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Lang 93 Kirths recorded in the town records— 1733-1850 95-1S4 proprietors' records 185 Miographical sketch of Charles Hubbard Amsden 187-189 Samuel Colcord Itartlett . 189, 190 Charles Carleton Coffin . 190-194 •* '• Enoch Gcrrish . 195, 196 Kzra .Sheldon Harris . 196, 197 John Kimball . 197-201 Benjamin Ames Kimball . ::o 1-203 William Smith Kimball . 203, 204 Arthur Little . . . 205, 2c/) Ephraim Plummer 207 Henry Pearson Rolfe ... 20R-211 Pul)lication of proceedings and agreement 213 LIST OF PORTRAITS. Charles Hubbard Anisden Samuel Colcord Bartlett Charles Carleton Coffin Enoch Gerrish . Ezra Sheldon Harris John Kimball . Benjamin Ames Kimball William Smith Kimball Arthur Little . Ephraim Plummer Henry Pearson Rolfe Opposite page 187 59 '95 196 16 201 203 48 207 66 PRELIM I\ A k\'. In th(' month of Uecember, 1882, Charles C. Coffin, of Ik)ston. meeting by chance Isaac K. Gage, of Pcnacook. at tlie railroatl cle|)ot. remarked that the year 1SS3 would number the 150th since the settle- ment of the tf»\vn of Hoscawen. It was suggested that a town with a histor)' so marked as that of Hos- cawen. which hat! sent forth so many men of high intellectual attainments and lofty character. shouUl commemorate its 150th anniversar)". The proposi- tion was so hi-artily concurreil in by th(.' citizens, when presented by Mr. Gage, that in lubruary, 1SS3. the following article was inserted in the war- rant for calling the annual town-meeting: "To see if the town will vote to have a celebration the ensuing )ear, aiul, if so. to see what sum of money the town will raise for th(; purpose, and to choose the necessary rominiltee to carr\" out the same." At the meeting of the town, the following vote was passed : "To raise the sum of $300; and the selectmen are instructed to appoint a committee to make all neces- sary arrangements. " The following committee was appointed : Nehemiah Butler, Isaac K. Gage, Nathaniel S. Webster, Charles W. Webster, Frank L. Gerrish, Peter Coffin, and Samuel B. Chadwick, of Boscawen ; Sherman Little, William W. Burbank, Moody A. Pillsbury, and Henry H, Gerrish, of Webster. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE. April 14, 1883, the members of the committee, excepting H. H. Gerrish, met at the town hall in Boscawen, agreeable to previous notice. Meeting was called to order by the chairman, N. Butler, Esq., and Isaac K. Gage was chosen secre- tary. Remarks were made by Butler, Gage, C. W. Web- ster, and Sherman Little. Letters were read from C. C. Coffin, Esq. On motion of Peter Coffin, Voted that the cele- bration take place August 23, 1883. Made choice of Frank L. Gerrish as treasurer for the committee. Voted that there be a committee of five, — three from Boscawen and two from Webster, — to report the order of exercises for the occasion at an ad- journed meeting. N. S. Webster. F. L. Gerrish, Isaac K. Gaee. Sherman Little, and W. W. Burbank were appointed said committee. Voted that a committee of three be chosen to see what can be done by the citizens of the town, and others interested, to assist in furnishing supplies, etc., for the occasion. Messrs. C. W. Webster. S. B. Chadwick, and M. A. Pillsbur)- were chosen. Adjourned to May 5, at 2 o'clock i'. >[., to meet at the town hall. May 5. met according to adjournment. Pn-scnt. \. .S. Webster. C. W. Webster. Gage Coffin. I*". L. (jerrisii. Little. Burbank. and Chadwick. In absence of Judge Butler, made choice of C. W. Webster as chairman pro ttm. After some remarks, voted to adjourn at the call of the chairman. May 19. 1SS3. met according to notice from the chairman, at the town hall, at 2 i*. m. IVesirnt. Messrs. lUitler. C. W. Webster. X. S. Webster, IVrtt-r Coffin. I*". L. Gerrish. (iage. and Lit- tle, of the committee, and C. C. Coffin, of Boston — Judge Butler in the chair. Remarks were made by C. C. Luinn. ami by sev- eral members of the committee. On motion, voted to change the time from August 23 to October. 1S83. providing suitable speakers for the occasion could be obtained. The following committees were appointed : On Invitatioti. Riccpdon, etc., — Isaac K. Gage. N. S. Webster, I b-nr) 11. ( icrrish, and Peter Coffin. 0)i Preparation, Dinner, Music, and Place — Messrs. I'. I.. (;F TIIK sett]j:mi:x'I' oi- boscawen. Aur.irsT 16, 1883. (;RD1:K UF EXICKCISES. FORK NOON. Meet at the old Fort near the Messrs. (iill. at 1 1 \. m. Mlsic hv iHi; Hand. March to the Cemetery n\ here the tirst Chiirclj was locateil. Presentation of Memorial hy n«)n. John Kimball, of" Concord. Response for the town by J. C. Pearson, Esq. Pkavku. Hymn hy tiik Aidiknck. March in procession to the town hall, where a collation will be served. .AKTKkNooX. Music by tiik Ciioiii. Welcome by N. Hutler. President of the Day. Misic. Phayer. Historical Address by C. C. Coffin, of Boston. Mrsic. Address by Rev. Arthur Little. :i. i>.. of Chicago. Mrsa. Atldress by President Bartlctt, of Hanover. Poem by Rev. Frank Halcv. of Boscawen. Short addresses by other persons. DOXOI.OGY. BENEr>ICTION'. 1. C Pearson, Chief Marshal. Tin: DAW The cLi) \v;is auspicious. The sk\-. which tor main- weeks had glowed wiili summer licat. was overcast with clouds, not wholly obscuring the sun, but tem- pering its burning rays. At an early morning hour the citizens, th(Mr wives, sons, and (.laughters, were at work making the last preparations. In the town hall, the ladies were |)reparing a munificent rei)ast. Around the tent a volunteer committee of gentle- men sliceil baskets full of beef. ham. and tongue. From the steaming cauldrons and k(!ttles came the aroma of l^^iling coffee. ()th LNTii. 17^17. This stoMC cicctctl ix^;^ John Kimball, Enoch Gerrish, Charles C. Coffin. HcMJarnin A. Kimball. Arthur Little. Moses G. Farmer. Charles H. Amsden. Charles 1 1 . Aiucs. The assembly was called to order by the chief marshal, and prayer was offered by Rev. Arthur Lit- tle, I). i>., of Chicago. In behalf of the donors, Hon. John Kimball, of Concord, presented the memorial to the town. i6 ADDRESS OF HON. JOHN KIMBALL. Gentlemen of the Board of Selectmen, and Citizens of Boscawen : It is well authenticated by history and tradition, that as early as 1733 the original proprietors of Contoo- cook set apart the lot of land here enclosed as a suit- able place in the plantation for the meeting-house,^ The piece of timber exhibited here on this occa- sion was taken from the log meeting-house built where this large assembly is congregated to-day.^ More than one hundred and fifty years ago the colonies of Massachusetts Bay granted to several persons, inhabitants of the town of Newbury, Massa- chusetts, the tract of land, seven miles square, situate on the west bank of the Merrimack river, adjoining Penny Cook plantation in New Hampshire. One of the conditions of this grant was, that the proprietors should build a convenient meeting-house, and settle a learned and orthodox minister within four years. Before the erection of the meeting-house religious services were held in the town-house, or in private dwellings.^ At a meeting of the proprietors, held at Contoocook (the name given to the "plantation") 6 September, 1738, "It was voted there should be a meeting-house built at the plantation aforesaid of forty feet long, and of the same width of Rumford 1 Prop. Records, p. 19. ^The timber was about ten feet long, twelve inches wide, and six inches thick, of white pine, and neatly hewn. It was furnished by Lysias Emerson, Esq., whose wife is a descendant of Winthrop Carter, an early settler. ^ Prop. Records, p. 18. ^/T^LJ. 17 meeting-house, and two feet higher, and said house to be built with logs." "Joseph (jerrish, Esq., Lieut. Joseph Coffin, Mr. Jacob Inlanders are chosen a committee to agree with a man or men to build said meeting-house." December 20, 173S. "Voted, That there should be 100 pounds in money raised to enable the com- mittee to go on in building a meeting-house at the plantation aforesaid." ''Voted, Thai the aforesaid Committee should view Rumford meeting-house and proportion Contoocook meeting-house according to their best skill and ludgement. ' It is to be inferred from the above votes that the building committee visited Rumford, "viewed" their house, and their "best skill and juilgtrment " was to make the change as e.xpressetl by the vote of the pro- prietors by adding two feet to its vertical propor- tions. The house at Rumford. as given by Joseph H. Walker at the one hundred and fiftieth anniver- sary of the I'irst Congregational Church in Concord, 1880, was forty feet in length and twenty-five in width, h was one story, and its rough walls were pierced with small square windows, sufficiently high from the ground to protect its occupants from the missiles of Intlian foe. The jjrecise height is not given ; but we find that the inhabitants of Rumford the same \ear decided to enlarge the accommoda- tions by the erection of galleries. This addition would indicate that the height was from fifteen to eighteen feet, and the house at Contoocook was to be two feet higher, or nearly twenty feet. 2 i8 The meeting-house was completed in the winter of 1739-40. The site selected was near the centre of the cemetery on " the plaine " where we stand to- day. The usual dedication service seems to have been omitted, as we find no mention made of it in the records. It was in this church and on this spot where the Rev. Phineas Stevens,^ their first minister, was ordained October 8, 1740. Rev. Ebenezer Price says, in his annals, " the expense of ordination, as paid by the proprietors, amounted to ^104, old tenor, a rare specimen of the simplicity and economy of that age." (The articles charged in the bill of the committee were 352 pounds of beef, 172 pounds of pork, 60 pounds of butter, 48 pounds of sugar, 8 ^Abiel Abbott, in his history of Audover, Mass., gives the following gen- ealogy : John Stevens^ d. 1662. Children — Jolm, Nathan, Ephraim, Joseph, and Benjamin. John. " Children — John, Nathan, Ephraim, Ebcnczcr, Joshua, Samuel, David, Abiel, and Benjamin. Ebenezer.'^ Children — Aaron, Ebenezer, Phineas, Asa, and Jacob. Phineas^ was b. in Andover, 1715; entered Harvard college, 1730, "at the age of 15;" grad. 1734. Ordained the first minister of Contoo- cook, N. H., Oct. 8, 1740. Married, ist, Jane, daughter of Joseph Gerrish, of Newbury, Mass., Nov. 24, 1741 ; she was b. Oct. 12, 1717. Married, 2d, Sarah Varney. He d. Jan. 19, 1755. Child by Jane : Jane, b. Jan. 20, 1743. Children by Sarah: Sarah, b. May 26, 1748; Abigail,\i. Nov. 12, 1749; John, b. March 7, 1752; Phineas, b. April 2, 1754. Rev. Timothy W'alker wrote in his diary as follows : "Feb. I, 1746. Mr. Stevens came and lodged at our house." " Feb. 2. He preached here and baptized, Abraham ye son of Abraham Col- by, Ebenezer ye son of Sampson Colby, and Abigail ye daughter of James Abbott Junior." " I preached at Contoocook." "March 9, 1746. Preached at Contoocook. Mr. Stevens preached for me, and baptized Peter ye son of Nathaniel Rix." 19 turkeys, 8 geese. 4 bushels of malt. 26 pounds of cheese, 49 gallons of molasses, 35 gallons of rum, with other necessary items too numerous to men- tion.) Mr. Price further says, "that the proprie- tors experienced a very interesting and solemn prov- idence in the sudden death of their Rev. and be- loved pastor. Mr. .Stevens, who died Jan. 19. 1755, in the si.xteenth \ear of his ministry." They raised JC90, 17s. old t(.*nor. to meet the expense of his funeral, and his remains lie- buried within this en- closure. •Mr. Stevens was graduated at 1 huvard college in 1734. "That he was very dear to the people of his charge, and his services satisfactory, are evidenced by their united attachment to his interest amid the trying sc(!nes and sufferings to which both he and they were called." His sons John and I'hineas died in the war of the Revolution. The erection of this house of public worship is an event in the set- tlenvmt of Hoscawen so important in itself, and so inlluential on the subsecpient history and character of the town, as to call for the ailoj)tion of some meth- od of keeping the memor)' of it fresh in the minds of successive generations of its inhabitants in all time to come. What more fitting or enduring than to mark the spot by granite and brass? Memorial stones have been set up in all ages, to call to mind some great event deemed important to be transmitted from one generation to another in an enduring manner. We have an illustration of this custom when Joshua, the great Hebrew leader, with his host, was about to pass over Jordan to take pos- 20 session of the promised land : he caused memorial stones to be set up, "That when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when it passed over Jor- dan, and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel forever," We meet here to-day to set up this stone as a memorial, with the hope that when your children come here to view the place where their ancestors sleep, they will pause, and ask their fathers, in the language of Scripture, "What mean ye by these stones?" and that their hearts will be inspired with a deeper reverence for the religious spirit of their ancestors when they are told that on this spot they built their first meeting-house, and here they congregated for the worship of God in the wilderness. Moved by this spirit of reverence for the religious element in the character of our ancestors, the donors of this memorial, having gone out from the home of our youth to do our life work amid other scenes, find gratification in returning to participate in this one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the town, and in giving this expression of our feel- ings on this consecrated spot. In behalf of my asso- ciates I present this stone to our native town, and bespeak for It the care and preservation which the object of its erection deserves. John C. Pearson, chairman of the Board of Select- men, accepted the memorial in behalf of the town. REI'I V f a meeting-house and the settle- ment ol a minister would, above all" things else. promote the welfare of the community. JOHN hkown's note-book. 1 low this little time-stained book, its rus.set cov- ers and yellow leaves, the diar\ and note-book of John Brown, becomes a potent charm to bring before us the little group of men — Moses Gerrish. William Ilsley. Beniamin Petengill. Daniel Fierce, David 28 Hale, Benjamin Willet, Edward Emery, the com- mittee appointed by the proprietors to lay out the town ! Thus reads the diary : "Oct. 23'' 1733. I set out for Contoocook with y'' committee who were to lay out y"" Intervale & home Lotts. This proving a rainy day & setting out late we got no father than Chester. " 24'*". Being rainy we came to Pennacook. "25. We came to Contoocook & viewed y*" land in order to find a place to settle y*" Town. "27. We viewed y"^ place to set y*" Meeting house on & Run out y^ highway to lay lotts." They viewed the land to find a place to settle the toivji ! Was it to be a mart for trade — a bustling city of the possible future ? Was it such a gorgeous air- castle w^hich quickened the imagination of those plain, practical men of Newbury, as they stood be- neath the stately trees of this terrace of the Merri- mack, and looked down upon the wide intervale and the majestic river ? Not that. This record, written by John Brown one hundred and fifty years ago, car- ries us back beyond that October day, far beyond the settlement of this country, beyond the green fields of Old England, to the oldest England on the shores of the Baltic, to the plains of Germany, where the New England town, unlike any other town in the \vide world, had its origin. 29 ORIGIN OF THK NEW ENGLAND TOWN. Between the North and the Bahic sea Hes a nar- row strip of land marked on the present maps as Schleswig Holstt.'in and Jutland, the home of the ancient Angles. In the years when Rome was mis- tress of the world, it was a country of pasture- lands, marshes, fields, forests, and rude villages. Each vil- lage! was a tun — a collection of houses. — not of house joined to house, hut each with its garden. — the whole village surrounded by a trench or palisade for defence. Each village was independent ami sovereign, manag- ing its own affairs, each land-holder having a voice in government, the majority electing annually its eldcr-mcn to look alter the welfare of all, and a titli- ins[ or tenth man to he sergeant, or chief oxer the other nine in battle. Each ///;/ was a commonwealth, jealous ff)r its own intlepenilence, yet ever ready to unite with other tuns for the general defence. I-and-holding gave right of citizenshiji. Each tun hail its moot or meet- ing-place, where all i|ueslions affecting the welfare ol the community were discussed in town-meeting. The moot or meeting-house was the central place — the heart, the life, of the tun. Within its walls each citi/en hatl the right of free speech, and showing of hands in voting. I'Vom the moots went forth the tithing or tenth men uitli their commands to join Hengist and I lorsa. sea-rovers and pirates, to gain a foothold in liritain. transplanting to the banks of the Thames individual freedom, the' organizing faculty, and obedience to the will of the majority. 30 The town as an institution had very slight devel- opment in England. Not under a monarchy, neither under a hierarchy which stifled free thought and action, could there be an evolution of the New Eng- land town. Not till the Mayflower had cut loose from her moorings, not till Bradford and Brewster and their fellow Pilgrims had severed themselves from all old things, could the town-meeting, the new state, the future Republic, begin their development in the election of John Carver as governor. That election was the first Christian town- meeting ever convened. THE TOWN-MEETING AND MEETING-HOUSE. It is interesting- to note the words that were in common use a half century ago, but now rarely heard, which had their orio-in in the German moot or meeting-place, — fnoot questions, 7}ioot point, moot case, moot court, — the word meaning- debatable, in its primary sense. To the moot or meeting-house the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay brought all questions. On Sunday it was a place for the discussion of things eternal ; on week-days, in town-meeting, for things temporal, each citizen hav- ing the right of suffrage in electing a minister, the elders who had the seating of the congregation on Sunday, the selectmen to manage the affairs of the town, the tithingmen who were to arrest any who might be travelling too far on Sunday on unneces- sary journeys, and whose special duty was to pre- serve order among the youthful members of the 31 congregation, and awaken those who might drop off to sleep during the sermon. In the town-meeting every citizen had not only the right of voting, but also the right of being heard on every (juestion affecting the welfare of the com- munit) . — in raising m(ine\' for the building of roads, supj)()rting the minister, the maintenance of schools, the payment of bounties on foxes and crows. — in the election of hog-reeves, fence-viewers, cullers of staves, sealers of leather. — or the pro|)riety of yoking geese, or putting wires in the snouts of swin« The meeting-house was the parlianu m nousc, inc capitol of the miniature commonwi-alth. the one institution ever giving forth its energizing influence. It was like the (lowing of arterial blood, the pulsa- sations of the heart ot the people, the source of all power, the energy. th<- Iif'<-. A NKW FORCE IN COVKRNMENT. With the establishment <>! me New ijigland town- meeting there came a new unit of government into the world, a force which has given direction to the course of huin.