 5, 1842.— 6. Emily, b. 
 Dec. 3, 1825; d. May 22, 1845. 
 
 VII. Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1788; m., Nov. 3, 1824, Charles Frost, 
 of Swanzey ; d. March, 1827. VIII. Daniel, b. Nov. 20, 1790 ; d. 
 1793. IX. Ruth, b. April 30, 1792 ; m., 1812, John Sanders, q. v. 
 She d. Nov., 1825. X. Daniel, b. April 30, 1794 ; d. Jan. 5, 1800. 
 
 John Jones, b. Nov. 24, 1783, Princeton, Mass. ; m., Dec. 17, 
 1809, Lucy Lane, b. July 6, 1783, dr. of Col. Francis L., of Ash- 
 burnham ; purchased in Dublin, lot 10, range 1, 1808; re. with 
 w., Nov. 16, 1810; d. May 3, 1849. Ch. : L Frederick, b. July 
 20, 1813; graduated at Harvard College, 1835; M.D. at Medical 
 School, Philadelphia ; translator of Rotteck's " General History of 
 the World," 4 vols., published in 1840, at Philadelphia ; r. New 
 Ipswich ; a practitioner of medicine ; m., 1849, Cai'oline F. Gibson, 
 dr. of Dr. Stillman G., of New Ipswich. II. Lucy Ann, b. Nov. 
 30, 1819 ; m.. May 14, 1848, Eri J. Spaulding, of Troy, N. H. 
 
 Joel Kendall, b. Dec. 16, 1766, at Burlington, Mass. ; m., May 
 7, 1789, Abigail Babcock, of Sherborn, b. Api'il 2, 1769, dr. of 
 Malachi B., of Sherborn; r. on lot 19, range 10. Mr. Kendall, 
 his son, and his brother, who was on a visit at his house, were killed 
 by lightning, June 1, 1806. Ch. : L Moses, b. July 14, 1790; d. 
 June 1, 1806. IL Sophia, b. Nov. 22, 1792; m. Abraham Shat- 
 tuck, q. V. in. Almira, b. April 3, 1795 ; m. Samuel Adams, q. v. 
 IV. Mary, b. May 25, 1797 ; m. Whitcomb French, jun. V. 
 Anna, b. Aug. 18, 1799; m. Samuel Mason, jun., q. v. VI. Re- 
 becca, b. Aug. 16, 1802 ; m. Calvin Mason, q. v. VII. Lyman, b. 
 Dec. 14, 1804; d. VIIL Abigail, b. Jan. 14, 1807; m. Calvin J. 
 Parker, of Jaffrey. She d. 1852. 
 
 The second h. of Mrs. Kendall, m., Jan. 27, 1807, was Joshua 
 Farnum, q. v. 
 
 Henry A. Kendall (Rev.), son of Asa K. ; b. June 10, 1778, 
 at Leominster, Mass., and Lydia Adams, b. Oct. 15, 1784, at 
 Townsend, Mass., m., 1807, and their ch. were : 1. Augusta, b. 
 
KIDDER. KNIGHT. KNOWLTON. 357 
 
 June 26, 1808; m. George E. Dean ; 2. Henry Adams, b. Aug. 
 6, 1810. Henry A. Kendall (Rev.) graduated, Aug., 1839, at the 
 Oilman ton Theological Seminary; was ordained at Dublin, Oct., 
 1840; dismissed, July, 1850; installed, June, 1851, minister of 
 the East Congregational Church, Concord, N. H. He m., May 27, 
 1844, Harriet O. Appleton, b. Dec. 1, 1811, dr. of Isaac Appleton. 
 Ch.: I. Henry Appleton, b. March 29, 1845. H. Samuel Adams, 
 b. Dec. 27, 1846. III. Sarah Harriet, b. April 20, 1850 ; d. June 
 26, 1853, at East Concord. 
 
 Moses Kidder (Dr.), b. Jan. 15, 1789, in Billerlca, Mass.; a 
 descendant of James K., who was in Cambridge at or before 1650. 
 The father of Dr. K. lived on land which had been in possession of 
 the family from the first settlement of the town; but, in 1790, he 
 sold his farm, and re. to Townsend, Mass. After receiving his 
 medical degree, Dr. K. was a surgeon in the army, and in practice 
 at Townsend till Dec, 1815. He m., Jan., 1815, Rachel S. Ken- 
 drick, of Amherst, N. H., b. Jan. 30, 1793, dr. of Stephen Kendrick, 
 who was brother of Oen. Benjamin Pierce's wife. Dr. K. spent 
 most of the winter of 1815-16 with Rev. Mi*. Sprague in Dublin, 
 and, in the spring of 1816, re. his family. Ch. : 
 
 I. Nancy, b. Oct. 29, 1815. 11. Sophia K, b. April 10, 1817 ; 
 m., March 6, 1842, B. Hale; two ch. IH. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 
 1819; m., May 16, 1847, William Wood; one ch., a son. IV. 
 Martha L., b. June 2, 1821 ; m., Dec. 17, 1851, Avery Wellington ; 
 one ch., a daughter. V. Walter, b. June 18, 1823; m., Feb. 15, 
 1854, Lucy Burnap, of Lowell ; med. deg., 1845 ; not now a prac- 
 titioner in medicine, but engaged in manufacturing patent electro- 
 magnetical machines. VI. Franklin, b. June 26, 1826 ; an apothecary 
 by trade, but at present in the factory of his brother Walter. VII. 
 Moses Warren, b. Sept. 11, 1828; um. VIH. Rufus K., b. Feb. 
 
 10, 1831; d. Jan. 7, 1849. Dr. K. re. from Dublin to Ashby; 
 then to Townsend ; now r. at Lowell. 
 
 JosiAH H. Knight, from Sudbury, Mass. ; b. June 1, 1808 ; m., 
 April 4, 1833, Martha Mason, dr. of Samuel M., sen., b. June 24, 
 1814. Ch.: 
 
 L Hannah M., b. Feb. 5, 1834 ; d. Oct. 3, 1852. IL Hosea B., 
 b. Oct. 22, 1836. in. Harriet, b. Jan. 13, 1838. IV. Joel, b. 
 Aug. 5, 1840. V. Caroline M., b. July 29, 1842. VI. John A., 
 b. March 5, 1845. VIL Sarah E., b. Oct. 3, 1848. VIIL Josiah, 
 b. Jan. 24, 1851. IX. Charles B., b. Oct. 8, 1853. 
 
 JoHx Knowlton (Deacon), b. Jan. 24, 1745, Holliston, Mass.; 
 m., April 20, 1769, Martha Jennings; came to Dublin, June, 1770, 
 with his wife and one ch. ; she d. Aug. 7, 1797. Ch. : 
 
 I. Martha, b. Aug. 16, 1769; m. Isaac Hunt, q. v. ; r. Hancock. 
 
 11. John, b. Oct. 7, 1771; m. Polly Rowell; re. to Dunimerston, 
 Vt.; d. Nov. 14, 1775. IIL Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1774. IV. 
 
358 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 James, b. July 25, 177G; d. May 2, 1778, N. Y. V. Abigail, b. 
 Dec. 18, 1778; m. Samuel Moor, q. v. YI. Betsey, b. May 14, 
 1781; m. Samuel Derby, q.v. VII. Thaddeus, b. Dec. 26, 1783; 
 
 m. Rebecca , who d. Jan. 14, 1826. VIII. Simeon, b. Aug. 3, 
 
 1786; d. Aug. 2, 1813. IX. Kenny, b. March 5, 1789 ; m., Oct. 
 14, 1829, Polly Learned, dr. of Deacon Benjamin L. Ch. : 1. Levi, 
 b. July, 1831 ; re. to Chester, Vt. ; m. Caroline Simons. X. James, 
 b. Nov. 25, 1791 ; m. Sally Adams; r. Richland, N. Y. 
 
 Deacon John Knowlton's second wife, m., Feb. 19, 1798, was 
 Elizabeth Wight, dr. of John W., sen. ; d. April, 1835, a3. 89. Ch. 
 by second w. were : 
 
 XL Eliza, b. Feb. 28, 1799 ; m. Barzillai Davis ; re. to Nelson. 
 
 XIL Luke, b. Aug. 1, 1801 ; m., Dec. 28, 1826, Mercy Bemis, 
 dr. of James B. Ch.: 1. James, b. Dec. 20, 1828; m.. May 23, 
 1854, Emilia L. Mason, dx-. of Dexter M. — 2. Luke, b. Sept. 5, 
 1830. — 3. Eli B., b. Dec. 3, 1833. — 4. Caroline E.,b. Jan. 27, 
 1836. — 5. Charles, b. June 23, 1838. — 6. Lois Jane, b. March 
 10, 1842 ; d. Dec. 8, 1845.-7. Sarah Ann, b. Nov. 27, 1843.— 
 8. Maria Jank, b. Sept. 3, 1845; d. Sept. 30, 1847. 
 
 XIIL Ira, b. March 31, 1803 ; re. to Worcester, Mass. ; m. Eliza 
 Lovekin. He d. Oct. 25, 1845. XIV. Mary, b. July 2, 1804; m. 
 Cornelius Towne. She d. May 19, 1836. XV. Levi, b. March 31, 
 1806 ; m. Mrs. Lucy Hadley, Worcester, and d. 1854. 
 
 John Knotvlton (2d), from Sherborn ; b. Feb. 23, 1763; d. 
 Feb. 11, 1830 ; settled in Dublin, 1789, on part of lot 17, range 5.- 
 He was in the army of the Revolution three years. He m., 1799, 
 Susannah Jennings, b. April 3, 1761, in Holliston ; and d. March 
 20,1819. Ch.: 
 
 I. Ebenezer, b. June 6, 1790 ; m., 1813, Nancy Knowlton; r. in 
 Hopkinton, N. Y. II. Jesse, b. July 22, 1791; m., first, 1816, 
 Sarah Wight, dr. of Jabez Wight. She d. Feb., 1824. Ch.: 1. 
 Jesse, d. — 2. Mart W., m. Jason Phelps : ch. (1) Mary R. ; 
 (2) Sarah M. ; (3) Martha J. ; (4) William P. 
 
 in. Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1793; m., April 6, 1817, Susannah Nut- 
 ting, b. 1787, d. Jan. 1, 1832; r. on the homestead. Ch. : 1. B. 
 Franklin, b. Dec. 1, 1818; d. Aug. 18, 1826. — 2. Asa H., b. 
 Sept. 8, 1820; d. Jan. 22, 1832. — 3. Elmira, b. Oct. 23, 1823; 
 m., Sept. 24, 1846, James Moore, q. v. — 4. Susan, b. Sept. 1, 1825 ; 
 m., April 18, 1844, Phinehas Hemenway ; r. Fort Ann, N. Y. 
 Second w. of Silas K., m.. May 26, 1832, Elizabeth Hardy, dr. of 
 Thomas H. Ch. : 5. Harriet E., b. March 10, 1833. — 6. Asa, 
 b. March 2, 1834. 
 
 IV. John, b. Sept. 30, 1795; m., 1817, Lois Bemis; re. to Sandy 
 Creek, N.Y., where he d., Jan., 1832. V. Jeremy, b. March 15, 
 1798; m., May, 1819, Elizabeth Tolman, of Marlborough; r. 
 Brooklyn, 111. VL Eunice, b. April 3, 1800; m., 1825, James 
 Upton, r. Sandy Creek, N. Y. VII. Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1803 ; d. 
 July, 1826. 
 
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 Elias Knowlton, brother of John K., 2d; settled on lot 15, 
 
 range 7 ; m. Jennings, sister of John K.'s wife. Nathan K., 
 
 another brother, m. a sister of the preceding, and lived on lot 15, 
 range 6, but of his family, nothing is known to us. Elias K. had 
 several eh : 
 
 I. Elisha, m., first, Jan. 1, 1795, Polly (Mary) Chamberlain, b. 
 Sept. 24, 1773, dr. of James C, sen. She d. Dec. 5, 1835, fe. 69. 
 Ch. : 1. Hannah, m. Joseph Appleton, q. v. Second w. of Elisha 
 K., Hannah Chamberlain, dr. of James C, sen. Ch. by second w. : 
 2. Mary, b. July 8, 1812; m., Nov. 3, 1829, Reuben H. Thwing, 
 of Brighton, Mass. — 3. John Taylor Oilman, b. Dec. 20, 1813 ; 
 d. — 4. Elvira, m. — 5. Ejieline, m., Oct. 23, 1834, John W. 
 Learned, jun., q. v. — 6. Harriet, b. 1820 ; m. Prentiss W. Green- 
 wood, q. V. — 7. Andrew Allison. — 8. Helen M., m. 
 
 Russell. The names of the other ch. of Elias K. are not known 
 to us ; a son lived in Warwick, Mass. Elisha K. was a blacksmith ; 
 r. on lot 10, range 5, and worked many years in the shop opposite 
 the Appleton Store. 
 
 Alvarus Lawrence (M. D.), b. April 17, 1796, in Ashby, 
 Mass.; m. Eliza Farnsworth, b. Aug. 7, 1797. Ch. : 
 
 L Ambrose, b. in Boscawen, N. H., May 2, 1816; m., July 8, 
 1838, Emily Smith, b. March 10, 1818, in Marlborough, Yt. Ch. : 
 1. George Washington, b. July 9, 1839, in Lumpkin County, 
 Ga. — 2. A SON, b. in Lowell, June 11, 1849; d. June 18, 1849. 
 — Ambrose L. is a practising dentist ; r. in Lowell, and established 
 an office there, 1838 ; elected mayor of Lowell, Dec, 1854. 
 
 n. Charles, b. in Dublin, March 11, 1821; m.; r. in Dublin; 
 ch., n. u. HI. Samuel, b. in Peterborough, Jan. 29, 1823 ; m. 
 Dorothy Ann Jones; r. in Lowell. Ch. : 1. Helen. IV. John, 
 b. Dec. 15, 1824; m., and r. in Brooklyn, N.Y. V. Eliza, b. 
 March 30, 1827 ; m. Jacob Upton; ch., two sons and a daughter. 
 VL Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1829; m. Rufus F. Hill; c; r. in Lowell. 
 VH. Lucy, b. Aug. 1, 1831 ; m. John Cromarll. Ch. : 1. Eliza- 
 beth. Vin. Alvin, b. June 17, 1833; r. in Lowell; urn. IX. 
 Susan, b. July 7, 1835; r. in Lowell; um. X. Emily, b. March 
 23, 1838 ; r. in Peterborough; um. 
 
 Benjamin Learned (Deacon), from Sherborn ; b. July 24, 
 1741 ; d. Sept. 5, 1818 ; settled in Dublin, 1767, on lot 9, range 4 ; 
 n. Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1742, dr. of Dr. John Wilson, of Sherborn; 
 d. March 12, 1771. Ch. : 
 
 L John Wilson, b. Feb. 20, 1766; m., March 2, 1797, Hannah 
 Wight, dr. of Joel W., b. March 11, 1763, d. July 1, 1846 ; settled, 
 first, on lot 14, range 7 ; and in 1818 re. to lot 9, range 4, the 
 homestead, where he still lives, in the 89th year of his age. Ch. : 
 1. Persis, b. Dec. 3, 1797 ; m. Eli Allison, q. v. — 2. Hervey, b. 
 May 24, 1799 ; m., Dec. 20, 1825, Elvira Derby, b. Dec. 8, 1806, 
 dr. of Samuel D. : ch. (1) Samuel Derby, b. Oct. 11, 1826; m.. 
 
360 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Aug. 5, 1852, Cynthia Woolly; r. in Westmoreland, N. H. ; (2) 
 Betsey Mary Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1828, d. Sept. 1, 1833 ; (3) Hervey 
 Dexter, b. June 29, 1830; (4) Franklin Dana, b. Nov. 15, 1831 ; 
 (5) Betsey Mary Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1833 ; (6) Webster Dennis, b. 
 Dec. 16, 1835; (7) Adams Darius, b. Jan. 17, 1838 ; (8) Louisa 
 Viola, b. Nov. 6, 1839 ; (9) Lewis Dudley, b. Sept. 11, 1841 ; (10) 
 Marion Deroy, b. Nov. 10, 1843; (11) Elenora Martin, b. Sept. 8, 
 1845; (12) Willard Duren, b. Oct. 20, 1847; (13) Henry Dwight, 
 b. Dec. 28, 1849. — 3. Eliza, b. Feb. 2, 1801 ; m., June 1, 1841, 
 Samuel Adams ; r. Watertown, N. Y. — 4. Ira, b. March 2, 1803 ; 
 d. March 25, 1803. — 5. Calvin, b. March 25, 1804; m., March 
 
 8, 1832, Hannah Dunster Barrett, b. July 11, 1812, dr. of Joel B., 
 of Ashburnham, d. March 12, 1838 : ch. (1) Hannah Emeline, b. 
 Dec. 30, 1832, d. July 14, 1833 ; (2) John Calvin, b. Aug. 7, 1834 ; 
 (3) Charles Barrett, b. April 12, 183G, d. June 11, 183G. Calvin 
 L.'s second w., m., Oct. 11, 1838, was Cynthia M. Fisk. b. Sept. 2, 
 1804: ch. (4) Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1839, d. March 4, 1840; 
 (5) Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1841, d. Aug. 3, 1843; (6) Eme- 
 line Sophia, b. Dec. 31, 1842. — 6. Hannah, b. July 11, 1806 ; m. 
 Moses Corey, q. v. — 7. John "Wilson, jun., b. Sept. 6, 1808 ; m., 
 Oct. 23, 1834, Emeline Knowlton, dr. of Elisha Knowlton; r. St. 
 Johnsbury, Vt. 
 
 IL Benjamin, b. Sept. 23, 1767; d. in Wilton, Me., Sept. 16, 
 1853 ; m. Rinde (Orinde) Houghton ; r., when in Dublin, on lot 2, 
 range 4, and on lot 4, range 4 ; name last in the tax-list, 1809, and, 
 about this time, he re. to the State of Maine. Ch. : 1. Asa, b. May 
 18, 1791. — 2. Benjamin, b. April 7, 1793.-3. Asenath, b. 
 March 26, 1795. — 4. Phebe, b. July 12, 1797.-5. Joseph, b. 
 June 22, 1799. — 6. Oilman, b. Aug. 30, 1801. — 7. Polly, 
 b. Sept. 22, 1803.-8. Orinde, b. Jan. 17, 1806.-9. Betsey, b. 
 March 18, 1808. 
 
 IH. Samuel, b. June 2, 1770; d. Feb. 19, 1777. 
 
 Second w. of Benjamin L., sen., m., Oct. 31, 1771, Margaret 
 Swan, b. Oct. 27, 1751, of Peterborough; d. Jan. 16, 1818. Ch. 
 by second wife : 
 
 IV. Eli, b. Aug. 7, 1772 ; a physician in Danby, Vt. V. Moses, 
 b. April 12, 1774; r. Windham, Vt. VI. Joseph, b. March 2, 
 1776; d. Aug. 12, 1777. VII. Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1777 ; m., Dec. 
 
 9, 1817, Jonas Davis. Marrying this couple was the last official 
 act of Rev. Edward Sprague. The carriage was overturned as he 
 started from the door. VIIL Amos, b. Sept. 1,1780; m., 1818, 
 Hannah Daniels ; r. Canton, Me. Ch. : 1. Amos, b. June 20, 1819. 
 — 2. Louisa, b. Oct. 27, 1820. IX. Betsey, b. June 7, 1782; d. 
 March 19, 1839 ; um. X. Thaddeus, b. June 9, 1784; m. Sophro- 
 nia Sanderson; r. Modena, N. Y. XI. Jesse, b. July 25, 1784; d. 
 at Brattleborough, Vt., March 29, 1853. XH. David, b. June 14, 
 1789. He was a volunteer in the army during the last war with 
 Great Britain, and, with several others, deserted. They were all 
 taken, and sentenced to be shot. But, on being taken out for exe- 
 
LEARNED. EEONARD. LEWIS. MARSHALL. 361 
 
 cution, a passer-by recognized Learned, and knew him to be insane ; 
 and, in consequence of this, he was pardoned, while the otliers were 
 shot. Learned died in the army soon afterward, a natural death. 
 XIII. Reuben, b. July 20, 1791 ; d. May 6, 1792. XIV. Polly, b. 
 March 20, 1793; d. Dec. 16, 1850; m. Kenny Kuowlton, q. v. 
 XV. Samuel, b. April 3, 1796 ; re. to Madison, N. Y. 
 
 John Learned, from Temple, 1777, with his w. Mary and five 
 children, and settled on lot 8, range 4. Ch. : I. John, jun., m., Dec. 
 
 28, 1791, Patty Townsend. II. Daniel, m. Eunice , and had 
 
 Ch.: 1. Betsey, b. Jan. 9, 1792. — 2. Reuel, b. June 30, 1793. 
 IIL Abigail IV. Mary. V.Sarah. VL Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1780. 
 VIL Rebecca, b. May 20, 1785. 
 
 Levi W. Leonard (Rev.), from Bridgewater, Mass., South 
 Parish ; son of Jacob and Mary (Swift) Leonard ; b. June 1, 1790 ; 
 graduated at Harvard College, 1815 ; Preceptor of Bridgewater 
 Academy two years ; ordained at Dublin, N. H., Sept. 6, 1820, as 
 minister of the First Congregational Society ; m., first, Sept. 8, 
 1830, Elizabeth Morison Smith, dr. of Samuel S., of Peterborough. 
 She d. Sept. 13, 1848. Ch. : I. William Smith, b. Oct. 13, 1832. 
 IL Ellen EHzabeth, b. June 25, 1846. 
 
 Second w., m., March 25, 1851, Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Smith, of 
 Exeter, N. H., dr. of Jeremiah D., widow of Samuel G. Smith, who 
 d. at Peterborough, Sept. 9, 1842, leaving three ch : 1. Ellen Par- 
 ker Smith, b. July 18, 1837 ; 2. Sarah Abbot Smith, b. July 7, 
 1839; 3. Ednah Dow Smith, b. May 12, 1841. 
 
 Samuel Lewis, from Amherst, N. H., before 1780 ; m. Polly 
 Williams; settled on lot 20, range 5. Ch. : I. Samuel, b. in Am- 
 herst; m., Aug., 1796, Polly White, b. 1775, dr. of Thomas and 
 Molly White. Ch. : 1. Samuel, b. 1796. — 2. Polly, b. 1798; 
 d. 1799. — 3. Nabby, b. 1800. — 4. Thomas, b. 1802. — 5. Ben- 
 jamin, b. 1804. The family re. to Concord, N.H., 1805. IL 
 Thomas, b. 1776; re. to Canada. IIL Polly, b. 1778; re. to 
 Cornish. Samuel L., sen., d. 1790, and his w. d. 1798. 
 
 Fortune Little, from Shirley, Mass., with his w. Lorancy, 
 lived on lot 3, range 10 (see page 289). Ch. : I. Joseph, b. Oct. 
 18, 1786. IL Pearl, b. May 25, 1788. IIL Lorancy, b. April 
 28, 1791. 
 
 Aaron Marshall, from Holliston, Mass.; b. Nov. 19, 1747; 
 learned his trade as a scythe-maker in Framingham ; re. to Dublin, 
 1770 ; settled on lot 8, range 9, where he d., Jan. 11, 1830. He 
 m., first, 1770, Esther Townsend, b. in Lynn, Mass., Sept. 5, 1751, 
 and d. Dec. 22, 1806. Ch. : 
 
 L Beriah,b. June 9, 1773; m,, Feb. 2, 1792, Alexander Ernes, q. v. 
 II. Benjamin, b. March 8, 1776 ; m., June 11, 1800, Anna Morse, 
 
 46 
 
362 EEGISTER OF FAMILIES, 
 
 dr. of Micah M., b. in Conway, Mass., July 25, 1771. Ch. : 1. 
 Anna, b. Sept. 25, 1801 ; m., Nov. 28, 1833, James Chamberlain, 
 q. v. — 2. Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1804; m., Nov. 20, 1849, David 
 Mathews, and r. Hancock. — 3. Emily, b. May 3, 1806; d. Dec. 5, 
 
 1827. — 4. Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1807. — 5. Drury M., b. March 10, 
 1809 ; m., first, Nov. 16, 1834, Emelia Powers, dr. of Asa P., b. 
 March 14, 1809, and d. July 3, 1840 : ch. (1) Emelia. Second w., 
 m., April, 1843, Mary Ann Huckins ; r. Boston; ch. n.u. — 6. 
 Granville B., b. Nov. 6, 1812 ; m., May, 1838, Louisa Rebecca 
 Caton ; r. New Orleans. 
 
 III. Esther, b. April 28, 1781 ; m.. May 4, 1803, Zadoc Chap- 
 man ; r. Edgecomb, Me. IV. Polly, b. Nov. 20, 1790 ; d. Oct. 28, 
 1817. V. Judith, b. Feb. 19, 1792 ; m., April 1819, Luke Richard- 
 son. She d. Feb. 3, 1821. 
 
 Aaron Marshall, sen., for a second w., m. Widow Billings, 
 
 who, after his death, re. to the State of Me. 
 
 Moses Marshall, from Holliston, Mass.; b. Dec. 15, 1775; 
 re. to Dubhn, 1786 ; m., Dec. 31, 1801, Lucy Campbell, b. May 23, 
 1783. Ch.: 
 
 L Eveline, b. Sept. 18, 1802 ; m.. May 14, 1829, Merrick Pres- 
 ton. Ch. : 1. Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1830. Second h., John Snow, 
 jun., m., May 5, 1846. IL Moses, b. Jan. 16, 1804 ; d.in infancy. 
 
 IIL Orlando, b. Jan. 28, 1805; m., Sept. 17, 1826, Eliza Man- 
 sur, b. Oct. 28, 1807. Ch.: 1. Horace, b. Dec. 16, 1826 ; d. Nov., 
 
 1828. — 2. Maria A., b. March 20, 1829; m., March 20, 1850, 
 Stephen Rossiter, of Claremont, N. H. : ch. (1) Kate Maria, b. Oct. 
 28, 1850; (2) Marshall Sherman, b. Oct. 28, 1852. — 3. Eliza 
 Ann, b. Jan. 29, 1831 ; m., Oct. 28, 1852, Charles W. Tufts, of 
 Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Lucy E., b. Aug. 2, 1811 ; m., Sept. 15, 1836, Jeremiah 
 Lanphear, of Woodstock, Vt. She d. March 28, 1838. 
 
 V. Sybil, b. Jan. 2, 1812 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 VL Augusta M., b. Feb. 22, 1813 ; m., April 23, 1835, Jesse 
 Maynard, of JaiFrey; re. to Waukegan, 111. Ch. : 1. Sarah Jane, 
 b. Feb. 11, 1836. — 2. Augusta M., b. Jan. 28, 1839. — 3. John 
 Hamilton, b. March 12, 1841. — 4. Marshall P., b. March 7, 
 1847. VIL Mary Ann, b. July 19, 1816. VIIL George C, b. 
 May 28, 1818 ; m., Aug. 27, 1848, Eliza Ann Jewett, of Jaffrey. 
 She d. Sept. 12, 1849. IX. Sarah Jane, b. Jan. 3, 1820 ; d. X. 
 Charles B., b. Sept. 26, 1824; m., March 14, 1850, Eveline C. 
 Emery, of New Ipswich, where they reside. 
 
 MiCAJAH Martin, with his w. Polly, lived on lot 3, range 4. 
 Ch. : L Polly, b. March 28, 1802. IL Jefferson, b. Feb. 28, 1804. 
 III. Josiah Adams, b. May 1, 1806. IV. Madison, b. May 10, 
 1808. V. Franklin, b. Sept. 13, 1800. VL Micajah, b. Sept. 
 21, 1812. 
 
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 Levi Marvin, of AYalpole ; m., Oct., 1840, Hannah Ranstead ; 
 r. on lot 3, range 5. Cli. : I. Edwin. 11. Emily. III. Susan. 
 IV. Oscar. V. Helen. 
 
 Moses Mason, was the great-grandson of Capt. Hugh Mason, 
 who, with his wife Esther, came to this country, 1634, and settled 
 at Watertown, Mass. ; a tanner by trade ; much employed in town- 
 affairs ; commissioned as Captain, 1653 ; Representative ten years ; 
 d. Oct. 10, 1678, in his 73d year; his w. d. May 21, 1692, ?e. 82; 
 had three sons and five daughters, and their eldest son, John, m. 
 Elizabeth Hammond; was ■& tanner by trade, and settled at Cam- 
 bridge Village, now Newton, where he had six children. His 
 second son was Daniel, a farmer, who, by his first w. Experience, 
 had five children ; of whom Moses, the subject of this article, was 
 the youngest; m., in Boston, June 6, 1749 (records of King's Cha- 
 pel), or June 20 (according to the town-records), Lydia, dr. of Jesse 
 and Mary Knap, and settled at Newton. He re. to Sherborn about 
 1757. July 27, 1767, he sold land in Sherborn, and thence re. to 
 Dublin, settled on lot 10, range 1, and d. Oct. 1, 1775. His widow 
 re. with the family, 1798, to Bethel, Me., and d. there, July 2, 1802, 
 fe. 73. Ch. (four born in. Newton, four in Sherborn, and two in 
 Dublin) : 
 
 I. Martha, b. May 28, 1751; m., April 4, 1768, Eleazer 
 Twitchell, q. v. 
 
 II. Lucy, b. May 20, 1753 ; m., at Dublin, 1776, David Mar- 
 shall; re. to Bethel, 1781 ; was driven away by the Indians in the 
 same year, and settled at Hebron, Me., where she d., Nov. 20, 
 1828, leaving numerous descendants. 
 
 IIL Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1755 ; m., May 20, 1781, John Morison, 
 of Peterborough, and d. May 13, 1798, c. 
 
 IV. Moses, b. April 26, 1757 ; served as a soldier in the war of 
 the Revolution, and fought under Gen. Stark, in the battle of Ben- 
 nington ; m., June 20, 1780, Eunice Ayer, dr. of William A., and 
 settled in Dublin. In 1799, he re. to Bethel; Rep. five years, 
 1813—1817 ; J. P. ; d. Oct. 31, 1837. His w. d. Feb. 4, 1846, ae. 
 85. They had nine ch. b. in Dublin, and two in Bethel : 1. Thirza, 
 b. July 3, 1781 ; m., Nov. 7, 1805, Dr. James Ayer, of Northfield, 
 Me. — 2. SuzA, b. June 4, 1783; ra., Nov. 28, 1807, Richard 
 Dunnells, of Northfield, Me. — 3. Moses, b. March 31, 1785; d. 
 Aug. 27, 1788. — 4. Aaron, b. April 5, 1787; m.. May 8, 1817, 
 Ruby Bartlett, of Bethel: ch. (1) Peregrine Bartlett; (2) Mighill, 
 (3) Sarah; (4) Charles; (5) Moses Ayer; (6) Sofon ; (7) Thirza; 
 (8) Mary; (9) Freeborn; (10) Angelia; (11) Ruby; (12) Aaron. 
 — 5.. Moses, b. June 2, 1789; a physician at Bethel; m., June 
 15, 1813, Agnes More Straw, of Northfield, Me. ; c. ; Rep. from 
 1813 to 1833 ; County Commissioner from 1829 to 1833 ; Member 
 of the 23d and 24th Congresses, 1833—1837; Member of the 
 Executive Council, 1843 and 1845 ; and Trustee of the Maine 
 Insane Hospital. — 6. Lydia, b. July 21, 1791 ; m., July 23, 1812, 
 
364 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Eleazer Twitchell, of Bethel. — 7. Eunice, b. Sept. 12, 1793; m., 
 Jan. 2, 1817, Stephen A. Russell, of Bethel. — 8. Hannah, b. July 
 23, 1795; m., Sept. 5, 1827, Capt. John Pease, of Parsonsfield, Me. 
 9. Charles, b. Feb. 17, 1798 ; m., Oct., 1823, Eunice Hale, of 
 Waterford, Me. ; d. April 2, 1824 — 10. Aters, b. Dec. 31, 1800 ; 
 m., Jan. 9, 1827, Eunice (Hale) Mason, and widow of his brother 
 Charles: ch. (1) Charles; (2) Maria; (3) Oliver; (4) William 
 W. ; (5) Mary Eunice. — 11. Louisa, b. June 29, 1803 ; m., Sept. 
 2, 1833, Dr. Baker Webster, of Sandown, N. H. 
 
 V. Mary, b. March 22, 1760; m. Nathaniel Greenwood, q. v. 
 She d. 1825. Her h. m. again, and was living, 1840, at Farming- 
 ton, Me. Descendants numerous. 
 
 VI. Hannah, b. May 4, 17G2 ; m., Feb. 7, 1782, James Mills, 
 q. V. ; re. to Bethel, 1785, where her husband was killed by the fall 
 of a tree, in 1790. She m. again, Sept. 10, 1792, Elijah Grover; 
 and, in 1847, was the only surviving ch. of Moses and Lydia 
 Mason. Mr. Grover d. 1805. Descendants numerous. 
 
 VII. Betty, b. July 18, 1764; m., at Dublin, Benjamin Clark, of 
 Newton, and d. at Bethel, Jan. 31, 1846. Her h. d. 1842. Descend- 
 ants, in 1840, thirtv-seven in number. 
 
 VIII. Walter, b. Oct. 10, 1766; m., Oct. 21, 1793, Esther Bar- 
 ker, of Waterford, Me. ; d. June 30, 1840. She d. June 20, 1843. 
 Ch., eight in number : 1. Esther, m. Eli Grover. — 2. Elmira, 
 m. Peter Grover. — 3. Lawson, m. Anna Bean, — 4. Walter, 
 m. Charlotte Kimball. — 5. Rachel, m. Andrew Grover. — 6. 
 John Barker, J. P. — 7. Catharine, um. — 8. Javan Knap, 
 b. Sept. 20, 1817 ; graduated at Bowdoin College; studied theology 
 at Bangor, Me. 
 
 IX. John, b. May 8, 1769 ; m., in Dublin, Jan. 16, 1789, Bethiah 
 Houghton, dr. of James H. ; re. to Bethel about 1790 ; to Gilead, 
 Me., 1793; d. Sept. 19, 1844. She d. April 21, 1846, ae. 74. 
 Eleven ch., one born at Dublin (John), one at Bethel, and the rest 
 at Gilead. 
 
 X. Thirza, b. April 10, 1772; d. at Dublin, Oct. 2, 1775, je. 
 three and a half years. 
 
 Benjamin Mason, great-grandson of Capt. Hugh Mason, of 
 Watertown, whose son Joseph, b. June 10, 1646, a tanner, lived on 
 the homestead; m., Feb. 5, 1683-4, Mary Fiske. He d. July 22, 
 1702. She d. Jan. 6, 1723-4, ae. 62^. They had three daughters, 
 and one son, Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1 688 ; went to Boston before the age 
 of 21, where he lived till 1714, when he returned to the homestead; 
 carried on the tanning business ; was deacon of the church ; Rep. ; 
 J. P.; and filled various town-offices. He m., Sept. 14, 1710, 
 Mary Monck, of South Precinct of Dorchester, now Stoughton, 
 and d. July 6, 1755. She d. April 22, 1763, at. 72. They had six 
 sons and six daughters ; all of whom lived to be married, and have 
 left numerous descendants. Benjamin was the second son and 
 fourth ch. He was b. at Watertown, July 14, 1717 ; m., Sept. 28, 
 
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 1741, Martha Fairbanks, of Sherborn ; where he settled and re- 
 mained till he re. to Dublin, with his family, probably in 1765, 
 or thereabouts, as he appears to have worked on the roads in 1764 
 and 5. He settled on lot 14, range 9, and at first built a plank- 
 house on the top of the hill. He was a master-carpenter, and 
 framed most of the houses erected in the neighborhood in his day ; 
 and, at raisings and the like, was distinguished for his agility, fear- 
 lessness, and self-possession. He was selectman in 1771 ; d. July 
 
 5, 1801, and his widow d. at Sullivan, Feb.^4, 1815. Ch. : 
 
 I. Betty. 11. Benjamin. IH. Thaddeus. IV. Joseph. V. 
 Abigail. VI. Martha. VII. Benjamin. VIH. Benjamin. IX. 
 Bela. 
 
 I. Betty, b. Jan. 15, 1741-2; m., Dec. 2, 1762, Micah Leland, 
 of Sherborn, where they r., and she d. soon after the birth of her 
 second ch., in 1767. II. Benjamin, b. 1744; d. young. 
 
 III. Thaddeus, b. July 4, 1746; m. June, 1768, Sarah Morse, 
 dr. of Thomas M. ; held offices in town as noticed in the preceding 
 history, and d. Sept. 27, 1821. She d. Oct. 7, 1828. They had 
 eleven ch.: 1. Betsey. — 2. Thaddeus. — 3. Julia. — 4. Sarah. 
 — 0. Julia. — 6. Ebenezer. — 7. Achsah. — 8. Rufus. — 9. 
 Ebenezer. — -10. Achsah. — 11. Polly. 
 
 1. Betsey, b. Feb. 4, 1769 ; m., Oct. 12, 1790, Thaddeus Morse, 
 q. V. She d. Dec. 25, 1846. — 2. Thaddeus, jun., b. Nov. 15, 
 1770; d. March 26, 1851 ; m., Oct. 29, 1797, Lydia Perry, dr. of 
 Ivory P.: ch. (1) Calvin, b. Nov. 16, 1798; m., Oct. 31, 1822, 
 Rebecca Kendall, dr. of Joel K. : ch. 1. Abigail SoiMa, b. April 
 
 6, 1825, m., March 11, 1852, Jesse R. Appleton : ch. [1] Ellen 
 Rebecca, b. Nov. 30, 1853 ; 2. Charles Kendall, b. July 27, 1830, 
 m., June 2, 1852, Adra Esther Mason, dr. of Jeremiah M. : ch. 
 [1] Ellen Gertrude, b. Aug. 15, 1853. On the 15th of Septem- 
 ber, 1853, while at work in the mill of A. E. Perry, at Harrisville, 
 he was caught in the machinery by his left arm, which was torn off, 
 making it necessary to amputate at the shoulder-joint. (2) Dex- 
 ter, b. Dec. 1, 1802; m., June 11, 1829, Abigail Adams, dr. of 
 James A. She d. Aug .2, 1843 : ch. 1. Sally Ann Adams, b. March 
 12, 1830, d. June 1, 1843 ; 2. James Adams, b. Dec. 21, 1832, m., 
 Nov. 14, 1853, Lydia Ann Morse, dr. of Addison M. ; 3. Lydia 
 Emily, b. Oct. 2, 1834, m., May 23, 1854, James Knowlton, son of 
 Luke K., q. V. ; 4. John Dexter,h. Aug. 1, 1841, d. June 27, 1843. 
 Second w. of Dexter M., Harriet Farwell, dr. of Samuel F. : ch. 5. 
 Milton Dexter, b. April 2, 1850. (3) Elvira, b. Nov. 16, 1804; 
 m., April 19, 1831, Levi Emery, son of Amos E., sen. (4) Louisa, 
 b. Oct. 21, 1807 ; m., April 13, 1841, Jesse R. Appleton, and d. Nov. 3, 
 1844. (5) Charles, b. June 3, 1810; attorney and counsellor-at-law, 
 Fitchburg, Mass. ; prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Aca- 
 demy ; graduated at Harvard College, 1834; Tutor in Latin in the 
 University, from 1835 to 1839, inclusive; read law at the Dane 
 Law School, Cambridge, and in the office of Messrs. Hubbard and 
 Watts, Boston ; A.M. in 1837 ; LL.B. in 1839 ; admitted at Boston, 
 
366 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Sept. 1839, to practise law in the courts of the State, and in the 
 courts of the United States ; i-emained in Boston till May, 1841, 
 when he opened an office in Lancaster, Mass., and, in Sept., 1842, 
 re. to Fitchburg; J. P., 1842, and in June, 1842, appointed one of 
 the Standing Commissioners of Bankruptcy for the Massachusetts 
 District, under the U. S. Bankrupt Law; in Aug., 1845, Master in 
 Chancery, and in July, 1851, a Commissioner of Insolvency for the 
 County of Worcester ; Representative in 1849 and 1851 ; Delegate 
 to the Constitutional Qonvention, 1853. He m., Aug. 9, 1853, 
 Caroline Atherton Briggs, the youngest daughter of the late Calvin 
 Briggs, M.D., of Marblehead, Mass. (6) Thaddeus Perry, b. Aug. 
 4, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1851, m.. May 18, 1843, Fidelia Piper, dr. of 
 John P. For the last eight years of his life, he suffered severely 
 from a consumptive complaint, which in a great measure disabled 
 him from labor, cramped his natural energy and enterprise, and 
 linally caused his death: ch. 1. Charles Henry, b. June 10, 1844; 
 2. Harriet Eliza, b. Dec. 9, 1845; 3. Jane Fidelia, h. Nov. 20, 
 1848, d. May 22, 1849 ; 4. Ada Maria, b. Nov. 16, 1851. 
 
