{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3273", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "aN\\n^N^\\n-N\\n.M\\nI e\\nt\\no.\\nx^^..\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V\\nV-\\nv\\noN C\\noo\\nA\\nX\\n.0--^^\\n,X^ ,*5?^^* A-", "height": "3200", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "\\\\4\\nx^\\n0^\\nZ*\\nI\\nO\\no\\n6\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v\\\\\\n\\\\V C^. -nil\\n-3 C5. o\\nc.-\\nA^\\nO\\ns^^-^", "height": "3212", "width": "1861", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3212", "width": "1861", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nTOWN OF RICHMOND,\\nCHESHIRE COUNTY,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE,\\nFrom its First Settlement, to 1882.\\nv^\\nBy William B as sett.\\nBOSTON:\\nC. W. CALKINS CO., PRINTERS, 64 FEDERAL ST., COR. FRANKLIN.\\nv/V.", "height": "3207", "width": "1826", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "RaijS^", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "TO\\nTHE SONS AND DAUGHTERS\\nOF THE\\nTOWN OF RICHMOND,\\nWHETHER AT HOME OR ABROAD, WHO RETAIN AN\\nINHERENT I.OVE FOR THE PLACE\\nOF THEIR BIRTH\\nTHIS \\\\OI.UME IS KESPECTFUITA DEDICATED.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIn presenting this volume to the puhhc, it is but proper\\nto state that the work has grown to greater dimensions\\nthan was at first contemphited but the enhirgement has\\nresulted not from the diffuseness in detail of a few special\\nsubjects, but rather from the brief consideration of many\\ntopics claiming attention. More than two years have now\\nbeen devoted to the work, and still material which would\\nadd interest to its pages is by no means exhausted. It has\\nbeen the design to give more prominence and fullness to\\nthe genealogical than to the historical part, as more inter-\\nest often centres around the lives of individuals and fam-\\nilies than can be awakened in the perusal of town annals\\nwhich present quite frequently a painful sameness Im-\\nportant events which have transpired have not been over-\\nlooked, nor have such matters been ignored as seemed to\\nchange or eHbct the social, moral, or political condition of\\nthe people. Of the early settlers, those families tliat have\\nshown the most vitality and the longest residence in the\\ntown have been given the greater space, and also those\\nconnected with the town by birth or residence who have\\nbeen instrumental in promoting its general prosperity, or\\nhave been important fiictors in the development and growth\\nof the varied interests ot our country, have received special\\nconsideration, while those whose sojourn was so brief or\\nunimportant as scarcely to leave a trace behind, we have\\nrarely followed in their perigrinations. Aside from the\\nincompleteness and all inaccuracies which may appear in\\nthe work, the committee chosen to compile and publish\\nthe same believe that more than enough reliable matter", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "VI. PREFACE.\\nhas been collected to pay for all the expense incurred. To\\nthe citizens of the town, and others inteiested in the work,\\nwho have aided us, we tender our thanks but especial\\nmention is due the Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, Assistant\\nSecretary of State, at Concord, and the late John J. Allen,\\nEsq., for the kindly aid extended in their several offices;\\nalso to Mr. BufTum, Register of Deeds of this County.\\nThe services of Fred. M. Ballou, Esq., of Providence, R. I.,\\nhave been most valuable in collecting material relating to\\nthe early settlers from Rhode Island and the adjacent towns,\\nfor which we tender our most grateful acknowledgments.\\nWILLIAM BASSETT,\\nZIMRI BOVVEN,\\nCHARLES W. CONWAY,\\nALMON TWITCHELL,\\nCommittee chosen at Annual Meeting, March-, 18S2, to\\ncompile and publish the History of Richmond.\\nRichmond, July i, 1S84.", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nSETTLEMENT AND GRANT OF TOWNSHIP.\\nIntroductory Remarks Description of the Town When, Where, and by Whom\\nSettled The Original Proprietors Character of Early Settlers New Hamp-\\nshire as a Province Chartei of Township Original Survey and Plan of the\\nTown Charter Forfeited and Renewed First Town Meeting Town Officers\\nThe First Roads Laid Out, Etc. Cheshire County Formed Proclamation\\nMoney Settlement with Town Ofificers First Census About Indians Rogers\\nKilled Wild Beasts Bear Fights\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bear Hunts Noted Hunters of the Early\\nTimes Legends of Olden Times Page i.\\nCHAPTER n.\\nWAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\nCondition of Town in 1775 Richmond Company at Battle of Bunker Hill Asso-\\nciation Test Second Census Committee of Safety and Inspection Soldiers in\\nWinchester and Swansey Companies in 1776 Town Bounties, 1777 Captain\\nCapron s Company for Relief of Ticonderoga Soldiers in Winchester Company\\nat Battle of Saratoga Bounties Paid, 1778 Soldiers Mustered in at Walpole\\nCommittee Chosen to Hire Men, 1779 Quotas for 1780\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mixed up with Ver-\\nmont\u00e2\u0080\u0094Continental Men in the Service Cannon Taken Through Town Bar-\\nnard Hix and Eleazer Martin The Currency The Price of Articles Fixed\\nTown Action on Salt Readjustment of the Currency The Town at Close of\\nthe VVar The Women of 76 Pagb 55.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nTHE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS AND THE\\nVERMONT CONTROVERSY.\\nThe New Hampshire Grants The Masonian Line, and the Vermont Controversy\\nTime of Annual Meeting Changed Formation of Constitution of New Hamp-\\nshire Adoption of the Federal Constitution Petition for Justice of the Peace\\nSign-post and Stocks Petitions for Exemption from Military Duty Warning\\nOut of Town Glebe Lands Bounties on Wild Animals and Birds. Page 82.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Vlll. CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nWAR OF iSi3. ROADS, vSCHOOLS, ETC.\\nWar of 1812 Town Action Concerning Captain Bryant s Company Soldiers in\\nother Companies Drafted Men Ballon s Poem The Ashuelot Turnpike\\nOther Roads Laid Out An Amusing Incident United States Mail and Ex-\\npress Routes Schools and School Teachers The Town Districted A Part of\\nTown Annexed to Troy A Part annexed to Winchester Map of Town\\nTopography and Geology of the Town Military Matters Paupers. Page 104.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nPOST-OFFICES AND POST-MASTERS, ETC.\\nPost-offices and Post-masters Phvsicians Professional Men Musicians Band\\nInns and Inn Keepers Stores and Store Keepers Mills and Mill Owners\\nTanneries Mechanical Industries Other Industries Blacksmiths Carpenters\\nShoemakers The Old Baptist Meeting House Burial Places Times of Sick-\\nness Accidental Deaths Fires -Town Meetings Singing Schools Nahuni\\nGrout Solomon Atherton Went to Law A Great Fracas A Temperance\\nHouse Shows and Exhibitions Page 152.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nWAR OF THE REBELLION, ECCLESIASTICAL\\nORGANIZATION, ETC.\\nPublic Sentiment Regarding the War Action Taken by the Town Soldiers in\\nVarious Regiments List of Those that Died in the Service or were Killed in Bat-\\ntle Enrollment of Militia War Rallies Religious Organizations The First\\nBaptist Church The Friends Society The Present Baptist Church The Uni-\\ntarian Society The Universalis! Society The Methodist Church Attempt to\\nForm an Orthodox Church A Retrospective View The Population and Valua-\\ntion The Klectoral Votes Political Parties Town Officers Financial Con-\\ndition of Town Page 208.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHE GENEALOGY OF FAMILIES.\\nAbbott Adams Ainsworth Aldrich Allen Amadou Ames Anderson Ar-\\nnold Atherton Babcock Baker Ball Ballard Ballon Barber Barden\\nBarker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Barms Barney Barrett Bassett Battles Beals Bemis Bennett\\nBenson Bigelow Bisbee Bishop Black Blanding Bliss Bolles Boorn\\nBowen Boyce Brigham Brittan Brown Bryant Buffum Bullock", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. IX.\\nBlimp Butterfield Buxton Capron Cargill Carkin Carpenter Carroll\\nCarter Cass Chase Chapman Cheever Cheeney Church Clark\\nClapp Colburn Cole Combs Conway Cooley Cook Corey Corliss\\nCrane Grossman Cressey Crooker Cummings Cumstock Curtis Dand-\\nley Daniels Darling Davenport Day Dexter Dillingham Dingman\\nDodge Doolittle Ellis EUor Emerson Erskine Estas Evans Fisher\\nFlint Frazier Fjeeman French Fuller Gage Carnsey Gaskill Gay\\nGleason Goddard Goodwin Goodnow (roodnough Graves Grant\\nGreen Grout Grovcr Guild Hamilton Hammond Hale Handy\\nHarkness Harris Hayward Herrick Hews Hills Hill Hix Hol-\\nbrook Howe Howard Hubbard Huntley Hunting Hunt Ingalls\\nIngersoU Jessop Jillson Johnson Jittem Josslin Kelton Kenney\\nKingsley Kinsman Kimpton Knap^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lawrence Lester Lyon Man Martin\\nMason Meader Mellin Merrifield Miller Mowry Mullen Munroe\\nNaromore Nason Nelson Newell Newton Norwood Nourse Nutting\\nOrmsby Page Paine Palmer Parker Parkhurst Patch Perry\\nPeck Peters Phillips Pickering Piper Potter Powers Prescott Put-\\nney Ranisdall Randall Rawson Raymer Razee Raynolds Read\\nRich Rice Robinson Roper Russell Saben Salisbury Scott Smead\\nShaffer Smith Southwick Spaulding Spencer Spraguc Starkey\\nStreeter St. Clair Stoddard Swan Sweet Swift Sweetzer Taft Tay-\\nlor Temple Tenney Thayer Threshire Thompson Thornton Thurber\\nTillson Torrey Truesdall Tucker Tuttle Twitchell Tyler Wakefield\\nWallace Walker Ward Ware Warren Weatherhead Weeks Westcoat\\nWhcaton Wheeler White Wilson Whipple Whitcomb Whitaker\\nWhittcmore Whitman Whitmore Whitney Wing Williams Willoby\\nWiswall Woodbury Woodward Wooley Work Wright Young Yates.\\nPage 255.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nNathaniel Aldrich Sylvester Aldrich Orrin Munroe Allen Jonathan Atherton\\nLemuel Atherton James Ballou.jr. Rev. Robert Bartlctt Job Bisbee Phebe\\nBowen Jedediah Buffuni Capt. Oliver Capron Daniel Cass Orison B. Curtis\\nKendall Fisher Eliza Ballon Garfield John Martin Wilderness Martin\\nJoseph and Benjamin Newell Loren Pickering Timothy Pickering Jonathan\\nRawson Alonzo Rawson Col. Henry Starkey Moses Tyler Jarvis Weeks\\nHon. Joseph Weeks James Harrison Cass Daniel, the Nig Nancy Linty\\nHannah Man Ruth Ormsby Penelope Phillips Rachel Jillson Aldis Boyce.\\nPace 539.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nLONGEVITY. FIRST SETTLERS, ETC.\\nList of Persons who were Born in Richmond, or have Resided Therein, who have\\nlived Seventy Years and Upwards The first Settlers and some of their Suc-\\ncessors Conclusion Pagb 555.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nAPPENDIX.\\nSchool Districts, Nos. g, ii, 12, 13, 15, 16 Thayer s and Scott s Mills Biographical\\nand Genealogical, Hosea B. Aldrich Denzel S. Rice D. Richardson Randall\\nBuffum Allen William Bassett Jonathan Garnsey Samuel Atherton\\nHenry B. Swan Charles A. Crooker Silas B. Boyce William Buffum\\nJames Lovett Nelson Rawson John M. Sawyer Marriages omitted Finis.", "height": "3205", "width": "1811", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "ILLUSTRATIONS.\\nPortrait of Author Frontispiece.\\nFour Corners, looking South from Buffum Hill, opp. Page i\\nLog-cabin 9\\nN. H. State Seal 14\\nFirst Plan of the Town 20\\nSectional Plan of the Town 24\\nDeacon John Cass Inn 30\\nIndians on the lookout 42\\nBlack Bear 45\\nFighting Bear 46\\nWolf 52\\nRevolutionary Soldier 55\\nBattle of Bunker Hill 59\\nTrophies of Bennington 67\\nCannon Taken Through Town 74\\nContinental Currency 76\\nBelles of 76 So\\nDelegates to Convention at Cornish S3\\nVignette of Union 94\\nWhipping-post and Stocks 98\\nCharge at Lundy s Lane io8\\nAn Amusing Incident iiS\\nStage-coach 121\\nMap of the Town 134\\nGrassy Hill and Ballou s Dell opp. 136\\nThe Old Militia 144\\nPhysician s Mortar, etc 156\\nRichmond Band 161\\nBar-room 162\\nWakefield and Widow Howe s Taverns opp. 164\\nSelling Groceries 165\\nWater-mill i6S\\nBlacksmithing 180\\nOld Baptist Meeting-house and Union Store opp. 184\\nCemetery 187\\nHog Reeve 199\\nFat and Lean Man 203", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "Xll.\\nILLUSTRATIONS.\\nBoys in Blue Page 209\\nLieut. Arlon S. Athertun opp. 214\\nBible 221\\nGround Plan of Baptist Meeting-house 224\\nMiddle of the Town and Four Corners opp. 228\\nBrick Church and Universalist Church 234\\nTown Officers 24S\\nRepresentatives to General Court 250\\n.^owN Officers, etc 254\\nHosEA Ballou 2S2\\nMrs. Garfield s Early Home 2S9\\nOld Buffum House and Corner Store 340\\nCrooker House and Store and Holmes House. 37S\\nM, B. Erskine 3S6\\nLisle Lester 42S\\nJohn Newell 451\\nRev. David Pickering 456\\nJohn Parkhurst, Jr opp- 4.s8\\nDaniel Peters 462\\nDavid Randall PP- 47-\\nBiLL Weatherhead 516\\nOlder Citizens 53S\\nMrs. Garfield 546", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "EMENDATIONS.\\nPACE.\\nLINK.\\n49-\\n2 2 from top\\n77.\\n2\\n77.\\n4\\n107,\\n29\\n108,\\n12\\n119.\\n15\\n122,\\n27\\n122,\\n29\\n123,\\nI\\n131.\\nbottom line\\n159.\\n29 from top\\n186,\\n2\\n-II,\\n41\\n212,\\n26\\n^13.\\n5\\n269,\\n16\\n269,\\n20\\n269,\\n20\\n270,\\n17\\n272,\\nu\\n314.\\n27\\n314,\\n28\\n3\u00c2\u00abS,\\n8\\n318,\\niS\\n327.\\n18\\n335\\n14\\n365.\\n17\\n3^\\n3\\n366,\\n29\\n3r,6,\\n30\\n377.\\n23\\n384,\\n21\\nfor Ilmlley read Handy.\\nfor $3,000 and $12,000, read $2,000 and $8,000.\\nfor $300 read $200.\\nfor Lewis Whipple read James Whipple.\\nfor Nathan read Nalium.\\nfor country read county.\\nfor seventy dollars read $46.66.\\nfor twelve read nearly eight.\\nfor one dollar read one half dollar.\\nfor Otis Cass read Luther Cook.\\nfor 1S56 read 1855.\\nfor 1884 read 1S44.\\nfor Sept. 16 read Sept. 19.\\nstrike out the words Died at battle of Laurel\\nHill, Va.\\nfor Sept. 29 reail Sept. 19.\\nfor 1800 read 1799.\\nfor 1807 reail 1806.\\nfor 1S09 read 1807.\\nfor Erastus read Erasmus,\\nfor Simon read Simeon,\\nfor Sweeter read Streeter.\\nfor Gardner read Barden.\\nerase W. in the second Benj. W. Bliss,\\nfor 1790 read 1780.\\nfor Barzillai read Joseph,\\nfor Troy, N. Y., read Troy, N. H.\\nfor there died read died in Wis.\\nbefore burnt insert partly,\\nfor Penn. read N. Y.\\nstrike out the words He m. a daughter of\\nStephen Martin, of Barton, Vt.\\nfor dr. of Capt. Abner Aldrich read m. Sarah\\nHarris,\\nafter father s place read also on the Garnsey farm.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "XIV. EMENDATIONS.\\nPAGE. LINE.\\n401, 12 from top, after 179S read m. Eunice, dr. of Levin Aldrich,\\nremoved to Bethlehem, N. H., where his widow\\nnow resides.\\n401, 15 for Nathaniel read John.\\n405, iS for 1877 read 1873.\\n453, 20 for Wetherly read Wetherbj.\\n465, 6 after Garnsej place read also on his father s old\\nfarm.\\n481, 2 after Bolles read removed to Whitefield, N. H.\\n489, 26 after Ezekiel Streeter read son of Joseph.\\n512, for Jonas read Abner.\\n515, I strike out young.\\nREMARKS.\\nAny person who may notice any errors in this work, or discover\\nimportant omissions in the same, is requested to inform the author,\\nthat the same may be corrected in that part of the edition not yet\\nbound.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "EXPLANATORY NOTES.\\nIn the following Genealogy of Families, and elsewhere, will he\\nfound the initial letters F. S., which are to be read First Settlers;\\nthe letters L. R. signify Lot and Range.\\nWhen the dash occurs between names it is to be read son\\nof, as Danvers Martin Wilderness John John, is to be read\\nDanvers Martin, son of Wilderness Martin, son of John Martin,\\nwho was son of John Martin.\\nThe initial letter b. aftera name signifies born; likewise d. stands\\nfor died, and m. for married; the ist, 2d, etc., which sometimes\\nprecedes the m., indicates the number of times married.\\nNAMES OF LOCALITIES.\\nGuinea is that part of the town now known as No. Richmond.\\nPolecat embraces substantially that part known as District\\nNo. 4, near Sandy Pond.\\nActivity is the same as District No. lo, in N. E. part of the\\ntown.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 563\\n3\\nbo\\nOS\\n(A\\na m\\nffi\\n*J (1)\\no\\nd Sj!^ q.\\nsr\\n2aS Saii ij= S^ p-3\\nS s s S K s H .a a ca\\nc\\ng -o -So E s?\\nU U S PiH rt 3\\nT S P S J 3 c\\no c -Si:\\nH s z c^ r^or p c^ ^6 3,S\\nCONGO f^ O Tt-NXr^ -iCOto", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "564\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nCO\\nPi\\nO\\nCO\\nCO\\nu\\nu\\nD\\nCO\\na\\nH\\nO\\nW\\no\\nCO\\nQ\\nCO\\nH\\nH\\nW\\nCO\\nCO\\nI\\na\\nU\\nhJ\\ncq\\nIS c\\n2\\nk. c:\\nTh O\\no\\ns\\n,3\\n3\\na,\\nu\\nto\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\nB\\n,3\\n5 C^\\nCq\\no\\no\\nU S\\nn o\\n3\\nJ tn r;\\no r J3 t/J\\np n K j2 Si\\n5 K h 5-5\\nrS o\\nW O\\n00 3\\n5\\no\\nw\\na,\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nto\\n3\\n0)\\nto\\nto\\n3\\n15\\nto\\ni\\nr.\\nu\\nrt\\nS-i\\ni\\nr\\nu\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr\\nto\\nc\\ni-H\\nC3\\nC3\\nto\\nO\\na;\\n3\\nu\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p\\nc:\\nv\\nbJ3\\n-2\\n1) c5\\nC to\\nX 3\\n3 U ffiK 3 Xffi^l3\\n\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b03^-\u00c2\u00abffito5ogw\\n_ ;^S^ -OC3CP\\nc n x:~- -CrtC!--:cs3\\nc^? u ^o w PQ r^\\nO ir^ioN Lof ONVOCO O fCO tO\u00c2\u00ab\\nC7\\\\ ro t^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baH -H N\\nI- N N", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "(U\\nTOWN OF RICHMOND. 56-\\nS 5\\no\\n-5 -H c\\nI S 5 i rt\\nK\u00c2\u00bb\\nc\\nr^\\nCO\\nC\\nc c c\\np\\n\u00c2\u00ab3\\n5\\nCO\\nJiUsc\\nJossly\\nJossl}\\nCh\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nC\\nl-iH\\nc\\ns\\nc\\nJonathan\\nThomas\\nWilliam\\nJames K\\nStephen\\n1 5\\n72 h-H\\nVO\\nN\\nN\\nto d-\\nt^\\nCN\\no\\n2 S a. b 5 i\\ns g I w i S\\nU ^JScro^.-So^ C3\\n,n\\n.^k^q3,A\u00c2\u00abAc 5 Odo^:^ Q^\\n.5 -5 r .E i S\\nI S c\\ni\u00c2\u00bb y y rt\\nH\\n\\\\0 O 0 fO O ON", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "\\\\66\\nHISTORY OF THE\\no\\nU\\nCO\\no\\n.s\\nS\\ncS\\ni\\no\\nO\\nS\\nN\\n5\\no\\n5\\no\\nCO\\ni-\\nu\\no\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\no\\nU\\nW\\no\\no\\ns\\nCO\\n-ji\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t^\\nTj\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl\\na\\nN\\n5\\nWilliam Buiruni, fUberto\\nStephen Harris, Ezekiel P\\nQ\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1\\nCO\\nO\\nS\\na;\\nc\\n1\\n3\\nPQ\\nci\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\n3\\no\\nDaniel Cass, fMrs. A. Fli\\nMartin Cass, Hendrick Ma\\nc Ij\\nra\\no J^\\nif\\nX\\nw\\no\\nJ\\nu\\nH\\nW\\nto\\nH\\nCO\\nP5\\nc\\nCO\\nCS\\n1^ 5\\no -a\\nCO rt\\nN\\n0)\\np\\n1\\nCJ\\nP S\\naj\\nHh\\nb\\nc\\no ;j:^\\n_ .i\u00c2\u00b1\\naj\\no\\no S\\nto\\nC\\nrC\\no\\nN\\nS\\nCO\\n3\\nOh\\no\\na.\\n3\\nN\\n6\\nbJO\\n3\\n5\\no\\n3\\n3\\nO\\nl^\\nw\\nCO\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nc5\\nW\\na\\nt^ VO to CO\\nO CO W-) rC c l I\\nfO O fO O 1 N\\nI- HH C M |_\\nrO O\\nt^ O On\\nN", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "-a\\nc\\no\\nS\\nO\\nS\\nj2\\nffi\\nti\\no\\nc\\no\\nC/2\\nC/1\\no\\nTOWN OF RICHMOND. 567\\nbX)\\nS\\nc^ C/}\\ns\\na\\n13\\nP cu\\nCQ\\np^\\nu\\na;\\nw\\nV-\\nhJ\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ni 1\\nfio\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00c2\u00ab\\n3 -M to\\nM 5 2\\nC:i +1 V\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 iW\\nM /1^\\nZ. s:. o\\nc\\no\\n3^ Ji C C 9 f/) U r^ be 4)", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "568\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nW\\n3:\\nH\\nO\\no\\nQ\\nly\\nH\\nH\\nW\\nc/D\\nPi\\nw\\nO U3\\no\\nH _ g\\nU3 1-3 K\\nw X\\nra o\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 u\\niq CD\\nO\\no\\nc/} H -5\\nc; \u00c2\u00ab3 73\\nu S tn\\nc3 0-, o\\nW OQ H\\n1^\\no\\nH\\n-a\\n2\\nc\\nC3\\nc\\nTS\\nrt\\n-ti\\nTS\\n5\\nu\\n0)\\no5\\nbx) j:\\nZi\\ns\\nM\\n9\\nN\\nQ\\nS\\nV\\nOJ\\n5\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nU3\\nC\\nc U\\nH\\n-a\\na\\nt:;\\nIs\\n6\\nS\\n.2-\\n.2\\n3\\nS\\nS\\n^C\\nP^ U P W P^ M\\nj^ r= H\\n*j\\nH\\nc\\no\\no Jii p H\\nC/3\\nH\\no\\nCJ\\nH\\n1\\nt^\\n.H\\nh\\n5\\nH\\nP 5\\nrt\\nS\\nCO\\nrt\\niz;\\n3\\n^W\\n1\\nr^\\nc P^ H H\\no\\no\\nc 2\\n1\\nK H\\nNOOMNOOOMOa\\\\G\\\\OOVOMO\\nJ 00 o\\nt^ rh HH ir,", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 569\\n(U\\nJ3\\ni\\nH\\nc\\na\\n3\\nS\\nu\\nP3\\n(U\\n3\\nrt\\nc\\na\\nA^\\nu\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-G\\nW\\n5\\nh4\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H\\nu\\nrt\\na,\\n15\\nli\\n1 i\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCO\\nd\\n,B\\n1\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\n(U\\ns\\nt^\\nt3\\n5\\nr^\\nbX\\nc\\njfl\\ns\\niJh\\nr3\\n3\\na\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n73\\nr-\\ns\\n.2\\npq\\nrt\\nT!\\nlyj\\nv^\\ni\\n73\\n5\\n6\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nN\\nC/5\\nJ\\n6\\nTJ\\na.\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J\\n-s\\nqj\\n6\\nS\\na,\\n6\\np\\ni_\\n6\\nd\\nU3\\nbJD\\nc\\na,\\nbJo\\nc\\na S\\n\u00c2\u00b0o\\nI-\\nZ\\n(-H\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\ni\\nVO\\nCO\\n1 M\\nN\\nN\\nN\\nrO Lo\\nU-) VO\\nfi\\nN", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "570 HISTORY OF THE\\nCONCLUSION.\\nIn drawing this work to a close we are fully aware\\nthat the subject matter which might profitably be in-\\ncluded in a work of this kind is far from being ex-\\nhausted. Much has been omitted which may have\\nbeen of interest to somebody somewhere, and some\\nitems may have been included which may be of no\\nparticular interest to anybody but the prime object\\nin the beginning we believe has been substantially\\ncarried out as fully and as accurately as the means at\\ncommand would admit. The historical part has been\\narranged in topics relating to the more important\\nevents that have transpired, and reference has been\\nmade to the recorded action of the town solely almost\\nfor the elucidation and confirmation of the subject\\nunder consideration. The introduction of some leg-\\nends and stories of the olden time, together with a few\\nillustrations of a humorous character, may perhaps be\\nconsidered a new departure from the ordinary course\\nin such works, but the object in this has been to re-\\nlieve the reader from the tiresomeness incident to the\\nperusal of dry statistics, and also to revive in the mind\\nof the reader the fact that the doings and sayings here\\nin the olden time were not altogether of a sombre hue.\\nIn the genealogical part it has been our purpose to\\nlocate and make brief mention of all the first settlers,\\nso far as we could with the means at hand. For the\\nsake of brevity it has been the intention not to follow\\nfamilies after their removal from town in any full or\\ncomplete record, as might be desired, but when both\\nparents were of the town, we have ofttimes, by special", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 5^1\\nrequest, continued the notice beyond the limits in-\\ntended. The few poetical squibs interspersed here\\nand there are such, it is believed, as will give no of-\\nfence to the living, and do no injustice to the dead.\\nThe biographical sketches were intended to be con-\\nfined to such persons as seemingly would bear an\\nenlargement of the narrative embraced in their several\\nfamily connections and not to include residents of the\\ntown at the present time, whose obituary notices may\\nbe more properly written hereafter.\\nIt is believed that the Table of Longevity will be\\nfound convenient, showing at a glance some of those\\nthat attained three-score years and ten. The list, un-\\ndoubtedly, might be much extended by additional\\nresearch, which time and space now will not permit.\\nThe Table of the First Settlers and some of their\\nSuccessors, located by lot and range, is a feature of\\nthe work which it is hoped will be found useful, not\\nonly to those who now own and occupy the land, but\\nto all others who may come after them.\\nNow to the Richmondite, wherever he may be, with\\nthis volume we send greeting, believing that, in a\\nmeasure, he inherits the traditional hopefulness and\\ncourage of the fathers, and is disposed to take, on the\\nwhole, a cheerful view of life, and believes, in fact,\\nthis to be a very good world, and ever blesses his stars\\nthat he was born in old Richmond.\\nWilliam Bassett.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nSchool Districts, Nos. 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 Thayer s and Scott s Mills Biographical\\nand Genealogical, Hosea B. Aldrich Denzel S. Rice D. Richardson Randall\\nBuffum Allen William Bassett Jonathan Garnsey Samuel Atherton\\nHenry B. Swan Charles A. Crooker Silas B. Boyce William Buffum\\nJames Lovett Nelson Rawson John M. Sawyer Marriages omitted Finis.\\nA few supplementary items, unintentionally omitted in the arti-\\ncles pertaining to School-houses and School-Districts, to Mills, and\\nto Biographical Sketches, which may add some interest to the work,\\nare herein inserted.\\nSCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nDistrict No. 9.\\nThe first school-house in this district was located near the forks\\nof the Benson and Bowen road, with the Mill Road (so called).\\nThis was moved to a lot on the north side of the road leading to the\\nCrane place, and there served the purposes of the district until\\n1877, when the present house of commodious dimensions and\\nmodern improvements was erected on a lot a little south of the\\ndwelling of Amos E. Cummings. The house cost $800, and was\\npaid for by the following tax-payers, some of whom were formerly\\nowners or residents in District No. 12, which was annexed to this,\\nabout this time, viz.\\nAbbot Martin, Ozial Ballou, Willie J. Ballon, Abner S. Barden,\\nBenjamin iBowen, Geo. M. Bowen, Nathan Bowen, Zimri Bowen,\\nEdwin Bolles, Jesse Bolles, Esther Chase, Charles T. Fisher, Ken-\\ndall Fisher, Nathaniel B. Fisher, Andrew J. Frazior, Burton W.\\nGoodnough, Daniel W. Hubbard, Horace Merrifield, Martin T.\\nNash, Noah Perry, Joseph Swan, Jacob Boyce, Abigail W. Gage,\\nJames Harkness, Geo. F. Lane Son, Thomas A. Randall, \\\\Vm. W.\\nStrickland, Willard White.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "574\\nAPPENDIX.\\nDistrict No. 11.\\nThe district formerly known as No. ii embraced the territory\\nfrom Silas Jillson s to Daniel Cass and never had, so far as is now\\nknown, any school-house within its limits. Schools herein were\\nkept formerly at the Verney Gaskill house, at Col. Jillson s, and\\nsometimes at other places. This district was annexed to District\\nNo. 13 a short time before the new school-house was built in that\\ndistrict.\\nDistrict No. 12.\\nThe district in which Reuben Randall and Nath. Boorn formerly\\nlived was known as No. 12. Schools here were kept in dwelling-\\nhouses until about 1830, when a small house was built on the east\\nside of the road north of Boorn s. This was used until about the\\ntime when the new house was built in No. 9, when it was annexed\\nto the same.\\nDistrict No. 13.\\nThis district formerlj extended from the Woodward place, on\\nthe north, to the Wilderness Martin place, on the south, taking in the\\nGeorge Handy farm about 1850 it was enlarged by the annexation of\\nDistricts Nos. 11 and 15 to the same. The old school-house stood\\nnear the corner north of the Stephen Boorn house, and was used\\nuntil the present house was built, in 1853. The new house, situated\\non the north side of the main road, a few rods west of the old one,\\nwas considered a model of construction at the time it was built; it\\ncost $706.32, as appears by the records. The tax-payers of the new\\nhouse were as follows, viz.\\nLilburn Allen, $27 06\\nMoses A. Allen, 18 93\\nPaul F. Aldrich, 53 84\\nNathan Bowen, 27 82\\nRichard Bowen, 46 88\\nLysander Ballon, 3 66\\nHenry Ballou, 13 41\\nDaniel Bassett, 3 66\\nElisha Bassett, 35 24\\nJesse BoUes, 24 71\\nElisha Bolles, 4 28\\nJoanna Bowen, 2 72\\nJoseph Estabrook, 12 06\\nGeo. Handy, 40 68\\nBowman Howe, 32 56\\nBenj. Hey ward, 9 16\\nElisha Harkness, $41 53\\nSilas Jillson, 14 44\\nWheaton C. Jillson, 22 66\\nDanvers Martin, 51 40\\nNahum Putney, iS 40\\nJacob Whitcomb, 62 00\\nNoah Miles, 4 58\\nAnthony S. Whitcomb, 16 64\\nHenry C. Nichols, 3 30\\nSilas White, 6 66\\nDavid Thompson, 30 26\\nEbenezer Swan, 2 27\\nNathan Whipple, i 53\\nSilas Whipple, 18 32\\nSilas Whipple, jr., 49 53\\nJacob Whitcomb, jr., 6 il", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 575\\nDistrict No. 13.\\nThat part of tlie town known formerly as the Boyce Neighbor-\\nhood constituted District No. 15. About 1845, Robert Boyce and\\nothers built a small school-house south of his house, which was\\nused a short time, but vvas soon given up, and the district was\\nannexed to No. 13.\\nDistrict No. 16.\\nThis is the middle-of-the-town district, and was disannexed from\\nDistrict No. 6 in 1846. The territory embraced in the same is quite\\nlimited, extending only from the Bill BufFum place to the Nath.\\nTaft farm. The school-house was built near the Universalist\\nChurch, about 1S47.\\nMILLS.\\nThe saw-mill formerly known as Thayer s Mills, near the Win-\\nchester line, and now owned by Amos W. Lawrence, was built by\\nUriah Thayer, about 1830.\\nThe Scott Mills, formerly in this town, but now within the terri-\\ntorial limits of Winchester, were operated some years ago by Alvan\\nScott, who probably was not the original builder of the same.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.\\nHosea B. Aldrich lived, while in town, on his father s place. He\\nremoved to Fitchburg about 186S, and after remaining there a few\\nyears removed to East JaflTrey, where he still resides. He served\\non the Board of Selectmen several times, and was twice chosen a\\nrepresentative to the General Court. He is by trade a carpenter.\\nDenzel S. Rice m. Belle Dawson, of Wright Co., Iowa, and by\\nher had Henry, Mj rte, and Amie. He was a carpenter, and also a\\nphotographer. He resided a few years in Iowa, but returned and\\nsettled in East Jaffrey, where he died, June 8, 1882. The family\\nreturned to Iowa.\\nD. Richardson Randall., son of Joseph, was born in town, but re-\\nmoved to McDonough, N. Y., with his father s family, when about\\nfive years of age; became a distinguished lawyer in Wilkesbarre,\\nPa., where he practised for some years, and was finally elected Judge\\nof one of the District Courts of Pennsylvania. He died a few years\\nago, in the prime of his manhood and usefulness, much lamented.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "576 APPENDIX.\\nBuffiim Allen, son of Moses, jr., was a lover of learning. He\\nearlj became a teacher, and removed to Lvnn, Mass., where he died\\ncomparatively joung.\\nWilliam Bassctt (not the author of this work, but the son of\\nArtemas Bassett) was, probably, one of the best natural scholars\\nthe town has produced. Possessed of a remarkably retentive mem-\\nory, he was able to commit whole chapters of the Bible by once\\nreading. He became celebrated as a teacher, and was also a recom-\\nmended minister among Friends, to which society he belonged.\\nHe died ut Glens Falls, N. Y. Avhen about thirty years of age.\\nJonathan Garnsey, son of William Garnsey, sr., born 1790, was\\na successful teacher in town about iSio. He studied medicine, and\\nbecame a practising physician in St. Louis, where he died about\\n1836. His brother Sylvanus was also a physician, and settled in the\\nState of New York.\\nSamuel Atherton Jonathan Jonathan removed to Winches-\\nter with his father s family. He m. a Miss Greenwood, by whom he\\nhad a dr., who d. in early womanhood. He was interested in mili-\\ntary matters and was captain of the Richmond Grenadiers, and after\\nhis removal was colonel of the Sixth N. H. Reg. He practised\\nauctioneering for some years, for which profession he had a natural\\nadaptation. He died quite suddenly a few j ears ago.\\nHenry B. Swan, who removed to Winchester about forty years\\nago, has been one of the more enterprising business men of the\\ntown of his adoption has been largely engaged in the manufacture\\nof palm leaf, and in making palm-leaf hats he has undoubtedly\\nacquired a competency in the business.\\nCharles A. Crooker, early in life, had a predilection for the sea,\\nand soon after his majority engaged in the w^haling business, from\\nNew Bedford. He arose through the various grades of the service\\nuntil he was promoted to the position of captain of a ship. In the\\nlatter capacity he was unfortunate, in that the ship was lost\\nwrecked, it is reported, on his first voyage as commander. After\\nthis, when the civil war commenced, he was in the government\\nservice as sailing master in the navy. Has been m., and was, at\\nlast accounts, residing in New Bedford.\\nSilas B. Boyce, son of Thomas, was engaged in land survej ing\\nhere for a while after his marriage. The superior mathematical\\nqualifications he possessed, which may have been largely inherited", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 577\\nfrom his maternal grandfather, Silas Ballon, must have made the\\nprofession of civil engineering congenial, of easy acquirement, and\\nof efficiency in practice. He was for several years engaged in\\nsome business in Oswego, N. Y., where he has now two daughters\\nliving. He removed a few years since to Grand Rapids, Mich.,\\nwhere he now resides; his wife d. some years ago.\\nt\\nWilliam Buffum, more generally known as Bill Bufl um, was\\nquite well known to the citizens of sixty years ago. In natural\\nabilities he was undoubtedly not inferior to either of his brothers,\\nand, but for an unfortunate casualty, would undoubtedly have been\\none of the more useful and prominent citizens of the town. The\\nmishap which caused his insanity, as related by his daughter\\nSarah, is, that one evening, after closing the store of which he had\\ncharge, in the middle of the town, he repaired with some others to\\nthe tavern, kept by Lemuel Peters, and spent an hour or two in\\nconviviality with certain boon companions; and that, in leaving the\\nhouse in company with an irate and pugnacious individual, he re-\\nceived a blow which prostrated him on the stone door-steps. So\\nviolent was the collision that his skull was fractured by the fall on\\na corner of one of the stones, and that partial insanity was induced\\nth-ereby. This condition attended him during the remainder of his\\nlife. His insanity at times assumed various manifestations; now\\nhe was a military hero, rigged out with cap and featliers, and other\\ntrappings, which would have eclipsed the costume of King Bomba,\\nor cast into the shade the paraphernalia of Holofernes; and then\\nagain he would assume the role of hotel or saloon keeper, and as\\nsuch he erected, near the corner of the Sprague road with the\\nTurnpike, two shanties one a dug-out; these were quite well\\nsupplied with beverages such as were in demand by the travelling\\npublic. Lastly, he appeared to be a hermit, and as such retired\\nto a cave on the north side of the BufFum hill here he became\\nmore reticent, rarely making any conversation, whereas, when he\\nwas a military man, or a saloon keeper, he was exceedingly loqua-\\ncious, and his remarks were so well spiced with witticisms and jokes\\nthat his presence always afforded material for merriment with the\\nyoung, and melancholy pleasure for the aged.\\nyames Lovctt, probably from Shutesbury, Mass., resided in a\\nhouse which was on or near the present residence of Danford W.\\nMartin, in Guinea (so called). Was a maker of the old-fashioned\\ndining chairs. Had five children, viz. John, Milton, Maria,\\nEmeline, m. Hunt; and Emily, m. Nathan Bliss of Royalston.\\nHe d. about 1S35.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "578 APPENDIX.\\nNehon Ra-cuson, an illegitimate son of Anne Whipple, lived\\nwith Enoch Whipple, who m. his mother. He died, without en-\\ntailing any particular loss on the community, about 1838.\\nyohn M. Sawyer, probably from Boylston, Mass., or vicinity,\\nbought the mills in N. Richmond about 1832. He lived in the\\nhouse now owned by Silas O. Martin, until- about 1846, wher^ie\\nremoved to Winchester. Had several children. He died a few\\nyears ago.\\nMARRIAGES OMITTED.\\nEdwin E. Amadon to Anna I. Smith, June 5, 1872.\\nAlfred E. Barrus to Sarah L. Morse, Nov. 18, 1869.\\nGeorge A. Barrus to Stella C. Hale, April 23, 1870.\\nEdgar L. Barrus to Ella M. Marsh, Aug. 27, 1870.\\nFranklin Ball to Susan L. Bullock, Aug. 10, 1845.\\nAlbert J. Bowen to Ada M. Royleigh, Dec. 24, 1873.\\nEdwin Bolles to Ljdia Ashcroft, no date.\\nIra C. Fisher to Susan Putney, March 18, 1S74; to S. Frances\\nWhipple, Nov. 5, 1S75.\\nAlvin H. Perry to Clara J. Brown, Nov. 24, 1870.\\nHenry J. Putney to Louisa J. Dingman, no date.\\nGeorge W. Putney to Ella A. Davis, Dec. 9, 1S76.\\nCharles St. Clair to Abbie S. Whitney, of Royalston.\\nFrank P. St. Clair to Clara J. Tupper, March 13, 1872.\\nFrancis M. Taylor to Maria L. Terrill, no date.\\nBenjamin O. Williams to Louisa M. Scott, Aug. 17, 1848.\\nlliram C. Walker to Fanny H. Martin, Sept. 9, 1844.\\nTills work must now go forth as done,\\nWhile the story told is just begun.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 3\\nvast areas of the states and territories of the threat\\nWest have been compactly hlled by the landless and\\nhomeless millions of Europe, or sooner perhaps\\ntlie transition may come, when the beauty of the\\nscenery, the healthfulness of the climate, and the\\ncheapness of homes will draw a redundant popula-\\ntion from over-crowded cities to the now abandoned\\nhomes of the fathers.\\nBut these hope-inspiring visions of future possibil-\\nities are insufficient to counterbalance the weight of\\nsadness and gloom which rests on those who, after the\\nlapse of years, revisit the homes of their childhood,\\nor the graves of their fathers to them the changes\\nare more marked than to those who have witnessed\\nthe transitions around them, and hence have become\\naccustomed to the mutations continually taking place.\\nSome of the old homesteads are dimly definable in\\nthe newly-grown forest by the wayside, while others\\nmay be occupied by those of unfamiliar names, and\\na few only remain on the farms settled by their ances-\\ntors. Man indeed changes, but the earth remains\\nthe graijijd old hills still remain, resting firmly on\\ntheir granite bases, and the valleys between still add\\nbeauty to the scene the ponds never to be forgotten,\\nwith the rivulets and brooks remain the everlast-\\ning rocks are still there, bidding defiance to the de-\\ncomposing elements of nature, and many of the old\\nforests scattered here and there present old familiar\\noutlines. It is indeed the same old town, recogniz-\\nable by all familiar with its scenery in the olden\\ntime.\\nThe time for the gathering of statistics of the first\\nsettlers has been unreasonably delayed, amounting\\nalmost to criminal neglect. The last of them took", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "4 HISTORY OF THE\\nhis departure more than fifty 3 ears ago, and at the\\npresent time no son or daughter of theirs is now liv-\\ning in town, to relate the stories of the olden time,\\nand but few grandchildren are left to transmit the\\ntraditions of their fathers. The amount tiiat has\\nbeen lost we may never know, but it is reasonable to\\npresume that these pages would be greatly embel-\\nlished and improved if the early reminiscences, inci-\\ndents, and anecdotes known to the fathers had been\\npreserved. Much, however, from the general wreck\\nhas been saved. The recorded items, though few, are\\nimportant, and the traditions, though limited, are of\\ninterest. With these the web of historv must be\\nwoven, and with the warp and woof in places want-\\ning, no fabric can indeed be complete. The first\\nmovements in the settlement of towns as in nations\\nis often buried in obscurity. Such, in part, was the\\ncase here we know indeed who the first settlers were,\\nand mostly from whence they came, but the exact\\ntime of the advent of many is unknown, as also the\\nprime cause which impelled them to their migration\\nhere is not of course individually known but it is\\nnot our purpose at this point to dwell minutely on\\ncauses which may have fostered or retarded the set-\\ntlement of the town, but rather to present a retro-\\nspective view of the town during a period in which\\nevents of momentous importance, socially and polit-\\nically considered, have transpired, in which the peo-\\nple who have dwelt herein have to a greater or less\\nextent participated, and in presenting this narration\\nof town affairs it may be found that they are occa-\\nsionally so intermingled with matters of national con-\\ncern, that the due consideration of the same would\\nseem properly to belong to the domain of the gen-", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 5\\neral historian. History, however, whether of a town\\nor ol a nation, contains elements essentially the same,\\nbut the former, circumscribed to a narrower compass,\\nis termed local, and is of special interest only to the\\nresidents of the place and to those whose families are\\nconnected with the events narrated. As the town is\\nthe basis of the state, so is local history the foundation\\nof general history, both dealing with men, together\\nwith their doings and surroundings only the latter\\nare crleaned from broader fields and embrace lontj-er\\nperiods of time. The writing of either is necessarily\\nan exhaustible efibrt to transcribe into a single work\\nwhat may be widely scattered, in detached portions,\\nand ot ten deposited in unknown places. The limits\\nof the work proposed demand a rigid adherence to\\nthe primar} object in views which is briefly to record\\nthe more important events connected with the town,\\ntogether with a genealogy of the families, so far as\\nthey may be obtained.\\nIn commencing this work we are confronted at the\\noutset with the fact that the earliest records of the\\ntown contained in the books of the original proprie-\\ntors are gone, destroyed by fire tradition says,\\nmany years ago the last trace of them that appears\\nwas the delivery of them into the hands of Colonel\\nJosiah Willard, of Winchester, 1796, from whom it\\nis presumed that they were never returned, but w^ere\\nconsumed in Willard s house that was burned about\\nthat time. The loss of these, together with the loss\\nof material which should appear on the now existing\\nrecords, necessitates a fruitless search oftimes in other\\ndirections for the missing items, and in consequence\\nthereof w^e are compelled largly to rely on fugitive\\npapers, on the fading memories of the aged, and on tlie", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "O HISTORY OF THE\\nlegends and traditions handed down from preceding\\ngenerations.\\nThe importance of exercising more care and atten-\\ntion in the keeping of full and accurate records of\\ntown transactions and passing events, becomes quite\\napparent to any who may attempt to compile the an-\\nnals of a town things which may be considered\\ncommonplace and of no particular account by those\\nmost familiar with them, ma} be of great value to\\nthose who may come after, and especially so to the\\nfuture historian of the town. This town is not excep-\\ntional in the incompleteness and inaccuracy of its\\nrecords in the books which have been preserved, for\\nthe complaint is quite general on the part of those\\nwho have been engaged in writing town histories, of\\ngreat neglect and carelessness apparent in the records\\nof other towns.\\nThe remote causes which may have led to the set-\\ntlement of the town, together with the minor transac-\\ntions of the town may not be dwelt upon, but all\\nmaterial worthy a passing review will be pressed into\\nservice. The subject matter treated of is believed to\\nbe as important, and if fully presented would perhaps\\nbe as interesting to the general reader as may be\\nfound in the histories of other towns, more diffusely\\nillustrated. In wealth and population the town main-\\ntained for a series of years a pre-eminence in the\\ncounty worthy of note second in population only to\\nChesterfield in the first census of 1773, and to West-\\nmoreland in that of 1786, the town became an im-\\nportant factor in all matters pertaining to the welfare\\nof the Commonwealth. The record, if fully elabo-\\nrated, would reflect honorable distinction on the fath-\\ners, and well worthy of mention and preservation by", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 7\\nthose who have succeeded them, and it is but a slight\\ntribute of respect that we pay to their memories, that\\nin this limited way we try to rescue from oblivion the\\nnames of the brave men and heroic women who,\\nleaving the enjo3 mcnts of social life in the older set-\\ntlements, made for themselves homes in a wilderness\\ninfested by ferocious beasts and occasionally traversed\\nby roving tribes of hostile savages. The difficulties,\\ndangers, and hardships incident to pioneer life in a\\ntimbered country at that time can be but dimly real-\\nized by those living here at the present time. The\\nmere moving a hundred miles or more with ox teams,\\nor on horseback over rough roads, would be consid-\\nered no inconsiderable undertaking now but the dis-\\ncomforts and deprivations attendant on settlers in a\\nwilderness for some years, must have been such as\\nrequired the bravest of hearts and the strongest of\\narms to contend with such however were the powers\\nof endurance of the early settlers, such their fortitude\\nand indomitable courage, that they manfully battled\\nthe seemingly adverse surroundings of pioneer life,\\nand converted the wilderness into abodes of peace\\nand plenty.\\nRICHMOND IN 1S23.\\n[T\u00c2\u00bbKEN FROM Farmers N. H. Gazbttbbr.]\\nRichmond is a post Township in Cheshire Co., in Lat. 42\u00c2\u00b0\\n45 N. is bounded N. by Swansey, E. by Fitzwilliam, S. by Royal-\\nston and Warwick, and W. by Winchester, containing 23,725 acres\\nThe town is 12 miles (south) from Keene, 70 from Concord, and\\n72 from Boston It is watered by branches of the Ashuelot and\\nMiller s Rivers, which fall into the Connecticut The ponds are\\nthree in number, one of which is one of the sources of Miller s\\nRiver The soil here is favorable for yielding rye, wheat, Indian\\ncorn, and most of the productions found in this section of New\\nEngland The land is generally level There are no remarkable", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "5 HISTORY OF THE\\nelevations There is a small Village of 15 or 20 dwelling houses\\nthere are two meeting houses which are near the centre of the\\ntown The Ashuelot Turnpike road passes through Richmond in\\nan East and West direction Richmond was granted Feb. 28, 1752,\\nto Jos. Blanchard and others it was settled within 5 or 6 years\\nafterwards by people from Mass. and R. I. The first child born in\\ntown was Lemuel Scott, born in 1757 -The first Baptist church\\nwas formed in 1768 Rev. Maturin Ballou was ordained in 1770\\ndied 1804 Rev. Artemus Aldrich was settled 1777. The second\\nBaptist church was formed in 1776, and Rev. Isaac Kenny was\\nsettled in 1792 There is a large Society of Friends in this town.\\nPop. 1400.\\nThe foregoing extract may be considered substan-\\ntially correct, with the exception of placing the birth of\\nLemuel Scott in 1757 hereinafter will be presented\\nevidence that his birth and the settlement of the town\\noccurred at a later date. It is quite probable that\\nwithin the limits of the town some settlements may\\nhave been made about the time indicated, especially\\nso when we take into account the fact that previous\\nto 1762 Richmond embraced within its boundary, ter-\\nritory extending nearly to Keene, and that Keene\\nand Swansey were settled some years before but\\nour work is with Richmond, as it was after this por-\\ntion was disannexed, to present such facts as may be\\ngleaned from all sources available, in relation to its\\nsettlement, to follow its development and growth, to\\nrelate the story of the part it has taken in the wars\\nin which the countr} has been engaged, together\\nwith the more important civil and political matters\\nconnected with its history, leaving the common affairs\\nof yearly occurrence to remain undisturbed on the\\nrecords of the town.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\nWHEN, WHERE, AND BY WHOM THE TOWN WAS\\nSETTLED.\\nThere is a tradition that one Sylvester Rogers or\\nRocherson, from Rhode Island, in 1750, made a\\nclearing of about an acre, on which he erected a\\nstrongly-built log- house, for the double purpose of a\\nslielter and a defense against the Indians that he\\nabandoned the premises after a few months and re-\\nturned to Rhode Island, in consequence of informa-\\ntion received from a friendly Indian of an intended\\nvisit of hostile savages lurking somewhere it may be\\nsupposed in the vicinity, and that the place where his\\nclearing was made was on the farm afterwards settled\\nb} Jonathan Gaskill and now owned by Jesse Bolles.\\nThis stor} iri^y be substantially true, with the exxep-\\ntion of the date of the occurrence, which we are in-\\nclined to believe should be some years later say\\n1754 or 1755 when hostilities were resumed be-\\ntween the French and English colonies, and this from\\nthe fact that there was no grant or surve} of the\\ntownship made prior to 1752, and that no rights of\\npreemption were secured to squatters at that time.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "lO HISTORY OF THE\\nHowever this may have been, it matters little, as no\\npermanent settlement was made the real question at\\nat issue being when, where, and by whom was the\\nfirst permanent settlement made. Most of the evi-\\ndence at hand bearing on the matter of time of the\\nfirst comers indicate quite strongly that 1762 was the\\nyear when the tide of emigration commenced in force.\\nNow Lemuel Scott, if we may credit the inscription\\non his grave-stone, was born 1763, and Philadelphia\\nKempton, daughter of Stephen Kempton, was born\\n1763, and these are reputed to be the first male and\\nfemale children, of white parents, born in the town\\nhence it is presumable that not many families, prior to\\nthis date, could have been here for any great lengtli\\nof time. Again, when Jacob Bump came to town\\nthere were but five families in town, and he came\\nafter the birth of his eldest son, Stephen, who was\\nborn January 30, 1761. This is the statement of Mr.\\nNathan Bowen, a grandson of Mr. Bump, and is\\nprobably the most reliable testimony to be had from\\nany person now living touching the question of time.\\nThis would seem to fix the time of Mr. Bump s ad-\\nvent in 1 761 or 1762, as his second son, Asa, was\\nborn in Richmond, January 29, 1763.\\nSome deeds of the first settlers were recorded in\\nthe Cheshire records, and among these the deed of\\nCol. Josiah Willard to Thomas Wooley, who is sup-\\nposed to be one of the very first in town, bears date\\nof 1763, and the conveyance included the land on\\nwhich he built his house but oral tradition sa3^s he\\nwas living on his place in 1758. He may have been\\nthe first permanent settler. Henry Ingalls bought in\\n1763 in fact, no deed has been found back of that", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. II\\ndate, but from this it may not be inferred thai no one\\nwas here before that time.\\nBy the history of Royalston we learn that six fam-\\nilies moved into that town in 1762, and this was tiie\\nbeginning of settlement there. Warwick was earlier\\nsettled a few families were there in 1756. Win-\\nchester dates back to 1732. Hence, this investigation\\nleads to the conclusion that very few families made\\ntheir advent here before 1762 and that the southern\\nand western portions of the town were first occupied\\nappears quite probable, as the towns adjoining on these\\nsides had been to some extent settled, while on the\\neastern border what was called Monadnock, No. 4\\nand No. 5, remained an unbroken wilderness. Paths\\nleading to Royalston, Warwick and Winchester were\\nfirst made, by which the first immigrants came into\\ntown, and these were afterwards laid out and made\\ninto public roads, and portions of the same have so\\nremained to the present time. We may safely assume\\nthat those who located on the old road leading from\\nWinchester to Royalston were among the first that\\ncame, viz. the two Casses, (John and Daniel,) Aza-\\nriah Cumstock, John Dandley, Francis Norwood,\\nJacob Bump, Silas Gaskill, and Thomas Josslin, to-\\ngether with some others that located away from this\\nline, as John Martin, John Scott, Constant and David\\nBarney, Thomas Wooley, Reuben Parker, Oliver\\nCapron, Edward Ainsworth, Jonathan Gaskill, Jon-\\nathan Sweet and Jonathan Thurber, Ephraim Hix,\\nHenry Ingalls, Stephen Kempton, Jedediah and\\nJonathan BufTum, and many others who were here\\nbefore 1765. These came mostly from Smithfield\\nand Cumberland, R. I., and from Rehoboth and\\nAttleboro Mass., as did the others that followed from", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF THE\\nthese or other towns in that vicinity. Some favor-\\ning circumstances attended these settlers, as the old\\nFrench and Indian War was at that time drawing\\nto a close, and no fear of future hostile incursions\\nof the northern tribes need have been entertained.\\nThe famous battle on the Plains of Abraham, above\\nQuebec, between the forces under Gen. Wolfe and\\nthose under Gen. Montcalm, in 1759, wherein the\\nEnglish were victorious, virtually ended the war,\\nand all the French possessions in Canada fell into\\nthe hands of the English and have so remained to\\nthe present time thus the colonists of Richmond,\\nnearly all of whom probabl}^ came after this event,\\nhad no reason to fear the tomahawk and scalping\\nknife of the savage, which had been the terror for\\nyears of settlers in the valle} of the Ashuelot, re-\\nquiring block-houses and garrisons for their defence.\\nThe colonists herein were further favored more than\\nthe settlers in towns embraced within the Masonian\\nclaim, in being relieved from vexatious lawsuits in re-\\nlation to the validity of the titles to their lands, of\\nwhich more will be said under the article explaining\\nthe Vermont controversy.\\nThe territory herein presented a prospect as invit-\\ning to the colonist at that time as any town away\\nfrom the river valley, and soon all the land suitable\\nfor occupancy was taken, and man} lots were cleared\\nand made into farms, which proved unfit for cultiva-\\ntion on account of the rugged, unyielding nature of\\nthe soil, and were soon abandoned after the expen-\\nditure of considerable labor and money, for other\\nand more inviting fields of labor.\\nNone of the original proprietors of the township\\nnamed in in the charter of the town are known to", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I3\\nhave settled on their lands, they apparently were\\ngentlemen living in Portsmouth, Exeter, Dunstable,\\nand other towns in the eastern part of the province,\\nwho received the grant in consideration ot civil and\\nmilitary services rendered to the province.\\nThe men who settled this township were possessed\\nof sterling qualities many had great courage, forti-\\ntude and strength, as all pioneers in a wilderness\\ncountry must have, in order to successfully contend\\nagainst the formidable obstacles presenting them-\\nselves on every hand against wolves, bears, and\\nother wild animals that infest the woods of New Eno;-\\nland against the winter s chilling blast, and the\\nsummers sultry heat. Provisions for himself and\\nfamily each settler must make, with scant supplies\\nand not readily obtained. He must clear the land,\\nmake the farm, plant the orchard, build the house,\\nerect a barn, and provide himself with the thousand\\nand one things necessar}^ for agricultural and house-\\nhold purposes. Unremitting toil, directed by a wise\\nforesight, was needful for success and possessed of\\nthese essential qualities, in a marked degree, we have\\ngood reason to believe they were, tor onl} the brave\\nand strong would enter a field of such labor and hard-\\nship. The cowardly and weak were generally left\\nbehind hence the robustness and vigor observable\\nin all newly settled places. The necessities of the\\nhour call into action all the latent powers, the exer-\\ntions required make giants of the actors, and plans well\\nlaid must necessarily be supplemented by labor well\\ndone indeed the founders of states have possessed a\\nheroism not generally shared by others, looking\\nbeyond the present visions of future glory and re-\\nnown, have loomed up in grandeur before them, with", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "H\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nnew inspiration of faith and hope. The foundations\\nhere were unquestionably well laid on the solid prin-\\nciples of justice and equality, for at the first town\\nmeeting all fi;ee holders were given the liberty to\\nvote. The first test of patriotism in Seventy-six was\\nhonorable, and with the exception of the secession in\\n1781, the subsequent acts of the fathers indicate a wise\\nforesight in the performance of all constitutional obli-\\ngations and trusts. Not that mistakes may not have\\nbeen made, politically or otherwise, for that were\\nassuming too much for humanity anywhere, but that\\nthe general intent has been good, does not admit of a\\nquestion. Always in favor of the largest liberty and\\nthe broadest toleration of opinion, still firm in the\\nmaintenance of individual rights, the record of their\\ndeeds abundantly shows. The town may not have\\non its calendar as many distinguished for literary and\\nscientific attainments, or as many engaged in profes-\\nsional life as most of the older towns, but the few\\nthat have gained notoriety and distinction, have ac-\\nquired the same from their native force and vigor,\\nrather than from aid derived from the schools.\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE AS A PROVINCE.\\nM\\n^./r-^\\nA concise statement of the early settlement of the\\nprovince of New Hampshire, together with that of\\nthe government of the same, may make more clear", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I5\\nto the general readers some matters hereinafter men-\\ntioned, respecting the relation of the town to the State\\nof New Hampshire, in connection with the provincial\\ngrants of lands east of the Coimecticut river, and\\nwest of Mason s claim, in which this town was em-\\nbraced.\\nIn 1622, only two jears after the landing of the Pilgrims at\\nPlymouth, Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason obtained\\nfrom the Council for New England, a grant of Lands lying be-\\ntween the Merrimack and the Kennebec. In the following year the\\nproprietors sent out a few colonists, and two settlements were\\nmade, one near Portsmouth and the other at Dover. The partner-\\nship between Gorges and Mason being dissolved, the latter in 1729\\nobtained a new grant for a territory between the Merrimack and the\\nPiscataqua, and named it New Hampshire, after the County of\\nHampshire in England, where Mason lived. The feeble settlements\\nof New Hampshire voluntarily placed themselves under the juris-\\ndiction of Mass. in 1641, and under her charge they continued for\\nnearly forty years. In 1679 New Hampshire was made a Royal\\nProvince, the first so constituted in New England; afterwards it\\nwas united with Mass. for a long time, so far as to have the same\\ngovernor, but its own Legislative body and Laws. A final separa-\\ntion took place in 1741, just a hundred years from the first union.\\nRoyal Governors appointed by the King from this time until the\\nbreaking out of the War of the Revolution, continued to perform\\nthe olfice of chief magistrate of the province.\\nBenning and John Wentworth were governors\\nduring this time, the former of whom signed the\\ncharter of the town grant, but John Wentworth who\\nwas governor when the War of the Revolution com-\\nmenced, adhered to the Royal cause, and he together\\nwith other tories were obliged to flee the country, and\\nnever again returned.\\nThe name of the township, Richmond, was proba-\\nbly selected by some of the original proprietors, from\\nthe town or borough in England from which they\\ncame, about lo miles from London on the River\\nThames. Towns of tlie name are found in nearly\\nall the States, as also in the Canadas.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "l6 HISTORY OF THE\\nCHARTER OF TOWNSHIP.\\nPROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nI L. s. I GEORGE THE SECOND,\\nBY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND IRE-\\nLAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, c.\\nEa all Persons to toljom tfjese presents sfjall come,\\nGREETING.\\nKNOW YE, That we of our special grace, certain knowledge,\\nand mere motion, for the due encouragement of settling a New\\nPlantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our\\ntrustj and well-beloved BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq.; our\\nGovernor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Province of New\\nHampshire, in America, and of our Council of the said Province\\nhave upon the conditions and reservations hereinafter made,\\ngiven and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our heirs and\\nsuccessors, do give and grant in equal shares, unto our loving sub-\\njects, inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire, and his\\nMajesty s other governments, and to their heirs and assigns for-\\never, whose names are entered on this grant, to be divided to and\\namongst them into seventy-one equal shares, all that tract or parcel\\nof land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New\\nHampshire, containing by admeasurement twenty-three thousand\\nand forty acres, Avhich tract is to contain six miles square, and no\\nmore; out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and\\nunimprovable lands by rocks, mountains, ponds and rivers, one\\nthousand and forty acres free according to a plan thereof, made and\\nprepared by our said Governor s orders, and hereunto annexed,\\nbutted and bounded as follows, viz.\\nIt begins at the southeast corner of the premises at a beach tree\\nin the Province Line and runs in that line north, eighty degrees\\nwest five miles and an half to Winchester Line (so called) to a\\nbeach tree marked, and from thence north by the needle in said\\nWinchester Line five miles and an half to a stake and stones, the\\ncorner of Winchester aforesaid in Ashuelot Line, from thence south\\nseventy-eight degrees east to a red oak marked, the corner of\\nAshuelot, from thence north thirty-nine degrees east seven miles\\nto a maple, thence south six degrees west six miles one hundred and\\nthirty rods to a beach marked, thence south by the needle five\\nmiles to the first bound.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I7\\nAnd that the same be, and is incorporated into a township by the\\nname of Richmond, and that the inhabitants that do or shall\\nhereafter inhabit the said township, are hereby declared to be en-\\nfranchised with and entitled to all and every the privileges and\\nimmunities that other towns within our said Province by law exer-\\ncise and enjoy: And further, that the said town as soon as there\\nshall be fifty families resident and settled thereon, shall have the\\nliberty of holding two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the first\\nTuesday in June, and the other on the first Tuesday of November,\\nannually, which Fairs are not to continue and be held longer than\\nthe respective Wednesdays following the said respective days, and\\nas soon as the said town shall consist of iifty families, a market\\nshall be opened and kept one or more days in each week, as may be\\nthought most advantageous to the inhabitants. Also, that the\\nfirst meeting for the choice of town olllcers, agreeable to the laws\\nof our said Province, shall be held on the last Wednesday in March\\nnext, which meeting shall be notified by Col. Joseph Blanchard,who\\nis hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first meeting,\\nAvhich he is to notify and govern agreeable to the laws and customs\\nof our said Province and that the annual meeting for ever here-\\nafter for the choice of such officers of the said town, shall be on\\nthe last Wednesday of March, annually, to have and to hold the\\nsaid tract of land as above expressed, together with all privileges\\nand appurtenances, to them and their respective heii s and assigns\\nforever, upon the following conditions, viz.\\nI. That every grantee, his heirs or assigns shall plant and culti-\\nvate five acres of land within the term of five years for every (ifty\\nacres contained in his or their share or proportion of land in said\\ntownship, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional\\ncultivations, on penalty of the forfeiture of his grant or share in\\nthe said township, and its reverting to his Majesty, his heirs and\\nsuccessors, to be by him or them re-granted to such of his subjects\\nas shall effectually settle and cultivate the same.\\nII. That all white and other pine trees within the said town-\\nship, fit for Masting our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for\\nthat use and none to be cut or felled without his Majesty s special\\nlicense for so doing first had and obtained, upon the penalty of the\\nforfeiture of the right of such grantee, his heirs and assigns, to\\nus, our heirs and successors, as well as being subject to the penalty\\nof any act or acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall\\nbe enacted.\\nIII. That before any division of the land be made to and among\\nthe grantees, a tract of land as near the centre of the said town-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "l8 HISTORY OF THE\\nship as the land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out\\nfor town lots, one of which shall be alotted to each grantee of the\\ncontents of one acre.\\nIV. Yielding and paying therefor to us, our heirs and succes-\\nsors for the space of ten years, to be computed from the date hereof,\\nthe rent of one ear of Indian Corn only, on the first day of Janu-\\nary, annually, if lawfully demanded, the first payment to be made\\non the first next after the date hereof.\\nV. Every proprietor, settler or inhabitant, shall yield and pay\\nunto us, our heirs and successors yearly, and every year forever,\\nfrom and after the expiration of ten years from the date hereof,\\nnamely, on the first day of January, which will be in the year of\\nour Lord CHRIST, 1762, one shilling proclamation money for\\nevery hundred acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in\\nproportion for a greater or lesser tract of the said land which\\nmoney shall be paid by the respective persons abovesaid, their heirs\\nor assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such\\noflficer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same and this\\nto be in lieu of all other rents and services whatsoever.\\nIn testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Prov-\\nince to be hereunto affixed. Witness BENNING WENT-\\nWORTH, Esq. our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of\\nour said Province, the twenty-eighth of February, in the year\\nof our Lord CHRIST (one thousand seven hmtdred and Jifty-\\ntzvo) 1732, and in the twenty-fifth year of our Reign.\\nBy His Excbllency s commands,\\nWITH ADVICE OF COUNCIL, B. WENTWORTIl.\\nTHEODORE ATKINSON, Scc y.\\nProvince of New Hampshire,\\nEntered and recorded according to the original, under the Prov-\\nince Seal, this twenty-ninth day of February, Anno Domini, 1752.\\nPr. THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec v.\\nNAMES OF THE GRANTEES OF RICHMOND.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Charity Lund, Zacheus Lovewell, Joseph\\nWinn, Jr., Peter Powers, John Marshall, Joseph Winn, Joseph\\nFrench, Joseph Barns, William Cummings, Daniel Emerson,\\nSamuel Kenney, Samuel Cummings, John Chamberlain, Josiah\\nBrown, Peter Powers, Jr. Thomas Harwood, Samuel Greele, Jr.,", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I9\\nSamuel Farley, Thomas Colbuin, Stephen Powers, John Lovewell,\\nJr. Temple Kendall, Stephen Chase, John Searles, Jonathan Snow,\\nEphraim Adams, John Butterfield, William Cumins, Jr., Elnathan\\nBlood, Samson French, Benjamin Parker, Benjamin French,\\nEleazer Blanchard, Joseph Blanchard, Jr., Thomas Blanchard,\\nGideon Storey-) Jonathan Chamberlain, Jonathan Parker, Thomas\\nParker, Jr., William Parker, Jonathan Cumings, Jonathan Cumings,\\nJr., Phineas Underwood, John Usher, Joel Dix, Joseph Read,\\nEleazer Read, Daniel Rindge, Samuel Greele, Benjamin Whitte-\\nmore, John Coombs, John Brown, John Hunt, Joseph Ashley,\\nElijah Alexander, John Rindge, Joseph Blodgett, William Lund,\\nJr., Robert Usher.\\nHis Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq., a tract of the said\\nland to contain five hundred acres, which is to be account. Two\\nof the said shares, one whole share for the Incorporated Society\\nfor the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts one whole\\nshare for the first settled minister of the gospel in said town one\\nwhole share for a Glebe for the ministry of the Church of Eng-\\nland as by law established.\\nTheodore Atkinson, Richard Webird, John Downing, Samuel\\nSmith, Sampson Sheaff, John Wentworth, Jr.\\nAttest: THEODORE ATKINSON, Secy.\\nEntered and recorded from the back of the original charter for\\nRichmond the twenty-ninth day of February, 1752.\\nTHEODORE ATKINSON, Secy.\\nPLAN OF THE TOWN AS BOUNDED IN 1752.\\nThe proprietors, after receiving the charter, caused\\na survey and plan of the township to be made, which\\nwas completed in December of the same year in which\\nthe charter was granted. The following plan and\\nsurvey, found in the office of the Secretary of State,\\nat Concord, shows the shape and dimensions of the\\ntown before any of its territory was annexed to other\\ntowns", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF THE\\n0)\\nfh\\nc\\nCJ1\\nip\\ni\\n1\\nCO\\no\\n^1^\\no\\nI\\no\\nJ^\\n1\\na\\nf c\\n1\\no\\n1\\n1\\no\\nQ)\\n_\\n1\\nr\\n~-___y\\nProvince Line\\nWarwick\\nRo^yalston", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 21\\nORIGINAL SURVEY OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThis plan describes a tract of land of tiie contents of six miles\\nsquare lying between the places called Winchester and Ashuelot\\nand the mountain land Bounded thus it begins at the South\\nEast corner thereof at a Beach tree that stands in the Province\\nline; thence running in that line North 80\u00c2\u00b0 West five miles and an\\nhalf to Winchester line (so called), bounded there b^ a Beach tree,\\nand from thence North by the needle in said Winchester line five\\nmiles and an half to a stake and stones the corner of Winchester in\\nAshuelot line thence South Seventy Eight degrees, East two\\nmiles to a Red Oak, the corner of Ashuelot, from thence North\\n39\u00c2\u00b0, East by Ashuelot line seven miles to a Maple tree marked\\nfrom thence South six degrees West, six miles one hundred and\\nthirty rods to a Beach tree marked, from thence South by the\\nneedle five miles to the first bound mentioned with an allowance\\nfor one rod in forty to be taken out for windfalls, uneavcnness,\\nc. Measured with the assistance of Peter Powers and Josiah\\nBrown as chainmen, who were sworn to the faithful discharge of\\nthat trust.\\nAll the aforesaid Lines Run and marked in December 1752.\\nJOSEPH BLANCHARD, Junr.\\nSurveyor.\\nSURVEY OF RICHMOND, MADE 1805.\\nThe Boundaries are as follows, viz.\\nBegin at the South East corner. Running N. 2\u00c2\u00b0 W. bounding of\\nFitzwilliam 2,oi;6 Rods on Swansey W.8\u00c2\u00b0 30 N.744 Rods to County\\nroad and 380 Rods to a corner then S. 37\u00c2\u00b0 30 W. 2S0 Rods to a\\ncorner then W, 16\u00c2\u00b0 30 N. on Swansey 693 Rods to Winchester\\nthen S. 2\u00c2\u00b0 E. on Winchester 1,880 Rods then E. 8\u00c2\u00b0 30 S. on War-\\nwick line 710 Rods then on Royalston E. 8\u00c2\u00b0 30 S. 1,220 Rods to\\nFitzwilliam line the distance from County road to Fitzwilliam is\\nS85 Rods containing 23,725 acres.\\nBy the term.s of the charter the proprietors were\\nobliged to put under cultivation within five years, five\\nacres of land for every fifty acres contained in their\\ngrants. This provision, together with others, was\\nnot complied with on account of the inability of the\\nproprietors to obtain settlers on their lands, the great\\nhindrance having been the Intervention of an In-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "22 HISTORY OF THE\\ndian War, as set forth in a renewal of the charter\\nhereinafter inserted. At the time of the granting the\\ncharter in 1752, the colonies were at peace, the\\nformer war having closed 1748. But a renewal of\\nhostilities began in 1754, so soon after the survey had\\nbeen completed, at a time so inauspicious, that people\\ncould not readily be induced to move from the older\\nsettlements into a frontier town, exposed to all the\\nhorrors of Indian warfare consequently the lands\\nwere unoccupied until nearly the close of the war,\\nwhich was substantiall}^ in 1759, although peace was\\nnot ratified until 1763. The charter having been for-\\nfeited, the proprietors petitioned the governor and\\ncouncil for a renewal of the same, which was grant-\\ned, as the following copy of the act granting the\\nprayer of the petitioners shows\\nRENEWAL OF THE CHARTER.\\nPROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGEORGE THE SECOND,\\nBY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRE-\\nLAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, c.\\nKa all ^Persons to iirfjam tljese presents sfjall come,\\nGREETING.\\nRichmond\\nCharter Lengthened out.\\nWHEREAS WE, of our Special Grace mere motion for the due\\nencouragement and settleing a new Plantation within our Province\\nof New-Hampshire by our Letters Patent or Charter under the seal\\nof our said Province, dated the 28th Day of Feb rj in the twenty-\\nfifth year of our reign. Grantin a tract of Land Equal to six miles\\nsquare, bounded as therein expressed, to a Number of our Loyal\\nSubjects, whose names are entered on the same, to hold to them,", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TOWN Ol- RICHMOND. 23\\ntheir Heirs and assigns on the conditions therein declared. To be\\na town Corporate by the Name of Richmond as by reference to the\\nsaiil Charter may more fully appear and whereas the said\\nGrantees have represented, by the Intervention of an Indian Warr,\\nsince the said Grants it has been impracticable to comply with and\\nfulfill the Conditions aforesaid Humbly Supplycated usi not to\\ntake advantage of the Breach of said Conditions, but to Lengthen\\nout grant them some reasonable Term for Performance thereof,\\nafter the said impediment shall cease Now Know Ye that We\\nbeing Willing to Promote the end Proposed have of our further\\ngrace favor, suspended our claims of the forfeiture the said\\nGrantees may have incurred and by these Presents, do grant unto\\nthe said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns, the term of one year for\\nPerforming fulfilling the conditions, matters and things by\\nthem to be done. Which Term is to be renewed annually until his\\nMajesty s Plenary Instructions shall be received relative to the\\nIncident that has Prevented a compliance with the Charter accord-\\ning to the true Intent and meaning thereof.\\nIn testimony whereof We have caused the seal of our said Pi ov-\\nince to be hereunto affixed. Witness BENNING WENTWORTH,\\nEsq., our Governor Commander-in-Chief, the nth day of June\\nin thirty-third year of our reign. Anno Domini, 1760.\\nB. WENTWORTH.\\nBy his Excellency s Comand\\nwith advice of Council\\nTHEODORE ATKINSON. Secty.\\nProv. of New Hamp\\nRecorded according to the original under the Province Seal the\\nI2th day of June, 1760. THEODORE ATKINSON, Sectv.\\nBy the renewal of the charter the proprietors and\\nthe grantees under them were made secure in their\\ntitles, as by allowing them one year for performing\\nand fulfilling the conditions, and a renewal of the\\nterm, annually, until his Majesty s Plenary Instruc-\\ntions should be received in relation to the matter,\\nwas equivalent to a final confirmation of these grants.\\nBy examination of the plan of the town, according\\nto the original grant, it embraced what is now the", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "24\\nHISTORY OF THE\\neast part of Swansey a triangular piece of land\\nseven miles in extent on the west side, extending as\\nfar north as the southern boundary of Keene, and\\nover six miles on the east line, was annexed to Swan-\\nsey in 1762. As this occurred before the town was\\norganized for the transaction of town business, no\\nremonstrance against the project, as a town, could\\nhave been had. The people did, indeed, some years\\nafter attempt to revive the matter of re-annexing this\\nterritory, but were unsuccessful in the effort. At a\\nglance it will be seen that the people living on this\\ntract could be better convened in their new relation-\\nship.\\nSECTIONAL PLAN.\\n1\\n23\\n_^\\n22\\n21\\n20\\n19\\nIS\\n17\\n16\\n13\\n14\\n13\\n12\\nII\\n10\\n9\\n1\\nB\\n7\\n6\\n5\\n4\\n-3\\n2\\n1\\n1\\nll\\n1\\n24", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 25\\nThe following is a copy of the act annexing a part\\nof Richmond to Swansey\\nPROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGEORGE THE THIRD,\\nBY THE GRACE (JF GOlJ, OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRE-\\nLAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, c.\\nEa all Pfvsons to $nf)Dm tijesc Prfsrnts sljnll come,\\nGREETING.\\nWHEREAS, our Loyull Subjects, Inhabiting the town of Rich-\\nmond Swansey, within our Province of New Hampshire, liave\\nhumbly represented to us that it will be of advantage and utility to\\nthem the said Inhabitants to have a part of said town of Richmond\\ntaken oft and annexed to Swansey aforesaid Without making any\\nalteration in the Private Property of either communities. And\\nPraying that the dividing line of said Towns be altered in the fol-\\nlowing manner Viz: Beginning at the North West corner of Lett\\nNo. 23 in the seventh Range of Lotts in said Richmond, Then\\nrunning due east to the easterly line of the same town, then run-\\nning on the East line of said Richmond to the North East corner\\nof the said town of Swansey.\\nKnow Yee therefore that We having taken the Matter of said\\nPetition into our consideration it appearing Conducive to the\\nease and good order of both Communities, as well as forwarding\\nthe Cultivation of the Lands there, Have by and with the advice\\nof our trusty and Avell beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq., our Cap-\\ntain General, Governor Commander in Chief, of our Council for\\nsaid Province of New Hampshire, And by these Presents, Do\\nalter the dividing line, between the said towns of Richmond\\nSwansey agreeable to the said Petition, and in manner as before\\nset forth also agreeable to the Plan hereunto annexed.\\nIn testimony Whereof, We have caused the seal of our said Prov-\\nince to be hereunto atVixed. Witness BENNING WENTWORTH,\\nEsq., our aforesaid Governor Commander-in-Chief in i*i: over our\\nsaid Province of New Hampshire, the nth Day of December in\\nthe Third year of our Reign. Annoque Domini, 1762.\\nB. WENTWORTH.\\nB} his Excellency s Comand\\nwith ad\\\\ ice of Council\\nT. ATKINSON Jun-^ Sectj\\nProvince of New Hamps.\\nDec\u00e2\u0084\u00a2!; 13th, 1762. Recorded according\\nto the original under the Pro\\\\ince Seal.\\nT. ATKINSON Jun-^ Secty.\\nJ", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORY OF THE\\nNo event of special importance occurred after this\\ndivision of the territory until the spring of 1765?\\nwhen the first town meetino- was held. In the inter-\\nmediate time all matters relating to the town as such,\\nhad been under the control and management of the\\nproprietors. As these proprietors lived in the east\\npart of the State, it is quite probable that their meet-\\nings were held in that section, most likely at Col.\\nBlanchard s in Dunstable, from which place the\\ntown received the books containing their official acts\\nand the records of their deeds of conve3^ance, some\\nyears after. There is no evidence extant that the\\nproprietors ever made any improvement in town, such\\nas the making of roads and bridges, erecting mills or\\nbuilding meeting-houses, as an inducement for people\\nto settle herein. The lands were rapidly taken up\\nafter the close of the old French and Indian war at\\nprices varying from 25 to 75 cents per acre. With\\ntwo hundred dollars a young man could make a start\\nin life, buy his farm and with the assistance of neigh-\\nbors, who usually turned out for the purpose, erect\\nhis log house and provide himself with some stock,\\nfarming implements, and household furniture. The\\nrequirements were neither numerous or expensive,\\nbut good enough to make a beginning with.\\nWe now come, in the course of events, to the spring\\nof 1765, when Col. Josiah Willard, or High Sheriff\\nWillard of Winchester, as he was sometimes called,\\nissued his warrant for the first town meeting. By the\\ncharter, this duty devolved on Col. Jos. Blanchard,\\nbut as Blanchard was dead, Willard was authorized\\nto perform this service. As this Col. Josiah Willard\\nwas a large land owner, and his name frequently\\noccurs in the earl}^ histor} of the town, it seems", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 27\\nproper that particular mention should be made of his\\nname, character, and lineage. He was the son of\\nCol. Josiah Willard of Lunenberg, a native of Lan-\\ncaster, who was the commandant of Fort Dummer,\\nof Brattleboro during the last French and Indian\\nwar. Josiah Willard, Jr., settled in the lower Ashue-\\nlot, or Winchester, became a prominent man among\\nthe early settlers, and was finally promoted to the\\noffice of high sherift of Cheshire county.\\nThe first settlers drew their supplies of provisions\\nat first mostly from Northfield. The old road leading\\nfrom Northfield to Lunenberg, and thence to Boston,\\nwas used as the most convenient way to any of the\\nolder settlements. Before sufficient harvests were\\nobtained from their farms, many of those settled in\\nthe west part made it a practice to go to Northfield\\non foot, and there thrash grain and return with a\\nbushel of rye on their backs. In some cases it is\\nrelated that this feat was daily performed. The\\ntravel itself might justly be considered a good da3 s\\nwork, minus the thrashing. Among the names of\\nthose that performed such herculean tasks are remem-\\nbered those of Deacon John Cass, Reuben Parker,\\nsome of the Cumstocks, and others.\\nTHE FIRST TOWN MEETING.\\nWARRANT.\\nProvince of\\nNew Hampshire. 5 March ye 20th, A. D. 1765.\\nThese are to notify Inhabitants of the\\nTown of Richmond in _ye Province that the Annual town-meeting\\nfor choice of town officers is to be held on the last Wednesday of\\nMarch annually By Charter and on Wednesday the 27th d.iy of\\nMarch instant is the day appointed By Charter for the choosing the\\nofficers to serve in ye town for the year A. D. 1765. The freehold-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OF THE\\ners and other Inhabitants of ye town of Richmond are hereby noti-\\nfied and warned to meet at the House of Mr. John Cass, Innholder\\nin ye town, at ten of the clock in ye forenoon on ye day for the\\nchoice of such officers.\\nJOSIAH WILLARD.\\nAt a Legal meeting of ye free Holders and other Inhabitants\\nof the town of Richmond in the Province of New Hampshire Being\\nHeld at the house of John Cass Innholder in ye Town on ye 27th\\nday of March A. D. 1765 Agreeable to the Charter of ye town Ap-\\npointing the Last Wednesday of March to be the day for choosing\\ntown officers for the annual meeting.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass Moderator for this meeting.\\nThen voted that all free holders in ye town should have Liberty\\nto vote in the choice of town officers.\\nThen voted and chose Daniel Cass town Clerk.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass. Daniel Cass, John Martin, Se-\\nlectmen and assessors for this present year.\\nThen voted and chose Timoth} Thompson, Constable.\\nThen voted and chose John Cass, Town Treasurer.\\nThen voted and chose John Dandley, Tithingman.\\nThen voted and chose Jonathan Gaskill, Surveyor of highways.\\nThen voted and chose Joseph Cass Surveyor of highways.\\nThen voted to dismiss this meeting.\\nJOHN CASS, Moderator.\\nProvince of New Hampshire March ye 27th, A. D. 1765 the\\nPersons Before named was sworn to the faithful discharge of their\\nseveral offices According to Custom\\nJOSIAH WILLARD.\\nJus. Peace.\\nThe above is a copy of the record of the first\\ntown meeting as recorded in A Book of Records for\\nthe Town of Richmond made February ye 24th A.D.\\n1770. Previous to this time the doings of the town\\nwere kept in such temporary unbound books as might\\nbe improvised for the occasion, and were transferred\\ninto the above-named book at this date, and this from\\nwhich we cop} is not the original book, which had\\nbecome much worn and torn by long usage, but a", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 29\\ncopy which was made by Geo. Newell, in 1S78, by\\norder of the town, in which we reij^ret to say some\\ninaccuracies manifestly appear. This town meeting\\nwas the herald of a new life for the settlers. Many\\nwere anxious for the time when they were to assume\\nthe duties of freemen in the management of their\\nmunicipal affairs. Many things were needed to be\\ndone for the common weal, which only united effort\\ncould accomplish. The most pressing was the need\\nof better roads, and to this matter the newly-elected\\nofficers at once directed their attention, in the laying\\nout of various roads in the paths already trod. Some\\nof these will be traced out for the purpose of showing\\nthe true condition of affairs in relation to the relative\\nposition of the families to each other, their way of\\ncommunication, and the most convenient centres ot\\npopulation but before we procee d to this, a few brief\\nobservations may not be out of jilace in relation to\\nthis tirst town meeting. The question arises, where\\nwas it held? The answer is At the house of John\\nCass, Innholder. But where was this house? many\\nwill ask, as no house bearing that name has been\\nknown for a long time before. The last of this old\\nhistoric inn was taken down by the owner some years\\nago. Without keeping the reader in suspense, we\\nwould say that the house last occupied by Jeremiah\\nAmadon was a part of the original house. The old\\nJohn Cass farm is now owned by Perley Amadon,\\nand the oriijinal buildinos were located about one\\nfourth of a mile S. W. of Mr. Amadon s present resi-\\ndence. Timothy Cole and Simeon Cook lived here\\nbefore the Amadous bought the premises. The old\\nhotel was located on the main thoroughfare through\\ntown, and was of ample dimensions for the accom-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nmodation of its guests no doubt, and answered quite\\nwell for meetinc^s of the inhabitants. Town meetings\\nJOHN CASS INN.\\nwere held here for four years in succession this indi-\\ncates a central point of the population, which undoubt-\\nedly it was at the time of the holding of this meeting.\\nBefore this renowned old inn and landmark was\\ndemolished, the lines of Longfellow, in The Tales\\nof a Wayside Inn would not be inappropriate\\nAs ancient is this hostlery\\nAs any in the land may be.\\nBuilt in the old colonial day\\nWhen men lived in a grander way,\\nWith ample hospitality;\\nA kind of old Hobgoblin Hall\\nNow somewhat fallen to decay,\\nWith weather stains upon the wall\\nAnd stairways worn, and craz^ doors,\\nAnd creaking and uneven floors,\\nAfid chimneys huge and tiled and tall.\\nA region of repose it seems\\nA place of slumber and of dreams\\nRemote among the wooded hills!", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n31\\nLIST OF VOTERS AT THE FIRST TOWN MEETING.\\nJonathan Atherton,\\nSolomon Atherton,\\nMoses Allen,\\nEzra Allen,\\nEdward Ainsworth,\\nAbraham Barrus,\\nJacob Bump,\\nConstant Barney,\\nDavid Barney,\\nJoseph Barney,\\nJedediah Buffum,\\nJonathan Buffum,\\nDaniel Cass,\\nDeacon John Cass,\\nJoseph Cass,\\nThomas Crane,\\nAZARIAH CuMSTOCK,\\nAZARIAH CuMSTOCK, Jr.\\nMoses Cumstock,\\nAaron Cumstock,\\nAbner Cumstock,\\nJohn Dandley,\\nJonathan Gaskill,\\nSilas Gaskill,\\nSylvanus Harris,\\nUriah Harris,\\nAnihony Harris,\\nEphraim Hix,\\nPeter Holbrook,\\nHenry Ingalls,\\nWilliam Josslyn,\\nThomas Josslyn,\\nJames Kingsley,\\nStephen Kempton,\\nJohn Martin,\\nGideon Man,\\nOliver Mason,\\nElijah Meader,\\nReuben Parker,\\nIsrael Phillips,\\nDavid Russell,\\nAbraham Randall,\\nJoseph Razee,\\nJohn Robinson,\\nTimothy Robinson,\\nDaniel Read,\\nDavid Read,\\nJohn Scott,\\nJonathan Sweet,\\nJohn S Prague,\\nTimothy Thompson,\\nJeremiah Thayer,\\nAlles Thayer,\\nNehemiah Thayer,\\nNathaniel Taft,\\nSilas Taft,\\nJonathan Thurber,\\nThos. Wooley,\\nEdmund Ingalls,\\nJohn Woolry.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "32 HISTORY OF THE\\nTOWN OFFICERS.\\nMost of the men chosen to till these offices were\\nconnected with the town by large material interests\\nwere land-holders, had large families mostly grown\\nup, and were the older men of the town, and had\\nbeen here as long as any, and hence these consider-\\nations, together with their ability for management,\\ninduced their townsmen to entrust them with the\\ndirection of town affairs. John Cass was honored\\nwith three important offices, viz., moderator, select-\\nman, and town treasurer, and these would indicate\\nthe high appreciation in which he was held. Daniel\\nCass comes next on the list to share the honors of the\\nday, having the offices of town clerk and selectman\\nconferred upon him, the duties of which he appears\\nto have been fully competent to discharge. John\\nMartin, whose name figures largely in the first annals\\nof the town, was chosen on the board of selectmen\\nhe was a large land-owner, a man of prominence in\\nthe early history of the town, and whose name has\\nbeen handed down more numerously through his\\ndescendants than any other of the early settlers.\\nTimothy Thompson was chosen constable. He\\nlived next east of John Cass on the main road, and\\nat his house some of the town meetings were after-\\nwards held, and his name is frequently mentioned in\\nconnection with various ofiices of the town.\\nTITIIING-MAN.\\nIn those times they had an officer termed Tithing-\\nman, whose duty it was, in part, to enforce such laws\\nand regulations as then existed for a proper observ-\\nance of the sabbath, but more particularly his duty", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 33\\nwas to exercise authority over unruly youngsters in\\nattendance on meetings for public worship. John\\nDandley was selected to fill this office, and from the\\nvarious public positions afterwards entrusted to him\\nwe infer he was well fitted for the place. His is one\\nof the names that disappeared from the town after\\na few years. These tithing-men usually carried a\\ncane or rod with which to rap or strap offenders, and\\noften were a terror to the boys who might be coasting,\\nskating, or engaged in other sports on Sunday.\\nThat no tithing-man has been chosen for the last\\nfifty years must be evidence that the young are either\\nimproving in behavior or that the old are less atten-\\ntive to morals.\\nTwo highway surveyors were chosen in anticipa-\\ntion of roads to be laid out by the newly-elected\\nboard of selectmen Jonathan Gaskill, who settled\\non the farm owned now by Jesse Bolles, for the east\\npart, and Joseph Cass for the west part of the town.\\nThis Joseph was a son of John Cass, and lived on the\\nDan. Buffum farm. Having given a brief account of\\nthe first town meeting and of the officers chosen for\\nthe first year, we will now present some of their\\ndoings, which consisted chiefly in\\nLAYING OUT THE FIRST ROADS.\\nThe first work of the kind in hand was the laying-\\nout of what must be considered the most important\\ntravelled way in town at that time, of which the fol-\\nlowing is a copy of the return\\nA Return of the Highway in the town of Richmond in New\\nHampshire Province in New England laid out by the selectmen of\\nye Town the 8th day of May A. D. 1765 Beginning at Winchester\\nline at the path that leads through Richmond to Royalston, Run-\\n3", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OF THE\\nning with ye Path as it is now trod, By the House of Joseph Cass,\\nFrancis Norwood, John Dandley, John Cass, Timothy Thompson,\\nAzariah Cumstock, Daniel Cass, and Jacob Bump, until it comes to\\nthe land of Silas Gaskill, to a Rock Maple marked with H. W.\\nThen turning North to a Coblen Rock with stones on it, then North\\nand by East to a Coblen Rock with stones on it, then North East\\nand by East to a Beech tree marked H. W., then North not East to\\nthe South West corner of Israel Phillips lot, then North to the\\nSouth West corner of Jonathan Sweet s lot.\\nThis is the first recorded action of the fathers of\\nthe town in laying out roads. How can the line of\\nthis highway be traced? As the description is mostly\\nfrom one house to another, the problem can be solved\\nb} determining the location of the houses named.\\nIt is evident the path was followed the entire distance.\\nThe road or path followed was evidently the first\\nmade in town, and was part of the road leading from\\nNorthfield to Lunenburg, through Winchester, Rich-\\nmond, Royalston, Winchendon, and other towns,\\nmade about 1735, under supervision of Col. Josiah\\nWillard, senior, whose residence was at Lunenburg,\\nbut at the time was in command of Fort Dummer, at\\nBrattleboro This old road, then, antedates the set-\\ntlement of the town nearly thirty years, and was the\\nway by which the first settlers entered town. The\\nroad was opened by direction of the authorities of\\nMassachusetts about the time that the charter of\\nWinchester was granted, which town, together with\\nthe territory embracing Richmond, Keene, and Char-\\nlestown No. 4, was claimed as belonging to Massa-\\nchusetts at that time.\\nThe road in this town probably commenced on\\nthe Winchester line near where the Ashuelot turnpike\\nafterward was laid, and running easterly by the house\\nof Joseph Cass (located on the southerly side of Dan.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 35\\nBuffum s farm), thence south-east to the adjoining lot\\nby Francis Norwood s (the old cellar of the house\\nmay still be seen), thence north-east by John Dand-\\nley s (now Preston Freeman s), thence by John Cass\\ninn, thence easterly by Timothy Thompson s (the\\nold house-spot may be seen on the south side of Geo.\\nW. Randall s farm), thence by Azariah Cumstock s\\n(which was near the west end of the road by Roscoe\\nWeeks thence following this road by Weeks to\\nDaniel Cass (this was where Jonas Wheeler now\\nlives), thence diverging south-east, rounding Muddy\\npond (near which was located at this time Jacob\\nBump), thence through the Pond woods and over\\nDevil-stair hill to the house of Silas Gaskill (this was\\nthe next place north of where Henry Ballou now\\nlives), thence through the Boyce neighborhood to the\\nnorth-east part of Royalston.\\nThe selectmen in their laying out diverged north-\\nwardly at Gaskill s and went to Israel Phillips lot\\n(known as the Daniel Cass place, and now owned by\\nMrs. Amos A. Flint), and finally continuing to Jon-\\nathan Sweet s south-west corner (this was the lot of\\nland on which the house now occupied by Joseph\\nWhitcomb is situated) hence this road terminated\\nnear the top of Gaskill hill, so called, where Jonathan\\nSweet at that time had a log house. This highway\\nat Silas Gaskill s connected with the road leading to\\nRoyalston, which was then in use, but not laid out as\\na lawful highway, and was located near the present\\ntravelled way through that part of the town.\\nWe have been thus particular in giving such a de-\\nscription of this old road as we hope will render the\\nlocation clear to those who may not be familiar with\\nthe location of these old settlers. Many of the roads", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "36 HISTORY OF THE\\nafterwards laid out extending north and south, con-\\nnecting with this, but long since discontinued, are of\\nno special interest to the historian as they stand re-\\ncorded. Our space does not admit of giving to other\\nroads laid out about this time the extended notice\\ngiven to this, hence only a few more which were of\\nspecial interest to the public will be considered.\\n1766. The early settlers believed in rotation in\\noffice, as appears by the frequent changes in all town\\noffices, except that of town clerk. In the second year\\nof their municipal life, they made a clean sweep and\\nelected all new officers, adding two to the board of\\nselectmen and assessors, making five in all. The\\nannual meeting was held again at the house of John\\nCass, innholder, or Deacon John Cass, as named\\nelsewhere, and Abraham Randall was chosen mod-\\nerator, and the five selectmen consisted of the follow-\\ning, viz. David Thurber, David Barney, Edward\\nAinsworth, Abraham Randall, and John Scott.\\nHenry Ingalls took the place of Daniel Cass, as\\ntown clerk, which office he continued to hold for\\nmore than twenty years insuccession John Dandley\\nwas chosen Deer Reef. This officer was em-\\npow^ered to enforce the law against the killing or\\ndestroying of young deer in the spring of the year,\\nwhich office was annually filled, until there were no\\ndeer to be preserved.\\nPrevious to 1767, the State had not been divided\\ninto counties, and questions relating to the forma-\\ntion of a new county for this section of the Province\\nbegan to be agitated. Edward Ainsworth was chosen\\na committee-man to act in the town s behalf concern-\\ning a new county the matter of the shire-town was\\nimportant to all, and created a lively interest at the", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 37\\ntime. As no action of the town is recorded on an\\narticle in the warrant To see if Keene would suit\\nfor a county-town, we infer that the matter was left\\nfor their committee-man, Ainsworth, whose views\\nprobably were known, to act as he might see fit.\\nWe will briefly pass over 1768, in which no event\\nof public interest occurred the usual routine busi-\\nness was transacted, roads accepted, and officers\\nchosen. In 1769 the town meeting was called in the\\nninth year of His Majesty s reign, being the first refer-\\nence to his Majesty in the book, and voted that Henry\\nIngalls should keep the law book. This was evi-\\ndently the book before mentioned, in which the\\ndoings of the town were recorded, bearing date Feb-\\nruary 24, 1770, when the entries were first made\\ntherein. For some reason unknown, in 1770 the form\\nof calling the town meeting from the form before used,\\nviz., In the name of the people of the Province of\\nNew Hampshire, was changed to the words, In\\nHis Majesty s name.\\nDuring this year, the first road was laid out by\\ncourses and distances, and was that part of the main\\nhighway leading from Royalston to Swansey, extend-\\ning from the State line north four miles and fifty rods,\\nintersecting somewhere with the road before laid out\\nfrom John Martin s to Swansey, on the west side of\\nthe valley by the Joseph Newell place. Abraham\\nRandall was chosen Vendue Master, the first offi-\\ncer of the kind chosen.\\nRAISING MONEY.\\nPrior to 177 1, there is no record of any town grants\\nfor any purpose, but at the annual meeting this year.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF THE\\nfourteen pounds was raised for schooling, and schools\\nwere to be held in six several places. This was the\\nfirst effort made to establish public schools. Prob-\\nably some may have combined in neighborhoods for\\nschooling purposes, and others taught their children\\nat home in the rudiments of learning. The board\\nof selectmen, hitherto chosen, had been elected as\\nassessors, but at the March meeting this year the\\ntown chose Daniel Cass, Wm. Goddard, and Silas\\nGaskill, assessors. The selectmen afterwards gen-\\nerally were the assessors. John Dandley was chosen\\nCaptain, or Master of the Fair, the first officer of\\nthe kind named in the records what the duties of this\\nofficer were, are not fully understood at present. By\\none of the provisions of the original charter, the town\\nwas at liberty of holding two fairs, one the first Tues-\\nday in June, and the other the first Tuesday in No-\\nvember, intended probably to be similar to fairs held\\nin England, for the exhibition and sale of agricultural\\nproducts, and perhaps articles of domestic manufac-\\nture. How many, if any, of these were held, does\\nnot appear, probably none after the commencement\\nof the Revolutionary war.\\nRELIGIOUS RIGHTS.\\nA committee consisting of Jedediah Buffum, Tim-\\nothy Thompson and Jonathan Atherton was chosen\\nto take care of the religious rights belonging to the\\ntown. By the charter one whole share of the town-\\nship was to be for the first settled minister one whole\\nshare for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation\\nof the Gospel in Foreign Parts one whole share for\\na fflebe for the ministrv of the Church of Ensfland, as", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 39\\nby law established. The religious rights entrusted\\nto this committee probably embraced some if not all\\nthe shares above named. These shares finally re-\\nverted to the town, and were sold in 1796, except the\\nshare to the first minister, Rev. Maturin Ballou,\\nwhich he finally re-deeded to the town.\\n1771. CHESHIRE COUNTY ORGANIZED.\\nAs before related, the town had taken action in the\\nmatter of the formation of a new county, and its voice\\nhad been heard through Edward Ainsworth, the com-\\nmittee-man, in relation to the best town for the county-\\nseat. Keene, from its central position, and other rea-\\nsons, was selected. The ordinary county courts, to-\\ngether with the registry of deeds were herein estab-\\nlished this year hence new political duties devolved\\nupon the town in the selection of jurymen. A town\\nmeeting was held the first of October of this year, to\\nchoose a grand juror, and draw a petit juror. Jon-\\nathan Thurber was chosen for the former and Peter\\nHolbrook drawn for the latter for the October term.\\nThis choosing and drawing jurymen in open town\\nmeeting, appears to have been the custom in those\\ntimes in the warrant calling this meeting appears the\\nfirst mention of the county of Cheshire.\\nThe town at tlie annual meeting voted To peti-\\ntion to have the Land re-annexed that was set ofT to\\nSwansey, and as no further mention is made any-\\nwhere of this matter, it is probable that the prayer of\\nthe petitioners was not favorably received, and that\\nwas the end of it.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF THE\\nRECEIPT FOR PROCLAMATION MONEY.\\nProvince of\\nNew Hampshire,\\nPortsmouth March ye t6 A.D. 1771.\\nReceived of Col. Josiah Willard of\\nWinchester Twenty three pounds nineteen shillings and nine pence\\nProclamation money being in full for his Majesty s Q_uit Rents due\\nfrom the Town of Richmond up to the first day of Jan. 1771.\\nJOHN HURD, Receiver of the Quit Rents.\\nExamined and received by Henry Ingalls Town Clerk.\\nThis was the money mentioned in the charter of\\none shilling annually, after ten years, to be paid for\\nthe support of his Majesty s government for every\\nhundred acres each proprietor might have. This\\nmay have been the last money paid for this purpose,\\nfor soon the war commenced, and the quit rents\\nceased.\\n1772. The annual meeting was held at the house\\nof Jedediah Buffum, innholder. The town raised\\n\u00c2\u00a370 for repair of highways the first recorded\\ngrant of the town for that purpose. The town had\\nchosen Jonathan Thurber, Anthony Harris, and\\nOliver Capron, selectmen, and afterwards ad-\\njourned to Constant Barney s barn and there chose\\nsix more on the board of selectmen, viz. Daniel\\nCass, Jonathan Gaskill, Timothy Thompson, Jona-\\nthan Atherton, Joseph Cass, and John Dandley, and\\nafter making choice of these, adjourned to September\\nist, at which time they reconsidered the vote by which\\nthe six additional ones were chosen, and in this sum-\\nmary way turned them out. The barn to which this\\nadjournment was made was on the place where Wil-\\nliam Buftum and his son Esek recently lived, but was\\nowned at that time by Barney.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4I\\n1773. SETTLEMENT WITH TOWN OFFICERS.\\nA committee previously appointed to settle with the\\ntown officers for their past services reported that they\\nhad attended to that duty, and that all had freely\\ngiven to the town all they had done since 1765. The\\nreport appears to have been satisfactory, as the town\\nthen voted to sink \u00c2\u00a33 they had raised to pay for\\nsuch services.\\nFIRST CENSUS, 1773.\\nUnmarried men from i6 to 60, 32\\nMarried men 112\\nBovs 16 and under, 257\\nMen 60 and upwards, 5\\nFemales unmarried, 218\\nFemales married 115\\nWidows, 6\\nTotal 745\\nOliver Capron, Moulton Bullock, Silas Gaskill, Selectmen.\\nABOUT INDIANS, AND HOW THEY KILLED A TRAV-\\nELLER ON HIS WAY TO NORTHFIELD.\\nBut little can be said with certainty about the\\naborigines of this section. That it was within the\\nterritorial limits of the Nipmucs there can be no\\ndoubt. These were the inland tribes north of the\\nPequots and Narragansetts. They roamed up and\\ndown the valley of the upper Connecticut, and their\\nhunting grounds extended to undefined limits on\\neither side of the river. Their boundaries were\\nnatural rather than artificial mountains, rivers,\\nand lakes were landmarks suflRciently accurate for\\nbounds, and also served as guides in their wander-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nings. Their trails were from one mountain peak\\nto another in lines quite direct from Wachusett to\\nMount Grace, from Mount Grace to the Monadnock,\\nand so on ad infnituvi^ or else by the Connecticut,\\nAshuelot, and other rivers. There is no positive\\nproof that this was the lodgment or headquarters of\\nany tribe. No large number of Indian relics abound.\\nThe number of arrow-heads, battle-axes, agricultural\\nor other tools found are quite limited. No signs of In-\\ndian planting fields were discovered by the first set-\\ntlers but that this was a favorite hunting ground there\\ncan be no doubt, for the woods and streams afforded\\na bountiful supply of game and fish. The Nipmucs,\\nwhile less numerous than those tribes nearer the sea-\\nshore, were equally savage and hostile. Their war-\\nriors, when united for a given object, were formid-\\nable. Such were the auxiliaries they furnished to", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 43\\nKing Philip in his bloody war with the whites in\\n1676, which war in the end proved alike disastrous to\\nthe Nipmucs and the shore Indians. Their tribal\\nrelations were so disturbed and broken up by this\\nwar that the remnants of these inland Indians were\\nimpelled, through motives of self-preservation, to\\nabandon forever the home of their ancestors and the\\ngraves of their fathers, and seek asylum among the\\nmore powerful tribes of the north and west. Hence,\\nthe country hereabouts at the time of settlement was\\ncomparatively free from the dominion of the native\\ntribes, and the only fear of molestation was from\\nhostile tribes of the north in league with the French\\nin times of colonial warfare. There is no record or\\ntradition of any inhabitant of the town ever having\\nlost his life by Indians, but the following story,\\nhanded down from various sources, is in the main\\nprobably correct, by which we learn a traveller in\\npassing through the town, was waylaid and killed.\\nThe story, as related, is that two brothers by name\\nof Rogers, on horseback, in going from Boston to\\nNorthfield, and before the town was settled say\\nabout 1755, or near the close of the French and\\nIndian war journeyed together as far as Winchen-\\ndon, where, for some cause unknown, they separated.\\nOne proposed to continue his journey by going\\nthrough Richmond as the better way to reach his\\ndestination, while the other remonstrated against the\\nplan as being exceedingly hazardous, and, if per-\\nsisted in, that he surely would be killed by the\\nIndians. What reasons he had for entertaining\\nthis opinion does not appear. Whether Indians had\\nbeen seen in the vicinity we know not, but at any\\nrate the reasons assigned and arguments used were", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF THE\\ninsufficient to dissuade him from his purpose, and\\nhe resolutely proceeded on his chosen way, after say-\\ning to his brother that no Indian would ever be able\\nto kill him. Nothing worthy of note occurred to the\\ntraveller it is presumed, as he travelled the newly-\\nmade path through the wilderness, until towards\\nnightfall, when by the wayside he had a glance of\\nsome Indians, and about the same time received a\\nshot in the thigh, which fractured the bone and\\nkilled his horse. In this disabled condition, he was\\nbounced upon by the one that had fired the shot, with\\ntomahawk in hand, but such was the strength and\\nprowess of the man that he wrenched the weapon\\nfrom the Indian and threw him on the ground, and\\nwould have killed him if the other had not interposed\\nand, by a murderous blow with his battle-axe, in-\\nflicted a mortal wound on the head of his victim.\\nThis tragic event occurred on the old road which\\nled from Winchester to Royalston, over what is\\ncalled Devil Stair Hill, and was perhaps a half\\nmile east of John Cass inn, on the farm of Timothy\\nThompson, since known as the Enos Holbrook place.\\nThe remains of the murdered man were afterwards\\nremoved to Northfield for interment. Pieces of the\\nsaddle which they had cut up in order to get the\\nbetter parts of the leather for their use were found\\nnear the spot years after, when the place was owned\\nby Mr. Holbrook. It was afterwards ascertained\\nthat there were but two Indians, an old man and\\nhis son that the father was averse to killing the\\ntraveller, and tried in vain to persuade the youngster\\nnot to shoot, and finally would not have interfered\\nin the contest onl}^ to save his son s life. This ex-\\nplanation of their motives and doings in the case, they", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 45\\ntold to somebody in the vicinity of Brattleboro while\\non their way to their tribal home in the north-west.\\nWILD BEASTS.\\nThe early settlers were exceedingly annoyed at\\ntimes by bears and wolves, more particularly the\\nlatter, which infested the surrounding forest in con-\\nsiderable numbers, ever ready when opportunity\\npresented to prey on such domestic animals as might\\ncome within their reach. Doubtless many a tale of\\nthrilling adventure and perilous escape might have\\nbeen recorded at the times they occurred, which\\nwould have presented to the reader feats of unsur-\\npassed daring, thereby enhancing the admiration\\nwhich heroic deeds ever inspire but, unfortunately,\\nlittle can be gleaned from any sources of informa-\\ntion now at hand. We know, indeed, that it must\\nhave been a pressing necessity that prompted the\\noffering of liberal bounties for the extermination of\\nsome of these beasts, the frequent mention of which\\nmay be found in the recorded acts of the town.\\nWhen we reflect that safety for the flocks and herds\\ncould only be secured by corralling the same at\\nnight, we can well imagine how great must liave\\nbeen their solicitude to be rid of these beasts, for\\neven the security aftbrded by pens and barns was", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF THE\\noften inadequate for full protection. How often the\\nweary denizens of the log houses may have been\\naroused from their slumbers at midnight by the\\ndismal wails of their affrighted animals, molested\\nby the stealthy approach of voracious beasts, we\\nmay never know, but that such scenes were of\\nfrequent occurrence there can be no doubt, as the\\nlegends of the olden time abundantly corroborate.\\nBEAR FIGHTS.\\nThe most notable of single-handed encounters with\\nwild beasts which have come down to us by oral tra-\\ndition were the fights which Deacon\\nJohn Cass and Captain Amos Boorn\\nseverally had with bears.\\nDeacon John Cass, keeper of the\\nfamous inn where the first town meet-\\nings were held, had made a clearing\\nof several acres, had built his house\\nand stocked his farm with cattle,\\nsheep, and swine, which nightly were\\nbrought to the farmyard and put in\\n^^=j places of comparative safety. Such\\nwere the surroundings, when early\\none morning in the month of April, about the break\\nof day, he was suddenly startled by a noise indicat-\\ning disturbance in the folds. Hastening at once to\\nlearn the cause of the commotion, he discovered\\na huge black bear by his sheep-pen trying to help\\nhimself to a bit of mutton, for which his appetite,\\nno doubt, had a keen relish. Mr. Cass, impul-\\nsive and courageous, attacked bruin with a pitch-\\nfork near at hand, and for a while the result of the", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 47\\ncontest was uncertain. The bear stoutly resisted,\\nwarding off the blows as a bear knows how, until,\\nby a lucky thrust, the beast was impaled on the tines\\nof the fork, and even then Mr. Cass might not have\\ncome off the victor if his invincible courage had not\\nbeen supplemented by great strength and persever-\\nance but as it was, these proved more than a match\\nfor his brute antagonist.\\nThe combat which Captain Amos Boom had with\\na bear is of nearly equal interest to the one already\\nnarrated, as appears by the following extract from a\\npaper containing a brief history of the East District,\\nNo. 1.3, by Silas Whipple, 1858\\nOne day Mr. Boorn observed a huge bear near the spot where\\nthis house stands (School-house No. 13) making preparations to\\nfeast on some of his domestic animals, and as he did not feel dis-\\nposed to be an eje-witness of such an exhibition without taking an\\nactive part in the affair, he returned to his house, took his faithful\\ngun from its resting place, and proceeded to the scene of action;\\nbut, unfortunately, he did not succeed in conquering his antagonist\\nbefore his slugs were all used. His only resort then was to his\\ncoat-buttons. Having shot them away, and yet Bruin, unwilling\\nto surrender the combat, became desperate, when Jacob Bump\\ncame to the rescue, and by a well-directed blow with his axe,\\ndespatched the beast.\\nBEAR AND WOLF HUNTS.\\nBear hunts were common in the early times, and\\nwere seasons of peculiar enjoyment from the exciting\\nnature of the chase, and the many engaged in beating\\nthe bush for the hidden game. An event of this kind\\nafforded a theme for town talk and neighborhood gos-\\nsip at a time when a ripple of excitement occasionally\\nadded more to the general enjoyment than at present.