^n events in this western hemisj)here, antl which is making itself felt in every land. The men who one huntlred years ago this coming month o( October stood upon this plain and selected a site for th<.r town ami the meeting-house, compre- hended in a marked degree the value of the meeting- house as an element of power: and so we see them, before chocjsing the ground where they would build their own habitations, selecting the site for the meet- 32 ing-house. They further compHed with the condi- tions of the grant by calling Rev. Phineas Stevens, a graduate of Harvard, to be their minister. During all the proprietary period to 1760, when the plantation became an incorporated town, the first business done at the annual meeting was to provide for the salary of the minister. CHARACTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. We get an insight of the characters of the first set- tlers of Boscawen — their sense of honor, love of jus- tice, their large-heartedness and liberality — in their readiness to tax themselves to make up to Rev. Mr, Stevens the full value of his salary, which had become diminished by the depreciation of the currency. In law they were under no obligation, but they fully comprehended that law is not always equity. Their own property had been affected by the depreciation, they were pinched by the hard times, but though dis- tressed they could not lose sight of the great prin- ciple of moral obligation, without which in their view there could be nothing substantial or enduring. More than this, the records reveal to us the lofty plane on which they stood — a half century in advance of the community at large in the recognition of indi- vidual rights of conscience — by annually remitting the ministers-tax of Samuel Fowler, a member of the Society of Friends. They were resolute men. Through the troubled years of the wars between England and France, when the St. Francis Indians from St. Lawrence, stimulated .••J by the French and the Jesuits, were harassing the northern frontiers, when the settlers of Hopkinton and Salisbur)- were driven from their homes, they scouted the woods, while their equally resolute wives reaped the harvests. At night they entered the fort, closed the gate, each man taking his turn as sentinel. With every returning Sunday they gathered in the meeting-house for worship. I^Vjr a period of a quar- ter of a ccniiir) the log meeting-house was the farth(;st advanced beacf^i light in the wilderness. Although Canterbury was settled in 1733, no minis- ter was emj)l()yed till 1760, the inhabitants prefer- ring to cross the .Merrimack and attend service in Hoscawen. Although Nathaniel .Mcioon. Andn-w liohonon, Ik-njamin IV-ttengili. IMiilip Call, and John and Mben- ezer Webster removed from Hoscawen to Salisbury, a portion of them in 1754. that settlement suffered from Inilian ilejjredations, and was not in a condition to support a minister till the year 1773. Through all these years they made their way to the Hoscawen meeting-house on Sunday, to shake hands with their old friends and neighbors, to sit in the radiant light which nirver for a moment grew dim through all that dark and gloomv period. Tin: IIRST MINISTER. No written sermon has come down to us penned b\ Rev. Mr. Stevens. We know nothing of his elo- quence or intellectual force. We only know that in every alarm he shouldered his gun and stood with his congregation at the post of danger ; that his influ- ence was ever for justice and righteousness ; that he had a love for the beautiful, — for, even when the settlers were felling the giants of the forest, he was setting out young elms in front of his house, one of which is to-day throwing its grateful shade upon the spot where he lived. That he was a man of large and liberal spirit we may infer from the fact that one of his sons bore the name of Charles — the first Charles in the records of the town. We are to remember that it was a name detested by the Puritans and their descendants, who never forgot that Charles I was a usurper of their liberties, that Charles II was a graceless liber- tine. A century had passed since the cutting off of the first Charles's head. During these years parents ransacked the Bible from Genesis to Revelation for names for their children. The antediluvians, the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, all, or nearly all, may be found in records of the town, together with the Christian graces and virtues — Faith, Hope, Char- ity, Patience, Experience, Prudence, Thankful. OLD-TIME NAMES. Through their reverence for the Bible any name to be found therein was regarded as appropriate. So in other records may be found Shadrach, Meshech, Abednego, Lamentations, Balaam, Belial, and Beel- zebub, together with such names as Learn Wisdom, Hate Evil, More Fruit, Dust and Ashes, Sorry for Sin, and Ma-her-sha-lal-hash-baz ! 35 KAkl.V HAKDMlll^. The con<:^rc}^ation which attended meetiiiL,^ in Hos- cavven was comi)Osed of men and women wlio had an earnest jnirpose in WU-.. It was a threat battle that they foui^ht — tlie contest with nature — felhng the forest, turninc^ tlieir furrows witli the plou<;h brought by Moses Gerrish. buildinj^^ the saw-mill on yonder brook, openint,^ hii^diways. enclosing their farms, and from 1742 to 1756 living largely in the fort, ever on the watch for Indians. Many their cares, heavy their burdens, gre.-at their an.xieties. Tlu-y had few imple- ments of husbandr)-. and those of rude construction. I recall a plough used in my boyhood on my father's farm, built in th(- |)r(!sent centur\-, from twelve to fif- teen feet in length, its share of in>n plated with steel ; cast-off horse-shoes were nailed to its wooden mould-board. It re(juir/ witli tli(.' jjitch-knots blazing on the hearth, Noung people played blind man's buff and games of forfeits. If th(* young men indulgetl in a game of cards, it was upon the hay-mow, or behind a wall, with the chance of feeling the tingling of a whip, and the forcible exclamation from their lather, " I'll let sou know what's trumps I " But through all the hardshijjs. then as now, as ever has been and ever shall be, — •• Bright eyes looked love to eyes which sp.»rv. .ii;.iiii. There wen- bashful 'Zckiel and waiting Huldah. •• His heart kep' goin' pity-pat. Hut hiTM went pity 'Zrklt-." HABITS AND CUSTOMS. No doubi. in common with the rest of tin: worlil. the citizens t»f Hoscawen. before the temperance reformation, drank lluir lull share of rum : but a dil- igent searching of the j)apers of I ienry Gerrish. Na- thaniel Green, and Benjamin Little, justices, reveals no drunken brawls. During the century and a half, ver)' kw h.ue been the oflences against the public peace or morality. On Sunda\' the whole p«)pulation. — men, women, children, infants in arms. — made th(Mr wa\' to the meeting-house, not solely to listen to the sermon, but to learn what had l)een going on during the week. At noon, during the first quarter of a century, their conversation is about the Indians, — the killing of Thomas Cook, and Ciesar — Rev. Mr. Stevens's negro 38 -man — I think the only slave ever held in Boscawen, In 1754 the theme is the killing of Mrs. Philip Call at Salisbury, and the capture of the Meloon family. In 1759 their conversation is of what is going on in Canada, — of the soldiers of Contoocook servinpf un- •der General Amherst ; of the last struggle between France and England, on the Plains of Abraham, for supremacy in this western world ; of Montcalm, of Wolfe, of Admiral Boscawen commandinof the Brit- ish fleet cooperating with Wolfe, and his annihilation of the French fleet. In their enthusiasm they name the town in honor of his victory. In town-meeting they discuss the measures pro- posed by the ministers of George III for taxing the colonies against their consent. They are brought face to face with a vital question — the maintenance of their liberties. In pulpit and pew there is an awakening of patriotic fervor. Whoever would fully and truly comprehend the forces underlying the American Revolution, — the birth of independence and growth of the nation, the rise of the people, the evolution of democratic ideas, — must study the power of the meeting-house and the town-meeting. The Congregational polity thought out by the Pil- grims, adopted by the Puritans, making every church an independent democracy, united to the Germanic ideal of the town, makine each town a Christian commonwealth, became an energy which swept away, as with a whirlwind, kingly prerogative and hered- itary privilege from this continent, when the contest came between king and people in 1775. 39 PATRIOTISM. In the Revolution the people were patriots. Ev- ery citizen, with one exception, signed the articles of association. He who did not sign was in no sense disloyal to liberty : it was his idiosyncras)' that matle him stand alone. Twenty men of Boscawen stootl unfalterini^ly behiml tlie rail fence at Hiinkrr llill. and th\v!i itih<-rfnt. \ ital energy. As we nia\ never determine just how much each brook, rivulet, rill, antl sf)ring contributes to swell the current of the beautiful riviT sweejiing through these intervales, so we may nt^ver know what the nu-n of Boscawen. intlividually or collectively, accom- plished for libert) : we only know that they gave substance, heart, and soul to the hoi)- cause, and that to-day we revel in the rich inheritance bequeathed bv them to the world. 42 INHERITED FORCE. By no synthesis, arithmetic, or geometry shall we ever determine the ever-increasing measure of their influence and power ; but would William Wallace Ballard, the timid, shrinking boy, have been one of the first to enlist in the great struggle for the pres- ervation of the Union, fighting a score of battles, — rising from a sick-bed against the protest of the sur- geon at Gettysburg, laying down his life upon that field, — if his grandfather, Eliakim Walker, with soul on fire for freedom, had not stood in the trench at Bunker Hill till his last charge had been fired, never thinking of retreat till all that was possible had been accomplished ? Would Calvin M. Burbank, bravest of the brave, comrade of Wallace Ballard in the Second New Hampshire, have been the hero that he was, fighting from Bull Run through all the battles to Gettysburg, wounded there at the outset of the struggle, exposed through all the pitiless storm for two days, his clothes riddled with bullets, lying on the field from Thursday noon till Saturday night, carried at last to the hospital, his lofty spirit chafing there at the enforced separation from his regiment, leaving the hospital without permission, to be reported a deserter, making his way once more to the field, to be wounded a second time by a bullet through his face, — would he have been what he was, if his grandfather. Ser- geant David Burbank, had not swept up the heights of Bennington one hundred and six years ago this afternoon, to win that victory for human freedom? More, would he have been all that he was, if his 43 spirit had not l)(;<-n stirred 1)\ what he had heard from the lips of his uncle, Benjamin [ackman, soldier of the War of 1S12 ? If in the years preceding tlic Re\ olution there had been no fireside musings on the question of intli- vidual rights, no patriotic action in town-meetings, no soul-stirring a|>j)eals from platform and pulpit, would Henry \\ . Hakc-r and the sokliers of his com- mand have marched unflinchingly to death beneath the ramparts of Wagner, for the preser\alion of this government of the people ? If the settlers of Contoocook hail been pusillani- mous when the Indians swooped down upon tnem. if th<\ had lied before the advancing troops of the king on the slope of Hunker Hill, if they had faltered at B<*nnington. if they hatl been wanting in that character which com<'s from self-sacrifice and high resolve, would John Adams I.)ix. son of lioscawen, ever have written that one* sentcMice which thrilled every loyal hu fintl yourself in th<: thick of the battle and are all but reatly to faint, you hear the voice of Rev. Kbenezcr Price, and an ancestr)- who always stood manfull) U)r the ris^dit. urgin<^ you on to nobler effort. -And \(>u. Honored .Sir. President of Dartmouth C(jlle}^e, are doubtless familiar with the fact that in the early history of the institution nearly one hun- dred younjT^ men came to the residence of Rev. Samuel Wood to prepare themselves for the college course. It would not be far from the truth to say that the preparatory department of the college was Icjcaleil on yonder hill. HONOkKI) SONS. Im-omi his home amid the Salisbury hills came Daniel Webster to pursue his preparatorN' studies. Here, after his grailuation, he began the |)ractice of law. P'or three years he was a citizen of the town, member of the religious society, school committee. The bell which sends out its peal from the Academy was his gift. I'Vom this town he went forth, with the impress of its civilization ujxmi him. to begin his great career. To the sam(? faithful teacher and pastor came his brother Hzekiel to prejiare for college ; and here, after completing the course, he established his home, be- coming a citizen, identifying himself with all the in- terests of the town, spending the strength of his 46 manhood for its welfare, till, in the full viofor of life, without the quivering of an eyelid or the trembling of a nerve, he closed his earthly labors. By no analysis may we ever determine to what a degree these two lofty spirits were influenced by the great-hearted man who prompted their recitations, to whom they listened on Sunday, who was ever their counsellor and friend ; nor may we ever know how their characters were moulded by contact with their fellow-citizens ; — but of this we may be sure, that if, instead of the meeting-house, the ring for wrestling had been established, — if, instead of Rev. Phineas Stevens, they had employed a professor of what is now styled the manly art of self-defence, — it is mor- ally certain that the argument in the Dartmouth College case by Daniel Webster would have no place in the reports of the Supreme Court of the Republic ; nor would ever have been delivered in the Senate of the United States that speech of his for the Con- stitution and the Union, which cleared away, as the lightning clears the murky air, all the sophistries that made the Union only a compact, — the speech lof- tiest in inception, mightiest in influence, of any ever delivered on this continent, whose outcome was Gettysburg and Appomattox — the redemption and perpetuity of this government of the people. Like a mother rejoicing in her offspring, Boscawen may point with pride to a multitude of noble sons and worthy daughters who have crowned her with honor in the world's great parliament, — in the pulpit, the forum, in halls of legislation, in diplomacy, states- manship, schools of learning, and science. 47 After such an expenditure of vital force, if the alders are growing where once the plough turned the sod. and on some hearth-stones the fire has ceased to burn, we have this abiding joy and consolation, that the Past is secure : that for the Future, not till yon- der fertile intervale shall become a desert, not till the Merrimack shall cease its flowing, not till the moun- tains where it takes its rise have sunk to a level with the sea. will the lioscawen meeting-houst- and town- meeting, and the noble deeds of her illustrious sons, lose their power and influence over the lives, hearts, and consciences of mim : for. under the economies of Almighty God, tlu^y have become an indestructi- ble, energizing, uplifting, eternal force*. The president said. — We have before us to-day many living illustrations of the powers anti influences which, cradled here in Hoscawen. have reached, like the ri]>ples Irom a pebble thrown into llu- l.ikc, far beyond our sight, to the distant cities of the West. I have tlu; pleasure of introducing Rev. Arthur Lit- tle. 1). I)., pastor of tin- New FngLiiu! (luinh. ("hi cago. Uv. Little announced as his theme : THE POWER OF THE NEW ENG- LAND IDEA. BY REV. ARTHUR LITTLE, D. D. The dear old mother invites the children home to- day, to unite in the appropriate observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of her birth. Here she sits, in matronly dignity, after a century and a half, laving her unwearied feet in the commin- gling waters of the Merrimack and Contoocook, rest- ing her head reposefully upon the manly breast of old Kearsarge, her hair tastefully adorned with the mod- est ribbon of the Blackwater, Long Pond and Great Pond sparkling like diamonds on her bosom, her face radiant with ripening corn, reddening apples, and purpling grapes, while froiPx hill-top and valley the redolent hemlock, murmuring pine, stalwart beech, beautiful maple, and graceful elm wave their cordial welcome — not more hearty in the invitation, than the response. Gladly do we come from north and south, east and west, to share in the festivities of the hour, to bring some tribute of affection to the mother on this day of her rejoicing. We make no attempt to dis- claim a feeling of honest pride in the place of our nativity. ^ / I C^Lc ^~L uTfc 49 It is good to call a momentary lialt in the hurried march of life, and look back. This we are sum- moned to do this hour. W'e are on historic ground, in the midst of great memories. And there is won- drous jjower in great memories to stir the heart. It is fitting, sometimes, to surrender to these potent in- lluences that come from the past, to listen to the voices of those who. though dead, are yet speaking to us. " VVe have need of these Clear beacon stars to warn and guide our age : The great traditions of a nation's life. Her children's lustrous deeds with honor rife, Are her most precious jewels — noblest heritage, Time-polisiicd jewels in iicr diadem." 'I'here was real heroism in the lives ol the men and women, who, one huntired and fifl)- years ago, pushed thtrir way up from the sea-board to this then unliroken wilderness, and in the midst of hardshi|)s. e.\|)osures, and sacrifices, sucii as we can now with difficulty imagine, laid deep and strong the founda- tions of this ancient and honorable township. They were under the sway and stress of a great purpose. The) sowetl : we reap. They labored : we enter into their labor. Reward them for their self-sacritic- ing service we never can. It is in our power, how- ever, to remember them, .ind reverently speak their names to-day. This is the very least we can do. We cannot help congratulating ourselves that our faithful hist(^rian — all honor to his zeal and devotion ill this work — is happily able to reproduce the past, repeople these hills and valleys and homes, and make those whom we love and honor live before us 4 50 again to-day. But, in thinking of them, we cannot avoid asking, as to the source of their influence and usefulness, What was the secret of their success ? What was the invisible power that constrained them to come into this wilderness and build their sanct- uary, schools, and home ? And this brings me to the thought which it occurs to me to put before you this afternoon. The Power of the N'ew Eit gland Idea. There is such an idea. Its influence is now uni- versal. It can be traced in every zone and clime. What has been the secret of New England's great- ness ? What has given her the proud distinction she enjoys as the home of liberty, learning, virtue, thrift, religion — all that is most to be desired among men ? How does it happen that these townships have been so prolific in great and good men and women, and been furnishing seed-corn for the conti- nent ? How does it happen ? It does not happen at all. There is no chance in the matter. It is the re- sult of causes that can be named and made operative elsewhere. The New England idea is four-fold. There are four corners on which the solid structure of this re- public stands, and which will support it as long as they continue firm. There are four basilar ideas which have informed, fashioned, and vitalized this nation. I. Reverence for God. This is the most important. Here we find the germ of the American nation. The Mayflower was the product of the Reformation. And the great work ot the Retormalion was to recover Ciod to tlie people. He was lost prior to this. The people could not find Him. rhe church and the priesthood monopolized the way antl rij^ht of access to lliin. A^^ainst this inifjuity Luther thundered out iiis mitj^ht)' protest, and claimetl the ri^lit for himself ami all men to im- mediate access to the living God. without tin- inter- diction or intercession of priest t)r bish(jp. Ihe Pil- grim leathers, who were the fountlers of this mighty enijjire. caught and affirmed this spirit and jjurjjose. They were, first of all, God-fearing men. Man they did not tear ; hiit they did stand in awe of the living God. To them He was very real, ver)- near, very just, very great, and ver)' holy. It never occurreil to them to challenge I lis e.xistence. His sovereignty, and His personal ami pr<>\ idential supervision in human affairs. They e.xalted God in their hearts, in their homes, in their social and political life. He was ever)thing. antl. in one sen.se. they were nothing. They honoreil His word. His day. and His sanctuary. \\i' was th«* great controlling force in their lives, Ihey tlevoted much time to His worship in public. They were not afraid or disinclined to go to meeting. They prayed to Him in the school, in the town-meet- ing, in the court- room, in legislative halls, on Fast days antl Thanksgiving days — always, everywhere. Agnosticism never would have launched the May- flower, never would have built a meeting-house, or a college, or a school ; never would have generated or energized the ideas which have been the supreme glor)' of this town and this nation. Agnosticism would never have endured hardship and poverty on 52 the frontier ; would never have wrung a HveHhood from a reluctant soil ; would never have wrested these colonies from the hand of British oppression — never. It would have been lookinor for a place of ease and self-induleence somewhere. Reverence for God furnishes the key to the char- acter and success of the men and women who set- tled Boscawen one hundred and fifty years 3.