 3. Julia, b. Nov. 3, 1772; ra., Oct. 23, 1794, Cyrus Chamber- 
 lain, q. V. 
 
 4. Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1775 ; m. C. P. Hayward, son of Joseph 
 H., sen. ; r. Hanco(^k. Ch. : (1) Sally, m. David Davis ; (2) John ; 
 (3) Charles; (4) Calvin; (5) Edward; (6) George; (7) Emily, 
 m. George Sheldon. Three other children d. young. 
 
 5. John (second son and fifth ch. of Thaddeus M., sen.), b. 
 March 28, 1777; d. Jan. 6, 1836; m., Jan. 13, 1800, Mary Haven, 
 of Natick, Mass., lived at Dublin till 1811 ; re. to Sullivan, and in 
 March, 1830, to Lancaster, N. H. His death was caused by an 
 injury received from the fixlling of a tree. His oldest son came to 
 his death by a similar accident. John M. was one of the selectmen 
 in Sullivan for several years: ch. (1) Laura, b. Dec. 16, 1800; m., 
 1823, Elijah Baker, of Sullivan; r. at Dalton, and have six sons 
 and three daughters, of whom six are living; (2) Ebenezer, b. 
 April 11, 1803, d. March 27, 1818; (3) Mary, b. Aug. 21, "1806, 
 m., Seth Adams, of Lancaster, where they r. and have ch. ; (4) John 
 (Capt.), b. Oct. 21, 1810, m., Jan. 24, 1832, Matilda Wilson, settled 
 at Lancaster, and thence re. to vSullivan, Feb., 1845 : ch. 1. John 
 Wilson, b. March 23, 1837 ; 2. James Bracket,h. July 13, 1839 ; 3. 
 Harriet Adams, b. Oct. 19, 1841 ; 4. Emma Haven, b. Aug. 7, 1844 ; 
 (5) Oren, b. May 31, 1814, m., June 14, 1840, Elizabeth Shaw, of 
 Columbia, Ohio, where he r. as a school-teacher, till he d., Aug. 29, 
 1840; (6) David Haven, b. March 17, 1818; attorney and coun- 
 sellor-at-law ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1841 ; read law at 
 Lancaster, Boston, and the Dane Law School ; admitted to the bar, 
 1843 ; commenced practice in Boston, where he still continues ; m., 
 June 17, 1845, Sai'ah White, of Lancaster ; r. in Newton, Mass. ; 
 (7) George, b. March 3, 1823, d. Aug. 28, 1825. 
 
 6. Ebenezer, b. April 23, 1780 ; d. May 3, 1785. — 7. Achsah, 
 b. Jan. 23, 1783; d. June 8, 1785. — 8. Rufus, b. July 23, 1786; 
 d. Feb. 10, 1787. — 9. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 19, 1788; d. Jan. 16 
 
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1803. — 10. AcHSAH, b. Feb. 19, 1790; m., Feb., 1810, Salmon 
 Wood, of Hancock, q. v. — 11. Polly, b. April 4, 1792; m., 
 March, 1811, John Greenwood, son of Joshua G., q. v. 
 
 TV. Joseph (son of Benjamin M., 1st), b. 1748 ; d., killed by the 
 falling of a tree, March 11, 1806; m., Nov. 9, 1769, Anne Pren- 
 tiss, of Sherborn. She d. 1822. Their eh. were: 1. Samuel. — 
 2. Hepzibah. — 3. A ch., d. in infancy. — 4. Nathaniel. — 5. 
 Patty. — 6. Nancy. — 7. Joseph. — 8. Hannah. — 9. Sally. 
 — 10. Polly. 
 
 1. Samuel (Capt.), b. March 29, 1771 ; m., Oct. 15, 1795, Mary 
 Willard^ dr.'of Rey< Elijah W. ; d. Oct. 20, 1822, of a fever of 
 which most of the family were sick, and two of drs. d. soon after 
 his decease: ch. (1) Samuel, jun., b. Nov. 4, 1796, m., Nov. 26, 
 1818, Anna Kendall, dr. of Joel K.: ch. 1. Samuel Kendall, b^Aug. 
 
 18, 1819, 'm.,^ Feb. 13, 1843, Maria Antoinette Whittemore, of 
 Pepperell, r. Boston, has two daughters, his w. d., and hem. again ; 
 2. Step//e7i SjKmldimj, b. June 8, 1821, m., Sept. 20, 1846, Lucy 
 Ann Collester, of Marlborough: ch. [1] Hartley D. ; [2] Oren L. 
 and Orson L., twins ; 3. Almira, b. Sept. 8, 1823, m., Nov. 13, 1841, 
 Ebenezer Russell, of Marlborough, several ch., n. u. ; 4. Elijah 
 Willard, b. Nov. 23, 1825 ; 5. George Washington, b. Nov. 13, 1828 ; 
 6. Marii Ann , b. March 2'4, 1831; 7. Joel Kendall, b. April 19, 
 1835;- 8. James Appleton, b. Sept. 2, 1839 ; (2) Martin, b. Sept. 6, 
 1798, d. July 7, 1800; (3) Charles, b. Sept. 10, 1800, m., Jan. 20, 
 1824, Martha Carlton : ch. 1. Charles Edson, b. April 25, 1825 ; 
 2. Luther Carlton, b. Nov. 29, 1828, d. Nov. 7, 1839. His w. d. July 
 
 19, 1833 ; and July 1, 1834, he m. Louisa Farnum ; re. to Worces- 
 ter, 111., 1838, where he d., Dec. 10, 1849 : ch. 3. Martha Louisa, 
 b. April 17, 1835, d. Jan. 21, 1852 ; 4. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 16, 
 1836, d. Oct. 4, 1838 ; 5. Sarah Jane. b. Feb. 3, 1838 ; 6. Norman 
 Parks, b. Dec. 30, 1839, d. Jan. 16, 1840; 7. Emma Ann, b. Dec. 
 9, 1840; 8. Mary Ahhxj. b. Jan. 13, 1843; 9. Ellen Frances, b. 
 June 17, 1845; 10. Jlaria S., b. Jan. 29, 1847; 11. Julia Lrsida, 
 b. June 22, 1849 ; (4) Mary,b. Dec. 13, 1802, m., June 3, 1823, 
 Ira Smith, son of Abner S., q. v. ; (5) Elijah Willard, b. Dec. 29, 
 
 1804, d. June 15, 1816; (6) Rachel, brApril 10, 1807, d. Nov., 
 1822 ; (7) Harriet, b. Aug. 11, 1809, d. Nov., 1822; (8) Rebecca, 
 b. March 12, 1812, m., April 4, 1833, Edward Grant, of Kenne- 
 bunk, Me. : ch., six sons and one daughter, n. u. ; (9) Majilj^, b. - 
 June 24, 1814, m., April 3, 1833, JosiahH. I&iight, q. v. ;" (10) 
 Merrill, b. Sept. 9, 1816, m., April 13, 18 42-, Mary Eliza Russell, 
 of Marlborough : ch. \. Emily Amelia ; 2. Martin Melville ; d. Mary 
 Eliza; w. d., m. again ; r. Marlborough ; (11) Ursulh, b. Jan. 5, 1820, 
 m., March 16, 1837, Lyman Russell ; (12) Anna, b. April 5, 1822, 
 m., Oct. 31, 1839, James L. Russell. 
 
 2. Hepzibah, b. Dec. 2, 1773; m., Nov. 9, 1794, Philip Cum- 
 mings, of Peterborough ; re. to the State of N.Y. 
 
 4. IS'athaniel, second son of Joseph and Anne (Prentiss) Mason, 
 b.Feb. 8, 1776; m., July 16, 1800, Sally Stone, of Fitzwilliam,N.H. ; 
 r. Sullivan: ch. (1) Eliza Ann; (2) .Jesse ; (3) Sarah; (4) Lyman, 
 
368 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 d.; (5) Elizabeth Valentine ; (6) Nathaniel, d. ; (7) Adeline; (8) 
 Hepzibah Cummings ; (9) Nathaniel Prentiss; (lOandll) Angelina 
 and Alvina, d., twins,; (12) Nancy Maria; (13) Lorenzo Walker. 
 
 5. Patty, b. Dec. 20, 1777 ; m., Oct. 25, 1795, Ephraim Adams, 
 of Sullivan ; re. to State of New York. 
 
 6. Nancy, b. Oct. 27, 1779 ; m., June 16, 1807, Elijah Willard, 
 jun. ; re. to Wheelock, Vt. 
 
 7. Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1781 ; m., June 5, 1804, Arethusa French, 
 of Marlborough; r. Sullivan: ch. (1) Alonzo, b. Oct. 21, 1805; m., 
 July 2, 1835, Arvilla Stone, of Marlborough: ch! 1. Edna Au- 
 gusta; 2. Mary Aretimsa French ; r. Worcester, Mass.; (2) Ashley, 
 b. July 30, 1807_, m., Dec. 2, 1835, Roxana Nims: ch. 1. Crosbij 
 Ashley ; 2. Jemima Fisk ; 3. Josephine Maria ; (3) Sylvester, b. 
 Sept. 4, 1810, m., June, 1841, Laurenza Felt, of Sullivan, r. Nelson : 
 eh. 1. Adelaide Arethusa Relief ; 2. Joseph Bryling ; (4) Ruth, b. 
 June 30, 1815, m., Nov. 3, 1836, Dauphin W. Wilson, r. Sullivan. 
 
 8. Hannah, b. Oct. 15, 1783 ; um. — 9. Sally, b. July 9, 1787 ; 
 m., Jan. 6, 1803, Cyrus Wakefield, who d., and she m., Oct. 17, 
 1811, Josiah Woodward, of Roxbury, N. H., by whom she had four 
 sons and one daughter. — 10. Polly, b. Dec. 3, 1789; m. Oliver 
 Brown, of Sullivan. 
 
 V. Abigail, second dr. and fifth ch. of Benjamin and Martha 
 (Fairbanks) Mason, b. April 8, 1752; m., June, 1768, Reuben 
 Morse, Esq., son of Capt. Thomas M., q. v. VI. Martha, b. 1755 ; 
 d. young. VII. Benjamin, b. 1758; d. young. 
 
 VIII. Benjamin, third son of Benj. and Martha (F.) Mason, b. 
 May 28, 1760; d. May 16, 1840; m., Jan. 27, 1783, Phebe Nor- 
 cross, b. June 30, 1764, dr. of Asa N. She d. July 1, 1841. Ch. : 
 1. Abigail, b. April 4, 1783 ; m., 1810, Isaac Rider, of Sullivan ; 
 re. to Leray, N. Y., where she d., leaving one child. — 2. Asa, b. 
 Jan. 3, 1785; m., 1811, Betsey Rider, of Sullivan; re. to Leray, 
 N.Y., where he d. : ch. (1) Avaline ; (2) Betsey; (3) Sally; (4) 
 Achsah; (5) Asa; (6) Cyrus. — 3. Achsah, b. March 3, 1787; 
 ra. Samuel Leland, of HoUiston, Mass. ; r. at Holliston, Leverett, 
 Montague, and now at Ashland, Mass.; ch., four sons and four 
 daughters. — 4. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 11, 1789 ; m., Feb. 6, 1815, Sally 
 Fisk, of Holliston; r. Sullivan: ch. (1) Emily, b. Oct. 8, 1817; 
 m., Sept. 22, 1841, David Stiles, of Nelson, r. Watertown, 111., 
 have several ch. ; (2) Levi Fisk, b. Sept. 16, 1819, m., June 5, 
 1844, EUzabeth Faloza Hubbard, of Sullivan; (3) Joanna, b. May 
 4, 1825, d. Jan. 15, 1829 ; (4) George Washington, b. July 18, 
 1829 ; (5) Adra Esther, b. Jan. 26, 1832, m., June 2, 1852, Charles 
 K. Mason, of Dublin, son of Calvin M., q. v. — 5. Phebe, b. Aug. 
 20, 1791 ; m., Nov. 14, 1815, Daniel Graves, of Leverett, Mass.; 
 r. Leverett and Montague ; ch., one son and two daughters. — 6. 
 Benjamin, b. July 9, 1792; m., 1816, Mary Porter, r. Orwell, 
 N.Y.: ch. (1) Phebe; (2) Betsey; (3) Lorena; (4) Emily; (5) 
 Ashbel; (6) Granville; (7) Benjamin Franklin. — 7. Selby, b. 
 Jan. 27, 1794; d. Aug., 1828; m., Aprill, 1813, Joseph Muzzy, of 
 
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 Dublin ; re. to Richland and Leray, N. Y. ; ch., four sons and one 
 daughter. — 8. Cyrus, b. Oct. 18, 1795 ; m., Nov. 25, 1823, Abigail 
 Allison, dr. of Andrew A.: ch. (1) Betsey Evans, b. Aug. 22,1824, 
 m., Feb. 8, 1849, Silas P. Frost, q. v. ; (2) David, b. Jan. 23, 1826 ; 
 (3) Charles, b. Nov. 5, 1836; (4) Zaman, b. Aug. 13, 1839; (5) 
 Henry Clay, b. Feb. 22, 1842, d. Sept. 9, 1843; (6) John Henry, 
 b. Aug. 25, 1846. — 9. DAViD,b. Aug. 5, 1797 ; m.. May 27, 1820, 
 Nancy Boutwell, of Leverett; r. Leverett, Wendell, Montague: 
 ch. (1) Elmer, b. June 12, 1822, m., June 28, 1843, Sarah F. 
 Graves, of Leverett, who d. Feb. 23, 1846, m. again ; (2) Catherine 
 Lucretia, b. Aug. 23, 1824, m., Jan. 29, 1845, Samuel H. Rankin, 
 of Montague, r. at Shelburne Falls, Mass. ; (3) Stillman Franklin, 
 b. May 25, 1832 ; (4) Selby Maria, b. Oct. 19, 1836. — 10. Lucy, 
 b. June 3, 1799 ; m., April 29, 1819, Heman Evans, who d. May 9, 
 1819. Second h., m., Dec. 31, 1821, Asa Greenwood, son of Joshua 
 G., 1st; had six ch. — 11. Julia, b. July 9, 1801 ; m., at Leray, 
 N. Y., 1820, Eleazer Boardman ; had one son and three daughters. 
 — 12. A DAUGHTER, d. young. — 13. Maria, b. March 6, 1804; 
 m., Sept. 21, 1824, Artemas Piper, q. v. Second h., m., Jan. 28, 
 1851, Samuel Allison ; r. Marlborough. — 14. Sally Elmina, b. 
 July 11, 1811 ; d. March 24, 1843; ra., April, 1841, Calvin New- 
 ton, of Marlborough ; one ch., a daughter. 
 
 IX. Bela, fourth son of Benj. and Martha (F.) Mason, b. Oct. 1, 
 1764; d. Jan. 6, 1841; m., May 12, 1785, Sally Norcross, dr. of 
 Asa N. ; r. at Dublin till 1810, then re. to Sullivan, She d. March 
 12, 1846, X. 78. Ch. : 1. Betsey, b. March 1, 1786 ; m., Nov. 22, 
 1807, John Hoar, of Dublin, by whom she had two sons and one 
 daughter. He d. Feb. 13, 1813, and she m., Jan. 31, 1823, Thomas 
 C. Thomson, of Keene, and had, by that marriage, one son and two 
 daughters. — 2. Rurus (Capt.),b. May 16, 1788; m., June 1, 1815, 
 Prudence Woods, of Sullivan. He was selectman, 1817, 1818, 1819, 
 and 1829; Rep. in 1840 and 1841 : ch. (1) Charles,b. June 28, 1816; 
 m., March 22, 1841, Amanda Seward, of Sullivan; (2) Orlando, b. 
 May 21, 1818 ; d. Aug. 3, 1823; (3) Sally Louisa, b. May 25, 1820, 
 d. Aug. 5, 1823 ; (4) Orville, b. Aug. 13, 1822 ; (5) Orlando, b. June 
 3, 1824; (6) Enoch Woods, b. July 18, 1826, d. Jan. 25, 1830; 
 (7) A son, b. March 3, 1828, d. March 3, 1828 ; (8) Rufus Osgood, 
 b. Jan. 22, 1830 ; (9) Helen Amanda Maria, b. Dec. 4, 1831 ; (10) 
 Harriet Louisa Augusta, b. Jan. 18, 1834. — 3. James, b. April 27, 
 1793; d. Sept. 21, 1825; m., Jan. 1, 1817, Miretta Osgood, of Sul- 
 livan ; re. to Ontario, N.Y. : ch. (1) Ormond Osgood, b. Oct., 1817 ; 
 (2) Emily Elvira, b. Sept., 1822; (3) James Orlo, b. Dec, 1823. 
 — 4. Jesse, b. March 30, 1795 ; m., Nov. 24, 1817, Lois White, of 
 Sullivan ; r. at Ontario, N. Y., and then at Coldwater, Mich. : ch. 
 (1) Alcander; (2) Leander; (3) Esther; (4) Sophronia; (5) 
 Sarah; (6) Jane. — 5. Jerusha, b. Aug. 7, 1797; m., Oct. 18, 
 1824, Curtis Spaulding, of Sullivan ; r. Keene: ch., three sons and 
 one daughter. — 6. Elijah, b. April 14, 1799; m., Feb., 1828, 
 Amelia Hubbard, of Vernon, Vt. ; r. Vernon, Vt., where he d. : 
 47 
 
370 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 ch. (1) Albert Elijah, b. Sept., 1829; (2) Erasus H. ; (3) Amelia 
 Jane. — 7. Sybil, b. Aug. 25, 1803; m., Mayo, 1826, Ephraim 
 Foster, of Sullivan; r. Keene ; six ch. — 8. Sally. 
 
 Abel Maynard (Dr.), from Sudbury, Mass. ; b. May 3, 1753 ; 
 d. Dec. 25, 1834; settled in Dublin, 1789; m. Mrs. Margaret 
 Nicholas, of Tewksbury, Mass., who d. June 9, 1823, x. 75. Ch. : 
 
 I. Lucinda, b. April 26, 1783; urn. II. Betsey, b. March 11, 
 1786. III. Esther, b. Feb. 21, 1788 ; m. Vryling Sargent. Ch. : 
 1. Mary D., b. Jan. 4, 1812 ; m. Sept. 8, 1833, Hubbard A. Ha- 
 milton, son of Eli H. q. v. — 2. George, b. July 1, 1813 ; m. Han- 
 nah Sweet Brown ; r. Boston : ch. (1) Mary Esthei-, b. Nov. 14, 
 1843. He d. in Boston; interred in Dublin. Her 2d h. Alex- 
 ander H. Wells. 
 
 Israel Maynard, from Bolton, Mass., b. 1763 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 1845 ; settled in Dublin, 1784, on lot 5, range 2 ; m. Deliverance 
 Fife, of Bolton, b. 1763 ; d. June 1838, se. 75. Ch. : 
 
 I. Dilley, b. April 16, 1786 ; m. William Earls ; r. Springfield, 
 Vt. II. Lucy, b. July 5, 1791 ; d. March, 1823. III. Kezia, b. 
 Feb. 2, 1793; m. Ezra Rider, son of Moses R., q.v. ; r. Keene. 
 IV. Samuel, b. March 31, 1797; re. to Peterborough, 1816; m. 
 and r. there. V. Emily, b. July 18, 1801 ; m. Samuel Cady, of 
 Springfield, Vt., and r. there. 
 
 James Mills, m., Feb. 7, 1782, Hannah Mason, dr. of Moses 
 M., q. V. 
 
 Philip Mills, and Anna his w., came from Needham, 1780; 
 lived on lot 6, range 2. Philip Mills, and Philip Mills, jun., were 
 taxed for the last time in 1797. 
 
 Samuel Moore, from Londonderry, N.H., came to Dublin in 
 1812, and settled on lots 6 and 7, range; house built on lot 7 ; m,, 
 March 16, 1815, Abigail Knowlton, dr. of Deacon John K. ; b. 
 Dec. 18, 1778. Ch.: 
 
 I. Letitia, b. Jan. 3, 1816 ; m., June 11, 1837, Horace Butterfield. 
 Ch. : 1. Abigail J., b. Nov. 20, 1837. — 2. John J., b. May 8, 
 1839. H. Butterfield left his w. in 1838, and she m., April, 1845, 
 William B. Smith ; r. Jaffrey. 
 
 II. James, b. March 13, 1818; m., Sept. 24, 1846, Elmira 
 Knowlton, b. Oct. 23, 1823, daughter of Silas K. Ch. : 1. Mary 
 E., b. Sept. 28, 1848.— 2. Frank C, b. May 10, 1851. 
 
 Thomas Morse, from Sherborn, b. Dec. 5, 1709 ; d. Jan. 7, 
 1783; m. Mary Treadway, of Framingham, b. May 16, 1718, and 
 d. Dec. 25, 1776. (See p. 132.) The following is an extract from 
 the " Memorial of the Morses," by Rev. Abner Morse, A.M. : " A 
 captain's commission was sent him (Thomas Morse) by the royal 
 Governor Wentworth, of New Hampshire, to keep him loyal, which 
 
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 be indignantly spurned ; and, ere hostilities commenced, he had 
 three sons trained to volunteer at the first call, while he, advanced 
 in years, remained at home with the others to carry on the fai'm, 
 and encourage his fellow-citizens to patriotic efforts. He was pro- 
 nounced by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 
 who had much intercourse with him, to be the ' shrewdest man he 
 ever knew.' " Ch. : 
 ^I. Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1737-8; m., first, Abram Wheeler, of 
 Keene : ch. 1. Polly. — 2. Susan. Second h., Ezekiel Newton, 
 of Southborough, Mass. II. Ruth, b. Aug. 3, 1739; d. Aug. 1, 
 
 1811, at Queensbury, Vt. ; m. Daniel Morse, q. v. 
 
 III. Reuben, Esq., b. June 21, 1742; d. Aug. 27, 1810; m., 
 June 1768, Abigail Mason ; who d. July 13, 1822. Of Mr. Morse, 
 Rev. Abner Morse says : " He was a man of quick discernment, 
 deep penetration, and sound judgment. He early and zealously 
 espoused the cause of his country, and, throughout the conflict 
 which achieved our independence, evinced a patriotism rarely sur- 
 passed, and never questioned. He enlisted in the army of the 
 Revolution, and fought with distinguished bravery in the battle at 
 Ticonderoga. He enjoyed the entire confidence of his fellow- 
 townsmen, and was honored with the highest offices in their gift ; 
 the duties of which he discharged with ability, and an eye to the 
 public good. He was a member of the Congregational Church, and 
 a regular attendant upon the ordinances of the gospel, until the 
 close of his active and useful life." Ch. : 1. Patty, b. April 28, 
 1769; d. Jan. 11, 1835; m. Robert Muzzy, q. v. — 2. Reuben, 
 jun., b. March 9, 1771 ; m. Betsey Hayward, dr. of Joseph H. ; r. 
 Sullivan: ch. (1) Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1794; r. Milford, N.H. ; 
 (2) Rebecca, b. March 13, 1796, d. Dec. 30, 1847 ; m., 1826, 
 Charles Davis, Milford ; (3) Reuben, b. March 23, 1805, m., 1840, 
 Melinda Lane. — 3. Hannah, b. March 25, 1773 ; m., 1796, Darius 
 Gassett; r. Andover, Vt. : ch. (1) Sally; (2) Levy; (3) Lovell; 
 (4)Selina; (5) Darius, d. ; (6) Darius; (7) Lotan ; (8)Bela: (9) 
 Lucius; (10) Silas B. ; (11) Hannah; (12) Seneca; (13) Levina. 
 — 4. Benjamin, Esq., b. July 21, 1775; m. Betsey Howe; r. 
 Andover, Vt. : ch. (1) Lawson ; (2) Ira ;- (3) Eliza, d. ; (4) Ben- 
 jamin ; (5) Eliza ; (6) Royal, counsellor-at-law, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 
 (7) Edward, r. Cincinnati, Ohio; (8) Edwin; (9) Reuben; (10) 
 John II., d. 1844, member of Union TheoL Sem. N. Y. — 5. Persis, 
 b. April 28, 1779 ; m., April 28, 1799, Daniel Clary ; r. Camden, Me. : 
 ch. (1) Daniel; (2) John. — 6. B el a, b. Aug. 12, 1783; d. Oct. 8, 
 1827 ; m. Polly Bowers : ch. (1) Lucy B., b. April 26, 1800, m., May 
 16, 1831, Alson Upton. She d. Dec. 28, 1834; (2) Bela, b. March 4, 
 
 1812, m., Feb. 16, 1837, Mary Townsend : ch. 1. Elbridge D.,h. July 
 11, 1847, d. March 26, 1850 ; 2. Ella J. C, b. Aug. 19, 1851 ; (3) 
 Henry, b. March 7, 1816, m., March 14, 1842, Catharine Piper : ch. 
 1. Lucy, b. Dec. 5, 1843 ; 2. Abhy, b. April 23, 1850 ; r. Charlestown, 
 N.H. ; (4) Mary, b. Dec. 1814, d. March 14, 1835 ; (5) Benj. F., b. 
 Dec. 12, 1818, m., Dec. 2, 1841, Harriet L. Stanley ; ch. 1. Bela B., 
 
372 REGISTETl OF FAMILIES. 
 
 b. Dec. 25, 1842; 2. Franh 0., b. Nov. 25, 1850; (6) Eliza J., b. 
 "May 19, 1822. — 7. Ebenezer (Dr.), b. Aug. 30, 1785; m., 1816, 
 Esther Crafts ; r. Walpole, N.H. : cb. (1) John C, b. April 4, 1818 ; 
 r. Boston ; m., Jan 2, 1851, Joanna P. Emmons : ch. 1. Frank, b. Oct. 
 3, 1851 ; 2. Charles, b. Oct. 1, 1853, d. ; (2) Charles O., b. Oct. 25, 
 1819, d. 1845 ; (3) George M. (M.D.), b. Aug. 27, 1821 ; m. 
 Eleanor, dr. of Rev. Dr. Chase, Bishop of N.H. : ch. 1. Harriet, b. 
 July 11, 1847; 2. Francis, b. Jan. 15, 1849, d. Sept. 1, 1849; 3. 
 Charles, b. Dec. 2, 1850 ; 4. Sarah J., b. Dec. 26, 1853 ; (4) Edward 
 E., b. Sept. 26, 1824, d. 1827 ; (5) Esther C, b. March 19, 1830; 
 m., June 2, 1851, John W. Hayward ; (6) Henry L., b. Oct. 4, 1833 ; 
 (7) Francis, b. July 23, 1838, d. 1840. — 8. Abigail, m. John Clary ; 
 r. Jackson, Me. — 9. Asa, b. May 2, 1792 ; m., 1818, Hannah, dr. 
 of Thaddeus M., sen. : ch. (1) Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1820 ; (2) Charles, 
 b. Jan. 13, 1822, m. ; (3) James, b. Sept. 1823, m. ; r. Worcester, 
 Mass. ; (4 and 5) Hannah and Harriet, b. Jan. 24, 1826 ; Hannah 
 d. July, 1844. — 10. Sarah. 
 
 IV. Rachel, b. Feb. 13, 1744 ; m. Jabez Puffer, q. v. V. Silence, 
 b. Aug. 19, 1745, d. Aug. 20, 1746. VI. Abigail, b. June 7, 1746, 
 d. Aug. 26, 1825 ; m. Daniel Wilson ; r. Sullivan. Ch. : 1. Daniel, 
 b. Nov. 11, 1770. — 2. Hannah, b. June 27, 1772; m. Moses 
 Adams, jun. — 3. James, b. Feb. 22, 1774; killed at the battle of 
 Plattsburg, Sept. 11, 1814; r. Keene ; ch. (1) Miranda; (2) Caro- 
 line; (3) Matilda, b. Feb. 24, 1810; m. John Mason. — 4. John 
 (Esq.), b. June 19, 1778 ; m. Betsey Nims ; r. Sullivan: ch. (1) Dau- 
 phin, m. Ruth Mason ; (2) Charles F. ; (3) Harriet, m. Dr. Edward 
 Barton, of S. Orange ; (4) Betsey M. For other ch. of James and 
 John W., see " Memorial of the Morses." 
 
 VII. Thomas, b. May 21, 1748 ; m. Patty Row ; re. to Canada. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. April 24, 1750; m. Thaddeus Mason, q. v. 
 
 IX. Ezra, b. Nov. 16, 1752 ; d. June 3, 1830 ; m., first, Jan. 7, 
 1779, Agnes Swan, who d. Aug. 22, 1815. Ch. : 1. John, b. Dec. 
 5, 1779; d. March 11, 1854; m., April 25, 1816, Hannah Wal- 
 lingsford, who d. June, 1851, c. ; r. Dublin and Marlborough — 2. 
 Ezra, b. Aug. 8, 1783 ; d. Nov. 4, 1826 ; m. Hannah Gilchrest; r. 
 Rochester, N.Y. — 3. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 11, 1785; d. July 13, 1786. 
 — 4. Nancy, b. April 6, 1789 ; m. William Parker, of Keene : ch. (1) 
 Adaline ; (2) Jonathan ; (3) Jonas ; (4) Almeda ; (5) Mary ; (6) 
 Wealthy Ann ; (7) William W. ; (8) Ellen ; (9) Caroline. — 5. 
 Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1796; m., Nov. 9, 1817, Simeon Stanley, q. v. 
 Second w. of Ezra M., sen., m., March 11, 1819, Meriam Wight. 
 
 X. John (Major), b. June 19, 1854; d. Feb. 19, 1813; m., 
 March 6, 1783, Hannah Adams, d. April 1853, dr. of Moses A., 
 sen. " He served two campaigns in the war of the Revolution, 
 without compensation, and contributed to hire three other soldiers. 
 At the age of 23, he was chosen to represent the towns of Dublin 
 and Marlborough in the Legislature, but declined. Subsequently, 
 and at sundry times, he accepted the ofiice from the citizens of 
 Dublin, the duties of which he discharged with honor to himself 
 
MORSE. 373 
 
 and his constituents ; and he has left a reputation for sound sense, 
 cool deliberation, strict integrity, and promptitude in fulfilling his 
 engagements." — Mem. of the Morses, Appendix xliv. He lived 
 on the homestead. Ch. : 1. Samuel, counsellor-at-law, Ci'oydon, 
 N.H., b. Feb. 7, 1784; m., 1827, Chloe Carrol: ch. (1) Hannah, b. 
 Nov. 1832. — 2. Abigail, b. May 7, 1788 ; um. — 3. Jesse 
 (Deacon), b. July 15, 1792; r. on the homestead; um. — 4. 
 Royal, b. Feb. 13, 1794. — 5. John, b. Jan. 21, 1799 ; d. March 
 26, 1844, at Rock Island, 111., um. "In 1827, he engaged in mer- 
 cantile business in the city of New York. Here, in 1830, he 
 united with the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Spring pastor, and 
 subsequently evinced the efficiency of the faith he had embraced. 
 In 1836, he removed to Rock Island. At the organization of the 
 Presbyterian Church, he became a member and elder, and was the 
 superintendent and the life and soul of the sabbath-school. As a 
 man and consistent Christian, he was universally respected, and by 
 the members of the church he was cherished as a brother peculiarly 
 and emphatically beloved." 
 
 XL Jonathan, b. May 23, 1756; d. Dec. 1812; m., Sept. 11, 
 1783, Thankful Smith; r. Dublin and Leicester, Vt. (See Mr. 
 Mason's Address, p. 21.) Ch. : 1. Thankful, b. Aug, 14, 1784; 
 m. Daniel Noyes, of Salisbury, Vt., and had nine ch. — 2. Achsah, 
 b. Jan. 28, 1786; m., 1st, Benjamin Cuthbert, 2d, Daniel Cross, 
 and had eleven ch. — 3. Betsey, b. June 24, 1788; m. Wheeler 
 Clark, and had five ch. — 4. Anna, b. at Leicester; m., 1815, 
 Thomas Eaird. — 5. Joseph, b. Feb. 1796; m. Patty Merriara, 
 and had live ch. — 6. Jonathan, b. Nov. 3, 1801 ; m. Louisa 
 Johnson, of WaUingford, Vt., and had two ch. : (1) Ethan ; (2) 
 Belinda. — 7. Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1806 ; m. Hiram Baird, of Chit- 
 tenden, Vt. 
 
 XIIL Amos, b. Oct. 7, 1760 ; m., Aug. 4, 1783, Abigail Rollins ; 
 lived on lot 18, range 4; re. from Dublin, 1793 or 4. Ch. : 1. 
 Amos, b. Dec. 26, 1784.-2. James, b. Feb. 22, 1787. — 3. Fanny, 
 b. May 30, 1790. — 4. Robert, d. at Barre, Vt. — 5. Luther. — 
 6. Joseph. — 7. Henry. 
 
 Eli Morse (Deacon), b. Sept. 16, 1722; d. July 18, 1814; a 
 weaver by trade ; m. Sarah Chenery, of Sherborn ; settled on lot 
 13, range 5, previously owned by Alexander Scott. He was the 
 son of Nathaniel M., b. Jan. 23, 1685, and d. Feb. 1778. Natha- 
 niel M. was the son of Joseph M., b. 1640, and d. 1689 ; and Joseph 
 was the son of John, oldest child of Samuel Morse, of Dedham, 
 Mass., b. in England, 1585, re. to New England, 1635, and settled 
 in Dedham, 1637. Thomas Morse, the register of whose de- 
 scendants precedes this of Eli Morse, was the son of James M., 
 b. July 1, 1686, and d. June 5, 1725. James M. was the son of 
 Joseph M., and his father Joseph was the third son of Samuel Morse, 
 who settled in Dedham. Thomas and Eli M., therefore, were both 
 of the fifth generation of this branch of the Morse family ; Thomas 
 
374 REGISTER OF FAMIIJES. 
 
 being the descendant of Joseph, the third son, and Eli of John, the 
 oldest son of Samuel. The eh. of Eli and Sarah (Chenery) Morse, 
 were: 
 
 I. Isaac, b. Aug. 17, 17G0 ; d. Feb. 13, 1848 ; m., 1788, Sarah 
 Smith; lived on lot 21, range 4; re. to Leicester, Vt. Ch. : 1. 
 LuciNDA, b. Aug. 15, 1789, d. Oct. 26, 1813.— 2. Sarah, b. July 
 28, 1796 ; d. Dec. 18, 1831 ; m. Horace Parmeter, Brandon, Vt. : 
 ch. (1) Sarah, d. July 27, 1823. — 3. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 1798; m., 
 1812, Justus Morse, son of Peter M., sen.; r. Leicester, Vt. — 
 
 4. Isaac, b. May 1, 1801 ; m., March 5, 1828, Polly Reynolds; 
 r. Leicester, Vt. : ch. (1) Eliza, b. Dec. 23, 1828 ; (2) Albert, b. 
 Jan. 23, 1831 ; (3) Hiram N., b. July 9, 1834. 
 
 II. Peter, b. Dec. 15, 1761 ; d. Nov. 15, 1823 ; m., 1794, Deborah 
 Cobleigh, of Templeton ; settled in Dublin, 1793, on lot 14, range 
 
 5. Ch. : 1. Alona, b. Nov. 17, 1795 ; d. March 30, 1853 ; m. 
 Samuel Stone: ch. (1) Samuel; (2) Leonard. — 2. Justus, b. Dec. 
 13, 1797; d. July 12, 1845 ; m. Eliza Morse, his cousin: ch. (1) 
 Eliza A., b. March 18, 1824; (2) Joseph B., b. Jan. 13, 1827.-3. 
 Peter, b. Jan. 10, 1800 ; m., Dec. 27, 1825, Hannah Gleason, dr. 
 of Phinehas G. : ch. (1) Hannah, b. June 4, 1826 ; r. Boston ; (2) 
 Granville, b. Dec. 7, 1828 ; m. Achsah A. Gates, of Marlborough ; 
 (3) Maria Ann, b., March 15, 1833 ; (4) George Hill, b. Jan. 1, 
 1836; (5) Henry H., b. June 5, 1841. — 4. David, b. June 13, 
 1802; m., Jan. 1832, Betsey Smith; r. Leicester, Vt. — 5. Na- 
 than, b. Nov. 7, 1806 ; d. 1854 ; m., 1830, Jane Robbe ; r. Stoddard : 
 ch. (1) Nathan, b. Feb. 20, 1831 ; (2) Edward, b. Oct. 4, 1832 ; 
 (3) Mary, b. May 6, 1834 ; (4) Van Buren, b. July 3, 1835 ; (5) 
 Ellen, b. March 26, 1838; (6) Sylvia, b. Dec. 21, 1839; (7) 
 Martha, b. Aug. 3, 1841 ; (8) George, b. June, 1843. — 6. Betsey, 
 b. Aug. 1, 1811 ; m. Daniel Townsend, q. v. — 7. Mary, b. Oct. 12, 
 1814; m. Nov. 14, 1839, George Taylor; r. Keene. 
 
 in. Thaddeus (Esq.), b. June 23, 1763 ; d. Sep. 30, 1841 ; m., 
 1790, Betsey Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M.; d. Dec. 15, 1845; lived 
 on the homestead. Ch. : 1. Betsey, b. Feb. 4, 1791 ; m. William 
 Greenwood, son of Joshua G., 1st, q. v. — 2. Asenath, b. May 
 24, 1793, d. Jan. 9, 1853; um. — 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1796; 
 m., 1818, Asa Morse, q. v. ; r. Dublin and Charlestown, N.H. — 4. 
 Thaddeus, b. Jan. 28, 1800 ; m., Jan. 28, 1823, Serena Appleton, 
 dr. of Francis A.; lives on the homestead: ch. (1) William Apple- 
 ton, b. Feb. 10, 1824; m., Dec. 8, 1853, Emily Austin; r. at the 
 " Farm School," Thompson's Island, Boston ; (2) Mary E., b. June 
 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1853; m., April 30, 1848, Rev. Samuel 
 Clark, of Athol, q. v ; (3) Sophia Jane, b. Dec. 16, 1828, d. Sept. 
 20, 1850 ; (4) Ellen, b. Feb. 25, 1832 ; (5) Harriet A., b. March 
 28, 1840; (6) Francis Appleton, b. Feb. 15, 1843. — 5. Sally, 
 b. March 10, 1802 ; m., April 12, 1821, Moses Adams, q. v. — 6. 
 Louisa, b. June 17, 1809 ; m.. May 4, 1828, Moses Crombie, q. v. 
 — 7. Harriet, b. April 16, 1809; m., Sept. 22, 1835, John 
 Gleason, q. v. — 8. Joseph, b. June 27, 1805; m., May 2, 1839, 
 
375 
 
 Jane Warren: cli. (1) Emily L., b. 1840; (2) Charles Willis, b. 
 Dec. 1848. 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. 1767, d. V. Sarah, b. 17G9; m. Andrew Alli- 
 son, q. V. 
 
 MiCAH Morse, b. in Holliston, 1729; m., 1st, Mary Fairbanks; 
 2d w., m. about 17G4, Elizabeth Johnson ; came to Dublin about 
 1768, and settled on lot 6, range 5. He was a descendant of Daniel 
 Morse, the 2d son of Samuel M. of Dedham. His father's name 
 was Paul, b. 1700, and d. 1760 ; and Paul was the son of Jonathan, 
 b. 1667 ; who was the son of Jonathan, b. 1643 ; who was the son 
 of Daniel, son of Samuel, of Dedham. The eh. of Mieah Morse, 
 who d. in the Revolutionary War, were : 
 
 I. Micah, b. Oct. 27, 1755, and d. Oct. 30, 1756. II. Drury, b. 
 Aug. 16, 1757 ; d. Nov. 16, 1820 ; m., first, Sept. 23, 1779, Molly 
 (Mary) Wait, widow of Josiah W. ; c. Second w., m., Jan. 5, 1809, 
 Bethiah Symonds, widow of Daniel S. ; c. III. Mary, b. April 11, 
 
 1760; m. Beman, of Riga, N.Y. ; c. By his second w. he 
 
 had, IV., Anna, b. in Conway, Mass., July 25, 1771 ; m., June 11, 
 1800, Benjamin Marshall, son of Aaron M., q. v. 
 