\\nThe last bear-hunt in town came off as late as 1829.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "48 HISTORY OF THE\\nA report was circulated very extensively that a bear\\nhad been seen in the Pond woods, near Royalston\\nline, and a request accompanied the report for a rally\\nto kill or capture the beast. Accordingly, on the day\\nagreed upon all who were willing were to turn out in\\nmass and surround the woods, and from thence, by\\nagreement, all were to move to a common centre, and by\\nthese means be enabled to discover the varmint, or\\nhis hiding place. The programme was fairly carried\\nout. Men, old and young, with old Qj,ieen s arms\\nand rifles, were on hand eager for the sport. Some\\ncarried tin horns, some tin pans, and others such\\nrattle-to-bang instruments as they might improvise to\\nfrighten the beast from his lair but all to no avail.\\nThe brute had either eluded their vigilance or taken\\nup quarters elsewhere. The latter theory subse-\\nquently proved correct, for, not long after, the bear\\nwas killed in Royalston at a hunt gotten up for the\\npurpose, and thus ended the last bear hunt, much to\\nthe discomfiture of some of the Richmond hunters,\\nwho were eager for the prize, but to the joy of marks-\\nmen of a neighoring town.\\nWolves were more common and also more trouble-\\nsom.e than bears among the flocks and herds. Noise-\\nlessly and stealthily stealing abroad at night, often in\\npacks, they made sad havoc of flocks of sheep and\\nof herds of young cattle left without due protection\\nagainst their nocturnal visits. At other times they\\ngathered in large numbers to some common rendez-\\nvous, and held high carnival, making night hideous\\nwith their bowlings. The last wolf-hunt we can\\nglean any knowledge of was in the north-west part\\nof the town, about 1788, and after the town ceased\\nto ofter bounties for wolves heads. The particulars", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 49\\nof this hunt are now unknown, only in this, that the\\nanimal was killed, and consequently that that part of\\nthe town was relieved from the apprehension of\\nfuture visits from the unwelcome intruders.\\nNOTED HUNTERS IN THE EARLY TIMES.\\nAmong those who became celebrated as hunters in\\nthe early time, the name of Moses Cumstock has\\nbeen handed down as one of the most successful.\\nHe was the tirst settler on what has generally been\\nknown as the Caleb Buftum place. He sought out\\nand killed the more venomous such as wolves,\\nlynx, bears, and catamounts. Possessed of dauntless\\ncourage, single-handed he attacked these beasts with-\\nout hesitancy, oftentimes under circumstances of great\\nperil and danger, and such was his skill that he rarely\\nfailed to secure his game.\\nAnother of the Cumstocks, Abner, who lived on\\nthe place now owned by Hiram P. Sprague, was\\nalmost equally successful as a hunter. He scoured\\nthe woods in the west part, while Moses ranged\\nGrassy hill, the valley of the Tully, and the Pond\\nwoods. Jacob Bump, when he lived on the place\\nnow owned by George B. Hadley, was successful in\\nsecuring game. During one winter he captured and\\nkilled six deer and a moose, the latter was taken near\\nthe brook above Martin s mill, hence for a long time\\nafterwards this locality was called Moose Valley.\\nCaptain Amos Boorn, who lived on the farm now\\nowned by Calvin Martin, was a bear-hunter, and\\nespecially successful in ridding the country of these\\npests. Deacon John Cass could fight bears or any-\\nthing else that came in his way, but was not a profes-\\n4", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "50 HISTORY OF THE\\nsional hunter. Daniel Ballon, at a later date, became\\nfamous as a marksman, and did good service in clear-\\ning out the remnants that occasionally prowled\\nthrough the forest in the east part of the town.\\nLEGENDS OF THE OLDEN TIME.\\nHow William Goddard Saved his Pig.\\nMr. William Goddard, soon after his settlement on\\nthe lot of land lying between the mills and the Alvan\\nBarrus place, the site of whose house is still visible\\nnear a large elm on the west side of the road, was\\nawakened at an unseasonable hour from his slumbers\\nsome time in the early spring of 1772. The cause of\\nhis disquietude was unmistakable. The pig in the\\npen near at hand had evidently been disturbed, as the\\nhigh pitch in the key-notes proceeding therefrom\\nseemed to indicate. A glance at the situation re-\\nvealed at once the cause of the uncommon commo-\\ntion. A black bear, common to the region, was in\\nthe act of bearing away from the enclosure the chief\\nreliance of the family for sausage and bacon. No\\ntime was lost in needless skirmishing at a distance.\\nThe needful preparations were soon completed,\\nhastened no doubt by the piercing squeals of his\\npigship. A loaded gun, always kept in readiness\\nfor any sudden emergency, was brought into use.\\nThe first discharge, misdirected no doubt in the\\nmomentary excitement, caused him to loosen his\\nhold on the pig, but was not effective in preventing\\nhis escape to the bush near by. The sequel of the\\naffair was that a grand bear-hunt was gotten up by\\nthe neighboring settlers a day or tw^o after, and two", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. SI\\nbears that had infested the neighborhood, much to\\nthe annoyance of the settlers in that section, were\\nkilled and brought to the tavern of Deacon John\\nCass, where a division was made of the spoils,\\namidst the mutual rejoicings of the hunters and\\nsettlers there assembled.\\nHow Nathan Aldrich^s Wife Drove a Wolf from her\\nDoor-yard.\\nIt so happened, in the spring of 1771, that Mr.\\nNathan Aldrich had occasion to make a journey to\\nhis native town of Mendon, and as considerable time\\nmust necessarily elapse before his return, he gave\\nspecific orders to a young man* living in the family\\nhow to proceed in case they were molested with\\nwolves that were lurking in the vicinity, and whose\\nfrequent visits of late had been the cause of much\\nannoyance to the family. He gave minute directions\\nabout loading the gun, where it should be kept, and\\nhow handled. His dog, a spunky little cur indeed,\\nbut too small to cope with a wolf, he left behind for\\nthe better protection of the household. Not long\\nafter his departure, the family were aroused by the\\ncries of the dog while being chased by the wolf mto\\nthe door-yard, when soon a fierce tussle ensued be-\\ntween the beasts. At this critical moment, when it\\nappeared probable that the dog could not much\\nlonger withstand the onslaught of the wolf, Mrs.\\nAldrich ordered the youngster to shoot the beast, but\\nwhether from nervousness, irresolution, or want of\\ncourage, may never be known, he could not be in-\\nDaniel Peters.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "52 HISTORY OF THE\\nduced, either by threats or persuasions, to make the\\nattempt. In this emergency, nerved to desperation\\nby seeing the faithful dog torn to pieces in her\\npresence, without more ado she sallied forth with\\nthe implement nearest at hand, a heavy white-birch\\nbroom. This raised aloft, and with a yell of defiance,\\nshe went for him with amazonian bravery, and so\\naffrighted the wolf that he took to his heels and\\nsought shelter in the nearest covert. The dog was\\nfound to be badly lacerated, but finally, after a\\nwhile, recovered, and was more prized than ever for\\nthe grit he had shown in trying to defend himself and\\nthe family of which he seemed to constitute a part, in\\nan affray which, while it cast lustre on the dog,\\ndimmed the reputation of the irresolute, nervous\\nyoung man, whose name soon became the synonym\\nof cowardice and imbecility, and his departure from\\nthat locality was materially hastened, from the un-\\nflattering comments of the neighbors w^ho had heard\\nof the part he took in the transaction. Nor was this\\nall the mishap to the poor young man to cap\\nthe climax, the girl who had favorably received his\\nattentions gave him the mitten, and he went, un-\\ndoubtedly, sorrowing away, a lesson to all other\\naspiring youngsters always to act a manly part in\\nall emergencies of life.", "height": "3200", "width": "1831", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 53\\nHovj Moses C7i?nstock Killed a Panther.\\nThe adventure which Moses Cumstock, who was\\nthe first settler on the farm known as the Caleb\\nBuffum place, had with a catamount, or panther,\\nis of nearly equal interest as a feat of courage and\\nindomitable pluck to that related of General Putnam\\nand the wolf. The Cumstocks, of whom there were\\nfour in the early history of the town, were noted and\\nmighty hunters, who, like Nimrod of olden time,\\nwere renowned for their prowess and dexterity in\\nexterminating voracious beasts, thereby making it\\npossible for civilized man to occupy and cultivate the\\nland. Mr. Cumstock, as was his wont at intervals\\nbetween the more pressing engagements of his farm-\\ning operations, started out one morning in quest of\\ngame. Accompanied by his dog, he made his way\\nto Grassy hill, in the east part of the town. Here\\nhe haply came upon the lifeless body of a deer,\\npartly devoured, as it appeared, by some wild animal\\nthat very morning. The track was immediately\\ntaken b} the dog, and pursuit was made in the\\ndirection of Cass pond, over Devil-stair hill, and\\nthence southerly, near the Falls, to Tully moun-\\ntain, in the east part of Orange. The chase had\\nbeen long and exciting, and withal wearisome it\\nmust have been, in traversing a rough country,\\nthrough woods obstructed at every step by wind-\\nfalls and underbrush. Our hero, nerved b} the\\nhope of securing his game, followed up the pursuit\\nwith unflagging zeal, although it was late in the day\\nwhen the beast was brought to bay in a cave, or den,\\nformed of rocks, on the side of the mountain. The\\nshades of night were fast enclosing the landscape,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "54 HISTORY OF THE\\nand the animal, in a ferocious, defiant attitude, was\\nbut dimly seen in the cavern, when Cumstock, with\\nsteady aim, discharged his rifle between what ap-\\npeared to be two orbs of fire glaring with infernal\\nmalignity. Hastily loading again, he entered the\\napproach to the lair of the beast, ready at once to re-\\npeat the discharge if signs of life should appear but,\\nfortunately, the first shot had done its work. The\\npanther, prostrate and lifeless, was drawn from the\\nden, and on the morrow was transported to the hun-\\nter s home, amidst the rejoicing and joyful acclama-\\ntions of all on the line of his triumphant return.\\nThe animal proved to be the largest of the species\\never taken in the township, and sufficiently powerful,\\nas appeared by his muscular development, to have\\ndestroyed any of the domestic animals with which it\\nmight have come in contact. The skin was dressed\\nfor a robe, and was used for that purpose by Mr.\\nCumstock while he remained in town, and was car-\\nried by him, when he moved to the state of New\\nYork, as a memento of his valor, courage, and per-\\nsistency, in one of the most thrilling encounters con-\\nnected with the early history of the town.", "height": "3190", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n55\\nCHAPTER II.\\nWAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n1775-\\nCondition of Town in 1775 Richmond Company at Battle of Bunker Hill Asso-\\nciation Test Second Census Committee of Safety and Inspection Soldiers in\\nWinchester and Swansey Companies in 1776 Town Bounties, 1777 Captain\\nCapron s Company for relief of Ticonderoga Soldiers in Winchester Company\\nat Battle of Saratoga Bounties paid, 1778 Soldiers Mustered in at Walpole\\nCommittee chosen to hire Men, 1779 Quotas for 1780 Mixed up with Ver-\\nmont Continental Men in the Service Cannon taken through Town Bar-\\nnard Hix and Eleazer Martin The Currency The Price of Articles Fixed\\nTown Action on Salt Readjustment of the Currency The Town at Close\\nof the War The Women of 76.\\nThe period embraced between\\nthe settlenient of the town and\\nthe beginning of the war of the\\nRevolution had been to the col-\\nonists uneventful. They had\\nbeen permitted to devote their\\nenergies to the clearing up and\\nimprovement of their farms, un-\\ndisturbed b} war or other com-\\nmotion which had been the lot\\nof settlers in other places. In\\nthe spring of 1775, the town\\nhad experienced ten years of municipal life, and\\nhad made no inconsiderable progress in transform-\\ning a wilderness into cultivated fields. Most of the\\nland fit for cultivation had been taken up and occu-\\npied still, extensive tracts in the east part had been\\nundisturbed by the woodsman s axe. A cursory\\nglance at the condition of the town at this time may", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "56 HISTORY OF THE\\nnot be out of place here in forming a true estimate of\\nthe services rendered by the first settlers in the Revo-\\nlutionary war. The population of the town was 860,\\nand number of voters about 175. The business\\ncentres of the town were at Daniel Cass and James\\nCook s, at neither place a village. There were some\\nsaw-mills, and one or two grist-mills, two stores and\\nfour or five taverns in town. Many of the families\\nwere still living in log-houses. They had no meeting-\\nhouse of any kind, or school-houses of any descrip-\\ntion. Money was extremely scarce, and not much in\\ncirculation. Their exchanges were mostly made by\\nbarter. Their means of locomotion were extremely\\nlimited, mostly confined to horseback riding, or jolt-\\ning along in the ox-cart light wagons had not\\ncome into use, and covered carriages were not\\nthought of. They had no newspapers or periodi-\\ncals, and no books of any amount. Still, isolated as\\nthey were in the midst of deprivations, they were not\\nignorant of the more important events transpiring.\\nNews was transmitted by living messengers from\\ntown to town, as they might be journeying through\\nthe country. The town talk was largely on topics\\ntouching the rights and liberties of the people. They\\ndiscussed the Stamp Act, the Boston Port Bill,\\nand kindred measures. The disregard of the British\\ngovernment to the petitions, remonstrances, and pro-\\ntests of the people for the redress of grievances had\\nbeen fully considered, and the policy of the king and\\nministry had been unsparingly denounced. Their\\ngravest apprehensions had been awakened by the\\nquartering of British troops in Boston for the purpose\\nof intimidation and coercion, and it is probable that\\nthey foresaw that these continued aggressions on the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 57\\nrights of the people must result in forcible resist-\\nance. Such, then, may be considered a fair repre-\\nsentation of the town when the war commenced, and\\nit may be reasonably assumed that the people were\\nnot wholly unprepared for the contest at hand but it\\nwould seem that they were in a condition such as\\nwould require an exigency of the most pressing\\nurgency for support before a demand could reason-\\nably be made on them for personal service in the\\nfield. When news of the Concord fight reached\\nthem they were busily engaged in the midst of their\\nspring s work. The more active and influential\\ncalled a meeting of the citizens immediately, for\\nconsultation. Some of the leading men in Win-\\nchester were probably there. The situation was\\nfully discussed, and their duties in the emergency\\nduly considered. What they did was wholly volun-\\ntary. No requisition had at this time been made on\\nthe town for soldiers. They were not long in ar-\\nriving at a conclusion. They resolved that their\\nrights and liberties must either be defended with\\nforce and arms, or else they must submit to the\\nbehests of arbitrary power.\\nThe former of these alternatives they wisely chose,\\nand prepared themselves as best they could to meet\\nthe crisis. The people were well united on the ques-\\ntions at issue. The Quakers, whose principles for-\\nbade them to unite in war, gave their sympathies at\\nleast to the popular cause, as appears by their signa-\\ntures on the Association Test hereinafter inserted,\\nwherein they signified that they would not refuse\\nto associate to defend by arms the United Colonies\\nagainst the hostile attempts of the British fleets and\\narmies.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF THE\\nThe number of Tories was quite limited. Only\\none is known finally to have adhered to the royal\\ncause. Thomas Crane, who owned the farm where\\nRobert Swan afterwards lived, in the hollow, left his\\nfarm and family and fled to Nova Scotia, and never\\nreturned. Little can be gleaned from the town\\nrecords in relation to this war. Here and there the\\nrecord of a vote appears defining what bounty shall\\nbe paid to soldiers, or what shall constitute a turn\\nin the service, but nothing to show the amount of\\nservice, or by whom performed.\\nThe first recorded act of the town in sustaining the\\nrevolutionary movement and the Continental Con-\\ngress, was on the sixth of April, 1775, when the fol-\\nlowing vote was passed\\nVoted, To raise three pounds, eight shillings, which the Con-\\ngress has sent for to this town.\\nThis was but thirteen days before the battle of\\nLexington, and was passed at a meeting held at the\\nhouse of Deacon John Cass. The recorded action of\\nthe town at this time but dimly reflects the patriotic\\nsentiments of the people. The evidence is quite\\nconclusive that there was more unanimity in feeling\\nand in sentiment in this town, in the prosecution of\\nthis war, than in either of the others since, in which\\nthe town has taken part. The excitement conse-\\nquent on hearing of the Concord fight must have been\\nintense and all-prevading. We may never know all\\nthat was done, and still less can we know what was\\nsaid but from their subsequent acts, it may be in-\\nferred that stirring speeches of the Patrick Henry\\ntype were made, by whom we hardly know, but may\\nreasonably infer that Henry Ingalls, Esq., Captain\\nOliver Capron, Michael Barrus, David Barne3s David", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n59\\nRussell, and Rufus Whipple, Esq., were prominent\\nin the work of arousing the people to immediate and\\nunited action. The final result of the meeting before\\nalluded to was that nearly a whole company volun-\\nteered under command of Captain Oliver Capron,\\nwhich company joined Colonel Ephraim Doolittle s\\nregiment, which was commissioned at Cambridge on the\\ntwelfth day of June, 1775. This regiment was mostly\\nraised in towns in the north part of Worcester County.\\nFrothingham, in his history of the Siege of Bos-\\nton, says that three hundred of Doolittle s men,\\nunder command of Major Willard Moore of Paxton,\\nwere engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. Some\\nBATTLE OF BUNKKR HILL.\\nof the Richmond Company certainly were in this\\nengagement. Jeremiah Barrus, Sr., the last of the\\nRevolutionary soldiers in town, often spoke of being\\nin that battle. The roll of this company appears in a\\nreturn of the same, Oct. 6, 1775, when stationed at", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "6o HISTORY OF THE\\nWinter hill, in Cambridge. This may be found in\\nthe office of the Adjutant-General at Boston, and is\\nprobably the only record of the company now extant.\\nThe company, soon after this return was made, re-\\nturned to their homes, with the exception of some who\\nenlisted in the Continental army. This completes the\\nrecord of the town in the war for the year 1775 with\\nthe exception of giving the following names of the\\nofficers and soldiers of the Richmond company in\\nColonel Doolittle s regiment, June 12, 1775\\nCapt. Oliver Capron, Lieut. David Barney, Sergt. Henry Ingalls,\\nSergt Rufus Whipple, Sergt. David Russell, Corp. Hezekiah Thur-\\nber, Corp. James Westcoat; Privates Solomon Aldrich, William\\nAldrich, Nathan Barrus, Jeremiah Barrus, William Barney, Samuel\\nCarpenter, Azariah Cumstock, John Ellis, John Garnsey, Abiel\\nKnap, Eleazer Martin, Eli Page, Daniel Peters, Israel Peters,\\nTimothy Robinson, David Shearman, Jeremiah Thayer, John\\nWooley.\\nSixteen others from Winchester, Warwick, and\\nother places, joined this company.\\nEarly in the spring of 1776, Congress took pre-\\ncautionary measures to ascertain the state of the\\npopular mind, and to strengthen the cause of liberty\\nand independence, in defence of which the patriots\\nhad already taken up arms. The Committee of\\nSafety for New Hampshire sent to the selectmen of\\nthe several towns a copy of the resolution of Congress\\nfor endorsement. The selectmen of Richmond ob-\\ntained, finall3S nearly all the voters of the town. On\\nJune 26th, twelve, for reasons set forth, refused to sub-\\nscribe, but after the Declaration of Independence on\\nthe fourth of the following month, ten of these united\\nwith the others, leaving but two that remained obsti-\\nnate. Among the subscribers to the resolution may", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 6l\\nbe seen the name of Thomas Crane, who is reported\\nto have been disloyal to the popular cause, but at this\\ntime was induced to subscribe to the Association\\nTest.\\nBut two in town were disarmed, viz.. Captain Amos\\nBoorn and Jonathan Sweet, and this was done the\\nyear betbre, in 1775. This was probably a hasty and\\ninconsiderate act, as appears from the subsequent\\naction of the town in making ample remuneration for\\nthe loss sustained.\\nASSOCIATION TEST.\\nColony of New Hampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety,\\nApril 12, 1776.\\nIn order to carry the underwritten Resolve of the Honorable Con-\\ngress into execution, you are requested to desire all Males above\\nTwenty-one years of age (Lunatics, Idiots, and Negroes excepted)\\nto sign to the Declaration on this paper, and when so done to make\\nreturn thereof, together with the name or names of all who shall\\nrefuse to sign the same, to the General Assembly or Committee of\\nSafety of this Colony.\\nM. WEARE, Chair num.\\nIn Congress, March 14, 1776.\\nResolved, That it is recommended to the several Assemblies,\\nConventions, and Councils or Committees of Safety of the United\\nColonies immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within\\ntheir respective Colonies, who are notoriously disaft ected to the\\ncause of America, or who have not associated, or refuse to associate,\\nto defend by Arms the United Colonies against hostile attempts of\\nthe British fleets and armies.\\n(Copy) Extract from the minutes.\\nCHARLES THOMPSON, Sec y.\\nSIGNERS IN RICHMOND.\\nConstant Barney, Solomon Atherton, Simpson Hammond, Jer-\\nemiah Thayer, Azariah Comstock, Jr., Samuel Ilix, Abraham", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nBarrus, Francis Norwood, Jr., Ephraim Hix, Nathaniel Wliipple,\\nJoseph Cass, Edmund Ingalls, Barnabas Thrasher, Ebenezer\\nOrnsbe, Matturian Ballon, Israel Whipple, Reuben Parker, Richard\\nPeters, Oliver Barrus, John Robinson, Ebenezer Peters, John\\nDanly, Peter Holbrook, Elezer Martin, Isaac Benson, Nathan\\nHadley, Isrill Peters, Daniel Read, John Barrus, John Woolley,\\nDaniel Greens, Joseph Kazey, Ebenezer Cole, John Scott, James\\nKingsley, Samuel Carpenter, Michael Barrus, Amos Garnsej,\\nJonathan Jillson, Alles Thajer, Rufus Whipple, John Ellis, John\\nGarnsej, Jonathan Atherton, David Cass, Jeremiah Thajer, Jr.,\\nOliver Garnsej, Oliver Capron, Ichabod Whipple, Timothj\\nThompson, Azariah Comstock, Dan. Freeman, Ezra Ormsbee,\\nSeth Ballon, David Barnej, James Westcott, Moses Comstock,\\nBenjamin Thrusher, Solomon Aldrich, Ezra Daj, Ebenezer Bar-\\nrus, Eli Page, Stephen Kempton, Abraham Barrus, Jr., William\\nGoddard, Jeremiah Bullock, Timothy Robinson, Henrj Ingalls,\\nOliver Hix, Nehemiah Thajer, Amos Hix, Abiel Knap, Nath l\\nWhipple, Jonathan Bozard, Thomas Woolej, Othniel Daj, David\\nSherman, David Hix, Moses Tjler, Abner Aldrich, Jr., Barnard\\nHix, Jacob Bump, Abraham Randall, Enoch White, Josiah Streaton,\\nAsa Man, Paul Handj, William Aldrich, John Cass, Holab Smith,\\nJonah Twitchel, Samson Thajer, Aaron Aldrich, Ephraim Taft,\\nJonathan Bools, Thomas Bowen, Silas Taft, Joseph Newell, Joseph\\nWing, Abraham Man, John Martin, John Wing, Isquire Whipple,\\nGeorge Martin, Jonathan Gaskill, Grindall Thajer, Robert Works,\\nJohn Sprague, Francis Norwood, Thomas Crane, Israel Phillips,\\nJohn Cass, David Russell, Thomas Horton, Oliver Ormsbe, Moses\\nMartin, Silas Gaskill, James Tilson, Peter Martin, John Martin, Jr.,\\nPaul Bojce, Joseph Cass, Jr., William Cook, Jeans Ballou, Daniel -7^\\nCass, Luke Cass, Silas Ballon, Daniel Cass, Jr., Richard Peters,\\nJr., Hezekiah Thurber, James Ranan, Noah Curtis, Jonathan\\nSweet, Gideon Man, Amriah Curtis, Daniel Peters, Ezra Allen,\\nSamuel Curtis, Moses Allen, Annanias Aldrich, Joseph Allen,\\nAbner Aldrich, Jedediah Buifum, Tribe Aldrich, Nathan Harkness,\\nOliver Mason, Jonathan Thurber, George Cook, William Gernej,\\nNathan Aldrich, Nathan Bullock, Peter Aldrich, Anthonj Harris,\\nUriah Harris, Nathaniel Taft, Artemas Aldrich.\\nDaniel Read, John Danlj, Selectmen.\\nAugust 30th, 1776.\\nRichmond, June the 26th, 1776.\\nTo the Hoti blc Provcncil Congress\\nThese do Certify the Reason Whj we the Subscribers do not sine\\nthe Resolution of the Congress in taking up Amies. We do not", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 63\\nBelieve that it is the will of God to take awaj the Lives of our\\nfellow orators, not that we come out against the Congress or the\\nAmarican Liberties, but when ever we are Convinctto the Contory\\nwe are Redy to goine our Amarican Brieathen to defend by armes\\nagainst the Hostile attempts of the British fleets and Armies.\\nAmos Boorn, Luke Cass,\\nJeabTs Ballou, Anthony Harris,\\nEnoch White, Uriah Harris,\\nWilliam Cook, Martin Ellis,\\nAnnanias Aldrich, Oliver Mason,\\nThomas Horten, Simson Thayer. 12.\\nSECOND CENSUS, 1775.\\nThe number of the Inhabitence of the town of Richmond is as\\nfolloweth\\nMails under 16 years of Age, 2S0\\nMails from 16 of Age to 50 not in the Army, 143\\nAll mails above 50 years of Age, 16\\nPersons gone in the Army, 26\\nAll Females, 395\\nNegroes Slaves for Life, o\\n860\\nGuns fit for use, 56\\nPowder, 5 lb.\\nThe number of fire-arms wanting, 88\\nThe above Account taken by Us Sept. 23, 1775,\\nWilliam Goddard,\\nEnoch White, Selectmen.\\nDaniel Read, J\\n1776. A Committee of Safety, Inspection, and Cor-\\nrespondence was chosen Jan. 29, 1776, consisting of\\nIsaac Benson, Michael Barrus, Constant Barney, of\\nSafety and Inspection Israel Whipple, James Kings-\\nley, Amos Garnsey, of Correspondence.\\nThese were chosen to act in conjunction with the\\nprovincial committees of the same name, the object of\\nwhich was to keep the government fully apprised", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "64 HISTORY OF THE\\nof the true condition of the popular cause, and to act\\nas auxiliaries to the authorities in prosecuting the\\nwar. Voted at the meeting of January 29, Not to\\nraise powder money voted last spring.\\nA company, largely recruited in Winchester, was\\nin the service in August, 1776, for the purpose of\\nrepelling a threatened attack on our northern frontier.\\nIn this company the names of seventeen Richmond\\nmen are found, inscribed In a roll of Capt. Wm.\\nHumphrey s Company, in the northern army, in the\\nContinental Service, as mustered and paid by Samuel\\nAshley, Esq., Muster-master and Paymaster of said\\nCompany, which roll may be found in the archives of\\nthe State at Concord.\\nNAMES OF THE RICHMOND MEN IN THE WINCHESTER\\nCOMPANY.\\nIsrael Whipple, 2d Lieut. Daniel Whipple, Corp. Benjamin\\nEllis, Sergt. John Woolej, Drummer Privates Zebulon Streeter,\\nHenry Ellis, Amos Hicks, Asa Hicks, Azariah Cumstock, Jr.,\\nOliver Garnsej, Amos Garnsey, Simpson Hammond, Ebenezer\\nPeters, James Tilson, John Garnsey. Jr., Moses Cumstock, Daniel\\nFreeman.\\nThe following names appear in a Swansey com-\\npany, as contained in a roll of John Houghton s\\ncompany, in Col. Baldwin s regiment, for New York,\\nmustered and paid b} James Hammond, Esq., muster\\nand paymaster of said company, Sept. 22, 1776,\\nviz.\\nDaniel Shearman, Allis Thayer, James Cook, David Barney,\\nJonathan Kingsley, Abiel Knap, Barnard Hicks, James Westcoat,\\nCaleb Ellis.\\nTimothy Martin and Jesse Martin were in Col.\\nDaniel Moore s regiment, which marched to the de-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 65\\nfence of New York, agreeable to a requisition of\\nnineteenth day of December, 1776. Jesse Martin\\nmay have lived in Warwick at this time.\\nJoseph Allen was in the 2d Regiment of the Con-\\ntinental army, in New York, Sept. 16, 1776-\\nBenjamin Starkey, brother of Joseph, was in the\\nservice about two years. He became an invalid, and\\nobtained Jeremiah Barrus as a substitute.\\n1777. \u00e2\u0080\u0094WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\nThe following were chosen this year on the Com-\\nmittee of Safety, Inspection, and Correspondence\\nMichael Barrus, Israel Whipple, Amos Garnsey,\\nPeter Holbrook, and Joseph Cass. At the annual\\nmeeting the town refused to augment the bounty of\\n^sucli soldiers as would volunteer to go in the expedi-\\ntion to Canada.\\nMay 16. Voted, Tliat eight months constitute a Turn in the\\nservice, and that a bounty of twelve pounds be given for said\\nservice.\\nV^oted, Also, that all who have done Turns, or parts of Turns, in\\nthe war, to have credit in the rates.\\nVoted, To allow the men their expenses, and pay for their time,\\nthat went to Cambridge on the alarm at time of the Concord light\\nin the year 1775.\\nVoted, To raise money to hire men to go into the service for\\neight months, or a longer time. Chose Isaac Benson, Capt.\\nCapron, and Constant Barney, a committee to hire the men.\\nDec. 3. Voted, To increase the bounty to soldiers to twenty-\\nfour pounds, instead of twelve, for a Turn, or eight months, to be\\nallowed in the rates.\\nSERVICE PERFORMED IN 1777.\\nIn Capt. Davis Howlett s company, of Col. Ash-\\nley s regiment, which marched from Keene, May 4,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OF THE\\n1777, to reinforce the Continental army at Fort\\nTiconderoga, were Lieut. Edmund Ingalls, Timothy-\\nRobinson, Ebenezer Barrus, Sylvanus Cook, John\\nEllis, Jonathan Kingsley, Israel Peters, Peletiah\\nRazey, John Wooley, Jonathan Westcoat. These\\nwere probably all from Richmond.\\nIn June, 1777, nearly a whole company was\\nenlisted in Richmond for special service on the\\nnorthern frontier, the object of which was to relieve\\nFort Ticonderoga, then under command of General\\nSt. Clair, from the threatened attack of General Bur-\\ngoyne, whose forces were approaching the place.\\nThe company was mustered in at Winchester on the\\ntwenty-ninth of- June, and from thence marched one\\nhundred and twenty miles to Ticonderoga, there to\\nfind that the fort had been evacuated on the fifth of\\nJuly, and was then in possession of the British,\\nand that the American army was on its retreat\\ntowards Fort Edward. x\\\\s the company enlislcd\\nsolely for the relief of Ticonderoga, and as this\\nspecial duty had been performed so far as prac-\\nticable, they concluded not longer to continue the\\nmarch, but they returned at once to tlieir homes,\\nhaving travelled two hundred and forty miles, and\\nreceived for their services the sum of \u00c2\u00a3208 17s. 8d.\\nThe following roll of the company may be found\\nin the Department of State, at Concord\\nA Muster If oil of Capt. Oliver Capron s Company, in Col. Samuel\\nAshley s Regiment of Alilitia, -vliick marched to the relief of\\nTiconderoga., Jjyj\\nCapt. Oliver Capron, Lieut. Ilenry Ingalls, Ensign Rufiis\\nWhipple, Sergt. Solomon Atherton, Sergt. Michael Barms, Corp.\\nJohn Ellis, Drummer John Wooley; Privates David liarnev, David\\nHix, Samuel Ilix, Simeon Hix, Seth Bailou, Reuben Parker,\\nIJliphalet llix, Jeremiah Bullock, Stephen Kempton, Benjamin", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n67\\nIni^alls, JeftVey Amherst Barney, David Russell, Benjamin Thrasher,\\nJonathan Bosworth, Philip Aldrich, Peter Ilulbrook, Asel Harris,\\nAbner Aldrieh, Samuel Carpenter, James Cook, Constant Barney,\\nOliver Barrus, Eli Page, Daniel Thurber, John Barrus, Othnial\\nDay, William Goddard, James Shafter, Ilezekiah Thurber, Samuel\\nHunting, Israel Whipple.\\nIn this company were twenty-three others from\\nWinchester, Warwick, and other places. Soon after\\ntheir return, quite a number of this company re-\\nenHsted in a Winchester company, as appears on A\\nPay-Roil of Capt. Samuel Wright s Company, in Col.\\nNichols Regiment, and General Stark s Brigade of\\nMilitia, which Company marched from Winchester, in\\nTROPHIES OF BENNINGTON.\\nthe State of New Hampshire, and joined the Northern\\nContinental Army at Bennington and Stillwater, July\\n23 1777 including their travel home, allowing one\\nday s pay for every twenty miles, which roll may be\\nfound in the State Department at Concord. This\\ncompany was raised to check General Burgoyne in\\nhis march from Canada to New York by way of Lake\\nChamplain and the Hudson River, and whose object", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF THE\\nin this was to sever New England from the other col-\\nonies. His march had been triumphant until a part of\\nhis army, under General Baum, was defeated at Ben-\\nnington (August i6) by the Americans under General\\nStark, and again defeated at Stillwater, September 19,\\nand on October 7, was fought the second battle of\\nStillwater (or Saratoga), when his whole army was\\nsurrendered as prisoners of war to the American\\nforces. Now, this Winchester company was at the\\nbattle of Bennington, under General Stark, and in\\nthe first battle of Stillwater, September 19, and did\\ngood service to the American cause, and were honor-\\nably discharged September 24, and were paid for two\\nmonths and two days service, the pay of the privates\\nper month being \u00c2\u00a34 14s., Continental money.\\nIn this company were the following names, viz.\\nLieut. Henry Ingalls, Sergt. John Ellis, Corp. Samuel Hicks;\\nPrivates Benjamin Ingalls, Eli Page, Eliphalet Hicks, James\\nShafter, Jeremiah Bosworth, James Cook, Jonathan Kingsley,\\nJeftVey Barney, Jeremiah Barrus, Joseph Ingalls, James Westcoat,\\nJohn Wooley, Nathan Bullock, Peletiah Razey, Peter Starkey,\\nSimeon Hicks, Reuben Parker.\\nLieut. Henry Ingalls was wounded at the battle of\\nBennington, as we are informed by his grand-daugh-\\nter, Mrs. Eliza B. Garfield.\\n1778. January 14th, of this year, the town adopted\\nthe policy of extending the time of enlistment, as ap-\\npears by the following vote\\nVoted, To raise men for the Continental Service for fhe duration\\nof this present war with Great Britain, or three years.\\nChose Rufus Whipple, Edmond Ingalls, and Mr. Nicholas Cook\\ncommittee to hire said men.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 69\\nAt the annual meeting\\nVoted, That the Committee of Safety stand another year, or\\nuntil another is chosen.\\nJune 15. Voted, Not to increase the bounty put on by the State.\\nVoted, To raise three men to serve until the first of January next,\\nunless sooner discharged.\\nChose John Barrus, Daniel Read and James Westcoat a commit-\\ntee to hire the men, and to pay the sum or sums the committee\\nshall give for said men.\\nThe committee chosen January 14 to hire men for\\nthe service, of which Rufus Whipple was chairman,\\nsucceeded in obtaining the following recruits for two\\nyears, as appears by the following return\\nWalpole, Febuary 13th, 177S.\\nThis is to Sartifie the town of Richmond that Rufus Whipple\\nhath got mustered Thirteen men for the town of Richmond to Sarve\\ntwo years in the Conental Sarvis.\\nPeleg Williams, Lieut. Jona. Willard, Esq. Samuel Royes, Asa\\nCrasson, Henry Carter, Joseph Powers, Nathaniel Powers, Abner\\nPowers, John Symonds, Noah Porter, John Withy, Lewis Clisco,\\nJohn Smith, Jeams Wier, Thomas Hunt, Jeams Marrel, William\\nTaggart.\\nIn the foregoing list are fifteen names, the first two\\nof which may have been intended for witnesses, per-\\nhaps but evidently none were Richmond men.\\nThis completes the record of the town so far as\\nknown in this war, for the year 1778-\\n1779. July 6, of this year, the town chose Capt.\\nOliver Capron, Jonathan Atherton, and Benjamin\\nMay, a committee to hire men to fill the town quota\\nfor the Continental army, and to go to Rhode Island.\\nSept. 6. looted. Not to allow the men credit that have done\\nmore than their proportion in the war witii Great Britain.\\nOct. 21. Voted, For the General Court to hire one man for said\\nRichmond that is wanting for the Continental Army for one year.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "^O HISTORY OF THE\\nThe above brief record comprises all that now\\nappears of the doings of the town as pertaining to the\\nwar in 1779. It is sufficient to know, however, that\\nthe town had filled its quotas, with the exception\\nof one man that was wanting on the twenty-first\\nday of October but how many men the commis-\\nsioners hired, and who they were, we may never\\nknow.\\n1780. June 28, the town was called upon to furnish\\nsix men for General Washington s army, and a commit-\\ntee consisting of Isaac Benson, Israel Whipple, and\\nDaniel Read, was chosen to hire the men for six\\nmonths. They were empowered to engage silver,\\npaper currency, or specie.\\nJuly 5. Chose Isaac Benson, Israel Whipple, and\\nDavid Barney a committee to hire twelve men to go\\ninto the service. This committee was authorized to\\nhire men to go into the service if more are called for\\nbefore our next annual meeting, and empowered to\\ngive security to the men the} shall hire to go into the\\nservice, in silver money or paper currency or specie,\\nas the} shall think proper. Thus it appears that the\\ntown was called upon to furnish at least eighteen\\nmen for the Continental army in the year 1780, but\\nwhether these quotas were filled does not appear.\\n1781. Feb. 7. Then chose Isaac Benson, Israel\\nWhipple, and David Barney, to hire the twelve men\\nsent for. There is no positive evidence by which we\\ncan determine whether this was a new call or the\\nquota of the year before remaining unfilled, but prob-\\nably the former.\\nAt the annual meeting it was voted to pay Enoch\\nWhite ten pounds old way for his mare that was\\nlost in the time of the evacuation of Ticonderoga,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 7 1\\nthat the town took iVom him and voted to pa}-^ him\\ntwenty shillings old way for his saddle and bridle.\\nMay 2. Voted, That the soldiers that went from this town into\\nthe service last year shall receive their bounty and wages from this\\ntown out of money that was assessed under New Hampshire, and\\nthe remainder be for this town to defray town charges.\\nThe reason why the words assessed under New\\nHampshire were used in the foregoing vote was\\nthat the town, on the nineteenth of March, 1781, had\\nvoted unanimously to join the State of Vermont,\\nand, in consequence of this transfer of allegiance, the\\ntown proposed to retain the state tax mone}^ due New\\nHampshire, and use the same for the purpose set\\nforth in the above vote.\\nJune 4, 1781, at a town meeting called in the\\nname of the State of Vermont, Washington Ss., it\\nwas\\nVoted., To raise fourteen men under the State of Vermont.\\nChose Edmontl Ingalls, Rufus Whipple, and Noah Curtis a com-\\nmittee to hire said men, and to proceed in that method they shall\\nthink most to the advantage of said town.\\nAt the same time\\nVoted For all the horses that went on the alarm last fall be paid\\nfor at the usual rate.\\nJuly 13, 1781, at a meeting called in the name of\\nthe State of Vermont held at Hezekiah Man s barn,\\nunder an article in the warrant To see what the town\\nthinks proper to do with the money in the select-\\nmen s hands, as the soldiers refuse to take it for their\\nwages,\\nVoted., For the Selectmen to make the best advantage they can of\\nthe Continental Money that is in their hands, and in the Constable s\\nhands, that belongs to said town, that the soldiers refuse to take.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "72 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlso, at the same time, it was\\nVoted, Not to raise the Continental Men under New Hampshire.\\nVoted, That Amos Boorn and Jonathan Sweet shall have pay for\\ntheir guns that was taken from them in the year 1775, and that\\nBoorn and Sweet be allowed one hundred for one in their rates.\\n1782. Richmond, together with other New Hamp-\\nshire towns that had joined Vermont the year before,\\nwas obliged to resume its former relationship to New\\nHampshire, in consequence of the act of Vermont in\\naccepting the Connecticut River as the eastern\\nboundary of the State. Having no officers duly\\nqualified by law to call a town meeting, Samuel\\nAshley, Esq., of Winchester, issued a warrant for\\nthat purpose, April 19, for a town meeting to be\\nheld at Hezekiah Man s, May 6, 1782. At this\\nmeeting it was\\nVoted, To proceed to raise twelve Continental men.\\nWhether this was a new call or an unfilled quota at\\nthe time the town seceded, we are unable to deter-\\nmine. At any rate, it was the last recorded action of\\nthe town in the matter of raising men for the service\\nin the war of the Revolution, as the surrender of\\nGeneral Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown, Va.,\\non the nineteenth of October of that year, virtually\\nclosed the war, and hence no more soldiers were\\nwanted.\\nNov. 4, 1782, at a town meeting held at the Baptist\\nmeeting-house, it was\\nVoted, Not to pay John Scott for a pair of horses that the select-\\nmen took from him in the alarm of 1777.\\nBy examination of the foregoing pages, it will be\\nseen that the people had rendered important service", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 73\\nin the companies of militia that had been raised pre-\\nvious to 1778. After this time the theatre of the war\\nwas transferred from the more eastern section to the\\nmiddle and southern states. Hence men, whose\\ndomestic duties would not permit a long absence,\\nwere restrained from marching to the scenes of strife\\nin distant parts. More difficulty was experienced in\\nfilling the town quotas during the last years of the\\nwar, caused in part by the depreciation of the Conti-\\nnental money, but more largely, perhaps, by reason\\nof the reverses that had attended the American army\\nin the middle and southern states. The Vermont\\ncontrovers}^ by causing a divided allegiance of the\\ntown for a time, together with the animosity and\\nhatred engendered thereby towards New Hampshire,\\nmay have prevented the prompt filling of the last\\ncalls made under New Hampshire as also did this\\nunfortunate occurrence cause the town to withhold\\nthe New Hampshire state tax, levied for the purpose\\nof carrying on the war. But admist all the reverses,\\nperplexities, and controversies of the time, the record\\nof the town is honorable for the unwavering fidelity\\nmanifested throughout for the cause of liberty and in-\\ndependence. While we believe that the list is quite\\nfull and complete of those that performed service\\nin the militia companies that volunteered at various\\ntimes, we feel confident that some Richmond men\\nwere in the Continental army of which we have no\\ntrace. It is quite probable that many of those whose\\nnames appear in the militia companies were soldiers\\nin the Continental army some time during the war.\\nIn addition to those afore-named in the army, we find\\nthe following names Eleazer Martin, Barnard Hix,\\nCaleb Thayer, and William Green, the latter coming", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nto town a long time alter the war closed. The first\\nthree of these died of wounds, or disease contracted\\nin the service.\\nMEN IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.\\nAs appears on the rolls at Concord, Richmond was\\nrepresented as follows\\nIn 1777 Continental men, 15, paid \u00c2\u00a3465\\n1778 13, 555 I2S.\\n1779 5, 180\\n17S1 Frontiersmen,. .15, 162 los.\\nCANNON TAKEN THROUGH TOWN.\\nSome of the cannon used at the battle of Benning-\\nton were transported from Boston through Richmond,\\non tlie old road over Devil-stair hill, and by the John\\nCass tavern, and it is reported that the sound of the\\ncannonading was distinctl} heard in Richmond by\\nJacob Bump and others on the day of the battle,\\nAug. 16, 1777.\\nREVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS IN THE STATE-\\nARCHIVES AT CONCORD.\\nBarnard Hix.\\nState of\\nNrw Hamp r.\\nIn House of Representatives, Aug t 20th, 177S.\\nThe Committee on sick and wounded soldiers, c., reported that\\nhavina; taken under consideration the account of Jane Hix for the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "TOWX OF RICHMOND. 75\\nfuneral expenses of her husband, Barnard Ilix, who died a soldier\\nwhen belonging to Capt. Stoughton s Company in Col. Baldwin s\\nRegiment, which account amounts to four pounds, eleven shillings\\nand eight pence, are of opinion that the amount of said account\\nbe allowed and paid out of the Treasury.\\n(Signed) GEO. KING,\\nFor the Committee.\\nWhicii report being read and considered\\nVoted, That the same be received and accepted, and that the\\nPresident give order accordingly.\\nSent up for concurrence.\\nJOHN DUDLEY, Speaker /ro tern.\\nIn Council, Aug t 21st, 1778.\\nRead and concurred.\\nE. THOMPSON, Sec y.\\nEleazer Martin.\\nState of\\nNew Hamp r.\\nIn House of Representatives, Nov r 12th, 1788.\\nThe Committee on Petitions of sick and wounded soldiers re-\\nported their opinion that Eleazer Martin, a soldier in Capt. Ellis\\nCompany and Col. Scammell s Regiment, wounded at the battle\\nnear Saratoga, Sept. 19th, 1777, be allowed and paid for his doctor s\\nbill six pounds and four shillings, and that he is entitled to half-\\npa} agreeable to resolve of Congress, and that he be entered on\\nRoll accordingly, commencing Jan. ist, 177S. All which is humbly\\nsubmitted.\\n(Signed) NICHL. GILMAN,\\nFor the Committee.\\nWhich report being read and considered\\nVoted, That the same be received and accepted, and the President\\ngive order of payment to Mr. Daniel Read.\\nREVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS.\\nDepreciation of tJie Currency., lyjg.\\nThe j^overnment, in order to carry on the war of\\nthe Revolution, was oblii^ed to issue bills of credit\\nknown as Continental mone} This, with the state", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nscrip, constituted the circulating medium of exchange\\nduring the war. The longer the war continued the\\nmore the money depreciated, until the ratio of this\\nmU\\nTHISBOleiititlesiU\\nSIX SPANISH MltLED\\nDOLLARS, or the\\nValu\u00c2\u00a3 thereof in GOLD\\n^I SIJJVEK-iccardXne to\\na-Resoiation of COX\\nGRESS puBiidaiPhi.\\nladelphiaNov-Z- IJ/S\\nmam^mMi-\\nCONTINENTAL CURRENCY.\\nscrip to silver was as a hundred to one. The follow-\\ning tax, assessed in 1779, illustrates more fully the\\ngreat depreciation at that time, viz.\\ns. (f.\\nist Continental Tax Bill, i i74 7 6\\nState Tax Bill, 782 iS 6\\n2d Continental Tax Bill, 3\u00c2\u00bb523 2 6\\nCounty Tax Bill, 68 19 10 i\\nTown Tax assessed, 4 4io 18 o\\nSchool Tax, 300 o o\\nHighway Tax, 800 o o\\nTotal, It, 060 6 4 I\\nAt the annual meeting, 1779, it was\\nVoted, That the pay for working on the highways be $5 a day\\nfor a man, 15s. for oxen, and los. for a cart.\\nThe depreciation in 1780 was still greater, as\\nappears by the amount granted for schooling, which", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 77\\nDepreciation in lySo.\\nwas \u00c2\u00a3600, and for highways \u00c2\u00a32,400, equivalent to\\n$3,000 and $12,000, respectively, for these two pur-\\nposes and for a bounty on a wolf s head, \u00c2\u00a360 was\\noffered, equal to $300 in paper.\\nSTATING THE PRICE OF ARTICLES.\\nThe Town Fixes the Price of Merchandise.\\nThe people were obliged to resort to legislation to\\nprotect themselves against the exorbitant demands of\\ntraders and others having articles to sell, when payment\\nwas made in Continental or state scrip and agree-\\nable to an act that had been passed, authorizing the\\nseveral towns to fix the prices at which articles\\nshould be sold by publishing a list thereof with\\nprices affixed to the same, the town, on the sixteenth\\nof May, 1777, chose Daniel Read, Henry Ingalls,\\nand Amos Garnsey, a committee to state articles\\nspecified in an act passed by this State, and to state\\nall things that shall be thought proper by said Com-\\nmittee to notify said articles in the town, and after\\npublishing to be put in execution by all breaches of\\nsaid act.\\nThe Town Action on Salt.\\nOne of the greatest inconveniences of the time, and\\nlargely the outgrowth of the war, was the scarcity\\nand consequently the high price of salt. The\\nurgency was considered so great by some that they\\nhad tlie matter brought before the town, Dec. 2,\\n1776; but the town at that time evidently had so\\nmany burdens to bear that they\\nVoied. Not to act as a town concerning salt,\\nhaving each to supply himself as best he could.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF THE\\nRECOMMENDATION FOR A READJUSTMENT OF THE\\nCURRENCY, c.\\nAt a Legal town meeting held in Richmond, the 31st day of\\nAugust last,\\nVoted, To give our Representatives the following Instructions\\nTo motion to the General Cort, at the Next Seting first to not\\ngrant the Requisition of Congress, at present. Second to receive\\nfinal settlements at six shillings and eight pence on the pound until\\nthe fifteenth of December next for all outstanding taxes. Third to\\ncall in all public securitys Drawing Interest that was issued by this\\nstate and Cut them into Certifjcats and said Certifycats to pay\\nall state county and town taxes and to pay all Executions or to\\nmake paper money to Redeem said security and to answer the pur-\\nposes aforesaid.\\nRichmond, September 4th, A. D., 1786.\\nHENRY INGALLS, Tozun Clerk.\\nBy the above it will be seen that the town in 17S6\\nfixed on six shillings and eight pence, or one third of\\nthe amount appropriated under inflation, as a just\\nbasis in the settlement of back taxes. This recom-\\nmendation in relation to Certifycats seems to be\\nequivalent to the plan advocated by some at the\\npresent time, of paying all government bonds and\\ndues in greenbacks.\\nIn closing this brief notice of the war of the Revo-\\nlution, we would say that it is more than probable\\nthat much has been lost of the doings of Richmond\\nmen in this war the mist of one hundred years\\nenshrouds the events of that period from our view.\\nThe personal experiences of the soldiers, their ad-\\nventures, accidents, and anecdotes, if spread upon\\nthese pages in connection with the dry detail of\\nrecorded service, would have given that variety in-\\ndispensable to the completeness of an historical record\\nof this kind. In the general summing up, it may be", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 79\\ntruly said that the town went bravely through the\\nwar, resolutely performing its duty. Whilst it suf-\\nfered loss, endured hardship, and braved dangers, it\\nwas not seriously crippled in its resources, nor were\\nits vital statistics at all impaired. The town was\\nyoung and full of vitalit} was in the process of de-\\nvelopment and growth hence its power of recupera-\\ntion was both rapid and permanent. One of the\\nresults indirectly growing out of this service was a\\nspirit of emigration, engendered by the soldiers who\\nwent on expeditions to Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and\\nelsewhere, and on their return gave glowing accounts\\nof the then North-West.\\nTiiese reports so full of promise, caused many to\\npull up stakes and leave. Numbers went to Vermont\\nand New York soon after, seeking for cheaper and\\nbetter lands.\\nBut few of the descendants of the Revolutionary\\nsoldiers are now in the town. The following list of\\nsoldiers comprises all that are known to have any de-\\nscendants herein, viz. Capt. Oliver Capron, Heze-\\nkiali Thurber, Jeremiah Barrus, Jeremiah Thayer,\\nMichael Barrus, Seth Ballou, Oliver Barilis, William\\nGoddard, James Shafter, and Peter Starkey.\\nIt will be seen that Richmond and Winchester\\nacted largely together in the militia service they ren-\\ndered during the Revolutionary war. Winchester\\nsoldiers joined Captain Capron s company in 1775,\\nand Richmond soldiers were in Captain Humphries\\nand in Captain Wright s companies in 1776 and\\n1777. This indicates a fraternal feeling existing\\nbetween the two towns at that time, and the same is\\nprobably true during all the time since. This town\\nhas ever had more trade and intercourse with Win-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "8o\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nChester than with other towns and, at the present\\ntime Richmond is quite fully represented in the popu-\\nlation of Winchester, and it may fairly be presumed\\nthat the latter town has gained by the acquisition.\\nTHE WOMEN OF SEVENTY-SIX.\\nThe women who shared with the men of the Revo-\\nlutionary period in the toils, privations, and difficulties\\nattendant on a new settlement in the wilderness, to-\\ngether with the additional burden of a long and\\nBELI.ES OF 76.\\nexhaustive war, are entitled to special mention.\\nWhen the husbands and fathers were away in the\\nservice, the care of the household and farm largely\\nfell upon them. The family must have been quite de-\\npendent for support on the labor of the soldiers, as no\\nstate aid was regularly furnished (as in the late war) to", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 8l\\nthe needy and destitute ones. The self-sacrifices made\\nby the women of this period would, undoubtedly,\\nmake an interesting chapter of the times, if the\\nincidents pertaining to the same could be snatched\\nfrom that oblivion to which they have been mostly\\nconsigned. The foregoing cut, representing the\\nBelles of Seventy-six, may not be wholly appli-\\ncable to the women of our town in all the toilet\\narrangements therein exhibited, but it may be safely\\nassumed that in their go-to-meeting fixings they\\nwere not inferior, either in natural charms or in\\nfashionable dress, to others of that time, for which\\nthis cut is a fit representation.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF THE\\nCHAPTER III.\\nTHE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS, AND THE\\nVERMONT CONTROVERSY.\\nThe New Hampshire Grants The Masonian Line, and the Vermont Controversy\\nTime of Annual Meeting Changed Formation of Constitution of New Hamp-\\nshire Adoption of the Federal Constitution Petition for Justice of the Peace\\nSign-post and Stocks Petitions for Exemption from Military Duty Warning\\nOut of Town Glebe Lands Bounties on Wild Animals and Birds.\\nTHE VERMONT CONTROVERSY.\\nDuring the last years of the war ot the Revolu-\\ntion, Richmond, together with a number of towns in\\nthe counties of Cheshire and Grafton, entered into a\\nvexatious and an unfortunate alliance with the state\\nof Vermont, which state had declared her indepen-\\ndence, but had not been admitted into the union of\\nthe confederate states. These towns were within\\nthe territory known at the time as the New Hampshire\\nGrants, which term was applied to all the towns\\ngranted by New Hampshire west of the Masonian\\nclaim, which was so called from Capt. John Mason,\\none of the original proprietors of the Province of\\nNew Hampshire. The line defining the western\\nboundary of this claim extended, as finally settled,\\nsixty miles westerly and northerly from the sea, and\\nby survey was established as running from a point on\\nthe state line in Rindge, in a north-easterly direction,\\nto a point at the same distance from the sea on the\\neastern boundary of the state. The territory in-\\ncluded herein was the original New Hampshire, as", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n83\\ncontained in Mason s grant, and all towns outside\\ngranted by the governor of the province were called\\nthe New Hampshire Grants, embracing a large\\nportion of the territory westward to the Green moun-\\ntains, which was claimed as properly belonging to\\nNew Hampshire by a grant made subsequent to\\nDELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION AT CORNISH.\\nMason s, extending the jurisdiction of the province to\\nthe Hudson River, This claim of jurisdiction on the\\npart of New Hampshire was denied by New York,\\nand the matter was referred to the king for linal\\nsettlement, who, in 1764, decreed that the western\\nboundary of New Hampshire should be the Connec-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OF THE\\nticiit river. The towns on the New Hampshire\\ngrants east of the river probably would never have\\nquestioned the jurisdiction of New Hampshire if the\\nmatter of forming a new state had not arisen at this\\ntime, which constituted a plausible pretext for trans-\\nferring their allegiance to another state. This agita-\\ntion began soon after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas declared, or in 1777, which declaration had the\\neffect, as they argued, not only to absolve the towns\\non these grants from all allegiance to the Crown of\\nGreat Britain, but also to release them from all pre-\\nexisting political connections, reducing them, as they\\ntermed it, to a state of nature, in which it was their\\nright and privilege in the future to unite with such\\nbody politic as would be most conducive to their\\nprosperity and happiness. Certain misleading and in-\\nflammatory articles, published about this time, ema-\\nnating from Dartmouth college, whose faculty were\\nanxious to bring the capital of the state to Hanover\\nin which articles the above view was presented with\\nmuch force and ingenuity, together with other specious\\narguments used therein, tending to alienate the people\\nof these towns from the state, had the effect in-\\ntended so far as to cause a movement to be made on\\nthe part of a number of towns to sever their connec-\\ntion with New Hampshire and unite with Vermont\\nand for the furtherance of this plan, various conven-\\ntions were held at Walpole, Charlestown, Cornish,\\nand other places, beginning about 1777. In these,\\nRichmond was usually represented by one or more\\ndelegates. In 1778, sixteen towns, mostly in Grafton\\ncounty, united with Vermont and sent their represen-\\ntatives to the General Assembly at Windsor but these\\nsoon withdrew in disgust on being refused the privi-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RTCIIMOND. 85\\nlege of forming a new county, and, retiring across the\\nriver to Cornish, met certain other representatives\\nfrom the west side of the river, and jointly passed\\nresolutions in favor of forming all the New Hamp-\\nshire grants on both side of the river into a new state,\\nto be called New Connecticut.\\nThis new scheme met with so little favor from\\nCongress and the adjoining states that the project\\nwas soon abandoned. In the meantime, Vermont\\nbecame alarmed by reason of certain movements on\\nthe part of New Hampshire and New York, in which\\nit was supposed that they were intriguing to divide\\nVermont between them by the ridge of mountains.\\nVermont, to offset this, laid claim to a part of New\\nYork and to the New Hampshire grants east of the\\nriver, and resolved to fight it out on that line in spite\\nof Congress or anybody else and further intimated\\nthat if they were refused admission into the union as\\nthus constituted, they should make the best terms pos-\\nsible with the British government. Richmond, to-\\ngether with a number of other towns east of the river,\\nabout this time, under a general invitation sent out\\nby Vermont, went over to the new state.\\nRichmond, March 19! 17S1.\\nVoted. Unanimous to join Vermont.\\nDaniel Cass and Silas Gaskill were chosen repre-\\nsentatives to the General Assembly of that state.\\nBut this connection, hastily and inconsiderately\\nmade, was destined not long to continue. The Ver-\\nmont assembly had adjourned trom Windsor to Ben-\\nnington, and were in session at the latter place in the\\nspring of 1782. The governor of Vermont had\\nreceiv^ed a letter from General Washinjjton, dated", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF THE\\nJanuaiy ist of that year, the contents of which he\\ncommunicated to some influential members of the\\nlegislature, in which letter Washington counselled\\nand advised the Vermonters to confine their claims of\\njurisdiction within reasonable limits, and that they\\naccept the Connecticut river for the eastern boundary\\nof their new state, intimating that coercion might be\\nnecessary if these recommendations were not com-\\nplied with. This letter seems to have had the desired\\neffect, for on the twenty-second of February the as-\\nsembly, in the absence of the members from the east\\nside of the river, passed a resolution defining the\\nboundaries of the state as now constituted, the eastern\\nboundary of which is, and ever since has been, the\\nConnecticut river consequently, these members on\\ntheir arrival were refused seats in the assembly, and\\nno other alternative was left for them only to report\\nto their several constituencies that their union with\\nVermont had gone forever.\\nThe part taken by the town in promoting this move-\\nment, by sending delegates to the various conven-\\ntions held previous to annexation, appears by the\\nfollowing record: At the annual meeting, 1777,\\nvoted, to choose Michael Barrus to go to Walpole\\nthen chose Joseph Cass, Israel Whipple, Daniel\\nRead, Isaac Benson, and Rufus Whipple, to instruct\\nsaid Barrus what to act at Walpole. The town\\nagain, in Januar} 1778, chose Michael Barrus a\\ndelegate to a convention at Surry of committees of\\nthe several towns, held January 21, and chose a\\ncommittee to instruct him, consisting of Oliver Capron,\\nConstant Barney, Israel Whipple, Edmund Ingalls,\\nand Rufus Whipple. In July, 1779, David Barney\\nwas chosen a delegate to a convention at Surry.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 87\\nNovember 15, 1780, a convention of delegates from\\nseveral towns in Cheshire count}^ was held at Wal-\\npole for the purpose of taking into consideration the\\ngrievances of the towns on the New Hampshire\\ngrants west of the Mason line. The convention\\nrecommended a union of all the New Hampshire\\ngrants on both sides of the Connecticut, under one\\ngovernment. Major Oliver Capron was a delegate\\nto this convention. January 16, 1781, a convention\\nwas held at Charlestown of delegates from all the\\ntowns within the limits of the New Hampshire grants.\\nThis convention recommended to all these towns a\\nunion with Vermont, and then adjourned the conven-\\ntion to Cornish, a town situated on the east side of the\\nriver, and only three miles from Windsor, where the\\nVermont assembly was in session. Richmond was\\nrepresented in this convention by Major Oliver\\nCapron, who opposed the proposed union and he,\\nwith eleven others, signed a protest against the pro-\\nceedings of the convention, and withdrew from fur-\\nther connection with it. Silas Gaskill and Daniel\\nCass were substituted for Capron, and met the other\\ndelegates to the adjourned convention at Cornish,\\nwhere Feb. 22, 1781, articles of union were mutually\\nconfirmed by the legislature of Vermont and the con-\\nvention at Cornish. The town, as before stated, at\\nthe annual meeting, March 19, 1781, ratified the\\ncompact, and the secession and union were supposed\\nto be complete but, in the meantime. New Hamp-\\nshire had never relinquished its right of jurisdiction\\nover the seceding towns, consequently the inevitable\\nresult was a conflict of authority between the oflficers\\nof these states. In some towns the enforcement of\\nthe laws was attended by mobs and violence. In", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "50 HISTORY OF THE\\nCheshire county, Chesterfield, Keene, and Charles-\\ntown, were scenes of riot and disorder. In view of\\nthe alarming state of affairs, the governor of New\\nHampshire ordered the state militia to hold them-\\nselves in readiness to march to the scenes of disturb-\\nance. The governor of Vermont, on the other hand,\\nthreatened to repel force by force but no collision\\nbetween the armed forces of the states took place\\nduring this controversy, and the time soon arrived, as\\nbefore related, when the seceding towns were sum-\\nmarily excluded from the jurisdiction of Vermont.\\nDr. Belnap, in his history of New Hampshire, in\\nspeaking of the termination of this unhappy contro-\\nversy, says that though cut off from their connection\\nwith Vermont, the revolted towns did not at once re-\\nturn to a state of peace, but divisions and animosities\\nwhich had so long subsisted, continued to produce\\ndisagreeable effects.\\nRichmond then was left, in the spring of 1782, with\\nno officers legall}^ qualified under the laws of New\\nHampshire to call a town meeting. In this emer-\\ngency, application was made to Samuel Ashley,\\nEsq., of Winchester, to issue his warrant for the\\nsame, as before related in the article treating of the\\nwar of the Revolution, of which the following is a\\ncopy of the preamble\\nState of New Hampshire,\\nCounty of Cheshire.\\nWhereas, An application being made to me, Samuel Ashley,\\none of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Cheshire, by a\\nnumber of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of Rich-\\nmond in said County, requesting that a warrant might be granted\\nfor the purpose of calling an annual town meeting, they having\\nlost their power of calling a town meeting agreeable to their\\ncharter, by reason of the disputes that have arisen in relation to\\nVermont.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 89\\nThe warrant, which was in the common form,\\nnotified and warned the treeholders and inhabitants\\nto meet at tlie lioiise of Ilezekiah Man, May 6, 1782,\\nwhich was held agreeably to the warrant, and by ad-\\njournment to Mr. Man s barn, the town officers were\\nchosen and other business for the current year trans-\\nacted.\\nThe following conversation is supposed to have\\ntaken place at Winchester between Capt. Oliver\\nCapron and Daniel Cass, on the return of the repre-\\nsentatives from the assembly at Bennington\\nCafrou. How now, Mr. Cass has the assembly adjourned, or\\nare you on a political furlough?\\nCass. Well, now, Friend Capron, thee is good for guessing; but\\nthen it is neither exactly, and partly both. The truth is, friend,\\nwe ve been put upon.\\nCapron. Explain, Mr. Cass; you speak in enigmas. What s\\nup.\\nCass. What s up! Enough s up, I assure thee, Friend Capron,\\nwhen they tread on my toes and insult the dignity of the town.\\nWhy they finally turned their backs on us, and refused us seats in\\nthe assembly\\nCapron. Kicked out, eh.? Well, perhaps they served you right,\\nafter all. How did it happen\\nCass. Happen Why they took advantage of our absence, and\\nvoted that the Connecticut should be their eastern boundary and\\nthus shut us out.\\nCapron. Well, you re in a pickle, I see; but then it comes out\\nas well as I expected. T is n t safe to break solemn and binding\\nobligations for light and trivial causes.\\nCass. Nuf sed. Come, friend Gaskill, let s be going.\\nREFUSED TO PAY THE STATE TAX.\\nOne of the outgrowths of the attempted union with\\nVermont was such a spirit of hostility towards New\\nHampshire on the part of the people of the town, as\\nled them to extreme and unwarranted action in sub-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "pO HISTORY OF THE\\nstantially refusing to pay the state tax, as they, at\\nthe annual meeting, 1781\\nVoted, For the Constables to not send any money to New Hamp-\\nshire till after the adjournment of our meeting.\\nThe town probably paid no tax to the state of Ver-\\nmont for the year 1781, for on December 19, the\\ntown\\nVoted, Not to pay the taxes to Vermont until after the rising of\\nthe General Assembly at Bennington, and a sufficient time after to\\ncollect said taxes.\\nThe New Hampshire tax was regarded as un-\\nreasonable and unjust: but New Hampshire, never\\nhaving relinquished her jurisdiction, demanded the\\npayment of the tax the same as if no controversy had\\narisen. The following action of the town at a meet-\\ning held Dec. 23, 1782, illustrates more full}^ the\\nstand they took. On an article in the warrant\\nTo see if the town will stand by the Constables and Selectmen\\nand clear them from any cost that may arise from any Extent that\\nmay be sent against the town for back taxes, except their equal pro-\\nportion of said cost.\\nVoted, To stand by the said Constables and Selectmen but any-\\none who should pay his tax before the Extents come should be free\\nof costs.\\nTHE TIME OF HOLDING THE ANNUAL MEETING\\nCHANGED.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1779,\\nVoted, To send a petition to the General Coart to have our an-\\nnual meeting held for the future on the first Monday of March\\nannually.\\nThe following is a copy of the petition and the\\naction of the General Court on the subject matter", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "TOWN OP RICHMOND. 9I\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nTo the Honorable Council and House of Representatives conveti d\\nat Exeter in said State\\nThe Piajer of _your Humble Petitioners sheweth, that at our Last\\nannual March meetin the town of Richmond Voted to petition your\\nHonors, would take it into jour wise consideration and grant us\\nthe privilege to hold our annual meeting on the first Monday of\\nMarch annually, as the last Wednesday in March is the season of\\nthe year that We make Shugar. As your Humble Petitioners in\\nduty Bound shall ever pray in Behalf of the town.\\nRichmond, Oct. ye 20th, 1779.\\nHENRY INGALLS,\\nTo-Mn Clerk.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nIn the House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1779\\nThe above petition being read and considered\\nVoted, That the Prayer thereof be granted, and that the Petition-\\ners have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly.\\nSent up for Concurrence.\\nJOHN LANGDON, Speaker.\\nIn council the same day, read and concurred.\\nE. THOMPSON, Secfy.\\nThe town meetings continued to be held on the first\\nMonday of March until the revision of the Constitu-\\ntion in 1791, when, by statute, the second Tuesday\\nwas affixed for the choice of state and count} officers,\\nand has to the present time been the legal day for the\\nannual town meeting.\\nTHE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW\\nHAMPSHIRE.\\nNew Hampshire, unlike any other of the thirteen\\ncolonies, had at the time of the breaking out of the\\nwar of the Revolution, no constitution or body of\\nlaws for the due government of the province. Many\\nof the states had charters granted by the king, which", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "92 HISTORY OF THE\\ncontained all the needed rules and regulations for\\ntheir government, but New Hampshire had no\\ncharter. The whole government of the province\\nwas lodged in the hands of a governor appointed by\\nthe king, and a legislative body, consisting of repre-\\nsentatives of about forty towns in the east part of the\\nstate, called the council. In September, 1775, the gov-\\nernor, John Wentworth, who adhered to the royal cause\\nsailed away in a British frigate to Nova Scotia, leav-\\ning the administration of government in the hands of\\nthe council. In this emergency the council applied\\nto Congress for advice and direction, and in return\\nthat body, on November 3, 1775, recommended\\nThe calling of a full and free representation of the people, and\\nthat the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a\\nframe of government as in their judgment will best promote the\\nhappiness of the people, and most efFectuallv secure peace and good\\norder in the Province during the continuance of the dispute be-\\ntween Great Britain and the Colonies.\\nThe recommendation of Congress was at once\\nadopted, and the representatives of the several towns\\nmet December 21. To this congress, as it was\\ncalled, no representative was sent from Richmond.\\nThe body thus assembled took up civil government\\nfor the colony, and formed a constitution containing\\nabout a dozen articles. Under this constitution, the\\nfirst council and assembly were chosen, and met at\\nExeter, Dec. 18, 1776, and Richmond sent Capt.\\nOliver Capron representative to the same. In i779\\na grand convention was called to frame a new\\nconstitution, which met at Concord, June 10, 1779;\\nRichmond was again represented in this by Capt.\\nOliver Capron. The form of government and body\\nof laws presented to the several towns was rejected", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 93\\nby a majority of the towns, Richmond being among\\nthe number, whose vote was seventy-five against and\\nnone in favor. In 1782 another convention was\\ncalled, of which David Barney of Richmond was a\\nmember, for the purpose of forming a new consti-\\ntution for the state. The constitution emanating from\\nthis body was adopted by a majority of the towns, but\\nRichmond, at first, smarting under its late experience\\nin joining Vermont, was not disposed to adopt the\\nplan of government presented by the convention. At\\na meeting held Dec. 12, 1782, a committee of seven was\\nchosen to examine the plan of government, consisting\\nof Rufus Whipple, Ezra Allen, Silas Gaskill, Ed-\\nmond Ingalls, David Barney, Nicholas Cook, and\\nJoseph Cass. This committee, it is supposed, re-\\nported adversely to acceptance, and the town voted\\nNot to accept the plan presented, the vote standing\\nseven in favor to sixty against. At the annual meet-\\ning, 1783, the town voted To remain under the\\npresent Constitution till the tenth day of June, 1784.\\nAt a meeting held Aug. 26, 1783, they took up the\\nsubject again, and chose David Barney, Ezra Allen,\\nIsaac Benson, Rufus Whipple, Oliver Capron, Aaron\\nAldrich, and James Kingsley to consider the plan of\\ngovernment, and make return at some future time.\\nThis committee probably reported in favor of adop-\\ntion, and the town, at a meeting held Oct. 14, 1783,\\nby a vote of seventy-six in favor and none against,\\ncame into line with the other towns under the state\\nconstitution, which remained unaltered until 1793,\\nwhen a convention for its revision was held at Con-\\ncord, beginning Sept. 7, 1791, in which Rufus\\nWhipple, Esq., was a delegate from this town. The\\namendments proposed by this convention were subse-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nquently adopted, and the constitution, as amended,\\nremained unchanged until 1842, when another con-\\nvention was held at Concord for its revision, and\\nRichmond was represented in the same by Kendall\\nFisher, Esq.\\nADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.\\nA convention for the adoption of the Federal con-\\nstitution was held at Exeter, Feb. 13, 1788, and by ad-\\njournment to Concord, June 18, of the same year, in\\nwhich Richmond was represented by Jonathan Gas-\\nkill, whose name appears among the list of nays in\\nthe final vote on the main question for adoption.\\nThe vote stood, fifty-seven yeas and forty-seven nays.\\nTHE P^IRST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND CONTEST\\nFOR RE-APPOINTMENT.\\nHenry Ingalls was probably the first justice of the\\npeace in town. He was recommended as a suitable\\nperson for the office at a town meeting held at the\\nhouse of Abner Aldrich, July 15, 1776. Before this\\ntime, people went to Winchester, largely for the\\nacknowledgment of deeds, etc. Either his commis-\\nsion expired about 1781, or else on account of the\\npart he took in the Vermont controversy, he was", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICII^^OND. 95\\ndeprived of the office, and the town was left without\\na justice.\\nThe town, at the annual meeting, 1782, Voted\\nand recommended Henry Ingalls to be a suitable per-\\nson for a justice of the peace of said town, and it is\\nprobable that a petition numerously signed for him\\nwas sent to the governor and council for his re-\\nappointment, but for some reason unknown but\\nmost likely because he had been favorable to a union\\nwith Vermont the prayer of the petitioners was not\\ngranted. The friends of Major Oliver Capron, learn-\\ning the cause of Ingalls defeat, and believing that it\\nwas a favorable time to secure the appointment of a\\njustice of the peace in the west part of the town, at\\nonce pressed the claims of Capron, against whom no\\nsuch objections could be brought as had been used\\nagainst Ingalls, for Capron had ever been firm in his\\nopposition to the union with Vermont. The follow-\\ning petition appears to have been favorably received\\nby the governor and council, and he received his\\ncommission as justice of the peace accordingly\\nPETITION FOR OLIVER CAPRON.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nTo the Honorable Council and House of Rreprcsentativcs in Gen-\\neral Court Assembled\\nThe Prayer of us, the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the town of\\nRichmond in said State, Humbly shows, that since the difficulty sub-\\nsisted on account of a Number of People calling themselves a new\\nState Called Vermont, the town of Richmond hath labored under\\nmany inconveniences by reason of having no Justice of the Peace\\nin Town. These are therefore Humbly to Inform the Honorable\\nCoart that Major Oliver Capron is a man of an established good\\ncharacter in this and the Towns Round where he is acquainted\\nand that he is a man that has ever been firm for the Government of\\nNew Hampshire against the Fserpation of Vermont, and we\\nHumbly Conceive a man every way accomplished and Capable of\\nperforming the business and trust of a Justice of the Piece, and that", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "96 HISTORY OF THE\\nit will be a public benefit that he may be appointed accordingly.\\nThese are therefore Humbly to pray the Honorable Coart to in-\\nquire into the aft air and act thereon as you in your Wisdom shall\\nthink proper and as in Duty bound shall ever pray.\\nSeptember the third, 1782.\\nBarnabas Threesher, Moses Cooley,\\nBenjamin Threesher, James Kingsley,\\nThomas Dillingham, William Goddard,\\nJeremiah Thayer, Jona. Atherton,\\nJeremiah Thayer, Jun r, Peter Holbrook,v\\nNehemiah Thayer, Othniel Day.\\nAlles Thayer,\\nThe people finding it very inconvenient to have the\\nonly justice of the peace of the town located at a\\ncorner thereof, made a second attempt to secure the\\nre-appointment of Henry Ingalls in 1785, in which\\nthey were successful. Two petitions were gotten up\\nfor Ingalls, of which the following is a copy of the\\nfirst, with the names of the signers thereto\\nTo his Excellency the President and the Honorable the Council of\\nthe State of Netv Hampshire\\nThe Prayer of your Humble Petitioners of the town of Richmond\\nin the County of Cheshire and State above said is that Henry\\nIngalls of said Richmond may be appointed and commissioned a\\nJustice of the Peace, as he the said Ingalls has formerly served in\\nthat office to the good satisfaction of the town and county. And\\nas Colonel Capron is already appointed a Justice of the Peace in\\nsaid town, living at one corner of said town, it is very 111 Con-\\nvenient for the people in general in said town, that have business\\nto do Before a Justice of the Peace to apply to him, and said Ingalls\\nliving near the middle of said town and on a Large Road, We your\\nhumble Petitioners Do think it would be Greatly to the advantage\\nof said town to have him appointed. As We are in Duty Bound\\nto Pray.\\nRichmond, Oct. ist, A. D. 1785.\\nHezekiah Thurber, Nathan Bowen,\\nNathan Wooley, Nathan Wescot,\\nGideon Man, Jun r, George Guillson,\\nAmos Boorn, John Bolles,\\nNathan Ballou, George Martin,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "TOWN 0\u00c2\u00a5 RICHMOND.\\n97\\nEbenezer Swan,\\nJohn Bates,\\nPaul Aldrich,\\nMoses Martin,\\nJonathan Cass,\\nesek buffum,\\nAnnias Aldrich,\\nNathaniel Aldrich,\\nNathan Aldrich,\\nAnthony Sweet,\\nJonathan Sweet, Jun r,\\nJames Cook,\\nSamuel Gaskill,\\nEzra Allen,\\nGedeon Man,\\nOliver Mason,\\nJacob Bump,\\nStephen Guillson,\\nJems Ballou,\\nJems Wescot.\\nWilliam Cook,\\nNicholas Cook,\\nEbenezer Peters,\\nIsaac Benson,\\nAaron Aldrich,\\nSolomon Aldrich,\\nRoval Aldrich,\\nPeter Martin,\\nLuEK Cass,\\nPaul Handy,\\nJoseph Wing,\\nMoses Buffum,\\nThomas Bowen,\\nJohn Wing,\\nJoseph Streter.\\nSECOND PETITION FOR HENRY INGALLS.\\nTo His Excellency, John Langdon, Esq., President iti and over the\\nState of Ne M Hampshire\\nThe petition of the Inhabitants of Richmond, in the County of\\nCheshire, Humbly Sheweth that when the Late Constitution took,\\nplace, Henry Ingalls, Esq., was not Reappointed. We your Peti-\\ntioners humbly Pray that the said Henry Ingalls may be Re-\\nappointed and duly authorized to act as a Justice of the Peace for\\nthe County aforesaid, for that we your Petitioners Humbly conseive\\nthat he is a man agreeably (^lalified for that important service,\\nand lives near the Senter of Public Business for the town, and also\\nsutes the maners and costums of the People. And your Petitioners\\nHumbly submit this Petition to your Excelencies Grace, Believing\\nyou Excelency in your grate Wisdom Will do the thing Right. As\\nWe in Duty Bound will Ever Pray.\\nRichmond, October loth, A. D. 17S5.\\nJohn Boyce,\\nNathan Boyce,\\nDaniel Read,\\nAbraham Man,\\nMoses Read,\\nDavid Barney,\\nWilliam Barney,\\nJohn Garnsey,\\n7 John Bools,\\nLevi Morey,\\nDarius Taft,\\nSilas Taft,\\nEdmund Ingalls,\\nPaul Boyce,\\nCadis Boyce,\\nAllen Grant,\\nJonathan Sweet.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": ".9S\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nSIGN-POST AND STOCKS.\\nAt a meeting held June 4, 1784, the town\\nVoted, That a sign post and stocks be set up in Hezekiah Man s\\nyard, before his house or door.\\nIt is quite probable that the sign-post was really a\\nwhipping-post, as this and the stocks usually went\\ntogether. The location of these may have been a\\nfew^ rods east of the old Baptist meeting-house, or be-\\nfore the Bill Buffum house, both of which at the time\\nbelonged to Hezekiah Man. In colonial days these", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 99\\nappliances for the correction of criminals were com-\\nmon but, except in some of the Southern states, these\\nhave long been disused, and are now generally con-\\nsidered as the relics of barbarism. It is probable\\nthat they disappeared from before Mr. Man s door\\nlong before the recollection of any person now living.\\nPETITION FOR EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY DUTY.\\nTo His Excellency the President and Senate, together xvitk the\\nRepresentatives in General Court assembled at Exeter, in\\nthe State of Ne-w Hampshire\\nMost Honorable Gentlemen, We the subscribers professing\\nourselves to be peaceable citizens of our Country, and having a de-\\nsire to live in peace with all men, not having a desire to strike\\nagainst the Laws or Government of our Legislators, but are will-\\ning to submit ourselves to the Laws and Governments of our\\nSujjeriors. Nevertheless we do most Ardently desire that your\\nHonors would consider us as to the Melitia Act which as it now\\nstands Demands of us that we do bare arms in order to Learn the\\nart of War which thing, We do assure your Honors We do not\\ncome out against because we have any antipathy against our\\nofficers or Sivil Government, but finding ourselves to be under a\\nLaw of God and our minds being Led We trust by his unering\\nCouncil We do assure your Honors that it is in point of conscience\\nthat We do not comply with the demands of our officers in this re-\\nspect and We do Humbly request that the General Coart Held in\\nand for our State would take it into their Deliberate Consideration\\nand that there might be some Way opened Whereby We might be\\nExempted from doing that, that is so much against our Conscience\\nas We do assure your honors. We cannot Comply with the request\\nof our officers in bearing arms, Let come on us what may, there-\\nfore We your humble Petitioners do ardently pray that you would\\ngrant unto us the Liberty of Conscience in this respect and We\\nhave in times past advised with the Honourable, General Sullivan\\nwho Recommended to us that if We had any distress made on our\\nbodies or Estates to petition to the General Coart for redress which\\nsome of us have suffered in some measure also advised by our field\\nofficers to petition in like manner.\\nRichmond, Decem r ye 22, A. D. 1788.\\nJonathan Bolles, John Bolles,\\nSiMEf)N Thayer, Joseph Newell,\\nNathaniel Bolles, Moses Cooley,\\nAaron Cooley.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "lOO HISTORY OF THE\\nA second petition to exempt from military duty was\\nof similar purport to the foregoing, and was signed\\nby the following persons, and dated\\nRichmond, November ye 15th, A. D. 1796.\\nPetb8[i Martin, Simeon Thayer,\\nGeorge Martin, John Bolles, Jun r.\\nJonathan Bolles, Amos Boorn.\\nJoseph Newil,\\nRichmond, Nov. ye 15th, A. D. 1796.\\nWe the subscribers selectmen of said Richmond hereby certify\\nthat We are Well acquainted with the Signers of the Within Peti-\\ntion believe them to be good Loyal Citizens of the State of\\nNew Hampshire We likewise believe they are conscientiously\\nscrupulous about the Lawfulness of bearing arms.\\nMoses Tyler, -j Selectmen\\nNathaniel Aldrich, of\\nSamuel Gaskill. J Riclnnond.\\nWARNING OUT OF TOWN.\\nOur fathers had a custom of warning out of town\\nall strangers that came therein in apparently needy\\ncircumstances. This precaution was taken to prevent\\ntheir gaining a pauper settlement, and hence to re-\\nlieve the town of a possible public charge for their\\nsupport. The following is a specimen of their pro-\\nceeding in such cases\\nCheshire Ss.\\nTo yonat/ian Gaskill, Constable of Richmond\\nYour hereby required to Warn Elizabeth Streeter and Elizabeth\\nStreeter, Jun r, to depart this town in fourteen days or give suffi-\\ncient bonds to indemnify the town. Hereof fail not, and make due\\nreturn. Given at Riclimond the 14th daj- of December, 1775.\\nWilliam Goddard, Sclectme//\\nEnoch White, y of\\nDaniel Read, Richmond.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. lOI\\nTHE GLEBE LANDS.\\nBy the charter of the town, the land embraced\\nwithin its limits, comprising 23,040 acres, was to be\\ndivided into seventy-one equal parts or shares. Each\\nshare, consequently, would have been about 320\\nacres. Now, two of these shares were reserved in\\nthat instrument for religious purposes, one for the\\npropagating of the gospel in foreign parts, and one\\nfor a glebe for the Church of England. These\\nlands remaining undisposed of at the time of the\\nbreaking out of the war of the Revolution, were\\nclaimed by the town, and sold by authority of the\\nsame, as appears by a vote passed April 3, 1797,\\nviz.\\nChose Jedcdiah Buft um Agent on the partof this town to sell and\\ngive acquittance deed or deeds of all the right and title they may\\nhave or ought to have or hereafter may have to or unto the two\\nrights of Land in said Richmond known by the name of the Gleab\\nfor the Church of England and the right for propagating the Gos-\\npell in foreign parts.\\nBOUNTY ON WOLVES AND CROWS.\\nThe losses sustained by the early settlers by the\\nravages of wolves on their flocks and herds, together\\nwith the vexation necessarily incident to their noctur-\\nnal visits, induced the early settlers to ofler quite\\nliberal bounties for their destruction. The first bounty\\non record was offered in 1777, although it is quite\\nprobable that others may have been offered which are\\nunrecorded. It appears that the town continually\\nchanged the conditions of payment. First\\nVoted, To pay a bounty of four j^ounds ten shillings on a wolf s\\nhead.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "I02 HISTORY OF THE\\nThe second, in 1788, was\\nVofed, A bounty of six pounds on a wolf s head killed in town\\nthe present year.\\nIn 1779\\nVo/ed, That any person that belongs to this town, that kills a\\nwolf and brings his head, shall receive thirty pounds from said\\ntown.\\nIn 1780, it was\\nVoted, That sixty pounds bounty on a wolPs head that is started\\nin this town by any person that belongs to said town, and brings\\nthe head as above mentioned to the town Treasurer, receive said\\nbounty.\\nThe last on record, offered in 1785, was a bounty\\nof four pounds ten shillings for a wolf s head, when\\nthe wolf s track was taken in the town. The reason\\nwhy so large a bounty was offered in 1779 and 1780\\nwas owing to the little value attached to the Continental\\nmoney. After having despatched the wolves, they\\nturned their attention to the crows in 1797, and\\noffered the following exceedingly liberal bounty on\\ncrows heads, viz.\\nVoted, To raise seventy dollars to be paid into the town Treasury\\nfor the purpose of paying a bounty on crows heads; and\\nResolved, The town treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay\\ntwenty cents for each crow s head that shall be killed in Richmond\\nand brought to him from this day to the third day of April next by\\nany inhabitant of this town.\\nThe bounties were continued for a long series of\\nyears, varying occasionally in the price offered.\\nSometimes it was twenty cents for old crows, and\\nten cents for young ones, and then again a shilling", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. IO3\\nwould be offered. The vvrltor of this well remembers\\nbagfulls, containing often a peck or more, being\\nbrought to the selectmen, who were authorized at\\ntimes to make pa3nnent, and the bearers of the burden\\nwere asked by them to make oath that they were not\\nkilled in Massachusetts, as only New Hampshire crows\\nwere entitled to a bounty. When paid for, the mer-\\nchandise must be securely buried lest a second\\nbounty should be paid on the same crows heads.\\nAll bounties of this kind have been paid of late by the\\nstate treasurer, and this may really be a useless ex-\\npenditure, for the impression is quite general among\\nfarmers that the crow is, on the whole, a useful bird,\\ndoing much more good in destroying insects and ver-\\nmin than any damage it may necessarily do to the\\ncornfields.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "I04 HISTORY OF THE\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nWAR OF 1S12, ROADS, SCHOOLS, c.\\nWar of 1S12 Town Action Concerning; Captain Bryant s Company Soldiers in\\nother Companies Drafted Men Ballou s Poem The Ashuelot Turnpike\\nOther Roads Laid Out An Amusing Incident United States Mail and Ex-\\npress Routes Schools and School Teachers The Town Districted A Part\\nof Town Annexed to Troy A Part Annexed to Winchester Map of Town\\nTopography and Geology of the Town Military Matters Paupers.\\nThe part taken by the town in the second contest\\nwith Great Britain reflects additional lustre on its\\npatriotism, both on account of the early action of the\\ntown in offering bounties, and also by reason of the\\nlarge number that volunteered in the service. As\\nearly as 1809 (possibl}^ a mistake of the copyist), in\\nthe warrant for the annual meeting, the following\\narticle appears, viz. To see if the town will make\\naddition to the soldiers wages that have lately volun-\\nteered themselves, provided they should be called into\\nactual service. The town afterwards voted to pa}\\nten dollars per month in addition to the government\\npay. The pecuniary inducement thus offered proved\\na sufficient stimulant, and the town quotas appear to\\nhave been promptly filled by volunteers until nearly\\nthe close of the war, when one draft only appears to\\nhave been made. It is now difficult to ascertain with\\ncertainty the names of all the soldiers in the war from\\nthis town, but a sufficient number have been discov-\\nered to warrant the assertion that the people freely", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. IO5\\ncame forward to support the government in its oppo-\\nsition to the unwarranted aggressions of Great Britain\\non the rights of American sailors on the high seas.\\nIt has been difficult to obtain a full list of those that\\nwere out m this service. No records in the town,\\ncounty, or state, contain an enrollment of those that\\nwent from this town. Through the intercession of\\nHon. Ossian Ray, representative to congress from\\nthis district, we have obtained the names of those in\\nthe 30th Regiment in 1812. Others may have been\\nin the service in 1814 of which we have no account.\\nThe country was not united in carrying on this war.\\nThe Federal party was particularly bitter in its op-\\nposition hence the men who engaged in this service\\nwere upholding a cause that was unpopular in many\\nlocalities in New England. The old Bay State was\\ncold and inactive, to say the least, in the prosecution\\nof the war, refusing at first to send her troops beyond\\nher limits, and giving the government a very limited\\nsupport but not so the men who lived within this\\nprecinct. These had faith in the government, and\\ntheir faith was manifested by their works. The town\\nwas nearly unanimous in sentiment in the matter of\\nprosecuting the war. On the re-election of President\\nMadison, under whose administration the war was\\ncarried on, but twelve votes in this town were given\\nin for electors for the opposition candidate in a total of\\ntwo hundred and twenty-six votes cast. An incident\\nillustrative of the war sentiment in this and other\\ntowns, was exemplified in a fracas which occurred in\\nWinchester between a squad of soldiers from this\\ntown on their way to join the army on the northern\\nfrontier, and some Winchester Federalists, whose in-\\nsults were repelled by both words and blows. These", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "I06 HISTORY OF THE\\nsoldiers were arrested for assault and battery for the\\ndefence they made, and were fined by the presiding\\njustice but the long head of old Bisbee was more than\\na match for the justice. Bisbee settled the fine and cost\\nimposed by his individual note, which in the end was\\nfound to be uncollectable, tor the reason that there\\nwas no value received in the transaction. This\\nsquad of soldiers was unarmed, and consequently\\nhad nothing but their bony fists to repel an attack,\\nexcept that Mordica Cass, who was among the num-\\nber, had provided himself with a good hickory stick\\non the wa} which he applied to good advantage,\\nas he was accustomed to relate the story in after years.\\nCAPTAIN BRYANT S COMPANY.\\nDaniel C. Bryant, who is mentioned as a lieutenant\\nin 1812, was promoted to a captainc}^ in 1814. He,\\nat the head of his company, which was largel}^ re-\\ncruited in Richmond and vicinity, commenced his\\nmarch towards the Niagara frontier, which was then\\nthe scene of strife, on a beautiful Sunday in June,\\n1814, and arrived in Swansey about noon of the same\\nday, and then paraded on the common, near the\\nmeeting-house, and partook of refreshments furnished\\nby the Swansey people. Reliable eye-witnesses, some\\nof whom are now living, say that the company made\\nan imposing appearance, and that Captain Br3^ant, to\\nsay the least, was a splendid-lookiag officer but his\\ncood looks did not save him from being accused of\\ncowardice, whether justly or not is now unknown.\\nThe report, at any rate, was sufficient to move the\\npoet Silas Ballou to write some verses of scathing\\ncharacter in relation to him.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. IO7\\nCaptain Bryant and Dr. Amos Howe, the surgeon\\nof the regiment, had coats of red in imitation of the\\nuniforms of the British officers.\\nThe following were soldiers in the 31st Regiment,\\nU. S. Infantry, as mustered Aug. 30, 1812, under\\ncommand of Lieut. Daniel C. Bryant. Uriah Ward\\nwas captain at the time, but he resigned his commis-\\nsion Aug. 21, 1813, and Lieut. Bryant was promoted\\nto the captaincy, Dec. i, 1814\\nDaniel C. Bn anl, Lieut. Carlton Bryant, Chauncy Bryant,\\nSamuel Bryant, Wm. BufFum, Stephen Buft um, Jedediah BufVuni,\\n3d; Jared Ballou, Richard Boorn, Thomas Bryant, John Cass, Jr.,\\nMoses Garnse} Amos Howe, Cromwell Kelton, Townsend Parker\\nDaniel Thornton, Lewis Whipple, Henry Whipple, James Whipple.\\nSOLDIERS IN OTHER COMPANIES.\\nTownsend Parker was in the battle of Stone\\nMills, under Captain Burnap, and did skirmishing\\nduty. He killed one Indian sure, and perhaps an-\\nother.\\nNoah Bisbee, Jr., Esq., was a lieutenant in Capt.\\nCharles E. Tobe3^ s Company of 21st Infantry, to-\\ngether with his brother Seth.\\nOthers are known to have been in the service on\\nthe northern frontier, and probable enlisted in 1813 or\\n1814 in the same company with the Bisbees, viz.\\nDaniel Man, Stephen Man, Chandler Man, Arnold\\nMan, Mordica Cass, Laban Cass, Jesse Bishop,\\nNathan Cass, and Aaron Martin. Noah Bisbee, Jr.,\\nand Lewis Whipple were killed, and Seth Bisbee\\nwas wounded, at the battle of Lundy s Lane, July\\n24, 1814, when making an attack on a British re-\\ndoubt or batter} which charge, made by Col. James", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "io8\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nMiller, has ever been regarded as one of the most\\nheroic incidents of the war of 1812. The laconic\\nCHARGE ON A BATTERY LUNDY S LANE.\\nreply of the colonel on this occasion, I will try, sir,\\nwhen asked if he could take the battery, has become\\nhistoric words.\\nIn addition to those already named, a number of\\nothers were despatched to the defence of Portsmouth,\\nwhich was menaced by the presence of a British\\nfrigate in the adjacent waters. Among these we find\\nthe following names\\nDan. Buftum, OIney Ballon, Benoni Ballou, Samuel Barrus,\\nMoses Tyler, Joseph Jessop, Nathan Perry (died in the service).\\nDan. BufTum is now the only survivor of this war\\nliving in town. Patriotism runs in the blood of the\\nfamily. His three sons David, Amos, and Cyrus\\nwere volunteers in the late war, and died in the ser-\\nvice. Their war record is creditable, and reflects addi-\\ntional honor on the name. Mrs. Sarah Ballou, widow\\nof Benoni Ballou, is the only surviving widow of the\\nsoldiers of 181 2. She, as well as Mr. Buffiim, draws\\na pension. The following lines, composed by Silas\\nBallou soon after the close of the war, were exten-\\nsivel} published at the time throughout the countr3%\\nand have occasionally appeared in the papers since", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. IO9\\nAmerica)!- War with Great Britain.\\nBY SILAS BALLOU, 1815.\\nOld England, forty years ago,\\nWhen we were young and slender.\\nConspired to give a fatal blow,\\nBut God was our defender.\\nJehovah saw her horrid plan,\\nGreat Washington He gave us;\\nHis holiness inspired the man\\nWith power and skill to save us.\\nShe sent her fleets and armies o er\\nTo ravage, kill, and plunder;\\nOur heroes met them on the shore,\\nAnd beat them back with thunder;\\nOur independence they confessed,\\nAnd with their hands they signed it.\\nBut on their hearts twas ne er impressed,\\nFor there I ne er could find it.\\nAnd since that time they have been still\\nOur liberties invading;\\nWe bore and forbore until\\nForbearance was degrading;\\nRegardless of our sailor s rights\\nImpressed our native seamen,\\nMade them against their country fight,\\nAnd thus enslaved our freemen.\\nGreat Madison besought the foe,\\nHe mildly did implore them\\nTo let the suft ering captives go,\\nBut they would not restore them\\nOur commerce, too, they did invade,\\nOur ships they searched and seized,\\nDeclaring, also, we should trade\\nWith none but whom they pleased.\\nThus Madison in thunder spoke\\nWe ve power, and we must use it!\\nOur freedom surely lies at stake,\\nAnd we must rouse or lose it;", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "no HISTORY OF THE\\nWe ll let old England s children know\\nWe are the brave descendants\\nOf those who flogged their fathers so,\\nAnd gained our independence\\nOur soldiers and our seamen, too,\\nWere put in warlike motion\\nStraight to the fields our soldiers flew,\\nOur seamen to the ocean\\nThey met their foes on lowering waves,\\nWith courage, skill, and splendor;\\nThey sunk them down to watery graves,\\nOr forced them to surrender.\\nDecatur, Hull, and Bainbridge, dear.\\nDid wonders in our navy,\\nBrave Captain Hull sunk the Guerrire,\\nAnd Bainbridge sunk the Javi;\\nDecatur took a ship of fame\\nHigh on the waving water\\nThe Macedonian was her name\\nAnd home in triumph brought her.\\nPerry, with flags and sails unfurled,\\nMet Barclay on Lake Erie;\\nAt him his matchless thunder hurled\\nTill Barclay grew quite weary\\nHe gained the victory and renown.\\nHe worked him up so neatly,\\nHe brought old England s banners down,\\nAnd swept the lake completely.\\nProud Downie fell on Lake Champlain,\\nBy fortune quite forsaken\\nHe was by bold McDonald slain,\\nAnd all his fleets were taken.\\nWhene er they met Columbia s sons\\nOn lakes, or larger waters.\\nThey sunk beneath her thundering guns.\\nOr humbly cried for quarters.\\nWhen Provost thus had lost his fleet,\\nHe gave out special orders\\nFor his whole army to retreat\\nAnd leave tlie Yankee borders.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. Ill\\nThrough dreary wilds, o er bog and pen,\\nThe luckless general blundered;\\nHe fled with fifteen thousand men\\nFrom Macomb s fifteen hundred.\\nLet William Hull be counted null.\\nAnd let him not be named\\nUpon the roll of valiant souls,\\nOf him we arfe ashamed\\nFor his campaign was worse than vain,\\nA coward and a traitor;\\nFor paltry gold, his army sold\\nTo Brock the speculator.\\nWhen Proctor found brave Harrison\\nHad landed on his region.\\nAway the timorous creature ran\\nWith all his savage legion\\nBut overtaken were, and most\\nOf them were killed and taken,\\nBut Proctor soon forsook his post,\\nAnd fled to save his bacon.\\nAt little York, beneath the guns\\nOf Chauncy, Dearborn landed,\\nAnd quickly made old England s sons\\nResign what he demanded.\\nP rom George s fort to Erie s beach\\nOur savage foes were beaten\\nTheir naked bones were left to bleach\\nWhere wolves their flesh had eaten.\\nHow often Brown made Drummond fly\\nFrom scenes of desolation\\nThe terror of his noble eye\\nStruck him with consternation.\\nBrave Miller, Ripley, Gaines, and Scott,\\nAt Erie and Bridgewater,\\nAt Chippewa, in battle hot.\\nTheir bravest foes did slaughter.\\nAt Washington their horrid crimes\\nMust tarnish British glory;\\nChildren must blusii in future times\\nTo read the shameful story.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY OF THE\\nThey burned the volumes which comprised\\nThe best of information\\nTlieir barbarous deeds will be despised\\nBj every Christian nation.\\nAt Baltimore, a deadly blow\\nThe sons of mischief aimed\\nThe sons of freedom met the foe,\\nAnd victory justly claimed.\\nAmidst their ranks our thunders burst,\\nMany were killed and wounded,\\nTheir chief commander bit the dust,\\nAnd all their schemes confounded.\\nWhat wonders did brave Jackson do.\\nWhen aided by high Heaven\\nTheir leader and four thousand slew,\\nAnd lost but only seven\\nSome interposing angel s hand\\nRepelled their vile intrusion\\nThe remnant of their broken band\\nFled off in sad confusion.\\nThey passed through numerous trying scenes,\\nIn most of them defeated\\nTheir grand defeat at New Orleans\\nThe bloody scene completed.\\nSoon after this, sweet Peace arrived,\\nOur armies were disbanded\\nOur scattered foes, who had survived\\nThe war, were home commanded.\\nWhat has our infant country gained\\nBy fighting that old nation.\\nOur liberties we have maintained.\\nAnd raised our reputation.\\nWe ve gained the freedom of the seas,\\nOur seamen are released.\\nOur mariners trade where they please,\\nImpressments, too, have ceased.\\nNow, in ourselves we can confide;\\nAbroad we are respected\\nWe ve checked the rage of British pride,\\nTheir haughtiness corrected.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. II3\\nFirst to the God of boundless power,\\nBe thanks and adoration\\nNext, Madison, the wondrous flower,\\nAnd jewel of our nation.\\nNext, Congress does our thanks demand,\\nTo them our thanks we tender;\\nOur heroes, next, by sea and land,\\nTo them our thanks we render.\\nLet us be just, in union live,\\nThen who will dare invade us.-\\nIf any should, our God will give\\nHis angels charge to aid us.\\nDRAFTED MEN.\\nThe following is a list of those that were drafted\\nnear the close of the war, some of whom went into the\\nservice, and others obtained substitutes, viz.\\nJacob Whitcomb, Chandler Man, Thomas Goddard, Salmon Mar-\\ntin, Samuel Barrus, Martin Cass, Nahum Perry, Lewis Aldrich,\\nWilliam Barrus, Ellis Thayer, Ellis Thayer, 2d Eli Page, 2d Jere-\\nmiah Bolles, Millens Barrus, Paul Jillson, Jr., Benjamin Newell.\\nTHE ASHUELOT TURNPIKE AND OTHER ROADS.\\nThe old road running from Winchester to Royals-\\nton, built by the proprietors of Winchester about\\n1733, and laid out by the selectmen in 1765, of which\\nmention has already been made, was the great\\nthoroughfare for the public travel from east to west\\nuntil about 1808 especially that portion of it from\\nthe Daniel Cass place westward to Winchester re-\\nmained the chief line of travel for a long time after\\nthe travel was somewhat diverted from the easterly\\nportion by the road over Gaskill hill, and the more\\ndirect way to Royalston by the Jonathan Thurber\\nplace, laid out in 1770. None of these atlbrded a\\n8", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF THE\\ndirect communication with Fitzwilliam, which was\\nonly reached by a circuitous route through the Boyce\\nneighborhood in the south-east part of the town. The\\ninconvenience thus experienced caused the town to\\ntake action in the matter in 1797, when they\\nVoted, That the selectmen of this town meet the selectmen of\\nFitzwilliam to see where the most convenient road can be made\\nfrom the middle of one town to the middle of the other, and to lay\\nout the same and report accordingly.\\nThe report of the selectmen, if made, was not ac-\\ncepted and other selectmen were instructed to view\\nnew routes, but nothing definite was accomplished\\ntowards building the road on the part of the town.\\nBut about 1806, some public-spirited individuals in\\nFitzwilliam, Richmond, and Winchester, began to\\nagitate the feasibility and practicability of a turnpike\\nthrough these towns. Consequently, at the June ses-\\nsion of the General Court, 1807, an act was passed,\\nentitled An act to incorporate a Company by the\\nname of the Ashuelot Turnpike Corporation. Moses\\nTyler, Esq., and Esek BufFum and their associates\\nand successors were made the corporators by said\\nact, and were vested with all the privileges and\\npowers which by law are incident to corporations of\\na similar nature, and were empowered with authority\\nto build a turnpike from Winchester, through Rich-\\nmond, to Fitzwilliam village, of the width of four\\nrods, and to cost not less than $600 per mile, and to\\nbe completed within six years. The work seems to\\nhave been pushed with considerable force, and fully\\ncompleted within one-half the time fixed by the\\ncharter. The stock was largely disposed of to the\\nroad contractors in payment for their work, and was", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. II5\\nconsidered an investment which would pay a dividend\\nof from six to nine per cent. Like many another stock\\nenterprise in building highways and railroads, the\\nstock-owners were destined to disappointment, as the\\nsequel proved. The location of the old turnpike is\\nstill generally well known, but for the benefit of those\\nthat may come after, it may be briefly described as\\nthe main travelled road westward from the Four\\ncorners to the mills now owned by N. Naromore\\nSons, and thence to Winchester, by Dan. Buftum s\\nand from the Four corners easterly to the Henry\\nRice place, thence nearly in a straight course to the\\nFitzwilliam line, by the Silas Jillson place, the part\\nbetween the said mills and the Rice place remaining\\nstill the main travelled way. The road appears to\\nhave been built and opened to travel in 1809. Three\\ntoll-gates were placed on the road from Fitzwilliam\\nvillage to Winchester centre, one in each town. The\\none in Richmond was for a considerable portion of\\nthe time at Wyman Thayer s, the place now occupied\\nb}^ his daughter, Mrs. Bryant. The tolls authorized\\nto be collected by the toll-gatherers were, for every\\nmile of the road travelled over, for every ten sheep\\nor swine, one half cent for every ten neat cattle,\\nhorses, or mules, one cent for every horse and his\\nrider, or led horse, one cent; tor every sulkey, chair,\\nor chaise, with one horse and two wheels, two cents\\nfor every coach, chariot, stage, or phaeton, or chaise\\nwith two horses and four wheels, three cents and\\nthe like sums according to the number of wheels and\\nhorses drawing the same. It was further provided in\\nthe act, that if any person shall, with his car-\\nriage, team, cattle, or horses, turn oft said road to\\npass said turnpike road on ground adjacent thereto", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "ii6\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nnot being a public highway, with an intent to avoid\\nthe payment of the toll due by virtue of this act, such\\nperson shall forfeit and pay three times as much as\\nthe legal toll would have been, provided nothing in\\nthis act shall extend to entitle said corporation to de-\\nmand or receive toll of any person who is an inhabi-\\ntant of any town where a gate may be erected nor\\nany officer or soldier of the Militia under arms going\\nto or from the place of military dut}^, nor to any\\nfuneral that may have occasion to pass said gate.\\nAnd also provided, and at all times when the toll-\\ngatherer does not attend his duty the gates shall be\\nleft open. Contrary to the expectations of the pro-\\njectors of the enterprise, the revenue derived from\\ntolls, instead of being enough for a dividend of from\\nsix to nine per cent, was hardly sufficient to pay\\nthe toll-gatherers and keep the road in repair. Prob-\\nably no dividend ever was declared. After a trial of\\nabout twenty years, the corporation relinquished all\\ntheir ricjht in the same to the town for the sum of one\\nhundred dollars. This road, like many of the old\\nturnpikes, was projected nearly on a straight line,\\nregardless of the hills, and hence its heavy gradients\\nwere insuperable objections to teamsters with heavy\\nfreights. The hill east of Jillson s was particularly\\nlong and steep, and teams with heavy loads had\\nquite frequently to be doubled in going up the same,\\nand also the same with some others. The road must\\nhave been a great public benefit at the time, and a great\\nimprovement over any road leading from Fitzwilliam\\nto Winchester before this was built. The saddest\\npart of the story is that a burden which properly\\nshould have been borne by the public was laid on a\\nfew individuals ill prepared to bear the expense.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF HTCIIMOND. II7\\nTHE NEW ROAD BUILT.\\nSoon after the turnpike was given up to the town\\nsay about 1829 a movement was set on foot for a\\nnew road from Winchendon, then called Morse s\\nVillage, to Winchester, for the purpose of securing\\nthe travel from Brattleboro and southern Vermont to\\nBoston by a more direct route. Consequently, sur-\\nveys were made through Royalston and by the\\nRoaring brook (so called) to Winchester, and also by\\nway of Fitzwilliam village and Richmond Four cor-\\nners. Persons livings near the line of either of the\\nproposed routes, believing their interests would be\\nmaterially affected by the location of the new road,\\nbecame jealous, and in some cases, perhaps, un-\\nreasoning partisans of the schemes they favored.\\nAfter much contention and bitterness between the\\ncontending factions, the more northern route through\\nFitzwilliam village and the Four corners was laid\\nout by the road commissioners about 1830, and the\\nroad was built and open for travel in 1833. This\\nroad is still the main thoroughfare through town from\\neast to west, and has remained substantially unaltered\\nto the present time.\\nThe friends of the enterprise in this case were not\\ndisappointed in the results attained. The route be-\\ncame popular with the travelling public, and the\\ntravel from Brattleboro to Boston largely passed\\nover this road. Stages passed over the same both\\nways daily, and teams with six and eight horses\\nmight be seen almost every day moving like a grand\\ncavalcade along its way. This activity along the\\nline continued until the opening of the Fitchburg and\\nCheshire railroads, about 1850, when the glory", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "ii8\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nof Israel seemed in a great measure to have de-\\nparted.\\nAn amusing incident occurred in the laying out of\\nthis road which was the subject of much laughter at\\nthe time. The committee from this town, who were\\nlooking out the road in the south part of Fitzwilliam,\\nhad occasion to stop at a farm-house over night.\\nHon. Joseph Weeks and Timothy Pickering, Esq.,\\nwere to occupy the same bed for the night. Weeks\\nfirst retired, leavinfj- Pickering to finish his storv.\\nThe time having arrived for Pickering to retire, he\\nAN AMUSING INCIDENT.\\nwas provided with a light and with directions where\\nto go, he proceeded to the room, there to find, appar-\\nently, an old lady occupying the bed. A glance\\nsatisfied the esquire that he was in the wrong pew,\\nand he returned back and informed the good folks\\nthat there must have been a mistake as to the room,\\nas he had found an old lady in the bed who ap-\\npeared to have a high fever. Subsequent research\\ndisclosed the fact that the old lady was no other than\\nJudge Weeks with a night-cap on which he had", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. II9\\ntaken from the bed-post, and being of a ruddy com-\\nplexion, appeared to be in a fever. The incident\\nwas too good to keep, and was the subject of merri-\\nment for some time after.\\nThe main road running through town north and\\nsouth is worthy of special mention. This was kiid\\nout in 1770, and was designed to take the place\\nof some pieces laid out in iy6^-66. This was the\\nfirst road laid out by courses and distances. It be-\\ngan at the bay line south of Jonathan Thurber s,\\nand ran northerly four miles and fifty rods until it in-\\ntersected a road previously made from John Martin s\\nto Swansey, by the Cook and Newell places. About\\n1784, this road appears to have been re-laid out as a\\ncountry road, and has remained unaltered since that\\ntime. Over this road was conveyed the first mail the\\ntown had, which was carried from Worcester to\\nKeene in 1812, and continued until 1830 by private\\nconveyance. Afterwards, for some years, stages and\\nexpresses run daily between the aforesaid places, until\\nsuperseded by the railroads, when the daily mail from\\nWorcester to Keene was discontinued and a tri-\\nweekly one was afterwards put on, and finally a\\ndaily since 1876.