^o. This grand sentiment was deepened in their souls by the ^reat revival movements then in progress in the land. II. Reverence for Man. A right estimate of man is possible only to those "who have a right estimate of God. Our fathers and early religious teachers have been charged with an under-estimate of man, with holding and teaching views degrading to man. Not so. They took the Bible conception of him, which puts him a little lower than the angels, endows him with endless possibilities, recognizes the appalling fact of sin, and of redemption through Jesus Christ. They believed in man's inherent dignity and worth, in his freedom, in his personal accountability, in his right to make the most of himself, in his lib- erty to worship God without the interposition of priest or prelate, in his immortality. They saw the shallowness of those views of man which found cur- rency in the teachings of writers like Voltaire, Ros- seau, and Tom Paine, who spoke great swelling words about freedom, and rights, and manhood, over- flowing with a sickly sentimentalism, pleading for a liberty which meant license and the ultimate degra- dation of man to the level of the brute. 53 " Every man must have a fair chance, because he came from God. must return to God. and is answer- able to God." This was the maxim of the Pilfrrim Fatliers. Hver\- man has equal riijht with every other to learn, to enjoy, to think, to rule, to acquire property, to work out his destiny, because all are children of one common Father, and members of one common lirotherhood. The glory of America, according to the culpit more than fifty years ago. was htting both our Ixns antl yours for college. At a later i)eriod. the Salisbury academy was train- ing your Gen. John A. I)ix, Dr. Henry Little, Rev, Hnoch Corscr. and others; and. later still, this Bos- cawen academy, in lhle folds" the sturdy son of Boscawen, declaring that if any man attempt to tear it down he will shoot him on the spot, — wh.it a scene for a painter I When we 7o look on this picture, have we not a right to exult with pride in the great name of John Adams Dix ? It is true, as Councillor PhilHps declared at a public dinner in Ireland, the lightnings of heaven yielded to the philosophy of Franklin ; for " While C3'phering over the thing, He tried to discover a plan To catch the electrical king And make him the servant of man. He put rods on the meeting-house steeple. And so when the lightning came round, He kept it from building and people By running it into the ground." Yet it really remained to a son of Boscawen, Moses Gerrish Farmer, to subdue the wild, dangerous current to the convenient,harmless,and profitable uses of man. Boscawen ! A century and a half of thy age is past and gone. One hundred and fifty years have flown since the voices of civilized men broke the soli- tude which for many centuries had remained undis- turbed. One hundred and fifty years of valor's story has been told. The glories of thy youth, thy man- hood, and, maybe, thine age, have been counted, and we here, to-day, set up a monument for thee, by which time shall mark its ages ; and may the years that are before thee be illumined by the rays of fame's setting sun, and while night, and sleep, and the darkness, in the economy of nature, must come, may the morn's returning sun bring along for thee new and more resplendent glories ! "O Boscawen ! While life in this bosom is swelling, I will not forget thee, the place of my birth ; On thy hill-tops Til hold with sweet friendship my dwelling, And hymn forth thy praises, thou favorite of earth ! '' The following poem by Rev. Frank Haley was to have been read, but, owin^" to tlie lateness of the hour, was omitted : CONT(JOCO()K— BOSCAWEX. Hail, old Contoocook I Here our fathers planted An outpost of a nation vet to be : Courageous souls, by savage foe undaunted. Sons of the brave and daughters of the free. Here, in thy wilds, a heritage they sought. Here, in thy wilds, at giant task«» they wrought : Here men, armeil as for war, went forth to toil. Hewed d<»\%n the forests, rooted up the soil. Built strong log houses, built an ample fort. With room for tiny houses in its court. And rearetl, upon the cleared and virgin sod, A temple, «)ut of well-hewn logs, to (iod : A sacred girt, for in each sturdy stroke There beat a heat as true, as strong as oak. Here, in thy wilds, men did what they essayed. And heroes watched, and toiled, and fought, and prayed. Contoocook, hail I Dear to thy children ever. Thy storied hills, and vales, and plain, and river! Hail. Boscawen I Filial, reverent love is burning In all our hearts, as on a thousand shrines; Thy absent ones, to thee this dav returning. Knwreathe thv brows with green, perennial vines; Our home, our fathers* home, birthplace of men Could wield all maidv tools, spade, sword, or pen ; Birthplace of women of a noble race, — Women brave-hearted, and of matchless grace. Here valiant preachers in their place have stood, — Stevens and Morrill, and our saintlv Wood, 72 Buxton and Price, beloved and revered : A score of true apostles thou hast reared And sent abroad throughout this goodly land, Yea, scores on scores, a large and honored band. To meet and fill the world's vast, varied need. Here Dix was born, here played, and learned to read ; Here Daniel Webster, in that long ago. Read Virgil, and declaimed great Cicero ; Here, later, he began his grand career. Boscawen, all hail ! To all thy children dear. We pledge thee, now, thy treasured Past to cherish : Of all thy honors, never one shall perish ! The audience accompanied by the band joined in singing die hymn, — '•All hail the power of Jesus' name." The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Buxton. Li: iriiks Many congratiilators' letters were received from sons and daughters of Boscawen. and from distin- guished men in the various walks of hfe. regret- ting their inabiht) to he j)resent. a few of which are appended. Pc >\ I III •^111: Aiiviist 1 : I SS ;. Gentlemen : I regret exceedingly that circumstances beyond ni) control will prevent me from participating with the good people of my native state in the forthcom- ing celebration of your good okl town of Boscawen. Hajjpy should I be to visit New Hampshire once more, and there to expntss the gratitude I feel for her early training, and to which, more than to any- thing else. I am indebted for whatever success has attended me in life, or the littl*' which 1 may have done by my eflorts to increase the hapj^iness of my fellow-men. Most liajjj)y should I be to have the privilege, once more, of expressing the j)rof{)und respect I have for the memory of Daniel Webster. who once roamed over and breathed the inspiring air of your fields, ami whose name and fame will be treasured up in the hearts of grateful millions as long as the granite hills, in whose bosom he was born, shall rear their heads toward heaven. It was m\ privilege to know Mr. Webster, both in j)ul)lic and j)rivate life. We were intimately associ- 74 ated in the promotion of American agriculture, and he would have rejoiced exceedingly could he have foreseen the wonderful improvements which we have witnessed since his death. Mr. Webster was great in everything which he undertook, and, although not so great a farmer as a statesman, yet his name as the Farmer of Marshfield will only be second to that of the Expounder and Defender of our Constitu- tion, a name and fame that shall gild the pages of American history in letters of living light, while loy- alty, patriotism, and integrity shall have a place in the heart of man. MARSHALL P. WILDER. (Born September 22, 1798.) Messrs. L K. Gage and others of committee. from prof. m. g. farmer. New York, Aug. 12, 1883. Fellow- Tonmsmeii : I thank you for the kind invitation to be present on this long-to-be-remembered anniversary, and regret exceedingly that circumstances beyond my control render it impossible for me to be with you in person, but you may rest assured of my presence with you in spirit. It is not every town that can celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its settlement, and it is not every New England town that has sent forth such illustrious worthies as has old Boscawen. Daniel Webster the statesman, Ezekiel the advo- cate, Rev. Dr. Woods the preacher and teacher, Charles Carleton Coffin the historian, whose name 75 and fame are now worltl-wide, Revs. Jacob and Henr)' Little the home missionaries, Rev. Joseph Little, son of Jacob, who. although not born in the town, was yet identified with it by his marriaj^^e with one of its daughters. Hmma Kingsbur)- Little. He was famil- iarly know II as " Chajjlain Joe." and few men did more or better work than he tlnrinj^^ the war of the Rel)el- lion. In this service his faithful wife bore an honor- able part, both greatly endearing themselves to our •■i)()\s ill blue." " Chaplain J homes, we place the church of Hoscawen. It is a I )ecember morning, thfc thermometer be- tween ten and twenty degrees below zero. .Save foot-stoves, there is no fire in the church : but the piety is winter-strained. The snow is deep : the wind is piling it in curling drifts of frightful height. 1 )r. Wood is in the eighties. The last bell has just begun to toll, when his sleigh, with its precious freight, halts before the front entrance, which opens without a jjorch into the church. Some kind parishioner as- sists the aged coujjje to alight, while another cares teniierly for that horstr, more sacred than Alborak, upon which Mohammed rode to the seventh lu^aven. The dear old pastor's locks arc thin and white ; his form is bent, and he leans upon the top of two staves. 1 li- is wrappetl in the ample folds of a rich, dark blue broadcloth cloak, the gift of lh(! ladi('s of his parish. With reverent step he walks up the broad aisle, and carefully, but as though a well learned task, he as- cends the high, steep stairs to the pulpit. He rises to reatl. In changing his two pairs of spectacles, he says. "Children, prize your eye-sight while you have it. It is a gift from God." We look at him with wonder, awe. ami love. We fear lest the sounding- board crush that holy man's head, but somehow be- lieve that ev('n were it hung by a hair, goodness would neutralize gravitation. Still we wish it were out of the way. The venerable man gives out the «; 82 hymn. Mr. John Jackman (senior), the chorister, sounds the " faw, sol, law." His right hand is his baton. The orchestra set in. Mr. Caleb Jackman, and the worthy Sabbath-school superintendent, Mr. Joseph Morrill, are next the leader on the left, Misses Fanny Atkinson, Augusta and Charlotte Hosmer, and Anne Atkinson are on the right wing. " Per- haps Dundee's wild, warbling measures rise, or noble Greenville, worthy of the name." If St. Martin's is the lay, a slight look of defiant triumph can be de- tected on the faces of the choir, as they seem to say to the tune, Writhe and twist as you may, singing, we '11 conquer you ! Now comes the prayer. There is no formalism in Dr. Wood's service, but he uniformly begins his prayer thus, " Supremely great, infinitely glorious, and ever blessed God." There is one part of the in- tercession for which we wait with interest. We have watched him too many times ever to suspect he will forget it. He never does. It is always uttered in the fervor and climax of his supplication, and these are the words : " O Lord, regard in mercy the chil- dren and youth of this congregation. May they be ornaments to the church and blessings to the world." Dear friends, favored as we have been in our Bos- cawen birth and education, let us bear in mind that these impose upon us great obligations. Was the scenery of Boscawen beyond expression beautiful ; — set down amid landscapes " tame and domestic," we cannot create a rill or a crag, but we can plant a tree at least. With a generous public spirit we can ^3 make even " the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose." Were the educational ad\ antagres of Boscawen of a high order ; — wherever her sons and daughters wander, let them guartl well the common school for the people, for all the j^eople. for the stranger as well as the home-born. Let them foster and sustain the pristine standards in our higher schools and colleges against the clamor of new-time innovators. We are debtors to Boscawen homesteads to make our habitations, whether humble or palatial, abodes of industry. |)eace. refinement. 1 he daily incense offered at the family altar will invite one (iuest who can give true prosperity to every home. By all the blessings that have come to us from that old church, let us pledge ourselves to sup|>ort. by intluence. prayer, treasure, with sacrifice if need be» the worship of the Most Fligh. Let not distance, winter's cold, or summer's heat keep us from the house of God. The lonely gi.i\'- "I .i nativ<- * of Boscawen in Siam. — another. T but lately made, in the " dark con- tinent." — call U|ioii us to remember the benighted heathen across the sea. while many a home mission- ary from our town, on our southern and western bor- ders, or in our deep interior, summons us to vigilant effort to secure "Our whole broad land for Jesus. " Judge Ebenezer Webster, when dying, thus ad- dressed his two sons, Ezekiel and Daniel: "Where- in I have obeyed Christ, follow my example ; where- in I have not so done, in no wise imitate me." • Kcv. Hcnrv Ct. French. t Rev. Mvron I'inkerton. 84 Let us honor our noble Boscawen ancestors by shunning their faults, "The times of their igno- rance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." The sun itself has spots on its disc. Let the descendants of Boscawen be total abstain- ers from all that can intoxicate. Let none have com- plicity with the traffic in alcohol. Alcohol was the most malignant foe that ever attacked our dear old town. On that Saturday evening when Dr. Wood went to rest, he said to a young college student who Avatched by his side, and who, at his request, offered the last prayer in his hearing, " Lm a great sinner. I have n't loved God as I ought." Then, changing his voice, he spoke triumphantly of his hope in the Great Saviour. Some three years ago my aged moth- er, who lived with you long and loved you well, ex- pressed the like sentiments as her end drew near : " I have no righteousness of my own, not any, not any, but I rest entirely on the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I do trust Him." May this vital union with Christ be our strength in life, our support in death, and may we all meet in the Boscawen reunion and jubilee above. ANNA K. (WEBSTER) EATON. FROM MR. & MRS. PETER STONE. Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. i, 1883. Dear Sir : Nothing but distance prevents our meeting you at the Old Fort, of which so many 85 legends were told us in childhood — the death of my great grandmother Call by the Indians, urpose on hand, with a determination to accomplish it. I*'or this I have changed the golden verses of Pythagoras to suit the occasion, as follows : Soon as the morn s.ilutes thine eyes. .-\rr.inge thy duties on this wise : What do to-day that's worth the doing ? What can I learn that's worth the knowing ? 88 What deeds of kindness to the lowly ? What worship render Spirit Holy ? These self-inquiries mark the road Made bright by Jesus up to God. While the lines of Pythagoras were for self-exam- ination in the evening as follows : " Let not soft slumber close thine eyes Before thou recollectest thrice Thy train of actions through the day : What know I more that's worth the knowing ? What have I done that's worth the doing ? What have I sought that I should shun ? What duties have I left undone ? Or, into what new follies run ? These self-inquiries mark the road That leads to virtue and to God." With thanks for the kind invitation of the com- mittee, and my sincere regards to each individual of the assembled guests, I remain, dear sir, Respectfully yours, FORREST SHEPHERD. FROM ENOCH COFFIN. Beloit, Wisconsin, Aug. 3, 1883. I. K. Gage, Esq. : Dear Sir : Your card of invitation to be present at the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boscawen has been received. Nothing would afford me more real satisfaction than to be with you on the occasion. Twenty-seven years' absence from my native town and all the associations of my early life have in no way diminished my fondly cherished remem- 89 brancc of the scenes of childhood and \oiith, that will stir all \oiir hearts as they pass in review at your gathering. It will be a day in history, that coming generations will repeat, and to which our children will turn in their thoughts and devotions with ihc greatest satisfaction. Such gatherings are the way-marks being set up in our country, from IMymouth Rock to the (iolden Gate, to make this our beloved lanil what we might reasonabK- expect from the seeds that generated from the Mayflower and the peace-offering of William Penn. We will shar(.' with you in sjjirit what we cannot enjo\ ''^ "I If* personal jjresence. \'ery cordiallv yours, i:n()CH coffin. iK«-M KkKKKku; r. stonk. San Francisco. Cai... August 2. 1S83. IsAA( K. Ga(;e, Esrj., Fisherville, N. H. : /)t'(7r Sir: \'our thoughtful invitation to non- residents to attend the one hundreil and fiftieth aniiivcrsai) of the settlement of Hoscawen has just reached me. As a son of that oltl town. I apj)reciate the remem- brance, and, were it j)ossible, 1 would highly value being with \c)u nn this occasion. The early edu- cation, the habits of industry and econom\-, the teachings of morality and temperance, have made the sons and daughters of Hoscawen the true pioneers in ever\- portion of our countr\- where they are found. I honor the old town that gave 90 me birth, and I owe to her in a large degree the success that has attended me thus far through a busy Hfe. Born a neighbor to your chief-marshal, Mr. J. C. Pearson, and as a schoolmate of Rev. Arthur Little, with warm attachment for our worthy townsman, C. C. Coffin, Esq., your anniversary would be doubly enjoyed could I be with you. Should the proceedings be published, please send me about five copies. Trusting that the day may be one long to be remembered, I am Yours very truly, FREDERIC R STONE. FROM NATHAN J. STONE. San Francisco, Aug. 6, 1883. Mr. Isaac K. Gage : Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your invitation to attend the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boscawen. I regret that I shall not be able to be with you on that memorable occasion. In the course of my life I have had occasion to thank God that I was born in old Boscawen. Some- how I feel that there is something in her rocks and brakes and hardbacks that gives her sons and daughters industry, force of character, and stead- fastness, which are essentials to success in life. With great respect, I remain Yours faithfully, N. J. STONE. A pim:\I)I\ REPORT OF COMMITTEi: VOli THE CELEBRA- TK^N OF THE ONi: HINDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF lilK SETTLEMENT OF bosca\vi:n. Ar(;. i6, 1SS3. Cash recciveil of the town, from citizens of Webster. Enoch P. Couch, of Nashua, Abial R. Chaniller, of Lawrence. Mass., Edgcrton RaymontI, Ahial Rolfe, of Concoul, R. .S. Morrison, for use of jjround. sale ofn)eat. bread, and cofVcc on haiul, as follows, to wit : Mrs. Jeremiah Chadwick, Mrs. Judith CotVin. Samuel B. Chaduick. Henry (ictchel. William P. Abbott. E. W. Durnin. N. S. Webster, Addie Flantlcrs. (). A. Towiie. to make up deficiencN N. S. Webster. Isaac K. Gage, " Samuel Ch«)ate. *.' John C. Pearson. Sam'l H. Chadwick. •' Peter Cotlin. Frank L. Gerrish. •' $410.99 $300.00 50.50 5.00 10.00 3.00 I AK> 2.10 2-55 •55 •25 1.05 •25 1.40 •«5 2.50 3-67 367 3-67 367 367 3 67 92 Accounted for as follows, to wit : Paid Kilbuni, Young & Co., beef, ham, and tongue, $113.00 Norris & Crockett, for bread, 30.00 C. W. Carter, for sundries, 3i-i^ H. W. Bowman & Co., for use of tents, 97.00 Telegrams, 1.18 Car fare, .60 Hopkinton band, for music, 30.00 M. F. Bickfoi'd, for services, 3-oo Edmund Atkinson, for services, 3.21^ James B. Smith, for services, 4.00 washing dishes, 1.20 for two thousand wooden plates, 11 -50 William A. Huntress, for services, 1.50 Joseph Jackman, for services, 4-50 Independent Press Association, for print- ing, 15-00 O. A. Towne, for printing, 2.50 A. R. Ayers, use of crockery and damage, 21.57 Benjamin Pritchard, for services, 3.00 John E. Rines, for use of team, 8.00 Foot & Morse, for cloth, .33 lamp broken, ^-94 John A. McClure, for butter, 1.75 George Pillsbury, for services, S-OO Mrs. George Carter, for services, 2.00 Fiank L. Gerrish, use of team, y'S*^ Mr. Rawson, for services, 2.00 Gilman Shaw, for team, .3-00 William H. Allen, for cloth, i.oo Isaac K. Gage, postage and postal cards, 5 '24 C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, for lumber, .63 Samuel B. Chadwick, incidentals, 3.70 $410.99 F. L. GERRISH, Treasurer. Thomas M. Lanor and Charles A. Lang, sons of Charles K. Lang, Kscj., who for more than a third of a centiir)' has been a resident of lioscawen. were among the first who enhsted for three years from Boscawen. Hy some strange oversight they apptrar never to have been credited to the quota of the town, and their names do not appear among those of the volunteers in Coffin's Histor)" of Boscawen. They were good sokliers, and l)oth were discharged, one ff)r " disability." and the other for " wounds received." Thomas .