 Daniel Morse, b. July 27, 1735 ; d. 1808 ; m., Jan. 25, 1758, 
 Ruth Morse, dr. of Thomas M. He was the brother of Micah M., 
 son of Daniel; settled on lot 11, range 8; re. to Underbill or 
 Queensbury, Vt., about 1800. Ch, : 
 
 I. Micah, b. in Holliston, Oct. 27, 1759; m. Sally Parkhurst ; r. 
 Danville, N.Y. ; a tanner by trade, and, before he re. from Dublin, 
 had a tannery on lot 9, range 5 : ch. 1. Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1792 ; d. 
 Dec. 23, 1792. II. Daniel, b. in Holliston, July 28, 1761 ; d. May 
 14, 1847 ; m., first, 1783, Abigail Adams, dr, of Joseph A.; second 
 w., Jane Grimes : ch. 1. Prudence, b. at Dublin, Sept. 19, 1784. — 
 2. Daniel, b. April 9, 1792 ; m., Nov. 3. 1816, Dilla Colgrave, of 
 Fairfax, Vt. ; d. 1838 ; r. Enosburgh, Vt.. : ch. (1) E. H. M. Dorman, 
 of 111. ; (2) Joshua, of Enosburgh ; (3) Jane, of Grafton, Mass. ; 
 (4) A. D. Judson ; (5) Silas. — 3 and 4. John and Alpheus, b, 
 at Hancock, Feb. 14, 1804. Ch. of John : (1) Francis Wayland; 
 (2) Harriet E.; (3) Sarah. Ch. of Alpheus : (1) Dwight; (2) 
 Eveline. — 5. Ezekiel P., b. 1808, at Westford, Vt. : ch. (1) Al- 
 bert ; (2) James ; (3) Alpheus. — 6. James, b. Sept. 1810, at 
 Westford, Vt. 
 
 III. Paul, b. Nov. 15, 1765, and is said, in the "Memorial of the 
 Morses," to have been the first male ch. b. in DubHn ; but the 
 claim to this distinction is disputed, the honor of such a birth given 
 to Robert McNee. (See p. 132.) Paul M. m. Betsey Russell. Ch. : 
 1. Betsey, b. Nov. 16, 1794; re. to Bethel, Me. IV. Mary, b. 
 April 5, 1766; m. William Upton, q. v. V. Joseph, b. Feb. 10, 
 1768 ; m. : ch. 1. Simon. — 2. Lawson, r. Milton, Vt. VI. Thomas, 
 b. Dec. 3, 1769 ; m. Sally Grimes ; r. Salisbury, N.H. VII. Levi, 
 b. Jan. 8, 1772 ; m. Sally . Ch. : 1. Sally, b. Aug. 20, 1800. 
 
376 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 — 2. Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1802. — 3. Calvin, b. Jan. 7, 1804. — 4. 
 Ira. — 5. Anderson. — 6. Levl — 7. Clark ; r. Underbill, Vt. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1777; m. Nathan Brooks. IX. Ruth, b. 
 Sept. 1, 1779. X. Joel, b. Jan. 20, 1782 ; m. in New York. 
 
 Gershom Morse, from Natick, b. May 1, 1776 ; d. March 1851 ; 
 m., July 25, 1799, Lydia Billings, of Lincoln, Mass., b. Sept. 19, 
 1776; d. May 19, 1835. He was a descendant of the seventh 
 generation from Samuel Morse, of Dedham. He was the youngest 
 of twelve ch., seven of whom d. within forty-three days of each other, 
 in 1777, of the "throat distemper," or scarlet fever. Ch. : 
 
 I. Addison, b. Oct. 24, 1808 ; d. Aug. 19, 1848; m., Jan. 6, 1834, 
 Belinda Emerson, of Boothbay, Me., b. Oct. 26, 1808 : ch, 1. Lydia 
 Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1834; m., Nov. 14, 1853, James A. Mason, son 
 of Dexter M. 
 
 Solomon Morse, b. Nov. 21, 1775; d. Nov. 17, 1825; a de- 
 scendant from Samuel M., of Dedham, through his third son Joseph ; 
 m. Mary Vail, of Upton, Mass. ; r. New Salem, Jaffrey, and Dub- 
 lin. Ch. : 
 
 I. Bradford ; m. Caroline Pettingill, of Peterborough. II. 
 Rosanna ; m. Cromwell Aldrich, of Upton. III. Brigham ; m. 
 Henrietta Frost: ch. 1. Charles C. — 2. Gustavus A. IV. 
 Angelina; m. Frederic Livingston, of Peterborough. V. Mary. 
 VI. Cyrus; d. ae. 19, studying for the ministry. 
 
 David Morse, b. 1743 ; brother of Micah and Daniel Morse; 
 m. Esther Sanger, b. Nov. 23, 1742, and d. Aug. 25, 1805. On 
 what lot he lived is not known to us ; but he had a son and dr. b. 
 in Dublin, and re. to Framingham, Mass. Ch. : 
 
 L Benjamin, b. March 31, 1769; m. Sarah M'Lafflin. IL 
 Sarah, b. 1771; d. June 18, 1844; m. Phinehas Lyman. III. 
 Luther, b. at Framingham, Nov. 13, 1773; m. Tirzah Field, of 
 Winchester, N.H. David M. had five other ch. 
 
 John Muzzy, and his w., Hannah settled on lot 1 6, range 8. Ch. : 
 I. John, b. Jan. 8, 1769 ; d. Sept. 9, 1777. IL Abigail, b. Sept. 
 19, 1772; d. Sept. 17, 1777. IIL John, b. Sept. 3, 1778. IV. 
 Reuben, b. June 11, 1780. The widow Abigail Muzzy, supposed 
 to be the mother of John M., sen., d. Dec. 6, 1777. This name is 
 sometimes written Muzzey ; and Mussey, according to John Far- 
 mer, is the same name differently spelled. 
 
 Robert Muzzy (Lieut.) settled in Dublin before the year 1770. 
 (See p. 150.) Some years after the close of the Revolutionary 
 War, he left his family, and went to the State of N.Y. He d. at 
 Sandy Creek, Sept. 9, 1831. £e. 93. Ch. : 
 
 L Robert, d. Feb. 2, 1829 ; re. to Richland, N.Y., 1817 or 18 ; 
 m., April 28, 1789, Martha Morse, dr. of Reuben M. Ch. : 1. 
 
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 Joseph, b. July 28, 1789; m., April 1, 1813, Selby Mason, dr. of 
 Benjamin M., 2d. ; r. Le Ray or Champion, N.Y. — 2. Nabbt, b. 
 July 15, 1791; d. March 14, 1845; m. Andrew Templeton; r. 
 Lodi, N.Y. — 3. Calvin, b. June 23, 1793 ; r. Bloomingdale, 111. — 
 4. Robert, b. July 12, 1795 ; r. Adams, N.Y. — 5. Franklin, b. 
 Sept. 11, 1797; d. Nov. 1838. — 6. Patty, b. Dec. 2, 1799; r. 
 Elk Creek, Pa. — 7. Hannah, b. March 17, 1802. — 8. Thomas, 
 b. April 11, 1804 ; r. Sandy Creek. — 9. Nelson, b. June, 29, 1806 ; 
 r. Sandy Creek. — 10. Addison (Rev.), b. Sept. 20, 1808 ; a 
 Congregationalist ; r. Bristolville, O. — 11. Lawson (Rev.), b. 
 Jan. 12, 1812; a Baptist; r. Norwich, Conn. — 12. Isaac, b. July 
 29, 1814 ; r. Sandy Creek. 
 
 Alline Newell, from Jaffrey ; m. Mrs. Sally Twitchell, widow 
 of Reuben T., dr. of Col. Abel Wilder ; settled on lot 8, range 6 ; 
 re. first to Northfield, Mass., then to Putney, Vt., where he still 
 r. Ch. : 
 
 I. Alline Sprague, m. ; r. California. II. L. W. Leonard, m. ; 
 r. California. III. Ira, b. 1825; d. Jan. 10, 1828. IV. Sarah, 
 m. ; r. Putney. 
 
 Asa Norcross, with his w. Elizabeth, lived on lot 7, range 
 6. Ch. : 
 
 I. Lucy, b. June 1, 1760. IL Phebe, b. June 30, 1764; m. 
 Benjamin Mason, 2d, q.v. IIL Elizabeth, b. April 6, 1766. IV. 
 Sarah, b. .Tune 10, 1768 ; m. Bela Mason, q. v. V. Asa, b. May 
 25, 1770. VL Moses, b. Feb. 5, 1772; d. April 5, 1773. VIL 
 Moses, b. Aug. 5, 1773 ; d. Ajiril 12, 1774. 
 
 David Gray Nutting, and Judith his w., came from Temple, 
 Jan. 21, 1779; settled on lot 6, range 8. Ch. : 
 
 I. David. IL Judith. III. Molly Smith, b. Sept. 2, 1779. 
 IV. Nabby, b. June 1, 1782. V. Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1784. 
 
 John Pain, and Anna (Neal) Pain his w., came from Needham, 
 Mass., and, in 1822 (Mrs. Pain having d. some years before this 
 date), he re. to Me. Ch. : 
 
 I. Joanna, b. at Needham, Oct. 21, 1778. II. Daniel, b. at 
 Needham, July 1, 1780. Nancy, b. March 3, 1782 ; m., Jan. 7, 
 1813, John Dodge, of Jaffrey. IV. Mary Phillips, b. July 23, 
 1785. V. John, b. April 9, 1787. VI. Thomas Neal, b. March 
 15, 1789. VII. Ruth, b. Oct. 23, 1792. VIH. Ashley, b. Jan. 
 31, 1795. IX. William James, b. June 4, 1797. X. Charles, b. 
 March 28, 1799. XL Cornelius, b. Nov. 22, 1802. 
 
 John G. Parker (Dr.), b. in Peterborough, July 2, 1819 ; 
 
 graduated at Norwich University, Vt., 1847; M. D. at Dartmouth, 
 
 May 12, 1852; began the practice of medicine in Dublin, Aug. 12, 
 
 1852; m.. May 17, 1853, Isabel E. Hard, b. Jan. 26, 1831, dr. of 
 
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378 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Smith H. of Lempster, N. H. Ch. : I. James Fredelle, b. April 
 
 9, 1854. 
 
 Levi Partridge, and Lydia his w., settled on lot 16, range 4. 
 He was in the town as early as 1762. He re. to Keene. Ch. : 
 
 I. Levi, b. April 28, 17G8 ; d. IL Lydia, b. July 30, 1769. HL 
 Levi, b. March 13, 1771 ; d. Aug. 16, 1777. IV. Asa, b. Oct. 3, 
 1772. V. Ehoda, b. Oct. 25, 1774. VL Anna, b. July, 1778. 
 
 Ivory Perry, from Sherbom; b. Nov. 21, 1743; d. July 22, 
 1808 ; settled, 1767, on lot 2, range 2, purchased by his father, 
 Moses Perry; m., Sept. 3, 1767, Kezia Broad, b. Jan. 19, 1747, 
 dr. of Thomas B., of Needham ; d. Dec. 3, 1842. Mr. P. came 
 to Dublin before 1767, worked at clearing land, and built a framed 
 house. Ch. : 
 
 L John, b. June 12, 1768; m., June 15, 1800, Esther Emery, 
 dr. of Amos E. She was b. Dec. 31, 1780. Ch. : 1. Caroline, 
 b. April 1, 1801; m., Dec. 27, 1826, John Snow, Esq., q.v. — 2. 
 Thomas, b. Jan. 30, 1803; m. 1854; lives on the homestead. — 
 
 3. LucRETiA E., b. June 28, 1805; m., Oct. 16, 1833, Calmer 
 Harris, b. Sept. 12, 1805, son of Bethuel H.; r. Suncook, N. H.— 
 
 4. John, jun., b. Aug. 29, 1807; m., Nov. 16, 1837, Elmira Jewell, 
 of Jaffrey, b. Dec. 18, 1807 : ch. (1) Catharine E., b. Jan. 20, 
 1838 ; (2) Harriet, b. May 16, 1839, d. Oct. 10, 1839 ; (3) Mary S., 
 b. Aug. 17, 1842 ; (4) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1844 ; (5) Harriet, b. 
 Aug. 24, 1846 ; (6) Elwin, b. Aug. 1, 1848. — 5. Orpha B., b. 
 June 7, 1809. — 6. Mary A., b. Oct. 26, 1811. — 7. Catharine E., 
 b. Oct. 16, 1813 ; d. Aug. 27, 1847. — 8. Amos E., b. May 5, 1816 ; 
 m., Dec. 2, 1846, Sophia More, b. 1827, in Jaffrey: ch. (1) Enrico 
 H., b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; (2) Frederick A., b. March 24, 1850 ; (3) 
 John G., b. Sept. 11, 1853. — 9. Moses K., b. July 22, 1819 ; m., 
 April 18, 1848, Louisa A. Stanley, b. 1828 : ch. (1) Ellen M., b. 
 Oct. 15, 1849 ; (2) Kirk T., b. June 16, 1852. 
 
 IL Moses, b. Dec. 12, 1769; d. March 24, 1818; m. first, Nov., 
 1806, Persis Townsend, of Mason, d. May, 1814. Ch. : 1. Betsey, 
 b. May, 1808; m., 1833, David Gray, of Peterborough; r. Mont- 
 pelier, Vt. — 2. Kezia, b. March, 1810 ; m., 1836, WiUiam Carly, 
 Peterborough, and r. there. The 2d w., m. Nov. 15, 1815, of 
 Moses P. was Esther Colburn, of Langdon, N. H. 
 
 lU. Eebecca, b. Oct. 2, 1771 ; d. 1852 ;' m., Nov., 1798, Joshua 
 Townsend, of Mason; re. to Yt. IV. Thomas, b. July 11, 1774; 
 d. Aug. 15, 1774. V. Lydia, b. Aug. 28, 1775 ; m., Sept., 1797, 
 Thaddeus Mason, jun., q. v. 
 
 VI. Ivory, jun., b. Aug. 6, 1777 ; m., June, 1802, Lucy Hayward, 
 dr. of Joseph H., sen. Ch. : 1. Charles, b. April 3, 1803 ; m., Oct. 
 
 10, 1827, Mary Ann Salter, b. Dec. 3, 1808, in Peterborough: ch. 
 (1) Charles F., b. April 26, 1847. — 2. George, b. Aug. 11, 1804; 
 m., June, 1834, Mary Jonson, of Hudson, N. H. ; re. to Manches- 
 ter, N. H., where he d. Oct. 4, 1841. — 3. Thomas, 2d, b. Jan. 17, 
 
PERRY. 379 
 
 1806; m., Nov., 1837, Cynthia Millikin, b. May 10, 1809: ch. (1) 
 Nancy A., b. Aug. lo, 1843; (2) Mary C, b. Jan. 12, 1846.— 
 
 4. Rebecca, b. Nov. 22, 1807; m„ Nov. 16, 1833, Philip Hardy, 
 of Peterborough; re. to Lowell, where she d. Feb. 21, 1841. — 
 
 5. SusAKNA, b. Oct. 3, 1809. — 6. Lucy H., b. Dec. 5, 1810.— 
 
 7. Ivory, jun., b. Nov. 28, 1812 ; m., July 13, 1842, Hannah 
 Barrett, b. Jan. 28, 1821, in Hudson, N. H. : ch. (1) Ivory A., b. 
 June 17, 1843, d. Sept. 24, 1843; (2) Charles H., b. Nov. 21, 
 1844, d. Sept. 26, 1846; (3) Sarah S. L, b. Nov. 25, 1846, d. July 
 
 15, 1850 ; (4) George, b. July 24, 1849 ; (5) Daniel W., b. June 
 
 21, 1852. 
 
 VIL Kezia, b. April 21, 1780 ; d. April 20, 1790. VIIL Debo- 
 rah, b. Jan. 19, 1784 ; m., April, 1802, Abel Wilder, jun., q. v. IX. 
 Susanna, b. May 28, 1787 ; d. May 1, 1790. X. Thomas, b. Sept. 
 24, 1793 ; d. Oct. 5, 1796. 
 
 Jonathan Perry, from Menotomy, now West Cambridge ; b. 
 March 4, 1757 ; d. Aug. 20, 1824 ; settled in Dublin, 1798, on lot 
 
 8. range 4 ; m., June 29, 1780, Betty Hill, fourth ch. of Zachariah 
 and Rebecca H., of West Cambridge. She was b. Jan. 19, 1763 ; 
 d. Nov. 8, 1842. Ch.: 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. March 5, 1782; left Dublin, 1803 ; m., April 17, 
 1808, Rebecca Wellington, only ch. of Benjamin and Polly W., 
 of Danvers, Mass., with whom he lived till their death. Ch. : 1. 
 Jonathan. — 2. Mary Hill. — 3. Benjamin W. — 4. Rebecca. 
 
 — 5. Horatio. — 6. James. — 7. Harriet. — 8. Edwin. — 
 
 9. Henry. 
 
 IL Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1784; left Dublin, 1803; m., Feb. 1, 
 1810, Charles Hill, a maternal cousin, oldest son of Zachariah and 
 Abigail H., of West Cambridge. Ch. : 1. Charles. — 2. Darius. 
 
 — 3. Joseph. — 4. George. — 5. Martha, d. — 6. Mary. — 
 7. Martha. 
 
 IIL Rebecca, b. Dec. 27, 1785; left Dublin, 1807 ; m., Nov. 29, 
 1812, Samuel Fowls, a maternal cousin, only ch. of Nathaniel and 
 Love F., of Danvers, with whom they lived. Ch. : 1. Rebecca. 
 
 — 2. Samuel. — 3. Louisa. — 4. Martha. — 5. William. — 
 
 6. Ruth. — 7. Joseph Braman. — 8. Mary Parker. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, b. Nov. 14, 1787; m., March 29, 1812, Susan 
 Sheldon, b. May 7, 1792, in Beverly, Mass., w^here they lived till 
 April, 1821, when they re. to Dublin, and settled on the " Sprague 
 Place," lot 9, range 5. He d. Sept. 10, 1849. Ch.: 1. Susan, b. 
 March 4, 1813 ; m., July 7, 1836, Charles A. Hamilton, q. v. — 2. 
 Sarah, b. April 20, 1815 ; m., Oct., 1835, David Taggart, son of 
 John T., jun., q. v. ; r. Bronson, Mich. — 3. Benjamin, b. March 
 
 22, 1817; d. at Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1842. — 4. Joseph, b. April 
 
 16, 1819 ; m., Oct. 22, 1845, Maria Rice, of Freedom, N.H.; lives 
 on the homestead. — 5. Oliver H., b. June 19, 1821; m. in Bos- 
 ton, Oct., 1844; and his w. d. April, 1845. He was a lieutenant 
 in the Mexican War, and, in 1849, went to California, where he 
 
380 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Still r. — 6. Maria E., b. June 24, 1824 ; d. May 12, 1826. — 7. 
 Maria E., b. Dec. 31, 1826; m., April 12, 1849, Henry C. Piper; 
 d. Dec. 28, 1849. — 8. Ltdia S., b. March 31, 1829; m., Oct. 15, 
 1850, George H. Gowing, q.v. — 9. John S., b. April 23, 1832; 
 d. March, 1837. — 9. Edwin, b. May 16, 1834 ; d. Oct. 17, 1836. 
 V. Ruth, b. Nov. 21, 1789; left Dublin, 1808; lived in Boston, 
 Danvers, Beverly, Salem, and some other places ; m.. May 29, 
 1834, Samuel Derby; and, after her h. d., re. to Chelsea, Mass. 
 VI. Lois, b. Feb. 6, 1792 ; m. Joseph Proctor, of Lyndeborough, 
 and settled in Danvers. Ch. : 1. Charles. — 2. Louisa. — 
 3. Elmira. — 4. Matilda. — 5. Alfred. 
 
 VII. Polly (Mary), b. April 30, 1794; m. Daniel Proctor, of 
 Lyndeborough, where, after living in several places, they settled. 
 Ch. : 1. John. — 2. Mart. — 3. Lydia. — 4. Susan. 
 
 VIII. Charles, b. Nov. 27, 1796 ; m., 1822, Mary Berry, of 
 Beverly, and r. in that town. Ch. : 1. Caroline. — 2. Charles. 
 
 — 3. IMart Jane. — 4. Albert. — 5. George. — 6. Ellen. — 
 7. William Harrison. — 8. Isabella. 
 
 IX. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 26, 1799 ; after living in several places, 
 and teaching several winter schools, m. Emma Thorndike Dodge, 
 3d dr. of Thomas and Emma D., of Beverly ; settled on the home- 
 stead ; re. to Peterborough, 1846, having previously sold the farm. 
 Ch. : 1. Emma Thorndike, b. Oct. 9, 1826. — 2. Ebenezer 
 Herbert, b. Oct. 5, 1829 ; r. California. — 3. Lucy Elizabeth, 
 b. Jan. 5, 1832.-4. George Sidney, b. Sept. 22, 1834. — 5. 
 Ehoda Ann, b. Dec. 19, 1836. — 6. John Arthur, b. Nov. 18, 
 1838.-7. Thomas Allen, b. Dec. 23, 1840.-8. Alfred, b. 
 Sept. 24, 1843. — 9. Serene Frances, b. April 18, 1846. 
 
 X. Jefferson, b. Jan. 9, 1802 ; went to Beverly ; m. Abigail 
 Friend; re. to Danvers. Ch. : 1. Abigail. — 2. Ellen. 
 
 XI. James J., b. Aug. 18, 1804 ; m. Maria Friend ; r. Danvers. 
 Ch. : 1. James Albert. — 2. William Francis. — 3. Adelaide. 
 
 — 4. Horace Derby. 
 
 Richard Phillips, from Smithfield, R. I. ; b. Sept. 4, 1754 ; 
 revolutionary soldier and pensioner; d. Nov. 18, 1834; settled in 
 Dublin, 1781, on lot 12, range 5 ; m. in Rutland, Mass., 1778, 
 Olive Evans, dr. of David E., of Hopkinton, Mass., b. March 7, 
 1755, d. April 10, 1850. Ch. : 
 
 I. Richard, b. March 25, 1779 ; d. Aug. 25, 1788. IL James, 
 b. May 13, 1781 ; d. Sept. 4, 1788. 
 
 III. George Washington, b. March 2, 1783; m., Oct. 7, 1804, 
 Lucinda Bemis, of Marlborough. He d. in the army during the 
 war with Great Britain. Ch. : 1. Freelove P., b. June 10, 
 1805 ; m. Otis Phillips ; and d. at Worcester, July 28, 1853 ; ch., 
 n.u. — 2. Lucinda W., b. March 21, 1807; d. April 15, 1847; 
 m., June 8, 1831, WilHam Wilson, jun., of Keene. — 3. Elvira, 
 b. May 10, 1809; d. July 30, 1827; m., June 1, 1825, Oilman 
 Grimes, of Hancock. — 4. George W. A., b. June 16, 1811 ; m. 
 Oct. 15, 1830. 
 
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 IV. Olive, b. Jan. 12, 1785; m. first, Oct. 7, 1803, Ebenezer 
 Ballard. He d. Jan. 11, 1811. Ch. : 1. Richaed, b. June 21, 
 1808; d. April 9, 1810. — 2. James, b. May 11, 1810; m., Sept. 
 15, 1836, Rebecca Souther; r. Boston. She d. March 10, 1847; 
 ch., n.u. Second w., m. Jan. 25, 1849, Levina Ford, of Marsh- 
 field, Mass. 
 
 The 2d h. of Olive Bullard was Richard Phillips, of Roxbury, 
 N.H.; m. June 28, 1826. Ch. : 1. Freelove, b. Feb. 5, 1827; 
 m., Aug. 30, 1846, Isaiah Souther, of Boston. — 2. Andrew, b. 
 June 10, 1828; d. Sept. 19, 1828. — 3. Rebecca, b. July 13, 
 1829; d. July 14, 1829. — 4. William, b. Sept. 25, 1831. 
 
 Asa Pierce, from Weston ; m. Pike, sister of Lieut. J. 
 
 Allen's w. ; settled, 1786 or '7, on the southern half of lot 2, range 
 3 ; d. after a few years, leaving two ch., n. u. His widow m., July 
 29, 1790, Thomas Davison; re. to Jaffrey. 
 
 Silas Pierce (Capt.), b. in Shirley, Mass., 1750 ; d. Nov. 22, 
 1809 ; m. Hannah Woods, dr. of Gen. Woods, of Pepperell. " He 
 purchased, 1790, the farm of Asa Pierce (no relation), with the 
 exception of the widow's third, and a part of the Hogg or Shepherd 
 farm. He was an officer in the army of the Revolution during the 
 war. The late Gov. Benjamin Pierce is said to have been his 
 cousin, and to have been, for a time, his waiter in the army. Capt. 
 P. was wounded in the left arm, in consideration of which, a pen- 
 sion was granted to him. His arm was rendered stiff by the 
 wound. He was a stout, thick-set man, with a Roman nose, and 
 commanding personal presence. After the war, he moved to Peter- 
 borough, went into ti-ade at Hunt's Corner, soon failed by some bad 
 management of a partner, and was left laden with debts. He and 
 his wife now laid aside all show of gentility, to which they had 
 before made some claim ; moved into a log-house on the hill east 
 of the house of the Hayes family ; went to work, — he as a layer 
 of stone-wall for fence, she as a weaver. They soon moved into 
 better quarters, but still humble, near the house which he after- 
 wards built, in which Moses Fairbanks now lives. They both 
 worked very hard many years, paid off their old debts and pur- 
 chases of real estate, and acquired the means, with the aid of a 
 small property left to Mrs. P. by the will of her father, to pass the 
 latter years of their lives in comparative ease and comfort. But 
 he did not live long to enjoy his improved condition. They were 
 both much respected. The widow Pierce m. James Brazer, Esq., 
 of Groton, Mass., a wealthy merchant of that place." 
 
 Stephex Pierce, a tanner ; worked for Joseph Hay ward, jun., 
 and lived on his farm, lot 13, range 6 ; re. to Chesterfield, N. H., 
 1822. Ch. : 
 
 I. Mary M., m. June 21, 1821, Salmon Blodgett. Ch. : 1. Mart 
 Williams, b. Jan. 11, 1822. — 2. Walter Morris, b. Dec. 11, 
 
382 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 1823. II. Lucretia, m., 1827, Cyrus Powers, q.v. [For "Silas 
 Pierce, 2d," page 299, read Stephen Pierce.^ 
 
 Charles W. Pierce (Col.), from Jaffrey; b. Aug. 27, 1812; 
 m., May 27, 1835, Abbie G. Gowing, dr. of James G., b. May 15, 
 1811 ; re. to Dublin, May 7, 1838 ; purchased the mill formerly 
 owned by Samuel Twitchell, Esq., on lot 7, range 1, and the house 
 built by William Stanley, 1812. Ch. : 
 
 I. Phebe, b. in Jaffrey, Feb. 18, 1836. II. Charles Henry, b. 
 in Jaffrey, June 6, 1837. III. James Edwin, b. in Dublin, July 
 1, 1839. IV. Asaph Webster, b. Sept. 28, 1840. V. Harriet 
 Elmira, b. Oct. 6, 1842. VI. Alman Gowing, b. Oct. 29, 1843. 
 VII. Rufus Piper, b. May 11, 1846. VIII. Eudosa Francina, b. 
 Oct. 31, 1847. IX. Willard Holt, b. Feb. 5, 1849. X. Clara 
 Gleason, b. March 23, 1851. XL Frank Elmer, b. Feb. 3, 1853. 
 
 David Pierce, m. Hepzibah Davis ; lived on lot 5, range 9 ; 
 re. to Ind., 1837. Ch.: 
 
 I. Luther, m. tiarriet Clyde, of Hancock. II. Melinda, m., 
 May 21, 1835, Samuel Burns. IIL Hepzibah W., m., June 27, 
 1837, William Page. IV. David. V. Lucy D., m., Oct. 18, 1836, 
 David Knight, of Alstead, N. H. VI. Mary Ann D. VII. Har- 
 riet Rebecca, m. Clyde. 
 
 SoLOMOK Piper, great-grandson of Nathaniel Piper, who came 
 from England, settled in Ipswich, Mass., and d. 1676, having had 
 nine ch., the youngest of whom was Jonathan, Avho moved to 
 Concord, 1731, where he d. May 11, 1752, having had ch., the 
 youngest of whom was Joseph, who m. Esther, dr. of Henry 
 Wright, of Westford, Mass. Joseph and Esther (Wright) Piper 
 had nine ch., of whom the above-named Solomon was the sixth ; 
 b. in Concord, Mass., Oct. 20, 1754; d. Dec. 20, 1827; m., Sept. 
 28, 1788, Susanna Pratt, b. in Greenwich, Mass., Nov. 3, 1768, dr. 
 of Rufus P., who d. in the army of the Revolution. Solomon P. 
 removed from Concord to Acton with his father and family, 1762, 
 and lived there till he became of age. About this time, the Revo- 
 lutionary War broke out ; and he was one of the party that marched 
 from Acton to Concord to meet the British troops at the " Bridge," 
 where Capt. Davis fell, April 19, 1775. At the call of Gen. 
 Gates, he marched to Saratoga, and was present at the surrender 
 of Burgoyne and his army. He was at Rhode Island with Gen. 
 Sullivan, and performed other tours of duty during the revolu- 
 tionary struggle. At the close of the war, he purchased land in 
 Temple, N. H., in the north part of the town, and re. to it about 
 1785. In the year 1793, he sold his estate in Temple, and pur- 
 chased a farm in Dublin of Silas Bx'own, situated on the north 
 halves of lots 2 and 3, range 1. Only a small portion of his farm 
 had been cleared, and put under cultivation. He re. to Dublin, 
 April 15, 1794. Ch. : 
 
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PIPER. 383 
 
 I. Solomon, b. in Temple, July 19, 1789, re. with his father 
 to Dublin, and followed the pursuits of agriculture till the age 
 of twenty-one. All his opportunities for obtaining an education 
 beyond those enjoyed at his home were afforded by the short 
 common schools of that day, and six weeks at New-Ipswich Aca- 
 demy ; at the close of which term, he received a certificate from 
 the preceptor, stating that he was " well qualified for teaching an 
 English-grammar school," which he put in practice the following 
 winter. In June, 1810, he went to Boston. On his arrival, he 
 immediately engaged himself as a clerk to Mr. Benjamin Fessenden, 
 a dealer in wood and other fuel on Sea Street. At the close of the 
 war of 1812, he entered into copartnership with his employer. 
 Subsequently, he purchased the stand, and, at the decease of Mr. 
 Fessenden, succeeded to the whole business, wdiich, with some addi- 
 tions, he has conducted on the same spot, nearly forty-five years, to 
 the present time, 18-54. He has been a member of the Common 
 Council of the city of Boston, representative to the General Court, 
 and, for many years, has been President of the Freeman's Bank. 
 As a token of approbation for the abiUty and fidelity with which 
 he has managed the concerns of this bank, he has received a ser- 
 vice of plate. 
 
 He m. first, Nov. 11, 1817, Jerusha Hollis, who d. Aug. 20, 1851. 
 Ch.: 1. Susan Esther, b. Feb. 21, 1819; d. Aug. 18, 1820. — 2. 
 Sarah Hollis, b. Feb. IG, 1821 ; m., Dec. 23, 1841, Charles E. 
 Stratton, of Boston : ch. (1). Frances Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1842 ; (2) 
 Susan Ehzabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1844 ; (3) Charles Edwin, b. Nov. 
 17, 1846 ; (4) Solomon Piper, b. Oct. 5, 1848. — 3. Susan Esther, 
 b. July 22, 1823. Second w. of Solomon Piper, m. Nov. 4, 1852, 
 Mary Elizabeth Taggard, b. July 22, 1814, dr. of AVilliam Taggard, 
 merchant, of N. Y. city, who was b. in Hillsborough, N. H. Ch. : 
 4. William Taggard, b. Aug. 9, 1853. 
 
 II. Rufus (Col.), b. in Temple, Jan. 14, 1791 ; m., March 20, 
 1817, Anna Gowing, dr. of James G. Ch.: 1. Abigail Green- 
 wood, b. Jan. 21, 1818; m. Corydon Jones, q.v. — 2. James 
 Gowing, b. July 4, 1819 ; m., Jan. 31, 1849, Abby D. Clifford, of 
 Edgecombe, Me. ; she d. Jan. 30, 1851; he r. in Boston: ch. (1) 
 a son, b. Jan., 1851, d. Aug. 2, 1851. — 3. Henry Curtis, b. Feb. 
 1, 1823 ; m., April 12, 1849, Maria E. Piper, who d. Dec. 31, 1849 ; 
 second w., m. Nov. 6, 1851, Ilarriette E. Stone, dr. of Calvin S., 
 of Marlborough : ch. (1) Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1852. 
 
 III. Cyrus, b. in Temple, Dec. 30, 1792; m., Feb. 2, 1815, 
 Catharine Greenwood, dr. of Joshua G., 2d ; re. to Charlestown, 
 N.IL, 1853. Ch.: 1. Catharine, b. Nov, 30, 1815; m., March 
 24, 1842, Henry Morse, q.v. — 2. Martha, b. Oct. 1, 1817; m., 
 May 28, 1844, Leonard Snow, q.v. — 3. Cyrus, b. Nov. 23, 1819 ; 
 m. first, Sept. 12, 1844, Eliza Gleason, dr. of Phinehas G. ; she d. 
 Feb. 4, 1845 ; second w., m. Feb. 26, 1846, Abby C. Wight, dr. 
 of John W. — 4. Calvin, b. Aug. 11, 1823. — 5. Eliza Jane, b. 
 Nov. 12, 1828; m., Nov. 6, 1851, Everett M. Evleth ; r. Marl- 
 
384 EEGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 borough; she d. March, 1854.— 6. Ellen, b. Oct. 15, 1830; m. 
 Thomas S. Corey, q. v. ; r. N.Y, city. 
 
 ly. Jonas Brooks, b. in DubHn, Dec. 4, 1794; d. Jan. 20, 1828, 
 m., Feb. 10, 1818, Julia Greenwood, dr. of Moses G., sen. Ch. : 
 1. Julia, b. Feb. 27, 1819 ; m., Dec. 17, 1840, Dexter Derby, 
 q. V. — 2. Jonas Brooks, b. March 30, 1821 ; m., Sept. 29, 1846, 
 Elizabeth Melville Gowing, dr. of Almerin G. : ch. (1) George 
 Almerin ; (2) Granville Edwin. — 3. Samuel Greenwood, b. 
 July 19, 1823; d. Feb. 17, 1825. — 4. Samuel Greenwood, b. 
 July 2, 1825; d. Sept. 10, 1832. 
 
 V. John, b. Feb. 17, 1797; m.. May 11, 1819, Prudence Green- 
 wood, dr. of Joshua G., 1st. Ch. : 1. Solomon, b. Feb. 10, 1820 ; 
 m., Aug. 9, 1840, Jane McMichael, of Philadelphia: ch. (1) Wil- 
 liam Henry, b. July 3, 1841 ; (2) George, b. Oct., 1842, d. July 19, 
 1850; (3) Mary Anne, b. Sept., 1848, d. July 27, 1850. — 2. 
 Fidelia, b. Nov. 21, 1823 ; m.. May, 1843, Thaddeus P. Mason, 
 q.v. — 3. Emily Maria, b. Oct. 21, 1827; m.. May 25, 1827, 
 Frederick A. Brown, of Boston: ch. (1) Alice Littlefield, b. May 
 19, 1848, d. May 30, 1848; (2) Emily Frances, b. May 28, 1849; 
 (3) Frederick Augustus, b. Sept. 20, 1851, d. Jan. 2, 1852 ; (4) 
 Gertrude, b. Dec. 15, 1852 ; (5) Edward Clark, b. Dec. 17, 1853. 
 — 4. John Ellert, b. Nov. 29, 1830 ; r. Boston. — 5. Henri- 
 etta, b. Feb. 14, 1838. 
 
 VI. Susanna, b. April 1, 1799 ; d. Jan. 5, 1800. VII. Susanna, 
 b. Dec. 28, 1800; m., Jan. 20^ 1820, Ira Gibbs, of Boston. She 
 d. March 7, 1821, c. VIII. Artemas, b. March 18, 1803; m., 
 Sept. 21, 1824, Maria Mason, dr. of Benjamin M. He d. Jan. 24, 
 1828. Ch.: 1. RuFUS Winfield, b. Nov. 8, 1826 ; m., March 8, 
 1849, Caroline Townsend, dr. of David T. ; r. Marlborough, and 
 Manchester, N. H. IX. James, b. April 1, 1805 ; d. Oct. 10, 1806. 
 
 X. Emily, b. March 26, 1807; m., March 16, 1824, Ira Gibbs, 
 of Boston. She d. Aug. 13, 1825. Ch. : 1. Ira Ballou, b. 
 March 13, 1825 ; m. Margaret Clai'ke, of Cincinnati, O. XI. 
 Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1809 ; m., July 9, 1846, Jackson Greenwood. 
 XII. Elvira, b. Feb. 29, 1812 ; m., Nov. 26, 1829, William Farns- 
 worth, q. v. 
 
 Joel Porter, b. in Weymouth, Mass., June 16, 1755; d. Sept., 
 1824 ; lived on lot 22, range 2, set off to Marlborough, 1818. He 
 m., 1780, Levina Woods, b. 1757, and d. about 1819 ; re. to Marl- 
 borough, 1780, where five of his ch. were b., and to Dublin, 1792. 
 He served about two years in the war of the Revolution, was in 
 the battle of Bunker's Hill, and was shot through the ankle by a 
 musket-ball, near the commencement of the action. The bone was 
 badly shattered ; but, having poured some rum from his canteen 
 through the wound, he continued in the action till his ammunition 
 was expended, and a retreat was ordered. In consequence of his 
 wound, he received a pension of twenty dollars per annum during 
 the last twenty or twenty-five years of his life. Ch. : 
 
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POWERS. PRATT. 385 
 
 I. Joel, b. 1783 ; d. 1786. 11. David, b. April, 1785 ; m., 1809, 
 Deborah Farrar ; r. Gilsum. III. Levina, b. Nov., 1786 ; m., 
 1847, Jesse Knowlton, who d. 1849 ; and, in 1851, m. Chester 
 Lyman, Esq., of Swanzey. IV. James, b. July, 1788 ; m., 1812, 
 Betsey Williams; r. Potsdam, N. Y. V. Joel, b. June, 1790; d. 
 Oct., 1810. VI. Ezra, b. July 23, 1792; ra., Oct., 1821, Adah 
 Alger ; r. Winchendon, Mass. VII. Noah, b. July 6, 1794 ; m. 
 Abigail Hobart ; r. Marlborough. VIII. Joseph, b. May 6, 1796; 
 m., 1824, Orathe Whitcomb ; r. Florida, Mass. IX. Lucy, b. 
 Aug. 27, 1798; m. Chester Lyman, Esq., of Troy, N.H.; d. in 
 Swanzey, 1849. X. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1801 ; d. in Nashua, 
 1852. 
 
 Asa Powers, b. in Temple, N. H., Sept. 19, 1774 ; m., Sept. 
 23, 1798, Rachel Cutter, b. Oct. 16, 1777, dr. of Benjamin C. ; 
 settled in Temple, where all their ch. were b. ; re. to Dublin, April, 
 1812, and settled on lot 3, range 4. Ch. : 
 
 L Elliot, b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; m., Feb. 11, 1823, Mary Rollins, 
 b. Oct. 16, 1802, dr. of Joseph R. Ch. : 1. Joseph Willard, b. 
 April 23, 1824; m., first, April 27, 1848, Rachel B. Cavender, 
 b. in Hancock, May 26, 1826, dr. of James C. ; she d. Oct. 11, 
 1849 ; second w., m. June 30, 1850, Lydia R. Gowing, dr. of Joseph 
 G.: ch. (1) Viola, b. Jan. 9, 1852; (2) . Lavater W., b. Dec. 26, 
 1853. IL Jeremiah, b. May 1, 1802 ; d. May 10, 1821. 
 