\\nIn addition to the road already named as laid out\\nin 1784, the court s committee or county committee\\nhave at various times laid out certain other roads in\\ntown, viz. in 1784, they laid out the road between\\nRichmond and Fitzwilliam, the same that runs by\\nJames Harkness In September, 1802, they laid the\\nroad from North Richmond to Swansey, by Nahum\\nCass The new road from Winchester to Fitzwilliam,\\nwhich consisted of a divergence from the old turnpike,\\nwas laid out May i, 183 1, bv the county committee,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "I20 HISTORY OF THE\\nconsisting of Elijah Belding, Nathan Wild, and N.\\nG. Babbitt. The road by Alvin Scott s mill was laid\\nout in 1835. The short piece of road from near Lewis\\nFreeman s, south to new road, was laid out 1849.\\nThe new road through the Pond woods, known as the\\nHarkness road, was laid out, on petition of H. W. W.\\nMiller and one hundred and thirteen others, in 1849.\\nThe town, 1850, petitioned the court to discontinue\\nthe last-named road, but their petition was not\\ngranted, and they had the cost to pay. The road\\nfrom beiow Sprague s mills to Augustus Arnold s was\\nlaid out in 1853. The petition of certain others was\\ndefeated, viz. David Martin, for a road from Activity\\nto Troy, 185 1 Lilburn Allen, for a road in the Boyce\\nneighborhood, 1850.\\nTHE UNITED STATES MAIL, STAGE, AND EXPRESS\\nLINES.\\nThe first mail conveyance the town had was on a\\nroute established in 1812 from Worcester to Keene,\\nand the carrier was Jonathan Pierce, of Ro3 alston,\\nwho at first made weekly and afterwards semi-\\nweekly trips over the road in an old one-horse\\nshay, not the one the deacon had, it is true, but it was\\nof the same pattern, and equally as venerable. Mr.\\nPierce was in this service nearly twenty years, and\\nwas as regular as the sun in his rounds, and is still\\nremembered as a large man of fine physique, quite\\ncompanionable, and of a social turn well calculated\\nto win friends, a host of which he had on the line of\\nhis route. He was succeeded by a line of stage-\\ncoaches put on by Russell Wheeler and Jonas For-\\nristall, of Royalston, about 1830. This enterprise,\\nafter a trial of a few vears with indifferent success,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 121\\nwas given up, and Renoni Ballou, of Richmond,\\ncontinued the carrying of the mail from Royalston to\\nKeene on the same line, with a horse and wagon,\\nfor some years. He carried some passengers and\\ndid errands, since called express business.\\nAbout 1835 another line of stages, carrying the\\nmail from Worcester to Keene, was run under the\\nmanagement of that king of staging, Genery Twitch-\\nell, and was continued until about the time of the\\nSTAGE COACH.\\nbuilding of the Fitchburg railroad, when the daily\\nmail route over this line ceased, and the mail was\\ncarried tri-weekly only until 1876. The driver on\\nthis line for several years is still remembered, was\\nusually called Mac. Another post route and stage\\nline from Brattleboro to Boston was opened about\\n1830. This was run daily, the morning stage from\\nBrattleboro arriving about eight in the morning, and\\nthe evening stage from Boston about 6, p. m., afford-\\ning ample travelling and postal facilities, equal in\\nfact to that of au}^ other country town but all this\\nwas changed when the Fitchburg railroad and its ex-\\ntensions were completed, except that the mail and\\nexpress-wagon continued to run from Winchester to\\nFitzwilliam three times a week in connection with the\\nCheshire trains until about 1876.\\nOf the old drivers on the Brattleboro line, Pennock\\nand Sylvanus Perliam, perhaps, (who were the longest\\non the route,) and Madison Martin, are now best remem-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OF THE\\nbered. It was the custom on this line for the driver to\\nblow his horn when nearing a village to warn them of\\nhis arrival, in imitation of the English fashion. Mr.\\nW. W. Ball was the last of the expressmen and mail-\\ncarriers on the Winchester and Fitzwilliam route, and\\nwas longer in that service than any other, having\\ncommenced in 1862, making fourteen years of con-\\ntinued service. The mail route was changed to Keene\\nin 1876, and this was then discontinued, and has so\\nremained to the present time. A daih passenger and\\nexpress is run with the rnail, stopping at the post-\\noffices at North Richmond, Unionville, and Swansey\\nCentre. Mr. Orlan Whipple, the present proprietor,\\nhas run this line most of the time since 1867. The\\nfollowing compliment is cheerfully inserted by request\\nof Mr. Ball. He says that during the fourteen\\nyears no unkind word was received from the Rich-\\nmond people, and no person said to me that I charged\\nthem too much for conveyance or express, and all\\nbills were promptl} paid, with the exception of one\\ncase, and he remembered so man}^ times to tell me\\nhe should pay, and did not, that I call it settled.\\nSCHOOLS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS.\\nThe first mention made of schools or schooling w^as\\nin 1 77 1 when the town raised fourteen pounds for\\nschooling, and voted to hold the schools in six\\nseveral places. This amount would be equal to\\nabout seventy dollars, and would give less than\\ntwelve dollars for the support of each, w^hile the\\npopulation of the town at that time was equal to the\\npresent. The following year the grant was increased\\nto fifteen pounds, not a very large addition, giving", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 23\\nabout a dollar more to each. In 1773, thirty pounds\\nwas granted, but in 1774, it was reduced to fifteen,\\nand in 1775 increased to twenty. Up to this time\\nthere had been no school-houses in town, but the\\nschools had been held in private dwellings.\\nTJie First School District.\\nPETITION.\\nA request to the town from the Inhabitants in the South-West\\nCorner of the town of Richmond to set lis tlie Subscribers off in a\\nSquadron so that We may know where to build a school house and\\nnot be divided any more. We request to be boimded as follows\\nBeginning at Winchester Line Where Norwood s brook crosses the\\nLine, thence up said Brook to Rufus Whipple s South Line, from\\nthence East on said Line to Thomas Wooley s Land and on his\\nNorth Line and David Cass s North Line to his North East corner,\\nfrom thence South on the Line between the Ranges No. Nine and\\nEight to Warwick Line.\\nRichmond, March 24, 1775.\\nIsrael Whipple, Nathan Wooley,\\nMichael Barrus, William Goddard,\\nOthnial Day, Ichabod Whipple,\\nEbenezer Barrus, Benjamin Thrasher,\\nNathan Barrus, Jonathan Atherton,\\nSolomon Atherton, Dan. Whipple,\\nThomas Wooley, David Cass,\\nOliver Capron, John Barrus,\\nAbraham Barrus, Rufus Whipple.\\nRichmond, March 29. 1775.\\nVoted, That the above Squadron be set off according to above\\nrequest.\\nSecond ScJiooI District.\\npetition.\\nA request to the town from the Inhabitants in the West part of\\nthe town of Richmond to set us the subscribers off in a Squadron\\nso that We may know where to build a school house and not be\\ndivided any more. We request to be bounded as follows Begin-\\nning at Winchester Line on the North side of Norwood s brook,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF THE\\nthence South Easterly till it comes to James Tillson s South West\\ncorner, thence East to John Cass South East corner, thence North\\nto Abraham Mann s North East corner, thence West to Silas\\nTaft s North West corner, thence South to Joseph Cass s land,\\nthence West to Winchester Line.\\nMarch ye 29, 1775-\\nJohn Dandley, Abraham Mann,\\nJoseph Cass, John Cass,\\nOliver Ormsbee, Grindall Thayer,\\nSilas Taft, Francis Norwood.\\nIsryjiRE Whipple,\\nMarch 29, 1775.\\nVoted, To set off the last written Squadron acconiing to request.\\nThe town raised no money for schooling in 1776;\\nbut in 1777 they granted thirty pounds, which vote\\nafterwards was rescinded. In 1778 they raised\\nnothing, but chose Dr. Aaron Aldrich a grammar-\\nschool master, the first and only one ever chosen by\\nthe town. In i779- 8o, when the paper money be-\\ncame less valuable, they voted \u00c2\u00a3300 and \u00c2\u00a3600, re-\\nspectively, for schools.\\nWe have presented the action of the town on matters\\npertaining to schools up to the time when the educa-\\ntion of the children of the state was made compulsory\\nunder the Constitution in 1783. Alter this time\\nvarious sums were raised, varj ing from fifty to one\\nhundred pounds, for several years.\\nTHE TOWN DIVIDED INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nIn 1784, the town chose a committee, consisting of\\nNicholas Cook, Rufus Whipple, Peter Holbrook,\\nJonathan Gaskili, John Gorton, James Kingslejs and\\nHenry Ingalls, to divide the town into school squad-\\nrons, which duty, it is presumed, they performed to\\nthe acceptance of the town but the number of them", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I25\\nis not reported, nor the boundaries thereof, but in\\n1789 a revisal of the school districts was made by the\\nselectmen, with a list of the legal voters and heads of\\nfamilies in each of the twenty school districts then\\nmade, beginning with the south-west corner of the\\ntown as No. i, and thence running northerly with the\\nnumbers, and again returning for the next tier, of\\nwhich the following is a copy\\nThe Division of School Districts for A. D. IJ^Q-\\nNo. 1. Col l OIv. Capron, Michael Barms. Ebenezer Bairus,\\nJonathan Artherton, Solomon Artherton, Othniel Day, Israel\\nWhipple, Joseph Ornisbv, John Barrus, Mary Barms, Jesse Martin,\\nDan. Whipple, Moses Tyler, Rufiis Whipple, Isquire Whipple,\\nTimothy Robinson, Barnabas Thresher, Benjamin Thresher, Eben-\\nezer Barrus, Jared Ballon, Ichabod Whipple, Laban Thornton,\\nLemuel Artherton.\\nNo. 2. Francis Norwood, Joseph Cass, James Hewes, Grindall\\nThayer, Levy Mory, Jesse Garnsey, Amos Garnsey, David Garn-\\nsey, Silas Taft, Darias Taft, Edmond Ingalls, Abraham Man, James\\nBrown, Jonas Twichel, Elijah Stoddart, Sirril Garnsey, Micajah\\nNorwood, Iddo Cass, James Dandley, Joel Cass, Abner Comstock,\\nTurner Thayer, Aaron Humes, Preserved Taft, Silas Whitechar,\\nAmos Garnsey, Jd.\\nNo. 3. John Scott, Luke Scott, Lemuel Scott, Abraham Brown,\\nJeremiah Thayer, Eli Page, Israel Sabin, Ephraim Taft. Peter\\nHolbrook, Jeremiah Thayer, 2d, Aaron Cooley, John Bennett,\\nAsahel Bennett, Joseph Holbrook, Peleg Taft, Asahel Jewel.\\nNo. 4. Robert Buft um, David Ballou, John Cass, 2d, Elisabeth\\nMan, Samuel Carpenter.\\nNo. 5. William Goddard, David Cass, Silas Parker, Ivory\\nSnow, Ruben Parker, Oliver Barrus, Stephen Kimpton, Oliver\\nIlix, Napthali Guild, Amos Parker, Edward Goddard, Joseph\\nGoddard.\\nNo. 6. Ebenezer Blanding, Ephraim Hix, Isaiah Thurber,\\nHenry Ingalls, John Pickering, William Garnsey, Martin Ellis,\\nJeremiah Bullock, Daniel Carpenter.\\nNo. 7. Nathan Harkness, Daniel Cass, 2d, Daniel Cass, John\\nCass, 3d, Gideon Man, Gideon Man, 2d, Daniel Man, Jedediah\\nBuffum, James Kingsley, Henry Aldrich, Levy Thayer, Moses\\nAllen, Olvin Allen, Jonathan Jilson, Hezekiah Thurber, James\\nRamer.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF THE\\nNo. 8. Samuel Curtis, Noah Curtis, Luther Curtis, Simpson\\nIhimmond, Artemeus Aldrich, Nicholas Cook, William Cook,\\nSarah Martin, Wilderness Martin, Elijah White, Thomas Alex-\\nander.\\nNo. 9. Abner Aldrich, Stephen Harris. Christopher Harris,\\nLevi Aldrich, Silas Aldrich, Aaron Ballou, Annanias Aldrich,\\nLuke Cass, Uriah Aldrich, Nathan Aldrich, Paul Aldrich, Philip\\nAldrich, James Cook, Zuriel Cook, Aquilla Ramsdell, Oliver Harris,\\nSilas Wheeler.\\nNo. 10. David Russell, Sylvanus Harris, Sarah Crane,\\nMaturen Ballou, Nathan Ballou, Thomas Bowen, Aaron Aldrich,\\nRoval Aldrich, Jonathan Cass, Joseph Streter.\\nNo. 11. William Chase, Sylvanus Cook, Elijah Devenport,\\nStarkey Joseph, Moses Wheaton, Aholiab Smith, Nathaniel Al-\\ndrich, Samuel Swift, Jesse Ballou, David Swift, Oliver Perry.\\nNo. 12. John Gorton, Ruben Randall, Barney Smith, Stephen\\nJilson, Paul Jilson, John Harkness, Oliver Ormsby, Elisha Ormsby,\\nEseck Buftum, Isaac Benson, Ebenezer Peters, John Garish, Asa\\nChase, John Benson, Joseph Aldrich, Thadeus Stockwell.\\nN^o. 13. Jacob Bump, John Wing, Joseph Wing, Jonathan\\nSweet, Richard Sweet, Paul Handy, James Cargil, Ebenezer Miller,\\nEbenezer Miller, 2d, Solomon Aldrich, Israel Peters, Amos Born,\\nStephen Born, Nathan Bowen, Anthony Sweet, Jonathan Sweet,\\n2d, Josiah Woodard, Daniel Burlinggam.\\nN o. 14. Moses Buffum, Abraham Philips, James Ballou, James\\nBallou, 2d, Oziel Ballou, Daniel Ballou, Russel Ballou, Seth\\nBallou, Stephen Ballard, Silas Ballou, Samuel Hunting, Jonathan\\nCook, Nathan Cook, Jacob Southwick, David Bolles.\\nA^o. 15. Paul Boyce, John Boyce, Cadish Boyce, Nathan\\nBoyce, Jacob Boyce.\\nNo. 16. Joseph Newel, Benoni Aldrich, Lott Aldrich, Jona-\\nthan Bolles, Simeon Thayer, David Bolles, Nathaniel Bolles, John\\nBolles, Solomon Bolles, George Buftum, John Robinson, Benjamin\\nBuft um, Peter Robinson, William Bolles, Rufus Dexter.\\nNo. 17. Ebenezer Swan, George Martin, Peter Martin, Robert\\nWork, Moses Martin, Robert Work, 2d, John Brimer.\\nNo. IS. Martin Barney, Nathan Wooley, Joseph Barney,\\nRichard Peters, Nathaniel Taft, Joseph Jaseph, Anthony Harris,\\nJeremiah Simmons.\\nNo. 9. Joseph Cass, 2d, Elisha Knapp, Mordica Cass, Aaron\\nPeck, William Weeks.\\nNo. Jonathan Garskill, Verny Garskill, Caleb Buffum,\\nSamuel Garskill, Jazaniah Barret, Nathaniel Bowen.\\nA Revisal of the School Destricts by James Kingsley, Moses\\nTyler, Selectmen, Anno Domini, lySy.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 127\\nAfter this districting, changes were made quite\\noften, by annexing or disannexing certain persons\\nand their estates from one school district to another\\nuntil 1816, when the number of school districts was\\nreduced to fifteen. This number was retained until a\\nnew district was made in the middle of the town about\\n1848, called District No. i6. Since the latter date, the\\nnumber of districts has decreased. The number of\\nscholars of late in the north-east part of the town, and\\nalso in the south-east, has been so few that schools\\nin these localities have been mostly discontinued.\\nDistrict No. lo has been annexed for school purposes\\nto the adjoining school district in Swansey. The\\npractical working of this union has been unsatisfac-\\ntory to the town, as the entire tax assessed on all the\\nratable estates in the district has to be turned over to\\nSwansey for the schooling of four or live scholars.\\nIn 1883, there were eleven schools in as many\\ndistricts, with one hundred and fifty-live scholars in\\nall, of which seventeen were over sixteen years of\\nage, while in 1806 there were five hundred and\\neighty-nine scholars, which included probably some\\nolder than are now classed as such, showing, by\\nmarked contrast, a great change in the vital statistics\\nof the town. The following table may be of interest\\nin showing the districts in 1816, the prudential com-\\nmittee in same, and amounts expended in each\\nNo. I. Rufus Whipple, $59 20\\n2. Cjiel Garnsey, 6 96\\n3. David Ilolbrook, 34 7S\\n4. John BoUes, 43 j6\\n5. Ezra Martin, 56 9S\\n6. Moses Allen, Jr 7 04\\n7. Martin Ellis, 17 02\\nS. Edward Fuller, 17 02", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "128 HISTORY OF THE\\nNo. 9. Robert Swan. 30 34\\n10. Ona Aldrich, 23 6S\\nII. Oliver Perry, 5 iS\\n12. Anthony Corey, 24 42\\n13. Nathan Bowen, ^2 iS\\n14. John Boyce, 9 62\\n15. Wm. Fairbrother, 2 22\\nTotal amount, $444 60\\nThe town has never had a high school. The\\nnearest approximation to one was a school kept by\\nHarvey Jewell of Winchester in the vestry of the\\nBrick church, in 1840, in which some of the higher\\nbranches were taught. This was attended by scholars\\nfrom all parts of the town, and many received ma-\\nterial benefit, no doubt, from attendance on this one\\nbrief term. It was supported by subscription.\\nThe Friends^ School.\\nDuring the earlier and more flourishing period\\nof the Quaker society, the Friends had a school\\nseparate from the common school, which was called\\nthe pole district, they drawing their proportion of the\\nschool money. This was kept most of the time at\\ntheir meeting-house after the same w^as built in 1790\\nbut before this time, it was kept at various places\\nsometimes in the east part of the town, at Paul\\nJillson s, and sometimes at Peleg Taft s in the west.\\nSchools under their direction were continued until\\nabout 1825. The last of these was at Peregrine\\nWheeler s shop, Joanna Allen being teacher. After\\nthis the project was abandoned, and a return w^as\\nmade to the only sensible system yet devised the\\ncommon school created and sustained by law as\\nthe most fitting and proper place for the education of", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I29\\nall children born on American soil, or destined to be-\\ncome citizens of the great Republic. The oppor-\\ntunities ever have been meagre tor acquiring an\\neducation when compared with the facilities offered\\nby most of the larger towns of to-day. Schools in\\nall of the districts have rarely been kept six months\\nin the year, and in many, perhaps, not over three\\nhence those who have succeeded in obtaining a fair\\neducation have had to rely largely on their own ex-\\nertions for such literary attainments as they may have\\nacquired. Of those born in town who have had a\\ncollegiate education but few appear on the list but\\nto the credit of the town it may be said that she has\\nfurnished a fair and full quota to the country of men\\nof talent, enterprise, and distinction.\\nCollegians and Teachers.\\nGeorge Cook, son of Simeon Cook, born Aug. 31, 1S17. Gradua-\\nted at Amherst College.\\nRev. Lorenzo R. Thnyer, son of Uriah Thayer, born Dec. 2,\\n1814. Graduated at Wesleyan University. Middletown, Ct.\\nRev. Silas Parsons Cook, son of Simeon Cook, Jr., born Oct. iS,\\n1S45. Graduated at Harvard College.\\nRev. Randall H. Aldrich, son of Hosea B. Aldrich, born June,\\n1S50. Graduated at Tufts College.\\nArthur P. French, son of Dr. Samuel P. French, born March 5,\\n1S44. Graduated at Dartmouth College.\\nList of Persons in Town Knoxvn to Have Been Teachers.\\nDr. Aaron Aldrich, Jonathan Garnsey, Buffum Allen, Orrin M.\\nAllen, Hosea Boorn, Silas Ballou, James Ballou, Jr., James Ballou,\\n3d, Olney Ballou, Alvan Barrus, Hosea Boorn, Elisha Bassett,\\nAhaz Bassett, Daniel Bassett, Jr., Wm. Bassett, Dr. Britton, Oliver\\nBarrus, George Cook, Simeon Cook, Jr., Augustus Cass, Kendall\\nFisher, Nathan Harkness, Buft um Harkness, Elijah Harkness,\\nElisha Harkness, Elijah Harkness, Jr., Dennis Harkness, Asahel\\nKilton, Joseph Man, David Randall, David Randall, 2d, Danford\\nTyler, Russell Whipple, Sally Bisbee, Ruth Allen, Clarissa Raw-\\n9", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "I30\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nson, Joanna Allen, Lucj Peters, Atlanta Martin, Sally Cass,\\nSarah Bowen, Mary Randall, Lona Aldrich, Phebe Bowen, Helen\\nH. M. Barden, Clara Barden, Mary Barden, Caroline P. Rich,\\nPatience A. Tyler, Laura J. Tyler, Rhoda G. Tyler, Judana Tyler,\\nSarah Randall, Olive Barrus.\\nSCHOOLHOUSES BUILT.\\nDistrict No. I.\\nThe house in District No. i was probably built\\nabout 1775, the time they petitioned to be set off in a\\nsquadron, and was repaired in 1808 at an expense of\\n$10.14, and again in 1815 more extensive repairs\\nwere made, amounting to $40.22. The district at\\nthis latter date embraced nearly all of the district now\\nnumbered fourteen, and the following copy of the\\nassessment of the tax for this repair may be of interest\\nto some by showing the changes of residents therein\\nWyman Thayer $o 69\\nLaban Thornton i 27\\nMoses Garnsey 48\\nCyrus Whipple 141\\nWilliam Whipple 30\\nAzariah Whipple i 02\\nIsquire Whipple 70\\nIsquire Whipple, Jr. 36\\nCharles Whipple 42\\nRufus Whipple i 06\\nMoses Tyler 2 28\\nLemuel Atherton 1 71\\nJona. Saben Atherton 2 94\\nMichael Barrus 30\\nSam l Barrus i 23\\nJohn Smith 15\\nAaron Kelton i 23\\nEbenezer Cheena i 24\\nJoseph Wate 30\\nOthanial Day 22\\nJonathan Barrus 45\\nSamuel Kimpton i 05\\nIchabod Whipple $1 26\\nBarnabas Barrus 75\\nJohn Barrus 75\\nEbenezer Barrus 61\\nDan. Whipple i 87\\nNathaniel Whipple 42\\nEnoch Whipple 30\\nThomas Goddard 2 25\\nWilliam Goddard 1 00\\nEbenezer Blanding i 18\\nElisha Brigham i 06\\nBenoni Ballou 30\\nOliver Barrus 69\\nJeremiah Barrus i 26\\nJared Ballou i 06\\nDaniel Wiswell 45\\nJoseph Holbrook i 86\\nTown send Parker 39\\nJacob Sam. Parker i 59\\nOliver Barrus 75\\nMilieus Barrus 94\\nSimeon Starn iS", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n131\\nThe house for which this assessment was made\\ncontinued to be used until the present new house of\\nmodern construction was built in 1S57, at a cost of\\n$458.86.\\nDistrict No. 2.\\nThe first house in this district was built about 1775,\\non the old road between John Dandly s and Joseph\\nCass This was burnt, and another erected in its\\nplace. This served the district until 1S32, when a\\nnew house was built north of the Grindall Thayer\\nplace. This has been removed to the cross-road\\nsouth of the Wyman Thayer place. The tax as-\\nsessed on the following named persons for its building\\nwas $74.83, viz.\\nDaniel BulTiim\\nSi7 dx\\nThompson Thfiver\\n10 40\\nWjman C. Thayer\\n4 74\\nCyrus Taylor\\n7 34\\nWilliam Whipple\\n2 59\\nJohn Scott\\n21 00\\nUriah Thayer $2 67\\nLemuel Taylor 6S\\nAsa and John Alexander i 13\\nAugustus Arnfold i 69\\nAbel H. Fassett 2 48\\nFrancis McClear 3 48\\nDistrict No. J.\\nThe schools in this district were kept in private\\nhouses until the school-house now standinjif in the\\ndistrict was built.\\nDistrict No. 4.\\nThe school-house in District No. 4 formerly stood\\non the piece of road now discontinued south of Levi\\nRandall s.\\nDistrict No. 5.\\nThe school-house in this district was nearly a\\nsquare, wath a high roof, and was on the road near\\nthe Otis Cass place. It was removed to the foot of", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nthe hill, a little to the east of where Ansel Harris now\\nlives. This was occupied until the new house now\\nin use was built, in 1855, at an expense of $672.56.\\nDistrict No. 6.\\nSchool District No. 6 was carved out of other\\ndistricts, and formed in 1815 and the old brick\\nschool-house was built the same year at an ex-\\npense of $283.55. This district extended from\\nCaptain Crooker s to Benjamin Dexters and Obe-\\ndiah Sprague s, and also from Gideon Man s, Jr.,\\nto Benjamin Kelton s. Jonathan Cass always sent to\\nthis district. The following list of assessment shows\\nthe tax-payers of the district at that time\\nBenj. Crooker\\n.$24\\n48\\nGideon Man\\n$15 15\\nJoseph Howard\\n3\\n12\\nJoseph Bnffnm\\n6 23\\nJoseph Weeks\\n5\\n24\\nBenjamin Dexter\\niS 91\\nJonathan Rawson\\n10\\n91\\nZacheus Wheeler\\n2 96\\nDaniel C. Bryant\\nI\\n47\\nNathan Williams\\n2 12\\nCarlton Bryant\\n2\\n54\\nGeorge Harkness\\n4 87\\nWm. Buiynni\\n3\\n17\\nBenjamin Man\\nII 23\\nTimothy Cole\\n2\\n54\\nWilliam Weeks\\n5 50\\nCandace Howe\\n5\\n-9\\nJacob Sweet\\n10 47\\nEsek Butfnm\\n22\\n31\\nEzra Cole\\n10 26\\nGeorge Buffum\\n-7\\n22\\nBenjamin Kelton\\ni^ 34\\nMoses Allen, Jr\\n12\\n82\\nHannah Kelton\\n5 37\\nMoses Allen\\n10\\n05\\nObadiah Sprague\\n21 71\\nJerahmeel Allen\\n6\\n84\\nEnos Holbrook\\n15 68\\nLilburn Allen\\n2\\n75\\nThis house was used until 1850, when it was de-\\nmolished, and the new house built on the site was\\nerected.\\nDistrict No. 7.\\nThe school-house in District No. 7 was built about\\n1830, and has served the district for more than fifty", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n133\\nyears, and is now removed to near the place once\\noccupied by David Perry and others. The change\\nin location has been made for the purpose of uniting\\nDistricts Nos. 7 and S.\\nDistrict No. 8.\\nThe school-house in District No. 8 was built in\\n1852, at a cost of $100,51, and was located south of\\nAaron Miller s place, on the east side of the road.\\nThe union of this district with No. 7 obviates the\\nnecessity of its further use.\\nDistrict No. TO.\\nThe school-house in this district was located near\\nthe junction of the roads leading by the house of Levi\\nAldrich and the house of Nathan Aldrich. The\\nhouse is now gone, and the district is annexed to the\\nadjoining district in Swansey.\\nDistrict No. 14.\\nThe first school-house in District No. 14 was built\\nin 1822. The district was mostl} taken from District\\nNo. I. The amount expended for building the house\\nwas $90.31, which was assessed on the following\\npersons, viz.\\nJeremiah Barrus 7 73\\nJeremiah Barrus, 2d, i 95\\nElisha Brigliam 5 55\\nOliver Barrus 6 48\\nOliver Barrus heirs i 95\\nJonathan Barrus i 95\\nJared Ballou 6 68\\nDavid Battles 55\\nThomas Goddard 15 23\\nJoseph Ilolbrook\\nSam l Kimpton\\nJacob and Sam l Parke\\nTownsend Parker\\nEnoch Sprague\\nNathan Ward\\nLand of David Perry\\nSimeon Stearns\\n$11 03\\n6 98\\n8 50\\n2 70\\n4 05\\n5 iS\\n90\\n90\\nThis house is still used, but needs repairs.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF THE\\nA PART OF RICHMOND ANNEXED TO TROY.\\nAt the June session of the General Court, 1815, on\\npetition of certain inhabitants living in the north-east\\npart of Richmond, together with others mostly in the\\ntown of Marlboro praying that they might be set off\\ninto a new town, it was enacted that the prayers of\\nthe petitioners be granted, and that a town by the\\nname of Troy be made from territor} belonging to\\nMarlboro Fitzwilliam, and Richmond. The fol-\\nlowing extract from the Act describes the line be-\\ntween Richmond and Troy\\nBeginning at the north-west corner of tlie present boundaries of\\nFitzwilliam, thence nortiierly 262 Rods thence N. 72^\u00c2\u00b0, W. 243\\nRods; thence N. ih\u00c2\u00b0, E. 66 Rods thence S. 80\u00c2\u00b0, W. 47 Rods;\\nthence N. 1\u00c2\u00b0, W. 145 Rods thence S. 84\u00c2\u00b0, E. 52 Rods thence North\\n80 Rods; thence N. 23\u00c2\u00b0, E. 92 Rods; thence N. 30\u00c2\u00b0, E. 27 Rods;\\nthence N. i^\u00c2\u00b0, W. 173 Rods; thence East 98 Rods; thence North\\nil\u00c2\u00b0, West 235 Rods; thence S. 82*, E. 32 Rods, to the Line between\\nMarlboi-o and Swansej.\\nThis line was made quite irregular, b} reason of\\nrunning around the farm of Oliver Peny, who\\nstoutl}- refused to be set off to Troy.\\nA PART OF RICHMOND ANNEXED TO WINCHESTER.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nIn the 3 ear of our Lord one thousand eight liundrcd and fifty.\\nAn act to sever a tract of Land from the town of Richmond, and\\nannex the same to the town of Winchester.\\nSec. 1st. Be it enacted bj the Senate and House of Represent-\\natives in General Court convened, that the tract of land con-\\ntained within the following boundaries, to wit Beginning at the\\nnorth-west corner of the town of Richmond and running southerly\\non the line dividing Richmond from Winchester three hundred\\nand forty rods to the south line of the road leading by Hollis\\nNaromore s house, thence North 58\u00c2\u00b0 East to Swansey South Line\\nat the north side of the new road leading from Swansey to Win-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "4", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 35\\nChester; thence on Swansev South Line three hundred and forty\\nrods to the corner between Svvansey and Richmond, be and it\\nhereby is disannexed and separated from the town of Richmond,\\nand is annexed to and made a part of said town of Wincho^tor, as\\nfully and amply to all intents, as though it had been contained in\\nand comprehended by the original grant, charter or incorporation\\nof said Winchester.\\nSec. 2d. This act shall take eftect from and after its passage.\\nN. B. BARKER,\\nSpeaker of (he House of Represeitlatir es.\\nRICHARD JENNESS,\\nPresident of the Senate.\\nApproved July 2, 1850.\\nSAM L DINSMORE,\\nGovernor.\\nSECTIONAL PLAN OF THE TOWN AS BOUNDED 1882.\\nThe plan of the town (see page 24), shows its pres-\\nent boundaries, and was made on a diminished scale for\\nthe purpose of convenience of insertion in tliis work.\\nBeing about six miles square, it was divided into twelve\\nranges by lines running north and south about 160\\nrods or a half mile apart, beginning at the east side\\nto reckon from, and into twenty-four lots by lines\\nrunning east and west about 80 rods, or one-fourth\\nmile apart, beginning at the bay line. The reason\\nwhy lot No. 24 seems to be in the place of lot No. i\\nis that the first lot on the south side was originally a\\ndouble lot, but was afterwards divided, and the\\nsoutherly part was called No. 24. By an old plan\\naccidentally found, made by Esquire Tyler about\\n1810, which was in an old bundle left by him (and is\\nthe only one extant known at this time), we find\\nthat in some of the ranges this line of lots is dillerently\\nnumbered, viz. in the eleventh and twelfth ranges it\\nis named 22, and in ranges nine and ten it is called\\nLot 21.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "136 HISTORY OF THE\\nTOPOGRAPHICAL.\\nThe town is more uneven than would be inferred\\nfrom the description given in the Farmer s Gazetteer.\\nSome elevations called mountains would hardly be con-\\nsidered as such in comparison with many of the\\nGranite hills none probably exceed 2,000 feet in\\nheight. The land is generally rocky no tields of\\nany considerable extent are free from these obstruc-\\ntions ledges crop out here and there, showing the\\nsolid base on which the town rests. The drainage of\\nthe town is good no extensive swamps abound,\\nbreeding malarial diseases. The largest tract of\\nswamp is south of Cass pond, mostly west of Fall\\nbrook. The radius of this is probably less than half\\na mile. For the better comprehension by the reader\\nof the general aspect of the town, we propose that he\\naccompany us to a few points of observation, where\\nthe town may perhaps be seen to best advantage.\\nFace of the Cou)itry.\\nFrom the summit of Crooker hill (so called) near\\nthe territorial centre of the town, may be seen more\\nof the town than from any other spot. This, although\\nnot so high as other elevations, is clear of obstruc-\\ntions, and here good views may be obtained in all\\ndirections. Looking towards the north, the valle} of\\nthe south branch of the Ashuelot comes into view,\\nextending to Swanse3^ and then up the valle} of the\\nAshuelot proper to Keene, and beyond to the Surry\\nhills. The view of Keene, considering it is twelve\\nmiles away, is particularly fine. Small, indeed, it\\nlooks for a city, a mere speck in comparison with the\\nbroad plain upon which it stands. This plain,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "(/I\\nr\\nr\\no\\nq\\nD\\nW\\nr", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I37\\nenclosed by continuous ranges of hills and mountains\\non all sides, except the south, looks like a vast amphi-\\ntheatre in the panorama before you. The hills skirt-\\ning the valley on the west, known as the Franconia\\nmountain, which extends northward to Swansey, is\\nexceedingly precipitous and abrupt on its eastern de-\\nclivity. Perpendicular clitls of lift} feet and more\\nextend north and south for long distances west of\\nthe Joseph Newell place. Large boulders and de-\\ntached portions of ledges are scattered at the foot of\\nthese hills. On the east of this valley, the ascent is\\nmore gradual. The summit of this range is reached\\non the top of the Little Monadnock, near the boun-\\ndaries of Troy and Fitzwilliam. This is the highest\\npeak in that direction, except the Grand Monadnock,\\nwhich looms up in matchless grandeur, overtopping all\\nother peaks and elevations in the state south of the\\nWhite Mountains. Grassy hill, two miles distant to\\nthe east, is seen to advantage here. This hill proper\\nextends about two miles north of the old turnpike,\\nwhile that portion of the same range extending some\\ndistance to the southward was named Gaskill hill,\\nfrom Jonathan and Silas Gaskill, who were the first\\nsettlers on that range. These hills have a surface\\nmore regular than those in the west, and, to the\\neye of the husbandman, are less defaced with ob-\\nstructions by huge rocks and ledges. More to the\\nsouthward the eye rests on a vast expanse of more\\nlevel land extending into the old Bay State. This is\\nlargel} covered with a forest growth, and holds\\nwithin its embrace Cass pond, so called from Daniel\\nCass, the first settler on its western border. This\\npond, in its surroundings, retains all its primitive\\nwildness. It is still enclosed bv an evergreen forest.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "138 HISTORY OF THE\\nand the general aspect is probably the same as when\\nThe Indian in his bark canoe,\\nSped o er its waters green and blue.\\nEast of the pond is Devilstair hill, so called\\nin early time from the steps in the rocks by which\\nhis majesty is supposed to have ascended and de-\\nscended the hill with more ease. Over this hill\\nran the first road made through town from Winchester\\nto Royalston, traces of which may still be seen. Fol-\\nlowing the outlet of Cass pond for a mile or more,\\njust over the line in Royalston, is the Royal cascade,\\nthe greatest natural curiosity in this vicinity. This\\nname was given by Professor Hitchcock when he\\nvisited the spot some years ago, partly in reference to\\nits royal character. In his description of the falls,\\nhe says that the stream is not more than ten feet wide\\nat the spot, but it descends forty-five feet at a single\\nleap into a large basin, which from its top has been ex-\\ncavated by the erosion of the waters. The sides, to\\nthe height of fifty or sixty feet, are formed of solid\\nrock, now retreating and now projecting, crowned at\\nthe summit with trees. Man} of these lean over the\\ngulf, or have fallen across it, so that upon the whole,\\nthe scene is one of great wildness and interest. The\\nplace has become a popular resort for pic-nic and\\npleasure parties, and for some years there has been a\\ngeneral gathering here on the fourth of September,\\nwhen persons from far and near assemble for the\\nrenewal of old friendships, and to exchange the\\nkindlier greetings of social life. Still lurther east is\\nthe Tully, a brook that rises near the Little Monad-\\nnock and runs south, and finally, after uniting with\\nthe west branch of the same, empties into Miller s", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I39\\nriver, in Athol. Tlie well-known Ballon neighbor-\\nhood embraces the southern portion of this valley in\\ntown, and has a pleasant view to the southward.\\nThe hill north of Four corners, the Buflum hill,\\nso called from the first settler on the same, Jede-\\ndiah Buflum, is a noticeable prominence in town,\\nfrom the summit of which fine views may be had\\nof the southern portion of the town. From this,\\nParker hill, near the Massachusetts line, named from\\nReuben Parker, who settled near it, is clearly out-\\nlined as one of the higher eminences, as also is\\nWhipple hill, still further west, which merges into\\nPudding hill, so called in Winchester. The view\\nfrom the St. Clair place is exceedingly beautiful and\\nextensive, in nearly all directions. Here the Grand\\nMonadnock, the Northern hills, and the Green Moun-\\ntain range, are clearly exhibited to the view of the\\nbeholder on any clear day. Peaked and Second\\nmountains, partly in Winchester, are the more\\nnoticed, and are of higher elevations but neither of\\nthese can much, if any, exceed in height the Attle-\\nboro mountain, which is about two miles west-by-\\nnorth from the middle of the town. This eminence\\nshuts out from view the north-west part of the town\\nfrom any point considered, except from Whipple hill,\\nand from there a partial view may be gleaned of land\\nlying between this and the Ashuelot range of moun-\\ntains in Winchester. The drainage of nearly all of\\nthe west part of the town is by the brook at first\\ncalled Norwood s, from Francis Norwood, who\\nsettled near the same. Afterwards it was mentioned\\nas the Great brook, and later has been known as\\nRoaring brook. A tributary to this is the Tilsey,\\nwhich was so named from James Tilson, who settled", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF THE\\nnear the confluence of this with Norwood s brook.\\nThe Tilsey rises near Sandy pond, and ma} have\\nbeen at some period in the past the outlet of the same.\\nThe two principal ponds are worthy of special men-\\ntion. The Cass pond, the largest, is nearly a mile\\nlong, and probably less than a half of that in width,\\nand is somewhat in shape of the letter S it is situated\\nin lots 6 and 7, in the fifth and sixth ranges. It is fed\\nby springs, and has one outlet by Fall brook into the\\nTully. The dimensions of Sandy pond are consid-\\nerably less than Cass probably about one-third the\\nsize, situated in lot 14, in the seventh range. This,\\ntoo, is fed by springs, and has an outlet by North\\nbrook, through Swansey. Both of these have a\\nsandy bottom, and the water is clear as crystal.\\nThe pickerel, perch, and trout abound, and large\\nnumbers of the same are annually taken by the\\nanglers in the vicinity. The echoes of Cass pond\\nare worthy of note. Its surroundings are such as to\\nproduce very perfect echoes, and it might appropri-\\nately be called Echo lake.\\nThe old canoe which was formerly on Cass pond\\nis still remembered as a very convenient and service-\\nable craft, stable and safe. It was nearly twenty\\nfeet long by four in width, and was made from two\\nvery large pine logs, placed side by side, fi.tted to\\neach other, and hollowed out. It was made about\\n1820, and dedicated to the use of the public without\\nrestrictions but the generosity of the donors was ill\\nrequited by some envious or evil-disposed persons,\\nwho cut the boat in two to prevent certain other ones\\nfrom using it. The two parts were afterwards sunk\\nsomewhere in the pond to rise no more.\\nOn the southern border of Cass pond is a place of", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n141\\nhistoric interest, known as the Baptizing place.\\nThis was where the members of the first Baptist\\nchurch generally were baptized, and was a famous\\nplace for bathing in the early time. The bottom here\\nis particularly clear and hard, and the slope quite\\ngentle. It was not uncommon for fifty or more to\\nassemble here on a Sunday morning in summer, and\\nhave a gay old time.\\nGEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL.\\nA brief extract from the report of a survey of the\\nstate, made by Charles T. Jackson, in 1844, contains\\nsome information worthy of special mention. He\\nsays that\\nThe land in this town is hilly, but none of the elevations are of\\nsufficient height to receive the appellation of mountains. The\\nrocks are granite, mica, slate, hornblende rock, and talcose rock or\\nsoapstone. The soapstone bed is two miles S. W. by S. from\\nRichmond meeting-house, on the south side of Roaring brook and\\none mile from the Massachusetts state line, and on elevated hind.\\nIt has a north and south course, and dips W. 45\u00c2\u00b0. The bed is 42\\nfeet wide, and has been traced for the distance of a mile on the\\nhills to the southward, or to the state line.\\nThe talcose rock or soapstone, is not stratilied, but crysfalline,\\nbeing made up of interlaced crystals and laminic of talc, with\\noccasional fibres of hornblende. In opening the quarry, the fol-\\nlowing accompanying minerals were thrown out, and were derived\\nfrom the wall rock of the bed, quartz, felspar, phosphate of lime,\\npinite rutile, iron pyrites, garnets, calcareous spar, and hornblende\\ncrystals. Anthrophyllite and iolite of great beauty are found,\\nlolite is a rare mineral, and no other locality in this country fur-\\nnishes so finely colored specimens as this spot.\\nThe soap-stone bed is on the farm recently owned\\nby Lorenzo Harris.\\nProf. Hitchcock, in his recent survey of the state,\\ndivides the rocks into two groups, or classes, by a\\nline extending from the north-east corner of the town,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "142 HISTORY OF THE\\nsouth-westerly, neai* the Four corners, to the south\\nside of Peaked mountain on the Winchester line.\\nThose on the east and south of the line he calls the\\nMontalban series, and those on the west the Bethle-\\nhem gneiss. Divested of the scientific terms, both\\nkinds are a species of gneiss, a rock which resembles\\nthe granite, only that in the one is an admixture of\\nsome few substances not found in the other, and is of a\\ncoarser quality, but substantially of the same compo-\\nsition. The gneiss, however, is stratified, while the\\ngranite is not. That the rocks, and consequently the\\nsoil, is different in these sections is quite probable, as\\nis shown by the fact that the chestnut and white oak\\nfound growing in the native forest in the west part is\\nrarely, if ever, found east of a line extending north\\nand south through Cass pond. No essential differ-\\nence in the fertility of the soil is observable in the two\\nsections, some parts of each being more productive\\nthan other parts. Probably the silica in the soil is\\ntoo abundant, generally, for the highest success in\\nfarming. Select portions of land in different parts of\\nthe town will bear favorable comparison with much\\nof the land under cultivation in New England. For\\ngrazing, the land east of Tully is good, the best, per-\\nhaps, of any in town. In all, the rocks are too\\nabundant for easy culture. The land, however\\nneglected, is not destined to go to waste, containing\\nas it does the elements that largely enter the compo-\\nsition of valuable forest trees, of which the white\\npine is preeminent, both for the value of the timber\\nand the rapidity of its growth. The seeds of these\\ntrees readily germinate, and grow on almost any\\nland, exhausted though it be of its fertility by con-\\ntinuous cropping, and in thirty years the trees may be", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I43\\nsizeable for lumber. This feature of recuperation\\nand growth constitute the redeeming qualities of the\\nland, which otherwise might become either a barren\\nwaste or be covered with kinds of wood of no great\\nvalue. But as now it is worth as much per acre as\\nsprout land averages in the state, at five dollars per acre\\nfor ground well seeded, an investment in the same\\nwould seem quite safe and profitable, and this is\\nabout the valuation affixed by the assessors. Farm-\\ning, which is and ever must be the leading interest of\\nthe town, needs encouragement. The abandonment\\nof many farms may be attributable not so much to the\\nunproductiveness of the soil as to the methods adopted\\nin carrying them on. Some improvements have been\\nmade in agriculture worthy of adoption, which would\\ntend yearly in the summing up of accounts to leave\\nthe balance on the right side of the ledger. These in\\ncourse of time, it is hoped, will find their way to\\nfarms which may be made to pay under a new and\\nmore improved system of agriculture, but which\\nunder the old would be destined to return to the\\nwilderness again. The land, moreover, has other\\nredeeming qualities worthy of special mention. The\\nsubstratum of the soil is largely hard-pan, and in\\nsome parts is quite impervious to water. Hence, the\\nland is susceptible of sustaining a prolonged drought\\nwithout serious detriment to the growing crops, whilst\\nmore porous soils would become dried and crisp\\nunder the burning summer sun. The humidity of\\nthe soil is such in many parts as to cause an immense\\ngrowth of such plants as thrive only in a moist\\nsoil. This is noticeable particularly in the high-\\nblueberry bush, which seems to luxuriate in per-\\nfection. Pastures covered with these are counted", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "144 HISTORY OF THE\\namong the more profitable portions of real estate, and\\nhave a tixed value correspondingly high with other\\nlands.\\nPlumbago (black-lead) is Ibund on the Randall\\nfarm, in the north-east part of the town. Specimens\\nsufficiently pure for stove-polish have been taken\\nfrom the mine. A more thorough examination would\\nprobably reveal larger quantities of a purer quality\\nthat would pay for the working.\\nMILITARY MATTERS.\\nTrainings, Musters^ Etc.\\nYankee Doodle came to town\\nRiding on a pony,\\nStuck a feather in his cap,\\nAnd called it Macaroni.\\nSoon after the war of the Revolution, in 1783, the\\nfirst constitution of the state was formed, in which\\nwas affirmed in the bill of rights that a well-regu-\\nlated militia is the proper, natural, and sure defence\\nof a state and the people, believing in the maxim\\nof Washington, that in time of peace prepare for\\nwar a lesson that had been learned by experience\\nin their late conflict incorporated the first militia act\\ninto the body of the laws enacted at this time. The\\nprovisions of this were such that every male inhabitant\\nbetween the ages of eighteen and forty-five should be\\nenrolled, and, with few exceptions, should perform\\nmilitary duty, which consisted of an annual training\\non the third Tuesday of May, and one other training\\nand a muster in the autumn of each year. Com-\\npanies thus formed of all liable to do military duty\\npresented usually a unique and ofttimes an amusing\\nspectacle to the beholder. All except the officers", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I45\\nwere ununiformed, each being attired in such cos-\\ntume as his convenience or fancy might suggest,\\nwithout any special regard to uniformity in equip-\\nment; hence, it may be easily imagined what a\\ngrotesque appearance such a motly crowd would\\npresent on training days. The officers usually stood\\noil their dignity, and with fuss and feathers, aftwr the\\nmusic of a fife and drum, manoeuvred them as best\\nthey could for two or three hours according to the\\nmilitar} tactics of the times. The militia of the town\\nwas divided into two companies previous to the\\norganization of the Grenadiers, the county road\\nbeing the dividing line between them. These were\\ncalled the old Militia, but more often by the boys\\ndenominated the old Floodwood, by reason of the\\nmixed-up and irregular movements exhibited in their\\nevolutions. These trainings, before the opening of\\nthe turnpike, were usually at the middle of the town,\\nnear the Baptist meeting-house, but at later times\\nwere more common at the Four corners. Some of\\nthe captains of these old companies are remembered,\\nsuch as Ebenezer and Robert Swan, Jacob Parker,\\nJacob Sweet, Paul and Silas Jillson, Enoch Sprague,\\nJesse Bolles, Samuel D. Allen, and others.\\nThese annual parades continued until about 1848.\\nSince then a simple enrollment of all liable to military\\nduty answers the requirements of the law.\\nIn addition to the old militia companies, in almost\\nevery town there was one or more volunteer com-\\npanies that prided themselves on their gay uniforms,\\nneat equipage, and thoroughness in evolution and\\nmilitary drill. In this town was an organization\\nof this kind formed about 1816, called the Rich-\\nmond Grenadiers. This company, under the com-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OF THE\\nmand of Capt. Stephen Wheeler, jr., about 1835,\\nattained a degree of excellence in the celerity and\\nprecision of movement rarely equalled by any com-\\npany in the regiment. The company was uniformed\\nwith leather caps and black plumes, blue coats, white\\npants, with broad bands of red velvet around the\\nlower part. The company on parade made an im^\\nposing show, and were evidently justly entitled to the\\nhigh encomiums they uniformly received for their\\nefficiency in drill and evolution. The following are\\nknown to have been captains of this company, viz.\\nStephen Buffum, Luke Harris, Henry Starkey,\\nAsahel Kilton, William Woodward, Amos Bennett,\\nBallon Swan, Stephen Wheeler, Elijah Crooker,\\nHenry Rice, Alvan Barrus, Otis Martin, D. B. Al-\\ndrich, Edson Starkey, and A. J. Bullock.\\nThe Grenadiers were disbanded about 1848, and\\nsoon after a new independent company was formed\\ncalled the Richmond Guards. The uniforms were\\nbought of the Royalston Guards, a company dis-\\nbanded about that time. The following were the\\nofficers of the new company, viz. Edson Starkey,\\nCaptain Jesse Bolles, ist Lieut. Cyrel Amadou,\\n2d Lieut., and Nathan G. Woodbury, Ensign.\\nThis company was commissioned April 30, 1850.\\nIt mustered at a brigade muster in Keene, 1850, and\\nreceived much praise from the field officers of the\\nday, and also favorable notices from the press re-\\nports of the muster.\\nThis company disbanded soon after the law was\\nrepealed, which gave to the members of independent\\ncompanies three dollars per year for their military\\nservices. Some of the captains of the Grenadier\\ncompany were promoted to positions of regimental", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1^7\\nfield and staff officers. Such were Col. Stephen\\nBuffum, Col. Ballon Swan, Col. Amos Bennett,\\nand Col. Henr}^ Starkey.\\nMusters.\\nTwo regimental musters have been held in town of\\nthe several companies of militia and volunteers in the\\ntowns of Winchester, Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Swan-\\nsey, and Richmond, constituting the sixth New\\nHampshire regiment. The first of these musters\\nwas in 1824, and the field selected was in George\\nBuffum s pasture, near the Razee woods. Stephen\\nBuffum was colonel at this time. It is remembered\\nas a rainy day, wholly unfit for a military parade.\\nThe second was in 1838. Cheney, of Chesterfield,\\nwas colonel, and the ground chosen for the muster\\nwas on the plain on the south side of the road west\\nof Stephen Buftum s. The day was fair, and every-\\nthing went merry as a marriage bell, except that the\\nliberty pole was cut down the night before by some-\\none, supposed to be Ira Wetherby, of Chesterfield.\\nCornwall is Celebration.\\nThe anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis\\nwas celebrated in Richmond on the nineteenth day of\\nOctober, 1835, ^s participated in by the old\\nMilitia company and Grenadiers of this town, and\\nalso by a party of Indians, under their sachem and\\nchief, Ballon Swan, who was accompanied by his\\nchief squaw, Luther Cass, and about forty others of\\nthe same tribe. These Richmond forces were re-\\nenforced by companies from Troy and Swansey.\\nTwo forts into which the British forces were driven", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "148 HISTORY OF THE\\nwere successively taken and burned after a most\\ngallant defence. The first was near the north-east\\ncorner of the widow Howe s pasture the other was\\nin the pasture south-east of Benoni Ballou s. This\\nwas an interesting and in some of its phases an\\namusing exhibition, the like of which was never be-\\nfore or since seen in town. The rendezvous of the\\nIndians was at the old brick school-house, and\\nHoratio A. Nelson was medicine-man, or prophet,\\nand distinguishable from the others by his gay\\nplumes and trappings.\\nEsquire Rufus Whipple was quite often chief of a\\ntribe of Indians rendezvoused near the muster-field,\\nand made occasional sallies and predatory excursions\\nduring the day.\\nPAUPERS.\\nThe town was exceptionally free from pauperism\\nduring its early history. No mention is made of\\npaupers or appropriations for the support of the\\npoor prior to 1788, when the town voted to send a\\nman into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to\\nascertain what method to take with Thomas Wooley\\nin regard to his maintenance. The first pauper then\\nwas not a poor man who had come to town to gain a\\nliving solely by his labor, but was one who was\\namong the first settlers, and was one of the larger\\nland-owners of the town. What mishap befel the\\nman, or what reverses he experienced, we may not\\nknow of a certainty. It was not because of the fall of\\nstocks and bonds, or the work of bulls and bears,\\nbut by reason, we are told, of the profligacy or im-\\nprovidence of his sons and his downfall finally was\\ncaused, as tradition says, by signing notes to bolster", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 149\\nthe shiftless fellows up. However this may have\\nbeen, the burden was soon removed. He died in\\n1792.\\nThe great precautions used to prevent vagabonds\\nfrom other places gaining a settlement, by warning\\nsuspected persons who might come in to leave the\\ntown in fourteen days, did not, of course, prevent\\npauperism, but may have lessened the number who\\nmight have become dependants on public charity.\\nThe town was vigilant in other respects in diminish-\\ning the number of its burdens. The practice was\\nquite common formerly in this border town of running\\npaupers over the line into Massachusetts, provided\\nthey had settlements in that state. This was a\\nhazardous undertaking, as it was a criminal offence\\nunder the laws of Massachusetts. The carrier was\\nliable to a fine or imprisonment if caught but this\\ndid not deter some from running the risk of capture,\\nand at times whole loads of Massachusetts paupers\\nwere summarily landed in the dooryard of some\\nRoyalston selectman who might live nearest the line.\\nProvided with fleet horses, the drivers were usually\\nbeyond the reach of capture before the astounded\\nselectman fully comprehended the situation. Other\\nmethods of relief have occasionally been resorted to,\\nwhich may at first sight appear as a violation of good\\ncomity between the town and other communities.\\nWithin this class of expedients may be included the\\npractice of marrying paupers, prospective or real, of\\nthe gentler sex, who apparently should have had hus-\\nbands before, to some dead beat of another town.\\nAnother way of ridding the town of incumbrances\\nrarely resorted to was to ship them west to some\\nplace they might desire to go. The cost of maintain-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "150 HISTORY OF THE\\ning paupers some years ago was small, the price ^er\\ncapita varying from six and a quarter to seventy-five\\ncents per week, depending largely on the amount of\\nlabor that might be forced from them. The alms-\\nhouse system was never adopted. The less expen-\\nsive practice of selling their keeping to the lowest\\nbidder on town-meeting days was the popular mode\\nof dealing. In this neither the wishes of the pauper\\nor the character of the bidder were of much account.\\nThe old maxim, that beggars must not be choosers,\\nseemed to have the right ring. Places distasteful to\\npaupers might be good enough for poor, lazy louts\\nthat would not work enough to support themselves.\\nIt was not considered good policy to have the situ-\\nation of a pauper particularly agreeable, as pleasant\\nsurroundings might tend to invite new comers, and\\nbe equivalent to offering a bounty on laziness. The\\nauction system of disposing of the poor continued\\nuntil about the time of the beginning of the anti-\\nslavery agitation, say about 1845, when some said\\nthat selling paupers at vendue was not much better\\nthan nigger slavery, and that we had better correct\\nevils at home before going abroad. The argument\\nseemed conclusive, and the old favorite method was\\nabandoned for the more humane practice of putting\\nthem out in such families as the selectmen, who have\\never been overseers of the poor, might in their judg-\\nment deem proper. The change in the pauper laws,\\ntransferring to the county the charge of maintenance\\nof many whose settlements dated back to the early\\ntime, relieved the town to a considerable extent. At\\npresent, the list is small. For the 3^ear 1882 mem-\\nbers of three families only received assistance as the\\ntown s poor, at an expense of $235.37, and most of", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I5I\\nthis was expended by reason of the sickness and\\ndeath of one individual. The amount expended for\\ntive county paupers living in town was $204.75. Aside\\nfrom the exceptional expenditure of the one that died,\\nthe whole cost to the town for all its poor was only\\n$121.50.\\nA change was made in the method of disposing of\\nthe poor about 1865. The keeping of all was given\\nto one man, on a contract for five years, and as the\\nmost of them died within a year or two, the pre-\\nsumption is that the contractor got the best of the\\nbargain, but it does not appear that the town ex-\\npressed any regrets that the matter turned out thus.\\nThe novel plan adopted by the town in 1827 for\\ndoctoring the poor is exceptional, certainly. Hitherto\\nthe town had paid the doctors for attendance on the\\npoor, and as their bills at times were considered un-\\nreasonably high, the town resolved to try the plan of\\nselling the doctoring of the poor to the lowest bidder\\nat the annual March meeting, many believing that\\ncatnip and other good airbs would do them as much\\nijood. At this time the records show that the doctor-\\ning of the poor was sold to Nathaniel Naromore for\\n$16.75, the doctoring of Lois Estas, a county\\npauper, was sold to him for $4.75-\\nPaupers once to him were sold,\\nThe lowest price, would say;\\nTheir doctoring, too, we are told\\nWas sold town-meeting day.\\nIf wrong it was, between man and inan.\\nThis now we must confess,\\nThey saved some money by the plan.\\nAnd made their paupers less.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OF THE\\nCHAPTER V.\\nPOST-OFFICES AND POST-MASTERS, ETC.\\nPost-offices and Post-masters Physicians Professional Men Musicians Band\\nInns and Inn Keepers Stores and Store Keepers Mills and Mill Owners\\nTanneries Mechanical Industries Other Industries Blacksmiths Carpenters\\nShoemakers The Old Baptist Meeting House Burial Places Times of Sick-\\nness Accidental Deaths Fires Town Meetings Singing Schools Nahum\\nGrout Solomon Atherton Went to Law A Great Fracas A Temperance\\nHouse Shows and Exhibitions.\\nThe first post-office in town was established July 4,\\n1812, when Jonathan Pierce of Royalston began car-\\nrying the mail on the line from Worcester to Keene.\\nThe office at first was probably in the corner store,\\nnow kept by Mr. Norwood, but then owned by Job\\nBisbee Co. It was afterwards removed to the\\nwidow Howe s tavern, and there kept until 1829.\\nIn 1832 the office returned to the old corner store,\\nand has remained there most of the time since,\\nexcept from 1845 to 1858, when J. Weeks was\\npost-master. This office has had fifteen post-masters.\\nTheir names and dates of appointment are as fol-\\nlows, viz.\\nJob Bisbee, July 4, 1812.\\nOno. T. Cass, ]uly 24, 1829.\\nStephen Wheeler, Apr. 24, 1S32.\\nJohn Parkhurst, Sept. 6, 1837.\\nDanford Tyler, Nov. 10, 1S40.\\nJarvis Weeks, ]u\\\\y 8, 1845.\\nAmos G. Bennett, May 6, 1858.\\nDaniel R. Spaulding, July 16, 1861.\\nL. W. Wright, Dec. 19, 1870.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n^53\\nCharles H. Lyon,\\nMay\\nlO,\\n1871.\\nAmos Martin,\\nMar.\\n7.\\n1873-\\nAndrew Dodge,\\nJuly\\n12,\\n1875-\\nWarren Kenop,\\nApr.\\n6,\\n1877.\\nJohn E. Norwood,\\nDec.\\n1 8,\\n1877.\\nCharles Norwood,\\nMay\\n7\\n1883.\\nThe post-office at North Richmond was established\\nSept. 15, 1853, at Harvey Martin s, and has remained\\nthere most of the time since. The following contains\\nthe names of the post-masters of this office and dates\\nof their appointment, viz.\\nHarvey Martin,\\nEdson Starkey,\\nHarvey Martin,\\nDiscontinued,\\nRe-established,\\nOrlow E. Parsons,\\nOrlan H. Martin,\\nSept. IS, 1853\\nJune 16, 1856\\nOct. 30, 1856\\nJune 17, 1879\\nJuly 3, T879\\nJuly 3, 1879\\nApr. 13, 18S0\\nCha7iges in Rates of Postage.\\nThe United States post-office department was established 17S9.\\nAt first and for many years the rate of postage was fixed not by\\nweight, but by the number of separate sheets or pieces of paper\\ncontained in the letter. The single rate for one piece of paper was,\\nfor any distance not exceeding 40 miles, eight cents; not exceeding\\n90 miles, ten cents; not exceeding 150 miles, twelve and a half\\ncents; not exceeding 300 miles, seventeen cents; not exceeding\\n500 miles, twenty cents; any distance over 500 miles, twenty-\\nfive cents. These rates made correspondence, especially with\\ndistant places, an expensive luxury, but the burden was not\\nfelt so much as we should now suppose it would have been, for\\nour country was not so large as it is now, the settled portion of it\\nnot extending far from the sea coast. A journey of two hundred\\nmiles inland would bring the traveller into the unpeopled wilder-\\nness. Few persons travelled from their own homes, or had rela-\\ntions of friendship or business with any beyond the limits of their\\nown state. Cheap postage was then unknown anywhere, and if\\nour forefathers felt that their letters cost more than they liked to", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "154 HISTORY OF THE\\npay, thev met the difficulty by writing fewer, and never thought\\nof cutting down the rates. But they did not pay double rates. If\\nthey had more to say than a moderate sized sheet would contain,\\nthey used larger paper. They had no envelopes, and the ability to\\nfold a letter neatly, and seal it so that it could be opened without\\ndefacing the contents, was an accomplishment which every well-\\nbrought-up young person was obliged to acquire. Correspondents\\ngenerally felt it a duty to cover the whole of their paper, as the ex-\\nchange of letters was rare and expensive, and it was wasteful to pay\\nfor one or two pages what would have paid for three or four.\\nIn 1816 the rates were changed, but without general reduction.\\nFor any distance not more than 30 miles, the postage for a single\\nsheet was six and a quarter cents; not more than 80 miles, ten\\ncents not more than 150 miles, twelve and a half cents; not more\\nthan 400 miles, eighteen and three-fourths cents more than 400\\nmiles, twenty-five cents. This schedule increased more uniformly\\nthan that which it superseded, the rate being doubled, tripled, 01\\nquadrupled according to the distance, and the single rate being the\\nnow obsolete Spanish or Mexican coin, the fourpence-halfpenny, or,\\nfor short, fourpence of New England, sixpence of New York, the\\nfippenn}- bit or picayune of the southern states. Those coins, and\\nthe ninepence, shilling, or bit, of the same origin, were more com-\\nmon than the dimes and half dimes of our own mint, in those days,\\nand all the transactions of retail trade were made in their terms.\\nThe practice survives yet in some parts of the country, but has\\nnearly died out in New England.\\nWith the increase of travel and business, and especially with the\\ndevelopment of railroads, came lower rates of postage. In 1S45\\nletter postage was reduced to five cents the half ounce, the weight\\ninstead of the number of pieces of paper being taken as the stand-\\nard, but distance was still an element of cost. A single rate was\\npaid for distances less than three hundred miles, and a double\\nrate, or ten cents, for all greater distances. Contrary to expectation,\\nthis great reduction of rates proved very unprofitable at first to the\\npost-office department. The number of letters sent did not increase\\nso fast as had been anticipated, and the expense of carriage on the\\nnew railroad and other routes was large. By this time people were\\nbeginning to push into the new states and territories of the west,\\nand the establishment of new post routes in those sparsely settled\\nregions was burdensome to the department. At this time, too, the\\ngovernment began to guard more strictly its monopoly of postal\\nbusiness, and to use its authority to prevent the carriage of letters,\\nas well as newspapers and other periodicals, by private hands.\\nThe post-office deficit became so large that an effort was made to", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 55\\nrestore the old rates of postage, but it failed, of course. Next\\ncame the reduction to three cents on all domestic letters, except\\nthose which were to cross the Rockv Mountains, for which the ten-\\ncent rate was continued, but, though letters might be prepaid by a\\nthree-cent stamp, prepayment was not compulsory, and five cents\\nwas exacted if paid at the ofiice of delivery. But this plan did not\\nwork well, and in 1S55 prepayment was required. The people did\\nnot get used to this for some time, and the department was much\\nperplexed to dispose of the unpaid letters, but that trouble has\\nmuch diminished with better post-office regulations and more gen-\\neral familiarity with them. The department was self-sustaining\\nfor a short time during the civil war, when the long and unpro-\\nductive southern states were cut off. But as the authority of the\\ngovernment was restored and the old routes were re-established,\\nthe deficit returned. Postmaster General James, by his efficient\\nbusiness methods and his vigilance in detecting fraudulent prac-\\ntices, reduced the expenditures and increased the earnings of the\\ndepartment, and the present surplus is the result. Our post-office\\ndepartment, so far as the prompt, safe and cheap carriage of the\\nmails throughout a vast territory is concerned, is not excelled\\nby that of any country in the world, but it cannot be said to be the\\nequal of those of European countries until the system of delivery\\nby carriers has been developed far beyond its present limits. It is\\nprovided in this country only in cities of twenty thousand inhabi-\\ntants or more, and in them the deliveries are less frequent than in\\nthe English towns of like size. In England every village and\\nhamlet has its carrier delivery, and there is scarcely a private\\ndwelling above the dignity of a cottage, at which the postman is not\\na daily visitor.\\nAmong the commonplaces of modern civilization none is more\\nwonderful or more beneficent than the complex organization by\\nwhich the postal business of the world is carried on. The postal\\nsystem of each country is only a branch of the great organism\\nwhich, under the name of the International Postal Union, provides\\nfor the written inter-communication of mankind. You wish to\\nsend a letter to an interior town of Australia. You drop it,\\nproperly addressed and with five cent stamp affixed, into a box in\\nthe street, and in an hour or two it is on its way, traveling by\\nthe swiftest conveyance, with safety, speed and certainty to its\\ndestination. Its arrival can be foretold with almost absolute pre-\\ncision. There is a remote possibility of its loss or destruction on\\nthe way, but the chance of it is less than one in ten thousand. The\\nletter passes through many hands, and is carried by all the modes\\nof conveyance known in civilized countries. It is delivered finally", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF THE\\nby a postman at the door to which it is addressed. Between the\\nletter-box here and the Australian postman is a space of twelve\\nthousand miles or more. It is traversed regularly in about thirty\\ndays, and at a cost of five cents. This is one of the marvels of our\\ntime, and not the least of them.\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nDr. Aaron Aldrich was chosen by the town gram-\\nmar-school master in 1778. He, together with his\\nbrother Solomon, settled on the farm north of Zimri\\nBowen s, towards the Benson place. But little is\\nknown of his practice. He removed from town early\\nin its history to parts unknown.\\nDr. Ebenezer Swan came to town about i77^\\nbought the farm which has borne his name to a\\nrecent date. He married Tamison, the daughter of\\nJames Ballou, sr. He continued in practice until his\\ndeath in 1820.\\nDr. Buftum Harkness, son of Nathan, studied\\nmedicine in Hoosack, Mass., and removed to western\\nNew York in 1804, where he attained a large and\\nsuccessful practice. Before his removal, he lived in\\nthe house afterwards occupied by Dr. Brittan, and\\nmay have practiced here for a short time.\\nDr. Amos Howe s advent into town was in i797\u00c2\u00ab\\nHe established his office at first at Jedediah Buffum s,\\nwhose daughter Candace he soon married. The\\nfirst public house at the Four corners, known after-\\nwards as Mrs. Howe s tavern, was built by him about\\n1798. He went into the army as a surgeon in 1812,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 57\\nand died soon after while in service on the northern\\nfrontier.\\nDr. Martin Brittan commenced practice here about\\n1809. He lived in a house nearly opposite Pere-\\ngrine Wheeler s, and after a practice of about two\\nyears he died while on a journey to the west.\\nDr. John Parkhurst, the next on the list of physi-\\ncians, came from Marlboro N. H., about 1811, and\\ntook quarters at Peregrine Wheeler s at first. He\\nafterwards bought and lived on the place now owned\\nby Edmond B. Southwick. He attained an extensive\\npractice both in and out of town. His education was\\nrespectable, and his natural abilities were of the first\\norder. He maintained a high standard among the\\nphysicians of the county, by whom he was often\\ncalled in consultations on difficult cases. His prac-\\ntice covered a period of nearly thirty years. He\\nused his means for the promotion of other pursuits,\\nhaving interests at times in the store on the corner,\\nthe potash, the saw-mill, and the blacksmith shop.\\nIn his early practice he had a number of students,\\nsome of whom are remembered as belonging to town.\\nWe recall the names of Darius Garnsey, Nathan\\nCook, and Russell Ballon, jr. All of these became\\nsuccessful practitioners in the several localities\\nto which they went. In 1840 Dr. Parkhurst, with\\nhis son John, went on a visit to his brother s, in\\nPennsylvania, and from thence he never returned.\\nHe died soon after his arrival there of fever and\\ndysentery, aged 59 years.\\nDr. George W. Hammond commenced practice in\\nRichmond in 1824-5, and located at the middle of the\\ntown. He remained here a short time, and then re-\\nmoved to Gilsom in 1826, where he continued in sue-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "158 HISTORY OF THE\\ncessful practice many years. He took for wife Miss\\nDianay Rawson, a daughter of Josiah Rawson, a\\nhighly accomplished lady of this town.\\nDr. Franklin Wallace made his debut herein 1835.\\nHe stayed but a few months, and then sought more\\ninviting fields elsewhere.\\nDr. Lewis Ware was contemporary with Dr.\\nParkhurst, but the practice of each did not much\\ninterfere with each other, as Ware was a botanic\\ntravelling doctor, whose patients were mostly in Ver-\\nmont. He was portly would balance 250 rode\\nin an old one-horse chaise, and in his peregrinations\\nwas absent from home much of the time. He had\\nlittle acquaintance with the citizens generally, living\\nas he did in a corner of the town. His practice had\\nthe merit at least of causing no particular injury, if\\nby chance it did no particular good. A fair estimate,\\nhowever, would adjudge that his herbs were remedial,\\nand that many having chronic complaints were bene-\\nfitted thereby.\\nDr. Isaac P. Willis commenced practice at the\\nmiddle of the town about 1833. He secured a fair\\nshare of practice, some of which he retained after his\\nremoval from town. After a short sojourn, he re-\\nmoved to Royalston, and finally succeeded to the\\nlarge practice left by Dr. Stephen Batcheller, and\\nserved the people with positive skill and science in\\nhis profession.\\nDr. Christopher C. Wheaton, a native of War-\\nwick, Mass., formed a co-partnership with Dr. Park-\\nhurst in 1836. His sojourn was quite limited. He\\nremoved to Winchester in 1838, where he succeeded\\nin securing a large practice, which he retained until\\nhis death. While here, he kept one term of the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I59\\nschool in the brick school-house, District No. 6. He\\nwas well educated, and evinced a good degree of\\nskill in his profession. Being of a social turn and of\\njovial disposition, he acquired a host of friends. He\\ndied in Winchester.\\nDr. Alvin Ballon, from Halifax, Vt., moved into\\ntown in 1840, and was the successor of Dr. Park-\\nhurst. He was a lineal descendant of Rev. Maturin\\nBallou, the first minister, through his eldest son Ben-\\njamin and grandson Asahel. After remaining in\\nsuccessful practice here about three years he removed\\nto Princeton, 111.\\nDr. Leander Smith, from Royalston, was prac-\\ntically the successor of Dr. Ballou. He studied with\\nDr. Stephen Batcheller, and was well equipped for\\nthe business. He married Elizabeth, the only daugh-\\nter of Dr. Parkhurst, and moved to Pennsylvania\\nwith the rest of the family in 1845. His name as\\na physician is still held in good repute.\\nDr. Samuel P. French, the last but not the least of\\nthe physicians of Richmond, a native of Gilmanton,\\nN. H., took the place vacated b}^ Dr. Smith in 1846.\\nHe was a graduate of Dartmouth college, and was\\nwell instructed in his profession. In literary attain-\\nments he was undoubtedly superior to any of his pre-\\ndecessors. His ability and worth as a citizen is\\nwell attested by the confidence reposed in him by\\nelecting him a representative to the General Court in\\n1856. In professional practice he undoubtedly re-\\nceived a full and fair share of the business of the\\ntown but fields of labor more inviting, apparently,\\ncalled him away. He removed to Winchester in\\n1864, and after remaining there four years, removed\\nto Warwick, Mass., in 1868. In both these places", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "l6o HISTORY OF THE\\nhe appears to have secured a fair amount of practice\\nbut finally, in 1881, he returned to the people who\\nhad paid him the highest honors, and perhaps had\\nrendered him the most substantial support. His\\nearthly life was suddenly terminated by apoplexy\\nwhile on a visit to a patient in February, 1882.\\nDr. Charles J. Town, from Stoddard, succeeded\\nDr. French in 1865. He left in 1867.\\nDr. Edward J. Dunnell came to town in 1868, and\\nremained until about 1870.\\nDr. John Heard was here in 1873. He remained\\nhere but a few months.\\nDr. Joel R. Hardy occupied the field here for a\\nshort time in 1874. From this time forward to 1881,\\nwhen Dr. French returned, the town was without a\\nresident physician. Since the decease of Dr. French,\\nDr. George F. Shove, who occupied the pulpit of the\\nBaptist church in 1882, has been the only resident\\nphysician.\\nMINISTERS WHO WERE BORN OR BROUGHT UP IN\\nTOWN.\\nDavid Ballou, Moses B. Wheaton,\\nHosea Ballou, Reuben Bowen, jr.\\nDavid Pickering, Lorenzo R. Thayer,\\nRobert Bartlett, Randall H. Aldrich.\\nPHYSICIANS BORN IN TOWN, SETTLED ELSEWHERE.\\nBuffum Harkness, Russell Ballou,\\nNathan Cook, Darius Garnsey.\\nMUSICIANS.\\nDrummers Bass.\\nEbenezer Ballou, Edwin P. Tenney,\\nIsrael C Hale, Benjamin Aldrich.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\ni6i\\nJohn Wooley,\\nLuke Harris,\\nLewis Whipple,\\nDrummers Tenor.\\nLeason Martin,\\nStephen Buffum.\\nMoses Garnsey,\\nDan. Buffum,\\nJames Ballon,\\nWillard Randall,\\nJames Ballon,\\nFijers.\\nClarinet.\\nBugler.\\nWillard Randall,\\nOlney Ballon.\\nLucien Streeter,\\nEdwin N. Bowen.\\nHolman Barrus.\\nTrombone.\\nTimothy Pickering, jr.\\nFiddlers.\\nIchabod Whipple,\\nBenoni Ballon,\\nNathaniel Naromore,\\nNathaniel Naromore, jr.,\\nD. B. Aldrich,\\nTimothy Pickering, jr.\\nBass Viol.\\nNathan Bowen,\\nAlvan Atherton,\\nWheaton C. Jillson.\\nBAND.\\nThe Richmond brass-band was organized June 5,\\n1874, i continued until March 17th, 1883. The\\ninstruments were bought of John C. Haynes of Bos-\\nton, at a cost of $300.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "l62\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nList of Members.\\nNathan E. Tiittle, Cornet Leader, Lucius L. Fisher, Alto,\\nAbner S. Barden, Bass Drum,\\nNathaniel Naromore, Solo Alto,\\nFrank Amadon, Cornet,\\nOrrin Brewer, Tenor,\\nAlbert E. Jillson, Basso,\\nEdwin Amadon, Basso,\\nEdwin N. Bowen, Clarinet,\\nF. O. Bowen, Baritone,\\nOrrin B. Howe, Basso,\\nWillis D. Martin, Cornet,\\nSilas O. Martin, Alto,\\nGeorge W. Goddard, Tenor,\\nHiram E. Mellen, Cornet,\\nWatrousGarnsey, Tenor Drum.\\nAdfnitted after Organization.\\nOzro C. Flint, Stephen A. Bullock,\\nLeslie E. Smith,\\nHenry Bullock.\\nINNS AND INN-KEEPERS.\\nThe town from the earliest time has been provided\\nwith ample accommodations for the travelling public.\\nBefore the town had been settled five years, at least\\nthree places of public entertainment were opened\\non the line of the old Winchester and Royalston\\nroad. The number of persons at one time licensed\\nas inn-keepers seems now to have been dispropor-\\ntionate to the public needs. About 1800, eight per-\\nsons are recorded as inn-holders licensed to sell\\nspirituous and intoxicating liquors. As it is hardly", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 163\\npossible that these could have been supported to any\\nconsiderable extent by travellers, it is but reasonable\\nto conclude that they were licensed largely to supply\\nthe local demands for ardent spirits, which soon after\\nthe Revolutionary war came into quite general use,\\nand were regarded as one of the necessities of the\\nhousehold, and, in fact, indispensable in carrying on\\nthe more laborious parts of husbandry or mechanical\\nbusiness. New England rum was the liquor mostly\\nused. The general use of this became quite com-\\nmon, and is traceable largely, no doubt, to habits\\nacquired by those out in the service, where the rations\\nof soldiers consisted in part of New England rum.\\nThe immediate and remote consequences of this com-\\nmerce must have been disastrous to the social and\\nmaterial interests of the people, and a greater hin-\\ndrance than all other agencies combined to the highest\\ndevelopment and prosperity of the town. A marked\\nchange in the use and traffic of alcoholic liquors has\\ntaken place within the last fifty years, and the use of\\nthese as a beverage has been nearly dispensed with\\nby the people of the town.\\nThe first inn-holder in town of which we have any\\naccount was Deacon John Cass, whose tavern was in\\nuse in 1765- Timothy Thompson, who lived next\\neast on the old road, is also named in 1766. Silas\\nGaskill was an inn-keeper in 1776, and lived on the\\nEbenezer Ballon place. Jonathan Thurber, first\\nsettler on the farm now owned by Charles H. Cass,\\nhad a large two-story house which was kept as a\\ntavern until about 1825. Captain Isaac Benson s\\nhouse, still standing, was built for an inn, and was\\nused for that purpose from 1788 to about 1810.\\nLuke Cass had a tavern, a large two-story house, on", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "164 HISTORY OF THE\\nor near the site of the residence of Nahum Cass, Esq.,\\nbuilt about 1780. Samuel Curtis kept an inn on the\\nDaniel Twitchell place from about 1770 to 1800.\\nJames Cook had a store, and was a licensed inn-\\nkeeper. The building was on the spot where the\\nhouse of Edson Starkey, Es(|., now stands. Na-\\nthaniel Taft s tavern was the house now occupied by\\nDavid B. Aldrich, Esq., and was built in 1788.\\nLemuel Peters built the Crooker house, so called, in\\n1790, designed especially for a public house, and was\\nso used for about twenty years. The house at the\\nmiddle of the town occupied by Julius M. Whipple\\nwas built by James Holmes in 1806, and was kept as\\na public house about twenty years. Dr. Amos Howe\\nbuilt the house at the Four corners, more generally\\nknown as Mrs. Howe s tavern, in 1798, and it was\\nused for public entertainment until 1872.\\nThe hotel at the Four corners, now kept by Jerry\\nAllen, was built in 1817 by Sylvanus Wakefield, who\\nsold it to David Powers. Wakefield removed from\\ntown about 1820. Mr. Powers continued in occu-\\npancy until about 1830, when he sold to Stephen\\nWheeler, Jr., of Troy. The house was remodeled\\nand the barn enlarged by Stephen Wheeler in\\n1833 and again the house was enlarged by\\nObed E. Adams in 1865, and a new barn was\\nbuilt by George W. Howe in 1873. The first barn\\nwas built on the corner west of the hotel. This\\nis now the only hotel in town, and affords ample ac-\\ncommodations for the travelling public. Some other\\nplaces may have been used to accommodate the pub-\\nlic travel, as the owners were licensed inn-holders\\nor they ma} have been used mainly for the sale of\\nliquors. The house that tbrmerly stood on the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "t^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^aiiciu^r EEJj^ ^-^-i^\\nThe Old Wakekielu Tavern.\\nMks. Howe s Tavern.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\nl6:\\nCheney place, now owned by St. Clair, was prob-\\nably designed and used as a tavern by Capt. Oliver\\nCapron, as his son Oliver was licensed as inn-keeper\\nto sell liquors in 1796.\\nNathaniel A. Bowen had a store, and was licensed\\nalso as taverner from 1800 to 1815.\\nJoseph Cass, who lived on the Henry Ingalls place,\\nwas an inn-keeper previous to 1827 also David\\nHolbrook, who owned the farm next north of the\\nPeleg Taft place, had an inn-keeper s license.\\nSTORES AND STORE-KEEPERS.\\nIt is quite probable that the first store in town was\\nkept by Daniel Cass, sr., in his house, which was\\nlarge and especially arranged for store purposes.\\nJazaniah Barrett, who became his successor in 1793,\\ncarried on an extensive business there until he sold\\nto Peregrine Wheeler, about 1803, and he removed to\\nDanby, Vermont. The old house was demolished\\nabout 1828 to give place to the house now occupied\\nby Jonas Wheeler.\\nJames Cook established a store quite early in the\\nnorth part, in the house afterwards occupied by James", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "1 66 HISTORY OF THE\\nBuffum, and removed by Edson Starkey, Esq., to\\nmake room for his present residence. This store was\\nwell patronized until about 1800. William Cook,\\nthe father of James, probably, preceded him in the\\nbusiness.\\nThe first store in the middle of the town was\\nestablished about 1796, by Jedediah Buftum, with his\\nson William in charge, who became insane about\\n1805, when the business was continued by Josiah\\nRawson until 1808, and by Jonathan Rawson, Esq.,\\nand Uberto Bowen until Jan. 9, 1853, when the same\\nwas burned and has never been rebuilt. For more\\nthan fifty years this store was the centre of a large\\ntrade, and was always well stocked with desirable\\ngoods. The first store was one story, and was\\nenlarged by Rawson, when he built the house\\nadjoining.\\nThe old store on the Crooker place, built by\\nLemuel Peters about 1795, was by him kept until\\n1805, when Capt. Benjamin Crooker came in posses-\\nsion, and continued the business in company with Job\\nBisbee for a short time. Moses Potter afterwards\\nwas licensed to sell liquors there.\\nNathaniel A. Bowen had a store and was a licensed\\ninn-holder on the Varney Gaskill place. The old\\nhouse was removed about 1828, and stood on the spot\\nnow occupied by Edwin Bolles house. Bowen car-\\nried on business here from 1800 to 1815.\\nNathan Cass had a store at the Roscoe Weeks\\nplace, which he sold to James Ballou, jr., in 1803.\\nMr. Ballou carried on the business until his death in\\n1808.\\nThe old corner store, at the Four corners, now\\noccupied by Mr. Norwood, was built by Major Jonas", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 167\\nRobinson of Fitzwilliam soon after the Ashuelot\\nturnpike was made, about 1815. It has had various\\nowners and occupants since, and for nearly seventy\\nyears has been kept open, and has received a liberal\\namount of patronage. It has been occupied by Job\\nBisbee, Dr. Parkhurst, N. Naromore, Enos Twitch-\\nell, Elon Holbrook, Stephen Wheeler, Brown Nourse,\\nTyler Bassett, D. D. Tyler, S. Cook, jr.,\\nBryant Wright, A. Piper, C. H. Lyon, and\\nCharles Norwood.\\nSylvanus Wakefield, in connection with his hotel,\\nbuilt an ell for store purposes in 181 7. He remained\\nin the business but two or three years, and the room\\nwas unused for the s^le of goods until re-opened by\\nObed E. Adams in 1865.\\nHenry B. Swan and John Parkhurst, jr., opened\\na store in 1841, in the building now used for a house\\nby Richard Fisher. The business was discontinued\\nafter a trial of four or five years.\\nThe Union store, at the middle of the town was\\nbuilt in 1855, and was owned by a joint stock com-\\npany. The business done here, although consider-\\nable, proved in the end disastrous to the stockholders,\\ncaused either by mismanagement on the part of the\\ndirectors, or else by the incompetency of the agents\\nemployed. It was closed in 1872.\\nMILLS AND MILL-OWNERS.\\nSeventeen saw-mills, on as many different sites,\\nhave been built in various parts of the town, pro-\\npelled by water power, and two the motive power\\nof which was steam. Of the former, five have been\\ndemolished; and of the latter, one has been removed.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "i68\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nSprague s Mills.\\nThe mills known to the older inhabitants as\\nSprague s mills, and now owned by Andrew Ama-\\ndon, were first built by David Cass about 1765, and\\nby him sold soon after to Azariah Cumstock, and by\\nthe latter conveyed to Obediah Sprague about 1793-\\nThese consisted of a saw and grist mill, and until a\\nrecent date were the main reliance of the people in\\nthe south-west part of the town for their sawing and\\ngrinding. The grist-mill is now dispensed with, and\\nthe works are used for sawing lumber, staves, etc.\\nMartin s Mill.\\nJohn Martin, sr., as early as 1764 or 1765, built\\nthe .mills which have been in the family name most of\\nthe time since, the same now owned and operated by\\nhis great-great-grandson, Leason Martin. Robert\\nWorks, an early settler, bought the mills of John\\nMartin in 1784. Darling Sabin had them from 1805\\nto 181 3, when they were bought by Robert Martin.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 169\\nThese served the town for sawing and grinding more\\nthan a century. The grist-mill was removed a tew\\nyears since to make room for other works. The\\nmills are now used for manufacturing bail-buckets,\\nstaves, and lumber.\\nWoo/eys Mill.\\nNathan Wooley built a saw-mill on the brook be-\\nlow the Sprague s mills very early in the settlement\\nof the town. Tradition says this was the first mill\\nbuilt in town. Some signs of the old mill may still\\nbe seen above the bridge on the road to Whipple hill.\\nJohn Cass Mill.\\nThe saw-mill built by Deacon John Cass about\\n1766 was located on the brook now called the Tilsey,\\nwhere Holbrook s trip-hammer shop formerly stood,\\nand was removed to make place for the latter. The\\nwater-power here has been utilized for the manufac-\\nture of pails and staves. The works since Hol-\\nbrook s ownership have been operated by N. G.\\nWoodbury, J. Nutting, and Naromore Sons.\\nNorwood s Mill.\\nFrancis Norwood was the builder of what has gen-\\nerally been known as Thornton s mills. These were\\nsold to Laban Thornton about 1790, and by him run\\nfor a number of years but after his death they were\\nlittle used, and finally went to decay. Mr. Augustus\\nArnold rebuilt the mill about 1848, and sold it to\\nJoseph N. Brown in 1864. The mill is now owned\\nand operated by William C. Putney.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "lyo HISTORY OF THE\\nCook s Mills.\\nThe saw and grist mills at North Richmond were\\nbuilt by William Cook about 1780. The same were\\nrepaired by Paine Aldrich in 1830. John M. Sawyer\\nbecame proprietor in 1833. David B. Aldrich man-\\nufactured pails here in 1848. Since then the works\\nhave been operated by Starkey Garnsey, Sylvester\\nAldrich, Elbridge G. Bemis, and others. The grist-\\nmill was removed years ago.\\nAldrich Mill.\\nAnanias Aldrich built the saw-mill in Activity,\\nwhich for many years was called the Aldrich mill,\\nand is now owned b}^ David W. Williams.\\nThe Win^ Saiv-fnill.\\nThe first saw-mill on Tully was built by John or\\nJoseph Wing quite early in the history of the town.\\nJames Boyce rebuilt the same about 1830, and soon\\nafter put in a grist-mill near by, which was run a\\nshort time. These became the property of Bowman\\nHowe about 1845, and have recently been owned by\\nEdwin N. Bowen. The mill is now gone.\\nBowen s Mill.\\nNathan and Richard Bowen built a saw-mill on the\\nTully, nearly west of their residences, about 1840.\\nThis was run by Nathan for the manufacture of chair\\nstuff until about 1870, when the works were removed.\\nHandy s Mill.\\nGeorge Handy erected a saw-mill about 1848 on\\nthe Tully, above the Howe mill. This mill, in con-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I7I\\njunction with a steam mill, was operated by Edwin\\nN. Bowen until the latter was burnt in 1881. The\\nproperty is now owned by Mr. Young.\\nF. O. Boxven s Mill.\\nThis saw-mill was built on the Tully by Jacob\\nWhitcomb, jr., in 1848, and by him operated until\\nhis death in 1855, since by the present proprietor,\\nMr. Bowen.\\nHarkness Mill.\\nThe mill now owned by Orrin B. Howe on Fall,\\nbrook, the outlet of Cass pond, was built by Dennis\\nHarkness in 1850.\\nJVaromore s Saiv-mill.\\nNathaniel Naromore, sr., and Dr. Parkhurst\\nbuilt in 1824 a saw-mill on Fall brook, above the\\nlocation of the Harkness mill. This mill, from want\\nof sufHcient power, did but little business, and soon\\npassed away.\\nFassctfs., now Taylor s^ Mill.\\nOn the site of the mill now owned by George H.\\nTaylor was a saw-mill erected in the early time by\\nSamuel Fassett. This was probably one of the first\\nbuilt in town.\\nHewes Mill.\\nThis mill was located on Norwood s brook, above\\nWilliam C. Putney s mills, and was used in the early\\ntime for making hoes and scythes.\\nAllen s Mill.\\nLilburn Allen, jr., erected on Boyce brook, about\\na half mile south-east of the residence of Nathaniel", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "172 HISTORY OF THK\\nHill s, a saw-mill in 1845. This was soon given up\\nfor want of power.\\nThe Great Stea?ti Mill.\\nAbout 1855 Asa Piper, together with his brother,\\nPorter Piper of Leominster, erected on the Fitzwil-\\nliam road, near the Four corners, a large and sub-\\nstantial steam mill for the manufacture of lumber,\\npails, staves, and woodenware, including also a grist\\nmill in the same. The works were run by Asa, who\\nbecame sole proprietor for about ten years, when the\\nbusiness was discontinued, and the building was\\nfinally removed to West Swansey in 1882, after re-\\nmaining unused about seventeen years.\\nNew Steam Mill.\\nThis mill, built in 1882 by Joseph Abbot, Esq.,\\nLeason Martin, and Oliver J. Nutting, for the manu-\\nfacture of lumber, pail, and box stuff, is located\\nabout one mile east of the Four corners, on the farm\\nrecently owned by Henry Rice.\\nGrist Mills.\\nIn addition to the grist-mills already alluded to,\\nviz., Sprague s, Martin s, Cook s, Boyce s, and\\nPiper s, there were at one time two other small\\nmills on Tully brook, one near the Nathan Cook\\nplace, built by David Cobleigh, and the other\\nnorth of the old turnpike, built by William Hills, and\\nafterwards owned by John Harkness and also one\\non Norwood s brook at the old Hewes mill, and one\\nbuilt by Noah Aldrich. These, and one near the\\nWyman Thayer place, have long since passed away.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 73\\nand at the present time there is no grist-mill in the\\ntown.\\nTANNERIES.\\nThe town has had within its limits at least four\\ntanneries. The first two evidently were quite small\\nand were built during the early settlement. One of\\nthese was on the Jonathan Gaskill farm, now owned\\nby Jesse Bolles, and the other was owned by Abner\\nor William Cumstock, and was on the place formerly\\nowned by Elisha Brigham, below Sprague s mills.\\nAbout 1794, William Bassett, sr., put in a yard and\\nbuilt a currying-shop on the old road south of his\\nhouse leading to the Sweet place. Business was\\ncarried on here about thirty years. Darling Sabin\\nhad a yard north of Martin s mills, and Amasa\\nAldrich also had one near the Nathan Aldrich place.\\nDaniel Bassett and Elisha Harkness, in 1817, built\\nat the Four corners, on the place now owned by Cyrel\\nAmadon, one of the largest tanneries then in the\\ncounty of Cheshire. This was operated most of the\\ntime by Daniel Bassett and his sons until 1852, when\\nthe business was finally given up, and the buildings\\nwere soon after removed.\\nMECHANICAL INDUSTRIES.\\nThe town has never presented an inviting field for\\nthe manufacturer whose business depended for its\\nsuccess upon permanent water power. The topog-\\nraphy of the town is such, its position so elevated,\\nas to be the source of several small streams, which\\ndiverge in ditferent ways, emptying into the Ashuelot\\nand Miller s rivers. These have afforded considerable", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF THE\\npower for saw and grist mills, except in the summer\\nseason, when most of them failed to furnish a supply\\nfor these purposes hence no factories requiring\\nlarge and continuous power could herein find suitable\\nsites for their operations, but some of the lesser in-\\ndustries have been carried on with considerable suc-\\ncess. Of these, such as have been connected with\\nworking up the timber necessarily takes precedence.\\nPine Timber.\\nThe town originally abounded in large quantities of\\npine timber, and considerable quantities escaped the\\nlevelling axe of the first settlers. These were largely\\ncut into boards and carted to Northfield, and from\\nthence floated down the Connecticut. Price about\\n$8 and $io per i,ooo feet, delivered.\\nHard Wood.\\nThe first attack on the hard timber was the split-\\nting and shaving of chair-posts from beech and\\nmaple timber. This industry commenced about sixty\\nyears ago. These posts were cut about three feet\\nlong and two inches in diameter. The price was\\nabout $15 per 1,000 feet, delivered in Gardner.\\nShooks.\\nRed-oak timber was quite abundant formerly.\\nThis came into demand about fifty years ago for\\nmaking shooks, which was a bundle of staves suffi-\\ncent to make a hogshead all dressed and ready to be\\nset up in the West Indies. These, before the ex-\\ntension of railroads in this vicinity, were transported\\nto the Connecticut, and then floated down that stream.\\nThe price was $12 per 1,000 for staves.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 75\\nChair Sti(ff.\\nLarge establishments for the manufacture of chairs\\ncreated an increased demand for the material for that\\npurpose. It was found profitable after a while to cut\\nup hard-wood timber in the mills here by patterns for\\nchairs. This business was carried on by Nathan and\\nRichard Bowen, Jacob Whitcomb, jr., and others.\\nScythe Snaths.\\nLarge quantities of scythe snaths were formerly\\nmade here by the Garnseys, William and Cyrus, and\\nby Robert Swan, Nathan Aldrich, Luke Harris,\\nReuben Bourn, and James BufFum.\\nWooden Ware.\\nSeveral mills were engaged in making wooden\\nware, such as clothes-pins, pail and mop handles,\\nbobbins, and various other things.\\nPails and Buckets.\\nThe manufacture of pails commenced about 1845.\\nDavid B. Albrich is believed to have been the first in\\nthe field in this enterprise. He carried on the busi-\\nness at the mills in North Richmond, then called\\nGuinea until about 1852, and was succeeded by\\nEdson Starkey and Sanford Garnsey Co., and\\nthey, in turn, by Sylvester Aldrich.\\nNathan G. Woodbury, who had bought the Enos\\nHolbrook trip-hammer shop for the purpose of work-\\ning up sapling pines, erected a pail factory, which he\\nsuccessfully managed for several years, and finally\\nsold the premises to John Nutting, who, with his\\nsons, Oliver P. and John F., continued the business", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "176 HISTORY OF THE\\nthere until the spring of 1882, when their factory was\\nburned, and they sold to the present owners, N.\\nNaromore Sons, who now make pail stuff, hoops,\\nand wooden ware.\\nAbout 1850 Uberto Bowen and Joseph N. Taft\\nerected a pail-shop on the old Crane place, above the\\nroad. They sold to Robert A. and Z. A. Boyce,\\nsons of Robert Boyce, who continued the business a\\nshort time. The business has since been given up,\\nand the mill is gone.\\nOTHER INDUSTRIES.\\nScythes and Hoes.\\nEnos Holbrook was a successful manufacturer of\\nthese articles, which had a ready sale in the sur-\\nrounding country. He was engaged in the business\\nfrom about 1805 to 1830.\\nSpiniiuig WJieels.\\nThe demand for these was quite large when the\\ncountry was first settled, as every family had to be\\nprovided with these indispensable articles for working\\nwool and flax. Rev. Maturen Ballou and his son\\nDavid worked at this business, as did some others.\\nOld Paul Jillson and his son Silas also made them.\\nChairs.\\nOld-fashioned kitchen chairs, with basket-stuff bot-\\ntoms, were made by Luther Cook and his son\\nNicholas. Moses Tyler, Esq., also worked at the\\nbusiness a part of the time, as did his son Moses.\\nJames Lovett, who resided at North Richmond", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I77\\nseveral years, made dining-chairs of a fine pattern\\nand finish, which found a ready sale for furnishing\\nthe square rooms. His shop was over the clothing\\nworks. Oliver Perry also was a chair maker.\\nHats.\\nThe town was always well supplied with hatters.\\nConsiderable quantities of these goods were made\\nhere from fort}^ to fifty years ago, and sold to\\nstores in the surrounding country. These were\\nmostly black felt, but fur hats could always be ob-\\ntained on order, and were warranted to fit. The\\nprincipal ones engaged in this industry were Robert\\nBuffum, Alfred Saben, Isaac Work, Richard Weeks,\\nand Jonathan Pickering.\\nFtirniture.\\nFrom the earliest times there were some cabinet-\\nmakers who supplied the home demand. Among\\nthese was Samuel Hunting, of Revolutionary times,\\nand, later, Samuel Grifliith, who worked a while at\\nLevi Wheeler s. The Cooks, Luther and Nicholas,\\nalso did something in this line.\\nCurled Hair.\\nHon. Joseph Weeks and his son Roswell prepared\\nfor market considerable quantities of curled hair for\\nupholstering purposes.\\nLamp-black.\\nJacob Sweet at one time made from white-birch\\nbark considerable quantities of lamp-black in a small\\nlog-house made for the purpose in the birch woods\\nwest of Ills house.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF THE\\nSheep Shearing.\\nMany of the farmers employed adepts in the art of\\nclipping. Chief among those thus emplo3^ed, per-\\nhaps, may be recorded Mordica Cass, who sheared\\nninety-nine in one day, and offered a dollar to any\\nperson who would furnish another and make in\\nround numbers one hundred.\\nWheelwrighting.\\nDeacon Amos Garnsey is named in the early\\nrecords as a wheelwright. Later, Liberty Aldrich\\nhad a wheelwright shop, the same afterwards used\\nby Ellery K. Aldrich. Also Luther Cook and Moses\\nTyler worked some at the business. Of late years\\nHarvey Martin has been the principal one engaged\\nin it.\\nPaltn-leaf Hats.\\nThe braiding of palm-leaf hats has probably con-\\ntributed more to the prosperity of the town than any\\nother mechanical industry, with the exception, pos-\\nsibly, of the manufacture of pine lumber. This\\nbusiness has been extensively carried on for more\\nthan fifty years. Nearly every family has been more\\nor less engaged in it, and this has been the means of\\nfurnishing many a family with their chief means of\\nsupport. The amount earned in this industry during\\nthis period, if the same had been saved and put on\\ninterest, would have been sufficient at the present\\ntime to more than pay tor all the real and personal\\nestate in the town.\\nHa7id- Weaving.\\nLarge quantities of cotton-yarn were woven into\\ncloth in the hand-looms before the power-loom was", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I79\\noperated. Silas Jillson, Nathaniel Boorn, and others,\\nbrought up from Rhode Island the yarn, and put out\\nthe weaving about 1820. Many of the women were\\nemployed in this industry. It was mostly a blue-and-\\nwhite check.\\nCoopering.\\nAbout 1830, Stephen Wheeler built a cooper s\\nshop on the corner near Jerry Allen s barn, and made\\nfor some years large numbers of fish-barrels. These\\nwere made of red oak, and were transported to Bos-\\nton by Benjamin Kelton and others on enormous\\nracks prepared for the purpose.\\nBrick- Tards.\\nThe first brick-yard of which we have any account\\nwas owned by Grindall Thayer. Most of the brick\\nused in town were from this yard. Those used in\\nbuilding the brick meeting-house were here manufac-\\ntured, as also were those for the old brick school-\\nhouse at the Four corners, and for the house of Enos\\nHolbrook.\\nStephen BufTum, about 1825, made a brick-yard\\nnear the middle of the town, just south of the\\ncemetery. The business here was soon given up.\\nWool- Carding and Cloth- Dressing Establishments.\\nThe first fulling-mill and cloth-dressing establish-\\nment appears to have been built by Robert Works,\\nwho early became the owner of Martin s mills. This\\nwas located above the mills near where the reservoir\\nnow is. Joel Abbot was probably the last that\\noperated the works, about 18 13. The first mill, on\\nthe site of the one now owned by Danford W.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "i8o\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nMartin at North Richmond, was evidently built\\nby William or Nicholas Cook about 1780, and\\nwas operated b}^ Lowell Clapp about 181 5. This\\nwas built and used for dressing cloth. Clapp re-\\nmained until 1818, and was succeeded by Alpheus\\nCapron, who died there in 1823. Capron was suc-\\nceeded by Willard Randall, and he in turn by Oliver\\nPuffer and Martin Sawyer. These latter put in a\\nwool-carding machine. This, however, may not\\nhave been the first operated in town. Puffer con-\\ntinued the business until he removed from town.\\nThe carding machine was afterwards used by Nelson\\nThayer. Cloth-dressing was carried on to some ex-\\ntent at an early date by Grindall Thayer. His mill\\nwas near the Wyman Thayer place. Robert Swan\\nhad a wool-carding machine in the mill west of the\\nold Crane house. This may have been operated\\npreviously by Crane.\\nBLACKSMITHS.\\nReuben Parker.\\nFrom the first settlement the town was well pro-\\nvided with blacksmiths, much better in fact than in\\nthese latter days, when it is difficult to get a horse", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. l8l\\nshod in town. The first shop was evidently on the\\nThomas Wooley farm, the place now occupied by\\nAndrew Amadon. Reuben Parker, who married a\\ndaughter of Mr. Wooley, carried on the business\\nthere about seven years, and afterwards continued the\\nbusiness on the hill where he settled, and the same\\nwas continued by his sons, Jacob and Samuel.\\nAzariah Citmstock.\\nOn the place where Mr. Cumstock first settled,\\nnear the junction of the old road with the Sprague\\nroad, was a blacksmith shop. After his removal to\\nthe Obediah Sprague place he probably continued\\nthe business. George Harkness occupied the old\\nshop about 1810.\\nFrancis JVorwood.\\nFor the accommodation of the west part, Francis\\nNorwood had a shop, where he continued the busi-\\nness for twenty years or more. This was near the\\nbig rock, on the road to Winchester.\\nDaniel Cass.\\nMr. Cass, who probably was not a blacksmith,\\nevidently had a shop, and the business after his re-\\nmoval was carried on by Jazaniah Barrett, his suc-\\ncessor, and continued there a while by Peregrine\\nWheeler.\\nJames Kingsley.\\nJames Kingsley, who was the first on the farm\\nknown as the Benjamin Man place, was a blacksmith.\\nThis place was on a travelled way before the building\\nof the Ashuelot turnpike.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "l82 HISTORY OF THE\\nAaron Cumstock.\\nMr. Cumstock, who was an early settler on the\\nsouth part of the Henry Rice place, had a shop near\\nthe old house spot. He remained there but a few\\nyears, and the business was then discontinued.\\nLevi Aldrich.\\nLevi Aldrich was a blacksmith, and had a shop\\non his place which was a great convenience to the\\npeople in the north part. He had in connection with\\nthe shop a trip-hammer and a small foundry. His son\\nNoah afterwards carried on the business there.\\nEbenezer Cole.\\nNear the town pound was formerl}- a blacksmith\\nshop, built by Mr. Cole about 1766. He continued\\nin the business until about 1777. Captain Bryant,\\nand perhaps some others, worked there afterwards.\\nRoyal Ormsby.\\nRoyal Ormsby had a blacksmith shop near the\\nbrook north of Leason Martin s. It was given up\\nabout 1813.\\nJoel Cass.\\nJoel Cass, son of Deacon John Cass, had a black-\\nsmith shop on the road westof the old tavern. It w^as\\ngiven up about 1800.\\nC/iajidler Btyant.\\nChandler Bryant was a blacksmith, and had a shop\\non the Rufus Whipple place.\\nyeraJnncel Allen.\\nMr. Allen had a shop near his house, on the north\\nside of the old turnpike, and did considerable busi-\\nness there until a shop was built at the Four corners.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 183\\nGeorge Harkness.\\nGeori^e Harkness first carried on the business at\\nthe old Azariah Cumstock shop. He removed to the\\nFour corners about 1814, and there built a shop\\nnearly opposite the residence of Mr. Southwick.\\nFrom thence he removed to the old Jos. Wing\\nplace, and again he moved to tlie John Pickering\\nplace, and in each of these places he built a shop,\\nbut in none was the business continued after he left,\\nexcept at the Four corners. Nathan Newell of Troy\\nsucceded him at the latter place, and continued there\\nuntil about 1834; ^e, in turn, was succeeded by\\nAbial L. Smith and Charles Roper. Willard Ran-\\ndall engaged in the business in 1838, and has con-\\ntinued there until the present time. He built a new\\nshop some years ago a few rods west of the old loca-\\ntion.\\nyedediah and Esek Buffian.\\nJedediah Buflum was a blacksmith, and had a shop\\nby the side of the road east of his house. His son\\nEsek also carried on the business when he lived on\\nthe Corey place. He continued the business at the\\nold shop after his return to the old homestead about\\n1808.\\nHenry Ballou^ Sr.\\nHenry Ballou, sr., was a blacksmith, and had a\\nshop when he lived on the place now owned by Mrs.\\nJames A. Mellen also, a shop on the Jonathan\\nSweet place, where he lived at the time of his\\ndecease.\\nWilliatn Hunt.\\nWilliam Hunt carried on blacksmithing in a shop\\nnear where Calvin Martin now lives.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "184 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlvah Keycs.\\nAlvah Keyes had a shop at the middle of the town.\\nIt stood where Julius M. Whipple s barn now is.\\nAmos W. Newell.\\nAmos W. Newell continued business in the Keyes\\nshop, but finally built a new shop on the common\\neast of the old Baptist church.\\nAmos G. Bennett.\\nAmos G. Bennett built a new blacksmith shop on\\nthe Pickering place, near the Four corners, about\\n1855. This has been occupied by various parties\\nsince Mr. Bennett removed to Swansey.\\nHarvey Martin.\\nHarvey Martin has for many years done black-\\nsmithing in connection with his carriage work.\\nCARPENTERS.\\nPaul Boyce, Stephen Harris, Paul Jillson, Luther\\nand Nicholas Cook, Israel and George Martin,\\nSamuel and Timothy Pickering, and nearly all of\\nthe latter s sons, Henry Rice, jr., Benjamin David,\\nLucius and Hosea Aldrich, Orrin, Edson, and John\\nStarkey, George and Henry Taylor, Nathaniel\\nNaromore, and Nathaniel Naromore, jr.\\nSHOEMAKERS.\\nThe town in the early time was quite well supplied\\nwith shoemakers some of the craft were in each\\npart of the town. In the south-east part, Jonathan\\nCook did a considerable portion of the work. In the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "s\\n=?!?^-*fci;:;5%^t^^\\nOld Baptist Meeting House. See page 1S5.\\nt-\\n^Ji^i\\nUnion Store (Middle of Town). Seepage 167.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 185\\nnorth-west, John Bolles took the lead, and in the\\ncentre, Moses Allen, sr., was the principal work-\\nman. Some of the early shoemakers went with their\\nkit from house to house, and made up the year s\\nstock for the family from leather bought of the tanner.\\nPrevious to 1800, the bottoms of boots and shoes were\\nsewed on. A pair of calf-skin boots were supposed\\nto last nearly a lifetime. The best in general use for\\nthe misses to go to meeting in was calfskin. Some\\nmore favored occasionally had morocco, but this was\\na luxury not shared by all.\\nIn later times are remembered the followincr who\\nworked at the trade, viz. George Handy, Amos\\nBennett, Aaron Tenney, Ballon Swan, Stillman\\nTwitchell, Stephen Bolles, Ephraim Bennett, Carlos\\nJewell, Alonzo Ballon, John Butterfield, Edwin P.\\nTenney, and John Wheeler.\\nOLD BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE.\\nThe old Baptist meeting-house, which is still stand-\\ning and used as a town-house, was built about 1781,\\nand was first occupied by the town for holding town-\\nmeetings, in August, 1782, and has been continuously\\nso used since. It was erected by the old Baptist\\nchurch, on land conveyed to them by Hezekiah Man,\\nwho soon after removed to Swansey, but at this time\\nwas living in the Bill Buffum house. The building\\nis thirty by forty feet, of solid oak timber of huge\\ndimensions, and would last another century if pro-\\ntected from the weather. The interior arrangement\\nwas patterned after the style of the period, with high\\npulpit, in front of which was the deacon s seat. It\\nhad square box pews, and galleries on three sides,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "l86 HISTORY OF THE\\nwith no fireplace or other provision for warming.\\nThe town altered and repaired the house in 1884,\\nan expense of $150. The body pews were removed\\nand benches substituted instead, was plastered over-\\nhead, a chimney built, and a stove put in. This ex-\\npenditure, with the exception of shingling once about\\n1810, at a cost of $25, is nearly all the town has had\\nto pay for the town-house for a century.\\nClustering around this ancient edifice are many\\nhistoric associations. The foundations w^ere laid in\\nfaith and hope by men who, in addition to the labor\\nof making homes in the wilderness, had but just\\npassed through the fiery, trying ordeal of the Revo-\\nlution. It has stood unmoved and unshaken for a\\ncentury, and is to-day a fit monument to perpetuate\\nthe memory of the fathers. The house was dedi-\\ncated to the worship of God, but this did not preclude\\nthe use of it for other proper and necessary purposes.\\nThe builders w^ere not narrow and bigoted, and did\\nnot rep-ard it a defilement for the transaction of towai\\nbusiness. No necessary, legitimate business with\\nthem was pollution. All necessary work was relig-\\nious work. In this they manifested a liberality in\\nadvance of the age. Many changes have been rung\\nwithin the walls. The pious, devotional intonations\\nfrom the sacred desk have alternated with the coarse\\nejaculations and clamors of contending factions. A\\nphonograph that could reveal all the words herein\\nspoken would make a volume incomparable in the\\nliterature of the world for its fullness in diversity of\\nsentiment and in quaintness of style. The exterior\\nis a familiar sight to all who have lived in town, and\\nmany of the older inhabitants remember the interior\\nas it was. To all, this is a connecting link with the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n187\\nfirst settlers, and should be preserved in remembrance\\nof their many virtues.\\nBURIAL PLACES.\\nThe town in its corporate capacity has never had a\\ncemetery over wliich it has exercised exclusive juris-\\ndiction. The one at the middle of the town appears\\nto have received some supervision of late on the part of\\nthe town, as is evinced by the building therein a few\\nyears since a town receiving tomb but otherwise than\\nthis, the town has heretofore taken no action in the mat-\\nter. In all parts of the town may be found burial-places.\\nAbout a dozen of these places have been counted up,\\nselected chiefly as a matter of convenience by those\\nliving in the neighborhood of each. The means of\\ncarriage and transportation were such that the\\nearly settlers availed themselves of such places as\\nwere suitable and near at hand for the final repose of\\ntheir dead, and of those thus early selected quite a\\nnumber continue to be used. The noticeable feature", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE\\nof all is the comparatively few head-stones there are\\nin each in proportion to the number of graves. The\\ncustom adopted by the Friends in the early time, of\\nhaving no stone to mark the resting place of the de-\\nparted, was copied by most of the inhabitants, and\\nvery few can be found bearing date prior to 1800.\\nIt may be seen that if only a moderate proportion of\\nthe graves had been marked, a very great aid would\\nhave been rendered the compilers of the genealogy of\\nthe families of the town. Many of the burial places\\nappear to be uncared for. Not many living here now\\nhave a direct interest in the matter. Many families\\nwhich once used these have disappeared, and none\\nare left in charge of the trust. Individual action soon\\ndies out and becomes extinct. The municipalit}^\\nis the only power capable of managing such matters\\nthrough long periods of time, and to this should be\\nconfided the supervision and care of all places where\\nthe forefathers sleep. These grounds should present\\nan inviting rather than a repulsive aspect, and should\\nbe fit places for visitation for purposes of meditation\\nand spiritual improvement.\\nThe Cass burying-ground is as ancient as any.\\nThis spot was given by Daniel Cass, sr., soon after\\nthe settlement of the town, and has largely been used\\nby his descendants and connections, together with\\nsome of the members of the James Ballon family, and\\nsome others.\\nThe Qj-iaker yard was donated to the monthly\\nmeeting of the society of Friends about 1790 b}^ Jede-\\ndiah Buffum. The first burial there was a daughter\\nof the donor, Esther, the wife of Daniel Man, about\\n1780. The remains of Gideon Man, sr., and some\\nothers were removed from their first place of sepul-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n189\\nture, south of the corner store, about 1809, by reason\\nof the graves being within the lines of the Ashuelot\\nturnpike.\\nThe middle-of-the-town cemetery was bought by\\nJedediah BufTum of Hezekiah Man for a burial-place\\nabout 1780. This has been used for more general\\ninterment than any other, and has a receiving-tomb,\\nbuilt by the town in 1866. The ground is dry and\\nelevated, and well adapted for the purpose and, by\\nenlargement, might be made a place more fully to\\nanswer the need of the town in the future.