\L I^ang was terril)ly wounded through tlie lungs, anil is now in the receipt of a handsome pension from the government. The committee of jjublicalion of this volume anr glad of this opportu- nity to ilo these brave men tardy justice by publish- ing this and th*- \djutant-( ieneral's certificates of enlistments. THK STATI-: OF MAV HAMPSHIRl-: Ai>jitant-Gexerai,'s Oh ic k, CoNcoKJ), May 31, 18S4. I certify that tlic official records of this ofHce show that Thomas M. Lai)g enlisted on the 221I day of May. 1S61 ; that he was assigned to Company B. 2d Rejjimcnt N. II. Volun- teers, and was mustered into the service of the United States on the first day of June, 1S61, for tlie period of three years. Said LanjT was horn in Georgetown, in the State of Massa- chusetts, and was, at the time of enlistment, twenty-six years 94 of age, blue eyes, black hair, light complexion, five feet five inches high, and by occupation when enrolled a clerk. He is officially reported as having been promoted to corporal Dec. I, 1861. and on the muster-out rolls of said company and regiment is reported as "Discharged Dec. 10, 1S63, of wounds received." A. D. AYLING, Adjutant- General. THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Adjutant-General's Office, Concord, May 31, 1884. I certify that the official records of this office show that Charles A. Lang enlisted on the 13th day of May, i86i ; that he was assigned to Company B, 2d Regiment N. H. Volun- teers, and was mustered into the service of the United States on the first day of June, 1S61, for the period of three years. Said Lang was born in Georgetown, in the state of Massa- chusetts, and was, at the time of enlistment, twenty-two years of age, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, five feet eleven and one half inches high, and on the muster-out rolls of said company and regiment is reported as " Discharged for disabil- ity Aug. I, 1861, at Washington, D. C." A. D. AYLING, Adjutant- General. Births Rfcorded in thk Town Rkcords From 1733 to 1 850. Abbot, Nath'l, s. Joseph iiiul Molly, b. Aii. Nov. r:, i-^.>3. d. Oct. 31, 1S54. Augustus, s. h. Dec. 9. 1835. Horace, s. Nathaniel and Marv, b. Nov. 23. 1S29. Marv ].. d. " b. June 5, 1S31, d. Oct., 1834. Man.. K., d. " b. March 2S, 1833, d. Aug 5. 1S51. Julia A.. <1. •• i.. May 22. 1S34. Mary J., d. •• h. Jan. zy. 1836. George \V., s. ■' b. March 13, 1837. 96 Abbott, Harriet M., d. Jabez and Eunice K., b. Dec. I3, 1829. Ellen K., d. " b. Dec. 8, 1831. Levonia, d. " b. March 11, 1S34. Elvira, d. " b. March 11, 1S34, d. April 5. 1834. Charles M.,s. " b. March 6, 1836, d. April 18, 1852. Warren, s. " b. March 20, 1838. Joshua P., s. " b. March 3, 1S40. Jane, d. " b. April 15, 1S46. Adams, Dorcas, w. Daniel Woodard, b. July 11, 1796. John, s. Joseph and Judith, b. May 28, 1800. Charles Wm., s. William and Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1801. Enoch E., s. Abraham B. and Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1810. Allen, Isaac L., s. Isaac and Mary J., b. April 5, 1847. Martha J., d. " b. April 5, 1S47. Ambrose, David, s Nathl. , b. , 17S7. Thomas A., s. David and Susan, b. March 2, 181 2. Martha S., d. " b. Dec. 5, 181 2. Samuel A., s. " b. April 15, 1815. David R., s. " b. Feb. 17, 1818. Justin S., s. " b. July 4, 1820. John T., s. " b. Dec. 11, 1S22, d. Mar. 3, 1827. Mary J., d. " b. Mar. 14, 1S29, d. June II , 1832. Mary J., d. Samuel A. and Dorothy, b. March 6, 1840. Sarah E., d. '^ b. June 23, 1S46. Charles W., s. " b. March 2, 1848. Ames, Joseph, s. Samuel and Jane, b. May 31, 1771, d. June 15, 1851. Hannah, d. " b. Jan. 14, 1776, d. Nov. 18, 1834 — '^^■'^'- °f ^^^" phen Gerrish. Sarah, d. David and Phebe, b. Dec. 9, 1781, d. Oct. 23, 1848 — wife of Jacob Gerrish. Myra, d. Joseph and Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1805, d. June 17, 1869. Ames, Joseph, s. Joseph and Hannah. b.June 29, 1S06. d. Sept 20, 1S26. Lucy, (1. " b. Sept. 13. iSoS, d. Nov. 30, 1840. David, s. " b. Dec. 20. iSio. Samuel, s. " b. July 14. 1S13. Stephen G., s. •• b. June 16, 1S16, d. Oct. i, KS26. Nathan I*., s. •• b.June 16, 1S16. Phebc J., b. Dec. 22. I Sly, d. AufT. 6, 1X36. Livonia C, d. Xatlian P. and Elvira, b. April iS, 1S43. Charles IL, s. " b. Feb. >, 1S47. Amsden, Charles II.. ?^. Henry and Mary, b. July S. 1S4S. Anf^el, Robert, s. Lsek and Susannah, b. ^Llrch 19, 1793. David, s. " b. July 10, 1795. Thomas, s. " b. Feb. i, 1798. Mary. d. " b. May 14. 1800. Phel)e, d. " b. Oct. 13. 1S02. John, s. '• b. Oct. 14, 1S04. Sally, d. '• b. ^L^y 14. 1S07. v\ppliia, d. '• b. July 5, 1S09. Arlin, Abby A., d. Daniel K. ami NLiry. b. July 28. 1846. Arcy, Lli/abeth B.. d. Nath'l H. and Susan C. b. March 16, 1S45. James H., s. " b. May 6, 1S4S.' Abrani ()., s. " b. June 9. 1850. Ash, IJ.iniard, s. Nath'l and I'21i/abeth. Newton, b. Jan. 24, i'-j66. John, s. '» b. Oct. 25, 1760. Nath'l, s. " b. July 24, 1771. Dorothy, d. " '• b. April 27, 1768. Atkinson. Joseph, s. Samuel and Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1777. d. Feb. 28. 1845. 98 Atkinson, Susannah, d. Samuel and Sarah, b. Oct. 30, i779' Anna, d. " b. April 13, 1782, d. July 39, 1S44. Nath'l P., s. " b. Jan. 15, 17S5. Jacob, s. ^ " b. Dec. 30, 1790. Sally, d. Benj. and Jane, b. July 19, 17S5. James V., s. " b. Dec. 9, 1787. Jane, d. " b. June 30, 1791. Daniel Clark, s. Simeon and Phebe, b. Sept. 5, 17S5, d. April 4, 1842. Silas, s. " b. Dec. 27, 1781, d. Sept. 29, 1837, at Northfield. Hannah, d. " b. Julv 10, 1795, d. July 22, 1850. Hale, s. " b. March 3, 1798. Elizabeth, d. Nath'l, Jr., and Abigail, b. Sept. i, 1784. Isaac, s. " b. Dec. 8, 1786. Benj., s. " b. Aug. 10, 1792. Abigail, d. " b. March 2, 1798. Elvira C, d. Bradley and Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1839. Mary-L , d. " b. March 7, 1841, d. Oct. 22, 1853. Edmund W., s. " b. Jan. 10, 1843. Peter K., s. Theodore and Abiah, b. July 20, 1804, d. March 20, 1 81 7. Fanny S., d. " b. April 20, 1807. George W., s. " b. March 20. 1810. Mary C, d. " b. May 30, 1814. Ruth K., d. " b. Oct. 7, 18 17, d. Jan. 1 , 1822. Abiah P., d. * " b. Jan. 24, 1820, d. Nov. 4, 1S43. Hannah, d. Samuel and Hannah, b. April 20, 1784. Kimball, s. Theodore and Abiah, b. July 20. 1S04; d. March 20, 1S17. Peabody, s. Joseph and Nancy, b. Dec. 30, 1S04. Hervey, s. " b. July 19, 1806. Susan, d. " b. March 12, 1808. Henry, s. " b. July 10, 1S09. 99 Atkinson, Ann, d. Joseph and Nancy, b. July 30, 1S12. Hir:im L., s. Joseph and Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1S07. Franklin I*., s. " h. June 6. iSio. Amanchi M. F., d. •• b, Dec. 12. 1S12. Isaac B., s. Isaac and Lois, h. May 12, iSii. Dorothy, d. Silas and Dorotliy, b. Marcli 2S, 181 3. Atharates H , s. Silas and Sarali. b. Feb 14. iSi:;. Asenath li., d. " b. March 16. 1S17. Alexander VV., 8. " b. Feb. i. 1S19. Frances Maria, d. " b. Oct. 2S, 1849, d. July 10, 1S63. Lcroy, s. Horatio N. and Susan P., h. Maich 31. iS^2. Austin, John, s. Benj. and Ane, b. Dec. 9, 1789, at Pembroke. James C, s. " b. Sept. 17, 1790, " Samuel, s. " b. Jan. 6, 1794. Bcnjamm, s. " b. Dec. 31. 1795. John, s. Paid and .Mehitable, b. Oct. 12, 1797; d. Nov. 7, 1S46. Sally (j., d. '• b. Jan. 14. 1799. Eldad, s. " b. April 17, 1S02. William, s. " b. Jidy 24. 1S14. William W'., s. ICIdad and Naomi, b. July i. 1829. Maiy 11 , (I. •• b. Dec. 12. 1S36. Bacon, Ilainiah, d. John and Hannah, b. Jan. 6. 1807. Samuel, s. *' h. Aug. 9, 1804. Mary J., d. Henry and Dorcas, h. March 3, 1S32. Charles H., s. " b. Nov. iS. 1S35. David F., s. •' b. May 17. 1838. Balch, Fostei I... s. Dati S. and Dorothy M..l>. ."-^ept. Hj. 1835. Adaline P., tl. '• b. Jan. 13. 1837. Henry F., s. " b. Nov. 17, 1S3S. Martha J., d. " b. Nov. 8, 1842. Dan W., s. " b. Sept. 28, 1844. Fred K.. s. '♦ h. March 2, 1847. Charles J., s. " b. Dec. 8, 1848. Bailey, Sally, d. Phinehas, b. Feb. 6, 1802. Sarah E.. d. Samuel C. and Elisabeth, h. Julv ^, 1S27. Mary ].' <^i " b. Feb. 26, 1829, d. April 7, 1832. lOO Bailey, Judith C, d. Samuel C. and Elisabeth, b. Nov. i, 1S36, d. Aug lo, 1S50. Joseph F., s. " b. Nov. 20, 1833. Bartlett, Samuel, s. Joseph G. and Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1782. Barrot, Luman C, s. Thedus and Jerusha, b. June 2, 1806. Hannah, d. * " b. Oct. 13, 1807. Alvin, s. " b. March 28, 181 1. Beedle, John, s. Thomas and Jane, b. Feb. 7, 1774. Sarah, d. " b. April 19, 1776. Hannah, d. Thomas and Mehitable, b. Aug. 15, 1779. Beverly, Moses, s. Samuel and Ruth, b. Sept. 21, 1788. Blanchard, Judith, d. Simeon Blanchard and Dorothy Elliott, b. Jan. 27, 1784. Carter, s. Amos and Susannah, b. Dec. 31, 1817. Nancy B., d. " b. Nov. 15, 1821, d. Feb. 6, 1845. Caroline S., d. " b. Feb. 6, 1827. Mary J., d. " b. May 10, 1834. Pluma A., d. " b. July 28, 1836. John F., s. Carter F. and Julia A., b. May 2, 1843. Bishop, John, s. Enos and Anna, b. Dec. 10, i757' Elizabeth, d. " b. Jan. 31, 1760. Sarah, d. " b. Jan. 31, 1762. Hannah, d. " b. May 17, 1764, Benjamin, s. " b. Oct. 22, 1766. Enos, s. " b. Nov. 21, 1769. Josiah, s. Enos and Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1750. Susanna, d. " b. Dec. 15, 1753. Bowley, Jacob, s. John and Joanna, b. May 17, 1778. Sarah, d. " b. Sept. 8, 17S3. Bohonon, Stephen, s. Jacob and Sally, b. Feb. i, 1790- Beverly, Samuel, s. Samuel and Ruth. b. Dec. 9, 1786, d. July 10, 1811. Betty, d. " b. March 3, 1791. Boyden, Wyatt, s. Eliza Day, b. Dec. 24, 1S35. Bowers, Denison T., s. Denison and Fanny, b. Nov. 12, 1793- Fanny P., d. " b. Nov. 22, 1795. Francis, s. " b. Aug. 5, 1801. lOI Bowers, Eli /a, li. Reuben C. and Betsey. l>. Aug. 19, 1S05, d. Dec. 31. 1S17. Benj. s. '^ b. March 6, 1S07. Grovenor B., s. " b. March 26, 1S09. Reuben I... -. • b. Oct. zo, iSio. Altannmt D.. -. '• b. Oct. 27. 1S12. Sally \V'., d. •• b. April 30. 1S14, d. April 13. 1S39. Jane, d. " b. Feb. 27, 1S16. Joel. 8. " b. May 11, iSiS. Eli/a. a. '' b. Jan. 17, 1S21. John F., s. " b. Dec. 27. 1S22. Joseph R., s. " b. Feb. 19, 1825. Mary A. B., d. - b. Nov. 3. 182S. Brown, Hannah, d. William and Anne, b. April 5, 1781. Richard, s. • b. July 27. 1779. Elizabeth, d. '• b. July 19, 1 7S3. Joseph, s. " b. May 31, 17S6. Levi, s. Nathaniel and Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1794. Sophia, il. Tlmmas antl Susannah, b. Feb 22, 1802. Polly G., d. •' b. Jan. 16, 1S06. Charlotte M.d. John F. and Charlotte F.,b. Aug. 29, 1850. James 1'., s. Mary Brown, b. Jan. 15, 1S33. Buswell. Helen M., d. Benj. F. and Mary J., b. Jan. 5, 1S49, d. !>ept. 29, 1S50. Walter, s. " b. March 15. 1S47. Burbank. Jonathan, s. Samuel and Eunice, b. Aug. 11, 17S4. Molly, d. Wells and Meriby, b. Sept. 2. 1784. Nathaniel, s. Moses and .Sarah, b. Sept. I. 1763. Jonathan, s. " b. May 29, 1765. Daniel, s. " b. Jan. 4, 1767. Joseph, s. Jonathan, b. April 9. 17S6. Jane. d. •• !>. June 8, 17S7. Nancy, d. • b. March 11, 1789. Judith, d. •• b. May 24, 1791. Samuel, s. •• b. July 11. 1793. Betsey, d. '• b. June 24, 1795. Patty, d. '* b. May 12, 1797, Nathaniel, s. •' b. March 15. 1799. I02 Burbank, Jonathan, s. Jonathan, b. May 29, 1800. Moses, s. " b. June 26, iSoi. Paul D., s. " b. June 27, 1S02. Nathan, s. Samuel and Eunice, b. Feb. 24, 17S6. Elizabeth, d. ^ " b. June 6, 17SS. Little, s. David and Molly, b. Feb. 2, 17S7. Jesse, s. " b. June 13, 1790. Enoch, s. " b. July 20, 1793. Judith, d. " b. July lo, 179S, d. Sept. 29, 1853- Betty, d. Wells and Mary, b. Feb. 26, 17S7. Eleazer, s. " b. Nov. 13, 17SS. Horace R., s. Daniel and Sarah, b. May 14, 181 1. Laura E., d. " b. Nov. 30, 1813. Eliphalet L., s. " b. Dec. 22, 1S16. Ebenezer L., s. " b. Dec. 29, 181S. David P., s. Eleazer and Drusilla, b. Sept. 30, 1816. Webster F., s. " b. April 10, 181S. ^- Moses, s. Moses and Hannah, b. June 26, 1741. Samuel, s. Nathaniel, s. Molley, d. David, s. Wells, s. Sarah, d. Betty, d. Josiah, s. Eliezer, s. b. Aug., 1745. b. Dec. 14, 1747. b. Feb. 20, 1749. b. July 4, 1754. b. Aug. 8, 1756. b. Sept.. 1758. b. Dec. I, 1760. b. June 30, 1 761. b. Jan. 19, 1763. Joseph, s. Samuel and Eunice, b. Aug. 23, 1771. Sarah, d. " b. Aug. 28, 1773. Eunice, d. " b. May 2, 1775. Samuel, s. " b. March 25, 1777. Moses, s. " b. Oct. 12, 1778. Judith, d. " b. Sept. 23, 1780. Josiah, s. " b. July 11, 1782. Sarah, d. David and Molly, b. Feb. 9, 1779, d. April 7, 1817. Abigail, d. " b. March 28, 1780, d. July 18, iSii. lO' Burbank, Abraham, s. David and Molly, b. Nov. i6. 17S1. Eliezar, s. '• b. Jan. i. 17S5. Stephen, s. Moses and Sarah, b. Feb. ^. 176S. Stephen, s. b. Feb. 3, 1769. Silas, s. b. March 16, 1771. Priscilla, d. • b. April S, 1773. Ilazcn, s. '• b. Oct. iS, 1775. Hannah, d '• b. April u, 1779. Moses, s. ♦• b. Jan. 4. 1781. John, s. Nathaniel and M«jlly, b. Anjj. 20, 177S. Friend L., s. Abraham and Molly, b. June J9, 1806. Joanna C, d. '' b. March 5. 1S08, d. Feb. 19, 1S43. Mary L., d. '' b. Nov. 16, 1S09. Sophronia (j., d., " b. Aug. 25, 1S12. d. Feb. 22, 1S47. Juditli C d. " b. Nov. 2, 1S15, d. Nov. 20, 1S47. M«»ll\. wife of Abraham, d. March 16. 1S16. G. W., R. Abraham and Folly M.. b. Jinie 29, 1819. David i:..s. " b. May 16, 1822. Hittield I'.,s. " b. March I, 1S24. Abraham 1* , s. '• b. Nov. 2, 1S25. A/.ro .S.. s. '• b. Aug. 29, 1827. Ezekiel W'.. s. •' b. June 16, 1829. Amand.i J., d. ♦* b. June 12, 1831. Lucretia 1... d. Little and Jmlitli C b. April 13, 1S19, d. Dec. 12. 183S. Hatmah F.. d. " b. Sept. 27. 182 i, d. Feb. 19, 1842. Emulous \V., s. •• b. Nov. 20, 1S25. Calvin M.. s. •* b. June 16, 1S32. Lucreti.i L.. d. Friend L. and Dorothy, b. May 21, 1S40. William \V.. s. " b. Sept. 13, 1S42. Joanna C. d. " b. Jan. 22, 1846, d. Dec. 23, 1S48. Burniiam, L\(lia A., d. Henry and Lucinda. b. Jan. 8. 1850. Mary J., (I. Lucinda Marsh, b. Jan. 18, 1847, d. Jan. 30, '853. Burpee, Eli/a T., d. Jeremiah J. and Nancy, b. Feb. 20. 1S05. I04 Burpee, Judith W., d. Jeremiah J. and Nancy, b. Mar. 8, 1807. Joshua W., s. " b. April 28, 1S09, d. Dec. 23, 1839. Thomas G., s. Nath'l and Catharine, b. Oct. 12, 1805, d. May 22, 1807. Thomas, s. " d. April 22, 1807. "-Joseph E., s. " b. Feb. i, 1S07. Fanny G., d. "' b. Nov. 17,1808. Nathaniel, s. " b. April 21, 1812. Eliphalet, s. " b. Feb. 25, 1814. Catharine, d. " b. Feb. 23, 1817, d. Feb. 14, 1819. Sally, d. " b. March 8, 1819, d. Nov. 5, 1S22. Samuel W., s. " b. April 8, 1821. Martha T. J., d. " b. Sept. 19, 1823. Augustus, s. Jeremiah and Nancy, b. July 12, 18 13. Roxy, d. " b. Feb. 3, 1S15. Mary S., d. " b. Feb. 9, 1817. Wells, s. Jeremiah and Sally P., b. Dec. 29, 1818, d. Feb. 22, 1819. Ruth, d. " b. July 4, 1820, d. Dec. 8, 1S33. Samuel G., s. " b. Aug. 3, 1822. Jeremiah, s. " b. July 20, 1824. John, s. Jilleous H. and Merriam, b. June 17, 1817. Hiram, s. " b. Aug. 28, 1818. William B., s. Joseph and Zilphia, b. Jan. 3, 1S19. Sardina, d. " b. May 3, 1820. Almenia, d. " b. May 12, 182 1, d. Nov. 30, 1S50. Lorena, d. " b. Aug.- 11, 1822, d. April 17, 1849. Burzill, d. " b. Jan. 24, 1824, d. July 21, 1825. Ruth, d. " b. Oct. 17, 1825, d. July 13, 1826. Ruth B., d. " b. May 27, 1827. Joseph, s. " b. Aug. lo, 1829. I05 Burpee. Zilpliia H., ci. Joseph aiui Zilpliia. b. Oct. 31. 1S30. ICnuliiie S., (I. '" b. Sept. 19, 1S33. Barn.n F. S.. s. '' h. Aug. 5, 1S36 Loreiia W.. d •' b. Nov. 13. 1S39. Clara F., d. Win. H. and Emily S., b. Auj;. 31, 1S49. Buxton, Eiisal)ethMcF.,d. Fdw'datuI Flisabcth. h. Apr 2, 1S39. Edwanl, s. •• i>. May 25,1841, il. Dec. 6. 1S44. Calef. Daiiii-l K.. s. Garland and Nancy, b. April 16, 1S35. F'recmafi W .. s. •• b. Nov. 23, 1S37. Polly B., d. •• b. March 26. 1842. Calcf, Garland, s. Daniel and Asenath, b. Jan. 5, 1801. Call, Hannah, d. Moses and Mchetalwl, b. Sept. 6. 1751. Phcbe, d. *• b. .Sept. 11, 1753. Moses, s. b. June 12. 1755. Silas, s. b. March 17. 17^8. Phebe, d. b. .Sept. 10. 1760. Timothy, s. '• b. Feb. 13, 1763. David, s. b. May iS. 1765. Daniel, s. b. Oct. 13, 1767. Nathan, s. •• b. Oct. 15, 1 770. Davi. Oct. 3. 17S0. d. Dec. 1S12. Moses, s. " b. Jan. 21, 17S2. d. May t, 1S48. io6 Call, John, s. Moses and Sarah, b. May 15, 1784, d. Sept. 11, 1S44. Sarah, d. " b. Jan. 12, 17S6. David, s, " b. June 24, 1791. Nathan, s. " b. Dec. 12, 1792. Luke, s. * " b. May 5, 1795. Silas E., s. Silas and Sarah, b. June 7, 1S16, d. Dec. 14, iSiS. Sarah A., d. " ' b. Sept. 2t, 1821, d. Sept. 20, 1849. Emily, d. " b. Aug. 20, 1S23. Silas, s. " b. Dec. 10, 1S25. Nathan, s. " b. Sept. 27, 1S27. Reuben M., s. Lemuel and Rhoda, b. June 6, 1816. Nancy, d. " b. July 12, 1819. William W., s., " b. Jan. 13, 1822. Jonas, s. '• b. April 26, 1826. Pierce S., s. " b. Jan. 16, 1829. Phebe, d. " b. Jan. 28, 1836. George H., s. Luke and Olive, b. Nov. 25, 1822, d. Oct. 29, 1826. Joan, d. " b. July 16, 1825, d. Oct. 6, 1S26. Luke, s. " b. Oct. II, 1827. James, s. " b. March 12, 1836. George, s. " b. Feb. 5, 1S40. Hannah W., d. Lemuel and Rebecah, b. Feb. 10, 1824, d. Feb. 5, 1825. Sarah E., d. David and Polly, b. July 2, 1821. Alvira, d. " b. Oct. 31, 1823, d. Jan. 15, 1848. Levi, s. " b. March 20, 1S27. Mary, d. " b. June 29, 1830. Royal, s. " b. Oct. 7, 1833. Emily, S., d., " b. Nov. 3, 1S35. Phebe J., d., " b. March 19, 1841. Julian, d. John and Dorothy, b. Oct. 23, 1826, d. June 14, 1842. Nathan, s. " b. Nov. 24, 1833. lo; Call, Joseph, s. John and Dorothy, b. July ^6. 1S36. Catharine S.. <1. Enoch antl Ruth. b. June 17. 1S40. Willi;im H., s. \Vm. D. and ICli/a J., h. May 11, 1S45. d. Sept. iS. 1S51. LoviiKi I). I)., d. •• b, Nov. 15, 1S4S, d. Oct. 3, 1S5S. Ansel F., s. " b. Oct. 13, 1S50, d. Oct. 13, 1S51. A>. 1 iniolhy and .Susannah, b. Aug. 17, i 75S. Daiiitl. s. W'iiithrup and Susannah, b. Dec. ly, 1759, d. 1840. Jesse 1;., s. Ik-nj. and Juchth, b. N(»v. 26, t^*6, in Con- cord. Jeremiah, s. " b. June 6, 1S30. Nathan, " b. Dec. 19, 1759, d. 1S40. Jeremiah, s. '* b. April 26, 1764. Polly, d. Winthrop and Sarah, b. May 7. 1773. Naomi, «1. '* b. April 9, 1796. Susannah, d. b. May 25, 1782. Thomas, s. Davitl and Dorcas, b. Match 5, 1776,(1. Dec. 9, iS.}4. John. s. •' b. Oct. 1.4. 177S. Patty, d. " b. Auj;. 25. 17S0. Judith, d. '' b. Dec. 28. 17S6. Judith, d. Nathan and Sally, b. Dec. 5, 17S7. Moses, s. ** b. Aug. 6, 1790. d. June, 1 85 1, in Canterbury. Daniel, s. Daniel and Mary. b. March 16. 17S5. Polly, d. •• b. Jan. 26. 17S7. Sally, d. " b. April 27. 1790. Jeremiah, s. Nathan anil Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1S03. Nathan, s. " b. Feb. 4. 1S07. Ruth, d. Merrill, s. Jeremiah, s. John, s. Clark, s. Maria, d. 1 08 Carter, Elbridge G., s. Daniel, Jr., and Sarah, b. Dec. 4, 1808. Naomi, d. Thomas and Nancy, b. Jan. 8, 1S06. " b, Oct. 10, 1807. " b. Jan. 6, iSio. " b. Feb. 2, 1S12. " b. Feb. 3, 181 2, d. Feb., 1S12. " b. April 23, 1819. " b. April 23, 1S19. Bradbury G., s. John and Lydia, b. Feb. 3, 1S27. Luther G., s. " b. Aug. 25, 1829. Mary C, d. Elbridge G. and Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1S36. Cass, Samuel, s. Barnard and Martha, b. Feb. 23, 1798. Clarissa, d. " b. Jan. 15, t8oo. Sabrina, d. " b.Nov. 15, 1S02, d.Feb. 25, 1803. Charles M., s. " b. Dec. 25, 1805. Joseph G., s., " b. Aug. 7, 1807. Jonathan, s. " b. Nov. 10, 1809. Philena, d. " b. Nov. 15, 181 1. Chadwick, Joseph, s. Edmund and Susannah, b. July 19, i777- Samuel, s. " b. May 26, 1780. James, s. " b. Jan. i, 1782. Folly, d. " b. Oct. 2, 1791, d. Feb. 10, 1832. Edmund, S., s. Samuel and Sally, b. March 10, 1804. Albert, s. " b. Nov. 8, 1810. Jeremiah C, s. " b. July 4, 1812. Peter M., s. " b. April 24, 1815. Maria C, d. " b. March 4, 1S17, d. Jan. 27' 1S33. Chadwick, Susannah, d. Samuel and Sally, b. May 16, 1804. Caroline, d. " b. Dec. 17, 1805. Laban M., s. " b. May 13, 1807. Edmund S., s. " b. March 10, 1809. Albert, s. " b. Nov. 8, 1810. Sarah A., d. " b. Feb. 15, 1S21. Loisa, d. " b. May 3, 1823; d. Feb. 4, 1848. I09 Chadwick, Cvrus. s. Edmund and Susannah, b. Oct. 2. iSoi. Alon/.o C. s. Jame^ and Bctscv. h. Feb. 10, iSio. Louise M.. d. •• b. .