 IIL Cyrus, b. Jan. 16, 1804; m. first. May 10, 1827, Lucretia 
 Pierce, dr. of Stephen P. She d. Sept., 1833. Ch. : 1. Charles, 
 
 m. Bailey, dr. of Rev. E. K. Bailey ; r. JaiFrey. — 2. George 
 
 E. The second w. of Cyrus P., m. 1834, was Mary J. Hilton, of 
 Newmarket, N. H. He d. in Pittsfield, N. H., Nov. 9, 1834. Ch. : 
 3. Helen E. His widow m. Samuel F. Townsend. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. April 25, 1805 ; m., Nov. 11, 1825, James Robbe, 
 jun. He d. Nov. 19, 1839. Ch. : 1. Julia Ann, b. April 23, 
 1827; m., Oct. 1, 1848, Willard Carey; r. Boston; she d. June 
 19, 1850. — 2. Sabrina, b. Jan. 30, 1829. V. Lucy, b. Dec. 29, 
 1806 ; m., April 28, 1830, Andrews Emery, of JafFrey. She d. 
 Aug. 22, 1832. VL Hannah, b. March 14, 1809 ; m., Nov. 11, 
 1834, Harrison Bement ; r. Peterborough ; re. to Mishawaka, Ind. 
 She d. Sept. 12, 1849. VIL Emilia, b. May 22, 1811 ; m., Oct. 
 16, 1834, Drury M. Marshall, q. v. She d. July 3, 1840. 
 
 Oliver Pratt, from Shirley, Mass.; b. July 20, 1762 ; d. July 
 22, 1800; settled in Dublin, 1790, on lot 4, range 10; m.. May 
 2, 1791, Dorcas Green, b. in Bolton, Mass., May 15, 1768, came 
 to Dublin, 1786. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jared, b. Feb. 11, 1793. IL Emma, b. Feb. 8, 1795. IH. 
 Dorcas, b. July 13, 1797 ; d. Jan. 22, 1832. IV. Hannah, b. July 
 13, 1797; d. Nov. 6, 1799. V. Oliver, b. May 16, 1800. The 
 second h. of Dorcas (Green) Pratt, m. 1807, was Jonas Brigham, 
 q.v. 
 
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386 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Asa Pratt, m., Oct. 9, 1782, Betty Stanford ; lived on lot 20, 
 range 8. Ch. : I. Rebecca, b. May 20, 1785. II. Timothy, b. 
 May 17, 1787. Betty Pratt d. Nov. 26, 1787; and Asa P. m., 
 Oct. 2, 1789, Sarah Bond. Ch.: III. Betsey, b. Sept. 4, 1790. 
 
 John Pratt, r. on lot 8, range 8. Ch. : I. Rebecca, b. July 2, 
 1798 ; m. Moses Eaton. II. Judith B., m., July 11, 1822, Luke 
 Richardson. III. A son, d., drowned. 
 
 Moses Pratt, to whom no location is given among the occu- 
 pants of the lots, m., first, Sept. 7, 1786, Mary Riggs, and, second, 
 April 23, 1795, Lucy White. Other persons by the name of Pratt 
 have lived in Dublin; viz., Ebenezer, on lot 3, range 10 ; Jesse, on 
 lot 4, range 10; Joel, on lot 18, range 10. Timothy Pratt d. May 
 13, 1785. Jemima Pratt d. March 7, 1786. 
 
 Jabez Puffer, from Framingham ; m. Rachel Morse, dr. of 
 Thomas M. Ch. : 
 
 L William, b. March 4, 1765 ; r. Westmoreland, N. H. IL 
 Molly (Mary), b. 1766. III. Benjamin, b. 1767 ; r. Canada. 
 IV. Rachel, b. Jan. 5, 1768; d. V. John, b. April 26, 1769. 
 
 VL Rachel, b. Oct. 23, 1770 ; m. Hudson ; r. Pa. VIL 
 
 Nathan, b. March 5, 1772 ; m. Priscilla Hastings ; r. Westmore- 
 land. Ch. : 1. Nathan. — 2. Jabez. — 3. Jemima. — 4. Allen. 
 VIIL Abel, b. Feb. 20, 1774. IX. Abigail, b. Jan. 13, 1776; r. 
 Westmoreland. X. Jonathan, b. April 27, 1777; d. July 25, 1777. 
 XI. Comfort, b. 1779; d. Nov., 1803. 
 
 John Ranstead, and Hannah his w., came to Dublin, 1771, 
 and remained tw^o years. They lived on lot 13, range 6. He re. to 
 Westmoreland, N. H. ; was drafted as a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 War, served out his time, and returned home to Westmoreland. 
 Afterwards, a Mr. Gleason, neighbor of Mr. R.'s, employed him to 
 take his place in the army, which he did. He was with the army 
 at Bennington, and was shot there, not in battle, but by the Tories, 
 as he was, with some half-dozen others, driving cattle to the army. 
 Ch. : I. Roger, b. before he came to Dublin. II. Rebecca, b. in 
 Dublin, July 17, 1792. He had several other ch., b. after he left 
 Dublin ; of whom, John, the youngest, was b. in Westmoreland, 
 after the death of his father. This youngest son was the father of 
 the wives of Asa Fisk, Asa H. Fisk, and Levi Marvin. He had 
 other ch., — Charles, Mary, and Jane. He d. April 17, 1846, 
 in Elgin, Kane Co., 111. 
 
 Abijah Richardson, from Woburn, Mass. ; b. March 20, 1761 ; 
 d. July 12, 1840; re. to Dublin, 1794; r. on lot 1, range 7, pur- 
 chased of Maj. John Morse ; m., 1788, Elizabeth Richardson, b. 
 Feb. 23, 1763, d. Jan. 9, 1853. Mr. R. and w., with three ch., and 
 small means of supporting a family, moved into the woods in 
 
RICHARDSON. 387 
 
 March, the snow being about three feet deep, to a small log-hut. 
 In June, he had the misfortune to break his shouhler, which con- 
 fined him to the house ; and, thus disabled, he could not supply the 
 needs of his children, when asking for but a small piece of bread. 
 The mercy of God, however, w^as soon felt. Kind neighbors came 
 in, and relieved their necessities. Ch. : 
 
 I. Abijah, b. Aug. 1, 1789 ; m., April 29, 1819, Mary Hay, dr. 
 of Thomas H. Ch. : 1. Elizabeth, b. June 6, 1820 ; m. Augus- 
 tine Wood, q. V. — 2. Mary R., b. Jan. 10, 1824. — 3. Abigail, 
 b. Sept. 2, 1827; d. May 28, 1851. — 4. Samuel A., b. Dec. 23, 
 1830. 11. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1791 ; d. Feb. 16, 1823. III. 
 Reuel, b. Sept. 2, 1793 ; m. Betsey Davis, of Hancock ; re. to 
 Peterborough. IV. Luke, b. Aug. 4, 1795; m. first. May 13, 
 1819, Judith Marshall, dr. of Aaron M. She d. Feb., 1821. Second 
 w., m. July 11, 1822, Lucy B. Pratt, dr. of John Pratt. 
 
 V. Malachi, b. Sept. 25, 1798; m., March 23, 1837, Taraesin 
 Greenwood, b. March 28, 1810, dr. of Aaron and Mary G. ; r. on 
 the homestead. Ch. : 1. Sarah, b. June 30, 1838. — 2. Luke 
 T., b. Sept. 1, 1839. — 3. Lucy A., b. July 10, 1841 ; d. Feb. 26, 
 1846. — 4. Malachi M., b. March 11, 1843. — 5. Mary E,, b. 
 Sept. 20, 1845.-6. Emily A., b. Dec. 9, 1849.-7. Julia L., b. 
 June 16, 1851. VL Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1800; m., March 28, 1837, 
 Rev. Daniel McClenning ; r. Peterborough and Bethlehem, N. H. ; 
 ch., n. u. VII. Joshua, b. July 13, 1807; m. Rebecca Nurse, of 
 Westmoreland, and r. Chesterfield. 
 
 John Richardson, from Woburn, Mass. ; brother of Abijah 
 R., sen. ; moved to the north half of the same lot, about the same 
 
 time. He m. Sarah , of Hollis, N. H. ; and they had five ch., 
 
 one of whom d. young. The survivors were — 
 
 I. John T., m., Oct. 21, 1821, Alinda Hill, dr. of Asahel H. ; 
 
 r. Peterborough ; d. suddenly ; and his widow m. P^ge, of 
 
 Peterborough. II. Cynthia, m., Dec. 25, 1821, Samuel Smith, of 
 Sharon ; re. to the state of Me., whither her father and mother 
 soon followed, and d. IIL Sarah R., d. Nov. 14, 1825, sa. 32. 
 IV. Joseph, m., June 16, 1825, Polly Knowlton. He d. March 
 3, 1834, ^. 35. 
 
 Ebenezer Richardson (Capt.), from Newton, Mass. ; b. March 
 20, 1766 ; d. Feb. 17, 1850 ; settled in Dublin, 1808, on lot 21, 
 range 5, purchased of Isaac Morse. He m., Nov. 25, 1791, Rhoda 
 CooHdge, of Watertown, b. March 14, 1774, d. Oct. 9, 1823. Ch. : 
 
 L Rhoda, b. Sept. 6, 1792 ; d. Nov. 28, 1844. IL Samuel (Dr.), 
 b. Jan. 13, 1795 ; m., 1820, Mary Kidder, of Townsend, Mass. 
 He practised medicine, first in Peterborough, and then at Water- 
 town, Mass., where he now r. Ch. : 1. Coolidge. — 2. Harriet. 
 — 3. Mary Elizabeth, d. 
 
 III. Caroline, b. May 22, 1797; m., Nov. 1, 1821, Cyrus Frost, 
 of Marlborough ; settled on the homestead of E. Richai-dson. Ch. : 
 
388 REGISTEK OF FAMILIES. 
 
 1. Almira, b. July 20, 1823; d. Dec. 21, 1823. — 2. Sarah 
 Jane, b. April 20, 1825 ; d. Feb. 5, 1826. — 3. Ebenezer Rich- 
 ardson, b. May 26, 1828; r. Boston. — 4. Laura Sophia, b. 
 May 16, 1830. — 5. Edward Jonathan, b. June 17, 1833.— 6. 
 Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1836. — 7. Harriet Coolidge, 
 b. Dec. 31, 1838. — 8. Amanda Caroline, b. April 14, 1842. 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1803 ; m., May 19, 1836, S. V. E. Allen ; 
 r. Rushford, N. Y. Ch. : 1. William Henry. — 2. Samuel Rich- 
 ardson. — 3. Sarah Anna. 
 
 David Richardson (Capt.), from Newton ; brother of Capt. 
 E. R.; b. Sept. 28, 1773; d. Nov. 3, 1840; settled in Dublin, 1808, 
 on lots 21, ranges 4 and 5, purchased of Isaac Morse. He m., 
 June 9, 1796, Sarah Whiting, of Franklin, Mass. She was b. Aug. 
 6, 1769 ; d. May 11, 1852. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hannah, b. April 28, 1797 ; d. June 4, 1811. 11. David, b. 
 Nov. 13, 1799 ; d. Nov. 11, 1801. IH. John, b. Sept. 11, 1802 ; 
 d. Dec. 2, 1802. IV. Aaron, b. Nov. 19, 1805 ; m., Oct. 17, 1839, 
 Abigail Nims. V. Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1809 ; d. May 24, 1810. 
 VI. David P., b. Aug. 3, 1812 ; d. Sept. 3, 1832. 
 
 Moses Rider (son of William Rider), b. in Natick, Mass., Jan. 
 29, 1753 ; d. Oct. 29, 1839 ; m., 1782, Mary Twitchell, dr. of 
 Joseph T., of Sherborn. She was b. 1756, and d. April 15, 
 1820. Ch. : 
 
 I. William, b. June 17, 1783 ; m., first, 1814, Charlotte Frost, 
 who d. Feb., 1816, se. 22. Second w., Mary, dr. of Dr. Richard- 
 son, of Fitzwilliam. II. Ezra, b. Aug. 29, 1786 ; d. Aug. 11, 1850 ; 
 m., Dec. 4, 1815, Kezia Maynard, b. Feb. 2, 1794, dr. of Israel M.; 
 r. Dublin till Sept., 1850, when he re. to Keene. Ch. : 1. Rhoda 
 K., b. Oct. 1, 1816 ; m., Aug. 30, 1852, Roswell Weeks, of Keene. 
 — 2. Ezra Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1819 ; m., March 5, 1846, Harriet 
 N. Dodge, of Exeter, N. H., dr. of John D. ; r. Boston. — 3. An- 
 drew, b. Oct. 28, 1824. IIL Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1788 ; m. Ezra 
 Snow, q. V. IV. Julia, b. Nov. 10, 1790; d. 1791. V. Rhoda, b. 
 1792; d. March, 1794. VL Julia, b. Dec. 31, 1797; d. Dec. 19, 
 1828 ; m. Ephraim Foster, q. v. The name is sometimes spelled 
 thus: Ryder. 
 
 John Riggs, from Marlborough, N. H. ; b. 1773 ; m. Esther 
 White, dr. of Thomas and Molly W., twm sister of Polly White, 
 who m., 1794, Samuel Lewis, jun. ; lived on lot 19, range 6. Ch. : 
 L Josiah, b. 1795. IL Esther, b. 1797. IIL Ephraim, b. 1799. 
 IV. Lucinda, b. 1801 ; re., 1802, to Cornish, N.H. 
 
 James Robbe, from Peterborough, settled on lot 1, range 4, 
 1807 ; b. Nov. 5, 1772 ; d. Aug. 8, 1836 ; m., Sept., 1793, Margaret 
 Taggart, of Sharon, N. H. Ch. : 
 
 L Relief, b. Aug. 26, 1796. IL James, b. Sept. 15, 1798; d. 
 
ROLLINS. 389 
 
 Nov. 19, 1839; m., Nov. 11, 1824, Mary Powers, dr. of Asa P. 
 Ch. : 1. Julia Ann, b. April 23, 1827 ; m., Oct. 1, 1848, Willard 
 Carey. She d. June 19, 1850. — 2. Sabrina O., b. Jan. 30, 1829 ; 
 d. 1854. III. Thomas, b. Aug. 25, 1800 ; m. Mary Ann Nelson ; r. on 
 the homestead. Ch. : 1. Joseph W. — 2. William P. — 3. Sarah 
 E. — 4. Eliza Ann. IV. Agnes W., b. Feb. 28, 1803. V. Eliza, 
 b. March 1, 1805. VI. Joseph Warren, b. Oct. 18, 1807 ; re. to 
 Western New York, 1831; m., 1836, Maria Pierce; r. now in 
 Holley Village, N.Y. Ch.: 1. James W. — 2. Agnes M. — 3. 
 Mary J. — 4. Helen A. — 5. Julia Ann. VII. Mary, b. March 
 7, 1810 ; m., Aug. 19, 1833, Abraham P. Morrison, of Peterborough. 
 Ch. : 1. MoTiER La Fayette. — 2. Helen Maria. 
 
 Jabies. Rollins, from Amherst, N. H., in the year 1775 ; settled 
 on lot 9, range 6 ; sold to James Chamberlain ; lived in various 
 places, as the list of occupants of lots will show. He had, during 
 his life-time, five wives. His first w. was the mother of his chil- 
 dren. He m., first, Abigail Dowing. Ch. : 
 
 I. Molly (Mary), m., Jan. 25, 1774, John Adams, son of Moses 
 A., sen. II. .James, m., Nov. 4, 1779, Hepzibah Greenwood; re. 
 to Parkerstown, Vt. III. John, m., Aug. 16, 1787, Elizabeth John- 
 son ; re. to Chittenden, Vt. Ch. : I. Simeon, b. Dec. 3, 1787. — 
 2. John, b. April 28, 1789. — 3. Nathan, b. May 15, 1791. — 4. 
 Betsey, b. April 17, 1793. IV. Hannah, m., Dec. 28, 1786, 
 Daniel Gleason; re. to Rutland, Vt. Ch. : 1. Lois, b. April 17, 
 1787.-2. Daniel, b. July 8, 1789. 
 
 V. Joseph, m., Oct. 6, 1785, Abigail Greenwood; d. Dec. 20, 
 1836,86.73. She d. Sept. 17, 1852, se. 86. Ch.: 1. Sarah, b. 
 June 30,1786; m. Richard Strong, q.v. — 2. Nabby (Abigail), 
 b. Feb. 9, 1788. — 3. Betsey, b. July 25, 1790 ; m., Aug. 13, 1822, 
 Dudley Smith, of Gilsum. — 4. Joseph, m. Mary Russell, dr. of 
 John R. She was b. May 17, 1799 ; re. to Peru, Vt. ; ch. n.u. — 
 5. Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1802 ; m. Elliot Powers, q.v. 
 
 VI. Samuel, m. Lucy Winch, of Framingham, Mass. ; re. to 
 Canada. VII. Lydia, m., Nov. 4, 1790, Nathan Winch, q.v.; re. 
 to Chittenden, Vt. VIII. William, m. Lydia Stone ; re. to Land- 
 grove, Vt. Ch. : 1. Lydia, b. March 4, 1797; m. Freeman, 
 
 of Weston, Vt. — 2. Lucy, b. Feb., 1799; m. Charles Eddy, of 
 Chester, Vt. — 3. Maria, b. 1801 ; d. 1804.-4. William, b. Jan. 
 4, 1803; m. Clarissa Dodge, of Walpole, N.H. — 5. Maria, b. 
 1805; d. 1819.-6. Julian Augustus, b. 1807. — 7. James M., 
 b. March 4, 1809 ; m. Hannah Eddy, of Rockingham, Vt. — 8. Asa, 
 b. June, 1811 ; m. Lydia Byam, of Chester, Vt. — 9. Martha, b. 
 1813; d. 1816.-10. Samuel, b. 1815. — 11. Abigail, b. 1818; 
 m. Samuel Byam, of Chester, Vt. — 12. Mary, b. 1821 
 
 IX. Fanny, b. April 27, 1775; m. Noah Noi'cross; re. to Ver- 
 mont. Abigail Rollins, supposed to be a dr. of James R., sen., m., 
 Aug. 4, 1783, Amos Morse, q. v. 
 
 The first w. of James Rollins, Abigail Dowing, d. May 7, 1790, 
 
390 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 se. 58. His second w,, m., Oct. 11, 1791, was Mary Whitney, d. 
 April 3, 1799, ad. 50. His third w. was Hannah Ross, of Jaifrey, 
 d. Aug. 10, 1803, fe. 50. His fourth w., m., Nov. 17,' 1803, was 
 Martha Muzzy, d. Dec. 16, 1813, se. 6G. His fifth w. was Rebecca 
 Phelps, of Roxbury, N. H. He d. Jan. 12, 1818, ae. 87. 
 
 ICHABOD RowELL, from Temple, July, 1780 ; m. Sarah Tucker. 
 He d. in Dublin, 1802. She d. in Temple, sd. nearly 100 years. 
 They lived on lot 19, range 4. Ch. : 
 
 I. A daughter, m. Archelaus Cummings, of Temple. II. A 
 daughter, m. Peter Heald, jun., of Temple. IH. Hannah, m. Phi- 
 nehas Gleason, q. v. IV. Jacob. V. Moses. VI. Polly (Mary), 
 m. John Knowlton, jun. VH. Richard, m. VIH. Phillip. IX. 
 Dolly (Dorothy), m. Solomon Cutter; re. to Temple, about 1802. 
 There was a daughter named Sarah, who stands first in the list of 
 ch. warned out of town. 
 
 John Russell, b. in Harvard, Mass., June 20, 1760; m., Sept. 
 25, 1794, Abigail Godding, b. in Rindge, June 20, 1775 ; re. to 
 Dublin, 1794; settled on lot 5, range 1. Ch. : 
 
 I. Abigail, b. June 28, 1795 ; m. Eli Brigham, of Jaffrey ; re. to 
 McDonough, N. Y. II. Mary, b. March 16, 1797 ; d. 1799. HI. 
 Mary, b. May 17, 1799 ; m. Joseph Rollins, jun. IV. Rebecca, b. 
 April 19, 1801 ; m., Jan. 19, 1823, Ebenezer Crane, of Dalton, N.H. 
 
 Mr. Russell was a soldier in the army of the Revolution ; re. to 
 Alstead, May, 1828, to live with his son-in-law, J. Rollins; and d. 
 Jan. 26, 1829. 
 
 Simeon Russell, m., July 21, 1785, Abigail Learned. The 
 father of John and Simeon R. was Amos R., from Westford, Mass., 
 who bought John Elliot's farm. He had three daughters, Hannah, 
 Patty, and Polly, who m., April 28, 1784, Asa Chamberlain. He 
 lived with her father a few years, and then re. to Vermont, taking 
 Mr. Russell with him. Simeon R. had several ch. One was 
 named Anna, who, according to our informant, " was the handsomest 
 girl he ever saw, but ugly as she was handsome." Mr. R. sold his 
 farm to William Howard, from Carlisle, Mass., who was very poor, 
 and with his family suffered from hunger and other privations. He 
 sold his farm, and purchased a few acres of land at the south-east 
 corner of the same lot, on which he built a house. Here his wife 
 was taken sick ; and, after her recovery, the doctor took the place 
 for his services, and Mr. H. returned to his native town. 
 
 Jonathan Russell, b. at Andover, Mass., 1757 ; re. to Nelson 
 about 1780, and to Dublin about 1790; d. April, 1834; m. Rachel 
 White, of Nelson, b. 1758, and d. June 1, 1821. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hephzibah, b. March 17, 1783; d. May, 1834. II. Jonathan, 
 b. Jan. 26, 1785; d. Sept. 10, 1848; m., Jan. 2, 1806, Mary Lewis, 
 of Marlborough, b. Dec. 14, 1787. Ch. : 1. Lyman, b. Nov. 5, 
 
SANDERS. SANGER. SHATTUCK. 391 
 
 1808; m., March IG, 1837, Ursula Mason, dr. of Samuel M., sen.: 
 ch. (1) Cyrus E., b. Sept. 10, 1849. — 2. James L., b. Oct. 30, 
 1814; m., Oct. 31, 1839, Anna P. Mason, dr. of Samuel M., sen.: 
 ch. (1) M. Calista, b. June 22, 1841; (2) Albert L., b. July 16, 
 1843 ; (3) Edward G., b. Nov. 23, 1845 ; (4) James Edson, b. April 
 16, 1850. 
 
 III. Elias, b. March 8, 1787 ; d. young. IV. Sally, b. April 6, 
 1788 ; m. Asa Metcalf, of Marlborough ; d. Nov., 1844. V. Abner, 
 b. Mai'ch 3, 1791 ; m. Betsey Herrick, of Marlborough, and r. there. 
 VI. Nancy, b. April 9, 1793; m. David Heaton, of Keene, and 
 r. there. VII. Huldah, b. May 3, 1795. 
 
 VIII. Eben, b. Nov. 27, 1797 ; m., Feb. 18, 1823, Olive Newell, 
 b. March 20, 1801. Ch. : 1. R. Diantha, b. Aug. 10, 1824; d. 
 March 19, 1837. — 2. Osgood N., b. Aug. 12, 1827 ; m., Sept. 12, 
 1847, Amelia N. Sinclair, of Maine: ch. (1) Amelia Elizabeth, b. 
 June 1, 1848; (2) Theodore Charles, b. Nov. 27, 1849; (3) Waldo 
 Adolphus, b. April 19, 1851. 
 
 IX. Amelia, b. Jan. 9, 1800; m. Alvin Keyes ; r. Putney, Vt. 
 X. Mary, b. June 15, 1806 ; m. Proctor Keyes. 
 
 John Sanders, son of Samuel S., of JafFrey ; b. Dec. 13, 1791 ; 
 m., first, Ruth Jones, dr. of Samuel J., sen., d. Nov. 7, 1825 ; second 
 w., Sally Lacy, of JafFrey ; third w., Sarah A. Ward, of Peter- 
 borough ; fourth w., Lucretia Hastings, of Boston. J. Sanders, a 
 blacksmith by trade, r. first, in Peterborough, then, 1819, in Dub- 
 lin ; sold to Joseph Thurston, re. to Peterborough, and now r. in 
 Jaffrey. Ch. by first wife : 
 
 I. CaroHne A., b. Dec. 6, 1812; m. Asa Morrill; r. Boston. 
 II. Samuel, b. May 6, 1814; d. May 20, 1814. III. Harriet C, 
 b. Sept. 14, 1815 ; m. Edwin W. Buswell ; r. Maiden. IV. Mary 
 L., b. Aug. 31, 1817 ; m. John Clough ; r. Nashua. V. Susan, b. 
 Feb. 18, 1820 ; m. Lemuel W. Page; r. Burlington. VI. Emily, 
 b. Jan. 20, 1822 ; m. Charles Moulton ; r. Boston. VII. Elvira, b. 
 Dec. 5, 1824; m. Jedediah Traman ; r. Boston. By third wife: 
 VIIL Sally, b. Jan. 31, 1842; d. May 6, 1842. 
 
 Abner Sanger, and Elizabeth his w., came from Keene to Dub- 
 lin, about 1790, and settled on lot 16, range 4. His w. d., March, 
 1799, and the next year he re. to Keene, where he d. Cli. : 
 
 I. Abner, b. at Keene ; r. Danvers, Mass. II. Hepzibah, b. at 
 Keene; m. John Wilder; re. to Canada. III. Abigail, b. Aug. 1, 
 1790; d. April 1, 1791. IV. Abigail Wiley, b. at Dublin, May 
 
 22, 1792 ; m. Wilcox, of Surry. He d., and she r. there. 
 
 V. Rhoda Jackson, b. Aug. 12, 1794; m. Abijah Wilder, of Keene. 
 VL Sally, b. Oct. 8, 1796; um. 
 
 Abraham Shattuck, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Oct. 29, 1791 
 (oldest ch. of Abraham and ]\Iary S., who re. to Wilton, N. H., 
 1795), apprenticed to Benj. Walhngsford, at the age of fourteen, to 
 
6\)Z REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 learn the trade of a blacksmith (B. W. re. to Dublm, 1810) ; bought, 
 1814, the Jason Harris Stand; m., same year, Sophia Kendall, dr. 
 of Joel Kendall. She d. Oct., 1814, and he let his stand to Joshua 
 Greenwood, 2d ; re. to Cornwall, Canada West ; returned, after 
 two years, and m., Sept., 1818, Jerusha French, dr. of Whitcomb F. 
 She d. July 8, 1839. Ch. : 
 
 I. Kendall, b. Sept., 1819; d. Oct., 1821. II. Orville, b. Aug. 
 23, 1820; m. Emily Herrick, of Marlborough, who d. June, 1850; 
 two ch., n. u. ; Orville S., r. in Philadelphia, engaged in the express 
 business from that city to Easton, Pa. III. Elizabeth G., b. Oct. 
 21, 1822 ; graduated at the Female Medical College of Pennsylva- 
 nia, Feb., 1850. IV. Julia, b. Oct. 21, 1824; r. Easton, Pa. V. 
 Oren, b. Feb. 8, 1827; twin ; d. April, 1832. VI. Orson, b. Feb. 
 8, 1827; twin; r. unknown. VII. Mandana, b. March 25, 1831 ; 
 r. Easton. VIII. Joseph C, b. at Marlborough, Feb. 28, 1835. 
 IX. Lucius H., b. at Peterborough, June 18, 1835. 
 
 Samuel Shepherd (by an act of the General Court, the name 
 Shepherd was taken by this family instead of Hogg), m. Mary 
 Taggart, sister of John T., sen., and of James T. Ch. : 
 
 I. Sarah, b. April 5, 1774. II. Joseph, b. April 9, 1776. III. 
 Agnes, b. Aug. 27, 1778. IV. Rachel, b. Aug. 28, 1780. V. 
 Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1782. There were other ch., but their names are 
 not recorded in the town-clerk's book. One of them, named Samuel, 
 was adopted by a benevolent gentleman from the State of New 
 York, and educated by him. The name of the benefactor was 
 Shepherd ; and, for him, the name Shepherd was chosen by the 
 family. Samuel Shepherd proved worthy of the care bestowed 
 upon him. He early manifested superior capacity; and, long be- 
 fore arriving at the middle period of life, became distinguished as a 
 lawyer and a Judge in the State of New York. A daughter of 
 Samuel and Mary S., named Nancy, m., Feb., 1822, William Smith, 
 of Peterborough; she was his third w., and the mother of his 
 . twelfth and thirteenth children. The widow Shepherd d. at her 
 daughter's house in Peterborough, £e. about 90. 
 
 Abner Smith, from Needham, Mass. ; b. March 30, 1762; d. 
 April 7, 1833; settled in Dublin, 1791, on lot 22, range 9. He 
 purchased the lot, Oct. 11, 1784, of Joseph Greenwood ; worked on 
 it several seasons previous to settlement ; and completed the house, 
 now occupied by Ira Smith, 1791. His lot had been partially 
 cleared by a Mr. Broad and others, but no settlement made. He 
 m., first, Hannah Prentice, of Needham, b. June 5, 1764, d. Aug. 
 14, 1813. Ch.: 
 
 I. Aaron, b. Nov. 5, 1791 ; m., June 5, 1821, Ruth Atwood, of 
 Nelson, b. Nov., 1787, d. March 24, 1853. Ch. : 1. Aaron, b. 
 April 9, 1822. — 2. George, b. Jan. 23, 1824; d. Nov. 4, 1847. 
 — 3. A CHILD, b. March 1, 1826 ; d. March 6, 1826. — 4. Calvin, 
 b. March 2, 1827 ; m., Nov. 9, 1848, Mary Parker, of Nelson : 
 
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 ch. (I) Ruth, b. Sept. 23, 1849; (2) Marian, b. May 19, 1852.— 
 5. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1829; d. April 17, 1832. — 6. Abner, b. 
 Aug. 2, 1835 ; d. Oct. 8, 1838. 
 
 11. Prentice, b. May 30, 1793 ; d. Feb. 17, 1819. 
 
 III. Beulah, b. Jan. 24, 1795 ; m., April 22, 1813, John Wight, q.v. 
 
 IV. Elisha, b. Nov. 5, 1796; m.. Thanksgiving Day, 1821, Sally 
 Thomson. Ch. : 1. Harriet, b. Aug., 1822. — 2. Mary, b. 1824 ; 
 re. to Troy, N. H., 1825 ; now r. in Sterling, Mass. 
 
 V. Ira, b. April 20, 1799 ; m., June 3, 1823, Mary Mason, b. 
 Dec. 13, 1802, dr. of Samuel M., sen. Ch. : 1. Ira P., b. Feb. "24, 
 1824; m., May 5, 1846, Fanny Buss, of Marlborough, b. Jan. 11, 
 1822.-2. SAMUEL,b.Jan. 11, 1826; d. June 23, 1826. — 3. Mart 
 A., b. May 21, 1827 ; m., Oct. 28, 1847, George W. Bemis, q. v.— 
 4. Franklin M., b. Aug. 24, 1830. — 5. Charles J., b. Oct. 20, 
 1834.-6. Lyman A.,b. Aug. 24, 1840; d. Aug. 6, 1842. 
 
 VI. Abigail, b. May 9, 1801 ; m., April, 1822, Martin Thomson. 
 
 VII. Hannah, b. July 7, 1804; m., March, 1823, Jeremiah Her- 
 rick, of Marlborough; d. March 1, 1854. 
 
 VIII. Luther, b. Feb. 25, 1808 ; m.. May 4, 1837, Mary L. Snow, 
 dr. of Josephus S. Ch. : 1. Eleanor M., b. April 8, 1838 ; d. 
 April 23, 1838. — 2. Eleanor M., b. Oct. 9, 1839.-3. Alfred 
 M., b. Jan. 2, 1842.-4. Abby Ann, b. May 6, 1845. Luther S. 
 re., Oct., 1845, to Marlborough. 
 
 RuGGLES Smith (brother of Abner), from Needham, Mass.; b. 
 Sept. 10, 1766 ; d. March 11, 1833 ; settled in Dublin, March, 1797, 
 on lot 21, range 6 ; m., Feb., 1797, Lucy Kingsbury, of Needham,* 
 b. March 17, 1777; d. Feb. 14, 1852. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jonathan Kingsbury, b. Nov. 9, 1797 ; m., April 24, 1823, 
 Sarah Adams, b. Feb. 10, 1800, dr. of James A. She d. Nov. 29, 
 1843. Second w., m., Dec. 26, 1844, Mary L. Strong, b. Oct. 23, 
 1810, dr. of Richard S. Ch., adopted July 24, 1848: 1. Charles 
 Henry Mussey, otherwise Smith, b. March 13, 1841. — 2. Mary 
 Jane Mussey, otherwise Smith, b. Nov. 5, 1845. 
 
 IL Ruggles, b. Oct. 19, 1799; d. Sept. 11, 1818. 
 
 in. Sarah Pratt, b. Aug. 10, 1802 ; m., Nov. 20, 1823, Phinehas 
 Gleason, q. v. 
 
 IV. Curtis, b. Dec. 10, 1807 ; m., Sept. 8, 1835, Caroline Snow, 
 dr. of Josephus S., b, Nov. 18, 1816. Ch. : 1. Luther Curtis, b. 
 May 26, 1836 ; d. Sept. 11, 1849.-2. Ruggles, b.Nov. 14, 1840. 
 — 3. Sarah Caroline, b. Au". 12, 1844. 
 
 * Caleb Kingsbury (son of Josiah K.), b. April 26, 1719; m. Esther Townscnd, 
 dr. of Rev. Jonathan T., first minister of Needham. His oldest son, Jonathan K., 
 b. Aug. 4, 1751, m. Sarah Pratt, and their oldest dr., Lucj', m. Ruggles Smith. 
 Josiah, Caleb, and Jonathan, above named, — father, son, and grandson, — lived and 
 died on the same farm in Needham, which is now used for an Almshouse. Jonathan 
 Kingsbury served as an officer in the latter part of the Revolutionary ^Var. He was a 
 very accurate surveyor of land, and was called by his fellow-citizens to fill many 
 offices of trust. 
 
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394 EEGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 V. Lucy, b. Nov. 5, 1816; m., Nov. 19, 1835, Ebenezer Green- 
 wood, q. V. 
 
 Aaron Smith, the father of Abner and Ruggles S., was b. and 
 always r. in Needham. He commanded the military company of 
 that town during the war of the Revolution. At the commence- 
 ment of it, the company entered into an agreement, and organized 
 themselves as "minute men," that is, ready at a minute's warning. 
 When the British left Boston for Lexington and Concord, a mes- 
 senger was dispatched to rally the militia. He arrived at Needham 
 at 10 o'clock in the evening. Capt. Smith, with his oldest son, 
 Aaron, jun., and another man, went to the top of a neighboring hill, 
 and fired three guns, the signal agreed upon ; and, before daylight, 
 the company collected and marched to Lexington, fourteen miles ; 
 and before night, five men belonging to the company were killed, 
 and two wounded. 
 
 Saml-el Smith, from Hollis, N.H.; b. Oct. 2, 1782; m., first, 
 1801, Esther Hill, dr. of Ebenezer H. ; came to Dublin, 1797; r. 
 first on lot 2, range 8, then in Hollis and Townsend, and now on 
 lot 3, range 5 ; a cooper by trade. Second w., Mrs. Catharine 
 Hill. All his ch. by first wife : 
 
 I. Esther, b. June 10, 1802 ; m. Stephen Furbush, of Peter- 
 borough. IL Eli, b. Feb. 21, 1804 ; m., Jan. 20, 1828, Polly Fisk, 
 dr. of Levi F., of Jaffrey. III. Catharine, b. in Hollis, Feb. 13, 
 1807; m., April 12, 1829, Hiram Barden. IV. Noah, b. in 
 Townsend, April 6, 1809; m., May 24, 1835, Deidamia Barden. 
 V. Asenath, b. in Townsend, Feb. 21, 1811. VI. John, b. in 
 Dublin, June 15, 1813; m. Sarah Upton, of Peterborough. VIL 
 Sally Eliza, b. April 15, 1815 ; d. Aug. 15, 1815. VIII. Eliza, b. 
 May 31, 1816. IX. Elmira, b. Aug. 7, 1818. X. Mary, b. Nov. 
 6, 1820; d. Dec. 1, 1823. XL Mary, b. July 30, 1825 ; m. Hosea 
 Pierce, of Peterborough. XIL Sarah Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1827. 
 
 John Snow (Esq.), b. in Leominster, Mass., March 18, 1760 ; 
 m. Hannah Parker, b. in Newton, Mass. She d. May 27, 1823. 
 He d. Jan. 28, 1841. Re. to Dublin, 1800 ; settled on lot 10, range 
 5, formerly owned by Rev. E. Sprague. Ch. : 
 
 L Timothy, b. July 27, 1780; d. Jan. 18, 183 6, at Litchfield, N.Y. 
 II. John, b. March 7, 1782 ; came to Dublin, from Sterling, Mass., 
 1800; m., April 4, 1804, Mercy Twitchell, b. Feb. 9, 1779, dr. of 
 Joseph T. She d. Dec. 11, 1843. Ch.: 1. Augustine, b. April 
 16, 1809 ; m. Mary Heard. — 2. Charles, b. April 13, 1811 ; m., 
 1836, Mary W. Wight. He d. Aug. 25, 1847 : ch. (1) A daughter; 
 (2) Marcus ; (3) Marian ; (4) Henry. — 3. Leonard, b. June 24, 
 1815; m., first. May 28, 1844, Martha Piper, dr. of Cyrus P.: ch. 
 (1) Martha, b. Oct. 23, 1848. She d. Nov. 30, 1848; and hia 
 second w. was Mary E. Shed, m. 1850; r. Marlborough, now 
 Boston. 
 
SNOAV. SOUTHWICK. 395 
 
 The second w. of John Snow, jun., was Mrs. Eveline Preston, m. 
 May 5, 1846. 
 
 III. Augustine Smith, b. Aug. 28, 1784; d. at Litchfield, N.Y. 
 
 IV. Hannah Parker, b. Sept. 1, 1786; ra. Jacob P. Willard, of 
 Ashby ; eh. n. u. She d. in Boston, Dec. 23, 1853. 
 
 V. Josephus, b. Nov. 25, 1788; ra., Dec. 23, 1813, Eleanor Gil- 
 christ, of Carlisle, Mass. Ch.: 1. Mary L., b. Nov. 16, 1814; m. 
 Luther Smith, q. v. ; d. July 13, 1849. — 2. Caroline, b. Nov. 18, 
 1816; m., Sept. 8, 1835, Curtis Smith, q.v. — 3. William, b. Feb. 
 22, 1818; d. March 12, 1818. — 4. Henry Lewis, b. March 10, 
 1819 ; d. March 10, 1821. — 5. Andrew Jackson, b. March 29, 
 1822 ; m. Lucy Jane Burpee ; r. Medway, Mass. — 6. Henry Par- 
 ker, b. Nov. 29, 1834; m. Gracia Ann Stanley, dr. of Charles S. 
 He d. in Peterborough, 1854. — 7. Emily Eliza, b. Dec. 10, 1827 ; 
 m. I. H. Keysar ; r. Sutton, N. H. — 8. Lucy Maria, b. June 28, 
 1834. 
 
 VI. Horatio Gates, b. March 18, 1791 ; m. ; d. in Boston, June 
 8, 1836 ; ch. n.u. VIL Hollowell, b. May 25, 1793 ; d. Sept. 14, 
 1796. VIIL Henry, b. June 15, 1795; m. ; d. May 23, 1834; r. 
 Shrewsbury, Mass. ; ch. n.u. IX. Louisa, b. July 27, 1797; d. 
 Nov. 2, 1818. X. Mary Anne, b. Sept. 9, 1799 ; d. Oct. 27, 1820. 
 XL Emily, b. Sept. 26, 1802; d. Dec. 7, 1818. 
 
 Second w. of John Snow, Esq., m., Dec. 27, 1826, Caroline Perry, 
 dr. of John P. Ch. : XH. Harriet Louisa, b. Aug. 8, 1830; m. 
 Thomas B. Wait, q. v. XIIL Elbridge, b. March 17, 1835. 
 