\\nThe burial-ground on the hill in the north part of\\nthe town was probably set aside for the purpose quite\\nearly by Capt. Abner Aldrich. The date of the\\noldest head-stone is 1787, and this may have been a\\nnumber of years after the ground was thus used.\\nThe Benson yard was bought of Capt. Isaac Ben-\\nson and Peleg Bowen, in 1807, b}^ Joseph Newell,\\nThomas Bowen, Noah Bisbee, and others, for the\\nsum of $88. Like the other cemeteries, it has never\\nbeen laid out in lots, but has been free to all who\\nmay want to occupy it. The Benson family tomb is\\nin one corner of the ground, and was reserved by\\nBenson in the sale.\\nThe Whipple-hill cemetery, located on land for-\\nmerly of Capt. Ebenezer Barrus, is one of the older\\nplaces of interment. Two hundred and ten have\\ntheir resting-place there, of which one hundred have\\ngraves that are marked.\\nThe Whipple-family yard is nearly opposite the\\nother, and is on the north side of the road. It con-\\ntains forty graves, of which only thirteen are named.\\nThe Deacon John Cass burial-ground, on the tarm\\nof Perley Amadon, contains a few graves mostly of", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nthe Cass and Kelton families. It is now seldom used.\\nCapt. Amos Boorn had a place for family inter-\\nment near the north-west corner of his farm. About\\ntwenty are here buried. The premises are now\\nowned by Calvin Martin.\\nThe Silas Ballou lot, a small enclosure south of\\nDennis Harkness on the west side of the road, con-\\ntains the earthly remains of Silas Ballou, the poet,\\nand wife, together with those of Elijah Harkness and\\nwife, and others of his family.\\nThe Seth Ballou lot, north of the old Seth Ballou\\nplace, is the last resting-place of a few of his family\\nand some others.\\nThe Ellis family yard is on the Deacon Ellis place,\\nnow^ owned by Henry Bullock. This contains about\\ntwenty, mostl} unmarked graves.\\nThe north-west burial-ground is on the south side\\nof the road west of George H. Taylor s. In this was\\ndeposited the remains of members of the Scott,\\nPage, and Thayer and other families of the neigh-\\nborhood.\\nNathaniel Taft s family lot, located north-east of\\nhis house, contains a very few graves, mostly of his\\nfamily.\\nThere are some other places where tw^o or three\\nare buried together, of w^hich we have no definite\\nknowledge, and unknown they must remain until the\\nlast trumpet shall blow.\\nTIMES OF UNCOMMON SICKNESS AND DEATH.\\nCertain years are remembered as times of uncom-\\nmon mortality, times in which whole neighborhoods\\nwere attacked by some prevailing epidemic, caused", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n191\\nlargely by miasmatic influences and atmospherical\\nchanges. Fevers of various types were formerly\\nquite prevalent, the typhus was almost yearly a visi-\\ntor in some households its ravages were often fear-\\nful and always to be dreaded. The treatment by\\nthe best practitioners of that time, of fevers especially,\\nwas such as would now be considered inhuman and\\nbarbarous, by the faculty of any school of medicine\\nthat many died is no wonder that so many lived\\nafter such depletion, is a wonder.\\nNo records now show how many were swept away\\nat particular times by any prevailing distemper.\\nAbout 1780, numerous cases of fever occurred, of\\nwhich many died. In 1790, many children died;\\nJonathan Cook lost four children that were nearly\\ngrown up. Again, in 1795, a malignant disease pre-\\nvailed to an alarming extent among children. This\\nepidemic prevailed to a greater extent in Royalston.\\nand was there more fatal in its results all the chil-\\ndren of some quite large families died. Some neigh-\\nborhoods were fatally attacked by typhus in 181 2\\nWhipple hill, in particular, was the scene of its rav-\\nages. Numbers then died, among whom were Darius\\nAdams, who lived on the Cheney place, and Eben-\\nezer Barrus, 2d.\\nThe year 1865 is now spoken of as the year when\\nso many died. About tifty took their departure dur-\\ning this year some died of consumption, some of\\nfever, and some of old age. No epidemic prevailed,\\nbut typhoid dysentery was quite common, of which\\nmany died. They were visited, it seems,\\nBy the pestilence that creepetli in tiie darkness,\\nAmi bv the plague that wastetli at noonday.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "192 HISTORY OF THE\\nACCIDENTAL DEATHS.\\nThe percentage of deaths by accident in this town\\nmay fairly be regarded as exceptionally small when\\ncompared with some other towns of no greater popu-\\nlation, in which in a single day more lives have been\\ndestroyed by some fatal casualty than has occurred\\nherein during its entire history. The town has never\\nbeen visited by the terrible cyclone, strewing its path\\nwith death and destruction, nor has any conflagration\\nshrouded in its fiery embrace the members of any\\nhousehold nor has other elemental strife caused\\nwholesale destruction of life or property. During\\nthe times of settlement, when the primeval forest was\\nbeing levelled, no death is chronicled, as might be\\nsupposed, from the felling of trees. A few cases of\\nthe kind, at a latter date, are still remembered. The\\nhistory of the town is not blotted by a single murder\\nor homicide within its borders, with the exception of\\nthe one traditionally related of savage warfare on a\\ntraveller passing through town.\\nThe first in the list of accidental deaths of which\\nwe have gained any definite knowledge was the sud-\\nden death of Jacob Boyce, who was kicked by a stallion\\nin Royalston, by which the femoral artery was severed,\\nand he bled to death immediately, in June, 1796.\\nDaniel Thurber, son of Hezekiah Thurber, was\\ndrowned in Cass pond while attempting to swim the\\nnarrows between the points north-west of the old\\nBaptizing place, about 1800.\\nJacob Martin, son of Moses Martin, was killed by\\nbeing throivn from a horse while descending the\\nSwan hill, near the great rock, about 1813.\\nChester Martin, son of Ezra, was killed by falling\\non a stone in going to school about 1830.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 93\\nCalvin, son of Calvin Bryant, was killed while\\ngetting over a fence in Swansey, Jan. 7, 1828.\\nWillard, son of Joseph Buftum, was thrown from a\\nwagon and killed about 1830.\\nJames Ellis, son of Deacon Martin Ellis, was\\nthrown from a wagon while descending a hill in\\nTempleton and killed, July 19, 1813.\\nJedediah B. Taylor, son of Elias Taylor, was\\nkilled while felling trees in the woods, Feb. 16, 1826.\\nHannah Cook, daughter of Luther Cook, was\\nstruck by lightning and instantly killed in the house\\nnow occupied by Calvin Cook, Sept. 25, 1829, the\\nonly death by lightning known in town.\\nGardner Boorn, son of Stephen Boorn, while\\nblasting rocks on the new road south of Benjamin\\nKelton s for Colonel Buffum, was killed by careless\\nmanagement of a rock explosion in 1832.\\nJacob Martin, son of Wilderness Martin, was in-\\nstantly killed by the kick of a horse on the side of his\\nhead. May 29, 1840.\\nHenry Harrison Rice, son of Henry Rice, fell\\nfrom the frame of a saw-mill building, near the old\\nCrane place, and died from the injury received, June\\n26, 1851.\\nWheaton C. Jillson, in felling a tree in Wheeler s\\nwoods, near Cass pond, was killed by the tree re-\\nbounding, Sept. 9, 1865, aged 55.\\nCyrenus Taft, son of Peleg Taft, jr., was instantly\\nkilled while working in the woods on Attleboro\\nmountain by the rebounding limb of a tree, Feb. 5,\\n1864, aged 40.\\nPaul Martin, son of Wilderness, living in Fitz-\\nwilliam at the time, died on account of a wound re-\\nceived in felling a tree in that town, in 1865.\\n\u00c2\u00bb3", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nOscar Bennett, son of Amos, was killed by being\\nrun over by a wagon drawn by a span of horses,\\nSept. 30, 1854, aged 24.\\nAmos A. Flint, who was living on the Daniel Cass\\nplace, in the east part of the town, was instantly\\nkilled by a circular-saw in Handy Bowen s mill,\\nApril 14, 1869.\\nTwo children of George W. Taylor, and one of\\nSumner P. Taylor, were killed by the falling of a\\ncart body, Sept. i, 1856.\\nA son of Joseph N. Brown was killed by a span of\\nhorses in Winchester, Aug. 5, 1865, aged 14.\\nFIRES.\\nThe town has not suffered greatly by fires, com-\\nparatively few indeed have occurred of any magni-\\ntude. There may have been some in the early time\\nof which w^e have no account, but the first in list of\\nburnings appears to have been as late as the winter\\nof 1816-1817, when the house of William Garnsey\\nwas burnt in the night time. This was the old Jon-\\nathan Gaskell house, which stood near where the\\nhouse of Jesse Bolles now is.\\nThe barn of Grindall Tha3 er was destroyed by fire\\nabout 1820. The origin of this was supposed to be\\nincendiary Prentice ThaN^er was convicted of the\\ncrime, for which he suffered three years in state prison.\\nThe old Deacon Amos Garnsey house was burned\\n1843. David Buffum, 2d, owned the premises, and\\nwas living in the house at the time.\\nDavid Martin s house, which stood where Otis Mar-\\ntin resides, was burned about 1844. This was a very\\ngood two-story house.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n195\\nThe old John Pickering house, owned at the time\\nby Seth A. Curtis, was destroyed by fire about 1840.\\nUberto Bowen s store took fire on the night of Jan-\\nuary 9, 1853, and was reduced to ashes, together\\nwith most of the goods therein. This was the great-\\nest loss, by any one fire, that has ever occurred in town.\\nA. Halsey Atherton had the misfortune, about 1875,\\nto lose by the fiery element the old Atherton man-\\nsion, built by Jonathan Atherton, his great-grand-\\nfather, quite early in the history of the town.\\nThe Luke Aldrich house, situated next south of old\\nNathan Aldrich s house, was burned about 1879.\\norigin of this was supposed to have been incendiary.\\nAmos Lawrence was burned out 1878. This was\\nthe house where Uriah Thayer formerly lived. Most\\nof his furniture and clothing was lost.\\nHiram Bryant s barn was struck by lightning and\\nconsumed, while he lived on the Josiah Lawrence\\nplace.\\nThe old Gideon Man barn, owned by Edmond H.\\nSouthwick, situated near the Four corners, was de-\\nstroyed by lightning, together with. the contents, 1882.\\nThe whole loss on buildings for more than one\\nhundred years has evidently been less than $10,000,\\nwhile the premiums that would have been required\\nto insure them in any good company at a moderate\\nestimate for the time, must have amounted to more\\nthan $30,000, an argument in favor of strictly farm-\\ning towns insuring the buildings within their limits.\\nTOWN MEETINGS.\\nThe town meetings in olden time were apparently of\\nmore account than in these latter days the assemblages\\nwere large, there were more to attend than now, and", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "196 HISTORY OF THE\\nperhaps politics ran higher but aside from the busi-\\nness to be transacted, it was a sort of gala day, a time\\nfor amusement and sport. The jesters, wrestlers, and\\nboxers were there in force rings were made on the\\ncommon, or else recourse was had to Rawson s hall\\nwhich was often the arena for the athletes. The\\nhall was alternately used for wrestling or dancing,\\nas the company desired. Quite often some champion\\nof the ring from other towns was present to chal-\\nlenge the bully of the town. Considerable excitement\\nattended the matches, which constituted an annual\\nside show for many years. The gingerbread business\\nwas triumphant in these days the sale of this was a\\nspecial feature of the day, usually one or more bread\\ncarts were there, and the store and stand were well\\nsupplied. This was the great gingerbread day, every\\none ate it with a relish, and each carried home as\\nmuch as his bandanna would hold, for the wife and\\nchildren. Rawson s store and most of his house was\\ngiven up to the public the floors were heavily\\nsprinkled with sawdust, and usually as many were\\nthere as at the meeting-house and when an impor-\\ntant vote was to be taken, a messenger was quite\\noften sent to summons the voters. This absenteeism\\nwas owing largely to the fact that in the early time\\nthe house was unwarmed and hence uncomfortable\\non most March meeting-days. The town meeting\\nwas on the whole a tumultuous assembly, and the\\nmoderator at times needed stentorian lungs, and a\\nfree use of the gavel to keep order. The presiding\\nofficers who could not so well leave the house for\\nwarmth and refreshment, were well provided with\\nample means of support through the trying ordeal\\nincident to their position full mug of toddy was", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. I97\\nusually placed on a projection of the pulpit before\\nwhich they stood, and an occasional sip seemed to\\nrevive their lagging spirits, and as the burdens of\\nthe day pressed with greater urgency, toward night\\nrecourse was more often had by all, to the same\\nmeans of support.\\nThe records of the town bear evidence of prudent\\nand legal management generally occasionally, how-\\never, is noticed some proceedings diverging from the\\nordinary course. In a report of the committee to\\nsettle with the selectmen, 1808, the following items\\nof expenditure occur. The Selectmen also gave\\nElijah Howard thirty dollars to encourage him to\\nmarry Hannah Alexander of the town s money.\\nThe selectmen also took of town s money to settle\\nEsq. Tyler s fine and cost for marrying Elijah How-\\nard and Hannah Alexander One hundred and six\\ndollars. This liberality on the part of the town was\\nfor the purpose of getting rid of a pauper by her\\nmarriage with some person out of town, a transac-\\ntion at the time considered a justifiable deviation from\\nthe iTolden rule.\\nSINGING-SCHOOLS.\\nAbout 1835, one Twitchell, from Vermont, kept\\ntwo or three terms in succession a singing-school in\\nthe hall of Wheeler s tavern, which was largely at-\\ntended by old and young from different parts of the\\ntown. This was an era worth} of note in marking\\nthe development of musical talent in the tow^n, and\\nwas productive of much good in a social point of\\nview, in making better acquainted those residing in\\ndifferent sections, who rarely met except at spelling-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "198 HISTORY OF THE\\nschools in the various districts, or at other gatherings\\nin the neig-hborhoods. The teacher was considered\\nwell qualified for the position. He pitched his tune\\nfrom the tuning-fork. They sang Old Hundred,\\nHebron, Peterboro*, and other good old tunes,\\nand also practiced some anthems which were re-\\nhearsed with good effect at the close of the school.\\nA few years later, say about 1840, Abram Marshall,\\nfrom Lunenburg, kept a number of terms at the Four\\ncorners. One kept over the old corner store is re-\\nmembered as having been well patronized, and on the\\nwhole eminently successful. Marshall, in personal\\nappearance, was the reverse of his predecessor,\\nTwitchell. Marshall assumed more importance, and\\nhad more of a commandmg way, so much so that he\\nwas thought by some to be exceedingly egotistical.\\nThis opinion was largely shared in, undoubtedly, by\\nUncle Tim (Esquire Pickering) who made this remark\\nin relation to Marshall s playing on a trombone at\\none of the May trainings This Marshall goes\\nmarching about with his horh, too-tee too-tee and\\nhe thinks it s moosic. I tell you it is no moosic at\\nall. He is one of those cat-headed and monke}\\nwitted creatures whose eyes are on the top of his\\nhead just like a great baboon. Passing over this\\nseverely sharp sarcasm on Marshall indulged in by\\nPickering, we come down to nearly the present time,\\nwhen William Atherton of Winchester, son of the\\nvenerable Esquire Atherton, formerly of Richmond,\\noccupied the field here for several terms, who has the\\nreputation of being a systematic and successful\\nteacher of singing. His last term was in the winter\\nof 1883-4, *h^ hall of Jerry Allen, at the old\\nWakefield hotel.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 1 99\\nHOW OLD GROUT BEAT THE TOWN, AND AFTER-\\nWARDS WENT TO RAISING POPPIES.\\nNahum Grout, a well known citizen of the town\\nof sixty years ago, was reputed to be a Federalist,\\nperhaps the only one at the time in town. The ma-\\njority, in order to show either their disrespect for the\\nman, or manifest their detestation for his political\\nprinciples, chose him at the annual meeting, about\\n1812, hog reeve, the duties of which office was to\\nring all swine found running at large in the highway,\\nor else to put them into the town pound. Grout\\nassumed the office with much complacency, and great\\ndignity, withal, and at a proper and most favorable\\ntime began operations in earnest, as many of his\\npolitical opponents soon found out, who had been ac-\\ncustomed to turn their hogs into the public way. By\\nthe aid of efficient help, which he seasonably se-\\ncured. Grout gathered a resectable drove as to num-\\nbers, mostly belonging to such of his neighbors and\\ntownsmen as had been foremost in promoting him to\\nthe office, and lodged the animals securely, as he\\nsupposed, within the pound, and patiently waited the\\nappointed time in expectancy of his fees but as luck", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "200 HISTORY OF THE\\nwould have it, the enclosure was insufficient to hold\\nthis kind of cattle, and the pigs all escaped from their\\nimprisonment, and most of them, led by a peculiar\\ninstinct, returned to their several homes during the\\nsucceeding night. Again, in this emergency, Grout\\nwas equal to the occasion he sued the town for dam-\\nage, as by their neglect he had lost his fees, and as\\ncomplainant, caused the town to be fined for neglect\\nin not providing such enclosure as the law directs.\\nGrout recovered in his suit, as may be supposed, much\\nto the disgust of such as would have gladly humili-\\nated the man by the degrading nature of the office.\\nThe town was mulcted in the sum of nearlj^ one thous-\\nand dollars, and ever after Mr. Grout was allowed to\\nremain unburdened by office intended as a stigma to\\nhis character and an insult to his name. Grout,\\nelated somewhat, no doubt, by his success in the law,\\nand considering that he had the requisite ability to\\nmake a fortune by introducing a new industry, hit\\nupon the idea of planting his farm (now the St. Clair\\nplace), with poppies, for the purpose of making\\nopium. His purpose was so far consummated, as to\\nseed the land with these plants, which made a fair\\ngrowth, considering that the nature of the soil and\\nthe method of cultivation varied somewhat from other\\nparts of the world where the soporific herb is suc-\\ncessfully cultivated. All the spare women in the\\nneighborhood were employed in picking the poppies\\nat the time of harvest. The yield however of opium,\\nwas disproportionate to the expense incurred, and the\\nsanguine expectations which had wonderful^ braced\\nhim up during the season of growth, in the end faded\\nout, leaving the man forlorn, without hope, and with-\\nout faith in an}^ attempt to gain a living by labor, in", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 20I\\ncultivating the soil that would not yield the cost in\\ngrowing poppies. After this he seemed to have lost\\nhis voice, and became a travelling merchant, stocked\\nwith a basket of bottles, selling essence.\\nIn all the country here about,\\nNo equal had this Nahum Grout,\\nTo rake the ways, the hogs to ring.\\nOr to the pound the critters bring.\\nHe taught the ones that showed a spite,\\nThat now and then a Fed. was right.\\nWhate er he lost in time or purse\\nIn poppy fields, is naught to us.\\nTo him it seemed a useless toil\\nTo grub a living from the soil\\nSo in the end, perhaps from choice,\\nAbout the time he lost his voice,\\nHe took a more congenial trade,\\nIn selling essence, by him made.\\nHOW SOLOMON ATHERTON STOCKED CROOK-\\nER S FARM.\\nSolomon Atherton, the first settler on the Reuben\\nRich place, became in his later years partially insane\\nhis was comparatively a mild type, he was harmless,\\nbut some of his doings, to say the least, were exceed-\\ningly ludicrous. He was possessed of the idea that\\nhe was very wealthy, that he owned a considerable\\nportion of the property in town he was accustomed to\\nride around on horseback calling from house to house,\\nfor the purpose of giving the necessary oversight\\nto his very extensive domain, or else of purchasing\\nsuch farms as might be in his way not already bought.\\nWith him the process of conveyance and payment\\nwas simple, any piece of paper with writing on it\\nserved for either purpose a full supply of this scrip\\nhe generally carried with him in these iourne3 ings,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nSO as not to run into debt. His peculiarities in this\\nwere well known to the citizens of the town his\\npeculiar idiosyncrasies and notions of buying and\\nselling were indulged generally for the purpose of\\nsatisfying him for the time being, that he might go\\non his way rejoicing. It so happened that on one of\\nhis migrations, he bought Capt. Crocker s farm, and\\npaid for the same with the customary scrip and passed\\non to Esquire Weeks and of him bought a flock of\\ngeese in like manner. With a promptness which in\\nother circumstances would be highly commendable,\\nhe hastened with his geese to the recently purchased\\nfarm, and put them into the garden then in full bloom\\nand foliage. Crooker, learning that Weeks geese\\nwere in his garden, repaired at once to the scene of\\nthe mischief and there found Atherton complacently\\nviewing the geese as they eagerly regaled themselves\\non such vegetables as was most grateful to their taste.\\nIn a commanding way, with staff in hand, Crooker\\napproached Solomon in this way Sar, what do you\\nmean, sar, by turning these geese into my garden,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 2O3\\nsar? Solomon, apparently undisturbed by the vig-\\norous onset, replied, Whjs sir, have n t I the right\\nto stock my farm with geese They will be good for\\nChristmas besides, I need the feathers. Feath-\\ners, replied Crooker, feathers you shall have, sar,\\nand tar, to boot, if you do n t drive these pesky geese\\nfrom my premises instantly Without more ado the\\ngeese were got from the garden and Solomon started\\nwith them down the street, saying as he left, that\\nOld Crooker wasn t half a man, or he would let me\\ndo as I like with my own, but now I must turn em\\non my other place. And so off he went; but in the\\nmeantime Weeks had not been an indifferent specta-\\ntor of the proceedings, and had enjoyed hugely the\\ndiscomfiture of Crooker in seeing his sass, gob-\\nbled up.\\nThe rights of men are sometimes dim,\\nSometimes appear more clear;\\nThe rights of one may there begin,\\nWhere the others don t appear.\\nWENT TO LAW.\\nAbout 1844 commenced a legal contest, known as\\nthe Bowen and Jillson lawsuit, the parties to which\\nwere, in the first place, Orrin Rawson, administrator\\nof the estate of Jonathan Rawson, plaintiff, against\\nWheaton C. Jillson, defendant, in an action charg-\\ning the defendant with forging the name of Jonathan\\nRawson to a certain receipt held by the defendant,\\nJillson. On trial of the issue in this case, the plain-\\ntiff failed to make out his case, and consequently the\\ndefendant was discharged. The next movement was\\nan action brought by Jillson, against Uberto Bowen,\\nson-in-law of the said Jonathan Rawson, who was", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTORY OF THE\\ncharged by the plaintiff with uttering certain words\\nof a defamatory character, which implied that the\\nplaintiff Jillson forged the signature to the aforesaid\\nreceipt. On trial of this case the jury failed to agree.\\nEminent counsel was employed on both sides, Hon.\\nFranklin Pierce conducted the case for Rawson and\\nBowen, and ex-Gov. Hubbard managed the case for\\nJillson. By advice of counsel on both sides, the case\\nwas dropped without a second trial. The cost on\\nboth sides was considerable, Mr. Bowen expended\\n$1800, and what were the costs to the other parties\\nmay never be known. The sequence of the affair\\nwas unfortunate, as such suits often are, in disturbing\\nthe peace and harmony of neighborhoods when peo-\\nple become excited partisans, for and against each of\\nthe parties to the contest.\\nA GREAT FRACAS.\\nDuring the winter of 1844, a temperance lecturer\\nby name of Hale, from Chesterfield, held a series of\\nmeetings at the Brick church, for the promotion of\\nthe cause of temperance. His tactics were decidedly\\naggressive, he denounced in unmeasured terms all\\nsupporters of the liquor interest. His denunciations\\nwere such as to give great offence to some that heard\\nhim, and by reason of what they regarded as highly\\ninsulting in his language and demeanor, resolved to\\npelt him with rotten eggs. A favorable opportunity\\npresented itself in returning from the lecture one\\nevening in company with the Rev. J. L. Sanborn\\nwhen near the hay scales, a shower of eggs supposed\\nto be stale, fell on the victim of their spite. The\\naffray caused great discussion and bitterness by par-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n205\\ntisans on each side. The parties supposed to have\\nbeen engaged in the assault were tried in the crim-\\ninal court at Keene, and some were fined the costs\\nand fines amounted to a considerable sum, which\\nsome of the sufi^erers (whether rightfully or wrong-\\nfully, we may not know), were hardly able to pay.\\nTHE WAKEFIELD TAVERN MADE A TEMPERANCE\\nHOUSE.\\nThe winter of 1848-9 will long be remembered for\\nthe advent of Col. H. W. W. Miller, a lecturer on\\ntemperance and anti-slavery, from Vermont. He\\nwas brother of the celebrated Col. Miller, who went\\nto Greece about 1825, to aid the Greeks in their\\ncontest with the Turks for independence. His lec-\\ntures, delivered at the Brick church, drew large num-\\nbers, who either from motives of interest or curios-\\nity were induced to attend. Such was his power of\\nexpression, and such his ability to mingle fiction with\\nfacts, that his discourses possessed a pleasing charm\\nfor the multitude. He had great gifts in certain\\ndirections as a public speaker on miscellaneous\\nsubjects, he had few equals his vocabulary of vitu-\\nperation was abundant, and his sarcasm unexcep-\\ntionally cutting, yet with words of sweet persuasion\\nhe drew men to embrace his views and schemes,\\nhowever visionary they might be. By his entreaties\\na number of the good citizens of the town were in-\\nduced to buy the old Wakefield tavern, and convert\\nthe same into a temperance house, with Miller as\\nproprietor. The time of the purchase was unfavor-\\nable to the investors, as the Fitchburg and Cheshire\\nrailroads were then about being opened, and the lines", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF THE\\nof travel materially changed. Miller kept the house\\nabout two years, and during the time no complaint\\nappears to have been made that ample provision was\\nnot made for his guests. The house evidently was\\nconducted on temperance principles during his man-\\nagement, and was a credit to the town. Miller\\nfigured largely in certain temperance conventions\\nheld about this time, one at Fitzwilliam had a repre-\\nsentation from Richmond with Miller at the head of\\nthe delegation, which carried a banner on which was\\ninscribed a three-legged stool, with one leg broken.\\nThe device was explained by Miller to the conven-\\ntion, as the representation of the foundation of the\\nrum cause in Cheshire county, and the legs that sup-\\nported the same were Keene, Fitzwilliam, and Rich-\\nmond, the latter of which was the broken leg.\\nSHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS.\\nBarnum s Greatest Show on Earth\\nHas never visited the town, it is true, but other show-\\nmen of some renown at the time, occasionally pitched\\ntheir tents here. The first of these of which we have\\nany account, however, was tentless, the exhibition\\nhaving been held in widow Howe s barn, the old barn\\nthat stood east of the house towards Pickering s.\\nThis was a menagerie on a small scale, consisting of\\nan elephant, a bear, some monkies, and perhaps\\nsome other animals.\\nThe next show of the kind was on a more exten-\\nsive scale, about 1830, and drew a large crowd. The\\ntent for the exhibition was west of the old corner\\nstore at the Four corners this was a respectable", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "JOWN OF RICHMOND. 207\\nshow as to variety and numbers, and the best prob-\\nably of any the town has witnessed.\\nThe Wonderful Potter\\nExhibited his powers as a ventriloquist and prestidigi-\\ntator, at Power s tavern, about 1830. He was as-\\nsisted in his performance by his son Richard some\\nof his feats consisted of swallowing a sword, of eat-\\ning flax and drawing from his mouth the same made\\ninto ribbon, while the tow was blown out in a fiery\\nstream, of boiling eggs in a hat, and many other\\nwonderful feats.\\nBlhid Dexter\\nOccasionally put in an appearance with his museum\\nof automaton figures. His little exhibition was pleas-\\ning, consisting of kings, queens, soldiers, and other\\nnotable persons, politely presenting themselves and\\nretiring, always keeping time with the accompanying\\norgan.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "2o8 HISTORY OF THE\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nWAR OF THE REBELLION ECCLESIASTICAL\\nORGANIZATIONS, ETC.\\nPublic Sentiment Regarding the War Action Taken by the Town Soldiers in\\nVarious Regiments List of Those that Died in the Service or were Killed in Bat-\\ntle Enrollment of Militia War Rallies Religious Organizations The First\\nBaptist Church The Friends Society The Present Baptist Church The Uni-\\ntarian Society The Universalist Society The Methodist Church Attempt to\\nForm an Orthodox Church A Retrospective View The Population and Valua-\\ntion The Electoral Votes Political Parties Town Officers Financial Con-\\ndition of Town.\\nIn the late war of the RebelHon, as in the two\\npreceding wars in which the town had taken an\\nactive part, the records bear ample evidence of pat-\\nriotic devotion to the country s welfare. The sons\\nof those that fought at Bunker Hill, and at Lundy s\\nLane, aroused by the impending danger to the na-\\ntion, hastened to protect and defend that union which\\nwas cemented by the blood of the fathers. During\\nthe fratricidal contest of fire and blood which began\\nin 1861, the town responded to all calls of the gov-\\nernment for material support. The proportion of\\nvolunteers in the service to the men enrolled and lia-\\nble to military duty would bear favorable comparison\\nwith any town in the state. Nearly all that could\\nleave home, buckled on their armor and repaired to\\nthe Union camp, and while in the service, no blot\\nrests upon the names of any for cowardice or deser-\\ntion. The record of the town is untarnished, and it", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 209\\nmay well be said that patriotism has not ceased to be\\nan active virtue with this people, as attested by the\\naction taken by the town, and the heroism displaced\\nby her soldiers in this the greatest of all wars, the\\nwar of the Rebellion.\\nIn recording the part taken by the town, it is need-\\nless to enlarge on the general or personal sacrifices\\nmade, a simple statement of facts is sufficient to show\\nthe desperate and sanguinary nature of the conflict.\\nThe incidents of this are happily not involved in the\\nobscurit}- of former wars, as the living actors in the\\ntragic scenes are still with us, and the records are\\nmore full and complete of the part they took. The\\npeople of the town shared in the general indignation\\nand alarm which thrilled the North when the news of\\nthe bombardment of Fort Sumter first flashed over\\nthe wires true to the instinct of the fathers, they\\nwere quick to discern the danger that threatened the\\nlife of the nation. They instinctively rallied around\\nand resolutely stood by the old flag in the time of the\\nnation s greatest need but not in the spirit of rejoic-\\ning was the unwelcome news received, but rather of\\ngrief, mingled with high resolve and determination to\\nrescue the country from impending disunion. Some,\\n4", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "2IO HISTORY OF THE\\nundoubtedly, were inclined to question the means\\nthat had been used for pacification, and believed that\\na broad and comprehensive statesmanship should\\nhave saved the country from the horrors of a civil\\nwar, by yielding more to the demands of the slave\\npower, but of these the number was not large. Ex-\\npressions or acts which could an}^ way be construed\\nas disloyal, were exceptional, whilst it must be ad-\\nmitted that the bonds of support and attachment to\\nthe government were tested by a strain in this fratri-\\ncidal war, unknown before. The first action taken\\nby the town in relation to the war, was May i8, 1861,\\non an article in the warrant, to see what action the\\ntown will take in regard to aid to volunteers and\\ntheir families who enlist. Voted to pass over the\\narticle.\\nACTION TAKEN BY THE TOWN.\\nMarch 12, 1S62, the town Voted, that the selectmen be a com-\\nmittee to paj out money to volunteer soldiers who may be mustered\\ninto the service of the United States, or the State of New Hamp-\\nshire, under Act of 1861, Chap. 2480.\\nVoted, to borrow money not to exceed $1,000, for the aforesaid\\npurpose.\\nAug. 23, 1S62, Voted, to pay a bounty of $200 to three years and\\nnine months men the same.\\nSept. 21, 1863, Voted, to pay state aid to the families of nine\\nmonths men, who have died in the service, the same as to all\\nothers.\\nDec. 9, 1863, Voted, to pay volunteers to fill the town s quota,\\n(which was eleven men,) $200 each; also the same for substitutes,\\nand also advance the United States bounty and take assignments\\nof the same.\\nVoted, not to pay the United States bounty to volunteers.\\nJuly 6, 1864, Voted, to pay $300 to volunteers, or drafted men, or\\ntheir substitutes, to fill the next call of the President, not to exceed\\nten in number, before the call is made by the President.\\nVoted, to pay $300 to veterans who re-enlist and are counted on\\nour quota.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 211\\nVoted, not to pay Andrew S. B;illou the bounty of $300 tor re-\\nenlisting.\\nJuly 23, 1864, Voted, that the sum of money for each enrolled\\nman to pay to be clear three years from this or any other draft,\\nshall be $40.\\nVoted, that each and every enrolled man, to be clear from this or\\nany other draft for the term of three years, must pay the above\\n$40, on or before the first of August, 1864.\\nAug. 15, 1864, Voted, to pay $100 for one year s volunteers, or\\ntheir substitutes, $200 to two years men, and $300 to three years\\nvolunteers, or their substitutes.\\nVoted, to pay $200 to each drafted man or his substitute.\\nAug. 24, 1S64, Voted, to instruct the selectmen to advance the\\nstate bounty to any one that will volunteer or furnish a substitute.\\nAug. 29, 1864, Voted, to pay to volunteers of this town who have\\nbeen residents herein three months previous, in addition to what\\nhas already been voted, $200 for each year, which will make $500\\nfor one year s service, $600 for two years service, $700 for three\\nyears service for volunteers who may enlist, sufficient to fill the\\nlast call of the President for 500,000 men.\\nJan. 2, 1S65, Voted, to pay a bounty of $300 to those who have\\nor may furnish a substitute, or $500 for volunteers for one year,\\n$600 for two years $700 for three years men, to fill the present\\ncall of the President for 300,000 men.\\nVoted, to pay $400 bounty to all drafted men to All the present\\ncall of the President for 300,000.\\nVoted, to pay the state bounty to all that furnish a substitute,\\nor to volunteers to fill the quota on the present call of the President\\nfor 300,000 men.\\nSOLDIERS.\\nCompany. Regiment.\\nArlon S. Atherton, 2d Lieut I 3d\\nAndrew S. Arnold I i6th\\nMoses Allen, killed Sept. 19, 1S64 F 14th\\nFrederick R. Bowen A 2d\\nEdwin N. Bowen, ist Lieut I 3d\\nHenry R. Bowen I i6th\\nAlfred R. Bowen A 2d\\nWilliam Brown\\nCharles Ball F 14th\\nAbner S. Barden F 14th\\nOtis A. Barrus, killed at Winchester. Va., Sept. 16,\\n1864 F 14th", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "212 HISTORY OF THE\\nCompany. Regiment.\\nAlden F. Ballou, died Sept. 2, 1863 I i6th\\nE. Napoleon Buffum, died of disease, in Md-, Oct. 8,\\n1862 F 6th\\nJames H. Buffum H ist\\nAlbert Bolles, 2d N. H. Cavalry\\nGeorge A. Barrus, died June 16, 1863 B iSth\\nHenry E. Ballou, Mass B 27th\\nBenjamin F. Barrus, died of wounds, July 15, 1862 I 3d\\nHenry R. BoUes, accidentally shot, April 23, 1862 I 3d\\nAlbert E. Barrus G iSth\\nIra Marshall Barrus, Mass I 2d\\nJohn W. Barrus, Mass I 2d\\nJohn Bolles, Mass. Regt., died in Libby prison\\nArtemas B. Colburn, died Sept. 19, 1S64 F 14th\\nRoland M. Combs C 14th\\nReuben H. Combs C 14th\\nJarvis Cass, died at New Orleans, June 20, 1863 I i6th\\nAnson L. Cass F 5th\\nHenry O. Curtis, H. A H ist\\nHarvey G. Cheney, Mass D 2d\\nJohn Dingman I 16th\\nRufus Freeman I i6th\\nJohn H. Hitchcock, 2d Lieut I 3d\\nLorenzo Harris, jr F 14th\\nCaleb Harris, Mass., died Oct. 1864 H 36th\\nAlmon L. Jillson, died at Battle of Laurel Hill, Va. G 14th\\nAnson R. Jillson, Mass., died at Battle of Laurel Hill,\\nVa A 2d\\nSilas F. Jillson, Mass., died A 25th\\nNathan M. Jillson, Mass B 27th\\nHerman L. Lincoln F 6th\\nStephen W. Martin, Mass., died I 25th\\nGeorge Martin F 14th\\nJohn A. Morse I i6th\\nAnsel Macomber F 6th\\nJohn E. Norwood F 14th\\nBenj. Newell, jr., died Oct. 14, 1864 F 14th\\nDaniel H. Pelkey I 3d\\nDexter Palmer, died at Concord, N. H., Aug. 1863 I i6th\\nNahum Putney, died at Algiers, La., June 12, 1863 I i6th\\nJohn A. Paine, mustered Oct. 23, 1862, mustered out,\\nAug. 20, 1863 I i6th\\nWarren S. Pickering A i8th", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 213\\nCompany. Regiment.\\nVolney Piper, Sergt. Major E 4th\\nDenzil Rice, Sergt E 3d\\nArnasa W. Terry, nth U. S. Infantrv\\nJohn Starlcey, jr., ist Sergt., died Aug. 29, 1862 F 6th\\nWalter A. Scott, killed at Winchester.Va., Sept. 29, 1864 V 14th\\nHenry E. Tolman I i6lh\\nJonas I. Thompson, Corp l C 4th\\nSamuel Thompson, 2d Lieut F 6th\\nL. Warren Wright, Adjt 14th\\nStephen W. Williams I i6th\\nWilliam Whipple I 16th\\nVibbert Whipple A 2d\\nAlfred P. Whipple, Mass F 2d\\nJulius M. Whipple A 2d\\nS. Wright Wood E 6th\\nDIED IN THE SERVICE.\\nThe following Richmond boys in the 14th New\\nHampshire regiment were killed or mortally wounded\\nin the battle of Opequan, or Winchester, Va., Septem-\\nber 19, 1864, and memorial notices were published\\nin the history of the 14th Regiment, from which the\\nfollowing are extracts\\nLieutenant A. B. Colburn.\\nArtemas B. Colburn was born in Fitzwilliam, August i, 1838.\\nHis parents were John Colburn and Lydia Beard, who were married\\nin 1825, and he was the youngest of six children. The mother\\nstill survives, aged more than eighty. Artemas received a good\\ncommon-school and business education. He was occupied on a\\nfarm and in a store, until he entered the army. In August, 1862,\\nhe enlisted from the town of Richmond, his father s residence, in\\nCompany F, and entered the service as a sergeant.\\nAugust 21, he married Lydia Mann, of Richmond, they having\\nbeen playmates from childhood. Their married life, though brief,\\nwas a happy one. In May, 1864, while the regiment was in Louisi-\\nana, Sergeant Colburn was promoted to be second lieutenant of\\nCompany B, a well-deserved advancement. He was in many\\nrespects a model soldier, and everywhere was perfectly reliable.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF THE\\nHe was mortally wounded during the first part of the battle, and\\nsurvived until the next morning. His lust words were, Give my\\nlove to my wife, and tell her I died in a good cause. He was\\nburied on the field.\\nFacts of interest connected with Lieutenant Col-\\nburn s service appear in other portions of this volume.\\nHe died childless. His widow re-married in 1870,\\nher present husband being C. C. Holton, of Hins-\\ndale. The honorable service and heroic death of\\nArterrias B. Colburn pronounce his most eloquent\\neulogy.\\nCorporal M. Allen.\\nMoses Allen was born in Richmond in 1842, and was the son of\\nQuaker parents. He received a good common-school education,\\nand was a farmer and mechanic. He enlisted in Company F in\\nAugust, 1862, entering the service as a private. He was one of the\\nfirst privates in the company promoted to be a non-commissioned\\notlicer. He was one of those soldiers who were valuable to the\\nGovernment, because never absent from the post of duty, always\\nfilling his place with intelligence and fidelit} He lies buried in\\nthe National cemetery.\\nW. A. Scott.\\nWalter A. Scott was born in Richmond in 1S42, and was the son\\nof John Scott. He received a good common-school education, and\\nwas a mechanic, his home being with his parents until his enlist-\\nment in Company F in August, 1862. His brother-in-law. Captain\\nDavid Buffum, entered the service at the same time, commanding a\\ncompany in the 16th Regiment. Walter was one of the best pen-\\nmen in the 14th. He was instantly killed, dying while charging\\nupon the eneiny. He was unmarried. His body lies with those of\\nhis comrades in the National cemetery.\\nO. A. Barms.\\nOtis A. Barrus was born in Richmond in 1S43. His parents were\\nAlvan and Emilj Barrus, who resided in Richmond. He resided\\nwith his parents until he entered the service, Aug. i, 1864, and was\\nassigned to Company H. He was not married. Possessed of good", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "Jl.^.jWhzfUm.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 21 5\\nqualities, and having received a good education, being a fine\\nmathematician, he was a joung man of promise. The circum-\\nstances of his death were peculiarly sad. He was a recruit, and\\nwas with his regiment less than two dajs when he was killed. He\\nstood well to his duty, and died as bravely as his veteran com-\\nrades. He was buried in the National cemetery.\\nOthers who Died in the Service.\\nStephen W. Martin was born in Richmond, 1836.\\nHis parents were Dan vers and Olive Martin. He\\nmarried Jennie E. Ballon, daughter of Ozial Bal-\\nlon. He enlisted in Company I of the 25th Mas-\\nsachusetts regiment, and died at New Berne, N. C,\\nMay 19, 1862. The following extract from a poem\\nof thirteen stanzas, of which this is the last, composed\\nby his sister Emily in memory of the sad event, is\\nworthy of perusal\\nIn summer time white roses bloom.\\nWhere we laid down our cherished dead,\\nThe autumn winds sigh mournfully.\\nAnd shake the brown leaves o er his bed.\\nT is nothing unto other eyes\\nTo me, no spot on earth s so fair.\\nIf Heaven s gates I reach at last,\\nMy brother s grave shall guide me there.\\nArlon S. Atherton, son of Alvan Atherton, was\\nist Lieutenant of Company 1,3d New Hampshire regi-\\nment, and was engaged in the battle at Drury s BlutT,\\nVa., May 16, 1864, in which he was shot through\\nthe lungs and left on the field and reported killed,\\nbut was taken prisoner of war, and soon after\\nparoled and exchanged, and rejoined his regiment.\\nHe is now a successful merchant in Wakefield,\\nMass., and has represented his district in the Gen-\\neral Court.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "2l6 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlden F. Ballou, son of Henry Ballou, enlisted in\\nCompany I, i6th New Hampshire. He died of\\ndisease, in Chicago, 111., while on his way home,\\nSept. 2, 1863. He was married to Mary B. Fisher,\\nof Fitzwilliam, August 5, 1862. He left no children.\\nEsek Napoleon BufFum enlisted in Company F,\\n6th New Hampshire. He was the son of Esek Buf-\\nfum, and not married. Was taken prisoner at the\\nsecond battle of Bull Run, and paroled. He died\\nof disease contracted in the service, October 8, 1862.\\nGeorge A. Barrus, son of Jeremiah Barrus, was a\\nmember of Company B, i8th New Hampshire regi-\\nment, and died in New York on account of wounds\\nreceived at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1863. He\\nwas unmarried.\\nBenjamin F. Barrus, son of Jeremiah Barrus, en-\\nlisted in Company I, 3d New Hampshire regiment.\\nHe was wounded at Secessionville, S. C, June 16,\\n1862, and died of the wounds then received, Juh^ 15,\\n1862. He left no family.\\nHenry R. Bolles, son of Jesse Bolles, a member ol\\nCompany I, 3d New Hampshire regiment, was\\nkilled by the accidental discharge of a musket in\\nthe hands of Private A. A. Lewis, April 23, 1862.\\nHe was not married.\\nJohn Bolles, son of Jesse Bolles, was in a Massa-\\nchusetts regiment. He was taken prisoner, and\\ndied in Libby prison.\\nJarvis Cass, son of Daniel Cass, enlisted in Com-\\npany I, i6th New Hampshire regiment, and died of\\ndisease, at New Orleans, June 20, 1863. He was\\nliving with his second wife at the time of his enlist-\\nment, and left three young children.\\nAnson R. Jillson, son of Wheaton C. Jillson, was", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 2l7\\nin Company A, 2d New Hampshire regiment, en-\\ngaged with his regiment in the first battle of Bull\\nRun, and on July 28, 1861, was discharged for dis-\\nability. He re-enlisted, and was killed at the battle\\nof Laurel Hill. Had no family.\\nSilas F. Jillson, son of Wheaton C. Jillson, was\\nliving in Berlin, Mass., when the war commenced.\\nHe enlisted in Company A, 25th Massachusetts regi-\\nment. He served three 3^ears, and then re-enlisted\\nin same. He died at Charlotte, N. C, of dise^e\\ncontracted in the service, June, 1865, just as the regi-\\nment was leaving for home. Was not married.\\nBenjamin Newell, jr., enlisted in Company F.,\\n14th New Hampshire regiment, and was with the\\nregiment in the Louisiana campaign. He was taken\\nsick, and was in the hospital at Philadelphia, and\\nfrom thence was removed to Richmond and died\\nsoon after his arrival, October 14, 1864. He left be-\\nhind a wife and six children.\\nDexter Palmer, who lived with Barnabas Barrus,\\nenlisted in Company I, i6th New Hampshire regi-\\nment. He returned with the regiment to Concord in\\nAugust, 1863, and then died before reaching his\\nhome, of disease contracted in the service. He left a\\nwife, who married Hiram Bryant.\\nNahum Putney, who lived on the William Hill\\nfarm, enlisted in Company I, i6tli New Hampshire\\nregiment, and died of disease at Algiers, La., June\\n12, 1863. He left a wife and seven children.\\nJohn Starkey, jr., was sergeant of Company F,\\n6th New Hampshire regiment, and was killed at the\\nsecond battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862. He\\nleft a wife and two children.\\nCaleb C. Harris, son of Lorenzo Harris, who was", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "2l8 HISTORY OF THE\\nliving in Orange, enlisted August 4, 1862, in Com-\\npany H, 36th Massachusetts regiment. He died in\\nthe service, October 31, 1864.\\nOther Richmond men, living with their families in\\nother places, are worthy of special mention for services\\nrendered and sacrifices made. Among the more dis-\\ntinguished of these are Captain David Buftum and\\nCaptain Amos Buffum, sons of Dan Buffum, both\\nof whom lost their lives in the service, a more par-\\nticular mention of which may be found in the gene-\\nalogy of the Buftum family.\\nJohn Pickering, son of Timothy Pickering, Esq.,\\nwho was living in Cascade, Iowa, in 1865, was\\ndrafted, and while on his way to join the army died\\nof disease at Louisville, Ky. He had a wife, but no\\nchildren.\\nEdgar Parkhurst, son of John Parkhurst, jr., who\\nwas born in Richmond about 1840, enlisted in the\\nservice in Pennsylvania, and died of wounds or dis-\\nease contracted in the same. He is said to have been\\na young man of much promise, and was a law\\nstudent at the time.\\nTwenty-three, at least, of those that were counted\\non the quotas of the town, together with other natives\\nof the town living elsewhere, were either killed in\\nbattle or died of disease contracted in the service.\\nENROLLMENT OF MILITIA, JULY, 1862.\\nFrancis S. Akirich, William W. Starkey,\\nSamuel Lesure, Otis Martin,\\nDaniel P. Thompson, Hosea B. Akirich,\\nNahum Cass, Anderson Aldrich,\\nJohn H. Johnson, Charles W. Aldrich,\\nAhaz Cass, Lvman Starkej,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n219\\nMartin Cook,\\nPaul J. Bullock,\\nDaniel Twitchell,\\nAnsel Martin,\\nLeason Martin, jr.\\nRobert Martin, 2d,\\nWillard Martin,\\nNathaniel B. Fisher,\\nAndrew J. Starkey,\\nAlfred A. Tolman,\\nJohn G. Dinginan,\\nHenry E. Tolman,\\nMelvin Smith,\\nWilliam VV. Ballou,\\nAbner S. Barden,\\nDavid H. Aldrich,\\nGeorge W. Stratton,\\nJarvis Ingalls,\\nHenry R. Bowen,\\nAlonzo C. Bowen,\\nWright Wood,\\nEbenezer S. Cook,\\nStephen W. Williams,\\nCharles Norwood,\\nAlmando Ballou,\\nSumner P. Taylor,\\nLewis W. Randall,\\nStephen S. Perry,\\nDaniel C. Perry,\\nAsa II. Bullock,\\nFrench Hunt,\\nAsahel Bennett,\\nGeorge H. Taylor,\\nFrank M. Taylor,\\nLorin L. Taylor,\\nBenjamin Newell, jr.,\\nRufus Freeman,\\nWilliam Garnsey,\\nWalter A. Scott,\\nAlbert W. BoUes,\\nIsrael C. Hale, jr.,\\nHenry R. Martin,\\nGeorge G. Martin,\\nJames M. Bennett,\\nReuben H. Coombs,\\nParley Amadon,\\nOrlan Whipple,\\nHiram P. Sprague,\\nVibbert Whipple,\\nAlvan H. Atherton,\\nAndrew S. Arnold,\\nLucius Carroll,\\nJohn A. Bryant,\\nLewis G. Rich,\\nAsahel Kelton,jr.,\\nLucius L. Fisher,\\nDexter Palmer,\\nWilliam Nash,\\nAlvan Kimpton,\\nEnoch D. Sprague,\\nZerah C. Goddard,\\nLuther W. Wright,\\nJohn Parker,\\nCurtis Parker,\\nSimeon Kimpton,\\nAsahel I. Goddard,\\nOzro T. Cass,\\nOscar F. Blanding,\\nGeorge T. Curtis,\\nHenry O. Curtis,\\nJonas B. Wheeler,\\nFrank G. Amadon,\\nAndrew Amadon,\\nNathaniel Naromore. jr.\\nGeorge B. Naromore,\\nRobert Aldrich,\\nGeorge W. Randall,\\nAnthony S. Whitcomb,\\nJames Harkness,\\nJohn F. Whitcomb,\\nDennis Harkness,\\nJohn M. Ballou,\\nSilas B. Boyce,\\nSamuel P. French,\\nJulius M. Whipple,\\nStephen M. Whipple,\\nEthan M. Allen,\\nWarren A. Pickering,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "220 HISTORY OF THE\\nAmos Garnsey, jr., Joseph Whipple,\\nWillard J. Ballou, Ljsander Ballou,\\nWilliam Whipple, 2d, Asa W. Allen,\\nAsahel G. Sprague, Jerahmeel Allen,\\nAmbrose W. Swan, Silas Whipple,\\nJames H. Buffum, Charles Howe,\\nAmos Martin, George B. Handy,\\nCharles L. Johnson, Charles Newton,\\nOzial Ballou, James M. Ballou,\\nMarcus D. Crooks, Franklin O. Bowen,\\nEmery Cass, Samuel Bolles,\\nElisha W. Harkness, Nathaniel Hills.\\nAddison Paine,\\nTotal, one hundred and twenty-five, not including\\nsome in the service.\\nWAR RALLIES.\\nMeetings for the purpose of promoting enlistments\\nwere held at various times when new calls were\\nmade for men to fill the depleted ranks of the armies\\nof the Republic. The enrolled men of the town\\nliable to military dut}^ were the persons most inter-\\nested in these rallies, as in case of deficiency of vol-\\nunteers, the draft was sure to come to some who had\\nno especial taste for the music. Prior to the organi-\\nzation of the 14th New Hampshire regiment, an\\nenthusiastic war rally was held in the Quaker grove,\\nat the Four corners, in which Captain Ripley and\\nseveral others of Winchester took an active and lead-\\ning part. Qjiite a number were induced to enlist at\\nthis time. And, again, at the old town -house,\\nanother meeting was held to drum up recruits. At\\nthis meeting the principal speaker appears to have\\nbeen Benjamin Newell, jr., whose patriotic appeals\\nwere supplemented by his acts, as he immediately\\nenlisted in that service which he recommended to", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n221\\nothers, thereby demonstrating to the world his\\nhonesty of purpose. Of no less interest was a\\nmeeting held at the Brick church for the purpose of\\nobtaining volunteers for the i6th New Hampshire, in\\nwhich Captain David Buffum took a leading part.\\nHe, too, invited the boys to engage in the country s\\ndefence from the highest considerations of duty and\\npatriotism, the perils and honors of which service he\\nwas willing to share with them. His appeal was\\nprobably more effective in saying Come, boys!\\nthan in the injunction more frequently made at war-\\nmeetings of Go, boys, your country calls you!\\nOther meetings of lesser note were held at times to\\ndevise ways and means to answer the repeated calls\\nfor more men. As a matter of necessity in nearly all\\ntowns, recourse was had in the last years of the war\\nto the purchase of substitutes and recruits. In this\\nthe town followed the example set by the fathers,\\nboth in the war of the Revolution and in the war of\\n1812.\\nRELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.\\nThe ecclesiastical history of the town presents some\\nphases of special interest to the student engaged in\\nexamining the early religious organizations of New", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF THE\\nEngland. In no other town, perhaps, outside of\\nRhode Island, was the Puritanic element less distin-\\nguishable than in the town of Richmond the first\\nsettlers coming from a state filled with refugees from\\nMassachusetts, brought with them the religious tenets\\nheld by the people from whence they came these\\nwere largely of the Baptist and Qj^iaker denomina-\\ntions, which at the time were possessed of sufficient\\nzeal and vitality to commence at once the work of\\norganizing meetings for public worship, which even-\\ntually grew into churches possessing considerable\\nactivity and strength. For seventy years after the\\ntown was organized, these continued to occupy the\\nfield exclusively, except that about 1776 the Baptist\\nchurch was divided by the seceding of a portion of\\nthe members who formed a second Baptist church,\\nwhich continued separate about fourteen years. About\\n1835 Baptist church was Ibrmed, as the old\\nchurch at this time was nearly if not quite extinct.\\nIn 1837 the Universalists and Unitarians organized\\nsocieties, and about the same time the Methodist soci-\\nety was first formed. The following pages will be\\ndevoted to a more particular consideration, respec-\\ntively, of all the churches and societies above named,\\npresenting such facts pertaining to each as have been\\ngleaned from diverse sources and meager records,\\nfound oftentimes in distant places.\\nFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe First Baptist church was formed 1768, and was\\namong the first Baptist churches organized in New\\nIfampshire. There was one at Newtown and per-\\nhaps one or two more in the eastern part of the state.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 223\\nElder Maturin Ballon had moved into town in 1768,\\nand had labored in the field two years before he was\\nordained, which took place September 27, 1770.\\nThe names of the members cannot, with the means\\nat hand, be definitely ascertained, as the records of\\nthis church are now nowhere to be found. The\\nchurch was connected with the Warren Associa tion\\nof Rhode Island, a denomination known as the Six-\\nprinciple Baptists whose theological views were\\ndeduced largely from the sixth chapter of Hebrews,\\nfirst and second verses. They insisted on simplicity\\nin modes of worship, and like the Friends, they re-\\nlied on the operation of the Divine Spirit for direc-\\ntion in their public ministrations, and religious\\nservices. Their ministers were not expected to be\\nprofessionally educated ability to edify their hear-\\ners was considered essential, whether obtained by\\npractice in exhortation or otherwise, and the only\\ncompensation for their services was the free and vol-\\nuntary ollerings of the people. No instrumental\\nmusic was tolerated in their worship, and at first in\\nsome churches singing was hardly allowable. Such\\nappears to have been some of the religious views and\\nobservances of the Baptists connected with the War-\\nren Association. The more noticeable difference\\nhowever, between these and other Baptists, was the\\nlaying on of hands, but this was not considered essen-\\ntial or obligatory. Meetings at first were held at\\nElder Ballou s, but sometimes at Deacon Simeon\\nThayer s, and at Elder Artemas Adrich s, until the\\nbuilding of the meeting-house, 1780.* The church\\nbecame divided in 1776 by reason of a controversy\\nSee page 185 for additional details and description of building.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nabout ministerial taxes and the glebe lands, so called,\\none share of which, by the charter of the township,\\nbelonged to the first settled minister, and as Elder\\nMaturin was the first, the case appears quite clear\\nthat he should have had without question the one\\nshare expressly so named in the grant but such was\\nGROUND PLAN OF FIRST BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE.\\nthe opposition of those belonging to other denomina-\\ntions, in which some of his own church may have\\njoined, that for the sake of peace and harmon}^ the\\ngood old Elder was induced substantially to quitclaim\\nto the town, by naming in the deed as grantees 126\\ntax payers of the town, a part of the land that had\\nbeen assigned to him under the charter this lot was\\nin the twelfth range, borderincj on Winchester.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 225\\nThe grievance complained of by people in other\\ntowns who were compelled to pay minister s rates\\nfor preaching, whether they believed it or not, did not\\napply to Richmond. The Baptists, as did the Friends,\\nrelied wholly on voluntary contributions for their sup-\\nport. But members of this old church living in other\\ntowns were oppressed in this regard, as the following\\nextract from a letter from this church to the Warren\\nAssociation in 1771 more fully shows:\\nWe request some special advice on several occasions for we\\nare young in such cases, for we meet with great opposition in our\\nprovince, and the main point of their objection is, they say our\\nsettlement is not according to law, so that they threaten to pay no\\nregard to our certificates given to our brethren living in other\\ntowns. Another particular is, it is so ordered in our charter by\\nthe King s grant that one whole share of land shall be given to the\\nChurch of England, one whole share to the Incorporated Society\\nto Propagate the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and one whole share to\\nthe first settled minister of the gospel in said town. Our Elder\\nbeing the first, we think it belongs to him, but being opposed by\\nthe inhabitants of the town of other denominations, we ask your\\nadvice what we had best do. Furthermore, there are a number of\\nbrethren in the town of Rindge, in our province, who are embodied\\nin church state, with government and articles of faith agreeable to\\nours, and are under our care to assist them in administering the\\nordinances of the Gospel. These brethren have suffered much by\\nthe inhabitants of their town, who have taken away their cattle\\nand sold them at the post for their minister s rates, and they are\\nthreatened still to be used in like manner; they require us to make\\nrequest for them, what they had better do.\\nIn response to tliis appeal, the President of Brown\\nUniversity was requested to write to Rev. Hezekiah\\nSmith, of Haverhill, That if possible he might\\nmake interest with the governor or some of the great\\nmen to redress their grievances. Notwithstanding\\nthis want of sympathy from the town, the church\\n15", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OF THE\\nincreased from twenty-nine to seventy-nine members\\nin three years.\\nIn order to convey more clearly to the general\\nreader the exceptional state of affairs in church and\\ntown at this time, it is necessary to revert back to\\nthe policy of the Puritans in the first settlement of\\nNew England, which was to build up a religious\\ncommonwealth by the union of church and state\\nhence all matters pertaining to the church were sub-\\njects of legislation and towm action. The meeting-\\nhouse was usually built by the tow-n. Provision for\\nthe minister was made at the public expense by an\\nannual appropriation. Ever} town was expected to\\nhave an orthodox church in unison with all the other\\nchurches thus founded. These were called the\\nstanding order. Every person liable to taxation\\nhad at first to pay for the support of these. After-\\nwards, the law was so modified that every one must pay\\nto some church or society, leaving it optional as to\\nthe one he should pay but here in Richmond there\\nwas no standing order. The town, as such, appears\\nnever to have invested a single cent in church mat-\\nters any way. They paid for preaching or not as\\nthey pleased, for there was no church or society in\\ntow^n demanding payment for the support of public\\nworship. Nearly all were Baptists, or Qiiakers, or\\nAgnostics, who did not believe in compulsory attend-\\nance on churches, or forced payment for their sup-\\nport. Later on, as is well known, all laws were\\nrepealed requiring compulsory payment of minis-\\nterial taxes.\\nHaving digressed somewhat from the topic under\\nconsideration, we will again revert to matters con-\\nnected with the old Baptist church.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 227\\nThe members whoseceded by reason of this con-\\ntroversy about taxes and the minister s land, formed\\na second Baptist church, with Elder Artemas Aldrich\\nas its pastor. The meetings of this branch were prob-\\nably held a part of the time at Mr. Aldrich s house,\\nwhich probably was the one now standing on the\\nJoseph Newell farm. About 1780, there was a re-\\nvival, which perhaps added to the numbers of both\\nchurches about forty members. And again, in\\n1790, occurred what was called the Great Reforma-\\ntion, inaugurated and carried on by the evangelists,\\nBlaisdell and Marshall, by which nearly one hundred\\nwere thought to be hopefully converted, and among\\nthe number was Hosea Ballou, afterwards the cele-\\nbrated Universalist minister of Boston. At this time,\\nthe two churches laid aside their bickering, and\\nunited as one under the pastoral charge of Rev.\\nIsaac Kenne} Elder Ballou having resigned his pas-\\ntorage in 1779, and Elder Aldrich his, when Elder\\nKenney was ordained the next year, 1791. The\\nchurch now was in its most flourishing condition by\\nreason of the large accession recently made to its\\nranks, but from this forward the church continued\\nsteadily to diminish, both in numbers and in in-\\nfluence. Elder Kenney remained until about 1801,\\nwhen he removed to Royalston, and died soon after.\\nAfter this, Elder Levi Hodge of Warwick, and Elder\\nNathaniel Bolles, and some others, from time to time,\\nsupplied the pulpit until about 1830, when scarcely a\\nvestige of the old church remained. The following\\nlist embraces all that are known to have beloncjed to\\nthe first Baptist church, besides the ministers and\\ntheir families, viz. Deacon Ephraim Hix, Deacon\\nAmos Garnsey, Deacon Simeon Thayer, Deacon", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OF THE\\nMartin Ellis, Anthony Harris, Ebenezer Cole, James\\nKingsley, Daniel and Samuel Carpenter, Oliver\\nGarnsey, Moulton Bullock, Nathaniel Cole, Jonathan\\nand Nathaniel Bolles, Thomas Kelton, and Elnathan\\nJacobs. The two latter were probably from Warwick\\nand Royalston.\\nFrom an inspection of the Warren Baptist Associ-\\nation, the following items of interest have been\\ngathered The Richmond Baptist church was re-\\nceived into the association in 177 1, and was repre-\\nsented yearly by Rev. Maturin Ballou from 1771 to\\n1778, inclusive, with the exception of one year, 1772.\\nThe number of members in 1778 was seventy-nine.\\nIn 1780 it was represented by Rev. Maturin and\\nMoulton Bullock, and reported eighty-three mem-\\nbers. In 1782 Rev. Maturin, N. Cole and T. Kelton\\nwere representatives. In 1783 the church was not\\nrepresented, but reported one hundred and twenty-\\ntwo members. In 1785, represented by Oliver\\nGarnsey, reported thirty-nine members, and the same\\nnumber reported in 1789. In 1791, reported forty-\\nfive members added and two excluded; total, one\\nhundred and four. In 1792, Elder Isaac Kenney,\\nMartin Ellis, and Elnathan Jacobs, represented the\\nchurch, and reported sixty-one members added total,\\none hundred and sixty-one. In 1793, reported Isaac\\nKenney as minister, with three members added,\\nnineteen dismissed, three excluded, two died total,\\none hundred and forty. In 1794, Isaac Kenney,\\nMoulton Bullock, and Nathaniel Bolles were repre-\\nsentatives, and reported one hundred and forty-three\\nmembers. After this time no mention is made of\\nthis church on the records of the association. The\\nsecond Baptist church was not connected with any", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "Middle of the Town (From Buftum Hill;\\nFoi R CoRNKRs (Looking North).", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 229\\nassociation had forty-five members in 1780, Artemas\\nAldrich minister. The church, after the removal of\\nElder Kenney in i8or, was for some years under the\\npastoral charge of Elder Levi Hodge, whose super-\\nvision extended over the churches of Royalston, Athol,\\nOrange, and Northfield also. Elder Hodge died in\\n1819, after which term Elder Bolles probably had\\ncharge so long as meetings were held. The church\\nbecame connected, under Elder Hodge, with the\\nLeyden Association of Massachusetts.\\nTHE SOCIETY OF P^RIENDS.\\nWith the advent of the first settlers of the town\\nmany of those who came from Rhode Island were\\nmembers of the Society of Friends, more commonly\\ncalled Q^iakers. These soon commenced holding\\nmeetings tor worship on the first day of the week at\\nprivate houses of individuals centrally located, more\\noften, perhaps, at Daniel Cass or Jedediah Buffum s,\\nwhose accommodations for such gatherings appear to\\nhave been more ample and convenient than those\\npossessed by others. Permission was granted for\\nthese May 27, 1766, by the Uxbridge quarterly\\nmeeting. These were continued until about 1790,\\nwhen a meeting-house was built at the Four corners,\\non land given by Jedediah Buftum, who donated to\\nthe society about four acres of land for a site for the\\nmeeting-house, land for a burying place, together\\nwith wood and other land for the society s use. The\\nhouse was so located as to leave a small common in\\nfront, which was bounded on the west by a small\\nbarn, or wood-shed, and a row of horse-sheds.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "230 HISTORY OF THE\\nThese aftbrded ample accommodations and con-\\nveniences for the society, and for a time were instru-\\nmental in extending its influence by presenting a\\nmore durable basis for its permanence and utility.\\nMembers of the society, prior to the building\\nof the meeting-house, belonged to the Uxbridge\\nMonthly Meeting, but now having a meeting-\\nhouse, and a goodl}^ number of attendants, they ap-\\nplied for and obtained the privilege of establishing a\\nmonthly meeting here in 1791. Henceforward, for\\nsome years the society was in its most prosperous\\ncondition, until one after another of the main sup-\\nports of the meeting were taken away by death or\\nremoval to other parts. The vacancies made were\\nseldom filled. The result of the plan to fill their\\ndepleted ranks with birthright members, who were\\nsupposed to be brought up in the nurture and admo-\\nnition of the Lord, proved in practice a failure, even\\nthough strenuous exertions were made to keep the\\nyouth uncontaminated by the world by mixing in\\ntumultuous assemblies or in the common schools,\\nsubstituting for the latter separate schools for their\\nguidance and instruction, under the supervision of\\nthe society. In spite of all that was done to build up\\nthe society and make it a power for good in the com-\\nmunity, it appears to have steadily decreased, both in\\nnumbers and in influence after about 1810, continuing\\nthereafter with lessening vitality until 1857, when from\\nthe want of a sufficient number longer to hold meet-\\nings, the Richmond monthl}^ meeting of the society\\nof Friends became extinct. No single thing operated\\nso largely, probably, to the downfall of the society\\nas the controversy that arose about gravestones.\\nThe society refused to have them erected in their", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 23I\\n3 ard, considering it as a useless extravagance, and\\ndoing no real good to the living or the dead. Mr.\\nMovvry Sabin, of Winchester, believing no doubt that\\nit was his duty to mark the last resting place of his\\nlather and mother, did so by erecting marble slabs,\\ninexpensive and plain. The society caused these to be\\nremoved, but the way it was done gave much offence,\\nas they were removed in the night and covered up by\\nleaves in the Quaker woods. This led to a lawsuit,\\nwhich created much bitterness of feeling throughout\\nthe town, although the decision of the court was in\\nfavor of the society. The society ever after was less\\npopular with the people generally. This occurred\\nabout 1824. The record of the endurance of the\\nsociety, however, was honorable with less than a\\ndozen members who regularly attended, during the\\nlast years, the meetings were still kept up twice a\\nweek, and for years when no other meetings for pub-\\nlic worship were held in the town, this devoted band\\npersevered with unflagging zeal to the last, amid\\nsurroundings which a less positive faith must have\\nsuccumbed to long before. It practically outlived the\\nfirst Baptist church more than a quarter of a century,\\nand afforded means by which it was possible for\\nthose intending to enter the conjugal state to be\\nlegally published within a reasonable time. It is but\\na just tribute to the memory of individual members of\\nthis society to say that, as examples of honesty, in-\\ntegrity, and purity of life they would bear favorable\\ncomparison with the adherents of those belonging to\\nother denominations.\\nBranches or offshoots of the society sprung up in\\nvarious towns. In Pelham, Mass., there was a pre-\\nparative meeting. Meetings were held at Orange,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "232 HJSTORY OF THE\\nand occasionally at Jonas Twitchell s, in west Swan-\\nsey, but these continued but a brief period after the\\nmonthly meeting was established. The unfavorable\\nconditions surrounding the germs thus planted proved\\nmore potent than the zeal of the projectors, or the\\naggressiveness of the doctrines, and hence these\\nhad to yield to the more popular forms of religious\\nworship.\\nThe society was not specially blest with members\\ngifted in the ministry. The most noted of any was\\nIsrael Saben, whose ministrations, covering a period\\nof more than thirty years, were highly acceptable to\\nthe society, and were favorably received by all who\\nhad the privilege of listening to his pathetic appeals.\\nMary South wick, wife of Enoch South wick, who\\nwas here from 1801 to 1814, was an acknowledged\\nminister, and her public addresses were considered\\ninspirational in the higher sense of the term. None\\nothers are known to have been what were called\\nrecommended ministers, although others exercised\\ntheir gifts of preaching and exhorting, often, no\\ndoubt, to the editication and spiritual growth of their\\nhearers. Some of the more prominent names of\\nthose belonging to the society previous to 1800, were\\nAzariah Cumstock, sr., Daniel Cass, Jedediah Buf-\\nfum, Nathan Harkness, James Raymer, Jonathan\\nGaskill, Moses Allen, sr., and Moses Allen, jr.,\\nPaul Jillson, Jonathan Sweet, sr., Paul Handy, Paul\\nBoyce, Israel Saben, Silas Taft, Nathaniel Taft,\\nAbraham Randall and his sons Reuben and Levi,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joseph Razee, John Martin, Joseph and John Wing,\\nAbner and Jonas Twitchell, Gideon Man, John\\nBennett, William Bassett, Jazaniah Barrett, James\\nBrown, and Enoch Southwick.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 233\\nTHE PRESENT BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe present Baptist church, which is called the\\nFirst Baptist Church of Richmond, but which was\\nreally the third of the name organized in town,\\nthe first and second having united about 1790, and\\nfinally become extinct, dates its organic existence\\nfrom the 24th of March, 1835. The organization\\nwas effected in the hall of the tavern then kept by\\nSeth A. Curtis, at the Four corners. The initiatory\\nsteps to the proceedings were taken through the\\nadvice and co-operation of the Royalston Baptist\\nchurch, Elder Kenney, pastor. Elder Edward Hale\\nwas installed as pastor, and Joseph Emerson as dea-\\ncon. The following are the names of those who\\nsigned as members of the church Edward Hale and\\nwife, Elijah Lyon and wife, J. Emerson and wife,\\nMrs. T. Ballou, wife of Esquire Ballou, Captain E.\\nSprague and wife, Mrs. P. Parker, wife of Jacob\\nParker, Mrs. Rachel Cook, wife of Simeon Cook,\\nMrs. Joanna Weeks, wife of William Weeks.\\nThis list was soon increased by the addition of\\nother names which materially strengthened the\\nchurch in its work. About 1840, the celebrated\\nevangelist, the Rev. John Peacock, began to labor\\nhere, and the result was that a large number were\\nadded at this time. The first Baptist society, an\\norganization auxiliary to the church, was formed and\\na constitution adopted, Nov. 25, 1836. This soci-\\nety made an agreement with the Unitarian societ}\\nfor the purchase of the use of the pulpit one half the\\ntime, Aug. 23, 1838, which agreement was signed by\\nMoses Tyler, John Parkhurst, and Nathaniel Naro-\\nmore, on the part of the Unitarians, and by Jacob\\nWhitcomb, Enoch Sprague, and Lewis Freeman,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTORY OF THE\\non the part of the Baptists. The consideration\\nnamed was $800, and the deed conveying the same,\\ncontaining certain conditions and restrictions, was\\npassed March 2, 1840. This church has had the\\nfollowing pastors, viz. Edward Hale, from 1835 to\\nMay 10, 1837 Obed Sperry, of Troy, preached 1839\\nTristram Aldrich, from 1841 to 1843 JohnL. Sanborn,\\n1844-1847 John Hunt, 1844-1853 Gideon Stone,\\n1855-1856 Jas W. Searle, 1858-1859 Horace Eaton,\\n1875 J- L- Whittemore, 1876-1879 Geo. F. Shove,\\n1882-1883 E. P. Merrifield, 1883-1884. Three of\\nthese were ordained here, viz, J. L. Sanborn, 1844,\\nJohn Hunt, 1849, J- Searle, 1858. The church\\nhas experienced varied success during the first half of\\nits existence it seemed to increase in strength and vi-\\ntality, but in the latter part, owing to removals from\\ntown, and removals by death, the numbers have been\\nmaterially lessened, and hence there is at present less\\nfinancial ability to carry on the work but the few\\nthat are left seem to be possessed of a commendable\\ndegree of perseverance in a struggle for existence\\namidst surroundings somewhat disheartening to any\\nbut those possessed of the most positive faith. The\\nchurch has had the following deacons, viz. Joseph\\nEmerson, Elijah Lyon, Jacob Whitcomb, jr., and\\nLewis Freeman. The church in 1848, took strong\\nground against slavery, and passed certain resolu-\\ntions, drafted by Rev. J. L. Sanborn, condemning\\nthe system as sinful and iniquitous, and disapproving\\nfellowship with slaveholders or their apologists.\\nUNITARIAN SOCIETY.\\nThe Unitarian society was formed in 1837,\\nmonths before the building of the Brick church, and", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "I.\\nX\\nBrick Church (Four Corners).\\n^^i\u00c2\u00a3i^\\nr \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb(Q jf\\nUniversalist Church, (Middle of Town). See page 236.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n235\\nwas a preliminary movement in furtherance of that\\ndesign. The more prominent members in the forma-\\ntion of this society were John Parkhurst, Timothy\\nPickering, Moses Tyler, Jonathan Rawson, Henr}-\\nRice, jr., Job Bisbee, John Scott, Nathaniel Naro-\\nmore, Amos Bennett, Ezra Allen, Stephen liufliim.\\nBallon Swan, Alvan Barrus, Luther Cass, Joseph\\nWeeks.\\nThe foUowmg names appear on books of the treas-\\nurer of the society, with sums subscribed by each,\\ntoward building the meeting-house\\nJohn Scott (mostly\\nin\\nCandace Howe,\\n$25 00\\nbrick),\\n$393 91\\nAlvan Barrus,\\n25 OG\\nTimothy Pickering,\\n150 00\\nLuther Cass,\\n25 00\\nMoses Tyler,\\n100 GO\\nNathaniel Naromoi\\ne, 100 00\\nJohn Parkhurst,\\n175 00\\nWinslow Taylor,\\n25 GO\\nAmos Bennett,\\n50 00\\nSeth A. Curtis,\\n50 OG\\nSamuel D. Allen,\\n125 00\\nOrrin Grant.\\n50 00\\nHenry Rice, jr.,\\n125 GO\\nAhaz Bassett,\\nAsahel Kelton,\\n25 OG\\nEzra Allen,\\n125 00\\n50 GO\\nStephen Buffum,\\n125 00\\nJoseph Weeks,\\n50 GO\\nWilliam Weeks,\\n25 00\\nNelson Rawson,\\n25 GO\\nJacob Sweet,\\n25 00\\nGeorge Taylor,\\n25 GO\\nBallon Swan,\\n25 GO\\nDavid Buftum,\\n50 00\\nCharles Roper,\\n25 00\\nSampson Wheeler,\\n25 GO\\nDaniel Cass,\\n25 00\\nJames Ballou,\\n25 GO\\nDan. Buflfum,\\n25 00\\nLilburn Allen,\\n25 OG\\nDaniel Man,\\n25 GO\\nAmos Garnsey,\\n25 GO\\nJonathan Cass,\\n25 00\\nLewis Freeman,\\n25 00\\nBenoni Ballou,\\n25 00\\nWilliam Randall,\\n12 50\\nThe meeting-house was built on contract, bv Tim-\\nothy Pickering, Esq., for $2,472.50. The bell cost\\nin Boston $366.65.\\nThe first bell was broken, and exchanged for an-\\nother.\\nThe total cost, with stoves, etc., was $2,957.00.\\nThe society had preaching b}^ Unitarian clerg3 men", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF THE\\nresident in other towns, in 1838, 39,-40 a considera-\\nble portion of the time. The Baptists bought in 1840\\nthe right to use the pulpit one half of the time, and\\nthe right to use it the other half, if not used by the\\nUnitarians, for $800.00. Since the conveyance of\\nthis right, the Unitarians have seldom held any meet-\\nings therein.\\nUNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.\\nThe Universalist society was formed in April,\\n1837, a recent date when compared with the time\\nwhen Universalism was first preached here by Elder\\nCaleb Rich, more than fifty years before, who appears\\nto have gained a large number of adherents to the\\nnew doctrines, so called, which he here proclaimed.\\nThat so long a period should have elapsed before any\\neffort was made for a house of worship seems diffi-\\ncult to explain when all the facts in the case are not\\ntaken into the account. Man}^ of the believers were\\nwidely scattered, living remote from a common\\ncentre, with no means to spare from the provision\\nnecessary for the support of their families, and hence\\npostponed to a more favorable time the work of pub-\\nlic religious instruction. These considerations, to-\\ngether with the constant emigration that has been\\ngoing on, appear a sufficient explanation of the facts\\nalleged. Any attempt to give a true insight into the\\nrise of Universalism here would necessarily be in-\\ncomplete and unsatisfactory, which should leave out\\na brief sketch, at least, of the life and labors of\\nElder Rich. He was born in Sutton, Mass., August,\\n1750, of Orthodox parents, and at an early age\\njoined the Baptists and soon became a read}- exhorter\\nand expounder of the Scriptures and a leader in their", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 237\\nAt the age of twenty-one he removed to\\nWarwick, on a place close by the borders of Win-\\nchester and Richmond, where he lived more than\\nthirty years, and labored as a public teacher in the\\nvicinity during the time. His name is once men-\\ntioned in the history of Warwick, published a few\\nyears since, as a Universalist minister, but nothing of\\nhis life or labors appear therein. Soon after his set-\\ntlement there, he, with others, formed a Baptist\\nchurch in the vicinity, in which he became a prom-\\ninent leader.. His position induced him to search\\nmore diligently the Scriptures. In these inquiries he\\nprofessed to have found new light, and consequently\\nto entertain doubts on some points of the prevailing\\nbelief in relation to the atonement and endless pun-\\nishment, which, when brought to the notice of the\\nchurch, he was dealt with for holding and promul-\\ngating unsound views. Unwilling to retract or con-\\nform to the belief of his brethren, he was finally\\ndismissed from the church as a heretic, and enjoined\\nnot to talk, exhort, or pray with believers. The\\ninjunction, however, was unavailing in repressing\\nhis freedom of speech. He became more bold and\\noutspoken in his sentiments, preaching often in Rich-\\nmond, which appears to have been his favorite field\\nof labor, and about 1781 he was here ordained over\\nwhat was called a general society, composed of\\nmembers from this and adjoining towns. The Rev.\\nAdams Streeter, from Rhode Island, was the offici-\\nating minister, and three hundred persons are said to\\nhave been assembled on the occasion, but where in\\ntown this ordination was held is at present unknown.\\nAmong those who embraced his views were the Rev.\\nDavid and Hosea Ballou, the latter of whom became", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF THE\\nthe great preacher and expositor of the denomina-\\ntion, and whose first discourse was delivered at an\\nevening meeting at Deacon Simeon Thayer s, wlio\\nalso had become a Universalist, being encouraged in\\nthe effort by the counsel and presence of Elder Rich.\\nRich, after laboring and preaching in this vicinity in\\nschool-houses, dwellings, and barns, or wherever he\\ncould get a chance, until about 1800, removed to\\nNew Haven, Vt., where he continued to promulgate\\nhis new doctrine until his death, which occurred\\nOct. 18, 1821, aged seventy-one years. After Rich s\\ndeparture, occasional meetings were held in school-\\nhouses, and sometimes in the old Baptist church, by\\nvarious preachers who might visit the town. In 1832\\nDavid R. Lampson, who was called a restora-\\ntioner, preached in the old church one year, but other-\\nwise no stated and regular preaching was instituted\\nprior to the building of the meeting-house, which was\\nbuilt in 1837 and dedicated November 22d of that\\nyear. The Rev. Hosea Ballou preached the dedica-\\ntion sermon. A very large gathering from this and\\nthe adjoining towns was present on the occasion.\\nThe society has had the following ministers Rev.\\nStillman Clark, Edwin Davis, Joshua Britton, Robert\\nBartlett.\\nFrom the records of the society it appears that the\\nfirst meeting of the society was called at the house of\\nJonathan Rawson, Esq., April i, 1837, and was\\norganized by choice of Rufus Bovven, moderator,\\nand Kendall Fisher, clerk. Voted, at the same\\nmeeting, to issue a subscription paper for the pur-\\npose of obtaining subscriptions to build a church.\\nThe result was that the subscriptions were obtained,\\nand the church was built at a cost of $2,485.36.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n239\\nThe building committee consisted of Silas Jillson,\\nRufus Bowen, and John Stark ey. The design of\\nthe house was made by Orrin Starkey, who was also\\nchief mechanic in building it. The following names\\nappear on the books as members of the society\\nLeason, Israel, and Robert Martin, Silas and Paul\\nJillson, Henry, John, and Orrin Starkey, Joseph and\\nBenjamin Newell, Luther and Nicholas Cook, Moses\\nP. and Augustus Cass, Stephen Randall, Jonathan\\nRawson, Kendall Fisher, and Rufus Bowen.\\nThe Cheshire conference of Universalist churches\\nwas held in Richmond, Aug. 28, 1882, continuing\\nthree days, in a grove one half mile west of the\\nUniversalist church. These were intended to be\\nmemorial exercises in honor of Hosea Ballou, near\\nthe place where he was born. Rev. Edwin Davis\\npreached a discourse reviewing the Richmond church,\\nand Rev. A. A. Minor, of Boston, delivered a dis-\\ncourse on the life and character of Hosea Ballou.\\nThe meeting was numerously attended by people\\nfrom this and adjoining towns.\\nMETHODIST CHURCH.\\nThe first Methodist Episcopal church or society of\\nRichmond appears to have been formed about 1840,\\nbut in the absence of records, the time cannot be\\ndetinitely determined when the organization was\\ncompleted. It was partly under the charge or super-\\nvision of the Winchester Methodist church, and had\\nin 1842 attained such coherence and strength as to\\nwarrant the conference in sending here a resident\\nminister to have charge of the society. The first that", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF THE\\ncame was Rev. Alexander H. Fullerton, who re-\\nmained during the years 1842-43, and he was suc-\\nceeded by Rev. Charles H. Eastman, who occupied\\nthe field in 1844-45. Kimball Hadley was here in\\n1846, and Orrick Walkins in 1849.\\nRev. Ashley C. Dutton was probably engaged in\\nthe home missionary service here in 1867 and 1868,\\nand was succeeded by Rev. Noble Fisk in 1869-70.\\nThis society continued for some years to increase in\\nnumbers and in influence, and could at one time\\nreasonably count on quite a solid gathering of ad-\\nherents but, as has been the case with other\\nsocieties and churches, the vacancies caused by\\nvarious causes were rarely filled by new accessions.\\nThe organization appears to have been dissolved\\nprevious to 1870. The members of this society, so\\nfar as is now known, were Silas Jillson and wife,\\nWheaton C. Jillson and wife, John Colburn and\\nwife, Jacob Boyce and wife, Ezra Martin, jr., Daniel\\nPerry, Samuel A. Whitney, James Boyce, Hannah\\nCass, Emery Cass, and some others.\\nThe second Methodist Episcopal church was\\nformed, as appears from the records of the organi-\\nzation, on the eighteenth day of June, 1870. The\\nmeeting for the purpose was held agreeably to a call\\nmade by the Rev. Charles E. Rogers, who was resi-\\ndent minister at the time. The names of the follow-\\ning persons are recorded as being present\\nThe pastor, Rev. Charles E. Rogers; Charles VV. Conway,\\nOrison Jillson, E. J. Donnell, George W. Newell, Volney Piper.\\nChose for Secretary. Volney Piper.\\nChose for Board of Stczvards. Charles W. Conway, Volney\\nPiper, Orison Jillson, E. J. Donnell, George W. Newell.\\nChose for Recording Stezvard. V^olney Piper.\\nChose Class Leader. Volney Piper.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n241\\nChose Sunday School Committee. Charles W. Conway, Julia\\nM. Piper.\\nChose Committee on Missions. George W. Newell, Orison Jill-\\nson, Mrs. Amos Martin, Mrs. Maria Wheeler, Miss Annie Cook.\\nMeetings of the church appear to have been held\\nquite regularly (called the Qiiarterly Conference)\\nuntil about 1877. Since that time no minutes of\\ntheir doings appear on the records.\\nRev. Charles E. Rogers was succeeded in the\\npastoral charge by Rev. D. Mclndoe in 1872, and he\\nin turn, in 1873, by O. T. Lovejoy. In 1874, Rev.\\nE. B. F. Dearborn was the preacher in charge, and,\\nlastly, Rev. Arad Taggart, who lived in Winchester,\\nwas the minister in 1877. The last quarterly con-\\nference appears to have been held Feb. 6, 1877, and\\nthe last of their doings as recorded was\\nBro. Geo. W. Newell, having been duly recommended by the\\nsociety, subject to examination of discipline, was voted a Local\\nPreacher s License.\\nThe following persons, in addition to those before\\nnamed, appear on the records as connected with the\\nsociety\\nJohn II. Sparhawk, Stephen W. Williams, Ansel Martin, D. B.\\nAldrich, Lewis R. Cass, Eben S. Cook, George Taylor, Daniel O.\\nPerry, Maroa Williams, Eli W. Reynolds, Sarah J. Graves.\\nATTEMPT TO FORM AN ORTHODOX CHURCH.\\nThere appears to have been some effort made at\\none time, say about 1830, for the formation of an\\nOrthodox Congregational church, but the project fell\\nthrough for want of due encouragement, as but few\\nwere inclined that way.\\n16", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF THE\\nRETROSPECTIVE VIEW.\\nThe people of Richmond, through all its history,\\nhave exhibited a freedom from the restraints imposed\\nby ecclesiasticism and class distinctions worthy of\\nspecial note when compared with most New England\\ncommunities and the reason for this exceptional\\ncondition of things may be clearly outlined by revert-\\ning to the antecedents and surroundings which had\\na direct influence in moulding and fashioning these\\ncharacteristics of their social and religious life. The\\ntown was largely settled by people from Rhode\\nIsland, a state whose first white inhabitants were\\ncomposed to a considerable extent of dissenters from\\nand disbelievers in the established churches of the\\nneighboring states, and upon whom a species of\\nostracism and persecution had been brought to bear\\nthat had rendered a migration to a place of greater\\ntoleration highly desirable. Chieftest among these\\nwere the Baptists and Qiiakers, who were in unison\\non one point at least, and that was that every human\\nbeing had the right of private judgment in all mat-\\nters of religious concern, and were not accountable to\\nanybody for the opinions which they might form in\\nthat regard and that no body of men, or ecclesiasti-\\ncal authority had a right to make and enforce rules\\nand regulations for others to observe in matters of\\nreligious belief and worship without their assent to\\nthe same. These broad principles of toleration and\\nindividual rights, inculcated by the founders of the\\nstate, became the inheritance of the Rhode Islander,\\nand hence, in his migrations to new fields of labor or\\nsettlement, these were his houshold gods, by which\\nhe was largely governed in his political and religious\\nmovements. Such then were the principles of the", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 243\\nmen who became the first settlers of the town, and\\nsuch largely have been the convictions of their suc-\\ncessors. Whether the outgrowth of this individualism\\nhas resulted in a higher development, or been produc-\\ntive of greater enjoyment, may be a question for the\\ntheologian or metaphysician to solve. That church\\norganizations have been feeble and inefficient is ap-\\nparent. The early churches, both Baptist and\\nQuaker, ceased to grow after the first generation,\\nand neither survived the first century of their ex-\\nistence. Other church organizations, however, have\\nsprung up, taking the place of the older, but these at\\npresent manifest signs of great weakness and decay,\\nowing no doubt in part to the death of the aged and\\nthe removal of the 3^oung, together with the sparse-\\nness of the population in homes widely separated.\\nWhatever the causes of the decline in church at-\\ntendance may have been we need not pause here to\\nenquire, but rather examine the results and deter-\\nmine, if possible, the evil and good which may have\\nresulted therefrom. It may be affirmed, with full as-\\nsurance of its correctness, that this people have been\\nas free from the grosser forms of vice as other com-\\nmunities have been. No murders or manslaughters\\nhave been committed no robberies, highway or\\notherwise, have been perpetrated worthy of mention\\nnor has the torcli of the incendiary been applied at\\nmidnight to the domiciles of the people. Life and\\nproperty have been comparatively safe and secure,\\nand it may be truthfully said that much less cheating\\nand fraud, under the garb of piety and religion, have\\nmarked the progress of this people than can be\\naffirmed of some otlier communities with more pre-\\ntentious surroundings but these conditions, negative", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF THE\\nrather than positive, have been supplemented by a\\ngenerous hospitality and the kindlier conventionalities\\nof life and of good neighborhood but these, bearing a\\nfavorable aspect, may not reasonably be adduced in\\nfavor of any system which ignores the necessity of\\nstated, regular, moral instruction. That the social,\\nmoral, and intellectual condition of a community may\\nbe elevated by the public inculcation of moral and re-\\nligious truths there can be no reasonable doubt, and\\nthat a wise foresight would make ample provision for\\nthe development and growth of the higher elements\\nof our nature needs no demonstration.\\nThe freedom from social caste observable in the\\nhistory of the town has rested largel}^ on the general\\nequality in material things among the people. None\\nhave been very rich, not many very poor, as nearly\\nequal in all things as a community so situated well\\ncould be. This equality unquestionably would have\\ntendency to develop the more sterling qud.lities of an\\nindependent, self-reliant character, and cause a com-\\nmendable degree of freedom from that obsequiousness\\nand servility founded in caste.\\nTHE POPULATION AND VALUATION.*\\nPopulation of the Town taken first in 1773 and again in 1775,\\n1786i and in 1790, and Decennially sittcc the latter date, being\\nthe time wheti the First United States Census zvas taken, and\\nalso the Valuation of the Town, including Polls taken Decen-\\nnially si?ice ISIO.\\nInhabitants. Valuation.\\nCensus of 1773 745\\n1775 860\\n1786 1.250\\n1790 i 38o\\n1800 1,350\\nFor present valuation, see page 253.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n245\\nCensus of 1810\\n1820\\n1830\\n1840\\n1850\\ni860\\n1870\\n1880\\nInhabitants\\n1,290\\n1. 391\\n1. 301\\n1,165\\n1,274\\n1,015\\n868\\n669\\nValuation.\\n$220,502\\n225,748\\n225,466\\n350,966\\n348,600\\n332,64s\\n250,958\\n254,758\\nTHE ELECTORAL VOTES.\\nThe Vote for Electors for Presideiif and Vicc-Presidcjit of the\\nUnited States, beginjiiug 1788,\\nVotes\\n32\\n1878\u00e2\u0080\u00946 electors\\n1792 6 electors\\n1796 6 electors\\niSoo None recorded.\\no Democratic electors\\nFederal\\no o Democratic\\nFederal\\nI8I2^S^\\n(.Federal\\n,0 y f Democratic\\nFederal\\n1820\u00e2\u0080\u0094 One set\\n1S24-\\n1828\\n-None recorded.\\nDemocratic electors\\n\\\\Nat lRepub.\\nQ Democratic\\nNat l Repub.\\nQ^ I Democratic\\nNat l Repub.\\no f Democratic\\n^840 1 Whig\\nDemocratic\\n1844\\nWhig\\nLiberty\\nJO\\n25\\n146\\n3\\n167\\n7\\n214\\n12\\n182\\nII\\n64\\n134\\n87\\n130\\nno\\n114\\n19\\n155\\n119\\n122\\n36\\n36\\nr Democratic elector\\n1848] Whig\\nFree Soil\\n{Democratic\\nWhig\\nFree Soil\\nn.f I Democratic\\nRepublican\\nC Democratic\\niS6o^ Republican\\nBell Everett\\no^ I Democratic\\nRepublican\\no o Democratic\\nt Republican\\no f Democratic\\nRepublican\\nq Democratic\\nRepublican\\n{Democratic\\nRepublican\\nGreenback\\nVotes.\\n122\\n78\\n32\\n129\\n42\\n35\\n132\\n123\\n124\\n62\\n54\\n128\\n87\\nno\\n87\\n86\\n79\\n96\\n108\\n72\\n89\\n25\\nPOLITICAL PARTIES.\\nIn reviewing the action of the pohtical parties in\\ntheir choice of electors, it will he seen that the Demo-\\ncrats have been for the most of the time in the\\nascendency. In the first and second elections of\\npresident, there was only one set of electors, and by", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF THE\\nthese the entire vote was cast for Washington and in\\nthe election of John Adams there appears to have\\nbeen no opposition. In the election in fSoo, when\\nJefferson was tirst elected, there is no record of the\\nvotes cast, but in his second election, in 1804, there\\nappears a very feeble opposition of only three votes\\nfor the Federal ticket. This is the first appearance\\nof division into parties. The Federal vote again ap-\\npears in the first and second elections of Madison, in\\n1808 and in 181 2, and also in the first election of\\nMonroe in 1816 but this opposition vote at no time\\nexceeded twelve, and became totally extinct in the\\nsecond election of Monroe in 1820, when there was\\nbut one set of electors. The record of the vote of\\n1824 is missing. This was for the period embracing\\nthe administration of John Q^ Adams, when the\\npeople were really divided into two parties, the\\nDemocratic and the National Republican. The\\nformer of these had fair majorities in the election of\\n1828 and 1832, when Jackson was elected, and still\\nlarger when Van Buren was elected, in 1836. The\\nNational Republicans assumed the name of Whigs in\\n1840, when they threw one hundred and nineteen\\nvotes for electors for Harrison, the largest vote they\\never cast. In 1844 a new party arose called the\\nLiberty, which polled thirt3^-six votes, the same as\\nthe Whig vote, but still a large majority of the votes\\nwere for electors for J. K. Polk. The Whig vote\\ngreatly increased, and the Liberty, or Free Soil,\\ndiminished in 1848, when General Taylor was\\nelected, the Democrats still retaining a small ma-\\njority. In the election of General Pierce, in 1852,\\nthe Democrats carried the town by a small increase\\nover the majority which they cast in 1848. In 1856,", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n247\\nthe Republican party took the phice of the Whig and\\nFree Soil, but still a majority of votes was given lor\\nMr. Buchanan. There were three sets of electors in\\ni860, when Lincoln was chosen the third was for\\nBell and Everett, the compromise candidates. The\\nDemocrats retained their ascendency in the second\\nelection of Lincoln in 1864, and also in the first and\\nsecond elections of Grant in 1868 and 1872, but in the\\nelection in 1876, which finally resulted in placing\\nHayes in the presidential chair, the Democrats, for\\nthe first time in the history of the town, were in the\\nminority, and so continued in the election of 1880,\\nwhich resulted in the choice of General Garfield.\\nThe Greenback party appear for the first time at this\\nlatter election with twenty-five votes for presidential\\nelectors.\\nTOWN OFFICERS, ETC.\\nList of Selectmrii from ^^6^ to 1S82, -Mith the Tears each Served,\\nincltidini^ the F irst Date.\\nJohn Cass, 1765.\\nDaniel Cass, 1765, 1773.\\nJohn Martin, 1765, 1776.\\nDavid Thurber, 1766, 1767.\\nDavid Barney, 1766, 1767, 1768,\\n1783-\\nEdward Ainsworth, 1766 to 1771.\\nAbraham Randall, 1766, 1769,\\n1771.\\nJohn Scott, 1766.\\nJonathan Gaskill, 176S, 1769,\\n1773-\\nJedediaii Biiffiim, 1770, 1771,\\n1786, 1787, 178S, 1794.\\nAnthony Harris, 1770, 1772.\\nJonathan Atherton, 1771, 1773-\\nJonathan Thurber, 177-.\\nOliver Capron, 1772, 1773.\\nMoulton Bullock, 1773.\\nSilas Gaskill, 1773, 1782.\\nTimothy Thompson, 1773-\\nJoseph Cass, 1773, 1783.\\nJohn Dandly, 1773, 1776.\\nIsrael Whipple, 1774, i779-\\nJoseph Newell, 1774, 1S09.\\nEzra Allen, 1774.\\nWilliam CJodtlard, 1775.\\nEnocli White, 1775.\\nDaniel Read, 1775, 1776, 1777,\\n1784.\\nHenry Ingalls, 1777.\\nAmos Garnsey, 1777, 1778.\\nNicholas Cook, 177S, 1781.\\nJames Kingsley, 177S, 17S5, 1786,\\n17S7, 17S9, to 1794.\\nEdmond Ingalls, 1779.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nMoses Tyler, 1779, 1781, 17S5,\\n1788, 1789, 1790, 1 791, 1792,\\n1793. 1795. 1796, 1797 1798.\\n1799, i8cx), iSoi, 1802, 1803,\\n1806, 1807, iSoS.\\nWheeler Cole, 1780.\\nPaul Aldrich, 1780.\\nSamuel Curtis, 1780, 1804, 1805,\\n1806, 1807, 180S.\\nHezekiah Mann, 1781.\\nNoah Curtis, 1782.\\nRufus Whipple, 1782, 1783, 1785,\\n1786, 1787, 1794-\\nJonas Twitchell, 1784,\\nIsaac Benson, 1784.\\nNathaniel Aldrich, 1788, 1789,\\n1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794,\\n1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799,\\n1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804,\\n1S05, 1809, 1810, iSii, 1S12.\\nSamuel Gaskill, 1795 to 1798.\\nDavid Ballou, 1798.\\nNathan Ballou, 1799 to 1803.\\nJames Cook, 1803.\\nEsek Buftum, 1804 to 1809.\\nEbenezer Blanding, 1809.\\nJoseph Newell, jr., 1810, iSii,\\n1812, 1815, 1830, 1832.\\nJonathan Atherton, jr., iSio,\\n1811, 1812, 1819, 1821, 1822,\\n1823.\\nEzra Martin, 1813, 1814, 1815,\\n1816, 1817, 181S, 1820.\\nBenjamin Newell, 1813, 1814,\\n1817, 1818, 1822, 1823, 1S25,\\n1826, 1828, 1829, 1833, 1835.\\nJerathmeel Allen, 1813.\\nAlfred Saben, 1814, 1815, 1816,\\n1819, 1820.\\nSaben Atherton, 1816, 1S17, 1820.\\nRussell Whipple, 181S, 1S19,\\n1821, 1822, 1S34, 1S45.\\nWilliam Randall, 1S21.\\nJonathan Rawson, 1823, 1825,\\n1826, 1827.\\nJohn Parkhurst, 1824.\\nSilas Jillson, 1824, 1825, 1S26,\\n1827, 1828, 1830, 1832.\\nMoses Tyler, jr., 1827 to 1830.\\nDaniel Bassett, 1829, 1831, 1835,\\n1836.\\nEnoch Whipple, 1830, 1832.\\nSilas Whipple, 1S31.\\nNathaniel Boorn, 1831.\\nBrown Nourse, 1833, 1834.\\nDavid Buffum, 1833, ^834, 1837,\\n183S.\\nNicholas Cook, 1834.\\nSeth A. Curtis, 1835.\\nKendall Fisher, 1836, 1837, 1S38,\\n1839, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1844,\\n1846, 1S47, 1851, 1857, iS6o,\\n1S61, 1863, 1863.\\nAlvin Barrus, 1S36, 1837, 183S,\\n1842.\\nStephen Randall, 1839, 1S40,\\n1S41, 1843, 1844.\\nSamuel Sprague, 1839 to 1842.\\nD. B. Aldrich, 1842.\\nJarvis Weeks, 1S42.\\nAsahel Kelton, 1843, 1S41, 1S45,\\n1846, 1847, 1852, 1853, 1856,\\n1858, 1859.\\nLevi Wheeler, 1845.\\nWilliam Wright, 1846, 1S47,\\n1849, i854 iS55 187S, 18S3,\\ni88^.\\nWillard Randall, 1848, 1850, 1S54.\\nAlvan Atherton, 1S48 to 1852.\\nAugustus Cass, 1848.\\nNathan Bowen, 1S49.\\nWilliam Bassett, 1850, 1851.\\nJesse Bolles, 1852, 1853, 1856,\\n1S57, i860, 1862, 186S, 1869,\\n1S70, 1S71.\\nUberto Bowen, 1852, 1853.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "JNO. ATHERTON ESQ.\\nMODERATOR\\nMOSES TYLER.\\nSELLCTMAN,\\nJARVIS WEEKS ESQ.\\nREP. TOWN CLtHX,.\\nSAMUEL SPRAGUE.\\nDANIEL BASSETT.\\nSELECTMAN.\\nHENRY RICE,\\nSELECTMAr\\nJESSE BUWLES.\\nSEUECTMAN\\nNATHAN BOWEN.\\nAtLEC.I MAr", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n249\\nEdwin Cass, 1854.\\nJ. W. Herrick, 1855.\\nSilas Whipple, 1855.\\nAhaz Cass, 1856, 1857.\\nHenry Rice, 1858, 1859.\\nHosea B. Aldrich, 185S, 1S60,\\n1861, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867.\\nAlmando Ballou, 1859.\\nStephen W. Williams, 1861.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1862 to 1867.\\nCyrenus Taft, 1863.\\nZimri Bowen, 1864, 1865.\\nElbridge G. Bemis, 1866, 1867,\\n1868, 1869, 1S72.\\nEdson Starkey, 1867, 1868, 1SC/9,\\n1870, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876,\\n1877, 1879, 1880.\\nAndrew Willoby, 1870 to 1873.\\nHiram P. Sprague, 1871, 1S75,\\n1S76, 1877.\\nGeorge H. Taylor, 1872.\\nAmos G. Bennett, 1873, 1874.\\nNathaniel B. Fisher, 1873.\\nJoseph B. Abbott, 1874 to 1878.\\nGeorge W. Randall, 187S.\\nNathan E. Tuttle, 1878.\\nCharles H. Lyon, 1879 to 18S5.\\nAlmon Twitchell, 1879 to 1885.\\nEdwin N. Bowen, 1881, 1882.\\nTable Shoiving Where the Ajinual Town Meetings have been Held\\nfrom 1765 to 1882.\\nFrom 1765 to 176S At Deacon John Cass Innholder.\\n1769 Timothy Thompson s, Innholder.\\n1770 Timothy Thompson s, Innholder.\\n1771 Timothy Thompson s, Innholder.\\n1772 house of Jedediah Buffum, Innholder.\\n1773 house of Jedediah BufTum, Innholder.\\n1774 house of Constant Barney, Innholder.\\n1775 Deacon John Cass Innholder.\\n1776 house of Silas Gaskill, Innholder.\\n1777 house of Abner Aldrich, jr., Innholder.\\n1778 house of Abner Aldrich, jr., Innholder.\\n1779 house of Abner Aldrich, jr., Innholder.\\n1780 house of Abner Aldrich, jr., Innholder.\\n1781 house of Ebenezer Miller.\\n1782 house of Hezekiah Mann.\\nAug. 27, 1782 Baptist meeting-house.\\nFrom 1782 to 1883 the annual and all other town\\nmeetings were held at the Baptist meeting-house, ex-\\ncept that, in 1784, the annual meeting was adjourned\\nto David Bullock s shop, but for what purpose does\\nnot appear and that a meeting, called December 9,\\nat the Baptist meeting-house, was adjourned to Joseph", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nBarney s dwelling-house, which stood a few rods\\nnorth-east of the meeting-house. Previous to 17S2,\\nspecial meetings were sometimes held at barns, viz.\\nat Constant Barney s barn, at Jedediah Buffum s barn,\\nand at Hezekiah Mann s barn, and once, in 1778, an\\nadjournment was made out of doors, and the busi-\\nness was transacted in the open air.\\nList of Moderators at the Annual To-vn Alcetiugs from 1865 to\\n1885, -ivith years each served, including the first date.\\nDeacon John Cass, 1765.\\nAbraham Randall, 1766, 1770,\\n1771. 1773-\\nEdward Ainsworth, 1767, 1769.\\nConstant Barney, 1768.\\nJonathan Thurber, 1772.\\nMoulton Bullock, 1774.\\nOliver Capron, 1775, 177S.\\nDaniel Read, 1776, 1777.\\nAmos Garnsey, 1779-\\nIsrael Whipple, 1780.\\nRufus Whipple, 1781 to 1790,\\n1793 to 1796, 1799, 1800, 1803 to\\n1808, 1809 to 1817.\\nMoses Tyler, 1790 to 1793, 1796\\nto 1799, 1 801, 1802.\\nDaniel C. Bryant, 1808.\\nJonathan Atherton, 1817 to 1822,\\n1823 to 1830, 1831, 1835.\\nJoseph Weeks, 1830, 1832.\\nTimothy Pickering, 1833.\\nJoseph Newell, 1834.\\nRufus Bowen, 1836 to 1839.\\nAmos Bennett, 1839, 1840, 1844.\\nWillard Randall, 1842, 1843,\\n1845, 1848 to 1852, 1853, 1854,\\n1859.\\nKendall Fisher, 1846, 1847, i855\\n1S57, 1858, i860 to 1866.\\nAsahel Kelton, 1852, 1856.\\nElbridge G. Bemis, 1866 to 1874.\\nAhaz Cass, 1874.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1875.\\nJoseph B. Abbott, 1876, 1877.\\nJonathan C.Bryant, 1878 to 1881.\\nNahum Cass, 1881 to 1885.\\nList of Representatives to the General Court from 1776 to 1883,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with years each served.\\nOliver Capron, 1776, 1783.\\nDaniel Read, 1777.\\nDavid Barney, 1778.\\nNoah Curtis, 1779, 1782.\\nJonathan Gaskill, 1787,\\n1790.\\n1789,\\nMoses Tyler, 1793, 1796 to 1802.\\nRufus Whipple, 1794, 1795-\\nJames Cook, 1802 to 1807.\\nJoseph Weeks, 1807 to 1810, 181 1\\nto 1814, 1821 to 1824, 1826,\\n1830, 1832 to 1835.", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "d) ]WT^Yd)] W(^]\\n]i\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6**hS\\ny\u00c2\u00bb\\nWILLARD RANDALL.\\nNICHOLAS COOK.\\nKENDALL FlSHtR.\\n\u00c2\u00a3DSON STAR KEY.\\n^9^^\\nA\\nSTEPHEN RANDALL.\\nD.e.ALDRlCH.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "w", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n251\\nNathaniel Aldrich, iSio.\\nJonathan Atherton, 1814 to 1817,\\n1819.\\nBenjamin Newell, 1817, 1S18,\\n1820.\\nJoseph Newell, 1824, 1825.\\nJonathan Rawson, 1827 to 1S30.\\nRussell Whipple, 1831.\\nNahum Aldrich, 1837 1840.\\nJarvis Weeks, 1840, 1841.\\nNicholas Cook, 1842, 1845, 1846.\\nKendall Fisher, 1843, 1844.\\nStephen Randall, 1847, 1848.\\nWilliam Wright, 1849, 1850-\\nWillard Randall, 1851, 1852.\\nD. B. Aldrich, 1853, 1854.\\nSamuel P. French, 1855.\\nJohn Starkey, 1856, 1857.\\nAbner Twitchell, 1858, i860.\\nAsahel Kelton, 1859.\\nHosea B. Aldrich, 1861, 1S63.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1864.\\nN. G. Woodbury, 1865, 1866.\\nEdson Starkey, 1867, 186S.\\nAsa H. Bullock, 1869, 1870,\\nElbridge G. Bemis, 1871, 1S72.\\nAndrew G. Willoby, 1873.\\nAlmon Twitchell, 1874.\\nEdwin N. Bowen, 1S75, 1876.\\nJoseph B. Abbott, 1877.\\nHiram P. Sprague, 1878.\\nJohn E. Norwood, 1S83.\\nLi si of To7vn Clerks from 1765 to 1882, xvith the years each\\nserved, including the first date.\\nDaniel Cass, 1765.\\nHenry Ingalls, 1766 to 1792.\\nSamuel Gaskill, 1792 to 179S,\\n1799 to 1802.\\nDavid Ballou, 1798.\\nJoseph Weeks, 1802 to 1S22, 1823,\\n1827.\\nJonathan Rawson, 1S24 to 1827,\\n1831.\\nBenjamin Newell, 1828, 1829.\\nOno T. Cass, 1830.\\nJarvis Weeks, 1832 to 1836, 1S37\\nto 1844, 18451 1853- 1854, i8sC),\\n1857-\\nStephen Wheeler, jr., 1836.\\nAmos W. Newell, 1S44. 1S46,\\n1847, 1855.\\nHenry B. Swan, 1848, 1849.\\nWilliam Bassett, 1850 to 1S53.\\nN, G. Woodbury, 1858, i860 to\\n1865.\\nD. R. Spaulding, 1859.\\nJarvis Ingalls, 1865 to 1871, 1880\\nto 1884.\\nAmos G. Bennett, 1871 to 1S75.\\nEdward F. P. Dearborn, 1875\\n(one month).\\nGeorge W. Newell, 1S76 to 1880.\\nAlmon Twitchell, 1884.\\nList of To-vn Treasurers from 1765 to 1882, with the years\\neach served, including first date,\\nJohn Cass, 1765, 1766, 1772. Luke Cass, 1803 to 1813.\\nFrancis Norwood, 1767 to 177 i. Esek Bufl um, 1813 to 1822.\\nTimothy Thompson, 1771. Jonathan Rawson, 1823 to 1826,\\nJedediah Buffum, 1773 to 1803. 1837, 1838.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nJoseph Weeks, 1826, 18^7.\\nDaniel Bassett, 1828.\\nLuke Harris, 1829, 1831.\\nTimothy Pickering, 1830,\\nto 1836.\\nJohn Parkhurst, 1836.\\nWillard Randall, 1839.\\nDanford Tyler, 1840 to 1844.\\nUberto Bowen, 1844.\\nEdson Starkey, 1845 to i\\n1852, 1853.\\nWilliam Bassett, 1848, 1849.\\nA. W. Newell, 1850.\\nD. S. Swan, 1851.\\nO. F. Blanding, 1854, 1855.\\nN. Naromore, 1856.\\n1832 Calvin Bryant, 1857.\\nJ. W. Herrick, 1858, 1859.\\nCyrel Amadon, i860.\\nN. G. Woodbury, 1861 to 1866.\\nStephen W. Williams, 1866.\\nHosea B. Aldrich, 1867.\\n848, Amos G. Bennett, 1868 to 1874.\\nHarvey Martin, 1874.\\nLeason Martin, 1875 to 1881.\\nJohn E. Norwood, 1881 to 1885.\\nList of yustices of the Peace from the First Settlemetit of the\\nTown to the Present Time, -ivith the Tear of their Appoint-\\n7ne7it, so far as known.\\nHenry Ingalls, prior to 1778\\nSamuel Gaskill, 1790\\nOliver Capron, 1782\\nRufus Whipple 1790\\nMoses Tyler 1804\\nJoseph Weeks 1808\\nNathaniel Aldrich 1813\\nJonathan Atherton 1816\\nBenjamin Newell 1819\\nJonathan Rawson 1828\\nJohn Parkhurst 1829\\nJoseph Newell 1830\\nSilas Jillson 1831\\nTimothy Pickering 1834\\nJarvis Weeks 1842\\nKendall Fisher 1844\\nJob Bisbee 1S47\\nAmos Bennett 1847\\nWilliam Wright\\nUberto Bowen\\nWillard Randall\\nSamuel D. Allen\\nJohn W. Herrick\\nDavid B. Aldrich\\nAmos W. Newell\\nDavid BufFum, 2d\\nDaniel R. Spauldin\\nElbridge G. Bemis\\nEdson Starkey\\nStephen W. Willian\\nAndrew Willoby\\nA. G. Bennett.\\nNahum Cass\\nJoseph B. Abbott\\nEdwin N. Bowen\\nGeorge W. Newell\\n1850\\n1850\\n1S52\\n1854\\n185s\\n1855\\n1856\\n1856\\n1863\\n1867\\n1 868\\n1871\\n1S72\\n1872\\n1872\\n1874\\n1875\\n1877\\nFINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.\\nThe following table shows the valuation of the town\\nat the present time, and the nature of the propert}\\nrepresented with this :dso is presented the Recapit-", "height": "3180", "width": "1836", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICIOIOISD. 253\\nulation of the Selectmen, showing receipts, disburse-\\nments, assets, etc., for the last tinancial year:\\nValuation, Taxes, etc., in 1883.\\nNumber of acres taxed in town 22,870\\nAssessed value of same $182,225 00\\nValue per acre $7 97\\nNumber of horses 147\\nValue of horses 10,555 00\\nAverage value of each $72 00\\nNeat stock over eighteen months old 460\\nValue of same 14)676 00\\nSheep over six months old 303\\nValue of same 1,004 00\\nStock in banks i)5oo 00\\nValue of carriages i 345 00\\nStock in trade 7)931 00\\nMoney on hand or at interest 11,02400\\nValue of mills 9,200 00\\nValue of hogs moo\\nTotal value $239,571 00\\nRecapitulation for year ending March i, 18S3.\\nRECEIPTS.\\nCash in treasury $1,985 20\\nReceived State and County 1,075 26\\non sundry accounts 38 41\\nEdson Starkey, collector 95\\nLewis R. Cass, collector 2,516 73\\nf5.6i6 55\\nDISBURSEMENTS.\\nIncidental expenses 191 79\\nSupport of Town poor 235 37\\nCounty poor 204 75\\nState and County tax 1,052 37\\nSchools and school-houses 1,023 26\\nHighways and bridges 463 95\\nAbatements 32 57\\nTown otlicers 364 50\\nOutstanding orders 17 00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*3)5S5 56", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OF THE\\nASSETS.\\nCash in treasnrj March i, 1883 $2,030 99\\nBarber place 25 00\\nBoyce place 150 00\\nDue from County 6 00\\nState bounty on wild animals 15 40\\nCollector, 1882 73 50\\nHenry S. Whitmore, cost on taxes i 36\\nWillard White, taxes and cost 14 47\\n$2,316 72\\nLIABILITIES.\\nMoney due school districts 348 63\\nDue school from dog tax unexpended 52 00\\nLiterary fund due schools 6S 54\\n469 17\\nAssets over and above indebtedness $1,847 55\\nNumber of polls 182\\nNumber of scholars 153\\nTotal amount of taxes for all purposes $2,584 00", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "WM.WRIGHT.\\nREP. S, SELECTMAN.\\nAHAZ CASS.\\nSELECTMAN\\nCHAS.W.CONWAY.\\nCOM. ON HISTORY.\\nZlMRl BOWEN,\\nCOM. ON M I5T0 RY.\\nUBERTO BOWEN.\\nSELLCTMAN.\\nCAPT. DAVID BUFFUM.\\nCO. A.\\nALONZO RAWSON.\\nH0RATI0A.NEL50N.\\nTOWN OFFICERS AND OTHERS.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 255\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHE GENEALOGY OF FAMILIES.\\nAbbott Adams Ainsworth Aldrich Allen Amadou Ames Anderson Ar-\\nnold Atherton Babcock Baker Ball I5allard Ballon Barber Barden\\nBarker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Barrus Barney Barrett Bassett Battles Beals Bemis Bennett\\nBenson Bigelow Bisbee Bishop Black Blanding Bliss Bolles Boorn\\nBowen Boyce Brigham Brittan Brown Bryant Buffum Bullock\\nBump Butterfield Buxton Capron Cargill Carkin Carpenter Carroll\\nCarter Cass Chase Chapman Cheever Cheeney Church Clark\\nClapp Colburn Cole Combs Conway Cooley Cook Corey Corliss\\nCrane Crossman Cressey Crooker Cummings Cumstock Curtis Dand-\\nley Daniels Darling Davenport Day Dexter Dillingham Din.snian\\nDodge Doolittle Ellis Ellor Emerson Erskine Estas Evans F isher\\nFlint Frazier Freeman French Fuller Gage GarnsTy Gaskill Gay\\nGleason Goddard Goodwin Goodnow Goodnough Graves Grant\\nGreen Grout Grover Guild Hamilton Hammond Hale Handy\\nHarkness Harris Hayward Herrick Hews Hills Hill Hix Hol-\\nbrook Howe Howard Hubbard Huntley Hunting Hunt Ingalls\\nIngersoll Jessop Jillson Johnson Jittem Josslin Kelton Kenney\\nKingsley Kinsman Kinipton Knap Lawrence Lester Lyon\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Man Martin\\nMason Meader Mellin Merrifield Miller Mowry Mullen Munroe\\nNaromore Nason Nelson Newell Newton Norwood Nourse Nutting\\nOrmsby Page Paine Palmer Parker Parkhurst Patch Perry\\nPeck Peters Phillips Pickering Piper Potter\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Powers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Prescott Put-\\nney Ramsdall Randall Rawson Raymer Razee Raynolds Read\\nRich Rice Robinson Roper Russell Saben Salisbury Scott Smead\\nShatter Smith Southwick Spaulding Spencer Sprague Starkey\\nStreeter St. Clair Stoddard Swan Sweet Swift Sweetzer Taf t Tay-\\nlor Temple Tenney Thayer Threshire Thompson Thornton Thurber\\nTillson Torrey Truesdall Tucker Tuttle Twitchell Tyler \u00e2\u0080\u0094Wakefield\\nWallace Walker Ward Ware Warren Weatherhead Weeks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Westcoat\\nWheaton Wheeler White Wilson Whipple Whitcomb Whitaker\\nWhittemore Whitman Whitmore Whitney Wing Williams Willoby\\nWiswall Woodbury Woodward Wooley Work Wright Young Yates.\\nABBOTT.\\nyocl Abbott lived near Martin s mills about 1812\\nwas a cloth dresser shop above the mills, near the\\nreservoir.\\nyoseph B. Abbott^ Esq., from Surry, N. H., m.\\nLydia, dr. of Leason Martin, Sept. i, 1859; during", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OF THE\\nthe war was in the sanitary commission four years\\nlived in town 1866-1878 was on the board of select-\\nmen four years, and is now one of the county com-\\nmissioners, and lives in Keene had Florence S., b.\\nJuly 18, 1865 Leon M., b. August, 1867.\\nADAMS.\\nDarius Adams, the father of Obed E. Adams, lived\\non the Capt. Oliver Capron place, i8io- ii died of\\ntyphus fever, the prevailing epidemic, 181 2.\\nObcd E. Adams, from Boston, bought, 1850, the\\nfarm formerly owned by Moses Tyler. Sold to\\nCharles W. Conway, 1865, and removed to the old\\nWakefield hotel, which he purchased and repaired,\\nand for a short time sold goods in the store part\\nthereof; and finally sold and returned to Boston,\\nwhere he died.