\pril 12. iSiJ : d. April 13. I Si 6. Cynthia, d. " b. Dec. 9. 1S13 : d. Oct. 3, 1S14. Charles J., s. " b. Sept. 9, 1S15 ; il. April 5, 1S16. Charles J., s. •• b. Sept. 11. 1S21. Calvin M.. s. Joseph and Judith, b. Julv 15. 1S13. Eunice, d. * b. July 17, 1S22. Hale, s. I.aban M. and ILli/a II.. b. Oct. 3, 1S41. John, s. •• b. April 24, 1S43. Harriet, d. b. April 27, 1S45. (ieorge, s. Jeremi.di C anil Abby C, b. Julv 7. 1S46. Asa C, s. '* b. .\pril 20, 1S4S. Cyrus \\'.. s. Ciiarlfs J. and Eliza J., b. Jan. 23, 1S51. Henry, s. Peter M. and Marv, b. April 21. iS:;i. Chandler. Judith, d. Nathan and .Susannah, b. Fel). 16, 177S. Sally, d. •• b. March 30, i 7S0, John. s. Lieut. luhn and Naomi, b. Oct. 2^, 17S0. Nathan, s •• b. April 14. 17S2. Ephraim. s. " b. ,^ept. 4, 17S4; d. March I 2, iH^y. Tollv. d. '• b. Sept. 3, 17S6. ' Susannah, d. '* b. Dec. 7, 17SS. Juditli. d. '• b. March 19, 1793: d. Nov. 2. 1S43. Kliod.i, (1. " b. Jidy 10. 1799. Al)i.il K.. s. N;itli;m and Jane, b. Au^. 25. 1S05. Ju.iith W.. ,i. " b. Aug. 5. 1S07. Naomi 1'.. il. •» b. Dec. 5, 1S09. Nathan, s. " h. June 12. 1S12. Harriet, d. " b. July 10, 1S15. Sarah IL. d. '• b. Aug. 10, 1817. W illiam 1'.. >. *' b. Nov. 27. 1S20. I. Thomas, s. *' b. Jidy 15. 1777, <1. April 21. 1S53. Moses, 9. *' b. July 22, 177'). d. Scjit. 5. 1854. Apphia. d. '• b. Aug. 8, 17S1, d. Dec. Polly, d. M 'v.^ ,iiul II.uiM.di. b. Aug. 23. 1794, il. June 14. 1S13. ,]^^^^^- d. " b. Oct. 22, 1795. d. Oct. 14, 1S25. Rebekali, d. Moses J. and .Susannah, b. March 13, 1S04. Susannah, d. " b. Nov. 24. 1S18. Lucy Jane, d. Moses and Susannah, b. July 9, iSov Peter, s. »• b. March 26, iSo«. Ju. litli II.. d. " b. May 7, iSio, d. June 25, 1852. I 12 Coffin, Ephraim F., s. Moses and Susannah, b. March i6, 1813. Nehemiah C, s. " b. March 24, 1S15. Esther E., d. " b. May 6, 1821, d. Oct. 38, 1S43. Joseph H., s. Moses and Anna, b. July 11, 1815. Jeremiah W* s. " b. March 8, 1S17, d. Feb. 20, 1842. Francis B., s. " b. Oct. 27, 1818, d. Oct. 29, 1825. Enoch, s. Thomas and Hannah, b. April 28, 1808, d. Oct. 13, 1S15. John, s. Apphia C, s. Mary K., d. Frederick W., s. Enoch, s. Elvira, d. Livonia, d. Charles Carleton, s. b. Septi 2, 1S09. b. Dec. 6, 1810. b. Nov. 12, 1812. b. May 28, 1S15. b. March 5, 1817. b. Aug. 8, 1819. b. Aug. 8, 1819, d. Sept. 6, 1820. b. July 26, 1823. Warren C, s. Frederick W. and Harriet, b. Feb. 25, 1844. Harriet N.,d. " " b. Sept. 26, 1846. Edwin D., s. Enoch and Emily, b. Sept. 12, 1843. Sarah A., d. " b. Jan. 9, 185 1, d. April 7, 1851. Sarah C, d. Peter and Eunice, b. April 3, 1836, d. Feb. 12, 1837. George, s. " b. Dec. 9, 1S37. Sarah E., d. " b. Dec. 9, 1S41. Esther P., d. " b. Dec. 15, 1843. Francis H., s. Joseph H. and Mary E., b. Jan. 26, 1843. John, s. Farnum and Judith G., b. June 9, 1846. Clara A., d. " b. Jan. 18, 1850. Cogswell, Rachel, d. Nehemiah and Rachel, b. Oct. 9, 1772, d. Dec. 29, 1853. Susannah, d. " b. Sept. 17, 1774. Margarett, d. " b. Dec. 3, 1776. Nehemiah, s. " b. Nov. 30, 1778, d. Mar 16,1843. I I Cogswell. John. s. Nclicmiali and Raciiel. h. July 25, 17S1. Polly, d. Riitii, d. " Sally, d. Abigail, d. John C. and ICli/a W. Charles E.. s. Harriet P.. d. Caroline I*., tl. Mary. d. John and Mary, b. July 24, 1822. Lvdia C. d. Francis and Elizabeth, b. April 12. 1S19. d. b. Feb. 28, 17S4. b. June 19, 17S6. b. Oct. 8. 1790. b. Aug. 20. 1S22. b. Jan. 29. 1824. b. April 1 8, 1S27. b. Aug. 26. 1S30. Aug. 1 8 20. Sophia C d. " b. June 9, 1S22. Amos C. s. *• b. Sept. 29. 1S24. Lydia C, d. *• b. Jan. 19, 1S27. d. Dec. 26, 1829. George W .. -. b. June 3, 1829. Lydia H.. d. •• b. March 7, 1S32. Frances A., d. " b. June 5, 1834. Jtiseph .S.. s. •• b. Oct. 29, 1836. Corscr, Asa. s. William and Anna, b. Jan. 26, 1754. Jesse, s. " b. April 16. 1756. Mary. d. b. Aug. 1, 1759, d. Ajiril 14, 1834. Sinui'K, >. b. July lo. 1763. Judith, b. b. Jan. 29. 1766. James, s. Thomas and Anna. b. Nov. 12, 1764. Mary, d. •• b. Aug. 24. 1766 Jane. d. " b. Oct. 23, 1768. Jonathan, s. '• b. Nov. 9, 1770. d. Nov. 30, 1 83 1. Anna. d. •• b. June 15. 1773. . Sept. 7, 1779. Moses, s. • 1). .Sept. 28, 17S1, d. April 14, 1830. Mary. d. John and Jane. b. May 24, 1765. Jonathan, s. Jona. and Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1771. 8 114 Corser, Thomas, s. Jona. and Lucy, b, Oct. 4, 1773. Lucy, d. " b. June 14, 1776. Josiah, s. " b. July 2, 1781. Polly, d. " b. April 11, 17S4. Benj., s. " b. Oct. 4, 17S7. Daniel, s. Jotin and Rachel, b. Feb. 28, 1775, ^' J^^J 2^' 1853, at Portland, Me. John, s. " b. May 24, 1777. David, s. " b. March 15, 1779. Rachel, d. " b. April, 9, 17S1, d. Nov. 19, 1854, in Salisbury, N. H. Ryce, s. " b. Sept. 28, 1783, d. May 11, 1852. Joseph, s. " b. Feb. 7, 1786. Timothy, s. " b. March 9, 178S, d. Sept. 6, 1819. Edward, s. " b. Aug. 18, 1790. Richard, s. " b. Aug. 16, 1792, d. Aug. 20, 1845. Else, d. Thomas and Mary, b. March 28. 1783, d. Sept. 12, 1843. Caleb, s. " b. Sept. 3, 1785, d. Nov. 15, 1825. David, s. David and Ruth, b. March 22, 1781. Rachel, d. " b. Sept. 21, 1800. Bernice, d. John, Jr., and Mehetable, b. July 21, 1802. Mehetable C, d. " b. Oct. 18, 1804 ; d.Oct. 7, 1829. Mary, d. " b. July 23, 1807. John, s. " b. Oct. 15, 1809. Phebe, d. " b. April 26, 1816. Eunice W., d. " b. May 17, 1818. Daniel B., s. Richard and Rhoda, b. Oct. 18, 1818. Austin G., s. " b. March i, 1820. Judith P.. d. Joseph and Else, b. Nov. 9, 1S15. Bill, s. '^ b. Jan. 26, 1S18. Ursula, d. " b. Oct. 25, 1820. Nancy A., d. " b. Sept. 29, 1823. Elizabeth B., d. Amos and Betsey, b. Aug. 8, 1820. 1 1 Corser. \c\vlII J., s. Amos :uul Betsey, b. Dec. ^7. 18^4; d. Jan. 21. 1S29. Rebecca A., tl. •• b. Jul\ 30. 1S27. Joseph C s. Luke and Mary. b. Nov. 23. 1S24; d. Oct. 13. 1843. Francis H.. s. •• b. Jan. 10. 1827. David \\'.,s. •• b. Aug. 19. 1829: il. May 25' "S33. David B.. s. '* b. Sept. 21. 1S35. Bliss W'.. s. Bliss and Hannah, b. May 29. 1826. Ariadna A., d. I'leeman and Harriet.!). Oct. 24, 1S34. Sarepta, d. '• b. Sept. 21. 1836. Hamilton, s. " b. Aug. 17. 1S38. Hamlet, s. " b. May 13. 1843. David S.. s. ♦' b. Aug. 6, 1847. John C. s *• b. Feb. 9, 1849. Athertnn I'., s. Kice. .;d. and .'^arah J., b. Nov. 28. 1S44; d. Mar. 18, 1846. Joseph H.. s. •• li. .May 4. 1S47. Rebecca, d. James and M.iitha. b. Oct. 24. I 7S7 ; d. Dec. S. 1S15. John, s. *' b. Jnl\ 13. 1791. Amos. s. " b. July iv '793- David S.. s. Davit! Corser and Jane Gerald. 1). Feb. 23, I 799 : d. Jan. 13, 1S08. Betty, d. David and Kulh. b. March 19, 1777. Rnt!i,d. •• 1). March 10. 1779- Hannah, d. •• b. I-'eb. 2. 1783: d. 1S29, at Amesbury. Molly. (1. •• h. Dec. 20. 17S4. Enoch, s. *• b. Jan. 2, 1787. Silas, s. '* b. Jan. 14, 1789: d. March 19, 184S. Jane. d. *• b. Jan. 11. 1791. Lulve, s. '• b. March 10, 1793. Bliss, s. *• 1). Au<^. 30. 1795. Betty, d. '' b. June 4. 179S. Lucy, d. Daniel and Lucy, h. Feb. 13, 1802, in Thetford, Vt. Solomon T., s. " b. Dec. 24. 1806. " ii6 Corser, Heniy F., s. Daniel and Lucy, b. Jan. 20, 1809, in Thetford, Vt. Gardner, s. David and Judith, b. Dec. 29, iSoi. Caleb, s. " b, Oct. 14, 1S03. Ruth, d. ^ " b. Oct. 2, 1805. Francis S., s. "■ b. June 25, 1808. Eunice P., d. " b. Nov. 25, 1810. Elbridge B., s. Silas and Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1812. Emeline, d. *^' b. July 9, 1814. Ruth, d. " b. Oct. 13, 1816. Ruth K., d. David, Jr., and Abigail, b. Dec. iS, 1S17. Anna E., d. Timothy and Abiah, b. April i, 1S16. Louisa, d. " b. Dec. 25, 1818. Charles H., s. " b. May 19, 1827. George L., s. " b. May 19, 1S27. Fitz-Henry, s. Charles H. and Mary [., b. March 20, 1850. Marcia Q., d. Rice and Abigail O., b. Feb. 27, 1827 ; d. Aug. 18, 1850. Octavia E., d. " b. March 27, 1830; d. May 9, 1853. Sarah J., d. " b. March 22, 1832; d. March 24, 1848. Elisabeth J., d. " b. Jan. 6, 1S34; d. July 13, 1S54. Abby S., d. Rice and Irene, b. May 31, 1838. Edwin G., s. " b. April 17, 1840. John H., s. " b. May 7, 1S43 ; d. July n, 1S43. Daniel B., s. Richard and Rhoda, b. Oct. 8, 1818. Austin G., s. '' b. March 1, 1S20. Ann M., d. " b. July 21, 1827. Charles H., s. " b. June 3, 1829. Mary J., d. " b. Sept. 20, 1S31. Lucretia S., d. " b. Oct. 25, 1S33. Couch, Nath'l Heath, s. Benj. and Rachel, b. Nov. 5, 1777; d.July 10, 1844. Joseph, s. " b. Jan. 10, 1780; d. Aug. I, 1S32. 1 1 Couch, Rciijamin. s. Benj. and Rachel, h. March S. 178^; d. Aug. 9, 1S35. Samuel, s. '• b. Jan. >S. 17S9. ^■'^^h' tl. " b. "Feb. 5. 1796; d. Mar. 3. 1S27. Enoch, s. Joseph and Sarah, b. Nov. z\. 17S5: d. Au'^. iS. 17S.,. •'^''">- ^'- •• b. Aucf. 22. 17S7: (I. [unc 7. 1S52. Joseph, s. •• b. May 22, 1 7S9 : d. Sept. 10. 1 85 I. at Nashua. Enoch, s. •• b. April 12. 1793. Phebe, d. •• b. July 2. 1798: d. Sept. 22. 1S56. Nancy A..d. Nalh'l II. and Eli/abeth, b. Jan. 15. iSoi. Polly <^'' ^. b. July 31. 1807. il. Ai)ril 12. 1846. b. Sept. 6. 1809. b. .^ept. 6. 1S09. b. June 23. iSio. b. Dec. 22, 1820. d. 3, 1852. b. Nov. 6, 1S27, d. 1S51 June Nathan C. s. John M.. s. Sarah Rix. d. Rachel C. d. Charlotte S.. d. »' Prentice S, s. »* Harriet A., d. John P.. s Willi iijij. and Betsey, b. Oct. 5. iSi i Polly,.!. •• b. Feb. 3, 1S15. d. June 19. 1853. Taniexin. d. *' b. March 7. 1817. Albert, s. '• b. Dec. 2t, 1S19. William, s. •• b. May 22, 1823. Lucy. d. .Simeon and Judith, b. Jan. 16. 1802, in Rowley. Judith, il. '* h. Julv 22. 1804. Dcbby. d. " b. Nov. y, 1S06. Eli/.ai.eth S.. d. •• b. April 30, 1S08. Sails S.. (I. •• b. Sept. 10, 1809. Molly S.. d. •• b. Sept. 10. 1S09. AlmiraJ.,d. '• b. April 8, 181 2. Emily, d. *• b. July 3, 1814. Amos. s. *' b. July 3. 1S14. d. Sept. is, 1816. Minerva, d. " b. June 17, 1816. Betsy C. d. Rix and Abigail, b. Sept. 13. 1819. Timothy C. s. •• b. Feb. 10, 1825. Josephine B.. d. " b. Oct. 25. 1842. I20 Danforth, Haman, s. Edmund and Rhoda, b. Dec. 21, 1819. b. Sept. 3, 1S21, d. June 21, 1834. b. May 4, 1824. b. May 6, 1827. b. Aug. 17, 1829. b. Nov. 14, 1 83 1, b. Jan. 12, 1S34. b. March 11, 1S43. Rhoda, d. Enoch, s. Geo. S., s. ^ Reuben, s. Charles S.. s. Edmund, s. Rhoda R., d. Orpha, d. William and Betsy, b. Jan. 23, 1S27, d. Aug. 9, 1848. George H., s. Jedediah and Aurelia, b. Feb. 5, 1830. Aurelia J., d. " b. May 8, 1832. Ednah E., d. " b. March i, 1S35, d, June 13, . Ruth A., d. '' b. Nov. 17, 1837. Orrin, s. John and Bernice, b. June 5, 1831. Mehetable C.,d. " b. Oct. 16, 1834. Sarah P., d. Nathan C. and Sophia C, b. June 8, 1836. Sylvester P., s. '' b. Aug. 14, 183S. Celeste S., d. " b. June 18, 1840. Horace H., s. " b. March 29, 1842. Silvanus. s. " b. July 4, 1844. John P., s. John B. and Dorothy, b. July 24, 1837. Rebecca P., d. " b. Aug 21, 1839. Charles H., s. " b. June 8, 1841. Enoch E., d. " b. May 4. 1844. Nancy A., d. Enoch and Melissa J., b. Jan. 21. 1851. Pitts A., s. Albert and Mary A., b. June 7, 1849. Davis, William, s. Ephraim and Sarah, b. Dec. 7, 1748. Ephraim, s. " b. Oct. 15, 1751. Hannah, d. " b. July 27, 1755. John, s. " b. Aug. 25, 1757. James, s. " b. June 11, 1761. Tabitha, d. " b. Peb. 10, 1768. James, s. Nicholas and Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1770- Nane, d. " b. Mar. 12, 1772. Joseph, s. " b. April 9, 1774. Isaac, s. " b. Dec. 17, i777* 121 Davis, Sarah, d. Nicholas antl Mary. b. Sept. 5. 1779. Mary. d. ** l>. Mar. 26. 17S1. Elisabeth, d. Xatlian and Jane, !>. Jan. 6, 1773. Tabitha. d. b. Jan. 5, 1775. Nathan, s. *• b. Feb. i. 1777. Samuel, s. '* b. Oct. 23. 177S. lane. d. • b. July S, 17S1. l*ain, s. .Nathan and Molly, b. Feb. 3, 1795. Ilermon, s. Oliver and Mary, b. Aii. Jane, d. Polly, d. James, s. Elijah, s. Harriet, d. Harrison, s. b. Jan. 10. 1792. b. Iid\ 20. 1 7«>4. b. June 14. 1 7i><». b. Jul\ 14. |S. June 21, 1S4S. s. John ami L\dia. b. July 20, 1 790, in Sanliornton. Horace J., s. Sanuicl M. and Hannali. 1). fune 20, 1S17. Susan P., d. " b. Mav 19. 1S20. Sarah A., d. »' b. May 14, 1822. Isaac P., s. " b. June 8, 1S26. K/ekiel W'.. s. ** b. June 15. 1831. Eastman, William, s. Joseph and Eli/.nbcth, b. Feb. 12, 1758. .Saraii, d. Timotliv and Hannah, b. J:in. 2. 1760. Joshua, s. Hiram, s. Daniel, s. Abi-ail, d. Mari. d. Martha ].. . William" 11., Dui|,'iii. >amui.l M. Hannah, d. Friscilla, .1. Thomas, s. " Lydia, d. " Dolly, d. ♦* Enoch, s. '♦ Pearsons, s. ♦' Timothy, s. ♦' Jonathan, s. '* Jeremiah, s. Benjamin and Susannah, b. July 20. 175S. Elisabeth, d. '* b. Sept. 19. 1761. Johnson, s. " b. March 15, 1762. Susanna, d. ♦» b. Aug. 4, 1766. Ezra, s. '♦ b. June 4, 1769. 1). May 9, I 761 . b. .May 9, 1763, d. April 17. 1S37. b. Nov. I . I 764. 1). .\u;,'. 25, 1766. b. .May II, 176S. b. Mar. 31, 1770. b. Oct. 6, 1772. b. Dec. 29, I 776. b. .Sept. 17, 1778. 124 Eastman, Enoch, s. Benjamin and Susannah, b. Oct. 26, 1772- Amos, s. " b. Dec. 29, 1774. Hannah, d. " b. March 18, 1777. Benjamin, s. " b. June 22, 17S1, at Newport, Susannah, d. " b. March 6, 1784, at Newport. Nathan, s. Johnson and Sally, b. Sept. 29, 1791, at New- port. William E., s. Phinehas and Susannah, b. Dec. 24, 1795. Abel, s. Thomas and Lois, b. Aug. 24, 1797, d. May 21, 1828. Lydia, d. " b. April 29, 1800, d. June 15, 1837. Daniel, s. William and Mehitable, b. April 23, 1799. Jane, d. " b. Nov. 9, iSoi. Bartlett, s. Timothy, Jr., and Dorothy, b. March 24, iSoo. Hannah R., d. " b. April 5, 1802. Dorothy, d. " b. June 7, 1803. Sally, d. Jonathan and Svisannah, b. March 8, 1805. Enoch, s. Pearson and Martha, b. Aug. 17, 1790, d. April 16, 181S. Isaac, s. " b. Sept. 17, 1800. Edmond, s. " b. April 8, 1807. Sarah, d. " b. March i, 1808. George K., s. " b. June 19, 1813. Charlotte, d. Enoch and Betsy, b. Jan. 5, 1805, in New- bury, Mass. William, s. " b. Feb. 28, 1807, in New- bury, Mass. Enoch, s. Enoch and Judith, b. May 26, 1809, in New- bury, Mass. Betsey, d. " b. July 23, iSio, in New- bury, Mass. Daniel C, s. " b. July 15, 1812. Timothy, s. '" b. Nov. 22, 1814. Judith, d. " b. Sept. 27, 1816. Moses, s. " b. Sept. 30, 1819. 125 Eastman. Dorcas A., d. Enoch anil Judith, b. June 4. 1S23. d. Oct. 17. 1S25. Dorcas A.. . Aug. 8. 1829. Wiiixli.u C".. s. Mill iiui I\ .111.1 I)i.II\ . b. Jiujc 3, 1826. d. April 14, 1S54. Juiui, s. Daniel .lud Cuniluil, b. Jan. 31, 1S28. Elizabeth A., d. " b. May 16, 1829. Polly, d. William and Lois, b. April 19, 1835. Hiram, s. b. ."^ept. 17, 1S36. Elbridge (»., b. .'.i.i> ami Abigail (),. b. Nov. 10, 1842. Farmer, Moses G., s. John and Sally, b. Feb. 9, 1S20. Pa^i- l'\, s '' b. June 28, 182 I. .!. July 27. 1822. Ji'hn 1'.. s. " b. Sept. 24, 1823. Sally K., d. ** b. Aug. 30, 1826. Jeremiah ().. s. •• b. June 7, 1S2S, d. Dec. 6, 1828. Jane G.. d. " b. June 7. 1828, d. June 27, 1867. Fandiani, Patty, d. Stejihcn and Susannah, b. Mav 10, 1797. Lucinda. d. *' b. Oct. 9, 179S. Fellows, Salome, d. He/ekiah and Pamela F., b. July 26, 1S07, d. Jan. 23, 1823, Inf.mt. s. ♦' b. July 11,1809, d. Sept. 30,1809. 128 Fellows, Catharine, d. Hezekiah and Pamela F.,b. Sept. 6, 1810, d. Mar. S, 1813. Ebenezer S., s. " b. MarchS, 1813, d. Oct, 21. 1829. John, s. " b. Oct 7, 1S15. Moses, s. ^ " b.March I i,iSi8, d.July 14, 1819. Catharine A., d. " b. May 6, 1820. Lucy Senter, d. " b. May 27, 1822, d. Oct. 4, 1846. George Riley, s. " b. April 19, 1824. Salome, d. " b. Aug. 25, 1827. Abigail T., d. David and Sophila, b. Nov. 12, 1823. Charles R.. s. " b. Oct. 13, 1827, d. July 21, 1846. Sewell W., s. " b. Oct. 30, 1829, d. Oct. 4, 1848. Henry L., s. " b. July 4, 1840, d. March I, 1 841. Henry L., s. " b. Jan. 25, 1843. Miriam B., d. Moses and Mehetable, b. March 16, 1S19. Caroline A., d. " b. Aug. 21, 1821. Charles M., s. " b. Dec. 16, 1S24. Mary J., d. James S. and Mary, b. June 13, 1822, d. June 20, 1855. James C, s. " b. July 7, 1824. Augusta A., d. " b. Aug. 5, 1826. Franklin, s. " b. May 8, 1829, at Hamp- stead. Harris, s. " b. March 21, 1S35. Sarah A., d. Moses A. and Augusta, A., b. Oct. 10, 1847. Frank, s. " b. Oct. 16, 1S49. s. James and Eveline, b. Feb. 19, 1S52. s. Richard and Eliza, b. Feb. 28, 1852. Ferrin, Warren, s. Kezia Shepherd, b. June 6, 1823, Fiske, John, s. Benj. and Lydia, b. Aug. i, 1783, d. March 10, 1836. Abigail, d. " b. Sept. 12, 1785, d. March 15, 1826. I 29 Fiske, Benjamin, s. Benj. ami Lydia. b. Dec. 22. 17S7. Betsey, d. " b. June ^1, 1792. James, s. " b. May 2, 1794. Epiiraim. s. '' b. June 9. 1795. Asa. s. •• h. Marcb 15, 1797. LyJia, . May 30. 177S. Nancy, d. Enoch and Caroline, b. June 12, 1S51. John P., s. John J. and Eunice R., b. June 25, IVS43. Samuel U., s. " • b. Sept. 29, 1S45. Phebc J., d. " b. Jan. iS, 1S4S. Susan W., d. " b. March i, 1S50. , s. John J. and Eunice, b. Dec. 29. iS^i. Titcomb, Isaac, s. lienj. vS.. Jr.. and Sarah, b. Feb. 16. 1780. Samuel T.. s. Jeremiah and Rebecca, b. Sept. 10. 1S24. Jeremiah G., s. '• h. Sept. 10. 1S24. Mary E., d. '' b. Dec. 28, 1S25. Eliza A., d. '' b. July 12, 1S27, d. Oct. 22, 1S43. Luther C, s. " b. March 7, 1S30. Joseph P., s. " b. March 13, 1834. Rebeckah F.. d. " b. July 17, 1836. George P., s. " b. Sept. 8. 1838. Ann E., d. " b. Jan. 17, 1S43. Trumlndl, Lydia, d. Samuel and Mary, b. June 3. 1791, in Warner. Gardner, s. Simon and Sally, b. May 8, 1S03, d. Sept. 3, 1825. Eliza, d. " b. May 14. 1S05. Rosvvell, s. " b. March 26, 1807. Rachel, d. " b. Sept. 29, 1809. Abial, s. " b. Jan. 19, i8ii. i8o Trumbull, Sam'l, s, Simon and Sally, b. July 36, 1813, d. Dec, 1S19. Richard, s. " b. July 26, 1S15, d. July 26, 1823. Sarah, A., d. " b. Jan. 6, 1819. Ezra, s. " b. May 10, 1S22. Betsey J., d. " b. April 26, 1829. Trussell, John, s. Moses and Judith, b. Jan. 31, 1788. Judith, d. Moses and Martha, b. May 14, 1794. Martha, d. " b. July 11, 1796, d. May 26, 1842. Molly, d. " b. July 27, 179S. David, s. '* , b. Aug. 30, 1800. Seth, s. "- b. Sept. 24, 1802, d. Oct. 7, 1S49. David, s. " b. Sept. 6, 1804, d. March II, 1845. Mary, d. " b. Dec. 6, 1807. William, s. " b. Feb. 19, 181 1. Benj. F., s. Amos and Mary, b. Sept. 23, 181 1. Otis G., S.Amos and Laura, b. Feb. 11. 1818. Mary W., d. " b. Oct. 5, 1819. James, s. " b. Aug. 25, 1821. Hannah S., d. '• b. Sept. 20, 1823. Jasper S., s. " b. July 23, 1825. Hambleton J., s. " b. May 27, 1828. Amos D., s. " b. Aug. 22, 1830. Irene, d. Moses, Jr., and Jane, b. Nov. 21, 1810. AlmenaD., d. " b. Oct. 9. 1813. Sarah F., d. " b. Dec. 24, 1818. HezekiahF., s. " b. May 17, 1823. Abigail J., d. " b. Aug. 10, 1829. Moses, s. William and Louisa, b. Nov. 28, 1S37. Martha F., d. " b. Nov. 23, 1843. Samuel D., s. David and Hannah, b. Feb. i, 1833. Mary, d. " b. Nov. 26, 1835. David, s. " b. Feb. 17. 1845. Moses W., s. Hezekiah and Susan, b. October 3, 1850. I8I Tuttle, Almira, d. Jotham T. and Abigail, b. Feb. 17, 1S05, in Essex, Mass. Maria, d. " b. Nov. 14, 1S06. John B., s. " b. June i, iSoS. Elbi-idge G., s. " b. Aug. 13, iSio. Erastus, s. " h. July 17, i8i3. William, s. " b. June 23, 1814, d. July 17, 1833. Abigail, d. " b. Feb. 4, 181S. Mary A., d. " b. Jan. 30, 1830, d. August, 1835. Eliza, d., " b. Oct. 34, 1833, d. August, 1S35. Daniel K., s. " b. April 17, 1824, d. August, 1825. Eliza A., d. " b. March 29, 1837, d. Dec. 33, 1837. Judith K.. d. " b. April 15, 1829. Lucy A., d. Elbridge and Sarah, b. March 19. 1S37. Mary A., d. " b. Nov. 14, 1842. Sarah J., d. " b. Feb. 14, 1845. Uran, Ilaiuiah, d. James and Mary. b. Dec. 4, 1779, d. Sept. 16. 1853. Samuel, s. " b. July 16, 17S1. d. June 33, 1 838. Anna, d. *' b. Jan. 16, 17S7. d. Aug. 3, 1S31. Molly, d. " b. June 13, 17S9. d. Apr. 8, 181S. Walker, Alvan. s. Israel and Phebe, b. April 4, iS[0. Sarah, d. '' b. Sept. 9, iSii. Betsey P.. d. " b. Sept. 13, 1814. Hannah, d. ^' b. July 4, 1S18. John R., s. " b. Jan. 3, 1833. Martin L., s. " b. March 8, 1835. Roxy A. K., d. " b. March 2, 1828. Silas C s. William and Hannah, b. Aug, 10, 1806. I«2 Walker, Morrill, s. Lon and Sally, b. Jan. 24, 1S05. Willard, s. " b. Oct. 3, 1S06. Elvira, d. " b. Jan. 12, 1809. Emily G., d. Benjamin and Thankful, b. Oct. i, 1833, d. Nov. 19, 1850. Waldron, Thomas B., s. Jacob and Judith, b. Feb. 25, 1817, d. Apr. 26, 1845. Anna Mariah, d. " b. May 21, 1819, d. Feb. 20, 1837. Ezra, s. • " b. May 12, 1822. Isaac C, s. " b. Oct. 21. 