 Ezra Snow, son of Samuel S. ; b. in Jaffrey, Aug. 19, 1785; 
 d. at Brattleborough, Feb. 4, 1849; m., Dec. 15, 1807, Mary Rider, 
 b. Aug. 13, 1788, dr. of Moses R. Ch. : 
 
 I. Mary, b. March 3, 1809 ; d. July 4, 1844. II. Dorothy R., 
 b. March 2, 1811; m., 1853, Augustus Berry. III. Edward, b. 
 May 29, 1813. IV. Ezra G., b. Dec. 9, 1815 ; d. Oct. 3, 1839, in 
 the state of Miss., studying medicine with his uncle Mark Snow, 
 who was a practising physician. V. Eliza, b. Aug. 25, 1818. VI. 
 Julia, b. Oct. 5, 1820. VIL Harriet, b. March 22, 1823; m. 
 Aaron B. Grant, who d. at Concord, N. H., Sept. 29, 1850, ae. 33. 
 VHL Emma A., b. July 4, 1825. IX. Francis M., b. March 2, 
 1829; r. Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Jonathan Kilburn Southwick, son of William S. ; came 
 from Mass. ; engaged in manufacturing brown earthen-ware ; m., 
 Jan. 11, 1809, Dorcas Twitchell, b. June 1, 1787, dr. of Gershom 
 T., jun. He d. April 8, 1843, te. 59. She d. at the house of her 
 son-in-law, at Sullivan, 1853. He built, previous to 1820, a brick 
 house on lot 21, range 8. Ch. : 
 
 I. Augustus, d. II. Sarah, m. Nims ; r. Sullivan ; c. III. 
 
 Augustus, ra. Mary II. McCollister, of Marlborough. Ch. : 1. 
 Frederic Augustus. — 2. Jedediah Kilburn. — 3. Silas 
 McCollister. — 4. Sarah Orrtlla. IV. Martha. 
 
ayo REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Phinehas Stanford, came from Sudbury; settled on lot 14, 
 range 10, 1775. His children were b. before he came to Dublin, 
 and the dates of their births, with the exception of one, have not 
 been ascertained ; and we number them by conjecture. Ch. : 
 
 I. Joshua, b. March 27, 1753 ; um. ; and is still living (Dec, 
 1854) with Asa Fisk, whose father was, for many years, the guar- 
 dian of J. S. (See page 267.) II. Caleb, um. ; d. March 10, 
 
 1828, 33. 72. HI. Josiah, r. on lot 15, range 10 ; m. Esther ■ . 
 
 Ch. : 1. Samuel Boyce, b. Feb. 4, 1773. — 2. Mart, b. Aug. 
 19, 1775. — 3. John, b. May 11, 1779. — 4. Persis, b. Jan. 16, 
 1783. — 5. Betsey, b. March 19, 1785.— 6. Alona, b. Oct. 5, 
 1789. 
 
 IV. Phinehas, lived on lot 14, range 10 ; m. Comfort . Ch. : 
 
 1. Lydia, b. Feb. 18, 1774.— 2. Amos, b. June 25, 1776; m. ; 
 ch., r. several years on the farm of Aaron Appleton, lot 11, range 
 8. — 3. Molly, b. Sept. 1, 1778. — 4. Dorcas, re. to Pa. — 
 5. Daniel, b. June 10, 1782 ; d. in Pa. 
 
 V. David, m., Jan. 16, 1786, Levina White ; first settler, lot 22, 
 range 7, sold, before 1793, to Zebulon Norris. Ch. : 1. Levina, 
 b. Jan. 17, 1797.-2. Charlotte, b. Feb. 13, 1789.-3. Lu- 
 CRETiA, b. March 6, 1791. 
 
 Joshua Stanley, b. in "Wilmington, Mass., Feb. 22, 1766 ; m., 
 July 31, 1783, Peggy (Margaret) Johnson, dr. of Simeon J. He 
 d. Feb. 9, 1843. She d. Aug., 1818. Ch. : 
 
 I. William, b. Sept. 4, 1784 ; m. Polly Yeardley, dr. of William 
 Y. ; re. to McDonough, N. Y., with a family of seven ch. One ch., 
 a dr., d. in Dublin, July 15, 1821, ae. 2^. II. Joshua, b. Sept. 4, 
 1786; m. Margaret Lakin, of Hancock; d. July, 1852. Ch. : 1. 
 Elvira, m., Nov. 17, 1836, E. Cook, of Fitzwilliam. — 2. Han- 
 nah L., m., Oct. 19, 1837, James Wilder, of Peterborough : ch. 
 (1) Charles M. — 3. Harriet L., m., Dec. 2, 1841, Benjamin F. 
 Morse, q. v. — 4. Ruth, m. William Fairfield, of Boston. — 5. 
 Sarah. — 6. Wallace J. — A son of Joshua S., named Lemuel 
 Lakin, d. July 1, 1822, se. 12. IIL Betsey, b. Dec. 23, 1788 ; m. 
 Jacob G. Lakin, of Hancock. She d. Aug., 1849 ; and he d. May, 
 1852. IV. Sarah B., b. May 15, 1791 ; m. Moses Lakin, of Han- 
 cock, who d. Oct., 1843. 
 
 V. Simeon, b. Sept. 26, 1793; m., Nov. 9, 1817, Mary Morse, 
 dr. of Ezra Morse ; r. on the homestead ; a blacksmith by trade. 
 Ch.: 1. Nancy, b. May 13, 1818 ; re. to Salt Lake, Utah Ter. — 
 
 2. Joshua, b. June 12, 1821; d. July 16, 1821.-3. Sarah, b. 
 July 5, 1822 ; m., 1843, David Wood, of Hancock: ch. (1) Edwin 
 M., b. Feb. 22, 1846. — 4. George, b. July 7, 1824 ; d. Sept. 6, 
 1826. — 5. Adolphus, b. April 17, 1826.-6. George, b. June 
 11, 1828; d. April 20, 1840.-7. Mary Ann, b. May 27, 1830. 
 — 8. Frederick. — 9. Daphne A., b. Oct. 2, 1838. 
 
 VI. Margaret, b. July 30, 1795 ; m. John Gilchrest, q. v. VII. 
 Charlotte, b. March 10, 1800; m., Aug. 10, 1826, Asa Waghburn, 
 
STEWART. STONE. 397 
 
 of Hancock. VIII. Charles, b. July 16, 1802; m., first, Lucy 
 Winch, who d. May 6, 1842. Ch. : 1. Gracia Ann, ra. Henry 
 P. Snow. — 2. Leonard W., m., Aug. 6, 1849, Julia Ann Wait. — 
 Second w. of C. S. was Betsey Royce, m. Nov. 8, 1842. 
 
 The second w. of Joshua Stanley, sen., was Ruth Sanderson, of 
 Lunenburg, Mass. J. Stanley began laboring in Dublin with an 
 uncle named Stewart, on lot 4, range 3, when he was but seventeen 
 years old. His uncle gave him the farm. They lodged, the first 
 night after their arrival, upon a bed of boughs, under a log that 
 did not touch the ground, its branches holding it up. Their first 
 dwelling was a cave dug out on the side of the hill, and covered 
 with bark. Here they lived together for several years, although 
 there was hardly room for a bed and table. When Mr. Stanley 
 was married, he built a log-house, and afterwards the present 
 dwelling-house. At the time of his death, his descendants were 
 eight children, all living ; fifty -two grandchildren, of whom forty -five 
 were living ; and twenty great-grandchildren, — making eiglity in 
 the whole. But to this number add the husbands and wives of his 
 children and grandchildren, — twenty-three in all, — and it makes 
 one hundred and three persons ; of whom ninety-five were living in 
 February, 1843. 
 
 Henry Stewart, and Sarah his w., came from Amherst, N. H., 
 1779, and settled on lot 16, range 4. Ch. : 
 
 L Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1773. IL Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1776, IIL 
 Polly, b. Nov. 1, 1778. IV. Reney, b. April 1, 1781. V. Henry, 
 b. Jan. 4, 1785 ; d. Feb. 5, 1785. Sarah, w. of H. S., d. Jan. 5, 
 1785. 
 
 Silas Stone, and Elizabeth his w., lived on lot 5, range 5. He 
 was an early settler in Dublin. Silas Stone, jun., and the John 
 Stone mentioned on page 22 of Mr. Mason's Address, are supposed 
 to have been his sons. The births of four ch. are recorded : I. 
 Julia, b. July 25, 1765. IL Jeduthan, b. April 17, 1767. IIL Eli, 
 b. April 28, 1769. IV. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1772. 
 
 John Stone, from Leominster, Mass.; b. 1751 ; d. Nov., 1813 ; 
 settled first in JaflTrey ; re. to Dublin, 1792, and lived on lot 22, 
 range 4; ra., 1779, Lydia Byam, b. Oct. 6, 1760, of Templeton, 
 Mass., d. April 20, 1849. Ch. : 
 
 L Lydia, b. Aug. 10, 1779; m., Sept., 1796, William Rollins, 
 q. v. II. John, b. Nov. 16, 1783; d. Sept. 7, 1851; m. Lucy 
 Colburn, of Langdon, N. H. ; re. to Nelson, 1826. Ch. : 1. Elias, 
 b. Oct. 28, 1807; d. Dec, 1811. — 2. Lucy, b. Sept. 7, 1809; m. 
 Stephen Miller, of Alstead. — 3. John, b. June, 1811 ; d. 1828. — 
 4. Silas, b. Oct. 7, 1813. — 5. David, b. March, 1820. IIL 
 Oliver, b. Dec. 20, 1786; d. Dec, 1841; m. Charlotte Kittridge, 
 of Nelson. 
 
 IV. Samuel, b. June 15, 1790 ; d. Aug. 15, 1832 ; ra. Alona 
 
398 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Morse. Ch. : 1. Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1818. — 2. Leonard, b. 
 Jan. 12, 1826. V. Silas, b. Sept. 12, 1792 ; d. Oct., 1813. VI. 
 Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1794; d. June 13, 1832; m. Calvin Hastings, 
 of Marlborough. VII. Asa, b. March 14, 1796 ; d. Jan., 1803. 
 Vlir. Asenath, b. Oct. 6, 1799 ; m., Dec. 23, 1823, Silas Stone, q. v., 
 son of John S., 2d. IX. Eunice, b. Dec. 28, 1802; d. Dec, 1811. 
 X. Asa, b. Oct., 1807 ; d. Nov., 1811. 
 
 John Stone, 2d (Capt.), from Spencer, Mass.; b. March 7, 
 1765 ; d. April 13, 1849 ; settled in Dublin, 1788, on lot 22, range 
 5 ; m., first, March 12, 1788, Elizabeth Stanley, b. 1769, d. Nov. 4, 
 1813. Ch.: 
 
 I. John, b. Dec, 1788; d. Nov. 29, 1804. II. Polly, b. Nov., 
 1790 ; m. Seth Fisher ; r. to Francestown. III. Betsey, b. Oct., 
 1792; m., Nov., 1811, Jesse Worsley. She d. 1833; r. Marl- 
 borough. IV. Abigail, b. Nov., 1794; m., Jan., 1815, Eobert 
 Hardy; re. to Rutland, N. Y. V. Andrew, b. Oct. 11, 1796; d. 
 1833 ; ra. Hannah Shurtliff, of Watertown, N. Y. VI. Martha, b. 
 Jan. 19, 1798; m. Socrates Fay; re. to Fratningham, Mass. 
 
 VII. Silas, b. Jan. 12, 1800; m., Dec 23, 1823, Asenath Stone, 
 dr. of John S., 1st. Ch. : 1. Edwin, b. Oct. 9, 1826; d. April 24, 
 1837. — 2. Elizabeth S., b. Jan. 22, 1828; d. April 3, 1837,— 
 3. Elmira E., b. Jan. 17, 1830; d. April 8, 1837.-4, L. Jen- 
 nette, b. July 2, 1834, — 5, Elizabeth E,, b. Oct. 21, 1836. 
 VIII. Aaron, b. Feb. 28, 1802; m., June 12, 1828, Mary Ward, 
 dr. of Reuben W. ; re. to Marlborough. IX. Mahala, b. Feb. 20, 
 1804 ; d. Oct., 1804. X. Mahala, b. Aug, 8, 1806 ; ra,, June, 1831, 
 Francis Cooledge ; re. to Framingham. XL Lydia, b. June 4, 
 1808 ; m., April 13, 1830, Benjamin Olcutt, of Keene. She d. 
 1844. Xn. Emeline, b. May 8, 1810; m., June, 1831, Peter 
 Lawson ; r. Lowell. XHI. Louisa, b. Jan. 14, 1812 ; r. Lowell. 
 
 The second w. of John Stone, 2d, was Mrs. Rebecca (Cooledge) 
 Ward, m. Nov. 4, 1816. Ch. : 
 
 XIV. John C, b. Aug. 20, 1819 ; r. Marlborough. XV. Caro- 
 line E., b. Aug. 28, 1821 ; m., Feb. 15, 1849, William J. Logan, 
 of Bellows Falls. XVI. Helen, b. Feb. 24, 1824; r. Bellows 
 Falls. XVII. George H., b. Dec. 21, 1825 ; r. Bellows Falls. 
 
 John Stone, 3d, b. in Swanzey, N. H., Feb. 28, 1819 ; m., Oct. 
 26, 1841, Hannah S. Healy, b. in Winchester, N. H., Nov. 17, 
 1819, dr. of Davis H. They re., Sept., 1842, to Medina, Mich. 
 In the spring of 1845, they re. to Swanzey, and, in Oct. of the 
 same year, re. to Dublin. They live on lot 2, range 1. Ch. : L 
 Ellen Maria, b. at Medina, Sept. 2, 1843. II. Lucy Elizabeth, b. 
 at Medina, Oct. 13, 1844. III. Amelia Delora, b, in Dublin, April 
 13, 1848. IV. Lucy Asenath, b. Oct. 28, 1849. V. Edmund 
 Martin, b. Oct. 20, 1851. 
 
 Henry Strongman, b. about 1716; a weaver by trade; emi- 
 
TAGGAKT. 399 
 
 grated to this country from Dublin, Ireland, about 1736. He r. in 
 Boston for a time, and, it is supposed, m. his first w. there. He 
 afterwards re. to the vicinity of Deerfield, Mass. Ch. : 
 
 I. John, b. May 20, 1739 ; killed by the Indians in the French 
 War, in what was called Eoger's Winter Fight. II. Margaret, b. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1741 ; m. Shiner; r. Charlemont; then re. westward. 
 
 III. AVilliam, b. Sept. 13, 1750; m. Mary Caldwell, of Dublin; re. 
 to North Hero, Grand Isle Co., Vt., where he d. Ch. : 1. Mary, 
 b. March 13, 1774. — 2. Margaret Wassox, b. June 12, 1775. 
 — 3. Jennette Alexander, b. Oct. 29, 1777. 
 
 IV. Richard, b. June 4, 1753; d. Aug. 12, 1791 ; m., Jan. 5, 
 1778, Betty Rix. She d. March 8, 1825, as. 73. Ch.: 1. John, 
 Nov. 6, 1778 ; d. Jan., 1813. — 2. Richard, b. May 8, 1780 ; m., 
 June 30, 1806, Sally Rollins, b. June 30, 1785, dr. of Joseph R. : 
 ch. (1) Adaline, b. Jan. 26, 1808, m. Charles Whitney, r. Charles- 
 town, Mass. ; (2) Mary, b. May 3, 1809, d. Oct. 28, 1809 ; (3) 
 Mary Livingston, b. Oct. 23, 1810, ra., Dec. 26, 1844, Jonathan K. 
 Smith ; (4) Richard Rodney, b. June 27, 1812, m., Aug., 1841, 
 Sarah A. Bagley, r. Manchester, N. H. (5) Joseph Rollins, b. 
 Nov. 14, 1813, d. Oct. 19, 1845, m., April 8, 1841, Mary Caroline 
 Brown : ch. 1. Emogene Brown, b. Dec. 26, 1841 ; 2. Lucy Maria, 
 b. Aug., 1844; (6) Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1816, d. Jan. 23, 1820; (7) 
 Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1823, m.. May 14, 1848, Martin L. New- 
 ton, of Marlborough. — 3. Henry, b. Feb., 1782; d. June, 1840.— 
 4 and 5. Elijah and Elisha, twins, b. March 25, 1786 ; Elisha 
 d. Aug. 15, 1787; Elijah d. Oct. 4, 1804.— 6. Polly, b. Sept. 
 15, 1788 ; m. William Livingston, and went to the West. 
 
 Henry S., sen., for his second w., ra. Jennette Alexander, b. 
 about 1719, and re. to Dublin, being the fifth family in town, and 
 the first that made a permanent residence here. His w. was the 
 sister of John Alexander ; and she kept her brother's house in 
 Dublin several years previous to her marriage, drawing three lots 
 of land in consequence of being the first permanent female resident. 
 She left her brother, and went to the vicinity of Deerfield, where 
 she m. Mr. S., and came back to occupy her land. Henry S. d. 
 March 14, 1786, £b. 70. Jennette S. d. Nov. 20, 1792, st. 73. 
 
 In the year 1800, the several branches of the Strongman or 
 Strongmun Family took the name of Strong, by which they have 
 since been designated. They were so called in conversation before 
 the above date. 
 
 John Taggart (Ensign), b. Feb. 22, 1750, in Roxbury, Mass. ; 
 came to Peterborough, 1752; remained in Peterborough and 
 Sharon till 1797; then re. to Dublin, where he d., Nov. 15, 1832. 
 He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and an Ensign in the army 
 of the Revolution. He m., first, 1774, Anna Emes, who was the 
 mother of all his ch. : 
 
 L Jacob, b. 1777. IL David, b. 1779; d. 1805. 
 
 IIL John, b. 1781 ; m., 1804, Hannah Patterson, of Belfast, Me. 
 
400 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 She d. 1828. He d. Sept. 13, 1835. Ch. : 1. Anna, b. 1805 ; d. 
 1807. — 2. Mart, b. 1807 ; m., first, Feb. 5, 1828, Cicero Eobbe, 
 of Petei-borough, son of Daniel R. He d. 1829. Second h., m., 
 Dec. 22, 1831, Jonathan Holmes; re. to Michigan : ch. (1) Maiy 
 Lane, b. Oct. 15, 1832; (2) John, b. Dec. 4, 1836; (3) Cicero, b. 
 Nov. 13, 1844; (4) Florence E., b. Dec. 15, 1853. — 3. David, b. 
 July 9, 1809; m., Oct. 29, 1835, Sarah Perry, dr. of Benjamin P. : 
 ch. (1) John, b. Jan. 10, 1840; (2) Frederick William, b. Feb. 7, 
 1842 ; (3) Benjamin P., b. Aug. 18, 1843 ; (4) George, b. May 22, 
 1845 ; (5) Harry, b. May 14, 1848 ; (6) Sarah Maria, b. May 17, 
 1850; r. Bronson, Mich. — 4. Emily, b. Oct. 10, 1811 ; m., Jan. 
 24, 1833, James Adams. She d. Aug., 1835. — 5. Frederick 
 William, b. Sept. 28, 1813 ; d. 1839. — 6. Joseph Y., b. July 25, 
 1816 ; m., Feb. 8, 1844, Penelope L. Bosworth, of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 She d. Feb. 9, 1850: ch. (1) Mary Jane, b. March 17, 1845.— 
 7. Jane, b. June 30, 1818 ; m. Jesse Warren, q. v. — 8. Nancy, b. 
 Sept. 19, 1821 ; m., Nov. 24, 1841, David Holmes: ch. (1) Mary, 
 b. Sept. 6, 1842; (2) Samuel, b. Nov. 30, 1844.-9. John Mun- 
 ROK, b. Dec. 15, 1825. 
 
 IV. Sally, b. 1789; m. Joseph Twitchell, jun., q.v.; d. at Mil- 
 ford, N. H., Sept. 25, 1851, at the house of her son-in-law, Dr. S. S. 
 Stickney. 
 
 James Taggart (brother of Ensign John T.), with his w. Eli- 
 zabeth, lived on lot 1, range 3 ; came to Dublin, 1788. Ch. : I. 
 Barbara. II. William. III. Elizabeth. IV. Margaret. V. Re- 
 becca. VI. James. VII. John. VIH. Washington. 
 
 Joseph Thurston, b. in Alstead, N. H. ; m. Betsey Brown, of 
 Sullivan ; a blacksmith by trade, which he pursued in Sullivan till 
 1836, when he bought the Stand of John Sanders, and re. to Dub- 
 lin. He built a new house ; sold, in 1853, to Almerin Gowing, and 
 re. to Keene. Ch. : 
 
 I. Edward, b. 1830 ; d. Nov., 1837. II. Albert Bradley, b. June 
 20, 1837. III. William Henry, b. July 20, 1840 ; d. Oct., 1843. 
 
 David Thurston, and Alice his w. ; r. in the west part of Dub- 
 lin. Ch.: I. Alice, b. Dec. 5, 1794. II. Obed, b. Feb. 3, 1797. 
 HI. Charlotte, b. July 6, 1800. D. T. re. 1801. 
 
 Cornelius Towne, came from Rindge, 1804 or 5 ; b. at 
 Topsfield, Mass., Feb. 13, 1772; m., 1791, Hannah Chaplin, of 
 Rindge. Ch. : 
 
 I. John, b. March 4, 1792 ; r. JaflTrey. II. Rebecca, b. May 2, 
 1794; m. Josiah Wight, q.v. IH. Moses, b. July 21, 1796; m., 
 Dec. 29, 1818, Eliza Pierce; r. Townsend, Mass. IV. Cornelius, 
 b. April 18, 1803 ; m., first. May, 1824, Mary Knowlton, dr. of 
 Deacon John K. She was b. July 2, 1804, and d. May 19, 1836. 
 Ch. : 1. Cornelius K., b. Jan. 30, 1826. — 2. John P., b. Sept. 
 
TOAVNSEND. 401 
 
 I, 1827. — 3. Hannah C, b. Oct. 23, 1831. — 4. MARYE.,b. Aug. 
 
 II, 1833. — 5. Gilbert, b. Jan. 27, 1836. Second w., m., March 
 16, 1837, Hannah Farnum, b. Nov. 22, 1798, dr. of Joshua F. 
 Ch. : 6. Georgk M., b. Jan. 16, 1838.-7. Clara F., b. March 
 
 8, 1839. V. Elijah W., b. Jan. G, 1807. 
 
 David Toavnsend, b. in Lynn, Mass., 1725; d. Oct., 1788; re. 
 to Dublin, with his family, 1779, having purchased his land as early 
 as 1773, and pel-forming labor upon it before he settled. He m. 
 Judith Wiley, dr. of Benjamin Wiley. She was b. 1715, and d. 
 Oct. 5, 1800. Ch.: 
 
 I. Judith, b. Sept. 4, 1749; m., 1772, David Gray Nutting, q. v. 
 She d. 1834. II. Esther, b. Oct., 1750 ; ra., 1770, Aaron Marshall, 
 q. v. She d. Dec, 1806. HI. Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1753 ; m., Aug. 
 
 9, 1773, Benjamin Smith, a soldier of the Revolution. He d. Sept. 
 8, 1826, ss. 74. She d. Dec. 25, 1836. 
 
 IV. David, jun., b. Nov. 13, 1755; m., 1780, Tamesin Wiley, d. 
 April, 1837, se. 80. Second w., m., Nov. 28, 1837, Mrs. Esther 
 Fiske. He d. June 2, 1841. All his ch. by his first w. : 1. Polly 
 (Mary), b. June 24, 1782 ; m., June 2, 1800, Aaron Greenwood, 
 q. v., son of Moses G., sen. — 2. David, jun., 2d, b. Dec. 4, 1783 ; 
 m., June 7, 1807, Dolly Fisher: ch. (1) Alfred, b. July 9, 1808; 
 m., Dec. 4, 1838, Mary Ann Graham, of Peterborough ; r. Clare- 
 raont; (2) Daniel, b. May 19,1810; m., Dec. 31, 1836, Betsey 
 Morse, dr. of Peter M. : ch. 1. uMilan, b. Nov. 18, 1837; 2. Alvin, 
 b. Sept. 14, 1840 ; (3) Elvira, b. Feb. 5, 1812 ; m., Sept. 1, 1831, 
 Aaron Twitchell, son of Joshua T. : ch. 1. Joshua, b. June 3, 1834, 
 d. March 8, 1850 ; 2. Aaron 3L, b. Jan. 8, 1840 ; (4) Mary, b. 
 Jan. 11, 1819, m., Feb. 16, 1837, Bela Morse: ch. 1. Elbridge, 
 b. July 11, 1847, d. March, 1850; 2. Ella, b. Aug. 19, 1852 ; (5) 
 Harriet, b. Jan. 26, 1817, m. Ivers Flint, q,v. ; (6) Lydia, b. Jan. 
 12, 1819, m., Oct. 18, 1842, Joseph Turner, of Peterborough : ch. 
 1. Charles K, b. 1848 ; 2. Emma F., b. Feb., 1850 ; 3. Frank F., 
 b. Feb., 1852 ; (7) Evehne, b. May 5, 1821 ; (8) Tamesin, b. Feb. 
 26, 1824; (9) David, jun., 3d, b. April 23, 1827, m., Dec. 27, 1852, 
 Hannah Lawrence, of Ashby; r. on the homestead; (10) Caroline, 
 b. Nov. 3, 1829, m., March 8, 1849, Rufus W. Piper ; r. Man- 
 chester, N. II. 
 
 3. Jonathan, b. Feb. 19, 1786; m., Dec. 10, 1807, Cynthia 
 Fisher: ch. (1) Charles E., b. Jan. 17, 1810, m.. May 28, 1840, 
 Emeline Ernes, dr. of Alexander E. : ch. 1. Cynthia 31., b. Sept. 24, 
 1844 ; 2. Esther, b. March 27, 1850, d. April 1, 1850 ; (2) Benja- 
 min F., b. June 3, 1812, d. July 25, 1843 ; (3) George W., b. Nov. 
 22, 1814, m., Nov. 25, 1836, Orilla Keblin, of Ashburnham, Mass. 
 She d. Aug. 2, 1844: ch. 1. Emily A., b. June 17, 1840 ; 2. Ellen 
 A., b. May 28, 1843 ; second w., m., 1847, r. Chelsea, Vt. ; (4) 
 Samuel F., b. Oct. 16, 1817, m., July 3, 1847, Mrs. Betsey G. 
 Twitchell, of jNIanchester, N. H. : ch. 1. Franklin M, b. Jan. 29, 
 1851 ; (5) David M., b. Oct. 3, 1820, m. July 11, 1853, Maria H. 
 51 
 
402 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Powers, of Barre, Vt, r. Chelsea, Vt. ; (G) and (7) Almira A. and 
 Emily A., b. Sept. 18, 1824; Emily A. d. Dec. 7, 1828; (8) 
 Emily A., b. April 13, 1830, d. April 27, 1838. — 4. David, b. July 
 13, 1788 ; d. Feb. 2, 1808. — 5. Amos, b. April 7, 1790 ; d. Jan. 12, 
 1849 ; m., June 8, 1821, Betsey Priest, of Hancock. She d. Jan. 
 25, 1854: eh. (1) Mary Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1822 ; (2) Lucy, b. July 
 10, 1824, d. Sept. 10, 1826; (3) Jabez P., b. June 4, 1826; (4) 
 Charles M., b. Sept. 19, 1828; (5) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1833.— 
 6. Anna, b. Dec. 31, 1792 ; m., May 7, 1850, Isaac Remick, of Man- 
 chester, N. H. ; r. Dublin. — 7. Tamesin, b. Dec. 25, 1796; d. 
 March 4, 1809.-8. Aaron, b. 1798; d. Sept. 1799. — 9. Aaron, 
 b. March 17, 1801 ; d. Jan., 1802.— 10. Charles, b. Feb. 18, 
 1803; d. Aug. 2, 1809. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. Dec. 1757; m., 1782, Benjamin Wiley, jun., q. v. 
 She d. 1830. 
 
 Samuel Twitchell (Esq.), son of Joseph T.,* Esq., of Sher- 
 born ; b. Aug. 24, 1840 ; m., 1766, Alice Wilson, dr. of Dr. John 
 W., of Sherborn. She d. Nov. 7, 1805. Second w., m., Nov. 2, 
 1807, the widow of Dr. Young, of Peterborough. He d. April 16, 
 1820. Mary Wilson, widow of Dr. J. W., d. in Dublin, June 12, 
 1774. The character of Samuel Twitchell, Esq., is sufficiently in- 
 dicated in the preceding History. The public offices which he held 
 show him to have been a man in whom his fellow-citizens confided, 
 as an able and faithful manager of their municipal affiiirs. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hannah, b. July 1, 1767 ; d. Aug., 1767. II. Ephraim,b. [?] ; 
 
 * Rev. Abner Morse, of Sherborn, has kindly furnished, from his " MSS. History 
 of the Twitchells, alias Tuchills," a genealogy of that part of the said ftimily to which 
 Samuel T., with his brothers and sisters, belonged. ^Ve insert here an abridgment 
 of Mr. Morse's communication; and we commend the labors of Mr. M. to all who 
 bear the name of Twitchell, or who are of their " kith and kin." 
 
 The forefather of the family was Joseph Twitchell, who was admitted to the free- 
 man's oath. May 14, 1634. He r. in Dorchester in 1653 ; and was probably the father 
 of Joseph, who settled in Sherborn immediately after Philip's War, where he d., Oct. 
 24, 1710. He was a man of irreproachable character; and tradition represents him 
 to have been a Cyclops in stature, and a Hercules in strength. He had four daugh- 
 ters, and a son Joseph who m. Elizabeth Holbrook, whose son Joseph was the father 
 of Samuel, who settled in Dublin. Of this Joseph, Mr. Morse gives the following 
 account: — 
 
 "Joseph (Esq.), b. Feb. 13, 1718-19; m. Deborah Fairbanks, June 28, 1739, dr. 
 of Joseph F., of Sherborn, and with her was received to the church, July 27, 1740. 
 He m., second. Widow Deborah (Sanger) Fasset, Jan. 5, 1786, and d. with the apo- 
 plexy, March 12, 1792. He settled on the east side of Dirty Meadow, on the south 
 side of a steep, rocky hill ; and became the leading citizen of Sherborn for a series of 
 years. He served as Captain of the militia. Representative to the General Court, 
 and Justice of the Peace, and for fourteen years as Town-Clerk and Treasurer. Hig 
 memory is still cherished here by the grandchildren of his cotemporaries." Joseph 
 T., Esq., had fourteen children. For convenience of reference, we give their names 
 in this note : I.Samuel. 2. Joseph. 3. Elizabeth, m. JoelWight. 4. Eleazer. 5. 
 Ezra. 6. Martha, m. Nathan Bixby. 7. Deborah, b. March 26, 1749; d. May 13, 
 1752. 8. Abel. 9. Deborah, b. Dec. 23, 175.2; m., May 5, 1775, Joseph Maynard, 
 of Framingham. 10. Molly (Mary), m. Moses Rider. 11. Amos, baptized Jan. 2, 
 1757; d., um., in the army. 12. Eli, baptized Feb. 25, 1759; m., Sept. 23, 1784, 
 Rhoda Leland; settled in Bethel, Me. 13. Peter, baptized Aug. 30, 1760; m.. May 
 8, 1783, Sarah BuUard, who d. Sept. 20, 1791; second wife, Amy Perry, m. Jan. 10, 
 1793; r. Bethel, Me. 14. Julia, b. March 18, 1766; m. Wm. Tucker, of Framingham. 
 
TWITCHELL. 403 
 
 d. Aug. 7, 1768. III. Sarah, b. Feb. 18, and d. Feb. 21, 1770. 
 IV. Polly (Mary), b. Jan. 23, 1771; m. Samuel Fisk, q. v. V. 
 Betsey, b. April 18, 1773 ; d. Jan. 20, 1853 ; ra. Dr. David Carter. 
 Ch. : 1. Eliza, b. March 5, 1792; r. Keene. VI. Samuel, b. June 
 13, 1775; d. Sept. 1, 1777. VII. Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1777; d. 
 April 8, 1784. 
 
 VIII. Amos (Dr.), b. April 11, 1781 ; d. May 26, 1850. In the 
 Memoir of Amos Tvvitchell, by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, the day of 
 his birth is stated to have been April 14; but the town-clerk's 
 record has it April 11. It is said, also, that he was the seventh of 
 nine children ; but the register furnished for this publication makes 
 him the eighth of ten children. These are unimportant points. 
 The Memoir is a valuable one ; and it should be read by the young 
 as an encouragement to persevering industry under limited oppor- 
 tunities for literary acquisitions. Dr. Tvvitchell is said to have 
 been fond of books when he was only six years of age. As he grew 
 older, his love of reading increased ; and he read, with deep interest, 
 history, voyages, and travels. Books were scarce in his youthful 
 days ; but he read thoroughly such as he could obtain. In conse- 
 quence of his love of reading and his studious habits, he was sent 
 to New Ipswich Academy, of which, at that time, Rev. Samuel 
 Worcester was Preceptor, and where he remained seven or eight 
 months. He was afterwards instructed by Rev. Mr. Palmer, of 
 Townsend. He entered Dartmouth College, 1798, at the age of 
 seventeen, and graduated 1802, delivering, at the time of his gra- 
 duation, an oration in Greek. During the winters of his collegiate 
 course, he taught district schools. He studied medicine under the 
 direction of Dr. Nathan Smith, Professor at the Medical School in 
 Hanover; and commenced practice, 1807, in Marlborough, N. H. 
 He removed to Keene, 1810. In 1819, he was offered a Professor- 
 ship at Dartmouth; in 1824, at the Vermont Academy of Medicine; 
 in 1826, at Castleton ; and, in 1826, at Bowdoin College, each of 
 which offers he declined. He was an earnest advocate of the cause 
 of temperance, and strongly opposed to the use of tobacco in any 
 form. From its incorporation, in 1833, to the close of his life. Dr. 
 T. was President of the Cheshire Provident Institution for Savings. 
 He m., 1815, Betsey Goodhue, dr. of Dr.Josiah G., of Chester, Vt. 
 She d. 1848, c. Dr. Bowditch says, " She was a model of a physi- 
 cian's wife, in the care and many kindnesses with which she mini- 
 stered to those who called to consult him," her husband. 
 
 IX. Timothy, b. Jan. 2S, 1783; m. Susan Watson, dr. of Daniel 
 W., of Keene. Ch. : 1. Henry, b. in Keene, Sept. 2, 1815; r. 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. — 2. Mary, b. in Petersburg, Va., Aug. 14, 1818. 
 — 3. George Brooks, b. in Petersburg, Va., Sept. 20, 1820; 
 
 physician and surgeon, Keene ; m. Thayer, dr. of G. F. 
 
 Thayer, of Boston. — 4. Charles Watson, b. in Pensacola, Fla., 
 Sept. 17, 1823 ; d. Aug. 24, 1847, at Memphis, Tenn. — 5. Laura 
 Anna, b. in Pensacola, May 6, 1826 ; d. Oct. 3, 1826. — 6. Edward, 
 b. in Arcadia, Fla., Nov. 8, 1828 ; now in CaUfornia. 
 
404 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 X. Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1785; d. Aug. 12, 1820; m. Abigail 
 Bailey, and had two daughters. Second h., Samuel Patrick, of 
 JafFrey. She, and her two daughters by S. Twitchell, are dead. 
 
 Joseph Twitchell (second son of Joseph, of Sherborn), b. Nov. 
 27, 1741 ; m., Nov. 13, 1766, Marcy Holbrook ; settled on lot 9, 
 range 3. Ch. : 
 
 I. Joseph, b. Nov. 24, 1767 ; d. 1767. II. Jonathan, b. June 27, 
 1769 ; d. Dec. 6, 1773. III. Marcy, b. June 4, 1772 ; d. Sept. 8, 1777. 
 lY. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1774 ; d. Aug. 3, 1777. V. Lois, b. Jan. 6, 
 1777; m. Samuel Derby, q. v. VI. Marcy, b. Feb. 9, 1779; m. 
 John Snow, jun., q. v. YII. Joseph, b. June 25, 1781; m. Sally 
 Taggart, dr. of Ensign John T. Ch. : 1. Sarah Anne, m. Dr. 
 S. S. Stickney ; r. first in Dublin, now in Milford, N. H. ; ch. n. u. 
 — 2. Alfred, m. ; r. first in Boston, now in Milford, N.H. ; ch. n. u. 
 VIII. Persis, b. May 4, 1784; m. Daniel Twitchel, q.v., son of 
 GersJiora T., jun. IX. Reuben, b. May 17, 1786 ; m. Sally Wilder, 
 dr. of Col. Abel W. Ch. : 1. Orlando, b. Feb. 6, 1808 ; d. at the 
 West. — 2. Reuben Wilder, b. Sept. 17, 1810; m., Sept., 1834, 
 Hannah P. Wight, who d. May 3, 1847. Ch. n. u. 
 
 Eleazer Twitchell (third son and fourth ch. of Joseph of S.), 
 b. Jan. 22, 1744-5; m., April 4, 1768, Martha Mason, dr. of Moses 
 M., sen. Ch. : I. Deborah, b. Feb. 1, 1772 ; first settled in Dublin 
 on the " Yeardly Place," then on the " Scripture Place," in Nelson ; 
 re. to Bethel, Me. After his removal to Bethel, he was taken cap- 
 tive by the Indians, at the house of one of his neighbors, — a Capt. 
 Clark, — on an afternoon when he happened to be there. Quite a 
 number of Indians came suddenly upon the house, entered it, took 
 Clark and Twitchell captive, bound their hands behind them, set 
 one of their number as a guard, while the rest went into the cellar 
 to regale themselves at a barrel of rum. Having partaken very 
 freely, they called to the guard to come and take his turn. Mr. 
 Twitchell, in anticipation of what might happen, had prepared him- 
 self for escape ; and, the moment the guard left him, sprang out of 
 the house, ran a short distance, jumped over a brush-fence, and 
 curled down. In a moment after, he heard them give the alarm 
 that Mr. Twitchell was gone. They ran to the woods in search 
 of him ; mistaking the noise of some cattle in the brush for their 
 captive. He embraced the opportunity to run into an adjacent 
 corn-field, and there secreted himself for the night, and, in the 
 morning, found, but a few rods from himself, Mrs. Clark, who on 
 the approach of the Indians to the house had fled there for safety, 
 neither having been aware that the other was near, or even in the 
 corn-field. Capt. Clark was carried off to Canada. Jonas Clark, 
 of Dublin, while in Canada, became acquainted with the Indian 
 who took him, and received from him an account of the adventure. 
 
 Ezra Twitchell (fourth son and fifth ch. of Joseph, of S.), b. 
 June 23, 1746; m. Susanna Rice, of Framingham ; settled in Dub- 
 
TWITCHELL. 405 
 
 Hn, on lot 12, range 6, on the place where Cyrus Mason now lives; 
 re. to Bethel, Me. Ch. : 
 
 T. Susanna, b. Nov. 9, 17G8; d. at Framingham, Dec. 19, 177G. 
 
 II. Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1770; d. at Frainingliam, Dec. 18, 1776. 
 
 III. Calvin, b. Nov. 2, 1772; d. IV. Calvin, b. June 4, 1773; d. 
 at Framingham, Dec. 18, 1776. V. Cyntliia, d. at Framingham, 
 Dec. 18, 1776. VI. Susanna, b.Nov. 2, 1777. VII. Ezra,b. Nov, 
 24, 1781. VIII. Eli, b. July 26, 1785. 
 
 Abel Twitciiell (fifth son and eighth ch. of Joseph, of S.), b. 
 May 28, 1751 ; m., lirst, Sarah Adams, dr. of Joseph A.; settled in 
 Dublin, on the Capt. Joseph Hay ward Place. His house was where 
 the old cuny-shop stood ; re. to Sherborn, and entered the army ; 
 returned to Dublin, and settled on his place at Ilarrisville, where 
 he d. March 8, 1837. The second w. of Abel T. was EHzabeth 
 Clark, sister of Jonas C. She d. Jan. 13, 1846. All the ch. of 
 Abel T. by first wife : 
 
 I. Sally, b. at Dublin, April 9, 1775; m., first, Aug. 8, 1793, 
 Stephen Beard, of Nelson, who d. July, 1802, of hydrophobia, 
 having been bitten by a mad dog. Ch. : 1. Stephen, d. in infancy. 
 
 — 2. Betsey, d. in infancy. — 3. Stephen, r. New Haven, Conn. 
 
 — 4. Lyman, d. — 5. Eliza, d. Second h., Samuel Messenger, of 
 Stoddard, d. 1824. Ch. : 6. Sarah Ann, d. 
 
 II, Deborah, b. at Sherborn, Aug. 14, 1776; m., Jan. 1, 1794, 
 Bethuel Hai'ris, of Nelson. 
 
 in. Cyrus, b. March 13, 1778 ; m., 1800, Eunice Belknap ; J. P. ; 
 r. Milan, N. H. Ch. : 1. Ransom, J. P. ; Rep. — 2. Oilman. — 
 3. Sullivan, r, Philadelphia ; purchased Charles Whittemore's 
 beer establishment, and carries on the business, — 4, Cykus. — 5. 
 Hannah Adams. — 6. Clayton, J. P. One son drowned while 
 a boy. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1780; m. Jonas Clark, q.v. (Page 323, 
 fifth line from top, read Mary instead of Sarah.) 
 