\\nAINSWORTH.\\nEdward Ainsworth was f. s. on L. 2, R. 12,\\nknown as the Asahel Kelton place. He sold to\\nMichael Barrus, 1772, and removed to Claremont,\\nN. H.\\nALDRICH.\\nDr. Aaron Aldrich appears to have been the son\\nof Moses and Hannah Aldrich, of Mendon, and was\\nb. Jan. 3, 1734; m. Mary Wheat, May i, 1753. He\\nsettled on the lot of land next north of Thomas\\nBowen s, now Zimri s, L. 15, R. 4. His house was\\non the east side of the road leading from Bowen s to\\nBenson s, near which lived also his son Solomon.\\nRoyal, another son, built a house on the west side of\\nthe road, the same afterwards occupied by Preserved", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 257\\nWhipple, Robert Swan, and others. He was prob-\\nably the first practicing physician in town was\\nchosen by the town a grammar-school rnaster, 177^ 5\\nhad three sons, viz. Solomon, b. Dec. 18, 1753, Royal,\\nand Ziba. Solomon m. Rebecca Webber, April 5,\\n1775 had Mary, Hannah, and Aaron. Ziba m.\\nHannah Webber, Nov. 19, 1775 had Nathaniel and\\nZiba. No other record of the family of Dr. Aldrich\\nor his sons. They probably removed to Mount\\nHolly, Vt.\\nRev. Artenias Aldrich, son of Jonathan and Pa-\\ntience Aldrich, of Mendon, was b. May 21, 1746.\\nHe was f. s. on L. 20, R. 6, the place where Joseph\\nNewell, sr., and Joseph Newell, jr., since resided.\\nHe became minister of the second Baptist church,\\n1776, and probably retained the pastorate during the\\nseparate existence of this church. He removed from\\ntown about 1791. Had ten children.\\ndipt. Abner Aldrich, son of David and Hannah\\nAldrich, of Mendon, was b. Nov. 17, 1727 ist m.\\nElizabeth Cook, dr. of Dea. Nicholas Cook, of Bel-\\nlingham, Nov. 2, 1747 2d m. Anna Brown, Dec. 16,\\n1805. He was in the Colonial service in the old\\nFrench and Indian war went on the expedition to\\nCanada, 1758 removed to Richmond, 1768. He\\nbought L. 23, R. 5, and the adjoining lot north in\\nSwansey, on the latter of which he settled; had four\\nchildren b. in Mendon, viz. Abner, Hannah, m.\\nFreeman Simeon, and Phila, m. J. A. Barney\\nhad also Nicholas, Susanna, ist m. Ebenezer Cole, 2d\\nStephen Jillson and Ananias. He d. Oct. 31, 1815,\\naged 88, while living with his son Ananias. His\\nfirst wife d. May 7, 1804 age 75.\\n17", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "25S HISTORY OF THE\\nAbncr Aldrich^ jr., bought of Aaron Cumstock the\\nfarm known as the Henry Rice place in 1768. He\\nlived on the Ebenezer Cole place, near the town\\npound, from 1777 to 1781, and there kept a tavern,\\nand was probably the f. s. on L. 22, R. 4; had\\nPrudence, Ezra, and Roby. He died about 1782.\\nSimeon Aldrich Abner m., Dec. 9, 1779, Abi-\\ngail Giles.\\nNicholas Aldrich Abner m. Lucinda, dr. of\\nPaul Handy. He lived a while on a small place\\neast of Levi Aldrich s. He had the misfortune to\\nlose one of his legs. He d. about 1820, and she d.\\nAug. 8, 1878 both died in Swansey had Barbara,\\nSimeon, Lucinda, Nicholas, Ananias, and Lillis, who\\nm. Paul Martin.\\nAnanias Aldrich Abner m. Mary Randall,\\ndr. of Abraham, June 27, 1774. He settled on L.\\n23, R. 5, the farm now owned b}^ David W. Williams.\\nHe was the first builder of a saw-mill on the premises,\\nwhich were formerly described as Aldrich s mill.\\nHe died 1826. Children: Abraham, b. Jan. 23,\\n1775 Isaac, b. x^pril 9, 1777, m. Abigail Aldrich,\\nMarch 12, 1801; Silence, b. June 30, 1779; Na-\\nthaniel, b. June 2, 1781 Waity, b. June 3, 1783\\nRufus, b. Sept. 28, 1785, m. Elizabeth Aldrich,\\nMarch 15, 1807; Phila, b. Aug. 27, 1787, ist m.\\nAaron Tenney, 2d m. John Wheeler; Elizabeth, b.\\nAug. 12, 1789, m. Marshall Judith, b. Oct. 20,\\n1791, m. Joseph Buffum, May 13, 1810; Susanna,\\nm. Calvin Bryant, Feb. 27, 1812.\\nIsaac Aldrich Ananias Abner m. March\\n12, 180T, Abigail, dr. of Levi Aldrich; had David,\\nb. Aug. 10, 1801 Ananias, b. April 2, 1803.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 259\\nLot Aldrick, son of John and Mary, b. Oct. 30,\\n1754, of Northbridge, bought, 1784, the Job Newell\\nplace, L. 16, R. 8, situated north of the Dea.\\nSimeon Thayer farm. He lived there a few years,\\nand then exchanged the place with Levi Randall for\\na farm in Troy, where he removed about 1800. He\\nist m. Sarah Robertson, daughter of John, April 18,\\n1779; 2d m. wid. Bethiah Nigh, of Svvansey, Nov.\\n24, 1800. Children by Sarah Olive, b. Dec. 20,\\n1779; Ezra, b. Oct. 13, 1781 Huldah, b. Nov. 28,\\n1783 Mary, Lucy, Elijah, Lydia, Bethsheba, Sarah,\\nJohn. Record incomplete.\\nWilliam Aldrich lived in a house east of John\\nScott s, probably on L. 19, R. 11, in 1783. The\\nhouse is mentioned as that of the late William\\nAldrich. Had one son named Doctor Aldrich, b.\\nMar. 12, 1776. No other record.\\nSilas Aldi ich m. Mehetabel was the first settler\\non the farm where Joseph Starkey, jr., lived. He re-\\nremoved to Danby, Vt. Had four children, viz.\\nMerriam, Lucy, Hannah, and Joanna.\\nHenry Aldrich^ a brother of Silas, lived on the\\nwest side of the road, south of the Luke Cass place,\\nand north of the watering place. He went to Liver-\\nmore, Me. Had Sarah, m. Seth Ballou, jr.\\nPattl Aldrich m. Susanna Cook, Dec. 11, 1777.\\nHe lived on the east side of the road south of Nahum\\nAldrich s, part L. 19, R. 4. Had five children, viz.\\nPeter, Esther, Phila, Sylvanus, and Paul.\\nUriah Aldrich m. Mary Dawson, Oct. 15, 1786,\\nand lived south of Luke Cass had Moses, who\\nwent to Middlesex, Vt., and Ira, born Feb. 13. 1787,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "26o HISTORY OF THE\\nwho m. Anna Holbrook, dr. of David, March 25,\\n1810. Ira had Mary Ann, Marcellus L.,b. June 23,\\n1809; Lorinda, b. Feb. i, 1813, m. Christopher\\nRobinson, and Luke Cass, b. April 18, 1824.\\nMarcellus L. Aldrich Ira Uriah m. Eliza-\\nbeth S. Crooker, dr. of Benjamin, Sept. 17, 1832.\\nHe removed to Rochester, N. Y.\\nLevi, Nathaniel, and Nathan Aldrich, together\\nwith Amasa, who settled in Swansey, were brothers,\\nand came from Mendon and settled in the north-east\\npart of the town. Two other brothers, Luther and\\nDavid, settled in Pennsylvania.\\nLevi Aldrich, one of the brothers above named,\\nm. Elizabeth Perry. Settled on L. 22, R. 3, the\\nplace afterwards occupied by his son Noah. He was\\na blacksmith had a trip-hammer shop and small\\niron furnace, by means of which he supplied the\\nsettlers with castings. He d. May 19, 1818, aged\\n65 she d. April 28, 1829, aged 76. Had ten chil-\\ndren, viz. Olney, b. April 25, 1775, m. Mollie\\nWoodward, Feb. 25, 1796; Louis, b. Sept. 23, 1776,\\nd. Sept. II, 1788; Sylvanus, b. Oct. 6, 1778, m.\\nSarah Wheeler, of Swansey, July 3, 1798 Abigail,\\nb. Sept. 12, 1781, m. Isaac Aldrich, March 12, 1801\\nLevi, b. Sept. 10, 1783, m. Waity Aldrich, dr. of\\nAnanias; Noah, b. Dec. 9, 1788, Elizabeth, b. Jan.\\n9, 1788, m. Rufus Aldrich, March 15, 1807 Lucy,\\nm. Samuel Doty; Leah, b. April 20, 1790, m. Seth\\nBisbee, Nov. 29, 1810 Lj^dia, m. Joseph Starkey,\\njr., Feb. 20, 181 2. None of the descendants of Levi\\nAldrich now live in Richmond, and the buildings\\nhave disappeared from the place.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 261\\nNoah Aldrich Levi m. Waitslill Starkey, dr.\\nof Joseph, sr., May 15, 181 1. He was a blacksmith.\\nRemoved to Pennsylvania soon after his marriage,\\nbut returned to his father s place, and then went to\\nRhode Island; returned again, and worked at his\\ntrade at the Four corners and at the old homestead,\\nand finally removed again to Pennsylvania, about\\n1845. He utilized the water-power on the old farm\\nby putting in an overshot water-wheel, probably the\\nfirst of the kind ever made in town. Had seven chil-\\ndren, viz. Angela, who m. Augustus Cass Mi-\\nranda, m. Bradley Flemings Joseph, Benjamin, m.\\nLona Thayer, dr. of Asa; Waitstill, m. Joseph\\nOakman Leander, and Jillson.\\nNathaniel Aldrich^ Esq., brother of Levi, b. Dec.\\n3, 1755, m. Cleopatra Ramsdell. He settled on L.\\n19, R. 2, on the road leading to Troy, by the Merri-\\nfield place. He held many important town offices,\\nand was a representative to the General Court. He\\nremoved to Danby, Vt., 1825, and spent the last years\\nof his life with his daughter Nancy, who m. Isaac\\nWilbur. Had twelve children, viz. William, b.\\nMay 20, 1775, d. Sept. 26, [778 Luther, b. May 20,\\n1775, d. May 22, 1775 John, b. Nov. 23, 1777, m.\\nPrusia Streeter, Oct. 18, 1798; Nancy, b. June 6,\\n1779, Isaac Wilbur; Moses, b. April 20, 1783,\\nm. Priscilla Dexter, of Royalston, Feb. 20, 1811, and\\nlived in Marlborough; Lois, b. June 20, 1785, m.\\nEzra Bowen x^nna, b. June 28, 1788, m. Hosea\\nBenson; Aaron, b. Jan. 4, 1790, m. Mary Harkness,\\ndr. of John Seth, b. May 27, 1792, d. May 9, 1793\\nMary, b. Sept. 24, 1794, m. Moses B. Wlreaton\\nPhila, b. March 17, 1797, m. Job Benson Nathaniel,\\njr., b. June 8, 1781, d. July 29, 1800. None of the", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "262 HISTORY OF THE\\ndescendants of Esquire Aldrich are known to be in\\ntown. The buildings on the old farm are gone, and\\nthe place is unoccupied.\\nAaron Aldi ich Nathaniel m. Mary, dr. of\\nJohn Harkness. He settled on the homestead, and\\nlived there until about 1835, when he removed to\\nTioga County, Penn. Had Horace, Nancy, John,\\nCaroline, Elliot, Aaron, and perhaps others.\\nyohn Aldrich Nathaniel m. Prusia Streeter,\\nand had one son, Nathaniel. This son m. Betsy\\nWoodward, and removed to Pennsylvania.\\nNathan Aldrich, brother of Levi and Nathaniel,\\nm. Martha Jillson settled on L. 20, R. 4. His\\nhouse was on the road leading from the Benson place\\nto Swansey had a family of nine children, from\\nwhom have descended all of the family name now\\nresiding in Richmond. The farm is unoccupied, and\\nthe buildings have been removed. He d. April 8,\\n1832, aged 82 she d. Feb. 8, 1827, aged 75.\\nChildren: Nahum, b. Aug. 28, 1774; Levin, b.\\nMay 24, 1777 Rhoda, b. Sept. i, 1779, m. William\\nCrane, April 20, 1800; Waity, b. March 11, 1782,\\nm. Obed Bolles, 2d, Dec. 27, 1803 Nathan, b. April\\n9, 1784, m. Betsy Wheelock and removed to Pennsyl-\\nvania Patty, b. Aug. 6, 1786, m. Stephen Potter;\\nLuke, b. Oct. 25, 1788; Vina, b. Sept. 17, 1790, d.\\nyoung; Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1792, m. Eli Page.\\nNahum Aldrich Nathan ist m. Sarah Jillson,\\n2d m. widow Esther Davenport, Oct. 8, 1818. His\\nresidence was the one next south of his father s. He\\nwas twice elected representative to the General Court\\nhe d. March 29, 1863, aged 88; Sarah d. Feb. 13,\\n1818 Esther d. Dec. 15, 1867. Children by Sarah\\nJ", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 263\\nLiberty, m. Mary, dr. of Laban Thornton; Susanna,\\nm. William Jones Amasa, ist m. Susanna Thomp-\\nson, 2d m. Anna Tolman Clarissa, died March 3,\\n1829, aged 25 Ellery K., b. Sept. 8, 181 1. Children\\nby Esther: Sarah, Esther, Nahum, d. March 15,\\n1831, aged 7 Waitstill, Jillson, d. young.\\nLevin Aldrich Nathan m. Mary Bolles, dr.\\nof John, Jan. 3, 1800. He bought the Moses Martin\\nfarm, and continued on the same during his life had\\nten children, viz. Eunice, b. Jan. 26, 1801 Benja-\\nmin, b. May 25, 1803 Arnold, b. May 25, 1803, d.\\nMay 16, 1852, aged 49 Vienna, b. Sept. 19, 1806,\\n1st m. Robert Swan, jr., 2d m. Lucius Scott; Jerome\\nB., b. April 16, 1808; David B., b. June 19, 1811\\nAdaline, b. June 19, 1814, m. Abner Twitchell\\nMorandy, b. April 14, 1817, m. Lyman Holbrook\\nLucius, b. May 5, 1820; Hosea B. b. Feb. i, 1823.\\nHe d. May 15, 1855, aged 78 she d. April 29, 1859,\\naged 79.\\nLuke Aldrich Nathan m. Mary Martin, dr. of\\nGeorge, March 7, 1816. He settled on the same lot\\nof land with his father his house stood north of tlie\\nold homestead. He d. March 24, 1846, of small-\\npox she d. Dec. 4, 1864. Had eight children, viz.\\nElbridge, b. May 18, 1817, lived in Worcester, d.\\nDec. 4, 1879; Mary Ann, b. Nov. i, 1818 Robert,\\nb. March 5, 1820; Emily, b. May 20, 1823, d. April\\n29, 1878 Sally, m. Christopher Tracy, b. March 29,\\n1826, d. May 20, 1873; Nathan, b. Aug. 31, 1828,\\nd. April 27, 1858; George, b. May 15, 1830, moved\\nto Pennsylvania, d. Jan. 18, 1861 Martha J., b. May\\n22, 1832, m. Nahum Cass.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "264 HISTORY OF THE\\nLiberty Aldrich Nahum Nathan m. Mary,\\ndr. of Laban Thornton was a wheelwright lived on\\nthe place since owned by Ellery K. had Eunice and\\nLaban T. d. April 11, 1828.\\nAinasa Aldrich Nahum ist m. Susanna\\nThompson, 2d m. Anna Tolman, of Troy. By\\nAnna, had Andrew, lives in Keene Angeline, m.\\nGarfield, lives in Swansey.\\nEllery K. Aldrich Nahum Nathan ist m.\\nCandace Taylor, dr. of Elias, Dec. 15, 1834, 2d m.\\nwidow Angela M. Price, of Boston 3d m. Sarah,\\ndr. of John Starkey, Jan. i, 1879. Candace d.\\nMarch 8, 1873; Angela d. July 4, 1877. By Can-\\ndace, had Harriet S., b. Jul} 20, 1836; Susan, b.\\nMay 26, 1838; Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1841 Frank S.,\\nb. June 19, 1842. He lived on the Liberty Aldrich\\nplace until he removed to Swanse3% 1872.\\nJerome Aldrich Leven Nathan m. Sabrina\\nKnight, of Gilsum was for many years with Parker,\\nGannett Co., of Boston he d. 1883.\\nBenjamin Aldrich Leven Nathan m. Ma-\\nhala Martin, dr. of David, Aug. 31, 1826; was a\\ncarpenter; lived in North Richmond; d. April 22,\\n1882. Had Almina, b. Jan. 31, 1827, m. David W.\\nWilliams; Charles b. Feb. 7, 1831 Anderson,\\nb- Oct. II, 1834 Phebe J., b. Jan. 16, 1843.\\nDavid B. Aldrich Levin Nathan ist m.\\nOlive Martin, dr. of David, Feb. i, 1835, she d.\\nJan. 17, 1840; 2d m. widow Narcissa M. Crooker,\\nNov. 4, 1840, she d. Oct. 21, 1842; 3d m. Atlanta\\nMartin, dr. of Jesse, Feb. 8, 1843, she d. Dec. 17,\\n1853 4th m. Elmira Hartwell, May 25, 1854, she\\nd. Aug. 24, 1863 5th m. Mary Whipple, dr. of\\n1", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 265\\nIsquire, July 6, 1864, she d. Jan. 14, 187 1 6th m.\\nwidow Martha Fisher, June 22, 187 1. He is a car-\\npenter; manufactured pails at North Richmond,\\n18^2-^6 has lived on the Nathaniel Taft place since\\n1850 has been selectman and representative to the\\nGeneral Court. Children by Olive: David II., b.\\nJan. 13, 1836; Luther, b. Sept. 24, 1837, d. Mar.\\n27, i860. Children by Narcissa Olive N., b. Nov.\\n14, 1841, m. Laton Martin, of Keene. Children by\\nElmira Daniel B., b. March 8, 1858 Myra F., b.\\nSept. 4, 1859; Attie H., b. Sept 8, 1861.\\nLuciiis Aldrich Levin Nathan m., Jan. 13,\\n1848, Lucy Martin, dr. of Robert. He removed to\\nFitchburg. He there became a carpenter and master\\nbuilder; was a member of the common council, and\\nprominent in the management of the affairs of the\\ncity. He d. Jan. 12, 1882; she d. Sept. 28,1874;\\nhad Mary L., b. 1858. He 2d m. widow Collister,\\nwho survives him.\\nHosea B. Aldrich Levin Nathan ist m.\\nEmily Martin, dr. of Leason, Oct. 26, 1848 2d m.\\nJulia A. Swan, dr. of Ambrose, April 29, 1882.\\nEmily d. April 12, 1881. By Emily, had Randall\\nH., b. June, 1850; Frederick L., b. May 5, 1856;\\nFanny M., b. April 11, 1859; Emily E., b. Oct. 23,\\n1864.\\nElbridgc Aldrich Luke Nathan m.\\nAmadon of Fitzwilliam. He removed to Worcester\\nwas a carpenter, and worked in Bradley s car-shop\\nfor many years. He d. Dec. 4, 1879.\\nRobert Aldrich Luke Nathan m. Eltheda,\\ndr. of Jeremiah Barrus, jr.. May 16, 1847. He was\\na cooper lived at the Derrick Hews place, at the", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "266 HISTORY OF THK\\nFour corners. He d. Feb. 27, 1877 had Emma J.,\\nb. Aug. 6, 1857, who married Elvin D. Stovvell, of\\nWinchester.\\nCharles W. Aldrich, son of Benjamin, m. Martha\\nA. Hill, of Fitzwilliam b. April 2, 1829 m. Dec. 20,\\n1859. resides at North Richmond, on his father s\\nplace. Had Elliot W., b. Oct 2, 1866.\\nAnderson Aldrich Benjamin Levin Nathan\\nm. Almira, dr. of Henry Ballou, sr. He lives in\\nSwansey.\\nD. Henry Aldrich, son of David B., m. Mary\\nNorwood, dr. of Charles Norwood. He lives in\\nOrange, Mass. She d. Jan. 2, 1863. Had a child,\\nd. in infancy.\\nJoseph Aldrich was f. s. on corner of L. 17, R. 3,\\non the west side of the road north of Benson s.\\nSands Aldrich, from Northbridge, 1836, m. Abi-\\ngail had Sylvester, Sands, Daniel W., and\\nSally, d. Oct. 15, 1836. He d. Jan. 26, 1855, aged\\n75 she d. Jan. 27, 1868, aged 83.\\nSylvester Aldrich Sands m. Sarah, dr. of\\nAbner Twitchell. He came to town about 1828;\\nlived at first on the Twitchell place 1845, he bought\\nof Augustus Cass the old Luke Cass farm, and there\\nresided until his death, Sept. 20, 1874, aged 69 had\\nno children. She died June 25, 1876, aged 74.\\nSands Aldrich, jr., Sands m. Betsy Amadon,\\ndr. of Jeremiah removed from town.\\nPaine Aldrich, son of Amasa, of Swansey, m.\\nHammond, sister of Joseph Newell, jr. s wife.\\nHe bouorht the Cook mills at North Richmond, 1820", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 267\\nhe built over, or repaired, the same. He removed to\\nWorcester about 1830, and there acquired a compe-\\ntency in building turn-tables. Had one son, Cy-\\nrenus, now living in Worcester.\\nALLEN.\\nThree bearing this name appear among the early\\nsettlers of the town Moses, Ezra, and Joseph sons\\nof Joseph and Lydia, of Mendon. The first two\\nsettled near each other, but Joseph bought a farm in\\nthe south-east part of the town. All of these came\\nabout 1767. Moses, only, permanently remained;\\nthe others removed from town prior to 1800. But\\nfew of the name remain. Jerahmeel and his son\\nEben are the only male representatives therein.\\nMoses Allen, b. Nov. 30, 1745, ist m. Comfort\\nBuftum, b. Dec. 10, 1745, dr. of Joseph Buftum, of\\nSmithfield, and sister of Jedediah Buffum. He\\nlocated on L. 9, R. 5, and built the house now stand-\\ning on the premises, 177 1. The farm is now owned\\nand occupied by Amos Martin. 2d m. Phebe Mc-\\nIntyre. Had ten children by Comfort, viz. Abra-\\nham, b. Sept. 25, 1768 Jerahmeel, b. May 11, 1770\\nMoses, b. May 25, 1772 Comfort, b. Aug. 12, 1774,\\nm. Silas Boyce Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1776, m.\\nReuben Bowen Abigail, b. Dec. 5, 1779, m. Moses\\nEmerson; Martha, b. June 3, 1781, m. Zephaniah\\nBowen; Margaret, b. Aug. 11, 1783, m. Martin\\nCass; Sally, b. June 30, 1786, m. Daniel Cass;\\nLydia, b. May 2, 1788, m. Sylvester Wicks, of\\nCranston, R. I. He d. 1824: Comfort d. Oct. 28,\\n1804 Phebe d. 1829.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF THE\\nEzra Allen, brother of Moses, b. Oct. i8, 1747, m.\\nLucy Mann, March 2, 1769: settled on the lot next\\nsouth, L. 8, R. 5. His house stood about forty rods\\nsouth of the road, on theridge towards the pond an old\\ncellar-place, and some fruit trees still indicate the spot.\\nHe was succeeded by his brother Olvin, who sold to\\nMoses Allen, jr. Ezra removed from town prior to\\n1789, and died in Mendon, 1813. Had two children\\nRuth, b. April 27, 1770, and Lydia, b. Dec. 3, 1772.\\nJosef h Allen, b. Jan. 7, 1755, m. Mollie Barne}\\ndr. of Constant, Dec. 27, 1776. He was the owner\\nof the farm of which Jonathan and Nathan Cook were\\nafterwards occupants. He sold to them. 1797\\nwas a soldier of the Revolution, and was in General\\nWashington s army in New York, 1777-\\nAbraham Allen Moses m. Kesiah Potter, Dec.\\n30, 1790. After his marriage he li^ed a few 3^ears\\non a place between Tully Brook and Danvers Mar-\\ntin s, on the north side of the road. A few old apple\\ntrees are still about the old house spot. He re-\\nmoved to Croydon, N. H., about 1800. Had three\\nchildren.\\nJerahmeel Allen Moses ist m. Mary Thurber,\\ndr. of Hezekiah, April 19, 1792 2d m. Rachel\\nEmerson, of Stoddard, Oct. 4, 1798 Mary d. Sept.\\n14, 1793. Had by Mary, Lilburn, b. April 5, 1793\\nand by Rachel had seven children, viz. Melancy,\\nb. Sept. 2, 1799, ist m. Otis Cass, 2d m. Nathaniel\\nKingsley Hannah, b. April 18, 1802, m. Nathaniel\\nKingsley Ezra, b. Oct. i, 1805; Varnum, b. Oct.\\n8, 1810; Lamira, b. Aug. 25, 1812: Mary, b. Oct.\\n2, 1814, m. Winslow Taylor; Orrin M., b. April 30,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 269\\n1817. He bought the east part of his father s farm.\\nHis buildings stood on the north side of the road,\\nnearly opposite of where Benjamin Bliss now lives.\\nHe removed to the place now owned by Nathaniel\\nHills about 1839, 1852, he, together with his\\nsons, Varnum and Orrin M., removed to Tioga\\nCounty, Penn. He was a blacksmith, and had a\\nshop near his first place of residence. The buildings\\non the old place have been removed. He was over\\n90 when he died.\\nMoses Allen, jr. Moses m. Mary Dow, dr. of\\nNehemiah Dow, of Salisbury, N. H., Oct. 29, 1795.\\nHad nine children, viz. Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1796,\\nm. Elijah Arnold, of Smithfield; Judith, b. Jan. 26,\\n1798, m. Jonathan M. Dow; Comfort, b. April 13,\\n1800, m. Daniel Johnson, of Lynn; Buffum, b. 1802,\\nm. Eunice Allen, and lived in Lynn Ruth, b. Dec.\\n27, 1802, ist m. David Randall, 2d m. Obed Hark-\\nness Joanna, b. 1805, m. Richard Bowen Samuel\\nD., b. 1807; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 8, 1809, m. Sumner\\nHewitt, and lives at Eagle Grove, Wright Co., Iowa\\nIsquire S., d. young. He bought of his uncle Olvin,\\nabout 1795, the farm now owned and occupied by\\nMrs. S. D. Allen, and built the house now standing\\non the same about i8i2- i5. He d. 1861, aged 89;\\nshe d. 1843, aged 77.\\nLilhuni AUcn Jerahmeel Moses ist m. Zil-\\npah Cass., dr. of Jonathan, Nov. 9, 181 5 2d m.\\nwidow Esther Whitcomb, dr. of Wilderness Martin.\\nBy Zilpah he had Lilburn, b. July 23, 1817, who m.\\nwidow Elizabeth Dustin, and removed to Pennsyl-\\nvania and there d. April. 1880; Moses Ancil, b. Aug.\\n3, 1821, m. Elvira Whipple, dr. of Otis, sr. Mary,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "270 HISTORY OF THE\\nb. Feb. 27, 1825, m. Z. Anson Cass; Zimri, b. Oct.\\n8, 1828, m. Amie Martin, dr. of Stephen, from Bar-\\nton, Vt. All of these children moved to Pennsyl-\\nvania, except Moses A., who lives in Fitzwilliam.\\nBy Esther he had Asa W., b. July 18, 1836, and\\nJerahmeel, b. Dec. 7, 1837. Mr. Lilburn, sr., lived\\non the farm north of the old Paul Boyce place, and\\nsold the same to his sons Asa W. and Jerahmeel, and\\nwent to Tioga County, Penn., and lived with his son\\nZimri, where he d. March 20, 1881. Zilpah d. June\\n14, 1835, aged 43. Esther d. 1865.\\nEzra Allen Jerahmeel Moses m. Emily\\nMartin, dr. of John, son of Wilderness, and removed\\nto Tioga County, Penn., 1848. Had Hannah, b.\\nSept. I, 1845 Ethan, b. Aug. 12, 1847.\\nSantucl D. Allen Moses Moses ist m. Har-\\nriet Butteriield, dr. of lawyer Erastus Butterfield 2d\\nm., April 12, 1866, Martha A. Foster, of Ashby.\\nBy Harriet he had two sons, viz. Moses, b. 1842,\\nand Milton, b. 1844. Moses enlisted in Company F.,\\n14th New Hampshire regiment, and was killed at the\\nbattle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Milton\\nhad the misfortune to lose a leg, which was ampu-\\ntated at Keene. He removed to Wright County,\\nIowa, when he d. 1882. By Martha A. he had one\\ndr., Lizzie A., b. March, 1867, m. Eben S. Allen,\\nOct. 25, 1882. Samuel D. bought his grandfather\\nAllen s farm, and built the house now occupied by\\nMrs. W. C. Jillson. He moved to Wright county,\\nIowa, 1856, but returned at the breaking out of the\\nSioux war, and lived a while in the Friends meeting-\\nhouse, which he bought and repaired for a dwel-\\nling. He removed again to his father s place from", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "I\\nTOWN OF RICHMOND. 27 1\\nthence he went to Ashby, where he d. 1870, aged 63.\\nHis wife Harriet d. April 12, 1865, aged 56.\\nMoses A. Allen, son of Lilburn, m., June 30, 1857,\\nElvira, dr. of Otis Whipple; lives in Fitzwilliam, on\\nthe Phineas Howe place. No children.\\nAsa W. Allen, son of Lilburn, m. June 17, 1871,\\nEllen S. Wells. He lived with his brother Jerahmeel\\non the home place a while, and then removed to the\\nfarm formerly owned by George Handy. He d., by\\nsuicide. May 8, 1876. Left no children.\\nycrahmcel Allen, son of Lilburn, ist m. Melissa J.\\nSwan, dr. of Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, Dec. 9,\\n1S60; 2d m. Lydia L. Bovven, dr. of Zimri, June 29,\\n1875. Had by Melissa J., Eben S., b. Jan. 25,\\n1861. He is the present proprietor of the old Wake-\\nfield tavern at the Four corners. Melissa J. d. March\\n28, 1868. Had by Lydia, Asa Z., b. April 8, 1876\\nd. in infancy.\\nEben S. Allen Jerahmeel son of Lilburn, ra.,\\nOct. 25, 1882, Lizzie A. Allen, dr. of Samuel D.,\\nand lives on the farm with his wife s mother. Had\\nAsa S., b. April 28, 1883.\\nAMADON.\\nyereniiah Aniadon, b. March 31, 1780, m. Abigail\\nHarvvood, b. March 30, 1781 came from Uxbridge\\nto Svvansey, 1816 moved to Richmond, 1819; lived\\nat various places in town finally bought the old\\nDeacon John Cass farm, known as the Simeon Cook\\nplace, 1841. He d. Dec. 14, 1865, aged 87 she d.\\nAug. 16, 1871, aged 92. Had Maria, m. Loamma\\nGreen Abigail, m. Luther C. Curtis Cyrel, b.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF THE\\nApril 2, 1812; Mcirtin, b. Aug., 1818 Betsy, m.\\nSands Aldrich, jr. Perley, b. July 15, 1821.\\nCyrcl Amadou Jeremiah m., Nov. 27, 1834,\\nAdaline, dr. of Richard Weeks lives at the Four\\ncorners, on the place built by A W. Bassett. Had\\nAlonzo, b. in Swansey, Aug. 19, 1835, d. Jan. 16,\\n1838 Frank, b. June 16, 1837 Andrew, b. Feb. 14,\\n1840 Julia, b. July 4, 1843 Henry, b. April 28,\\n1845 Estella, b. Aug. 20, 1850, d. Sept. 21, 1865.\\nPcrlcy Amadou^ m., Nov. 29, 1843, Keziah, dr. of\\nJohn Starkey lives on the Simon Cook farm, in a\\nhouse once owned by William Weeks. Had Mary\\nA., b. Feb. 26, 1845, m. Orlan Whipple; Edwin E.,\\nb. Sept. 29, 1848; George E., d. in infancy.\\nFrank Amadou Cyrel Jeremiah m. Hattie\\nJ., dr. of Silas Whipple, the son of Otis she d. 1876\\nlives near the Sprague mills is engaged in the lum-\\nber business. Had by Hattie J. Enez R., b. May\\n9, 1863 Emma E., b. June 16, 1867 two d. in in-\\nfancy 2d m., Nov. 14, 1881, Lydia O., dr. of\\nAlvan Barrus. Had by her an infant, b. Jan. 17,\\n1883.\\nAndrew Amadou Cyrel Jeremiah m. Sil-\\noria, dr. of Zerah C. Goddard lives on the Zerah\\nGoddard place, and owns the Sprague mills. Had\\nWillie A., b. April 3, 1872; Daisy B., b. July 30,\\n1877.\\nHenry Amadou Cyrel Jeremiah m. Lucy\\nCombs lives on the Abraham Arnold place.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 273\\nAMES.\\nLuther Ames, from Brockton, Mass., ist m. Mary\\nA. Spinney. She d. Feb. 25, 1880, aged 50; 2d\\nm. Harriet L. widow of Ozra T. Cass, 1883. He\\nlived on the Seth Curtis place from 1878 to 1881, and\\nnow resides on his wife s place.\\nANDERSON.\\nJames Anderson, from Rhode Island, m. Nancy\\nParks. She d. 1873. Had seven children, three of\\nwhom live in town, viz. Martha J., James B., and\\nMina R.\\nJames B. Anderson James m. Melissa J.\\nSimonds lives in the Bowman Howe house.\\nARNOLD.\\nAbraham Arnold, m., Feb. 13, 1794, Mary Bar-\\nrus, dr. of Abraham Barrus. He lived on the Elisha\\nBrigham place, now occupied b} Henry Amadou.\\nHe removed to New York. Had Sarah, b. Oct. 29,\\n1794.\\nAugustus Arnold, from Winchester, bought the\\nThornton mills about 1848. Had Andrew S., Au-\\ngustus, and Lucy, who d. 1863. He d. Dec. 19,\\n1865.\\nAndretu S. Arnold, son of Augustus, m Emeline\\nE. Kimpton, dr. of Samuel lived with his father is\\nnow in Somerville, Mass.\\nATHERTON.\\nJonathan and Solomon Atherton, from Attleboro\\nwere among the first settlers. The year the\\\\ came\\n18", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF THE\\nwe are unable to determine from any record at hand,\\nbut incline to the belief that they may have made\\ntheir entry as early as 1762 but the time tradition\\nsays they were here was 1758, which is quite doubt-\\nful. Jonathan Atherton m. Amey Saben, Dec. 6, 1770.\\nHad nine children, viz. Jonathan, b. Oct. 27, 1771,\\nd. Oct. 29, 1771 Orinde, b. Jan. 30, 1774, d. March\\n13, 1774; Jonathan, b. Jan. 17, 1776, d. young;\\nPeltiah, b. Jan. 31, 1778, d. Feb. 26, 1778; Saben,\\nb. Jan. 15, 1779 Jonathan, b. March 11, 1781 Amey,\\nb. Oct. 28, 1783, m. James Kelton Sarah, b. Dec.\\n28, 178-, m. Samuel Bliss Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1790,\\nm. Patience Tyler, and moved to Attleboro Mr.\\nAtherton settled on L. 3, R. 12, and the place has\\nbeen kept in the family name to the present time.\\nHe d. Aug. 20, 1814, aged 76 she d. April 23, 1800,\\naged 53.\\nSaben Athei ton Jonathan m. Nancy Reed,\\nJan., 1806. Had Alvan, b. Nov. 9, 1806; Amey, b.\\nJune 26, 1813, m. Willard Forbes. He, together\\nwith his brother Jonathan, lived on the old home-\\nstead. He was on the board of selectmen three\\nyears. He d. Feb. 22, 1841, aged 62 she d. Nov.\\n29, 1832, aged 49.\\nJonathan Atherton^ jr. Jonathan m. Azubah\\nBliss of Royalston. Had nine children, viz. Jonathan\\nB., b. Dec. 29, 1810; Samuel, b. March 26, 1812\\nMary, b. Feb. 27, 1815, m. Asahel Jewell, d. Sept.\\n30, 1881 Eliza, b. Jan. 11, 1817, d. Sept. 20,\\n1849; Rhoda, b. Feb. 11, 1819, d. Jan. 31, 1824;\\nJulia A., b. June 11, 1821, d. June 12, 1824;\\nSarah N., b. April 14, 1823, d. Jan. 11, 1824; Rhoda\\nE., b. Feb. 10, 1826, d. Sept. 28, 1880, m. Henry", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 275\\nHolman William, b. April 4, 1828, m. Emily A.\\nBliss. He, with his brother Saben, inherited their\\nfather s farm, and lived together in the same house.\\nHe removed to Winchester, 1835. He was a justice\\nof the peace, representative to the General Court five\\ntimes, selectman seven years, and moderator at the\\nannual meetings fifteen years.\\nAlvan Athcrton Saben Jonathan m. Mary\\nAnn Stearns, of Warwick, June 10, 1835. He re-\\nmained on the old homestead, and had the whole\\nfarm after his uncle moved to Winchester. He was\\non the board of selectmen four years. Had eight\\nchildren, viz.: Nancy A., b. May 22, 1836; A.\\nHalsey, b. Aug. 12, 1837: Eunice x\\\\., b. Feb. 14,\\n1839, Sept. 24, 1841 Ann M., b. July 13, 1840,\\nd. Oct. 10, 1841 Arlon S., b. April 4, 1842 Maria\\nA., b. April 9, 1844, d. Dec. 27, 1867 William S.,\\nb. March 7, 1846; David L., b. March 9, 1848, d.\\nOct. 4, 1871. He d. Dec. 28, 1863 she d. Nov. 12,\\n1876.\\nA. Halsey At her ton, son of Alvan, m. Esther S.\\nSwan, dr. of James, June 19, 1868. He lived on the\\nold place until the house built by his great-grand-\\nfather was destroyed by fire, 1878. Since then he\\nhas removed to Winchester. None bearing the x\\\\th-\\nerton name now remain in town. Had four children\\nMary E., b. April 6, 1869; Cora L., b. June 10,\\n1872 James A., b. May 9, 1876; Willie S., b. July\\n20, 1881 d. Feb. 19, 1882.\\nSolomon Athcrton ist m. Doroty 2d m. Marv\\nAlexander, Jan. 9, 1794. Had by Doroty Samuel,\\nb. Aug. 27, 1766; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1768;\\nSimeon, b. Dec. 31, 1769: Rufus, b. May 3, 1773.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "276 HISTORY OF THE\\nBy Mary had Lemuel, b. April 27, 1778, d. 1851.\\nHis place was on L. 4, R. 12, and generally known\\nas the Reuben Rich place. The buildings are now\\ndemolished, and the farm is growing up to wood.\\nHe d. Nov. 15, 1813, aged 73.\\nSimeon Athcrton Solomon m. Peggy Barrus,\\ndr. of John Barrus, April 17, 1797. No other record\\nof family.\\nBABCOCK.\\nEbenezer Babcock, from Swansey, m. Mahala, dr.\\nof Hon. Joseph Weeks. He served apprenticeship\\nwith Daniel Bassett at the tanning and currying\\nbusiness, removed to Winchester about 1830. Re-\\nmained there a short time, and then removed to\\nS wanton, Vt., and from thence went to Blackhawk\\nCounty, Iowa., where he bought a large tract of\\nland, and was at last account engaged in farming\\nand in land speculation.\\nBAKER.\\nEleazer Baker blacksmith, lived in the corner-\\nhouse, opposite Peregrine Wheeler s, from 1806 to\\n1814, and worked in the shop at that place.\\nBALL.\\nDaniel Ball, from Troy, m., Dec. 3, 1815, Han-\\nnah, dr. of Elder Nathaniel BoUes lived a while on\\nthe road west of Elias Taylor s, about 1840. No\\nrecord of family.\\nBALLARD.\\nDr. Stepheyi Ballard, m. sister of Josiah Hix. He\\nlived on the place which was south of Dennis Hark-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 277\\nness and now constitutes a part of his farm. Had\\nAnna, m. Joseph Weeks, Esq. and a son, Silas.\\nBALLOU.\\nFour famihes of Ballous and their descendants\\ncomprise all of the name that have lived in town.\\nMarturin, James, and Jesse, were nearly the first\\non their respective lots, although on James as\\nalso on Jesse s, there probably was a part cleared\\nand a loiT-house on the same, before he came.\\nJared, who came some years after the others,\\nbought an improved farm. All the Ballous now\\nliving in town are descendants of James. The an-\\ncestral head of nearly all the Ballous from Rhode\\nIsland, was Maturin Ballou, an immigrant to Provi-\\ndence, R. I., about 1640, who was contemporary\\nwith Roger Williams, and has been described as a\\nFrench Huguenot, and in some publications of a\\nrecent date as a minister of the Baptist faith, the\\nlatter of which was probably incorrect.\\nThe Maturin- Ballou Faj)iily.\\nThe following items of interest in relation to the\\ngenealogy of the family, with general remarks relating\\nto various members of the same, are extracted from\\nthe biography of Hosea Ballou\\nIn relation to the genealogy of the family, we have it in detail as\\nfar back, on the paternal side, as his great-great-grandfather, Mat-\\nteaurian Ballou, so the name was spelled by him, who came\\nfrom England, though a Frenchman by descent, about the year\\n1640. He occupied a portion of a royal grant of land about that\\ntime purchased from the Narragansett tribe of Indians by an agent\\nof the crown; this tract was situated in the present state of Rhode", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nIsland, where descendants of the family still reside. This Matteau-\\nrian Ballou s oldest son was named John, whose second son was\\nnamed Matteaurian, who also had a son named Matteaurian, who in\\nturn had eleven children six sons and five daughters, the youngest\\nof the family being named Hosea, the subject of these memoirs.\\nHis father. Rev. Maturin Ballou, was remarkable for his unosten-\\ntatious manner, his forgiving spirit and meekness, and the strict\\nconsistency of a life devoted, as he truly believed, to the service and\\nglory of his Divine Master. He remained a highly respected and\\ninfluential member of the Baptist church until the time of his death,\\nat the age of eighty-two years. Benjamin, the oldest, was a man of\\nstrict integrity, and possessed a penetrating and powerful intellect.\\nFor some years the power of early influences and associations\\nmoulded his life, and he preached the Baptist religion, but was sub-\\nsequently converted to Universalism by his younger brother Hosea,\\nand lived and died in its faith, continuing to the good old age of\\neighty-two. This was the grandfather of Rev. Dr. Ballou of Med-\\nford, Mass., Rev. Wm. S. Ballou, of Staflford, Vt., and Rev. Levi\\nBallou of Orange, Mass. David was the third son, and he also\\npreached tlie Baptist faith, but like the eldest brother, was erelong\\npersuaded of the truth of the doctrine of universal salvation, which\\nhe preached for many years, possessing a strong and well balanced\\nmind and powerful argumentative abilities. He died at the age of\\neightvtwo. This was the father of Rev. Moses Ballou of Bridge-\\nport, Ct. The fourth son was named Nathan, a man of remarkable\\nmental and physical strength, who gave his attention mainly to ag-\\nricultural pursuits, and who lived to be nearly eighty years of age.\\nThis was the grandfather of Rev. Russell A. Ballou of West Bridge-\\nwater, Mass. Stephen was the fifth son, and combining many of\\nthe best qualities of his elder brothers, and possessing a most up-\\nright and conscientious disposition, was yet remarkable for the en-\\ndowment of a large degree of native wit and humor. He also de-\\nvoted himself to agriculture, and lived to nearly the age of seventy.\\nAll these brothers were possessed of a handsome competencj real-\\nized by their own economy and industry. The daughters were\\nvariously espoused, and lived, all but one, who died at the age of\\ntwenty, to be venerable and honored in years, and with a numerous\\noft spring.\\nOn the maternal side these children were descended from Lydia\\nHarris, daughter of Richard Harris, who, like his ancestors, was a\\nQiiaker. His forefathers came to this country to escape the persecu-\\ntion of the seventeenth century in England, when the infatuated\\nCharles was oppressing his subjects by restricting the freedom of\\nindustry and billeting soldiers upon the people in times of peace,\\nwhen the private papers of citizens were searched on mere suspic-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 279\\nion, and when the bigoted Laud ruled with as high a hand and reck-\\nless a purpose in the church as his royal master did in the state.\\nCitizens claiming the right of freely uttering what thev honestly\\nbelieved to be true on the subject of religion were fined, whipped,\\nand imprisoned. Ministers and educated citizens were branded on\\nthe forehead, their noses slit and their ears cropped for dissenting\\nfrom Popish rites and ceremonies. To escape such intolerable per-\\nsecution Quakers crossed the ocean. But, alas persecution fol-\\nlowed them even in the wilds of America. Individuals who had left\\nhome, friends, country, and all for the privilege of worshipping the\\nAlmighty after the dictates of their own consciences, did not hesitate\\nto deny others that privilege for which they had themselves sacri-\\nficed so much, simply because theydiflfered from them in form o\\nfaith.\\nRev. Maturin Ballon, the first minister in Rich-\\nmond, was b. Oct. 30, 1722 m. Lydia, dr. of\\nRichard Harris, of Smithfield, R. I. was father of\\nthe celebrated Rev. Hosea Ballon, and was the\\nfourth in descent from the original Maturin afore-\\nnamed and his lineage runs through Peter, his\\nfather, to John, his grandfather, who was the eldest\\nson of the first Maturin hence the subject of our\\nnotice was the great-grandson of the first ot the\\nname. Rev. Thomas Whittemore, speaking of Ma-\\nturin, in his Life of Hosea Ballou, says that\\nMaturin was not educated for the ministry, but he began to\\npreach in Smithfield, 1752, at the age of 30. He preached in Paw-\\ntucket, and also at Scituate, and thence he removed to Richmond,\\n1767 or 1768. Richmond had been settled by a few families from\\nMassachusetts and Rhode Island, about 1757, and among others\\nwere Anthony and Uriah Harris, brothers of Maturin s wife. She\\nalso had two sisters, Mrs. Sweet and Mrs. Phillips.\\nOn making a visit to these relatives, he was in-\\nvited to take up his abode among them, which soon\\nafter he did, in 1768. He was by trade a maker of\\nold-time spinning wheels, and these he continued to\\nmake for many years. -His first wife died 1773, and", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF THE\\nhe m. Lydia Blois, of Attleboro 1774. By his\\nfirst wife he had eleven children. He d. 1805, and\\nwas buried in the Benson cemetery, marked by a\\nstone inscribed with simpl} the letters M. B.\\nMary, b. in Rhode Island, Oct. 30, 1745, m. David\\nBullock, Oct 17, 1771 Benjamin, b. Nov. 8, 1747,\\nmoved to Vermont, was grandfather of Hosea, 2d;\\nAmey, b. June 6, 1750, d. 6 years old; Lydia, b.\\nOct. 21, 1852, m. Samuel Moses of Warwick, Feb.\\nII, 1773; Maturin, b. July 8, 1755, was a Baptist\\npreacher, d. at the age of 35 David, b. Sept. 15,\\n1758; Nathan, b. Sept. 9, 1760, m. Mary Holbrook\\nand moved to Vermont; Sarah, b. May 4, 1763, m.\\nMoses Wheaton, Oct. 14, 1781 Phebe, b. May 24,\\n1765, d. young; Stephen, b. in Richmond, Sept. 6,\\n1768, removed to the state of New York; Hosea,\\nb. in Richmond, April 30, 1871 m. Ruth Wash-\\nburn.\\nNathan Ballon Maturin m. Mary Holbrook,\\ndr. of Peter, Nov. 19, 1786. He remained on the\\nold place with his father until about 1804, when\\nhe removed to Munroe, Mass., where he d. Aug. 4,\\n1838, aged 78 years. Had seven children, viz.\\nMaturin, b. March 19, 1788 Lydia, b. Jan. 29,\\n1790; Polly, b. April 11, 1792; Raney, b. March\\nII, 1795 Olive, b. March 26, 1797 Anna, b. April\\nII, 1799; Moses, b. Aug. 18, 1800.\\nDavid Ballon Maturin ist m. Mercy Harris,\\ndr. of Anthony, Jan. 7, 1781 2d m. Polly Gushing,\\nof Putney, Vt., Feb. 6, 1791 3d m. Chloe T3der,\\ndr. of Moses Tyler, Esq., April 2, 1798. He settled\\nnear the old road leading from the Crooker place to\\nDavid Buftum s, on L. 11, R. 7, 1787. He removed", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 281\\nto Munroe, Mass., about 1800. He began preach-\\ning, 1789, at the age of 31 was first a Baptist, but\\nafterwards a Universalist, which faith he continued\\nto preach in Munroe and neighboring towns, until\\nnearly the close of his life. He d. Dec. 20, 1840,\\naged 83. His wife Mercy d. April 28, 1789; PoU}^\\nd. May 11, 1797: Chloe d. about 1846. Had nine\\nchildren, viz. By Mercy, had Tamar, b. April 20,\\n1784, m. Jonathan Frost, of Sudbury Levi, b. Aug.\\n29, 1785 Silas, b. Jan. 27, 1789. By Polly had\\nLeavitt, b. Sept. 20, 1792 David, b. Sept. 28, 1796.\\nBy Chloe had Chloe, b. July 23, 1799, Rev.\\nJoseph Barber; Mercy H., b. Nov. 27, 1800; Moses,\\nb. May 24, 1811 John, b. March 16, 1813.\\nHosca Ballon Maturin m. Ruth Washburn, of\\nWilliamstovvn, 1796. The following brief sketch of\\nthe life of Richmond s most distinguished son is taken\\nfrom the Life of Hosea Ballou, written by his son\\nMaturin M. Ballou, of Boston\\nHosea Ballou was born April 30, 1771, in the town of Richmond,\\nN. n., a small village situated in the county of Cheshire, in the\\nsouthern part of the state, at that time little more than an un-\\ncleared wilderness. The site of his birthplace is now a most\\nattractive place in a valley scooped out from the rough hills and\\nmountains of the granite state, and known as Ballou s dale, sur-\\nrounded by the most romantic scenery, the beauties of which he\\nused to dwell upon in after years, and to sing their praise in verse.\\nThe neighboring country is of a bold and rugged character, and is\\nto this day but thinly settled. It was here that he first drew\\nbreath in an humble cottage home among the hills. At the age of\\nsixteen he left the paternal roof for the first time, and made a\\njourney to Guilford, Vt. ,a distance of about forty miles from Rich-\\nmond. Here he visited an elder brother, and after working with\\nhim upon his farm through the season, returned to his father s\\nhouse again in the fall. About one year from the time of his first\\nvisit to Guilford, he visited another brother, who resided in Putney,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF THE\\nVt. where he also labored for a season upon the farm, and in the\\nfall returned to Richmond. At the age of 18, he went to Smith-\\nfield, R. I., where many of his relatives on the paternal side were\\nsettled. He remained in Smithfield but about six months, again\\nreturning to the place of his nativity. At the agebf 19, there being\\nwhat was termed a reformation in the town of Richmond, Mr.\\nBallou was induced, believing it to be his duty, to become a pro-\\nfessor of religion, and accordingly at that time joined the Baptist\\nchurch of which his father was pastor, in the month of January,\\n1789. He soon after attended a school at the; Friends meeting-\\nhouse, and there first studied grammar; afterwards went to the\\nChesterfield academy one or two terms. He commenced preaching\\nUniversalism when he was twenty years of age. He became a\\nsettled minister in the town of Dana in i794- 95, and supplied the\\nsocieties of Oxford and Charton. When he was 30 years old, he\\nwas induced to accept of the invitations of the towns of Woodstock,\\nHartland, and Barnard, Vt. making the latter place his home.\\nAfter the expiration of six years from the time of his first settle-\\nment in Barnard, he accepted the invitation of the society of Ports-\\nmouth, N. H., 1807. He removed to Salem, 1815, and from thence\\nto Boston, after remaining in Salem a little more than two years,\\nand became the pastor of the second Universalist society. He was\\nthen 45 years old. He was installed, Dec. 15, 1817, in the church\\nwhich was built with the avowed purpose of obtaining his minis-\\nterial services, and here he continued to preach to the people for\\nover thirty-five years. He was the editor of the Universalist\\nMagazine and Universalist Expositor, and the author of\\nvarious works on theology. He departed this life, June 7, 1852,\\naged Si years.\\nHosea Ballou always retained a strong attachment\\nto the place of his nativity, which often found ex-\\nexpression in verse. His biographer says\\nHe was often inspired to pour out his feelings in song after visit-\\ning Richmond and the haunts of his youth, for his heart was full\\nof the memories of those days that had endeared the spot to him.\\nThe following lines upon this subject were com-\\nposed for his children to sing with instrumental\\naccompaniment, and are written in the metre of one\\nof his favorite songs, the air of Dumbarton s Bonny\\nBelle", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "XiiCtrrrnra by H. W Si:^\\ny^^^^^^y^t^ ^^l/^^^^ t:^L-^^", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 283\\nBailouts Dell.\\nThere are no hills in Hampshire New,\\nNo valleys half so fair,\\nAs those which spread before the view\\nIn merry Richmond, where\\nI first my mortal race began.\\nAnd passed my youthful days\\nWhere first I saw the golden sun.\\nAnd felt his warming rays.\\nThere is no spot in Richmond where\\nFond m.emory loves to dwell,\\nAs on the glebe outspreading there\\nIn Ballou s blithsome dell.\\nThere are no birds that sing so sweet\\nAs those upon the spray,\\nWhere, from the brovi^ of Grassy hill,\\nComes forth the morning ray.\\nI nnumbered flowers, the pride of spring.\\nAre born to flourish there,\\nAnd round them mellow odors fling\\nThrough all the ambient air.\\nThere purling springs have charms for me\\nThat vulgar brooks ne er give,\\nA.nd winds breathe sweeter down the lea\\nThan where magnolias live\\nThe Jaynes-Ballou Family.\\nyamcs Ballon, b. Dec. lo, 1723, was the son of\\nJames, who was the son of James, the second son of\\nthe first Maturin, whose pedigree runs James James\\nJames Maturin consequently great-grandson to\\nthe latter, m. June 7, 1744, Tamasin, dr. of Daniel\\nCook, of Mendon. She was b. June j6, 1725 2d m.\\nwid. Huldah Carpenter, June 19, 1806, probably a near", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "284 HISTORY OF THE\\nrelative of Ozial s wife. He came from Cumberland,\\n1773, being fifty years of age, and settled on the farm\\nwhere Ozial, Esek, and Henry Ballou have since\\nlived. The place previously appears to have been\\noccupied by one Thos. Josslin, of whom we only know\\nthat he had a wife and five children. Mr. Ballou\\nhad a family of 11 children, all born before he came.\\nHe d. Jan. 21, 1812, aged 89. Tamasin d. Apr. 25,\\n1804, aged 79. His children were Seth, b. Feb. 20,\\n1748 Olive, b. May 13, 1751, m. Preserved Whipple\\nSilas, b. Feb. 24, 1753 Susanna, b. June 16, 1755, m.\\nNathan Harkness Ozial, b. Jul} 11, 1757 Tamasin,\\nb. June 29, 1759, Ebenezer Swan James, b.\\nApril 25, 1761 Russell, b. July 11, 1763 Aaron, b.\\nSept. 25, 1766 Daniel, b. May 26, 1768, and Priscilla,\\nb. Jan. 3, 1772, m. Nathaniel Bullock, Feb. 28, 1790.\\nShe d. Mar. 10, 1793. She had Esther, b. Apr. 30,\\n1791 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 23, 1793.\\nScth Ballon James m. widow Margaret Hil-\\nton, settled on the lot east of his father, L. 4, R. 3\\nthe place recently occupied by James Ballou. He\\nwas in the company that marched to the defence of\\nTiconderoga in the war of the Revolution, 1777.\\nHe d. Sept. 15, 1778. His widow m. a Mr. Garish,\\nand d. 1808. Had Seth, b. Sept. 21, 1767 John, b.\\nMarch 5, 1774, m. Nov. 29, 1792, Betsey, dr. of John\\nPickering, moved to Wallingford, Vt. Margaret, m.\\nJohn Benson, settled in Jackson, Penn. Hattie, m.\\nJames Dandly, and settled in Attica, N. Y.\\nSilas Ballon James m. Hannah Hilton, April\\n17, 1774. His farm was partly in Royalston, and the\\nstate line passed through his house. His residence", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 285\\nfor town purposes was conceded to be in Richmond.\\nDavid Bullock appears to have been the first settler on\\nthe place, and probably built the old house which\\nstood on the line. The farm recently was owned and\\noccupied by widow Lucy Paine. The present build-\\nings are some rods south of the old house spot, and\\nwholly in Royalston. He did service for his country\\nas a privateersman in the Revolutionary war, but in\\nwhat vessel, or from what port he sailed, does not\\nappear. He was a school-teacher, and frequently\\nkept a school at his house during the winter months.\\nHe was well versed in the common branches and in\\nthe higher mathematics. A knowledge of these he\\nacquired without the assistance of schools or col-\\nleges, being pre-eminently self-educated. He had a\\nspecial genius for writing poetry was author of a\\nhymn-book, also of many popular songs of the period,\\nand poems on miscellaneous subjects. He died 1837,\\nand was buried in a small yard beside the road on\\nhis farm, and no stone marks the last resting-place\\nof the earthly remains of Richmond s greatest poet.\\nHad seven children, viz. Silas, b. April 5, 1777\\nSusanna, b. Dec. 17, 1779, m. Benjamin Mann;\\nPatience, b. June 22, 1782, m. Abner Dawson, of\\nShrewsbury, Vt. Rebecca, b. 1784; Urania, b.\\nAug. 19, 1786, m. Ezekiel Streeter Silvia, b. May\\n23, 1788, m. Thomas Boyce Olney, b. Aug. 8,\\n1797. The following, entitled Perry s Victory,\\nwhich was written soon after that historic event, and\\nwas widely circulated throughout the country, and\\nHymn No. 113, selected from his hymn book, are\\nfair specimens of his style of versification. He d.\\nMay 27, 1837 she d. Feb. 10, 1837", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "286 HISTORY OF THE\\nPerry s Victory Old Song.\\nYe tars of Columbia! give ear to my story,\\nWho fought with brave Perry where cannons did roar,\\nYour valor has gained you an immortal glory,\\nA fame that shall last until time is no more.\\nColumbian tars are the true sons of Mars,\\nThey rake fore and aft when they fight on the deep;\\nOn the bed of Lake Erie, commanded by Perry,\\nThey caused many a Briton to take his last sleep.\\nOn the tenth of September, let us all remember,\\nAs long as the earth on its axis rolls round.\\nOur tars and marines on Lake Erie were seen\\nTo make the proud flag of Great Britain come down,\\nThe van of our fleet the British did meet.\\nCommanded by Perry, the La-\\\\vrence bore down\\nThe guns they did roar with such terrific power\\nThat savages trembled at the dreadful sound.\\nThe Lawrence sustained a most dreadful fire;\\nShe fought well for one or two glasses or more\\nAnd Perry undaunted did firmly stand by her,\\nAnd on the proud foe heavy broadsides did pour.\\nHer masts being shattered, her rigging all tattered.\\nHer booms and her yards being all shot away,\\nAnd few men left on deck to manage the wreck,\\nOur hero on board her no longer could stay.\\nIn this situation, the pride of our nation\\nSure heaven had guarded unhurt all the while;\\nWhile many a hero maintaining his station,\\nFell close by his side and was thrown on the pile.\\nRegardless of danger, to fear quite a stranger\\nHe ordered the sailors the pinnace to launch.\\nWith his star banner waving, of all perils now braving,\\nHe quitted the wreck for a vessel more staunch.\\nThe bold British lion now roared his last thunder.\\nAs Perry attacked him close in the rear;\\nBut Columbia s eagle soon made him crouch under.\\nAnd roar out for quarter as soon you shall hear.\\nOh had you been there, I vow and declare.\\nSo great a fight you had ne er seen before\\nSix or eight bloody flags no longer could wag.\\nAll laid at the feet of our bold commodore.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 287\\nBrave Elliot, whose valor must now be lecorded,\\nOn board the Niagara he well played his part,\\nHis gallant assistance to Perry afforded,\\nWe place him the second on Lake Erie s chart,\\nIn the midst of the battle where guns they did rattle.\\nThe Lawrence a wreck and her men most all slain,\\nAway he did steer and brought up the rear,\\nAnd by this manoeuvre the victory did gain.\\nThe battle thus ended, the victory splendid,\\nRejoiced every freeman that loves the fair land,\\nTo find that our seainen, tho but sturdy freemen,\\nCould cope with John Bull on the sea or the land.\\nThe whole British fleet was captured complete,\\nNot one single vessel from us got away.\\nAnd prisoners some hundreds, Columbians wondered\\nTo see them all anchored and moored in our bay.\\nMay heaven still smile on the shades of these heroes,\\nWho fought in this conflict their country to save\\nTo check the proud spirit of the murdering Neroes\\nWho wish to divide us and make us all slaves.\\nColumbians smg and make the woods ring.\\nAnd toast the brave heroes by sea and by land;\\nWhile Britons drink sherry, Columbians Perry,\\nAnd pass it around with a full glassin hand.\\nHymn CXIII.\\nSalvation injiniic, but faith and hope jinite.\\nCome, let us take a short survey-.\\nAnd see what s from an endless day;\\nCome, let us search with faithful eyes.\\nAnd see what doth in time arise.\\nSalvation was in Christ the Son,\\nBefore Creation was begun\\nFrom endless ages it was sure,\\nTo endless ages will endure.\\nBut things that do to time pertain,\\nWill pass away in tiine again\\nAll that begins in time, my friend.\\nIn time will surelv have an end.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "288 HISTORY OF THE\\nI find that faith and unbelief,\\nAnd sickness, sorrow, pain, and grief.\\nDid not exist till time begun,\\nNor can exist when lime is done.\\nBj this I find that unbelief\\nCannot support immortal grief;\\nNor faith, nor hope, eternal peace,\\nBecause, when time is done, thej cease.\\nWhen spirits leave their mortal dust.\\nThen they return to God the Just,\\nWhere there is neither sin nor grief,\\nNor faith, nor hope, nor unbelief.\\nMan hopes for that he has not got\\nHas faith in that which he sees not;\\nIn what he sees there is no faith.\\nNor can he hope for that he hath.\\nOur spirits soar from whence they came.\\nBut not in guilt and sin and shame\\nNothing unclean can ever bear\\nAdmittance or an entrance there.\\nWhen the Redeemer s blood was spilt,\\nHis blood atoned for every guilt,\\nIn whom we all presented are\\nBefore the Father, clean and fair.\\nOzial Ballou James m. Dec. 7, 1790, Hannah\\nRobinson, of Cumberland. He lived on the old\\nplace with his father, and after his wife s death he\\nand his son Esek continued on the same place, and\\nhad no housekeeper during the remainder of each of\\ntheir lives. He d. June 23, 1838 she d. Oct. 6,\\n1818. Had five children, viz. Ozial, b. June 6,\\n1794, d. 1818; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 20, 1796; Tamma,\\nb. April 19, 1799, m. Joseph Davis; Esek, b. Aug.\\n23, 1808, who lived on the old place, and was un-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "i\\nV 4, X.\\nJames Ballou, Jk. s House. See page 289.\\nMRS. GARFIELD S EARLY HOME.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 289\\nmarried, and d. there April 29, 1858 James, b.\\nDec. 30, 1810, d. about 1830 was a school-teacher,\\nand a young man of much promise.\\nyaiiics Ballon, jr. James m. Mehitable, dr. of\\nHenry Ingalls, Esq., Nov. 5, 1786. His residence\\nat first was on the east side of the road, south of his\\nfather s. An excavation, observable in passing along\\nthe road, marks the spot where it stood. In one part\\nof his house he occasionally kept a school, the\\nscholars belonging to the families in the neighbor-\\nhood. He remained here until about 1803, when he\\nremoved to the place now occupied by Roscoe Weeks,\\nwhere he kept a public house and store until his\\ndeath, Oct. 15, 1808. His family, after his decease,\\nremoved to Worcester, in the state of New York,\\nwhither had gone Henry Ingalls, Esq., Mrs. Ballou s\\nfather. This is the James Ballou known throughout\\nthe country as the grandfather of the lamented Presi-\\ndent Garfield. Eliza Ballou Garfield, or, as her\\nname is recorded, Elizabeth Ballou, the president s\\nmother, visited the scenes of her childhood, accom-\\npanied by her distinguished son, 1874. She remem-\\nbered, with remarkable distinctness, many of the\\nthings in and around the old homestead, a photograph\\nof which is herewith presented, together with the pic-\\nture of Mrs. Garfield. Had seven children, viz.\\nJames, b. March 15, 1788, d. July 19, 1789; James,\\nb. Oct. 15, 1794; Henry, b. Sept. 6, 1796; Hitty and\\nRufus (twins), b. March 15, 1799, Rufus d. April\\n6, 1799; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1801 and Alpha,\\nb. May 19, 1806.\\nRussell Ballou James ist m. Henrietta Al-\\ndrich, of Attleboro Feb. 23, 1783 2d m. widow\\n19", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "290 HISTORY OF THE\\nBebe Mellen, of Swansey. He lived first where\\nDennis Harkness now does thence removed to\\nRoyalston, on the farm now owned by Silas Whipple,\\nand built the house now standing on the premises.\\nAfter the death of his first wife he removed to Swan-\\nsey, and lived on the Mellen s place until his death,\\nNov. 10, 1847, aged 84. His wife Henrietta d. June\\n8, 1827, aged 67 his wife Bebe d. 1854. Had by\\nHenrietta eight children, viz. Betsey, b. Oct. 6,\\n1783, m. Royal Blanding Amey, b. Oct. 27, 1785;\\nNicene, b. March 6, 1788, m. Abel Bliss Asquire,\\nb. May 8, 1792 Russell, b. 1794, moved to Daritur,\\nN. Y. Luther, b. Sept. 7, 1797 Priscilla, b. Jan.\\n25, 1800, d. May 8, 1814; and Olive, b. Aug. 29,\\n1803, m. Jacob Boyce. His children were probably\\nall born in Richmond.\\nAaron Ballon James m., Sept. 8, 1786, Cath-\\nerine, dr. of Thomas Bowen. First lived on the\\nSilas Gaskill or Ebenezer Ballon farm, and after-\\nwards on a place north-east of Reuben Bowen s,\\nand from thence he removed to Lisbon, N. H., 1801.\\nHad eight children, viz. Olive, b. June 19, 1787\\nEsther, b. Dec. 22, 1788; Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1791\\nOtis, b. Aug. 25, 1793; Aaron, b. May 10, 1795;\\nIra, b. Feb. 9, 1797 Catherine, b. March 20, 1799;\\nLovicea, b. April 19, 1801. He d. 1807. She 2d\\nm. Henry Gale 3d m. John Bley, of L^ ndon.\\nDaniel Balloii James m., April 8, 1787, Mar^^\\nHix. His place was near Mrs. Aaron Mellen s.\\nHad four children, viz. Mary, b. May 3, 1791\\nRoyal, b. Aug. 7, 1792; Daniel, b. Feb. 11,, 1795;\\nDennis, b. Dec. 16, 1797. He d. in Truxton, Cort-\\nland Co., N. Y., Dec, 1806.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 29I\\nSeth Ballon, jr. Seth James m., Feb. i,\\n1789, Sarah, dr. of Henry Aldrich. He occupied his\\nfather s place. Had Seth, b. Feb. 1790, m. Mercey\\nLevett, of Livermore, Me., he d. there; Sally, b.\\nNov. 29, 1791, m. Olney Ballou Lovina, b. April\\n27, 1794, m. Nathaniel Bullock, jr., Nov. 10, 1815,\\nshe d. May i, 1836; Henry, b. 1797; Amasa, m.\\nDilla, dr. of Benjamin Man, by whom he had dr. El-\\nvira, he left her and went to Ohio Abner, m. Brit-\\ntania, dr. of Reuben Bowen, he went to Me., and\\nfinally left his wife and went to N. Y. James, b.\\nApril 24, 1804; Betsey, m. Orison Curtis; John,\\nlives in Cleveland, Ohio. He d. Nov. 23, 1820;\\nshe d. June 3, 1853.\\nHenry Ballon Seth Seth James m. Sibyl\\nBriggs. He lived first on the Aaron Mellen place,\\n1845 removed to the old Jona. Sweet place, where he\\nd. 1855, ^ged 57. Shed. Mar. 8, 1876. He was a\\nblacksmith, and had a shop at both places. Had ten\\nchildren, viz, Henry, b. July 12, 1818 Lysander, b.\\nSept. 10, 1820; Sibyl, b. June 6, 1822, m. James A.\\nMellen Lavona, b. Jan. 14, 1823, m. Amasa Ballou,\\nd. 1844; Hosea, b. July 5, 1825, m. Lurinda Ballou,\\ndr. of Silas 3d, was in the U. S. Army, 1865, and\\nhas not been heard from since Joel, b. Aug. 25, 1827,\\nlives in Peterboro Emeline, b. Dec. 28, 1829, m.\\nBarton Grant, d. 1861 Betsey, b. Feb. 2, 1832 Al-\\nmira, b. July 10, 1835, m. Anderson Aldrich: Mi-\\nranda, b. Sept. 10, 1837, d. 1847.\\nHenry Ballou, jr. Henry Seth Seth James\\nm., July 4, 1841, Alsaida, dr. of Silas Ballou 3d, son\\nof Jesse. Has the old farm, successively occupied", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2292 HISTORY OF THK\\nby James, Ozial, and Esek. Had Alden F., b.Jiily\\nI, 1842, d. in the late war, Sept. 2,1863 Lysander,\\nb. March 29, 1845, d. Oct. 31, 1862 Charles L. b.\\nNov. 27, 1847, d. July 2,1878; Henry D., b. March\\n23, 1850, d. April II, 1851 Fred. L., b. March 23,\\n1851, d. Oct. 8, 1857 Emma A., b. April 19, 1853\\nHerbert L., b. Aug. 25, 1858 Arthur P., b. Feb. 16,\\n1862.\\nLysander Ballon Henry Seth Seth James\\nis unmarried, lives on the Samuel Sprague place\\nwith his sister Betsey. His mother was with him\\nuntil her death in 1876.\\nyauies Ballon Seth Seth James m. Polly\\nHandy, dr. of George. He remained on the home-\\nstead of his father, and had nine children, viz., Emily\\nE., b. June 20, 1829, m. B. F. Barton Harriet A., b.\\nDec. 4, 1830, m. Dr. I. W. Russell Lavina, b. Feb.\\n25, 1832, m. Henry Holden Elvira A., b. May 12,\\n1834, d. Oct. ^2, 1836; S.Jane, b. June 17, 1836, m.\\nChas. Parker, d. Jan. 6, 1862 Loansa, b. Nov. 8,\\n1839, Marcus Howard James Monroe, b. Sept.\\n24, 1841 John Madison, b. July 24, 1843 x\\\\letia A. b.\\nSept. 20, 1846, m. Chas. Safford, and d. Jan. 12,\\n1884; Millard Fillmore, b. April 15, 1849. He d.\\nApril 4, 1872, aged 68.\\nSilas Ballou, J?-. Silas James m. Elizabeth,\\ndr. of Samuel Curtis, sr., Jan. 1795, lived at various\\nplaces in town. Had Israel, b, 1797, left home at\\nage 21, and never returned Silas, b. 1799, m. Desire\\nCarr, lived in Blackstone, Mass., d. 1881 Hannah,\\nb. 1800, m. Smith Bates, settled in Ellisburg, N.\\nY., had seven children, d. 1835 Martha, b. 1802, m.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 293\\nPhineas Streeter, 1829, had one son, lives in Hartford,\\nshe d. 1872 Olive, b. 1804, m. Daniel Boorn, 1822,\\nhad eleven children, moved to Iowa, d. 1872 Sam-\\nuel, b. 1808, d. 1825 Patience, b. May 21, 1810, m.\\nHollis Whipple, 1830, has three children; Noah, b.\\nJan. 10, 1813, m. Miss Carr, had two children, he\\nlost wife and children and then went to sea and never\\nreturned; Aurella, b. Dec. 23, 1815, m. Ichabod\\nWhipple 3d, 1833, had five children Rhoda, b. Aug.\\n12, 1818, m. S. S. Joy, 1840, had Sarah E., who m.\\nHenry K. White, 1874. lives near Boston.\\nOIncy Ballon Silas James m. Sally, dr. of\\nSeth Ballou 3d, Jan. 27, 1820. He lived on the old\\nplace until after his father s decease, when he removed\\nto Vt., and again went to Newfield, N. Y. Had two\\nchildren, viz. Flora, b. Oct. 21, 1822, m. Moses\\nGore, Ma}^ 21, 1843; Harvey, b. Dec. 13, 1823, m.\\nMelinda J. Coates, May 24, 1846. They live in New-\\nfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y.\\nEbenezcr Ballon Ozial James m. Dec. 3 1\\n1815, Mary, dr. of John Boyce. He had the farm\\nnext north of his father, the Silas Gaskill place. Had\\nfour children, viz. Roxie, b. 1816, d. 1823 Olive,\\nb. June 10, 1818, m. Moses Nichols, jr. Ozial and\\nEbenezer, twins, b. June 25, 1820, Ozial remains in\\ntown, Ebenezer lives in Gardner, Mass. He d. 1821\\nshe lives with her dr. Olive in Florida, Vt.\\nOzial Ballon Ebenezer Ozial James ist\\nm., April 2, 1842, Emily, dr. of Silas Ballou 3d, son of\\nJesse; 2d m. Lorinda, sister of Emily. He lives on\\nthe Anthony Corey farm, or the place first settled by", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF THE\\nJames estcoat. Has nine children, by Emily six,\\nviz. Henry, b. Ma}^ 27, 1842 Emily J., b. Feb. 13,\\n1844 Mar}^ A., b. June 3, 1846 Sarah L., b. Aug. 26,\\n1848 Ozial A., b. June 21, 1851, d. May 14, 1883\\nJohn F., b. July 28, 1853. By Lorinda Willie J., b.\\nOct. II, 1856 Eugene W., b. June 28, 1858 George\\nM., b. Sept. 27, i860.\\nJames M. Ballou James Seth Seth James\\nist m. Sarah Jane, dr. of Wheaton Jillson, 2d m.,\\n1875, Harriet L. Ripley, of Swansey. He lives in\\nEast Swansey. Had three children by Sarah Jane,\\nAimer J., Mary E., d. Lizzie O., d.\\nyohn M. Ballon James Seth Seth James\\nm. Lucinda Botting, lives in Fitchburg.,\\nJohn F. Ballon Ozial Ebenezer Ozial\\nJames m., March 2, 1874. Jennie, dr. of Luke\\nEllor. He owns the Martin Cass larm.\\nWillie y. Ballon Ozial Ebenezer Ozial\\nJames m. June 24, 1880, Amie, dr. of Otis Whip-\\nple 3d. Lives in Winchester.\\nLiUhcr Ballon Russell James m., Dec. 3,\\n1818, Clarissa, dr. of Joseph Davis, of Royalston.\\nShe w^as b. March 11, 1797. Lived on the place be-\\nfore occupied by his father and now owned b}^ Silas\\nWhipple, in Royalston. Had twelve children, viz.\\nSophia, b. Sept. 22, 1819, m. Francis Morandi\\nEmeranca, b. Sept. 10, 1821 Almando, b. Ma}^ 2,\\n1823, m. Mahala Harkness, and lives in Philadelphia\\nAngela, b. Dec. 16, 1824: Devillo, b.Jan. 17, 1827;\\nLorenzo, b. Nov. 29, 1828 Autantia, b. June 24,\\n1830; Clarinda, b. April 29, 1832; Lorina, b. Feb.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 295\\n24, 1834; Alfonso, b. March 9, 1836; Czarina, b.\\nMay 15, 1838 Waldo, b. Feb. 13, 1845. He d. Jan.\\n21, 1871 she d. Aug. 26, 1866.\\nAsquire Ballou Russell James m., May 29,\\n1816, Arethusa Maynard. Lived north of the Whip-\\nple place, near Tully. Had a grist-mill. Moved to\\nRoyalston, 1840. Had Priscilla, Amy, Alonzo, m.\\nSarah Mellen, had eleven children, d. Asquire, m.\\nForbes, d. Westley, d. Frank, Louisa, m. Grimes,\\nlives in Keene. He d. 1858.\\nAlmando Ballou Luther Russell James\\nm., Jan. i. 1852, Mahala, dr. of Elijah Harkness.\\nWas owner, together with Addison Paine, of the mills\\nbuilt by Dennis Harkness. Removed to Boston, and\\nfrom there to Philadelphia, and is now in the express\\nbusiness in that city. Has three children.\\nDe Forest Ballou, son of Almando, studied law in\\nPhiladelphia, and is now practicing there with good\\nprospects of success.\\nThe ycssc-Ballou Family.\\nyesse Ballou, b. Feb. 20, 1756, son of Eleazer Bal-\\nlou, of Gloucester, R. L, m. Amphyllis Smith, of\\nGloucester. This Eleazer was the son of Samuel,\\nwho was a son of James, the second son of the first\\nMaturin, hence Jesse was great-great-grandson of the\\nfirst Maturin of Providence. Came to town 1779.\\nSettled on the Holiab Smith place, L. 16, 17, and 18\\nin the first range. By his first wife had Henrietta,\\nDavid, Jesse, and Susanna; 2d m. March 5, 1786,\\nRose Swift, dr. of Samuel Swift. By her had Sylvia,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OF THE\\nb. June 20, 1786 Silas, b. Dec. 10, 1787 Esther, m.\\nWm. Chase; Jirah, m. Sylvia Phillips; Aaron, b.\\nMay 25, 1795 Barnabas, Lucincla, b. 1799, rn. Jesse\\nBishop Phebe, m. Nathaniel Whitcomb. Amphyllis\\nd. March 26, 1785 he d. 1820.\\nSilas Ballou Jesse istm., Feb. 8, 1810, Anna\\nSaunders, who was b. May 23, 1790: 2dm. widow\\nCoombs, who d. 1883. He occupied the homestead\\nuntil he removed to Swansey, 1842. Had Leonard,\\nb. Feb. I, 1811 Laura Ann, b. Aug. 23, 1812, m.\\nAnsel Boorn, d. 1872; Willard, b. Oct. 25, 1815\\nElisha, b. May 28, 1817, d. April 3, 1820 Amasa, b.\\nJan. I, 1819 Alsaida, b. July 28, 1820, m. Henry\\nBallou, jr. Emily, b. March 12, i822,m.Ozial Ballou,\\nd. Nov. 20, 1852 Lorinda, b. Dec. 9, 1823, m. Ozial\\nBallou; Silas, b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. Sept. 16, 1872;\\nAsa, b. Feb. 4, 1829; William, b. April 9, 1832, d.\\nSept. 1833.\\nAaron Ballou Jesse m. Dec. 31, 1819, Mary,\\ndr. of Nathan Bowen, sr. Had part of his father s\\nfarm, on which he built a house south of the old\\nhomestead. Had Russell, b. July 21, 1820, d. Sept.\\n29, 1839 Lorenzo, b. Dec. 7, 1821 Seth D., b. Sept.\\nI, 1822 Alonzo, b. Dec. 17, 1825 Hannah, b. April\\n5, 1828, m. Sumner Starkey, she d. June 2, 1847;\\nAaron, b. Feb. 17, 1831, d. Oct. 14, 1833 William\\nW., b. June 15, 1833, m. Mary Williams M. Lovina,\\nb. Aug. 2, 1837, m. Simeon Holbrook. He d. Sept.\\n7, 1861, aged 66 she d. March 7, 1865, aged 68.\\nBarnabas Ballon Jesse m., Sept. 12, 1816,\\nRachel, dr. of Nathan Bowen. Lived a few years in a", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 297\\nhouse built on his father s farm, and moved to the\\nButternuts about 1825.\\nLeonard Ballon Silas Jesse ist m. Gratis,\\ndr. of Silas Boyce 2d m. widow Sarah D. Taylor,\\nMay 20, 1873. Soon after his first marriage he re-\\nmoved to Vt., but returned about 1870, and died in\\nRichmond Feb. 21, 1880, aged 69. Had by Gratis:\\nGeorge, Edwin, Joseph, Leonard, and John.\\nWillard Ballon Silas Jesse m. March 31,\\n1840, Abigail Forestall. Removed to Swansey, 1857.\\nHad Irving W., b. July i, 1841, m. Eda Fuller Jo-\\nseph W., b. Dec. 18, 1842, m. Flavilla M. Taft\\nFrank E., b. Jan. 26, 1844, m. Julia A. Jerome Lu-\\nnette ^L, b. May 17, 1852, m. George Stone.\\nAmasa Ballon Silas Jesse m. July 4, 1841,\\nLovina, dr. of Henry Ballon. She d. Dec. 13, 1844,\\naged 22. Had Albert and Eden Sawyer; 2d m.\\nwidow Brooks, dr. of Jesse Forestall, and by her had\\ntwo or three children. She d., and he 3d m. widow\\nHammond, and by her had Eleanor and Isabella, and\\nthree or four d. young.\\nScth D. Ballon Aaron Jesse ist m., June\\n29, 1846, Cynthia L., dr. of x\\\\nthony Corey. She\\nd. Jan. 7, 1852 2d m. widow Rebecca Boyce, dr.\\nof Thomas Boyce, May 25. 1852. Removed to\\nJaffrey, N. H., April 13, 1847. Had Clarissa, b. Jan.\\nII, 185 1, m. Edwin E. Bryant, Aug. 23, 1868 Harvey\\nE., b. Jan. 7, 1852, d. Sept. 10, 1865.\\nLorenzo Ballon Aaron Jesse m. Italy V.\\nBallon. He removed to Swansey about 1845. Had\\nTruman, Emma, and Milo, and others d. young.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "298 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlonzo Ballou Aaron Jesse m. Angela, dr.\\nof Daniel Cass. Was a shoemaker worked at the\\nFour corners. About 1852 moved to 111. now re-\\nsides in Iowa. Had two or three children.\\nThe yarcd-Ballou Family.\\nJared Ballou m. Hannah Latham, Jan. 21, 1781.\\nHe came from Smithfield. He bought and lived on\\nthe Timoth}^ Robinson place, L. 2, R. 10. Had\\nLydia, b. Jan. 24,1783, m. Townsend Parker; Sarah,\\nm. Levi Cheney, of Orange Amy, m. John Boyce,\\nd. June II, 1872 Benoni, b. 1793 Elisha, b. 1800,\\nd. 1867; Phebe, d. young; Lucy, d. Dec. 8, 1881,\\n75 years of age.\\nBenoni Ballou Jared m. Sarah, dr. of William\\nBuffum, Jan. 9, 1820. He d. Oct. 9, 1852, aged 59.\\nHe lived where his widow now resides. Had two\\nchildren, viz. Phianda M., b. Oct. i, 1820, m. Alan-\\nson Pickering; WillardJ., b. Feb. 16, 1833.\\nElisha Ballou Jared was never m. Lived\\nwith his mother and sister. He d. at age 67.\\nIn body weak, in mind the same,\\nFor all of this he was not to blame\\nQuite well he did as he was made,\\nWhen no filling in the warp was laid.\\nWillard y. Ballou Benoni Jared m., Sept.\\n14, 1856, Lucy, dr. of Levi Wheeler. Lived in the\\nhouse with his mother; d. Jan. 13, 1879, ^g^d 45\\nyears. Had one child, Willie, d. in infancy.\\nI", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 299\\nBARBER.\\nEbenczcr Barber, from Worcester, m. Betsey Alex-\\nander lived on the Elisha Brigham place, now oc-\\ncupied by Henr} Amadon, and removed to the\\nIchabod Whipple farm, L. 2, R. 11, where he d. May\\n28, 1865, aged 82, and his wife d. Oct. 10, 1876, aged\\n89. Had four daughters.\\nJoel C. Barber, son of Ebenezer by his first wife,\\ncame to town in 1846, and lived at various places in\\ntown d. about 1840.\\nBARDEN.\\nAbncr Bar den, b. in Stoddard, N. H., Dec. 11,\\n1796, m. Nanc} dr. of Dr. Ebenezer Swan, June 4,\\n1823. He moved into Richmond, 1845, and bought\\nsoon after the Bisbee farm, where he continued to\\nreside the remainder of his days. Was a hatter by\\ntrade, and lived in Winchester a while. He d. Aug.\\n2, 1882, aged 86; she d. March 26, 1876, aged 81.\\nHad Nancy H. M., b. June 2, 1824; Mary P., b.\\nSept. 14, 1826; Clara M., b. Nov. 22, 1828; Abner\\nS., b. Oct. 19, 1831 Augusta M., h- Jan. 16, 1834,\\nm. Wright Wood, and lives in Ashuelot.\\nAbner S. Barden Abner m., Jan. 30, 1865,\\nMary E. Bigelow, of Fitzwilliam, who was b. Aug.\\n30, 1836; lives on the Bisbee place. Had Hattie E.,\\nb. Dec. 6, 1856, m. Silas O. Martin; Charles A., b.\\nSept. 17, 1859; Mary I., b. July 21, 1862.\\nBARKER.\\nXatlian D. Barker, of Marlboro m. widow\\nHastings, and lived on the Bump place two years.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "300 HISTORY OF THE\\nand on the Benjan^in Man place five years, about\\n1837. Had Thomas, Lorenzo, and three or four other\\nchildren.\\nBARRUS.\\nAbi-aham Bamis, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth\\nBarrus, of Attleboro b. Feb. 11, 1714 removed from\\nCumberland to Richmond, 1765, and was f. s. on L. 4,\\nR. II, and built and lived in the house recently occu-\\npied by John Barrus, whose son Alonzo took down the\\nsame and removed it in 1882. Had nine children, all\\nborn in Cumberland, viz.: John, b. May 22, 1740;\\nAbraham, b. Nov. 2, 1742 Oliver, b. Feb. 27, 1744\\nSarah, b. Aug. 11, 1747; Jonathan, b. March 15,\\n1750; Nathan, b. Nov. 29, 1753; Jeremiah, b. Oct.\\n17, 1756; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 16,1759; Mary, b. Oct.\\n19, 1761. He d. 1789.\\nOliver Bari jis Abraham m., Nov. i, 1774,\\nMary, dr. of Thomas Wooley. He settled on L. 2,\\nR. 9, the place recently occupied by his son Oliver.\\nThe buildings are now gone. Had eight children,\\nviz.: Desier, b. April 6, 1776: Jonathan, b. April\\n29, 1778; Polly, b. Feb. 22, 1780-, Oliver, b. May\\n20, 1782 Calvin, b. May 26, 1784, m. Orpha\\nWooley; Candace, b. May 11, 1786, m. Reuben\\nMartin; Caroline, b. April 14, 1788; Hannah, b.\\nJan. 30, 1791, m. Miller. He d. Jan. 9, 1820, aged\\n76; she d. May 3, 1824, aged 71.\\nyohn Barrus Abraham m. Hannah, and\\nsettled on the place now owned by Medad Evans.\\nHe d. 1794- Had Timothy, Ira, Pegge, Julianna,\\nand Roxanna. The family removed to Fairfield,\\nN. Y.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 3OI\\nycrcmiah Barrus x\\\\braham m., Dec. 4, 1783,\\nPrudence Shafter lived on the place recently owned\\nand occupied by his son Alvan, L. 3, R. 10; was a\\nsoldier in the war of the Revolution was in the\\nbattles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, Princeton, and\\nTrenton; drew a pension. Had five children, viz.:\\nMellen, b. Feb. 29, 1786 Abigail, m. Otis Blanding\\nPrudence, m. Otis Allen, of Warwick Jeremiah, b.\\n1800; Alvan, b. 1807. He d. Oct. 25, 1850, aged\\n94 she d. March 20, 1835, aged 71.\\nEbenezcr Barrus Abraham m. Rebecca Thresh-\\nire. He lived near the burying-ground, on the\\nplace since occupied by his son Ira. Had five chil-\\ndren, viz. John, b. 1780; Barnabas, b. 1782; Ira,\\nSept. 28, 1800 Ebenezer, d. young Lucinda, d.\\nyoung. No record of family.\\nAbraham Barrus, jr. Abraham ist m. Eliza-\\nbeth 2d m. widow Mary Martin, Nov. i, 1774. Had\\nby Elizabeth, Sarah and Abel and by Mary, Abra-\\nham and Elizabeth. Removed to the state of New\\nYork.\\nOliver Barrus, jr. Oliver x\\\\braham m. Han\\nnah. dr. of Aaron Kelton. He lived on his father s\\nfarm, the place south of Curtis Parker s. He finally\\nwent to the state of New York, and lived with his\\ndaughter Rachel, his only child, and there died.\\nHannah d. March i, 1848, aged 64.\\nJonathan Barrus Oliver Abraham was\\nnever married. He lived at Moses Tyler s and other\\nplaces. He believed in predestination and other\\nfatalistic ideas. He d. Jan. 6, 1S57.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF THE\\nThe world ofttimes was dark and drear.\\nThen bright again t would soon appear;\\nT was gloom indeed for all the race,\\nThe elect except, of special grace;\\nHither and thither pushed about,\\nWandering in a maze of doubt,\\nHe felt that Fate was God s decree,\\nBut how t was right he cid n t see.\\nMellen Bar7-iis Jeremiah Abraham m.,\\nAug. 12, 1810, Lucy, dr. of Ichabod Whipple, jr.\\nHad Lovina, Harrison, and Elhanan. He removed\\nto McDonough, N. Y., about 1815, and lived to be\\nabout 90.\\nyeremiah Barms Jeremiah Abraham m.\\nOct. 3, 1824, Francis Kingman. He lived on the\\nplace formerly owned by Amos Garnsey. Had\\nthirteen children, viz. Adaline F., b. Dec. 3, 1824;\\nEltheda, b. July 30, 1826, d. Sept- 16, 1827 Lucius\\nA., b. Sept. 12, 1827 Eltheda M., b. July 28, 1829\\nLorenzo H., b. Oct. 19, 1831 Almenzo W., b. May\\n30, 1834, Dec. 13, 1858; Mary Jane, b. June 14,\\n1836; Minerva J., b. June 25, 1838, d. Dec. 12,\\n1846; Abby R., b. June 27, 1840; Benjamin F., b.\\nAug. 10, 1842, d. in the late war; George A., b.\\nApril 6, 1845, d. in the late war; Alfred E., b. April\\n20, 1848; Edgar L., b. Sept. 25, 1849. Had live\\nsons in the late war. His wife d. Nov. 27, 1870,\\naged 65.\\nA/van Baj rus Jeremiah Abraham ist m.\\n1833, Eliza, dr. of Samuel Curtis. He lived on his\\nfather s place. Had by Eliza: Prudence M., b.\\nMarch 9, 1835, i- Alva Burdick Eliza M., b. Aug.\\n15, 1836; Louisa N., b. Jan. 14, 1838, m. M. Bur-\\ndick; Juliette A. E., b. Feb. 3, 1839, Norman", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 3O3\\nMoors Alvan, d. young. 2d m. Emily, dr. of\\nThomas Goddard, June, 1844. By Emily had Otis\\nA., b. May 10, 1845, d. in the late war; Alvan S.,\\nb. Dec. 4, 1846; Lydia O., b. Oct. 27, 1848, m.\\nFrank Amadou Louis K., b. March 7, 1851 Elmer\\nL., b. Aug. 14, 1853 Charles F.,b. Sept. 10, 1855\\nHarvey M., b. May 9, 1858, d. July 10, 1883. He\\nheld the office of selectman four years. He d. Feb.\\n9, 1875, aijed 68. Eliza, his wife, d. June 5, 1843.\\nyohn Barms Ebenezer Abraham m. Jan.\\n7, 1816, Abigail Kingman, of Winchester. Lived on\\nthe place settled by his grandfather, Abraham Barrus.\\nHad Benjamin K., b. Sept. 23, 1817, m. Amanda\\nJewell, and lived in Charlestown, Mass., d. Jan. 18,\\n1855 Alonzo, b. March 16, 1819, m. Emily A. Bass,\\nlives in Warwick; Rhoda K., b. Jan. 24, 1823, d.\\nSept. 3, 1865, unmarried; Betsey, b. Nov. 19, 1825,\\nm. Capt. Amos Buftum, d. 1875 Lavina M., b. June\\nII, 1828, m. Curtis E. Parker. He d. Aug. 26, 1865,\\naged 85 she d. Feb. 21, 1863, aged 74.\\nBarnabas Barrus Ebenezer Abraham m.\\nElizabeth, dr. of Thomas Kelton, of Warwick. Lived\\nwhere his uncle John settled, and now owned by Me-\\ndad Evans. No record of family but a head-stone in\\nthe cemetery bears the inscription, Barnabas Bar-\\nrus 2d, d. Feb. 23, 1812, aged 37 whose son he was\\nwe know not. He d. March 20, 1877, aged 95 she\\nd. Sept. 5, 1859, aged 83.\\nIra Barrus Ebenezer Abraham m. April 8,\\n1832, Lucena T. Aldrich, dr. of Huldah Aldrich, b.\\nApril 3, 1815. Lived where his father did. Had", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "304 HISTORY OF THE\\nEbenezer P., b. June 20, 1833; William J., b. May\\nI, 1835; Ira Marshall, b. March 26, 1837; John\\nW., b. Oct. 26, 1840 Samuel A. R., b. Oct. 25, 1845\\nFrederick A., b. Feb. 8, 1847 Charles J., b. March\\n20, 1849; Henry W., b. No^. 19, 1851 Mary E., b.\\nMay 30, 1853. He d. July 12, 1865 she m. a Mr.\\nSmith of Winchester, 1871, and d. June 8, 1871, by\\nbeing thrown from a wagon. Ira Marshall d. in\\nOrange, July 30, 1868; Frederick A. d. March 17,\\n1864; Charles J. d. Oct., 1864.\\nEbenezer Barrus, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth,\\nof Attleboro Mass., and a brother of Abraham, from\\nCumberland, b. Oct. 19, 1712, m. Experience Orms-\\nby, who was b. May 22, 1731. He settled, with his\\nson Michael, on the Edward Ainsworth farm in 1772.\\nHad Michael, b. July 13, 1751, and Elizabeth, m.\\nJosiah Rawson, of Warwick, and others that remained\\nin Cumberland. He d. June 16, 1807; she d.June,\\n1822.\\nCapt. Michael Barrus Ebenezer cousin of\\nAbraham Barrus, m. Elizabeth Simonds, b. July 13,\\ni756,of Warwick, Feb. 16, 1774. He came from Cum-\\nberland, 1772, with his father, and bought Edward\\nAinsworth s farm, L. 2, R. 12, the place now owned by\\nAsahel Kelton. The house now on the premises was\\nraised on the day of the battle of Bennington, Aug.\\n16, 1777. He d. Nov. 26, 1834, ^g*^d83 she d. Dec.\\n7, 1845. Had eight children, viz. Ebenezer, b.\\nAug. 21, 1774; Tirzah, b. Nov. 14, 1776, m. Nathan\\nCass Michael, b. Sept. 12, 1779 Sarah, b. Nov. 25,\\n1781 Benjamin, b. April 3, 1783 Sibbel, b. Jan. 27,\\n1785, m. Nahum Grout; Samuel, b. May 23, 1790;", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 305\\nWilliam, b. June 5, 1793, went west; and Hannah,\\nd. young.\\nEhcnczcr Barms Michael Ebenezer m. Ra-\\nchel Holman, dr. of Elisha Holman, of Winchester.\\nLived in a house on part of his father s farm. Had\\nAlmina, b. Dec. 25, 1800, m. Henry Ball, of War-\\nwick Holnian, b. Feb., 1807 Ebenezer, b. Oct. i,\\n181 1 three died young, viz. Experience, Michael,\\nand an infant. He d. Feb. 23, 1812; his widow m.\\nSimeon Cook, and d. 1838.\\nMichael Barms, Jr. Michael Ebenezer m.\\nAbigail Foster, of Royalston. Lived in a house on the\\nroad leading to Aaron Kelton s, before occupied by\\nBarnabas Thrasher. Had two children, viz. Jeru-\\nsha, b. March 15, 1802, m. Enos Holbrook, jr. she\\nd. Jan. 12, 1878, and Betsey, b. April 17, 1803, m.\\nAsahel Kelton. He d. July 10, 1803.\\nSamuel Barrus Michael Ebenezer m. April\\n4, 1810, Silence Holman, of Winchester. Lived in\\nthe house with his father at tirst, afterwards moved to\\nFlower Hill, Warwick. Had Elvira, b. July 2, 181 1,\\nm. John S. Sweeny, of Grafton, Mass. Alfonzo,b.\\nJuly 9, 1813 Hosea, b. Jan. 5, 1816 Harrison, b.\\nJune 9, 1818 Lemira, b. Feb. 24, 1821, m. Elisha S.\\nLivermore, d. March 29, 1844. He d. Feb. 24,\\n1872, age 81.\\nHolman Barms Ebenezer Michael Eben-\\nezer m. Lucretia, dr. of Nathaniel Whipple. He\\nlived on the Rufus Whipple farm a few years, and\\nfrom thence moved to Windhall, Vt. Had Fostina,\\nm. Williams Moses R., Helen, m. Fuller Lavina, m.\\na Mr. Holden, and an infant dr. d.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "3o6 HISTORY OF THE\\nEhcnczcr Barrus, jr. Ebenezer Michael\\nEbenezer ist m. Polly, dr. of Jacob Sweet; 2d m.\\nBetsey, sister of Polly. Lived in Winchester was a\\nmillwright, and owned the mills near the Centre vil-\\nlage. Had by Polly: Marion, Benjamin F.,Ozro I., d.\\nin infancy. By Betsey had Elmina, Serefina, Elsina,\\nRosetta, Lizzie, Jennie, and Ebenezer, and three d.\\nyoung. He d. Jan. lo, 1863, age 62 Polly d. Feb.\\n25, 1845, aged 29 Betsey, his widow, lives in Keene.\\nAlfonzo Barms Samuel Michael m. Sarah\\nH. Wilson, March 29, 1835. Lived in Spencer.\\nNow dead.\\nHosca Barms Samuel Michael m. Caroline\\nNewton, July 4, 1836. Now dead.\\nHarrison Barms Samuel Michael m. Sarah\\nM. Miles. Lived in Fitzwilliam. He d. Aug. 17,\\n1861.\\nBARNEY.\\nConstant Barney, from Rehoboth, m. Dec. 13,\\n1753, Hannah Carpenter. Was one of the fir-st set-\\ntlers in town. The place he settled on has generally\\nbeen known as the David Holbrook farm. He sold\\nto Jonas Twitchell, and bought of Oliver Mason, 1772,\\nL. 10, R. 6, the place where William and Esek Buf-\\nfum have since lived. He removed from town about\\n1785. He was out twice in the Revolutionary war.\\nWas active in town affairs. Had ten children, one\\nof whom, Jeffrey Amherst, was out in the service,\\nand was married, Feb. 4, 1781, to Filie Aldrich, dr.\\nof Capt. Abner.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF ItlCHMOND. 307\\nDavid Barney, who was a brother of Constant, set-\\ntled very early west of Constant, on L. 15, R. ii, on a\\nroad which ran from the Dea. Amos Garnsey place\\neasterly to the road near John Bennett s or Daniel\\nReed s, who owned the premises at the time. Was\\nrepresentative of the town to the General Assembly\\nat Exeter in 1778, and delegate to the convention\\nthat framed the constitution of N. H., 1782. Had\\neleven children, one of whom, William, was married\\nin town. He removed from town prior to 1789.\\nJoseph Banicy, probably a younger brother of\\naforenamed, appears to have lived near David. Had\\nseven children. He removed about 1790-\\nBARRETT.\\nyaazaniah Barrett, from Uxbridge, about 1787,\\nbought the Israel Phillips place, L. 6, R. 3, and in\\n1793 he bought of Daniel Cass his farm, L. 7, R. 6,\\nthe place where Jonas Wheeler now lives. He had\\na store in the old house also had a potash and black-\\nsmith shop, which made this a business centre at the\\ntime. He removed about 1803 to Danby, Vt. Had\\neight children.\\nBASSETT.\\nWilliam Basse tt, b. Oct. 29, 1747, was the son of\\nJoseph ^assett, b. in Lynn, Mass., 1715, and a de-\\nscendant of William Bassett, who came to Lynn\\nabout 1640; 1st m. Margery White, b. Oct. 16, 1754,\\nand first lived in Uxbridge, and carried on the tan-\\nning and currying business. He sold to Royal\\nSouthwick, and removed to Richmond, 1794; bought", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "3o8 historV of the\\nof Joseph Wing the farm first settled by Jacob Bump,\\nand now owned by George B. Handy; 2dm., Jan.\\nI, 1795, Ruth, who was b. Sept. 15, 1754, of\\nAdam Harkness, of Smithlield. He d. Jan. 9, 1841,\\naged 93 Margery d. Aug. 18, 1791 Ruth d. Nov.\\n18, 1836. Had by Margery seven children, viz.\\nCyrus, b. March 31, 1779, m. Anna, dr. of Seth\\nShearman, lived in Royalston, he d. 1831 Lydia, b.\\nAug. 31, 1780, m. Nathan Shearman; Artemas, b.\\nJune 19, 1782; Daniel, b. Dec. 19, 1784; Ellis, b.\\nJuly 2, 1787, m. Tyler Paine, and lived in Smith-\\nfield; Martha, b. July 6, 1789, m. Elijah Harkness;\\nWilliam, b. Aug. 13, 1791, d. March 14, 1792.\\nArtemas Basscti William m. Sarah, dr. of\\nNathan Harkness, March 28, 1805 lived in the north\\npart of the town, on the place afterwards owned by\\nWilliam Woodward, and more recently by Zadoc\\nTaft thence removed to Starksboro Vt., 1823, and\\nfrom there went to Adrian, Mich., 1835. Had seven\\nchildren, viz. William, b. Dec. 23, 1805, d. Oct.\\n16, 1835; Margery, b. Oct. 24,1807: Susan, b. Jan.\\n4, 1810; Nathan H., b. March 3, 1812 Ruth, b.\\nApril 23, 1815 Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1818 and David\\nR., b. Sept. 20, 1822. He d. 1855, aged 73; she\\nd. July 7, 1863, aged 84.\\nDaniel Bassett William m. Susanna, dr. of\\nNathan Harkness, 1810. He removed to the Gideon\\nMan farm, at the Four corners, 1817, and built a\\ntannery there in company with Elisha Harkness re-\\nturned to the old homestead, 1837, d removed, with\\nhis son Elisha, to Berlin, Mass., 1856. He d. Sept.\\n18, 1861, aged 77; she d. Feb. 8, 1862, aged 75.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 309\\nHad Elisha, b. March ii, 1811 Ahaz, b. Oct. 28,\\n1812 Susanna, b. March 7, 1814, d. Sept. 26, 1815\\nDaniel, b. Oct. 8, 1816, d. Dec. 5, 1839; William, b.\\nOct. 5, 1819; Barek and Deborah (twins), b. Au^^.\\n10, 1827, d. young.\\nElisha Bassctt Daniel William ist m. Olive\\nB. Stewart, 1843 she d. March 18, 1845 2d m.\\nMaria, dr. of Job Whitcomb, of Swansey, Nov. 27,\\n1847 lived on the old homestead with his father until\\nhe removed to Berlin, Mass., 1856, where he still re-\\nsides. Had by Olive, one child: Olive S.,b. March\\n7, 1845; by Maria: Daniel, b. July 9, 1849; Pliny\\nE., b. May 29, 1853; Anna S., b. June 28, 1856.\\nMaria, by former husband, had Ellen M. Howland,\\nb. Oct. 14, 1839.\\nAhaz Basse! t Daniel William m. Rhoda,\\ndr. of William Randall lived at the Four corners,\\non the Gideon Man farm, and he, together with his\\nbrother William, carried on the tanning business.\\nThey built the house now owned by Cyrel Amadou.\\nHe removed to Worcester, 1846 is now a veterinary\\nsurgeon, and lives in Hudson, Mass. Had Orlan\\nW., b. March 14, 1839, Sept. 8, 1840; Warren I.,\\nb. July 24, 1842, d. Dec. 22, 1846; Arthur A., b.\\nNov. 6, 1845, d. Nov. 22, 1845; Alfreda, b. April\\n21, 1856, m. Charles F. Boyce.\\nWilliani Dassctl Daniel William m. Dec\\n13, 1846, Patience, dr. of Moses Tyler. She d. June\\n13, 1880, aged 60. Lived at the Four corners, in the\\nhouse now occupied b} Cyrel Amadou was engaged\\nin the tanning and currying business until 1852, when\\nhe removed to Worcester from thence removed to\\nBerlin, Mass., 1857, where he still resides. Had", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "3IO HISTORY OF THE\\nMary A., b. Jul} 21, 1848; Laura E., b. Sept. 5,\\n1850, d. Nov. 10, 1852 Julia Ida, b. Oct. 26, 1854;\\nFlorence May, b. April i, 1858; Helen E., b. Feb.\\n17, i860. Has held various offices of trust and re-\\nsponsibility. In Richmond he was selectman, town\\nclerk, and town treasurer in Berlin, his present\\nresidence, he has been selectman, assessor, and\\nschool committeeman and in 1864, was senator in\\nthe General Court, for the Worcester east district,\\nand is also author of this work.\\nBATTLES.\\nDavid Baffles came to town in 1819, and was a\\nmiller at Sprague s mills until 1831.\\nBEALS.\\nLuther Beals, from Swansey, m. Alfreda, dr. of\\nJohn Martin. Had Lucy A. J., b. Sept. 13, 1857;\\nAmos E., b. April 9, 1862, and J. S. Comodore.\\nHe d. Aug. 22, 1865, aged 45.\\nJ. S. Comodore Beals, son of Luther, m. Addie\\nP., dr. of Andrew J. Bliss, of Royalston, Oct. 6,\\n1870; lives on the John Martin place, westof Leason\\nMartin s. Had Olin L., b. April 21, 1873; Archie\\nA., b. Aug. 25, 1874; Henrietta A. F., b. June 20,\\n1877, d. March 24, 1878; Charles, b. Feb. 5, 1879;\\nPhebe M., b. April 8, 1882.\\nBEMIS.\\nElbridge G. Bemis, from Dublin, about 1865,\\nbought the mills at North Richmond was moderator\\nfor several years, and was on the board of selectmen^", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 3II\\nand representative to the General Court. lie made\\npail-staves, clothes-pins, etc. He removed, 1875.\\nBENNETT.\\nyohn Bennett^ from Douglass, Mass., 1787, bought\\nof Daniel Read his farm, L. 15, R. 10, the place since\\noccupied by Urial Jillson, Lovel Church, and others.\\nHe removed to Swansey, and there lived and died\\nwith his son Levi. Had Levi, David, b. July 3,\\n1764; Deborah, b. July 3, 1764, m. Isaac Man;\\nAsahel, b. July 16, 1766; Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1768,\\nm. Cyrus Garnsey Nehemiah, b. Dec. 28, 1770;-\\nJoanna, b. Feb. 12, 1778, m. Jonas Twitchell and\\nNaomi, m. Curtis.\\nLevi Bcnnctl John had three children, viz.:\\nJohn, Sally, m. Samuel Thompson and Allen. He\\nremoved to Swansey.\\nDavid Bennett John m.,June 10, 1787, Amy,\\ndr. of Anthony Harris. Had Caleb, David, Luke,\\nand Lydia. He removed to Swansey.\\nAsahel Bennett John m., Feb. 9, 1792, Han-\\nnah, dr. of John Cass, jr. He lived on the farm now\\nowned by Amos Garnsey. He died at the Four\\ncorners, while keeping Mrs. Howe s tavern, April 5,\\n1S12, aged 46. No children.\\nNehemiah Bennett John m. Lucy, dr. of\\nDeacon Amos Garnsey. He also removed to Swan-\\nsey. Had Hiram, Esther, Nellie, Amos, Asahel,\\nJohn, and Lucy.\\nAllen Bennett Levi John had, by Mary\\nCooley, one son, Ephraim.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "312 HISTORY OF THE\\nAmos Bennett Nehemiah John m., April\\ni8, 1821, Lucretia, dr. of Esek Buftum. He built\\nthe house where Amos Newell now lives, and had a\\nshoe-shop near by. He removed to the Esek Buftum\\nplace about 1833. He d. Sept. 2, 1856; she d. May\\n13, 1882. Had Emily B., b. 1824, m. Enos Bigelow\\nAmos G., b. Oct. 7, 1826; Asahel, b. March 23,\\n1828; Oscar, b. July, 1830, d. Sept. 30, 1854, aged\\n24; John, b. March 4, 1834: Andrew, b. Nov.,\\n1836; Wales B., b. Oct. 26, 1839; Fanny, b. Aug.\\n7, 1843, m. William Garnsey Sarah Jane, b. June\\n23, 1848, m. John M. Swain.\\nAmos G. Bennett, son of Amos, m. Almina C,\\ndr. of Peleg Taft, jr. He lived with Mr. Taft on the\\nold place from thence removed to the Four corners,\\nand carried on blacksmithing at the Pickering place\\nfinally removed to West Swansey, 1879. Had Oscar\\nC, b. Feb. 28, 1848; Otto P., b. Nov. 7, 1857.\\nAsahel Bennett, son of Amos, m., April 29, 185 1,\\nAngela A., dr. of Joseph Buftum. He lived a while\\non the Joseph Buftum place, and from thence removed\\nto Connecticut, and now resides in Norwich. Had\\nEdgar A., John F., Arthur L., and William E.\\nOscar Bennett, son of Amos, m., Oct. 29, 185 1,\\nPolly A., dr. of Joseph Newell, jr. Had Hattie L.,\\nb. Nov. 12, 1853, m. Herbert Holbrook, d. April 13,\\n1879. Oscar was killed, Sept. 30, 1854, aged 24.\\nyo/in Bennett, son of Amos, m. Martha B. Bald-\\nwin, of Charlestown, N. H. He is a provision dealer\\nin Keene. No children.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 313\\nAndrczu Dennett.^ son of Amos, m. Emma, dr. o\\nCyrus Davis, of Royalston is an engineer, and lives\\nin Oswego, N. Y. Has three children.\\nWales D. Bennett^ son of Amos, m., Nov. 25,\\n1865, Mary E., dr. of Joseph Buftum, jr. lives\\nin Meriden, Conn. Had Ora W., b. June 12, 1864;\\nAddie A., b. July 12, 1872; Florence E., b. Sept.\\n15, 1874.\\nEfJwaim Bennett^ son of Allen, m. Hannah, dr. of\\nEzekiel Streeter was a shoemaker lived a while at\\nCol. Buftum s. Had James M. and Orlando. He\\nand his wife are now dead, and also the two sons.\\nyanics M. Bennett^ son of Ephraim, m. Susanna,\\ndr. of Thomas Boyce. He lived on a cross-road\\nsouth of the Wyman Thayer place. Had one son,\\nWillie.\\nyesse Bennett came to town about 1827 lived on\\nthe Samuel Gaskill place until 1836, when he dis-\\nappeared.\\nBENSON.\\nCapt. Isaac Benson^ ist m. Martha 2d m. Debo-\\nrah Cass, of Smithfield, dr. of Ebenezer Cass, from\\nwhich place it is probable Mr. Benson came. He\\nsettled on L. 16, R. 3, the farm now owned by Jacob\\nBoyce. The buildings, still standing, were erected\\nby him in 1788. The house was evidently designed\\nfor a tavern, and was so used for some years, being\\non a road from Swansey to Royalston, and a way\\nthat was much travelled for a time. The tomb con-\\nnected with the cemetery near by was the first and\\nonly one in town for nearly one hundred years after", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "314 HISTORY OF THE\\niis settlement. Had by Martha, as appears on record,\\nfive children, viz. John, Irene, Isaac, Joanna, and\\nLydia. He d. 1818.\\nJohn Benson, son of Isaac, m. Margaret Ballou,\\ndr. ofSeth, Jan. 25, 1789. He lived on his father s\\nother place, north of Reuben Bowen s. Had four\\nchildren, viz. Hosea, Job, John, jr., and James.\\nHe moved to Vermont.\\nIsaac Benson, jr., son of Isaac, m. Eunice Sawyer,\\nMay 9, 1793. He lived on his father s place a few\\nyears, and then removed to Vermont. Had eight\\nchildren, viz. Henry, Martha, Eunice, Caleb, Mar-\\nmaduke, Rufus, Lydia, and Isaac.\\nHenry Benson Isaac Isaac m. Betse} Buf-\\nfum, dr. of Robert, April 7, 1822. He inherited the\\nold homestead from his grandfather. He sold to\\nJacob Boyce, and moved to Pennsylvania about\\n1835. Had five children, viz. Henr} Zarina,\\nBetsey, also a son and daughter who died in\\ninfancy.\\nBIGELOW.\\nEnos Bigelozu, from New Boston, m. Emih^ dr.\\nof Amos Bennett, Esq., 1839. Kept the old Wake-\\nfield tavern that year, and removed to Keene, where\\nhe still resides. Is a building mover.\\nBISBEE.\\nNoah Bishce, b. May 23, 1752, son of Elijah Bis-\\nbee, of Plympton, Mass., 1805, bought of Joseph\\nSweeter his farm, L. 12, R. 4, the place now owned\\nby Abner S. Gardner; m. Jane Bradford, a descend-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 315\\nant of Gov. Bradford, of the Plymouth colony. He\\nd. Jan. 28, 1839 ^h*^ March 20, 1834. Had six\\nchildren, all b. in Plympton, viz. Jane, b. Feb. 23,\\n1779, m. Capt. Benjamin Crooker Noah, b. Feb. 17,\\n1781 ;Job, b. Nov. 24, 1783 Betsey, b. April i, 1787,\\nm. Ono Cass Seth, b. June 11, 1789 Sally, b. June\\n24, 1790, m. Willard Waldron.\\nNoahBisbec,jr. Noah m. Rachel, dr. of Daniel\\nMan, Dec. 27, 1810. He was killed at the battle of\\nBridgevvater, Upper Canada, July 24, 1814, in the fa-\\nmous charge made by Col. James Miller on a British\\nbattery. Had one child, William Bradford, b. Dec.\\n22, 181 1, who resides in Ohio.\\nJob Bishce Noah m. Deborah, dr. of Benja-\\nmin Crooker, Aug. 28, 1810. He kept store at the\\nCrooker place and at the Four corners, kept tavern\\nfor the widow Howe, was post-master at the same\\ntime. Afterwards lived at various places in town,\\nand d. Aug. 2, 1855, aged 72, with no relatives in\\ntown to follow his remains to the grave his wife d.\\nFeb. 25, 181 1, aged 20.\\nSeth Bishee Noah m. Leah, dr. of Levi Al-\\ndrich, Nov. 29, 1810. He was out in the war of 1812,\\nwas wounded in the battle of Bridgewater. He re-\\nmoved to Penn. soon after the close of the war.\\nBISHOP.\\nJesse Bishop, b. July 4, 1800, was the son of Ga-\\nbriel Bishop of Fitzwilliam. He m. Lucinda, dr. of\\nJesse Ballon. Lived in small house near Mr. Bal-\\nlou s. Had Smith B., b. Nov. 12, 1814 Betsey B.,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "3l6 HISTORY OF THE\\nb. Aug. lO, 1818 and Lois, b. April 22, 1823, m.\\nHarrison Taft. His wife d. in 1837, aged 38; he d.\\nabout i860.\\nA hardier frame ne er was made\\nThan was the son of that old Gabe\\nOf toughest fibre he must have been,\\nCase-hardened too was all within,\\nElse fish and fowl he ate undrest.\\nWould ve sent him to eternal rest.\\nHe capers cut, when he was young.\\nThe devil he was the youth among.\\nAt times he had a saintly grace,\\nShining o er his cunning face.\\nHis life, some warped when it begun,\\nMore tangled t was when it was done.\\nBLACK.\\nCaft. William Black removed to the Solomon\\nAtherton farm 1826. Sold or exchanged with Reuben\\nRich and removed back to Winchester 1829.\\nMrs. Susan A. Black, widow of Sumner W. Black,\\nof Swansey, and dr. of Ellery K. Aldrich, Esq., lives\\non the Bill Woodward place. He d. in the late war\\nin 1863. Had Ella A., b. 1857, d. 1859; Grace E.,\\nb. Feb. 14, i860.\\nBLANDING.\\nEhcnezer Blanding, from Royalston, who was\\nb. in Rehobath, bought of John Ingersoll the David\\nCass farm, L. 5, R. 9, the place now owned by\\nDavis Sprague from thence he removed to Rich-\\nfield, N. Y., and there died, aged about 90. Had\\nOtis and Royal, and fifteen others.\\nOtis Blanding Ebenezer ist m. Abigail, dr.\\nof Jeremiah Barrus, Dec. i, 1808; she d. April 18,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 317\\n1823, aged 34; 2d m. Sarah, dr. of Daniel Cass, jr.,\\nJan. 20, 1825. Had by Abigail: Harvey, b. May,\\n1809; Jason, b. Aug. 21, 1811, d. June 12, 1840;\\nPrudence, b. Jan. 24, 1813, m. Dennis Bowen\\nOscar F., b. March 4, 1819; Mansel M., b. April\\n17, 1822; Otis, removed to Michigan, and there\\ndied.\\nRuyal Blanding Ebenezer m. Betsey Ballou,\\nNov. 18, 1802, dr. of Russell. No record.\\nHarvey Blanding Otis Ebenezer m. Mary\\nHowe was a manufacturer of pails in Troy, N. H.\\nHe d. March 23, 1859. Had Mary J., Oscar J.,\\nJenetta, and Adaline.\\nOscar F. Blanding^ son of Otis, ist m. Lydia, dr.\\nof Thomas Goddard, June 5, 1844; 2d m. Hannah\\nC, dr. of Henry Whipple, May 18, 1846. Lived in\\nthe Pickering house at the Four corners, and on the\\nSeth Curtis place a while and, lastly, removed to\\nFitzwilliam, where he still resides. Had by Lydia\\nOscar Goddard, b. July 24, 1845 and by Hannah\\nhad Aurora J., b. Feb. 28, 1848; Laura A., b. Sept.\\n27, 1849; Henry W., b. Jan. 10, 1852; Harriet P.,\\nb. Jan. 28, 1854; Lyman H., b. Jan. 24, 1858.\\nLydia d. Aug. 21, 1845.\\nMansel M. Blanding^ son of Otis, m. Persis M.,\\ndr. of Zimri Ingalls, Dec. 24, 1845. Had three chil-\\ndren, viz. Eugenia, Francenia, and Julia.\\nGilbert Blanding^ from Worcester, 1853, lived in\\nthe house now owned by Cyrel Amadon removed,\\n1856, to the farm now owned by George B. Handy,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "3l8 HISTORY OF THE\\nand again removed to Athol, 1867. Had a daughter,\\nand a son, William, who lived with him, and m. the\\ndr. of Horace Merrifield.\\nSometimes matches in Heaven are made,\\nBut more often are made below\\nWhether this was only a jockey trade,\\nI do not care to know.\\nBLISS.\\nBenjamin W. Bliss, son of Benjamin W. Bliss, of\\nRoyalston, ist m., Sept. 12, 1849, Devine A. Lewis,\\nof Winchester 2d m., July 2, 1866, Almira Cass,\\nwidow of Jarvis Cass. Lives nearly opposite the old\\nhouse spot where Jerahmeel Allen once lived. Had\\nby Devine: Milo W., b. May 16, 1847, d. 1868;\\nOscar P., b. Oct. 3, 1861. By Almira had Mary E.,\\nb. Sept. 15, 1871.\\nBOLLES.\\nAmong the first settlers seven bearing the name of\\nBolles appear, who came from Rochester, Mass.,\\nabout 1 790, viz. Nathaniel,Solomon, Jonathan, John,\\nElijah, David, and Obed. Only Nathaniel, John,\\nand Elijah remained in town of these only the first\\ntwo have descendants remaining therein.\\nNathaniel Bolles, b. March 26, 1758, m. Thankful\\nBolles, Jan. 11, 1778.* She was b. July 18, 1760.\\nSettled on L. 18, R. 8, the farm now owned by John\\nL. Howard. Was a Baptist minister, preached in the\\nold Baptist church after the Rev. Isaac Kenney had\\nclosed his pastorate, and also a part of the time in the\\nBaptist church at West Swansey. For some years\\nhe was the only minister in town he attended most", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 319\\nof the funerals, and performed many of the marriage\\nceremonies during the time. He d. Dec. 2, 1843,\\naged 85 she d. Nov. 19, 1849, aged 89. Had eleven\\nchildren, viz. Lydia, b. Oct. 8, 1778, m. Jesse\\nPhillips Jane, b. Aug. 21, 1780, m. Moses Kenney\\nDeliverance, b. July 21, 1782, m. Wyman Richard-\\nson; Nathan, b. Sept. 2, 1784; Sally, b. July 25,\\n1786, m. Jona. Scott; Nathaniel, b. Aug. 11, 1788,\\nremoved to Bethlehem, N. H. Thankful, b. May 29.\\n1790, m. Samuel Starkey Bullock, b. July 12, 1792,\\nd. Aug. 2, 1793 Jeremiah, b. Oct. 25, 1793 Mary,\\nb. July 29, 1798, m. Elijah Buxton Hannah, b. 1799,\\nm. Daniel Ball; Phebe, b. Sept. 8, 1800, d. Sept. 2,\\n1823.\\nNathan Bollcs Nathaniel m. Elizabeth Bishop,\\nJan. I, 1804. Had Luke, b. Nov. 26, 1804 Nathan,\\nb. 181 1.\\nJeremiah Bolles Nathaniel ist m. Hannah\\nAldrich, Jan. 9, 1814 2d m. Lydia Batcheller, of\\nReading, Mass., Dec. 12, 1847. Lived on the home\\nplace. He d. March 29, 1877, aged 84; Hannah d.\\nOct. 20, 1846; Lydia d. Dec. 7, 1865. Had Abigail,\\nb. Oct. 6, 1814, d. June 16, 185 1 Nathaniel, b. May\\n5, 1817 Leonard N., b. Nov. 27, 1819, d. Sept. 28,\\n1836; Charles A., b. May 16, 1823; Phebe, b. Oct.\\n6, 1827, m. Charles Norwood, she d. Dec. 30, 1864;\\nJonathan, b. Feb. 7, 1833, d. x\\\\pril 23, 1852.\\nNathan Bolles^ jr. Nathan Nathaniel m Fati-\\nma, dr. of William Whipple lived on the Levi Mowry\\nplace, now owned by Frank E. Naromore. Had two\\nchildren that d. in infancy, viz. James E., d. 1849;\\nHenry A., d. 1856; also, Eliza Ann, Emily, Albert,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "320 HISTORY OF THE\\nand Frederick. He d. Nov. 20, 1875, aged 64; she\\nd. July 21, i860, aged 42.\\nCharles A. Bolles Jeremiah Nathaniel m.\\nHarriet E. Kettridge, July 4, 1850. He d. Oct. 29,\\n1855. Lived in a new house near the old homestead.\\nJohn Bolles, brother of Nathaniel, ist m. Mercey\\nRandall 2d m. Cynthia, dr. of Enoch Southwick,\\nApril 19, 1805. He bought of John Robinson, 1783,\\nhis farm, L. 17, R. 8, and built the house now stand-\\ning on the place, which is occupied by Mrs. Benjamin\\nBolles was by trade a shoemaker. Had eighteen\\nchildren, viz., by Mercey: Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1780;\\nDavid, b. Feb. 15, 1781 Obed, b. June 12, 1782;\\nPrudence, b. Feb. 16, 1784: John, b. June 8, 1787;\\nSimeon, b. June 3, 1789; Mercey, b. Nov. 29, 1791\\nHosea, b. March 12, 1794; Lewis, b. May 15, 1796;\\nLovice, b. June 28, 1798; Daniel, b. June 29, 1800;\\nAmos, b. June 17, 1802. By Cynthia had Jesse, b.\\nNov. II, 1805 Randall, b. Sept. 22, 1807 Stephen,\\nb. Sept. 17, 1809; Benjamin, b. Oct. 17, 1812\\nElisha, b. Nov. 15, 1814 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11,\\n1820. He d. March 22, 1829, aged 74 Merce}^ d.\\nDec. 23, 1804, aged 44; Cynthia d. April 3, 1859,\\naged 79.\\nyesse Bolles John m., March 3, 1833, Han-\\nnah, dr. of Daniel Temple; bought the place where\\nhis son Edwin now resides, 1829; moved the\\nCaleb Buffum house on the site of the old house,\\nwhich had been removed lived there a few years,\\nand then removed to the Jonathan Gaskill place, his\\npresent residence. Had John, b. Dec, 3, 1833, d. in\\nthe late war; Ellen, b. Aug. 15, 1835, F. O.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 321\\nBowen Cynthia, b. Nov. 29, 1837, m. Brigham\\nCass; Henry R., b. Dec. 29, 1839, killed in the\\nwar; Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1842; Edwin, b. Jan.\\n15, 1845.\\nBenjamin Bollcs John m. Emily, dr. of\\nSamuel Starkey, Sept. 9, 1843. He lived on the\\nold homestead, where the family still reside. He\\nd. Jan. 31, 1870. Had Clara E., b. March 11, 1847\\nWalter J., b. March 11, 185 1, m. Alice R. Tucker,\\nlives in Fitchburg Addie M., b. May 16, 1857, m.\\nErnest G. Naromore, lives in Lunenburg; Ozro H.,\\nb. Aug. 21, 1859.\\nEUsha BoUcs John m. Sarah Richardson, of\\nTempleton lived where Edwin Bollcs now resides.\\nHe d. Oct. 6, 187 1. Had Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 9,\\n1844, m. George B. Handy; Julia A., b. Feb. 21,\\n1846, m. Stephen M. Whipple Lucy A., b. April 19,\\n1848, m. Omer A. Brown; Alice M., b. Feb. 2,\\n1859, Abel Smith. Mrs. Bolles 2d m. Joseph\\nWhitcomb, and lives on the Jonathan Sweet place.\\nEdtuin Bolles^ son of Jesse, is married, and lives\\non the Verney Gaskill place.\\nSolomon Bollcs^ brother oi Nathaniel Bolles, m.\\nCatherine Bolles, Aug. 18, 1779. He settled on a\\nplace north of George Buffum s old place, on an old\\nroad long since discontinued, running northerly from\\nBenjamin Newell s old place to Swansey, and north\\nof the Simeon Thayer farm. This was next to\\nSwansey, L. 20, R. 7. Removed from town about\\n1810. Had Timothy, Elijah, Abigail, Isaac, Samuel.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF THE\\nyonathan Bolles, brother of Nathaniel, was mar-\\nried, and lived on the place south of George Buftum s,\\non the old road above described, L. i8, R. 7 re-\\nmoved to Lisbon, N. H. Had Jonathan, who m.\\nPhebe, dr. of Reuben Parker, June i, 1797 she d.\\nJuly 20, 1857.\\nElijah Bolles^ brother of Nathaniel, m. Lucy\\nRobertson, Sept. 30, 1794; lived on the place next\\nsouth of George Taylor s. Had Robinson, who d. in\\nWinchester, 1882, aged 85 Emory, Barney, Chloe,\\nand Lucy. He and his wife d. on the place. He d.\\n1832.\\nObed Bolles^ son of* John, ist m. Selah Goss,\\nApril 15, 1798; 2d m. Waity Aldrich, Dec. 27, 1803.\\nHe lived on a road now discontinued, leading from\\nGeorge Taylor s, eastwardly, to the road north of the\\nJeremiah Bolles place.\\nDavid Bolles, brother of Nathaniel, first lived on\\nthe old road east of George Taylor s, where Obed\\nlived afterwards had no permanent home lived at\\nvarious places in town.\\nBOORN.\\nCapi. Amos Boom, son of William and Mary\\nBoorn, b. March 25, 1737, m. Louvisa Simmons.\\nHe was one of the first settlers in the east part of the\\ntown, and was from Swansey, R. L, and had been a\\nsea captain. He took L. 9, R. i, the farm now owned\\nby Calvin Martin, on which he built a two-story frame\\nhouse, now gone, that stood south of Mr. Martin s.\\nHon. A. O. Bourn, governor of R. L, is from a\\nbranch of the same family. He d. 1820, aged 84", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 323\\nshe d. 1830. Had nine children, viz. Stephen, b.\\nDec. 5, 1765; Nathan, b. July 17, 1768; William,\\nb. Nov. 30, 1769 Gardner, b. Oct. 9, 1771 Lydia, b.\\nMarch 12, 1773, m. Otis Whipple; Loiivisa, m. An-\\nthony Corey; Amos, b. March 25, 1778, moved to\\nWallinglbrd, Vt. Abraham, b. Oct. 28, 1780 Nicene,\\nm. William Hunt.\\nWilliam Booj-n Amos m. Dec. 9, 1790, Abi-\\ngail, dr. of Jonathan Sweet. He moved to Shrews-\\nbury, Vt., 1795, where he lived several years, but re-\\nturned 1810, and lived on the place first settled by\\nEnoch White, afterwards occupied by John Gorton.\\nHe remained here the rest of his days, and d. March\\n22, 1848; she d. Feb. 24, 1845. Had Luke and\\nPolly, d. in infancy; Nathaniel, b. March 3, 1791\\nCynthia, b. July 3, 1796, d. Feb. 16, 1S16, while\\nweaving in a liand-loom.\\nStephen Boom Amos m. Silvia, dr. of Jacob\\nBump, Sept. 5, 1792. Had a part of his father s\\nfarm built the house where Calvin Martin now lives.\\nHe removed to the Butternuts about 1831. Had\\nHosea, Gardner, Richard, Lovina, m. Joel Hunt;\\nMaria, Diana, b. April, 1810, m. Josiah Whitcomb,\\nthe old stage driver from Keene to Fitchburg.\\nAbraham Boom Amos m. Lydia, dr. of Dan-\\niel Cass, jr. She was b. March 28, 1785. Had Gard-\\nner, Daniel, Winslow, Phebe, Abraham.\\nRichard Boom Stephen Amos m. Phila\\nBowen, dr. of Peleg. He lived with his grandfather\\nBump a few years, and then moved to the Butternuts.\\nHad Jacob and Leonard.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF THE\\nNathaniel Boo7 n William Amos m. Mary,\\ndr. of John Cass, jr., March i, 181 2. He lived with\\nhis father in Vt., and returned to town with him, and\\nthey together occupied the same place. Removed to\\nSwansey, where he lived a few years, then went to\\nRoyalston, where he d. Feb. 17, 1875, aged ^2 i ^^^d\\nshe d. May 7, 1863, aged 72. Had Asahel B., b.\\nMay 30, 1813 Ansel, b. Aug. 15, 1814; William, b.\\nApril 2, 1817, d. Aug. 26, 1838; Selina, b. June 13,\\n1821, m. Moses Garfield, of Royalston Nathaniel, b.\\nJan. 8, 1826; John C, b. Oct. 8, 1829. Mr. Boorn\\nlived on the old farm 44 years.\\nGardner Boorn Stephen Amos m. Sarah,\\ndr. of Thomas Bowen. Was killed blasting rocks on\\nthe new road south of Preston Freeman s, 1832. Had\\nthree children, viz.: Sarah M., m. Frank Towne\\nHenry G., m. Susan Temple and Silvia, d. 9 years\\nof age.\\nHosea Boom Stephen Amos ist m. Amy\\nMartin, dr. of Wilderness, June 28, 1815 2d m.\\nNancy Kendall, Jul}^ 8, 182 1. He lived in the house\\nwith his father until he removed to Penn. about 1831.\\nHad by Amy, Danvers and Danford and by Nancy,\\nAmy, Amos, and Cyrus.\\nDaniel Boot u Abraham Amos m. Olive, dr.\\nof Silas Ballon, jr., Feb. 23, 1824. Lived at various\\nplaces. Had eleven children, viz. Daniel G., Nel-\\nson D., Horatio A.,Velorus A., Isaac W., Olive M.,\\nMary A., Marshall H., Julia E., George M., Olive\\nMaria. The family removed west.\\nAsahel B. Boorn Nathaniel William Amos\\nm. 1833, Nancy, dr. of Aaron Aldrich. He lived", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RTCIIMONI). 325\\nin town a number of years, and then removed to\\nPenn., where his wife d. Nov. 7, 1846. He returned\\nto Richmond, and thence removed to Wallingford, Vt.,\\nwhere he m. Patience Dawson, Sept. 2, 1849.\\nby Nancy five children by Patience had nine children.\\nHed. in Wallingford, May 13, 1881.\\nAnsel Boom Nathaniel William Amos\\nm., March 19, 1832, Laura Ann, dr. of Silas Ballou\\n3d, Moved to Swansey. Had ten children. He d.\\nAug. I, 1848; his widow m. William Wheelock, and\\nd. Sept. 14, 1872.\\nNathaniel Boom, jr. m., Aug. 20, 1851, Mary\\nButler, of Troy. Removed to Swansey, and thence,\\nin 1870, went to St. Augustine, 111., where he now\\nresides. Has three children.\\nyohn C. Boom Nathaniel William Amos\\nm. Esther M. Emerson, of Troy, Nov. 24, 1853. He\\nresides in East Swansey. No children.\\nBOWEN.\\nThomas Bozven, the ancestor of all bearing the\\nname in town, came from Warren, R. I., 1767 m.\\nPenelope Aldrich, of Northbridge, b. Nov. 26, 1748,\\ndr. of John and Mary, and a sister to the wife of\\nJoseph Newell, and also to the wife of Reuben\\nRandall. Had two children when he came, Nathan\\nand Nathaniel. He settled on L. 14, R. 4, the place\\nnow owned and occupied by his grandson, Zimri.\\nThe house he built and lived in was on the north side\\nthe road, west of the new one built by the present\\nowner. He d. July 12, 1834, 9^^^ year; she", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF THE\\nd. June 10, 1825, in her 77th year. Had thirteen\\nchildren, viz. Nathan, b. Sept. 11, 1765 Nathaniel\\nA.-; Catherine, b. Jan. 28, 1770, m. Aaron Ballon;\\nPeleg, b. March 3, 1772 Reuben, b. April 16, 1774\\nZephaniah, b. Oct. 10, 1776; Mary, b. Oct. 20,\\n1778; Jesse, b. Feb. 25, 1782; Esther, b. Aug. 29,\\n1784, d. Feb. 12, 1854; Phebe, b. Aug. 7, 1786, m.\\nBarnet Bump; Lydia, b. Aug. 7, 1786, m. Jacob\\nBump, jr. Sarah, b. Dec. 22, 1789, m. Gardner\\nBoorn.\\nNathan Bozvcn Thomas ist m., Feb. 15, 1783,\\nRachel Stoddard, who was b. March 11, 1763; 2d\\nm., Dec. 4, 1804, Lavina Sweet, dr. of Jacob Bump,\\nand widow of Richard Sweet. He settled on L. 11,\\nR. I, the same now owned by his sons Nathan and\\nRichard, in the year 1783, and in the fall of that\\nyear built a log-house, and afterwards a frame-house,\\non the spot where Richard s house now stands. He\\nd. Nov. 25, 1828; Rachel d. March 8, 1804; Lavina\\nd. Dec. 19, 185 1. Had fourteen children by Rachel,\\nviz. Ezra, b. June 14, 1783 Hannah, b. March 20,\\n1785, 1st m. David Cobleigh, 2d m. John Harkness\\nThomas, b. Dec. 3, 1786, m. Hannah Harkness;\\nAbigail, b. Feb. 13, 1789; Jesse, b. March 22, 1791,\\nm. Dilla Cole; Eleanor, b. April 28, 1793, m. Eli\\nCarroll, had an inHint b. and d. April 28, 1795\\nMary, b. Dec. 14, 1796, m. Aaron Ballou Rachel,\\nb. Nov. 26, 1799, m. Barney Ballou Nathan, jr., b.\\nAug. 27, 1803, d. young. By Lavina had Lavina,\\nb. Aug. 28, 1805, d. March 31, 1821 Nathan, b.\\nMay 7, 1807 Richard, b. March 23, 1809; Eliza, b.\\nDec. 28, 181 1, m. Wheaton C. Jillson, d. Aug.,\\n1842.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 327\\nIVathanicl A. Bozvcn Thomas m., April 5,\\n1789, Lovice Gaskill, dr. of Jonathan. He bought of\\nVerney Gaskill, 1799, the east part of the Gaskill\\nfarm, L. 8, R. 4, on which was a two-story house,\\non the spot where Edwin Bolles now lives. Here he\\nkept a public house and store. The house was taken\\ndown by Levi Wheeler about 1826, and the material\\nused for the construction of the house now occupied\\nby Jonas Wheeler. Had nine children, viz. James,\\nb. July 7, 1789; Richard, b. Nov. 5, 1791, m. Can-\\ndace, dr. of William Buflum, and moved to the Hol-\\nland purchase; Rufus, b. July 20, 1794, d. 3^oung\\nOlive, b. June 20, 1798, m. Gideon Hix Nathaniel\\nA., b. Jan. 28, iSoi, moved to the Holland pur-\\nchase. Had also Patience, Marinda, Julia Ann, and\\nHannah.\\nPclcg- Boivcn Thomas ist m., Jan. i, 1795,\\nPatience Streeter, dr. of Barzillai 2d m.. May 3,\\n1807, Sally Gleason. He lived on the place next\\nnorth of his father s, on the part of L. 15, R. 4, first\\nsettled by Royal Aldrich. Had by Patience Polly,\\nb. Nov. 13, 1796, m. David Harris; Phila, b. Nov.\\n8, 1798, m. Richard Boorn Betsey, b. March 7,\\n1801, m. Aaron Whipple; David, b. April 2, 1803,\\nmoved to the Butternuts, a place in central New\\nYork Candace, b. March 24, 1795, d. young. By\\nSally had Isaac G., moved to Illinois; and Lucinda,\\nmoved to New York.\\nRciihcn Bozucn Thomas m. Hannah Allen, dr.\\nof Moses, sr. He d. Sept. 5, 1825, aged 51 she d.\\nJune 6, 1843, aged 67. Lived on the farm next north\\nof the Benson place, L. 17, R. 3. Had Olive, b.\\nMa}- II, 1797, m. Enoch Stewart; Penelope, b. May", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF THE\\n8, 1799, m. Nicholas Hart; Rufus, b. Oct 8, 1800;\\nBrittania, b. May 24, 1802, m. Abner Ballou Sally,\\nb. March 16, 1804,01. Ira Fisher; Allen, b. Sept.\\n15, 1805 Louisa, b. Aug. 3, 1807, m. Caleb Boyce\\nHannah, b. June 18, 1809, m. Darius Hart; Reuben,\\nb. July 21, 1811 Martha, b. July 15, 1813, ist m.\\nIra Fisher, 2d m. D. B. Aldrich Sarah, b. Oct. 5,\\n1815, m. Thomas Fenner Fostina, b. Dec. 7, 1818,\\nm. Silas White Lydia, b. Nov. 4, 1820, m. Farris\\nTaft.