1825. Judith, d. " b. June 26, 1S29. Warde, Samuel, s. Enoch and Mary, b. July 22, 1778. Mary, d. " b. Dec. 6, 1779. Watts, John, s. Thomas H. and Elisabeth, b. May 14, 1783. Watson, Samuel W., s. James and Hannah, b. July 3, 1816. Willard, s. " b. Aug. 4, 1818. Betsey, d. "■ b. Sept. 5, 1819. Cyrus W., s. " b. Oct. 9, 1824. Ellen M., d. Samuel W. and Abigail, b. Oct. 29, 1841. Ann E., d. " b. April 14, 1845. Mary F., d. " b. Jan. 29, 1847. Abby J., d. " b. March 11, 1849. Charles, s. Cyrus W. and Phebe A., b. Oct. 13, 1851. Webber, Amos, s. Edmund and Betsey, b, Nov. 11, 1800. Elmira, d. " b. Sept. 29, 1802. Eliza, d. " b. Feb. 28, 1808. Mary A., d. Amos and Nancy, b. June 21, 1829. Luther P., s. Luther and Joan, b. March 7, 1821^. Richard A., s. " b. May 12, 1839. Horatio, s. Richard and Harriet, b. Sept. 24, 1830. Brooks R., s. Maxamilian J. and Clarissa, b. Aug. 17, 1837. Cyril T., s. Jeremiah S. and Roxanna D., b. April 12, 1841. Webster, Stephen, s. Benjamin and Elisabeth, b. Dec. 30, Alice, d. Ezekiel and Alice, b. March 8, 1814. Mary A., d. ,, b. Aug. 27, 1816. 1775- i83 Webster, Charles \V., s. Worcester and Polly, b. Sept. 14, 1S26. George, s. " b. . Nathaniel S., s. Nathaniel and Betsey, b. May 11, 1818. Ann R., d. " b. Nov. 26, 1S23. Mercy, d. Ebenezer and Betsey, b. Aug. 11, 1S20. Susan W., d. E. R. Webster, b. April 30, 1S51. d. Jan. 20, 1S54. West, Hannah, d. Jonathan and Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1770. James A., s. James and Isabella, b. Aug. 26, 1S27. Cynthia E., d. '• b. Jan. 20, 1S30. Whittier. Phinehas W., s. Enoch and Lucinda, b. Aug. 7, 1S19. Amos H., s. " b. Feb. 25, 1S25. Albert, s. " b. Aug. 18, 1830. William W., s. Joseph and Victoria, b. Jan. 22, 1S30, d. April 16, 1849. Warren W., s. " b Oct. 3, 1832. Ellen, d. '' b. Nov. i, 1S35. George, s. Mark and Betsey, b. June 2, 1S08. Betsey, d. " b. Sept. 10, iSio. Olive, d. " b. March zG, 1813. Moses, s. " b. Aug. 4, 1S15. True P., s. Phinehas and Iluldah, b. May 23, 1822. Wyatt B., s. " b. Oct. 9, 1824. David J., s. " b. Nov. 16, 1829. John S., s. Moses and Olive, b. Oct. 14, 1S47. Mary E., d. " b. June 19. 1S50. Wilson, Abigail E., d. Thomas B. and Abigail, b. July 8, 1843. Mary B., d. " b. Oct. 16, Wood, Mariaime, d. Enoch G. and Martha G., b. Nov. t8, 1848. Woodbury, Elizabeth, 'd. Ephraim and Lucy, b. Oct. 10, 1763. Martha, d. " b. Sept. 27, 1765, Deliverance, d. " b. April 1 1, 1768. Woodman, Mary J., d. Samuel and Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1808. Ruth, d. " b. Oct. 16, 1814. 1 84 Woodman, Harriet J., d. Samuel, Jr., and Dorcas, b. Jan. lo, 1813. Lovry, " b. July 24, 1S16. Mirriam, d. " b. July 16, iS"i8. George L., s. " b. Feb. 17, 1S24. George, s. Eben and Apphia, b. May 21, 1816. William R., s. Ruth Woodman, b. Dec. 29, 1S37. John P., s. Andrew and Hannah, b. June 13, 1824. Henretta C, d. " b. Aug. 31, 1826. Louisa I., d. " b. July 22, 1828. Lovilla E., d. " b. July 22, 1828. Frances A., d. " b. May 23, 1830. Woodward, Daniel S., b. June 17, 1804, in Springfield. Elisabeth A., d. Daniel S. and Dorcas A., b. Sept. 22, 1828. Hannah S., d. " b. Nov. i, 1830. Phebe L., d. " b. Jan. 7, 1832. Daniel R., s. " b. Apr. 10, 1833 Stephen, s. " b. Aug. 22, 1834 Albin A., s. " b. May 22, 1836 Dorcas A., d. " b. Feb. 22, 1S38 Diana, d. " b. Sept. 22, 1S39 Perlena, d. " b. Sept. 7, 1842 d. Oct. 8, J 844 Frances R., d. " b. Feb. 9, 1845 18:; The following Names were not on the regular Town Record, but on the Proprietors' Record, and were omitted. Batchelder, Sarah, d. Abraham and Sarah, b. July 12, 1750. Abigail, d. '• b. Oct. 5, 1751. Bishop, Josiah. s. Enos and Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1750. Mercy, d. '' b. March 12, 1752. Bohonon, .Sarah, d. Andrew and Tabitha, b. Jan. 22, 1736. Andrew, s. •• b. Aug. iS, 173S. John, s. " b. Feb. 29, 1740. Jacob, s. " b. Nov. 22, 1741. Annaniah, s. " b. July 22, 1743. Burbank, Moses, s. Moses and Sarah, b. June 26, 1741. David, s. " b. Aug. iS, 1743. Molly E.,d. " b. Feb. 20, 1749. Sarah, d. '' b. June 6, 1752. Call, Hannah, d. Moses and Mehetable, b. Sept. 6, 1751. Carter, Jesse, s. Thomas and Judith, b. Oct. 29, 1750. David, s. " b. Jan. 5, 17^3- Danford, Abigail, d. Nathaniel and Pricilla, b. Jan. 7, 1735. Sarah, d. " b. May 16, 1738. Digodon, William, s. William and Jane, b. Julv 3, 1736. Peggee, d. •• 1). May 4. 1740. Anne, d. " b. Apr. 28, 1741. Nathaniel, s. " b. May 3, 1743. Sarah, d. " b. Oct. 6, 1745. Easman, Jeremiah, s. Joseph and Dorothy, b. Feb. 9, 1740- Emery, Edward, s. Edward and Sarah, b. Mar. 10, 1739. *Emey, William, s. William and Mary, b. 175 1. Fitz Gerald, Jane, d. Edward and Mehetable, b. Jan. 12, 174^.^ Mary, d. " b. Jan. 24, 1744 Sarah, d. " b. Feb. 14, 1746 James, s. " b. Aug. 10, 1748 Rebecca, d. " b. Aug. 10, 1748 Edward, s. " b. Oct. 24, 1751 Susanna, d. " b. Oct. 24, 1753 Dorcas, d. " b. May 15, 1756 13 i86 Flanders, Enos, s. Ezekiel and Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1745. Sarah, d. " b. Dec. 2, 1747. Sussana, d. " b. Nov. 21, 1749. Aaron, s. John and Eunice, b. Aug. 5, 1750. John, s. " b. Oct. 13, 1752. Betty', d. " b. June 13, 1755. Fowler, Samuel, s. John and Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1743. Lucy, d. " b. Apr. 13, 1745. Abigail, d. " b. June 10, 174S.' Gerrish, Henry, s. Stephen and Joanna, b. May 2, 1742, d. May 16, 1806. Jane, " b. Apr. 20, 1745. Samuel, " b. Apr. 20, 174S. Enoc, s. " b. Jan. 16, 1750. Jackman, Richard, s. Richard and Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1740. John, s. " b. Aug. 24, 1743. Moses, s. " b. Apr. 26, 1746. _- Samuel, s. " b. Mar. 17, 1749. Sarah, d. " b. Sept. 11, 1751. Sarah, d. " b. Sept. 29, 1755. Benjamin, s. George and Hannah, b. May 7, 1743, d. Nov. 26, 1836. Manwell, Joel, s. Joel and Tabitha, b. Nov. 20, 1736. Moses, s. " b. Sept. 13, 1738. Elisabeth, d. " b. Aug. 14, 1748. Meloon, Sarah, d. Nathaniel and Rachell,b. 1739. Nathaniel, s. " b. Mar. 27, 1741. Mary, d. " b. May 29, 1743. Rachell, d. " b. Jan. 29, 1744. John, s. " b. Oct. 24, 1748. Sarah, d. " b. Apr. 6, 1753. Daniel, s. " b. Mar. 3, 1751. Stevens, Jane, d. Rev. Phineas and Jane, b. Jan. 20, 1743. Sarah, d. " b. May 26, 1748. Abigail, d. Rev. Phineas and Sarah, b. Nov. 12, 1749. John, s. " b. Mar. 7, 1752. Phineas, " b. Apr. 2, 1754. Rev. Phineas died Jan. 19, 1755- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. CHARLES HUBBARD AMSDEN. Isaac Amsden, the first of the Amsden name who is recorded in this country, appears in Cambridge, Mass.. where he was married 8 June. 1654. to Frances Peniman. He is supposed to have come from Enghmd. and died in Cambridge, 7 April, 1659, leaving two children. Isaac, ^ their son, was born at Cambridge in 16^5, and mar- ried Jane Rutter 17 May, 1677. He died 3 May, 1727. She died 22 November, 1739. leaving six children. John,' third son of Isaac,* born at Marlboro', Mass., 28 December, 1683. died at vSouthboro', Mass., 12 November, 1 761. He married Hannah, daughter of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe, of Marlboro', Mass., who was born 17 June, l688, and had twelve children. Jesse,* son of John.' was born at Southboro'. Mass., 31 Mav, 1729. He married Bettie Ball, of Southboro'. 10 November, 1748, and had twelve children. Jonas,'' son of Jesse,* was born at Southboro' 24 April, 1749, and married Hannah Rice 9 August, 1770. He died at Mason, N. H.. 20 March. 1S02. She died at Mason 27 Feb- ruary, 1809. They had nine children. Hubbard,® son of Jonas,* was born in 1790, and died 16 September, 1S17. He married Annie Saunders, of Mason, 8 March, 1814. and had two children. Henrv Hubbard," son of Hubbard,'' was born 14 Septem- ber, 1816, and married Mary Muzzey, of New Ipswich, 6 Au- gust, 1840. He died at Fenacook, 6 December, 1869. i88 Childrefi of Henry Hubbard and Mary (Muzzey) A msden . 1. George Henry, b. 7 July, 1841, d. 16 January, 1872. 2. Charles Hubbard, b. 20 May, 1846, d. 29 October, 1847. 3. Charles Hubbard, b. 8 July, 1848. 4. Edward, b. 10 December, 1853, d. 9 June, 1858. Charles Hubbard^ (Henry Hubbard, '^ Hubbard," Jonas, ^ Jesse,* John,^ Isaac," Isaac ^) was born in Boscawen 8 July, 1848. In early life he attended the public schools, and in Au- gust, 1S63, went to New Ipswich, where he attended Appleton Academy, remaining there until the spring of 1865. On return- ing home, he entered the employ of Caldwell & Amsden, fur- niture manufacturers, and continued with them until December, 1868, when the firm of H. H. Amsden & Sons succeeded Cald- well & Amsden, the same being composed of Henry H. and his two sons (George H. and Charles H.), and Charles H. Allen, of Boston. The senior member of the firm died 6 December, 1S69, and the surviving partners continued the business until the death of George H., which occurred 16 January, 1872. The remaining partners conducted the business until i Jan- uary, 1880, when Charles H. bought his partner's interest, and since has carried on the business under the same firm name. Mr. Amsden is also associated with John Whitaker in the lumber business, having one of the best mills in the central part of the state, the product of which is used by Mr. Amsden in the manufacture of furniture. Believing that New Hampshire is a good state for manufact- uring, it has been Mr. Amsden's aim to encourage and aid it all he could, and to this end has engaged with associates in other branches of business, being at the present time the president of the Concord Axle Company, a director in the Contoocook Man- ufacturing and Mechanic Company of Penacook, and of the Me- chanicks National Bank of Concord. He is also state director of the Portland & Ogdensburgh Railroad. Everything of a deserving public nature has his encouragement and assistance, so far as possible. He is a liberal contributor to benevolent objects. In religious views he is a Baptist, having become a member of that church and society at an early age, and is one of the liberal supporters of the church and society with which he is connected. i89 On 29 October. 1S70, he married Helen A., daughter of David A. and Martha A. (Daggett) Brown, of Penacook. Of this union there was born to them, 15 July, 1S72, a son, Henry Hubbard, who is now living; also, 31 January, 1S78, a daughter, Mary Ardclle, who died 20 October, 1S83. Being of a retiring disposition, and having his time so much taken up by business cares, he has never sought public honors to any great extent. He represented his ward in the board of aldermen in the city of Concord in 1S74, and was unanimously returned in 1S75. He was also a member of the state senate in 1 883. Mr. Amsden is now in the prime of life. and. owing to force of circumstances, his business career has already been more extended than the average of men at his age. Filling various positions of trust and responsibility with commendable accept- abilitv. it has been his aim to merit and receive the esteem and confidence of his associates and constituents. SAMUEL COLCORD BARTLETT. Samuel Colcord Bartlett, d. d. (Dartmouth college, 1S61), LL. D. (College of New Jersey, 187S), Congregationalist ; born at Salisbury, N. H., 25 Nov., 1S17; graduated at Dartmouth college, 1836, and at Andover Theological Seminar}', 1842 ; became successively pastor at Monson, Mass., 1843 ; professor of intellectual philosophy in the Western Reserve college, Hud- son, O., 1846; pastor at Manchester, N. H., 1852; pastor in Chicago, 111., and professor of bibical literature in the Congre- gational Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111., 1857; resigned pastorate, but retained professorship, 1859; pi'esident of Dart- mouth college, Hanover, N. H., 1877. He is " in substantial accord with the modified Calvinism of New England, as repre- sented by Andover Seminary in the time of Woods, Stuart, B. B. Edwards, and Park ; welcoming all new light, from whatever source, upon the text, composition, or interpretation of the scriptures, or the doctrines thence legitimately resulting; but resisting all baseless theories and rash speculations, and, in gen- 190 eral, declining to surrender tlie matured and well established convictions of the great mass of intelligent evangelical Chris- tians, except on valid evidence." He was the first on the ground to open and organize the Chicago Congregational Theological Seminary, and raised the funds for endowing the chair he occu- pied. He aided also in the organization of numerous churches in Illinois. He crossed the desert of Et Tih to Palestine (1874) with a view to compare in detail all the circumstances and con- ditions of the region with the narrative of the journey of the children of Israel. Besides numerous articles in the Bibliotheca Sacra, The Ne-iv-E7igIa7ider, The North American Review^ orations at the centennial of the battle of Bennington, the quar- ter-millennial celebration of Newburyport, and at literary anni- versaries, he has written "Life and Death Eternal, a Refuta- tion of the Doctrine of Annihilation," Boston, 1S66, 2d ed. 1S7S ; "Sketches of the Missions of the A. B. C. F. M.," 1872 ; "Future Punishment," 1S75 ; " From Egypt to Palestine, Ob- servations of a Journey," New York, 1879 ; "Sources of His- tory in the Pentateuch," 1883. During the eight years of his college presidency, the institution has received cash additions to its funds amounting to $400,000, and has undergone impor- tant expansions and improvements, including the endowment of five professorships and the erection of a fii-e-proof library building and the Rollins chapel. CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN. Charles Carleton Cofiin, journalist, correspondent, author, historian, son of Thomas Coffin, was born 26 July, 1823. His early years were spent on the farm. His education, be- yond the advantages of a public school, were a few terms at the academy in the town, and a single term at Pembroke acad- emy. Sickness debarred him from a collegiate course. Inca- pacitated for a short time for physical labor, more for pastime than from any plan for the future he studied land-surveying and the rudiments of civil engineering. The time came, how- ever, when he could turn his slight knowledge thus gained to account by accepting a position on the engineering corps 191 engaged in the construction of the Northern (New Hamp- shire), the Concord & Portsmouth, and Concord & Clare- mont raihoads. He early began to write articles for the local press, some of which were copied into LitteWs Living Age and other magazines. He became a contributor to The Knick- erbocker^ then recognized as the leading literary magazine of the country. His studies in engineering led him also toward scientific culture, and he became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, contributing pa- pers at its meeting in Montreal, 1S53, and Newport and Spring- field in subsequent years. In 1S49 '^^ constructed the telegraph line between Harvard Observatory and Boston, by which uni- form time was first given to the railroads leading from Boston. He also had charge of the construction of the telegraphic fire alarm in Boston, and gave the first alarm ever given by that system, 29 April, 1S52. Although engaged in such labor, he found time to make fre- quent contributions to the daily and weekly press of Boston, and in 1S52 decided to devote himself to journalism. For a short time he was assistant editor of The Practical Farmer^ an agricultural and literary weekly. In 1S54 he was employed on the Boston yournal^ and was subsequently assistant editor of the Atlas, which was merged into the Bee, from which he returned to the yoiirnaK employed as editor of the morning edition during the winter of iS6o-'6i. Upon the breaking out of the war, Mr. Coffin became a correspondent of the Journah writing over the signature of ''Carleton," was present at the first battle of Bull Run, reached Washington during the niglit, and sent a full account of the action on the following morning. In the fall he joined the Army of the West, and sent an account of the taking of Fort Henry, which was republished in the papers of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore before any other account was pub- lished. Mr. Coffin was at the surrender of Fort Donelson, reported the movements of the Army of the West from Pitts- burg landing to Corinth, the operations of Island No. 10, New Madrid, Fort Pillow, and the battle of the gunboats at Mem- phis, viewing it from the deck of one of Admiral Davis's ves- sels. Returning to the Army of the Potomac, he witnessed the 192 battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. Knowing that a powerful fleet of monitors was on its way to attack Fort Sum- ter, he visited the Department of the South, and witnessed the attack and repulse, and also the failure, at Fort McAllister. During the twelve days of the Gettysburg campaign, Mr. Coffin rode between two hundred and fifty and three hundred miles in the saddle, more than nine hundred in the cars, was on the battle-field three days and nights, and wrote a full and elaborate account, which was republished in many papers throughout the countr}', and was translated and copied by the press of Berlin and Paris. When Gen. Sherman reached the sea-coast, he hastened south, and the information that the flag of the Union was once more floating over Sumter was first given to the world through the yotirnal^ and was telegraphed over the country before any paper in New York had possession of the intelligence. In the campaign of 1864, the Journal cor- respondent was an eye-witness of every engagement from the Wilderness to Petersburg, and of nearly all the battles around Petersburg and Richmond, which city he entered upon its occupation by the Union troops. The correspondence of Mr. Coffin was accepted by the public as authentic, and gave the Boston Jojirnal ?^ wide circulation. His letters were regularly read by inore than a quarter of a million of people. Upon the breaking out of the war between Austria on the one side, and Prussia and Italy on the other, in 1866, Mr. Cof- fin, accompanied by Mrs. Coffin, sailed for Europe ; but Aus- tria having been crippled by the single battle of Konnigratz, a truce was declared. Mr. Coffin remained abroad, however, writing a series of letters on current events. He visited Italy ; saw the occupation of Venice by the Italians ; reported the Paris exhibition of 1S67 ; reported the scenes in the house of parliament in England on the reform bill ; was present at the coronation of the emperor of Austria as king of Hungary ; made the acquaintance of many of the public men of Europe; visited Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt ; embarked at Suez for Bombay ; travelled across India before the comple- tion of the railroad ; visited Malacca, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai ; sailed up the Yang-tze six hundred miles ; vis- ited Japan ; crossed the Pacific to California, and the plains 193 before the completion of the Pacific Raihoad, having been absent two years and five months. His correspondence during these years was widely read. Mr. Coffin was at once in request in the lecture-field, and for several years was one of the popular lecturers before Ivceums. The first volume from his pen was "My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field," issued 1S63 ; the second was "Following the Flag," followed by the widely read books, " Winning His Way," "Our New Way Round the World," "The Seat of Empire," "Caleb Krinkle" (a story), "Boys of '76," ''Stories of Lib- erty," "Old Times in the Colonies," "Building the Nation," and "Life of Garfield," besides a history of his native town. Mr. Coffin has ever taken a lively interest in educational matters, especially in history for the young people. His his- torical series was projected to bring before the boys and girls the meaning of our country's history ; the philosophy of the government of the people, — its development and end. This series has been received witli remarkable favor, and is to be found in nearly every libiary in the country and in many public schools. Mr. Coffin has given several addresses before teachers' asso- ciations. At the St. Albans meeting of the American Institute of Instruction his theme was " The Future of Our Country, as Foreshadowed by its Physical Conditions." During the winter of iS78-'79 a movement was made by Western and Southern grangers to bring about a radical change in the patent laws of the country. Air. Coffin appeared before the committee of congress, and presented an argument abounding in historical research, and so convincing that the committee ordered its pub- lication. He also appeared before the Committee on Labor, and made an argument on the "Complaint of Labor, or The Forces of Nature as afiecting Society," which won the highest encomiums, and which was also printed. During the winter of iSSo he gave a course of lectures before the Lowell Institute on " Discovery and Invention as afiecting Society." The honor- ary degree of xV. M. was conferred upon him bv Amherst col- lege in 1S70. He is an active member of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, and also a member of the American Geographical Society. He was selected by the citi- 194 zens of his native town to give the centennial address. 