 V. Peter, b. July 10, 1781 ; m., first, Dec. 22, 1803, Hannah 
 Belknap, dr. of Nathaniel B. ; r. Middlebury, Vt., Vergennes, Vt., 
 and d. at Saratoga, N.Y. Ch. : 1. and 2. Twins, n.u.; manufac- 
 turers in the north part of Vermont ; both d. of consumption. — 
 Five ch. now living; two of them daughters, Louisa and Pame- 
 LiA ; names of the others unknown. Name of second w. not known. 
 
 VI. Abel, b. July 13, 1783 ; m. Abigail Greenwood, dr. of Joshua 
 Greenwood, 2d; lived on the homestead; d. July 15, 1834. She 
 d. 1854. Ch.: 1. Elvira, b. April 25, 1809; d. May 18, 1845; 
 um. — 2. Elbertson, b. Feb. 23, 1811; d. — 3. Charles Man- 
 SEL Adams, b. Feb. 22, 1819 ; m., Oct., 1844, Eliza Fay BHss, of 
 Boston, dr. of Levi and Harriet B. : ch. (1) Linette Frances, b. 
 Dec. 15, 1849; (2) Charles Edwin, b. Sept. 25, 1852; r. East 
 Boston. 
 
 VII. Betsey, b. Oct. 18, 1784 ; d. July 29, 1795. VIH. Timothy 
 Adams, b. May 29, 1792 ; d. Feb., 1816. 
 
406 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Gershom Twitchell, from Sherborn ; settled on lot 12, range 
 7 ; first w, d. before or soon after he re. to Dublin ; m. second 
 w. in Dublin, Oct. 2, 1779, Priscilla Holt. His ch., so far as we 
 have ascertained, were as stated below. No record of their births 
 has been obtained ; and our arrangement is, with two exceptions, 
 conjectural. 
 
 I. Gershom, b. Sept. 12, 1748 ; m., Sept. 12, 1771, Prudence 
 Adams, dr. of Joseph A. ; settled on lot 13, range 9. Ch. : 1. 
 Luther, b. Sept. 18, 1773. — 2. Hannah, b. May 20, 1775; m., 
 first, Zenas Gibbs ; second, James Burns, q. v. — 3. Prudence, b. 
 April 19, 1777; d. — 4. Josiah, b. March 14, 1779. — 5. Daniel, 
 b. Feb. 22, 1781; d. Oct. 13, 1844; m. Persis Twitchell, b. May 
 4, 1784, d. May 4, 1851: ch. (1) Adaline, b. May 30, 1807, m., 
 June 12, 1827, John Brooks : ch. 1. Fidelia M., m. Joseph Upton: 
 [1] one child; 2. George W.; 3. Mary E.; (2) Almia, b. July 15, 
 1808, m., July, 1854, John P. Barber, of Winchendon, Mass. ; (3) 
 Darius, b. June 25, 1810, d. Jan. 24, 1824 ; (4) Persis Alraira, b. 
 May 9, 1812, m., April 21, 1846, Marshall V. Fisk, of Columbus, 
 O., grandson of Alexander Emes, she d. in Dublin : ch. 1. E. Fitz- 
 roy, d. ; (5) Franklin, b. June 25, 1814, m. Orinda Bowers, dr. of 
 Jonathan S. and Elizabeth N. B., of Peterborough, r. Nashua : ch. 
 
 1. George Franklin, b. in Lowell, Sept. 7, 1840, d. in Chicopee, 
 Mass., Aug. 23, 1842 ; 2. Ferdinand Le Roy, b. in Chicopee, Nov. 
 8, 1843; 3. Frank Alonzo, b. in Chicopee, Oct. 31, 1845, d. July 
 31, 1849; 4. Sarah Fdnah, b. in Chicopee, Aug. 21, 1850; (G) 
 Joseph, b. April 30, 1816, d. Oct. 5, 1816; (7) Horace, b. Oct. 15, 
 1817, d. in Meredith, N. H., Oct. 19, 1844, m., in Chicopee, Betsey 
 G. Bartlett : ch. 1. Helen Elizabeth ; (8) Laura Ann, b. Dec. 4, 
 1819, d. Dec. 25, 1834; (9) George, b. Aug. 7, 1823, d. Aug. 17, 
 1825. — 6. Prudence, b. June 10, 1783; m., Sept. 15, 1805, John 
 Minot : ch. (1) Mary, m. Asa Greenwood, q. v. — 7. Mart, b. 
 April 22, 1785; m. Eli Hamilton, q. v. — 8. Dorcas, b. June 1, 
 1787; m. Jonathan K. Southwick, q. v. — 9. Gershom, b. April 
 10, 1789 ; m. ; ch., n.u. — 10. John, b. April 20, 1792 ; m. 
 
 IL Sarah, b. 1750 ; d. Jan. 7, 1832 ; m. William Yeardly, q. v. 
 in. Stephen, m.. May 27, 1779, Lucy Norcross, dr. of Asa N. ; 
 lived on lot 12, range 9. Ch. : 1. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1780. — 
 
 2. Sarah, b. July 8, 1781. — 3. Julia, b. Oct. 6, 1782. — 4. 
 Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1794. IV. Comfort, m. Elisha Adams, q. v. 
 V. Hannah, m. Joshua Gi'eenwood, 1st, q. v. VI. Isaac, m., July 
 16, 1795, Lydia Swallow. He lived on lot 17, range 4 ; d. Oct. 
 SI, 1831, 05. 64. She d. July 31, ic. 81. 
 
 Abijah Twitchell, and his w. Lydia, r., first, lot 7, range 9, 
 and, last, on lot 8, range 7, having exchanged farms with his brother 
 Ebenezer T. His name appears first in the tax-list, 1774. He d. 
 July 11, 1777. Ch.: 
 
 I. Thaddeus, m. Nancy ; lived on lot 6, range 9. He d. 
 
 July 28, 1841, ;». 68. Ch. : 1. Abijah, b. Feb. 3, 1797 ; d. Aug. 13, 
 
TWITCHELL. 407 
 
 1825 ; m. Miranda Battle, of Dover, Mass. : ch. (1) Harvey, d. 
 July 8, 1825. — 2. Hannah, b. April 5, 1799 ; d. July 24, 1823. 
 — 3. Mary, b. July 6, 1801 ; d. June 3, 182G. — 4. Nancy, b. 
 Aug. 20, 1803 ; d. Dec. 2, 1824. — 5. Mira, b. July 31, 1806 ; d. 
 Jan. 29, 1825. — 6. Lucy, b. Sept. 1, 1808 ; d. Feb. 6, 1830. — 7. 
 Dorcas, d. Nov. 18, 1839, je. 23. The foregoing seven ch. of 
 Thaddeus and Nancy T. all d. of consumption. The widow, Nancy 
 T., r. in Dover, Mass. 
 
 II. Dorcas, b. Oct. 5, 1774; m. John Twitchell, son of Ebenezer 
 T., q.v. III. Lydia, b. March 2, 1776 ; d; Aug. 19, 1777. 
 
 Ebenezer Twitchell, brother of Abijah ; b. Aug. 27, 1745 ; 
 d. Oct. 6, 1824; m., 1st, Waitstill Greenwood, dr. of William G. 
 She d. June 11, 1788, a;. 43. They lived first on lot 8, range 7, 
 which he exchanged for lot 7, range 9. Ch. : 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1768 ; m. Isaac Appleton, q.v. 
 
 II. John, b. June 2, 1770 ; m., first, Dorcas Twitchell, dr. of 
 Abijah T. He d. Aug. 19, 1825. Ch. : 1. John, b. Aug. 20, 
 1798; d. Oct, 10, 1798.— 2. Oilman, b. July 28, 1800; d. Oct. 
 19, 1800. — 3. Matilda Goulding, b. July 28, 1801 ; d. in 
 Peterborough, 1841. — 4. Sylvia, b. March 23, 1803; urn. — 5. 
 Leander, b. Nov. 16, 1804; d. Oct. 20, 1805.-6. Emily, b. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1806 ; d. Oct. 31, 1807. Second w,, Susan . Ch. : 
 
 7. Marian, b. Nov. 24, 1818. — Two other drs , n.u. 
 
 III. Eli, b. Oct. 29, 1772 ; m., 1797, Anne Warren, b. Feb. 13, 
 1778, dr. of Daniel W. Ch., n. u. 
 
 IV. Daniel, b. April 3, 1775; m. Polly ; re. to Vt., and 
 
 back to Dublin. She d. 1841. He d. in Peterborough. Ch. : 1. 
 Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1808. — 2. Emeline, m. — 3. Mira, d. Jan. 
 30, 1848. — 4. Asa, m. ; r. Lyndeborough. V. Lydia, b. April 2, 
 1781 ; d. at the West. VI. Meriam, b. April 7, 1783 ; r. Shafts- 
 bury, Vt. VIL Waitstill, b. Jan. 21, 1786; m. fiist, March 13, 
 1806, Aaron Brooks. Ch. : 1. John, m. Harriet E. Crombie, dr. 
 of John C. : ch. (1) Anstis. Second h., Jacob Spaulding, of 
 Sullivan. VIIL Julia, b. May 28, 1788 ; m. Barzillai Paul ; r. 
 Richland, N. Y. 
 
 Second w. of Ebenezer T., Emma Pratt, b. Dec. 10, 1765. Ch. : 
 IX. Calvin, b. July 24, 1800 ; d. July 9, 1852 ; m., Sept. 7, 1843, 
 Arvilla Crossfield, of Eoxbury, N. H. Ch. 1. Julia M., b. March 
 9, 1844.-2. Luther Edwin, b. March 9, 1846. X. Luther, b. 
 Feb. 2, 1805 ; m., and r. at Salt Lake City, Utah Ter. 
 
 Joshua Twitchell, brother of Abijah and Ebenezer T. ; b. at 
 Sherborn, Mass., March 4, 1753 ; m. Sarah Cozzins, of Ilolliston, 
 b. Aug. 12, 1757 ; settled on lot 11, range 9. He d. Aug. 16, 1829. 
 She d. March 31, 1840. Ch. : 
 
 L Abijah, b. April 10, 1778 ; re. to the State of Me. IL Sally, 
 b. March 21, 1780 ; r. Vt. III. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1782 ; r. 
 State of Me. IV. Ebenezer, b. July 7, 1784 ; r. Me. 
 
 V. Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1786 ; d. Nov. 29, 1853 ; settled on lot 
 
408 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 9, range 8, Dec, 1814 ; ra., Dec. 22, 1814, Hannah Greenwood, b. 
 July 1, 1791, dr. of Joshua G., 1st. Ch. : 1. Rufus, b. Oct. 11, 
 1815; d. May 17, 1816. — 2. Horace, b. Nov. 21, 1816; m., 
 June, 1852, J. A. Adams, of Franklin, Mass.; r. Med way, Mass. 
 
 — 3. Julia Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1819; d. Oct. 6, 1820. — 4. Joseph 
 Elliot, who has taken the name of Elliot T., b. Aug. 5, 1821, 
 
 — 5. Rufus, b. Dec. 31, 1822 ; d. Jan. 23, 1825. — 6. Lewis, 
 who has taken the name of Leavis Powhatan Randolph, b. 
 Dec. 16, 1824. — 7. Sarah Ann, b. Aug. 23, 1827; m., March, 
 1850, Emmons M. Hardy, of Franklin, Mass. ; r. South Boston ; 
 she d. in Dublin, 1854. — 8. Sidney, b. Sept. 15, 1831. — 9. 
 Emma Matilda, b. Jan. 11, 1834. 
 
 VI. Timothy, b. March 23, 1789 ; m. ; r. on lot 14, range 3 ; re. 
 to Sherborn, 1822. VII. Martha, b. March 28, 1791 ; d. Aug. 21, 
 1852. VIII. Betsey, b. June 12, 1793 ; urn. IX. Asa, b. Oct. 
 12, 1795; d. at Troy, N. Y., or Albany, N. Y. X. Hannah, b. 
 March 27, 1798 ; m., Jan. 20, 1825, James Crombie Cliadwick, of 
 Rindge; d. XI. Moses, b. June 12, 1800; um. ; r. the homestead. 
 XII. Aaron, b. April 27, 1803 ; m., Sept. 1, 1831, Elvira Town- 
 send, dr. of David T., jun., 2d ; r. Pa. Ch. : 1. Joshua, b. June 
 3, 1834 ; d. March 8, 1850. — 2. Aaron M., b. Jan. 8, 1840. 
 
 Samuel Twitchell, 3d, b. Aug. 1, 1801 ; d. Feb. 1, 1841 ; m., 
 Oct. 19, 1824, Betsey Gowing, dr. of James G. Ch. : 
 
 I. Fidelia, b. July 15, 1825; m. Henry Taggart ; r. Peter- 
 borough. II. Sabrina, b. May 16, 1827; m. Ira SpafFord, jun.; r. 
 Peterborough. III. Miranda, d. IV. Charles, d. V. El'izabeth, 
 
 b. Feb. 17, 1837 ; m. Smith ; r. New Ipswich. VI. Mariette, 
 
 b. March 16, 1839. 
 
 James Upton, m., July 24, 1788, Mary Whitney, and lived on 
 lot 20, range 4. Ch. : I. Susanna, b. Jan. 22, 1789. II. James, b. 
 
 April 16, 1792. Second w., Rebecca . Ch. : III. Rebecca, 
 
 b. May 14, 1794. 
 
 William Upton, m., July 2, 1789, Mary Morse; lived on lot 
 
 20, range 4. Ch. : I. William, b. Aug. 25, 1790. II. Patty, b. 
 
 July 2, 1794. III. Daniel, b. Dec. 4, 1796. IV. Pearly, b. Aug. 
 14, 1799. V. Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1801. 
 
 Nehemiah Upton, from Mount Vernon, N. H. ; b. 1780; set- 
 tled on lot 1, range 4, 1806 ; m., first, Mehitabel Broad, b. Feb. 19, 
 1784, dr. of Seth B. She d. March 7, 1833. Ch. : 
 
 I. Nancy, b. Jan., 1803 ; d. Feb., 1803. 11. Alson, b, March, 
 1805 ; d. May, 1846; m., first, 1830, Lucy Morse, dr. of Bela M., 
 d. Dec. 28, 1834; second w., m. 1837, Sarah Scott, of Stoddard. 
 III. Seth, b. Sept., 1807 ; d. May 28, 1830. IV. Amoret, b. June, 
 1810 ; ra., Sept. 20, 1831, Luther Wilson, of Stoddard. V. Mehita- 
 bel, b. March, 1813 ; m., 1836, Rodney Wilson, of Stoddard. VL 
 
WAIT. WAKEFIELD. 409 
 
 Nehemiah, b. March, 1815 ; m., 1841, Fanny Wilson, of Royal- 
 ston, Mass. VII. George W., b. Sept., 1817 ; m., 1842, IMargaret 
 McMahone, of Cleaveland, O. VIII. Samuel D., b. March, 1821 ; 
 m., 1845, Lydia Ball, of Royalston, Mass. IX. Nancy E., b. Jan., 
 1824 ; d. April, 1838. X. Edward E., b. Nov., 1826 ; m., 1853, 
 Mrs. Sarah Upton, of Stoddard. 
 
 Second w. of N. Upton, sen., m. Sept., 1833, Mrs. Mary G. 
 Brown, dr. of Phinehas Gleason. Ch. : XL John A., b. June, 
 1834. XII. Charles, b. Jan., 1837. 
 
 JosiAH Wait, from Framingham ; m. Molly (Slary) Adams, 
 dr. of Joseph A., and settled on lot 3, range 4. He d. in the army 
 during the war of the Revolution. Ch. : 
 
 I. Josiah, b. March 30, 1774 ; d. Aug. 25, 1850 ; m., May 17, 
 1797, Nancy Gilchrest, dr. of Richard G. Ch. : 1. Benjamin 
 Franklin, b. in a log-house on lot 3, range 4, Jan. 21, 1790 ; m., 
 Dec. 30, 1824, Paulina Knowlton, dr. of Elisha K. ; she was b. 
 Feb. 19, 1806 : ch. (1) Thomas Barge, b. Aug. 1, 1825, m., April 
 2, 1850, Harriet L. Snow, b. Aug. 8, 1850, dr. of John Snow, Esq. : 
 ch. 1. John Elhridge, b. Dec. 18, 1850 ; 2. George Albert, b. Aug. 
 9, 1852 ; 3. Andretv J., b. Nov. 10, 1853. — 2. Thomas Jeffer- 
 son, b. July 14, 1801. — 3. Mart, b. Dec. 24, 1803; d. Feb. 16, 
 1806. — 4. Addison Gilchrest, b. July 11, 1806; d. Dec. 1, 
 1838, in Mobile, Ala. — 5. James Sullivan, b. Dec. 13, 1808. — 
 6. George Washington, b. July 12, 1811 ; d. Sept. 1, 1839, in 
 Mobile, Ala. — 7. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1813; m., 1836, John 
 Cummings, of Hancock. — 8. Ellen, b. Aug. 27, 1816 ; m. Rich- 
 ard Goodell, of Troy, N. Y. ; d. Jan. 26, 1843. — 9. Andrew 
 Jackson, b. Jan. 9, 1819 ; m. Lucinda Ingalls, of Bristol, N. H. 
 
 Thomas Wakefield, b. in Reading, Mass., Jan. 12, 1751 ; m., 
 1772, Elizabeth Hardy, of Hollis, b. 1750; lived in Amherst, 
 N. H., seven years ; settled in Dubhn, 1778, on lot 21, range 5 ; 
 re. to Jaffrey, 1804 ; d. Jan., 1839. She d. 1832. Ch. : 
 
 I. Thomas, b. Aug., 1773; m., 1805, Olive Hart, of Castine, 
 Me. ; re. to Paris, N. Y., where he now r. II. Othniel, b. April 
 25, 1775; d. Sept. 5, 1800, in Seneca, N.Y. III. Betsey, b. 
 March, 1777 ; m., Oct., 1802, Timothy Wakefield, jun., of Reading, 
 Mass., where she r., and d. Nov., 1848. IV. Cyrus, b. Sept. 16, 
 1779 ; m., Jan., 1803, Sally Mason ; d. Oct. 5, 1810. V. James, 
 b. Sept. 9, 1782; m., Oct. 11, 1803, Hannah Hemenway; re. to 
 Roxbury, N.II. VI. Abigail, b. June 3, 1784; m., Jan., 1807, 
 Rev. Amos Petingal ; re. to Champlain, N. Y. ; d. March, 1810. 
 VII. Peter, b. April 16, 1786; m., Nov., 1809, Esther Whitcomb ; 
 re. to the State of N. Y., where he now r. VIII. Martha, b. April 
 11, 1788; m., 1810, Rev. Peter Sanborn, of Reading, Mass.; d. 
 1849. IX. Dorcas, b. March 11, 1790; re. to Rutland, N.Y.; 
 m., 1817, Horace Rudd ; re. to the State of 0., where she now r. 
 
410 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 X. Joseph, b. July 7, 1792 ; re. to Rutland, N. Y. ; m., 1813, Sarah 
 Sawyer ; r. to Ohio ; and d. 1828. 
 
 Ebenezer B. Wallingsford, b. in Hollis, N. H., Oct. 5, 1780 ; 
 re. to Dublin, June, 1801 ; m., Oct. 20, 1803, Mary Hildreth, dr. of 
 the w. of Timothy Warren, by her first h. ; her sister m. Alexander 
 Eobbe, of Peterborough. The children of E. B. W. were : 
 
 I. Elvira, b. Aug. 4, 1804. II. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1806. III. 
 George, b. July 17, 1808. IV. Sarah M., b. May 27, 1810. V. 
 Philander, b. June 6, 1812. Yl. Elizabeth L., b. Sept. 8, 1814; 
 d. May 5, 1836. VII. Fanny, b. Sept. 23, 1816; d. Aug, 14, 1848. 
 VIII. Catharine, b. Feb. 1, 1819. E. B. W. re., 1812, to Rox- 
 bury, N. H. ; present residence, Claremont, N. H. 
 
 Benjamin Wallingsford (brother of E. B. W.), b. in Hollis ; 
 blacksmith; re. to Dublin, with Hannah his w., 1810; lived on lot 
 20, range 9. Ch. : I. Eliza Ann, b. June 17, 1809. II. Dianna, 
 b. Aug. 27, 1811. III. Benjamin Franklin, b. April 3, 1813; 
 taken sick, while learning the trade of a printer, and d. May 12, 
 1834. IV. Rufus Needham, b. March 15, 1817. 
 
 Samuel Ward, and Hannah his w., lived on lot 8, range 4 ; 
 left before 1793. Ch. : I. Thaddeus, b. Oct. 25, 1779. 11. Samuel, 
 b. July 17, 1781. III. Catharine, b. June 28, 1783. IV. Hannah, 
 b. Aug. 11, 1785. V. Josiah, b. Sept. 6, 1787. VI. Nathaniel, b. 
 March 18, 1790. 
 
 Daniel Warren, b. in Westborough, Mass., 1752 ; d. Jan. 13, 
 1833 ; a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill ; m. Abigail Drury, of 
 Shrewsbury, Mass., b. 1751, d. April 13, 1840 ; re. to Peterborough, 
 1777 ; to Dublin, 1782, and settled on lot 2, range 9. Ch. : 
 
 I. Anne, b. Feb. 13, 1778; m., 1797, Eli Twitchell, son of 
 Ebenezer T. ; r. Unity, N. H. II. Moses, b. Dec. 4, 1779 ; d. at 
 Troy,N.Y. Ch.: 1. James. — 2. Mary. ^3. Moses. — 4. Henry. 
 — 5. Daniel. — 6. John. — 7. Jane. — 8. Martha. — 9. Isaac. 
 III. Abigail, b. April 7, 1782 ; d. Oct. 7, 1844 ; urn. IV. Daniel, 
 b. Nov. 2, 1784; attorney -at-law ; d., about 1818, in the city of 
 New York. 
 
 V. John, b. Jan. 18, 1787 ; m., Jan., 1808, Mary Gilchrest. Ch. : 
 1. Mary, b. April 1, 1809; m., Sept. 22, 1839, Albert Dwelle; r. 
 Albany, N. Y. ; r. now St. Louis, Mo. : ch. (1) Charles ; (2) 
 George; (3) Mary; (4) Alice. — 2. Sarah A., b. Nov. 19, 1810; 
 m., Oct. 8, 1835, Luke Turner, of Peterborough: ch. (1) Albert 
 D. — 3. Hannah A., b. June 13, 1812; m., March 31, 1835, 
 Richard Emerson, of Hancock: ch. (1) Frances L. — 4. Jesse, b. 
 Nov. 27, 1813; m., April 4, 1843, Jane Taggart, dr. of John T., 
 jun. ; r. on the homestead: ch. (1) John F., b. July 10, 1846; (2) 
 Fanny Maria, b. Feb. 8, 1850.-5. Charles, b. March 12,1815; 
 d. March 12, 1815.-6. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1816; m.. May 
 
WHEELER. WHITE. 411 
 
 9, 1837, Daniel G. Jones, q. v. — 7. Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1818; in., 
 May 2, 1839, Joseph Morse, q. v. — 8. Lovisa, b. April 2, 1820; 
 m., May 3, 1842, John E. Washburn, of Hancock ; r. Manchester, 
 N. H. : ch. (1) Henry; (2) Mary; (3) Melissent. — 9. Nancy, b. 
 Aug. 19, 1823; m.. May 3, 1846, Stephen Robbe, of Peterborough : 
 ch. (1) William; (2) n. u. — 10 and 11. Charles and Caroline, 
 twins, b. April 20, 1825. Charles m. Eunice E. White, of Penn- 
 sylvania; r. New York city. Caroline m., Nov. 9, 1848, Levi 
 Stevens; r. Amherst, N. II. : ch. (1) George; (2) James Edward. 
 The w. of John W. d. Feb. 11, 1849. 
 
 VI. Jonathan, b. April 15, 1789; m., Feb. 16, 1813, Mary Ap- 
 pleton, dr. of Deacon Francis A. Ch. : 1. Abigail M., b. Oct. 12, 
 1813; m. Edwin Steele, of Peterborough ; ch. n. u. — 2. Moses, b. 
 1815; d. at the West. — 3. Daniel A., b. Oct. 20, 1817 ; m.; r. 
 New Egypt, N.J. ; a physician. VII. Jesse, b. Oct. 3, 1791 ; d. 
 April 6, 1813. VIII. Nahum, b. Oct. 28, 1794 ; m. Sarah Dunbar, 
 dr. of Rev. Elijah D., of Peterborough. Ch. : 1. Mary. — 2. 
 Sarah. — 3. Abbie Ann. — 4. George. — 5. Martha. — 
 6. Ellen. — 7. Emily. — 8. Julia. 
 
 Zaccheus Watkins, m., May 1, 1788, Rhoda Weatherly; 
 lived on lot 14, range 7. Ch. : I. Tabitha, b. Dec. 10, 1788. 
 
 Lemuel Wheeler, and his w. Catharine, came from Ashby, 
 Mass., about 1788 ; and re. with the family to JeiFerson County, 
 N.Y., 1816. Ch.: 
 
 I. John, b. in Lincoln, Mass., March 7, 1784. II. Timothy, b. 
 in Ashby, Nov. 27, 1785. IIL Sally, b. in Ashby, Dec. 28, 1787. 
 IV. Lemuel, b. Jan. 13, 1790; d. May, 1813. V. Eli, b. March 
 13, 1792. VL Asa, b. Jan. 31, 1794. VIL Silas, b. Feb. 21, 
 1796. VIIL Polly, b. March 16, 1798. IX. and X. James and 
 Nancy, twins, b. March 7, 1800. XL Charles, b. March 16, 1702. 
 XII. Daniel, b. July 9, 1805. 
 
 John A. Wheeler, from Ashby, Mass., 1851 ; b. June 10, 1820 ; 
 m., May 25, 1843, Mary A. Prichard, of New Ipswich, dr. of John 
 P. ; settled on lot 4, range 1. Ch. : 
 
 L Mary L., b. Sept. 13, 1844. XL John P., b. Oct. 28, 1845. 
 IIL William A., b. Nov. 15, 1846 ; d. Sept. 30, 1847. IV. William 
 A., b. Feb. 20, 1848. V. Nancy A., b. April 22, 1850. VL 
 Nelley F., b. Aug. 30, 1851. VIL Abby, b. Feb. 4, 1853. 
 
 Thomas White, m. Molly French ; b. in Hollis, N. II. ; re. to 
 Dublin, about 1774; re. to Cornish, N. II., before 1820. Ch.: 
 
 I. and 11. Molly and Esther, twins, b. 1775. Molly m., Aug. 23. 
 1796, Samuel Lewis. Esther m. John Riggs. III. Susanna, b. 
 1777; m., Jan. 3, 1799, Abijah Williams. IV. Oliver, b. 1779; 
 m., 1804, Hannah Williams. V. Betsey, b. 1781 ; m., Feb. 19, 
 1801, Stephen Williams. VL Abigail, b. 1784 ; m. 1814, 
 
412 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Holbrook. VII. Aaron, b. Feb. 21, 1787 ; m. 1806, Rebecca 
 Williams. VIII. Moses, b. June 17, 1791. IX. John, b. July 20, 
 1793 ; m. Lucy Davis, dr. of Matthew D. X. James, b. Aug. 3, 
 
 1796. 
 
 Moses Whittaker, and his w. Betsey, settled on lot 19, range 
 8. Ch. : I. Moses, b. in Fishersfield, Dec. 15, 1788. II. Betsey, 
 b. in Fishersfield, April 20, 1790. III. Annas, b. in Weare, June 
 1, 1792. IV. Caleb, b. in Dublin, June 1, 1794. 
 
 Joseph Whittemore, m., April, 1800, Patty (Martha) Belknap, 
 dr. of Nathaniel B. ; settled on lot 1 6, range 7 ; sold to Thomas 
 Fisk, 1831 ; d. Aug. 21, 1833. She d. Sept. 6, 1840. Ch. : 
 
 I. Jervice, b. Feb. 28, 1801; r. Boston, and other places; first 
 established the beer business on a large scale in Boston. II. 
 Herald, b. Oct. 28, 1803; m.. May 1, 1803, Adaline Walker. 
 III. ArviUa, b. April 28, 1806. 
 
 IV. Charles, b. Jan. 7, 1808 ; m., Jan. 29, 1839, Betsey Jane 
 Derby, dr. of Samuel D, ; r., first in Philadelphia, where, for seve- 
 ral years, he successfully pursued the beer business ; r. now at 
 Ravenswood, Long Island, N. Y. See page 70 of Proceedings at 
 the Centennial Celebration. Ch. n. u. 
 
 V. James, b. Nov. 25, 1809 ; r. Wisconsin, or Illinois. VI. Eliza, 
 b. Nov. 30, 1811 ; m., Dec. 3, 1832, Nathan Newton. VIL Martha, 
 b. Jan. 23, 1814; d. May 3, 1823. VIIL Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 
 1816; d. April 9, 1832. IX. Mary, b. March 21, 1818. X. 
 Paulina, b. April 18, 1822. 
 
 Joel Wight lived in several parts of the town ; m., first, Eliza- 
 beth Twitchell, dr. of Joseph T., Esq., of Sherborn. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hannah, b. March 11, 1763; m. John Wilson Learned, q. v. 
 IL Anna, b. Aug. 23, 1775 ; d. Aug. 24, 1775. IIL Olive, b. 
 April 30, 1777. IV. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1780. V. Seth, b. 
 May 21, 1783. Second w., Martha Moore, pf Jaflfrey. Ch. : VI. 
 Eli, b. March 26, 1786 ; re. to the State of Maine. 
 
 John Wight, from Medfield, Mass., b. March 29, 1736; settled 
 in Dublin, on lot 17, range 8 ; m., 1759, Elizabeth Reed, dr. of Josiah 
 R. She was b. Sept. 29, 1739, and d. Dec. 13, 1815. Ch. : 
 I. Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1763. 
 
 II. Jabez, b. Dec. 21, 1764; m., 1787, Mary Webster, the great- 
 granddaughter of Hannah Dunstan, who was taken prisoner by the 
 Indians at Haverhill, and afterwards escaped by killing several of 
 the savages. She d. Sept. 30, 1853. Ch. : 1. Betsey, b. Dec. 21, 
 1788 ; m., Oct. 13, 1805, Hughenos Tyrrell.— 2. John, b. Jan. 24, 
 1791; m., April 22, 1813, Beulah Smith, dr. of Aaron S., sen. : 
 ch. (1) Franklin, b. March 11, 1814, m., Dec. 26, 1839, Eliza 
 Atwood, dr. of Major Ebenezer A., r. St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; (2) 
 Hannah P., m., Sept. 1 1, 1834, Reuben W. Twitchell. She d. May 
 
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413 
 
 3, 1842; (3) Mary W., b. April 8, 1818, m., 1836, Charles Snow; 
 (4) John P., b. April 11, 1820, m. Eliza M. Greenwood, dr. of Eli 
 G., jun. ; (5) Abner S., b. July 28, 1822, m. Harriet L. Nims ; (6) 
 Abby C., b. June 10, 1825, m. Feb. 26, 1846, Cyrus Piper, jun.; 
 (7) Sarah B., b. Nov. 27, 1828, m. Walter Greenwood, d. May 13, 
 1850; (8) Jonas D., b. Aug. 30, 1831; (9) Melissa, b. July 15, 
 1834, m., Dec, 1853, George Carey; (10) Marrion,b.Oct. 9, 1836, 
 d. March 1, 1842. — 3. Sally, b. Sept. 18, 1793; m. Jesse Knowl- 
 ton, q. V. 
 
 III. Merriam, b. Oct. 14, 1766; m. Ezra Morse, sen. IV. 
 Jonas, b. Oct. 27, 1768; d. Aug. 10, 1844. V. John, b. Oct. 14, 
 1770. VI. Susanna, b. Feb. 13, 1772; d. April 8, 1854. VIL 
 Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1774. VIII. Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1778; m. 
 Benjamin Nye ; r. Fairfield, Vt. IX. Josiah, b. Sept. 10, 1784 ; 
 m. Rebecca Towne, dr. of Cornelius T. He d. March, 1853. Ch. : 
 1. Jonas, b. 1823. 
 
 Abel Wilder (Col.), from Bolton, Mass., came to Dublin, May 
 20, 1780; settled on lot 5, range 7 ; b. 1760; d. June 6, 1806, fe. 
 46; m. Hannah Green, of Bolton, who d. Sept. 22, 1831, as. 72. 
 Abel Wilder was commander-in-chief of the 12th Regiment of New 
 Hampshire Militia, when he died, and was buried with military 
 honors. Though young, he performed some service in the war of 
 the Revolution. Ch. : 
 
 I. Abel, b. March 27, 1779; m. Deborah Perry, dr. of Ivory P.; 
 r. Peterborough. Ch. : 1. Kezia, b. July 7, 1802 ; d. June 2, 1822. 
 — 2. Mart, b. July 27, 1804; m. Nathaniel Burnham, q. v. — 3. 
 Mark, b. Aug. 3, 1806; m. EHza Thayer; r. Peterborough. — 
 4. Abel, b. July 27, 1808 ; m., Nov. 6, 1825, Abigail Amna Gowing, 
 dr. of Joseph G. ; r. Peterborough. — 5. Emeline, b. Oct. 8, 1810 ; 
 d. Dec. 15, 1843.— 6. Ivory Perry, b. Aug. 17, 1815 ; r. Peter- 
 borough. — 7. Deborah, b. Aug. 21, 1818; m. Cross; r. 
 
 Manchester, N. H. — 8. Franklin, b. April 10, 1821; d. Aug. 1, 
 1821.— 9. John, b. Oct. 8, 1822; m. Dorothy Royce; r. Peter- 
 borough. — 10. Benjamin Franklin, b. Dec. 9, 1824; m. Sarah 
 Smith ; r. Peterborough. 
 
 II. Betsey, b. 26, 1780 ; m. John Crombie, q. v. III. Daniel, b. 
 
 Jan. 15, 1783; m. Blake; r. unknown. IV. Hannah, b. May 
 
 12, 1785 ; m. Lewis Stiles ; r. Coburg, Canada West. V. Sally, 
 b. Aug. 19, 1787; m., first, Reuben Twitchell, q.v.; second, Alline 
 Newell, q.v. VI. Cyrus, b. Aug. 13, 1789 ; m. Nancy Erwin; r. 
 New Boston, N.H. VII. Dorcas, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m. Jeremiah 
 Greenwood, q. v. VIII. Levi, b. Aug. 18, 1794 ; m. Betsey Piper ; 
 r. Concord, N. H. IX. Polly, b. Aug. 11, 1796; d. young. X. 
 James, b. May 24, 1799; m., first, Mary Crombie; second, Betsey 
 Boyd ; r. Pennsylvania. XL John, b. June 18, 1801 ; m. Harriet 
 Lakiu, of Hancock; r. unknown. Ch. : 1. Sally. — 2. John. 
 
414 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 Benjamin Wiley, b. in Lynn, Mass., 1720 ; d. 1795 ; m. Tame- 
 sin Uphani, of Marblehead, Mass. ; lived on lot 6, range 8. Ch. : 
 
 I. Benjamin, b. 1750; d., according to register furnished, 1852; 
 m., May 20, 1784, Abigail Townsend, dr. of David T., sen. She 
 d. 1830; r. Granville, Vt. Ch. : 1. Benjamin, b. Sept. 2, 1785. 
 
 — 2. Jonathan, b. Sept. 6, 1786. — 3. Abigail, b. March 25, 
 1788. — 4. Mehitabel, b. Oct. 1, 1791. — 5. Phinehas, b. June 
 20, 1793. — 6. Tamesin, b. April, 1795. — 7. James, b. March 12, 
 1796.-8. Judith, b. Sept. 1, 1798. — 9. David, b. April 3, 1800. 
 
 — 10. Esther, b. March 9, 1809. 
 
 II. Tamesin, b. 1757 ; d. April, 1837 ; m. David Townsend, jun., 
 q.v. III. Mehitabel, b. 1758, and d. 1768. 
 
 Elijah WiLLARD (Rev.), from Fitchburg, Mass.; b. in Har- 
 vard, Mass., March^ 1751 ; d. Aug. 19, 1839 ; the son of Abraham 
 W., who d. in the American army during the old French AVar. 
 Elijah served in the war of the Revolution, and was in the battle 
 of White Plains. He m., first, Mary Atherton, of Harvard, b. Dec, 
 1753, d. Jan., 1794. Ch.: 
 
 I. Elijah, b. Feb. 7, 1776; m., June 16, 1807, Nancy Mason, dr. 
 of Joseph M.; r. Wheelock, Vt. 11. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1777; d. 
 March, 1847; m., Oct. 15, 1795, Samuel Mason, q.v. HLllachel, 
 b. May 1, 1780 ; d. May 1, 1813. IV. Martin, b. March 4, 1782 ; 
 d. Dec, 1813. V. Oliver M., b. May 12, 1784; d. May, 1826. 
 VI. Annis, b. May 19, 1786; d. Dec, 1793. VII. Zopher, b. Sept. 
 12, 1788; d. Feb., 1812. VIII. Abraham, b. Nov. 20, 1791; d. 
 Dec, 1813. 
 
 Rev. Elijah Willard moved to Dublin, Feb., 1794; ordained 
 pastor of the Baptist Church, and remained such until his death. 
 He united one hundred and forty-six couples in marriage ; and his 
 health remained so firm that, only four weeks before his death, he 
 preached a funeral sermon. His second w. was Phebe Archer, of 
 Keene, b. Jan., 1772, d. Jan., 1826. Ch. : 
 
 • IX. _Leyi, b. Nov. 3, 1795; m., June 1, 1824, Irene Knight, of 
 Sudbury, Mass., b. July 8, 1806. Ch.: 1. Annis, b. "March 9, 
 1825; m., Nov., 1847, Thomas tiardy. ^*2«,. Solon, b. Oct. 4,- 
 1826; m., April, 1850, Mary Ann Mason, dr. oTTS^uel M., jun. 
 
 — 3. ZoPHER, b. Oct. 5, 1828; m., Oct., 1853, Betsey H.t^ulver, 
 dr. of Rev. Lyman C. — 4. David, b. Jan. 27, 1831.^-5. Rachel, 
 b. Dec 14, 1832. — 6. Marshall, b. Nov. 13, 1834.-7. Charles 
 J., b. Nov. 4, 1836.-8. Emily, b. Oct. 28, 1838. — 9. Harriet, 
 b. Sept. 29, 1840.— 10. LEVi,b. July 30, 1842.-11. Benjamin, 
 b. Nov. 24, 1844. — 12. Milton B., b. Aug. 26, 1847.— 13. 
 Irene, b. Feb. 11, 1850. 
 
 X. Loring, b. Feb. 12, 1797 ; d. June 24, 1817. XL Annis, b. 
 Dec 11, 1798; Q. Feb. 1, 1822. XIL Roxana, b. Aug. 8, 1800; 
 d. Dec 20, 1821. XIIL Sally, b. March 19, 1803; d. Feb. 10, 
 1822. XIV. Solon, b. Feb. 9, 1804; d. Feb. 3, 1822. 
 
WILLARD. WILLIAMS. WOOD. YEARDLY. 415 
 
 The third w. of Rev. Elijah Willard, m., Feb., 1827, was Betsey 
 Knight, of Sudbury, Mass. 
 
 Levi Willard, and Clarissa his w., lived in Pottersville, on lot 
 21, range 9. He was a trader (see page 271), and removed to 
 Swanzey, N. H. Ch. : I. Mira, b. April 12, 1808. II. Miranda, 
 b. May 28, 1809. Other eh., n. u. 
 
 Samuel "Williams, and Lois his w., lived on lot 20, range 5, 
 Ch. : I. Abijah, m., Jan. 3, 1799, Susanna White. II. Stephen, 
 m., Feb. 19, 1801, Betsey White. IIL Hannah, m., 1804, 
 Oliver White. IV. Rebecca, b. March 30, 1788 ; m., 1806, Aaron 
 White. 
 
 Nathan Winch, m., Nov. 4, 1790, Lydia Rollins, dr. of James 
 R., and lived on lot 20, range 3 ; re. to Chittenden, Vt. Ch. : 
 
 L Nathan, b. 1792. IL Sukey, b. 1794. III. Polly, b. 1796. 
 IV. Joseph, b. about 1800. V. Nancy, b. about 1802. VI. Ira, 
 b. about 1805. 
 
 Stephen J. Wood (Deacon), from Sterling, Mass., with Martha 
 his w. ; lived on lot 9, range 2 ; re. to Dunstable, Mass. Ch. : 
 
 I. Martha, m.. May 17, 1827, William Boutell, of Leominster, 
 Mass. II. Harriet. IIL Eliza. IV. Enoch. V. Emily. VI. 
 Stephen. VII. Nancy. 
 