\\nZcfhaniah Bowcn Thomas m., Feb. 25, 1798,\\nMartha, dr. of Moses Allen, sr. He bought the\\nDavid Russell place, and lived on the same, L. 15,\\nR. 4, a few years after his marriage, and then moved\\nonto the old homestead and took care of his lather\\nand mother. He d. June 4, 1851, aged 74 shed.\\nOct. 10, 1854, aged 72. Had Hannah, b. May 28,\\n1799, ist m. Alva Howard, 2d m. Robert Boyce;\\nMoses A., b. Nov. 16, 1800, m. Eliza Angier, and\\nmoved to Illinois; Margaret, b. May 15, 1802, istm.\\nWalter Erskine, 2d m. Maturin Ballou Phebe, b.\\nSept. 4, 1804, m. Nahum Sisson, of Texas Zimri, b.\\nJune 29, 1806; Thomas, b. March 11, 1808, m. Sally\\nT. Boyce, dr. of John, jr., and moved to Indiana;\\nLydia, b. Feb. 10, 1810, m. Reuben Angier; Den-\\nnis, b. March 5, 1812, m. Prudence Blanding, dr. of\\nOtis, and d. on the old place; Eliza A. M., b. Jan.,\\n1814, m. Reuben Angier: Zephaniah A., b. March\\n24, 1816, d. July II, 1819 Savalla L., b. March 6,\\n1823, m. Noah Perry.\\nEzra Bowcn Nathan Thomas m., March\\n15. 1807, widow Lois Harris. He moved to Sutton,\\nVt.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 329\\nThomas Bozvcn Nathan Thomas m. Feb. i8,\\n1810, Hannah, dr. of John Harkness. He removed\\nto western N. Y.\\nycssc Bowcn Nathan Thomas m. Jan. 30,\\n181 1, Dilla Cole. Had one child, Harris, b. Sept.\\n22, 1812. He moved to Vt.\\nNathan Bowcn, Nathan Thomas m. Nov.\\n19, 1829, Alpha, dr. of Otis Whipple, b. Dec. 2, 1808.\\nLived in the old house until 1840, when he built a\\nnew house, where he has since resided. He built a\\nsaw-mill on Tully, which he operated for more than\\n20 years. He was on the board of selectmen in 1849.\\nHad ten children, viz. Harriet E., b. May 14,\\n1830, m. Nov. 26, 185 1, Robert F. Boyce, lives in\\nAthol Olive J. A., b. Oct. 5, 1831, ist m. Romanzo\\nHoward, 2d m. Samuel Thompson, lives in Troy\\nFranklin O., b. Aug. 28, 1833 Frederick A., b.\\nJuly 3, 1835 Eliza E., b. Feb. 7, 1837 Nathan P.,\\nb. June 15, 1840, d. July 4, 1841 Alfred R., b.\\nMarch 20, 1842; Edwin N., b. Nov. 14, 1843; Sid-\\nney B., b. Dec. 28, 1846 Emma J., b. Nov. 15, 185 1,\\nm. James B. Cass, Jan. i, 1882.\\nRichard Bowcn Nathan Thomas m. Oct.\\n1832, Joanna, dr. of Moses Allen. Lives on the old\\nhomestead replaced the old house by a new one about\\n1858. Had no children; she d. Dec. 25, 1868, aged\\n62.\\nyamcs Bowcn Nathaniel A. Thomas m.\\nApril 27, 1809, Abigail Estes, dr. of Zacheus. Lived\\non the David Ingersoll place 181 7, and removed to\\nMonroe, Mass., the same year; he d. Feb. 22, 1851,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF THE\\naged 6i she d. 1833, aged 42. Had Horatio,\\nUberto, b. Feb. 22, 1813 Lorenzo, d. young Loren-\\nzo, Orrin, Emily, Albert, and Nancy, the last four b.\\nin Monroe.\\nRu/us Bozven Reuben Thomas m. March\\n2, 1826, Alona Aldrich, dr. of Rhoda Aldrich. He\\nlived on his father s place until he sold and moved to\\nSwansey, about 1840. Was a justice of the peace, and\\nmoderator several times. Had no children he d.\\nOct. 6, 1866; she d. Jan. 13, 1866.\\nAllen Bowen Reuben Thomas m. Jan. 27,\\n183 1, Phila Boyce, dr. of Cadish Boyce. He lived\\non his father s place one year, and then moved to 111.,\\nwhere he died. Had two children, Emmerancy and\\nLovina.\\nRciihen Bowcn^ji-. Reuben Thomas m. Eliza\\nWatkins, of Hopkinton, Mass. Was a Methodist\\nminister. He d. in Hopkinton, June 28, 1843. Had\\nno children.\\nZimri Bozucn Zephaniah Thomas m. Dec.\\n10, 1835, Polly, dr. of Russell Wheeler, of Royals-\\nton. She was b. July 4, 1812. He lives on the old\\nhomestead of his father and jjrandfathef. Has seven\\nchildren, viz. Zimri W., b. Oct. 29, 1837, Myra\\nE. Claflin, and resides in Leominster; Martha L, b.\\nDec. 14, 1839, Charles D. Kimball; Lydia L., b.\\nJan. 7, 1842, m. Jerahmeel Allen Polly A., b. Dec.\\n17, 1843 George M., b. March 24, 1846 Robert D.,\\nb. Sept. 18, 1848, m. Eleanor P. Russell, lives in\\nLeominster; Benjamin F., b. July 12, 1851.\\nUhcrto Bowen James Nathaniel A. Thomas\\nm. Aug. II, 1839, Angela, dr. of Jonathan Raw-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 331\\nson, Esq. He continued the store business at the okl\\nRawson stand for a short time, and then detached the\\nstore from the dwellincr and moved the same farther\\nnorth, which he fitted up in more modern style, and\\ndid quite an extensive business in the same until it\\nwas burnt, 1853. Has five children, viz. Henry R.,\\nb. June 13, 1840; Alonzo C, b. May 23, 1843, lives\\nin Kentucky; Ellen L., b. Dec. 4, 1846, m. Freder-\\nick Bowen Albert J., b. April 26, 1848; Frank P.,\\nb. Oct. I, 1851.\\nFranl-Iin O. Bozvcn Nathan Nathan Thom-\\nas m. June 4, 1856, Ellen Bolles, dr. of Jesse. He\\nbought the m.ills built by Jacob Whitcomb, jr., on\\nTully, and is still engaged in manufacturing lumber.\\nHas two children, viz. Clara E., b. June 19, i860,\\nis a professional nurse in Boston; Nellie F., b. Feb.\\n13, 1862.\\nFrederick A. Bowen Nathan Nathan Thom-\\nas m. Dec. 4, 1862, Ellen L., dr. of Uberto Bowen.\\nHas lived in Keene now resides in Fitzwilliam. Had\\nFred. E., b. Oct. 28, 1865 Eva, b. March 10, 1867\\nWalter Leroy, b. Oct. 26, 1875 Adin T., b. June 6,\\n1879.\\nEdzvin N. Bowen Nathan Nathan Thomas\\nm. Dec. 27, 1866, Jane C. Smith, of Fitzwilliam.\\nLived on the Bowman Howe place. Removed to\\nFitzwilliam, 1882.\\nSidney B. Bozvcn Nathan Nathan Thomas\\nm., March 1867, Jennie E., dr. of Ozial Ballou, and\\nwidow of Stephen Martin. Lives on the Jacob Whit-\\ncomb place. Had Minnie M., b. March i, 1869.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF THE\\nGeorge M. Bowen, son of Zimri, m. Eliza R.\\nLynch, of Essex, N. Y., b. Sept. 9, 1840. Lives on\\nthe George Handy place. Had Minnie E., b. Jul}\\nII, 1870; George A., b. March 31, 1872 Frank L.,b.\\nJuly 28, 1873 Clara L., b. Feb. 25, 1875 5 Clarence\\nE., b. Aug. 30, 1879.\\nHeni-y R. Bozuen, son of Uberto, m. Jane C, dr.\\nof Jerril A. Curtis. Lives in Swansey.\\nFrank P. Bozven, son of Uberto, m. Lauretta, dr.\\nof Nathaniel Bryant. She d. Jan. 30, 1879.\\nBOYCE.\\nPaul Boyce ist m. Hannah Staples, 2d m. Phillis\\nCook, widow of Nicholas, Nov. 1,1803. Came from\\nSmithfield 1772, and settled on lots in the south-east\\ncorner of the town, the place since occupied by his\\nson Silas and grandson Enoch, and recently by Na-\\nthaniel Hills. He was a large land owner, and set-\\ntled his sons on adjoining lands. Was hy trade a\\ncarpenter. He d. 1817, age 81 Hannah d. 1803,\\nPhillis d. March 21, 1815. Had seven children, viz.\\nNicene, b. April 17, 1765, m. Samuel Gaskill, Esq.\\nCadish, b. 1758; John, b. 1760; Nathan, b. 1763;\\nJacob, b. 1767; Stephen, b. 1770; Silas, b. Nov.\\n1779.\\nCadish Boyce Paul m. Lavina Bishop, Nov.\\n29, 1782. He lived on the place afterwards occupied\\nby his son Robert, L. 4, R. 2 he d. 1835. H^\\neleven children, viz. William, b. Oct. 7, 1783, m.\\nSally Sargent, of Fitzwilliam, and moved to Fayston,\\nVt. Paul, b. April 7, 1785 Lavina, b. Sept. 2, 1787,\\ni", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 333\\nm. Zelotes Laws; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1789?\\nSilas Maynard Irene, b. Nov. 22, 1791, m. Russell\\nWheeler; Charlotte, b. April 17, 1794, d. David, b.\\nOct. 3, 1796; Robert, b. April 30, 1799; Caleb, b.\\nJune 17, 1802, m. Louisa Bo wen, dr. of Reuben,\\nlived in Fitzwilliam Silas, b. 1804, m. Eliza Flagg,\\nof Winchendon Phila, b. 1806, m. Allen Bo wen.\\njfo/iJi Boycc Paul m.Jan. 12, 1787, Lucy Dix,\\nof Reading. He settled where David Thompson\\nsince lived. Removed to Vt., and there died. Had\\nHannah, b. Aug. 6, 1787, m. Daniel Cass, jr. Rox-\\nana, b. May 31, 1789, m. Robert Harkness John, b.\\nSept. 22, 1791, m. Polly Estes Martha, b. March 14,\\n1794, m. David Tolman Mary, b. March 14,1794,\\nm. Ebenezer Ballou Stephen, b. March 10, 1796, m.\\nTolman, of Troy James, b. May 5, 1800.\\nNathan Boyce Paul m. Zerviah Green, of Roy-\\nalston, Feb. 13, 1787. Settled on L. 4, R. i, and\\nthence removed to Fayston, Vt., about 1805. Had\\nMary, Dorcas, Dan, Nicene, Phebe, Artemas, Sarah,\\nJacob.\\nJacob Boycc Paul m. Rhoda, dr. of Jacob\\nBump, Jan. 4, 1791. Settled on the place known as\\nthe Elisha Perry farm, now owned and occupied by\\nNathaniel Hills. Was killed at Royalston by the\\nkick of a horse. Had Stephen, b. March 2, 1792\\nDiana, who m. Elisha Perry and Rhoda, unmarried.\\nStephen Boyce Paul m. Joanna, dr. of Eph-\\nraim Hix, Aug. 16, 1790. Settled on L. 4, R. 2, on\\nor near the Lilburn Allen place. He d. Nov. i, 1790", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF THE\\nshe d. Dec, 28, 1846. Had one child, Prusia, b.\\nDec. I, 1790, m. Silas Whipple.\\nSilas Boyce Paul m. Comfort, dr. of Moses\\nAllen, 1798. Lived on the home place. Was a good\\nscholar had considerable knowledge of some of the\\nancient languages, and of tlie higher mathematics\\nstudied medical works, was called Doctor, but never\\npracticed medicine had no special opportunity for\\nschooling. He d. Oct. i, 1818, aged 42 she d. Sept.\\n29, 1838, aged 64. Had eight children, viz. Thom-\\nas, b. June 27, 1800; Enoch, b. June 15, 1802 Paul,\\nb. March 6, 1805 Jacob, b. June 27, 1807 Hannah,\\nb. April 19, 1809, m. Tisdale Howard, of Winchendon\\nGratis, b. Sept. 17, 1811, m. Leonard Ballou Phebe,\\nb. May 4, 1813, m. Amos Corey Lydia, b. April 29,\\n1815, unmarried, d. about i860.\\nRobert Boyce Cadish Paul ist m. widow\\nHannah Howard, dr. of Zephaniah Bowen 2d m.\\nRebecca, dr. of Thomas Boyce. He lived on his\\nfather s place. Had by Hannah: Robert F., b. Oct.\\n24, 1828; Russell W., b. Jan. 8, 1831 Zephaniah\\nA., b. April 5, 1832; H. Eliza, b. Feb. 10, 1835.\\nBy Rebecca had Emily and Harriet. He d. April\\n19, 1849; Hannah d. Oct. 23, 1838.\\nyohn Boyce John Paul m. Polly Estes, dr.\\nof Zacheus. Lived with his father until about 1829,\\nwhen he removed to Barton, Vt. After a few years\\nhe returned, and finally removed to Indiana about\\n1838. Had Sally, John Dix, Marmaduke S., Ma-\\nhala, Mariba, James, Polly, Edwin Plummer, Rox-\\nana, Diana, George, and Daniel Cummings.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 335\\npanics Boycc John Paul m. Hannah, dr. of\\nWilderness Martin, Jan. 22, 1829. He had the mills\\nand place since owned by Bowman Howe. He re-\\nremoved to Monroe, Mass., about 1840, and thence to\\nNevvfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y. Had Jasper,\\nPaschal, and Madison.\\nThouias Boycc Silas Paid m. Silvia, dr. of\\nSilas Ballon, Oct. 25, 1821. Lived at place on the\\nwest end of his father s farm. Had Silas B., b. Dec.\\n22, 1822, m. Josephine, dr. of Esek Buftum, she d.\\nMay 16, 187 1, he is now in Grand Rapids, Mich.,\\nhas two daughters; Rebecca, b. May 6, 1824; Sa-\\nbina, b. Jan. 8, 1826, d. Oct. 12, 1829 Philander, b.\\nFeb. 9, 1827, is m. and lives in Troy, N. Y. James,\\nb. Feb. 9, 1830, lives in Keene, and has two children\\nSusanna, b. June 13, 1832. He d. Feb. 9, 1857, aged\\n57 she d. March 19, 1857, aged 6\\nEnoch Boycc Silas Paul m. widow Olive\\nStuart, dr. of Reuben Bowen, April 28, 1823. Lived\\non his father s place. Had eight children, viz.\\nx\\\\ldis, b. Nov. 22, 1823 Denzel, b June 2, 1825\\nAmanda, b. June 7, 1827 Lucena, b. April 7, 1829\\nLuana, b. Feb. 13, 1832; Alaric A., b. Feb. 12,\\n1834; Adaline, b. April 10, 1836. Cordelia, b. May\\n12,1839. He d. 1874 she d. Dec. 20, 1846, aged 49.\\nPaul Boycc Silas Paul m. Hannah Hana-\\nford, of Peterboro He removed to New Ipswich\\nwas a tin peddler.\\nyacoh Boycc Silas Paul ist m., April 9,\\n1829, Oli^e, dr. of Russell Ballon; 2d m. Vilroy, dr.\\nof Job Whitcomb, of Swansey, April 4, 1844. First\\nlived on the Benson place; removed to Tro3s 1855,\\nand thence to Berlin, Mass., 1871, where he now", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "336 HISTORY OF THE\\nresides. Olive d. Oct. 8, 1842. Had by Olive:\\nFrancis R., b. May 26, 183 1 and by Vilroy had\\nAnna O., b. July 23, 1848; and Charles E., b. May\\n4, 1852.\\nJohn Dix Boycc John John Paul ist m.\\nAmy, dr. of Jared Ballou. He lived on the Joseph\\nJaseph place. She d. June 11, 1872, and he 2d m.\\nthe widow of John Meads. No children. He d.\\n1883. Had his name changed by striking out the\\nword Dix\\nHe refused to leave his expected mate\\nWhen the others went to a western state,\\nPreferring always what was sure\\nTo uncertain things that oft allure.\\nBRIGHAM.\\nElisha Bn o/iam lived on the Abraham Arnold\\nplace from 181 1 to about 1835 thence he removed to\\nthe Jonathan Sweet farm, where he died. He was\\nunmarried. His sister Betsey lived with him.\\nAt auction sales, and at prices high.\\nMuch worthless stuft he used to buy\\nQiiite often he would raise the bid.\\nIf rum was for the one that did.\\nBRITTON.\\nDr. Martin Britton was a practising physician in\\ntown in i8io- ii was the predecessor of Dr. Park-\\nhurst, and lived in the corner-house opposite Pere-\\ngrine Wheeler s. He died while on a journey to the\\nwest, 181 1.\\nBROWN.\\nAbraham Broxvn was f. s. on L. 20, R. 8. Sold\\nto Benjamin Buffum, and removed to Swansey, 1788.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 337\\nyaines Brown m. Sarah Aldrich. He came from\\nGloucester, R. I., in 1777, and bought of John Dandley\\nthe farm now owned by Preston L. Freeman. He built\\nthe house now on the premises, 1787. Had Hannah,\\nb. July 10, 1771, m., May 26, 1790, Rufus Kelton\\nSarah, b. April 2, 1775, m. George Kelton; James,\\nb. July, 1770, m. Perna Thayer, Aug. 18, 1799, re-\\nmoved to Troy, N. Y. Benjamin, b. July 24, 1773\\nGeorge, m. Katherina Holbrook, Jan. 21, 1802.\\nAustin Brozvn, b. Oct. 20, 1813, m. Susan, dr. of\\nJoseph Randall, son of Levi, Jan. 2, 1844. He\\nbought the Stephen Buffum farm about 1844 lived\\nthere until 1853, when he removed to Philadelphia,\\nwhere he d. Oct. 28, 1863. Had two children, viz.\\nEmily E., b. Oct. 27, 1845, m. William A. Maynard,\\nEsq. Mary L., b. Oct. 2, 1847. Mrs. Brown and\\ndaughter now live in Keene.\\nZohcth Brozvn came from Providence, 1837 had\\nhalf of the Crooker farm. He lived here a few\\nyears, and then returned to Providence.\\nyoseph IV. Brown, from Winchester, bought the\\nThornton mills about 1864. Had Serussa H. and\\nx\\\\ncil and by his second wife had Omer H. and\\nfive others. No record. He removed to Brookfield,\\nMass., about 1870.\\nOmer H. Brown m., Aug. 5, 1873, Lucy A., dr.\\nof Elisha Bolles lives near tlie Thornton mills.\\nHad tour children, viz. Viola A., b. Nov. 26, 1873\\nJosephine AL, b. Sept. 25, 1875; Eva E., b. Dec.\\n26, 1877 Flossie G., b. July i, 1882.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "33^ HISTORY OF THE\\nBRYANT.\\nCaft. Daniel C. Bryant ist m. (name unknown)\\n2d m. Susanna Byam. He came from Templeton,\\nand lived first on the Richard Peters place, and from\\nthence removed to the Ebenezer Cole place, near the\\ntown pound, and afterwards at various places in town.\\nWas a blacksmith, and was captain of the Richmond\\ncompany that went to the defence of the northern\\nfrontier in the war of 1812. Had by his first wife\\nSally, m. Luther Cass; Elizabeth, ist m. Applin, 2d\\nm. Daniel Ellis. By Susanna Chandler, b. Dec. 26,\\n1788 Calvin Chauncey, d. in Keene Samuel, d.\\nin Pennsylvania Carlton, d. in Michigan Thomas,\\nd. in Charlestown, N. H. She d. Oct. 5, 1843, aged\\n82 he d. April, 1840, aged 79.\\nChandler Bryant Daniel C. m. Mary, dr. of\\nDaniel Cass, jr., was a blacksmith, and lived on\\nthe Rufus Whipple place. He d. March 21, 1875;\\nshe d. April 21, 1872. Had Susan M., b. Jan. 15,\\n1813 Daniel C, b. 1815, d. young; John A., b.\\nMarch 9, 1819 Lydia C, b. March 6, 1825; S.\\nRosina, b. 1827, d. 1844; Jonathan C, b. Aug. 17,\\n1833-\\nCalvin Bryant Daniel C. m., Feb. 27, 1812,\\nSusanna, dr. of Ananias Aldrich. Lived on the\\nAnanias Aldrich farm until about 1845, when he re-\\nmoved to the Samuel Carpenter place, and from\\nthence to the George Buffum farm, where he d. June 5,\\n1864 she d. June 15, 1880. Had Hiram, b. Aug. 3,\\n1813 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1817 Diancy, b. Nov.\\n18, 1818, m. John W. Starkey Calvin, b. July 4,\\n1821 Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1823, d. Dec. 29, 1838;\\nj", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 339\\nMary Ann, b. Oct. lO, 1826, m. Samuel Willard\\nEliza Ann, b. Dec. i, 1828, m. John Scott, jr.\\nAngela, b. Dec. i, 1830, m. N. G. Woodbury\\nAlphreda, b. May 6, 1833, m. H. Foster Thayer\\nAlmarinda, b. June 21, 1835, m. Samuel Ball.\\nChaunccy Bryant Daniel C. m. Harriet Un-\\nderwood; lived in Keene. Had James U., William\\nC, and Eliza A., m. Joseph S. Garner, of Gardner.\\nHe d. 1861 she d. 1836.\\nJohn A. Bryant Chandler Daniel C. ist\\nm., Nov. 25, 1847, Mary, dr. of Joseph Randall; she\\nd. 1854. 2d m. Angenette Carey. Had by Mary\\nSarah Rosin a, b. 1849, Henry Buss, of Marlboro\\nHad by Angenette Frank and Elsie. He lives in\\nWinchester.\\nJonathan C. Bryant Chandler Daniel C.\\nm. Sarah O., dr. of Willard Randall, May 9, 1867\\nlives at the Four corners. Had Grace L., b. March\\n16, 1868.\\nHiram Bryant Calvin Daniel C. ist m.\\nSarah M., dr. of Nathan Bullock, March 16, 1845\\n2d m. Azubah, dr. of John Martin, April 23, 1857\\n3d m. widow Dexter Palmer. Lived on the Samuel\\nCarpenter place; also on the George Buffum, jr.,\\nfarm a number of years now resides in Swansey.\\nHad by Sarah M. Henry L., Susan L., and Albert.\\nHad by widow Palmer; Calvin. Sarah M. d. March\\n9, 1854; Azubah d. May 19, 1862.\\nNathaniel Bryant Calvin Daniel C. m.\\nMarch 7, 1849, Lorinda, dr. of Wyman C. Thayer.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF THE\\nHe lived on the Wyman Thayer place. Had Lovina\\nD., b. Nov. 9, 1849; Lorinda A., b. Oct. 23, 1850;\\nSultena L., b. Feb. 2, 1853; Laurena I., b. Nov.\\n24, 1855; Lewis W., b. Dec. 17, 1857, d. Feb. 26,\\n1878. He died a few years ago.\\nGeorge F. Bryant Calvin Daniel C. m.\\nJane C, dr. of George Taylor; had no children.\\nHe d. Oct. 7, 1867. His widow m. Elliot Chapman.\\nBUCKLEY.\\nyohn Buckley, from New York, m. Martha J.\\nAnderson, Aug. 4, 1865 came to town in 1880. He\\nlives east of Tull}^ brook, on a part of the old Capt.\\nBoorn farm. Had Suidon, b. June 2, i860.\\nBUFFUM.\\nJedediah and yc /^(////f/;/, brothers, and Benjamin^ a\\nhalf brother, were sons of Joseph Buftum, of Smith-\\nfield, who was the fourth in descent from Robert Buf-\\nfum, of Salem, in 1634. Moses and Caleb were sons\\nof Benjamin, who was a brother of Joseph, all of\\nSmithfield, all descendants of Robert, who came from\\nEngland in 1630. The lineage runs thus Joseph\\nand Benjamin, brothers, sons of Benjamin, who was b.\\n1686, who was a son of Caleb, b. 1650, who was son\\nof the first Robert.\\nJedediah Biiffum^h. 1737, m. Sarah Taft, sister of\\nNathaniel Taft, Sept. 22, 1757. Settled on L. 9, R.\\n6, the farm since occupied by his son Esek and Amos\\nBennett, and now owned by Nathaniel Naromore.\\nThe large house still standing on the premises was", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "Old I uFFiM House.\\nil\\no-^\\n-j-.\\n.fA ^Fprri^^\\nv\\n-i-*^ -.^i^ -A\\nOl.D Corner Stoke (Four Coiners, looking West). See page i j j.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHINIOND. 34I\\nthe second two-story house buiU in town. Came into\\ntown 1763, was town treasurer from 1773 to 1803,\\nand was six times chosen on the board of selectmen.\\nHe d. 1808; she d. 1815. Had eight children, viz.\\nEsther, b. April 12, 1758, m. Daniel Man; George,\\nb. May 13, 1760; Esek, b. April 6, 1763 Robert, b.\\nMarch 10, 1765 Jedediah, b. April 8, 1767 Sarah,\\nb. Oct. 22, 1769, m. Verney Gaskill William, b.\\nJune 4, 1772 Candace, b. Jan. 29, 1776, m. Dr.\\nAmos Howe. Esther, George, and Esek were born\\nin Smithfield.\\nGeorge Duffiim Jedediah ist m. Deliverance\\nWinslow, June 13, 1781 2d m. widow Hannah Col-\\nburn. First lived on L. 19, R. 7, and then next on the\\nPeter Holbrook place, L. 19, R. 8, and lastly had the\\nfarm now owned by Orlan Whipple, the house on\\nwhich he built about 1815. Hed. July 30, 1843, aged\\n83; Deliverance d. Sept. 27, 1824, aged 65. Had\\neleven children, viz. Lydia, b. Feb. 24, 1782, m.\\nElias Taylor; Hannah, b. Oct. 26, 1784, d. Jan. 14,\\n1801 Joseph, b. May 10, 17S6 George, b. May 30,\\n1788; Anna, b. Sept. 29, 1790, m. Nathaniel\\nNaromore Jedediah, b. Nov. 24, 1792; Mijamin,\\nb. Feb. 18, 1795 Thankful, b. May 26, 1797, m.\\nOtis Corbin William, b. Oct. 5, 1799, d. Oct. 14,\\n1801 Job,b. Sept. 5, 1803, d.June 3, 1810 Dilla,b.\\nJune 9, 1806, d. June 4, 1853, aged 47.\\nEsek Buffum Jedediah m. Lucretia, dr. of\\nWilliam Cook. He bought the James Westcoat farm,\\nthe place now owned by Ozial Ballou. Lived there\\nuntil his father s death, 1808, when he moved to\\nthe old homestead, where he lived until his death,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "34^ HISTORY OF THE\\nDec. 31, 1831, aged 69; she d. Oct. 9, 1855, aged\\n88. Had six children, viz. Lovina, b. Nov. 29,\\n1786, m. Jona. Rawson, Esq. James, b. Nov. 7,\\n1788; Sarah, b. May 13, 1791, m. Nathaniel Whip-\\nple; Priscilla, b. Aug. 2, 1793, m. Silas Buffum\\nBetsey, b. May 9, 1802, m. Benjamin Crooker, jr.\\nLucretia, b. Aug. 5, 1804, m. Amos Bennett.\\nRobert Buffum Jedediah m., June 28, 1787,\\nLucy, dr. of Dan Whipple. Lived on the place\\nsince occupied by his son David, and now owned by\\nStephen W. Williams. Had eight children, viz.\\nSally, m. Josiah Rawson, 1804 David, b. July, 1793\\nStephen, b. 1796; Dan., b. 1798: Lucy, b. Oct. 13,\\n1800, m. Ballon Swan; Betsey, b. 1802, m. Henry\\nBenson Eunice, b. 1802 Czarina, b. 1804, unmar-\\nried, d. Nov. 28, 1834, aged 30. He d. 181 1 she d.\\nApril 28, 1846, aged 76.\\nJedediah Btffuvi.jr Jedediah m.Oct. 28, 1787,\\nOlive, dr. of Jonathan Gaskill. Lived with his father\\nand died by suicide, June 29, 1789. Had by Olive\\none child, Olive, b. March 3, 1789, m. Samuel Pick-\\nering had b}^ Abigail, dr. of Jonathan Cook, Jededi-\\nah, b. April 7, 1785.\\nJedediah Buffum jd Jedediah Jedediah m.\\nNancy Wilder, dr. of Levi Wilder, of Lancaster,\\nMass., and sister of the late S. V. S. Wilder, of\\nBolton. Lived on the farm now owned by Dennis\\nHarkness. Built the large house and barn now\\nstanding on the place. Removed to Winchester,\\n1841. Had seven children, viz. Sampson W.,\\nb. Aug. 16, 1S07 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1810; Jede-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 343\\ndiah, b. Feb. 27, 1813 Mary Ann, b. June 27, 1S15\\nd. Oct. 8, 1832; Caleb, b. May 6, 1819; Benjamin,\\nb. April 2, 1821 Lafayette, b. June 9, 1825. He and\\nhis wife both died in Winchester.\\nSanifson W. Bujfuni, son of the above Jedediah\\n3d, was educated at Thomas Fry s school in Bolton.\\nWas principal of an academy at Patterson, N. J.\\nfinally settled in Winchester, and has been widely\\nknown for the interest he has taken in agriculture gen-\\nerally, but more particularly for his efforts in the im-\\nprovement of neat stock. He is deacon of the Con-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2reoational church.\\nJedediah Buffmn, son of the above Jedediah 3d, m.\\nMaria, dr. of Elijah Harkness. He removed to Win-\\nchester was a farmer and carpenter was a soldier\\nin the late war in the 14th N. H. Had two sons, viz.\\nFrank H., who has been a minister, but is now on the\\neditorial staff of the Boston Herald the other son,\\nJulius, is a Methodist minister. He and his wife are\\nboth dead.\\nWilliam Buff inn Jedediah ist m. Joanna Ar-\\nnold, Sept. 29, 1791 2d m. Mar}- Arnold, March 11,\\n1799, both drs. of Elijah Arnold, Esq., of Smithfield.\\nHad the place next north of his father, since occupied\\nby his son Esek. Kept the first store in tiie middle\\nof the town, established b}^ his father, 1795. Received\\nan injury to his head from which he never fully recov-\\nered, causing partial insanity. He d. Dec. 9, 1859,\\naged S3; Mary d. Nov. 21, 1840. Had by Joanna,\\nCandace, m. Richard Bowen by Mary had Sarah,\\nb. April 27, 1801, m. Benoni Ballon; Esek, b. Oct.\\n1803.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "344 HISTORY OF THE\\nJoseph Buffimi George Jedediah m. May\\n31, 1810, Judith, dr. of Ananias Aldrich, and lived\\non the Peter Holbrook place, where his father had\\nresided. Had Willard, b. July 26, 181 1, d. Sept. 20,\\n1831 Hannah, b. Sept. 30, 1813, d. Oct. 22, 1815\\nJoseph R., b. Dec. 8, 1815 Mary A., b. June 26,\\n1818, m. Luther Cheney, d. May 24, 1841 Fanny,\\nb. Sept. 15, 1820, m. Joseph Starkey, d. March 24,\\n1861 George, b. April 19, 1823 Ananias, b. Nov.\\nII, 1S26 Silence M., b. Aug. 2, 1829, d. July 19,\\n1833 Angela A., b. Feb. 10, 1833, m. Asahel Ben-\\nnett Thomas W., b. Oct. 13, 1835, ^1. Nov. 10,\\n1836. He d. Jul}^ 16, 1861 she d. April 11, 1861,\\nGeorge BuffuDi George Jedediah m., Jan.\\n10, 181 1, Rhoda, dr. of Joseph Newell lived on the\\nplace afterwards occupied by Josiah Lawrence, He\\nd., by suicide, 1817 she d. Dec. 31, 1864. Had\\ntwo children, viz, Job, who now lives in Boston\\nand Rhoda, who m. Oratus Verry. The widow\\nBuftum 2d m. Stephen Rice, of Chesterfield.\\nyedediah Bitffuni George Jedediah m. Ruth\\nBuxton lived on the Obed Bolles place removed to\\nMarlboro Vt. returned and built the house where\\nN. Naromore lives returned again to Marlboro\\nabout 1842, and from thence went to Michigan. Had\\ntwelve children, viz. Emil3% b. 1815 Thankful,\\nEliza, Fanny, Lydia, Thankful, George, Lucinda,\\nRuth C, Margaret, Mary Jane, and Fransina, b.\\n1841.\\nMijamin Buffum George Jedediah m, Anna\\nDavis, dr, of Wm. Weeks wife lived on the Obed\\nBolles place, also on the Alfred Saben farm. The\\nfamih moved to Shoboygan Falls, Wis., about 1S50,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 345\\nand left him behind. Had Sanford, Priscilla,\\nAbysena, John, George William, and Julia Ann,\\nwho d. young. George William is a large land\\nowner in Iowa.\\nyoseph R. Biiffum, Joseph George Jedediah\\nm., May 9, 1842, Olive, dr. of Timothy Pickering,\\nEsq. Had a part of his father s farm, on which he\\nbuilt a house, the place now occupied by George H.\\nTaylor. He left his family and went to Ohio in 1862,\\nand has never returned. Had Helen J., b. Dec.\\n14, 1842, m. Joseph White, of Athol Mary E., b.\\nApril 14, 1847, m. Wales B. Bennett. Olive 2d m.\\nCharles Norwood.\\nGeorge Buffum Joseph George Jedediah\\nm. Sarah Ruffle; lived in Keene, where he d. in a\\nfit, June, 1846.\\nyames Btiffum Esek Jedediah m. Caroline,\\ndr. of Simeon Cook lived on the James Cook place,\\nnow owned by Edson Starkey, Esq. Had ten chil-\\ndren, viz. Louisa, b. Sept. 29, 181 i,m. Rev. Elijah\\nBarrows; Emeline, b. June 29, 1813, m. Nathaniel\\nAdams, lives in Marshheld, Vt. Erastus, b. Aug. 7,\\n1815, d. in Boston; Montraville, b. Dec. 20, 1817,\\nlives in Leominster; Carlon, b. Jan. 27, 1820, is a\\ngrocer in Boston, lives in Melrose; Lovina, b. Jan.\\n30, 1822, d. Sept. 14, 1841 James, b. Aug. 14,1824;\\nCaroline, b. Sept. 3, 1826, ist m. Alvin Starkey, 2d\\nm. Asa Piper; Esek, b. June 14, 1829, d. June 3,\\n1882; Flavilla, b. Jan. 12, 1834; d. Dec. 31, 1844.\\nHe d. Oct. 21, 1857, aged 69; she d. Oct. 9, 1857,\\naged 65.\\nDavid Biiffum Robert Jedediah m. March\\n10, 1813, Betsey Ann, dr. of Daniel Man. He had", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "V\\n346 HISTORY OF THE\\nhis father s place. Had no children. He d. May 6,\\n1873, aged 79; she d. May 19, 1871, aged 78. He\\nbecame a large land owner and one of the more\\nwealthy men of the town.\\nCol. Stephen Buffum Robert Jedediah m.\\nNov. 3, 1816, Hannah, dr. of Dr. Ebenezer Swan;\\nlived on the place now owned by Henr}^ Martin. The\\nhouse was moved by him from the rear of the old\\nBaptist meeting-house. He was out in the war of\\n1812, and was afterwards colonel of the 6th N. H.\\nReg. He d. June 16, 1843, aged 47 she d. April\\n18, 1841, aged 41. Had six children, viz. Nanc}^\\nd. young James Monroe, b. 1819, d. Feb. 21, 1839;\\nLucy, b. March, 1823, ist m. John Parkhurst, jr., 2d\\nm. A. J. F. Remington, March 31, 1847; Andrew\\nJ., b. April 18, 1828; Chastina, b. March 29, 1831\\nPolly, b. Feb. 22, 1833, m. Jarvis Ingalls.\\nDan. Buffum Robert Jedediah m., Feb. 14,\\n1819, Nellie, dr. of Cyrus Garnsey has lived on the\\nGarnsey place. He was out in the war of 1812, and\\nwent to the defence of Portsmouth is now the oldest\\nman in town, and draws a pension. Had seven chil-\\ndren, viz. Larina, b. Aug. 16, 1S19, m. William\\nWright, Esq. David, b. Feb. 7, 1821 Amos, b.\\nMarch 13, 1824; Lucy, b. Feb. 13, 1826, m. Simon\\nLawrence, d. Jan. 30, 1869; Sally, b. Sept. 17, 1828,\\nm. William Goodnow Mariette, b. Feb. 13, 1830,\\n1st m. A. C. Prescott, who d. Oct. 2, 1858, leaving a\\nson, Frederick A., b. Sept. 20, 1858, 2d m. Charles\\nH. Doolittle, March 14, 1865 Cyrus G., b. Oct. 10,\\n1832. She d. Aug. 4, 1864, aged 68.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 347\\nCaft. David Buffiivi Dan. Robert Jedediah\\nm. Lurana, dr. of John Scott; lived first in the\\nhouse next west of his father s, which he built, and\\nfrom thence removed to West Swansey, where he\\nengaged in the manufacture of furniture until 1862,\\nwhen he enlisted in the i6th N. H. Reg., and was\\npromoted to captain of Co. I, and was under General\\nBanks in the Louisiana campaign was put in com-\\nmand of a brigade in the retreat from Port Hudson.\\nHe d. of disease at New Orleans, June 19, 1863.\\nHis remains were returned to Richmond, and im-\\npressive services were held at his funeral in the\\nBrick church. Had one daughter, Helen E. E., m.\\nDr. Earl Evans, of Winchester, with whom Mrs.\\nBuffum now resides.\\nCafit. Amos Duffuin Dan. Robert Jedediah\\nm., July 10, 1845, Betsey, dr. of John Barrus lived\\nin Templeton when the war began. He enlisted\\nfirst in the 25th Reg. Mass. Vols., and was promoted\\nto a lieutenant secondly, enlisted in the 36th Reg.\\nMass. Vol., and was promoted to captain of Co. G.\\nHe was killed at Petersburg, June 18, 1864, aged 40.\\nHad one daughter, who m., and lives at Templeton.\\nCyrus G. Buffuni Dan. Robert Jedediah\\nm. \\\\Az7AQ^ Witt, of Hubbardston, and lived in Temple-\\nton when the war commenced. Enlisted in the 36th\\nMass. was corporal of Co. D, and d. at Louisville,\\nKy., Aug. 12, 1863.\\nEsek Bnfwn William Jedediah ist m. Al-\\nmira Sallbrd, of Warwick, R. L 2d m. Harriet\\nKeith, of Keene. Lived first in Providence, R. L\\nlastly, on his father s place in Richmond. He d.\\n1844, aged 41 Harriet d. 1866, aged 64. By", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlmira he had Samuel, who lives in the city of New\\nYork, By Harriet he had Napoleon B., enlisted in\\n14th N. H., and d. in the service Mary, m. Foster;\\nJosephine, m. Silas B. Boyce James, enlisted in ist\\nReg. H. A., lives in Swansey Jane,m. Alfred Tolman.\\nJonaihan Buffum^ son of Joseph Buffum, of Smith-\\nfield, settled on L. 4, R. 6, about 1763 made a clear-\\ning and built a log-house, and sold the same to\\nNathan Harkness, 1773, and removed to Grafton, N.\\nH. Had six children.\\nMoses Buffum, son of Benjamin Buffum, of Smith-\\nfield, m., Dec. 22, 1779, Sarah, dr. of Jonathan Gas-\\nkill. He lived on the west side of the road, south of\\nJesse Bolles and north of the Caleb Buffum place.\\nHad three children.\\nCaleb Buff um, brother of Moses, ist m., Aug. 15,\\n1784, Tamer Gaskill, dr. of Jonathan Gaskill 2d m.,\\nMarch 25, 1787, Hannah, a sister of Tamer. He\\nbought of Moses Cumstock his farm, L. 6, R. 4.\\nThe house was moved by Jesse Bolles years ago, and\\nthe same is now occupied by Edwin, Jesse s youngest\\nson. He d. 1803, aged 45. His widow 2d m.\\nStephen Raymond, of Royalston she d. 1856, aged\\n87. Had six children, viz. Polly, b. 1787, m.\\nCalvin Forbes; Caleb, b. 1789; Silas, b. 1790, m.\\nPriscilla, dr. of Esek Buffum, removed to Vermont\\nJames, b. 1792, ist m. Ruth Bliss, 2d m. Frances A.\\nFifield, he lives in Keene, aged 90; Elizabeth, m.\\nEnoch Metcalf, of Royalston Benjamin, b. 1799, m.\\nSarah Bliss, he lives in Royalston and Gaskill, who\\nprobably died young.\\nBenjamin Buffum, son of Joseph, of Smithfield,\\nand half brother of Jedediah, m. Rhoda Scott; lived", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n349\\non the John Wing place, L. ii, R. 2, next north\\nof Silas Jillson s. He removed to the Jonathan\\nThurber place, 1836, and there died soon after. Had\\nno children.\\nBULLOCK.\\nThe ancestor of the families of this name in town\\nwas Christopher^ who came from Rehobath early in\\nthe history of the town, and settled on the place\\nknown as the Cass Bullock farm. He was well in\\nyears when he came, and had a son Jeremiah, and\\nbrothers Nathan and David, and cousin Moulton.\\nThese brothers lived in town a few years, and then re-\\nmoved to Royalston, and finally went west. Of Na-\\nthan we only know that he was in the service a while\\nin the Revolutionary war.\\nJeremiah BuUoek\\\\ son of Christopher, b. in Cum-\\nberland, Aug. 7, 1748, m. Adah Cass, dr. of Deacon\\nJohn Cass, Dec. 22, 1771. After the father s death\\nhe continued on the homestead, and finally he d. with\\nhis son Chistopher, in Winchester. Had ten chil-\\ndren, viz. Nathan, b. 1773 Lovel, b. April 16, 1775\\nSarah, b. Oct. 7, 1776; Adah, b. June 5, 1778, d. July\\n16, 177S; Joel, b. May 16, 1779: Cass, b. Nov. 10,\\n1781 Jeremiah, b. July 3, 1783 Adah, b. Feb. 7,\\n1786; Christopher, b. June i, 1788; Susannah, b.\\nJuly 25, 1790. Of these only Nathan and Cass re-\\nmained in town.\\nJVatluin Jhdlock Jeremiah Christopher m.\\nSarah Jillson, dr. of Paul. Feb. 16, 1804. He lived\\non the farm now owned by Watrous Garnsey, which\\nwas settled by Abraham Man, whose wife was a sister\\nof Mr. Bullock s mother. Had eleven children, viz.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "350 HISTORY OF THE\\nAdah C, b. Dec. 23, 1804, m. Job Martin Anna C,\\nb. Sept. 5, 1806; Martha C, b. May 16, 1808; Ra-\\nchel J., b. Feb. 27, 1810 Esther J., b. Oct. 5, 1811\\nNathan H., b. May 13, 1813, d. about 1830: Sarah\\nM., b. Dec. 23, 1814, m. Hiram Bryant; Mehita B.,\\nb. Jan., 1817 Andrew J., b. Aug. 27, 1819 ;Paul J., b.\\nJan. 14, 1822; Susan L., b. Jan. 28, 1825. None\\nliving in town at present. He d. May 18, i860, aged\\n86 she d. July 12, 1868, aged 87.\\nCass Bullock Jeremiah Christopher m. Han-\\nnah Perry of Warwick. He lived on his father s\\nplace. He d. Dec. i, 1854, aged 73; she d. May\\n22, 1862, aged 85. Had Hannah, b. 1805, m. Martin\\nEllis Cass, b. 1803 Asa, b. July 29, 1807.\\nAndrezv y. Bu//ock\u00e2\u0080\u0094Nd.thnn Jeremiah Chris-\\ntopher m. Newell. He removed to Woonsocket,\\nR. I., where he still resides.\\nI^attl y. Bullock Nathan Jeremiah Christo-\\npher lives with his sister in Gardner. Not m.\\nCass Bullock, Jr. Cass Jeremiah Christopher\\nm. Candace, dr. of Dea. Martin Ellis. Lived on the\\nold homestead until he removed to Swansey, 1869.\\nHe d. Sept. 22, 1875. Had one child, Emmerancy,\\nb. Sept. S, 1834, Andrew B. Cook, and lives in\\nSwansey.\\nAsa Bullock Cass Jeremiah Christopher\\n1st m. Tamasin, dr. of Jonathan Cass: 2d m. Amy,\\ndr. of Robert Swan. He lived on the Deacon Ellis\\nfarm, the place now occupied bv his son Henry. He\\nd. Aug. 19, 1874; Tamasin d. Aug. 28, 1839.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 351\\nby Tamasin Asa H., b. Jan. 9, 1833 had by Amy\\nHenry, b. May 2, 1849, lives on his father s place\\nwith his mother; Elizabeth H., b. Aug. 5, 1853, m.\\nJohn P. Nutting.\\nAsa H. Bullock^ son of Asa, m. Mary, dr. of\\nStephen Randall, Oct. 15, 1855. Lives on the Major\\nJohn Cass place, and has in connection therewith the\\nJohn Starkey farm. Had five children, viz. Stephen,\\nA., b. Feb. 9, 1857 Luther C, b. Dec. 26, 1858, d.\\nMarch 11, 1859; Mary D., b.June 25, i860, d. Dec.\\n20, 1864; Frank R., b. Oct. 23, 1861, d. Sept. 8,\\n1862 Myron E., b. Nov. 28, 1866, d. March 30, 1869.\\nMary, his wife, d. Oct. 2, 1884.\\nStephen A. BiUlock^ son of Asa H., m. Emma A.\\nThayer, April 9, 1879. Frank S., b. Jan. 6,\\n1880. Stephen A, lives with his father.\\nDavid Bullock m. Mary, dr. of Rev. Maturin Bal-\\nlon, Oct. 20, 177 1. He appears to have settled on or\\nnear the farm where Silas Ballon, the poet lived, also\\nto have lived a short time at the middle of the town.\\nAbout 1785 he removed to Royalston, and finally re-\\nmoved to York state. Left no record of family.\\nMoullon Bullock m. Prudence. The place of his\\nsettlement in tow^n is not known. Was on the board\\nof selectmen, 1773. Removed to Royalston and set-\\ntled on the place next south of his brother, Hugh Bul-\\nlock. Had three children, Althea, b. May 22, 1765\\nNathaniel, b. April 19, 1767 Olive, b. April 20,\\n1769. He d. 1819, aged 75 years.\\nNathaniel Bullock^ son of Moulton. m. Feb. 28,\\n1790, Priscilla, dr. of James Ballon. He lived in", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "352 HISTORY OF THE\\nRoyalston. She d. March lo, 1793. Had Nathan-\\niel, b. 1792.\\nNathaniel Bullock, Jr., son of Nathaniel, m. Lo-\\nvina, dr. of Seth Ballon, jr. Removed to Readsboro\\nVt., where he died a few years ago.\\nBUMP.\\nyacob Bump, b. 1738, in Mendon, m. Dinah Slew,\\nof Smithfield, Sept. 29, 1760. Was among the first\\nsettlers. Came from Smithfield i^6i~ 2, occupied for\\nthree or four years L. 6, R. 6, recently owned by\\nJonathan Cass. His house was near Muddy pond, the\\nsouth end of Cass pond. He removed to the place now\\noccupied by George B. Handy about 1766 he built the\\nhouse now standing on the premise*, from thence re-\\nmoved to Swansey, on the place afterwards owned by\\nDavid and Virgil Holbrook. Returned to town about\\n1S05, and bought the Maturin Ballon farm, the place\\nnow owned by Noah Perry. He was out in the old\\nFrench and Indian war three months, in i759- 6o.\\nHe d. Dec. 17, 1829, in his 92d year; she d. Nov.\\n25, 1818, in the 78th year of her age. Had ten chil-\\ndren, the oldest was born before his first settlement in\\ntown, viz. Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1761 Asa, b. Jan.\\n29, 1763 Laban, b. Aug. 29, 1765 Lavina, b. May\\n9, 1767, ist m. Richard Sweet, 2d m. Nathan Bowen\\nWanton, b. July 9, 1769; Rhoda, b. x\\\\pril 25, 1771,\\nist m. Jacob Boyce, 2d m. Philemon Parker; Eliza-\\nbeth, b. May 3, 1775, m. David Martin; Barnet, b.\\nJune 27, 1779, Pbebe Bowen Jacob, b. May 12,\\n1783, m. Lydia Bowen Silvia, m. Stephen Boorn.\\nThe sons all removed to the Butternuts, which is in\\nOtsego Co., N. Y., about 90 miles south-west from\\nAlbany, and to Harvard, in the same state.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF- RICHMOND. 353\\nBUTTERFIELD.\\nErasmus BtUterJleld, from Westmoreland, m. Esther\\nSweetser, of Marlboro Lived in the house with\\nTimothy Pickering. Was here from 1819 to 1824\\nwas a lawyer, the only one that has ever taken up\\nhis abode here. Had John, d. March 2, 1864;\\nCharles Harriet, who m. Samuel D. Allen and\\na daughter, Sarah, who m. William Whittemore, of\\nFitzwilliam.\\nBUXTON.\\nElijah Buxton m. Deliverance, dr. of Elder Na-\\nthaniel Bolles. Lived on the Obed Bolles place,\\n1823 removed to Reading, Mass.\\nCAPRON.\\nCaft. Oliver Caproii, son of Banfield Capron,\\nof Cumberland, b. July i, 1736, m. Esther Free-\\nman, came into town 1765. He was f. s. on\\nthe Cheney farm, now owned by St. Clair, L.\\n24, R. 12, next to the Warwick line; was captain\\nof a company that marched to Cambridge soon after\\nthe Concord fight, and was at the battle of Bunker\\nHill and was also captain of a company that\\nwent to the relief of Ticonderoga, 1777 was colonel\\nof a regiment of militia, and was also first represen-\\ntative of the town to the General Court, and a justice\\nof the peace. He removed from town to Canada,\\nbut returned to Swansey, and there d., 1816, while\\nliving with his daughter who m. Calvin Wright, aged\\n80. Had seven children, viz. Nathan, Otis, Oliver,\\nm. Hannah Work; Thaddeus, b. Dec. 6, 1764;\\n23", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "354 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlpheus, b. July 21, 1770; Hannah, b. April 6,\\n1767 and Elizabeth.\\nOtis Capron Oliver ist m. Judith Gale, by\\nwhom he had six children 2d m. Polly King, and by\\nher had Gilbert, Sarah, Judith, b. Dec. 13, 1801, m.\\nNicholas Cook Alpha, Luther M., Polly, m. Robin-\\nson Bolles Rev. Edmund Capron, and Martha.\\nHe lived a while on the Caleb Curtis place resided\\nalso a longer time in Winchester, where he died.\\nAlpheus Capron Oliver m. Lucy Stanley, of\\nSwansey. He bought, 1818, the cloth-dressing works\\nat North Richmond. Had Elon, b. June 18, 1810\\nIrene, b. 1812, m. Ambrose Swan Almena, b. 1814.\\nHe d. 1822, aged 52 she d. May, 1866, aged 85.\\nElon Capron Alpheus Oliver m. Jan. i\\n1834, Almarine, dr. of Robert Swan removed to\\nPeterboro Had Lizzie, b. Oct. 21, 1834; Alpheus,\\nb. March, 1837. He d. in Winchester, May 7, 1855,\\naged 45. His widow resides in Winchester.\\nCARGILL.\\nyamcs Cargill, b. in Cumberland, April 22, 1762,\\nm. Chloe b. in Westminster, Vt., Sept. 28,\\n1766. He bought L. 6, R. 3, the place since owned\\nby John Martin, Kinsman, and others. Had eight\\nchildren. Pie removed to Pennsylvania, 1814.\\nCARKIN.\\nWilliam O. Carkin, b. in Tyngsboro Mass., ist\\nm. Ellen Stiles; 2d m., July 4, 1868, Mary Jane", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 355\\nDearborn, of Maine. He moved to the Colonel Jill-\\nson place, 1879, where he now resides. Had by Ellen\\nAllie W., b. June 3, 1862; Willie, b. March 29,\\n1866. Had by Mary Jane: Frank E., b. May 14,\\n1869; Ida G., b. April 7, 1872; Isaac A., b. April\\n13 1875 5 Adah Jane, b. Jan. i, 1876.\\nCARPENTER.\\nSamuel Carpenter^ of Rehobath, bought of Jabez\\nBowen, L. 14. R. 7, 1784. He was f. s. on the\\nSouth wick, or Hubbard Reed farm, now owned by\\nEbenezer Cook built the house now standing on the\\npremises. He d. about 1800. Had Sarah, Jede-\\ndiah, Samuel, and probably some others.\\nycdcdiah Carpenter Samuel m. Sally Hill.\\nHe lived on the William Buftum place about 1805.\\nDaniel Carpenter^ probably a brother of Samuel,\\nwas f. s. on the Reuben Martin farm. He bought of\\nRev. Isaac Kenney his farm, L. 7, R. 8, the old\\nCumstock place, and sold the same to Nathan Hark-\\nness about 1805. Had Timothy, Hannah, Mary,\\nDaniel, and Isaac Kenney.\\nJohn JL. Carpenter, son of Sidney Carpenter, of\\nSwansey, m. Alfreda (Martin) Fisher, Oct., 1875.\\nHe lives on the Jacob Sweet place.\\nCARROLL.\\nLucius Carrol, son of Elvira Barrus, was brought\\nup by Charles Whipple he lives on the Enoch Whip-\\nple place, m. Harriet Robbins, of Warwick. He is\\nnow divorced has no children.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "356 HISTORY Oh THE\\nCARTER.\\nWtllia7)i T. Carter, b. in Leeds, Eng., 181 2, came\\nto this country in 1825 was thirteen years in the\\nUnited States army, including service in the late war.\\nHe ist m. Ann McCormick, by whom he had six\\nchildren; 2d m. Elizabeth Corcoran, widow of Henry\\nM. Smith. Came to town 1881 lives on the place\\nfirst settled by Stephen Kimpton, known as the John\\nPickering, or Seth Curtis place. Had by Elizabeth\\nLilla, b. Aug. i, 1867, d. April 2, 1S83 Walter E.,\\nb. March 14, 1869.\\nCASS.\\nThree by the name of Cass, John, Daniel, and\\nLuke, were among the first settlers. John came from\\nCumberland, where he resided after his marriage un-\\ntil his removal to Richmond. Daniel and Luke were\\nfrom Smithfield. What relation these may have had\\nto each other does not appear.\\nThe John- Cass JFamily,\\nDea. yohn_Cflss, then of Mendon, m., Feb. 18,\\n1736, Alice Brown, of Bellingham. Was f. s. on the\\nfarm which has been occupied since his time by Tim-\\nothy and Ezra Cole, Simeon Cook, and is now owned\\nby Perley Amadon, L. 8, R. 9. He was the first\\ninnkeeper in town. Jedediah Buftum s family, when\\nhe removed to town in the spring of 1763, was enter-\\ntained at his house. They came with an ox-team,\\nprobably through Winchester or Warwick. At his\\nhouse was held the first town meeting, and Mr. Cass\\nwas the moderator. Had Joseph, b. 1738; Mar}^ b.\\nAug. 15, 1742 Alice, b. Feb. 6, 1743 John, b. Jan.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 357\\nI, 1745 David, b. Aug. 9, 1747 Hannah, b.Jan. 26,\\n1748, d. 1750; Adah, b. July 16, 1750, m. Jeremiah\\nBullock; Ziba, b. July 20, 1755; Joel, b. Nov. 22,\\n1757 and Susanna, m. John Dandley, all born in\\nCumberland. He d. 1802.\\nJoseph Cass John m. Rachel, dr. of John Mar-\\ntin, sr. He settled on the Dan. Buffum farm, L. 9,\\nR. II. His house was on the old road south of the\\nbuildings now on the place. He d. 1800. Whatbecame\\nof most of the family does not appear. Children Jo-\\nse])h, Iddo, Hannah, Hosea, Naomi, Margery, Ra-\\nchel, Zilpha, Joseph, Nedebiah, and Luke. Joseph\\nand some of the others removed to Exeter, N. Y.\\nRachel m. James Work, Zilpha m. Jona. Martin.\\nJoh7i Cass John m. Lydia Taft, sister of Na-\\nthaniel Taft^ Settled on the farm since owned by\\nJohn Starkey and Asa H. Bullock, L. 13, R. 8. He\\nerected a large two-story house on the premises, which\\nwas taken down a few years ago by N. G. Wood-\\nbury, and removed to Keene. He d. April 10, 1828,\\naged 82 she d. Feb. 4, 1838, aged ^6. Had twelve\\nchildren, viz.: Ono, b. May 26, 1769; Hannah, b.\\nAug. 26, 1770, m. Asahel Bennett John, b. Oct. 31,\\n1772; Nathan, b. April 4, 1776, d. Oct. 14, 1778;\\nLydia, b. J[uly i, 1777, m. Otis Cook; Susanna, b.\\nSept. 23, 1779; Silence, b. March 27, 1782 Kesiah,\\nb. Aug. 3, 1783, 1st m. Aaron Whipple, 2d m. Ben-\\njamin Newell; Molly, b. May 20, 1786; Sarah, b.\\nJan. 6, 1789, m. John Starkey; Mary, b. Oct. 13,\\n1790, m. Nathaniel Boorn Sally, b. Nov. 9, 1793,\\nm. Page.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "35^ HISTORY OF THE\\nDavid Cass Dea. John m. Kesiah Arnold, of\\nSmithfield, Feb. i6, 1762. Was f. s. on the farm\\nnow owned by Davis Sprague, L. 5, R. 9. Erected\\nthe house still standing on the premises, but now in a\\ndilapidated condition he sold to John Ingersoll about\\n1794, and removed from town. Had two children\\nLydia, and Freelove, m. Timothy Barrus. Ingersoll\\nsold to Ebenezer Blanding, and Blanding sold to\\nThomas Goddard.\\nyocl Cass Dea. John m. Lydia Hix,Jan. 24,\\n1779. He appears to have lived with his father and\\nhad a blacksmith shop. Removed from town about\\n1805. Had seven children, viz., John, Alice, Mary,\\nEphraim, Lydia, Joel, and Eunice. He removed to\\nthe state of N. Y.\\nOno Cass John John ist m. Bethiah Whip-\\nple, Jan. 7, 1796, 2d m. Betsey, dr. of Noah Bisbee,\\nFeb. 22, 1816. Had by Bethiah, Lydia, b. April 13,\\n1796, m. Carlton Bryant; Amy, b. Feb. 28, 1798.\\nHis wife Bethiah d. Sept. 16, 1800. He removed to\\nPenn.\\nMaj. yukn Cass John John m. Sally Eddy\\nPotter, April 5, 1795. Lived on the place now owned\\nand occupied by Asa H. Bullock, a part of L. 13, R.\\n8. He was frozen to death on the old road west of\\nthe Crooker place, while returning home on the night\\nof Jan. 21, 1831. Had an infant son, died; Ono T.,\\nb. May 20, 1793 Polly P., b. Feb. 3, 1800, m. Peleg\\nTaft, jr. Moses P., b. April 11, 1802 Nalhnn, b.\\nJan. 18, 1805, d. April 20, 1806; Almina Eddy, b.\\nFeb. 8, 1807, m. Daniel Saben.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 359\\nOno T. Cass John John John m. Sarah\\nB., dr. of Enos Holbrook, Jan. 2, 1830. Was a tan-\\nnar and currier; served apprenticeship with Daniel\\nEassett carried on business at the tannery at the Four\\ncorners a while, and then removed to Jackson, Mich.\\nHad Isaac H., b. Jan. 27, 1831 and John R., b.\\nMarch 31, 1832. He separated from his wife, and\\nshe went with her father s family to Princeton, 111.\\nMoses P. Cass John John John lived on his\\nfather s place while he remained in town. Removed\\nto Westmoreland about 1850, where he married.\\nAfter the death of his wife he removed to Chesterfield,\\nand there died by suicide, Jan., 1883, aged 81.\\nThe Daniel- Cass Family.\\nDaniel Cass, from Smithfield, b. Nov. 29, 1724,\\nm., April 7, 1744, Mary Cook. Was f. s. on the\\nfarm now owned by Jonas Wheeler, L. 7, R. 6. He\\nsold to Jaazaniah Barrett, and moved to the next lot\\nsouth, and lived with his son Daniel, 1791. He was\\na large land owner, and the only one of the original\\nthree Casses who has descendants bearing- the name\\nnow living in town. Had Samuel, b. Aug. 10, 1746\\nJoseph, b. March 31, 1748; Hannah, b. Jan. 10. 1749,\\nm. Nathaniel Taft Mary, b. March 30, 1752, m.\\nRichard Peters; Daniel, b. Oct. 24, 1753 Jonathan,\\nb. March 31, 1756; Josiah B., b. Sept. 24, 1757;\\nSarah B., b. Nov. 19, 1759, Abner Twitchell\\nJohn, b. July 30, 1763 Mordica, b. Dec. 23, 1765.\\nAll the children except John and Mordica were born\\nin Smithlield. He d. Oct., 1798, aged 74.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "360 HISTORY OF THE\\nSamticl Cass Daniel settled on the east part 3f\\nhis father s farm, known formerly as Orchard hill.\\nHe probably returned to Rhode Island.\\nyoscph Cass Daniel ist m., July 12, i77^\\nMary Estey 2d m. Molly Hews, April 4, 1782 3d\\nm. Isabella Cass, widow of Luke, 1815. He lived on\\nthe old road west of Roscoe Weeks the place first set-\\ntled by Azariah Cumstock, and there resided from\\n1769 until 1792, when he bought Henry Ingalls farm,\\nwhere he lived the remainder of his life. Had by\\nMary seven children, and by Molly eight, viz. by\\nMolly Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1782 James, b. March 11,\\n1784; Nancy, b. April 8, 1786; Joseph, b. April 12,\\n1788; Luther, b. Dec. 6, 1790; Calvin, b. Jan. 22,\\n1793 Lucy, b. April 25, 1795 Nahum, b. June 27,\\n1799.\\nDaniel Cass, Jr. Daniel m. Lydia, dr. of Jona.\\nSweet, March 30, 1781. Lived on the place recently\\noccupied by Jonathan Cass. Built the house still\\nstanding on the place. Had nine children, viz. Jon-\\nathan, b. March 7, 1782 Daniel, b. July 30, 1783\\nLydia, b. March 28, 1785, ist m. Abraham Boorn, 2d\\nm. Alpheus Cressey Marmaduke, b. Oct. 2, 1788,\\nd. young Phebe, b. May 5, 1791, m. Cyrus Church\\nHannah, b. April 9, 1793, m. Coburn Mary, b. June\\n8, 1795, m. Chandler Bryant; Sarah, b. Aug. 20,\\n1797, m. Otis Blanding Welcome, d. in infancy.\\nJonathan Cass Daniel ist m. Zilpah, dr. of\\nJohn Martin, March 21, 1779; 2d m. Lydia Sargent,\\nof FitzwilHam. His farm was part of L. 15, R. 4,\\nthe place where Joseph Swan now lives. He spent\\nthe last years of his life in FitzwilHam. He d. May", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 361\\nII, 1838, aged 82 Zilpah d. May 25, 1808. Had by\\nZilpah nine children, viz. Sarah, b. June 15, 1780, d.\\n1798; Martin, b. Dec. 3, 1781 Provided, b. Oct. 24,\\n1783, m. Gardner; Daniel, b. Jan. 26, 1785; Mary,\\nb. Nov. 26, 1786, m. Caleb Garfield Jonathan, b. May\\n7, 1788, d. Jan. 23, 1818; Hannah, b. March 18,\\n1791, m. Michael Perry; Zilpah, b. Nov. 30, 1792,\\nm. Lilbiirn Allen Otis, b. Aug. 2, 1795.\\nyosiah Cass Daniel m. Deborah The\\nplace of his residence appears to have been on L. 7,\\nR. 7, where Roscoe Weeks now lives. He d. Oct.\\n8, 1777, leaving one son, Nathan, b. Feb. 19, 1777,\\nm. Tirza, dr. of Michael Barrus, June i, 1796;\\nlived on his father s place until 1803.\\nyo/m Cass Daniel m. Esther Wooley, Jan. 3,\\n1782; 2d m. Sarah Kelton, of Warwick, Sept. 21,\\n1800. His place was on the old road west of Roscoe\\nWeeks The house was moved to the Four corners,\\nabout 1814, by George Harkness. He removed from\\ntown about 1806. By Esther he had Samuel, Esther,\\nJohn, Daniel, and Matthew.\\nMordica Cass Daniel ist m. Amy, dr. of\\nJonathan Sweet settled first on the Bill Weeks\\nplace. His house was on the old road. Had twelve\\nchildren, viz Richard, Silas, Sally, Amy, d. 1849\\nAnna, m. Reuben Man Sarah, Laban, Nathan,\\nJosiah, Jonathan, Luke, and Levi, b. Sept. 25, 1809.\\nMordica 2d m. Man, by whom he had no chil-\\ndren. His 2d wife committed suicide, by drowning,\\nin a small brook north of Noah Perry s, about 1845,\\nnear the schoolhouse. He died about 1840.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF THE\\nyoscph Cass Joseph Daniel m. He\\nresided on the Henry Ingalls farm, where his father\\nhad lived, the place now owned by Mrs. Benjamin\\nClark. He d. in Smithfield, R. I., 1827. Had Levi,\\nCordelia, and Joseph.\\nLtithcr Cass Joseph Daniel m. Sarah, dr.\\nof Daniel C. Bryant. He lived on the place now\\noccupied by his daughter Lavina. Had James, b.\\nDec. 20, 1815 Nancy, b. May 5, 1817, d. 18S3\\nLavina, b. Feb. 11, 1819; Elizabeth, b. July 17,\\n1821, m. James Longley Ozro T., b. Feb. 20, 1823.\\nHe d. April 11, 1862, aged 71 she d. April 15,\\n1868, aged 81.\\nyanics Cass Luther Joseph Daniel m.,\\nFeb. 15, 1848, Mary, dr. of Rufus Taft, of Win-\\nchester. He lived on the place with his father, and\\nbuilt the house now standing on the premises. He\\nd. Oct. 5, 1855. Had James B., b. March 28, 1849;\\nFrank L., b. Oct. 12, 1852 Edward W., b. Feb. 23,\\n1856. Mrs. Cass and family removed to Winchester.\\nOzro T. Cass Luther Joseph Daniel m.,\\nJan. 4, 1852, Harriet L. Hanks, of Endfield, Mass.\\nHe bought the Deacon Ephraim Hix farm, and built\\nthe house now standing on the same. He d. July 29,\\n1871. Had Charles I:L,b. Oct. 11,1852; Hattie A.,\\nb. Sept. 17, 1855, d. Nov. 29, 1877; Willie O., b.\\nMay 27, i860; Luther E., b. Sept. 20, 1862; Lizzie\\nS., b. Nov. 17, 1864; Fred. W., b. March 30, 1868.\\nCharles If. Cass Ozro T. Luther Joseph\\nDaniel m., July 17, 1879, Lilla Mellen, dr. of", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 363\\nIsaac N. Had Hattie, b. April, 1881 Harry, b.\\nApril, 1883.\\nJonathan Cass Daniel Daniel m. Tamasin,\\ndr. of Dr. Ebenezer Swan, Jan. i, 1804; lived with\\nhis father. He d. Dec. 31, 1841 she d. March 3,\\n1852, aged 66. Had Isaac, b. April, 1805, d. Oct.\\n25, 1830 Tamasin, b. 1807, m. Asa Bullock; Lydia,\\nb. Sept. 4, 1810, m. Daniel Man Mary S., b. March\\n26, 1813, m. Martin Kingsley Phebe, b. Nov. 21,\\n1821 Amina, b. Dec. 24, 1824, m. Stephen Handy;\\nJonathan, b. Sept. 22, 1827.\\nyonathan Cass Jona. Daniel Daniel m.\\nSusan B. Watkins, of Swansey, Jan. i, 1852. Lived\\nwhere his father did; d. Jan. 7, 1878. Had Oscar\\nB., b. Nov. 22, 1852; Laura I., b. Feb. 15, 1857;\\nEugene J., b. Sept. 7, 1859; Edgar D., b. April 26,\\n1865 George H., b. Aug. 3, 1868 his widow lives\\non the Daniel Man farm.\\nDaniel Cass jd Daniel Daniel m., Jan. i,\\n1806, Hannah, dr. of John Bo3 Ce. Lived on the\\nfarm settled by Israel Phillips, L. 6, R. 3, the place\\nnow owned by Mrs. Amos A. Flint. Had Tryphena,\\nb. July 24, 1811, m. Levi Cass; Jarvis, b. Nov. 28,\\n1813 Melancy, b. March 11, 1816, m. Carlos Jewell\\nJ. Harrison, b. Jan. 4, 1819, d. about 1844 Daniel, b.\\nNov. 7, 1821 Hannah, b. Oct. 7, 1823; Emily, b.\\nMarch 3, 1826; Elmira, b. Nov. 13, 1828 Angela,\\nb. Dec. 6, 183 1. Removed with his son Daniel to\\nIowa, where he d. She d. March 15, 1857.\\nyarvis Cass Daniel Daniel Daniel ist m.\\nNov. 28, 1839, Ra chel Cook, dr. of Anson Cook, of", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "364 HISTORY OF THE\\nCumberland; 2d m. Almira (Shepherd) Curtis, of\\nBarre, and widow of Marcus Curtis, Feb. 24, 1858.\\nHad by Rachel: Anson, Lewis, Melancy, d., and\\nEmily, d. By Almira had Charles D., b. Jan. 10,\\n1859; Marion M., b. Aug. 28, 1861 Mira J., b.\\nMay 16, 1863. He d. in the army, 1863 Almira 3d\\nm. Benjamin W. Bliss.\\ny. Harrison Cass Daniel Daniel Daniel\\nwas a giant in frame, nearly seven feet in height, and\\ndied when about 25 years of age.\\nDaniel Cass Daniel Daniel Daniel m.\\nApril 18, 1848, Betsey A. Bennett. Removed to\\nIowa, 1857, and took his father with him.\\nAmory Cass Daniel Daniel Daniel ist\\nm., Aug. 24, 185 1, Sally A. Jillson 2d m. Emily A.\\nDavis, Oct. 23, 1856. Lived first on the Ebenezer\\nBallon farm. Now resides in Keene. Had Ellen\\nS., b. Oct. 6, 1857 Emma J., b. June 4, 1859 Henry\\nW., b. Feb. 4, 1861 George W., b. April 27, 1863\\nBert A., b. March 17, i8(58 Ola B., b. Jan. 5, 1872.\\nLahan Cass Mordica Daniel m. April 6,\\n1823, Matilda, dr. of Hendrick Martin. Moved to\\nBarton, Vt., 1825.\\nLuke Cass Mordica Daniel moved to Bar-\\nton, 1832. Had no children. J\\nLevi Cass Mordica Daniel m.,Dec. 3,1835,\\nTryphena, dr. of Daniel Cass. Lived on the Samuel\\nGaskill place. He d. Jan. 24, 1875. She 2dm. Phile-\\ntus Ballou.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 365\\nMartin Cass Jonathan Daniel m. Dec. 31,\\n1801, Margaret, dr. of Moses Allen, sr. Settled on east\\npart L. 20, R. 5, the placenow owned by J. F. Bal-\\nlon. He d. Oct. 30, 1837, ^ged 55 she d. May 2,\\n1865, aged 81. Had fifteen children, viz. Olvin, b.\\nJune 5, 1803; Margaret, b. March 24, 1805, m.\\nHosea Ellis; Martin, b. March 24, 1805 Orace, b.\\nDec. 10, 1806; Sylvester, b. Aug. 25, 1808; Josiah\\nB., b. March 19, 1810; Augustus, b. Jan. 4, 1812\\nSarah, b. Aug. 4, 1813, m. Willis; Edwin, b. May\\n25, 1815 Willard, b. June 10, 1817 Ahaz, b. April\\n26, 1819 Zephaniah A., b. July 4, 1821 Nahum, b.\\nSept. 7, 1823 Moses A., b. Oct. 24, 1825 Mary, b.\\nMay 8, 1828, m. David W. Harris.\\nOlvin Cass Martin Jonathan Daniel m.\\nSept. 21, 1828, Susanna, dr. of Stephen Harris. He\\nremoved to Vermont, and there died.\\nOrace Cass, son of Martin m. Sept. 12, 1833,\\nMercy, dr. of Obediah Sprague. He removed to\\nVermont, and there died.\\nSylvester Cass, son of Martin, m. Lydia Emerson,\\nSept. 15, 1836, dr. of Moses. Had Abigail, b. June\\n15, 1837 Wyman, b. Dec. 28, 1839, ~9 i843*\\nHe d. about 1870.\\nyosia/i B. Cass son of Martin, m. Eliza Willis,\\nof Swansey, and d. July 4, 1866, aged 56.\\nAugustus Cass son of Martin, m. Angela, dr. of\\nNoah Aldrich. He lived a few years after his mar-\\nriage on the farm settled by his grandfather from", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "366 HISTORY OF THE\\nthere removed to the Luke Cass place. About 1845\\nhe removed to Tioga Co., Penn., and soon after his\\nhouse was burnt, and he died in consequence of in-\\nhaling the flames. Had four children, viz. Martin,\\nMargaret, Lafayette, and Loretta.\\nEdwin Cass, son of Martin, m. Alcesta, dr. of David\\nHarris. He lived on the Otis Cass place, now owned\\nby Josiah Newell. He d. Dec. 21, 1855. Had\\nAugusta E., b. Jan. 28, 1842, d. April 21, 1S58;\\nCharles W., b. Jan. 28, 1842, d. Jan. 7, 1865. His\\nwidow m. David Martin.\\nWillard Cass, son of Martin, m. Esther Cass, dr.\\nof Laban. Removed to Penn.\\nAhaz Cass, son of Martin, m., May 20, 1847, Cy-\\nrene Richardson, of Fairfax, Vt., b. Dec. i, 1828.\\nLived on the Hendrick Martin place, now occupied by\\nhis son, Lewis R., west end of L. 20, R. 5. Had one\\nchild, Lewis R., b. Jan. 13, 1853. Ahaz d. June 9,\\n1880.\\nZephani ak Anson Cass m. Mary, dr. of Lilburn\\nAllen. Removed to Tioga Co., Penn.\\nNahiim Cass, son of Martin, ist m., Nov. 19, 1846,\\nLucina, dr. of Nicholas Cook, d. June 13, 1853 2d\\nm., Nov. 23, 1853, Martha J., dr. of Luke Aldrich.\\nHas resided on the Henry Starkey place, but now\\nlives on the Luke Cass farm. Had by Lucina, Ed-\\nmond, b. Dec. 28, 1848, d. young Moses, b. Feb. 27,\\n1850. By Martha had Martin, b. Aug. 16, 1854 Al-\\nmon, b. Jan. 19, 1861 Carlon E., b. Aug. 4, 1869.\\nMoses A. Cass, son of Martin, removed to Penn.,\\nand there died. He m. a daughter of Stephen Martin\\nof Barton, Vt.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 367\\nLewis R. Cass, son of Ahaz, m., June 4, 1874,\\nAnnie D., dr. of Ebenezer Cook. Lives on his\\nfather s place. Had A. Lilhi, b. Feb. 28, 1878.\\nDaniel Cass Jonathan Daniel m., Dec. 11,\\n1808, Sally, dr. of Moses Allen bought his father s\\nfarm, the place now owned by Joseph Swan re-\\nmoved to Barton, Vt., about 1830. Had Laura,\\nLona, Sylphina, Hiram, Lorenzo, and Robert.\\nOtis Cass Jonathan Daniel m., Jan 13, 1820,\\nMelancy, dr. of Jerahmeel Allen lived on the place\\nnow owned by Josiah Newell, and built the house\\nnow on the premises. He d. Sept. 9, 1836. She 2d\\nm. Nathaniel Kingsley.\\nThe Luke- Cass Family.\\nLuke Cass, from Smithfield, 1774, m. Isabel Al-\\ndrich, of Smithfield, Jan. 24, 1776. He settled on L.\\n22, R. 5, the place now owned by Nahum Cass, and\\nwas an innkeeper. He erected a large, commo-\\ndious house, which was taken down by Augustus\\nCass, about 1840. Had a son, b. 1779. He d. May\\n31, 1814, in his 60th year. His widow m. Joseph\\nCass, Nov. 26, 1815. Had two brothers, Amos and\\nJohn, and two sisters, Deborah Benson and Silvia\\nPhillips.\\nLuke Cass 2d, m. Isabel Bishop, Jan. 25, 1809.\\nCHASE.\\nWilliam Chase m., March 9, 1781, Rhoda, dr. of\\nJames Westcoat was from Gloucester, R. I. lived\\nwhere the widow Chase has recently resided, and on", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF THE\\nthe part set off to Troy in 181 5. Had seven chil-\\ndren, one of whom, William, remained in town, b.\\nJan. 16, 1785.\\nWilliam Chase William m., Feb. 3, 1814,\\nEsther, dr. of Jesse Ballon. He remained on the\\nhomestead. He d. March 2, 1832, aged 47 she d.\\nNov. 16, 1877, aged 87. Had several children, one\\nof whom, Semantha, m. Jacob Whitcomb, jr.\\nCHAPMAN.\\nElliot Chapman, h-om Montague, Mass., m. Jennie\\nC, dr. of George Taylor, and widow of George F.\\nBryant, March 3, 1873. He lives on the Elijah\\nBolles place.\\nCHEEVER.\\nJames Cheever came to town in 1808, and lived on\\nthe Caleb Buffiim place. Had Lyman, Elvira, War-\\nren, and Miranda.\\nCHENEY.\\nEhenezer Cheney bought the Capt. Oliver Capron\\nplace, 1812, and there resided until about 1837.\\nHad Gustavus, Timothy, Hannah, Millie, Ebenezer,\\nand Alethia.\\nCHURCH.\\nyohn Lovel Church, son of Sarah, dr. of Daniel\\nCass, lived with his mother on the Uriah Jillson farm\\nfrom 1842 to 1854 removed to Fitzwilliam. He d-\\nin the late war. His mother d. April 26, 1869.\\nCLARK.\\nGeorge Clark bought the Enos Holbrook farm\\nabout 1839 lived there a few years, and sold the", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 369\\nsame to Seth Truesdale, of Killingly, Ct. lie bought\\nback the place, and spent the remainder of his days\\nthere. He was unmarried, and lived alone d. 1866.\\nBcnjainin H. Clarlc, b. in Colerain, Mass., m.\\nElizabeth M. Watkins, May 6, 1846. He bought\\nthe old Henry Ingalls farm, known as the Joseph\\nCass place, 1866. He d. Nov. 22, 1867. Had Etta\\nIsadore, b. July 30, i860.\\nCLAPP.\\nLozucll Clapp was a wool-carder and cloth-dresser\\nat North Richmond a few years previous to 1818\\nsold to Alpheus Capron.\\nCOLBURN.\\nyohn Collmrn, from Rindge, came to town about\\n1840. He lived with George Butlum, who had mar-\\nried for his second wife Hannah Colburn, his mother.\\nHe continued there until after Mr. Buffum s death,\\nwhen he removed to the Nathan Harkness place.\\nHe m. Lydia Beard, Dec. i, 1825. He d. March 10,\\n1870. Had John W., b. March 11, 1827, m. Sarah\\nC, dr. of Levi Wheeler, and lives in Macedon, N.\\nY. Ann E., b. July 6, 1829, d. Jan. 15, 1838;\\nFanny, b. March 16, 183 1, m. Hiram P. Sprague,\\nd. Dec. 2, 1865; Charles O., b. Feb. 26, 1833, m.\\nAbby, dr. of Henry Rice, lives in Brattleboro\\nHenry, b. June 10, 1835, Anna E. Davis, lives in\\nBaldwinsville Artemas B., b. July 26, 1838, m.\\nLydia, dr. of Daniel Man, and was killed in the\\nbattle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Mrs. Col-\\nburn lives now with Hiram P. Sprague.\\n24", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "370 HISTORY OF THE\\nCOLE.\\nEbcnezer Cole, blacksmith, from Warren, R. I.,\\nm, Susanna, dr. of Capt. Abner Aldrich. He\\nbought of Oliver Mason L. ii, R. 6. The house\\nand shop stood near the town pound. The place was\\nsold to Abner Aldrich, jr., 1778, and soon after the\\nfamily removed to the William Woodward place.\\nHad five children. He d. Jan. 14, 1778. His widow\\nm. Capt. Stephen Jillson.\\nTimothy Cole, probably a son of Ebenezer, bought\\nthe Deacon John Cass farm, L. 8, R. 9, about 1805\\nd. 1815. Had Ezra, who removed to Winchester,\\n181 7, and Ira, who went to New York about the same\\ntime.\\nWheeler Cole settled on south half L. 5, R. 6\\nand 7. Had a son, Nathaniel.\\nNathaniel Cole Wheeler bought his father s\\nplace, 1779, and sold the same to Nathan Harkness,\\n1786. Had three children, viz. Huldah, Barnard,\\nand Caleb.\\nCOOMBS.\\nRezihen Coombs owned and occupied the Thayer\\nmills from about 1865 to 1870.\\nCONWAY.\\nCharles W. Conway, b. Sept. 24, 1829, m., in\\nDover, N. H., Feb. 25, 1853, Sarah E. Wentworth,\\nwho was b. March 30, 1833 bought of Obed E.\\nAdams, 1865, the Moses Tyler place, and moved on\\nthe same Sept. 20 of that year now owns in addi-\\ntion the Rufus Whipple farm and the Rich place.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 37 1\\nHad Albert B., b. Oct. 12, 1855; Charles H., b.\\nAug. 31, 1857; Howard, b. Oct. 21, 1859, Sept.\\n8, i860; Isabel A., b. Dec. 26, 1863, m. Burton C.\\nJackson, of Winchester; George E., b. Dec. 30,\\n1865 Julia A., b. Dec. 28, 1870.\\nAlbert B. Conway, son of Charles W., m. Ada\\nA. I dr. of John Whipple, of Warwick lives in\\nHolyoke, Mass.\\nCOOK.\\nCaj^t. Nicholas Cook, b. Feb. 7, 1733, m. Phillis,\\nsister of Paul Jillson. He was son of Dea. Nicholas\\nCook, of Bellingham, and was f. s. on the farm now\\nowned by Martin Cook. He d. Sept. 15, 1791 she\\nd. March 21, 1815. Had Uriah, m. Mary Cumstock,\\nmoved to Shrewsbury, Vt. Lucina, m. Joseph Hol-\\nbrook Jeremiah, m. Ruth Martin, removed to New\\nHaven, Vt. Lydia, m. Calvin Curtis; Calvin, d.\\nWilliam, d. Luther, b. April 13, 1776 Nathaniel, d.\\nNicholas, d. LukeC, m. Clarissa Winslow, removed\\nto Onondaga, N. Y. Capt. Nicholas was a descend-\\nant of Walter Cook, who came from England, 1635,\\nand settled finally in Mendon. His widow m. Paul\\nBoyce.\\nLuther Cook Nicholas ist m., Aug. 17, 1800,\\nLillis, dr. of Oliver Mix 2d m. Delila Harris, dr. of\\nAnthony. He lived on his father s farm. Was a\\nchair-maker. He d. April 30, 185 1 Lillis d. Nov.\\n17, 1830 Delila d. Feb. 19, 1845. Had Nicholas, b.\\nMay 23, 1801 Calvin, b. Aug. 6, 1802 Oliver, b.\\nMarch 20, 1805, d. March 28, 1805 Hannah, b. June\\n16, 1806, was killed by lightning, Sept. 25, 1829;\\nDiancy, b. Aug. 2, 1808, m. Stephen Randall.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "372 HISTORY OF THE\\nNicholas Cook Luther Nicholas m., Oct. 24,\\n1824, Judith, dr. of Otis Capron. He built the house\\nwhere Calvin Cook now lives. Removed to his\\nfather s house, 1845. He d. Nov. 24, 1866; she d.\\nFeb. 9, 1866. Had Lucina, b. Aug. 15, 1825, m.\\nNahum Cass; Polly, b. Aug. 29, 1827, m. Amos H.\\nIngalls Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1830, m. George W.\\nRandall Martin, b. Aug. 28, 1833 Jane, b. April 3,\\n1836, m. Lovel K. Pickering. Nicholas and Judith\\nd. young.\\nCalvin Cook Luther Nicholas m. Anna, dr.\\nof Ebenezer Swan, jr., Nov. 14, 1822. First lived\\nwith Joseph Holbrook, and then on the Asa Man place,\\nand now resides in the housebuiltby his bro. Nicholas.\\nHad Ebenezer S., b. May i, 1823 Luther, b. July\\n16, 1830, d. in Boston June 13, 1856; Stephen R., b.\\nOct. 26, 1831, d. in Waltham, Mass. Diancy, d.\\nSept. 4, 1851.\\nMartin Cook Nicholas Luther Nicholas\\nm. Mary, dr. of Israel Martin. Lives on the old\\nhomestead. Had Walton L, b. April 7, 1859; My-\\nlon N., b. May 8, 1863 Nellie J., b. July 31, 1864;\\nFrank, b. Oct. 28, 1867; F. Mabel; Grace M., b.\\nSept. 15, 1870; George M., b. Feb. 10, 1882.\\nEbenezer S. Cook Calvin Luther Nicholas\\nm. Caroline Buker lives on the Asa Man place.\\nHad Annie D. b. Feb. 18, 1853, m. Lewis R. Cass;\\nEsther, b. July 7, 1859, m. Chas. D. Cass, May 2,\\n1880.\\nWilliam Cook, son of Dea. Nicholas, of Belling-\\nham, b. Dec. 12, 1724, m. Priscilla Ballou, young-\\nI", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n373\\nest sister of James Ballou, sr., settled on lot south of\\nhis brother Nicholas. His house was on the spot\\nwhere Edson Starkey s house now stands. He built\\nthe mills at No. Richmond. Had Sylvanus, James,\\nWilliam, Nicholas, b. Aug. i6, 1772 Susanna, Kath-\\nerine, Priscilla, m. Oliver Harris Lucretia, m. Esek\\nBuftum and Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1775. He d.\\n1790, and his wid. m., Dec. 6, 1792, Simeon Cham-\\nberlain, of Royalston.\\nyaincs Cook, son of William, b. June 7, 1760, m.\\nOct. 15, 17S0, Elizabeth, dr. of Henry Ingalls, Esq.\\nLived and kept a store where his father settled, and\\nwhere Edson Starkey now resides. The old build-\\ning was replaced by the present dwelling of Mr.\\nStarkey, some years ago. By Elizabeth had seven\\nchildren she d. July 18, 1800. 2d m. Waitstill Ful-\\nler, Nov. 2, 1800, and by her had Sylvanus, Eliza-\\nbeth, and James. He removed to Wallingford, Vt.,\\nabout 1805.\\nSylviinus Cook, son of William, m., Jan. 3, 1782,\\nElizabeth, dr. of David Barney. He lived 2d house\\nnorth of the Davenport place. Had five children,\\nviz. Susanna, Elizabeth, William, Ezekiel, and\\nLydia, b. Feb. 22, 1789. He removed to Vermont.\\nOtis Cook, from Mendon, m., July 12, 1795, Lydia,\\ndr. of John Cass, jr. No record of family.\\nGeorge Cook, the son of Dea. Nicholas, of Belling-\\nham, m. Phebe, dr. of James Tillson. Settled on L.\\n21, 4 R., the place where Henry Starkey formerly\\nlived. Had six children, viz. Freelove, Caleb, Peter,\\nPolly, Phebe, and Zuriel, all b. from 1775 to 1783.\\nZuriel succeeded his father, and d. there about 1795.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "374 HISTORY OF THE\\nSimeon Cook, b. in Bellingham, Dec. 8, 1770,\\nson of Caleb, who was a son of the aforesaid Dea.\\nNicholas, m., July 26, 1791, Rhoda, dr. of Gideon\\nMan, lived in Swansey. She died July, 1815, aged\\n52. By her he had nine children. Removed to\\nRichmond, 1816, bought the Dea. John Cass place,\\n1819, and there lived until 1840; 2d m., April 19,\\n1816, Rachel Barrus, widow of Ebenezer 3d. Had\\nby Rachel, George, b. Aug. 31, 1817 Simeon, b.\\nApril 14, 1821 Malvina, b. June 30, 1823, m.\\nJoseph B. Smead. He 3d m. Sarah Smead, of Swan-\\nsey, March 22, 1840. He d. March 18, 1859, ^ged\\n89 Rachel d. March 18, 1839 Sarah died Nov. 4,\\n1861.\\nGeorge Cook Simeon Caleb unmarried he\\nresides in Keene. He prepared for college at Phil-\\nlips academes graduated at Amherst college, 1841,\\nand at the Theological seminary at Andover, 1844.\\nHeld a responsible position as teacher, from 1854\\nto 1859 in Ala., and then studied medicine. Never\\nentered a profession acquired a competency in bus-\\niness has traveled extensively in N. America, in\\nEurope, and in nearly all the countries bordering on\\nthe Mediterranean now devotes his time to literary\\nand scientific pursuits.\\nSimeon Cook Simeon Caleb m. Patience, dr.\\nof Silas Parsons, Sept. 24, 1841 2d m. Ellen Mur-\\ndock, of Winchester. Had by Patience Silas P., b.\\nOct. 18, 1845; Leroy, b. Feb. 4, 1849; Solon, b.\\n1851, died in infancy; Clara J., b. Oct. 22, 1854;\\nCharles S., b. May 28, 1857.\\nMr. Cook was at the time of his ist marriage, a gro-\\ncer in Boston. He soon removed to Richmond, and", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 375\\nthere engaged in trade at the Four corners, and from\\nthence removed to Keene, and was in the employ of\\nhis brother George for several years in the shook and\\nstave business. From Keene he went to Ingersoll,\\nCanada West, leaving behind his family, and was\\nthere for some years in the lumber business, and\\ntinally, 1882, he removed to Southern California,\\nwhere he now resides, engaged in raising fruit.\\nS/7as P. Cook Simeon Simeon graduated at\\nHarvard Col. 1867, where he stood among the first in\\nhis class. Studied theology at Princeton settled in\\nMarlboro N. H., and in Windsor, Vt., and is now\\nsettled in Chelsea, Mass., over a Cong, church. Le-\\nroy, brother of Silas P., graduated at Worcester School\\nof Technology, and is draughtsman at Washburn\\nMoen s factory. Charles S., bro. of Silas P., grad-\\nuated from the scientific department of Dartmouth\\nCollege, 1880, where he has been tutor ever since.\\nStephen Cook, from Milford, kept the Wakefield\\nTavern, i840- 2. Returned to Milford.\\nJonathan Cook m. Tabitha. Bought of Joseph\\nAllen, 1796, the farm on Tully brook known as the\\nCook place, now owned by Jesse Bolles. He came\\nto Richmond, about 1780. He was a shoemaker, had\\neight children, five of which died young, and three\\ngrew up and lived in town, viz. Nathan, b. June 8,\\n1763; Abigail, b. May 10, 1765, m. Lemuel Scott:\\nand Jesse, b. Jan. 17, 1773.\\nNathan Cook Jonathan m. Sarah Dix, Feb. 21,\\n1796. Lived on his father s place was a very strong,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "376 HISTORY OF THE\\nwiry, and tough man. Had John, b. July 18, 1798;\\nNathan, b. Oct. 4, 1799; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 14,1801.\\nNathan studied medicine, and went to York state.\\nycssc Cook Jonathan lived in Leominster a\\nnumber of years, finally removed to Richmond and\\nbought a part of the old Norwood farm had no\\nchildren.\\nyohn Cook Nathan Jonathan remained on\\nthe home place, and was never married died about\\n1850.\\nHis orbs of siglit were deeply set,\\nThe bloated flesh around them met;\\nIf to nose of runlet he d not been tied\\nNot near so soon would he have died.\\nCOOLEY.\\nAaro)i Coolcy was a resident of the north-west part\\nof the town. At one time he was on the Elijah BoUes\\nplace. He afterwards appears to have lived on the\\nDavid Barney farm. Had eight children, a number\\nof which appear to have been paupers about 1810.\\nCOREY.\\nAnthony Corey, from Wallingford, Vt., m., March\\n15, 1798, Lovicea, dr. of Capt. Amos Boorn. He\\nbought the Esek Buftum farm, now owned by Ozial\\nBallon. He d. May 24, 1835, aged 59 she d. Nov. 9,\\n1853, aged 77. Had Abraham, b. May 10, 1798, lives\\nnow in Marlboro N.H. Huldah, b. Sept. 20, 1799\\nAnthony James, who lives in Fitchburg Nicene, b.\\nMarch 5, 181 1, ist m. Edward Tolman, 2d m. Ken-\\ndall Fisher, now lives with her son in the middle of\\nthe town Mary, lives in Marlboro Amos, b. 1809\\nCynthia L., m. Seth D. Ballon, d. Jan. 7, 1852, aged\\n33. Four children d. in infancy. No record of\\nfamily.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 377\\nAmos Corey Anthony m. Phebe, dr. of Silas\\nBoyce. Lived on his father s place. He d. Aug. 26,\\n1857* aged 48; she d. Aug. 23, 1857, aged 43.\\nCORLISS.\\nBailey Corliss bought the Asa Thayer farm, situ-\\nated west of Elias Taylor s, in 1S49. Removed to\\nSwansey, 1S56.\\nCRANE.\\nThomas Crane m., Aug. 4, 1768, Sarah, dr. of\\nAbraham Barrus. Was f. s. on L. 13, R. 5, the place\\nmore recently owned by Robert Swan and his son Eb-\\nenezer. It is reported that he was a Tory, and fled\\nto Nova Scotia, leaving his family behind him, in the\\ntime of the Revolution. Had Abraham, William,\\nJames, John, Mary, and Thomas.\\nAbraham Crane Thomas m., Feb. 9, 1797,\\nNancy Ingalls, of Royalston. Lived on his father s\\nfarm. Removed from town, 1813. Had three chil-\\ndren.\\nyohn Crane Thomas m. Lynda, dr. of An-\\nthony Harris, Feb. 27, iSoo. Had Ono, who lived\\nwith Capt. Luke Harris. Removed to Dalton, N. H.\\nCROSSMAN.\\nIchabod Crossman was i. s. on a place in the north-\\neast corner of the town, where Alvin Nason after-\\nwards lived. He probably m. a dr. of Capt. Abner\\nAldrich.\\nCRESSEY.\\nAlpheus Cressey, from Chesterfield, m. widow\\nLydia Boorn. He lived a few years, about 1840, on\\nthe old John Bennett larm.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "378 HISTORY OF THE\\nCROOKER.\\nCapt. Benjamin Crooker, from Boston, ist m. De-\\nborah 2d m. Jane Bisbee, dr. of Noah, Jan.\\n28, 1810. He bought the place now owned by\\nAhnon Twitchell of Lemuel Peters, 1805 kept a pub-\\nlic house and store there a few years. Had been a sea-\\ncaptain, and was a trader in Boston at the time of the\\npurchase. He d. Oct. 26, 1835, ^ged 79. Had by\\nDeborah: Deborah, m. Job l^isbee Josiah, Mar-\\ngaret, m. John Smith Benjamin, Abigail, m. Daniel\\nSmith Elijah, b. Nov. 30, 1806. By Jane had\\nElizabeth S., b. Jan. 25, 1811, m. Marcellus L. Al-\\ndrich George W., b. July 29, lives in Illinois;\\nCharles A., b. Sept. 5, 1819, lives in New Bedford.\\nCol. Elijah Crooker Benjamin m., March 29,\\n1829, Narcissa M. Peck, of Swansey lived on the\\nCrooker homestead. He d. Oct. 2, 1835, ^^^^1 30.\\nHad Laura S.^ b. Sept. 15, 1829, d. in Swansey,\\n1856; Benjamin P., b. Nov. 18, 1832, lives in\\nUpton, Mass. i\\\\ugusta M., b. Dec. 14, 1833, d. in\\nSwansey.\\nCUMMINGS.\\nAmos E. Cummings, b. in Swansey, Dec. 24,\\n1837, m. Ellen M., dr. of Nathaniel B. Fisher, Sept.\\n7, 1870; lives on the David Russell farm. Had\\nAmos H., b. April 24, 1873, d. Sept. 11, 1883;\\nAbbie E., b. Jan. 21, 1875, d. Aug. 25, 1875 Gertie\\nA., b. Nov. 10, 1878.\\nCUMSTOCK.\\nAzariah Ctcmstock, from Smithfield, m., April 20,\\n1735, Zeruiah Sprague was a blacksmith; f. s. on", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "n\\\\\\nW^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^H^ M^ h\\nriF- -Tfi\\nr-^\\nCrooker House and Store.\\nw^^jsI\\nI\\nw\\n1* i.\\nW- Tls^.^-v^\\nHolmes House (Middle of Town). Seepage 164.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 379\\nL. 7, R. 8, 1762. His place was west of Jonas\\nWheeler s, near the junction of the old road with the\\nSprague road. He d. 1791- He sold to Joseph Cass,\\n1769, and then bought out his brother Abner. Had\\nJemima, b. Aug. 5, 1735 Moses, b. Nov. 9, 1737\\nLydia, b. June 18, 1741 Aaron, b. Jan. 13, 1743\\nAbner, b. Aug. i, 1747; Amy, b. March 19, 1749,\\nm. Capt. Dan. Whipple; Mary, b- Sept. 22, 1751,\\nm. Rufus Whipple; Azariah, b. Sept. 25, 1755.\\nAbner Cumstock, f. s. on L. 5, R. 8, the place\\nsince owned and occupied by Obediah Sprague. He\\nd. about 1770, but had sold the premises to his\\nbrother Azariah, 1769. Had Abner, William, and\\nothers.\\nMoses Cunislock Azariah f. s. on L. 7, R. 4,\\nknown as the Caleb Buffum place. He, like Nimrod\\nof old, was a mighty hunter. He sold to Butium,\\nabout 1784, and removed from town.\\nAaron Cuiustoek Azariah f. s. on west end of\\nL. 8, R. 4, the place recently owned by Henry Rice.\\nHe was a blacksmith sold to Abner Aldrich about\\n1768.\\nWilliam Cunisloek Abner m., 1804, Frinda\\nHawkins, of Winchester. Was a tanner, and had a\\nyard below the Sprague mills. Removed to Onon-\\ndaga, N. Y.\\nCURTIS.\\nSamuel Curtis^ who w^as a son of Noah Curtis, of\\nUxbridge, m., Jan 27, 1774, Olive, dr. of Caleb Cook,\\nof Swansey was f. s., 1766, on L. 22, R. 6, the\\nplace since owned and occupied by Daniel Twitchell.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "380 HISTORY OF THE\\nHe kept a public house, and was frequently on the\\nboard of selectmen. He d. 1822. Had Noah, b.\\nOct. II, 1776; Caleb, Samuel, Seth A., Thaddeus,\\nand Stephen. Of these only the four first named\\nremained in town. Thaddeus was a brush-maker in\\nProvidence lii^ed to be about 90. Had also Eliza-\\nbeth, m. Silas Ballou, jr. Olive, m. Windsor Parker;\\nand Mercy. No record of family.\\nJVoah Curtis, brother of Samuel, m. Elizabeth\\nTillson, dr. of James; was f. s. on L. 23, R. 6,\\nknown as the Abner Twitchell place, 1766. Had\\nThaddeus, b. 1768, d. 1788. He d. 1821 she d. 1793.\\nCaleb Curtis Samuel m., 1813, Lucy, dr. of\\nIsrael Saben lived north of the Ephraim Taft place,\\nwhere Abner Twitchell had formerly lived. Had\\nMary, Delila, Julia, and others.\\nSamuel Curtis Samuel m. Lois Estes, dr. of\\nZacheus. He lived on the Joseph Cass place, now\\nowned by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Clark. Had Orison,\\nJerrel A., Eliza, m. Alvan Barrus Marcus, and\\nSamuel, b. Aug. 4, 1827. He d. Sept. 13, 1855.\\nNo record of family.\\nScth A. Curtis Samuel m. Mary lived on the\\nplace now owned by William T. Carter. The old\\nhouse, which was burned, stood nearly opposite of\\nJerrel s. He built the buildings now standing on the\\npremises about 1842 removed to Rhode Island, and\\nthere died. Had William, who lives in Winchester,\\nand Annah, m. Van Rensselaer Pickering.\\nOrison Curtis Samuel Samuel m.. May 16,\\n1824, Betsey, dr. of Seth Ballou was a shoemaker.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 381\\nand removed to Colerain, Mass., about 1829. Had\\nOrison, Henry, Semantha, m. Blake, d. and Seth.\\nJeri cl A. Cti^-tis Samuel Samuel m. Caro-\\nline, dr. of Elias Taylor lived on the place now\\nowned by Isaac N. Mellen was mostly engaged in\\nputting out palm leaf. Had George T., lives in Hins-\\ndale Henry O., b. Aug. 19, 1841 Eliza Jerrel A.,\\nb. Dec, 1848 Jane C, b. 1851, m. Henry R. Bowen.\\nMarcus Curtis Samuel Samuel m. Almira\\nShepherd, of Barre. He d. about 1856. She 2d m.\\nJarvis Cass.\\nSamuel Curtis Samuel Samuel m. Harriet\\nE. Barnes, of Winchester, and lives at Millers Falls.\\nHad Walter E., and Carriebelle E.\\nHenry O. Curtis Jerrel A. Samuel Samuel\\nm., Sept. II, 1862, Arvilla J., dr. of James A.\\nMellen lives on the place once occupied by Russell\\nWhipple, near Tully brook. Had Everett H., b.\\nJuly 7, 1867; Frank M., b. Dec. 12, 1870: George\\nH., b. June, 1873.\\nDANDLEY.\\nyohn Z^rt-wrf/rj/, from Cumberland, m. Susanna Cass,\\ndr. of Dea. John Cass, Feb. 11, 1759. Was f. s. on\\nthe farm now owned by Preston L. Freeman. He\\ncame to town very early in its history. Remained\\nabout fifteen years. Sold to James BroAvn, of Glou-\\ncester, R. I., about 1777, and removed to state of N.\\nY. Had by his wife Susanna nine children. Son\\nJohn m. Freelove Jillson, of Cumberland, Oct. 20,\\n1782.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "382 HISTORY OF THE\\nDANIELS.\\nSylvester Daniels came from Millbury about 1874.\\nLives on L. 23, R. 6, the place formerly owned and\\noccupied by Abner Twitcliell, sr. No record.\\nDARLING.\\nStephen Darling m. Elizabeth Scott, Dec. 25, 1799-\\nLived on the place known as the Calvin White farm.\\nDAVENPORT.\\nJoseph Clark Davenport, from Mount Holly, m.,\\nMarch 4, 1798, Martha, dr. of Joseph Starkey, sr.\\nHe lived a few years on a place north of Nathaniel\\nAldrich s, and finally removed to Mount Holly, Vt.,\\nabout 1815. Had Joseph, and Waitstill, who m. Sol-\\nomon Woodward.\\nJoseph Davenport, son of Clark, m. Aphemia, dr.\\nof Jacob Martin, Jan. 27, 1825.\\nElijah Davenport, brother of Clark, m. Esther, dr.\\nof Joseph Starkey, sr., and went to Mount Holly, Vt.\\nHad a son Henry, who d. May 25, 1S60.\\nDAY.\\nOthaniel Day, from Attleboro b. Nov. 2, 1740*\\nlived on the place since occupied by John Day and\\nLewis Fisher, L. 22, R. n, next to Warwick. He\\nd. June 10, 1820. No record of family. Had\\nJohn, b. Dec. 29, 1795.\\nJohn Day Otlianiel m., Jan. 30, 1821, Sally,\\ndr. of Caleb Weeks, of Warwick. Had Abif^ail, b.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 383\\nJune 14, 1821 Hymenus, b. Feb. 12, 1823, d. April 7,\\n1852; Philetus, b. Nov. 15, 1825, d. Dec. i, 1843;\\nCaleb, b. Oct. 12, 1827 Josephus, b. Nov. 23, 1829;\\nJohn, b. Jan. 11, 1832, d. Sept. 6, 1852. He d. Oct.\\n12, 1832 his widow m. Lewis Fisher.\\nEzra Day, f. s. on L. 3, R. 3, a place west of\\nTully, north of the Seth Ballon farm.\\nDEXTER.\\nBenjamin Dexter, from Orange, bought the Gid-\\neon Man place at the Four corners, 181 1. Sold the\\nsame to Bassett and Harkness, 1817. He d. 1818,\\nwhile living on the Dea. John Cass place.\\nDILLINGHAM.\\nThomas Dillingham m. Remembrance Lived\\non the James Swan place, 1782. Had two children.\\nDINGMAN.\\nJohn G. Dingman resided, fr\u00c2\u00bbm 1861 to 1865, on\\nthe place first settled by Enoch White. Was a sol-\\ndier in the late war. Now resides in Winchester.\\nDODGE.\\nAndrew Dodge, b. in Hardand,Vt., May 28, 1803,\\n1st m., 1827, Sarah M. Ilildreth, of Dracut, Mass.\\nshe d. in Cornish, N. II., 1848 2d m.. May 7, 1850,\\nMrs. Almira Bingham, b. Sept. 26, 1794, and is now\\nliving. Moved to Nathaniel Naromore s place, 1872.\\nHad by Sarah M. seven children. She, together with\\nthree of her children, were killed in a tornado in Cor-\\nnish, 1848.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "384 HISTORY OF THE\\nDOOLITTLE.\\nr\\nCharles H. Doolittle, from Winchester, m. Mari-\\nette, dr. of Dan Buffum, and widow of A. C. Pres-\\ncott, March 14, 1865. Lived on the Dan Buffum\\nplace. He d. May 27, 1883. Had Lizzie M.,b.\\nJune 14, 1867 Katie, b. Nov. 5, 1869 and Flora G.,\\nb. Jan. 27, 1872.\\nELLIS.\\nfohn Ellis from Rehobath, f. s. on the place now\\noccupied by Henry Bullock, L. 2, R. 8, was out in\\nthe Revolutionary war. No record of family. Had\\nby Mary, his wife, Sabra, b. Nov. 24, 1767 John,\\nMartin, Benjamin, and Rebecca, m. Hugh Bullock,\\nof Royalston.\\nyohn Ellis, jr. John m. Dec. 18, 1774, Ra-\\nchel Marsh, by whom he had Eunice, Edward, Mar-\\ntin, and John.\\nBenjamin Ellis John m., Nov. 24, 1785, Ruth,\\ndr. of Henry Ingalls had by Ruth, Henry, b. June\\n7, 1786; Rufus, b. Dec. 7, 1787.\\nDea. Martin Ellis John ist m., June 8, 1777,\\nMar}^ Kingsley; 2d m., 1821, Catherine Bullock.\\nLived on his father s place. He d. 1832. By Mary\\nhad eleven children, viz. Sylvanus, b. Nov. 8, 1777,\\nm. Cynthia, dr. of Anthony Harris Benjamin, b. Nov.\\n16, i7y9\u00c2\u00bb m. Susanna, dr. of William Garnsey Lucy,\\nb. March 18, 1782, m. Caleb Harris; Sabra, b. Aug.\\n4, 1791 James, b. July 6, 1784: Daniel, b. 1788;\\nPolly, b. April 3, 1795; Martin, b. April 30, 1798;\\nSarah, b. Aug. i, 1800; Hosea, b. Sept. 4, 1802;\\nCandace, b. April i, 1805, m. Cass Bullock, jr.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 385\\nyamcs Ellis Martin John m. Charlotte Peck,\\nof Royalston, Jan. i, 1807.* Was killed in Templeton,\\nJuly 19, 181 3, by being thrown from a wagon, aged\\n28; she d. Aug. 23, 1815, aged 28.\\nDaniel Ellis Martin John ist m., April 30,\\n1820, Lucy, dr. of Joseph Cass 2d m. Elizabeth Ap-\\nplin, Dec. 23, 1830; she d. April 12, 1875, aged 91.\\nHad by Lucy Polly, b. Nov. 26, 1820 Daniel C, b.\\nDec. I, 1823 David, b. Nov. 16, 1828; and Samuel\\nWayne, b. 1817, went to Cleveland, O. He lived in\\nTownsend, Vt., and d. in Richmond, Sept 5, 1872,\\naged 84.\\nMartin Ellis, Jr. Martin John m. Hannah,\\ndr. of Cass Bullock, and removed to Vt.\\nHosea Ellis Martin John m. Margaret, dr.\\nof Martin Cass. Had Alvin C, b. May 7, 1826. He\\nremoved to Calais, Vt., 1833.\\nELLOR.\\nLiikc Ellor m. a dr. of Josiah Cass, and lived a\\nfew years on the Martin Cass place. Had Jennie,\\nm. John F. Ballon.\\nEMERSON.\\nMoses Emerson m., Sept. 11, 1796, Abigail, dr. of\\nMoses Allen. He was from Stoddard, N. H. Returned\\nto town about 1835, ^^id lived on the Otis Cass place.\\nHad Richard, Elisha, Wyman, Lydia, and Lucy.\\nLydia m. Sylvester Cass Lucy m. James M. Harris.\\nMoses d. Feb. 9, 1854. Abigail d. Sept. 21, 1845.\\n-55", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "386 HISTORY OF THE\\nERSKINE.\\nWalter Erskine, who was son of Lieut. John Ers-\\nkine, of Winchester, m., May 16, 1816, Margaret,\\ndr. of Zephaniah Bowen. He deserted his lamil}\\nand she 2d m. Maturin Ballon, of Whitingham, Vt.\\nHad Emugenia, b. March 19, 1817, ist. m. Jesse\\nG. Wheeler, 2d m. M. H. Bean, Sept. 17, 1845\\nMassena B., b. Dec. 19, 1819 Mandana W., b. Aug.\\n31, 1822, m. Thomas Pushee, of Wisconsin.\\nMassena B. Erskinc, son of Walter Erskine, whose\\nearly youth was spent in this town in the home of\\nOtis Cass, the place now owned by Josiah Newell,\\nhas gained for himself wealth and distinction in the\\ncity of his adoption. He went to Racine, Wis., 1852,\\nand there became connected with an establishment\\nfor the manufacture of threshing machines, etc. Has\\nbeen promoted to the highest municipal offices has\\nbeen mayor of the city three times, besides holding\\nnumerous other positions of honor and trust.\\nESTES.\\nZachcus Estcs came from Rhode Island about 1780.\\nBought the place settled by Enoch White, L. 15, R.\\n2. He was by trade a moulder, and worked a while\\nfor Levi Aldrich, who had a small foundry. After-\\nwards lived at various places in town. Was in the\\nwar of the Revolution. Had Marcus, Ruth, m. Geo.\\nHandy Polly, m. John Boyce Abigail, m. James\\nBowen Lois, m. Samuel Curtis Naomi, m. James\\nYates. One other dr. m. James Fisk, the father of\\nthe celebrated James Fisk, jr.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "MASSENA B. ERSKINE.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 387\\nEVANS.\\nMcdad Evans^ b. in Hinsdale, N. H., May 15,\\n1822, m., Dec. 31, 1850, Augusta F., an adopted dr.\\nof Barnabas Barrus, b. Nov. 15, 1829. Moved to\\nRichmond in 1862, and lives on the Barnabas Barrus\\nplace. Had Ellon B., and Lizzie M., both died in\\nHinsdale; William M., b. in Richmond, Nov. 20,\\n1864; Mary F., b. May 18, 1869. She d. Sept. 16,\\n1882.\\nFAIRBROTHER.\\nWm. Fairhrothc)- was a resident in town from 1814\\nto 1817.\\nFASSETT.\\nSamuel Fasselt was evidently the f. s. on L#. 20, R.\\n9, the place afterwards owned by Ephraim Taft,\\nBenjamin Newell, and others. He built a saw mill\\non the site of the mill owned by ^jrT Henry Taylor;\\nhe was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He re-\\nmoved to Winchester, and had a dr. who m. Amos\\nAdams.\\nFISHER.\\nLewis Fisher ist m. Sarah, widow of John Day\\n2d m. Alfreda, widow of Luther Beals lived on the\\nJohn Day place. Had by Sarah: Sarah F., b.\\nMarch 20, 1836, m. Henry Whipple Lewis, b. Feb.\\n20, 1828, d. Aug. 22, 1841 Lucius L., b. Dec. 22,\\n1841 Richard P., b. Dec. 7, 1844. He d. Feb. 17,\\n1871, aged 61 Sarah d. Oct. 6, 1865, aged 64.\\nRichard P. Fisher Lewis m., Oct. 13, 1868,\\nAlia R., dr. of Enoch D. Sprague lives at the Four\\ncorners, and is a painter. Had Eva M., b. Sept. 17,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF THE\\n1869; Edith A., b. Sept. 6, 1871 Nervie R., b.\\nJan. 7, 1873.\\nKendall Fisher^ Esq., son of Elder Darius Fisher,\\nof Fitzwilliam, ist m. Esther, dr. of Jacob Martin;\\n2d m. Nicene, dr. of Anthony Corey, and widow of\\nEdward Tolman lived next north of Paul Jillson s,\\nL. 15, R. 2. He d. Dec. 9, 1867, aged 68. Had\\nNancy, m. Francis Boyce Gilbert, Lorina, m.\\nSamuel Pickering, jr. George, Alvina, and Charles.\\nKendall Fisher was for many years one of the lead-\\ning men of the town, and was honored by the highest\\noffices in the hands of his townsmen.\\nNathaniel B. Fisher, son of Ira Fisher, of Fitz-\\nwilliam, m., Oct. 20, 1846, Betsey M., dr. of Clark\\nB. Holbrook, of Swansey lives on the old Robert\\nMartin place. He came to town i860. Had Ellen\\nM.,b. Oct. 17, 1847, in Fitzwilliam; Abbie A., b.\\nAug. 5, 1849; Ida J., b. Dec. 6, 1850; Ira C, b.\\nOct. 19, 1852 Charles T., b. May 22, 1855 Emma\\nC, b. March 8, 1857, d. Jan. 7, 1868; Mary E.,\\nb. Dec. 4, 1859 Nancy S., b. July 31, 1861, d. April\\n28, 1862 Martha A., b. Sept. 4, 1863 George A.,\\nb. Sept. 8, 1865, d. Sept. 27, 1865; Alma D., b.\\nNov. 24, 1866; Reuben B., b. May 8, 1869; Nellie\\nB., b. April 22, 1873. He d. 1884.\\nIra C. Fisher Nathaniel B. m., Nov. 5, 1876,\\nS. Frances, dr. of John Whipple, of Warwick; lives\\non the Oliver Puffer place. Had three children.\\nFLINT.\\nAmos A. Flint, of Reading, Mass., came to town,\\n1865, from Amherst, N. H. was b. July 22, 1827;\\nII", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 389\\nm. Catherine Carter, of Wilmington, Mass., b. April\\n23, 1826: bought the place first occupied by Israel\\nPhillips, L. 6, R. 3, known as the Daniel Cass farm\\nwas accidentally killed by a circular-saws 1869. The\\nfamily now resides in Winchester. Had William F.,\\nb. Aug. 25, 1849; Emma, b. July 16, 1852; Ozro,\\nb. July 18, 1854; Salina B., b. Nov. 15, 1856;\\nCatherine M., b. June 13, 1859; Esther, b. March\\n19, 1861 Cynthia J., b. Nov. 18, 1863; Herbert A.,\\nb. May 31, 1865. William F. was a graduate of\\nDartmouth college.\\nFRAZIER.\\nAndrew H. Frazier^ from Canada, resides on the\\nplace settled by Jesse Ballon. No record of family.\\nFREEMAN.\\nDan. Freeman, son of Ralph Freeman and Sarah\\nCapron, lived near the Aaron Kelton place; b. June\\n16, 1745. He removed quite early to Winchester.\\nHad five children.\\nLewis Freeman, b. May 8, 1798, m., July 4, 1825,\\nNancy, dr. of Rufus Kelton. He d. June 23, 1878.\\nRemoved from Sharon, Mass., 1836, to the farm first\\noccupied by John Dandley. Had N. Augusta, b. June\\n19, 1825, m. Ruel Thayer; Preston L., b. March\\n28, 1828 Rufus, b. July 6, 1832 James B., b. July\\n6, 1834, d- you^^g5 Ellen, b. May 15, 1836, m. Henry\\nB. Robbins Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 1838, d. young;\\nFrancis W., b. Nov. 23, 1839, jo^^g 5 Loren A.,\\nb. June 23, 1844.\\nPreston L. Freeman Lewis m., June 29, 1867,\\nLucy J., dr. of William Wright, Esq. lives on his", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "390 HISTORY OF THE\\nfather s place. Had Nellie R., b. May 28, il\\nWilliam L., b. April 17, 1873; Walter P., b. Feb.\\n18, 1875.\\nRuf^is F7 ccman Lewis m. Melissa, dr. of\\nJonas Twitchell lives in Keene, and is in the em-\\nploy of the Cheshire R. R. Co.\\nFRENCH.\\nDr. Sa7nucl P. French, b. in Gilmanton, N. H.,\\nMarch 17, 1818 graduated at Dartmouth college,\\n1841 studied medicine with Dr. Nahum Wright, of\\nGilmanton; commenced practice at Merrimac, 1845,\\nand in Richmond, 1846; succeeded Dr. Leander\\nSmith removed to Winchester, 1864, where he re-\\nmained four years removed to Warwick, 1868, and\\nfrom thence returned to Richmond, 1881 m., Dec.\\n3, 1849, Nancy H. M., dr. of Abner Barden. He\\nd. Feb. 7, 1882, while on a visit to one of his patients.\\nHad three children, viz. Helen M., b. June 26,\\n1851, d. Arthur P., b. March 5, 1854; Caroline I.,\\nb. July 19, 1859.\\nThomas French was a resident from 181 2 to 1816\\nlived on the Reuben Bowen place.\\nFULLER\\nEdzuard Fuller occupied the farm now owned by\\nDennis Harkness from 1814 to 1819.\\nSolomon Fuller, a twin brother of Edward, was\\nunmarried, and lived with his brother.\\nOliver Fuller was probably a f. s. on the Jeremiah\\nBarrus farm, or on the Jared Ballon place.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 39 1\\nGAGE.\\nSolomon Gage came to town in 1810; his name\\ndisappears in 1818. Lived on the Levi Mowry place.\\nGARNSEY.\\nDca. Amos Garnsey m. Merriam Pike. Came\\nfrom Rehobath about 1766; settled on L. 13, R. 11,\\nwhere John Scott and others have since lived. He d.\\nFeb. 12, 1813 she d. Dec. 12, 1814. Had six chil-\\ndren, viz. Cyrel, b. April 30, 1764; Amos, b. April\\n9, 1768; Cyrus, b. Feb. 20, 1773 Lucy, b. Nov. 29,\\n1774, m. Nehemiah Bennett; Darius, d. Dec. 20,\\n1784; Moses, b. March 25, 1781.\\nCyrel Garnsey x\\\\mos m., Nov. 24, 1784, Sa-\\nlome Garfield, of Fitzwilliam, b. May 31, 1769.\\nLived on the place with his father. Removed to\\nWhitefield, N. H., about 1823. Had twelve, children,\\nJohn, b. Nov. 27, 1786, d. Sept. 19, 1787 Merriam,\\nb. May 2, 1788, m. Solomon Gage John, b. July 28,\\n1790, m. Lydia, went to Canada Aaron, b. Oct. 19,\\n1793, d. Sept 8, 1799; Darius, b. Aug. 28, 1795;\\nMary, b. Nov. 7, 1797, m. John Scott; Rachel, b.\\nSept. 25, 1799, Lemuel Scott, jr. Anna, b. Feb. 3,\\n1802, m. Jedediah B. Howe; Naomi, b. April 3,\\n1804, m. Thomas Eastman Phebe, b. Feb. 2, 1808,\\nm. Baker; Aaron, b. Sept. I4,nj8i2 Ruth, b. June\\n23, 1815, d. He d. 1836-7 she d. about 1840.\\nAmos Garnsey^ jr. Amos removed to West-\\nminster, Vt. Had Amos, b. Sept. 6, 1803, who re-\\nsides here had other children.\\nCyrus Garnsey Amos m., May 11, 1796,\\nMary, dr. of John Bennett. Lived on the Joseph", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "392 HISTORY OF THE\\nCass farm, the place since owned by Dan Buffum.\\nHad Nellie, b. 1796, m. Dan Buffum. He d. June\\n21, 1826, age 53 she d. July 20, 1855, age 86.\\nMoses Garnsey Amos was a soldier of the war\\nof 181 2. He removed to Plainfield, Vt.\\nAaron Garnsey Cyrel Amos removed to\\nnorthern New Hampshire, and now resides in Lancas-\\nter, N. H.\\nDr. Darius Garnsey Cyrel -r- Amos m. Feb.\\n8, 1818, Abigail, dr. of Lemuel Scott. Studied medi-\\ncine with Dr. John Parkhurst. Removed to White-\\nfield, N. H., 1823. He d. 1830; she d. 1877. Had\\nNorris, b. 1819, d. 1822 Sanford, b. June 23, 1820;\\nNorris G., b. March 18, 1826.\\nSanford Garnsey, son of Darius, m., Jan. 20, 1846,\\nLydia, dr. of John Starkey. Lives in Chesterfield,\\nand is proprieter of a hotel. Was for a while after\\nhis marriage in the pail business with Edson Starkey\\nat North Richmond, also lived on the Elder Ballou\\nplace with his brother Norris is reputed wealthy.\\nNo children.\\nNorris G. Garnsey, son of Darius, m. Moranda\\nPickett, dr. of Hosea Pickett, of Winchester. He\\nlived on the Maturin Ballou farm with his brother\\nSanford about 1850 thence removed to Keene. Was\\nproprietor of a restaurant at Cheshire R. R. depot, and\\nis now with his son in the same business on the oppo-\\nsite side of the street. Has acquired a competenc}^ in\\nbusiness. Had four children.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 393\\nAdios Garnscy Amos Amos m., Oct. 26,\\n1828, Clarissa, dr. of William Randall; first lived on\\nthe Benjamin Hews place removed to his present\\nresidence about 1845. Had three children, viz.\\nAmos, b. Dec. 26, 1831 William, b. Sept. 27, 1839;\\nWatrous, b. Sept. 6, 1842. She d. April 15, 1875,\\naged 68.\\nAmos Garnsey Amos Amos Amos m.\\nMary Jane, dr. of Ezra Martin, jr. lived in Tro}\\nN. H. now resides in Sanford. Me., and is a manu-\\nfacturer of woolen goods. Had Frederick A. and\\nAlmon E.\\nWilliam Garnsey Amos Amos Amos m.\\nFannie L., dr. of Amos Bennett, Esq. lives with his\\nfather. Has one child, Elnora, b. July 15, 1877.\\nWatrous Garnsey Amos Amos Amos m.\\nFeb. 16, 1864, Emily J., dr. of Benjamin Newell, jr.\\nlives on the Nathan Bullock farm. Had Clarissa, b.\\nJuly 9, 1875 Eva, b. Aug. 20, 1877 Sarah, b. July\\n10, 1879.\\nOliver Garnsey, brother of Deacon Amos, from\\nRheobath, was f. s. on L. 11, R. 7. His house was\\nnear the new road from the middle of the town to the\\nDavid Duffum place. He removed to Westminster,\\nVt. Had six children.\\nWilliam Garnsey, probably from Rehobath, son\\nof John Garnsey, m., Oct. 27, 1771, Chloe, sister of\\nJonathan Thurber f. s. on L. 2, R. 7, the place\\nnext east of Deacon Ellis now Henry Bullock s.\\nThe aforesaid John Garnsey lived with his son Wil-\\nliam, and was probably the father of Amos, Oliver,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "394 HISTORY OF THE\\nJohn, jr., David, and Jesse. Had Otis, b. June 21,\\n1772 Wealthy, b. March 27, 1774, m. David Harris\\nChloe, b. March 21, 1776, m. Aaron Peck; William,\\nb. Dec. 6, 1777 Isaiah, b. Nov. 20, 1779; Susanna,\\nb. Oct. 6, 1781, m. Benjamin Ellis; Simeon, b. Sept.\\n18, 1783; Amy, b. Sept. 12, 1785 Sylvanus, b. July\\n18, 1787; Solomon, b. May 10, 1789; Jonathan, b.\\nJuly 18, 1790; Isaac, b. April 12, 1794.\\nOtis Garnscy William m., Nov. 7, 1792,\\nEsther Smith.\\nWilliam Garnscy William m., Dec. 19, 1805,\\nProvided, dr. of Jonathan Gaskill lived on the Gas-\\nkill place house was burned 1816; removed to\\nCummington, Mass., 1820. Had Hannah, m. Na-\\nthan E. Babbitt, d. 1881 Sylphina, m. Phinehas\\nMorton, d. 1883 William H., who is now post-\\nmaster in Winchester. He d. 1842.\\nIsaiah Gai nsey William m., Oct. 10, 1802,\\nMerriam Day, of Keene.\\nDavid Garnscy^ from Rehobath, and brother of\\nDeacon Amos and Oliver, m. Esther Had\\nsix children, viz. Amasa, Rebecca, Hubbard, Lucy,\\nOtis, and Eunice. Removed to Winchester, and\\nafterwards had Asahel.\\nyesse Garnscy^ from Rehobath, m.,May 25, 1794,\\nOlive West; lived west end of L. 7, R. 12, on the\\nhill south of Thayer s saw-mill, near a brook still\\ncalled the Jess brook. Had John, b. Feb. 9, 1795,\\nand then removed to Winchester and had Abner and\\nEunice.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 395\\nJohn Garnsey, Jr., probably a brother of William\\nand Amos Garnsey, appears to have settled on the\\nwest end of L. 12, R. 11, or near by the place since\\noccupied by William Whipple, Ellis Thayer, and\\nothers. He m. Electa Newton, Oct. 22, 1778. Had\\nHannah and Jacob. He probably removed from\\ntown in 1780.\\nGASKILL.\\nyonalhan Gaskill, b. May 22, 1739, from Cumber-\\nland, 1762, and son of Jonathan of Salem, whose\\nwife was Alice Pickering, m. Hannah Estes, Nov.\\n30, 1761. He was f. s. on L. 8, R. 3, near the place\\nwhere tradition says the first clearing was made in\\nRichmond by Sylvester Rogers. He d., by suicide,\\nSept. 18, 1790. Had eleven children, viz. Sarah,\\nb. April 6, 1762, m. Moses Buffum Samuel, b. Oct.\\n30, 1763; Tamar, b. July 11, 1765, m. Caleb Buf-\\nfum; Verney, b. March 12, 1767 Hannah, b. May\\n14, 1769, m. Caleb Buftum Olive, b. May 6, 1771,\\nm. Jedediah Buftum, jr. Silas, b. July 29, 1773\\nLavice, b. June 15, 1775, m. Nathaniel A. Bowen\\nEbenezer, b. July 25, 1777, d. Sept. 24, 1790;\\nPatience, b. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Benjamin Newell;\\nProvided, b. Sept. 8, 1786, m. William Garnsey.\\nSilas Gaskill, son of Jonathan, m., Nov. 30, 1794,\\nDeborah Wing. Had Estes, Stephen, Esquire,\\nJason, Jonathan, lived in Albion, N. Y. Samuel,\\nJoseph, Silas, James, and Benjamin.\\nSamuel Gaskill, Esq. Jonathan m., April 25,\\n1784, Nicene, dr. of Paul Boyce was f. s. on L. 6,\\nR. 3, the place lately occupied by Levi Cass; re-", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "39^ HISTORY OF THE\\nmoved to Waterbury, Vt., 1804. Had Hannah,\\nJonathan, d. 1830 Samuel, lived in Concord, N. H.\\nOlive, Ebenezer, Nicene, Silas, and Rufus. The\\nthree last named went to Alto, Wis. Ebenezer lived\\nin Litdeton, N. H.\\nVerney Gaskill Jonathan m., Aug. 19, 1787,\\nSarah, dr. of Jedediah Buftum was f. s. on east part\\nof L. 8, R. 3, the place where Edwin Bolles now\\nlives; sold to Nathaniel A. Bowen, 1799; removed,\\nand bought of John Gorton, 1800, the farm where\\nWilliam and Nathaniel Boom have since lived re-\\nmoved to New York. Had ten children, viz. Verney,\\nJoseph, George, William, Esther, Mahala, Lavina,\\nCandace, Sarah, and Tamah.\\nSilas Gaskill, brother of Jonathan, from Cvimber-\\nland, 1765, m. Sarah Jillson, March 4, 1765 was f.\\ns. on L. 5, R. 4, known as the Ebenezer Ballon\\nplace was an innkeeper moved back to Cum-\\nberland. Had four children, viz. Sylvanus, b.\\nSept. 5, 1765; Wilder, b. Oct. 6, 1767; Uriah, b.\\nOct. 13, 1769 Jonathan, b. Aug. 21, 1772.\\nGAY.\\nWalter N. Gay, b. in Loudon, N. H., May 17,\\n1853, m., March 17, 1879, Minnie Ellis, of Keene.\\nHe settled on the Stephen Randall farm, 1876. Had\\nJettie, b. Jan. 13, 1880, d. Sept. 25, 1882.\\nGLEASON.\\nCharles F. Gleasoti, from Alstead, came to town\\n1842 m. Amanda, dr. of Ezra Martin. Was a tailor,\\nand had a shop over Swan Parkhurst s store. He", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 397\\nremained here two or three years, and then removed\\nto Dana, Mass.\\nGODDARD.\\nWilliam Goddard was a descendant of William\\nGoddard, who came from London, Eng., about 1666,\\nand settled in Watertown. The lineage runs William\\nJames William, from London. He was b. in\\nWatertown, June 14, 1731, m. Elizabeth White. Was\\nf. s. on L. 4, R. 10. He removed from Brookline to\\nRichmond about 1770. The house stood where Frank\\nAmadon s mill-yard now is. Removed to the Thomas\\nWooley farm about 1790. Had seven children, viz.\\nMary, b. Oct. 28, 1762 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1775,\\nd. young; Thomas, b. March 14, 1779; Edward, b.\\nApril 25, 1767; Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1764; Sarah, b.\\nOct. 3, 1769 Samuel, b. March 18, 1772, d. May 17,\\n1799. He d. Jan 28, 1820 she d. Feb. 2, 1807.\\nEdzvard Goddard William m., Feb. 17, 1796,\\nHannah, dr. of Gideon Man. Removed to Mary-\\nland, Otsego Co., N. Y. Was a tanner; he acquired\\nconsiderable property.\\nThomas Goddard William ist m., June 18, 1812,\\nLydia, dr. of Uriah Cook 2d m. Olive, dr. of Aaron.\\nKelton, May, 1830. Lived on the David Cass place\\nnow owned by Davis Sprague. He d. Jan. 28, 1853\\nLydia d. Oct. 16, 1828. Had seven children, viz.\\nElizabeth, b. June i, 1813, d. Sept. 13, 1832; Wil-\\nliam, b. May 4, 1815 Joseph, b. Oct. 21, i8f6, re-\\nmoved to Holland, Vt. Emily, b. March 4, 1818\\nm. Alvan Barrus Zerah C, b. Oct. 5, 1819; Lydia,\\nb. March 24, 1821, m. O. F. Blanding Asahel T.,\\nb. Jan. 16, 1824. Lives with Amos Martin. Olive,\\nhis widow, 2d m. Jos. Bliss.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "39^ HISTORY OF THE\\nWilliam Goddard Thomas William m. Bet-\\nsey Blodgett, of Templeton. Lived on the Jonathan\\nThurber farm, now owned by Chas. H. Cass has\\nnow removed from town. Had six children, viz.\\nHenry P., Geo. W., Ellen, Jane, Mary, and Willie.\\nHis wife d. Feb. 14, 1S65, aged 41.\\nZcrah C. Goddard, m. Lydia, dr. of Chandler\\nBryant, April 10, 1848. Lived on the Thomas\\nWooley farm, the place now occupied by Andrew\\nAmadon. She d. Feb. 3, 1870; he now resides in\\nWarwick. Had four children, viz. Seloria L., b.\\nAug. 19, 1850, m. Andrew Amadon; Delina C, b.\\nMay 10, 1852 Walter Z., b. Feb. 6, 1857 and Milo,\\nwho died in infancy.\\nGOODWIN.\\nRichard Goodzvin, m. April 24, 1794, Urania Car-\\npenter. Bought of Daniel Carpenter, the farm since\\nknown as the Reuben Martin place, and there lived\\nsome years.\\nGOODNOW.\\nWilliam W. Goodnozu, from Swansey, 1877 lives\\non the Dr. Ebenezer Swan farm. Has no family.\\nGOODNOUGH.\\nBurton W. Goodnough, m. Mary, dr. of Horace\\nMerrilield. Has two children. He lives with Merri-\\nfield.\\nGRAVES,\\nWillard R. Graves, from Guilford, Vt., m. Sarah\\nJ., dr. of EH W. Reynolds, July 14, 1868. Is a tin\\npedlar.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 399\\nGRANT.\\nAlphcus Grant, from Fitzwilliam, m., Jan. 17,\\n1802, Phillis, dr. of Anthony Sweet. He d. about\\n1806, and his widow 2d m. Jacob Whitcomb. Had\\nElizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1802; Mary, b. Nov. 12,\\n1804, m. Ephraim Taft.\\nGREEN.\\nWfn. Green, a soldier in the war of the Revolution,\\nlived several years on the old turnpike east of Silas\\nJillson s, near Tully brook, about 1820. Had Loam-\\nma and Millie.\\nLoamma Green, son of Wm., m. Maria, dr. of\\nJeremiah Amadon. Removed to Swansey.\\nGROUT.\\nNahum Grout, m., July 7, 1805, Sibbel, dr. of Mi-\\nchael Barrus. Lived on the Capt. Oliver Capron\\nplace, 1809, now owned by St. Clair. Flad Maria,\\nEli, Marcus, Edwin, William, and Horace. He d.\\nin Warwick, May 12, 1851, aged 83.\\nGROVER.\\nNahum Grover, m., March 20, 1823, Almira, dr.\\nof Luke Harris. Had one son, Lorenzo H., who d.\\nJan. 18, 1865, aged 41, and one dr., Delila. Almira\\nd. Dec. 6, 1851, aged 45. Mr. Grover left his family,\\nand went to parts unknown.\\nGUILD.\\nNafthali Guild lived in 1789 on the place known\\nas the Jeremiah Barrus farm, L. 3, R. 10. He re-\\nmoved to N. Y.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF THE\\nHAMILTON.\\nCalvin L. Hamilton^ from Barre, Mass., m. Roxie\\nP., dr. oflsrael Martin, Sept. i6, 1874. came to\\ntown, 1882. No children.\\nHAMMOND.\\nSimpson Hammond lived on the west side of the\\nroad north of Joseph Newell s. He bought the place,\\n1776, of Richard Peters, jr. he removed from town\\nabout 1794- Had nine children.\\nOrrin Hammond, from Winchester, resides on the\\nplace formerly known as the Grindall Taylor farm.\\nHave no record of family.\\nHALE.\\nDaniel Hale was probably f. s. on the Hale place,\\nnorth-east of Second mountain. Had eight children,\\nviz. John, Daniel, Esther, Lucy, Polly, Levi, and\\nIsrael C.\\nIsrael C. Hale Daniel m. Parmelia Austin,\\n1833. He lived on his father s place. Had Lovina,\\nb.June I, 1834, Nahum Bullock; Mary, b. Aug.\\n17, 1836, m. Alvin Kempton twins, b. 1838, d. Par-\\nmelia A., b. S^pt. 3, 1840, m. Slate: Israel C, b.\\nNov. 19, 1842 Rhoda G., b. March 11, 1849,\\nG. Waldo. He d. Sept. 22, 1874, aged 75 she d.\\ni860, aged 50.\\nyokn Hale Daniel settled on a farm west of\\nElias Taylor s. He removed to Winchester about\\n1840. Had John, Jeremiah, Nancy, Otis, Lydia, and\\nMary Ann.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4OI\\nHANDY.\\nPaul Handy, from Smithfield, b. April i, 1737, m.\\nAnnie b. March 8, 1739; lived on the place\\nnow owned by George Bowen, f. s. by John Sprague.\\nHad seven children, viz. Elizabeth, m. Anthony\\nSweet; Lucy, b. Dec. 22, 1766, m. Nicholas Al-\\ndrich Dinah, b. Jan. i, 1768, m. Wilderness Mar-\\ntin Margaret, b. Nov. 26, 1772 George, b. May\\n10, 1775 Prudence, b. Aug. 29, 1777, m. Hendrick\\nMartin Lillis, b. March i, 1779, m. Hatsel Wing.\\nGeorge Handy Paul m., Sept. 28, 1797, Ruth,\\ndr. of Zacheus Estes lived on his father s farm.\\nHad fourteen children, viz. Rufus, b. Aug. 4, 1798\\nPaul, b. Aug. 31, 1800, m. Lucy Grant, and lives in\\nFitzwilliam James H., b. 1802, m. Clarissa Kings-\\nley, d. July 28, i860; Welcome, b. 1804, m. Elvira,\\ndr. of Nathaniel Aldrich, removed to Danby, Vt.\\nLois, b. Aug., 1806, m. Jonathan Burgess; George,\\nb. 1808, m. Hubbard Polly, b. Jan. 28, 1810, m.\\nJames Ballou Benjamin, b. 1812, m. Elvira Nor-\\nton Henry, b. 1814, m. Louisa, dr. of Elisha\\nPerry, removed to York state Hosea, b. 1816,\\nremoved to York state; Benoni, b. 1818, m. dr. of\\nRev. David Pickering; Maria, b. 1821, m. Wheaton\\nC. Jillson Stephen, b. 1823 Ruth, b. 1825. He d.\\nDec. 26, 1863; she d. June 28, 1861, aged 84. No\\nrecord of family.\\nBenjamin Handy George Paul m. Elvira\\nC. Norton, of Troy. Had George B., b. Sept. 8,\\n1838. He d. in Pittsburg, Pa., i860; she d. 1839.\\nStephen Handy George Paul m. Amina,\\ndr. of Jonathan Cass lived with his father. He d.\\n26", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OF THE\\nOct. 25, 185 1, aged 30. Had two children, viz.\\nEstella A., b. April 29, 1850; Amelia P., b. Feb 28,\\n1852.\\nGeorge B. Handy Benjamin George Paul\\nm. Eliza Jane, dr. of Elisha Bolles, Sept. 12,\\n1863 lived awhile on the Handy farm, and removed\\nto the Bassett place, 1868. Had Lyman A., b. May\\n5, 1864; Etta E., b. Oct. 28, 1867.\\nHARKNESS.\\nAdam Harkness, of Smithfield, with his brother\\nJames, came from near Belfast, Ireland, where their\\nfather, John, from Scotland, resided at the time.\\nThey landed in Boston about 1730. James w^ent on\\na voyage to the West Indies, and there died. Adam\\nwent at first to Lunenburg, Mass., and from thence\\nto Smithfield, R. I., where he m. Mary Gaskill.\\nAdam was b. 1710, and d. Oct. 25, 1793, aged 83\\nyears.\\nNathan Harkness, son of Adam Harkness of Smith-\\nfield, b. Sept. 4, 1745, ist m. Hannah, dr. of Joseph\\nBuffum, of Smithfield 2dm. Susanna, dr. of James\\nBallou, June 4, 1775 was f. s. on L. 4, R. 5, in\\n1768. This place was south-west of where Henry\\nBallou now lives. He removed, 1773, to L. 5, R. 6,\\nwhich he bought of Jona. Buffum, and where he\\nspent the remainder of his days. He d. Sept., 1822,\\naged 77; Hannah d. Nov. 15, 1773; Susanna d.\\n1833. Of the buildings, only the house is now\\nstanding, in a dilapidated condition. Had fourteen\\nchildren. By Hannah had John, b. Aug. 14, 1767\\nNathan, b. Feb. 24, 1769, removed to Saratoga Co.,\\nN. Y. Cynthia, b. Dec. 14, 1770, m. Samuel Dows", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4O3\\nof Salisbury, N. H. Buffum, b. Feb. 23, 1772\\nHannah, b. Oct. 3, 1773, m. Richard Sargent, and\\nremoved to near Syracuse, N. Y. By Susanna had\\nJames, b. Oct. 14, 1776, m. Sarah Farnum, and\\nlived in Leicester, Mass. Elijah, b. Sept. 15, 1777\\nSarah, b. Sept. 30, 1779, Artemas Bassett\\nGeorge, b. Jan. 7, 1782; Obed, b. Feb. 16, 1784;\\nSusanna, b. March 24, 1786, m. Daniel Bassett\\nElisha, b. Jan. 7, 1789; Aaron, b. Oct. 14, 1791\\nMeribah, b. March 12, 1796, m. Asa Chase, and\\nlived in Ilinesburg, Vt.\\nJohn Harkness Nathan istm., Jan. 8, 1787,\\nElizabeth, dr. of Jonathan Sweet; 2d m. Hannah,\\ndr. of Nathan Bowen was f. s. on L. 12, R. i, the\\nplace now owned by Daniel Hubbard removed to\\nthe Jerahmeel Allen place in 1841. He d. Aug. 22,\\n1851, aged 84 Hannah, d. Jan. 21, 1862, aged 77.\\nHad b}^ Elizabeth Robert, b. June 3, 1787 Han-\\nnah, b. March 14, 1789, m. Thomas Bowen 2d; Buf-\\nfum, b. March 11, 1791 Mary, b. April 25, 1793,\\nm. Aaron Aldrich Ruth, b. April 8, 1795, m.\\nEzekiel Nelson Elizabeth, b. April 28, 1797, m.\\nJacob Patch; John, b. Dec. 11, 1798, d. Feb. 3,\\n1801 Amie, b. Oct. 23, 1800, m. Otis Whipple, jr.\\nJohn, b. Oct. I, 1802, d. Sept. 18, 1805 Nathan, b.\\nAug. 13, 1804, d. Sept. 12, 1805 Nancy, b. July 8,\\n1806, m. Timothy Richardson, of Hinsdale. Had\\nby Hannah James, b. Dec. 23, 1818 Elisha, b.\\nJune 2, 1821 John, b. Aug. 11, 1825.\\nD)-. Buffiim Harkncss Nathan m. Nancy Fos-\\nter, of Royalston lived a while in a house on the\\ncorner opposite Peregrine Wheeler s thence removed\\nto western New York about 1804.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OF THE\\nJames Harkness Nathan m., May 31, 1797,\\nSarah Farnum, dr. of Moses and Elizabeth Farnum,\\nof Uxbridge she was b. April 7, 1780. James was\\nbrought up in the family of Benedict Arnold (not the\\ntraitor), of Uxbridge. After his marriage, he lived\\nin Leicester. Had Moses, b. Jan. 20, 1799, d. June\\nI, i860; Nathan, b. Feb. 28, 1801, d. Aug. 13,\\n1873 Elijah, b. July 28, 1805, d. Dec. 3, 1835. He\\nd. April 27, 1806, soon after the birth of his son\\nElijah, and his widow m. Caleb Wall, Aug. 5, 1807.\\nBy the last marriage she had seven children, of\\nwhom two d. young, the other five being Thomas,\\nJames H., Joseph S., Caleb A., and Sarah E.\\nCaleb Wall d. in Worcester, Jan. 29, 1846; Sarah,\\nhis wife, d. Sept. 10, 1853.\\nElijah Harkness Nathan m. Martha, dr. of\\nWilliam Bassett, 1809 lived on the place now oc-\\ncupied by Roscoe Weeks until about 1828, when he\\nremoved to the old homestead, and from thence, 1841,\\nremoved to the place where his son Dennis now lives.\\nHe d. 1865 she d. Jan. 31, 1854. Had ten chil-\\ndren, viz. Elijah, b. Oct. 31, 1810, d. Aug. 28,\\n1835 5 Martha, b. Oct. 22, 1811, m. John Aldrich, d.\\nJan. 31, 1854 William, b. July 17, 1813, d. Oct. 28,\\n1850; Maria, b. Sept. 22, 1814, m. Jedediah Buf-\\nfum, d. July, 1870; Nathan, b. April 8, 1816, d.\\nJune 24, 1849; Dennis, b. Dec. 25, 1817 Ruth, b.\\nFeb. 24, 1820, m. Washburn, d. 1881 Mahala, b.\\nJan. 23, 1822, m. Almando Ballon; Lucy, b. Jan. 6,\\n1825, m. Addison Paine Elisha, b. Dec. 27, 1826.\\nGeoro;e Harkness Nathan m. Betsey, dr. of\\nEnoch Southwick, 1805 was the first blacksmith at\\nthe Four corners, about 1817 lived on the Joseph", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4O5\\nWing farm, and on the John Pickering place until\\n1825, when he removed to Starksboro Vt., where he\\nd. July 10, 1854; Betsey, his wife, d. Oct. 7, 1851.\\nHad seven children, viz. Susanna, b. July 27, 1806\\nJames, b. Oct., 1807, d. 1882; George, b. June 23,\\n1809 Albert, b. June 21, 1811, d. 1856 Jesse S., b.\\nJuly 27, 1813 Mary S., b. Nov. i, 1816: Betsey, b.\\nJune 9, 1819.\\nOhcd Ilarkncss Nathan m., Jan. 19, 1853,\\nRuth, dr. of Moses Allen, and widow of David Ran-\\ndall. Removed to Keene d. Oct., 1866, aged 82\\nshe d. March 2, 1881.\\nElisha Ilarkncss Nathan m. Lucy, dr. of Ab-\\nner Twitchell. Was in company with Daniel Bassett\\nat the Four corners, about 181 7. Removed to Wor-\\ncester, from thence to Starksboro Vt., and finally re-\\nturned to Worcester d. May 14, 1845 she d. about\\n1877.\\nAaron Harkncss Nathan m. Phebe Bennett,\\nof Sag Harbor, L. I. At the age of 21 he went to\\nOhio, returned to Richmond 1827, from thence re-\\nmoved to Sag Harbor, where he d. Dec. 2, 1882,\\naged 91 years. Had two children, Elizabeth and\\nWellington, who reside in Sag Harbor.\\nyamcs Harkness John Nathan m. Harriet\\nNewton, of Fitzwilliam, Oct. 11, i860. He lived a\\nfew years on the Silas Jillson farm, afterwards re-\\nmoved to the Smith place in Fitzwilliam, in 1875,\\nwhere he now resides. She d. Oct. 18, 1882, aged 52.\\nElisha Harkncss John Nathan ist m. Sarah\\nAnn Burgess, Sept. 24, 1840; 2d m. widow Eliza\\nAnn Kendall, Jan. i860. Lived on his father s place", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "406 HISTORY OF THE\\nat first. Removed to Iowa, 1855 returned and\\nlived in Fitzwilliam, and finally enlisted in the i6th\\nReg. N. H. volunteers, in the late war, and d. at\\nBrashearCity,La.,May 31, 1863. By Sarah Ann had\\nJoseph, b. June 24, 1841 Mandana, b. Dec, 1842\\nAdaline, b. Dec. 1843, d. Albert, b. 1849 John Ed-\\nwin, b. 1853 Charles F., b. Jan., 1856 three children\\nd. in infancy. Sarah Ann d. March, 1856.