4th of July, 1876, and also the address at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its settlement. Mr. Coffin was elected to the Massachusetts legislature by the citizens of Boston in 1884 and 1885. As a member of the Committee on Education, he reported and carried through a bill making text-books free to all scholars of the public schools. — the first of the kind in the world. He was also a member of the Committee on Civil Service, and it was largely through his ertorts that the enactment of the civil service law for the state was secured. In 1SS5 he was made chairman of a Special Com- mittee on the Police S\stem of Boston, which had become no- toriously inefficient, and under the influence largely of the liquor traffic. A large majority of the committee i^eported "In- expedient to legislate." Mr. Coffin made a minority report, with a bill taking the appointing power from the mayor and investing it in the governor and council. The combined liquor interest of Boston, aggregating seventy-five millions of capital, was arrayed against the bill. The contest for its passage lasted many weeks, and was fought on the part of the opponents of the bill by a resort to every kno.wn parliamentary device to pre- vent its passage. The struggle was one of the most notable ever had in the Massachusetts legislature, resulting in the tri- umphant passage of the bill. Mr. Coffin also reported and se- cured the passage of a bill closing all liquor saloons on election days. In recognition of his public services a banquet was held in his honor and in that of his coadjutor in the senate, Mr. Frank Ames, given at the Hotel Vendome by the citizens of Boston. Mr. Coffin declined a reelection in 1886, to give his attention to private aftairs. In September, 1885, on the anniversary of the battle of Win- chester, Va., he gave an oration in that city upon the causes of the war of the Rebellion and the place of that war in history, which won high praise alike from the people of that city and from the veterans of the Union army for its freedom from bit- terness, for its patriotic sentiment, and for its far-reaching survey of the meaning of the mighty struggle. ^nf^hyJLH.nUc1vi^- ^^^^e^c^r>-^ "Z^^^l^t^i^^A^ 195 ENOCH GERRISH. The name of Genish has been prominently identified with the town ofBoscavven. Captain Stephen Genish was one of the original proprietors ofBoscawen, and one of the leading spirits in the new settlement. His eldest son. Colonel Henry Gerrish, was a distinguished citizen, and held many positions of trust and responsibility. He was chosen the first grand juror to '' His Majesty's Superior Court," 1773, delegate to the convention for the choice of members to the first continental congress in 1774, the same in 1775. represented the towns of Boscawen and Salisbury in the general court in i779' •^"'^ Bos- cawen in 1790. He was captain in the militia at the breaking out of the Revolution, and marched with the minute men to Medford upon the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexing- ton. He was lieutenant-colonel of Stickney's regiment at the time of the Bennington campaign, but, having been detailed to other duty, was not in the battle. He was present at the sur- render of Burgoyne, being on the left flank of Burgoyne at Bat- tenkill, where he acted as clerk at the sale of some of the plun- der taken from the British. The mess-book used on that occa- sion is still in existence. He often acted as town's agent during the Revolution, performing the duties assigned him with the same care and energy that characterized the management of his private affairs. Major Enoch Gerrish, third son of Captain Stephen, was born in Boscawen, 23 June, 1750. When eighteen years of age he built his log cabin on the east side of the road now called High street, where he cleared five acres of land, being part of the homestead where he and his posterity have since resided. He had a love for military parade, as his title indi- cates. During his life he was chosen to fill the offices of mod- erator, selectman, and representative to the general court nine years. A man strictly religious, he joined Dr. Wood's church in i77i» <*'^d was elected deacon in 1783, an office which he held until his death, i May, 1S21. His son, Isaac Gerrish, father of Colonel Enoch, was born in Boscawen, 27 November, 1782. He was an honored citi- zen, and a leading member of the church in that town. 196 Colonel Enoch Gerrish, the subject of this sketch, only son of Isaac and Caroline (Lawrence) Gerrish, was born at the old homestead on High street, 28 July, 1S22. He obtained his education at the academies in Boscawen, Franklin, and Meri- den. On the death of his father he inherited a large portion of his estate, and with it at the age of twenty came the care and management of an extensive farm. An addition of more than one hundred acres made it one of the largest in Merrimack county. For twenty years he devoted his time to the cultiva- tion and improvement of his soil, successfully developing its resources by raising live-stock, hay, and wool, when its heavy growth of wood and timber attracted the attention of the lumber manufacturer, to whom it was sold in 1S65. Possessing a love for military parade and drill, he was pro- moted from the lowest rank to that of colonel of the Twenty- first regiment New Hampshire militia. He was often elected to fill the various offices in town, the duties of which were well performed. A friend to the church where his ancestors wor- shipped, and to religious institutions generally, he manifested an interest in all measures that contributed to their usefulness. He moved to Concord after the sale of his farm, where his sound judgment, particularly in matters of finance, was duly appreciated, as is shown by his appointment as one of the trus- tees of the New Hampshire Savings Bank in Concord, and of the Rolfe and Rumford asylum. He represented ward four of Concord in the legislature of i88i-'82. He married Miranda O., daughter of Joseph S. and Harriet N. Lawrence, 23 May, 1854. Their children are Frank Lawrence, born 19 May, 1855, and Lizzie Miranda, born 14 June, i860. EZRA SHELDON HARRIS. Ezra Sheldon,^ Almon,^ Bethuel,^ of Scottish origin, son of Almon and Phebe Harris, born 27 November, 1827, married (i) Cassandra Andromache, daughter of Nathan B. and Lucy C. Greene, 20 June, i860. She died 5 November, 1865. He married (2) Sarah Amelia, sister of Cassandra, 12 October, 1867. ^5 ^J ^i^^ K), 197 Children of Cassandra. Grace Greene, b. 14 October, 1S63. Robert Lincoln, b. 3 May, 1865. Children of Sarah. Harry Sheldon, b. 24 August, 1868. Almon Green, b. 24 January, 1870. Lucy Cassandra, b. 3 November, 1874. Ezra S. and Almon, his brother, settled in Boscawen (Pena- cook), and continued the business established by their father and themselves under the name and style of E. S. Harris & Co. In 1SS2 Ezra S. purchased the interest of his brother. Almon A., in the firm of E. S. Harris & Co., and continued the busi- ness founded by Almon Harris in 1S47, which has been in- creased five fold by enlarging the capacity for manufactming woollen goods since that date. Mr. Harris manages his business matters very carefully, mak- ing his own purchases, keeping his books, and attending to his correspondence ; is thoroughly skilled in all its various depart- ments, having been in the business most of his life ; refusing to take any office (save one year he was one of the selectmen), preferring to take care of his own matters rather than trust them to others; contributing largely to the support of religious and educational institutions, his influence ever on the side of right. He has manv friends, and is much respected by all. JOHN KIMBALL. John Kimball, son of Benjamin Kimball and Ruth Ames, was born in Canterbury, 13 April, 1821. When he was tliir- teen years of age his father died, leaving, also, a daughter (Elizabeth) nine years old, and another son (Benjamin A.) less than a year old. The widowed mother had already buried two children in infancy, and six years later lost the daughter ; but she lived forty years longer, and enjoyed the highest felicity of a mother, seeing her two stalwart sons grow prosperously to man's estate, achieving riches and honors, unblemished in life and character. The early home duties and experiences of the 198 elder son naturally aroused in him tender devotion to a mother and brother so dependent upon him, animated him to earnest and persistent eftbrt, developed in him strong self-reliance, and laid broad and deep the foundations of those qualities of heart and mind which now distinguish him. He attended the town schools of Boscawen, and during the year 1837 the Concord academy. In 1838 he was apprenticed as a machinist to William Moody Kimball, his father's cousin, then engaged in constructing mills and machinery at Boscawen, and in four years he mastered his trade. His first work after coming of age was, in 1842, to rebuild the grist-mills in the valley near the north end of Boscawen Plain, which are still in use ; and he worked at his trade in Suncook, Manchester, Lowell, and Lawrence. In 184S he took charge of the new machine- and car-shops of the Concord Railroad, then building at Concord, and in 1850 became master mechanic of that corporation, continuing in the position until 1S58. Twenty years of unremitting work in me- chanical construction had brought him to the summit of his vocation, possessing thorough, practical skill, having acquired an unusual share of common-sense in human affairs, and, with habits of industry, temperance, and self-reliance, sure to give him a fair measure of success in any new calling which he might choose. Henceforth his life's work was to be indifferent fields. His neighbors and friends had discovered his integrity and capacity, and they commenced to utilize them in public employment. In 1856 Mr. Kimball had been elected a member of the com- mon council of the city of Concord, and reelected in 1857, and chosen president of the council. In 1858 he was elected to the state legislature, was reelected in 1S59, '*"'^ served as chairman of the Committee on the State Prison. In 1859 he relinquished other employment to serve as city marshal of Concord and col- lector of taxes, from which office he was, in 1862, appointed by President Lincoln to the post of collector of internal revenue for the second district of New Hampshire, consisting of the coun- ties of Merrimack and Hillsborough, and served until he re- signed in 1869. His collections, which included the tax on manufactures from the mills of Manchester, were very heavy 199 for a country district, and amounted in the seven years to nearly seven millions of dollars. No revenue district in the country established a better rej^utation. His methods of collection, while thorough, were quiet, and gave no offence, and his ad- ministration was in all respects faultless. In the office of the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington his record has always been referred to as one of the very highest. In 1S70 Mr. Kimball was elected treasurer of the Merrimack County Savings Bank, then first organized. He has held the office ever since, and now conducts its business, for which he has been largely responsible, the bank being a profitable and successful institution. Mr. Kimball was elected mayor of the city of Concord in 1872, and reelected in 1873, 1874, and 1S75. The duties of this honorable, responsible, but perplexing office he discharged with zeal and firmness, and to the satisfaction of the citizens. It fell to his lot to construct an unusual number of public works, which will long endure to testify to his capacity and fidelity. A freshet having carried away or rendered impassable five of the seven wooden bridges spanning the Merrimack and Contoocook riv- ers, the work of rebuilding devolved on him as the superinten- dent of roads and bridges. The new structures are of the most substantial character, — two, the Federal bridge and that atPen- acook, being of iron, of modern design. The central fire sta- tion, built by him, is also an edifice attractive as well as com- modious and convenient. Complaints of the cost of Mr. Kim- ball's constructions as mayor have long since ceased, in view of the universally admitted integrity of all expenditures upon them, and their solidity and permanency, as well as of the credit which they have brought to our beautiful city. During his adminis- tration the Long Pond water-works were constructed, bringing to the centime of Concord a copious supply of the purest water, at a cost of $425,000, economically and skilfully expended. He became ex officio one of the water commissioners, and in 1878 president of the board, in which position he has ever smce been kept. Blossom Hill cemetery was doubled in size ; the streets of the city were improved in accordance with modern requirements ; the system of sewerage was enlarged ; new and attractive school-houses were constructed ; and, without any 200 discredit to other mayors, it may be claimed that it happened to him to render more important and Uisting service than any other official from the adoption of the city charter in 1S53 to the present time. For his success he must have been largely in- debted to the skill acquired during his long and laborious expe- rience in the practical business of his youth and early manhood. In 1877, unexpectedly, and without solicitation or suggestion from any one. Governor Benjamin F. Prescott and his council appointed Mr. Kimball as chairman of the board of commis- sioners to build the new state prison at Concord, with Messrs. Albert M. Shaw and Alpha J. Pillsbury as his associates. In 1880 the edifice was completed v\ithin the limits of the moder- ate appropriation of $235,000, a model in its design and con- struction, remarkable for the honesty and cheapness which had characterized the establishment of a penitentiary superior, all things considered, to any prison of other states. Repeated nominations and elections of any citizen by his friends and neighbors to local offices, not in any way improp- ei'ly procured, but conferred solely from popular esteem and desire, must be taken to indicate ability and true excellence. Mr. Kimball not only held the elective offices already men- tioned, but was, for eleven successive years from 1861, moder- ator of ward 5, Concord, and was elected a member of the con- stitutional convention of 1876, in which he was chairman of the committee on finance. He was, in November, iSSo, chosen state senator by the larger constituency comprised within the principal wards in Concord ; and at the meeting of the legisla- ture, in June, 1881, he was, by general consent of his party as- sociates, selected for president of the senate, in rank the second officer in the state. The duties of this high position he per- formed creditably, with courtesy and dignity, and to the satis- faction of his fellow-members, as indicated by their unanimous resolution and their speeches of approval of the i8th of August, which were accompanied by an appropriate testimonial of their good-will. Additional trusts i^eposed in him have been the presidency of the Concord Gas-Light Company ; his appointment, by Mr. Chief-Justice Doe, as one of the trustees of the Manchester & Keene Railroad ; the treasurerships of the New Hampshire 20I Bible Society and the Orphans' Home : the settlement and management of many estates of persons deceased, and of bene- ficiaries of all kinds, the amounts now in his care reaching sev- eral hundred thousand dollars. The trusted citizen, banker, and friend, to whom is so freely committed the property of widows and orphans, can possess no higher evidence of integ- rity and worth. In person Mr. Kimball is tall, erect, and of commanding presence ; well preserved at the age of sixty-four, in good health, and with good prospects for longevity. His modes of life are regular, and he is a total abstainer through conviction and habit. While firm and decided in his views, he is genial and courteous in personal intercourse. His mind has been well cultivated. He is a careful reader, \\ ith an inclination for gen- ealogical and historical research, and he writes and speaks with precision and etlect. He is faithful in every relation of life, public and domestic, and is valued ami beloved by his neigh- bors and friends. In 1S43 he joined the Congregational church in Boscawen, has continued his connection with that denomination, and is now a member of the South Congregational church in Concord. He is free from bigotry, pretence, and intolerance, is a just and good man, serving his God faitlifully according to the light he possesses, performing his every duty, and bearing his every burden without complaint. May 27, 1S46, at the age of twenty-five, Mr. Kimball mar- ried Maria H. Phillips, of Rupert, Vt. Their only chikU Clara Maria, born 20 March, 1S48, married. 14 June, 1S73, Mr. Augustine R. Ayers, a successt'ul mercliant in Concord. Six children — Ruth Ames, John Kimball, Helen McGregor, Joseph Sherburne, Josiah Phillips, and Augustine Haines — have been born to them. All are now living except Joseph Sherburne and Josiah Phillips. BENJAMIN AMES KIMBALL, The son of Benjamin and Ruth (Ames) Kimball, was born in Boscawen, 22 August, 1S33. He received his preparatory ed- ucation at the high school in Concord, and at Prof. Hildreth's 14 202 school in Derry. He entered the Chandler Scientific Depart- ment of Dartmouth college at the opening of that department of the college in 185 1, to fit himself for his chosen profession of mechanical engineer. He acquitted himself with credit in all the branches prescribed in the course of study, and was es- pecially excellent in mathematics and draughting. His class was small, but it was composed of men who entered college with the purpose of making the most of themselves, and they worked with a will. He graduated with honor, 27 July, 1854, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science i Aug., 1854. Mr. Kimball entered the employ of the Concord Railroad as draughtsman and machinist, and was promoted i April, 1856, to be foreman of the locomotive department. January i, 1858, he succeeded his brother as master mechanic at the age of twentv-six years. He continued in this position until i April, 1865, when he resigned to become a member of the firm of Ford & Kimball, manufacturers of brass and iron castings, a business still successfully carried on by them. In 1870 he was elected a member of the house of representatives from ward 6, Concord, but declined a reelection in 187 1. He was a member of a special committee appointed by the city council of Concord, in 1871, to procure plans and specifi- cations for an aqueduct to bring a supply of water from Long Pond ; and in January following he was appointed a member of the board of water commissioners, to construct the works, sub- stantially upon the plan and under the ordinance submitted by that committee. He continued an active member of the board for six years, and was its president for three years. In 1876 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention to revise the constitution of the state, and proved an efficient and valu- able member of that assembly. He has been connected with the banking interests of the city for many years. He was trustee and president of the Concord Savings Bank until compelled to resign by ill-health, and is trustee of the Merrimack County Savings Bank at this time. He has been a director of the Mechanicks National Bank from its organization, and is now its president. January 11, 1879, he was elected to fill the vacancy in the board of directors of the Concord Railroad, caused by the death of Ouslow Stearns, t^-i<^i--2^3^^<^ 203 and has since been closely connected with its system of roads. In November, 1SS4, he was chosen councillor for the second district, and is now (1SS6) in otfice. This is a brief but honorable record of one whose life has been devoted to industries and enterprises which are the source of general prosperity. He married Myra Tilton, daughter of Ira Elliott, of Sanbornton. 19 January. 1S61. A son, Henry Ames, was born 19 October, 1S64. WILLIAM SMITH KIMBALL. William Smith Kimball, of Rochester. N. Y., was born in Boscawen, 30 March, 1S37. His father. Colonel William M. Kimball, was born in Canterbury. 