 Salmon Wood, from Hancock, settled on lot 5, range 6 ; m. Feb., 
 1810, Achsah Mason, dr. of Thaddeus M., sen. She was b. Feb. 19, 
 1790. He d., Dec, 1842, si. 56. Ch. : L Emily, b. April 15, 
 1810 ; um. II. Augustine, b. Feb. 7, 1812 ; m. Elizabeth Rich- 
 ardson, dr. of Abijah R., jun. Ch. : 1. Curtis A. III. George, 
 m. Sarah , b. in England. Ch. : 1. George W., b. in Penn- 
 sylvania. — 2. Curtis S., b. in Pennsylvania. — 3. Theodore A., 
 b. in Pennsylvania ; r. now in Dublin. IV. Curtis, d. Dec. 30, 
 1845, £6. 27. 
 
 Robert WoRSLEY, b. 1779; m. Ruth ; settled on lot 21, 
 
 range 8. Ch. : I. George W., b. July 28, 1806 ; m. ; ch. n.u. IL 
 Rebecca, b. Sept. 8, 1822. 
 
 William Yeardly, b. in England, 1752 ; d. June 23, 1805 ; 
 settled in Dublin, 1776; m. Sarah Twitchell, dr. of Gershom T., 
 sen. She was b. 1750, and d. Jan. 7, 1831. They lived first on 
 lot 8, range 4 ; and then on lot 14, range 10, where they died. Ch. : 
 
 I. Hannah, b. 1779 ; m., May 3, 1804, Joseph Cobb ; re. to Ben- 
 nington, Vt., whei-e they still reside. II. Joseph, b. 1782; m. 
 Lydia Twitchell, dr. of Ebenezer T. ; r. in Dublin, several years, 
 and then re. to Illinois, where they both died. 
 
 IIL William, b. 1784; m., 1804, Rhoda Brooks, dr. of Joseph B. 
 
416 REGISTER OF FAMILIES. 
 
 She was b. March 3, 1782, and d. April 5, 1837. Ch. : 1. William, 
 b. March 21, 1805 ; urn. ; r. on lot 16, range 8. — 2. Emily, b. Oct. 
 3, 1806; m., March 14, 1833, Persia Beal, q.v. — 3. Nelson, b. 
 July 26, 1808 ; m., Oct. 27, 1840, Mary Ann Follett ; r. Nelson. 
 — 4. Joseph B., b. Sept. 16, 1810 ; m., Nov. 27, 1838, Harriet A. 
 Taylor, b. July 20, 1819. — 5. Horace, b. March 11, 1814; m., 
 April 7, 1041, Sarah E. Taylor, b. Aug. 30, 1822: ch. (1) William, 
 b. March 17, 1842; (2) Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1844; (3) Harriet, b. 
 Jan. 10, 1847; (4) Frances, b. Aug. 20, 1850; (5) Franklin, b. 
 July 22, 1852. — 6. John, b. June 16, 1816; m.. May 3, 1839, 
 Laura Bryant, b. Feb., 1817; r. Nelson. — 7. Mart, b. Feb. 1, 
 1819; m., Oct. 19, 1851, Orrin Woods ; r. Keene. — 8. Rhoda, b. 
 Sept. 4, 1821 ; m., Sept. 10, 1851, Jeremiah Lyford; r. Keene. — 
 9. George, b. Jan. 25, 1824. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. 1786; m. William Stanley; r. in Dublin till about 
 1824, when they re. to McDonough, N. Y. 
 
 V. Sarah, b. 1788 ; m. Calvin Aikin ; re. to State of New York, 
 where he d. She then re. to Ohio, and r. with one of her ch., and 
 d. 1850. 
 
 VI. Sawin, b. 1790; m. Susan Marsh; r. in Dublin; re., 1826, 
 to Vermont, and remained till 1845 ; then re. to Wisconsin, where 
 they both d. during the first year of their residence there. Two of 
 their children died there ; two still live in Vermont, two in Wiscon- 
 sin, and one in Boston. Ch. : 1. Lois. — 2. William. — 3. 
 George. — 4. Warner. — 5. Stlvanus. — 6. Sally. — 7. n. u. 
 
 The following marriages are recorded in the town-clerk's book, 
 but are not inserted in the preceding registers of families : — 
 
 Robert McClary m., Jan. 5, 1778, Mary Hogg. John Foster m., 
 Sept. 9, 1779, Sarah Taylor. Samuel Mackentire m., Jan. 5, 1779, 
 Mrs. Perry. Isaac Temple m., June 4, 1781, Betty Cheney. 
 John Caldwell m., April 2, 1782, Elizabeth Swan. Abraham 
 Jaquith m,, Jan. 7, 1783, Joanna Springer. Thomas Davison m., 
 July 29, 1790, Mrs. Betsey Pierce. Aaron Swan m., Feb. 16, 
 1790, Azubah BuUard: ch., John, b. 1790. John Swan m., March 
 3, 1790, Mary McNee. Daniel Learned m., Nov. 6, 1791, Eunice 
 Austin. Benjamin Thurston m., March 28, 1792, Sarah Emery. 
 Benjamin Goodenough m., Feb. 11, 1793, Eunice Hunt. William 
 White m., Dec. 17, 1795, Sally Norris. William Steele, of Rindge, 
 m., Sept. 21, 1797, Susanna Barrett. Jonas Stone, of New Ipswich, 
 m., June 5, 1798, Relief Hayward. Thomas Stewart m., Feb. 2, 
 1798, Abigail Muzzy. Benjamin Wilder m., Sept. 3, 1799, Sally 
 Twitchell, dr., probably, of Joshua T. William French m., March 
 31, 1803, Sukey Dunckley. William Wright m., May 3, 1804, 
 Sally Dunckley. James Phelps, of Decalb, N. Y., m., Jan. 19, 
 1812, Dorothy Snow, dr. of Samuel S. Levi Willard m., March 12, 
 1812, Olive Hayward. Paul Fitch, of Marlborough, m., Dec. 21, 
 
NON-IIESIDKNT TAX-PAYERS. 417 
 
 1815, Sally Davis. Samuel Sheldon, of Fitchburg, m., June 3, 
 1819, Tamer Pratt. 
 
 The following births, recorded in the town-clerk's book, are not 
 inserted in the foregoing registers of families. We insert them 
 here, in order to make our account of the families that have resided 
 in Dublin more complete. Many omissions, no doubt, will be dis- 
 covered, especially as to temporary residents. 
 
 John Johnson, son of David and Ede J., b. May 9, 1773. Sibellah 
 Johnson, dr. of Moses and Elizabeth J., b. March 2, 1776 ; also, 
 Moses, son of the same, b. March 10, 1777. Edmund Taylor, son 
 of Edmund and Hepzibah T., b. Feb. 2, 1778. Stephen Bent, 
 son of Stephen and Elizabeth B., b. Nov. 22, 1783. Betsey French, 
 dr. of Jona. and Eunice F., b. Oct. 18, 1784. Joseph Robins, son 
 of Joseph and Polly R., b. Jan. 19, 1787. WiUiam Clark, son of 
 "William and Sarah C, b. Jan. 31, 1791. Samuel Sargeant, son 
 of Samuel and Sally S., b. Oct. 10, 1799. Olevey Hoar, dr. of 
 Josiah and Lucy H., b. May 14, 1800. Betsey Clary, dr. of Daniel 
 and Persis C, b. Feb. 5, 1800. Lilly Wright Dunckley, dr. of 
 Abel and Ruth D., b. June 8, 1803. Othni Crosby, son of Othni 
 and Anna C, b. Dec. 21, 1811. Susanna Davis Crosby, dr. of the 
 same, b. July 24, 1810. 
 
 The names of a considerable number of persons are on the tax- 
 lists, whose residence in town was short, and of whom we have no 
 information, as to whence they came, or whither they went. Some 
 of them may have had families, but few owned any real estate in 
 town. 
 
 The names of the principal non-resident tax-payers that have 
 not lived in town are: Otis Adam, Silas Barber, John Barber, 
 Bezaliel Baker, Asa Baker, Josiah Bigelow, Samuel McCoy, 
 Samuel Dinsmoor, David Davis, Samuel S. Dudley, Addison 
 Farwell, Samuel Farwell, Adams Fisk, John Frost, jun., Edwai'd 
 Haywood, Benjamin Haywood, Adonijah Howe's heirs, Abijah 
 Kingsbury, William Lakin, J. G. and M. M. Lakin, Josiah Mower, 
 Carley and Washburn, Stillman Richardson, Moses Stickney, Eli 
 Sherman, Jeremiah Underwood, William Shattuck. The fore- 
 going names are taken from the list of 1845. The total valuation 
 of the property of non-residents, in 1845, was : Factories and 
 machinery, 87,950.00; stock in trade, $1,400.00; land, &c., 
 $21,539.00; total, $30,689.00. 
 
 53 
 
418 
 
 EMIGRANTS. 
 
 The following is a list of the male emigrants, of twenty-one years of age and 
 upwards, who left Dublin prior to Jan. 1, 1853. Their names are arranged under 
 the different letters of the alphabet, in the order in which they are supposed to have 
 emigrated, except in the case of families. Members of the same family are generally 
 grouped together according to their ages ; the father or eldest brother being placed 
 first, though younger members may have emigrated years before he did. When 
 a star (*) is placed after a name, it is intended to show that the emigrant had a 
 family, who went with him. The Arabic figures placed before names are intended 
 to designate to what generation of the family who have resided in Dublin the several 
 members that have emigrated belong. When the generation of an individual is not 
 thus designated, it is believed that his ancestors never resided here. In preparing 
 this list, the same diflBculties have had to be encountered that have been experienced 
 in the preparation of some other portions of this work, — contradictory statements, 
 which cannot be reconciled, and the want of reliable sources of information. Perfect 
 accuracy has not been attainable. Many errors, doubtless, exist, especially in the 
 order of the arrangement. 
 
 Alexander, John.* 
 2 Adams, John, 1st.* 
 Alden, Thomas.* 
 Abbot, Joseph.* 
 Adams, Nathan.* 
 
 James, 1st.* 
 
 Eli. 
 
 2 Adams, John, 2d. 
 
 Elisha. 
 Jonathan.* 
 
 3 Joseph, 2d. 
 Adams, Luther.* 
 
 2 Ames, David.* 
 
 2 Ames, Jonathan.* 
 
 3 Jonathan, jun. 
 Simon.* 
 Stephen K. 
 
 Atwood, Thomas.* 
 Adams, Timothy, 2d.* 
 Allen, Josiah.* 
 2 Amos. 
 
 Charles. 
 Allen, "William. 
 Appleton, Aaron.* 
 2 Allison, Ebenezer. 
 Samuel.* 
 2 Appleton, Ashley. 
 
 Francis G.* 
 
 3 Adams, Calvin.* 
 Reo.* 
 
 James, jun.* 
 John, 3d. 
 Alexander, Philip.* 
 Adams, Charles.* 
 Everett.* 
 Appleton, J. P., Rev.* 
 3 Adams, Samuel.* 
 Allen, Harvey.* 
 
 Solomon V. R.* 
 
 2 Appleton, Joseph.* 
 
 Samuel.* 
 Isaac, jun. 
 
 3 Joseph B. 
 Atwood, Ebenezer.* 
 
 3 Allison, Andrew, 2d. 
 
 John 
 Atwood, Varanus C* 
 Orrill S. 
 
 4 Adams, Charles W. 
 Avery, Joel 0.* 
 Archibald, Henry, Rev.' 
 Bartlett, Nathaniel.* 
 Bullard, John. 
 Bedlow, William.* 
 Burnap, Nathan, Dr.* 
 Balch, Hart.* 
 
 Beals, William.* 
 
 Aaron.* 
 Brown, Silas.* 
 Bond, Isaac, jun. 
 
 William.* 
 Babcock, Ebenezer. 
 
 Amos.* 
 Barrett, Jeremiah.* 
 Bemis, Benjamin.* 
 Boutcll, Daniel.* 
 Bixby, Nathan.* 
 
 Nathan, jr. 
 
 Joseph. 
 
 James. 
 
 John. 
 Belknap, Ebenezer.' 
 Boutell, Joshua.* 
 Banks, Israel 
 Bullard, Ebenezer.* 
 Timothy.* 
 Nathan. 
 Blood, David.* 
 
 David, jun. 
 
 Abel. 
 
 Rufus. 
 Banks, William.* 
 Barrett, Joseph.* 
 John.* 
 
EMIGRANTS. 
 
 419 
 
 Levi.* 
 2 Chambers. 
 
 2 Belknap, William. 
 
 Natlianiel, jr.* 
 Alonzo. 
 2 Bowers, Jonathan S.* 
 Levi. 
 Charles. 
 Bent, Stephen.* 
 2 Stephen, jnn. 
 
 2 Bemis, Jonathan.* 
 Josiah.* 
 Ball, Samuel. 
 Earned, David. 
 Barnet, Kobert. 
 Ball, Silas.* 
 Bailey, Adam.* 
 2 Broad, Martin. 
 Burton, John.* 
 Barrett, Phinehas.* 
 Brooks, Jonathan. 
 Billings, Abijah. 
 Blodgett, Solomon.* 
 2 James.* 
 
 .Joseph. 
 Salmon.* 
 William. 
 Timothy. 
 Sylvester.* 
 2 Bemia, .Jeremiah, jon. 
 Oliver. 
 Horace. 
 Billings, Allen. 
 Barnes, Luther.* 
 2 Gillam. 
 
 Parker. 
 Lather, jun. 
 Borden, Asa.* 
 Barrett, Reuben.* 
 Barden, Hiram.* 
 Betts, William E.* 
 Butterfield, William H.* 
 Buss, Richard T.* 
 2 Nathan B.* 
 
 Bartlett, Thomas. 
 Brewer, Silas. 
 Brooks, Timothy. 
 
 2 Bums, Samuel.* 
 
 David R. 
 Barker, Channcy.* 
 .Boyden, Chester. 
 Bigelow, Job. 
 Brown, Cephas. 
 B«ard, Lake. 
 
 3 Ballard, James.* 
 Bridge, Ezra K.* 
 Bailey, Stephen. 
 
 3 Bemis, Jeremiah W. 
 Bridge, Naham. 
 Burpee, Edmund.* 
 Brooks, Jonas.* 
 2 John.* 
 
 Ebenezer A.* 
 Jonas H.* 
 Joseph. 
 
 Bryant, Joel B. 
 Blake, Walter W. 
 Bradbury, Samuel 
 
 3 Bemis, Alvin J.* 
 Bryant, Samuel.* 
 Baldwin, Elbridge.* 
 Blodgett, Noah.* 
 Babw^ek, Daniel H. Rev. 
 Bnllard, George.* 
 Cheney, Edward.* 
 Caldwell, John.* 
 
 2 .John, jun.* 
 
 .James. 
 Caldwell, Adam.* 
 Caldwell, Samuel.* 
 Cochran, .James.* 
 John M. 
 Cobb, Ebenezer.* 
 Carter, Oliver. 
 Cummings, Philip.* 
 Clary, Daniel.* 
 Cammings, Joshua. 
 Carley, Elijah.* 
 
 2 Cobb, Ithamer.* 
 David P.* 
 Simeon.* 
 •Joseph.* 
 Collister, Ebenezer B. 
 Crosby, Othni.* 
 Clark, John W.* 
 Childs, Artemas.* 
 Gary, Samuel.* 
 
 2 Corey, Stephen, jun. 
 David. 
 Carter, Jonathan.* 
 Crossfield, Pvoswell.* 
 Chapman, Zadock.* 
 Cammings, Ephraim.* 
 Chapman, Calvin. 
 Cobb, Calvin. 
 
 2 Chamberlain, Cyrus.* 
 
 3 Cyrus, jr. 
 Converse, Luther.* 
 
 2 Carlton, Walter. 
 Stephen. 
 Calvin. 
 Cooke, Edward.* 
 2 Crombie, Ira.* 
 
 Moses.* 
 A. Wilder. 
 John, jun. 
 .James. 
 Clark, Jonas.* 
 2 Leander.* 
 
 William, Hon. 
 Melzar W. 
 Galen. 
 
 George F., Rev. 
 Samuel F., P»ev. 
 Cavender, .James.* 
 Conant, Levi.* 
 Cummings, Charles. 
 Cochran, .James. 
 Currier, William G.* 
 Cooper, Warren, Rev.* 
 
 3 Corey, John W, 
 I iMaro V. 
 
 Thomas 3. 
 I Albert L. 
 
 I Cooke, William H.* 
 
 Cleveland, Charles M.* 
 ! Chandler, George W.* 
 
 Death, Ben on i. 
 I Drury, .Joseph.* 
 
 Davis, Silas. 
 I Dole, Benjamin. 
 Darling, Benjamin. 
 Davis, Solomon. 
 Duncklee, Thaddeus.* 
 Derby, Milo.* 
 Demerry, Ezekiel.* 
 Duncklee, Abel.* 
 2 Abel, jun. 
 
 James. 
 Dixon, .John.* 
 JJavis, James. 
 Davenport, Lott. 
 Dort, Eliphalet. 
 Dodge, Jonathan.* 
 Davis, Daniel. 
 Davi.s, Barzillai.* 
 Davis, Richard.* 
 Drake, Tisdale.* 
 Davis, .Joseph. 
 Eaton, .Joseph.* 
 Eddy, Ward, Dr.* 
 Elliot, John, 1st.* 
 Ernes, Samuel.* 
 2 Ebenezer.* 
 
 James.* 
 Ernes, David. 
 Evleth, Asahel.* 
 2 Elliot, John, 2d. 
 
 Daniel. 
 2 Emery, Amos, jun.* 
 Earl, William.* 
 Euland, Joshua.* 
 
 2 Evleth, William. 
 
 Gilman. 
 Eaton, A. -Jones, Dr.* 
 Ellis, Elijah W.* 
 Evleth, George.* 
 Ellis, T. Chauncy.* 
 
 3 Evleth, Joseph G.* 
 
 Everett M,* 
 Farrar, Joseph, Rev. 
 Fisk, Puibert.* 
 Famum, .John.* 
 Furber, Nathaniel.* 
 2 Philip. 
 
 2 French, John, jnn. 
 
 3 .Jonathan. 
 William. 
 
 Frost, Thomas. 
 Farwell, Samuel, Ist. 
 Fairbanks, I^wis. 
 Farrar, Deering.* 
 
 2 French, Ebenezer.* 
 
 3 James. 
 Fiak, Vamum.* 
 
420 
 
 EMIGRANTS. 
 
 2 Fairbanks, Asa, jun. 
 Ebenezer.* 
 Fitch, Paul.* 
 Frost, Kimball. 
 
 2 French, Whitcomb.* 
 
 3 Whitcomb, jun. ■ 
 Daniel.* 
 Sumner, 
 Stilman. 
 Leander. 
 
 2 Fisher, Samuel, jun. 
 Fuller, Isaac* 
 Fuller, Ira.* 
 2 Farnum, Joshua, jun.* 
 Lyman K.* 
 Foster, Enoch.* 
 Foster, John H., Dr. 
 2 Fisk, Samuel, jun.* 
 Fairbanks, Charles. 
 Flint, Joshua.* 
 2 Ivors. 
 
 Freeman, Luther.* 
 2 William. 
 
 Almon. 
 Amos H.* 
 Foster, Edward.* 
 Foster, Benjamin F.* 
 2 Foster, Enoch, 2d.* 
 
 Fife, John, jun.* 
 2 Frost, Cyrus, 2d.* 
 Benjamin. 
 Joseph P.* 
 Albert. 
 C. Whitney. 
 Farwell, James A.* 
 Farnsworth, Timothy.* 
 2 Timothy, jr.' 
 
 Parker. 
 2 Foster, James. 
 (Jeorge. 
 Henry. 
 2 Frost, Ebenezer R. 
 Jonathan S. 
 Greenwood, Caleb.* 
 Green, Thomas. 
 Gilchrest, William.* 
 2 Greenwood, Daniel.* 
 Gowing, Samuel.* 
 Gates, Oldham.* 
 Greenwood, Joseph, Esq. 
 2 Nathaniel.* 
 
 Goyer, Bartholomew.* 
 Greenwood, Bela.* 
 Gassett, Darius.* 
 Gowing, Simeon.* 
 Goodnow, John. 
 Gleason, Daniel.* 
 Greenwood, Josiah. 
 2 .Josiah, jun. 
 
 John, 1st. 
 Greenwood, Isaac* 
 2 Charles. 
 
 Isaac, jun. 
 Grimes, James.* 
 Gowing, William.* 
 
 3 Greenwood, Abner. 
 
 William,3d.* 
 John, 2d.* 
 Joshua,4th.* 
 Jeremiah.* 
 Asa. 
 
 3 Greenwood, William,4th. 
 
 Daniel, 2d. 
 2 Greenwood, Samuel. 
 James.* 
 Gibbs, Zenas.* 
 2 Zenas, jun. 
 
 John. 
 Ira. 
 Gibson, Stephen.* 
 Gibbs, jAsa.* 
 Gay, John. 
 
 2 Gilchrest, Joshua. 
 
 William, 2d.* 
 Gilman. 
 
 Gilson, Samuel.* 
 Luther. 
 
 Griffin, Joseph.* 
 
 4 Greenwood, George G. 
 
 William A. 
 Grimes, .John.* 
 Glover, Jesse.* 
 Gardner, John. 
 
 3 Greenwood, Nathan. 
 
 Alvin.* 
 Moses, 3d. 
 William A. 
 Edm. Q. S.* 
 
 3 Greenwood, Eli, jun.* 
 2 Gowing, Asa P. 
 
 Joseph M. 
 
 2 Greenwood, Gilman. 
 Godfrey, Abel M.* 
 Greeley, Nathaniel.* 
 Gay, Timothy. 
 Gibson, John. 
 Grant, Edward. 
 
 4 Greenwood, Edward S. 
 
 James AV. 
 Gould, Gordon.* 
 
 3 Greenwood, Charles, 2d. 
 
 George. 
 Curtis. 
 Henry. 
 Munroe. 
 Gowing, Roswell.* 
 Greenwood, Walter J. 
 Hinds, Daniel.* 
 Holt, Marstin.* 
 Hale, Stephen.* 
 Haven, AVilliam.* 
 2 Hoar, Josiah.* 
 Joseph. 
 2 Hayward, Charles P. 
 Hayward, AVilliam.* 
 Hunt, Willard.* 
 2 Henry. 
 
 Isaac* 
 Caleb.* 
 Harrington, Stephen.* 
 
 Hale, Ephraim.* 
 Howard, William.* 
 Houghton, James.* 
 
 2 James, jun. 
 
 Sylvanus. 
 
 2 Hill, Ebenezer, jun. 
 
 Adam. 
 
 Noah, 1st. 
 
 Hale, John.* 
 
 Horsley, James.* 
 
 Harris, Jason.* 
 
 2 Hinds, Abner, jun.* 
 Hills, Benjamin, Dr.* 
 Hamilton, Samuel, Dr.* 
 
 2 Ashley.* 
 
 Hamilton, Reuben.* 
 
 2 Hardy, Thomas, jun. 
 
 Moses.* 
 Robert.* 
 Phinehas. 
 Elias.* 
 
 3 Hill, Leonard. 
 
 Noah, 2d. 
 Hagar, Edward.* 
 Hunt, Nathan.* 
 
 Raymond. 
 Harris, Milan.* 
 Harris, Samuel, Rev.* 
 Heald, Amos, Esq.* 
 3 Hayward, Calvin.* 
 Hambly, John.* 
 Hastings, Ira.* 
 Hutchinson, Abel. 
 Hathorn, Artemas. 
 Hart, David.* 
 2 Jacob.* 
 
 David, jun. 
 
 Nathaniel.* 
 
 Joel.* 
 
 S. Page. 
 
 Norman.* 
 Hemenway, Asa.* 
 
 2 Minott. 
 PhinehasG.* 
 
 Hemenway, Luther.* 
 Holt, Timothy. 
 Howard, Philip. 
 
 3 Hardy, Moses, jun. 
 
 Thomas, 2d. 
 Samuel W. 
 Hale, John M. 
 Hartwell, William.* 
 2 Hay, Thomas, jun. 
 
 William. 
 2 Heard, Henry, jun. 
 Benjamin. 
 Samuel. 
 Iladley, John.* 
 2 John A. 
 
 Haggett, Abner B. 
 Hale, Daniel.* 
 Hatch, Leonard K., Dr. 
 Johnson, Moses.* 
 Ithamer. 
 Jaquith, Abraham.* 
 
EMIGRANTS. 
 
 421 
 
 2 Jones, John, 1st. 
 2 Johnson, Adam.* 
 Jones, Nathan. 
 Jackson, Amos.* 
 2 Amos, jun. 
 
 Joseph. 
 Abijah. 
 2 Jones, Frederic. 
 Jackman, Daniel.* 
 Joslin, Elias.* 
 Jewell, Edwin.* 
 Knowlton, Elias.* 
 
 Nathan.* 
 Jonathan. 
 Kemp, Elijah.* 
 Kinney, Moses, Eld.* 
 2 Knowlton, John, 3d.* 
 Thaddeus.* 
 Simeon. 
 James.* 
 Luke.* 
 Ira.* 
 Levi. 
 
 2 Knowlton, Ebenezer. 
 
 John, 4th.* 
 Jeremy.* 
 Kemp, Levi.* 
 Kidder, Moses, Dr.* 
 Kendrick, Daniel. 
 Kimball, Elijah B.* 
 Kendall, llenry A., Rev.* 
 
 3 Knowlton, Jabez W. 
 Kendall, Charles S.* 
 
 3 Knowlton, Levi, 2d. 
 
 Learned, John.* 
 2 John, jun. 
 
 Daniel. 
 Joseph. 
 2 Learned, Benjamin, jun.* 
 Eli. 
 Moses. 
 Amos.* 
 Thaddeus.* 
 David. 
 Samuel. 
 Lewis, Samuel.* 
 Thomas. 
 Lewis, James. 
 Laws, Stephen.* 
 
 2 Harry.* 
 Zelotus. 
 Benjamin. 
 
 Lealand, Jeremy.* 
 Lawrence, Jesse.* 
 Lakin, Oliver.* 
 Lakin, Lemuel.* 
 
 3 Learned, John W., jun.* 
 Lawrence, Alvarus. 
 
 2 Ambrose. 
 
 Samuel. 
 
 John. 
 Lane, Allen. 
 Lewis, Prescott.* 
 Lanphear, Jeremiah.* 
 Lamson, Jonathan. 
 
 Locke, William D. 
 Lawrence, Edward.* 
 2 Lewis, John G. 
 
 Horatio 0.* 
 Locke, Franklin J. 
 4 Learned, F. Derby. 
 Dexter. 
 Lyford, Jeremiah.* 
 McNee, William.* 
 Morse, David.* 
 2 Morse, Thomas, jun. 
 Jonathan 
 Amos. * 
 Maxwell, William.* 
 Muzzy, Thomas. 
 Robert. 
 2 Mason, Eela.* 
 2 Morse, Micah. 
 
 Daniel, jun. 
 Paul.* 
 Joseph, 1st. 
 Thomas, 3d. 
 Levi. 
 Joel. 
 Miller, Simeon.* 
 Mills, James.* 
 Philip.* 
 
 2 Philip, jun. 
 
 3 Mason, John.* 
 
 3 Mason, Nathaniel.* 
 Joseph, jun.* 
 
 Morse, Benjamin, 1st. 
 2 Mason, Moses, jun. 
 2 Morse, Isaac* 
 
 Maynard, Abner.* 
 
 Mudge, John.* 
 
 Millikin, John.* 
 
 Munroe, Abel.* 
 
 Mann, James.* 
 
 2 Muzzy, John, jun. 
 
 Reuben.* 
 Millikin, Alexander.* 
 Mann, Amos. 
 
 3 Morse, Reuben, jun.* 
 
 Benjamin, 2d. 
 
 Ebenezer, Dr. 
 
 Asa.* 
 Martin, Micajah.* 
 Mead, David.* 
 3 Mason, Asa.* 
 
 Jeremiah. 
 
 Benjamin, 3d. 
 
 David. 
 Jlyrick, Stephen.* 
 3 Morse, Samuel. 
 
 Royal. 
 
 John, 3d. 
 3 Morse, John, 2d.* 
 
 Ezra, jun.* 
 
 2 Muzzy, Robert, jun.* 
 
 3 Joseph.* 
 Calvin. 
 Robert, 3d. 
 
 Metcalf, Nathaniel.* 
 Asa.' 
 
 Daniel.* 
 May, John. 
 
 2 Morse, Bradford. 
 
 Brigham. 
 
 3 Morse, Justus. 
 
 David. 
 Nathan. 
 
 2 Maynard, Samuel. 
 Mead, Abraham.* 
 Matthews, .James. 
 Matthews, Thomas.* 
 Marsh, Robert. 
 McGregory, Eld.* 
 
 3 Marshall, Aaron, 2d. 
 
 Drury M.* 
 Granville B. 
 Matthews, Ebenezer. *(■?) 
 McClenning, John. 
 
 Daniel.* 
 
 4 Mason, Charles, 1st.* 
 
 Merrill.* 
 4 Mason, Charles, Esq. 
 2 Marshall, Orlando. 
 George. 
 Charles B. 
 
 Mason, Daniel H.* 
 
 Muzzy, John, 3d.* 
 
 Muzzy, Diamond. 
 
 McMaster, Thomas.* 
 John. 
 
 Morrison, Joseph.* 
 4 Morse, William A. 
 4 Morse, Henry.* 
 
 Benjamin F.* 
 4 Morse, Granville. 
 2 Millikin, Edward A.* 
 
 Norcross, Asa.* 
 
 Neal, Thomas.* 
 
 Nutting, David G.* 
 
 Norris, Zebulon.* 
 2 Nealley.* 
 
 Newell, Levi.* 
 
 Needham, Samuel B. 
 
 Nelson, Paul.* 
 
 Newell, Alline.* 
 
 Nay, Frederic K. 
 
 Nay, James.* 
 
 Nash, Ephraim. 
 
 Needham, John E.* 
 
 Neal, Nathaniel.* 
 
 Needham, Jeremiah K.* 
 2 Stearns. 
 
 AVhitney. 
 
 Ockington, Thomas.* 
 2 Jesse.* 
 
 Perry, Amos. 
 
 Partridge, Levi.* 
 
 Parker, Abel.* 
 
 Pike, Rcdhood.* 
 
 Pratt, Moses.* 
 2 Moses, jun. 
 
 Jabez. 
 Joel.* 
 
 Pratt, Ebenezer. 
 2 Jesse. 
 
422 
 
 EMIGRANTS. 
 
 2 Puffer, Benjamin. 
 
 Nathan. 
 2 Piper, Solomon, jun, 
 Parker, William.* 
 Penniman, Elihu.* 
 Piper, Francis.* 
 Perry, James, 1st. 
 Paul, Barzillai.* 
 Priest, Levi. 
 Pain, John.* 
 2 Daniel. 
 
 John, jun. 
 Thomas. 
 Ashley. 
 AVilliam. 
 Charles. 
 Cornelius. 
 2 Perry, Jonathan, jun. 
 Charles, 1st. 
 Ebenezer, 2d. 
 Jefferson. 
 James, 2d. 
 Patch, Abraham.* 
 
 2 Leonard.* 
 William. 
 Abraham, jun. 
 
 Patch, David A.* 
 Pulsifer, William F. 
 Phelps, Moses. 
 Pratt, John.* 
 Pierce, Stephen.* 
 
 3 Perry, George. 
 
 2 Powers, Cyrus.* 
 
 3 Charles H. 
 Page, Samuel.* 
 Perry, Ebenezer, 1st.* 
 Persons, Bartholomew.* 
 Preston, My rick.* 
 Putney, Asa, Rev. 
 Priest, Levi E.* 
 Priest, Jacob.* 
 Pushee, James M. 
 
 3 Phillips, George. 
 2 Phillips, Richard, 2d. 
 Pierce, David.* 
 
 2 Luther.* 
 Page, William.* 
 Priest, Nathan.* 
 Pierce, John.* 
 Phillips, Otis.* 
 
 3 Piper, James G. 
 
 3 Piper, Solomon, 3d.* 
 
 John E. 
 3 Piper, Rufus W. 
 3 Piper, Cyrus, jun.* 
 
 Pomeroy, Jere., Rev.* 
 
 Pratt, Henry. 
 3 Perry, Oliver H. 
 
 Phelps, Francis.* 
 Joseph.* 
 
 Porter, Ransom N., Dr. 
 
 Rider, William. 
 
 Ranstead, John.* 
 
 Robbins, Noah. 
 
 Richardson, Abner. 
 
 Rumrill, Benjamin. 
 Richardson, Joseph. 
 2 Rowell, Jacob. 
 Moses. 
 Richard. 
 Philip. 
 Riggs, John G.* 
 Moses.* 
 2 Rollins, James, jun.* 
 John.* 
 Samuel.* 
 William.* 
 Russell, Simeon.* 
 
 John.* 
 Robbe, Alexander.* 
 Rider, Isaac* 
 Russell, Jonathan, sen.* 
 2 Abner. 
 
 Rand, Jonathan.* 
 Robbins, Joseph.* 
 Robbins, David. 
 Rugg, Martin. 
 2 Richardson, Samuel, Dr. 
 I Richardson, John.* 
 I 2 John T.* 
 
 I Robinson, Harmon.* 
 2 Richardson, Ruel.* 
 Joshua, 
 2 Robbe, Joseph W. 
 
 2 Rider, William, 2d.* 
 
 Ezra.* 
 
 3 Lewis B. 
 
 3 Rollins, Joseph, jun.* 
 3 Russell, Ebenezer H.* 
 
 Gilbert.* 
 3 Richardson, Charles R.* 
 
 Rugg, William B.* 
 
 Reynolds, Eli W. 
 
 Robbins, Amos.* 
 
 Robbins, Jacob. 
 
 Scott, Alexander.* 
 2 William.* 
 
 2 Stone, Silas, jun. 
 
 Stroud, John.* 
 
 Somes, Isaac* 
 2 Strong, John. 
 
 William.* 
 
 Smith, Francis.* 
 
 Stewart, Henry.* 
 2 Swan, John, jun.* 
 William. 
 Aaron.* 
 
 Sanders, Alexander. 
 
 Sanders, Philip. 
 
 Symonds, Thomas. 
 
 Sanderson, Isaac* 
 
 Spaulding, Thomas.* 
 
 Snow, William. 
 
 Spaulding, Benjamin. 
 
 Spring, Josiah. 
 
 Sanders, James.* 
 
 Sanger, Abner.* 
 
 2 Shepherd, Samuel. 
 
 3 Strong, Henry. 
 Spaulding, Reuben.* 
 
 Moses. 
 
 William.* 
 
 Stanford, Josiah.* 
 
 David.* 
 
 2 Samuel B. 
 
 2 Stanford, Daniel.* 
 
 Sawin, William.* 
 
 Benjamin. 
 
 2 Southwick, Enoch. 
 
 Jonathan. 
 Samuel, 
 Thomas. 
 Sawyer, Jesse.* 
 2 Snow, Augustine, 
 Horatio, 
 Henry, 
 Stickney, Samuel.* 
 2 Jeremiah.* 
 
 Stone, Jesse.* 
 Stone, Peter.* 
 2 Peter, jun. 
 
 Esterbrooks. 
 Stowell, Isaac* 
 Stedman, Ellis.* 
 Sargent, Vriling. 
 2 George. 
 
 2 Stone, John, 3d,* 
 
 Oliver. 
 2 Stone, Andrew,* 
 Sibas, 3d,* 
 Aaron.* 
 John C, 
 George. 
 Spaulding, Steph, H,, Dr- 
 2 Stanley, William,* 
 Simeon.* 
 Charles,* 
 2 Snow, Samuel, jun, 
 Ezra's family. 
 Mark, 
 Sibley, Clark, Rev. 
 Sanders, John.* 
 Sawin, Levi.* 
 2 Levi S,* 
 
 Short, Daniel, 
 Shattuck, Abraham,* 
 Stickney, Simeon S,, Dr,* 
 Sargent, Thomas,* 
 Streeter, Charles, 
 Shedd, Timothy, 
 Sargent, Josiah L,* 
 2 Smith, Eli, 
 
 Noah,* 
 John. 
 
 2 Smith, Elisha,* 
 
 Luther.* 
 Snow, Eli. 
 
 Spaulding, Eleazer.* 
 Symonds, Joseph.* 
 4 Strong, Richard R, 
 
 3 Snow, Augustine P.* 
 
 Leonard,* 
 3 Snow, Andrew J,* 
 Henry P. 
 Smith, Ira, 2d,* 
 
EMIGRANTS. 
 
 423 
 
 3 Stanley, Adolphus. 
 3 Stanley, Wallace J. 
 Stevens, Levi.* 
 Thornton, William.* 
 Taggart, James.* 
 2 AVilliam. 
 
 2 Twitchell, Stephen.* 
 Sawin. 
 Twitchell, Eleazer.* 
 
 Ezra.* 
 Town, Gardner.* 
 2 Twitchell, Eli.* 
 
 Daniel, 1st.* 
 Luther, 2d. 
 2 Twitchell, Amos, Dr. 
 Timothy. 
 Thurston, David.* 
 Taggart, Samuel. 
 Taggart, David. 
 2 Twitchell, Peter. 
 Cyrus. 
 
 2 Twitchell,Gershom,jun.* 
 
 3 Josiah. 
 Luther, 1st. 
 Gershom, 3d.* 
 John, 2d.* 
 
 Thorndike, Jonathan. 
 Taggart, James, 2d.* 
 2 James, 3d. 
 
 2 Twitchell, Abijah, 2d. 
 
 Joshua, jun. 
 
 Ebenezer, 2d. 
 
 Timothy, 2d.* 
 
 Asa. 
 
 Aaron. 
 Templeton, Adam.* 
 Andrew.* 
 Matthew. 
 Jesse. 
 Taggart, William, 2d. 
 
 3 Twitchell, Samuel, 3d.* 
 Tyrrel, Hughenos.* 
 
 2 Jabez. 
 
 Taggart, Leander. 
 2 Townc, John. 
 
 Taunt, Thomas.* 
 Charles. 
 4 Townsend, Alfred. 
 3 Twitchell, Orlando. 
 
 Keuben W.* 
 
 3 Twitchell, Charles M. A. 
 
 4 Twitchell, Franklin. 
 
 Horace, 1st. 
 4 Townsend, George. 
 
 David M. 
 3 Twitchell, Joseph A. 
 3 Taggart, David, 2d.* 
 Frederick. 
 Tisdale, James, Rev.* 
 3 Twitchell, Horace. 
 Elliot. 
 Tarbox, Luke.* 
 
 3 Towne, Cornelius K. 
 John P. 
 Turner, Joseph.* 
 Tonkin, Henry, Rev.* 
 Taggard, Samuel.* 
 Upton, William.* 
 James.* 
 Nathan. 
 2 Upton, Alson.* 
 
 Nehemiah, jun. 
 George. 
 Samuel D. 
 Edward E. 
 Wright, Oliver.* 
 Wiley, Benjamin.* 
 2 Benjamin, jun. 
 
 Watkins, Zaccheus.* 
 White, Daniel.* 
 Ward, Samuel.* 
 
 Caleb.* 
 Wilson, Edward.* 
 2 Willard, Elijah, jun. 
 
 Oliver. 
 2 Wight, Ephraim. 
 Seth. 
 Eli. 
 White, Joseph, Dr. 
 White, Robert. 
 Whipple, John.* 
 White, Samuel.* 
 Winch, Nathan.* 
 Whitaker, Moses.* 
 White, John, 1st. 
 Wellington, Benjamin.* 
 Wheeler, Walter.* 
 Whittemore, Isaac* 
 Nathan. 
 Whittemore, Paul.* 
 Warren, Timothy.* 
 AVright, John.* 
 2 .John, jun. 
 
 William. 
 2 Warren, Moses. 
 
 Daniel, jun. 
 Jonathan.* 
 White, Thomas.* 
 2 Oliver.* 
 
 Aaron.* 
 Moses. 
 John, 2d.* 
 James. 
 Wakefield, Thomas.* 
 2 Thomas, jun. 
 
 Otis. 
 James. 
 Peter. 
 Willard, Levi, 1st.* 
 2 Wilder, Abel, jun.* 
 Daniel. 
 Cyrus. 
 Levi. 
 James. 
 John.* 
 
 White, David.* 
 Wheeler, Lemuel.* 
 2 John.* 
 
 Timothy. 
 Eli. 
 Asa. 
 Silas. 
 2 WUliams, Abijah.* 
 Stephen.* 
 Samuel, jun. 
 Wallingsford, Eben. B* 
 Benjamin.* 
 Winship, Abel.* 
 2 Abel, jun. 
 