\\nyohn Hm kncss jr. John Nathan m. Cyn-\\nthia, dr. of Reuben Phillips. Lived with his father\\nat the Jerahmeel Allen place, and soon after his\\nfather s death removed to Iowa, where he and his wife\\nsoon died. Had Lyman, b. 1844 Nancy, Mary, and\\nsome others.\\nDennis Harkncss Elijah Nathan m. Har-\\nriet, dr. of Alba Houghton, of Vernon, Vt. Lives on\\nthe place first settled by William Salisbury, L. 2, R.\\n4. The large two-story house on the premises was\\nbuilt by Jedediah Buftum 3d. Had Sarah H., b.\\nMarch 21, 1865 Earle A., b. Sept. 15, 1868 Daisy\\nB., b. April 27, 1870.\\nElisha Harkfiess Elijah Nathan ist m. Sal-\\nina Farwell, of Townsend, Vt. 2d m. Lorina, dr. of\\nLuther Ballou. Removed to Hinesburg, Vt. He d.\\nDec, 1882.\\nHARRIS.\\nAnthony Harris, son of Richard Harris, of Smith-\\nfield, was f. s. on L. 12, R. 5, the place now owned\\nby Charles H. Lyon. He m. Ruth Broadway. The\\ntime of his advent here was about 1760. Had by\\nRuth, his wife, eleven children, viz. Thomas, b.\\nMay 19, 1761, m. Eunice Lampson, of Athol Mer-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4O7\\ncey, b. Oct. ii, 1762, m. David Ballou Ama, b.\\nMarch 19, 1764, m. David Bennett; Lydia, b. Jan.\\n19, 1766; Jeremiah, b. May 8, 1768; William, b.\\nMarch 8, 1773; Caleb, b. July 19, 1777, m. Lucy\\nEllis, dr. of Dea. Martin, he removed to Hartford,\\nWashington Co., N. Y. David, b. March i, 1779,\\nm. Wealthy Garnsay, dr. of William Luke, b. Oct.\\n24, 1781 Linday, b. March 15, 1784, m. John\\nCrane Delilah, b. Sept. 18, 1788, m. Luther Cook.\\nHe d. March 20, 1817, aged 81 she d. Jan. 8, 1830,\\naged 94.\\nCaft. Luke Harris Anthony m., July 8, 1802,\\nAsenath Cole, dr. of Ebenezer 2d m., Feb. 27, 1818,\\nSusanna Jillson, dr. of Stephen Jillson. Lived on his\\nfather s place. He d. Sept. 25, 1865, aged 84; Ase-\\nnath d. March 9, 1817, aged 33 Susanna d. May\\n7, 1878, aged 85. Had by Asenath: Dilla, b. 1804,\\nd. 1819 Lydia, b. 1802, d. 1865, m. Leason Martin;\\nAlmira, b. 1806, ist m. Nahum Grover, 2d m. Caleb\\nChase Lorenzo and Loanza, b. 1809 Marinda, b.\\n1811, d. 1828; Ansel, b. March 29, 1814 Fanny, d.\\nyoung. By Susanna had Asenath, b. Nov., 1821, m.\\nOrrin Starkey Emily B., b. Dec. 27, 1823, m. N. F.\\nNewell.\\nLorenzo Hai-ris Luke Anthony m. Betsey,\\ndr. of David Martin. She d. Feb., 1875. Lived on\\nthe Joseph Holbrook farm. Had Joseph H., b. April\\n29, 1837 Olive E., b. Jan. 21, 1839; David M., b.\\nDec. 16, 1840; Caleb C, b. Dec. 16, 1843 Lorenzo\\nand Alonzo, twins, b. Jan. 21, 1846; two others died\\nin infancy. He now lives in Orange.\\nAnsel t^rris Luke Anthony m. Jan. i\\n1839, Elizjk dr. of Samuel Parker. Lives on the", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF THE\\nBenjamin Aldrich place at North Richmond. Had\\nDeHlah, b. Oct. 17, 1844, Henry R. Martin.\\nSylvanus Hmris, brother of Anthony, settled near\\nDavid Russell, part of L. 14, R. 5.\\nUi-iah Harris, brother of Anthony, was probabl}^\\nf. s. on L. 15, R. 4, the place now occupied by Jos.\\nSwan.\\nStephen Harris was from Gloucester, R. I. m.\\nCharlotte, dr. of Jesse Ballou, Aug. 24, 1779.\\nremoved to Richmond, 1780, and bought the farm, L.\\n23, R. 4, of Oliver Mason, 1787. Was a carpenter\\nand wheelwright. Had by Charlotte, his wife, seven\\nchildren, viz. Elisha, b. Dec. 23, 1780, d. about 1800\\nSarah, b. Sept. 29, 1783; Olive, b. June 12, 1788;\\nStephen, b. Sept. 25, 1790, lived in Troy; David, b.\\nSept. 12, 1793 Viana, b. July 24, 1796, m. Rufus\\nTaft, son of Nathaniel; Susanna, b. June 17, 1799?\\nm. Alvin Cass. He 2d m. Elizabeth Cornel, Jan. 8,\\n1803. He d. May 21, 1833, aged 75; Charlotte d.\\nNov. 25, 1801, aged 39; Elizabeth d. Dec. 25, 1823,\\naged 62.\\nElisha Harris Stephen m., Oct 6, 1802, Lois,\\ndr. of Levi Aldrich. He died about 1801, and his\\nwidow 2d m. Ezra Bowen.\\nStephen Harris Stephen m. and lived in Troy,\\nNo record of family.\\nDavid Harris Stephen m., Feb. 26, 1815,\\nPolly, dr. of Peleg Bowen, Had Alcista, m. Edwin\\nCass; Jas. M., William R., David W., Louisa A.,\\nMary E.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4O9\\nyamcs M. Harris David Stephen m. Lucy\\nEmerson. He lived next north of the Ananias Al-\\ndrich. place. He d. 1854 Martin\\nDavis, lives in Keene.\\nDavid W. Harris David Stephen m. Mary,\\ndr. of Martin Cass lives in Swansey. Had by Mary,\\nsix children. 2d m. Maria A. Cheney, and by her\\nhad five children. He is now living with his third\\nwife, the former ones being dead.\\nChristopher Harris,^ brother of Stephen, m. 1787.\\nHe lived N. E, of the Levi Aldrich place, until 1796,\\nwhen he removed to Troy. Had Luke, who resided\\na while in this town, on the Noah Aldrich farm.\\nOliver Harris, b, Dec. 10, 1768, m. Priscilla, dr.\\nof Wm. Cook. Had William, b. Aug. 3, 1791 Lu-\\ncretia, b. Feb. i, 1794. He lived on the Hendrick\\nMartin place about 1790 he removed with the Cook\\nfamily to Vt.\\nHAYWARD.\\nZadoc Hayward was a blacksmith for Peregrine\\nWheeler. Lived in house on corner opposite Wheeler s,\\nabout 1820.\\nHERRICK.\\nyohn W. Hcrrick, removed from Royalston to the\\nplace near the Four corners, now owned by Henry\\nWhipple, 1844. 1st m. Maria N., dr. of Esther Hill\\n2d m. widow Juliette Kelton, dr. of Samuel Sprague,\\n1862. He removed to Keene, 1864. He died June,\\n1880. Maria d. April 7, 1861. Juliette 3d m. E. A.\\nWhipple, lives in Keene.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "4IO HISTORY OF THE\\nHEWS.\\nyames Hews, from Gloucester, R. I., m, Mary, dr.\\nof Nathan Taft, of Uxbridge, Aug. 25, 1785. Lived\\non L. 7, R. II, the place since owned by Amos\\nGarnsey, and Jeremiah Barrus, jr. Had four children.\\nDisappeared from our records before 1810.\\nBenjamin Hews, probably a brother of James, had\\nLaura, b. Jan. 7, 1795 Derrick, b. Sept. 25, 1796.\\nDerrick Hexus, son of Benjamin, m. Jemima, dr.\\nof Gideon Man, jr., Jan. 30, 1820. Lived where\\nMrs. Eltheda Aldrich now resides. Removed the old\\nMeader house there about 1828. Had Geo. O., b.\\nJan. 30, 1820 John O., b. April 30, 1830. Removed\\nfrom town, 1838.\\nHILLS.\\nDeacon William Hills, from Swansey, N. H., m.\\nAbigail Frary lived on L. 14, R, i, the place now\\noccupied by E. Putney, and first settled by Josiah\\nWoodward, or Oliver Ormsby. Had Abigail, b.\\nNov. II, 1782 Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1784 Nathaniel,\\nb. April 14, 1787 Sarah, b. April 7, 1789. She d.\\nJan. 3, 1850, aged 88 he d. in Brookline, Vt., Oct.\\n18, 1859, aged 96.\\nNathaniel Hills William m., Aug. 28, 1811,\\nMary, dr. of Reuben Randall removed to Newfane,\\nVt., about 1813. Had Reuben, b. March 5, 1812\\nSilence, b. 1813 William, b. June, 1815 Mar}- b.\\n1817 Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1819 Sarah, b. April\\n27, 1821 Miranda, b. Jan. i, 1824. He d. in Bi-ook-\\nline. Vt., 1857, aged 70; she d. in Newfane, Vt.,\\n1836, aged 50.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4II\\nNathaniel Hills jr. Nathaniel William m.\\nAlmira A. Blood, of Putney, Vt., May 14, 1850;\\nshe d. Oct. 16, 1867 lived on the Paul Boyce place\\nuntil 1874, when he removed to the Elisha Perry\\nplace, where he now resides. Had Edwin N., b.\\nFeb. 10, 1851, d. Sept. 15, 1870; Arthur W., b.\\nNov. 5, 1852, d. Aug. 18, 1873 Leslie R., b. Oct.\\n19, 1855, d. May 23, 1883; Mary J., b. Jan. 7,\\n1858; Ethel A., b. Feb. 21, i860; Bertha A., b.\\nSept. 18, i86i Ellen A., b. July 24, 1863 Charles\\nS., b. Oct. 2, 1865.\\nHILL.\\nLevi Hill, from Pittsfield, Vt., m., Feb. 20, 1850,\\nMary Ann, dr. of Jarvis Weeks moved to the old\\nGideon Man place, at the Four corners, 1876. Had\\nGeorge E., b. June 17, 185 1 Charles F., b. June 7,\\n1856; Benjamin F., b. Sept. 11, 1858; Mary M., b.\\nFeb. 20, 1863; Kate A., b. June 22, 1866; Hattie\\nM., b. June 6, 1872. He d. Jan. 9, 1883.\\nHIX.\\nEphraim, Oliver, Peleg, Barnard, Samuel, David,\\nSimeon, and Asa Hix, were from Rehobath, and\\nwere early settlers in the town. The name long ago\\ndisappeared from the list of residents.\\nDea. Ejyhraim Hix m. Mary Bowen, and was f. s.\\non L. I, R. 6, the place recently owned by Ozro T.\\nCass. The house, which stood on the west side of\\nthe road, was demolished years ago. Had Ephraim,\\nJabez, Elizabeth, Mary, Joanna, b. Oct. 14, 177 1\\nand Lydia. He d. 1822 she d. 1810.\\nOliver Hix m., April 17, 1776, Ruth Garnsey,\\nprobably a sister of Deacon Amos Garnsey was f. s.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF THE\\non L. 21, R. 9, on Warwick, next south of the\\nKempton place. He d. 181 1. Had eight children,\\nviz.: Lillis, b. Dec. 30, 1776, m, Luther Cook:\\nJonathan, b. Sept. 17, 1778, m. Abigail Holbrook, of\\nSwansey Lois, b. Sept. 13, 1780; James, b. Sept.\\n16, 1782, m. Betsey Smith, of Warwick; John, b.\\nNov. 15, 1784; Daniel, b. Nov. 4, 1786; Jacob, b.\\n1788; Gideon, b. 1790.\\nAsa Hix was f. s. on L. 11, R. 9, east of where\\nAmos Garnsey now lives.\\nBarnard Hix was f. s. on L. 13, R. 3, on Grass}\\nhill. His name is entitled to special mention, as he\\nwas a soldier of the Revolution who lost his life while\\nin the service, leaving a wife and four children, the\\neldest of which was only eight, and the youngest less\\nthan a year old. By his wife Jane he had Dasa, b.\\nAug. 27, 1768; Stephen, b. Aug. 3, 1770; Abigail,\\nb. Sept. I, 1772 Althear, b. Feb., 1776.\\nGideon Hix Oliver m. Olive, dr. of Nathaniel\\nA. Bowen, Jan. 21, 1816. He removed to Monroe,\\nMass.\\nPelcg Hix, f. s. on L. 21, R. 9, where Caleb\\nCurtis lived.\\nDavid Hix m. Mary, dr. of John Sprague. Had\\nthree children. Removed from town about 1780.\\nHOLBROOK.\\nPeter Holbrook, son of Samuel and Hannah, of\\nUxbridge, b. 1740, was f. s., in 1762, on L. 19, R.\\n8, the farm known as the Joseph Buffum place. He\\nbought a farm in Winchester, 1779; sold his home", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 413\\nplace to George BufFum, 1799. He removed to\\nSwansey, 1796. Had by Lydia his wife, tw-elve\\nchildren, of which Joseph, b. Oct. 30, 1765, only re-\\nmained in Richmond. Peter and Samuel probably\\nsettled in Swansey.\\nyoscph Holbrook Peter m., Dec. 9, 1790,\\nLucina, dr. of Nicholas Cook; lived on part of L. 3\\nand 4, R. 9, which had been owned by Isquire\\nWhipple and Ivory Snow, and is the place next north\\nof Curtis Parker s, and is now unoccupied. He d.\\nApril 8, 1835 she d. March 11, 1842.\\nDavid Ifolbrook, b. Sept. 4, 1767, son of Micah\\nand Rhoda Holbrook, of Uxbridge, bought the Con-\\nstant Barney farm, L. 14, R. 10, known as the Jonas\\nTvvitchell place. He removed to Swansey about\\n1824. He m. Sarah Arnold, and by her had Ann,\\nm. Ira Aldrich Rhoda, m. Benjamin Kelton Mary,\\nm. Joseph Randall Virgil, m. Rowena Thompson\\nOlive, m. David Aldrich, of Swansey Betsey, m.\\nPratt Lorenzo, m. Electa Rogers Aurilla, m. Slade.\\nHe d. Jan. 17, 1852, age 84.\\nEnos Holbrook, brother of David, from Uxbridge,\\nb. Dec. 16, 1772, m., Dec. 14, 1797, Elizabeth, dr.\\nof Timothy Thompson. He lived in the old house on\\nthe Thompson place until he built the new brick\\nhouse on the turnpike about 1824. He removed to\\nLamoile, Bureau Co., 111., 1834, together with all his\\nsons and daughters, in emigrant wagons, journeying\\nthree months a remarkable exodus, certainly. Had\\nEnos, b. June 23, 1799 Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1801\\nSarah, b. May 3, 1803, m. Ono T. Cass Ejinice, b.\\nJune 30, 1806, m. Stephen Fellows David, b. March", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "414 HISTORY OF THE\\n10, 1808, d. soon after the removal to 111. Jonathan, b.\\nMarch 7, 1810 Rachel, b. 1812.\\nEnos Holbrook, jr. Enos m., March 21, 181 2,\\nJerusha, dr. of Michael Barrus. Remgved with his\\nfather s family to 111., and afterwards to Nebraska with\\nhis son Joseph, where he d. in 1875. She d. June\\n12, 1878. Had Joseph B., Hiram, Eliza A., Henry,\\nGeorge, and Stephen F. All of these are now dead\\nexcept Stephen F.\\nJonathan Holbrook Enos m. a dr. of Dea.\\nAngier, of Fitzwilliam. He peddled wooden ware\\nfor several years previous to 1834, when he removed\\nwith the Holbrook family to Lamoile, 111. He there\\nerected the first upright frame house in the place,\\nwhich he kept as a hotel for some years. He was\\nafterwards engaged in mercantile pursuits in the same\\nvillage. He was a deacon of the Baptist church, and\\nwas evidently highly respected he was possessed of\\nconsiderable property at one time, the most of which\\nit is reported that he finally lost. He d. 1877. Had\\nthree sons and two daughters.\\nElisha M. Holbrook, from Randolph, Mass., m.,\\nMarch 31, 1832, Harriet, dr. of Nathaniel Naromore.\\nLived a while at the Four corners, and then removed\\nto Randolph, about 1842, where he soon after died.\\nHad George Franklin, b. May 27, 1833 Loren F.,\\nb. 1837, young; Loren F., b. July 30, 1841, d.\\nSept. 14, 1879. The sons resided in Boston. She\\nd. 1883.\\nHOWE.\\nDr. Amos Howe came from Brookfield about 1797\\nm., March 15, 1798, Candace, dr. of Jedediah Buf-", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 415\\nfum. Dr. Howe, in addition to his professional busi-\\nness, kept a public house where Eli W. Raynolds now\\nlives. About 1812 he went into the army on the\\nnorthern frontier as a surgeon, and died in the ser-\\nvice. She d. June 6, 1846, aged 70. Had six chil-\\ndren, viz.: Polly, d. in infancy; Jedediah B., b.\\nMarch 14, 1800, m. Anna Garnsay, and removed to\\nWorcester; Eliza, b. May 9, 1802, m. Jonas Twitch-\\nell Eli, b. June 24, 1804, m. Eunice Pickering, he\\nd. in N. Y. city Horace, b. June 26, 1806, d. in New\\nOrleans Candace, b. May 19, 1808, m. Jarvis Weeks,\\nEsq.\\nB 020)11(1)1 Howe, son of Nahum Howe, of Fitzwil-\\nliam, 1st m., Jan. i, 1838, Hannah, dr. of Jacob Whit-\\ncomb 2d m., Oct. 2, 1855, Cynthia, sister of Han-\\nnah. Lived on the place recently owned and occu-\\npied by Edwin N. Bowen. Had the saw-mill which\\nwas built by James Boyce, now gone. Had by Han-\\nnah Charles, b. Sept. 14, 1838 Isaac W., b. May\\n1840, d. July 3, 1842 Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1843\\nOrrin B., b. Aug. 2, 1847. Had by Cynthia: Cora\\nM., b. April 20, 1859, Emily S., b.\\nNov. 5, 1861 Elbridge, b. Jan. 5, 1864; Ephraim\\nW., b. Sept. 13, 1867. He d. Jan. 20, 1877 Han-\\nnah d. Dec. 18, 1854. Cynthia lives in Troy.\\nOr)-in B. Hoxvc Bowman m., March 17, 1872,\\nEmma, dr. of Amos A. Flint. Lives on the place\\nand owns the mill built by Dennis Harkness on Fall\\nbrook in the Pond woods. Had Edna, b. Jan. 2,\\n1876; Carl E., b. Aug. 31, 1878.\\nGeorge W. Hozve came to town about 1868. Kept\\nthe Widow Howe tavern four years, and the old", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "4l6 HISTORY OF THE\\nWakefield house about three. The latter he owned,\\nand finally sold to the present proprietor, J. Allen,\\n1875. He d. July, 1882.\\nHOWARD.\\nyohn L. Ilozvard, from Stoneham, Mass., m. Mary\\nE. Bancroft, Aug. 14, 1853. He removed to the Jer-\\nemiah Bolles farm, 1874, where he now resides.\\nHas Lorie A., b. June 20, 1856, and M. Jennie, b.\\nOct. 30, 1858.\\nLoi ic A. Howard John L. m., March, 1879,\\nRhoda E., dr. of Curtis Parker. Lives on the same\\nplace with his father. Had Vera V., b. Jan. 5, 1880.\\nAlva Howard m., April 16, 1816, Hannah, dr. of\\nZephaniah Bowen. He d. soon after, and she 2d m.\\nRobert Boyce. Had one son, Romanzo L. Howard,\\nwho went to Ala., and finally came north and m.\\nOlive J. A., dr. of Nathan Bowen he d. soon after\\nhis return to the south, and his widow, with an infant\\ndr., returned to Richmond soon after. Olive, 2d m.\\nThompson, and now resides in Troy.\\nHUBBARD.\\nDaniel W. Huhbard, b. in Walpole, N. H., May\\n10, 1823, formerly lived in Clinton, Mass. Now re-\\nsides on the John Harkness place.\\nHUNTLEY.\\nyona. T. G. Huntley came to town 1855. Lived\\non the Oliver Puffer place. Removed to Svvansey,\\n1883.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 417\\nHUNTING.\\nSamuel Hunting wd. s, f. s. on L. 36, R. 3, the place\\nnow owned by Henry Curtis. He sold to Preserved\\nWhipple, and moved to a house north-east of the old\\nplace, and there lived until about 1800, when he\\nbought the Sprague mills, and lived in the old house\\nnear by, where he died by suicide. Had by Mary,\\nhis wife, John, Joseph, and Samuel, and three drs.\\nHUNT.\\nWilliani Hunt, of Keene, m. Nicene, dr. of Capt.\\nAmos Boom. Was a blacksmith had a shop near\\nCapt. Boorn s in 1830. He d. 1832 she d. Nov. i,\\n1857.\\nRev. yo/in Hunt was resident Baptist minister in\\n1850. 1st m. Caroline, dr. of Reuben Rich. She\\ndied, and he 2d m. Maria Forbes, dr. of Calvin. He\\nwent to Ohio.\\nINGALLS.\\nHenry /ngalls, b. in Cumberland, R. I., Oct. 12,\\n1738, m. Sibbel Carpenter, who was b. Feb. 26,\\n1740 was f. s. on L. 2, R. 6, the place now owned\\nby Mrs. Benjamin Clark, and heretofore occupied by\\nJoseph Cass and Samuel Curtis. He came in 1763\\nwas town clerk from 1766 to 1792, a longer period\\nthan any other one has filled the office in the history\\nof the town was the only justice of the peace whose\\nname appears on the records for many years. He\\nwas the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Garfield, the\\nmother of the late President Garfield. He removed\\nto Worcester, in the state of New York, 1793. Had\\nten children, viz. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1762, m.\\nJames Cook Mehetabel, b. July 21, 1764, m. James\\n27", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "4l8 HISTORY OF THE\\nBallon, jr. Ruth, b. Feb. 3, 1767, m. Benjamin\\nEllis; Riifiis, b. July 23, 1769, m. Lydia Cole, of\\nRoyalston Ebenezer, b. Nov. 17, 1771, m. Mary\\nMan, dr. of Gideon Man; Sibbel, b. Nov. 22, 1774;\\nLucy, b. June 24, 1777; Alpha, b. Dec. 16, 1780;\\nHenry, b. July 25, 1783, d. Sept., 1783; Sebra, b.\\nJuly 18, 1785.\\nEdniond Ingalls from Cumberland, m. Esther\\nwas f. s. on east part of L. 8, R. 4. The place where\\nthe house stood may still be seen near the top of the\\nhill, west of Jesse Bolles He removed, 1783, to L.\\n12, R. 10, the place where his son Zimri lived for\\nsome years. Had Benjamin, b. Aug. 18, 1771\\nPhilip, b. Oct. 17, 1773; Deborah, b. Dec. 9, 1776;\\nOtis, b. June 21, 1779, m. Eunice Thompson Zimri,\\nb. March 21, 1784; Betty, b. May 13, 1781. He d.\\n1816.\\nZimri Ingalls Edmond m. Parna Howe, sister\\nof Dr. Amos Howe, from Brookfield lived on his\\nfather s place removed to the Judge Weeks place,\\n1837. He d. May 3, 1852, aged 6%\\\\ she d. Oct. 28,\\n1852, aged 68. Had nine children, viz. Harriet, b.\\nMarch 30, 1808, d. June 19, 1835 5 Saphina, b. Dec.\\n13, 1810, m. Josiah Bush; Ransom, b. Oct. 9, 1811\\nPalina, b. Feb. 20, 1815, m. Allen, of Fitzwilliam\\nIcibinda, b. Aug. 19, 1818, m. Josiah E. Carter;\\nPersis, b. July 25, 1820, m. Mansel M. Blanding\\nOtis, b. Dec. 31,1822; Jarvis, b. March 31, 1824;\\nAmos H., b. July 31, 1827. He was a shoemaker\\nwhich trade was followed by the following named\\nsons\\nRansom Ino-aUs Zimri Edmond m., Sept.\\n20, 1837, Sylphina, dr. of Timothy Pickering. She", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 419\\nd. 1844. Lived in Fitzwilliam, Winchester, and\\nTroy. He d. Dec. 2, 1882.\\nyarvis Ingalls Zimri Edmond m. June 3,\\n1852, Poll}^, dr. of Col. Stephen Buffum lives on\\nthe Judge Weeks place. Had two children, viz.\\nMary Alice, b. Nov. 25, 1S53, m. N. W. Dickerson\\nJames Edgar, b. Dec. 17, 1865. He d. Oct. 14,\\n1883.\\nAmos H. lugalls Zimri Edmond m. Polly,\\ndr. of Nicholas Cook lived in Troy. He d. in\\nGardner, Feb., 1883.\\nINGERSOLL.\\nCapt. David Ingersoll, a sea captain of Salem,\\nbought of Jonathan Jillson, 1794, L- 7, R- 5, on which\\nwas a two-story house and barn. The situation was\\nsuch as to command a fine view of Cass pond. The\\nplace seems to have been selected to gratify and per-\\npetuate a taste acquired by long familiarity with the\\nocean. He was unmarried, and died about 1819.\\nJohn Ingersoll, of Salem, bought of David Cass,\\n1794, his farm, L. 5 and 6, R. 9, where Thomas God-\\ndard since lived. He remained but a short time, sold\\nto Ebenezer Blanding, and probably returned again\\nto Salem.\\nJESSOP.\\nJoseph ycssop lived on L. i, R. 10, the place re-\\ncently occupied by John Boyce. Had one son, Joseph,\\nwho m. Lois, dr. of Stephen Kempton, who lived on\\nhis father s place. Had by her ten children. He 2d\\nm., Aug. 16, 1815, Betsey Rugg both of Troy.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nJILLSON.\\nPaul yUlson, son of Uriah Jillson, who was son of\\nNathaniel, the son of James, the first in this country\\nb. in Cumberland, R. I., Dec. 6, 1752, m., Jan. 8\\n1778, Martha Clark, of Smithfield, b. April 14, 1755\\nSettled, 1779, on L. 14, R. 2, the place afterwards oc\\ncupied by his son Paul. Had seven children, viz.\\nRachel, b. Nov. 19, 1778, a deaf mute, d. Jan. 7\\n1840; Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1780, m. Nathan Bullock\\nSilas, b. April 15, 1784; Esther, b. April 21, 1787\\nm. Jeremiah Bullock; Paul, b. Oct. 21, 1789, Clark\\nb. June 10, 1792, d. March 31, 1872; Mercey, b\\nApril 22, 1795, d. in Cumberland, April 3, 1824\\nHe d. April 27, 1823 she d. Sept. 15, 1828.\\nSilas yUlson Paul m., Dec. 10, 1808, Eliza-\\nbeth Cook, b. Aug. 9, 1789. Lived on the Jos. Wing\\nfarm, the place now owned by Wm. O. Carkin. He\\nbuilt the house and barn now on the premises. He\\nd. July 28, 1861, aged 77. She d. March 24, 1869,\\naged 79. Had eight children, viz. Wheaton C, b.\\nJuly 2, 1810, Asena, b. May 24, 1812, d. Anson H.,\\nb. Nov. 27, 1814, d. Emily S., b. Aug. 7, 1819, d.\\nSilas G., b. April 6, 1822, d. Stephen C, b. May 24,\\n1824, d. Elizabeth A., b. Sept. 2, 1826, m. Marcus\\nM. Bullard, of Swansey infant son, b. March 21,\\n1831, d.\\nPaul yUlson^ jr. Paul m. Zilpha, dr. of Jon-\\nathan Sweet, jr. Lived on his father s place. Re-\\nmoved to Warwick, and lived with his son Sylvester.\\nHe d. Oct. 29, i860, aged 71 she d. Jan. 11, 1857,\\naged 64. Had seven children, viz. Sylvester W.,\\nb. April 7, 1813, Jonathan S., b. Nov. 10, 1814, d.\\nDec. 4, 1842 Emeline R., b. March 7, 1819, d. Nov.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 42I\\n27, 1824; George W., b. Dec. 21, 1820, d. Sept. 12,\\n1844; Emily M., b. Sept. 23, 1825, m. Jonathan E.\\nMinott, lives in Worcester Orrin C, b. Dec. 24,\\n1827 Denzel D., b. June 2, 1830.\\nWheat on C. 7/7/5 Silas Paul istm., Feb.\\n28, 1833, Eliza, dr. of Nathan Bowen 2d, she d. Aug.\\n29, 1842 2d m. Maria, dr. of George Handy, July 17,\\n1843. He lived with his father on the home place\\nuntil about 1850, when he removed to the Samuel\\nAllen house he was killed while felling trees in the\\nwoods, Sept. 9, 1865, aged 55. Had by Eliza: Lo-\\nvina E., b. June 25, 1834, Jo^^ H- Bullard, lives\\nin Athol Silas F., b. May 24, 1836, d. in the army,\\nJune, 1S65 Milton N., b. May 31, 1838, m. Susan\\nV. Larrabee, lives in Orange; Anson R., b. April\\n28, 1840, killed in the army, May 8, 1864 Emily E.,\\nb. March 15, 1842, m. J. W. Adams, lives in Orange.\\nHad by Maria Almon L., b. May 28, 1844, m. Ella\\nWilliams, lives in Athol Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 29,\\n1845, m. J. M. Ballon, d. April 26, 1873 Benj. F.,\\nb. Feb. 3, 1848, d. Feb. 17, 1848 Albert E., b. Oct.\\n3, 1850, m. Sarah M. Raynalds Ella A., b. Jan. 26,\\n1852 Ellen A., b. Nov. 20, 1855, m. Fred. Naro-\\nmore; Wheaton B., b. Oct. 6, 1857, died Oct. 20,\\n1861 Ida May, b. Aug. i, i860, m. Charles Bass,\\nlives in Warwick Georgiana E., b. Nov. 26, 1863\\nEdna G., b. Nov. 20, 1866.\\nAlbert E. Jilhon Wheaton C. Silas Paul\\nm. Sarah M., dr. of Eli W. Raynolds, 1872 lives\\nat the Four corners.\\nCap. Stephen Jilhon, brother of Paul, f. s. on\\nL. 15, R. 2 (the Kendall farm), ist m., Dec. 13,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF THE\\n1761, Hannah Peck; 2d m., Nov. 28, 1791, widow\\nSusanna Cole; 3d m., Nov. 16, 1794? Chloe Tol-\\nman. No other record of family. He d. Dec, 1801.\\nHad children by three wives.\\nJonathan yUlson, from Cumberland, m., Feb. 20,\\n1752, Chloe Cargill, of Smithfield was f. s. on L.\\n7, R. 5, in 1766, known as the Ingersoll place. He\\nremoved to Rutland, 1794, and finally returned to\\nRichmond, and d. June, 1803. Had seven children,\\nviz. Naomi, Lydia, Ruth, Orpah, Lucy, David, and\\nMary.\\nDavid yUlson, son of Jonathan, m., Nov. 2, 1783,\\nJoanna Thompson. Had two children, viz. Mary,\\nb. June 30, 1785 Thompson, b. Feb. 18, 1787:\\nHon. Clark Jillson, formerly mayor of Worcester, is\\nsaid to be a descendant of David.\\nUriah yUlson, of Cumberland, m. Mary, dr. of\\nPeleg Taft. He bought the John Bennett farm, 1825,\\nand there lived until 1838, when he returned to Cum-\\nberland. Had Lucy, m. John Hamilton Allen, now\\nliving in Woonsocket and Gilbert, who resides in\\nDouglass.\\nJOHNSON.\\nNathaniel Johnson, from Bolton, Mass., together\\nwith his sons John H., Thomas, and Charles, came\\ninto town about 1852. They lived on the Israel\\nSaben farm. The son, John H., continued there\\nuntil 1868. Nathaniel d. Nov. i, 1855, IS-\\nJITTEM.\\nThe Only Colored Family.\\nRciihcn Jittem, a colored man seized on the coast\\nof Guinea, in Africa, and brought into Salem and", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 423\\nsold as a slave, was emancipated at the time of\\nthe war of the Revolution on condition that he would\\nserve in the army. He came to Richmond about\\n1795? probably with the Ingersolls, John or David,\\nwho came from Salem about that time. He lived\\nmost of the time in a small house near the Rice\\nbrook, on the old road to Gaskill hill. He married\\na colored woman from Salem, and had several chil-\\ndren, only one of whom lived, named Charles. He\\ndied about 1820, at Peregrine Wheeler s she died a\\nshort time before. We have no date of either his or\\nhis wife s death. They were buried in the north-west\\ncorner of the Friends burying-ground, where their\\ngraves are distinguishable.\\nCha7-lcs yittem, son of Reuben, in his boyhood\\nlived with Peregrine Wheeler afterwards, with Syl-\\nvester Aldrich and others. He m., Aug. 18, 1841,\\nEliza Van Vactor, of Worcester, where he went to\\nlive, and soon after died of poison, it is supposed.\\nSir. transit gIo7 ia 7nundi.\\nHe waited long to find a wife;\\nIn finding her, he lost his life.\\nJOSSLIN.\\nWilliam yosslin, from Cumberland, was f. s. on\\npart of L. 4, R. 4, the place south of where Henry\\nBallou now resides. This was probably the place\\nwhere James Ballou, jr., first settled.\\nThomas yosslin, from Cumberland, was f. s. on L.\\n4, R. 4; sold to James Ballou, sr., about 1773, and\\nremoved from town about 1774. Had five children.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF THE\\nKELTON.\\nAaron and Rufus Kelton, who settled in Richmond,\\nand also George, who married his wife from this town,\\nwere sons of Enoch Kelton, from Rehobath, who\\nsettled in the east part of Warwick.\\nAaron Kelton, b. in Rehobath, Sept. 29, 1756, m.\\nRachel Goff. He bought the Threshire farm, L.\\nI, R. 12, the place recentl}^ occupied by his son\\nWheaton. No buildings remain on the premises.\\nHe d. Sept. 18, 1842, aged 86; she d. Aug. 5, 1822,\\naged 66. He 2d m. Lucretia Wilbur, of Ley den,\\nMass. Had by Rachel Lucretia, b. Feb. 22, 1777,\\nd. Jan. 30, 1849, ^ged 72 Hannah, b. Dec. 10,\\n1783, m. Oliver Barrus Olive, b. Jan. 25, 1789, m.\\nThomas Goddard Rachel, b. April 16, 1791, d.\\nJune 13, 1795 Asahel, b: July 27, 1795 Aaron, b.\\nFeb. 20, 1798, d. Aug. 18, 1804; Wheaton, b. Dec.\\n28, 1801.\\nAsahel KeUon Aaron m. Betsey Barrus, dr. of\\nMichael, jr., April 21, 1821. He lived on the Capt.\\nMichael Barrus place. He d. July 15, 1869, aged\\n74 she d. March 4, 1880, aged 78. Had five chil-\\ndren, viz Rachel, b. Sept. 22, 1822, m. John Cook,\\nof Winchester; Monroe, b. Oct. 6, 1824, d. July 30,\\ni860; Elon, b. Aug. 8, 1826, went to California,\\nprobably not living; Aaron, b. Sept. 2, 1828, d.\\nDec. 3, 1882 Asahel, b. Dec. 19, 1830. Lives on\\nthe home place.\\nWheaton Kelton Aaron m. Mary Bishop, of\\nWarwick lived on the place with his father re-\\nmoved to Winchester. He d. Oct. 12, 1882; she d.\\nFeb. 18, 1883. No children.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 425\\nRiifus Kclton^ b. in Rehobath, Aug. ii, 1765, m.,\\nMay 26, 1790, Hannah, dr. of James Brown. He\\nmoved to the Brown farm, 1808. Had six children,\\nviz. Benjamin, b. Dec. 26, 1790; Jane, b. May 13,\\n1792, m. Charles Woodcock, d. Dec. 4, 1878 Crom-\\nwell, b. Aug. I, 1795, removed to Pennsylvania, d.\\nJuly 16, 1857; Daniel, b. July 25, 1799, d. Jan. i,\\n1879; Cynthia, b. Dec. 16, 1801, m. James Carpen-\\nter, d. July 23, 1863 Nancy, b. May 6, 1804, m.\\nLewis Freeman. He d. March 18, 181 1 she d.\\nDec. 25, 1863, aged 92.\\nBenjamin Kclton m., Aug. 20, 1S16, Rhoda, dr.\\nof David Holbrook. He lived on his father s place,\\nand run a team to Boston. Had seven children,\\nviz.: Rhoda, b. Dec. 20, 1817, d. May 5, 1818\\nRufus, b. Dec. 15, 1821, d. Dec. 25, 1845; Sarah,\\nb. May 18, 1820, d. Aug. 23, 1824; David H., b.\\nFeb. I, 1824, m. Harriet Harris, lives in Providence\\nGeorge B., b. Jan. 23, 1826, m. Juliette, dr. of\\nSamuel Sprague, d. April 15, 1856; Olive, b. April\\n6, 1829, d. April 21, 1831 Mary, b. May 17, 1832,\\nd. Jan. 24, 1834. He d. Oct. 9, 1836.\\nKENNEY.\\nRev. Isaac Kenney^ from Dublin, N. H., moved to\\nthe Azariah Cumstock farm, 1791 removed to\\nRoyalston, 1801 was pastor of the old Baptist\\nchurch ten years.\\nKIMPTON.\\nStephen KimftoTi., from Mendon, 1762, the ances-\\ntor of all of the name in Richmond, m. Catherine\\nBoyce, of Uxbridge was the f. s. of part of L. 3, R.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "426 HISTORY OF THE\\n6 and 7. He sold to John Pickering, of Salem, 1779,\\nand bought L. i, R. 9, where his son Samuel and\\nhis grandson Simeon since have lived. Had twelve\\nchildren, viz. Philadelphia, b. Feb. 23, 1763, first\\ngirl born in town; Lois, b. June 5, 1765, m. J. Jes-\\nsop Chloe, b. May 5, 1767, m. I. Whipple Simeon,\\nb. March 17, 1769; Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1772, m. L.\\nBishop; Asenath, b. Feb. 23, 1774, m. Coffin; Ste-\\nphen, b. April 18, 1776, m. Phebe Burlingame\\nCatharina, b. Oct. 12, 1778, m. Baker; John, b.\\nSept. 2, 1781 Patty, b. July 29, 1784, m. L. Lincoln\\nEdmond, b. July 20, 1786, m. Nancy Nightingale;\\nSamuel, b. Dec. 14, 1788.\\nSamuel Ki nipt on Stephen m. Dorothy Battles,\\nof Fitchburg lived on his father s place. He d.\\nDec. 6, 1868, aged 80; she d. Oct. 4, 1865, aged 76.\\nHad eleven children, viz. John P., b. June 18,\\n1810, lives in Stoneham Emery, b. Jan. 23, 1812\\nElvira, b. Sept. 19, 1814, m. Moses K. Messer Or-\\nrin, b. April 14, 1816, d. 1874 Stoneham Ste-\\nphen, b. Oct. 8, 1818, lives in Malone, N. Y.\\nSamuel, b. April 14, 1821, lives in Warwick; Asa,\\nb. Feb. 22, 1823, is insane; Lydia, b. Aug. 8,*i826,\\nd. young; Alvin, b. March, 1827; Emeline E., b.\\nApril 23, 1829, m. Andrew S. Arnold; Simeon, b.\\nNov. 16, 1832.\\nAlvin Kimpton Samuel Stephen m. Dec.\\n21, 1854, Mary Hale, dr. of Israel C. lives in Win-\\nchester has had thirteen children.\\nShneon Kimpton Samuel Stephen m. Han-\\nnah K. Page, Jan. 10, 1869 lives on his father s\\nplace. He adopted Abbie M., b. Feb. 22, 1881.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 427\\nKINGSLEY.\\nyamcs Kingslcy, from Swansey, R. I., 1768, m.\\nLydia Bowen, sister of Ephraim Hix s wife was f.\\ns. on L. 9, R. 7, known as the Benjamin Man farm\\nbuilt the two-story house formerly standing on the\\npremises. Had five sons, viz. John, b. April 30,\\n1773, d. May 7, 1804; Elisha, James, Lemuel, and\\nPeleg and four daughters, one of which, Lydia, m.\\nJacob Marsh. He d. Dec. 25, 1803.\\nKINSMAN.\\nHarvey Kinsman^ from Westminster, Mass., bought\\nof John Martin 2d, the Cargill place, about 1845.\\nRemoved from town some time ago.\\nKNAP.\\nPaul Kna^ was probably f. s. on L. i, R. 10, the\\nplace afterwards occupied by Joseph Jaseph, John\\nBoyce, and others.\\nAhicl Kuaf m., April 5, 1778, Chloc Smith, of\\nWarwick was f. s. on the west end of L. i, R. 10\\nremoved to L. 18, R. 3, north-east of the Benson\\nplace, and there kept a tavern.\\nLAWRENCE.\\nAmos W. Lawre^icc, b. in Winchester, Feb., 1838,\\nm., Dec. 8, 1864, Eveline M. Cook, b. in Winchester,\\nAug. 16, 1840. Owns the Thayer mills, near Win-\\nchester line, and lives in a new house near by.\\nHad Ada M., b. March 18, 1866; Hattie S., b. April\\n29, 1868; Nellie J., b. May 9, 1870; Minnie E., b.\\nJune 3, 1872; Frank A., b. Nov. 25, 1873; Gracie\\nE., b. April 11, 1876.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OF THE\\nJosj ah Lawrence yh. 1778, son of Jona. Lawrence,\\nof Troy, came to town, 1820; m., 1803, Tabitha Par-\\nmenter, dr. of Uriah Parinenter, of Swansey. Lived\\non the place previously occupied by George Buftum,\\njr. Had Harriet, b. Feb. 24, 1803, m. Joseph New-\\nell, jr. Hannah, b. Feb. 17, 1808, m. Felt, lives in\\nWorcester; Keziah N., b. Jan. 29, 1810, d. 1880;\\nHarlow, b. Nov. 7, 181 2, lived in Harvard, Mass.,\\nd. 1882; Angela, b. June 13, 1814 Sarah, b. May\\n24, 1818. He d. 1849; she d. 1837. The famil}\\nremoved to Lancaster, Mass., about 1838.\\nLYON.\\nCharles H. Lyon, from Providence, R. L, came to\\ntown, 1870. Kept the corner store at the Four cor-\\nners two years. Removed to the Luke Harris place,\\n1875 m. Nov. 24, 1864, Annette, dr. of Orison Jill-\\nson, the son of Clark Jillson. Had Herbert R., b.\\nNov. 15, 1875. He lives on the Luke Harris farm,\\nand is on the board of selectmen.\\nLESTER.\\nLisle Lester, dr. of Lyman Walker, b. in Rich-\\nmond, 1837, was educated at Lawrence Universit}\\nWis. has become celebrated as a lecturer, elocution-\\nist, and journalist has travelled extensively in this\\ncountry, and also in Europe has been correspondent\\nof London, New York, and San Francisco papers.\\nShe resides in New York, and is still engaged in lit-\\nerary pursuits.\\nMAN.\\nAbraham Man, son of Daniel Man, of Smithfield,\\nf. s. on L. 13, R. 9, known as the Nathan Bullock", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 429\\nfarm, now owned by Watrous Garnsey, m., Jan. 22,\\n1767, Mary, dr. of Dea. John Cass. Had eleven\\nchildren, viz. Susanna, b. Dec. 18, 1768, m. Peleg\\nTaft; Eunice, b. Feb. 28, 1770; Freelove, b. March\\n17, 1772 Mary, b. July 18, 1774 Abraham, b. Feb.\\n9, 1777 Tsaac, b. March 27, 1779; Hannah, b. June\\n8, 1781, d. Dec. 30, 1838; Jacob, b. July 23, 1783;\\nMary, b. April 4, 1788, d. Dec. 26, 1790. He d.\\n1803.\\nIsaac Man Abraham m., Feb. 14, 1802, Deb-\\norah, dr. of John Bennett. Removed to New Haven,\\nVt.\\nGideon J/^w, brother of Abraham, b. Sept. i, 1735,\\ncame from Smithfield, 1768, m. Rachel He\\nwas f. s. on L. 8, R. 6, the place now owned in part\\nby Obediah S. Swan. He d. 1800; his wife d. 1810.\\nHad by Rachel, his wife, Daniel, Gideon, Benjamin,\\nRhoda, m. Simeon Cook Hannah, m. Edward God-\\ndard Mary, m. Ebenezer Ingalls Betsey, m. Obe-\\ndiah Sprague and Penelope.\\nBenjamin Man Gideon m., April 14, 1796?\\nSusanna, dr. of Silas Ballon, lie lived on the James\\nKingsley farm, L. 9 and 10, R. 7, and now owned\\nby Nathaniel Naromore. He d. 1837 5 she d. Feb.\\n25, 1814. Had Chandler, b. Dec. 31, 1796: Dellia\\nand Delila, twins, b. March 11, 1799, Delila d. Sept.\\n28, 1820, Dellia ist m. Amasa Ballon, 2d m. Ellis\\nThayer; Diana, b. Jan. 25, 1801 Joseph, b. 1804;\\nDaniel, b. 1806.\\nGideon Man Gideon m., 1777, Elizabeth, dr.\\nof Caleb Cook, and sister of Simeon. He lived on", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "430 HISTORY OF THR\\nthe place recently owned by Henry Rice, the build-\\nings at the time standing on the old road to Gaskill\\nhill. Had Nelly, m. James W. Peck; Provided, m.\\nJohn Emerson: Arnold, Lydia, m. Trask Jemima,\\nm. Derrick Hews; Gideon, b. Jan. 9, 1804, removed\\nto Calais, Vt. Newton, Zurial, Vienna, m. Thomas\\nCutler, and Betsey. Hed. 1817. No record of fam-\\nily.\\nDaniel Man^ son of Gideon, ist m., Aug. 3, 1778,\\nEsther, the eldest dr. of JedediahBuffum, she d. about\\n1785 2d m., March 25, 1787, Anna, dr. of Capt.\\nStephen Jillson. He was f. s. on L. 12, R. 7, now\\na part of the David Buffum farm. He d. June i,\\n1804, aged 45. Had by Esther: Esther, b. 1779, m.\\nMajor Ebenezer Swan. Had by Anna Rachel, b.\\nMay 20, 1787, m. Noah Bisbee, jr. Candace, b. July\\n22, 1789; Rufus, b. June 17, 1791 Betsey, b. Dec.\\n23, 1792, m. David Buffum David, b. May 11, 1794\\nStephen, b. Nov. 27, 1795 Hannah, b. May 22,\\n1797, m. Joseph Williams; Moses, b. June 23, 1799.\\nNewton Man Gideon Gideon m. Feb. i\\n1829, Diancy, dr. of Jacob Sweet. Lived on his\\nfather s place until he sold to Henry Rice, 1830.\\nHad Alfred N., b. Jan. 19, 1830; Verona D. and\\nSewell W. He and his wife d. about 1840.\\nZuriel Man Gideon Gideon was never mar-\\nried. When a young man he went to Lower Canada\\nwith Derrick Hews. He returned with Hews and\\nworked at various places, perhaps the most with", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 43 1\\nDavid and Lysander Powers. He d. at Sylvester\\nAldrich s about 1850.\\nIn wrestling match and sportive plays\\nHe was rarely beat in younger days\\nAnd when his real life began,\\nHe was ever called Zuriel Man.\\nThe last of him I ever knew,\\nHe was spoken of as Drunken Zu.\\nThus one was added to the sum\\nOf ruined ones by use of rum.\\nJoseph Man Benjamin Gideon m. Oct. 4,\\n1835, Silence, dr. of Benjamin Newell, Esq. Lived\\nat various places in town. Is now with his son Jason\\nin Montague. Had Jason, b. July 17, 1838 Joseph-\\nine, b. Dec. 16, 1852, lives in Jamestown, N. Y. Si-\\nlence d. May 12, 1874, ^iged 64.\\nDaniel Man Benjamin Gideon ist m., Dec.\\n23, 1830, L^ dia, dr. of Jonathan Cass 2d 2d m. Dia-\\ndama, dr. of Robert Martin. Lived on the place now\\noccupied by Mrs. Susan B. Cass. He d. Feb. 20,\\n1855, aged 49 Lydia d. April 27, 1838 Diadama d.\\nJan. 27, 1869. Had by Diadama three children, viz.\\nLydia, b. April 19, 1840, ist m. Artemas B. Colburn,\\n2d m. C. C. Holton; Mary, b. March 18, 1842, m.\\nNims Daniel Monsier, b. Sept. 6, 1845.\\nD. Monsier Man Daniel Benjamin Gideon\\nm. Ella M. Adams, of Charlestown, Mass., 1868.\\nIs now on the police force of South Boston. Had\\nFlora, b. May 18, 1870; Horace, b. July 16^ 1872.\\nAsa Man came from Smithtield about 1770; m.\\nElizabeth, sister of Jedediah BufTum. Was f. s. on", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "432 HISTORY OF THE\\nthe west end of L. 12, R. 7, the place now occupied\\nby Ebenezer Cook. Had by Elizabeth one son, Asa,\\nand five daughters, one of whom, Anna, m. Clark\\nHill, of Franconia, N. H. He d. 1786.\\nHezekiah Man, from Swansey, bought, 1780, of\\nConstant Barney L. 10, R. 6, the place where Wil-\\nliam and Esek Buftum since lived. He sold the same\\nto Jedediah Buftum, 1784, except the land for the\\nmeeting-house. He returned to Swansey. Had\\nthree children, viz. Samuel, Sarah, and Molly.\\nMARTIN.\\nyohn Martin, b. Aug. 15, 1710, from Smithfield\\nor Uxbridge, m. Margery Was f. s. on L. 15,\\nR. 6, known as the George Martin place. The house\\nnow standing on the premises is mentioned in the\\nearly records as John Martin s new house, built about\\n1765. Had a family of sons and daughters nearly\\ngrown up when he came, of which there appears to\\nbe no record extant. Had five sons, viz. John,\\nPeter, Moses, George, and Jonathan, the latter was b.\\n1750, unmarried, d. young, and two daughters, viz.\\nRachel, b. 1748, m. Joseph Cass, and Zilpah, b.\\n1753, m. Jonathan Cass. He d. Aug. 8, 1785.\\nyohn Martin, jr. John m. Sarah Winter.\\nWas f. s. on L. 17, R. 6, the place now owned by\\nAnsel Martin, and built the house now standing on\\nthe premises, 1779. He d. Dec. 26, 1782. She 2d\\nm. Peter Cook, and d. 1833. Had seven children,\\nviz. Wilderness, b. Feb. 21, 1765 Hendrick, b.\\nJuly I, 1770; Ruth, b. Sept. 24, 1768, m. Jeremiah\\nCook; Prudence, b. Jan. 23, 1773, m. Perry; Ezra,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 433\\nb. Aug. 20, 1776; David, b. Jan. 23, 1779; Sarah,\\nb. Feb. 5, 1782.\\nPeter Martin John m., Aug. 14, 1770, Han-\\nnah Winter. Was f. s. on L. 16, R. 6, the place re-\\ncently occupied by Daniel Perry and Ezra Martin, jr.\\nHad eight children, viz. Naomi, Timothy, b. May\\n31, 1774; Salmon, b. July 26, 1776 Benager, Lucy,\\nHannah, d. Feb. 15, i860, aged 77 Lydia, and Lo-\\nvina. He d. 1810.\\nGeorge Martin John m., Feb. 15, 1778, Mary\\nRobinson. Lived on his father s place. Had five\\nchildren, viz.: John, b. Aug. 2, 1778; Robert, b.\\nFeb. 16, 1780; Reuben, b. Sept. 7, 1783; George,\\nb. Sept. 21, 1786; Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1788, m. Luke\\nAldrich. He d. 1822.\\nMoses Martin John m., June 11, 1772, Ruth,\\ndr. of Jacob Aldrich, of Uxbridge. Was f. s. on L.\\n16, R. 5, known as the Levin Aldrich place, now\\nowned by Edson Starkey, jr. Had eight children,\\nviz. Jonathan, b. Dec. 6, 1773 Jacob, b. Feb. 28,\\n1775 Rachel, b. Dec. 2, 1777 Tamasin, b. Sept. 2,\\n1779, m. John Perry Moses, b. Oct. 11, 1783 Aaron,\\nb. Oct. 15, 1786; Ruth, b. July 29, 1791 Margery,\\nb. Oct. 2, 1794, m. Eli Page, jr. He d. 1810.\\nWilderness Martin John John m. June 20,\\n1790, Dinah, dr. of Paul Handy was. f. s. on L. 7,\\nR. I, the place now owned by Danvers. He d.\\nOct. 2, 1831, aged 66; she d. Sept. 12, 1849, aged\\n81. Had John, b. March 16, 1791 Sarah, b. Jan.\\n7, 1793, m. Amos Abbott; Amy, b. Nov. 23, 1794,\\nm. Hosea Boorn Esther, b. Dec. 22, 1796, m. Asa", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF THE\\nWhitcomb Hannah, b. Sept. 21, 1798, m. James\\nBoyce Delila, b. July 24, 1800, d. Aug. 16, 1800;\\nStephen, b. July 16, 1802, moved to Barton, Vt.,\\n1829; Daniel, b. June 2, 1804; Jacob, b. June 24,\\n1806, d. from a kick of a horse, May 30, 1840;\\nPaul, b. June 23, 1808; Danvers, b. Dec. i, 1810.\\nHcndrick Martin John John m. Oct. 30,\\n1796, Prudence, dr. of Paul Handy; lived where\\nLewis H. Cass now resides, west end L. 20, R. 5\\nremoved to Barton, Vt., 1829. Had eight children,\\nviz. Mercey Job, Tildy Julia, Parna, Atrista, Amy,\\nand Orrin.\\nEzra Martin John John m., March 30,\\n1806, Mary, dr. of Lot Aldrich lived on his father s\\nplace. He d. June 30, 1847, aged 71 she d. Sept.\\n8, 1871, aged 85. Had Alvin, b. June 9, 1806;\\nSylvia, b. Dec. 16, 1807; Ezra, b. March 2, 1810;\\nChester, b. March 10, 1812; Presson, b. Jan. 20,\\n1814; Alanson, b. Dec, 1816, d. Dec. 20, 1863;\\nRowena, b. 1818, m. Simon Smith; Ansel, b. April\\n21, 1820; Celestra, b. Dec, 1822, m. Willard Mar-\\ntin Amanda, b. 1824, m. Charles Gleason Loren,\\nb. March 6, 1827.\\nDavid Martin John John ist m., Nov. 27,\\n1800, Olive, dr. of Lot Aldrich 2d m. Elizabeth, dr.\\nof Jacob Bump; lived on L. 17, R. 5, the place now\\nowned by Mrs. Esther Martin. He d. Feb., 1842;\\nOlive d. May 6, 1834; Elizabeth d. Jan. 24, 1859,\\naged 86. Had by Olive: Otis, b. March i, 1802;\\nSally, d. young; Mahala, b. Feb. 3, 1807, m. Benj.\\nAldrich; Alanson, b. 1809, d. March, 1815 Olive,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 435\\nb. Oct. 13, 1811, m. D. B. Aldrich Betsey, b. Jan.\\nII, 1814, m. Lorenzo Harris; Margery, b. April 5,\\n1817, m. Robert Martin; David, b. Nov. 8, 1819.\\nTimothy Martin Peter John m Sept. 7\\n1806, Susanna, dr. of John Scott; was f. s. on east\\nend L. 17, R. 5, the place where Otis Martin and\\nAnsel Harris have since lived. Had Luke, lived in\\nGill, Mass Tyler, Peter, Susanna, and Angelina.\\nHe d. 1815.\\nSalmon Martin Peter John m. Polly Glea-\\nson, of Dana. He lived on his father s place. Had\\nLavina, b. July 7, 1807 Celinda, b. Oct. 20, 1809;\\nand Jonas, d. young. He d. 1832.\\nJonathan Martin Moses John ist m., Jan.\\n31, 1796, Zilpah, dr. of Joseph Cass; 2d m., Aug.\\n14, 1803, Lydia, dr. of Israel Saben removed to\\nSwansey, 1820, Had by Zilpah Lovicia and Rox-\\nelana. Had by Lydia Lydia, b. 1805 Jonathan, b.\\nMay, 1807; Laton, b. Jan. 31, 1809; James M., b.\\n1812 Zilpah, b. 1814. He d. 1832.\\nJacob Martin Moses John m., March 4,\\n1796, Joanna Aldrich. Had Esther, m. Kendall\\nFisher; Aphemia, Moses, Aaron, Lydia, Jacob, and\\nAsahel. He was killed about 1813 by being thrown\\nfrom a horse.\\nAaron Martin Moses John m. Dinah\\nHe was in the war of 181 2 as a substitute for Martin\\nCass. He d. about 1820. His widow m. Zoph\\nWhitcomb, and removed to Marshfield, Vt. Had\\nSilence, b. Aug. 14, 1805.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF THE\\nJohn Martin George John ist m., Jan. 7,\\n1808, Azubah Franklin, of Winchester; lived on the\\neast part of L. 15, R. 6, the place recently owned by\\nNathan F. Newell; 2d m., Nov. 22, 1812, Amy, dr.\\nof Oliver Perry. He d. June 8, 1845 Amy d. June\\n27, 1862, aged 74. Had by Azubah Harvey, b.\\nSept. 10, 1808. Had by Amy Amy, b. Oct. 16,\\n1814, d. in infancy; Asa, b. Feb. 4, 1818, d. 1829:\\nAzubah, b. June 16, 1820, m. Hiram Bryant, d.\\n1862 Alphreda, b. Oct. 13, 1822, m. Luther Beals\\nAmos, b. April 7, 1825 Angela, b. Aug. 17, 1828,\\nm. George W. Stratton, d. 1862 Asahel, b. May\\nII, 1831, d. June 4, 1832.\\nRobert Martin George John m., Dec. 27,\\n1801, Mary, dr. of Israel Saben was the owner of\\nMartin s mills, and lived on the place now owned by\\nN. B. Fisher. He d. Oct. 5, 1821 she d. Oct. 13,\\n1841. Had Leason, b. Nov. 5, 1802; Israel, b.\\nSept. I, 1804 George, b. Aug. 3, 1806, m. Maria,\\ndr. of Jonah Walker, removed to Orange, and d.\\nMarch 21, 1871 Alvira, b. May 14, 1808, m. James\\nSwan; Mary, b. May 27, 1810, m. Ebenezer Swan;\\nDiedama, b. Sept. 21, 1812, m. Daniel Man Robert,\\nb. Sept. 8, 1814 Phebe, b. Aug. 27, 1817, m. Lewis\\nWilkins, April 4, 1841 Lucy, b. Aug. 15, 1820,\\nm. Lucius Aldrich.\\nReubeti Martin George John m. March 18,\\n1810, Candace, dr. of Oliver Barrus. Lived on L.\\n3, R. 8, the Daniel Carpenter place. Had Converse,\\nb. Aug. 13, 1811 Polly, b. June 19, 1816, d. 1883\\nLucy, b. Oct. 21, 1818, m. Calvin Pratt; Hannah, b.\\nJune 18, 1820, m. Philip Conville, she d. 1876;", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 437\\nGeorge R., b. Sept. 23, 1S22, m. Sarah Woodward,\\nof Troy, N. H. He d. June 19, 1849; she d. Sept.\\n2, 1855.\\nGeorge Martin, jr. George John m., Aug.\\n24, 1816, Prudence Smith. Lived on the old farm\\nwhere John Martin, his grandfather, settled. He d.\\nFeb. 28, 1832 she d. May i, 1862. Had Frederick\\nSumner, b. Jan. i, 1817 Willard, b. Dec. 23, 1819;\\nArethusa, b. March 2, 182 1, m. Nahum Perry Geo.\\nThomas, b. May 17, 1824; Roxana, b. March 6,\\n1827, m. Ebenezer Swan 3d; Mary L., b. 1829, d.\\nJuly 9, 1831.\\nJohn Martin Wilderness John John ist\\nm. Hannah Kendall 2d m. Abigail Kendall, of Fitz-\\nwilliam. Lived on the Cargill place, and removed to\\nPenn. Had by Hannah: Emily, b. Nov., 1819, m.\\nEzra Allen. By Abigail had Hannah, b. Nov., 1825\\nCharles, b. Oct., 1827.\\nDaniel Martin Wilderness John John m.,\\nSept. 5, 1827, Maria, dr. of Henry Rice. Removed\\nto Barton returned to Richmond about 1840. Had\\nnine children, viz.: Henry R., b. April 2, 1832;\\nMary J., b. July 21, 1833 Daniel, b. Dec. 27, 1834,\\nd. Dec. 30, 1856; George G., b. March 25, 1837.\\nThese, and three others d. young, were born in Bar-\\nton. Abbie, b. Aug. 9, 1840, and Sarah O., b. June\\n17, 1842, in Richmond. He d. Nov. 8, 1877, and\\nhis wife d. a few years before.\\nPaul Martin Wilderness John John m\\nJan. 29, 1829, Lillis, dr. of Nicholas Aldrich. Re-\\nmoved to Barton returned, and lived at various", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF THE\\nplaces. Was a soldier in the late war. Died of a\\nwound received in Fitzwilliam in felling a tree, 1865.\\nHad Calvin, b. July 15, 1829; Philinda, b. March\\n27, 1832, m. Thomas Moore Philander, b. Dec. 22,\\n1835, d. Merilla, b. May 4, 1845, m. Abel Grant;\\nLucy, b. Sept. 20, 1851, m. James A. Mellen, jr.\\nDanvcrs Martin Wilderness John John\\nm. Olive, dr. of Silas Whipple lives on his father s\\nplace. Had thirteen children, viz. Harriet, b. July\\n22, 1833, m. O. H. Gale; Warren, b. Sept. 20,\\n1834, Amanda Chase, Sept. i, 1858, d. Jan. 27,\\ni860; Stephen W., b. April 13, 1836, was a soldier\\nin the late war, d. at Newbern, N. C, May 16,\\n1862; Danford, b. Nov. 15, 1837, d. 1841 Tamma\\nW., b. Sept. 14, 1839, Sept. 12, 1862; Emily, b.\\nMay 31, 1841 Laura, b. Aug. 8, 1842, m. A. C.\\nRichardson; Ellen O., b. Dec. 11, 1843, m. Sewell\\nA. Day; Abbie P., b. April 18, 1845, m. Charles\\nWelch; Danvers, b. Sept. 28, 1846; Danford W., b.\\nAug. II, 1848; Silas O., b. Nov. 2, 1849; Eunice\\nN., b. Nov. 29, 1850, m. H. E. Mellen.\\nAlvin Martin Ezra John John m. Sept.\\n6, 1829, Atrista, dr. of Hendrick Martin removed to\\nBarton, Vt., where she died. He now lives with\\nAnsel, in Richmond.\\nEzra Martin Ezra John John ist m.\\nIrena Daniels; 2d m. Celinda Martin, dr. of Salmon,\\nApril, 1842; removed to Rochester, N. Y., and\\nthence to Michigan returned and lived on the\\nSalmon Martin place. He d. June 17, 1873. Had\\nby Irena: Mary Jane, b. Sept. 2, 1836; Irena, b.\\nAug. 17, 1843. Celinda d. March 3, 1883.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 439\\nAnsel Maj tin Ezra John John m. Laura\\nEmerson, of Swansey, and widow of George Ken-\\ndall, Dec. 29, 1856; lives on his father s place, in\\nthe house built by his grandfather, John Martin, jr.\\nHas no children.\\nLor en Martin Ezra John John m. Jan.\\nI, 1857, Mary L., dr. of Harvey Martin is a truck-\\nman in Worcester. Had Orlan H.,b. Jan. 30, 1858.\\nOtis Martin David John John m., Jan.\\n14, 1827, Esther, dr. of Ebenezer Swan, jr. lived on\\nthe Timothy Martin place removed to his father s\\nfarm. He d. Feb. i, 1856. Had Russell, b. June\\n9, 1829 Andrew, b. April 17, 1839, Oct. 3, 1883\\nOtis, b. Aug. 2, 1841.\\nDavid Martin David John John ist m.\\nRhoda, dr. of Daniel Twitchell. She d. Aug. 17,\\n1853, aged 32 lived on the Henry Starkey farm re-\\nmoved to Missouri, 1858 2d m. widow Bemis 3d\\nm. widow Alcista Cass. Had by Rhoda five chil-\\ndren.\\nHarvey Martin John George John m.,\\nMay 5, 1833, Susan, dr. of Chandler Bryant; lives\\nat North Richmond is a carpenter, wheelwright,\\nand blacksmith was post-master. Had Thomas B.,\\nb. Nov. 26, 1834, yo^ ^g 5 Mary L., b. Dec. i,\\n1836, m. Loren Martin, d. March 29, 1862 Albert\\nH., b. June 20, 1844.\\nAmos Martin John George John m. Nov.\\n29, 1849, Mary Ann, dr. of Benjamin W. Bliss, of\\nRoyalston removed to Royalston, 1848; returned to", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "440 HISTORY OF THE\\nRichmond, 1854 lives on the old Moses Allen farm,\\nin the house built in 1777.\\nLcason Martin Robert George John m.,\\nApril 14, 1825, Lydia, dr. of Luke Harris; lived\\nwhere his son now resides owned the mills, together\\nwith his brother Israel. He d. Oct. 4, 1867, aged 64\\nyears; she d. Sept. 29, 1865, aged 62. Had Fanny\\nH., b. Sept. 9, 1825, m. Hiram Walker, d. Aug.\\nI, 1852; Emily, b. Feb. 28, 1828, m. Hosea B. Al-\\ndrich Alzina, b. April 29, 1831, d. Aug. 22, 1852\\nMiranda, b. July 25, 1834, ^^b* 5 ^856; Lydia\\nE., b. June 8, 1838, m. Joseph B. Abbott Leason, b.\\nDec. 13, 1840.\\nIsrael Martin Robert George John m.\\nApril 30, 1834, Martha, dr. of Henry Rice lived\\nwhere N. B, Fisher now resides. He d. April 2,\\n1858 she d. Dec. 24, 1872. Had Robert, b. Nov.\\n12, 1835, d. May 29, 1875 Alonzo, b. July 23, 1837,\\nd. July 25, 1838; Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1838; Ellen A.,\\nt ^^^y 31^ 1841 Lucretia M., b. Oct. 6, 1843;\\nRoxana P., b. Jan. 29, 1846; Zilpah, b. Sept. 2,\\n1849, d. March 13, 1850.\\nRobert ]\\\\Iartin Robert George John m.\\nMargery, dr. of David Martin, Nov. 21, 1839; lived\\nwhere his uncle John resided. He d. suddenly June\\n23, 1868 she d. Nov. 28, 1869. Had Edgar M., b.\\nMay 10, 1846; Murrey E., b. March 4, 1850.\\nGeorgr Alartin Reuben George John m.\\nSarah Woodward, of Troy, Jan. 7, 1861. He, with\\nConverse, lived on their father s place until 1857,\\nwhen they removed to the Henry Goddard farm, in", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 44I\\nRoyalston. Had five children, four of which d. in\\ninfancy; Mary Jane, b. Sept., 1863, m. Russell\\nWard. George d. Jan. 5, 1884.\\nFrederick Sumner Martin George George\\nJohn m. Abigail Kendrick, of Winchester lives\\nin Providence, R. I. is by trade a moulder.\\nWillard Martin George George John m.\\nCelestia, dr. of Ezra Martin. Had Celestia S., b.\\nJan. 29, 1846, m. George Chamberlin, and lives in\\nKeene. Celestia, his wife, d. Feb., 1846. He lives\\nin Swansey.\\nHenry R. Martin Daniel Wilderness John\\nJohn m. Delila E., dr. of Ansel Harris, Aug. 24,\\n1864 lives on the Stephen Buftum place. Had\\nLeslie H., b. June 18, 1865 G. LeRoy, b. Oct. 5,\\n1872 Henry L., b. Dec. 28, 1874; Lulu, b. Oct.\\n25, 1878.\\nCalvin Martin Paul Wilderness John\\nJohn m., Jan. 28, 1861, Lucy A. Wilson, of\\nRo3alston lives on the Stephen Boorn place. Had\\nFlorence A., b. Jan. 12, 1862; Walter J., b. Sept.\\n29, 1863; Edgar U., b. Jan. i, 1867; Eva E., b.\\nJuly 28, 1870; Ida L., b. Aug. 12, 1872; Josie L.,\\nb. April 12, 1874; Lizzie G., b. April 12, 1877.\\nDanvcrs Martin Danvers Wilderness John\\nJohn m., Dec. 2, 1873, Myra O., dr. of James\\nA. Mellen. Lives with his father. Had Warren E.,\\nb. July 3, 1874; Nellie M., b. Dec. 28, 1875.\\nSlcfhcn W. Martin Danvers Wilderness\\nJohn John m., June 6, i860, Jennie E.. dr. of", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "442 HISTORY OF THE\\nOzial Ballou. Enlisted in Co. I, 25th Reg. Mass.\\nVol., in the late war; d. at Newbern, N. C, May 16,\\n1863. Had Addie E., b. March 27, 1861.\\nDanford W. Martin Danvers Wilderness\\nJohn John m., Aug. 18, 1875, Emma J., dr. of\\nJohn Starkey, jr. Lives at North Richmond, on the\\nLovett place. Manufactures staves at the Capron\\nmill. Had EdnaM., b. Aug. 21, 1876; Olive L., b.\\nNov. II, 1877, d. July II, 1880; Clifford W., b.\\nAug. 5, 1878; Clarence G., b. May 4, 1881 Edith\\nG., b. Dec. 23, 1882.\\nSilas O. Martin Danvers Wilderness John\\nJohn m.. July 6., 1875, Hattie E., dr. of A. San-\\nford Borden. Lives at North Richmond, on the John\\nM. Sawyer place. Manufactures staves, etc. Had\\nPercy A., b. Feb. 12, 1876 Stella R., b. April 13, 1S78.\\nRussell Martin Otis David John John\\nm. Melissa Richardson, of Deering, N. H. Lives\\nat North Richmond. Had Abbie Jane, d. Esther\\nAnn, d. Madison M., d. Cora, b. Jan. 6, 1871.\\nOtis Martin, son of Otis, m. Lucretia, dr. of\\nIsrael Martin, Feb. 24, 1869 lives on the David\\nMartin place.\\nLeason Martin, jr. Leason Robert George\\nJohn\u00e2\u0080\u0094 m., Feb. 13, 1878, Cora F., dr. ofB. F.\\nLombard, of Swansey. Lives on his father s place.\\nHad Leason A., b. Jan. 28, 1880; Ruth L., b. March\\n20, 1883.\\nAlbert H. Martin Harvey John George\\nJohn m., Aug. 7, 1878, Lena C. Vose. Lives\\nwith his father. He is engaged in the provision bus-\\niness.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 443\\nEdgar M. Martin Robert Robert George\\nJohn m. Edna Smith, of Nevvfane, Vt. Lives\\nin Reading, Mass. Had Ethel, b. 1873.\\nMurrey E. Martin Robert Robert George\\nJohn m. Emma Irish. Lives at Bellows Falls.\\nHad Leon E., b. June 28, 1879. 2 ^883.\\nOther Martin Families.\\nElcazer Martin m. Mehetabel, dr. of Ebenezer\\nPeters, Nov. 21, 177 1. Was f. s. on L. 17, R. 2,\\nnorth-east of the Benson place. He was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary war, and died in the service, of a\\nwound received at the battle of Saratoga, Sept. 19,\\n1777. He probably came from R. L, but it is not\\nknown that he was related to the other Martin fam-\\nilies.\\nycsse Martin^ from Warwick, m. Mary Wolper,\\nMarch 30, 1798. He lived on Whipple hill, at the\\nJohn Barrus place. His wife was mother of the Rev.\\nRobert Bartlett, a Universalist minister, who preached\\nin town a few years ago. His lineage we have been\\nunable to trace. Children Hannah, m. Tolman\\nAtlanta, m. David B. Aldrich had a son also.\\nMASON.\\nOliver Mason was f. s. on L. 10, R. 6, the William\\nBuftum place, 1763 sold to Constant Barney, 1772\\nremoved to L. 23, R. 4, and was f. s. on that lot\\nalso this he sold to Stephen Harris, and removed\\nfrom town, 1787. Had four children.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF THE\\nMEADER.\\nElijah Meader was f. s. on L. lo, R. 8, the place\\nnorth of the Enos Holbrook farm. The house was\\nremoved by Derrick Hews about 1830, and is the\\nsame now owned by Mrs. Robert Aldrich.\\nMELLEN.\\nJames A. Mcllen, b. Nov. 14, 1818, m. Sybil, dr.\\nof Henry Ballou, June, 1839 lived where his widow\\nstill resides. Had Arvilla J., b. Feb. 15, 1844;\\nJames H., b. June 28, 1846 John, b. April 9, 1848\\nHiram E., b. Dec. 11, 1851 Almira L., b. Oct. 10,\\n1854. H^ d- Nov. 12, 1870.\\nHiram E. Mcllen James A. m. Eunice N.,\\ndr. of Danvers Martin, Nov. 21, 1875. lives on\\nhis father s place. Had Clarence B., b. Aug. 6,\\n1878; Roy, b. April 26, 1882.\\nIsaac N. Mellcn^ from Hopkinton, Mass., 1877, b.\\nNov. 26, 1826, m. Sarah Phipps, b. Oct. 19, 1824,\\nd. Oct. II, 1848; lives on the Jerrill Curtis place.\\nHad Edward P., b. Sept., 1849; Frederick M., b.\\nDec. 10, 1851 Charles H., b. March 16, 1854, d.\\nApril 21, 1861 Herbert L., b. Nov. i, 1855 Anna\\nA.,b. Nov. 21, 1857; Lilla G., b. May 26, 1863.\\nIsaac N. d. Dec, 1883.\\nMERRIFIELD.\\nCyrus Merrifield, from Barre, Mass., m., April 12,\\n1835, Jemima Morse lived on the Oliver Perry farm,\\nknown as the Dr. Ware place. She d. 1867.\\nHorace Mei-rifeld Cyrus m. Maria Morse;\\nlives where his father lived. Had Mary and\\nLeonard.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "7 OWN OF RICHMOND. 445\\nMILLER.\\nEbcnczer Miller was f. s. on L, 7, R. i, 1784, the\\nplace now owned by Danvers Martin.\\nH. W. W. Miller, a temperance and anti-slavery\\nlecturer, from Vermont, came to town 1848. Through\\nhis influence the old Wakefield tavern was purchased\\nby a company formed for the purpose of transforming\\nit into a temperance house, which was kept by Miller\\nas such about two years.\\nHe shone like meteoric light\\nFlashing through the skj\\nNought was left the gazer s sight\\nOn which he might rely.\\nMOWRY.\\nLevi Mozvry m., Feb. 8, 1778, Rachel, dr. of\\nSilas Taft lived on L. 11, R. 12, known as the\\nNathan Bolles place, now owned by Frank E. Naro-\\nmore. He d. 181 2.\\nMULLEN.\\nAlbert M. Mullen, from Peru, Vt., m. Irena, dr.\\nof Ezra Martin, jr., Nov. 28, 1868; lives on the\\nSalmon Martin farm. Had Mary J., b. June 17,\\n1869; Charles A., b. July 9, 187 1 Willie E., b.\\nMarch 25, 1873 Josie E., b. Aug. 26, 1875, d. Aug.\\n28, 1878 Roy Lionel, b. July 17, 1881 Minnie I.,\\nb. March 20, 1883.\\nMUNROE.\\nJosef h Munroc was f. s. on L. 12, R. 10, known\\nas the Peleg Taft place. He d. Dec. 14, 1770.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "44^ HISTORY OF THE\\nNAROMORE.\\nNathaniel Naroniorc, son of Abiel Naromore, from\\nWinchester, b. Dec. i6, 1788, m., April 29, 1810,\\nAnna, dr. of George Buftum. Lived where Andrew\\nDodge now resides. Was a carpenter; d. Feb. 6,\\n1869, aged 80; she d. April 5, 1863, aged 72. Had\\neight children, viz. Harriet, b. Nov. 18, 1810, m.\\nElisha M. Holbrook Diancy, b. July 24, 1812, m.\\nSilas Whipple 2d; Roselma, b. Jan. 9, 1814, m.\\nAbel Marshall, of Lunenburg; Charlotte, b. Aug.\\n20, 1815, m. Charles M. Roper, d. July 17, 1837\\nGeorge A., b. Dec. 12, 1817, d. 1818 Nathaniel, b.\\nMay 16, 1819; George B.,b. April 26, 1822; Sarah,\\nb. Feb. 16, 1824, m. Sumner Downs, of Boston.\\nNathaniel Naromore^ jr. Nathaniel m. Abbie\\nM. Taylor. Owns the James Kingsley place, also\\nthe Jedediah Buftum farm, and has recently bought\\nthe Woodbury mills. Had ten children, viz. Char-\\nlotte M., b. March 5, 1841, ist m. Charles Johnson,\\n2d m. Thomas B. Clark; Mary H., b. June 4, 1843,\\nist m. Enoch Aldrich, 2d m. Andrew Jackson Sum-\\nner P., b. Nov. 3, 1845, lives in New Haven, Ct.\\nAlbert H., b. July 20, 1847; Clarence H., b. April\\n30, 1849; Frank E., b. March 10, 1852; Frederick\\nJ., b. July II, 1854; Etta F., b. Aug. 11, 1857, m.\\nCharles S. Hale; Lillian F., b. April 12, 1859,\\nJohn Briggs; Willie E., b. May 24, 1861.\\nGeorge B. Naromore Nathaniel ist m. Abbie\\nMarshall, of Lunenburg 2d m. widow Mary Ware,\\nof Fitchburg. He lived on the Dr. Parkhurst place\\na number of years, then removed to Lunenburg, and\\nnow resides in Fitchburg. Had Elizabeth S., Fanny\\nE., George E., and three that died in infancy.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 447\\nFrank E. Naromore Nathaniel Nathaniel\\nm., March i6, 1879, I^ena L., dr. of Nathaniel Bry-\\nant. Lives on the Nathan Bolles place.\\nFrederick y. Naromore Nathaniel Nathaniel\\nm., Jan. 15, 1871, Addie, dr. of Wheaton C. Jillson.\\nLives at the mills. Had Frank B., b. May 3, 1872\\nFred. N., b. Feb. 22, 1875 5 Victor E., b. Aug. 22,\\n1877 Blanche M., b. Aug. 25, 1879 Minnie L., b.\\nJune 7, 1882.\\nWillie E. JSFaroniore Nathaniel Nathaniel\\nm. Mary A. Ballon. Lives at the mills.\\nNASON.\\nAlvin IVason came from Marlboro 1828 m. Phebe\\nWhitcomb, of Swansey. Lived on a place north-\\neast of the Noah Aldrich farm, which was first settled\\nby Ichabod Grossman. No record of family. He d.\\nin Concord, N. H., state-prison.\\nNELSON.\\nEzekiel Nelson, from Hebron, N. Y., m., April\\n16, 1816, Ruth, dr. of John Harkness. He settled\\non part of L.. 13, R. 2, north of the Benjamin Buftum\\nplace, where he built a log house and lived several\\nyears thence he removed to the Jona. Sweet farm,\\n1832, and finally went to Warwick, 1835, where he d.\\nMay 29, 1854, aged 78; she d. Sept., 1859, aged 64.\\nHad Horatio A., b. Oct. 22, 1816 Eliza, b. July 31,\\n1818, d. 1853 E. Melissa, b. June 3, 1820 John M.,\\nb. June 9, 1822, d. 1826; Mary, b. Nov. 7, 1824, d.\\n1832; Lafayette, b. Jan. 2, 1827, d. in the late war,\\n1863; Ezekiel v., b. Oct. 25, 1829; George W., b.\\nFeb. 22, 1832.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OF THE\\nHoratio A. Nelson Ezekiel m., June, 1841,\\nMaria D. Davison, of Burlington, Vt. He first en-\\ngaged in peddling wooden ware about 1840 he re-\\nmoved to Montreal, C. E., where, in company with\\na Mr. Butters, he commenced manufacturing and sel-\\nling wooden ware. This business he continued to\\nenlarge, until finally he had two large stores filled\\nwith American and European fancy goods. One of\\nthese was at Montreal, and the other at Toronto, and\\neach was in charge of two of his sons. He was for\\nfourteen years alderman in the City Council of Mon-\\ntreal. In 1878 he was elected a member of the Cana-\\ndian Parliament he held various other offices of\\nhonor and trust. The following, from the Canadian\\nBiographical Dictionary, shows the high regard en-\\ntertained for his memory\\nA man of the old Puritan type of character, which in his case has\\nnever been impeached or suspected of blemish. No community can\\nhave too many citizens of his class.\\nHe d. Dec. 24, 1882; she d. June 25, 1882. Had\\nten children, of whom seven are now living.\\nEzekiel V. Nelson^ Ezekiel m. A. Melissa, dr.\\nof Enoch Sprague, Lives in Royalston, and is one\\nof the more enterprising and successful farmers in\\nthe town.\\nNEWELL.\\nyosefh Ne-velU b. in Cumberland, 1744, m., 1770,\\nCatherine Aldrich, b. 1756. Was f. s. on L. 16, R.\\n7, known as the Ben. Newell place. Removed to the\\nArtemas Aldrich farm, about 1792, where his son\\nJoseph has since lived. The buildings he erected on\\nthe former place are now all gone. He d. April 9,", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "TOWN OP RICHMOND. 449\\n1814, a^ed 71 she d. April 4, 1833, aged 77. Had\\nten children, viz. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1771 Iluldah,\\nb. Jan. 25, 1772, m. Levi Randall Joseph and Ben-\\njamin, twins, b. Feb. 24, 1776; Job, b. Oct. 6, 1779;\\nJonathan, b. Aug. 6, 1781 John, b. Oct. 13, 1783\\nCatherine, b. Sept. 10, 1785, m. Rufiis Taft Asa, b.\\nSept. I, 1787 Arnold, b. Oct. 21, 1789; Rhoda, b.\\nDec. 25, 1791, 1st m. George BulTiim, jr., 2d m.\\nStephen Rice, ofChesterlield.\\nJoseph Nc-Lvell Joseph m. Polly, dr. of Joseph\\nHammond, of Swansey. Succeeded his father on\\nthe Rev. Artemas Aldrich place. He d. Feb. 7,\\n1 861 she d. May 12, 1858. Had Joseph, b. March\\n5, 1802 Josiah, b. Oct. 27, 1804, d. in Boston about\\n1845 George, b. May 22, 1806,\\nBenjamin Nczvell Joseph ist m., Aug. 30,\\n1798, Patience, dr. of Jonathan Gaskill 2d m. Kez-\\niah, widow of Aaron Whipple, and dr. of John Cass,\\njr. Lived on the Ephraim Taft place. Removed to\\nhis father s old place, north of Sandy pond, and there\\nbuilt a new house, where he spent his last days. He\\nd. 1868 Patience d. Feb. 26, 1802 Keziah d. Had\\nthirteen children. By Patience had Job, b. Jan. 29,\\n1800; Gaskill, b. Jan. 29, 1802. By Keziah had:\\nPatience, b. Sept. 30, 1803, d. Sept. 19, 1805 Jason,\\nb. June 6, 1805 Thomas, b. March 30, 1807, lives\\nin N. Y. Lorenzo, b. June 22, 1809, d. inWoon-\\nsocket, March 23, 1850 Silence, b. June 29, 181 i,m.\\nJoseph Man; infant, b. Nov. 2, 1813, d. Lydia, b.\\nFeb. 13, 1815 Almira, b. June 6, 1817, m. Asa\\nPiper; Benjamin, b. Aug. 12, 1819 Joseph, b. Mar.\\n17, 1822, d. Oct. 26, 1849; Keziah, b. March 28,\\n1824, m. Asa Piper.\\n39", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF THE\\nJoseph JYewell jd Joseph Joseph m., Oct.\\n28, 1827, Harriet, dr. of Josiah Lawrence. Lived\\nwith his father. He died suddenly, Oct. 8, 1871 his\\nwidow and daughter continue on the old homestead.\\nHad Josiah L., b. April 22, 1828; Polly Angela, b.\\nNov. 14, 1830, m. Oscar Bennett.\\nGeorge Nczvell Joseph Joseph removed to\\nPawtucket, R. L, where for many years he was en-\\ngaged in the lumber business. Has a wife, but no\\nchildren.\\nBeujainin Newell, jr. Benjamin Joseph m.\\nSarah Walker, of Woonsocket, where he lived some\\nyears. Removed to Richmond, and lived with his\\nfather, when he enlisted in Company F, 14th Reg.\\nN. H. volunteers, and d. Oct., 1864, of disease con-\\ntracted in the service. Had George W., b. Nov. 30,\\n1845 Emil3 ,b. Sept. i, 1847 Benjamin, b. 1849, d.\\nApril, 1880 Amanda E., b. April 16, 1852 Thomas\\nW., b. Aug. 16, 1854; Lorin S., b. Oct. 25, 1856;\\nMoses R., b. Aug. 18, 1861.\\nyosiah L. A^ewell Joseph Joseph Joseph\\nm. Mary, dr. of Abner Barden, Nov. 26, 1856.\\nLives on the Otis Cass place. No children.\\nGeorge W. Newell Benjamin Benjamin Jo-\\nseph was never married. Was town clerk four\\nyears, and was licensed to preach by the Methodists.\\nHe d. Nov. 1879.\\nNathan Nezuellm., March 27, 1806, Delila, dr. of\\nReuben Wheeler, of Marlboro Removed from\\nTroy to the house now owned by Willard Randall,\\nabout 1825. Was a blacksmith, and his shop was", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 45 1\\nopposite the Dr. Parkhurst house. He d. May 2,\\n1835 sl^t; d. Oct. 16, 1862. Had Amos W., b. Aug.\\n13, 1806; Annie, b. June 22, 1809, m. Aaron Whee-\\nler, and lived in Swansey, d. some years ago Nathan\\nF., b. July 31, 1820.\\nAmos W. New ell Nathan m. Sarah L. Lar-\\nkin. Is a blacksmith at middle of the town. Lives\\nin the house built by Amos Bennett.\\nNathan F. Newell^ Nathan m. Emily B.,\\ndr. of Luke Harris. Has lived in Mass., N. Y., and\\n111., and now resides in East Swansey. Is a black-\\nsmith and machinist. Had Edgar L., b. July 26,\\n1750, m. F. E. Fisher Leonard A., b. Feb. 12, 1858,\\nm. N. I. Lewis; Emma F., b. Jan. 30, 1862, m.\\nChester L. Lane. He d. 1884.\\nJohn Newell was a shingle-maker from New\\nSalem. Came to town about 1830; often lived in\\nshanties in the woods had a home for some years with\\nDavid Buffum was somewhat cranky, and was a\\ngreat lover of old cider. The spiritual afflatus in_\\nduced by its immoderate use caused him to preach", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "452 HISTORY OF THE\\nby the wayside by night and by day. He spoke of\\ngarments dipped in blood, of the thunders of\\nMount Sinai, and of the wonders of the transit of\\nVenus. He died 1865.\\nTo heights sublime sometimes he soared,\\nBut of the lower depths more often roared\\nSometimes on all his blessings fell,\\nMore often all he sent to hell.\\nNEWTON.\\nReuben Newton came from Royalston, 1838. Lived\\non the Jona. Thurber farm. Sold to Joseph N. Taft.\\nNORWOOD.\\nFrancis JVorzvood, blacksmith, and f. s. on L. 8,\\nR. II. His house was near the big rock on the\\npresent Winchester road, and on the old road first\\nlaid through the town. He was among the first of\\nthe early settlers. Had two sons, viz. Francis, who\\nm., July 9, 1778, Lydia Barney; and Micajah, who\\nm., Feb. 5, 1792, Lydia Cooper, and removed to\\nSwansey. No other record of family.\\nCharles JVorzvood, from North Reading, ist m.\\nMary Hart; 2d m., Oct. 6, 1852, Phebe, dr. of\\nJeremiah Bolles 3d m. Olive, dr. of Timothy Pick-\\nering lived on the Jeremiah Bolles place from 1855\\nto 1874 h^s kept the store at the Four corners since\\n1877. Had by Mary: Mary, b. April 18, 1840, d.\\nJan. 2, 1863; Clara, b. May 2, 1842; John E., b.\\nJune 28, 1846. By Phebe had Florence, b. Feb. 6,\\n1855 Nellie, b. April 29, 1859.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 453\\nyohn E. JVorwood Charles is unmarried; has\\ncharge of the old corner store at the Four corners\\nwas out in the 14th N. H. in the late war; was rep-\\nresentative to the General Court, 1883, and is now\\ntown treasurer.\\nNOURSE.\\nBrozun Nou7-sc m. Mary Wheeler, of Troy was\\nfrom Boxboro opened a store at the Four corners,\\n1831 removed to Troy, 1835. Had Mary Jane, b.\\nAug. 2, 1833. He d. in Fitchburg she d. in Troy.\\nNUTTING.\\nJohn Nuttings from New Ipswich, 1870, bought\\nthe Woodbury mills. He d. March 6, 1876. Had\\nsix children, four of whom came with him, viz.\\nJohn P., Oliver J., b. Aug. 9, 1848; Laura M., and\\nJennie, m. George Sprague.\\nyohn P. JVutting John m. Lizzie, dr. of Asa\\nBullock lived at the mills with his father. Had\\nVictor P., b. June, 1875, removed to Lyme, N. H.,\\nDec, 1882.\\nOliver y. Nutting John m., Dec. 2, 1873,\\nClara Wetherly, of New Ipswich lives now on the\\nHenry Rice place. Had four children, viz. Cora\\nM., b. April 10, 1876; John G., b. Sept. 16, 1877;\\nStella L., b. Oct. 3, 1879; Myrta C, b. Nov. 15,\\n1880; d. April 2, 1882.\\nORMSBY.\\nOliver Ormsby m. Alice, dr. of Deacon John Cass,\\nMarch 15, 1770. Had eight children, whose names", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "454 HISTORY OF THE\\nare now illegible on the records. A part of his chil-\\ndren were born in Charlemont, and in Buckland,\\nMass. He d. 1790. The family probably returned\\nto one of those places. We have the record of the\\nmarriage of Ebenezer Ormsby with Experience\\nClark, Nov. 29, 1787, and also of Joseph with Deb-\\norah Stone, Aug. 17, 1789. Ebenezer was prob-\\nably the f. s. on L. 15, R. i, the place where Reuben\\nand Laban Phillips lived.\\nRoyal Ormsby, the reputed son of Joseph Ormsby\\nand Nancy Linty, b. Dec. 23, 1786, ist m. Lydia\\n2d m. Mary Taft, dr. of Nathaniel, March 5,\\n181 2. He was a blacksmith, and had a shop north\\nof Leason Martin s; removed to Monroe, Mass.,\\n1816. Had by Lydia Laura, b., Jan. 10, 1807\\nLouisa, b. Dec. 5, 1808.\\nPAGE.\\n\u00c2\u00a3lt Page, from Smithfield, b. Feb. 26, 1750, m.\\nSylvia was f. s. on L. 20, R. 11, the place\\nwest of the Saben farm. Had Caleb, b. Nov. i,\\n1776, m. Deborah Hammond, of Swansey, March\\n21, 1799; Stephen, b. May 11, 1779, m. Lucy Dar-\\nling, May 31, 1801 Joseph, m. Patty Marble,\\nof Winchester, March 22, 1800; Jeremiah, m. Han-\\nnah Robinson, Oct. 4, 181 1 Eli, m. Margery Mar-\\ntin, Jan. 25, 1816. All removed from town many\\nyears ago. Record of family incomplete.\\nPAINE.\\nAddison Paine, b. in Smithfield, April 4, 1824, son\\nof Tyler Paine, brought up by his grandfather Bas-\\nsett, m. Lucy, dr. of Elijah Harkness. He carried", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 455\\non the Harkness mill in company with Almando\\nBallon and, lastly, he lived on the Silas Ballon\\nfarm. He d. March 28, 1866. His widow is now\\ninsane in the hospital at Worcester. Had two drs.,\\nAlice and Medora.\\nPALMER.\\nDexter Palmer^ son of Alexander W. Palmer and\\nhis wife Betsey Alexander, brought up by Barnabas\\nBarrus, m. Eunice E. and by her had George\\nC, b. March 28, 1854; Susan M., b. Dec. 7, 1856;\\nHenry D., b. Aug. 7, 1859. soldier in the\\nlate war, and d. of disease contracted in the service.\\nHis widow m. Hiram Br3^ant.\\nPARKER.\\nReuben Parker ist m. Sarah, dr. of Thomas\\nWooley, June 19, 1759; Esther Townsend, of\\nTownsend, Mass. He was from Reading, Mass.\\nwas a blacksmith, and had a shop on the Wooley\\nplace, the first probably in town removed to the hill\\nwhich bears his name, 1765 was f. s. on the west\\nhalves of L. 3 and 4, R. 9. He d. Jan. 10, 1825,\\naged 91; Sarah d. Dec. 20, 1779; Esther d. Oct.\\n20, 1811. Had by Sarah Reuben, b. in Reading,\\nMarch 3, 1760; Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1761 Sarah, b.\\nSept. 2, 1763 Silas, b. Aug. 11, 1765 Benjamin, b.\\nJuly 3, 1767; Amos, b. Feb. 17, 1770; Jonathan, b.\\nNov. 25, 1771 Edmund, b. June 20, 1774; Mary\\nand Phebe, b. June 12, 1776, Phebe m. Jonathan\\nBolles. By Esther had Townsend, b. Oct. 9, 1781\\nEsther, b. Dec. 2, 1783; Jacob, b. March 3, 1786:\\nJohn, b. June 19, 1788; Samuel, b. April 14, 1790.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "456 HISTORY OF THE\\nThe elder sons of Mr. Reuben Parker removed from\\ntown quite early a number of them settled in the\\nnorthern part of the state, where they became active\\nand enterprising citizens, and were connected with\\nsome of the more important leading industries of that\\nsection. The old farm on Parker hill is still in pos-\\nsession of his descendants, Curtis and John Parker\\nan exceptional case in this town.\\nCharles Pai Jcer Reuben m. Sibbel Hix, Nov.\\n20, 1783 removed from town.\\nSilas Parker Reuben m. Lydia, dr. of Rufus\\nWhipple. Had Levi, b. Nov. 2, 1792 Silas, b.\\nApril 7, 1795 removed to Sugar hill, Lisbon, N. H.\\nJacob Parker Reuben ist m.,Jan. 11, 1811,\\nElizabeth, dr. of Ebenezer Blanding 2d m. Pru-\\ndence, dr. of Isquire Davis. Had no children\\nlived on his father s place with Samuel carried on\\nblacksmithing and farming. Both families ate at the\\nsame table, and had but one money-purse. He d.\\nOct. 16, 1848 Elizabeth d. Nov. 24, 181 1 Prudence\\nd. March 8, 1848.\\nToivnsend Parker Reuben m. L3 dia Ballou,\\nb. Jan. 24, 1783, dr. of Jared. Lived near Jacob and\\nSamuel, on part of his father s farm. He was in the\\nwar of 1812. He d. Sept. 2, i860; she d. Aug. 2,\\n1873. Children: Esther, b. Dec. 21, 1811, m. John\\nKimpton, lives in Stoneham Hannah, b. March 27,\\n1817, m. Ebenezer Swan, 4th; Sarah, b. April 21,\\n1820, m. F. L. Lindsay; John, b. Aug. 15, 1822.\\nSamuel Parker Reuben m., Jan. 8, 1814,\\nSally, dr. of Calvin Curtis, of Swansey. He d. Nov.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 457\\n13, i860 she d. Aug. 7, 1861. Had Eliza, b. March\\n.2, 1818, m. Ansel Harris; Curtis, b. April 13, 1825.\\nyohn Parke?- Townsend Reuben m. Omeria\\nC. Page, of Warren, N. H., Sept. 27, 1871. Lives\\nin a new house south of the old homestead. Chil-\\ndren Alice P., b. Feb. 16, 1874; William A., b.\\nDec. 7, 1876, d. March 13, 1877 Lydia E.,b. March\\n6, 1878 Albert G., b. Jan. 18, 1880.\\nCiirii s Parker Samuel Reuben m., June 6,\\n1849, Lovina, dr. of John Barrus. Lives on the old\\nhomestead. Had Theodore, b. Sept. 25, 1850 Clara\\nL., b. Sept. 10, 1852, m. Henry Tolman Rhoda E.,\\nb. Feb. 18, 1858, m. Lorie A. Howard; Benjamin\\nH., b. Jan. 30, i860, d. April 11, 1861 Jennie Mabel,\\nb. Aug. 12, 1863, m. Fred. N. Harris. Lovina d.\\nOct. 19, 1873.\\nPhilemon Parker, from Fitzwilliam, m. Rhoda,\\nwidow of Jacob Bp3 ce, 1814, and lived with her on\\nthe Elisha Perry place until 1822.\\nWindsor Parker, from Swansey, m. Olive Curtis,\\ndr. of Samuel, sr. Lived in the Nathaniel Taft house,\\n1828; removed to Providence, R. L\\nPARKHURST.\\nDr. John Parkhurst was b. in Marlboro N. H.,\\nFeb. 20, 1782. Studied medicine with Dr. Carter,\\nof Keene graduated at the Dartmouth Medical Col-\\nlege, and removed to Richmond about 1811 practiced\\nin town until 1840. When on a visit to his brother in\\nPenn. he d. in Sept. of that year. He m. Laura\\nGleason, Sept. 8, 1822. Had John, b. Feb. 13,", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "458 HISTORY OF THE\\n1823 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1825, m. Dr. Leander\\nSmith Joel G., b. Dec. 13, 1827. He d. Sept., 1840\\nLaura, his wife, d. Aug. 19, 1841. The children re-\\nmoved to Perm. Joel and Elizabeth d. in Penn.\\nyohn Parkhurst, jr. John m. Lucy, dr. of\\nCol. Stephen Buffum. Had Edgar, b. about 1841.\\nWas in trade a short time, about i84i- 2, with H.\\nB. Swan, at the Four corners. He soon after re-\\nmoved to Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Penn., where he\\nengaged in mercantile pursuits. From thence, in\\n1847, he removed to Elkland, in the same county,\\nwhere he continued in the business of merchandizing\\nuntil 1867, when he commenced the business of bank-\\ning, which he has followed ever since, together with\\nmanufacturing chemicals, and latterly has added to\\nhis other business the manufacture of chairs. By his\\nsagacity, perseverance, and business tact he has ac-\\nquired a competency. His son Edgar died in the\\nlate war.\\nPATCH.\\nyacob Patchy from Fitzwilliam, b. Feb. 25, 1789,\\nm., March 13, 1817, Eliza, dr. of John Harkness.\\nLived on the William Hills place, L. 14, R. i, now\\nowned by Eddie Putney. He afterwards carried on\\nthe farms of Stephen Buffum, Obed Harkness, and\\nGeorge Buffum. He removed to Templeton, 1837,\\nand from thence returned to Daniel Bassett s, 1840,\\nto Swansey, 1842. He and his wife d. in Fitchburg,\\nwith his son Lyman. Had Edwin, b. Oct. 4, 1817,\\nlives in South Royalston Angelina, b. Jan. 29, 1819,\\nd. Feb. 16, 1821 Jacob, b. March 25, 1821, went to\\nCalifornia; Lyman, b. Dec. 24, 1822; Lydia M., b.", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "JOHN PARKHURST, Jr.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 459\\nJuly lo, 1825, d. March 17, 1845 Eliza E., b. Oct.\\n17, 1827, m. Harvey Evans, d. Sept. 18, 1858 Isaac,\\nb. May 31, 1831, lives in Fitchburg John H., b.\\nSept. 14, 1835, lives Springfield, is road-master on\\nConn. R. R. Mary Jane, b. April 20, 1840, m.\\nGeorge Green, d. Aug. 30, 1865.\\nLyman Patch, son of Jacob, is a manufacturer and\\ndealer in stoves, tin ware, etc., in Fitchburg, Mass.\\nHe is one of the natives of the old town who have been\\neminently successful in his business operations is\\none of the leading men of Fitchburg, and is reputed\\nwealthy.\\nPERRY.\\nOliver Perry, from Mendon, m. Amy Streeter.\\nWas f. s. on L. 20, R. 2, known as the Dr. Ware, or\\nMerrifield place. Had eleven children, viz. John,\\nb. April 19, 1781 Edward, b. Sept. 9, 1782 Nahum,\\nb. July 4, 1784, d. in the war of 181 2 Alpheus, b.\\nApril 24, 1786, lived in Swansey Amy, b. June 15,\\n1788, m. John Martin Hannah, b. Oct. 11, 1791, m.\\nEzekiel White Oliver, b. May 19, 1794; Mary, b.\\nMarch 15, 1797, m. Amos H. Reed; Stephen, b.\\nMay 20, 1800; Jairus, b. June 25, 1804; Daniel, b.\\nNov. 29, 1806. He d. 1817.\\nJohn Perry Oliver m., Dec. 26, 1805, Tam-\\nasin, dr. of Moses Martin. Lived in Swansey. Had\\nNahum, Noah, and others. He d. Jan. 28, 1852.\\nNahum Perry Oliver m. Sall}^ White of Fitz-\\nwilliam, Nov. 27, 1806. Was a soldier in the war of\\n1812, and d. in the service; had Olive, b. Feb. 6,\\n1808 Judah, b. Aug. 2, 1808; Sally, b. Nov. 26,\\n1813 Luther, b. Nov. 24, 1815.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "460 HISTORY OF THE\\nyairus Perry Oliver m. Susan Harris. Had\\nStephen, George, Daniel O., Susan, Amasa, Lydia,\\nand Alvin. She d. July 16, 1865, aged 60.\\nDaniel Perry Oliver m. Lovina, dr. of Sal-\\nmon Martin. Lived on the Salmon Martin place.\\nHad Polly, m. Augustus Stratton Francis, lives in\\nWinchendon Harriet, b. Dec. 19, 1841, ist m. Lin-\\ncoln, 2d m. Davis Clarendon, lives in Winchendon.\\nHe d. Jan. 24, 1864, age 57 she d. July 30, 1872,\\nage 65.\\nNahum Perry John Oliver m. Arethusa, dr.\\nof George Martin 3d lived in Swansey. Had four\\nchildren, one of whom was B3 ron D., b. March 25,\\n1858.\\nNoah Pe7-ry John Oliver b. Dec. 23, 1815,\\n1st m. Savalla, dr. of Zephaniah Bowen, Nov. 26,\\n1843 2d m. Philanda A., dr. of Otis Whipple, jr.\\nlives on the Rev. Maturin Ballon farm, known also\\nas the Bump place. No children. Savalla d. Jan.\\n25, 1863.\\nByron D. Perry, son of Nahum, from Swansey,\\nm. Carrie Long, Nov. 26, 1879 lives on the Joseph\\nBuftum place.\\nElisha Perry, from Fitzwilliam, m., June 25, 181 2,\\nDiana, dr. of Jacob Boyce. He lived on the place\\nnow occupied by Nathaniel Hills removed to New\\nYork about 1840. Had Louisa, m. Henry Handy\\nJacob, Diana, and Lysander.\\nDavid Perry, from Warwick, m. Lydia, dr. of\\nEphraim Hix, June 18, 1798 lived north-east of the", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 461\\nold Hix place, near the woods where the school-\\nhouse has been moved.\\nPECK.\\nEzekicl Peck came to town about 1848, from\\nWeston, Vt. lived on the Stephen Harris farm until\\n187 1, when he removed to Troy. Had Joel, Orrin,\\nAnnette, and S. Malvina.\\nPETERS.\\nRichard Peters, from Cumberland, was f. s. on L.\\n20, R. 6. His house was on the west side of the\\nroad, north of the Joseph Newell place. He sold to\\nSimpson Hammond, 1776, and probably removed to\\nhis son Richard s, and lived on the opposite side of\\nthe road.\\nRichard Peters, jr., from Cumberland, was f. s.\\non L. 21, R. 5. His farm embraced both sides of\\nthe road, including the Martin Cass and Hendrick\\nMartin places removed to the farm now owned by\\nAlmon Twitchell, 1781, and there built the house,\\ntogether with the store, now standing on the premises,\\nabout 1795. He and his son Lemuel kept a public\\nhouse and store until about 1805, when the estate\\nwas sold to Benjamin Crooker. His wife was Mary,\\ndr. of Daniel Cass. Had Lemuel, b. July 21, i772\u00c2\u00bb\\n^Lary, b. Oct. 5, 1778, m. Joseph Weeks; and six\\nothers.\\nLemuel Peters Richard lived with his father,\\nas above stated, and mo\\\\ ed to Alabama about 1806.\\nHad by his wife Sarah, three children.\\nEhenezer Peters m., Nov. 21, 1771, Martha Al-\\ndrich, probably a sister to Nathan was f. s. on L.", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "462\\nHISTORY OF THK\\n17, R. 3, known since as the Reuben Bovven place.\\nHad five children.\\nIsrael Peters m., Dec. 11, 1783, Eunice Miller,\\nand had Elizabeth, b. June i, 1784. He lived south-\\nwest of Danvers Martin s.\\n4\\nDaniel Peters had a house on land formerly owned\\nby Zimri Bowen, south of the Benson place was in\\nthe habit of wearing a peaked red-cloth cap, with a\\ntassel on the top. The story is that one evening, on\\nreturning home, an owl lit upon this cap, under the\\nimpression, no doubt, that it was a hen, and that\\nPeters seized the owl, carried it home, and cooked it\\nfor dinner. This incident gave rise to the following\\nlines\\nDaniel Peters caught an owl, for a fowl,\\nFor to make a stew\\nHe killed a rat for its fat,\\nAnd said he d make it do.\\nPHILLIPS.\\nIsrael Philltfs m. Amit^s probably a sister of\\nAnthony Harris; was f. s. on L. 6, R. 3, the place", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 463\\nnow owned by Mrs. Amos A. Flint. He removed to\\nSaratoga Co., N. Y., nearly one hundred years ago.\\nHad Abraham and William.\\nReuben Phillips^ ist m. (name unknown) lived\\non L. 15, R. I, the place north of the William Hills\\nfarm. Had Laban, Sylvia, and others. 2d m. Pru-\\ndence, dr. of Stephen White, of Fitzwilliam, and by\\nher had Reuben, Asa, Cynthia, and others. No\\nrecord of family.\\nLaban Phillips Reuben m., July 7, 1799,\\nHannah, dr. of William Hills lived on a part of a\\nlot south of his father s. Had John, Reuben, and\\nHannah. He left town, 1816.\\nPICKERING.\\nyohn Picker ino- came from Salem about 1778:\\nbought of Stephen Kimpton his farm, L. 3, R. 4, the\\nplace now owned by William T. Carter, known as\\nthe Seth A. Curtis place was the fifth in descent\\nfrom John Pickering, who came from England and\\nsettled in Salem, 1633. His lineage runs thus\\nJohn William John John John; and was a\\ncousin of Col. Timothy Pickering, who was also\\ncalled Judge Pickering, and was the author of\\nPickering s Reports. Had twelve children, viz.\\nNathaniel, Theophilus, Hannah, m. Samuel Welling-\\nton Jonathan, Timothy, b. 1781 Betsey, m. John\\nBallou Samuel, David, Lois, m. Abner Thurber\\nEunice, b. in Salem, m. Brooks Gale Sarah, m.\\nNathaniel Marshall.\\nXatJuDiicl Pickering- John m. widow Olive\\nButfum, dr. of Jonathan Gaskill, Dec. 9, 1790. Had", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF THE\\nEbenezer, Hannah, and Tamer. Removed to Ver-\\nmont.\\nThcophilns Pickering John m., Feb. 12, 1797^\\nSarah, dr. of Jeremiah Bullock. Removed to Ver-\\nmont.\\nyonatkan Pickering John m., March i, 1805,\\nMary, dr. of Joseph Cass. Had six children, viz.:\\nLouisa, Polly, Josiah, Justus, Albert, and Mary Ann.\\nRemoved.\\nTimothy Pickering John ist m. Martha, dr.\\nof Thomas Kelton, of Warwick; 2d m., Au^. 15,\\n181 2, Nellie, sister of Martha Kelton. He was a\\ncarpenter lived in the house now owned by Henry\\nRice, at the Four corners. He d. May 25, 1844;\\nMartha d. Aug. 26, 181 1 Nellie d. Nov. 22, 1862,\\naged 76. Had by Martha: Eunice, b. Jan. 4, 1803,\\nm. Eli Howe, May 27, 1823, d. May 25, 1825\\nNathaniel, b. April 30, 1805, removed to Illi-\\nnois, 1835 Horace, b. Jan. 29, 1808 removed to Il-\\nlinois Martha, b. April 21, 1811, d. 1878 in\\nIllinois. By Nellie had Thomas K., b. Oct. 19,\\n1812, d. Oct. 16, 1813 David, b. April 13, 1814, d.\\nAug. 13, 1835 Alanson,b. Oct. 28, 1815 Sylphina,\\nb. Aug. 18, 1817, m. Ransom Ingalls Olive, b. Jan.\\n27, 1820, 1st m. Joseph R. Buffum, 2d m. Charles\\nNorwood; Timothy, b. Oct. 30, 1821, m. Arvilla\\nWilliams, d. in Swansey, March 16, 1852 John, b.\\nNov. 27, 1823, removed to Cascade, Id., d. at Louis-\\nville, Ky., while on his way to join the army, 1865\\nVan Rensselaer, b. March 29, 1826, m. Annah, dr.\\nof Seth A. Curtis, lives in Pascoag, R. I., is an ex-\\npressman Amaziah K., b. July 28, 1832, lives at", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 465\\nEagle Grove, Wright Co., la. Lovel K., b. April\\n20, 1834, Martha J., dr. of Nicholas Cook, d. in\\nPhiladelphia, 1882.\\nSamuel Pickering John m., Nov. 22, 1807,\\nOlive, dr. of Jedediah Buffum, jr. He lived first on\\nthe William Garnsey place, and from thence removed\\nto the place now owned by the widow of Jonathan\\nCass. He removed to Winchester, 1824. Had Fer-\\ndinand, b. March 22, 1809; Loren, b. July 31, 1812\\nAlcander, Alvira, and Samuel.\\nFerdinand Pickering Samuel John settled\\nin Winchester was a good mechanic he as well as\\nhis father was quite deaf; he was killed while walk-\\ning on the Ashuelot railroad by an approaching train,\\nthe signals of which he failed to hear.\\nSamuel Pickering Samuel John m. Lorina,\\ndr. of Kendall Fisher he lived with his father on the\\nold Caleb Alexander place in Winchester. He d.\\nwhen about 25 years of age.\\nLoren Pickering, son of Samuel, lives in San\\nFrancisco, Cal. is editor of the San Francisco\\nMorning Call. He was for some years editor of a\\npaper in St. Louis, Mo. He evidently ranks with\\nthe first journalists in the country.\\nRev. David Pickering John was self-educated,\\nand was a Free-Will Baptist at first, but was con-\\nverted to Universalism by Rev. Paul Dean. He was\\nsettled in Shrevvsbur} Vt., in Lebenon, N. H., and\\nin Hudson, N. Y. He took charge of the first\\nUniversalist church in Providence, R. I., 1823 was\\n30", "height": "3197", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF THE\\neditor of the Christian Telescope, published in\\nProvidence, from 1824 to 1828, and author of\\nLectures on Defence of Divine Revelation, 1831\\npublished a hymn-book, 1828, and was editor of the\\nGospel Preacher, 1828. He removed from Provi-\\ndence to western New York, and finally removed\\nto Ypsilanti, Mich., where he d. Jan. 6, 1859.\\nAlanson Pickering Timothy John m. Phi-\\nanda M., dr. of Benoni Ballon, May 28, 1840 was\\na carpenter and wheelwright; had a shop where\\nMrs. Vienna Scott s house stands. He d. Jan. 21,\\n1849; ^ug., 1882. Had three children, viz.\\nCharles F., b. May 25, 1841 Warren A., b. Sept.\\n7, 1844; Sarah Jane, d. in infancy.\\nCharles F. Pickering Alanson Timothy\\nJohn 1st m. Mary C. Bemis, of Dummerston 2d\\nm., March 28, 1883, Ida M., dr. of Jonas Wheeler.\\nHe built and lived in the house next east of Benoni\\nBallou s. Had by Mary C. Lillian M., b. July 10,\\n1867, d. in infancy; Ernest C, b. Sept. i, 1868;\\nMary A., b. Nov. i, 1872, d. in infancy.\\nWarren A. Pickerifig Alanson Timothy\\nJohn is m. and is a policeman in New Haven, Ct.\\nwas in the service in the late war.\\nWilliatn Pickerings who was a brother of John,\\nfrom Salem, bought, about 1780, Silas Gaskill g,\\nfarm, and lived on the same until about 1795, when\\nhe removed to Warwick. He m., Nov. 18, 1781,\\nPhiladelphia, dr. of Stephen Kimpton, and had\\nHannah, b. Oct. 8, 1784; also William and Tamer,\\nand perhaps some others.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 467\\nPICKETT.\\nErnest L. Pickett^ son of Hosea G., of Winchester,\\nm. Alma I., dr. of Ambrose Swan; was a black-\\nsmith at the Four corners, 1882. Had Leon E., b.\\nJune 6, 1882.\\nPIPER.\\nAsa Piper ist m. Almira, dr. of Benjamin Newell,\\nDec. 21, 1836 2d m. Keziah, sister of Almira, Dec.\\n28, 1848; 3d m., Nov. 20, 1859, Caroline Starkey,\\ndr. of James BufFum. He came to Richmond, from\\nOrange, about 1845 lived on the Bassett place, at\\nthe Four corners built a steam saw-mill at the Four\\ncorners about 1854. He d. Oct. 5, 1865 Almira d.\\nFeb. 23, 1848; Keziah d. Jan. i, i860. Had by\\nAlmira Volney, who m. Julia Cole, and now lives\\nin East Templeton. He was a soldier in the late\\nwar.\\nPOTTER.\\nMoses Potter m. Lovisa, dr. of Richard Peters,\\nNov. 21, 1793; was licensed as an innkeeper at the\\nCrooker place. Had five children.\\nStephen Potter, from Swansey, m. Martha, dr. of\\nNathan Aldrich lived on his wife s place, the house\\nbuilt and occupied by her father. He d. Dec. 15,\\n1863, ai;fed 97, the greatest age of any man in town.\\nShe d. Aug. 4, 1853, aged 67.\\nPOWERS.\\nDavid Powers, b. in Phillipston, March 25, 1783,\\nremoved from Petersham to Richmond, April i,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF THE\\n1820. He bought the Wakefield tavern, at the Four\\ncorners sold the same to Stephen Wheeler, jr., about\\n1830; removed to Royalston, April i, 183 1, and\\nfrom thence to Hardwick, April i, 1834.\\nMary Gleason, at Langdon, N. H., Feb. 17, 1814.\\nHad Avalina C, b. in Petersham, Nov. 12, 1814, m.\\nArad Walker, 1833 Lysander, b. in Petersham,\\nNov. 28, 1816 Mary, b. in Richmond, July 21,\\n1821, d. Nov. I, 1824; Louisa, b. Nov. 11, 1823,\\nm. Edward Dexter; Mary Angelia, b. Feb. 16,\\n1829, m. Windsor Gleason; Julia A., b. Nov. 20,\\n1831, m. Alfred Robinson. David Powers d. Dec.\\n17, 1866, aged 83 Mary, his wife, d. June 29, 1844,\\naged 53.\\nLysander Power s, son of David, m. Hannah Dex-\\nter, of Hardwick, June 8, 1842, where he now re-\\nsides. He is a successful farmer in the town of his\\nadoption, well respected by his townsmen, and cer-\\ntainly an honor to the town of his early home.\\nPRESCOTT.\\nFred. Prcscott, son of Mrs. C. H. Doolittle, owns\\nthe house next west of Dan. Buffum s. He now\\nresides with his mother.\\nPUFFER.\\nOliver Puffer, son of Rev. Reuben Puffer, D.D.,\\nof Berlin, Mass., b. about 1800, m. Phebe Thayer,\\ndr. of Asa bought the Capron clothing works at\\nNorth Richmond, in company with Martin Sawver,\\n183 1 removed to New Salem, where he d., aged\\nabout 80.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 469\\nPUTNEY.\\nEz7 a Putney came to town about 1833 lived\\nseveral years on the place south of the road by the\\nNoah Aldrich place, and, lastly, on the Samuel Car-\\npenter farm removed to Fitzwilliam, 1854. Had a\\nson, David, who lives in Fitzwilliam. His wife d.\\nJan. 8, 1859, aged 72.\\nNahuni Putney, from Fitzwilliam, removed to the\\nplace settled by Josiah Woodward, and known as\\nthe Hill place, 1848. He d. in the late war. Had\\nby Julia, his wife: William C, George W., Henry,\\nb. Nov. 6, 1850; Susan, b. May 19, 1853; Eddie, b.\\nJuly 21, 1855 Harvey, b. March 7, 1858; Nahum,\\nb. Feb. 10, 1862.\\nWilliam C. Putney, son of Nahum, m. Serussa\\nBrown, Dec. 24, 1867. He owns and operates the\\nThornton mills manufactures lumber and pail-stuff.\\nHad Ellsworth, b. Aug. 26, 1868, and a dr., b. Feb.\\n9, 1874.\\nEddie Putney, son of Nahum, m. Hattie C. Car-\\npenter, Jan. II, 1880. He lives on his father s place.\\nHad Hattie S., b. 1881.\\nRAMSDELL.\\nAquilla Ramsdcll was a resident of the town\\nabout 1786. He probably lived on the place once\\noccupied by Capt. Abner Aldrich. He removed to\\nSwansey.\\nElisha Ranisdelh from Swansey, lived a few\\nyears on a place north of Reuben Bowen s, L. 19, R.\\n3 house on the east side of the Road. He occupied\\nthe place from 1830 to 1833.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF THE\\nRANDALL.\\nAbraham Randall, b. Nov. 24, 1731, came from\\nSmithiield, 1763, and was f. s. on L. 12, R. 8, known\\nas the David Buftum place. Was the ancestor of all\\nof the name in this vicinity. He was substantially\\nthe first settler, although it is probable that a small\\nclearing had been made by his wife s brother, a Mr.\\nLyon, the year before. He removed to Swansey\\nabout 1786. Had by his wife, Sarah Lyon, eleven\\nchildren, four of whom were born before his advent\\nin Richmond, viz.: Freelove, b. Jan. 11, 1754,\\nJonathan Wheeler; Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1756, m. An-\\nanias Aldrich Reuben, b. Jan. 27, 1760; Levi, b.\\nDec. 22, 1761 Wait, b. April 10, 1763 Sarah, b.\\nAug. 20, 1765, m. David Twitchell Rufus, b. Dec.\\n5, 1768; Asahel, b. April 30, 1770; Stephen, b. Feb.\\n15, 1774; Abraham, b. Oct. 7, 1778; William, b.\\nSept. 26, 1780. He d. 1804.\\nReuben Randall Abraham m. Mary Aldrich,\\nfrom Northbridge, a sister of Joseph Newell s wife.\\nWas f. s. on L. 17, R. 2 apparently the first and\\nlast occupant of the place. Had twelve children,\\nviz. Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1783, d. March 25, 1855\\nDavid, b. July 21, 1784; Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1785;\\nJoseph, b. June i, 1786; Rufus, b. June 29, 1792, d.\\nMarch 10, 1867 Sarah, b. July 19, 1794; Lydia, b.\\nApril 26, 1796, m. Amos Wheeler; Rhoda, b. June\\n12, 1798, m. Peregrine Wheeler; Silence, b. Nov.\\n25, 1800, d. young; Reuben, b. Nov. i, 1802 Levi,\\nb. June 8, 1805 Stephen, b. May 25, 1807, d. May,\\n1883. He d. Aug. 16, 1851, aged 91 she d. about\\n1830.\\nLevi Randall Abraham m. Huldah, dr. of\\nJoseph Newell, Nov. 12, 1792. Bought, 1801, of", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 47 1\\nDea. Simeon Thayer, his i arm, L. 14, R. 8, the\\nplace now owned by Walter N. Gay, and to the orig-\\ninal place he added the farms of Lot Aldrich, David\\nRobinson, and others. Built the house now standing\\non the premises, 1813. He d. July 3, 1843, age 82\\nshe d. May 16, 1861, aged 87. Had fifteen children,\\nviz.: Mary, b. Jan. 3, 1793, d. Feb. 15, 1828; Ben-\\njamin, b. July 28, 1794; Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1796;\\nLevi, b. Aug. 31, 1798; Huldah, b. Aug. 31, 1798,\\nd. March 24, 1803 Abraham, b. Aug. 16, 1800, d.\\nSept. 29, 1873 Lucy, b. July 15, 1802, d. April 12,\\n1803; Reuben, b. July 15, 1804, d. July 8, 1818;\\nElisha, b. Aug. 2, 1806, d. Nov. 10, 1809; Stephen,\\nb. March 9, 1808; Lyman, b. April 17, 1810, lives\\nin Pascagoula, Ala. Jonas, b. Nov. 14, 181 1, d. un-\\nmarried John, b. April 15, 1814, lives in Boston;\\nSilence, b. April 18, 1816, m. Edson Starkey David,\\nb. Feb. 24, 1819, lives in Waltham, Mass.\\nStephen Ratidall Abraham ist m. i799,Lydia\\nHammond, of Swansey 2d m. Cena Smith, 1816.\\nLived in Winchester.\\nWilliam Randall Abraham m. Sarah, b. Sept.\\n22, 1783, dr. of Uriah Parmenter 2d m., Aug. 18,\\n1835, widow Mahala Kelton. Removed from Swan-\\nsey to the place now owned and occupied by Amos\\nand William Garnsey about 1815. He d. April 11,\\n1859; Sarah d. June 26, 1834; Mahala d. Nov. 28,\\n1865. Had by Sarah nine children, viz. Willard,\\nb. Dec. 24, 1802 Uriah, b. Sept. 30, 1804, d. Aug.\\n9, 1806; Clarissa, b. Dec. 7, 1806, m. Amos Garn-\\nsey; Moses, b. Feb. 23, 1809; William, b. Aug. 7,\\n1811, d. June 18, 1813 Alfreda, b. March 23, 1814,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "472 HISTORY OF THE\\nm. Andrew Watrous William, b. Aug. 25, 1816;\\nRhoda, b. April 11, 1819, m. Ahaz Bassett Asahel,\\nb. July 26, 1822, d. Sept. 27, 1846.\\nDavid Randall Reuben Abraham m., 1824,\\nRuth, dr. of Moses Allen, jr. Lived with his lather.\\nHe d. April, 1836; she 2d m. Obed Harkness she\\nd. March 2, 1881. Had eight children, viz. David\\nF., b. April 19, 1825, d. in Springfield; Reuben G.,\\nb. Sept. 26, 1826, is cashier of bank, Woonsocket,\\nR. I. Hannah, d. in infancy Moses A., b. Oct. 20,\\n1829, d. April 20, 1851 Stephen L., b. March 13,\\n1831 Samuel, b. March 13, 1831, d. in infancy;\\nThomas A., b. Aug. 4, 1834, cotton broker in\\nProvidence, R. I. Benjamin F., b. July 25, 1836,\\ncotton broker, New Bedford.\\nStephen Randall Levi Abraham ist m.,\\nOct. 2, 1831, Diancy, dr. of Luther Cook. Lived on\\nhis father s place until 1869, when he removed to\\nKeene, where he now resides. Shed. Oct. 12, 1882.\\nHad Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1832, m. Asa H. Bullock;\\nStephen W., b. Oct. 4, 1840, d. Aug. 6, 1841 Levi\\nW., b. May 13, 1842; David L., b. Nov. 23, 1844;\\nElbridge G., b. Feb. 13, 1853 Stephen Byron, b.\\nFeb. 12, 1857, d. Dec. 12, 1882. He 2d m. Clara F.\\nFarnum, Dec. 27, 1883.\\nyoseph Randall Levi Abraham m. Mary,\\ndr. of David Holbrook removed, about 1823, to Mc-\\nDonough, Chenango Co., N. Y., where he died, and\\nthe family returned to Richmond, about 1842. Had\\nDavid R., b. Aug. 21, 1818, was a lawyer in Penn-\\nsylvania, d. Susan, b. Feb. 11, 1820, m. Austin\\nBrown Ardelia C, b. Oct. 28, 1824, m. Joseph Ham-", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "Hon. DAVID RANDALL.\\n(See page 473.)", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 473\\nmond, d. Marv, b. June 28, 1826, m. John A. Bryant\\nSarah A., b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. Samuel Gates, of\\nKeene Louisa, b. June 2, 1830, m. Dr. Samuel\\nWright; C3mthia, b. May 3, 1832; Elnorah E., b.\\nJan. 28, 1837. Mrs. Randall, Ardelia, Mary, and\\nSarah are now dead.\\nDavid Randall Lei^i Abraham ist m. Laura\\nJ., dr. of Moses Tyler; 2d m., June 24, 1869, Grace\\nRobie. By Laura had D. Byron, b. 1846 Laura\\nEva, and Addie Laura J. d. July, i860. By Grace\\nhad Albert W. He is a merchandise broker in Boston\\nlives in Waltham has been president of the Waltham\\nLoan Association, trustee of the Waltham Savings\\nbank, representative of the General Court three\\nyears, and senator two years. He has accumulated\\nan ample fortune.\\nWillard Randall William Abraham m.,\\nMarch 23, 1829, Cyrene, dr. of George Aldrich 3d, of\\nSmithfield first carried on cloth-dressing at Guinea,\\nthen lived on the Levi Mowry place removed to\\nthe Four corners, 1838, and has since carried on\\nblacksmithing. Had George W., b. Sept. 6, 1830;\\nSarah O., b. Sept. 29, 1836, m. Jonathan C. Bryant;\\nPascal, b. May 10, 1844, d. 1846. Has been suc-\\ncessively selectman and moderator, and also repre-\\nsentative to General Court.\\nMoses Randall William Abraham ist m.\\nMarietta Jenks 2d m. Betsey Walker; lived on the\\nNathan Bullock farm one year has been overseer in\\na factory at Woonsocket most of his life now resides\\nin East Blackstone, on a farm.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF THE\\nWilliam Randall William Abraham m.\\nEliza Hatch; was overseer in a factor}^ lastly, lived\\nin Franklin, and there d., iS8i. Had William H., b.\\n1859.\\nGeorge W. Randall Willard William Abra-\\nham m., Oct. 18, 1854, Hannah, dr. of Nicholas\\nCook lived in Troy removed to the Enos Hol-\\nbrook farm, where he now resides. Had Walter G.,\\nb. Aug. 20, 1856.\\nStephen L. Randall David Reuben Abra-\\nham, m., April, 1852, Nancy, dr. of Silas Whipple;\\nis a merchant in Keene. Had Ida E., b. Nov. 11,\\n1853, m. Henry F. Holbrook, Dec. 31, 1873 Clara\\nE., b. April 4, 1859; Eva M., b. June, 1864.\\nRAWSON.\\nSimeon Razuson, from Orange, 1787, bought the\\nplace where Daniel Cass and his son Jonathan lived\\nremoved from the place, about 1793, to some place on\\nWhipple hill.\\nJosiah Rawson^ son of Josiah Rawson, of War-\\nwick, m. Sarah, dr. of Robert Buffum came to\\ntown, 1804; succeeded William Buffum in trade at\\nthe middle of the town. He removed to Richmond,\\nVt., and from thence went to Lenox, Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., where he d. May 8, 1861 she d. Feb. 6,\\n1848. Had nine children.\\nyonathan Razuson, son of Josiah Rawson, of War-\\nwick, m., March 27, 1808, Lavina, dr. of Esek\\nBuffum. He was the successor of his brother Josiah\\nin the store at the middle of the town. He d. Dec.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 475\\n24, 1843, aged 59; shed. Aug. 12, 1864, aged 77.\\nHad three children, viz. Alonzo, b. Feb. 2? 1809,\\nremoved to Louisville, Ky., and now lives in Chi-\\ncago; Orrin, b. Oct. 25, 1812, was a merchant in\\nWorcester and Boston, and finally removed to Ohio,\\nand d. in Louisville, Ky. Angela, b. Aug. 23,\\n1815, m. Uberto Bowen.\\nRAYMER.\\nyamcs Raywcr, b. Feb. 2, 1733, was f. s. on L. 6,\\nR. 7, 1770; the place was west of Jonathan Cass\\nHe d. 1808. Had a son, James. No record of family.\\nRAYNOLDS.\\nEli W. Raynolds, b. in Peacham, Vt., March i,\\n1813, m. Louisa Hart. She d. 1864. He lives on\\nthe widow Howe place, at the Four corners. Had\\nSarah Jane b. Nov. 22, 1841, m. Willard R.\\nGraves; George F., b. May 22, 1843, d. in the war,\\n1865: Mary Eliza, b. July 10, 1852, m. Albert E.\\nJillson, removed to Richmond from Swansey about\\n1870.\\nRAZEE.\\nJoseph Razee was f. s. on L. 10, R. 5, the same\\nbeing now a part of the farm of Amos Martin. Re-\\nmoved from town, 1777. Had eight children.\\nREAD.\\nDaniel Read, from Smithfield, was f. s. on L. 15,\\nR. 10, known as the Uriah Jillson or John Bennett\\nfarm. He removed to Swansey about 1784. Had\\nby Lydia, his wife Lydia, b. July 6, 1776.\\nDavid Read, from Rehobath, probably a brother of\\nDaniel, was f. s. on L. 17, R. 10, known as the", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "476 HISTORY OF THE\\nElijah Bolles place. Had by Lydia, his wife\\nRufus 0. May 31, 1778; Amy, b. July 26, 1780.\\nLie removed to Swansey about 1781. He m. Abi-\\ngail Daggett for his second wife, and had several\\nchildren. He d. 1819.\\nAjuos H. Read m., Nov. 24, 1819, Mary, dr. of\\nOliver Perry. He bought the Samuel Carpenter\\nfarm, known also as the South wick place, now\\nowned by Ebenezer Cook, 1814. No record of\\nfamily. He d. 1829 she d. Dec. 22, 1877, aged 80.\\nRICH.\\nReuben Rich removed from Winchester to the Sol-\\nomon Atherton farm, 1829. He made an exchange\\nof farms with William Black, who had previously oc-\\ncupied it. He m. Laura Lovell, a sister of Aldis\\nLovell,Esq., of Alstead. Had four children, viz.\\nAldis L., removed to Mount Clemens, Mich. Lewis\\nG., Caroline P., b. 1822, m. Rev. John Hunt, and\\nLaura M., who died young. He d. Feb. 21, 1863,\\nage 77 she d. Oct. 2, 1864, aged 68.\\nLewis G. Rich Reuben m. March 27, 1870.\\nwidow Barbara Spencer, dr. of Isquire Whipple.\\nLived on his father s place. Died, 1870, by suicide.\\nRICE.\\nCol. Henry Rice, b. in Providence, 1745, removed\\nto Richmond, 1805, with his two children, Henry B.,\\nand Mary Ann. Lived on the Joseph Wing farm,\\nknown also as the Col. Jillson place. He d. Oct. 17,\\n1820. His son d. previously his dr. m. Loomis, and\\nwent to Ct.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 477\\nHenry Rice, a distant relative of Col. Rice, wasb.\\nin Sudbury, April i6, 1770; m. Abigail Rice. He\\nfirst settled in Barre, Mass., 1801, from thence re-\\nmoved to Cambridgeport, and finally to Richmond,\\n1810. Lived with Col. Rice until his decease, and\\nafterwards resided on the Bump place, and the farm\\nrecently owned by his son Henry. He d. July 14,\\n1842 she d. April 26, 1846. Had Maria, b. Oct. 26,\\n1802, m. Daniel Martin Henry, b. July 29, 1805\\nGeorge G., b. Feb. 19, 1808, d. in Grafton; Martha\\nW., b. Oct. 22, 1809, m. Israel Martin.\\nHenry Rice, jr. Henry m., Dec. 13, 1832,\\nElizabeth, dr. of Robert Swan. Bought, 1830, the\\nfarm formerly owned by Gideon Man, jr., and there\\nlived until June, 1882, when he removed to the Pick-\\nering place at the Four corners. She d. Dec. 9, 1881\\nHad Abigail, b. Sept. 16, 1833, n^- Charles Colburn\\nDenzil S., b. May 5, 1836, d. June 8, 1882 Henry\\nH., b. Jan. 5, 1840, d. June 26, 1851 Caroline, b.\\nJune 30, 1845, d. Dec. 22, 1846; Amie Ann, b. Aug.\\n31, 1848.\\nROBINSON.\\nJohn Robinson (rom AtilGboYo m. Huldah Newell,\\nprobably a sister of Joseph, sr. Was f. s. on L. 17,\\nR. 8, known as the John Bolles farm, now owned by\\nMrs. Benjamin Bolles. Removed about 1783. Had\\nEzra, Mary, Sarah, Huldah, Peter, and Lucy.\\nTimothy Robinson was f. s. on L. 2, R. 10, known\\nas the Jared Ballou place, 1772. Removed from\\ntown about 1780.\\nDavid Robinson, probably a son of John, m., Nov.\\n18, 1807, Mary Fisher, sister of Laban Thornton s", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "47^ HISTORY OF THE\\nwife. He lived on L. 17, R. 7, north of the Ben.\\nNewell place. Had Sarah, a no7i compos, and prob-\\nably some others.\\nHarmon Robinson m., Jan. 29, 1826, Cyrintha\\ndr. of Thompson Thayer. Had Laprelate, b. June 5\\n1829; Fernando S.,b. Nov. 28, 1832. He came from\\nMaine.\\nROPER.\\nCharles Roper m. Charlotte, dr. of Nathaniel Naro-\\nmore. Was a blacksmith at the Four corners. She\\nd. July 17, 1837.\\nRUSSELL.\\nDavid Russell, probably from Smithfield, m. Eliz-\\nabeth Harris. Was f. s. on L. 14, R. 5, the lot west\\nof Zimri Bowen s. Had eight children recorded.\\nRemoved to Mount Holly, Vt., 1790.\\nSABEN.\\nIsrael Sahen, from Uxbridge, b. in Rehobath,\\nSept. 14, 1749, m. Beulah Albee, who was b. Sept.\\n26, 1749. He came to town about 1783 lived a short\\ntime near Martin s mills, and then he bought L. 20,\\nR. 10, the placenorth of the Elias Taylor farm built\\non the same a large two-story house, now gone. His\\nson Alfred lived with him. He d. about 1827 she\\nd. about 1826. Had thirteen children, viz. Timothy,\\nb. March 12, 1771, d. young; Chloe, b. Oct. 19,\\n1772, m. Simeon Thayer, jr. Alfred, b. Jan. 15,\\n1775 Lydia, b. Sept. 25, 1776, m. Jonathan Martin;\\nDarling, b. Sept. 14, 1778 Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1780,\\nm. Robert Martin Moses, b. Aug. 24, 1782, removed\\nto Newfane, Vt. Elizabeth, b. April 4, 1784, m.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n479\\nRobert Swan; Beulah, b. June ii, 1786, joined the\\nMormons; Lucy, b. April 4, 1788, m. Caleb Curtis;\\nIsrael, b. May 5, 1790? removed to Uxbridge Bene-\\ndict, b. May 6, 1792, removed to Winchester; Amy,\\nd. young.\\nAlfred Sahcn Israel m. Zerviah Thayer, dr. of\\nDea. Simeon, Dec. 9, 1798. He settled on L. 20,\\nR. 10, with his father, and was by trade a hatter.\\nHe d. May 9, 1845 she d. Aug. 8, 185 1. Children\\nTimothy, b. Aug. 30, 1800, m. Polly, dr. of Stephen\\nRandall, d. July 19, 1878; Benjamin, b. Aug. i,\\n1802, ist m. Almira Perrin, 2d m. Amy A. Hawkins,\\nd. Jan, 25, 1870; Daniel, b. Sept. 2, 1804, m. Al-\\nmina E., dr. of Maj. John Cass, d. Oct. 6, 1852 Bet-\\nsey, b. Sept. 28, 1806, m. Alvin Scott, d. Aug. 18,\\n1869; Augustus, b. Oct. 27, 1809, m. Augusta, dr. of\\nDaniel Temple, d. Jan. 12, 1842 Louisa, b. Feb. 3,\\n1812, d. Dec. 24, 1824 Simeon T., b. Jan. 16, 1815.\\nSimeon Sahen Alfred Israel m. Sarah, dr.\\nof John Starkey, April, 1840. Blacksmith. No chil-\\ndren. He lives in Gowanda, Cattaugus Co., N. Y.\\nDarling Saben Israel ist m. Phebe Mowry\\n2d m., Dec. 5, 1817, Hannah Shearman, dr. of Seth.\\nRemoved from Uxbridge, 1801 lived at Martin s\\nmills from 1807 to 1813, when he removed to Win-\\nchester. Had by Phebe Mowry, b. Nov. 24, 1801\\nLucy, b. Nov. 13, 1803, m. Levi Wheeler Sarah, b.\\nOct. 20, 1806, d. July I, 1832 Huldah, b. May 21,\\n1809, d. Oct. 14, 1838; Israel, b. Sept. i, 1811, d.\\nApril 12, 1839; Ruth, b. April 13, 1814, d. April 24,\\n1815. By Hannah had: Isaac, b. Dec. 30, 1818.\\nDarling d. Sept. 23, 1822, aged 44; Phebe, his wife,\\nd. Aug. 9, 1815, aged 35 Hannah d. Jan. 10, 1852.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "480 HISTORY OF THE\\nBenedict Sabcn Israel m. Hannah Tvvitchell,\\nof Winchester, March 29, 1818. He settled in Win-\\nchester, near where his son, Daniel T. Saben, now\\nresides. He d. Jan. 30, 1868; she d. Nov. 26, 1881.\\nSALISBURY.\\nWilliam Salisbury was f. s. on L. 2, R. 4, the\\nplace since occupied by Otis W^hipple, Russell Bal-\\nlon, and Jedediah Buftum, and now owned by Dennis\\nHarkness.\\nSCOTT.\\nyohn Scott was f. s. on L. 18, R. i ist m.\\n2d m. Joanna Brown, Nov. i, 1773; 3d m. Chloe\\nDaniels, Jan. 6, 1805. The place of his settlement\\nis now owned and occupied by Dexter Warren. Had\\nby his first wife: Mar} b. 1758, m. Moses Tyler,\\nEsq. John Lemuel, b. Feb. 24, 1763, first white\\nmale child b. in Richmond; Luke; Susanna, m.\\nTimothy Martin Jonathan. Record of the Scott\\nfamily very imperfect.\\nLemuel Scott John m., Nov. 7, 1788, Abi-\\ngail, dr. of Jonathan Cook lived on his father s\\nplace. He d. July 2, 1843, aged 80. Had Rachel,\\nb. March 5, 1790; Lurana, b. Dec. 30, 1792;\\nLemuel, b. Oct. 24, 1794; John, b. March 16,\\n1797; Abigail, b. Feb. 21, 1801, m. Dr. Darius\\nGarnsey Alvan, b. Nov. 2, 1804.\\nyohn Scott John m. Freelove Had\\nMary, b. Sept. 3, 1784; Jonathan Boyden, b. Jan.\\n5 1787 James Harvey, b. July 2, 1788.\\nLzike Scott John m., Nov. 30, 1786, Chloe\\nDarling lived on the Calvin White place. Had\\nJoanna, b. March 18, 1788.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 48 1\\nyonat/ian Scott John m., April 5, 1807, Sally,\\ndr. of Nathaniel Bolles.\\nyohn Scott Lemuel John ist m., Nov. 23,\\n1817, Mary, dr. of Cyrel Garnsey 2d m. Laura\\nWright, of Swansey. Lived on the Deacon Amos\\nGarnsey place, and from thence removed to the\\nGrindall Tha3 er farm. He d. Aug. 13, 1867 Mary\\nd. Sept. 21, 1837. I^y Mary had Lurana, m. Capt.\\nDavid Buftum John G., d. 1865; Mary Ann, m.\\nHenry Starkey, jr., d. Oct., 1865. By Laura had\\nEllen C, m. William R. Hunt: Charles W., m.\\nMary E. Morse; Walter, d. 1864; Jane, d. Aug. 3,\\n1861, aged 17. Laura, his wife, d. July 28, 1865,\\naged 59.\\nLemuel Scott Lemuel John m., Dec. 2,\\n1819, Rachel, dr. of Cyrel Garnsey lived on his\\nfather s place. He d. she d. Had Elvira, m.\\nElihu Field, lives in Iowa; Lemuel, Sarah A., never\\nm. Alonzo, m. Lucy Jennings.\\nAlvan Scott Lemuel John m. Betsey, dr. of\\nAlfred Saben, Dec. 24, 1826. His place was in the\\nterritory set off to Winchester, 1850. Had Louisa,\\nb. Aug. 8, 1828, d. April 19, 1854; Oscar A., b.\\nNov. 2, 1830; Alzina E., b. Nov. 25, 1832; Arvilla\\nA., b. March 15, 1836, d. Dec. 16, 1867; Warren\\nW., b. Dec. 14, 1838, d. Dec. 10, 1855; Jennie J.,\\nb. Sept. 18, 1840, d. Nov. 11, 1872; Henry A., b.\\nDec. 8, 1843. Alvan d. Dec. 23, 1873 Betsey d.\\nAug. 18, 1869.\\nyohn G. Scott John Lemuel John m.,\\nApril 25, 1848, Eliza Ann, dr. of Calvin Bryant.\\nHe removed to Warwick, and afterwards went to\\n31", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF THE\\nWinchester. Had Edgar, George, Arthur, Alice,\\nand Ellen. He d. Jan., 1865, and she 2d m. Fos-\\nter, of Keene.\\nLemuel Scott Lemuel Lemuel John m.\\nPhebe Mallard, of Warwick removed to Warwick,\\nand there kept a store. He died Sept. 29, 1858,\\naged 33.\\nSHAFTER.\\nJames Shaftcr lived in the north-west part of the\\ntown. The family removed to Athens, Vt. One of\\nhis sons was a judge of one of the Vermont courts.\\nHad James, Prudence, m. Jeremiah Barrus Mary,\\nm. Alles Thayer.\\nSMEAD.\\nJoseph B. Smcad, from Swansey, m., Nov. 16,\\n1842, Malvina, dr. of Simeon Cook; is a machinist,\\nand resides in Fitchburg.\\nSMITH.\\nHoliab Smith m., Aug. 25, 1766, Lydia Ballon, of\\nGloucester, R. L, was f. s. on part of the farm after-\\nwards owned by Jesse Ballou.\\nAbicl L. Smith m. a daughter of Lemuel Taylor\\nwas a blacksmith at the Four corners, 1833 to 1835.\\nBenjamin M. Smithy from near Concord, N. H.,\\n1862, bought the Seth Curtis farm. He lived there\\nuntil his death, Jan. 4, 187 1. His family removed\\nto Hinsdale.\\nSNOW.\\nIvory Snozv settled on L. 3, R. 9, the place after-\\nwards owned by Jos. Holbrook removed from tov/n\\nabout 1790.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 483\\nSOUTHWICK.\\nEnoch Southwick m., 1778, Mary Sweet. He re-\\nmoved from Berlin, 1801 bought the Samuel Car-\\npenter farm, L. 14, R. 7, where he lived until 1814,\\nwhen he removed to the Holland purchase, Golden,\\nErie Co., N. Y. Had Cynthia, b. June 17, 1779, m.\\nJohn Bolles Nancy, b. Aug., 1780, m. Hosea\\nEddy; Betsey, b. Feb. 20, 1782, d. Oct. 7, 1851, m.\\nGeorge Harkness had also Abigail, Jesse, Stephen,\\nHannah, Mary, Amy, Elizabeth, Enoch, Iluldah,\\nand Watson.\\nEdinond B. Soiii/iwick, son of David Southwick,\\njr., of Berlin. He removed from Melrose, and\\nbought the Dr. Parkhurst place, 1872, where he now\\nresides; m. Abigail Green, of Stoneham, Oct. 12,\\n1843. Had Abbie Jane, b. March 12, 1844; Elmira,\\nE., b. Jan. 13, 1846; Mary C, b. July 21, 1847;\\nCynthia A., b. Oct. 8, 1849.\\nyacob Southwick^ probably an elder brother of\\nEnoch, lived in the Ballon neighborhood about 1789.\\nSPAULDING.\\nDaniel R. Spanlding, from Fitzwilliam, 1854,\\nbought the old corner-store at the Four corners, and,\\nin 1856, purchased the Quaker grounds adjoining,\\nexcept the meeting-house and burial-ground con-\\ntinued in trade until 1867, when he sold out the store\\nbusiness to Bryant Wright, and removed to Fitz-\\nwilliam, 1869, and there d., 1874. Oct. 17,\\ni860, Mary E., dr. of Noah Adams, of Winchester.\\nHad no children. His widow survives him, and lives\\nin Fitzwilliam, and owns the store property at the\\nFour corners.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF THE\\nSPENCER.\\nElisha S fencer m. Barbara, dr. of Isquire Whipple,\\njr. lived north of the Rufus Whipple place. Had\\nthree children d. in infancy. He d. March 5, 1854,\\nand she 2d m. Lewis G. Rich.\\nSPRAGUE.\\nOhediah Spragtte, b. in Providence, Aug. 22,\\n1770, ist m. Betsey, b. 1764, dr. of Gideon Man,\\nApril 10, i%94 lived on the place now owned by his\\ngrandson, iiiram P. Sprague, in a house now gone,\\nwhich was on the corner, where the old cellar-hole\\nmarks the spot. The farm was formerly known as\\nthe Cumstock place. His wdfe Betsey d. April 17,\\n1815. He 2d m. widow Anna Goddard, sister of\\nThomas Mallard, of Warwick. He d. 1858, aged 88\\nAnnad. March 2, 1848. Had by Betsey Enoch and\\nHannah, b. Sept. 18, 1795, Hannah d. Aug. 17,\\n1813 Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1797 Sarah, b. Feb. 24,\\n1799; Mercey, b. April 9, 1801, d. Sept. 4, 1805\\nMercey, b. March 15, 1805, m. Grace Cass. By\\nAnna had Nathaniel, b. Sept. 26, 1817, lives in\\nTaunton; Obediah, b. April 19, 1819, d. Aug. 4,\\n1826.\\nEnoch Spragtie Obediah ist m, Alathear, dr.\\nof Isquire Davis, of Royalston 2d m. Rebecca\\nWilliams, of Swansey, May 4, 1848. He lived in\\nthe house now occupied by Hiram. He d. Nov. 28,\\n1864 Alathear d. March 4, 1847 Rebecca d. April\\n26, 1872. Had Hannah, b. April 28, 1820, m.