4 Dec. iSoS. and tlied in ^Minneapolis, Mitin., 5 Oct., 1SS4. The father was for many years successfully connected with manufacturing interests in New Hampshire and Massachusetts ; was a quartermaster in the United States army in the civil war, serving in General Sibley's expedition against the Sioux Indians, and afterwards was an agent of the treasury department of the general govern- ment for superintending the erection and repair of public build- ings. The mother of the subject of this sketch was, before mar- riage. Miss Lucy Jane, daughter of Reuben and Judith (Hall) Johnson; was married S Jan., 1S35, and '^ living in Minne- apolis. From his parents the son inherited strength of mind, active and industrious habits, and valuable Xew England traits of character, that go far in laying the foundation for success and usefulness in after-life. He was educated in the public schools of Lawrence. Mass., Prof. Hildreth's academy in Derrv. and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N. Y.. qualifying himself in the latter for the profession of mechanical engineer. 7 Oct., 1S5S, he was married to Miss Marion Elizabeth, daugh- ter of the late Hon. Rufus Keeler, of Rochester, which citv has since been his home. In iS62-'63 he was master mechanic of the United States naval machine works at Port Royal, S. C. Subsequently he entered into business in Rochester as the head of the firm of W. S. Kimball «& Co., tobacco manufacturers. 204 His energy, enterprise, and marked executive ability soon made the establishment one of the most extensive of the kind in the United .States. It now employs more than a thousand per- sons, v^^hile its productions are widely celebrated in America and foreign countries. The firm had a contract for supplying tobacco and cigarettes for the French government. Mr. Kimball's business capacity has gained him large wealth, which he dispenses with a most liberal hand. His home is one of the finest in the state, no expense having been spared to ren- der it beautiful with embellishments, rare books, paintings, and other works of art. Mr. Kimball's elder son, Harold Chand- ler, possessing preeminent talent for music, the father has placed in his residence an organ of great power and brilliancy, built by the celebrated Roosevelt of New York city, having 2,350 pipes. Some of the stops were made in Paris. Connected with Mr. Kimball's mansion are extensive grounds and floral gar- dens, whose fame is known throughout the country. His col- lection of orchids is the third largest in America, while in the rarity and great value of some of the specimens it is second to none in the United States. In financial circles he has an eminent and well deserved rank. He is an oflScer in numerous corporations, including that of di- rector in the Commercial National Bank, and trustee in the Rochester Savings-Bank. In civil affairs he has no aspiration for preferment, and has many times refused the use of his name as a candidate for political offices. In religious belief, he is a Presbyterian. As a citizen, he is public-spirited, generous, and exceedingly popular, while in social life he has a host of true and appreciative friends. Of commanding figure and fine personal presence, his frank and manly countenance reflects the virtues and powers that have enabled him to achieve so great a measure of success. His first wife having died, he married, second. Miss Laura Page, daughter of the late David Mitchell, of Rochester, by whom he has had two children, Cecilia and Ernest. Mr. Kim- ball is a second cousin of Hon. John Kimball, ex-mayor of Con- cord, and of Hon. Benjamin A. Kimball, of that city, a member of the governor's council, and has many other relatives and friends in New Hampshire. 205 ARTHUR LITTLE. Arthur Little, son of Simeon B. Little, was born in the house now occupied by Sherman Little, in Webster, 24 May, 1837. His early years were passed on the farm, with attendance at the district school during the brief terms of summer and winter. He became a student at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, where he fitted for college, graduating from that institution in 1856. He entered Dartmouth the same year, and graduated from that institution in 1861. His twin brother Luther fitted for college at the same institution, entering college a year later, but died 19 July, 1858. While in college, Arthur Little manifested qualities of char- acter which won the respect of his fellow-students, and the high esteem of the officers of the institution. The training of his early years, the sterling integrity, the geniality of his disposi- tion, made him a universal favorite. While in college, he de- cided to prepare for the ministry. Possibly the death of his brother may have given direction to his choice of a profession, and intensified his purpose. He engaged in academical work in 1861, in Thetford and Black River academies, Vermont, entering Andover Theologi- cal Seminary the following winter, and Princeton, N. J., 1862. He was ordained as a minister of the gospel 16 March, 1863, in the Congregational meeting-house, Webster, and three days later received his commission as chaplain of the First Vermont heavy artillery. The regiment was detached for garrison duty at Washington. He was married to Laura Elizabeth Frost, of Thetford, Vt., 15 August, 1863, in the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C. The regiment performed garrison duty till May, 1864, when it joined the army of the Potomac at Spottsylvania, becoming engaged soon after its arrival upon the ground. From Spottsylvania to Petersburg, through the Shen- andoah valley campaign, in 1865, to the final scene at Appo- mattox, where the rebel army surrendered, the chaplain was with the regiment, performing arduous service as nurse, preach- er, minister, and consolator. This service brought him in con- tact with men from every walk in life. It was a preparatory school of a high order for his life-work. 2o6 He was mustered out 4 July, 1S65, returning at once to Ando- ver seminary to continue his theological studies. On 3 January, 1S66, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Bedford, N. H., and accepted the pastorate of the Congrega- tional church in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 3 November, 1S68, where he remained ten years, till called to the pastorate of the New England church, Chicago, 26 December, 1S77. It was a ministry marked with preeminent success, attended by large additions to the church. During the years of his pastorates he has been called upon to occupy responsible and honorable positions, — as moderator of the Wisconsin Congregational and Presbyterian Convention, the Illinois State Association, and the National Council of Con- gregational churches held in Concord, N. H., 1SS3. With a commanding presence, a clear, resonant voice, an intimate ac- quaintance with parliamentary rules, and that keen tact wliich waits an opportunity in the despatch of business, he has but few equals as a presiding officer. On Sunday, 21 January, 1SS3, he suffered a bereavement in the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Little. The following summer was spent in Europe. He was present at the meeting of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, as repre- sentative of the Congregational church of the United States. He has delivered many addresses before colleges, universities, and conventions. He is deeply interested in the New West commission, which has in view the education of the people of the territories, and has been elected president of the Chicago Congregational Club for 18S6. He has one child — a daughter, May Brant Little, born 19 June, 1S67. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth college, iSSo. Occupying one of the prominent pulpits of the country, he is called upon for much service outside of his pastoral work, which is ever freely rendered, with no expectation of reward except that which comes from a consciousness of duty per- formed. He finds pleasure in expressing his high sense of ob- ligation, especially to the long line of ancestr}- which has al- ways been on the side of righteousness. His life-work is ever before him, and to its accomplishment he directs every faculty. 'Sn^^iyAJK.BUch^- ^■'riky(^y7^ ^^-myryifi-^"-' 207 EPHRAIM PLUMMER. The ancestors ofEphraim Plummer came from England in 1663, and settled in Newbury, Mass. His grandfather, Bit- field Plummer, one of the early settlers of Boscawen, married Priscilla Richardson, of Chester, October, 1769. He was a signer of the people's declaration of independence before that of the continental congress was issued, and upon the evacuation of Long Island by General Washington responded to the call for additional troops, and served for a time in the Continental army. His son Ephraim was born 1771, married Rachel Choate Cogswell, 31 May, 1792, lived on the homestead in Bos- cawen, and died 6 May, 1793, three months before the birth of his son Ephraim, the subject of the present sketch, who was born 29 August, 1793. The mother ofEphraim was a native of Essex, Mass., rela- tive of Rufus Choate, a woman of rare qualities of character, of discriminating mind, and marked ability. To the future of her only child she bent all her energies. With the heritage of toil, the son had the benefit of a better education than sometimes falls to the lot of boys in his contfition. The years of his child- hood were uneventful, so too the earlier years of manhood, only as the external influences and processes of thought devel- oped the man of a logical turn of mind, a sincere respecter of law, loyal to his convictions, and of undoubted integritv. He was a person of quick sensibilities, frank and hospitable. lie gave with liberal lianil for school and church. Unassuming, he never desired place or influence in public aflairs. His time was devoted to the cultivation of the farm. He married Lucy, daughter of Henry Gerrish, of Boscawen, n Jan., 1S21, who was the etiicient coimterpart to whatever of success that came to him. He died 20 July, 1S72. Children . Polly Little, b. 23 November, 1821, m. Henry L. Dodge, 17 June, 1 84 1 . Abiel Gerrish, b. 24 May, 1S24, m. Kate Baughman, 5 June, 1855. Prisfilla Parsons, b. 28 May, 1826, m. Luther Gage, 2 March, 1859. Helen Elizabeth, b. 26 March, 1834. Frances Ann, b. iS November, 1837, m. Albert Reed, 5 June, 1864. 208 HENRY PEARSON ROLFE. Henry Pearson Rolfe was born in Boscawen, February 13, 1S31. His father, Benjamin Rolfe, was also a native of Bos- cawen. His grandparents on his father's side, Benjamin and Lydia Pierson Rolfe, came from Newbury, Mass., immediate- ly after the close of the French war, and settled on the frontier in Boscawen, near the Salisbury line. His mother, Margaret Searle Rolfe. was the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Searle, the lirst settled minister of Salisbury. His grandmother, on the maternal side, was the daughter of Jethro Sanborn, a sea-captain, of Sandown, who, to feed our suflering soldiers at Valley Forge, gave a large share of his fortune in exchange for depreciated Continental money, which became worthless, and for which the government never made any re- turn to him or to his heirs. Several thousand dollars of this irredeemable scrip came into the possession of the mother of the subject of this sketch, Margaret Searle. The mother of Mr. Rolfe and Daniel Webster were both pupils of Master Tappan, and for a time were schoolmates. She graduated from Atkinson academy when it was in charge of the then famous Prof. Vose, and after that was a teacher for nine years. She was teaching in Mr. Webster's school-district when he leturned from his school in Fryeburg. A friendship sprang up between them, and she loved to rehearse, in later years, to her children, how Webster unfolded to her all his struggles and ambitions, and his fixed purpose never to be guil- ty of an unworthy act. Mr. Rolfe was raised on a farm, and his parents being poor, his education, till his tenth year, was limited to six months yearly in the district school. From ten to sixteen he was al- lowed only three months of schooling, during the winter terms. The winter of his sixteenth and seventeenth year he spent in the woods with his father, driving a lumber team. From that time till he was twenty years of age, he enjoyed only nineteen weeks of schooling, — five at Franklin and fourteen at Salisbury academy. Such privileges seem scanty in our day, and yet such were his powers of acquisition that at eighteen we find young Rolfe 209 teaching his first district school, an employment which he fol- lowed for nine successive winters with unvarying and ever- growing success. When nineteen, the family moved to Hill, in this state. In 1S41, when twenty years of age, he began his preparation for college at New Hampton. He spent three years in the pre- paratory course, and entered Dartmouth college in 1S44. Being obliged to depend upon his own efforts to secure the necessary means to defray the expense of his education, he taught school during the winters of his preparatory and collegiate courses. For several successive seasons he was employed upon Cape Cod, but during his sophomore and junior years he taught for five months each year at Dartmouth, Mass., and three months of his senior year in the same school. When in attendance upon the college, !Mr. Rolfe was excep- tionally punctual in the discharge of all his duties. During his senior year he was never absent from a recitation, lecture, or other exercise. He asked for no excuse, and met every requi- sition. Such a record is unusual in college classes, and perhaps stood alone in his own. Mr. Rolfe's student-life was eminently successful, both in the acquisition of mental discipline and scholarly attainments. In 1S4S he graduated from Dartmouth with the highest respect of the faculty and the warmest attach- ment of his classmates. Although compelled to be absent, teaching, five months dur- ing the first three years of his collegiate course, upon his gradu- ation he received this special commendation from the president of the institution : " Dartmouth College, July 25, 1848. " This may certify that Mr. Henry P. Rolfe is a graduate of the present year at this college. He is a highly respected student. His course has been re- markably correct and e.xemplary. It gives me pleasure to commend him as a good scholar and an upright man. He is a well qualified teacher, and worthy of the confidence and patronage of any who may have occasion for his ser- vices." After a few weeks of rest he entered the law-oftice of Hon. Asa Fowler, of Concord, on the 21st of September, and. after two years and a half of study, was admitted to the bar in May, 185 1. On admission to the bar he immediately opened an office 2IO in Concord, and step by step advanced in professional strength and standing, till, in 1869, he was appointed United States attorney for the district of New Hampshire by President Grant, and discharged the responsible and exacting duties of the office vigorously, ably, and conscientiously for five years. During the years 1852 and 1S53 he was a member of the board of education for Concord, and served as chairman of the board the last year. He was also elected as a Democrat to rep- resent the town in the legislature of 1853. He was again sent to the legislature, as a Republican, to represent Ward 5 in the city of Concord, during the stormy years of 1863 and 1864. This was during the period of war, when the government called for the services of its ablest and most trusted citizens. In 1S59 and 1S60 he was the Democratic candidate for state senator from his district, and during the latter was candidate for presidential elector for the same party on the Douglas ticket. In 1 866 he was appointed postmaster of Concord by Andrew Johnson, but his commission was withheld because he refused to assist in electing Democrats to congress. In 1878, Gov. Prescott made Mr. Rolfe a member of the com- mission to take testimony, and report to the legislature what legislation was necessary to protect the citizens in the vicinity of Lake Winnipiseogee against the encroachments of the Lake Company. An investigation was had, and a report made by the commission ; and where constant complaint had been made, not a murmur of dissatisfaction has since been heard. This is no ordinary record, and is the evidence of solid merit. Mr. Rolfe has been a patient student, a sound lawyer, and a strong advocate. A good cause is safe in his hands, if a suit at law can be said to be safe in any hands. He has often been called to speak before assemblies of his fellow-citizens, political and otherwise. On such occasions he always impresses his hearers with the extent and accuracy of his information, and with his strong and sterling good sense. Mr. Rolfe believes what he says, and says what he believes. His friendships are strong, and he is slow to see fiuilts in those whom he loves. On the 22d of November, 1853. he married Mary Rebecca Sherburn, daughter of Robert H. Sherburn, of Concord, by whom he has had five children, as follows : 211 1. Marshall Potter Rolfe, b. 29 September, 1854; d. 6 August, 1862. 2. Margarett Florence, b. 12 January, 1S5S ; d. 2 May, 185S. 3. Henrietta Maria, b. 17 January, 1861 ; d. 22 September, 1862. 4. Robert Henry, b. 16 October, 1S63. 5. George Hamilton, b. 24 December, 1866. The fourth child, Robert Henry, is now a graduate of Dart- mouth college, class of 1SS4; and George Hamilton, a lad of eighteen, is pursuing his studies at the Holderness School for Boys, in Holderness, N. H. In the spring of 1SS2, Mr. Rolfe nearly lost his life from the kick of a vicious horse. The result of this terrible accident has been the loss of his right eye and a complete prostration of his nervous system, from which he has been slowly recovering. He has not yet regained his former vigor and elasticity, but the original force of his constitution and the sleepless care of his most estimable wife are gradually bringing him back to his pro- fessional duties and power. He is resuming his practice, which at the time of his injury was quite lucrative. This brief sketch of life and character has been drawn by an impartial though friendly hand, and it gives us no ordinary man. Mr. Rolfe is a man of large frame and unusual gifts of mind. He has led an active, successful life, but, in the judg- ment of the writer, has never yet brought the full strength of his faculties into action. He has a reserve of power which it is hoped the future may give him an opportunity to use. PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS. The committee appointed to prepare and publish the pro- ceedings of the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of the settlement of the town of Boscavven, met at the call of the president, Isaac K. Gage, Esq., at his office in Pena- cook, in Boscawen, Nov. 30, 1SS3. There were present Messrs. Isaac K. Gage, John Kimball, Benj. A. Kimball, Nathaniel S. Webster, Charles H. Amsden, Charles C. Coffin, Henry H. Gerrish, Dr. E. E. Graves, and J. C Pearson. J. C. Pearson was cliosen secretary. Voted, To publish as soon as may be a full and complete record of the proceedings at the anniversary, adding such other matter as may be necessary to complete the history of the town to the present time. Charles C. Coffin was selected to edit the work. Voted. That Benjamin A. Kimball be a committee on illus- trations for the book. I'oted, That John Kimball and Isaac K. Gage be a commit- tee to see to the printing and binding of the book. Agreed, To mutually share any deficiency, should such occur, which may be found to exist after all the copies of the book are sold that can be. Voted, To meet again at the call of the chair. Adjourned. J. C. PEARSON, Secretary. Boscawen, Nov. 30. 1SS3. AGREEMENT. Whereas, a history of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the town of Boscawen, in the state of New Hampshire, is about to be pubHshed by Isaac K. Gage and others, a committee selected for that purpose ; and Whereas^ there may be a deficiency after the published vol- umes shall be disposed of; — Therefore the undersigned hereby agree to pay any sum or sums that may be unprovided for after the aforesaid published volumes shall be sold or disposed of; and to this agi'eement the undersigned pledge themselves, each to the other. (Signed) Isaac K. Gage. John Kimball. Charles C. Coffin. N. S. Webster. B. H. J- E. Boscawen, N. H. A. Kimball. H. Gerrish. C. Pearson. E. Graves. Charles H. Amsden. J. Eastman Pecker. Nov. 30, 1S83. f^ ■■^0^ .^q.. .0./. 0' .^ \^ .. ^' " f° K^ - \v "^Is-'^- '< » ' • " t-^- "^ ■>. O- - '*^ O ^-^ ,c' ^. ^^ 0^ •■ .^. ^O, •v. <^ .0^ \ ,-^ .':--^' ^ ,0' ■^°o .^' K%^- . , , , ^^^ ,0- * "°o A .0 / .o-c 1*^ ^ 'Cl ,0 ,0 N MANCHESTER INDIANA ._ ;^ j'-\. '$M' ^'\