 Benjamin. 
 Weston, Lawrence. 
 Whitcomb, Henry.* 
 2 Whittemore, Jarvis. 
 Herald. 
 Charles. 
 James. 
 Whitney, Isaac* 
 Wait, Josiah.* 
 2 Jefferson. 
 
 Addison. 
 Sullivan. 
 George. 
 Wark, Moses.* 
 Ward, Reuben. 
 Woods, Stephen J.* 
 
 2 Enoch. 
 Willard, Lockhart.* 
 
 3 AVilder, Mark. 
 
 Abel, 3d. 
 White, Thomas, 2d.* 
 3 AVarren, Moses A. 
 Daniel A. 
 Wallace, Joseph D.* 
 Whitcomb, Oliver.* 
 
 2 Peter C. 
 
 3 Warren, Charles. 
 Waterman, Lucius.* 
 Wilson, Simeon N.* 
 
 2 Worsley, George.* 
 
 AVyman, Nathaniel.* 
 
 Wilcox, George. 
 
 Wheeler, Amos.* 
 2 Henry P. 
 
 Wilder, Levi B.* 
 
 2 Wight, Jabez.* 
 
 3 John, 2d.* 
 
 4 Franklin.* 
 John P. 
 Abner S. 
 
 Wood, David A.» 
 2 Wilson, Thaddeus 0.* 
 AVoods, Isaiah. 
 AVood, Daniel. 
 
 2 Yeardly, Joseph.* 
 
 Sawin.* 
 
 3 Yeardly, Nelson. 
 
 John. 
 Young, Robert.* 
 
424 
 
 COERECTIONS AND ADDITIOXS. 
 
 Line 22 from top, for "17 
 
 •■•1778." 
 
 read 
 
 53. Line 6 from top, for "their" read 
 
 " then." 
 91. In William Parker's sentiment, for 
 
 " therefore " read " therefor." 
 98. Line 2 from bottom, erase period, in- 
 sert comma, and for "May" read 
 "may." 
 
 117. Monadnock, according to S. G. Drake, 
 signifies "Mountain of the Great 
 Spirit." 
 
 119. The shad-berry, or shad-bush, is so 
 called because its flowers appear 
 when the shad begin to ascend the 
 streams. It is sometimes called the 
 wild pear, or wild sugar-pear. Its 
 seeds or stones are hard, and sharp- 
 ly pointed at one end, which is the 
 probable cause of their producing 
 nausea. The fruit is said to be im- 
 proved by cultivation. See Report 
 on the Trees and Shrubs of Massa^ 
 chusetts, p. 443. 
 
 123. Line 16 from bottom, for "19 1-3" 
 read "119 1-3." 
 
 126. Line 19 from bottom, for " then some " 
 read "the same." 
 
 136. Top Une, for " 1776 " read " 1766." 
 
 137. LineJLS from top, for "1767" read 
 
 144. Lines 7 and 8 from bottom, read 
 
 " John French, jun., and John 
 French, jun., 2d." 
 
 145. Line 22 from bottom, for "Samuel" 
 
 read " Charles." 
 
 149. Add Abel TwitcheU and Nathaniel 
 Belknap to the list ofiRcTolutionary 
 soldiers. 
 
 151. Top line, for "remains" read "re- 
 main." 
 
 151. Line 13 from top, for " WilUam Green " 
 
 read "Thomas Green." 
 
 152. Line 19 from top, for " John " read 
 
 "James," and erase "(Wight?)." 
 152. Line 20 from top, erase " Jonas White 
 (Wight?)." No such person went 
 to Portsmouth at the time men- 
 tioned ; but Joab Evleth and Capt. 
 John Jones went, the latter . as 
 Lieutenant. 
 152. Line 23 from top, for " Scripture " 
 
 read " Templeton." 
 165. Line 10 from bottom, for " Miss " read 
 "Mrs." 
 
 166. Line 10 from top, for " Famam " read 
 
 " Famum." 
 175. Line 3 from bottom of inscription, for 
 
 "1717 "read "1817." 
 198. Line 3 from bottom, for " W. W." 
 
 read " W. A." 
 217. Line 16 from top, for "Robb" read 
 
 "Robbe." 
 229. Selectmen for 1771, Thomas Morse, 
 
 Henry Strongman, and Benjamin 
 
 Mason: and Town-clerk for 1772, 
 
 Joseph TwitcheU. 
 235. Line 14 from bottom, for " Landon" 
 
 read " Langdon." 
 245. Line 10 from top, for "1820" read 
 
 "1819." 
 245. Line 16 from bottom, for " No loss, &c." 
 
 read " Only a very trifling loss has 
 
 been incurred." 
 248. Line 21 from bottom, for "south- 
 west" read "south." 
 258. Line 5 from bottom, for " 1839 " read 
 
 "1842." 
 
 271. Lme 4 from bottom, for " William Pul- 
 
 sifer " read " William F. Pulsifer." 
 
 272. Lines 12 and 13 from top, for "Au- 
 
 gustine Snow " read " Augustine P. 
 Snow." 
 272. The Ust of carpenters should begin 
 with " William Greenwood, sen." 
 " Thomas Perry," in the list of Shoe- 
 makers, should be " Thomas Perry, 
 2d." "Thomas Perry, 2d," in the 
 list of stone-cutters, should be 
 "Thomas Perry." 
 
 275. Line 2 from bottom, erase " large." 
 
 276. Line 20 from top, Moses K. Perry was 
 
 not an owner in this " saw-miU." 
 
 295. Line 10 from bottom, insert " Elijah" 
 
 before " Kemp." 
 
 296. Line 3 from bottom, for " Carle " read 
 
 "Carley." 
 296. Second column, for ' ' Durracott " read 
 "Darracott." 
 
 299. Line 10 from bottom, for " Silas Pierce, 
 
 2d," read " Stephen Pierce." 
 
 300. Line 2 from bottom, for "Joseph Hsr 
 
 ven " read " William Haven." 
 
 301. Line 10 from top, for "Benjamin Saw- 
 
 in " read " Levi Sawin." 
 301. Line 8 from bottom, for "Ebenezer 
 
 B. Brooks" read "Ebenezer A. 
 
 Brooks." 
 303. Line 22 from bottom, for "Joseph 
 
 Haven " read " William Haven." 
 
 * Some of the errors are attributable to the documents from which the work was com- 
 piled, others to the copy furnished by the chairman of the committee of publication ; very 
 few being "errors of the press." 
 
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 
 
 425 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 31G. Line 9 from bottom, for "c." read 
 
 "ch." 
 317. Line 8 from bottom, for " George W. 
 
 Le«is " read '' George U. Lewis." 
 317. Line 9 from bottom, read " Thomas 
 
 White, 2d." 
 
 320. Line 19 from top, for " Haywood " 
 
 read " Hay ward." 
 
 321. Line 19 from top, for " (?) " read " Jo- 
 
 seph Morrison." 
 
 322. Line 8 from bottom, for "She "read 
 
 "He." 
 
 323. Line 5 from top, for "Sarah" read 
 
 "Mary." Line 20, for "Martin" 
 read "Morton." 
 
 323. Line 17 from bottom, for " Sabrina " 
 
 read " Sabina." Line 4, for " d. at 
 Campton " read " d. at Hillsborough 
 Bridge." The following ch. of Jonas 
 Clark were omitted in the Register : 
 TI. Jonas, b. June 16, 1806; d. 
 March 28, 1809. VII. Omar, b. 
 Feb. 12, 1808; d. March 18, 1809. 
 VIII. Jonas, b. Aug. 23, 1809; d. 
 March 12. 1811. The numbering of 
 the rest should be: IX. Melzar \V. 
 X.Galen. XI. Sarah Adams. XII. 
 George F. XIII. Samuel F. XIV. 
 Clarissa Caroline. The last nine of 
 Mr. Clark's children were born at 
 Shipton. Canada West. 
 
 324. Joseph Cobb was the sixth ch. of Seth 
 
 Cobb, sen. 
 
 326. Mary J. Crombie m. Andrews, of 
 
 New Boston. 
 
 330. Line 21 from bottom, for "Famum " 
 
 read " Varnum." 
 
 331. Line 5 from bottom, for "Loretta" 
 
 read " Luretta." 
 
 340. Line 6 from bottom, after " barn " 
 
 add "in Dublin." 
 
 341. Line 3 fi-om top, for "1875" read 
 
 "1775.' 
 345. Line 12 from bottom, after " Betsey " 
 
 insert " CarUsle, of Plymouth, Vt." 
 345. Line 14 from bottom, for "Levice" 
 
 read "Lavina." 
 345. Line 15 from bottom, after " Azubah " 
 
 insert " White." 
 
 347. Nathaniel Greenwood was the son of 
 
 Joseph G., and r. on lot 7, range 5. 
 
 348. Bela Greenwood re. to Nelson, and d. 
 
 there at an advanced age. 
 
 349. Reuben Hamilton, the eldest brother 
 
 of Dr. Samuel H., resided in Dublin 
 several years. 
 
 350. Bottom line, for " Samuel " read " Abi- 
 
 jah." 
 
 352. I- K«!becca and II. Betsey Hayward 
 were twins. 
 
 352. Line 8 from top, for "1846" read 
 " 1800." 
 
 359. Erase " 51. D." after " Alvarus Law- 
 rence," and insert the same after 
 " I. Ambro.se." 
 
 370. Line 16 from bottom, after the word 
 " range " insert "1." 
 
 374. Line 6 from bottom, insert " John 
 Kipley, b. Aug. 31, 1834," as the 
 6th ch. of Thaddeus and Serena 
 Morse. The numbering of the rest 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 should be, (6) Harriet A. ; (7) Fran- 
 cis Appleton. 
 
 375. Line 17 from bottom, erase "M." in 
 " E. H. M. Dorman." 
 
 380. Line 4 from top, for " George H. Cow- 
 ing " read " George A. Gowing." 
 
 382. Line 11 from top, for " Alman " read 
 " Almon." 
 
 385. Line 20 from bottom, erase " Ch. : " 
 and erase the whole of line 19 from 
 bottom. Samuel F. Townsend m. 
 the widow of Horace Twitchell, and 
 not the widow of Cyrus Powers. 
 See pages 401 and 406. 
 
 394. Line 8 from bottom, for " Augustine " 
 
 read " Augustine P." 
 
 395. Line 10 from bottom, for " Jonathan " 
 
 read " Jedediah." 
 
 396. Line 20 from top, for "1797" read 
 
 " 1787." 
 414. It is stated on page 191, bottom line, 
 that Elder Willard, d. at the ad- 
 vanced age of 89. It will be seen 
 from the dates of his birth and 
 death, that he was only in his 89th 
 year. 
 
 Mes. Mart Farrar. — On pages 161 and 
 162 is a register of the family of 
 the Rev. Joseph Farrar, the first 
 minister of Dublin. A letter from 
 Rev. S. F. Clark, dated Jan. 14, 
 1854, informed us that Mrs. Farrar 
 was still living in Petersham ; and, 
 as she would be one hundred years 
 old, Feb. 4, 1855, her friends pro- 
 posed to take her to church on that 
 day. This was done, as the follow- 
 ing letter from the Rev. John J. 
 Putnam will show : — 
 
 "Petersham, Feb. 6, 18,55. 
 " Rev. Dr. Leonard. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — I hasten to answer your 
 inquiries relative to Mrs. Mary Farrar, of 
 this town. She has lived to complete a 
 century ; and, on Sunday last, celebrated 
 her one hundredth birthday by attending 
 public worship at the Unitarian Church. 
 The day was one of the coldest of this in- 
 clement season. She walked with a firm 
 step to her slip, stood unsupported during 
 the singing, and remained after the congre- 
 gation was dismissed to participate in the 
 communion service. Her presence gave 
 great solemnity and impressiveness to the 
 occasion. In the same slip was a brother 
 of hers, now in his ninety-seventh year, .ind 
 in good health. The hymns were sung in 
 old tunes, such as Old Hundred, Mear, and 
 St. Martin's, to revive the recollections of 
 the past. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. 
 Willson, former pa.«tor of the church of 
 which the centcnnarian is a member, and 
 a discourse preached by myself, on " Vir- 
 tuous Old .40-C," from the words, "The 
 hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be 
 found in the way of righteousness," Prov. 
 xvi. 3. 
 
 "Very truly yours, 
 
 "John J. Putnam." 
 
 64 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 Abbot, Abiel, Rev., D.D., Letter of, 
 
 60. 
 Adams, James, 309. Joseph, 310. 
 Moses, 10, 11, 20, 137, 286, 309. 
 Moses, jun., 309. Reo, 92, 309. 
 Samuel, 232, 309. 
 Additions and corrections, 424. 
 Address at the Centennial Celebra- 
 tion, 3. 
 Agricultural products, 121, 123, 
 
 220. 
 Alden, Thomas, 311. 
 Alexander, Jeimette, 399. John, 
 
 7, 132, 246. 
 Allen, Josiah, 311. 
 Allison, Andrew, 130, 230, 312. 
 
 Samuel, 234, 312. 
 Altemont Lodge, 270. 
 Ames, Stephen, 230, 312. 
 Anecdotes, 284. 
 Animals, Wild, 27, 120, 280. 
 Appleton, Aaron, 57, 231, 314. 
 Francis, 188, 314. Isaac, 230, 
 313. Joseph, 232, 313. Samuel, 
 39, 88, 259, 291, 313. 
 Appleton Fund, 89, 259. 
 Arrangements for the Centennial 
 Celebration, 49. Committee of, 50. 
 Assessments upon the rights of pro- 
 prietors of land, 8-10, 135-8. 
 Association, Common-school, 263. 
 Ladies' Bible, 288. 
 
 Babcock, Amos, 315. Ebcnezer, 
 
 315. 
 Balch, Hart, 22, 315. 
 
 Baptisms, 182. 
 
 Baptist Church, 36, 190. 
 
 Barnes, Luther, 315. 
 
 Barrett, Jeremiah, 315. John, 316. 
 
 BatcheUer, James, Dr., Letter of, 89. 
 
 Bean-porridge, 64, 284. 
 
 Beard, Albin, Communication of, 
 
 111. 
 Bears, 27, 280, 281. 
 Beech Mountain, 118. 
 Beede, Thomas, Rev., Dedication 
 
 Sermon, 36. 
 Beef-tivx, 23. 
 Belknap, Lawson, 59, 234, 282, 
 
 290. Nathaniel, 282, 316. 
 Bemis, James, 316,317. Jeremiah, 
 
 317. Jeremiah, jun., 81. 
 Berries, AVild, 119, 424. 
 Bible Association, Ladies', 288. 
 Births, 417. 
 
 Bixby, Nathan, 26, 229, 318. 
 Blacksmiths, 272. 
 Blanchard, Joseph, 5, 129. 
 Board and wages of school-teachers, 
 
 38, 88. 
 Bond, Franklin, 318. Isaac, 318. 
 Bounty on wolves and crows, 27, 28. 
 Bouton, Nathaniel, Rev., D.D., 
 
 Dedication Sermon, 185. 
 Bowers, James, 319. 
 Bridges built, 9. 
 Brigham, Jonas, 319. 
 Broad, Seth, 319. 
 Brooks, Jonas, 320. 
 BuUard, Asa, 290. Simeon, 229, 
 
 320. Timothy, 320. 
 Bunker HiU, 20, 63. 
 Burnap, Nathan, Dr., 264. 
 Burnham, Nathaniel, 320. 
 Burns, James, 321. 
 Burying-ground, 10, 290. 
 
428 
 
 Candidates, Ministerial, 160, 179. 
 
 Carding-machines, 273, 277. 
 
 Carpenters, 272. 
 
 Casualties, fatal, 286. 
 
 Census, at several times, 11, 208. 
 For 1850, 209. 
 
 Centennial Celebration, Address, 3. 
 Arrangements and Proceedings, 
 47. 
 
 Centre Pond, 117, 118. 
 
 Chamberlain, Cyrus, 189, 230, 321. 
 James, 277, 321. 
 
 Charter, Original, of North Monad- 
 nock, 5, 124. Of Dublin, as a 
 town, 12, 139. 
 
 Childs, Artemas, 322. 
 
 Church, Congregational, organized, 
 16, 154. Covenants, 154, 176. 
 Members, 164, 182. Trinitarian 
 Congregational, 184, 188. Bap- 
 tist, 190—3. 
 
 Clark, George P., Eev., 83, 323. 
 Jonas, 273, 322, 425. Samuel 
 P., Ilov., 76, 324. 
 
 Climate of Dublin, 120. 
 
 Clothiers' works, 273, 277. 
 
 Collectors of taxes, 25. 
 
 College graduates, 264. 
 
 Committee of Inspection, 18, 148. 
 
 Committees for the Centennial Ce- 
 lebration, 49 — 52. 
 
 Common-school Association, 263. 
 
 Common schools, 37, 81, 84, 246. 
 
 Communion service, 189. (Note.) 
 
 Congregational Society, Pirst, 179. 
 Second, 182. 
 
 Congress, Continental, Resolves of, 
 18. 
 
 Constables, 25. 
 
 Constitution, Pederal, 24. Of the 
 State, 222-8. 
 
 Consumption, 266. 
 
 Continental Army, Soldiers in, 20, 
 149. Congress, Resolves of, 18. 
 Money, depreciation of, 31, 282. 
 
 Convention to act on Pederal Con- 
 stitution, 24. 
 
 Conventions for formation and re- 
 vision of State Constitution, 222 
 -8. 
 
 Corey, Moses, 67, 232, 325. Ste- 
 phen, 325. 
 
 Corrections and additions, 424. 
 
 Councils, Ecclesiastical, 157, 162, 
 181, 183, 186, 187. 
 
 Covenants, Church, 154, 176. 
 
 Crombie, John, 232, 325. 
 
 Crows, 28. 
 
 Cummings, Charles, Elder, 192. 
 
 Darling, Luther, 326. 
 
 Darracott, William, 326. 
 
 Davis, WilUam, 326. William, 
 jun., 234. 
 
 Deacons, 188. 
 
 Deaths, 266. 
 
 Declaration in favor of the Ameri- 
 can Colonies, 19, 149. 
 
 Dedication of meeting-houses, 36, 
 185, 208. 
 
 Demands against the town, 25. 
 
 Depreciation of paper money, 31, 
 282. 
 
 Derby, Dexter, 234, 327. Samuel, 
 327. 
 
 Draught of lots, 127. 
 
 Dublin, Incorporation and name of, 
 12, 13, 139, 141. Physical cha- 
 racteristics and history of, 117. 
 Population of, 11, 208. Settle- 
 ment of, 6, 11, 130. Schools, 
 246. Town-officers, 229. 
 
 Dunbar, Elijah, Rev., 20, 33, 34, 
 172, 176, 178. 
 
 E. 
 
 Early settlers. Hardships of, 279. 
 
 Eaton, Moses, 328. 
 
 Ecclesiastical history, 152. Coun- 
 cils, 157,162, 181, 183, 186, 187. 
 
 Elliot, Daniel, 59,105,328. David, 
 230, 328, 329. John, 59, 328. 
 
 Emery, Amos, 229, 329. 
 
 Emes, Alexander, 39, 230, 330. 
 Ebenezer, 330. James, 230, 330. 
 
 Emigrants from Dublin, 418. 
 
 Evleth, Joab, 331. Joseph, 331. 
 
 Exchanges, Ministerial, 194. 
 
 Exercises at the Centennial Cele- 
 bration, 53. 
 
 Fairbanks, Asa, 331, 332. Ebene- 
 zer, 331. Moses, 331. 
 
 Families, Registers of, 307. 
 
 Par ns worth, Timothy, 333. 
 
 Parnum, Joshua, 333. 
 
 Parrar, Joseph, Rev., 15, 72, 152. 
 Mary, Mrs., 425. Phinehas, 334. 
 
429 
 
 Federal Constitution, 24. 
 
 Fish, 118, 119. 
 
 Fisher, Samuel, 335. 
 
 Fisk, Asa, 336. Asa H., 287, 336. 
 Samuel, 231, 335. Thomas, 233, 
 336. 
 
 Fiske, Asa, 336. Daniel, 336. Par- 
 ker, 336. 
 
 First Congregational Society, 179. 
 
 First Trinitarian Congregational So- 
 ciety, 182. 
 
 Flint, Joshua, 337. 
 
 Forest-trees, 119. 
 
 Foster, Ephraim, 234, 337. John 
 H., Dr., 91, 265. 
 
 Fourth of July Celebrations, 268, 
 269. 
 
 Freeholders, to agree with minister, 
 15. 
 
 Freeman, Csesar, 208, 289. 
 
 Freemasons, 270. 
 
 French, John, 338. Luke, 339. 
 Whitcomb, 232, 338. 
 
 Frost, Benjamin, 339. Cyrus, 234, 
 340. 
 
 Fund, Appleton, 259. Ministerial, 
 34, 173, 243. School, 35, 39, 
 173, 243. 
 
 Genealogies of Families, 309. 
 Geological characteristics, 120, 122. 
 Gilchrest, Richard, 20, 151, 282, 
 
 340. 
 Gleason, Jacob, 233, 342. John, 
 
 233, 342. Phinehas, 341. Phi- 
 
 nehas, jun., 233, 342. 
 Goffe, John, 11, 12. 
 Governor, Votes for, 235. 
 Gowing, Almerin, 233, 343. James, 
 
 342. James, jun., 343. Joseph, 
 
 343. 
 Goyer, Bartholomew, 344. 
 Graduates of Colleges, 264. 
 Grant of North Monadnock, 5, 124. 
 Green, Thomas, 20, 151. 
 Greenwood, Aaron, 346. Asa, 233, 
 
 345. Bela, 348. Ebenezer, 234, 
 
 346. Eli, 280, 344. Joseph, 11, 
 14,229,345. Josiah, 347. Joshua 
 (carijenter), 344. Joshua (black- 
 smith), 347. Moses, 346. Moses, 
 jun., 346. Nathaniel, 347. Wil- 
 liam, 10, 11, 132, 229, 280, 344. 
 "William, jun., 345. 
 
 Grenadier company, 29, 278. 
 Griffin, Samuel, 24, 25. 
 Grist-mills, 9, 136, 273-7. 
 
 Habitations of the first settlers, 279, 
 
 281. 
 Hardships of the early settlers, 279. 
 Hamilton, Eli, 349. Samuel, Dr., 
 
 231, 264, 348. 
 Hardy, Elias, 233, 350. Moses, 
 
 349. Thomas, 21, 349. Thomas, 
 
 jun., 58, 349. 
 Harris, Bethuel, 273, 351. Jason, 
 
 273, 351. Lovell, 234. Samuel, 
 
 Rev., 75, 185. Thaddeus W., 
 
 Dr., Treatise on Insects, 120. 
 Harrisville, 37, 273. 
 Hart, David, 350. 
 Hay, Joseph F., 351. Thomas, 351. 
 Hayes, Alonzo, Rev., 36, 187. 
 Hayward, Charles P., 352, 366. 
 
 Joseph, 229, 351. Joseph, jun., 
 
 352. 
 Heald, Asa, Dr., 234, 265, 352. 
 
 Jefferson, 353. 
 Heard, Henry, 253. 
 Hill, Ebenezer, 18, 353. 
 Hills, Benjamin, Dr., 264, 354. 
 Hinds, Abner, 354. 
 Holt, Nathan, 354. 
 Hunt, Isaac, 355. Willard, 18, 
 
 355. 
 Hymn-books, 198. 
 
 Incor^TOration of the town, 12, 13, 
 139. 
 
 Inscriptions on the monuments of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Sprague, 175. 
 
 Insects, 120. 
 
 Inspection, Committee of, 18, 148. 
 
 Institute, Cheshire County Teach- 
 ers', 259. 
 
 Instrumental music in church, 199. 
 
 Intoxicating drinks, 27, 268. 
 
 Invoice for 1771, and subsequent 
 years, 141-3. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jackson, Amos, 355. Charles T., 
 Dr., Geological Survey of New 
 Hampshire, 120, 122. 
 
 Johnson, Simeon, 229, 355. 
 
 Jones, John, 356. Samuel, 355. 
 Samuel, jun., 233, 355. 
 
 Justices of the Pe;\cc, 14, 287. 
 
 Juvenile Library, 79, 80, 262. 
 
430 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kendall, Henry A., Rev., 36, 186, 
 3o6. Joel, 356. 
 
 Kidder, Moses, Dr., 171, 265. Keu- 
 ben, 10, 136. 
 
 Kingsbiiry family, 393. (Note.) 
 
 Kinney, Moses, Elder, 191. 
 
 Knight, Josiah H., 357. 
 
 Knowlton, Elisha, 359. John (Dea- 
 con), 357. John, 2d, 358. Luke, 
 358. Silas, 358. 
 
 L. 
 
 Ladies' Bible Association, 288. 
 
 Ladies' Library, 262. 
 
 Langdon, Samuel, E,ev., D.D., 17, 
 
 163. 
 La-wrence, Alvarus, 359. Ambrose, 
 
 Dr., 72, 359. 
 Learned, Benjamin, 20, 188, 230, 
 
 359. Benjamin, jun., 360. Her- 
 
 vey, 234, 359. John, 361. John 
 
 Wilson, 359. 
 Leonard, Le^-i W., Rev., D.D., 36, 
 
 40, 50, 72, 79, 82, 84, 110, 179, 
 
 208, 254-8, 361. 
 LeA^-is, Samuel, 361. 
 Libraries, 79, 80, 261. 
 Literary fund, 39, 241. 
 Literary Society, 262. 
 Little, Fortune, 289,361. 
 Livermore, Abiel A., Rev., Letter 
 
 of, 76. 
 Locke, Samuel, Rev., 15, 155. 
 Long Pond, 118, 119. 
 Longe\'ity, 267. 
 Lots of land, laying out and draught 
 
 of, 5, 6, 125, 127. Occupants of, 
 
 291. 
 Lumber, 275. 
 Lyceum, 262. 
 
 M. 
 
 Mails, 245. 
 
 Manufactures, Statistics of, 221. 
 
 * Of pottery-ware, 274. Shoes and 
 
 shoe-pegs, 276. Wooden-ware 
 
 and boxes, 275. Woollen goods, 
 
 273. Value of, 277. 
 
 Marriages, 182, 416. 
 
 Marshall, Aaron, 280, 361. Ben- 
 jamin, 361. Moses, 232, 362. 
 
 Mason, Bela, 369. Benjamin, 14, 
 18, 229, 364. Benjamin, jun.. 
 
 368. Calvin, 233, 365. Charles, 
 1,365. Charles K., 365. Cyrus, 
 
 369. Da-sdd H., 366. Dexter, 
 233, 365. Hugh, 363. Jere- 
 miah, 368. John, 366. Joseph, 
 367. Joseph, jun., 368. Moses, 
 363. Moses, jun., 363. Moses, 
 3d, 363. Nathaniel, 367. Rufus, 
 369. Samuel, 367. Samuel, jun., 
 367. Thaddeus, 230, 365. Thad- 
 deus, jun., 232, 365. Thaddeus 
 P., 366. 
 
 Masonian proprietors, 129. 
 
 Masonic lodge, 270. 
 
 Masons, 272. 
 
 McNee, William, 7, 131, 132. 
 
 Mechanics, 272. 
 
 Meeting-house, Pro\'ision for, 6, 
 125. First, built, 10, 11, 135-8, 
 and finished, 30. NeAV, built, 
 
 35, 36, 201. Warming of, 194. 
 Right of town in, 195. Re- 
 moved and rebuilt, 206. Baptist, 
 
 36, 193. Methodist, 36, 193. 
 Trinitarian Congregational, 36, 
 185. 
 
 Meetings of the proprietors, 8, 10, 
 30, 134. 
 
 Merchants or traders, 271. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, 36, 
 193. 
 
 Military affairs, 23, 29, 277. Offi- 
 cers, 277. 
 
 Millerism, 194. 
 
 Mills, 9, 135, 136, 273-7. 
 
 Milh\Tights, 272. 
 
 Minister, first settled, land appro- 
 priated for, 5, 125, and purchased 
 of him, 147, 160. Tax, 169. 
 
 Ministerial candidates, 160, 179. 
 Exchanges, 194. Funds, 34, 243. 
 
 Ministers, Salary of, 15, 17, 31, 
 156, 168, 179. 
 
 Ministry, Land appropriated for, 5, 
 125. 
 
 Moderators of tOAvn-meetings, 229. 
 
 Monadnock, Name of, 13. Moun- 
 tain, 42, 62, 106. Number 3, 
 grant, 5, 124, and incorporation 
 of, 12, 139. 
 
 Money, Depreciation of paper, 31, 
 282*. Raised by the town, 240. 
 
 Mormonism, 194. 
 
 Morse, Amos, 373. Bela, 371. 
 Benjamin, 371. Daniel, 375. 
 Da-v-id, 376. Ebenezer, Dr., 61, 
 372. Eli, 9, 134, 188, 229, 373. 
 Ezra, 372. Gershom, 376. Isaac, 
 374. John, 151,230, 372. John, 
 
431 
 
 jun., 232, 373. Jonathan, 20, 21, 
 22,151.373. Micah. 375. Paul, 
 375. Peter, 374. Reuben, U, 
 25, 229, 371. Reuben, jun., 371. 
 Samuel, 59, 373. Solomon, 376, 
 Thaddeus, Ul, 156, 171, 230, 
 374. Thaddeus, jun., 233, 374. 
 Thomas, 8, 14, 132, 277, 370. 
 
 Mortality and sickness, 265. 
 
 Music, Sacred, 196. Instrumental, 
 in chiirch, 199. 
 
 Muzzey, John, 11, 229, 286, 376. 
 Robert, 150, 376. Robert, jun., 
 231, 376. 
 
 N. 
 
 Name of Dublin, 13, 141. 
 
 New comers warned out, 26, 143. 
 
 Non-resident tax-payers, 417. 
 
 Norcross, Asa, 377. 
 
 North Monadnock, Grant of, 5, 124. 
 Political organization of, 11. In- 
 corporated by the name of Dubhn, 
 12, 13, 139. 
 
 O. 
 
 Occupants of lots, 291. 
 
 Officers, Military, 277. Town, 229. 
 
 Officials, Pay of, 25. 
 
 Olden times and customs, 61, 279. 
 
 Organ presented to the First Con- 
 gregational Society, 199. 
 
 Organization, Political, of the in- 
 habitants of North Monadnock, 
 11. 
 
 P. 
 
 Packersfield classed with Dublin, 
 25. 
 
 Paper-money, Depreciation of, 31, 
 282. 
 
 Parker, John G., Dr., 377. Wil- 
 liam, 90. 
 
 Partridge, Levi, 378. 
 
 Paupers, 26, 242. 
 
 Pay of town-officers, 25. 
 
 Perry, Eenjamin, 379. Ebenezer^ 
 189, 380. Ivory, 89, 378. Ivory, 
 jun., 378. James J., 70. John, 
 231, 281, 378. Kczia, Mrs., 155, 
 281. Jonathan, 379. Joseph, 
 234, 379. Moses, 378. 
 
 Pew-ground, 30. 
 
 Phillips, Richard, 380. 
 
 Physicians, 264. 
 
 Pickerel, 119. 
 
 Pierce, Charles W., 382. Silas, 230, 
 381. 
 
 Pine, White, reserved for ship-tim- 
 ber, 6, 12, 126, 140. 
 
 Piper, CjTus, 383. HenrvC, 103, 
 
 383. James G., 67, 383. John, 
 
 384. Rufus, 50, 232, 383. Solo- 
 mon, 382. Solomon, jun., 101, 
 198, 199, 201, 383. 
 
 Political organization, First, 11. 
 
 Polls, Number of, 142, 237. 
 
 Ponds, 118. 
 
 Poor Farm, 243. 
 
 Population, 11, 208, 209, 291. 
 
 Porter, Joel, 384. 
 
 Post-office, 245. 
 
 Powers, Asa, 385. 
 
 Preaching, First, 15, 155. 
 
 Prentiss, John, 108. 
 
 Prices of commodities and labor, 31, 
 147, 289. 
 
 Proceedings at the Centennial Cele- 
 bration, 47. 
 
 Products, Agricultural, 121, 123, 
 220. 
 
 Proprietors, Masonian, 129. Of 
 North Monadnock, 5, 124, 127. 
 Meetings of, 8—10, 30, 134. 
 
 Province-tax, 288. 
 
 Publication, Committee of, 60. 
 
 Puffer, Jabez, 26, 386. 
 
 Ranges of lots, 6. 
 
 Ranstead, John, 386. 
 
 Registers of families, 307. 
 
 Representatives to the General 
 Court, 25, 230. 
 
 Resolves of the Continental Con- 
 gress, 18. 
 
 Revenue, Surplus, 242, 243. 
 
 Revolutionary War, 17, 148, 282. 
 Soldiers in, 20, 22, 149, 150. 
 
 Richardson, Abijah, 386. Da\'id, 
 232, 388. Ebenezer, 232, 387. 
 John, 387. 
 
 Rider, Moses, 388. 
 
 Rights of land, 5, 8, 125. Assess- 
 ments upon, 8-10, 135-8. 
 
 Ripley family, 314. (Note.) 
 
 Roads, Laving out and repairing, 8, 
 9, 125, i35, 137, 242. Breaking, 
 283. Persons who worked on, 8, 
 133, 134. 
 
432 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Robbe, James, 388. William, 333. 
 
 (Note.) 
 Robinson, John, killed, 286. 
 Rollins, James, 389. Joseph, 389. 
 RoAvell, Ichabod, 390. 
 Rum-tax, 23. 
 Russell, John, 390. Jonathan, 390. 
 
 Simeon, 390. 
 Rye, a standard of value, 22, 31, 32. 
 
 Sacred music, 196. 
 
 Salary of ministers, 15, 17, 31, 32, 
 166, 168, 179. 
 
 Sanders, John, 391. 
 
 Saw-mills, 9, 135, 273, 275. 
 
 School, Committees, 39, 254. Com- 
 mon, Association, 263. Districts, 
 37, 247, 251. Fund, 35, 39, 243, 
 259. Houses, 37, 247, 253. Land 
 appropriated for, 5, 125, 243. 
 Money, 37, 39, 240, 246. Re- 
 ports,' 39, 267. Returns, 257. 
 Teachers' wages and board, 38, 
 39, 88. 
 
 Schools, Common, 37, 81, 83, 88, 
 246, 290. Private, 258. Singing, 
 196. Sunday, 76, 200. 
 
 Scotch-Irish, 7, 13, 131, 246. 
 
 Scott, Alexander, 7, 131. William, 
 7, 131. 
 
 Selectmen, 14, 229. 
 
 Settlement of the town, 6, 11, 130, 
 279. 
 
 Sewall, Edmund Quincv, Rev., 178. 
 
 Shares of land, 5, 125, 'l27. 
 
 Shattuck, Abraham, 391. 
 
 Shepherd, Samuel, 392. 
 
 Sherborn, Settlers from, 8, 11, 133, 
 246. 
 
 Ship-timber, white pine, reserved, 
 6, 13, 126, 140. 
 
 Shoemakers, 272. 
 
 Shoe-pegs, 221, 277. 
 
 Shoes, 221, 276. 
 
 Sickness and mortality, 265. 
 
 Singing-schools, 196. 
 
 Slaves, 141, 208, 289. 
 
 Smith, Aaron, 394. Aaron, 234, 
 392. Abner, 392. Albert, Dr., 
 93. Jonathan K., 51, 53, 54, 
 200, 232, 288, 393. Mary L., 
 Mrs., 99. Ruggles, 231, 393. 
 Samuel, 394. 
 
 Snow, Ezra, 395. John, 231, 394. 
 John, jun., 394. Josephus, 395. 
 
 F'^Xiial Library, 261. 
 
 Soil, Nature of, 121, 122. 
 
 Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 
 
 20, 22, 149, 150. In the war of 
 
 1812, 152, 424. 
 Southwick, Jedediah K., 233, 395. 
 Sprague, Edward, Rev., 17, 31, 73, 
 
 110, 162, 285, 360. Hannah, 
 
 Mrs., 171, 175. John, Dr., 33, 
 
 166. 
 Stages, 245. 
 Stanford, Joshua, 396. Josiah, 396. 
 
 Phinehas, 396. 
 Stanley, Joshua, 396, 397. Simeon, 
 
 396. William, 396. 
 State Constitution, 222-8. 
 Stone, John, 397. John (Capt.), 
 
 398. John, 22, 397. Silas, 397. 
 
 Silas, 398. 
 Strongman, Hemry, 7, 10, 13, 14, 
 
 131, 229, 246, 398. Richard 
 
 (Strongl, 232, 399. 
 Sunday schools, 78, 200. 
 Surplus Revenue, 242, 243. 
 Swan, John, 20. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taggart, James, 7, 131, 132. John, 
 399. John, jun., 232, 399. Wil- 
 liam, 7, 132. 
 
 Tanners and curriers, 272. 
 
 Tax, Minister, 169. Province, 288. 
 
 Taxation, 238. Money raised by, 
 240. 
 
 Taxes, Abatement of, 26. Collec- 
 tion of, 25. During the Revolu- 
 tionary war, 23. Upon the rights 
 of proprietors, 8-10, 135-8. 
 
 Temperance Reform, 267. 
 
 Temperature, 121. 
 
 Thornton, Matthew, 5, 7, 130, 288. 
 WilUam, 6, 130, 131. 
 
 Tisdale, James, Rev., 71, 185. 
 
 Toleration Law, 179. 
 
 Town, Claims against, 25. Clerks, 
 229. Officers, 25, 229. Treasu- 
 rers, 235. Meetings, Warrants 
 for, 24. 
 
 Towne, Cornelius, 400. 
 
 Townsend, Da^-id, 401. David, 
 jun., 401. Jonathan, 401. 
 
 Traders, 271. 
 
 Treasurers of the town, 235. 
 
 Trees, Forest, 119. White pine, 
 reserved, 6, 12, 126, 140. 
 
 Trinitarian Congregational Society, 
 36, 182. • 
 
 Trout, 118, 119. 
 
433 
 
 Turkeys, AVild, 120. 
 
 Twitchell, Abel, 273, 405. Abijah, 
 406. Amos, Dr., 4, 93, 403. 
 Ebenezer, 407. Eleazer, 404. 
 Ezra, 229, 404. Gershom, 406. 
 Gershom, jun., 406. Joseph, 
 133, 402 (Note). Joseph, jun,, 
 229, 404. Joshua, 407. Samuel, 
 14, 133, 229, 407. Timothy, 403. 
 
 Union Library, 262. 
 Upton, Nehemiah, 408. 
 
 Valuation, 237. 
 
 Voters, Number and cj^uahfications 
 
 of, 141, 237. 
 Votes for Governor, 235. 
 
 W. 
 
 Wages and board of school-teachers, 
 38, 88. Of laborers, 222. 
 
 Wait, Josiah, 409. 
 
 Wakefield, Thomas, 409. 
 
 WaUingsford, Benjamin, 410. Ebe- 
 nezer B., 410. 
 
 War of 1812, Persons Avho served 
 in, 152, 424. Revolutionary, 17, 
 149, 150. 
 
 Ware, Henry, Rev., D.D., Ordina- 
 tion Sermon, 36. 
 Warming the meeting-hoiise, 194. 
 Warning out of new comers, 26, 
 
 143. 
 Warrants for town-meetings, 24. 
 Warren, Daniel, 410. John, 410. 
 Wheelwrights, 272. 
 White-pine trees reserved, 6, 12, 
 
 126, 140. 
 Whittemore, Charles, 70. Joseph, 
 
 412. 
 Wight, Jabez, 412. Joel, 412. 
 
 John, 412. 
 Wild animals, 27, 120, 280. 
 Wilder, Abel, 413. Abel, jun., 
 
 413. 
 Will of Rev. Edward Sprague, 172. 
 Willard, Ehjah, Elder, 36, 75, 191, 
 
 285, 414. Josiah, jun., 12. 
 
 'Levi, 234, 414. 
 Wolves, 27, 280, 283. 
 Wood, Salmon, 415. 
 Wooden ware and boxes, 221, 275. 
 Woods, Stephen J., 183, 188, 415. 
 Woollen goods, manufacture of, 
 
 221, 273. 
 Worsley, Robert, 415. 
 
 Y. 
 
 YearcUy, WiUiam, 415. 
 jun., 415. 
 
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