\\nJacob B. Perry, d. 1878; Prudence A., b. Nov. i,\\n1821., m. Lysander Perry, d. 1866; Enoch D., b.\\nJuly 15, 1823; Hiram P., b. Jan. i, [826; Asahel", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 485\\nG., b. Oct. 12, 1830; Alathear M., b. Dec. 17,\\n1834, Ezekiel Nelson, jr.\\nSamuel Sprague Obediah m. Melinda, dr. of\\nBenjamin Kingman, of Winchester, Dec-i, 1822\\nlived on the place now occupied by Lysander Bal-\\nlon removed to Winchester, 185-. He d. Sept. 28,\\n1881 she d. Had Leander, b. June 4, 1824\\nObediah, b. May 21, 1826; S. Angela, b. Jan. 25,\\n1830, m. Darling S. Swan; M.Juliette, b. Oct. 11,\\n1832. ist m. George B. Kelton, 2d m. J. W. Her-\\nrick S. Henry, b. March 2, 1841, d. in the late\\nwar, Aug. 18, 1863.\\nEnoch D. Sprague Enoch Obediah ist m.,\\nMarch 27, 1849, Emily A. Chase, of Warwick; 2d\\nm. widow Valeria M. Harris, Feb. 2, 1876. Emily\\nd. 1864. He lives on the Thomas Goddard farm,\\nthe place first settled by David Cass. The original\\nhouse is still standing, but not in very good repair.\\nHad by Emily Alathear, b. Jan. i, 1850; Edward\\nA., b. July 27, 1851, d. 1874 George L., b. June 2,\\n1853 Linda M., b. Nov. 8, 1858 Maverette, b. Oct.,\\ni860; Almira, b. Sept. 25, 1862, d. 1864.\\nHira7n P. Sprague Enoch Obediah ist m.,\\nMarch 31, 1853, Fanny C, dr. of John Colburn she\\nd. Dec. 2, 1865 2d m. Melinda, dr. of Edward\\nGoddard, Jan. 31, 1867. Had by Fanny: Abbie J.,\\nb. Aug. II, 1854; Frank H., b. Oct. 4, 1862. By\\nMelinda had William G., b. Jan. 24, 1870; Annetta,\\nb. Oct. 17, 1873 Joseph L., b. Jan. 3, 1882.\\nAsahel G. Sprague Enoch Obediah m.,\\nJan. 19, 1882, Mattie Capron. He is a machinist,\\nand lives in Keene.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORY OF THE\\nLeander Spraguc Samuel Obediah m. Eliza-\\nbeth Wilson is a merchant in Fitchburg is one of\\nthe more wealthy and influential men of the cit}^ has\\nbeen honored with various municipal offices, and has\\nbeen representative to the General Court.\\nObediah S^ragne Samuel Obediah is a\\nmanufacturer of woolen goods, and lives in West\\nSwansey is considered a very enterprising and suc-\\ncessful business man. He was m. a few years ago.\\nJohn Sfraguc was the f. s., 1767, on L. 9, R. 2,\\nthe Handy farm, now owned by George M. Bo wen.\\nSTARKEY.\\nJosef h Slarkey, brother of Peter, John, Benjamin,\\nand Enoch, came from Attleborough about 1776. He\\nm. Waitstill Morse, and was f. s. on L. 18, R. 2, the\\nlot next north of Reuben Randall s. Removed, about\\n1805, to the place formerly owned by Silas Aldrich.\\nHis brother Benjamin, who was unmarried, lived with\\nhim. Had six children, viz. Martha, b. March 13,\\n1779, m. Joseph Clark Davenport; Esther, b. June\\n3, 1783, 1st m. Elijah Davenport, 2d m. Nahum Al-\\ndrich Waitstill, b. Jan. 17, 1787, m. Noah Aldrich\\nJoseph, b. Sept. 27, 1790; Henry, b. Sept. i, 1795\\nBetsey, b. May, 1803, m. William Woodward.\\nJosef h Stai key,Jr. Joseph m., Feb. 20, 181 2,\\nLydia, dr. of Levi Aldrich. He lived with his father\\non the Silas Aldrich place. Removed to Penn.,\\n1845. Had five children, viz. Lucy, Edwin, Levi,\\nSylvanus, and Henry.\\nCol. Henry Star key Joseph m., Feb. 17, 1818,\\nLucy Woodward, dr. of Isaac, of Swansey. His", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 487\\nplace, while a resident of Richnioiid, was L. 22, R.\\n4, first settled by George Cook, since occupied by\\nDavid Martin, Nahum Cass, and others. He re-\\nmoved to Swansey, 1840, where he still resides, aged\\n88. Had six children, viz. John W., b. Dec. 18,\\n1818, d. Jan. 25, 1876; Alvin, b. Dec. 27, 1821, d.\\nJune 27, 1882; Henry, b. Jan. 27, 1824; Joseph, b.\\nJune 28, 1826, d. Feb. 15, 1865 Lucy, b. April 17,\\n1829, m. Cyrenus Taft William W., b. Dec. 12,\\n1839.\\nJohn W. Starkey Henry Joseph m. Diancy,\\ndr. of Calvin Bryant. Was proprietor of City Hotel,\\nin Keene. Had Mary E., b. April 28, 1844; Emma\\nL., b. May 21, 1850.\\nAlvin Starkey Henry Joseph ist m. Ma-\\nrinda, dr. of Jacob Sweet she d. 1846. Was a dealer\\nin staves and shooks. Had Emma M., Marinda, d.\\n2d m, Caroline Buftum, 1848. Removed to Buttalo,\\nN. Y.\\nHenry Starkey jr. Henry Joseph m., Nov.\\n16, 1848, Mary Ann, dr. of John Scott. Had Frank\\nH., b. Feb. 8, 1850; Ella M., b. May, 1852 Myrtie\\nB., b. Nov., 1863.\\nJoseph Starkey Henry Joseph m. Fann}^\\ndr. of Joseph Buftum. Had Lucy F., b. Oct. 22,\\n1845 Henry M., b. Dec. 27, 1846; Angelia M., b.\\nMarch 3, 1849 Juliette M., b. Oct. 23, 1850; Geor-\\ngiana, b. Aug. 31, 1852; Joseph L., b. Oct. 17,\\n1854 5 James B., b. May 23, 1857. She d. March 24,\\ni860.\\nJohn Starkey^ son of Peter, who was son of Peter,\\nthe brother of Joseph, from Attleboro m., Aug. 20,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "488 HISTORY OF THE\\n1812, Sarah, dr. of John Cass, jr. Removed from\\nTroy, 1823. He lived on the John Cass farm, now\\nowned by Asa H. Bullock; 2d m. widow Adaline\\nCheney, April 16, 1854. He d. April 8, 1869, aged\\n80; Sarah d. Sept. 16, 1852, aged 62. Had by\\nSarah, Mary Ann, b. March 30, 1813, d. Feb. 8,\\n1836 Orrin, b. June 15, 1814 Otis, b. Oct. 26, 1815,\\nd. Feb. 8, 1836 Edson, b. July 22, 1817 Sarah Ann,\\nb. Nov. 18, 1818, m. Simeon Saben Lydia, b. Oct.\\nII, 1821, m. Sanford Garnsey Keziah, b. April 3,\\n1823 John, b. May 20, 1825 Calvin, b. May 29,\\n1827 Andrew J., b. July 4, 1829.\\nOrrin Starkey John ist m. Asenath C, dr. of\\nLuke Harris. She d. Aug. 23, 1843, aged 21 2d\\nm. Nov. 3, 1844, Sarah O. Stoddard, of Chesterfield.\\nShe was b. Sept. 5, 1818. Had by Asenath: Orrin\\nM., b. Aug. 23, 1843, d. Sept. 1843. Had by Sarah\\nO. Edward H., b. Feb. 14, 1846, d. Nov. 18, 1S49;\\nElla R., b. Sept. 22, 1848; Addie M.,b. Jan. 10,\\n1851 Ida L., b. Aug. 17, 1854; Charlie W., b. July\\n27, 1858. Addie m. Albert W. Metcalf, and Ida m.\\nEdwin R. Jerould. Mr. Starkey is a carpenter, and\\nlives in Keene.\\nEdson Starkey John m., Jan. 23, 1840, Si-\\nlence, dr. of Levi Randall. Lives on the James Buf-\\nfum place, and is by trade a carpenter. Had Lyman\\nR., b. March 13, 1840; Marion, b. Jul}^ 16, 1843, m.\\nJulius M. Whipple; Edson O., b. July 22, 1846;\\nSarah, b. May 20, 1850, m. Almon Twitchell.\\nyohn Starkey^ jr. John m., April 28, 1853,\\nClara M., dr. of Abner Barden. Was a carpenter;\\nenlisted in Company F, 6th Reg. N. H. volunteers,", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 4S9\\nand died Aug. 29, 1862, of a wound received in the\\nservice. Had two children, viz. Emma J., b. Aug.\\n21, 1855, Danford W. Martin Flora L., b. Aug.\\n4, 1861, d.\\nAndrc-za y. Starkcy John m. Mary Brigham,\\nof Templeton lived on the Corey place a while, and\\nkept all of the town s poor. Had James, d. Otis,\\nJohn, Willie, and Lydia. He and his wife are both\\ndead.\\nLyman Starkey^ son of Edson, m. Mary E., dr. of\\nEbenezer Swan lives in Fitchburg has three chil-\\ndren.\\nEdson O. Starkcy, son of Edson, m. Nancy, dr.\\nof Ebenezer Swan lives on the Levin Aldrich farm.\\nNo children.\\nSamuel Starhcy Samuel Enoch of Troy,\\nm., March 20, 181 1, Thankful, dr. of Nathaniel\\nBolles. Had eleven children, one of whom, Emily,\\nb. May 29, 1817, m. Benjamin Bolles, and is still\\nliving in town. He d. April 30* 1865, aged 78 she\\nd. June 25, 1872, aged 82.\\nSTREETER.\\nyoseph Strcetcr bought of Caleb Arnold the farm\\nknown as the Bisbee place, i777\u00c2\u00bb ^o^^ owned by\\nAbner S. Barden. No record of family. He re-\\nmoved from town about 1805.\\nEzekicl Strcetcr m., Aug. 27, 1803. Urania, dr. of\\nSilas Ballou lived at various places in town. Had\\nLevi, b. Jul}-^ 10, 1804; Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1805,\\nm. Ephraim Bennett; and Lucian.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "490 HISTORY OF THE\\nBarzillai Strecter, b. in England, came to Cam-\\nbridge in 1640, from thence to Cumberland, thence\\nto Chesterfield, and thence to Richmond, and finally\\nremoved to Swansey. Remained in town a short\\ntime. He was the father of Rev. Sebastian and Rev.\\nRussell Streeter.\\nST. CLAIR.\\nCol. Winth7 o-p St. Clair., from Concord, N. H.,\\nabout 1864, bought the Capt. Oliver Capron farm.\\nHad Winthrop, Charles, and Frank P. The family\\nlive in Winchester. He d. June 15, 1874, ^ged 72.\\nSTODDARD.\\nElijah Stoddard was f. s. on L. 14, R. 10. The\\nplace was on a road long since discontinued, running\\nfrom the road near the Levi Randall place west-\\nwardly to near the old Holbrook house. Saul Job,\\nand some others, lived there afterwards. Had five\\nchildren.\\nSWAN.\\nDr. Ehenezcr Swan, from Attleboro 1776, m.,\\nFeb. 15, 1778, Tamasin, dr. of James Ballou. He\\nbought of Benjamin White, 1785, L. 14, R. 6. The\\nplace has remained in the family name until quite\\nrecently. He d. March 18, 1820, aged 70; shed.\\nJan. 31, 1842, aged 82. Had eight children, viz.\\nEbenezer, b. July 19, 1779; Robert, b. Nov. 29,\\n1781 Tamasin, m. Jonathan Cass James, b. April\\n8, 1785, d. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1788, m. Jonah\\nWalker; Lois, m. Ellis Thayer; Nancy, b. Feb. 20,\\n1795, m. Abner Barden Hannah, b. 1797, m.\\nStephen Buftum Ballou, b. Nov. 20, 1799.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 49I\\n3fajor Ebcnczcr Szuan Ebenezer m., Sept.\\n16, 1798, Esther, dr. of Daniel Man lived on the\\nAsa Man place until about 1820, when he removed\\nto the old homestead. He d. of apoplexy, while\\nattending services at the Universalist church, Oct.\\n18, 1840; she d. Aug. 12, 1848. Had Annie, b.\\nJan. 26, 1799; Esther, b. April 20, 1801 James, b.\\nMarch 3, 1803; Ebenezer, b. Jul}^ i, 1809; Obe-\\ndiah S. Joseph, b. Dec. 11, 1815 Daniel, lives in\\nI5oston.\\nRobert Swmi Ebenezer m., Dec. 27, 1802,\\nElizabeth, dr. of Israel Saben lived on the Royal\\nAldrich farm, and thence removed to the Thomas\\nCrane place, and finally removed to Winchester,\\n1838. He d. Feb. 9, 1861, aged 80; she d. July 23,\\n1846, aged 62. Had nine children, viz. Robert, b.\\n1803 Ebenezer, b. 1807 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22,\\n1805, m. Henry Rice Ambrose, b. 1808; Almerine,\\nb. Nov. 29, 1810, m. Elon Capron Denzel, b. 1815,\\nd. Sept. 15, 1837, aged 21 Henry, b. 1819 Amy,\\nb. April I, 1817, m. Asa Bullock; Darling S., b.\\n1825. He 2d m. Zerviah, widow of Alfred Saben,\\nwho d. Aug. 8, 1857, aged 81.\\nBallon Swan Ebenezer m., Sept. 21, 1817,\\nLucy, dr. of Robert Bufium lived on the Asa Man\\nplace; removed to the Four corners, 1833, and\\nthence to Townsend, Vt., where he still resides.\\nLucy d. Dec. 9, 1854, ^^cd 55. Had Elliot, b.\\nMarch 9, 1819 Fisk, b. 1821, d. Nov. 13, 1837;\\ninfant, d. Fiducia, b. 1825, m. L. IL Morton, d.\\nNov. 17, i860 Rocepha, b. 1831, m. E. Hubbard,\\nd. Nov. 23, 1854; Retsey A., b. March 19, 1835;\\nFrank F., b. Feb. 8, 184 1.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF THE\\ny antes Swan Ebenezer Ebenezer m., Nov.\\n15, 1829, Alvira, dr. of Robert Martin; lived on the\\nDillingham place. Had five children, viz. Esther,\\nb. Au^. 7, 1837, m. A. H. Atherton Lucy, b. Feb.\\nI, 1842, d. Aug. 4, 1861 three others d. young.\\nHe d. Dec. 6, 1879; she d. Sept. 30, 1867.\\nEhcnczcr Swan Ebenezer Ebenezer ist m.\\nMary, dr. of Robert Martin lived on the old home-\\nstead. Had by Mary: Mary E., b. Feb. 12, 1840,\\nm. Lyman Starkey Melissa J., b. April 23, 1842,\\nm. Jerahmeel Allen Nancy A., b. July 24, 1847, m.\\nEdson Starkey, jr. He d. Dec. 23, 1874; she d.\\nJune 24, 1866. He 2d m., March 28, 1867, Roxana,\\ndr. of Geo. Martin, jr. By Roxana had Ebenezer,\\nb. June 7, 1867.\\nJoseph Szuan Ebenezer Ebenezer m. Irene,\\ndr. of Richard Weeks; lives on the west part of L.\\n15, R. 4, first settled by Jonathan Cass. Had Lydia\\nM., b. March 20, 1840, m. Charles H. Wheeler, son\\nof Jesse G. Wheeler, who was b. July, 1838, d. April\\n15, 1865.\\nOhediah S. Szvan Ebenezer Ebenezer m\\nRandilla, dr. of Richard Weeks lived on the David\\nRussell place removed about 1867 to the Gideon\\nMan place, at the Four corners. Had no children.\\nShe d. Jan. 6, 1875.\\nRobert Swan Robert Ebenezer m. April\\n19, 1829, Vienna, dr. of Levin Aldrich removed to\\nWinchester, and there d. Dec. 20, 1836.\\nEhenezc7- Szuan Robert Ebenezer m., Jan.\\n15, 1835, Loanza, dr. of Luke Harris; lived on the", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 493\\nCrane place thence removed to the Stephen Buffum\\nfarm, and finally went to Winchester. Had by\\nLoanza Loanza, b. April 25, 1837; Susanna, b.\\nJan. 15, 1839, ^^595 Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1841\\nAsenath, b. Dec. i, 1843. He 2d m. Hannah, dr.\\nof Townsend Parker, Nov. 11, 1852. Had by Han-\\nnah: Robert and Lydia. He d. Nov., 1882, aged\\n76; Loanza, his wife, d. Oct. 3, 1851, aged 42.\\nAmbrose Swan Robert Ebenezer m. Irene,\\ndr. of Alpheus Capron removed to Winchester.\\nHe d. May 10, 1874, aged 66 she d. Oct. 29, 1869,\\nagscl 57. Had Ambrose W., Catherine, Marian,\\nJulia A., and Denzel.\\nHenry B. Swan Robert Ebenezer ist m.\\nNov. 8, 1846, Dulcena, dr. of Daniel Twitchell.\\nShe d. April 23, 1848; 2d m. Eliza A. Howard.\\nHe is a dealer in palm-leaf in Winchester. Had\\nFred. H., b. Feb. 2, 1852; Ida M., b. 1855; Dora\\nE., b. 1859; Jennie F., b. 1861 Charles, d. 1884;\\nMyrtie; Willie H., b. Oct., 1868.\\nDarling S. Swan Robert Ebenezer m., Jan.\\n3, 1850, S. Angela, dr. of Samuel Sprague lives in\\nWinchester. Had Ella M., b. June 29, 1852, m. A.\\nM. Burbank; Etta A., b. May 2, 1858, m. J. P.\\nFelch; Henry E., b. Jan. 15, 1868.\\nElliot Szvan Ballon Ebenezer went to Wor-\\ncester, Mass., about 1840, and was employed by\\nGenery Twitchell in driving the stage from Worces-\\nter to Brattleboro He continued in the business\\nuntil the route was given up. He afterwards kept a\\nhotel in Worcester ten years or more, and then retired\\nto a farm situated near the new lunatic asvlum. He", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF THE\\nm. Miss Thompson, of New Salem, and has two\\ndaughters, both m. one lives in Colorado, and the\\nother in Worcester.\\nSWEET.\\nJonathan Szvect, probably from Smithfield, 1762,\\nm. Amy, dr. of James Brown was f. s. on L. 9, R,\\n3, the place now occupied by Joseph Whitcomb. He\\nbuilt the house still standing on the premises. Had\\nAnthony, b. Oct. 10, 1756; Lydia, b. Nov. 20,\\n1758, m. Daniel Cass, jr. Richard, b. March 9,\\n1761 Jonathan, b. Feb. 8, 1763 Amy, b. Nov. 8,\\n1766, m. Mordica Cass; Elizabeth, b. April 13,\\n1769, m. John Harkness Mary, b. April 13, 1769,\\ntwin sister to Elizabeth, m. Peter Starkey Abigail,\\nb. Jan. 17, 1772, m. William Boorn Hannah, m.\\nBarnard Swift. He d. Sept., 1794.\\nAnthony Sweet Jonathan m., Nov. 22, 1780,\\nElizabeth, dr. of Paul Handy; was f. s. on L. 11,\\nR. I, known as the Jacob Whitcomb place, and now\\nowned by Sidney B. Bowen. Had Phillis, b. June\\n28, i ;;^83, ist m. Alpheus Grant, 2d m. Jacob Whit-\\ncomb. He d. 1822.\\nRichard Szucet Jonathan m., Nov. 30, 1786,\\nLovina, dr. of Jacob Bump. Had Dinah, b. April\\n12, 1787, d. Oct. 13, 179s Jacob, b. Jan. 25, 1789.\\nHe d. about 1804. His widow 2d m. Nathan Bowen,\\nsr.\\nJonathan Stveet Jonathan m., June 6, 1784,\\nJerusha Jillson, probably a daughter of Captain\\nStephen lived on his father s place. He d. 1814\\nshe d. 1823. Had Jacob, b. March i, 1786; James,\\nb. Feb. II, 1788; Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1789; Zil-", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 495\\npah, b. April i, 1792, m. Paul Jillson Richard, b.\\nFeb. 16, 1794; Benjamin, b. Feb. 27, 1796; Mary,\\nb. Feb. 13, 1798; Anthony, b. April 26, 1800; Ste-\\nphen, b. Aug. I, 1802; GeorgeC^b. Jan. i, 1805;\\nSilas, b. July 5, 1807 Hannah, b. June 7, 1813, m.\\nFerdinand Whipple. Most of the children went to\\nRhode Island.\\nCaj t. Jacob Szvcct Jonathan Jonathan ist\\nm.,Jan. 29, 1809, Hannah, dr. of William Weeks\\nlived where John L. Carpenter now resides 2d m.\\nLovisa, dr. of Capt. Dan. Whipple, Jan. 19, 1834.\\nremoved to Winchester, and there d. Hannah d. Jan.\\n20, 1833, aged 43 Lovisa d. March 12, 1862. Had\\nby Hannah Diancy, b. Feb. 28, 1810, m. Newton\\nMan; James, b. April 19, 1813 Polly, b. July 10,\\n1815, m. Ebenezer Barrus Martha Marilla, b. May\\n16, 1820; Marinda, b. Nov. 10, 1821, m. Alvin\\nStarkey Betsey, b. March 11, 1823, m. Ebenezer\\nBarrus. Betsey is the only one now living.\\njfa))ics Szvcct Jacob Jonathan Jonathan\\nm. Mary Ann Shepherd, of Warwick and grand-\\ndaughter of Caleb Weeks. Had one son, who lives\\nin Granby, Ct. He survived his wife some years,\\nand finally d. with his son in Granby. He was en-\\ngaged in the livery business in Worcester, Hartford,\\nand other places.\\nSWEETZER.\\nPhilip Szvectzcr. Kept store, about 1810, at the\\nCrooker place.\\nSWIFT.\\nSamuel Szvift m. Chloe lived east of Jesse\\nBallou s. He d. 1797. Had David, Barnabas,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OK THE\\nSamuel, Levi, Calvin, Luther, Rose, Dolly, Abigail,\\nand Chloe.\\nSamuel Swifts jr.., m. Anna Wing, 1799.\\nTAFT.\\nSilas Ta/t, son of Stephen and Mary Taft, b. June\\n10, 1744, ist m. Farnum, 2d m. Twitchell. He came\\nfrom Uxbridge, 1776, and purchased L. 12, R. 10,\\na lot that had been occupied by Joseph Monroe. This\\nfarm is known as the Peleg Taft place. The build-\\nings are now gone, and the land is used for pasture\\nand growing wood. He d. about 181 1. Children\\nby tirst wife Ephraim, Moses, Levi, Preserved, Dari-\\nus, Rachel, Peleg.\\nJEph? aim Taft Silas ist m. Abigail Brown, 2d\\nm. widow Sarah Taft, of Swansey, March 12, 1807.\\nHe settled on L. 20, R. 9, the one next north of Jo.\\nButium s place, where Benjamin Newell once lived.\\nHe removed to Winchester about 1800. Children\\nDavid, b. March 9, 1776, d. Sept. 15, 1777 Brown,\\nb. Aug. 2, 1778; Hannah, b. April 3, 1781 Rufus,\\nb. Nov. 10, 1783, m. Catherine Newell, dr. of Joseph,\\nMarch 10, 1807 Zadoc, b. Sept. 12, 1786; Ephraim,\\nb. Feb. II, 1789, d. June 7, 1789; Abigail, b. Oct.\\n11, 1790, d. Jan. 29, 1792 George, b. Dec. 4, 1786.\\nMoses Taft Silas m. Anna Cook, Nov. 13,\\n1777. Children: Moses, b. March 6, 1778; Silas,\\nb. June 28, 1779.\\nPreserved Taft Silas m. Anna Benson, Jan.\\n9, 1800.\\nDarius Taft Silas m. Sarah Ingalls, dr. of\\nEdmond, May 4, 17S5. He lived on part of the", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 497\\nDavid Holbrook place a few years, but died at his\\nfather s.\\nPeleg Taft Silas m. Susanna Man, dr. of\\nAbraham, Nov. 5, 1788. He was b. in Uxbridge,\\nApril 19, 1769, and d. in Richmond, Feb. 10, 1855,\\naged 85 years she wasb. Dec. 18, 1768, d. Jan. 20,\\n1855, aged 87 years. He lived on his father s place.\\nHad four children Mary, b. June 10, 1789, m. Uriah\\nJillson, of Cumberland; Lucy, b. Nov. 12, 1790, d.\\nNov. 8, 1820, unmarried Susanna, b. Jan. 20, i794\\nm. Nathan Jillson, of Cumberland Peleg, b. July 30,\\n1795-\\nPclcg 7 z/?,yr.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peleg Silas m. Polly Potter\\nCass, dr. of Major John Cass, Jan. i, 1822. He re-\\nsided on the old homestead at first, afterwards he\\nbought the Zimri Ingalls place, where he lived a few\\nyears from thence he removed, with his son-in-law,\\nAmos G. Bennett, to the Four corners, and finally\\nwent to West Swansey, 1879. children, viz.\\nCyrenus, b. Aug. 19, 1823 Almina Clarissa, b. Jan.\\n22, 1828, m. Amos G. Bennett.\\nTnff son of Peleg, jr., m. Lucy A. Star-\\nenry. Had Walton H., b. Sept. 26,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-j/, iness in Michigan, and a daughter\\nwho uitJ i mcy. Cyrenus was instantly killed\\nby the falling hmb of a tree, Feb. 5, 1864.\\nBrown Taft Ephraim Silas m. Urania Al-\\ndrich, Jan. 29, 1799. Children Ephraim, Brown S.\\nB., and Harrison.\\nBrown S.B. Taft ist m., 1848, Ruth, dr. of Cyrus\\nBassett. He lived with Jacob Boyce on the Benson\\nplace. She d. June 6, 1850, aged 39; 2d m. widow\\nof James M. Harris, and has removed to Swansey.\\n33", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "498 HISTORY OF THK\\nE-phraim Toft, son of Brown, m. Mary, dr. of Al-\\npheus Grant. Had Ephraim, b. 1830, d. Aug. 28,\\n1853, aged 23.\\nHarrison Toft, son of Brown, m. Lois, dr. of Jesse\\nBishop. Removed to Swansey. Had several chil-\\ndren. No record.\\nfoseph JV. Toft Rufus Ephraim Silas\\ncame into town about 1844. Bought the old Jonathan\\nThurber place. He removed the old house built for\\na hotel, and erected the new house now on the prem-\\nises. He removed to Minnesota, and there died.\\nE-phraim F. Taft, son of Rufus, of Winchester,\\nm. Juda Ann, dr. of Moses Tyler. Lives in Keene.\\nHas four children, viz. Loren F., Warren, Abbie,\\nand Maud.\\nZadoc Toft Ephraim Silas removed from\\nSwansey to the farm formerly occupied by William\\nWoodward, 1847. Was a blacksmith. Had one dr.\\nLouisa, lives in Keene. He d. Aug. 15, 1867, aged\\n80; she d. April 12, 1867, aged 81.\\nNathaniel Taft^ a cousin of Silas Taft, came from\\nUxbridge and settled on L. 13, R. 6, the place now\\nowned by David B. Aldrich. He built the house now\\nstanding on the premises, 1788. ist m. Hannah\\nCass, dr. of Daniel, by whom he had six children\\nDaniel, b. Dec. 21, 1768; David, b. Aug. 3, 1770;\\nNathaniel, b. April 18, 1772 Hannah, b. March 3,\\n1774, d. May 28, 1781 Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1779, m.\\nCaleb Weeks; Marcy, b. April 18, 1781. 2d m.\\nPecey Randall, July 26, 1790, by whom he had four\\nchildren Mary, m. Royal Ormsby Stephen, b. May", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n499\\nlo, 1792, m. Vienna Harris, Sept. 17, 1815 Lydia\\nRufus, b. Oct. 20, 1797. He d. 1820.\\nTAYLOR.\\nElias Taylor, son of Ebenezer Taylor, of Winches-\\nter, b. 1778, m., Feb. 13, 1805, Lydia, dr. of George\\nBuftum lived on the farm settled by Nehemiah\\nThayer, L. 19, R. 10, the place now owned by\\nMrs. Sarah D. Ballon. He d. July 25, 1862, aged 84\\nshe d. Sept. 6, 1853, aged 73 years. Had Jedediah\\nB., b. May 14, 1805, killed while felling a tree,\\nFeb. 16, 1826; George, b. May 9, 1807; Wins-\\nlow, b. May 24, 1809 Candace and Caroline, b. Oct.\\n14, 1812 Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1814, died in Troy,\\nN. Y., 1875 Deliverance, b. Oct. 19, 1816, m. Cal-\\nvin Coombs she d. Feb. 26, 1876 Martin, b. May\\n4, 1818, lives in Richmond, Minn. Sumner P., b.\\nOct. 4, 1820; Lucius, b. May i, 1822, d. April 8,\\n1874; Calvin, b. June 22, 1826.\\nGeorge Taylor Elias m., Nov. 15, 1832, Lu-\\nrana Harris of Swansey lives on the Jeremiah Thayer\\nirni, L. i^, R. io. Had George H., b. Sept. 30,\\n1836 Lyaia E., b. March 23, 1838, d. Sept. 6, 1853\\nFranc! M., b. July 27, 1840; Loren L., b. Jan. 24,\\n1843 Jennie C.,b. Feb. 25, 1845 Emma L., b. May\\n28, 1847, d. Aug. 8, 1864; Charles E., b. March 30,\\n1850; Maria L., b. May 31, 1852; Charles W., b.\\nApril 2, 1858. Charles E. and Maria L. were killed\\nby a falling cart-body, Sept. i, 1856.\\nWinslow Taylor Elias m. Mary, dr. of Jerah-\\nmeel Allen, Oct. 15, 1838. Had William and Orrin.\\nHe removed to Tio {a Co., Penn.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "500 HISTORY OF THE\\nEbcnczc7- Taylor Elias m. Maria, dr. of Hollis\\nNaromore. They separated.\\nSumner P. Taylor Elias m. Sarah D. Newell,\\nof Troy lived on his father s place. He d. Nov. 19,\\n1866. Had Sarah E., Eliza J., Francis N., Sumner\\nW., Ellen M., infant, Elmer E., Sumner. Francis\\nN. was killed with George s two children, Sept. i,\\n1856. These all d. before arriving at maturity.\\nGeorge H. Taylor George Elias ist m. Mary\\nA. Palmer, of Lyme,. N. H., March 3, 1864, she d.\\nJune 24, 1876 2d m. Emma J. Hovey, of Swansey,\\nNov. 19, 1878 lives on the Jos. R. Buftum place. Had\\nby Mary A. Wesley M., b. June 27, 1865, d. Oct.\\n8, 1866; Medora L., b. April 27, 1867 Rosetta L.,\\nb. Jan. 30, 1871, d. May 18, 1876; Royal P., b.\\nMay 5, 1876. Had by Emma J. Blanche E., b.\\nMay 30. 1880.\\nLoren L. Taylor George Elias ist m. Mary\\nJewell, she died; 2d m. Nellie Long, Feb., 1873;\\nlives on the Elias Taylor place. By Mary had Emma\\nE., b. March, 1865; Francis H., b. Sept., 1867;\\nthree d. in infancy. By Nellie had Mary A., b. May\\n9, 1875 Gracie E., b. April 29, 1878.\\nCharles W. Taylor George Elias m. Julia,\\ndr. of Lucius Naromore, July 3, 1876. Lives with\\nhis father. Had one d. in infancy Earle C, b. June\\n30, 1879.\\nCyrus Taylor, from Winchester, m. Rachel Blais-\\ndell. She d. July, 1863. Lived on the Luke Scott\\nplace. He d. Feb. 5, 1864. Had no children.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 5OI\\nEhcnezcr Taylor m. Eunice Lived on the\\nJohn Hale place, west of Elias Had eight children.\\nHe d. about 1858 she d. Feb., 1843.\\nTEMPLE.\\nDaniel Tetnplc, from Warwick, m. Hannah Wood-\\ncock. He lived on the Caleb Curtis place, L. 20, R.\\n9. Had Caleb, Susan, Eleanor, Horace, Augusta,\\nin. Augustus Saben Hannah, m. Jesse Bolles and\\nSamuel. He d. 1835 5 she d. 1847. Mrs. Bolles is\\nthe only one now living.\\nTENNEY.\\nEdwin P. Tcnncy, from Marlboro m. Chloe, dr.\\nof Ichabod Whipple. Was a shoemaker. Came to\\nthe Four comers, 183 1. Removed to Winchester,\\n1833, where he still resides.\\nTOLMAN.\\nEdward Tolnian, from TrQ|% m., Nov. i, 1834,\\nNicene, dr. of Anthony Corey. Lived first in Troy\\nle to town, 1845, and bought the Paul Jillson farm.\\nJ d. Oct. 26, 1852. Had six children, two of whom\\nlive in town, viz. Henry E., b. July 18, 1844 Abbie\\nE., b. Jan. 14, 1847 and Alfred, who was an elder\\nson, m. Jane, dr. of Esek Bufium, was shot at Keene,\\nNov. 22, 1864, aged 24, Jane d. by suicide Jan. 2,\\n1865.\\nHenry E. Tolman Edward m., Dec. 24, 1871,\\nClara, dr. of Curtis Parker. Lives in the Roswell\\nWeeks house. Had Edward P., b. Aug. 10, 1874;\\nChristine E., b. July 4, 1876, d. in infancy Maurice\\nD., b. June 27, 1878; Adele L., b. Oct. 23, 1880;\\nHarry A., b. May 2, 1883.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF THE\\nTHAYER.\\nRichard -And Thomas Thayer came from Essex Co.,\\nEngland, about eighteen miles north of London, in\\n1630, and then settled in Braintree, Mass. From\\nthem have descended the three original families of\\nThayers that settled in Richmond, viz. Jeremiah,\\nSimeon, and Grindall.\\nyeremtah Thayer, son of Ebenezer and Sarah, of\\nBellingham, m. Alice Holbrook, April 21, 1747. He\\nand his wife and his nine children, viz. Caleb, Jere-\\nmiah, Allis, Nehemiah, Lydia, Rhoda, Hamlet, Com-\\nfort, and Nathan, settled in the north-west part of\\nRichmond. The father lived with his son Jeremiah,\\non L. 18, R. 10, the place now owned and occupied\\nby George Taylor.\\nCaleb Thayer Jeremiah m., April 28, 1774,\\nSusanna Threshire. Had Levi, b. Feb. 19, i775\\nSarah, b. 1776. He enlisted in the army of the Rev-\\nolution, 1777, and di^d in the service, 1778-\\nyeremtah Thayer, Jr. Jeremiah ist m. Anna\\nPage, Jan. 13, 1772 2d m. widow Elizabeth Man,\\ndr. of Caleb Cook. Had by Anna: Asa, b. Oct. 11,\\n1772 Caleb, b. April 9, 1778 Ellis, b.Sept. 3,^1788.\\nAllis Thayer Jeremiah m March 15, i774\\nMary Shafter. Was f. s. on L. 20, R. 11. Re-\\nmoved to Washington Co., Vt., about 1781. Had\\ntwo children, Susanna and Hannah.\\nNehemiah Thayer Jeremiah m., Jan. 26, 1780,\\nHannah Peters. Was f. s. on west half of Lots 18\\nand 19, R. 10, known as the Elias Taylor place he", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 503\\nremoved to Putney, V^t., about 1785. Had one son,\\nEbenezer, b. Jan. 15, 1781.\\nAsa Thayer Jeremiah Jeremiah m., Jan.\\n28, 1796, Chloe Robinson. Lived west of Elias Tay-\\nlor s. Had Jeremiah, b. Sept. 12, 1796; Phebe, b.\\nOct. 4, 1798, m. Oliver Puffer; Lucy, b. Feb. 24,\\n1803; Asa, b. Sept. 14, 1806; Chloe, b. Aug. 15,\\n1808, m. Nelson Thayer; Anna, b. Sept. 4, 1813, m.\\nEthan Thayer; Lona, b, Aug. 15, 1819, m. Benj.\\nAldrich. He d. Nov. 17, 1844, aged 72 she d. April\\n30, i860, aged 86.\\nCaleb Thayer Jeremiah Jeremiah m., April\\n21, 1803, Susanna Marble, of Winchester. He lived\\non the home place. No record.\\nEllis Thayer Jeremiah Jeremiah ist m.,\\nJan. 20, 1811, Lois, dr. of Dr. Ebenezer Swan; she\\nd. Oct. II, 1828; 2d m. Dellia, dr. of Benjamin Man.\\nHe lived on his father s place, and by Lois had Nel-\\nson, b. Jan. 18, 1812 Lois, b. Aug. 8, 1814, m. Alan-\\nson B. Thayer; Andrew J., b. Aug. 7, 1817 Le-\\nander, b. Oct. 11, 1819, d. March, 1822 Galinas, b.\\nV _ r3, 1821 P. Loinel, b. March 15, 1823, m.\\nath:in Cutler, of Woodford, Vt., d. April 17, 1844.\\nBy Dellia had Ettarista E., b. Nov. 22, 1834, d- April\\nI, 1854 5 Alvarus L., b. Nov. 31, 1836. Dellia d. Feb.\\n8, 1854, ^g^ 54- H^ ibout 1875.\\nyeremiah Thayer Asa Jeremiah Jeremiah\\nm. Sarah Taylor, Oct. 10, 1813. He removed to\\nWarren, Vt. Had Leonard, and nine other children\\nLeonard m. Vide Ann, dr. of William Whipple,\\nMarch 30, 1846, and lives in Irving, Mass.\\nLevi Thayer Caleb Jeremiah m., March\\n13, 1799, Hannah Abbott.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF THE\\nNelson Thayer Ellis Jeremiah Jeremiah\\nm. Chloe, dr. of Asa Thayer. Lives on the road to\\nWinchester, on a part of the old Norwood farm. Has\\nan axe factory and wool carding works. Has no\\nchildren. She d. Nov. i, 1871.\\nAndretu y. Thayer m. Susan A. Tobey, Nov. 12,\\n1849. Lives in Orange. Has three children.\\nGalinas Thayer Ellis Jeremiah Jeremiah\\n1st m., April 26, 1850, Lauretta J. Abbott. She d.\\n2d m. Anne E. Graves, Oct. 11, 1862. Had by Lau-\\nretta two children, and by Anne E. had other chil-\\ndren. He is a blacksmith in Winchester.\\nAlvariis L. Thayer Ellis Jeremiah Jere-\\nmiah m. Ellen Dunham, Nov. 7, 1858. Settled\\nin Orange. Had two children.\\nGrindall Thayer^ son of Uriah and Martha Thay-\\ner, of Mendon, was m., Sept. 3, 1767, to Sarah Park-\\nhurst. Was f. s. on L. 10, R. 12, 1768, known as the\\nJohn Scott place, and now owned b}^ Orrin Hammond.\\nHad a brick-yard on the premises, which has ever\\nfurnished the main supply of bricks for the town.\\nHad by Sarah: Turner, b. March 25, 1768; Timo-\\nthy, b. Aug. 30, 1770; Thompson, b. Feb. 3, 1773;\\nTryphena, b. April 17, 1775 Prentice, b. Dec. 15,\\n1777; Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1779; Uriah, b. May 25,\\n1781. By Lydia Cumstock had Wyman C, b. Oct.\\n3, 1787. He d. about 1820; Sarah lived to be about\\n95-\\nThoinfson Thayer Grindall m. Clarissa Cobb,\\nof Bellingham, March ?;3, 1795. Lived on his father s\\nplace. He d. March 7, 1861 she d. Nov. 6, 1834.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 505\\nHad Ellis, b. Jan., 1796 an infant, b. 1798 Cynthia,\\nb. April 14, 1801, m. Harmon Robinson; Lucina, b.\\nNov. 4, 1804 Amos W., b. Aug. 10, 1808 Josephus,\\nb. 1810; Ethan C, b. March 19, 1814.\\nPrentice Thayer Grindall m. Bethiah Twitch-\\nell, or widow Wright, 1802. Lived near the brook\\nabove Thornton s mills. Had James and other chil-\\ndren. James settled near Montpelier, Vt., m. Rox-\\nana Pratt.\\nUriah Thayer Grindall m., 1807, Florilla\\nRock wood. Lived near by and north of the mills\\nnow owned by Amos Lawrence. Had Alanson B.,\\nb. Nov. 4, 1808 Lucy R., b. 181 1 William, b. July\\n4, 1813 Lorenzo R., b. Dec. 2, 1814 Maria, b.\\n1818; Sarah M., b. Dec. 6, 1821 Henry F.,b. 1822;\\nLewis A., b. Jan. 24, 1826, d. Jan. 28, 1846 Thomas\\nW., b. July 4, 1828 Marcena, b. June 7, 1832.\\nWyman C. Thayer Grindall m. Polly, dr. of\\nAbner Thurber, Nov. 14, 1816. He lived where his\\ndr. Lorinda now resides. Had three children, viz.\\nLorinda, b. Feb. 15, 1817, m. Nathaniel Bryant;\\nMontraville, b. May 7, 1822 Lavona, b. June 24,\\n1824, ist m. Mr. McCurdy, of Louisville, Ky., he d.\\nSept. I, 1861, 2d m. Mr. Becker, and now lives in\\nNew York city. He d. May 11, 1845, aged 57. She\\nd. some years after.\\nEllis Thayer Thompson Grindall m. Julia\\nCurtis, dr. of Caleb, April 12, 182 1. Was a painter,\\nand lived in Winchester. Had children.\\nEthan C. Thayer Thompson Grindall m.\\nAnna, dr. of Asa Thayer, Oct. 12, 1835. Removed\\nto Foxboro Mass. Had five children.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "5o6 HISTORY OF THE\\nAlansoji B. Thayer Uriah Grindall m.,\\nAug. 9, 1832, Lois, dr. of Ellis Thayer. Had Har-\\nriet S., b. June 26, 1836, m. F. J. Butterfield Sarah\\nL., b. Jan. 11, 1838, m. Charles Jackson.\\nRev. Lorenzo R. Thayer Uriah Grindall a\\ngraduate of the Wesleyan University, of Middletown,\\nCt., 1841, joined the M. E. church in June, 1841 was\\nstationed in Medway, Mass., where he m. Harriet M.\\nLuce, Aug. 8, 1841. She d. Feb. 6, 1842; 2dm.\\nJane Turner, July 26, 1842, and by her had six chil-\\ndren she d. Feb. 3, 1864; 3d m. Ruby Warfield,\\nJan. I, 1865 she d. June 5, 1872. He was a dele-\\ngate to the Centennial conference at Indianapolis,\\n1856, and again at Chicago, 1868. He was elected\\noverseer of Harvard College by the Legislature of\\nMassachusetts, 1867, for six years. Received the\\ndegree of D.D. from his Alma Mater in 1863.\\nHenry F. Thayer^ son of Uriah, m., Sept. 20,\\n1857, Alfreda, dr. of Calvin Bryant. Settled in\\nLeray, Mower Co., Minn.\\nThomas W. Thayer^ son of Uriah, m., Aug. 11,\\n1852, Betsey A. Ray. Settled at Whitehall, N. Y.\\nDeacon Simeon Thayer, from Cumberland, in 1768,\\nm. Zerviah Ballou, Dec. 3, 1761 was f. s. on L. 14,\\nR. 9, known as the Levi Randall farm, now owned\\nby Walter N. Gay. Removed about 1800 to his son\\nSimeon s, near the Alfred Saben farm was deacon\\nof the first Baptist Church, but was converted to Uni-\\nversalism by the preaching of Elder Caleb Rich and\\nothers. Had seven children, viz. Phila, b. July 6,\\n1763, m. Nathan Barrus Eleazer, b. Feb. 4, 1767,", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 507\\nm. Sarah Harris, 1787 Ziba, b. Jan. 2, 1769, m.\\nDesire Barrus Ahaz, b. Aug. 2, 1771 Simeon, b.\\nOct. 12, 1774; Zerviah, b. June 24, 1779, m. Alfred\\nSaben Benjamin, b. June 4, 1782. Eleazer and Ziba\\nremoved to Lewis Co., N. Y. Benjamin went to Jet-\\nferson Co.\\nSimeon Thayer Simeon m. Chloe, dr. of Israel\\nSaben, Jan. 30, 1793 lived on the old road east of\\nAlfred Saben s. Had Daniel, b. Aug. 26, 1793\\nSaben, b. Oct. 15, 1794; Rufus, b. Aug. 15, 1796;\\nHosea, b. July 9, 1798. Removed to Leyden, Lewis\\nCo.,N. Y.\\nAhaz Thayer Simeon m., Jan. 2, 17945 Can-\\ndace Cook; removed to Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y.,\\n1807.\\nMrs. N. Augusta Thayer^ dr. of Lewis Freeman,\\nand widow of Ruel Thayer, of Attleboro lives in\\nhouse built by John Pickering, near Four corners.\\nHad Emma A., b. Sept. 25, 1858, m. Stephen Bul-\\nlock; Elsie L., b. Oct. 20, 1867, m. Fred. Wheeler.\\nTHRESHIRE.\\nBarnabas 77/r^5/// probably from Rehobath,was\\nf. s. on a part of L. i, R. 12, the old Aaron Kelton\\nplace; m., Nov. 28, 1780, Lydia Hammond, of Win-\\nchester. Had Benjamin, Rebecca, and Ruth. Ben-\\njamin m. Esther Shat ter, and removed to Athens, Vt.\\nTHOMPSON.\\nTimothy Thompson m. Rachael was f. s. on\\nL. 7, R. 8, known as the Enos Holbrook place, 1762.\\nThe house was on the old Winchester road long", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "5o8 HISTORY OF THE\\nsince gone. He d. April 20, 1778. Had seven\\nchildren, viz. Timothy, Mary, Martha, Rachel,\\nElizabeth, Jonathan, and Eunice.\\nJonathan Thompson Timothy m., Feb. 22,\\n1795, Anna, dr. of Rev. Isaac Kenney. She died,\\nand he removed with Enos Holbrook to Lamoile, 111.,\\n1834, where he soon after died.\\nDavid Thompson, from Royalston, bought of Jacob\\nPatch, 1828, the place recently owned by Nahum\\nPutney. About 1844 he removed to the John Boyce\\nfarm from thence to Fitzwilliam, 1866. Had Aman-\\nda, Delia, Jonas T., Lucy, and Abbie.\\nJonas T. Thompson David m. Susan, dr. of\\nJairus Perry. Lived with his father. She d. Dec. 4,\\n1859. resides in Fitzwilliam.\\nTHORNTON.\\nLahan Thornton m., March 25, 1792, Elizabeth\\nFisher, sister of Elder Darius Fisher, of Fitzwilliam.\\nHe bought of Francis Norwood, in 1788, L. 8, R. 11,\\ncontaining the mills, and now owned by William C.\\nPutney. Had Obed, Welcome, Joel, Mary, m. Lib-\\nerty Aldrich Nancy, and eight others who died\\nyoung. Mr. Thornton died 1819. Welcome and\\nJoel continued on the place several years. Welcome\\ndied about 1840, unmarried. Joel m. Mary, dr. of\\nCaleb Curtis, and started for Pennsylvania, about\\n1848, whither had gone Obed, Mary, and Nancy, but\\nhe died before reaching his destination. No other\\nrecord of family.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 509\\nTHURBER.\\nJonathan Thurhc7% from Rehobath, 1762, m. Lydia\\nwas f. s. on L. 24, R. 6, next to the Bay State\\nline. He was an innkeeper. Had a large two-story\\nhouse on the premises, long since departed. The\\nplace is now owned by Charles H. Cass. He d. June\\n25, 1780. Had Jonathan, b. July 30, 1769; Abner,\\nb. Feb. 29, 1772 Huldah, b. April 30, 1774, d.\\nSept. 4, 1779; Daniel, Isaiah, Sylvester, Mehetabel,\\nand Eunice.\\nJonathan Tharhcr Jonathan m. Hannah Cole,\\nof Royalston, Nov. 3, 1791.\\nAhncr Thurhcr Jonathan m., June 5, 1796,\\nLois, dr. of John Pickering.\\nSylvester Thurhcr Jonathan d. 1800.\\nHczekiah Thurber,h. in Rehobath, Aug. 11, 1741,\\nm. Rachel, dr. of Adam Harkness, of Smithfield,\\nNov. 6, 1757. He lived on the place where Jacob\\nBump first settled, near the southwest corner of Cass\\npond. The family removed to Saratoga Co., N. Y.,\\nabout 1795. Had eight children, one of whom, Daniel,\\nwas drowned in Cass pond, and Mary m. Lilburn\\nAllen.\\nDavid Thurhcr, from Rehobath, was f. s. on L. 2\\nor 3, R. 7, on the south side of the road leading from\\nthe county road to the Cass Bullock place. Had\\nseven children removed from town.\\nDaniel Thurhcr, probably a brother of David, m.,\\nOct. 15, 1783, Olive, dr. of John Ellis; lived near\\nDavid Thurber s.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "5IO HISTORY OF THE\\nTILLSON.\\nJames Tillson, from Cumberland, 1767, settled on\\nL. 7 and 8, R. 10, near the Tilsey, a brook named\\nfor him, south of John Dandley s. Had James, Olive,\\nand Phebe, and probably others. He d. about 1782.\\nNo record of family.\\nTORREY.\\nEbenezer Torrcy was f. s. on L. 15, R. 2, on the\\nroad between the Reuben Randall and the John Gor-\\nton farms.\\nTRUESDELL.\\nSeth Truesdell, from Connecticut, bought of George\\nClark the Enos Holbrook farm, 1844; lived there\\nuntil 1856, when he removed to Wisconsin.\\nTUCKER.\\nAmos A. T-iicker, from Winchester, m. Louisa\\nGoodell, Dec. 14, 1854 moved to the Benjamin\\nNewell farm, 1869. Had AHce R., b. April 27,\\n1856, m. Walter J. Bolles.\\nTUTTLE.\\nNathan E. Ttittle, from Littleton, Mass., bought,\\n1871, the Seth Curtis place. Lived there until 1878,\\nwhen he removed to Peterboro now resides in\\nWorcester. Had Frederick H., Ida L., who m.\\nWillie O. Cass.\\nTWITCHELL.\\nAbncr Tivitchcll^ from Walpole, b. December\\n23, 1753, ist m. Feb. i, 1779, Sarah, dr. of Daniel\\nCass; she d. about 1785 2d m. Lucy Daniels. He\\nfirst lived on Caleb Curtis place, L. 21, 9 R., the\\nplace first settled by Hix bought, 1806, the", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 5II\\nfarm now owned by Sylvester Daniels. Had by\\nSarah: Daniel, b. Nov. 26, 1779. By Lucy had\\nLucy, b. Sept. i, 1796, m. Elisha Harkness Sarah,\\nb. Oct. 18, 1803, m. Sylvester Aldrich he d. 1831.\\nDaniel Tivitchell Abner m., Nov. 26, 1801,\\nRhoda, dr. of Thomas Kelton, of Warwick. Lived\\non the place now occupied by Mrs. Jonathan Cass\\nuntil 182 1, when he removed to the old Samuel\\nCurtis place, L. 22, 6 R. Had five children, viz.\\nJonas, b. Aug. 8, 1802 Abner, b. May 4, 1813\\nDulcena, b. Nov. 24, 1817, m. Henry B. Swan\\nRhoda, b. August, 1820, m. David Martin Daniel,\\nb. May 28, 1822.\\nJonas Tzvitchcll Daniel Abner m.,July 11,\\n1830, Eliza, dr. of Dr. Amos Howe. Lived on the\\nJosiah Lawrence place from thence removed to the\\nplace now occupied by Silas O. Martin. Had\\nGeorge, b. Jan. i, 1831, d. in Boston; Melissa, b.\\nSept. 3, 1832, m. Rufus Freeman; Fanny, b. Feb.\\n4, 1841, m. Charles Howe; Daniel E., b. Jan. 11,\\n1846.\\nAbner Twitchell Daniel Abner m., Apr. 19,\\n1843, Adaline, dr. of Levin Aldrich. Lived on the\\nCapt. Crooker farm. Had Almon, b. Nov. 2, 1844;\\nAdalitte V., b. Mar. 24, 1847, m. L. Warren Wright;\\nhe d. Feb. 9, 1869.\\nDaniel T-witchell Daniel Abner m May 6,\\n1855, Minerva L. Freeman. Has lived until recent-\\nly on his father s old place removed to the Sam.\\nThompson place, 1882. Had seven children, viz:\\nJane D., b. Mar. 31, 1856; Nettie L., b. Oct. 3,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF TlIK\\n1857 Etta R., b. Apr. 20, 1859; Orison D., b. July\\n4, 1861 Wilbur J. ,b. May 26, 1864; Lucy L., b.\\nAug. 24, 1869; Forrest J., b. Aug. 4, 1871. His wile\\nhas now left him.\\nAlmoti Txvjtchcll Abner Daniel Jonas m\\nSarah, dr. of Edson Starkey, Esq., Nov. 28, 1871.\\nLives on the Crooker place with his mother.\\nJonas TivitcJicll brother of Abner, from Wal-\\npole m. Joanna, dr. of John Bennett, and was f.\\ns. on L. 18, R. 9, where David Bolles afterward re-\\nsided then removed to the farm next south of Ben-\\nnett s, known as the David Holbrook place, first set-\\ntled by Constant Barney removed to Swansey. Had\\none son, David, who m., May 26, 1791, Sarah, dr. of\\nAbraham Randall. Lived with his father in Swansey\\nuntil the father s decease, when he removed to North-\\nfield.\\nEnos Twitckcll, from Athol, kept the corner store\\nat the Four corners about 1818-20 he d. 1820.\\nSttllman Twitchcll, from Athol, m. Elvira Cheever.\\nWas a shoemaker served apprenticeship with Amos\\nBennett. He removed to Lexington, Mass.\\nTYLER.\\nMoses Tyler b. May, 1751, m. Mary Scott, b.\\nDec. 25, 1757, dr. of John, Sept. 9, 1777. He came\\nfrom Attleboro 1775, bought L. 5 and 6, R. 12\\nhe built the buildings now standing on the farm he\\nwas a justice of the peace, held numerous town of-\\nfices, and was representative to the General Court\\nfor several years in succession he was a land sur-\\nveyor, and the only plan of the town now known was\\nmade by him; he d. suddenly, in an apopletic fit,", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 513\\nNov. 9, 1818, age 68. She d. May 14, 1827, aged\\n69. Had eight children, viz. Chloe,b.July i, 1778,\\nm. Rev. David Ballou Melinda, b. Aug. 12, 1780,\\nm. Asa Bancroft, of Warwick; Mary, b. Aug. 9,\\n1782, m. John Griffin, of Essex, Vt. Aaron, b. July\\n30, 1784, d. Jan. 24, 1796 Moses, b. Aug. 29, 1786\\nBenjamin, b. May 31, 1789, d. May 12, 1796; John,\\nb. May 31, 1791, went to Kentucky, and d. in Texas\\nPatience, b. July 17, 1795, m. Samuel Atherton, and\\nmoved to Attleboro\\nMoses Tyler Moses m. Abigail, b. June 27,\\n1789, dr. of Jonathan Gale, of Royalston. He lived\\nafter his marriage on the Gibson place, in the west\\npart of Royalston. After his father s decease, he re-\\nmoved to the old homestead, and there resided until\\nhis death, Oct. 8, 1847, aged 61. She died Oct. 13,\\n1876, aged 87. Had eight children, viz. Danford, b.\\nOct. 2, 1812 David, b. Jan. 24, 1815 Jonathan G.,\\nb. Nov. 12, 1817, unmarried, lives in Keene Pa-\\ntience, b. June II, 1820, m. William Bassett Loren\\nF., b. Feb. 27, 1822; Laura J., b. Dec. 23, 1823, m.\\nDavid Randall, d. in Waltham, i860; Rhoda G., b.\\nApril I, 1827, m. Stephen C. Reed, d. July 12, 1880\\nJuda Ann, b. July 8, 1829, m. Ephraim F. Taft, lives\\nin Keene.\\nDanford Tyler, Moses Moses m. Emily, dr.\\nof Stephen Reed, of Warwick. Kept store at Four\\ncorners, from. 1838 to 1845, in company with Daniel\\nBassett, jr., and with his brother David; removed to\\nWarwick, 185 1, where he d., Aug. 19, 1870. Had\\nEmilie J., b. Dec. 18, 1844, m. William Lawson, of\\nEngland; James D., b. June 15, 1848, lives in Ber-\\nlin, Mass. Moses R., b. June 19, 1850, lives in\\nBerlin, Mass. Mary A., b. April 26, 1852.\\n33", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "514 HISTORY OF THE\\nDavid Tyler Moses Moses ist m. Clara B.\\nAllen, of Boston, May, 1842 she died; 2d m. Helen\\nM. Broad. By Clara B. had Clara, died. By Helen\\nhad George W., b. April 10, 1857. David was with\\nDanford in the store at Four corners, 1840. Removed\\nto Boston, and was treasurer of the Boston Provi-\\ndence R. R. Co. He d. Feb. 2, 1867.\\nLor en F. Tyler Moses Moses m. Anne N.\\nHitchcock, Nov. ti, 1856. Went to Calitornia, 1849\\nreturned to Boston, 1852 carried on business as mer-\\nchant tailor until 1862 is now retired, and lives in\\nBoston. No children.\\nChester Tyler moved into town, 1855. Had Oscar\\nS., George B., Henry, and four drs. Lived on the\\nElijah Bolles place. He d. Oct. 11, 1856, age 60.\\nOscar S. Tyler, son of Chester, lived with his\\nfather remained there about three years.\\nWAKEFIELD.\\nSylvaniis Wakefield, from Charlton, Mass., built\\nthe hotel now owned by Jerahmeel Allen, about\\ni8i6- 7. Removed from town, 1821. d. in Dudley,\\nMass., about 1855.\\nRufiis Wakefield, brother of Sylvanus, kept the\\nold Thurber tavern from about 1812 to 1825, when\\nhe removed from town.\\nWALKER.\\nJonah Hiram Walker, of Royalston, m., Aug. 8,\\n1813, Mary, dr. of Dr. Ebenezer Swan. Removed\\nto the Maturin Ballon farm, known also as the Bump\\nplace, 1831. Had Lyman, b. March 16, 1815, d.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 515\\nyoung; Maria, b. Sept. i, 1816, m. George Martin;\\nAlonzo, b. March 20, 1818 Milo S., b. Aug. 14,\\n1828; Tamasin S., b. July 8, 1831. Alonzo d. May\\n3, 1836, aged 19 Tamasin d. Feb. 27, 1845, aged 18\\nMilo d. young.\\nLyman IVa/ker, son of Jonah, m., Oct. 15, 1835,\\nEmeline Ingram, of Amherst, Mass. Was a harness-\\nmaker worked at his trade a short time at the Four\\ncorners, about 1838. He removed to Fond-du-Lac,\\nWis., where he followed his trade. When the war\\nbroke out he enlisted in ist Wis. Cavalry, serving in\\nthe department of equipment with the highest satis-\\nfaction and reliability. Emeline, his wife, d. 1870,\\nBy her he had one dr., Emeline Lisle, b. Oct. 15,\\ni83|\u00c2\u00bb while her parents resided in the old historic\\nhouse, celebrated as the birthplace of the Rev. Hosea\\nBallou. Lyman 2d m. Merriam P. Freeman in June,\\n187 1, by whom he had three children, viz. George\\nLyman, Josephine, and Anna M. He d. in Fond-\\ndu-Lac, 1883, aged 68. His dr. Emeline Lisle, who\\nhas been legally renamed Lisle Lester, is now living\\nin New York City, a notice of whom will be found\\nin another part of this work.\\nWALLACE.\\nSeivcll Wallace^ a large, strong, good-natured\\nman, who liked rum, worked for Col. Buffum and\\nJacob Sweet in building roads, about 1825. He came\\nfrom Townsend, Mass.\\nWARD.\\nNathan Ward lived on the Oliver Hix farm about\\ntwentv years. Removed from town, 1840. Had six\\nchildren, three of whom were of one birth.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "5i6\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nWARE.\\nDr. Letvis Ware lived on the Oliver Pen-}- farm.\\nWas a travelling botanic physician died, 1832.\\nHad several children. No record.\\nWARREN.\\nDexter Warren was b. in Acton, Vt., 1805, m.\\nAva, dr. of Dea. John Grimes, of Swansey, N. H.,\\n1827. From Swansey he removed to the Lemuel\\nScott farm, 1858, where he now resides. Had Min-\\nerva, John, Jane, Augusta, and Emma.\\nWEATHERHEAD.\\nWtlliam Weatherhead, a non combos, was brought\\ninto these parts from Cumberland, when about eight\\nyears old, by Russell Ballou. He lived at first with\\nMr. Ballou, and afterwards with Maj. Ebenezer Swan.\\nIn his old age he found a home in the county house\\n;it Westmoreland, where he died, aged about 90. He\\nhad the credit of doing as well as he knew.\\nOf all in town, twas often said,\\nThe most foolish was Bill Weatherhead.\\nThough long he lived to drudge and toil,\\nWith narj cent for all his moil,\\nPerhaps in some more favored sphere.\\nHis recompence will there appear.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 517\\nWEEKS.\\nWilliam Weeks, son of Richard Weeks, of War-\\nwick, ist m., June 15, 1789, Martha, dr. of Timothy\\nThompson 2d m. Joanna Davis, of Royalston. Lived\\non the pLice now owned by Mrs. Alfreda Carpenter.\\nThe house, which stood where Mrs. Carpenter s barn\\nnow does, was removed about 1844, now occu-\\npied by Perley Amadon. Had by Martha Hannah,\\nb. June 17, 1790, m. Jacob Sweet. He d. Sept. 8,\\n1837, aged 74; Martha d. Nov. 30, 1813, aged 45.\\nRichaj-d Weeks, brother of WilHam, m. Lydia\\nWelHngton, of Acton, Mass. Was a hatter. Lived\\nin Royalston until 1824, when he removed to the\\nHolmes place, at the middle of the town, now owned\\nby Julius Whipple. He d. March 25, 1848, aged 77\\nshe d. Dec. 8, 1856, aged 82. Had seven children,\\nviz. Jarvis, b. Jan., 1799 Dolly, M. S3-lvia, b. Aug.\\n21, 1804, m. Joseph Whitcomb Irene, b. April 14,\\n1806, m. Joseph Swan Adaline, b. Jan. 15, 1808, m.\\nCyrel Amadon Addison, b. Dec. 3, 1809 Randilla,\\nb. Sept. I, 1817, m. Obediah S. Swan.\\nyarvis Weeks Richard m., Feb. 22, 1826,\\nCandace, dr. of Dr. Amos Howe. Lived on the\\nwidow Howe place, and after her decease repaired\\nthe buildings and kept tavern for some years. Was\\ntown clerk many years, representative to the General\\nCourt, and justice of the peace. Had eight children,\\nviz. Francis, b. Sept. 30, 1826, a merchant in Win-\\nchester Mary Ann, b. March 15, 1821, m. Levi\\nHill; Robert E., b. Nov. 8, 1831, was a printer in\\nCambridgeport, d. 1875 Roscoe, b. Oct. 14, 1833\\nJoseph, b. Jan. i, 1837; Edward P., b. March 19,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "5l8 HISTORY OF THE\\n1838, d. April 3, 1841 Ellen Maria, b. June i, 1841,\\nm. Jonas R. Wheeler; Henry A., b. Aug. 12, 1845.\\nHe d. Nov. 27, 1865, aged 66\\\\ she d. June 18, 1882.\\nAddison Weeks Richard m. Eliza Wellington,\\nof Rindge. Removed to Rindge, 1841, and thence\\nto Wayne Co., N. Y., where he died, 1881. Had\\ntwo children, Eliza Jane and Anna.\\nFrancis Weeks ist m. Marinda J., dr. of Asa\\nThayer 2d m. Mariette C. Follet, dr. of William\\nFollet. Had by Marinda J. Delia G., b. Dec. 6,\\n1852, d. March 12, 1873. Had by Mariette: Jennie\\nL., b. Dec. 29, 1859. been a successful mer-\\nchant in Winchester for more than thirty years.\\nRoscoe Weeks Jarvis Richard m., Oct. 21,\\n1858, Clara F., dr. of Charles Norwood. Removed,\\n1867, to the place formerly occupied by James Ballon,\\njr., known as the early home of Mrs. Eliza Ballon\\nGarfield. Had Edward P., b. May 30, 1859; Mary\\nF., b. April 16, 1862, d. Oct. 7, 1865; Ida C b.\\nDec. 2, 1863; Charles H., b. April 4, 1866; Willie\\nR., b. Dec. 8, 1867; May F., b. Sept. 14, 1869;\\nNellie v., b. March 17, 1872; Bertha L., b. March\\n30, 1874.\\nHon. Josef h Weeks, son of Richard, of Warwick,\\nand brother of William and Rifhard, of Richmond,\\n1st m., Feb. 16, 1795, Mary, dr. of Richard Peters.\\n2d m. Anna, dr. of Stephen Ballard, Jan. 17, 1813.\\nHe lived where Jarvis Ingalls now resides; 1837, re-\\nmoved to Winchester, and there died, Aug. 4, 1845,\\naged 72. Was town clerk more than twenty years.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 519\\nrepresentative to General Court, associate judge of\\nCourt of Common Pleas, and representative to Con-\\ngress. Had by Mary: Chauncey, b. Dec. 2, 1795,\\nremoved to Pittsburg, Pa. Joseph, b. Feb. 26, 1798,\\nremoved to Pittsburg, Pa. Roswell,b. May 14, 1802\\nMahala. b. May 19, 1808, m. Ebenezer Babcock\\nMary Peters, b. April 27, 1810, d. July 27, 1810.\\nBy Anna had Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1813 Lafay-\\nette, b. Ma}^ 26, 1824, lives in Keene. Mary, his\\nwife, d. May 22, 1810, aged 32.\\nRoswell Weeks Joseph m. Delila. dr. of Caleb\\nCurtis. Lived where the widow Fisher now resides\\nremoved to Pittsburg, 1843 returned to Winchester,\\n1843 and thence to Keene, 1851, where he d., Nov.\\nII, 1874, aged 72. She d. July 15, 1835. one\\nchild, Mary Peters, d. in Pittsburg, Pa.\\nLafayette Weeks Joseph m. Emma E. Wright\\nNov. 2, 1845 moved from Winchester to Keene,\\n1852, where he still resides; is a tinman.\\nWilliam W. Weeks, son of Caleb, of Warwick, a\\ncurled-hair worker, lived a number of years on the\\nold Oliver Capron place, about 1845.\\nWESTCOAT.\\nyames Westcoat, from Rehobath, was f. s. on L.\\n13, R. 3, the place now owned by Ozial Ballou. He\\nsold to Esek Buffum, 1788, and removed from town.\\nHad eight children.\\nWH EATON.\\nMoses Wheaton m. Sarah, dr. of Maturin Ballou,\\nOct. 14, 1781. Lived near William Chase s. Had\\nthirteen children. He d. Jan. 3, 1819.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OF THE\\nMoses B. Whcaton Moses m., Nov. 26, 1812,\\nMary, dr. of Nathaniel Aldrich. Esq. Was a Meth-\\nodist minister.\\nDr. Christopher C. Wheaton, from Warwick, be-\\ncame associated with Dr. John Parkhurst in the prac-\\ntice of medicine, 1836; remained about two years,\\nand then removed to Winchester.\\nWHLEtER.\\nPeregrine Wheeler, from Berlin, Mass., about\\n1802, bought of Jaazaniah Barrett the Daniel Cass\\nfarm, the place now owned by Jonas Wheeler. His\\nwife was Sarah Carter,\u00c2\u00bbof Berlin, by whom he had\\nLevi, b. in Richmond, April 26, 1802. He d. about\\n1824. She d. about 1803.\\nI^evi Wheeler Peregrine m., 1825, Lucy, dr.\\nof Darling Saben. He lived on the place bought by\\nhis father of Jaazaniah Barrett. He d. May 26, 1858,\\naged 56. She d. Sept. 5, 1858, aged 54. Had Pere-\\ngrine, b. Oct. 25, 1826, d. June 19, 1829; Sarah C,\\nb. Dec. 5, 1828, m. J. W. Colburn Levi P., b. Jan.\\n25, 183 1, not married, lives in Minnesota Phebe M.,\\nb. May 2, 1833, m. Christopher Robb Lucy S., b.\\nMay 16, 1835, 1st m. W. J. Ballou, 2d m. R. W.\\nMoss; Hannah, b. April 28, 1837, d. July 16, 1838;\\nJonas R., b. Dec. 12, 1838 Henry, b. July 19, 1841\\nDarling S., b. Oct. 31, 1844, E. Bliss, lives\\nin Minnesota; Lydia J., b. Sept. 13, 1848, m. T. P.\\nAllen.\\nyonas R. Wheeler Levi Peregrine m., June\\n21, 1858, E. Maria, dr. of Jarvis Weeks, Esq. lives\\non his father s place, L. 7, R. 6, the place first settled", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 521\\nby Daniel Cass. Had Ilattie J., b. Nov. 21, 1858, m.\\nEverett C. Page Ida M., b. April 6, i860, m. Charles\\nF. Pickering Fred. L., b. March 4, 1862 Waldo J.,\\nb. Sept. 30, 1863 Albert J., b. Sept. 21, 1866: Tru-\\nman W., b. April 19, 1876.\\nHciuy Wheeler Levi Peregrine m. Mary E.\\nTalbot, of Swansey. Lived on the Henry Ingalls\\nplace. Had two children. Moved to Minnesota,\\n1875, there d., Jan. 13, 1879. two children,\\nd. in infancy.\\nFred. L. Wheeler ^Jona.R. Levi Peregrine\\nm., March 30, 1883, Elsie L. Thayer, dr. of Augus-\\nta (Freeman) Thayer.\\nyohn Wheeler, from Marlboro 1834, widow\\nPhila Tenney, dr. of Ananias Aldrich. Lived at the\\nold Ezra Martin place removed.\\nZacheus Wheeler, from Orange, m. Dexter,\\ndr. of Benjamin Dexter lived a while at the Holmes\\nhouse, at the middle of the town, and at other places.\\nNo record.\\nStephen Wheeler, son of Stephen Wheeler, of Troy,\\nm., Dec. 10, 1829, Harriet Gorham bought the\\nWakefield tavern at the Four corners, 1829, and about\\nthe same time opened the store on the corner, which\\nhe sold to B. Nourse, 1832. He d. July 19, 1837,\\naged 28. Had one child, Stephen Warren.\\nSampson W. fr7/t:^/d:r, from Troy, uncle of Stephen,\\njr., continued the hotel business a short time after\\nStephen s death, and then removed to Troy. He m.\\nMarinda, dr. of Reuben Newell he d. in Troy.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "522 HISTORY OF THE\\nJesse G. Wheeler, shoemaker, from Boxl-)oroiigh,\\nMass., 1832, brother of Sampson. He m. Imogene,\\ndr. of Waher Erskine, Oct. 19, 1834; removed from\\ntown, 1834.\\nCharles H. Wheeler Jesse G. m. Lydia, dr. of\\nJoseph Swan, Feb. 13, 1859; lived with his f^ither-\\nin-law. Had Jennie M.,b. Nov. 15, 1862 Alice C,\\nb. Sept. II, 1864. He was killed while acting as\\nbrakeman on the cars of Cheshire R. R., April 15,\\n1865.\\nWHITE.\\nCalvin White, probably from Dorchester, Mass.,\\nlived on the Luke Scott place, L. 20, R. 11, the farm\\nfirst settled by EHis Thayer, sr., and afterwards by\\nStephen Darling. He removed to Swansey about\\n1838. Had one son, Lowry, who was a remarkable\\nscholar, and who, for the improvement of his health,\\nwent to China, where he died, aged 25 years.\\nGeorge White, son of Betsey Alexander, brought\\nup by Enos Holbrook, went with the Holbrook family\\nto Illinois, 1834. Returned, and now lives in War-\\nwick.\\nEnoch White, from Smithfield, m., Aug. 31, 1755,\\nLydia Syrague was f. s. on L. 13, R. 2, the place\\nsince owned by Nathaniel Boorn. He sold to John\\nGorton, and removed to Claremont, N. H., about\\n1783.\\nWILSON.\\nAmory Wilson, from Swansey, about 1818 served\\nwith William Bassett apprenticeship as tanner and\\ncurrier. He afterwards made wooden pumps. Re-\\nmoved to Marcellus, N. Y., 1828.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 523\\nWHIPPLE.\\nNathaniel Whipfle, son of Israel Whipple and\\nMary Wilmarth, of Cumberland, m. Bethiah Slack,\\nApril 22, 1736. Came to town, 1767, and was f. s.\\non L. 5, R. II, known as the Capt. Dan. or Enoch\\nWhipple place, now owned by Lucius Carroll. Had\\nnine children, all born in Cumberland, viz. Israel,\\nb. March i, 1737; Ichabod, b. April 2, 1738; Na-\\nthaniel, b. March 24, 1741 Mary, b. June 18, 1743,\\nm. Peter Aldrich Isquire, b. April 18, 1745 Rufus,\\nb. Jan. 14, 1747 Elkanah, b. Dec. 2, 1749 Dan., b.\\nAug. 24, 1751 Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1753, m. Simonds.\\nOf these Israel, Ichabod, Iqsuire, Rufus, and Dan.\\nare known to have settled in Richmond. He d. Sept.,\\n1792.\\nIsrael Whiffle Nathaniel was f. s. on L. 2,\\nR. II, known as the Ichabod Whipple place. No\\nrecord of family.\\nIchabod Whiffle Nathaniel ist m. Catherine\\nBrown, Feb. 16, 1762 2d m., 1774, Lydia Parker,\\nprobably a sister of Reuben, sr. Was f. s. on L. 7,\\nR. 12, the place formerly owned by Amos Garnsey.\\nThe house stood some distance west of the buildings\\nnow on the farm. Had by Catherine Ichabod, and\\nby Lydia had: Elkanah, William, Henry, b. 1791\\nJohn,d. young Anna,m. Enoch Whipple Vide Ann,\\nand some others whose names are unknown.\\nIsquire Whiffle Nathaniel ist m. Molly\\nLatham, a sister of Jared Ballou s wife. He lived\\nfirst on the Zimri Ingalls place, north-west of the\\nWilliam Randall farm afterwards removed to the\\nplace more recently occupied by his son Charles.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "524 HISTORY OF THE\\nHad by Molly Pardon, who removed to Lisbon, N.\\nH., Charles, and Isabella and by a second wife Is-\\nquire and Polly.\\nRn/ns Whipple, Esq. Nathaniel m March 2 2\\n1770, Mar} dr. of Azariah Cumstock. Was f. s. on L.\\n6, R. II, now owned by Charles H. Conway. He was\\nmoderator, and on the board of selectmen many years,\\nrepresentative to the General Court, and delegate to\\nrevise the Constitution of N. H., 1791. He d. 1831,\\naged 84. Had eleven children, viz. Lydia, b. May\\n14, 1770 Welcome, b. April 6, 1772, d. July i, 1773\\nStephen, b. Aug. 17, 1774; George W., b. Dec. 21,\\n1776; David, b. April 9, 1779; Israel, b. March 8,\\n1781 Clarinda, b. June 2, 1784; Sally, b. Aug. 18,\\n1786; Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1789; Candace, b. Feb. 18,\\n1793 Lewis, b. May 17, 1795.\\nCapt. Dan. Whipple Nathaniel m., Aug. 31,\\n1769, Amy, dr. of Azariah Cumstock. He lived on\\nthe home place with his father. Was constable many\\nyears; d. April 19, 1834, ^g^d 82; she d. Jan. 3,\\n1809, aged 59. Had eleven children, viz. Lucy, b.\\nJan. 5, 1770, m. Robert Buffum Lorina, b. Sept. i,\\n1771 Czarina, b. Sept. 5, 1773; Amy, b. Nov. 6,\\n1775, m. Joseph Burlingame Bethiah, b. Dec. 19,\\n1778, m. Ono Cass; Azariah, b. Jan. 15, 1781\\nAaron, b. Sept. 3, 1782; Benjamin H., b. Oct. 24,\\n1784; Lovise, b. Feb. 25, 1787, ist m. William\\nWhipple, 2d m. Jacob Sweet; Nathaniel, b. May 24,\\n1789; Enoch, b. Aug. 14, 1791 Sabrina, b. 1772,\\nd. Dec. 27, 1845 Dan. T., son by his 2d wife.\\nJchabod Whipple, jr. Ichabod Nathaniel m.\\nChloe, dr. of Stephen Kempton. Lived on the place", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 525\\nnext south of Barnabas Barrus. Had Ichabod, Lucy,\\nm. Mellen Barrus; Chloe, ist m. Willard Whipple,\\n2d m. Edwin P. Tenney Mason, Delura, m. Jesse\\nWatson; Experience, m. Mixter Truman, went to\\nPenn., and a son, Galon.\\nElkanah W/iippIc Ichabod Nathaniel m.,\\nDec. 19, 1818, Elizabeth Stearns, ofWarwick. Lived\\nin Warwick. Had a son, Chauncey, and two daugh-\\nters. He d. June 6, 1852, aged 75 she d. Jan. 29,\\n1858, aged 67.\\nWilliam Whiffle Ichabod Nathaniel i st m\\nFeb. 14, 1809, Lovice, dr. of Dan. Whipple. Lived\\nat various places in town. Had Moses P., d. Jan.\\n24, 1832, aged 23; Amariah, and Edwin. 2d m.,\\nSept. 2, 1819, Polly Naromore, and by her had Fa-\\ntima, b. 1818, m. Nathan Bolles Parkhurst, Vide\\nAnn, b. March 15, 1827, m. Leonard Thayer; Emma\\nJane. He d. May 7, 1869, aged 70; Polly d. Sept.\\n7, 1854, aged 60.\\nHenry Whiffle Ichabod Nathaniel m. Polly\\nSmith, of Warwick. Lived in Warwick. Had Han-\\nnah, Annie, John, William, Henry, Mariette. He\\nd. Dec. 8, 1874; she d. Jan. 29, 1858.\\nCharles Whiffle Isquire Nathaniel ist m.,\\nOct. 12, 1794, Dorcas Taft 2d m. Molly Jones, Sept.\\n16, 1814. Lived on his father s place, the farm next\\nsouth of where James Swan formerly lived. Had by\\nDorcas: Willard, who m. Chloe, dr. of Ichabod\\nWhipple and Nancy, who kept his house some years\\nafter his wife s decease, and d. Sept., 1877. Charles\\nd. April 16, 1857, aged 84.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF THE\\nIsqtiii c Whipple Isquire Nathaniel m., Dec.\\n8, 1813, Lydia Ellis. He lived next north of Esq.\\nRufus Whipple s. Had Mary, m. David B. Aldrich,\\nand Barbara, ist m. Elisha Spencer, 2d m. Lewis G.\\nRich. No other record.\\nAzariah Whiffle Dan Nathaniel m. Keziah\\nWhipple, dr. of Ichabod, March 15, 1802. He re-\\nmoved to northern Vermont, and settled on the shore\\nof Lake Memphremagog, in the town of Newport,\\nwhere some of his children still living reside. Had\\nAaron C, d. Sept. 20, 1803 Jemima, b. March 13,\\n1806; Jinks, b. Feb. 28, 1808.\\nAaron Whiffle Dan Nathaniel m. July 8,\\n1801, Keziah, dr. of John Cass, jr. He d. Aug. 1801,\\nand she 2d m. Benjamin Newell, Esq.\\nBenja7nin H. Whiffle m., 1802, Parma, dr. of\\nBenjamin Kingman, of Winchester lived on Pudding\\nhill, in Winchester.\\nNathaniel Whiffle Dan. Nathaniel m., May\\n27, 1810, Sarah, dr. of Esek Buffum. He lived at\\nvarious places in town, and, lastly, at the Richard\\nWeeks place, at the middle of the town, he d. she\\nd. Oct. 14, 1868. Had Esek B., b. Nov. 5, 1810,\\nremoved to Detroit, Mich., where he d. Lucretia,\\nb. Jan. 26, 1813, m. Holman Barrus Dan., b. June\\n14, 1815, removed to Detroit.\\nEnoch Whiffle Dan. Nathaniel m.,Sept. 12,\\n1819, Anna, dr. of Ichabod Whipple. He lived with\\nhis father on the old homestead, and d. May 21,\\n1837 she d. Aug. 12, 1841. Had no children.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 527\\nDiDi. T. Whipple Dan. Nathaniel was never\\nmarried. He lived with his brother Enoch, and with\\nthe widow Anne. He d. 1842.\\nIn mother wit he did abound,\\nBut little more in him was found.\\nIchahod Whipple Ichabod Ichabod Nathaniel\\nm. Arvilla, dr. of Silas Ballon, jr. lived in War-\\nwick. Had Orlan O., b. 1836; Vibbert,\\nOrlan O. Whipple, son of Ichabod, m. Mary Ann,\\ndr. of Perley Amadon lives near the Four corners,\\non the George Biiffum place owns and drives a daily\\nmail passenger coach to Keene. Had Oretta M., b.\\nMay 16, 1868; Nettie M., b. May 19, 1872; Grace\\nB., b. Aug. 8, 1875 Fred. O., b. Sept. i, 1881.\\nHenry Whipple, son of Henry, m., Nov. 18, 1863,\\nSarah F., dr. of Lewis Fisher; lives on the John W.\\nHerrick place. No children.\\nPreserved Whipple, son of Daniel Whipple, re-\\nmoved from Cumberland to Richmond, 1794 m.\\nOlive, dr. of James Ballou, sr. He first lived on the\\nplace settled by Royal Aldrich, on part of L. 15, R.\\n4 afterwards lived near Tully Brook, on the farm\\nnow owned by Henry Curtis. Had ten children, all\\nb. before he came, viz. Otis, b. Dec. 28, 1767 Pre-\\nserved, b. March 27, 1770; Stephen, b. Nov. 27,\\n1772; Phila, b. April 25, 1776; Silas, b. Sept. 8,\\n1778; Comfort, b. Jan. 7, 1781 Nancy, b. Sept. 18,\\n1783, d. April 23, 1855, aged 71 Olive, b. July 2,\\n1786; Russell, b. Aug. 11, 1789; James, b. April\\n10, 1792, and Tamma, who d. in infancy. He d.\\nMay 25, 1813, age 68; she d. April 14, 1845, age\\n94. Children all b. in Cumberland.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OF THE\\nOtis Whiffle Preserved m., March 15, 1798,\\nLydia, dr. of Capt. Amos Boorn. He removed to\\nFitzwilliam. He d. Aug. 22, 1852: she d. Dec. 15,\\n1861. Had seven children, viz. Otis, b. July 28,\\n1799; Lydia, b. Nov. 17, 1802; Nathan, b. March\\n12, 1804; Olive, b. Oct. 27, 1806, d. Aug. 13, 1810;\\nAlpha, b. Dec. 2, 1808, m. Nathan Bowen Silas, b.\\nApril 16, 181 1 Elvira, b. April i, 1815, m. M. Ansel\\nAllen.\\nSilas Whiffle Preserved m., Feb. 25, 181 2,\\nPrusia, dr. of Stephen Boyce. Lived on the place\\nnow owned by Jesse Bolles removed to the Capt.\\nAmos Boorn farm, and lived, lastly, in the house\\nwhere Calvin Martin now resides. He d. May 28,\\n1862, aged 84; she d. April 2, 1870, aged 79. Had\\nOlive, b. June 22, 1812, m. Danvers Martin Stephen,\\nb. Jan. I, 1815, d. March 2, 1835 Tamma, b. Sept.\\nII, 1817 Silas, b. April 12, 1827 Nancy, b. March\\n18, 1829, m. Stephen L. Randall, of Keene.\\nRussell Whiffle Preserved lived with his mother\\nand his sister Nancy, most of the time, on the old\\nhomestead, near Tully Brook. After their decease\\nhe resided with his nephew, Silas Whipple, jr. His\\nis a name which should not be passed over in silence.\\nHis long life was spent almost wholly in town. He\\nwas a student, naturally so he attained superior\\nscholarship unaided by the schools, by a long course\\nof reading and study. He was well versed in his-\\ntory, mental and moral philosophy, and in the cur-\\nrent literature of the day. He mingled but little in\\npublic assemblies, and seemed instinctively to dread\\nclose contact with the noisy business world. In pri-\\nvate discourse his conversational powers were remark-", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n529\\nable, his command of language was great, and the\\nbold figures of speech he occasionally used were\\nmasterly and impressive. He enjoyed largely the\\nconfidence of his fellow-citizens, was repeatedly\\nhonored with the higher offices in their gift, which,\\nfrom a sense of duty rather than from choice, he ac-\\ncepted. He passed away, Oct. 25, 1877, aged 88\\nyears, honored and respected by all that knew him.\\nHe was never married.\\nNancy Whipple, daughter of Preserved, was a re-\\nmarkable woman, and if the testimony of those who\\nwent to consult her may be relied upon, she had\\npowers quite as wonderful in some respects as are re-\\nlated of spiritual mediums of the present time. She\\nseemed to have inherited the marvellous gifts pos-\\nsessed by her uncle James Ballou, and was equally\\nsuccessful with him in satisfying many of her ability\\nto tell past and future events. The concurrent testi-\\nmony of those by whom she was best known is that\\nshe was an honest and virtuous woman, and possessed\\nat least large powers of penetration and discernment.\\nShe was never married lived with her mother and\\nbrother Russell; d. April 23, 1855, aged 71 years.\\nOtis WJiipple Otis Preserved m., Oct. 3,\\n1819, Amy, dr. of John Harkness. He lived some\\nyears on the old homestead, near Tully removed to\\nFitzwilliam, 1838. He d. Oct. 3, 1865. Had Rus-\\nsell, b. Jan. 22, 1820; Olive, b. April 7, 1821 Otis\\nM.. b. Sept. 30, 1822, d. Nancy, b. March 31, 1825\\nOtis, b. Jan. 7, 1827 Lydia A., b. June 25, 1828\\nNathan, b. Nov. 28, 1829; Philinda A., b. May 15,\\n1831 Moulton, b. July 29, 1832 James E., b. April\\n3,1834; Stephen, b. Dec. 30, 1835; Alfred P., b.\\n34", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF THE\\nJuly 28, 1837 Eunice M., b. July 20, 1839 William,\\nb. March 20, 1841 Joseph L., b. July 4, 1843.\\nRussell was killed at siege of Port Hudson, 1863.\\nNathan Whi^-ple Otis Preserved m., May\\n18, [828, Julia, dr. of Hendrick Martin lived on his\\nfather s place in Fitzwilliam until recently now re-\\nsides in Winchester.\\nSilas Whi^^lc Otis Preserved m. Diancy, dr.\\nof Nathaniel Naromore lived at the old Dr. Park-\\nhurst house, at Four corners. Had Julius M., b.\\nMay 8, 1832; Roselma A., m. Gilbert iVrmstrong\\nStephen M. Jenette, b. 1843, m. Frank Amadou;\\nDiancy d. Sept. 8, 1867. He now lives in Brookfield.\\nSilas Whiffle Silas Preserved m., Feb. 25,\\n1858, Melinda C. Bowman of Fitchburg, Mass. He\\nlived first with his father where Calvin Martin now\\nresides thence removed to the old Whipple home-\\nstead near Tully brook, and lastly to the Luther\\nBallou farm in Royalston. Had Arthur L., b. May\\n4, 1861 Helen M., b. Oct. 11, 1863; Edward H.,\\nb. Dec. 16, 1866; Ernest U., b. Mar. 30, 1870;\\nAddie G., b. Oct. 18, 1872.\\nJulius M. Whipple Silas Otis Preserved\\nm., Nov. 22, 1866, Marian, dr. of Edson Starke}^\\nLives on the Richard Weeks place. Had Silence M.,\\nb. Mar. 4, 1869; Geneva D., b. Jan. 14, 1871 Carl\\nC, b. Sept. 14, 1872: Julius C, b. Nov. 25, 1873,\\nd. 1874; Sarah L., b. Jan. 24, 1875; Essie M., b.\\nJuly 7, 1876.\\nStephen M. Whipple Silas Otis Preserved\\nist m. Julia, dr. of Elisha Bolles 2d m. Emma", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 53 1\\nAndrews of Royalston, Aug. 19, 1882. No children\\nlives at middle of the town.\\nOf is Whiffle Otis Otis Preserved m widow\\nMargaret Lucas, April 5, 1855 she was b. Feb. 9,\\n1827. He lives with Noah Perry. Had Amie, b.\\nMay 20, 1861, m. Willie J. Ballou.\\nWHITCOMB.\\nyacob VVhitcomb, son of Oliver Whitcomb, of Fitz-\\nwilliam, m. widow Phillis Grant, dr. of Anthony\\nSweet. Lived on the Anthony Sweet farm, now\\nowned by Sidney B. Bowen. Had six children, viz:\\nJacob, b. April 23, 1813 Hannah, b. June 26, 1815,\\nm. Bowman Howe Daniel, b. Oct. i, 1817 Anthony\\nS., b. Aug. 2, 1820; Isaac, b. April 16, 1823, d.\\nyoung; Cynthia, b. Sept. 21, 1825, m. Bowman\\nHowe. He d. Feb. 13, 1870, aged 77 she d. Nov.\\n23, 1866, aged 83.\\nyacob Whitcomb, jr. Jacob m. Samantha,dr. of\\nWilliam Chase. Built a new house opposite his\\nfather s, and there lived until about 1850, when he\\nremoved to the place now owned by F. Osgood\\nBowen, where he had built a saw-mill, house, etc.\\nHe d. Nov. 29, 1855, aged 42. Had Sarah E., b.\\nJune 10, 1837 J^i^G E., b. Aug. 29, 1839 Jo^^^ A.,\\nb. Jan. 9, 1843, d. April 8, 1844; Judith A., b. Mar.\\n25, 1845 Olive P., b. Nov. 10, 1847 after his death\\nthe family removed to Fltzwilliam.\\nDaniel Whitcomb Jacob m. Mary, dr. of Dea.\\nElijah Lyon of Fitzwilliam. Resides now in Fltz-\\nwilliam.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF THE\\nAnthony S. Whitcomb Jacob m., Oct. 23, 1870,\\nAbbie E., dr. of Nathaniel B. Fisher. Lived on his\\nfather s place until 1877, when he removed to Swan-\\nsey, and now lives on the Major Parsons place. Had\\nCora A., b. Feb. 27, 1871; Minnie B., b. Sept. 15,\\n1872; Arthur A., b. Sept. 5, 1874; Grace E., b.\\nMar. 7, 1876; Susie M., b. Nov. r, 1878.\\nyosc-ph Whitcomb, b. in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 6,\\n1806, m. Nancy Gay of Hubbardston, and by her\\nhad Maroe, b. March 30, 1836, m. Stephen W.\\nWilliams; Mary S., b. Mar. 6, 1840; Nancy M.,\\nb. Oct., 1841. His wife Nancy d. Jan. 30, 1842. He\\n2d m. Mersylvia, dr. of Richard Weeks; shed. Nov.\\n20, 1865, aged 62 3d m. Mary Moulton of Wayland,\\nDec. 25, 1866, she d. Dec. 3, 1872 4th m. Sarah\\nBolles, widow of Elisha, May 13, 1874.\\nlives on the Jonathan Sweet place.\\nSylvester Whitcomb, from Swansey, lived on the\\nEsq. Aldrich farm was insane, and d. in hospital at\\nBrattleboro Oct. 15, 1856, aged 48. No record.\\nWHITTAKER.\\nyohn Whittakcr, of Petersham, m., Oct. 4, 1789,\\nSarah, dr. of John Scott, sr. He lived on the road\\neast of the Scott place, where Ebenezer Taylor after-\\nterwards lived.\\nSilas Whittake? of New Salem, m., Nov. 22, 1812,\\nMary Hale. He lived west of the Dea. Amos Garn-\\nsey place had a son, Joseph.\\nOne thing I ve heard of this son Jo,\\nThe truth of which I do not know;\\nToo strange it is for one to utter,\\nThat he was choked in eating butter.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 533\\nWHITTEMORE.\\nWilliam W/iit/oiiorc, from Fitzwilliam, m. a dr.\\nof Erastus Butterfield, Esq. He came to town about\\n1844 lived where Mrs. Robert Aldrich now resides.\\nHe removed to Iowa about 1850.\\nWHITMAN.\\nWinihrop Whitman lived on the Nason place\\ncame to town, 1841.\\nWHITMORE.\\nIsaac Whitjjiorc, from Royalston, came to town,\\n1839 li^ tifl on the Sam l Gaskill place a few years,\\nand then returned from whence he came.\\nWHITNEY.\\nAustin A. Whitncx m. a dr. of Rufus Foster of\\nFitzwilliam, and lived a few years, about 1840, on or\\nnear the place where William Green had lived.\\nWING.\\nJosef h Wing, b. June 23, 1747, from Smithfield,\\nwas f. s. on L. 10, R. 2, known as the Col. Silas Jill-\\nson place. His house stood a few rods north of the\\nhouse now on the premises, built by Col. Jillson.\\nHe removed to x\\\\llentown, N. Y., about 1800. Had\\nHannah, Savory, Anna, Joseph, Hatzel, and Jabez.\\nJohn W^/V/o brother of Joseph, came from Smith-\\nfield, 1774. Was f. s. on L. II, R. 2, known as the\\nBen. Buffum farm. He sold, 1796, and removed\\nfrom town. Had by Margaret, his wife, John, Wil-\\nliam, and others. No record of family.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OF THE\\nSavo7-y Wing Joseph m. Lydia Gorton, Feb.\\n14, 1792. Had Job, b. March 18, 1793.\\nJoseph Wing^ jr. Joseph m., Oct. 23,1796,\\nMartha Clark, of Fitzwilliam.\\nHatzcl Wing Joseph m., Aug. 25, 1801, Lil-\\nlis, dr. of Paul Handy. He removed to Allentown,\\nN. Y.\\nWILLIAMS.\\nBenjamin O. Williams lived on the Uriah Thayer\\nplace about 1840. Operated the mills near by.\\nyohn Williams m., Jan. 10, 1810, Anna Barrus,\\nprobably a daughter of John, sr. He lived next south\\nof Deacon Amos Garnsey, about 1818.\\nDavid W. Williams ist m. Almina, dr. of Benja-\\nmin Aldrich, Sept. 17, 1846; shed. Aug. 16, 1847.\\n2dm. Waitstill, dr. of Nahum Aldrich, Oct. 18, 1849.\\nMoved on the Ananias Aldrich place, 1870. Had bv\\nAlmina: Emily E., b. Aug. 8, 1847, d. in infancy.\\nBy Waitstill had Boardman A., b. Sept. 6, 1850, d.\\nSept. I, 1861 William H., b. Dec. 28, 1853 David\\nW., b. Oct. I, 1856 Almina A., b. Oct. 31, 1858, d.\\nOct. 17, 1881 Benjamin H., b. Sept. 18, i860; Hub-\\nbard M., b. Oct. 22, 1862 Mary E., b. June 5, 1865\\nEsther M., b. Feb. 18, 1868; John F., b. May 9,\\n1871.\\nJoseph Williams, of Warwick, m., Sept. 15, 1822,\\nHannah J., dr. of Daniel Man. Lived in Warwick.\\nHad Stephen W.\\nStephen W. Williams Joseph of Warwick,\\nm., Oct. 8, 1856, Maroa L.,dr. of Joseph Whitcomb.\\nLived with David Buftum, and now owns the BufTum", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 535\\nfarm. Resides in Keene. Had Elsie H., b. Aug.\\n17, 1857, m. Fred. C. Foster, of Keene Charles B.,\\nb. Dec. 24, 1858, d. Feb. i, 1859.\\nWILLOBY.\\nAndrczu y. Willohy came from Hollis, N. II.\\nbought the Dennis Harkness mills, and there manu-\\nfactured lumber, pail, and chair stuff until about 1875.\\nHe was promoted to the office of selectman, and was\\nalso representative to the General Court one year.\\nIs now living in Winchenden.\\nWISWALL.\\nDaniel Wisivall lived in town from 1814 to 1818,\\nprobably on L. i,R. 10, recently occupied by John\\nBoyce.\\nWOODBURY.\\nNathan G. Woodbury m., Dec. 31, 1849, Angela,\\ndr. of Calvin Bryant. He came from Rindge, 1847\\nbought the Enos Holbrook trip-hammer shop built a\\nsaw-mill and pail factory did an extensive business\\nthere until Sept., 1870, when he removed to Keene,\\nwhere he now resides, engaged in the furniture and\\npail business. Had Edward C, b. Jan. 29, 1854,\\nJan. 24, 1865.\\nWOODWARD.\\nyosiak IVoodzvard was f. s. on L. 14, R. i, now\\nowned by Mrs. Nahum Putney. He sold to William\\nHills, and removed to Swansey. Had Susanna, Jo-\\nseph, Josiah, d., Luther, Betty, Polly, and Josiah.\\nWill/am Woodward, son of Isaac Woodward, m.,\\nJune 26, 1820, Betsey, dr. of Joseph Starkey, sr.\\nLived on the place before owned by Artemas Basseti,", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF THE\\nand more recently occupied by Zadoc Taft. Removed\\nto Svvansey. Had Eliza, m. Sylvander Whitcomb,\\nand Dennison.\\nSolomon Woodiuard, son of Isaac, m., Jan. 28,\\n182 1, Waitstill Davenport, dr. of Joseph Clark Daven-\\nport. Removed to Wallinj^ford, Vt. He lived a\\nwhile in town on the Moses Wheaton place.\\nWOOLEY.\\nThomas Wooley was from Reading, Mass. was f.\\ns. on L. 5, R. 10, the place now occupied by Andrew\\nAmadon. The house stood north-west of the build-\\nings now on the premises, and was the first two-story\\nhouse built in town. He was a large land owner at\\nfirst he bought of Col. Josiah Willard, 1763, Lots 10,\\nII, 12, in R. 6, and L. 13, R. 7, L. 3, R. 10, and\\nL. 5 and 6, R. 10. Had Asa, Jonathan, John,\\nNathan, David, and Sarah, who m. Reuben Parker;\\nMary, m. Oliver Barrus Esther, m. John Cass and\\nprobably had some others. The front of Curtis Par-\\nker s house was a part of the old Wooley house. He\\nd. March, 1793. The name disappeared from the\\ntown previous to 1800. Some of the family removed\\nto Winchester and Hinsdale.\\nyohn Wooley Thomas was f. s. on L. 12, R.\\n6, known as the Crooker place, and now owned by\\nAlmon Twitchell. He sold to Richard Peters about\\n1 78 1, and removed from town soon after. Had one\\nchild, Samuel, b. May 21, 1767.\\nNathan Wooley Thomas was f. s. on L. 3, R.\\n10 the building long since disappeared. He is sup-\\nposed to have erected the first saw-mill in town, situ-", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND, 537\\nated west of the Sprague mills, so-called, and above\\nthe bridge on the road to Whipple hill. Removed\\nfrom town about 1780. Had Samuel, b. Aug. 24,\\n1773; William, b. Sept. 5, 1777.\\nAsa Woolcy m., Aug. 26, 1784, Betsey Knap, of\\nWinchester.\\nJonathan Woolcy m., Oct. 2, 1780, Lucinda Bald-\\ning, of Svvansey.\\nWORK.\\nRobert Work early bought Martin s mills, and lived\\nin an old house which stood where the present resi-\\ndence of Leason Martin is located was a large land\\nowner. No record of family. Had a son, Robert,\\nwho lived near his father also a son, James.\\nJames Work, a son of Robert, m., March 6, 1800,\\nRachel, dr. of Joseph Cass, the son of Deacon John.\\nIsaac Work, a nephew of Robert Work, a hatter,\\nlived at Work s house, at the Mills, and at various\\nplaces in town lived with Esther, dr. of Thomas\\nBowen. He served apprenticeship with Robert Buf-\\nfum. He d. June 26, 1852, aged 76.\\nWRIGHT.\\nWilliam Wright, Esq., from Swansey, b. Nov.\\n23, 1813, m., Nov. 29, 1838, Larina, dr. of Dan. Buf-\\nfum. After living a few years on the Deacon Amos\\nGarnsey farm, he removed to the Enoch Whipple\\nplace, and from thence to the Naromore place, now\\nowned by Andrew Dodge, where his wife d.. May\\n30, 1872. Is a justice of the peace; has frequently\\nbeen on the board of selectmen and has represented", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF THE\\nthe town in the General Court. Had two children\\nL. Warren, b. Jan. 27, 1842; Lucy J., b. April 7,\\n1840, m. Preston L. Freeman.\\nL. Warren Wright William m., April 13, 1869,\\nAddalette, dr. of x\\\\bner Twitchell. He resides in\\nKeene. Was in the service during the late war was\\npromoted to first lieutenant of Co. A., 14th N. H.\\nVols., and promoted again to adjutant, Jan. 4, 1865.\\nYOUNG.\\nJohn S. l^oung, from Newport, R. I., bought of\\nEdwin N. Bowen his farm and Mills on Tully brook,\\nknown as the Bowman Howe place, 1882 m, Mina\\nAnderson. Had Mary S., b. Sept. 19, 1876; John\\nP., b. June, 1879.\\nYATES.\\nJames Tales m., Aug. 30, 1818, Naomi, dr. of\\nZacheus Estes removed to Monroe, Mass. Had five\\nor six children. He and his wife d. in Monroe.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7mm gffl^niSo\\nRobeH Swan.\\nDan. Buffum.\\nJolin ocotf.\\nJacobBoyce.\\nHarvey Martin.\\nJeremiah Barrus Jr.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 539\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nNathaniel Aldrich\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sylvester Aldrich Orrin Munroe Allen Jonathan Atherton\\nLemuel Atherton James Rallou, jr. Rev. Robert Bartlett Job Bisbee Phebe\\nBowen Jedediah Buffum Capt. Oliver Capron Daniel Cass Nahuni Cass\\nKendall Fisher Eliza Ballou Garfield John Martin Wilderness Martin Jo-\\nseph and Benjamin Newell Loren Pickering Timothy Pickering Jonathan\\nRawson Alonzo Rawson Col. Henry Starkey Moses Tyler Jarvis Weeks\\nHon. Joseph Weeks James Harrison Cass Daniel, the Nig Nancy Linty\\nHannah Man Ruth Ormsby Penelope Phillips Rachel Jillson Aldis Boyce.\\nNathaniel Aldrich, Esq., was recognized, in his\\ntime, as one of the leading men of the town. He was\\nchosen on the board of selectmen in 1788, and served\\nalmost continuously until 1813. He was early placed\\non the board on account of the discovery of his ability\\nin ciphering out the rate of taxation for the selectmen\\nof the previous year, who were unable to solve so\\ndifficult a problem. He did a considerable amount\\nof justice business for one located so far away from\\nthe centre of the town. His marriage certificates were\\nquite numerous, as appears upon the records. He\\nwas honored with the office of representative to the\\nGeneral Court. His last days were spent with his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Wilbur, in Danby, Vt., where he\\ndied.\\nSylvester Aldrich, for forty years or more a resi-\\ndent of the town, became the largest land-owner in\\nRichmond, possessing seemingly nearly all the land\\nthat joined him he was ambitious in the pursuit of", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF THE\\nwealth he engaged in the manufacture of pails, etc., at\\nNorth Richmond, a business with which he was un-\\nacquainted by any former experience he quit the\\nbusiness in season to save a sufficiency for all his\\nworldly needs.\\nOiTJu Munroc Allen was among the more promis-\\ning young men of his time. He was studious, moral,\\nand discreet; he obtained a respectable education,\\nmainly by his perseverance and exertion as scholar in\\nthe old brick school-house. He completed his studies\\nat the Royalston high-school, and afterwards taught\\nthe village school at Athol for two or three terms\\nwith marked success. It is probable that about this\\ntime he entertained some idea of preparing for the\\nUnitarian ministry, but for some unknown reason he\\nabandoned the project, and devoted his life, so far as\\nis known, to agricultural pursuits. He removed to\\nPennsylvania with his father s family, and after re-\\nmaining there some years it is reported that he en-\\ngaged in farming in Canada for a while, and again\\nthat he went to some of the Southern states his where-\\nabouts at the present time, if he is living, are un-\\nknown. The other members of the family are now\\nsupposed to be dead. His sister Lamira was in-\\nsane many years, and was a great trial and care to\\nthe family while she lived. It is not known that\\nOrrin M. was ever married.\\nyonathan At/ierton, Ssq., son of the first settler of\\nthat name, was one of the more substantial men of\\nthe town was of that class that gives dignity and\\ncharacter to any community. In his general mien he\\nwas dignified and commanding, in bodily stature he\\nwas among the largest in town, his voice was round", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 54I\\nand sonorous this combination of qualities well fitted\\nhim for moderator of town meetings, which position\\nhe satisfactorily filled for many years in succes-\\nsion, until he removed to Winchester, much to the re-\\ngret of his fellow-citizens, in 1835. His political af-\\nfinities were with the Whigs, and his religious con-\\nnections were with the Congregationalists of Win-\\nchester.\\nLcmticl A/ her 1 0)1, son of Solomon, is remembered\\nas one of the tall men of the town, a six footer, sure.\\nHis aspirations, in his younger days, led him to a\\nstudy of the law he may have been a student of Fos-\\nter Alexander, of Winchester. It is probable that he\\nnever practiced the profession to any considerable\\nextent. Was somewhat eccentric, and was possessed\\nof fair abilities. He married Bliss, of Royalston, and\\nlived some years in that town. He died 185 1, aged 73.\\nJames Ballon, jr., whose genealogical record\\ncovers most of the changes in his life, is entitled to\\nsome further notice on account of the celebrity he ac-\\nquired as an astrologer. He was for years consulted\\nb} persons who had lost their domestic animals, or\\nother property, which may have strayed away or been\\nstolen he was believed by many to have been clair-\\nvoyant, and able, under favorable conditions, to dis-\\ncover the whereabouts of such property his power,\\nhowever, seems not to have been confined to this\\nalone he could, apparently, at times, penetrate the\\ntangled web of life, and trace the life lines in their\\ncourses how he arrived at his conclusions is not\\nknown; he went to work with slate and pencil mak-\\ning circles, triangles, and other geometrical figures,\\nbut what relation these bore to the end soufrht is un-", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF THE\\nknown he certainly acquired great notoriety, and\\nwas visited quite often by persons from a distance.\\nTradition says that he foretold the day of his death,\\nbut of this there appears no conclusive evidence. He\\nwas evidently a man of quick perceptions, with large\\nmental resources. He died in the prime of his man-\\nhood, at the age of 47.\\nRev. Robej-t Bartlett^ whose mother was the wife\\nof Jesse Martin, was probably born in Warwick, but\\nlived most of the time during his boyhood in Rich-\\nmond, with his parents, on Whipple hill, on the place\\nrecently owned bj John Barrus. His early oppor-\\ntunities for acquiring an education were limited to the\\ndistrict school he manifested an aptness to learn not\\ncommon among his fellows, and a readiness in speech\\nbetokening a public speaker. When quite young he\\nbegan to preach in school-houses and other places\\nhe was so low in stature at that timtj that he stood fre-\\nquently on a stool, that he might be visible to the\\naudience he became a Universalist, preached in\\nVermont and New Hampshire for some years, and on\\none occasion was invited to deliver the election ser-\\nmon before the Vermont legislature. At nearly the\\nclose of his ministry, about 1876, he supplied the\\nUniversalist pulpit in Richmond, and finally removed\\nto Boston, where he died, Jan., 1882. The Rev. Dr.\\nMiner preached the funeral discourse, and his remains\\nwere taken to Laconia, N. H., for burial.\\nyoh Bisbce, Esq., who for more than fifty years\\nwas a resident of the town, and was quite well known\\nin the county of Cheshire, deserves a passing notice.\\nIt may be safely affirmed that his natural endowments\\nwere more than average. He was always greatly", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 543\\ninterested in politics he kept well posted in the do-\\nings ot each of the political parties was an attentive\\nreader of the Congressional Globe for several years\\nhe was unwavering in his devotion to the Whig party,\\nand was persistent and unyielding in his advocacy of\\nits principles was a great admirer of Daniel Web-\\nster, and defended, with great zeal, his famous\\nseventh-of-March speech. He was of the old Pilgrim\\nstock of old Plymouth, and in many respects was a\\nrepresentative type of those early fathers of New\\nEngland. He was never popular with the peo-\\nple he lacked that suavity and grace which wins the\\nmultitude, and consequently received no official pro-\\nmotion at the hands of his townsmen.\\nPhche Bozven, daughter of Zephaniah, was a\\nteacher whose intellectual range was above the aver-\\nage. She was in the academy with S. W. Buflum,\\nat Patterson, N. J., for some years; she taught and\\ntravelled in various states from Maine to Texas she\\nhad a keen perception of passing events, and the gift\\nof concise, clear, and forcible expression in speaking\\nand writing. She married late in life, while in New\\nOrleans, Nahum Sisson, of Texas, a widower with\\ntwo children. She survived him some years, having\\ncharge of the children.\\nycdediak Bufftim, the first settler on the farm still\\nknown by his name near the Four corners, was one\\nof the solid men of the town; solid in body, solid in\\nmind. His weight was over three hundred pounds,\\nso large, in fact, that at the time of his death that the\\ndoor-casings were removed for the passing of his\\ncotlin. He held the office of town treasurer thirty", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF THE\\nyears, a much longer time than any other has held\\nthe office. He possessed good financial and execu-\\ntive ability, was enterprising and active in business\\nhe w^as one of the more wealthy men of the town,\\nwas largely engaged in buying and selling land, and\\nin loaning money was a farmer and blacksmith he\\nbuilt the first store at the middle of the town, and put\\nhis son William in charge he was benevolently dis-\\nposed, as appears from his gift to the Qiiaker society\\nhe died 1808, aged 71.\\nCaft. Olivet Catron occupied a position of the\\nfirst rank among the early settlers he evidently was\\na leader in political, as well as in military affairs he\\nshared largely the confidence of his townsmen he\\nwas entrusted with the most weighty responsibilities,\\nas his repeated leadership of the Richmond soldiers,\\nin the war of the Revolution, most conclusively attests.\\nWhile he was active and zealous in defence of the\\nright, his activity and zeal was tempered with wisdom\\nand prudence. He stands at the head of the list of\\nrepresentatives of the town, having been the first to\\nrepresent the town in the General Assembly of the\\nstate. We are informed by tradition that he devoted\\nso much of his time and attention to military and polit-\\nical affairs, to the neglect of his personal interests,\\nthat he became poor, and was obliged to sell his farm\\nto pay his debts. It is a melancholy reflection surely,\\nthat one who had contributed so much to the public\\nweal should, in his last days, be deprived of the means\\nof a comfortable subsistence but his was not, perhaps,\\nan isolated and an exceptional case in this respect.\\nDaniel Cass, the first settler and ancestor of all of\\nthe name now in town, was one of the live men of", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 545\\nthe early time; was called a smart man, as un-\\ndoubtedly he was, both ph3 sically and intellectually.\\nHe was a man of considerable wealth, owning large\\ntracts of land, on which he appears to have settled\\neach of his sons his place seems to have been the\\nbusiness centre of the town at first, contaniing a store,\\nblacksmith shop, potash, etc. Was one of the found-\\ners of the Qiiaker society. In political matters he\\nprobably was radical rather than conservative, as ap-\\npears from his action in the Vermont controversy.\\nHe died in 1798, age 74.\\nOrison B. Curtis, Esq., son of Orison Curtis, b.\\nJan. 25, 1825, removed with his father to Colerain,\\nMass., 1829; he engaged in merchandizing in that\\ntown, 1848, in which business he has continued to the\\npresent time. He has been school-committeeman and\\njustice of the peace for more than twenty years, and\\nalso represented his district in the General Court,\\n1877-8.\\nKendall Fisher. Among those who were natives\\nof other places, who have lived herein, Kendall Fisher\\nmay be justly considered one of the most active in\\ntown affairs, and one whose ability in the transaction\\nof public business must forever remain unquestioned.\\nAs a selectman he was discreet and eminently able,\\nand was ever on the alert to devise means to relieve\\nthe town of any financial burdens, caused by paupers\\nor otherwise. He was instrumental, about 1852, in\\ntransporting two families to the far West, who had\\nbeen thrown on the town for support, one of which\\nnever returned, and the other staid long enough to\\npav for all expenses of carrying out. Tlie principle\\ninvolved in such transactions, however, can hardly\\n35", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "546 HISTORY OF THE\\nbe justified under the golden rule, only on the ground\\nthat the town, in justice, should not be obliged to sup-\\nport persons born elsewhere, and by reason of settle-\\nment gained through their grandfathers.\\nEliza Ballon Garfield^ the mother of the late\\nlamented President Garfield, was a native of Rich-\\nmond. She was the daughter of James Ballon, jr.,\\nand her mother was the daughter of Henry Ingalls,\\nEsq. hence, both on her father s and mother s side,\\nshe descended from Richmond families of an early\\ndate. She was born Sept. 21, 1801, on the place\\nwhere her father lived, in the Ballou neighborhood,\\nbut removed with the family, when about two years\\nold, to the Nathan Cass place, and from thence went\\nwith her mother to the state of New York, an account\\nof which is more fully related in the genealogy of the\\nfamily of James Ballou, jr.\\nJohn Alartin^ from whom all of the name in town\\nhave sprung, was a man of means and influence in\\n.the early times. Was enterprising and active in busi-\\nness he erected a saw and grist mill, and built for\\nhimself good buildings soon after he came he was\\non the first board of selectmen, in 1765, and again\\nwas on the board in 1776. He appears to have been\\na man of good natural abilities, doubtless, but limited\\nin his literary attainments, having been deprived, in\\nhis youth, of the ordinary educational advantages of\\nthe times.\\nWilderness Martin, grandson of the above named\\nJohn, was so named because the country round about\\nwas indeed one vast wilderness at that time. Many\\nhave thought that he was the first white male born", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 547\\nin town, which evidently was not the case, as he\\nwas born in 1765, while Lemuel Scott was born\\n1763, a difference in time so great that it would seem\\nthat there could have been no question as to priority\\nof birth.\\nyosep/i diwd Bcnjaniin JVcwcll, twins, sons of Joseph\\nNewell, were men of mark and prominence in the\\ntown, always interested in public affairs, and w^ere\\ngenerally present at all town meetings. They were\\nw^ell-to-do farmers, and were quite well known in the\\ncounty were of large physique and commanding\\npresence, and they looked very much alike their\\nheight was about six feet, and the average weight of\\neach was about two hundred and seventy-five in pol-\\nitics they were divided, and in their opinions they\\nwere most decided Joseph was a Democrat, and Ben-\\njamin was a Republican their religious views were\\nsimilar, both favoring the Universalists both shared\\nlargely the confidence of their fellow-citizens, and\\nwere repeatedly honored by being chosen on the board\\nof selectmen, and as representatives to the General\\nCourt. They were both men of few words, neither\\never attempting to make a speech in town meeting or\\nin any other assembly, so far as is known. They\\nboth lived to great age; Joseph lived to be 85, and\\nBenjamin to be 92.\\nLor en Pickerings son of Samuel Pickering, a na-\\ntive of the town, some of whose early years were\\nspent with his father in Winchester, ranks with jour-\\nnalists of the first class. He removed to the West\\nwhen a young man, and soon became the editor of a\\nSt. Louis paper, which he conducted with signal abil-\\nity for some years after resigning this position he\\ntravelled extensively in Europe, and then returned", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF THE\\nand settled in San Francisco, where he became editor\\nof a paper called The Mornhig- Call. He appears\\nto have inherited largely the ability characteristic of\\nhis ancestors.\\nTimothy Pickering., Esq.., son of John Pickering,\\nwho was a direct descendant of the first John Picker-\\ning, who settled in old Salem, possessed some char-\\nacteristics worthy of note. He bore a striking resem-\\nblance to the picture of old Judge Timothy Pickering,\\nwhich hangs in the Old South church at Boston.\\nThe similarity between the two does not end with the\\nphysical likeness their mental characteristics appar-\\nently were much the same each possessed a clear, ar-\\ngumentative turn of mind, and were endowed with a\\nforcible use of language. Favoring surroundings\\nand early educational advantages attended the Judge,\\nwhile his namesake here had to contend with adverse\\ninfluences which may have hindered his growth and\\ndevelopment. The Esquire was always interested in\\npolitics he never wearied in discussing the merits of\\ncandidates, or the polic} of parties was a strong par-\\ntisan, unyielding and defiant in his opposition to the\\nFederalists and Whigs his vocabulary of epithets,\\ncontaining the most withering sarcasm, was inexhaust-\\nible, which he did not fail to use when occasion re-\\nquired, which was not seldom in times of political ex-\\ncitement. In religion he was a Liberal he was\\nfavorably disposed towards the Unitarians, and took\\nan active and foremost part in the formation of that\\nsociety here. He was by trade a carpenter, a thor-\\nough workman. He built many houses, and was the\\ncontractor for building the Brick meeting-house. He\\nwas temperate in his habits, and a despiser of hypo-\\ncrites and shams. He died 1844, aged 6", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 549\\nyonathan Razvson, Esq.^ was long identified with\\nthe town in its social, political, and business relations\\nwas a successful merchant, and continued in trade\\nlonger than any other in town held various town of-\\ntices, and was representative to the General Court.\\nHe was above trickery and deception, and was always\\nregarded as honorable in his dealings. In politics he\\nwas a Whig, and in religion he was a Liberal. He\\nhad many friends and but few enemies. He died,\\n1843, at the age of 59.\\nAlonzo Razvson, son of Jonathan, after serving as\\nclerk in Lampson s store, at Keene, went to Louis-\\nville, Ky., and engaged in the wholesale grocery\\nbusiness, in which he continued many years. He\\naccumulated an ample fortune; has travelled exten-\\nsively, and now resides in Chicago.\\nCol. Henry Starkcy, a native of the town, but for\\nsome years a resident of Swansey, is still quite hale\\nand hearty. He is supposed to be next to the\\noldest person born in town now living. He pre-\\nsents a type of vigorous manhood and muscular de-\\nvelopment conducive to the greatest longevit}^ His\\nmind is still active, and his memory good. He enjoys\\na joke as of olden time. He was one of the pioneer\\nshook-makers of the town, in which industr}- his sons\\nhave been engaged with marked success. He relates\\nan incident of travel in his younger days, of a journey\\non foot to Pennsylvania, to visit some friends, when\\nabout eighteen years old. This he accomplished,\\nwith a pack on his back, in about three weeks, a\\ndistance, both ways, of about five hundred miles. He\\nlost his wife some years ago. He has outlived three", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "550 HISTORY OF THE\\nof his sons, and is now living on his homestead with\\nhis daughter, Mrs. Taft. He is now 89.\\nMoses Tyler, Esq., possessed more than ordinary\\nattainments was, in fact, well educated, and had\\nsuperior qualifications for the transaction of town busi-\\nness, as the records of the town still show, that bear\\nthe impress of his hand. He was evidently a good land\\nsurveyor and conveyancer. He was peculiar in his\\ntemperament, and exceedingly orderly and method-\\ndical in his business was a man of large physique,\\nweighing nearly three hundred pounds. He died in\\nan apopletic fit, sitting on a rock in a field near Jacob\\nand Samuel Parker s, Nov. 9, 1S18, age 6\\nJarvis Weeks, Esq., came to town with his father\\nwhen he was a young man. He seemingly for a\\nwhile followed in the footsteps of his uncle Joseph, in\\nholding successively the same offices, up to that of\\nrepresentative, which was the highest point gained.\\nHe was mail agent, under the administration of Buchan-\\nan, between Burlington and Boston. He had con-\\nsiderable shrewdness in political management. The\\nrecords of the town kept by him bear witness of his\\nefficiency and competency as town clerk.\\nHon. yoseph Weeks acquired more political dis-\\ntinction than any olher citizen of the town. He was\\nborn in the neighboring town of Warwick, close by\\nthe border of this town, but lived most of his life here.\\nHis education was limited to the meagre acquirements\\nobtained from the common schools of that period. He\\npossessed a dignified, commanding presence, but in\\nhis latter years his physique was somewhat impaired\\nby his corpulency. He shared largely of the confi-", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 55 1\\ndence of his fellow citizens, as appears from the nu-\\nmerous olFices he held of justice of the peace, town\\nclerk, representative to the General Court, assistant\\njudge of the Court of Common Pleas, and, lastly,\\nrepresentative to Congress. He was undoubtedly an\\nadroit political manager, possessed good natural abil-\\nities, and a more than ordinary stock of mother wit.\\nAfter his return from Congressional service, he re-\\nmoved to Winchester, and lived on the place now\\nowned by Stephen Randall, until his death, 1845.\\nPeculiar People.\\nyames Harrison Cass was a prodigy, in size at\\nleast he was about six feet and eleven inches in\\nheight his proportions were not particularly sym-\\nmetrical his great height was caused more by the\\nelongation of his lower extremities, than by length of\\nbody his feet were correspondingly long and large.\\nA special last had to be made for his shoes (he never\\nhad boots), the number of which, by scale of meas-\\nurement, was about No. 17 his ordinary weight\\nprobably was not much over two hundred pounds.\\nHis mental capacity was evidentl3% on the whole, less\\nthan the average, but his wit and gift of ready retort\\nwas fully equal to his fellows. He lacked vitality,\\ndied 3 oung, barely reaching his majority.\\nDaniel, the Nig. About 182S there lived with Dr.\\nParkhurst a colored boy by the name of Daniel, who\\nby the boys was called Daniel, the Nig. He was\\neasy and good-natured, and readily forgave otlences,\\nand hence was the subject of frequent jokes that \\\\vere\\ngotten up at his expense. One of these is remembered\\nas purposely planned, and was carried out accordingly", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "^S~ HISTORY OF THE\\non ihe dam of the Bark mill-pond in this wise it was\\narranged that a platoon of boys should march across\\nthe dam, keeping step as soldiers. It was so fixed\\nthat Daniel, the Nig, was on the side next the water,\\nand when in the middle, where the water was deep-\\nest, a sudden move of each of one step to the left\\nthrew Daniel, the Nig, splashing into the water. He\\nwas speedily rescued, however, from his perilous situ-\\nation, and made to believe that it was simpl} an acci-\\ndent, for which all were terrible sorrj-. He after-\\nwards stole something belonging to the Doctor, and\\nattempted to run aw^ay, but was overtaken and brought\\nback; wassorr} he said, and knew it was a\\nshame but as the devil Qot into him before he knew\\nit, the devil ought to bear the blame.\\nIn the early history of the towni was a person of\\nnow unknown parentage, who had the singular name\\nof Nancy Linty. She was so named, it was said, by\\nreason of the fact that soon after her birth she was\\nplaced in some receptacle in which there was an\\nabundance of lint, and this adhering to the child in\\nconsiderable quantities, suggested to the attendants\\nthe appropriateness of the name, and in the absence\\nof any known father she ever went by the name of\\nNancy Linty. She had a son, named Royal Ormsb}\\nwho grew to manhood, and became an active citizen\\nand blacksmith, and removed to Monroe, Mass.,\\nabout 1813.\\nHannah Man was the daughter of Abraham Man,\\nand w^as of small stature, so small as to be called a\\ndwarf, not much larger than Tom Thumb s wife.\\nShe spent the last of her days in the family of Peleg\\nTaft, sr., who married her sister.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 553\\nRuth Ormshy was probably the daufrhter of Oljver\\nOrmsby, who married Alice Cass. She was never\\nmarried. Lived at various places, at Moses Tyler s,\\nat Peregrine Wheeler s, and other places. She was\\na comical genius, occasionally witty, but on the whole\\nwas considered below mediocrity. She died about\\ni\u00c2\u00ab30.\\nPenelope Phillips, known also as Penelope Man,\\nwas the daughter of old Gideon Man s wife by a for-\\nmer husband, or else she was illegitimate. She was\\nquite masculine in her general appearance, had a\\nbeard, and a voice harsh and coarse was quite large\\nand had a commanding way. She evidently pos-\\nsessed good ability, and was a superior manager of\\nout-door business^ Her name appears on the list of\\ntax-payers on personal and real estate for several\\nyears. She lived with Mr. Man until his death in\\n1800, and then continued with the mother until her\\ndeath in 1810, when she removed to Ben. Man s, and\\nagain to Major Ebenezer Swan s, where she died\\nabout 1818.\\nDeaf a?id Dumb.\\nRachael yUlson, daughter of Paul Jillson, sr., was\\nborn deaf and dumb. She had no special opportuni-\\nties for instruction such as are enjoyed by deaf mutes\\nof the present day. By a system of signs she was\\nenabled to converse with the family on ordinary\\ntopics. Her natural capacity for learning was evi-\\ndently good, and she had quite fair and comely fea-\\ntures. She lived, during her last years, with her\\nbrother, Silas. She was unmarried, and retained her\\nconnection with the Friends society.", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nAldis Boycc, son of Enoch Bo} ce, had the misfor-\\ntune to be deprived of hearing from birth had good\\ncapacity for learning was educated at the Hartford\\nDeaf and Dumb Asylum learned the trade of cabinet-\\nmaker is married, and lives near Malone, N. Y.\\nNonagenarians Born in Town.\\nyames Biifiivi, of Keene, son of Caleb Buffum, of\\nRichmond, b. 1792, is probably the the only native\\nof the town now living over 90 years of age. On a\\nvisit paid him in 1882, he appeared to retain a clear\\nrecollection of matters in the olden time he related\\ninteresting incidents connected with his boyhood,\\nabout attending school kept by James Ballon, jr., in\\na part of his house, when he lived in the Ballou\\nneighborhood how he peeked through cracks be-\\ntween the apartments to see how fortunes were told,\\nbut did not succeed in finding out. He recounted\\nother matters of much interest, pertaining to the early\\nsettlers of Gaskill hill and the people of the east part\\nof the town.\\nJerahmeel Allen was 91, Jeremiah Barrus was 94,\\nBarnabas Barrus 95, Aaron Harkness 91, Benjamin\\nNewell 92. There may be some others of which we\\nhave no account, or which we ma}^ have accidentally\\nomitted. Many in town have lived to be as old, but\\nmost of them were certainl} born elsewhere.\\nCentc7iarian Born in Toivji.\\nPrudence, daughter of Paul Handy, b. 1777, who\\nmarried Hendrick Martin and removed to Barton, Ver-\\nmont, probably attained to as great an age as any born\\nin Richmond. An account was given in a newspaper\\narticle, a few years ago, of her walking some 10\\nmiles in a day when she was about 97. It is under-\\nstood that she lived to be over 100 years of age.", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n555\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nLONGEVITY, FIRST SETTLERS, ETC.\\nList of Persons who were Born in Richmond, or have Resided therein, who have\\nlived Seventy Years and Upwards The first Settlers and some of their Suc-\\ncessors Conclusion.\\nThe following is a list of persons who were born\\nin Richmond, or have resided therein, who have\\nlived seventy years and upwards, alphabetically ar-\\nranged, 1883\\nNathan Aldrlch\\nS3\\nMartha, his wife\\n75\\nAbner Aldrlch\\n88\\nElizabeth, his wife\\n76\\nNahum Aldrich\\n88\\nEsther, his wife\\nS4\\nLevin Aldrich\\n7\u00c2\u00ab\\nMary, his wife\\n79\\nSands Aldrich\\n75\\nAbigail, his wife\\nS3\\nSylvester Aldrich\\n69\\nSarah, his wife\\n74\\nMoses Allen, sr.\\n81\\nMoses Allen, jr.\\n89\\nMary, his wife\\n77\\nJerahmeel Allen\\n91\\nLilburn Allen\\n77\\nJeremiah Amadon\\n87\\nAbigail, his wife\\n92\\nJona. Atherton\\n76\\nSolomon Atherton\\n73\\nJona. Atherton, jr.\\n7-\\nMaturin Ballou\\nHosea Ballou\\nNathan Ballou\\nDavid Ballou\\nJames Ballou, si\\nbzial Ballou\\nRussell Ballou\\nvSilas Ballou, sr.\\nSilas Ballou, jr.\\nSilas Ballou, 3d\\nAbner Barden\\nNancy, his wife\\nMichael Barrus\\nSamuel Barrus\\nJeremiah Barrus\\nBarnabas Barrus\\nJohn Barrus\\nWilliam Bassett, sr\\nRuth, his wife\\nDaniel Bassett\\nSusanna, his wife\\nAmos Boorn\\n02\\n81\\n7S\\n83\\n89\\n8i\\n84\\n84\\n7-\\n7-\\n81\\n81\\n83\\n81\\n94\\n95\\n85\\n93\\n83\\nn\\n75\\n84", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "556\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nWilliam Boorn\\nAbigail, his wife\\nNathaniel Boorn\\nMary, his wife\\nThomas Bowen\\nPenelope, his wife\\nZephaniah Bowen\\nMartha, his wife\\nNathan Bowen\\nLavina, his wife\\nElder Nathaniel Bolle\\nThankful, his wife\\nJeremiah Bolles\\nJohn Bolles\\nCynthia, his wife\\nDaniel C. Bryant\\nSusanna, his wife\\nChandler Bryant\\nNoah Bisbee\\nJob Bisbee\\nPaul Boyce\\nCadlsh Bo3-ce\\nJohn Boyce\\nJedediah Buflum\\nGeorge Buft um\\nEsek Buffum\\nLucretia, his wife\\nWilliam Butlum\\nDavid Buflum\\nBetsey, his wife\\nJames Buflum, of Keene\\nliving\\nBenjamin Buflum\\nBenj. Bufflim, of Roy a\\nston, living\\nDan Buflum, living\\nJoseph Buffum\\nMrs. Robert Buflum\\n79\\n73\\nS3\\n72\\n90\\n77\\n74\\n72\\n63\\n84\\n85\\n89\\nS4\\n74\\n79\\n79\\n82\\n87\\n87\\n72\\n81\\n77\\n7-\\n71\\n83\\n69\\n88\\n83\\n79\\n78\\n92\\n8-\\n84\\n85\\n69\\n76\\nCass Bullock\\nHannah, his wife\\nNathan Bullock\\nSarah, his wife\\nCass Bullock, jr.\\nAsa Bullock\\nJacob Bump\\nDinah, his wife\\nDeacon Jolin Cass\\nJohn Cass, jr.\\nLydia, his wife\\nMoses P. Cass\\nDaniel Cass, sr,\\nDaniel Cass, jr\\nMordica Cass, about\\nJona. Cass, sr.\\nLuther Cass\\nMrs. Martin Cass\\nOliver Capron\\nMrs. William Chase\\nLuther Cook\\nNathan Cook\\nSimeon Cook\\nBenjamin Crooker\\nJohn Ellis\\nDea. Martin Ellis,\\nDaniel Ellis\\nElizabeth, his wife\\nLewis Freeman\\nMrs. Cyrus Garnsey\\nWilliam Goddard\\nThomas Goddard\\nNahum Grout\\nPaul Handy\\nAmy, his wife, about", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "TOWN\\nOF\\nRICHMOND.\\n557\\nGeorge Handy\\nSS\\nPolly, his wife\\n76\\nRuth, bis wife\\n84\\nBenjamin Newell\\n93\\nNathan Harkness\\n77\\nKeziah, his wife\\n8-\\nSusanna, his wife\\n78\\nNathaniel Naromore\\n8-\\nJohn Harkness\\n84\\nAnnie, his wife\\n73\\nFlannah, his wife\\n77\\nElijah Harkness\\n88\\nReuben Parker\\n91\\nGeorge Harkness\\n73\\nSamuel Parker\\n70\\nOhcd Harkness\\n84\\nTownsend Parker\\n79\\nAaron Harkness\\n91\\nMrs. Timothy Pickering,\\n79\\nAnthony Harris\\n81\\nDavid Powers\\nS3\\nRuth, his wife\\n94\\nStephen Potter\\n97\\nLuke Harris\\n84\\nReuben Randall\\n91\\nSusanna, his wife\\n85\\nLevi Randall\\n83\\n87\\nStephen Harris\\n75\\nHuldah, his wife\\nWilliam Hills\\n96\\nW^illiam Randall\\n75\\nAbigail, his wife\\n88\\nMahala, his wife\\n71\\nNathaniel Hills\\n70\\nWidow Candace Howe\\nN 70\\nJames Raymer\\n75\\nMrs. Hubbard Reed\\n80\\nPaul Jillson\\n71\\nHenry Rice\\n73\\nSilas Jillson\\n77\\nAbigail, his w^ife\\n73\\nElizabeth, his wife\\n79\\nPaul Jillson, jr.\\ny\\n71\\nIsrael Saben, about\\n80\\nBeulah, his wife, abou\\nSo\\nAaron Kelton\\nObediah Sprague\\n88\\nAsahel Kelton\\n74\\nEnoch Sprague\\n69\\nBetsey, his wife\\n78\\nSamuel Sprague\\n84\\nSamuel Kimpton\\n80\\nJohn Starkey\\n80\\nDorothy, his wife\\n76\\nSamuel Starkey\\n78\\nThankful, his wife\\n83\\nJohn Martin, sr.\\n75\\nMrs. Wilderness Martii\\n1, 81\\nBallon Swan, living\\n84\\nDr. Ebenezer Swan\\n70\\nEzra Martin\\n71\\nMary, his wife\\nDaniel Martin\\n85\\n73\\nTamasin, his wife\\nJacob Sweet, about\\n83\\n75\\nJoseph Newell\\n71\\nEllis Thayer, about\\nSo\\nCatharine, his wife\\n77\\nMrs. Grindall Thayer\\n96\\nJoseph Newell, jr.\\n85\\nJeremiah Thayer\\n8-", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nPeleg Taft\\n85\\nSusanna, his wife\\n87\\nElias Taylor\\nS3\\nLydia, his wife\\n73\\nPeleg Taft, jr.\\n88\\nPolly, his wife\\nWilliam Weeks\\n74\\nRichard Weeks\\n77\\nLydia, his wife\\n82\\nJoseph Weeks\\n72\\nRoswell Weeks\\n72\\nCharles Whipple\\n84\\nDan. Whipple\\nElkanah Whipple\\nRiifus Whipple\\nWilliam Whipple\\nPreserved Whipple\\nOlive, his wife\\nRussell Whipple\\nNancy Whipple\\nSilas Whipple\\nPrusia, his wife\\nJacob Whitcomb\\nPhillis, his wife\\nIsaac Works\\n82\\n75\\nS4\\n70\\n6S\\n94\\n88\\n71\\n84\\n79\\n77\\n83\\n81", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND.\\n559\\nQ\\nm\\no\\nz\\noi\\noi\\n_)\\nC\\na\\no\\nS\\nc\\nu!\\ni\\na\\nc\\no\\nQ\\nc\\nU-t\\nJ=\\nc/3\\noj\\nc.\\nOl,\\no\\nc3\\nto\\nJ3\\nto\\n1 i\\nn\\nto\\n1\\n75\\nO\\n73\\nCd\\nU\\n1\\n1\\nCJ\\nc\\no\\nu\\n5\\n1\\ntn\\nO\\nu\\nCI\\nto\\nC/2\\nc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\\nc\\n4)\\na!\\nu\\n7}\\ns\\nU3\\no\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nto\\nrt\\n5 y\\n5\\na,\\n0)\\n0)\\nT\\nc\\nC^\\n5\\nO\\nto\\nto\\nPS\\nil\\nc^\\n-1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\\na:\\nh\\nO\\n5\\no 5\\n[if H\\ns\\n[0\\n-a\\n6\\nc\\ntXJ\\n5 5\\nc\\nbo\\nc\\nis\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\\n4)\\nS\\n7^\\nC/}\\no\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i\\ni\\nw w\\nfi^\\nU\\np-t\\n;2\\ni\\no\\n*h\\nCO\\nc\\nQ\\no\\nJ5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2c\\nZ\\nc/5\\n2/\\nS\\nS\\nX,\\nj\u00c2\u00a3^\\n73\\nU\\n-J\\nH\\nH\\n75\\nJ\\nH\\nf-\\nto\\nH\\nX\\nX\\ni 5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\n__3\\no\\n1 1\\nCJ\\nto\\nC\\n5\\n1\\n3\\n73\\nO\\no\\n5j\\nto\\n1 w\\n1^\\nc\\nJ3\\nEm\\nj^\\nn\\nPI\\nU-)\\nu-i\\nU-)\\nto\\nc\\\\ -i\\nCO\\nLO\\nt\\nTj-\\nN Tt- :yD\\nN4\\n1^\\nI-)\\nW\\nj\\nrO\\nTj-\\nCnOO\\nC^\\nrO\\nN\\nfi\\nCO\\no\\nLT)\\ni-i\\nc\\\\\\nVO\\nH\\nM\\nfi\\nC4\\nc\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "560\\nHISTORY OF THE\\nCD\\nDi\\nO\\nCO\\nW\\nu\\nu\\nCD\\n5\\nO\\nw\\no\\nQ\\n(/J\\nW\\niJ\\nH\\nCO\\nH\\nCO\\nPS\\na; cs\\ns\\n^1\\nI\\na, .2\\no\\nC3\\nc\u00c2\u00ab -5\\nV u\\nO\\n5- 3\\ni^\\n1^\\nto\\nci\\n3 to\\nO 3\\nE fl\\nO\\ns\\nO CO\\nO CO\\nW\\np\\nT^\\nG\\n-J\\nc:\\nn\\n1^\\nr\\nr^\\nto\\nC/2\\nOJ\\nc\\nci\\n13\\nC rQ N\\nO S^ b 1^\\no\\nQ\\nto t. _r\\nto r^ (II\\nc3 u to\\nt^ M\\n2 to rt\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r J H O\\nO ^Q\\no\\no\\nto\\n-3\\nc cq\\nto\\nto\\nC\\nP\\n0)\\nrt\\nK fii\\nci\\nc\\nCO\\nu\\nX w\\nc IS o\\nn Ci\\n(U c3\\nCO o; CO\\nC3\\nr^O U Q At^\\n\\\\o rn\\nTt- r^ ONO- ^fOfO\\nfOt^T^cO-^Tj-cON Lo^ 0 On", "height": "3180", "width": "1796", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF RICHMOND. 561\\nTD O\\nC O\\n02 Ir^-^rt- P5t^ e^ ^fq\\\\-oO\\n-.C2-^ nj2 -^E^ffi ^^^,2\\npq t: -p P=^ g i J :5 -5 J:\\nC^ f^ Q WN$-^ C/} CQ W ffi W Oi\\no\\n\u00c2\u00ab5 c o\\no x c =;2k \u00c2\u00a7|m\u00c2\u00bb ?r^M\\n\u00c2\u00abori\u00c2\u00ab -,-5t-^CN(yDOO-CO^O ^COOOfOVO J .CC\\n36", "height": "3197", "width": "1781", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofr00bas_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "562\\nHISTORY OF THE\\n0)\\n0)\\n0)\\no\\no\\nCO\\no\\na:\\no\\nCO\\nW\\nU\\nU\\no\\no\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hn L. 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